Dominion (2014–2015): Season 1, Episode 7 - Ouroboros - full transcript

ALEX:
Previously on Dominion...

Our brother's
learned a new trick.

He knows how to possess
the lower angels.

Does the child know
about your colorful past?

Is that a threat?

I need your help, Louis.

I understand you not wanting

to go against
your fellow angel.

Stand with me or leave Vega.

These
angel-worshipping traitors.

When I find them,



I will end them.
(GUNS FIRING)

My acolytes need
protecting at all costs.

(SCREAMING)

As soon as this wedding
is over,

you're going
to step down.

That isn't just any eight-ball in there.
It's Claire's mother.

I've read the texts.
I know about evictions.

Shut your mouth!

"Sanctify this vessel."

(GASPS)

CLAIRE: Do something!

ALEX: Michael!
(GASPS)

I can't. No one can.

(CLAIRE HUMMING)



(MOURNFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

(GASPS)

(PANTING)

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
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Give me the room.

(EXHALES)

(MUSCLES CRACK)

Little pig, little pig...

This old V5 lady, she gives me a
100 chip for a half-dozen peaches.

Must be good peaches.

She thought it was a 10...

GABRIEL: Little pig,

let me in.

(STOPS SPEAKING ABRUPTLY)

(CHOKING)

(EXHALES)

Louis?

Louis, you okay?

Never better.

I don't know what
came over me.

You work too hard.
Mmm.

You're right. I think I have
earned some "me time,"

haven't I?

(GROWLS SOFTLY)

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

(OBJECTS CLATTERING)

(MAN GRUNTING)

(CLATTERING CONTINUES)

(MAN LAUGHING MANICALLY)

(GRUNTING)

(LAUGHING)

I win.

(FLAME IGNITES)

MICHAEL: Those things
will kill you.

(CHUCKLING)

(MAN ROARING)

(SCREAMS)

Sanctify this vessel.

Don't you know who I am?

Your name
is Jonathan Reese.

His name
is Jonathan Reese.

My name is...
Dirge, we know.

(LAUGHS)
Sanctify this vessel.

Perhaps the apocrypha?

I don't need to read
the damn book anymore.

Says who?
Says the markings.

You might have told me that.
That signifies progress.

Yeah, and I'm trying
to build on that progress.

Save human lives.

(DEMONIC GRUNTING)

Sanctify this vessel.

Sanctify this vessel!

MICHAEL: I applaud
your enthusiasm.

But overconfidence
is a trap.

I know how this works.

I burned the angel
out of Claire's mom.

Clementine was
a unique case.

For want of a better word, she was
"domesticated" by the General.

That might have
had an effect.

Yeah, well...

What about this one?

Florida.

Wasn't anywhere
near domesticated.

Brought him back to
the surface for five minutes.

Five minutes and then he went
into convulsions and died.

And these are the only
ones who carried IDs.

What about Nevada?

I believe I was out
when you worked on her.

(EXHALES)

Yeah, you don't want to
know about Nevada.

Yes. I do.

Snapped her own neck
before I could finish.

Spiritual matters have never
been an exact science.

He's a lost cause.

He doesn't need this,
poor son-of-a-bitch.

Don't pity him.

Those who knew the body
have long since mourned.

Sorry.
Oh, are you?

Wasn't talking
to you, Dirge.

I agreed to let you
hone your skills,

but this is becoming
a fool's errand!

Better a fool
who tries and fails,

than a coward who sits
around and does nothing.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

We've been hanging out
too much.

You can't keep
doing this to yourself.

I can, and I will,

until I get it right.

WILLIAM: You have to eat.
You're insane.

You need your strength.

Worshipping Gabriel, that
despicable piece of shit.

I'm looking out
for myself, okay?

Something you taught me
from a very young age.

And now I'm looking
out for you.

Don't patronize me.

I'm trying to save you.

That's what I used to
tell people on TV,

usually accompanied
by a 1-800 number.

Yes, but I'm not you,
am I, Father?

Because I'm
telling the truth.

When the end comes...
(GASPING)

...there will be humans
who are spared.

And the ones I care about
will be among them.

I'm not
one of your acolytes,

and I never will be.

I teach one thing.

That the Chosen One
will save us.

Oh, please.

But my sheep
at the Savior Church

don't need to know their time is near.
(GROANING)

They're comforted
by those words.

