Shadow and Bone (2021) s02e02 Episode Script

No point
in denying it, Miss Starkov.
You are the Sun Summoner.
You're right.
Impressive.
And it's not often that I say that.
Let us go. Or you'll be out
20 million kruge and a ship.
While I'm well aware you could
consign us all to the watery deep,
you should really consider
how far from the docks we are.
Besides, I'm not
handing you over to the Fjerdans.
You're not?
Saints, no.
Sorry, is it offensive to say that
in the presence of a living Saint?
Okay.
What do you want with us then?
With you? Nothing.
Honestly, I'm not even sure who you are.
But the Sun Summoner
Well, you have to know
you're quite valuable.
You just said you wouldn't
turn her in for a bounty, pirate.
- Privateer.
- Oh.
And what I said was
I wouldn't hand her into the Fjerdans.
I said nothing of the Kerch or Shu.
I paid a small fortune to empty the dock
and make sure you got on my ship.
And frankly, I think the Fjerdans
are severely undervaluing you.
You're right. They are.
Because you'll be able to ask
the King of Ravka for twice as much.
You know the King?
I'm the Sun Summoner.
By all accounts, the First Army
have now turned their sights on Grisha.
Thanks to what you
and your conspirator did in the Fold.
The Darkling and I were not partners.
You may believe otherwise,
but once I tear down
the Fold and reunite Ravka,
the world will see I am not his ally.
Help us and you'll be rewarded.
To tear down the Fold?
And how do you plan on doing that exactly?
By hunting Morozova's Sea Whip.
Alina.
I suppose if the Stag existed,
the Sea Whip
and the Firebird might as well.
You couldn't do it with one amplifier,
but two.
Unburdened by General Kirigan,
under my own power.
Will you help us or not?
There's adventure, danger, money?
Now you're speaking my language.
What is the difference
between a privateer and a pirate?
Yuri! I told you an apple would help.
All right, listen up, everyone!
- Pipe down!
- Oh, for Saint's sake.
We have guests!
The Sun Summoner and, uh You are?
- Malyen
- A guest of the Sun Summoner.
I expect you'll treat them
with the respect I've come to know
from you pack of liars and thieves.
Come along, my darlings, come on, come on.
Now, you can have the two in the back.
It's the most private suite we have.
See you in the morning, Miss Starkov.
Night watch, joining you on deck.
Aye, Captain!
You have the top bunk.
Careful.
Not exactly Novyi Zem, is it?
No.
Or how I thought tonight would go either.
Well, we do this, we have the rest
of our lives to make up for lost time.
I'll keep first watch.
Why drag us back to the past?
The past informs everything.
It is the wound that will not heal.
Your past is the reason for all ruin.
Yours makes you think you've
found a family with your orphan friend.
You think you've found a future.
- I have.
- No.
You will only grow more powerful.
And he will only grow old.
You envy our love.
"Love."
I do know what you feel,
when you're with your tracker.
I doubt that.
Not the pining in your heart
you've yet to outgrow.
The loneliness.
The growing understanding
of your unique situation.
The ache of it.
I don't know what you're talking about.
It will never fade, Alina.
It will only grow worse,
no matter how far or fast you run.
You will come to accept
that it's you and me.
There are no others like us.
Understand there never will be.
We are not the same.
And I'm not wearing your color ever again.
Perhaps now you're getting
an inkling of what it's like to be hunted.
But you still have no idea
what it means to fake countless deaths,
to have to reinvent yourself
after every rebirth,
to lose every loved one
to sickness, desperation, hate,
and time.
Is this how you justify your actions?
Your loneliness? A wound that won't heal?
You've yet to see
the full shape of things.
My Alina,
you live in a single moment.
I live in a thousand.
You're already dead.
Come in.
Genya.
It's good to see
Grisha walking these halls.
I'm sure the previous owners
would have had us all killed.
It truly is a miracle that you survived.
We are survivors.
Are we not?
But a miracle
would've been more forgiving.
This was tenacity.
And that is how we shall move forward.
Rally.
Begin anew.
And David? Has there been any word?
Don't despair.
Scouts are bringing in new Grisha daily.
If he lives, I will find him for you.
Now, as you can see,
I am in desperate need
of your particular touch.
Hmm.
I'm sorry. That's all I can
Your shadow monsters. They're here.
My nichevo'ya.
And they are with me, always.
In the darkness
Perhaps you might assess the damage.
I'm afraid that is beyond
Try.
Please.
Yes. I might
Thank you.
I shall make sure your room
is in this wing of the building.
I'd like to keep you close.
Kaz.
Where are we going?
