ALEX BABY BIG_MAN_1 BIG_MAN_2 BOB CAROL CREEM CREW_GUY DESAI DR_WEISS DUTCH EICHHORST EPH FARAN FEMALE_ASSISTANT FEMALE_GUARD FLORES GUS HOLLAND JASON MAN MAN_2 MARCUS MARTA NADIA NARRATOR NURSE RAFI RAUL RICCI ROACH ROSALINDA SELAH SETRAKIAN SOPHIE THE_MASTER WAITER WOMAN NARRATOR Previously on "The Strain" DESAI You find it a bit of an insult you're being asked to be a "baby vessel." I want you to work for me. Be my special liaison between myself and the ward. DUTCH So you want me to be the mouthpiece for your bullshit? DESAI Excuse me? SETRAKIAN It seems your operation has expanded. GUS Yeah, I got a new partner now. You remember Creem. EPH If you could find a way to put something poisonous into that blood, you could take out thousands of strigoi and they wouldn't know what hit them. THE MASTER Over 2,000 of our brethren were poisoned. Tainted blood from one of our trucks. ALEX These are all towns in Pennsylvania. EPH What the hell are they up to? EICHHORST These terrorists will be hunted down and destroyed. DESAI Mm, that's so good. Thank you. WAITER Ma'am? DESAI Selah. SELAH No, thank you. DESAI You're not going to eat? SELAH I'm not hungry. DESAI You know, this is the only normal hour of my day. If you could at least pretend to have a good time. SELAH There's nothing normal about having armed guards watching you eat. DESAI You know what? What do you want me to do? This is the safest room in the whole goddamn city for humans. Do I ask anything in return? No. All I want- all I need is, I dunno, a couple of minutes where we just pretend that- EICHHORST Mr. Desai. DESAI Mr. Eichhorst. You know my wife, Selah. EICHHORST Frau Desai, of course. SELAH I'll give you two some privacy. EICHHORST No, no, no. Please, stay. Don't mind me. Eat. I insist. I stopped by your office and was surprised you weren't there. I trust this means everything is in order. DESAI Yes, actually, it is. The delivery room is fully equipped. Staff all been briefed. We've taken every possible measure to ensure the safety and well-being of the mother. EICHHORST Excellent. And afterwards? DESAI Well, it's as we discussed. EICHHORST I'm not talking about to the baby, Mr. Desai, I'm talking about the mothers. Everything is going to change the moment this first child is born. Surely you have a plan for dealing for their reactions. DESAI Honestly, Sir, I don't see how it's going to be so different. EICHHORST Perhaps you should have your wife explain it to you. Or perhaps I take something important from you to help you better understand. DESAI That won't be necessary, sir. EICHHORST Good. Because I confess, I'm more than a little disappointed in your progress. DESAI We're delivering our first baby nine months almost to the day. I don't know how we could have done it any faster or better. EICHHORST No? Well, what if you harvested the babies earlier? Say, seven or eight months instead of nine? Perhaps even as early as six, provided it's an acceptable size. SELAH I think I'm going to leave- EICHHORST Sit! Then if you shorten the recovery time for the mothers, each of them would produce nearly two babies per year instead of one. That would almost double your output, would it not? DESAI That's highly optimistic and well outside the margins for safety. EICHHORST Yes. DESAI But, yes, it's possible. EICHHORST Shall I do more of your thinking for you? DESAI No, sir. EICHHORST Good. Look around, Mr. Desai. Every single person in this room serves a purpose. That's why they're allowed to dine here. If you can't fulfill your purpose, I will find someone who can. DESAI I understand. ROSALINDA Him? Are you serious? DUTCH Check his belt. Willy Wonka's golden ticket. It opens every door in this facility. ROSALINDA That's great, but how are you going to get it? We can't even go to the bathroom after what happened last time without a chaperone. DUTCH I'm working on it. FEMALE ASSISTANT Miranda. Report upstairs immediately. DESAI So, I'm gonna need your help with something, Miranda. DUTCH I told you, I'm not interested. DESAI Um, this isn't a request. Sophie's going in for a C-section tomorrow. And it's going to be a very emotional time for her. DUTCH Yeah, especially when you take her baby away. I'm not an idiot. What're you gonna do with it? DESAI Baby's going to be well taken care of. DUTCH But not here. And not by her. DESAI No. Babies born in this facility are raised by non-B+ people because that's their job. Sophie's job, and the rest of the women here, is to have more B+ babies to increase the percentage of the population. DUTCH She's gonna freak out. DESAI That's where you come in. See. Sophie trusts you. So, you're going to be right there by her side every step of the way, you're going to reassure her everything's fine. And you tell