02x02 - Chapter 9: Family

[bunniefuu]

[Eva] Okay, Omni.

So, Sanctuary jackets were only issued
to people who had passed the test.

And the Sanctuary cycles
were staggered every 16 years,

which means they were
either 32, 48 or 64 years old.

[inhales sharply] What else do we know?

[sighs] They were quick,
jumpy, even squirrelly.

[Omnipod] There are 432 New Atticans
that meet that description, Eva,

-and 16 squirrels.
-[squirrel squeaks]

[sighs]

-Good morning, Eva 9.
-[exclaims] Cadmus.

[chuckles] Snuck up on me there.

Is everything okay?

Oh, yeah. [chuckles]
More than okay. Great.

[stammers] The people and the clothes
and this morning's sunrise--

-[chuckles]
-It's really lifted my spirits.

-It's beautiful.
-Yes.

New Attica is in the perfect location

to capture a bit
of what's left of our world.

So, anyway, our scientists
are beyond excited to talk with you

about your experiences outside the valley.

If it's not too much trouble,

-can you swing on by?
-Uh…

Unless you have other plans.

-It's fine.
-No, no. See you in a bit. [sighs]

[sighs]

[New Atticans murmuring]

Uh, thank you for showing me the way.

You're welcome.
Your foot speed is saunter.

Pyramid ETA: 9:14 a.m.

Would you be comfortable increasing
your walk speed to hustle or dash?

[Eva gasps] The Sanctuary jacket.

Hey. Are-- Are you a Sanctuary Born?

-[grunts]
-[groans, speaks alien language]

[Muthr 248] That's a bit faster
than hustle or dash.

[Eva] I-- I need to talk to you.

Your jacket.

Wait. Please! [pants]

[groans] Okay, then. Let's try this.

[New Attican] Whoa.

-Aha! [groans]
-[grunts]

Whoa. Whoa.

[gasps] What the-- Are you crazy?

You can't just go jumping onto the lift.

No. Yes. Oh, maybe a little.

Okay, sorry. I gotta go.

Young people, I swear.

Wait! Hey, I really wanna talk to you!

[grunts, stammers]

-[grunts]
-[grunting]

[exclaims] Someone, please help me!
[shouts, grunting]

[New Atticans gasping, shouting]

-[New Attican] Thank you!
-Oh, any time!

Eva, shall we proceed
with your meeting with Cadmus?

Okay, then. You do not appear
to care about your ETA.

-[Eva] Excuse me. Sorry.
-Hey, what are you doing?

-[grunts]
-[gondola chimes]

[gondola chimes]

Aha!

-Oh, now what…
-[Omnipod] Eva, you know better

-than to steal gondolas from old ladies.
-[shouting]

Sorry. It won't happen again, I promise,
I promise, okay? You're a peach!

Come on. Faster, faster, faster, faster.

Hi, Eva. Good to see you.

Oh, Meego. Quick, follow that gondola.

Hey, no problem.

I can get you to your 9:00 a.m. meeting

-with Cadmus easy-peasy.
-What? No.

-No. No. No, no, no, no.
-[Meego] Whee!

Meego, follow them. The Sanctuary--
with the jacket-- person.

Jacket person? You are so funny.
Here, just relax.

[calm music playing]

Think. Oh, come on, come on, think.
Um… Oh, Meego. My stomach.

Oh, motion sickness.

It's bad, Meego. [grunts] You gotta
open the door. Quick, quick, quick!

Whoa, uh-oh.
Look straight ahead at a fixed point.

Meego, we're past that!

-[groans]
-Okey dokey!

[grunts]

Whoa, whoa, whoa. [shouts, grunts]

-[gasps] You.
-Oh, hi again. Wow, what are the odds?

It's getting embarrassing.
[chuckles] So sorry.

…don't think that I'm not--

-[rock music playing]
-[grunts, groans]

-What in the terra?
-Door!

Hurry. Follow that gondola.

Hold on a second.

We need to get you
to that appointment with Mr. Cad--

Let's go. Gondola, increase speed to 20%.

Uh-uh, make that 100.

Where are we?

What is she-- [gasps]

Uh-oh.

Open the door.

[Omnipod] Eva, please do not do
what you're thinking of doing.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

-You're not gonna--
-[exhales deeply]

Whoa. Omni, I'm in love.

[screams, grunts]

[grunting, sighs]

It's a sanctuary?

[person 1] I'm sorry to say this,
but we may need to relocate.

I think they know.

That's not possible.

We don't know that just yet.

-Hey. E? About time you got back.
-[gasps]

Everything okay?

Yeah. [stammers]
Everything's okay. All good.

What did you do, go to the style spa?
Get a makeover?

Uh, maybe?

Wait.

You're not E.

-What's going on?
-Someone's here.

-This isn't good.
-Uh, yeah.

Sorry, I didn't mean to intrude.