I met this mercher,
Jakob Hertzoon, he lives just over there.
And he says any man can become rich.
All he needs is luck
and the right friends.
I thought you were
getting us jobs as errand boys.
Errand boys?
Look at where we are.
Clearly, he knows
a thing or two about money.
Before you know it,
we could be living here.
Mr. Hertzoon. This is my brother, Kaz.
Another Mr. Rietveld.
Good to meet you, Kaz.
Your brother's onto a good thing.
How do you feel, boy?
I feel lucky now.
Where are my kegs of malt liquor?
Why don't you go down
to the harbor and find out?
Go on, should've been here by now.
Yes, boss.
Go on, lazy bones.
I know you can go faster than that.
This is the Dregs Club.
Sorry, was that a question?
I'm looking for Per Haskell.
Also looking for trouble, are we?
You run your gang from here.
Members who've been kicked out and shunned
by every other crew in the Barrel.
Hangabouts.
I've heard of you.
Kaz Brekker.
I'm in the market for a business partner.
Someone with equal parts
discretion and muscle.
Hmm.
Good luck with that.
You haven't heard
all the reasons this is a good idea.
You can count them.
Anyone else and I'd take that deal,
but I'm not doing business with you.
You're that scared of Pekka Rollins?
I know well enough
not to blow up a rival's club.
See, fear,
in a smaller glass, is instinct.
And you don't got no instinct.
Just a whole lot of anger and pride,
and that makes for a sour cocktail.
Don't show your face here again.
Mm.
Started to wonder if I had
the wrong time or place.
This is where Kaz left word to meet.
So you know. It's worse today.
Worse how?
We had to sleep on that novice's floor.
This body deserves a proper bed.
Word is we also killed a constable.
What? I have so many questions.
How? Why? Who? Where? When? I guess
Yeah, I guess that's all of them.
Last night,
after you escaped from the wagon.
Constable Sem was his name.
Shot with his own weapon.
Stadwatch are shaking down
every informant they know.
I would never
shoot someone with their own gun.
Besides, it's not even a good frame-up.
Have you seen him today?
Avoiding questions, I suspect.
Yeah, from the both of us.
Blowing up the Crow Club
Makes you wonder
what else he's willing to destroy.
Made sure you weren't followed?
- Always.
- Please.
Ooh. Is this place
still serving breakfast?
Jes has a question to ask you.
Look, a lot has happened since last night.
We found out we lost our home,
and then you blew it up
just to piss off Pekka Rollins.
And?
Have you heard we also shot
a Stadwatch with his own gun?
All Stadwatch carry
the same gun and it's standard issue.
This is Pekka Rollins firing back at us.
Who is this Pekka Rollins?
You say his name
and your blood pressure skyrockets.
That's not part of
your purview, Heartrender.
You're right. But I tend to have
opinions and here's one,
anger clouds judgment.
Pekka Rollins runs the Barrel.
He cheated his way
into an empire by running cheap cons.
He isn't a boss, he's a scourge.
If you hate him so much,
why not just hire me to kill him?
Or why hire me at all?
Your sharpshooter
or your Wraith could take him out, easy.
How do you feel, boy?
It's not enough to kill him.
Killing him doesn't help us
clear our names.
That's why I need all of you,
so I can hang everything back on him.
And we are the pawns
who enact your personal vendetta?
The three of us are under equal jeopardy.
And if they catch us,
we can't protect you.
And you'll have to turn
to Pekka to see your man.
No doubt with some very
unappealing conditions attached.
All of that in mind, I mean,
Inej and I need to know the plan.
Um, yes, I I, too,
would like to know the plan.
To get leverage on him, I need to know
the scope of his business, inside-out.
There are two ways to learn this.
The first is by following
his driver, tracking his schedule.
Second, his accountant, Henrik Van Poel.
If I get access to Pekka's books,
it'll tell me everything I need to know.
So, we need to get into that building.
It's where his accountant works.
Although, there's no way
of knowing which office.
That's the mission.
It looks like a typical office building,
but it has a number of subtle features.
So nothing for me to shoot?
You can always shoot a lock
if it makes you feel better.
You're sassing me, but I recall
that got you out of a jam once.
This place values anonymity.
The doors aren't numbered.
There are no names or placards.
These aren't
for businesses' clients to visit.
This is for people who value discretion.
So, Jesper, Wylan, you follow the driver.
Inej, I want you
to take watch on the roof.
I need you with me
while I copy Henrik's books.
Gunfire would only draw attention,
but a Heartrender
Has many skills. Yes, like this.
Second floor,
second-last door on the left.
Hmm.
What?
Henrik's office. Do you mind?
