Snowpiercer (2020) s04e05 Episode Script
The Engineer
1
[SILENCE]
BEN: I'll never forget
our first revolution.
The deafening silence of a frozen world.
No one said a word
for what felt like weeks.
And in the quiet, we faced the
choices we had made.
[DYNAMIC MUSIC]
ADMIRAL MILIUS: Ah, Ms. Wellstead,
so nice to finally meet in person.
♪
It didn't matter that
we'd saved so many.
We only focused on the ones we'd lost.
Split decisions
with lasting consequences.
♪
Hey.
♪
Where's Josie?
The terms are simple.
Liana for Big Alice.
♪
You, you stole a child.
♪
- You stole a child!
- BEN: Hey! Get your hands off her!
JOSIE: Get off!
All right, that's enough.
[PANTING]
Go back to Layton, deliver the message.
- Screw you.
- BEN: Let me talk to her,
please.
♪
You have one minute.
You can't take this deal to Layton.
- They have Liana.
- Listen, even if Milius comes
through with his promise, we'll
be giving him both engines.
Is it worth it?
All I'm saying is, with you and
Layton leading the charge,
we actually have a shot
- at winning this train back.
- God, I don't know, Ben.
Josie, the people on this
train have suffered enough.
We need to fight back.
Time's up.
Wolf will escort you.
♪
Tried to talk her out of it, huh?
It's a bit hypocritical,
don't you think?
Given that Melanie spared you
for the engine.
Yeah.
Look what that got us.
♪
It took us a long time to figure
out how to move through the world,
how to bottle our resentment,
make the tough calls.
♪
But we did,
'cause someone always has to.
Even when it was Snowpiercer.
1001 cars long.
[DYNAMIC THEME MUSIC]
♪
♪
TILL: Ben's right.
- We should fight.
- Look, I'm with you in spirit,
but the risk to Liana
She's at risk, whether
we take the deal or not.
You haven't been here.
These people, they're inhuman.
Look, she's not even on the train.
- We should at least
- We don't even know if she's alive.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
I need proof.
Copy.
- How far out are we?
- [COMPUTER BEEPING]
Oh, good, we're in range.
For what?
Your friend passed the
message on to Layton.
Seems he has a few demands of his own.
♪
I wouldn't expect anything less.
You took his child.
ADMIRAL MILIUS: Everyone has
their weakness.
♪
You think love is a weakness?
ADMIRAL MILIUS: Most
predictable one there is.
And you've obviously never felt it.
Of course I have.
How do you think I learned that lesson?
♪
TILL: There's movement.
ADMIRAL MILIUS: I'm looking
for Andre Layton.
♪
♪
Where's your backup?
You don't need backup when
you have leverage.
♪
You're something of
a legend on this train.
The way people talk about you.
You inspire them.
My daughter for the engine, why?
It wasn't personal.
The work we're doing
is going to save the world.
Look, you can skip the recruitment
speech. I'm not signing up.
We all got drafted when the cold came.
Zarah wasn't a soldier.
That was an unfortunate accident.
But don't you want to see your
daughter grow up in a world
Are you going to give me
what I want, or not?
The woman on the other train, Ruth,
if you ask her to connect,
will she do it?
Doesn't matter if you don't deliver.
Well, I know it may not
mean much to you,
but I'm a man of my word.
[THUD]
[RUSTLING]
[DIAL TONE]
DR. HEADWOOD: [ON PHONE] Hello?
Hello, Dr. Headwood.
DR. HEADWOOD: Is he there?
Everything's ready when you are.
♪
DR. HEADWOOD: Can you say,
papa?
♪
Say papa.
♪
Come on, Liana.
Say, papa.
Come on, Lili.
LIANA: Dada.
Good, baby, baby, Liana,
Daddy's coming. Don't be scared.
Hold on. Daddy's Liana?
♪
♪
Hey.
They have her.
Then we'll get her back.
♪
It's a big train.
They could still be searching, hiding
Or they've been caught.
And we're headed right for a bushwhack.
Or that.
Should we back off?
No. You can't.
Not yet.
LAYTON: [OVER RADIO] Ruth?
Alex? You there?
♪
Surprised to hear you
on the official line, Andre.
- I'm with the Admiral.
- Hello again.
He says hi.
Admiral.
I need you to connect the trains.
♪
And why would I do that?
They have Liana.
She's not on Snowpiercer,
but I heard her voice.
And she's all right?
She's with Headwood.
They say they will give her back
to us when we give them Big Alice.
♪
If we connect, the only way
to force a separation is
Manual override, I remember. Andre.
Ruth, I need to get her back, okay?
We will figure out the rest
later, I promise.
♪
Ruth, please.
♪
This is the whole reason
that we're doing this, right?
To save Liana.
♪
Yeah.
Yes it is.
Do it.
♪
ALEX: Connecting Big Alice now.
♪
Thank you, Ruth.
♪
All right, Alex, nice and slow.
Watch your back, Ben.
♪
Coupling system initiated.
♪
Done?
Just about. Big Alice?
Ceding system control.
♪
BEN: They're locked in.
♪
MAN: Don't worry, Layton.
This will all be over soon.
♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
LAYTON: I was hoping
for a happier reunion.
♪
BEN: Likewise.
LAYTON: You know, I had to
take the deal, right?
BEN: No need to explain.
Believe me, I know.
LAYTON: What were you working
on back there in the engine?
Just a bit of insurance.
We'll see if they catch it.
♪
LAYTON: Whoa. What's back there?
This is where Mel's been
working all these months.
You ever been in there?
Never.
♪
Hello.
The Admiral has instructed me
to aid in your debarkation.
You'll be escorted into the Silo
and attended to one by one.
First up, Andre Layton.
LAYTON: All right.
♪
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[ELECTRICAL BEEPING]
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
FEMALE VOICE: Please strip
down, discard all belongings
and await DECON procedure.
♪
♪
Discard all belongings or they
will be confiscated and burned.
♪
Now step onto the platform
and await DECON procedure.
♪
- [HISSING]
- Oh, son of a bitch!
♪
I want to speak to the Admiral.
Can you take me to him?
