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The people in this room are going to change the world.

They take Big Alice.

we don't just lose New Eden, we lose everything.

They move the engine... Behind the track switch.

Send me. I'll get in there. I'll activate it.

I'll take Big Alice, and nobody will get hurt.

Get down! Take cover!

Do it now.

Gemini will not launch until it's been proven.

First, I must apologize for my actions.

You deserve better.

But our discourse was leading us in circles.

And I was unable to gather my thoughts.

Shit.

Sniper must be in the East Hills.

We got to clear these streets.

Perhaps I can better express myself in this form.

And cooler heads will prevail.

I had never met someone who saw the world

quite like I did,

a like-minded peer who knew when to make

the tough decisions if it was in the name of good.

You shot my friend!

Big Alice isn't going anywhere. Deal's off.

Some might suffer, yes,

but only so a vast amount more could benefit.

It's not working.

But it's not too late.

We can still change the course of history.

Downtrain cars are covered.

We have people ready at the bottleneck?

Yeah, besides, ain't no soldiers

getting in here anytime soon.

Shit, I might slip into that tub.

Not unless you're being shot at.

I'm going to check on the rest of the passengers.

None of us are safe with a bloody shooter in the hills.

You only need to see the errors of your ways,

to have faith in my abilities as I have in yours.

Once we have the power of both engines

to reach the launch point,

we can send Gemini into the atmosphere

to counteract the effect of the CW-seven.

And the great thaw can begin.

Call for you from the field, sir.

Yes?

The girl destroyed the switch control.

Alex broke it. She can fix it.

What if she can't?

She's capable of extraordinary things.

Press her.

I'll work on a solution on my end.

And thanks to our work,

the survivors, the strong souls

who persevered through the freeze,

they will witness life of all forms

breathed back into this world.

A world that will no longer need Snowpiercer,

876 cars long.

Don't worry about me. Help Alex now.

Go.

Heads up. You got a visitor.

Javi, get back inside.

I need to get in my shop, Josie.

We can't get in the door. Alex is in there.

One of Nima's animals is

forcing her to flip the switch.

I hate them all. I'm pissed.

- He's not looking so good. - It's just a scratch, go.

Go! - It's not. Come on.

We need to get him into the clinic now.

Go, come on, man.

Javi. Find Layton.

Tell him about Alex now. - OK.

Ah, that sniper's all over us. We gotta find a way--

- What are you doing? - Shh.

You shush me again and I'll use you as a human shield.

The girl busted the switching control.

- Is that the enemy? - Yeah.

On the radio that Roche gave me.

Nice work. Nice work, Alex.

Just keep them pinned down while I handle it.

Copy that. I've got ammo to spare.

What the hell is he doing?

Javi!

Javi, you gotta stay put, man.

Alex is locked in my shop with one of Nima's soldiers.

They're gonna make her flip the switch.

If Nima stalls the Engine, he could blow the hills.

I can stop that.

Look, we recovered this data plate

from one of the detonation receivers.

I can use the frequency on it and build a device

that can jam the trigger signal.

First things first, we've gotta get to Alex.

Keep your heads down. - OK.

Sorry for the fishing expedition.

It's OK, Doctor. You keep on fishing.

It's where I don't feel much anymore.

That's all right.

Being immune to pain makes us stronger.

No, no, no. It's not true.

Pain is important.

Tells us something is wrong.

I still feel it.

It's just, it's different.

Gotcha.

Ah, shit. He has lost a lot of blood.

- Well, I'm type O. - No, no.

Josie, I cannot ask that of you.

Get the needle.

It sounds like Alex bought us some more time.

We got to find a way to take out that sniper.

Yeah, I'm on the wrong end of a carnival game out there.

That radio. Oz, you distract him with it

while Till, you head up to the hills, take him out.

Wait, hold on.

Shouldn't it be me to take care of the sniper?

I know those hills better than anyone.

And I faced the Animal Squad. And I know how they fight.

Y'all can play roshambo for it.

I'm gonna go get Alex. - Hey, where do you want me?

Go to the engine with Z-Wreck in case they attack it.

Javi, will you please stay put? - OK, I'll stay put.

I see my words were of no consequence.

Take me to Alex.

That's actually why I'm here.

She's been relocated to New Eden

and could use a little parenting right about now.

They're mobilizing on you.

Rat, move in.

Hurry up already!

Take cover.

We got to go. Come on.

- Where are we going? - Town Hall. Go, let's go.

Cut across.

Right through there. Ready, go.

Last bit, you got it?

Go!

To get Snowpiercer to the launch point,

you'll have to finish retrofitting

the Big Alice engine. - It's not happening.

If what Alex did to the track switch is irreversible,

then, then it's our only solution.

On your timeline, I don't think that even works.

And New Eden won't just stand by

and let you steal their engine for the second time.

