ABBY BEN BOTH CHARLOTTE COFFER CYRIL DOOLEY EICHHORST FEELER FET HU_DIE HU_DIE_THE_MASTER JEREMIAH KELLY LOUISA LYDIA MAN MILOS NARRATOR ORPHAN_BOY PINSKY PRIEST QUINLAN RADIO ROMAN THE_MASTER THE_MASTER_SARDU ZACK NARRATOR Previously on The Strain. ZACK I hate you! ABBY I live in this building with a bunch of other kids. I was wondering if- ZACK If you could bring them some of my food? ABBY You have no idea how much this means to me. FET Munchers beat us again. We're gonna have to steal a pit. CHARLOTTE Right, the guys are in. I told them they could have all the silver in back of that truck. FET I didn't see any silver. CHARLOTTE But they don't know that. COFFER We risked our lives taking this convoy so that you could get plutonium and we could get nothing? BEN Let’s get out of here. LOUISA Has there been any word yet? HU DIE I have seen no one of the type you search for. QUINLAN You seek me? LOUISA You are an immortal. My brother. He seeks your gift. He lies near death, beyond the help of medicine. CYRIL A strix! The immortal race? LOUISA For a time I covered the guilty rash and became quite artful in stage makeup. PRIEST Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name ... lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Amen. PINSKY How much further to Cheyenne? BEN 250 miles. JEREMIAH You got a plan? BEN National Guard's got an armory. I figure we'll start looking there for supplies. EICHHORST Good evening, gentlemen. BEN Just hold it right there, Brooks Brothers. EICHHORST Chilly out here, yes? PINSKY It is if your dumb ass forgot a coat. BEN What do you want? EICHHORST Information. I am looking for two men. Well, one man, Vasiliy Fet? And a half-breed named Quinlan. So, you have seen them. Any idea where I might find them? PINSKY Probably somewhere east of here looking for an airfield. BEN Shut your goddamn piehole. PINSKY We don't owe them a thing. S.O.B.’s nearly got us killed, and for nothing. EICHHORST In that case, I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is I am taking that truck off your hands. PINSKY Just like that, huh? EICHHORST Just like that. PINSKY What's the bad news? EICHHORST The bad news is I only need one of you to drive it. BEN He's a strigoi! Kill him! EICHHORST Congratulations. Tonight is your lucky night. ROMAN Jesus Christ! I'm standing next to a fully pitted nuke. Can you be a little more careful? QUINLAN We left New York more than nine months ago-time is of the essence. ROMAN Yeah, well, the airfield's not far-should take us less than a day. QUINLAN You're certain we'll be able to get a plane? ROMAN Certain-ish. The guy who runs it, Dooley, had about a half a dozen aircraft last time I heard. QUINLAN Good. ROMAN Wouldn't start popping corks. We have to actually see if he wants to trade. QUINLAN Why would he not? All our ammunition, food, and vehicles for just one plane is more than reasonable. ROMAN Yeah, well, Dooley ain't exactly reasonable. Former special forces-- it's his way or the highway. QUINLAN Then I'll show him my way. ROMAN You keep staring at me like that, I ain't coming to New York. Seriously. QUINLAN Why are you coming? Seriously. ROMAN Look who's got jokes. Figured I'd have a better chance with you guys than by myself. We've made a pretty good team so far, right? CHARLOTTE Oh, really? FET Mhm. CHARLOTTE Oh, yeah? FET CHARLOTTE You're so tough. You're so tough. Put me down. Put me down! FET Now? QUINLAN I suppose we have. CHARLOTTE It’s cold. FET Cold? It’s not cold. CHARLOTTE Really? FET Mm-hm. CHARLOTTE Are you feeling okay, Quinlan? Can I collect you some more blood? QUINLAN That won't be necessary; thank you, Charlotte. Fet, a word? CHARLOTTE Oh, I'll go find you some more fresh coffee. FET Why the long face, Born-o? Huh? I mean, today's the day we get to leave this frozen wasteland. QUINLAN Charlotte cannot come. FET Excuse me? QUINLAN Her usefulness has passed. FET Yeah. That's not for you to decide. QUINLAN This is my mission- FET And you wouldn't have completed it without me or Charlotte. QUINLAN For that I'm grateful. But now we must focus on the next steps. She will only slow us down. FET Charlotte has risked her life for us more times than I can count. So don't you dare question her commitment. QUINLAN I'm not. I'm questioning yours. CHARLOTTE