03x03 - The First Blow

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03x03 - The First Blow

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It's time to go get our train back.

We reconnect to the train,

we lead everybody to the new hot spot.

Previously on "Snowpiercer"...

Asha. You're on Snowpiercer.

The train survived?

The thing that you're working
on back there, what is it?

What does it do?

It sends out an electromagnetic pulse,

k*lling all the electronics
on Snowpiercer.

It's going to stop Layton dead.

Disable it and give Layton
a fighting chance.

Well, that's the signature,
it's got to be them.

- We've got the drop on him.
- Wilford hates surprises.

Let's go give him one.

- They're back. They're back.
- [OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

[CACKLES] Battle stations!

[TENSE MUSIC]

- Move it! Move it!
- Move!

I was born for battle.

Built for it.

Sometimes in battle,
a perfectly crafted plan


gets compromised.

A true general comes up
with a better one


right there on the spot,

working without a net

and sticking the landing
to thunderous applause.


[PANTING]

Hurry up, you dogs! Let's go! Let's go!

♪ ♪

Where are they?

They were coming straight at us

and then veered away on a sidetrack.

This line bends Southwest.

At that speed, they could be
kilometers away by now.

Or coming about to nip at our heels.

I'm sorry, sir. There was no warning.

No, they saw to that, didn't they?

No satellite coverage. A moonless night.

An ambush from the shadows!

As cowardly as the day they left, sir.

No, they didn't drive by for nothing.

[ALARMS BEEPING]

Forward lamps to full.

[MACHINERY WHIRS]

Brake!

[BRAKES SCREECH]

There's a moment in a fight
when that first blow lands


and everything stops.

And in that flash of clarity,

you know who you are.

I'll push as hard as it takes
to get my engine back.


Snowpiercer, , cars long.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Full thrust. Push through it.

- Sir, if that axel...
- Full power, Engineer. Now!

[METAL CLANKING]

[SPARKS CRACKLING]

[ENGINE WHIRRING]

Well done, sir. Round one to you.

No, no, that trap
wasn't meant to stop us.

It was meant to slow us down.

We can't have any setbacks today, Kevin.

Ruth's people will be energized.

Find them.

I know just where to start.

Take the gloves off. Make an example.

I thought you'd never ask.

- And Kevin?
- Yes, sir.

Send Zarah to me.

[DARK, ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC]

What's our speed?

kilometers an hour.

All right, Mr. Layton,
you got us at a crawl.

What's the play?

♪ ♪

Layton knows better
than to connect end to end.

My Jackboots would just
sweep in and crush him.

So he's going to peck
at us from the side.

He needs parallel track.

And this rail yard
is an entire maze of it.

♪ ♪

[GASPS]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

He broke free of the snare
but slowed down.

We can get right up alongside him

in these sidings.

They'll be in position in kilometers.

- Bring us around, Ben.
- Copy that.

- How long we got?
- Three, four minutes.

All right, stay sharp.
Let's get this done.

I'll make sure Josie's ready.

Bess.

♪ Bess Till ♪

- ♪ Bess! ♪
- Audrey, shut it.

What's happening? Is it him?

You'll know it's him
when his head is on a pike.

[GASPS] Oh.

♪ ♪

You ready for this?

Ben takes us close. I jump over,

breach the Big Alice engine,
and you reconnect.

We only get one sh*t at it.

Well, then, better not miss it.

♪ ♪

Zarah, just in time.

Thought you should be here for this.

As a hostage or a spectator?

As my confidante, nothing less.

Come. Come on.

Have a look.

See, that's your old life
creeping up our flank.

Are they attacking?

Maybe they're here to surrender.

You see any white flags?

- No.
- No.

No, and if I had to guess,

I'd say they're trying
to cut the head off the snake.

But I have a surprise for them.

[DARK, ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC]

[GRUNTING]

Heave.

Heave.

Well, whatever these tin cans
are for can't be good.

Pike, man, what's the plan?

[BOTH GRUNTING]

Keep your eyes on your work.

- Heave.
- And quit standing around!

Let's go.

Come on. What are you doing?

All right, time to move.
I'll distract them.

You guys get to Ruth.

No. Whoa, whoa. That's
not how it works, man.

You're in charge now.
You don't get caught.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Hei, húndàn.

Catch. [GRUNTS]

[TENSE MUSIC]

[GRUNTING]

♪ ♪

[GRUNTING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

We're in position.

[MONITOR BEEPS]

Josie, it's time. Be careful out there.

I'll breach the bastard, don't worry.

[ALARM BLARING]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[GRUNTING]

- Now! Harpoon!
- Deploy.

