Warrior Nun (2020) s01e05 Episode Script

1
[BOTH GRUNTING]
[AVA YELLS] Ah!
[GASPS]
That's right. You
bailed on your training.
You can't phase through
the Cruciform Sword.
[AVA PANTING]
Are we bonding now?
- [SLICES]
- [AVA] Ow!
[AVA GROANING]
[LILITH] You brought this on yourself.
- [AVA MOANS]
- [LILITH GRUNTS]
- The hell is wrong with you?
- Stay out of this, Mary.
Back up.
Where do you think you're going?
You two seem like you
have stuff to figure out.
- I'll be with you in a minute.
- You're making a mistake.
Not as big a mistake as letting you
and Duretti rip the Halo out of her.
Let's go.
What are you doing? Move! [GRUNTING]
- [GUN CLICKING]
- [WOMEN GRUNTING]
[GASPS]
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
- [MARY] Shit
- [LILITH] Great.
[SHIP HORN BLARES]
[AVA'S VOICE] Of course he left me.
I would've left me, too.
I'm just a weird, formerly dead orphan.
[JC] Hey.
Hey.
Oh. Nice jacket.
Oh, yeah, I'm trying something new.
Can we, like, go now?
- Something's up. What is it?
- [BEEPING, WHIRRING]
There may or may not be people
following me right now, so
Most likely "may".
Oh, I scoped the place.
I don't think Jillian Salvius has
anyone here looking for us.
[AVA] Yeah, I'm not worried
about them right now.
What? You mean other
people are after you?
[AVA] Yeah.
Did you buy tickets?
Yeah.
Did you have to show ID?
I showed them an ID.
Come on. There's no
way they can track us.
Even if they do, check it out.
This boat crosses to Morocco,
then comes back to a different
port closer to Portugal.
So, we hide out on the ferry,
ride it back, then get to Lisbon.
And whoever's following you thinks
you got off the boat in Africa.
Boom.
I like that plan.
[BEEPING, WHIRRING]
She's not here.
No shit.
Where are you?
[SHIP HORN BLARING]
[BOTH PANTING]
[SIGHS]
What you looking at me for?
[SHIP HORN BLARING]
[WHOOSHING]
[WOMAN SINGING LITURGICAL MUSIC]
[SNARL GRINDING]
[HIGH-PITCHED RINGING]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[KRISTIAN] Hmm.
The girl got away.
[SIGHS] The Church.
I sent your best men, as you asked.
Well, apparently, not best enough.
Send more.
I make a better adviser
than I do a general.
Right now, I need you to
do both and find the girl.
Or what I'm about to do here
could blow up in our faces.
- [CAMERAS CLICKING]
- [REPORTERS CLAMORING]
Human history is marked
by tectonic shifts.
Not only in the way people live,
but in the way we perceive
the world and its limits.
The Enlightenment gave us science,
the razor by which we were able
to separate the spiritual
realm from reality.
I am here to announce we are
entering a new Era of Enlightenment.
And I propose a new question.
What if what we perceived as
a razor is, in fact, a bridge?
The Ark is that bridge.
A quantum portal to another realm.
For the first time,
human beings will be able to
travel beyond this universe.
- [CROWD CHATTERING]
- [WOMAN] What is this bridge, please?
Before you ask, I can't tell you
what lies on the other side,
but I'll tell you what I believe.
I believe there is an afterlife,
but it's not like what they talk
about in books and scripture.
God, or whatever you believe
created us, gave us free will:
the ability to think,
construct, and invent.
And He gave us Divinium,
this extraordinary conductive metal,
which has given life to my work.
What if God provided us with the tools
to find our own way to a realm
where death doesn't exist?
- [CAMERAS CLICKING]
- [WOMAN] What exactly is Divinium?
Some will call my work blasphemy.
They will do everything in their power
to destroy the innovations that
stand to disrupt the foundations
on which the Church
and its power are built.
