IRISA: Previously onDefiance...
NOLAN: Is this St. Louis? CLANCY: Once.
Now we call it "Defiance."
AMANDA: So, my lawkeepers told me
that they found you and the Irathient girl outside the stasis net,
Is she some sort of bounty?
She's my daughter.
Your daughter? War orphan.
I have to thank two benefactors
who made today's festivities possible.
On my right, Mr. Datak Tarr,
his wife, Stahma, and their son, Alak.
[CROWD APPLAUDING] And on my left,
the owner of McCawley Mines,
Rafe McCawley, and his children, Luke, Quentin and Christie.
[CROWD WHOOPING]
STAHMA: Our son is in love with the McCawley girl.
Would it not be something if Alak and Christie actually got married?
No!
What killed him was a Votan weapon.
These are cold-fire burns.
He was murdered.
Daddy, don't do anything stupid!
Alak was with me all night.
Daddy, no! Daddy, no!
Ahhh!
CHRISTIE: No!
He's dead. The lawkeeper's dead.
[CHRISTIE CRYING]
[SPEAKING CASTITHAN] I want to know what you plan to do about this animal!
[IN ENGLISH] Datak, let me handle this.
He tried to murder my son!
[SPEAKING CASTITHAN] Your son's been screwing my daughter!
I'll screw you with my knife!
[IN ENGLISH] Stop it, both of you!
[IN ENGLISH] If you'd hurt Alak, it would be you lying on that floor.
Datak, go home to your wife and son.
I'd never get his stink off my blade anyway.
[CLATTERING]
Oh, sure, them, you let carry weapons.
Shut up. You're responsible for this, too.
We need to concentrate on finding
Luke's killer before the trail goes cold.
What trail? Who'd follow it anyway now that Clancy's dead?
TOMMY: I'll do it.
You?
Yeah, me.
I gotta be honest with you, son, you're no Clancy.
You don't have the skills or the balls to do what's gotta be done.
I'll find the bastard myself.
No. No way.
You almost killed an innocent kid.
We need a professional.
RAFE: We don't have a professional!
Yeah, you do.
I'm a tracker by trade.
Are you now?
Yeah, I am.
You're looking at the guy who brought in the Miami bomber,
and presented Starren Dahrti with the head of his sister's murderer.
I'll find your killer
for the right price.
It's not a bad idea, Rafe.
Starren Dahrti's sister is alive and hates your guts.
Details. Shh.
He's one of the Defiant Few.
All right, tracker.
You find my son's killer, with proof, mind you,
and I'll pay you, uh,
20 K.
Twenty-five.
I don't believe I heard you right.
Twenty's good.
AMANDA: On one condition.
If you do find the killer, he stays alive so he can stand trial.
Are we clear?
Agreed.
All right. Your companion stays with my deputy.
What? You don't trust me?
[CHUCKLES] I am fresh out of trust tonight.
Lock her up.
I wouldn't recommend the handcuffs.
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
He's not getting away with this.
Of course not.
I'm going to gather up some chang-o and pay Rafe McCawley a visit,
pay his whole family a visit.
STAHMA: Datak.
Our son is in love with the McCawley girl.
Well, we'll see how he loves a corpse.
She's innocent in all this.
I remind you, she risked her father's wrath to clear Alak's name.
[SPEAKING CASTITHAN] I will have justice.
[SPEAKING CASTITHAN] There are many roads to justice.
[IN ENGLISH] Would it not be something,
when all this has blown over, of course,
if Alak and Christie actually got married?
[IN ENGLISH] Are you trying to ruin my bath?
I have little interest in being in-law to Rafe McCawley.
If Christie were in the family, she would
feel comfortable coming to us for anything.
Dear, her father can give her anything she wants.
You're right.Hmm.
He works very hard.
It's such a dangerous job, don't you think?
God forbid anything should ever happen to Rafe or Quentin.
Christie's already lost so much.
She'd be left with so much to take care of.
The mines.
Yes.
The mines.
If she were family, we'd be forced to help her.
Well,
it is our job to help our family.
[CHUCKLES]
I appreciate how you see things.
Do you appreciate when I do this?
[SIGHS]
[WHISPERS] I think a wedding is exactly what this town needs.
You're just gonna sit there all day without talking?
You know what you are?
You are very, very disconcerting.
You know that?
Okay, whatever.
As long as we're both trapped here,
we might as well eat something.
I'm not trapped in here.
If I wanted, I could have grabbed your wrist,
broken every finger on your hand,
taken the key card to this cell
which you left hanging from your belt.
