Defiance (2013–2015): Season 2, Episode 3 - The Cord and the Ax - full transcript

Previously on Defiance...

I'm sorry, but effective
immediately, you're out
of the adreno business.

What would you like us
to do with our existing
adreno stock?

Have it brought to my office.

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

Talk to me, kiddo.

I saw you falling into,
I don't even understand what.

Sounds like post-traumatic
stress disorder.
That's it?

You got nothing else
to say to me?

I've done
terrible things.

What terrible things?



Did you tell Nolan?

No! It could hurt him.

You have to trust somebody.

Dashinka.

Irzu's path flows
through us both.
You must follow me.

Look, I've told you
everything that I know.

You haven't told
me about the safe
hidden in your office.

I don't recall a safe.

Right hand.
Hey.

Think of something nice.

- Like Christmas.
- No. No!

You tried to kill my mother.

Hey, Defiance.
This is Treasure Doll,

bringing you
the latest hotshtako
from Tarr Traxx.



Now, you can say
you heard it
somewhere else,

but we all know
I'm the only one who
has what you need.

Oh.

I love this job. Thank you.

Beats the hell outta turning
tricks at the NeedWant.

Huh?

I said thanks for the job.

Oh, this song.

It gets me so hot.

You wanna help me out
with that, hmm?

Have a little fun?

I have a wife...

Who I'm about to meet for

a family dinner,
so if you'll excuse me...

Let me give you

something to think about
when you're with her later.

I'm not my father.

That's too bad.

Your father's one
of my favorite customers.

He treated me rough.

Can you be rough with me?

Oh. That's it.

Give me a taste
of what you did to Skevur.

I...

I didn't do anything
to Skevur!

Of course you did.

The word's out.

It's okay. It's okay.
I think it's a turn-on.

I'm not like
the other girls.

Look, whatever you heard

is wrong.
If you just shut up

and play the records
I tell you to play,

this can be a nice
little side-gig for you.

But if you
stir up trouble,

if you get
in my way,

I swear I will drop
your skinny ass off the top
of this arch!

You're hurting me, Alak.

Well, how long
are you gonna be?

They have to replace
the tire.

Two hours.

Now don't
forget to add salt.
Yeah, I did that.

How much?
Dad, stop.
Stop, stop, stop, stop.

Okay. That's them!

Oh, great. Ack.

The in-laws are here
and I'm stuck here
cooking a snod.

And I don't even know
what a snod is.

You're
killing me, Bertie.

Congratulations, Christie.

Seriously?
You can smell it?

- What's she talking about?
- Hold on, Bertie.

Is everything all right?

I don't believe this.

Is that...

Well, are you...

I was gonna tell you
in private

so that we could
announce it
at dinner together.

Rafe, what...
What's going on?

I'm gonna be a grandpa!

Yes!

Did you hear that,
Bertie?
Yes!

Hurry back.
I'm coming, I'm coming!

Whoo-hoo!

Oh, baby.

I'm just gonna...
Let's see.
I'm gonna be the great nanna

or auntie or grandma
or whatever you wanna call me.

It's gonna be amazing.

- We're having a child.
- I don't care!

Why did you stop?

We made a deal.

Now follow her.

No, I won't.

Oh.

No. Bertie.
Oh God, no.

How's
the finger?

It feels like someone
cut it off.

For the pain.

Where'd you get this?
One of my few
remaining connections.

You sound concerned.

None of my crew
have visited.

Well, the visitor policy is...
My wife is smart enough
to circumvent any policy.

She says she's
working hard to free me.

Lobbying
the Votanis Collective,

parleying with
the new mayor.

But?

I saw Pottinger's face
when he sat across the table.

He was laughing at me
with his eyes.

He knew something
about the situation
that I did not.

I briefly considered
the possibility that somehow

you had betrayed me
to him.

Oh?

But that rang hollow.

You're a pal.

So you think
that Stahma...
She wouldn't dare.

No.

She wouldn't.

Ah, it feels good
to have the family together.

Your mother had
a pretty close call

with that shrill bomb
last week.
Yeah.

You know,
I've been hearing
some whispers

about this Castithan guy,
named Skevur, is it?

You wouldn't know
anything about this Skevur

looking for some
payback, would you?

A drug thing maybe?

Just gossip.

Because you're a father now.
And you have responsibilities.

I know.

