The Beta Project (2025) Movie Script
(dramatic music)
(tense music) (crickets chirping)
(door rattles) (tense music)
(door squeaks) (tense music)
(door clatters) (tense music)
(tense music) (crickets chirping)
(Lana gasps) (tense music)
Lana, it's okay, Lana.
We're not here to hurt you.
We are here to help you.
We've been watching you.
You've been going through
very difficult times lately,
haven't you?
But we are here to give
you a second chance.
What, what are you talking about?
Big changes are coming.
The world is about to be reborn.
Have to be Ready.
We need friends, we need family.
And I want you to be a part of my family.
Family? What do you mean?
Do you like movies, Lana? (tense music)
Think of your favorite movie,
one in which you would love to live.
Now imagine living that
way for the rest of your life.
You would like that, wouldn't you, Lana?
Well, I can give you that. (tense music)
- Michael, it's me.
- Yeah, I know.
[Rose] Have you managed
to assess the sit...?
Have you managed to assess the situation?
Yeah, we got three crusties.
They just made the pitch.
I was about to introduce myself.
[Rose] No, they've already
given her the choice.
We must permit her to make that decision.
I'm not a fan of that rule, Rose.
Never have been, never will be.
(tense music)
So what will it be, Lana?
(tense music) (crickets chirping)
(suspenseful music)
(shrieking sound effect) (tense music)
Damn.
(Mike sighs) (tense music)
(blades clink) (dramatic music)
Yeah!
Finish it!
(dramatic music) (blades clink)
(gun blasts) (dramatic music)
(blades clink) (fighters grunt)
Ow, damn it. (gun clicks)
Hey, Lakey. How you doing?
I've had better days.
I thought I was done with you, Michael.
Well, you were, but then you
had to come back into my town
and start turning all the
hot chicks into crusties.
You gotta leave some of
them for us mortals, Lakey.
Uh... (melancholy music)
How about we make a deal?
You let me slip away,
and I'll tell you what you want to know.
What makes you think
you have anything that I want to know?
The fact that I have a
headache, and not heartburn.
(laughs) All right.
But you'd better hurry.
I think Rose is almost
done with her workout.
(blades clink) (gun blasts)
(Lakey hollers)
(grunts) Wow.
Relax, I didn't hit the heart,
but it is close enough to slow you down.
(Lakey grunts)
Told you. (Lakey groans)
(feet shuffle)
(Rose grunts) (victim groans)
- What the fuck?
- I'm so sorry.
[Victim] Son of a bitch!
(shrieking sound effects)
Better hurry. Running
out time, what's the word?
All right, all right. (exhales)
Lameck is back.
(chuckles) No.
Ah, okay, all right, uh, Lilith is in town.
Lilith is dead, she's been
a pile of dust for centuries.
No, she is in town, and she
is planning something big.
And she is building an army.
Well in that case, you can
tell me where to find her.
No, I don't know. Only
that she is recruiting.
(blades clink) (fighters grunting)
(flesh squelches) (jarring effects)
Although, although, she
is looking for someone...
- special.
- Special. Who?
I don't know, I don't
know. I really don't know!
Should I have played with them a bit more?
Nah, he spilled.
So how about it? We had a deal.
You let me go.
Yeah.
I said I'd let you go.
(Lakey groans) (melancholy music)
(crickets chirping)
Lakey.
I said I'd let you go. (dramatic music)
(jarring music) (Lakey hollers)
- So, rumors are true, Lilith?
- Lilith.
- What's the plan? Hank?
- Heavens no.
(crickets chirping)
Does Stanley still have his cover?
Yeah, but I don't want
to blow it over nothing.
Lilith is anything but nothing,
She is if it's bullshit.
And what do you think, Michael?
Do you think it's bullshit? (upbeat music)
Make the call. Use Stanley as bait.
If Lilith is indeed building an army,
she will want someone like him.
(vampire growls) (blade clinks)
(jarring music) (upbeat music)
Don't tell Hank I did that. (upbeat music)
Hey, can I borrow your
phone? I'm out of minutes.
(upbeat music)
Let's start a little
trouble, have a little fun
We'll run around 'til the
moon becomes the sun
Let's get in a little trouble,
you won't wanna miss this
Yeah, you can call
me mischief, mischief
I gotta taste for it
I gotta give me my
punishment that fits the crime
I like to take it if I
know it isn't mine
All the girls are dancing,
all the boys are on fire
We're at the limit,
now let's cross the line
I got a feeling that you like a chase
Gotta keep up the pace
Let's justify it and
it's one hell of a race
Let's get in a little trouble,
wouldn't wanna miss this
Yeah, you can call
me mischief, mischief
Let's get in a little bit
of trouble, is it really fun
You can call me, you can
call me mischief, mischief
I gotta taste for it, I gotta taste.
I gotta taste for it. (music cuts out)
(crickets chirping) (gravel crackling)
(tense music)
(hand claps face) (tense music)
(victim gurgling)
- We know you have it.
(gurgling) I don't know
anything about any Rose.
(tense music)
[Lilith] All right, enough
already. Jesus Christ.
Where did you learn your
interrogating skills? The CIA?
He was just about to break.
Sure he was. (tense music)
I thought you didn't get your hands dirty.
I don't.
I'm here because you're
not honoring our agreement.
I was promised results and I
was promised the Desert Rose.
Ah, well, we've both
made a lot of promises.
I kept mine.
So you have. (foreboding music)
And now I'll keep mine.
[Colleen] Your thugs have
been pounding on this guy
for damn near four hours.
You really should have
let my people take care of it.
If I let your people handle it,
he'd be dead already,
and we'd still have nothing.
Men are so strong.
They're like rocks.
The strongest ones though,
they don't break by force.
I learned that freshman year in college.
No, they're broken by love,
at least the hope of it anyway.
- Sophomore year.
- Yeah hope.
God damn, I love hope.
Couldn't have done half the shit I've done
without the foolishness of hope.
Man's greatest weakness, isn't it?
Well, that and children.
Who was she, Stanley?
[Stanley] What?
Who was it that made you give up on love?
On a family?
What made you dive into your work?
[Stanley] I don't know
what you're talking about.
Don't lie to me, Stanley.
You don't wanna lie anymore.
[Stanley] I, I don't
have anything to tell you.
Oh, you're gonna tell me
everything, and you know it,
'cause you're a good boy.
Yeah, and good boys do as they're told.
(Stanley exhales) (tense music)
- Mojo one in position.
- Copy that. Go on my mark.
(tense music)
[Rose] This is a mistake.
[Hank] Mark.
[Assassin] Target one down.
(tense music)
Target two down. (tense music)
Target three down. (tense music)
(guns click) (tense music)
(footsteps shuffle) (tense music)
Come on, Stanley, give it to me.
Come on, gimme what I want.
- I want to.
- Uh huh,
So why don't you tell me, Stanley?
Huh? Mmhmm, come on Stanley.
We don't know where it is.
Oh, Stanley, why do we think that you do?
Because we wanted you
to, so we could find you.
Oh, Stanley, no one even knows I'm alive.
We do, Lilith, Mother of Demons. (exhales)
- Who knows, Stanley?
- Oh.
- Who are you working with?
- Oh.
Tell me Stanley, stay with me. Come on.
- Oh.
- Who are you working with?
Oh, oh... Fuck Stanley, tell me,
who are you working with, who knows?
(tense music) (footsteps shuffle)
Tell me, Stanley, I'll let you have it all.
Come on, Stanley, tell me.
Yes, Stanley, that's it. Tell
me, who are you working with?
The Project. (panting) (tense music)
Fuck!
[Hank] Breach.
(explosion blasts)
You morons, you led them straight to me!
You can't let 'em see me.
You've gotta get me outta here.
Okay, I'll let myself out. (tense music)
[Assassin] Multiple targets acquired.
(gun blasts) (guns sputtering)
Target's down.
[Hank] I told you my teams would get her.
[Rose] That has yet to be seen.
[Hank] It's only a matter of time.
(tense music)
(gun blasts) (tense music)
[Rose] This is a blood bath.
[Hank] We'll come out on top.
- But at what cost?
- Hey, do you want her or not?
(tense music)
[Assassin] We have eyes on Night Owl.
(dramatic percussion music)
(high pitched ringing)
(guns blasting) (tense music)
(fists thumping) (tense music)
(guns blasting) (tense music)
(flesh squelches) (tense music)
- I warned you.
- It's not over.
(flesh squelches) (tense music)
(victim screams)
(Lilith laughs) (flames crackle)
[Rose] Now it's over.
(police radio chattering) (tense music)
[Hank] (exhales) Mojo one,
Mojo Axel, how copy? Over.
Mojo three, Mojo Actual, how copy? Over.
Mojo five. (police radio chattering)
Mojo, Johnson! (tense music)
(footsteps patter) (tense music)
I'm grateful to your
assistance up until this point,
but I'm dissolving our partnership.
(dramatic music)
It didn't have to be this way.
(tense music)
[Rose] Your way didn't work.
Now it's my turn.
Go ahead.
You cannot fight what you are.
(dramatic music) (engine hums)
Our backup team has
arrived on location. No survivors.
Five Familiars, three
crusties, all three Mojo teams,
and Stanley. (engine humming)
Location is secure. No sign of Lilith.
(dramatic music) (crickets chirping)
(door clatters) (door squeaks)
[Mike] Hey, hot stuff, wait up!
[Rose] I see the sexual
harassment videos you were
assigned went unwatched again.
[Mike] Eh, you've seen
one, you've seen 'em all.
Call me a pacifist,
but I would've preferred
someone left alive to
torture for information.
[Mike] (sighs) So what's the plan?
Obviously, Lilith knows we're coming now.
So element of surprise is gone.
I wouldn't say that.
What, are you kidding me?
She'll see Hank's teams
coming from a mile away.
Hank's teams are a
brutish wall of violence.
They only leave dust
and debris in its wake.
If we are to battle Lilith and her minions-
[Mike] Minions, did you say minions?
Do people still have those?
[Rose] We need to be more surgical,
more precise, more intelligent.
All right, well, I guess we
can take some of Hank's guys,
concentrate on more surgical strikes,
more precise targeting
as far as intelligence.
I guess we can give
them some books to read,
- or something.
- No.
All right, YouTube videos then.
I want to start the Beta Project.
Hank is not gonna be happy with that.
I'll handle Henry. I want
four very skilled women.
(chuckles) Who doesn't?
(gentle strumming music)
(speaks Spanish)
Uh, just a little please.
That's good. Thank you.
(gentle strumming music)
(Ajay and waitress speak Spanish)
Check?
Uh yeah, sorry, yeah, thank you.
(Ajay sighs) (gentle strumming music)
What?
We got a six hour leg ahead of us.
We don't need to be
stopping every five minutes.
- Oh, I'll hold it.
- Yeah.
We're way ahead of schedule.
We can make some
potty breaks if we need to.
Potty breaks? What are you five?
Damn it, did anyone call Pete
to let him know we'll be arriving early?
[Worm] I did.
Oh. (gentle strumming music)
What the hell, worm?
You don't flash that kind
of cash in front of people.
What?
How can someone so smart be so stupid?
Hey, watch it.
She's just invited every thug in this place
to jump us when we get outside.
Hey, she didn't know about
it, okay? It was a mistake.
We told her. Now she
won't do it again, right Worm?
Right, I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking.
That's the problem, you don't think.
Zoe, knock it off,
or I'll clean every single toilet in here
with that big ass forehead of yours.
Enough.
Both of you. (gentle strumming music)
Worm, you have to be more careful.
All right, I'm sorry.
Ajay, you touch Zoe without my permission
and I'll make sure you're
in the back of that truck
for the next six months on every job.
