All language subtitles for S01E07 The Rules of The Game (1080p AI Upscale DVD x265 HEVC 10bit AC3 Vertag)_track6_[eng]

Woman:
SO, THIS IS BABYLON 5.

IT'S EVERYTHING
I EXPECTED.

NOISY, CROWDED,
AND CONSTANTLY IN TROUBLE.

STILL, YOU HAVE TO
GIVE IT CREDIT.

IT HAS LASTED 10 YEARS.

NOBODY BACK HOME THOUGHT
IT WOULD LAST EVEN A YEAR.

LOTS OF THINGS HANG ON
LONGER THAN THEY SHOULD.

POISON IVY, MEASLES...

BABYLON 5...

SOME PEOPLE...

HA HA! ARE YOU SAYING
YOU'D LIKE ME TO GO AWAY?

NO, NO,
OF COURSE NOT.

CLEARLY
THERE IS SOME WISDOM

IN TAGGING ALONG WITH
SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF.

IN CASE OF TROUBLE, I CAN
FLING MYSELF INTO ACTION

AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE
ON YOUR BEHALF.

STILL, THERE IS
SOMETHING TO BE SAID

FOR EXPLORING ON OUR OWN
FOR A WHILE.

I CAN TAKE CARE
OF MYSELF.

I JUST THOUGHT YOU MIGHT
WANT THE COMPANY,

BUT SOUNDS TO ME

LIKE YOU HAD SOMETHING
PARTICULAR IN MIND,

LIKE MAYBE EXPLORING
THE DARK, SEAMY SIDE

OF THE STATION.

DOCTOR.

OH, I HEAR ANYTHING
CAN BE HAD AROUND HERE

FOR A PRICE.

AT ANOTHER TIME,
YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT, BUT I--

HELLO, MAX.

UH...I WAS WORRIED THAT
YOU DIDN'T GET MY MESSAGE.

YOU WORRY TOO MUCH.

ALWAYS HAVE.

I'M SORRY.
WE HAVEN'T MET.

UH, DR. SARAH CHAMBERS.

SHE'S ASSIGNED TO
THE EXCALIBUR, SAME AS ME.

SHE JUST CAME ALONG
TO CHECK OUT THE STATION

WHILE THE CAPTAIN
WAS...NEGOTIATING.

A PLEASURE.
AND YOU ARE...?

CYNTHIA ALLEN.

YOU AND MAX SEEM
TO GO BACK A WAYS.

WE SHOULD.
I'M HIS EX-WIFE.

EITHER WE HAVE A DEAL
OR WE DON'T. WHICH IS IT?

BECAUSE IF YOU CAN'T BE
TRUSTED TO KEEP YOUR WORD--

I RESENT THAT!

GENTLEMEN!

THERE'S NOTHING TO BE
GAINED BY SHOUTING.

NOW...AMBASSADOR,

PERHAPS IF YOU COULD
EXPLAIN TO ME

WHY THE EXCALIBUR
CAN'T LAND ON LORKA 7.

WHILE SOME OF OUR REBELS
IN THAT AREA OF SPACE

ARE BRAKIRI COLONIES,

OTHERS ARE
UNDER OUR JURISDICTION

ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES
OF MUTUAL DEFENSE.

WE ENSURE THAT THEY ARE
NOT ATTACKED OR INVADED

IN EXCHANGE FOR 10% OF
THEIR ANNUAL PLANETARY INCOME.

OTHER THAN THAT,
WE LEAVE THEM ALONE.

WE DO NOT INTERFERE WITH
THEIR INTERNAL POLICIES,

AND ONE SUCH POLICY
IS THAT NO OUTSIDERS

MAY LAND ON LORKA 7.
THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO.

YOU WILL HAVE TO NEGOTIATE
WITH THE LORKANS YOURSELF

AND TRY AND
WORK SOMETHING OUT.

AMBASSADOR, WE HAVE
LITTLE OVER 4 YEARS

TO FIND A CURE TO THE PLAGUE
THAT HIT EARTH.

IF WE DON'T, EVERY MAN,
WOMAN, AND CHILD ON EARTH DIES.

THAT IS WHY
WE SIGNED TREATIES

WITH EVERY MAJOR
ALIEN GOVERNMENT

IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE
TO STOP AND NEGOTIATE

AT EVERY STEP
ALONG THE WAY!

THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS
TO EVERY RULE, CAPTAIN.

THIS IS ONE OF THEM.

GREAT!

HOW MANY OTHER EXCEPTIONS
ARE THERE?

BECAUSE IF WE CAN'T
MOVE FASTER THAN THIS,

WE'LL NEVER
FIND A CURE IN TIME.

THEN YOUR PEOPLE
WILL JUST HAVE TO DIE,

WON'T THEY?

MATTHEW GIDEON, CAPTAIN.

ATTACHED TO THE EARTH ALLIANCE
STARSHIP EXCALIBUR.

TO FIND A CURE
TO THE DRAKH PLAGUE

BEFORE IT WIPES OUT
ALL LIFE ON EARTH.

ANYWHERE I HAVE TO.

CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
WARNER BROS.

Questioner:
WHO DO YOU SERVE?

AND WHO DO YOU TRUST?

SO, ANY FURTHER PROGRESS
WITH THE AMBASSADOR?

PROGRESS?

LET'S SEE,
HOW DO I PUT THIS?

PLATO ONCE SAID

THAT FOR EVERYTHING
THAT EXISTS,

THERE IS A PERFECT FORM
OF IT SOMEWHERE.

A PERFECT HUMAN BEING,

A PERFECT CHAIR,
A PERFECT STICK.

SO THAT EVERYTHING
IS A SHADOW

OF THAT
ONE PERFECT FORM.

NOW, IF WE FOLLOW
THAT TRAIN OF THOUGHT,

THAT MEANS THAT SOMEWHERE
IN THE UNIVERSE,

THERE EXISTS

THE PERFECT FORM
OF AN ABSOLUTE AND...

