Dominion (2014–2015): Season 1, Episode 5 - Something Borrowed - full transcript
Alex begins his training with Michael, but soon after has a vision that causes him to go rogue.
CLAIRE: Previously on
Dominion...
DAVID: Sleeping with an angel
will make you a pariah.
I was thinking,
what if we understood
the Archangel more.
I would like reports on your
findings as you receive them.
Edward, I know you go outside
the city walls every few weeks.
Why?
I've missed you.
What is it you're
not telling me?
I'm sick, Claire.
Join me, as we prepare
our newest member,
Brother Paul.
(SCREAMS)
I've made a deal
with my father.
He's going to stop
detaining innocent people
and draw up a
basic bill of rights
for every man, woman
and child in Vega.
How did you manage that?
I agreed to marry you.
Alex, I can help you.
I can teach you
but only if you're willing.
I want to learn
about everything.
(WHOOSHING)
(GUN COCKING)
(GUN FIRING)
(GRUNTS)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(WHOOSHING)
(GUN FIRING)
(GRUNTS)
Ripped By mstoll
Is that all you got?
(GRUNTS)
You failed.
No.
I got this.
Let's go again.
The lesson is over, Alex.
Yeah? ls it?
'Cause we've been
out here all day,
I still don't know what it is
you're trying to teach me.
I know how to shoot.
So how do you explain this?
I went easy on you. What'd you expect?
You gave me live ammo.
Because I was certain you'd
have no chance of hitting me.
You're a soldier.
You've spent years
honing your skills.
But in just a few hours, I made you
forget them all, simply by provoking you.
That's bullshit!
Each time I attacked you,
I used the sun to blind you.
But you kept firing.
Your instincts
were screaming at you.
You didn't listen to them.
Look.
My shadow.
If you weren't so busy
squinting at the sun,
you could have used
my shadow to track me
for any number
of counter-maneuvers.
I know what I'm doing.
If you knew what you were doing, that
little girl would still be alive.
Hey! Bixby.
Her name was Bixby.
You're desperate to avenge those
who have been taken from you,
but desperation will
only get others killed.
You must learn
to control your emotions,
or they will be
the end of you.
Watch the shadows,
not the sun.
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
DAVID: Shh!
(CHILD CRYING)
Harry!
DAVID: Shh!
PEGGY: (WHISPERING) Our
Father, who art in heaven...
(GROWLING)
(CHILD WHIMPERING)
(CHILD CRYING)
(GLASS BREAKING)
(GROWLING)
(SNARLING)
(CRYING CONTINUES)
DAVID: (WHISPERING) Make him stop.
They'll hear us.
(GROWLING)
(WHIMPERING)
DAVID: William. Shh.
(YOUNG WILLIAM CRYING)
(GROWLING)
(SCREAMING)
ELEANOR: (SCREAMING) No!
My babies!
(SCREAMING CONTINUES)
(CRASHING)
Get off her, you bitch!
(THUMPING)
(GROANING)
(THUMPING)
(PANTING AND GROANING)
(YOUNG WILLIAM WHIMPERING)
(PANTING)
(CRYING)
DAVID: Peggy!
Charles!
YOUNG WILLIAM; Dad!
(CRYING) Ma!
William.
Mom!
Mama!
(YOUNG WILLIAM SOBS)
WILLIAM: Father! Father?
Sorry. What?
I was just asking if you'd
like to say a few words
at the engagement party?
There must be some
fatherly advice
you'd like to share?
We're survivors, William.
We're not immortal.
Cherish your time together.
Alex.
What happened?
Michael's life lessons.
Did you scatter Bixby's ashes?
In the garden under
a jacaranda tree.
In the spring, it's going
to be full of purple flowers.
I thought she was going
to make it through.
Yeah, we all did.
The doctor said her injuries
were just too severe.
(WEEPING)
I'm sorry.
We can't.
Gonna marry William?
Yeah.
It's the right thing to do.
Hmm.
Get engaged to someone
you don't love?
Alex, I had a choice to make.
I need to look out
for the city.
Claire.
Oh, Claire!
Stop...
I'm sorry.
(RECEDING FOOTSTEPS)
Miss Riesen?
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Uh.
Yeah. (LAUGHS)
I'm fine. I was...
It's just all this
lace and silk,
and a dress train a mile long.
It's all too much.
But your wedding is,
is all that the lower Vs
can talk about.
I'm sure.
The Princess and
the Principate.
Yeah.
Exactly what the Senate wants,
to take people's minds
off their own problems,
a grand old wedding.
Yeah.
It's like a
real-life fairy tale.
Yes.
Yes, it is. We are very happy.
It's a match made in heaven.
Back in the day, when an
eight-ball was something just
to be avoided on a pool table.
(CLEARS THROAT)
Consul.
How are you feeling?
Please call me David.
We're going to be family.
A wedding present.
It's early I know, but, uh...
I heard that a young bride is
in need of something borrowed.
Thank you.
It was my wife's.
She wore it
on our wedding day.
I really don't know
what to say.
Oh. Nothing.
Thank you.
It's beautiful.
