03x04 - Bound by One Track

[bunniefuu]

I was born for battle.

Built for it.

[SCREAMING]

Previously on "Snowpiercer"...

Melanie's sacrifice gave us a map.

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

Ben takes us close. I jump over,

breach the Big Alice engine,
and you reconnect.

- [BANGS ON GLASS]
- [SHOUTS]

- Citizens of Snowpiercer...
- Ahh!

We're back.

He's stable.

Carly's stable.

And Anne...

This warm spot, you really
believe it can support life?

This is a real opportunity to get off.

We'll put it to a vote.

There's something I need to ask of you.

You brought me back to life, Andre.

What is it?

[BELL DINGS]

My name is Asha.

I come from New Eden.

[AMBIENT MUSIC]

I've been here before.

Where memories turn on you.

Even the good ones.

- More bad dreams?
- [GASPS]

♪ ♪

Maybe you should read
something besides my journals

if they're giving you nightmares.

It's comforting to me, actually,

reading your last words.

That's nice.

♪ ♪

So what is bothering you?

Just the usual m*rder thoughts.

Wishing death on Joseph.

♪ ♪

Wilford said the weakest are those

who suffer from memories.

[RUMBLING]

[TENSE MUSIC]

The strongest carry the past like fuel

to ignite a path forward.

♪ ♪

[SPITS, GRUNTS]

He wasn't wrong.

♪ ♪

Where are we?

[RUMBLING]

- We're slowing.
- Yeah.

And here he comes.

- [KNOCKS ON DOOR]
- Knock, knock.

Rise and shine. Track blockage.

Mm, sure do miss him.

Oh, my God.

Blockage is about three kilometers away.

We're almost at the main line.

Why did I take this shortcut?

[MONITORS BEEPING]

Jesus. Looks like train cars.

What?

You know what's out there, don't you?

My continuous, inescapable loop.

♪ ♪

Our past and future bound by one track

under the wheels of Snowpiercer,

, cars long.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

We'll be at New Eden
in less than two weeks,

so if you have any issues or questions

about transitioning
your departments, I'm here.

Uh, question for Ms. Asha.

I'm Astrid, food services.
Welcome aboard.

Thank you.

How did you manage
before it started warming

when the whole planet hit deep freeze?

Uh, what you are calling New Eden,

the Horn of Africa,
never got as cold as...

Excuse me. Hey, up top, hi.

I'm Pike, no vocation.

I was wondering,
were there trees in New Eden?

There were small trees and shrubs.

- Oh, were there insects?
- Yes.

There were several kinds
of insects in my hydroponics.

- You're needed in the Engine.
- Good.

Maybe they'll tell me
why we slowed to a crawl.

Okay, I think that's it.
See everyone tomorrow.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Nicely done. You good?

It's been a long time since

I've tried to be an inspiration.

Yeah, no worries. You're doing great.

Tristan has set up some time
for us tonight to catch up.

- Okay.
- Okay, see you then.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

You're late.

You didn't invite me, Layton.

Like, days late. We could use you.

- Could you though?
- Stepped up as a leader.

People will look to you if you let 'em.

Hmm.

[SIGHS]

You know, when... when you were gone,

we lost Mama Grande

and both Last Australians to the flu.

I know. I'm sorry.

And then you show up
and we lose Strong Boy.

Respect. May they rest.

They don't though, do they?

We have paid dearly, brother,

but we are bringing
the train back to land.

Choose your vocation.

[SCOFFS, CHUCKLES]

Wow, I appreciate that.

But it's still you asking, hmm?

The leader who left us.

♪ ♪

Think about it, Pike.

[PAPER RUSTLES]

Looks like three cars.

They were Big Alice?

In year one, Wilford cut cars
to lose weight.

I was only ten.

I didn't know that
they were dropped off here.

How easy are they to move?

We don't have to push them far.

There's a siding off the main track.

The rail clamps are down.

Oh, sh*t.