COMPLETE IDIOT.

AND HE LEFT HERE
AN HOUR AGO.

WELL, THEN I HAVE SOME NEWS
THAT'LL CHEER YOU UP.

YOU FOUND ME
SOMEBODY TO TALK TO?

BECAUSE TECHNICALLY

THE LORKANS ARE
IN BRAKIRI SPACE,

THEY DON'T HAVE
AN OFFICIAL AMBASSADOR,

BUT THEY DO MAINTAIN
A PRESENCE HERE.

I HAVE SPOKEN TO THEM
ON YOUR BEHALF,

AND THEY'VE AGREED
TO A MEETING.

BUT I WOULDN'T
HOLD MY BREATH

ABOUT BEING ALLOWED
TO LAND.

THEY CAN BE
PRETTY STUBBORN.

I CAN BE PRETTY
STUBBORN MYSELF.

WELL, THANKS.

ALL PART OF THE SERVICE.

SO TELL ME,
WHY IS THIS PLANET

SO IMPORTANT TO
YOUR SEARCH FOR A CURE?

IT'S A LONG STORY.

WELL, THEN YOU CAN
TELL ME OVER DINNER.

LISTEN, AFTER EVERYTHING
THAT HAPPENED LAST TIME,

IT'S THE LEAST I CAN DO.

AND I KNOW A GREAT PLACE.

OH, UNLESS
YOU HAVE OTHER PLANS.

WELL, LET'S SEE. UH...

RADIUM'S ALREADY
BEEN DISCOVERED,

SO THAT'S OUT.

I'VE DONE
MY LAUNDRY...

AS FAR AS THIS WHOLE

MEDAL-OF-HONOR
BUSINESS GOES,

I'M SURE THE PRESIDENT
CAN FIND SOMEONE

JUST AS DESERVING,
SO, UH, NO.

NO PLANS TO SPEAK OF.

SO HOW YOU BEEN, MAX?

FINE. BUSY.

HOW'S THE CAT?

BETTER.

STILL ON MEDICATION
FOR THAT LIVER THING.

BUT HE'S HANGING IN THERE.

GOT THE NEIGHBORS LOOKING
AFTER HIM WHILE I'M GONE.

I WAS SURPRISED
YOU AGREED TO SEE ME.

I WAS GOING TO BE
IN THE AREA.

IT'S NO BIG DEAL.

SO WHAT'S WRONG?

I NEED MONEY, MAX.

MM-HMM. HOW MUCH?

100,000 CREDITS.

100,000--CYNTHIA!

MAX, MOST OF MY INCOME
CAME FROM SELLING

ALIEN ARTWORK
AND POTTERY BACK HOME.

THE QUARANTINE
COMPLETELY KILLED BUSINESS.

I TRIED TO TAKE OUT A LOAN,

BUT WITH THE IMPACT
ON THE ECONOMY,

EVERYBODY WAS SHORT.

EARTH CREDITS WERE FALLING
IN THE EXCHANGE RATES,

THE BANKS WOULDN'T
GIVE ME ANYTHING.

I HAD TO GO TO ANOTHER
SOURCE FOR THE MONEY.

TELL ME THIS ISN'T GOING
WHERE I THINK IT'S GOING.

AN INDEPENDENT. A CROOK.

I DIDN'T HAVE
ANY OTHER CHOICE, MAX.

I GOT 50,000 CREDITS,
ENOUGH TO KEEP ME AFLOAT

UNTIL THINGS
CALM DOWN A LITTLE.

50,000? I THOUGHT
YOU SAID 100,000.

50. WITH 100% INTEREST
COMPOUNDED EVERY 6 MONTHS.

BUT THAT'S NOT
THE WORST OF IT, MAX.

THERE'S MORE?

THE MAN WHO LOANED ME
THE MONEY IS ROLF MUELLER.

EVER SINCE WE MADE THE DEAL,
HE'S BEEN FOLLOWING ME.

EVERYWHERE I GO, HE'S THERE.

I GET THE FEELING
THAT EVEN IF I PAY HIM OFF,

HE WON'T GO AWAY.
HE'LL JUST...

KEEP AFTER ME UNTIL...

I DON'T KNOW
WHAT ELSE TO DO, MAX.

THE POLICE
WON'T GET INVOLVED

UNTIL SOMETHING
ACTUALLY HAPPENS,

AND BY THEN
IT'LL BE TOO LATE.

THERE'S NO ONE ELSE
I CAN TURN TO.

IS HE HERE?

WHERE I GO, HE GOES.

HE SHOWED UP
A LITTLE AFTER I DID.

[SIGHS]

I'LL SEE
WHAT I CAN DO.

BUT I'M NOT PAYING
HIM 100,000 CREDITS.

50, YES, TO TAKE CARE
OF THE DEBT,

BUT NOT THE REST.

MAX, THIS IS MY LIFE
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

HOW CAN YOU PUT MONEY
OVER MY SAFETY?

IT'S THE PRINCIPLE
OF THE THING.

RIGHT! GREAT!

I'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S
ENGRAVED ON MY TOMBSTONE!

WHAT'S IMPORTANT
ABOUT LORKA 7

IS THAT IT'S A...
A RESETTLED PLANET.

THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS
DIED OFF A LONG TIME AGO.

500 YEARS AGO,
COLONY SHIPS ARRIVED

FROM ANOTHER PLANET
IN THE AREA,

AND THE CURRENT
POPULATION

HAS MOVED INTO
THE ABANDONED RUINS,

MADE IT THEIR OWN.

SO YOU THINK THAT
WHATEVER KILLED OFF

THE ORIGINAL POPULATION

IS THE SAME THING
THAT HIT EARTH?

