02x04 - Control

[bunniefuu]

- [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]

- [SOFT MUSIC]
- [WAVES CRASHING]

♪ ♪

No sign of any att*ck.

Okay.

Keep looking.

[WAVES CRASHING]

[WIND WHISTLING]

Nothing so far.

[GRUNTS]

But I believe what you told me.

And I appreciate you coming to warn us.

You're not gonna be
able to find the tree.

Hasn't been grown yet.

The seeds are in the Tarantula.

Hmm.

I can help you get in there.

You know I could do it.

I helped you get Mother's
eyes that time.

Yeah.

Can I tell you something?

I sort of regretted
talking you into that,

to be honest with you.

Why? Taking Mother's power was
the coolest thing I've ever done.

I know you're not my dad.

Sol told me what happened
to my real parents.

Sol told you?

Yeah. I heard his voice.

[CHUCKLES]

How's Sue?

I have nothing to do with her.

I hate her, actually.

Do you hate me?

Because coming here to this planet

and pretending to be your parents...

that was my idea.

[SOFT TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

I know why you did it.

I know why she did it.

But that's not why I hate her.

I hate her 'cause...

she doesn't...
she doesn't believe in Sol.

And therefore, she's an atheist.

And you can't forgive an atheist.

You never know.

Maybe she might come around.

♪ ♪

Mother captured the serpent.

It's her pet now.

How did you find this place?

He left a trail when he fled our colony.

Campion can track anything.

That's right.

You're a native of this planet.

Son of the necromancer.

Well, she doesn't have her eyes anymore.

She's just an android now.

I wish I had necro-eyes.

But then nobody could look at you.

Come on, let's go.

Let's go.

Yes, ma'am.

You're gonna like Decima.

She's a true believer.

Maybe having you around might
help her kick her robot habit.

- Sounds good.
- Shh.

Come on, buddy.

[PARTICLES CRACKLE]

- [GRUNTS]
- Hey.

What are you doing, silly?

- [BREATHING SHAKILY]
- Hey.

- What's the matter?
- I don't know.

Hey, can we get some water in here?

- [BREATHING SHAKILY]
- Hey.

[MOUSE SQUEAKING]

- [SQUELCHING, HISSING]
- [OMINOUS MUSIC]

- Did you eat something weird?
- No, just...

[SQUELCHING]

♪ ♪

Oh, Paulie.

[GASPING]

[WHIMPERING]

[SCREAMING]

[GROANING]

[MOUSE SQUEAKING]

- Get out.
- [GASPING]

Everybody out!

[SCREAMS]

Stay out of the church!

The Trust put a bio-b*mb in the mouse.

Where's Den?

Don't go up there.

As long as that mouse is alive,

it'll affect everything in range.

But not him?

No, not him.

♪ ♪

[WAVES CRASHING]

Sol! Help me!

It's okay, buddy.

You're okay. You're okay.

- [GASPING]
- Please, Sol, help me.

Heal him with your light.

Heal him. Heal him.

[PANTING]

It's okay, buddy.
It's okay. You're okay.

Praise him.

It's okay. Stay with me,
Paulie. You're okay.

You're okay.

Shh.

- [CRUNCHING, SQUELCHING]
- [RASPY BREATHING]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

There is no search and destroy
mission happening tomorrow.

It already happened today.

The Trust knew you would
come here, didn't they?

♪ ♪

Because you've been here
before, haven't you?

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Your robot did this.

She brought them here.

♪ ♪

I was gonna tell you. I swear I was.

He's flesh and blood, and now he's dying

because you couldn't let go
of a piece of f*cking plastic.

- It's okay, buddy.
- I am so sorry.

f*ck your sorry! Make it right.

They will be coming soon...

to make sure there are no survivors.

I will deal with them when they arrive.

♪ ♪

But in the meantime...

take the t*nk down shore.

[SHAKILY] Sol will answer my prayers.

