Krypton (2018) s02e07 Episode Script

1 Look, I have seen more than I care to.
I've done more than I care to.
Have you found those missing Sagitari yet? Everyone in that explosion was killed but I'm still picking up lots of warm bodies behind there.
General Zod, you have betrayed your people.
You must be punished.
[ALL SCREAMING.]
No! If this is your rebellion, I want no further part in it.
[WEAPONS CHARGING.]
Zod has given us an ultimatum.
He demands we hand you over or everyone on the moon dies.
You can't be a part of this rebellion.
I've tried so hard to keep you from making the tough choices.
I never wanted you to have blood on your hands.
We don't have the numbers to defend our base and hold the base station.
[BEEPING.]
[BOOMING.]
Brainiac is alive in me.
And gaining control.
Take me to my ship and I will imbue you with the power to defeat General Zod.
I promise you I will never let anything happen to you or Cor.
Like the Els and the Zods of the past, when the houses of our family work together, we create greatness that sustains Krypton.
Scouts in the outlands have pinpointed Doomsday's location An icescape system south of Kandor.
I need a progress report on this weapon.
The hardware components are complete.
Projectile with Stellarium-powered delivery system allowing for unprecedented impact depth.
Then I will test it in the field.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
My fellow Kryptonians, I know the last broadcast you watched was as painful for you as it was for me.
Those terrorists on Wegthor executed my mother to send a message: that we should all be afraid.
But when I looked out on the proud citizens of Kandor, I saw that message was rejected.
For I did not see fear.
I saw courage.
For what is courage, if not the strength to stare defiantly into the face of those who would have us live in fear, and not turn away? True courage is the strength to acknowledge the presence of that fear [WEAPONS CHARGING.]
And to overcome it.
[LASER BLASTING.]
[SNARLING.]
And because of the strength you all gave me, all Kryptonians can sleep easier tonight.
[ALL GASPING.]
Yes, the mythical beast of the outlands has been brought to heel.
And soon so will the rebels on Wegthor, for they are about to face a test of their courage, because the first fleet of our space-faring ships is complete.
[ALL CHEERING.]
It is time for Krypton to take its rightful place in the universe, not as the conquered, but as conquerors.
Seg, I know how much you loved Lyta.
And I'm sorry for what you must be feeling right now.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
But when you're ready to talk, I'm here to listen.
[THUNDER CRACKS.]
Wait, where are we going? An excellent question.
I can't get into that right now.
Please, just trust me.
It's Brainiac, isn't it? You can't tell me where we're going because he can hear everything.
Not just what you say, Seg-El, but what you're thinking, too.
It's too late.
He knows.
Nyssa, I need you to listen to me.
The only way to make sure that everyone's gonna be safe is to get Brainiac out of me for good.
But we cannot go anywhere near his Skull Ship.
If Brainiac reconnects with his quantum consciousness, he'll be too powerful for anyone to stop.
- We - That's enough.
Seg! Seg? [BEEPING.]
Fortress.
Fortress? Hold on.
I'll get us there.
[ENGINES WHIRRING.]
Hey.
Have we heard from Seg yet? No.
So we still don't know if he knows about Lyta? Well, we have to assume he does.
It was broadcast all over Krypton.
I've been trying to reach him, but there's been no communication with Krypton since Since we destroyed the elevator base station.
But right now we've got more immediate concerns.
Hey, Kem.
Tagging along on another mission, huh, buddy? I'm leading the mission.
You asked Kem to lead? Why didn't you ask me? Have you been fighting alongside the Sagitari - for the last six months? - Oh, no, but And do you possess a thorough and intimate knowledge of the various tunnel systems on Wegthor? - No, but - No.
Listen, the only way to gain experience is Through experience.
Can I just join? Ask Kem.
His mission.
His team.
[CHUCKLES.]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
Hey.
You really you're gonna make me say this out loud, aren't you? Oh, yeah.
- Can I please - Sorry? Can I please join the mission? Of course you can join.
- Well, thank you.
- No, thank you.
You don't know how difficult it's been trying to recruit - a squad for this.
- Oh, why? What's the mission? To locate and neutralize those Sagitari that Zod sent down the mines.
- That's not so bad.
- No.
Assuming they're where we last saw them.
They're not.
Really? You think they moved? You think they're planning an attack.
Well, I have no idea, Adam.
That's why we need to find them before they find us.
Don't worry.
It'll be fun.
Right.
If you like cold, cramped, dark spaces and the very real possibility that we will be exposed to raw Stellarium deposits, resulting in severe radiation poisoning.
