Survival Code (2013) Movie Script

The League of Nations

thinks it can declare

an Arctic Free Zone

and problem solved.

Well, it's been four years

and the Big Five are still

scratching and clawing

for control

of Arctic resource development,

especially since China bought

its way into the argument.

Anyone think last week's

ramming of a Danish frigate

by a Russian nuke sub

was an accident?

No one's getting the last gas and oil on the planet without a fight.

Violence is

bound to escalate.

And as usual,

Canada's Natural Heritage land

is stuck in the middle.

What we need is

the League of Nations...

here, on the ground.

OFF.

NOW THAT THE ICE IS GONE,

EVERYONE WANTS

A PIECE OF THE ARCTIC--

OIL, GAS,

MINERALS, WATER.

EVERYONE FIGHTING

FOR THEIR PIECE OF THE ACTION.

THAT'S OKAY, I DON'T MIND.

IT'S GOOD FOR BUSINESS.

SEE, WHAT REALLY MATTERS

IS WHO GOT HERE FIRST.

AND THAT...

WOULD BE ME.

WOULD YOU LISTEN

TO ME, PLEASE, VIC?

IT'S YOUR PLACE,

YOU'RE THE BOSS. SO BE IT.

BETTINA,

I JUST RENT THE SPACE.

THIS IS YOUR HOTEL,

YOUR BAR.

YOU MAKE THESE RULES,

SO ENFORCE THEM!

OKAY, WHO ELSE

AM I SUPPOSED TO GO TO, HUH?

WE'RE AT THE END

OF THE FRICKING WORLD HERE.

YOU DIDN'T GET PAID, TOO BAD,

BUT I'M NOT YOUR PIMP.

FINE, BUT I'M NOT THE ONE

WHO MADE THE RULE

ABOUT NO TAKING OFF RUBBERS

IN THE ZIPGRAV.

- HE DID WHAT?!

- MM-HMM.

- THAT GODDAMN LITTLE BRIT!

- I TOLD HIM VIC WAS GONNA BE MAD.

I AM GONNA KILL HIM!

- I WARNED HIM, BUT HE DOESN'T LISTEN!

CLIVE-- HE DOESN'T

LISTEN TO NOBODY.

THERE'S A SIGN ON THE DOOR

IN 12 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.

YOU'RE GONNA

MAKE HIM PAY, RIGHT?

YOU EAT HALF A SANDWICH,

YOU PAY FOR THE WHOLE THING.

I TOLD HIM

VIC WAS GONNA BE MAD,

BUT CLIVE-- HE DOESN'T

LISTEN TO NOBODY.

LOOK, YOU WANT TO RUN YOUR BUSINESS IN MY PLACE, FINE,

I DON'T COMPLAIN.

- BUT I SHOULDN'T HAVE--

- WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? ALL YOU DO IS COMPLAIN.

- WHAT?! NO, I DON'T.

- YEAH. YES, YOU DO.

- OKAY.

- WHERE THE HELL IS IT?

LOOK IN YOUR JACKET.

I'M ONLY ASKING YOU

TO TAKE PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONCE.

YOU BRING THESE NUTJOBS IN HERE,

I END UP HAVING TO THROW THEM OUT!

I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO CLEAN UP

AFTER YOUR CLIENTS, BETTINA.

EXCUSE ME?

YOU CHARGE LOTS OF MONEY FOR THIS ANTI-GRAVITY,

AND I'M THE ONE WHO BRINGS YOU

ALL THE BUSINESS. OKAY?

YOU MAKE ALL THIS MONEY

BECAUSE I'M HERE.

I SHOULD CHARGE YOU FOR ALL THE CUSTOMERS I BRING IN.

WHAT?!

YOU SHOULD CHARGE ME NOW?

THAT'S RIGHT. I PAY FOR MY ROOM.

UPKEEP IS FOR YOU.

NO NO NO NO.

YOU BRING YOUR CLIENTS INTO THE ZIPGRAV,

THE RESPONSIBILITY IS YOURS.

THAT'S WHY YOU BROUGHT

THE ZIPGRAV UP HERE?

IT'S FOR SEASONAL AFFECTIVE THERAPY!

- Anti-gravity.

OH PLEASE! YOU INSTALLED

THE PORNO PROGRAM!

OF COURSE

THEY WANT TO GO IN THERE!

IT'S NOT MY FAULT!

LOOK, THERE HE IS!

YOU DIRTY LITTLE MIDGET.

COME ON. COME--

- NOW-- NOW NOW, VIC, WHATEVER SHE'S TOLD YOU--

- I WARNED YOU ABOUT THIS!

IT'S NOT MY FAULT!

- YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO CHEATERS?

YOU SIGNED A CONTRACT

BEFORE GOING IN.

"NO SPILLAGE OF FLUIDS

IN THE ZIPGRAV."

- NO SPILLAGE.

- THAT'S RIGHT.

- YOU'RE GONNA CLEAN IT UP.

- I'LL CLEAN IT UP. I'LL CLEAN IT UP.

- AND PAY BETTINA.

- AND PAY.

- FULL PRICE.

- YOU BUSY?

DO I LOOK BUSY?

I'M NOT BREATHING.

I GOT SOMETHING

TO SHOW YOU.

SO WHAT'S MY SURPRISE?

CARIBOU MEAT

DOUBLE IN PRICE?

FOUND THIS

ON NATURAL HERITAGE LAND.

LOOKS KIND OF PICKED OVER.

- HOW'D HE DIE?

- OLD AGE.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

DO YOU KNOW WHO HE IS?

NOT FROM AROUND HERE.

NO I.D.

ANYBODY SEE YOU

BRING HIM IN?

I KNEW YOU'D WANT

TO KEEP THIS QUIET.

YEAH, YOU THINK?

LET'S GET HIM INSIDE.

HE KIND OF SMELLS.

I'LL TURN DOWN THE HEAT.

IS THAT YOUR

LONG-TERM SOLUTION?

NO, I NEED

TO FIGURE OUT WHO HE IS.

WHAT YOU NEED IS

AN AIR-FRESHENER.

Wild thing.

OH HEY, VIC!

- LISTEN, YOU SHOULD--

- YOU, OUT OF MY BAR.

- NO, LISTEN, YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY--

- YOU'RE BANNED.

DON'T BAN ME!

COME ON, PLEASE?

I CLEANED EVERYTHING UP

LIKE YOU ASKED.

- IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

- OUT!

I NEED THE ZIPGRAV.

I SUFFER FROM SEASONAL

AFFECTIVE DISORDER.

IT'S PART OF MY ADDICTION

TRANSFER PROGRAM.

IT'S MY LIFELINE.

OKAY. OKAY, IT'S ONLY THAT

I CAME TO TELL YOU--

AS A FRIEND MIND YOU--

THAT YOU'RE NEEDED OUTSIDE.

- WHY?

- INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT AT YOUR FRONT DOOR--

GUNS, POSSIBLE LOSS

OF LIFE.

- SERIOUSLY?

- YOU'RE GONNA NEED YOUR CUSTOMS JACKET.

Bump the sound.

MISS FREEMONT, THE DUMP IS

AN INTERNATIONAL FREE ZONE.

THAT CUB WASN'T

AT THE DUMP.

I'VE WATCHED THIS CUB SINCE

HE WAS THREE WEEKS OLD.

HE HAS A TRACKING CHIP

I PUT ON HIM MYSELF.

- HEY HEY HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

- VIC, TELL HER.

MY MEN WOULDN'T GO

ON NATURAL HERITAGE LAND.

THEY SHOT THE BEAR AT THE DUMP.

IT'S ALLOWED.

I'VE TRACKED THIS CUB

FOR THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS.

HE WAS ON HIS HOME RANGE

AND SUDDENLY HE'S MOVING

AT 60 KILOMETERS AN HOUR,

HEADED FOR THE BAR?

YOU BETTER PUT THAT DOWN

BEFORE YOU GET HURT.

EVERYONE SHOULD PUT

EVERYTHING DOWN.

YOU VODKA-RETARDS KILLED THIS BEAR ON NATURAL HERITAGE LAND.

CLEAR VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL ARCTIC PROTOCOL.

VIC, THE WOMAN

IS HYSTERICAL.

WHAT'S THE LEGALITY,

MR. CARBONEAU?

AT WHAT POINT

AM I ALLOWED TO DETAIN

A RUSSIAN CRIMINAL

FLEEING CANADIAN JUSTICE?

DETAIN, MEANING DROPPING HIM WITH 80g OF PHENYL-BOP-HALO.

OKAY.

I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS

AN UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT

WHEREIN A FOREIGN VISITOR MAY BE UNAWARE

OF NATURAL HERITAGE LAND BOUNDARIES--

- OH, YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.

- HOWEVER...

SINCE THE BEAR IS CLEARLY IN CANADIAN

PROTECTORATE JURISDICTION,

I'LL HAVE TO IMPOUND

THE BEAR.

THE FUCKING BEAR

IS OURS.

YOU ARE WELCOME

TO APPEAL, OF COURSE,

BUT THEN I'LL HAVE TO FILE A SECTION 17 ENDANGERED SPECIES AP,

WHICH CAN DELAY

OTHER CUSTOMS ACTIVITIES.

- THEY'LL LEAVE THE BEAR.

- YEAH, I THOUGHT SO.

WHAT? THAT'S IT?

WHAT?

THAT'S THE PENALTY FOR KILLING AN ENDANGERED SPECIES?

VIC?!

REALLY?

YOU HAD TO DO THAT? HEY!

YOU HURT MY CREW,

YOU HURT ME.

YOU HAVE TO KEEP

YOUR CREW IN LINE.

THEY DON'T LIKE TO BE TOLD HOW TO

BEHAVE IN INTERNATIONAL TERRITORY,

ESPECIALLY BY A WASHED-UP

CAGE FIGHTER AND BARKEEP.

CUSTOMS OFFICER.

ANYWAY, INTERNATIONAL

OPPORTUNITY ZONE,

- BUT CANADIAN PROTECTORATE.

- TEMPORARILY,

UNTIL THE SECURITY COUNCIL

RULES.

WELL, WHO KNOWS WHAT

THE FUTURE HOLDS, RIGHT?

IN THE MEANTIME,

IT'S MY SIGNATURE

THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE

ANYTHING IN OR OUT.

I AM THE ROCK THAT

THIS LITTLE VENTURE RESTS ON.

SO THE BEARS

GET LEFT ALONE. OKAY?

LET'S NOT BE THREATENING

AND RIDICULOUS.

IF I WANTED TO,

I COULD SHOOT EVERYONE HERE AND FLY AWAY.

AND LEAVE ALL THIS?

THAT'D BE A TERRIBLE WASTE,

WOULDN'T IT?

YES. YES, IT WOULD.

YOU'RE WELCOME,

BY THE WAY.

I DON'T NEED HELP

FROM YOU.

NO. NO NO,

YOU WERE DOING GREAT.

ARMED STANDOFF,

RUSSIAN BOOT IN YOUR THROAT--

YOU WERE WHAT,

IN CHARGE?

YOU SET A PRECEDENT.

NOW ANYONE CAN SHOOT

AN ENDANGERED ANIMAL

ON PROTECTED LAND

WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES.

AT LEAST I DID

SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

A BIT OF AN OVERREACTION,

DON'T YOU THINK?

THE RUSSIAN I SHOT GETS

TO WAKE UP TOMORROW.

MY CUB DOESN'T.

WHAT ARE YOU

GONNA DO WITH HIM?

PUT HIM BACK SO HIS MOTHER WON'T KEEP SEARCHING FOR HIM.

THEN I'LL DOCUMENT THE BIRDS AND

ANIMALS THAT FEED ON THE CARCASS

AND PUT THE BONES

IN STORAGE.

YEAH.

THE HIDE'S WORTH

SOMETHING IN MOSCOW.

THEY MIGHT

COME BACK FOR HIM.

YEAH, I HOPE THEY DO.

What is that?

DON'T DO THAT!

DON'T OVERRIDE MY OFF LIKE THAT.