Shortly after your wedding,
I had some of my miners
kick your ass.

You remember that
and what I said?

Yeah. I do.

Good.

'Cause I will do
whatever is necessary

to protect Christie
and my grandchild

from your family's
gangster crap.

Now I don't know
how deep you're involved.

And I don't care.

All I care
is that it stops.

Today.

Now.

This is
your final warning
on the subject.

Congratulations,

Dad.

And the sensei says,
"Not with an elephant,
I can't."

Anyway, here's to
my new grandson.

Here, here.

Hey, Nolan.
Pull up a stump.
We're celebrating here.

Rain check.
You haven't seen
Irisa around, have you?

She didn't show up
for her shift.

I'm starting
to get worried.

Ah, Irisa's a kid.

She's just probably off
doing teenage girl things.

It's 7:00 in the morning.

Where have you been
all night?

I deserve an answer.

Now, I've tried
to give you
your space.

But I'm a bit sick
of tiptoeing around this.

I want
a straight answer.

I'm not gonna talk
to you about this.

If you can't deal with it,
you should leave.

You know,
you wanna be careful
about these threats.

I might just call
your bluff.

You're a tracker.
I know you can
find the door.

Nolan, it's Bertie.
She's missing.

She called to say
she was stuck in town
with a flat,

but then she never
came home.

She's never been away
all night.

Mr. McCawley hailed me,
we went searching.

I found the roller.
There's no sign of her.

All right, all right.
Let's just ask you
a few questions.

Shouldn't we be putting
together a search party?

First things first.

Can anybody think
of anybody who may wish
Bertie harm?

No, Bertie doesn't have
an enemy in the world.

No. But I do.

I have no idea
who she is. Never met her.

Well there's no secret
there's bad blood
between you and Rafe McCawley.

If I have problem
with Rafe McCawley,
I'll deal with him myself.

And I'm not in the habit
of abducting servants.

Awesome.
Then you won't mind
me taking a look

at your
surveillance equipment?

Be my guest.
Data room's downstairs.

But send the Irathient.

Let's you and I
go for a stroll.

Go.

Sorry about roughing you up
the other day.

How are those
bruises healing?

Look, I don't know
what happened between
you and Tommy.

He doesn't really talk
about it that much. But, um,

I feel for you.

Tommy's a great guy
and it must've been hard
to lose him.

And I'm sorry.

Are you gonna
say anything?

What do you want
me to say?

I like to come down

and feel the pulse
of the town
as often as I can.

Take a stroll through
the market.

See what's cooking
in the Hollows.

Have a nip
at the NeedWant.

I've seen you there
with Amanda.

You seem very close.

Well, I'd be reclining
on a beach in Antarctica
if it weren't for her.

Oh?

Last year, she convinced me
to put on the badge.

And she convinced me
to convince you
to put it back on.

Whole lotta
convincing going on.
I'm a direct man.

I fancy Amanda.

I just wanted
to make sure you didn't
have a problem with that.

You know, I was pretty
young when I enlisted.

Never got a chance
to experience high school.

But this conversation
right here,

this is how
I imagined it.

Okay. We're at
the marketplace.

Looks like
your missing Liberata.

Let's see if we can go
a little bit closer.

Yep. That's her.
She's on the phone.

Looks like she got
some good news.

Jumping around.
Very happy.

Going out of range.
Walking up Carter Street.

Gonna pick her up
on camera 6.

Rounding onto Urdu...

What the chup?

Alak, I didn't
know to expect you.

I know that you're counting
on me to step up

and be the head
of the family.

And I've tried.

I really have.
Alak, what is
this about?

Dad, everything's changed.

Christie's pregnant.

Well, that is good news.

Well, I, uh...

It... it... it's got me
thinking where exactly
my place is in all of this.

You know, what's
the best thing to do for

Christie and the baby.

The truth is,
I've done things.

Things I'm not
proud of.

And I just,
I don't want to end up...
Like your father.

I didn't say that.

My record business
is doing really well.

I just want your blessing
to take a step back...

Out of the question.

There must be a Tarr
at the head of the table.

Profits are up.
Way up.

Under Raiga
and Giemo.

Yeah.

They can totally handle
it without me.

Well, no doubt,
no doubt.

One thing troubles me.

Raiga and Giemo
are good workers,

but they lack the brains,
the leadership, the JON-du-ra
to raise profits.