But to deny humanity
access to this bridge,
as opposed to vague
promises of ascendance,
that would be the true blasphemy.
Are you suggesting that the Church
may take action against you?
They already have.
[BEEPS]
[REPORTERS GASPING, MURMURING]
I call upon the Vatican to
cease all hostile operations.
I am not an enemy.
In fact, I have some very
good news for them:
Heaven does exist,
because I discovered a gateway to it.
- Thank you.
- [REPORTERS CLAMORING]
[WOMAN] Could you tell us a little bit
more about the substance, please?
Jillian Salvius just declared open war
on the Vatican at a press conference.
[BEATRICE] It wasn't unprovoked.
[VINCENT] Mind yourself, Sister.
[BELL TOLLING]
The Sister is right.
We must prepare for retaliation.
War can't be the answer.
We have the Shield. She can't
complete her machine without it.
[DURETTI] The first
order of business, then,
is to secure the Shield of Faith,
and prevent her from finishing her work.
Is it possible? What she
claims the machine can do?
There is only one path to
Heaven: by the grace of God.
If she really has built a bridge,
I assure you, it leads directly to Hell.
We are squabbling over armor
when the Halo is still out there.
This isn't just a battle over metal
or ideology.
This is the battle for
the soul of humanity.
Sister Beatrice we will
send the Shield of Faith
to the Vatican for safekeeping.
Your Eminence, it will be safe here.
The Sister Warriors have been entrusted
with the care of Divinium for centuries.
[DURETTI] This isn't up for debate.
[DURETTI] You need to make a decision.
Either get in line or be
removed from your position.
[DISTANT CHATTER ECHOING OVER P.A.]
[WATER RUNNING]
[SIGHS]
[AVA'S VOICE] It's over.
I'm finally free.
[KNOCKING AT DOOR]
Hey, it's me.
Oh, hi. Come in. No one's here.
Coast is clear.
- Why do you need a T-shirt?
- [AVA] Thanks.
Again?
Whose blood is that?
It's mine, but everything's
fine, really. It's okay.
Yeah, except your shirt
is covered in blood
and people are chasing you.
[SIGHS] Can we grab
a drink or something?
Hey, you can trust me.
All I'm asking for is an explanation.
Yeah, then we'll
definitely need a drink.
You and I aren't finished.
Touch me again and we will be.
- You let her get away.
- While protecting her from you.
I'm doing my job.
More than I can say for you.
Well, then, let's get this straight.
I don't trust you. No,
I don't even like you.
You think 'cause you were groomed
for the Halo, it's your God-given right.
Don't expect me to feel
bad about what I'm doing.
We need a trained Warrior Nun
who will take orders
and fulfill our mission.
Well, she'll figure it out.
And what's your plan?
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING]
- [JC] Just drink.
- [AVA LAUGHS]
[BOTH EXHALE]
[JC] All right.
Why are people after you?
[SIGHS]
I, um
I took something that
doesn't belong to me.
That's all?
I mean, the people who want
it back are, like, really pissed.
What was it?
[AVA] A ring.
A very weird, old ring.
- [JC] Can I see it?
- No.
No. I'm hiding it.
There's something else
you're not telling me.
[AVA'S VOICE] I am so screwed.
I'm gonna have to come clean.
- You've been shady about your past.
- He knows.
About who you are. Where you came
from. I know almost nothing about
I spent my life in an orphanage. Okay?
[AVA'S VOICE] Playing the sympathy card.
I am officially a dick.
I was in a car accident.
I survived, but my mom didn't.
How old were you when it happened?
Seven.
My father was never in the
picture, so I was alone.
After the hospital, they
took me to this orphanage,
where I've spent almost every day since.
The day we met was actually
the first day I walked.
Out of there, I mean.
Well, it all makes sense now.
What does?
That probably came off wrong,
but you not wanting to
talk about your past.
The fact that everything
feels like the first time.
It's not exactly a thing you
would share on a first date.
Oh.
