03x16 - Sleigh Ride

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"Sleigh ride" plays in background strand.

What happened?

This was meant to be a Kn*fe through butter.

- No resistance, you said.

- Mea culpa.

Someone tipped off the dam you were coming.

It was beyond my control, but all is well now.

There are corpses floating in the water we're meant to distribute and drink.

And my men-- casualties?

Dozen brothers dead.

A dozen dead brothers.

The guards have surrendered.

Please.

Your men are executing the workers.

I told them to secure the dam, and that's what they're doing.

Meanwhile, I need my dressings changed and a rest, nurse.

I'll have a full accounting later of the events.

And a grand tour.

Plan to be persuasive.

My mother?

Hidden.

Safe for now.

And Nick?

He came to warn us, set off this shitstorm.

What are we gonna do now?

Strand: You're gonna trust me.

I can get us out of this.

If we work together.

So where does it stop?

You should be thanking me that you're alive to ask that question.

'Cause I think you might k*ll me if you didn't have a choice.

That's insane.

When I was using, you never wished you'd get that call?

"Mrs. Clark, we have terrible news." It'd all be over.

I never wished you dead.

What kind of mother would that make me?

I don't know.

Honest, maybe?

I mean, sometimes the burden's too much.

I saw it in your eyes when you went after Troy.

He needed to be put down.

And you get to make that call.

Yeah, I get to make that call-- for your sister, for you.

- Not for me!

- It's the world we live in!

You always lived in that world.

Now it's okay for you to be who you really are.

f*ck you.

You're what's dangerous.

One day, you'll have no choice.

That's the scary part.

One day, I'll have no choice.

'Cause one day, mom, you may have no choice with me.

I would never hurt you.

Unless you had to.

Unless it was necessary.

- Stop it.

- Could you do it?

Stop it!

Mom.

Lola: You have a high pain threshold.

Years of living with a white Buddhist with a sharp tongue and a yoga mat.

I hear narcissists are drawn to buddhism.

The truth of the real self is a lie, as it is in every religion.

And I detest liars.

Above all else.

Strand's an excellent example.

How do you know him?

Hmm?

Alicia.

I've made my living holding others to the light.

Strand helped my family escape from Los Angeles.

And you didn't acknowledge him because you felt indebted to him?

Yes, we've gotten to know him.

A lie of omission is still a lie, Alicia.

I thought my mother was here.

Her and strand are friends.

What's your mother's name?

Madison.

She is here.

Was.

One of strand's deal points for letting us in, we'd spare a woman by the name of Madison.

I hope we haven't k*lled her yet.

If she is alive and here, would you spare her?

Your mother was a part of a larger negotiation.

And that negotiation collapsed.

Strand's lies.

I've served you well in a short time.

I can continue to do so.

You can trust me.

Spare her.

I will...

If you come with me to tampico.

We'll board my ship and sail for what's left of Houston.

Will you do that?

You're testing my loyalty?

I'm testing your wisdom.

Yes, I'll do that.

Good.

Hey.

Hey!

Wait.

Wait.

Hey!

Easy, Madison.

Lola and Daniel took you in.

They gave you sanctuary.

Temporary sanctuary at best.

Proctor John was coming.

I made a deal for your protection.

You made a deal to save your own ass.

And I told you to get Madison out of here!

I told you to leave!

But you had to be stubborn.

Can you please remove the g*n?

Alicia's here.

She's here with proctor John.

He brought her here.

That doesn't make any sense.

He likes his toys.

Maybe he likes her enough to let you go, but I wouldn't bet on it.

Put these on.

Why?

It's how I move you through the dam.

I'll walk you out right under their noses.

Can you just do it?

Everything's gone to hell.

Just...

Do what I ask of you.

Please.

Your time has come, hasn't it?

Please, put on the damn uniforms.

What did you do?

Who was it?

Daniel.

Oh, Jesus Christ.

- I did it for you.

- Don't say that.

- But he was alive when I left him.

- You sh*t Daniel?

Strand: I didn't k*ll him.

It was the worst thing that's ever happened to me.

And Lola?

I let her go.

You said it would be easier.

It wasn't.

I couldn't do it.

Good.

There's hope for you.

Get to the end of that bridge, cross that checkpoint, and blend in with the locals.

Lose the uniforms, walk, and keep walking.

Proctor John wanted me to dispose of these traitors myself.

How do we find Alicia?

You don't.

Take the g*n and hide yourselves in town.

I find Alicia, get out of here.

We could just find her now and take her with us.

I thought this out, Nick.

This is the best I can do.

I can't leave her.

I don't have a good feeling about this.

You don't have a choice.

And I haven't had a good feeling about anything since 1997.

