Blindspot (TV Series)

Back to the Grind (2017)

Sullivan Stapleton: Kurt Weller

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• Jane Doe : So this Keele person wants me dead?

  Jake Keaton : This Keele person is dead. He knew the CIA was closing in on him, but before he took his own life, our intel confirmed that he put a $10 million bounty on yours.

  Kurt Weller : So it's over, then?

  Jake Keaton : No. The bounty's in escrow with a dark web fixer. It's still active, and we can't shut it down. The best assassins in the world are about to come at you. They're not gonna stop until someone collects, and they're not gonna care who's standing between you and them when they do.

• Jake Keaton : [after Weller and Jane are attacked in their home]  Bertrand Keele. German steel titan and former Sandstorm loyalist.

  Kurt Weller : Sandstorm's done.

  Jake Keaton : Yes, which apparently made Bertrand very, very angry. You don't take down one of the biggest terrorist organizations in the world without making some enemies.

• Eleanor Hirst : So you're finally selling this place, huh?

  Kurt Weller : Well, don't have much of a choice. Searching the world for your missing wife and the man that has a bounty on her head? Costs a lot of money, that I don't have.

• Kurt Weller : I told you, I'm not coming back until I find her. Keaton got her out of this country and then she disappeared, so she's out there alone some...

  Eleanor Hirst : There's been a new development. Reade, Zapata, Patterson. They were all taken last night.

  Kurt Weller : Who took them?

  Eleanor Hirst : We don't know. But this was waiting for us in Reade's apartment.

  [another agent sets a briefcase on the counter and opens it] 

  Kurt Weller : What is this? Some kind of puzzle box?

  Eleanor Hirst : Our forensics teams believe the lock is biometric. Jane is likely the only person in the world who can open it.

  Kurt Weller : Well, if I knew where she was...

  Eleanor Hirst : Turn the box over.

  [he does so] 

  Eleanor Hirst : Coordinates. Deep in the heart of Nepal, Kurt. We think we found her. Go get her.

• Kurt Weller : New tattoos.

  Jane Doe : They're fading. What... what is this? I don't understand.

  Kurt Weller : Bioluminescence. This must work like some kind of battery.

  Jane Doe : How I don't e...

  Kurt Weller : [he sees a thought strike her]  What?

  Jane Doe : A few months ago, I was in an accident. I was in and out of consciousness for days.

  Kurt Weller : So you think whoever did this...

  Jane Doe : Must have caused it. And then added these new tattoos while I was out.

  Kurt Weller : Why go through all that trouble?

  Jane Doe : I don't know. But these new puzzles...

  Kurt Weller : Must be how we find out.

• Kurt Weller : So where do we start?

  Jane Doe : At the beginning. The first tattoo we ever solved.

  Kurt Weller : It's behind your left ear.

  [looking behind her ear] 

  Kurt Weller : "Not causeless is this journey into the abyss."

  Jane Doe : That doesn't sound very good.

  Kurt Weller : [on his phone]  It's from "Dante's 'Inferno'." Canto VII-10.

  Jane Doe : You don't think they mean...

  Kurt Weller : July 10th. The day that I proposed to you in Venice.

  Jane Doe : Well, the clue's an Italian reference.

  Kurt Weller : So they want us to go back to St. Mark's Square.

  Jane Doe : It's all happening again. Isn't it?

  Kurt Weller : But you still have a hit on you. That hasn't changed. If you don't want to come, I understand.

  Jane Doe : Our best friends are missing. The first clue to saving them is the first day of our engagement. We have to do this. Together.

• Kurt Weller : I'm uploading the new tattoos to you now.

  Rich Dotcom : I don't know, there's a lot of covered-up areas.

  [Hirst gives him a look] 

  Rich Dotcom : What? If you want my comprehensive analysis, I will require full nudes.

  Jane Doe : Is that who I think it is?

  Kurt Weller : A lot's changed in eighteen months. Reade's running the NYO, Tasha went over the CIA; she's working for Keaton now. Patterson moved to Silicon Valley. She's developing some app thingy.