- They've dropped anchor.
- [MONITOR BEEPS]

They essentially bolt
the cars to the track.

Once the clamps are down,
there's nothing

you can do to move them.

- What's the alternative?
- Back to the main line,

down through the Oceania Loop. days.

Can't afford a delay like that.

It'll give people a chance
to catch up with the lie.

Yeah, Asha's already struggling with it.

All right. So we board the cars,

fire up the systems,
disengage the clamps.

Be tricky. Years of ice buildup.

I'll go.

What? I know the cars best.

I'll take a couple RF batteries
and I'll be in...

- Alice?
- And out in a few hours. Ben.

That's a two-Engineer job at best.

I'll go with you. Javi can drive.

He'll just need to reverse
to keep the systems running

until it's time to come
push the cars off.

He needs to get back in the saddle.

It's either Javi or we backtrack.

- We're not backtracking.
- As I thought.

I'll prepare the sled.

[DOOR WHOOSHES]

Look, I know your friend's going through

a rough time or whatever,

but this couch is starting
to smell like him.

- [GLASS BANGS]
- Jesus.

- Okay, come on.
- [GRUNTS]

- I-I got it.
- Where'd everybody go?

Okay, come on, boss. Duty calls.

[GRUMBLES]

[RUMBLING]

Bess, you're a good friend.

You know, your daughter's
struggling, too,

and pissing off the neighbors.

It's good. She's good. I got it.

- [LOUD ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]
- Hey, firecracker.

Where'd you find him? Compost?

Hey, watch it.

Where do you think you're backpacking?

Why? You don't care.

Just go pass out in a pile
of Mum's stuff again.

Carly, I'm sorry.

There's just this...
like, this hole in me.

You're not the only one it happened to!

[TENSE TONE]

Carly, I know
you're going through a lot.

He just needs help getting back...

Then you do it!

[AMBIENT, SOMBER MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Hey. Might not mean much now,

but you will get through this
and I'm gonna help you.

People think Anne d*ed
in her sleep, Bess.

♪ ♪

The drawers aren't sleep.

I need to be where she d*ed.

Can you take me there?

Please?

Batteries full, check.

Maybe pack an extra battery?
Better safe than...

Walking into the cold

and freezing to death
nowhere to be found?

Hey, why are you doing this?

Track needs to be cleared.
It's routine, isn't it?

No. It's anything but.

You aren't responsible
for his sins, Alex.

[TENSE, AMBIENT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT]

[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

[BREATHES DEEPLY]

[AIR WHOOSHES]

- You good?
- I'm good.

Snowpiercer, Snowpiercer,
suits are sealed.

Braking to a full stop.

[METAL SCREECHES]

Stopped. Finally.

We've rolled up on something.

Who are you talking to?

- My favorite thinking partner.
- Yourself?

[CHUCKLES] Yes.

So what's your cave painting say?

Looks like you have it
narrowed down to, um... to Asia?

It's hard to keep track of every turn.

I have to sleep sometimes.

Sure. Poor thing.

I know. My hands throbs constantly

and, uh... and I'm only allowed a spoon.

Mm.

[RUMBLING]

They're reversing now.

I think they dropped off
a clearing crew.

Backing off now to let them work.

[CHUCKLES]

I know exactly where we are.

[LAUGHS]

[LOUD RUMBLING]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[METAL CLANKING]

We need to get inside.
Let's get this started.

♪ ♪

Can you describe it to me again?

A tree big enough to live in,

leaves on every branch,

and the light.

Zarah, it was alive.

[TRANQUIL MUSIC]

♪ ♪

I don't know how I know it's real.

♪ ♪

Now I sold Asha on it.

What if I'm wrong?

What if you're right?

♪ ♪

Just get up here.
That's right. Just there.

Find out how we move the sled, Alex.

Okay.

- Steady.
- Got it?

Yup.

[BOTH PANTING]

Three RFBs.

Are you planning to spend
the night here?

You're always trying to bond with me.

I'd figured I'd give you a chance.

