Killjoys (2015–…): Season 2, Episode 9 - Johnny Be Good - full transcript
Pawter's plans to free Old Town from Jelco's control get Dutch seized by an angry mob.
JOHN: Previously on Killjoys...
We're partners.
And D'avin. We're your team...
But I am in love with Pawter.
I'm not your hostage
anymore, Jelco. I'm your liege.
Power looks good on you, Seyah.
They want to know what
the wall is for? Show them.
The wall acts as
a giant pacifier.
When they activate it,
everyone in Old Town
becomes some kind of
helpless, happy drone.
Company can do
whatever they want to them.
This is all bad.
JELCO: Seyah Kendry
sends her regards.
JOHN: You poisoned the rations.
You're gonna kill all the weak...
(SNIFFLES) And leave the strong.
And then what? Don't
leave me hanging.
(LAUGHS) I don't know.
But I'm pretty sure that
we're gonna stop you.
(WHISPERING) We're
gonna save Old Town.
Lucy... Where's Johnny?
In the next 48 hours, airdrops
of premium rations will begin.
Let's put an end to
Old Town's suffering.
What a beautiful day.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
HERIN: You ready to be nice?
(SCREAMS)
Nerve cuffs.
If you don't want to melt your spinal
column out your ass, move slow.
Real slow.
(PANTING)
Let's go.
(CROWD CHATTERING)
WOMAN: Bring out the Killjoys!
We want justice!
No one gets in!
Not until Herin says so!
After all she's done for Old
Town, this is how you treat her?
What happens
to her is up to her.
Not in my bar, Herin.
Oh, who says it's
your bar anymore?
It's a brand new
day in Old Town.
Wall's down. People on the
streets. Company's on the run.
Oh, you ready to talk, finally?
How long was I out?
You know, when
we raided Spring Hill,
we found a lot of things
that Jelco left behind.
Things they liked to use
on Old Towners like us.
To make us talk.
Wow, that's not even
remotely impressive.
If you're gonna poison me, at
least make it glow or something.
Who said anything about poison?
Last chance. Where's Liam Jelco?
When we get there, you
keep your mouth shut.
You talk to anyone, I shoot you.
You try to run, I shoot you.
You do anything I don't like...
You shoot me. I get it.
(GROANS)
If we're too late,
and they hurt her...
If she bleeds, you bleed.
Understand?
I understand.
Understood.
(GRUNTS)
Jelco? Why would you think she'd
help that flaming piece of garbage?
Because I saw her and her
partner save him with my own eyes.
Oh, honey, tell him
that's impossible.
I keep trying, but he
keeps on not listening.
But here it is again.
I don't know...
(DUTCH COUGHS)
I don't know where Jelco is.
PREE: Dutch!
Easy.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
Blood. The water.
You shitbag, you did poison me.
Not poison. Micro-leeches.
They feed off the natural
enzymes secreted when you lie.
They go right for the organs.
Like I said, Jelco has a lot of toys.
He's not the only one.
Pree. Shush.
We're getting you out
of here. I appreciate it.
You don't think I'll do this?
He knows you will.
You'll get us past the guards,
maybe even out the door.
But how do you get us through
the armed mob outside, Pree?
Huh?
You know I still would, right?
You, me, blaze of glory.
Some other time.
Promise.
Just take him outside.
(PREE GROANS)
If you hurt him...
HERIN: You should
worry about yourself.
The blood don't lie, girl.
You do know where Jelco is.
Herin, listen to me.
After what happened
in Spring Hill,
The Company will be
retaliating any minute now.
You need to start organizing...
What I need? Let me
tell you what I need.
Last night, over 100 people of
Old Town died in these streets.
Our streets!
So what I need is to
explain to the wives,
the husbands, the children,
how we are going
to get them justice.
By beating the piss out of me.
By hanging the man who
started it all with that damn wall.
And if we can't do that,
the next best thing is the
bitch who helped him escape.
Either Jelco hangs
today, or you do.
DUTCH: Hey,
let's make this fast.
(JOHN LAUGHING)
JOHN: (MUFFLED) Hey, Dutch! Hi!
Where you been?
Hey!
I got this thing too. I
think it's pretty cool.
Johnny? (IN NORMAL
VOLUME) Yeah, Dutch?
Sorry.
(LAUGHS)
(GROANS)
(THEME SONG PLAYING)
(GROANING)
JOHN: What the hells stun setting
did you use, and can we make it illegal?
And how are we feeling?
Oh, like I want to vomit and
punch things at the same time.
She's fine, just give her
a second to come out of it.
(SIGHS)
So...
Was your night as
intense as mine?
(EXHALES) Yeah, I
guess we need to talk.
Nope, you need to listen.
(STATIC SCREECHING)
Why do you hate me?
That was two seconds of sonar
blast pitched down enough to hear.
From where?
LUCY: It originates
from the wall, John.
DUTCH: Lucy gave us audio
scramblers so we could go in and grab you.
And what's that?
Those are schematics
of mood-controlling technology
we found last night in Arkyn.
Seem familiar?
Wait, you went back
to Arkyn without me?
You went rogue and got
your ass arrested, remember?
Right. Bygones. Continue.
LUCY: Once paired with neural
pathways, the wall controls moods.
It can create feelings
ranging from mild depression
to blissful satisfaction to
manic rage. (GROANING)
You okay? Yeah.
How did you feel last night?
PAWTER: Happy. Really happy.
It wasn't real.
(SIGHS)
The only thing we can't figure
out is what the wall has to...
Don't touch the rations!
Wow, nice to see you too.
Want to tell me what's in this shit?
Lucy, put on your
analysis pants.
LUCY: I don't wear
pants. I know, I'm just...
I'm a spaceship, John.
Yeah, I... (SIGHS) Never mind.
LUCY: The sample contains
multiple additional chemical elements.
Yentazine, lorex, pytar.
Special compounds that
target the frail and feeble.
That's how The
Company's doing it.
They're poisoning
all of Old Town?
DUTCH: Why?
They're culling the herd,
wiping out the old and sick,
leaving only the strongest, most
profitable workers for The Company.
Who never complain,
because the wall won't let them.
People are dying
inside that wall.
We need to go back to Old Town
and tell everyone to stop eating that shit.
Trust me, it won't work.
A friend was murdered
in front of me last night,
and I didn't feel anything.
(INHALES)
The wall won't let you.
Plus, the only way
to take down the wall
is to overload it somehow or take
out its power source in Spring Hill.
We end this now.
Look, I know you both
had your secret plan,
but if you don't mind,
we'd quite like to join.
How? Even if we arrest Jelco, he's
got so many allies inside The Company.
Who said anything
about arresting?
Liam Jelco is a
murderer, a sadist,
and a threat to
everyone in Old Town.
Tonight we bring down
his wall, and then he dies.
D'AVIN: So, how
are we getting in?
Well, the entry point's
through one of the old viaducts
they dropped Spring Hill on.
Should still be accessible,
I just used it two days ago.
Would this be when you got
busted and thrown into a jail cell?
Well, that plan had kinks,
which were already made clear
to me, what with the ensuing arrest,
ass-beating, and
friend-berating.
D'AVIN: You mean Dutch?
Nah, you guys will kiss and
make up. It's what you do.
Hells, I tried to kill
her, and we got past it.
I don't know, man. It's weird.
What's weird?
You chose Dr. Crazy-Pants over
our Lady of Perpetual Ass-kicking.
Dutch got jealous.
Have you met Dutch?
Does that sound like her?
No, it does not.
So when are you gonna man up
and ask her what it's really about?
'Cause it kind of looks like you
already made the choice anyway.
What?
I forgot we even...
Crazy night, right?
Let's go over the
entry plan again.
