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Motherland- Fort Salem - Season 2 Episode 3
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00:01Previously on Motherland.
00:06It's a day Vice President Silver and his family will not soon forget.
00:10This young woman is of the blood.
00:12Goddess knows how many more are out there.
00:14We need to get to them before the Camarilla does.
00:18We don't know how, but this force protects us when we're threatened.
00:21So you'll continue testing rail?
00:23You will die!
00:27I would like to offer you something very rare.
00:30An opportunity to resume your life as it was.
00:41Do you see a person there?
00:46It's her.
00:49She's real.
00:55I thought we were in agreement.
00:57This order is ready for you to sign.
00:59We need to open test centers now.
01:01Asking every young woman of conscription age to report for testing.
01:05It's not going to be popular.
01:07We know that there are more witches out there.
01:11Like your daughter.
01:12That they need to be kept safe.
01:14She's not going to be safer in the army.
01:16Mr. Vice President, your daughter's proven to be a witch.
01:19It is the duty of every witch to report for military service.
01:22She's no exception.
01:23This isn't right.
01:25And the president has assured me she won't be signing any such order.
01:31Is this true?
01:33If I sign this, there will be a public outcry.
01:36They need to be identified.
01:38And protected.
01:40I am not sure I can turn this nation upside down without hard evidence.
01:45It is evident.
02:01We have the bodies to prove it, Madam President.
02:06I'm not sure, Blanton.
02:09The more I think about it,
02:11these young women have no idea what's coming.
02:14No idea what's coming after them.
02:16Madam President, with all due respect.
02:17New witches need to be protected.
02:19And I'm not sure what will happen.
02:19I know what's coming after them.
02:35It is the first time.
02:35It's been a pleasure.
02:35Was it the last time you were in the dark room?
02:38It's been a lot of silence.
02:40I think you have to keep it quiet.
02:40It is my beautiful day.
03:41Last week.
03:42In the weather work.
03:44I hate that we're on separate tracks now.
03:47It's supposed to make us better soldiers.
03:48Try wetter soldiers.
03:50My sight was a mess today, too.
03:52I just can't stop thinking about that redacted soldier from the photo.
03:56Maybe she messed up.
03:57Just because some things need to know doesn't mean it's sinister.
04:01How's witch bomb testing?
04:03Isadora wants me to try and sink seeds to make it go off without me having to die, so...
04:09Don't mock the process.
04:11You've got the opportunity to do something completely new.
04:14To make a real name for yourself.
04:16That's huge.
04:17I can't even speak one full sentence in mother time, you know?
04:20And that's basic war college stuff.
04:22So whatever's happening with me, it's...
04:24If you say advanced, I'm gonna throw a water spout at you again.
04:27You got this.
04:34You did that on purpose?
04:47Who's the old lady?
04:49The old lady is the Imperatrix.
04:55The matriarch of the Imperative.
04:57Not only am I responsible for the growth and continuation of witch bloodlines,
05:02I could flatten you to pulp with any number of workings before you knew what had hit you.
05:06You must be our outcross.
05:09The fixer with the rebellious streak.
05:14What's an outcross?
05:15Me and your mom cross lines with a civilian.
05:20Are you a matriarchal daughter?
05:22Yes, ma'am.
05:23Matriarch?
05:24Matriarch.
05:25Yes, matriarch.
05:26Sorry.
05:27Eager to please and the guileless.
05:30Very on point for your upbringing.
05:34And our bellwether.
05:36Our North Star.
05:37The envy of war college.
05:40I highly doubt that.
05:42Modesty is beneath you.
05:44Avoid it completely.
05:48So, why am I here?
05:50Blessing you with my presence?
05:55Because today, the matrimonial season begins.
06:02Tomorrow night, you will attend the Paragon Reception in Bellwether Hall.
06:08This is when you will start narrowing down your choices of the men who will be part of furthering your
06:13line.
06:15Dress uniforms, ladies.
06:17And no lipstick, please.
06:19So, Chloe.
06:34Pardon the colloquialism, but you bellwethers are at the end of the line, Petra.
06:39Abigail, Abigail had better take this process seriously.
06:42Fewer witches are being born, and we're facing a new threat.
