02x11 - Bloodline

Episode transcripts for the TV show "Kung Fu". Aired: April 7, 2021 - present.*
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Nicky drops out of college to go on a life-changing journey to an isolated monastery in China. Upon returning to San Francisco, she finds her hometown has been overrun with crime and corruption.
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02x11 - Bloodline

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Orla gartland: ♪ you can
leave it all behind ♪

♪ Skip a b*at in the bloodline

Come on. Take
it... Take it slow.

Ok, baba.

And you promised the doctor

You'd take it easy.

You promised me you wouldn't

Make a big fuss over me.

All: welcome home! [Laughter]

Ryan: oh! Althea: oh,
sorry, sorry, sorry.

Mei-li: gentle, girls.

Ok, help your
brother to the couch.

Dennis, can you please get

The extra pillows
from the den?

Ok, dr. Shen,

Right up in here.

Ryan: guys, guys,

I really don't need all this.

Besides, we should be
out looking for mia.

Nicky's on it. Your
job is to rest.

Jin: right here at home

Till the bandage
comes off, ok?

What about harmony dumplings?

Sebastian's covering.

He wants you resting up, too.

He also said that if you
give us any pushback,

He's locking you out of
his streaming accounts.

[Laughs] I am going to

Make you some luohanguo tea.

I'll run to the pharmacy,
get your antibiotics.

Make sure he does
not leave the couch.

Nicky: yes, mama. Ryan:
since you're babying me,

My phone's been dead for days.

Already on it.

Grabbed your charger
from your apartment.

[Phone chiming]

So, when do you
think you'll be ready

For me to kick your ass
in basketball again?

Ok, sure. Now that I
got a hole in my chest,

You think you got a chance.

I don't know. Spot
you a couple points.

Nicky: everything ok?

Oh, yeah. It's nothing.

How's the search on mia going?

We put out a bolo,

Pulled traffic cam
footage, and, well,

I'm about ready to start
putting up missing person signs.

And if you find
her, what then?

What do you mean?

I know what happened
wasn't her fault exactly,

But she left us.

She left our brother to die.

She's dangerous,
she's strong as hell,

And now she's got zhilan
whispering poison in her ear.

I mean, isn't that
what this xiao lady

Warned you about
in your dream?

That mia was destined to

Lose control of her power?

I just... I have to
see her. Face to face.

Ryan said she was
scared and confused.

She needs to know what
happened wasn't her fault,

That it's not too
late to come back.

I know she can be saved.

Ryan: guys?

Come check this out.

Got a text while I
was in the hospital

From a new number.

I think it's mia.

Man: sir?

You better have news
about my daughter.

Not yet. Apparently,

Zhilan wasn't working alone.

There was a young woman.

Find them. Both.

I won't tolerate
any more mistakes.

Juliette: you're
wasting your time.

Either k*ll me or let me go.

I'm not telling you anything.

We don't want to k*ll you.

We want your help.

Just make a call.

Get your father
out of the house.

We'll take care of the rest.

You really think I'll help you

k*ll my father?

Kerwin told me all
about your childhood.

How russell tormented you,

Pitting you against
your siblings.

How you could never compete

Against sweet,
deceased raymond.

I know you've
thought about it.

Work with us and
you can finally stop

Jumping through his
hoops, playing his game.

Raymond is dead. Kerwin,
he's off the board.

You're next in line.

And with daddy out
of the picture...

You don't know
anything about me.

And you know that you'll
never get what you want

Unless you take it.

[Phone rings]

[Rings]

Mia: hello? Ryan:
uh, hey. Mia.

Ryan. Are you ok?

Yeah. I'm fine.

I'm sorry. I shouldn't
have left you.

I know. It's... It's ok.

Are you in the hospital?

Uh, no, actually.
I'm back at home.

You're with nicky.

Mia: you're tracing this call,
aren't you? Zhilan: enough.

Nicky: hey, mia, what
happened wasn't your fault.

I'm sorry for all the
pain I've caused you.

All of you. But...
I've made my decision.

Nicky: wait,
wait, wait. Mia...

Ok, was that enough time?