her that her baby's in the best of hands. DUTCH I'm not gonna to do that. I'm not gonna lie for you. DESAI Miranda, look, I know that this place--it's not really your idea of paradise. But, you gotta believe me, there are places out there that would be a living hell for a girl like you. So, turn me down again, and that's exactly where you're going. DUTCH What am I gonna do? If I say yes, then I am just as bad as he is. And if I say no, he's going to send me away. ROSALINDA You have to do it. DUTCH I can't be part of this. ROSALINDA It doesn't matter whether you're part of it or not. He's gonna do it anyway. If you turn him down, he'll just find somebody else to take your place. You'll get shipped out to God knows where and nobody'll ever hear from you again. And for what? DUTCH I get to keep my soul. ROSALINDA Look, you only have to do it long enough to get your hands on a key card. Right? Just do what he says. ROACH Hey, how's it going? NADIA It's quiet. No strigs all morning. ROACH See ya. NADIA Hey there. ALEX Nadia. NADIA Thank you. JASON So, I'm gonna grab a couple a guys, grab another truck tonight. Eph. EPH They'll be guarding those supply lines closer than ever now. Besides, they're onto something new. Something big. It's here. I just have to figure out what it is. JASON Well, how long is that gonna take? EPH I don't know. JASON Eph, we got 'em on the ropes, man. They're turning everyone they can, just to try and find us. We can't just sit back twiddling our thumbs while you play Sherlock Holmes. ALEX Jason! Give the guy a break, will you? Have some breakfast. JASON I'm not hungry. ALEX Irrelevant. EPH Thank you. It's hard to concentrate with Che Guevara up my ass. ALEX Find anything? EPH There's a shipment tonight a few miles from here. I want to see it for myself. ALEX I'll go with you after you eat. EPH What if I'm not hungry either? ALEX One omelet, coming up. God knows when we'll run across real eggs again. ROACH Oh, shit! EPH We gotta move! Go! Go! Go! JASON Get em'. Come on. They want to turn us! Don't let them sting you! ALEX Eph? Jason! NO! JASON Do it. It's okay, Sis. ALEX JASON You make 'em pay. EPH We have to go. EPH We can watch from here. ALEX GUS You ever fire one of these? RAUL My dad had a .38. We used to shoot bottles on the river bank. GUS There's a big difference between shootin' at a bottle and shootin' at a person. First of all, the bottle doesn't shoot back. Never point at anything you're not ready to kill. RAUL What else do I need to know? Like, are there rules? GUS Rules? Look, these guys are gonna give you shit. Keep your head down, stay ready. And remember ... this is just a tool. This is your real weapon. And when it's time to pull the trigger, you don't hesitate or you're dead. Do you understand? GUS What are you doing? Hey, hey, hey. What are you doing? MARCUS I'm hungry. GUS You already got your cut. If it's on the table, it's merchandise. RAFI Need some help. GUS Rafi! Rafi! CREEM What the hell happened? RAFI GUS What happened? RAFI I was making my deliveries got jumped. GUS By who? By who? RAFI Two guys came outta nowhere. Said it was their spot now took all my shit. GUS Let me get a towel. Let me get a towel! You're gonna be all right? Just relax, okay? All right? RAFI Gus- GUS There's no way two guys pull a move like that without backup. CREEM So you're sayin' there are more? GUS Hundred percent. It's not gonna be enough just to take out two of 'em. I'm gonna find their nest, and we're gonna burn that damn thing to the ground. CREEM I like the sound of that. GUS I'll be back. RAUL Any idea what they look like? GUS Well, I talked to some customers. They say the new guy has a black and grey beard. RAUL Like that guy over there? GUS Yeah. Just like that. RAUL What do we do now? GUS Go back to Creem, tell him to hold on. I'm on it. I'm gonna follow this rat to its nest. DUTCH What am I supposed to do, exactly? DR WEISS Keep her company until it's time for her spinal. Answer her questions, allay her fears. DUTCH How do I answer her questions? DR WEISS Every mother going into a C-section wants to know the same thing, "Am I going to lose the baby?" "What if it gets cut?" "Will it hurt?" The answer is always the same. DUTCH Which is? DR WEISS "There's nothing to worry about. Everything's going to be fine." And Miranda. She won't believe it if you don't. SOPHIE Where's Dr. Weiss? DUTCH She's getting ready for surgery. You're stuck with me for now. SOPHIE Great. DUTCH Come on, I'm not totally useless. What's going on? SOPHIE That's just it. I don't know. I have been asking for the doctor and, what, she doesn't have like five minutes to talk to me? I'm having a baby for Christ's sake. It's like they don't even care anymore. DUTCH I'm sure they care, Soph. SOPHIE