The Outpost (2018) s02e12 Episode Script

TALON: My name is Talon.
I'm the last Blackblood, or so I've been told.
I escaped when Everit Dred killed all my people.
I cut off the points of my ears to hide in plain sight.
A tiny creature lives inside me, passed to me by my dying mother.
It gives me the power to open portals to another world and summon powerful demons called Lu-Qiri.
But I can only summon them when I have their names, something that's proving to be a challenge.
The Prime Order wants me dead, but I've found sanctuary at the farthest edge of the Realm in a place known as the Outpost.
MISTRESS: Previously on "The Outpost" Admit the truth.
You are no queen.
You're making colipsum inside the Outpost walls with live Plaguelings? Ow! Janzo, you're really close to finding a cure.
- Oh, dear.
- Sister.
Nothing to say to your long lost baby brother? - Do you believe he really is your brother? - I really want him to be.
- (BUZZING) - Mother! I did it! I found the cure! Regardless of all the good you've done for this Outpost, you still committed treason against the throne.
Take him to prison.
Garret, put the sword down! What have I done? I have to stop the people who did this to me.
So is that why you came looking for me? So you could get your revenge? I need you to help me make things right.
We are looking for a young woman, murdered a man.
- I'm here for my family.
- I killed them years ago.
(GRUNTS) What's your business in the Capital? ONE: Since your weapon failed, I thought you should see a small demonstration of the weapon that will replace it.
Watch.
(MUSIC PLAYING) (MEN SHOUTING) This is it.
Stay here.
Wait, you dragged me here to help you.
Yeah, now stay out here and make sure nobody comes in.
- I'm coming with you.
- Talon, I am doing this alone! Now I need to look into the Tormentor's eyes when I kill him.
Well, you have changed.
You've gotten stupider.
- WOMAN: They're over there! - MAN: Hurry up! - MAN 2: Get them! - You got this.
MAN 2: Don't let them get away! Garret! - Garret.
- Sorry, Talon.
(SHOUTING) Your plan didn't work.
The Queen lives.
Yeah? Sana left with One, The Bringer of Pain, to finish what you couldn't.
(GRUNTING) (COUGHING) (ROARS) I guess you've forgotten how my fist feels like.
I haven't forgotten, and I also haven't forgotten how slowly you move, which is what I was counting on.
I'm going to kill you for that.
(GRUNTS, ROARS) (GASPING) (GRUNTS) Where did you learn to fight like that? My father taught me.
(GRUNTING) I'll say good-bye to Sana for you (GRUNTS) (GROANING) just before I kill her.
Garret? Are you all right? Sana and One have already left with the Prime Order army for the Outpost.
We need to get there first.
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING) When you first heard I was alive, what were you thinking? Well, to be honest, I wondered if you were really who you said you were or just some imposter using our family name to draw support.
So about the same when I met you.
Mm.
For the whole journey here, I had this hope.
You know, the "what if?" What if I still have a sister? And then crazy fears.
Would she accept me? Is she a complete monster who'll murder me the instant I show my face? Mm, maybe I'm biding my time.
I didn't realize how lonely I've been, living a life not even my own, not telling anyone who I really was.
I'm just happy to have a family again.
That's the most important thing.
(MUSIC PLAYING) What do you want? I request an audience with the Queen.
Oh, she'll see you all right, love.
Arrest this traitor.
How dare you show your face in here, traitor! I know you hate me, Your Majesty, though I still love you with all my heart.
You spied on me for my enemy.
You released Dred so he could kill the man I love.
Yes, but Garret's not dead, is he? That is immaterial! And Dred is dead.
I killed him.
I don't believe that more than I believe anything else that comes out of your mouth.
Nevertheless, I've returned, despite knowing you would reject me, despite knowing you would probably order me killed.
Then why? To warn you.
The Prime Order has a weapon, something like I've never seen before.
You must leave the Outpost.
Leave? An enemy spy returns with a message.
Leave your stronghold, the one advantage you have in this battle.
Outrageous.
Did she really think you would fall for such a thing? It's true.
You must believe me.
I must do nothing of the sort.
Guards, take her away until I decide what to do with her.
Rosmund, please listen to me.
The weapon will turn your walls into dust.
You must leave! Rosmund, please! That's what you get for your kindness.
You were always friendlier with the servants than I was.
Shut up.
JANZO: Naya? Janzo! Janzo! Rosmund, you've done well.
I've walked your walls, and I'm impressed.
- To all your successes.
