Legion 3x6

1. We were always finding things.

2. Pens. Poetry.

3. Socks.

4. The astral plane was like a magnet

5. for lost dreams.

6. Minds.

7. That was the other thing we found.

8. In the real world, when people lost their minds,

9. they ended up here.

10. And who are we, then?

11. Hmm.

12. What you got today?

13. A baby.

14. A baby?

15. Wow.

16. Look at that.

17. (sniffs) Can I have him?

18. It's a her, I think, and no.

19. If you want a baby, you can scavenge one yourself.

20. (scoffs) "Scavenge." That's... I'm a wolf.

21. Wolves don't scavenge. We hunt.

22. You're lucky I don't hunt you.

23. Well, you live just next door. Wouldn't be hard.

24. Have you told her about the Holocaust yet?

25. - The...? What? - Got to tell her.

26. Prepare her, Oliver.

27. You can't grow up too fast. That's my motto.

28. Also, herpes.

29. Make sure you tell her about herpes, like, right away.

30. Shoo! Get away! Get away!

31. Don't forget chlamydia. (howls)

32. Wife.

33. Husband.

34. - What did we scavenge today? - Well, half a sandwich,

35. a very nice sock and, uh, this baby.

36. Oh, baby.

37. Well, look at that.

38. (gasps) Oh.

39. Oh, aren't you adorable.

40. Let's get you inside.

41. Mm.

42. What should we call her?

43. The soup?

44. No, not the soup; the baby.

45. Oh, her name is Sydney.

46. How do you know?

47. She told me.

48. What else did she say?

49. Well, nothing. She's a baby.

50. She looks familiar somehow.

51. Syd. Sydney.

52. It's okay.

53. Everything's okay.

54. - Mama's got you. - (pounding on walls)

55. Don't.

56. I won't.

57. Although, he did blow the paper house down last time.

58. This house is straw, though— Mighty Straw.

59. It should hold.

60. I'll just go and chat with him, shall I?

61. Oh, hey. (chuckles)

62. I was just, uh...

63. This is Cynthia.

64. I found her wandering alone in the woods.

65. She's lost her innocence, which is a win for this guy.

66. Plus, hey, she brought all these dirty needles with her,

67. so I was thinking... party? Huh?

68. (sniffs) Is that soup?

69. No.

70. Hello, Melanie.

71. - This is Cynthia. Hi.

72. She's given up all hope. (chuckles)

73. Isn't that great?

74. Look, we're trying to have a nice life here

75. and raise this baby with wonder and magic,

76. so we need to keep the real world out.

77. You guys like magic?

78. 'Cause I can do magic.

79. (chuckles) It was in my sleeve.

80. Go away.

81. - (growling) - Not you, hon.

82. Come in. Have some soup.

83. Sorry.

84. Listen, don't be mad.

85. We should move.

86. There we go.

87. That's perfect.

88. Oh, yes, that's perfect for... (continues indistinctly)

89. Why does some music make you happy

90. but other music make you sad?

91. That's a good question.

92. Well, uh, do you know the difference

93. between a major and a minor chord?

94. I'm five.

95. No excuse. I'll show you when we get home.

96. Why do people use umbrellas in the rain but not the snow?

97. Quiet now.

98. Whose stuff is this?

99. (sighs) People in the real world.

100. When they forget about something,

101. when it stops being important, it comes here.

102. Oh.

103. - Oh. - I'm gonna call her Heady.

104. Little bird.

105. Not that way.

106. Why not?

107. What is it?

108. It-it's called the ostrich.

109. Oh, wait, that's not right.

110. It's the big bird, isn't it?

111. No, the city.

112. It's called the city.

113. Also known as the real world.

114. What makes it real?

115. I'll explain when you're older.

116. No, now.

117. That's not the way it works, little bird.

118. I'm the daddy, and you're the baby,

119. and I'll tell you about the real world when you're older.

120. Now, come on. Mommy's making stuffed animal pie.

121. Mmm.

122. We don't want to be late.

123. People think death is scary.

124. It's pretty scary, huh?

125. I mean, look at it.

126. All oozy, and what are those, maggots?

127. That's just nature.

128. Mm, kids die, too, you know.

129. Everybody. Your parents. Ooh.

130. That's got to be scary, knowing that, huh? Mm.

131. My mom told me that death is just part of life.

132. (groans) She did, huh?

133. Sydney!

134. - (The Wolf growls) - Got to go. Bye.

135. Wait, wait, wait. Did she tell you about chlamydia?

136. Tell me a bedtime story.

137. Hmm.

138. Oh.

139. Once upon a time,

140. there was a girl

141. who had the most extraordinary ability.

142. She could feel everything the animals felt.

143. When a donkey stubbed its toe, her toe hurt.

144. Every time a monkey got sad,

145. she got sad.

146. It was her special power.

147. And she called her special power

148. "Empathy."

149. And Empathy was her friend.

150. They did everything together.

151. But it's a hard thing for a little girl to share

152. the feelings of others.

153. And she started to wonder,

154. "Where do they...

155. end and I begin?"