Oh yeah, (speaks Spanish)
Zoe, you pick on Worm one more time
and I'm gonna ask Ajay
to clean the bathrooms.
(Ajay whistles)
Understood? (upbeat music)
Let's go.
One last ride, can't
wait to take the train
One last ride (upbeat music)
One last ride, can't
wait to take the train
Another six hours and
we'll be at the border.
We'll stop just before we get there
to prep for the crossing.
All right, sounds good.
Zoe, keep it under 80... Excuse me.
- Shit.
- Damn it, Worm.
I'm not trying to cause
no trouble or anything,
just like need some cash for
like a bus fare or something.
Sorry. Nada.
All right, I'm not fuckin'
around. Gimme that cash.
Yeah, I saw little white bitch got it.
- What?
- Who the fuck you call white?
[Thug] I wasn't talking
to you, (speaks Spanish)
(Ajay speaks Spanish)
(Ajay spits) (upbeat music)
Come get it.
(fists thump) (fighters grunt)
(foot thunks) (thug grunts)
Hey, who's the bitch now? (speaks Spanish)
Hm, Papi? (speaks Spanish)
(upbeat music)
(Ajay speaks Spanish) (upbeat music)
(fist thumps) (thug grunts)
Night night. (upbeat music)
(boots thump the thug) (upbeat music)
(quiet eerie muttering) (whooshing effects)
[Whispering Voice] Don't
save her, you shouldn't do it.
Don't save her. Let her die.
(gun blasts)
What the hell, Ajay? What
the fuck are you doing?
We need to get outta here.
- Worm handle this.
- Ajay, are you okay?
Ajay, we gotta get outta here, all right?
- Yeah, all right.
- All right?
Oh no
All right. One last ride
Can't wait to take
the train, one last ride
Yeah, one last ride
Can't wait to take
the train, one last ride
(door rattles)
One last ride
One last ride
One last ride, oh
One last ride, yeah
I'll take the train, take
the train, take the train
One last ride, one last ride
Look now, now, look now (harmonizing)
Oh yeah
(door rattles)
(engine hums) (mellow music)
- Hey Mehnkah.
- Hi Mike.
Hey wait, hey hey hey hey hey, Mehnkah.
You're like in HR or something, right?
- Accounting.
- Accounting,
hell, it doesn't get any
smarter than accounting, right?
- Okay.
- Congratulations.
- You're on the new team.
- Wait, what?
- Okay.
- Oh wait, hold on.
Yes?
Thanks.
What a fuckin' weirdo.
(footsteps patter)
- Safe.
- You're late.
Yeah, sorry, I had to whip up
this little PowerPoint
presentation for y'all.
Oh well, you wanted the
best four girls on my list?
Here they are.
Smuggler, by the name
of Amanda Jarvis Cortez,
Ajay to her friends.
Survived on the streets as a pickpocket,
running short cons, put
together her own crew.
Now she's one of, if not the best smugglers
in North and Central America.
Not exactly gonna run the
Kessel Run in 12 parsecs,
but pretty damn close.
Second
Next, runs with Ajay,
goes by the name of Worm, as in book.
She's hyper-intelligent,
a little socially awkward,
but dangerous on a keyboard.
So she's your nerd.
You played football in
high school, didn't you?
- Tight end.
- Next.
Next is our very own Mehnkah.
- Mehnkah from accounting?
- HR.
- Accounting.
- Accounting, yes.
(sighs) And number four?
I've got that narrowed
down to two different choices.
First one is a girl named Joy Malone.
Whoa, whoa, wait. Our Joy?
[Rose] Our Joy?
Yes, she helped Mike
and I run an op last year
on some underground meth labs.
Yeah, she's dangerous and a hothead,
and she nearly got herself killed.
But she gets the job done,
and she's got some
pretty interesting skills.
What kind of skills?
She's a redhead from the O'Malley line.
Oh, I see.
Okay, well there is that,
but she's also strong,
has a hell of a left hook,
which Hank can testify to,
and she knows her way around
every government issued firearm.
Plus she can run a long
con like nobody's business.
And your final option?
She's gonna be a little difficult to find.
(sighs) Gimme what you
have on her. I'll track her down.
[Mike] You're not gonna find her, Hank.
What's her name?
She goes by the name of The Ballerina.
You're not gonna have
anything on her, Hank.
[Hank] If she exists, we'll find her.
The Ballerina.
A thief, supposed to be
responsible for at least
a dozen of the most high profile jobs
in the last three years.
Now see there, she doesn't exist.
Oh, she exists.
So these are your choices?
A smuggler, a nerd, an
accountant, a banshee,
and a figment of your imagination?
Not everything you can know about somebody
can be put in a file, Hank.
I mean, what does your file say about me?
It says you were born in Dallas, Texas.
Went to Wallace Elementary.
Your mascot was the wallaby.
- Adorable, by the way.
- Thank you.
Graduated Kingwood High School.
Go Mustangs.
Also graduated Texas A&M with a bachelor's,
a master's, and doctorate in
communication and psychology.
Are my eyes really green?
You've taken defensive driving seven times?
Well that was just for the 10% discount
- on my car insurance.
- Have you ever taken
The Project's offensive driving program?
Offensive driving, is
that like driving around
with your ass hanging out the window?
No, it's killing people with your car.
Oh, I can already do that.
Yeah, but can you do it with style?
I knew everything I
needed to know about you
before I met you.
And this tells me that these girls
are a disaster waiting to happen!
This is my team Henry.
They'll be my responsibility.
Fine, Rose. Have it your way.
- You sure about this?
- Of course I'm sure.
I wouldn't be doing it if I
thought it was a mistake.
That's right, I forgot,
you don't make mistakes.
Correct.
I thought I did once, but I was wrong.
Wait, was that a joke?
Did you just tell a joke?
[Rose] If you tell anyone,
I'll be forced to kill you in
the most humiliating way.
(upbeat music)
(brakes squeak) (upbeat music)
(door rattles) (upbeat music)
Oh fuck, I gotta piss.
Try not to flirt with them so much.
Like to get this over with
without any problems.
I flirt with them so that we
don't have any problems.
What if they don't flirt back?
Then we know we got a problem.
(upbeat music)
- Two days ahead of schedule.
- (chuckles) Yeah.
We are impressed.
Two days ahead of schedule. 20% bonus?
You girls are worth
the 20%, just to look at.
(chuckles) Girls?
Would girls be able to smuggle
a whole truck load of your
shit from Peru to the U.S.
in five days with no complications?
See, this is why we click.
I don't like complications.
You don't like complications.
Perhaps you and I,
we could spend some
time together after this.
No complications.
Right.
(speaks Spanish) You
give me my quarter million
and we can avoid all sorts
of complications, okay?
You know exactly what to
say to a client, don't you?
It's okay, it's okay. I like it.
(crickets chirping)
Are you sure you ladies
don't want to join us for drinks?
(chuckles) Yeah,
we would love to stay
and celebrate with y'all,
but we got places to see and people to do.
You know how it is, right?
Ready. (upbeat music)
I got a hankering for-(items rattle)
I'm kinda restless, I
can't ignore the beat
Gotta skip in my
step, gotta tap my feet
I got a craving, you're
exactly what I need
I've never been too
good at keeping quiet
Give me occasion, I
can promise I won't bite
What the fuck is this?
Oh, you weren't supposed to see that.
We better not have drive five days,
smuggling fuckin' (speaks Spanish) Pete.
Tell me this is heroin.
Oh it isn't heroin.
It's a bait.
Let's get little bit drunk,
you won't want to miss this
Yeah, you can call
me mischief, mischief
I got a taste for it
Give me a punishment
that fits the crime
Like to take it if I know it is mine
All the girls are dancing,
all the boys are on fire
We're at the limit
now, let's cross the line
I've got a feeling
that you like a chase
Takes one to know one,
and I can't stay in one place
Ready set go. Can't keep up the pace
I'll justify it and it's
one hell of a race
(upbeat music) (Ajay grunting)
(vampire growls) (Ajay muttering)
(lyrics drowned out)
You're a little trouble,
you won't wanna miss this
Yeah, you can call
me mischief, mischief
(gun blasting) (Ajay grunting)
I can break your heart
if you play me for a fool
(explosion blasts)
[Disembodied Voice] You should find men
with thicker skins.
You were warned Peter.
The moon becomes the sun
Get a little bit drunk,
you won't wanna miss this
Yeah, you can call
me mischief, mischief
This girl is under the
protection of The Project.
You leave now, or suffer the consequences.
I can break your heart So be it.
If you play you for a fool
We can play a game
if I can break the rules
I can break your heart
if you play me for fool
Yeah so, let's have a little bit of fun
We've run around 'til the
moon becomes the sun
You're a little bit drunk,
you won't wanna miss this
Yeah, you can call
me-- You can't win, Rose.
Peter, I already have.
You're a little bit drunk
(shrieking effects)
(song lyrics drowned out)
I gotta stay strong, I gotta taste
No way. I got a taste for it
I got a-(music cuts out)
Yes way. (dramatic music)
Now you wouldn't wanna lose your head
over little old me, would you?
- What the hell do you want?
- Just a talk.
(suspenseful music)
(guns popping)
(Ajay breathes nervously)
Now we could stand here and
shoot each other in the face,
or we can have a nice polite conversation.
Hear us out and you get to keep the cash.
Mmhmm, we? Your friend
there isn't talking to anybody.
I told you she wouldn't go quietly.
So how about that talk? (crickets chirping)
Oh, thank you.
Unlike my friend, my face
doesn't react so well to bullets.
All right, so who are you,
and what the hell do you want?
I'm Mike Lorenzo and
this charming soul is Rose.
We belong to an organization
known as The Project.
As for what we want, well-
We simply want to ask you a question.
Oh yeah? Well what
kind of question is that?
Ms. Cortez, do you believe in destiny?
(upbeat music)
What the fuck? (upbeat music)
[Performer] Oh, here we go.
She got the blue
sundress and cowboy boots
Bent over the table, shooting pool
That's what I'm talking about
I got my quarters
lined up and I'm on deck
Grab a pitcher of of
Miller, was practicing
That's what I'm talking about
Yeah, I'm just lookin' for some fun
I got my bluejeans,
with this school ring
Tipping my hat to the country queen
Cowboy revel out on the scene
And things are gettin' low
Band's playing my favorite song
And all the guys and
girls love to sing along
Everybody let me hear you tap dance
That's what I'm talkin' about
She hit the eight ball in
and grabbed my hands
I said forget this cutie,
come on, let's dance
That's what I'm talkin' about
Hey.
Where is she at?
We lit up by the neon Bud sign
Double fisting shots
while we pump and grind
That's what I'm talkin' about
Yeah, we're shutting this place down
I got my bluejeans
with this school ring
Tipping my hat to the country queen
Cowboy revel out on the scene
And things are gettin' low
Band's playing my favorite song
And all the guys and
girls got to sing along
Everybody let me hear you shout
That's what I'm talkin' about
(upbeat music) With no dive
(upbeat music)
(pursuer whistles) (upbeat music)
The beer is cold, the night is young
And we ain't stoppin'
'til the sun comes up
I got my blue jeans
with the school ring
Tipping my had to the country queen
Cowboy revel out on the scene
and things are gettin' low
[Agent] She can run, can't she?
Should remember the first rule of pursuit,
you can run but you can't hide.
Yeah, what does it say
about shattered knees though?
What?
That's what I'm talkin' about
(upbeat music) (fists thumping)
I swear I will end you.
(footsteps patter) (quiet tense music)
Samus, she's here. (quiet tense music)
Guys, let's go. (quiet tense music)
- Well?
- You were right.
The Project knew we were coming.
Took the other one though.
It was unavoidable.
So what do we do with this one?
- Nothing.
- Nothing?