But we wise and fortunate
followers of Gabriel

know that he will only
bring about their end.

Do you listen to yourself?
You're delusional.

(BOWL SMASHES)

Says the man who thought
building a wall around a city...

Argh!

...would keep him safe.

When all he actually
ever needed was Gabriel.

You can go on as much as
you like about Gabriel.

This is about how I
mistreated you, isn't it?

Gabriel teaches us
where one breaks,

one becomes stronger.

And you, Father,

have given me more strength
than I can measure.

I never thought you had
the balls for revenge.

This isn't about revenge.

This is about love.

(SCOFFS)

(STRAINS)

(EXHALES)

Claire! I'm so sorry
to keep you waiting.

Is everything okay?
Your father?

Yes, he's fine. Actually,
I'm here with good news.

I was beginning to wonder if
there ever was such a thing.

Mmm, there is. I want to
move the wedding forward.

That's... Uh...

That's great news.

Yes, it is.

How soon did you have in mind?
Next week.

Claire, I'm thrilled,
but...

Why the rush?

I'm going to level
with you, William.

I fought to keep my father in office
when the Senate went after him,

and I'm just not sure
it was a good idea.

I feel,
if we get married sooner,

then I can take the burden of running
the city off his shoulders quicker.

How's your father?

He's taken a bit of a turn,
actually,

with his pneumonia.

Shouldn't he be
in the infirmary?

Yeah, but you know him.

He can't have
anyone see him weak.

Even if it means
he suffers.

Well, tell him his future
daughter-in-law says, "Get well soon."

I will.

Thank you.

We missed you
at the bar tonight.

Otherwise occupied.

Yeah.

I made a toast
in your honor.

If you were there,
you would have killed me.

About Claire
moving up her wedding.

Old news.

Then why do you look like
someone killed your dog?

Since when are V2s allowed dogs, huh?
(CHUCKLES)

Oh, poor guy-

I'd offer you some scotch,
but someone drank it all.

It's been
a rough few weeks.

It would be a lot less rough

if you looped me in.

Or Ethan. Or anyone.

There's nothing to
be looped-in about.

Look.

If you don't cheer up,

you're going to leave me
no choice.

Nomes, I'm not playing this game...
Hmm?

Argh!

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Nome...
Don't, okay?

Please! Ow!

(GIGGLING)
NOMA: Stop!

It's just your face,
every time!

Sorry!

It's just sad that
I have to hurt you

to make you laugh.

Ah! Okay, okay.

I guess the Chosen One
can laugh, huh?

(SNIFFS)

Uh-uh.
Why?

I'm not blind.

Jeep passed them onto you,
didn't he?

Maybe they mean
you're something special.

Maybe they don't mean
anything at all.

To me you'll always
be plain old Alex.

I've known you way too long to be
impressed by a couple of tattoos.

And I've known you too long

to believe you.

(KISSES)

Things are
different now, Nomes.

Why?

Can't the Chosen One
still have a good time?

(BOTH GRUNTING)

(MOANING)

Brother Jeffrey?

Louis.

You can't be here

for a million reasons.

But mainly because I'm tired of you
asking me about this "Michael" thing.

I'm still neutral.

Becoming some operative for
Michael isn't in the cards.

Then you should
align with Gabriel.

That maniac?

I'm not stupid.

You know,
he's not such a bad guy.

Once you get to know him.

(PANTING)

Take five.

You got it, Senator.

What the...

(GASPS)

God!

Get Riesen on the radio.

Yes, ma'am.

Control, we need
General Riesen down here now.

(PEOPLE CLAMORING)

(MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY
OVER LOUDSPEAKER)

Did you know, Michael?

That they were
higher angels

that were living
inside our walls?

A medic, a bank clerk,
an engineer!

By all accounts, these men and women
were ordinary citizens of Vega,

seeking asylum
in a dangerous time.

No different than you.

You didn't answer
my question.

You stood in front
of the Senate

and you told them...

I told them what
they wanted to hear,

so they wouldn't go after
innocent citizens.

Like General Riesen's maid?

How was I to know
she'd side with my brother?

The people have faith
in you, Michael.

And you lied to us.

All of us!

You're right to keep
your distance from me.

Riesen's blowing the rest of the
tunnels and activating the guns.

If any more of your kind attempt to
leave, they'll be torn to shreds.

Then we'll all be
that much safer, won't we?

