Flatland (2002): Season 1, Episode 15 - Signs of Death - full transcript

The onset of four supernatural signs foretell the heroes' worst nightmare: the death of Smith. It's inevitable, unless Amy can defeat the Avatar, a ruthless, lightning quick warrior who arrives in Shanghai to deal the final blow.

- Do not dwell on the past.

Do not dream of the future.

Concentrate the mind
on the present moment.

My name is Smith.

Welcome to Flatland.

- When I first met the
doe, his name was Khan.

Mine, St. Michael.

The war for the soul of mankind
has raged for 3,000 years.

The battleground today is
Shanghai.

I have forced three young
Americans to work for me.

J.T., the gangbanger,



Mr. Mitchell, a failed mob
lawyer,

and Amy Lee, a beautiful young
woman.

They will ultimately discover
the history

when present and past
collide, and where one misstep

on either side of the fourth
dimension

is fatal.

In the world of Flatland,

where nothing is as it appears
to be.

My name is Smith.

Welcome to Flatland.

- Give me the goods, Josh.

- Okay.

- It's possible, Tsao Min.

It's just possible.



It's only happened twice in
something like 10,000 years,

the four signs all at the same
time.

I can't believe it,

but it is possible.

I might get everything I want

without lifting another finger.

How delicious is that?

- Now, you know what
to do with this, right?

You just press your lips
together

and blow.

- But first, you've gotta make a
wish.

- Spanking, spanking, spanking.

- Okay.

- Spanking.

- Well, now that's a long wish.

I'm about to wrestle you, man.

- I know, I want me a long piece
of cake.

- Hey.

- Blow, baby, blow.

- Aw, yeah.

- Care for some calories?

- Oh, I think I'll pass.

- You all right?

- Kiddo, they tell me that I'm
better than just all right.

- Are you sure?

You look a little pale.

- Whiter is my favorite shade of
pale.

That's my best color.

You look like a million bucks.

Go on, enjoy your party.

- Thank you.

- Where is this coming from?

- How you doing?

- Fine.

- Really?

You don't look it.

Man, you are burning up.

You gonna need to drink this.

I made it myself.

- What's in it?

- I got a little lemon peel in
it,

ginseng, green tea with chili
peppers.

Oh, and four pounds of garlic.

- Sounds wonderful.

- My grandma calls it
kick-a-germ joy juice.

It works.

Go 'head, drink it.

- Your grandma was a sadist.

- Your breath will stink,
but you'll feel better.

What else can I do for you?

- Some silence.

You can leave.

I don't like being nursed.

- You know, I gotta say
this is the first time

I've seen you aching since I've
known you.

- I get a cold once in a decade.

Seriously, if your grandma's
recipe doesn't kill me,

I'll be all right.

Now go.

- But I'll be back.

- That's what I'm afraid of.

- So long ago.

But I remember this.

Oh, God, do I remember this.

- I thought it was
over.

- He was dead?

- You know what that felt like?

All the baubles.

All the gems.

The heavens and the earth,

and all the seraphim laid out at
my feet

for my taking.

The world was mine.

- You were happy.

- Beyond happy.

I was ecstatic, but more
than that, I was vindicated.

I was the brightest light of the
morning.

And the garden of paradise
was still standing.

History does have a way of
repeating itself, Tsao Min.

And this time, I'm not
going to let it slip away.

- I love unexpected pleasures

like afternoon coffee with Mr.
Smith.

- Enjoy it while you can, kiddo,

'cause there ain't no freebies.

- Right.

And the buck stops where?

- Right here.

Ground zero.

- Okay.

Serious talk.

- Yeah.

- About me or you?

- It's a duet, baby.

But you may have to take the
lead.

- And what wall do you want
me to run through for you now?

- We're all getting mine.

- What do you mean by that?

- I need your help.

- Only mine?

- Yeah, well, the others weren't
there,

and you were.

- Look, I know this is serious,

but if you could give
me a teeny little clue.

- Amy,

I need you to go back.

- Are you all right?

- No, it's gonna get worse.

- What's wrong?

- Everything.

It's happening.

It started with the fire.

- A fire?

- Not one, several.

Where they shouldn't be.

On the ocean.

In the treetops.

In the earth.

Now this.

- Smith, what is it?

What's happening?

- It's a sign.

Second of four.

- A sign of what?

- My death.

- He's here.

- Then it's true.

I have another chance.

Did he see you?

Your voice,

and my pleasure.

- Whatever you want.

- What I want is to see him.

He'll know I'm here.

- And he knows you'll need him.

- And he needs me.