Not without guidance.

If they're not
getting it from you,

then who's the one
whispering in their ears?

Hmm?

Your mother,
perhaps?

Do not lie to me, Alak.

We're not
on Casti anymore, Dad.

This is a different world.
Tell me something.

My men, they, uh,
willingly follow her commands?

Like I said,
profits are up.

They're getting used to it.

Of course they're getting
used to it.

They're spineless dogs,
loyal only to their last meal.

It all makes
sense now.

Your mother
has been dragging her feet,

pretending to talk
to the Votanis Collective,

pretending to politic
with the mayor.

She's got a taste of power
and the EN-ya-sho likes it.

She's doing it to protect
the family!

She has my money. She has my men.

She's keeping me here!

I'll see her hanging from a shaming rack

pulled apart like an overcooked hen!

Don't you dare blame Mom

for this!

You're here because
you couldn't control

the one thing
you needed to control,

yourself!

You're a miserable,
old bastard.

I hope you rot
in this cage.

Alak!

Alak!

Alak?
A word please.

There's something
I've been meaning
to give you.

Although we were allowed
to bring three things
from Casti,

your father
brought only one.

This is what he brought.

Do you know why?

Because all he had
to do in life

was to protect
what was his.

Now you have something
of your own to protect.

Your wife and child.

I understand you visited
your father today.

How'd you know?

People talk.

Dad's gonna want it,

when he comes back.

No, my son.

We both know

we can never allow
your father to come home.

Bertie didn't
come home last night.

I haven't seen her.
Did you check the cameras?

Irisa's on it right now.

At least she's
supposed to be.

Who knows with her
at the moment.

Am I a bad father?

Since you're asking...

Kinda, yeah.

Uh-huh, that's what
I thought. Thank you.

She deserves better.

Mmm-hmm.
Don't we all?

Years ago, when Kenya
and I were traveling west
from New York,

she used to get these
terrible night terrors.

Flailing about in her
sleep, screaming...

Sometimes she'd wander off.

One night I woke up
and she was gone.
Hmm.

I found her sound asleep
in a field of necronies.

Beautiful flowers.

You ever see 'em?
Yeah.

Eat your flesh right off.

Luckily they only
bloom in sunlight.

She was okay.

I was not.

What did you do?

I allowed myself
twenty minutes to cry.

I dried my eyes
and I kept us
heading west.

Sometimes just not
giving up is enough.

Irisa!

Isn't that
Irisa's diary?

Yeah.

I can't read this
chicken-scratch.

What exactly do you
think you're gonna find
in here anyway?

Something.

Anything.
Anything that's gonna explain
what's been going on.

She's disappeared.
Again.

She's not answering
her hailer calls.
Uh-huh.

So you invade her privacy?

Man, you just take
whatever you want, don't you?

If you're not gonna help me,
why don't you get back
and search the town.

You know what you are?
You are a bully.

You push people around.

No wonder why
she doesn't wanna
talk to you.

Hold that.
What is this?

Liberata blood.

Nolan.
Irisa wouldn't...

Yeah, what?
Wouldn't what?

Tommy? Wouldn't hurt Bertie?

Wouldn't kill Bertie?

I don't know.
I don't know anymore.

All I know is I taught her
how to use those blades

she carries around with her.

What is that?

Your missing finger.
Peace offering.

You can graft it back
on with some of your

Indogene wizardry.

I haven't got
the right equipment.

But you do back
in your old office.

Back in Defiance.

I've decided to
offer you probation.

You'll be remanded
to my custody

and you'll report
to me and me alone.

If this is about Irisa and her
magic tunneling spaceships,

I want nothing to do with it.
I don't...

Can you really do what
you suggest in these pages?

I would need funding.
Resources.

Unlimited.

Timetable?
Accelerated.

Intrigued?

Well, it would be something
for the record books.

I would need an assistant.

Someone that I know
I can trust.

Niles Pottinger
is a dangerous man.

Whatever arrangement
you've made with him,

you need to be extremely
careful moving forward.

That's your problem now.

Your one and only job
is keeping me alive.

- Oh?
- Open the gate!

Why else do you think
I got your pasty ass

out of prison?

- Come on, let's go.
- Back up, back up.

- Hey!
- You bitch!

Hey!

What happened?
She laughed at me.