They're already standing by.

Layton and his people are pinned down under sniper fire

and will stay that way until we're through.

Luckily, Alex, uh, found a way to streamline the final steps

in the caterpillar system.

Like mother, like daughter-- always elevating her thinking.

And, and, and now we can finish what we started.

No, no, we're not working together anymore.

You are on your own here.

Based on our current distance from the launch point

and your climate models, there isn't much time

until Snowpiercer and Big Alice must depart New Eden together.

We need them both.

I think my position's clear.

If you don't help me, I'll have no reason

to continue holding the town and Big Alice hostage.

You'll be leaving me no choice but to bury them.

OK.

Yes.

Yep.

- Yes, yes! - Ah! Damn it.

- You'll be needing this. - Yeah.

All right, so how you gonna stop

the sniper from spotting you?

Well, well, well, my little New Eden tourist.

Sniper's here, right?

Uh-huh.

You head out from the East End

'cause it's flatter and more shielded

from the sniper's vantage point.

After about 50 meters,

it curves round to the back side of the hill,

where I can sneak up on him from behind.

There's this little cluster of rocks blocking his view

so the little piss-ant won't know what--

Shit!

They won't shoot me. They need me.

You sure?

They seem pretty pissed off.

Well, it seems like we're both good at that.

So I know you got Liana, but how did you escape the Silo?

Just kept going up.

Was Wilford with you?

Hey, uh, any patrols out there,

I need you over to the East Side to cover Till and Oz.

I mean, I know that he was with you and Melanie,

but I don't know if he made it onto Snowpiercer.

Yes. Wilford did make it onto Snowpiercer.

And that is where he died.

Huh?

Oh, uh--

Did you--did you kill him?

I wouldn't blame you if you did. I mean,

after everything with Liana and Zarah,

I--I tried to kill him, too, once, you know.

I didn't cut deep enough.

He did it to himself.

'Cause he was never gonna make it out alive, was he?

What-- somehow she found a way

to streamline the retrofit

by merging the hydraulic systems.

Alex's mind, it's, it's-- it's fascinating to watch,

unconventional, but ingenious.

You know, working and working and working a problem

until there just isn't one.

Do you remember when you wouldn't work

for an energy company that was dumping chemicals

into the Atlantic?

Do you?

Because I do.

And now you've made this poison.

And you want to launch it into the atmosphere.

A poison that created New Eden.

At what cost?

And how do you know it'll work any different

than it did with CW-seven?

You weren't working on Gemini 15 years ago.

That was CW-seven.

That was you. - My team.

It wasn't just me. It was my team.

It was 100 voices, small minds, incapable of seeing--

but now it's up to me to fix their mistake--us.

You're wrong, Mel.

You hear me? You're--you're wrong.

I'm--I'm nothing like those polluters

who only concern themselves with their bottom line.

That's not me.

And it's not poison we're launching into the sky,

it's hope.

It's hope.

You'll realize it soon enough.

Gather whatever you need to finish the retrofit.

We'll be leaving soon.

Your symptoms have progressed quite rapidly.

What have you done to me?

Oi. You up there.

You swap those rifles out for a BB gun

because you couldn't hit a red elephant's ass.

You animal blokes like finger painting, right?

Maybe if I put a bullseye on my face, it'll help you.

Ignore him, Ace.

Stay on task and maintain your position.

Do I know you?

Why were you talking to me in the hills?

I wasn't. Who the hell is this?

All this time I thought I was going mad

because my psycho ex-wife was taunting me.

Turns out it's just some Irish mercenary.

I'm not a mercenary. I'm a bloody engineer.

Ace, how'd this wean get a radio?

I gotta go help Till and Oz.

You OK?

Yeah, I'm OK.

Um, just do what you need to do, Layton.

Layton,

if you can hear me, get out of there, man.

Layton!

You're gonna run across through the catwalk exit.

I'm gonna make sure he doesn't fire at you.

He has an automatic weapon.

Unless you can punch through bullets, we're screwed.

Go.

It's locked.

Layton!

Hey.

Still got pretty good aim.

Yeah, and a whole lot of freaking luck.

There was only one round left in the chamber.

Send a sniper and we'll counter with a Bess Till.

Is everyone all right, then?

Uh, Boki got a souvenir in the gut,

but it's not gonna slow him down.

Javi's in his shop, working on the jammer

so the bombs won't go off.

But we're good, though, right?

'Cause they'd have to get to Big Alice first.

And she's locked off in a vault with no keys.

Which also means our plan

to use the engine to escape is off the table.

Well, we know that they're gonna

come back with heavier forces.

It's all right. The plan still works.

Lead 'em down Main Street, start an ambush.

Well, Nima's countermove won't be what you think.

He's determined to launch that rocket at all costs.

And if he succeeds and Gemini does launch

into the stratosphere,

it'll eventually spread across the globe,

including over New Eden.

