Defiance (2013–2015): Season 3, Episode 6 - Where the Apples Fell - full transcript

Previously on Defiance...

We are a lie

that's kept us
together for all these years.

What lie? I never lied to you.

You taught me to
believe we're the same.

Yeah, we both grew up
with blood on our hands.

It made you okay with killing.

But not me.

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

No.

When I close my eyes I can
only picture Alak as a little boy.



I keep remembering this one day.

We encountered a hellbug.

I grabbed Alak in
my arms and I ran.

I held my son close,
and I whispered,

"I will always protect you."

Now I realize that was a lie.

You killed Christie.

No, I did it to save your...

Shut your lying mouth!

Always an excuse.

You've never told the truth.

Alak?

Don't hurt him!

Do I have your attention?



Good.

You, my child.

Have been favored, indulged.

I supported your choices.

I embraced Christie
as my hanya tavo

and convinced your father
to accept the marriage.

While you were captured,
I thought of nothing but you.

I destroyed the Arch
and betrayed my town

to protect you from harm!

Christie...

Christie chose death.

She did it to save your child.

She was a mother who sacrificed
everything for her bloodline.

You ungrateful coward.

It is you who has
shamed our family.

Luke?

Is he alive?

My God. Luke.

Well.

At least now we know
the wee one's name.

Hurry, please!
He's killing her!

Hand me a blanket.

Yes, Favi.

Luke is a fine name for a boy.

What are you doing?

Taking my son somewhere safe.

Far away from you.

Move.

I will not allow this.

Get out of my way,
or I will kick you down the stairs.

Let's all calm down!

Not feeling very
calm today, Dad!

Alak Tarr!

It's the lawkeeper.

I said step aside!

Settle down.

What's the problem here?

There's no problem here.
As you can see,

we've been
reunited with our son.

Andina tells me Alak attacked
Stahma with a knife.

Andina is not a bright girl.
Clearly, she was mistaken.

Is that true, Andina?
Were you mistaken?

I get confused sometimes.

This is a very emotional
moment for our family.

If you wouldn't mind
leaving us alone to sort it all out.

And where have you been
all this time?

I was a prisoner
in Rahm Tak's camp.

I was there the day you
and Irisa took out the net-cutter.

It was a terrifying ordeal.
We're just learning of it now.

I need to know
everything you saw.

My son will be happy to share
all the details with you

once he's had
a hot bath and a meal.

With his family. In private.

They want you to leave
so the three of us

can get our stories straight.

You see, they're afraid
that I might contradict

one of the many
lies they've told you.

Alak, stop talking.

They're working as spies
for the VC.

They blew up the Arch.

Go! Go!

Son of a bitch.

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Okay, I think that's all of us.

Okay.
To all of those of you

who volunteered to help us
with this manhunt,

our town thanks you
for your service.

Now, as far as we know,
our fugitives are still in town.

This gives us
a radius of searching

of at least five miles.

People, I need you to understand

that apprehending Datak and
Stahma Tarr is not about payback.

You tell these
people what you told me.

Rahm Tak is ready
to make his move.

I heard him bragging about it.

Can he succeed?

About a week after you guys
bombed that net-cutter,

I saw him buy a truckload
of weapons from an arms dealer.

Who? What was his name?

I don't know.
He was a blonde guy,

musk-ox coat,
Bio-man bodyguard.

The weapons had the Von Bach
Industries logo on them.

So the enemy has Von Bach tech
and we've got what, slingshots?

People, Defiance Valley
is a giant terraformed basin.

There's only three ways in.
Through Bissel Pass,

which we have sewn up
with the stasis nets.

Underground,
possibly through either

Old Saint Louis or
through the mines.

Or through the mountains,
by foot

or some sort of aerial assault.

It's hard to prepare without
knowing the invasion plan.

Which is exactly where
Datak and Stahma come in.

They've been
working as Rahm's spies.

And, thanks to Alak, we know
they've been in regular contact.

So if anybody knows his plans,
it's the Tarrs.

So our job is to find them,
capture them,

interrogate them and find out
what that plan is.

