Kung Fu (2021–…): Season 3, Episode 6 - Rescue - full transcript
Oh.
Wow.
Yeah.
Why'd it take so long
for us to do this?
No idea.
Was it worth
the wait?
Mm-hmm.
♪ So fun, we said
so many times ♪
♪ Do you love me
like you love Clementine? ♪
Wait. What were you
gonna tell me last night?
You know, before we...
Got distracted?
Something about...
Who you really are.
Right. That.
Ok. Um...
So, there's
no way this isn't
gonna sound crazy,
so...
I... am a descendant
of a long and ancient,
mystical line
of... Warriors.
♪ I need you,
I need you ♪
I've been awol lately
because I've had my hands full.
Um, I... I don't just
fight criminals.
I also fight more...
Magical types of evil,
like m-magic bad guys.
Heh!
So...
So you're saying...
That magic is real,
there's bad magic
and good magic,
and... you are
the good magic?
Well, that I believe.
♪ Holding on
to what's over and done ♪
- You're really not thrown?
- I... I'm not saying that it's not weird.
- Heh!
- I... I mean, I... I do have some questions,
- but no.
- ♪ Changed my heart ♪
♪ With a love
that carried... ♪
I knew that there was
something special about you.
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Oh ♪
Oh, it's my final alert
for the shift at the cafe.
I gotta jump
in the shower.
Oh, man.
♪ Oh ♪
- Bam-bam, coffee.
- Mm-hmm.
- Oh, thanks.
- But you still haven't said anything yet.
- About what?
- Ahem.
- Oh, back in work clothes...
- Mmm.
- Looking incredible.
- Mmm. Life is good.
- Mwah! Have a good day.
- You, too.
Hey, Dennis.
Is Mei-li around?
- I'm in the kitchen, Sebastian.
- Mm-hmm.
'Morning, baba.
How you doing?
I know you're
disappointed.
Anthony sold us out,
voted for ordinance 11.
He knows the harm
it could do,
putting the security
of our city in the hands
of a shady private
security company.
He must have thought he
had no choice.
- Those stolen photos?
- Mm-hmm?
Feels like he was
targeted for blackmail.
You think it's that company...
Delta Security Endeavors?
They're the ones that
would benefit the most.
They sponsored the bill;
They'd rake in
a lot of city money
if it passed.
What are you gonna do?
I'm gonna change
his mind.
- Really, baba?
- Mm-hmm.
- Uh...
- Hmm?
- Y-You are?
- I gotta try.
You know, whatever his
secret is, it's not worth
- selling his soul, right?
- Mm-mmm, mm-mmm. Yeah, it's not.
- Ok, I gotta go.
- Oh, ok.
Nicky?
Ah!
Good morning, baba.
'Morning.
Overslept?
- Guilty.
- Ok. I gotta go. See ya.
- Have a good day.
- All right. Bye!
Ahem. Nicky?
- Yes?
- A... that was very close,
and b... tell me
absolutely everything!
Well, n-not everything.
What? Is there something
wrong with my seating chart?
I know it's our
first birthday together.
- I'm just trying to get it right.
- No, no, no.
Your seating chart's
fine.
It's the dessert.
Has to be
carrot cake.
That's all Ryan ever
wants on his birthday.
- Carrot cake?
- Sometimes I can't believe he is my son.
Carrot cake it is.
I'll see you
at the restaurant.
Ok.
- Hey, Nicky.
- Hey, seb.
- 'Morning, mama.
- Good morning.
I, uh, slept
through my alarm.
Not sure how
that happened.
Henry was looking
for you.
Yeah, yeah.
I saw his texts.
Nope.
He came here,
last night, late.
I went up to look
for you, but, um...
Oh. What'd you say?
Tsk. I said...
Didn't know
where you were.
Could I get a triple
oat milk vanilla cappuccino
- with a dash of nutmeg?
- Seriously, Chloe?
Heh. Nah.
Drip's fine.
Uh-huh. There are
coffee shops a lot closer
to the soong family
charitable trust than this one.
So? What,
I can't swing by
and visit my brother
at his new job?
Heh! Ok, fine.
Look, I need
your help.
What's up?
'Cause if this is...
No, no, no. I know you're still
not speaking with the parentals.
I am not gonna try
and force that one again.
It's about my job
at the trust.
I think that some money
has gone missing,
like, a lot of money.
Uh, please tell me
that I'm wrong.
Chloe, this is bad.
What happened?
- Hey, hey, Jin.
- They got to you.
Got to me?
The briefcase,
the photos.
You're being targeted,
being blackmailed.
Hey.
Come on.
The reason I changed
my vote is very simple.
The polls show...
Yeah, you sold out.
Whatever was in those
photos, whatever you're
trying to hide,
it's not worth it.
- It's not too late to change your mind.
- It's not selling out.
It's reading the room.
People are scared.
They want to feel safe.
Ordinance 11 will help.
Besides, if I had voted
no, I'd lose the race.
Where would that
get us then?
I wasn't gonna say anything
until after the primary,
but I'm creating a new
position in my office.
Director of outreach...
Someone to reshape how
our campaign engages
with the community,
someone who can really change
how politics works in the city.
I got to get
reelected first,
but I want you
in that role.
Think about it, ok?
- Yeah?
- Want to talk to you...
Carrie, what's this?
Feature on the city's hottest
up-and-coming chefs. Take a look.
Ah! Heh heh!
And this is
a problem?
I thought we wanted
press for the restaurant.
That's just the issue.
It's not for the restaurant.
"This rising star is
shattering conventions
"with his fresh
fusion take
"on Harmony dumplings'
typically
traditional fare."
You're not even mentioned.
I know that you don't
care about that,
but our company is
investing in the Mei-li show,
not the Sebastian show,
and you know our concern
about fusion
diminishing the brand.
Sebastian did
that interview weeks ago.
What am I supposed to do?
Carrie, where is this
coming from?
Sebastian's a problem.
I saw his record.
A conviction
for manslaughter?
I negotiated for
oversight on all hiring.
Hiring him was
my choice.
By the terms of our contract, you
are obligated to disclose that to us,
and you didn't.
I am sorry.
He has to go.