156. No. No. No.

157. Cynthia.

158. Hey.

159. Do you ever miss your parents?

160. Your real parents.

161. Back in the real world.

162. Wasn't your mom a lush?

163. I love that word. "Lush."

164. It sounds so... positive.

165. Which, uh...

166. Remember how she used to tuck you in at night

167. with flecks of vomit in her hair?

168. I live here now.

169. - With the rivers and trees. - Mm...

170. And Kenny?

171. Do you ever miss Kenny?

172. Kenny beat me.

173. Kenny's real sorry, baby.

174. He wants you to come home real bad.

175. He love-love-loves you.

176. I have to go inside.

177. - Hey. - (gasps)

178. Look what I found.

179. Hmm? (chuckles)

180. I don't do that anymore.

181. Aw... come on.

182. Sure, you do.

183. Don't be scared, gorgeous.

184. You think the light bulb is afraid of the dark?

185. The light bulb loves the dark.

186. 'Cause in the dark...

187. it can shine.

188. - (sighs softly) - Shine for me, baby.

189. So, that's where babies come from.

190. And in a couple years, your body will start to change

191. to be more like Mommy's.

192. It's the most natural thing in the world.

193. Any questions?

194. What's chlamydia?

195. Where'd you hear that word?

196. From The Wolf.

197. Uh, well...

198. um, you know how, when someone sneezes on you,

199. you catch a cold?

200. Well, that's because the cold is a virus,

201. and the sneeze transfers the virus to you.

202. And chlamydia is kind of like a cold, except for your vagina.

203. And, uh, you get it by having unprotected sex with someone

204. who has that virus.

205. Does that make sense?

206. - Bodies are weird. - (Melanie chuckles)

207. Well, I think the word you're looking for is "beautiful."

208. (distorted): David.

209. (whimpering): No. No. No.

210. She's having dreams about it.

211. Is she?

212. "It" what?

213. Her life.

214. Outside.

215. Whatever happened that brought her here.

216. That'll pass.

217. Won't it?

218. Depends on if she decides to go back or not.

219. (chuckling): Back? Why would anyone want to go back?

220. If she feels unresolved.

221. If there's something she needs to do.

222. I swear, I... I feel like...

223. we know her.

224. From before.

225. There is no "before" for us.

226. Hmm.

227. Sydney.

228. - Yes, Mama? - Come tell Daddy your dream.

229. I forgot.

230. Now... little bird,

231. you know that Mommy and Daddy can't help you

232. unless you use your words.

233. That's okay.

234. When you're ready.

235. I'm sorry.

236. Don't worry. None of this will happen.

237. No.

238. I'll fix it.

239. I promise.

240. Good night, my sunshine.

241. We have to move.

242. Hey! Hey!

243. Then the lean years came.

244. We moved from the woods to the gutter,

245. trying to escape the knowledge.

246. Wife.

247. Husband.

248. - Where's daughter? - She's inside.

249. Studying long division.

250. What ho, daughter?

251. - Math makes sense. - Yes. It does.

252. Just add up the numbers.

253. Or subtract, divide, multiply.

254. Like me, for example.

255. How I'm 16 now.

256. Ready to learn about the world.

257. Well, I can tell you everything there is to know about old shoes

258. and how to live with them.

259. fumigation is key.

260. You know what I mean.

261. Did you have the dream again?

262. No.

263. It just feels like I'm supposed to do something.

264. But I don't know what.

265. That's normal.

266. It's a big world.

267. And there's so much you haven't seen yet.

268. Because you won't show me.

269. It's about the order of things, the order you learn.

270. When you were young, we let you be wild

271. because wildness is important.

272. But as you got older, we gave you structure

273. so you'd feel safe.

274. I can take care of myself.

275. Here's something.

276. The secret of life.

277. If you feel safe when you're young,

278. you will feel safe when you're old.

279. I feel safe.

280. And we want that feeling to last.

281. - You're not old yet. - Yes, I am.

282. No.

283. You have your whole life to be old.

284. But today, you're still young.

285. Trust me.

286. You're doing this right.

287. We have to learn about love before we can learn about hate.

288. Otherwise, everything goes to hell.

289. Better to leave it.

290. They get bitter when they come here.

291. Hey, sunshine. Hey.

292. Where did you go?

293. Here. Just here.

294. These are my kids, Sweetie and Blue.

295. You like vodka?

296. (chuckling): What? No.

297. I don't know.

298. Oh, it's good.

299. They've got vanilla and strawberry.

300. Choke chain?

301. Are you...

302. How are Mom and Dad?

303. Good. I'm sure they'd love it if you came by the shoe shop.

304. - The shop? - Yeah, we live right...

305. right near the park.

306. (chuckles): Oh.

307. We like it over there.

308. We love it.

309. Maybe we could...

310. I mean, they probably don't remember me, right?

311. No, they do.

312. We talk about you all the time.

313. Look.

314. What are you doing right now?

315. Because we're just...

316. we were gonna...

