01x04 - Beloved

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PRISCILLA: Do I dare ask what

calamity must have transpired

to bring you home to me?

(CROWD SCREAMING)

How do you explain

Mr. Fury's presence in Moscow?

They sent you to fire me?

I volunteered.

That mess that you created in Moscow

that resulted in getting

- one of our best people m*rder*d?

- (g*n FIRES)

You earned all this smoke, brother.

GRAVIK: At the Council meeting,

I told you I had a plan

for taking Earth as our own.

The heroes of Earth will react.

The only way we can counter that

is to become super ourselves.

All of us.

Super Skrulls.

TALOS: G'iah.

Run.

(GROANS)

- Go on, turn around.

- G'IAH: No.

Are you a leader of Skrulls

or our worst enemy?

- (g*n FIRES)

- (GROANS)

MAN ON THE PHONE: St. James Church,

one hour.

(GASPS)

(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)

As I was watching all the news

coverage of those guys'

heroics over in the States,

strangest thing,

I kept having this feeling

that someone I know had something

to do with getting them all together.

And what if it was someone you know?

Wouldn't surprise me.

Why is that?

Because if he's the man I think he is,

he has a powerful sense

of righteousness.

He understands that the universe

is a dangerous place.

That home is worth fighting for.

And that the weak are worth protecting.

Good book?

It's a collection of poems.

Raymond Carver.

- You familiar?

- Nah. More of a history guy myself.

He's known for his brevity.

I mean, some of his poems

are just three or four lines,

but they pack a punch.

Do you have a favorite?

It's called Late Fragment.

Hmm. How's it go?

Uh

Actually, it's a conversation

between two people.

You read the first line.

"And did you get

what you wanted from this life,

even so?"

"I did".

"And what did you want?"

"To call myself beloved,

to feel myself beloved on the earth".

(CHOIR SINGING HYMN)

(RHODEY SIGHS)

- Fury was fired a couple of days ago.

- Fired?

How'd that happen?

President Ritson must have

found out he was in Moscow.

(CHUCKLES) President Ritson

doesn't find out that the sun's come up

unless I brief him.

I fired Fury, okay?

No, I'm sorry, correction,

I DDT'd that dude from the top rope.

Yeah, it was like Undertaker level.

It was really impressive.

I don't understand. If it was you

If it was Gravik, then

why does he need me?

What Gravik needs,

what Gravik doesn't need,

that's none of your concern.

I'm the one telling you to k*ll Fury.

I'll make it easy for you.

(OVER EARPIECE) One of the two occupants

of that lovely country manor of yours

is catching a b*llet today.

You can flip a coin for all I care.

He's broken.

He's been broken ever since

he came back from the Blip.

The old Fury, the one with power,

the one with ability, the one

who was indispensable to us,

that Fury's gone.

Now this new one,

he'll be dead from exhaustion

and defeat soon enough.

We don't need to k*ll him.

Priscilla.

You keep telling me

what you're not gonna do,

I'm gonna show you what I am going to.

Now you enjoy this concert.

PAGON: We have a problem.

Oh, yeah?

What's that?

Take a look around, G. There's

a reason G'iah isn't here with us.

She's the mole.

I've already taken care of her.

PAGON: Yes, sir.

Hey! Remember, we want them

to think it's the Russians.

Make it big, loud,

like the Russians would.

CREW MEMBER: Yeah, that's cargo only.

Steady now.

I should never ever

have forced you into this,

and I am so sorry.

I don't need your sorrow or pity

for anything I did of my own free will.

The reason I'm with you now

is because with you, Dad

It's the only answer

to the question of where I belong.

The only thing that I need from you

is a plan.

Once and for all, Dad,

what is your plan

for finding our people a home?

Because Gravik has

already implemented his,

and it works.

Okay.

First, we take down the insurgency.

You, me, Fury.

Once that's done, we

go to the President.

And we have a big bargaining chip.

And we tell him,

"Guess what? Just saved your planet.

Now give me a little

something in return".

And we wait and see what

can happen next. All right?

And I believe that I can

secure an amnesty

for the one million of us to remain.

Don't you want to live in your own skin?

Of course I do.

But we have to deal with reality.

G'iah, we're a people without a planet.

We depend on the goodwill of our hosts.

We just have to keep

showing them who we are.

We just keep contributing,

show them our hearts.

They will see us.

You are delusional.

That's not who we are.

And that is not who I've become.

G'iah.

G'iah!

(CROCKERY CLATTERING)

- Didn't think you'd be home until later.

- Surprise.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

- Tea?

