Dominion (2014–2015): Season 2, Episode 1 - Heirs of Salvation - full transcript

(female narrator)
25 years ago, God disappeared.

The archangel Gabriel
decided he must

destroy mankind
to bring God back.

But the archangel Michael
stood against his brother

and fought on the side
of humanity.

The war continues.

Some higher angels
supported Michael,

but the entire lower rank
of angels joined Gabriel.

And they couldn't visit Earth
without a body,

so they stole ours.

Because of their black eyes
we call them eight-balls.



Then came whispers
of a chosen child.

- I'm no savior.
- You are.

It's up to you
to decipher the tattoos.

They will lay out the path
through which mankind

can be redeemed and Gabriel
and his legions pushed back.

(Claire)
The survivors built strongholds,

each with
their own new social order.

We created the V-system so that
everyone had a job to do.

But they have no way out.

Vega has the capability to make
a catastrophic bomb.

And Helena has the B-52
to drop it on Gabriel's compound.

Come with me, Alex.

Together, we'll bring
Father back.

(Claire)
I am now the Lady of the City.



Alex, the Chosen One,
has disappeared.

And our archangel protector,
Michael, turned against mankind

and abandoned Vega.

[panting]
All right. All right.

It's all right.

We'll be all right.

It'll be okay.

- [children crying]
- Shh.

Mommy, I'm scared.

[person speaking
native language]

So am I.

[grunting]

[sobbing]

Are we all gonna die?

[growls]

_

[clicking]

Again.

They haven't moved
since I left Vega.

No words, no symbols.

Nothing.

They stopped communicating.

My father had a name
for me,

one you couldn't comprehend.

I think the closest example
would be the Latin equus.

It meant his calm one.

And of my brothers and sisters,
it was true.

I was the reasonable one,
the patient one.

Michael, we all know
about him, don't we?

Tempest in a bottle.

Uriel, well, truthfully,

she's crazy.

[chuckles]

But these last few months
with you, Alex,

have tested that patience

because I know you're lying.

And how many times
do I have to tell you?

These markings are mine.

A message
from my father.

With those,
I'll bring him back.

As long as you
honor our deal, I'm here.

Maybe the deal
was premature.

Maybe sparing Claire,
Vega,

your unborn baby
was too much to offer.

If you ever
threaten them again,

you can find someone else to
help you with your daddy issues.

Finally, some life
in the boy yet.

[dramatic music]

# #

Alex, don't tell him.

Find Uriel.
She should see this.

[chuckles]

Maybe it means your dad
is happy right where he is.

I can't read them.

But if you so much
as look at Vega,

you'll never get a thing
from me.

Well, that's a shame.

Pin her wings.

No!

Let go of me!

Hey, come on!

[screaming]

Noma!

[screaming]

I'm done waiting, Alex.

[Noma whimpering]

[rumbling]

# #

[indistinct chatter]

[applause]

(Arika)
You did it, Claire.

[dramatic music]

You bombed Gabriel's aerie.

Yes.
Morning, David.

- It was my call.
- And?

We're waiting
on a visual confirmation

from Arika's plane, but we
believe it was a direct hit.

As Consul,
I should have been notified.

With Michael gone, we're a city
without an archangel.

That leaves us vulnerable
to attack.

So when the intel said
that Gabriel was in the aerie,

I took the shot.
It's that simple.

It's never that simple.

Something your father
understood.

Let me explain.

If, for any reason,

Gabriel was not killed,

you just hit
the hornet's nest, honey.

We'll all pay for it.

Let me explain
something to you.

My father isn't here.
I am.

So back to running
commerce, David.

It's what you're good at
when you're not interfering

with my plans for the city.

Oh, like your plans
to give away

three floors of the Wynn
to the V-1s? Genius.

We need to take care
of all the people

within this city.

Not just the upper Vs
like you and your cronies.

Your father hated me too,

but he knew
I was a necessary evil.

He had the military.
I run the city.

Two halves of a whole.

You need me too, Claire.

You just don't know it yet.

Yeah?
Enlighten me.

Well, if you'd enlightened me
about the bombing,

I would have told you
I had men watching the aerie.

I would have told you
that Alex Lannon

was in there with Gabriel.

When you bombed Gabriel,
you killed Alex.

Sorry to be the one
to tell you, Claire.

I know.

You said it yourself,
David.

I have the military.

All intel comes to me.

I'm the daughter
of General Riesen.

The army is still loyal
to me.

Not you.

(Alex) I do this to give you
what I never had.

A normal life.

A family.

Happiness.

Things in short supply.

I love you
more than you'll ever know.