♪
[BEEPING]
♪
♪
What happened at these floors?
They get breached?
♪
Good talk.
Oh.
Why did they bring all of you here?
We're on some list, apparently.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Wasn't sure you were going to connect.
Almost didn't.
Now let's find Liana and find
a way out of here, shall we?
- [CREAKING]
- Yeah.
♪
[DOOR SHUTS]
Nice driving, engineer.
You know, I thought you
came in a touch too rich.
♪
[CLEARS THROAT]
You got any idea of
the layout of this place?
Well, back when me
and Mel were in touch,
she said it was designed to
keep you confined, confused,
with no sense of time.
♪
What's that about?
The train's connected to a power grid.
It can idle, but for three hours only.
- And then it's gone.
- And how long do we have?
Two hours and 36 minutes.
Two hours and 36 minutes to find
Liana and get the hell out of here?
We can do that.
Sure.
We can do it.
Was Josie with any of you?
She went in before me.
She she should be here.
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
♪
- Good evening, everyone.
- Where's Josie?
All your questions
will be answered. But first
first, I want to thank you.
For everything you've done.
I know it hasn't been easy,
but good work takes sacrifice.
As some of you know,
we've been down here for years
on a mission to warm the world.
Now that we have both engines,
that mission can
finally be accomplished.
Does your mission include New Eden?
Because it won't survive
without Big Alice.
That's precisely why we're doing this.
Relying on eternal engines
and energy output
it's hospice.
It's a last grasp at life support.
We're looking for a cure.
And where's Melanie?
Why isn't she here to tell us this?
She's off-base collecting climate data.
She'll be back soon.
Is that why we're all here?
Is that why we're all here?
Because Melanie requested it?
Not exactly.
This is the part you're
not going to like.
♪
[FOOTSTEPS]
♪
You're dead. You're dead!
No! You understand? I'll kill you!
Give me back my daughter,
Milius! You promised!
- Take him to 12.
- You promised!
Give her back!
♪
Phew!
[CHUCKLES]
Welcome home.
♪
Now, now. Why the long faces?
What's all this about?
Well, Anton here
found me on the tracks.
Picked me up after you had
all sent me out into the cold.
Except you, Alex.
Not sure where you were in all that.
Enough of this shit.
What have you done with Melanie?
Oh, come on then.
We're on the same side now,
even Melanie. Where's Audrey?
I wanted to get you all in one go!
Go to hell.
I did. Wasn't much fun. [LAUGHS]
So it was you.
Liana for the engine.
Classic Wilford.
There's a simpler solution.
Zara died!
- All right, that's enough.
- Yes.
- You can all get reacquainted later.
- Of course.
I look forward to collaborating
with you all again.
- Anton.
- Joseph.
[WHISTLING]
You're to sit tight until
the trains have departed.
Then you'll be processed for wristbands
and shown to your new accommodations.
So we're to stay here.
Just until the mission is completed.
The next time you leave this place,
the entire world will be New Eden.
So we're prisoners.
- You're guests.
- Oh, yeah?
Did your wolf take Layton to the spa?
Somewhere else to calm down.
So now that you've got us
all tucked away in here,
what happens to our passengers?
They'll continue
their work on the train.
We're almost there. Just one last push.
Admiral, you are being played.
You can't trust Mr. Wilford.
Not for one second.
[DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
♪
[CHUCKLES]
The look on their faces.
The way he lunged at me,
like a wraith. Ah!
I said it would work, didn't I?
Oh, I do have one last bit of advice.
- Do you, now?
- Yes.
I wouldn't let Layton see
his daughter just yet.
These people have a habit
of rallying around him.
Let's keep them separated,
just in case, you know.
That's a good idea.
I'll take it under consideration.
Thank you.
Oh, and about that
that last thing we discussed.
Hmm.
♪
- [BEEPING]
- [DOOR CLANGING OPEN]
You have two hours.
Fine.
Make them count.
♪
Hmm.
Just tell me where they
took the others, will you?
You really can't feel that?
Your symptoms have
progressed quite rapidly.
Partial ligament tear is very painful.
Has the desensitization spread
to all of your extremities?
♪
Thank you, Doctor. I'll see to her.
♪
You stay away from me.
- Josie, you're making an assumption.
- You're a kidnapper!
- No.
- A killer!
No, I was trying to help.
One more step and I'll snap her neck.
J Josie! Please.
Zara's death was an error! She fell.
If only she'd listen to me!
I was trying to save Liana!
Josie!
That is why we came to this silo.
It's why I'm here.
Josie, Liana needs your help.
She needs your help.
What's wrong with her?
[SCREAMING]
No!
[GASPING]
♪
RUTH: This is a right mess.
I never should have
connected those trains.
We were just trying to help Layton.
What a fat lot of good it did.
Layton's dragged away,
and Wilford's back from the dead.
We were completely blind sided.
Yeah, it's probably why
they cut us off months back.
No doubt when Melanie found out,
she was just as livid as we are now.
Well, who's to say
she's even still involved?
Ben's been getting her blueprints.
They could be Wilford's
plans. Not Melanie's.
No. I'd know Mel's work.
There'd be a glaring difference.
I can't believe
she'd work with him again.
Whatever role Wilford's
playing into this,
- the mission still has merit.
- Oh, I'm sorry.
Would you like to enlist?
Not saying I agree with their methods,
Ruth. I'm saying that this place,
the work that Melanie's doing here,
it could help us realize if
our pocket is stable or not.
Oh, great. So we just sit back and relax
and wait for the sun to return.
Or, we figure out how
to get the engine back
to the people we care about?
- I'm going to see Wilford.
- Hey, hold on. Hold on a second.
ALEX: I'm gonna hear what
he has to say, and I'm gonna
try to orchestrate
something from the outside.
- Alex, no.
- I'll be fine.
He doesn't have a hold on me anymore.
- It's a bad idea. I don't like it.
- He'll see me.
[KNOCKING]
[CREAKING]
I have a request.
♪
[MURMURING]
♪
[SIGHS]
♪
♪
♪
- [CHUCKLING]
- [GRUNTING]
[POUNDING]
[HEAVY BREATHING]
[DOOR OPENING]
♪
Here.
