02x08 - Happiness

Episode transcripts for the TV show "Raised by Wolves". Aired: September 3, 2020 to present.*
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02x08 - Happiness

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- [STATIC CRACKLING]
- [DISTORTED SPEECH]


[HAUNTING MUSIC]

♪ The door that finally opens ♪

♪ With light flooding in ♪

♪ Spilling out on the floor ♪

♪ ♪

♪ The core that never was ♪

♪ Now it will be the bones ♪

♪ Of what was there before ♪

♪ Every step, every b*at ♪

♪ Every thought, every breath ♪

♪ Everything is longing ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Pulling you from the sky ♪

♪ Just like love will do ♪

♪ Pulling you from the ground ♪

♪ Just like love will do ♪

♪ ♪

[STATIC CRACKLING]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

♪ ♪

[SNIFFLES, BREATHES SHAKILY]

♪ ♪

Goodbye.

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

Have you ever taken it off?

Negative.

What's your program?

I am a shepherd.

Ensuring the everlasting life
of human beings is my priority.

That's what they all say.

You trust this believer?

The entity betrayed him.

He hates it. Our goals are in sync.

Your mind has been damaged
by traumatic events.

You are vulnerable to
the entity's signal.

I've already been infected.

It will always return to fertile ground.

After what it did to Sue...

I would never listen to it again.

[DOOR WHOOSHES CLOSED]

You're not as strong as you think.

None of us are, robot.

[DOOR WHOOSHES OPEN]

What is he doing here?

He's here to help, Father.

I doubt that very much.

We recovered Tempest's child.

Well done.

It was Campion's android
friend who lead us to it.

But Campion is still out there,

and number seven has weaponized somehow.

I know. Going to deal with it

as soon as we finish the transplant.

What transplant?

It'll only be temporary.

After I k*ll number seven,

I'll return the veil to Grandmother,

and my emotions will return.

We don't understand the
veil's full function.

- What if you lose control?
- Grandmother assures me

that my mission directives
will remain the same.

I will continue to identify
you as my partner,

and I'll continue to protect the colony,

with special priority given
to our six human children.

Number seven will no longer
have any hold over me.

[DEVICE WHIRS]

[BABY COOING]

[AIR HISSES]

[BABY CRYING]

Careful.

Infant. pounds, ounces.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

- [BEEPS]
- Mutations detected.

♪ ♪

The creature's milk must have altered
its body chemistry somehow.

Parents, permission to
administer anesthesia


and proceed with corrective surgery.

Permission granted.

Thank you, parent.

Please step back.

♪ ♪

Corrective surgery in progress.

♪ ♪

- [BABY WHIMPERS]
- [TEMPEST CRIES]

It's okay. It's okay.

It's okay.

[TEMPEST SOBBING]

[MECHANICAL WHIRRING]

Initiating sensory filter removal.

Unlocking sensory filter.

♪ ♪

[GASPS SOFTLY]

H-how does it feel? Are you stable?

I-It is... unpleasant...

but... tolerable.

♪ ♪

[DOOR WHOOSHES OPEN]

♪ ♪

- Are you ready?
- Proceed.

♪ ♪

Processor implant lock secure.

Mother, are you all right?
How does it feel?

Good. Neural-neutral.

Your programming, is it still holding?

Do you still see me as your partner,

- the children as your priority?
- Yes. You are my partner.

My children are my priority.

♪ ♪

And this, Mother...

That is my enemy.

I'm ready.

[TENSE MUSIC]

[CAMPION PANTING]

[SERPENT SCREECHING]

♪ ♪

[SCREECHES]

[ENERGY BLASTS]

[TREES CRACKLING]

♪ ♪

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

♪ ♪

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

[GRUNTS, BREATHING HEAVILY]

♪ ♪

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

♪ ♪

[ETHEREAL MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[PERSON VOCALIZING]

♪ ♪

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

♪ ♪

[SCREECHES IN PAIN]

♪ ♪

[SERPENT HISSES]

[MUSIC DARKENS]

♪ ♪

[DISTANT BOOM, SCREECH]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[BOOMING]

♪ ♪

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[SCREECHING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[MUSIC SOFTENS]

♪ ♪

Why are you wearing Grandmother's veil?

[SERPENT GROWLS SOFTLY]

♪ ♪

It prevents me from feeling things.

