01x02 - Want and Consequence

[bunniefuu]

[dramatic music]

- Stop.

Change view.

No good.

Him?

Good.

Go back.

Her?

Advance.

[crowd gasps]

Yes.

Him.

Go.

Good.

♪ ♪

I've seen enough.

♪ ♪

You're staring.

Don't stare.

I've just never

seen it done before.

If I may ask,

what's it like?

Communing with Indra?

What do you hear?

- I need to speak

with this Epsilon.

- Speak with an Epsilon?

- Not "an" Epsilon.

This Epsilon.

- Of course.

Well, he appears to be a CJack.

- Nothing gets by you.

- Thank you.

- [gasps] Told you.

Here it comes.

- Ow!

- [laughs]

- I think maybe you enjoy this

more than you should.

- [sighs]

I like coming down here.

All the sweet little faces

discovering the system together.

Learning how to fit.

Everyone in their place.

- Everybody happy now.

- You say it

like it's a bad thing.

Don't take it for granted.

These children will never know

violence, prejudice

Ooh, wait for it.

Wait for it.

- [yelps]

- [laughs]

Told you.

- Lenina Crowne.

- sh*t.

I'm late.

You made me late.

- You know,

you don't have to go.

- Why wouldn't I?

Everyone's always talking

about how thrilling it is.

Justin says you can get

right up close to them.

- Yes, it's fascinating

and wild,

and that's really not the point.

The point is,

you want your first time

to be a memory worth having.

You make love at the Excelsion

to anyone, everyone.

You visit the exhibitions.

It's all very authentic,

very real.

- I don't remember you

ever going.

- You can rest assured

that when I do go,

it'll be with a proper Alpha,

not Bernard Marx.

- He's an Alpha Plus.

- Everyone says

his embryo was mishandled.

He's no Plus.

Probably not even an Alpha.

- Who is "everyone"?

- I'm trying to give you

some friendly advice.

- Mm.

Kind of you.

I'll be sure to tell you

all about it

when I get back.

[ambient music]

♪ ♪

[whooshing]

[thump]

[ominous music]

♪ ♪

Sorry.

- Ah.

- Am I late?

- Yes, you really, you are,

but it doesn't

[laughs]

You look

- Thank you.

So do you.

[ship whooshes]

- Oh, allow me to get these

for you.

- Sure.

Well, this should be fun.

[wondrous music]

♪ ♪

- You know, I love

the Reclamation Center

at this time of day, don't you?

All the colors, so

It's the cremation process.

The red color, I believe,

is phosphorous.

- Or it could be

aerosol particle

scattering of sunlight.

Which happens

when they're the same size

as the wavelength

of the radiation.

Smoke's denser there.

Do you see?

Shorter wavelengths

can't get through.

No blues, no greens.

All you see is what's left.

The remaining light.

Longer wavelengths.

[laughs]

And it's red.

- Hmm.

♪ ♪

[rocket engine blasting]

♪ ♪

Is it your first time?

There's nothing to it.

♪ ♪

- Flight time:

11 minutes, 37 seconds.

♪ ♪

- Come on, girls.

- Imagine if we see a mother

or a father or what's

A grandfather?

[laughs]

- Excuse me.

♪ ♪

- [scoffs] Beta.

[children giggling]

Did you see that?

- Ah.

Here we are.

[interface beeping]

Every Alpha goes

to the Savage Lands at that age.

- Why?

- To learn what's at stake.

When you ask someone to care

for the health of a society,

it well, it makes

quite an impression

to show them a dead one first.

- [laughs]

[jet rumbles]

- Whoa, whoa, wait,

what is this?

- Stand by for launch

in four, three, two, one.

[engines blasting]

- [breathing heavily]

Bernard.

[breathing heavily]

♪ ♪

- Out of range.

No network.

Nothing can reach up here.

Not even Indra.

♪ ♪

You're gonna wanna feel this.

