Dominion (2014–2015): Season 2, Episode 7 - Lay Thee Before Kings - full transcript

(male announcer)
Previously on Dominion...

- You're an eight-ball.
- No. He's a Dyad.

Half human,
half higher angel.

[screaming]

No!

My whole life
I've been invisible.

Just like all V-1s.

People of Vega,

[continues over PA]
this is war.

Now, this is our city.

What... aaah!



Now you'll never
point a gun at me again.

Come on.
We've got to keep moving.

We need a needle
and thread.

There's a town nearby.

Once we get to Vega,
you can rest.

Michael.

[chains rattle]

Michael.

[electricity buzzing]

Now's not the best time
for sleep.

I wasn't sleeping.

Brothers.

If you hoped to frighten us,
Julian,

you must know
it will take more



than a homemade toaster
to do it.

Oh, I want to do so much more
than frighten, archangel.

You know, being a Dyad
has advantages

that no angel can imagine.

I get to tap into
the very nature of the beast.

Human nature,

the thing that separates us
truly from them.

- And what is that?
- Hatred.

Oh, they have the capacity
to despise one another

in a way that we angels
just can't comprehend.

And they've honed that hatred
through centuries of practice.

Torture being one of its
crowning achievements.

Seems Julian was more human
than angel.

Even at Sodom.

[Julian chuckles]

Oh, I see you, Michael.

Smug.

You think I am the greatest
of all archangels.

This is all beneath me.

And I was.

Always, below you.

Your life, your rank, the great
gifts you were given freely

through no work of your own.

I've earned everything
I am this day.

Can you say the same?

Last I heard, madness
has always been free.

Well, it's true.

As Lyrae I was exploring that
darker side of man's nature.

I carried out Father's justice,
and you didn't approve

because you wanted
all the blood,

all the vengeance for yourself.

I held a sword.
You, a sadist's grin.

Oh, please.
If I am to die,

I'd prefer not to hear
Julian pontificate

about how events
didn't favor him.

Right you are, Gabriel.

Why banter when it will
soon be over anyway?

So, this torture
is beautifully simple

and given that electricity

is one of an archangel's
few weaknesses

besides Empyrean steel,

it is perfect for my purposes.

You know, ironically,
it was first used

in Stalin's Russia to force
traitors to confess

as they sat across
from a loved one.

Above each of you
are two live wires

I've connected to the power grid
of this facility.

Each has enough volts
of electricity

to destroy
even your powerful bodies.

[sizzling]

That metal pipe between you

controls whether or not the live
wires descend or stay in place.

And to stop from being killed,

each of you will have to
take turns grasping it.

The pipe delivers an electrical
charge that will wear you down.

Seems like a lot of work
to kill us.

You have Empyrean steel
in New Delphi.

I don't want
to kill you, Gabriel.

I want to break you.

And then I'll take one of
your bodies and make it my own.

Any questions?

[power-up hum]

[electricity zaps]

[snapping, sizzling]

(Julian)
Have fun.

[door closes]

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

Noma.

[heavy breathing]

[guttural yelling]

[gasping]

Is he really the Chosen One?

He wears the markings?

East.
Bring him East.

Alex.

[guttural yelling]

- [gasping]
- Shh. Shh!

(Alex)
We're running out of time.

- I'm sorry.
- We're going.

Come on!

[growling]

[guttural muttering]

[screaming]

Aah! Aaaaah!

[sizzling]

Admittedly,
I don't know everything,

but how would he steal
our bodies?

I'm not interested
in finding out.

You know why we're here,
brother.

Because Alex is
a wrecking ball.

Had you let me take him
at the start,

our family wouldn't be
in shambles,

and Father...

maybe I could have
reached him.

I know you miss him.

We've all lost
his presence.

Why does it torment you
more than the rest of us?

- It's warped you.
- Don't change the subject.

Alex, and your misplaced
devotion to his kind,

is the reason
we're both here.

About to die.

Is this situation finally enough
for you to realize

that the boy's not who
or what you think he is?

Because of what I've experienced
these last months,

I'm more convinced
than ever.

[scoffs]

You were in
my position once.

