Lanterns (2026) s01e05 Episode Script

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(SUSPENSEFUL MUSICAL STING) ♪
- (THUNDER RUMBLING)
- (CAR ENGINE RATTLING)
(CAR ENGINE CHUGGING, REVVING)
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
(CAR ENGINE SPUTTERING)
KERRY KANE: (SOFTLY) Fuck.
(ENGINE CONTINUES SPUTTERING)
- (LATCH POPPING)
- (AIR HISSING)
- (KERRY COUGHING)
- (ENGINE SPUTTERING FAINTLY)
KERRY: Fuck!
(SIGHS)
(DISTANT TRAIN HORN BLARING)
(GRAVEL CRUNCHING)
(KERRY PANTING SOFTLY)
(DOOR BELL CHIMES)
(MELLOW COUNTRY MUSIC
PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS) ♪
- (DOOR CLOSES)
- (DOOR BELL CHIMES)
Can I get some coffee?
Cash up front.
CROC COAT: Better make that two.
My treat.
(LOW TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
My advice? Don't run.
Nice trick you pulled
with the plates.
Past Appalachia, Gotham tags
stick out like a sore thumb.
(COFFEE POURING)
But if you'd really wanted to lose us,
you would have changed cars.
I'm not a thief.
(SCOFFS) It's in the genes.
It's a shame about your old man.
He could have been somebody
if he kept his mouth shut
and did his time.
Yeah, well
he never really
had much potential as a father,
so imagine how I feel.
If it's any consolation,
these kinds of jobs
bring me no joy.
You did what you had to do.
You killed him and I didn't shed
a single fucking tear.
Tell your boss I'm not a threat.
I don't make the rules.
Your father was a snitch.
That makes you a snitch
by association.
(EXHALES SHARPLY)
So, I'm gonna
let you finish your coffee,
and then you're gonna
walk outside with us to the car.
And if you try and make a scene
or call for help,
he'll ice every redneck in here.
Do we understand each other?
- (NECK SNAPPING)
- (BODY THUDDING)
(GROANS) Jesus, fuck!
- (GASPS)
- (MUSIC STOPS) ♪
Hi.
- Hi.
- What's your name?
- Kerry.
- I'm Zoe.
Nice to meet you, Kerry.
You looked
like you could use a hand.
Uh, this is none
of your fucking business.
- (BONE CREAKING)
- Feel that?
That's your clavicle bending
dangerously close to a break.
You interrupt me again,
and it will separate.
They're here to kill you,
am I correct?
- Yeah, but I didn't do anything.
- ZOE MACON: It doesn't matter.
Now, you seem like a nice girl,
and I'd like to save you,
but you and I both know
if I kill this guy,
that's not gonna
solve your problems.
No. His boss will send more.
What were your orders?
- (BONE CREAKING)
- (EXHALES SHARPLY)
I was supposed
to kill her, bury her,
and take her pinky
back as proof.
ZOE:
Okay. So we need your pinky.
- Where's your knife?
- Right jacket pocket.
Do you want me to do it for you?
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
No.
It's better if I do it.
(SNIFFS)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(MUSIC INTENSIFYING) ♪
(FLESH TEARING)
- (MUSIC ENDS) ♪
- ZOE: Do we need to go over the story again?
- CROC COAT: No, I got it.
- ZOE: Good.
'Cause if your employer
doesn't buy it,
I'm not just gonna kill you,
I'm gonna kill
your whole family.
You've seen what I'm capable of.
Make it stick.
What do you want me
to do with him?
Uh, call Bitsy.
- Tell her we need a table for one.
- (DOOR BELL CHIMES)
(GLASS THUDS)
(DOOR CLOSING)
ZOE: I helped you tonight
because I've been in your shoes.
Been lost, afraid,
running from something
I can't outrun.
But someone once
gave me a chance
when I needed it the most.
And now, I'm offering
the same chance to you.
- What kind of a chance?
- (OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
ZOE: A life.
Simple, safe, secure,
no running, no hiding.
All I ask
for in return is a promise.
A promise
that when the time comes,
you'll protect me
like I protected you.
From who?
One day
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
some people are gonna
come looking for me.
A whole lot more dangerous
than the ones
who came looking for you.