[sighs]

[grunting]

Nomes, you're going to be
all right.

Just lie still.

[gasps]

[screams]

[grunting]

Alex, no! No!

- No!
- We gotta go!

[dramatic music]

# #

That bomb changes everything.

We should head
straight for Vega.

No, I'm not leading Gabriel
back to Claire.

New Delphi's
half the distance.

We'll go there.

New Delphi?

Michael told me
to stay away.

That's why we're going.

If Michael's nervous
about New Delphi,

there's a reason.

- They have an army.
- [scoffs] Uh-huh.

One I can help join
Vega against Gabriel.

Oh, you're just gonna march
in there and demand an army?

Who's going to listen
to you?

Oh, I'll make them listen.

There she is.

This is a bad plan.
Michael...

I don't give a damn
about Michael.

Alex, he watched over you
your whole life.

Why are you
acting like this?

I'll use my wings to call him.
We need him.

Don't.
Hey, don't.

Look, I don't know why
these markings were given to me

or what they mean.

But I can't wait for them
to reveal a master plan

because, by then, everyone
I care about will be dead.

But Gabriel made me realize I
have something everybody wants.

Maybe the people in New Delphi
want it too.

You can't find the keys,
can you?

Yeah, I can find them.

I hide them.

But I can use that.

I can use the fact
that I'm the Chosen One

to get an army.

Claire and Vega
need my help,

and I'm going to get it
for them.

Listen, Michael warned you
about New Delphi.

I don't know
what that means,

so I can't ask you
to do this with me.

Not a chance in hell
I'm not going with you,

so don't even start.

Mm.

[engine sputters]

I bet it won't start.

[engine starts]

Give me some.

(Becca)
Michael.

Michael.

(Alex)
Michael, what have you done?

[choral music]

# #

[people speaking
native language]

_

[people speaking
native language]

_

_

(Alex)
It's the damn radiator.

I can rig it.

We just need to find
some tape in that school.

[dramatic music]

# #

[bell rings]

# #

[all scream]

[all scream]

_

Let's get what we came here for
and get out of here.

(girl)
Come get it, get it!

[laughs]

Got it, got it.
[chuckles]

Come on!

No!

Stranger!

Mommy, it's a stranger!

[bell ringing]

[indistinct chatter]

(man)
Hey, come on.

Grab your weapon.

Go on.

It's okay.

(man)
Stay back.

What is this place?

We'll talk.

Your weapons.

I had no idea
Claire was pregnant.

How could you?

I don't know.

Must have been hard
to leave them.

This will do.

[creaking]

Let's get out of here.

(woman) Vega Control,
this is Helena One.

We have a visual.

It's confirmed.

Target has been destroyed.

Well...

I'm impressed, Claire.

What can I say?

(woman)
Hold.

Movement on the ground.

Did you see that?

What?

Vega Control,
we are under attack!

[screams]

- [creaking]
- [indistinct voices]

Get out!

[gunfire]

Go fix the truck.

- I'm not leaving you.
- Alex, no. I got this.

[gunfire]

[dramatic music]

# #

(Noma)
Alex!

[gunshot]

Come on, come on.

[engine starts]

[gunshot]

[overlapping shouting]

Get in.

You okay?

Yeah, yeah, let's go.

[overlapping shouting]

_

Why else do you dig a hole
in a mountain and hide?

Because it makes you
hard to kill.

Of course angels got out.

Yes, but did Gabriel?

Oh, you mean
the archangel Gabriel?

My money's on yes.

You don't know that, David.

Shut it!

We are here
because of your psychosis.

And you will be
held responsible.

I accept that.

You silly little girl.

You have absolutely no idea
what you've done, do you?

If we ever survive
whatever hell you've unleashed,

I will make damn sure
we never suffer

any more of your mistakes.

Put the wall on alert
and make sure

we're watching the desert
for any signs of attack.

Yes, Lady Riesen.

[chickens clucking]

What's your name?

Michael.

Where are you from?

Up north.

Well, Michael,

you're making
the men with guns nervous.

Please, sit.

How does this town exist?

What do you mean?

There are no defenses,

untrained sentries
exposed at either end of town,

a meager security force.

Even with your weapons,
the fact that you've survived

out here alone all these years
is impossible.

Hey.

We're asking the questions.

Our Father protects us.

As long as the fire burns,
He keeps us safe.

The rest of the world
may believe He's gone,

but in Mallory, Alabama,
God's very much alive.

[horse neighs]

Everyone take it easy.

I haven't seen a church
like that in a very long time.

[dramatic music]

# #

(Wes) We don't know
anything about him.