- Stop it.

[children giggling]

Stop it.

Stop that.

Sit down.

Stop it.

- These new ones do cause me

some concern.

- Amazing.

It's amazing.

Bernard, you must try this.

- Maybe on the way back.

Lenina, you have

to come down now.

- I'm flying!

- And I see,

but we are clearing apogee

as we speak and you really

Lenina, don't.

♪ ♪

- Sorry.

♪ ♪

- Lenina.

♪ ♪

- [laughs]

♪ ♪

[gasp]

- Hey.

You ever lend money, goods,

or other stuff

to friends or family

and they take their sweet time

getting it back to you?

Well, those days are over,

thanks to a nifty new gadget

called the Thanks Buddy.

Here's how it works:

just give your buddy some money,

clip on the Thanks Buddy

Responsibilibracelet,

and set the timer.

And forget about it.

When your buddy gets you back,

you simply punch in the code

and you're all square.

Thanks, buddy.

But let's say your buddy thinks

he's a little slick.

Well, then the Thanks Buddy

has got you covered.

[bracelet whirring]

[electricity zapping]

- [groaning]

- Thanks, buddy.

The guy who borrowed your rake?

[zapping]

- [screams]

- Thanks, buddy.

Gave mom 20 for groceries?

[zapping]

- [screams]

- I was watching that.

- You were out late last night.

You were with that girl.

- We're not doing this.

I have a lot of sh*t on my mind.

- Mm.

- She's gonna lock you

in that baby trap.

You're gonna end up

working for her fat daddy

in his worm farm.

Then what's gonna happen to me?

Where am I gonna go?

- You wanna go?

Let's go.

The truck's charged.

We get in right now,

drive a few hours.

We could be in

- Where? The desert?

Stranded, no roof?

- There there are places.

- What places?

Says who?

- We're gonna die here!

- [exhales] Well, then

I might as well have a drink.

- He's not coming back.

He doesn't exist.

- Shut your mouth.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

John.

♪ ♪

[laughter]

- Oh, that really was fun.

- Everything you imagined?

- How could I ever imagine this?

[jazz music]

- Shall we?

It's, um

♪ ♪

[bell dings]

♪ ♪

Lenina.

- Hmm?

♪ ♪

It's a deer beast.

Hideous.

- [laughs]

- As if it's not hard enough

scraping out some meager

existence in this place,

you have to worry

about being gored and eaten

by one of those things.

- Don't worry.

I'll protect you.

- [laughs]

Well, they're all gone now,

thankfully,

so you're off the hook.

The Savages saw to that.

- Oh.

It's a bit

it's a bit sad, isn't it?

- They had to do something,

didn't they?

Said they fought them

with everything they had.

Their g*ns, their auto cars,

whatever they could get

their hands on.

They're actually

quite resilient people.

- Yeah, sure, but

whole species.

- Bernard Marx?

Is this her?

- Yes.

Lenina Crowne.

- How lovely.

Welcome to the Savage Lands.

I have these for you.

- Thank you.

♪ ♪

- You just put it on there.

♪ ♪

- Allow me.

- Now, I believe

you're not scheduled

to go into the park

until tomorrow, correct?

- Yes.

Yeah, we thought we would take

a bit of time,

check out the hotel, settle in.

- Indeed, sir.

Indeed.

Outstanding.

There are already

a number of guests

at the conjugal pool if you

- Thank you.

- Your guidebook.

- Oh.

[laughs]

Oh, so quaint.

[laughs]

- Yes.

So there are two tours each day,

morning and

That's our afternoon tour

heading out in an hour or so.

There are four houses to visit

in the park:

House of Want,

House of Futility,

House of Consequence,

and House of Monogamy.

If you're staying a few days,

by all means,

see each and every one,

but if you're pressed for time,

I recommend visiting Want

and Consequence.

- Not the others?

