Original subtitles

The main issue on the docket is the strain

on our already limited resources.

All this time, I thought we were safe.

♪

Melanie surrenders the train.

We need Snowpiercer to help launch our compound.

We're on the verge of a breakthrough.

You have the train, Mr. Knox.

Edward takes Liana.

Give me my daughter. It's a friend.

No, no, no!

Woman: Layton, where are you going?

To find them.

I was a wild one growing up.

Sort of the leader of a group of girls in town.

Not exactly good girls, either.

We were always pinching sweets or magazines

from the corner shop.

One day, the shopkeeper had had enough

and he grabbed the youngest of us by the arm.

I told everyone to run, so they did, and we

met up in the back alley.

Are we safe?

We've added extra patrols. Yes.

Yes.

- So Audrey's still alive? - Oh, yes.

Audrey's still fighting. Still fighting.

- Who took Liana? - We don't know yet.

Just give us a minute, will you?

Shopkeeper let her go before too long.

But I'll never forget the look in her eye

when she found us, like we'd betrayed her.

Layton? Did you find anything?

Their shoes are gone.

What?

Her dead husband's shoes.

She keeps them here, but they're gone now.

That and all of her personal items from her couchette.

What does that tell you?

She didn't have time to pack?

Layton!

She didn't come up with this on the fly.

Those soldiers have been watching us for a while,

waiting. - What?

To kidnap a child?

Might have been Headwood's idea.

Part of a larger plan.

She's been obsessed with Liana since Zarah was pregnant.

But I just don't see how this helps us.

It doesn't.

Just lets me know how to treat her when I find her.

Ruth!

Ruth.

We need to convene the council as soon as possible.

What's happened?

We're going to need the engine.

Alex, how long will it take to unhook

this thing from the grid and get it up and running again?

Unhook what?

We're going after Snowpiercer.

It's my only lead to find Liana.

Whoa, Layton, I'm sorry about Liana.

It's not that simple.

It took me months to convert the train

and get New Eden running.

We cannot just press start and go.

For more reasons than one.

Snowpiercer can't be more than a week away.

I can find them.

I just need the engine, and-- and a few cars, and--

Can we just slow down and talk about this for a

minute, please?

Every second we spend discussing it,

Liana gets further away.

I think that Ruth is just looking

to discuss options, Layton.

The only thing we need to be discussing

is how long it will take to get Big Alice up

and running again, Alex.

Do not answer that question, Alex.

Answer the question, Alex.

This engine is not going anywhere until we

discuss this as a council.

There's no unilateral decisions being made.

This is not the democracy you fought for.

Layton.

I never wanted anyone to look at me like that again.

But it may be the price I'll have

to pay for protecting this pocket

of humanity we call New Eden.

471 souls strong.

[dramatic music]

Move.

[banging]

Wakey, wakey.

[banging]

Time's up.

[grunt]

Are you taking my spot?

Come on.

[background commotion]

Pick that up!

Come on, keep going!

All right, move!

Come on.

You listening to me?

[background commotion]

Hey.

Look after this for a sec.

They put you in a box?

They tortured you.

Worry about Audrey.

Audrey is a survivor.

We've got to keep the faith that she made it to New Eden.

Faith.

I've got news for you, Bennett.

No one from up high is coming to save us.

Look what the admiral's done.

Not to the train, to the people.

See, the problem is, while the man's crazy,

the mission's still sound.

New Eden proves that.

Even if it means turning the train into a labor camp?

You can't tell me that was part of Melanie's plan.

No.

The guy lies.

He treats us like shit.

He plots who knows what against New Eden.

We have to take him down.

OK. OK.

Till. Listen.

Listen to me.

Let's at least find out what he's up to,

then we take him down.

Yeah?

Yeah.

It's not rocket science.

I won't catch them without Big Alice.

Right, but attempting to steal the engine isn't the way.

We have protocols.

Protocols for kidnappings now?

Do you realize you're making a mockery of the whole system

you just helped set up? - This is bullshit.

Where is Roche so we can vote?

He's out on patrol.

Don't presume that he would ever vote for you anyway.

Guys, we're all friends here.

Can we just start acting like it, please?

Look, I don't pretend to know what you're going

through, Andre.

