01x06 - The Seeker

[bunniefuu]

Maite has fled to Primo,
the envoy is desperate.

IO's been more restless,
restless and disturbed.

These are glitches.

We're running out of time.

You have to let
the transport ships land.

If you can control IO,
you control everything.

You're talking about a coup.

This was your plan.

You want to break the very thing
that holds the moon together.

I'm making it stronger.

Maite: This is not the end,
this is the beginning.

[serene music]

[♪]

[sighs]

[♪]

Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.

Wish!

[♪]

It was a m*ssacre.

Everyone's coming
to find their blood families.

The flower led them here.

More will come.

We have to find Arlo.

How did the tree move
inside the fence?

It was the fence that moved.

Word has spread
of Maite's death at the crater,

that you were there.

Lone says you're a good man,

but three of you walk
into Primo,

and two of you come out.

Now, you can't expect
everyone...

I expect nothing.

My partner,
'Tective Arlo Noon, is missing.

Have you seen him?

[soft tense music]

Help us, Fritz.

[♪]

Paul! Paul!

The Envoy wants to see you.
I've come to take you to her.

Honestly, kid,
tell the Envoy she can wait.

[♪]

Over here!

[panting]

[cries]

[sighs]

[somber music]

[♪]

Paul. Paul, look.

[♪]

Here. Paul!

[♪]

[Paul grunting]

[♪]

He's alive.

- [wheezes]
- Meega.

[laughs weakly]

You're stuck with me, 'Tective.

[dramatic music]

[♪]

Oh.

Wish is gone.

First Wave launches
within the hour.

Why didn't you wait
for us, Arlo?

I had my own journey to take,
and I'm glad I took it.

How did you make it
outside the wall?

The wall came to me.

After the first shot,
everything started to change.

I'd never seen that before.

That's IO...

moving underneath you,
trying to stop the b*ll*ts.

That is what I believe.

Paul...

that tree was built by Mooners

who couldn't let go
of the old ways.

It needs to be hidden.

With my mada,
I felt the pull of blood.

Its strength will weaken us...

break our bonds.

Blood leads to blood.

We will all be
strangers again.

When you can't overthrow
an enemy with force,

you destabilize it.

Once people
know their blood families,

there's no going back.

This place will collapse.

Mooners died to save me.

They're strong.
They won't be tempted.

They're streaming
to that tree.

You need to burn it down.

Tomm knows we can't interfere
in something so sacred,

but he's underestimated me.

Your friend won't have risked
his life for nothing.

Bella, none of this matters.

Because of what you did
with Maite,

the transport ships
are loading up

to take the First Wave back
to Earth.

It wasn't me.

She knew we were coming.

She waited, and then she...

She jumped.

Whatever happened out there

will remain between you
and 'Tective Sarno.

I'm telling you the truth.

We're past truth.

Doubt and paranoia
are on the rise.

You sent me after Maite.

I went out there for you.

Could anyone
have held you back?

What are you doing?

I am doing what is necessary
to save Earth.

It's no longer safe for you
to remain on Moonhaven.

Great.
I'll go back to CAT.

You can forget about me.

I've saved a place for you
on a Transport.

You're going back to Earth.

[dramatic music]

[♪]

You said
that you were different

because you believed
in something.

But I see you now.

You believe in nothing.

Cuff her!

Bella!

No!
[bracelet beeps]

Envoy!

Thanks, kid.

[♪]

You're sure of what you saw?

The Envoy is rounding up
the Mark less.

She'll do anything
to save the Bridge.

She's saying I m*rder*d Maite.

She tried to send me back
on the Transports.

They say she's using
your ship as a prison.

- What?
- Prison?

She's hiding it from IO.

That's why she's using CAT.

She can do what she wants
to them there.

Our children launch today.

Why shouldn't they be kept safe

from the rebels
who want to stop them?

With martial law?

This is not who we are.

You know what it sounds like

when people change
who they are?

It's quiet.

Mooners have a choice.

We can follow the Blood Tree
back to the time of tribes,

or we can follow the Envoy
into a new kind of darkness.

When both directions
lead nowhere...

Leave the path.

[dark unsettling music]

[♪]

Move along!

[♪]

[urine trickling]

[♪]

Indira's rounding up
your army.

It's only a matter of time
before she gets to you.

Don't call for help.

I didn't come alone.

[sighs]
[zipper closes]

I've never called for help...

not once.

The Envoy
can do whatever she wants.

Doesn't matter.

All the Mooners are going
to turn against the Earth.

A reckoning is on its way.

Always the fortune teller.

This linear bullshit
gets pretty dull

once you've seen it from above.

The voices used to whisper
from behind a door,

but now I'm in the room.

I got you good, didn't I?

The Singers turned you
into fried eggs and toast.

sh*t. You remember eggs?