- Each house provides

an authentic

and fascinating view

into Savage life,

but I do advise

our more sensitive guests

to avoid Monogamy.

It's quite compelling,

of course,

but challenging.

- Thank you.

- Listen to this:

"Among the Savage traditions

still practiced today

is saving oneself

for marriage."

- For or from?

- Listen.

"Males and females

entering into monogamy

voluntarily withhold

sexual pleasure."

- From each other?

- From everyone.

Anyone.

Themselves, even.

- That's cruel.

Why?

- Why?

Doesn't say why.

- Hmm.

- I suppose no one knows why.

That's what makes it

so primitive and mysterious.

- Here we are.

- [exhales]

What's wrong with it?

- Oh, hold on.

[lock beeps]

- [laughs]

[wondrous music]

Oh, Bernard.

♪ ♪

It's so authentic.

♪ ♪

They let you touch the skin

of an ancient one.

It's transparent, the skin.

Pass on that.

♪ ♪

- This isn't right.

♪ ♪

This isn't right.

- What do you mean?

It's perfect.

[people moaning]

There's a view.

And a smell.

- We're on the wrong side.

I specifically requested

Why does it never

- What's wrong?

- Nothing.

It's fine. Forget it.

- Well, it doesn't seem

like there's

- It's nothing.

Go read your book.

It I just had a

I just had it a certain way

in my head

and now it's just

On my Teen Alpha trip,

I just remember

there was a big room

on the top floor

facing the sunset.

For all of us.

And a whirling water tub

on the balcony.

And

I don't know.

I was young and

- Bernard?

[heartfelt music]

- But there was there was

something about that view.

Or that night or

maybe it was being

out of New London

for the first time that just

♪ ♪

It made us forget who we were.

♪ ♪

I was happy.

I was

I was different.

They were different.

- Different how?

♪ ♪

They were kind.

♪ ♪

- Did you know

before the monogamy,

the females take the bride

to look at greased, naked males?

She's aroused, but

she doesn't touch.

She can't.

- You need to stop

with that book.

- And then on the wedding night,

after all that arousal,

all that waiting,

the female

gives her virginity to the male.

- She does?

- She does.

- What's a virginity?

- I have no idea.

[romantic music]

♪ ♪

- What's wrong?

- Oh, sorry.

Where were we?

- No, tell me.

Please.

- It's just a silly idea.

- Silly?

- Well, maybe not silly.

Maybe just more

naughty.

Like, bad.

♪ ♪

- Go on.

- What if we're not

like everyone else, Bernard?

Not here in this place.

What if

What if we can be different

here?

I mean, I thought,

what would happen if

If we if we

- If we saved ourselves.

It could be

It could be it could be

It could be our wedding night.

♪ ♪

- Oh, .

[breathing heavily]

♪ ♪

We're Savages.

♪ ♪

- You will respond

to the following question

by stepping forward.

Which of you touched

the deceased Epsilon

known as CJack57?

You will make yourself known.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

I don't understand.

Epsilons are incapable

of deception.

♪ ♪

- A virus enters a cell.

That's how it begins.

Once inside, it corrupts,

changing its nature,

altering its purpose.

The virus spreads,

cell by cell, undetected,

turning the body against itself

until

- I'm sorry, a what?

- Virus.

It's an old word.

From before.

- I see.

What does it mean?

- It means

that perhaps our Epsilon

is no longer an Epsilon.

♪ ♪

- Stand aside.

Make way

for World Controller Mond.

♪ ♪

- Tell them they may go.

- All right.

You Jacks get back to work.

- Not you.

♪ ♪

What is our name?

- CJack60.

- We touched the dead worker.

Did we know the worker?

- Yes.

I knew him.

♪ ♪

- You're a bit different,

aren't you?

It's all right.

You can tell me.

Truth is,

I'm a bit different too.

♪ ♪

- I wasn't.

But then

now I am.

- You changed?