Zarah was a friend, and Liana--

but we need Big Alice to survive.

Including Ag-Sec.

So it's true.

Layton's leaving?

Nothing's been decided.

I hope not.

Because we can't heat Ag-Sec without the engine,

let alone the entire town.

That's not exactly true.

The engine does help power New Eden, but maybe--

There's no maybe.

Solar and wind are unreliable because the climate

is unpredictable.

And geothermal doesn't charge the battery

arrays enough to offset Big Alice's production.

The bottom line is the engine is

our only constant, reliable power source.

Without it, New Eden will not survive.

That's it.

Look, I don't want to jeopardize New Eden.

This is my home, too.

But where does that leave me?

Dunno.

But the days of hijacking trains are over.

OK, so I'm just supposed to wait

around until the kidnappers decide

to bring her back, right?

Y'all done lost your damn minds.

No one is saying that.

You.

Let's go.

Maybe after my shower.

Thank you.

[tense music]

I'll be back.

Save me some soap.

This was Lieutenant Jason Lee.

He was a loyal soldier.

If you're trying to scare me, you're about nine years

too late.

And if you think I'd use the death

of one of my men that way, then you severely underestimate me.

I brought you here because I have an offer for you.

Cooperate, and I could reduce the workers'

shifts back down to 12 hours.

You make him the same offer?

Lieutenant Lee was electrocuted doing a job

he wasn't qualified to do.

But you are.

Down in Ag-Sec.

Ag-Sec?

What does Ag-Sec have to do with the retrofit?

Nothing.

But Nima here joined us on the last stop bearing gifts.

A new fertilizer he's been cooking up that

could help with our food supply issues.

So you work us to the bone, feed us scraps for months,

and now, you care?

Your people are dropping like flies.

This could help.

Doc?

It's-- it's a potent synthetic compound.

Could double food production.

We just need you to reroute the electrical panels and redirect

ventilation for dispersal.

Which is how this happened?

Again, a task for an engineer, not a soldier.

So, what do you say?

You could be a hero, or watch a fellow passenger

wind up on the slab.

Your call.

10 hour shifts for the crew.

And I'll need another pair of hands to help out.

Till.

Done.

Zero to hero.

I like it.

It's a risk.

These chemicals are-- are-- are dangerous or volatile.

If the engineer does the job right, it won't be a problem.

He's important to Mel.

Our mission is important to the world.

Mel will understand.

Layton.

Hey, Layton.

What?

Can you just come back with me?

Maybe we can talk to Ruth privately

and work something out.

I'm not groveling to Ruth or the council.

What?

No one's asking you to.

Everyone wants to go after Liana.

We just-- we have to be smart about this.

I'm not hearing anything smart,

and I'm not hearing any solutions to the problem.

Can you just stop it?

Look, you're not giving anyone a chance.

You're just cutting everyone out.

Look, I don't need this.

We both know if this was your daughter,

we would not be having these discussions.

I don't know who you are right now.

Hey, they have music there.

You used to play piano, right?

Yeah, sometimes.

In the Nightcar.

I know what it's like to be an outsider.

A guy like Nima Rousseau is no rebel.

I don't think we'll get anything out of him.

We might if we get him alone.

He didn't look comfortable speaking

in front of the Admiral.

Does anyone?

Where are you two headed?

You should be down train in Ag-Sec.

We need to talk to the chemist.

I didn't authorize a visit.

Look, if you want us to do our job,

Ben needs to talk to Nima about valve pressure.

Right, Ben?

Yeah.

It's very crucial to the volume of dispersal.

He can go in.

You stay here.

Would you like to know why I put you in the hot box

and not him?

Because you hate women?

It's your spirit, Till.

It's undeniable.

Tell me, have you ever thought about joining the military?

It's where spirit becomes purpose.

I'd rather live in the hot box than work under you, sir.

That's what I'm talking about, Till.

I like it.

Layton!

Hey, do you have a moment?

What?

Not unless your name is Javi.

Look, I'm really sorry about Zarah.

Man, I really don't have time for this.

Please, please, please, please, wait,

there's something else. This morning, I saw--

I saw a bird. It was a dove.

Beautiful.

My girl's been taken from me, you want

to talk to me about birds? - Just listen.