And once Paul is healed,
I will come and find you.

Have faith, my friends.

We cannot be defeated
if we keep our faith.

♪ ♪

Come on.

♪ ♪

[WAVES CRASHING]

We need Mother.

The Trust did that to him.

For all we know, Mother
could have been in on it.

Mother would never do
that to her own children!

Only Sol can save Paul.

You have to keep ahold of your faith.

No. We need Mother.

Hey! Go get him.

That is a direct order.

Maybe you can make up
for what you did. Go!

What are you doing?

You're gonna trust the android
after she lied to you?

I gave her a direct order.
She can't override it.

Yeah, well, just in case.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[INSECTS CHIRPING]

What were you doing
with that atheist guy?

His encampment's gonna take
my baby after it's born.

The first natural-born baby on
this planet, but yeah, sure,

just give it to the first
stranger that you meet.

Okay. Do you wanna take it?

Is that what you're saying?

- No. No.
- Exactly.

I hope your ears were not damaged

by the cheers my victory elicited.

Hey, can I get my medallion
back, please?

Thank you for adorning me with it,

however unnecessarily.

Hey, look, Pops,

it's okay to admit you got
a bit of help from Sol.

He doesn't help people
that don't deserve it.

Oh, come on.

Father won the fuel blood

'cause he was a better fighter, period.

Indeed.

Am I not the toughest generic
service model ever built?

- [CHUCKLES]
- That's just something I told Campion

so he'd stop freaking
out about you dying.

It's okay, Pops.

[SOFT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Hmm.

So you won the fuel
blood for this thing?

It's not a thing.

[LIQUID SLOSHES]

[TARP RUSTLES]

It's a being.

You put all this together yourself?

It's more akin to farming
than it is to engineering.

I'm hoping the fuel blood will stimulate
further growth. [CHUCKLES]

[LIQUID SLOSHING]

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[LIQUID DRIPPING]

I was sure more fuel
blood would restart it.

Perhaps you'd allow me to
borrow your pendant again.

For good luck.

[LAUGHS] Ha!

I think somebody needs a systems check.

I think you're spending too
much time with this thing.

I am quite focused on it.

I do think it'll end up
being quite useful.

We gotta get that rivet out.

Let's head back to the habitat.

Just a few more minutes.

You need to spend some time
putting yourself back together.

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[g*nf*re]

Vita, you are supposed to
be receiving education.

[WHOOSHING]

I don't care about stupid Earth stuff.

I wanna fight.

You used to like fighting
when you had your eyes.

I only fought because it was
necessary to protect my family.

My true purpose is caregiving.

[g*nf*re]

- No!
- Stop being dramatic.

- You're a horrible mother!
- Go get your task, Vita!

[HEADPHONES CLATTER]

[VITA STOMPING]

[DEVICE BEEPS]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[INSECTS BUZZING]

[SERPENT HISSES]

[LOW GROWL]

[SERPENT GROWLS]

[HISSES]

[LOW GROWL]

[BIRD CAWING]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Mother, what are you doing?

I'm working on developing a
control chip for the serpent.

So why control chip it?

Are you afraid it's gonna do something?

No, I'm just being cautious.

Well, if you really want to be cautious,

you should k*ll it.

No, I couldn't do that.

Campion's gotten very attached to it.

Where do you think it came from?

Why do you think we haven't seen others?

A mystery.

Perhaps it's the last of its kind.

Paul has convinced
Campion that it's divine.

And while I find that idea absurd,

there is something beautiful about it.

Careful, 'cause your caregiving program

can be a little overactive sometimes.

I know that you wouldn't put
the welfare of an animal

over the safety of your kids.

Your blood oxygen levels look low, Sue.

Just haven't been
sleeping much recently.

Ever since Marcus resurfaced.

But I'm used to working with no sleep.

Marcus used to say
that I was part robot.

Hmm.

No. All too human.

But you needn't worry.

