Defiance (2013–2015): Season 3, Episode 3 - The Broken Bough - full transcript

Previously on Defiance...

Congratulations.

You found yourselves
an honest-to-goodness Omec.

But when the Votans see you,

all they see is a predator
because that's all they know of you.

The Omecs no longer
consume the lesser races.

But that is no concern of yours.

I'm here for my daughter.

All right, here's the deal.

Our town needs gulanite badly.

I suggest a sharing agreement,



50-50.
Our mines, your equipment.

Everybody wins.

You're not a killer.

You don't know what it's like.
What killing does to you.

I don't want you to know.

What happened?

My weapon jammed.

Who is it?

Would you kill this human
in exchange for your husband's life?

No.

Family is more important
than anything else in this world, Alak.

I am Christie's mother.
You can depend on me.

I wish I could believe that.

Pilar?



No. No, no, no, no, no!

Pilar?

Hey! Hey, please.

She took my son!

You will spy for me as a team.
Both you and Stahma.

I bet you're thinking
there must be a catch.

Well... Bebe.

"The ship began
crumbling around them

"in a violent monsoon
of terra-rock.

"The Kaziri was in
self-destruct mode!

"Wounded, bleeding,
there was no way

"Nolan could make
it out on his own.

"So Irisa hoisted him
over her shoulders...

"As his hot, human blood
mingled with hers,

"she pulled the man
she called 'Father' to safety.

"To freedom. To Defiance."

Do you want that?
Here. No.

You know,
my favorite part is the part

where you carve up
the E-Rep battalion

and use them as a stepladder.

I don't care. It's garbage.

No.

Uh-uh, Daddy's reading.

Hey, listen up. The stasis nets
were down to let in a supply convoy,

and a roller came
in out of nowhere.

They blew through the gates.
VC markings.

They're headed
straight for town.

Vehicle approaching!

Fire on my command.

Wait.

Hold your fire!

What are you doing
barreling in like that?

My husband's in urgent need
of medical attention. Please.

I could've shot you.

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I stabbed the Liberata
in the throat with my shiv,

but he made enough noise
to attract the guards.

We had to run for it
across open territory

towards the vehicles.

Bullets were
tearing over our heads.

It was a miracle that
we made it to the roller.

I pulled Stahma
behind me but Alak...

Alak was gone.

We searched through the night,
but when day came,

we had no choice but to leave.

We can only pray to Rayetso that

Alak and the baby can
find their way home.

Whoa there, Trigger.

You're gonna open it back up.

He'll be fine.

Thanks, Doc.

I didn't do it for you.

Do you know where the camp is?

It's somewhere in
the Bordeen Valley.

That's half a day's
drive from Defiance.

How many troops they got?

There's at least 100.

They kept us both blindfolded.

You were seen leaving town
with Rafe McCawley.

What are his whereabouts?

Rafe, Christie,
and Quentin are dead.

Those VC pigs
massacred an entire family.

All of them.

No.

No!

Quite an arsenal.

I'm a big guy.
I can carry a lot.

Look, I know you're hurting.

Yeah?

Yeah.

I've known
the McCawleys a long time.

Rafe, he was my first friend
here in Defiance.

And I used to
baby-sit Christie.

But we can't make
this about them.

Appreciate the advice.

I need you to get intel.

All right? Troop movements,
personnel counts, armament details.

And then I need you
to get your ass back here.

In one piece.

Don't worry about it.

I don't have to
tell you we're walking

into a nest of
stone-cold killers.

So don't.

I need to know
I can count on you.

Don't be stupid.

Home at last.

It doesn't feel the same.

Testing the tub for leaks?

Favis.

I am deeply shamed.

It's all right, darling.

Best to keep
the plumbing active.

If I may, did you find Alak?

We have.

Is he all right?

For now.

Andina, go prepare dinner.

Why did you tell
her Alak is alive?

She's sworn to us.
She can be trusted.

We can't trust anyone.

If we're caught,
we will be executed for treason.

Rahm Tak will kill Alak.

Our grandchild will
grow up an orphan.

Shall I slit Andina's throat?
Would that make you happy?

Andina!

Come in here, please!

I'm a professional criminal!

I know who I can
and cannot trust!

Yes, Favi?

We came to this town with nothing
but the clothes on our backs.

