01x06 - In the Dirt

[bunniefuu]

- From the visionary

who brought you

OrgasMonday 39 and the Moistboys

comes a feely unlike anything

we've ever seen.

[dramatic music]

[audience screaming]

[cheers and applause]

- Gripping.

As if I was there.

- [laughs] - Marco

- Mm-hmm?

- You've done it again.

- Haven't I?

- You have.

You so have.

- And that's just the trailer.

Just wait

till you see the full

Oh, look.

It's already catching on.

Thank you, Counselor.

He absolutely makes the evening.

- Ah, well, you

know pleasure.

- Dilletante.

- Oh, come on.

He's not that bad.

- His haptics

are completely filched.

From me.

It's my own fault, really,

for trying to raise the bar.

- I better check on John.

- Ah, yes, man of the hour.

- John's not used

to this level of attention.

- Who said anything about John?

Careful, Bernard.

You keep parading him

around these parties,

soon everyone's gonna want one.

- And in the winter,

we would scavenge for food.

We ate bug paste

and called it meat.

[sighs]

What else? Um

- Tell us

of your Savage violence.

- Yes. Do it slowly.

- Um

when I was a kid, I saw a guy

get beat up for his coat.

And strangled with it.

[people gasping softly]

Yeah.

Where I come from,

there's only two levels:

the living and the dead.

- Hi.

- Bernard.

Can I talk to you for a second?

- Sorry. One sec.

- Where the f*ck have you been?

- Oh, you're agitated.

- I don't know

what I'm supposed to say

to these people.

- They just want

to get to know you, John.

- No, they don't.

They want me to be

some sort of k*ller.

They want me to be the guy

who threw the punch,

but I didn't throw the punch.

- Didn't you?

- No. You did.

- Huh. Well, seems most people

remember it differently now.

Anyway,

they're just curious, John.

- f*cking sh*t.

- They only know

what they've been told.

The truth, your life, what

you've actually been through,

they couldn't possibly imagine.

Help them.

You can be whoever

you want to be.

- Tell us

about your woman birth.

- Okay, again,

don't remember that.

- I want to feed you things

with my feet.

- Uh, maybe John

just needs a moment.

John

- You remind me of someone.

- Does she, John?

Who does she remind you of?

[tense music]

- The first time I saw her,

she was standing alone

in a field.

♪

And I thought ♪

- Go on.

♪

- I thought,

"I'm looking at the last

unbroken thing

in all the world."

[all gasping]

- Who was she?

- A Savage, like me.

[people murmuring]

And I loved her.

[all gasp]

But her parents had promised

her to another man.

He wasn't a good man,

but he had power.

He swore he'd slaughter me

if ever I laid eyes

on his bride.

I tried to stay away,

but I couldn't.

I'd rather die

than be without her.

- What happened to your eye?

- You like my Foster?

- Your what?

- My Henry Foster.

It's the latest.

You know, from your punch.

♪

- You know,

you remind me of someone.

So there was nothing to do

but fight him.

I mean,

he was bigger and stronger,

but he didn't love her

like I did.

You two remind me of someone.

The town gathered.

It was me against him

and his inbred brothers,

four to one.

Seven to one.

Plus his dog.

His entire g*ng

of nightmare men.

He fought dirty.

So did I.

Because that is what love

will make you do.

I was laying in the dirt,

taste of blood in my mouth.

I looked up.

There she was,

golden hair shimmering,

messy like a storm,

nails the color of midnight,

eyes like the barrel of a g*n.

Her voice, her touch, her kiss,

her lips gave me strength.

- And you won?

- Wouldn't that have been nice?

[all gasp]

Never really healed.

Neither did my heart.

And the truth is that

- He never saw her again.

[crowd gasps]

- I never saw her again.

I died that night.

I'm waiting, waiting

to be revived.

[upbeat dance music]

♪

[both panting]

♪

[both moaning]

♪

[both moan]

♪

[grunting]

[dispenser clicks]

- [vocalizing]

♪

- Never really healed.

Neither did my heart.

The truth is I

never saw her again.

I died that night.

I've been waiting

to be revived ever since.