And when that day arrives,
I'm gonna need someone
who knows what it's like
to be backed into a corner.
Someone who knows
how to fight their way out.
Someone
willing to give up
a piece of themselves.
Can I count on you?
(SOFTLY) Yes.
Good.
Let's grow you a new pinky.
(OMINOUS MUSIC CONTINUES ) ♪
(MUSIC FADES) ♪
(GAS HISSING)
(COUGHS)
(GROANS)
- (GRUNTS)
- (CIRCUITS SPARKING)
(DOOR THUDS)
- (METAL GROANING)
- (JOHN STEWART JUNIOR GRUNTING)
(LOW TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- (JOHN GRUNTING)
- (METAL CREAKING)
(JOHN GROANING SOFTLY)
Sorry about that, Junior.
You move around all right?
(METAL CREAKING)
- (JOHN GRUNTS)
- Easy, you're gonna break some--
Fuck you!
Get me the fuck out this car.
Sorry, I can't do that. Not yet.
I'm gonna have to move you
off the game board.
But I'm sure
you understand my position,
considering how
you've been working
with the bosses to replace me.
You think they're gonna
let you keep the ring? (PANTS)
Take the credit for killing Zoe?
- Kill? Jesus Christ, Junior.
- (GRUNTS)
For someone
so desperate for the ring,
you clearly missed
the fine print.
We don't kill.
Of course, I can't speak
for the Guardians,
once I hand her over.
Why'd you make me call Antaan?
(PANTS) You know,
when his alien team get here,
they're gonna nuke
this whole fucking town.
Well, I'm guessing
the militia's gonna be
gearing up to protect Zoe.
And Antaan's
gonna provide cover.
You inviting him to the cafe,
that just makes it easier
for him to be used
as a smokescreen.
I'll let Macon and Antaan
have it out
while I go after Zoe.
And when he catches on,
I'm gonna be on the planet Oa.
Those big blue bastards
are gonna be lining up
to kiss my ring.
You are never
gonna replace me, Junior.
Here endeth your training.
(GRUNTING) Fuck you!
Hey! Piece of shit!
- (SIRENS WAILING)
- (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
MALE VOICE: (OVER PA)
Residents of Rushville,
this is not a drill.
- I repeat, this is not a drill.
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
MALE VOICE:
Mobilize and initiate protective measures.
Residents of Rushville,
this is not a drill.
I repeat, this is not a drill.
Mobilize and initiate
protective measures.
- I'm coming with you. I don't care. Yes!
- ZOE AND KERRY: No.
- Billy, come on.
- You can't (HESITATES)
I don't care.
You can't expect me to just sit
in there and do nothing.
- Your place is here!
- I should be out there with everyone else.
- Out of the way.
- No, I can I can
(TRUCK ENGINE STARTING)
(SIRENS CONTINUE
WAILING IN DISTANCE)
What'd I tell you about spying?
- See without being seen.
- ZOE: And what did you see?
Why is Dad so angry?
Today's a big day.
He just wants to be useful.
But the most useful thing
he can do right now
is to protect you.
Something bad's
gonna happen, isn't it?
(GENTLE
BROODING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(SOFTLY) Yeah.
A lot of people
are gonna die today.
People you know.
Some you love.
Are you gonna die?
(OMINOUS MUSIC OVERLAPPING) ♪
We'll see.
(WHISPERS)
But no matter what happens,
don't forget everything
I've told you.
You promise?
I promise.
(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)
Yeah.
WILLIAM "WILL" MACON:
The town's mobilizing.
Jordan's MIA.
But satellite images show
that Stewart's been located.
- (HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING)
- Where?
(JOHN YELLING)
(GAS HISSING)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- (GRUNTS)
- (LOUD BANGS ON DASHBOARD)
(CIRCUITS SPARKING)
(MUSIC BUILDING) ♪
Hey!
Hey!
Help!
(GRUNTS)
Help! Hey! Help!
(GLASS SHATTERS)
(OMINOUS
MUSIC CHORD PLAYING) ♪
(MUSIC FADING) ♪
(SIRENS WAILING)
(RING HUMMING)
Activate sentry protocol.
(HUMMING STOPS)
Beginning to feel
like you'd forgotten about me.
