Defiance (2013–2015): Season 2, Episode 9 - Painted from Memory - full transcript

Previously on Defiance...

Come here.

The poison was
on the flask.

When Kenya comes back,
she might need to find
herself another job.

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

She is coming back.
I know her.

Hello?
I'm the man holding a gun
to your little sister's head.

Someone's trying
to extort Amanda.

Claims to be holding
Kenya prisoner.

And you believe that?

Amanda?



Kenya?

The first thing
that I remember
is the darkness.

And then there was
a motor hum.

And I could hear
these whispers.

Can you speak?

I'm thirsty.

Here's some water.

I got six, seven, eight

Did you see
anyone else?
No.

I just saw the man
with the goggles.

Did he talk at all
about the plot
against New York?

He talked about it
in bits and pieces.

He asked me a lot
of questions.

Do you remember
your sister?



Of course I remember
my sister.

What's your sister's name?

Her name is...

Her name is
"Go chup yourself."

This went on for a long time.
He wanted to know
about my life in Defiance.

Where did you come from?
I don't know.

How old are you?
I don't know!

What's your mother's name?
I don't know!

And then one day,
he surprises me.

Amanda Rosewater?

Free Mahsuvus Gorath
from Earth Republic custody
or your sister dies.

Disobey us
and she dies.

I'm the man holding
a gun to your little
sister's head.

Amanda? Don't do anything
this son of a bitch says!

Okay. So the rest,
you pretty much know.

He used me
to blackmail Amanda.

I... I tried to escape.

And then...

And here I am.

I'm home.

How long would you say
that our friend
with the goggles

kept you prisoner?

Two or three weeks,
at the most.

What?

Well,
you disappeared a year ago.

So, what happened to
all the rest of the time
you were missing?

What's your last memory
in Defiance?

The night Amanda lost
the election.

I hugged you to say goodbye.

And then we said...

And then? And then?
Goodbye and then...

And... And then?
I don't know.

She's suffered damage
to the medial
temporal lobe.

Well, she's gonna
have to try harder.

Stop pushing her.
The missing memories
could come flooding back

or they could
slip away further.

Can we stop for tonight?
I'm just so tired.

I have more questions
for her.

We'll finish
in the morning.

I'll need to see
her again tomorrow.

You waiting for a lollipop?

You got a habit of playing
fast and loose with the truth.

I haven't forgotten that.
Meaning?

No games. No jokes.

I'll look after her.

A drink, Favi Tarr?

No, thank you.
I'm here
for my envelope.

I gave it to Alak
at work this morning.

You work for Alak?

He hired me
at Raider Radio.

You might recognize
my voice.

"Hello, Defiance,
this is Treasure Doll

"playing the records
your mother warned
you about."

Hiring a prostitute
to talk on the radio

is very imaginative.

I must compliment Alak
when I see him.

That's Kenya.

Excuse me?

Coming in the door
with Amanda.
That's Kenya Rosewater.

Kenya Rosewater is...

Hi!

No.

Not possible.

What's going on?

So now I'm, hey

I said hey, I said

I said hey

What's going on?

So now, hey...

I said hey

What's going on?

I'm so glad
you're home.

I'm so glad to be back.

I thought I drove you away.

Yeah?

Did I?

Drove me away?

I mean,
was I too controlling?

Too suffocating?
Too...

You're always
too controlling.

But that's not why I left.

I don't know
why I left.

But what I do know
is that you kept
this place going.

You kept
my digbaa tree alive.

You kept me alive.

Thank you.

I'm gonna go downstairs
and close up.

Amanda?

Can you sleep
next to me?

Okay.

It'll be like
when we built

forts out of oil drums.
Oh.

And we fell asleep,
listening to the gunfire.

All night long.

Do you remember?
Mom was so mad.

She was so mad.

But we had each other.

Didn't we?

We still do.

You're where?

Helping Sukar.

He okay?

He's sick.

Right now,
we ought to be

a little more worried
about you.

It's Sukar, Nolan.
He needs my help.

All right. All right.
Okay, kiddo.

I'm okay. I promise.

Be careful.

I will.

He will not come?

No.

The pilgrimage can't
be interrupted.

It's Irzu's will.