How's your dad?
I heard about his heart, I'm sorry.
You have my sympathies.
Oh, well, you know, they're
not necessary. He's fine.
He's stubborn as an ox.
Yeah, an inspiration
to us all.
Yeah.
More fight in him than most.
But, um...
There are some who
have their concerns.
Who?
No one knows
about his heart, so,
unless you've said
something to someone.
Somehow,
Senator Romero
has sussed it out.
And you know her,
she's like a dog with a bone.
She's pushing for a vote of no
confidence in the Senate to
force him to
relinquish his seat.
How can she do that?
Putting our fondness
for your dad aside,
you must admit that,
uh, she has a point.
But how prudent
would it be to
place the future of
our city in the hands of
a dying man?
You're going to support
her vote, aren't you?
It might be
what's best for Vega.
No, what's best for Vega
is a strong leader,
like my father.
Yeah, well,
we'll have one in you.
Me? I heard how you
handled that whole
ordeal with Senator Frost.
Decisive, unflinching,
but most importantly,
you got the two of us
out of there,
relatively unharmed.
I'm confident you're ready.
Come on, the people
worship you, Claire.
They believe
everything you say.
Why are you telling me this?
Because
you may be Lady of the City
sooner than you expect.
Best be prepared, huh?
MAN ON PA: Marketplace is now
open to all V designations.
(MUSIC BOX PLAYING)
Hello, there.
That Will be 10.50.
Please don't say anything.
(GRUNTS)
(GASPS)
When you were in prison,
your markings spoke to you
in the form of a vision.
Why then?
Because you were
cut off from the world
from chaos and distraction.
You were forced to focus.
Close your eyes.
Okay.
Now what?
Breathe.
I'm breathing.
Nothing's happening.
It might help if
you stopped talking.
Now,
listen.
(INHALES)
BIXBY: Alex?
Alex.
Bix?
Don't let them
hurt anyone else.
MICHAEL: Alex.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
What happened?
Where'd I go?
Nowhere. We've been
here for hours.
What did you see?
Alex, what did you see?
Who I'm fighting for.
I had one of the wall guards
pick them for me
in exchange for a night off.
I wish that I knew
you were coming by.
Well, then it wouldn't have
been a surprise, now would it?
What's this? This is new.
(MUSIC BOX PLAYING)
No, no. I've always had that.
No, no, I would
recognize that.
Have you been
outside the hotel?
I just went to the market.
Inside Vega? How?
The tunnels that you use
to come and see me. I...
I know that I promised,
but I just needed some things.
Did anyone see you?
No.
All these years, I've been
a very good girl, haven't I?
When you're gone, how long is it
going to be until I run out of
food or water?
I need someone
to take care of me.
What about your daughter?
Everything that you've
told me about Claire, how,
how kind, how caring she is,
how she helps the V1 children.
Maybe she could help me?
No, that's not possible.
You're so wise, General,
but you didn't think about
all of this, did you?
Or did you just expect me
to die of a broken heart?
That would be so much easier
for you, wouldn't it?
You know that's not true.
What am I gonna do?
My kind won't take me back.
They'd smell you on me
and your kind would
shoot me on the spot.
You made me believe
that I was someone else.
Someone that I
could never be.
And now, there's
nowhere for me to go.
I'll, I'll think
of something. I will.
You knew, huh,
about the General's
bad ticker.
You knew,
but you didn't tell me.
I promised to give you
information on Michael.
This wasn't relevant.
Oh, then perhaps
we should add a clause
to our little agreement.
Well, no matter.
Everyone's going to know about
Riesen soon enough, once we've
tossed him out of office.
By the way, I need
your support on that.
(LAUGHS) Please.
You know
I'd never support that.
Yeah, I do, but I thought
you might reconsider.
You don't want everyone knowing about
your little fling with Michael.
Fallen Angel, indeed.
No, that's not going to work.
You already tried
that threat once.
But there's a cherry on top.
Four of them, actually.
Emily,
Gloria,
Hannah
and, uh, Ve-Ve-Veronica.
Oh, I suppose they're not
really cherries anymore.
A good old-fashioned
orgy, huh?
Who knew Michael was
such a love-machine, huh?
Shame you couldn't
satisfy his appetite.
But let me tell you this,
if you don't want your little
harem
paraded out
in front of the Senate,
because they'd
love to testify,
you will do exactly
what I tell you.
So, to you newcomers
of the church,
what I repeat, is this.
Our trust,
offered
to a savior.
Our devotion,
a sacred vow we promise.
Our secret prayers,
shared
in his confidence.
May the Chosen One
protect you all.
ALL: May the Chosen One
protect us all.
Thank you.
Thank you,
that's very kind of you.
How could you preach
this heresy?
I thought I told you never to
approach me in public.
Get out of here.
All this talk about vows.
Have you forgotten
your own to Gabriel?
(GRUNTS)
This...
(GRUNTS)
...is my vow to Gabriel.
To be his eyes
and ears in Vega.
(GRUNTING)
And you're putting
all of us in danger.
If you ever
dare question me again...