Everything okay here? FET Yeah. Yeah, no, we're good. QUINLAN Make sure that we are, Fet. LYDIA I found you! LOUISA QUINLAN Catch me. LOUISA Lydia, to bed please. Miss Richmond will be here to watch you soon. LYDIA But I want to play with Mr. Quinlan. LOUISA He'll be back soon enough. Say good night to Mr. Quinlan. QUINLAN We'll continue our games tomorrow. LOUISA We're going to the theater. QUINLAN I've never been. LOUISA I know. LOUISA We mustn't dally. The curtain is at 800. QUINLAN No one's ever accused me of dallying before. I must've lost the time whilst watching Lydia. My apologies. LOUISA I appreciate how good you are with her. MAN Hello. Evening. LOUISA She was so withdrawn after her uncle passed, but now she's opened up; she listens to you. Clearly, she needs a father figure in her life. QUINLAN Because her true father remains a mystery? LOUISA We're nearly there. QUINLAN Stay back. BOTH LOUISA Quinlan! HU DIE THE MASTER Invictus, is that you? QUINLAN You've come. HU DIE THE MASTER And I shall come for you. ROMAN All right, all right! Let's load up, everyone, before Q has an aneurysm. FET I can think of worse things. CHARLOTTE Hold up, I'm coming! FET Uh, can I, uh, help? CHARLOTTE I can handle it. FET Well, there's not much that you can't handle. CHARLOTTE What's up? FET Quinlan um. He thinks that, um, you shouldn't come to New York but- before you say a thing- I just want you to know that I told him that it's not his call. You know, that, uh, you've done more for us than anyone else- we owe you everything. But, uh then it dawned on me that, you know, whether he wants you to stay or I want you to go or doesn't really matter. Because what really matters is-is what you want, you know? CHARLOTTE So? FET So you wanna come? To New York? Hm? CHARLOTTE Hell, no. FET What? CHARLOTTE You said it was a suicide mission, right? FET Yeah. I-I just I just thought that- CHARLOTTE Then when we're done here, I figured that I'd go out to my dad's cabin in Montana and just live off the land at lea at least as long as I can. FET Yeah, that that-that sounds nice, actually. CHARLOTTE Well, it's better than the alternative. Right? FET Yeah, I guess. CHARLOTTE Good. FET Wait a second. Did you just break up with me? Huh? Hey! ABBY That was me. There on the second floor. I could see the whole neighborhood from my desk. See, um, my parents coming home. They were right there when it hit. I looked up and they were at the crosswalk, looking back at Liberty Island. The blast wave rolled through and, uh, they were just gone. ZACK Sorry. ABBY It's okay. It's not your fault. Thank you for bringing me here. ZACK Of course. No problem. ABBY You never talk about your parents. I assume they're, uh you know. ZACK My mom is. I'm not sure about my dad. ABBY You don't know what happened to him? ZACK Nope. And I don't care. ABBY Well, you wanna talk about it? ZACK My mom was turned. ABBY Shit. ZACK My dad thought she was gonna hurt me but she wasn't--she would never do that. But he killed her anyway. ABBY I'm sorry. ZACK You know, I still talk to her sometimes. I probably sound like a weirdo. ABBY I do it, too. ZACK You do? ABBY Yeah, if I'm feeling low or down, I think of what my parents would say-makes me feel better. I guess we're both weirdos. ZACK Guess so. ABBY This is me. ZACK Oh, hey, wait. I almost forgot. ABBY What’s this? Plums? That's so sweet. Um, I'm gonna just ZACK Yeah. THE MASTER Zack, what is it that troubles you? ZACK You wouldn't understand. THE MASTER I've been studying human nature for a very long time. There's nothing I haven't seen when it comes to life. Or love? Ah, there it is. Who is it? THE MASTER The servant girl? ZACK Abby. ZACK She's more than that. At least I want her to be. THE MASTER Does she share your feelings? ZACK I don't know. THE MASTER Have you asked? ZACK No. THE MASTER Ask her. EICHHORST You know the area well. I take it you are from this region? Relax, Benjamin. All you have to do is get me to the airfield in time. BEN And you'll let me go? EICHHORST You have my word. You are Native American, are you not? What is your tribe? BEN Chippewa. EICHHORST Chippewa. I've always been fascinated by the subject. Hitler was obsessed with it. He admired the way the American government dealt with their "native problem." BEN