Defiance (2013–2015): Season 1, Episode 7 - Brothers in Arms - full transcript

Previously, on
Defiance...

When you come and see me,
I don't want it to be financial.

I don't buy into the whole
find one true love fantasy.

If you don't believe
in love,

it's because
you have been in love

and you got burned.

There are things I can't explain
at the bottom of that mine shaft,

but I think Luke
was killed because of it.

- I'm proud to be your sister.
- You two are sisters?

Ox gloves, half off.
Hats, three for one.

Get them
while you can.



Coats, jackets, ponchos!

Ox gloves,
half off.

Hats, three for one.
Get them while you can.

Coats, jackets,
ponchos.

Gloves, half off.

Scarves, three for one.
Get them while you can.

It's your lucky day. Half
price, 40 for the pair.

Genuine Fawn skin.

Nighty night.

That's a boy.

The runner's mine,
leech.

I've been tracking him
for a month.

- Nolan.
- Eddie.

Oh!



1x06
Brothers in Arms

So what kind of town would give

a knuckle-dragging grunt
like you a badge?

- They were desperate,
- I guess.

Gonna need
your sidearm, Eddie.

Yeah, right.

Come on.
It's the way things work here.

You get your steel back
on the way out.

All of them.

Sheesh, you're gonna leave me
naked here, no-man?

So you seen Cooper lately?

Meh Yewll, correct?

Do these townspeople know about
your many scientific achievements

during the Pale Wars?

Don't worry.

I'm not interested
in sharing this information.

I'm a big fan
of your work.

The biodine project...
Pure genius.

So you look good...

For an old man.

Hmm.

You look like shtako.

Oh, I'm sorry, honey. I didn't
have a chance to freshen up.

I've been a little busy chasing
down that slippery son of a bitch.

Who is he?

I've never seen
a drop-blast that strong.

Oh, he's just some Pyro on the
run from the Earth Republic.

Got his face
off a wanted poster in Yuma.

So when did a nice boy
like you start chasing bounties?

Hard times, my friend,
unlike you.

I kind of like it though.

I'm out in the fresh air.
I keep my own hours.

Shoot interesting people.

I'd appreciate your help in
getting me out of this cell.

Consider it
a professional courtesy.

I'm afraid you have me
confused with someone else.

Deputy.

I never forget a face.

Come on, just remand him
into my custody.

A signature here,
a thumbprint there.

Bam, he's not
your headache anymore.

Yeah?

What am I gonna tell the grocer
who lost his leg to this guy?

You tell him he's gonna get
prosecuted by the Earth Republic.

They're right behind me.

I'll turn him
right over to them.

So I just got word
from Cedars.

There's a reason why this guy's running
around with crystalline drop-blasts.

- He invented them.
- Invented 'em?

- So that's Pol Madis.
- That's Pol Madis.

All right, I'm sorry.

But I didn't lie.
The man is a Pyro.

He's a weapons designer...
The weapons designer.

The guy invited
chemo-tracts, Eddie,

- the stuff that burned...
- I know he's a monster.

That stuff
wiped out half our unit.

That's why I want to deliver him
to the Earth Republic.

They'll prosecute him for
war crimes and hang his ass.

Must be
a hell of a payday.

What is it?
500, 600k?

Yeah, something like that.
So what?

I gotta earn.
I'm not like you.

I need a real drink.

You've pulled
your share of stunts, pal.

Hey, you stole
Varus's Libera Nova gem.

Must have made
a fat profit off that.

I see people
have been talking out west.

Yeah, biggest cartel boss
in the bay area

gets jacked,
word gets around.

How much did you clear?

- It got clutched.
- It got clutched?

Spirit riders ambushed me
in the B-lands.

Dumbass.

- Friggin' I-raths.
- Yeah.

Six burn victims total.

Talak Gundun just regained
consciousness.

Holy hell.

No-man, is...
Irisa?

- Little taller.
- Wow.

Irisa,
this is Eddie Braddock.

We fought together
in the 9th.

