Previously on Defiance...
You had him.
Rahm Tak. The leader of the Votanis Collective.
And if you hadn't have choked,
he'd be a cooling corpse right now
and Defiance would be a whole lot safer.
We're at war, kiddo.
And you've become an unreliable partner.
Rahm Tak is ready to make his move.
I saw him buy a truckload of weapons from an arms dealer.
The weapons had the Von Bach Industries logo on them.
When Alak was describing the arms dealer, you had a reaction.
Alak is clearly describing my ex-boyfriend, Conrad Von Bach.
My mom and dad, they're working as spies for the V.C.
Go! Go!
Datak spotted us. He's gonna run.
Grab him, now!
I think one of us is going to die.
I've been stabbed.
I need your help.
I am at a loss for words.
I know how much you and your wife hate me.
Believe me, the feeling's more than mutual.
But despite it all, I really did think you loved our town.
Maybe even as much as I do.
I truly believed that when faced with a common enemy,
an enemy that wants to destroy our town
and everything it stands for,
you would stand with us.
I would never say you were a good man.
But siding with a mass murderer?
I thought you were better than that.
It is with a heavy heart that I vote to convict.
Datak Tarr, this panel has found you guilty of high treason,
which carries a sentence of death by hanging.
If you wish, you may now make a brief statement.
Did my wife do that to your face?
It's a good look for you.
Nice town, Benedict.
Think I should buy it?
I think you should buy an airplane.
You're a hopeless romantic.
Watch the truck.
Okay.
Thanks, Augusta.
No, these aren't really me, either, are they?
Um...
How 'bout the blue frames?
What's with the sign?
My husband and I are moving west.
It's not safe in Defiance.
Not safe?
They say soldiers are coming to kill humans.
Most of my friends have left town already.
You're smart to get out.
I'm heading west myself, after I conclude a bit of business.
If you're ever in AngelArc, look me up.
You're Von Bach? Yeah.
Really?
It's been a long time, Conrad.
Jess.
Been awhile.
You look good.
I have two questions for you.
One, did you sell weapons to the Votanis Collective?
Guilty as charged, but you understand this is what they...
You had another question?
Did you bring weapons for us?
You never were much into foreplay.
Snapdragon bolt-rifles, cold-fire hand cannons.
Particle Overmag.
Beautiful weapon.
I'll say.
See?
That's what Von Bach Industries are all about.
Providing quality weapons for people to defend themselves.
And here I thought you were a family of ruthless war profiteers
who cared about nothing but the bottom line.
The Butcher of Yosemite is calling me ruthless?
Ouch.
You supplied arms to the V.C.
Oh, come on. We're businessmen.
We don't discriminate. We don't take sides.
We sell weapons to those that can afford them.
Nolan.
You've put a lot of innocent lives at risk.
You choose your next words carefully.
Aloe vera.
Voice-matching activation.
I say when my guns work, I say when they don't.
Don't worry. I'll match them to your voice once we've settled on a price.
Stop showing off. What's the number?
Still, no foreplay.
I'm telling you, Jess, you're missing out.
All right, let's do this.
It's a zero.
Consider the weapons a gift.
A gift?
Are you joking?
Von Bachs never joke when it comes to business.
That's what makes us so boring.
What's the catch?
The catch is you buy me a drink.
How's that sound?
Do it.
Drinks are on the house.
Anything for the team.
Goldenrod!
They've gone about as far as they can with the shovels,
we're about to bring in the drill.
Good.
I suppose there's no point in putting this off any longer.
This is gonna hurt, Bebe.
Purity requires sacrifice.
Hey, kiddo.
Nice job on those flyers.
Don't make fun of me.
What?
Nice work on those flyers?
Don't you think I want to pick up a gun
and defend the town like everybody else?
I wasn't making fun.
Right.
So I'm just hypersensitive, is that what you're saying?
No.
Whatever.
I'll make copies.
Almost done.
You were in town today.
Any news of my husband?
He's been sentenced to die.
When?
In three days.
I'm sure you'd like some time alone with your thoughts.
You can rest in my quarters while I'm in the mines.
I've caused so much trouble.
Yet you've shown me nothing but kindness.
Wake me when you return.
Forgive my daughter.
She is prone to tantrums.
There is nothing to forgive.
Speak English.
You need the practice.
This town will turn on us if they learn you're protecting a spy.
I have no intent in telling them.