Find anything else
interesting while
I was gone?

I'm only here because
my CO ordered me
to help you.

I'm not interested
in conversation.

Aw, gee, Tommy,
you got something
on your mind.

Why don't you spit it out?

No.
Come on.

I'm not taking the bait.

Sure you will,
sooner or later.
It's inevitable.

I'm not playing.

Understood.

You know, Tommy,
Berlin's a big girl.

She has a right to choose
who she sleeps with.

You actually have
no shame.

No. And in this case,
she chose me.

Now, I know that's not
what you want to hear, Tommy.

But I thought I'd give you
a fair warning. I like you.

You're a good...

I am not a kid!

Sure punch like one.

- Would you like another?
- No. Thank you.

That one there,
I had coming.

You punch me a second time,
I'm gonna have to
hit you back,

and neither of us
wants that, do we?

And you wonder
why Irisa
is avoiding you.

Kenya.

What a lovely surprise.

It's so good to see you.

Oh, even your Casti perfume
still smells good.

That's something
I do remember.

Something wrong
with your memory?

There is. But when I saw you
last night at the NeedWant
and you were staring at me,

I just had this sense
of d?ja vu.

Was there something
between us?

You could say that, yes.

Well, I'm sure it'll all
come back to me soon.

Oh, I certainly hope so.

And when it does,
we're gonna have
a proper reunion.

We found this stuff
in the car.

Anything there
ring a bell?

Can I touch it?

Of course. Go feel it.

It's really good
to have you back
around here.

Is it good for you?

So, I'm guessing
you remember we dated?

Yeah. I do.

And maybe also remember
we broke up?

Not specifically.

But wait, I remember
talking to Amanda
about it afterwards.

Yeah. So,

your sister and I started
seeing each other

while you were missing.

It wasn't anything
too serious.

It's sort of over
for now,

but I thought
you should know.

Thank you.

Okay.

Okay.

Yeah, I remember this hammer.

I can see some man
from the Votanis Collective.

And he used this hammer

to free me from...

Free you from where?

I'm floating in water.

- Get down!
- Shut up.

There were
other people there.

Beside me.

Humans.

No!

V.C. soldiers killed them.

And then the man
with the goggles said,
"Stop. Don't shoot her."

Why not?
This is Amanda Rosewater's sister.

We can use her.

Find me a sedative.

No! No, don't do that.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Hey, hey!

No, no, I can't. I can't.
I can't. They're all
coming back.

It's so horrible.
Hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey.

It's all coming back.
It's okay. I just
want you to think.

If you can remember anything,

any small detail
about anyone.

One of the dead
humans had a tattoo.
It was a bird.

It was an eagle.
It was a screaming eagle.

Good.

Good. Come on.

Need you to take off
your shirt. It's important.

Well, if we're gonna
have a three-way.

I'm Berlin.
I'm Kenya.

Like the country?

I was born the day
the Votans blew it up,

so I guess it's
some kind of a tribute.

What? Berlin,
like the city?

Yes.

Actually, I make films
that some people like
to call propaganda. So, uh,

one day somebody thought
it would be funny to...

I get it.
Like Leni Riefenstahl.

Right.

Does that
look familiar?

Yeah. Except the eagle
had three heads.

Three heads. That's
the J Division crest.

Meaning?
Meaning that the men
who took you prisoner

in that laboratory
were Earth Republic
Special Forces.

How did I end up there?

First we have to figure out
what happened the night
you disappeared.

Did you leave
of your own free will?

Were you taken?

How long can a human being
survive underground
without air?

Do I look
like a biologist?

You look like a pauper,
but that's incidental.

It's possible she wasn't
completely dead.

Perhaps she clawed free
of the grave after I left.

If that's true,
and her memory returns,

I'll be arrested
for poisoning...

Shut your lying mouth!

Stop insulting me.

I knew that you
weren't gonna kill her.

I knew that you were weak,

that you fancied
yourself in love.

I didn't need her dead.

I needed her
under control.

No.
So spare me this
ridiculous nature hike.

I know that you lied
about killing
Kenya Rosewater.

I know that you knocked
her out and sent her off

to live in some obscure
retreat, never expecting
to see her again.

