Defiance (2013–2015): Season 3, Episode 7 - The Beauty of Our Weapons - full transcript

Previously on Defiance...

You had him.

Rahm Tak. The leader of
the Votanis Collective.

And if you hadn't have choked,

he'd 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.

Rahm Tak is ready
to make his move.

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

The weapons had the Von Bach
Industries logo on them.



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

Alak is clearly describing my
ex-boyfriend, Conrad Von Bach.

My mom and dad,
they're working as spies for the V.C.

Go! Go!

Datak spotted us.
He's gonna run.

Grab him, now!

I think one of us
is going to die.

I've been stabbed.

I need your help.

I am at a loss for words.

I know how much you
and your wife hate me.

Believe me, the feeling's
more than mutual.

But despite it all, I really did think
you loved our town.

Maybe even as much as I do.



I truly believed that when faced
with a common enemy,

an enemy that wants
to destroy our town

and everything it stands for,

you would stand with us.

I would never say
you were a good man.

But siding with a mass murderer?

I thought you were
better than that.

It is with a heavy heart
that I vote to convict.

Datak Tarr, this panel
has found you guilty of high treason,

which carries a sentence
of death by hanging.

If you wish, you may
now make a brief statement.

Did my wife do
that to your face?

It's a good look for you.

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Nice town, Benedict.

Think I should buy it?

I think you should buy
an airplane.

You're a hopeless romantic.

Watch the truck.

Okay.

Thanks, Augusta.

No, these aren't really me,
either, are they?

Um...

How 'bout the blue frames?

What's with the sign?

My husband and I
are moving west.

It's not safe in Defiance.

Not safe?

They say soldiers
are coming to kill humans.

Most of my friends have left town already.

You're smart to get out.

I'm heading west myself,
after I conclude a bit of business.

If you're ever in AngelArc,
look me up.

You're Von Bach?
Yeah.

Really?

It's been a long time, Conrad.

Jess.

Been awhile.

You look good.

I have two questions for you.

One, did you sell weapons
to the Votanis Collective?

Guilty as charged, but you understand
this is what they...

You had another question?

Did you bring weapons for us?

You never were
much into foreplay.

Snapdragon bolt-rifles,
cold-fire hand cannons.

Particle Overmag.

Beautiful weapon.

I'll say.

See?

That's what Von Bach
Industries are all about.

Providing quality weapons
for people to defend themselves.

And here I thought you were a family
of ruthless war profiteers

who cared about nothing
but the bottom line.

The Butcher of Yosemite
is calling me ruthless?

Ouch.

You supplied arms
to the V.C.

Oh, come on.
We're businessmen.

We don't discriminate.
We don't take sides.

We sell weapons
to those that can afford them.

Nolan.

You've put a lot of
innocent lives at risk.

You choose your
next words carefully.

Aloe vera.

Voice-matching activation.

I say when my guns work,
I say when they don't.

Don't worry. I'll match them to your
voice once we've settled on a price.

Stop showing off.
What's the number?

Still, no foreplay.

I'm telling you, Jess,
you're missing out.

All right, let's do this.

It's a zero.

Consider the weapons a gift.

A gift?

Are you joking?

Von Bachs never joke when
it comes to business.

That's what makes us so boring.

What's the catch?

The catch is you buy me a drink.

How's that sound?

Do it.

Drinks are on the house.

Anything for the team.

Goldenrod!

They've gone about
as far as they can with the shovels,

we're about to bring in the drill.

Good.

I suppose there's no point
in putting this off any longer.

This is gonna hurt, Bebe.

Purity requires sacrifice.

Hey, kiddo.

Nice job on those flyers.

Don't make fun of me.

What?

Nice work on those flyers?

Don't you think I want
to pick up a gun

and defend the town
like everybody else?

I wasn't making fun.

Right.

So I'm just hypersensitive,
is that what you're saying?

No.

No.

Whatever.

I'll make copies.

Almost done.

You were in town today.

Any news of my husband?

He's been sentenced to die.

When?

In three days.

I'm sure you'd like some
time alone with your thoughts.

You can rest in my quarters
while I'm in the mines.

I've caused so much trouble.

Yet you've shown me
nothing but kindness.

Wake me when you return.

Disgusting.

You helped her.

You cleaned her, fed her,
mended her wounds.

Time to send
your Casti whore on her way.

I am a woman of the Shanje Liro.

No woman of my caste
has ever been a courtesan.

Oh, it speaks our language.

How amusing.

Silence!

Forgive my daughter.

She is prone to tantrums.

There is nothing to forgive.

Has the fruit of her chivo
clouded your thinking?

Have you forgotten
our greater purpose?

Speak English.

You need the practice.

This town will turn on us if
they learn you're protecting a spy.

I have no intent in telling them.

Do you?