Uncle Eddie.

She doesn't remember.

Well, it was a long time ago.
You were yay tall,

about the cutest thing
I'd ever seen...

Until you tried
to bite my finger off.

That'll teach you
where to point it.

Too true.

Incredible.

I thought you would have dropped
her off with some I-raths.

You... you raised her
like a Human daughter?

Tried to.

You see,
you're a good man,

which is why you're
gonna give me Pol Madis.

You don't stop.

I got six people
in the infirmary.

Pol Madis needs
to answer for that,

here, in this town,
among these people.

Ever since I got out,
I have been scraping.

I have been scavenging, and I've
got nothing to show for it.

I need this.

It's what I got.

Okay, it's time
for plan "B."

What's plan "B"?

I get ass plastered
and find me a good whore.

Hey, gorgeous.
Come here.

What can I do for you?

Well, it seems
I've come into some scrip.

Kenya,
this is Eddie Braddock,

an old war buddy of mine.
Eddie, this is Kenya.

Nice to meet you.

Wait a second,
are you two...

Ah, so this fine woman
must be in need of a real man.

Yeah, well,
that counts you out then.

Buddy, I would never
get between you and a woman,

unless you're
in a sharing mood.

And I would never get
between a woman and her work.

Lady's choice.

Come on, sweetheart.

Come.

Nolan always did
have great taste.

Come here.

Oh... Shoot.

- What?
- I'm so sorry.

I completely forgot that I
have a client in five minutes.

Ah, I see.

- I'm your guy's buddy, so...
- Are you kidding?

I could chup Nolan's brother
if he had the scrip.

I just...
Mixed up my schedule.

But wait.

I will not
leave you wanting.

Girls.

Mm-hmm.

Meet Ceci and Midge.

On the house.

- Mmm.
- Girls,

don't forget to show him
the six-legged monkey crawl.

Oh, yes,
I do want to see that.

We get Pol Madis
out of town,

it's a win-win situation
for everyone.

Not for me.
Not for Defiance.

And I already sent the word
to Earth Republic.

They should be
on their way.

Since when have you been so eager
to get the E-Rep into town?

I'm negotiating
an extradition agreement.

This war criminal
is a bargaining chip.

We give them Pol Madis,
they give us

rights of way
for the mag-lev railroad.

Rights that we could never
afford without this leverage.

Extradition orders
take time.

You could be out of office by the
time you get those easements.

We do it my way, Madis is
on the first roller out of town,

the E-Rep gets him
even faster,

and you buy yourself
more goodwill.

And that first roller just happens
to belong to your old buddy.

- I know I can trust him.
- A bounty hunter.

The reward just guarantees

he's going to hand him
straight to the Earth Republic.

How much of that jaja's
ending up in your pocket?

I'm not making a dime.

Then why hand over
one of the most-wanted criminals

on this continent
to a scavenger?

He's my friend.

You're pretty good
to your friends.

This guy...

We've been through
hell and back together.

I owe him.

I admire that.
I do, but...

I'm just asking
that you think about it.

[ ♪ Stranger in Paradise ♪ ]

♪ Take my hand ♪

♪ it's yours to hold ♪

♪ take my arms ♪

♪ yours to enfold ♪

♪ baby ♪

Quentin, darling.
How nice to see you.

Hey, Aunt Nicky.

Always with your head in a book.
That's good.

Luke was pretty on the eyes, but
you're the smart one, Quentin.

What are you reading
these days?

This is just a book
I found on my dad's shelf.

These symbols...
How interesting.

Distinctive, aren't they?

I saw these when your father
gave me a tour of the mines.

They were on a cave wall.
Oh, you must have seen them.

You and Luke practically
grew up in those mines.

Well, you keep feeding

that intellect of yours,
Quentin.

And give your father
my love.

- Makes perfect sense.
- What?

Luke had it with him when he died.
The young brother has found it.

- The kid has the artifact?
- For the time being.

Want to come back
to my place later?