You do nothing.
You keep her here, you watch her.
You let nothing happen
to her. (tense music)
[Samus] You know,
it's only a matter of time
before The Project
realizes what your plan is.
(laughs) Oh, I highly doubt that.
Give me one good
reason I shouldn't, turn you.
(tense music)
Having somebody of your influence
can be very beneficial
to me and my business.
Besides I'd have access
to that husband of yours.
How about that?
Then I'd have a lot of power.
(blade swishes) (Samus laughs)
(laughs) Oh no, what's wrong?
Your little healing trick not working?
The Desert Rose is not the only thing
that can cause wounds that can't heal.
Remember that next time you
decide to whip out your dick.
And she is not to be
harmed. She's only to be held.
And under no circumstance
is she to be turned.
Am I understood?
(laughs) I thought so. (dramatic music)
(tense music)
What did I just see?
The truth.
I'm gonna need a little more than that.
Of course,
but we need to know that
we're not wasting our time.
Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know
you had other places to be.
Are you the type of person
that will hide your eyes from reality
because it contradicts what you believe?
Or are you the type of person
that will accept the truth before them?
Are you willing to sacrifice
everything you were,
everything you are, everything
you can be all for the truth?
Because if you're not Ms. Cortez,
you take your briefcase
and go change your life.
Justify what you saw tonight
as adrenaline, shadows,
smoke, mirrors, reflections of reality
that altered your perception of it.
Take your money and go be happy.
Or?
Or you stay and you discover the truth.
All right, I'm listening.
The men you encountered
tonight, they're not human.
They're the children of an old,
very powerful family of ancient creatures.
We know them only as The Old Ones.
They existed before the gods
of Greece, before mankind,
before the Christian God
pulled the world out of darkness and chaos.
Demons just, just say demons.
She'll understand demons.
I mean, you are Catholic, right?
What? You're just
assuming I'm Catholic, why?
- Because I'm Latina?
- You're not Catholic?
So these things, they're demons, right?
It's as good name as any other to use.
These creatures, they take many forms,
sometimes fire, sometimes smoke,
sometimes the very air that we breathe.
They can even take human form.
They are powerful,
and they are sworn to return this world
into the chaos from
which they were spawned.
What do you want from me though?
We want you to fight.
Mm, fight, got it, fight
these demons, right? Me?
Look, there are those in this world
that have no purpose, no destiny, no fate.
They make up the majority of this world.
They have the ability to choose
where their life will take them,
and they always choose to take it nowhere.
Then there are those of us
who are destined for greatness,
and we will always
begin by asking ourselves
if we have a choice to pursue
or not to pursue our destiny.
Is there a free will?
Of course there is, but
not for people like us.
I make my own choices
and I follow my own path.
Yes, you've had many opportunities
to reach this night before.
Forks, it doesn't matter what
choices you made in the past.
Someday, sometime eventually,
you would have sat down with us.
If not us, those like us,
those with the same purpose.
Let's say you made different decisions
early on in your life.
We would've already had this conversation.
Perhaps Mike would
be sitting where you are,
you'd be sitting here in this pew.
Paths, yes, there are many,
but in the end, they all
lead here, to the same place.
That is destiny.
Ms. Cortez, I'll ask you again,
do you believe in destiny? (dramatic music)
(Joy sigh)
(Joy exhales)
(door squeaks)
(door clatters)
- Are those necessary?
Well, she shattered Cliff's
kneecap and broke my nose.
I wasn't talking to you.
Are those necessary?
Oh, I get it. You must be the good cop.
Take those off.
(cuffs rattle) (cuffs clank)
Oh sorry, I thought you
were still talking to me.
Is there anything else?
Men are idiots. I really
need an all female staff.
- They have their uses.
- That they do.
So let me get this straight,
this is where you spread a
bunch of photos on the table,
right, from a file,
where you tell me everything
you know about me,
and you show me all the people
that I've wronged, or
killed, or fill in the blank.
And then you try to get
a confession outta me
all night long.
But then you try to work me
so that I turn on someone
that I know, or work with.
That's right. You're former DEA.
You've been on my side of the table before.
Many times.
Well, I think I should
introduce myself. I'm-
Lilith Stone, ADA.
- That's right.
- It's on your badge, toots.
Ah.
We're gonna have a lot of fun today.
(tense music)
(gentle ethereal music)
They gave you the destiny speech too?
Yeah, they can be kind of
melodramatic sometimes,
but for the most part, they're good people.
Hi, am Mehnkah.
I guess me and you are
going to be partners now?
- Partners?
- Oh yeah, partners,
teammates, whatever you wanna call it.
Oh, I'm Ajay.
Well, Ajay, very nice to meet you.
Yeah.
(laughs) They sure gotta a
thing for destiny, don't they?
Yeah, destiny, right?
Like there's somebody out
there who has it all figured out,
from the beginning of
time to the end of time.
I guess some people would
rather believe in destiny
then admit that shit just happens.
Yeah, bad shit happens.
I mean, otherwise,
what's the point of
everything without free will?
Am I right?
Free will. (chuckles)
You know, every decision you make,
from the career path you choose
to the line you decide to go into
at the grocery store checkout,
they all have outcomes and consequences.
You, for example,
decide to become an actor
instead of a police officer,
and because of that,
countless lives are lost,
(chuckles) or saved.
And you, you choose the long line
at the grocery store checkout,
and on your way home, you
miss the light by just seconds,
and in doing so, prevents
you from causing the accident
that will kill a child, that
would become president.
Outcomes and consequences.
Do you think mankind
is ready for that kind of responsibility?
Are you?
Free will, hm, good luck with that.
Well, aren't you a bucket of sunshine?
Who the hell are you?
I'm the one that's gonna try to prevent you
from getting killed.
(gentle dramatic music)
Okay. (gentle dramatic music)
(door rattles) (door squeaks)
Joy Malone, one hell of a future in the DEA
until you made one giant mistake.
Now you've been on
the run for almost a year,
but always one step ahead.
- Until now.
- Until now. Congratulations.
Let's see.
It says you're responsible for
taking out the meth operation
of the Walker sisters, single-handedly?
- By killing everyone in it?
- Okay,
that was completely self-defense.
And a competing dealer,
by the name of Mitchell.
Uh, that was an accident.
I was forcibly made to inhale
some wild concoction of drugs.
I don't even know, like cocaine,
I think, and amphetamines.
I think there might have actually been
some antacids in it too,
because I did not have heartburn
for like a month after that, I don't know.
Allegedly.
It's okay. We know you
weren't working alone.
No shit.
We want the people
who convinced you to
go after the meth dealers.
- So here comes the deal.
- It's a very nice deal.
Thanks, but no thanks.
I can't keep doing this,
I keep getting myself
into these situations.
I make a mistake, and then
I'm just drowning under water,
and then you suits walk into my life
and you offer me a deal,
and then I just find myself
even deeper underwater.
I just (sighs)
Thanks, but no thanks.
Hm, and here I thought you
were one of the smart ones.
You wanna know why I became a DEA agent?
I wanted to do some good.
I know that sounds naive.
It is naive, but it's true.
So why the DEA and not the FBI, CIA?
I don't know, the DEA wanted me more.
I have a young face,
so they thought I could
infiltrate all the hip scenes.
And then I made a big mistake.
I got a bunch of agents killed.
- Then came the deal.
- Then came the deal.
They uh, they were from
some alphabet soup agency,
I thought.
They asked me to help them
out, said they would help me out,
so I did what they asked and,
and they disappeared.
So I've been on the run ever since,
just running from con to
con, and thinking that I might,
I don't know, work my way up the ladder
and turn this whole thing around.
I know I'll never be an
agent again, I know that.
But, I don't know,
I keep thinking I might
find something else.
Redemption?
Purpose.
This shadow agency-
They went by some weird name, like the-
The Project?
Project.
Yeah.
That's who we want Joy,
and we want you to help us get them.
Is that deal sounding a
little more sweet now?
I thought so. (gentle music)
(stick clatters) (gentle music)
(Ajay exhales) (gentle music)
(stick whistles through the air)
(gentle music)
(sticks clatter) (gentle music)
(stick clatters) (Ajay exhales)
Rose would like a word.
Teach them something.
Ah, teach them something,
okay, teach them something.
(sighs) All right, pop quiz.
When was the war of 1812?
Yeah, that's what I thought.
(speaks Spanish) Is this
some kind of fucking joke,
- or what?
- Am I laughing?
You say you want me to be
some sort of badass killing machine
for whatever supernatural
bullshit club this is, right?
Then you say you're gonna train me,
and this idiot hands me a little stick,
knocks it out a couple of times,
and you expect me to learn
something from that shit?
I, who told you you were gonna be a badass?
Little girls can't be bad asses.
Ha. Excuse me?
(sighs) Oh shit, here we go.
[Ajay] Huh?
Okay Ajay, I don't
think that's a good idea.
- Just cut it out.
- I'll kick your ass
all the way back to whatever
backwoods town you came from.
(chuckles) I think that makes
me pretty fucking badass.
Wouldn't you, Mehnkah?
- I, mm mm.
- No, it's okay.
I know jerks like this one.
Thinks he's all superior. Hmm?
Shoots his mouth off.
He'll never hit a woman,
no, not because of manners,
but because he knows he'll
probably get his ass kicked.
Come on big boy. Let's
see who the real badass is.
Ajay, just leave it alone.
(Ajay speaks Spanish)
Let me ask you a question.
You watched a lot of movies
growing up, didn't you?
What is it to you?
You think in the real world,
you can take on a few 300 pound bouncers,
or maybe a bunch of thugs in a dark alley
because you saw some Mary
Sue do it on the big screen?
This is the real world. (shirt thunks)
And out here in the real world,
you can't kick some 300
pound, highly trained mercenary
with a front flying kick, and
have him fly across the room.
You think you want to be a
badass? You want to kick my ass?
Kick my ass. Kick me with
one of those front flying kicks.
Have me fly across the room.
(shoes patter)
Well of course it's not gonna work on you.
You're a mountain!
Hey Bob.
Yeah?
[Hank] Come over here.
Yeah, what's up, Hank?
- Kick Bob.
- Wait, what?
I just bought this shirt.
- Thank you Bob.
- You're welcome.
You may go now.
You're not the daughter of a God.
You're not a superhero, and
you don't have an iron suit.
You're 120 pounds soaking wet.
It's physics.
- Henry.
- What?
[Rose] A moment, please.
Keep practicing.
Practicing what? Nobody
has taught us anything yet.
I don't know, fight
girly style or something.
What?
Would you please put on some clothing?
Oh right, sorry.
So what's up?
We have a dilemma.
Two of Mike's options
are in immediate danger.
Lilith is with the banshee
and Worm is alive.
What's the dilemma?
Go after Lilith. Get the grifter.
Worm is being held by a clan.
It's only a matter of time
before they drain her.
If they haven't already.
[Ajay] Wait, did y'all
say Worm's still alive?
Shit Bob, we really gotta teach you
to stop using your big boy voice.
Sorry, big family. We had
to speak loud to be heard.
Yeah, noted.
Not an admirable quality for
a super secret organization.
- Wouldn't you say?
- I'm realizing that.
Worm's still alive, where
is she? How is she?
And why are we still
here? Let's go get her.
You need to learn patience.
And you need to learn manners.
- Why?
- Because you...
Look, if Worm is still alive,
we need to go get her right now.
There's another girl in danger, all right?
Okay, well I don't care.
That doesn't change the fact
that I'm gonna go save Worm,
and y'all just go do this-
There are five crusties in that clan.
Yeah, and you and your friends
couldn't handle three last night.
Yeah, but now I know what they are,
and now I know what I'm up against.
Let Mehnkah come with me.