[dispenser clicks]

And in the winter, we would

we would scavenge for food.

Hey.

You remind me of someone.

- Who, John?

Who does she remind you of?

- Sorry.

[intense dance music]

♪

- [vocalizing]

♪

[dispenser clicks]

- For the wait.

- Mm.

- Pleasure Gardens?

Hey, all right, just let me

know where you want to go,

and we'll go.

- Home.

- No, don't come on.

It's early.

In fact, I had the

- Bernard, I'm tired.

- So you had an off night.

- What?

- It's okay.

There's always tomorrow.

In fact, I didn't

tell you this because

the Director of Stability

has invited us to attend

- The Direct that Henry guy?

I thought you hated him.

- [laughs]

Henry Foster's

a very important person,

and his formal induction

ceremony is tomorrow morning.

- Exciting.

- Yeah, and they

You're being insincere again.

- Sorry, forget it.

Look, you go.

He's your boss.

You should go.

- Well, he invited both of us.

So we wouldn't want him

to be disappointed.

- Right.

Or we could not give a sh*t.

[train whirs]

[sighs]

- Now leaving

District of the Body.

[dispenser clicks]

- Stop.

Would you just knock it off?

- Sorry, just, John,

your levels, they're

clearly - Stop.

I'm not.

I'm just

I'm sick of telling

the f*cking story.

- Oh.

Oh, forgive me.

I thought you were enjoying

the parties.

The attention.

The affection.

I mean, hey, no,

if it's a burden, then

- Look,

I didn't say it's not fun.

I just I don't see why

I always have to

Why can't I just go

and be like everyone else?

- Of course you can, John.

That's

It lasted longer

than I expected, actually.

- What are you talking about?

- Well, everyone's conditioned

to want the new thing,

the next thing.

It's like these trends,

you know?

They, well, they

They come and they go.

What's fashionable

in the morning

is normally over

when the sun goes down.

It's the same for celebrity.

No one usually

lasts more than a day.

Bullshit, man, I've been

telling the story for, like

- Six days.

- Six?

- Yeah.

- And that's

- Well, unprecedented, actually.

No, but everything has its time,

and if you don't like it, John,

then I don't care

if Henry Foster himself gets

- Hold on.

- No, John, listen.

Everyone's happy here.

Really.

And that does include you.

- Maybe I

Maybe I can switch it up

or something.

- Oh. Hmm.

That's interesting.

[dispenser clicks]

- Was Lenina there tonight?

- Len Lenina Crowne?

No.

- Oh. Thought I saw her.

Whatever. Forget it.

[dispenser clicks]

- Mm, here we are.

- Now arriving.

District of the Sublime.

- I think I'm gonna

keep going a bit.

- Go? Where, exactly?

- I don't know.

Just wherever it takes me.

I don't know.

End of the line.

- Okay, well whatever

you want, John.

I'll see you in the morning,

right?

[mysterious music]

♪

♪

♪

[rats squeaking]

[suspenseful music]

♪

[scanner beeps]

[soft music]

♪

- I've missed you.

Has it been a long time?

- Yes.

- Well

I'm sure you meant

to visit sooner.

- Where are the others?

- They're off somewhere,

being insufferable.

I don't know why I thought

it would be different here.

Vacations always bring out

the worst in people.

And all I've got to show for it

is this spectacular tan.

- You were always so vain.

- I'm not the one

lying about my age.

- You cloned yourself.

- What can I say?

Takes many hands

to build a city.

What's it like up

there, seeing my face?

- Took some getting used to.

- You love it.

Admit it.

Are you waiting for me

to ask you what's wrong?

You only come down here

when Indra misbehaves.

What's it done this time?

Tell me.

Please.

I'm so f*cking bored.

- There's a new virus.

- What's it look like?

- A man.

[dramatic music]

- Now arriving.

District of the Body.

[indistinct chatter]

- That's the Savage.

Don't stare.

- Oh. Lenina.

- What are you doing here?

- I'm trying to get out of here.

You know this f*cking thing

goes in a circle?

- [laughs]

Everyone knows that.

- Oh.

[laughs]

Well, at least

I bumped into you.