I need a targeted sweep.
Hostile ET, highest priority.
What's it look like?
Damn. We drew that?
The trainee.
John. I met him the other day.
(CHUCKLES) I like him.
Where is he?
In the car.
Shouldn't he be helping us?
Just forget about John.
Just find this and we're golden.
(AIR WHOOSHING)
- (TIRES SCREECHING)
- (KERRY SCOFFS)
(DISTANT SIRENS WAILING)
What the fuck are you doing?
You and I need to talk.
- Why'd you just draw your--
- (RING WARBLING)
HAL JORDAN:
The fuck are you doing?
Jesus Christ,
you're gonna reload?
- Zoe can't hear us, but she can see us.
- (GUN CLICKING)
If I don't do this, I'm dead.
And right about now,
anyone with a phone
in this town is gonna
receive your kill order.
- (GUNSHOTS)
- (RING WARBLING)
- Knock it off!
- There's nothing to talk about!
How about Hector Hammond?
You sent us to a fucking decoy!
I sent you
where she wanted you to go.
HAL: So now you're just
some proxy puppet
with a badge, is that it?
- (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- I keep this town safe.
Oh, safe from her?
You really don't get it.
HAL:
Well, I get that you're afraid.
- You think this is just fear?
- What else would it be?
- I fucking owe her!
- (OMINOUS MUSIC OVERLAPPING) ♪
KERRY: You can never understand
what she gave me.
What did she give you?
A miracle.
HAL:
You wanna be more specific?
Please, just let it go.
We had peace
before you showed up.
We can have it again
if you leave.
HAL: Listen to yourself!
She's not even a she!
It's not even human!
You're protecting
a war criminal.
Why don't you think
about your son?
I am thinking about my son!
Let me get you and Noah
out of here, somewhere safe.
Are you fucking listening?
This is my home.
I'm not leaving.
The best thing you can do
for all of us is just go.
I'm not going anywhere
until she's stopped.
If you stay here,
if you try to bring her in,
she'll be ruthless.
She'll fire on the town
just to draw you out.
Do you understand that?
If you want
to save lives, leave.
I can't do that.
Then everything
that happens next is on you.
Are you willing to accept
those consequences
when they come?
(DARK FOREBODING
MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(MUFFLED SOUND)
(EKG MONITOR BEEPING)
(GROANS SOFTLY)
(MUSIC ENDS ABRUPTLY) ♪
(ECG MONITOR BEEPING)
- (DISTANT SIRENS WAILING)
- (JOHN BREATHING WEAKLY)
I can't feel anything.
That's the morphine.
And most of your nerve endings
are dead.
(EXHALES SHAKILY)
You let me burn.
Fucking inhuman.
(JOHN WHEEZING)
So you know what I am.
Manhunter.
Why didn't you tell
the Guardians
that I'm here in Rushville?
Because I don't trust them.
ZOE:
Why don't you trust them, John?
Because (PANTING)
they didn't tell him
he was going to be replaced.
They just expected me
to take the ring.
Is that the only reason?
JOHN:
The one called Antaan.
He told me
not to tell Jordan because
the Manhunter was
under the protection
of the Guardians.
Clearly, I am not.
Why do you think that is?
(GASPING)
Because they created you.
(SOF
INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Indeed, they did.
We were created
to enforce justice.
When they thought
we were too brutal,
they flipped a switch.
I don't know why,
but everyone but me
was exterminated.
Now it's my turn to be honest
Hal Jordan dies today.
(MUSIC TURNS OMINOUS) ♪
I'm gonna make him use his ring
until it's dead,
and then I will make him dead.
But you
You don't have
to die today, John.
I can heal you.
I can protect you.
My protection has a price.
Just tell the Guardians
that Jordan died bravely,
saving Rushville
from Antaan's team
of misguided, avenging angels.
His
sacrifice
will restore peace.
And you
get the ring.
That is rightfully yours.
(BROODING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
ZOE: Do you want me
to save you, John?