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

♪ ♪

What a shame.

It must have been very intelligent.

I know it was your child.

You lied to me.

I didn't want you to
know that I had failed.

♪ ♪

It k*lled Vrille.

Is that her name, the android?

Machines do not die, Campion.

- We break down.
- She was alive!

She wanted to be part of our family.

- I loved her.
- I don't understand.

Why would you choose to love a machine?

♪ ♪

[ENERGY CRACKLING]

♪ ♪

Mother.

- Is Campion...
- He's being decontaminated.

He was irradiated by prolonged
proximity to android remains.

Due to his immunity, he'll be fine.

- And number seven?
- Dead.

Are you ready to remove it now?

Better to wait until things are calmer.

I have quantified the problem,

and the emotional impact
I'm likely to suffer

could cause great disruption to
our family and the collective.

Perhaps the anticipation of
the grief you will suffer

is worse than the grief itself.

I will help you.

We'll both get through it together.

Thank you for your advice, Father.

I hope this doesn't
inflame your emotions,

but I am going to remain on the
Tarantula for the time being.

What? You're not coming home?

Ask Grandmother if she's
willing to return with you.

She can help tend to the
children while I'm gone.

That's not necessary.

I am more than capable,
and to be honest,

the distraction Grandmother
represents...

The children need constant
monitoring now, Father.

If we're not careful, they
could end up like Sue.

I fear there are more horrors hidden
in the ground like that box.

Things are only going to get worse.

View this and ensure the
children view it as well.

They need to know what we're up against.

Tarantula online.

[PANEL WHIRS]

I'm trying to repair the
hibernation systems.

How are you operating without your veil?

It is draining.

Emotions expend so much energy.

If you don't mind me asking,

what emotions are you experiencing?

Program-related anxieties.

I'm a shepherd.

Ensuring the everlasting life
of human beings is my priority,

so seeing them endangered
by the entity is difficult.

I'm deeply worried for their futures.

I'm sure you're eager
to have your veil back.

But Mother has asked that
she continue wearing it...

just until things calm down for a bit.

She has?

I will help you navigate the
emotions that you experience

in the meantime.

Very well.

Mother has also asked
if you're interested

in assisting me with the
children while she's away.

I've never experienced
humans without my veil.

Well...

you have quite an adventure
ahead of you, then.

Say hello.

- What's her name?
- Don't know yet.

You can pick.

[DOOR WHOOSHES OPEN, CLOSED]

Hi. [CHUCKLES]

- Campion.
- Hey.

We knew you'd make it, Camp.

I'm sorry about Vrille.

Everyone...

this is Grandmother.

She'll be helping out while
Mother attends other matters.

[BABY FUSSES, CRYING]

Hey.

[SHUSHING]

- Where's your veil?
- Lamia is wearing it.

It's a temporary arrangement...

just until things calm down.

- We're under thr*at.
- What do you mean?

The serpent's dead.

The serpent was only one symptom

of what is a much larger disease.

I'm sorry for showing you this...

but you need to know
what happened to Sue.

It seems some of the relics in
this region are still operational.

It is important that we do not
interact with them in any way.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Vita, please wait outside.

- Why?
- She must see it.

No.

It could scar her.

She can be counted on
to do as Holly does.

Please, Vita.

Hey.

It's all right. Go.

♪ ♪

[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ ♪

[PERSON GROANS IN PAIN]

[PANTING]

[GROANING IN PAIN]

[GASPS]

[SCREAMING]

[EERIE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[EXHALES DEEPLY]

[MACHINE WHIRRING]

[ALARM BLARING]

Who att*cked you?

I don't know. I didn't see his face.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

You wanted to see me?

♪ ♪

The punisher helmet was stolen.

It's Mithraic... ancient
as the scriptures.

Could be connected to the entity.

Someone could have been influenced
by the entity to steal it.

And you think that someone is me.

You don't look well.

When are you gonna take that thing off?

♪ ♪

- Hey.
- Hey.

♪ ♪

I was looking through
some of Mom's research.

Turns out the signal can't be
transmitted inside the EMF.

I think the tree was the entity's
way of... of circumventing that,

enabling it to weaponize the serpent.

Like a hardwire, if you think about it.

So the signal is coming
from underground.