What's that that like, the radiation poisoning? Oh, well, I mean, it affects everyone differently.
- Mmm.
- You know? This one guy, that I That I saw, diarrhea so bad that he shat out his entire skeleton.
Can you believe that? And he survived.
You know, sometimes at night, when I close my eyes, I can still smell it.
[SNIFFS.]
And the noises he made.
[SCREAMS.]
Anyway, gear up, Earthling.
We leave in 20, yeah? [THUNDER RUMBLING.]
[BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY.]
It's clear.
I guess Zod took whatever he needed from here before abandoning it.
- Up there.
- You don't look so good.
You should rest.
We don't have time.
Seg.
What a surprise.
How can I be of service? Brainiac.
He's inside of my body and he's shutting me down.
We need your help, Val.
- Come with me.
- Wait! Wait.
I just wanna hold him one last time.
Just in ca Just [GRUNTS.]
Seg! I can't hold him off any longer.
- Seg? - [GRUNTING.]
Seg! The hypersonic brainwave pulse remains stable.
[BEEPING.]
But turning him off is not enough.
- To weaponize him, I need - Complete control.
Yes.
To unlock the safe of Doomsday's mind via Somatic Reconditioning, we first need to navigate the calcification, scar tissue, and plaque encasing his skull before we can even reach his brain.
[RUMBLING.]
You can hear it, right? They're getting louder.
Closer.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
The war isn't going to end unless somebody does something.
But why does it have to be you? They said I'm the only soldier with the right mutation.
It's called the Vara gene, apparently.
How does a mutation end the war? I don't know.
But if the Els believe it can make a difference, I have to do whatever I can to help.
I'm sorry.
It's just, uh - Who you are.
- It's who I am.
[CHUCKLES.]
They said you could withdraw anytime before the experiment's commenced.
Now, have you thought about what that means, Dax? They wouldn't have that rule unless they anticipated that The subject would be driven to abort.
Don't call yourself that.
Don't ever call yourself the subject.
You're my Dax.
You're reading too much into that.
They want decisiveness.
And what shall I tell our daughter? Tell her her father is helping to build a better tomorrow, so that she may grow up on a peaceful Krypton once more.
A Krypton that will never again be marred in civil war.
Apologies, but time is precious.
We must get started.
End this war, love.
Then come home.
I will.
I promise.
Good-bye, Enaj.
Good-bye, Dax.
[RUMBLING.]
So this is where you'd like me to stand? Here? No, that's quite all right, Dax.
My name is Van-Zod.
I believe you've already met Wedna-El.
We'll be taking you through this process.
Okay.
So, uh, what do you need me to do? You did everything you needed to when you signed up, Dax.
You're a true hero.
But if we're going to win this war, you need to be more than that.
We need to make you more than that.
What do you mean, exactly? Your unique genetic makeup, it makes it possible for us to enhance your cellular memory indefinitely.
By exposing your cells to different vulnerabilities, we will build up your body's defenses until you're invulnerable to all lethal force.
You want to make me a superhero? Are you ready to be one, Dax? Let's do it.
Trial one, test one initiated.
[WHIRRING.]
[COUGHING.]
[GASPING.]
[GAGGING.]
[SHOUTING.]
It's a mine entrance.
Fire Team One, scan it.
Set a proximity charge when you double back.
Fire Team Two, clear that pathway.
- We've got your back.
- Yes, sir.
Mm-hmm.
What? What what is it? You you're being strange.
Earning your namesake, honestly.
Oh, I mean, just, you know, look at you.
I mean, six months ago you were running a bar.
God, not even a good one.
I'm surprised you keep the doors open.
Okay, can I get an ETA on the point you're trying to make? Okay, look, I'm trying to give you a compliment, okay? It's a little hard.
I'm proud of you.
You really stepped up, so And you nearly stepped on a landmine just now.
- Are you serious? - No.
I'm not serious.
That was a lesson.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
[RUMBLING.]
[BEEPING.]
We've detected activity in the mine ahead.
Could be the Sagitari we're looking for.
All right.
Let's regroup and recon some more.
If we recon, we risk losing the element of surprise.
We're heavily outnumbered here.
So if we engage now, then we can No, we stick to protocol.
That's it.
Now how about you show me where they are? Okay.
[GRUNTS.]
[WIND HOWLING.]
[WHIRRING.]
[BEEPING.]
Is that what we're looking for? The Nanites? This may prove more complicated than I originally calculated.
Of course it will.
What's the problem this time? The cluster rests upon your brain stem.
Well.
