Into the Badlands (2015–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - Chapter IV: Two Tigers Subdue Dragons - full transcript

Stop! Help!

Stop! Stop!
Please, stop!

All clear, Mother.

Well done, Tilda.

Help your sisters
unload the back.

Why do we have one
of Quinn's Clippers?

My baron will have
your head for this.

My head?

I doubt it.

What's wrong?

I didn't teach you that move.



Where'd you learn that?

It just came out of me.

Pretty good, huh?

You're not ready for that yet.

Just admit it.
You're impressed.

Yes, your forms are improving,

but your attacks
are still predictable.

Yeah? Predict this!

You need to learn to make
the unexpected move.

Sunny, I was looking for
you at the barracks.

My Colt seems to concentrate
better up here.

Go practice your forms.

Did you ever glean what the
Widow wanted with him?

- No, Baron.
- Mm-hmm.



We've lost some
good men of late.

I want to be sure

our numbers are still superior
to those of our neighbors.

They are, and we're ready.

Any word from Jacobee
about the parley?

He's probably angry with me.

Like the other barons,

they don't like that we took
the Widow's oil fields.

They fail to remember that
the Widow attacked me first.

I warned them.

Her only allegiance
is to herself.

The other barons
will understand that.

They should.

And if not, a storm will break

and all this will be lost
in the flood of war.

I need you, Sunny.

Now more than ever.

Tilda, look at this.

Mm, yeah

Oh whoa-oh

I used to feel
that two hearts could be

Wrapped in a love
that is, oh, so real

Well, now the only thing
that I can feel is

It's plain to see
love's just not for me

It's plain to see love's
just not for me

When I met you, it was
to have and to hold...

I asked for this place
to be cleaned an hour ago.

New recruits are coming
and we need to be ready.

No one is coming.

- What did you say?
- I said that no one is coming.

Esta, take over here.

Tilda, is there something
you want to get off your chest?

We kill for you.

We die for you.

For what?

Why did we frame Quinn for the
robbery of the transport?

Are we trying to start a war?

Do you really have
such little faith in me?

I recall a girl who used to cook
me breakfast every morning.

She always greeted me
with a smile.

Do you remember what happened
to that girl, Tilda?

What my husband did to her?

What did I tell that girl?

That you would protect me
and teach me to be strong.

And you are strong...

Stronger than any man who
would ever try and hurt you.

We are fighting for a world

where girls don't
get dragged into dark rooms

and have their innocence
torn from them.

But that world comes at a price.

So remember that the next time

you disrespect me
in front of your sisters.

I've never seen
one of these before.

- What is it?
- That's a blood orange.

It's very rare.

It only grows
in a single orchard

in the southern territory.

Its juice is prized
for its healing properties.

A gift from Baron Rojas,
Baroness.

I'm not baroness yet, Mari.

And even then,
I'll always be Jade to you.

Have you given any thought

about how you plan
to incorporate these gifts

into the wedding ceremony?

Yes. I've decided not to.

The other barons
aren't even coming,

so there's no need
for their gifts

to occupy a place of honor.

I only mention it
because it's tradition.

This particular
tradition, though,

is one I think we should change.

After all, why would we
cater to a group of rivals

who wished us dead?

Mari, could you
excuse us, please?

Jade, let's speak
plainly for once.

I know what you're going to say.

What's happened...
Me and the baron,

it can't be easy for you.

And I never wanted to be the
person who brings you pain.

Oh, you don't. Quinn
does that job very well.

I never had a mother.

And you never had a daughter.

Maybe if we saw each other as
that rather than as rivals,

it would help us survive this.

Well, if I were your mother,

I would warn you not to sleep
with your future husband

and his son at the same time.

You want to poison me
to cure me?

There is no cure.

Not really.

My father knew a great deal more

about growths
and tumors than I do.

I have some of his books,

but unfortunately he wasn't able

to teach me everything
before he...

When I find
the nomads responsible,

you can be sure justice
will be swift and true.

That's all I want.

The decoction he listed in
his notes will weaken you,

but it may heal the growth
first if you're strong enough.

Your father told me
that I wouldn't live

to see the winter solstice.

Well, this would be the only
way to prove him wrong.

I saw you practicing
your forms last night.

You been doing that every night?

I told you I was serious.

I'm impressed.

So what are we doing out here?

I don't want any witnesses.

You're going to cut me,
aren't you?

We need to know
what we're dealing with.

Sunny, I'm not ready.

The only way I can help you
is to face you.

Now focus.

Fight through it.

Don't let it control you.

I could've killed you.

But you didn't.

Maybe next time, you
should just kill me first.

After you get cut,

do you really
not remember anything?

It's not even me.

