Dominion (2014–2015): Season 2, Episode 4 - A Bitter Truth - full transcript

(male narrator)
Previously on "Dominion"...

You can bring back
a souvenir;

The head of Claire Riesen.

The only thing that
spared your life

is your service
to this city.

You think you're gonna
get away with this?

You won't get away with this.

Gates, I need you to
find someone for me.

Zoe Holloway.

She's a V-1, wants to
overthrow my government.

Give me an hour,
I'll see what I can do.



A few days ago an angel stole
a key from me,

and I'd like you
to bring it to me.

That is general Edward Riesen
of Vega,

part of the pact between our two
cities, which you now owe me.

I banish your spirit
to the outer sphere.

Aah!

Oh!

Aah!

[whimpers]

No, no.
No!

No!

Aah!

Aah!

(Julian)
Ooh, that's pretty.



Come to daddy.

[gun clicks]

- How many?
- A cache of 20.

100 credits, find more.

See, this is the key, Alex.

This is the key
to winning this war.

A few guns
won't stop Gabriel.

No, no, no.

Angels and humans
working together will.

I mean, look at
the big picture, Alex.

Huh?
After Gabriel, then what?

I mean, there are millions
of angels on earth.

You're never gonna
kill them all.

You mean eight-balls living in
human bodies they stole.

There'll be no future
for anyone

if we don't stop Gabriel.

And he will come for me.

You promised me
an alliance,

an army.

But all I see
as I look around

is a scared city
preparing for a siege.

Well, Alex, you know,
I'm gonna protect my city first.

What about Vega?

You sent my message.
Did you hear anything back?

Oh, it's gonna take
at least a week

for our trucks
to cross the wasteland.

When we walked
into this city,

there were five trucks
out front.

There are still five there.

Mm, well, that's not
our only convoy, Alex.

I did what you asked.

I got your key.

When are you gonna honor
your side of the bargain

and give me the alliance?

Hell, the army
that you promised?

Now, we will help each other

because that's our way
here in New Delphi.

Okay?

Excuse me.

He's stalling.
He's hiding something.

We need to know why.

Help me!
Please!

[groans]

[voice distorted]
Dirty Davey, you got an eight-ball.

We should've hanged you.
We should've hanged you!

Look, you got an eight-ball

I should have hanged you.
Should have hanged you.

- Aah!
- We should have hanged you.

[panting]

[gasps]

Aah!

[indistinct yelling]

Oh!

Nice and cozy down here,
isn't it?

Of course you're here.

Where else would I be?

I mean, after all, Claire
and Arika took our tower,

froze your assets,
hijacked your allies,

ruined our family name.

Oh, you did enough to that.

Admit it, dad,
they got you good.

No. You don't have the blood
of a survivor, but I do.

If the angels weren't
the death of me,

then Claire Riesen
certainly won't be.

Aah!

[indistinct sports casting]

[buzzer]

Claire, I wasn't expecting
company today.

Or ever, really.

I've been standing out there
for five minutes.

You could see me.

Yeah, hoping you'd go away.

2004 ALCS.

Red Sox, Yankees.

Down three games to zip.

At this point,
we had a 4.9% chance

to come back and win it all,
which is impossible.

Until a homer
turned it all around,

thanks to this guy,

"big papi."

She got this for me.
I was there.

My ma took me and we were
up in the nosebleeds

above pesky's pole,
and at the end of the game,

she elbowed her way down to
the field to get this signed.

I mean, there was
no stopping that woman.

It's one of the last things
ma gave me.

What does it matter
now anyway?

They're all dead.

You know, I watch this game
when I can't fix a problem,

and Zoe is a problem
that I can't solve.

I don't know
what is in that crate.

I've checked the armories.
Nothing's missing.

Okay, I need
a list from you.

All the condemned
structures in this city,

I want soldiers
to search them.

Rebels have got
to be somewhere.

Okay, well, sure.
I'll get right on it.

Things were bad enough
with the angels,

and now we have an enemy
in our own walls.