I only managed to
ping two cell towers.

Without a third...

I recorded the call.

Maybe there's a clue
in the background.

[Whirring in background]
mia: ryan, are you ok?

Ryan: yeah. [Whirring
becomes louder]

Sounds like a machine.
Maybe a factory?

Don't think so. There's no
industry in these neighborhoods.

Send this over to
evan. Maybe he knows

Someone who can clean it up.

[Softly] ok.

Admit it, ladies. You
weren't expecting me

In the back of that car.

This is a salvage job

And not a very
smart one at that.

You think we're bluffing?

You think we won't hurt you?

Haven't laid a hand on me yet.

Ohh.

Zhilan may be a k*ller,

But you're just a
scared, little girl,

A pawn in my father's
grand design.

Sooner or later,
he will get you.

You'll ring that bell and
we'll be done with you.

That's all you are, just
a piece of the plan.

Utterly disposable,
just like your mother.

[Gasping]

Your father's done

Destroying people's
lives! Aah! Uhh!

You are going to help us

Or you're going to die! Aah!

What are you doing?

k*lling her won't
get us anywhere.

You have to follow my lead.

[Juliette coughing]

Xiao: I warned you.

The girl is losing control.

It happened to the hybrid

And it will happen to mia.

I have it under control.

I told you, xiao, I don't
care about your prophecies.

I have my own
plans for the girl.

Oh, yes. Use her to k*ll tan.

But why such an
elaborate plan?

Why not just do it yourself?

Because.

We both deserve justice.

[Gasp]

You actually care
about this girl.

And I thought the guardian
spirit was dead in you.

What's it to you, alchemist?

What are you really afraid of?

I'm simply trying to correct

A mistake from the past.

No. It's more than that.

I can feel your desperation.

This is about russell,

What he plans to do with mia.

What are you so
desperate to stop?

This was never
about an earthquake.

He wants access to my realm.

A space between
life and death.

The source of the
bloodline's power.

Zhilan: why? Xiao: because

That is where he can get

What he is truly after.

Life and death.

Ohh. So, that's
what this is about.

His son.

He wants to bring
raymond back.

I thought you stopped
drinking smoothies.

Heh. It's for ryan.

Didn't your mom feed
him like an hour ago?

Mm-hmm. Snunch.

Dennis: oh, right.
[Phone rings]

Whoa. Courtney
installed this program

That tracks how many users
have downloaded our app.

30,000.

Babe, you're killin' it!

Ha! I don't get it.

We launched weeks ago
and it was crickets.

Now all of a sudden...

Dennis? What did you do?

I may have reached out to
eddie kwong about your app.

He may have decided
to tweet about it

To his 1.6 million followers.

Althea: what did he say?
Dennis: he just retweeted

The press release I sent.

Only added one word. "Dope."

Oh, bam bam, you're a genius!

We have a real user base now.

I mean, most startups
don't see these numbers

For months, if ever.

Got any other brilliant ideas?

Like in general or...

Come work for me.

I mean, with me.

For me. Whatever.
[Puts phone down]

Help me run my company.

Are you serious?

You did such a great job

Running things
while ryan was gone.

Yeah, but this is your thing.

Well, since the blowout
with your family,

We both have a lot
riding on this.

Who says it can't
be our thing?

Ohh, would it really
be that crazy?

[Phone ringing]

Hey, nicky. What's up?

Evan's friend cleaned
up the mia call.

We think the sound
in the background

Was a helicopter.

We compared it with a bunch of

Audio and video files online.

It sounds like an old
6-cylinder piston engine.

Henry: made some
calls and there's only

One local tour company that still
uses that type of helicopter.

And you need me to access
the company's flight paths

To determine where the
call was coming from.

Nicky: exactly.
Althea: I'd love to but

I'm supposed to meet
courtney at the office

To review our end
user database.

Which, come to think of it,

Is the perfect job

For my new chief
operating officer.

Me? Chief operating officer?

I'm on it.

[Squeals] ok, so,
what's the name

Of this tour company?

Has your father told
you what comes after?

Why he wants to ring
the yueling bell?

Come on. I assume you've

Heard the stories...

