Flatland (2002): Season 1, Episode 9 - The Devil's Daughter - full transcript

- 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
general his name was Khan,

mine, St. Michael.

The war for the soul of mankindhas raged

for three thousand years,
the battleground today,

is Shanghai.

I have forced three young
Americans to work for me,

JT, a gang banger, Mr.
Michel, a failed mob lawyer,

and Amy Lee, beautiful young
woman,



they will ultimately discover
the history,

when present and past collide,

and where one misstep on eitherside

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.

- Eight thousand years of
history,

all I'm saying, there's aconcept I just don't understand.

Ever really wonder about
the great sweep of time?

- No.

- Ah, I didn't think so.

Now.

I hate the whole haggling thing,

you go high, I go low, just
tell me what I want to know



while you still got a chance.

- An American.

- Name.

- He never said

- Should of asked.

- He'll be back.

- So will I.

- It took a long time.

But I found you.

Shang Chi, you are now the
Dragon King.

- You know every time I see thisplace,

it reminds me of home.

You ever get homesick?

- From what, for Chicago?

- Hmm hmm. Big shoulders
and big buildings.

- Some bad memories.

What about you.

- Central park, Rockefeller
center, Yankee Stadium?

Why should I get homesick.

No, all I need is a beautiful
woman

like you to share it with.

- I bet you do.

- Clapped restaurants, I
know every hot spot there is.

Even some that aren't on the
map.

- Mitchel

- I know, I know you love me
very much

but you have to go meet friendsso you'll catch me later.

It's okay, sometimes
it's worth waiting for.

- Thanks for the ride.

Karen

- Amy Lee how you doin' girl?

- Fine, yourself?

- Oh I'm beet, jet lagged,
stressed out,

but otherwise ready to party
like there's no tomorrow.

- Well I can help you with thatlast part.

- Well let's do it but first I'mstarving,

so I want to get a bite to eat,

then I want check out, oh
what's going on in your life,

you know, like the men,
the money, the sex,

mostly the sex, you know.

- Excuse me, oh.

Hey sweetie, my name is
D Walker, and you are?

Hugh. Okay.

I uh, sold some merchandise
here the other day,

the real stuff, almost
as pretty as you are.

11th century gold medallions.

If you take a look in your book

- Now what I'm offering you Mr.Walker,

is literally a license to steal.

- Oh, is that right.

How can I get my hands on this
license.

- Bring 'em to me.

The warrior who wore this.

- I knew there was some catch.

Alright come on, do me and
you, right, we run the same

kind of business, yeah?

- I doubt it.

- I won't tell, I won't tell
anybody,

but why this one, what
makes them so special?

- It's a friend of mine.

- A friend of yours. It's prettyfunny.

What's it worth?

- A million dollars, half now,
half when I see my friend.

- Pretty smooth man.

Got a lot of slick on you.

- Do we have a deal?

- You know what I think?

I think your nuts, but yeah we
got a deal,

we definitely have a deal.

- Good.

Have a nice day.

- So what king,

- Dragon, I don't mean puff themagic one.

- And this guy's dangerous?

- That's an understatement.

- So what's his deal?

- He's the fourth dragon king.

- What does that mean?

- It means everything.

- Most of the time I love
it when you're obtuse,

but it would be nice, if
every once in a while,

you would give me a few scraps
of specific information.

- He's high voltage beef
with invincible karma.

- Invincible, nothing's
invincible.

- Yeah, right.

- He really his.

- Khans had four of them
through the centuries,

they're his four horsemen
of the apocalypse,

and when they get rolling
it's sayonara check mate match

game set for Mr. Khan.

On the left, flesh and blood,

on the right dead meat.

- Which is he now?

- I thought he was Muenster.

- Can't you make him stay that
way?

- Not of Khan finds him first.

- Maybe he won't.

- I've got all these movies in
here, and

I don't want to see them again.

He stars in most of them.

- You're eyes have seen too
much.

Will he have a target?

- A very beautiful one.

- Now this is the Shanghai I
know,

tell me if you see any guys withum,

long arms and big feet
if you know what I mean.

- You have not changed.

- Well, a girl can dream right?

- JT I'd like you to
meet a friend of mine.

Karen this is JT

- Nice to meet you.

- Amy always has such beautifulfriends.

