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On the eve of our 19th revolution,

the great Mr. Wilford came out of the cold.

It was the time of two Engines.

The Tail no longer The Tail, but a borderland.

A time of great gamesmanship and great trainsmanship...

of revolutions interrupted and fresh track on new terrain.

Javi, do you copy?

Javi? Shit.

If you can hear me, switch to backup radio.

I'm going to the Connector.

Hope was our only seedling in the war of Big Alice, 40 cars long,

versus Snowpiercer, 994 cars strong.

Snowpiercer is dead in the water.

You will comply with Mr. Wilford's demands

or we will disconnect and leave you hear to flounder.

Tell Mr. Wilford the people of Snowpiercer will never surrender.

Who are you exactly?

I'm the guy whose backdoor you just kicked in.

I'm sure that we can all accommodate one another. Mr. Layton means no disrespect.

Yeah, we can discuss when we're moving.

That sounds reasonable, Alex.

Your mother would agree, I'm sure.

How do we make that happen?

Bring me everything on this list.

- Beer? - Carrots and cucumbers.

We have to get all this?

You have about 12 minutes before it's too cold to move.

Hey! Hey, hey!

It's just, it's trifles.

- We don't have a choice. - Hardlines are down and the subtrain.

Okay, we gotta do this by runner.

From the brewery, we need six bottles Railman's Ale.

- On it! Make way! - From the library, somebody get a copy

of "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier.

- Ruth, you're with me. Roche, hold the line. - Got it!

- Ag-Sec! - Here.

Till, go with. We need one bunch carrots, one cucumber,

six eggs, and a hen.

- A hen? - Yep.

Javi, have you got comms with Mel?

- We're stopped. - Yeah, I got that.

- You got comms with her? - I've got nothing.

Ben Wilford's got complete control of Snowpiercer.

She'll know. She'll know to go to backup.

Melanie, come in, this is the Engine.

Beautiful day out here.

Yeah, a balmy 118 below zero.

- Let's get you back aboard. - I'm at the Connector.

The arms are locked in.

- Hey, Mel, you can't disconnect us. - I know.

We drained the banks too low running from him to ever get moving on our own again.

You were right, Ben.

I fell for it.

If I blow the uplink, at least you get the helm and life systems back.

You've got a sticky charge, yeah?

Yeah, but I only have one.

Hey, Mel, what's your suit temp?

You'll be going hypothermic, like, now, Mel.

Mel.

- Minus 10. - Everybody stay ready!

Keep your hands warm.

Something's happening.

It's just your train legs. You've never been stopped before.

No, listen. I hear something.

Hey, everyone, quiet a second!

Shit, someone's outside.

- You think it's one of us? - I got a hunch it is.

Whatever they're doing, I hope it works.

Minus 12.

Tell those runners to hurry it up!

Go, I'm coming.

- Come on, move! - Make way!

Move!

Get that one. That right there.

Come on, let's go. Come on.

I'm freezing!

Come on!

Make way.

Oh, make way! Oh, my God.

You're out of luck. What do you expect? We've already treated 170 wounded.

Sorry, Snowpiercer ran out of morphine yesterday.

What?

And what if Mr. Wilford is in distress back there?

First-class china, just hand it off to the next guy. He's right outside.

He's really still alive.

The last item on the list is a bottle of Mr. Wilford's favorite Scotch.

This is just the beginning, Andre.

He's going to take everything we just fought for.

Tell me about it later.

Out of the way.

Melanie, that's threshold.

You know the signs. You'll get confused. You'll start losing your motor skills.

I'm fine.

She's doing it.

She's got us a hand free.

Mel, you did it.

Let's get you aboard.

I'm not done yet.

Mel.

- Oh, my God. - What the hell happened to that guy?

Melanie, come in.

It's time to come home.

- We got what we could. Now let's move. - What's missing?

There's no morphine, but we have aspirin. We make our own, as he knows.

Look, it's 20 below zero here.

- Can we get moving? - It's 22.

I'm sure we can talk about this while the train is moving.

Mr. Wilford thanks you for your cooperation.

Alex, wait. Alex!

Wait!

- Oh, no. - No!

Oh!

- Yes! - Yeah!

Well, I suppose that's a good sign.

Ruth, he's got his foot on our neck.

You get it?

The majority of us just fought a war for democracy,

so you need to decide whose side you're on.

Melanie.

Melanie, are you aboard this train?

Melanie, get on the train.

Melanie, are you aboard? Come in.

Ben.

Melanie, get on the train.

There's something here.

I think it's snowing.

She's losing it, man.

Melanie, listen to me.

It's too cold to snow anymore.

Get aboard the train.

Melanie, stay with me.

Melanie.

Melanie!

- Ben, if you can hear me. - Yes!

I'm boarding Big Alice.

Strip out of the suit for disinfection.

Ow.

Very funny.

Kevin.

Fancy meeting you here.

You're new, though.

That's for leaving us to die.

I know the way.

How many Tailies we got left down here?

Only about half, I figure.

Some have got berths, but most are just camping out uptrain.

- Some of us don't wanna leave. - Look, here's where I'm going with this.

The Tail is not The Tail anymore.

It's a border, and you have to control a border,

so keep a force strong enough here to hold the real estate.

Seven years we've been trying to get out,

- and now the place is finally worth something. - Let's get organized.

We should build a second barricade right here.

Yeah, good idea. Keep strengthening this area.

If he's prepared to stop the train, we have to assume that he's prepared to attack.

I would advise against assumptions, Mr. Layton.

If we don't talk to the passengers soon, I swear the track talk will eat us alive.

- Hard comms back up. - Thank you, Ruth.

I'll address the train right after a council meeting

in the Nightcar immediately.

This is where we bid you goodbye, Melanie.

Hey, Jupiter.

Hey. Easy, girl.

She remembers you.

I was half hoping she would eat you.

- Wow, your train has dimmers. - You like her?

Old Alice has done everything we've asked of her and more.

Not exactly the plan, though, was it?

Come closer.

Come on.

Let's see what the years have done to you.

Who have you got up there driving my Engine while you're outside chopping firewood?

Hmm? Is it Ben?

Name, rank, and serial number.

- That's all you get. - Sorry.

Too eager. Never expected we'd come face to face so quickly. Did you?

It's Ben, though, isn't it? You've always had an eye for talent.

Why don't we talk about you?

How'd you do it?

Come on.

How'd you drop in on us in Chicago like that? I know you're dying to tell me.

Yes, finally.

I love a good swashbuckler, don't you?

You've probably figured out some of it.

I got Alice to low idle,

managed to hunker down in a shed for a couple of months.

By the time you were on the other side of the world

out of satellite view, we were outfitted.

I was always working, Melanie,

waiting for my moment to pounce.

Voilà.

And you took a shortcut?

Yeah, you came over the old Rocky Mountain test track, didn't you?

I'll tell you everything when you give me the keys.