Henry,
when you saw her,
how was she?
I see.
I only caught a glimpse.
Hey, sorry I'm late.
Uh, what's going on?
Henry saw zhilan.
- What? How?
- I told you,
during the ritual, my
compass powers kicked in.
I could see into
that other world.
Just these... Snapshots.
I had to sit with them,
but she was there,
- in the wasteland.
- I... I saw her die
in the source realm, though.
How... how is this possible?
When the realm collapsed,
you said you hoped
the warriors' and guardians'
spirits found their way to
a better place? Maybe
this wasteland is it;
- I mean, minus the "better" part.
- And they are not alone.
You saw them
being hunted by this man.
Xiao said he is working for her,
collecting their spirits
to make her stronger.
But Xiao can't get out now, right?
You caged her inside you?
She is trapped for now,
but if this friend
of hers is feeding her,
sending her spirits,
soon she will become
too powerful to contain.
We won't let that happen.
What do we know about
this friend of Xiao's?
Nothing about him,
but I drew these.
His blades... the hilts have
a pretty unique design.
Maybe we could try
to match the symbols?
Won't have to.
Read about this guy when I
first learned about the bloodlines.
Lived in
the yuan dynasty,
bit of a crank;
He's obsessed
with finding the
bloodline's descendants,
claimed
they were a stain
on humanity,
needed to be erased.
He was also
a blacksmith and a mystic.
He forged this weapon
to be strong enough
to cut the warriors and
guardians down for natural death,
but with a special feature,
a failsafe...
An enchanted hilt.
Supposedly, he could
trap their souls.
Ok, what's the name of this
mystic blacksmith bloodline-hater?
Uh, wu jian.
Uh, the blades have
a long history.
Uh, sold to a private
collector in 1992.
They were reported
stolen 4 months ago,
just days after
the earthquake,
- the collapse of the source realm.
- And my return.
Maybe Xiao's friend
stole them for her.
Maybe, but, Nicky,
this other place,
it's not our world,
so how the hell
- did they get from here to the wasteland?
- I don't know...
But...
If the blades can get
from here to there,
maybe I can, too.
Maybe I can stop this.
Aah!
Ah, come on!
So you want to teleport
to the wasteland?
It might be the only way to stop
Xiao's Minion from feeding her
more souls and to
protect pei-ling.
Ok, sounds good
in theory, but how do
we find this place,
let alone get there?
It's not like we have a
map of the multiverse.
Maybe not a map, but...
We do have a compass.
Hold on. The only reason why my
powers activated was because of the ritual.
I could only see into
the wasteland because of
that spirit energy
coming in from that world.
Without that boost,
I doubt I could do it again.
The compass
locates magic.
The blades are
enchanted, magical.
Even if I could lock on to the blades,
that still wouldn't get you over there.
We just pulled off
some serious hocus pocus
to get pei-ling
inside her own mind.
I'm sure we can
figure this out.
We have to.
This is the last box.
Babe, check this against the
soong charitable trust's bank records.
Passwords?
Thank you so much for
letting us use your office.
Of course. So when did you first
notice that something was wrong?
Last night. I had scored
this huge donation,
and I went to go see if the
check cleared, but then I noticed
that the account balance
had gone way down.
I mean, accounting's
bound to notice any minute,
and then, as soon as they do,
mom and dad are gonna go ballistic.
I mean, with my history,
they're gonna think that I stole it.
- I'm sure that's not true.
- They will.
I found the day and time
of the theft...
Last Wednesday...
9:43 P.M.
They transferred the money to
an untraceable offshore account.
And it was
from your office.
Oh, my god!
Don't worry.
This is actually good news.
How is this good news?
Because now we know
the theft was an inside job,
someone with passwords,
proximity, access.
Someone you know.
I'm just scratching the surface
in my research into delta security,
but... blackmail fits
the pattern.
How did they know to
target Anthony that night?
It was
internal research,
information paid for
by the campaign.
Well, they could have sources
inside the company you hired.
They could have a mole
inside the campaign
or just good,
old-fashioned spying.
Intercepting
that research paid off,
bought them a vote
for their ordinance.
Anthony denied he was
blackmailed right to my face.
Instead, he
offered me a job.
You gonna take it?
Do you want
my honest opinion?
I know what it's like to justify
working inside of a corrupt system.
It's not worth it.
His offer...
He's buying my silence.
Found something.
Ok, we've exhausted
Xiao's journals
and the history books,
so I decided to look elsewhere.
Chinese folktales?
"The emperor's witch"?
It's about an evil witch
in the emperor's court.
She performed extreme acts
of magic to prove her value,
including experiments
on the local peasantry.
Her final trick...
Vanishing these subjects
right in front of the emperor,
sending them off to other worlds.
- Well, certainly sounds like Xiao.
- Yeah, or like
any evil witch from any folktale
from any other culture on earth.
Well, timing lines up. We
know she worked for the emperor.
These experiments sound a lot like
the ones we read about in the journals.
Whoa. Look.
The pendant... the same
one Xiao used to get you here,
and we thought it allowed travel
between worlds, but this proves it.
You're getting
all this from a folktale?
We've done it before.
Besides,
this is our best lead.
But I
destroyed the pendant.
Mmm, I still have
the pieces.
Well, couldn't bring myself to throw
'em in the dumpster. Since we have 'em...
We could try putting
it back together.
Uh, pei-ling smashed it
pretty good. Won't be easy.
No match for your
steady doctor hands.
Well, beats pulling
a wedding ring out of a...
Never mind.
Ok, assuming we
can fix the pendant,
we still need a witch.
Xiao used magic
to pull this off, so we need
to find the original spell
or a decent substitute.
I will check
Xiao's journals.
Thank you.
Bye.
Oh.
Ah. Evan.
- Thank you for coming.
- Of course.
So Carrie says I'm
in breach of contract.
Unfortunately,
she's right.
I reviewed your deal on the
way over, and it's pretty clear.
You violated it by not disclosing
seb's record.
I thought I led you
through the fine print.
You did.
Carrie says if I don't fire
him, she'll tell corporate.
Evan, I cannot
lose Sebastian.
- If I refuse...
- A.H.I. Could sue you.