- What are you doing
for the rest of my life.

- He's gothic.

- No joke.

Long arms big feet.

- JT

- Dan, you never heard of me

- Aw what about James Brown?

- Well security just about
letting anybody up in here.

Eddy Murphy, James
Brown, is that D. Walker.

- JT Darling.

- What's up man?

- JT how you feeling?

- How you doing?

- Good good good.

Man I heard you were dead?

- Oh well you know, fools
will talk, you know I'm sayin'

- Yeah I understand.

- Last time I saw you, you werebald.

- You frontin' man, hey check
it out let me introduce you

I'm all alone.

- What the hell are you
doing here in Shanghai?

- Hey man, you know it's
business man, you know,

same old same old, what about
you man,

you checking out some of
these hunnies from back home?

- Oh no, that's behind me now.

- What's up man, no more
big pimping, come on man

- You know actually I
heard you were diving

for buried treasure in the
bahamas

- Man I ain't been wet in like ayear man,

they kicked me up to management.

I got my own salvage company
now.

- You look like something,
I'm figuring maybe a pirate,

not necessarily a suit though.

- Yo man, this is the new me
man,

you got to check me out.

- Well check it man, we
got a lot to catch up on

let's kick back and relax.

- Well actually I was
getting ready to bounce back

to my spot man, I'm partied out.

Just go with me.

- Whatever's cool man,
I'll follow you out.

- Whoever invented the martini
should get a Nobel prize.

- Hold that thought, don't touchmine,

I'll be right back.

- Amy.

Amy, what's wrong.

- I have to leave.

- No problem.

- No, you don't have to.

- It's okay I don't
mind, come on, let's go.

Feeling better?

- Yeah.

- This place is beautiful.

- And full of memories.

- Good or bad?

- Skip that question.

- You know, if you have anythingyou want

to talk to me about, that's
what friends are for.

And if there's secrets,
my lips are sealed.

- It's nothing

- Sure?

Okay.

- Do you listen to yourself man?

'Cuz I listen to you.

But you gotta tell me the truthman.

- Look I swear man.

- Okay six hundred thousand.

What's a hundred thousand hoursright.

It's not about the money.

- Well then what.

- It's about it being illegal.

If they catch your ass they
gonna

throw you straight in jail.

- Man, most things worth
doing cross the law.

- You forget what we come from?

- Of course I don't, that's
why I'm reminding you.

- Look man, the guy said it's
cool.

He said everything is legal.

I mean we got forms, we got
permits, we got all that.

This is the chance to
make serious cash bro.

Change your life forever.

- Let's review that.

Tomb raider, grave robbing,
I don't even want to think

about what kind of
karmic kickbacks gonna be

in my life 'cuz of that man.

- Listen to you man.

Karmic kickback, aw you
know what I forgot man,

you livin' like a monk and
everything now.

You all superstitious.

It goes so far beyond that it'snot funny.

- And I used to be
scared scared of snakes.

- Seriously Dies, this not aboutthat.

- Well then what is it man.

- I mean I know it can't be
'cuz this is against the law.

Right?

That's it.

You're scared.

You lost your edge man.

- Actually I didn't.

And I had it way before
you even dreamed of.

- Yeah but gotta keep the edge

sharp or the knife goes dull.

You taught me that.

Man, we used to tear
it up back in the day.

- Back in the day ain't now.

- I know.

It's cool.

Do you need the money?

Then help me out for another
reason,

that night in Liberty
City, you remember that?

I lied to the cops.

I got locked up for 14 months
in a Tallahassee prison,

and you walked man.

- What's that got to do with
this?

- Nothing.

You don't think you owe me one.

I think you do.

- When?

- I do my best work in the
morning.

- Why Michel?

- He doesn't know about his
powers yet, he's expendable.

- That's pretty cold.

- It's a reality.

Nothing warm about it, where ishe?

- He's in the war room.

- War room, well that
reminds me of the old days.

Not really the old days, youknow, the more recent old days.

- As in the pentagon.

- Yeah right.

- Pentagon, the white
house, and Downey Street,

the kremlin, a war room
here, a war room there,

everywhere a war room.

A lot of war rooms.

- Yes, because men like fights.

- Don't kid yourself, women
didn't do so bad you know?

- John Dark now she cleaned somecloths

and Queen Victoria, wow, huh.