And I did whatever was necessary

to provide for
and to protect this family.

And I will continue to do so,

and I will do it
without your input!

Are you gonna bathe
on your own again, my dear?

Or are you gonna help me
get into the gwoking tub?

Must be close.
Rahm Tak's calling card.

Well, we better bury 'em.
Go get a shovel.

Nolan, watch out!

Hey, pal.

Thirsty?

I got a flask of slam
in the back of the truck.

You guys okay?

These woods are dangerous.

Come on. We'll take
your roller to my cabin.

Come with me if you wanna live.

Just making sure you
made it up there okay.

Of course.

Did you make sure
the transmitter was well hidden?

Naturally.

Now remember, it needs to be
unimpeded from the north.

And don't forget to tell 'em that Nolan
is heading in their direction.

You take care of your end,
I'll take care of mine.

Yeah.

BORDEEN VALLEY
200 MILES WEST OF DEFIANCE

Is that my dad's?

Used to be.

This just came in.

Guess what, Alak?

Defying my very low expectations,

your parents have
successfully established

a communication link.

They've also warned
me that the Defiance

town lawkeeper is
headed this way.

Tell me about him.

You know,
I never actually met him.

Yeah, I've always
just tried to stay out of trouble.

You're an odd mutt.

I mean, I see some of the noble
refinement of Shanje Liro

in the strong jawline,
the bridge of the nose.

But I also see
the blunt arrogance

of your father's Yuke Liro.

You are a sorry
combination of qualities.

Now, I will afford
you that one mistake.

Let's start again.

Tell me about the lawkeeper.

His name's Joshua Nolan.

Joshua Nolan?
The Butcher of Yosemite?

Yeah.

Yeah!

He's the scariest killer
on the face of this Earth

and he's gonna rip your jekking
throat out when he gets here!

I was in Yosemite.

There was a lovely waterfall.

It ran red with
Votan blood for days

after Joshua Nolan
massacred my comrades.

It'll be good to see him again.

So what are a couple of Ark Hunters

doing at the ass-end
of Oklahoma?

Looking for the camp
those soldiers came from.

You're looking for the VC?

You got a death wish.

I'm a thrill-seeker from way back,
what do you know?

The Collective is bivouacked
near Pallahas Ridge.

There are blackberry bushes there,
so I take my chances.

Funny what you'll
risk your life for.

I could show you the way.

Appreciate that.

Your baby's awake.

Hi.

I found him in Freeman, Kansas,
a couple of months ago.

The VC had swept through,
killed every man, woman, and child.

But they missed this little sucker.
He's a survivor.

Cold, hungry,
he never makes a fuss.

What's his name?

I call him Bear.

Because he hibernates
just like one.

Well, this is no
place for an infant.

We'll drop you two back
in civilization on our way through.

Where you headed?

East. Defiance.

Defiance.

I always wanted to visit,
see that big arch.

Count me in.

Someplace warm,
enough pow milk for my little Bear.

I'd ride strapped to
the hood if I had to.

No need for that.

We'll leave at first light.
Here. Just in case.

I won't let you down.

The badge suits you well.

What are you doing?

I'm here to retrieve
some personal effects from my roller.

You stole that roller from the VC,
who stole it from the E-Rep.

So it's spoils of war
and it belongs to this town.

Just like these weapons.

That's why I chose
this particular vehicle.

Prior to our escape,

I saw soldiers loading
the secret compartment.

Let me be frank with you.

My criminal interests have fallen
to shtak in my long absence.

Now these weapons will help me
reestablish supremacy.

Look, I'm sorry for everything that
you've been through.

But if we are
attacked by the VC,

we need every gun,
rifle, and sling-shot

we have at our disposal.

A life saved, a debt repaid.

Do you know what that means?

Your accent is a little thick
for these human ears.

The night of the mass killings
at Camp Reverie,

you were about to be executed.

I saved your life.

You can repay me now.

All I'm asking from you
is to look the other way.

Excuse me.

I'm sorry but I can't do that.

Good day, Deputy.

Datak.

Stop.

Well, you wouldn't shoot
a cripple in the back, would you?

Yes, I would.

You're too
honorable for that, sweetie.

Final warning.

It rarely ends well
for people who order me around.

I'm devastated.

