Falling Skies

Previously on Falling Skies...

Are you saying there's a government in Charleston?

Elected by almost 3,000 civilians in the new capital.

We need to get back in the war.

Seems like Charleston might be a good place to do that.

You still in love with her?

No. Of course not.

I know exactly what you'll do to these people if you get the chance.

Just gonna take off without saying goodbye?

When that Overlord invaded my mind,

he couldn't keep his thoughts completely walled off.

Come after me, again and again.

We're gonna keep rolling

all the way to Charleston!

This is the final push.

Wish me luck.

It's gonna be okay.

We'll see each other again. I promise.

I promise.

How long till we get there?

It's hard to say. Maybe about 300 more miles.

How long will that take?

Maybe 12 hours, depending on the road conditions

And if we have to take any more detours.

Any more detours, and we'll run out of fuel.

Maybe we should think about scrounging up some more.

Nope, no more side trips,

Not with the aliens riding on our tail.

The sooner we get to Charleston, the sooner we'll be safe.

Dad, I want you to keep this for me.

Why would you write out a will, Matt?

Well, everyone's saying we're not gonna make it to Charleston.

And if I die, I want ...

You're not gonna die.

And we're gonna make it to Charleston.

It's not a question of if. It's a question of when.

I want you to write that in your journal.

Okay.

Okay?

Yeah.

* Falling Skies 2x08 * Death March Original Air Date on August 5, 2012

== sync, corrected by elderman ==

You need me to spell you?

Nope.

I'm good to go, boss.

You call me "boss" one more time, I'll slap you myself.

Hey, I'm sorry if I get on your nerves.

Tell the truth,

I'm surprised you picked me to be your driver.

Are you? Why's that?

Well, I ain't exactly the spit-and-polish type.

Just what type are you, Tector?

That's what I'm trying to figure out.

Oh, yeah? Well, me too.

Hey, you let me know

If you come up with any good theories there, Captain.

How's it going, kids?

Damn it, Pope.

Next time you do that, I'm gonna pop you in the nose.

Yeah, well, then it'll just be like old times, huh, Margaret?

What do you want?

Yeah, sometime soon, uh, if we can make a pit stop.

All this beer duty is starting to take its toll on me.

We only stop when the tank's empty, all right?

That's the rule. You know that.

What part of being an advance scout don't you understand?

Well, fine.

I guess I'll just have to manage on the fly.

No peeking.

Two days of this ... I'm gonna kill him.

I truly am.

Just give me the word. I got your back.

What?

You wouldn't even.

Kill Pope?

I nearly have before on a few occasions.

But you didn't.

What? You don't think I have it in me?

No.

You don't have enough dark in your soul.

What does that mean?

I can go dark.

Yeah? Yeah.

What's the darkest thing you've ever done?

Well...

Just as I suspected.

I...

Keep him hydrated.

I-I can't.

No.

Son of a bitch.

You okay?

I got a blister. It's just annoying.

Want to see if I can get this thing out of here,

But it's in there pretty good.

When Uncle Scott built something, he built it to last.

I think these bolts are rusted.

Just leave it.

The weight of one gurney's not gonna make much of a difference.

Let me look at it.

No, it's fine. I'm good.

We still have a long way to go.

You sound worried.

You're not?

No. Rough stuff's all behind us.

It's all downhill from here.

Slow down a little.

Okay, chief.

Oh, what? I can't call you "chief"?

Boss. Chief.

Why not "sir"?

I'm not sure I follow.

You work double time to come off like a good, old country boy,

But you handled that sniper rifle

like a soldier who trained with the best ...

on an M24, maybe.

Oh, yeah.

So you were military.

What I don't get is why you're trying to hide it.

Maybe you just want to kick up your heels with the Berserkers.

Is that it?

You want to have the rest of us do the heavy lifting,

Is that it?

What does it matter?

I'll tell you how it matters, soldier.

You're serving under me,

And I need to know that I can trust you.

And right now, I don't.

I ...

Wow! What was that? A deer?

I'm not sure.

It's a kid.

A harnessed kid.

She's unconscious, but she seems to be coming to.

Aside from that,

I think her harness might be internally damaged.

It isn't glowing.

We can't leave her.

I want to help her, Tom, but it's too big a risk.

After Karen, we cannot afford another enemy agent.

Yeah, you got that right, Captain.

Where ... where am I? Why does my body hurt?

You were in an accident, but you're okay.

I'm Dr. Glass.

Where's Tyler?

Who's Tyler?

My brother. I want my brother.

I'm sorry. We don't know where he is.

Ow. It hurts.

All right.

Just ... Anthony, would you please secure her in the back?

We've got to keep moving.

Seriously?

Just do it.

I've been thinking.

If we get to Charleston ...

When.

When we get to Charleston, what then?

I'm just hoping against hope that Ben shows up there.

I didn't understand what he was going through.

I guess I still don't know,

But it'd just be nice to talk to him, you know?

It's not too late to make that all good.

Ben's coming back to us.

I can feel it.

Yeah, well, I wish I could believe that,

but...I just don't see how.

Sometimes, you just have to trust

that fate will throw you a favor every once in a while.

I know 'cause it happened to me.

Really?

Yeah, I never thought I'd recover

from the life I had before.

There's nothing good there.

And then came...you.

Uh-oh. We got a problem.

What's the story?

We're overheating. The radiator's low on water.

I better pull over. No, no, no. No. Don't, don't.

Just ... just keep on going, all right?

There's a river not too far from here.

It's the Smith River, I think. We can fill it up there.

How do you know that?

I used to take this route all the time

to visit my kids in Florida.

Just keep going.

He's kidding, right?

Nope.

Pope has kids. That's a scary thought.

Got you something. Good for hydration.

Oh, thank you.

How's the girl doing?

Quiet. She seems so lost.

I don't think she poses any danger.

Maybe.

How many more of them are out there, huh?

Thousands? Millions?

Even if we kick the aliens off the planet,

which I know we will ... Of course we will ...

what do we do with all of them?