I'll deal with the rebels.
If you want to help, great.

And if you don't, well,
enjoy the rest of the game.

Did you bring someone
with you?

No! I followed the protocol
you established with my dad.

I just snuck right out.
That is what you wanted.

Nobody knows I'm here.

Okay, then who is that?

Shit.
It must be one of Zoe's people.

He's followed me here.

Oh, that's really cute.
Hold up. I got this.

[country music]

♪ ♪

Enjoying yourself,
Janeck, hmm?

A little music,
little bourbon.

Whiskey.

I was waiting at the Gates
of New Delphi

for an army
that never arrived,

an army my herald
was ordered to call.

Tell me, Janeck,

why was that?

'Cause I never summoned them.

You failed with a human.

You couldn't unlock
his markings.

The aerie was bombed,
good soldiers died.

And for what?

Father hasn't come back,
maybe he never will.

Ragh!

He will, and I'll be the one
to bring him home.

But if you doubt me, Janeck,

you won't get to see it.

Like Uriel?

We found her body, Gabriel.

She was killed
in the bombing.

[dark music]

♪ ♪

[gasping]

Bourbon is whiskey.

I am still alive.

I'll gather the army.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

(William) Dad, you don't want to sleep
through your own death.

Trust me, that last burst
of adrenaline is killer.

[laughs]

[moans]

(William)
Aren't you excited?

[gasps]

Excited about what?

To die.

You finally get to be
face-to-face with your maker.

Oh, wait, that's right,

you lost your faith.

[laughs]

It's ironic that when
angels descend from heaven

with concrete proof
of god's existence,

you lose your faith.

I won't believe in a god whose
angels slaughtered my family.

(William)
You helped in that slaughter.

I must say, I can't wait
to see how it all ends.

I don't think
I'll have to wait long.

These people won't kill me.

[laughs]

That's all you have left
to offer, dad.

Just your life.

Come on, get up.

[groaning]

Let's shoot him in the head

and throw his body
in the streets.

No. No, I'm not gonna waste
this opportunity.

Zoe, right?

You're Zoe.
I know all about you.

We can make a deal,
come on.

We could... we could
come to an agreement.

(Jasper)
We don't have time for this.

We need to keep moving.
They found our safe house, Zoe.

We need a new place to hide.

This will just take
a few minutes.

The death of David Whele
needs to be recorded.

With that and this,

the V-1s will be lining up
to join us.

Please, I can help you.

[groans]

Don't think they're really
in the mood to talk.

(Pete) Dude's gotta have
more than five trucks

in all of New Delphi, Alex.

Maybe, but I know
he's lying.

He never sent that message
to Vega.

But Julian gave you that
New Delphi alliance thing.

No, he gave us a promise.

Well, a promise isn't
much help to my daughter,

or your baby she's carrying.

What?
You knocked up his daughter?

Pete, sit down.

Listen, listen, this is
our chance to end all of this,

but we can't do it on our own.

Julian promised us an army.
So where is it?

Maybe he lied,
he doesn't have one.

(Riesen)
No.

Oh, he may be lying
about the message to Vega,

but he's telling the truth
about the power of New Delphi.

Somehow this city has defied
Gabriel for 25 years.

Something Vega couldn't do
and we had Michael on our side.

He has something formidable
enough to keep them safe.

Then I'm gonna find it.

General, I need you to buy me
some time with Julian.

Noma, you're coming with me.

You're not gonna leave me here,
are you?

You don't leave this room.

We're lucky we made it
this far.

But if anyone figures out
you were possessed,

they're gonna ask how.

No one here can know
what I can do.

You got it?

Yeah.

It doesn't seem like
Zoe's style

to send someone
to do her dirty work.

Here comes the cavalry.

[dramatic music]

(Gates)
Holy shit.

He's an angel.

♪ ♪

Gabriel must still be alive.

He is the only one
who would send an angel.

By why?
Why here?

To kill me.

[telephone rings]

(woman)
Vega security, go ahead.

This is an emergency.