Do we understand?

Okay.
We're going to need searches.

House to house, street to street.

Poole and Enriquez,
your job, search the Hollows.

What was that look?

What look?

When Alak was describing
the arms dealer, you had a reaction.

No reaction.
We need to hear this.

Conrad's blonde.

Conrad Von Bach?

Yes. Okay, yes.

Alak is clearly
describing my ex-boyfriend

who is clearly selling weapons
to our greatest enemy.

I'm angry and ashamed, but
there's nothing I can do about it.

Well, maybe he's still
in broadcast range. Call him.

Amanda and Berlin,
you two take...

Darby Square.

Thank you.

I haven't spoken to him in 2 years.
What am I supposed to say?

Tell him Defiance wants
to buy his product.

The town can't
afford his product.

Maybe you leave that part out.

Report to your team leaders
on the hour, every hour.

And these searches both
in the immediate and outlying areas,

I want to be in a logical
and systematic manner.

Alak, you're with me.

Irisa, I need you to sit
on the Tarr house

on the off chance
they double back

and try and
snatch their grandson.

People, let's do it by the numbers.
Clear and intelligent.

Be careful out there.

You know, I'm perfectly
capable of guarding my own son.

I said you're with me.

And if you do spot the Tarrs,
do not engage them.

Chirp me on my hailer.
I'll come running.

So I'm a baby sitter now.

It's a job that doesn't
require picking up a gun.

Where are we going?

I'll tell you when we get there.

Why are you dragging me along?

In case your parents
try and kill you.

Oh.

Why all the fuss about
two spies when

the whole VC army
is poised to invade us?

I'm afraid for my family.

Irathients have nothing to fear.

Rahm Tak will be good
for the seven races.

He'll drive the humans out.

Here.

It's filthy.

It's better to blend in.

This won't work.

They have the entire
town looking for us.

That's why we need to leave.

I have weapons and cash hidden
in the garden by the Hollows.

Retrieve them.
I'll arrange for a roller

and a way to get
the stasis nets lowered.

Meet me under the pedestrian
bridge in 90 minutes.

And if you're not there?

I'll be there.

What about the baby?

He's better off with Alak.

A son belongs with his father.

But we have each other.

Just like we did when we first
arrived on this planet.

And just like then,
we will survive and prosper.

Do not lose faith!

I made you a promise back then
and it still holds.

As long as I am breathing,
you will be safe.

We'll, we'll make
our way to Key Diego.

We'll buy a boat and
anchor up along the coast line.

I hear it's rich with sea otter.
A simple life.

I find the notion very attractive.

Yes.

I married well.

Be careful.

I am very proud of all of you.

It's been a brutal winter,

filled with blood and hardship

away from your families.

Plunder has been
scarce since Tucumcari.

Even my head collection
is looking bedraggled,

isn't it?

But a thaw is coming,
my friends.

The first kiss of spring.

In a few days
we will ride into Defiance.

We will fill our bellies,

fill our pockets,

and savor
the sweet sounds of over

2,000 pink-meats
crying out for mercy.

We will deny them mercy

the way they denied us
when we first arrived here.

Looking for nothing more
than a home to call our own.

Look around, friends.

We are home!

General. The lookouts
have spotted a rider on approach.

From where?
Defiance?

No, from the southwest.

I'm curious.

Let 'em get close.

We ride for Defiance!

Identify yourself.

"When Heaven falls to earth,
peace shall reign."

I'm looking for Rahm Tak.

You found him.

Reveal yourself.

Volubela.

Hello, Rahm.

If you smell
as dirty as you look,

you'll be
sleeping alone tonight.

Come on, everyone, give Volubela
a proper welcome!

It's time for celebration
and news from home.

Open an old-earth wine,
stoke the cooking fires,

and slaughter the fatted calf
with music from David Bowie?

Volubela, I gift you
a feast in your honor!

Oh, Rahm.
You're such a good husband.

Holy crap.

Close your mouth, kid.

T'evgin. Where is he?

You're healing well.

I need to talk
to T'evgin right now.

I believe you're back to normal.

It is rude to stare.

