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[dramatic music playing]

[Alexandra] I was 10 when the world became a train.

Wilford said he was my family now.

Daddy Dubs.

And I would lead the train with him.

Leaders were lonely.

You couldn't trust anyone.

So I was the island of Alex,

and no one ever came ashore.

Until we finally caught up to Melanie...

and I saw Snowpiercer and met her people.

That's when Dubs got weird.

Do you know what an oubliette is?

A French dungeon.

A special dungeon underground with a tiny hole in the roof.

They just drop you in forever.

It means "forget."

Melanie, Layton,

drop them all in the oubliette, eh?

You don't want me to forget them. You want me to renounce them.

Uptrain when you're ready.

At first, I thought my mom and her people were stupid

and disorganized, but now I think freedom probably has to be messy.

Over there, I saw Layton lead by listening to others.

I saw women with power.

And I saw them keep my mother's dream alive.

-Our friend is quite careful. -Yeah.

Well, our way out is through him.

Tonight, if we're gonna have any shot of getting back to Melanie.

Qualities that got us this far won't get us past Wilford.

To best a man like that...

you need to be utterly ruthless.

-We've both done terrible things. -Not terrible enough.

Well, I've got a foul and murderous plot to get us out of here,

if you'd like to start there.

I would.

[Layton] I've watched Wilford.

Seen him take it right up to the edge of killing us all,

so the question is not, "Are you willing to sink to his level?"

It's, "Are you willing to risk everything?"

For Snowpiercer and for Melanie...

everything.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Alexandra] One day, I'll break the cycle.

And we'll walk away from Snowpiercer together,

1,034 cars long.

[screaming]

[theme music playing]

-[banging on door] -[man] Tray!

Can I have some more?

Please?

[screaming]

Shovel, it's good in the trenches.

You can bring it with you.

Let's go find Javi.

[suspenseful music playing]

Where is everybody?

[door opens]

Oh, this is the Engine.

Now we need to go one more up.

Ruth?

Oh, my God.

Alex. We've just found out.

Your mum, she's alive.

I knew it. I knew it. She's there. She's waiting for us.

We're gonna steal Big Alice and go get her.

With a shovel?

Well, any assistance would be appreciated.

How about the Engine has a secret entrance to Wilford's bedroom?

All right, she's in.

[Alexandra] We're crossing the Rocky Mountain Test Track today.

We need both Engines to make that turn.

Okay, so we'll need Ben too, but let's get you out of here first.

No, I can get myself out of here.

Wilford wants me to kiss the ring.

-I can get Kevin to take me to him. -Okay.

So, uh, about the secret entrance?

Audrey?

Audrey, am I the only one working today?

You're an early riser though, aren't you, Bess?

And a night prowler. I like that in an advisor.

I'm not your advisor if you won't listen to my advice.

Is Zarah coming around?

She physically rejected dinner and threatened me with a fork.

What if we offered her Voice of the Train?

You're not gonna buy her with Layton in your gulag.

Well, she'd do it with convincing. I'd happily slap her.

[Kevin grunts]

What?

Now, why did I do that? Hm?

Poor impulse control?

And because pregnancy comes with privilege on Snowpiercer.

Exactly. Zarah is privileged!

She has that ineffable royal Layton jelly.

Kevin, we want some of that.

Royal jelly. My mistake, sir, of course.

What's going sideways now, Joe?

Hair of the dog, Audrey. Time to play doula.

Ugh, Zarah.

-[Layton] Keep going. -Wait a minute.

[indistinct chatter]

-[man 1] I don't trust them. -[man 2] They're crazy.

Stay with the little guys.

[mouthing words]

[suspenseful music playing]

[mouthing words]

[screaming]

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

-[Ruth] Calm down. -Oh, my God.

Deep breath. It's just Hospitality killing a man.

-You called us, yeah? -Holy shit, it worked.

You guys got the note? We did it.

-Ugh, you smell like crap. -Yeah, we know.

Where are we?

We're two hours from the turn.

[Layton] We have got to make that turnoff.

[Ruth] Alex is with us too.

She's running interference on Wilford uptrain. Here.

[Javi] We need to let Ben know we're ready to pick up Melanie.

Great, okay. How do we do that?

[Javi] Just give me a moment. Please.

Oh, this is gonna be bad.

Look at all of this, eh?

It's a nice life Mr. Wilford's got for himself back here, eh?

His own little palace.

Christ almighty.

After you, Ruth.

-[woman] Okay? -[Josie] Mm-hm.

-[woman] And then? -[Josie] Mm-hm.

[woman] Now wag it.

-Easy. -[woman] Okay.

-Rock 'n' roll. -Now wrist spin.

Yeah.

Okay, yeah, you're getting pretty good.

