The Outpost (2018–…): Season 1, Episode 7 - The Colipsum Conundrum - full transcript

Previously on "The Outpost"...

- What are they doing?
- Checking ears.

- Why ears?
- They're looking for me.

I'm just a sword,
a cold piece of steel

in the hands of Everit Dred.

- You're good, Blackblood.
- Better than you.

Marshal Wythers!
Why are you in here?

"Gallows Rock.
Sundown, before dark moon."

I need to find the Book of Names
before the Dragman finds me.

I kind of need a little,
small favor in return.

- What kind of favor?
- I'm going traveling.



To deliver some stuff.
And I need a travel companion.

Will you come with me?

When people find out about you
and who you are,

men will flock to your banners.

- Hail to the Queen!
- Hail to the Queen!

Hail to the Queen!

Is she dead?

Is she dead?

Really?

You thought this was
the right place to bury a girl?

Where people dig
and plant things for a living?

Go on. Clear off.
There's nothing to see here.

Scarper!

Go on! I said clear off!



I'm telling you,
right here it says

that the Lu-Qiri Overlord
mated with a human woman,

and that's how they came
to be Blackbloods.

Trust me, if you saw one,

you'd know
how impossible that is.

No human would survive
such a... an encounter.

I'm only telling you
what I'm reading, Talon.

Unless I'm wrong about
the meaning of the word...

Jekku is it? Jekku?

Then mating was
definitely involved.

Besides, how else can
you explain your blood?

Stop wasting your time
on that stuff

and find the Book of Names.

The Smith said we have little
time before the Dragman comes.

This is it. We're here.

This is Gallows Rock.

Looks like a good place
to be murdered.

We'll wait here until sunset.
That's what they said.

- That's what who said?
- The supplier.

Ten to one they try and kill us.

Talon, if we want
to make a trade,

then we have to follow
the instructions.

Not if you want to live.

Now, get up,
and bring that gold.

And now we wait.

I don't understand why we
couldn't just wait down there.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

I just think... I think I did
something to my shoulder

when I fought those bandits.

Sorry. Sorry.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

How does it feel
when I go like this?

I'll show you how
it feels if you do it again.

Yep. Definitely dislocated.

Just have to, um,
loosen it up a bit.

Relax. And breathe.

Ah!

Wow!

Full of surprises, aren't you?

There's plenty more
where that came from.

Gwynn, this is my father
we're talking about.

And for all the things
that he is...

pig-headed,
unreasonable, caustic...

Traitorous!
You forgot traitorous!

He is currently blackmailing me.

Yes, even traitorous, but the
one thing that Wythers is not

is a murderer.

And what about your brother?

Now, I hold him responsible
for Jaden's death,

that's true,
but that wasn't murder.

Now you're
just playing with words!

He sent my brother to the mine

where he died!

Now, I will never forgive
the bastard for that,

but I am telling you, the law
is everything to Wythers.

He did not murder Lilly.

She is dead because of him!

I know it.

He found out about me and then
she disappeared the same day.

Your services are no longer
required today, Captain.

You're dismissed.

Look at you.

Little lapdog to the Queen.

Careful.

So, um, how'd
you get into brewing?

The Mistress used
to have a brewer,

his name was Old Tunney, but
he was drunk most of the time,

and he didn't really
care about his craft.

So, I thought if I did some
reading and taught myself,

and I looked at as many
brewing books as I could,

well, maybe one day
I could take his place.

And make her proud.

Well, I guess you did that.

Yeah.

All except
the make mother proud part.

Yeah. I, um, I wanted to talk
to you about that actually.

She's not really your mother,
is she?

My blood mother...
well, she was the barmaid.

But she was very young

when she gave birth to me
and my twin sister.

- Twin?
- Mm.

She actually died doing so.

I'm sorry.

The Mistress, however,

she thought it would
be a good idea to keep me.

She thought a son
would be useful.

But she ended up selling
my twin sister to the slavers.

She said that she couldn't
afford to keep us both.

- That's horrible.
- Mm.

They're coming.

- Wait. Is that... Ow!
- Get down.

Wait. That can't be...

Greyskins.

Oh, my.

Wanna tell me why Greyskins

would be selling colipsum
to humans?

A very good question. Whatever
the reason, it must be bad.

- So what do we do now?
- We stay still, keep quiet.

And wait till dark
to make our escape.

But I can't go back
without the colipsum.