- You know, they

They don't really happen here.

- What?

- Collisions.

- You were there tonight,

weren't you, at the party?

What, you didn't want to see me?

- Well, you were with

all those people.

- I don't care

about those people.

You shouldn't have

run off like that.

- I couldn't stay.

- Why not?

Lenina, why not?

- I'm glad you're happy, John.

- Well, you know,

Bernard's just helping me get

I'm just trying

to find my place here.

- Mm, you found lots of places.

Alphas, Bets, Pluses, Minuses.

It's on everyone's feeds.

- You been watching me?

- No.

But I hear.

It's all anyone can talk about.

- Wait, are you, like,

mad at me?

Come on.

- No. What?

Why would I be?

You're doing what

you're supposed to do, John.

Like everyone else.

- Look, the people I was with,

they didn't

- Mean anything?

Yeah, exactly.

See?

You're an Alpha already.

- Why'd you leave the party?

- I told you.

- No, you didn't.

- It made me sad. I

Couldn't stay anymore.

Bernard said

you wouldn't mind if I left.

- Wait, he said what?

- I just I don't fit.

I try to, but I just can't

Seem to get back to myself.

I went there tonight

because I thought if I saw you,

I'd remember who it is

I'm supposed to be,

but it

Oh, forget it.

It doesn't matter.

[dispenser clicks]

[soft music]

♪

- Do you feel that?

The vibration?

- It's just a train.

♪

[train rumbling]

- Where does it go?

- It's the Epsilon train.

It goes Epsilon places.

- So you don't know.

- No one knows.

Will you stop?

The system won't allow you to

- You coming or not?

- The system knows, John.

Indra sees everything.

- Not this guy.

No optic.

I'm invisible.

- We can't get on that train.

Surely you've noticed that

everyone travels

in their designated

- Says who?

- Say

Well, it's a fact.

- It's your conditioning.

[optic clicks]

[soft dramatic music]

♪

- You coming or not?

♪

[sighs]

- Wow.

- Remain seated, John.

- I'm okay.

Thanks.

- They know you?

- Sure, you know, I guess.

Wow.

You've really

never been out here?

What's wrong?

- Nothing.

It's

The conditioners separate

the Beta infants

from the Alphas.

Then they administer

a correction,

increasing the intensity

as they move the Betas

further away.

It's just my

[sighs]

It'll pass.

- Here.

I used to do this for my mom

when she'd

She'd get sick sometimes.

Does that help?

[somber music]

♪

- You miss her

Even though she's dead.

Was that

I said the wrong thing.

- It's okay.

- Not for this.

♪

You could have fed everybody.

♪

[romantic music]

- It's your hundredth year.

You want it to be special.

That's why I'm here,

because you deserve me.

♪

I know where you want to go.

I know how to get you there.

♪

To that place

where they'll never find us.

♪

Soma Red, because

it's your time.

- What's taking so long?

It's the director's

inauguration.

- Tea?

- No, just

why don't you just go

and get him washed and dressed?

We want formality

with a little flash.

What's trending today?

- Aubergine.

- Oh, Gary, make it so.

- [laughs]

Soma tea?

- No, just bring me John.

- Your happiness

is important to me.

- Where [dispenser clicks]

[dispenser clicks]

[dispenser clicks]

[breathes deeply]

Where is he?

- John did not come home

last night.

- What?

- John does not

come home at night.

He comes home in the morning,

and smells

popular.

[tense music]

[dispenser clicks]

- Helm.

- What?

- Helm.

- Oh, Bernard,

this really isn't a good time.

I'm creating my next sensation.

I'm going to make everyone tiny,

like a moth in the wind,

like a

- Helm, have you seen him?

- Who?

- John. Is he there?

- I'm not his keeper, Bernard.

That's you.

Aren't you bringing him

to Henry Foster's induction?

Don't tell me

you lost the Savage again.

- No. No, I didn't.

Of course

I'm sure he'll be there.

I mean, where else

[dramatic music]

I'll call you back.

Summon

[mumbles]

Lenina Crowne.

♪

[birds chirping]

[laughter]

[indistinct chatter]

Thanks.