That the bell can
be used to access

A realm beyond our own,

A realm between
life and death.

What could he possibly

Hope to pluck from
this other world?

Look, even I'll admit

Your father is an
impressive man.

He's built an empire,

A company whose reach
straddles the globe.

But he's not young anymore,

And it's time for him
to choose a successor.

And I'm sure that he's
made you promises,

Implied that you're
his chosen heir,

But what... What if that's

Just his latest trick?

What if he's been playing
you this whole time,

Manipulating you to get

What he really wants?

Raymond. His firstborn son.

The apple of his eye.
His greatest loss

And his greatest heartbreak.

He's trying to bring him back.

You never stood a chance.

Bayside tour company runs 3
daily paths over the city,

But this north one is way
outside the range I pinged.

The chopper sounded like
it was right over mia.

This one's a coastal
tour, so, that's out.

Then it's gotta be this route.

We called mia at 10:46 a.m.

Ok, so, 10:30 departure.

10:46... Should've
been passing

Right over here, the
area of excelsior.

We should check real estate
listings in that neighborhood

For anywhere zhilan
could be squatting.

Henry: I'm on it. Nicky:
um, look for anything

That's been unoccupied
for a while.

There's a few condos,
some empty houses,

And there's a run-down
church that's been

On the market for a few years.

Let's check 'em all
out. Thanks, althea.

[Sigh] juliette,

You can't even win
against a corpse.

Throw your lot in with us

And you'll actually
get what you deserve.

Suppose I did. How
could I trust you?

I play along, you
get what you want,

And then you'll
k*ll me anyway.

You have me confused
with your father.

He's the deceitful one.

I haven't lied to you once.

As soon as we
get what we want,

You'll never see us again.

Mia, what is it?

It's nicky.

She's here.

Juliette: expecting
someone else?

Nicky: where are they?

We missed them. They're gone.

You just missed them...

In case you were wondering.

Henry: cameras everywhere.
Looks like a monitor station.

They knew we were
coming. [Drops object]

Nicky: look around.
See if they left

Anything we can
use to track them.

They tortured me.

Had some harebrained idea

I would flip on my father.

Well? You gonna cut
me loose or what?

Where are they?

Sadly, can't help you there.

How was she?

Who?

Mia.

Oh. Lovely.

She tried to choke
me to death. See?

Of all people, it took zhilan

To pull her back
from the brink.

I'm lucky to be alive.
Her strength, her rage...

That girl is a demon.

Your cousin, the
girl you've been

Protecting for months...
She's unhinged.

Well? Come on, nicky.

I know you're not
going to leave me here.

We've never met but
I've read all about you

And I know it's just
not who you are.

Find anything?

Not much.

[Rip] juliette: uhh.

[Rip]

[Rip] uhh.

Thank you.

If you're still
working for your father

When we take him down...

I'm making sure you
go down with him.

You're on the wrong side.

Mia: what are we doing?
Zhilan: switching cars.

I don't understand why we ran.

We got as far as we
could with juliette.

I got in her head,
and that could

Shake things up
on the tan side...

Create an opportunity for us.

But in the meantime,
we regroup.

Bide our time.

So, more waiting.

You'll get your
vengeance. We both will.

But we have to be
smart about it.

Hitting tan's town car
sent him into lockdown.

Greater security, more g*ns.

[Spark] [engine starts]

Revenge isn't worth anything

If you don't get out alive.

I don't care if I get out.

I just want to get it done.

Mia.

Let's go.

Russell: my god,
juliette. Look at you.

You don't know
how worried I was.

I'm so glad we found you.

Thank you, father.

But it wasn't you

Or your men who found me.

It was nicky shen.

Yes. My men failed you.

Goes without saying
I didn't make it

To my meeting with pascal.

It's fine. I spoke with him.

The zindle deal is secure.

Juliette: well...
Russell: all that remains

Is for us to find mia.

And bez and I are
working on it.

And after?

You still haven't
told me the last step.

What happens after
the earthquake,

What exactly my role is.

I need to know.

Juliette, you will know

Everything soon enough.

Get some rest.

You have been through a lot.