No, no, no I'm not going anywhere
until I get like a black belt,
or like a learner's permit-
Are you fucking serious?
What the fuck are you gonna
learn from these people?
They're, they're old, they're-
So how do you kill a demon?
You, you, you shoot them
with, with silver bullets.
What are you the fuckin' Lone Ranger?
Every demon has their own weakness.
The ones that have Worm,
you gotta turn their brains to mush.
Good luck getting them
to stand still long enough
for you to do that.
Okay, the two of you
stay here. We'll handle this.
Handle what? Handle Worm, because-
Enough!
You stay here, got it? (upbeat music)
Fucking stupid.
Oh, don't worry about it.
I'm pretty sure everything
will work out, you know,
we'll save your friend,
and everything will be okay.
Oh, it'll be fine, because
we are gonna go save her.
(upbeat music)
[Hank] She get it?
[Rose] Just as Michael had predicted.
[Hank] Shit, I hate when he's right.
[Rose] He's always right.
- Right about what?
- She swiped your file.
[Bob] No, she didn't, my file's right...
She stole my file. (upbeat music)
(bag rustles)
Oh. (spits) Oh God.
Ugh. What the hell is that?
- They're apple.
- Ugh, oh my God,
who gets apple flavored jelly beans?
Who the hell doesn't like
apple flavored jelly beans?
Decent people everywhere?
I love apple.
Maybe it's because I wasn't allowed
to have apples growing up.
You weren't allowed to have apples?
What kind of parents don't
let their kid have apples?
I guess I had a little bit of
an overprotective guardian,
- you could say.
- Like, so no Mom or dad?
You could say that he was like a father,
not in a traditional sense though.
Hmm. Mysterious.
- What about you? Good home?
- Yeah, it's a broken one.
I um, I had a good dad.
He was protective, but not overprotective.
Strict, but not too strict.
He was there for me when I fucked up.
And your mom?
I don't know. Never met her.
She left when I was four.
- I'm sorry.
- Don't be. I'm not.
Why would I wanna be in her life
if she doesn't wanna be in mine?
I like the way you look at things.
So like, do you have any normal flavors,
like cherry, or cherry?
Can I at least get some gum
to get this gross flavor outta my mouth?
Thank you.
Now tell me, have you
seen any of these women?
(crickets chirping)
[Mehnkah] Okay, here we are.
(sighs) Yep, here we are.
[Mehnkah] We should, we
should probably go get her, right?
[Ajay] Yep, I guess so.
Okay, so what's the plan?
Well, I was thinking we
go in there, guns blazing,
kill everything that moves, get her, go.
Okay, that's a good plan.
(chuckles) Thanks.
What, where are the guns?
Are, are they in the trunk?
What?
- You don't have any guns?
- No.
I don't have any guns.
Um, I do have a couple of grenades though.
Wait, what?
Are those for real?
The hell would I be walking
around with fake grenades for?
And you say you're an accountant?
Yes. I mean, admittedly
not a very good one.
Should have just fuckin' stayed in Peru.
(knife tapping) (cigarettes tapping)
(tapping continues) (tense music)
(Worm sighs)
Anyone got a cigarette?
She's up.
You don't look like a smoker.
Oh me? (laughs) Yeah.
Been smoking since I was six,
out there on my pink Big Wheels,
riding around without a helmet
on, smoking a big fat one.
Always been a rebel.
Look at that sign right there.
Oh, well I'll step outside then.
(men chuckle)
I won't run away, I promise.
You're not getting a cigarette.
Bummer.
I could really use one
right now. It's been a while.
Plus I just woke up.
Nothing like that first
drag in the morning, right?
Slipping from that groggy, I
wanna go back to bed feeling,
into that calm, relaxed, yet
somehow more alert phase.
Damn! Now I want a cigarette.
You watch her. I'm gonna go grab a smoke.
Fine, but you're gonna watch her.
Whoa whoa whoa whoa, why me?
Where the fuck are you going?
I'm gonna go smoke a cigarette.
And you didn't think that
maybe I want a little cigarette?
- Just one.
- Oh God, fine.
Not like she's going anywhere.
Look, are we doing this or not?
How? How are we gonna do it?
We have a couple of grenades.
How is that gonna help?
There's like five men in there.
- Okay.
- Okay? We have two grenades.
Do the math. It's not gonna work.
They're all not gonna
be standing in a circle
for us to throw the grenades at them.
(door rattles) (crickets chirping)
(door rattles) (crickets chirping)
Well fuck, they're all
standing there in a circle.
You know what? Maybe we
should just go in there and...
Fuck. (dramatic music)
Why didn't you wait for me, man?
[Thug] What's going on over there?
That's your girlfriend, man?
Ah, I can't tell.
[Ajay] We're actually doing this.
[Thug] What the hell are they doing?
All right. (tense music)
Are they throwing shit at us?
(grenade rattles) (tense music)
(explosion blasts) (debris rattles)
(tense music)
(Worm thumps table) (tense music)
(knife clatters)
(knife swishes)
(chair rattles) (tense music)
(knife rattling) (tense music)
(weapon thunks Worm's head)
(tense music)
(flesh squelching) (weapons thunking)
(Ajay grunting) (labored breathing)
(metal clanks) (Ajay chuckles)
- Where did you get all that?
- From these guys.
You ever seen a movie
where the hero goes in,
kills everybody, and then
doesn't take the guns?
(tense music)
(door rattles) You even got a cigarette?
(door rattles) (tense music)
(gun clicks)
- Hey hey hey hey man.
- Come for your friend ladies?
Yes, look, let's talk. Nobody has to-
(gun blasts)
- Fuck, my eye!
You bitch, it stings! (gun blasts)
Oh, my other eye. Oh!
(thug grunting) (gun blasts)
(indistinct) Mehnkah, he's dead!
(gun blasts)
(gun clatters)
(Mehnkah grunts) (weapon thunking)
(thug grunts) (weapon thunking)
No, I'm pretty sure he is dead.
(labored breathing) (Mehnkah grunts)
Why did you tell me your whole life story?
I don't know. I'm tired.
I'm tired of running. I'm
tired of hiding in the shadows.
I'm tired of not having a home.
I think that's it.
I really want a home.
Mostly, I'm just tired
of being the bad guy.
It's not like I even did
anything that bad. (chuckles)
Then again, I, I did kind of give up
on doing anything that good.
And isn't that what they
say allows evil to win?
When good people do nothing.
- What?
- Good and evil.
What an outdated concept.
Outdated?
Good and evil do not exist.
Sure, like in a cosmic universal sense,
but like, I can tell when someone is good,
and when someone does something evil.
That's not good and evil,
that's order and chaos.
Okay, but chaos is what gets people killed.
So does bringing about
and maintaining order.
All right, touch.
But with order, at least
there's laws and rules.
Laws of man. (chuckles)
Hypocrisy at its finest.
- Laws keep us safe though.
- Do they?
Man uses the point of his sword
to force his traditions and opinions
of right and wrong on others.
People fear guns, say that they're evil,
so they ask men with guns
to take them away from
others that they disagree with.
Laws demand justice.
So justice asks men, fallible men,
to be judge, jury, and executioner.
But chaos, chaos has karma for that.
Chaos is the natural state
of the world, of the universe.
It's order that's unnatural.
(door squeaks)
They're here.
(Lilith clears her throat)
So is any of what you've
told me here today the truth,
or was it all lies?
(Joy laughs)
Ah fuck, okay, when did I lose you?
You would never have
confessed to all of this
if you really thought I
was a district attorney.
Mm, okay, so I spilled too fast.
That's, that's a good one. I was right.
Well, I wouldn't be spilling now
if your guy hadn't come in and let you know
that the real good guys are
about to bust through that door.
- When did you know?
- Um, the alley?
Those guys in suits,
they looked really good.
They almost had me going for a minute.
But real feds, they have
holograms on their badges.
Also, remember, I'm a former DEA agent?
This is not a legit
operation. (dramatic music)
Besides, someone already got
to me and told me everything.
Who? (tense music)
It looks like you don't have enough time
for me to tell you. (tense music)
So then we're at a stalemate, then.
Stalemate? Bitch, I checkmated your ass.
(tense music)
(distant weapons popping) (tense music)
So did we have fun? (weapons popping)
(tense music)
(Joy gasping for air) (tense music)
I truly have enjoyed our
conversation to this point.
I think we could have been friends,
but for now, we'll just have to be more.
You don't have to be
afraid of anything anymore.
(tense music)
I'll keep you safe.
(door clatters) (tense music)
(harmonizing vocals) (tense music)
(gun blasts)
(flames roar)
- Target one is down.
[Rose] And the girl? (gun clicks)
What the fuck?
Hey, hi. Huh? (device rings)
Human. (tense music)
[Rose] Let her go. (tense music)
(Joy exhales)
Oh my God. What the hell's going on here?
Who the hell are you people,
and what the fuck do you want?
We'll supply you with the answers you seek
if you're gonna give us what we want.
What, what you want? I, I don't know, I...
Okay, you do have weapons
that clearly vaporize people.
- Oh come on! You?
- Yeah.
Hey Joy, how you doin'?
- Not so good, Mike.
This was you? This is The Project?
Yeah, a little bit. (Joy sighs)
Hey Mason,
how many mercs does it
take to change a light bulb?
[Mason] (sighs) Standard
operating procedure.
What do you want, Mike?
The end of communism
and a libertarian president.
Other than that, I wanna give you a chance
to do a little bit more good.
More good?
The last time I did more good,
I ended up killing seven people.
Well that's true, okay, but this time
you'll get to kill a whole
lot more. I promise.
That, that's not, I, I don't wanna...
Who are you and what the fuck do you want?
I merely want to ask you a question.
- Which is?
- Do you believe in destiny?
Tell me my condition is incurable
All right, let's go.
They tell me that I
need to take these drugs
To numb the pain
It's days like this
I just wish that I
could rewrite my history
But I must live with my mistakes
Hello, my name is Robert
and I'll be debriefing you,
and getting you
associated with The Project,
all settled in. (buoyant music)
(device hums) (buoyant music)
(bird squawks) (buoyant music)
Tell me my condition is incurable
Tell me that I need to take these drugs
To numb the pain
It's days like this I just wish
That I could rewrite my history
Want one?
- What?
- Want one?
(Joy sighs) Got a bit of a sweet tooth,
but we've all got our things, I guess.
It's one of my many vices. (buoyant music)
(fire crackling) (buoyant music)
[Jeff] Neither Lilith nor Rose
must be allowed to get
their hands on the sword,
especially Rose.
[Brother 2874] We will all give our lives
to protect the sword.
(buoyant music)
They tell me my condition is incurable
They tell me that I
need to take these drugs
To numb the pain
Usually not big on candy though.
Kind of rots your teeth,
not really good for you.
These apple flavored ones,
can't get enough of 'em.
Where am I?
Hey.
- Hey Worm?
- Ajay?
Yes, it's me. You're okay now, okay?
- You saved me?
- Yes. We saved you.
(gasps) You shouldn't have done that.
What? (buoyant music)
This isn't gonna end well for you.
For any of us. (buoyant music)
They're getting close.
If I feel it is in danger,
I will return and remove it somewhere else.
[Brother 2874] We understand.
The Desert Rose must
remain safe from Project hands,
for now.
They tell me my condition is incurable
[Brother 2874] What of Lilith?
The danger she represents
has passed, has it not?
It's days like this I just wish
That I could rewrite my history
But I must live with my mistakes
Twist and turns, we never learn
Like the smell of (indistinct) burnin'
Things like that in the dark
Sit back and enjoy the ride
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
We're on the road now,
and we can't slow down
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
We're on the road now,
and we can't slow down
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
We're on the road now,
we're on the road now
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
We're on the road now,
and we can't slow down
(silence)
(tense music) (crickets chirping)
(door rattles) (tense music)
(door squeaks) (tense music)
(door clatters) (tense music)
(tense music) (crickets chirping)
(Lana gasps) (tense music)
Lana, it's okay, Lana.