Before you knew what was happening,
I'd already be out of this cage
and separating your head from the rest of you with one of my blades.
What is wrong with you?
You wanted conversation.
That's conversation?
You know, I think you're mad and you're taking out your anger on me.
I'm not mad.
I don't believe you.
I think you're angry that your scavenger friend left you here.
What is it with you and that Nolan guy anyway?
Fine.
He saved me.
What?
You heard.
Yeah.
You know, it was kinda like that with me and Clancy.
I was on a bad path, but, um, Clancy saw something in me.
He gave me a second chance.
How about you?
What did Nolan do to save you?
Something I couldn't do for myself.
Which was?
He murdered my parents.
This is good.
RAFE: [SIGHS] What's taking so long?
Hey, Nolan?
When are you gonna show us why you're such a famous tracker?
Well, before we try and figure out where he went,
it might help to figure out what happened here.
The site's been pretty badly trampled down.
But it appears that
we got two separate sets of prints
arriving from two different directions,
which suggests that Luke and his killer
didn't come out here together to duke it out.
They arrived separately, maybe for a meeting,
one they didn't want to have in town.
Well, that's a whole lot of assumptions.
It's more like deductions, but I don't wanna quibble.
Now, an argument breaks out, like our dog walker says he heard.
Then a fight.
Excuse me.
Luke is stabbed.
Maybe then the killer loses the knife, which
is why he pulls out the cold-fire weapon.
Only now, Luke's got a weapon, too.
[GRUNTS]
That's not human blood.
No!
Wait!
Okay, all right.
So, this is the trail he left when he ran off, right?
Now, you see?
The prints on the right are crisp.
We can almost read the boot prints.
But the ones on the left are dragging.
They never quite break the ground.
So, if he was cut, but he didn't bleed...
Cybernetic implant.
We're looking for an Indogene, one with a bad left leg.
Ben, my assistant.
He is Indogene, and last night,
he told me he had hurt his leg.
Where's Ben now?
Hey, Ben.
The Mayor wanted me to run some diagnostics past the big brains up top.
Here, check this out.
[BEEPS]
[SPEAKING IRATHIENT] Do you have a visual
on the heat signature over the next ridge?
[SPEAKING IRATHIENT] Arkfall?
SPIRIT RIDER: [SPEAKING IRATHIENT] Bigger. Much bigger.
Tell them to check it out.
Volge! Holy fuck. Volge!
Ah!
Turn around! Go! Go!
[HAILER BUZZING]
[IN ENGLISH] Hey, boss, uh... What can I do for you?
Where are you?
Oh, just handling a few personal errands. You at the office?
I'm on my way.
I've got to prepare for the vidcon with Ara Shondu.
BEN: Yeah. The revised specs for the Mag-Lev
are on the side table under the geo reports.
Great. Thanks.
Amanda?
Do you hear that humming? He's at the stasis net.
Amanda?
Sorry, my hailer slipped.
You know.
What are you talking about?
It's in your voice. I know you better than anybody.
I didn't have a choice. The town is finished.
All you can do now is run.
Rafe?
Rafe, get your men to the stasis net now!
Rafe! Shtako.
[BOTH GRUNT]
Come on, you're losing him! No, I'm not.
Hurry up! You're welcome to walk, sweetheart.
Did you just call me sweetheart?
It was my second choice.
Ah!
[PANTING]
Get down!
Is that son of a bitch still alive? Wait! Wait, wait!
No! Hey, stop! No!
Hey, we need him alive.
All right?
Why did you kill Luke?
No choice. He was gonna talk, ruin everything.
You're lying! Hey!
You see this cold-fire gun?
I recognize the design.
It's an Omac alloy.
There's only one Votan race that uses these,
and it's not Indogene, is it, Ben?
Now, I know that you're in a lot of pain, but I need you to focus.
Speak!
[GROANING]
Everybody needs to leave. All of you.
They're coming, now. They're planning to attack right after dark.
What kind of attack? What are you talking about?
Hey! Ah!
Stay with me. Is it them?
Are you talking about the...
RAFE: What the hell is going on?
The Volge.
NOLAN: I fought 'em during the Pale Wars.
Without the stasis net, Defiance doesn't stand a chance.
MAN: [OVER PA] All townspeople gather at Darby Square in 10 minutes
for an important address from Mayor Rosewater.
All townspeople gather at Darby Square in 10 minutes
for an important address from Mayor Rosewater.
MAN: He's already gone!