Listen. I think it was a sign.

It's a sign of hope from Zarah.

Stop saying her name.

It was your fault she's out there

by herself in the first place.

You think she's sending you a sign?

You need some help, man.

Dr. Rousseau, I have a question about dispersal.

Be honest.

What's this job really about?

And please, don't feed me a line

about the train's well-being.

Re-route the panel to the ventilation system.

I-- I-- I don't know what other answer you want.

Nothing the Admiral has done since he's got here

has been out of altruism.

Not true.

That is not true.

The entire mission is to preserve the human race.

Look, I know you're playing the part of the company man,

and it's very captivating, but the Admiral doesn't respect

you, and everyone can see it.

So you want to level with me or what?

The Admiral, he wasn't always the Admiral.

Anton Milius has earned his stripes by keeping us alive.

None of us would be here without him, myself included.

Follow his orders, and you will survive.

Thank you.

[WHISPERS] Why should I trust anything

coming out of your mouth?

Because Melanie does.

[dramatic music]

Alex, can we have a minute?

No, I'm busy right now.

Well, it'll have to wait, because I need

to understand if there's any way that Layton

can take the train.

I would love to help, Ruth, but no.

Javi, can you chime in, please?

Alex, look, I was thinking, what if I reroute the system?

I create a new closed loop for all of our alternative sources.

And drain the battery arrays in three days?

No, not if I prioritize the arrays

to keep the geothermal turbines going,

and we keep the town's usage to a bare minimum.

So basically, dismantle everything

I busted my ass for when I turned

Big Alice into a power plant?

Alex, please.

Is what he's talking about possible?

He can go crunch the numbers, I guess.

I'm going to go see about a bird.

Never have a clue with her.

You told me to work faster, and-- and-- and--

and-- and-- and yet, here I am, not working, at your request.

Look who's finally growing a backbone.

What did the engineer want?

Just a-- a question about fertilizer volume.

It's amazing the amount of artwork they had in this place.

What do you think it's worth?

If they're originals, millions.

They're worth nothing.

Unless it's freezing in here and we

can burn them to stay alive.

Doesn't matter if it's Rembrandts, Picassos,

or your family albums.

It's about priorities.

When the world is starving, you don't

name the lobsters in the tank.

Do you understand me, doctor?

Look at me.

If Till and the engineer were up to something,

you'd tell me, right?

I wouldn't do anything to jeopardize the mission.

That's not an answer to my question.

Yes, sir.

I would tell you.

Good.

That's really good.

You're dismissed.

We're taking the train.

You trying to give me a heart attack?

Come on, man. We got to go.

Yeah. Did Ruth give you the OK?

- I'm done asking permission. - I'm sorry.

I can't go around Ruth and the council.

Yes, you can.

You just don't want to.

Just like I know you can find a solution for this power issue.

Listen, I want to help you.

I do.

But Alex said that if--

Alex's word is not law.

You got skills, man.

You got talent, just like her.

You know what you can do here, so do it.

I don't know, man.

Javi, my girl is out there somewhere.

I need you to step up right now.

You gonna do this or not?

[somber music]

Hey, Josie.

Are you OK?

Yeah.

No.

Yes.

Not really.

Is it Liana?

[cries]

Yeah. Yeah.

Liana.

Zarah.

Layton.

Just, sorry.

I didn't mean to.

It's OK.

[somber music]

We can't unhook Alice until we

reroute the battery arrays around town,

feed them to geothermal. - Fine.

Where to first?

Exactly where I don't wanna go.

Don't come out until you are done.

If we're dispersing the fertilizer in the next car,

why is this control panel here?

Looks brand new.

Holy shit.

Maybe there is a ventilation issue here.

Why is this panel ripped out?

Could be how the guy got electrocuted.

It's possible.

They put us in the last car.

This whole job could be a ploy.

They could freeze us out or shunt us off right now.

If Milius wanted us dead, he would've done it months ago.

He needs us to do this work.

So what's his real game here?

I don't know.

[beeping]

Oh, shit. This is not working.

Yeah, or you're sending out a distress signal.

Fix it, now.

Well, I'm trying.

There.

First one rerouted.

What are you doing here?

Javi? - Yeah?

What's going on?