Is that what it was? [CHUCKLES]
[JC LAUGHS]
Figure of speech.
But, maybe?
I don't know. Can we just
forget that I just said that
and have fun and just
Exist.
Por favor.
[IN SPANISH] Two.
[LIQUID POURS]
Cheers.
Ah.
- [JC] Mm.
- [CHUCKLES]
[JC LAUGHS]
[NUNS PANTING, HUFFING]
[VINCENT] I hope you're here
with an update on the Halo.
[BEATRICE] No news on Ava yet,
but Mary is persistent.
I'm sorry.
They're taking the Shield.
Father, may I speak freely?
Why are you so uneasy
about releasing the
Shield to His Eminence?
I'm concerned that Cardinal
Duretti is dividing us.
Pushing us away from our mission.
All this about the Shield of
Faith and Jillian Salvius.
He would have us direct
all our efforts against her,
if he had his way.
But aren't we supposed to trust in
the Church and the hierarchy of command?
Cardinal Duretti is not our Church.
I apologize. That
sounded like resentment.
I used to be impetuous
when I was your age.
[LAUGHS]
A trait that cost me everything
before I found this calling.
Best not to stray back to old habits.
It's okay, Sister. It's
I think it's because
everything is different now.
Sister Shannon, dead.
The Halo chose Ava.
And Cardinal Duretti
taking over from you.
[VINCENT CHUCKLES] Hmm.
My ego can handle Duretti.
It's my conscience that might
get the better of me, Sister.
Well, I had better go.
[BELL TOLLING]
[BEATRICE] The Shield is ready
for transport, Your Eminence.
Very good.
[BEATRICE] If there's nothing else
Actually, Sister Beatrice, a word.
I understand you graduated
top of your class
from the most prestigious
boarding school in Switzerland.
Spent your free time training
in aikido, kendo, and archery.
You've read my dossier.
I, for one, thought "loner"
was a judgmental term
for an official assessment.
Well, think of it as you had more time
to prepare for whatever
life would throw your way.
And less time to actually enjoy it.
Friends come and go,
but your abilities
I am impressed by how
you fought your way
through Arq-Tech to retrieve the Shield.
We could use more
Sister Warriors like you.
You are too kind, Your Eminence.
Don't think it goes unnoticed,
especially in this time of turmoil.
Turmoil, sir?
Mot juste, wouldn't you agree?
There have been changes, of course.
Oh, and more changes to come.
Which is why my role here has evolved.
The OCS needs Sister
Warriors that can adapt.
And remain loyal.
Exactly right.
Loyalty is key.
And you strike me as
someone who is dedicated
to supporting the chain of command.
- Without question.
- Excellent.
[BEATRICE] As our chain
of command rises to God,
I believe He knows He
has my full support.
Allow me to be forthright.
In the challenging days ahead,
I would like to know that I can
count on you to remain faithful
to the will of the Church.
You may always count
on me to remain faithful.
To God.
[JC LAUGHING] Here you go.
[AVA] Ooh!
[JC] Oh, you're drunk.
You your face is
drunk, so [SNICKERS]
- My face is drunk?
- Yeah. [LAUGHS]
Your face is drunk.
[JC SCOFFS] How can a face be drunk?
[AVA] Oh, my God.
Wow.
- Look at that.
- [JC] It's beautiful.
Oh, hey.
I picked these up.
How are postcards
still a thing? [LAUGHS]
No. They're they're for figuring out
where we're going
after we get to Lisbon.
I thought you used gum for that.
Yeah.
It's it's the same concept.
[CHUCKLES]
Pick one.
Mmm
[GASPS]
Cologne.
I read oh, I read walking along
the Rhine is beautiful at night.
Cologne is very cool.
They got the most clubs and
pubs per capita in Germany.
Oh, we tried to hit them
all, but we failed miserably.
[LAUGHS] It was epic.
Well, I don't want to go
someplace you've already been.
That's boring.
[LAUGHING] Okay.
Oh.