[chuckles]

You see, I'm transformed
because of what you did to me.

I was hoping you'd die.

ICON's shut
this place down before.

They can do it again.

Once we take control of IO,

ICON won't have a say
in what happens next.

The question is, will you?

I could use
a real soldier, Bella.

I don't know if this place
could work, Tomm,

or if the Mooners
could save us...

but why not let them try?

[distant whooshing]

The ships are leaving.

You should've gone with them,

gotten out
while you still had the chance.

There's nowhere to run now.

[whooshing continues]

Hmm.

Your name means "w*r," Bella.

[engines roaring]

[dramatic music]

[♪]

Wish is on his way.

We all miss the boy.

I don't miss him.
I'm happy for him.

Fritz, you and I disagree
on many things,

but mainly I don't like you
because Lone does...

also the way you talk
and things you say.

- Paul.
- He would say the same of me.

- To you, my voice...
- It grates

like sand in a wound.

Indira is rounding up
the rebels,

but word is spreading
about the tree.

The Envoy's guard means
to weaken us, and it's working.

And things change.

Perhaps the time has come

for Mooners to take strength
from their blood.

Look what that did
to the Mother.

Are we ever all doomed

to walk in circles
repeating the same mistakes?

Mooners are not better.

We are them.
They are us.

No!

IO, IO is here, not there.

Surely you've imagined
what we could be

if we took control.

But has it occurred to you
that IO is watching us?

Did IO move the fence
to give us the tree

or to give us the choice?

It learns from us, Fritz.

Maybe IO is watching us
and asking us one question...

Are we worth saving?

[sighs]

Why do you waste
your breath on me?

Hundreds will find the tree
today, thousands tomorrow.

We don't need to change
a thousand thinks...

just one.

[soft curious music]

[♪]

[whistles]

[indistinct chatter]

[♪]

[whistles]
[indistinct chatter]

[firebox ringing softly]

- You can't keep us from this.
- I'm not.

I'm giving you time to think

about what you're doing!

[music swells]

[whistles]

[♪]

I heard you were the Earther.

You skulk
where you shouldn't.

It'll get you into trouble.

What are we fighting for?

I thought it was a free Moon.

I thought we would keep
our people here,

keep them safe,
but now they launch,

and you tell us all
to trust you.

The First Wave
needs to return to Earth.

[scoffs] Why?

We need to forget
about the Earthers.

Let the Earthers go.

Help me let them go.

See?

This is the problem.

You're in love.

You say you want to move on,
but it's like gravity.

The Earth holds on.

We can change.
We will.

No.
You're all trapped here.

And I know how to set you free.

[ominous music]

This will all be over soon.

[♪]

Remember...

in our work,
we seek connection.

We are built things
in the world,

but we also exist as thoughts
in those who love us.

Our heart is here.

But our soul is in our friends.

Come to pay your respects?

I miss her.

You betrayed her.

I know about Tomm.

You played concerned
while you encouraged Maite

to chase her ghosts.

You wanted her to die
so you would get the key.

I didn't want her to die.

I wanted her
to take care of us.

She would've understood
what we were trying to do,

but when you arrived,
her craze...

You could have helped her.

Mooners need a leader now...

not a spy...

not Tomm's puppet.

He told me about a reckoning.

What did he mean?

Tomm knew Mooners
were anxious

about the First Wave.

We spread rumors the Bridge
was a trap, and it worked.

Since they came
from the Envoy's own guard,

Mooners believed the lies
we told.

But the First Wave's
already left.

What's Tomm gonna do
when his lies don't come true?

[dramatic music]

[♪]

Sonda...

I swear I didn't know.

Tomm has shared
the landing sites with Terra.

Earth insurgents...

They've been fighting against
the Bridge since it began.

They're ruthless.

This is impossible.
The landing sites are secret.

Tomm had a spy
in every Waver Circle.

They were willing to die
for the cause.

The First Wave will be ambushed
and k*lled where they land.

[♪]

Warn them.
Tell them to divert.

It was decided
to keep their comms dark

until they land.

It was meant to keep them safe.

There's no way to reach them.

[♪]

[grunting loudly]

[♪]

He knew!

Tomm knew
the First Wave would leave!

He wanted us to trust our self,

push past the fear,
follow our hearts,

so that when our hearts
were wrong, they would break!

What have I done?

[breathing heavily]

You never
could've held him back.

He's Truelune.

I started to believe
I was part of something bigger.

But I know that's not real.

I'm not here for a reason.

But I am here.

And if I can help you,
I'd like to do that.

Wait.

A Mooner knows not
to wallow-sink alone.

Where are we going?

[device humming]

How now.

How do I know you?

I'm Paul Sarno.

I helped those
that felt pain when you died.