  Jane Doe : And Rich Dotcom works for the FBI?

  Eleanor Hirst : Mr. Dotcom helped us bring down a massive international terror cell last year and is brought in from time to time to assist.

  Rich Dotcom : Hey, Jane. It's Rich. Long time listener, first time caller. Jane, they got me staying in your safe house. It's like I'm living inside you. It's very intimate. Which brings us back to these nudes. Now, if you want my help, I really am gonna need to see everything. Patterson, Reade, and what's-her-name's lives may depend on it.

  Kurt Weller : Rich, we'll do complete scans when we get back to New York. For now, we know where the first tattoo's gonna lead us.

  Rich Dotcom : I can't believe I'm the one saying this, but what if this is a trap? You know? An elaborate ruse just to get you two out in the open? Do we really wanna risk it? At least before I get my nudes?

  Jane Doe : Look, whoever put these new puzzles on me did it while I was unconscious. If they wanted me dead, I'd be dead already. This is about something bigger.

• Jane Doe : [in Venice]  Feels like we were here a lifetime ago.

  Kurt Weller : Funny, feels like five minutes ago to me. This was the first place that I looked for you when you disappeared. Thought maybe you were laying low in the hotel we found, some place only we'd know about. But you weren't.

  Jane Doe : I'm sorry. I knew that you loved me so much that you would walk away from your whole life. But I loved you too much to let that happen. I just thought I could find who was responsible for the bounty, take 'em out, and come right back to you. But it didn't work out that way.

  Kurt Weller : No, it didn't. And here we are. The place where I proposed to you.

  Jane Doe : Whoever's behind this, they could've been here that day. Watching us.

  Kurt Weller : [noticing a nearby building]  Jane. Look at that. VII-10. Just like the tattoo.

  Jane Doe : And it's definitely not the correct time right now.

  Kurt Weller : No.

  Jane Doe : Come on. Maybe there's something inside.

• Roman : "Edmond smiled when he beheld himself. It was impossible that his best friend - if indeed he had any friends left - could recognize him. For he could not recognize himself."

  Jane Doe : Roman.

  Roman : It's "The Count of Monte Cristo". You read it, sis? It's about a man who's wrongfully imprisoned who escapes and gets revenge on those responsible.

  Kurt Weller : You weren't wrongfully imprisoned, Roman. You deserve to be locked up.

  Roman : Hello, Kurt.

  Jane Doe : You did this to me? These new tattoos? Why?

  Roman : Penance. You owe me, sis, for what you've done. These new tattoos are how you'll pay your way. But first, we need to get this price off your head.

• Roman : I tracked down the fixer holding your bounty in escrow and arranged a meet.

  Jane Doe : Wait, what?

  Roman : Oh, we crossed paths on another matter and I managed to gain his trust. Now, the red syringe contains a chemical called Succinylycholine. It'll reduce your heartbeat to an undetectable crawl.

  Kurt Weller : You gotta be kidding me. Do you think that we're really gonna go along with this, Roman?

  Roman : Weller will then deliver your "dead" body to said fixer to collect the bounty and remove the hit. Oh, the green syringe contains the antidote.

  Kurt Weller : And how do you propose I get your sister back after I hand her over? You don't think the guy's gonna want to take her body with him?

  Roman : I think I'll leave you two to iron out the details. All releveant information is in the envelope.

• Kurt Weller : What the hell just happened?

  Jane Doe : What do you mean? He got away.

  Kurt Weller : I'm talking about you. You just took off.

  Jane Doe : Look, I saw him. So I just... I ran. I... I'm a little out of practice working with a partner.

  Kurt Weller : Last time you left without telling me, it took me a long time to find you again.

  Jane Doe : I know. You're right. I'm sorry. So what now? Roman's in the wind. We've got nothing.

  Kurt Weller : [holding up a phone]  Not nothing.

• Kurt Weller : Why is Roman doing this? And what's his endgame?