You don't answer your phone if I don't.

And I repeat, what is that?

IT'S A--

IT'S A DRUNK.

HE NEEDS TO SLEEP IT OFF.

I'm glad your alcohol-poisoning business is thriving, Vic,

but can you explain to me

how it's possible

that there's a shooting on

the main street of Borealis...

...overseen by you,

and I get the information from the Russian consulate?

What do we pay you for?

YEAH, I WAS GONNA

CALL YOU ABOUT THAT.

Too late,

I called you.

FIRST UP, YOUR SHOOTING?

IT WAS A TRANQ DART.

THERE WAS NO REAL HARM DONE.

You're there to prevent confrontations with the internationals.

THE HOT-HEADED NUTJOB

HAS BEEN PUT HERE

BY YOU GUYS!

Alison Freemont

places herself, Vic.

She's an internationally-

respected biologist

with a blogcast that's seen in virtually every country in the world.

We can't stop her

from saying what she says.

FINE THEN.

But we can try to

control her activities,

which is another of the jobs

you're not currently doing.

CONTROL HER HOW, EXACTLY?

SHE SHOT A RUSSIAN

IN THE ASS.

YOU WANT PEACEFUL

RESOURCE EXPLOITATION?

FIND A WAY

TO GET RID OF HER.

The government

of Canada is not

in the getting-rid-

of-people business.

YOU SHOULD BE.

EVERYONE ELSE IS.

I HATE THIS THING.

FUCKING HELL.

IF YOU'RE A GEOLOGIST,

YOU'RE DEAD MEAT.

WHOA. YOU-- YOU SCARED

THE CRAP OUTTA ME.

I-- I THOUGHT

I WAS ALONE OUT HERE.

IS THAT SO?

TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION,

I AM NOT A GEOLOGIST, OKAY?

- I'M AN ARCHEOLOGIST.

- REALLY?

YOU'RE AMERICAN AND YOU'RE

ON NATURAL HERITAGE LAND.

I'M NOT INCLINED

TO BELIEVE YOU.

REALLY? I CARE

WHAT YOU THINK BECAUSE?

LOOK, THE NAME'S DAN RIORDAN.

I'M A POST-DOC FROM BERKELEY.

- I CAN SHOW YOU MY I.D.

- KEEP WALKING.

LOOK, I'M UP HERE

ON A RESEARCH GRANT

TO LOOK FOR REMAINS OF EARLY

18th-CENTURY RUSSIAN HABITATIONS.

CHRIST.

IT WAS SUPPOSED

TO BE READY YESTERDAY.

I PAY EXTRA

FOR FAST FUCKING TURNAROUND.

I HAD TO FABRICATE A PART.

IT TAKES LONGER.

I COULD ORDER NEW PART

FROM BEIJING FASTER!

- BRING OVER BY BOAT.

- HEY, ROGER.

SINCE YOU'RE HERE,

YOU GOT A MINUTE?

I DON'T KNOW. TAQ, DO I GOT A MINUTE?

DO I GOT AN HOUR, 12 HOUR?

LOOK, I NEED A DOCTOR.

YOU'RE THE CLOSEST THING

- FOR A THOUSAND MILES, ALL RIGHT?

- WHAT? YOU GOT THE CLAP?

NO. I GOT A SITUATION.

I NEED DISCRETION.

WELL, DISCRETION WILL

COST YOU.

EVERYTHING COSTS ME.

COME ON.

WHAT, ARE YOU COMING TOO?

OF COURSE YOU ARE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

MMM. RUPTURED AORTA...

FRACTURED SKULL...

INTERNAL BLEEDING.

YEAH, THIS ONE FALLS

FROM A HIGH PLACE.

HE WAS

ON A PLATEAU.

YOU EVER HEARD

OF AERONAUTICS?

TRANSPORTATION DEVICE

THAT GO UP IN THE AIR?

YOU THINK HE WAS DEAD

BEFORE HE HIT THE GROUND?

AH, HOW I AM SUPPOSED

TO KNOW THIS?

- I'M PSYCHIC SUDDENLY?

- I DON'T KNOW.

I WAS JUST ASKING.

I FINISHED

MY LEVEL 5 FIRST AID.

I DON'T DO AUTOPSY.

HERE.

WHAT IS THIS HERE?

WHO CARRIES A 6-INCH SPIKE

IN HIS LONG UNDERWEAR?

NOW WHAT?

- TRY BENDING HIM.

- THIS IS YOUR PLAN? REALLY?

WAIT TILL SOMEONE

ORDERS A SPECIAL?

SOMEBODY AIR-STREAMED

THIS PUTZ, WHOEVER HE IS,

WHICH MEANS SOMEBODY'S HAPPY

AND SOMEBODY'S PROBABLY PISSED.

UNTIL WE KNOW WHO'S WHO

AND WHAT IT IS THEY WANT--

WELL, WHAT HAVE WE HERE?

SO MANY QUESTIONS.

RAMINDER, YOU'VE BEEN

STATIONED HERE, WHAT,

- SIX, SEVEN MONTHS?

- SEVEN MONTHS AND FOUR DAYS.

I CAME WITH THE FIRST

DRILL RIGS FOUR YEARS AGO,

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT

ACCIDENTS HAPPEN.

ACCIDENTS?

- MISADVENTURES, ROUGHHOUSING GONE WRONG,

THE OCCASIONAL MALICIOUS SCORE-SETTLING.

IT'S PART OF THE CHARM OF THE PLACE.

YEAH, IT GOES WITH THE LAST SCRAPS

OF OIL AND GAS FEEDING FRENZY.

THERE YOU GO.

A SELF-CLEANSING SYSTEM

THAT'S BEST LEFT

TO DO ITS GOOD WORK.

WE'RE TALKING

POTENTIAL MURDER HERE.

NO! YOU THINK?

- NO.

- NO WAY.

- HM-MMM.

- PEOPLE GETTING BEATEN TO DEATH

ON CANADIAN SOIL

PROVOKES MY MANDATE.

BEATEN TO DEATH?

WE DON'T KNOW THAT.

- DO WE?

- NO, NOT REALLY. NO.

LOOK, A CORPSE FOUND

IN THE FREE ZONE--

TAQ DIDN'T FIND HIM

IN THE FREE ZONE.

TAQ FOUND HIM

ON NATURAL HERITAGE LAND,

- WHICH IS CANADIAN TERRITORY.

- WELL, TAQ IS A LITTLE SHAKY

ON THE EXACT LOCATION

AND THE BOUNDARIES.

AS AN INDIGENOUS

INUIT PERSON, I BELIEVE--

HALF INUIT. ONLY HALF.

HIS FATHER WAS AN IRISH MIX FROM

KENTVILLE OR SOME SUCH PLACE--

A PEOPLE WITH NOTORIOUSLY

POOR SENSE OF DIRECTION.

- I'M SORRY, TAQ, NO OFFENSE.

- NONE TAKEN.

ALL I'M SAYING IS THE CORPSE COULD

HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE FREE ZONE.

YEAH. YEAH,

IT COULD HAVE BEEN.

LOOK, THE LAST THING

THE GOVERNMENT WANTS

IS PUBLIC PERCEPTION THAT THERE ARE

MURDERERS ON THE LOOSE IN BOREALIS.

THE GUY'S PRETTY BATTERED.

WASN'T THAT YOUR

PREVIOUS OCCUPATION?

- BATTERING PEOPLE?

- YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS.

WHO IS THE DECEASED?

EITHER ONE MAY ANSWER.

- DON'T KNOW.

- NO I.D.

DID EITHER

OF YOU KILL HIM?

NOT TO THE BEST

OUR KNOWLEDGE.

MR. QUINN, DO YOU AGREE?

NOT TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE.

- NO.

DO YOU AGREE WITH MR.

CARBONEAU THAT NEITHER OF YOU KILLED HIM?

ARE YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT TO

SEPARATE US SO THERE'S NO COLLUSION?

I BELIEVE

I CAN RECOGNIZE COLLUSION.

OKAY.

- FOR GOD'S SAKE, PRIVATE, THAT'S A HUMAN BEING.

BE CAREFUL.

- SURE THING, BOSS.

- LIEUTENANT.

NOW WHY WERE YOU TRYING

TO HIDE A CORPSE?

WE WEREN'T.

WE WERE JUST TRYING TO KEEP HIM COLD, LIEUTENANT.

THAT'S WHAT

I WAS GONNA SAY.

- IS THAT COLLUSION?

- I DON'T KNOW. IS IT?

MAY SEEM FUNNY NOW,

BUT WHEN IT'S READ BACK

TO YOU IN A COURTROOM--

OH, BAD NEWS?

IT SEEMS A SENIOR GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRAT HAS DECIDED

- I SHOULD NOT BE DETAINING YOU.

- OH, GOOD THEN.

WELL, LOOK AT THE TIME.

- THIS IS NOT OVER, VIC.

I INTEND TO PURSUE

MY INVESTIGATION.

EXCELLENT,

I'D LIKE MY SPIKE BACK.

IF IT'S ANYONE'S PROPERTY,

IT'S JOHN DOE'S.

I'LL KEEP IT ON HIS BEHALF.

OKAY, THERE'S SOME,

YOU KNOW, PERSONAL INFORMATION

ON THERE THAT'S NOT RE...

WHOA WHOA WHOA!

OKAY, WHOA WHOA.

THAT-THAT'S A SINGLE-MALT

FROM IONA IN SCOTLAND.

- YOU CAN'T--

- SIT.

THIS IS

A BAD PLACE TO CAMP.

I'VE PITCHED TENTS

ALL OVER THE WORLD.

I HAVE BEAR-REPELLANT,

GOOD CAMP HABITS.

TRY USING BEAR-REPELLANT WHILE SAMANTHA'S

LICKING OUT THE INSIDE OF YOUR SKULL.

12-YEAR-OLD POLAR BEAR

WHO JUST LOST HER CUB

TO SOME RUSSIAN RIG-PIGS.

YOU WON'T EVEN SEE

HER COMING.

YOU CAN SET UP

IN THE YARD TONIGHT.

- OUTSIDE?

- WELL, YOU'RE NOT GETTING MY BED.

TOMORROW

I'LL TAKE YOU TO TOWN.

- WHAT ABOUT THE BEAR?

- I GOT A HIGH-FREQ GRID.

YOU'RE SAFE INSIDE

A HUNDRED METERS.

I RECOGNIZE THAT

FROM YOUR BLOG.

FREE MOUNTAIN BLOG,

EXPOSING CORPORATE MALFEASANCE,

POLITICAL INEPTITUDE,

MEDIA COMPLICITY.

REQUIRED VIEWING

FOR MY STUDENTS.

YOU HAVE STUDENTS?

POST-DOC COMES

WITH TEACHING REQUIREMENTS

AND YES,

MANY OF MY GRAD STUDENTS ARE OLDER THAN ME.

ANYWAYS, I'M A BIG FAN.

PROUD TO SLEEP

IN YOUR DIRT.

CAN I OFFER YOU

A DRINK LATER?

IT'S REALLY GOOD SCOTCH.

I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF YOUR SCOTCH.

I'M MORE CONCERNED

WITH WHO PAID FOR IT.

- The fashion.

- YOU EVER WORK?

YES, I WORK

ALL THE TIME.

THE VIKINGS GIVE ME

TWO DAYS OFF.

IT'S NOT WORTH

GOING ANYWHERE.

SO WHAT HAPPENED

TO YOUR ADDICTION TRANSFER?

ALCOHOL TO WEIGHTLESSNESS?

IT'S NOT GOING SO GREAT.

NOW I'VE GOT

TWO ADDICTIONS. CHEERS.

YOU PATCH THINGS UP

WITH BETTINA?

NO, SHE'S STILL

PISSED OFF.

I'M WORKING ON IT.

HEY. DO YOU, UH--

DO YOU KNOW THIS GUY?

- HE'S LOOKING POORLY.

- VIKING?

HE'S NOT ONE I KNOW.

WELL, CAN YOU

FIND OUT FOR ME?

FREE HOUR OF ZIPGRAV

IN IT FOR YOU.