What brings you here, Lawkeeper?

You got a ship in orbit, right?

It has a name. Tsuroz.

It's got scopes
and sensors and the like?

Where are you going with this?

The VC are about
to make a move on the town.

I got two Votanis Collective
fugitive spies

on the loose in Defiance
and I can't find 'em.

I need satellite imaging
on the ground.

To help find your spies.

Maybe take a look
at the VC camp,

troop movements and placements.

I will not take
sides in your war.

This is not our war.

Rahm Tak is a member
of the Votanis Collective,

your sworn enemy.

Defiance goes down,

he's coming after you
and your gulanite next.

If it happens,
I will deal with it.

Kindzi.

My father is also my commander.
I support his decision.

Helping us is in
your best interests.

Don't you understand that?

This doesn't make any sense.
Why wouldn't you help us?

Unless you can't.

Ooh.

That trip down from orbit,

that was assisted by gravity,
wasn't it?

Now that's pretty easy.
But the trip back up into orbit,

that takes a lot more energy.
That's the hard part.

You two are stranded here.
You're stuck.

You're weak.
And you're lying

so we don't find out
about it, am I right?

I will not help you.
My reasons are irrelevant.

My mother was here.

That is impossible.

No, I would recognize
my mother's scent anywhere.

You're her boy! Alak!

Returned from
the Votanis Collective.

I am very glad.

So it's true?

Alak's mother is
well versed in human culture.

I wanted to learn from her
to assist us to assimilate here.

She taught me very well.

I'll say.

How many lessons did you have?

And how recently?

Stahma's a traitor.

She mentioned this.

Your kidnapping created
quite a dilemma for your mother.

Oh, well, that's a real shame.

So at no point did
you think to tell us

you were in bed with
the Votanis Collective?

Stahma was available
and a very willing sex partner.

I could care less
about her politics.

Okay. This is gross.

Where is she now?

I have no idea.

My town...
My ship is in danger

and Stahma Tarr
is neck-deep in it.

If I catch you
helping her in any way,

I am coming after you
with everything I got.

Let's go.

Not a word.

I will copulate with anyone

I damn well please.

Don't move.

Stahma Tarr,
you're under arrest.

Please.

I've done nothing wrong.

This was all my husband's doing.

Save it, haint.

Very well.

I feel completely at home.

Not completely.

And that is why
I am here, husband.

It's time for you
to come back to Brasilia.

I know, the children miss me.

Tell them their father is doing
work here, important work.

Let's tell them together.
Hmm?

Come home.

What's going on, Vol?

Why did you ride
all the way up here?

Why do you think?

Vice Chancellor Voske sent you.

She knows you've gone rogue.

They all do.

Get out.

This assignment of yours.

It was supposed to be
a simple scouting mission.

We met resistance.

From the human farmers whose
homes you've burned down?

From the human children
I've seen hanging from trees?

It's better to ask
forgiveness than permission.

This world barely survived
one war between human and Votan.

There won't be
a second Pale War,

if there is no one left to fight.

I will be received and celebrated
as a hero when I return.

Do you really believe our sons
will see you that way?

Once they learn their father

has perpetuated genocide
in their name?

Long before they were born,

back on Casti when the Arks
were being constructed,

our government promised
kwonyo gyendo,

a Votan world.
Ours and ours alone.

Our sons will live to see
that promise fulfilled.

It was a foolish promise,
made in ignorance.

Our leaders did not know Earth
would turn out to be inhabited.

They knew. They had to.

So the humans of Earth
must suffer for our mistake?

Someone has to.

The Collective disagrees.

And they're prepared
to forgive and grant you clemency.

But only if you
will stop this crusade.

And if I refuse?

Rahm.

Oh, Rahm, come home with me.
Please.

Lay down my burden.
Resume a normal life.

It's tempting.

Then be tempted.

So, your mom and T'evgin...

Okay.
Can we just drop it, please?

Nolan?

What's up, Berlin?

Datak just broke into
Doc Yewll's office.

I'm on my way back.
Keep an eye on him.

Shhh.

I need your help
getting out of town.