Yeah.
All right, boys are
ready. Let's do this.
Dutch, a second.
I want to say thank you for
the clothes, for coming to get us.
He lied to me. He's
never done that.
I'm sorry. I asked him to.
I figured.
And I'm only doing this now,
because to be perfectly
honest, Seyah Simms,
you're not up for this.
And if you tried to
do this without me,
you'd probably get yourself
killed and Johnny with you.
I would never ask
him to risk himself.
But you already did.
You're welcome for the jacket.
Nice color on you.
JOHN: The wall's power
generator's due east from here.
D'AVIN: Dutch, you and
Pawter can take the last stairwell.
That'll take you into the main
hall. You get Jelco from there.
Trust me, I know the
way. JOHN: Last check.
Everyone have
everything? Comlinks?
DUTCH: Just remember, we're
not here to kill The Company guards.
All the weapons are set
to stun except for mine.
Mine's for Jelco.
PAWTER: Where is everybody?
DUTCH: Either we're
very lucky or we're very not.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
DUTCH: John, this whole
damn place is empty.
JOHN: Yeah, here too.
Where'd they
send all the guards?
D'AVIN: Asshole jamboree?
JOHN: (LAUGHS) Now, why
did I ever try to do this alone?
D'AVIN: Right?
Can't be badass and
make your own jokes.
It's just weird.
Oh.
50 Joy, this is the one
that powers the wall.
Looks like the tech
they had on Arkyn.
Just newer.
So why is shit from Arkyn
showing up in the guts
of a Company building?
Hello, I'm Julian, the
Administration Matrix for Spring Hill.
You appear to be
looking for a way
into one of our
power generators.
Hi, there, little buddy.
We're just looking to bypass
a blown power conduit.
That's odd. I don't see
a blown power conduit.
Oh, there it is.
Yeah, it's probably
fastest just to turn over
all manual controls of the
generators to me for repairs, huh?
Hmm. That would appear to
be the most efficient solution.
See? Computers love me.
Except that Spring
Hill is in the midst
of a Company-mandated,
system-wide changeover.
Whoa, whoa.
"Changeover"? Since when?
So you will need a deca-set
encrypted access code
if you wish to proceed further,
which you would know if
you really belonged here.
Unless you think I'm stupid.
Do you think I'm stupid?
You were saying? Wow.
Whoever programed
this is an asshole.
Yeah, well, my asshole's
bigger than his asshole.
I mean you're smarter than...
Whatever, just
kick his nerd ass.
(CHUCKLES)
Uh... (SNIFFS)
(GROANS)
Look, if you want to
stop here, you still can.
You don't have
anything to prove to me.
Well, like my father told me,
sometimes we have choices,
and sometimes we don't.
What am I supposed
to do with this?
You point this part, you pull this
part, and bang, bad guy falls down.
It's set to lethal,
so if I can't take the shot at
Jelco, you're gonna have to.
I can't just shoot
someone. Really?
You cut off your
own sister's hand
and strapped a
bomb to Jelco's heart.
Yes, but I didn't set it off.
There's a difference.
I'm a doctor.
Anything bad I've done was
to save a life, not take one.
Well, sometimes
you got to do both.
This is what I mean.
You play at rebellion, 'cause
John will do your dirty work.
Johnny made his own
decisions. He chose a side.
He's a Killjoy, he
doesn't take sides.
Well, maybe he wants to
be more than just a Killjoy.
Why would you think
that? Because he told me.
DUTCH: Okay, seriously,
what the hells is going on?
Group nap? Company retreat?
JOHN: Ladies, we may
have a little problem.
I am completely blocked
out of the generator.
There's no way that I can shut
down power to the wall from here.
Have you tried shooting
the dick out of it?
What, the generator?
(SCOFFS) No, these puppies
are proteck-packed and chained.
Each one would go up like a
mini-nuke on Ascension Day.
Not advisable.
You guys at Jelco's yet?
Yeah, but no Jelco. Whole place
looks like it's been evacuated.
JOHN: Apparently,
Spring Hill is in the midst
of a system-wide changeover.
Doesn't that sound
incredibly ominous?
Handed over to who?
Forget it. I don't care
about bureaucratic bullshit.
Just give me a Plan B.
Senbek told me that the wall
controls are in Jelco's office.
Maybe you can at least turn
off the neural interference.
Shut down the mood control. How?
Look at Jelco's desk.
I got it.
JOHN: No, hold
on! There might be...
(SIGHS)
Security features.
JELCO: You.
(CHUCKLES) Of course it's you.
Why not? Cherry on my day.
He probably means
me. I think he means me.
Well, you're too late.
Sorry I can't be
there to say good-bye.
Bit of a changing of the
guard situation happening here.
Schedule's quite tight.
Where are you, Jelco?
I have a very special
package with your name on it.
Tempting. But I've got
something for you instead.
Four squads, top
floor, immediately.
MAN: Uh, Governor Jelco, sir,
Squad A, B, C, and D
have all been dispatched
to the next colony.
Who's left? F Squad.
Then send in F Squad.
Must I do everything myself?
Do you want me
to chew your food?
(ALARM BLARING)
Dutch, what is that?
Shit.
Closing in now, sir.
Assuming you can hear the
same alarm as me, Johnny?
Yeah, I'm also seeing a lot
of guards coming your way.
All right, then,
safest way out. On it.
But Dutch, that holocall
you just received from Jelco,
that same frequency is
making another call to Qresh.
And it's coming from
inside Spring Hill.
Bugger's still in
the building. Good.
Track that signal. Tell
me where he is, and D'av,
I'll need a distraction.
Keep those guards off my ass.
Man with gun, coming at ya.
Dutch, wait. We came
here to bring down the wall.
And get Jelco's brains on toast.
I'm not leaving
here without both.
You and John work the wall.
D'av and I will have
Jelco and the guards.
Multitasking like a boss.
What if the guards
get here first?
If anyone comes
through that door
that isn't me,
D'avin, or Johnny...
Pull this, they fall down.
I need to know
you can handle this.
Go get that son of a bitch.
Bring me back some toast.
(CHUCKLES)
(WHISPERING) D'av, I'm leading
them down to the service floors.
D'AVIN: (ON COMMS)
Copy. MAN 1: Take cover!
MAN 2: Get her! Move! Move!
(PANTING)
Hey, hold on, squad. Move it!
D'av, where's that distraction?
Coming, God.
Stop being so needy, woman.
Johnny, I still need
access to these controls.
Yeah, hold on.
I'm doing my best.
(SIGHS) All right, computer.
I have an idea.
JULIAN: Are you still
trying? Good for you.
Look, if you're reformatting,
I request admin access to
any systems not yet overwritten.
Hmm. I'm not sure I can
give that to you either.
Well, I can, but I won't.
How about now?
LUCY: Hello, Julian, I'm Lucy.
JULIAN: Is Lucy another program?
I'd go home, Lucy,
for your own sake.
LUCY: Julian, it's on.
Keep him busy, girl.
I got to find a Jelco
needle in a dick haystack.
Pawter, I need access
to Jelco's security feeds.
Can you open
them at his terminal?
One sec.
Okay, got it.
Hang on, Old Town. We're coming.
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)
(SINGING)
(PANTING)
Dutch, I'm almost at them.
Actually, I think I
just found them.
(GUN FIRING)
Go, go, go, go, go!
LUCY: Are these your database
libraries? They're so exposed.
JULIAN: That's
really not appropriate.
Oh. Oh, dear.
Pawter, hot damn, we're in.
Lucy got you access to
the mood controls. Try again.
Okay, slide all
the levels to zero.
That should put the
mood control to neutral.
Done.