- (CHUCKLES) What? No one else will drink to that? None for me.
Thank you.
- Rozie? - No, thank you.
Is something wrong with it? We received some intelligence that some of the wine has been poisoned by Prime Order operatives.
What? Yeah, we think it was, uh, one of the vintages from cellar four.
Cellar four? I've had five bottles from that cellar since I got here.
- Oh, dear.
- Yeah, that can't be good.
(MUFFLED LAUGHTER) Oh.
Oh.
Ha ha.
Good one.
The cellar four bit? Touch of genius.
I thought so, too.
- Your little face.
- I will get you both back.
Oh, come now, isn't that what having a little brother is all about? It's like old times, isn't it? What? You mean when you and the maid's boy, the little fat one, what was his name? You two were relentless, always ganging up on me.
- Oh, Sammy! - Yeah, Fat Sammy.
You're Fat Sammy now.
Hope you're happy.
- Sounds like a solid bloke.
- Bloody comedians.
When I'm king, I'll keep you both on as court jesters.
If you're king.
We still have that small matter of the Prime Order to deal with, don't we? Oh, you two are doing a bang-up job clearing that obstacle for me.
We're clearing this up for her.
- Queen Rosmund.
- Be nice, Tobin.
I wasn't kidding when I said I was impressed.
In what I imagine have been very difficult circumstances, you've really come through.
You have a thriving community, an army, even allies.
You belong on the throne.
Then where does that leave you? I'm not abdicating, if that's what you're suggesting.
First you've got to have a throne to abdicate.
I'm not in any rush, Rozie.
I'm not of age yet.
You stay where you are ruling like a champion, and I'll wait here in the wings till the time is right for us to make the change.
MISTRESS: Oh, gods, get a room.
I thought I'd never see you again.
Yeah, ironic, isn't it? The reason you're in here, Janzo, is 'cause you got her out of here.
What are you doing back? I had to warn Queen Rosmund.
Warn her about what? She's gonna have you executed, missy, and good riddance.
Mother, please, a little privacy.
- Yeah, good luck with that.
- Janzo, the Prime Order has a new weapon, a terrible thing that tore an entire building apart in an instant with noise and fire.
Forgive me, Naya, but that sounds a bit farfetched.
It was a big metal round thing with tubes on it.
It looks like something from your lab.
It made a terrible noise and shook the ground louder than thunder.
Fire tore through the air, and everything around it was rubble.
I tried to tell her, but she wouldn't listen.
Janzo, you have to make her believe.
Yeah, and if you believe that, I've got some magic beans I can sell you.
I came back.
I came back even though I knew I would die.
Janzo, she's Dred's spy! She's the reason we nearly all died.
Look, I know she's pretty and she paid you some mind, but use that big brain of yours.
Mother, please, just for once in your life, shut up.
Janzo, you're the only one she'll listen to.
- A steel ball? - Yes.
A steel ball, you say, with two tubes? Naya, that means that there's two liquid elements being combined.
Did you see anything else? He lit it with a torch like a lamp wick.
A fuse.
Marshal! I have to send a message to the Queen at once.
I have some very important information for her.
Anything else? A bottle of wine, maybe? You cheeky little tart.
This is a matter of life and death for us all.
Yeah, right.
Marshal, you have children, don't you? I've seen you playing with them when you're off duty.
Cute little buggers.
- What's your point? - Nothing.
Just hoping you'll make the right choice so that they stay alive to see another day.
- I'll see what I can do.
- Hmm, good choice.
Tell me everything you know about this combustion device.
GWYNN: It's not even a very good deception, Janzo.
It's more like a fairy tale conjured up to frighten children.
Just like Plaguelings? Or demons? Or how about a portal that opens up to new worlds? Yes, yes, point taken.
Just because we don't understand it doesn't mean it's not real.
So you think that they could just magic away our walls in an instant? I believe that they can science away our walls, and I believe that Naya saw what she saw.
She's a confessed traitor, Janzo.
From what Naya described, there is no way she made it up.
She might have been taught what to say.
Yes, but you yourself said that it's not even remotely believable.
So why would the Prime Order come up with such a far-fetched lie when they could just present a more believable one? That is why I believe it.
Janzo, I know that you are highly intelligent when it comes to these inventions, and I trust you to know, but do you believe her because you're in love with her, or do you believe her for more practical reasons? I've seen many explosions in my time, on a much smaller scale, of course.
But I do believe that this is very consistent with the theoretical workings of a very similar incendiary device.