CLAIRE: William?
Go.
Claire!
What a pleasant surprise.
Yeah. So, who was that?
Just, uh, some poor ragged
soul questioning his faith.
I was just about
to come and find you.
I'm sorry to hear about
your father, his heart.
I had no idea.
Yeah, actually, that's...
That's why I wanted to
come and talk to you.
Um.
There are
people
who are trying to use
his condition against him.
To make him step down
as Lord of the City.
Of course.
I guess I wished
it would be beneath him.
I'm sorry.
No, you don't have to be.
I need to convince
your father to
stop doing what he's doing.
Is there anything that
you can tell me about your dad
that might help me?
You're trying to
blackmail my father. No.
Yes.
I'm sorry, I...
You must think I'm horrible.
No. No. I don't.
I think you're
a good daughter.
Look,
I'll go home and talk to him
tonight before the party.
I'll tell him to back off.
I can be pretty convincing,
when I wanna be.
Michael.
That's not why I'm here.
You said that I should
go find a good man.
A man that I could
have a normal life with
and what we have
together has to end.
Well, you were right.
Yes.
I can't see you anymore.
It's for the best.
Is that all you have to say?
I don't know what you mean.
Good-bye, Michael.
Hey.
Got any lipstick?
For who?
Who do you think?
"Autumn breeze"
goes with your eyes.
Uh. I don't think so.
Alex.
Hey, are you okay?
Fine.
Yeah, you don't look fine.
Hey.
This is about Bixby, isn't it?
Alex.
Alex, I'm sorry.
Noma, leave it alone.
What are you guys doing?
There was an eight-ball attack
in the city yesterday.
A shopkeeper.
They found his body
in a garbage bin.
Yeah, I heard his head
was found facing his back.
Yeah, and the troops
just went out
to search for it.
They got this. They're
going to need our help.
I'm not going to sit around
if an angel's inside the walls
and wait for it to kill again.
I'm not sure it's a good idea for you
to go out in this state of mind, Alex.
(MUSIC BOX PLAYING)
Claire?
Edward. I...
Get out of Claire's room.
I, I know that you're angry,
but I, I, I wanted
to leave her a gift.
Just a little gift.
Not
another word.
You murdered that man
in the market.
He was going to kill me.
You stay away
from my daughter!
You don't have long, my love.
And when you're dead,
no one can stop me
from coming back here.
(GASPS)
(GROWLS)
(CLICKING)
(DOOR OPENING)
I thought that this day
might come eventually.
What day?
The day when you ask me advice
about your wedding night.
(LAUGHS)
On how to tame
your little filly.
Better have a drink.
I came to talk
about General Riesen.
Huh?
Bullying him out of office.
Is that really necessary?
Necessary? No.
Expedient? Yes.
Opportunity knocks, William.
The man's dying
and it won't be long before
Claire and I control the city,
just like you want.
She's finally
starting to warm up.
She trusts me.
I'm doing
what's best for Vega.
Don't talk to me
like I'm the Senate.
You're doing what's
best for yourself,
and no one else.
Especially not me.
I'm doing what's best
for the family.
Our family.
What's left of it, anyway.
Who the hell
do you think you are
telling me how to do my job?
That isn't what I mean.
What I...
Yes, it is.
You think you
could do better?
Well, let me tell
you something, sonny.
When you're made
Lord of the City,
you're going to need my help.
You're going to need me to
hold your hand all the way,
just like you always have.
You know it,
I know it
and Claire knows it.
"Warming up?"
Please!
She's playing you
like a fiddle.
You are nothing without me.
You're wrong.
What I've sacrificed for you
would make
your blood run cold,
if you had any.
You owe me, boy.
Just how much,
you'll never know.
(GRUNTS)
(GASPS)
(KISSING)
lam the man I am
because of you, Father.
MICHAEL: They still haven't
found the eight-ball.
It's time I join the hunt.
I want you to
cancel the search
right now.
What?
Tell them it's a false alarm.
I need you to
handle this yourself.
It's classified, nobody in the city
can know, not even the Senate.
I don't want there
to be panic,
especially not tonight.
She must mean
a great deal to you.
You knew.
More of what goes on in this
city than you'd imagine.
What must you think?
You love her.
I did, once.
Now...
(SIGHS)
It's all my own doing.
I'll capture her safely.
No, no, look. This...
This needs to end.
I need her taken down.
But you said you loved her.
Please. Don't
let her suffer.
MAN ON PA: Attention, city-wide
curfew is now in effect.
Repeat, city-wide curfew
is now in effect.
MAN: Miss.
(WHIMPERS)
Are you all right?
Go away.
Please, go away.
NOMA: Alex.
You heard the radio.
They called off the search.
Let's go grab a beer.
Noma, someone was killed.
Look, Alex, it's like
a Wall's up around you,
and I'm on the outside.
What aren't you telling me?
Nothing.
Nothing.
You know what?
It's not like you haven't
shut me out before.
Yeah, not like this.
Oh, yeah, you have.
Week after you came back
from the desert,
during basic.
Alex, you don't
want to go there.