I thought you might want that back.
- What do you want with me?
- Civility.
I'm trying to play nice here.
If you play nice too,
I'll let you see your daughter.
- Is she even here?
- Yes.
You just have to be patient.
If you won't let me see Liana,
at least take me to Josie.
She was injured in that
little stunt you pulled
getting on the train,
so she's being treated.
You can see her when she's done.
♪
Yeah.
You might get a swing in. Maybe two.
Not enough to escape, but that's
not really what you're after, is it?
All I want is my family.
And maybe a little vengeance
on Wilford, too, am I right?
I'll tell you what. You play nice.
When the mission is complete,
maybe I'll let you take a shot at him.
♪
NIMA: These adjustments.
I'm I'm still unconvinced
the train can withstand
the rocket's blowback.
Oh, for God's sake, Nima.
This is your first time on Big Alice.
Take a load off.
It bears a welcoming.
Yes.
Thank you.
A feat of engineering.
- But the adjustment
- Yes, yes, I know.
You were never one
for conversation, were you? [CHUCKLES]
Big Alice can handle it.
All we need to do is
modify the sub engine.
Conversions are already underway.
Since when were you an errand boy?
Surely you have more
important matters to attend to.
I had a little
disagreement with the Admiral.
I'm I'm serving penance.
He's a bull.
He doesn't understand
the finesse of what we do.
[DOOR OPENING]
Ah, Alex.
See you've made yourself at home.
[DOOR CLOSES]
Would you excuse us, Nima?
Nima? Family squabbles.
I'm sure you understand.
[FOOTSTEPS]
Done quite the remodel, I must say.
Threw them out.
Oh, that's cruel, even for you.
What are you doing here?
What's your end game?
I'm helping them save the world.
It's It's me. Okay?
We both know that you don't
care about the world.
[HE SNIGGERS]
We are doing something
extraordinary on the train, Alex,
something even your mother
never thought possible.
Aren't you the least bit
curious about it?
♪
I could show you the
schematics if you want,
in your mother's lab.
I could check our work.
You always were my favourite protege.
[CHUCKLES]
Or is there somewhere
else you need to be?
♪
Think fast.
♪
[CHUCKLES]
I knew you wouldn't toss it.
♪
[FOOTSTEPS]
It's all right, Sam. I've got it.
♪
Departure in one hour!
♪
Oh, no. No, no. Come along. This way.
This way.
♪
What is this, a magic trick?
♪
[TRILLING]
Just a little shortcut.
♪
See?
♪
You really got this place wired, huh?
What happened to Josie? Was that you?
Oh, Alex, you were doing so well.
Pretending you'd forgotten about
your friends.
What do you want with them, anyway?
Is this revenge for the track scaler?
- I'm past all that.
- Are you?
Because you could have taken the
engine without stealing kid.
Call me sentimental.
So you took Liana for yourself, then?
But there's a certain
symmetry to it, isn't it?
Don't you think?
Just I do enjoy a
good twist of the knife.
Come on.
♪
She's not coming back.
We don't know that.
We need another plan.
Yeah.
All I can think about is
everyone back at New Eden.
What's it like?
75 and sunny?
No.
Still cold.
Hard living.
But it's ours.
♪
Being outside again and stepping
onto solid ground and
looking up and seeing nothing but sky.
She forgot what that was like.
♪
Sounds nice.
Hmm. Yeah.
It does.
♪
♪
♪
You know what?
I think it's time to go.
♪
My favourite thing about
building Snowpiercer with Mel,
wasright at the beginning
and she was just a hull.
Something visceral about it.
All the parts exposed [GRUNTS]
Those insides gonna get us out of here?
Let's see.
♪
[GASPS]
Engineer.
Come on, on your feet.
This way.
Hey! Don't move!
Ah!
[FIGHT DIN]
Get his wristband!
♪
♪
♪
[QUIET COOING]
♪
[INFANT MURMURING]
[INFANT COOING]
Liana
[INFANT COOING]
Time check.
34 minutes.
♪
Alright.
We need to split off.
- What are you talking about?
- We've no time left.
You two take Big Alice.
I'll find Leyton and the others.
No, we stick together.
Look, you need an
engineer to drive, right?
And he's more likely to get to
the top if you go with him.
No offence, but I don't think
I've come a long way since the
Tails, Bess, I can hold my own.
You two need to get that
engine back to New Eden.
It's our best shot.
Everyone there is relying on us.
What about Snowpiercer?
We save as many as we can.
Oh, okay.
Oh, hold your own with this at least.
See you up top, Ruth.
Don't wait for me.
You two, get to New Eden. Have a pint.
First one's on me.
♪
Come on, Till, let's go.
♪
♪
[TRILLING]
♪
Melanie and I have been
assigned separate workspaces
because, well,
your mother likes to hold grudges.
So you guys are working together?
Oh, yes. She can't help but jump at the
chance to save the world,
even if it's with me.
[CHUCKLES]
It's weird not having to wonder
all the time if she's dead or alive.
Used to be your favourite pastime.
[HE LAUGHS]
[PAPER RUSTLES]
What you did in New Eden,
rerouting Big Alice's power
supply to generate output for
the whole town,
it's nothing short of magnificent.
We just popped the clutch
like you taught me in Chicago.
[HE CHUCKLES]
It's a shame we have
to scrap all that ingenuity.
♪
Did Melanie know about
your plan to steal Liana?
Was she a part of it?
You're still trying to figure
her out, aren't you?
♪
Dead end.
Let's find an elevator.
All right.
♪
♪
This is small's lab.
Oh, maybe they, uh. They lied to us.
Maybe she's fine there.
Or Alex could be.
[TRILLING]
♪
[TRILLING]
Okay, let's keep moving. Let's go.
Oh, making a break for it. Are we?
I didn't think you had it in
you, Ben, to do it on your own.
You've always been more of a follower.
[BLOW LANDS]
- Where is she?
- She's not here.
We gotta go.
- I'm staying.
- Alex
There's a restricted
stairwell at the end of the hall.
It's next to a busted firebox.
Its tunnel access can bypass
intake and go straight to the top.
