Dominion

Previously on Dominion...

Sleeping with an angel will make you a pariah.

I was thinking,

what if we understood the Archangel more.

I would like reports on your findings as you receive them.

Edward, I know you go outside the city walls every few weeks.

Why? I've missed you.

What is it you're not telling me?

I'm sick, Claire.

Join me, as we prepare our newest member,

Brother Paul.

I've made a deal with my father.

He's going to stop detaining innocent people

and draw up a basic bill of rights

for every man, woman and child in Vega.

How did you manage that?

I agreed to marry you.

Alex, I can help you. I can teach you

but only if you're willing.

I want to learn

about everything.

Is that all you got?

You failed. No.

I got this.

Let's go again. The lesson is over, Alex.

Yeah? Is it?

'Cause we've been out here all day,

I still don't know what it is you're trying to teach me.

I know how to shoot.

So how do you explain this?

I went easy on you. What'd you expect? You gave me live ammo.

Because I was certain you'd have no chance of hitting me.

You're a soldier.

You've spent years honing your skills.

But in just a few hours, I made you forget them all, simply by provoking you.

That's bullshit!

Each time I attacked you, I used the sun to blind you.

But you kept firing.

Your instincts were screaming at you.

You didn't listen to them.

Look.

My shadow.

If you weren't so busy squinting at the sun,

you could have used my shadow to track me

for any number of counter-maneuvers.

I know what I'm doing.

If you knew what you were doing, that little girl would still be alive.

Hey! Bixby.

Her name was Bixby.

You're desperate to avenge those who have been taken from you,

but desperation will only get others killed.

You must learn to control your emotions,

or they will be the end of you.

Watch the shadows, not the sun.

Shh!

Harry!

Shh!

(WHISPERING) Our Father, who art in heaven...

(WHISPERING) Make him stop. They'll hear us.

William. Shh.

(SCREAMING) No!

My babies!

Get off her, you bitch!

Peggy!

Charles!

YOUNG WILLIAM; Dad!

Ma!

William.

Mom!

Mama!

Father! Father?

Sorry. What?

I was just asking if you'd like to say a few words

at the engagement party?

There must be some

fatherly advice you'd like to share?

We're survivors, William.

We're not immortal.

Cherish your time together.

Alex.

What happened?

Michael's life lessons.

Did you scatter Bixby's ashes?

In the garden under a jacaranda tree.

In the spring, it's going to be full of purple flowers.

I thought she was going to make it through.

Yeah, we all did.

The doctor said her injuries were just too severe.

I'm sorry.

We can't.

Gonna marry William?

Yeah.

It's the right thing to do. Hmm.

Get engaged to someone you don't love?

Alex, I had a choice to make.

I need to look out for the city.

Claire.

Oh, Claire!

Stop...

I'm sorry.

Miss Riesen?

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Uh.

Yeah. (LAUGHS)

I'm fine. I was...

It's just all this lace and silk,

and a dress train a mile long.

It's all too much.

But your wedding is,

is all that the lower Vs can talk about.

I'm sure.

The Princess and the Principate.

Yeah.

Exactly what the Senate wants,

to take people's minds off their own problems,

a grand old wedding.

Yeah.

It's like a real-life fairy tale.

Yes.

Yes, it is. We are very happy.

It's a match made in heaven.

Back in the day, when an

eight-ball was something just

to be avoided on a pool table.

Consul.

How are you feeling?

Please call me David.

We're going to be family.

A wedding present.

It's early I know, but, uh...

I heard that a young bride is in need of something borrowed.

Thank you.

It was my wife's.

She wore it on our wedding day.

I really don't know what to say.

Oh. Nothing.

Thank you.

It's beautiful. How's your dad?

I heard about his heart, I'm sorry. You have my sympathies.

Oh, well, you know, they're not necessary. He's fine.

He's stubborn as an ox.

Yeah, an inspiration to us all.

Yeah.

More fight in him than most.

But, um...

There are some who

have their concerns.

Who?

No one knows about his heart, so,

unless you've said something to someone.

Somehow,

Senator Romero

has sussed it out.

And you know her, she's like a dog with a bone.

She's pushing for a vote of no confidence in the Senate to

force him to

relinquish his seat.

How can she do that?

Putting our fondness for your dad aside,

you must admit that, uh, she has a point.

But how prudent would it be to

place the future of our city in the hands of

a dying man?

You're going to support her vote, aren't you?

It might be what's best for Vega.

No, what's best for Vega is a strong leader,

like my father.

Yeah, well, we'll have one in you.

Me? I heard how you handled that whole

ordeal with Senator Frost.

Decisive, unflinching, but most importantly,

you got the two of us out of there,

relatively unharmed.

I'm confident you're ready.

Come on, the people worship you, Claire.

They believe everything you say.

Why are you telling me this?

Because

you may be Lady of the City sooner than you expect.

Best be prepared, huh?

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