All language subtitles for Defiance - 01x01 - Pilot

The dreams returned last night.

Stranger.

More vivid than ever.

I dreamt of his world.

The world that used to be.

Before the Votans arrived.

[Laughter]

[Suspenseful music]

♪

Come on. Let's go.

Let's go.

I was born into the world
that came after.

After the vessels that carried
my people were destroyed.

After the Arkfalls began.

After the Terraformers
changed his planet forever.

The earth he once knew is gone.

Dead as the star system
my people left behind.

When I was a child,

Nolan liked to tell me

this world has no natives,

which means it belongs
to everyone.

He says Antarctica
will be paradise.

I want to believe him,

but I've been disappointed
too many times.

I love my father.

But his promises usually
turn to shtako.

So is this the silent treatment

or is this just a little more
silent than usual?

I'm confused, maybe you could
give me a little hint.

You know, nod, twitch, breathe.

[Beeping]

Yep, yep, yep.

Matching approach vector,
I see it.

Look, how was I supposed
to know she was married?

It's not like they wear rings
or anything.

It's all weird alien pheromones,

and quite frankly I wasn't
born with the nose for it.

Never again.

I will never again involve you

in a compromising situation
like that.

I promise.

[Beeping]

Projected impact, 20 clicks.

[Loud rumble]

Finally, a guaranteed payday.

( ♪ Jackson ♪
by Johnny and June Carter Cash plays )

♪ We got married in a fever ♪

♪ hotter than a pepper sprout ♪

♪ we've been talking
'bout Jackson ♪

♪ ever since the fire
went out ♪

♪ I'm going to Jackson

♪ I'm gonna mess around

♪ yeah I'm going to Jackson ♪

♪ look out Jackson town

♪ well go on down to Jackson ♪

♪ go ahead
and wreck your health ♪

♪ go play your hand

♪ you big-talking man

♪ make a big fool of yourself ♪

♪ yeah go to Jackson

♪ go comb your hair

♪ honey I'm gonna
snowball Jackson ♪

♪ see if I care

♪ yeah now

♪ we got married in a fever

♪ hotter than a pepper sprout ♪

♪ we've been talking
about Jackson ♪

♪ ever since the fire
went out ♪

♪ I'm going to Jackson

♪ and that's a fact

♪ yeah we're going to Jackson ♪

♪ ain't never coming back

♪

Let's see what we can salvage.

[Beep] We're clear.

Hundreds of years in space

only to die in their sleep.

Come on.

Oh, yeah, look at
that Terra-spire there.

Not even a dent.

Looks intact.

You got the whatsit?

Let's see if we can
jump-start this sucker.

[Energy hums]

Bingo.

What's it worth?

Earth Republic pays
top JaJa for Votan tech.

Pristine Terra-sphere
like this,

3 million easy.

So we're rich?

Oh, yeah, we're rich.

We can pay off Varus!

[Laughs]

With enough left over
for passage to Antarctica.

It's gonna be you and me, kiddo.

Lying on a beach from now
until the Arks rise again.

[Voices speaking indistinctly]

All right.

[Laughter, chatter]

[Shouting]

[Cheering]

Spirit riders.

Better stay...

Because you people
smell like shtako.

- [grunts]
- Enough.

You, outside.

Okay.

[Grunts]

Hey!

Hey, come on, guys!

Ah.

- Oh, come on, man,
-

you know what we wen't
through to get that

hey, hey!

- Ahh.
-

Aah!

Go! Go!

What about our roller?

Forget the roller!

[breathing heavily]

Come on, keep moving.

There's things in these woods
we don't want to meet.

Okay, there's a settlement
in this direction, all right?

I saw it on the scanner,
but I don't know how far.

We should rest.

No, keep going.

[Panting]

[Grunts]

Irisa, what's wrong?

I was shot.

[Gasping]

Oh, come on.

Now, this is going to hurt,
okay?

I'm sorry.

[Screams]

I'm sorry.

That's my girl, come on.

[Breathing heavily]

[Grunts]

[Eerie distant roar]

[Distant rumbling]

[Beast snarling]

[Beast roars]

All right, big boy, come on.

[Beast roaring]

[Beast snarling]

[Beasts growling]

Sho hooch.

[Gunfire]

[Beasts screeching]

[Groans]

Be gentle with her.

You're safe with us.

[Electric humming]

[Device beeps]
Drop the net.

We're coming in.

Roger that.
Stand by for entry protocol.

[Device beeps]

That arch...

Is this St. Louis?

Once.

Now we call it Defiance.

[Dramatic music]

♪

The end of the Pale Wars
had a beginning.