We're not here to hurt you.
We are here to help you.
We've been watching you.
You've been going through
very difficult times lately,
haven't you?
But we are here to give
you a second chance.
What, what are you talking about?
Big changes are coming.
The world is about to be reborn.
Have to be Ready.
We need friends, we need family.
And I want you to be a part of my family.
Family? What do you mean?
Do you like movies, Lana? (tense music)
Think of your favorite movie,
one in which you would love to live.
Now imagine living that
way for the rest of your life.
You would like that, wouldn't you, Lana?
Well, I can give you that. (tense music)
- Michael, it's me.
- Yeah, I know.
[Rose] Have you managed
to assess the sit...?
Have you managed to assess the situation?
Yeah, we got three crusties.
They just made the pitch.
I was about to introduce myself.
[Rose] No, they've already
given her the choice.
We must permit her to make that decision.
I'm not a fan of that rule, Rose.
Never have been, never will be.
(tense music)
So what will it be, Lana?
(tense music) (crickets chirping)
(suspenseful music)
(shrieking sound effect) (tense music)
Damn.
(Mike sighs) (tense music)
(blades clink) (dramatic music)
Yeah!
Finish it!
(dramatic music) (blades clink)
(gun blasts) (dramatic music)
(blades clink) (fighters grunt)
Ow, damn it. (gun clicks)
Hey, Lakey. How you doing?
I've had better days.
I thought I was done with you, Michael.
Well, you were, but then you
had to come back into my town
and start turning all the
hot chicks into crusties.
You gotta leave some of
them for us mortals, Lakey.
Uh... (melancholy music)
How about we make a deal?
You let me slip away,
and I'll tell you what you want to know.
What makes you think
you have anything that I want to know?
The fact that I have a
headache, and not heartburn.
(laughs) All right.
But you'd better hurry.
I think Rose is almost
done with her workout.
(blades clink) (gun blasts)
(Lakey hollers)
(grunts) Wow.
Relax, I didn't hit the heart,
but it is close enough to slow you down.
(Lakey grunts)
Told you. (Lakey groans)
(feet shuffle)
(Rose grunts) (victim groans)
- What the fuck?
- I'm so sorry.
[Victim] Son of a bitch!
(shrieking sound effects)
Better hurry. Running
out time, what's the word?
All right, all right. (exhales)
Lameck is back.
(chuckles) No.
Ah, okay, all right, uh, Lilith is in town.
Lilith is dead, she's been
a pile of dust for centuries.
No, she is in town, and she
is planning something big.
And she is building an army.
Well in that case, you can
tell me where to find her.
No, I don't know. Only
that she is recruiting.
(blades clink) (fighters grunting)
(flesh squelches) (jarring effects)
Although, although, she
is looking for someone...
- special.
- Special. Who?
I don't know, I don't
know. I really don't know!
Should I have played with them a bit more?
Nah, he spilled.
So how about it? We had a deal.
You let me go.
Yeah.
I said I'd let you go.
(Lakey groans) (melancholy music)
(crickets chirping)
Lakey.
I said I'd let you go. (dramatic music)
(jarring music) (Lakey hollers)
- So, rumors are true, Lilith?
- Lilith.
- What's the plan? Hank?
- Heavens no.
(crickets chirping)
Does Stanley still have his cover?
Yeah, but I don't want
to blow it over nothing.
Lilith is anything but nothing,
She is if it's bullshit.
And what do you think, Michael?
Do you think it's bullshit? (upbeat music)
Make the call. Use Stanley as bait.
If Lilith is indeed building an army,
she will want someone like him.
(vampire growls) (blade clinks)
(jarring music) (upbeat music)
Don't tell Hank I did that. (upbeat music)
Hey, can I borrow your
phone? I'm out of minutes.
(upbeat music)
Let's start a little
trouble, have a little fun
We'll run around 'til the
moon becomes the sun
Let's get in a little trouble,
you won't wanna miss this
Yeah, you can call
me mischief, mischief
I gotta taste for it
I gotta give me my
punishment that fits the crime
I like to take it if I
know it isn't mine
All the girls are dancing,
all the boys are on fire
We're at the limit,
now let's cross the line
I got a feeling that you like a chase
Gotta keep up the pace
Let's justify it and
it's one hell of a race
Let's get in a little trouble,
wouldn't wanna miss this
Yeah, you can call
me mischief, mischief
Let's get in a little bit
of trouble, is it really fun
You can call me, you can
call me mischief, mischief
I gotta taste for it, I gotta taste.
I gotta taste for it. (music cuts out)
(crickets chirping) (gravel crackling)
(tense music)
(hand claps face) (tense music)
(victim gurgling)
- We know you have it.
(gurgling) I don't know
anything about any Rose.
(tense music)
[Lilith] All right, enough
already. Jesus Christ.
Where did you learn your
interrogating skills? The CIA?
He was just about to break.
Sure he was. (tense music)
I thought you didn't get your hands dirty.
I don't.
I'm here because you're
not honoring our agreement.
I was promised results and I
was promised the Desert Rose.
Ah, well, we've both
made a lot of promises.
I kept mine.
So you have. (foreboding music)
And now I'll keep mine.
[Colleen] Your thugs have
been pounding on this guy
for damn near four hours.
You really should have
let my people take care of it.
If I let your people handle it,
he'd be dead already,
and we'd still have nothing.
Men are so strong.
They're like rocks.
The strongest ones though,
they don't break by force.
I learned that freshman year in college.
No, they're broken by love,
at least the hope of it anyway.
- Sophomore year.
- Yeah hope.
God damn, I love hope.
Couldn't have done half the shit I've done
without the foolishness of hope.
Man's greatest weakness, isn't it?
Well, that and children.
Who was she, Stanley?
[Stanley] What?
Who was it that made you give up on love?
On a family?
What made you dive into your work?
[Stanley] I don't know
what you're talking about.
Don't lie to me, Stanley.
You don't wanna lie anymore.
[Stanley] I, I don't
have anything to tell you.
Oh, you're gonna tell me
everything, and you know it,
'cause you're a good boy.
Yeah, and good boys do as they're told.
(Stanley exhales) (tense music)
- Mojo one in position.
- Copy that. Go on my mark.
(tense music)
[Rose] This is a mistake.
[Hank] Mark.
[Assassin] Target one down.
(tense music)
Target two down. (tense music)
Target three down. (tense music)
(guns click) (tense music)
(footsteps shuffle) (tense music)
Come on, Stanley, give it to me.
Come on, gimme what I want.
- I want to.
- Uh huh,
So why don't you tell me, Stanley?
Huh? Mmhmm, come on Stanley.
We don't know where it is.
Oh, Stanley, why do we think that you do?
Because we wanted you
to, so we could find you.
Oh, Stanley, no one even knows I'm alive.
We do, Lilith, Mother of Demons. (exhales)
- Who knows, Stanley?
- Oh.
- Who are you working with?
- Oh.
Tell me Stanley, stay with me. Come on.
- Oh.
- Who are you working with?
Oh, oh... Fuck Stanley, tell me,
who are you working with, who knows?
(tense music) (footsteps shuffle)
Tell me, Stanley, I'll let you have it all.
Come on, Stanley, tell me.
Yes, Stanley, that's it. Tell
me, who are you working with?
The Project. (panting) (tense music)
Fuck!
[Hank] Breach.
(explosion blasts)
You morons, you led them straight to me!
You can't let 'em see me.
You've gotta get me outta here.
Okay, I'll let myself out. (tense music)
[Assassin] Multiple targets acquired.
(gun blasts) (guns sputtering)
Target's down.
[Hank] I told you my teams would get her.
[Rose] That has yet to be seen.
[Hank] It's only a matter of time.
(tense music)
(gun blasts) (tense music)
[Rose] This is a blood bath.
[Hank] We'll come out on top.
- But at what cost?
- Hey, do you want her or not?
(tense music)
[Assassin] We have eyes on Night Owl.
(dramatic percussion music)
(high pitched ringing)
(guns blasting) (tense music)
(fists thumping) (tense music)
(guns blasting) (tense music)
(flesh squelches) (tense music)
- I warned you.
- It's not over.
(flesh squelches) (tense music)
(victim screams)
(Lilith laughs) (flames crackle)
[Rose] Now it's over.
(police radio chattering) (tense music)
[Hank] (exhales) Mojo one,
Mojo Axel, how copy? Over.
Mojo three, Mojo Actual, how copy? Over.
Mojo five. (police radio chattering)
Mojo, Johnson! (tense music)
(footsteps patter) (tense music)
I'm grateful to your
assistance up until this point,
but I'm dissolving our partnership.
(dramatic music)
It didn't have to be this way.
(tense music)
[Rose] Your way didn't work.
Now it's my turn.
Go ahead.
You cannot fight what you are.
(dramatic music) (engine hums)
Our backup team has
arrived on location. No survivors.
Five Familiars, three
crusties, all three Mojo teams,
and Stanley. (engine humming)
Location is secure. No sign of Lilith.
(dramatic music) (crickets chirping)
(door clatters) (door squeaks)
[Mike] Hey, hot stuff, wait up!
[Rose] I see the sexual
harassment videos you were
assigned went unwatched again.
[Mike] Eh, you've seen
one, you've seen 'em all.
Call me a pacifist,
but I would've preferred
someone left alive to
torture for information.
[Mike] (sighs) So what's the plan?
Obviously, Lilith knows we're coming now.
So element of surprise is gone.
I wouldn't say that.
What, are you kidding me?
She'll see Hank's teams
coming from a mile away.
Hank's teams are a
brutish wall of violence.
They only leave dust
and debris in its wake.
If we are to battle Lilith and her minions-
[Mike] Minions, did you say minions?
Do people still have those?
[Rose] We need to be more surgical,
more precise, more intelligent.
All right, well, I guess we
can take some of Hank's guys,
concentrate on more surgical strikes,
more precise targeting
as far as intelligence.
I guess we can give
them some books to read,
- or something.
- No.
All right, YouTube videos then.
I want to start the Beta Project.
Hank is not gonna be happy with that.
I'll handle Henry. I want
four very skilled women.
(chuckles) Who doesn't?
(gentle strumming music)
(speaks Spanish)
Uh, just a little please.
That's good. Thank you.
(gentle strumming music)
(Ajay and waitress speak Spanish)
Check?
Uh yeah, sorry, yeah, thank you.
(Ajay sighs) (gentle strumming music)
What?
We got a six hour leg ahead of us.
We don't need to be
stopping every five minutes.
- Oh, I'll hold it.
- Yeah.
We're way ahead of schedule.
We can make some
potty breaks if we need to.
Potty breaks? What are you five?
Damn it, did anyone call Pete
to let him know we'll be arriving early?
[Worm] I did.
Oh. (gentle strumming music)
What the hell, worm?
You don't flash that kind
of cash in front of people.
What?
How can someone so smart be so stupid?
Hey, watch it.
She's just invited every thug in this place
to jump us when we get outside.
Hey, she didn't know about
it, okay? It was a mistake.
We told her. Now she
won't do it again, right Worm?
Right, I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking.
That's the problem, you don't think.
Zoe, knock it off,
or I'll clean every single toilet in here
with that big ass forehead of yours.
Enough.
Both of you. (gentle strumming music)
Worm, you have to be more careful.
All right, I'm sorry.
Ajay, you touch Zoe without my permission
and I'll make sure you're
in the back of that truck
for the next six months on every job.