MAN: (OVER LOUDSPEAKER)
Return to your homes.

Return to your homes.

Did he know
they were higher angels?

No.

He's as surprised as we are.

Before you burn the remains, I
want time with them in the lab.

Find out everything
you can about them.

And work on that
poker face.

I can always tell
when you're lying.

Careful, Becca.

NOMA: That's awful.

Awful?

Person who did this should
get a big fat reward.

You think
this is a good thing?

Angels dying?

Yeah. I do.

All this is going to do
is make people paranoid.

Everyone's going to be looking
at each other differently now.

Good. We all need to
be on the lookout.

For what?

These people
never hurt anyone.

Angels are not people.

That medic
stitched up your face

when you totaled
the Rover, Ethan.

Since when have you
gone soft on the enemy?

I don't like anyone innocent
getting killed.

Don't fall for it, Alex.

I told you.
They're not people.

They just look like it.
Trust me.

The first ones
that came down...

They were animals.

Shit I saw.

MICHAEL: Sergeant Lannon,

a word.

Michael.

Hey!
Did you do this?

Michael, I had to
set Felicia on fire,

kick her out of
a window just to

barely walk away
from that fight!

These guys all look like they
just let someone cut 'em up.

You knew!
They were neutrals.

I gave them the choice
to stay in Vega or leave.

I shouldn't have
left them an option.

There's more of them?

Why didn't you tell me?

You didn't need to know.

The others need to be warned.
They're in danger.

Then what the hell are
you talking to me for?

My presence will only
draw attention to them.

I'll do it.

You've been catching eight-balls for me.
I owe you a solid.

Yes, you do!

Go and see a higher named
Louis at this address.

Tell him to warn the others.

Though their true nature
can be discerned,

they must not attempt to flee,
or they'll be gunned down.

I thought higher angels
couldn't be detected.

Not without help.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(GRUNTS)

(DOOR UNLOCKS)

VINCE: It's nice to see you
on your feet, sir.

How much do you know?

More than the others.

Will you help me?

If you promise
not to shiv me?

(LAUGHS)

Ow!

Well, don't give me
a reason.

This way, sir.

(ELEVATOR DINGS)

Once I'm out,
have the house secured.

And have my son arrested

and brought down through
the streets in handcuffs.

None of this
back-alley-limo stuff.

Yes, sir.

(ELEVATOR DINGS)

He may have drugged me, but this sure
as hell doesn't look like the garage.

That's because it's not.

You ungrateful prick.

DAVID: If it wasn't for me,

you'd be down on the island,

eating bread crusts with
the other V1s!

(GATE SLAMS)

What's my name, Mr. Whele?

Lieutenant Halloran.

You've been in my employ
for six years.

What's my first name?

William asked me
on day one.

(GRUNTS)

(LION GROWLS)

(ROARS)

(SOFT CLASSICAL
PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR SHUTS)

MICHAEL: Uriel?

URIEL: Too late.

You missed all the fun.

Is that champagne?

Mmm...

(CHUCKLES)

Special occasion,

getting my ass kicked.

It's a Juglar.

200 years at the bottom
of the sea.

Thought I'd treat myself.

While my wounds healed.

Gabriel laid hands on you,

for the ledger?

Each and every higher angel's
name and nest.

Which, unfortunately for me,

only lives up here.

You said I was being
too sentimental.

But somebody had to
keep track of the family

after the diaspora.

Guess the joke's on me.

Brother threatened
to cut off my ears,

so I'd never hear
Chopin again.

Bastard.

Uriel, how many neutrals
did you reveal to Gabriel?

Only the ones hidden in Vega.

That's all he wanted.

For recruitment I assume.

He's murdering them.

How?

Someone they knew got close enough to them
to be able to kill them without a fight.

Perhaps he recruited another
higher to do his dirty work.

And what about possession?

With a lower, absolutely.

But a higher angel?

He's not that strong.

Did you try summoning him?

Words are no longer
an option.

(SCOFFS)

(DOOR CREAKS)

Not the best neighborhood
to keep your door open.

Especially after what happened
at the marketplace this morning.

Tragic.

I'm Louis, by the way.

But I'm sure
you already knew that.

And you're right.

I should be more...

Careful.

You're Michael's boy,
right?

Mankind's final savior.

"Miracle made of flesh,"
and all that.

