Flatland (2002): Season 1, Episode 6 - Reincarnation - full transcript

Do not
dwell in 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 devil,

his name was Khan.

Mine, Saint Michael.

The war for the soul of mankind

has raged for 3000 years.

The battleground
today is Shanghai.



I have forced three young
Americans to work for me.

JT, a gang banger.

Mr. Mitchell, a
veiled mob lawyer.

And Amy Li, a beautiful
young woman.

They will ultimately
discover the history

when present and past collide,

and where one misstep
on either side

to the forth dimension...

Is fatal.

In the world of Flatland,

where nothing is as it appears.

My name is Smith.

Welcome to Flatland.

Quentin Mitchell and JT Dunnit.



Ring any bells?

No recent bells.

By tonight they'll both be dead.

Piece of cake.

Amy Li.

I'm going into the city.

I'll see you tonight.

Keeps coming back.

Look at her now.

Mud flats.

This whole city is
built on mud flats.

Then buried, then
built again, buried.

She's like a bejeweled princes

gettin' ready for the wedding.

They say Shanghai is like
the emperor's ugly daughter.

She never has to worry
about finding a boyfriend.

That's pretty cynical.

What do the optimists say?

I'm not sure I know any.

Well, you know me.

Like I said, I don't know any.

I hope Amy is all right.

Taxi!

Amy likes you, you
know, she told me.

Well, that makes one person.

She says you're like
the father she never had.

She'll get over that.

Don't be too hard on her.

Why not?

She's vulnerable.

She's in a dangerous place.

We all are.

The only reason we exist
is because evil's here.

You're facing an
eternity of sorrow

and a millennium of horror.

Ain't life grand?

Your toys.

Uh, Mims.

Mm.

Sometimes techno is a blessing.

Ooh, check it out.

Check her out.

Mm, now that
is a nice backhand.

That's a nice back everything.

Ooh.

How the hell did he miss that?

Simple, yin and yang.

Interacting principles.

Her positive was way
stronger than his negative.

I got your yin and your yang.

Hello, stranger.

Hello, Smith.

How are you?

Okay.

Yeah.

All things considered.

I was beginning to
worry about you.

I haven't seen you in so long.

I know.

How's your friend?

What was his name?

Richard Coventry.

I guess that's part
of my problem.

Problem of the heart
or something else?

Both.

Uh, difficulty due
to multiplicity

of interrelating events.

I like complexity.

He scares me.

Why did you end
the relationship?

It's not easy.

Sometimes I feel
comfortable with him.

Others, I don't know.

Why?

I wonder if he's
telling me the truth.

Everybody plays the
deception game.

It's one of the darker
colors on the palette

of human nature.

He's very good at it.

There's a devil in every man.

I thought most women found
that very attractive.

It can be.

Yeah.

I never seen this
cat before in my life.

You won't be seeing him again.

I'll run a check on him.

Try to find out who he was.

And why the hell he
was trying to kill me.

There could be
hundreds of reasons.

Smith.

Smith?

Anybody know where Smith is?

I don't like this.

What?

This, I could've got killed.

You could've got killed?

They tried to kill me.

You were in the shower.

They know about us.

It could have been you
first, me second.

Listen, fool, you're
too paranoid.

It's a good way to stay alive.

It's also a good way to go nuts.

Smith.

I agree to do a little
undercover work,

not this kettle of fish.

Now what the hell does
kettle of fish mean?

Means you can shove this.

Where the hell is he?

Try Linda.

Mitchell.

Linda, hey cutie, I'm
trying to get ahold of Smith.

I'll have to take a message.

He's busy.

Well, can you interrupt him?

Not if I wanna keep my job.

All right,
just say this message, okay?

I need to speak to him.

I'm not moving until he does.

I'll tell him.

Are you
in love with him?

I like him.

Passionately?

Smith!

What?

I know the difference
between like and love.

I like him.

I'm not sure about love.

I want you
to be careful.

You know, somewhere
in that difference

people get hurt.

Why does it have
to be so difficult?

Oh come on.

Life is all about mysteries.

If it wasn't it'd be like
a taco without salsa.

And who wants a
taco without salsa?

You know?

So, you gonna wait right here?

Just watch me.

All right.

That's very funny.

That's very funny, JT.

Man, this is ridiculous.

All right,
you win, I give up.

You wanna get a beer?

Ain't got nothin' else to do.

Good.

What's up with Smith?

It's like the guy doesn't exist.

He's not anywhere.

Actually that's us.

Come on.

See, that right
there is why I don't

deal with four wheels.