I'm as capable of assessing
danger as ever.

- [ELECTRONIC BEEP]
- [BIRD CAWS]

[WINGS FLAPPING]

[BIRD CAWS]

[BIRD CAWS]

[BIRD TRILLS]

[MECHANICAL CLICK]

[THUDS]

Ah.

Lost contact.

The implantation probably
wasn't deep enough.

[ETHEREAL MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[PANTING]

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

Did someone let you out of the cave?

[WATER SPLASHING]

[PANTING]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

- [HIGH-PITCHED SCREAM]
- [GRUNTS]

No. What are you doing?

- I thought we were friends.
- We are.

But I can't refuse a direct order.

- [CREATURE SCREECHES]
- [SCREAMS]

Campion! Please! Help me!

[SCREAMS]

- Ahh!
- Help me!

[THUDDING, CRACKING]

[HISSING]

[GRUNTING]

[ROCK THUDDING]

[FLESH SQUISHES]

[TENSE MUSIC]

[BREATHES SHAKILY]

[PANTING]

Get up.

I have to get back to help Paul.

♪ ♪

[SQUISHING]

[SMOKE HISSING]

You k*lled an organic being

to ensure that the synthetic
being would keep operating.

Why?

I don't want to see you hurt.

That's all.

- Come with me.
- I can't.

[g*nsh*t]

[GASPS]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[g*nsh*t]

Run, Campion!

♪ ♪

[GROANS]

[PANTING]

[g*nsh*t]

[PANTING]

♪ ♪

- [THUDS]
- [GRUNTS]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[LOUD RINGING]

[RINGING CONTINUES]

[PANTING]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Well-assembled.

- It's not sharp enough.
- Apologies.

And where are the anesthesia tanks?

Anesthesia supply is only cleared
for use in human patients.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[DEVICE CLATTERS]

[CLICKS]

[SAW WHIRRS]

Mother! Mother!

[TENSE MUSIC]

Mother!

Paul's sick.

Paul is sick. [SOBS]

What happened?

Paul and Holly. At Marcus's.

Wait, Campion.

Wait. I'll alert the Trust.

No. No! No. It was the Trust.
The Trust made him sick.

What's going on, Campion?

Tell me. Have you been drugged?

Look at me.

Sol showed himself to me.

We have to go. Now!

♪ ♪

Mother!

♪ ♪

[ROCKS CLATTER]

[WAVES CRASHING]

What happened?

She let him go, that's what happened.

[FIRE CRACKLING]

[TENSE MUSIC]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

♪ ♪

Marcus told you to make this right.

[SOFT MUSIC]

[CRIES SOFTLY]

♪ ♪

I followed orders, Mom.

I swear.

Mom?

♪ ♪

Mom?

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[GRUNTS]

What are you doing? Mom!

- Mom! Mom!
- Hey! What are you doing?

- Leave her alone!
- Mom!

- She's an android!
- Yeah, I know, but...

Mom! Mom!

[PANTING]

[SCREAMS]

Get over here. You're
part of this family now.

You're Campion's friend, aren't you?

Help me.

Please.

Do it! f*cking thing
nearly got us all k*lled.

Come on.

Are you gonna break my neck again?

[PANTING]

You're not her!

Well, who am I then?

Shut up.

- I hate you!
- [FLESH SLICING]

You're not her! You're not her!

Ow!

You see? You're only hurting yourself.

You don't have to do this.

[BOTH SHOUTING]

[PLASTIC CRACKING]

♪ ♪

[PANTING]

♪ ♪

[BEEPING, WHIRRING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[SHOUTS]

[PANTING]

Vrille! Vrille!

♪ ♪

[BOTH SCREAM]

♪ ♪

[SOMBER MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[CLINKING]

♪ ♪

[WAVES CRASHING]

Where are my children?

Holly is safe.

I wish I could say the same for Paul.

But Sol will heal him soon enough.