Hi.
Um...
You should come by, before you leave town, for one last visit, okay?
And I'll give you a discount.
Half price.
WOMAN: She's still packin' up.
Don't start.
You need to eat.
Oh, I can't.
I've got to go out there and convince people
to fight an enemy bred to wipe out planets.
We have no idea why they're attacking,
and the guy with the answers is in a coma.
I'm in over my head.
You can do this.
You always rise to the occasion,
no matter how tough the odds are.
You're sweet.
I'm right.
Well, right now all I've got is a bunch of words on a page
that sound like a bunch of words on a page. Look, Nicky would've...
No! You are not Nicky.
Don't give a speech. Just talk to them.
TOMMY: Amanda?
The town's waiting.
Hey.
I'm proud to be your sister.
You two are sisters?
Yeah, why?
No reason.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
By now, you all know a saboteur has destroyed the stasis nets.
[ALL MURMURING]
What about the Volge?
MAN: Yeah, what about the Volge?
There's an army coming, Paul.
I'm not going to pretend there isn't.
Where's Mayor Nicky?
The question is, what are we gonna...
[CLAMORING]
Yeah, where's the real Mayor?
We need somebody with experience here!
WOMAN: Your assistant tried to kill us!
Please, folks, just let the Mayor speak.
Please! Just let the Mayor speak!
We're all gonna die!
[FEEDBACK CRACKLING]
That's right.
That's what you believe, isn't it?
So why not just pack up all your belongings
and take a chance in the Badlands?
Because this town is done.
Paul.
Three years ago, you lost two sons and half your farm to razor rain.
It was a terrible tragedy, and yet, you're still here.
Rupert.
How many good men did you lose when
the 99'ers collapsed the South Tunnel?
Six.
And have you ever once thought of quitting,
leaving town, finding a safer job?
No, ma'am.
We all have our stories.
And we've endured a lot.
Raiders, epidemics, floods.
But we're still standing.
Just like that big-ass arch up there.
We live in a great place,
a town where human and Votan races live together as equals.
We strive for the best, but sometimes,
we fall short, sometimes we forget ourselves.
And occasionally, this new world
rears up and kicks us in the teeth.
But we stay.
We fight.
Because this town is worth fighting for.
And if necessary, it's worth dying for.
Now, I'm gonna stand up to what's coming, and I'm gonna drive them out.
And I hope that each and every one of you stands with me,
because we are stronger together!
The McCawleys stand with you!
[SCATTERED APPLAUSE]
So does the house of Tarr.
The vig on all debts is forgiven
for every man who fights in the battle!
Yeah! Yeah!
[CHEERING]
[WHISTLING]Yeah!
These people are brave.
IRISA: So they'll die with honor.
You know, sometimes, you can be very cold.
You're still here, I see.
Thought you would have taken the reward money and run.
Not without that.
AMANDA: Hmm.
Not to worry, though. We'll be out of your hair in no time.
Guess you've got a lot to do out there in the Badlands.
I promised my companion we'd head south, to the beaches in Antarctica.
They say it's paradise.Mmm.
I'm pretty sure that's a myth.
Still, I'd like to see for myself.
Yeah, I never did get a chance to ask you about the big battle,
what it was like being a hero, one of the Defiant Few.
It was what it was.
I wish you strength, Amanda.
Enjoy your reward.
Let's get out of here.
Yeah. Good idea.
CHRISTIE: Stay close together, everyone.
QUENTIN: Come on, guys. Right inside. Single file.
CHRISTIE: Now let's go. Keep walking. Keep walking.
QUENTIN: Kids, come on, hurry up. Let's go.
Okay, hold on.
[ENGINE REVVING]
[DISTANT RUMBLING]
We got out of there just in time.
NOLAN: Oh, shtako.
They're headed straight for Defiance.
I make it about seven clicks. They should hit Bissel Pass just after sunset.
Let's put some distance between us.
We could make a difference.
They've got Indogenes in that town.
They could work up a Burkus rig
for this sphere, focus the energy,
create a weapon the Volge wouldn't even see coming.
We'd burn out the sphere. We'd be left with nothing.
Yeah, I know.
I'm sorry. But some things, they just need to be done.
You're doing it again. No, kiddo.
Don't!
Every time we get ahead, you blow it for us.
This is different.
There are kids in this town.
I don't care.
Little kids. And, yes, you do care!
Don't you say that to me, okay?
I know you better than that, and I raised you better than that.
Go ahead. Get killed.
Hey, I've got no intention of dying today.