Oh yeah, (speaks Spanish)
Zoe, you pick on Worm one more time
and I'm gonna ask Ajay
to clean the bathrooms.
(Ajay whistles)
Understood? (upbeat music)
Let's go.
One last ride, can't
wait to take the train
One last ride (upbeat music)
One last ride, can't
wait to take the train
Another six hours and
we'll be at the border.
We'll stop just before we get there
to prep for the crossing.
All right, sounds good.
Zoe, keep it under 80... Excuse me.
- Shit.
- Damn it, Worm.
I'm not trying to cause
no trouble or anything,
just like need some cash for
like a bus fare or something.
Sorry. Nada.
All right, I'm not fuckin'
around. Gimme that cash.
Yeah, I saw little white bitch got it.
- What?
- Who the fuck you call white?
[Thug] I wasn't talking
to you, (speaks Spanish)
(Ajay speaks Spanish)
(Ajay spits) (upbeat music)
Come get it.
(fists thump) (fighters grunt)
(foot thunks) (thug grunts)
Hey, who's the bitch now? (speaks Spanish)
Hm, Papi? (speaks Spanish)
(upbeat music)
(Ajay speaks Spanish) (upbeat music)
(fist thumps) (thug grunts)
Night night. (upbeat music)
(boots thump the thug) (upbeat music)
(quiet eerie muttering) (whooshing effects)
[Whispering Voice] Don't
save her, you shouldn't do it.
Don't save her. Let her die.
(gun blasts)
What the hell, Ajay? What
the fuck are you doing?
We need to get outta here.
- Worm handle this.
- Ajay, are you okay?
Ajay, we gotta get outta here, all right?
- Yeah, all right.
- All right?
Oh no
All right. One last ride
Can't wait to take
the train, one last ride
Yeah, one last ride
Can't wait to take
the train, one last ride
(door rattles)
One last ride
One last ride
One last ride, oh
One last ride, yeah
I'll take the train, take
the train, take the train
One last ride, one last ride
Look now, now, look now (harmonizing)
Oh yeah
(door rattles)
(engine hums) (mellow music)
- Hey Mehnkah.
- Hi Mike.
Hey wait, hey hey hey hey hey, Mehnkah.
You're like in HR or something, right?
- Accounting.
- Accounting,
hell, it doesn't get any
smarter than accounting, right?
- Okay.
- Congratulations.
- You're on the new team.
- Wait, what?
- Okay.
- Oh wait, hold on.
Yes?
Thanks.
What a fuckin' weirdo.
(footsteps patter)
- Safe.
- You're late.
Yeah, sorry, I had to whip up
this little PowerPoint
presentation for y'all.
Oh well, you wanted the
best four girls on my list?
Here they are.
Smuggler, by the name
of Amanda Jarvis Cortez,
Ajay to her friends.
Survived on the streets as a pickpocket,
running short cons, put
together her own crew.
Now she's one of, if not the best smugglers
in North and Central America.
Not exactly gonna run the
Kessel Run in 12 parsecs,
but pretty damn close.
Second
Next, runs with Ajay,
goes by the name of Worm, as in book.
She's hyper-intelligent,
a little socially awkward,
but dangerous on a keyboard.
So she's your nerd.
You played football in
high school, didn't you?
- Tight end.
- Next.
Next is our very own Mehnkah.
- Mehnkah from accounting?
- HR.
- Accounting.
- Accounting, yes.
(sighs) And number four?
I've got that narrowed
down to two different choices.
First one is a girl named Joy Malone.
Whoa, whoa, wait. Our Joy?
[Rose] Our Joy?
Yes, she helped Mike
and I run an op last year
on some underground meth labs.
Yeah, she's dangerous and a hothead,
and she nearly got herself killed.
But she gets the job done,
and she's got some
pretty interesting skills.
What kind of skills?
She's a redhead from the O'Malley line.
Oh, I see.
Okay, well there is that,
but she's also strong,
has a hell of a left hook,
which Hank can testify to,
and she knows her way around
every government issued firearm.
Plus she can run a long
con like nobody's business.
And your final option?
She's gonna be a little difficult to find.
(sighs) Gimme what you
have on her. I'll track her down.
[Mike] You're not gonna find her, Hank.
What's her name?
She goes by the name of The Ballerina.
You're not gonna have
anything on her, Hank.
[Hank] If she exists, we'll find her.
The Ballerina.
A thief, supposed to be
responsible for at least
a dozen of the most high profile jobs
in the last three years.
Now see there, she doesn't exist.
Oh, she exists.
So these are your choices?
A smuggler, a nerd, an
accountant, a banshee,
and a figment of your imagination?
Not everything you can know about somebody
can be put in a file, Hank.
I mean, what does your file say about me?
It says you were born in Dallas, Texas.
Went to Wallace Elementary.
Your mascot was the wallaby.
- Adorable, by the way.
- Thank you.
Graduated Kingwood High School.
Go Mustangs.
Also graduated Texas A&M with a bachelor's,
a master's, and doctorate in
communication and psychology.
Are my eyes really green?
You've taken defensive driving seven times?
Well that was just for the 10% discount
- on my car insurance.
- Have you ever taken
The Project's offensive driving program?
Offensive driving, is
that like driving around
with your ass hanging out the window?
No, it's killing people with your car.
Oh, I can already do that.
Yeah, but can you do it with style?
I knew everything I
needed to know about you
before I met you.
And this tells me that these girls
are a disaster waiting to happen!
This is my team Henry.
They'll be my responsibility.
Fine, Rose. Have it your way.
- You sure about this?
- Of course I'm sure.
I wouldn't be doing it if I
thought it was a mistake.
That's right, I forgot,
you don't make mistakes.
Correct.
I thought I did once, but I was wrong.
Wait, was that a joke?
Did you just tell a joke?
[Rose] If you tell anyone,
I'll be forced to kill you in
the most humiliating way.
(upbeat music)
(brakes squeak) (upbeat music)
(door rattles) (upbeat music)
Oh fuck, I gotta piss.
Try not to flirt with them so much.
Like to get this over with
without any problems.
I flirt with them so that we
don't have any problems.
What if they don't flirt back?
Then we know we got a problem.
(upbeat music)
- Two days ahead of schedule.
- (chuckles) Yeah.
We are impressed.
Two days ahead of schedule. 20% bonus?
You girls are worth
the 20%, just to look at.
(chuckles) Girls?
Would girls be able to smuggle
a whole truck load of your
shit from Peru to the U.S.
in five days with no complications?
See, this is why we click.
I don't like complications.
You don't like complications.
Perhaps you and I,
we could spend some
time together after this.
No complications.
Right.
(speaks Spanish) You
give me my quarter million
and we can avoid all sorts
of complications, okay?
You know exactly what to
say to a client, don't you?
It's okay, it's okay. I like it.
(crickets chirping)
Are you sure you ladies
don't want to join us for drinks?
(chuckles) Yeah,
we would love to stay
and celebrate with y'all,
but we got places to see and people to do.
You know how it is, right?
Ready. (upbeat music)
I got a hankering for-(items rattle)
I'm kinda restless, I
can't ignore the beat
Gotta skip in my
step, gotta tap my feet
I got a craving, you're
exactly what I need
I've never been too
good at keeping quiet
Give me occasion, I
can promise I won't bite
What the fuck is this?
Oh, you weren't supposed to see that.
We better not have drive five days,
smuggling fuckin' (speaks Spanish) Pete.
Tell me this is heroin.
Oh it isn't heroin.
It's a bait.
Let's get little bit drunk,
you won't want to miss this
Yeah, you can call
me mischief, mischief
I got a taste for it
Give me a punishment
that fits the crime
Like to take it if I know it is mine
All the girls are dancing,
all the boys are on fire
We're at the limit
now, let's cross the line
I've got a feeling
that you like a chase
Takes one to know one,
and I can't stay in one place
Ready set go. Can't keep up the pace
I'll justify it and it's
one hell of a race
(upbeat music) (Ajay grunting)
(vampire growls) (Ajay muttering)
(lyrics drowned out)
You're a little trouble,
you won't wanna miss this
Yeah, you can call
me mischief, mischief
(gun blasting) (Ajay grunting)
I can break your heart
if you play me for a fool
(explosion blasts)
[Disembodied Voice] You should find men
with thicker skins.
You were warned Peter.
The moon becomes the sun
Get a little bit drunk,
you won't wanna miss this
Yeah, you can call
me mischief, mischief
This girl is under the
protection of The Project.
You leave now, or suffer the consequences.
I can break your heart So be it.
If you play you for a fool
We can play a game
if I can break the rules
I can break your heart
if you play me for fool
Yeah so, let's have a little bit of fun
We've run around 'til the
moon becomes the sun
You're a little bit drunk,
you won't wanna miss this
Yeah, you can call
me-- You can't win, Rose.
Peter, I already have.
You're a little bit drunk
(shrieking effects)
(song lyrics drowned out)
I gotta stay strong, I gotta taste
No way. I got a taste for it
I got a-(music cuts out)
Yes way. (dramatic music)
Now you wouldn't wanna lose your head
over little old me, would you?
- What the hell do you want?
- Just a talk.
(suspenseful music)
(guns popping)
(Ajay breathes nervously)
Now we could stand here and
shoot each other in the face,
or we can have a nice polite conversation.
Hear us out and you get to keep the cash.
Mmhmm, we? Your friend
there isn't talking to anybody.
I told you she wouldn't go quietly.
So how about that talk? (crickets chirping)
Oh, thank you.
Unlike my friend, my face
doesn't react so well to bullets.
All right, so who are you,
and what the hell do you want?
I'm Mike Lorenzo and
this charming soul is Rose.
We belong to an organization
known as The Project.
As for what we want, well-
We simply want to ask you a question.
Oh yeah? Well what
kind of question is that?
Ms. Cortez, do you believe in destiny?
(upbeat music)
What the fuck? (upbeat music)
[Performer] Oh, here we go.
She got the blue
sundress and cowboy boots
Bent over the table, shooting pool
That's what I'm talking about
I got my quarters
lined up and I'm on deck
Grab a pitcher of of
Miller, was practicing
That's what I'm talking about
Yeah, I'm just lookin' for some fun
I got my bluejeans,
with this school ring
Tipping my hat to the country queen
Cowboy revel out on the scene
And things are gettin' low
Band's playing my favorite song
And all the guys and
girls love to sing along
Everybody let me hear you tap dance
That's what I'm talkin' about
She hit the eight ball in
and grabbed my hands
I said forget this cutie,
come on, let's dance
That's what I'm talkin' about
Hey.
Where is she at?
We lit up by the neon Bud sign
Double fisting shots
while we pump and grind
That's what I'm talkin' about
Yeah, we're shutting this place down
I got my bluejeans
with this school ring
Tipping my hat to the country queen
Cowboy revel out on the scene
And things are gettin' low
Band's playing my favorite song
And all the guys and
girls got to sing along
Everybody let me hear you shout
That's what I'm talkin' about
(upbeat music) With no dive
(upbeat music)
(pursuer whistles) (upbeat music)
The beer is cold, the night is young
And we ain't stoppin'
'til the sun comes up
I got my blue jeans
with the school ring
Tipping my had to the country queen
Cowboy revel out on the scene
and things are gettin' low
[Agent] She can run, can't she?
Should remember the first rule of pursuit,
you can run but you can't hide.
Yeah, what does it say
about shattered knees though?
What?
That's what I'm talkin' about
(upbeat music) (fists thumping)
I swear I will end you.
(footsteps patter) (quiet tense music)
Samus, she's here. (quiet tense music)
Guys, let's go. (quiet tense music)
- Well?
- You were right.
The Project knew we were coming.
Took the other one though.
It was unavoidable.
So what do we do with this one?
- Nothing.
- Nothing?
You do nothing.