I... I'd do what I can, but
they'd have a strong case.
We'd face deep pockets,
an army of lawyers.
You could lose a lot of money,
you could even lose the restaurant.
Well, just, uh,
double-checking. Heh! Cool.
Ok. Bye!
Nope.
Jill was at
the giants game.
She said she was
at the game.
Let's run her story
and see if it checks out.
Right.
God, am I just
so hopelessly naive?
You're new at this.
I do it for a living.
Heh! You've been an
investigator for, like, 4 days.
Caught up with my old
friend and our current suspect Paul.
- Oh. Does he have an alibi?
- Yup. Giants game.
Wait. Jill said that she was
at the giants game. Ho ho!
I know.
- Oh. Oh!
- Yeah.
- Paul and Jill.
- I know.
Well,
they have alibis.
- Looks like Marina's our girl.
- What? No!
No, I told you, it can't
be her. I hired her. She's...
She's become a friend. I
mean, also, her family's,
like, loaded. She
doesn't need the money.
Did you
and your friends
need money when you
started your bling ring?
I believe I have
found something.
Ryan and I looked
at these already,
when we were trying to figure
out what the pendant does.
- I may understand it better.
- What do you mean?
I can read
the symbols.
Xiao and I share
a body.
It is as if I know
what she knows.
Magical translation skills.
Sounds familiar.
Th-this is
Xiao's magic,
uh, traveler magic.
I can read
this spell.
Guess we found
our witch.
Good news...
I did it!
Bad news...
Looks like that.
Did you use glue?
And tweezers.
Hey, I'm a doctor, not a
jeweler. Thanks, Ryan.
Looks like we have
everything we need:
Power source, a witch,
and a compass.
No, you don't.
I've been watching you guys
cobble together a plan based
off of maybes
and what ifs, using magic
that... none of us
understand.
Henry, if you have issues with
parts of the plan, we can talk about it...
No, not parts.
All of it.
I'm sorry, but...
I'm out.
Henry?
Please, wait.
What's going on? I've
never seen you like this.
Nicky, that fairytale...
You blew past the most
important part.
Those... peasants that Xiao
flung over to other worlds,
they never came back.
- Yeah.
- Even if we get lucky
and we get you over to the wasteland,
that could be a one-way ticket.
I just...
We could lose you.
I could lose you.
Your life would be
in my hands.
Well, wouldn't be
the first time.
I know it's risky, but
we've faced danger before.
We've trusted each other
with our lives
countless times,
and we've never failed.
I know things
have changed,
but that trust,
it hasn't gone away,
not for me.
I still believe in it.
I still believe in us.
I'll try.
Zoom!
Mmm. So, uh,
Chloe tells me
you've made yourself
indispensable
at the trust.
We are so lucky
to have you.
Did you know that this girl
had competing offers
from all of the biggies...
Ford, gates, Danvers?
Oh! Well, what made
you choose
the soong family
charitable trust?
Well, Chloe, obvs.
I mean, we just hit it off.
We had so much in common.
Business majors, skiers,
Aspen girls...
Not vail.
No. Not vail!
Actually, althea,
you guys have
a lot in common, too.
Marina cheered
in college.
Made nationals
and everything.
Senior year, class of 2017.
Go, tigers!
Mm. Um, so...
Marina, I've been meaning
to ask. Total brain fog.
Uh, who flaked on whom?
Did we have plans
last Wednesday?
It was me. Sorry.
I cashed in my vacation days
for a long weekend.
Where'd you go?
Don't hate me. Bora bora.
Yeah.
Pics,
or it didn't happen.
Of course.
Wow.
Time-stamped
and everything.
Uh, yeah. So?
Uh, sorry, Marina. Look...
A bunch of money got stolen
out of the trust last Wednesday.
We know it's
an inside job,
so we just have
to rule you out.
Of course. Oh, my god.
Chloe, that's awful.
Oh. Have you looked into that Paul
guy? Always got weird vibes from him.
Will you excuse me?
I'll be right back.
Hey, babe.
Hey.
Marina have an alibi?
Yeah. Seems like it.
Are you by a computer?
Yeah. Why?
I need you to check on
something for me.
Hey, hey! Jin. You
give it some thought?
I'm not taking the job.
May I ask why?
You're being blackmailed,
Anthony. You know it. I know it.
Jin, these conspiracy
theories...
As long as delta security's
got dirt on you,
they own you.
As long as that
remains true,
you're not fit to
represent this district.
So you're leaving
the campaign?
To start.
I'm running against you.
What?
You're joking.
This district
deserves better.
And that's you?
We will find out
on election day.
May the best candidate win.
This is
where I returned.
A place of passage.
It might make it easier for
you to access your powers.
It might.
Here we go.
No. I thought about him,
but he doesn't have access
to any of...
I'm just noticing your
bracelet. I love it.
I used to have one
just like that.
Thank you.
I love it, too.
I always had to take mine
off for cheer leading.
Such a pain, but worth
it, right? For cheer?
Oh, yeah, totally.
Speaking of cheer,
when you went to nationals,
didn't you guys win?
No. We placed.
Still, amazing.
Your coach must be
so great.
Oh. What was her name
again?
Oh. His name.
Charlie mears.
I'll admit, you've got your
details pretty down pat.
National finalist,
coach Charlie mears.
Unfortunately for you,
I follow college cheer.
And I know your squad
didn't make nationals in 2017.
Did some digging,
though,
and there was a Marina
winthrop on the team.
What is this?
Oh. Uh, that was just, like,
this misprint that happened.
Whoever you are, you're
not Marina winthrop.
The Danvers foundation.
Yeah, I have friends over there,
and they've never heard
of you before.
Your resume is
a complete fiction,
and I know you could've posted
those bora bora photos from anywhere.
You're a fraud, a fraud
with expensive taste.
And I know you
took the money.
What do you want?
The money. Duh.
You're gonna get back
on your phone
and do whatever
you need to do
to get every cent back
into the trust account,
or we're calling
the cops.
Now.
Lao gong, are you sure
you want to do this?
Our whole lives are
going to change.
I know.
It's a big decision.
But you feel you have
to do it.
I won't do it
without your blessing.