I DON'T KNOW.
THEY WON'T RELEASE

ANY INFORMATION
ON THAT SUBJECT.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO
GO THERE AND FIND OUT.

BUT EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T DIE
FROM THE SAME THING,

WHO KNOWS WHAT KIND
OF TECHNOLOGY

THEY LEFT BEHIND
IN THE RUINS?

WELL, THAT DOES EXPLAIN
A FEW THINGS.

YOU KNOW,
ON A PERSONAL LEVEL,

THE LORKANS HAVE
ALWAYS SEEMED...

LESS ADVANCED THAN THEIR
TECHNOLOGY WOULD IMPLY.

BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T
INVENT THE STUFF.

THEY JUST FOUND IT.

THEY'VE GOT TO LET US LAND THERE
AND CHECK THE PLACE OUT.

I DON'T KNOW. SOME DAYS
IT'S LIKE TRYING TO...

NAIL SMOKE TO THE WALL.

I MEAN, THE JOB
IS HARD ENOUGH.

WHY DOES EVERYBODY KEEP
TRYING TO MAKE IT HARDER

THAN IT HAS TO BE?

THE BIGGER THE JOB,

THE MORE OF A TARGET
YOU BECOME.

MMM. SAVING EARTH.
THAT'S A PRETTY BIG JOB.

HOW YOU HANDLING IT?

BETTER.
THANKS TO SEEING YOU.

SO, UM, AHEM...
WHAT WILL YOU DO

IF THE LORKANS
REFUSE YOUR REQUEST?

FIND ANOTHER WAY.

I DIDN'T GET THIS FAR
BY GIVING IN.

I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO

THAT IF YOU CAN'T GET IN
THE FRONT DOOR,

YOU GO IN THE BACK DOOR.

GO OVER 'EM,
TUNNEL UNDER 'EM,

YOU GO AROUND 'EM,
BUT YOU--

GET THE JOB DONE.

IT IS AS I SAID, POLIX.

THEY CANNOT BE TRUSTED.

AND WE CANNOT TOLERATE
THE RISK OF EXPOSURE.

I AGREE.

SO...WHAT ARE WE TO DO?

HE SAID THAT
HE WILL FIND A WAY.

HMM...

ANOTHER MIGHT
NOT PROVE SO...

PERSISTENT.

PERHAPS THE BEST WAY

TO ELIMINATE
THE THREAT OF THE SHIP

IS TO ELIMINATE
THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP.

[SONG PLAYING
IN ALIEN LANGUAGE]

ROLF MUELLER?

YOU GOT HIM.
WHO ARE YOU?

MAXIMILIAN.

WHAT CAN I DO
FOR YOU, MAX?

I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU
SOME MONEY.

50,000 CREDITS.

THAT'S THE WAY TO
START A CONVERSATION.

HOW COME NONE OF YOU
EVER START

A CONVERSATION WITH ME
LIKE THAT?

[CHUCKLING]

50 GRAND, HUH?
AND WHAT FOR?

THIS SETTLES THE ACCOUNT
FOR CYNTHIA ALLEN.

I DON'T THINK SO.

I DO.

WAIT A MINUTE.
I KNOW YOU.

YOU'RE HER EX.
I HEARD ALL ABOUT YOU.

YOU'RE SOME KIND
OF BIG SHOT,

BRAIN GUY
BACK IN SCHOOL.

THE TERM IS PRODIGY.
7 LETTERS, 3 SYLLABLES.

I CAN SEE WHY IT MIGHT
GIVE YOU PROBLEMS.

ALWAYS CORRECTING
EVERYBODY ELSE.

ALWAYS THOUGHT
HE WAS

A LITTLE BIT BETTER
THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.

NEVER GOT ALONG
WITH ANYBODY.

BURIED IN BOOKS.

SHE TOLD YOU ALL THIS?

NO. JUST THE FIRST PART.

SEE, I GOT A SPECIAL WAY
OF LOOKING AT PEOPLE.

I CAN TELL A LOT ABOUT
SOMEBODY JUST FROM HIS FACE.

AND WHAT ELSE DOES
MY FACE TELL YOU?

YOU STILL OWE ME
ANOTHER 50 GRAND.

NO. YOU WILL GET BACK
WHAT SHE BORROWED,

NOTHING MORE.
THE REST IS EXTORTION.

AND FROM NOW ON,
YOU WILL STAY AWAY FROM HER.

REALLY? OR WHAT?

OR YOU WILL INHERIT
A WORLD OF TROUBLE.

MAX, DID YOU FALL ON
YOUR HEAD OR SOMETHING?

YOU'RE ACTUALLY
THREATENING ME?

NO.

I NEVER THREATEN.

TAKE THE 50, GO HOME,
DECLARE VICTORY.

IT'S THE BEST OFFER
YOU'RE GOING TO GET.

GAMES.

HE LIKES TO PLAY GAMES.
THAT'S GREAT.

I LOVE GAMES.

GIVE ME A CHANNEL
BACK HOME.

AND SO...
THE MOST HOLY...

APPEARED TO OUR PEOPLE

500 OF YOUR YEARS AGO.

HE DECLARED
THAT THOSE OF US

WHO WERE WITHOUT SIN,

WHO WERE
WITHOUT CORRUPTION,

WOULD BE LED
TO A PROMISED LAND.

AND THAT WOULD BE
LORKA 7.

EXACTLY.

AND THERE WE FOUND

THE GREAT MACHINES
AND SECRETS AND MYSTERIES

THAT WERE TO BE
REVEALED ONLY TO US.

THE MOST HOLY...

HAD TURNED HIS ANGER
AGAINST THOSE

WHO HAD LIVED THERE
BEFORE US

AND DEEMED THEM
UNWORTHY

OF HIS BOUNTY.

PROPHECY STATES
THAT IT IS OURS

AS LONG AS WE
WHO LIVE THERE

REMAIN PURE AND
WITHOUT CORRUPTION.