We all know the story.

As the fort
burned down around them,

members of the human
and Votan armies

laid down their weapons.

Their various
commanding officers

ordered them to keep fighting,

but those soldiers,
those defiant few, refused.

Instead, they banded together

to rescue trapped civilians
from the wreckage.

The power
of that one seminal event

galvanized the eight races.

Word spread around the globe.

Others refused to fight.

15 years ago today,

armistice was declared
and the Pale Wars ended.

[Cheers and applause]

In celebration of this event,

I am proud
to dedicate this statue

and commence this year's
armistice day celebration.

[Cheers and applause]

Now I have to thank some people.

We all know this is only
my third week on the job.

This project was commissioned

by my beloved predecessor,
Mayor Nicolette Riordon.

[Applause]

Ex-mayor, ex-mayor.

Took me eight years
to quit this lousy job.

You're welcome to it.

I also have to thank
two benefactors,

whose generous financial support

made today's
festivities possible.

On my right, Mr. Datak Tarr,

his wife Stahma,
and their son Alak.

[Applause]

And on my left,

the owner of McCawley Mines,

Rafe McCawley and his children

Luke, Quentin, and Christie.

[Cheers and applause]

Applause means that much
to you, does it?

You want applause, Datak?
Pack up and leave town.

You'll get a standing ovation.

Defiance!

All: Defiance!

- Defiance!
- All: Defiance!

- Defiance, yeah!
- Defiance.

[Cheers and applause]

Yeah!

[Cheering continues]

[Excited chatter]

[Rock music]

♪

[Singing in native language]

♪

Ugh, God, I'm gonna throw up.

That was the worst, stilted...

oh, balls. You were great.

[Scoffs] No, no.

I am genetically incapable
of inspiring people.

Balls.

No balls.

I've been your assistant
long enough

to make the trains run on time,

but that's about it.

Trust me when I tell you
that you're a natural.

I have an eye for talent, I do.

Ladies.

Thank you.

[Camera shutter clicks]

- All right.
- Thank you.

So how long
you gonna be in Cedars?

Well, unfortunately,
I have a niece

who insists on living there.

Earth Republic has drained
all the color out of that place.

It's so regimented.
People walk around like robots.

There's an e-rep
that's been snooping around

willing to share resources.

Oh, don't buy it.

Once they get their hooks
into you, they never let go.

Remember, grasshopper, around
here, we value our freedom.

Grasshopper?

Make me feel old, why don't you?

[Chain clinks]

How are the patients?

They'll be fine.

I'm prepping
the Irathient for surgery,

and the human

is trying to make us think
that he's unconscious.

Oh!

Drink. You're dehydrated.

Thanks.

Tommy, I told you
to watch him, not cuff him.

He was armed.

Well, now he's unarmed.

See that patch on his shoulder?

If he really wanted to hurt you,

those cuffs wouldn't stop him.

Come on, give me your wrist.

Yeah. You took too long.

I got bored.

My name's garret Clancy.

I'm the town lawkeeper.

The kid is my deputy,
Tommy Lasalle.

That's doc Yewll over there.

Nolan.

My traveling companion there
is Irisa.

You served?

Yeah, 31st division,
yellow jackets.

Jackets?

You boys stayed in it
until the end.

You were with the ninth,
the defiant few.

Defiance, yeah, yeah, I know.

This town is named
after that battle.

Every damn thing
was named for that battle.

[Chuckles] Too true.

Come on,
the mayor wants to see you.

My traveling companion.

Go, she'll be fine,

but I'm gonna have to clean
and close this wound.

Whoa.

Told me she was gonna be there.

- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.

I waited for a couple hours.
She never showed.

Quite the party town
you got here.

Today's a celebration day.

The mayor's office
is right up there.

[Rock music]

♪

What do you say?

Best purification right here!

[Overlapping chatter]

To her.

Do you like 'em?

That smug shtako,

he packed that audience
with his own miners

so he'd get
a louder applause than me.

What kind of a man does that?
I ask you.

It's juvenile, petty.

It's beneath my contempt,
really.

You're annoyed you didn't
think of it first.

Well, that was unkind.

You know what I noticed?

Despite Rafe McCawley's efforts,

the volume of his applause
barely exceeded your own.

That says something.

It says my wife indulges
in empty flattery.

No, my flattery is filled
with implied promise.

Once we get home,
our son is out for the evening.

Out? Out where?

Alak's not running
with that gang.

I warned him.

He's young.

He's pushing boundaries.

Don't handle me, Stahma.

Alak running wild reflects
badly on this family.

I've worked too hard,

done too many unpleasant things

to achieve
legitimacy and respect.