Watching over a child
that had been chosen.

Do you remember him?

It's not the same.

What did this?

Soldiers.
On their way to Allah.

But you don't need
to worry about that.

[laughing]

Perfect!

I missed.

Why is that funny?

Losing is part
of winning.

Every time you fail,
you're better for it.

Besides...

you've won enough, hmm?

We feast tonight.

Can I have the fat one, Papa?

[laughing]
Fat one it is.

Go inside.

[PA announcement]
Security clearance checkpoint

now in effect.

[soft pop music]

♪ ♪

Sorry, Lady Riesen,
we have a situation.

(Arika) The rebels are sending you
a message.

There are sympathizers
everywhere,

even your servants.

Those you trust the most.

Message received.

Whatever we do,
we better do it fast.

They have the Agri-towers.

While they feast like kings,

we have about three weeks
left of food.

(Claire) We're all gonna die
if this bloodshed doesn't end.

I need to speak to Zoe
face to face

without David Whele
as the go between.

I think we could
make a deal.

End this rebellion
once and for all.

I might know a way
that we can get Zoe's attention.

(Pearson) We split everything east
of the trench in thirds,

and go our separate ways.

Not gonna happen.

[exhales deeply]

- What are you looking at?
- Nothing.

Is he your pet?
What the hell is he doing here?

He's the one who gave us
the codes to the Agri-towers.

The same ones you're using
for extortion now.

I'm not extorting anyone.

I'm taking advantage
of a resource that I control.

But I have the support
of the people

and Ramirez has armed us.

We're an army now.

You can either join us,

or I'll remove you
and take back the towers.

The food belongs to
the V-1s.

What the hell
is going on?

Claire just said hello.

[beeping]

[coughs]

Now death's sweet embrace
is close, is it not?

Not close enough.

Oh, come on, Edward, you know
what I want... my Amphora.

I'd torture you
for its location,

but it's clear
you wouldn't last.

And you're just stubborn enough
to let it die with you.

[chuckles]

My wife used to say I was
stubborn as a junkyard dog.

You're wasting your breath and
what little time I have left.

You're never going to see
that Amphora again.

You know, you think I'm going to
use it to destroy Vega,

but I've had that Amphora
for over 20 years.

If that were true,
then you wouldn't be

sitting here now,
would you?

I have other purposes
for it.

Ah. Exactly.

Every great man
has his weakness.

What's yours?

Dying men don't have
weaknesses.

They got nothing to lose.
[coughing]

One thing I'd love to know,

and I-I don't think it
steps on your vow of silence,

what brought you
to New Delphi?

And who's Clementine?

I overheard you say her name
to Alex.

Clementine was
my wife's name.

When the angels fell,
she was possessed.

The angel,
the one that took her body,

also took her name.

I captured her.

Over time,
we became close.

Coming to this hellhole
was her idea, not mine.

She had heard that eight-balls
and humans could live together.

It's a beautiful story.

Don't wish for darkness,
Edward.

You have so much life
in you.

[zapping]

[laughing]

You've always found humor
at the strangest times.

Because there's always something
to laugh about, Michael.

Most of all, death.

And that said,

I haven't felt
this weak since...

Since you were a man?

When you were
your best self.

No.

My worst.

You've done well here.

No, he's a good boy.

So kind.

He has the heart
of an artist.

It's time.

No.

It's too soon.

The invading army
is massing,

and has put forward
the same beast of a warrior

every day for 40 nights.

Every sun up and sundown
he waits.

Every able-bodied soldier
is needed.

So too, your son.

But what of the King?
His army?

The coward hides
in his castle.

Only the farmers are left
to face his enemies now.

Papa?
Who are you speaking to?

Nobody, little one.

Back to sleep with you.

War is coming, poppet.

Tomorrow, you need
to be brave.

[both grunting]

[both panting]

Alex, medical supplies
were one of the first things

looted in the War.
That, and booze.

No way anything's left here.

There better be.

Either that
or you bleed to death.

And that's not happening.

Come on.
We're getting what we need.

- Let's go.
- [both grunting]

[panting]

(man, distorted voice)
Beep.

Beep.

