EPISODE 12
Arc II: The Rise
Draft
The Leak
Someone is feeding information to Vance. Reign hunts the mole.
Script
Beat Sheet
Production Notes
**FADE IN:** **INT. PENTHOUSE - NIGHT** An uneasy truce. Reign and Jonathan pore over the contents of Damien’s file. It contains satellite photos, financial records, psychological profiles—a complete operational breakdown of their entire empire. JONATHAN How? How does he know all this? REIGN He didn’t just know it. He had a backdoor. He’s been in our system for years. Reign’s fingers fly across the keyboard, digging into their own server’s source code. She finds it: a hidden partition, a piece of dormant code planted years ago. REIGN (CONT’D) This isn’t just surveillance. It’s a weapon. She analyzes the code. It’s a kill switch. A virus that, when activated, could collapse the city’s entire financial and utility infrastructure. JONATHAN He could hold the whole city hostage. REIGN It’s worse. Look. She points to a line of code. The activation protocol. It’s tied to a biometric signature. REIGN (CONT’D) It’s keyed to you, Jon. Your heartbeat. Your retina. To Damien, you’re not a king. You’re a key. Jonathan stares at the screen, the blood draining from his face. He’s a walking time bomb. **SMASH CUT TO BLACK.** **ON SCREEN TEXT: HE IS THE KEY. BUT TO WHAT DOOR?** **END OF EPISODE 12**