It'll erode the atmosphere. We will all get poisoned.

We will lose oxygen until we can't breathe,

and that's just before the blood boils out of our bodies.

So, yeah.

Right.

- Holy shit. - That's a lot.

What I did to the track switch

will only hold Nima off for so long.

And if he takes the engine, he'll eventually get past it.

But how can he get the engine past a locked switch

without derailing it?

Well, you just answered your own question.

That right there,

that's what we've all been scratching and clawing for.

The bridge back to the lives we once knew.

Are we ready to bring Melanie through town?

There's been a complication.

OK, come on.

Vamos.

We're ready to head out.

The best approach is gonna be to back Snowpiercer into town.

And leave it vulnerable?

No, we'll be escorting you into town on foot.

The engine will freeze if's it left idle for too long.

It has extended time in this warm pocket.

But I'm sure you already know that.

You know the retrofit won't be complete

until the engines are connected.

My way is faster and more efficient, Nima.

Bringing Snowpiercer into New Eden

won't be a problem once we've cleared the town.

I thought there were no more weapons.

Milius saved some for a rainy day.

Don't be this person, Nima. Don't do this.

They've given us no choice.

There's another way.

Yeah, Alex said the same.

And now my sniper is dead in their hills.

I've avoided using the stick

that the Admiral so proudly wielded.

But desperate times, they--they--

they seem to require more than just a carrot.

Just hear me out.

No one make a move until I say so.

Why has he sent her?

To make a deal?

He's not interested in a deal.

Run.

Run!

Everybody get back!

Find shelter, now!

Get inside!

Mom! Mom, what's going on?

Put this on.

Come on.

Oz.

- Come on. - Come on.

Oz.

Down, down!

Look what we accomplish when we put our minds together.

Let's vent these cars and get on with it.

By all means.

Only a few hours to stay on schedule.

Hey, hey. Head up, drink up.

It's the same stuff I got gassed with

back on Snowpiercer.

It isn't deadly, but they'll be out of it for a while.

Alex, she's not here.

- Anyone see her in the chaos? - They must have grabbed her.

Or maybe Melanie wanted to save her daughter

before she launched the attack.

We don't know that she was behind that.

I mean, it is kind of on brand for her.

She might have been coerced.

Melanie and Nima have control of both of the engines, again,

and the town. Their soldiers are outside.

What, we're just gonna stay in here like prisoners?

Whatever side Melanie's on, Alex is on ours.

Secure that tread to the chassis

and back onto itself.

You're not actually handing over

the tricked-out engine over to Nima, right?

Especially after he gassed New Eden?

Gassing town was actually my idea.

Believe me, it was better than the alternative.

Well, I'm sure after my little stunt,

Nima was ready to go full force.

Good news is, he gassed me, you know,

so I knew he had a safer weapon.

- He gassed you? - Yeah.

So, uh,

no, we're not giving him what he wants.

What happened in the engine?

Just worked on the blueprint with him

and tried to gain his trust.

Thought he would tell me where you were.

Did he tell you anything?

He reminded me that he's smart.

Right.

Your first taste of New Eden.

I suppose you're used to it by now.

Oh, it's a marvel.

One that exists because of you.

Because of you, this life can flourish.

My husband also pushed boundaries

for the betterment of humankind.

I just wish he was here to see all this.

Sounds like we would've gotten along.

Uh-huh.

You know, the people here,

they want to enjoy this miracle,

and yet they want to deprive the rest of the world of it.

How is that fair?

Here lies another injustice.

When I found out we lost a valuable asset in the field,

I wondered, with your experience,

if... you might have any thoughts?

Hmm.

Anyone who is lost... can be found.

Hey.

Sorry.

Didn't mean to startle you.

We just wondered where you slipped off to.

Look at them.

Strolling around our town, eating our food.

Their heads should be on spikes at the gate.

Well, I certainly understand the sentiment.

Those people out there have tortured us all

in one way or another.

You've had the brunt of it, haven't you?

It's not about me.

You know, sometimes I just feel like

people around here want to minimize

the harm that we've suffered.

We should be using it as a measure.

For what?

For the harm that we inflict back.

We may take the high road attitude at times,

but surely there's a stark difference

between justice and vengeance, isn't there?

I'm fine, Ruth.

No, you're not.

None of us are.

How do we get in touch with Layton?

There's a radio in Town Hall.

If he went there after the attack, we can call to it.

We can call up the antenna cable

that runs up to Big Alice's control cab.

Just act like we're working on the retrofit.

Walkies are closed loop,

but if we patch into the comms,

we might be able to reach Town Hall.

Well, the only problem is, Nima never gave us a walkie.

Helped myself.

Huh.

OK, we'll need to distract Nima.

If he's at the helm, he might notice the comms are active.

