The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell - full transcript

A wild shootout leaves the entire group in the hands of a rogue CIA operative obsessed with uncovering Faraday's true identity.

Oh, girl

I'd be in trouble
if you left me now...

They're listening.

There's a man in a car
outside the apartment.

Newton lied to me.

I heard his message.

I'm not going home.

I'm never going home.

Neither is he.

He wants to bring them here.

He wants to bring
the Antheans here.



But even the crowd
can't help me now

Our choices now
are time-sensitive.

The plan was to save Earth.

It is still the plan.

Well, it doesn't sound
like the plan.

You were gonna take
the machine home.

- I will.
- How?

Why didn't Newton tell you

that he wanted to
bring them here?

Has he been lying to you
this whole time?

I don't know.

But we have the machine.

We will bring Earth back
from this precipice.

Your children
and your grandchildren



will have a place to live.

That was our agreement.

What about your family?

Newton has been transmitting
instructions to An the a,

hidden inside a tone.

Dominguez had it before I did.

Wait. The CIA has the tone.

They can't decipher it.

The message is in An the an.

No. They will.

And once they have it,
they'll take the machine.

No. Newton would never
allow that.

Newton is not
protecting us.

They'll come for the machine.

And once they have it,
they'll kill us,

and anyone who
even knows about it.

This guy know we're coming?

Assume he does.

We're alive until
they have the machine.

It's our only leverage,
you understand?

We have to hide it.

We have to hide everything.

I have to get Molly.

I have to get Molly away
from you and me.

Oh, God.

I packed your tablet.
Go get your coat, okay?

I don't wanna go.

You have to trust me a little.

You're gonna have a great time,
I promise, okay?

You heard her.
Coat. Go on.

I... I was gonna give this
to Molly as a present.

Download Signal
and I'll call you

- as soon as I can.
- Okay.

This is what I had in the house.
It's a lot.

Get somewhere
far out of town, okay?

Uh, leave your cell phone
and your credit cards here

- and go out the back.
- How the fuck is this your life?

Take the rental car.
Turn off the GPS.

Remember the name we used when
we created my dating profile?

Don't say it out loud.
Use that.

I love you
more than life,

but I'm doing this
for this child.

Yeah, I know.

- God, I'm sorry.
- And thank you.

She'll be okay.

They just got here.

He fritzed the monitors again.

I'm taking him.

I'm taking the machine,
I'm taking all of it.

Do we have clearance
to do that?

Hey, they gave me
the green light

to do this my way.

No more fucking around.

It's fully
my operation now, Lisa.

I am four minutes out.

They're almost here.

You need to go.

- Justin.
- Yep.

Take the core.

We're all going.

Take it.

Go.

I found you from An the a.

I'll find you again.

Go. Now.

Shit. Shit.

Hello.

Where is your partner?

And where is the core?

What is that?
Why are you doing that?

All the testosterone.

It smells like
grapefruit juice.

You need to tell me
where she is.

This is bullshit.
I'm turning around, Dad.

We can't just
leave him like that.

We have instructions.

I'm turning around, Dad.

Where is the rest
of the machine?

And where is Justin Falls?

Grapefruit.

Oh, fuck your grapefruit.

Alive, please.

No guarantees.

Dad, is he, um...

He's lost 0.8 liters of blood.

I can slow it down,
but not stop it.

- We need a hospital.
- You know that's not an option.

I... I don't know
where I'm going.

They'll be tracking us.
We need another car.

I want all of that.

I don't want a fucking hair left
in this place when we're gone.

I want it spotless.
Get rid of everything.

What did you do? What makes
you think that you can...

You fuck!

I've never known a man
as incompetent as you.

Lying.

Like a child.

It was Hatch who lied to you.

He's been lying for years.

He did
steal the patents

and he tried to sell 'em.
To Thorn.

We usually hear these things.

We always hear them,

when the documents
are classified.

Not only did he steal from you,

but he gas lit you
for suspecting him.

He let you twist in the wind.

For years.

He laughed at you.

Now, go home, and wait for me
to contact you.

And if you try to go after them,
I will have you arrested.

Go. Get the fuck
out of here.

Let's go. Get moving.

Is there pain?

Yes. It's different

from how it was
when I first arrived.

How?

I can feel it.

I know where we could go.

To someone who knew Newton.

Her file was in Clay's index.

Knew Newton?

Loved Newton.

Loved him?

Yeah, I don't wanna go
anywhere Newton knows about.