AND I KNOW IT'S NOT

YOUR STRONG SUIT,

BUT IF YOU COULD

BE DISCREET, ALL RIGHT?

- I'M YOUR MAN.

- OH GOD.

ALISON!

THAT HER?

SAMANTHA?

LOOK, CAN I COME IN?

THAT SOUND'S

A LITTLE UNNERVING.

CLOSE THE DOOR.

WHO DO

YOU WORK FOR, DAN?

I TOLD YOU,

U.S.C. AT BERKELEY.

I TURN OFF THAT BARRIER IN THE NIGHT AND YOU'RE ALL HERS.

SO WHO'S FUNDING

YOUR RESEARCH?

POLAR X PETROLEUM, MOTRON,

OR MAYBE THE CHINESE ARE

RECRUITING ABROAD NOW?

OKAY, IT'S TRUE.

POLAR X IS A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR TO MY UNIVERSITY,

BUT THE WORK IS STILL

LEGITIMATELY ACADEMIC.

SO WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU FIND

EVIDENCE OF EARLY RUSSIAN HABITATION?

BURY IT?

DESTROY IT?

LOOK, I CAN'T DO

MY WORK WITHOUT FUNDING.

POLAR X PAYS THE BILLS.

YOU KNOW, JUST MY LUCK,

THE, UH-- THE BEST

POSSIBLE RESULT

OF MY BEST-FUNDED

PROJECT EVER...

WE'D FIND NOTHING.

THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT YOU'VE

SAID THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE TRUTH.

WELL, WELCOME TO BOREALIS.

I CAME HERE

TO STUDY WILDLIFE.

INSTEAD I'M PRESIDING OVER

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF...

ONE SPECIES

AFTER ANOTHER.

DON'T MAKE ME

GO BACK OUT THERE.

OKAY, LOOK, I WILL NOT MOVE FROM OFF THIS BOX.

I PROMISE YOU THAT, OKAY?

Carboneau's hanging in there,

but Murdock's

younger and faster.

There's some serious

dark streak in that man

and you do not want

to let him use those legs.

Carboneau better get him

to the floor if he can.

Oh!

Murdock catches Carboneau

with a knee

and he goes down!

Oh, he's hurt!

He's hurt!

Murdock follows up with a devastating kick to the head.

This is over!

Carboneau's not moving!

Oh my God,

he's not moving!

- GOOD MORNING.

- MM-HMM.

YOU FEEL LIKE MAKING

TIME AND A HALF?

LET ME FINISH

MY PANCAKES.

NOT ME. WASYL.

TIME AND A HALF

AND YOU'RE PAYING?

WHY? YOU WANNA WATCH?

HERE'S WHAT

I NEED YOU TO DO.

VIC! VIC!

WHAT ARE YOU

GETTING ME INTO?

I TOLD YOU TO BE

DISCREET, DIDN'T I?

IT TURNS OUT ROADKILL IS

A NORWEGIAN ARCHEOLOGIST,

THORVALD SIGURDSSON.

AND YOU DIDN'T MENTION

HE WAS TOSSED FROM A BIRD.

YEAH, WELL,

IT SLIPPED MY MIND.

THE VIKINGS

DON'T EVEN KNOW YET.

SO WHAT HAPPENED?

COME HERE.

THE NORWEGIANS HAVE GOT THEIR

OWN LITTLE HISTORY DIG GOING ON,

HOPING TO PROVE UP A CLAIM TO GET

A BIGGER SHARE OF THE GAS POOL.

THORVALD'S LAST SEEN HEADING

TO THE RUSSIAN DIG SITE,

- AND NOT SEEN ALIVE AGAIN.

- THEY DON'T REPORT HIM MISSING?

THEY THINK HE'S STILL OUT THERE.

DIGGING, I GUESS.

THEY WON'T BE COOL TO HEAR

THE RUSSKIES CAPPED HIM.

- THE RUSSIANS? YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

- YEAH, I KNOW THE PILOT

OF THE BIRD THAT DROPPED HIM.

NOW EVERYONE KNOWS I'VE BEEN ASKING AROUND.

THE VIKINGS ARE GONNA THINK I HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.

- THE RUSSIANS ARE GONNA THINK I RATTED THEM OUT.

- CALM DOWN, ALL RIGHT?

I DON'T LIKE THIS.

I'M NOT ASKING NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

CLIVE, IT'S GONNA

BE FINE. RELAX.

YOU GOT AN HOUR

OF ZIPGRAV COMING TO YOU.

AND A FUCKING DRINK.

AND A DRINK.

I NEED TO GO THE RUSSIAN SECTOR DIG SITE.

- YOU WANT TO COME?

- NO.

I COULD USE THE BACKUP.

I THINK ALEXI MIGHT STILL BE PISSED AT ME.

FOR BREAKING HIS NOSE

IN THREE PLACES?

- I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY.

- PLEASE?

I'M NOT

IN THE BODYGUARD BUSINESS.

A FAVOR THEN, TO BE REPAID

AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

IF YOU HAVE ONE.

I, UH-- I HAD

THIS WEIRD DREAM LAST NIGHT.

I'M WANDERING

THROUGH THE TUNDRA,

PASSING ALL THESE INUIT,

BUT IT WAS LIKE

IT WAS SOME OTHER TIME--

SEAL-SKIN CLOTHES

AND STUFF.

AND... NONE OF THEM

WILL LOOK AT ME.

THEY'LL TALK TO ME,

BUT IT'S LIKE THEY'RE LOOKING AT MY CHEST.

YOU HAD THE DREAM.

- WHAT DREAM?

- THE MAN-WITH-NO-HEAD DREAM.

OLD STORY THE PEOPLE TELL.

ABOUT A THOUSAND YEARS AGO

THEY FOUND A MAN,

EUROPEAN OF SOME KIND,

WANDERING AROUND A STONE HOUSE WITHOUT A HEAD.

WE ASK HIM, "WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?"

BUT HE CAN'T ANSWER.

HE HAS NO HEAD.

SO THEY LEAVE HIM THERE.

PLACE BECAME KNOWN AS...

"HOUSE OF THE MAN

WITH NO HEAD."

YOU MAKE UP THIS SHIT JUST

TO SCREW WITH ME, DON'T YOU?

LET'S GO.

I WAS HOPING

TO SPEAK TO YOU

ABOUT A RECENTLY-DISCOVERED

DEAD BODY.

FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED.

SUSPECTED BY WHO?

BY ME.

YOU'RE INVESTIGATING

A MURDER?

- MMM.

WHO FOUND THE BODY?

- CARBONEAU.

- VIC?

NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

TAQ, MAYBE.

WELL, PERHAPS I COULD

STOP BY YOUR RESEARCH STATION

AS PART OF MY INVESTIGATION.

I, UH-- I OFTEN

WATCH YOUR BLOG

AND THINK WE HAVE

A LOT IN COMMON.

I GOT A ROOM,

SO I'LL MOVE

TO TOWN FOR A WHILE.

I SHOULD GET MY GEAR

OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE.

DAN, HAVE YOU MET

LIEUTENANT RAMINDER SINGH?

WHERE ARE YOU GOING,

CUSTOMS MAN? ARE YOU LOST?

HEY. I LIKE WHAT YOU'VE DONE

WITH YOUR NOSE. VERY NICE.

- NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.

- YOU'RE NOT IN CANADA ANYMORE.

VIC HERE

IS OUR FIRST TOURIST.

WE WANT HIM

TO COME BACK.

A TOUR.

THAT SOUNDS DELIGHTFUL.

MAY I?

FOR NEARLY 300 YEARS

THIS LAY UNDETECTED--

A RUSSIAN EXPLORER,

PRESUMED LOST AT SEA.

WE HAVE MOST

OF HIS REMAINS.

MOST?

ALL BUT THE HEAD.

IT WILL

ALMOST CERTAINLY SETTLE

OUR NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY CLAIM IN THIS AREA.

HAVE YOU HEARD

OF A THORVALD SIGURDSSON?

NORWEGIAN ARCHEOLOGIST.

HE FELL OUT OF ONE OF YOUR CHOPPERS THE OTHER DAY.

I'M SORRY THE NORWEGIAN

DECIDED TO JUMP.

- OH.

- THIS CLIMATE AFFECTS SOME MORE THAN OTHERS.

THE PILOT WOULD CONFIRM

THAT SUICIDE, I SUPPOSE?

IF HE WERE STILL

WITH US, YES.

HE WENT BACK

TO VLADIVOSTOK YESTERDAY.

- MMM.

- AND YOUR INTEREST IN THIS IS WHAT?

ALMOST NONE.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BE REASSURED THAT THIS ISN'T

GONNA BLOSSOM

INTO SOME KIND OF TURF WAR.

- BAD FOR EVERYONE.

- MMM.

NO. CERTAINLY A DEAD ISSUE

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.

SO YOUR HEADLESS FELLOW HERE,

YOU'RE SURE HE'S RUSSIAN?

OH YES.

VLADIMIR CONSTANTINOV.

HE CLAIMED THIS TERRITORY

FOR THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN 1741.

THIS IS WHAT BROUGHT

MR. SIGURDSSON HERE.

HE BELIEVED THAT CONSTANTINOV HAD RETRACED THE STEPS

OF SOME NORWEGIANS

FROM PREVIOUS CENTURIES

WHO HAD CLAIMED

THE TERRITORY FOR THEMSELVES.

BUT, BASED ON IRONWORKS

WE FOUND,

THE VIKINGS

CONSTANTINOV FOLLOWED

WERE ACTUALLY RUSSIANS

FROM NOVGOROD.

SO EITHER WAY

IT'S A RUSSIAN SITE.

MAYBE THAT'S WHY

SIGURDSSON WAS SO DEPRESSED.

I WONDER HOW YOUR RUSSIAN LOST HIS HEAD.

NO DOUBT FROM ASKING

TOO MANY QUESTIONS.

ANY LUCK?

WELL, IF I HAD,

I WOULDN'T BE SAT HERE, WOULD I?

WELL, IT COULD BE WORSE.

YOU COULD BE DUMPED OUT OF A HELICOPTER ON HERITAGE LAND.

HOW ARE THEY TAKING IT?

- WHO?

- HIS MATES.

DON'T KNOW WHAT

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THERE'S NO POINT IN TRYING

TO KEEP IT A SECRET.

MMM.

THE GOOFS

AT THE ARMY BASE KNOW.

IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME

TILL EVERYONE FINDS OUT.

WELL, THE VIKINGS

DON'T KNOW YET,

AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA

HEAR IT FROM ME, ALL RIGHT?

I'M PUTTING IT OUT THERE ON MY BLOG,

SO YOU'RE SAFE.

WELL, I SHOULDN'T, BUT...

OH, CHRIST, THAT'S GOOD.

RESEARCH-FUNDED

SINGLE MALT.

As predicted, Borealis is

incrementally disintegrating

into a lawless nest

of thugs, rogues

and now maybe murderers.

Norwegian scientist

Thorvald Sigurdsson died

after falling or being thrown

from a Russian helicopter.

- OH NO SHE DIDN'T.

- Why?

- No one knows.

- YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDING ME.

But it's clear what's needed is a moratorium

on the Free Zone's

resource exploitation.

It's a disaster

for the local environment...

- MAKE ME A DRINK PLEASE.

- ...the global environment,

for Canada's slender

sovereignty claims,

and now for

the tenuous rule of law.

...scientist,

Alison Freemont.

Questions about the death

of Norwegian archeologist

Thorvald Sigurdsson

will not go away.

- YOUR SPIKE.

- ANY PROBLEMS?

JUST THE USUAL.

VIKINGS AREN'T

GOING TO LIKE THAT.

YEAH, I DON'T LIKE IT

MUCH MYSELF.

- MURDERING RUSSIANS!

- NO, SVEN. NO.

DON'T DO IT, BUDDY.

EASY EASY.

COME ON, STOP IT.

STOP STRUGGLING. STOP.

YOU GUYS MIGHT WANT

TO GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!

