Defiance (2013–2015): Season 2, Episode 1 - The Opposite of Hallelujah - full transcript

Previously on Defiance...

If Datak wins this election,
he's gonna kick open the doors

to Colonel Marsh,
and a year from now

you won'! even
recognize this place,

The name of the next
mayor of Defiance,

Datak Tarr.

I am going to tell your
husband everything.

This will end very
badly for you.

Drink it.
All of it. Now.

The poison was
on the flask.

Just tell me where to find
the girl and the artifact.



What do you plan to
do with her?

I would be more concerned with
what we plan to do with you.

Wake up,

They're looking for the
Colonel downstairs.

He's right there. The Earth
Republic will come for us.

Masters of our fate
no longer,

Arghh!

Hey. We're gonna get
you outta here.

Irisa!

I can't lose him.
What will it cost me?

You must become
my weapon.

Nolan,

Attention
all citizens of Defiance.

This is the Earth Republic. We
have assumed control of the town.



lrisa!

I appreciate
the nice things in life.

I take no pride and
accept no shame in this.

I treat small luxuries
like hand cream as

valuable indulgences
to treasure.

My moments of civilization.

So you'll no doubt
understand when I

accepted the role of
Provisional Mayor,

eight-and-a-half
months ago,

I was apprehensive.

1 imagined those
Wild West movies

my father was
so fond of.

A town full of
anarchists,

malcontents
and savages.

How wrong I was.

Pu! simply, Defiance
is paradise

Look around you,

in any direction
and you'll find

indescribable beauty.

This is a town o!
people who know how

to have a good time.

But when the moment
comes to roll up the sleeves

and get down to the
nifty-gritty,

no one works harder
for a living.

And that hard work has
turned Defiance into a

bona fide boomtown.

And I predict,

those among you who, like me,

enjoy the nice things,

shall soon have them...

in abundance.

But the real inspiration,

that elusive element

that makes this
town so unique,

is your inclusiveness.

Humans and Votans living
side by side

as friends, lovers, family.

It's truly inspiring.

In my time as mayor,

I've worked every single
day to live up

to the lofty standard
the people

of Defiance have set
for me.

Together, we have
reduced crime.

We've rebuilt the
stasis net.

By nationalizing
the gulanite mines,

we have doubled wages and
tripled productivity.

And now, I'd like lo thank my
colleagues at the Earth Republic,

In particular, Viceroy
Berto Mercado

who has made the long trip
from New York

to celebrate with us today,

Thanks to their generous
financial assistance

the long-delayed
Mag-Lev Spur will finally

become a reality!

Now I know you're all itching
to get to the party, so

without further ado,
allow me to wish you a

happy and prosperous
Founders Day!

Defiance.

And we're clear,

Excellent speech,
Mr. Mayor.

Thank you, Berlin.
Thank you.

It did go well,
don't you think?

You're pretty with the
words, Pottinger.

You always have been.

Still...

"Still?"

You're a show-off, Pottinger,

With your big words, your
hand lotion, your TV screens.

But I tell you something, I
never met a show-off who

was quite as smart as he
thought he was,

Well, now that you finally
have, you can tell your

grandkids all about it.

Oh. I'll
have to remember that.

The viceroy is a
powerful man.

Why do you go out of
your way to make him mad?

Mercado only respects
people he hates.

You should remember
that, Churchill,

because it's true
and useful.

Madam Mayor.

Stop calling me that, Pottinger.
You're the mayor now.

Provisional.

Did you, uh, did you
watch the speech?

Ha! I skipped the last four,

What made you think
I'd catch this one?

Blind optimism, I guess.

You could be doing so
much more for Defiance,

Come work for me,

You're pan of an
occupying army.

So you're questioning our
right to be here?

Your duly-elected mayor
stabbed to death one of our

high-ranking
military officers.

That's an act of war.

Well, I certainly did
not vote for Datak.

Great. We both agree
Datak Tarr's a prat.

That's common ground.
We can build from there.

Like it or not,
you're here.

I care about
doing my job well,

Until I receive orders to the
contrary, my job is keeping

Defiance peaceful and productive. Now,
you could help me accomplish that.

Isn't that why you ran for
mayor in the first place?

Look at that,
more common ground,

There's magic here,
can you feel it?

I can feel it.

There's that smile.

Did you come in here to
actually buy something?

Just window shopping today,

Have a think about it,
though.

You are looking lovely
today, Favi Tarr.

You're very sweet,

What did he want'?

The usual.

I have your cut
right here.

You had a good week.

Well, I ran a town. I can
certainly run a business.

You know, when Kenya comes
back, she might need to

find herself another job,

I say this as a friend,
Don't say it.

You need to prepare yourself for
the fact.“ She's coming back.

...that she may not be coming back.
She's coming back, I know her.

