Snowpiercer (2020) s04e06 Episode Script
Bell the Cat
1
WILFORD: The fulcrum is
one of the most powerful tools
an Engineer has in his arsenal.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
The pressure point by
which all things pivot.
A simple lever can make
children teeter on the brink
or save them from certain death.
[COUGHS]
This is Joseph Wilford.
I'm I'm s
With a proper fulcrum
in the right position,
mountains can be moved.
Tides can be turned.
Hearts and minds can be manipulated.
Move, move, move!
[MONITOR BEEPING]
I still can't believe it.
The great Joseph Wilford,
here in my facility.
Admiral Anton Milius.
I'm at your service, sir.
Where am I?
Bunker Bravo Three Zero, Djibouti,
under International
Peacekeeping Forces command.
We just call it the Silo.
We've been tracking
Snowpiercer for months
because we're on a mission.
And from what my people say,
your train could hold
the key to its success.
So maybe there's a way we
can help each other out here.
WILFORD: As an Engineer,
I'll pull every lever,
use every tool in my kit,
to reunite with my trains,
Big Alice and Snowpiercer,
1,029 cars long.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
I'm sorry for snapping at you yesterday.
I'm sure you've borne
the brunt of that before,
perhaps from your fearless Admiral.
Come on.
Just some idle chat to
pass the time of day.
I'm not asking you to bare your soul.
Though you don't seem to
mind baring your scars.
I've got nothing to hide.
I bet Dr. Headwood
could fix you right up.
Not interested.
Oh, well, then,
consider my interest piqued.
Anton, kind of you to visit.
How are you faring after
the loss of Big Alice?
I must admit, I'm still shaking.
How long before my tunnel's unblocked?
Oh, not long. I imagine
you have Snowpiercer
simmering close by.
I deal in hard, fast targets, Joseph.
"Not long" doesn't cut it.
Shall we say tomorrow, then?
Let's say tonight.
Very well.
Tonight it shall be.
[DOOR OPENS]
Did they make it? Is Ben driving?
I'm I'm not informed
on matters outside of my department.
It's one bunker, two trains.
It's not the Manhattan Project.
Your friends escaped and, somehow,
stopped the Admiral from pursuing them.
Did you get a chance to
review any of our research?
According to this,
Melanie went off-base
to collect atmospheric
readings from various altitudes.
It also says that she
should be back by now.
Well, she's always been very thorough,
quadruple-checking her readings,
which reminds me, your nosebleeds.
I'd like to look over
your symptom reports
and your logbook, please.
You first.
Why don't you tell me who made
it to Big Alice and who didn't?
Start with Layton.
[GROANING]
[GASPS]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Hey, kiddo.
Here.
Drink this.
Thanks.
[PEOPLE COUGHING]
People had anything to eat?
Just this.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
Is this all we have?
'Fraid so.
Passengers must be getting restless.
They could use a pep talk.
I think with everything that happened
You know, like a plan.
I think it would help them feel better.
Ruth is the elected leader of New Eden.
She has a few words.
Hello, everyone.
Um, from what I've been told,
this has been a difficult year.
Many lives have been lost.
And although our journey isn't over yet,
New Eden awaits us all,
and I can promise you that
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Well.
♪
I'm sorry. Can't do it.
[PASSENGERS MURMURING]
Hey, hey, hey!
Hey. You can't
[AGITATED CHATTER]
[WIND WHISTLING]
JAVI: Oz, what's your location? Over.
Oz, I need you to check in. Over.
I'm not coming back until I find him.
You've already been out too long.
Oz?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Roche?
[GROANS]
Whiggins?
Hey, Oz.
A little help here?
Sir, I-I need a sample run.
I thought you were done with all that.
This will be the last round.
I need to test the ones who,
um, suffer from epistaxis.
It's nosebleeds.
You could have just said that.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[CLATTERING]
Sir.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
It's just a it's just
a little low blood sugar.
It'll pass.
You cut yourself.
Huh?
Why don't we call an early lunch?
Another dizzy spell?
How long did it last?
Oh, just a minute, if that.
Did your vision blur?
Momentarily. Um
I'm fine, I assure you.
I think we should do another treatment.
Well, if you insist.
I'm in your good hands, Dr. Headwood.
The Admiral, he works you too hard.
[LAUGHS] Nonsense.
He's got me where I shine best,
on display in front of
his troops, being useful.
He came poking around the other day,
asking questions.
Yes?
- Not a subtle man.
- Mm.
He wanted me to understand
the chain of command.
Ah, that sour stench of self-doubt.
Do you smell it on him?
Like a slab of rotting flesh, sir.
I'd be careful.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[METAL CLANKING]
- Oh, hey.
- [SPLUTTERS]
I don't want any trouble.
You're coming with us.
Look, man. I just woke up here, okay?
I don't know where I am, so, maybe
maybe we could have a conversation
[GRUNTS]
Okay, Whiggins.
- why'd you switch sides?
- I-I didn't.
I was a prisoner.
And your captor is what?
What, taking a day off?
No, I escaped.
And that's when my hand
uh, that's when they cut off
my hand, before I escaped.
- That's why I escaped
- Cut the crap.
We found your hand.
Your hand was torn off,
- not cut off.
- Look, look, look, look.
We'll we'll get your
arm treated, okay?
Cross my heart.
Just tell us where Roche is being held.
Oz, I haven't seen him since
the trains were separated.