I was just running some diagnostic tests,

and I caused a surge.

Sorry.

You said you were done testing last week.

Yeah, well, he wasn't.

And a council member doesn't have to justify

his actions to anybody.

You always give me a warning.

Did Ruth OK this?

Yes.

She is the one who asked him to do it.

Can we get this drink now?

Sorry about the confusion.

[rock music]

I'll have what he's having.

So you finally decided to come down from the mountain

and mingle with the hoi polloi, huh?

Yeah.

This reminds me of why I moved up there in the first place.

I heard what happened at the market.

Doesn't excuse anything, but Layton's grieving right now.

He's not exactly his higher self.

I was just trying to offer some--

I don't know.

Timing is everything.

Just got to get better at yours.

I know he blames me.

And I'm-- I'm the town crazy.

And if Zarah wasn't worried about me,

she wouldn't end up in the hills,

and then she wouldn't have--

It wasn't your fault. You're not crazy.

You were right.

Those voices you're hearing, those were people watching us.

Who knows how long.

If we only had listened to you, maybe we would have--

Look, I'm adding bodies to security.

Round the clock patrols.

We could use you.

So why don't you come back down off the mountain

and rejoin the world?

Just don't ask me to help you move your stuff.

How fast is the train?

It averages about 100 kilometers per hour.

Why?

So for every minute we sit here,

Liana gets how many kilometers away from me?

Layton, I'm working as fast as I can.

Not fast enough.

Listen, if I get a single decimal wrong,

or I screw one of the relay connections,

I could kill one quarter of humanity.

New Eden means nothing to me without my daughter in it.

Do you understand?

Layton, I know this is hard--

You know nothing about what I'm going through.

Nothing.

I know you're not a bully.

And I you're not going to hurt me.

And I have more work to do.

All right, what are we missing?

Panel's active.

Aerosol system's in place.

Where are the chemicals?

Where are the chemicals?

Where are all the chemicals?

Those weren't here before.

Where are you going?

These pipes are too dense for water.

It's gotta lead somewhere.

There you are.

Look.

Sub train.

To get this battery meter to get over the 33% mark.

Great, get it done.

It means removing the engine as our main power source,

and hoping, once we reroute from the battery arrays, that

solar, wind, and geothermal-- - Stop.

It all sounds like a stall.

Can we go or not?

It is not a stall, Layton.

Trust me, it is not.

Listen, I'm sorry they took Liana.

I am.

And Zarah, she tried to help me on Wilford's train,

and I never got to say thank you.

You want to thank her?

Help me.

What have you got?

It's Nima's magic fertilizer.

There's something else.

All right.

You want to take the engine, you're the one that

needs to sever the connection.

Now, you need to flip the auxiliary up

and pull the primary down at the same time, though.

It's working.

Shit, it worked.

You performed a miracle, Saint Javi.

Alex will be impressed.

Alex?

I didn't do this to prove myself to Alex.

Or anyone, for that matter.

And I didn't do this because I'm afraid of you.

I did it because I consider you my friend.

This should buy New Eden about three weeks' time

without Big Alice.

Let's go.

Hey.

Is there any news from Javi about taking the train?

Nothing yet.

There's a cup of tea with your name on it,

though, if you want.

Tea fixes everything, right?

I don't know about that.

So, you here to tell me that I'm being heartless,

not letting Layton take the train?

If you were heartless, you wouldn't care what I think.

I think you're being pragmatic.

I'm not sure it's appreciated.

Look, I'm-- it's your job to keep us together.

Just when we started building a life here--

happy one, safe one--

we're attacked.

It's hard to believe, isn't it?

You know, I haven't felt this helpless since the tail.

Sorry to interrupt.

Ruth, did you ask Javi to run a diagnostic test in Ag-Sec?

No. Why?

We have a problem.

We gotta figure out how far away

the kidnappers have gotten.

The Snowpiercer's about eight days ahead of us.

Yeah, but the train would have

to slow down because the snowcat can only go

about 3 kilometers per hour.

My real concern is what happens when we catch up.

Yeah. One problem at a time.

Layton.

You can't do this.

Out of the way, Ruth.

This isn't the way.

Javi and I got power to the town.

I did my part, even though y'all didn't do

shit to help me.