It was put there by an alien called Brainiac, so Sounds about right to me.
Besides, we're not exactly swimming in options here.
So let's get it done.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
Are you sure? We have to try.
[BEEPING.]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
[GROANING.]
Seg, no! [RUMBLING.]
I am sorry, Seg-El, but you know I cannot allow you to complete this procedure.
It's not me.
It's Brainiac.
He's taking more control of my body.
You're gonna have to restrain me.
[BEEPING.]
We'll have to do this manually.
Okay.
Wait.
You're not saying that I have to do this, are you? Because that would be a really bad idea.
Really bad.
Have you used a sonic scalpel? - All the time.
- Excellent.
- You'll need to - No, I'm being sarcastic.
Of course I've never used a Whatever it is you call it.
Sarcasm, I see.
Well, without prior experience, it will certainly be - more challenging.
- No.
No, I'm not doing it.
I'm sorry.
- There has to be another way.
- Nyssa.
Nyssa, look at me.
If there is anything for sure that I know about you, it's that you can do anything you set your mind to.
Just believe in yourself The way I've always believed in you.
And you're gonna be fine.
Seg, that was a lovely speech.
But that is not gonna help me slice you open and remove an alien parasite.
Be realistic.
Realistic? If I asked you to go up to Wegthor and double cross the leaders of the resistance and steal the codex from under the nose of Jax-Ur and bring it back to Krypton, would you call that realistic? What if I asked you to go to House Zod, walk in there unarmed, take our child in your arms, and jump out of a window into a waiting skimmer that's gonna take you away to freedom? Realistic or no? I know you've been struggling with who you really are.
What you're really capable of.
But if you could see the person that I see when I look at you, you'd never fear anything.
How do you always know the right thing to say? [CHUCKLES.]
Well, being raised in the Rankless District means you know how to talk yourself out of trouble.
Thank you, Seg, for always believing in me.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
Okay.
I can do this.
[GROANS.]
Slice repeatedly to go deep enough beyond the muscle layers.
Just don't go too deep or we risk permanent brain injury, and-or paralysis.
[BUZZING.]
Hey, Nyssa, you just remember what I said, okay? You can do this.
Oh, and hey, if not, it sounds like I'm gonna have a catastrophic brain injury, so I probably won't be able to hold it against you too much.
More sarcasm.
Excellent.
Shut up.
[BEEPING.]
Why is this taking so long? The scar tissue is so deep, it makes mapping the brain incredibly challenging.
Memory's difficult to locate.
Probe deeper.
Without giving any recovery time, we risk further damaging Doomsday's ability to process.
We are not doing this so he can make speeches.
Probe deeper.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
Found something.
It's a memory sequence.
But it's pretty entangled.
It's registering as very traumatic.
Show me.
[RUMBLING.]
[SCREAMING.]
[THUDS.]
[GAGGING.]
[WHIRRING.]
Subject is deceased.
Time, 12:56.
Test one, failed.
Administer resurrection protocol.
[BEEPING.]
[WHIRRING.]
[BEEPING.]
[WHIRRING.]
[BEEPING.]
[GRUNTING.]
Initiative, trial one, test two.
Subject is conscious and alert.
Wh what did you do to me? Trial one, test two initiated.
[BEEPING.]
[WHIRRING.]
[WHIRRING.]
Test two successful.
Shall we move on? Trial two, test one.
[SCREAMING.]
Subject is deceased.
Time, 1:56.
Administer resurrection protocol.
[BEEPING.]
[RUMBLING.]
[HEAVY BREATHING.]
Pathogen level within subject now critical.
[LAUGHING.]
[SHOUTING.]
[SCREAMING.]
[SCREAMING.]
[THUDS.]
Subject is deceased.
Time, 5:34.
Test 105 failed.
Administer resurrection pro No.
- No what? - No more.
This isn't right, Wedna.
You know it isn't.
What are you talking about? We're almost there.
Look at him.
Look at what we've done to him.
What we've turned him into.
We have to keep going, Van.
Our people are depending on us.
Our people are fighting this war without us.
We should be out there with them, alongside Jo-Mon and all the other Els and Zods.
They are being slaughtered up there, Van! The only chance we have of protecting Argo City from the Kandorians is right here.
[BOOMING.]
I know it goes against what we both stand for.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
But it's what must be done.
I just wish there was another way.
There isn't.
Not this time.
Administer resurrection protocol.
[BEEPING.]
[WHIRRING.]
Well done, Nyssa.
Place it in here.
The Nanites are microscopic.
Invisible to the naked eye.
And there they are.
Good.