FINISH YOUR DRINKS AND GET

THE FUCK OUT OF HERE! NOW!

STOP. COME ON.

COME ON. EASY, BUDDY.

STOP STRUGGLING.

STOP IT!

YOU GOOD?

OKAY, BUDDY, COME ON.

COME ON.

SOMEONE IS

GOING TO KILL THEM.

MAYBE NOT ME, BUT...

SOMEONE.

HEY!

YOU GOT ANY CLUE

WHAT YOU'VE DONE?

OH, DON'T ACT LIKE YOU'RE TRYING

TO PRESERVE THE PEACE IN BOREALIS.

YEAH, A PIECE

OF THE ACTION MORE LIKELY.

- YOU JUST STARTED A WAR.

- GOOD. WITH ANY LUCK,

THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS WILL SHOW UP,

STOP THE DRILLING AND SEND YOU IDIOTS HOME!

YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.

HEY, LOOK, ARE YOU NUTS?

YOU DON'T GO AFTER

THE RUSSIANS ALONE!

- YOU HAVE PISSED OFF...

- DID YOU HEAR ME INVITE YOU IN?

...SOME DANGEROUS PEOPLE!

DO YOU NOT GET THIS?!

OH, I GET IT!

I JUST HAPPEN TO THINK

YOU'RE ALL EQUALLY DANGEROUS

AND OBLIVIOUS.

LISTEN TO ME.

THESE PEOPLE ANSWER

TO NO ONE, OKAY?

THEY DON'T CARE THAT YOU'RE FAMOUS AND LOVED BY MILLIONS.

ALL RIGHT?

THEY WILL KILL YOU IN YOUR SLEEP

AND NOT EVER THINK

ABOUT IT AGAIN.

ANTON INTENDS

TO TAKE OVER BOREALIS.

YOU WANT TO FIGHT HIM?

FINE. FIGHT HIM SMART.

NOTHING I SAID ON MY BLOG

WAS UNTRUE. NOTHING.

I'M NOT SAYING IT WAS UNTRUE.

I'M SAYING IT WAS INDISCREET.

NOW WEHAVE

A HUGE PROBLEM

AND YOU ARE RIGHT

IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

WAKE THE HELL UP, OKAY?

- EVERYONE'S MAD AT ME.

- REALLY?

I WONDER WHY.

YOU SPEWED EVERYTHING

YOU KNOW TO ALISON FREEMONT,

- THE ONE PERSON WHO'S MOST LIKELY TO TELL...

- HERE YOU GO.

...10 BILLION PEOPLE

WORLDWIDE.

STUFF YOU WERE SUPPOSED

TO KEEP QUIET FOR ME.

SHE ALREADY KNEW...

MOST OF IT, ANYWAY.

THE VIKINGS ARE MAD.

THE RUSSIANS ARE MAD. YOU'RE MAD.

I CAN'T GO BACK TO THE RIGS

TILL THINGS CALM DOWN.

I NEED A ROOM.

PLEASE?

YOU GOT ME INTO THIS.

YOU OWE ME THAT MUCH.

GIMME 7.

THE DANE'S KIND OF TRASH,

BUT IT'S EMPTY.

YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, VIC.

I WON'T FORGET THIS.

THAT FROM THE RUSSIAN DIG?

WHAT'S IT TO YOU?

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW

WHERE IT CAME FROM,

THE FOUNDRY MARKS

MIGHT TELL YOU MORE.

I HAVE A BIT OF A BACKGROUND

IN THIS KIND OF THING.

REALLY?

I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE

COMING TO TOWN,

NOT THAT I BLAME YOU.

NOT THE SORT OF COMMUNITY

I'D HOPED TO FIND

WHEN I WAS POSTED HERE.

IT'S NOT

A COMMUNITY, RAMINDER.

IT'S A HUMAN REFUSE PILE.

WHAT EXACTLY CAN I DO FOR YOU?

YOUR RATHER PUBLIC ACCUSATION

OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN BOREALIS

LEADS ME TO BELIEVE

THAT YOU KNOW MORE

ABOUT THE SITUATION

THAN YOU ARE SHARING.

- AND...?

- AND I THINK YOU SHOULD TELL ME

WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE MURDER OF THORVALD SIGURDSSON.

I'M DOING SOME

INVESTIGATING MYSELF.

IN FACT, I WANT YOU

TO LOOK AT SOMETHING.

YOU WANT ME TO LOOK

AT YOUR STAPLER?

- NO.

- I GOTTA GO.

IT'S NOT MY-- NO, WAIT!

I ACTUALLY DID HAVE

A PIECE OF EVIDENCE. I--

WASYL!

OKAY, HERE.

THIS IS THE MATCH I WAS LOOKING FOR.

IT WAS FORGED

IN THE HOLMGARD IRONWORKS--

NOW THE RUSSIAN CITY

OF NOVGOROD--

BETWEEN 1000 AND 1100 A.D.

SO IT REALLY IS

A RUSSIAN SPIKE.

- AMAZING.

- YES AND NO.

HOLMGARD WAS A VIKING TOWN,

SETTLED ON LAND

THAT IN A LATER TIME WAS ABSORBED BY THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE.

NOT MADE BY PEOPLE OF,

SHALL WE SAY, RUSSIAN DESCENT.

SO HOW DID IT GET HERE?

IT WASN'T NAILED

IN A RUSSIAN SHIP.

IT CAME

IN SOMEBODY'S POCKET.

LAST MONTH THERE WAS

A ROBBERY AT A MUSEUM

IN OSLO WHERE

THORVALD SIGURDSSON WORKED.

AH. SO YOU CAN PROVE

THAT IT'S STOLEN.

NO. NO,

IT'D BE PRETTY TOUGH.

I MEAN,

IT TAKES A LOT OF THESE THINGS TO MAKE A SHIP.

ONCE IT'S DOCUMENTED IN THE ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE,

IT'S LEGITIMATE.

OKAY, HOW MANY SPIKES

WERE STOLEN?

SIX.

VIC! VIC, YOU HAVE

TO COME RIGHT AWAY!

- COME. PLEASE.

- WHAT?

- WHICH ONE NEXT?

- ANTI-IMMUNE R.N.A. BLOCKER.

YELLOW. YELLOW.

HAVE YOU EVER

SEEN THIS WORK?

THE NANO-BEAVERS CRAVE

DISRUPTION IN TISSUE.

- IF HE CAN BE REVIVED, THEY'LL DO IT.

- HE WAS DEAD.

- HOLD THAT.

- OKAY.

- HOLD THAT THERE.

- HE'S BREATHING.

WHOEVER DID THIS

THOUGHT IT WOULD BE CUTE

TO SNUFF HIM IN THE ZIPGRAV.

IT ACTUALLY KEPT HIM FROM BLEEDING OUT.

HIS BRAIN MIGHT BE SHOT,

BUT I GUESS WE'LL FIND OUT.

IT WAS

THE RUSSIANS DID THIS.

ALEXI AND NICOLAI,

I SAW THEM HANG AROUND HERE.

KEEP THE PRESSURE ON.

OKAY.

WE NEED TO TALK!

I FIND MYSELF

NEEDING TO REMIND

MY FOREIGN GUESTS

OF OUR LITTLE

CANADIAN SOVEREIGNTY

ISSUE, REMEMBER?

I ALSO REALLY DON'T

APPRECIATE FINDING

MY FRIENDS SEMI-MURDERED

ON MY PREMISES.

CLIVE VIOLATED THE TERMS

OF HIS AGREEMENT.

SENSITIVE INFORMATION IS

OF LITTLE VALUE

IF IT'S SHARED

INDISCRIMINATELY.

- AND SIGURDSSON?

- HE GOT GREEDY.

USED THE THREAT OF GOING PUBLIC AS HIS LEVERAGE,

MISTAKING THIS

AS PUBLIC.

YOU KEEP

MISTAKING THIS AS RUSSIAN.

PLEASE, VIC.

I KNOW YOU LIKE TO THINK OF THIS AS CANADIAN TERRITORY,

BUT I'M NOT PAID

TO EMBRACE OTHERS' DELUSIONS.

YOU HAVE A REPUTATION FOR ADAPTING TO NEW CIRCUMSTANCES.

FEEL FREE

TO START ANYTIME.

- AND IF I DON'T?

- YOU END UP LIKE CLIVE.

I'M SORRY TO BE BLUNT,

BUT THIS IS THE WORLD WE LIVE IN.

YOU AND I COULD

WORK TOGETHER,

OR... YOU CAN LEAVE.

- THESE ARE YOUR OPTIONS.

- NO.

NO.

I'M NOT GOING

ANYWHERE.

THIS IS MY PLACE.

I BUILT IT.

I OWN IT.

IT'S MINE.

AND YOU ARE HERE

BECAUSE I ALLOW YOU TO STAY.

UNDERSTOOD?

NOW WHERE IS

YOUR OTHER BOY? HMM?

THE ONE WHO HELPED SLIT

MY FRIEND'S THROAT?

I DON'T THINK

I'LL TELL YOU.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

IT'S OKAY.

I'LL WAIT.

SOONER OR LATER,

EVERYBODY COMES TO VIC'S.

RUSSIANS. SHIT.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I CARE

ABOUT HIM SO MUCH.

HE'S JUST TROUBLE

ALL THE TIME.

I NEVER SAW

ANYBODY DEAD COME BACK.

HOW DID YOU LEARN

TO DO THAT?

I HAD A GOOD CUTMAN.

HE GAVE ME HIS KIT

WHEN HE LEFT THE BUSINESS,

SHOWED ME HOW TO USE

THE NANO-BEAVERS.

DID YOU EVER KILL A MAN

WHEN YOU WERE A FAMOUS FIGHTER IN MONTREAL?

NO.

DID SOMEONE KILL YOU?

AND YOU CAME BACK

LIKE CLIVE?

SOMETIMES I SEE YOUR HAND

AND IT SHAKES A LITTLE.

YEAH. WELL, THERE YOU GO.

LET ME KNOW

IF HE WAKES UP.

WHY DO YOU STAY

IN THIS SHITHOLE?

YOU HAVE THE MONEY

TO GET OUT.

YOU HAVE THE CITIZENSHIP

TO GO WHERE YOU WANT.

WHY DO YOU STAY HERE?

I'M NOT SURE

WHAT TO DO WITH THIS.

NICOLAI.

HE WENT BACK FOR THE CUB.

- YOU DID THIS?

- DON'T BE AN IDIOT.

WHERE'S HIS HEAD?

I FOUND SOME SKULL FRAGMENTS,

BITS OF HAIR,

BUT I DIDN'T TRY

TO PICK THEM ALL UP.

I'M GUESSING SAMANTHA,

YOU KNOW, HELPED HERSELF.

WELL, COULD PUT HIM

IN THE FREEZER, I GUESS.

SO DID I DREAM I WAS

THE HEADLESS RUSSIAN

OR WAS I THE ONE

WITHOUT THE HEAD?

BEATS ME.

YOUR DREAM.

VOILA.

NICE.

AH, MY MOM WAS

A SOAPSTONE CARVER.

- IS THAT SO?

- MM-HMM.

I DID NOT KNOW THAT.

HEY!

- MORNING.

THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION

LAST NIGHT AT THE DIG SITE.

REALLY?

YOU KNOW, THOSE LITTLE

COMPRESSED HEATERS

ARE GREAT

UNLESS THEY LEAK.

THE SOLAR ONES ARE MUCH SAFER,

DON'T YOU THINK, TAQ?

- YEAH.

- NOT AS WARM THOUGH.

- TRUE.

YOU KNOW, WE INSPECTED

THE DEBRIS VERY CAREFULLY,

BUT FOR SOME REASON THE ONLY THING

WE COULD NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF

WERE THE SHIPS' NAILS

WE DISCOVERED.

- HUH.

- YOU'D THINK

A FRAGMENT OF ONE

OF THEM WOULD REMAIN.

- YOU'D THINK.

- WELL...

I'M ALMOST CERTAIN

THEY'LL TURN UP SOMEWHERE.

WE CAN ONLY HOPE.