Well, we could convince him that

there's a hitch in the retrofit.

Mm, not sure we want him poking around down here.

Then why don't I go to the Engine

and lure him out of the cockpit?

- No. - Why not?

First of all, I don't trust him.

Well, he thinks of me like a protégé,

studies me like a science experiment.

Yeah, I bet.

You don't have to worry. I can handle myself.

Alex.

Um...

He's the donor.

The donor?

He's my biological father?

He was different back then. And we worked together

on an environmental engineering competition at MIT.

He was passionate about it.

He was a good person.

Then what happened after grad school?

We went our separate ways.

Not before making one hell of an arrangement.

Well, we have different priorities in life.

We were never in a relationship.

It was only work between us. But I respected him.

I was ready to be a mother.

So you wanted to raise me alone.

He wanted that, too.

It had to be anonymous. I understand all of that.

But why would you tell me now?

I didn't think Nima and I would ever cross paths again.

Here we are.

The admission was starting to feel like a lie.

I don't want that between us.

So my father is the one who is trying to destroy the world.

Donor.

Yes.

But not if we stop him.

Well, I am going to go to the engine

because that seems like the best strategy.

Melanie's just crossing the T's and dotting the whatever,

so the retrofit will be done soon.

Thank you for the update.

You're welcome.

I also thought that we could discuss

the whole that you are my dad.

Melanie wouldn't use that term.

Well, neither would you, apparently.

Well, we have a few minutes.

Layton, do you copy?

Yeah, Melanie.

I'm here. So is Ruth.

And there's a few people downstairs

wouldn't want us talking to you.

Sorry about the gas.

Um, from the arsenal I saw,

it seemed like the lesser evil.

OK what's your play?

Stop Nima.

I'm bringing Snowpiercer into town,

need you to board the train and help us put up a fight.

Yeah, how exactly we supposed to do that?

Saw you rush the train once before.

I have faith you can do it again.

Then we take the trains back.

First, we all board

and figure out how to stop that rocket from launching.

I want to hear both sides of the story,

so this is your chance to tell me yours.

I'm sure it lines up with your mother's.

OK, then.

Then why did you do it?

Melanie was a friend and she asked.

- So it was a transaction? - Don't be so reductive.

You know you're more than that.

Look.

The conditions in which we're raised

play an important role in shaping us.

But the influence of our genetics

holds the stronger sway.

You've had fatherly influences on both sides.

The nurture part, that you got from Joseph Wilford,

but the nature--

that, you inherited from me.

Both such sane people.

You know the difference between dominant and recessive genes?

- One overrules the other. - Mm-hmm.

Whether advantageous or detrimental,

and the other gene can't compensate for it.

Is this your weird way of telling me

that I have your eyes?

It's my way of telling you that

you need to stop explaining yourself to lesser people

when standing right across from you

is a partner who will never know you better.

We've had like five conversations.

So how do you really know me?

Because even if it's through sheer genetics,

I am irrefutably your father,

and unlike the twisted nurturing influences

of Joseph Wilford,

you can never overcome your own blood.

There has to be a way.

This is our town,

and we will get the hell out of it if we want to.

As soon as we charge out that door,

Nima's soldiers will shoot us down.

We need to thin the herd somehow,

but we can't do it from in here.

Then it's a good thing not all of us are.

Javi, do you copy?

Yeah, I'm here. You guys all right?

Is the jammer functioning?

We won't know for sure

unless they try to blow up the hillside.

Well, that's encouraging.

We have a small favor to ask, since you're already there.

We need you to move a bomb.

That didn't go so well last time.

But I did learn a bit from almost blowing up.

We're actually doing this, huh?

Yeah, if we can get out of the engine undetected.

There's always the side door.

How'd that go?

You're right. He is not my dad.

You can give your driver the word.

So much for the track switch.

Snowpiercer's coming.

We just need Javi to punch our ticket.

Now!

Move, let's go!

Ruth.

Ah!

- They're coming! - Move!

What, haven't got it in you?

Ah!

Hey!

They haven't got any bullets.

The train didn't bypass the track switch.

It went over it.

Ready to connect the trains.

Coupling sequence initiated.

Coupling complete.

Ceding system controls

and engaging caterpillar system.

Well done, Melanie.

You just helped change the course of history.

This is our chance.

All right, form up.

Crossbows!

Get on the train!

Layton and the others boarded the train.

Pull out of the town now.

Stop Layton and secure the subtrain.

We'll wrap up things here and follow.

Are we out of the blast radius?

We are.

Blow the hills.

What's wrong?

He must have jammed the signals.

No.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

You orchestrated this whole thing, didn't you?

I'll surrender Big Alice after I've launched

the Gemini compound.

Bad track?

No track.

This rocket will kill us all if we don't stop it.

Andre Layton's scared.

I've never had this much to lose.

One train!