Good luck.
Tell your mother I miss her.
Let's go.
[ALARM SOUNDING]
♪
[HE LAUGHS]
♪
Moving up departure as
a safety precaution.
Finish the supply transfer and
pull the jetway.
Whatever's happening in the
silo, we need wheels up in ten minutes.
Did you reach anyone
on the other engine?
Cleared them all out earlier, sir.
- Keep trying.
- On it, sir.
- You're with me.
- Yes, sir.
We'll sweep the sub train,
and lock up Big Alice.
We can't afford to lose her.
Emergency departure initiated.
- You with me, Till?
- Yeah.
We've got to find that carbox.
Here.
Emergency departure initiated.
Snowpiercer will be
leaving in ten minutes.
♪
Thank you, Alex.
♪
Get Milius on the phone now.
We have it covered, sir.
Don't let her out of your sight.
Can you get me eyes on the jetway?
You need to back off.
They're scuttling away as we speak!
You have no authority here.
That's my train!
[ALARM BLARING]
Go! Go! Go! Go!
[ALARM BLARING]
♪
Let's go.
♪
Keep it moving!
Let's go!
♪
Ben!
What's going on?
They just moved up departure.
They're taking Big Alice.
Tristan, Ruth is still in there.
- I'll hold as long as I can.
- Good man.
♪
[ALARM BLARING]
♪
Drill? Mascot
Snowpiercer will be departing
I need to know where I'm going.
Y'all gonna have to tell me
where you're taking me right now.
Get off me, man.
- Get off!
- Keep walking.
Ah.
[ALARM CONTINUES BLARING]
♪
♪
[DOORS THUD]
Keep moving!
All the way to the back!
Let's hustle everyone! Let's go!
Let's go! Come on!
- Come on, hustle up!
- Keep going, keep going.
- What do you need?
- The admiral's coming,
but we need more time to disconnect.
Alright, we'll buy you some.
Tailies, with me.
Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go!
Till, let's get out of here. Come on.
♪
Let's move, go!
Open the hatch!
Go, let's move.
What's the problem?
There's something blocking
the exit, we can't get up top.
Out of my way.
♪
[LOUD CLANGING]
Yeah, that'll work.
Keep going, get to the
other hatches, go, go, go, go, hurry!
[LOUD BANGING]
Alright, we need to switch helms.
There's three buttons
The first three buttons behind
that monitor and the
centre console, press them.
Uh Uh, which switch?
The first three switches!
They'll turn green
when you press them. To the left!
One, two, three. Okay. Got it!
Nice.
I left the back door
open on Snowpiercer,
let's see if it's still there.
Jetway will breach
in ten, nine, eight
If I could just get another,
a minute, please. A minute!
Tristan?
- Tristan!
- [METALLIC CLANK]
You're a good man, Tristan, truly.
I learned from the best.
Got it. Thanks.
Yeah, I don't know how much
longer the Tailies can hold them off.
Aye, just wish there
was a way of Snowpiercer
not following us once we release.
They're pulling us!
Are we good to release?
- You ready?
- Yeah.
[ICE CRUNCHING]
[ALARM BEEPING]
Oh, shit.
[HARD THUD]
What's happening?
It's not releasing.
They must have compromised
the coupling system
while we were still captive, or
maybe it's part of the retrofit.
Does that mean we're stuck?
Ben, does that mean we're stuck?
Oh my God.
So, everyone in New Eden,
Audrey. They're uh,
they're all gonna die.
They're just gonna die.
♪
There might be a way.
From the Snowpiercer side.
This up train,
I can bypass the electrical
controls with a manual override.
We need to get you
and Big Alice back to New Eden.
I'm not leaving you.
I'll be okay. Besides, Mel's here.
So is Alex.
I'll be fine.
No, it's There has to be another way.
I don't think there is.
Not going soft on me, are you?
- No.
- BEN: Good.
TILL: Let's go.
Right, Alice can pilot us.
We blocked all the hatches in third.
- Forced the back-up train.
- BEN: Alright.
I'm gonna pull a couple of levers.
Big Alice will be free,
and off to New Eden you will go.
See what all the fuss is about.
I'll send you a postcard.
♪
[METALLIC SCRAPING]
[HATCH HISSES]
♪
[DOOR CLANKS]
[BRAKES SQUEAL]
[BRAKES SCREECHING]
Come on, Engineer!
Let's go!
Come on!
♪
[HE SCREAMS]
♪
- TILL: Ruth, you made it!
- I couldn't find the others.
- What's happening?
- Oh, that's just Ben
sabotaging Snowpiercer
so they can't follow us.
Good, good. And then we'll uncouple.
The coupling's jammed,
but Ben's gonna just pull
the manual override.
But we don't have any breach suits.
What do you mean?
RUTH: The manual override, it's outside.
Oh, shit.
No, no, no!
♪
- [HATCH HISSES]
- [TILL BREATHING RAGGEDLY]
Ben!
No! No, no!
♪
[METALLIC CLINK]
[ALARMS BEEPING]
He did it!
♪
[TILL WEEPS]
[TILL GASPS]
[SOMBRE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
[TENSE INSTRUMENTAL SWELL]
[DOOR CLICKS]
♪
[DOOR THUDS]
NIMA: You're still here.
Nobody will tell me what happened.
Follow me ♪
I'll show you the way ♪
[JOSIE GASPS]
Shh. Don't move.
♪
Where's Liana?
Where's Liana, is she okay?
Oh. I'm sorry, Josie.
There's nothing wrong with Liana.
Earlier today, you and I made a deal.
Your daughter in exchange for Big Alice.
You didn't hold up
your end of the bargain.
Lucky for you, I'm a man of integrity.
I stick to my word.
Despite getting nothing in return.
You're from New Eden, right?
Do you ever get nosebleeds?
Oh, you will ♪
[GASPS]
What have you done to me?
It seems we have a
lot to talk about. I'm
I'm Doctor Nima Russo. I'm an old
I'm an old friend of your mother's.
[OMINOUS INSTRUMENTAL SWELL]
- [TAPPING ON GLASS]
- [LIANA CRYING]
♪
♪
♪
[DYNAMIC FANFARE]
[SILENCE]
BEN: I'll never forget
our first revolution.