We need you to send more...

♪ ♪

Hello, brother.

Why are you here?

(Michael)
Noma called to me.

Where's Alex?

Your friends in Vega
bombed my aerie.

Noma escaped,
but Alex died there.

Uriel was there, too.

Our little sister,

she's dead.

Uriel.

Don't.

You're lying about Uriel.

I'm not.

And you're lying
about Alex.

He's alive!

Lying?

You think a human could
survive something

that killed one of our own?

[laughs]

Are you really going
to do this?

[grunting]

[groans]

Feeling better?

He can't cut this power.

The generator's lines
run inside.

[engine whirring]

Is that safe?

No, but in a world
filled with abominations,

death by immolation
seems almost a comfort.

He didn't cut the feed.

He wants us to watch.

(Claire) Is there any other way
to reach outside?

(Gates)
No.

So tell me, Gates,

is this place gonna hold
against an angel?

That's nine inches of reinforced
concrete and steel.

Even a higher angel
can't get through that.

[loud banging]

You sure about that?

(Zoe)
You mutilated V-1s,

amputated their hands for
stealing food,

you're a deviant who kept
an eight-ball as a sex toy.

You killed our children.

They know you well, dad.

Murdered one with
your bare hands.

What was that
little girl's name?

[William laughs]

- [groans]
- Bixby.

(Zoe) All right, Jasper, I know it
feels good, but we got enough.

Thank god.

Seems a little late
for that.

(Zoe) They'll sweep this area soon.
We gotta go.

Shoot him.

No.
Please... please, god, no.

Better, but dig deeper, dad.

Can you find a spark
of that faith

that once burned in your heart?

Wait!
I can help you!

How... how long do you think
you're gonna last

in a walled city?

[laughs softly]
longer than you.

No, I can show you
a place to hide.

You can't stage a revolution

running from tunnel
to warehouse.

It's only a matter of time.

Hold up, Jasper.

[beep]

You have ten seconds, Whele.

I used to be a preacher

in a public access station
in old Las Vegas.

It's safe,

and there's a generator.

Zoe, he's just spinning.

Of course he is.

But we can kill him now
or in 30 minutes.

Either way,
he's still dead.

Take us there.

Under the sheetrock, this place
is lined floor to ceiling

with steel that was scavenged
from old casino vaults.

He's searching for a seam,
looking for a flaw.

Are there any?

Of course there are.
Everything has a weakness.

Well, that's not helpful,
is it?

Well, it's reality.

And this is reality
come to life.

You know, you were born
inside these walls.

You don't know war.

[engine whirring]

That's the basement.

He's headed down there.

It's too dark for the cameras
and him.

The dark's not gonna
slow him down anyway.

Angel eyes are more sensitive
than ours.

They are?

Oh, so there's something the
genius doesn't know after all.

I bet I have something
to fix those cameras.

[rumbling]

What is that?

He's trying to break through.

Gates!

Claire!

Okay, listen, Gates,
when I move this,

pull your leg out,
okay, fast?

Okay.

Go! Go!

[groans]

Get up.

Whoa, Gates!

Shit.

- Julian.
- Hey, general.

Or is it Edward now?

'Cause when you left your post,
you left your rank.

I did.

All these years as leaders
of the cradle,

and we've never had
the pleasure of meeting.

Well, now you understand why.

We don't share philosophies
on the possessed.

How well do you know
Gabriel?

Ooh, better than you,
I'd wager.

I managed to keep him out
of Vega for 25 years,

as have you.

But now, thanks to Alex,
he's coming here.

We have to prepare
for battle.

I have defenses in place.

You don't win wars with defense.

No.
You do it with a trap.

What trap?

Let us help you.

Gabriel's been at the top
of the food chain

for thousands of years.

Well, hundreds of thousands.

Which is precisely his flaw.

He sees us as mites
to be swatted.

If we were to
kill an angel,

we had better
think like one.

[laughs]

Get general Riesen a drink.

- Some of the good stuff.
- Yes, sir.