♪ ♪

Opening cold-lock.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[ALARM BLARING]

♪ ♪

Wilford has a cannon or something.

- Pull back!
- Switch track.

Josie, hold on.

♪ ♪

[METAL SCREECHING]

- We're derailing!
- Try to stabilize.

Well done.

Never fails to amaze me.

You take so much in
and give so little back.

I just hobbled your man, Zarah,
and you didn't even flinch.

At this rate, the w*r will be
over by daybreak.

[METAL CREAKING]

♪ ♪

Come on. The car is
damaged. We gotta go.

Let's go.

We have to cut it loose.
It's gonna derail us.

Cut here? That's four cars.

It's the closest J-link.
It's the only option.

- Asha's back there.
- We don't have time.

Go.

You okay? Thank you.

She waited eight years outside.

Can't very well k*ll her on day two.

Safety's off.

[RUMBLING]

Disconnecting now.

[MONITORS BEEP]

And we're clear.

[METAL CREAKING]

Here.

You'll be safer up here.

Hey...

You gonna be okay?

Turn out the lights.

Sure.

Hold fast, okay?

[DARK MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[EXHALES SHAKILY]

[BREATHING ECHOES]

♪ ♪

[MONITORS BEEPING]

We have a problem.

Wilford's gone.

His train went dark.
He could be anywhere now.

Switch off comms and
transmitters tip to tail.

Not a peep.

[KEYS CLACKING]

Zarah, what are you doing
still on your feet?

You must be exhausted. Come.

So what are you planning?

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

Bit of a lull.

It'll do us good.

Catch our breath.

I've invested a lot in you.

And the child.

I just want to keep you near me,

for your protection.

And because they won't att*ck
the engine if I'm in it.

Right.

♪ ♪

How do you lose a -mile train?

We were the ones that
led him into this maze.

He could be running.

These six routes head out of the valley.

If he gets to linear track,
we'll lose our advantage.

Yeah, or he's around the next corner,

laying in wait.

He's gonna pick us off piece by piece.

I looked into the muzzle of that thing.

We need to get eyes on him.
Can we get to higher ground?

Here, track follows the ridgeline.

Should give us a view
of the whole basin.

Okay, let's do it. Lights out.

If he's gonna go dark, so do we.

[INTENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Up and at 'em, lovebirds.

Kevin!

Get out. How dare you?

- Commandeering the Nightcar.
- Ugh, Kevin.

On whose authority?

Call it a wartime measure.

Oh, you didn't hear? Layton's back.

Up. There's work to do.

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[CHUCKLES]

Why don't you, um,
go put some coffee on?

Who... who's there?

Here to see the prisoner.

I'm her lawyer.

I don't think that's a thing anymore.

Lose your helmet, Jackboot?

Hey, come on, man. Hey.

Do you know me?

You're... you're a Tailie.

Forgive me, I-I don't know your name.

I know you.

Whiggins.

Yes.

Well, there's two things
you should know about Tailies.

We have long memories and we win wars.

- Oh, yeah?
- Mm-hmm.

We won the last one.

And we'll win this one.

And do you wanna be the guy
who stands in the way?

Hmm, Whiggins?

You have ten minutes, Counselor.

Let me just get the door for you.

[BEEPING]

[CLEARS THROAT]

- Pike?
- You're looking good, girl,

with those arms dangling down.

You shouldn't be here.
It's too dangerous.

I'm gonna get you out of here.

Wait, wait, wait. Tell me what happened.

Wilford drove Layton off
with cannon fire.

Now we're rolling around in the dark.

Well, if Wilford is hiding,
then we need to signal Layton.

I'm gonna get you out of here first.

You can't.

You'd have to k*ll Whiggins,

and then you'd have to find Clifford

and k*ll him too,
'cause he's got the keys.

Go on.

Pike, Mr. Pike, you're a dear man

and a brave one, but
this w*r is bigger than us.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

How do I signal Layton?

I've got an idea,

but you'll have to get
uptrain to hospitality.

[BREATHING ECHOES]

♪ ♪

[MUFFLED] Asha.

Hey, you good in there?

I'm sorry, I dropped you
right in the thick of it.

Here.

[NORMAL VOICE] Hey,
hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

What's going on?

Did Mr. Wilford cr*pple the train?

No, look, it's just some
cat and mouse, all right?

It's fine.

And you're supposed to be the cat?

Eight of you against
the great Mr. Wilford.

The great Mr. Wilford
is not who you think he is.

Isn't he the one that saved all of you?

We saved our own damn selves.