I know this... This grave
that you keep talking
about is a fiction.

And I don't care.

Don't do this to me.

If you ever loved me.

Please.
Don't do what?

Don't tell me I killed
Kenya for nothing.

She's not dead!

Very well.

If you're right,
we'll find an empty grave.

I buried her body
just over this next rise,

marked her grave,

planted a small patch
of flowers.

These flowers of yours,
they weren't lavender
by any chance, were they?

How can
Kenya Rosewater
possibly be alive?

You assured me
she'd been killed
when the Votanis Collective

raided my facility
and burned it
to the ground.

I was told there were
no survivors.

Obviously, someone
recognized her value
as a hostage.

I couldn't have
predicted this.

All I'm saying,
you better fix it.

There's nothing to fix.

Right now, we need to focus
on not getting caught.

I refuse to accept that.

You need to stop thinking
like a human and accept
what is real.

If Joshua Nolan figures out
what you did to Amanda,

he will take
his great big gun

and stuff it in your mouth
and pull the trigger,

evacuating the contents
of your sick little head.

He will do so without mercy
or hesitation.

And then it will be my turn.

That, Mr. Mayor,
is where we're at.

Then, what do you propose?

I never got a chance
to lock and fine-tune.

Forgotten memories
could return,
new ones could surface.

The only safe option
is to wipe it all.

And you can do that?

Chemical lobotomy.
Painful, but effective.

Doesn't that bother you?

I've done worse.

I knew Defiance
was a frontier town,

but I thought they'd
at least have sidewalks.

Okay, it's no Manhattan.

But it's the Badlands
and away from Connor Lang,

which is a very
good thing.

Kenya...
What? The guy is
such a dickhole

and you were
the best thing
that ever...

Kenya, he thought the baby
was his. I let him think that.
He had no idea.

Okay. Okay.
It doesn't matter.

'Cause guess what?
In this town,

we're gonna find
our new husbands.

Who says I'm looking
for a husband?

Are you looking
for a wife?

No wife.
No wife.

Women talk too much.
Oh, yeah?

Yeah.
Hey, here's what
I think.

This town might not
have sidewalks,

but I bet
it has a bar.

Hmm.
Hmm! And I think
we should get a drink.

I agree.
Do you agree?

Let's go.

Hey, look.
What?

It's your new husband.
You!

So, Nolan
talked to the Mayor

and they're gonna
put together a list and...

Are you even listening?

Yeah. I'm starting
to remember things.

So, you said that Nolan
spoke to the Mayor?

Yes. They're gonna compile
a list of all the men
in J Division.

They're gonna run
some photos past you.

Okay.

Are you sure you wanna
go through with this?

Yeah.

I want to know
why I disappeared.

Don't you want things
just to go
back to normal?

What's normal?

You running the NeedWant.
The NeedWant's doing
fine without me.

The NeedWant's yours.

Okay. I have an idea.

What if we were
to run

the NeedWant together?

Oh, God! No.
Yeah.

That would be
the biggest disaster
since Arkfall.

You think?
I know.

We're not built
to be partners.

We're too stubborn.

So, what would you do?

I mean, if I were to run
the NeedWant,
what would you do?

I'm not sure.

You want to be
mayor again.

I'm helping.

Whispering in his ear.
Steering him.

It's enough.

Nothing is ever enough
for Amanda Rosewater.
Oh! No.

Come on. That's not true.
You love being the boss.

I don't love
being the boss.
Yes, you do. You totally do.

Yes.
No. I just happen to be
extremely good at it.

Do you know how much
I have missed you?

I missed you so much.
Hello, ladies.

I spoke to a colleague
of mine, a neurologist
in Cedars.

He laid out a way
to refresh
neurosynaptic pathways.

Meaning what?

We can bring back
your memories.
All of them.

When?

Now.

Thanks.

Thought you quit those
a long time ago.

Quentin.

Hey, Dad.

Did you get to Mendocino,

find your mother?

Well, how is she?

Not like I remember.

Those Votan monks,
they hate humans.

They treated her
like an animal.

They broke her.
She was already broke.

She tried to kill herself
along with you
and Luke and Christie.

Yeah, you threw her away.

I don't understand.
How can you just do that?
I made a choice.