[GROANS]
SYKES: Quit lying.
Liana was kidnapped. Zarah is dead.
And Roche goes missing
right by your campsite.
- Please!
- You choose how this goes,
so either you start talking
- Hey.
- Uh, uh, Nurse Rita.
Hello. Hi.
Uh, do you remember Stu Whiggins?
He's, uh he's got
a bit banged up, so
Morale was low in our early
revolutions on Big Alice.
So we put together a special event,
a good old-fashioned
gladiatorial match,
with our resident champion
Bob, a titan amongst men.
Problem is, no one dared
step up to challenge him.
What was I to do,
leave my people wanting?
Tell me, young Rafael,
- would you have been satisfied with that?
- No.
So I took a hefty swig of whisky
[CHUCKLING] And I
stepped up to the ring.
And by God, did I regret that,
seeing that big bugger towering over me.
[LAUGHTER]
Ballsy move, Mr. Wilford.
Wouldn't see anything
like that around here.
That sounds like fun.
Fun is all we have in
this barren world, my boy.
Don't mind me.
Please, go on.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
So when I faced Bob the titan
I'm sorry, I do apologize for
interrupting you again, Joseph.
My troops should have told you,
there's no smoking here.
Ah.
My mistake.
No. It wasn't.
Your hand, Private.
Sir?
Your hand.
[WHIMPERING]
Please, continue.
[FLESH SIZZLING]
So when I faced Bob the titan,
I got seven bells of
hell knocked out of me.
[CONTINUES WHIMPERING]
♪
That's a hell of a story, Joseph.
Everyone back to your stations.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
MILIUS: Red sky at night,
sailor's delight.
Red sky at night, sailor's
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
I don't remember you.
Yeah, no shit. We never met.
Then who are you?
[SIGHS]
You ever hear of Snowpiercer?
[SIGHS]
Right.
Ready to get back to it?
Joseph.
Just the man I've been looking for.
Ah.
No hard feelings for earlier?
Oh, no, no. Not at all.
Rules are rules.
Oh, good.
Well, I admit, I work my men hard,
but I also reward good behavior.
And you have been doing
an excellent job, Joseph.
Maybe it's time you let off some steam,
go on a little sample run with the boys.
[CHUCKLES] I've heard rumors
of this infamous excursion.
Just a bit of fun that
happens to benefit our research.
You'll love it.
Yes, sounds marvelous.
I'll well, I'll just
finish the repairs, and
Oh, you don't need to worry about those.
They'll be handled.
ALEX: Dubs, where you headed?
Thank you for holding my case.
That was very kind of you.
Did you smoke one too many?
What's going on?
Stay on the right side
of the tracks, Alex.
Don't worry about him.
I need you to take over
repairs on the subtrain.
♪
LAYTON: We lived
like that for seven years.
We were totally at the
mercy of those on top,
so I can relate.
I'm not a threat.
MAN: Elevator's coming!
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Hey. Hey, hey.
Oh, come on. Really?
OSONDU: If you don't
play, you don't eat.
Yoo-hoo.
WOLF: Targets 401 and 412.
OSONDU: Dinner is ready.
Over there.
[FOOTSTEPS]
[RUSTLING]
This your idea of fun?
["JOKER AND THE THIEF"]
[ALARM BLARING]
Ah, that's better.
[PEOPLE SHOUTING]
I said the joker is a wanted man ♪
WOLF: No swarming!
He makes his way all across the land ♪
See him sifting through the sand ♪
- Get him.
- I've got 412!
The joker and the thief in the night ♪
[MUFFLED SHOUTING AND CHATTER]
Get him!
MAN: Watch out!
Get him!
Watch your back!
Don't let him get away!
[GRUNTING AND SHOUTING]
401!
We are not going home ♪
- [GROANS]
- Watch out!
WOLF: Gentlemen, let's clear out! Move!
Can you see the joker flying o ♪
[FOOTSTEPS]
[ALL PANTING]
[UNSETTLING MUSIC]
♪
It's all right.
I know you're just following orders.
LAYTON: You should
have taken the bullet.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
You will never come
near my daughter again.
[LAUGHING]
[GRUNTS]
[HIGH-PITCHED RINGING]
[GRUNTS] Agh!
[GROANING]
[GROANS]
Aah!
I, uh I'd say eat it while it's hot,
but, uh, probably won't
make much di-difference.
Can I join you?
[SIGHS]
[CHUCKLES]
You know, I've given lots of
speeches over the past year.
TILL: Yeah, I could tell.
You nailed it.
Did you finish it for
me, then, did you, hm?
Tell them all everything's
going to be all right?
Hell, no.
They'd never believe me.
I don't have that thing you have.
What? Composure?
[SNORTS]
Yeah.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
You know, it's not like
I've always believed
that everything would be all right
when I say that it would be all right.
But this time is different.
[SIGHS]
We've never lost an Engineer.
There's no comforting tradition
to just pull from the handbook.
Then we'll make one up.
For Ben.
For Ben.
What would the military
want with Stu Whiggins?
He doesn't have any skills.
Yeah, he probably isn't out there alone.
[WHIMPERS]
And Roche going missing
right next to his camp?
It's not a coincidence.
We should increase security.
No, he's definitely hiding something.
Looks like he's terrified of us.
[SCOFFS] Well, if by "us" you mean
Wilford's former Head of Security.
Old habits die hard, right?