I do like adventure camping.

Stay close.

[LIGHT, EERIE MUSIC]

Snowpiercer, we are in.

Copy, clearing crew.

Heading to the first panel.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

[BOTH PANTING]

♪ ♪

Alex.

Please tell him why you're really here.

You okay?

Yeah.

All right. Let's get jacked in.

[SAW WHIRRING]

[UPBEAT ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING]

Ah, that's about right.

♪ ♪

Yep, that's me.

Lovely. Thanks.

[DOOR WHOOSHES]

Well, well, well, that's
a sight for sore eyes.

All dressed up. What's the occasion?

In your first month below zero,

I made you a promise.

Remember?

No. Have you got a banana?

And I intend to keep my promise, right?

Something about if we made it through...

That we would share Bananas Foster.

Yeah. So how about it?

- What, now?
- Yeah.

Right now?

It's my first shift back in the morning.

I've got so much to do tonight.

Pardon my observating,

but you don't seem
too thrilled with that.

No.

[IN NASALLY VOICE] Bananas.

Come on. Just one last hurrah, okay?

Mm.

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

[UNSETTLING TONE]

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

♪ ♪

[GASPS]

♪ ♪

[PLATES CLATTER]

Sorry.

Why are you sorry?

I, uh...

I still feel guilty eating beef.

Is that, like, a religious thing?

Oh, more of a fear of
disappointing my grandmother.

That's mutton, if that changes anything.

Unfortunately, cows are extinct.

I thought everything was extinct.

Yeah.

Hey, take it slow.

Thank you. I'll try.

Oh.

Aren't you very "Spy vs. Spy".

Not sure if you're aware,
but I was sidelined

for most of Zarah's pregnancy.

I was not aware of that.

Dr. Headwood took over
shortly after you left.

I've been snooping.

[TENSE MUSIC]

Ixodes scapularis protein.

Leptin receptor?

Does any of this mean anything to you?

My skills got stuck
in a w*r zone, so barely,

but it's about gene therapy.

Some of those processes
are in Josie's file too

for cold treatment.

I thought you better know.

♪ ♪

All right, well, we're jacked in.

Ready for power. There she is.

Snowpiercer, Snowpiercer,
first panel is live.

Do you copy, Snowpiercer?

Javi, we're moving to the next panel.

[DOG GROWLS]

[BREATH SHAKING]

- Do you copy?
- [DOG BARKS]

Uh, copy that. Uh, Standing by.

Javi's not ready to drive yet.

He'll be fine. Let's just keep it calm.

Ben, there's something I
probably should have told you.

Oh, yeah? What's that?

Don't freak out.

Oh.

What is this?

It's Wilford's cull.

Those he sacrificed
to keep the rest of us alive.

[BOTH PANTING]

Why didn't you tell me?

If I had, would you have let me come?

I'm already relying
on one fragile Engineer.

Now I have to worry about two.

- He'll be fine.
- I'm serious, Engineer.

I have to abort this
if you're losing it.

I'm not.

It's my story.

I just had to see it for myself.

Any other surprises?

'Cause the next panel
is all the way up there.

I hope not.

[EERIE TONE]

♪ ♪

[MELANCHOLY PIANO MUSIC]

[MUFFLED CHATTER, LAUGHTER]

♪ ♪

He did it in their sleep?

It's the only way to k*ll
half of your crew.

The middle of the night
when nobody's expecting it.

♪ ♪

He tested us all for stamina,
physical strength.

He ranked us by skillset.

Used Book Club
to find the original thinkers.

He deemed us The Essentials.

Families were divided.

Couples were separated.

Made you feel chosen, didn't he?

- I was chosen.
- Alex.

- [DOOR SQUEAKS]
- His crew.

Alex.

Alex, Alex, wake up.

Alex. Come on, come on.

Come on.

Loyal. He's good at that.

I'll go set that up.

You know what happens now, Alex?

You have to blow ice off of the clamps.

No, I have to leave you alone in here,

so look me in the eyes.