317. We live down there.

318. Right down there.

319. Maybe you could come over.

320. We've got...

321. Hey, do you like video games?

322. And I've got all the cereals.

323. Cocoa nubs and fruity chews.

324. And movies about slavery.

325. Do you know about slavery?

326. They're super cool flicks.

327. So much whipping.

328. Jerome would love to see you, too.

329. Jerome?

330. I have to go.

331. Don't forget your heart.

332. I'm not going.

333. I'm never going.

334. Where?

335. The real world.

336. I don't want that.

337. Any of that.

338. I know, honey.

339. But here's the thing:

340. The real world needs you.

341. All those bad things, they don't have to be bad.

342. They can be fixed.

343. See, you got this backwards.

344. We're not trying to protect you from the real world.

345. We're helping you be the person the world needs.

346. So you can save it.

347. What if I don't want to go?

348. We're not put on this Earth to think of only ourselves.

349. You know that, right?

350. Look what I found.

351. We talked about this, remember?

352. No livestock in the house.

353. - Are you livestock? Okay.

354. We're gonna save her.

355. Well, I think it's a he.

356. No. Cynthia.

357. She ran into Cynthia.

358. - She's with The Wolf. - And we're gonna save her.

359. - Now, hon... - No.

360. You taught me to be a good person,

361. and this is what good people do.

362. So we're gonna save her.

363. Do you think she's okay?

364. Cynthia? Well, she's a drug addict

365. who lives with a wolf, so no.

366. Maybe he won't care.

367. Don't be naive.

368. Real grown-ups aren't naive.

369. You think I'm a grown-up.

370. If we survive this, you will be.

371. Do you remember that wall we built?

372. - The rock wall? - Of course.

373. Why did we do that? It didn't do anything.

374. It was a wall.

375. It did... wall things.

376. You know what I mean.

377. Your mother and I taught you to work hard

378. so you'd know how to work hard.

379. We taught you to ask questions

380. so you'd know how to answer questions.

381. Plus, I like a nice rock wall.

382. (whispers): Did he see you?

383. No.

384. But he has our scent.

385. It's okay. It's okay. - (Cynthia panting)

386. - We're here. It's okay. - (barking, growling)

387. It's me.

388. Listen.

389. I know you had a bad deal.

390. You think you don't deserve things.

391. Love.

392. But you do.

393. We love you.

394. Come home.

395. It doesn't matter.

396. He's here.

397. You can't have her.

398. Oliver.

399. - Jerome. - (growls)

400. You can't beat me.

401. I'm a wild animal.

402. I still have a few tricks.

403. There's only one way this can end.

404. A rap battle.

405. What? What you got?

406. Are you crying?

407. - Stop. - (applause and chatter stop)

408. Don't kill him.

409. (crying): The bad man was mean to me.

410. - I know, baby. It's okay. - (crying)

411. Thank you.

412. For everything.

413. But we belong together.

414. It's okay.

415. I don't understand.

416. She was my friend.

417. Not everyone...

418. wants to be saved.

419. - Then why do we... - You had to try

420. so you'd know.

421. Oh.

422. A-Are we...

423. I think she's ready.

424. Ready for what?

425. Oh, my God.

426. You see it now?

427. I have to go back.

428. Remember, it's not

429. "us or them."

430. It's us and them.

431. You're not coming?

432. I need you.

433. We did our part. You can do this.

434. Just remember everything we taught you.

435. - (Kerry whimpers) - Ah-ah.

436. Stop fighting.

437. That's like me saying, "Stop nerding."

438. S-Stay still.

439. Did we lose?

440. Yes, I think so.

441. So, does that mean we're just...

442. going to vanish when he changes things?

443. Or...

444. I don't know.

445. I can fix it.

446. The time door's still open.

447. I can fix it.

448. But I need to get in there.

449. Did you...

450. change something about you?

451. Other than that I just lived an entire second life

452. in the last 20 minutes?

453. Maybe my hair.

454. Cary.

455. The time door.

456. Yes, David had a bracelet.

457. - That you made. - Yes.

458. I'll make more.

459. Why is it doing that?

460. - Cary? - Yeah?

461. Why is it doing that?

462. I have a theory, but you're not gonna like it.

463. Okay, don't tell me.

464. I think the Time Eaters are back.

465. I said don't tell me.

466. Sorry.

467. Uh...

468. it's finished.

469. And this will get us into the hall?

470. I've keyed it to her signal.

471. The time traveler.

472. We're piggybacking on her power.

473. How are you gonna find them?

474. The past is a big place.

475. Same way. Just follow her signal.

476. Cary, she needs me.

477. I know.

478. I can't help like this.

479. I know, but you'll need me, too.

480. In case you need to find your way back or...

481. Oh.

482. But you can do what you do sitting down.

483. I can't.

484. What?

485. We need a minute.

486. Ready?

487. - M-Maybe there's another way. - Kerry.

488. It's the only way.

489. Come home.

490. (whimpers) I'm so sorry.

491. Cary?

492. Kerry, it's time to go.

493. Kerry?

494. Go.

495. No!

496. We're gonna win.

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498. Now I get it.