YES.

I STILL HAVEN'T
HEARD A REASON

WHY WE CAN'T LAND
ON YOUR WORLD.

WELL--

WE HAVE MAINTAINED
OUR PURITY AS A PEOPLE

BY INSURING THAT NO...

OUTSIDERS COME
TO OUR WORLD.

IF WE WERE TO
ALLOW YOU TO LAND,

WE RISK DESTROYING ALL

THAT THE MOST HOLY
HAS GIVEN US.

THEN HOW CAN YOU COME HERE
AND LIVE ON BABYLON 5?

I MEAN, AREN'T YOU WORRIED
WE MIGHT CORRUPT YOU

JUST AS EASILY HERE
AS BACK HOME?

NO. NO, NO, NO.

IT IS NOT WE

WHO ARE
AT ISSUE HERE.

WE ARE
ABOVE CORRUPTION.

ABOVE TEMPTATION.

BECAUSE OF
OUR OWN PURITY,

WE MAY WALK AMONGST YOU
WITHOUT BEING AFFECTED.

BUT IF YOU WERE
TO COME TO OUR WORLD,

WITH ALL OF YOUR...

IMPURITIES...

AND YOUR INNATE
CORRUPTION,

YOU WOULD TAINT LORKA 7,
DESTROY THE COVENANT

OF THE MOST HOLY!

AND OUR PEOPLE
WOULD FALL FROM GRACE.

SO YOU SEE...

WE FEEL
FOR YOUR PEOPLE...

BUT THERE IS NOTHING
THAT CAN BE DONE.

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU, MAX!
HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO ME?

[LAUGHS] DO WHAT?

YOU ASKED ME TO HELP,
I HELPED.

ALL I NEEDED
WAS THE MONEY.

I DIDN'T ASK YOU
TO INTERFERE.

YOU CAN'T EXPECT ME TO
HAND OVER 100,000 CREDITS.

THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT YOU GOT YOURSELF INTO.

I DIDN'T DO IT.

I CAME UP
TO THE PLATE HERE.

I GAVE HIM 50,000 CREDITS
OF MY OWN MONEY

FOR YOUR SAKE.

WHY--WHY AM I GETTING
BEAT UP HERE?

OH, PLEASE, MAX.
YOU'RE NOT THE ONE

WHO'S GOING TO GET
BEAT UP IF--

[BEEP]

YES?

OH, GOD. CYNTHIA,
I AM SORRY.

I JUST TOOK MY EYES
OFF HIM FOR A MINUTE.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT,
DIANE? WHAT HAPPENED?

YOUR CAT.
HE WAS SITTING OUT

ON THE FRONT YARD
SLEEPING,

AND I LOOKED BACK

AND THERE WAS
A SKIMMER DRIVING OFF

AND HE WAS GONE.
HE WAS JUST GONE.

CYNTHIA, I AM SORRY!

AND THEN
A FEW MINUTES AGO,

THIS MAN CALLED,
AND HE SAID

IF YOU DON'T GIVE HIM
ANOTHER 50,000,

FIRST HE KILLS THE CAT,

THEN HE'S COMING
AFTER YOU.

I'M SORRY, DIANE.
I'LL CALL YOU BACK.

WELL, MAX,
ARE YOU HAPPY?

YOU'RE JUST GONNA
WALK OUT THE DOOR, MAX,

JUST LIKE YOU
WALKED OUT BEFORE.

I DIDN'T WALK OUT.
YOU DID.

AND MR. KITTY WAS MY CAT
A HELL OF A LONG TIME

BEFORE YOU EVER WALKED
INTO MY LIFE--

OR OUT OF IT.

EILERSON, EXCALIBUR.

FIND ME DR. CHAMBERS
AND A SHUTTLE.

I'M COMING ABOARD.

[DOOR CHIMES]

OPEN.

I HEARD YOU WERE
LOOKING FOR ME.

YEAH, I JUST
GOT OFF THE LINE

WITH PRESIDENT
SHERIDAN'S OFFICE.

NOW, HE CAN'T MAKE
ANY PROMISES,

BUT THE ALLIANCE
CAN BRING

POLITICAL AND
ECONOMIC PRESSURE

TO BEAR ON
THE LORKANS.

THAT JUST
MIGHT BE ENOUGH

TO MAKE THEM
CHANGE THEIR MIND.

HOW LONG BEFORE
WE HEAR ANYTHING?

A FEW DAYS.

IS THERE ANYPLACE
YOU CAN GO IN THE MEANTIME?

WE'RE CHECKING OUT
SOME LEADS

WITH THE RANGERS, BUT
THERE'S NOTHING SOLID,

AND I'D
RATHER NOT HEAD OUT

JUST TO COME BACK
A FEW DAYS LATER,

SO, UH...LOOKS LIKE I'M
STUCK HERE FOR A WHILE.

LOOKS LIKE.

LISTEN,
I'M OFF DUTY RIGHT NOW.

YOU WANT TO GO OUT,
MAYBE GET SOMETHING TO EAT?

OH, I CAN'T.

I GOT PAPERWORK
STACKED UP 3 LEVELS,

THEY'RE SCREAMING AT ME

FOR THE REVISIONS TO
THIS WEEK'S STATUS REPORTS...

NO, I UNDERSTAND.
WE BOTH GOT...

OTHER THINGS
WE SHOULD BE DOING.

ALL THIS NONSENSE
ABOUT THE LORKANS.

I JUST WISH THEY
WEREN'T BEING SO...

DAMNED UNREASONABLE.

WELL, I WOULDN'T
CALL THEM...

UNREASONABLE.

YOU WOULDN'T?

I MEAN, YOU JUST DON'T
UNDERSTAND THEIR CULTURE,

THEIR SOCIAL DYNAMICS.

AND YOU DO?

WELL, YEAH,
I THINK SO.