He built all of this
just so he could be king.

- So now it's your turn?
- No.

This is personal for us, okay?

I have a partner that I boarded with.

I have a child on the way.

Oh, if you're doing this for a child,

you will do things that you will regret.

I just came in to warn you.
We are not giving up.

This is gonna get worse
before it gets better, okay?

- Okay.
- Hold on.

♪ ♪

♪ You are my sunshine ♪

♪ My only sunshine ♪

♪ You make me happy ♪

♪ When skies are gray ♪

♪ You'll never know, dear ♪

♪ How much I love you ♪

♪ Please don't take ♪

♪ My sunshine away ♪

You know, when you sing,
I can almost convince myself

you're not a horrible person.

Thank you.

And then I remember
you only sing covers,

so the words aren't actually yours.

Lyrics are just dressing.

I sing for him.

Oh, God.

You scoff,

but at the end of the day,
that's all there is.

A person you sing for.

Who's that to you, Bess?

How do you get all the way
to the end of the world

and have no one?

I have people.

Who?

Layton, Zarah, Roche.

Roche?

Yeah, Roche.

He was like a mentor to me and...

and a friend.

Even though I fought him,
he... he had my back.

No, I don't... I don't sing for him.

But not a day goes by
when I don't think about

getting him out of those Drawers.

I'm sorry.

I hope he survived.

Yeah.

[PHONE RINGING]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

We're at the ridge. Eyes up.

If he is in the valley,
this is the best vantage point.

♪ ♪

- Anything?
- Till?

- Negative. There's nothing.
- [SIGHS]

But they can't just vanish.

♪ ♪

Time to put on a show.

[SOFT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[MONITOR BEEPING]

[DISTANT BOOMING]

[EXHALES]

♪ ♪

To the south, far end of the valley.

Are you guys seeing this?

Oh, my God. Wait, wait, wait.

- Is that...
- Ha.

They're still with us.

[FIREWORKS BOOMING]

[LAUGHS]

We see you, Joseph.

Ha.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[FIREWORKS BOOMING]

[TENSE MUSIC]

He's making a break for it.

East over the ridge to the trunk line.

He wants to sneak out of the rail yard

because it's where we have
tactical advantage.

If he gets out of the valley,

he's looking at days of linear track.

- Can we b*at him to it?
- Alex?

No.

I don't know, maybe.
It's all assumptions.

What are we waiting for? Pedal down.

Let's cut 'em off at the pass.

[TENSE MUSIC]

Full throttle, Engineer.

Sir, with respect,
we're draining really fast.

A few ticks slower
would be more efficient.

They've seen us. They're coming!

Tap every last reserve

and get us over that bloody ridge!

♪ ♪

[AIR HISSING]

[GROANS]

[SCREAMS]

Come on! What are you doing?

[PANTS HEAVILY]

So you have a choice, Strong Boy.

I can take two fingers next time

or I can take your thumb.

Or you could be smart

like when you bravely volunteered

to step up to my table here.

Wilford just needs you to start talking

and name your collaborators.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

No.

No?

Come on. Leave him alone!

- Hold him.
- Ah, no!

No!

[PANTING HEAVILY]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Stop! [GRUNTS]

I didn't sign up for this.

Just wanted to serve some
drinks and play some tunes.

Would you relax? w*r is not pretty.

But Wilford will reward us.

If he wins.

Of course he'll win.

- If he doesn't?
- [SCREAMS]

And Layton rolls in here, finds this?

Finds us?

Wilford's little wedding puppets.

We're not the torturers, all right?

We're just providing a venue.

I'm sure the mutilated guy
will be quick to sort that out.

Hmm?

Look, if you're not gonna talk,

I guess you don't need
that tongue anymore.

Hold him, please.

[GRUNTING]

♪ ♪

Hold him, hold him.

Ahh. Open up.

[GROANS]

Ahh!

[GRUNTING]

[AIR HISSES]

♪ ♪

Look, even if we catch up with him,

we still have the harpoon issue,

and we can't connect end to end.

We'll never overpower his Jackboots.

No.

No.

So we need a plan
to get into his engine.

We need a distraction.

Audrey.

♪ ♪

What's this?

Hands behind your back.

Ooh, handcuffs. I knew you had a kink.

- Move.
- Mmm.

Good luck.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

It's moody in here.

Sit.

How much further?

We're almost at the ridge,

but we're basically running on fumes.

Keep pushing. She'll make it.
Then we're home free.

Nice and easy, Ben.

♪ ♪

Joseph.

♪ ♪

[METAL SCREECHES]

Big Alice, this is Snowpiercer.