06:46Abigail will come around.
06:47It's in her blood.
06:48And we have found one new bloodline.
06:50We may find more with testing.
06:51More outcrossed lines, which I suppose have their place.
06:54But they're no replacement for the power of purity.
06:57Perhaps the imperative should reflect upon the fact that it lost track of these bloodlands to begin with.
07:04Witches are as powerful as they are because of the imperative.
07:08Your duty...
07:09I know my duty.
07:10The imperative serves an important purpose, Matriarch.
07:13But know your place.
07:14I will not stand here while you impugn my authority to appease your ego.
07:21I don't report to you.
07:23Now leave my office.
07:37The arrogance of that woman.
07:39That's the danger of having no one but yourself to answer to.
07:44How goes our hunt for the Camarilla?
07:47I've got operatives in the field trying to figure out how they got to the rest of my line before
07:51we even knew they existed.
07:53Has the hay gotten back to you on the plague samples we sent?
07:56Not yet.
07:57But everybody's being cooperative for once.
08:00You're very good at getting people to see things your way.
08:05Good day, General.
08:29Isadora, that's basically every seed I know.
08:31Why won't it do anything?
08:32Her.
08:33Not it.
08:35Show some respect.
08:38To the mushroom.
08:40She has certain fungal properties, yes.
08:43The truth is...
08:45I've been studying her for many years.
08:48And I still know so little.
08:52She's ancient.
08:54She responds to stimuli, especially to threats.
08:58You do not want to be the target of her enmity.
09:02I'm the bearer of it.
09:04You're more than just a conduit for her.
09:06She chose to form a symbiosis with you.
09:13It's late.
09:15I'll see you here tomorrow evening.
09:28This thing you gave me...
09:30That I don't want.
09:32Can't even use.
09:37Abigail would love it.
09:42But you gave it to me.
09:46Why?
09:51Why is it that I have to die for you to do anything?
09:59Isadora?
10:19It's a death camp.
10:24Is that what you want?
10:27That seed?
10:55I don't want to die for you.
10:58I don't want to die for you.
11:03Yeah.
11:07God.
11:16Shoo!
11:17Fuck.
11:19Fuck!
11:20Fuck!
11:21Fuck!
11:21Fuck!
11:33I don't know.
11:52Are you all right?
12:00I think I got her attention.
12:07The integrity of your line is one of my greatest triumphs.
12:12All of the traits that mark a bellwether are present in you.
12:17I'm more than just traits.
12:19I've worked hard.
12:20Skills help us win the battle, but breeding lets us win the war, dear.
12:24We're stronger over time for it.
12:27And you want me to hand fast with...
12:32Gregorio Shellbark?
12:34Pass.
12:35You are so like your mother.
12:38She also had her flighty side.
12:41Petra Bellwether?
12:42Flighty?
12:43At the end of the day, I at least got her to narrow the field to the three men that
12:48we chose to father you.
12:49Then extend me the same courtesy.
12:52The earthquake boy.
12:55How do you...
12:56I have eyes and ears everywhere.
12:59A bellwether being handfasted to someone who's not even in the military.
13:03How did you think that would go?
13:07Your timetable will be accelerated.
13:09And what does that mean exactly?
13:13Your hand fasting will take place at the end of this year.
13:26Did that taste weird?
13:29Yes, Tally.
13:30It tasted weird.
13:32Now so does everything else.
13:33But you got cleared for duty.
13:35Clean bill of health.
13:37They're running the sound I made against the seats in the library to see if anyone's made it on record
13:41before.
13:41So you're a top secret military experiment.
13:44Oh, and she's reliving Alder's greatest battles and me, well, I don't even get to choose who the father of
13:48my children is going to be.
13:50Well, does it help anything that neither of us can do what we've been doing on purpose?
13:55A little.
13:57Yeah.
13:59Oh, shoot.
14:00See you later.
14:10I'm never going to be able to do this.
14:12A general Alder needs to pick a different poster child for the test center opening.
14:16You're so close.
14:17You had the note, but you're not singing with your throat.
14:20It's the opposite of what we're taught in choir.
14:23I don't know what it's supposed to feel like.
14:24Yes, you do.