Or at least I'll make him
believe that.

- Do you want me to bring him
here?

- Yes.

We have time.

There are four signs in all.

Smith has seen fire and air.

He still needs to see the other
two.

I want him to suffer.

Torture like he's never known.

I want it to run through his
veins like a river of pain.

And before he closes his eyes
forever,

I want him to see me.

One final sweet thought

before he goes to hell.

Find our friend and bring him to
me.

I'm ready.

- Too many dreams,
merry-go-round.

- Did you drink all the
joy juice?

- Strange thing to call it.

There wasn't much joy in it.

- Now I think it's time
to get you a doctor.

- Witch doctor, maybe.

It won't help.

There is no cure for the end of
life, J.T.

- The end of life.

Since when did you
become a little old lady?

I mean, you got a flu, man.

- I wish.

But whatever happens, happens.

- What is it with you and
all this fatalistic nonsense?

- Is that what you think?

- No.

That's what you think.

I think you're sick as a dog
and you need a little help.

- More.

- Tell me what I can do.

- Leave me alone and look to
yourself.

- You're just like my
grandfather was.

- I doubt it.

But why?

- He wouldn't let
anybody help him, either.

But I owe you, so you're gonna
let me.

- You owe me nothing.

- That's where you're wrong.

- I'm feeling dizzy.

- When this stuff started with
Smith,

you opened a door for me.

Hell, man, you trained me.

You also told me that you'd been

around for thousands of years.

Why in the world you gonna die
now?

- I lied.

Besides,

everything you are,

you did yourself.

You are the warrior.

I was only the guide.

- I'mma guide your ass to bed.

- Bed is the last place I want
to die.

You don't have to check out in
the sack.

Don't think I want it to be with
you.

- You are impossible, man.

- You're learning.

- Are you sure you don't need
anything?

- All I need is you.

You must try and remember.

Back a long way,

in Flatland before Mitchell,
before J.T.,

the days when it was just you
and me.

- I'm not very good at this.

- Remember, you lived those
lives.

We both did.

- And the signs?

- Fire and air, just like they
are now.

Just like I showed you.

- It's just...

nothing.

- You must remember I was very
sick.

People tried to help me and they
couldn't.

It was you that I needed.

- What did I do?

- Everything you could.

Remember?

- I see it.

I know the place.

There was fire where there
shouldn't be.

In the air.

It was very strange.

It was--

- Blood red?

The color of the apocalypse.

- It was you the men tried to
help.

But what did I do?

- What you always do.

You tried to help me.

- What happened?

- It was terrible.

- Who will it be?

- Let's go.

- They chose me.

- And I accept.

- Whoa!

- Sweet.

Too bad I won't be able to taste
the rest.

- I died.

- You weren't alone.

- You died, too.

- There are four signs

before my death,

and when they all come at once,

it's pop goes the weasel.

Earthquakes.

Fire in the air.

And water.

I haven't seen H two oh yet

but I know it's coming.

- The four elements.

- And when they lose their
minds,

I lose my life.

- Who is the man that killed me?

- That's a game.

It isn't a man.

Or a warrior.

It isn't even human.

It's an avatar.

It's a final solution for Khan
and me.

- He can kill you?

- Ha!

Hoop on me like a
famished dog on a T-bone.

Tap-city over and out.

And down the drain goes Smithy.

- How do we stop him?

- We don't.

- I do.

- You have to find a way.

- Smith,

I don't think I know--

- I don't give a rat's ass what
you think!

If I die, I'm history.

Khan rules,

and this planet takes on an
unearthly glow

of a radioactive
half-life of 15,000 years.

In other words, kiddo, you
think therefore you are?

That dog don't hunt.

It's what you do that counts.

- I'll find the avatar.

- He'll find you.

Find a way to kill him, Amy.

- Just came to find a
good doctor.

- Don't bother.

Smith refuses.

He thinks they're all
quacks and rip-off artists.

- What a coincidence.

I feel the same damn way about
lawyers.

- Hey.

- I didn't even know Smith was
sick.

Uncle the one who's dying.

- Well, they are kind
of gross and pathetic.

- We still need to find a
doctor.

- Let your fingers do the
walking.

- Ah, which reminds me.

My fingers never did get that
spanking.

- Keep your fingers to yourself,

or I'll break 'em one by one.

- A little rough.

- You got some issues.

- Issues, please explain.

Issues what?

- It's the same lines over
til you break a record.

- No, my turf is strictly CDs
all the way.

- What do you think?

- Nice.

Except I like my women a little
more...

Supple.

- That can be arranged.

- I'm sure.