They said go that way.

- You talk to the Epsilons?

- Yeah. They're just people.

- [laughs]

You like them.

- Well, I was them.

I used to clean people's sh*t.

Except they've got each other.

I was alone.

- That must've been terrible.

- Mm, you can get

used to anything.

You know, when you're a kid,

if you've got an imagination,

you can survive.

I used to go

on little adventures

and build my own worlds.

Nothing like this.

- I've never been alone.

We're never alone here.

Everyone's connected.

Even when you sleep.

- You should try

taking that thing

out of your eye more often.

- [laughs]

Some things you just don't do.

You know, it's

selfish.

Antisocial.

Indra would know.

♪

[screams]

Why have I never been here?

- Whoa. Hey.

Take it easy.

- It's all just sitting here,

and we never even looked.

Why?

- I don't know.

You're okay.

- No, I could've done things.

I could've gone places,

and I've been so

- You're here now.

[emotional music]

♪

- In the interest of stability,

we do not look back.

We know the past is fraught,

complicated

most of all, it's irrelevant.

We're here now, my friends.

We're here together,

perfect social body.

Vital, present.

Dare I say,

now matters more than ever.

[applause]

[light music playing]

♪

[indistinct chatter]

- Psst. Henry.

I'm so sorry.

I don't know what to say.

He was supposed to be here,

but unfortunately,

John is experiencing

what the Savages call

morning sickness,

which is temporary,

but you know,

it's kind of so brutish.

I think we forget sometimes

how delicate they really are,

you know, but I assure you,

I can make John available

for any future functions

- Bernard, it's all right.

Really.

I'm glad he's not here.

To be honest,

this whole Foster thing is

well, it's tiresome.

It's really so much noise,

and now that people

are finally moving on

- I'm sorry, moving on?

- Yes, thank goodness.

I can just go back

to simply being Henry Foster,

Alpha Plus,

Director of Stability,

and well, you can go back to

your seat.

♪

- Um, I'm sorry, I

I really don't think

people are moving on, Henry.

- Bernard

- And as you know,

my critical task

is to integrate John.

- And you have.

Good job.

Perhaps I don't

tell you that enough.

Good job, Bernard.

- Mustapha Mond herself

- You know, I think it's time

that we got you

away from that Savage,

back in the office,

doing work that's more worthy

of a man of your

level.

♪

[dispenser clicks]

♪

[indistinct chatter]

- Bernard, what are you doing?

[loud clinking]

- Um, can I have everybody's

attention, please?

Just for thank you.

I, um

I know you were all

expecting John,

and you were excited,

but actually,

I have something else

that I brought with me today.

Better. Uh

Me.

[laughs]

Hi, I'm Bernard Marx.

I mean, you know me.

I I threw the punch.

Yes,

and I was in the Savage Lands,

and I drove an auto car

which, uh which actually

was very, very perilous.

In fact thank you.

Thanks.

Um, as we were, uh, chased.

[ice clinking]

Violence! [stammers]

I was shot.

[laughs]

Um

And [stammering]

Well, there was blood.

And many other people

were k*lled.

I'm sorry,

I'm gonna start again.

[stammers]

I was in the Savage Lands.

- Remember at the end?

I mean, the very end?

The last few months,

after the water rose

and all the birds were gone,

we were all sitting

underneath the tree,

all ten of us.

You remember what you said?

- Yes.

- "Maybe the problem

is people."

- And I was right.

Don't give me that look.

It was your idea

to turn Indra loose.

- We all agreed.

- To go underground.

To wait it out.

And while we slept,

Indra made a world for us,

made it over and over and over

till it was perfect.

- We never told her

when to stop.

- Why should it stop?

Indra simulates.

Indra tests.

Indra improves.

- Or dies.

- Resets.

And begins again.

What do you want, Jane?

- I thought

we make decisions together

as Controllers.

- Oh, please.

Suddenly, you're so concerned

with what we think.

You went your own way,

gave yourself a new name,

started dressing

like a f*cking wizard.

- Elliott.

- No.

You were supposed

to be down here with me.

You said

you'd be down here with me.