Beep.

Beep.

Beep.

Beep.

Beep.

Beep.

Beep.

Beep.

- Holy shit.
- Beep.

Beep.

[guttural voice]
Cleanup on aisle three.

- What are they doing?
- Beep.

- Clean-up on aisle three.
- Beep.

Beep.

- Clean-up on aisle three.
- Beep.

Lower angels aren't that
different from humans.

Each one has
a personality.

Some are smart,
evolved,

some primal,
dumb as a box of rocks,

- but all of them...
- Beep.

Are obsessed with
the lives they took.

Maybe this is where
they were happy.

[distorted voice]
Hello, sunshine!

You came to the right place.

Everything's on sale.

Prices are plummeting.

Let me know if you need
any help, okay?

We should go.

There's too many of 'em.

But they're not attacking.

I don't think
they're going to.

I mean, look at this place.
It's stocked.

I bet there's first aid,
maybe guns.

We're gonna need some
with that crew out there.

Okay.
What should we do?

Get a cart.

What?
Where?

The message came
about an hour ago.

Zoe wants to meet
behind the back of Harrah's.

That is a terrible location.

There's too many ways in.

The buildings
are close and high.

Which is why my soldiers
are sweeping the area now,

securing the location,
and I'm going with Arika.

- Arika?
- Yes.

She's one of the people
from that room

that knows that
I was in those tunnels.

All of them have
security clearance.

Guess who doesn't.

[electricity snapping]

I know you, Michael.

You don't do anything
without intent.

Why bring him up to me now?

Because it's good
to remember where we come from,

and the moments
that shape us.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

[all yelling]

Who will fight me?

Days I've waited.

No one?

Today you must be brave,
David.

Where is the king?

Hiding behind the skirts
of his many wives?

[laughter]

Today will be your last.

If no one will fight me,

we will take Saul's pride...

and his wives!

(all)
Yeah!

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

[voices calling out]

[laughter]

[all chanting]

[war cry]

Raaaaah!

Yaaaaaah!

[groans]

[all cheering]

(man)
Retreat!

Run!

[screaming]

[electricity sizzling]

[door clanking]

[footsteps]

Hello again.

Welcome back.

[soft growling]

This is bat-shit.
We need to hurry.

What about guns?

The case back there
was empty.

In back.
Maybe there's more.

Ow.

[soft growls,
labored breathing]

[eerie music]

♪ ♪

She's here.

The perimeter is secure.

We swept a five-block radius.

There are eyes on you
from every vantage point.

I'm ready.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

(man)
I'm watchin' you.

(man)
She's clean.

Nice move with
the electricity.

Did you really think
that would stop us?

No, that's why
I restored the power.

I just wanted
to get your attention.

When I decide to stop you,
you'll know.

Well, I'm here.
You got something to say?

Neither of us
wanted this war.

We've both lost
so we could fight

for other people's happiness,

but I can't remember
the last time I felt any.

Can you?

You do that
to David's hand?

Next time,
shoot him in the head.

Don't make the same mistake
I did.

Thanks, but I got this.

Or is that all
you dragged me out here to say?

I'm sending soldiers
across the trench

as soon as you drive
out of here.

That's what I came here
to say.

You're bluffing.

You wouldn't kill
your own people.

I would to unite this city.

Surrender, Zoe,

and everything changes.

You and me,
we change it together.

Just like I promised
when you were in my prison.

You're a leader now.

It is your job
to protect your people.

You wouldn't have come here

unless you wanted
the same thing I do,

so let's find it together
as equals.

Okay.

Sniper!

Claire, get down!

[gunfire]

(Gates) Claire!
Come on!

- [gunfire]
- [overlapping yelling]

Get us out of here.
Drive!

Drive, drive, drive.
Go now.

[gasps]

Claire?

Claire.

- [groans]
- It's okay.

You're gonna be okay.

- Gabriel, enough!
- Ah!

[zapping]

Rest.
My turn.

And then,
back and forth again?

How long can we
endure this pain?

For eternity, I hope.

Oh, on and on you both went
about your great strength,

so superior to
a higher angel.

I thought we'd never hear
the end of it.