  Jane Doe : If this was just about revenge, he had plenty of chances to kill all of us. Why the new tattoos?

  Kurt Weller : We have to recover the team, get back to New York, and work all this out.

  Jane Doe : Rich and Stuart need time to crack the phone anyway. Maybe we should just use it to get this bounty off my head.

  Kurt Weller : We don't know anything about this guy. And never mind that drug he wants you to inject yourself with.

  Stuart : Succinylcholine. It actually does exactly what Roman says it does, reduce the heartbeat to an undetectable level.

  Rich Dotcom : Yeah, I've actually used it on myself a bunch to sneak across the border as a dead body. Also for some sex stuff that I... probably shouldn't bore you two with. The point is the only real danger here is if you don't take the antidote within ninety minutes, you actually die.

  Jane Doe : I'm a walking target, Kurt. And I am tired of running.

• Jane Doe : Any intel on the dark web guy controlling the payout?

  Eleanor Hirst : Leslie Doorhaus, AKA "The Duke of Death". We've been aware of him for years, but until now, he's been unfindable. Acts as a coroner to the underworld. Holds the bounties, confirms the kills, and transfers the funds to the lucky assassins.

  Jane Doe : Okay. Well, we have to meet him in half an hour at the Abbey of Misericordia.

  Eleanor Hirst : I can request Italian police set up a hidden perimeter around the church. They'll take Doorhaus the second he tries to move Jane's body for disposal.

  Kurt Weller : It's too risky. This is not a good plan.

  Jane Doe : Right now, it's all we got.

  Kurt Weller : [she reaches for the syringe]  So we wait. Come up with something better. We don't have to do this, Jane.

  Jane Doe : [injecting herself]  Yes, we do. We have ninety minutes until I need the antidote. Please, Kurt, do this for me. For us.

• Rich Dotcom : Okay, I cannot believe that that worked. My dark web sources confirm it; the bounty's been lifted and Jane is free and clear.

  Kurt Weller : What about Roman's phone? You unlocked it yet?

  Stuart : Actually, yes, I have. It took a little doing, b...

  Rich Dotcom : Yes, but young Stuart was able to crack the phone's surprisingly simple encryption, and good news! Roman was telling the truth! He sold Patterson, Reade, and Zapata into slavery. I don't know why I said that's good news. That's obviously terrible news.

  Kurt Weller : So who bought them?

  Rich Dotcom : Oh, well, that's virtually impossible to figure out. Which makes it all the more impressive that I have.

  Kurt Weller : Rich.

  Rich Dotcom : See, first I had to figure out where the auction was taking place and then figure out who won by eliminating who lost...

  Kurt Weller : He's worse than Patterson.

• Kurt Weller : Just tell us where they are.

  Stuart : The Venezualan government has them.

  Rich Dotcom : Yes, and if my intel is correct, they're being held in a military training facility somewhere near the base of the Caroni River.

  Eleanor Hirst : Unfortunately, our relationship with Venezuela being what it is, there'll be zero assistance on their end.

  Jake Keaton : Which is why she called me. I know a group of rebels that'll meet you at an airstrip about three clicks from the base. They'll get you all the gear you need, but you have to infiltrate the compound on your own.

  Stuart : Um, shouldn't we just call the President or something? If we get caught sneaking FBI into a non-extradition country, it can spark an international incident.

  Eleanor Hirst : They bought our friends, enslaved them under God knows what conditions. I'll do whatever I have to to get them back.

• Kurt Weller : We will get them back.

  Jane Doe : And then what?

  Kurt Weller : What do you mean?

  Jane Doe : We just gonna go back to how it was?

  Kurt Weller : Well, with these new tattoos, I'm guessing they're probably gonna want us to move back to New York. As far as you and me, yeah. I was hoping it goes back to how it was.

  Jane Doe : Leaving you and the life we had together was... the hardest thing I've ever done.

  Kurt Weller : But?