They can listen to you now, so tell
them to stop eating those damn rations
and stay away from the wall
because it's still powered and lethal.
(SIGHS)
People of Old Town.
I need you to listen to me.
Do not eat any of the food
The Company sent you.
It's poisoned.
Gun on stun. Tunes for fun.
(ALTERNATIVE ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)
(GRUNTS)
(GROANS)
MAN 1: There he
is! MAN 2: Freeze!
D'AVIN: Enjoy the nap, kids.
LUCY: John, I've been
all through the system.
We have a problem.
JOHN: Jelco doesn't have
clearance to kill the wall.
I need a Qreshi master code.
Do you have one?
PAWTER: No, but
I know how to get it.
We're right in the middle of...
Oh.
You. What are you doing there?
Trying to bring
down your stupid wall.
Doesn't seem to be working.
I'm a little worried some good
people are gonna die trying,
so, you win.
What do you want, Delle Seyah?
What is it gonna cost
to bring down the wall?
I need that code.
Oh, darling.
I may be a power whore,
but I go for a finer coin
than you could ever give.
These things have been in
motion since before we were born.
What are you talking about?
Fine. Jelco's weak.
I will make him talk to Council.
Would this be before or after they
see evidence of your involvement
in the murder of Arune?
Pretty Pawter.
Still the same insufferable
martyr from our school days.
And you're still a bully,
but you're not crazy.
You cannot kill off half a
town. People will find out.
Exactly, some sort of mad
plague ripping through Old Town.
Quarantine will be suggested,
then begged for once
they too begin to fall ill.
Rolled out town by town,
wall by wall, sheep by sheep,
for all of Westerley.
You see, individuals are clever,
but masses are stupid.
They'd much rather
close their eyes
and hear the lie than open
them and see the knife.
What happened to
you, Delle Seyah?
I grew up.
Did what had to be done.
Which is more than has
ever been asked of you.
Don't do this.
It's done.
Even if you save this one town,
you can't save all of Westerley.
Let it go, Pawter.
No one will fight for Old Town.
Not when her people won't
even fight for themselves.
LUCY: John, Dr. Simms'
heart rate is spiking.
Hey, Pawter, you
okay? PAWTER: Yeah.
No.
She won't give me the code.
I wish you were here.
I am.
We'll have to free Old
Town some other way.
What about the other ones?
What?
What about all the
other towns, John?
Delle Seyah's planning rations
for the whole moon. Millions will die.
How do we save them?
I don't know.
But we'll figure it
out together, okay?
I'm coming to you
as soon as I can.
(SIGHS) Pawter?
Johnny, it's a maze down here.
JOHN: Keep going, Jelco's
just one more level down.
I'm seeing a lot of activity,
though, so be careful.
I'm getting Pawter,
so you're on your own.
(CHATTERING)
Plasma?
In Spring Hill?
JELCO: Enough. (GASPS)
As I'm sure you can appreciate,
we're on a strict timeline here.
And it is fools like you
that are slowing us down.
No more excuses.
You do realize that I can
very efficiently demote you.
(SIGHS)
(COMPUTER CHIMING)
Lucy, transmit Quad-wide.
I need everyone to see.
Some of you know
me as Dr. Pawter.
Some of you know me
as Illenore Seyah Simms.
I'm Qreshi-born, but
I'm Westerley-made.
Everything The Company has done
since that wall
went up is a lie.
They've caged you.
They've poisoned you.
And now the rest of
Westerley needs to see the truth
before it's too
late for them too.
You have to fight.
You have to take down the wall.
Show the entire Quad your rage.
I'm sorry. It's the only way.
Every war needs martyrs.
Look at it.
It's not just a
wall, it's a cage.
It's all your pain, your loss.
All The Company's lies.
Hate the wall.
Fight the wall.
Break it down like it broke you.
Forgive me.
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)
(SCREAMING)
(PEOPLE SCREAMING)
JULIAN: System overload.
(CROWD CLAMORING)
(CRYING)
(CHUCKLES)
I told them we needed more
than one squad for the changeover.
Look, no harm, no foul.
Let me go, and I'll forget the
whole gun in the face thing.
What the hells is going on?
Those beds, the plasma?
How should I know? I'm
just a cog in the machine.
Then start talking, cog.
It's a whole new program.
I set up the wall,
deliver the rations,
then I move on to the next
town, the next wall, apparently.
More towns?
The Company isn't trying to
make slaves. They're making Sixes.
A whole moon of them.
We're just middlemen.
Hey, we got to go.
Oh, whoa. What happened?
Why is the wall set to "rage"?
Pawter?
What did you do?
(COMPUTER BEEPING)
I... JULIAN: Warning.
Breach of Spring Hill.
Repeat, breach of Spring Hill.
Dutch.
The wall is down and Old
Town is coming to Spring Hill.
Hey, we got to go, now.
Uh-oh. Old Town
broke your pretty wall.
Out of time, Jelco.
I know something.
The green plasma, do you
have any idea how important it is?
I thought you were
just a cog. Well, I am,
but knowledge is what
keeps a cog like me alive.
Would you like to know
where the rest of it is?
There's more? Where?
(CHUCKLES)
Westerley is just the beginning.
There's more than you
could possibly imagine.
But if you want to
know where it is,
you're going to have to save me.
Well, that's
horrifically familiar.
We got to get out of here. It's crazy
out there. There's looters everywhere.
And not the cuddly kind.
Dutch.
We gonna do this?
Take the shot.
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
We got to get Jelco out of here.
What? (CHUCKLES)
I'll explain on the way. Let's
take the way we came in.
Wait. We can't.
The lower levels are
flooded with Old Towners.
They'll tear him to shreds.
I got another idea. Let's go.
(PEOPLE CLAMORING)
Okay, it was a bad idea.
I'll get you the
time you need. Go.
Dutch. It's the only way.
Please. Stick to the plan.
Don't even think of dying.
HERIN: Hey! Go.
DUTCH: Next one's in your head.
You can't have him.
You can't shoot all of us.
MAN: Get her!
(ALL CLAMORING)
HERIN: Got her.
Get her out of here!
Find Jelco!
(DUTCH GRUNTS)
So, one more time.
Are your partner and
Jelco still on Westerley?
No.
(PANTING)
You know you've only got
about 10 pints of that, right?
Maybe I'm just an overachiever.
Do you know who I am? Sure.
Thug leader of a
bloodthirsty mob.
Your mother must be proud.
She was.
You know, before the wall
went up, I was treasury secretary.
Miner's Union Local 289.
Under Tarren Tighmon.
You remember him? He's the
guy you tracked down for Jelco.
So that he could
shoot him like a dog.
I was doing my job.
Jelco lied to us.
After that, they took out every
union chief, every steward.
Until there was just me.
And all the good people
I'm responsible for out there.
Do you even know
what that's like?
Having people to protect?
Fine. If you won't talk to
me, who will you talk to?
(CROWD CLAMORING)
Dutch?
Johnny? Hey.
Hey, Dutch, it's okay.
No, Johnny. Dutch, I'm here.
Nerve cuffs. Stop touching me.
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
JOHN: When this is done,
you and me are gonna
have a lot of words.
How long has it been?
Since you took me
from Spring Hill?
Ten hours, why?
Maybe Jelco's in...
Hmm?
Your ass.
Ah.
(RETCHING AND COUGHING)
Dutch, what the hells?
Worth it. HERIN:
You're a friend.
Maybe she'll tell you the truth.
Fine, but alone.
Gun.
I hope you have better
luck with her than I did.
For her sake.
So.
Are you gonna tell
me what's going on?
So your crazy bitch got herself
in a heap of trouble with city folk.
What's it to me?
Oh, she's fun.
Oh, I know. Shut up.
