01x05 - Harvest

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He's building a machine.

What kind of machine?

BROGAN: I think it's

to make us stronger.

Now, 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.

Super Skrulls.

Who's leading the science?

Dalton. The name's Dalton.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

RHODEY: 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.

(g*nsh*t)

FURY: They'll be coming for you.

I'm dealing with my own

infiltration at the moment.

(SOFTLY) There are Skrulls

inside the U.S. government.

(GROANS)

We need to start pounding

blood transfusions.

There's a cooler in the OR.

Mr. President, can you hear me?

Sir, you need to make a space.

- This was not the Russians. It was not.

- Sir.

I'll cr*ck his chest,

you take the laparotomy.

You think he can tolerate it?

Whatever you do, do not

trust Colonel Rhodes.

NURSE: His pulse is

dropping. SURGEON: Let's go.

Sir, do you have clearance?

Then stay outside.

REPORTER ON TV: In a bizarre twist,

President Ritson was

rescued from the as*ault

by what eyewitnesses describe

as a shapeshifting alien.

As we stand by for news

regarding the status

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Assemble the operatives.

You should be proud, G.

- Talos is finally

- GRAVIK: What? Dead?

Our target was the president,

and he's still alive.

- We don't know that yet.

- GRAVIK: No.

But what we know is our w*r

is yet to be set in motion.

And if you'd have stolen

what you were supposed to,

I could've taken out

the convoy single-handed.

But would you?

You ordered Fury's death when

you knew Varra would never do it.

You had another chance to k*ll

Fury today, and you didn't take it.

Because he has what we need.

Explain it to us.

You told me Fury hid the Avengers' DNA,

but it wasn't in any of

the locations you provided.

No, Fury never trusted you,

and it makes me start to

wonder why should we (GROANS)

(GASPS)

GRAVIK: Pagon thought he had a voice,

but none of you do.

You're faceless

and you're nameless.

And the only reason

Fury was on that motorway

was because his traitor

wife defied my direct order.

Do you understand?

Well, then you send some of our

people to Varra's house and k*ll her.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(LINE RINGING)

RHODEY: Yeah?

Where are you?

On my way to the hospital,

to make our outcome favorable.

Change of plans.

Keep Ritson alive.

Make sure he knows it wasn't

just the Russians who did this.

It was the Russians

with the help of Skrulls.

(SCOFFS) What?

Show him satellite

footage of New Skrullos.

Prove to him there are

Skrulls living here in Russia,

and that they must all be eliminated.

- Gravik, have you lost your damn mind?

- No. This is leverage, Raava.

Fury doesn't wanna see World w*r

III, or to see innocent Skrulls die.

Let me handle him.

And if we don't get what we want?

Well, then we all do

what we've prepared for.

Sacrifice.

Where's the president?

(SIGHS) Damn people, giving

out classified information.

Lock this whole place down right now.

Unbelievable.

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Okay,

okay. Calm down. Calm down.

FURY: Do something! I dare you.

Stand down. Stand down.

Fury's just very excited to see me.

Listen (CHUCKLES)

The country appreciates your

service to the president tonight,

but I'm here now. You can go.

You must be outta your Skrull-ass mind,

you think I'm gonna let you

get anywhere near the president.

Well, in order to out me, Nick,

you're gonna have to k*ll me.

And you don't wanna k*ll me

because you're not ready to die.

But being as I'm not one to

pull a g*n and not use it,

let me give you a little heads-up.

In about sixty seconds,

the footage of you k*lling Maria Hill

is gonna lead off every news

program all across the hemisphere.

That's right.

And you're gonna become the most

wanted and hated man on the planet.

- You didn't.

- Oh, yeah, I did.

I really, really did.

So tick tock, Nick.

(GRUNTS)

RHODEY: Consider this a preview, Nick,

because if you ever get within

100 yards of the president again,

I'm gonna make sure

you get the whole show.

Mmm.

- Tell Gravik I'm coming for him.

- (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

Tell him yourself.

REPORTER ON TV: This just in.

Former S.H.I.E.L.D.

Director, Nicholas Fury,

is being sought for the m*rder of

former S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Maria Hill

as officials investigate

Fury's possible involvement

in the failed attempt on

President Ritson's life.

ASSISTANT: Sonya Falsworth

here to see you, sir.

Tell her I'm busy.

Don't mind me. I didn't

see anything. Promise.

Good afternoon, Sonya.

Have you heard about this?

The att*ck on Ritson? No. Do go on.

Well, do you really believe

that Skrulls could be amongst us?

Well, if you ask me, sir, I

think they're bloody everywhere.

Sonya

What are you doing?

Politely asking the

location of Dr. Rosa Dalton.

Have you lost your mind, woman?

- (g*nsh*t)

- Argh!

SIS OFFICER: Ms. Falsworth.

What have you done?

Just showing Director

Weatherby's true colors.

Come on, look at that.

(GROANS)

I must inform you that the SIS

has no official policy

on k*lling Skrulls.