How do you know this?
I asked the waitress.
How did she know?
People who work in places like that,
they eat in places like this.
And sometimes they get
the meals delivered, so I said,
"Um, excuse me, but I have a delivery
and I can't read the directions."
Ta-da.
I like having her around.
Hmm.
And I like truth.
You said you'd get me in to see Matthias.
They get the lobsters
for free in the market.
They're dead long before they get boiled.
That meat is turned.
For my sake, don't eat that.
The bread, though
hard, as the Ice Court wall.
You're from Fjerda?
The guards prefer
us speaking Kerch, brother.
I, uh I learned that the hard way.
Here.
The water, softens the bread.
Adds a bit of flavor, too.
Mm.
Yeah. Uh, you get used to it.
I do not intend to be here long.
You are used to the, uh,
the Fjerdan legal system,
which remembers its prisoners,
if only to make examples of them.
This one
This one prefers to
just let us fester forever.
Then you must make this system remember
how stubborn we Fjerdans can be.
Oi! Shut up in there!
How am I supposed to
simply accept that this is my fate?
You know, my anger nearly broke me.
But then they brought
a new prisoner into my cell.
Demyan.
He was built like a bear, but so calm.
Nothing could shake him.
Because he knew the way of Djel.
Our God will forgive you and guide you,
Matthias, no matter what.
He could never forgive my sins.
Look lively, topside now!
Come on!
Almost ready.
Just keep your eyes open around Sturmhond.
I think he's hiding something.
We're not here to make friends with him.
He's made that clear enough.
Can't even bother to learn my name.
It's not even a long name.
He has both otkazat'sya
and Grisha on his crew.
No First or Second Army, just
Equals. Imagine if our camps were run
like this, First and Second Army together.
The food would taste much better.
Ooh. Definitely don't touch that.
So, Miss Starkov,
what say you and I chart the course
to your destiny to find the Sea Whip.
That'll be me, I'm the tracker.
My lucky compass.
Seen me through thick and thin.
Okay then, tracker, which way is north?
Well, I can tell you a few ways,
based on the position
of the sun and my shadow,
based on the direction
that we're sailing in, and based on
It's that way.
Let me introduce you to our navigators.
What did you say your name was again?
Oi! Sun Summoner. Join us.
- What does that mean?
- You don't know it?
It means "victory" in Shu.
Um, I don't speak Shu.
Understandable.
We know what Ravkans think
about mutts like us. And in Shu Han
They prefer to remind us
we've our Ravkan mother's blood.
Blood is blood.
Only fools think otherwise.
Is that why you've chosen a life at sea?
Because it understands that?
It's why we chose Sturmhond.
He understands.
I'm intimidated.
I've never played cards
with a Ravkan Saint before.
She's also a Shu Saint.
Is that a shark's tooth?
You're Grisha? Um, what order?
Uh, Tolya and I don't really do that,
but if we were in Ravka,
we'd be Heartrenders.
But I have this so, it's a win for me.
If only I'd been 30 seconds faster.
Story of your life, little brother.
We've been told
you're looking for an amplifier yourself.
The Sea Whip. Is it true?
Possessing two amplifiers,
it breaks all the rules.
Says the Durast who'll be
fusing the amplifier, if we find it.
So I have a vested interest in your plan.
But I don't want to die in the process.
Trust me,
I don't want to die either.
Um, when you fused with your amplifier,
did it show you its last moments?
Tolya swimming up as I took its life.
What did the Stag show you?
The last thing it saw was me,
reaching for its muzzle.
Like it always should have been.
Because I'd always dreamt about it.
But now I'm dreaming about
the Sea Whip, and the Firebird, too.
You think the three are connected?
I think I think they are to be connected.
Through me.
So I can then destroy the Fold.
But I can't be sure unless I try.
Unless we try.
It's uncharted territory.
What are we if not experts
in uncharted waters?
Deal us in, brother.
Who's ready to test their mettle?
Vladim, is it?
Um
It is, sir.
Vladim Gulav, Alkemi.
And what camp did I rescue you from?
Udemya.
Well, I'm very glad
that you're here, Vladim.
I know that
you didn't grow up in the Little Palace.
No, um, uh, my my village hid me
so that I could help them.
Well, did you? Help them?
Uh, uh, for many years, yes.
Um, mainly remedies for muscle pain
and preserving food, cleaning water and
I don't need your life story, Vladim.
I need your help.
I have pain.
Pain that splits the head.
I, um, can make a serum
that's effective, but it's temporary.
I see.
If if if I can be honest, sir.
Please.
I suspect your issues are a consequence
of creating those, um shadow monsters.