The deafening silence of a frozen world.
No one said a word
for what felt like weeks.
And in the quiet, we faced the
choices we had made.
[DYNAMIC MUSIC]
ADMIRAL MILIUS: Ah, Ms. Wellstead,
so nice to finally meet in person.
♪
It didn't matter that
we'd saved so many.
We only focused on the ones we'd lost.
Split decisions
with lasting consequences.
♪
Hey.
♪
Where's Josie?
The terms are simple.
Liana for Big Alice.
♪
You, you stole a child.
♪
- You stole a child!
- BEN: Hey! Get your hands off her!
JOSIE: Get off!
All right, that's enough.
[PANTING]
Go back to Layton, deliver the message.
- Screw you.
- BEN: Let me talk to her,
please.
♪
You have one minute.
You can't take this deal to Layton.
- They have Liana.
- Listen, even if Milius comes
through with his promise, we'll
be giving him both engines.
Is it worth it?
All I'm saying is, with you and
Layton leading the charge,
we actually have a shot
- at winning this train back.
- God, I don't know, Ben.
Josie, the people on this
train have suffered enough.
We need to fight back.
Time's up.
Wolf will escort you.
♪
Tried to talk her out of it, huh?
It's a bit hypocritical,
don't you think?
Given that Melanie spared you
for the engine.
Yeah.
Look what that got us.
♪
It took us a long time to figure
out how to move through the world,
how to bottle our resentment,
make the tough calls.
♪
But we did,
'cause someone always has to.
Even when it was Snowpiercer.
1001 cars long.
[DYNAMIC THEME MUSIC]
♪
♪
TILL: Ben's right.
- We should fight.
- Look, I'm with you in spirit,
but the risk to Liana
She's at risk, whether
we take the deal or not.
You haven't been here.
These people, they're inhuman.
Look, she's not even on the train.
- We should at least
- We don't even know if she's alive.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
I need proof.
Copy.
- How far out are we?
- [COMPUTER BEEPING]
Oh, good, we're in range.
For what?
Your friend passed the
message on to Layton.
Seems he has a few demands of his own.
♪
I wouldn't expect anything less.
You took his child.
ADMIRAL MILIUS: Everyone has
their weakness.
♪
You think love is a weakness?
ADMIRAL MILIUS: Most
predictable one there is.
And you've obviously never felt it.
Of course I have.
How do you think I learned that lesson?
♪
TILL: There's movement.
ADMIRAL MILIUS: I'm looking
for Andre Layton.
♪
♪
Where's your backup?
You don't need backup when
you have leverage.
♪
You're something of
a legend on this train.
The way people talk about you.
You inspire them.
My daughter for the engine, why?
It wasn't personal.
The work we're doing
is going to save the world.
Look, you can skip the recruitment
speech. I'm not signing up.
We all got drafted when the cold came.
Zarah wasn't a soldier.
That was an unfortunate accident.
But don't you want to see your
daughter grow up in a world
Are you going to give me
what I want, or not?
The woman on the other train, Ruth,
if you ask her to connect,
will she do it?
Doesn't matter if you don't deliver.
Well, I know it may not
mean much to you,
but I'm a man of my word.
[THUD]
[RUSTLING]
[DIAL TONE]
DR. HEADWOOD: [ON PHONE] Hello?
Hello, Dr. Headwood.
DR. HEADWOOD: Is he there?
Everything's ready when you are.
♪
DR. HEADWOOD: Can you say,
papa?
♪
Say papa.
♪
Come on, Liana.
Say, papa.
Come on, Lili.
LIANA: Dada.
Good, baby, baby, Liana,
Daddy's coming. Don't be scared.
Hold on. Daddy's Liana?
♪
♪
Hey.
They have her.
Then we'll get her back.
♪
It's a big train.
They could still be searching, hiding
Or they've been caught.
And we're headed right for a bushwhack.
Or that.
Should we back off?
No. You can't.
Not yet.
LAYTON: [OVER RADIO] Ruth?
Alex? You there?
♪
Surprised to hear you
on the official line, Andre.
- I'm with the Admiral.
- Hello again.
He says hi.
Admiral.
I need you to connect the trains.
♪
And why would I do that?
They have Liana.
She's not on Snowpiercer,
but I heard her voice.
And she's all right?
She's with Headwood.
They say they will give her back
to us when we give them Big Alice.
♪
If we connect, the only way
to force a separation is
Manual override, I remember. Andre.
Ruth, I need to get her back, okay?
We will figure out the rest
later, I promise.
♪
Ruth, please.
♪
This is the whole reason
that we're doing this, right?
To save Liana.
♪
Yeah.
Yes it is.
Do it.
♪
ALEX: Connecting Big Alice now.
♪
Thank you, Ruth.
♪
All right, Alex, nice and slow.
Watch your back, Ben.
♪
Coupling system initiated.
♪
Done?
Just about. Big Alice?
Ceding system control.
♪
BEN: They're locked in.
♪
MAN: Don't worry, Layton.
This will all be over soon.
♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
LAYTON: I was hoping
for a happier reunion.
♪
BEN: Likewise.
LAYTON: You know, I had to
take the deal, right?
BEN: No need to explain.
Believe me, I know.
LAYTON: What were you working
on back there in the engine?
Just a bit of insurance.
We'll see if they catch it.
♪
LAYTON: Whoa. What's back there?
This is where Mel's been
working all these months.
You ever been in there?
Never.
♪
Hello.
The Admiral has instructed me
to aid in your debarkation.
You'll be escorted into the Silo
and attended to one by one.
First up, Andre Layton.
LAYTON: All right.
♪
♪
♪
♪
[ELECTRICAL BEEPING]
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
FEMALE VOICE: Please strip
down, discard all belongings
and await DECON procedure.
♪
♪
Discard all belongings or they
will be confiscated and burned.
♪
Now step onto the platform
and await DECON procedure.
♪
- [HISSING]
- Oh, son of a bitch!
♪
I want to speak to the Admiral.
Can you take me to him?
♪
[BEEPING]
♪
♪
What happened at these floors?