Seems kind of sick. Getting off on the genocide of innocent people. EICHHORST Innocent? Is it not true that many of the tribes turned on their own in order to help the white man? BEN It's more complicated than that. EICHHORST I don't think so at all. Take your case. Here you are, assisting me, selling out your own species. BEN I didn't have a choice. EICHHORST Of course you had a choice. You could have chosen a warrior's death. An honorable death. But you chose self-preservation. You took the coward's way out, like so many of your ancestors. BEN All these back roads look the same in winter. I better check the map. EICHHORST Hold on. Allow me. FET So, uh, tell me more about this, um, this cabin. CHARLOTTE Four walls and a roof. FET Deluxe, huh? CHARLOTTE Why are you asking? FET Heh. Just curious. RADIO QUINLAN What was that? ROMAN It's the CB. Somebody, somewhere's opened up the channel. FET Who the hell else is out here? And on our frequency? BEN Bullard Field Regional Airport, Highway 83. CHARLOTTE Sounds like Ben. EICHHORST Wonderful. We’ll be there shortly. FET Is that-? QUINLAN Eichhorst. FET Shit. LOUISA Quinlan, please! Talk to me. I don't understand. QUINLAN There is nothing more to say. The Master is here in London. Now is my chance to defeat him. LOUISA Why must it be you who confronts him? QUINLAN This is my purpose. To defeat the Master and his plague. For protection. LOUISA Are you not our protection? You're not coming back. Quinlan, no! What about me? What about my daughter? She loves you like a father! Do we mean nothing to you? QUINLAN Quite the opposite. These past months you have shown me kindness, accepted me into a world in which I've never fully belonged. For that, I am grateful. I hope tonight I can repay you in kind. LOUISA You don't have to do this. QUINLAN For your sake, and Lydia's, I must see this through. LOUISA And if you succeed? Your destiny fulfilled? Why then won't you return to us? QUINLAN The Master's life and mine-they are entwined. When I end his, mine shall also end. That is the price I must pay. LOUISA Yet it costs me so much more. LYDIA Please don't go. I want you to stay. QUINLAN So do I, my child. So do I. FEELER ZACK Is Abby coming in? MILOS Not now. Abby coming later. ZACK Stay. FEELER ABBY Everybody gets one. ORPHAN BOY Okay, fine. Thanks, Abby. CHARLOTTE The cut-through's right up here on the left. The hunters use this fire road in the winter. Gives good cover; should save us time. FET We're gonna need it. ROMAN Signal's getting weaker. Means we're putting some distance between us and them. QUINLAN For the moment. CHARLOTTE You think he's here because you got the nuke? FET Exactly. Means the Master's scared. The only thing more dangerous than a King Rat is a scared King Rat. QUINLAN He'll throw everything's he's got at us now. EICHHORST We need to make better time. They could be in the air by now. BEN I'm pushing it as fast as I can. EICHHORST How long has this been on? Pull over. BEN I didn't know. EICHHORST I said, pull over. What are you doing? STOP! NO! NO! FET Where the hell have you brought us? ROMAN Only place I know where we can get an airplane. FET And our heads blown clear off. I got a not-so-great feeling about this right now. What the hell was that? QUINLAN Sniper. ROMAN Dooley. CHARLOTTE I'll roll out the side, try to flank him. QUINLAN I'll push him towards you. ROMAN Just, just wait! Just wait. Just wait. Sgt. Arthur Dooley. Captain Daniel Roman here. Over. FET He shoots again And we're taking this place by force. QUINLAN I'm ready. CHARLOTTE Say the word. ROMAN Sergeant, do you copy? Over. DOOLEY What do you want, Roman? ROMAN Looking to trade. Got ammo and supplies. DOOLEY You and who else? ROMAN Just me and three friendlies. Just, uh, just looking to do some business. That's all. DOOLEY What is it you're looking for? ROMAN How about an airplane? ROMAN Long time, no see, Sergeant. How are you? DOOLEY Good. STOP! ROMAN Hey! DOOLEY What is that thing? ROMAN Whoa! Whoa! CHARLOTTE Put that down! ROMAN Whoa! Whoa! FET drop it! ROMAN Hey, hey, hey! DOOLEY Goddamn collaborators! FET Drop it! DOOLEY You goddamn collaborators. ROMAN Relax! He's one of the good guys. DOOLEY He doesn't look like one of the good guys. QUINLAN I can assure you, Sergeant, you would