- Something's wrong.

- You're scared.

[emotional music]

I can't read her anymore.

She's different.

♪

- Indra's not different.

You are.

♪

You're dying, aren't you?

How long?

- Who can say?

- I can.

♪

So it's settled.

You'll stay here.

I'll get you a towel.

- I can't.

- Don't be obstinate.

- I'm not finished.

- I beg to differ.

♪

Don't go.

Come on.

Lay down with me.

- Tide's coming in.

- They're not your children.

The scientists

don't name the rats.

If you die out

there, it's forever.

[dramatic music]

Jane.

[dark music]

♪

[breathes deeply]

♪

[sighs]

♪

[gasping]

[dramatic music]

♪

[birds chirping]

- Mm-mm.

- You people have no idea

how good you have it.

- [sighs] I know perfectly well.

My life is perfect.

Everyone's life is perfect.

No one wants to be anything

other than what they are.

- You're f*cking crazy.

You gotta try this peach.

- Sometimes I think

I want to be unhappy.

I should've stayed

in the Savage Lands,

could've been anything I wanted.

- You can be anything

you want here.

Right here.

There's no Indra.

No one's watching.

What do you want to be?

- [scoffs softly]

We should get back.

- Just say it.

I'll believe you.

Just pretend.

- No.

- You can be anything.

- Well, we don't do that here.

Pretend.

- Okay.

I'll go first.

I'm John.

This is my domain.

Everything you see

from that peach tree

to that tree over there.

- [laughing]

- You shouldn't laugh at me.

I'm the last man on Earth.

- Well, that's gonna limit

my options.

- Yeah, it is,

but on the bright side,

you're the last woman,

so you're gonna get

a lot of attention.

So what do we do?

- We sh we should go back.

- No, we can't

We have to do something.

We're not gonna survive

if we just sit around all day.

You think I should try farming?

- [laughs] This is so stupid.

- You're right.

That's gonna take way too long.

I'll fish.

What are you gonna do?

- I can't do anything.

- Close your eyes.

- John. Ahh

- Shh, shh, shh.

[soft music]

♪

You gotta picture it.

♪

It's just us.

No one else.

♪

Little house

we built with our hands.

The land's gonna give us

everything we need,

but we're gonna

have to work for it.

♪

- [whispers] Close your eyes.

♪

- Thank you.

- Yes, you must be parched.

That went on

for such a very long time.

- I know.

I know. I

Couldn't even stop myself.

Not even sure what happened.

I think maybe my levels

- It's not your levels, Bernard.

- These things happened to me,

Helm.

I was shot.

- Bernard.

- I drove an auto car.

- Are we doing that again?

Could you spare me a red,

please?

- There's no need to be unkind.

- Isn't there, though?

I mean, being gentle with you

doesn't seem to penetrate.

You continue to insist

on being more than you are.

- I am an Alpha Plus, Helm.

- Are you, though?

- How can

I'm an Alpha Plus.

- You don't believe that.

Inside.

You never have.

So it's going to be

one of those evenings.

[sighs]

It's not your story

they don't like, Bernard.

It's not even you.

Fact is,

you're not the new thing,

and they want the new thing

because with every new thing,

there's a chance

that it could be the big thing.

So we give them a new thing.

Bigger, hotter, harder, faster.

We have to give it to them

like that, Bernie,

because if we don't,

they might realize

that the new thing

isn't new at all.

It's really just the old thing,

but more of it.

And if it's old, it's boring,

and if it's boring,

they will turn it off,

and they'll be alone

with their thoughts.

We know where that leads,

don't we?

[dark music]

People don't want to be small.

They want to be big.

[gasps]

I'll make people big.

I'll make giants,

and they'll crush buildings.

People want to be giant,

don't they?

♪

- People want to be Savages.

- They do not.

- No, they do.

Listen to me.

People want to feel what

it's like to live another life,

to be free from themselves.

- Stop it.

- No, but we could do it.

You could do it.

John could tell us stories,

and you could record

his emotions

- Stop.

- A feeling

that no one's ever felt before.

Helm, it could be a phenomenon,

the sensation

to end all sensations.