- I heard that's not all she
cleaned.

- If there was only
more time in this world.

- Ah.

- We have a problem.

- Morning, direct straight to
the point,

that's what I like about you.

- I don't care what you like
about me.

- Like I said.

- I want you to do me a favor.

- What, you don't care what I
think,

but you want me to do you a
favor?

- That's correct.

I want you to watch Amy 24 7.

- I like it.

- Done deal.

- If you had any brains you'd
ask me why.

- If I had any brains, I
wouldn't be here.

- Oh that's good.

That's two in a row.

- So why the favor.

- Because of somebody I have tofind.

I don't know whether he's here,

I don't know what name he'll beusing.

I don't even know what he lookslike.

- That's good, it's a lot to gowith.

It should be easy.

- It won't be.

- If you screw up, she'll be
dead.

And if that happens you'll wishyou were.

- Who is this guy.

- Let's just say it's somebody
from her past who want's

to hurt her real bad.

- And you want me to stop him.

- That would be asking way too
much.

I want you to connect yourself
to her like

an umbilical cord.

If you hear anything, see
anything, smell anything

I want to know.

- Yeah.

Nice talking to you.

We really must have these
intimate sessions more often.

Is he this warm and polite to
you too?

- Always.

Mitchel, this is serious.

- Yeah, no kidding.

- Man, how did you find this
place?

- I met an old Chinese guy namedCho,

he took me out here.

- What did he call it?

- I don't know what they call
it,

but I call it Rocky Road,
without the marshmallows.

- Man, do you know where we're
going?

- Yeah, in there.

- That means you don't have a
clue.

- You sure brought Mr.
Surewooders huh?

- No man, she was here all the
time.

What the hell is he, a hermit?

He's weird.

- Hey man, what the hell is thatsound?

- I think it was the wind,

they say it blows down from thesurface

that's how they found this
place.

- Man, this looks like a tomb.

A tomb or a cave.

- It's both.

- You coming?

- Blah!

- What's happening!

What's wrong with you man.

Idiot.

- Come on man we're almost
there.

- It's not funny.

- Hey man nothing come to me inhere.

- What are those man?

- Man, the old guy, told
me that these things

are clay replicas from some
dude's army,

from like a thousand years ago.

And this one is worth a milliondollars.

- You said it was worth,
six hundred thousand.

- But you also said money's notimportant,

just help me out.

- Hey man, that's the old man,

yo we got to get him out of hereman.

- We don't have to do anything.

- What?

- Man look, he's dead.

And we're in a tomb, can
you think of a better place

for him to be dead?

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

- He's here.

- Hey JT

Well hello, how you doing?

Okay we're men, we don't talk.

It's cool.

So I want to ask you what's on
your mind.

- Good.

- You seen Amy today?

- I saw her last night at
Argby's.

- How was she?

Acting funny?

Anything out of the ordinary?

- If you call dancing acting
funny.

- Okay, well Smith seems tothink someone's looking for her.

- She was with a friend
of hers, Karen something.

- Good enough.

You've been a real help.

- Amazing don't you think?

Over a thousand years old.

You've been here before the
great fall.

- Yeah man it's amazing if
you're into fat statues.

- I take it you don't appreciatehistory.

- What I appreciate is my money.

- Nothing wrong with that.

- Cool, 'cuz now that you
got your fat toy soldier man,

you need to pay me my dough.

- Just one more thing.

- Why does it have to be one
more thing

when I want my money?

- Do you know the story of
Genghis Khan?

- Yeah, you know, I never met
him.

- Well when he died, his
burial place was a secret.

And all the men around him werekilled.

So that that secret would be
kept.

Does anyone else know about
this?

- Oh yeah right, yeah I called
CNN.

What do you think I'm amateur?

You think this is my first time?

- I just got to be sure.

- Right, well why don't you justmake sure

that I get my money.

I think we can both appreciate
that.

- Chow Men will take care of
you.

- Man, okay cool.

Good luck with the fat man, huh.

- Check this out Chow Man,

I mean now that business is
almost done,

maybe you and me can work
out a little business

of our own.

I mean now here I am inShanghai with a million dollars

burning a hole in my pocket,

and nobody to help me spend it.

Hey, you speak English or what?

Uh ha, I believe you do.

