Motherland: Fort Salem

I lost you at the end...

He's challenging you to a duel.

Previously on Motherland ...

Fly the compass.

around my neck. And she is why.

That is witch plague. I don't understand.

I have always loved you.

They're never gonna stop coming after us.

You're not alone in wanting witches to come out

and tell me everything you know

about Nicte Batan.

I think Nicte created the Spree.

Why isn't General Alder a bigger part of that story?

They already surrendered.

I am so sick of your

prattling peace-maker bullshit!

My mother loved me. She died for me!

Stop it! We have to find Nicte!

You just took down the leader of the Spree.

Hello, Sarah. You're looking surprisingly well.

This is still my army. Don't forget that.

Mr. Vice President,

it wasn't necessary for you to come all the way here.

General, it wasn't my call.

Madame President...

General Bellweather didn't tell me

that you'd be attending the interrogation.

I know.

Where is Nicte Batan?

You haven't aged a day.

I could say the same about you.

At least witches don't have to die

to keep me looking young.

It's our hope, Madame President,

that rendition will yield the names and locations

of Spree leaders and their cells.

And then the threat of the Spree will be behind us,

and we can focus our efforts

the Camarilla.

Oops.

Was it something I thought?

I'm more than happy to tell you what you'd like to know.

Using my mouth.

But I'm going to need Tally Craven

asking the questions from here on out.

Then we don't have any time to waste.

He deserved it.

I guess the rest of Sekhmet gets back later today, huh?

You think anyone else tried to kill each other over break?

Shit... you three tried to kill each other?

Kinda, yeah.

Another little present from Nicte.

Well...

All that matters now is you three... pains in my ass...

brought in the founder

of the damn Spree.

-Sure did. -Yeah!

Anacostia...

Whatever you and Scylla were up to,

brought her and my mom back to me.

And I'm back here with all of you because of it.

So thank you.

To Anacostia Quartermain.

To Willa Collar.

I hate to interrupt--

I need to borrow Craven for a bit.

The prisoner is asking for you.

We're coming, too.

Uh, she was very clear...

she'll speak to Tally, and only Tally.

I'll be all right.

Sister.

Where have you been?

Making the world a safer place

for our people.

You killed someone...?

I know "tradition" forbids crossing certain lines-

Justify and rationalize all you want,

but violence is not our way.

Sometimes it's the only way.

You liked it...

didn't you?

They had girls in cages, Khalida.

Girls no older than you.

They think we're animals that can be slaughtered.

They take our voices and use them against us.

All the more reason to stay quiet.

In silence, we won't survive.

Then we won't.

And peace...

will die with us.

Your dad's really good with Tiffany.

Yeah, he's an old pro.

Um, have you-- Have you met Quinn yet?

I did.

I really like her.

She's finding a home for Tiffany.

Does your dad know?

About us?

Is there an us to know about?

Kinda stepped into that one, huh?

I meant, does he know about who I used to be.

He think he knows not to ask too many questions.

Are you doing all right otherwise?

I am.

I think I've even made a new friend.

She's briefed and ready.

You don't have to do this, cadet.

If you don't feel comfortable.

No, I think it's important

that we hear what she has to say.

You can hardly blame me for stealing that face.

Look at those dimples.

I could winter in one and summer in the other.

We know a gathering of Spree leadership was attacked by

the Camarilla earlier this year in Brussels.

How many other Spree cells are still in operation?

Wipe out one. Wipe out a hundred.

You can't stop an idea.

Names of cell leaders, then.

Failing that, locations.

There's a tenacity there

that Alder hasn't marched out of you yet.

We could use that on our side.

You're wasting her here, Sarah.

fighting for civilians

who would just as soon watch her burn

as pin a medal to her chest.

They might have a higher opinion of us

if you'd stop murdering them.

How many witches died in military engagements

in the last year, globally?

I'd have to check--

When you do, run those numbers

against our civilian bodycount.

You expect us to believe you kill one civilian

for every witch that dies in combat?

Do the math.

My God...

That can't be true, can it?

You told them you would answer questions from me.

So answer them.

That isn't why I asked for you.

I wanted someone questioning me

who was interested in the truth.

This is getting us nowhere.

Craven, you are dismissed.

You talked about numbers.

How many civilians died

in the very first Spree attack?

That's easy. One for every one of

Esterbrook's rebels in Liberia.

The rebels killed themselves.

That's because General Sarah Alder forced them to

using my Work, without so much as telling me,

against innocent people.

Is that why she erased the fact

that you never existed?

That. And, of course,

because I then used that same Work to start the Spree.

General...

Let's have a chat about the future.

General Bellweather, accompany us, please.

Three hundred years.

You've done a lot of good, haven't you?

America deserves nothing less.

Too true.

We should talk about the lines you've crossed

in order to make that "good" happen.

War is not a pretty thing.

Neither is politics.

My many transgressions, however,

have never included...

the deployment of untested Basic cadets against the Spree.

Lives were saved.

And what about being one step removed

from the creation of the Spree?

How many lives were saved then, General?

Everything I have done and continue to do

-is in the best interest of-- -Of yourself!

Just last week, you were attacked

and you neglected to inform the chain of command.

A regrettable lapse in judgment on my part.

No more regrettable

than when you took it upon yourself

to "puppet" me...

That is what you call it, yes?

"Puppetting."

And "Pushing" is what you did when you made me

agree to open the testing centers.

That distinction is accurate.

Hm.

How do you propose we move forward?

Based upon the strained relations...

between the civilian and witch communities

it's best no one outside of this room

be aware of your connection

to the creation of the Spree.

And having delivered a major victory

with the capture of Nicte Batan,