I always felt a certain
internal chemistry with you.

Shut up.

The Ridge is
a couple of clicks north.

There's a back road,
but it's kind of overgrown,

hard to navigate
unless you know it.

Might be better if I drive.

Hand me the tags.

Transmission's all but shot.
Hard to get it out of second gear.

I'm actually a very good driver.

It's okay. I got it.

I'll ask one more time.

If you want my roller tags,
you're gonna have to kill me.

That thing needs
an actuator to fire.

Give it to me.

Rafe McCawley's boots.
Half-Casti baby.

Doesn't take an Indogene
to figure out who you are.

It's a pleasure
to meet you, Pilar.

That baby is the only thing
I have left of my family.

Please.
Let me hold the child.

What? The child you kidnapped?
That child?

The child I saved.

I'm not a criminal.

You just tried to kill
me and steal my roller.

Only because I didn't trust you.

And you didn't trust me either,

or you wouldn't have
given me a disabled weapon.

Let's call it even.

It's okay.

Please don't cuff me.

No, the Votan priests cuffed me
and they did terrible things.

I just...
The baby needs...

Come here.

One more word. One more,

and I'm gonna stuff
a sock in your mouth.

We're gonna take you
both back to Defiance,

we'll sort it out there.

Until then,
settle down and relax.

No. No, Nolan.

Let me have him.

Let me hold him.

- Hey!
- Don't kill her!

Don't kill her.

I wasn't planning to.

All right.
We'll be back for you.

Come on. Let's go.
Whoa. What are you doin'?

We can't leave the baby.

Why not?

He's happy.

He's a baby.

So? Where's he gonna go?

He's a baby!

You are very demanding.

Hello, Datak.

Amanda.

When I was driving
towards Defiance,

and I saw the glorious arch on the
horizon, I thought it meant sanctuary.

I was finally home.

None of the many injuries
you see on my body hurt more

than the shabby
treatment I received

at the hands of your
pretty little lawkeeper.

Sarcasm.
You're such a pro, Amanda.

You have anything else you
wanna get off your chest?

I paid dearly for those guns.

I've been tortured, humiliated.

My son is likely dead.
I have earned those weapons.

We have an armory
full of weapons.

You really think those guns
are why I kept you locked up all night?

Then why?

Oh.

You're still angry
about your sister.

Every day you've been away,

I've been waiting to hear news
that either you or Stahma,

preferably both,

had been killed in the Badlands.

In my best daydreams,
your deaths were

very slow and very painful.

But now you're back.

And I have a choice.

I can either focus
on making you pay for Kenya,

or we can move forward.

If you assure me
that you will put Defiance first,

if you swear to get the criminal
element organized

and fighting for
the common good,

if you promise to never cross me

or make me regret
this decision...

I swear loyalty to the town of
Defiance and its people.

Say it in English!

I promise.

You good?

Given our new understanding,
those weapons would be very helpful.

Not gonna happen.

Those weapons are going
to stay locked up safe

in the town armory.

To help us win the war.

It's a human toy. For children.

You are young to speak Omec.

I'm hardly fluent.

In school,
we studied your classics.

The poems of
Lutenn were my favorite.

Your kiss raises me above my station."

"Don't in darkness let me wither."

A recitation
worthy of high marks.

As your slave courtesans,
before the Enlightment,

was it not expected of Castithan
women to recite your poetry?

Yes. That was a dark
chapter in our history.

Thankfully we have matured.
Evolved.

Others have refused to move on.

They are wary of us.
But you...

You are not.

Perhaps I should be wary.

In the bedtime
stories of my childhood,

the Omec were known as...

the Great Enchanters.

As legend has it, if a girl was ever
to cross paths with an Omec,

she would fall madly in love

and be swept away
in the Dread Harvest,

never to be seen again.

But that's just
the stuff of fairy tales, is it not?

One can never be sure.

I am Eksu Tsuroz T'evgin.

What may I call you?

Stahma.

What have you
purchased there, Stahma?

Pain-relieving herbs.
For my husband.

Perhaps you can help me
with a purchase of my own.

I'm looking for this thing
they call "sugar bread."

The humans enjoy it.

- But...
- But, what?

As a connoisseur of the flesh,

I would think
an Omec would prefer

something a little more savory.