Thank you, Ben. Got it.

Stay in my ear. Walk it through.

My favorite thing.

Do you know where she is?

[DARK, AMBIENT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

I think so.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

This is where you were.

Anne is in that drawer.

♪ ♪

Can you give me a minute, please?

Of course.

[BREATHES DEEPLY]

♪ ♪

[UP-TEMPO DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ ♪

It's on the house.

Thank you.

♪ ♪

[LOUD CHATTER]

♪ ♪

Hey. I'm done dealing with

your free pour victims
all day, all right?

You like it just fine
when it's your glass.

Go easy on her.

♪ ♪

[WHIRRING]

♪ ♪

Hey, you're the New Eden girl.

- Huh?
- What's it like outside?

- Green.
- [LAUGHS]

Oh, that's awesome.

[UNSETTLING TONE]

[DANCE MUSIC CONTINUES]

♪ ♪

[UNSETTLING TONE]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[UNSETTLING TONE]

[DANCE MUSIC]

[GRUNTS]

[SCREAMS]

[SOBS]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

♪ ♪

[HIGH-PITCHED TONE]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Asha.

It's Till.

Sorry, you looked
a little lost out there.

Who I was, how I got here...

I don't think I was worth saving.

No.

We all feel that guilt.

I might implode.

Listen, I know you got a lot
of pressure on you right now...

Don't worry. I won't spill the lie.

I can see what an Eden
does for their souls.

If you get that, then you're one of us.

Come on.

Let me take you back to your quarters.

[DEVICE BEEPS]

[WIND HOWLING]

- [RAPID BEEPING]
- Fire in the hole!

[expl*si*n BOOMS, RUMBLES]

Disturbing the dead, Ben.

Tell them I'm sorry. Halfway there.

Two clamps to go.

- You all right in there?
- I'm okay.

- Okay, panel two is set.
- Copy that.

You ready?

[OMINOUS AMBIENT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

What was her name?

Shilo.

[DOOR SQUEAKS]

♪ ♪

You know, for all the people I've lost,

I've ever seen anybody's dead body.

Not Shilo's, not Grandma...

Not Grandpa.

Not you.

Reality isn't necessarily
kinder than our imaginations.

Mom, I'm ready.

Alice, wake up. That's it.

Alex. Come on, come on.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[METAL SCREECHES]

Still reversing.

Feels like Javier is driving,
don't you think?

Bit hesitant.

It does kinda.

That means...

Oh, no. That means, uh,

Alex is out there with the bodies.

- Yes, she is.
- I'm sorry. Truly.

Her friend, Shilo.

No one should have to revisit that.

[SIGHS]

We wouldn't listen to music together.

We would listen to this.

Try to remember life before the train.

[INSECTS CHIRPING, WATER FLOWING]

[BIRDS CALLING]

[FROGS CROAKING]

[EMOTIONAL ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC]

[NATURE SOUNDS CONTINUE]

♪ ♪

I can't remember.

Works better if you close your eyes.

[SEAGULLS CALLING]

[WAVES CRASHING]

♪ ♪

[GIRLS GIGGLING]

- Prenatal gene therapy.
- [GASPS] Oh, my goodness.

[CHUCKLES] You scared me.

I haven't begun.

Uh, well, Mr. Layton,

you're going to be a new father.

It's not, um, surprising
that you have some concerns.

You experimented on my unborn child!

Yes, yes, yes, we did.

Wilford had us do, uh,

enhanced genetic code treatment.

Please! It's a... it's a gift.

My treatments are gonna work.

- What about our consent?
- My God!

You what? Yeah, okay.

You need to...
you need to talk to Zarah.

Why?

Just talk to the mother of your child.

[CHILLING MUSIC]

[LIVELY MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ ♪

[SINGING IN SPANISH]

That's real vanilla ice cream.

Stolen from the children.

Mmm. Mmm.

- [CHUCKLES]
- Mmm.

Well, I know who you were
in the old world, Mr. Pike.