When I saw those bodies,

I had a feeling Michael
would send you to see me.

Beer?

No.

Tell the other angels they can't
flee, or they'll be shot down.

Did Michael send you on this errand and not
tell you that we already know about you?

(CHUCKLES)

Well, he's been keeping
secrets for so long,

I'm sure even he has a hard time
remembering what's fact and fiction.

Listen, Michael told me to tell you
to stay put and to warn the others.

The General's armed
the anti-air guns.

You try to go over the wall,
you're going to get shot down.

I appreciate
Michael's concern.

He truly has grown
as a person.

What's that
supposed to mean?

Oh, you know Michael.

Doesn't like to talk
about himself much.

I sure wouldn't
if I were him.

But he and I
go way back.

I knew him
before he changed.

Changed from what?

How familiar are you with something
called The Book of Genesis?

Or any of the older
creation myths?

Not much of a reader.

Most have a common thread.

There was a great flood

that cleansed the earth of all the
sinners and ingrates and hedonists.

Generally everything
worth anything.

The Noah story.
I've heard of it.

Exactly.

Just like with Noah.

Except, Noah,
the real story,

he wasn't saving animals.

What's this got to
do with Michael?

You humans.

You can't wrap your minds
around things,

so you make up metaphors,
like giant floods.

Then those metaphors stick,
and you take them literally.

But trust me.

It wasn't an ark
Noah built.

It was a bunker.

To protect people.

Protect people from what?

The real question is,

from whom?

WILLIAM: Ouroboros.

Gesundheit.

Ancient cultures worshipped
the symbol Ouroboros.

It's an image of a snake
eating its own tail.

Devouring itself. Compelled
by a hunger it can't control.

You see,
insights like that

tempt me to say the money used on
your education was well spent.

But feed me
to my own lion?

Really?

Use your imagination.

WILLIAM:
You're the snake, Father.

And the only way for you to survive
now is to end your hunger.

(LION GROANING)

Check the box.

You need to remove that which
you cannot help but pursue

and devour.

David Whele.

(COCKS GUN)

You might want to check the cylinder
before you pull that trigger.

A single bullet.

Quite the dilemma.

(GATES CLANGING OPEN)

Come on, this is ludicrous!

(ROARS)

Illumination will lead
you to elevation, Father.

You're a man
who lost everything.

Who had to prove to the world
that he wasn’t just a survivor.

That he could cage
the king of the jungle.

But then he became
your sigil, your brand.

Samson is David Whele's ultimate
act of self-deification.

You've spent your entire
life chasing this idea.

Consuming
and devouring yourself,

like Ouroboros.

Come on, William,
get me out of here!

It's time to
let go, Father.

Only then will your soul
be open to salvation.

I don't need saving!

We all need saving.

You can break my ribs, starve
me, feed me to the lions,

but I will not bow down
before any man.

Not to any angel!

I'd rather be torn apart
and eaten alive.

(ROARS)

(LION GROWLS)

(LION ROARS)

Your mother
would be ashamed.

Yes.

She would.

(GUNSHOT)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(WHIMPERING)

Hey!

Where you been?

Finch is on my ass
about you.

I'm running out
of cover stories.

(EXHALES)

Running errands for Michael.

I'm on shift in 30.
Okay.

Wait.

The Bible?

(SCOFFS)

Was I really that bad
that I drove you to religion?

No.

(SLAMS LOCKER)

Hey.

You know you can
always trust me.

Yeah.

You know, it's...

It's just something someone said.
This guy, earlier.

What?

Have you ever thought,

how well do we really
know Michael?

I mean, really.

What do you mean?

This tattoo,

it reads, "Beware those
closest to you."

And with everything this guy said, I...
SERGEANT: Noma.

SERGEANT: We have to go.

Umm...

Go. Go.
Can we...

Can we talk about this later?
Yeah.

Sorry, Alex.

So, uh...

You and Names.

Like a "back to how it
used to be" serious thing?

Or a "much needed romp after
Claire" kind of thing?

I don't know what
you're talking about.

I'm talking about those noises coming
from the supply closet last...

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Lannon.

It's Louis.

How'd you get
this channel?

Please. I need you to meet
me at the Stratosphere.

It's an emergency.

And please come alone.

Everything all right?

ALEX: Louis?

Louis?

What's the emergency?

I needed to see Michael,
but he isn't here.