- Sure, I'll take a cup.

What's the matter?

Your fingers swell up?

You're not wearing your wedding ring.

Oh!

Came in the back way, slipped my mind.

Does that mean you're coming or going?

(SIGHS) Going.

One of those "Fury, we

need you at work" things.

- Know what I mean?

- I know how it is.

Of all the dumbass, wrongheaded,

reckless things I've done in my life,

you are by far and away

the greatest mistake.

I lost all my reason to be your husband.

Ignored every signal

in my head, heart and body

that screamed, "Stop!"

Even now, as I sit here,

knowing you plan to k*ll me

with that p*stol of yours,

I don't know that if I had a

chance to do it over again,

that I'd do anything different.

Would you tell me the story?

About how you

chose her?

Dr. Priscilla Davis had

a congenital heart defect.

She was keeping it a secret.

Didn't want the people she loved

gathered around for months,

watching her die in a hospital.

And I would visit her in her room

almost every day towards the end,

and we became quite close.

But at some point,

I had to acknowledge the truth of

what I was actually doing there

- in the first place.

- Which was?

Looking for someone

who would slip your defenses.

Ah.

So you were playing the long

game on me, even then.

Don't do that, Nick.

One day the doctor came in and told me

that it would be just a matter of hours.

I decided to just come out and ask.

You asked if you could assume her life?

I asked if she wanted to fall in love.

She wanted to know how, of course.

And I told her about you.

She made me make her three promises.

One,

that I would bury her

at sea, which I did.

Two,

that I would continue to be

a daughter to her parents.

- Which you've also done.

- Mmm-hmm.

Three?

That I would never hurt you.

Sorry, darling.

(SIGHS)

"And did you get

what you wanted

from this life, even so?"

"I did".

"And what did you want?"

"To call myself beloved".

- "To feel myself

- "Myself

- beloved on the earth"

- beloved on the earth".

(g*ns FIRE)

I'm not sure if this means

we should get divorced,

or we should renew our vows.

(CHUCKLES)

They'll be coming for you.

I'm a big girl. I can

take care of myself.

Would you have loved me

if I'd never changed?

If I'd been my true self?

(FURY SIGHS)

Guess we'll never know.

(SIGHS)

Fury, what the hell?

You mind telling me what

the hell you're doing in here?

Memory serves, I sh*t-canned you

into oblivion a few days ago.

I didn't like the way we left things

between us the other day, you know?

I mean, for real, though, you know,

us brothers gotta stick together.

You know what I mean?

Uh-huh.

And you thought you'd demonstrate

that by breaking and entering?

I wanted to share

my favorite liquid lunch with you.

Pappy Van Winkle.

Twenty-three years

of distilled perfection.

I figured we could settle our beef

like, you know, proper gentlemen.

Mmm! Mmm, mmm, mmm!

Pappy! You done outdid

yourself on this one.

This the real thing?

$5,000 worth of 24 carat liquid gold.

- Should I be worried about poison?

- Poison? No! Nanotechs.

(CHUCKLES)

Nanotech.

Maybe I should pour this out,

make myself a fresh one.

You do whatever makes

you feel comfortable.

But let me tell you,

if you waste one drop

of this Family Reserve,

I guarantee you, your ancestors

will reach out from the beyond

and strangle your Black ass.

Mmm.

Okay.

You wanna tell me

the real reason you're here?

Can't get nothing by you. Huh?

Aside from really wanting to squash

this beef between us

- I stopped by

- You broke in.

Broke in, to tell you

(SOFTLY) There are Skrulls

inside the U.S. government.

This again?

Skrulls in my security detail,

in the U.S. government,

there are Skrulls everywhere?

- I have it on excellent authority

- Mmm-hmm.

that there is a Skrull mole

very close to the President.

Wow. Really? How close?

As close as you and I are

right now, uh, closer.

- That's a wild story.

- Ain't it now?

But here's the kicker.

All you got to do to keep

my mouth shut about all this,

give me my job back.

You mind if I make a counter?

Mmm!

(CHUCKLES)

You see this all right?

(g*n FIRES)

Oof! That's bad.

And that's you.

You and I both know

that's Gravik.

(CHUCKLES)

Come on.

Is that really what you're

gonna go with at your trial?

The alien defense?

"No, Your Honor. That's not me.

That's a six-foot tall, bald, Black,

one-eyed extraterrestrial".

(CHUCKLES) Good luck with that.

Look, I don't want you to worry, okay?

I'm gonna do everything

in my power to protect you,

to keep this video,

and you know all the copies

that I made under wraps.