Well, yeah, you're
bloody well good at that.
- I don't want to be.
- That's why I chose Ag-Sec,
to steer clear of triggering
my instincts from the past
Hey, hey, hey.
They're not your instincts.
They're the ones
Wilford instilled in you.
You know, Whiggins was
a former Firstie, right?
I mean, Jackboot under Wilford's regime.
He spent almost every
night in the Nightcar.
Let me have a night alone with him.
I'll get him to talk.
Don't worry. I'll, uh
I'll be gentle.
[GRUNTS]
Gah!
WOMAN: Hey. Hey!
[PANTING]
I can help with that.
No more zip ties?
Depends.
Can you sit still?
I'll try.
[GROANS]
My name is Kari.
Andre.
[YELLS]
[PANTING]
[GROANS, WINCES]
[UNSETTLING MUSIC]
♪
This was an International
Peacekeeping Lab.
We were trying to find a way to reverse
the effects of CW7.
But there was a chemical leak.
They sealed off the floors.
Couldn't get out.
Then we realized we
were now the experiments.
How long have you been down here?
Little over three years.
Three years?
You still haven't found a way out?
To go where?
Good luck with that.
[WIND WHISTLING]
Thanks.
Oh.
So, um, anyone else live
this far outside of town?
Nope.
Just me.
Yeah, that's what I like
about it, to be honest.
They don't like me. I don't like them.
Right, of course,
because most of them are all Tailies.
[SIGHS] I was naive to think
I'd have a fresh start
out here, you know?
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Now the only two people who
ever gave a shit about me
are either dead or missing.
♪
I just wish I was back on the train.
Yeah.
So when's that happening?
I don't know.
You know, I thought the
soldiers would be back for me
by now.
When they do
will you take me with you?
I just
I don't belong here, you know?
I'm sorry, but I can't help.
♪
What if, uh
What if I gave you your
Nightcar service in exchange?
[BEEPS]
[UNSETTLING MUSIC]
♪
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
[DOOR HANDLE RATTLING]
[FEEDBACK WHINES]
Where's Liana?
Where is she?
She's where all the little
girls are at this hour,
asleep, safe and sound.
Her mother was killed
in front of her, you
WILFORD: I never
wished for Zarah's death.
I cared for her and Liana.
I wouldn't separate a
child from her mother.
I only wanted to spare
your people the misery
of a full-scale invasion
by the Admiral's forces.
You should be thanking me.
The one who killed Zarah
was the big one with
a rat on his helmet.
The Admiral never should have sent him,
but that's what happens when
you're dealing with barbarians.
Layton?
Layton?
[GRUNTS]
[LAUGHS]
You scared the shit out of me.
You're never getting out of here alive.
I promise.
We shall see, my dear King Layton.
We shall see.
[GRUNTS]
Uh, the repairs are finished.
Oh, very impressive.
And just like your mother.
I, um
[WHISPERS] I noticed that the
bay door hinges are damaged.
[UNSETTLING MUSIC]
You have an astute eye.
This car was breached
recently, wasn't it?
The trains were manually uncoupled.
Only an Engineer could do that.
There are no breach suits
on Big Alice, so where's Ben?
♪
Uh, he uncoupled the trains
so your friends could
get away, and and
[SNIFFLES]
Then he died.
I'm sorry.
This place, it's it's
It's an ugly place.
Yeah.
But there is a purpose to every loss.
Come. I'll show you.
That's glass-clad, B5
level, 2-inch thickness!
You can't break it!
Keep telling yourself that!
[CHUCKLES]
You might want to rethink that strategy.
I'm the only one who
knows where Liana is.
Who else is going to take you to her?
The Admiral?
Keep talking that bullshit.
There is no way out of here!
How are you gonna take me to her?
[BEEPING]
Everybody out.
Wolf.
You stay.
This is Milius.
Oh, good.
You're still up?
You repaired the floor's
communication system.
Nicely done.
It's been down for years.
And here I was, worried that somehow
you'd forgotten how useful I can be.
When you leave with Snowpiercer,
I thought you'd like to
take her creator along.
Thanks. I'll pass.
I like when things run smoothly.
Well, even with my greatest enemies,
I am the contingency plan,
the last resort they turn to
when they have no other choice.
Best take me along, fix your mistakes.
It's you, Wilford.
You're my mistake.
Oh, your soldiers might disagree.
I'd take a poll if I were you,
see whose loyalties have shifted.
Thank Wolf for sparing
my life, by the way.
Smart lad.
You got it wrong.
My plan was to leave you down there
so Layton could have a shot at you.
Oh, if that's the case,
you've failed on both fronts.
Layton and I are having a ball.
In fact, why don't you come and join us?
We're thinking of putting on a rave.
[LAUGHS]
Remove your helmet.
[WHEEZING]
Look at me.
I want the entire floor cleaned up.
That worked splendidly.
Predictable old goat.
They'll be coming down to kill us now.
That's one way out of here.
The only way out of
here is on that elevator.
And we both know it only
comes down when they do.
What makes you think
I won't just stand back
and watch them kill you?
The same reason you
brought the train here,
your daughter.
And working with me
is your only way back to her.
So what do you think?
Truce?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Eh, little bit tighter.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah, good. Just like that.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
Okay. [CHUCKLES]
All right, oil first,
but just on the feet.