(AIR WHOOSHING)
- (SIRENS WAILING)
- (BROODING MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
(MUSIC INTENSIFYING) ♪
- (MUSIC FADING) ♪
- (DOOR BELL CHIMES)
- (DOOR CLOSES)
- (DOOR BELL CHIMES)
(SIRENS CONTINUE WAILING)
- (RING WARBLING)
- (GUNSHOTS)
(BULLETS CLINKING)
I've already been shot at
once today, fellas.
Any second now, everybody
in this town's about to receive
a kill order with my name on it.
So what say with the little time
that we have left,
we strike a deal.
(LOW TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Where's John Stewart?
Compromised.
By the Manhunter?
HAL: Played him like a fiddle.
Lucky for you,
I know who the Manhunter is
and where you can find him
so you can blow him the fuck up.
I learned a long time ago
not to trust your kind.
HAL: My kind?
You serve the Guardians.
The Guardians want
to replace me with the guy
you trusted to deliver
the Manhunter.
Why should I believe a single word
coming out of your mouth?
'Cause we're on the same side.
How's that?
You just want
to get the Manhunter.
You don't want to blow up
half this town, right?
That's right.
HAL: I have the same goals.
I have the intel,
you have the muscle,
and he knows me.
So he'll smell me
coming a mile away.
So, it's taken a male form?
William Macon.
Big-time, uh, cattle baron.
Um, king of the tinfoil hats.
Beef is his business,
but this is all a front
so he can bankroll his defenses
against unwanted visitors
like you and me,
particularly your kind.
And how were you able
to identify this Macon?
We were sent to his decoy,
and he spilled his guts.
Figuratively, mostly.
And where do we find him?
Ranch right up the road.
Heavily guarded.
These poor bastards
were his opening act.
And where will you be?
I'll be sitting here
sipping a cup of coffee.
Well,
before we seal this alliance,
I have just one final question.
If John Stewart was the
fiddle, as you say
then he had coitus with Macon.
- Coitus?
- ANTAAN: Intercourse.
Sexual congress.
It's one of the Manhunter's
most effective weapons.
They seduce the strongest
in a given community,
the alpha,
bending them to their will.
I take it Stewart
was compromised
by Macon's advances?
(SCOFFS) John had
a little coitus, but candidly?
Well, I was Macon's main target.
We were, uh
We were very, uh
coitius.
(INTRIGUING CHORD PLAYING) ♪
Fascinating.
You've always presented
as heterosexual.
(QUIETLY) Mm-hmm. Yeah.
You know, when you experience
the pleasures of the galaxy
as much as we have,
it's less about preference,
more about opportunity.
Mm. Ah! Yes, of course.
(ALERTS BLARING
OVER CELL PHONES)
(TENSE MUSIC RESUMING) ♪
That would be my cue.
Well, for now
the enemy
of my enemy is my friend.
But if you're lying to us,
innocent people
are going to die.
(DOOR BELL CHIMES)
(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
- (DOOR CLOSES)
- (DOOR BELL CHIMES)
(DARK BROODING
MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(MUSIC FADING) ♪
(GROANS)
ZOE: I know it hurts,
but the machine won't work well
if there's still morphine
in your system.
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
Strips off the existing skin,
replaces it with new tissue.
(SCANNER BEEPING, TRILLING)
(JOHN BREATHING HEAVILY)
If I come out White, deal's off.
(CHUCKLES)
And if you come out darker?
My brothers would never
let me hear the end of it.
(PANTING) To them,
life gave me a better shake.
- ZOE: Are they right?
- Yes and no.
What about you?
What about your skin?
Which one?
I've had so many.
The one you're wearing,
why'd you choose it?
Power.
How do you conquer
a community, culture, planet?
You come to it as an outsider.
The fastest way
to understanding a civilization
is if you start
from a disadvantage.
- (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- See, in your world, in this world,
adversity is seen
as some insurmountable barrier.
- (JOHN GASPING SOFTLY)
- But I need that barrier
in order to achieve
a higher vantage point, uh,
a deeper purpose,
adversity makes you stronger
in ways comfort never could.
Prejudice, injustice, fear?
Those aren't obstacles.
They're the crucible
that forges your greatest self.
Open your eyes.
Don't. (PANTS) Wait.
ZOE: (SOFTLY)
You don't want Jordan to die.
His death will bring peace.