14:25You've done it before.
14:28Okay, sing what you sang in church.
14:29Find the seed in the song.
14:32I saw the video.
14:34You were terrific.
14:35Yeah.
14:36Until I melted the priceless stained glass windows with Satan's high seat.
14:40I saw my dad's face change.
14:43It went from encouraging me to looking at me like he didn't know me.
14:50You know, my mom and I had always been close.
14:53I had a dispensation from the army.
14:56But I answered the call anyway.
14:59She was furious.
15:02What did you do, Joy?
15:03To serve.
15:05To be a part of something bigger than myself.
15:10You can't do this if you hate who you are.
15:14You did it before.
15:18Memories are powerful.
15:23Remember how it felt then.
15:25How the music carried you.
15:31Time.
15:35Time.
15:47Holy shit.
15:53I feel so bad for the vice president and for it to happen at church.
15:59His daughter's in the army now, learning how to kill.
16:02Well, I guess it's a good thing the army doesn't kill normal people.
16:06Those spree do, though.
16:13Isn't the army fighting the spree?
16:15Sure, in Bangladesh or whatever.
16:18But what about keeping us safe at home?
16:21The spree is going after our American institutions.
16:23Our malls, ball fields, restaurants.
16:27We gotta go out.
16:28Can't just hide in the basement until the witches stop fighting.
16:31We don't even know who they are and aren't anymore.
16:33Yeah, Amelia, you get it.
16:35I had to tell Brianna she can't play with her friend Tiffany anymore.
16:39They found out she's a witch.
16:42How?
16:43Our friend said they had some kind of test.
16:51Excuse me.
16:56Speak of the devil.
16:58Jack.
16:59Hi.
17:00We were just talking about you.
17:03Sorry to interrupt.
17:04Don't bother at all.
17:11Um, Bonnie, didn't I see that guy at the bar the other night?
17:16Oh, yeah, that's Jack Gorsati.
17:18We met him at our first vigil.
17:20He helps organize.
17:21It's been a real godsend to us.
17:24Giving Shane an outlet for his frustrations.
17:28Well, at least Shane doesn't have to worry about your girl being a witch.
17:32Right?
17:36I don't know what we'd do if we wound up with a Tiffany.
17:44Well, um, should we?
17:47Can I talk to you?
17:48Hey.
17:52Bonnie said Gorsati pays them to attend the vigils to stir things up.
17:56So, if anyone's a link to the Camarilla higher up, it's this guy.
18:01It's amazing what you can learn when you're laying it on so thick, Amelia.
18:05Meaning?
18:07Revealing that you clocked Gorsati at the bar was too much.
18:10Amelia is awfully attentive, isn't she?
18:14All I'm saying is just, sometimes subtle is better.
18:17If you have an issue with my method...
18:20I'm used to working alone.
18:21That's my issue.
18:22Not anymore.
18:24Right.
18:28Gorsati's leaving.
18:31Want me to run him off the road, Justine?
18:34Just try.
18:45I'm not quite sure what to do with you two.
18:49Tally, as a Mary begot our traditions, are new to you.
18:54I'm a quick study.
18:55Admirable.
18:59As for you...
19:02You are something of a delightful mystery.
19:05From a fixer-heavy line, but now augmented.
19:08Perhaps there's opportunity for an out-cross to bloom after all.
19:13I'm not interested in hand-pasting.
19:15Or men.
19:16But you are still required to fulfill your obligations.
19:21Your mother did not hand-fast properly.
19:24I suggest you not follow in her footsteps.
19:27Right.
19:28My mother was a damn war hero, and I will make my own arrangements.
19:32Just like she did.
19:34Right.
19:34Michal, and E.
19:56Where did that come from?
19:58I have no idea.
20:06Workings allow for combat at a distance.
20:09But we're not just fighting witches anymore.
20:12You need to learn how to defeat your adversaries without work.
20:16That means close-up combat and practical defense.
20:20Take her down, Michelle Bark.
20:22Bellwether, fight back.
20:35Bellwether, fight back.
20:38Are you mad at me?
20:39I'm mad because of you.
20:43Come that way, Camarilla.
20:45Nothing personal.