No judgment from me, of course. Um
They say it's an abomination
of science, merzost.
It can't be undone.
I've heard this story before, Vladim.
And you're not sounding
particularly helpful.
I suppose the only thing which could
counter the effect of merzost
is more merzost.
If if there was a way for me to study it.
I can't promise
that I could reverse it, but
I'm not looking for a reversal.
There is a cost, always,
to making difficult choices.
The key is making sure
that cost is not regret.
What did you find?
There's a doorman even after hours,
and a pair of roving guards in the halls.
But I can get you in through a window
if Nina watches the front.
If this goes sideways,
tell the others to regroup at Black Veil.
Get the Heartrender. We leave in ten.
No.
Not until you tell me
what happened between you and Pekka.
All you need to know
is that I have a reason.
There's enough secrecy in this crew as is.
Secrecy is the only way
to survive the Barrel, Inej.
So keeping me in the dark
is about survival?
- Now you're getting it.
- Mm.
My survival or yours?
Trust is the other side of secrecy, Kaz.
Remember that.
It's not great news.
But you still have your health.
Stick to doctoring my books, Henrik.
With renovations and opportunity costs,
this explosion's gonna
cost me about a quarter million.
Brekker.
The boy should've stayed down
after the murder charge.
Edyck, why haven't you found his crew yet?
They must be lying low, boss.
But I own the damn Barrel.
- Boss
- Stadwatch are covering the rest.
The Wraith is their eyes.
Take her out and they're running blind.
Bring in Mogens to deal with her.
- The taxidermist?
- Aye.
He'll want a trophy.
Once she's back at the Menagerie,
he can take it from her.
And if this gutter rat
wants to play Barrel boss,
I think it's time we give him
proper consideration.
Did Mal tell you to alter course?
No, that would be your captain.
Why?
It's a brief change to make use of
an Eastern wind. We'll make better time.
Your tracker wouldn't say why,
but of all of the islands,
he believes the Sea Whip is here.
- You want to explain that?
- No.
What's this about?
I'm the client.
No client of mine
has ever made such demands.
No client of yours can do what I can do.
Well, fair enough.
But that's not what this is about, is it?
What do you mean?
Trust is a tricky needle
to thread for both of us.
You need to trust
that I don't have some ulterior motive,
and I need to trust
we aren't chasing a myth.
The difference is you behave like
somebody who's already been betrayed.
And that puts you
in a tight spot for the task ahead.
You can't do it all on your own.
You need me.
And you need me
if you're going to get your money.
We both know that's only
as long as I remain valuable to you.
Well, you are very fancy cargo, it's true.
But do you really understand why?
It's not just because
you'll destroy the Fold.
It's because you're a symbol.
You're not just sunshine, sunshine.
You're hope for the future.
Seems it's not me
who needs convincing of that.
It's you.
We're close.
Time for my favorite part!
Thanks to navigation
from our Summoner's tracker friend here,
we've traversed the Bone Road
to the island of Jelka.
Uh-huh.
As for the Sea Whip,
we have some storybook drawings,
no telling what it really looks like.
Rule of thumb for the unknown,
come prepared!
Are all pirates this well-armed?
- Privateer.
- I don't know the difference.
The difference is I have a license.
And a healthy love for innovation.
Gadgets, marvels, things that go boom.
Anything pique your interest?
Yeah.
Well, take it, for our excursion.
Fabulous choice.
You have excellent taste in weaponry, Mal.
The cable's Fabrikator-made.
Tensile strength of 80,000.
- Yield, 50.
- Impossible.
When people say "impossible,"
they usually mean "improbable."
Not me. It's incredible.
I designed it myself.
In fact, my inventions are all around you.
You just have to know where to look.
So, we'll go in quietly,
on Miss Starkov's orders,
to injure it for your death blow.
I'm not killing it.
You have to kill it, to claim its power.
That's how amplifiers work.
It wasn't with the Stag.
I think I can do it without killing it.
As As lovely as that sounds,
I'm not sending my crew in
to tame a mythical beast
with nets and good intentions.
This is the job
you were hired for, privateer.
We capture it. Alive.
We've reached the island.
Here we go.
Well, that's not foreboding.
Could be anywhere in there.
We enter through that one.
You sure?
There's a frequency.
I've heard it before.
It's in there.
You heard him. We're going ashore!
Fruzsi, you made good speed.
I came as soon as I got word from you.
Good. I'll need you with me from now on.
Some say you died in the Fold?
Do they?
- But I knew it would take more
- Please, get up.
It's time.
Have you come for the journal,
or the other thing?
I never opened it.
As I promised.