- He's seen three signs.

How soon is the fourth?

- Tonight.

Water, in case you didn't know.

- And then what?

- Smith will have to choose a
surrogate.

- Do you know who that might be?

- The one called Amy.

- A woman?

Are you sure?

- He's always sent her against
me.

- No contest.

- It doesn't matter.

- It does to me.

I've waited a long time
to be rid of Smith.

- He feels the same about you.

- And what's that supposed to
mean?

- I'm not on your side or his.

- I forgot.

You're immoral.

- It's the way I am.

He'll send his warrior against
me.

I'll kill her.

He'll die.

If it was your turn, I'd do the
same.

- But, it's not.

And without Smith it never will
be.

And then you'll have no reason
to exist.

Unless you come to my side.

- Is that an offer?

- Consider it an opportunity.

- Maybe I will.

- Good.

I can be very supple.

- He chose me.

- Women love pejoratives.

Where'd you learn that
one, back in the hood?

- I learned more before I was 12
years old

than you ever learned your whole
life.

Why the hell you chase after
every single girl, anyway?

- Why? Because I love 'em.

Short ones, tall ones, thin
ones.

Sometimes I pass on the
plumpers.

See, my friend, sometimes you
have

to understand the language of
love

and sex.

- I understand languages.

I just don't understand you.

You nuts.

- Watch and learn.

This is my big red car.

- Hey, I was looking for Smith.

- I saw him a couple of hours
ago.

I don't know where he is now.

- You know.

- He told me.

He's asked me to be the one.

Again.

- You'll fight the avatar,

but you've never beaten him.

- There's always gotta be a
first time.

- What's all this?

- It's something I did before I
tried

to save Smith a thousand years
ago.

- The four signs.

They always signify Smith's
death.

- The only thing I remember
is it was very quick.

Sometimes, I couldn't even see
his moves.

- Well, the
avatar is known for that.

Fighting quicker than the blink
of an eye.

This part almost looks like

a stick figure with three arms.

- Well, he didn't have three
arms.

At least, I didn't see a third
one.

- Anything's possible in
Flatland.

- Smith.

I'm looking for Uncle.

- You got me instead.

- He looks pretty bad.

Have you seen him?

- Ah, he always looks bad.

- Linda said you're not
feeling too well, either.

- It's a state of mind.

What the hell would Linda know?

- Well, I think he needs a
doctor.

- They're all quacks and rip-off
artists.

- You may need to see one,
though.

You don't look too good.

- Aw, thanks.

- Take care of yourself.

- J.T.

It's a state of mind.

Life and death are the same way.

Don't ever forget that.

- I'm gonna go find Smith.

Maybe he can figure it out.

- He would have told me.

- Hey.

- I know.

One surrogate fights the avatar.

Even if he does have three arms.

- The avatar is known
for that.

Fighting quicker than the blink
of an eye.

- Welcome back.

- Good to be back.

- Got any requests?

- It's your party, Smith.

I'm just passing through.

- Well, I got all the classics
here.

I've got everything from
Cat Ballou to Leonard Cohen.

It's funny.

I can't seem to make up my mind.

- This is how a man
spends his final minutes.

With old songs and overpriced
cocktails.

- They're not old songs.

They're bookmarks.

- For?

- For first loves and second
chances.

- You are a sorry sight.

- Are you having fun?

- Sure.

Had a great weekend.

Caught up with some old friends,

including your favorite,

though the years have been
kinder to him.

- I don't suppose I could
talk you into a name or face?

- No, I don't think so.

I'm here to do one thing.

The rest is just bad theater.

- Right, and you're on in five.

- Who is it this time?

- It's an old acquaintance.

- Why her?

Right.

Family ties.

Well, you never know.

Maybe dying taught her
something.

She can meet me there.

See you soon, Smith.

- Save it.

I got a whole life ahead of me.

- Damn it.

Don't you realize what you are
doing?

What will happen if he dies?

- Spare me, sweetheart.

I'm on holiday.

- Khan will rule.

There will be no one to fight
him.

- Is that what you thought?

That you could talk me out of
this?

You don't get it, honey.

This is not a debate.

This is procedure.

Now.

Are you going to fight,

or do I tell Smith his prize
warrior

went out like a schoolgirl
with a scuffed knee?

Not a nice thought to die with.

- All right.

- You remember this?

- Like it was yesterday.

- I got a secret, Khan,

that you don't know.

I guess that puts me one up.

Yeah.

You put the four horsemen out
here

to run hard on the world.

Well, guess what?

It's not gonna happen

because the good guys scored the
day.

I'm feeling real good.