Do you?
So, how's your nose?
It hurts.
Thank you for the guns.
You're welcome for the guns.
How much trouble are you in?
Oh. Well, very soon, I expect to make the transition
from black sheep of the family
to disinherited dead black sheep of the family.
So why did you do it?
Well, it was the only gesture
I could make up big enough to impress you.
No, no, no.
Connie, you and me are ancient history.
"You and I."
Don't correct my grammar.
You know I hate that.
Yeah, I know.
I know.
So, did I?
Did you what?
Impress you?
I've missed you.
You say that, but I'm not sure you do.
I came home from the tour
and our Redwood apartment was empty.
Furniture gone. You took the dog.
And your mother's lawyer was there
with a briefcase full of scrip.
Told me that you had reconsidered the wisdom of our relationship.
What?
I never said that. Come on.
I never said that.
I was under the impression that you dumped me.
- What? - Yeah.
Mother told me she offered you cash to break off the engagement.
And you accepted.
She said that proved you were only after our family money.
No, no, no.
What really happened was I shot a hole in the briefcase.
And then I shot your mother's lawyer in the foot.
- Is that the truth? - Yeah.
It felt great.
Looks like Mother outsmarted us both.
No one ever called her stupid.
I'm so sorry. I...
I just wish you'd come and told me the truth.
I'm pretty sure you have that backwards.
So you're happy here in Defiance?
When the E-Rep was here, I felt safe.
And there was this guy, Tommy.
And he was gentle and kind and had a great ass.
Okay. So, now I'm jealous.
Don't be. He's dead.
You wanna go upstairs?
Yeah.
I do.
- You're late. - Long night.
I bet.
Well, it's a decent turn-out.
It'll do, for a start.
Okay, recruits!
Fall in.
Here you go.
No thanks. I brought my own.
Come on. That's an antique.
Weather vane.
She gets the job done.
I guess so.
What's your name?
Ranikar.
But you can call me Zero.
All right, Zero. You can shoot.
Who taught you?
My dad.
I built him that gun myself from scrap parts and old metal.
Took me three months to get the scope right.
I'm Indur, by the way.
Good to have you here. Thank you.
So this is it? This is all you got?
We're in the process of building.
Bebe!
That's it. Come on.
Pick those legs up.
- Let's go! - Five!
That's better.
- Higher. Good! - Six!
Seven!
- Let's go, people! - Eight!
What are you doing? Where's your daughter?
- Nine! - What?
I asked you a question, where's your daughter?
I don't have time for your questions.
I'm trying to get people ready for battle.
Don't waste my time!
I am going to keep wasting your time
until you give me a straight answer.
Most of these kids have read the.
Amazing Goddess of the Badlands.
And I wanna know where she is.
Why isn't the Amazing Goddess fighting by their side?
My daughter's been through a lot recently.
Right now, she's not capable of picking up a weapon.
But my child is?
And you should know, we're not the only
recruits asking these questions.
Many among us think the Votanis Collective is a human problem.
Really?
Really? "A human problem."
And they believe that Rahm Tak would treat the Votans
with kindness if he took Defiance.
That's a fantasy.
That's what some believe.
Do you believe that?
I believe that if your family isn't gonna fight
for Defiance, then neither is mine.
Sorry.
He's my dad.
Anyone else?
Keep 'em moving.
- Let's go. - Okay!
And... Sixteen!
Seventeen!
Eighteen!
Thank you for coming.
What happened to you?
Spent the day in basic training.
Nolan's whipping us into shape to face
your good pal, Rahm Tak.
Rahm's no friend of mine.
Any word of your mother?
Well, they haven't caught her yet.
And they never will.
She's too smart.
Where's my grandson?
Home.
Ignoring a condemned man's wishes.
It's kind of petty, don't you think?
You helped Rahm Tak.
And now that psychopath is coming for us,
and if we can't fight him off,
well then my half-human child is gonna be brutally murdered!
So, no, Dad.
Luke will not be visiting you ever.
I had no choice.
There's always a choice.
Look, the minute you got home,
you and Mom should have warned Nolan and Amanda.
You were Rahm's hostage!
He would have killed you! I escaped!
Well, how was I supposed to know that would happen?
You know, even if Rahm Tak had killed me, so what?
No, I would have died protecting my child and my home.
I'd be with Christie now!
My death would have meaning.
You should've told the truth.
You and Mom should have helped.