You have it.
Ok.
What are you gonna do?
I don't know.
Evan's gone through the
contract a million times.
He doesn't see a way out.
If they sue us, we
could lose everything.
But, Lao gong, I can't.
I just cannot fire
Sebastian.
Hey, I'm... I'm gonna
have to call you back.
Here we go.
It's working.
I'm there... in the wasteland.
I can see it, too.
Henry!
I can't feel
the connection.
I lost her.
When I submitted
your employee information
to corporate, I didn't
think it mattered.
You knew
what you were doing,
covering for me.
Yes.
I should've been
more careful,
but I need you to know this.
I will not
fire you, Sebastian.
I don't know how,
but I will fight this.
Wait. No.
No, you won't.
I'm not gonna let you
do that, Mei-li.
It's not just me.
You have an entire staff
out there.
They need this job.
They need you.
Sebastian...
Those people, this food.
I will not be the reason
you lose it all.
I refuse.
Your restaurant matters
too much to me.
I'll pack up my knives.
Sebastian.
I don't see it as just
my restaurant, you know.
Not anymore.
This place is ours.
She did it.
She returned all the money.
She was scared.
I, uh, lied to her while
you were in the bathroom,
told her we had
a smoking gun...
Backup surveillance
footage of the theft.
She fell for it.
Oh, thank you.
Thank you so much, althea,
for saving me.
The money's back.
My parents don't need to know
how big of a failure I am and...
Hey, hey, Chloe...
Look, I know you
feel like
you have to work for
the family trust,
but if this job is
making you feel this way,
you can make a change.
I used to think that tech
would be my whole life.
And Dennis? Your dad
cut him off,
broke off all contact
with him,
and he's
making it work.
Wait. Is that
what he told you?
What do you mean?
When the earthquake happened,
dad called a truce.
He offered
a full olive branch:
His old job, his trust fund.
My parents practically
begged him.
Dennis said no.
Who are you?
Hurt the boy,
and you're dead.
I'm a warrior. I'm not
here to hurt anyone.
Did he follow you here?
Who?
The harvester.
Zhilan?
Nicky.
What the hell
are you doing here?
You can rest here for now.
We'll go check
the other traps.
Who are they?
After I lost my tribe,
I got caught in
one of her traps.
Sara used to be a hunter
in a past life.
Fortunately,
tianyu cut me down.
I'm not the game
they're after.
You still haven't
answered my question.
I came here
to defeat him,
this harvester.
You came here by choice
to fight another
world's villain,
another world's problem?
What he's doing here...
Reaping warrior
and guardian souls...
It's all part of
a bigger plan.
Still, it's just so...
You.
You'll never do it,
though.
There's no defeating
the harvester.
Believe me.
I've tried.
We don't have a choice.
Your sister needs us.
What?
Pei-ling is alive.
How?
Kind of a long story.
I wondered if I'd
see her here,
if I'd ever have
the chance.
That's why I came.
And for so long,
I dreamt of having more
time with pei-ling, too.
Somehow she's back.
I have to help her.
But you left her,
and now you're stuck here.
Yeah.
But since I am,
I have to do what I can.
Stopping the harvester is
the only way to protect her.
Maybe together, we can
actually take this guy down.
Ok, Henry got me here by
locking on to the harvester's blades.
He can't be far.
Oh, you could've
mentioned that earlier.
What?
He's close.
You don't understand.
The harvester, he is lethal
and he is fast.
We have to get ready now.
What?
No.
It's stuck.
Someone's blocked the door.
We can't just
leave them.
An offering
for the harvester.
Better them than us.
Sara, please.
We have to go back.
Come on.
Tianyu, they're not
our problem.
Now, come on.
Let's go.
- I'm trying.
It's stuck.
Aah! He's coming.
Run. Save yourself.
Nicky?
He knew my name.
He didn't fight me. Why?
He's not after the living.
Come on.
We have to find tianyu.
Wait. It's ok. It's just us.
We've got to keep going.
He needs a second.
Please.
One second, then we go.
What did you mean,
the harvester's not
after the living?
I thought you were...
Dead? So did I.
Why wouldn't he just kill
us, take our souls, too?
He's close.
So protect him
with our lives?
And end the harvester
once and for all.
I've tried everything,
pei-ling.
I've tried homing on
the blades, the pendant.
Nothing works.
You have not
tried everything.
I know you
still love her.
You have been searching
with your mind.
You need to look with
your heart.
Use it, hmm?
Even if it hurts.
You're not hurting him.
No!
My work here is done.
I have no fight with you.
Speaking Chinese...
Oh, hi.
Henry,
this is my sister... Nicky.
I know things have changed,
but that trust,
it hasn't gone away,
not for me.
I still believe in it.
I still believe in us.
I want to be with you.
You're my future.
I can see her.
Nicky!
Nicky.
I can't hold it much longer.
Do it, Nicky.
Kill him.
♪ You said you loved me ♪
♪ But what does that mean? ♪
♪ Would you cry ♪
♪ If I were to leave? ♪
♪ In my aching hands ♪
♪ Running down your spine ♪
♪ You said you loved me ♪
♪ Ah ah ♪
♪ Wait for me by the water ♪
♪ On the first rain of June ♪
♪ And I'll be there ♪
♪ With all
the letters I ever wrote ♪
♪ For you... ♪
Seb.
What's wrong?
♪ Let's pack our bags ♪
♪ And head
to the rockies, babe... ♪
I didn't say anything because
there was nothing to say.
I'm not going back
to them.
Dennis, Chloe needs you.
She's drowning.
She's trying to fill
your shoes, but she can't.
I know. The last 4 months
have been hard,
but I like who I am now.
For the first time
in my life,
I'm out of their shadows
and I'm making a living
for myself.
I'm not relying on their
money or their name.
I'm just afraid
if I go back...
Hey.
I like who we are now, too.
We don't have to
give that up.
But right now,
your family needs you.
♪ When you run ♪
♪ When you're gone ♪
♪ Oh, I'll be waiting
for you... ♪
Nicky!
You did it.
How?
Did you get him?
I... I ran out of time.
I had to make a choice.
Pei-ling?
Zhilan?