OH, I DON'T KNOW

IF YOU HEARD--

THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

HAS APPOINTED

A LIAISON OFFICER

TO BOREALIS--

- SVETLANA VIRCHOU.

- NEW NEIGHBORS, GOOD.

YEAH, I WONDERED WHEN

THEY WERE GONNA MOVE IN.

MMM. I SUPPOSE ALL

THE RECENT COMMOTION

HAS ATTRACTED THE LEAGUE'S ATTENTION AND THEY SAW THE NEED

TO PUT AN INTERNATIONAL AUTHORITY FIGURE HERE ON THE GROUND.

RUSSIAN BY CHANCE?

I DON'T KNOW.

YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK HER.

THIS MAN

SHOULD BE DEAD.

HE WAS.

- AND YOU GLUE THIS SOCCER HOOLIGAN

BACK TOGETHER

FOR WHAT REASON?

HE WAS BLEEDING

ON MY FLOOR.

WHAT ANTON CAUSES TO BE DEAD,

YOU BRING BACK

TO LIFE AT YOUR PERIL.

IS HE GONNA WALK

AND TALK AGAIN OR WHAT?

IF YOU ARE LUCKY,

HE WILL FINISH DYING.

IF HE LIVE,

HE COULD BE A HUMAN TURNIP.

THANK GOD YOU'RE NOT

A REAL DOCTOR.

HEY, I SPEND

MY FEE AT YOUR BAR.

YOU TELL DARION

TO START A NEW CHIT.

NO NO, I CAN'T USE "XANADU,"

IT'S A PROPER NOUN.

- TAQ, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

- I'M PLAYING SCRABBLE.

HEY, YOU KNOW A WORD

THAT STARTS WITH "X"?

WELL, THIS SHOULD

BE INTERESTING.

NO.

VIC CARBONEAU,

CUSTOMS OFFICIAL.

I ALSO OWN THIS PLACE.

SVETLANA VIRCHOU,

SPECIAL ENVOY

FROM THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

I KNOW.

CAN I GET YOU A DRINK?

- NOT AT 10:00 a.m.

- IT'S THE ARCTIC.

DAY AND NIGHT AREN'T

THE SAME THING HERE.

I WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF BECAUSE I KNOW

WHAT AN INFLUENTIAL FIGURE

YOU ARE HERE IN BOREALIS.

- REALLY?

- CUSTOMS OFFICIAL, AIR-STRIP OWNER, HOTELIER,

SUPPLIER OF GOODS

TO THE INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS.

- HERE YOU GO, VIC.

- ONLY LEGAL ONES, OF COURSE.

OF COURSE. I KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE,

YOU PROVIDE A SETTING

FOR LONELY YOUNG RIG WORKERS TO MEET,

SHALL WE SAY,

NEW FRIENDS?

- I'M SENTIMENTAL THAT WAY.

- YOU SELL THEM REFRESHMENTS,

INTRODUCE THEM

TO GAMES OF CHANCE.

ANYTHING TO MAKE THEIR TIME HERE MORE PLEASANT.

YOU WOULDN'T THINK IT,

BUT YOU AND I HAVE A LOT IN COMMON.

- DO TELL.

- YOU NEED HARMONY IN THE COMMUNITY

AND A BALANCE

OF POLITICAL POWER

TO KEEP YOUR PHILANTHROPIC

ENTERPRISES FUNCTIONING.

AND SO DO I.

EXPLOITING THE EARTH'S

LAST MAJOR OIL AND GAS FIELDS IS A COMPETITIVE BUSINESS.

IT CAN LEAD

TO POLITICAL TENSION.

- I HATE POLITICAL TENSION.

- WE ALL DO.

YOU MAY FIND THIS

HARD TO BELIEVE,

BUT CERTAIN PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO GET

ME TO LEAVE MY USEFUL WORK HERE.

- SHOCKING.

- I KNOW.

LUCKILY,

I AM NOT EASILY MOVED.

- LUCKY FOR EVERYONE.

- MMM.

YES. I THINK WE'LL TURN OUT TO BE GREAT FRIENDS,

YOU AND I.

I DO HOPE SO.

IN THE MEANTIME,

LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING

YOU NEED FOR YOUR NEW QUARTERS--

FURNISHINGS,

RESTOCKED BAR,

SMALL WHITE ENVELOPES

WITH WHATEVER YOU LIKE.

THAT WON'T BE NECESSARY.

I'VE COME WITH ALL

THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE.

- WHAT DID SHE WANT?

- NOTHING.

SHE WANTS TO BE FRIENDS.

WHY DOES SHE WANT

TO BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?

WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO

BE FRIENDS WITH YOU,

- FOR THAT MATTER?

- EXACTLY.

WHAT'S THE STORY HERE?

STUFF CAME IN

FOR THE DANES.

LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT.

MUDCAT PARTS, MOTHERBOARDS,

FRAK SHOTS,

CANNED HERRING.

FIVE CASES

OF AQUAVIT.

FOUR.

FOUR CASES OF AQUAVIT.

WHAT THE HELL

ARE YOU DOING?

- AH, BETTINA.

- I SAID WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

- MY MAN HERE LOST HIS SCAN KEY.

- IF YOU TOUCH CLIVE AGAIN,

- SOMEBODY FINISHES YOU.

- WHY ARE YOU TELLING ME MY BUSINESS?

DO I TELL YOU YOURS?

DO I SAY A CHINESE LIKES IT THIS WAY,

A NORWEGIAN LIKE THAT?

NO, I DON'T.

IF VIC CATCHES YOU HERE,

YOU'RE DEAD MEN, BOTH OF YOU!

YOU WATCH SOMEONE

DOESN'T BOIL YOU IN A POT.

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

I CAUGHT THEM

TRYING TO BREAK IN.

- THEY WERE GOING AFTER CLIVE AGAIN.

- THIS BITCH IS HYSTERICAL.

- YOU WATCH YOUR MOUTH.

- YOU DO NOT TOUCH ANTON.

I DON'T CARE IF THIS WHORE

IS YOUR WIFE.

STOP! STOP!

WASYL, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?

THEY WERE GONNA ATTACK CLIVE.

BETTINA CAUGHT THEM.

GOING TO?

YOUR PRIVATE HERE IS A MIND READER.

- WASYL?

- WELL, THEY WERE DISRESPECTING BETTINA.

SO YOU PUNCHED HIM?

PLEASE, I'M SORRY.

- I APOLOGIZE FOR MY PRIVATE'S--

- THAT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

- NOW HE'S ALL OFFENDED.

- SHUT UP.

PRIVATE DEMCHUCK'S ACTIONS

ARE INEXCUSABLE.

HE SUCKER PUNCHED ME.

I'M LAUNCHING A FORMAL COMPLAINT

WITH THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

I WAS ASSAULTED

BY A DRUNK CANADIAN SOLDIER.

I WANT SATISFACTION.

- YOU DESERVED IT, YOU LITTLE TWAT.

- PRIVATE, BE QUIET.

- HEY, YOU FIGHT ME FAIR, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE.

- ANYTIME.

YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO LAUNCH AN OFFICIAL COMPLAINT,

BUT I WOULD ASK THAT

IN EVERYONE'S INTEREST

YOU PLEASE ACCEPT

AN APOLOGY.

- I'M NOT APOLOGIZING TO YOU, NO WAY.

- WHAT?

HE SHOULD BE APOLOGIZING TO BETTINA.

- GENTLEMEN.

IF THE ISSUE IS

THE PUNCH WASN'T FAIR,

- THEN MAKE IT A FAIR FIGHT.

- YOU BET.

- I'LL FIGHT THIS LITTLE GARDEN GNOME ANYTIME.

- NO.

NO NO.

NO, I CAN'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY IF YOUR MAN GETS INJURED.

WE'LL MAKE THEM SIGN OFF.

A CAGE FIGHT.

IT WILL GOOD FOR THE TOWN.

PEOPLE LIKE A LITTLE DISTRACTION.

NO, HE'S A SOLDIER

IN MY COMMAND.

IF HE INJURIES

A CIVILIAN--

IT'S EITHER THIS

OR THE L.O.N.

LOOKS LIKE

YOU NEED LUBRICANT.

I'VE GOT AQUAVIT.

THERE'S A DOZEN WAYS

TO TELL ME YOU'RE COMING.

- YOU DON'T JUST SHOW UP.

- I'M OLD FASHIONED.

NO. NO, YOU'RE NOT.

YOU'RE STRATEGIC.

DRINK?

OH, ANOTHER "GIFT"

TO CUSTOMS?

SOMETIMES I DON'T UNDERSTAND

MY OWN POPULARITY.

YOU GOT GLASSES?

SO, YOU MET

THE NEW SPECIAL LIAISON

FROM THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS?

YEAH, WE'VE MET.

IT'S GONNA BE A BRIGHT NEW DAY FOR SOME OF US.

SHE FOLLOWS MY BLOG.

SHE'S SENSITIVE

TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.

YOU DIDN'T FAIL TO NOTICE

THOSE HEAVILY ARMED LUGS

IN RED BERETS, DID YOU?

NO MORE COMMERCIAL INCURSION

INTO NATURAL HERITAGE LANDS,

NO MORE DRUNK HUNTERS

SHOOTING THE PLACE UP.

- YOU TRUST HER?

- MORE THAN THE IDIOT CROWD

OF SLOBBERING GREEDHEADS

I'M USUALLY SURROUNDED BY.

ACTUALLY, YOU'RE

SURROUNDED BY MARMOTS

THAT AREN'T EVEN INDIGENOUS.

ALL RIGHT,

YOU MADE A NEW FRIEND.

- GOOD FOR YOU.

- AND NOT SO GOOD FOR YOU.

MMM.

THANKS FOR THE DRINK.

OR MAYBE

I SHOULD THANK THE DANES.

NOW I'VE GOT WORK TO DO.

- I WAS--

- ZIP IT UP ON YOUR WAY OUT.

YEAH. OKAY.

I BROUGHT YOU

SOME FOOD.

YOU NEED

TO EAT SOMETHING.

OKAY. SOME PORRIDGE.

NOT TOO HOT.

COME.

HERE, COME ON.

PLEASE.

CHEW.

GOOD.

YOU'RE SO LUCKY.

NOT MANY MEN COME BACK

FROM BEING DEAD AS YOU.

STAY.

AHA.

I TOLD VIC YOU WERE

GOING TO BE OKAY.

HERE. COME ON.

WASYL, WHAT WERE

YOU THINKING?

DRUNK ON DUTY,

UNDISCIPLINED, SLOVENLY.

YOU'RE MAKING US LOOK LIKE IDIOTS.

- LIEUTENANT SINGH?

I AM THE DE FACTO

AUTHORITY HERE,

BUT OF COURSE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL FREE ZONE,

DEFINITION OF "FREE"

IS AS LOOSELY AS IT IS.

I SEE THE POSITION

YOU'RE IN, YES.

I CAN INVESTIGATE

BUT NOT ARREST,

INQUIRE

BUT NOT PROSECUTE.

IT'S MADDENING.

SOMEONE WITH YOUR OBVIOUS TALENTS-- IT'S A WASTE.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM IS HERE?

- HMM?

- VIC CARBONEAU.

HE HAS SOME KIND

OF GOVERNMENT PROTECTION,

OTHERWISE I WOULD'VE

HAD HIM ARRESTED LONG AGO.

WHATEVER GOES WRONG IN BOREALIS,

HE'S USUALLY AT THE ROOT OF IT.

- IN WHAT WAY?

- GRAFT, CORRUPTION,

ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES

OF ALL KINDS.

THE RUSSIANS BELIEVE

HE STOLE SOME ARTIFACTS

FROM THEIR ARCHEOLOGICAL

SITE RECENTLY,

SOME... SHIPS' NAILS.

THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.

A LEAGUE OF NATIONS PRESENCE

IN BOREALIS

CAN BE A TERRIFIC RESOURCE

FOR YOU, RAMINDER.

