Defiance (2013–2015): Season 2, Episode 4 - Beasts of Burden - full transcript

Previously on Defiance...

Rafe McCawley's got the
right idea about you people.

Hyatt, run!

Ahhh!

I've taken your mines.
Give me a reason to take more.

You will deliver
my orders exactly
as I give them.

Your one and only job
is keeping me alive.

Oh?

Why else do you think
I got your pasty ass
out of prison?

The master

returns.



Hello. My name is
Niles Pottinger.

And welcome to the Badlands.

We are currently
transporting the latest,

most advanced mineral
extraction equipment from

Cedars to the boom-town
of Defiance.

It's a small town,
big of heart.

Let's swap sides.

My right side is...
It's infinitely more
camera-friendly.

Maybe, but the
terraformed rock
over your shoulder?

It creates a sense of
groundedness.

And people like
their leaders
down-to-earth.

Do you know, Captain,
New York is whispering
about you.

Is that a good thing
or bad thing?

Seems the viceroy is
quite taken with
your latest film.



Thank you, sir.

Sometimes I'm worried
they're a little over the top.
Nonsense.

As a great Old Earth
philosopher once said,

"The extreme always seems
to make an impression."
Hmm.

Get down!

Stay down.

This is it.

They're not here for us.
They're here
for the equipment.

Oh, no. Bink,

Raul. I think
they're dead.

No! God!
Suck it up!
Get 'em on the truck!

Oh, God.

Please. Look,
I haven't seen
your face.

I don't know
who you are!

Shut up!
On your knees.

I am a high-ranking officer
of the Earth Republic.

People owe me favors.
If you spare my life,

I will guarantee
the investigation
into this incident

is abandoned
immediately.

High ranking?
Not anymore.

I'm stripping you
of your rank.

I said strip!

All the way.

All the way.

Get on your knees.
You do not wanna do this.

Get on your
jekking knees!

You like
to hurt people?

Piss all over them?

Well, this is
what it feels like.

What the hell are you doing?

We gotta go!

I rarely slept
in prison.

To help me drift off,
I would imagine your face.

I'm glad I left it unmarked.

Back on Casti,

had I followed
the traditions
of my father,

I would have carved
open your belly

like he did
his first wife.

But I am blessed
to live in a
KWON-yo GYEN-do.

A new world,

where the love for
my wife is reason
enough to spare her.

I, too, am
blessed to live
in a KWON-yo GYEN-do,

where a man
and a woman
can stand on equal ground.

I raised profits by 20%
while you were away.

We should be partners.

I have earned
that right.

Yes.

I'm sure
you'd like that.

Mmm.

Again? Seriously?

Practice makes perfect.

Oh. I like your work ethic.

- Oh, no.
- Mmm?

I have a staff meeting
in 10 minutes.
I gotta kick you out.

You mean,
I'm not getting sex

because you
have to go work
in a whorehouse?

Mmm.
The irony
is delicious.

Hey, kiddo.

You didn't answer
your hailer.

Yeah, well...
The new mayor
wants you.

Anyone ever
teach you to knock?
I was raised by him.

That's a good point.

Ahhh!

Can you describe
the masks these
raiders wore?

One wore
like an oriental mask,
of some sort

with these, um,
ridiculous antlers.

Another one wore
a red mask,

with shotgun shells
sticking out of it,
like spikes.

It's from a sport
they used to play in, um,
Old Canada. America.

Ice football or...
Hockey!

I don't bloody know
what it is!

All I know is six
of my men are dead,

and valuable E-Rep
equipment has been stolen

and it needs
to be found. Now.

Well, I wouldn't
get my hopes up there.

Raiders tend to
move at a pretty
fast clip after a hit.

They're probably
500 klicks away by now.

Well, then I reckon
you better get moving.

Take as many men
as you need.

I'll go.

I want to hurt
the people who hurt you.

Thank you, Churchill.
That's... That's very kind.

I'll get you
extra petrohol.

Crisscrossing
the Badlands is
a waste of time

and, and materials.

Look, we need leads.

And there was me thinking
you were an expert tracker.

See, that's the point.
I don't chase my ass
all over the Badlands.

Look, Nolan's right.

All right, you're
gonna need an army
to cover that much ground.

Now your best bet
would be to keep your
eye on the Black Market

from here to AngelArc
for any sign of the tech.

I don't remember
asking you.

You're my advisor
on policy. Not security.

Know your place.