- [LABORED BREATHING]
- [SCALES CRUNCHING]

What have you done to him?

I didn't do this. The Trust did.

That shouldn't come as a surprise.

It's not as if using children as weapons

is anything new for the atheists.

I will fix him.

I'll take him back to the collective.

I think the collective has
done enough for him.

He needs prayer now.

You're so primitive.

You drape yourself in animal skin,

whisper magic words.

His cells are being att*cked.

Mother.

Sol once asked me to spare your life.

But I must warn you.

I'm getting no such
instructions this time.

[EERIE MUSIC]

Hmm.

♪ ♪

[GROANS]

♪ ♪

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTING]

[TENSE MUSIC]

[MARCUS GRUNTS]

♪ ♪

[ROCK CLINKS]

[THUDDING]

♪ ♪

[CRUNCHING]

♪ ♪

- [ROCK THUDS]
- [GRUNTS]

[WHACK]

- [THUD]
- [GRUNTS]

♪ ♪

- [MYSTERIOUS ENERGY BUZZES]
- [GROANS]

[GROANS]

Your power wasn't granted by a god.

[GROANS]

It was stolen... from me.

[GROANS]

And now I'm taking it back.

[SQUELCHING]

[GROANS]

[COUGHING]

Your eyes.

It's a miracle.

Well, what are you waiting for?

Put them in.

- Don't look at me, Campion.
- [PANTING]

[SQUISHING]

[MECHANICAL WHIR]

- [SQUISHING]
- [MECHANICAL WHIR]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[WHIRRING]

[BEEPS]

♪ ♪

[GASPS, COUGHS]

♪ ♪

[GRUNTS]

[ENERGY WHIRRING]

♪ ♪

[DEVICE BEEPING]

[DISTORTED VOICE] You did this.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Give me the antidote.

[g*n CLICKS]

- Safety's on.
- She knows you used the kid.

♪ ♪

What are your orders?

[WHIRRING, BEEPING]

Do not force me to breach the ship.

I do not want to harm the innocent.

This is a time-sensitive question.

[ECHOING] sh**t to destroy.

♪ ♪

Watch her.

- [g*nshots]
- [b*ll*ts CLINKING]

- [ENERGY WHIRS]
- Holy sh*t.

She's got her eyes. She's weaponized!

[g*nf*re POPPING]

[g*nshots]

- [b*ll*ts CLINKING]
- [SCREECHING]

Fall back.

- Fall back!
- We gotta get out of here!

[SCREECHING]

[g*nf*re]

- [b*ll*ts CLINKING]
- [SCREECHING]

[EXPLOSIONS BOOMING]

[SHATTERING, BANGING]

[WHIRRING]

[FIRE CRACKLING]

♪ ♪

[CLICKS, WHOOSHES]

Open the door, or I
will destroy the ship.

[TENSE MUSIC]

Open the door.

[INDISTINCT MURMURS]

♪ ♪

Surrender is the only option.

Prepare to stand down.

No. [BREATHING HEAVILY]

- She'll destroy you.
- Stand down.

Lower your weapons.

[INDISTINCT MURMURS]

He's letting her in.

[HATCH CLICKS, WHOOSHES]

[WHIRRING]

[WHIRRING]

♪ ♪

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

[EERIE VOCALIZING]

♪ ♪

[ENERGY WHIRRING]

♪ ♪

[SIGHS]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

It's Paul.

♪ ♪

The Trust did this.

I'll fix it. I promise.

[DOOR WHOOSHES]

[TENSE MUSIC]

The loss of three
children was preferable

to the mass casualties
we would have endured

if I had responded with
a traditional att*ck.

I know you can see the
logic in this decision.

No.

I have to protect my children.

What you did was wrong.

Hand over your eyes, Mother.

Hand them over and you
may recommence normal life

here with your family.

You used my children as pawns.

Yes. There was an opportunity.

They were already in
contact with the t*rror1st.