Remember your duty.
We don't have time for this.

But he's
from the outside world.

Something we know
so little about.

What if he's a sign
that we should know more?

He's an omen
and a bad one.

He's a man without weapons
in God's house.

What harm is there
in that?

[soft music]

# #

Ugh. We're gonna have to hike
the rest of the way.

[screams]

_

[grunting]

Alex, get out
of the way.

[speaking foreign language]

- Alex!
- [speaking foreign language]

Sanctify this vessel.

_

_

Sanctify this vessel.

[exhales]

What the hell
you just do?

I don't know.

It was an eviction,

but that felt different.

An eviction?

This marking...

felt like it made
the eviction stronger.

Okay, how... how...

how did you learn
to do evictions?

- Yeah. Okay.
- Sorry.

From the Book of Apocrypha.

I didn't think
it was possible.

Well, it isn't.

At least
it doesn't always work.

Best case, I can drive
the angel possession out,

but the human body
always dies.

He's dead, all right.

In a world of eight-balls,

you just became
the most dangerous man alive.

[gasps]

[indistinct chatter]

(Laurel) You don't hear
our Father's voice, do you?

No.

Mallory was founded by people
of many religious beliefs.

All spiritual refugees
who felt

their flawed faith
had driven our Father away.

So it was decided
we needed a new faith,

a new way to communicate
with Him.

And ours was created:

one of singing,

service, and sacrifice.

That's when
He first spoke to us.

These serve as reminders
of what was.

What do you know
about that statue?

That?

That's the Chosen One.

Story goes that
before he disappeared,

our Father planted
a single seed of hope,

a baby
in a world ravaged by war.

A world where angels would
attempt to exterminate man.

That baby was
the last pure heart.

He would grow into a man
and be tested.

If he could overcome
those tests,

he would become the healer
of angels and mankind.

And if he couldn't,

he would become
their destroyer.

As he is judged,

so shall all others.

I've never heard it told
quite like that before.

You've heard the story?

Oh, yeah.

Where did you learn
about it?

Our Father.

You say He left.

How is He still here?

One of the great mysteries.

[horse neighs]

How far are we willing to go
to survive?

I just killed Alex

to save a city
of strangers.

A city that protects
most of what's left

of the human race.

You made the right call.

None of us
will ever be safe

until all the angels
are dead.

Emotions can be dangerous,
Claire.

So can David Whele.

Don't underestimate him.

David's a snake, but he likes
his own comfort too much.

He's not going to do
anything to jeopardize that.

The Lady of the City

decides to give
a few floors

of the Wynn
to the V-1s.

Then what?

MGM?

Circus Circus?

Bally's?

Everything we have worked for
is going to go away

if that little bitch
and her harpy from Helena

have their way.

We'll all end up
hanging by our entrails

from the Stratosphere or
certainly under Gabriel's heel

because of
their incompetence.

She must be removed.

But first things first.

Are we all in agreement
that information

is our most important
resource?

Hmm?

[grunting]

Agreed?

Good.

Colonel Drewson
shared intelligence

about Gabriel's aerie
with Claire

before he shared it
with me.

There's word out there
that Gabriel's aerie was bombed.

Is that true?

Rumor, nothing more.

Now I would like you
to make sure that, uh,

those floors of the Wynn

are uninhabitable.

Consider it done.

Great.

Have a good evening.

(William)
Oh, Father.

One example takes the place
of a thousand truths.

Colonel Drewson
was loyal to you.

Not loyal enough.

Claire is stronger
than I thought,

and bombing Gabriel
will make her stronger still

if the archangel died
in the blast.

The time is now.

She must be discredited.

Once the military
have turned against her,

I will be
the clear successor.

Careful what you wish for,
Daddy.

It might bite you
in the ass.

[dramatic music]

# #

- What the hell?
- Hey.

People.

Yeah.

- Hey, get down!
- Hey, get down! Get down!

- Okay, okay.
- Turn around.

- [shouts]
- Okay, okay.

Oh, ow.

Let me see
your eyes.

He's alive.

Of course I'm alive.

That's never happened before.

He could still change back.

Change back? What are you
talking about, lady?

(Alex)
Hey, hey, listen. Listen.

25 years ago,
there was a war.

Angels possessed humans,

turned them into monsters
that we call eight-balls.

Up until a couple of hours ago,
you were one of them.

Eight-balls?

Kid, what's your name?

Uh, Pete.
Pete.

- Where are you from?
- Missouri.

Pete, what's the last thing
you remember?

I w...
I was having a burger

after a hell of a day at work
on the batteries.

My... my boss was being a dick.