Look, if it's too big of a job for
you, we can find someone else.
No, you won't. It's impossible.
Spring Hill's got
mag-shields up the wazoo.
Screws with all the
targeting systems.
Well, that's why he's here.
He's got the security codes.
(SCOFFS)
He's right. I do.
And the wazoo.
Plus, my toys ain't cheap.
Well, that's also why he's here.
He's got major Company
money, and he'll sign it over to you.
That's also... Wait, no, I won't
do that. No, that's my nest egg.
Oh, yes, you will.
Or what? You'll shoot me?
Well, good luck
getting the codes then.
One second, please.
I didn't say you die quickly.
And a trader like Borna?
She'll take things
other than money.
DUTCH: I needed
to buy D'av time.
Spring Hill should
be ashes soon.
Small flaw. You'll die from blood
loss by the time it actually works.
Yeah, well, I wasn't exactly
planning on Mr. Union Dick
and his amazing bag of
micro-leeches now, was I?
Hey, you always
plan on micro-leeches.
It's rule number one.
I love you, Johnny.
Whoa, we don't talk about
our big girl feelings in public.
Sorry, massive blood
loss and nerve cuffs
brings out the
sentimental bitch in me.
(CHUCKLES)
You always go with
your big, stupid heart.
It scares me.
That's why you got into
all that trouble with Pawter.
Yeah.
Well, Pawter can get
into her own trouble.
She took down the wall
by having people run at it,
until it shorted out.
She made them do it.
Dutch.
People died.
There are two kinds of people
who can take down a wall like that.
Those that die on it,
and those that kill for it.
Don't assume you know which one
you are until you face that moment.
And since when do
you take Pawter's side?
Since I know what
it's like to need you.
There's a monster
inside me, Johnny.
And it's angry.
And it's hateful.
And you're the only one
who stops it from coming out.
That's why I've been
so scared to lose you.
I just want you to be happy.
What makes me happy
is to live in a world
where I can have my
Dutch and eat my Pawter too.
Shit.
That... That got
weirdly sexual. Yeah.
No. It's just, we're
not baked goods.
I know that. (CHUCKLES)
I just meant...
Everything is gonna be fine.
I promise.
Please, tell him what he wants
to know. HERIN: Time's up.
Fine.
I'll tell you where Jelco is.
I sent him away with my partner,
and I've been
stalling ever since
to buy them time to blow up
Spring Hill once it was evacuated.
You only get one shot,
boys. Make it count.
I'll be happy to do the honors.
Not a chance. Just
put in the codes.
Hmm.
Why do you get all the fun?
Why would you want
to blow up Spring Hill?
Because it's being used
to turn Old Town survivors
into immortal killing machines.
(CHUCKLES)
That's the best one
yet. I'll give you that.
Am I bleeding?
D'AVIN: Best job ever.
She hangs, now.
Hey, whoa, whoa. She told
you what this is all about.
She told you the truth.
Johnny. So she
played you. It happens.
And now you're gonna suck it
up, and you're gonna let her go.
DUTCH: Johnny.
You don't whip up an angry mob
and then just tell them to go home.
One way or another, someone
was always gonna hang.
(GRUNTS)
Nobody hangs today.
Crowd wants blood, son.
Hers or yours, with a rope
or bullet, they don't care.
It's gonna take a
lot of your blood, too.
'Cause I'm not leaving
this woman's side, ever.
Well, I hope you're not
doing all this on my account.
It'd be a waste to spill so much
blood when I'm here to negotiate
for Westerley's independence.
So just like that? Independence.
Well, after Seyah Simms here
broadcast that horrific scene
in Old Town across the Quad,
don't I suddenly get a call
from over 30 mining chiefs
whose towns will go into
open and violent revolt
if The Company tried to put up
another wall anywhere near them.
Needless to say, I
know when I'm beat.
Hey.
(EXHALES) You okay?
It's all right. I'm all right.
Good, 'cause you look like shit.
And growing up, they said
that he was the ladies' man.
Is our friend safe?
Yeah, he will be if he
shuts up for 10 seconds.
Just keep him on Lucy and
don't mention him to anyone here.
And don't drink the water.
We'll need to take this
to the people of Old Town.
Of course. We'll draw up
an accord for us all to sign.
I wouldn't trust anything she
does. SEYAH: Which is smart.
But that's why I came
alone. No bodyguard even.
You won, Pawter.
I didn't know you had it in you.
Your mother would
have been very proud.
Don't talk about
my mother. Ever.
You two need a
second alone here, or...
It's too bad she's
not here anymore.
But you are. For now.
What does that mean?
It means, Pawter Simms,
the freeing of Westerley
will cost The Company trillions.
But it will cost you
something even more dear.
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
JOHN: So all of Westerley
saw what happened at the wall.
That's why you did it.
That's what made them stand up,
but that doesn't make it right.
And when we sign the accord,
I will answer for what I've done.
Okay, but you don't have to
do it alone. I mean, I can talk to...
Johnny, no.
You've already risked too
much. You can't keep doing this.
(CHUCKLES)
This is, like, an entire day
of the women I love telling me
what I can and can't do.
It's not really as fun as
it sounds, Seyah Simms.
Well, when the accord
has been signed,
you won't be calling
me that anymore.
Why not?
Because the deal Delle Seyah
made is that if Westerley gets all this,
I have to give up my title, my land,
my place on the Board, everything.
Why?
'Cause I beat her.
This is her way of
making me pay for that.
You can fight this.
I don't think I want to.
I'm done playing
politics, Johnny.
It costs too much.
I have to go back in
there. Hey, hey, hey.
As long as I have a
home, you have a home.
Maybe you could be
our doc on the ship.
We could use one,
we get hurt a lot.
Which is maybe not the
best recruitment speech, but...
Are you serious?
Well, I was kind of hoping to settle
down with Qreshian royalty, but...
(CHUCKLES) You know.
Old custom.
(GRUNTS)
I've heard of this.
How charmingly disgusting.
Thank you, Dr. Pawter,
for freeing Old Town.
If you're sure, Seyah Simms.
Oh, pretty Pawter.
(GROANS)
No, no, no, no,
no! Kill them all.
(PANTING)
Pawter, you're
fine, you're fine.
(GASPING)
Shit, shit.
Hey, it's okay, it's okay.
(ALL GRUNTING)
Pawter, you need to
tell me what to do, okay?
Stay with me.
Tell me how to help you, okay?
It's gonna be okay. All right?
DUTCH: They won't stay down!
Hey!
(GASPING)
Hey.
Come on!
There's too many. We gotta go.
Johnny... No,
she's gonna be fine.
D'AVIN: Johnny,
we have to go now.
They're Sixes.
DUTCH: D'av! Sorry, buddy.
SEYAH: He even handed over
the knife like you said he would.
Old habits die hard in Old Town.
Give me the other one.
HERIN: Uncle.
How could you?
Your own people...
You're not my people.
HERIN: What did she offer you?
Only what we all want,
Herin. To live forever.
(GROANS)
What will you tell
the rest of Old Town?
What they need
to hear, of course.
Old Town, she loved
you as you loved her.
She was our bridge from Qresh to
Westerley, from my people to yours.
I pledge to be that bridge now.
Before she died, Pawter
did manage to write this,
a Qreshi peace agreement.
Let there be no more
walls between us.
We are one. Forever.
And nothing will ever
tear us apart again.
Okay.
All right, Lucy.
Get us out of here before
the Scarbacks catch up.
As soon as Jelco could tell us
where the rest of the plasma is, we...
(GASPS)
FANCY: I let him go,
but we had some fun first.
DUTCH: You idiot.
We have just lost the best
chance we have to save the Quad.
I don't think
Khlyen would agree.