I'm glad to see
they didn't kill you.

What are you still
doing here?

I'm pretty sure
that my camera
got a clear shot

of the leader's face
when his mask slipped.

But unfortunately,
my hard drive got smashed.

But I think
I can fix it.

You know,
you've got a bruise there.

We should probably
get you to the doctor.

I was only
unconscious
for a few minutes.

Jessica.
Can you call me Berlin,
like everyone else?

I don't like
when you get all
"Jessica" on me.

Well, at least
you should lie down.
I'm fine.

I have work to do.

Did Irisa let you
coddle her like this?

No. Irisa's not
the coddling type.

You know,
I have eyes.

I see the way
that you look
at her. And,

the way
that she looks at you.

Now this must
be the head wound
talking because

if I had it my way,
Irisa and Nolan

would be on
the first land coach
out of town.

I want nothing to do
with that girl.

Good.

Hey, boss.

We did it.

You dumb-ass kid!
What the hell
were you thinking?

Uncle Rafe,
are you seeing
this stuff?

This is mining
equipment.

Votan laser tech
that can slice through
rock like butter.

I know what
the hell it is.

Those E-Rats want
to start cutting
through the hard deposits.

It's gonna cause a collapse.

We, we could lose
hundreds of miners.

The E-Rep hasn't
said a word about
hitting no hard deposits.

Why else would
they need to bring
this stuff in then?

Look, the E-Rep
does not care about Defiance.

They'd just as soon
let us fall into the earth.
All right.

You know who
these people are.
They killed half my family!

All right, Josef!
Calm down, son.
You're the one who said it!

You said there's
gonna come a time where
blood has to be spilled.

I didn't tell you to rob
an E-Rep convoy, did I?

Who else was
in on this?

Raul, Bink,
and O'Grady.

Where are they now?

Raul and Bink
didn't make it.

Oh.
We buried them
in the woods.

And then O'Grady
took off for Cedars.

We didn't think
that the E-Rep would
be able to hit back so hard.

Well, what the
hell did you expect
them to do,

offer you a sandwich?
Well, they paid for it.

We took out a bunch
of their guys.

Raul and Bink did not
die for nothing.

We, we are
saving this town.
We're saving lives.

You brought this
crap into my home!

You know how close
they watch me!

I... I thought you'd
be on my side.

Well, you thought wrong.

It seems my
being away has
been good for you.

It gave you the
chance to step out
of my shadow,

and cast one
of your own.

After breakfast,
we'll head to the fight tent.

You can bring me
up to date.

Dad, I was just
covering for you,
while you were gone.

I thought that
since you're home now,
you'd want me to step back,

and let me
focus on my
music business.

Well, that was before I heard
about your ZEM-ba-ko.

Once a man has
taken a life, he is forever a
ZEM-bat-so.

You know, Alak,
I never envisioned
this life for you.

I always imagined you
in a legitimate occupation,

like your music business,
where you would prosper
and raise a family.

A pillar of the community.

Hmm. But I was mistaken.

For better
or for worse,

you are a Tarr.

My blood runs
through your veins.

There's no escaping that.

Eat up.

I must admit,
I do look forward to having
someone to talk business with.

A man I know
I can trust.

You'll see for yourself.

The more powerful
a man becomes...
Hey, you!

...the fewer
his confidantes...
Datak Tarr.

How the hell are you
walking these streets
a free man?

I've been granted parole.

Now if you'll
kindly remove
yourself from our path...

Colonel Marsh
was our C.O.
He was a good man.

He did not deserve
to be stabbed to death

by a dirty haint.

Funny.
He used that same word.

What, "haint"?
Does the word
"haint" bother you?

That's what you are.
You and that haint
son of yours.

You have every
right to be angry.

For I have committed
a heinous act.

While I don't expect
forgiveness, I offer my
most sincere apology.

By the grace of Rayetso,

I offer you my regret.

Back at my office,
I was out of sorts.
Hmm.

A lot of people
are out of sorts.
It's no excuse.

I value
your input.

Truly.

That stolen tech
must be pretty important.

Or is it
something else?

One of the raiders.
He, um...

He made me
strip down.

Yeah. It dredged up some
old memories I've spent
years trying to forget.

Now these memories
are back

in the front of my brain,

as clear as you
are in front of me.

I'm gonna tear
apart the man who
did this to me.

You can
count on that.

You want
to talk about it?
I do not.

Thank you.
Okay.

During the war,
my parents sent me
away to boarding school.