What are you talking about?

After a burger,
you were possessed.

No, no, God, no.

I just... I woke up on the road,
and I saw you guys.

You don't recall him
evicting the angel from you?

I'm human, like you.

If we leave now,
we can make Delphi by sunset,

but we have to go now.

You can't leave me
out here alone.

If what you say is true,
this is your fault.

- My fault?
- Yeah.

An hour ago,
at least I was an eight-ball

or whatever you call it.

If you leave me out here
unarmed, no supplies,

I won't make it.

You said it yourself.
It's a game changer.

It's the first time
this has happened.

We have to learn more.

What, I'm an experiment now?

No.

You're lucky.

And you're important.
Come on.

[rustling]

How bad?

Bad.

Many of our brothers
and sisters were killed.

Our force is down 30%.

My sister?

Can't find Uriel's body.

The archangel was last seen
in the lower tunnels.

And Alex?

He escaped with Noma.

Go to Vega.
Assess it for weaknesses.

The time has come to burn
this city to the ground.

What about Alex?

Alex can't read the markings.

He's proven himself
worthless to me.

All I need is his skin.

[door opens and closes]

(Wes)
Where'd you get these?

They were a gift.

From who?

My brother.

Well, you ought to take
better care of them.

They got blood on them.

What'd you kill?

Everything.

[thunder]

There is something off
about you.

Your weird clothes.

Your manner.

Ah.

Your eyes.

Cold.

I don't like it,
and I don't like you.

And what the hell
are you doing

wandering around
out there

without any guns,
just...

just these swords?

You're either stupid,

or you're psychotic.

And either one
is not good for us.

There is a storm coming,

and I want you to leave

now.

You should be careful
with those.

[grunting]

[gasping]

[ominous music]

# #

[breathing heavily]

[bell ringing]

[indistinct shouting]

(man)
There's a big storm coming.

Get to the shelter.

[bell ringing]

(man)
Got to keep the fire going.

[indistinct shouting]

(man)
Come on, let's go!

[thunder]

Come on.
Come on, let's go.

(woman)
The fire is going out!

(woman) Let's get to the shelter.
Come on.

Get the kids
and get to the shelter.

[overlapping shouting]

[snarls]

_

- [overlapping shouting]
- [siren wailing]

There's a fire
at the Wynn.

Over a dozen people
have been hurt,

and two kids are critical.

The floors I gave to the V-1s
have been burned.

I don't think
that's a coincidence.

Of course
it's not a coincidence.

It never is.

My father worked
with David Whele for years,

and in just three months,
I am being suffocated by him.

How am I supposed
to change this city

when he undermines or destroys
everything I try and do?

Claire, I've spent enough time
with you to know

that I don't need to answer
that question for you.

No, you're right.
You don't.

How would you do it?

There might be a way,

but it's a risk.

It could ruin you both.

We'll need one
of the possessed.

(man) Come on, guys.
The rain's putting the fire out.

(man)
More wood!

_

[overlapping shouting]

[all speaking native language]

_

_

Come on.

[horse neighs]

[growling]

(man)
The possessed are coming!

_

[speaking native language]

The fire is out,
and the possessed are coming.

Either stand with us
or get out of the way.

[overlapping shouting]

[people crying]

Mommy, I'm scared.

It's okay.

God's gonna protect us.

[growls]

[screams]

[dramatic music]

# #

[screaming]

[screaming]

[soft music]

# #

Father.

Are you here?

[choral music]

# #

(Alex)
Keep your eyes open.

We're getting close
to New Delphi.

[dramatic music]

# #

(Noma)
That's a higher angel, Alex.

We're hard to kill.

[all speaking native language]

(Noma)
Run!

[speaking native language]

- [radio chatter]
- [siren wails]

I guess "uninhabitable"
means "burn them alive"

in Whele world.

Another bad decision.

Acceptable losses.

"Weak men wait
for opportunities.

Strong men make them."

You know who said that?

Weak men leave their son
in the desert,

lacking the guts
to pull the trigger themselves.

Please don't ruin
my evening, William.

(William)
Oh, I'm sorry, Father.

Did I upset you?

Let me try again.

Thank you, Father,

for leaving me
with six bullets

and two days worth of food
in the middle of nowhere.

Why don't you shut
your goddamn mouth

and toast with me?

You're right.

A toast.

To cowards

whom we all know
die many times

before their actual death.

You know,

it's unfortunate
that even now

you still fail to see
why I am uncompromising

in my pursuit of Vega.

Today was a good day,
William,

whether you like it
or not.

So cheers.

[speaking native language]

[grunting]

[speaking native language]