You keep her here, you watch her.
You let nothing happen
to her. (tense music)
[Samus] You know,
it's only a matter of time
before The Project
realizes what your plan is.
(laughs) Oh, I highly doubt that.
Give me one good
reason I shouldn't, turn you.
(tense music)
Having somebody of your influence
can be very beneficial
to me and my business.
Besides I'd have access
to that husband of yours.
How about that?
Then I'd have a lot of power.
(blade swishes) (Samus laughs)
(laughs) Oh no, what's wrong?
Your little healing trick not working?
The Desert Rose is not the only thing
that can cause wounds that can't heal.
Remember that next time you
decide to whip out your dick.
And she is not to be
harmed. She's only to be held.
And under no circumstance
is she to be turned.
Am I understood?
(laughs) I thought so. (dramatic music)
(tense music)
What did I just see?
The truth.
I'm gonna need a little more than that.
Of course,
but we need to know that
we're not wasting our time.
Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know
you had other places to be.
Are you the type of person
that will hide your eyes from reality
because it contradicts what you believe?
Or are you the type of person
that will accept the truth before them?
Are you willing to sacrifice
everything you were,
everything you are, everything
you can be all for the truth?
Because if you're not Ms. Cortez,
you take your briefcase
and go change your life.
Justify what you saw tonight
as adrenaline, shadows,
smoke, mirrors, reflections of reality
that altered your perception of it.
Take your money and go be happy.
Or?
Or you stay and you discover the truth.
All right, I'm listening.
The men you encountered
tonight, they're not human.
They're the children of an old,
very powerful family of ancient creatures.
We know them only as The Old Ones.
They existed before the gods
of Greece, before mankind,
before the Christian God
pulled the world out of darkness and chaos.
Demons just, just say demons.
She'll understand demons.
I mean, you are Catholic, right?
What? You're just
assuming I'm Catholic, why?
- Because I'm Latina?
- You're not Catholic?
So these things, they're demons, right?
It's as good name as any other to use.
These creatures, they take many forms,
sometimes fire, sometimes smoke,
sometimes the very air that we breathe.
They can even take human form.
They are powerful,
and they are sworn to return this world
into the chaos from
which they were spawned.
What do you want from me though?
We want you to fight.
Mm, fight, got it, fight
these demons, right? Me?
Look, there are those in this world
that have no purpose, no destiny, no fate.
They make up the majority of this world.
They have the ability to choose
where their life will take them,
and they always choose to take it nowhere.
Then there are those of us
who are destined for greatness,
and we will always
begin by asking ourselves
if we have a choice to pursue
or not to pursue our destiny.
Is there a free will?
Of course there is, but
not for people like us.
I make my own choices
and I follow my own path.
Yes, you've had many opportunities
to reach this night before.
Forks, it doesn't matter what
choices you made in the past.
Someday, sometime eventually,
you would have sat down with us.
If not us, those like us,
those with the same purpose.
Let's say you made different decisions
early on in your life.
We would've already had this conversation.
Perhaps Mike would
be sitting where you are,
you'd be sitting here in this pew.
Paths, yes, there are many,
but in the end, they all
lead here, to the same place.
That is destiny.
Ms. Cortez, I'll ask you again,
do you believe in destiny? (dramatic music)
(Joy sigh)
(Joy exhales)
(door squeaks)
(door clatters)
- Are those necessary?
Well, she shattered Cliff's
kneecap and broke my nose.
I wasn't talking to you.
Are those necessary?
Oh, I get it. You must be the good cop.
Take those off.
(cuffs rattle) (cuffs clank)
Oh sorry, I thought you
were still talking to me.
Is there anything else?
Men are idiots. I really
need an all female staff.
- They have their uses.
- That they do.
So let me get this straight,
this is where you spread a
bunch of photos on the table,
right, from a file,
where you tell me everything
you know about me,
and you show me all the people
that I've wronged, or
killed, or fill in the blank.
And then you try to get
a confession outta me
all night long.
But then you try to work me
so that I turn on someone
that I know, or work with.
That's right. You're former DEA.
You've been on my side of the table before.
Many times.
Well, I think I should
introduce myself. I'm-
Lilith Stone, ADA.
- That's right.
- It's on your badge, toots.
Ah.
We're gonna have a lot of fun today.
(tense music)
(gentle ethereal music)
They gave you the destiny speech too?
Yeah, they can be kind of
melodramatic sometimes,
but for the most part, they're good people.
Hi, am Mehnkah.
I guess me and you are
going to be partners now?
- Partners?
- Oh yeah, partners,
teammates, whatever you wanna call it.
Oh, I'm Ajay.
Well, Ajay, very nice to meet you.
Yeah.
(laughs) They sure gotta a
thing for destiny, don't they?
Yeah, destiny, right?
Like there's somebody out
there who has it all figured out,
from the beginning of
time to the end of time.
I guess some people would
rather believe in destiny
then admit that shit just happens.
Yeah, bad shit happens.
I mean, otherwise,
what's the point of
everything without free will?
Am I right?
Free will. (chuckles)
You know, every decision you make,
from the career path you choose
to the line you decide to go into
at the grocery store checkout,
they all have outcomes and consequences.
You, for example,
decide to become an actor
instead of a police officer,
and because of that,
countless lives are lost,
(chuckles) or saved.
And you, you choose the long line
at the grocery store checkout,
and on your way home, you
miss the light by just seconds,
and in doing so, prevents
you from causing the accident
that will kill a child, that
would become president.
Outcomes and consequences.
Do you think mankind
is ready for that kind of responsibility?
Are you?
Free will, hm, good luck with that.
Well, aren't you a bucket of sunshine?
Who the hell are you?
I'm the one that's gonna try to prevent you
from getting killed.
(gentle dramatic music)
Okay. (gentle dramatic music)
(door rattles) (door squeaks)
Joy Malone, one hell of a future in the DEA
until you made one giant mistake.
Now you've been on
the run for almost a year,
but always one step ahead.
- Until now.
- Until now. Congratulations.
Let's see.
It says you're responsible for
taking out the meth operation
of the Walker sisters, single-handedly?
- By killing everyone in it?
- Okay,
that was completely self-defense.
And a competing dealer,
by the name of Mitchell.
Uh, that was an accident.
I was forcibly made to inhale
some wild concoction of drugs.
I don't even know, like cocaine,
I think, and amphetamines.
I think there might have actually been
some antacids in it too,
because I did not have heartburn
for like a month after that, I don't know.
Allegedly.
It's okay. We know you
weren't working alone.
No shit.
We want the people
who convinced you to
go after the meth dealers.
- So here comes the deal.
- It's a very nice deal.
Thanks, but no thanks.
I can't keep doing this,
I keep getting myself
into these situations.
I make a mistake, and then
I'm just drowning under water,
and then you suits walk into my life
and you offer me a deal,
and then I just find myself
even deeper underwater.
I just (sighs)
Thanks, but no thanks.
Hm, and here I thought you
were one of the smart ones.
You wanna know why I became a DEA agent?
I wanted to do some good.
I know that sounds naive.
It is naive, but it's true.
So why the DEA and not the FBI, CIA?
I don't know, the DEA wanted me more.
I have a young face,
so they thought I could
infiltrate all the hip scenes.
And then I made a big mistake.
I got a bunch of agents killed.
- Then came the deal.
- Then came the deal.
They uh, they were from
some alphabet soup agency,
I thought.
They asked me to help them
out, said they would help me out,
so I did what they asked and,
and they disappeared.
So I've been on the run ever since,
just running from con to
con, and thinking that I might,
I don't know, work my way up the ladder
and turn this whole thing around.
I know I'll never be an
agent again, I know that.
But, I don't know,
I keep thinking I might
find something else.
Redemption?
Purpose.
This shadow agency-
They went by some weird name, like the-
The Project?
Project.
Yeah.
That's who we want Joy,
and we want you to help us get them.
Is that deal sounding a
little more sweet now?
I thought so. (gentle music)
(stick clatters) (gentle music)
(Ajay exhales) (gentle music)
(stick whistles through the air)
(gentle music)
(sticks clatter) (gentle music)
(stick clatters) (Ajay exhales)
Rose would like a word.
Teach them something.
Ah, teach them something,
okay, teach them something.
(sighs) All right, pop quiz.
When was the war of 1812?
Yeah, that's what I thought.
(speaks Spanish) Is this
some kind of fucking joke,
- or what?
- Am I laughing?
You say you want me to be
some sort of badass killing machine
for whatever supernatural
bullshit club this is, right?
Then you say you're gonna train me,
and this idiot hands me a little stick,
knocks it out a couple of times,
and you expect me to learn
something from that shit?
I, who told you you were gonna be a badass?
Little girls can't be bad asses.
Ha. Excuse me?
(sighs) Oh shit, here we go.
[Ajay] Huh?
Okay Ajay, I don't
think that's a good idea.
- Just cut it out.
- I'll kick your ass
all the way back to whatever
backwoods town you came from.
(chuckles) I think that makes
me pretty fucking badass.
Wouldn't you, Mehnkah?
- I, mm mm.
- No, it's okay.
I know jerks like this one.
Thinks he's all superior. Hmm?
Shoots his mouth off.
He'll never hit a woman,
no, not because of manners,
but because he knows he'll
probably get his ass kicked.
Come on big boy. Let's
see who the real badass is.
Ajay, just leave it alone.
(Ajay speaks Spanish)
Let me ask you a question.
You watched a lot of movies
growing up, didn't you?
What is it to you?
You think in the real world,
you can take on a few 300 pound bouncers,
or maybe a bunch of thugs in a dark alley
because you saw some Mary
Sue do it on the big screen?
This is the real world. (shirt thunks)
And out here in the real world,
you can't kick some 300
pound, highly trained mercenary
with a front flying kick, and
have him fly across the room.
You think you want to be a
badass? You want to kick my ass?
Kick my ass. Kick me with
one of those front flying kicks.
Have me fly across the room.
(shoes patter)
Well of course it's not gonna work on you.
You're a mountain!
Hey Bob.
Yeah?
[Hank] Come over here.
Yeah, what's up, Hank?
- Kick Bob.
- Wait, what?
I just bought this shirt.
- Thank you Bob.
- You're welcome.
You may go now.
You're not the daughter of a God.
You're not a superhero, and
you don't have an iron suit.
You're 120 pounds soaking wet.
It's physics.
- Henry.
- What?
[Rose] A moment, please.
Keep practicing.
Practicing what? Nobody
has taught us anything yet.
I don't know, fight
girly style or something.
What?
Would you please put on some clothing?
Oh right, sorry.
So what's up?
We have a dilemma.
Two of Mike's options
are in immediate danger.
Lilith is with the banshee
and Worm is alive.
What's the dilemma?
Go after Lilith. Get the grifter.
Worm is being held by a clan.
It's only a matter of time
before they drain her.
If they haven't already.
[Ajay] Wait, did y'all
say Worm's still alive?
Shit Bob, we really gotta teach you
to stop using your big boy voice.
Sorry, big family. We had
to speak loud to be heard.
Yeah, noted.
Not an admirable quality for
a super secret organization.
- Wouldn't you say?
- I'm realizing that.
Worm's still alive, where
is she? How is she?
And why are we still
here? Let's go get her.
You need to learn patience.
And you need to learn manners.
- Why?
- Because you...
Look, if Worm is still alive,
we need to go get her right now.
There's another girl in danger, all right?
Okay, well I don't care.
That doesn't change the fact
that I'm gonna go save Worm,
and y'all just go do this-
There are five crusties in that clan.
Yeah, and you and your friends
couldn't handle three last night.
Yeah, but now I know what they are,
and now I know what I'm up against.
Let Mehnkah come with me.