You take care of the living.

Yes.

Chill...

do you remember
your blood mother?

We don't know them.

But I met mine...

once, by the water.

She was a Seeker.

Did she bring you the flower?

In a box.

She told me to hide it, and...

I did.

And one day you showed it
to Strego.

My love.

[light sentimental music]

[♪]

You're making a mistake.

It's not too late.

[♪]

You tried to protect it.

You died to save this place...

to save the Earth.

That is a worthy life.

[♪]

My mother was a Seeker.

[♪]

What are you?

I'm...

just a pilot...

[♪]

A smuggler, a soldier.

[♪]

Oh.

Smugglers.

There might be a way to get
a message to the ships.

When I needed to contact Earth
without being detected,

I used an encrypted channel.

We set 'em up during the w*r
to move contraband.

- The Singer.
- Mm.

- Her contact on Earth.
- Jate.

There is a chance
he could get a message

to the Transports the same way.

But there's no guarantee
it'll reach them.

We have to try.

- How do we reach Jate?
- We have to get onto CAT.

It'll be dangerous.

The only access
to the Secondary Comms

is near the c*ck
up on the flight deck.

If we wait till night,

I can get us in a hatch
at water level.

Mm.

I'd like to come.

There's no way a kid's
walking into a prison ship.

I could be useful.

I'm unexpected.

- Yeah.
- No!

We learn by doing.

[ominous music]

[♪]

[tense orchestral music]

[♪]

- Where is everyone?
- Shh, shh, shh.

[♪]

[doors beep, open]

- The Mark less.
- Sleeping.

Let's go.

She's cuffed them all.

[♪]

I know him.

He's a good heart.

We know many here.

[♪]

[distant indistinct chatter]

I probably
should have mentioned

that Jate hates the Moon
and Mooners,

and he's probably wondering
why I never turned up.

[footsteps overhead,
chatter continues]

[device beeping, doors open]

[♪]

[indistinct conversation]

[♪]

[device beeping]

[whispering]
Jate. Hey, man.

- How's it going?
- Why are you whispering?

It's a long story.

I-I have a favor to ask you.

Sure, Bella.
Whatever you need.

- Well, we, uh...
- Just saying, though...

If the favor
involves me using my hands,

it might take a while,

seeing as all those bones
are broken.

Yeah, see, it turns out,

if you don't deliver
a Moon drug on time,

people start to feel nervous
and impulsive.

Jate, hi.

She had good reason
for what happened.

I'm sorry
for your wince and suffer.

- Who the f*ck is that?
- That's not helping.

Oh.

Get in there.

They'll see you.

[♪]

Jate, I am so sorry I bailed.

I'll tell you the whole story
another time,

but right now
we have a big problem here,

and I need your help.

The fate of the world may be
in your hands.

He said he'll try
to reach them.

There's nothing else we can do.

Let's go, kid.

Elna.

I'm staying.
I'll listen for them.

People will need to know
if it worked or if it didn't.

I'm small enough to hide here.
You're not.

I need to know
if he's all right.

Elna,
your dad's risked enough.

[footsteps approaching]

- Now.
- I'll scream.

- I'll knock you out.
- No, you won't.

- Yes, she will.
- Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Elna, I'll let you stay.

But your wits
and thinks must be sharp

and you must get out
at sun warm,

whether you hear
from the ships or not.

I'll be waiting.

There's no hiding
from the trouble that comes...

for any of us.

[soft music]

[♪]

Don't die.

[♪]

[indistinct conversation]

[music darkens]

[♪]

Oh, sh*t.

Wake them all.

[♪]

- No guards.
- The end is in sight.

Tomm's here!

He's taken control of the ship!

[alarm ringing]

[whirring]
This isn't a prison anymore.

It's a barracks.
Run!

[person yells indistinctly]

[♪]

[g*nshots]

[♪]

Indira wasn't there.

Tomm must have taken control
of CAT.

He has his army again.

And your message
to the Transports?

It's a long shot, at best.

A traitor sits at our table.

Tomm's army is her army, too.

She's come to help, Fritz.

Payback can wait.

I never meant for this.

My love for Lune is what drew
me to Tomm...

The promise of a free people.

Moonhaven isn't a people.
It's a purpose.

The Envoy
may be our best shot.

ICON will send ships.

To save us
or to shut down IO?

We cannot know
what happens next.

But sadness, undealt,
turns to hate.

I feel it in myself already.

If you can be broken, Paul,

what chance do the rest
of us have?

I don't know how we come
out of this alive,

but I do know we start
by making it through tonight.

Some of us
have crumbled, Bella.

But most Mooners still believe.

They need to know
they're not alone.

We're here to save the Earth.

It's simple.

Tomm muddles it
with temptations

towards tribes and power...

To freedom.