Janzo, should we be worried? - Yes or no? - Yes.
What Naya described is very worrying.
- Definitely yes.
- Hmm.
I only fight enemies I can see.
Anything? Come back to me.
Do you have any ideas? Can I ask you a question, Gwynn? Her name is Rosmund.
But I want to speak to Gwynn.
- Go on.
- Does it ever weigh on you that you've put most of your trusted and, in my case, most useful friends behind bars? Friends or traitors? It weighs on me most heavily.
Then why do it? Janzo, these aren't measures that I take lightly.
In fact, I hate them.
But if I am to be a just queen, then no one can be above the law.
I must apply the same laws to my friends as I apply anyone else.
And you shouldn't just overlook one mistake for heroic efforts to do good? You're talking about yourself? And Naya.
Janzo, I loved Naya, but she is directly responsible for countless deaths.
You're absolutely wrong.
She's indirectly responsible.
If she knew the results of her actions, she would have never done it.
I will not continue to relitigate this.
I must do what's right under royal law.
I'm sorry.
Then I'm ready to go back to prison.
- Janzo.
- Take me back to pr oh, gods.
Let him go.
Well, open up the bloody doors, you peasants! I have a way to solve the problem without the little man.
And what might that be? Baron Fenray, an old friend of the man who raised me, is always battling with Nordejori raiders.
These raiders had such devices as the one he described fire and noise that would shake the ground, shattering Fenray's defenses.
I've met Lord Fenray.
He's a very smart warrior.
And he has a very smart alchemist.
A strange man, far more eccentric than your one.
TOBIN: All those scars on his face, are they from all the explosive devices? Yes, as a matter of fact.
This alchemist, Gladharbor, I think his name was, he found a way to stop these devices.
Well, great.
We just speak to this Gladharbor and ask for his secret.
Well, no alchemist parts easily with his secrets, and no Lord parts easily with his alchemist.
So, what was the point of this information? Well, Lord Fenray is perpetually broke due to his large army and some unsavory nocturnal habits.
With enough gold, we could convince him to ally with us.
And with him on our side, we get his alchemist.
It sounds like a long shot.
Fenray's man is already experienced in defeating these weapons.
We only get one go at this.
Let me be useful to you, sister.
Send me to enlist Fenray to our cause.
I think perhaps we should send someone more seasoned, like Lord Tobin.
A warrior to deal with a warrior.
Lord Tobin's place is here by your side.
Besides, I have nothing to do here.
And who better and more fitting to call for his allegiance than a future king? How much gold are we talking about? - How much is it worth to us? - Well, I suddenly find myself with a very full treasury thanks to Elinor, so will 50,000 gold condors do the trick? That'll get Fenray's attention.
I'll leave today.
Wait till morning.
The lonely road at night is no place for a boy with a lot of gold.
Whatever my Queen commands.
(MUSIC PLAYING) That's the banner of The Three.
That means One is definitely traveling with the army.
TALON: What's so special about The Three anyway? - Aren't they just people? - No.
No, that's what I thought, that they were just myths, legends.
Then I experienced it myself.
I was dying, Talon, maybe dead, and one of them brought me back to life.
- Maybe you were just delirious.
- No.
There was a woman.
I think they called her Two.
I saw a light appear under her skin like you have when you open a portal, - only her light was green.
- A Kinj? What? We have to stop them.
Talon.
What you did was very brave, Naya.
For what it's worth, Gwynn believes you.
You might have still saved our Outpost.
And I got to see you.
- (GAGS) - Mother.
I'm so sorry, it's just that prison food doesn't really agree with me.
Hey, um, whatever happened to your family? You never did tell me.
They died, just as you said.
I'm sorry, Naya.
You know, that was one thing that I didn't want to be right about.
Hey, um, maybe we can have a memorial service for them, right here, just for your family.
Since when did you believe in the gods? Mum, it's not about the gods.
Have some decency.
It's about her family.
What were their names? My mom's name was Ushi Dimweller.
- Mm.
- And my sister Neari.
Hold on a minute.
Dimweller? Ushi Dimweller? Was your mother Ushi Dimweller the seamstress? Yes, did you know her? Of course I knew her.
I sold you to her.
Mother, what are you saying? What I'm saying is is that the love of your life sitting right there is in fact your sister! Oh! Mother.
Mother, explain yourself.
You you said to me that that my sister was sold to the slavers.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
It's too good.
It's too good.
You've been kissing your sister.
Go on, kiss her again.