Greg, move your head.
Nice shot, mom!
Wow.
Yeah.
Why'd it take so long
for us to do this?
No idea.
Was it worth
the wait?
Mm-hmm.
♪ So fun, we said
so many times ♪
♪ Do you love me
like you love Clementine? ♪
Wait. What were you
gonna tell me last night?
You know, before we...
Got distracted?
Something about...
Who you really are.
Right. That.
Ok. Um...
So, there's
no way this isn't
gonna sound crazy,
so...
I... am a descendant
of a long and ancient,
mystical line
of... Warriors.
♪ I need you,
I need you ♪
I've been awol lately
because I've had my hands full.
Um, I... I don't just
fight criminals.
I also fight more...
Magical types of evil,
like m-magic bad guys.
Heh!
So...
So you're saying...
That magic is real,
there's bad magic
and good magic,
and... you are
the good magic?
Well, that I believe.
♪ Holding on
to what's over and done ♪
- You're really not thrown?
- I... I'm not saying that it's not weird.
- Heh!
- I... I mean, I... I do have some questions,
- but no.
- ♪ Changed my heart ♪
♪ With a love
that carried... ♪
I knew that there was
something special about you.
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Oh ♪
Oh, it's my final alert
for the shift at the cafe.
I gotta jump
in the shower.
Oh, man.
♪ Oh ♪
- Bam-bam, coffee.
- Mm-hmm.
- Oh, thanks.
- But you still haven't said anything yet.
- About what?
- Ahem.
- Oh, back in work clothes...
- Mmm.
- Looking incredible.
- Mmm. Life is good.
- Mwah! Have a good day.
- You, too.
Hey, Dennis.
Is Mei-li around?
- I'm in the kitchen, Sebastian.
- Mm-hmm.
'Morning, baba.
How you doing?
I know you're
disappointed.
Anthony sold us out,
voted for ordinance 11.
He knows the harm
it could do,
putting the security
of our city in the hands
of a shady private
security company.
He must have thought he
had no choice.
- Those stolen photos?
- Mm-hmm?
Feels like he was
targeted for blackmail.
You think it's that company...
Delta Security Endeavors?
They're the ones that
would benefit the most.
They sponsored the bill;
They'd rake in
a lot of city money
if it passed.
What are you gonna do?
I'm gonna change
his mind.
- Really, baba?
- Mm-hmm.
- Uh...
- Hmm?
- Y-You are?
- I gotta try.
You know, whatever his
secret is, it's not worth
- selling his soul, right?
- Mm-mmm, mm-mmm. Yeah, it's not.
- Ok, I gotta go.
- Oh, ok.
Nicky?
Ah!
Good morning, baba.
'Morning.
Overslept?
- Guilty.
- Ok. I gotta go. See ya.
- Have a good day.
- All right. Bye!
Ahem. Nicky?
- Yes?
- A... that was very close,
and b... tell me
absolutely everything!
Well, n-not everything.
What? Is there something
wrong with my seating chart?
I know it's our
first birthday together.
- I'm just trying to get it right.
- No, no, no.
Your seating chart's
fine.
It's the dessert.
Has to be
carrot cake.
That's all Ryan ever
wants on his birthday.
- Carrot cake?
- Sometimes I can't believe he is my son.
Carrot cake it is.
I'll see you
at the restaurant.
Ok.
- Hey, Nicky.
- Hey, seb.
- 'Morning, mama.
- Good morning.
I, uh, slept
through my alarm.
Not sure how
that happened.
Henry was looking
for you.
Yeah, yeah.
I saw his texts.
Nope.
He came here,
last night, late.
I went up to look
for you, but, um...
Oh. What'd you say?
Tsk. I said...
Didn't know
where you were.
Could I get a triple
oat milk vanilla cappuccino
- with a dash of nutmeg?
- Seriously, Chloe?
Heh. Nah.
Drip's fine.
Uh-huh. There are
coffee shops a lot closer
to the soong family
charitable trust than this one.
So? What,
I can't swing by
and visit my brother
at his new job?
Heh! Ok, fine.
Look, I need
your help.
What's up?
'Cause if this is...
No, no, no. I know you're still
not speaking with the parentals.
I am not gonna try
and force that one again.
It's about my job
at the trust.
I think that some money
has gone missing,
like, a lot of money.
Uh, please tell me
that I'm wrong.
Chloe, this is bad.
What happened?
- Hey, hey, Jin.
- They got to you.
Got to me?
The briefcase,
the photos.
You're being targeted,
being blackmailed.
Hey.
Come on.
The reason I changed
my vote is very simple.
The polls show...
Yeah, you sold out.
Whatever was in those
photos, whatever you're
trying to hide,
it's not worth it.
- It's not too late to change your mind.
- It's not selling out.
It's reading the room.
People are scared.
They want to feel safe.
Ordinance 11 will help.
Besides, if I had voted
no, I'd lose the race.
Where would that
get us then?
I wasn't gonna say anything
until after the primary,
but I'm creating a new
position in my office.
Director of outreach...
Someone to reshape how
our campaign engages
with the community,
someone who can really change
how politics works in the city.
I got to get
reelected first,
but I want you
in that role.
Think about it, ok?
- Yeah?
- Want to talk to you...
Carrie, what's this?
Feature on the city's hottest
up-and-coming chefs. Take a look.
Ah! Heh heh!
And this is
a problem?
I thought we wanted
press for the restaurant.
That's just the issue.
It's not for the restaurant.
"This rising star is
shattering conventions
"with his fresh
fusion take
"on Harmony dumplings'
typically
traditional fare."
You're not even mentioned.
I know that you don't
care about that,
but our company is
investing in the Mei-li show,
not the Sebastian show,
and you know our concern
about fusion
diminishing the brand.
Sebastian did
that interview weeks ago.
What am I supposed to do?
Carrie, where is this
coming from?
Sebastian's a problem.
I saw his record.
A conviction
for manslaughter?
I negotiated for
oversight on all hiring.
Hiring him was
my choice.
By the terms of our contract, you
are obligated to disclose that to us,
and you didn't.
I am sorry.
He has to go.
Henry,
when you saw her,
how was she?
I see.