AT LEAST A LITTLE
BETTER THAN YOU DO.

I MEAN, BE PRACTICAL.

OUT THERE IN THAT SHIP,
YOU'RE ISOLATED.

YOU'RE LIVING IN A BUBBLE.

AT LEAST I DEAL WITH
THESE PEOPLE ON A DAILY BASIS.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT YOU KNOW THEM.

YOU LIVE IN A BUBBLE
JUST AS MUCH AS I DO.

ONLY DIFFERENCE IS
YOURS IS MADE UP

OF SEVERAL
HUNDRED LEVELS

OF BUREAUCRACY,
CLOSED DOORS...

THAT UNIFORM.

I'M DEALING WITH
THESE PEOPLE

ON THEIR OWN WORLDS,

NOT IN A SAFE CONTROLLED
ENVIRONMENT.

SO IF I'M OUT OF TOUCH,

YOU'RE EVEN MORE
OUT OF TOUCH.

REALLY?
REALLY.

IF YOU REALLY
WANT TO UNDERSTAND

WHAT'S GOING ON
OUT THERE,

I SAY
LOSE THE UNIFORM

AND GO TAKE A LOOK
OUTSIDE.

OH, COME ON.

EVEN IF I GO OUT
WITHOUT THE UNIFORM,

I'LL BE RECOGNIZED.

MAYBE, AND MAYBE THAT'S
WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO THINK.

I WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE
THE MAYOR OF MY TOWN

IF HE CAME UP AND
BIT ME ON THE ANKLE.

TELL YOU WHAT...
I'VE GOT 100 CREDITS

SAYS NOBODY WILL EVEN
KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

100 CREDITS.
THAT'S RIGHT.

I'LL EVEN GO ALONG,
KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS.

WHO KNOWS?
YOU MIGHT, UH...

LEARN A THING OR TWO
WALKING AROUND.

HO HO...OH, MISTER,
YOU GOT A DEAL.

WAIT THERE.

[DRUNKEN SHOUTING]

SO, NOW WHAT?

NOW WE WATCH

AS LIFE HAPPENS
ALL AROUND US.

OH, YEAH. THAT.

IT IS AS I SAID, POLIX.

THE MOST HOLY

WILL ALWAYS SHOW US
THE WAY.

WE SHALL ELIMINATE THEM
OURSELVES.

THAT WAY,
NO ONE WILL KNOW.

AND CAPTAIN LOCHLEY?

AS I SAID,

NO ONE WILL KNOW.

HER DEATH WILL BE
UNFORTUNATE,

BUT SHE SHOULD KEEP
BETTER COMPANY.

AHH.

[DOOR CHIMES]

ENTER.

HI.

HI.

I GOT A CALL FROM MAX.

HE ASKED IF I COULD...

STOP BY AND
KEEP YOU COMPANY...

MAKE SURE YOU WERE OK.

FIGURES.

MAX ALWAYS FINDS
SOMEONE TO DO

WHAT HE
SHOULD BE DOING.

LOOK, MS. ALLEN--
CYNTHIA--

I'M NOT
A FAN OF HIS, EITHER.

I HAVE TO WORK
WITH HIM EVERY DAY,

AND AT LEAST HALF THE TIME,
I'D LIKE TO STRANGLE HIM.

EVEN SO...

I THINK YOU'RE BEING
A LITTLE HARD ON HIM.

HE DID HELP OUT.

AND HE DID SEND ME.

A DOCTOR.

WHEN THIS IS OVER,

I'LL NEED A MORTICIAN,
NOT A DOCTOR.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,
HE SHOULD'VE SENT

A SQUADRON OF MARINES.

I THINK HE'D LIKE TO KEEP
THIS A PRIVATE MATTER.

AND I MIGHT JUST BE ABLE
TO HELP OUT HERE.

PLEASE.

SO...
AS LONG AS I AM HERE...

WHY DON'T YOU GIVE ME
THE DIRT ON MAX?

I'M SURE THERE'S
A MILLION THINGS

HE DOESN'T WANT
ANYBODY TO KNOW ABOUT.

Gideon: SEE, THIS IS
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

IT'S GOOD TO GET OUT,
GET A CHANGE OF SCENERY,

SEE PLACES YOU NORMALLY
WOULDN'T GO ANYWHERE NEAR.

MMM.

NOW, THIS IS LIFE THE WAY
I HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT,

AND FRANKLY, THE WAY
I PREFER TO DEAL WITH IT.

RAW, UNFILTERED,
IN YOUR FACE.

YOU'RE GETTING
A SENSE OF...

OF THE WAY
PEOPLE REALLY LIVE,

YOU KNOW? THE WAY--

A SANDWICH?

UH...MM...

NO. I DON'T THINK SO.

SOME THINGS
EVEN I WON'T TOUCH.

I'LL HAVE THE USUAL.

IT'S ALWAYS A MISTAKE
TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS

ABOUT PEOPLE
YOU'VE JUST MET.

I COME HERE
ALL THE TIME.

THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU--

BECAUSE I COULD USE
THE 100 CREDITS,

WHICH, AS OF NOW,
YOU OWE ME.

THAT'S ONLY IF
YOU GOT RECOGNIZED.

HERE IT IS,
CAPTAIN LOCHLEY.

THANK YOU.

THAT'LL BE 100 CREDITS.

YOU CHEATED.

ABSOLUTELY.

I LIKE THAT.

Gideon:
SO WHAT'S DOWN HERE?

Lochley: NOTHING.

NO BABCOM UNITS,
NO STAFF,

NO...AMBASSADORS,
NO NOTHING.

THAT'S THE POINT.

EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE,
WHEN THE POLITICS

AND THE NONSENSE
GET TO BE TOO MUCH,

I COME DOWN HERE.

I GET MYSELF
A BARBECUED BEEF SANDWICH...

OR WHATEVER THIS IS...