You went away for maneuvers.
You came back,
all of a sudden,
I was a stranger.
Forget I ever
brought it up, okay?
You know I still don't know
what the hell happened.
MAN ON PA: City-wide curfew
is now in effect.
Repeat, city-wide curfew
is now in effect.
Finch found out
about us,okay?
Someone blabbed.
I don't know who.
He was gonna toss you
from the Corps,
and I couldn't
let that happen.
Why didn't you tell me?
The Corps was the
only family that you had.
I couldn't let you
lose that because of me.
So I told Finch
that I'd end it.
And I did.
You thought the Corps was
more important to me than you?
You met Claire right after, so
it all worked out.
GUARD ON RADIO: We've got a
report of a body in section 22.
Anyone local?
Lannon. Just east of there.
We'll check it out.
GUARD ON RADIO: Copy that.
Alex.
That's Richardson.
(SIGHS)
It's still inside these walls.
My mom used to have them.
Really sweet smell.
Very much like tuberoses.
That's really nice.
EMILY: But why didn't she want to meet
up in the Stratosphere, as usual?
Because, Emily, you're
no longer welcome there.
You all have to leave Vega. I'm
arranging your transport to Helena.
What? Why?
Our nights with
the Archangel are over
and if anyone should ever ask
you, they never happened.
(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
(MUSIC PLAYING)
MAN: Ah! There they are.
(CLAPPING)
MAN: William, man of the hour.
It's an engagement
party, General.
What is with
the high security?
Need I remind you
we're at war?
No.
They're here
to make sure that doesn't
spoil a momentous evening.
Welcome, William.
Congratulations.
Thank you, General.
Where's Claire? Yeah, where
is the blushing bride?
Hello?
I'm sorry,
Miss Riesen, but, uh,
there's a rumor Consul Whele turned
one of his maids into lion chow
for stealing his silverware.
Don't worry. No one's turning
you into lion chow just yet.
I'm not stealing silver.
William left his speech
up here somewhere, so,
you know, I said
I'd get it for him.
You sure you don't want me
to take care of this?
You're going to
miss your party.
Those little, tiny snacks,
usually better
than the entrée.
Probably almost
all gone by now.
(CLAPPING)
Thank you.
Where have you been?
I'm sorry I'm late.
I had to rush across town
to fix my dress.
Don't be angry.
Everything is going
to be okay now, Dad.
An engagement party
without the bride.
We missed you.
Some entrance, Lady Riesen.
Everyone, this way.
Dinner is served.
I'll be along in a moment.
Go.
Shall we, David?
They say chivalry is dead.
My goodness, it truly shines.
Yes.
I'll never do it justice,
but I hope you're pleased.
Very.
I wanted to thank you for telling me
about the Senate vote and Romero.
You understand there's nothing
personal against your father.
I'm just a patriot.
Yes, and so am l.
Which is why I feel
the people deserve to know
that one of their
trusted dignitaries,
a pillar of the community,
is secretly working
for Gabriel.
What?
You can't be serious! Who?
You. Patriot, my ass...
Everyone knows you're a snake.
I really never thought
that you would
betray your own.
This isn't mine!
Oh, frame me? Really?
You're better than
that, Claire.
Oh, please, David.
Nobody's framing you.
I found it in your study.
Nonsense. You haven't
a shred of proof
to put this in my home.
"Happy birthday, Daddy, from
your three little ducklings."
End table by the fireplace.
No one is gonna believe this
nonsense. I'm a consul.
And I'm the future
Lady of the City.
You said it yourself, David.
The people worship me.
They believe every word I say.
So if you go after
my father with Romero,
I swear I will
expose you for the
filthy traitor that you are.
You and I both know
that this isn't mine.
Father?
Are you guys coming?
Yes, of course.
Shall we, David?
I'd put it away.
MAN ON PA: Attention, city-wide
curfew is now in effect.
(SOBBING)
(RATTLING)
Did you hear that?
There it is.
(GUN FIRING)
(GRUNTING)
Noma, down!
(GUN FIRING)
(GUN FIRING)
(SCREAMING)
(GUN FIRING)
(GASPS)
(CLANGING)
No!
Noma, cover the exit.
(GRUNTS)
(DRIPPING)
(SCREAMS)
(GRUNTS)
(SNARLING)
(SCREAMING)
(GROWLING)
Wait! Wait. Please.
(CRYING) I don't wanna die.
You deserve to die.
There's only darkness.
And I'm afraid. I'm so afraid.
You creatures.
You've damned good people
to that darkness.
My friend! My father!
No!
I, I didn't
fight Gabriel's war.
But that body.
That's not your body. That's
some woman, some innocent woman.
You killed her.
I was wrong.
Please don't kill me.
I, I have a family.
I have a daughter.
(TAPPING)
Claire would like
to say a few words.
(CLEARS THROAT)
Thank you all for
being here tonight.
William and I, we are honored
that you would join us
to celebrate
Vega's bright future.
And of course, the union of
two of its founding families.
Um.
There is one person
who
isn't here at
the table tonight.
Someone who I wish,
with all my heart,
could have lived
to see this day.