Now, we getting on that train.

Layton, we can't let you go.

I don't want to hurt you, but you going to have to hurt

me to keep me off that train.

Oh, no, Sykes, stop this!

Damn it, Layton, just stay down!

All right, enough!

[grunting]

The guy is a chemist, so, sure, maybe it's a super fertilizer.

Maybe it's freaking cyanide.

Who knows with these psychos?

Damage on your skin.

That's what I saw on that dead soldier.

It's not electrical, it's chemical.

The Admiral lied about the job.

Shocking.

That also means your buddy Nima co-signed all this.

Your distrustful nature wins again.

Happy?

Ecstatic.

What I don't get is why they would go to such lengths

to kill people.

Maybe it's not about killing them.

Maybe it's about experimenting on them,

like the Admiral's hit team.

We have to do something.

We've got to use it against them.

I like the way you think, engineer.

Layton tried to steal the engine today, Sam, twice,

without thought for anyone else here.

You can't make unilateral decisions in New Eden.

You keep doing the same thing he is.

You think everyone agrees with you, but you haven't asked.

I'm doing the same thing he is, am I?

I'm trying to look after everyone in New Eden.

OK, maybe I--

maybe I shouldn't have said that.

But I can't live with myself if I keep a father

from going after his kid.

And I got to think that there's a lot of people who

feel the same way that I do.

Hey.

Hey.

You here with good news or bad?

It depends.

Ruth's putting it to a vote.

Let the people of New Eden decide

if you can take the engine.

Vote?

Liana's as good as gone. - Hey, don't even say that.

Hey, after everything I did today,

no one in their right mind would vote for me.

I would.

I owe you that.

I was your last line of defense.

Hey, Roche, it is not your fault. It's theirs.

The ones who took her.

Look, man, you got to make your case to the town.

You have got to fight for her.

[whirring]

Can you please stop?

Somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.

You know, that was a nice job with the battery arrays,

by the way.

Nearly genius.

Almost made me forget that you tried to steal my engine.

OK, I think there's a compliment hidden in there

somewhere, so thank you.

Is that Mr. Sprinkles?

It is.

You know, I lost a pet cat once.

Nope.

Never got over it.

He actually wasn't really a pet.

He was more of a coworker.

I anticipated for him to die because I was sending him

to the edge of the pocket to get me data on weather patterns

and atmospheric pressure.

I figured that one day, he would fly out too far

and freeze to death.

Is that how he died?

Nope.

Exsanguination.

Exsanguination?

So his blood's gone?

Do we need to worry about vampires

now on top of everything else?

Funny.

Actually, it tells me that my nosebleeds aren't a fluke.

I get them every time I'm at higher elevations when I'm

near the edge of the pocket.

Nosebleeds?

How long has that been going on for?

A few weeks.

I'm fine.

I just need to follow the data.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

You're not leaving him in here.

I don't want a dead bird in my room.

Come on.

Josie, I--

I was with you.

We're supposed to be in this together.

We are.

We're not.

I've been out of my mind.

I lost Liana, I lost Zarah--

I know!

Well, I was with her when she died.

I saw the light go out in her eyes.

I heard the fear in her voice.

Do you know what she asked me to do?

She-- she asked me to look after Liana.

That is not something that I take lightly.

You know that I've loved that little girl since the day

she was born.

I know. I know.

I know you love Liana.

I've watched you care for her and feed her.

I'm sorry.

I am so sorry.

Can you forgive me?

[somber music]

[radio feedback]

Voting is a vital right in any democracy.

And today's vote may be among the most important

you'll ever make.

Miss Audrey warned us that antagonistic forces

took Snowpiercer.

Mr. Layton believes they are the same forces

responsible for the murder of Zarah Ferami

and the kidnapping of their daughter, Liana.

He would like to take Big Alice and go after them.

Thanks to Mr. De La Torre, New Eden

can survive for three weeks without the engine

as a power source.

But three weeks is the maximum.

Winter is approaching.

We will not survive without the engine.

And we should also consider safety.

Our attackers may return.

Having the engine here gives us a means of escape.

And without that, we are vulnerable.

I yield the floor to Mr. Layton.

I could make the big rallying speech right now.