  Jane Doe : But once I was gone, I... there were some parts of me that woke up again. Parts of me I didn't even realize I was missing. Life in Colorado was amazing. I... I had you, I... I had peace. I just... I didn't have a purpose. Some way of defining myself outside of you. Outside of us.

  Kurt Weller : And you found that? Out there? So what do you want now?

• Jane Doe : [rescuing Reade, Zapata, and Patterson]  We got to get out of here fast.

  Kurt Weller : Fast is not this tank's specialty, and we're nearly out of ammo.

• Edgar Reade : Okay, so we're gonna form...

  Kurt Weller : A joint task force. Solve the new tattoos and go after Roman.

  Edgar Reade : Yeah. Now, I can't force you guys to join, but...

  Kurt Weller : I'm in.

  Tasha Zapata : Me, too.

  Patterson : [everyone turns to look at her]  I have a lot of people counting on me back in California.

  Edgar Reade : Come on, Patterson. You know I'll reinstate you in a heartbeat.

  Patterson : [thinking about it]  I will help you get set up, but after that, I'm gone.

  Edgar Reade : That's fine. We'll take it. All right, let's do it. Jane's waiting on us. Rich is gonna brief us in Stuart's lab.

  Patterson : Uh, Stuart's lab? Since wh... wait, did you just say "Rich"?

• Patterson : I'm sorry, I know I've been gone for a minute, but are we really letting Rich Dotcom, dark web supervillain, have access to FBI computer systems now?

  Rich Dotcom : Hey, Peppermint Patty, I'm a changed man, 'kay?

  Eleanor Hirst : Rich is currently on probation, working with us on a sort of a work-release program.

  Rich Dotcom : Full release.

  Edgar Reade : The truth is he's got a lot to offer, and over the past year, he's actually done a lot to earn our trust.

  Rich Dotcom : You see that? That's leadership right there.

  Kurt Weller : Is... is there a briefing somewhere inside this briefing?

• Kurt Weller : I'm still stuck on why.

  Jane Doe : We don't know Roman's motives yet because he doesn't want us to. The only way to figure it out is to follow these tattoos.

  Eleanor Hirst : Jane, you don't have to do this if you don't want to. No one is forcing you to be here this time.

  Jane Doe : Yes, they are. Roman knows I can't walk away from this. He's my brother, these tattoos are on my body. I'm doing this.

  Rich Dotcom : Backstreet's back, all right! Six best friends and Stuart.

• Jane Doe : [Weller leads her into his bare apartment]  Wow. I love the new look. It's, uh, very Zen.

  Kurt Weller : I was about five minutes away from selling it. Been kind of living out of a suitcase lately, you know?

  Jane Doe : I know the feeling.

  Kurt Weller : We can have the movers bring our stuff back from storage tomorrow. If... if you still want them to.

  Jane Doe : Yeah. I want.

• Kurt Weller : I know how much you gave up to come with me to Colorado. I'm sorry I didn't acknowledge it sooner. If we do this, I wanna do it right this time. And I don't know... how we fit together anymore. But I do want to figure it out.

  Jane Doe : That's all I want.

  [he hands back her wedding ring] 

  Jane Doe : You were carrying this the entire mission?

  Kurt Weller : Yeah. Every day since the day you left. You don't have to put that on straight away. There's been a lot that's...

  Jane Doe : [kissing him]  I missed you so much.

  Kurt Weller : I missed you, too.

  Jane Doe : I don't suppose the, uh, bed's still here.

  Kurt Weller : I'm sure we can improvise.

• [last lines] 

  Roman : Weller.

  [holding a gun as Weller advances on him] 

  Roman : Easy. Easy. Easy.

  Kurt Weller : What are you doing here?

  Roman : I need a favor. Some help with the tattoos.

  Kurt Weller : What are you, insane?

  Roman : Maybe. But you are gonna help me.

  Kurt Weller : If I don't?

  Roman : I'll tell Jane what happened in Berlin.

  Kurt Weller : [pause]  What do you need?