Protect Pilar, the woman
I love, or protect
her children.

I chose you.
I chose you kids.

It wasn't an easy choice.

Yeah. You should have
just shot her.

I didn't have the guts.

Anyway,

welcome home.

You may experience
some discomfort.

You okay?
Yeah.

I'm ready.

Oh, it's...

It's beautiful.

Wait.

I see something.

Um...

There's someone
in the water with me.

I... I can...

Uh...

Someone in a bio-suit.

Can you see
who it is?

Um...

The hood's coming off.

I can see a face.

Take it off!

Breathe!

I have water
in my lung.

No. You're here
in the room with me.

You need to let me
continue this procedure.

She's had enough.

We haven't even
started!
No, she's done!

Welcome back.
I hear you're a bit of a hero.

Saved New York.

Well,
that's what they say.

I was hoping to meet
your sister.

Kenya's resting.

And I heard the session
with Doc Yewll
didn't go too well.

That's putting it mildly.

Well, I can't say
I'm surprised.

Dr. Yewll was trained
to torture humans.

Healing them must be
something of
a second career.

Good point.

You know, there's a clinic
in New York.

We could have her
transported there under
armed guard, of course,

get her all the treatment
she needs.
Forget it.

I just got Kenya back.
She's not
leaving Defiance.

But if you want to help,
figure out who
in your organization

has been conducting
secret experiments.

Why would I wanna do that?

Earth Republic Special Ops
were using my sister
as a lab rat.

I'm gonna find whoever
issued those orders.

When you do, I'll deliver
the killing blow myself.

I found her.

What?

I found her.

You found her.

Praise to Rayetso!

I'm sorry I doubted you.

May I?

Such a tiny human head.

Yes, it's darling.
Now let's bury it and go.

If this is Kenya,
who is with Amanda
back in Defiance?

Don't know. Don't care.

Well, this news
will be devastating.

I'm standing here,
caked with mud,
up to my ass in death stink,

and you're concerned
about Amanda Rosewater's
hurt feelings?

Oh!

Let the dead stay buried.
No.

Stocking up, I see.

I'm making Kenya
breakfast.

Sugar bread French toast
is her favorite.
Thank you.

I remember.

I don't suppose
it surprises you to hear

that my husband
and I have

business contacts
from here to Marin.

No.

Many of whom
operate in rather
unsavory circles.

Well, that's not
much of a secret.

I suppose not.

I do hear things.

You know I loved Kenya.

And since her disappearance,
I have come to think of you,

her sister, as a friend.

Is there a point to this?
I need to get back to Kenya.

Your sister is dead.

The woman in your room
is an imposter.

I know this is difficult
to hear,

but I have received
this information

from multiple sources.

And I thought
you should know.

I feel uncomfortable.

It would help if you spoke.

If you repeat
this lie anywhere,

to anyone,

I will hurt you.

It will be painful

and it will be permanent.

Congratulations

on a long overdue
homecoming.

I am so happy
for you both.

Nope.

No.

No. None of these
soldiers look familiar.
Sorry.

Look at this room.

It's so different.

Well, do you remember
the first time
Amanda caught us in here?

The duct tape.
Yes. Yes,
you remember that.

What was I thinking?

I almost ripped
my nipple off when I was
trying to take it off.

Yeah. You were sticky
for hours.

She was so mad
when we got together.

You remember the first time?
I brought you the flower?

No, I don't, actually.

The first night I got
into town. I'd won some
scrip at the fight tent?

A lot's missing, Nolan.

What about the time
with the handcuffs?

You surprised
me in the holding cell.
That was a pretty crazy night.

No?

Fighting the Volge?
Amanda getting shot?
Yes.

Yes, I do remember that.

Okay.

Now you're gonna
forget about the past.

Now, you're gonna make
new memories.

You're gonna make
love to me.

Kenya, listen.

Your scars.
What?

From your ex-husband.
They're gone.

Stay here.
I'll be right back.

Is she
trying to touch us?

She sees her own
reflection. It's a good sign.

The resemblance
is incredible.

Can it think?

The host is Indogene.

She thinks a hell of a lot
more efficiently than you,
monkey boy.

Can she understand
what we're saying?