- What's at your place?
- Me. I'm at my place.

And a bed. A couple of drinks.

Forget I even asked.

Stay seated.

You know, maybe
it's just a Human thing,

but usually when a person
gets invited somewhere,

they give some sort of
indication as to a yes or a no.

No.
Thank you.

Excuse me, sir.

Can I have some water
please?

And some salt?

This is completely
unacceptable.

I've never not been able
to do my job.

Well, the good news is Nolan
doesn't have a lot of friends,

so the odds of this situation ever
happening again are pretty low.

The odds are nil.
It's not gonna happen again.

Are you breaking up
with him?

Breaking up implies that
we're some kind of a couple.

You're falling in love for
the first time since Hunter,

- and it scares the hell...
- Oh, Amanda.

I'm supposed to take
love advice from a woman

whose last boyfriend
was a vibro?

Just don't pull the rip cord
before you jump.

Look, Nolan is a cocky,
stubborn pain in the ass,

but he's a good guy.

- He's not like Hunter Bell.
- Stop.

It's okay, Ken.

Exactly what kind of questions
was she asking you?

About the caves,
the glyphs.

It's like
she knew I had it.

- Get rid of it, right now.
- What? No.

Take it to the mines, throw it into
Dante's drop, and let it melt into slag.

But dad, I'm finally getting
somewhere with my research.

There was an earthquake here
in 1811.

Based on the pocket watch,
the bones.

That's exactly
when those people

- were buried down there.
- So what?

It's the first recorded
earthquake in this area.

What, you think
it's a coincidence

- that they were down there?
- It doesn't matter.

Nicolette Riordon
is a dangerous woman.

If she's interested
in that thing, it's trouble.

- I'm not afraid of her.
- Well, you'd better be.

Your brother was murdered with
that thing hidden in his bedroom.

It connects him
with the Volge attack.

It also connects you, me,
and your sister.

I want it gone.

It creeps me out
when you do that.

It creeps me out waking up to your
ugly butt asleep on my floor.

Kenya busy?

Yeah, with Uncle Eddie.

Why does he
call you "no-man"?

It doesn't take much
to get a nickname in war.

I was caught
behind enemy lines once.

No-man's-land.

A dumb name.
I don't like him.

Eddie's rough around the edges,
but he's been good to me.

- Been good to both of us.
- I still don't like him.

Check on Tommy.

- He all right?
- Yeah.

Thanks.

What's the matter
with you?

I see you found yourself
another gun.

You know
I got a bad shoulder.

What the hell is this?

You blasted our way
out of Calexico with it.

Strafing powder.

Yeah, and you know the recipe
better than anyone.

One part table salt,
two parts water,

and presto, you got yourself
a nice little boom.

You think I did this?

If I had busted him out,
do you think I'd still be here?

I'd be looking at Defiance in the rearview
with the haint tranq'ed in the backseat.

Come on, Nolan.
I would never do that to you.

I could use a shooter.

Best one this side
of the storm divide.

Second best.

We've set up a perimeter,

we've got roadblocks both ways
at Bissel Pass.

Good, and when we get him,
he's mine.

We'll see.

I guess we will.

Skunk-ox gloves, half off.

Scarves, three for one.
Get them while you can.

Skunk-ox gloves, half off.

Skunk-ox gloves.
Hey.

- What do you think you're doing?
- That is my case.

I stashed it here
yesterday.

- You obviously took it.
- Yeah?

How do I know it's yours?

I'll unlock it
and show you.

What is all this?

Medicinals.
I'm a pharmacist.

Then this stuff
is valuable to you.

Yes, that's why I'd like
to pay you for your trouble.

Scrip's
in the back pocket.

This isn't money.
What are you trying to pull?

Shh.

No need to be agitated,
not with your heart condition.

- I don't have a heart condition.
- That's not what the coroner will say.

Madame mayor, the envoy from the
Earth Republic is here to see you.

Great. I wonder which corrupt baby-kisser
they're sending us this time?

Well, I prefer
pinching cheeks these days.