"Khlyen"?
What does he
have to do with this?
I guess you'll just have to
come with me to find out.
He's waiting.
We're partners.
And D'avin. We're your team...
But I am in love with Pawter.
I'm not your hostage
anymore, Jelco. I'm your liege.
Power looks good on you, Seyah.
They want to know what
the wall is for? Show them.
The wall acts as
a giant pacifier.
When they activate it,
everyone in Old Town
becomes some kind of
helpless, happy drone.
Company can do
whatever they want to them.
This is all bad.
JELCO: Seyah Kendry
sends her regards.
JOHN: You poisoned the rations.
You're gonna kill all the weak...
(SNIFFLES) And leave the strong.
And then what? Don't
leave me hanging.
(LAUGHS) I don't know.
But I'm pretty sure that
we're gonna stop you.
(WHISPERING) We're
gonna save Old Town.
Lucy... Where's Johnny?
In the next 48 hours, airdrops
of premium rations will begin.
Let's put an end to
Old Town's suffering.
What a beautiful day.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
HERIN: You ready to be nice?
(SCREAMS)
Nerve cuffs.
If you don't want to melt your spinal
column out your ass, move slow.
Real slow.
(PANTING)
Let's go.
(CROWD CHATTERING)
WOMAN: Bring out the Killjoys!
We want justice!
No one gets in!
Not until Herin says so!
After all she's done for Old
Town, this is how you treat her?
What happens
to her is up to her.
Not in my bar, Herin.
Oh, who says it's
your bar anymore?
It's a brand new
day in Old Town.
Wall's down. People on the
streets. Company's on the run.
Oh, you ready to talk, finally?
How long was I out?
You know, when
we raided Spring Hill,
we found a lot of things
that Jelco left behind.
Things they liked to use
on Old Towners like us.
To make us talk.
Wow, that's not even
remotely impressive.
If you're gonna poison me, at
least make it glow or something.
Who said anything about poison?
Last chance. Where's Liam Jelco?
When we get there, you
keep your mouth shut.
You talk to anyone, I shoot you.
You try to run, I shoot you.
You do anything I don't like...
You shoot me. I get it.
(GROANS)
If we're too late,
and they hurt her...
If she bleeds, you bleed.
Understand?
I understand.
Understood.
(GRUNTS)
Jelco? Why would you think she'd
help that flaming piece of garbage?
Because I saw her and her
partner save him with my own eyes.
Oh, honey, tell him
that's impossible.
I keep trying, but he
keeps on not listening.
But here it is again.
I don't know...
(DUTCH COUGHS)
I don't know where Jelco is.
PREE: Dutch!
Easy.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
Blood. The water.
You shitbag, you did poison me.
Not poison. Micro-leeches.
They feed off the natural
enzymes secreted when you lie.
They go right for the organs.
Like I said, Jelco has a lot of toys.
He's not the only one.
Pree. Shush.
We're getting you out
of here. I appreciate it.
You don't think I'll do this?
He knows you will.
You'll get us past the guards,
maybe even out the door.
But how do you get us through
the armed mob outside, Pree?
Huh?
You know I still would, right?
You, me, blaze of glory.
Some other time.
Promise.
Just take him outside.
(PREE GROANS)
If you hurt him...
HERIN: You should
worry about yourself.
The blood don't lie, girl.
You do know where Jelco is.
Herin, listen to me.
After what happened
in Spring Hill,
The Company will be
retaliating any minute now.
You need to start organizing...
What I need? Let me
tell you what I need.
Last night, over 100 people of
Old Town died in these streets.
Our streets!
So what I need is to
explain to the wives,
the husbands, the children,
how we are going
to get them justice.
By beating the piss out of me.
By hanging the man who
started it all with that damn wall.
And if we can't do that,
the next best thing is the
bitch who helped him escape.
Either Jelco hangs
today, or you do.
DUTCH: Hey,
let's make this fast.
(JOHN LAUGHING)
JOHN: (MUFFLED) Hey, Dutch! Hi!
Where you been?
Hey!
I got this thing too. I
think it's pretty cool.
Johnny? (IN NORMAL
VOLUME) Yeah, Dutch?
Sorry.
(LAUGHS)
(GROANS)
(THEME SONG PLAYING)
(GROANING)
JOHN: What the hells stun setting
did you use, and can we make it illegal?
And how are we feeling?
Oh, like I want to vomit and
punch things at the same time.
She's fine, just give her
a second to come out of it.
(SIGHS)
So...
Was your night as
intense as mine?
(EXHALES) Yeah, I
guess we need to talk.
Nope, you need to listen.
(STATIC SCREECHING)
Why do you hate me?
That was two seconds of sonar
blast pitched down enough to hear.
From where?
LUCY: It originates
from the wall, John.
DUTCH: Lucy gave us audio
scramblers so we could go in and grab you.
And what's that?
Those are schematics
of mood-controlling technology
we found last night in Arkyn.
Seem familiar?
Wait, you went back
to Arkyn without me?
You went rogue and got
your ass arrested, remember?
Right. Bygones. Continue.
LUCY: Once paired with neural
pathways, the wall controls moods.
It can create feelings
ranging from mild depression
to blissful satisfaction to
manic rage. (GROANING)
You okay? Yeah.
How did you feel last night?
PAWTER: Happy. Really happy.
It wasn't real.
(SIGHS)
The only thing we can't figure
out is what the wall has to...
Don't touch the rations!
Wow, nice to see you too.
Want to tell me what's in this shit?
Lucy, put on your
analysis pants.
LUCY: I don't wear
pants. I know, I'm just...
I'm a spaceship, John.
Yeah, I... (SIGHS) Never mind.
LUCY: The sample contains
multiple additional chemical elements.
Yentazine, lorex, pytar.
Special compounds that
target the frail and feeble.
That's how The
Company's doing it.
They're poisoning
all of Old Town?
DUTCH: Why?
They're culling the herd,
wiping out the old and sick,
leaving only the strongest, most
profitable workers for The Company.
Who never complain,
because the wall won't let them.
People are dying
inside that wall.
We need to go back to Old Town
and tell everyone to stop eating that shit.
Trust me, it won't work.
A friend was murdered
in front of me last night,
and I didn't feel anything.
(INHALES)
The wall won't let you.
Plus, the only way
to take down the wall
is to overload it somehow or take
out its power source in Spring Hill.
We end this now.
Look, I know you both
had your secret plan,
but if you don't mind,
we'd quite like to join.
How? Even if we arrest Jelco, he's
got so many allies inside The Company.
Who said anything
about arresting?
Liam Jelco is a
murderer, a sadist,
and a threat to
everyone in Old Town.
Tonight we bring down
his wall, and then he dies.
D'AVIN: So, how
are we getting in?
Well, the entry point's
through one of the old viaducts
they dropped Spring Hill on.
Should still be accessible,
I just used it two days ago.
Would this be when you got
busted and thrown into a jail cell?
Well, that plan had kinks,
which were already made clear
to me, what with the ensuing arrest,
ass-beating, and
friend-berating.
D'AVIN: You mean Dutch?
Nah, you guys will kiss and
make up. It's what you do.
Hells, I tried to kill
her, and we got past it.
I don't know, man. It's weird.
What's weird?
You chose Dr. Crazy-Pants over
our Lady of Perpetual Ass-kicking.
Dutch got jealous.
Have you met Dutch?
Does that sound like her?
No, it does not.
So when are you gonna man up
and ask her what it's really about?
'Cause it kind of looks like you
already made the choice anyway.
What?
I forgot we even...
Crazy night, right?
Let's go over the
entry plan again.
Yeah.
All right, boys are
ready. Let's do this.
Dutch, a second.