So unless you want me to enact

my personal preference right now,

you should start talking.

BETO: Yo, Gravik. You got a minute?

What's on your mind, soldier?

Was just a little confused.

What are you confused about?

BETO: Well, Pagon.

Well, he failed us.

Oh.

You scared?

Yeah, maybe a little.

(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)

Speak.

RHODEY: He's out of surgery.

Don't worry. I'll handle it.

Once he's awake, I'll send

confirmation of the strike.

Yeah.

Because you know what

happens if you don't, right?

(GRUNTS)

(YELLS)

(GRUNTS)

(SCREAMS)

(BETO GROANS)

(SHOUTS) Who wants it?

Huh?

Who else?

You're nothing but a monster.

- (GROANS)

- (FEMALE SKRULL SCREAMS)

(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)

I remember playing beneath

this when I was a kid.

My father told me what it meant,

but I've forgotten.

During World w*r II, Nazis

practically destroyed this area.

Afterward, Brixton became a haven

for immigrants from the West Indies.

This was all they had.

Is that why you chose this place?

The path of struggle is steep.

I feel a lot of strength

when I'm over here.

Talos did too.

- Talos d*ed

- You can stop there.

He d*ed.

On a foreign planet.

On a foreign road.

Nothing will come of it.

I ran away from my father

because I knew he would lose.

Talos chose the path of

struggle, he did not lose.

You cannot let grief paralyze

you, G'iah. This is your time. Now!

Talos told me how you

survived your execution.

I had no other choice.

What DNA did Gravik steal?

Only a few samples.

Cull Obsidian, Flora Colossus.

But he took those because he

couldn't find what he was looking for.

What was he looking for?

Something he called "the Harvest."

(SIGHS) The Harvest.

I need to bury my father.

Take him to Priscilla.

She'll know what to do.

- (SIRENS APPROACHING)

- Oh, sh*t.

I'll be in touch.

- Where are you going?

- Finland.

You gonna be all right, kid?

Don't worry about me.

I'll put on a good face.

(SIRENS WAILING)

(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)

Oh.

Hello, Skrulls.

Who are you?

I think a more apt question would be,

who would you like me to be?

I'm staggeringly versatile.

To give you a couple of examples,

I'm very good at being your bestie.

I'm also devilishly good

at being not your bestie.

It's really just a matter

of taste. Cake or death.

- Get out.

- Now, this is quite the clerical error.

Nigel, we're going to have to

have someone in admin either fired,

or, you know, sh*t, because this is

becoming a bit of a health hazard.

- No, my name's Victor.

- Of course.

Nigel's the one with his sil*ncer

pressed against the base of your skull.

Ooh. There he is. Would

you like to take a seat?

Now, from these samples I was able

to observe under the microscope,

you are breaking quite

transgressive ground.

Would you like to tell me?

- No, our work here is far too

- No, not you. Dr. Dalton, you.

My work is very involved.

It spans several

different areas of focus.

Ah, well, let's focus on this, shall we?

Now, start from the very beginning,

and don't miss out a damn decimal point.

Well Rosa, this really

is a lovely laboratory.

Unfortunately, I'm going to have to

torch it. You win some, lose some.

(GRUNTS)

We'll never betray Gravik.

Let us go or I'll k*ll her.

Oh, I don't doubt you for a moment.

The males in my species

are very similar.

If they're not busy gaslighting you,

they're threatening you with m*rder.

That's what all the podcasts are about.

(SCREAMS)

Professor Davis?

You're the one he sent to k*ll me?

I'm G'iah.

Fury said you could

help me bury my father.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

How you feeling, Mr. President?

Helpless.

Would you like to change that, sir?

(DOOR CLOSES)

As you no doubt saw with your own eyes,

these Skrulls aided in that att*ck.

Yeah, I saw.

But the Skrulls are

most definitely here.

And they're working with the Russians.

Now, of course, the

Russians are denying this,

but we've received corroborating

evidence from Sonya Falsworth at SIS.

My God.

Now, Mr. President, what you see on

this screen is the Skrull compound.

That's Russian soil.

We have to neutralize this facility.

England is 100% behind us,

as soon as the rest of

NATO sees this proof,

they're gonna be on

board too. Believe me.

A strike on Russian soil?

That means World w*r III.

I would rather us face

a w*r than extinction.

And that's exactly what a

Skrull invasion will mean.

We have to cut this

thing off at the head.

And now.

I was wondering when

you were gonna call.

You'd like to think you're

a step ahead of me, Fury.

Ah. You're a jet, and I need

rocket fuel to stay ahead of you.

(CHUCKLES)

I got a deal for you.

Got anything to do with the Harvest?

Bring it to me in person,

I'll call the whole thing off.

FURY: Call what thing off?

GRAVIK: I thought you

were a step ahead of me.

I'm raising the stakes, Fury.

If I don't get what I want, your

president's gonna b*mb New Skrullos.

Then the w*r is on.

And bring some iodide pills.

The reactor room can

be a touch aggressive.