Standing in the middle of the
Grand-Place would be amazing.
Yeah.
What?
It's it's just it's actually
pretty boring in Bru in Brussels.
[BOTH LAUGH]
Which ones haven't you been to?
Come on. Seriously?
What about you?
[LAUGHS]
I only have places
I've never been, so
Okay, let's change that. Just pick one.
Any one.
I want to swim this fucking place.
Yeah. The Blue Grotto is amazing.
Once you have That's
Well, that's where we're going then.
- Yes.
- Yes.
[BOTH LAUGH]
- [MARY] All right. Nice work.
- [MAN SPEAKS SPANISH]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
How'd you get here so fast?
Helicopter.
So predictable.
[LILITH] You?
Speedboat.
- Interesting choice.
- [MARY] Hmm.
Don't make me put you down, Lily.
Why are you protecting her?
She's no one.
[MARY] I'm just doing what I was told.
You've never cared about orders.
There's something else.
You see something in her.
I'm not letting you hurt her.
[MARY GRUNTING] Ooh! Oh!
[BOTH GRUNTING]
[BOTH PANTING]
- [LILITH] We used to be friends.
- No.
You're the one who taught
me how to shoot, remember?
And you know when we
stopped being friends?
When Shannon got the
Halo and you didn't.
You changed that day.
You didn't think she deserved it, or
Ava. No one deserves it but you.
You know my family, how I was raised.
- Don't try to
- You know I didn't have a choice.
Do not try to get sympathy from me
because you're too much of a coward
to stand up to your
mommy and your daddy.
[BOTH GRUNTING]
[BOTH GRUNTING]
[MARY WAILS]
[SCREAMS]
[AVA'S VOICE] God, he's so hot.
[SIGHS] The longer I wait to
come clean about the Halo,
- the worse it's gonna be.
- What?
Nothing.
[JC] Okay.
[AVA'S VOICE] I'm an embarrassment.
- [JC] I wish I was you.
- [DISTANT SHIP HORN BLARING]
[SCOFFS] Shut up.
No, seriously.
What? You wish you'd been alone,
stuck in a bed your entire life?
Uh, no. I meant free, you know?
Able to do whatever you want.
Nothing weighing you down.
Seeing everything for the first time.
I mean, how does that even feel like?
It's like
Do you feel that?
Yeah, it's nice.
There's this tingling sensation.
It feels good, but there also this
Rush.
Yeah.
Like your body doesn't
know what to make of it.
That's what it feels like
but with everything.
[GIGGLES]
[GATE SLAMS]
Oh, we need to get to the bathroom.
We do. We do?
To hide.
Otherwise, we'll have
to get off the boat.
- Right.
- [BOTH] Yeah.
Right, right, right. Let's go.
[ALERT DINGS]
[MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER P.A.]
Now what the f
Doubling back.
Smart girl.
[MARY] Excuse me.
[JC SIGHS] Here.
Inside.
[BOTH PANTING]
[SHIP HORN BLARING FAINTLY]
[JC] I think we're in luck.
They're not checking.
You mentioned something earlier
about being stuck in a bed.
What did you mean by that?
[AVA] What?
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
[FOOTSTEPS CLACKING]
I like the stories.
But I take it you're not
here for Bible study.
[VINCENT] We need to end
this war before it begins.
The Church doesn't say you can't drink.
[VINCENT] Twelve years, six months,
and four days tell me I shouldn't.
What are you offering?
[VINCENT] The Shield of Faith.
It's being transported, and
I can tell you how to get it.
[JILLIAN] And in exchange?
I'm not asking you to stop
building your machine.
Simply stand down in your
fight against the Church.
And?
And I want you to back off of the girl.
So
there is something special about her.
I tell you this at great risk,
because I feel you need to know.
[SIGHS]
It's not hyperbole.
We are in a war against evil.
And the Order of the Cruciform
Sword is charged to stop it.
Something about the Holy Armor grants
you the power to battle demons.