To my mother.
(GLASSES CLINKING)
Ripped By mstoll
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
Dominion...
DAVID: Sleeping with an angel
will make you a pariah.
I was thinking,
what if we understood
the Archangel more.
I would like reports on your
findings as you receive them.
Edward, I know you go outside
the city walls every few weeks.
Why?
I've missed you.
What is it you're
not telling me?
I'm sick, Claire.
Join me, as we prepare
our newest member,
Brother Paul.
(SCREAMS)
I've made a deal
with my father.
He's going to stop
detaining innocent people
and draw up a
basic bill of rights
for every man, woman
and child in Vega.
How did you manage that?
I agreed to marry you.
Alex, I can help you.
I can teach you
but only if you're willing.
I want to learn
about everything.
(WHOOSHING)
(GUN COCKING)
(GUN FIRING)
(GRUNTS)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(WHOOSHING)
(GUN FIRING)
(GRUNTS)
Ripped By mstoll
Is that all you got?
(GRUNTS)
You failed.
No.
I got this.
Let's go again.
The lesson is over, Alex.
Yeah? ls it?
'Cause we've been
out here all day,
I still don't know what it is
you're trying to teach me.
I know how to shoot.
So how do you explain this?
I went easy on you. What'd you expect?
You gave me live ammo.
Because I was certain you'd
have no chance of hitting me.
You're a soldier.
You've spent years
honing your skills.
But in just a few hours, I made you
forget them all, simply by provoking you.
That's bullshit!
Each time I attacked you,
I used the sun to blind you.
But you kept firing.
Your instincts
were screaming at you.
You didn't listen to them.
Look.
My shadow.
If you weren't so busy
squinting at the sun,
you could have used
my shadow to track me
for any number
of counter-maneuvers.
I know what I'm doing.
If you knew what you were doing, that
little girl would still be alive.
Hey! Bixby.
Her name was Bixby.
You're desperate to avenge those
who have been taken from you,
but desperation will
only get others killed.
You must learn
to control your emotions,
or they will be
the end of you.
Watch the shadows,
not the sun.
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
DAVID: Shh!
(CHILD CRYING)
Harry!
DAVID: Shh!
PEGGY: (WHISPERING) Our
Father, who art in heaven...
(GROWLING)
(CHILD WHIMPERING)
(CHILD CRYING)
(GLASS BREAKING)
(GROWLING)
(SNARLING)
(CRYING CONTINUES)
DAVID: (WHISPERING) Make him stop.
They'll hear us.
(GROWLING)
(WHIMPERING)
DAVID: William. Shh.
(YOUNG WILLIAM CRYING)
(GROWLING)
(SCREAMING)
ELEANOR: (SCREAMING) No!
My babies!
(SCREAMING CONTINUES)
(CRASHING)
Get off her, you bitch!
(THUMPING)
(GROANING)
(THUMPING)
(PANTING AND GROANING)
(YOUNG WILLIAM WHIMPERING)
(PANTING)
(CRYING)
DAVID: Peggy!
Charles!
YOUNG WILLIAM; Dad!
(CRYING) Ma!
William.
Mom!
Mama!
(YOUNG WILLIAM SOBS)
WILLIAM: Father! Father?
Sorry. What?
I was just asking if you'd
like to say a few words
at the engagement party?
There must be some
fatherly advice
you'd like to share?
We're survivors, William.
We're not immortal.
Cherish your time together.
Alex.
What happened?
Michael's life lessons.
Did you scatter Bixby's ashes?
In the garden under
a jacaranda tree.
In the spring, it's going
to be full of purple flowers.
I thought she was going
to make it through.
Yeah, we all did.
The doctor said her injuries
were just too severe.
(WEEPING)
I'm sorry.
We can't.
Gonna marry William?
Yeah.
It's the right thing to do.
Hmm.
Get engaged to someone
you don't love?
Alex, I had a choice to make.
I need to look out
for the city.
Claire.
Oh, Claire!
Stop...
I'm sorry.
(RECEDING FOOTSTEPS)
Miss Riesen?
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Uh.
Yeah. (LAUGHS)
I'm fine. I was...
It's just all this
lace and silk,
and a dress train a mile long.
It's all too much.
But your wedding is,
is all that the lower Vs
can talk about.
I'm sure.
The Princess and
the Principate.
Yeah.
Exactly what the Senate wants,
to take people's minds
off their own problems,
a grand old wedding.
Yeah.
It's like a
real-life fairy tale.
Yes.
Yes, it is. We are very happy.
It's a match made in heaven.
Back in the day, when an
eight-ball was something just
to be avoided on a pool table.
(CLEARS THROAT)
Consul.
How are you feeling?
Please call me David.
We're going to be family.
A wedding present.
It's early I know, but, uh...
I heard that a young bride is
in need of something borrowed.
Thank you.
It was my wife's.
She wore it
on our wedding day.
I really don't know
what to say.
Oh. Nothing.
Thank you.
It's beautiful.
How's your dad?
I heard about his heart, I'm sorry.
You have my sympathies.