I cosponsored this event today.

Datak Tarr of the hollows

onstage next to the great
Rafe McCawley,

presented to these...
these humans as his peer.

Now, I do this so Alak
can aspire to a better life

than was available to me.

[gasping]

Do you see?

I do these things,

endure these painful encounters

so our son never has to.

This is my gift.

When Alak rebuffs it,

he breaks his father's heart.

I will talk to him.

See that you do.

I don't want to have
to speak of this again.

[Dogs barking]

Mayor Nicky departed on
the ground coach as scheduled,

and a driver dropped off

a proposal
from ambassador Tenetty.

And?

Apparently Earth Republic

is offering to replenish
our antiviral meds

along with the fuel rods
for our Votek weapons

in exchange for a mutual
securities package.

- She says...
- Denied.

Okay.

The ark hunter who came in
with the wounded Irath

is still outside.

Any idea where she came from?

If she was abducted,

we could have some trouble
with the spirit riders.

No, Yewll didn't see
any tribal markings.

Apparently,
he fought with the ninth.

He's one of the defiant few.

That was a long time ago.

I'm more interested in
what he's been up to lately.

Send him in.

She's ready for you.

Madame Mayor.

We're not that formal
around here.

Please, call me Amanda.

Single malt?

Where'd you find that?

Traded with some scavengers.

They were using it
to strip paint or something.

Mmm.

So my lawkeepers told me

that they found you
and the Irathient girl

outside the stasis net
nearly dead.

Is she some sort of bounty?

Your partner, your lover?

We're just two people
passing through.

Irathients and humans,

they don't have the best
relations in this area.

I don't want any trouble
with the spirit riders.

If she was abducted, then...

She's my daughter.

Your daughter?

She seems pureblood.

War orphan.

Found her abandoned
in what used to be Denver.

She was in a bad situation.

I rescued her and raised her.

She's a good girl.

[Scoffs]

That's why she nearly
cut my doctor's throat?

Like I said, she's a good girl.

Now, your lawkeeper,

he took away my weapon.

Just doing his job.

Yeah, nevertheless,

I'd really like it back now.

You feel me?

You don't look like the kind
of guy to put down roots.

Are you looking
to put down roots?

I am not.

Well, then this becomes
an easy conversation.

Doc Yewll will patch up
your daughter.

Grab a drink at the needwant
while you wait,

one you pay for.

When she's healed,

our lawkeepers
will escort you to the nets.

They'll give you back your gun

and send you both on your way.

Yeah.

The spirit riders cleaned us out
and got our roller,

our heavy weapons,
all our supplies.

Lucky to get away
with the scrip in our pockets,

so in order to leave,

we need to earn.

And you're saying
you're incapable of earning

without a weapon?

It does present a challenge.

Hmm.

You know, the brothel is
always looking for fresh faces,

and a big,
handsome guy like you,

ohh, I bet you'd clean up.

You feel me?

[Rock music]

♪

[Singing in native language]

♪

Want to dance?

I dance like a human.
Better off just watching.

It's an old Casti proverb.
It means...

Seize the day.

Fine.

Better not laugh at my moves.

I would never do that.

♪

Sho hooch.

I don't let Haints
touch my sister.

I don't remember asking.

Luke, leave him alone.

You're a dead man.

- Alak, don't.
- He's drunk.

This will be over quick.

Don't do this, Luke. Not here.

Stop it, both of you! Stop!

Quentin, get him out of here!

Now!

Don't cut yourself
with that knife!

Alak!

I don't believe
you're dumb enough

to mix it up with that kid.

You know who his dad is.

Those people are dangerous.

Doesn't it piss you off?

Our sister is hanging out
with these Haints,

and if dad found out...

Dad's not gonna find out.

Give me the tag. I'll drive.

Catch a ride
with Christie, okay?

I got to be somewhere.
Where you going?

I have an appointment.

What's going on, Luke?

You keep disappearing
at all hours.

What do you got going?

I'll be home for dinner, okay?

You do nice work, doc.

Appreciate the compliment.

Also appreciate prompt payment.

Yeah, uh...

See, we were, uh, robbed.

I know I got something
around here.

Keep it in your pants.

Buy the girl a meal.
You'll pay me when you can.

Thanks, doc.

Thanks. Can we go?

Frickin' deadbeats.

I don't like towns.
We should leave.

We're not headed into
the storm divide on foot.

We need wheels.

So we sell the Terra-sphere.

Shh, not here.
That thing's like a loose nuke.

They catch us with it,
they'll string us up.

So what's your plan?

We quietly earn,
buy a new roller,

and dig up the sphere
on the way out of town.