But I'm not speaking to you today

as the leader of a rebellion, or as the member

of the town council.

I'm just a dad who loves his kid.

I need to fight for my baby girl, the same way I have

always fought for all of you.

[dramatic music]

You can take the engine, assuming you agree to terms.

Anything.

You must return here within three weeks' time.

No later.

You may take up to three additional cars with you,

none of them from Ag-Sec.

And if anyone's going with you, they must officially volunteer,

engineers included.

Do you agree?

Agreed.

You didn't vote for me, did you?

I did not.

No.

But the people of New Eden did.

That's what matters.

I'll honor their votes.

I would expect nothing less.

Layton, I want you to know that as your friend,

I'm happy that you're going after your daughter.

But as a council member, I just hope you've

considered all the variables.

I'll keep my eyes open.

I'm a wartime general, remember?

Hey, so this is the last of it.

Do you think it'll be enough?

It's all we can spare.

OK, so we'll take these to the engine.

- OK. - Did you pack a bag already?

Haven't had the time.

Well, don't worry about it.

I'm going to take the engineer seat.

Weren't you against this since the beginning?

I was, but then I analyzed the data

that Mr. Sprinkles collected.

And what if New Eden isn't a series of warm spots,

but bubbles?

And bubbles burst.

You think this is temporary?

I don't have the answers.

They're not here.

But out there, you know, Melanie is the one

who found these warm spots.

What else would compel her to leave Snowpiercer?

OK, I hope you're wrong.

Yeah, me too.

Hey, I heard that you guys were looking for an engineer.

I was hoping it could be me.

Yeah, of course.

Happy to have you.

Yo, Layton.

We getting a tailie send off?

Nah, this ain't no send off, man.

We're coming with you.

Tailies stick together.

Layton.

Thank you, my friend.

No, no need for that.

Good luck.

Andre, I'm gonna hold down the fort

while you go raise hell.

Get your girl back.

Whatever it takes.

Wait a moment.

It's my job to make sure the engine

gets back to New Eden in time, so I'll be coming with you.

You'll be in charge while I'm gone, Mr. Roche?

Yeah.

I'll hold it down.

Welcome aboard, then.

[exciting music]

All good.

Just a minute.

The Admiral will probably have one of his weird animal

guys with him.

The way they're wired up, aren't they immune?

Not the dose we're going to give them.

I want to know what's taking so long.

I thought the engineer knew the train inside and out?

Well, yeah, he-- he should be finished.

We didn't call you down here.

We're still working.

What's the problem?

It's trash.

Box is faulty.

We need more time to sort it out.

Yeah, well, you're not getting anything.

We're on a clock.

Doc, the problem's down here.

Do it now.

You can spend the rest of your days

eating bug bars in a hot box.

Is that understood?

Admiral.

We have to get out.

Now.

Go, go!

Let me go!

Let me go!

[gas hissing]

This is for Audrey.

She made it to New Eden.

Till!

Shit.

About time you woke up.

Ben?

What were you thinking in there?

Just wanted to kill him.

You're lucky it was just an anesthetic and nothing worse.

It was worth it.

Oh, yeah?

Nima told me Audrey made it to New Eden.

She made it, Ben.

That's why they've been working us so hard,

because we've pushed their timeline up.

Holy shit.

The trap.

It wasn't for Snowpiercer.

No.

It's for Big Alice.

[metal squeaking]

What the hell are you doing?

You know what they say.

You want the job done right.

Well, you saw what Gemini did to your man.

We can't use that variant on them.

We tried it your way.

Your knockout gas was barely a deterrent.

It's time for the gloves to come off.

We promised Mel no one gets hurt.

We?

No.

You made a promise to Melanie Cavill.

I have a duty to uphold.

Not to an old friend, not to a colleague-- to the human race.

You're dismissed.

You can't be that--

Dismissed.

Let's go.

Upcoming bridge.

Prepare to brace.

[exciting music]

Big Alice to Snowpiercer. Come in.

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Is everyone ready?

It's now or never.

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- He's on his way? - He is.

How much longer can we last without Big Alice?

We better hope Layton comes back soon.

We do this right, the Admiral won't know what hit him.

Follow the train.

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[Beeping]

Welcome back to Snowpiercer.

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