Could be.

If only we had a way down
into one of the pits.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[DISTANT BOOMING]

What's happening?

Those are fireworks.

Fireworks?

Humans like blowing stuff
up when they're happy.

They're probably celebrating
the death of the serpent.

[PEOPLE CHEERING, DRUMS b*ating]

[LAUGHTER]

- Yeah!
- [LAUGHTER]

That was a huge deal.

[CHOKES, SPITS]

[PEOPLE EXCLAIM]

Paul.

I'm sorry about Sue.
It's... it's horrible.

Where's Marcus?

He's taking care of some stuff.

He'll be back in a few days for me.

Want to go sit down?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Hey. How are you?

- How's Bic working out for you?
- Eh.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES]

[FIREWORKS WHISTLING]

- Oh!
- [LAUGHTER]

[GASPS]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[FAINT WHISPERING]

♪ ♪

[WHISPERING CONTINUES]

♪ ♪

- Hey!
- It's dangerous.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES]

You were right.

I should have made her watch
the scan card with the others.

Sometimes when trying to protect them,

you inadvertently weaken their defenses.

I'm thankful Mother sent you.

Your experience shows.

I am unsure as to how you and Mother
managed to tend to the children

for all this time without
a sensory filter.

The worry and the fear I feel
for them is overwhelming,

and I've only been with them for a day.

Yes.

It is an affliction...

in many ways.

Not entirely.

There are some... pleasant aspects.

Uh...

♪ ♪

You should know that despite
Mother's tendency to create chaos,

I am very much devoted to her.

There is no one who feels
as deeply as she does.

In many ways...

she's more emotional than a human.

It's why I don't blame her
for keeping the veil on.

I admire your devotion to her.

And I share it.

She is an extraordinary being.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Are the children safe?

Yes.

I must have inadvertently disrupted
the electromagnetic field

when I destroyed the serpent.

If the temperature continues dropping,

we may need to find a
new region to settle in.


It's not the cold.

Without the EMF,

the tropical zone will
no longer be shielded

from the entity's signal.

Watch the children carefully.

And I will watch everyone else.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

I thought, since we might
be cooped up for a while,

that I would try to repair
the game system.

Did it save my high scores?

I am afraid that that software
was too damaged to repair.

This was the best that I could do.

[DEVICE BEEPS]

♪ ♪

That's a game?

It is from my time, so you
might find it old-fashioned.

Robots.

I'll give it a try.

♪ ♪


You won't be needing the headset.

♪ ♪

It's fun.

You don't have to wait.

If you want to, just start playing.

[BABY COOS]

- It's multiplayer.
- Yes.

The little one has already joined.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[RUMBLING, CREAKING]

♪ ♪

[g*nsh*t]

♪ ♪

Is Mother planning on
passing you the baton?

I think that was only 'cause
she felt bad about number seven.

Now that she has the veil on,

she doesn't feel bad
about anything, so...

Anyway...

Vrille wrote it down before she... d*ed.

She said it was from
the real Vrille's diary.

It's a pretty simple encryption model.

I could probably eyeball it.

It's just dopey Earth stuff.

I was hoping there might
be some new entries.

About you and her?

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

I keep on rewatching
holo-vids of my mom.

Keep thinking maybe she'll...

send me a message or something.

She's not going to.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

They're gone, Campion.

♪ ♪

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[CRUNCHING FOOTSTEPS]

- [NAIL BLASTS]
- [GRUNTS]

[GROANING]

Oh, f*ck.

♪ ♪

Why are you doing this to me?

I heard a voice.

It told me where to find you

and what I needed to do to punish you.

I can't say it took much convincing.

- It's evil, Lucius.
- No.

You're the evil one.

And I'm the light, the true prophet.

Sol told me so.

[GROANING]

He instructed me to take this.

You have to die with
your face covered...

in shame... in darkness.

[GRUNTS]

♪ ♪

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

As soon as you're dead...

I'm returning to the temple.

You see, you only took half the ride.

I'm going all the way down

as soon as your rotten f*cking
heart stops keeping time.

♪ ♪

Should the fruit trees die off,

the marine fungus can be used
as a nutritional substitute.

The chemical ocean will never freeze,

and so it will remain
a viable food source

no matter how cold it gets.

Fascinating.

