Invasion (2021) s03e09 Episode Script

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[tense music playing]
[canisters hissing]
[panel beeping]
[oxygen tank hisses]
Yo, how do you know that blip is even her?
- [device beeping]
- It could be mothership disruption.
[sighs] Tucker is right.
We're running low on oxygen.
We should turn back.
You want to find the bomb?
Then I think investigating
this blip is worth the detour, no?
[sighs] Yeah, but you don't even know if
that neural dampener tracking thing works.
Oh, fuck sake.
All right. Quick refresher.
I'm the brains, you're the muscle.
You stay in your lane, I'll stay in mine.
As long as Mitsuki's got
the dampener in her neck…
- [Tucker sighs]
- …we'll find her.
The signal's coming from up here.
[device continues beeping]
At least the air's cleaner up here.
You don't know what you've got
till aliens take it from you.
[device beeping rapidly]
[beeping pitch increases]
Mitsuki?
Mitsuki!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Mitsuki.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
There's no wound.
It's like a fucking wool sweater out here.
Bet the aliens love it.
Yeah, "culties" too. Plenty of cover.
- What do you think, Chief?
- What?
They ahead or behind?
Verna's people were here
a while before she came.
They know the secrets.
Places we move around, or cut through.
I'm betting they're ahead,
so just stay close.
They'll be trying to block
any way into that ship,
to keep us from taking out the hive.
[soldier] Okay. So, say we make it
to that ship, how do we get inside?
No idea. It's not like I went
through the front door.
[sighs] Even if we do get in,
it's the size of Kansas.
How are we supposed to find the core?
- Think positive, Reese.
- I'm trying.
I just can't think
of anything positive right now.
- [rocks crash]
- [gasps, screams]
[soldier] Chief!
- [grunting]
- [Reese] Chief!
[groaning] Oh, God.
Shit.
[high-pitched ringing, pulsing]
[soldier] Chief!
[Reese] Chief!
[Reese] Oh, fuck. Chief!
[Trevante] Come on, man.
I can't have you die in this place.
[Caspar] Trevante. If-If you can hear me,
it's-it's not real, okay?
They're in your head, okay? But you
can fight them. We-We can fight them.
- Stand up. Come on. Stand up.
- [Trevante groaning]
[Caspar] Take the shard. We can end this.
We need to finish the mission.
Yeah, it's working. You're hurting it.
- Keep… Oh, fuck!
- [high-pitched ringing]
- Caspar.
- [screaming] Ow, fuck!
- You okay?
- [screaming]
Fight them off. You're stronger
than them, like we said.
- [groaning]
- Fight. Fight them off.
- All right?
- I don't wanna.
[gasps] Caspar.
[pulsing]
- Caspar, stop! Caspar!
- [grunting]
This isn't you. Stop. [grunts]
Caspar, you can fight it.
- [groans] Casper…
- [Caspar groans]
Caspar, stop.
[Caspar screaming]
[Jamila] Come back to us.
Where am I?
What's going on?
Hey.
- It's okay. It's okay.
- Where am I?
We carried you back.
It's the habitat, Chief.
You had some kinda…
I don't know what.
Trev,
what's going on?
No.
No.
Wait, what did I…
What did I do? Wait. With the shard…
- [Trevante groans]
- Maybe we should give him some space.
- [pants, gasps]
- Look at me. I need you to look at me.
What's wrong?
I saw it.
I saw all of it.
It wasn't aliens that did it. It was me.
I killed him.
You killed who, Trevante?
[Trevante] Him.
I killed him.
No.
I killed Caspar.
[Caspar] Help. Help me.
[wheezing, groaning]
[breathing heavily]
- [squelching]
- [screams]
- [gasps]
- [Caspar sobs]
No, the aliens are messing with your head.
They're the ones who killed Caspar,
you said so.
[stammers]
And you…
You could never hurt Caspar.
[Trevante] I'm sorry.
Take it back.
You didn't…
Tell me you didn't, Trev.
Nikhil.
She's coming around.
You're all right.