There is no option.

You'll need to make a call.

Use a payphone.

I'll tell you what to say.

Is that where
he's driving already?

You guys have
a whole thing going on.

Justin.

I'm...

I'm sorry.

For your daughter.

For your father.

Yeah.

I just drove for hours on
the wrong side of the road.

I'm not even gonna
get a high five?

They have an indoor pool.

Oh, you don't like pools, right?

Okay.

I'm gonna ask them for a room

as far away from
the pool as possible.

Look. Your mom's gonna call,

and you're gonna
see her really soon.

Until then, I'm not gonna
leave your side.

And you and I

are gonna party.

Oh, my God.

Can you hear my heart?

- Yes.
- And you know what is happening?

I do.

The machine has to reach Newton.

Even though Justin
will want to destroy it.

Do you understand?

You're Mary Lou?

Please.

Oh, is that his, uh...

Yeah.

Chantal.

Well, what is it?

The future.

Wrap it in tin foil
and put it in the freezer.

- Like a ham.
- Thank you, Chantal.

Kat, we'll need that saline.

I'll get one of the big bags
we use for horses.

You do veterinary?

Oh, Gail was an obstetrician
for 30 years.

She handles the horses,
the cows,

the big animals.

He's already septic
from what I can tell,

so I'm not sure how much
I can really do.

- We're saving his life.
- I can't promise.

Gail? We will save his life.

How long since he was...

He was shot
about 14 hours ago.

And how much fluid
do you think he's lost?

One point one liters.

Oh. Thank you.

Oh, my...

What is...

What is he?

Hey, I'm the doctor.

He's an angel.

Kat, for fuck's sake,
you drove tugboats.

Steady as she goes.

I... I don't know
what this, uh...

This is the fight.

You think it was all
raising chickens?

Are we servants of God or not?

This is God.

We are the fortress of love.

It's gonna get a bit weird.

It's gonna get a bit weird?

So, everybody just keep
their shit together.

He is an angel.

I let the first one
fall even further.

Here we go.

Jesus.

- Is He available?
- Always.

Just get that bullet out of him.

Come on.

Oh, thank the Lord. Yes.

Oh, shit.

The bullet made him
septic as hell.

Now, I can't gauge
what's coming,

but I do know
when a living creature's

on the upside or the downside,

and I think your friend
is on the downside.

Sorry.

Not gonna lie.

Then have a little faith.

This one is the reason

God kept me alive
all these years.

You're not going to die tonight.

No. You're not.

How's my Tommy?

He's a fucking liar.

Do you think we had
the worst father in the world?

He was pretty bad.

What's the worst thing
you think he did?

- To you?
- Yes.

- Edie...
- The very worst thing.

Um...

He made you believe that
you weren't entitled to be here?

Really?

Yeah, I mean,
that's what he was doing

when he measured your upper arms
every morning at breakfast.

He was saying that

you didn't deserve
to take up space.

So interesting
that you took it there.

I just presumed
since his endless parade

of whores were thin,

that I had to be thin,

and therefore make sense in
the endless parade of whores,

since that's how
he saw all women.

But he was so ashamed,

so disgusted by me,
he wanted me to not exist?

But it couldn't just
have been about flesh,

about fat, though.

I meant something
disgusting to him.

And the only time
I had any value

was when I was shrinking.

You know that he was wrong.

You don't believe he was wrong.

Of course I do.

You fucking liar.

Quick, Hatch.

I was obsessed.

And I tried to sell the patents.

So I could get
some help to study them.

Everybody told me I was crazy,

but I knew something
was off about them.

I couldn't have been crazy.

I mean, Dad loved to let me
think that my ideas...

You let me think.

You could have put me
out of my misery, Hatch.

I was right.

They're from
outer fucking space.

I mean, this is impossibly huge.

It's bigger than us.

And you know this.

And I'm sorry.

I did something stupid.
I was afraid.

And I'm begging you
for the license

to have done something
crazy and awful,

but to have you know
that I still love you.

I do.

I think you think you do.

And it's all right

if you love me, Hatch.

But I hate you.

I hate you.

More than I ever hated him.

The vehicle
was abandoned here.

And then we lost 'em.

How many possible routes
could they have taken, Tim?

Twenty-two possible
routes. Not counting off-road.

Well, he's injured, so...

Yeah. What if he...

What if he what?

What if he, like, does a thing?

A thing? What is a thing?