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
(EERIE UNSETTLING
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(DRAMATIC MUSICAL STING) ♪
(GEARS WHIRRING)
BERNADETTE STEWART:
Your father and I think five
is old enough
to know about your destiny.
(MUSIC BUILDING) ♪
JOHN STEWART SENIOR: You'll be
the Green Lantern when you grow up, son.
(VOICES ECHOING)
BERNADETTE:
They want us to make sure
that you're fearless.
(THRILLING MUSIC
OVERLAPPING) ♪
- JOHN SENIOR: Are you afraid?
- JOHN: No, sir!
(GUNSHOT ECHOING)
- (MUSIC RISING) ♪
- (MUFFLED SOUNDS)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
- (CHAMBER UNLOCKING)
- (GEARS WHIRRING)
ZOE: The machine needed a sample
to harvest and replicate
new tissue.
(GRUNTS)
You killed Abin Sur.
He brought you here
to spare you.
What makes you say that?
You said it yourself. You can't
ignore your true nature.
He was the only one
in the galaxy
who knew you were still alive.
Risking that he'd have
a change of heart,
tell the Guardians
that he'd spared your life
The only smart move
was to take his.
(QUIETLY) Yeah.
I killed Abin Sur.
I had to.
(TENDER SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
I couldn't help it. (SNIFFLES)
I know.
(SIGHS)
This is why I'm so drawn
to you, John.
You really see me.
(MUSIC FADES) ♪
(MONITOR BEEPS)
(DISTANT SIRENS WAILING)
(DIAL TONE)
- ZOE: Are they here?
- Check your feed.
- (SIRENS WAILING)
- This is it.
Yes, it is.
ZOE: (IN ALIEN LANGUAGE)
- (TENDER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
everything.
WILL:
Thank you for the extra time.
I loved every minute of it.
(MONITOR BEEPS)
(SNIFFS)
- (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- (INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
(CAR DOORS OPENING)
Step out of the vehicle,
put your hands on your head.
(MUSIC BUILDING) ♪
MILITIA MEMBER: Nice and slow.
- I just need directions.
- Search him.
Hey, get your hands up!
(MUSIC INTENSIFYING) ♪
(BIOMETRIC BOMB BEEPING)
Oh, sh--
(CAR ENGINES REVVING)
(INTENSE SYNTH
MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(GUNSHOTS)
(GROANS)
(TIRES SCREECHING)
- (GUNSHOTS CONTINUE)
- (BIOMETRIC BOMB BEEPING)
Oh, yes.
(BEEPING INTENSIFIES)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
(EXPLOSION ECHOING)
- (GUNSHOTS ECHOING)
- (DISTANT SIRENS WAILING)
(DRAWER OPENING)
(CAR APPROACHING)
(SLURPS)
(CAR DOOR OPENING)
(EXHALES SHARPLY)
(DOOR CREAKS OPENS)
(DOOR CLOSES)
(LASER ACTIVATING)
(IN ALIEN LANGUAGE)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
If you are who you claim to be,
you would have
destroyed me by now.
If I try to kill you,
you'll just detonate.
You think I'd be
so blinded by revenge
that I would blow us both up
without making sure
it's really you?
After all the pain I've caused.
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
I wouldn't blame you.
You've mastered my tongue,
my memories, my past.
- Yet one thing betrays you.
- (DAGGER RINGING)
(MENACING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(GROANS)
You would never welcome death.
(GROANS)
- (GROANS)
- (GROANS, PANTS)
(DAGGER CLANGS)
(GRUNTS, GROANS)
- (FLESH SQUELCHING)
- (GUTTURAL RETCHING)
(UNSETTLING
RHYTHMIC DRUMMING) ♪
Human.
This is for you. I'm right
fucking here, come and get me.
(INTENSE
OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- (SIRENS WAILING)
- (DISTANT BOOM)
(SATELLITE LASER WHIRRING)
- (EXPLOSION)
- (DISTANT SCREAMING)
(SOFTLY) What the fuck?
(LASER WHIRRING)
(RESIDENTS SCREAMING)
Fuckin' Manhunter.
(INDISTINCT CLAMOR)
(LASER WHIRRING)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Hey, do you mind
moving that fan?
Breeze feels like needles.