Now let's see how powerful
archangels really are.

We won't disappoint.

Love that attitude.

But eternity won't be enough.

Your device is broken.

I don't feel a thing.

[laughter]

It's worthless.

No surprise really,
considering its maker.

I mean,
you're a failure.

Oh, the old girl is set
at her lowest strength,

but I'd be happy to show you
what she's capable of.

Do your worst.
We can handle it.

[chuckles]
Michael.

Show him, Gabriel.

It's almost over.

- [zapping]
- [both groaning]

All you had to do
was kill Claire Riesen.

You failed
as you always fail me.

Why am I surprised?

That shooter was
my best man.

Oh, I'd hate to see
the others.

You botched this, Pearson.

I did good work for you
when you were Consul.

Three times out of five, and
even then I'm being generous.

Can this be tracked
back to us?

- No. My guy died.
- Good.

You better hope
Claire does too.

If Zoe finds out
what we did...

I will take care
of Zoe.

You just finish
what you started.

- I want my money!
- [grunts]

You stop.
I paid you half already,

and I gave you the codes
to all the Agri-towers.

Until Claire is dead,
you won't see another chip.

But do keep the watch.

Alex, don't tell me you're
actually pretending to shop.

It's a really interesting
article here on guns.

[whispers] Maybe if we keep
acting like we're shoppers

they'll let us
check out.

Some of those corpses
were fresh.

You really believe they'll let
us waltz right out of here?

You got a better idea?

You find everything okay?

We did, thank you.
Yes.

Beep.

Beep.

Beep.

You're not forgetting
anything?

We'll take this too.

For my hair.

[ominous music]

♪ ♪

Beep.

Sometimes it takes
a few tries.

Paper or plastic?

Plastic?

Excellent choice.

Plastic it is.

- Price check on potato chips.
- Cash or credit?

- Everything's on sale.
- Price check on price checks.

Let me see if I can
help you with anything.

Cash or credit?

- Price check on potato chips.
- Cash or credit?

- Everything's on sale.
- Attention, shoppers.

The store is closing.

- Price check on oven mitts.
- [all mumbling]

Thank you for shopping
with us.

- [grunting]
- [gasping]

Maybe we should speak
to a manager.

[guttural muttering]

[grunting]

(Claire)
[grunting]

I'm gonna find
whoever did this to you, Claire.

- I swear it.
- [moaning]

Claire, I just heard.
Are you okay?

[whimpers, mutters]
My baby...

My doctors are on
their way.

The bullet entered
near the femoral artery.

- We need to operate now.
- He's right. We can't wait.

She's lost
too much blood already.

We'll handle it
from here, sir.

Zoe lied.
She never wanted peace.

No, you didn't see her
when the shot was fired.

She was just as surprised
as we were.

Zoe didn't set us up.
Someone else did.

It must have been David.

Yeah.
Most likely candidate.

You know, we gave peace
a chance.

Now it's time
to try something else.

[door opening]

Oh, good.
You're still alive.

You need to learn
to take no for an answer.

There's someone here
who'd like to meet you

who I think would do your heart
a lot of good.

Come on, darling.

I loved your story.

Only I hate the ending,
so...

why don't we give it
a new one?

I don't follow.

(Julian) Once evicted from
from a human body,

a lower angel doesn't cease
to exist.

They return to
the outer sphere,

waiting in darkness for
their next chance to possess.

Your life isn't over,
General.

And neither was the angel
that you loved.

Edward.

[gasps]

I've missed you
so much.

Clementine?

Do you have any idea
what you've done?

We could have had peace.

If Claire dies
because of you...

Zoe.

Not very smart
wearing David's watch around.

Zoe, you gotta listen.
I didn't...

You know who I hate
the most?

People without conviction.

How could we kill the scum
on the other side of the trench

if we don't first
deal with our own?

Aah!
No!

- [cracking]
- [grunting]

(Dr. Mitchell) We were able to repair
the artery,

but the blood loss
was severe.

And with the added stress
of surgery,

it caused
a spontaneous miscarriage.

It wasn't something
we could prevent,

but you will make
a full recovery.