Come on, let's talk.

I saw Julian come down here
yesterday.

We want to keep anything
important as close as possible.

Like that?

Exactly.

Move.

Nice.

Here.

Need a little leverage.

Wait, Alex.
Something feels wrong here.

We need to find what
Julian is hiding.

(Alex)
Very nice.

(Noma)
Shit.

Alex.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

This isn't a city
of merchants.

It's a city of monsters.

And Uriel?

She was at the aerie
when the bomb hit.

You were with her when
the bomb hit and you're alive.

- Maybe she...
- No, no, no.

I was closer to the surface.
I heard the plane in time.

I got out.

She didn't.

Michael, we found her body.

We're losing our family.

[metal scraping]

[groaning]
am I still alive?

Yes, just.

- Oh.
- Welcome back.

[metal scraping]

Okay.

Come on.

Oh!

You need to see this.

Here.
Use this.

[metal scraping]

Oh!

[groans]

He's cutting
through the door.

Where's Pete, huh?

I don't know.
He wasn't here when I got back.

What the hell did you see?

Yeah, what did you see, Alex?

Your army.

That's what that was,
wasn't it?

All eight-balls, sleeping.

Well, no, it's called stasis,
actually.

They're preserving energy.
I hope you didn't disturb them.

Why did you take Pete?

Well, Pete was here,
you weren't.

You were prying.
You broke my trust.

Noma!
Noma, don't.

Come on, let's go see Pete.

[suspenseful music]

No, not the general.
We need his mind.

Take a load off.

[David groaning]

Not bad, preacher man.

Not bad.

You've fallen so far, V-1s
don't think you're a threat.

[laughs]

Broken-down old man.

I see your plan.

But is it part
of god's plan?

God isn't here.

[gasps]
neither is your gun.

What we have here is
an amped-up version

of a prank we used at MIT,

electrifying
our dorm doorknobs.

Way amped up.

This would kill a human
twice over

who touches that steal door.

You'll be okay, but just do not
step off that rubber mat.

[electricity crackles]

It's connected.

Good.

[groans]

- Okay?
- Yeah.

Claire, we did it.

No.
We just pissed him off.

Thanks for the tip
on this place.

Love the decor, but it's
a little cramped, so...

Wait.

Did you really think
we weren't gonna kill you?

(William)
Actually, no.

He thought he was gonna find
a 35-year-old gun

and shoot you both
in the face.

Shut up!

Who the hell
are you talking to?

Wait, wait.
I can still help you.

You are, David.
Your life was a waste,

but your death will give
our people hope,

strength.

Strength?
Starving people can't fight.

But I can get you food.

I have the access codes to
the storage warehouses.

You can slip in and out
unnoticed.

And if they change my codes,

I know all the other V-6s.

You can feed your people,
Zoe.

Send someone to check it out.

You just bought yourself
another 30 minutes.

The anticipation
is killing me.

(Julian)
See, here's your Petey.

Safe and sound.

Early in our occupation
of this facility,

we were attacked by Rhais,
a higher angel,

one of Gabriel's lieutenants.

And she would have
wiped us out

but for a nest of what
you call eight-balls

hiding in these tunnels.

They saved us.

And together we founded
New Delphi.

And what I learned from
these angels

was something that no one knew.

That 25 years ago every lower
angel that was powerful enough

to possess and inhabit
a human, did.

But that still left millions
of lower angels

lost in the darkness.

And that's where they were
damned to remain,

unless someone helped them
find a human home.

Rhais was special.

Catching her was invaluable

because she knew exactly
how to use this,

the very thing that has made
New Delphi great

and something that could still
make Vega great as well.

Thanks to you, Alex.

Not a sword, or a gun,

but an amphora made of
empyrean steel

was the first weapon
of New Delphi.

Ah, ah, ah, ah.

Now, we had a weak
and untrained people,

but we needed an army.

And rhais taught us
how to create that army

by pulling lower angels down
from the ether.

♪ ♪

[Pete snarling]

Welcome, Menathas.