- (GROANS)
- (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(CHOKING)
(MUSIC FADES) ♪
JOHN SENIOR: John, give me
some good news, son.
Dad, listen to me.
I don't have much time.
I need you to patch me
through to Lianna ASAP.
JOHN SENIOR: Does that mean
what I think it means?
If you think it means I need you
to fire up the dish
and connect me to Lianna,
then yes.
JOHN SENIOR:
John, did you take the ring?
I didn't take the ring.
Can you please just patch me
through to Lianna? Thank you.
- BERNADETTE: What's the holdup, John?
- Come on. Was I on speaker?
BERNADETTE: Your father and I
have been waiting by our phones
- for almost 24 hours.
- (CELL PHONE BEEPS)
- We deserve an update.
- Hold on a second, Mom.
(INDISTINCT CLAMOR)
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
You want an update?
Since we last spoke,
I was ambushed by Hal Jordan,
who totaled my rental
and almost
burned me alive in it.
I'm pretty sure
he didn't want that to happen,
but I'm not entirely sure,
which is the point.
By rights, I should be dead,
but thanks to alien technology,
I'm as good as new,
even though I feel like
I tumbled butt naked
down a hill of broken glass.
As you can imagine, Mama,
I'm mad as all hell,
and I plan on doing something
about it. But first
I'm gonna take that ring clean
off that motherfucker's finger.
(MUSIC STOPS) ♪
- (SIRENS WAILING)
- (DISTANT EXPLOSIONS)
- (INDISTINCT CLAMOR)
- (LASER WHIRRING)
(RING WARBLING )
- (MUTED EXPLOSION)
- RESIDENT: (MUFFLED) Help!
AUTOMATED VOICE: (OVER RING)
Ring charge, five percent.
RESIDENT: (SCREAMS)
I need help! I need help!
HAL: I got you. C'mon.
It's all right. I got you.
- Whoa!
- (GUNSHOTS)
HALOGRAM:
Catch you at a bad time?
What do you got?
HALOGRAM: Eyes on the woman
in your sketch.
Her chopper just touched down
by the water tower.
She's flanked
by multiple hostiles.
Looks like she's carrying
some kind of tablet.
- (RAPID GUNFIRE)
- Be right there!
(RING PULSING)
Give me the cuffs.
- DEPUTY LOPEZ : What?
- Give me the cuffs.
- (DYNAMIC ROCK MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- (AIR WHOOSHING)
(LASER WHIRRING)
(GUNS CLICKING)
- Drop your guns or she's dead.
- (SUSPENSEFUL MUSICAL CHORD) ♪
Dead or alive.
Back the fuck up!
(GRUNTS) Blow the tower!
- (TABLET BEEPS)
- (BOMBS DETONATING)
(JOISTS GROANING, CREAKING)
(SHRILL METALLIC WHINING)
(MUFFLED SCUFFLING)
(GOGGLES BEEPING)
- HAL: Fuckin' Manhunter.
- (GUNSHOTS)
- (INDISTINCT CLAMOR)
- (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(HAL GRUNTING)
(GUNSHOTS)
- (MUSIC BUILDING) ♪
- (MUFFLED GRUNTING)
(BIOMETRIC BOMB BEEPING)
- HAL: Fuck!
- (MENACING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(BEEPING INTENSIFIES)
- (RING PULSING, WARBLING)
- (EPIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(RAPID BEEPING)
(RAPID GUNFIRE)
(HAL GRUNTS)
- (HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING)
- HAL: (GRUNTING) Son of a bitch!
- (GUNSHOTS)
- (HELICOPTER BLADES ACCELERATING)
(BROODING MUSIC CHORD
SWELLS, FADES) ♪
AUTOMATED VOICE: (OVER RING)
Ring nearing depletion.
No shit!
(DISTANT SIRENS WAILING)
(DOOR UNLOCKING)
(DOOR CLOSES)
(LANTERN AND RING WARBLING)
In brightest day, in black--
(WARBLING STOPS)
(HAL GROANS)
(GRUNTING)
The fuck you doing?
You don't deserve
this fucking ring.
I don't deserve it.
It fucking chose me.
(BOTH GRUNTING, GROANING)
- (OBJECT THUDDING)
- (GRUNTS)
- (GRUNTS)
- (GROANS, GRUNTS)
(GROANS)
- (GROANS) Fuck!