I wish I had better news.

I am sorry.

[zapping]

David?
David?

Where is he?
Where's my boy?

The crowd swept him away.
I-I couldn't find him.

- Michael?
- Brother,

you raised a hero.

Your David protected
Father's flock.

A mere boy
felled a giant

and proved to all
the strength of our Lord.

But King Saul,
he was jealous.

If a peasant boy was the only
one who could best a giant,

what good then
is a king?

He threw your son
from the palace ramparts.

I...

I was not swift enough
to catch him.

[muffled cheering]

And do you hear them?

They still cheer for him
because they don't know.

They don't know they carry
another child on their shoulders

and they dance in the streets.

Saul put an impostor
in his place.

One he can control.

Gabriel,
I'm so sorry.

Poppet.

Poppet.

No.
No. No.

No.
[sobbing]

No.

[sobbing]

You did all you could do.

You played your part.

Not well enough.

The loss of him,

his life...

Is a stain on my soul.
I-I can't bear it.

Father has a plan.

We must trust in that,
Gabriel.

His plan is perfection,

but they will pervert it.

Destroy it.

Father thinks too much
of them.

Careful, brother.
You must stay your hand

in all ways.

We cannot judge these humans
by their flaws,

their mistakes.

We can't lose hope.

Time will heal you.

Time will never heal this.

Alex won't survive in this world
without you.

There are too many monsters.

[grunting]

[chuckles]
Including me.

It the angels don't kill
your Chosen One,

the humans will.

We need to move
this thing along

before it's too late
for him.

"All perfect gifts
come from above."

What are you doing?

I'm giving you
what I never had with David...

a chance to save
your Chosen One.

I don't believe in Alex,
Michael,

but you do.

Protect him.

And if you can,

bring our Father back.

There's no point to anything
without Him.

Aaah!

[grunts]

[overlapping yelling]

[gasping]

You must go to him.
Alex awaits.

I won't leave you.

(Michael) Brother, don't do this!
[pounding]

I can't leave anyway.

I still have to kill Julian.

No, no, no, no, no.

I'm not done with you yet,
Gabriel.

Stay with me.

Gabriel?

[soft snoring]

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

Who in God's name are you?

Shh.

Do you know me?

No.

Well, I know you.

You have children,
do you not?

- Five boys and three daughters?
- I do.

Lucius, Rona, Tebald,

Corinth, Jessiah, Tusla,

Winow, and Getrin.

You're very blessed.
Such a large family.

- Yes, but I...
- I too, had a son once,

many years ago.

He was a beautiful boy,

so good.

I raised him,

loved him more
than life itself.

He died,

fallen from a high place.

I buried his body
in a dirt field.

My child was destined
for great things,

but an imposter
stole his destiny,

but didn't fulfill it;

tarnished it.

My boy,

the boy God chose

to be King of Jerusalem,

and the boy Saul murdered
by throwing from a window

was named David.

The same name you bear

with gluttony and dishonor.

Saul is long dead,

but I can stay
the hand of revenge no more.

Tonight,

all your children
will die,

as will all their children.

The streets of this city
will flow with your blood.

The name of David
may live on,

but your line ends
this day forever,

and there's nothing
you can do about it.

[screaming]

[distant thud]

(Noma)
You can't fix me, Alex.

No one can.

I can't change
what you did for me, Noma.

I wish I could.

I don't.

I'm prepared to die
in this war.

I don't know how
to live like this.

I mean, look at me.
[sniffles]

I'm not an angel.

I'm not human.

So what am I?

I don't know.
I'm nothing.

Well, I still know who you are
even if you don't.

Oh, yeah?
Who's that?

You're Nomes.

[chuckles]

Mm.

There's a plan.

I don't know
what it is yet,

but you, me, Michael,

we're all part of it.

- [grunts]
- Easy.

- When we get to Vega...
- Yeah.

We're gonna figure out
what it is.

Together.

Three of us
against the world, huh?

World doesn't stand
a chance.

[chuckles]

Mm.

[growling]

[screaming]

(Alex) They must've tracked us
from the house.

[chainsaw buzzing]

[growling]

Shit.