WE HAVE COMMON GOALS--

ORDER AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

IF WE WORK AS A TEAM,

I SEE NO REASON

WHY A POSTING LIKE THIS

COULDN'T TURN

INTO A CAREER WIN FOR YOU.

- MORE TEA?

- PLEASE.

Svetlana Virchou is clean.

No affiliations,

no skeletons in the closet.

Swiss or Austrian possibly,

raised in Argentina

by diplomat parents.

I ROLLED OUT THE WELCOME CARPET.

THERE WAS NO UPTAKE.

SOMEONE ELSE HAS

TO BE PAYING HER.

You've got a dark and suspicious turn of mind, Vic.

- I LEARNED IT FROM YOU, MA'AM.

- Maybe she's actually what she says she is.

NO. NO, EVERYBODY COMES

TO BOREALIS TO MAKE MONEY--

EVERYBODY-- AND I GOT NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

I JUST WANT TO KNOW

HOW SHE PLANS TO DO IT,

AND HOW MUCH

IT'S GONNA COST ME.

This is not about

your hobbies or side deals.

L.O.N. presence

in Borealis represents

a serious threat

to our own sovereignty.

LOOK, CAN'T YOU JUST MAKE

AN OFFICIAL COMPLAINT

AND HAVE HER REPLACED

WITH SOMEONE YOU OWN?

You're all we have up there,

so try not to get killed,

or arrested or otherwise

incapacitated, all right?

Volcoff is pushing

the L.O.N. hard.

If the Russians get

the ruling they want,

they'll have a stranglehold

on the world's oil supply.

What is that sound?

I DON'T KNOW.

WHAT THE FUCK

IS GOING ON?!

- WHAT IS HE ON?

- I DON'T KNOW,

- BUT I'M NOT GONNA ASK HIM.

- YOU'RE A TRUE HUMANITARIAN, TAQ.

- HE'S GONNA HURT HIMSELF.

- SOMEBODY BETTER DO SOMETHING.

COME ON, BUDDY.

BATAAR, IT'S VIC.

HEY HEY HEY HEY.

- I COULD USE SOME HELP HERE.

- I THINK YOU'RE DOING GREAT.

WHAT ARE YOU ON?

YOU'RE BREAKING MY SHIT!

FUCK THAT.

COME ON. COME ON.

COME ON, COME ON.

COME ON.

THAT'S RIGHT.

WHAT, ARE YOU NAILED DOWN

OR SOMETHING?

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

NOTHING.

BATAAR IS NORMALLY

A PRETTY HAPPY DRUNK,

ESPECIALLY ON PAYDAY.

ANY IDEA WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN HIS SYSTEM?

BLOOD READS CLEAN.

I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE, UH, MAYBE

THE GHOST-METH-POGO.

I'VE HEARD ABOUT METH-POGO.

WHAT'S WITH THE GHOST?

GHOST, IT MASKS ITSELF

IN THE BLOOD

FOR THE FIRST

COUPLE DAYS, OKAY.

YOU CAN ONLY FIND IT IN TRACE

ELEMENTS AFTER THE FULL METABOLISM.

THIS IS HOW THE RIG-PIG,

THEY BEAT THE SCREEN.

IS HE GONNA BE ANY CALMER

WHEN HE WAKES UP?

DEPEND ON HOW MUCH HE TOOK.

I'LL BE OUTSIDE.

Anti-gravity

sequence engaged.

WHOA. OOH. WHOA.

GHOST-METH IS AN INTERNATIONALLY-BANNED SUBSTANCE.

IT'S PRESENCE HERE SHOULD

BE VERY TROUBLING TO YOU

IN YOUR CAPACITY

AS CUSTOMS OFFICER.

IT IS. DEEPLY.

I WOULD HATE TO FIND OUT

HE GOT IT FROM YOU.

I WOULD HATE FOR YOU

TO FIND THAT OUT TOO.

YOU HAVE A QUICK TEMPER,

MR. CARBONEAU.

I FOUND IT USEFUL

IN MY PREVIOUS OCCUPATION.

BUT THOSE DAYS ARE OVER,

AREN'T THEY?

I THINK SHE LIKES YOU.

HOW SHOULD I SET THE ODDS?

- A BUNCH OF GUYS WANT IN ON THIS.

- WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

WASYL AGAINST

THE NEW RUSSIAN IN THE CAGE.

FIVE TO ONE IS GENEROUS.

WASYL IS A HEAVY FAVORITE.

WASYL?

WHY THE HELL DOESN'T ANYBODY TELL ME ANYTHING AROUND HERE?

WHAT NEW RUSSIAN?

SERGEI SOMETHING

OR ANOTHER.

SERGEI?

HELLO, ANTON.

YOU'RE NEW HERE,

RIGHT?

I'M VIC CARBONEAU.

I OWN THIS PLACE.

CARE TO JOIN US, VIC?

THERE'S A NEW DRUG

IN TOWN, ANTON.

- REALLY?

- MM-HMM.

AND BECAUSE

SERGEI HERE IS NEW,

HE MAY NOT KNOW THE RULES

ABOUT DRUGS IN BOREALIS.

WE LOVE 'EM.

RECREATIONAL WHATEVER,

BOOZE OF ALL KINDS--

IT'S ALL GOOD FUN.

I DON'T EVEN TAKE A PIECE OF THE ACTION.

I JUST COLLECT A SMALL TAX

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA.

THAT'S IT.

EXCEPT...

FOR DRUGS THAT CAUSE PEOPLE TO GO

BERSERK ON THEMSELVES OR OTHERS.

THAT'S A NON-STARTER

AROUND HERE.

LIKE THE FUCKING CRAP

THE MONGOLIAN TOOK.

WE DON'T TAKE THAT.

DRUGS LIKE THESE ARE

DESTABILIZING INFLUENCE.

THE NEW L.O.N. PRESENCE

MIGHT BE SIGNALING

A CERTAIN LACK OF CONFIDENCE

IN CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT.

COULD BE A WHOLE NEW

SET OF RULES ON THE HORIZON.

L.O.N. CAN HAVE

ANY RULES THEY WANT.

I STILL HAVE MINE.

I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE GETTING

IN THE CAGE WITH WASYL.

HE SUCKER PUNCHED ME.

WE WILL SEE HOW TOUGH

HE IS IN A FAIR FIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW.

GRAIN-FED PRAIRIE FARM BOY--

DUMB AS A SACK A HAMMERS,

BUT FUCKING TOUGH.

I HAVE BEEN IN ONE OR TWO FARMS IN MY LIFE AS WELL.

MMM.

WHAT, ARE YOU

LIVING HERE NOW?

CLIVE SEEMS TO DO BETTER

WHEN I'M AROUND.

REALLY? NOTHING WRONG

WITH HIS APPETITE.

WELL, I HAVE TO FEED HIM

BUT YEAH,

HE'S EATING GOOD.

HIS HANDS WORK BETTER NOW.

HE LIKES TO PUT THEM

HERE, LIKE THIS.

ARE YOU SURE

HE'S NOT CONSCIOUS?

WELL, HE'S SORT

OF HALF HERE AND HALF NOT.

I DON'T KNOW.

DO YOU THINK HE'LL EVER BE RIGHT AGAIN?

IT'S TOO SOON TO KNOW.

LISTEN, DO YOU THINK

IT'S WEIRD,

ANTON AND SERGEI TRY

TO GET IN THE BACK WAY,

AND JUST THEN

WASYL SHOWS UP?

WASYL FOLLOWS ME LIKE A PUPPY.

YOU KNOW THAT.

YEAH, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT,

EVEN ANTON.

LOOKING FOR YOU EVERYWHERE.

THE MONGOLIAN AWAKE YET?

OH SHIT! BATAAR.

HEY, BUDDY.

CAN YOU TELL ME

WHAT YOU TOOK?

NEEDLE?

PILL?

PILL. OKAY.

WHAT COLOR WAS IT?

BLUE, LIKE HIS PANTS?

PURPLE?

PURPLE. PURPLE.

PURPLE PILL. OKAY.

CAN YOU TAKE HIM BACK

TO THE CHINESE SECTOR?

SEE IF YOU CAN

KEEP HIM HOME FOR A WHILE?

I DO MY BEST.

I'M GOING TO NEED SOME HELP.

HELLO, VIC.

SO JUST TO REVIEW,

- YOU HAVE A CHINESE RIG WORKER...

- MONGOLIAN.

- ...HIGH ON A BANNED RECREATIONAL DRUG.

- WHICH HE DID NOT GET FROM ME.

BUT WHICH HE WAS ENJOYING

IN YOUR ZIPGRAV.

LOOK, I WON'T EVEN GET

INTO THE BOOKMAKING,

THE PILFERING OF GOODS

HELD IN TRUST BY CUSTOMS.

THE DANES COMPLAINED TO ME

ABOUT MISSING AQUAVIT.

I THOUGH YOU WEREN'T

GONNA GET INTO IT.

YOU THINK NOTHING COULD HAPPEN TO YOU,

BUT YOU'RE WRONG.

BOREALIS IS ABOUT TO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.

THAT IS NOT GOOD NEWS FOR YOU.

SVETLANA VIRCHOU IS

ABOUT TO BECOME YOUR

NEW BEST FRIEND, RIGHT?

IF THE L.O.N. PUTS

ITS SECURITY MUSCLE

- BEHIND THE CANADIAN AUTHORITY ON THE GROUND...

- MEANING YOU.

...WHATEVER PROTECTION YOU'VE BEEN GETTING FROM OTTAWA

IS GONNA MELT AWAY

LIKE THE LAST ICEBERG.

ARE YOU REALLY

THIS STUPID?

YOU ACTUALLY THINK

L.O.N. WANTS TO PROTECT

- CANADIAN SOVEREIGNTY?

- L.O.N. IS ABOUT ORDER

AND GOOD GOVERNMENT,

AND SO AM I.

L.O.N. IS ABOUT

TAKING CONTROL OF A PLACE

AND SELLING IT OFF

TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER!

SUEZ, PANAMA, BORNEO,

MADAGASCAR, NEPAL.

IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T

NOTICED, WE ARE SITTING

ON THE LAST OIL AND GAS

RESERVE ON THE PLANET.

YOU THINK THEY DON'T WANT

A PIECE OF THAT?!

YOU ARE ABOUT TO BECOME

SVETLANA VIRCHOU'S VALET.

YOU HEARD IT HERE

FIRST, FRIEND.

I BROUGHT YOU SOMETHING.

I USED TO HAVE A CAT WHO BROUGHT ME PRESENTS LIKE THAT.

A YELLOW-BREASTED

MEADOWLARK.

GIVEN THE PLUMAGE,

I'M GUESSING IT'S A MALE.

YEAH. NEVER DOCUMENTED

THIS FAR NORTH.

- THAT'S CRAZY.

- YOU KNOW THE ANCIENT ROMANS

BELIEVED THAT FLIGHTS OF BIRDS

WERE A PORTENT.

OF WHAT?

WELL, THAT'S THE QUESTION,

ISN'T IT?

I HAVE TEA...

OR AQUAVIT?

- TEA PLEASE.

- COME ON.

YOU SEEM MORE INTERESTED

IN BIOLOGY THAN ARCHEOLOGY.

YEAH.

I GUESS I DON'T REALLY DRAW A RIGID LINE.

I'M UP HERE LOOKING

FOR HUMAN-SPECIFIC SITES,

BUT IT'S ALL ENVIRONMENT,

THE LIVING AND THE DEAD.

YOU KNOW,

EVEN THE OIL IS TRANSFORMED VEGETATION AND DINOSAURS.

AND YET YOU NEVER SEEM

TO FIND ANYTHING.

TRUE.

YEAH. YEAH, I GUESS

I'M NOT VERY GOOD.

REALLY IT'S JUST AN EXCUSE TO WANDER AROUND AND CAMP OUT.

ANYWAYS,

I DO FIND SOME THINGS.

LIKE THIS ARCTIC FOX DEN.

IT'S HIDDEN

ALONG THE SIRMILIK RIDGE.

OH MY GOD.

- DON'T SHOW THIS TO ANYONE IN TOWN.