- (GROANS, GRUNTS)
(PANTS, GROANS)
- (PANTS, GROANS)
- (GRUNTS)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
You'll never fucking replace me.
(GRUNTS)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- (DISTANT BOOM)
- (SHRILL RINGING)
(LASER WHIRRING)
(RING WARBLING)
(EXPLOSION)
(SOUND DISTORTING)
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
ZOE: Where's your trainee?
(SPITS)
(WEAKLY) He promoted himself.
Technically, I promoted him.
Traded his life for yours.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
What's so funny?
(PANTS) If there's one thing
I know about that kid
he ain't no coward.
If he wanted me dead
he'd do it himself.
Then why would he leave you
in the rubble
for me to find you?
My gut?
Bait.
(SOMBER BROODING
MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(SOFTLY) I see you, Zoe.
- (GUNSHOT)
- (BODY THUDS)
(GUN CLICKS)
(MUSIC BUILDING) ♪
(BROODING FOLK
MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(HAUNTING VOCALIZATIONS) ♪
I'm sorry.
(MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
(KNIFE THUDDING)
(FLESH SQUELCHING)
(GRUNTS)
(CLEARS THROAT)
(FLESH TEARING)
(LOW,
BROODING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
(COUGHS WEAKLY)
- (GROANS, PANTS)
- (JOHN GRUNTS)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
Was it worth it. Huh?
(BIRD CHIRPING)
- (POIGNANT MUSIC CHORD) ♪
- (HAL BREATHING HEAVILY)
(BIRD CHIRPING)
HAL: Hey.
They replaced me.
They'll replace you!
("THINGS BEHIND THINGS BEHIND THINGS"
BY BON IVER PLAYING) ♪
Dammit.
I would like the feeling
I would like the feeling ♪
I would like
The feeling gone ♪
'Cause I don't like
The way it's ♪
I don't like the way it's ♪
I don't like
The way it's looking ♪
I get caught looking
In the mirror on the regular ♪
And what I see there
Resembles some competitor ♪
I see things
Behind things behind things ♪
And there are rings
Within rings within rings ♪
I can't go through
The motions ♪
I can't go through
The motions ♪
How am I supposed
To do this now? ♪
Say we went out strolling
Say we went out strolling ♪
KERRY: Stand down!
- It's over. Let him through.
- I am afraid ♪
Of changing ♪
And when it comes the time ♪
- To check and rearrange shit ♪
- Where's Hal?
There are things
Behind things ♪
He's at the motel.
And there are rings
Within rings within rings ♪
Ah ♪
When there are things
Behind things behind things ♪
A little further ♪
And there are rings
Within rings within rings ♪
(SONG FADING) ♪
LIANNA:
I believe the appropriate term
to describe today's events
would be
shitstorm.
Do I have the word right?
(SOFTLY) Yeah.
- You should have called earlier.
- Hmm.
(SONG CONCLUDES) ♪
Hmm. It looks good on you.
What happened to your shoes?
- Hal Jordan, is he
- He's alive.
- (BOTTLE THUDS)
- What's in the bag?
Your sins and consequences.
Even we make mistakes.
Mm-hmm.
All we can do is correct them.
You know,
I spent a lot
of my life imagining
what it would feel like
to wear this.
Pride, gratitude, power?
But then when I put it on
I just felt empty.
John.
- Hal betrayed everything to keep this ring.
- (SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
His code, the oath,
even himself, and it broke him.
Probably doesn't even remember
why he wanted the damn thing.
(GRUNTS)
- And neither do I.
- (RING CLATTERS)
(MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪
(MUSIC SWELLING) ♪
(MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
(SOMBER FOLK SONG PLAYING) ♪
Heed my warning call ♪
It bellows and seeks ♪
A shot through the wall ♪
Smoke ♪
Begins to sell ♪
This ashen sky ♪
My tooth is bound ♪
And it comes crashing down ♪
In blackest night ♪
But it won't keep us out ♪
Away from home ♪
Hmm ♪
Away from home ♪
(BROODING GUITAR
INSTRUMENTAL PLAYING) ♪
(SONG CONCLUDES) ♪