AND I JUST SIT.

I GIVE MYSELF
ONE FULL HOUR

WHERE NOBODY CAN FIND ME,
NOBODY CAN BOTHER ME,

WHERE IT'S JUST...

QUIET.

AFTER I'VE HAD
MY ONE HOUR OF PEACE...

I CAN HANDLE
JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.

I THINK YOU NEED THAT
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

ON MY PLANET,
WE CALL IT SLEEP.

MMM, NO.

SLEEP DOESN'T COUNT.
WANT SOME?

SEE, IF YOU
JUST GO TO SLEEP,

THEN YOU CLOSE
YOUR EYES ON TROUBLE,

AND THEN YOU OPEN THEM UP
AGAIN ON TROUBLE.

NO, YOU GOT TO HAVE
CONSCIOUS TIME

TO REALLY
APPRECIATE SILENCE.

YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT'S NOT BAD.

BEST YOU'LL FIND
ON THE STATION.

WHATEVER IT IS.

[LAUGHS]

SO IF YOU ALWAYS
COME DOWN HERE

AND YOU COULD'VE SHUT DOWN
MY ROUTINE AT ANY TIME--

WHICH, BY THE WAY,
WAS PRETTY TRANSPARENT.

THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU?

BECAUSE IT WAS MORE FUN
TO PLAY IT OUT.

HA HA! BECAUSE THE LOOK
ON YOUR FACE WAS WORTH IT.

AND BECAUSE I THINK
PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ME

NEED TO MAKE UP
SOME EXCUSE

TO DO THE THINGS
THAT OTHER PEOPLE DO

WITHOUT EVEN
THINKING ABOUT IT.

SO WE GET TO BE
CO-CONSPIRATORS

FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

I CAN LIVE WITH THAT...

GIVEN THE COMPANY.

[SNIFFS]

DO YOU SMELL SOMETHING?

OZONE.

WHAT THE HELL
WAS THAT?

SOME ALIEN WEAPONS USE
A HELL OF A LOT OF ENERGY

TO BUILD UP RIGHT
BEFORE THEY FIRE.

SMELLS LIKE OZONE.

LOCHLEY TO C&C.
[STATIC]

GIDEON, EXCALIBUR.
[STATIC]

WE'RE BEING JAMMED.

YOU DON'T HAVE
A GUN ON YOU, DO YOU?

I HAD TO CHECK MINE
AT CUSTOMS.

NO. I NEVER NEEDED ONE DOWN
HERE UNTIL YOU CAME ALONG.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH--

OZONE.

AFTER A WHILE, YOU...

JUST STOP HAVING THINGS
TO TALK ABOUT.

SILENCES GET LONGER
AND MORE AWKWARD...

UNTIL ONE DAY...

YOU JUST KNOW
YOU HAVE TO LEAVE.

I DID.

SILENCE ISN'T
USUALLY A WORD

I ASSOCIATE WITH MAX.

THAT'S JUST
A SMOKESCREEN.

OH, HE'LL TALK
YOUR EAR OFF ABOUT WORK,

TRIVIAL THINGS.

BUT NOT THE REALLY
IMPORTANT THINGS.

SOMETIMES I THINK
HE JUST DOESN'T KNOW HOW.

HE WAS ONE OF
THOSE TOO-BRIGHT KIDS

WHO JUMPED THROUGH
ALL THE ACADEMIC HOOPS,

BUT...NEVER MADE ANY FRIENDS
ALONG THE WAY.

MOST OF HIS LIFE
WAS EITHER SPENT ALONE

OR GETTING BEAT UP
FOR BEING TOO SMART.

THEY'D POUND HIM,

AND HE'D COME BACK
WITH SOME SMART REMARK,

AND THEY'D POUND HIM AGAIN,

AND HE'D BE THIS SMEAR
ON THE PAVEMENT,

STILL MOUTHING OFF.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE HIM.

HE NEVER HAD
ANYBODY, REALLY.

UNTIL ME.

AND THE COMPANY.

WITH INTERPLANETARY
EXPEDITIONS,

HIS INTELLIGENCE
WAS FINALLY APPRECIATED

FOR WHAT IT WAS.

AND HE BECAME
A...COMPANY MAN.

HEAD TO TOE.

AND THAT'S
WHEN I LOST HIM.

[DOOR CHIMES]

WHO IS IT?

MAXIMILIAN.

ENTER.

HELLO, LOVE.

HANDY LITTLE THINGS,
THESE RECORDERS.

CARRY 'EM WITH ME
WHEREVER I GO.

NEVER KNOW WHEN
YOU'LL NEED ONE.

GET AWAY FROM ME.

NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

WE'RE GONNA NEGOTIATE.

NOW, I THINK WE CAN FIND
SOMETHING FOR YOU TO DO

TO HELP BRING DOWN
THAT REMAINING 50,000

YOU OWE ME.

MAYBE EVEN BRING
YOUR CAT BACK,

BEFORE I HAVE HIM
STUFFED AND MOUNTED.

WE CAN'T LET THEM KEEP
PUSHING US TOWARD THE HULL.

THE FURTHER WE GO THIS WAY,

THE LESS CHANCE THERE IS
OF GETTING HELP.

THEN WE'RE GONNA
HAVE TO STOP 'EM HERE.

THE ONLY ADVANTAGE
WE GOT GOING RIGHT NOW

IS THAT I DON'T THINK
THESE ARE PROFESSIONALS.

A GOOD SHOT WOULD'VE TAKEN
US OUT LONG BEFORE NOW.

YEAH, BUT WHAT
THEY LACK IN ACCURACY,

THEY'RE MAKING UP FOR
IN ENTHUSIASM.

I THINK I HAVE AN IDEA.

[BEEPING]

HYAH!
UNH!

DON'T SHOOT.
I'M UNARMED.

LOOK, THERE'S
NO REASON FOR THIS.

WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

WHERE IS GIDEON?

HE WENT THAT WAY.

BUT HE'S HURT
REALLY BAD.

MOST UNWISE.

THIS WAY. MOVE!

YOU OK?

YEAH, I THINK SO.

WHEN THE DRAZI ASKED ME
HOW ROUGH THEY SHOULD BE

WHEN THEY TOOK YOU DOWN
AND BROUGHT YOU HERE,

I DIDN'T WANT
TO BE PUSHY,

SO I LEFT IT TO
THEIR OWN DISCRETION,

BUT...I FORGOT.

IN THE DRAZI LANGUAGE,

THERE IS NO EQUIVALENT
WORD FOR DISCRETION.

I'VE HANDLED WORSE.

AND IF YOU THINK THIS IS
GONNA GET ME TO BACK OFF,

YOU'RE WRONG.

I WANT WHAT I WANT.

I WANT WHAT'S
COMING TO ME,

AND UNLESS YOU FIGURE
ON KILLING ME,

I'M GONNA GET IT.

AND HER.

HOW DO YOU KNOW
I WON'T KILL YOU?

YOU'D HAVE DONE IT
BY NOW.

YEAH, LIKE
I SAID BEFORE...

I CAN READ
A MAN'S FACE.

YOU DON'T HAVE
THE STONES FOR IT.

ALL YOU'VE DONE IS MAKE
THE SITUATION WORSE.

FOR HER AND YOU.

SOONER OR LATER, I'M COMING
AFTER THE BOTH OF YOU.

THERE'S NOT A DAMN THING
YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.

NOT NECESSARILY.

SMILE.

AAH!

GET IT OFF ME!

I WOULDN'T--I WOULDN'T
PULL TOO HARD ON THAT.

FOR STARTERS,
IT'S SEAMLESS.

IT'S MADE OUT OF
SOME ALIEN MATERIAL

THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE
TO ANALYZE YET,

BUT IT DOES RESIST
LASERS AND ACIDS,

SO ANYTHING YOU
WOULD DO TO TAKE IT OFF

WOULD PROBABLY KILL YOU
IN THE PROCESS.

WHAT IS THIS THING?

I FOUND THIS ON A WORLD...

OUT ON THE DEEP RANGE.

IT'S AT LEAST
1,000 YEARS OLD,

AND FROM WHAT I CAN TELL,

IT WAS PROBABLY USED
TO CONTROL PRISONERS

DURING TRANSPORTATION.

LET ME SHOW YOU.

[CLANG]

ONCE IN PLACE,

THE GUARDS SET
THE PERIMETERS WITH THESE.

YOU COME WITHIN 10 FEET
OF ONE OF THESE...

I'M GIVING ONE OF
THESE TO CYNTHIA.

I'M KEEPING ONE FOR MYSELF.

SO THAT IF YOU COME
NEAR EITHER ONE OF US,

WELL...

THE RESULTS ARE OBVIOUS.

THESE ARE ALSO SET TO
BE DETONATED MANUALLY,

SO IF ANYTHING HAPPENS
TO EITHER HER OR ME,

ALL SOMEONE HAS TO DO

IS PUSH IN A 4-DIGIT CODE.

YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT ME.

I'M NOT A KILLER.

NOT IF I CAN AVOID IT.

BUT...

IN THIS CASE, I DON'T
HAVE TO DO ANYTHING,

BECAUSE IF YOU COME
NEAR EITHER ONE OF US

OR BOTHER US,

YOU WILL BE
YOUR OWN EXECUTIONER.

SO YOU WILL NOW GO BACK

UNDER WHATEVER ROCK
YOU CLIMBED OUT FROM.

YOU WILL LEAVE
MY WIFE ALONE.

YOU WILL LEAVE ME ALONE.

AND YOU WILL
RETURN MY CAT,

SAFE AND SOUND.

NOT ONLY THAT, YOU WILL
BATHE AND GROOM HIM,

BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW
WHERE HE'S BEEN,

AND I DON'T WANT HIM
COMING BACK WITH ANYTHING.

IS THAT CLEAR?

NOW GET OUT.

THAT WAY.

YOU'RE A REAL
PIECE OF WORK, MAX.

OH, YEAH...

IN CASE
YOU HAVEN'T HEARD,

SHE'S NOT YOUR WIFE
ANYMORE.

I KNOW.

OH! I HATE THIS.

I'VE GOT TO
TAKE A SHOWER.

Gideon: ME, TOO.

IT'LL TAKE HOURS TO
VIBE THIS STUFF OFF.

OH, NO. I HAVE GOT
A REAL WATER SHOWER.

YOU DO?

REAL HONEST-TO-GOD
HOT RUNNING WATER?

YEAH, BUT
YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT

WHILE IT RECYCLES.

IT'S OK. I CAN WAIT.

I GOT TO GET
MY ADRENALINE DOWN, ANYWAY.

YEAH. ME, TOO.

I'M STILL BUZZING
FROM HEAD TO TOE.

MAKES YOU FEEL ALIVE,
DOESN'T IT?

YEAH...

AHH...
IT DOES.

WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT
TO RECYCLE THE WATER.

WE COULD SHARE.

ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE.

WASTE NOT, WANT NOT.

ABSOLUTELY.

[WATER RUNNING]

AND I WAS IN THE BACK ROOM

WHEN I HEARD
SOMEONE PULL OUT IN FRONT.

WELL, I BARELY
GOT OUT IN TIME

TO SEE A SKIMMER
PULLING AWAY,

AND THERE WAS A BOX
ON THE FRONT STEP.

AND AT FIRST I WAS
AFRAID OF THE WORST,

BUT WHEN I OPENED IT,
CYNTHIA,

MR. KITTY IS BACK,
AND HE IS JUST FINE.

OH, THANK GOODNESS.

THEY EVEN BATHED HIM.