No significant injuries,
only a few bumps and bruises.
[sighs] What… Uh… [pants]
I was shot here.
- No.
- No, I was bleeding.
I was dying.
[Aneesha] No. No, there's nothing there.
- What?
- [Nikhil] You should be dead.
Only reason you're not is you
were up on that hill.
The air was actually breathable there.
A hill?
They took me there.
The aliens, they…
They what?
They healed me.
- [Chen] What the fuck?
- [Tucker] What is she talking about?
They what?
- [soldiers murmuring]
- Hey, guys. Just…
She needs to rest. Move back.
Just move back. Move back a little bit.
I'll get you something.
You'll feel better.
[soldiers murmur]
Hey. Hey.
What's wrong with her?
Well, there is no wound, but…
Just say it.
Her symptoms are consistent
with hypovolemic shock.
Sudden loss of blood.
All that blood on her shirt, her trousers.
She's pale, disoriented.
What if it's true?
That the aliens healed her?
Cole.
Hey, Cole.
Man, it might help if you get up,
move around a little.
Come on, Chief. We need you, man.
[Nikhil] All right. [sighs]
Brilliant. This is just brilliant.
[sighs] Can't you do something?
[Samson] Like what?
[Nikhil] I don't know, some kind of…
PTSD break-glass-in-case-of-broken-
soldier procedure for our wounded warrior.
[Tucker] Have some respect.
While you're playing with your little toys
and your alien friend over there,
soldiers are fighting and dying.
Really? Listen to me.
It's me and my little machines
what's actually gonna win this war.
Oh, yeah?
Why don't you walk outside right now
without a soldier watching your back
and see what happens.
[Nikhil] No, I wouldn't want you
to lose your one job.
[Tucker] I'm thinking we could use
one less asset sucking up our oxygen.
[Aneesha] Guys. That's enough.
[Tucker, Nikhil arguing]
They'll win.
What did you say?
This is why they'll win.
Look at you.
You can't stop fighting each other.
They are united.
Perfect.
[Chen] Are you calling
those monsters perfect?
They think as one.
Fight as one. Heal as one.
They don't have any weaknesses.
They're one organism.
Perfect.
All this time,
all I wanted to do was kill them.
Destroy them.
Stop the voices in my head for good.
But maybe…
maybe humanity's time is over.
Maybe it's their turn.
No. No, we have to keep going, fight back.
For our homes, our families.
You remember that?
Mitsuki.
Where is the bomb?
You took it when you left. Where is it?
The last thing I remember…
I was at the edge of the crater,
where the ship crashed.
That's a big crater.
I can draw you a map.
Do it now.
We'll go.
Chen. Reese.
[Chen] Fucking ridiculous.
Thank you.
It won't matter.
You can't win.
[militia members coughing]
Verna.
This isn't what
we thought it would be. This…
This isn't what they promised.
- [militia members breathing heavily]
- It's toxic.
It's human nature
to question what you don't understand.
[scoffs]
I understand.
They said it was Eden.
[chuckling] Once we earn it, Thomas.
Once we earn it.
I can feel my sister again.
I can feel her out there.
Feel the warmth of the Mother.
We're close to them now.
[sighs]
All our loved ones in the infinite.
[whistles]
[person whistling]
Up ahead, the others.
[sighs]
You saw what the aliens did
to those guys back at the wall base.
Trevante…
We have no idea what really happened.
Jamila, I know it's hard.
Forgiveness, it's…
[chuckles] It's a hard one.
Doesn't matter.
I'm just a kid.
No, you're not.
I wish you were.
God, I wish that was possible.
[sighs] For you, for my kids.
And I know the world's already
asked too much of you,
taken too much, but we need you.
Right now.
Now more than ever.
What for?
I heard Mitsuki in there.
There's no point.
They've already won.
It's not looking good, I'll give you that.
But you know what I think
the humans have over the aliens?
I mean, we're a mess.
Nothing's ever simple.
We hurt each other even
when we don't mean to,
but it's because we're trying.
Right or wrong,
we keep trying.