Well, I'm sure that
wasn't the case.

Bitch!

Talk to me.

She laughed at me.

Okay. Let's get you
downstairs, get you a drink.

And you can have
any night porter you want.
On the house.

I saw that.
Okay. Hey.

Hey!

Play nice.

- Yeah!
- Go!

Easy, tiger.

I'm not done with him!
I'm not...
Come on. Hey.

- You all right?
- I'm fine!

You sure?
I'm fine!

Your pupils are dilated.

I'm fine!

Madame Mayor.

I wanted to clear
the air about something.

The other day when I saw
the adreno...

I was caught off-guard.

I might have given
the impression that
I was judging you.

But I wasn't.

I've used it myself
on occasion.

I appreciate your candor.

I was about to partake.

You care to join?

You have been too long
from my eyes, Little Wolf.

I need your help.

I dreamed of you.

That night in the caves. You came to me.

My memory is marred by gaps.

My wounds have healed.

But part of me was lost.

Just as a part of you is lost.

I don't know what to do.

Irzu's path
is a lonely one.

Others do not understand.

When I woke, my people,
they were afraid.

They called me, "The devil woken."

and they rode off into
the night without me.
This is not my path.

No, you were chosen.
Irzu directs you.

Why do you fight?
I don't want to
kill anyone else.

One death could save
a thousand lives.
It was more than one death.

A lot more.

I see.

It's happening.
Irzu is speaking to you.

You have to run! Go!

Let her, Little Wolf. Let her come!

It wants me to take you!

I can't let you do this.

You can't stop me.

That weapon looks heavy.

How many people
do I have to kill?

How big is my debt?

You don't understand.

You're saving them.

They're under
my protection now.

You're a liar.

And I won't kill for you.

Not anymore.

I said no.

I said no!

Put it down!

Fuck you, bitch.

They've barely
crossed their own oceans.

What about
when the rest of the
fleet arrives?

Three thousand
years from now,

their world will advance.

Kaziri was launched
ahead of the Arks

to terraform
a barren world.

This is not
a barren world.

How are we supposed
to live there

amongst aliens?

Irzu values all life.

Or have you forgotten?

It's time we
seize the ship.

I'm sorry
this hurts so much.

But you brought
it on yourself.

I'll wait with you.

Would you like me
to sing to you?

It'll help the
time go by.

How about the song
that Nolan taught you.

As I slept
upon the ark

I dreamed about a tree

In it was a Casti bird

That sang of Kama Lea

Kama Lea, Kama Lea

Maid with ivory hair

Starlight came along with thee

And swallows in the air

I brought you some tea
for the withdrawal symptoms.

With the adreno
pipeline shut down,

some of my customers in
the Hollows have been very

sick.

Who says I've withdrawn?

Of course.

Only a fool would
underestimate your
resourcefulness.

What you've achieved
here at the NeedWant,

how you've dealt
with... change.

I did what I had to do.

Nonetheless,
you are impressive.

It's weird having Nolan back.

It reminds me
of the old days.

I miss her too.

Do you think she's
ever coming back?

I wish that with...

All my heart.

Me, too.

Irisa?

Bertie?

Are you okay?

Bertie?

You're alive.

Bertie!

Where have you been?

One minute I was
in the market. And the next

I was waking up in the woods.
Irisa found me.

You found her?
Uh-huh.

What were you
doing in the woods?
I was looking for Bertie.

You had Liberata
blood on your cuffs. Why?

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

You're lying.

And so are you.
You did something to her.

And you're covering up.
All right, back off, Nolan.

I just want to go home.

You're home.

I'd tell you the
truth if I could.

Oh, can't anybody see

We've got a war to fight in

Never find our way

Regardless of what they say

How can it feel this wrong

From this moment

How can it feel this wrong?

Storm in the morning light

I feel no more

Can I say

Frozen to myself

I got nobody on my side

And surely that ain't right

Surely that ain't right

Ooh, can't anybody see

We've got a war to fight in

Never find our way

Regardless of what they say

How can it feel this wrong?

From this moment

How can it feel this wrong?

The master

returns.

Darling!

You're home!

How can it feel this wrong?

From this moment

How can it feel this wrong?

Oh, can't anybody see

We've got a war to fight in

Never find our way

Regardless of what they say

How can it feel this wrong?

From this moment

How can it feel this wrong?