Oh. Who?

You were a chef with
a Michelin star bistro

serving only Bananas Foster.

[BOTH LAUGH]

Busted. [LAUGHS]

Mmm.

What were you then? Come on. Seriously.

What?

Oh, no one gets to know
who you were before. No?

Okay. Fine. So who are you gonna be?

Just Pike. Hustling and scuffling.

- Mm.
- Mm-hmm.

You can't take Layton up on his offer?

Can't choose a path?

We need leaders like you, you know? Hmm?

It's my curse, Ruth. I can't rah rah.

I can't kumbaya.

Oh, but you can last hurrah?

For you, anything.

♪ ♪

[METAL CLANGING]

[WIND HOWLING]

- [RAPID BEEPING]
- Fire in the hole.

[expl*si*n BOOMS, RUMBLES]

All right, Alex, that's the last one.

Your turn.

Copy. Disengaging rail clamps.

[MECHANICAL WHIRRING]

No movement.

I-I know. I just signaled it.

What's going on guys? Am I coming back?

We have to troubleshoot this, Ben.

Negative, Javi. Hold your roll.

Run a second discharge sequence
and you better call Layton.

- [TENSE TONE]
- [WINCES]

[DOG BARKS. GROWLS]

- [PHONE RINGS]
- Adapt or die.

Just like the Tail used to say.

Headwood's treatment is experimental.

You consented to risking her life.

You risked all of our lives.

I made a decision
just like you without me.

- What about her consent?
- What about her consent?

I'm her mother. I gave her an advantage

because her father is taking us outside.

Uh-uh. Stop that sh*t.
Don't you put this on me.

This wasn't for me. This wasn't for her.

This was one of your calculated moves

to guarantee your own protection.

Well, you weren't here.

You're not here, are you?

We are not a nuclear family.

We're just trying to hold off
the end of the world.

She was untouched.

And you stamped her with Wilford!

[SOMBER MUSIC]

Well, I guess you have a choice to make.

You can either get over it

or carry it around
like a millstone forever.

Me and Wilford and all that rage.

[TENSE MUSIC]

[PHONE RINGING]

♪ ♪

What?

They need you in the Engine.

[SULTRY ELECTRONIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Uh, what's all this?

This is one of my homes.

You have a pied-à-terre in the market?

Yeah.

Huh.

♪ ♪

- Mr. Metrosexual.
- [CHUCKLES]

- I like it.
- Thanks.

No view, but the amenities? Mmm.

You're gonna miss your shift,
Ms. Wardell.

Well, I didn't miss it yet.

[ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Why do you have an
aversion to potential?

The best version of me
is already gone, Ruth.

My right hand to your rebel commander.

You should be leading
this train, not Layton.

Don't say things like that.

♪ ♪

Okay. Summarize for me, Ben.
Javi's showing me pictures.

I think we have a block in
the hydraulic ferrofluid line.

The only problem
is there's over , feet

of line on these cars.

That could take days to locate.

I better start back now

before our reserves reach critical.

Okay, you guys, I have a theory.

One of these cars was a lemon.
It was always breaking down.

That's why Wilford dropped it here.

So what? You think he knows
where the line is blocked?

Wilford. Man, it never ends.

Trust me, I didn't want to have to

ask for his help either.

Okay. I'm going to patch him
through from his cell, Ben.

Terrific. I can hardly wait.

Hold fast, Engineer.

[DARK, TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Lead Brakeman.

Michael, you're relieved here.

I was told I was on guard all night.

I know, but you're relieved now.

Keys, please.

Thank you. Have a good night.

You too, sir. Thank you.

♪ ♪

[LOCK CLICKS]

[CHUCKLES] You see, Mel?

I told you they'd come begging.

[GRUNTING]

Ah, Lead Brakeman Roche.

Not the supplicant I was expecting,

but it's good to see you up
and about just the same.

[GRUNTS]

So can't get the clamps off, eh?

Now you got a team outside

and no way around but through me.