- Germs and all.
- This is Connor Lang.

- They sent you?
- I volunteered.

I'm with the general assembly now.
I represent the Fourth Province.

Congratulations.

- Kazha, could you give us a moment?
- Certainly.

Congratulations to you,
madame mayor.

It's, uh,
very impressive.

Shouldn't you be hobnobbing
with the president,

making the world
a better place?

I am.

Pol Madis
needs to be captured.

Sadly, a certain
self-proclaimed city-state

couldn't hold one man
in one small cell.

- Madis had help.
- He did...

- Your lawkeeper's incompetence.
- Well, he's not getting very far.

You saw the roadblocks
on your way in.

And that's supposed
to contain him?

He's eluded the Earth Republic
for years.

When my lawkeeper finds him,
which he will,

we can negotiate
the terms of his extradition.

There are no terms.

Madis put six of my citizens
in the hospital.

One man lost a limb.

Justice is served
in Defiance.

And the E-Rep
gets the leftovers.

Is that what you were
about to say?

No.

Okay, maybe.

Let's...
Let's try this again.

Okay.

Earth Republic grants Defiance
irrevocable rights of way

for the Oklahoma city stretch
of our mag-lev.

In exchange,
I give you Pol Madis.

- Once you find him.
- When we find him.

I always loved that
unwavering sense of confidence,

but you better hurry.

A caravan of rollers will be in
Defiance in less than two hours.

Earth Republic
has no jurisdiction here.

He's an international
war criminal.

And off the record,

if he's not in your custody
by the time they arrive,

they're under orders
to tear this town apart

brick by brick
until they find him.

So you're the good cop?

Sorry.

This comes
from the top.

I searched him head to toe.
He was clean.

Someone slipped him
some strafing powder.

- Who?
- Why don't you tell us?

Are you insinuating

that I had something to do
with his escape?

It wouldn't shock me.

We're just going
door-to-door, Doc.

You two Votans
were quite chatty.

Bedside manner. A little
pleasant palaver.

The man's
a war criminal.

I don't imagine you were talking
about the weather.

No, we're talking about how funny
Humans look when they're enraged.

- Really?
- Hey.

You hear anything,
you let us know.

I hope you don't mind.
I'm famished.

What are you doing
in my home?

_

_

_

You're with
the Votanis Collective.

Pol Madis, pleasure to meet you.

Thank you
for your care package.

I thought I'd never
get out of that cage.

I don't know
what you're talking about.

State your business.

I was told
by an operative in Cedars

that you were a comrade,

that you could get me
to Brazil.

Yes, of course.

Well, you belong
in the Votan capital, not here.

I'll smuggle you out
in one of my delivery rollers.

I'll make a call
on my hailer right now.

Uh, no!
No need to rush. Here.

Join me
for some bulgur ashkhan.

I'm told by many a Casti
my recipe reminds them of home.

"Of home"?

Mmm?

- Mmm!
- Mmm. Indeed it does.

Most Casti believe that the
culinary arts are a woman's domain,

but I consider myself
progressive.

Consider yourself gone.

Leave this house
at once.

Get out.

Now.

You sure
you want to do this?

I support
the Votanis Collective.

I believe we need a nation
to call our own.

But I have worked hard
to make a home here,

to become a respected member
of the community,

and after
your pyrotechnics,

your presence in this house
jeopardizes all of it.

You're a disgrace
to everything

the collective stands for.
Watch yourself.

Getting fat
off Human avarice

in your multi-tiered house
with your three baths a day,

pledging allegiance
to whatever culture

will take you
the furthest,

and every month, you send off
your bundle of scrip to Brazil,

all to ease the guilt
of leaving your parents to die.

You smug shtek.

I'm hard-pressed to think of a
reason not to shoot you on the spot.

Can you think of one?

Your life may very well depend
on what you say next.

Does it feel like
indigestion?

It's not.

It's the nano-tab
I slipped into the ashkhan.

Yummy, huh?