Mother! Okay, all right.
I'm sorry.
You two, you were twins, and your mother died and left me to care for you both.
But I couldn't, so I kept you, and I sold you to the slavers.
Well, I nearly did, but then Ushi took pity and bought you for herself.
(LAUGHING) I hope kissing was all you did.
You are in perfect health, Holy One.
Your strength will overwhelm and destroy our enemies.
As long as there is a Blackblood alive in our Realm, my very existence and the existence of the Holy Three is threatened.
(MAN SHOUTING) It's Sana.
Get your revenge later.
Right now we have to stop the one with the Kinj.
Blade of The Three.
How very disappointing.
Do you really think you can just walk in here and kill one of The Three? - Ah! - Garret? (PSYCHIC WARBLING) (GRUNTING) (WARBLING CONTINUES) Your Kinj doesn't work on me.
Blackblood.
(GRUNTS) Get up.
Do we need to get that Kinj thing out of him? He's dead.
His Kinj will die with him.
We have to go.
(GRUNTING, SNORING) - You can't sleep? - Mm.
Mother's flatulence is quite explosive.
(CHUCKLES) - That's not why I can't sleep.
- Hm.
Me either.
I'm glad you're my sister.
I'm not.
I'd much prefer to be your lover.
Um, Naya, we never actually, um Thank gods, but you know what I meant.
I know what you meant.
I I wish that we were, but well, you know.
Well, if we can't be that, then, um I think you're a really good choice to be a sister.
Naya, um, I know what we did was gross and disgusting, but, um, I'm just really glad I found you.
I've always wondered what happened to my sister, you know? Where she ended up.
If she was even still alive.
I wish I could say the same.
I mean about always wondering about you, not about being happy that you're my brother.
I mean, of course I'm happy that you're my brother.
I was just simply never told about you.
And and if I had been told, I would wonder about you, too, of course, I would suppose why are you laughing? Listen to you.
You sound exactly like me, don't you? Just just bumbling and (STAMMERING) tripping over your words.
- Isn't it obvious? - BOTH: We're twins.
MISTRESS: Oh, would you two shut up? I'm trying to get some sleep.
I found him like this.
Can you do something? I can bring him back, but only for a few heartbeats.
Hopefully that's all it will take.
(GASPS) I'm so sorry, Holy One.
We only have seconds.
You must transfer.
Do I have your blessing? (GROANS) (MUSIC PLAYING) ALTON: Come on, guys.
Sometime today, please.
There we go.
Yeah, to me.
Good.
You're emptying the Queen's treasury, leaving her penniless.
You better not screw this up.
You just worry about the coming fight.
I'll bring us the allies we need, maybe even ones that don't try to besiege us.
- I doubled our men.
- Oh, Milus turning traitor was all part of your master plan, of course.
The Queen's lucky to have you.
Okay, I'm ready to leave! You'll leave when the Queen tells you to leave.
Not a minute sooner.
Are you so anxious to get away from me? I'm anxious to save my future kingdom.
Have you finally come to see me off? In a minute.
I've just had a guest arrive, and I'm certain you'll want to greet him with me, Really? Who? Is that is that Captain Calkussar? GWYNN: My adopted father's brother.
I sent word that you were alive.
(BELL RINGS) To the postmaster immediately.
GWYNN: I guess he couldn't wait to come and see you.
(CHUCKLES) Let him pass! Uncle Weldon.
I'm so happy to see you well.
And you, my dear.
I came as soon as I could after receiving your note.
- Lord Aegisford.
- Captain.
Captain Calkussar.
Is it really you? It is, but you have the advantage, sir.
- I don't know you.
- Oh, of course not.
I would've only been a small child last you saw me.
It's me Alton, son of Ranulf.
Ahh, so you're the one.
That's all you have to say to your future king? Boy, I don't know who you are, but one thing I know for certain, you're not the son of Ranulf.
(CHUCKLES) If I weren't Alton, then how is it I recognize you? There's many people from the royal days recognize me.
You could be anyone.
He simply doesn't know who I am.
He hasn't seen me since I was five.
Uncle? He's right.
I don't know who he is.
- I only know who he is not.
- And how do you know that? Because Alton was killed along with his parents.
That's what everyone thought.
But like your brother's brilliant plan to swap someone else for Rosmund, I, too, was switched just before the execution.
Sir, I truly wish that were true.
But I knew the real Alton well, and the worst image forever set into the darkest corner of my memory is witnessing his death right before my eyes.
Take this impostor to our smallest cell.