Caspar kept trying.
Till the very end.
That's why he's a hero.
He never stopped.
[knife scrapes]
[chuckling]
Well, I'll be.
[Konrad, Verna chuckling]
[Konrad] Ah. My goodness.
- Thank you.
- Pleased to meet you.
- It's an honor.
- For your service.
For your faith.
Where's Carmichael?
Poor Monica.
[ominous music playing]
[sighs]
But her father will be waiting for her
with them and all the others.
This…
is what we're fighting for.
- [militia member] Yeah.
- [militia member 2] That's right.
[Trevante] Stop!
You shouldn't sit here without oxygen.
Hypoxia causes confusion and anxiety.
We have enough challenges,
don't you think?
Hey.
- Are you okay?
- [chuckles]
Oh, I'm fine.
- Trevante…
- No, really. Look…
I'm fine. Look at me.
[sniffles]
The kid's dead,
but I'm fine.
[Aneesha breathes deeply]
I came back from two years on that ship…
completely healthy.
[sniffles] And he, um…
I can't imagine what you've gone through,
but we have to move forward.
Forgive ourselves. Forgive each other.
Try to do better.
Be better.
I killed him.
The one person
that I was supposed to protect.
[sighs, groans] Fuck, man.
[scoffs] There's no forgiveness for that.
Nah.
I'm not supposed to be here.
I shouldn't be here.
He should.
[Trevante sighs] Fuck.
[Trevante sighs]
Right.
So, we need to know how
to get inside the mothership.
I don't know how
to get inside the mothership.
Well, you know something.
Come on.
Tell me what you remember.
- You don't want to hear…
- I do want.
I wanna know what's inside your head.
And I want you
to stop trying to protect me.
And just talk to me.
[Trevante] Jamila, please.
[Jamila] We can't get through this
unless you talk to me, Trev.
Sit.
Okay?
Okay.
So, you killed Caspar?
- Jamila…
- What happened next?
Come on, think.
You evaded the aliens
for I don't know how long.
How'd you do it?
Listen to me. Ever since
the mothership came down,
I've spent every day thinking
the same thing.
If, If, If.
[melancholy music playing]
If I'd just tried harder,
held him tighter, done more
to remind him of… of who he was…
But now I know there was no if
that could've stopped it.
They were erasing him,
the real him, little by little.
I watched him disappear.
He didn't stand a chance.
- There is nothing you could've done.
- [sniffles]
Nothing we could've done.
But we can do this, okay?
I need you to remember.
[intense music playing]
You need me to remember.
I know it's awful.
I know.
But I need you to remember.
Think, Trev.
Concentrate.
- [alien chittering]
- [liquid bubbling]
[wall squelching]
They woke up.
The aliens, these ones were different.
Bigger, more evolved.
They were in stasis
this whole time. They were…
I saw them come through the walls.
Just before they threw me
through the portal.
Before that, there was…
[Jamila] What, Trev?
- [screams]
- [Trevante groans]
[groans]
- [Trevante] Caspar!
- [grunts]
Caspar… Caspar… Caspar.
- [aliens chittering]
- [pulsating]
Okay.
[Trevante breathing shakily] Um…
There's a blind tunnel
that the aliens couldn't see me.
Yeah. Caspar, he…
When he pierced the core, the…
[stammers] It blew him back in the maze
and then the shard ripped
through the walls of the ship,
and a piece of the mothership went dark.
It was like…
Um…
Like neural synapses being cut.
Exactly.
They couldn't see me in there.
That's how I survived.
I hid.
And so will we.
Should be around here somewhere.
Assuming we can trust her.
Here!
[Tucker] Intact?
I'm no expert, but looks like it.
[Tucker] Well, then, let's get it back
to the experts.
[militia members breathing heavily,
coughing]
[oxygen mask hissing]
Hey.
Hey, can I get some oxygen?
- Fuck you.
- [pants]
What's the matter with you? Could I…
Hey!
Hey! [stammers]
Are you all insane?
You get air when you prove yourself.