We should've taken my bike.

What the?

Let me tell you something,

you drive like a blind
idiot with a death wish.

Hey, where you goin'?

I told Fish we'll be here.

Then you be here.

And next time get a taxi.

JT.

You've come back.

How in the heck did
you know it was me?

Takes time.

You'll learn.

So...

You saw something you
can't understand.

I saw something more
like I can't believe.

Uncle, I have done deals
with all kind of people

coming through Miami.

With Africans and Jamaicans,

I've done some crazy stuff, man,

have some crazy people after me.

Never dead people though.

I got a freakin'
zombie after my ass!

Tell me then.

But not too quickly.

There's an old Chinese saying,

when the stomach is
running, the mind goes slow.

Word on the street, payback.

For the undercover work.

You and JT are one
and two on the hit list.

That's just what I need.

Well, look on the bright side.

Maybe it'll help us get to
the head of the organization.

That's the bright side?

As far as Smith is concerned.

Have I ever told
you how much I care

about Smith's concerns?

I have a homicidal
maniac trying to kill me.

Would that qualify as
a concern for Smith?

Maybe.

But he wants this guy
more than anything.

But we don't even
know who this Mr. X is.

Then it's simple.

We put a name and a face
on him, problem solved.

But what is this obsession
he has with this jerk?

I don't know.

But it is an obsession.

You know what?

He should really find a better
way to channel his energy.

Fly fishing, charity work.

Why not a cure for cancer?

He is.

As far as Smith is
concerned, Mr. X is cancer.

Smith.

Your zombie is from your past.

Cool.

So what?

He'll try to take you there.

What if JT don't wanna go there?

JT has no choice.

What you mean I
ain't got no choice?

What's this cat wanna drag
me down memory lane for?

Revenge.

And to kill you.

Yeah, I pretty much got
that one figured out already.

I feel myself
circling the drain.

If he kills you in your past,

you can never come back again.

So you mean, if that
happens, I'm not here?

And can never be again.

What's this all about?

Kismet.

Karma.

Fate.

The way we all circle the drain.

Fire is the cleansing element.

A path to rebirth.

And the devil's only friend.

Hey, slow down, man.

Shut up!

We got company!

Yo, go, go, go, go!

Who the hell is that?

An old friend of mine.

Go man, go!

He probably lost
it around that corner.

Where'd he go?

Hey!

Ah!

Yeah!

How many times do you
think you can fail me?

Smith's warriors should be
easy prey for you by now.

Or have you gone soft?

I see nothing
worthwhile in weakness.

You do remember who I am.

I'm the tiger.

I am invincible in
my time and world.

I have no use for
anyone who doesn't do

what I expect them to.

That thought includes you, Mr.
Jessup.

You said one of them is dead.

Yeah.

Kill the other one.

With luck we'll get
Smith's attention.

He'll come into my world,
where I will destroy him.

Forever.

You're becoming a
real public nuisance.

I've had people telling me that

since I was six years old, man.

You know that's not funny.

I got one dead body,
a car exploded,

a couple of terrified
pedestrians out on Nanjing Road,

and now this.

Well, excuse me for
trying to stay alive.

You know if it wasn't
for Smith and your immunity

I'd put you in jail.

You still got a crazy
fool out on the loose.

And you don't know
where he went.

If I did I wouldn't be here.

And where's Mitchell?

He went after the dude.

He disappeared.

He's probably out somewhere
getting a cappuccino.

I hate these things.

What?

Telephones, they're a
terrible invasion of privacy.

You're just anti technology.

That'd be the end of
the world, bet on it.

Mitchell?

Oh, Smith.

It's about time.

Mitchell, where are you?

Somewhere around the fourth
ring of Dante's Inferno.

Ooh, that's a fun place.

I didn't know you got
past See Spot Run.

You sound terrible.

You all right?

I need some help.

Get JT now.

Just hang in there, buddy.

Do me a favor.

Next time somebody
tries to kill ya

call me before you
destroy half the city.

You got it.

Why do I think you're lyin'?

'Cause everybody lies to cops.

Just a habit.

Yeah.

Mitchell's
trapped in a warehouse.

Turtle shell.

It's a lot better than
Viagra, it's a lot cheaper.

All right, now tell me
again, what did you see?

My life flashing
by as I was falling.

That's it.

Then JT and the cavalry.

I owe you, man.

The man.

You didn't hear his voice?

No, nothing.

Like I said.

I'm sorry.

There's an old Chinese saying.

When the stomach is running.

The mind goes slow.

Well, it's a very
popular saying.