I want to say thank you for
the clothes, for coming to get us.
He lied to me. He's
never done that.
I'm sorry. I asked him to.
I figured.
And I'm only doing this now,
because to be perfectly
honest, Seyah Simms,
you're not up for this.
And if you tried to
do this without me,
you'd probably get yourself
killed and Johnny with you.
I would never ask
him to risk himself.
But you already did.
You're welcome for the jacket.
Nice color on you.
JOHN: The wall's power
generator's due east from here.
D'AVIN: Dutch, you and
Pawter can take the last stairwell.
That'll take you into the main
hall. You get Jelco from there.
Trust me, I know the
way. JOHN: Last check.
Everyone have
everything? Comlinks?
DUTCH: Just remember, we're
not here to kill The Company guards.
All the weapons are set
to stun except for mine.
Mine's for Jelco.
PAWTER: Where is everybody?
DUTCH: Either we're
very lucky or we're very not.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
DUTCH: John, this whole
damn place is empty.
JOHN: Yeah, here too.
Where'd they
send all the guards?
D'AVIN: Asshole jamboree?
JOHN: (LAUGHS) Now, why
did I ever try to do this alone?
D'AVIN: Right?
Can't be badass and
make your own jokes.
It's just weird.
Oh.
50 Joy, this is the one
that powers the wall.
Looks like the tech
they had on Arkyn.
Just newer.
So why is shit from Arkyn
showing up in the guts
of a Company building?
Hello, I'm Julian, the
Administration Matrix for Spring Hill.
You appear to be
looking for a way
into one of our
power generators.
Hi, there, little buddy.
We're just looking to bypass
a blown power conduit.
That's odd. I don't see
a blown power conduit.
Oh, there it is.
Yeah, it's probably
fastest just to turn over
all manual controls of the
generators to me for repairs, huh?
Hmm. That would appear to
be the most efficient solution.
See? Computers love me.
Except that Spring
Hill is in the midst
of a Company-mandated,
system-wide changeover.
Whoa, whoa.
"Changeover"? Since when?
So you will need a deca-set
encrypted access code
if you wish to proceed further,
which you would know if
you really belonged here.
Unless you think I'm stupid.
Do you think I'm stupid?
You were saying? Wow.
Whoever programed
this is an asshole.
Yeah, well, my asshole's
bigger than his asshole.
I mean you're smarter than...
Whatever, just
kick his nerd ass.
(CHUCKLES)
Uh... (SNIFFS)
(GROANS)
Look, if you want to
stop here, you still can.
You don't have
anything to prove to me.
Well, like my father told me,
sometimes we have choices,
and sometimes we don't.
What am I supposed
to do with this?
You point this part, you pull this
part, and bang, bad guy falls down.
It's set to lethal,
so if I can't take the shot at
Jelco, you're gonna have to.
I can't just shoot
someone. Really?
You cut off your
own sister's hand
and strapped a
bomb to Jelco's heart.
Yes, but I didn't set it off.
There's a difference.
I'm a doctor.
Anything bad I've done was
to save a life, not take one.
Well, sometimes
you got to do both.
This is what I mean.
You play at rebellion, 'cause
John will do your dirty work.
Johnny made his own
decisions. He chose a side.
He's a Killjoy, he
doesn't take sides.
Well, maybe he wants to
be more than just a Killjoy.
Why would you think
that? Because he told me.
DUTCH: Okay, seriously,
what the hells is going on?
Group nap? Company retreat?
JOHN: Ladies, we may
have a little problem.
I am completely blocked
out of the generator.
There's no way that I can shut
down power to the wall from here.
Have you tried shooting
the dick out of it?
What, the generator?
(SCOFFS) No, these puppies
are proteck-packed and chained.
Each one would go up like a
mini-nuke on Ascension Day.
Not advisable.
You guys at Jelco's yet?
Yeah, but no Jelco. Whole place
looks like it's been evacuated.
JOHN: Apparently,
Spring Hill is in the midst
of a system-wide changeover.
Doesn't that sound
incredibly ominous?
Handed over to who?
Forget it. I don't care
about bureaucratic bullshit.
Just give me a Plan B.
Senbek told me that the wall
controls are in Jelco's office.
Maybe you can at least turn
off the neural interference.
Shut down the mood control. How?
Look at Jelco's desk.
I got it.
JOHN: No, hold
on! There might be...
(SIGHS)
Security features.
JELCO: You.
(CHUCKLES) Of course it's you.
Why not? Cherry on my day.
He probably means
me. I think he means me.
Well, you're too late.
Sorry I can't be
there to say good-bye.
Bit of a changing of the
guard situation happening here.
Schedule's quite tight.
Where are you, Jelco?
I have a very special
package with your name on it.
Tempting. But I've got
something for you instead.
Four squads, top
floor, immediately.
MAN: Uh, Governor Jelco, sir,
Squad A, B, C, and D
have all been dispatched
to the next colony.
Who's left? F Squad.
Then send in F Squad.
Must I do everything myself?
Do you want me
to chew your food?
(ALARM BLARING)
Dutch, what is that?
Shit.
Closing in now, sir.
Assuming you can hear the
same alarm as me, Johnny?
Yeah, I'm also seeing a lot
of guards coming your way.
All right, then,
safest way out. On it.
But Dutch, that holocall
you just received from Jelco,
that same frequency is
making another call to Qresh.
And it's coming from
inside Spring Hill.
Bugger's still in
the building. Good.
Track that signal. Tell
me where he is, and D'av,
I'll need a distraction.
Keep those guards off my ass.
Man with gun, coming at ya.
Dutch, wait. We came
here to bring down the wall.
And get Jelco's brains on toast.
I'm not leaving
here without both.
You and John work the wall.
D'av and I will have
Jelco and the guards.
Multitasking like a boss.
What if the guards
get here first?
If anyone comes
through that door
that isn't me,
D'avin, or Johnny...
Pull this, they fall down.
I need to know
you can handle this.
Go get that son of a bitch.
Bring me back some toast.
(CHUCKLES)
(WHISPERING) D'av, I'm leading
them down to the service floors.
D'AVIN: (ON COMMS)
Copy. MAN 1: Take cover!
MAN 2: Get her! Move! Move!
(PANTING)
Hey, hold on, squad. Move it!
D'av, where's that distraction?
Coming, God.
Stop being so needy, woman.
Johnny, I still need
access to these controls.
Yeah, hold on.
I'm doing my best.
(SIGHS) All right, computer.
I have an idea.
JULIAN: Are you still
trying? Good for you.
Look, if you're reformatting,
I request admin access to
any systems not yet overwritten.
Hmm. I'm not sure I can
give that to you either.
Well, I can, but I won't.
How about now?
LUCY: Hello, Julian, I'm Lucy.
JULIAN: Is Lucy another program?
I'd go home, Lucy,
for your own sake.
LUCY: Julian, it's on.
Keep him busy, girl.
I got to find a Jelco
needle in a dick haystack.
Pawter, I need access
to Jelco's security feeds.
Can you open
them at his terminal?
One sec.
Okay, got it.
Hang on, Old Town. We're coming.
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)
(SINGING)
(PANTING)
Dutch, I'm almost at them.
Actually, I think I
just found them.
(GUN FIRING)
Go, go, go, go, go!
LUCY: Are these your database
libraries? They're so exposed.
JULIAN: That's
really not appropriate.
Oh. Oh, dear.
Pawter, hot damn, we're in.
Lucy got you access to
the mood controls. Try again.
Okay, slide all
the levels to zero.
That should put the
mood control to neutral.
Done.
They can listen to you now, so tell
them to stop eating those damn rations
and stay away from the wall
because it's still powered and lethal.
(SIGHS)
People of Old Town.