Hey, big boy.

Yeah, maybe later.

Oh, you sure?

Come on, Kenya. Let's go.

Let's go?

Rupert, what do I look like
to you?

I work hard to make this brothel

a warm and inviting environment

for my employees
and my clientele.

I look after the Digbaa tree,
I've painted the walls,

and I even taught myself
how to sew

so I could make
those curtains over there,

and you come in stinking
of the mine.

Sorry?

Well, it's insulting and
disrespectful, so come here.

Why don't you go
back to your quarters?

I want you to shower and shave

and then you can put on
a decent shirt,

and then in the unlikely event
that I'm not otherwise engaged,

we can revisit your desire
to conduct some sex business.

[Whispers] Go.

[Giggles]

[laughs] Gulanite miners.

You got to train 'em, you know?

You're new in town.

How can you tell?

Because I haven't
seen you before,

and if I haven't seen
you before,

it means that you
are new in town.

Lucky you, you just walked
into the needwant,

which is the best party

on this side
of the storm divide.

My name's Kenya.

[Glasses clink]

Nolan, and this is Irisa.

Mmm, hi.

So, Kenya, where can
a fella go around here

to earn some money?

Slow money or fast money?

Fast money.

Go to the hollows.

What's in the hollows?

You'll see.

[People shouting]

I'm starting to like this place.

[Grunting]

This is a bad idea.

Relax, it'll be
just like Kansas City.

You got knifed in Kansas City.

This is a completely
different situation.

[Screams]

[Crowd screaming]

Winner!

Who's next?

Which one of you have
the skills and the stones

to take on our house champion
at ten-to-one odds?

I'm in.

You're on.

Ten-to-one odds
for the stranger with the...

[Speaks native language]

You get some side bets going.

I'll carry this bum
as long as I can.

You're an idiot.

- I know.
- He's in!

The house exercises its right
to substitute a new champion.

You want me to fight a Bioman?

If you quit,
you forfeit your stake.

[Crowd yelling]

Let's do it.

[Insects chirping]

[Dog barking]

Good boy, Tito.

[Growls]

No, wait!

[Electrical sizzle]

[Dog barking]

Tito, come back.

[Dog whimpering]

Tito.

[Dog barking]

Oh, no. Oh, no.

I just need your signature

on the pledge for the new well

there and there.

Generations come and go,

but paperwork abides.

There you go.

Thank you.

You okay?

Yeah.

There's a reason why Indogenes
shouldn't play Casti 12-ball.

Tried running up a wall.

Now I got a cramp
that won't quit.

[Knock at door]

Madame Mayor.

Clancy, how long
have we known each other?

Please, it's Amanda.

You better come with me, Amanda.

[groans]

[Crowd cheering]
Yeah!

Stay down!

Ah! [Bones crunch]

[Crowd cheering]

[Groans]

How much longer
you gonna carry him?

[Groans]
Just getting warmed up.

Finish him!

Ah!

Come on, get this thing
over with!

[Crowd gasps]

Ooh.

Nothing personal.

Ow!

[Crowd cheers]

[Growls]

[Electric surge]

Winner!

[Crowd cheering]

What took you so long?

I forgot where
they put the off switch

in the 2037 models.

All right, I'll go find us
a decent roller.

You get us some supplies.

I'll meet you at the needwant.

[Clapping]

Congratulations
on an exciting match.

My pleasure.

I am Datak Tarr.

I have an interest
in this establishment

along with many others here
in the hollows.

You've deactivated my Bioman.

Temporarily.

Put a few thousand volts
through him,

he'll be right as rain.

I'm afraid your actions amount

to what you humans
once called a low blow.

As such, it's a violation
of our house rules.

You mean your rules.

We Castithans have a saying:

The fruit of a misdeed
leaves a sour taste.

Easy.

For your trouble.

Not enough for a roller, is it?

Nope.

But it is enough for a bath
and a change of clothes.

[Upbeat pop music]

[Singing in native language]

♪

♪ When the twin suns
finally die ♪

♪ I'll still be yours

oh, God.

♪

[Soul music plays]

Now that I got
the new hopper online,

we'll be able to increase
our capacity

by 60 cubic yards a minute.

Good.

Lord knows
we need all we can get.

Very impressive, Quentin.

You're late, little one.

Sorry, I was at the festival.

Lost track of time.

Ah.

Have you seen your brother?

No, I haven't.

Wonder where the hell he is.

He said he'd be home for dinner.

He's a grown man. Just eat.

Looks good, Bertie.

Some relative of yours?

Dad.

Hey, dad, look at this.