Skin.

Who's next?

I'm not leaving you here to die
while I run to safety.

Vega needs both of us,
so both of us

are gonna figure out a way
to survive this.

- Claire.
- No, not negotiable.

You listen to me.

You need to start using that
incredible brain of yours.

Sorry, I don't know why
I did that.

Maybe the possibility
of dying or something.

[laughs]

I was holed up like this the day
that your dad found me

in the library at MIT.

I was hiding among
a stack of books,

living off coke
and Baby Ruths.

And I was light years
from being qualified

for the job that
he wanted me to do,

but there was no one else.

And you did it.

Because of you,
Vega has food and energy.

All because of me.

Yeah, that simple thought
keeps me up at night.

[metal scraping]

[thudding]

He's found the air intake.

He's probably gonna set fire
to the building

with us trapped inside,
smoke us out.

That's what I'd do.

[metal rattling]

Gates, you're a genius.

(Noma)
Get off me!

Aah! Get off me!

[screams]

Get off! Get off!

Aah! Aah!

[grunting]

[gunfire]

What about Pete?

It's too late, but if we
can get to the main gate...

No, this city's
the best chance we have

of taking Gabriel out.
We need Julian's help.

How are we gonna
make him do that?

I don't know, but I know
a place that's safe

until we figure it out.

And I'm not sure how
all this ends anymore.

Not with the extinction
of the human race.

Father's house was infested.

When it's clean,
he'll come back.

You're a fool, Gabriel.

We are his children,
but so are they.

Father made that very clear.

The chosen one is human.

No.

Father gave the markings
to you.

You went against his will

and gave them to jeep.

Then they went to Alex.

You chose Alex.

You made him the chosen one.

The markings were
meant for Alex.

That was father's will.

You keep saying that,
Michael,

but father chose us
to leave his final message.

Please, help me
bring him home.

Where is Alex?

I'll tell you,

but you're not going to like
the answer.

(Zoe)
Go ahead.

(man)
We're at the warehouse.

We're in.
The code's good.

Grab and dash, don't get greedy.

We can come back.

Drop the walkie.

And... and the gun.

You know, the tv show I did
from this studio

was not very good,

but some powerful moments that
shaped my life happened here.

[dramatic music]

Every week I had an hour to
preach to an audience

of maybe 50, all lonely
and late-night insomniacs.

[voice distorted]
welcome to prayer.

Now, we know god
didn't give a damn

about my tv audience.

He didn't care about
who won the super bowl.

He didn't care about any of us.

At that time,
I believed he sent that boy

to teach me a lesson.

Chad, you don't
want to die.

He wanted me to think big.

So I listened,

and I posted that clip of...
Of chad on the internet

and my audience grew from 50
to millions overnight.

Minus one.

Chad hung himself when you
kicked him out of church.

He was weak.

A few months ago, I-I dropped
my son off in a desert

with a gun and six bullets.

I'm assuming he killed himself,
'cause like chad, he was weak.

(William)
Weak? I broke you.

I made you believe in something
again.

No, William,
you distracted me.

You made me blind to what Claire
was doing behind my back.

My love for you allowed it,

but now I know
what I have to do.

Wait.
Wait! No!

♪ ♪

I need to think big again.

How would I know?

You took me prisoner first.

You knew she was an angel.

Practically everyone here is
an angel, aren't they?

Noma was a soldier of mine.

I wouldn't tell you
if I knew.

What will they do?

Well, knowing Alex,

he'll make a run for it.

He'll leave New Delphi.

Double the men on the Gates.

Search everywhere!

Nomes.

I could hear that angel

whispering to me

while she tried
to slither inside

and take my body.

What she tried to do
was vile.

I've never felt
so contaminated.

They've taken Pete's body.

Twice.

Hey, we'll find him,

and I'll evict the angel
from him.

Or I can open this,

make them pay.
Make Julian pay.

Destroy him and his entire
city right now.

What the hell is it?

Death.

Don't you see, Zoe?