When you touched him?

What happened to you?

What did you feel?

- I didn't.

I don't.

- Oh, I think you do.

- Feel.

♪ ♪

I felt him.

- The worker.

- My friend.

♪ ♪

- Did anyone else

touch the body?

I need to know.

♪ ♪

- The Soma man.

♪ ♪

[knocking]

- Hey!

Sorry.

Sorry, everybody.

Apologies.

Sorry.

- Greetings, and welcome

to the Savage Lands Adventure.

I'm Gamma Gracie,

and I'll be your guide today.

Before we get to the park,

I have a couple bits of info

to keep your visit fun, safe,

and Savage.

[upbeat bluegrass music]

According to Savage lore,

their culture dates back

almost 200 years.

When the inception of Indra

allowed the civilized people

of the world

to form the World State,

the Savages chose to reject

that destiny,

which is why they continue

in their primitive existence

to this day.

♪ ♪

[tense music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- You didn't forget, did you?

- Madysun.

Hey.

Oh, sh*t, right.

Gimme a second.

[grunts]

[sighs]

- It's gonna be a good crowd

today.

- That's great.

That's great.

I need to talk to you.

- Okay, places in 20.

- .

- Find me after the show.

- Hey.

Why aren't you ready?

She loves me, man.

Look, dude,

I'm sorry about yesterday.

You know, beaning you

in the head and stuff.

- Yeah. That's okay.

- No, it's not.

I mean, God damn it,

I'm an artist, John.

You know this.

When things don't go right

out there,

I just can get a little

You know?

- Right.

- Hey.

Look, man,

there's nothing more dangerous

than live theater.

Okay?

There's no net, you know?

And I walk that wire

because in the end,

I want the same thing you want.

I just wanna show these people

something true.

Right?

- Uh-huh.

- Anyway, you were just trying

to do your job

and I was outta line, so

I mean, it, man, come on.

Let's let's have a good show.

Come on.

[grunts]

That feels good.

Yeah.

Oh, and one more thing.

You go near my girl again,

I'll k*ll you.

♪ ♪

♪ La-la-la-la, la-la ♪

♪ La-la-la-la-la-la-la ♪

♪ La-la-la-la-la-la-la ♪

♪ ♪

[upbeat bluegrass music]

- If I may direct your attention

to the left side,

I think I see

Yes.

It's a complete unit.

Now, we don't always see

the females out like this

in the daytime.

Notice the distended abdomen?

The infant will remain inside

her for a few more months

until it can fight its way

out of her body.

- Beta.

Get up.

I can't see.

You heard me.

I asked your Beta to move.

- Yeah, I think the view's

actually better up front.

- No.

I'm an Alpha.

She's a Beta.

She moves.

- No, wait.

Just

- Hey!

- I'm sorry,

what were you saying?

- Give it back!

- Give what back?

- My level!

Give it back!

Give it back!

Don't look at me!

- Bernard.

Give it back.

- Hey.

Earn this.

[Fern Jones' "We'll Understand

It By and By"]

♪ ♪

both: ♪ By and by ♪

♪ When the morning comes ♪

♪ All the saints of God

are gathered home ♪

- Here you go.

Both: ♪ We'll tell the story ♪

- For you.

Both: ♪ How we've overcome ♪

♪ We'll understand it better

by and by ♪

- ♪ Trials dark on every hand ♪

♪ We cannot understand ♪

♪ The ways

that God would lead us ♪

♪ To that blessed

promised land ♪

- And welcome

to the Savage Lands

Adventure Park.

[coyote howls]

- ♪ We'll understand it

better by and by ♪

both: ♪ We'll understand it

better by and by ♪

- Even certain days of the year

continue to hold

great superstitious meaning

for the Savages,

but from Savage lore, we know

that none were more important

than the annual Day of Black.

- Who are they?

- They they're part of it.

- Ah!

And what luck.