Check out the new specs
on this hopper.

All you guys ever do
is talk about work.

You should take a vacation.

Vacation? [Doorbell chimes]

What would I do on a vacation?

Don't everyone get up at once.

That's why
you get the big bucks.

[Ominous music]

♪

[Gasps]

He suffered a puncture
to the right kidney,

probably from a knife,

but what killed him
was a Votan weapon.

These are cold fire burns.

He was murdered.

Whoever did this,
we'll find him.

No.

I'll find him.

Dad?

You know something.

Talk to me, son.

There was a fight.

Luke and...

Who?

He threatened to kill him.

I said, "who"!

Alak Tarr.

Rafe, I'll handle this.

Let Clancy do his job.

If it's the Tarr boy,

he'll be tried and punished.

Clancy, I love you
like a brother,

but do not get in my way!

Find the Tarr boy first.

[Indistinct chatter]

[Laughter]

That was so fantastic.

I kind of hate
to charge you for it.

I kind of hate to pay for it.

[Door opens]

You! Get up.

Don't make me repeat myself.

Up!

Now!

Who's the kid?

That is Datak's son Alak.

Just sit there and pretend
like you don't know?

You murdered Luke.

I got to get down there.

Luke's dead?

Yes.

Look, we got in a fight,
but Luke left right after.

I came inside to gamble.
My crew has been with me

- this whole time.
- Rafe!

I can't believe anything
these little peckerheads say.

Now get up before I drag your
narrow ass out of that chair.

You have to let Clancy
handle this.

Back off, Kenya.
Out of the chair.

Look, if you touch me,
my father...

No!

Your father will get the same.

Hey, kid, thanks
for keeping my seat warm.

Who the hell are you?

I've just been gambling

with this young
Casti bonehead here.

He's into me for 200 scrip,

and I'd just as soon
not break up a winning streak.

So if you can
postpone your lynching

till after I collect my money,
I'd appreciate it.

Sorry, he startled me.

[Sighs]

Nobody's getting lynched,
friend.

We just want to ask this kid
some questions.

Yeah, well, it seems to me
you got everything here

except the rope,

or is that
holding up your pants?

Hak, get rid of him.

My friend here, she got
a thing for edged weapons.

Bottles, knives.

Your broken
teeth would do in a pinch.

Stop!

Daddy, don't do anything stupid.

You got the wrong guy.

Like hell I do.

Alak didn't hurt Luke.
He couldn't have.

Come on, tell them
what you told me.

Christie, don't do this.

Alak was with me all night

right until
I came home for dinner.

- Daddy, no!
- Dad, no!

Dad!

[Screaming, grunting]

Stop!

He's dead.

The lawkeeper's dead.

[Sobbing]

Datak, let me handle this.

Stop it, both of you!

If you'd hurt Alak,

it would be you
laying on that floor.

Datak, go home
to your wife and son.

I'd never get his stink
off my blade anyway.

Oh, sure,
them you let carry weapons.

Shut up.

You're responsible for this too.

We need to concentrate
on finding Luke's killer

before the trail goes cold.

What trail?

Who'd follow it anyway
now that Clancy's dead?

I'll do it.

You?

Yeah, me.

I got to be honest
with you, son.

You're no Clancy.

You don't have
the skills or the balls

to do what's got to be done.

I'll find the bastard myself.

No, no way.

You almost killed
an innocent kid.

We need a professional.

We don't have a professional.

Yeah, you do.

I'm a tracker by trade.

Are you now?

Yeah, I am.

You're looking at the guy
who brought in the Miami bomber

and presented Starren Dahrti

with the head
of his sister's murderer.

I'll find your killer...

For the right price.

It's not a bad idea, Rafe.

Starren Dahrti's sister
is alive and hates your guts.

Details, shh.

He's one of the defiant few.

All right, tracker.

You find my son's killer...
with proof, mind you...

and I'll pay you, uh...

20k.

25.

I don't believe
I heard you right.

20 is good.

On one condition:

If you do find the killer,

he stays alive
so he can stand trial.

Are we clear?

Agreed.

Your companion
stays with my deputy.

What, you don't trust me?

I'm fresh out of trust tonight.

Lock her up.

I wouldn't recommend
the handcuffs.

He's not getting away with this.

Of course not.

I'm going to gather up
some chango,

pay Rafe McCawley a visit,

pay his whole family a visit.

Datak, our son is in love
with the McCawley girl.

And we'll see
how he loves the corpse.

She's innocent in all this.

I remind you,
she risked her father's wrath

to clear Alak's name.

Would it not be something,

when all this
has blown over, of course,

if Alak and Christie
actually got married?