- You ain't proved yourself.
- [scoffs] You want me to prove myself?
We don't know you!
All I know is
you lied.
Said this was paradise.
Where is it?
Air goes to those who show no fear.
I see fear in you.
Fear is a killer.
Kills you in your mind.
[gunshot]
[distant scream]
[Konrad] Fear in the mind will kill you.
This was faster.
The Mother, she'll test you.
Out here, you gotta purify your minds
to prove yourselves worthy.
[oxygen tank hisses]
Does anyone else have doubts?
Has anybody else lost faith?
This is all part of the test.
Thomas failed.
Let's move out.
[Nikhil] You assembled it.
You were gonna use it.
Why didn't you?
[Trevante] Which direction were they
heading when you found them?
North. Northeast, looked like.
Can we outflank them?
She's got an army of 30 troops
between us and the mothership.
We could travel five miles west
and get around them, but…
we found her. It's just as easy
for her to find us.
How did she get here so fast?
She's had people living here
since the mothership fell.
Jamila's right. We're on her turf.
[Nikhil] Good news, everyone.
- Bomb's intact.
- So what's the plan?
The longer we wait, the worse our chances.
Verna won't risk the Dead Zone at night,
but you can bet she'll be
on the move when the sun comes up.
So first light we move out.
Yamato shows us the way in.
Then the chief takes us
through the blind tunnel to the core.
- Mitsuki, are you okay with this?
- Uh, we weren't fucking asking.
Well, I am.
I'll take you.
It won't matter.
[scoffs] Fucking traitor to the species.
She also knows the way in, so back off.
All right, boys and girls,
this is the plan.
Get inside, find the dark tunnel,
stay invisible for as long as possible.
Run the bomb to the core of the hive…
And cook the hive mind for good.
It's a Hail Mary, inside a Hail Mary,
inside a, "Holy shit,
run for your fucking life."
What about Verna?
We can handle Verna.
[soldiers chattering]
What's that?
Reese was writing
to his mother, in case he…
So I thought I'd
write to the kids.
Just in case.
I left some space for you
down at the bottom.
Hey.
You forgot this.
I don't need it.
You've brought it all this way.
Sure you don't want to hold on to it?
I don't know what it is.
It's not a part of me anymore.
You've had this
with you since we first met.
Maya said it belonged
to someone you loved…
and then lost.
Someone you loved so much
you're still carrying it around with you,
even though you can't remember them.
If you can love like that,
that deeply,
you're more human than anyone here.
You're more human than I'll ever be.
- Are you ready for this?
- No. Are you?
- Not really.
- [Nikhil] Mmm.
Just the kind of pregame banter
that breeds unflinching confidence.
Thank you. Thank you, both.
[Tucker] Okay. Up we go.
Time for a family reunion.
[Verna] Which one of these routes
gets us closer to the ship?
There's two different ways,
but I think we should cut along
the ridge and head north.
[militia member] We found them.
WDC habitat tent just beyond that ridge.
I caught sight
of a patrol walking the perimeter.
Followed 'em right back to it.
We got 'em.
The Mother provides.
Let's go defend her.
- [militia member] Yes! Yeah!
- [militia member 2] Oh, yes! Let's go!
[sighs]
You were right.
A part of me was still back there
with the Movement.
Not trusting that we were safe.
Not trusting you. Not trusting us.
I just…
I want more than anything to be
the man you need me to be.
Husband, the father that you
and the kids deserve.
I didn't believe it was real either.
That safety and happiness could be real.
But it wasn't just you.
It was me. We both did this.
[sad music playing]
Maybe we were just too damaged.
Or maybe we just wanted it so badly.
That idea of happiness.
And what it should look like.
You think the kids knew?
Probably.
They've always been smarter than us.
Ryder's gonna be such
an incredible doctor.
Yeah. Luke and Sarah are so brave.
They're finding themselves.
Opening up to life.
That's what I want for them.
I want them to have whole lifetimes.
[Clark] They will.
We're gonna win this.
Yeah.
It's a pity we didn't have
this conversation earlier.