You are so strong.

Fala,

I'm home,

They were out of the spicy pow you like.

So I got the sweet kind.

Stand still.

Who are you? What do you
want from us?

I want to know where
she is

and I want to know now,
Okay, Daigo?

Ahh!
Down!

"Daigo"? My name
is Thesho Zajino.

I don't know who you
think I am,

but you're
making a terrible mistake.

I've been trying to tell him who
you are, My name is Thesho Zajino.

You are a torturer
of children.

And you abused
my little girl!

Ahh!
Look, please.

For the past nine months I've been
tracking the members of your cult.

One by one. My path
led me hereto you,

My daughter's disappeared,

I don't know why and
I don't know where to.

But what I do know is it
has something to do with

that object your
people put inside her,

Tell me what happened,

it activated.

Silver and gold tendrils,
like little snakes.

People died. And
she went missing,

I've seen her, too.

Where?

In visions.

An island... A great wall of
stone, covered in handprints.

Now I understand.
She has become.

Become what'?

No! No!
Become what'?

I'll shoot her,

Go ahead. This livestock
matters not at all.

The work I started all those
years ago is complete now.

She is lost
to you, soldier.

But she will be mine
as she once was.

I will know the beauty
of her sweet skin.

Stop talking.

The hot flush of her

divine and terrible love!

No!

Trust me, he had that
coming and worse.

We have a daughter!

So do I,

Backup. Back up!

Back up!

No touching!

Relax my love.

What is the word from the Votanis Collective?

Will they petition for my release?

Our solicitor assures me she is working.

It's taking too long!

Every day I remain here

my business interests fall deeper into ruin!

Your business
interests are being well taken care of.

I'd like to hear that
from my crew.

You know only family members
are permitted to visit.

Ten years is
a long time.

It's too long to spend
in a place like this.

Rest assured,

you built a strong
foundation, my love.

The edifice stands, even
when the architect is absent.

Alak has proven
a worthy leader.

Alak?

He has a flair for
the family business-

Your men do the heavy
lifting, of course,

but Alak has
grown so much,

Like his father, he does
what must be done.

Sometimes, when our son
tilts his head

at a certain angle, I see you,

Young, confident,

powerful...

A bit cruel.

No touching,

Patience, hanizu.

You got it?

Thanks.

A stone wall covered
in handprints.

You Barth?

Who wants to know'?

A fan of old-world
craftsmanship.

I hear you're the best blade
maker in AngelArc.

That I am,

I'm looking for a girl,

She likes knives, too.
You seen her?

Yeah. I've seen her,

Three hundred.
Ah.

Come on, haa-MAN-yi.
I've been walking all day,

My feet are tired.
Piss off,

Right. You know, Barth, I'm
old-fashioned and I really like knives.

She likes double-edged
throwers. Fast hands.

Bought one the other day,

Where can I find her?
I don't know.

All right. Down by the cliffs.
Sunset and La Brea,

Hey.

Thank you,

Get out of here,

This is Barth.

Are you there'?

What's up?

Our mutual friend is never gonna believe

who just sailed into AngelArc.

Joshua Nolan,

Let go of me.
Vizu wants to see you.

Where's my Blue Devil,
Skevur?

I made a bad batch and
had to start over,

You can't rush adreno.

Of course, if you'd let me extract
real adrenaline from real humans.“

No!

Look. You said I'd have
my Devil in two days.

You took payment up front.
For expenses!

I don't give a damn!

You gonna shame me like
this in from of the guys?

I did the shtak
jobs for your dad.

Skevur and his blades,

Skevur and his chemicals,

I did stuff for him
that haunts my sleep,

Come on, Alak.

You got a good heart,

I know that.

Call the vizu by
his proper title.

Capo.

My mistake.

So what do
you say, Vizu'?

Three more days,

Out of respect for your
service to my father.

Thanks.

That's more like it.

No! No, get it off!

What happened'?

Get it off!
Down! Down! Down!

Get it off!

Get it off him. Come on.

Give me your belt.
Give me your belt,

Oh, God.
Yeah, I got it. I got it.

Don't just stand there!
Get a stretcher!

Get him out of here,
let's go.

Dad's tough as a bellbeast.
He'll get through this,

This never should have happened.
The E-Rep's working us too hard.

At least with the E-Rep we're
getting paid what we're worth.

Everybody pulls down a
nice big fat paycheck

under the new owners,

But at what cost?
A man just lost an arm,

You worked the miners
just as hard.

Not this hard,

He's right. Half our shift's
dropping the Blue Devil,

just to keep up,

This equipment was
never meant to run 24/7,

Sounds to me like a greedy old man
trying to get his mines back,

Hey! You can't talk to
him like that!

Yeah? Well, back off, Josef!

Hey! Stop it!

