02x10 - Fight or Flight

[bunniefuu]

TABBY: Previously on "Endlings"...

- How shall we proceed?
- Let them in.

If you ever feel like breaking
some rules, let me know.

I'm sure we could find a
way to help one another.

- [LING WHIMPERING]
- It'll be okay, Ling.

How you doing, son?

- I think maybe you should go.
- Don't touch him.

I said don't touch him!

[FLASHLIGHTS POWERING ON]

JULIA: Best piece of advice
Mr. Leopold ever gave me,

was to let your hopes,
not your hurts, shape your future.

MR. LEOPOLD: Everything all right?

Mr. Leopold!

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Hello, Jonathan.

What's up?

- You're not even gonna say...
- Hi.

Johnny? Who is it?

MR. MILLER: Johnny?

You changed your name?

Everything's fine, Mr. Leopold.

My father just came over for a visit.

- Your father?
- It... It's okay.

I'll be okay.

[SIGHS]

[LING WHIMPERS]

You're not even gonna invite me in?

- After all I've done for you.
- Dad!

Dad, it's over.

I can barely see them.

Switching to infrared light.

- Are they...
- Hugging?

[JOHNNY WHISPERING]

I'll, uh...

I'll come see you soon.

Okay.

Okay.

[CHUCKLES]

[SHOUTING]

[CLOSES, LOCKS DOOR]

That took a lot of courage, Johnny.

I'm proud of you.

I'm proud of me too.

Hopefully, it's enough.

Enough for what?

Ling showed me the future.

Hewes sends people to attack the house.

- What?
- Why?

- Wh... What do you mean?
- Attacks the house?

- What?
- She knows about everything.

About Ling.

Well, when?
Did Ling show you when they attack?

I only know that I wasn't
here when it happened,

but I will be this time.

What else did Ling show you?

It's bad, isn't it?

It doesn't matter
'cause it's not going to happen.

This time I'm going to stay here
and we're going to fight, together.

There's another option.

Animals and humans have
two reactions to danger.

Fight... or flight.

I vote fight.

Elephant herds move when
they sense a threat.

That didn't work for them.

Well, they had
nowhere left to go. We do.

But we still need to
save the polar bear.

And the endling Hewes has.

Plus the ship's still busted.

[LING WHIMPERING]

Maybe I can change Hewes' mind.

What are you gonna do, hug her?

Well, if that doesn't work,
which it won't,

Sparky and I have a backup plan.

Don't we, Sparky?

SPARKY: Yes, we do.

Hi, Mom.

Mom?

Let's go home.

Come on, Mom.

Greta, wait for me.

Hurry! Are you coming?

- [LAUGHING]
- Coming.

[DEVICE BEEPS]

The front door's locked.

Don't worry, sweetheart. I'll unlock it.

KAVYA: Ms. Hewes?

GRETA: Don't stop, Mom.

It's time to go home.

Ms. Hewes?

There's someone here to see you.

Let him in.

[ENDLING WARBLING]

Ready to break some rules?

Looks like you've already
started breaking some things.

Ah.

Well, sometimes
you have to break things more

before you can fix them.

My dad visited me.

But I think you know that.

I know a lot of things.

[SIGHS]

I want to show you something.

What is this gonna do?

Keeps the heat in, so Tuko is more
comfortable during her delivery.

[SHOUTING]

Relax, it's just me.

Uh, Ling and I are going to try
and fix the hole in the ship.

Bye!

[THUD]

What was that?

That's disgusting.

It's her mucus plug.

Even sounds disgusting.

It means Tuko's labor is starting.

We have to hurry.

Hurry up, Johnny.
There's so much I want to show you.

You know I had a daughter?
Did you know that?

She liked saving things too.

Together, we tagged
the last of endangered species

so we could track them.

That's where I lost her.

Maybe part of me too.

But life must go on, right?

Come on, hurry up, Johnny.

[LING VOCALIZING]

SPARKY: Hello, Ling.

We're going to need
to patch up this hole

if you're going to get this
thing into space again.

SPARKY: How will we do that?

Where is Ling going?

What is Ling's idea?

TABBY: What are you doing, Ling?

SPARKY: Ling says, "Dream."

Dream?

SPARKY: Yes, dream.

Are you sure you're
translating right, Sparky?

SPARKY: I am sure.

How is dreaming supposed
to help us close that?

[LING VOCALIZING]

SPARKY: Ling said to dream.

Again.

HEWES: I used to dream
I could bring her back,

but just like extinct species,
things don't come back.

Once they're gone, they're gone forever.

We tracked...

What do you call it? Ling?

Over the last few years.

It would appear seemingly at random,

but as with all things in nature,

slowly a pattern emerged.

First a polar bear,

then a rhino,

then a blue whale.

It would always appear just as a
species was about to go extinct.

Why do you think it does that?

Because Ling wants to save them.

HEWES: Exactly.

Which means it must have
a way to bring them back.

- So, uh...
- So, if it can bring them back,

maybe it can bring other things back.

The people we've lost

or are about to lose.

Imagine a world where we
never lose the things we love.

Bring Ling to me,

and I promise you a world

where you and your family
never have to worry

or hurt

or say goodbye ever again.

Think about it.

I will.

Expedite the plan.

We move tonight.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Uh, come in.

Finn.