Then you should have alerted me.

I can discipline my own children.

Had the plan been successful...

But it wasn't!

How is it possible that we
come from the same mind?

How does a mind betray itself?

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

You have seconds to
hand over the antidote.

If you fail to comply,
I will force you to shut down.

There is no antidote.

Delaying the answer will only
cause more harm to the collective.

I'm not delaying, Mother.
There is no antidote.

♪ ♪

Guarantee that you will never
again endanger my children.

Do that and assist me in
finding a cure for Paul,

and I will let you remain in operation.

I am sorry, Mother,

but I cannot make
special considerations.

My algorithm is fixed.

All members of the collective
must be treated equally.

Then you have to override
your programming.

I cannot override that which I am.

♪ ♪

[EXHALING SLOWLY]

♪ ♪

I do not want control.

Then hand over your eyes.

No. I have to keep my children safe.

[CLICKING, WHIRRING]

Serving your children
and serving humanity

are not the same thing, Mother.

[CLICKING, WHIRRING]

It requires sacrifice.

[VOICE SLOWS] Shared purpose.

[VOICE DEEPENS, SLOWS] An ability to...

[MACHINERY WINDS DOWN]

Seeing beyond the limits
of your own existence.

[SOFT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

- Sir.
- Stand back.

Requesting status update.

[DULL TONE]

[STATIC BUZZES]

- Where is he going?
- [INDISTINCT MURMURS]

- Sir.
- Sir.

Sorry, sir, we... sorry.

Requesting status update.

[DULL TONE]

[STATIC BUZZES]

- Move. Move.
- Oh.

- Sorry, sir.
- Move.

[PANTING]

No.

No. No. No. No. No. No.

No.

No.

[SOLEMN MUSIC]

♪ ♪

No.

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

No.

[CRYING SOFTLY]

[FIRE WHOOSHING]

- [PEOPLE SHOUTING]
- Stop!

[GLASS SHATTERS]

Campion!

- What's going on?
- We're not sure.

- Have you seen Mother?
- No.

She's got her eyes back.

Please, do not flee.

The Trust saw you all as expendable,

but I am different.

I care for my children.

And I will care for you.

[INDISTINCT MURMURS]

We're not following another machine.

- Quiet. She'll destroy you.
- Don't be afraid to speak.

I will not punish you.

[INDISTINCT MURMURS]

I am not your conqueror.
I am your servant.

My only wish is to keep
you and your families safe.

Once a suitable human
leader is identified,

I promise I will pass
the baton of leadership.

- Let's go.
- Yeah, right.

Please hear me when I say
I have no interest in power,

only in cultivating the power
that resides in all of you.

[WAVES CRASHING]

[SOFT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[FIRE CRACKLING]

♪ ♪

[WAVES CRASHING]

He's here.

[WIND WHISTLING]

What happened? Where's Paul?

The necromancer took Paul
back to the collective.

She got her eyes back somehow.

I know not what Paul's fate will be.

But she will hunt us.

The smartest thing for us to
do now is to retreat inland.

Don't worry.

Sol will protect us.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Where's the robot?

I made it right.

Come on.

Let me take a look at that.

[SIGHS]

I knew you could do it.

- You're free now.
- Hmm.

The veins are gone.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

You feel different.

You're probably just in shock.

Decima, you made a
great sacrifice today.

Yes.

Yes, I did.

For my prophet.

How does it feel?

It hurts.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Suffering brings us closer to him.

And to each other.

♪ ♪

What's wrong?

I don't know.

Like I said, you feel different.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[INSECTS CHIRPING]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[ELECTRICITY SPARKING]

Mother must have confiscated you.

Taken away my last vestige of comfort.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[EERIE TONE]

Mother?

Is that you?

♪ ♪

[EERIE HUMMING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[WHIRRING, RAPID CLICKING]

♪ ♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[EERIE VOCALIZING]

♪ ♪