Doesn't matter.
I'll wipe this time period
clean after I graft

Amanda's memories
onto the brain map.

What's her life span?

It's new technology.

I did my best, but...

True beauty dies fast.

No!

Amanda. I need
to talk to you.

Have you noticed
anything strange
about Kenya's memories?

Uh, the older ones, from
before the disappearance?

Look, there are gaps,
but she's adjusting.

Okay. I've... I've
noticed a pattern.

Now, she only knows
about memories that you
were present for

or you knew about.

Anything you weren't
aware of, it's a hole.

I need to talk to Kenya.

Kenya?

Kenya.

I don't understand.

Sit.

No, I don't wanna sit.
Sit.

No!

I know my sister!
It's her.

I wish it were.

She's not...
She's an Indogene.

She's not!
Amanda!

Whoever implanted you
with that EGO device
a few weeks ago,

they stole your memories.

No! You don't know that.
They put them

into a perfect copy
of your sister.
That's just a theory.

You don't know!
Amanda,

her scars are gone.

I'm so sorry.

Oh, God.

My gun's missing.

I have to warn you,
there's no happy ending
to this story.

Are you certain that you
want to hear this?

I'm an Indogene?
Deep down you are.

In the Pale Wars, we grafted
human memories and DNA
onto Indogene volunteers

to create spies
that looked and acted human.

Are you telling me
that I volunteered
for this?

Not exactly.
You were a captured
V.C. spy.

Pottinger plucked you
from Camp Reverie

in the dead of night
and brought you to me.

I'm sorry.
You deserved better
than this.

I am not interested
in your sympathy.

Keep talking.

I had your Indogene
body as my canvas.

And there was no shortage
of Kenya Rosewater DNA

scattered around the NeedWant.

What I didn't have
were Kenya's memories,

so I stole them
from her sister.

What went wrong?

A Votanis soldier
interrupted the procedure.

That's why your memories
are still jumbled.

How long do I have to live?

Couple of months.
No more than three.
No.

You are gonna fix me.

And you are gonna give me
a normal life span.

As an Indogene?
I can't.

As Kenya Rosewater,
I don't know, maybe.

I have a colleague
in the Bay Area. Eren Niden.

Maybe...
"Maybe" is not good enough.

If you're gonna
kill someone,
kill the Mayor.

Pottinger wants you dead.

You really are
a craven little thing,
aren't you?

You're a monster.

Actually you're the monster.
I'm Dr. Frankenstein

and our bald friend here
is Igor.

His plan was to fake
a dramatic rescue
and reunite two sisters.

Amanda would be so grateful

that her panties would
just melt away
at your tender touch.

You're not funny.
And what was Amanda
supposed to do

when she found out...
Mourn you and move on.

Move on to you.

I knew you'd run
for the safe.

Yeah?

Yeah. It's what
I would do.

I'm not Kenya.
You might not have
been born that way,

but you are now.
No! Who I am

is a collection of
leftover memories.

I am an echo.

You are my sister.
Your sister is dead. Look!

No.

No, you belong with me.

Look, I'll get you the help
you need. I promise.

I am not playing house
with a human.

Next time

I'm gonna snap your neck.

This is all my fault.

I should never
have released Dr. Yewll
from Camp Reverie.

I knew she had
a checkered past,
but this was beyond the pale.

As it turned out,
she built that thing
to exploit your access

to high-level
Earth Republic officers.

I'm sorry.

I need your help.

Really?

There was a time
when I needed you
rather desperately

to help me dispose of
Jalina's eyeless corpse.

You refused me.

You're my only friend.

Please.

My sister loved to travel.

She used to say that
in order to appreciate
the places you're going,

you have to

leave behind
the places you've been.

Welcome to
your new home.

My sister loved
going out into the world.

Seeing new things,

having new experiences.

She never looked back.

She never dwelled
on the past.

She called it "being morbid."

She believed

that all good things
ended sooner
than you'd like them to.

A favorite song,

a good book,

even your own life.

The brevity is what makes
it so special.

Precious.

My sister believed

that before you could
allow something

or someone new
into your heart,

that you first need
to make room.

And that means
learning to let go.

I love you, baby sister.

To Kenya.

To Kenya.