No, no, no I'm not going anywhere
until I get like a black belt,
or like a learner's permit-
Are you fucking serious?
What the fuck are you gonna
learn from these people?
They're, they're old, they're-
So how do you kill a demon?
You, you, you shoot them
with, with silver bullets.
What are you the fuckin' Lone Ranger?
Every demon has their own weakness.
The ones that have Worm,
you gotta turn their brains to mush.
Good luck getting them
to stand still long enough
for you to do that.
Okay, the two of you
stay here. We'll handle this.
Handle what? Handle Worm, because-
Enough!
You stay here, got it? (upbeat music)
Fucking stupid.
Oh, don't worry about it.
I'm pretty sure everything
will work out, you know,
we'll save your friend,
and everything will be okay.
Oh, it'll be fine, because
we are gonna go save her.
(upbeat music)
[Hank] She get it?
[Rose] Just as Michael had predicted.
[Hank] Shit, I hate when he's right.
[Rose] He's always right.
- Right about what?
- She swiped your file.
[Bob] No, she didn't, my file's right...
She stole my file. (upbeat music)
(bag rustles)
Oh. (spits) Oh God.
Ugh. What the hell is that?
- They're apple.
- Ugh, oh my God,
who gets apple flavored jelly beans?
Who the hell doesn't like
apple flavored jelly beans?
Decent people everywhere?
I love apple.
Maybe it's because I wasn't allowed
to have apples growing up.
You weren't allowed to have apples?
What kind of parents don't
let their kid have apples?
I guess I had a little bit of
an overprotective guardian,
- you could say.
- Like, so no Mom or dad?
You could say that he was like a father,
not in a traditional sense though.
Hmm. Mysterious.
- What about you? Good home?
- Yeah, it's a broken one.
I um, I had a good dad.
He was protective, but not overprotective.
Strict, but not too strict.
He was there for me when I fucked up.
And your mom?
I don't know. Never met her.
She left when I was four.
- I'm sorry.
- Don't be. I'm not.
Why would I wanna be in her life
if she doesn't wanna be in mine?
I like the way you look at things.
So like, do you have any normal flavors,
like cherry, or cherry?
Can I at least get some gum
to get this gross flavor outta my mouth?
Thank you.
Now tell me, have you
seen any of these women?
(crickets chirping)
[Mehnkah] Okay, here we are.
(sighs) Yep, here we are.
[Mehnkah] We should, we
should probably go get her, right?
[Ajay] Yep, I guess so.
Okay, so what's the plan?
Well, I was thinking we
go in there, guns blazing,
kill everything that moves, get her, go.
Okay, that's a good plan.
(chuckles) Thanks.
What, where are the guns?
Are, are they in the trunk?
What?
- You don't have any guns?
- No.
I don't have any guns.
Um, I do have a couple of grenades though.
Wait, what?
Are those for real?
The hell would I be walking
around with fake grenades for?
And you say you're an accountant?
Yes. I mean, admittedly
not a very good one.
Should have just fuckin' stayed in Peru.
(knife tapping) (cigarettes tapping)
(tapping continues) (tense music)
(Worm sighs)
Anyone got a cigarette?
She's up.
You don't look like a smoker.
Oh me? (laughs) Yeah.
Been smoking since I was six,
out there on my pink Big Wheels,
riding around without a helmet
on, smoking a big fat one.
Always been a rebel.
Look at that sign right there.
Oh, well I'll step outside then.
(men chuckle)
I won't run away, I promise.
You're not getting a cigarette.
Bummer.
I could really use one
right now. It's been a while.
Plus I just woke up.
Nothing like that first
drag in the morning, right?
Slipping from that groggy, I
wanna go back to bed feeling,
into that calm, relaxed, yet
somehow more alert phase.
Damn! Now I want a cigarette.
You watch her. I'm gonna go grab a smoke.
Fine, but you're gonna watch her.
Whoa whoa whoa whoa, why me?
Where the fuck are you going?
I'm gonna go smoke a cigarette.
And you didn't think that
maybe I want a little cigarette?
- Just one.
- Oh God, fine.
Not like she's going anywhere.
Look, are we doing this or not?
How? How are we gonna do it?
We have a couple of grenades.
How is that gonna help?
There's like five men in there.
- Okay.
- Okay? We have two grenades.
Do the math. It's not gonna work.
They're all not gonna
be standing in a circle
for us to throw the grenades at them.
(door rattles) (crickets chirping)
(door rattles) (crickets chirping)
Well fuck, they're all
standing there in a circle.
You know what? Maybe we
should just go in there and...
Fuck. (dramatic music)
Why didn't you wait for me, man?
[Thug] What's going on over there?
That's your girlfriend, man?
Ah, I can't tell.
[Ajay] We're actually doing this.
[Thug] What the hell are they doing?
All right. (tense music)
Are they throwing shit at us?
(grenade rattles) (tense music)
(explosion blasts) (debris rattles)
(tense music)
(Worm thumps table) (tense music)
(knife clatters)
(knife swishes)
(chair rattles) (tense music)
(knife rattling) (tense music)
(weapon thunks Worm's head)
(tense music)
(flesh squelching) (weapons thunking)
(Ajay grunting) (labored breathing)
(metal clanks) (Ajay chuckles)
- Where did you get all that?
- From these guys.
You ever seen a movie
where the hero goes in,
kills everybody, and then
doesn't take the guns?
(tense music)
(door rattles) You even got a cigarette?
(door rattles) (tense music)
(gun clicks)
- Hey hey hey hey man.
- Come for your friend ladies?
Yes, look, let's talk. Nobody has to-
(gun blasts)
- Fuck, my eye!
You bitch, it stings! (gun blasts)
Oh, my other eye. Oh!
(thug grunting) (gun blasts)
(indistinct) Mehnkah, he's dead!
(gun blasts)
(gun clatters)
(Mehnkah grunts) (weapon thunking)
(thug grunts) (weapon thunking)
No, I'm pretty sure he is dead.
(labored breathing) (Mehnkah grunts)
Why did you tell me your whole life story?
I don't know. I'm tired.
I'm tired of running. I'm
tired of hiding in the shadows.
I'm tired of not having a home.
I think that's it.
I really want a home.
Mostly, I'm just tired
of being the bad guy.
It's not like I even did
anything that bad. (chuckles)
Then again, I, I did kind of give up
on doing anything that good.
And isn't that what they
say allows evil to win?
When good people do nothing.
- What?
- Good and evil.
What an outdated concept.
Outdated?
Good and evil do not exist.
Sure, like in a cosmic universal sense,
but like, I can tell when someone is good,
and when someone does something evil.
That's not good and evil,
that's order and chaos.
Okay, but chaos is what gets people killed.
So does bringing about
and maintaining order.
All right, touch.
But with order, at least
there's laws and rules.
Laws of man. (chuckles)
Hypocrisy at its finest.
- Laws keep us safe though.
- Do they?
Man uses the point of his sword
to force his traditions and opinions
of right and wrong on others.
People fear guns, say that they're evil,
so they ask men with guns
to take them away from
others that they disagree with.
Laws demand justice.
So justice asks men, fallible men,
to be judge, jury, and executioner.
But chaos, chaos has karma for that.
Chaos is the natural state
of the world, of the universe.
It's order that's unnatural.
(door squeaks)
They're here.
(Lilith clears her throat)
So is any of what you've
told me here today the truth,
or was it all lies?
(Joy laughs)
Ah fuck, okay, when did I lose you?
You would never have
confessed to all of this
if you really thought I
was a district attorney.
Mm, okay, so I spilled too fast.
That's, that's a good one. I was right.
Well, I wouldn't be spilling now
if your guy hadn't come in and let you know
that the real good guys are
about to bust through that door.
- When did you know?
- Um, the alley?
Those guys in suits,
they looked really good.
They almost had me going for a minute.
But real feds, they have
holograms on their badges.
Also, remember, I'm a former DEA agent?
This is not a legit
operation. (dramatic music)
Besides, someone already got
to me and told me everything.
Who? (tense music)
It looks like you don't have enough time
for me to tell you. (tense music)
So then we're at a stalemate, then.
Stalemate? Bitch, I checkmated your ass.
(tense music)
(distant weapons popping) (tense music)
So did we have fun? (weapons popping)
(tense music)
(Joy gasping for air) (tense music)
I truly have enjoyed our
conversation to this point.
I think we could have been friends,
but for now, we'll just have to be more.
You don't have to be
afraid of anything anymore.
(tense music)
I'll keep you safe.
(door clatters) (tense music)
(harmonizing vocals) (tense music)
(gun blasts)
(flames roar)
- Target one is down.
[Rose] And the girl? (gun clicks)
What the fuck?
Hey, hi. Huh? (device rings)
Human. (tense music)
[Rose] Let her go. (tense music)
(Joy exhales)
Oh my God. What the hell's going on here?
Who the hell are you people,
and what the fuck do you want?
We'll supply you with the answers you seek
if you're gonna give us what we want.
What, what you want? I, I don't know, I...
Okay, you do have weapons
that clearly vaporize people.
- Oh come on! You?
- Yeah.
Hey Joy, how you doin'?
- Not so good, Mike.
This was you? This is The Project?
Yeah, a little bit. (Joy sighs)
Hey Mason,
how many mercs does it
take to change a light bulb?
[Mason] (sighs) Standard
operating procedure.
What do you want, Mike?
The end of communism
and a libertarian president.
Other than that, I wanna give you a chance
to do a little bit more good.
More good?
The last time I did more good,
I ended up killing seven people.
Well that's true, okay, but this time
you'll get to kill a whole
lot more. I promise.
That, that's not, I, I don't wanna...
Who are you and what the fuck do you want?
I merely want to ask you a question.
- Which is?
- Do you believe in destiny?
Tell me my condition is incurable
All right, let's go.
They tell me that I
need to take these drugs
To numb the pain
It's days like this
I just wish that I
could rewrite my history
But I must live with my mistakes
Hello, my name is Robert
and I'll be debriefing you,
and getting you
associated with The Project,
all settled in. (buoyant music)
(device hums) (buoyant music)
(bird squawks) (buoyant music)
Tell me my condition is incurable
Tell me that I need to take these drugs
To numb the pain
It's days like this I just wish
That I could rewrite my history
Want one?
- What?
- Want one?
(Joy sighs) Got a bit of a sweet tooth,
but we've all got our things, I guess.
It's one of my many vices. (buoyant music)
(fire crackling) (buoyant music)
[Jeff] Neither Lilith nor Rose
must be allowed to get
their hands on the sword,
especially Rose.
[Brother 2874] We will all give our lives
to protect the sword.
(buoyant music)
They tell me my condition is incurable
They tell me that I
need to take these drugs
To numb the pain
Usually not big on candy though.
Kind of rots your teeth,
not really good for you.
These apple flavored ones,
can't get enough of 'em.
Where am I?
Hey.
- Hey Worm?
- Ajay?
Yes, it's me. You're okay now, okay?
- You saved me?
- Yes. We saved you.
(gasps) You shouldn't have done that.
What? (buoyant music)
This isn't gonna end well for you.
For any of us. (buoyant music)
They're getting close.
If I feel it is in danger,
I will return and remove it somewhere else.
[Brother 2874] We understand.
The Desert Rose must
remain safe from Project hands,
for now.
They tell me my condition is incurable
[Brother 2874] What of Lilith?
The danger she represents
has passed, has it not?
It's days like this I just wish
That I could rewrite my history
But I must live with my mistakes
Twist and turns, we never learn
Like the smell of (indistinct) burnin'
Things like that in the dark
Sit back and enjoy the ride
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
We're on the road now,
and we can't slow down
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
We're on the road now,
and we can't slow down
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
We're on the road now,
we're on the road now
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
We're on the road now,
and we can't slow down
(silence)