All right? [SIGHS]
["TIPTOE THROUGH THE TULIPS" PLAYING]
Oh, yeah. No, no. Hey.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa. What are you doing?
- What are you doing?
- Huh?
No, you got to work up to it.
You got to start soft, all right?
You can't just go for it like that.
But you know, if I keep
directing you like this,
it's never going to work.
It has to feel
ooh unexpected.
All right. I see you.
Yeah.
Oh.
Oh, hello.
How's that?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, me likey.
[CHUCKLES]
You're getting them both going.
[LAUGHING]
[BREATHES HEAVILY]
[LAUGHING UNCONTROLLABLY]
No, no, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no.
Blueberry. Blueberry!
Oz, Oz, the safe word is "blueberry."
Stop! [LAUGHING]
Why'd they bring you to New Eden?
What?
Why'd they bring you to New Eden?
Did they force you to help them?
Hey! Did they force you to help them?
- [LAUGHING BREATHLESSLY]
- Oi! Hey!
- Doesn't add up, does it?
- No.
And if they needed your help,
it wasn't for what you could do.
- It was for who you know!
- Ah!
[MOANS]
[TENSE MUSIC]
Did you point out Zarah to them?
Oz, I didn't know their plan, I swear.
♪
Who else did you point out?
Dr. Headwood.
But you have to believe me.
As soon as I found out about Zarah, I
I panicked, and I jumped
from the snowcat with my bag.
But my hand, it got stuck in the treads.
And then I [EXHALES DEEPLY]
And then I passed out.
OZ: And what, they just left you there?
Yeah, to die.
I saw them digging my grave,
right on the ledge across from
my tent where you found me.
They were digging a whole
bunch along that cliff.
Graves?
Yeah.
That's what caused the avalanche.
Didn't you hear it?
Oh. Ah!
What are you doing?
You're a bloody twat, Whiggins.
No. No, no, no, no.
Oz?
Oz!
How many of these did it
take to create New Eden?
Just the one.
We sent it up two years ago.
So all you're waiting for is Big Alice.
Then you're going to shoot this guy up
and create more New Edens.
Mm, that's that's our goal, yes.
What about its side effects?
Well, the compound that
created your New Eden,
we call it Gemini.
Uh, it was an early, crude
version of what it is now,
but but at the time,
it was a breakthrough.
Unforeseen chemical reactions produced
low levels of toxicity.
Which caused my nosebleeds.
Yes.
We've been able to refine Gemini
by monitoring these
symptoms in our subjects.
Subjects with the same symptoms as mine?
Mm-hmm.
This was more than just
animal testing, wasn't it?
[SOFT TENSE MUSIC]
Did those people survive?
♪
There there, um
There was an incident.
And we we had to seal off
the bottom floors to contain it.
Some of my colleagues were exposed.
We kept them alive, yes,
and it was their
sacrifice that led us here,
to complete the mission
that we all undertook.
So your data is
incomplete unless you test
on somebody who lived outside?
Next time, just ask.
Shall we?
Ah, the Leader.
Isn't that right?
Kari?
Oh, you made a friend.
We're trying to use the
elevator shaft to escape.
If we make it out
Yeah, that's not possible.
Anything is possible.
The trick of it will
be climbing the shaft
to the floor above
and squeezing together
to let the elevator pass.
Then we climb on top of it
and joyride our way up and out.
I know, but I've heard crazier things.
I just came to invite you to dinner.
That's probably not a really good idea.
Milius is sending his people down.
How can I help?
You got any tools?
I need something to jam
in the elevator door.
[SIGHS]
Thanks.
The one perk of sample runs is we get
to throw a feast after, in
case you rethink your plan.
If we make it out of here, I will
[SCOFFS]
The fearsome revolutionary
attempting to inspire
hope in the hopeless.
Riveting stuff.
She's not hopeless.
She just doesn't want
to live in their world.
Nor do I.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
Power's cut.
[GRUNTS]
[WHIRRING]
- Come on, let's go.
- Yes, sir.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
MILIUS: Good job, here we go.
Once a man of the people,
driven by collective well-being,
but on becoming a father, well,
there's nothing like it, is there?
- Don't kid yourself.
- You don't give a shit
about Alex or anybody else.
I'm not talking about Alex.
It's how I feel about my trains.
You do know that's demented, right?
Mock me if you like,
but you're here, aren't you?
Because I knew you'd trade
Big Alice for your daughter,
sacrifice anyone and anything
for your own personal interest.
LAYTON: Shit.
We're too late.
Whoa.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
TRISTAN: Will this do?
It's perfect, Tristan.
Thanks.
With this inscription,
we promise to never forget
the sacrifice that Bennett Knox made
to free Big Alice, our life source,
forever binding the
Engineer to the Engine
and her eternal light.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
I got the twitchy ferret to talk.
I threw him in lockup.
And?
He told me they dug a bunch of graves
- across the mountainside.
- Graves?
You can't dig deeper than a
foot through this permafrost.
Yeah, I know. Whiggins was wrong.
They weren't digging.
They were planting.
Planting what?
Bombs, mate.
The entire mountainside is rigged.
They're going to bury the whole town.
Scan this for me.
Yes, sir.
Uh, check check the last key-in
on the wristband under my name.
SOLDIER: It was last
used on floor 3, sir.
Shut the east elevator down.
Now. Now.
Nima, some good news.
Ms. Cavill's snowcat has
been spotted 3 miles out.
She should be arriving shortly.