Yes, father.

One chorizo burrito,
christmas style,

Extra wet, just
how you like it.

Thanks. Not really hungry.

I drove all the way
to mission for this.

And you haven't eaten
in two whole hours.

Ryan: I don't want food. Althea:
nuh-uh-uh. You know the rules.

I just want to help.

Do research. Something.

Everything's been
so chaotic lately.

I want to make sure we
haven't missed anything.

There's still so
much we don't know

About what tan is up to.

Why is it so difficult

For you to just relax...

Because it's my fault!

Ryan.

It was my job to watch her

And I let her get away.

If you had seen
her face, althea,

She was so scared.

I just... I can't be

Stuck here right
now doing nothing.

All I ask is for you
to go to the clinic

And bring me my jyu
sa research. Please.

Althea: ok. Where is it? Ryan:
bottom drawer of my desk.

Ucch. You got me running
all over town for you.

And you better not move from
this couch while I'm gone.

You're far and away
my favorite sister.

I'm telling nicky
you said that.

[Door closes]not really
hungry. Good one, ryan.

Well, father... My birthday?

Definitely not kerwin's.

Must be...

Raymond. Of course.

"The lost journal
of the alchemist."

"Properties of jyu sa."

"Resurrection."

"A parent's grief...
A sacrifice.

The parent and child
will conquer death."

We have no idea where mia is.

This is all we found
at zhilan's safehouse.

She had several
of these cameras

Set up outside the
perimeter of her hideout.

I recognize this.

When I was staking tan out,

His offices, his warehouses,

I found this exact
same model of camera

Across the street
from all of them.

I assumed they
belonged to tan, but...

They were zhilan's.

She's been watching him.

We could use this to
get into zhilan's cloud.

Then we'd have access
to all of her cameras.

That's how we track them.

We can do better than that.

If zhilan still has
eyes on these feeds,

We could set up a trap...
Lure her and mia there.

Evan: what's the bait? Nicky:
we know they're desperate

To k*ll russell tan.

Let's give them what they want.

Hello, brother.

How did you find me?

Did father send you?

You were right, kerwin.

His game... It was always

Rigged against us.

Juliette, what happened?

It's nothing.

What are you doing here?

I want to destroy our father.

And I need your help.

All that time we spent

Jumping through hoops,

Competing with each other,

k*lling ourselves

To earn his respect...

None of it mattered.

It was always about raymond,

About bringing him back.

I was a fool to
think I had a chance.

Resurrection. Other realms.

You think he's
really found a way

To pull all that off?

Since you've been
gone, I've seen things.

I've done things.

Even if it were true...

It doesn't matter.

[Puts dipper down] let it go.

How can you say that?

He treated you worst of all.

That's why I left.

[Scoffs]

Didn't get very far.

Hiding out in one of father's

Investment properties.

Well, there are worse ways
to live. You should try it.

No. Not a chance.

Not after everything
he's put us through.

That's not how this ends.

We can take him down,
take what he's been

Holding over us
since we were born...

What we deserve.

The company.

Yes. I've made inroads
with the board.

Built relationships.

Not to mention, I know

Where the bodies are buried.

I can put together
a paper trail...


His plans, his
mystical research,

The illegal acquisition
of ancient objects

Using company funds.

It won't be hard
to build a case

That he's lost his mind.

I have what I need
to take him down.

Then why do you need me?

How can you even ask?

It's always been
the two of us.

Even when I was
plotting against you,

It was all to prepare you

For the day we would
rule... Together.

No.

Very well.

Don't do this, juliette.

If you make a move
against father...

You will lose.

Althea: ok, here we go.
Zhilan's security footage

Of tan's properties.
Take your pick.

Evan: what about that
one? Nicky: too public.

Need somewhere more secluded
in case things go south.

Can't risk collateral damage.

Wait, althea. Go
back. Yeah, that one.

You have access to
this camera's archive?

Althea: yup. Nicky: ok.

I need you to go back and pull

Old footage of tan
arriving at this property.

Then we delete the timestamp,

Feed it back into her cloud...

And then on zhilan's
end, it'll look like

Live footage of
tan showing up.