Come in.

Snowpiercer to Big Alice, come in.

- Sir, should... should I answer?
- No, no.

Come in, Big Alice.

♪ ♪

This is Big Alice.
To whom am I speaking?

I'm the guy standing between
you and open track, Wilford.

I see that.

So it's a game of chicken, is it?

At the rate you're going, I don't think

you'll make it this far.

Oh, Big Alice has more
fight than you know.

You called this meeting, Layton.

So go on,

or are we just gonna stand here
pissing off our prows?

When we left, we made a deal.

I keep Audrey safe...

I remember, and I don't m*rder everyone.

Yes, I remember the deal.

It was made under duress,
I'll remind you.

But I stuck to it.


Where's Zarah?

She's right here.

[CHUCKLES] Positively glowing.

I'm here, Andre. I'm okay.

And Audrey?

I want to hear her.

I need to know she's all right.

Surrender the train and
you can tell her yourself.


Surrender?

We'll give you a car
in First, food, drink.


You two can live out
your years together.

So I...

I give you absolutely everything,

and you give me a little
piece back in return?

That's quite some offer, Layton.

The offer is, we end
this without v*olence,

or you could roll back
down into that rail yard

and we'll pick you apart.

That's it, sir. We're tapped.

[ENGINES WHIR]

No deal.

[DARK, EMOTIONAL MUSIC]

♪ ♪

I... I want to hear her voice.

Joseph.

♪ ♪

All right, Ben, I'm at the cold-Lock.

♪ ♪

- Soon, soon.
- [RUMBLING]

♪ ♪

Auto-engaging hot reverse.

We should switch helms and
get Big Alice pushing again.

Full stop, Engineer.

Let her power down.

- What?
- Joseph.

[TENSE MUSIC]

[METAL SCREECHING]

[PEOPLE GASPING]

That can't be good, can it?

No.

Snowpiercer, we are dead on the tracks.

If you don't reconnect,
everyone will freeze to death.

♪ ♪

You're desperate.

And you have no choice.

Prepare to connect.

Javi, abre una cerveza, amigo.

Commander, move your boarding party

to the connection point.

Generation deficit.

Train-wide temperature
is dropping right now.

Better get your woolies on.

All right, boys, you ready?

Move out.

[INDISTINCT] Remember where to aim.

They're preparing to dock.

They've got no choice.

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
Let's go, let's go.

Move, move, move.

Cap okay?

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Hey, watch your back. Move it, move it!

This is crazy, Ben.

Yeah, pirate's life.

- sh*t.
- You're all right.

Just reverse her in as fast as you dare.

sh*t.

And don't reconnect
until we're in position.

[RUMBLING]

♪ ♪

Hey, remember, people,
we're gonna clear it first.

Weapons ready? Move!

♪ ♪

Christ.

Josephine. She's back.

The bloody balls.

Did you climb aboard, you little hobo?

[LAUGHS]

Uh-uh, baby on board.

No, you won't.

- She won't.
- [BANGS ON GLASS]

[SHOUTS]

Damn. Good one.

- [GRUNTS]
- Ahh!

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[SCREAMS]

♪ ♪

[GRUNTING]

♪ ♪

Tell your men to stand down

or I will throw you off this train.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[BELL DINGS]

This is Head Engineer Wilford.

Boarding party, stand down.

[BOTH SIGHING]

We will not be taking...

Snowpiercer by force.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Stand down. Weapons down.

Oh, my God.

♪ ♪

Happy now?

Say it!

Andre Layton has the train.

Citizens of Snowpiercer...

♪ ♪

We're back.

[SIGHS]

♪ ♪

meters, meters,

- meters...
- [MONITORS BEEPING]

[ENGINE WHIRS]

[RUMBLING]

It can't be just over.

[BARRY MCGUIRE'S "EVE OF DESTRUCTION"]

Well, I think it's about time

we get on the right side of history.

♪ The Eastern world, it is explodin' ♪

♪ v*olence flarin', b*ll*ts loadin' ♪

♪ You're old enough to k*ll ♪

Here you go.

♪ You don't believe in w*r ♪

♪ But what's that g*n you're totin'?

[SIGHS]

Oz, I love you so much.

♪ Over and over and
over again, my friend ♪


[GASPS]

[SPLUTTERING]

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

♪ Oh, no, you don't believe ♪

♪ We're on the eve of destruction ♪

♪ ♪

Long live the Resistance!

♪ ♪

[EMOTIONAL MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[PEOPLE CHEERING]

♪ ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

Bottom's up.