It is,

it's just a part of you
you don't want to face.

How can I control it?

You don't.

Every force has its equal.

Fear, peace, dark, light...

One can't exist
without the other.

Next time it happens to you,

I want you to try to focus.

Focus on a point inside of you.

It can be a sound,
an image, a memory.

Something safe, something pure.

Name something pure.

You're certain
he was one of ours?

Yeah, he was patrolling
the western border,

but never checked in.

Today's patrol found this hanging
from the gate at Porter's Pass.

Jacobee.

He claims we attacked
one of his gold transports.

Well, it's a trap.

He's trying to pick a fight.

Yeah, not him.
The Widow.

She's been too quiet since
we ran her out of the lodge.

This is her move...

Pit me against my closest ally.

I want you to ride out
and agree to the parley,

but don't let them set it
too far from our territory.

You want me to ride out?

A pigeon can send a message.

This is a job for a Clipper at
best, not the son of a baron.

You beg me
for more responsibility,

but when I give it, you balk.

You never give anything.

Every gift has a price.
Every favor is a test.

You take what you want,
leave me your scraps,

and expect me to worship
you with gratitude.

Is this about Jade?

I know you were fond of each
other when you were children.

And you may have even
thought you were in love.

It must be difficult now
to think of her

as a... a new mother.

I don't think of her that way.

She's nothing like my mother.

Yeah...

especially the way she tastes.

A man cannot wait
to be given what he wants.

He must take it.

Hmm? Now, when I
was in your shoes,

I would've volunteered to ride
out and meet a challenge.

I would've demanded it.

You take Petri
and Donovan with you.

No.

No, I carry your name.

That's all
the protection I need.

What are you doing?

It's okay. Nobody
knows we're back yet.

Where's Sunny?

He's taking his bike
to the lockup.

- I was wondering about...
- Your book?

Here.

Can you read it yet?

Nothing about this book
makes sense.

Sunny.

You stole that from my room.

I think it can show us the
way out of the Badlands.

You told me you knew the way.

You said you would show me
if I helped you.

I can.

I trusted you.

Hey. Sunny,
let him go.

How long have
you been helping him?

A couple weeks.

He brought it to me.

I didn't know it was yours

or that it was our way out.

What's going on, Sunny?

Quinn is losing his mind.

He's leading
the Badlands into war.

That'd be the tumor in his head.

How do you know that?

Because I'm treating him now.

I mean, I really
can't do anything

except maybe
end his life sooner.

That's not the way.

His death would bring the other
barons right to our door.

Then what's our plan?

Ryder.

I don't know whether to
feel honored or insulted.

We didn't attack
your gold transport.

Daddy must not
think much of you,

sending you out here all alone.

That was my choice.
Now you make yours.

When and where
do we set the parley?

Tomorrow at noon.
Raven Flats.

That's too far.

City of the Dead, Cross Bend.

Wait.

You haven't heard
the full proposal.

Didn't you just deliver it?

I meant my proposal.

Sunshine, what's on your mind?

A long time ago, you told me
if a man wanted to get out,

- he needed three things...
- Not this again.

Passage up the river,

a map through the wasteland,

and nothing left to lose.

Sunny, listen to me.

There is no
through the wasteland.

There's just death and drought

and more death,

and you sure as shit
don't need a map to find it.

I'm leaving, Waldo, with Veil.

She's pregnant.

So what?

I imagine I've got a dozen pups

pissing on posts around here.

Every Clipper does.

You went and you fell
in love, didn't you?

You ever seen the River
King in the flesh?

No.

The baron's always
dealt with him directly.

That's because
they need his blessing.

Anything moves up or down
the river without it,

nothing gets where
it's supposed to go.

- What is that?
- It'll get you an audience

with the River King.

I can't say
what his price will be,

but he is the only one gonna
get you through the Badlands.

I can't take that.
That's your way out.

Sunshine, if I was
ever gonna leave,

I'd have done it
long before now.

Besides, I never found anything

or anyone worth leaving for.

What are you doing here?

Did you even know I was gone?

I am on my way
to your father's room.

- If he knew you were here...
- Stop.

You haven't come
to my room in weeks.

Getting ready for the wedding...

No, I told you
not to talk about that.

Ryder, it's happening.

There's nothing
you can do to stop it.

And what if I was baron?

We both know you won't
challenge your father.

A man has to take what he wants.

It's over.

So you're cutting me loose, too?

- Just like my mother.
- That's not fair.

I'm doing this
for your own good.

No, that's exactly
what she said.

- Don't compare me to her!
- No, you're right.

You're not even in her league.

I can handle Lydia.
Trust me.

You know who else said that?

Quinn's second wife.