Oh, well, you know, they're
not necessary. He's fine.
He's stubborn as an ox.
Yeah, an inspiration
to us all.
Yeah.
More fight in him than most.
But, um...
There are some who
have their concerns.
Who?
No one knows
about his heart, so,
unless you've said
something to someone.
Somehow,
Senator Romero
has sussed it out.
And you know her,
she's like a dog with a bone.
She's pushing for a vote of no
confidence in the Senate to
force him to
relinquish his seat.
How can she do that?
Putting our fondness
for your dad aside,
you must admit that,
uh, she has a point.
But how prudent
would it be to
place the future of
our city in the hands of
a dying man?
You're going to support
her vote, aren't you?
It might be
what's best for Vega.
No, what's best for Vega
is a strong leader,
like my father.
Yeah, well,
we'll have one in you.
Me? I heard how you
handled that whole
ordeal with Senator Frost.
Decisive, unflinching,
but most importantly,
you got the two of us
out of there,
relatively unharmed.
I'm confident you're ready.
Come on, the people
worship you, Claire.
They believe
everything you say.
Why are you telling me this?
Because
you may be Lady of the City
sooner than you expect.
Best be prepared, huh?
MAN ON PA: Marketplace is now
open to all V designations.
(MUSIC BOX PLAYING)
Hello, there.
That Will be 10.50.
Please don't say anything.
(GRUNTS)
(GASPS)
When you were in prison,
your markings spoke to you
in the form of a vision.
Why then?
Because you were
cut off from the world
from chaos and distraction.
You were forced to focus.
Close your eyes.
Okay.
Now what?
Breathe.
I'm breathing.
Nothing's happening.
It might help if
you stopped talking.
Now,
listen.
(INHALES)
BIXBY: Alex?
Alex.
Bix?
Don't let them
hurt anyone else.
MICHAEL: Alex.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
What happened?
Where'd I go?
Nowhere. We've been
here for hours.
What did you see?
Alex, what did you see?
Who I'm fighting for.
I had one of the wall guards
pick them for me
in exchange for a night off.
I wish that I knew
you were coming by.
Well, then it wouldn't have
been a surprise, now would it?
What's this? This is new.
(MUSIC BOX PLAYING)
No, no. I've always had that.
No, no, I would
recognize that.
Have you been
outside the hotel?
I just went to the market.
Inside Vega? How?
The tunnels that you use
to come and see me. I...
I know that I promised,
but I just needed some things.
Did anyone see you?
No.
All these years, I've been
a very good girl, haven't I?
When you're gone, how long is it
going to be until I run out of
food or water?
I need someone
to take care of me.
What about your daughter?
Everything that you've
told me about Claire, how,
how kind, how caring she is,
how she helps the V1 children.
Maybe she could help me?
No, that's not possible.
You're so wise, General,
but you didn't think about
all of this, did you?
Or did you just expect me
to die of a broken heart?
That would be so much easier
for you, wouldn't it?
You know that's not true.
What am I gonna do?
My kind won't take me back.
They'd smell you on me
and your kind would
shoot me on the spot.
You made me believe
that I was someone else.
Someone that I
could never be.
And now, there's
nowhere for me to go.
I'll, I'll think
of something. I will.
You knew, huh,
about the General's
bad ticker.
You knew,
but you didn't tell me.
I promised to give you
information on Michael.
This wasn't relevant.
Oh, then perhaps
we should add a clause
to our little agreement.
Well, no matter.
Everyone's going to know about
Riesen soon enough, once we've
tossed him out of office.
By the way, I need
your support on that.
(LAUGHS) Please.
You know
I'd never support that.
Yeah, I do, but I thought
you might reconsider.
You don't want everyone knowing about
your little fling with Michael.
Fallen Angel, indeed.
No, that's not going to work.
You already tried
that threat once.
But there's a cherry on top.
Four of them, actually.
Emily,
Gloria,
Hannah
and, uh, Ve-Ve-Veronica.
Oh, I suppose they're not
really cherries anymore.
A good old-fashioned
orgy, huh?
Who knew Michael was
such a love-machine, huh?
Shame you couldn't
satisfy his appetite.
But let me tell you this,
if you don't want your little
harem
paraded out
in front of the Senate,
because they'd
love to testify,
you will do exactly
what I tell you.
So, to you newcomers
of the church,
what I repeat, is this.
Our trust,
offered
to a savior.
Our devotion,
a sacred vow we promise.
Our secret prayers,
shared
in his confidence.
May the Chosen One
protect you all.
ALL: May the Chosen One
protect us all.
Thank you.
Thank you,
that's very kind of you.
How could you preach
this heresy?
I thought I told you never to
approach me in public.
Get out of here.
All this talk about vows.
Have you forgotten
your own to Gabriel?
(GRUNTS)
This...
(GRUNTS)
...is my vow to Gabriel.
To be his eyes
and ears in Vega.
(GRUNTING)
And you're putting
all of us in danger.
If you ever
dare question me again...
CLAIRE: William?
Go.
Claire!
What a pleasant surprise.
Yeah. So, who was that?