Time to complete the mission.
♪
♪
WILFORD: The fulcrum is
one of the most powerful tools
an Engineer has in his arsenal.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
The pressure point by
which all things pivot.
A simple lever can make
children teeter on the brink
or save them from certain death.
[COUGHS]
This is Joseph Wilford.
I'm I'm s
With a proper fulcrum
in the right position,
mountains can be moved.
Tides can be turned.
Hearts and minds can be manipulated.
Move, move, move!
[MONITOR BEEPING]
I still can't believe it.
The great Joseph Wilford,
here in my facility.
Admiral Anton Milius.
I'm at your service, sir.
Where am I?
Bunker Bravo Three Zero, Djibouti,
under International
Peacekeeping Forces command.
We just call it the Silo.
We've been tracking
Snowpiercer for months
because we're on a mission.
And from what my people say,
your train could hold
the key to its success.
So maybe there's a way we
can help each other out here.
WILFORD: As an Engineer,
I'll pull every lever,
use every tool in my kit,
to reunite with my trains,
Big Alice and Snowpiercer,
1,029 cars long.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
I'm sorry for snapping at you yesterday.
I'm sure you've borne
the brunt of that before,
perhaps from your fearless Admiral.
Come on.
Just some idle chat to
pass the time of day.
I'm not asking you to bare your soul.
Though you don't seem to
mind baring your scars.
I've got nothing to hide.
I bet Dr. Headwood
could fix you right up.
Not interested.
Oh, well, then,
consider my interest piqued.
Anton, kind of you to visit.
How are you faring after
the loss of Big Alice?
I must admit, I'm still shaking.
How long before my tunnel's unblocked?
Oh, not long. I imagine
you have Snowpiercer
simmering close by.
I deal in hard, fast targets, Joseph.
"Not long" doesn't cut it.
Shall we say tomorrow, then?
Let's say tonight.
Very well.
Tonight it shall be.
[DOOR OPENS]
Did they make it? Is Ben driving?
I'm I'm not informed
on matters outside of my department.
It's one bunker, two trains.
It's not the Manhattan Project.
Your friends escaped and, somehow,
stopped the Admiral from pursuing them.
Did you get a chance to
review any of our research?
According to this,
Melanie went off-base
to collect atmospheric
readings from various altitudes.
It also says that she
should be back by now.
Well, she's always been very thorough,
quadruple-checking her readings,
which reminds me, your nosebleeds.
I'd like to look over
your symptom reports
and your logbook, please.
You first.
Why don't you tell me who made
it to Big Alice and who didn't?
Start with Layton.
[GROANING]
[GASPS]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Hey, kiddo.
Here.
Drink this.
Thanks.
[PEOPLE COUGHING]
People had anything to eat?
Just this.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
Is this all we have?
'Fraid so.
Passengers must be getting restless.
They could use a pep talk.
I think with everything that happened
You know, like a plan.
I think it would help them feel better.
Ruth is the elected leader of New Eden.
She has a few words.
Hello, everyone.
Um, from what I've been told,
this has been a difficult year.
Many lives have been lost.
And although our journey isn't over yet,
New Eden awaits us all,
and I can promise you that
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Well.
♪
I'm sorry. Can't do it.
[PASSENGERS MURMURING]
Hey, hey, hey!
Hey. You can't
[AGITATED CHATTER]
[WIND WHISTLING]
JAVI: Oz, what's your location? Over.
Oz, I need you to check in. Over.
I'm not coming back until I find him.
You've already been out too long.
Oz?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Roche?
[GROANS]
Whiggins?
Hey, Oz.
A little help here?
Sir, I-I need a sample run.
I thought you were done with all that.
This will be the last round.
I need to test the ones who,
um, suffer from epistaxis.
It's nosebleeds.
You could have just said that.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[CLATTERING]
Sir.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
It's just a it's just
a little low blood sugar.
It'll pass.
You cut yourself.
Huh?
Why don't we call an early lunch?
Another dizzy spell?
How long did it last?
Oh, just a minute, if that.
Did your vision blur?
Momentarily. Um
I'm fine, I assure you.
I think we should do another treatment.
Well, if you insist.
I'm in your good hands, Dr. Headwood.
The Admiral, he works you too hard.
[LAUGHS] Nonsense.
He's got me where I shine best,
on display in front of
his troops, being useful.
He came poking around the other day,
asking questions.
Yes?
- Not a subtle man.
- Mm.
He wanted me to understand
the chain of command.
Ah, that sour stench of self-doubt.
Do you smell it on him?
Like a slab of rotting flesh, sir.
I'd be careful.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[METAL CLANKING]
- Oh, hey.
- [SPLUTTERS]
I don't want any trouble.
You're coming with us.
Look, man. I just woke up here, okay?
I don't know where I am, so, maybe
maybe we could have a conversation
[GRUNTS]
Okay, Whiggins.
- why'd you switch sides?
- I-I didn't.
I was a prisoner.
And your captor is what?
What, taking a day off?
No, I escaped.
And that's when my hand
uh, that's when they cut off
my hand, before I escaped.
- That's why I escaped
- Cut the crap.
We found your hand.
Your hand was torn off,
- not cut off.
- Look, look, look, look.
We'll we'll get your
arm treated, okay?
Cross my heart.
Just tell us where Roche is being held.
Oz, I haven't seen him since
the trains were separated.
[GROANS]
SYKES: Quit lying.