I only caught a glimpse.
Hey, sorry I'm late.
Uh, what's going on?
Henry saw zhilan.
- What? How?
- I told you,
during the ritual, my
compass powers kicked in.
I could see into
that other world.
Just these... Snapshots.
I had to sit with them,
but she was there,
- in the wasteland.
- I... I saw her die
in the source realm, though.
How... how is this possible?
When the realm collapsed,
you said you hoped
the warriors' and guardians'
spirits found their way to
a better place? Maybe
this wasteland is it;
- I mean, minus the "better" part.
- And they are not alone.
You saw them
being hunted by this man.
Xiao said he is working for her,
collecting their spirits
to make her stronger.
But Xiao can't get out now, right?
You caged her inside you?
She is trapped for now,
but if this friend
of hers is feeding her,
sending her spirits,
soon she will become
too powerful to contain.
We won't let that happen.
What do we know about
this friend of Xiao's?
Nothing about him,
but I drew these.
His blades... the hilts have
a pretty unique design.
Maybe we could try
to match the symbols?
Won't have to.
Read about this guy when I
first learned about the bloodlines.
Lived in
the yuan dynasty,
bit of a crank;
He's obsessed
with finding the
bloodline's descendants,
claimed
they were a stain
on humanity,
needed to be erased.
He was also
a blacksmith and a mystic.
He forged this weapon
to be strong enough
to cut the warriors and
guardians down for natural death,
but with a special feature,
a failsafe...
An enchanted hilt.
Supposedly, he could
trap their souls.
Ok, what's the name of this
mystic blacksmith bloodline-hater?
Uh, wu jian.
Uh, the blades have
a long history.
Uh, sold to a private
collector in 1992.
They were reported
stolen 4 months ago,
just days after
the earthquake,
- the collapse of the source realm.
- And my return.
Maybe Xiao's friend
stole them for her.
Maybe, but, Nicky,
this other place,
it's not our world,
so how the hell
- did they get from here to the wasteland?
- I don't know...
But...
If the blades can get
from here to there,
maybe I can, too.
Maybe I can stop this.
Aah!
Ah, come on!
So you want to teleport
to the wasteland?
It might be the only way to stop
Xiao's Minion from feeding her
more souls and to
protect pei-ling.
Ok, sounds good
in theory, but how do
we find this place,
let alone get there?
It's not like we have a
map of the multiverse.
Maybe not a map, but...
We do have a compass.
Hold on. The only reason why my
powers activated was because of the ritual.
I could only see into
the wasteland because of
that spirit energy
coming in from that world.
Without that boost,
I doubt I could do it again.
The compass
locates magic.
The blades are
enchanted, magical.
Even if I could lock on to the blades,
that still wouldn't get you over there.
We just pulled off
some serious hocus pocus
to get pei-ling
inside her own mind.
I'm sure we can
figure this out.
We have to.
This is the last box.
Babe, check this against the
soong charitable trust's bank records.
Passwords?
Thank you so much for
letting us use your office.
Of course. So when did you first
notice that something was wrong?
Last night. I had scored
this huge donation,
and I went to go see if the
check cleared, but then I noticed
that the account balance
had gone way down.
I mean, accounting's
bound to notice any minute,
and then, as soon as they do,
mom and dad are gonna go ballistic.
I mean, with my history,
they're gonna think that I stole it.
- I'm sure that's not true.
- They will.
I found the day and time
of the theft...
Last Wednesday...
9:43 P.M.
They transferred the money to
an untraceable offshore account.
And it was
from your office.
Oh, my god!
Don't worry.
This is actually good news.
How is this good news?
Because now we know
the theft was an inside job,
someone with passwords,
proximity, access.
Someone you know.
I'm just scratching the surface
in my research into delta security,
but... blackmail fits
the pattern.
How did they know to
target Anthony that night?
It was
internal research,
information paid for
by the campaign.
Well, they could have sources
inside the company you hired.
They could have a mole
inside the campaign
or just good,
old-fashioned spying.
Intercepting
that research paid off,
bought them a vote
for their ordinance.
Anthony denied he was
blackmailed right to my face.
Instead, he
offered me a job.
You gonna take it?
Do you want
my honest opinion?
I know what it's like to justify
working inside of a corrupt system.
It's not worth it.
His offer...
He's buying my silence.
Found something.
Ok, we've exhausted
Xiao's journals
and the history books,
so I decided to look elsewhere.
Chinese folktales?
"The emperor's witch"?
It's about an evil witch
in the emperor's court.
She performed extreme acts
of magic to prove her value,
including experiments
on the local peasantry.
Her final trick...
Vanishing these subjects
right in front of the emperor,
sending them off to other worlds.
- Well, certainly sounds like Xiao.
- Yeah, or like
any evil witch from any folktale
from any other culture on earth.
Well, timing lines up. We
know she worked for the emperor.
These experiments sound a lot like
the ones we read about in the journals.
Whoa. Look.
The pendant... the same
one Xiao used to get you here,
and we thought it allowed travel
between worlds, but this proves it.
You're getting
all this from a folktale?
We've done it before.
Besides,
this is our best lead.
But I
destroyed the pendant.
Mmm, I still have
the pieces.
Well, couldn't bring myself to throw
'em in the dumpster. Since we have 'em...
We could try putting
it back together.
Uh, pei-ling smashed it
pretty good. Won't be easy.
No match for your
steady doctor hands.
Well, beats pulling
a wedding ring out of a...
Never mind.
Ok, assuming we
can fix the pendant,
we still need a witch.
Xiao used magic
to pull this off, so we need
to find the original spell
or a decent substitute.
I will check
Xiao's journals.
Thank you.
Bye.
Oh.
Ah. Evan.
- Thank you for coming.
- Of course.
So Carrie says I'm
in breach of contract.
Unfortunately,
she's right.
I reviewed your deal on the
way over, and it's pretty clear.
You violated it by not disclosing
seb's record.
I thought I led you
through the fine print.
You did.
Carrie says if I don't fire
him, she'll tell corporate.
Evan, I cannot
lose Sebastian.
- If I refuse...
- A.H.I. Could sue you.
I... I'd do what I can, but
they'd have a strong case.