He's gone,

I'm sorry. He's gone,

I'm sorry, boys,

He was a good man,

Dad would go I-rath

if he saw you using Ki-ri
ESH-ki-wa in the family bath.

A woman alone needs
to improvise.

I saw Amanda this morning-.

The NeedWant had
a profitable week.

Giemo did the numbers. We're
up 2% month-to-month.

Are you sure he added right'?

Okay, Mom.

You wanna say what you mean'?

It's been a long day,

I can't imagine how we're ahead given
the extra time you've granted Skevur

to deliver the Blue Devil,

That was kindness.

Where you see kindness,
others see weakness,

I made a choice,

Skevur is more valuable
as a friend than an enemy.

Skevur is disloyal filth.

Friendship is wasted on him,

That's what your
father believed.

My father isn't
here, is he?

And you wanna slop
bathing by yourself?

It's weird,

Hey, fellas,

Hey, you couldn't tell me where I
could find the Hollywood sign?

Weapons, please.

Don't make no sudden moves!

"No-Man" Nolan,

Varus!

Friend!
Some friend.

You stole from me.

Argh!

Argh!

Look, Varus.

We were wrong to steal the Libera
Nova gem, I know that now.

L... l feel bad, all right? Okay,
you got every right to feel angry.

So, I'm gonna make
it up to you. All right'?

I'm gonna get you your
property back, I promise.

Do you still got it'?

Of course I still got it. Yeah, yeah.
Not on me, of course.

In a safe place,

Lie to me again, I'll add
your jondra to my collection.

Put that gunya ganchi
in the ground!

Argh!

Where do I get me
one of them neat ponchos?

You're an idiot,

I hope you
enjoyed your stay, sir,

I relish these little trips
to the ass-end of nowhere.

Hey. Let's
get outta here. Run!

Hey, show some respect,
Josef, let's go.

- Grab 'em.
- Yes, sir.

Hey, hey, hey!
Hey!

Take it easy,

“Rise up.
Kill the E-Rep."

- Wow.
- Come on,

You shtaks killed our father!

You wanna be careful
of what you say.

Rafe McCawley's got the right idea
about you people. You're Nazis!

Everyone needs to
know that'

And we are gonna
make sure they do.

We're gonna come together, we're gonna
drive you out like we did the Volge.

Lawkeeper, arrest
these people.

Yes. sir.

Let's go,

The show's over,
Go home.

Losing this town would be
catastrophic for the Earth Republic.

And yet,

seeing what that sad event
would do to you personally,

the humiliation
and disgrace,

losing your shot at Connor
Lang's ambassador seat,

(DOOR CLOSES}

the permanent removal of that
smug smile from your smug face.

Now, that would be something I
could tell my grandkids about.

Mr. Mayor, Hyatt and
Josef are good kids.

Their father was just killed
in a mining accident,

Nine months ago, you shot
Earth Republic soldiers-.

You should be rotting in Camp Reverie,
and yet I allow you lo roam free,

living in your beautiful house every
day, seeing your daughter every day.

And I do this because you're
useful to me in the mines,

keeping the workers in line,

Yet when you stir up trouble,

when you call us Nazis,

when you put ideas in the
heads of the younger miners,

you become less useful.

I've taken your mines. I've taken Hyatt
and Josef, Give me a reason to take more,

Take care of those boys,

Is that it?
Is that Camp Reverie?

Probably,

Okay. Why did we stop?

Come on,

We can lose him
in the woods. Now!

Let's split up,

Hyatt!

Hyatt!

Hyatt, run!

Ahhh!

Arghh!

You're lucky you didn't fall
flat on your ass in that stupid getup.

You're lucky you're
a lousy tail.

I am an excellent tail.

Like in Yuma?

Ah. Yuma...

Not my finest hour,

You burned off my hair.

Nope, the explosion burned off your hair.
I was blameless.

Besides, short and sassy for
those hot summer months?

You wore it well,

So, what happened to you?

Nothing,

Come on,

Something happened to you the night
you disappeared. What was it'?

Talk to me, kiddo.

I remember you pulling me
off the operating table.

Then the gunfight. You went down.
You told me to run and get help.

They caught me.

The E-Rep?

They put me on a land coach headed west.
I don't know.

Maybe to do more experiments,
But...

The caravan was hit by Hellbugs.
Everybody died.

Except you?

AngelArc was the closest city.

I've been scrounging
ever since.

Saving to buy blades.
A roller,

For nine months. You wanna
know what I remember?

I remember getting shot,

And then I had, uh,
I don't know... A vision

of, uh, Sukar. And
a young irathient girl,

And then I saw you,

falling into...

I don't even
understand what.

But you wanna know
what the kicker was?

When I woke up, not a
scratch on me.

Sounds like post-traumatic
stress disorder.