Don't leave. Please.
Wait.
I've failed you, Alak.
I've failed our family.
If I could change my actions,
if I could murder Rahm Tak and raise the Arch, I would do so.
If killing myself and your mother would bring back Christie,
I would cut both our throats.
But my time is done here.
I'm out of choices.
So I must ask...
You know it's not really the best time.
Please.
Hear me out.
I want you to go to Amanda.
Tell her that I cannot face human justice.
I wanna die properly,
at the hands of our own people,
on a shaming rack.
Just so that I'm clear,
rather than a quick death by hanging,
you're asking to be tortured to death
by weights slowly pulling your arms and legs from their sockets.
This is what you're asking?
It's the only way to remove the stain from my immortal soul.
Alak?
I'll see what I can do.
No. No way, Nolan. I won't do it.
You think I wanna be asking you to do this?
I know you don't want to fight.
Then stop trying to make me!
If you don't join the militia I can't defend the town.
They're gonna come in here,
they're gonna drag every human being they can find into Darby Square,
line 'em up and shoot 'em in the head, 10 at a time.
This is how we stop them.
Why?
Huh?
Why does everyone hurt each other?
Why is our world like this?
I dunno, kid.
This is how it is.
Do you ever get scared?
All the time.
Are you scared now?
Yeah.
And tired.
I love you.
You're dirty.
You need to be cleaned.
Actually I bathed fairly recently...
I insist.
You're very pretty.
Soft.
You smell nice.
I see why my father enjoys you.
You flatter me.
Omec beauty is the standard by which the rest of us are judged.
For my people, a Castithan slave
was a mark of status.
The finest sparked bitter competitions to see
who could spoil them with expensive gifts
and fine perfumes.
But when the enchanted Castithan was used up,
they'd be put down in the pens,
force-fed,
oiled until it was fit to be consumed.
You know, my father tires of his concubines faster than most.
I've been told that when he's done with one,
he'd give it to his children as a living toy.
It is a great honor to devour your father's whore.
You know, I think I'm clean now.
You're more trouble than you're worth.
Please.
I will leave here.
Just tell me what you want.
I want you...
to die
frightened.
I carefully consider the commands I give you, Kindzi.
I expect you to obey them precisely.
Now, in a moment I'm going to relieve the pressure from your throat
and you will apologize to Stahma.
I apologize, Stahma.
Think nothing of it.
Conrad?
After you.
What you've done to it.
All That Heaven Allows.
I remembered how much you loved Douglas Sirk.
I don't know what to say.
Well, how 'bout saying, "Wow, Conrad,"
"that was incredibly thoughtful."
"And I wish our time together would never end."
All good things must.
They don't have to.
Not this time.
Jess, I'm leaving tomorrow.
It's a big truck.
Plenty of room for an extra passenger.
What, are you just gonna take me away from all of this?
You know, when I agreed to come here,
I didn't know what to expect.
I packed up the film, the guns,
hoped for the best.
And?
The best was here.
I can't go away with you.
Defiance is my home and I need to be here to defend it.
Defiance isn't your home.
You were deployed here by the Earth Republic.
Well, guess what?
E-Rep is dead.
Your boyfriend Tommy is dead.
I'm alive.
And I'm here.
And I want a future with the girl I never stopped loving.
Let's just watch the movie.
I just hadn't thought about marriage.
Why do you think I've been seeing you?
Alak tells me you've asked to die on the shaming rack.
What's your angle?
I have quite possibly delivered this town
into the hands of a madman.
I've destroyed my family and put the lives of everyone I love at risk.
For a Castithan, atonement can only be
achieved by what you humans would call
"rough justice."
I could explain this in greater detail,
but what's the point?
My reasons don't matter.
I suggest you ask yourself
if you prefer my death be quick and clean,
or a slow, agonizing public spectacle.
Hmm.
Your request is granted.
Hey.
What's up?
I wanted to talk to you.
By all means.
I want details.
What's going on with Von Bach?
You've been seeing a lot of him.
I know. Crazy, right?
All these years hating the guy, I forgot how much I liked him.
Well, I really like his guns,
so I guess everyone's happy.
What's wrong?
Conrad asked me to go away with him.
What do you mean?
Leave Defiance?
For good?
Conrad Von Bach broke your heart.
Actually, it was his family that was more of the issue.
All right, now you're just making excuses.
I mean, come on. You can't seriously be considering this.