Oh, like an alien thing?

Shit, you're right. What if he,
uh...

What if he magically
healed his bullet wounds

using beams from
a space infirmary here?

Or a fucking space Tylenol?

God damn it, Tim.
Bones break, okay?

Flesh burns, lungs collapse
and they liquify.

If it is living,
you can kill it,

you perpetual
fucking troglodyte!

Fuck! Get out of here.
I'll find it.

MI5 and CIA have been
coordinating calls all morning.

Both organizations know
an asset is in the wind.

Ooh, asset's in the wind.

Um, does that make you feel
all tough and keyed in,

saying shit like that?

Okay. Let me put it this way.
You're not long for this world.

They're coming for you.
And the first debrief is me.

I'm sorry, are you...
Are you threatening me?

I can tell them the truth.

You're wound too tight.

You're obsessed, volatile.

You fucked this all up.

- Nobody cares what you...
- Shut up.

Shut the fuck up!

Or I confirm that Finch...

Finch tipped off
our asset to fuck you.

Because you betrayed
and humiliated her.

It's not like it's out of
character for either one of you.

- I'm offering you a lifeline.
- Why?

Because you're still the one
who has the best chance

of catching him.

If you get your shit together.

No. Why?

Why, Lisa? What do you get?

Why'd you hire me?

'Cause you sold out
your own family.

And I found that patriotic.

I have goals.

Like you have goals.

Whoever drops a net
on these three

holds all the cards
for a very long time.

So, we're partners now.

I have no intention
of tracking housewives

in Kazakhstan when I'm 50.

You think
you deserve better?

After all your preening
bullshit and toddler tantrums,

I deserve the fucking
Medal of Freedom.

I'll apologize to Tim for you.

You're welcome.

Okay.

I got all the ones you like.

Oh, excellent.
That's why I like it.

And especially the green ones.

- Yeah, I don't... That's true.
- I'm gonna take those,

'cause I know you don't like
those very much. I know.

- Hello.
- Hi.

Is she there?

She's fine.

It's your mom, honey.
Talk to her.

- Molls?
- She's listening.

Hi, Molls.

I am so sorry, baby.

I love you.

Everything's gonna be okay.

Can you say something
so I know you're there?

Okay, uh, here's the thing,
all right? Um,

I know this is scary.

I know it. But, um,

I want you to think about
The Little Prince, okay?

I mean, he was so brave.

He had to be
a little bit scared

and a little bit lonely
to make everything better.

He walked through the desert.

And that's what you're doing.

You're just as brave.

I'm your kid.

What do you mean?

You're supposed to pick me.

I am picking you, Molls.

It's just, you know, it...

It's hard to see that right now.

We were asked to be part
of something and, um...

Sometimes you have to make
choices that are hard

because... Because some things
are bigger even than us.

But one day you're gonna...

Baby, I love you
more than everything.

I don't believe you.

Can you breathe?

Not really.

Hey, I'm sorry.
Uh, could I, uh,

could I get a single malt?
Neat, please?

- Sure.
- Thank you.

Hi, Henning.

Did you summon me to this club
'cause I'm a drunk?

Yes.

I thought the exterior
should match your interior.

Well, would you have showed up

if I'd summoned you
to a pizza place?

Well, yeah. Um,

I'm thinking more and more
about suicide,

so it's good if I'm not alone.

Mr. Thorn would like
to buy your share...

of OriGen.

What? Why?

Are you serious?

I mean, why come to me
and not go to Edie?

She would never sell.

You know we don't have
the machine.

We can no longer sell
anything to anyone.

Our lab is a pile of rubble.

Our existing IP is worthless.

Plus, Pressman Thorn
isn't particularly

enamored of the Flood siblings.

So, why would he wanna
buy the company?

He wants to buy your shares
in the company.

I mean, he... He'd be buying
controlling interest

of nothing.

Correct.

I mean...

$15 million.

$15 million
for essentially nothing?

Correct.

- Fuck off.
- Excuse me?

I mean, nobody

would offer $15 million
for nothing,

unless they really wanted it.

Well, that's not exactly true.

Well, why then?

Okay.

I bet that he sent you here
with a mandate.

In fact, I bet you $15 million

that you can't go back
and tell him that you blew it.

I bet you would lose your job

as an evil henchman
or whatever it is that you do.

At this point, I would give you
$15 million to shut up.

No one would make
a deal like that

unless they were desperate.

So, you're not saving me.