[Reese] Yo, Tucker.
Check the perimeter one more time.
Ten minutes and then we're out.
[Channing grunting]
[panting] Okay.
[whistling]
[Nikhil, Jamila, Trevante speaking
indistinctly]
- [Nikhil] Where are you from?
- [Jamila] South London.
- What the hell? Where are they?
- Over here.
[Jamila] I left my school
in London to be here.
[Nikhil] Oh, yeah? You might
wanna get your priorities straight.
[Jamila] Oh. End of the world
and all that.
- [Nikhil] Don't miss the food though.
- I do.
There's this one place. Literally
the best sandwiches in South London.
- I can't believe you've never been.
- Does it have a Michelin star?
What the fuck?
[radio feedback]
Here we go.
[air hissing]
It's a trap!
[soldiers screaming]
[gasps]
[grunting]
[soldiers grunting, shouting]
- I'm gonna flank around.
- [gunshots]
I'll cover.
No!
Gunner!
[grunts]
Captain!
- Where are they?
- [Chen] Fuck. Shit!
- Take cover!
- [Chen] We lost Hering.
[gunshots continue]
[pants]
Cover me.
Go, go, go.
[grunts]
- [Reese] Diaz!
- [grunts]
Fuck this.
- Come on.
- [grunts]
Get up.
Better start fucking praying now.
Enough!
Come out with your hands above your heads!
Infinitas!
I hear this one's special to you!
Langston.
- They've got a bomb!
- Shut up!
- They're headed towards the mothership!
- I said shut the fuck up!
I will happily blow this alien-loving
traitor's head clear the fuck off
if you don't drop your weapons
and step out right now!
You want me to do it?
[Joel] Auntie.
When you see Ma…
I said shut up!
…tell her that I hope Heaven
has blue paint and white shutters.
[Tucker] I said shut the fuck up!
I love you, Auntie.
- [gunshot]
- [grunts]
[gunshots]
[panting]
[tense music playing]
No.
[grunts]
[grunts] Tucker.
[Aneesha speaks Farsi]
[Aneesha, in Farsi] I know,
I know it hurts.
[pants]
Hold on to me, okay?
I tried.
Please… Please tell them. I tried.
I'm sorry.
I know. I know.
[gun clicks]
[grunting]
[Konrad grunting]
We're going to save the world
because of what you did here today.
Tucker. [pants]
[Clark] Aneesha!
Clark.
[in English] Where are you hit? Show me.
- Show me. Where are you hit? Show me.
- I'm not hit.
The bullet… The armor. The armor.
The armor stopped the bullet.
I'm okay, baby.
I'm okay.
I'm okay.
[militia member] Konrad's dead.
[militia member 2] What do we do?
Retreat.
For now.
Retreat!
[soldier] They're retreating!
- [Aneesha grunts]
- Fall back!
They're retreating!
Listen to me. I don't care
if we're… we're messed up.
I don't care if we're too damaged.
- I know. I know.
- I just want you. I just want us.
I want us and the kids, okay?
Either way, we'll get out of here.
We'll get home.
And we'll figure all this out.
Just don't give up on me, okay?
- Do not quit.
- Never give up.
- No. No, I'm not quitting.
- I'm gonna keep trying.
I'm not quitting. I'm not quitting.
We keep trying.
Whoa.
Follow the vines.
Just past the lip of the crater
where they all converge.
You'll see the entrance.
I care more than you think I do, Mitsuki.
I don't believe you.
[Nikhil scoffs]
Fair enough.
Chen, you okay?
Never better.
Let me see.
We fucking did it.
We sure did.
Do you think we gave
Trevante's team enough lead time?
I hope so.
[groaning]
- Let me see.
- [gunshot]
[Aneesha grunts]
[Chen] It's Verna!
Clark!
[Chen] I can't tell.
Clark. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on.
Please, stay with me.
Clark!
No.
No!
No, don't go.
Don't go! Clark!
I-I need you.
We need you. We're going home.
Hey, we're going home.
Clark.
Verna.