So, how's your nose?

It hurts.

Thank you for the guns.

You're welcome for the guns.

How much trouble are you in?

Oh. Well, very soon,
I expect to make the transition

from black sheep of the family

to disinherited dead black sheep
of the family.

So why did you do it?

Well, it was the only gesture

I could make
up big enough to impress you.

No, no, no.

Connie, you and me
are ancient history.

"You and I."

Don't correct my grammar.

You know I hate that.

Yeah, I know.

I know.

So, did I?

Did you what?

Impress you?

I've missed you.

You say that,
but I'm not sure you do.

I came home from the tour

and our Redwood
apartment was empty.

Furniture gone.
You took the dog.

And your mother's
lawyer was there

with a briefcase full of scrip.

Told me that you had reconsidered
the wisdom of our relationship.

What?

I never said that.
Come on.

I never said that.

I was under the impression
that you dumped me.

- What?
- Yeah.

Mother told me she offered you cash
to break off the engagement.

And you accepted.

She said that proved you
were only after our family money.

No, no, no.

What really happened
was I shot a hole in the briefcase.

And then I shot
your mother's lawyer in the foot.

- Is that the truth?
- Yeah.

It felt great.

Looks like Mother
outsmarted us both.

No one ever called her stupid.

I'm so sorry. I...

I just wish you'd come
and told me the truth.

I'm pretty sure you
have that backwards.

So you're happy here in Defiance?

When the E-Rep was here,
I felt safe.

And there was this guy, Tommy.

And he was gentle and kind
and had a great ass.

Okay.
So, now I'm jealous.

Don't be. He's dead.

You wanna go upstairs?

Yeah.

I do.

- You're late.
- Long night.

I bet.

Well, it's a decent turn-out.

It'll do, for a start.

Okay, recruits!

Fall in.

Here you go.

No thanks.
I brought my own.

Come on. That's an antique.

Weather vane.

She gets the job done.

I guess so.

What's your name?

Ranikar.

But you can call me Zero.

All right, Zero.
You can shoot.

Who taught you?

My dad.

I built him that gun myself
from scrap parts and old metal.

Took me three months
to get the scope right.

I'm Indur, by the way.

Good to have you here.
Thank you.

So this is it?
This is all you got?

We're in
the process of building.

Bebe!

We've broken through.
Radio camp.

Tell Rahm we are almost
under the stasis net.

We'll be under Defiance
by tomorrow night.

That's it.
Come on.

Pick those legs up.

- Let's go!
- Five!

That's better.

- Higher. Good!
- Six!

Seven!

- Let's go, people!
- Eight!

What are you doing?
Where's your daughter?

- Nine!
- What?

I asked you a question,
where's your daughter?

I don't have time
for your questions.

I'm trying to get
people ready for battle.

Don't waste my time!

I am going to keep
wasting your time

until you give me
a straight answer.

Father, don't do this.

Most of these kids have read the

Amazing Goddess of the Badlands.

Please, let it go.

You will respect me!

And I wanna know where she is.

Why isn't the Amazing Goddess
fighting by their side?

My daughter's been
through a lot recently.

Right now, she's not capable
of picking up a weapon.

But my child is?

And you should know,
we're not the only

recruits asking these questions.

Many among us think the Votanis
Collective is a human problem.

Really?

Really?
"A human problem."

And they believe that Rahm Tak
would treat the Votans

with kindness if
he took Defiance.

That's a fantasy.

That's what some believe.

Do you believe that?

Do you believe that?

I believe that if your family
isn't gonna fight

for Defiance,
then neither is mine.

Sorry.

He's my dad.

Anyone else?

Keep 'em moving.

- Let's go.
- Okay!

And... Sixteen!

Seventeen!

Eighteen!

Thank you for coming.

What happened to you?

Spent the day in basic training.

Nolan's whipping us
into shape to face

your good pal, Rahm Tak.

Rahm's no friend of mine.

Any word of your mother?

Well, they haven't
caught her yet.

And they never will.

She's too smart.

Where's my grandson?

Home.

Ignoring
a condemned man's wishes.

It's kind of petty,
don't you think?

You helped Rahm Tak.

And now that psychopath
is coming for us,

and if we can't fight him off,

well then my half-human child
is gonna be brutally murdered!

So, no, Dad.

Luke will not be
visiting you ever.

I had no choice.

There's always a choice.

Look, the minute you got home,

you and Mom should have
warned Nolan and Amanda.

You were Rahm's hostage!

He would have killed you!
I escaped!

Well, how was I supposed
to know that would happen?

You know, even if
Rahm Tak had killed me, so what?

No, I would have died
protecting my child and my home.

I'd be with Christie now!

My death would have meaning.

You should've told the truth.

You and Mom should have helped.

Don't leave. Please.

Wait.