That's it? You got nothing
else to say to me'?

Hey!

Don't you walk away from me.

lrisa!

Look,

Losing you was hard.
I've been a bit on edge,

It's okay,

All right. Good. So if we're
finished with this mushy stuff,

we need to come up with a plan before Varus
and his crew regroup and come after us.

Now, I got this
sweet little boat,

I say we get down to Lima, we
swap it out for a bigger one,

and then straight
to Antarctica.

Defiance,
What?

I have to go to Defiance,

God, filled with mercy,

dwelling in heaven's heights,
bring proper rest

to Rupert beneath the wings

of your Shechinah amid the ranks
of the holy and the pure...

Hyatt's dead,

You want to tell me
what happened?

Am I supposed to
answer that?

'Cause your face looks like it
wants to carry on speaking.

Two kids escaped a Bio-man. You
expect me to believe that?

I do,

Come on. We can
lose him in the woods. Now!

Their roller was parked in Hellbug country.
You set them up,

Again, are you expecting
me to answer that'?

Yes.

Amanda,

I had nothing to do
with this escape.

Now I know what your face
looks like when you're lying,

Hey, look, I'm trying to
be reasonable...

Those kids were begging
for trouble.

They were mouthing off, creating an
untenable situation for E-Rep brass,

Now, you solved your problem
in the short term,

and that video provides
plausible deniability.

They were acting
out of grief.

They had just
lost their father,

Now, historically, vicious leaders
leave the job one of two ways,

deposed or dead,

Well, what would you
have me do?

Pardon the brother that survived.
The older one, Josef.

Done.

That's a start,
thank you,

Anything else?

It occurs to me had I
taken the advisory position

you offered me
three months ago,

I would have stopped you
from overreacting.

Hyatt Mirch would be at
home safe with his family.

"Overreacting"? Hmm.

You want my advice, you get
it unfiltered or not at all.

So, you're accepting
the position as Chief of Staff?

For the moment,

Cheers, mate.

He's coming down!

It's food.

Here's some mush,
real meat. Lunchtime.

Datak! Behind you,

You go hungry tonight,

I would've put on makeup if
I knew company was coming.

Why did you help me'?

I have a way to get outta this
place but I can't do it alone.

Color me intrigued.

Color you anything, you'd be
more interesting to look at.

You in or you out?

Here's your payment
back, Vizu.

The shipment's on me.

Well done, Vizu.

Mom?

Mom, did you order
Skevur beaten?

The man of the house
is addressing you!

It is not my place
to give orders,

Of course not. You never
give orders. I'll rephrase.

Did you whisper
in somebody's ear,

Raiga maybe, and gently suggest that
it would serve his best interest

to protect the standing of poor
dumb Alak, who doesn't know

Who doesn't know shtako from Shinola!

You desire...

Straight talk? Yes!

Your father surrendered
his claim

on his financial interests
when he murdered Colonel Marsh

in a fit of foolish temper.

I thought perhaps his son could
take over with the proper guidance,

but you lack the strength and
brutality to do what is necessary.

This is just...

Once again, the strong
Castithan males falter

and I am left to open
the airlock door myself,

The family business
belongs to me.

The men will never lake
orders from a woman.

It's a new world, my son.

Who knows what the men
may tolerate in time,

Bu! for now, you
will deliver my orders,

exactly as I give them, And
you will not question me.

In return, you will
have money in your pocket.

You will be free to pursue
your music hobby or

whatever else you wish,

But all power will
reside with me.

And if I don't agree to this, what?
You'll lock me in a cage next to Dad?

I doubt that will be
necessary'

lam so proud of you, Alak,

Straight talk was indeed what
this situation required.

Come on, my friend.

My child needs medicine,

She is sick,

All right,
all right, all right,

All right, all right, all right.
Okay. Look.

Huh, the money,

What do you want'?

lrisa'? lrisa?

Hey, Dad,

Don't disappear like that.

And I walk in blue

I burn as hot as heroes

Get ready for the boom

I drink and gamble
till I'm broke

No sin I haven't tried

But still my true love
waits for me

You want me to
check you for lumps?

Across the storm divide

Across the storm divide

Nope. You're good,

A shotgun at my side,

I'll fornicate my way
back home

Go to bed, lass.

Across the storm divide

Irzu's daughters
fade away

When I step on their path

I count
upon them Casti girls,

To liven up my bath

I hooked up with a
Sensoth once

And that was quite a ride

Yeah, it was

But still my true love
holds my hear!

Across the storm divide

Across the storm divide

We travel far and wide

Then fornicate our way
back home

Across the storm divide

Across the storm divide

Good friends at my side

We'll fornicate our way
back home

Across the storm divide

We'll fornicate our
way back home

Across the storm divide

Across the storm divide

Across the storm divide

Across the storm divide

Shh.