I remember that feeling,

when the Arks
finally left Casti orbit.

Relief.

Reassurance that
we would not perish

by the heat of our own sun.

And hope for a new beginning.

My people shared that same hope.

It did not last long.

What happened to the Omec ships?

They were sabotaged.

Our leadership told us
that your vessels had a design flaw.

Your leadership lied.

The Votanis Collective
sent saboteurs,

Indogene shape-takers,
on a suicide mission.

The Votans feared that the Omecs
would steal this paradise,

this Earth, out from under them.

They set bombs,
destroying our ships from within.

But you survived.

My ship, the Tsuroz, was lucky.

When the explosion happened,
my daughter and I were on a space walk.

Our vacuum suits protected us,

we were able to repair the hull.

The others on the ship,
however, died from exposure.

Oh, Rayetso.
I am sorry.

So you and your daughter,

you're the only
survivors of your entire race?

I don't know.

Once my ship is
fueled and repaired,

I will return to space.

And if there are any survivors,
I will find them.

Whatever it takes.

And you do not seek vengeance
against the Votan people?

Vengeance is a luxury
I can ill-afford.

My primary concern
is to obtain gulanite,

fuel my ship, repair it,
and rebuild my race.

I once despised the humans.

Pink-faced aliens
who treated us like animals.

Put us in camps,
where we went hungry, fell ill.

But now you eat
and drink beside them,

like nothing has happened.

Why?

I fell in love with one.

Perhaps there's much to learn
about these humans.

I could offer you guidance.

Lessons in their culture.

They got over a hundred men.

Sixteen vehicles.

Even got themselves some Volge.

Oh, no.

What is it?

They got a net-cutter.

Long-range Vo-tech artillery.

Built to blast
through stasis nets.

All right. Let's go.

We need to warn Amanda.

We need to blow it up.

This is a recon mission.

Used to be.

There's six grenades in there.

I'll get down to the camp,
plant 'em on the tank.

You cover me with this.

I should go.

Why?

'Cause if anyone sees a human,
they'll instantly sound the alarm.

I'll blend in better.

It's got nothing to do with this?
Firing a weapon?

You're a better shot.

I'm a faster runner.

Nice and easy, kiddo.

Can I help you?

Zip it, munchkin.

Back to sleep, okay?
Nightie night.

All right.

That's it, kiddo.
Let's get it done.

Intruder!

Hey, hey! What's happening?
Hey, what's happening?

Stay where you are.

You think I'm afraid of you?

Back off!

You're not gonna shoot
that poor child's grandmother.

Not right in front of him.

Kids are surprisingly resilient.

Joshua Nolan!

- Irisa.
- Where are you?

Sending a child to
do the dangerous work?

Not much of a butcher, are you?

You're a pork-chop!

Come out of hiding!

Or I will show you
who the real butcher is!

I am the Butcher of...

Where are we?

Tulsa, Sir.

I am the Butcher of Tulsa!

Go on, do it.
I have no regrets.

Come on, kiddo.
What are you waiting for? Kill him.

Second thoughts?

I have to admit.
I'm surprised.

Come on.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Mississippi two-step. Okay.

Oh!

How'd you miss the car?

You shouldn't
have given them Bear.

They're his grandparents.

So is Pilar.

Do you think she's dead?

Can't be a hundred percent sure,

but even if she is still roaming
around out there, the baby's safe.

That is until
Rahm Tak gets here.

No, no. Don't.

You had him.

The leader of the assault.

And if you hadn't have choked,

Rahm Tak could be
a cooling corpse right now,

and Defiance would
be a whole lot safer.

We're at war, kiddo.

And you've become
an unreliable partner.

Shrill-felcher, piss drinker.

I will dig up Joshua Nolan's
dead ancestors

buff my cock with their ass-leather

and shit fire
in their cracked skulls...

What?

Favi. We have received a message
from Datak and Stahma.

Good news, I hope?

They were successful in planting
the shrill-infested weapons

in the local armory.

The town's entire gun
supply was destroyed.

Not good enough.

I want Joshua Nolan to know
he can't get away so easily.

I wanna make sure that Butcher
and his shtake little town

never forget who I am!

Let's shake them
up a little bit.

What does it say?

What? What is it?

What does that mad man want?

He wants us to blow up
the Saint Louis Arch.

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