To Devon. I was 15.

I think they thought
it would be safer
down there.

So, on a Sunday,
bitterly cold, and

we had just gotten to chapel.
And we were just settling
into our pews when,

all of a sudden,

all the stained glass
windows just shattered.

And the Votans came.

And they locked
all the doors,

and they kept
us in there.

No food.
No washrooms.

For 11 days.

The floor was

covered in piss
and broken glass.

And my hands,
they got all

cut up when
they held me down,

and they...

I'm so sorry.

This world is full
of stories like mine.

I know.
That's why it's important
to drag them into the light.

They do less
damage that way.

A bullet hole-in-one,
right through the heart.

So you got
yourself paroled
from Camp Reverie, huh?

How exactly did
you manage that?

Raw sex appeal.

Contusion to
the left temple.

Last time I checked,
E-Rep wasn't handing
out pardons too easily.

Well, if you're worried that
I said something about your
Irathient godling,

the answer is no.

Keep it that way.

Oh, yeah.
Single gunshot.

Oddly precise
for raiders, isn't it?

They usually like to fill
their victims full of lead.

Berlin says her camcorder
data looks recoverable.
She's getting close.

There's a boot-print
on his shoulder.

That looks
like gulanite.
Nah. Nah, that's just dirt.

What are you doing?
That was gulanite.
It's not gulanite.

You just
destroyed evidence!
Nah.

You want to
bury this, so you can
protect Rafe McCawley.

Nobody's burying
anything. All right?

- I'll take care of it.
- Don't.

- You can't do this.
- Watch me.

You did not
provoke him enough.
I hocked in his face.

We shoved him
to the dirt.

And he made
no move towards you?

Well, he begged our
forgiveness with some
Casti religious crap.

Fine time for him to
learn self-control.

Hey, hey!
Our scrip?

So what can you
tell me about a
so-called "raider" attack

out by
Montok Pass?

That's the first
I've heard of it.

E-Rep caravan?
Doesn't ring a bell?
Nope.

See, that girl, Berlin,
she caught one of
the guys on video.

And, me, I'm certain
he's a miner.
Are you now?

Rafe, if you know
anything about this,

you better come clean
with me right now.

Make one move
and I swear you're dead.

He's my godson.
Go easy on him.

Don't see why I should.
Go easy on me?
I'm the one with the gun...

That's what
I'm talking about.

Hands where I can
see 'em, Rafe.

He had nothing
to do with this!
Did I ask you to talk?

He lost family
to the E-Rep.
It's a legitimate beef.

Where's the equipment?
It's out back
in his truck.

Look, Nolan.
I'm the one
to blame here.

I got the kid
all wound up,
shooting off my mouth.

He's a good kid.
He just got in
over his head.

You take out a gun,
you put on a mask
and you rob people,

things have a tendency
of getting ugly, Rafe.

I'm sorry.
This kid killed people.

You know,
when they took
my mines away,

I could've appealed.
But that wasn't
an option.

I was labeled
an enemy combatant

because I shot
at E-Rep soldiers
to protect Irisa.

I don't know what
they want her for.

I still don't.
And I don't care.

But I fought for her because
it was the right thing to do.

I figured you'd
do the same for me.

Or was I wrong?

Right now,
that Captain Rainier
is up in the Darby building...

...reconstructing
a video camera hard drive

that clearly,
buddy, shows your face.

The second that data is
recovered, you are burned
in this town forever.

You understand?

You get your godson
on a land coach,

give him enough
cash to disappear.

Nolan?
Yeah?

Thanks.

Open the cell.

Well, well, well.
Where did you find this?

A little cave
up in Wolf Canyon.

All those years of scavenging,
I got pretty good at finding
raider stash points.

No doubt.

So, if I were you,
which I'm not,

I'd send some men up
to that cave ASAP.

All neat and tidy.

Except for
one thing.
Mmm-hmm?

How do you explain
the gulanite dust
on my dead soldier?

Ah.
That was dirt.

That's not
what Deputy LaSalle claims.

Hmm.

Deputy LaSalle.

You gave me the badge, right?
You wanted me to do the job.

Well, if you want
to believe him over me, here.

Here's the badge.
Give it to Tommy.

Keep it.

But I want
this matter resolved.

Come on, kiddo. Let's go
resolve the matter.

In my absence,
my son has risen
to the occasion.

So I am pleased
to announce that we will
now be working side-by-side.