-[Josie] Do you think it'll work outside? -It's designed to.

They say you're the new lcy Bob.

I was nearly killed in the cold.

When it happened, I felt my skin crack and stretch and...

Yeah, I was really scared.

But now?

Now I want to go out there, want to see what I can do.

[Alexandra] Melanie left on a fool's errand.

-Again? -She was a fool to leave.

Her team deserved her punishment and so did I.

Does she sound sincere to you?

-I believe so. -I am sorry, Joseph.

I shouldn't have said that stuff at dinner,

and I'll make sure to apologize to Miss Audrey as well.

-Oh, you're back. -Yes.

Yes, I am, LJ, and I was hoping that you could forgive me too.

[suspenseful music playing]

Okay.

I brought some treats from Third Class for breakfast.

[softly] Layton is coming, and we're seizing the Engine.

Sykes is with him every minute.

Okay. So, what's code for "We're stealing the train"?

I've spent eight years with the guy. He should be able to figure me out by now.

Snowpiercer, this is Big Alice.

-[Bennett] Come in, Big Alice. -Busy day, Ben, huh?

-Is it? -It will be.

You're gonna get bumpy up there.

Lidar's showing track obstructions

at north 52 degrees, 58 minutes, 35 seconds,

west 119 degrees, 25 minutes, 28 seconds.

-I have to check something. -Yes, double-check, please.

Calling Big Alice. Coordinates have been noted.

Good, good.

Just know we've got control back here, okay?

All right. We'll prepare to brace.

Affirmative. Prepare to brace. I'll get back to you on approach.

-He got it. I know he did. -[Layton] You ready to dig in, Javi?

I can hold it long enough.

You're a brave man, Mr. De la Torre.

Don't say that. It makes me nervous.

Still, we've got our friends at the border that need to get you uptrain.

-Thank you. -Good luck.

[suspenseful music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

-[Lights] All aboard? -Hold fast.

Look, a double yolk.

Breachman Boscovic, what a welcome sight.

[Layton] Oh, thank you.

-Hey, man. It's good to see you, bro. -How's the Tail?

Still hanging on to the neighborhood.

Do you believe this? Me with Tail because son of a bitch Wilford?

Well, son of a bitch Wilford is gonna blow a head gasket.

Is this a carnival?

We're going back for Melanie.

-You want to take Rocky Mountain Test Track. -That's bloody right.

-Can you secure a cold lock mid-train? -[Boki speaks in Russian]

Oh. Oh, perfect. We can bring Melanie back here.

We can put her on the public address, the whole train will know she's alive.

-Okeydokey, let's go make coup. -[Layton] You heard the man.

Let's go make coup.

I'd offer you one, but I'd never hear the end of it.

Joseph thinks one sip would turn the fetus into a tadpole.

He's taken an interest in you.

You should see that as a good thing.

-I don't even recognize you. -I am trying to help you.

You think you have leverage, but you don't.

He doesn't need you, Zarah, just your womb.

The Headwoods can take you right out of the equation.

-Audrey, you don't have to be his pawn. -Oh, Christ.

We are the same as we always have been.

-Survive, survive, survive. -[knocking on door]

What do you want?

-[grunts] -[Zarah] Oh, shit.

-Bess? -Layton's coming.

I think we're seizing the Engines.

-What? -Help me.

Come on.

[beeping]

I need to get some maps.

I need to get some maps.

-Since when? Use the satellite. -Well, no, the reception's degraded here.

I need to get some paper.

Please, can I just get the map?

Now, don't do anything stupid, all right?

-I don't want to hurt you. -You ever used one of those?

-It's a bat. -I'll show you.

[Bennett] Javi, it's done. We made the turn.

Buena suerte, Ben.

[Layton] Snowpiercer Engine, come in.

Layton, we're climbing up to the pickup location.

Should reach the research station in about ten minutes.

We're in position in the cold lock.

Standing by.

You don't think Wilford's gonna notice you made that turn?

-Be quiet. -It's test track. It's rough.

He's gonna feel it.

Javi, I'm accelerating for the climb.

Nice and easy.

[Wilford] Thank you.

-Alex? -[Alexandra] I'll check with the Engine.

Hello, Engine. Wilford would like to check your status.

Hello, Alex.

-Is he watching you? -Affirmative.

Keep him occupied. We won't be much longer.

Roger that. [clears throat]

Avalanche debris. Nothing to be worried about.

You know, I saw your mother do that.

Call ahead to the Engine.

A ruse.

[suspenseful music playing]

You, send men to both Engines ready for forced entry.

I'll command from Big Alice. Bring her with us.

[alarm wailing]

-[Boki] He knows! -It's too soon.

[banging on door]

[Bennett] Here they come, Javi.

