MR. LEOPOLD: Previously on "Endlings"...
� I love you, Dad. � I love you, too.
� Tabby's mom has petitioned to have her custodial rights restored.
[dragon hissing]
� It's the dragon! � The dragon?
But we already captured it!
� They're all gone. We spent a whole year finding endlings,
and now we have nothing.
JULIA: Why is the other Ling doing this?
Why aren't they on the same side?
� Kavya!
What are you waiting for? Get her out of there.
� The other Ling.
JOHNNY: He's gonna release another endling.
� No! � Come back!
(endlings growling, snarling)
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[Julia panting]
[endling chitters] [Julia gasps]
[endling chittering]
[energy whirling]
[energy blasting]
[chittering softly]
[gasping]
[bushes rustling]
� It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.
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� Ahh.
� Abiona. I'm so glad to see you.
� What's going on? Are you okay?
MED TECH: We tested the red mark on Kavya's hand as per your instructions,
and unsurprisingly, we found trace amounts of the enzyme that was on the camera.
� That doesn't explain why she went in there in the first place.
� Exactly.
Look at her brain activity.
It's all concentrated
in her posterior, temporal, and occipital lobes,
particularly the right cortex.
� What does that mean?
� It's the area of the brain that accesses our autobiographical data.
Memories and events from our lives.
[mumbling incoherently]
KAVYA: Don't go so fast.
� What about the mouse specimen? Any updates?
� It's entering the containment unit now.
[endling warbling]
� Why would the other Ling trap Johnny, Tabby, and Finn?
What does he want with them?
� I don't know, but we have to get them back.
[roaring] � Wait. What was that?
� The good news is that we trapped the rhino.
� And the bad news?
� We didn't get the dragon.
No, one blaster isn't strong enough. We need the others if we're gonna trap it.
� But where is Ling?
JULIA: The dragon flew away with Ling, but I don't know what happened after that.
� Let's worry about that later. For now, we should get somewhere safe.
I know where we can go.
[dragon roaring]
� Eh, uh, do you need any help?
� Uh, yes, thank you, Noah.
Would you mind grabbing the milk pitcher out of the fridge?
� Absolutely. � Thank you.
� Interesting drawings.
� Yeah. Uh... Finn has quite the imagination.
Hey, could I ask you to grab the tray for me as well, please? I��
� Yeah, yeah, absolutely. � Thank you.
� No problem.
� Oh, thank you.
Okay, so Maria should be here any moment now.
Let's just remember that our goal today
is to make sure that Tabby has as smooth a move as possible, right?
� Where is Tabby, by the way?
� Out, uh, doing chores with the rest of the kids.
� And what kind of chores do they do?
� This way.
We can hide in here.
JULIA: How did you find this place?
� I passed it before I found you.
[dragon screeching]
JULIA: It's leaving.
ABIONA: Julia?
� What is it?
ABIONA: Come look.
JULIA: The endlings.
What has it done to them?
� Come.
� Maria, hello.
Uh, come in, please.
MARIA: Hi, Kenneth.
� Oh, can I, uh, take your coat?
� Oh, uh, I got it.
� Right. Well, we're, uh... We're just in here.
[exhales]
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[exhales, coughs]
ABIONA: Ling stores endlings. Maybe the other Ling does too.
� Which means Johnny, Tabby, and Finn might be in here.
� It also means the other Ling might come back.
So we should hurry.
JULIA: A sabertooth cat?
This is the first endling we ever saved.
� First of many.
[endling screaming]
� They're not frozen. They're awake.
� But why would the other Ling want them awake?
� I don't know.
But it looks like it's...
like it's screaming.
� They all do.
Why is it doing this to them? Hurting them?
� If our Ling is trying to save the endlings,
maybe the other Ling is trying to do the opposite.
But maybe if we�� [Abiona groans]
Are you okay?
� I used to think everyone would want to keep elephants from going extinct.
� But?
� But most of the world didn't care.
� Why? � Because it's hard to care.
It means thinking about something other than yourself.
And for humans...
people...
that can be challenging.
I stupidly thought I could change that.
� And now?
� Now I know people don't change.
And if you don't change...
you don't survive.
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[technician clears throat]
HEWES: Can I help you?
� Kavya is awake.
[tapping, beeping]
JULIA: I think people can change.
� Why?
� Because I changed.
And you were a part of that.
So was Ling and Mr. Leopold and everyone else.
For the first time in a really long time,
I actually have a reason to stay somewhere.
It's because of all of you. [Abiona groans]
Whoa.
Are you okay? � Yeah.
I just�� I just feel a little dizzy.
� Sit down. Sit down.
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� We find doing activities together
can make the reunion feel a little less, uh...