I'm just nervous. I know it's a horrible thing, what they are doing to us. But I can't help it. This baby is the only family I have left in the world and I just want to make sure that everything is okay. DUTCH I'm sure there's nothing to worry about. Everything's gonna be fine. NURSE We're going begin your epidural in just a few minutes. Miranda, you're gonna have to scrub in. SOPHIE How long will the operation take? NURSE Why, you have somewhere better to be? SOPHIE All the bedside manner of a tarantula. DUTCH She reminds me of my grandma. Ruth. She was a cold-blooded bitch, too. SOPHIE It's a pretty name, though. Ruth. DUTCH Dunno. It's a bit "Old Testament" for me. SOPHIE What about Olive? Do you like that name? DUTCH For a cartoon character, sure. SOPHIE It was my mother's name. DUTCH Sorry. SOPHIE Now it'll be her name, too. CAROL Another blank, Bob? You're no fun. DESAI But I need you to stay focused, all right? I can't repeat myself. It's all going to be working. Miranda. What the hell are you doing out here? DUTCH Nurse Ratchet gave me a few minutes. DESAI How's Sophie? DUTCH Peachy. Look, she's scared and emotional, and everything sucks. But she's going to be fine. DESAI I understand. This is very difficult on you. But you gotta believe me, this is for the greater good. You'll see when it's all over. I'll show you my gratitude, okay? Take five minutes. DUTCH Hey. CAROL I never said four weeks. BOB You did too. CAROL I said Yahoo. BOB Same thing. MARTA Why don't you get your boyfriend to put something new on the TV. DUTCH Boyfriend? Marta. You're kidding, right? MARTA You know, I'm usually a pretty good judge of character. But I was wrong about you. I thought you were one of the smart ones. That you got it. No. Here you are, chatting him up. Getting called to the office for closed-door meetings. DUTCH It's not like that. MARTA I hope it's worth the rug burns. DUTCH Go to hell. You know what? Believe what you want. I'm trying to help. MARTA Cut the bullshit, Miranda. Only person you're helping here is yourself. EPH They're emptying the entire building. I've never seen them do that before. Usually it's squatters or people living off the grid. ALEX Thank you, Baby Jesus. EPH Food? ALEX Even better. Alcohol. EPH No, thanks. ALEX Come on, have a drink with me. EPH I can't. ALEX Eph, after the day I had, I think you owe it me. EPH I really can't. ALEX Oh. Got it. How long? EPH Nine months. Four days. Ever since Illumination Day. ALEX Sorry. If I would have known, I wouldn't have- EPH It's all right. It really is. I'd love to. But I don't deserve it. ALEX Well, I do, if you don't mind. EPH Knock yourself out. But I can say from experience, it's not gonna help. ALEX Great. You're an expert on this, too. EPH Enough to know what you're going through right now. ALEX I doubt it. EPH You're feeling guilty. Feeling angry. Mostly at yourself. Because you spent all that time fighting and you thought maybe you could make a difference, and now you're back at square one. And you've lost your brother. And your team. And now you're wondering what was the point? Of any of it. I told you. I've been there. You and Jason re-lit a fire in me that I thought had gone out. ALEX What is it? EPH There's a lot I haven't told you about what happened in New York. The explosion, the counter strikes, the nuclear winter all of it happened because of me. ALEX What do you mean? EPH My son. He set off the nuke. ALEX I don't understand. How is that possible? EPH He and his mother had been taken by the Master. She had been turned, so I released her. Zack saw the whole thing. He didn't push the button because he wanted people to die. He did it 'cause he was angry with me. ALEX What happened to him? EPH I went looking for him in the aftermath, but he'd disappeared. ALEX Do you think he's still alive? EPH I don't know. Some days I hope so. But, if I'm being honest there are other days when I think it would be better. EPH I can get you to the SEPTA tunnel. If you want to part ways after that, I understand. ALEX Jason wanted us to make 'em pay. That's what we're gonna do. So, where to? EPH There's something going on here. That wasn't a raid. We're used to blacked-out buses, strigoi enforcers, people screaming, trying to escape. But this was the exact opposite. This was the very definition of a "calm, orderly fashion." ALEX What is that? EPH "Join The Partnership in this exciting new venture. Building sustainable farms for a better, brighter tomorrow. Get out of the city, get back to the land." Recognize the name? ALEX New Horizons. It was on the wall in the transportation office. EPH And the train schedule, too. The units they've been shipping people out of the city. ALEX Why? EPH Well, think about what they've been