Beatrice?

Do you really believe
she died of natural causes?

Don't be naive.

Jade.

I need your help.

Are you in some kind of trouble?

No. No.

I know that before me

you served as
handmaiden to Beatrice.

Is there anything
you can tell me?

A week before Beatrice passed,
I saw the baroness.

She was out beyond
the poppy fields

where the monkshood grows wild.

Monkshood?

My papa used to crush
the flowers,

mix it with cane juice, and
leave it out for the rats.

The flowers, they kill
you from the inside out.

Don't let him take it back.

Nice! Yeah!

Good, good. No!

M.K., show Oren
that armlock.

The one you kicked my ass with.

M.K., what's up
with you?

Regent.
Present!

- Let's go, let's go!
- Fall in line!

Salute!

Orders just came down.

We're heading out
before dawn for a parley.

Fully armed escort,
including the baron.

I need six scouts.

You, you, you,

you, you, and you.

Back to your drills.

Scouts, on me.

Hey!

What about me?

I'm your Colt.

Baron?

It's time.

Graveyard's closed!

Unless you wish to join
your loved ones, get out!

Stay by the gate and keep watch.

Sunny?

I told you to stay.

You also told me
to make the unexpected move.

Trouble with your Colt, Sunny?

No, Baron.

I'll deal with you later.

Keep watch.

Jacobee.

I had nothing to do with the
attack on your transports.

I would never do
something so brazen.

Such as lead
an unsanctioned raid

on another baron's property?

The Widow was trying
to kill my son.

- She made it personal.
- Personal?

Then why take the oil fields?

For our mutual protection.

I wasn't the one who was so
willing to recognize her.

I could see the Widow
had no interest

in preserving our way of life.

- And you do?
- Of course.

It was never handed to me.

Your father and I
have that in common.

For the record,

my old man,
he never liked you, Quinn.

He deferred to you

because your interests
were aligned.

I'm not so sure
that ours are anymore.

Those oil fields
cost me good men

and I intend to hold on to them.

Look out!

Come back!

This is your mother's idea
of a better world?

Starting a war?

M.K.!

Please.

This is the end, Quinn.

Zypher!

It was the Widow.

She started this.

You're the one who
antagonized her, Quinn.

If you want the other
barons to back down,

deal with her.

Something's wrong.

Where are all the cogs
and the Clippers?

The fields are deserted.

Baron! - Mari: No. No, no, no.

All right, no one's
gonna hurt you.

What happened?

The Widow.

She came with a bunch of girls.

They killed all the Clippers.

They promised to give
the cogs a better life

and offered them gold.

More gold than I've ever seen.

For your loyalty.

I'm holding you
accountable, Sunny.

Find the Widow.

And when you do,
I wanna spill her guts

and hang her from the wall

for all the Badlands to see.

Where am I?

Where's Jacobee?

You said he agreed
to hear my proposal.

You're not here to meet Jacobee.

Easy, boy.

You're working with her?

I have eyes and ears everywhere.

I'm not interested in anything
this bitch has to say.

Come now, Ryder.

You tried to kill me.

I tried to kill you.

Now we're even.

Let's focus on our mutual enemy.

Your father.

He doesn't believe in you.

He never has.

I hear your own mother
cast you aside as well.

I know what it's like

to be rejected
and underestimated.

I admired the fact
that you came after me.

- It was decisive.
- I came here to meet a real baron.

You want the fort.

Zypher wants Jacobee's.

I'll help you get them.

Be smart.

Join our alliance.

I've already stolen his cogs.

I'm going to take him down
with or without you.

I see what Zypher and I
get out of this.

And what do you want?

There's a boy in the fort.

He wears this pendant.

If I get him...

you'll be a baron.

Isn't that
what you always wanted?

I'm here to see the River King.

Waldo must hold you
in high esteem

if he gave you this.

What can I do for you?

I need passage
out of the Badlands.

And so you think
going to a new place

is going to change who you are,

save your soul?

I won't be traveling alone.

So you wanna save
someone else, too?

Now I know you're a fool.

Can you help me or not?

This favor was for Waldo.

I owe you nothing.

But out of respect
for what he did for me,

I'm sure we can come to terms.

A month ago, a shipment of cogs

was heading this way to me.

28 in all.

When my men opened the hatch,

they found a scene of slaughter.

All but one of the cogs
was dead.

Killed in a murderous rage.

Before the last soul passed...

she was able to identify
the perpetrator.

This boy has cost me
money and respect.

I want you to find him,

clip him,

and bring his head
to me as payment.

Do this...

and I'll guarantee you
and your companions

safe passage out of the Badlands

to a place where no one
will ever find you.

Do we have a deal?