The Church can't
protect all its secrets.
Still, I don't understand
the girl's part in all of this.
She's essential to our mission.
A mission she seems to want no part of.
Dr. Salvius, we can't be at war
with each other and with Hell.
Science tells us there are forces
in our world we have yet to understand.
But Hell,
Hell is a construct designed by a group
of men to subjugate the masses,
particularly women.
You know what's at stake.
What could possibly be so important
you're willing to threaten
the fate of the world?
The Church sells dreams.
It's time for someone to sell reality.
[VINCENT CLEARS THROAT]
How can you know I'll hold
up my end of the bargain?
He wouldn't lead me astray.
[SEAGULLS CAWING]
[SHIP HORN BLARING]
- [LILITH BELLOWING]
- [MARY GRUNTS]
[BOTH GRUNTING]
[SWORD CLATTERS]
[BOTH HOLLERING, GRUNTING]
[THUDS]
[LILITH SHOUTING] Ah!
[MARY] Damn!
Stop! Damn it!
You're drawing too much attention.
[LAUGHS] I don't care.
[GRUNTING]
[BOTH GRUNTING, BELLOWING]
[MARY] Ah! Shit! Ah!
[GRUNTS] Wait!
Let me get Ava off this boat,
and we'll go back to together.
We'll settle our differences then.
You're letting your emotions get in
the way of what you know is right.
Just because you let Shannon die
doesn't mean you have to
keep trying to save this one.
[MARY BELLOWING]
She'll go back with me!
[BOTH GRUNTING]
[GRUNTING, YELLING]
- I don't trust you!
- [FLESH TEARING]
[LILITH SCREAMING]
- [MARY BELLOWING] Ah!
- [CUFFS RATCHETING]
- [MARY GRUNTS] Ah!
- [LILITH SCREAMS]
I didn't think you would.
[LILITH PANTING]
- [CUFFS CLANGING]
- Hey!
[CUFFS CLANG]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
[KRISTIAN CLEARS THROAT]
He was telling the truth.
[ENGINE REVVING ON VIDEO]
[TIRES SCREECHING ON VIDEO]
[MEN ON VIDEO SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
[MEN CONTINUE SHOUTING]
[GRUNTS]
[MAN] Let's go!
[MEN ON VIDEO SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
[SHOUTING CONTINUES]
- [KRISTIAN] It seems
- [BEEPS]
that you now have a
man inside the Church.
Don't worry.
You'll always be my first.
I don't understand how you can
just give up the search for the girl.
Don't be naive.
Our mission remains unchanged.
But the second he finds
out you're still looking,
you've lost your mole.
I've got the Shield and
all the information I need
out of Father Vincent.
What's that?
The Church is in disarray.
[BEEPING, WHIRRING]
Hi, Mommy.
- Hi, sweetie.
- [WHIRRING]
Some new pencils.
Mmm muah!
[CHUCKLES]
[BEEPING]
[WHISPERS] Come.
It's very beautiful.
[BEEPING CONTINUES]
Have you talked to the angels today?
What'd they say?
That it's almost time.
Yes, darling.
It is.
[SIGHS]
[AVA'S VOICE] Why can't I just tell him?
Oh, right.
Because the second I say I'm a
formerly dead orphan quadriplegic
who's now the Halo-Bearer for a
secret sect of demon-hunting nuns,
he's gone.
[GROANS] I just called
myself the Halo-Bearer.
I need another drink.
Stop avoiding it.
No more lying.
Go back there and tell him the truth.
Trust him.
- No, no, no, no
- Before you blow up
I'm swimming in the Blue Grotto!
- I am not here to hurt you.
- Just to ruin my life then.
What, with him?
Does he know what you are?
As a matter of fact, I was just
about to tell him everything.
So you just stopped serious
personal growth from happening.
Great. You can save some of
that for when we get back.
Let me go!
If you don't come with me
now, Lilith will be here.
[IN SPANISH] Understand?