Are you trying to ruin my bath?

I have little interest in
being in-law to Rafe McCawley.

If Christie were in the family,

she'd feel comfortable
coming to us for anything.

Dear, her father can give her
anything she wants.

You're right.

He works very hard.

Such a dangerous job,
don't you think?

God forbid anything
should ever happen to Rafe

or Quentin.

Christie's already lost so much.

She'd be left with so much
to take care of.

The mines.

Yes, the mines.

If she were family,
we'd be forced to help her.

Well...

It is our job
to help our family.

I appreciate how you see things.

Do you appreciate
when I do this?

I think a wedding is exactly
what this town needs.

You're just gonna sit there
all day without talking?

You know what you are?

You are very, very...

Disconcerting.

You know that?

Okay, whatever.

As long as
we're both trapped here,

we might as well eat something.

I'm not trapped in here.

If I wanted, I could have
grabbed your wrist,

broken every finger
on your hand,

taken the key card to this cell,

which you
left hanging from your belt,

and before you knew
what was happening,

I'd already be out of this cage

and separating your
hand from the rest of you

with one of my blades.

What is wrong with you?

You wanted conversation.

That's conversation?

You know, I think you're mad

and you're taking out
your anger on me.

I'm not mad.

I don't believe you.

I think you're angry that your
scavenger friend left you here.

What is it with you
and that Nolan guy anyway?

Fine.

He saved me.

What?

You heard.

Yeah.

You know, it was kind of like
that with me and Clancy.

I was on a bad path,

but, um, Clancy
saw something in me

and gave me a second chance.

How about you?

What did Nolan do to save you?

Something I couldn't do
for myself.

Which was?

He murdered my parents.

This is good.

[Sighs] What's taking so long?

Hey, Nolan,
when you gonna show us

why you're such
a famous tracker?

Well, before we try
and figure out where he went,

it might help to figure out
what happened here.

The site's been
pretty badly trampled down,

but it appears that we got
two separate sets of prints

arriving from
two different directions,

which suggest
that Luke and his killer

didn't come out here together
to Duke it out.

They arrived separately,

maybe for a meeting,

one they didn't
want to have in town.

Well, that's a whole lot
of assumptions.

More like deductions,
but I don't want to quibble.

Now, an argument breaks out,

like our dog-Walker
says he heard,

then a fight.

Excuse me.

Luke is stabbed.

Maybe then the killer
loses the knife,

which is why he pulls out
the cold fire weapon.

Only now
Luke's got a weapon too.

[Grunts]

That's not human blood.

No!

Wait!

Okay, all right,

so this is the trail he left
when he ran off, right?

Now, you see, prints
on the right are crisp.

We can almost read
the boot print.

But the ones on the left
are dragging.

They never quite
break the ground.

So if he was cut,
but he didn't bleed...

Cybernetic implant.

We're looking for an Indogene,

one with a bad left leg.

Ben, my assistant.

He's Indogene,

and last night he told me
he had hurt his leg.

Where's Ben now?

Hey, Ben?

The mayor wanted me
to run some diagnostics

past the big brains up top.

Here, check this out.

[Beeping]

[device chitters]

Hey, boss,
what can I do for you?

Where are you?

Oh, just handling
a few personal errands.

You at the office?

I'm on my way.

I've got to prepare for
the Vidcon with Ara Shondu.

Yeah, the revised specs
for the Maglev

are on the side table
under the geo reports.

Great, thanks.

Amanda? [Device beeps]

Do you hear that humming?

He's at the stasis net.

Amanda?

[Device whines]

Sorry, my hailer slipped.

You know.

What are you talking about?

It's in your voice.

I know you better than anybody.

I didn't have a choice.

The town's finished.

All you can do now is run.

[High-pitched humming]

[Device beeps] Rafe?

Rafe, get your men
to the stasis net now.

Come on, you're losing him.

- No, I'm not.
- Hurry up.

You're welcome to walk,
sweetheart.

Did you just call me sweetheart?

It was my second choice.

[Engine revs]

Ah!

Down.

That son of a bitch still alive?

- Rafe, Rafe, no.
- Hey, hey, no!

Hey, we need him alive.
All right?

Why did you kill Luke?

No choice.

He was gonna talk
and ruin everything.

You're lying!

Hey, you see this cold fire gun?

I recognize the design.

It's an Omec alloy.

There's only one Votan race
that uses these,

and it's not Indogene,
is it, Ben?

Now, I know you're
in a lot of pain,

but I need you to focus.

Speak!

[Groaning]

Everybody needs to leave,
all of you.

They're coming now.

They're planning to attack
right after dark.