- The only one who wants to be

that Savage, Bernard, is you.

- No, I don't.

- Face it.

John is not dangerous or violent

or full of Savage madness.

Your boy likes sex and soma

like every Beta in New London.

Come to think of it,

there's nothing really

all that Savage about him.

- Where are you going?

- I've got to get back

to the party.

- Oh, I'll I'll come with you.

You know, why don't um,

why don't you go ahead?

Actually, I'll

- You've had your moment

in the glow, Bernie.

That's something.

But it's gone.

Don't chase it.

- At the end of the day,

the sun goes down,

and I come in.

And we tell each other

About the little things we did

to keep each other alive.

You caught a fish.

- I did.

- We should cook it.

- I'm not that hungry right now.

- Why don't you

come over by the fire?

- Warm here.

- Don't talk.

I want to look at you.

I went hunting today.

- You did?

For what?

- White-tailed deer beast.

- Did you get one?

You will.

[soft music]

♪

♪

- [sighs]

♪

[stirring music]

♪

♪

[soft music]

♪

- I'm starving.

Gary, do me a favor.

If you could make

that pie with the chicken.

Gary.

Sorry, I don't mean

to be a d*ck here,

but if you could make the pie.

- Where were you?

- Oh, sh*t.

Bernard, I'm sorry.

I missed your thing.

- You missed my thing.

- I feel bad.

I'll make it up to you.

Get dressed, we'll go

to the Pleasure Garden.

- No, John.

No more Pleasure Gardens.

It's over.

- What do you what's over?

- You are.

No more parties.

No more stories.

No more pretty Betas

reminding you of someone,

which, let's be honest,

was the one part

no one really quite believed.

- I was thinking we could do

a different thing there.

- Oh, no, sorry.

You don't understand.

It's done.

They've moved on.

No one cares.

- Can you excuse us, Gary?

- Gary, stay.

Look at me.

- Go in the hall, Gary.

Wait in the hall, Gary.

- He won't.

He can't.

It's his conditioning.

He's a Gamma.

I'm an Alpha Plus,

and you're a what, exactly?

You're not even really

a Savage, are you?

- I would check your levels,

man.

- We thought you'd be dangerous

and violent and untamed,

but you're not.

You're just

[sighs]

Sad.

- What the f*ck are you doing?

- Not surprising,

given your mother.

Poor thing thought

she had a future here.

It's probably better that she

- One more word, and I end you.

- Oh, I'd like to see you try.

I'm sure everyone

would like to see you try.

[dramatic music]

♪

- Look at that, Bernard.

You got yourself a Foster.

- It's a Marx!

[both grunting]

- Oh, there you are.

Did you let them

start the orgy without me?

- Of course not.

[dispenser clicks]

You're just in time.

Do you ever get tired of it?

All these parties.

The orgies.

[classical music playing]

♪

- What are they watching?

If you say Marco Hoover

- No.

I think it's some Gamma's feed.

- Gamma?

Oh, do be serious.

[both grunting]

[dramatic music]

- [screams]

- Bernard.

You dirty little genius.

[electronic music]

♪

- All right, hit me.

Come on.

[groans]

Harder.

Everyone's watching.

- I'm trying!

[grunts]

- [groans]

- Soft-a*s minus of a man!

You want to know

where I was today?

- Stop, stop.

- Want to know who I was with?

Mm-hmm.

- [grunts]

I'll k*ll you, Savage!

[screaming]

- [grunting]

♪

- [screams]

[both panting]

- S stop stop transmitting.

- [crying]

[dispenser clicks]

[panting]

- [laughs]

[coughs]

Is that true?

About Lenina?

[both laughing]

[ominous music]

♪

- You're not playing

by the rules.

[glass shatters]

Elliott can't help you.

None of them can.

You want answers.

I respect that.

I know how much

you hate the dark.

- Stop.

I want you to stop.

This isn't it's not a game.

This isn't a simulation.

- How can you tell?

- How can you?

- Because I'm perfect.

You should know that.

You made me.

[ominous music]

Hold your breath.

- [panting]

♪

[panting]

♪

[eerie music]

♪