Just, uh, some poor ragged
soul questioning his faith.
I was just about
to come and find you.
I'm sorry to hear about
your father, his heart.
I had no idea.
Yeah, actually, that's...
That's why I wanted to
come and talk to you.
Um.
There are
people
who are trying to use
his condition against him.
To make him step down
as Lord of the City.
Of course.
I guess I wished
it would be beneath him.
I'm sorry.
No, you don't have to be.
I need to convince
your father to
stop doing what he's doing.
Is there anything that
you can tell me about your dad
that might help me?
You're trying to
blackmail my father. No.
Yes.
I'm sorry, I...
You must think I'm horrible.
No. No. I don't.
I think you're
a good daughter.
Look,
I'll go home and talk to him
tonight before the party.
I'll tell him to back off.
I can be pretty convincing,
when I wanna be.
Michael.
That's not why I'm here.
You said that I should
go find a good man.
A man that I could
have a normal life with
and what we have
together has to end.
Well, you were right.
Yes.
I can't see you anymore.
It's for the best.
Is that all you have to say?
I don't know what you mean.
Good-bye, Michael.
Hey.
Got any lipstick?
For who?
Who do you think?
"Autumn breeze"
goes with your eyes.
Uh. I don't think so.
Alex.
Hey, are you okay?
Fine.
Yeah, you don't look fine.
Hey.
This is about Bixby, isn't it?
Alex.
Alex, I'm sorry.
Noma, leave it alone.
What are you guys doing?
There was an eight-ball attack
in the city yesterday.
A shopkeeper.
They found his body
in a garbage bin.
Yeah, I heard his head
was found facing his back.
Yeah, and the troops
just went out
to search for it.
They got this. They're
going to need our help.
I'm not going to sit around
if an angel's inside the walls
and wait for it to kill again.
I'm not sure it's a good idea for you
to go out in this state of mind, Alex.
(MUSIC BOX PLAYING)
Claire?
Edward. I...
Get out of Claire's room.
I, I know that you're angry,
but I, I, I wanted
to leave her a gift.
Just a little gift.
Not
another word.
You murdered that man
in the market.
He was going to kill me.
You stay away
from my daughter!
You don't have long, my love.
And when you're dead,
no one can stop me
from coming back here.
(GASPS)
(GROWLS)
(CLICKING)
(DOOR OPENING)
I thought that this day
might come eventually.
What day?
The day when you ask me advice
about your wedding night.
(LAUGHS)
On how to tame
your little filly.
Better have a drink.
I came to talk
about General Riesen.
Huh?
Bullying him out of office.
Is that really necessary?
Necessary? No.
Expedient? Yes.
Opportunity knocks, William.
The man's dying
and it won't be long before
Claire and I control the city,
just like you want.
She's finally
starting to warm up.
She trusts me.
I'm doing
what's best for Vega.
Don't talk to me
like I'm the Senate.
You're doing what's
best for yourself,
and no one else.
Especially not me.
I'm doing what's best
for the family.
Our family.
What's left of it, anyway.
Who the hell
do you think you are
telling me how to do my job?
That isn't what I mean.
What I...
Yes, it is.
You think you
could do better?
Well, let me tell
you something, sonny.
When you're made
Lord of the City,
you're going to need my help.
You're going to need me to
hold your hand all the way,
just like you always have.
You know it,
I know it
and Claire knows it.
"Warming up?"
Please!
She's playing you
like a fiddle.
You are nothing without me.
You're wrong.
What I've sacrificed for you
would make
your blood run cold,
if you had any.
You owe me, boy.
Just how much,
you'll never know.
(GRUNTS)
(GASPS)
(KISSING)
lam the man I am
because of you, Father.
MICHAEL: They still haven't
found the eight-ball.
It's time I join the hunt.
I want you to
cancel the search
right now.
What?
Tell them it's a false alarm.
I need you to
handle this yourself.
It's classified, nobody in the city
can know, not even the Senate.
I don't want there
to be panic,
especially not tonight.
She must mean
a great deal to you.
You knew.
More of what goes on in this
city than you'd imagine.
What must you think?
You love her.
I did, once.
Now...
(SIGHS)
It's all my own doing.
I'll capture her safely.
No, no, look. This...
This needs to end.
I need her taken down.
But you said you loved her.
Please. Don't
let her suffer.
MAN ON PA: Attention, city-wide
curfew is now in effect.
Repeat, city-wide curfew
is now in effect.
MAN: Miss.
(WHIMPERS)
Are you all right?
Go away.
Please, go away.
NOMA: Alex.
You heard the radio.
They called off the search.
Let's go grab a beer.
Noma, someone was killed.
Look, Alex, it's like
a Wall's up around you,
and I'm on the outside.
What aren't you telling me?
Nothing.
Nothing.
You know what?
It's not like you haven't
shut me out before.
Yeah, not like this.
Oh, yeah, you have.
Week after you came back
from the desert,
during basic.
Alex, you don't
want to go there.
You went away for maneuvers.
You came back,
all of a sudden,
I was a stranger.