- And vault the gold.
- Sister, please.
Please! He's lying! I am Alton! Don't believe him! My Queen, I am truly sorry to be the bearer of such bad news, and I only wish that he had really been your brother.
So do I.
You have traveled far.
Are you hungry? I could use a drink.
I was stalling for what seemed like forever.
I wasn't sure you got my note.
Forgive me for my delay, but Governor Yuran would never have let me ride out to see you.
We had to sneak out at night.
- And you can't return.
- Nor would I want to.
If you will have me, I am here to serve you, Rosmund, and I brought a few good men with me.
I gladly accept, Uncle.
Wait, wait, wait.
So you knew all this time that he was a fraud? I wasn't sure one way or another, but I'm not an idiot, Tobin.
I never said that you were.
My only concern was that you were blinded by your heart.
I wanted it to be Alton very badly, it's true, but I'm not naive enough to believe it without doing all I could to confirm it.
So she sent for the only remaining royal guard who witnessed the execution.
Smart girl.
The only thing I can't figure out is how the impostor knew so much, so many intimate details about me and Alton's real relationship, of our childhood.
Think back, who else could know about these things? Oh, Mother, Father, you, your brother, maybe some of the servants.
Um, Fat Sammy.
- The maid's boy? - Yes.
Yes, he used to play with us all the time as a child.
He was like a third sibling.
Gods, that makes so much sense.
And it makes the punishment I must dole out that much more difficult.
How did you get this, Sammy? So you figured out who I am.
Lost a lot of weight since we last met.
How did you get this? My mother took it after all the royals were dead.
A souvenir, I guess.
Your crime is impersonation of royalty and conspiracy to usurp the throne.
If I pretend to be a baker, and I'm good enough, I simply become a baker.
If I pretend to be a smith, I become a smith.
Why is being a royal any different? Who's to say I couldn't do that job just as well as Alton would have? Did my brother wrong you in some way? He was your friend.
I was assigned to be his friend, but at breakfast, he'd get eggs, I'd get a crust of bread.
When we both got into trouble, he'd get a scolding, I'd get the whip.
And so what? You thought you'd take your revenge by taking his place on the throne? I never wanted the throne.
I was only looking for a little recompense.
Money.
You did all of this just for money.
Just money? You make it sound so cheap.
You are a fool, Sammy.
I would have taken you in and embraced you as my brother's dear childhood friend, a fond memory of days gone by.
You could have lived here in dignity and in honor, but instead, you will die a thief, and a liar, and an impostor.
And I have no choice but to sentence you to death.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR) Come.
Your Majesty, well, that was difficult.
I must say, I'm impressed with the way you handled it.
It was painful, but I have no other choice.
You truly are your father's daughter.
He jailed and executed many of his friends as well.
- What? - I suppose you're too young to remember.
He even beheaded his first cousin.
He understood that the best way to command respect was fairness.
He insisted that no one was above his law.
Sounds familiar.
Is something wrong? An old friend once told me that my father was a cruel and spiteful leader.
They didn't think it could get worse than him until the Prime Order came along.
Sounds to me like your friend is disrespectful to her Queen.
Or was she merely telling the truth? Your father understood that swift and brutal enforcement of his laws was what made people fear him, so it made him a mighty king.
Or is that what made the people want my family dead? The Prime Order's lies are what made the people hate your father.
Maybe the Prime Order just took advantage of the hatred that already existed towards the king.
You know, your brother used to say something to me over and over during my lessons growing up.
What? "Sometimes, Gwynn, instead of thinking with your head, you must think with your heart.
" Doesn't sound like something my brother would have said.
Oh, he said it all right, at least once a week.
I used to roll my eyes at the banality, but maybe it's time I listen.
GARRET: Why aren't they moving out? - What did you expect? - You cut the head off the snake and it dies, right? Where do you think you're going? They're probably trying to figure out what to do without their leader either continue the mission to destroy the Outpost or turn back and go home.
Well, let's hope it's the second one.
Either way, this may be my last chance to find Sana.
- Have you lost your mind? - Yes.
I believe I have.
And you think killing Sana will help fix it? I don't know, Talon, but I am going to find out.
- Garret.
- What? What now? It doesn't make any sense.
I killed One, put a blade right through his gut.
Sana was a miracle worker with her medicines.
She must have found a way to save him.
It's Sana.
You failed to protect the Holy One.
(SCREAMING) And she's got his Kinj.
(SCREAMING) Replace these guards with competent ones.