We can now release Seg from his restraints.
[BEEPING.]
[RUMBLING.]
Nice work.
Are you okay? Thanks to you.
I mean it, Nyssa.
Thank you.
There is one more thing.
Cor.
[COOING.]
Ever since I've been back, I've had Brainiac in here and, um, I'd like to hold my son for the first time as the man I truly am.
I think it's time Cor met his dad properly.
[COOING.]
Hello, my son.
Hello, my Cor-Vex.
No, Seg.
I've been thinking.
I don't want our son to carry the Vex name.
You were right about what you said before.
I have been struggling with who I am.
There's so much I've done that I'm not proud of.
So much of who I am or who I was came from how I was raised by my father.
The Vex name is forever tainted by what he did to the people of Kandor.
But what my father did to me I don't want that for him.
I don't want that for our son.
He shouldn't have to carry the shameful history of House Vex.
That family line ends with me.
I want our son to be an El.
Cor-El.
If I might interject, traditionally when adopting the El family name, it follows that your son should also take the first name of one of his ancestors.
Your great grandfather, Seg.
My father.
A humble man.
His achievements perhaps not as grand as some of our more esteemed ancestors.
They might have been.
But his focus was his family.
He was kindhearted.
A brilliant scientist.
And a wonderful father.
It sounds perfect.
Are you sure? My son, many years from now when they tell the story of your life, all of your accomplishments and achievements, they'll be telling the story Of Jor-El.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
- Hey, what happened? - The scanner died.
Must be the Stellarium radiation.
But you saw them? The hostiles? I saw something, yeah.
That's enough recon for me.
Let's get in there No.
I'm going in alone.
Um Okay, uh, is the Stellarium radiation playing with your brain thoughts, maybe? I don't think that they're hostiles, Adam.
Hey, can I just Hey so, like, maybe What if, right Hypothetically speaking, your, um, hunch on this is, you know, absolutely without a doubt 100% wrong? Yeah, well, thank you for the confidence, Adam.
Listen, as much as I don't like her, maybe she's right, okay? You got a lot of lives on your hands.
Look, I know what's at stake! I've been in this situation before, and I am not gonna let another innocent person die because of your lack of faith or anyone else's lack of faith.
So please just for once in your life listen to me and stay put.
That's an order.
I'll be back.
Soon.
Probably.
Right there.
More deep memories that According to the sensors Are registering even stronger than the prior set.
Thank you.
You can leave us now.
You'll be summoned if needed.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
It is a great honor to be in the presence of the bravest Kryptonian in history.
And the most misunderstood.
You sacrificed everything for Krypton.
You are a hero.
In many ways, we are like brothers, protecting Mother Krypton at all costs.
This is why we must be alone in this moment.
Such a fine specimen.
Yet even the finest crafted arrow is of little use without a target.
You will fulfill your destiny and protect Krypton.
[RUMBLING.]
Initiative, trial 455, test five.
[RUMBLING.]
- Where is he? - We're perfecting him.
You have to understand.
We're this close.
The war is over.
Jo-Mon has brought peace to Krypton, and yet you still keep from me my husband.
There will always be another war.
As long as resources remain too scarce to support our city-states, Krypton will never be truly free.
Your husband, he is the key to everything, Enaj.
The evolution of our species.
He is our path to a better tomorrow.
I don't care about tomorrow.
I want my husband right now.
I can't let you do that.
[GUN COCKING.]
Your husband is mere trials away from complete invulnerability.
And I plan on carrying them out, so if you're going to shoot me, do it now.
Or let me get back to work.
[GUN CHARGING.]
[WHIMPERS.]
Dax! Dax, is is that you? Dax? Dax! [POUNDING.]
Dax! Let me in there! I can't! It's too dangerous.
Let me in there now! You don't understand! He's not your husband anymore! What do you mean? What did you do to him? I'm sorry, Enaj.
The Zods and the Els, we we failed you.
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[CRYING.]
Dax, no! Are you there? Please! I need you! Please.
[SNARLING.]
[THUMPING.]
[SNARLING.]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
Dax, what did they do to you? [SNARLING.]
[SNARLS.]
[GASPS.]
[ROARING.]
[GLASS SHATTERING.]
Enaj.
Enaj? [SNARLS.]
What do you think? Have you got one in Jor-El's size? [ALARM BEEPING.]
- What is it? - Brainiac's Nanites.
The cluster.
It's gone.
Shit.
How long are we going to wait? Till he comes back.
He could be dying in there.
You want that on your conscience? You can sit here doing nothing.
I'm going in.