Well, just in case we
choose flight over fight.

Can I help?

Well, I'm almost done, yeah.

Then we'll pack you up, okay?

Who is this?

That's, uh...

That's my son.

Was, uh...

my son.

Did you lose him?

Yes.

Then isn't he still your son?

I guess you're right, yeah. Yeah.

He's my son.

Henry.

He looks like you.

You think?

Mm-hmm.

Do you miss him?

[SIGHS] Every day.

JOHNNY: I'm back!

Oh, Finn, would you mind
grabbing everyone from the barn?

Thank you.

How'd it go?

Wh... What is it? What happened?

- Nothing.
- Are you okay?

No, not really.

Oh.

Wanna talk about it?

No.

Wanna stand here in awkward silence?

Kind of.

Okay, well, when you're ready,
I'll be waiting, hm?

I don't understand.

What am I supposed to dream about?

[LING VOCALIZING]

SPARKY: Ling says, "Hope."

Dream about hope.

That doesn't make any sense.

The only time the ship did anything

for us was when my tooth touched it

or when Abiona licked her finger.

And thought about what
she wanted the ship to do.

[LING VOCALIZING]

Dream your hope?

[LING VOCALIZING]

I hope you close that hole.

[SPITS]

It's time to go home.

We did it, Ling.

[KNOCKING ON SHIP]

Johnny's back.

- SPARKY: Let's go!
- Wait.

How are we supposed
to get out of here now?

[LING VOCALIZING]

SPARKY: Cool!

You could do that the whole time?

[LING VOCALIZING]

It's a... Never mind.

Johnny's back.

TABBY: I told you it wouldn't work.

Uh, she thinks if she can capture Ling,

she can bring back her daughter.

SPARKY: Can you, Ling?

Well, I, for one, am glad you tried.

At least we know now we need to hurry.

Hurry and do what?

Prepare.

Step one, get the house
ready for Hewes' attack.

Wire cutters.

JULIA: Step two, ready the ship.

[TABBY SHOUTING]

This is fun!

SPARKY: Can I go next?

[TABBY GRUNTING]

JULIA: Step three,
capture the polar bear.

Who are you talking to?

[ENERGY BLASTING]

Step four.
Keep trying to capture the polar bear.

Officers, I'd like to report
an attempted break-in.

[POLAR BEAR GRUNTING]

[POLAR BEAR PANTING]

- [BOTH PANTING]
- He's... He's too fast.

You think?

- What are you doing?
- Catching my breath.

We don't have time.
We need to finish this.

Maybe we shouldn't.

What do you mean, "Maybe we shouldn't"?

Can I ask you something?

Of course.

Um...

If you could bring back your dad...
would you?

- What kind of question is that?
- Just would you?

Yes.

Yes, of course I would.

What would you give
to be able to do that?

Anything.

I'd give anything.

Yeah, I thought so.

What's going on with you?

What else happened with Hewes?

N... No, it's nothing.

Huh.

What?

I think this if the first
time you've lied to me.

I just...

I don't want you to be involved.

I am involved.

We're involved. We're...

family.

And families help each other out.

Exactly.

Right.

Now, how do we stop that polar
bear from always running away?

Yeah, um, we need him to stay
in one place and fight us.

Maybe it doesn't always need
to be fight or flight.

What are you getting at?

Maybe...

[ENERGY WHIRLING]

It can be fight and flight.

[POLAR BEAR ROARING]

- [ENERGY BLASTING]
- [POLAR BEAR ROARING]

Still need to work on that landing.

[ENERGY BLASTING]

Trap pieces!

[ENERGY WHIRLING]

JOHNNY: Don't worry.
You're going to be okay.

Polar bear captured. What's next?

[NAIL g*n FIRING]

Hmm. That should do it.

How long will this take?

Could be hours, could be days.

Thanks for narrowing that down.

Anything else we need?

Uh... some soap and towels.

All the towels.

TABBY: [OVER RADIO] Finn,
you still at the house? Over.

Still here. No sign
of Julia or Johnny. Over.

Copy. I'll be right there.

We need more supplies for this
super-long delivery. Over.

Ugh. Took you long enough.

I fixed the ship and
built the birthing room

in the time it took you two to
catch one measly polar bear.

Finn, supplies inside?

[POLICE SIRENS BLARING]

FINN: The police!

Why are they coming here?

Johnny?

Uh, I got this. You three go inside.

Here.

It will be all right. Just go inside.

JULIA: Guys, go, go.

[SIRENS CONTINUE BLARING]

So, you know why we're here?

- To say hello?
- Where's Julia, Johnny?

Um, she... she's running some
errands with Mr. Leopold in town.

We'll start with you then. Get in.

Uh, I didn't do anything wrong.

- They never do.
- Come on.

No, Tabby, wait!

TABBY: Are you arresting him?

No one is under
arrest. At least not yet.

Tabby, tell Mr. Leopold we
brought Johnny in for questioning.

We'll need to chat with Julia too.

Johnny?

Just do what they say, Tabs.

- [LING CHITTERING]
- [WHIRRING]

SPARKY: Is Johnny in trouble?

Tabby said this might happen.

I thought you changed it.

I thought I did too.

[SIREN BLARING]

- MITRA: Hewes' people.
- LOPEZ: They're out late.

Oh. Wonder where they're headed.