These Savages have come

to share their festival with us.

[doors hiss]

[pleasant Muzak]

♪ ♪

- Ladies and gentlemen,

please take your seats.

Our show is about to commence.

♪ ♪

[whistle blows]

[crowd screaming and shouting]

[children whisper and giggle]

♪ ♪

[crowd screaming]

[ominous music]

♪ ♪

- Next up,

the House of Monogamy.

Now, the reasons behind

the Savages' most primitive

practice remain a mystery,

but we do know that monogamy

is an important tradition

which allows the Savages

to combine the core values

of their culture:

ownership, competition,

jealousy, and strife.

And here we are.

We do hope you enjoy

the presentation.

For those of you continuing on

to the House of Consequence,

we'd like to remind you

to please keep your hands

- What's the House

of Consequence?

- It's called a prison.

They

Yeah, they cut off

part of their Social Body

and keep it there.

- Oh, fun fact:

outside of captivity,

Savages are able to double

or even triple their body mass

through the consumption of food.

[Luther Vandross'

"Here and Now"]

- ♪ Here and now ♪

♪ I promise to love faithfully ♪

- ♪ Faithfully ♪

- ♪ You're all I need ♪

♪ Here and now ♪

♪ I vow to be one ♪

♪ With thee ♪

- Bernard?

Counselor Bernard Marx?

- Yes.

- [laughs]

I thought you weren't coming

till tomorrow.

- Sorry, forgive me.

Who are you?

- Cortez.

I administer the park.

Surely the Director told you

about me.

- Oh.

No.

But he can be forgetful.

- Can he?

Well, I suppose he can, yes.

He sent me to administer

the park for one year.

Seven years ago.

[both laugh]

Well, I hope you enjoy

your stay.

- Oh, thank you very much.

No, everything is just

as I remember it.

- Oh, good.

- When I came to the

[ambient music]

♪ ♪

- [laughs]

♪ ♪

- [sighs]

Well, I am going to miss it.

- Oh, you're leaving?

- He didn't tell you?

- Tell me what?

[microphone feedback squeals]

- Oh, it's time.

Do come and find me

after the show.

I'd love to give you a tour

personally.

- Wh sorry, excuse me

[Jo Stafford's "No Other Love"]

- ♪ No other love ♪

- Lenina.

- Is this part of it?

- Lenina, please.

Just

- ♪ Now that I've known ♪

♪ The comfort of your arms ♪

♪ No other love ♪

♪ Oh, the sweet contentment ♪

♪ That I find ♪

♪ With you ♪

♪ Every time ♪

♪ Every time ♪

- ♪ Around for something new ♪

[soft music]

♪ Me and you ♪

- But what does he do?

- He oversees the transfer

of ownership

to assure

that both sides are satisfied

with the exchange.

- Why does he wear that hat?

- For safety.

Both: ♪ How much it is

to love someone ♪

♪ You know so well ♪

♪ What in the world ♪

- It's exactly as I remember it.

They haven't changed a thing.

- Why are the bridesmaids

so angry?

- Because they're next.

- Come on. Come on!

- There's the father.

- It's the second one

I've seen today.

- I know.

They're everywhere here.

- I knew that I mean,

it's one thing to know it,

but to see it

with your own eyes

- Look, see, he gives her away

to the

To the groom man.

- Why?

Doesn't he want her anymore?

- ♪ A love that's lost its way ♪

- Dearly beloved,

we are gathered here today

to join Petr and Madysun

in monogamy.

If there's any man here

who has some reason

why they shouldn't be joined

together,

forever and ever,

without having anybody else,

ever,

let them speak now

or forever hold their peace.

- I do.

[crowd gasps]

I have something to say.

- Not you.

Kvle the town outlaw?

- Don't be monogamous with him,

Madysun.

Be monogamous with me.

- This is jealousy.

It will lead to violence.

- Let him speak.