- NO, OF COURSE NOT.

YOU NEVER KNOW

WITH SOME OF THOSE IDIOTS.

MAYBE WITH THE L.O.N. AROUND

WE CAN FINALLY START KEEPING

ANIMALS LIKE THIS ALIVE.

HOSHI, I NEED SOME HELP.

I'M TRYING TO RUN A GUY,

RUSSIAN, SERGEI KRUTINULOV,

BORN 2011, VOLGOGRAD.

SUPPOSEDLY GRADUATED

AS A MECHANICAL ENGINEER

BUT BASED

ON HIS FACIAL SCARS,

UNLESS HE'S BEATING HIMSELF

DAILY WITH A SLIDE RULE,

THERE AIN'T NO WAY

HE'S AN ENGINEER.

I'M GONNA

SEND YOU THE LINK.

AT YOUR CONVENIENCE, PLEASE.

YOUR MOST HUMBLE

SERVANT, VICTOR.

LET ME GUESS. MS.

VIRCHOU REQUESTS THE PLEASURE OF MY COMPANY.

YOU HAVE GOT SOME

REALLY NICE STUFF IN HERE.

- THANK YOU.

- I REALLY LIKE THESE CHAIRS.

NICE.

LIGHTWEIGHT,

SHINY, STACKABLE.

WOULD LOOK GREAT

IN MY BAR.

SO, BAD NEWS, VIC.

- OH?

- I'VE BEEN ALERTED THAT CERTAIN ARCHEOLOGICAL MATERIALS--

SPECIFICALLY THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD SHIP SPIKES--

- WERE RECENTLY STOLEN FROM A RUSSIAN DIG SITE.

- NO.

I'VE BEEN TOLD THEY MAY HAVE BEEN CONFISCATED BY CUSTOMS.

I WAS TOLD YOU WERE SECOND RUNNER-UP MISS TEEN GENEVA 2029.

HMM? WELL, MAYBE WE WERE

BOTH MISINFORMED.

DID ANTON TELL YOU

I TOOK THOSE SPIKES?

I'M NOT BIG ON BLAMING.

IF THE RUSSIANS GET

THEIR PROPERTY BACK,

THERE'LL BE NO REASON TO PURSUE THE MATTER FURTHER.

THE RUSSIAN'S GET

THEIR PROPERTY BACK,

THEY'LL USE IT TO CONSOLIDATE

THEIR SOVEREIGNTY CLAIM

- ON THE WHOLE TERRITORY.

- I DON'T CARE IF THEY WANT TO BUILD A NEW SHIP

AND SAIL IT BACK TO RUSSIA.

NOT REALLY THE POINT, IS IT?

I HAVE TO SAY,

I AM STRUGGLING

TO UNDERSTAND THE POINT

AS IT RELATES TO YOU.

GOOD WORKS

AND HARMONY, VIC.

"GOOD WORKS

AND HARMONY."

DON'T DO IT.

BATAAR, DON'T DO IT!

BATAAR!

SEND THE BODY BACK TO THE FAMILY?

NO.

TAKE HIM OUT TO THE DUMP FOR THE BEARS.

DON'T GIVE ME

THAT FUCKING LOOK.

IT IS CALLED

THE CASTING OUT CEREMONY.

THE MONGOLS, THEY BELIEVE

THE LAST VIRTUOUS ACT IS

TO GIVE THEIR BODY

TO THE ANIMALS.

YOU PEOPLE

DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.

- SHOULD'VE KEPT HIM AT HOME.

- YOU TRY AND KEEP HIM AT HOME!

MONGOLS, THEY DO

WHAT THEY WANT.

LOOK, HE GOT

THE SIDE EFFECT, OKAY?

THAT'S WHY

HE CAME BACK HERE--

TO GET THE SON OF A BITCH

WHO GAVE IT TO HIM.

- BAD CHOICE.

- YOU SEE IT?

ONE KICK.

BULLET TO THE BRAIN WOULD'VE BEEN SLOWER.

WASYL'S A DEAD MAN.

Profile's cooked up.

Sergei Krutinulov was kicked off

the Russian army

special forces in 2038.

He went on the fight circuit

in Southeast Asia

under the name of Ivan Fiorin,

found a new career

- in corporate special assignments.

- WHAT KIND OF ASSIGNMENTS?

The kind where someone ends up dead somewhere in the world.

WHAT'S HE DOING

IN BOREALIS?

- He didn't come for Bataar.

- OR WASYL, I'M GUESSING.

The more your town

appears out of control,

the better case

the L.O.N. has to take over.

The Russians have to believe

that's good for them.

THIS IS ABOUT THE SPIKES.

They killed a Norwegian and now a Mongolian for those spikes.

They won't stop now. Be careful.

YOU WANNA BE THE BIG DOG AROUND HERE?

ARREST THE RUSSIAN.

HE KILLED AN UNARMED MONGOLIAN

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.

- IN SELF-DEFENSE.

- WHO DO YOU THINK BROUGHT IN THE GHOST-METH?

- YOU.

- RAMINDER, WHY THE HELL

WOULD I BRING

THAT SHIT INTO MY BAR?

YOU THINK I WANT PEOPLE

CHEWING ON MY FURNITURE,

- CLAWING HOLES IN MY WALLS?

- SO WHY WOULD ANYONE SELL IT?

TO MAKE US ALL LOOK BAD,

SO THE DRAGON LADY

CAN SWOOP IN,

AND PRETEND TO FIX IT ALL AFTER WE'RE GONE.

- YOU'RE PARANOID.

- OH, FOR FUCK SAKES.

WASYL, LISTEN TO ME.

SERGEI KILLED BATAAR WITH A SINGLE

BLOW IN A FRACTION OF A SECOND.

IS THAT HOW

YOU WANNA DIE? HUH?

PULLING UP YOUR JOCKSTRAP

AS YOU STEP INTO THE RING?

VIC, SOMEONE'S GOTTA SHOW THESE RUSSIANS

WHOSE COUNTRY THEY'RE SCREWING WITH.

I MEAN, IF WE JUST ROLL OVER,

WHAT'S THE POINT?

WHY EVEN PUT

THE UNIFORM ON?

THERE IS BRAVE AND THERE IS JUST PLAIN STUPID.

WHICH ONE ARE YOU

GONNA BE, WASYL?

I'M NOT CHICKENING OUT.

THEN YOU'RE GONNA DIE.

YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT?

LOOK, I'M NOT BACKING DOWN.

WE DO ENOUGH OF THAT AROUND HERE ALREADY.

THAT'S NOT WHY

I SIGNED UP.

WHAT HAPPENED HERE?

BEAR BROKE INTO IT LAST NIGHT.

- IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN?

- YUP. YOU MIGHT WANNA KEEP THAT IN MIND

NEXT TIME YOU'RE STROLLING

AROUND AFTER DARK.

SUCH MAGNIFICENT CREATURES.

IT'S CRIMINAL

THEY'RE REDUCED TO THIS.

STEALING MY EXPENSIVE

AND HARD-EARNED MEAT SUPPLY?

YES. CRIMINAL.

EVEN THE WILDLIFE GETS A PIECE OF THE ACTION IN BOREALIS.

- ANY IDEA HOW CYNICAL YOU SOUND, VIC?

- SOME.

I GOT NO PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE PROTECTING THEIR TURF.

I GET IT.

I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND

WHAT IT IS YOU'RE

TRYING TO PROTECT.

- THE PEACE.

- REALLY?

- THEN ARREST SERGEI.

- IT WAS SELF-DEFENSE.

NO, NOT FOR BATAAR,

FOR WASYL,

FOR THE CRIME THAT'S

ABOUT TO BE COMMITTED.

TWO MEN WHO SIGN WAIVERS,

WILLINGLY STEP INTO A CAGE.

YOU KNOW SOMETHING

ABOUT THIS.

- IT'S NOT MY PLACE TO STOP IT.

- FINE.

THEN DO IT TO STOP

THE GHOST-METH.

SERGEI'S THE ONE

WHO BROUGHT IT IN.

NEITHER ONE OF US

CAN PROVE THAT.

AND EVEN IF WE COULD,

ONCE I START DOWN THE ROAD

OF ARRESTING PEOPLE

FOR BRINGING IN DRUGS--

YOU SEE HOW THIS ENDS BADLY FOR ME, AND PROBABLY YOU TOO.

EXCELLENT POINT.

STOLEN RUSSIAN ARTIFACTS,

ON THE OTHER HAND--

I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU

LIKE ANTON'S MONEY

- BETTER THAN YOU LIKE MINE.

- YOU SEE THE WORLD AS BLACK AND WHITE.

GREY AND DARKER GREY.

LIFE IS

A MULTI-COLORED FABRIC, VIC.

DON'T ASSUME I HOLD ONLY ONE VIEWPOINT AT A TIME.

VIC, THEY'RE TEARING UP

YOUR PLACE!

- WHO IS?

- HER GUYS.

YOU DON'T MAKE IT EASY

TO STAY FRIENDS WITH YOU, LADY.

YOU HIT ME WITH THAT,

YOU'LL MISS YOUR BUDDY'S FUNERAL-- I'M NOT KIDDING.

YOU UP ON TERRITORIAL

HOMEOWNERS' RIGHTS?

I'M ALLOWED TO KILL ANYTHING THAT

COMES UNWELCOME THROUGH THAT DOOR.

THERE'S TWO WAYS TO LEAVE THIS ROOM.

YOU PICK.

OH YEAH.

OKAY, I'M GLAD EVERYONE'S

HAVING A NICE TIME

SCREWING IN HOTEL,

EATING MY FOOD,

DRINKING MY BOOZE.

BUT THE FREE RIDE IS OVER.

YEAH, I'M STARTING TO FEEL

A LITTLE BIT BETTER, VIC.

- NO SHIT.

- BETTINA WAS JUST HELPING ME

RELEARN CERTAIN SENSATIONS.

I THINK HE'S ALMOST

BACK TO NORMAL.

WHY IS THAT

MY BUSINESS?

WHY IS IT YOUR BUSINESS

FOR THAT MATTER?

WHY SHOULDN'T I HELP HIM?

HE'S GOT A SECOND CHANCE TO LIVE.

WHO WOULDN'T WANT THAT?

YOU'RE ALIVE ENOUGH TO DO THIS,

YOU ARE ALIVE ENOUGH TO GET

A JOB AND PAY YOUR WAY.

CALL OFF YOUR MAN.

AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

FOR ME LATELY?

CALL HIM OFF OR YOU AND I ARE GONNA HAVE A VERY BIG PROBLEM.

YOU AND I,

WE ALREADY HAVE A PROBLEM.

YOU STOLE

ARCHEOLOGICAL MATERIALS

- THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

- I DON'T HAVE YOUR SPIKES.

OH, SPARE ME.

WE ARE GROWN MEN,

ARE WE NOT?

WE CAN SPEAK PLAINLY.

I KNOW WHO SERGEI IS.

THEN YOU KNOW THE LOUDMOUTH CANADIAN SOLDIER

WILL SURELY DIE IF HE SETS FOOT IN THAT CAGE.

BRING ME MY SPIKES,

MAYBE HE LIVES.

THESE ARE MY TERMS.

YOU SHOULDN'T COUNT

ON MY AFFECTION

FOR THAT HALF-WIT

CANADIAN SOLDIER.

WHATEVER YOU SAY, VIC.

SO YOU'RE JUST GONNA

LET SERGEI KILL WASYL?

WHY IS THIS

MY PROBLEM?

I CAME UP HERE

TO MAKE SOME MONEY

AND GET THE HELL BACK DOWN SOUTH.

IT'S NOT MY JOB

TO LOOK AFTER ALL THESE HALF-WITS AND INVALIDS,

ALL RIGHT?

THAT'S HOW I FELT

WHEN YOU ARRIVED.

I'VE GOT A BUSINESS TO RUN,

SHIPPING MANIFESTS TO FORGE.

I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS.

YES, YOU'RE A BUSY

BUSY MAN. I KNOW.

THINK ANTON'D PULL SERGEI OFF

- IF HE GOT THOSE SPIKES?