But a Mooner knows
they're only free

when they finish
what they came to do.

We're not a violent people.

But we will defend our self.

Ooh.

- What's happening?
- Roy!

I'll take the first watch.

Indira's been captured.
They fear the worst.

Is there word from Elna?

Nay.

Any dread feel?

All is dread.

[soft music]

[♪]

I'm glad you're still
with us, Arlo.

You've practiced dying
more than most.

[♪]

I'm sorry
for your friends, Blu,

and your brother.

[♪]

Why would IO allow this
to happen?

IO is still learning
and watching.

[♪]

It's not our parent.

It's our child...

For now.

[dark music]

[♪]

[indistinct chatter]

[doors open]

[device beeping]

[♪]

This is Circle 13.

- We're diverting our landing.
- This is Circle 18.

We got your message
and have diverted our landing.

Circle 35.
We've heard your message.

- Circle 22.
- New landing site selected.

- Message received.
- Circle 17. Diverting...

- Divert our landing.
- This is Circle 49.

Circle 27.

Message received
and understood.

We have received
your message.

Circle Team 6.

Message received.

We are diverting.

[♪]

[indistinct chatter]

[doors hissing]

[doors close]

[♪]

[indistinct chatter]

[tense music]

[♪]

[footsteps overhead]

[chatter continues]

[♪]

[inhales sharply]

[♪]

The road ends here, Envoy.

It's over.

[doors close]

In my benevolence...

I just may let you live.

How's our little revolution?

I'd trade all these Mark less
for half a dozen Rangers.

They're going to need a lot
of work.

The Mark less
have never mattered...

A means to an end.

They're just part of the chaos.

The Mooners have never known
real suffering.

But after today, they will.

They'll be divided and weak.
The Bridge will be dead.

We'll have control of IO,

and the Moon will be ours.

[chuckles]

You've got to start
thinking bigger.

Your pilot came by to see me.

I asked her to fight for me.

She turned me down.

She stands apart.

[♪]

[light clatter]

[♪]

[panting]

What now?

[g*n hums]

[♪]

How could you?

[g*nsh*t]

[♪]

Doda!

- And Wish?
- He's alive.

So are you.

The Envoy.

You saw her?

[panting]

She's not what she seems to be.
She's working with Tomm.

[♪]

Arlo, wait for me!

[birds chirping]

[chuckles]

With Indira and Tomm
bound against us,

I'd say the chance
of our survival is slim.

I know there's a Resistance,
and we have some intel now,

but it's not enough.

When news
of the landings spreads,

Earth will be in chaos.

ICON might not survive.

And the First Wave
is still in grave danger.

We're on our own.

I'm not going back
with you, Paul.

Indira will have the whole Moon
looking for me.

I need to go
where they won't follow.

Primo.

- Maite?
- You saw what I saw.

If Maite's broken through

to something
we can't explain...

she may be our only hope.

You think I'm crazy.

My face didn't move, Bella,

and I'm starting
to believe the impossible.

Don't say goodbye for me.

Tell 'em I'll be back...

with help.

I knew you'd go.

When the pull is there,
a Seeker can't refuse the call,

no matter what they have
to leave behind.

Your mada understood that.

You are Truelune, Bella.

No.

This isn't for the cause.

This is for the unit.

Well, we'll be ready
for your return...

to fight Indira
and for the future.

You fight for the future.

I'm gonna make sure
she doesn't live to see it.

[♪]

Do you worry about IO?

That it moved the wall?

[♪]

Maite believed
others have arrived

and they can talk to it.

What you see as a problem,
I see as an opportunity.

If something out there
can talk to IO,

well, then I want to talk
to them.

We're safe here.

IO can't do anything
if it can't see us.

[foreboding music]

[♪]

[birds chirping]

Our boy will touch the Earth.

Elna was sighs and shambles.

She feels for us all.

You taught Wish courage, Lone,
sharped his mind.

He'll be ready
for whatever lies ahead.

Can you feel it, Paul?

We're on a fold.

There'll always be
what happened before today...

and what happens after.

And us?
Are we on a fold, too?

Watching you drift

has been harder than
I could ever have imagined.

It wouldn't be so hard
if you could see me.

You look at me
through all our past,

all we've done and been.

We were good-heart
and bright together.

Tell me what I need to do
for us to start again.

You need to let go.

No one sees the truth
like you, Paul.

When we're lost and jumbled,
you shine the way out.

But darkness comes,
and your light is dimmed

for looking backwards.

For all of us, for Truelune,

you need to face forward
and lead.

That's not who I am.

I'm a father,
partner, 'tective.

I'm happy with that.

You're so worried
about the change around you,

you missed it in yourself.

Don't be what you were, Paul.

Be what you are.

[wind whistling]

[dramatic music]

[♪]