No matter where I go, you
Papist assholes always show up
and try to tell me what to do.
Well, you can't keep running away.
I didn't ask for this.
Let me help you.
I can help you, Ava.
I don't want your help.
Go say your goodbyes.
I'll at least give you that.
[FOOTSTEPS RUNNING AWAY]
[CREAKING]
[GRUNTING]
[YELLS] Uh!
[PANTING]
[ALERT DINGING]
JC, wake up. Come on.
We need to go.
What's up?
We're docking. We just need to go.
All right.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
Where's the girl?
Enough. Will you just give her a minute?
- You've gotten soft.
- And you've gotten obsessed.
And you wonder every day
why you never got the Halo.
It's eating at you, right?
You are a better warrior
than Shannon ever was.
You are faster, stronger, smarter.
But you're no leader.
Shannon was, because
she had heart. You don't.
Just give her a chance to choose.
You know what it's like
to not have a choice.
She is not going anywhere.
She'll be back if she
Goddamnit, Ava!
- [JC] Who are we being chased by?
- [AVA] Nuns.
[JC] Sorry!
- Why are we running away from nuns?
- [AVA] I'll explain later!
[GUARD, IN SPANISH] Stop! Stop! Stop!
[MARY, IN SPANISH] I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
[WOMAN SCREAMS]
[BOTH PANTING]
Oh, fuck.
It's a dead end.
I don't want to do this.
- JC.
- No.
I need to know what's
happening right now.
- All right. I'm out.
- [AVA] No. No.
I need to talk to your girlfriend.
Look, Sister.
I don't know what you want
from her, and I don't care,
but you ain't getting to
[GASPS]
[BOTH GRUNTING]
Look at you!
You were paying attention after all.
- [BLOWS THUDDING]
- [AVA GRUNTING]
[AVA CONTINUES GRUNTING]
[LILITH] Most impressive.
- Get off!
- No!
- You're done running.
- Get the fuck off me, Lilith!
[LILITH] People want to live
their lives, just like you, Ava!
If you're not willing to fight for them,
you need to give back the Halo!
Don't push me.
The Halo didn't give you
a second chance at life.
It gave you a purpose.
And you can't even appreciate that.
Your loss.
[SHRIEKING]
[MARY] Enough!
- [CONTINUES SHRIEKING]
- [FLESH TEARING]
[AVA GASPING]
- [AVA GRUNTS]
- [KNIFE CLATTERS]
- [MARY] Ava, control yours
- [AVA] Fuck off!
[AVA WHISPERS] JC. JC, are you okay?
- [LILITH GRUNTING]
- [AVA] Get up.
[SNARLING]
[WHOOSHING, GROWLING]
Mary?
[ROARING]
[MARY GRUNTS]
[GROANS]
[AVA GASPS]
[TARASK SNARLS, ROARS]
[SCREECHING, ROARING]
[AVA GASPING]
[SNARLING]
- [SCREAMS]
- [ROARING]
- [AVA] I'll protect you!
- [MARY SHRIEKING]
[SNARLING]
[GASPING] I'll protect you! Go!
[GASPING, WHIMPERING]
[GRUNTING]
[BELLOWING] Ah!
Lilith, down!
[ROARING]
[SCREAMING] No!
[SHRIEKING]
[GAGGING, WHIMPERING]
[GASPING]
[SOBBING] No!
[GAGGING] Pick
up
the sword.
[AVA SOBBING]
[TARASK SNARLS]
[GROWLING]
[AVA ROARS]
[TARASK ROARING]
[WHOOSHES]
[SOBBING]
[CHOIR SINGING LITURGICAL MUSIC]
[SOBBING CONTINUES]
[JC] What the fuck just happened, huh?
Where where did she go?
What was that thing, huh?
[GASPING, CRYING]
[CHOIR SINGING LITURGICAL
MUSIC CONTINUES]
Ava?
Ava?
[STAMMERS]
[SWORD CLATTERS]
[WHOOSHES]