They get breached?
♪
Good talk.
Oh.
Why did they bring all of you here?
We're on some list, apparently.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Wasn't sure you were going to connect.
Almost didn't.
Now let's find Liana and find
a way out of here, shall we?
- [CREAKING]
- Yeah.
♪
[DOOR SHUTS]
Nice driving, engineer.
You know, I thought you
came in a touch too rich.
♪
[CLEARS THROAT]
You got any idea of
the layout of this place?
Well, back when me
and Mel were in touch,
she said it was designed to
keep you confined, confused,
with no sense of time.
♪
What's that about?
The train's connected to a power grid.
It can idle, but for three hours only.
- And then it's gone.
- And how long do we have?
Two hours and 36 minutes.
Two hours and 36 minutes to find
Liana and get the hell out of here?
We can do that.
Sure.
We can do it.
Was Josie with any of you?
She went in before me.
She she should be here.
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
♪
- Good evening, everyone.
- Where's Josie?
All your questions
will be answered. But first
first, I want to thank you.
For everything you've done.
I know it hasn't been easy,
but good work takes sacrifice.
As some of you know,
we've been down here for years
on a mission to warm the world.
Now that we have both engines,
that mission can
finally be accomplished.
Does your mission include New Eden?
Because it won't survive
without Big Alice.
That's precisely why we're doing this.
Relying on eternal engines
and energy output
it's hospice.
It's a last grasp at life support.
We're looking for a cure.
And where's Melanie?
Why isn't she here to tell us this?
She's off-base collecting climate data.
She'll be back soon.
Is that why we're all here?
Is that why we're all here?
Because Melanie requested it?
Not exactly.
This is the part you're
not going to like.
♪
[FOOTSTEPS]
♪
You're dead. You're dead!
No! You understand? I'll kill you!
Give me back my daughter,
Milius! You promised!
- Take him to 12.
- You promised!
Give her back!
♪
Phew!
[CHUCKLES]
Welcome home.
♪
Now, now. Why the long faces?
What's all this about?
Well, Anton here
found me on the tracks.
Picked me up after you had
all sent me out into the cold.
Except you, Alex.
Not sure where you were in all that.
Enough of this shit.
What have you done with Melanie?
Oh, come on then.
We're on the same side now,
even Melanie. Where's Audrey?
I wanted to get you all in one go!
Go to hell.
I did. Wasn't much fun. [LAUGHS]
So it was you.
Liana for the engine.
Classic Wilford.
There's a simpler solution.
Zara died!
- All right, that's enough.
- Yes.
- You can all get reacquainted later.
- Of course.
I look forward to collaborating
with you all again.
- Anton.
- Joseph.
[WHISTLING]
You're to sit tight until
the trains have departed.
Then you'll be processed for wristbands
and shown to your new accommodations.
So we're to stay here.
Just until the mission is completed.
The next time you leave this place,
the entire world will be New Eden.
So we're prisoners.
- You're guests.
- Oh, yeah?
Did your wolf take Layton to the spa?
Somewhere else to calm down.
So now that you've got us
all tucked away in here,
what happens to our passengers?
They'll continue
their work on the train.
We're almost there. Just one last push.
Admiral, you are being played.
You can't trust Mr. Wilford.
Not for one second.
[DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
♪
[CHUCKLES]
The look on their faces.
The way he lunged at me,
like a wraith. Ah!
I said it would work, didn't I?
Oh, I do have one last bit of advice.
- Do you, now?
- Yes.
I wouldn't let Layton see
his daughter just yet.
These people have a habit
of rallying around him.
Let's keep them separated,
just in case, you know.
That's a good idea.
I'll take it under consideration.
Thank you.
Oh, and about that
that last thing we discussed.
Hmm.
♪
- [BEEPING]
- [DOOR CLANGING OPEN]
You have two hours.
Fine.
Make them count.
♪
Hmm.
Just tell me where they
took the others, will you?
You really can't feel that?
Your symptoms have
progressed quite rapidly.
Partial ligament tear is very painful.
Has the desensitization spread
to all of your extremities?
♪
Thank you, Doctor. I'll see to her.
♪
You stay away from me.
- Josie, you're making an assumption.
- You're a kidnapper!
- No.
- A killer!
No, I was trying to help.
One more step and I'll snap her neck.
J Josie! Please.
Zara's death was an error! She fell.
If only she'd listen to me!
I was trying to save Liana!
Josie!
That is why we came to this silo.
It's why I'm here.
Josie, Liana needs your help.
She needs your help.
What's wrong with her?
[SCREAMING]
No!
[GASPING]
♪
RUTH: This is a right mess.
I never should have
connected those trains.
We were just trying to help Layton.
What a fat lot of good it did.
Layton's dragged away,
and Wilford's back from the dead.
We were completely blind sided.
Yeah, it's probably why
they cut us off months back.
No doubt when Melanie found out,
she was just as livid as we are now.
Well, who's to say
she's even still involved?
Ben's been getting her blueprints.
They could be Wilford's
plans. Not Melanie's.
No. I'd know Mel's work.
There'd be a glaring difference.
I can't believe
she'd work with him again.
Whatever role Wilford's
playing into this,
- the mission still has merit.
- Oh, I'm sorry.
Would you like to enlist?
Not saying I agree with their methods,
Ruth. I'm saying that this place,
the work that Melanie's doing here,
it could help us realize if
our pocket is stable or not.
Oh, great. So we just sit back and relax
and wait for the sun to return.
Or, we figure out how
to get the engine back
to the people we care about?
- I'm going to see Wilford.
- Hey, hold on. Hold on a second.
ALEX: I'm gonna hear what
he has to say, and I'm gonna
try to orchestrate
something from the outside.
- Alex, no.
- I'll be fine.
He doesn't have a hold on me anymore.
- It's a bad idea. I don't like it.
- He'll see me.
[KNOCKING]
[CREAKING]
I have a request.
♪
[MURMURING]
♪
[SIGHS]
♪
♪
♪
- [CHUCKLING]
- [GRUNTING]
[POUNDING]
[HEAVY BREATHING]
[DOOR OPENING]
♪
Here.