That's our bait. They
won't be able to resist.

Althea: I'm on it.
Evan: what then?

Well, I don't have
the best track record

Of talking mia
back into the fold.

Not to mention, I'll
have to deal with zhilan.

We'll handle her.

If I show up with anyone else,

Mia will think
I'm scared of her,

That I believe
xiao's prophecy.

Nicky, you can't go in
there without backup.

I know it's dangerous.

But this is my one chance

To get through to mia.

She needs to see
that I trust her.

I have to go alone.

You need to eat.

No. We need to go.

We know where he lives.

He knows we're
coming. We're not

Making a play on his turf.

In the meantime... Eat.

We stick with the plan.

You're not going
off book again.

You try that with
tan, we'll lose him.

There is no "we."

What? This is a one-off
partnership, right?

Tan dies and we go
our separate ways.

[Phone chimes]

This is a live
feed. There's tan.

He's on the move.
This is our chance.

Let's go.

Ocean china: ♪ better go
hard now, 'cause you know ♪

♪ That you're
feelin' me, yeeaah ♪

♪ For the base and rhythm, deep
down inside of your chest ♪

♪ Make you feel like
da-da-dum-da-dum-da ♪

♪ Da-da-dum-da-da-dum-da

♪ Make you feel like
da-da-dum-da-dum-da ♪

♪ Da-da-dum-da-dum-da,
make you feel like, yeah ♪

[Phone rings]change
your mind, brother?

What are you doing, juliette?

Juliette: building my case.

Kerwin: you called an
emergency meeting of the board?

How'd you hear?

I've still got
friends on the inside.

And if I found out about it,

You can bet father will, too.

Juliette: it won't matter.

I have an airtight case.

Emails, photographs,
financial records...

A portrait of a man
who has misappropriated

Company assets for decades,

All in pursuit of a myth.

The board will think
he's an old man

Who has completely lost
touch with reality.

Kerwin: it's all going
to blow up in your face.

Once I've exposed him as
mentally unfit, I'll take it all.

Promise me you won't do
anything stupid without me.

Juliette: sorry, kerwin.

You had a chance to
be a part of this.

A part of what, juliette?

Kerwin: juliette? What?

Juliette!

We need to move in closer.

This is taking too long.

You're right. It is.

What are you doing?

Something's not right.

You saw the video.
He's in there.

On the video, tan
entered with 3 men.

There's no movement
inside the house

And the only lights that
are on are security lights.

We have to fall back.

No. I'm done waiting.

Mia!

Mia!

It was a trap.

Mia, I just want to talk.

Mia: what are you doing here?
Nicky: I came to bring you back.

Mia: it's not happening.
Nicky: no one's mad at you.

Mama, ryan... We all
just want you home.

Mia made her choice.

She's trying to stop
you from becoming

Who you're meant to be.

Don't listen to her.
She's just using you.

It doesn't matter
what xiao said.

Your destiny's not written.

I meant it when I said

You get to decide
who you become.

I believe in you, mia.

You're not like zhilan.

You're not a k*ller.

Liar.

I heard what you said to ryan.

You're afraid of me.

You think I'm a
k*ller, a monster.

Nicky: no. Mia... Mia: well, you're
right, nicky. I am a monster.

The only thing I want
is to k*ll russell tan.

You can't. The moment
you take a life,

Yours is over.

You'll have no future.

I don't care. I have
no family, no future.

I have nothing to lose.

Let's go.

No.

Go with nicky.

Mia, you're not
cut out for this.

And if you go after russell,

You'll get us k*lled.

You will fail.

Fine. Neither of you

Will do what needs
to be done, so,

I'll do it myself.

Wait.

Sorry, zhilan.

No one's getting in my way.

I sensed a shift
in you, juliette,

When you returned from zhilan.

Father, I know what
you think you heard,

But I was just
playing with kerwin.

You know how we are.

I had bez put a
bug on your phone.

I know everything.

Well, then, i...

Have already spoken
to the board.

Yes, and they
saw right through

Your little power play.

You were always a
schemer, juliette.

Even as a child.

Can you blame me?