Each of you
are my family as well.

But you have
disappointed me.

You betrayed me.

You ignored
the instructions
I sent from prison.

Instead, you followed
the orders of a woman.

My wife.

With all respect,
Favi Tarr,

we were answering
to Alak.
Shh.

Don't lie to me.

What is a man to do
when all of his men
equally dishonor him?

Does a general slaughter
his own troops?

Our Castithan forefathers
grappled with this
very same problem.

And they...
They had
a wise solution.

The one
bears the shame
of the many.

One soldier,
one ax,
one grave.

So, Vizu,
who shall it be?

What?

Hmm? Should it be Raiga?
Well, he's been with
us five years.

Stop.
Or what about Giemo?
Well, he used to babysit you.

Change your nappies.
Of course, not
without complaining.

He... He was always grumbling
about one thing or another.

Well, you could
put an end
to that right now.

Stondak Tiralo.

Tell Alak what you say
about his little radio
station, Ston. Hmm?

He thinks your music
is fushtako.
I've made a decision!

Kill me.

I could have stopped Mom.

But I didn't.

I was weak.

That you were.

But you are my legacy.

Clean this up
and open the tent.

Josef, I got your ticket.
You're lucky.
It's the last one.

Josef?

Ah, Jesus.
Where are you?

Don't turn around.

I just want the camera
and the data. And we won't
have any problems.

Since you asked nicely.

Ahhh!

Argh!

You weren't
supposed to see me.

Amanda's here.

Show her in.

Here.
Mmm.

Your boy Nolan
claims the perpetrators
are still at large,

whereabouts unknown.

Last part's a lie.
You want me to speak to him?

No, there's no need.

He found
the equipment.

In the end,
that's all that matters.

I know you don't believe that.
Hmm.

Yeah, the E-Rep
really give a damn
about my childhood traumas.

When you close
your eyes,
do you

see the V.C. soldiers?
The ones who attacked you?

Sometimes. Yeah,
I suppose I do.
Hmm.

I see a bright light.
A white blinding light.
As in

God?

No. No.

No, it's a man,
with a powerful flashlight.
What man?

The man who raped me.

When?

I was living in New York,
working as an entry clerk
at E-Rep headquarters.

I was coming home
one night.
It was late.

I could sense
someone behind me.

He blinded me
with a bright light.

He put a hand
around my mouth
and a gun in my back.

And...

Uh, I... I don't know
what to say.

Well, I didn't
tell anyone.

In politics, looking weak,
being a victim,
it can ruin a career.

So, I kept quiet.

I didn't even tell
my fianc?.

Poor Connor
had no idea.

Connor?
As in Connor Lang?

Yes.

Did you know him?

Everyone knew him.
Or of him.

Yeah.

Well,
life went back
to normal,

until I missed
my period.

I let Connor
believe it was his.

But that thing
was growing inside of me.
So,

I got rid of it.

Connor couldn't
understand. I mean,

how could he?
I was lying to him.

So our relationship ended.
I took my sister
and we traveled west.

And the rest,
as they say,

is history.

Why are you
telling me this?

I didn't want you
to think you're alone.

Because you're not.

That's the kindest thing
anyone's ever done for me.

Thank you.

Yeah.

They took Berlin.

I will find her.

I will bring her back safe.

Raiders didn't do this.
Who are you protecting, Nolan?

Is it Rafe?
Is it Rafe McCawley
behind this?

No.

I can promise you that.

You didn't find
that equipment
in a cave, did you?

You got me. I found it in
town. Down a spider hole
out near Rayoon Gulch.

I just thought
if you knew it wasn't
actual raiders,

you would have had
your soldiers going
door to door,

busting the whole town up.
Somebody was bound
to get hurt.

If I had you sent down
to Reverie or, better still,
shot in the head,

it would break Amanda's heart.
And I'm not willing
to do that at the moment.

Lie to me again, though,
I will revise that policy.

Are you done here?
'Cause I have a woman
to rescue.

I lied for you, Rafe.
To the mayor and Tommy.

I owe you, Nolan.
Yeah,
you wanna pay me back,

you figure out
where that kid's holed up.

- I have a few ideas.
- Well, hurry. And, Rafe,

if anything happens
to that E-Rep girl,

you and me,
we got blood on our hands.

I hear you.

So this
is where the records
get manufactured.

Interesting.

The presses were all rebuilt
from salvaged parts.

I got them
for practically nothing.