I thought you might want that back.
- What do you want with me?
- Civility.
I'm trying to play nice here.
If you play nice too,
I'll let you see your daughter.
- Is she even here?
- Yes.
You just have to be patient.
If you won't let me see Liana,
at least take me to Josie.
She was injured in that
little stunt you pulled
getting on the train,
so she's being treated.
You can see her when she's done.
♪
Yeah.
You might get a swing in. Maybe two.
Not enough to escape, but that's
not really what you're after, is it?
All I want is my family.
And maybe a little vengeance
on Wilford, too, am I right?
I'll tell you what. You play nice.
When the mission is complete,
maybe I'll let you take a shot at him.
♪
NIMA: These adjustments.
I'm I'm still unconvinced
the train can withstand
the rocket's blowback.
Oh, for God's sake, Nima.
This is your first time on Big Alice.
Take a load off.
It bears a welcoming.
Yes.
Thank you.
A feat of engineering.
- But the adjustment
- Yes, yes, I know.
You were never one
for conversation, were you? [CHUCKLES]
Big Alice can handle it.
All we need to do is
modify the sub engine.
Conversions are already underway.
Since when were you an errand boy?
Surely you have more
important matters to attend to.
I had a little
disagreement with the Admiral.
I'm I'm serving penance.
He's a bull.
He doesn't understand
the finesse of what we do.
[DOOR OPENING]
Ah, Alex.
See you've made yourself at home.
[DOOR CLOSES]
Would you excuse us, Nima?
Nima? Family squabbles.
I'm sure you understand.
[FOOTSTEPS]
Done quite the remodel, I must say.
Threw them out.
Oh, that's cruel, even for you.
What are you doing here?
What's your end game?
I'm helping them save the world.
It's It's me. Okay?
We both know that you don't
care about the world.
[HE SNIGGERS]
We are doing something
extraordinary on the train, Alex,
something even your mother
never thought possible.
Aren't you the least bit
curious about it?
♪
I could show you the
schematics if you want,
in your mother's lab.
I could check our work.
You always were my favourite protege.
[CHUCKLES]
Or is there somewhere
else you need to be?
♪
Think fast.
♪
[CHUCKLES]
I knew you wouldn't toss it.
♪
[FOOTSTEPS]
It's all right, Sam. I've got it.
♪
Departure in one hour!
♪
Oh, no. No, no. Come along. This way.
This way.
♪
What is this, a magic trick?
♪
[TRILLING]
Just a little shortcut.
♪
See?
♪
You really got this place wired, huh?
What happened to Josie? Was that you?
Oh, Alex, you were doing so well.
Pretending you'd forgotten about
your friends.
What do you want with them, anyway?
Is this revenge for the track scaler?
- I'm past all that.
- Are you?
Because you could have taken the
engine without stealing kid.
Call me sentimental.
So you took Liana for yourself, then?
But there's a certain
symmetry to it, isn't it?
Don't you think?
Just I do enjoy a
good twist of the knife.
Come on.
♪
She's not coming back.
We don't know that.
We need another plan.
Yeah.
All I can think about is
everyone back at New Eden.
What's it like?
75 and sunny?
No.
Still cold.
Hard living.
But it's ours.
♪
Being outside again and stepping
onto solid ground and
looking up and seeing nothing but sky.
She forgot what that was like.
♪
Sounds nice.
Hmm. Yeah.
It does.
♪
♪
♪
You know what?
I think it's time to go.
♪
My favourite thing about
building Snowpiercer with Mel,
wasright at the beginning
and she was just a hull.
Something visceral about it.
All the parts exposed [GRUNTS]
Those insides gonna get us out of here?
Let's see.
♪
[GASPS]
Engineer.
Come on, on your feet.
This way.
Hey! Don't move!
Ah!
[FIGHT DIN]
Get his wristband!
♪
♪
♪
[QUIET COOING]
♪
[INFANT MURMURING]
[INFANT COOING]
Liana
[INFANT COOING]
Time check.
34 minutes.
♪
Alright.
We need to split off.
- What are you talking about?
- We've no time left.
You two take Big Alice.
I'll find Leyton and the others.
No, we stick together.
Look, you need an
engineer to drive, right?
And he's more likely to get to
the top if you go with him.
No offence, but I don't think
I've come a long way since the
Tails, Bess, I can hold my own.
You two need to get that
engine back to New Eden.
It's our best shot.
Everyone there is relying on us.
What about Snowpiercer?
We save as many as we can.
Oh, okay.
Oh, hold your own with this at least.
See you up top, Ruth.
Don't wait for me.
You two, get to New Eden. Have a pint.
First one's on me.
♪
Come on, Till, let's go.
♪
♪
[TRILLING]
♪
Melanie and I have been
assigned separate workspaces
because, well,
your mother likes to hold grudges.
So you guys are working together?
Oh, yes. She can't help but jump at the
chance to save the world,
even if it's with me.
[CHUCKLES]
It's weird not having to wonder
all the time if she's dead or alive.
Used to be your favourite pastime.
[HE LAUGHS]
[PAPER RUSTLES]
What you did in New Eden,
rerouting Big Alice's power
supply to generate output for
the whole town,
it's nothing short of magnificent.
We just popped the clutch
like you taught me in Chicago.
[HE CHUCKLES]
It's a shame we have
to scrap all that ingenuity.
♪
Did Melanie know about
your plan to steal Liana?
Was she a part of it?
You're still trying to figure
her out, aren't you?
♪
Dead end.
Let's find an elevator.
All right.
♪
♪
This is small's lab.
Oh, maybe they, uh. They lied to us.
Maybe she's fine there.
Or Alex could be.
[TRILLING]
♪
[TRILLING]
Okay, let's keep moving. Let's go.
Oh, making a break for it. Are we?
I didn't think you had it in
you, Ben, to do it on your own.
You've always been more of a follower.
[BLOW LANDS]
- Where is she?
- She's not here.
We gotta go.
- I'm staying.
- Alex
There's a restricted
stairwell at the end of the hall.
It's next to a busted firebox.
Its tunnel access can bypass
intake and go straight to the top.
Good luck.