I need you to listen to me.
Do not eat any of the food
The Company sent you.
It's poisoned.
Gun on stun. Tunes for fun.
(ALTERNATIVE ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)
(GRUNTS)
(GROANS)
MAN 1: There he
is! MAN 2: Freeze!
D'AVIN: Enjoy the nap, kids.
LUCY: John, I've been
all through the system.
We have a problem.
JOHN: Jelco doesn't have
clearance to kill the wall.
I need a Qreshi master code.
Do you have one?
PAWTER: No, but
I know how to get it.
We're right in the middle of...
Oh.
You. What are you doing there?
Trying to bring
down your stupid wall.
Doesn't seem to be working.
I'm a little worried some good
people are gonna die trying,
so, you win.
What do you want, Delle Seyah?
What is it gonna cost
to bring down the wall?
I need that code.
Oh, darling.
I may be a power whore,
but I go for a finer coin
than you could ever give.
These things have been in
motion since before we were born.
What are you talking about?
Fine. Jelco's weak.
I will make him talk to Council.
Would this be before or after they
see evidence of your involvement
in the murder of Arune?
Pretty Pawter.
Still the same insufferable
martyr from our school days.
And you're still a bully,
but you're not crazy.
You cannot kill off half a
town. People will find out.
Exactly, some sort of mad
plague ripping through Old Town.
Quarantine will be suggested,
then begged for once
they too begin to fall ill.
Rolled out town by town,
wall by wall, sheep by sheep,
for all of Westerley.
You see, individuals are clever,
but masses are stupid.
They'd much rather
close their eyes
and hear the lie than open
them and see the knife.
What happened to
you, Delle Seyah?
I grew up.
Did what had to be done.
Which is more than has
ever been asked of you.
Don't do this.
It's done.
Even if you save this one town,
you can't save all of Westerley.
Let it go, Pawter.
No one will fight for Old Town.
Not when her people won't
even fight for themselves.
LUCY: John, Dr. Simms'
heart rate is spiking.
Hey, Pawter, you
okay? PAWTER: Yeah.
No.
She won't give me the code.
I wish you were here.
I am.
We'll have to free Old
Town some other way.
What about the other ones?
What?
What about all the
other towns, John?
Delle Seyah's planning rations
for the whole moon. Millions will die.
How do we save them?
I don't know.
But we'll figure it
out together, okay?
I'm coming to you
as soon as I can.
(SIGHS) Pawter?
Johnny, it's a maze down here.
JOHN: Keep going, Jelco's
just one more level down.
I'm seeing a lot of activity,
though, so be careful.
I'm getting Pawter,
so you're on your own.
(CHATTERING)
Plasma?
In Spring Hill?
JELCO: Enough. (GASPS)
As I'm sure you can appreciate,
we're on a strict timeline here.
And it is fools like you
that are slowing us down.
No more excuses.
You do realize that I can
very efficiently demote you.
(SIGHS)
(COMPUTER CHIMING)
Lucy, transmit Quad-wide.
I need everyone to see.
Some of you know
me as Dr. Pawter.
Some of you know me
as Illenore Seyah Simms.
I'm Qreshi-born, but
I'm Westerley-made.
Everything The Company has done
since that wall
went up is a lie.
They've caged you.
They've poisoned you.
And now the rest of
Westerley needs to see the truth
before it's too
late for them too.
You have to fight.
You have to take down the wall.
Show the entire Quad your rage.
I'm sorry. It's the only way.
Every war needs martyrs.
Look at it.
It's not just a
wall, it's a cage.
It's all your pain, your loss.
All The Company's lies.
Hate the wall.
Fight the wall.
Break it down like it broke you.
Forgive me.
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)
(SCREAMING)
(PEOPLE SCREAMING)
JULIAN: System overload.
(CROWD CLAMORING)
(CRYING)
(CHUCKLES)
I told them we needed more
than one squad for the changeover.
Look, no harm, no foul.
Let me go, and I'll forget the
whole gun in the face thing.
What the hells is going on?
Those beds, the plasma?
How should I know? I'm
just a cog in the machine.
Then start talking, cog.
It's a whole new program.
I set up the wall,
deliver the rations,
then I move on to the next
town, the next wall, apparently.
More towns?
The Company isn't trying to
make slaves. They're making Sixes.
A whole moon of them.
We're just middlemen.
Hey, we got to go.
Oh, whoa. What happened?
Why is the wall set to "rage"?
Pawter?
What did you do?
(COMPUTER BEEPING)
I... JULIAN: Warning.
Breach of Spring Hill.
Repeat, breach of Spring Hill.
Dutch.
The wall is down and Old
Town is coming to Spring Hill.
Hey, we got to go, now.
Uh-oh. Old Town
broke your pretty wall.
Out of time, Jelco.
I know something.
The green plasma, do you
have any idea how important it is?
I thought you were
just a cog. Well, I am,
but knowledge is what
keeps a cog like me alive.
Would you like to know
where the rest of it is?
There's more? Where?
(CHUCKLES)
Westerley is just the beginning.
There's more than you
could possibly imagine.
But if you want to
know where it is,
you're going to have to save me.
Well, that's
horrifically familiar.
We got to get out of here. It's crazy
out there. There's looters everywhere.
And not the cuddly kind.
Dutch.
We gonna do this?
Take the shot.
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
We got to get Jelco out of here.
What? (CHUCKLES)
I'll explain on the way. Let's
take the way we came in.
Wait. We can't.
The lower levels are
flooded with Old Towners.
They'll tear him to shreds.
I got another idea. Let's go.
(PEOPLE CLAMORING)
Okay, it was a bad idea.
I'll get you the
time you need. Go.
Dutch. It's the only way.
Please. Stick to the plan.
Don't even think of dying.
HERIN: Hey! Go.
DUTCH: Next one's in your head.
You can't have him.
You can't shoot all of us.
MAN: Get her!
(ALL CLAMORING)
HERIN: Got her.
Get her out of here!
Find Jelco!
(DUTCH GRUNTS)
So, one more time.
Are your partner and
Jelco still on Westerley?
No.
(PANTING)
You know you've only got
about 10 pints of that, right?
Maybe I'm just an overachiever.
Do you know who I am? Sure.
Thug leader of a
bloodthirsty mob.
Your mother must be proud.
She was.
You know, before the wall
went up, I was treasury secretary.
Miner's Union Local 289.
Under Tarren Tighmon.
You remember him? He's the
guy you tracked down for Jelco.
So that he could
shoot him like a dog.
I was doing my job.
Jelco lied to us.
After that, they took out every
union chief, every steward.
Until there was just me.
And all the good people
I'm responsible for out there.
Do you even know
what that's like?
Having people to protect?
Fine. If you won't talk to
me, who will you talk to?
(CROWD CLAMORING)
Dutch?
Johnny? Hey.
Hey, Dutch, it's okay.
No, Johnny. Dutch, I'm here.
Nerve cuffs. Stop touching me.
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
JOHN: When this is done,
you and me are gonna
have a lot of words.
How long has it been?
Since you took me
from Spring Hill?
Ten hours, why?
Maybe Jelco's in...
Hmm?
Your ass.
Ah.
(RETCHING AND COUGHING)
Dutch, what the hells?
Worth it. HERIN:
You're a friend.
Maybe she'll tell you the truth.
Fine, but alone.
Gun.
I hope you have better
luck with her than I did.
For her sake.
So.
Are you gonna tell
me what's going on?
So your crazy bitch got herself
in a heap of trouble with city folk.
What's it to me?
Oh, she's fun.
Oh, I know. Shut up.
Look, if it's too big of a job for
you, we can find someone else.
No, you won't. It's impossible.
Spring Hill's got
mag-shields up the wazoo.