I'm saving you.

Fifty.

I mean, come on, a man who'd
pay $15 million for nothing

- can certainly pay 50.
- Fine.

Fuck you. 60.

$60 million

and, uh,
do a wire transfer to Edie.

So she gets all the money.

Do you think that will
take out the sting?

No, uh, but it's $60 million.

So, I mean, it...
It'll help.

What do you get
out of all of this?

Um, I get to be done.

Yeah.

I get to be done.

Molly is the only one

who can make you
look like that, Justin.

Oh.

My daughter's
in danger somewhere,

and I can't get to her.

I'm running from horrible,

horrible people,

with my dad, who's, uh,
not my dad anymore.

And you've made me
an alien on my own planet.

You know, maybe I always was.

And I know
I'm a scientist again,

but I never felt this fucking
helpless until I met you.

You'll never

be helpless.

Chantal, take these.

You and Heather watch the road.

Here.

Uh, yeah, yeah. Okay.

- Quickly.
- Dad?

What?

The bees.

Their queen is dying.

She's dying...

Because he's dying.

You wouldn't survive it.

What are you talking about?

He needs to be replenished.

I can replenish him.

What, a transfusion?

- Gail?
- Hell no.

And we only have vet stuff.
But, hell no.

Get someone else.

Hang on.

Why you?

You're...

You're not the...

You're...

- You're Nephilim?
- What?

Nephilim?

The...
Uh, they're both, uh,

human and angel.

The blood of both.

Yeah, he's not a Nephilim.

He's from the fucking Bahamas.

Dad, you're not giving, like...

This place isn't set up for...

Correct.

What? We did it on the horses.

She got a basketball out of
a sheep once. I saw it.

- I was hammered.
- It's not an option.

You'll die.

- Maybe.
- She needs you.

Correct.

Justin, of all the things
that have happened,

none of which either of us
could have ever imagined,

maybe they all happened to
bring me to where I am now.

In this moment.
For this purpose.

There's no one else.

There is no one else.

I need you.

Doesn't that matter?

Not anymore.

We have a mission.

You must let me go.

Where are you going?

Back to the lab.

They left too fast
to take everything.

I'm going to see
what I can find.

I'm surprised to hear from you.

This wasn't the arrangement.

This is a new situation.

It is.

It's critical we find them
before Clay does.

He's desperate.

His exposure is massive.

Currently he's nowhere.

I may have found something.

Keep me informed.

Hey. That's my dad in there.

So, you just keep your Nephilim
bullshit to yourself, please.

Hon.

You and I are members

of the most exclusive club
in the world.

Only, you're a lot better at it.

What did you do to him?

The other one? Newton?

I was not enough of a person...

for Tommy to hold on to.

I was... like sand.

I was a hotel maid,
and he checked into the hotel.

He had a hard time
with the elevators.

And he asked for a whole bunch
of TVs in his room.

He just seemed so helpless.

So, I just helped him.

Stayed with him.

He was so kind to me that I knew

he couldn't be
a human being.

I introduced him to gin.

It was my best friend.

And it ruined him.

Made him an easy target.

Just gin. That's it?

Just gin.

Tommy didn't know love

until he met an alcoholic.

And my needs became his needs.

He didn't stand a chance.

You must have been, um...

Uh...

I can't imagine.

Honey,

that sentence does not apply to
you and me anymore.

You see, that's the gift.

And it's worth it.
It's so worth it.

Anyway, do you love him?

- Who? What, hi...
- Yeah.

Well, right now,
I hate his guts. So, no.

Oh.

I loved Tommy.

I love Tommy.

I only really became
human after him.

Before him,
I was just sleepwalking.

But after him,
I woke up to the world

and everything in it.

And myself.

I don't know what
he became after me,

or what he is now.

You don't wanna know.

Really?

Look, this is hard.

But you won't do it like I did.

You have a child,
so you know how to,

you know, care for people.

He'll be so safe with you.

Thank you.

You've given me

the second biggest gift
I ever had.

What's that?

The chance

to make up for destroying
the first biggest gift.

Don't thank me.

Someone will follow us here.

He's probably
already on the way.

- What's his name?
- Clay.

Yeah.

I met him.

Sir, I got 'em.

The car was stolen this morning
from Loughton. That's her.

She's using a payphone.
Have you dumped it?

Uh...

Why are you not speaking?

It's... It's, uh,
outside Brighton.

She's calling an organic farm.