Sends a nice little zap of energy
directly into your nerve endings

whenever I want it to.

Make it stop!

- I can dial it down.
- Ahh.

And I can dial it up.

- Ouch, right?
- Make it stop!

What do you want from me?

Seconds, I think.
For a start.

I wouldn't do that.

Hold on to it.

- Dad said to throw...
- Dad doesn't understand.

Trust me.

I'm not gonna
steer you wrong.

Viper four, tighten your perimeter
along Doran Ridge. Over.

Copy that.

That hooker
friend of yours,

- she likes you, man.
- Yeah?

What position were you in
when she told you that?

Standing,
fully clothed.

- Too drunk to chup?
- Never.

She cut me loose.

Well, you got to learn
to use deodorant.

I know women, Nolan.
This one's into you.

- You know women?
- Yeah.

Is that why one tried
to chop your hose off?

Why would
you even bring that up?

That girl was just plain crazy.
Uh huh.

- What should I say?
- I recommend something smart.

Lawkeeper Nolan.
What can I do for you?

Sorry to bother you,
Tarr.

We're looking for the bomber,
door-to-door.

- Mind if we take a look?
- No, please.

By all means.

Do you have reason to believe
he's hiding here?

No, not necessarily.

You're a Casti, he's a Casti.
Do the math.

We may be of the same origin, but
that's where the similarity ends.

The man is a psychopath.

He should be publicly
dismembered on a cleansing rack.

You had any word from
your boys in the Hollows?

Not yet, but I'll make
inquiries at once.

When Madis shows his face,
you'll be the first to know.

Well, thank you
for your cooperation.

You're very welcome.

It's nice to see you both.
Enjoy the rest of your day.

Well done. Hmm.

Come.
Let's go for a ride.

How am I supposed to get you
past the checkpoint?

Improvise.

You know, I've been thinking.
You're absolutely right.

I've let my ambition
override my sense of duty.

The Votanis Collective
should be my priority.

It must be.

I'll devote more time
to the cause,

more money,
whatever the vc needs.

No, I'm serious.

I couldn't give a Kanga-rat's balls
about the Votanis Collective.

I just like
killing people.

Yeah, you get it,
don't you?

That there
is the face of a man

who knows he may never
see his family again.

- I can see it in your eyes.
- Go ahead. Kill me.

I'll piss on you from high
and haunt you for eternity,

you... you sick gwoke.

Aah!

All right,
out of the car.

Come on!

- How did you know he was with me?
- Back in the house?

You were nice.

Tommy!

Take Mr. Tarr home.

Come on.

- What about Madis?
- I got this.

You go on.

Go on.

Buddy, couldn't have done it
without you, man. Thank you.

Now, you get him the hell out of
here before I change my mind.

Hey, after I collect,
on my way down to Antarctica,

I'm gonna
swing by Defiance.

Buy you a big night of drinks

for your trouble.
But I warn you...

If you haven't done right by
that sweet girlfriend of yours,

I'm gonna head upstairs,

give her something
to hang her towel on.

Washcloth, maybe.

- Funny.
- And you. Yeah.

Have fun
with the Earth Republic.

I hope your execution
is slow and painful.

By "execution,"

I assume you mean
an estate with a pool,

hunting grounds,
and my very own lab.

The only reason I've been
dodging the Earth Republic

is because I can get
a better financial package

from the Votanis Collective.

Everybody wants me,
but not for hanging.

- You knew about this.
- Does it matter?

Another war is gonna start
with or without Pol Madis.

Maybe so, but his WMDs don't
have to be a part of it!

Look, man,
you heard your squawker.

Earth rep is gonna be here any minute.
You'll never get him back to Defiance.

Come on,
you were the one who said,

we're not politicians,
we're soldiers.

You're right.

What is wrong
with you?

It felt right.

Corporal Joshua "no-man" Nolan leave
no man standing on the battlefield!

Kill 'em all! Let
God sort it out!

I was counting on
that gwoke-ing scrip!