Do you know what Greyskins
like to eat, Janzo? You.

But that's why
I brought you here.

You brought me
to keep you alive,

that's what I'm trying to do.

Talon, if I go back
empty-handed,

Mother will make me wish
I was dead anyways.

I'm sorry, but I have to
at least try.

We have to make a plan at least.

Send him in.

Your majesty.

Look at you up there
on your throne.

Lilly was more than just
a handmaid to me, Mr. Wythers.

She was my friend.

And I intend to get to the
bottom of this awful business,

not 'cause she was your maid,
but because it's my job.

It was you, you son of a bitch.

You murdered her! I know it!

Those are very strong words,
your majesty.

But I'm sure you have
the evidence to back 'em up.

I am the queen, Mr. Wythers.

I don't need evidence
to take your head.

Queen?

Queen of what?

Last I checked, General
Calkussar ruled this place,

under the behest
of the Prime Order.

Or have you abdicated your
responsibilities completely?

You gonna kill me 'cause
your little girlie's upset?

No.

I'm going to kill you

because of your attempted
extortion of the Queen.

Yeah. I am blackmailing her.

But if you don't want
those letters

to go directly
to the Prime Order

and let Dred himself
find out the truth about you,

I'd let it go.

Tell me again
about those letters.

They're in the safe hands
of a trusted friend.

Ready to be sent in the event
of my untimely death.

Fine.

Then there will be
no untimely death.

It'll just feel like it.

What's that supposed to mean?

You will be sent to the mines
to pay for your crime.

I think that's rather fitting,
given your family history.

Don't you?

Is this your will, too?

If it were up to me,
I'd cut off your head.

You should consider this
an act of mercy.

Your badge, sir.

Take him to the mine.

Prisoner division.

Lower shaft.

Anything?

- Overheard Raelius talking.
- And?

They'll march us to the Outpost
when they have enough men.

If they get us to the Outpost,

it is too late,
we'll be going to war.

War with the Prime Order.

I never signed up for that.

It is now then.

Whoever pulls the black bead,
will have to escape the camp

and go warn the Prime Order.

Swear on the Three
that no matter who draws it,

we never betray each other.

There's Prime Order
stationed at Hamling.

You'll be leaving tonight
after dark.

Round up all of his friends

and take them back
to Captain Spears.

This is gold.

I will trade you my gold

for your colipsum, mm?

Mm?

This is nineteen-and-a-quarter
brick weights

of pure gold.

Do you use brick weights
in your system of trade?

They don't understand, Talon.

A blade to the throat means
the same in any language.

It's okay. She doesn't mean
to hurt anyone.

It's just a precaution,
I promise.

My gold for your colipsum,
that's all I want.

It's colipsum, all right.

But this is way too much.

We only need ten brickweights.

We can't take all of this.

Here. You can keep one.

Shut up, Janzo. Grab the bag.

- It was way too easy.
- Easy?

I think I just peed myself
a little bit.

Come.

Commander Calkussar
to see you, Miss.

Send him in.

You may go.

Ugh. The girl is worthless.

Sit with me.

The Queen has nothing
to do but play cards?

But I'm not the queen, am I?

I'm locked in my tower,

with no friends,
no responsibilities.

What is a queen
without a kingdom?

You shall have a kingdom
soon enough.

Mm.

So, this new handmaid...
Naya apparently is her name.

She's a pitiful creature.
Not a thing in her head.

- She can't even play cards.
- Good.

Gambling is unbefitting
for a queen.

Octor is not gambling,
it's all about the odds.

Besides you only say that

because you're completely
inept at cards, Father.

Here.

I hate to say this,

it's probably time
to stop calling me father.

You sacrificed everything
for me.

You raised me
and protected me as your own.

As far as I'm concerned,
you'll always be my father.

Well, if we're going to play,
let's play.

Who is this Naya anyway?

She's the only one we've vetted
for her love of the crown.

We must know we can trust her
beside the Queen.

Ugh. I don't like her.

You won't like anyone
after Lilly.

Come.

Yes?

A message from a Captain Garret.

He requests both your presence
at the gate marshal's office.

Ambassador!
They said you were away until...

We rode through the night.

Is there any correspondence?

Yes, yes.

A bird came for you,
from Gallwood Outpost.

You shall suffer
seven score lashings

and be relieved of command.

Your wench will be
put to the sword.

She... She's
the quartermaster's wife.