BATHED HIM?

I ASKED POLITELY.

MANNERS MAKETH THE MAN,
AFTER ALL.

ANYWAY, I HAVE TO GO.

THE KIDS ARE SCREAMING
FOR DINNER.

GO ON. I'LL CALL YOU
WHEN I GET IN.

OK.

AFTER YOU LEFT
EARLIER,

I WAS THINKING,
AND...

WELL, I JUST WANT
TO SAY I'M SORRY FOR

LAYING INTO YOU
THE WAY I DID.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

I HATE CALLING YOU
FOR HELP ALL THE TIME.

IT'S JUST ROUGH
SOMETIMES.

THAT'S ALL.

SOMETIMES I WONDER
WHY YOU EVEN BOTHER

PICKING UP THE CALL.

I PICK UP THE CALL
BECAUSE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE,

I HAVE LOVED 3 THINGS--
MY WORK, THAT DAMNED CAT...

AND YOU.

PATHETIC, ISN'T IT?

GOOD-BYE, CYNTHIA.

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.

YOU, TOO, MAX.

[SIGHS]

SO YOU SEE,

ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO
SPEAK WITH RIS AND POLIX,

WE WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHY
THEY TRIED TO KILL YOU.

APPARENTLY,
FOR SEVERAL YEARS,

THEY HAD BEEN SELLING
THE TECHNOLOGY

WE FOUND ON LORKA 7
TO ALIEN RACES

AND KEEPING THE PROFITS
FOR THEMSELVES.

THEY WERE AFRAID
THAT IF YOU CAME

AND BEGAN INVESTIGATING
OUR WORLD,

YOU WOULD DISCOVER
THEIR ACTIVITIES.

I'M SORRY
TO HEAR THAT.

NOT AS SORRY AS WE ARE.

WE HAD SENT THEM HERE
AS EMISSARIES,

NOT JUST OF OUR PEOPLE,

BUT OF THE MOST HOLY...

AS TWO EXAMPLES OF OUR OWN MORAL
AND ETHICAL SUPERIORITY.

IF THE LEADERS
OF OUR RELIGION

CANNOT MAINTAIN
THEIR VOWS

IN THE FACE
OF TEMPTATION,

IF THEY DO NOT EMBODY
ALL THE PRINCIPLES

THEY TELL OTHERS
TO OBEY,

THEN PERHAPS
IT IS TIME TO QUESTION

WHETHER OR NOT
THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS FLAWED.

WHAT TEMPTATION?

UH...THEY ARE SAYING

IT WAS BEING EXPOSED
TO YOUR CORRUPTION

THAT LED TO THEIR DOWNFALL.

THEN WE'RE RIGHT BACK
WHERE WE STARTED.

WE CAN'T LAND BECAUSE
WE'RE NOT MORALLY PERFECT.

OH, NO. I HAVE SPOKEN
TO OUR LEADERS BACK HOME,

AND THEY WANT YOU TO COME.

YES, THEY WANT YOU
TO LAND ON OUR WORLD

AND MOVE FREELY AMONG US.

SEE? THEY'VE DECIDED

WE'RE NOT AS BAD
AS THEY THOUGHT.

NOT CORRECT.

MUCH THE OPPOSITE,
IN FACT.

WHAT IS MORAL SUPERIORITY
WITHOUT TEMPTATION?

WITHOUT SOMETHING
TO TEST OUR FAITH,

WE HAVE GROWN COMPLACENT,

AND WE HAVE SEEN
THE RESULTS

WITH THE TWO
WHO TRIED TO KILL YOU.

NO. INTERACTING WITH A SPECIES
AS CORRUPT AS YOURS

WILL BE THE SUPREME TEST
OF OUR FAITH.

THANK YOU.

I WILL TELL THEM TO
PREPARE FOR YOUR ARRIVAL.

IN THE NAME OF
THE MOST HOLY...

GOOD DAY.

CAN I SMACK HIM,
JUST ONCE?

[LAUGHS] NO.

I NEVER GET TO HAVE
ANY FUN.

OH. SORRY.

ALMOST NEVER
GET TO HAVE ANY FUN.

UH, SPEAKING OF WHICH--

AND I THINK WE SHOULD
BEFORE YOU LEAVE...

I'M STILL NOT
ENTIRELY CERTAIN

HOW THINGS WENT SO FAST
BETWEEN US.

IT'S REALLY
NOT LIKE ME TO, UH,

WELL...ANYWAY, UM,

I MEAN, I DON'T REGRET
THAT IT HAPPENED--

NEITHER DO I.

I JUST DON'T WANT YOU
TO GET THE WRONG IMPRESSION.

I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS
WHOLE PLACE, AND, UH...

I'M NOT LOOKING TO GET INTO
A RELATIONSHIP RIGHT NOW.

I'M NOT LOOKING
TO COMMIT TO ANYTHING.

I JUST, UH...

I JUST HOPE
YOU UNDERSTAND.

ABSOLUTELY.
I'M IN THE SAME SITUATION.

IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

WELL, GOOD.

AND THAT'S NICE
OF YOU TO SAY.

I'M NOT SAYING IT
JUST TO SAY IT.

I'M SAYING IT
BECAUSE THAT'S...

WHAT I'M SAYING.
THAT'S ALL.

GOOD. THAT'S...

THAT'S GOOD.

SO, UM...

YOU WANT TO GET
SOMETHING TO EAT

BEFORE YOU LEAVE?

I KNOW
A GREAT PLACE.

LOVE TO.

[DOOR CHIMES]

YES?

DELIVERY FOR YOU,
MR. EILERSON.

ENTER.

[DOOR OPENS]

THANK YOU.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Cynthia: I DIDN'T KNOW IF
YOU HAD A PICTURE OF MR. KITTY.

FIGURED YOU'D LIKE ONE.

CYNTHIA.

[CHUCKLING]

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