Aww!

Baby likes it rough.

Okay baby, let's have some fun.

- Welcome back.

- Amy, well there she is.

Amy?

What's the matter?

What is it?

- Come here, tell me what
happened.

- I have to talk to Smith. .

- Well he calls himself Smith
now.

- Not very creative.

Then again he never was.

Remember Jerusalem?

Was it, making all that
Christian madness.

He almost killed me.

These warriors they saved me.

Now they're here.

Looking for me.

- Let me take a look around,

You stay here okay?

In this room.

Everything's going to be fine, Ipromise.

- I know you love her Yun Shi,

but she dances close to the
flame,

she likes the heat,
she can't help herself.

Eternal woman.

In every garden of Eden,
the first to the last,

she'll take your food every
time.

- Shaw!

- I'll giver her to you any
way you want, kill the others.

And we destroy Smith.

- JD man, come on, alright
you know that if you get this,

Smith was right, there is
something very wrong out here.

I just found Amy shakinglooking like she's seen a ghost.

And I think it'd be a very good
idea if

you came out here.

I know you don't care about me,

which is cool man,

but just think about Amy

Look kid, it's just you and me
now,

why don't you tell me what's
going on?

- Believe me, you wouldn't
understand.

- Listen, drugs, alcohol, crankymothers,

pissed off fathers,
affairs with married men,

jealous boyfriends, honey,
I'm an expert in all fields.

- It's nothing like that.

- Okay.

What is it then?

- There's something I have to
do.

- Terrific but your
very cute friend Mitchel

told us to wait right here.

- Well this can't wait.

- I didn't realize anyone
was allowed in these

Alright, let's do this.

Ah!

- Ah, ah, there's something
weird about

the guy who did this man.

- Yeah.

- He's not moving.

I would see him, wherever he
just was.

- Save it for when we
get to someplace safe.

Come on.

- Who is she?

A friend she has nothing to do
with this,

you never know.

I've known her since I was six
years old.

- You've known the Dragon
King for over a thousand years

- Well why has he come back?

- Smith has a theory.

- Smith always has a theory.

- He thinks Khan somehow
found the Dragon King.

- He's right.

I saw him.

But how?

- Good question, no answer.

- After all this time.

- There is no time in a
Flatland,

A millennium is a heartbeat.

- And there are more angles
on the tip of a needle

than you can count with
a million computers

in a million years.

- You think Smith actually
knows about this stuff?

Or is he just making it up?

- Both.

- He thinks Khan will send him
after you.

And that will lead them to
Smith.

- It would be so nice, just
once,

to forget all about Smith
and Khan, and Flatland

and all the Dragon Kings.

- You have about six of
these bad boys you'll forget

all about the clown.

- I just wish my ribs would
forget.

- You'll be fine.

Time to go.

- It was a screw up.

It can happen, it's like Bobby
Kennedy

at the Bay of Pigs.

The Air Force didn't provide
cover,

they didn't even show up,

end result there's no invasion.

Castro for another 30
years and no Cuban cigars.

It's a screw up, it happens allthe time.

Usually at the wrong time.

You screwed up.

- I know.

Big problem, I never should
of listened to Walker.

Just when I saw that dude
alive, I couldn't believe it.

- There's one thing that you
must believe.

He's here to kill you.

Khan brought him.

- How do I fight him?

- You can't defeat him while
he wears the medallion.

It renders him invincible.

- What the hell do I do then?

- You already the cause of the
problem.

Make yourself the cause of the
solution.

- Find an answer.

- Where?

- You finish it, from where it
started.

Wherever you saw him the first
time.

By the way, your friend Mr.
Walker won't be coming back.

- It's good to see that
your smiling again.

Are you ever going to
tell me what happened?

- Maybe next time.

- Next time, that could
be a year from now.

And anyway, never did bother
telling me

all about your sex life.

- I'm not going to.

- Secrets, you're always
full of secrets Amy Lee.

And anyway, when are you
going to visit me in London?

- I'd like that, someday.

- Yeah, well that's a deal.

And don't forget to bring
that cute one with you.

Mitchel and the other
one, what was his name?

JT or D, I think it was JT

- You are dangerous, and
you have a one track mind.

Now what would you do if I did
show up?

- Ah wouldn't you like to find
out?