Then I've done him a favor.

And since you were
with another man's wife,

- you shall die with her.
- But, sir...

Get out.

"Tiberion Shek and Bones dead.

Blackblood stains found.

Shek only checked ears
of women."

This means the Blackblood
survivor is a woman.

And she's probably
still at the Outpost.

We will go there.

And one way or the other,

we will kill the Blackblood.

Even if I have to kill
every woman there.

What is it, Garret?

Raelius caught a deserter
trying to flee,

and reveal our existence
to the Prime Order.

Then like a fool,
he brought him back here.

I thought that
the marshal's office

would be the safest
place at present,

away from prying military eyes.

- Who is this man?
- He's one of our new recruits.

Are there any other conspirators
working with him?

Raelius has rounded up
his friends.

We're trying to get that
information out of him now.

Which of these other men
are working with you?

You will answer me!

Sergeant! You will not strike
that man again.

This is how the Prime Order
treats prisoners.

It won't be how we treat them.

Am I clear?

Yes, Your Majesty.

Are there others
in your conspiracy

against the Crown, sir?

The punishment
for desertion is death.

Unless you confess

and tell me the names
of your co-conspirators.

Hail to the Three.

Your Majesty, a moment.

He isn't working alone.

His friends over there,
I would bet anything

that they're as loyal
to the Covenant as he is.

They were recruited
to fight greyskins,

not overthrow the Prime Order.

There were always
going to be those

that don't support our cause.

Majesty, we cannot have them
mixing in with the other men.

They will poison the morale...

Right now the fate of one man
is to be decided.

These other men have
committed no crime.

Not yet perhaps.

Let me torture them,
they'll confess to any...

Thank you, Sergeant,
for capturing this deserter.

You're dismissed, Sergeant.

Conspiracy could spread.

Torturing them
may spread it further.

What do you think the others
will say about us?

Hmm? Or do you want me to
kill them all without cause?

No. So, just the leader then.

Are you sure?

I'm sure.

We're to execute him
immediately then?

Yes.

Very well.

For his desertion of duty

and his disloyalty to his queen,

I sentence this man to die.

May his final thoughts
be penitent.

You must raise your hand.

You will go back to the camp,
and when you arrive

you will tell them exactly
what you have seen.

You will tell them that
unlike the Prime Order,

your Queen is a just queen.

You will relay
that unlike the Prime Order,

I do not torture and I do not
execute without cause.

But I must...
I must enforce our laws

and I must demand loyalty.

I don't like that aspect
of the crown.

I imagine it's...
it's one of the most difficult.

Look out there.

What do you see?

Dirty little town,

forgotten at the end
of the world.

Yes, but it's more than that,
isn't it?

It's a place of promise,

a last refuge of hope.

Beyond these walls, countless
thousands of my people,

all looking to me to somehow
bring them peace and happiness.

We will.

You will.

If you had to choose

between
saving the realm or me...

what would you choose?

They're one and the same.

They are not the same.

You swore an oath
to the crown, to Rosmund.

Now, swear that you are mine.

Not for the realm,
not for the crown. For me.

I am yours to command

until your enemies are dead
and you sit on the throne.

And after that?

I've never dared
to imagine after that.

I have no title, no land.

Don't be stupid,
all of that can change

with one stroke of my quill
when I become queen.

When you become queen,
you will choose what's best

for the peace and prosperity
of the realm.

I'll choose what I want.

Is that what we're fighting for,
probably dying for?

A queen who puts herself
before her people?

We're fighting for freedom,
Garret.

That includes my freedom.

To choose for myself.

To be happy.

Silence!

Trouble at the cages, sir.

They've turned Plagueling
and escaped.

- Are you all right?
- Yeah.

- You two all right?
- Aye.

Good.

Anyone stung?

Burn the bodies.

Organize a corpse patrol.

Yes, sir.

- Captain, you all right?
- Fine. I'm fine.

I just... I need to get back
to the Outpost.

If he hits them,
he deserves it.

Really?

What are you doing?

We're right by where
those two bandits were.

Don't want to get stabbed in
the middle of the night, do we?

They weren't bandits.
They were musicians.

And one of them will have
to crawl to get here.

Talon, my darling,
where there are two

there are likely to be many.

We can't be too safe, can we?

You're more likely
to attract Plaguelings

with the racket you're making.

Now hold up your end
of the bargain.

Get over here
and read some books.

You're so slow.