Now we just gotta hold them off.

Yeah, it's easy for you to say. Your door's thicker than mine.

Whatever happens, you are one hell of an Engineer, my friend.

Top three in the world, right?

Get her out of my sight!

[rap music playing over speakers]

Come on. Come on. Come on.

Come on.

Get a cutter.

And fetch my dog.

We've passed the pickup location.

There's no sign of Melanie.

We're not exactly on time. Give her a chance.

She'll be here.

Okay, I've slowed down to 25 kilometers an hour.

I'll slow further once you reach the pickup location.

[Layton] Keep your eyes peeled.

Oh, come on.

Good girl.

Come on, please.

Come on, please. Come on, please.

[Melanie] Snowpiercer, do you hear me?

There! There she is! It's not too late.

-I see her! -Okay, okay.

Oh, come on.

No!

Yeah.

Stop! Stop!

[Wilford laughs]

You can't kill me. You need Engineers.

-Attack! -[dog barking]

[Javi grunting]

Stop.

We're speeding up.

[Melanie] You need to slow your roll. Do you hear me?

Stop!

Javi, slow down. You're going too fast.

Javi.

Javi, do you read me?

-Javi! -[Wilford] No, Bennett. It's me.

You can brake all you want, son, but I've got more torque,

and I've got momentum.

Just push you over that crest and let gravity do the rest.

[yelling]

[Alexandra] Stop!

Stop, stop! The brakes can't handle this.

-We're overheating! -Come on, Alice.

I can't hold her!

He's gonna push us over the crest.

Mom! Mom!

Mom! No.

See ya.

[dramatic music playing]

Mom!

Mom!

Mom!

Please turn the train around.

She survived and she has the science.

Ah, yes, let's do pretend this is all about science.

People deserve to know what she discovered.

It's a folly, a fantasy!

She could not accept the truth that I saved her life, and yours, and everyone's!

It breaks my heart to see you fall for her games,

but after everything, you're so much more her than me.

-That's not true. I'm both. -No. No.

You're just a tool I collected on the way.

Don't say that!

A handy, little lever to pry your mother out, and you did your job.

Now you can join her trackside.

You could never be the leader she is!

[groaning]

Hey, hey, whoa.

Here we go. Take it easy. Take it easy. Get up. Get up. Get up.

-Here we go. -[Mrs. Headwood] We need to disinfect the wound.

Okay.

-[Wilford] Staunch the bugger. -[Mrs. Headwood] Let's have a look.

[Mr. Headwood] We're gonna stitch this up. Take the hand down.

Good, now, we're gonna-- Try to stay very still.

-[Mrs. Headwood] It's all right. -[Mr. Headwood] Good.

-Oh, God! -Here we go. There.

There you go. Good.

[suspenseful music playing]

-Ah, Jesus! -[Alexandra] Oh!

-Oh, it's you. -[Layton] You made it back.

We're going to find Ruth, to figure out what to do next.

Layton, there's still a way to save Melanie.

Tell us on the way.

You want to cut Snowpiercer's head off?

Alex.

We'll take the Engine, along with a string of cars for Melanie.

We'd be quick, and bring her back to reconnect.

And just leave everyone?

Big Alice has enough juice for systems to survive.

Wilford'll be hobbled. That's a big, slow train we can outmaneuver.

Right, but we can't decouple on lockdown.

[speaks in Russian] J-links are fixed closed,

but we have one car with manual override.

The aquarium, a weak point designed to be jettisoned even on lockdown.

Break it there, we got a ten-car pirate train.

All right, all right. There we are.

There we are.

Form up at the border.

-Move! -Yes, sir.

[Wilford] Search the train back to front.

Go, woman.

It's your big day. You're gonna get me my Engine back.

I want you to go forward, breach the car, and freeze Ben's balls solid.

[Mr. Headwood] She is nowhere near ready.

-She'll never survive a walk of that-- -Then why did we make her?

Get her uptrain...

and lock the hatch.

If you want back in, it's through the Engine.

[Mrs. Headwood] Right away.

If we don't make a play for New Eden right now, that's it. It's gone.

-It is Wilford's world. -We'd leave everyone at his mercy.

-We've got insurance. -Oh, great.

Audrey's the hostage?

-Are we bringing anyone we actually want? -Yes, Ben, Alex, Boki.

That is two Engineers and a Breachman, and Ruth is meeting us at the aquarium now.

-You're way off-book. -Yeah, I am.

I'm sorry, but I'm all in right now.

Oh, shit.

I am too.

With our child, Andre, I'm not.

-I'm safer here... -Zarah.

-...with the devil we know. -Wilford knows.

I'm gonna go get Audrey ready. I'm sorry, Zarah.