Most people don't. It still happens.
Well, where are you gonna go?
Antarctica.
I'd send you a postcard, but I know you've already got one.
[WIND HOWLING]
What does it look like?
A nightmare.
Who's that down there?
Nolan!
What are you doing here?
Saving your ass, sweetheart!
The terra-sphere has enough energy to wipe out the Volge.
Doc Yewll will need to configure it to focus the blast.
Once it's online,
we've got to hold the Volge in the pass
until we can blow the terra-sphere.
How hard can that be?
My thought exactly.
Nolan.
Yeah.
Thanks for coming back.
Hey, Doc, how are you doing up there?
If you rush me, we all go boom.
If you yell at me, we all go boom.
Now you know how I'm doing up here.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
NOLAN: You all know what you need to do.
Hold your fire until you get the order.
We have a superior position up here. But the Volge are climbers.
So just keep pushing them to the center of the pass.
That's where the blast will be focused, at the bottom of the canyon.
NOLAN: The terra-sphere will obliterate anything in its path.
When you get the signal, take cover or you'll get caught in the blast.
[POWERING UP]
Ten minutes!
MAN: Ten minutes.
You ready? Mmm-hmm.
Fire!
Don't let 'em climb! Don't let 'em climb!
[ROARS]
[BEEPING]
[SPEAKING ALIEN LANGUAGE]
I don't like the look of that scaffolding!
Knock it down!
[SCREAMS]
[BEEPING]
I need more time!
[ROARING]
Ah!
[GASPS]
[SPEAKING CASTITHAN] You shtako-coward!
Amanda!
[CHEERING]
[YELLING]
[SCREAMING]
MAN: Clear the area! Go!
Get back! Move! Move! Move! Get back! Come on!
Back! Everybody back!
[ROARING]
Yeah!
[ALL CHEERING]
Yeah!
Yes!
Medic!
The Mayor's been shot.
MAN: Get a stretcher.
Dress her wound.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
I see you made some new friends.
I figured they hate the Volge more than they hate humans.
I'm still mad about the sphere.
I'll make it up to you. I've heard that before.
AMANDA: I have to get up. KENYA: No.
Yes. No, no, no, no. You don't feel well.
You have to stay here. You have to stay here.
Doc, can you please talk some sense into her?
Bed rest.
I know you mean well,
but I have a few thousand things that I need to take care...
Bed rest. Good human.
I'm gonna check in with you later, okay?
Okay. Bye.Bye.
So, you're gonna make it?
[CHUCKLES] I think so.
How many dead?
Forty-one.
[SIGHS]
Someone tried to wipe this town off the map last night. They tried hard.
We need to figure out who sent the Volge
and what they were trying to accomplish.
Look, in the desk, in the drawer. There's a cloth bag.
AMANDA: What do you think?
I'm no lawkeeper.
Maybe not.
But you happen to be all I have available.
Way to sell a guy.
Think about it.
This town, it's a nice place to live.
Yep. So I keep hearing.
[SPEAKING IN ALIEN DIALECT]
[IN ENGLISH] "Life is coy and must be firmly embraced."
It's gorgeous.
The ring signifies a pledge of betrothal?
It is the human custom. The actual wedding comes later.
That's when they will swear vows before Shigustak.
This will kill Rafe McCawley.
Eventually, yes. If we're clever and patient.
I married well.
You flatter a poor woman.
IRISA: Nolan used to say the two of us are children of the Badlands.
The wild, open spaces where the weak are afraid to go.
It's towns that scare me.
All the people jostling for space.
Sucking up the air until there's nothing left to breathe.
Will we stay here? I don't know.
My people have a god called Irzu.
He has a path for each of us.
Where it takes us is not always where we imagined.
But there is a reason.
Nolan's people call it fate.
[PIANO PLAYING]
♪ If I didn't care
♪ More than words can say...
So while you were away, everything went to hell.
Your new mayor is tougher than anyone expected.
Ben Daris is comatose. But if he wakes up,
he can tie us to the Volge attack and to Luke McCawley's murder.
And with McCawley dead,
we have no idea where the Kaziri is buried
or where he may have hidden the key.
I don't know what to do next.
Relax, Mr. Birch.
Don't lose heart.
When the town is empty,
we'll be free to resume our search.
The backup plan?
It's brutal.
[LAUGHS]
We're trying to change the world, Mr. Birch.
Mark my words,
one day, the survivors will thank us.
♪ ...would all this be true?
♪ If I didn't care for you?
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]