Liana was kidnapped. Zarah is dead.
And Roche goes missing
right by your campsite.
- Please!
- You choose how this goes,
so either you start talking
- Hey.
- Uh, uh, Nurse Rita.
Hello. Hi.
Uh, do you remember Stu Whiggins?
He's, uh he's got
a bit banged up, so
Morale was low in our early
revolutions on Big Alice.
So we put together a special event,
a good old-fashioned
gladiatorial match,
with our resident champion
Bob, a titan amongst men.
Problem is, no one dared
step up to challenge him.
What was I to do,
leave my people wanting?
Tell me, young Rafael,
- would you have been satisfied with that?
- No.
So I took a hefty swig of whisky
[CHUCKLING] And I
stepped up to the ring.
And by God, did I regret that,
seeing that big bugger towering over me.
[LAUGHTER]
Ballsy move, Mr. Wilford.
Wouldn't see anything
like that around here.
That sounds like fun.
Fun is all we have in
this barren world, my boy.
Don't mind me.
Please, go on.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
So when I faced Bob the titan
I'm sorry, I do apologize for
interrupting you again, Joseph.
My troops should have told you,
there's no smoking here.
Ah.
My mistake.
No. It wasn't.
Your hand, Private.
Sir?
Your hand.
[WHIMPERING]
Please, continue.
[FLESH SIZZLING]
So when I faced Bob the titan,
I got seven bells of
hell knocked out of me.
[CONTINUES WHIMPERING]
♪
That's a hell of a story, Joseph.
Everyone back to your stations.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
MILIUS: Red sky at night,
sailor's delight.
Red sky at night, sailor's
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
I don't remember you.
Yeah, no shit. We never met.
Then who are you?
[SIGHS]
You ever hear of Snowpiercer?
[SIGHS]
Right.
Ready to get back to it?
Joseph.
Just the man I've been looking for.
Ah.
No hard feelings for earlier?
Oh, no, no. Not at all.
Rules are rules.
Oh, good.
Well, I admit, I work my men hard,
but I also reward good behavior.
And you have been doing
an excellent job, Joseph.
Maybe it's time you let off some steam,
go on a little sample run with the boys.
[CHUCKLES] I've heard rumors
of this infamous excursion.
Just a bit of fun that
happens to benefit our research.
You'll love it.
Yes, sounds marvelous.
I'll well, I'll just
finish the repairs, and
Oh, you don't need to worry about those.
They'll be handled.
ALEX: Dubs, where you headed?
Thank you for holding my case.
That was very kind of you.
Did you smoke one too many?
What's going on?
Stay on the right side
of the tracks, Alex.
Don't worry about him.
I need you to take over
repairs on the subtrain.
♪
LAYTON: We lived
like that for seven years.
We were totally at the
mercy of those on top,
so I can relate.
I'm not a threat.
MAN: Elevator's coming!
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Hey. Hey, hey.
Oh, come on. Really?
OSONDU: If you don't
play, you don't eat.
Yoo-hoo.
WOLF: Targets 401 and 412.
OSONDU: Dinner is ready.
Over there.
[FOOTSTEPS]
[RUSTLING]
This your idea of fun?
["JOKER AND THE THIEF"]
[ALARM BLARING]
Ah, that's better.
[PEOPLE SHOUTING]
I said the joker is a wanted man ♪
WOLF: No swarming!
He makes his way all across the land ♪
See him sifting through the sand ♪
- Get him.
- I've got 412!
The joker and the thief in the night ♪
[MUFFLED SHOUTING AND CHATTER]
Get him!
MAN: Watch out!
Get him!
Watch your back!
Don't let him get away!
[GRUNTING AND SHOUTING]
401!
We are not going home ♪
- [GROANS]
- Watch out!
WOLF: Gentlemen, let's clear out! Move!
Can you see the joker flying o ♪
[FOOTSTEPS]
[ALL PANTING]
[UNSETTLING MUSIC]
♪
It's all right.
I know you're just following orders.
LAYTON: You should
have taken the bullet.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
You will never come
near my daughter again.
[LAUGHING]
[GRUNTS]
[HIGH-PITCHED RINGING]
[GRUNTS] Agh!
[GROANING]
[GROANS]
Aah!
I, uh I'd say eat it while it's hot,
but, uh, probably won't
make much di-difference.
Can I join you?
[SIGHS]
[CHUCKLES]
You know, I've given lots of
speeches over the past year.
TILL: Yeah, I could tell.
You nailed it.
Did you finish it for
me, then, did you, hm?
Tell them all everything's
going to be all right?
Hell, no.
They'd never believe me.
I don't have that thing you have.
What? Composure?
[SNORTS]
Yeah.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
You know, it's not like
I've always believed
that everything would be all right
when I say that it would be all right.
But this time is different.
[SIGHS]
We've never lost an Engineer.
There's no comforting tradition
to just pull from the handbook.
Then we'll make one up.
For Ben.
For Ben.
What would the military
want with Stu Whiggins?
He doesn't have any skills.
Yeah, he probably isn't out there alone.
[WHIMPERS]
And Roche going missing
right next to his camp?
It's not a coincidence.
We should increase security.
No, he's definitely hiding something.
Looks like he's terrified of us.
[SCOFFS] Well, if by "us" you mean
Wilford's former Head of Security.
Old habits die hard, right?
Well, yeah, you're
bloody well good at that.