No, you're not.
[WEAPONS CHARGING.]
Get out the way.
I don't take orders from you.
No, you know what? You don't.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
Then again I'm not the one who gave the order to stand down.
So stand down! So I'm gonna ask you one time to sit your insubordinate ass down over there and wait for your commander.
Shit.
[WEAPON CHARGING.]
Get down on the ground! On the ground! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold your fire! Hold your fire! Put your weapon down.
These Sagitari have all been exposed to high levels of Stellarium.
They're too ill to get back to their base for medicine and food.
So everybody please hand over your meals.
Quickly.
Come on.
[GUNS COCKING.]
What are you waiting for? You heard your commander.
Hand over your meals.
How did you know that they needed help? I mean, I didn't fully, but before the scanner fritzed out I noticed that their heat signature was oddly dim, and Stellarium mines don't have that effect on the readings.
But I I just think growing up in the Rankless District, I know what hunger looks like, so yeah.
Anyway, let's feed these people.
[WIND BLOWING.]
Kem.
You found them.
Yeah, hiding in a mine exposed to Stellarium.
Zod sent them there during the negotiations for Lyta.
Told them to wait for further commands, but they never came.
He abandoned them.
Mmm.
- Casualties? - None.
Thanks to this guy.
Mmm? Okay, okay.
That's enough.
I mean, they needed help.
And they weren't getting it from General Zod.
So I told them that they could find it here.
- Indeed.
- Yeah.
Well done, Kem.
Hey, Val, a little respect here.
Well done, commander.
[CHUCKLES.]
Hey, sergeant, let's get these folks to medical.
Yes, sir.
Uh, hey, um uh, Kem.
[CLEARS THROAT.]
Just want to say that I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I know I rode you hard earlier.
Yep, like goddamn Seabiscuit.
- What? - Never mind.
Just keep going.
You did well.
You know, in as far as not getting yourself, me, or any of my squad horribly killed.
Oh, it's not that hard once you get the hang of it.
Thanks for backing me up.
Sneeze brisket, huh? That's not the-no.
Was it? Yeah, it's sneeze brisket.
We scanned the fortress three times now.
There's absolutely no trace of Brainiac's Nanites within.
Unless Seg, what is it? Unless it's already found its way into one of us.
No.
No, how could it do that so fast? I would feel it, right? I don't know.
It's bio-digital.
You have its signature from the refractor, right? Yes.
Could you scan us for any trace of digital parasite? Yes, I I could.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
Start with Jor.
[BEEPING.]
There is no parasitic presence detected within Jor-El.
[BABY COOING.]
Scan Nyssa.
[BEEPING.]
There is no parasitic presence detected within Nyssa-Vex.
[BABY COOING.]
Then it has to be me.
No.
You don't know that.
Run the scan.
Nyssa.
No, Seg, we've only just got you back.
- It's gonna be okay.
- Seg, Nyssa's right.
We can't be sure until we run the scan.
For all we know, Brainiac's Nanites coul coul [BEEPING AND WHIRRING.]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
Mmm.
[BOOMING.]
[WHIRRING.]
[DISTANT SHOUTING.]
What are you doing? Scramble the skimmers.
I want them in the sky now! [RUMBLING.]
Had you taken me to my ship per our arrangement, all this could have been avoided, Seg-El.
We both know you want more than the Skull Ship, Brainiac.
Is that why you reneged on our arrangement? You thought I was going to complete my acquisition of Kandor City? A logical assumption.
But my designs to preserve Krypton have been amended.
They no longer involve Kandor City at all.
I don't believe you.
That is of no consequence.
I suggest you stand back.
[WHIRRING.]
[BOOMING.]
There is no greater power than the universe.
Come with me and discover it in ways a Kryptonian can only dream of.
All that time inside my head and you still don't understand the first thing about me.
Let me spell it out for you.
I do not crave power to destroy the way you do.
It is you who fails to understand me.
I seek only to preserve the unique cultures that exist within this universe, saving them from their own inevitably self-destructive impulses.
You can call it what you want.
But you are a monster who sees yourself as a god.
And I will never join you, Brainiac.
Your choice is as illogical as it is unfortunate.
But you have earned the right to make it.
Good-bye, Seg-El.
[WHIRRING.]
My directive is as it always was To preserve the best of Krypton.
I once believed it was Kandor City.
Now I believe that the best of Krypton lies within the blood of the Els.
[BABY CRYING.]
- No, no, Nyssa, no! - No! They took him! [WHIRRING.]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
No, let me go! You said this wouldn't happen! [CRYING.]