Lola, no!

What fresh hell is this, gentlemen?

What fresh hell?

I am mystified.

I can explain.

I'm sure you can, but I don't want to hear it.

I was gonna k*ll them myself.

- John.

- Shut up, darling.

Proctor John: I'm told the woman I dispatched was the "water queen," whom you were supposed to k*ll, and here she Springs up like g*dd*mn whack-a-mole.

One wonders, is her soldado alive and waiting to assassinate me?

He's dead, I swear.

Oh!

He's tellin' the truth.

He confessed to me.

And I believe him.

You're Madison.

I am.

I'm Madison Clark.

Go to your mother, dear.

Let's see a joyful family reunion.

Please.

And what role do you play in this internecine family drama?

Madison: He's my son.

This one was with another white boy at the bazaar, asking questions.

Is your friend here, Nick?

No, he's dead.

My mom k*lled him.

Proctor John: Wow.

Really?

You k*lled your son's friend?

He was more thr*at than friend.

What a perverse family you have, Alicia from Los Angeles.

You've been a good nurse to me.

But you know what I have to do now.

- Wait, listen to me.

- Shut up, mother.

I have to k*ll her because I'm going to k*ll her brother.

I'll never be able to trust her again after that.

I'll k*ll you first, so you don't have to witness what follows.

But you, mother-k*ller, you bear witness.

say your goodbyes if you have them.

Safe travels.

Thank you.

Enough.

There's an end game here, proctor, one on which you did not plan.

You really do talk too much.

Lola and Daniel didn't have enough g*ns to defend the dam, so they wired it with expl*sives.

Bullshit.

Strand: Top to bottom.

C-4 to build the dam, c-4 to take it down.

Take his tongue already.

No more lies, proctor.

You got a hole in your pocket?

Nick: Strand.

Says it's armed.

Nick, don't touch the other button.

What, the one that says "detonate"?

"the Christmas spell" plays in background oh, that smells so nice.

What's your play, Nick?

Tell him to put his g*n down.

Put your g*n down.

My mom and sister are gonna take a zodiac across the lake.

Nick, don't do this.

Just go as far upriver as you can.

- We'll pursue them.

- They'll have a head start.

Nick, just come with us.

Please.

He can't do that, nurse.

The detonator has a range.

If you go with them, you lose your leverage, right?

Nick: I'm not negotiating, John.

This is my su1c1de note.

certainly seems to be.

go.

'Cause you have no choice.

If you don't go, we all die, so just go.

Mom.

Mom, please.

Go.

Victor, get in the boat.

- Nick...

- You wanted mercy.

Here it is.

Just take care of them, all right?

It's all right.

There'll be time to find them later.

You don't survive this.

Oh, I wouldn't be so sure.

Many a slip between cup and lip.

I'm interested to see how it all plays out, though.

Not well for you either way, I'm afraid.

I'm not afraid of dying.

The bravado of the junkie Christ.

That detonator real?

This assh*le's death warmed over.

Proctor John: This dam could be the center of a new civilization, right here, a modern euphrates, but it needs managing, parceling.

We can't just give it away, Nick.

You're smart.

You understand.

And you could help.

It's bullshit.

It's just one more thing that a cruel few want to control.

- Madison: Hurry, Alicia.

- I'm trying, I'm trying.

I'm trying.

Proctor John: If you blow the dam, the river flows.

You think folks won't then fight over what they bottle?

Come on, Nick.

Civilization's born of v*olence.

What's so amusing?

I heard someone else say that.

It's a great truth.

I k*lled the last man who spoke that truth.

So you do understand this world.

Like mother, like son.

Harness the fury or get stampeded.

I'm lookin' for a third way.

There isn't one!

w*r was waiting to be realized by us.

And here we are.

Proctor John: A quandary.

If you blow the dam too soon, your family won't make it.

Didn't consider that quite, did you?

End of the road, Nick.

Give me that device.

Madison: You got it!

Let's go!

Come on.

Let's go.

Go.

Come on.

Get the detonator.

Walker: Nice head-sh*t.

I was goin' for a heart-lung combo.

Must be the wind.

New wrinkle.

No matter.

It's not a game-changer.

As for you, young Nick...

You're bluffing.

I can see it in your eyes.

You're not a k*ller.

And your family's not far enough away yet.

Let's find out, shall we?

fine.

I'm bored.

k*ll him.

Proctor John: Go!

Go!

Over there, near the chaparral patch!

My grandmother could spot it.

Close them g*dd*mn down!

No, Nick.

They're gonna get drawn into the flood if they don't step on it.

They're full throttle.

Madison: No!

Crazy dog: North?

North.

Madison: No!

"long way around the sea" playing in background