Screws with all the
targeting systems.
Well, that's why he's here.
He's got the security codes.
(SCOFFS)
He's right. I do.
And the wazoo.
Plus, my toys ain't cheap.
Well, that's also why he's here.
He's got major Company
money, and he'll sign it over to you.
That's also... Wait, no, I won't
do that. No, that's my nest egg.
Oh, yes, you will.
Or what? You'll shoot me?
Well, good luck
getting the codes then.
One second, please.
I didn't say you die quickly.
And a trader like Borna?
She'll take things
other than money.
DUTCH: I needed
to buy D'av time.
Spring Hill should
be ashes soon.
Small flaw. You'll die from blood
loss by the time it actually works.
Yeah, well, I wasn't exactly
planning on Mr. Union Dick
and his amazing bag of
micro-leeches now, was I?
Hey, you always
plan on micro-leeches.
It's rule number one.
I love you, Johnny.
Whoa, we don't talk about
our big girl feelings in public.
Sorry, massive blood
loss and nerve cuffs
brings out the
sentimental bitch in me.
(CHUCKLES)
You always go with
your big, stupid heart.
It scares me.
That's why you got into
all that trouble with Pawter.
Yeah.
Well, Pawter can get
into her own trouble.
She took down the wall
by having people run at it,
until it shorted out.
She made them do it.
Dutch.
People died.
There are two kinds of people
who can take down a wall like that.
Those that die on it,
and those that kill for it.
Don't assume you know which one
you are until you face that moment.
And since when do
you take Pawter's side?
Since I know what
it's like to need you.
There's a monster
inside me, Johnny.
And it's angry.
And it's hateful.
And you're the only one
who stops it from coming out.
That's why I've been
so scared to lose you.
I just want you to be happy.
What makes me happy
is to live in a world
where I can have my
Dutch and eat my Pawter too.
Shit.
That... That got
weirdly sexual. Yeah.
No. It's just, we're
not baked goods.
I know that. (CHUCKLES)
I just meant...
Everything is gonna be fine.
I promise.
Please, tell him what he wants
to know. HERIN: Time's up.
Fine.
I'll tell you where Jelco is.
I sent him away with my partner,
and I've been
stalling ever since
to buy them time to blow up
Spring Hill once it was evacuated.
You only get one shot,
boys. Make it count.
I'll be happy to do the honors.
Not a chance. Just
put in the codes.
Hmm.
Why do you get all the fun?
Why would you want
to blow up Spring Hill?
Because it's being used
to turn Old Town survivors
into immortal killing machines.
(CHUCKLES)
That's the best one
yet. I'll give you that.
Am I bleeding?
D'AVIN: Best job ever.
She hangs, now.
Hey, whoa, whoa. She told
you what this is all about.
She told you the truth.
Johnny. So she
played you. It happens.
And now you're gonna suck it
up, and you're gonna let her go.
DUTCH: Johnny.
You don't whip up an angry mob
and then just tell them to go home.
One way or another, someone
was always gonna hang.
(GRUNTS)
Nobody hangs today.
Crowd wants blood, son.
Hers or yours, with a rope
or bullet, they don't care.
It's gonna take a
lot of your blood, too.
'Cause I'm not leaving
this woman's side, ever.
Well, I hope you're not
doing all this on my account.
It'd be a waste to spill so much
blood when I'm here to negotiate
for Westerley's independence.
So just like that? Independence.
Well, after Seyah Simms here
broadcast that horrific scene
in Old Town across the Quad,
don't I suddenly get a call
from over 30 mining chiefs
whose towns will go into
open and violent revolt
if The Company tried to put up
another wall anywhere near them.
Needless to say, I
know when I'm beat.
Hey.
(EXHALES) You okay?
It's all right. I'm all right.
Good, 'cause you look like shit.
And growing up, they said
that he was the ladies' man.
Is our friend safe?
Yeah, he will be if he
shuts up for 10 seconds.
Just keep him on Lucy and
don't mention him to anyone here.
And don't drink the water.
We'll need to take this
to the people of Old Town.
Of course. We'll draw up
an accord for us all to sign.
I wouldn't trust anything she
does. SEYAH: Which is smart.
But that's why I came
alone. No bodyguard even.
You won, Pawter.
I didn't know you had it in you.
Your mother would
have been very proud.
Don't talk about
my mother. Ever.
You two need a
second alone here, or...
It's too bad she's
not here anymore.
But you are. For now.
What does that mean?
It means, Pawter Simms,
the freeing of Westerley
will cost The Company trillions.
But it will cost you
something even more dear.
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
JOHN: So all of Westerley
saw what happened at the wall.
That's why you did it.
That's what made them stand up,
but that doesn't make it right.
And when we sign the accord,
I will answer for what I've done.
Okay, but you don't have to
do it alone. I mean, I can talk to...
Johnny, no.
You've already risked too
much. You can't keep doing this.
(CHUCKLES)
This is, like, an entire day
of the women I love telling me
what I can and can't do.
It's not really as fun as
it sounds, Seyah Simms.
Well, when the accord
has been signed,
you won't be calling
me that anymore.
Why not?
Because the deal Delle Seyah
made is that if Westerley gets all this,
I have to give up my title, my land,
my place on the Board, everything.
Why?
'Cause I beat her.
This is her way of
making me pay for that.
You can fight this.
I don't think I want to.
I'm done playing
politics, Johnny.
It costs too much.
I have to go back in
there. Hey, hey, hey.
As long as I have a
home, you have a home.
Maybe you could be
our doc on the ship.
We could use one,
we get hurt a lot.
Which is maybe not the
best recruitment speech, but...
Are you serious?
Well, I was kind of hoping to settle
down with Qreshian royalty, but...
(CHUCKLES) You know.
Old custom.
(GRUNTS)
I've heard of this.
How charmingly disgusting.
Thank you, Dr. Pawter,
for freeing Old Town.
If you're sure, Seyah Simms.
Oh, pretty Pawter.
(GROANS)
No, no, no, no,
no! Kill them all.
(PANTING)
Pawter, you're
fine, you're fine.
(GASPING)
Shit, shit.
Hey, it's okay, it's okay.
(ALL GRUNTING)
Pawter, you need to
tell me what to do, okay?
Stay with me.
Tell me how to help you, okay?
It's gonna be okay. All right?
DUTCH: They won't stay down!
Hey!
(GASPING)
Hey.
Come on!
There's too many. We gotta go.
Johnny... No,
she's gonna be fine.
D'AVIN: Johnny,
we have to go now.
They're Sixes.
DUTCH: D'av! Sorry, buddy.
SEYAH: He even handed over
the knife like you said he would.
Old habits die hard in Old Town.
Give me the other one.
HERIN: Uncle.
How could you?
Your own people...
You're not my people.
HERIN: What did she offer you?
Only what we all want,
Herin. To live forever.
(GROANS)
What will you tell
the rest of Old Town?
What they need
to hear, of course.
Old Town, she loved
you as you loved her.
She was our bridge from Qresh to
Westerley, from my people to yours.
I pledge to be that bridge now.
Before she died, Pawter
did manage to write this,
a Qreshi peace agreement.
Let there be no more
walls between us.
We are one. Forever.
And nothing will ever
tear us apart again.
Okay.
All right, Lucy.
Get us out of here before
the Scarbacks catch up.
As soon as Jelco could tell us
where the rest of the plasma is, we...
(GASPS)
FANCY: I let him go,
but we had some fun first.
DUTCH: You idiot.
We have just lost the best
chance we have to save the Quad.
I don't think
Khlyen would agree.
"Khlyen"?
What does he
have to do with this?
I guess you'll just have to
come with me to find out.
He's waiting.