20:51Switch.
20:59What the hell?
21:02Did I get you by accident?
21:04It isn't my blood.
21:07It's my blood.
21:09The bleed's clean, Tally.
21:25You asked to see me?
21:37The sound you made is composed of thousands of layered voices, one on top of the other.
21:43I've never heard anything so complex before.
21:46Or beautiful.
21:47Well, how can I make so many voices if I only have the one?
21:55Yeah.
22:02The vocal and ventricular folds have changed.
22:07The epiglottis and epiglottal fold.
22:11They're mycelial threads.
22:16The mycelium has colonized her lyrics.
22:20Hold on.
22:21It did what?
22:23Your update mentioned that you are now able to effortlessly speak mother tongue, yes?
22:28What do you wish you?
22:29It depends.
22:30I'd like you to try singing to her one more time.
22:34Last time I did it, she jumped down my throat.
22:37Please, Rael.
22:39We need every soldier, every weapon for what's coming.
22:44You know what they're capable of.
23:13I don't know.
23:16I don't know.
24:10I don't know.
24:16It's an inorganic matter.
24:20Do you think you can do it again?
24:26I can't believe you're going to miss the reception tonight.
24:28Yeah, that's the only good thing about my weapons test.
24:31I don't even really know what I'm doing yet.
24:32You'll be fine.
24:34Where's the test?
24:35No idea.
24:36Like, they'd tell me that.
24:38At least you have something that sets you apart other than your womb.
24:43Maybe I'll skip two.
24:44Oh, you can't, remember?
24:45Cadets need to get busy finding men and making babies.
24:49You don't sound particularly raw, raw, raw about it.
24:51Maybe I've decided I want more for myself.
24:54Hmm.
24:55Do tell.
24:57Do you ever feel like you're living somebody else's life instead of your own?
25:01Yeah.
25:02It's going around.
25:04Okay, maybe you two just need to enjoy yourselves with some pretty boys and stop worrying about everything else for
25:11the night.
25:11Have a few drinks on me.
25:13Why stop at a few?
25:23This is the fourth school where Saadi's been to today.
25:27It's time we find out why.
25:28Wait, he's seen you.
25:30He's seen you too.
25:31I can manage.
25:34Besides, you were a base brat.
25:36And I know my way around these places.
25:38Just be careful.
25:40You don't trust me?
25:42I don't trust the situation.
25:46We're in this together.
26:31We're in this together.
26:46We might get more positives as we move into the older groups next month since kids' ears develop if they
26:51get older.
26:52Let me know if you get any more hits.
27:17I heard you nearly sent Gregorio to the fixtures.
27:21He had it coming.
27:28Hey, do you want to talk about it?
27:32Not really. No.
27:36I'll just admire the art then, too.
27:43Gem seems quite formidable.
27:45Yeah, so formidable that we've been standing in her shadow ever since.
27:49She stopped a battle cold with a working that no one had ever seen before.
27:53And no witch has been able to successfully repeat.
27:56Though to be fair, it's been under lock and key since before my grandma's time.
28:02God is forbid anyone try to outdo, Gem.
28:06Well, there's nothing wrong with revering one's elders, especially if they've passed.
28:10Being defined by them is something else entirely.
28:13Well, that's kind of the basis of tradition, though, isn't it?
28:16Don't you think tradition's gotten you in enough trouble already?
28:19Your tribe just laid down and died instead of fighting the Camarilla.
28:23My tribe was ambushed and murdered, Abigail.
28:29And you of all people know how the Camarilla operate.
28:33I do.
28:36I do.
28:37And the way to fight them isn't through observing tradition.
28:41By playing nice and making babies that'll grow up into soldiers.
28:45Or by waiting for the enemy to come close enough for hand to hand.
28:52If Gem made a working that could stop a battle,
28:56then maybe it's time for another bellwether to build a working.
29:00One that could end a war.
29:02I know.
29:02I'm not sure.
29:19I know.
29:29I haven't seen a combat charm like that in a while.
29:32Was it your mother's?
29:33Yes, ma'am.
29:35She left it for me when she deployed for the last time.
29:39It's a silly superstition anyway, but...
29:42I guess I'm just nervous.