I hope you washed your hands.
It's flu season.

Please.

You ever heard of the term
high maintenance?

You should get it
tattooed on your forehead.

Are you gonna
insult me or help me?

First one, then the other.

Here. This should
help you with your cause.

Thanks, Meh.

You should come with us.

I don't think so.

Why not?

You don't owe
this town any loyalty.

Amanda and Nolan tore
the very skin from your back.

They did it to save a life.

An Omec life.
Why is this even a conversation?

I've had some time
to think about it and...

Amanda doesn't make
the same distinctions

that you and I do.

To her, all lives
are equally valuable.

She's such a sweet girl.

Perhaps you should build
a statue in her honor.

I can't help it.
It's the damn braid.

They're on the move.

Well, should we grab him?

Eventually,
he'll lead us to your mother,

and then we'll grab 'em both.

Yeah. Right.
You're good at this.

Good news, daughter.

Our gulanite
levels have reached 60%.

When they reach 75%...

Tell it to your alabaster whore.

It is tradition for Omec
to have many partners.

Family or otherwise.

You and I have not
been traditional.

True.

Your life is less rich
for knowing only my touch.

I'm not jealous.

- Good.
- I'm disappointed.

Why?

When I was a child,

you didn't tell me sweet lies
like the other fathers,

pretending I would
live a long and full life.

You sat me on your lap,
looked me in the eye,

and told me that our suns
would soon collide,

and all life on our planet
would be extinguished.

You told me the truth.

I am and always will be
your first father.

You should have told
me she'd been here.

And that you laid with her.

You're right.

Stahma means nothing.

She's merely entertainment.

She'd better be.

How do you plan to get
the stasis nets lowered?

Well, sweet pea, how about this?

A dangerous pandemic
at the Spirit Riders' camp.

I-rath flu.

Only I know how to
stop it from spreading.

Well, that ought to work.

She's here. Go get her.

I'm risking my life.
Ask nicely.

Please.

Uh-oh.

Lawkeeper, 12 o'clock.

Shtako.

Got to go. Got to go.

What are you doing?

Saving my wife. Wish me luck.

Grab him, now!

Come on!

Hey!

You're a disgrace to your family,
seed better left spilled!

Enough!

You don't deserve
to carry the Tarr name.

You think I want it?

Your name is a curse.
Especially in this town.

Okay, visiting hours are over.

No. I'm not going anywhere.
I want to hear what he has to say.

Suit yourself.

See, here's my dilemma.

Everything you say
sounds perfectly reasonable.

You were prisoners,

forced to collude with the enemy
to keep your son alive.

A plausible story that,
taken on face value,

I can understand.

Hell, I can even
sympathize with you.

Well, that's very decent of you.

It does not, however,
explain the fact that you committed

acts of terror and treason
against the people of Defiance.

It doesn't explain why
you've been lying to me

ever since you
got back into town.

Hell, I don't even know that
you're not lying to me right now.

So you're gonna torture him?

I'm going to do whatever
I need to do to get the job done.

I have nothing useful to tell you.
Do your worst.

I intend to.

Whoa! Whoa!

Get your hands off my son.

Well, you seem
awfully concerned for him

when a moment
ago you were saying

he was a disgrace
to the family name.

Shtak, Nolan!
You can't do this!

I can do whatever I want!

You're bluffing.

Now, your son said that Rahm Tak

has a bunch of fancy new weapons

and a plan to enter Defiance.

Tell me what that plan is!

This is all your fault.

I spied for the Collective
under extreme duress.

I have no love or loyalty
for Rahm Tak.

I know nothing of his plans.

Lies!

At the camp, Stahma and I
were forced to humor him.

Liar!

Ahhh!

He told us nothing. Nothing!

You don't want to
tell me the plans,

say goodbye to your little boy.

Believe me! Please! Please!

I don't know anything.
I swear to you.

Don't kill him!

I swear to you,
I'm telling the truth!

Don't kill him. Please!

Nolan!

Nolan, he's my only child.

What do you think?

You believe him?

Yeah. I believe him.

You were both bluffing.