He loves me.
Oh, please.
What? And do you love him?
I don't know.
Maybe.
Okay. Well, if he truly loves you, he'll wait for you.
We're in the middle of a crisis at the moment.
We're leaving tomorrow.
Plans change.
Talk to him. Amanda.
I'll go with you. Please.
We'll figure this out together.
I don't wanna figure it out.
Then what do you want?
Your support.
What's the big rush?
I'm scared.
Join the club.
You know what my childhood was like.
After the raiders killed my family, I was alone.
Are we trading childhood sob stories here?
And then we turned their backs to them. And just...
Because if we're doing that, I will win.
Wait. Stop! Just listen to me.
I was afraid all the time.
I was scared of getting caught.
I was scared of dying. I was scared of not dying.
And then when I was 16, I joined the Earth Republic.
And then suddenly, there was food, and clothes,
and people who kept track of me and they were my family.
Then it was all taken away.
And now I am just that scared, lonely kid all over again.
You still have family.
All right? I'm your family.
And you cannot turn your back on me. Not now,
not when I'm trying to hold all of this together.
For me, family has to be more than good intentions.
And I don't think that you can protect us from what's coming.
Not me.
Not yourself. And not this town.
I'm so sorry.
You're a coward.
I'm not sure if Amanda told you.
She told me.
Defiance thanks you for your service.
It wasn't an easy choice, Nolan.
You know how much Defiance means to me.
And if I had any other option...
Like I said,
Defiance thanks you for your service.
Reporting for duty.
Good to have you on board, soldier.
Hey, look.
The Amazing Goddess!
Thank you.
Okay.
Here we go, boys.
You're a machine.
You should see me when I'm hunting Kangarats.
Amazing.
So what do you think?
For the most part, it's what we expected.
Cow farmers and shopkeepers.
Inexperienced, but doing their best.
There is some real talent here.
Indur's kid. He may be inexperienced,
but he's probably the best long range shooter I've ever seen.
We got a handful of professional soldiers like myself.
Throw in Irisa,
we might just have the beginnings of a strike force.
Irisa.
Tommy, it's me.
Tommy, I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry, Tommy.
I'm so sorry.
I wish I could take it all back.
- I wish... - Come on.
I wish I could take it back.
Come on.
Get her out of here.
Just don't let this fall apart.
All right, people. Come on. Let's bring it in.
I'm sorry.
I screwed up.
I dragged my daughter down here when
I knew she was in no condition to fight.
Because Indur made a good point.
A fair point.
How can we ask of you that you risk
your own lives and the lives of your children
defending Defiance,
unless we're prepared to do the same.
Fair point.
But here's the thing, people.
Throughout history, the strong have been
called upon to defend the weak.
And no, it's not fair that those of you who serve,
sweat and bleed
and push your bodies past their breaking point,
spend endless hours in combat training,
for those who cannot show up themselves.
Who are incapable or who can't be bothered.
Or just won't do it.
The strong defend the weak.
It's not fair, but it is right.
It's our responsibility and it's our privilege.
Now let me make one thing clear, my daughter is not weak.
She's saved my life more times than I can count.
She's strong.
She's possibly the strongest person I know.
And I believe in her,
I believe that when the time comes she will stand with us,
shoulder to shoulder defending Defiance.
But it will be on her terms.
I have to go back. No. Not today.
And in the meantime, this militia,
this confederacy of the strong,
will hold the line with pride.
We will face The Beast, and we will defeat him.
Do we have an understanding?
Defiance!
All right.
That's what I wanted to hear!
Everybody back to your firing lines.
We got work to do.
Second thoughts?
Absolutely not.
Come on.
Well, congratulations.
You are officially healthy enough to execute.
I noticed the vote to convict me was unanimous.
It wouldn't have changed the outcome,
and I still have to live in this town after you're gone.
Well, I respect your pragmatism.
I am gonna miss you.
I apologize to the people of Defiance.
Di-FA-yant-so!
Defiance.
Hello?
Who are you people?
What are you doing down here?
Sorry, old fella.
Wrong place, wrong time.
I'm going into town for supplies.
Perhaps you could go another day?
I promise you Kindzi will behave.
Won't you?
Of course, Father.
I'm not your enemy.
Eat this.
What, a pebble?
Eat it.
I won't.
What is it?
Eat it.
You can't force me.
I disagree.
Open.