[KEYS JINGLING]

[EXHALES]

♪ ♪

Ah, found it.

Ruth?

Andre.

I never would have found you.
You're in civvies.

[CHUCKLES]

I remembered that Wilford had
a secret tipple up here.

- Oh, could use some of that.
- Wanna celebrate?

Yes.

Oh, welcome home.

It's good to have you back.

I knew you'd hold everyone together.

Well done.

Let's do it.

Take them out.

He's stable.

[BEEPING]

Carly's stable.

And Anne...

[ALARMS BEEPING]

[GASPS]

[SOMBER MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[RUMBLING]

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

♪ ♪

[SOBBING]

Javi.

- Hey.
- [SHUDDERS]

♪ ♪

Oh, man.

[SOBBING]

This warm spot, the Horn of Africa,

you really believe it can support life?

Yeah, our future is there, Ruth.

I believe it with all my heart.

You know, the Horn of Africa,
the approach is maybe

the worst stretch of track
on the entire network.

And there was a w*r there
when the climate crashed.

Yeah, yeah, I remember.

The people are tired, Andre.

It's been a long six months,
and your first order

is gonna be to steer them
right back into more hardship?

Mm-mmm, there won't be an order.

We'll put it to a vote.

- A vote?
- Yeah.

We'll show them that democracy has won.

We'll choose our path forward together.

And you're prepared
for the outcome of this vote?

I am going to convince them
that it is worth the risk.

Snowpiercer's running
on duct tape and prayers.

This is a real opportunity to get off.

It's also a vote on you, Andre.

Much of the train doesn't
support your leadership.

This isn't just about me.

It's what Melanie would have wanted.

All right. I'll, uh, inform the notary.

I know that everyone aboard
will take their vote to heart,

but are you prepared
to accept it if they vote no?

You better think long and hard

about exactly what it is
you're gonna tell them.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

You're confined to Third
and barred from the Nightcar.

Where's Joseph?

You picked the wrong side, Audrey.

Traitor. Walk away.

Has there ever been a right side

on this g*dd*mn train?

It's all gonna go to sh*t. You'll see.

♪ ♪

[WINCES IN PAIN]

[GROANS]

It went straight through my hand.

Something to remember us by.

Look at you.

A monster come for its creator.

- [CHUCKLES]
- It's poetic, isn't it?

Layton can't hold it together, you know.

They'll reject him again.

I am the train.

♪ ♪

A vote?

That's right.

You'll get a vote today too.

[LAUGHS]

Politics.

You forget about them

when you're the last person on Earth.

Thank you.

Don't thank me just yet.

There's something I need to ask of you.

You brought me back to life, Andre.

What is it?

[BONOBO'S "GRAINS"]

[SOFT ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[BELL DINGS]

Shh. Shh.

My fellow passengers...

Today,

for the first time
since our departure...

you will have a say in our destination,

and your choice will
determine our future.

By now, you know

that Melanie's sacrifice gave us a map.

Proof that there are places
on the Earth that are warming.


Traveling fast and light,
we tested each of them.


Sulawesi, Gujarat,

Managua, the Atacama.

And each one of these let us down.

I know that you have suffered badly

because of our decision
to break the train.


But there is one more location

on which I ask you to stake your hope:

the Horn of Africa.

The journey to return there
will be fraught with risk


and the hardships will continue,

but we have someone here
who can renew our faith.

Someone we had given up on believing in.

♪ ♪

What's he doing?

But I'll let her tell you.

He's bullshitting.

♪ ♪

My name is Asha.

I am a survivor.

Layton found me out there, outside.

Along with trees,

green grass...

and life.

I come from New Eden.

♪ One ♪

♪ Grain of sand ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Ah ♪

♪ Water in the sea ♪

I'm not asking you to choose
between me and Wilford.


I am asking you to choose
between the train we know


and the dream we don't.

♪ ♪

Thank you all so much
for your sacrifices.


♪ ♪

The story needed a hero,
and we brought one back.

Well, in the wake of that performance,

the yeas have it.

Almost two to one.

What's one more lie?

The difference is, this is the last one

we will have to tell.

Well, I doubt that.

I've come to think this
train demands a lie.

Yeah,

like an imaginary genius in the engine.

Or Melanie saving us
with perfect science.

Or a survivor to show us the way.

So... we press on.

Agreed.

What else are we gonna do?

Josie?

Well, we better be right.

♪ ♪

[BELLS DING]

Fellow passengers,
our great endeavor continues.


You have spoken, and by majority rule,

we are heading for New Eden.

[BREATHING ECHOES]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[INTENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪
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