Forget I ever
brought it up, okay?
You know I still don't know
what the hell happened.
MAN ON PA: City-wide curfew
is now in effect.
Repeat, city-wide curfew
is now in effect.
Finch found out
about us,okay?
Someone blabbed.
I don't know who.
He was gonna toss you
from the Corps,
and I couldn't
let that happen.
Why didn't you tell me?
The Corps was the
only family that you had.
I couldn't let you
lose that because of me.
So I told Finch
that I'd end it.
And I did.
You thought the Corps was
more important to me than you?
You met Claire right after, so
it all worked out.
GUARD ON RADIO: We've got a
report of a body in section 22.
Anyone local?
Lannon. Just east of there.
We'll check it out.
GUARD ON RADIO: Copy that.
Alex.
That's Richardson.
(SIGHS)
It's still inside these walls.
My mom used to have them.
Really sweet smell.
Very much like tuberoses.
That's really nice.
EMILY: But why didn't she want to meet
up in the Stratosphere, as usual?
Because, Emily, you're
no longer welcome there.
You all have to leave Vega. I'm
arranging your transport to Helena.
What? Why?
Our nights with
the Archangel are over
and if anyone should ever ask
you, they never happened.
(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
(MUSIC PLAYING)
MAN: Ah! There they are.
(CLAPPING)
MAN: William, man of the hour.
It's an engagement
party, General.
What is with
the high security?
Need I remind you
we're at war?
No.
They're here
to make sure that doesn't
spoil a momentous evening.
Welcome, William.
Congratulations.
Thank you, General.
Where's Claire? Yeah, where
is the blushing bride?
Hello?
I'm sorry,
Miss Riesen, but, uh,
there's a rumor Consul Whele turned
one of his maids into lion chow
for stealing his silverware.
Don't worry. No one's turning
you into lion chow just yet.
I'm not stealing silver.
William left his speech
up here somewhere, so,
you know, I said
I'd get it for him.
You sure you don't want me
to take care of this?
You're going to
miss your party.
Those little, tiny snacks,
usually better
than the entrée.
Probably almost
all gone by now.
(CLAPPING)
Thank you.
Where have you been?
I'm sorry I'm late.
I had to rush across town
to fix my dress.
Don't be angry.
Everything is going
to be okay now, Dad.
An engagement party
without the bride.
We missed you.
Some entrance, Lady Riesen.
Everyone, this way.
Dinner is served.
I'll be along in a moment.
Go.
Shall we, David?
They say chivalry is dead.
My goodness, it truly shines.
Yes.
I'll never do it justice,
but I hope you're pleased.
Very.
I wanted to thank you for telling me
about the Senate vote and Romero.
You understand there's nothing
personal against your father.
I'm just a patriot.
Yes, and so am l.
Which is why I feel
the people deserve to know
that one of their
trusted dignitaries,
a pillar of the community,
is secretly working
for Gabriel.
What?
You can't be serious! Who?
You. Patriot, my ass...
Everyone knows you're a snake.
I really never thought
that you would
betray your own.
This isn't mine!
Oh, frame me? Really?
You're better than
that, Claire.
Oh, please, David.
Nobody's framing you.
I found it in your study.
Nonsense. You haven't
a shred of proof
to put this in my home.
"Happy birthday, Daddy, from
your three little ducklings."
End table by the fireplace.
No one is gonna believe this
nonsense. I'm a consul.
And I'm the future
Lady of the City.
You said it yourself, David.
The people worship me.
They believe every word I say.
So if you go after
my father with Romero,
I swear I will
expose you for the
filthy traitor that you are.
You and I both know
that this isn't mine.
Father?
Are you guys coming?
Yes, of course.
Shall we, David?
I'd put it away.
MAN ON PA: Attention, city-wide
curfew is now in effect.
(SOBBING)
(RATTLING)
Did you hear that?
There it is.
(GUN FIRING)
(GRUNTING)
Noma, down!
(GUN FIRING)
(GUN FIRING)
(SCREAMING)
(GUN FIRING)
(GASPS)
(CLANGING)
No!
Noma, cover the exit.
(GRUNTS)
(DRIPPING)
(SCREAMS)
(GRUNTS)
(SNARLING)
(SCREAMING)
(GROWLING)
Wait! Wait. Please.
(CRYING) I don't wanna die.
You deserve to die.
There's only darkness.
And I'm afraid. I'm so afraid.
You creatures.
You've damned good people
to that darkness.
My friend! My father!
No!
I, I didn't
fight Gabriel's war.
But that body.
That's not your body. That's
some woman, some innocent woman.
You killed her.
I was wrong.
Please don't kill me.
I, I have a family.
I have a daughter.
(TAPPING)
Claire would like
to say a few words.
(CLEARS THROAT)
Thank you all for
being here tonight.
William and I, we are honored
that you would join us
to celebrate
Vega's bright future.
And of course, the union of
two of its founding families.
Um.
There is one person
who
isn't here at
the table tonight.
Someone who I wish,
with all my heart,
could have lived
to see this day.
To my mother.
(GLASSES CLINKING)
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(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)