- I don't want to be.
- That's why I chose Ag-Sec,
to steer clear of triggering
my instincts from the past
Hey, hey, hey.
They're not your instincts.
They're the ones
Wilford instilled in you.
You know, Whiggins was
a former Firstie, right?
I mean, Jackboot under Wilford's regime.
He spent almost every
night in the Nightcar.
Let me have a night alone with him.
I'll get him to talk.
Don't worry. I'll, uh
I'll be gentle.
[GRUNTS]
Gah!
WOMAN: Hey. Hey!
[PANTING]
I can help with that.
No more zip ties?
Depends.
Can you sit still?
I'll try.
[GROANS]
My name is Kari.
Andre.
[YELLS]
[PANTING]
[GROANS, WINCES]
[UNSETTLING MUSIC]
♪
This was an International
Peacekeeping Lab.
We were trying to find a way to reverse
the effects of CW7.
But there was a chemical leak.
They sealed off the floors.
Couldn't get out.
Then we realized we
were now the experiments.
How long have you been down here?
Little over three years.
Three years?
You still haven't found a way out?
To go where?
Good luck with that.
[WIND WHISTLING]
Thanks.
Oh.
So, um, anyone else live
this far outside of town?
Nope.
Just me.
Yeah, that's what I like
about it, to be honest.
They don't like me. I don't like them.
Right, of course,
because most of them are all Tailies.
[SIGHS] I was naive to think
I'd have a fresh start
out here, you know?
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Now the only two people who
ever gave a shit about me
are either dead or missing.
♪
I just wish I was back on the train.
Yeah.
So when's that happening?
I don't know.
You know, I thought the
soldiers would be back for me
by now.
When they do
will you take me with you?
I just
I don't belong here, you know?
I'm sorry, but I can't help.
♪
What if, uh
What if I gave you your
Nightcar service in exchange?
[BEEPS]
[UNSETTLING MUSIC]
♪
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
[DOOR HANDLE RATTLING]
[FEEDBACK WHINES]
Where's Liana?
Where is she?
She's where all the little
girls are at this hour,
asleep, safe and sound.
Her mother was killed
in front of her, you
WILFORD: I never
wished for Zarah's death.
I cared for her and Liana.
I wouldn't separate a
child from her mother.
I only wanted to spare
your people the misery
of a full-scale invasion
by the Admiral's forces.
You should be thanking me.
The one who killed Zarah
was the big one with
a rat on his helmet.
The Admiral never should have sent him,
but that's what happens when
you're dealing with barbarians.
Layton?
Layton?
[GRUNTS]
[LAUGHS]
You scared the shit out of me.
You're never getting out of here alive.
I promise.
We shall see, my dear King Layton.
We shall see.
[GRUNTS]
Uh, the repairs are finished.
Oh, very impressive.
And just like your mother.
I, um
[WHISPERS] I noticed that the
bay door hinges are damaged.
[UNSETTLING MUSIC]
You have an astute eye.
This car was breached
recently, wasn't it?
The trains were manually uncoupled.
Only an Engineer could do that.
There are no breach suits
on Big Alice, so where's Ben?
♪
Uh, he uncoupled the trains
so your friends could
get away, and and
[SNIFFLES]
Then he died.
I'm sorry.
This place, it's it's
It's an ugly place.
Yeah.
But there is a purpose to every loss.
Come. I'll show you.
That's glass-clad, B5
level, 2-inch thickness!
You can't break it!
Keep telling yourself that!
[CHUCKLES]
You might want to rethink that strategy.
I'm the only one who
knows where Liana is.
Who else is going to take you to her?
The Admiral?
Keep talking that bullshit.
There is no way out of here!
How are you gonna take me to her?
[BEEPING]
Everybody out.
Wolf.
You stay.
This is Milius.
Oh, good.
You're still up?
You repaired the floor's
communication system.
Nicely done.
It's been down for years.
And here I was, worried that somehow
you'd forgotten how useful I can be.
When you leave with Snowpiercer,
I thought you'd like to
take her creator along.
Thanks. I'll pass.
I like when things run smoothly.
Well, even with my greatest enemies,
I am the contingency plan,
the last resort they turn to
when they have no other choice.
Best take me along, fix your mistakes.
It's you, Wilford.
You're my mistake.
Oh, your soldiers might disagree.
I'd take a poll if I were you,
see whose loyalties have shifted.
Thank Wolf for sparing
my life, by the way.
Smart lad.
You got it wrong.
My plan was to leave you down there
so Layton could have a shot at you.
Oh, if that's the case,
you've failed on both fronts.
Layton and I are having a ball.
In fact, why don't you come and join us?
We're thinking of putting on a rave.
[LAUGHS]
Remove your helmet.
[WHEEZING]
Look at me.
I want the entire floor cleaned up.
That worked splendidly.
Predictable old goat.
They'll be coming down to kill us now.
That's one way out of here.
The only way out of
here is on that elevator.
And we both know it only
comes down when they do.
What makes you think
I won't just stand back
and watch them kill you?
The same reason you
brought the train here,
your daughter.
And working with me
is your only way back to her.
So what do you think?
Truce?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Eh, little bit tighter.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah, good. Just like that.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
Okay. [CHUCKLES]
All right, oil first,
but just on the feet.
All right? [SIGHS]
["TIPTOE THROUGH THE TULIPS" PLAYING]
Oh, yeah. No, no. Hey.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa. What are you doing?