We'd face deep pockets,
an army of lawyers.
You could lose a lot of money,
you could even lose the restaurant.
Well, just, uh,
double-checking. Heh! Cool.
Ok. Bye!
Nope.
Jill was at
the giants game.
She said she was
at the game.
Let's run her story
and see if it checks out.
Right.
God, am I just
so hopelessly naive?
You're new at this.
I do it for a living.
Heh! You've been an
investigator for, like, 4 days.
Caught up with my old
friend and our current suspect Paul.
- Oh. Does he have an alibi?
- Yup. Giants game.
Wait. Jill said that she was
at the giants game. Ho ho!
I know.
- Oh. Oh!
- Yeah.
- Paul and Jill.
- I know.
Well,
they have alibis.
- Looks like Marina's our girl.
- What? No!
No, I told you, it can't
be her. I hired her. She's...
She's become a friend. I
mean, also, her family's,
like, loaded. She
doesn't need the money.
Did you
and your friends
need money when you
started your bling ring?
I believe I have
found something.
Ryan and I looked
at these already,
when we were trying to figure
out what the pendant does.
- I may understand it better.
- What do you mean?
I can read
the symbols.
Xiao and I share
a body.
It is as if I know
what she knows.
Magical translation skills.
Sounds familiar.
Th-this is
Xiao's magic,
uh, traveler magic.
I can read
this spell.
Guess we found
our witch.
Good news...
I did it!
Bad news...
Looks like that.
Did you use glue?
And tweezers.
Hey, I'm a doctor, not a
jeweler. Thanks, Ryan.
Looks like we have
everything we need:
Power source, a witch,
and a compass.
No, you don't.
I've been watching you guys
cobble together a plan based
off of maybes
and what ifs, using magic
that... none of us
understand.
Henry, if you have issues with
parts of the plan, we can talk about it...
No, not parts.
All of it.
I'm sorry, but...
I'm out.
Henry?
Please, wait.
What's going on? I've
never seen you like this.
Nicky, that fairytale...
You blew past the most
important part.
Those... peasants that Xiao
flung over to other worlds,
they never came back.
- Yeah.
- Even if we get lucky
and we get you over to the wasteland,
that could be a one-way ticket.
I just...
We could lose you.
I could lose you.
Your life would be
in my hands.
Well, wouldn't be
the first time.
I know it's risky, but
we've faced danger before.
We've trusted each other
with our lives
countless times,
and we've never failed.
I know things
have changed,
but that trust,
it hasn't gone away,
not for me.
I still believe in it.
I still believe in us.
I'll try.
Zoom!
Mmm. So, uh,
Chloe tells me
you've made yourself
indispensable
at the trust.
We are so lucky
to have you.
Did you know that this girl
had competing offers
from all of the biggies...
Ford, gates, Danvers?
Oh! Well, what made
you choose
the soong family
charitable trust?
Well, Chloe, obvs.
I mean, we just hit it off.
We had so much in common.
Business majors, skiers,
Aspen girls...
Not vail.
No. Not vail!
Actually, althea,
you guys have
a lot in common, too.
Marina cheered
in college.
Made nationals
and everything.
Senior year, class of 2017.
Go, tigers!
Mm. Um, so...
Marina, I've been meaning
to ask. Total brain fog.
Uh, who flaked on whom?
Did we have plans
last Wednesday?
It was me. Sorry.
I cashed in my vacation days
for a long weekend.
Where'd you go?
Don't hate me. Bora bora.
Yeah.
Pics,
or it didn't happen.
Of course.
Wow.
Time-stamped
and everything.
Uh, yeah. So?
Uh, sorry, Marina. Look...
A bunch of money got stolen
out of the trust last Wednesday.
We know it's
an inside job,
so we just have
to rule you out.
Of course. Oh, my god.
Chloe, that's awful.
Oh. Have you looked into that Paul
guy? Always got weird vibes from him.
Will you excuse me?
I'll be right back.
Hey, babe.
Hey.
Marina have an alibi?
Yeah. Seems like it.
Are you by a computer?
Yeah. Why?
I need you to check on
something for me.
Hey, hey! Jin. You
give it some thought?
I'm not taking the job.
May I ask why?
You're being blackmailed,
Anthony. You know it. I know it.
Jin, these conspiracy
theories...
As long as delta security's
got dirt on you,
they own you.
As long as that
remains true,
you're not fit to
represent this district.
So you're leaving
the campaign?
To start.
I'm running against you.
What?
You're joking.
This district
deserves better.
And that's you?
We will find out
on election day.
May the best candidate win.
This is
where I returned.
A place of passage.
It might make it easier for
you to access your powers.
It might.
Here we go.
No. I thought about him,
but he doesn't have access
to any of...
I'm just noticing your
bracelet. I love it.
I used to have one
just like that.
Thank you.
I love it, too.
I always had to take mine
off for cheer leading.
Such a pain, but worth
it, right? For cheer?
Oh, yeah, totally.
Speaking of cheer,
when you went to nationals,
didn't you guys win?
No. We placed.
Still, amazing.
Your coach must be
so great.
Oh. What was her name
again?
Oh. His name.
Charlie mears.
I'll admit, you've got your
details pretty down pat.
National finalist,
coach Charlie mears.
Unfortunately for you,
I follow college cheer.
And I know your squad
didn't make nationals in 2017.
Did some digging,
though,
and there was a Marina
winthrop on the team.
What is this?
Oh. Uh, that was just, like,
this misprint that happened.
Whoever you are, you're
not Marina winthrop.
The Danvers foundation.
Yeah, I have friends over there,
and they've never heard
of you before.
Your resume is
a complete fiction,
and I know you could've posted
those bora bora photos from anywhere.
You're a fraud, a fraud
with expensive taste.
And I know you
took the money.
What do you want?
The money. Duh.
You're gonna get back
on your phone
and do whatever
you need to do
to get every cent back
into the trust account,
or we're calling
the cops.
Now.
Lao gong, are you sure
you want to do this?
Our whole lives are
going to change.
I know.
It's a big decision.
But you feel you have
to do it.
I won't do it
without your blessing.
You have it.
Ok.