29:44Nerves can be good.
29:46They keep you on edge.
29:48But you're not heading into battle tonight, cadet.
29:51With all due respect, I'm not sure what I'm heading into.
29:55With a bit of luck, the history books.
30:06Where have you been? And why aren't you in your new blues?
30:09I'm not going.
30:10I just stopped by to wish you good luck.
30:12Abigail, you promised you'd come along so I wouldn't have to do it alone.
30:15You're gonna do great.
30:18Something important's come up.
30:19Can I come help?
30:20No.
30:21I have to do this myself.
30:23Tell everyone I said hi.
30:25Also, don't tell anyone what I'm doing.
30:27Well, you haven't told me, so it shouldn't be that hard.
30:30We're going early in the morning and then we moved on.
30:33I'll be right back.
30:34You don't pass it.
30:35I don't know.
30:36Shit.
30:36Pardon me.
30:38Pardon me.
30:40Pardon me.
31:05Where are we?
31:07On a part of base where we don't have to worry about prying eyes.
31:12Rael?
31:15We can't have you holding anything back.
31:18Has anyone ever been able to do what I can?
31:25New work is exceedingly rare.
31:29But what you can do?
31:32I've never seen anything like it.
31:35Good.
31:36No pressure.
31:37General?
31:39We're ready for you.
32:07He must be making a drop.
32:11I wonder how many schools the Camarilla are running that test in.
32:14I wouldn't be surprised if it's nationwide.
32:16It seemed like it's been going on for a while.
32:18Which explains how they found the lost bellwethers.
32:21How do they know that tone does what it does?
32:25Camarilla have been hunting witches for centuries.
32:27If they figured out how to steal our voices,
32:29it's not that much of a larger need that they know how our ears work too.
32:33You want to sit here and chat all night?
32:34Or should I go see what he's doing?
32:35All right, just wait.
32:36It...
33:11Who are you?
33:12Want to know who we are, Camarilla?
33:21Baby, show war.
33:29Thanks.
33:32We're in this together, right?
33:48We're in this together.
33:50Come on, boy, come and play my two-go-floor.
33:59Paragon reception in all its glory.
34:02You ready?
34:04Well, it's just you, me, and the Imperatrix planning our futures.
34:08No pressure.
34:10Don't worry. I got your back.
34:14Now, let's go find someone worthy of the Kramen name.
34:32General Sharma, thank you for joining us.
34:35General Alder, I have a meeting in Brussels tomorrow with General Amos, as I'm sure you're aware.
34:41Perhaps you'll have something additional to discuss with her after this demonstration.
34:47Mr. Vice President, this is a pleasant surprise.
34:51I was expecting President Wade.
34:54No offense.
34:55She wanted to be here, but she's come down with some sort of a nasty bug.
35:00Then I hope you'll have good news to bring back as well.
35:11You ready, Cadet?
35:16Ready as I can be, right?
35:17Ready as I can be, right?
35:48Here we go.
35:49No.
36:19No.
37:13My great-grandfather's third cousin was Lieutenant Perdita Tiny.
37:17Sorry, who?
37:19Well, she was the first witch to employ the Balkan composition in the Battle of the Urals.
37:23We read about her in fourth grade. She was mentioned in the textbook.
37:26Uh, we read different books.
37:29You're killing themselves!
37:32You stole my work!
37:38Sergeant Bataan!
37:42It had to be done.
37:43You know that.
37:45They already surrendered.
37:48Your heart is black.
37:51Sarah!
37:57Niktar!
37:58Niktar!
38:20Niktar!
38:33What happened?
38:36All those memories.
38:39This one.
38:41This one was so much worse than the others.
38:44What was it about?
38:49Death.
38:50A lot of death.
38:53Older and not redacted soldier.
38:56Her name is Nikta.
38:59They were both in the middle of all of it.
39:05Tell me about your night, please.
39:08I...
39:10I blew up a shitload of stuff in front of the vice president and brass from the Hague.
39:17What?
39:20Sorry. Sorry.
39:26Um, hey, did the Bells not come home last night?
39:30She had that much fun at the reception.
39:34She didn't come.
39:53Paano.
40:06I'd be killed.
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