- What are you doing?
- Huh?
No, you got to work up to it.
You got to start soft, all right?
You can't just go for it like that.
But you know, if I keep
directing you like this,
it's never going to work.
It has to feel
ooh unexpected.
All right. I see you.
Yeah.
Oh.
Oh, hello.
How's that?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, me likey.
[CHUCKLES]
You're getting them both going.
[LAUGHING]
[BREATHES HEAVILY]
[LAUGHING UNCONTROLLABLY]
No, no, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no.
Blueberry. Blueberry!
Oz, Oz, the safe word is "blueberry."
Stop! [LAUGHING]
Why'd they bring you to New Eden?
What?
Why'd they bring you to New Eden?
Did they force you to help them?
Hey! Did they force you to help them?
- [LAUGHING BREATHLESSLY]
- Oi! Hey!
- Doesn't add up, does it?
- No.
And if they needed your help,
it wasn't for what you could do.
- It was for who you know!
- Ah!
[MOANS]
[TENSE MUSIC]
Did you point out Zarah to them?
Oz, I didn't know their plan, I swear.
♪
Who else did you point out?
Dr. Headwood.
But you have to believe me.
As soon as I found out about Zarah, I
I panicked, and I jumped
from the snowcat with my bag.
But my hand, it got stuck in the treads.
And then I [EXHALES DEEPLY]
And then I passed out.
OZ: And what, they just left you there?
Yeah, to die.
I saw them digging my grave,
right on the ledge across from
my tent where you found me.
They were digging a whole
bunch along that cliff.
Graves?
Yeah.
That's what caused the avalanche.
Didn't you hear it?
Oh. Ah!
What are you doing?
You're a bloody twat, Whiggins.
No. No, no, no, no.
Oz?
Oz!
How many of these did it
take to create New Eden?
Just the one.
We sent it up two years ago.
So all you're waiting for is Big Alice.
Then you're going to shoot this guy up
and create more New Edens.
Mm, that's that's our goal, yes.
What about its side effects?
Well, the compound that
created your New Eden,
we call it Gemini.
Uh, it was an early, crude
version of what it is now,
but but at the time,
it was a breakthrough.
Unforeseen chemical reactions produced
low levels of toxicity.
Which caused my nosebleeds.
Yes.
We've been able to refine Gemini
by monitoring these
symptoms in our subjects.
Subjects with the same symptoms as mine?
Mm-hmm.
This was more than just
animal testing, wasn't it?
[SOFT TENSE MUSIC]
Did those people survive?
♪
There there, um
There was an incident.
And we we had to seal off
the bottom floors to contain it.
Some of my colleagues were exposed.
We kept them alive, yes,
and it was their
sacrifice that led us here,
to complete the mission
that we all undertook.
So your data is
incomplete unless you test
on somebody who lived outside?
Next time, just ask.
Shall we?
Ah, the Leader.
Isn't that right?
Kari?
Oh, you made a friend.
We're trying to use the
elevator shaft to escape.
If we make it out
Yeah, that's not possible.
Anything is possible.
The trick of it will
be climbing the shaft
to the floor above
and squeezing together
to let the elevator pass.
Then we climb on top of it
and joyride our way up and out.
I know, but I've heard crazier things.
I just came to invite you to dinner.
That's probably not a really good idea.
Milius is sending his people down.
How can I help?
You got any tools?
I need something to jam
in the elevator door.
[SIGHS]
Thanks.
The one perk of sample runs is we get
to throw a feast after, in
case you rethink your plan.
If we make it out of here, I will
[SCOFFS]
The fearsome revolutionary
attempting to inspire
hope in the hopeless.
Riveting stuff.
She's not hopeless.
She just doesn't want
to live in their world.
Nor do I.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
Power's cut.
[GRUNTS]
[WHIRRING]
- Come on, let's go.
- Yes, sir.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
MILIUS: Good job, here we go.
Once a man of the people,
driven by collective well-being,
but on becoming a father, well,
there's nothing like it, is there?
- Don't kid yourself.
- You don't give a shit
about Alex or anybody else.
I'm not talking about Alex.
It's how I feel about my trains.
You do know that's demented, right?
Mock me if you like,
but you're here, aren't you?
Because I knew you'd trade
Big Alice for your daughter,
sacrifice anyone and anything
for your own personal interest.
LAYTON: Shit.
We're too late.
Whoa.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
TRISTAN: Will this do?
It's perfect, Tristan.
Thanks.
With this inscription,
we promise to never forget
the sacrifice that Bennett Knox made
to free Big Alice, our life source,
forever binding the
Engineer to the Engine
and her eternal light.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
I got the twitchy ferret to talk.
I threw him in lockup.
And?
He told me they dug a bunch of graves
- across the mountainside.
- Graves?
You can't dig deeper than a
foot through this permafrost.
Yeah, I know. Whiggins was wrong.
They weren't digging.
They were planting.
Planting what?
Bombs, mate.
The entire mountainside is rigged.
They're going to bury the whole town.
Scan this for me.
Yes, sir.
Uh, check check the last key-in
on the wristband under my name.
SOLDIER: It was last
used on floor 3, sir.
Shut the east elevator down.
Now. Now.
Nima, some good news.
Ms. Cavill's snowcat has
been spotted 3 miles out.
She should be arriving shortly.
Time to complete the mission.
♪
♪