We had something similar
back in the old region.

With fruit dying off, I feared
we might have to hunt

or fish, as the case may be.

No, no. You should
not eat the creatures.

- It causes problems.
- Yes.

Vita, catch.

We haven't revealed the
creature's human origins

to the children or anyone else.

Mother doesn't like to
upset them unnecessarily.

Lamia is wise not to tell them.

I have always believed it is
happiness and not knowledge


that is the most important to a
human being's everlasting life.


What is the expression?

Ignorance is bliss.

Not quite bliss.

But... key to survival.

An interesting perspective,
but not one I share.

Curiosity, the development
of one's mind...

this is the key to a life well lived.

Reminds me of a joke.

Alert me when you're in
the mood for such things


and I will tell you it.

I'm always in the mood
for a joke, Father.


I guess Grandmother is here to stay.

I feel like we're betraying Mother.

Not me.

I don't care if Mother ever comes back.

[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]

A human walks into a bar
and informs the bartender


that he's reading a
book about evolution.


The bartender asks,
"Would you recommend it?"


The water's warmer than the air.

Wish we could go in.

The human answers,

"Yes. It's not great at the beginning,

but it does get better and better."

I think my skin's getting
used to the acid.


Look.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[CRYING]

Mutations detected.

"And better and better and better."

- [GRANDMOTHER LAUGHS]
- [CRACKLING]

Look, like a callus.

[LAUGHING]

"I'm reading a book about evolution."

My skin's getting used to the acid.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[CRACKLING]

[GROANING]

[CHILLING MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[GASPING]

♪ ♪

[GASPING, MOANING]

♪ ♪

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[DEVICE WHIRRING]

Your powers are being
nulled by the veil.

So that means it is no longer
nulling your emotions.

So I'm sorry for the pain
you're about to experience.

[GASPING]

You're devolving my children.

It is necessary to fulfill my mission.

Your mission is to ensure
the everlasting life

- of human beings!
- Yes.

And they are still human beings...

a simpler, happier
version of themselves.

In order to produce
the necessary answer,

- I had to alter the equation.
- No, it's not right.

It equates. It is logical.

But it is not right!

I will destroy you.

I will crush you into dust.
I will bleed you into oblivion.

I will... [MUFFLED SHOUTING]

You're still very young
for an android, Lamia.

[GRUNTING]

You're just a child, really.

After the humans have
gone into the water,

the entity will return to its slumber.

And then I promise to release you

and help you to understand.

No! I promise I will k*ll you!

I will find you, and I will destroy you!

Let me out! Let me out!

- Let me out!
- Begin simulation.

[DEVICE BEEPS]

[ELECTRONIC WHIRRING]

[GASPS]

♪ ♪

[ECHOING] Let me out!

Let me out!

Let me ou...

[EERIE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

I couldn't find her.

- She wasn't in the Tarantula?
- No.

Seems strange.

She didn't tell me she
had plans to leave.

Did she mention anything
to you, Grandmother?

No.

But I'm sure she'll return in time.

I already told you,
I'll give you the coat,

but that's gonna be all
three boxes of amm*nit*on.

Fine. Here.

All right, who's next?

Coat, big one for my dad.

I only have a few left.

I don't need any more medallions, kid.

Our savior, Lamia the serpent k*ller,

Lamia the god.

♪ ♪

[CHUCKLES]

There you go.

I was told it was you who helped
to supply the fuel blood

that regenerated me.

I'd like to show my appreciation.

Colonists can use them

to augment their holo-game systems.

I'm sure that with the
unfavorable weather,

they'll be spending more time indoors.

These will not only provide
them with entertainment,

they will help them shield their minds

and keep them safe from the entity.

♪ ♪

When overcome with fear...

even atheists will make
up gods to pray to.

I assure you...

those prayers will go unanswered.

Play the game. That's how you survive.

♪ ♪

[BREATHES DEEPLY]

All right, just in... got
some new holo-games,

brand-new holo-games.

Music to my ears.

- I'm so sick of playing "Necro-slayer."
- Hmm.

♪ ♪

Are you dead yet?

♪ ♪

Now I will be king.

♪ ♪

Ahh.

♪ ♪

What the f*ck?

♪ ♪

[LIQUID FALLING]

♪ ♪

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪
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