But I can't have you running around

spouting wild conspiracies,

and I certainly can't have you

breaking into my hotel suite,

threatening me.

But what I can have

is the rest of this Pappy,

'cause, baby, this is fire.

Now, why don't you hobble

your ancient ass on out of here

before I have you defenestrated?

Liquid location tracker.

It's not a bad idea.

(PROTESTORS CHANTING INDISTINCTLY)

- Welcome to England, Mr. President.

- Colonel Rhodes.

Hope you had a restful flight.

Most important negotiation

since the Cuban m*ssile Crisis,

yeah, I slept like a baby.

Point taken, sir.

There's a full briefing book

for you inside Stagecoach.

One word if I may.

The key thing about the Russians

is you have to project strength.

There's an old Lenin quote,

Vladimir, not John.

"When you find flesh, you push.

When you find steel, you stop".

You gotta be steel, sir.

Colonel, can I ask you something?

Absolutely anything, sir.

Did you pre-game

for our bilateral with the Russians

with a half-bottle of bourbon?

I'm not sure I understand

the question, sir.

Let's make sure the Colonel here

has a large coffee for the road.

(SNIFFS) Hmm.

Get me a mint.

AGENT: Yes, sir.

Get the door.

Giddy up.

We're in transit to the summit.

Citadel is in position number four.

(SPEAKING IN RUSSIAN)

- AGENT 1: Two o'clock!

- AGENT 2: Incoming!

AGENT 3: Fire! Fire! Fire!

AGENT 4: Go ahead and fire!

Confirm, Citadel is alive.

- AGENT 3: I repeat, Citadel is alive.

- AGENT 4: This way!

- AGENT 5: Enemy in sight!

- AGENT 6: Taking heavy fire.

(YELLING IN RUSSIAN)

it's the Russians!

- AGENT 1: Watch your six.

- AGENT 2: Cover!

(ALL SCREAMING)

(YELLING IN RUSSIAN)

AGENT 3: Get down!

(ALL SCREAMING)

(YELLING IN RUSSIAN)

AGENT 1: Go! Ten o'clock.

AGENT 2: Watch the chopper!

AGENT 3: Two and twelve.

Two and twelve. Advance.

(GRUNTING)

Bloody hell, Fury. It's a k*ll zone.

Whole planet will be a k*ll zone

if we don't save Ritson.

(YELLING IN RUSSIAN)

(SPEAKING IN RUSSIAN)

(GRAVIK YELLING IN RUSSIAN)

AGENT 1: Defend Citadel!

Move!

AGENT 2: Fury inbound.

AGENT 4: Ten o'clock!

(GROANS)

Fury's here.

Cover the Stagecoach!

AGENT 5: Take this mag!

AGENT 6: South side!

Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!

(SCREAMS)

(GROANS)

(GROANS)

SOLDIER 1: Fury. Fury's here.

- Reinforcements here, sir.

- Fury.

- Cover up!

- More men coming, sir!

FURY: Move! Move! Move!

AGENT 3: Get to the president's car.

- AGENT 4: Go, go, go!

- AGENT 5: Hold the line.

AGENT 6: Requesting backup.

Repeat, requesting backup.

SOLDIER 1: Let's go!

SOLDIER 2: sn*per!

FURY: Mr. President? Sir?

- He's out.

- I've got this. Stand back, man.

- (BOTH GROANING)

- AGENT 1: Reinforcements now!

Take care of Talos. Now!

(GROANS)

(GROANS)

SOLDIER 1: The Russians

are still coming!

SOLDIER 2: Russians, two o'clock!

They're still advancing!

(GRUNTS)

He's a bloody alien.

He's trying to get to Ritson!

No, no, no! Hold your

fire! He's with me.

- He's with us.

- SOLDIER 1: Where are those helos?

(GRUNTS)

(GRUNTING)

(GROANS)

AGENT 1: Alpha, Bravo, Tango,

get those choppers in here, now!

SOLDIER 1: Reclaim your positions.

SOLDIER 2: Where are they?

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(FURY GRUNTS)

AGENT 2: President's out of the vehicle!

Cover the President!

Talos, hang in there.

I'll be back for you.

(MEN GRUNTING)

- Put him in my car.

- I got my own ride.

(ENGINE STARTS)

Come on, I've got you.

I got you.

Come on. I got you.

SOLDIER 1: Fire!

SOLDIER 2: I'm hit.

Put him down.

I said put him down, now!

(GRUNTS)

(GROANS)

No!

SOLDIER 1: Reinforcements are here!

SOLDIER 2: Here they come, lads!