I'm that man with a gun.

I'm your opportunity
right here, right now.

I will help you.
I will show you the way,

but you need to listen.

Help me?
With more food codes?

Codes for everything.

I know all
this city's secrets.

How many rebels
do you have, a hundred?

With my help,
you will have thousands.

Thousands of people
to follow you,

believe in you.

God isn't here, Zoe,

so you need to lead them.

[dark music]

Choice is yours.

You want to go on
thinking small,

kill me now.

'Cause you two are dead.

And I will be, too.

And you, what do you get
out of this?

A new beginning

and a chance to help you
destroy Claire Riesen.

♪ ♪

It's one of
the archangel's weapons,

given to them by our father.

This is the fifth amphora,
darkness.

"And the fifth angel
poured its vial

"and his kingdom was
full of darkness,

and they gnawed their tongues
for pain."

And Julian uses it
to possess humans.

It doesn't work that way.

I think that the lower angels
are drawn to it

because it's the last remnants
of god's power.

They find it,

and Julian guides them
into a human body.

What would happen
if I opened it?

You can't.

Only an angel can unseal one of
the seven amphorae.

I still have no idea how Julian
uses one of these.

So what would happen

if we just unleashed
this whole thing right now?

It'll destroy the city

and everything around it
within 100 miles.

(Claire) He's smoking us out.
What now, Gates?

[coughs]
put it in the tube.

Shit.

Okay, we don't have
a lot of time.

[coughs]

When he gets through
that door

and he's all blinded
and confused,

you get out first, okay?

I'm gonna be right behind you
right after I press that button.

- Okay?
- All right.

Shit.

Okay, ready?

[door sliding open]

Where is he?

[glass shatters]

(Claire)
He's there!

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

Game time.
Close the door.

[groans]

Gates, are you okay?

Oh, yeah, golden.

We did it.

Nothing could survive that.

Okay, we need to get you
medical attention,

and I need to alert
my soldiers.

Hold on a second.

I just need a moment
to process that

my life's possessions have
just been consumed by flames.

Not all of them.

[sirens blaring]

I don't know what to say.

I bet that's rare.

New Delphi is a dangerous place
for you to go alone, Michael.

You're strong, but...

Will you go with me?

As my brother?

We want him for
very different reasons.

But we both want him safely
out of New Delphi.

Then it's our methods
unlocking those tattoos

that'll differ.

If you harm him, Gabriel,
I will kill you.

Will that also be
as my brother?

My aerie wasn't my only
stronghold, Michael.

I have angels all over
the world to help me.

And a year to gather them.

[laughs]

Fine, Michael.

If it'll bring father back,
I'll do anything,

even help you and Alex.

Fighting on the same side?

Oh, be careful.

You might like it.

Your intel was wrong,
general.

I don't think
they've left New Delphi.

Have you misled me?

'Cause everyone lies.

But I did hope that
you and me...

Julian.

Oh, now, come on, Alex.

If you know what that is,
then you know

that you can't use that.

No.

But she can.

Alex, what is that?

It's like a nuclear bomb.

(Julian)
Oh, it's worse.

How do you have
one of the amphorae?

Where did rhais get it?

Where did rhais get it?

[dramatic music]

You move again,
and I'll open it!

♪ ♪

(Alex)
You're an eight-ball.

No.
He's a Dyad.

Half human,
half higher angel

fused together,
living in a single body.

I never thought
they existed.

Well, they do.
Just be careful with that, Noma.

Why do you have it?

You saw it with your own eyes.

It allows me to bring down
my brothers and sisters

from the ether.

Fitting that it's
the plague of darkness

that helps the lower angels
who've suffered in darkness

in a penal system
created by the archangels.

But if necessary,

I can use it to kill Gabriel

and Michael

and their whole family.

Good, then we agree.

You promised me a way
to kill Gabriel.

Well, now it's time
to fulfill that promise.

Or Noma will unleash
the amphora,

not only on Gabriel,

but this entire city.

He dies, or we all die.

The choice is yours.