Well, he'll be
back soon, but...

You shouldn't be here.

Oh, don't you get it?

This is the safest place
for me to be.

Why?

Because I know who
the killer is.

Louis?

Louis, you shouldn't
be up here.

Noma?

What are you doing here?

Alex?

LOUIS: I called her.

Don't you see?

She's here to teach
you a lesson.

Teach me a lesson
about what?

Why none of you should
trust Michael.

Louis. Louis, don't.

I suppose the proof
is always in the pudding,

isn't it?

ALEX: Noma! No!
(NOMA SCREAMING)

(GUNSHOT)

Noma!

(CHUCKLING)

You told me you'd
never lie to me.

I didn't lie to you.

Right, you just neglected to tell
me that one of my closest friends,

one of the last people I really
cared about in this damned place,

the one person
I really trusted,

the one person

is a higher angel.

You can still trust her.

Did your spy know
who I was before I did?

She wasn't a spy. I simply
needed you protected.

Protected from who?

Yourself!

(CHUCKLING)

You wouldn't need looking after if
you weren't such a reckless mess.

I may be a reckless mess,
but at least I know who I am.

Who the hell are you?

I'm the one that's been
watching over you

your entire life.

Waiting for you to step up to the
promise that's been... (CHUCKLING)

...woven into every ounce
of your being by divine will.

And here we are,
on the precipice,

on the brink of everything
we've been working for,

struggling for!

And you question my motives.

(CHUCKLING)

You shut up!

(STOPS CHUCKLING)

It's hard not to.

This isn't about
humans versus angels.

This is about what's right
and what's wrong.

This is about guilt,
isn't it?

Bravo.

(GASPS)

You murdered them?

I did.

They were neutral.

Neutrality is a myth propagated
by those of thin conviction,

and even weaker
constitution.

Gabriel.

Hello, brother.

He can possess
higher angels now?

I've been practicing.

You'd be surprised
at what you're capable of

if you set your mind to it.

You've sunk
to a new low, brother.

It's the only way I could
tell the Chosen One

the truth about you.

(GRUNTS)

Your path should not be led by
a misguided archangel, Alex.

It should be led by me.

I'd kill you right now if you weren't
using an innocent body as a shield.

Innocence is in the eye
of the beholder.

This body was happy
to sell produce,

while a war was waged
in his behalf.

You slaughtered them because
they were pacifists?

They were sacrificed
for a greater cause!

To finally shake this city's
blind faith in you!

Yeah, he's a deceitful
bastard, Alex,

who's been hiding you
from me.

ALEX: Sanctify this vessel.

Sanctify this vessel.

An eviction?

What year is it again?

Sanctify this vessel.

(CHUCKLES)
Oh, this is adorable!

It truly is.

Sanctify this vessel.

Sanctify
this vessel.

(GROANS)

Sanctify this vessel.

I love your ambition!

Sanctify this vessel.
(STRAINING)

You do know who I am?
I believe he does.

Sanctify this vessel.

I... (GASPING)

(WHISPERING) Sanctify.

(CHOKING)

Sanctify.

(GROANS)

(GASPS)

(GRUNTS)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

URIEL: Back so soon?

GABRIEL: It seems

Michael has taught the boy
how to perform an eviction.

So he truly is the
Chosen One, isn't he?

Yes.

And the dead?

Was killing three
of our own worth it?

It certainly
wound up Michael.

Won't be long until we have
another flood on our hands.

(CHUCKLING)

Ah!

(EERIE MUSIC)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

They knew the guns were trained
on them, yet they fled.

Shot down before they
could clear the walls.

Something tells me Gabriel
didn't deliver your message.

Are these all of 'em?

With the exception
of Noma, yes.

Michael.

Your brother told me
things about you.

Things about your past.

About the flood.

Is it true?

Michael, is it true?

Don't listen to my brother.

Hey, I'm still
talking to you!

We're not done here!
You hear me?

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Let the boy go!

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Father's great flood,
sent to cleanse the earth.

Let every nation
tremble before His might.

They've begun to worship
our kind over Father.

He will never
let that abide.

So you kill them?

Every man, woman, and child?

It's what he
asked me to do.

Father always taught us never
to leave our chores unfinished.

Stop.

Of all the pleasures this
world makes available to us,

he chooses murder.

I'm just ensuring the
natural order of things.

And what's more
natural than death?
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