Oh, well played.

Well played.

Andina?

Andina!

Andina?

Luke.

Luke's right here.

Where's Andina?

At the market.
She ran out of makfyegyo.

- Hey.
- I said I watched Bear.

Bear?

Bear is what Pilar called him.

When were you guys with Pilar?

Nolan and I found
her with the baby

in the woods
outside of the VC camp.

So it was you
guys who rescued him? Huh?

What about Pilar?

Nolan shot her.

Good.

On our way back to Defiance,

I noticed he liked to
stare up at the sky.

So I pointed out all the clouds
shaped like different animals.

He started crying
after Andina left.

Hey. Well,
I brought him outside.

I thought maybe a look up
at the sky might calm him.

Oh, here.

He has your eyes.

Uh-huh.

Ah... Thank you.

I'm just doing my job.

No, I mean thanks
for saving my son.

I don't want to hurt you.

What do you want?

Together we will
drive to Bissel Pass.

You will order
the stasis nets lowered.

We will travel somewhere far away,
somewhere safe.

Once I am convinced
Nolan has not followed us,

I will free you.

That's a lawkeeper's gun.

Whose blood is on it?

One of the deputies.

He tried to arrest me.

You're a terrorist,
you know that, right?

I'm a mother who loved her son.

Perhaps more than I should have.

Don't laugh at me.

Oh, hey, I'm just
taking a moment to enjoy

what a great
mother you are, Stahma.

You love Alak so much,
you had to kill his wife!

Just like Kenya.

You loved her so much
you had to kill her.

You are so beautiful, Stahma.

You're not good.

You're not loving.

You're just a vicious,
nasty thug.

I think one of us
is going to die.

It would have been so easy

for me to blow up the Arch
while you were still inside it.

I chose not to kill you then,

and I choose not
to kill you now.

I hope you go to your grave
wondering why.

Drinks are on me.

What are we celebrating?

It's a thank-you.

Why didn't you tell me it was you
and Irisa who rescued Luke?

Didn't seem to matter that much.

You rescued my son.

Think it'd be better for him

if I was less like
me and more like you.

I'm weak.

Not true.

You survived seven months
of captivity in the wild

with a madwoman and
kept your son alive.

You escaped from Rahm Tak's camp

and helped us ferret
out a couple of spies.

In my book, that makes you

one smart, capable,
strong young man.

Doesn't make me a good father.

Well, if you're trying to hold
me up as an example there,

you're going to be
sorely disappointed.

My version of parenting

was to take a perfectly good kid

and try and turn her
into a stone cold killer.

I screwed her up
royally in the process.

No. Irisa's the best.

She presents well.

Actually, that's not true.
She doesn't present well.

Not at all.

But you love her.

Mmm. I'd die for her.

And she loves you back?

I guess.

Maybe that's enough?

Couple of screw-ups
like you and me?

We better hope so.

I miss Christie.

I know you do, son.

Anything?

Nobody's come in or out.

They've been in
there a long time.

Should we go in
and check on him?

We wait.

I didn't mean for any of this.

You have to believe me.

You have to forgive me.

I'm losing touch
with what's important.

I'm losing touch.

General?

She was an assassin.
Sent by the humans

under the guise of peace.

They're getting smarter.

Then I guess it's high time
we teach them a lesson,

wouldn't you say?

Bebe, put on some coffee.
It's time to burn the city.

You know you had
this coming. Tsk.

You bombed the Arch.

You killed people.

Let me ask you...

How many lives would you be willing
to sacrifice for your daughter?

How many lives
have you already sacrificed?

Oh, leave me out of this.
I'm nothing like you.

You're right about that.

Were you there when
they did in Rafe McCawley?

The man died on his feet,

trying to save Christie.

He took down three VC soldiers
and wounded Rahm Tak himself.

Stupid.

And noble.

Sounds like Rafe.

Good man.

His heroism shames us all.

Amanda's going to hang me
for treason, isn't she?

Not fair to put it
all on her shoulders, but...

Yeah, she's gonna hang you.

Could I have a dash more salt?

Stahma!

I need your help.

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