It was the only way I
could get ahead with you.

Two brothers,
one golden child,

One prodigal son.

I was always just the girl.

I had to work twice as hard,

Scheme twice as much,

Even though it was
obvious to everyone

I was your only
worthy successor.

And still, it wasn't
until raymond d*ed

And kerwin betrayed you

That you even
gave me a chance.

And when you did?
I leapt at it.

I did everything you wanted.

I set up an a.d.a. I put
a man in the hospital.

I destroyed people
simply because

They stood in your way.

I would've k*lled for you.

Then I find out it's
all for nothing.

You were just using
me to bring him back.

This was always about raymond.

Admit it, father. I
never had a chance.

[All grunting]

I don't want to
fight you, mia.

Then get out of my way.

[All grunting]

[Screaming]

I can't let you go.

[Both grunting]

You've been misled.

You think you know
everything, but you don't.

Too many lies, father.
Too many games.

I'll never believe you again.

The simple truth
is... I hate you.

I've always hated you.

It's not too late.

I'll never get what I want.

What I deserve.

Not unless I take it.

You're wrong.

Raymond had nothing
to do with this.

[Gasps]

Oh, juliette.

It could have been you.

Uhh!

Uhh.

You heard anything from nicky?

I texted her a while
ago but nothing yet.

Ryan: hmm. Evan:
you found something?

Ryan: maybe.

Ok, so, we knew xiao
used jyu sa magic

To create the bloodlines.

Well, it says here
before all that,

She dabbled in
astral projection.

She was trying to access
a place, a secret realm.

Could that be where
nicky and mia went

When they drank
the jyu sa tea?

The secret realm?

I don't know. I
mean, there's no

Description of the place, but

Xiao refers to it as

A world beyond the veil.

Whoa.

At the enclave during
tan's initiation,

Price said that when
jacob sloan rang the bell,

He peered through the veil.

A place beyond life and death.

What if that's the same place?

What if that's what tan's
been after all along...

Access to xiao's secret realm?

Wait. What does life and
death have to do with this?

Xiao lives on
through the warrior

And guardian bloodlines...

Almost like a eternal life.

Henry: at the inner
sanctum, tan said that

Only he understood the
mallet's true power,

That soon he would
become untouchable.

What if he meant that literally?

Untouchable by
death? You mean...

Russell tan wants the one
thing money can't buy.

He wants to be immortal.

What would you
like us to do, sir?

Your orders are the same.

Find mia and bring her to me.

Nothing has changed.

[Alarm blaring]

Handle it.

Sir.

Neoni: ♪ here comes trouble

♪ Here comes trouble

♪ I'm out of my cage

♪ You should be afraid

♪ Here comes trouble

♪ Trouble

♪ Trouble

♪ Yeah, yeah, I
do it like that ♪

♪ I'm always on the att*ck

Where is he?

Neoni: ♪ lights
out, fade to black ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, I
do it like that ♪

You wouldn't dare.
He needs me alive.

Neoni: ♪ lights
out, fade to black ♪

[g*n hits floor]

I prefer hand-to-hand.

Neoni: ♪ here comes trouble

♪ I'm out of my cage

♪ You should be afraid

Mia: he's in there. Neoni:
♪ here comes trouble

[Grunting]

Neoni: ♪ trouble

♪ Trouble

♪ Here comes trouble

No.

No. No.

No, no.

[Smoke grenade hissing]

Zhilan: well, now we know.

She can kick our ass.

I have to find her.

My cameras picked her up

Outside the tan
mansion minutes ago.

She's already inside.

What do we do?

We are not doing anything.

[Zhilan sighs] nicky: tan probably
has her right now, and that's on you.

Oh, and you had nothing
to do with that?

You're a monster, zhilan.
You manipulated her.

Fed her doubts about
me, about herself.

So, congratulations.
Now she thinks

She's a monster, too.

You really want to help?

Stay away from my family.

Russell: I have sacrificed
so much to get here.

But I finally have you.

The most important
piece of the puzzle.

The key to my plan.

And you came right to me.

Through you, I will
live... Forever.

Man: greg, move your head.
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