I've failed you, Alak.

I've failed our family.

If I could change my actions,

if I could murder Rahm Tak
and raise the Arch, I would do so.

If killing myself and your mother
would bring back Christie,

I would cut both our throats.

But my time is done here.

I'm out of choices.

So I must ask...

a sacred favor.

You know it's not
really the best time.

Please.

Hear me out.

I want you to go to Amanda.

Tell her that I cannot face
human justice.

I wanna die properly,

at the hands of our own people,

on a shaming rack.

Just so that I'm clear,

rather than a quick death
by hanging,

you're asking to
be tortured to death

by weights slowly pulling your arms
and legs from their sockets.

This is what you're asking?

It's the only way to remove
the stain from my immortal soul.

Alak?

I'll see what I can do.

No. No way, Nolan.
I won't do it.

You think I wanna
be asking you to do this?

I know you don't want to fight.

Then stop trying to make me!

If you don't join the militia
I can't defend the town.

They're gonna come in here,

they're gonna drag every human being
they can find into Darby Square,

line 'em up and shoot 'em
in the head, 10 at a time.

This is how we stop them.

Why?

Huh?

Why does everyone
hurt each other?

Why is our world like this?

I dunno, kid.

This is how it is.

Do you ever get scared?

All the time.

Are you scared now?

Yeah.

And tired.

I love you.

You're dirty.

You need to be cleaned.

Actually I bathed
fairly recently...

I insist.

You're very pretty.

Soft.

You smell nice.

I see why my father enjoys you.

You flatter me.

Omec beauty is the standard by
which the rest of us are judged.

For my people, a Castithan slave

was a mark of status.

The finest sparked
bitter competitions to see

who could
spoil them with expensive gifts

and fine perfumes.

But when the enchanted
Castithan was used up,

they'd be put down in the pens,

force-fed,

oiled until it was
fit to be consumed.

You know, my father tires of
his concubines faster than most.

I've been told that
when he's done with one,

he'd give it to his
children as a living toy.

It is a great honor
to devour your father's whore.

You know, I think I'm clean now.

You're more trouble
than you're worth.

Please.

I will leave here.

Just tell me what you want.

I want you...

...to die

frightened.

I carefully consider the commands
I give you, Kindzi.

I expect you to
obey them precisely.

Now, in a moment I'm going to relieve
the pressure from your throat

and you will
apologize to Stahma.

I apologize, Stahma.

Think nothing of it.

Conrad?

After you.

What you've done to it.

All That Heaven Allows.

I remembered how much
you loved Douglas Sirk.

I don't know what to say.

Well, how 'bout saying,
"Wow, Conrad,

"that was incredibly thoughtful.

"And I wish our time together
would never end."

All good things must.

They don't have to.

Not this time.

Jess, I'm leaving tomorrow.

It's a big truck.

Plenty of room for
an extra passenger.

What, are you just gonna
take me away from all of this?

You know, when I agreed
to come here,

I didn't know what to expect.

I packed up the film, the guns,

hoped for the best.

And?

The best was here.

I can't go away with you.

Defiance is my home
and I need to be here to defend it.

Defiance isn't your home.

You were deployed here
by the Earth Republic.

Well, guess what?

E-Rep is dead.

Your boyfriend Tommy is dead.

I'm alive.

And I'm here.

And I want a future with the girl
I never stopped loving.

Let's just watch the movie.

I just hadn't
thought about marriage.

Why do you think
I've been seeing you?

Alak tells me you've asked
to die on the shaming rack.

What's your angle?

I have quite possibly
delivered this town

into the hands of a madman.

I've destroyed my family and put
the lives of everyone I love at risk.

For a Castithan,
atonement can only be

achieved by what
you humans would call

"rough justice."

I could explain
this in greater detail,

but what's the point?

My reasons don't matter.

I suggest you ask yourself

if you prefer my death
be quick and clean,

or a slow,
agonizing public spectacle.

Hmm.

Your request is granted.

Hey.

What's up?

I wanted to talk to you.

By all means.

I want details.

What's going on with Von Bach?

You've been seeing a lot of him.

I know.
Crazy, right?

All these years hating the guy,
I forgot how much I liked him.

Well, I really like his guns,

so I guess everyone's happy.

What's wrong?

Conrad asked me to
go away with him.

What do you mean?

Leave Defiance?

For good?

Conrad Von Bach
broke your heart.

Actually, it was his family
that was more of the issue.

All right, now you're
just making excuses.

I mean, come on. You can't
seriously be considering this.

He loves me.

Oh, please.

What?
And do you love him?

I don't know.

Maybe.

Okay. Well, if he truly loves you,
he'll wait for you.

We're in the middle of
a crisis at the moment.

We're leaving tomorrow.

Plans change.

Talk to him. Amanda.