Morozova's secrets remain with you.
Now, the other thing.
Are you sure?
Hello, Mother.
You've kept me in this hellhole for weeks.
And even I look better than you.
- That could be it.
- Grevyen, tell me. Anything in the water?
There are holes in the cave floor.
So be careful where you step.
Otherwise no.
No, you can't tell,
or no, there's nothing in there?
Whichever makes you feel more comfortable.
Comfort's overrated.
Drop the nets! Aim to kill!
No! Don't!
I couldn't see it. It's toying with us.
Conserve your ammo
or we'll be dry by the time we need it.
It can camouflage.
It sounds like it's everywhere.
It's dead.
No, I can fix this.
You cannot fix this.
Ooh. Closed up for the night.
Uh, I'll just be a minute.
I, uh, need to use the loo.
You can go down the street
to Manny's Pub. They're open.
They don't let me back in there anymore.
Not since I drank
the barkeep under the table.
I do like a woman who can hold her liquor.
Oh, well,
I, uh, can't hold it everywhere.
So, do you mind?
Not tonight. Sorry, love.
Hmm.
Oof. Okay.
Sorry, love.
A rat-catcher carriage.
You said you got this from a friend.
Friend-ish. She did manage
to remove the rats, so there's that.
How do you know Kaz?
I can't honestly say that I know Kaz.
He asked me to make
a few phosphorus bombs for him.
- I didn't want to.
- Why not?
Because I knew that
he'd use them for something like this.
- Did it work?
- Oh, it worked.
Not many people can go up against
General Kirigan and live to tell about it.
Where'd he find you?
I was apprenticing at the tannery,
so I guess he knew
that I was good with chemicals.
Tannery? That's sounds familiar.
Have we met before?
Stadwatch.
You're clear.
Thank you.
I know that you're not thrilled
about being paired with me,
but you should know that
you can trust me.
To be clear,
I trust you 'cause Kaz trusts you.
And you trust Kaz?
Listen, I'm not about to dissect
my long-standing working relationship
with Kaz Brekker with a total stranger.
Eyes on Pekka's driver.
Fine night, ain't it, Brekker?
Burning the midnight oil, are we?
He's rounding the corner.
Follow him.
Whoa!
He's He's gone.
He's gone.
This isn't right.
I thought I'd cut to the chase.
You can't show your faces at my clubs
and my brothels to pull threads on me,
so where would you go?
Step away from the desk.
Why?
I don't want blood on my furniture.
My numbers man'll bill me for it, and,
well, you've already cost me
enough money by blowing up my club.
My club.
Hmm.
Before I kill you,
I want you to know that I brought in
a madman to capture your Wraith.
Sorry.
My Wraith.
Hello, little lynx.
I fixed up the cellar at the Menagerie,
got the best shackles that money can buy.
Oh, and I got my man
to lay a trap for your gunslinger.
Time to go back
to the Menagerie, little one.
And once you're there,
I get to take a piece.
Nothing that will harm your value.
Just a little less blood
and you'll give up the fight.
Wait, we have met before, haven't we?
Yes, but
And you brought me stroopwafels.
You remember that now?
Time for Henrietta!
- Jesper.
- Now!
Clean sweep, Brekker.
All that will be left
will be my little spider,
back in her cage.
Mm.
Ooh.
I'm going to sleep well.
Heartrender!
Meet the newest member of my crew.
Sleep well then.
How do we find out
if the others aren't also in trouble?
We can't.
So it's Black Veil, then?
The cemetery?
Heartrender.
Not that scary when you
It's over, Brekker! Brekker!
Move!
Are you sure he said here?
This is the plague cemetery,
no one ever comes here.
Which means we'll be safe here.
Assuming you got ambushed, too?
Oh, yeah, so many of them, I lost count.
I got what I needed,
and Wylan's bombs took care of the rest.
Get her inside.
She gonna be okay?
- She'll be fine.
- Will any of us be fine?
This won't end well, Kaz.
No, it won't.
But I'll be the one who ends it.
We hold ourselves bound
to this mission.
To ensure that
our fallen crew did not die in vain.
And we honor
the ultimate sacrifice that they made
in our quest to find the Sea Whip.
Let us bow our heads
for the crew lost today.
Let the sea carry them to a safe harbor,
and may the Saints
receive them on a brighter shore.
May the Saints receive them.
Alina, we're ready.
Ready?
Yeah.
Are you all right?
I'm fine. Second scale, please.
Get back!
Alina! Alina! Alina!
Well then, where to now, Summoner?
East Ravka, then the Fold.
You're alive.
Such power.
You've grown stronger, my Alina.