-I'm-- I'm Eva 9…
-Nine?

-…from Sanctuary 573.
-Eva 9? There are no nines.

-S-- Sorry. I just, uh--
-Who's that?

-I saw a Sanctuary jacket, and so I--
-She can't be here.

-[stammers] Wait, wait.
-What in the terra?

-Were you followed?
-Hey! Wait, wait.

-You can't stay here.
-Who sent you here?

[person 2] Stop.

-[gasps]
-Wow.

You made the jump.

-[person 3] Whoa.
-Wait, wait, wait, you led her here?

Yeah, I did.

It was you last night.

-What's going on?
-Eight, she cannot stay here.

-Kai's right.
-Well, she's already here.

I'll take care of it.

First things first… [sighs]
…give me your Omni.

[Omnipod] Eva, don't give me-- Oh, well.

Gotta turn off this tracker
before you get traced.

[Omnipod] I'm perfectly capable of
turning off my own tracking, thank you.

Stop pushing those buttons.
Wait, stop that.

Ooh-- Deactivated.

Now that that's taken care of…

[breathes deeply]

Waited 16 years for this. [chuckles]

[inhales sharply]
I can't believe you're here.

Oh, weird.

Yeah, I know.

-Hi.
-Hi.

But how?

I am an Eva, like you.

So, Eva 8?

Just call me Eight.

And you were raised in a sanctuary, right?

My sanctuar-- Our sanctuary,
raised by our Muthr. [chuckles]

Sixteen years before you.

But you had others.

I had my sanctlings, but…

But they didn't make it.

They, um…

[inhales sharply] We all passed the test,

made it to the surface, but the surface
wasn't what we were promised.

I'm the only one who survived.

This is all I have left of them.

Is this you?

It's you, actually, or how I imagined you.

Had to use some wild berries
to darken the hair.

[chuckles] I love it.

You-- You helped me through it…

when I lost all my sanctlings.

But I-- I don't understand.

How could I have helped you?

Well, after I lost all my sanctlings,

I just wanted to return to Sanctuary.

-But the surface, it…
-[rustling]

[screaming, groaning] Whoa!

[screams]

[screeching]

[panting]

[Eight] I was all alone
in this strange world.

The only place I knew was…

home.

Eva 8 of Sanctuary 573, seeking reentry.

Muthr?

Eva 8 of Sanctuary 573, seeking reentry.

Muthr? Hello? Is anyone there?

Let me in! Let me in!

[groans] Please, Muthr! [cries]

This place is not what we expected.

[sobbing] Something's happened.

The training failed us.

[sobbing]

Please, please let me in.

It's just-- It's just me.

The others, they-- they're all dead.

[sobbing continues]

Omni, let me inside. [breathing shakily]

[Omnipod] Eva 8's access
to Sanctuary 573 is denied.

No. No, no, no. Please… [sobs]

-The Sanctuary 573 cycle has reset.
-Something's wrong. [stammers]

-The surface is not what we expected.
-Generation nine in progress.

No! You cannot bring six children
into this world. They'll die!

[Omnipod] Generation nine
consists of only one child: Eva 9.

What? How can that be?

[Omnipod] All communication
with Sanctuary 573 is now terminated.

No. [crying]

[sniffles, crying]

[baby crying]

Eva 9, you poor thing.

You'll never make it alone.

-[sniffles] Okay.
-[crying continues]

[Eva] You left it for me.

I'm sorry.

It was my fault you couldn't go back.

No, you-- you don't understand.

Knowing you were there
was the only thing that kept me going.

Me too.

I called you my Wondla.

[chuckles] Wondla?

[sighs]

[laughs]

I guess that sorta means we're, like,

-sisters.
-Sisters.

[person 3] Hey, did you hear that?
[shushes] What's going on?

[person 4] I have no idea.

All right, guys. You can come out now.

[chuckles]

[person 4] No. It was definitely Fuji.

-You can tell by the seeds.
-No way. Honeycrisp.

Excuse me.
Did you specialize in agriculture?

-Dude, again?
-What?

Manspreading. Look,
you're taking up the whole table.

[person 4 sighs] Xander…

[chair scraping]

Never was a problem on the surface.

Yeah, 'cause there were no tables
and everyone was dead.

Good times.

-[groans]
-You'll have to excuse them.

-We don't get much company.
-Like, ever.

This is my little family.

-Violet, she's the botanist.
-[Violet] Sup.

-Kai, our computer whiz.
-[Kai] Hey.

-And Xander-- He's just, well, Xander.
-[Xander] What?

So glad to have you here, Eva.

[sighs] This is amazing.

[chuckles] I mean, I'm glad--
[stammers] glad to be here.

And I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to cause any trouble.

-Yeah, no worries. You're good.
-Yeah.

Sorry for thinking you were E.
You're nicer.

-[chuckles]
-[Kai] And don't mind him.

He was never house-trained.
Still refuses to use indoor plumbing.