Oh, come on, Mr. Roche.

Suspension can't be that bad, can it?

- You tell me.
- [GRUNTS IN PAIN]

You sh*t it... you sh*t it in my heart.

[DARK, TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

What did you do?

Why did you do that?

♪ ♪

Ahh. Ahh.

[GROANS WEAKLY]

Help me, Mel.

Help me.

♪ ♪

[TENSE, AMBIENT MUSIC]

[COUGHING]

- What? What happened?
- A dose of his own medicine.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Hey, listen, assh*le.

I would love to pull up a chair

and watch you die, but I will save you

if you tell me what I
need to know, okay?

Roche, get on the phone with the Engine.

- You found the cull.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

We don't know how to release
the real clamps, okay?

I need you to get on the line
with the Engineers.

Roche!

How is Zarah and our child?

You will never get between
me and my daughter!

[GROANS]

- What the hell happened?
- Get him out of here, please.

♪ ♪

And get Dr. Pelton!

Jesus, Roche.

[PANTING]

Engineer.

Wilford is no longer an option.

- Okay.
- Abort the mission.

Go back to pick up Alex and Ben.

♪ ♪

Clearing crew, no solution.
Snowpiercer is turning back.

ETA on the pickup is minutes.

What?

[DOG BARKS]

No, Ben, you have to tell them
that we need more time.

I can do this.

God damn it.

Javi, we need to talk to Layton.

[BREATH SHAKING]

Javi, do you read me?

[TENSE MUSIC]

Javi.

[DOG BARKS]

sh*t. He's not responding.

Alex, I'm packing up.

We have to figure this out.

I'm gonna meet you inside

to power down and disconnect.

You won't find the answer
in that screen.

Well, I don't have time
to pull up the floor

and check every hydraulic line, do I?

[AMBIENT MUSIC]

Come with me. We'll look together.

[PANTING]

Alex, get up.

- I can't.
- You can do this.

- I can't.
- Why not?

'Cause.

'Cause Wilford taught me how to see.

He taught me how to do this.

I can't do it without him.

Because I miss him.

He m*rder*d you and I miss him.
What is wrong with me?

[SOBBING] What is wrong with me?

- I hate him.
- It's okay.

It's okay.

[SOBBING] I hate him so much.

♪ ♪

It's okay to miss him and to hate him.

You know what?

It's even okay to love him.

[EMOTIONAL, ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

I ran from him and I became him.

Face him.

Face all the things that haunt you.

It'll set you free.

♪ ♪

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

To be an Engineer,

one has to learn to see
beyond the surface of things.

♪ ♪

Look beyond the walls and the floor.

See the arteries running through them...

the Engine's pulse.

You see the lungs?

Now let them breathe.

♪ ♪

I see it.

♪ ♪

Alex, I told you
we have gotta get off...

When the car froze over,
the leak in the hydraulic line

affected the frost pattern.

Do you see it?

Yep.

[BANGING]

[PANTING]

[DEVICE BEEPING]

[MECHANICAL CLANGING]

[WHIRRING]

You did it.

[WHIRRING]

It's free.

[EMOTIONAL MUSIC]

- [ENGINE WHIRRING]
- [TRAIN CREAKING]

Wilford is in critical condition,

but Pelton thinks he'll pull through.

There is no getting rid
of the old bastard, is there?

Yeah, I gotta go deal with that.

Same.

- You should some sleep.
- Not yet.

- Good night.
- Night.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[GRUNTS]

That's not your color, teal.

You know what? I, uh...

I try and make it work.

I've gotta get going. It's, uh...

gotta get to work.

♪ ♪

Right. Well, uh,
I'll see you around, Mr. Pike.

Yeah.

Ciao. See you, Ruth.

♪ ♪

[KNOCKS ON DOOR]

[SOMBER MUSIC CONTINUES]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[MONITOR BEEPING]

♪ ♪

He's not so powerful when you put him

into perspective, is he?

[MONITOR BEEPING]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