I am the mother of the groom

and we must know if she has

no virginity to give!

[crowd gasps and murmurs]

- Oh, Madysun.

How many nights did I call out

your name in the darkness?

All those nights I spent

in the cold,

cursing the day I left

to seek my fortune,

hungry by the roadside,

alone,

staring at the moon wondering,

"Is this her moon too?

Is there still some light

we share?"

And I dreamed of you, my love.

[crowd gasps]

And that dream saved me.

It kept me alive.

And I wanted to give it a word,

a name.

What word do you call

your salvation?

Love?

That's not enough.

Because some women

carry the grace

that requires metaphor.

So I called it Moon.

And that's the name

I'm gonna call that baby

in your belly

because I'm the one

who put it there.

[crowd gasps]

It's mine!

It's my baby!

- Like hell you will.

I'll k*ll you first.

[crowd gasps]

[safeties clicking]

- Jealousy!

[g*nsh*t]

- Is this part of it?

- Of course.

[crowd gasps]

[tires squeal]

- you!

[g*nf*re]

[crowd screaming]

[intense music]

- I don't remember this.

- They're not blanks!

They're not blanks!

They're live rounds!

- What, that's not his line.

- They're live rounds!

- It's not his line!

[g*nf*re]

[crowd screaming]

- Bernard, is this part of it?

Bernard?

What?

Bernard?

Come on.

Come on!

Run!

Run!

[g*nf*re]

- [screams]

[both breathing heavily]

- Bernard.

[grunts]

Bernard.

Come on.

♪ ♪

Come on.

[metal clangs]

[distant g*nf*re]

Bernard.

Bernard, open up.

Swallow.

- There's

They're sh**ting g*ns at us.

- What? Why would

- There's something in me.

- What?

- There's something

- What what do you

[tires squealing]

No!

[g*nsh*t]

[woman screams]

[tires squealing]

[gasps]

Why are you doing this, Bernard?

Bernard, stop doing this.

- Two of them!

Spread out!

- Come on.

Come on, Bernard.

[both grunting]

♪ ♪

[g*nsh*t]

[indistinct shouting]

[tense music]

♪ ♪

- Don't pity them.

They don't deserve it.

- They're dead.

- You look at me.

The outsiders,

they took our land.

They didn't take our dignity.

It was traitors like these

who gave it away.

We didn't k*ll these people.

These people were never alive.

Are you alive, John?

- [retches]

♪ ♪

- 22 on the bus.

Seven dead.

Two missing.

I have people searching now.

- They're not made for running.

Take whatever folks you need.

Go house to house

until you find them.

♪ ♪

They're going to listen now.

We will not be ignored.

But first,

collaborators must be held

to account.

You get up!

♪ ♪

There is work to be done.

You don't wash cars anymore.

♪ ♪

- Bernard.

[grunts]

[breathing heavily]

♪ ♪

No!

[g*nshots]

- [screams]

♪ ♪

- Bernard.

[breathing heavily]

[both grunting]

Bernard.

[grunting]

Bernard.

Bernard.

Please.

[g*nsh*t]

[man screams]

[gasps]

[grunting]

[tires squealing]

[engine revving]

♪ ♪

[indistinct shouting]

♪ ♪

[door slams]

[man screams]

♪ ♪

[breathing heavily]

[distant g*nf*re]

[woman screams]

[indistinct shouting]

[g*nf*re]

[footsteps]

[screaming]

[grunting]

[breathing heavily]

♪ ♪

- Shh.

Shh.

♪ ♪

- ♪ See the pretty girl ♪

♪ See the pretty boy ♪

♪ They've set a date ♪

♪ Their hearts are filled ♪

♪ With joy ♪

♪ Filled with joy ♪

♪ ♪

♪ She fell to his side ♪

♪ Her heart torn in two ♪

♪ His last words

were, "Darling ♪

♪ I'll always love you" ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Love you ♪

♪ ♪