What kind of attack?
What are you talking about?

Hey! Stay with me.

Is it them?

Are you talking about the...

[explosion]

What the hell is going on?

The Volge.

I fought them
during the pale wars.

Without the stasis net,

defiance doesn't stand a chance.

All townspeople, gather
at Darby Square in ten minutes

for an important address
from Mayor Rosewater.

[Chatter]

All townspeople,
gather at Darby Square

in ten minutes
for an important address

from Mayor Rosewater.

It's already gone!

Hi.

Um...

You should come by

before you leave town

for one last visit, okay?

And I'll give you a discount,

half price.

Don't start.

You need to eat.

I can't.

I've got to go out there
and convince people

to fight an enemy
bred to wipe out planets.

We have no idea
why they're attacking,

and the guy with the answers
is in a coma.

I'm in over my head.

You can do this.

You always rise to the occasion,

no matter how tough
the odds are.

You're sweet.

I'm right.

Well, right now,

all I've got
is a bunch of words on a page

that sound like
a bunch of words on a page.

Look, Nicky would...

no, you are not Nicky.

Don't give a speech.
Just talk to them.

- Amanda?
- The town's waiting.

Hey.

I'm proud to be your sister.

You two are sisters?

Yeah, why?

No reason.

[Indistinct chatter]

By now, you all know

a saboteur has destroyed
the stasis nets.

[Crowd murmurs]

- What, what?
- What about the Volge?

What about the Volge?

There is an army coming, Paul.

I'm not gonna pretend
there isn't.

Where's mayor Nicky?

The question is,

what are we gonna...

yeah, where's the real mayor?

We need somebody
with experience here.

Your assistant tried to kill us!

Please, folks,
just let the mayor speak.

Just... please,
just let the mayor speak.

We're all gonna die.

[Microphone feedback shrieks]

That's right.

That's what you believe,
isn't it?

So why not just pack up
all your belongings

and take a chance
in the badlands,

'cause this town is done.

Paul,

three years ago,

you lost two sons and half
your farm to razor rain.

It was a terrible tragedy,

and yet you're still here.

Rupert,

how many good men did you lose

when the 99ers
collapsed the South tunnel?

Six.

And have you ever
once thought of quitting,

leaving town,
finding a safer job?

No, ma'am.

We all have our stories,
and we've endured a lot:

Raiders, epidemics, floods.

We're still standing,

just like that big-ass arch
up there.

We live in a great place,

a town where human
and Votan races

live together as equals.

We strive for the best,
but sometimes we fall short.

Sometimes we forget ourselves,

and occasionally,
this new world rears up

and kicks us in the teeth,
but we stay.

We fight because this town
is worth fighting for,

and if necessary,
it's worth dying for.

Now, I'm going to stand up
to what's coming,

and I'm gonna drive them out,

and I hope that each and
every one of you stands with me

because we are
stronger together.

The McCawleys stand with you.

[Applause]

So does the house of Tarr.

The vig on all debts is forgiven

for every man who fights
in the battle.

[Cheers and applause]

Yeah!

These people are brave.

So they'll die with honor.

You know, sometimes
you can be very cold.

Still here, I see.

Thought you would have taken
the reward money and run.

Not without that.

Not to worry, though.

We'll be out of your hair
in no time.

Guess you've got a lot to do
out there in the badlands.

Promised my companion
we'd head South,

to the beaches in Antarctica.

They say it's paradise.

Hmm, I'm pretty sure
that's a myth.

Still, I'd like to see
for myself.

Yeah, I never did get a chance

to ask you about the big battle,

what it was like being a hero,

one of the defiant few.

It was what it was.

I wish you strength, Amanda.

Enjoy your reward.

Let's get out of here.

Yeah, good idea.

Stay close together, everyone.

Come on, guys, right inside.
Single file.

Let's go, keep walking.
Keep walking.

[Laughter]

Come on, hurry up, let's go.

Paige, hold on.

[Engine starts]

We got out of there
just in time.

[Distant rumbling]

Oh, shtako.

They're headed
straight for defiance.

Make it about seven clicks.

They should hit Bissel pass
just after sunset.

Let's put some distance
between us.

We could make a difference.

They got Indogenes in that town.

They could work up a Burkus rig
for this sphere,

focus the energy,

create a weapon the Volge
wouldn't even see coming.

We'd burn out the sphere.
We'd be left with nothing.

Yeah, I know.

I'm sorry, but some things,
they just need to be done.

You're doing it again.

- No, kiddo.
- Don't!

Every time we get ahead,
you blow it for us.

Yeah, this is different.

There are kids in this town.