I'll go with you. Please.

We'll figure this out together.

I don't wanna figure it out.

Then what do you want?

Your support.

What's the big rush?

I'm scared.

Join the club.

You know what
my childhood was like.

After the raiders killed my family,
I was alone.

Are we trading childhood
sob stories here?

And then we turned
their backs to them. And just...

Because if we're
doing that, I will win.

Wait. Stop!
Just listen to me.

I was afraid all the time.

I was scared of getting caught.

I was scared of dying.
I was scared of not dying.

And then when I was 16,
I joined the Earth Republic.

And then suddenly,
there was food, and clothes,

and people who kept track of me
and they were my family.

Then it was all taken away.

And now I am just that scared,
lonely kid all over again.

You still have family.

All right?
I'm your family.

And you cannot
turn your back on me. Not now,

not when I'm trying to hold
all of this together.

For me, family has to be more
than good intentions.

And I don't think that you can
protect us from what's coming.

Not me.

Not yourself.
And not this town.

I'm so sorry.

You're a coward.

I'm not sure if Amanda told you.

She told me.

Defiance thanks you
for your service.

It wasn't an easy choice, Nolan.

You know how much
Defiance means to me.

And if I had any other option...

Like I said,

Defiance thanks you
for your service.

Reporting for duty.

Good to have you on board,
soldier.

Hey, look.

The Amazing Goddess!

Thank you.

Okay.

Here we go, boys.

You're a machine.

You should see me
when I'm hunting Kangarats.

Amazing.

So what do you think?

For the most part,
it's what we expected.

Cow farmers and shopkeepers.

Inexperienced,
but doing their best.

There is some real talent here.

Indur's kid.
He may be inexperienced,

but he's probably the best long
range shooter I've ever seen.

We got a handful of
professional soldiers like myself.

Throw in Irisa,

we might just have
the beginnings of a strike force.

Irisa.

Tommy, it's me.

Tommy, I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry, Tommy.

I'm so sorry.

I wish I could take it all back.

- I wish...
- Come on.

I wish I could take it back.

Come on.

Get her out of here.

Just don't let this fall apart.

All right, people. Come on.
Let's bring it in.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I screwed up.

I dragged my daughter
down here when

I knew she was in no
condition to fight.

Because Indur made a good point.

A fair point.

How can we ask of
you that you risk

your own lives
and the lives of your children

defending Defiance,

unless we're prepared
to do the same.

Fair point.

But here's the thing, people.

Throughout history,
the strong have been

called upon to defend the weak.

And no, it's not fair
that those of you who serve,

sweat and bleed

and push your bodies
past their breaking point,

spend endless hours
in combat training,

for those who cannot
show up themselves.

Who are incapable or
who can't be bothered.

Or just won't do it.

The strong defend the weak.

It's not fair, but it is right.

It's our responsibility
and it's our privilege.

Now let me make one thing clear,
my daughter is not weak.

She's saved my life
more times than I can count.

She's strong.

She's possibly
the strongest person I know.

And I believe in her,

I believe that when the time comes
she will stand with us,

shoulder to shoulder
defending Defiance.

But it will be on her terms.

I have to go back.
No. Not today.

And in the meantime,
this militia,

this confederacy of the strong,

will hold the line with pride.

We will face The Beast,
and we will defeat him.

Do we have an understanding?

Defiance!

Defiance!

All right.

That's what I wanted to hear!

Everybody back to
your firing lines.

We got work to do.

Second thoughts?

Absolutely not.

Come on.

Well, congratulations.

You are officially healthy enough
to execute.

I noticed the vote to convict me
was unanimous.

It wouldn't have changed
the outcome,

and I still have to live
in this town after you're gone.

Well, I respect your pragmatism.

I am gonna miss you.

Datak Tarr of the Shanje Liro,

you stand accused of cowardice.

Do you deny this charge?

I do not. Seeming is being.

How I act is how my liro
is perceived.

My shame is our shame.

I apologize to
the people of Defiance.

Votan and human alike.

I wish I had more than my own life
to offer in compensation.

I also wish you
a speedy and decisive

victory in your upcoming battle

with Rahm Tak and
the Votanis Collective.

We are strong together.

Di-FA-yant-so!

Di-FA-yant-so!

Defiance.

Luke,

this is your grandfather
Datak Tarr.

When you are older,

I will help you understand
that he was deeply flawed

but not without honor.

Hello?

Who are you people?

What are you doing down here?

Sorry, old fella.

Wrong place, wrong time.

I'm going into
town for supplies.

Perhaps you could
go another day?

I promise you
Kindzi will behave.

Won't you?

Of course, Father.

I'm not your enemy.

Eat this.

What, a pebble?

Eat it.

I won't.

What is it?

Eat it.

You can't force me.

I disagree.

Open.

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