Tell your mother I miss her.
Let's go.
[ALARM SOUNDING]
♪
[HE LAUGHS]
♪
Moving up departure as
a safety precaution.
Finish the supply transfer and
pull the jetway.
Whatever's happening in the
silo, we need wheels up in ten minutes.
Did you reach anyone
on the other engine?
Cleared them all out earlier, sir.
- Keep trying.
- On it, sir.
- You're with me.
- Yes, sir.
We'll sweep the sub train,
and lock up Big Alice.
We can't afford to lose her.
Emergency departure initiated.
- You with me, Till?
- Yeah.
We've got to find that carbox.
Here.
Emergency departure initiated.
Snowpiercer will be
leaving in ten minutes.
♪
Thank you, Alex.
♪
Get Milius on the phone now.
We have it covered, sir.
Don't let her out of your sight.
Can you get me eyes on the jetway?
You need to back off.
They're scuttling away as we speak!
You have no authority here.
That's my train!
[ALARM BLARING]
Go! Go! Go! Go!
[ALARM BLARING]
♪
Let's go.
♪
Keep it moving!
Let's go!
♪
Ben!
What's going on?
They just moved up departure.
They're taking Big Alice.
Tristan, Ruth is still in there.
- I'll hold as long as I can.
- Good man.
♪
[ALARM BLARING]
♪
Drill? Mascot
Snowpiercer will be departing
I need to know where I'm going.
Y'all gonna have to tell me
where you're taking me right now.
Get off me, man.
- Get off!
- Keep walking.
Ah.
[ALARM CONTINUES BLARING]
♪
♪
[DOORS THUD]
Keep moving!
All the way to the back!
Let's hustle everyone! Let's go!
Let's go! Come on!
- Come on, hustle up!
- Keep going, keep going.
- What do you need?
- The admiral's coming,
but we need more time to disconnect.
Alright, we'll buy you some.
Tailies, with me.
Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go!
Till, let's get out of here. Come on.
♪
Let's move, go!
Open the hatch!
Go, let's move.
What's the problem?
There's something blocking
the exit, we can't get up top.
Out of my way.
♪
[LOUD CLANGING]
Yeah, that'll work.
Keep going, get to the
other hatches, go, go, go, go, hurry!
[LOUD BANGING]
Alright, we need to switch helms.
There's three buttons
The first three buttons behind
that monitor and the
centre console, press them.
Uh Uh, which switch?
The first three switches!
They'll turn green
when you press them. To the left!
One, two, three. Okay. Got it!
Nice.
I left the back door
open on Snowpiercer,
let's see if it's still there.
Jetway will breach
in ten, nine, eight
If I could just get another,
a minute, please. A minute!
Tristan?
- Tristan!
- [METALLIC CLANK]
You're a good man, Tristan, truly.
I learned from the best.
Got it. Thanks.
Yeah, I don't know how much
longer the Tailies can hold them off.
Aye, just wish there
was a way of Snowpiercer
not following us once we release.
They're pulling us!
Are we good to release?
- You ready?
- Yeah.
[ICE CRUNCHING]
[ALARM BEEPING]
Oh, shit.
[HARD THUD]
What's happening?
It's not releasing.
They must have compromised
the coupling system
while we were still captive, or
maybe it's part of the retrofit.
Does that mean we're stuck?
Ben, does that mean we're stuck?
Oh my God.
So, everyone in New Eden,
Audrey. They're uh,
they're all gonna die.
They're just gonna die.
♪
There might be a way.
From the Snowpiercer side.
This up train,
I can bypass the electrical
controls with a manual override.
We need to get you
and Big Alice back to New Eden.
I'm not leaving you.
I'll be okay. Besides, Mel's here.
So is Alex.
I'll be fine.
No, it's There has to be another way.
I don't think there is.
Not going soft on me, are you?
- No.
- BEN: Good.
TILL: Let's go.
Right, Alice can pilot us.
We blocked all the hatches in third.
- Forced the back-up train.
- BEN: Alright.
I'm gonna pull a couple of levers.
Big Alice will be free,
and off to New Eden you will go.
See what all the fuss is about.
I'll send you a postcard.
♪
[METALLIC SCRAPING]
[HATCH HISSES]
♪
[DOOR CLANKS]
[BRAKES SQUEAL]
[BRAKES SCREECHING]
Come on, Engineer!
Let's go!
Come on!
♪
[HE SCREAMS]
♪
- TILL: Ruth, you made it!
- I couldn't find the others.
- What's happening?
- Oh, that's just Ben
sabotaging Snowpiercer
so they can't follow us.
Good, good. And then we'll uncouple.
The coupling's jammed,
but Ben's gonna just pull
the manual override.
But we don't have any breach suits.
What do you mean?
RUTH: The manual override, it's outside.
Oh, shit.
No, no, no!
♪
- [HATCH HISSES]
- [TILL BREATHING RAGGEDLY]
Ben!
No! No, no!
♪
[METALLIC CLINK]
[ALARMS BEEPING]
He did it!
♪
[TILL WEEPS]
[TILL GASPS]
[SOMBRE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
[TENSE INSTRUMENTAL SWELL]
[DOOR CLICKS]
♪
[DOOR THUDS]
NIMA: You're still here.
Nobody will tell me what happened.
Follow me ♪
I'll show you the way ♪
[JOSIE GASPS]
Shh. Don't move.
♪
Where's Liana?
Where's Liana, is she okay?
Oh. I'm sorry, Josie.
There's nothing wrong with Liana.
Earlier today, you and I made a deal.
Your daughter in exchange for Big Alice.
You didn't hold up
your end of the bargain.
Lucky for you, I'm a man of integrity.
I stick to my word.
Despite getting nothing in return.
You're from New Eden, right?
Do you ever get nosebleeds?
Oh, you will ♪
[GASPS]
What have you done to me?
It seems we have a
lot to talk about. I'm
I'm Doctor Nima Russo. I'm an old
I'm an old friend of your mother's.
[OMINOUS INSTRUMENTAL SWELL]
- [TAPPING ON GLASS]
- [LIANA CRYING]
♪
♪
♪
[DYNAMIC FANFARE]