[Xander] There are some things
you don't need a robot for.

Maybe you do, to clean up
the mess you're making.

[Xander] What are you, my Muthr Unit?

Well, clearly your Muthr Unit
didn't teach you table manners.

-[chuckles]
-Back me up here, E.

Oh, I keep forgetting. [chuckles]

It's like I'm seeing double.

She's like you, Eight, but, you know,
fresher, more appealing.

Yeah. It's like the new, improved model.

I say we dump Eight for Nine.

-I'm on board.
-Great idea, Xander.

Oh, it's not that we don't like you, E.
We just like her better.

-[laughs]
-Hilarious.

So you're all Sanctuary Born?

Yep. 342.

-256.
-475.

-And 573. Fun bunch, huh?
-[Violet] It's your night on dishes, Kai.

-I'll never forget the day I met 'em.
-[Kai] Who made you boss?

-Wish I could.
-[Violet] Since always.

-[chuckles]
-[Kai] Okay, who's ready for dessert?

[gasps] An actual
naturally grown strawberry?

Yeah, from Violet's personal crop.

Look at it. Its color and dimples.

[chuckles] You gonna stare at it all day,
or you gonna take the plunge?

-[gobbles, swallows] Mmm.
-Yeah, whoa, whoa! Not the leafy part--

I am not just saying this.

This is the best thing
I have ever tasted in my entire life.

[screams] Well, you all heard it.
In your face, Kai.

Best gardener in the world, right here.

-You're looking at her.
-[stammers] Hold on, Vi.

You forget about my rhubarb, huh?
My kiwis? Uh-huh.

So is that what you guys
are doing down here?

Secret competitive gardening?

Not exactly.

We were raised to do things ourselves.

This is where we do it.

Leave the city to the blissies.

-What are blissies?
-New Atticans. Blinded by bliss.

They've exchanged
their freedom for comfort,

comfort that Cadmus manufactures
to blind them from the truth.

Ignorance may be bliss, but right now,
people can't afford to be ignorant.

What truth is Cadmus hiding?

-[clanging]
-[alarm ringing]

-Do you guys hear that?
-There's somebody there.

-What's going on?
-[Kai] No, I don't like this.

-[Violet] This is bad.
-Were you followed?

-Did you hear that?
-Someone's inside.

What's going on, guys?

[Violet]
I thought you deactivated her Omni.

-I did.
-No, no, no.

[Xander] Someone's coming.

Unsanctioned location.

Data limited.

Notifying authorities.

Resume seeking Eva 9.

Greetings, Eva 9.

You are currently seven hours,


for your appointment with Cadmus Pryde.

I am here to escort you now.

Yes. Sorry, I--

[sighs] I'll be right there.

No time to waste.

Great. We've been compromised,
thanks to her.

Hey. If you're mad at her,
then you're mad at me.

Grab what you can. We'll meet
at the rendezvous in one hour.

-I'm coming with you.
-Are you sure?

We're sisters.

Mmm. [speaks in Greek, chuckles]
Eva, you're here.

Sorry I'm late. [sighs]

No worries. I'm sure you were
just having too much fun.

Gazpacho? I made it this morning.

Elias's recipe.
He is a big Andalusian buff.

I have enough for two.

-Well…
-Not hungry.

[sighs] Well, it's good to see you, Eva 8.

-It's been forever. How are you?
-Alive.

[chuckles] Would you look at this?
Evas reunited. What a surprise.

Am I right, Eva?

It's a tough journey, getting all the way
to New Attica from your sanctuary.

Not many have the grit
to make it all the way here.

Maybe this is what you've been missing.

A real sister, a real home, a real family.

Cadmus, what did you want to know
about my time on the surface?

Mmm. Come with me.

[Eight] Wow, it's…

Beautiful, isn't it?

What are we doing here?

It's okay, Eight.

Why don't you two wait here
while I get my science team?

Eva, I'm not sure about this.

Hey, it's okay.

There's nothing to be afraid of.

No. No, I do not like this.

[squawking]

-[gasping]
-[squawking intensifies]

-It's okay. It's just a turnfin.
-[squawking continues]

[gasps, grunts]
Get those aliens away from me.

-[screaming]
-Eight!

How did they get here? [grunting]

Why are they here? [grunts]
Get away from me! [groaning]

[Eva] It's okay.

Come to me.

Calm. Come. Come to me.

[sobbing, breathing deeply]

-Are you okay?
-[sobbing]

Hey, hey. Eight, just breathe.

[exhales deeply]

-There you go.
-[exhales sharply]

[Otto] Eva, are you there?

[Eva] Otto?

[Otto] Otto and Rovee are trapped.

The nice man is not nice.

-[Eva] What man?
-[Otto] The flicker man. The gray man.

Nice man not nice.

Flicker man. Hologram.

Gray man… [gasps]

Eva, is everything okay?