You don't need to do this
to make a buck!

Come on, you can come
back to Defiance with me.

Learn a little self-restraint,
I'll make you a deputy.

I'm gonna learn
self-restraint from you?

You trigger-happy
son of a bitch!

- You calm down.
- "Calm"...

You want me
to calm down?

If I can't collect
on Pol Madis,

I'm collecting on you.

Turn around.

What are you doing?

Varus was never gonna
let you walk away

with his Libera Nova gem.
I'm sorry, Nolan.

There's 1/4 mil bounty
on your head.

Come on, Eddie.
This isn't you.

You see, that's
where you're wrong.

This is me.
This is who I am now,

the kind of guy that'd stab
his best friend in the back.

Six years in an EMC prison.

- Do you have any idea what that's like?
- I know. I'm sorry, Eddie.

Is that why you never
came to visit me?

I had Irisa.
I had to protect her.

I clocked those MPs, remember?
I stole the roller to get her away!

She would've died in a refugee
camp if it weren't for me.

- I know!
- You got to raise her!

You got to be a father, a hero.
What did I get? I got caught.

- Eddie, it wasn't right.
- No, it wasn't! It wasn't right,

and it's my turn
to get what's mine!

Ah...

Just kill me.

Come on, kill me
like you did Pol Madis!

You're good at it,
no-man!

You're right.

You set
me and Irisa free.

You got every right
to call in that marker.

So I tell you what, you
deliver me to Varus.

But you're gonna promise me
one thing...

You tell him
that Irisa is dead.

Okay?

She has to be safe.
That's the only thing that matters.

Shtock.

I can handle this.

No, you can't.

You have no idea
how important Madis was to them.

Drop your weapons.

Copy that.

This is representative Lang,
Fourth Province.

Stand down and wait
for further instructions.

Caravan zebra, copy that.

What the hell
happened here?

Sir, I'm the lawkeeper at Defiance.
I was in pursuit of this...

You are way out of your
jurisdiction, lawman!

This is murder...

Of a man who was
supposed to be taken alive.

- Do you understand the consequences...
- I did it.

Yeah, I been waiting a long time
to put a bullet in Pol Madis.

Well, you'll spend
a lot longer locked up for it.

Bag the body.
Take some photos first.

- Yes, sir.
- Double time, damn it.

What the hell
are you thinking?

Eddie,
you don't have to do this.

You've got a daughter
in Defiance.

She needs you.

Yeah, but you don't have to be
the one that takes the fall.

Come on, are we gonna
do this, or what?

You know, I've never heard of anyone
being in a Rush to get to Vegas.

Oh, I'm not.

But a lot can happen between
here and Vegas, sunshine.

Eddie.

You'd do the same
for me.

Let's move it.

You can do it, Q.

You're stronger
than you think.

Do it, Quentin!
You have to!

Hey, you.

You look like
you've seen better days.

Yes, I have.

So you want
to get together later?

I'm booked.

- When do you turn in?
- I'm not.

Wow, an all-nighter.
That sounds expensive.

There's no client.

You're just...
You're not my type.

[ ♪ Have You Ever Seen the Rain ♪
by Sass Jordan ]

♪ Someone told me long ago ♪

♪ there's a calm
before the storm ♪

♪ I know ♪

♪ it's been comin'
for some time ♪

♪ when it's over,
so they say ♪

♪ it'll rain a sunny day ♪

♪ I know ♪

♪ shinin' down like water ♪

♪ I want to know ♪

♪ have you ever seen the rain ♪

♪ comin' down on a sunny day? ♪

You want me
to drink this?

We are gonna have
a toast,

and then we're gonna talk
a little bit about your uncle.

- I don't have an uncle.
- Yes, you do.

I'm a little dehydrated
back here.

Can I get some water,
a couple of salt tablets?

Yeah.

♪ I want to know ♪

♪ have you ever seen the rain? ♪

♪ I want to know ♪

♪ have you ever seen the rain ♪

♪ comin' down on a sunny day? ♪