- What are you going to do?
- I'm going to sleep.

Shouldn't you be out here
on watch or something?

Wasn't that why you built
this barrier?

Besides who's gonna be out
in this weather?

Now, less talking,
more reading.

Right.

Where do you think
you're going, Marshal?

That bell mean it's water break,
doesn't it?

You don't remember me, do ya?

- Not sure.
- Well, I remember you.

We all do, don't we, boys?

Ain't hardly a man down here
has been sent down here

for next to nothing.

Oh, hang on.
Yeah, I do remember you.

You're Rogan Threefingers.
You stabbed the baker's boy.

- Didn't ya?
- That's right.

What are you looking at,
ya halfwit?

Ah, our newly promoted man.

Marshal Higgs, is it?

At your service, my Lady.

Is this how you
present yourself

in an official capacity?

What can I do for you, my lady?

Captain Spears left the Outpost
last night.

Did he return?

Gate log.

Yes, Mum.

He passed through the gate
and came back

in to the Outpost
with three of his men

at the highest moon.

Well, then where is he?

He hasn't checked in
with Commander Calkussar

and nobody's seen him.

Perhaps he's somewhere
tying one on.

I facilitated your advancement

and I can just as easily
cast you down

as I did your predecessor!

You?

You mean your father?

Yes, my father.

Don't underestimate
the influence I have with him.

All right.

Me and Danno'll find
your captain.

See to it he's found.

What are you standing there for?
Go find him.

Still breathing. Grab him.

Thank you.

Don't thank me.

You have friends in high places.

My son.

Don't know who your son is,

but Mistress paid me nicely

to keep an eye out for you.

Who are you?

Call me Sill.
Just another miner.

Just another miner who happens
to work for the Mistress?

Now you're gettin' it.

From down here?

Once a gate marshal,
always a gate marshal.

She... She has friends
in low places.

Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Hey. Hey.

Get some rest.

The foreman and I
have an understanding.

Giving you till sunrise
to recuperate.

Better get some sleep
while you can.

I can smell fresh air.

Where are we?

Don't get your hopes up.

You're still in the mines.

Down a side shaft
only a few of us know about.

Thank the Mistress for me.

Talon! Whoa!

Sorry. It's just me.

- You yelled.
- Yes.

I found something. Something
interesting in the book.

What?

There's some kind of mention
of the Vex Rezicon.

And what's that?

It basically translates
to the Book of Denomination.

- De-what?
- Denomination.

It basically means...

It's like a list
of what things are called.

It's a list of
what things are called.

The Book of Names?!

You found it!

Where?

Well, that's just the thing.

It doesn't quite say that yet,
but I'm still reading.

Does it say anything
about the Dragman?

No. No, it doesn't.

Why did you wake me up?

Because you just told me to tell
you whenever I saw anything.

That's all.
So, that's what I did.

Keep reading.
Tell me about it in the morning.

Okay.

The Dragman comes.

Not much time.

The Dragman comes.

Calkussar the Betrayer
has failed

to provide his latest shipments
of armor to my division.

And he has failed to capture
or even report the Blackblood.

I will march
with 100 Covenant Guard

to bring the Outpost
under new command,

and install someone more loyal
to the Order.

And I will find
and kill the Blackblood.

Send it.

You will recognize the
Blackblood when you see her?

- Talon!
- Mm!

- Did you hear that?
- It's just the wind, Janzo.

I think there's something
out there.

Go back to sleep.

Can you smell that?

Bone wolf!

Talon. Talon! I think
it's gonna eat you, Talon.

Now would be the right time
to call your demon!

That's it, keep talking.
Keep it focused on you.

I was actually thinking of
trying the opposite approach.

Talon!

Bloody bastard! Take that!

And that! And that!

Bone wolves are scared of fire.
I read it somewhere.

So, this Traptak bark burns
like molten steel.

You were brilliant.

I should have thought of it
right off,

but I couldn't think of anything
else except for dying.

You saved my life.

Yes, I suppose I did.

Sorry, ma'am, but we haven't
found Captain Spears yet.

Are you sure he returned
to the Outpost?

Yes, we checked
with the sentries,

the watch, the gatesman again,
and they all confirmed that

he was here two nights ago, but
since then no one's seen him.

If Garret's missing,
he's most likely in trouble.

You'll gather your men
and search again,

and you won't stop searching
until you've found him.

- Am I clear?
- Yes, my lady.