Mount Rive Priory.

It's... It's a rehab clinic.

Lord, let me be
strengthened by you

and by your vast strength.

Grant that I may put on
the full armor of God.

Grant that I may stand against
the schemes of the devil.

Knowing that my struggle
is not against flesh and blood,

but against the cosmic powers
of this darkness.

So that I may be
able to take my stand.

- Amen.
- Amen.

Amen.

Stop talking. Listen to me.

There is a gas station near it.

I'll send you the details.

I am about an hour away.

And we are gonna need
a place that's, um...

That's off the grid. Okay.

Josiah is gonna
take care of our guest,

but we have to
take care of Josiah.

Do you know your blood type?

It won't matter, currently.

To me, you are all
universal donors.

Can I have a moment, please?

Oh, yes. Uh...

Kat.

Let's... Let's give them
some space.

Gail, come on. Come.

You okay?

Yes.

Dad.

This is how
you taught me to dance.

In an azure mood

Stardust gleaming

Through my solitude

Here in my seclusion

You're a blue illu...

He found them.

Middle of fucking nowhere.

Please don't speak.

- What was that?
- Move, move!

Fuck!

You said they were fucking nuns.

Nuns?

How bad is it?

I got shot in the fucking neck,
you asshole!

Suppress that shit.
Suppress 'em!

Copy that.

Fucking have it!

Fuck!

Let's move!
Go, go, go!

Kat, you're up.
You okay?

- Yeah.
- Wobbly?

We're good. Almost there. Okay?

Yeah.

Keep alert.
They're coming this way.

Heather, get upstairs.

Quick, quick.

You seen him?

He's definitely
goin' around the back.

Darcy, Derek,
split up! Take cover!

Okay.

Jay? Jay?

That little calf
you can hear now,

that's the one you birthed, Jay!

Send 'em out with the core,
Mary Lou, and we'll go away.

Not gonna happen, Jay.

Stop fucking calling me Jay!

Send 'em out
or we're comin' in!

I'm almost out of bullets.

Fuck... your... patriarchy!

When God gives you lemons,

you remind him that
you don't care for lemons.

Hence, the guns.

There's a lot of women here
and a lot of rage.

So you just

walk away now, okay, sweetie?

Go on.

Woo!

Go.

How's he doing?

We're okay, we're okay.
Nearly there.

- What's the plan?
- This is it.

We're killing time.

We'll see how it goes.

If you hear the bell,

that means everybody's
running for the hills.

Okay. You look after yourself,

- all right?
- Yeah.

I mean, who else am I gonna
compare notes with?

We're the world's
tiniest support group.

It'll be okay. He's got us.

Okay.

Over...

Oi!

Amateurs.

Okay. Okay, bullets...

Oh, Lord!

You fucking rats.

Get over there.

Fuck! You cheeky bitch!

Fuck!

Justin, come on.

Go. Go.

Thank you.

Go on. Go on.

What's your name?

Your real name?

Ivan.

Ivan?

Oh.

I'm gonna try and save you.

No, thank you.

Then...

Thank you.

For what?

I thought I was Judas.

But it's you.

Hi, hey.

Weapon.

Weapon.

There you go.

Let's go that way.

Let's go. Come on.

Over there.

Yeah.

Here.

The rest of them scattered.

I found the core in the freezer.

Done. Can we go?

Try not to drop that.

He's still alive.

Yeah, you are.

This could have been
so much easier.

Bring him.

- And her.
- What about him?

He doesn't
fucking matter.

Buddy.

That's all right

That's all right

That's all right

That's all right

Since my soul's got
a seat up in the kingdom

That's all right

My, my mama

How you walkin' low

Your feet may slip on
Your soul may low

Since my soul's got a seat
up in the kingdom

That's all right

That's all right

That's all right

That's all right

That's all right

Since my soul's got a seat
up in the kingdom

That's all right

Hush lil' baby

Don't you cry

You know your mother
been born to die

Since my soul's got a seat
up in the kingdom

That's all right

That's all right

It'll be all right

It'll be all right

Since my soul's got a seat
up in the kingdom

That's all right

Jacob laugh
so long and tall

You ain't gonna feel it

You're sure to fall

Since my soul's got a seat
up in the kingdom

That's all right

My, my mama

How you walkin' low

Your feet may slip on
Your soul may low

Since my soul's got a seat
up in the kingdom

That's all right

Since my soul's got a seat
up in the kingdom

That's all right