Episode 8 | Mr. Ferguson is Ill Today

Synopsis:

John and Riley go to an important trip to Mexico which results in deadly consequences.

The episode is filmed from 5 different perspectives: Sarah, Cameron, John, Ellison, Derek and and finally Cromartie with all of the above:

The show starts in the evening from Sarah's perspective. Riley is leaving her house and John is staying. She tells to leave Riley if he loves her. She tells Cameron "John's not stupid." In the morning she tells Cameron he doesn't like the way John responds to her. Cameron leaves to stock the cache. Cromartie captures Sarah but cannot find John.

Sarah regains conciousness in Cromartie's back seat as he is driving in Mexico. He chides her that she is losing her touch. He accuses Cameron of having "damage to her chip". Sarah tells Cromartie "this time I'm gonna kill you." Sarah tries to escape from the car while Cromartie is driving. He captures her and puts her in the truck.

The car stops and she hears a commotion, shouting and gunshots. The trunk opens and she sees Ellison and John without a gun. Continues with the others.

Starting in the same evening from Cameron's HUDpoint: after Riley leaves she takes off her jackets, invites herself into John's room and onto his bed. She has a little pillow talk about him being lonely and how he brings danger into Riley's life. John says "I'm not stupid."

He tells Cameron to be a happy machine. Cameron says "I'm a machine. I can't be happy." In the morning she has a breif exchange with Sarah, and goes to restock the arms cache. She meets Dereck at the cache, who gets the emergency signal from John. Continues with the others.

John's story starts when he leaves his bed after Cameron leaves and calls to meet Riley. In the morning he finds himself with Riley on a bus to Mexico. He shares they are going to a town he lived in as a child. Riley asks if he asked his mom and asks if this is a revenge fantasy.

In Mexico Riley says she does not like skulls and darkness. She says "I don't like getting attached to people," and "you have a tell."

At a restaurant they are recognized by a photographer who tries to blackmail John. Riley steals the camera but gets captured by the police. John submits and they both go to jail. John calls Derek and leaves a distress signal. He tries to call Sarah but Cromartie picks up the phone. When John and Riley are in the cell Riley helps them escape. Story continues with the others.

Ellison's story starts with him jogging and getting a call from Agent Carlson that John has popped up in an arrest in Mexico. Ellison askes for an email of the captured boy.

Ellison goes to Mexico and finds Cromartie killing most of the police department. He runs with John and Riley to escape in Cromartie's car. Cromartie shoots at them but they go to a safe distance. John hears his mother in the truck and they stop.

Ellison tells Sarah "It's been watching me." "I owe you one..." for saving his life at the burning cabin. John tells Riley to run away. Riley tells John "I don't want to run away from you."

Derek's story starts in Mexico as he and Cameron arrive at the shot up town in Mexico. He tells Cameron to stay under cover. She goes ahead and says "I can't let anything happen to him." He gets a call from Sarah who is at the hotel room.

Cromartie's story starts at the police station. He shoots almost everyone but John has already escaped. He leaves the jail to find John, Riley and Derek taking his car.

Story continues for everyone but Riley. Cromartie follows with a whole string of skulls in the camera foreground. He sees Ellison going into a church. He goes into the church and finds Ellison praying. Ellison asks if he came to repent.

Derek takes the first shot from the right side window. Sarah shoots from the left window. Cameron goes through the front door with the heavy gunfire and does Cromartie in. John takes the fatal shot.

In the last scene the heroes are burying Cromartie to hide him. Ellison askes Sarah "what's next?" She tells him "pretend I died" and continues with "there's nothing else behind the curtain."

Sarah says she will come back to burn Cromartie later. But she gets a chip from Cameron and smashes it to bits. John hugs and consuls her in one of the most fan acclaimed scenes of the second season.