I can't leave you here, not like this.

-Please, you have to come with us. -Wilford wants me on a pedestal.

I can survive him.

And you're gonna need me here when you come back.

[dramatic music playing]

I'm coming back for you, Zarah.

Now, remember your breathing.

Stay calm and move slow.

-Wait, wait! -No, no, no!

-Please, you said that I'm not ready. -Just follow Wilford's orders.

Breach the Engine and come back in.

We will be here to patch you up.

-What's that? -Pneumatic breach pike.

Charge goes in here.

Arms like so.

Triggers on impact.

You'll be fine.

I'm sorry.

It's in your hands now, Josie.

[door locks]

[suspenseful music playing]

[computer beeping]

Someone's going outside.

That'll be Wilford's cold woman. The Tattie that he's been working on.

You mean, Josie?

She's coming to breach the Engine. She's gonna kill us both.

[Bennett] She'd never do that.

Josie.

Josie, do you read me?

Who is this?

I'm the Head Engineer of Snowpiercer.

I have control of the Engine.

We're gonna need your help.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Layton] Stop!

All right.

Where's your famous army?

-I'm not here to fight. -No?

This your conversation ax, is it?

Engine, unlocking first override.

[beeping]

Copy, Boki.

Layton will hold them off as long as he can.

Oh.

I thought I smelled compost.

[door closes]

We are going back for Melanie.

You missed your chance, son.

-Melanie's long behind us. -Ah!

-You're not coming. -No, no, I'm not.

All right, go on. Go on. Go on.

Let me out.

Give me the Teals, or we do it the hard way.

All right, all right, you win.

[groaning]

[shrieking]

Ah, no!

No!

[Layton] You're gonna behave yourself while we're gone.

No vengeance. No reprisals. You keep your hands off these people.

Audrey.

-You've sealed your fate, Bess Till. -Not the first time.

Ruth never made it.

She's our guarantee that Zarah stays safe.

Step back! Everyone get behind the link!

[muffled whimpering]

No.

My God, back.

Alex knew all about the J-link here.

Who's downstairs with the lug wrench, eh?

[Bennett] Boki, come in.

Boki, do you read me?

Boki!

Boki, do you read me? What's going on down there?

[grunting over radio]

You think I'd let you uncouple my Engine?

-Get back or I'll kill her! -Then do it.

-[Miss Audrey] No! -Do it before God and all the fish.

-What? -It's all right, darling.

We all know by now it's not who he is.

[thud]

[Bennett] You're doing great. Keep going.

That's it, Josie. Breach the whole damn car!

Shit.

[Layton] All right, it's just weather.

It's just Chicago weather.

With mountains.

[Layton] Thank you, Alex.

Yeah, with mountains.

[Till] How do you feel about volunteering now, Layton?

[Layton] Too late to come back and let you?

-Afraid so. -He said, "Afraid so."

[Alexandra] We found Melanie's trail.

Just going for a walk, Layton.

[Layton] Just out for a stroll.

Could it get any hotter in here?

We're a Ferrari now. We're gonna run hot.

Great.

We're almost there.

Melanie!

[suspenseful music playing]

Mom!

[Layton] It's minus-97 in here.

Mom?

[Alexandra sighs]

It's warmer in here.

Wow, there's power.

Oh, it's just her data.

[Layton] She kept the drives warm.

She's gone.

Hey.

Let's pack this stuff up and get it on the sled, okay?

It's what she wants.

She did it for us, Alex.

[Melanie] I had nothing here to return to.

I'm only human, so of course I used up my resources.

Ate my rats to extinction, and the cold crept in.

There isn't enough power to keep me alive more than a few hours,

but on a trickle charge, the drives could last months for you.

♪ Walk in the sun once more ♪

♪ Oh, I can't go on ♪

[Melanie] I knew when the train blew past in sparks and flame,

Snowpiercer braking and Big Alice pushing,

that Wilford was sabotaging it all somehow.

♪ Me and my daddy ain't together♪

[Melanie] But you were there in the window, Alex.

♪ Keeps raining all of the time ♪

[Melanie] I knew you'd come back.

I can feel you reading this, as I write.

So now I can put on my helmet and walk into the white at peace.

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

[Melanie] You are my hope, Alex.

♪ Yeah, raining all of the time ♪

[Melanie] Learn to love the people that got us this far,

and together, one day, you will build a better world.

♪ Yeah ♪

[Bennett] She did it.

She did it.

These are warm places.

She did it so we could survive.

[dramatic music playing]

[Josie laughing]

Oh, my God.

It's beautiful.

Absolutely beautiful.

[alarm beeping]

Heads up. We've got weather approaching.

Let's go get our train back.

[engine humming]

[upbeat music playing]

[theme music playing]