doing the past nine months. They've built up all this infrastructure for The Partnership, but they haven't been maintaining it. They stopped repurposing materials and repairing vehicles. ALEX Now they're rounding up the workforce, shipping them out. The question is, where? EPH I don't know. But I can tell you one thing. I bet it doesn't look exactly like this. GUS I followed 'em back to an old NYPD Armory. They've got two men guarding the front door. It's reinforced steel, and at least four more inside, maybe more. CREEM Armed? GUS Definitely. With all the stuff they got in there, this'll be the score of the century. CREEM So let's go take it. What's the problem? GUS The problem is they're ex-cops. I recognize 'em from the neighborhood. One of 'em is a beat cop named Flores; the other's a bitch-ass lieutenant named Ricci. CREEM How many total? GUS Six. CREEM Easy. We take out the guards, go in through the front, hit 'em with everything we got. I mean, they can't kill us all, right? GUS You wanna bet? Look, they're ex-cops. That means they're highly trained and armed to the teeth. We gotta be smart about this. CREEM So what's your plan? GUS All right. We go in through this tunnel. There's a section of ductwork that leads up and through the back wall. CREEM Hell with that. We're not crawling in there on our bellies like a bunch a goddamn cockroaches. I mean, they came into our place. They disrespected us. MARCUS That's right. CREEM We're going through the front, like men. GUS Wanna bumrush the front door? That's fine by me. But what are you gonna do about the trip wire? MARCUS What trip wire? GUS Exactly. We don't have any idea what's waiting for us behind that front door. And I don't wanna be the first one down that hallway. Do you? Anybody else wanna volunteer? CREEM All right. We'll go in through the tunnel, then. Shit. GUS Now, this is not gonna be a cake walk. But if we get it right, we're gonna be set for a long time. And we get the sons of bitches that killed Rafi. All right, listen, this is going to be the easiest way into the tunnel. HOLLAND I call. FLORES Pair a nines. HOLLAND You gotta be shitting me. FLORES Come on, cough 'em up. HOLLAND You don't even smoke. FLORES I do now. RICCI All right, guys. I'm out. MARCUS Light 'em up. BIG MAN 1 BIG MAN 2 We got company! Taking fire! Vito's down! MARCUS Damn. BIG MAN 2 Need backup, yesterday! RICCI 10-4. Come on, let's go! Let's move, let's move, let's go! FARAN RICCI Shit! FARAN CREW GUY Holy shit! Woo! GUS Hey, you did what you had to do. CREW GUY My man Gus. The man with the plan. DR WEISS Do you feel any pain? SOPHIE Just a little pressure. DR WEISS Pressure is normal. SOPHIE What's happening? DR WEISS I'm getting ready to make the second incision. DUTCH Just keep breathing. DR WEISS Making the second incision now. DUTCH Hey, hey, it's all right. SOPHIE I'm scared. DR WEISS There's nothing to be scared of. DUTCH Just try to relax. SOPHIE I can't. DR WEISS Pick up some mayo scissors. DUTCH Tell me about your kitchen. SOPHIE What? DUTCH When you were growing up. Everybody spends a lot of time in their kitchen. What was yours like? SOPHIE Um, it was sunny. My mom painted it yellow. Herself. Like three different times trying to get the right shade. DR WEISS How she doing up there? Vitals stable? DUTCH Close your eyes. NURSE Yes, Doctor. DUTCH Breathe deeply. Tell me what else you remember. DR WEISS Bladder blade and Richardson retractor. SOPHIE I remember the smell. DUTCH What did it smell like? SOPHIE Vegetable soup. That was her favorite. DR WEISS Suction. SOPHIE And she was always playing music. DUTCH What kind of music? SOPHIE Bob Dylan. Simon and Garfunkel. DR WEISS We're ready, Sophie. You're going to feel a slight pull. DUTCH It's okay. DR WEISS Here she comes. Here she is. DUTCH Oh! You did it. You did it! SOPHIE Why isn't she crying? Miranda, why isn't she crying? What's going on? DR WEISS Relax. BABY SOPHIE What does she look like? DUTCH She's beautiful. SOPHIE I want to see. Dr. Weiss? What's going on? Where's Olive? Why can't I see her? DUTCH You're not even gonna show it to her? Dr. Weiss! DR WEISS You have to leave now. We're closing her up. SOPHIE I want to see my baby! DUTCH Show her the goddamn baby! DR WEISS Outside now! Get Miranda out of here! SOPHIE I wanna see my baby! DESAI Goddamn it, Miranda! Come on! What the hell is the problem? What the hell? DR WEISS Miranda. DESAI Jesus. Okay. Easy. Easy, easy, easy. DUTCH Tell them to back off! DESAI Do it! FEMALE GUARD Do it! Do it DUTCH Key card! NOW! DUTCH Which way? DESAI I can help you. Listen to me! Bitch. Did you honestly think I was going to let you go? DUTCH Wanker. WOMAN Please! Please, help us! Please! MAN Please help us! MAN 2 Help us, please! WOMAN Please! BABY