And now we have an output
of 2,000 units per week.

"Tarr Traxx."

Cute.

I'll be honest with you, son.

When we started today,

my intentions
were quite different.

You, uh,
see those canisters?

Where did those
come from?
I had them delivered.

I was determined
to burn this place
to the ground.

Your complicity with your mother
earned that at the very least.

Dad, uh...
But you have shown me much.

This business serves
as a useful front.

and that little show
you put on back
at the fight tent.

Offering your life
to save your men.

Clever boy.

Give me your hand, son.

You have impressed me, Alak.
And I'm not easily impressed.

But I cannot let
your transgressions

go unpunished.

Everything I've said is true.

And now that your debt
has been discharged,

we shall
begin again,

together.

Best put some ice
on that.

He's been home
for one day.
Christie...

One day,
and he does this to you?
I told you. I'm... I'm fine.

I want him
to suffer!
Look,

this is my fault, okay?

I brought this
upon myself.
Alak, you did not

deserve this.

You don't understand.

I totally understand.
Your father is a monster.

Stop it! Okay? You...

You don't get it.
You're not Castithan.

Do you really
believe that?

Alak,

what happened
to your hand?

It... It was an accident.

I would spit
on the holy Casti bible

before I'd ever again
open its pages.

Those were your words,
were they not?

I inherited this copy
from a prisoner
who met an untimely end.

I was curious.
What combination of words
would make a man

sacrifice his life
for his beliefs?

So I began to read.
And to my surprise,

the holy teachings
resonated with me.

Rayetso demands

that no misdeed
go unpunished.

The FU-da-no at the
academy taught us that
lesson quite well.

But to scar our son!

You have turned
into your father.

My father would've
done worse.
Did worse.

But his ministrations
made me stronger.

The holy teachings
to which he adhered to

have been around
for thousands of vigo.

For good reason.
They kept order.

They maintained balance.
Words, Datak.

That is all they are.
Ancient words.

As long as I've known you,
you've lacked
all sense of balance.

Yes.

In the past, I have
upset the equilibrium

more times than
I care to admit.

I regret killing
Colonel Marsh.

But you and our son
have misbehaved as well.

And now that
we've all been

humbled before
Rayetso,

we can all move forward
together

as a family.

You should embrace me now.

"Cutting through
the hard deposits
will cause the mines

"to cave in
and shockwaves
will trigger a massive..."

I'm not reading this.

These are lies.

It's all true.

And once people see
an E-Rep soldier admit it,

they'll rise up.

If what you're saying
is actually true,

you could have just made
a public statement.
Hmm.

I tried that.

Wrote on a wall and
almost died for it.

You wrote,
"Kill the E-Rep."

If you want to sway
public opinion,

you spread the truth.

Yeah, so says
the queen of propaganda.

You don't make fans
when you kill
innocent soldiers!

E-Rep soldiers
are not innocent!

Private Brandon Grabe
had a wife, Annabel,
and two kids,

Ross and Galen.
Shut up.

Sergeant August Crown
sent half his weekly pay
home to his mother

and three nephews
whose mom died

at Ridgeback.
I said shut up!

And they're gonna
have trouble eating,
because you killed

their breadwinner.

Private Molly Chang...
Stop talking!

Bitch!

- You're playing me?
- I was trying to be reasonable!

Fuck!

You screwed yourself.

I'm sorry.

Hey kid!

No!

Nolan, you okay?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I've been hit worse.

All right, stay down.
I'll get the doc.
Let's go.

You should've gotten
on that land coach.

Defiance is my home.
I can't just let them
drive me out.

You have to.
Now go on.

Run!

What?

Just go.

Uncle R, you gotta lead
these people.

You have to get them
to fight.

Son, just go.

Just... Just go!

Thank you.

How's that head
of yours?

Nothing a couple shots
of willow bark can't fix.

You know, I don't take
what you did lightly.

You took a bullet for me
and I won't ever forget that.

Ah, anytime, kid.

Thank God you're okay.
Thank him.

Thank you.
I appreciate it.

Well, maybe you wanna
keep that in mind

next time you're thinking
about stabbing me
in the back.

Hey.

So.

He was warned.
He shot
the kid himself.

Josef is dead.
You got your payback.
It's not enough.

Rafe is not the one
who hurt you.

It's a cruel world.

Hello, my love.

They're just
innocent victims

They're just
innocent victims

They're just
innocent victims...

Do not look away.

You should have
made me a partner.