The bad news is, your
friend is still out there

someplace.

And the guy who sent him.

Which brings me nicely
into something else.

Oh, I know.

You want out.

Correct answer.

Well, I'd like to say
adios to you, kiddo,

but I can't.

Why not?

We haven't finished.

I am.

No, there's a lot
of loose ends, buddy.

No, just the one.

The one you got
twitching up your butt

who we think is still
here in Shanghai.

He's here.

So what's up with this guy?

Well, let's just
say we go way back.

Well, let's just say
that's a little vague.

It's a long time
ago, it's personal.

So is my life.

Come on, Smith.

What is it, what did he do?

He rocked my world.

He turned it all into
rings of the inferno,

and he left me to live in it.

A nightmare.

A bleak, desolate, deadly garden

where the only flower is evil,

and morality is irrelevant.

And harmony doesn't exist.

And life is torture.

And peace doesn't reign at all.

That's what he did to me, Mr.
Mitchell.

What the hell did that mean?

It means you hit a nerve.

Amazing.

I still think that son of
a bitch owes us an answer.

Careful.

Sometimes the answer's
worse than the question.

At least tell me what I've done.

It's nothing like that.

I just need to get
back to my life.

What's that?

My friends.

City.

Getting a job.

No, I don't think
it's that at all.

Then you really
don't know me at all.

Oh, but I do.

What are you doing here?

Shanghai, 2010.

Why do people go anywhere?

Everyone that comes here
has something to hide.

What's that supposed to mean?

Well, you know,
pieces of history.

Sordid little things
we have in our past.

The ones we all try to forget

or just brush out of our memory.

I think you know, Amy Li.

And I don't think
you're going anywhere.

Why are you acting like this?

Frightened?

You can't keep me here
if I don't wanna stay.

I can keep you wherever I like.

Why are you doing this?

It's your fate.

Part of a little
story which began

thousands of years ago.

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

Why do you think
you can lie to me?

The coward you work
for chose you well.

I don't work for anyone!

Call it what you want!

But Smith can't protect you now.

Whether you like it or not,

it's finished, princess.

So what do you figure?

I figure we make
ourselves visible.

That's great.

Sitting ducks.

Actually no, moving ducks.

Brilliant, man,
that's the dumbest idea

I've heard all month.

How in the heck do
you figure that?

There are two of
us and one of him.

So he's got another bullet.

Maybe he brings some friends.

You ever think of that?

You got a better
plan I'm all ears.

We disappear.

Smith and the authorities
they bring the guy in.

Nobody gets hurt.

You were the guy that
really didn't pay attention

in law school.

What's your point?

My point is, man,
I've been a target

since I was 10 years old.

Bangers, dope dealers, cops.

Dudes that just didn't
like my red hair.

All I know is I move,
they gotta play my game.

Shien Gu.

You're so beautiful,
you never change.

It's been a long time.

I was wondering if
you'd even remember.

I'll never forget.

Mercy is a blessing.

Seems I only ask

a blue moon.

The protector
of the just

and the sword of God.

Ah.

I should ask more often.

Go.

Your righteousness will prevail.

I'm hungry, you hungry?

You ever wonder how
many restaurants

there are here in Shanghai?

That's them.

Let's go.

So I met this chick
there one time.

Real

Gorgeous body and these tits

that went all the
way to Pittsburgh.

Move!

Get outta my life!

Smith.

What a lovely surprise.

Let her go.

You're dreaming.

She doesn't mean
anything to you.

You're all so pathetic.

Well, then kill her.

But let's not waste
any more time.

Your prince.

Willing to sell you
out, just for me.

Let's do it, Khan.

What?

The apocalypse?

Here?

Now?

It wouldn't mean anything.

And you know it.

Tell her what it's really about.

I once offered him
the opportunity

to kiss the face of glory.

He chose failure instead.

Let's end it, Khan.

Now, forever.

Tomorrow and yesterday.

Amen.

Well said.

But my work isn't finished.

When it is, I'll
destroy you, Smith.

You'll have your
Armageddon, Smith.

Smith!

He's a coward.

He had the chance to
fight and didn't take it.

Worse.

He took away his face.

He always does.

You know what this means.

Yeah.

A couple guys, fellow
travelers I want you to meet.

Their names are JT and Mitchell.

Now you knew them
a long time ago.

And it's your chance
to meet them again.

He'll be back, won't he?

Oh yeah, he'll be
reincarnated as somebody else.

Out to destroy us and the world.

Do you know who?

No, I never do.

The face of pure evil
can look like anyone.

But we'll find him.

Back to work.