already be dead if I were not one of the good guys. FET So you got a plane for us or are we just wasting our time here? DOOLEY Anyone concerned that civilian aircraft have been grounded since first nuke blew? FET Not really. It concern you? DOOLEY Depends on what you got to offer. ROMAN Everything but that. So, what do you think? DOOLEY It's all yours. ROMAN Works for us. DOOLEY Well, let's get you all off my airfield, huh? FET Look, you should hit the road before the Nazi shows up. CHARLOTTE Right. Okay. Don't go. Come to the cabin. We'll be safe and free. Come with me. FET I can't. I'm sorry. CHARLOTTE You're an idiot. FET I wish I could say I've never heard that before. QUINLAN It is for the best. FET I didn't let her go 'cause you wanted me to. Hell, I would've kidnapped her just to prove you wrong. I did it for her. She deserves better. Better than me. QUINLAN That, Mr. Fet, will be very hard to find-- though I don't doubt her resourcefulness. FET Did I just hear a compliment in there? QUINLAN I like to give one every hundred years or so. QUINLAN Fitting that I should find the very embodiment of evil in a den of such iniquity. THE MASTER SARDU Invictus, my son. QUINLAN Much time has passed since our last encounter. THE MASTER SARDU I hope you have enjoyed the years. They will be your last. QUINLAN And so it ends-your life and mine. THE MASTER SARDU You hesitated, not ready to die. Was it the woman and her child? Perhaps your new family should meet your father? QUINLAN No. NO! ABBY Zack? Hey. How's it going? The place is somewhat still intact. I'm kind of shocked. ZACK So, how were the plums? ABBY Oh, uh, they were amazing. Thank you, again. ZACK Did your boyfriend like them? Yeah. I saw you with him. ABBY Where? ZACK In your room. ABBY You were spying on me? ZACK I just wanted to talk. ABBY About what? ZACK It doesn't matter now. ABBY Well, it matters to me. ZACK Bullshit. ABBY What is going on with you? Talk to me. Zack! ZACK You kissed him! ABBY Yeah. He's my boyfriend. ZACK I was supposed to be your boyfriend! ABBY Look, Zack, I'm sorry but I don't really think of you that way. ZACK Why not? I did everything I was supposed to. I was nice to you. And I gave you all this stuff. ABBY That's not how to make someone like you. ZACK Then tell me what to do. I'll do it. I promise. ABBY That's not really how it works. You're a friend. And you're sweet, you are, but you're just a kid- ZACK i'm not a kid! ABBY I'm not cleaning that up. ZACK You will if I tell you to. ABBY You know what? I can't do this anymore. I'm out. ZACK You're not leaving! ABBY Watch me. ZACK Abby, wait! Look! ABBY Let go of me! ZACK Please, I'm sorry! ABBY I said, let go, you little creep! FEELER ABBY Call it off, Zack. FEELER ABBY I said, call it off! FEELER ABBY This isn't funny! FEELER ABBY Zack! HELP! FEELER ABBY zack! come on! no!! FEELER QUINLAN Louisa? Lydia? KELLY Zack. ZACK Go away. KELLY You're upset about Abby. ZACK I said I don't want to talk. KELLY People are complicated, Zack. They lie. They cheat. They take and take from you until all you feel is empty and hollow. Just like your father did to me. ZACK I did exactly what I was supposed to do. But it didn't matter. Everything I was afraid of came true. KELLY What were you afraid of? ZACK She wouldn't like me. KELLY No. You were afraid of losing her. And now you never will. ZACK I should have helped her. KELLY But you did. You gave Abby a gift. You released her from desire. From compulsion and all the pain and suffering that comes with being human. She's part of the Master's family now. And she will never abandon or betray you again. ZACK I love you. FET Good to go? QUINLAN The cargo's secure. ROMAN Shit. FET I don't like the sound of that. What? ROMAN Lot of activity on the stormscope east of here. FET What does that mean? ROMAN Means we might have to detour around it. Which'll cost us fuel we don't have. FET Well, we've got a more pressing problem right now. QUINLAN We need to go. Now. ROMAN Strap in. FET Come on. Come on! FET Eichhorst is shooting at us! EICHHORST Scheisse! ROMAN We did it! HA! We did it! I don't know how but we did it! FET I got a pretty good idea. She proved you wrong. Saved our asses. QUINLAN No, you saved her--and us--by leaving her behind. ROMAN Let's get to New York.