I don't care.

Little kids,
and, yes, you do care.

Don't you say that to me, okay?

I know you better than that,

and I raised you
better than that.

Go ahead, get killed.

Hey, I got no intention
of dying today.

Most people don't.
It still happens.

Well, where are you gonna go?

Antarctica.

I'd send you a postcard,

but I know
you've already got one.

[Engine revs]

What does it look like?

A nightmare.

Who's that down there?

Nolan!

What are you doing here?

Saving your ass, sweetheart.

The Terra-sphere has enough
energy to wipe out the Volge.

Doc Yewll will need to
configure it to focus the blast.

Once it's online,

we got to hold
the Volge in the pass

until we can blow
the Terra-sphere.

How hard can that be?

My thought exactly.

Nolan.

Yeah?

Thanks for coming back.

Hey, Doc,
how you doing up there?

If you rush me, we all go boom.

If you yell at me,
we all go boom.

Now you know
how I'm doing up here.

[Indistinct chatter]

You all know
what you need to do.

Hold your fire
until you get the order.

We have a superior position
up here,

but the Volge are climbers,

so just keep pushing
them to the center of the pass.

That's where the blast
will be focused,

at the bottom of the canyon.

The Terra-sphere will
obliterate anything in its path.

When you get the signal,

take cover or you'll
get caught in the blast.

[Device humming]

Ten minutes!

Ten minutes.

[Beeping]

- You got it?
- Mm-hmm.

[Metallic stomping]

Fire!

[Gunfire]

Don't let 'em climb!
Don't let 'em climb!

[Growls]

[Beeping]

[beeping]

I need more time.

[Roars]

[Groans]

[Timer beeping]

- [Gasps]
- [Roars]

Amanda!

[screams]

[Electricity sizzles]

[Gunshot]

Clear the area! Go!

Get back! Move, move, move!

Get back! Come on!

Back, everybody, back!

[Roars]

[People murmuring]

Yeah!

[Wild cheering]

Yes!

Medic!

[Cheering continues]

[Indistinct chatter]

I see you made some new friends.

I figured they hate the Volge
more than they hate humans.

I'm still mad about the sphere.

I'll make it up to you.

I've heard that before.

I have to get up.

- No.
- Yes.

No, no, no, no, no.
You don't feel well.

You have to stay here.
You have to stay here.

Doc, can you please
talk some sense into her?

Bed rest.

I know you mean well,

but I have a few thousand things
that need to be taken care of.

Bed rest.

Good human.

I'm gonna check in
with you later, okay?

Okay.

- Bye.
- Bye.

- So you gonna make it?
- [Chuckles] I think so.

How many dead?

41.

[Sighs]

Someone tried to wipe this town
off the map last night.

They tried hard.

We need to figure out
who sent the Volge

and what they were
trying to accomplish.

In the desk, in the drawer,
there's a cloth bag.

What do you think?

I'm no lawkeeper.

Maybe not,

but you happen to be
all I have available.

Way to sell a guy.

Think about it.

This town,
it's a nice place to live.

Yep, so I keep hearing.

Life is coy

and must be firmly embraced.

It's gorgeous.

The ring signifies
a pledge of betrothal?

It is the human custom.

The actual wedding comes later.

That's when they will swear vows
before a Shigustak.

Oh, this will kill
Rafe McCawley.

Eventually, yes,
if we're clever and patient.

I married well.

You flatter a poor woman.

Nolan used to say

the two of us
are children of the badlands...

the wild, open spaces
where the weak are afraid to go.

It's towns that scare me,

all the people
jostling for space,

sucking up the air till
there's nothing left to breathe.

Will we stay here?
I don't know.

My people have a God
called Urzu.

He has a path for each of us.

Where it takes us is
not always where we imagined.

There is a reason.

Nolan's people call it fate.

[Dramatic music]

♪

( ♪ If I Didn't Care ♪
by The Ink Spots plays )

♪

♪ If I didn't care

♪ more than words can say

So while you were away,
everything went to hell.

Your new Mayor is tougher
than anyone expected.

Ben Daris is comatose,

but if he wakes up, he could
tie us to the Volge attack

and to Luke McCawley's murder.

And with McCawley dead,
we have no idea

where the Kaziri is buried

or where he may have
hidden the key.

I don't know what to do next.

Relax, Mr. Birch.

Don't lose heart.

When the town is empty,

we'll be free
to resume our search.

The backup plan,

it's brutal.

[Laughs]

We're trying to change
the world, Mr. Birch.

Mark my words.

One day,

the survivors will thank us.

♪ Would all this be true

♪ if I didn't care

♪ for you