What are you gonna do?
I don't know.
Evan's gone through the
contract a million times.
He doesn't see a way out.
If they sue us, we
could lose everything.
But, Lao gong, I can't.
I just cannot fire
Sebastian.
Hey, I'm... I'm gonna
have to call you back.
Here we go.
It's working.
I'm there... in the wasteland.
I can see it, too.
Henry!
I can't feel
the connection.
I lost her.
When I submitted
your employee information
to corporate, I didn't
think it mattered.
You knew
what you were doing,
covering for me.
Yes.
I should've been
more careful,
but I need you to know this.
I will not
fire you, Sebastian.
I don't know how,
but I will fight this.
Wait. No.
No, you won't.
I'm not gonna let you
do that, Mei-li.
It's not just me.
You have an entire staff
out there.
They need this job.
They need you.
Sebastian...
Those people, this food.
I will not be the reason
you lose it all.
I refuse.
Your restaurant matters
too much to me.
I'll pack up my knives.
Sebastian.
I don't see it as just
my restaurant, you know.
Not anymore.
This place is ours.
She did it.
She returned all the money.
She was scared.
I, uh, lied to her while
you were in the bathroom,
told her we had
a smoking gun...
Backup surveillance
footage of the theft.
She fell for it.
Oh, thank you.
Thank you so much, althea,
for saving me.
The money's back.
My parents don't need to know
how big of a failure I am and...
Hey, hey, Chloe...
Look, I know you
feel like
you have to work for
the family trust,
but if this job is
making you feel this way,
you can make a change.
I used to think that tech
would be my whole life.
And Dennis? Your dad
cut him off,
broke off all contact
with him,
and he's
making it work.
Wait. Is that
what he told you?
What do you mean?
When the earthquake happened,
dad called a truce.
He offered
a full olive branch:
His old job, his trust fund.
My parents practically
begged him.
Dennis said no.
Who are you?
Hurt the boy,
and you're dead.
I'm a warrior. I'm not
here to hurt anyone.
Did he follow you here?
Who?
The harvester.
Zhilan?
Nicky.
What the hell
are you doing here?
You can rest here for now.
We'll go check
the other traps.
Who are they?
After I lost my tribe,
I got caught in
one of her traps.
Sara used to be a hunter
in a past life.
Fortunately,
tianyu cut me down.
I'm not the game
they're after.
You still haven't
answered my question.
I came here
to defeat him,
this harvester.
You came here by choice
to fight another
world's villain,
another world's problem?
What he's doing here...
Reaping warrior
and guardian souls...
It's all part of
a bigger plan.
Still, it's just so...
You.
You'll never do it,
though.
There's no defeating
the harvester.
Believe me.
I've tried.
We don't have a choice.
Your sister needs us.
What?
Pei-ling is alive.
How?
Kind of a long story.
I wondered if I'd
see her here,
if I'd ever have
the chance.
That's why I came.
And for so long,
I dreamt of having more
time with pei-ling, too.
Somehow she's back.
I have to help her.
But you left her,
and now you're stuck here.
Yeah.
But since I am,
I have to do what I can.
Stopping the harvester is
the only way to protect her.
Maybe together, we can
actually take this guy down.
Ok, Henry got me here by
locking on to the harvester's blades.
He can't be far.
Oh, you could've
mentioned that earlier.
What?
He's close.
You don't understand.
The harvester, he is lethal
and he is fast.
We have to get ready now.
What?
No.
It's stuck.
Someone's blocked the door.
We can't just
leave them.
An offering
for the harvester.
Better them than us.
Sara, please.
We have to go back.
Come on.
Tianyu, they're not
our problem.
Now, come on.
Let's go.
- I'm trying.
It's stuck.
Aah! He's coming.
Run. Save yourself.
Nicky?
He knew my name.
He didn't fight me. Why?
He's not after the living.
Come on.
We have to find tianyu.
Wait. It's ok. It's just us.
We've got to keep going.
He needs a second.
Please.
One second, then we go.
What did you mean,
the harvester's not
after the living?
I thought you were...
Dead? So did I.
Why wouldn't he just kill
us, take our souls, too?
He's close.
So protect him
with our lives?
And end the harvester
once and for all.
I've tried everything,
pei-ling.
I've tried homing on
the blades, the pendant.
Nothing works.
You have not
tried everything.
I know you
still love her.
You have been searching
with your mind.
You need to look with
your heart.
Use it, hmm?
Even if it hurts.
You're not hurting him.
No!
My work here is done.
I have no fight with you.
Speaking Chinese...
Oh, hi.
Henry,
this is my sister... Nicky.
I know things have changed,
but that trust,
it hasn't gone away,
not for me.
I still believe in it.
I still believe in us.
I want to be with you.
You're my future.
I can see her.
Nicky!
Nicky.
I can't hold it much longer.
Do it, Nicky.
Kill him.
♪ You said you loved me ♪
♪ But what does that mean? ♪
♪ Would you cry ♪
♪ If I were to leave? ♪
♪ In my aching hands ♪
♪ Running down your spine ♪
♪ You said you loved me ♪
♪ Ah ah ♪
♪ Wait for me by the water ♪
♪ On the first rain of June ♪
♪ And I'll be there ♪
♪ With all
the letters I ever wrote ♪
♪ For you... ♪
Seb.
What's wrong?
♪ Let's pack our bags ♪
♪ And head
to the rockies, babe... ♪
I didn't say anything because
there was nothing to say.
I'm not going back
to them.
Dennis, Chloe needs you.
She's drowning.
She's trying to fill
your shoes, but she can't.
I know. The last 4 months
have been hard,
but I like who I am now.
For the first time
in my life,
I'm out of their shadows
and I'm making a living
for myself.
I'm not relying on their
money or their name.
I'm just afraid
if I go back...
Hey.
I like who we are now, too.
We don't have to
give that up.
But right now,
your family needs you.
♪ When you run ♪
♪ When you're gone ♪
♪ Oh, I'll be waiting
for you... ♪
Nicky!
You did it.
How?
Did you get him?
I... I ran out of time.
I had to make a choice.
Pei-ling?
Zhilan?
Greg, move your head.
Nice shot, mom!