- THAT'S WHAT HE SAYS.

DOESN'T REALLY MATTER IF THE RUSSIANS RUN THE PLACE.

JUST ANOTHER SET OF WHITE GUYS.

YOU ALL KIND OF LOOK ALIKE,

YOU KNOW THAT?

THANKS.

YOU COULD CUT

A DEAL WITH ANTON.

THEY THINK

THEY CAN COME IN HERE

AND TAKE SOMETHING I BUILT

WITH MY OWN TWO HANDS.

- AND MY TWO HANDS.

- OKAY.

- AND SOMEWHERE IN THERE WERE SIKH HANDS.

- THE POINT IS,

BOREALIS IS MINE--

AT LEAST THIS PART OF IT--

AND I'M NOT GIVING IT UP.

PLUS HE'S USING WASYL

TO GET TO ME.

I HATE THAT.

GOOD THING

THAT'S NOT WORKING.

CLIVE?

HEY.

IT'S OKAY.

YEAH YEAH.

I WAS-- I WAS JUST

WALKING AND THEN...

I DON'T KNOW HOW

TO DESCRIBE IT.

IT WAS LIKE

MY BRAIN EXPLODED.

TINY PIECES OF ME FLYING UP AND SPREADING OUT

TILL I'M SO THIN, LIKE I'M--

LIKE I'M NOT HERE ANYMORE,

LIKE I'M JUST... GONE.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

- YEAH.

- AND THEN SUDDENLY I'M BACK HERE

AND THERE'S THIS

HUGE WEIGHT ON ME.

I'M TRYING TO KEEP MYSELF TOGETHER,

STOP MYSELF FROM FLYING APART AGAIN,

BUT IT JUST FEELS

IMPOSSIBLE.

SEEMS LIKE WHEN YOU DIE,

NOT ALL OF YOU GETS TO COME BACK.

WELL, WHO MADE THAT RULE?

I GOT NOWHERE TO GO, VIC.

YOU KNOW THE RIGS WON'T TAKE ME.

THE RUSSIANS STILL

WANT ME DEAD.

MEANWHILE I'M WALKING AROUND

LIKE I'M HALF HERE

WITH THE REST OF ME FOLLOWING BEHIND

LIKE A CLOUD OF FUCKING MOSQUITOES.

I'M NOT SO SURE DEATH

WAS A BAD THING, MAN.

HOLD IT THERE.

YOU TOUCH ME AND I'LL STUFF

THAT BERET DOWN YOUR THROAT.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

GO INSIDE PLEASE.

ARCTIC FOX,

KILLED ON NATURAL

HERITAGE LAND.

THERE ARE ONLY SIX BREEDING PAIRS IN SCANDINAVIA.

- MAYBE ONLY 30 IN NORTH AMERICA.

- WHO DID THIS?

I DON'T READ CYRILLIC.

BUT MAYBE YOU DO.

WHY WOULD RUSSIANS

SHOOT A FOX AND LEAVE

A VALUABLE PELT BEHIND?

IT'S A MESSAGE FOR ME-- A THREAT--

BECAUSE I OUTTED THEM IN MY BLOG.

YOU SAID THINGS ARE

GONNA BE DIFFERENT.

SO WHAT ARE YOU

GONNA DO ABOUT THIS?

A SHELL CASING IS NOT

CONCLUSIVE PROOF,

- BUT WHOEVER DID THIS WILL BE AGGRESSIVELY--

- CHATTED WITH?

THE NEXT FOREIGN POACHER I SEE

WILL BE GOING HOME IN A BAG.

ALISON,

I NEED MORE TIME.

YOU'RE JUST ADDING

TO THE NOISE.

- DAN, GIVE ME THAT!

- NO.

LOOK, I'M NOT GONNA LET THAT

LITTLE RUSSIAN KILL SOMEBODY ELSE.

DON'T INTERFERE IN THIS, DAN.

I'M WARNING YOU.

LOOK, I KNOW

WHAT HAPPENED, OKAY?

I SAW THE PICTURES YOU POSTED.

BUT YOU CAN'T DO THIS ALONE.

WELL, WHO ELSE

IS GONNA STOP THEM?

YOU AND THOSE IDIOTS

AT THE ARMY BASE?

I DON'T KNOW, OKAY?

BUT IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN LIKE THIS.

NOT TODAY.

COME ON,

LET'S GO FOR A WALK.

Russian and Chinese vessels

remained in a standoff--

ALISON'S TAKING IT

PRETTY HARD.

I DON'T BLAME HER.

SHE'LL BE NEXT IF SHE DOESN'T LEAVE THIS ALONE.

YOU CAN'T TURN OVER A ROCK WITHOUT

FINDING A NEW RUSSIAN THESE DAYS.

MUST BE PRETTY CONFIDENT

OVER THEIR TERRITORIAL CLAIM.

THEY CONTROL THE LAST OIL,

THEN THE LAST WATER,

THEN THE LAST FOOD.

GONNA GET UGLY

FOR THE REST OF US.

IF A PERSON HAD SOME ARCHEOLOGICAL ITEMS THAT NEEDED

TO FIND THEIR WAY BACK

TO THE ORIGINAL OWNERS--

A PARTICULAR MUSEUM

IN NORWAY...

YES?

...HOW WOULD THAT PERSON

GUARANTEE DELIVERY?

THE PERSON WOULD

GIVE THEM TO ME.

THAT A THEORETICAL QUESTION

OR A PRACTICAL ONE?

NOT SURE YET.

â™ª Come and ease my mind.

- HEY, BUDDY.

- HEY, VIC.

LISTEN, I'VE BEEN STUDYING

YOUR LAST FIGHT

AND I FIGURED OUT

WHERE YOU MADE YOUR MISTAKE.

IS THAT SO?

GOOD FOR YOU.

- HOW YOU FEEL?

- HEY, I'M READY.

- ARE YA?

- YEAH.

HE'S TOUGHER THAN WHAT

I FIRST THOUGHT, NO DOUBT.

BUT I CAN HANDLE MYSELF TOO.

SO IF YOU THINK

I'M AFRAID OF HIM, I'M NOT.

I KNOW.

SO WHAT WAS MY MISTAKE?

WELL, WHEN YOU WENT

FOR THE TAKE DOWN--

PLEASE... SHOW ME.

OKAY, WELL,

YOU WENT FOR A DOUBLE

WHEN YOU SHOULD'VE

JUST WENT FOR A SINGLE.

SORRY.

- SIT UP AND SIT STILL.

- IT'S DISLOCATED.

SIT UP AND SIT STILL.

TRUST ME.

BITE THIS.

BITE BITE.

I'M GONNA COUNT

TO THREE, OKAY? ONE--

YOU'RE GONNA WANT A BUNCH OF

ANALGESICS AND SOME ANTI-INFLAMS.

THERE'S GONNA BE

LIGAMENT DAMAGE,

BUT YOU SHOULD BE OKAY

IN FOUR TO SIX WEEKS.

AT LEAST YOU'RE ALIVE.

- WHAT ABOUT THE FIGHT?

- IT'S OFF.

DAMN IT.

WASYL'S OUT.

I'M IN.

AND THIS SOLVES

MY PROBLEM HOW?

WHO SAID I'M SOLVING

YOUR PROBLEM?

WASYL'S INJURED.

HE CAN'T FIGHT.

I'M HIS SECOND.

YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE CAGE IN A LONG TIME, VIC.

AND LAST TIME

DIDN'T END WELL.

A LOT OF PUNISHMENT

TO THE HEAD OVER THE YEARS,

MY UNDERSTANDING IS

IT WOULDN'T TAKE MUCH.

TO WHAT?

KILL ME AGAIN?

I GUESS WE'LL FIND OUT.

YOU'RE A BUSINESSMAN

LIKE ME.

WHY SHOULD YOU DIE

OVER THIS SMALL THING,

THESE OLD SPIKES?

LET'S NEGOTIATE.

YOU HAVE NOTHING I WANT.

JUST MAKE SURE HE DOESN'T GET ANY HEADSHOTS IN.

I'LL WRITE

A NOTE TO MYSELF.

YOU KNOW,

I'M JUST CURIOUS...

GIVEN THAT HE'S YOUNGER,

STRONGER, FASTER

AND POSSIBLY MORE SKILLED

THAN YOU...

...WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA SURVIVE THIS FIGHT?

AND IF YOU GET KILLED,

IT'LL BE A GREAT INCONVENIENCE TO ME PERSONALLY.

YEAH, WELL,

IF I DON'T MAKE IT...

FEEL FREE

TO SHOOT HIM.

Carboneau better get him

to the floor if he can.

Oh! Murdock catches Carboneau

with a knee

and he goes down!

Oh, he's hurt!

He's hurt!

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

IF ALL THE GOOD MEN

GET KILLED AROUND HERE,

ONLY THE BAD IDIOTS ARE LEFT.

WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO ME?

ANOTHER VOTE

OF CONFIDENCE.

YOU SHOULD BE IN BED.

YOU HAVE TO SLEEP.

COME. COME ON, VIC.

- NO NO, THIS--

- NO, IT'S NOT FOR SEX, YOU DUMBASS.

IT'S BECAUSE I'M NERVOUS

AND I DON'T LIKE TO BE ALONE.

NO SEX.

JUST SLEEP.

I SAW YOU ONCE,

BACK IN MONTREAL.

THIS GUY TOOK ME

TO ONE OF YOUR FIGHTS.

WE HAD GOOD SEATS.

HE WAS A HIGH ROLLER.

I HAD THESE BEAUTIFUL

WHITE BOOTS BACK THEN.

AND WHEN I WENT HOME,

I WAS TAKING THEM OFF

AND I NOTICED

THESE LITTLE SPOTS

OF BLOOD ON THEM.

SO I THREW THEM OUT.

GO AHEAD.

CAN I TALK TO HIM?

LISTEN, I JUST WANTED TO COME BY

AND WISH YOU GOOD LUCK TODAY.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING

I CAN DO--

LIKE WHAT?

LIKE WHATEVER.

THAT PACKAGE

YOU WANTED DELIVERED.

WE'LL TALK

AFTER THE FIGHT.

SURE, OKAY.

UM, IT'S JUST THAT...

WHAT?

I MIGHT BE DEAD

AFTER THE FIGHT?

NO. WELL OKAY, BUT IF

SOMETHING HAPPENS, THEN--

GET OUT.

OKAY.

IS IT TIME?

I WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD

AT THIS POINT

THAT MR. KRUTINULOV HAS AGREED

TO WITHDRAW HIS COMPLAINT

AGAINST PRIVATE DEMCHUCK

AND AGREES NOT TO PRESS CHARGES

PROVIDING THE MISSING ITEMS ARE RETURNED

TO THE RUSSIAN ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE.

MR. CARBONEAU,

DO YOU UNDERSTAND

- WHAT'S BEING OFFERED HERE?

- YES.

AND YOU CHOOSE

OF YOUR OWN FREE WILL

TO COMPETE IN THIS CAGE FIGHT

AS A SECOND

FOR THE INJURED CANADIAN SOLDIER WASYL DEMCHUCK?

YES.

MR. KRUTINULOV.

YOU CAN DO IT, VIC.

KILL THIS IDIOT.

GO FOR HIS HEAD.

GET HIM, VIC.

COME ON, VIC!

POP HIM!

COME ON!

COME ON, VIC!

GET HIM!

COME ON, MAN.

LET'S GO, VIC!

GET HIM, VIC!

- GET HIM, VIC!

VIC!

IT DOESN'T END

LIKE THIS.

YEAH, MAN!

GO ON, YEAH!

GET HIM!

VIC!

VIC, VIC, VIC, VIC,

VIC, VIC, VIC, VIC.

HE'S DONE!

- YEAH, NO SHIT!

- HE'S DONE!

VIC, VIC, VIC, VIC,

VIC, VIC, VIC, VIC...

VIC, WATCH OUT!

OPEN THE GATE.

YOU ARE NEVER

GONNA GET THOSE SPIKES.

Survival Code (2013) - full transcript