(SIGHS)

An Interpol Red Notice. Wow.

They don't just give

those out to anyone. Kudos.

Yeah, well, Mama always

said I was special.

Yeah, Mama was right.

Feel a lot better if we

were on the Helicarrier.

Yeah, that's been mothballed.

A little bit like you should be.

Oh!

Before I forget, voilà.

Figured you might need

that on the other side.

You're welcome.

Oh, and try and get a nap.

You seem a little grumpy.

He was our general.

He deserves a procession of mourners.

Talos wasn't much for pageantry.

Do you have the offering?

G'IAH: It was my mother's.

I don't know the prayer.

It's okay. I know it.

(SPEAKING SKRULL LANGUAGE)

(IN SKRULL LANGUAGE)

him he was a failure.

What kind of daughter

says that to her father?

The kind that intends to make it up

to him the next time she sees him.

The last thing I said to

Fury before the Snap was,

"If you keep spending all

your time chasing aliens,

"you might lose the one you married."

(CHUCKLES)

Why does Gravik want to k*ll you?

Insubordination, I guess.

And yet you decided to obey the order

that says you have to wait

around here for your execution.

The thing is, I love this house.

Loved it ever since I first set

foot in it on a viewing 15 years ago.

With Fury?

With Fury in mind.

I wasn't sure if he'd ever commit

to calling any one place home,

let alone any place with me.

But I figured if I was gonna

give it a fighting chance,

I'd need to find a place that offered

the three things he valued most.

Lots of privacy, lots of

security, and lots of

Leather.

Light.

He'd sit there by the

window, reading a book.

Letting the sun kiss his skin.

And I'd get lost, just watching

him like that for hours.

He ever get lost watching

you in your own skin?

- That's none of your business.

- Well, I

- I didn't mean to offend.

- Of course you did.

You're young, you think

you know everything.

But you don't know what it takes

to build a life with someone else,

to sustain it (EXHALES)

Anyway, when it comes to

facing down my executioners,

I'd rather meet the bastards

standing right here in my happiness

than to meet them running

down some dark alley

- (g*nsh*t)

- (G'IAH GASPS)

PRISCILLA: Here.

(DOOR BREAKING)

- (g*ns f*ring)

- (GASPS)

- You good?

- Good.

(GROANS)

(g*n CLICKS)

(PANTING)

(G'IAH GRUNTS)

(SPEAKING FINNISH)

Let me check I understand this.

So, a billion dollars of

research and development,

and all the Widow's Veil

can cloak is your face?

What about the rest of you?

That's the newer version, not this one.

Huh. Never mind.

(RAP MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO)

- This is what we're doing?

- Yes, this is what we're doing.

Seat belt, please.

Off we go.

PRISCILLA: Be careful, G'iah.

FURY: Why do you think

Rhodey is in charge of this?

He asked for corroboration

on the New Skrullos site.

And you gave it to him?

Yes, Fury.

In the absence of my scaled

superior, I'm the new head of SIS.

And last I checked, Britain

and the U.S. were allies.

Last I checked, Rhodey is a Skrull.

What?

(SCOFFS) And you said I'd lost my touch.

Well, who in the hell

isn't a Skrull these days?

Why in God's name would Gravik

want to blow up his own people?

Leverage.

If I don't give Gravik the Harvest,

then Rhodey is going to

incinerate the Skrull compound,

including all the Skrulls

and humans trapped inside.

Russia will retaliate, and

the world will lose its mind.

Yes, yes. w*r, w*r. But the Harvest?

Nearly every Avenger spilled blood

in the Battle of Earth.

Even Carol Danvers.

In the aftermath, some were

sent in to collect that DNA.

Some with the ability to blend in.

Nobody knew about them

but me and the collectors,

- led by

- Gravik.

Gravik, yes.

Which is probably where he got the

idea for the Super Skrull machine.

- So you are responsible for all this?

- Yeah.

Why do you think I came back?

A Scandinavian cemetery? I

should've brought my scythe.

Only dead men keep secrets.

You taught me that, Sonya.

Fury, why haven't you called

any of your special friends down?

(SIGHS)

This is personal.

We can't keep depending

on these superheroes

to swoop in and save our asses.

None of them have lived the life I have.

None of them can defend

the world the way I can.

The only power I have

was planted between my

ears by a single mother,

and wrapped around my finger by a woman

who's far greater than

I could ever hope to be.

If that ain't enough, then I

don't know what hope we have.

If that ain't enough,

maybe I am just dust.

Don't you have another one of these?

I got these all over the place,

you know? Dead men need options.

Why Finland?

Priscilla and I honeymooned here.

Skrulls like the cold.

Now, you understand.

(BLOWS)

(MECHANICAL WHIRRING)

So, let me clarify.

You knew how dangerous this vial was,

so swapped its location

to protect it from Gravik,

and now you're going to give it to him.

Exactly.

Well, they do say Darwin never sleeps.

Let's give our extinction a nice leg up.

(CHUCKLES)

It's time.

Let's finish this.