� Awkward. NOAH: Yeah.
� Uh, when Tabitha was little,
we used to play with dolls and have tea parties.
But, um...
I don't really know what she likes now.
� Uh, Tabby likes to take things apart and put them together again.
When she first got here, she took the coffee maker apart.
[laughing] Still doesn't work that well.
� I was going to say.
[all laughing]
� It's why I built her a workshop.
� She has a workshop? � Mm�hmm.
Yeah. It's downstairs. Would you like to see it?
SHARON: Uh, just let them.
[Abiona panting]
� Are you okay?
� Yeah. Um, I just feel a bit dizzy too.
Do you think it's from these?
� Maybe we should go outside.
� Yeah, um, great idea. Where's the exit again?
� Can you help me up?
� Yeah. Just one sec.
ABIONA: They're not in there.
They're here.
[muffled screaming]
� Do you remember what happened?
� It all kind of feels like a dream. � Try.
� I saw my best friend Saara when we were little.
We were playing,
and I just remember it being the happiest time.
Maybe the happiest time of my life.
� What game were you playing?
� Tag.
I was "it."
Why? What happened?
� Your best friend led you to the plant.
� Don't you want it?
This is what you were looking for, right?
[muffled shouting]
JULIA: Who are you?
Why are you doing this?
� I'll answer your questions if you answer one of mine.
Why do you keep visiting your dad?
� How do you know about that?
� When I become someone, I become everything they are.
Right now, I'm learning that you humans love your own sadness.
� Johnny?
� Or is it Tabby?
Or is it Finn?
� Stop pretending to be my friends.
� Am I pretending, or are you?
Which one is it, Jules?
[laughing]
� She made all of this?
� She did... with a little help.
� She's really smart, isn't she?
� Incredibly.
� I keep thinking about all the time I've lost with her.
� That's all in the past now.
� My past has a way of catching up with me.
� Stop it.
� I thought this is what you wanted, to see your dad again.
� Not this way. � Then how about this?
[Julia crying]
Why didn't you save me, Jules?
� I tried!
� And failed.
[sobbing]
� You like this?
� Every animal needs to feed.
[endling warbling]
GRETA: [from far away] Mom.
� No one comes in or out.
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JULIA: You feed off sadness?
� And fear, anger, regret.
Fortunately, for me, this planet has a seemingly endless supply of each.
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� Why only the painful emotions? Why not the happy ones?
� They don't quite have the same taste.
� What happens now?
� I keep collecting.
� You know, the past
doesn't have to be something that holds you back.
It can be something that moves you forward.
� Maybe for you.
� We're not so different, you and I.
Everybody has regrets.
But what matters now is... whether or not you create more regrets
or... learn from the ones you have.
[sighs]
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� What are you thinking about?
� About how I should have talked to Johnny about his dad.
� And now you'll never get the chance.
� That I didn't reach out to Tabby about her mom.
� It's because you're so selfish.
� And that I never once talked to Finn about his mom abandoning him.
� I needed you.
� And Ling. Ling, I failed most of all.
[whimpering]
� What's the matter, Jules?
I thought you wanted to hear about your mom.
� I do. � Then what's the problem?
� I can't come here anymore.
� Where, camping?
� No. Here.
� I see.
� Dad, I love being here with you.
Seeing you...
but if I keep coming back...
It's like you said.
You had to let go of mom to hold onto me.
And now I need to let go of you to hold onto my new family.
� I'm so proud of you, Jules.
� I love you, Dad.
� I love you too, sweetheart.
[sniffles]
� Goodbye.
� How does that taste?
[chittering]
[energy whirling]
Thanks, Dad.
Let's finish this.
� Okay, we'll see you when we pick Tabby up for her overnight.
� Very good.
� Uh, Kenneth?
Um...
I just wanted to say thanks.
� Oh, no need.
Kids tell me I have a tendency to get a little cheesy.
� Not just for today.
For everything. For... looking out for her.
� Well, you're very welcome.
� Did Ling really need to save all the endlings?
� The other Ling actually taught me something.
� What?
� That I need to stop looking backwards and start looking forwards.
Maybe we all should.
� How?
� By talking to each other and telling the truth.
Our truths.
� Gross. � Tabs!
� I'll start.
This is going to sound weird but I've been sneaking memories from Ling.
Of my Dad.
� I would too.
[Ling vocalizing]
Ling!
[dragon rumbling]
JOHNNY: The dragon!
We need to save it before someone sees it.
Talk later?
� No rush.
GRETA: Mom.
Where have you been?
� [chuckles] Doesn't matter.
I'm here now.
[Hewes laughing]
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[dragon roaring]
[polar bear moaning]
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