MR. LEOPOLD: Previously on "Endlings"...
‐ I love you, Dad. ‐ I love you, too.
‐ Tabby's mom has petitioned to have her custodial rights restored.
[dragon hissing]
‐ It's the dragon! ‐ The dragon?
But we already captured it!
‐ They're all gone. We spent a whole year finding endlings,
and now we have nothing.
JULIA: Why is the other Ling doing this?
Why aren't they on the same side?
‐ Kavya!
What are you waiting for? Get her out of there.
‐ The other Ling.
JOHNNY: He's gonna release another endling.
‐ No! ‐ Come back!
(endlings growling, snarling)
♪ theme music playing ♪
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♪ intense music playing ♪
[Julia panting]
[endling chitters] [Julia gasps]
[endling chittering]
[energy whirling]
[energy blasting]
[chittering softly]
[gasping]
[bushes rustling]
‐ It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.
♪
‐ Ahh.
‐ Abiona. I'm so glad to see you.
‐ What's going on? Are you okay?
MED TECH: We tested the red mark on Kavya's hand as per your instructions,
and unsurprisingly, we found trace amounts of the enzyme that was on the camera.
‐ That doesn't explain why she went in there in the first place.
‐ Exactly.
Look at her brain activity.
It's all concentrated
in her posterior, temporal, and occipital lobes,
particularly the right cortex.
‐ What does that mean?
‐ It's the area of the brain that accesses our autobiographical data.
Memories and events from our lives.
[mumbling incoherently]
KAVYA: Don't go so fast.
‐ What about the mouse specimen? Any updates?
‐ It's entering the containment unit now.
[endling warbling]
‐ Why would the other Ling trap Johnny, Tabby, and Finn?
What does he want with them?
‐ I don't know, but we have to get them back.
[roaring] ‐ Wait. What was that?
‐ The good news is that we trapped the rhino.
‐ And the bad news?
‐ We didn't get the dragon.
No, one blaster isn't strong enough. We need the others if we're gonna trap it.
‐ But where is Ling?
JULIA: The dragon flew away with Ling, but I don't know what happened after that.
‐ Let's worry about that later. For now, we should get somewhere safe.
I know where we can go.
[dragon roaring]
‐ Eh, uh, do you need any help?
‐ Uh, yes, thank you, Noah.
Would you mind grabbing the milk pitcher out of the fridge?
‐ Absolutely. ‐ Thank you.
‐ Interesting drawings.
‐ Yeah. Uh... Finn has quite the imagination.
Hey, could I ask you to grab the tray for me as well, please? I‐‐
‐ Yeah, yeah, absolutely. ‐ Thank you.
‐ No problem.
‐ Oh, thank you.
Okay, so Maria should be here any moment now.
Let's just remember that our goal today
is to make sure that Tabby has as smooth a move as possible, right?
‐ Where is Tabby, by the way?
‐ Out, uh, doing chores with the rest of the kids.
‐ And what kind of chores do they do?
‐ This way.
We can hide in here.
JULIA: How did you find this place?
‐ I passed it before I found you.
[dragon screeching]
JULIA: It's leaving.
ABIONA: Julia?
‐ What is it?
ABIONA: Come look.
JULIA: The endlings.
What has it done to them?
‐ Come.
‐ Maria, hello.
Uh, come in, please.
MARIA: Hi, Kenneth.
‐ Oh, can I, uh, take your coat?
‐ Oh, uh, I got it.
‐ Right. Well, we're, uh... We're just in here.
[exhales]
♪
[exhales, coughs]
ABIONA: Ling stores endlings. Maybe the other Ling does too.
‐ Which means Johnny, Tabby, and Finn might be in here.
‐ It also means the other Ling might come back.
So we should hurry.
JULIA: A sabertooth cat?
This is the first endling we ever saved.
‐ First of many.
[endling screaming]
‐ They're not frozen. They're awake.
‐ But why would the other Ling want them awake?
‐ I don't know.
But it looks like it's...
like it's screaming.
‐ They all do.
Why is it doing this to them? Hurting them?
‐ If our Ling is trying to save the endlings,
maybe the other Ling is trying to do the opposite.
But maybe if we‐‐ [Abiona groans]
Are you okay?
‐ I used to think everyone would want to keep elephants from going extinct.
‐ But?
‐ But most of the world didn't care.
‐ Why? ‐ Because it's hard to care.
It means thinking about something other than yourself.
And for humans...
people...
that can be challenging.
I stupidly thought I could change that.
‐ And now?
‐ Now I know people don't change.
And if you don't change...
you don't survive.
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[technician clears throat]
HEWES: Can I help you?
‐ Kavya is awake.
[tapping, beeping]
JULIA: I think people can change.
‐ Why?
‐ Because I changed.
And you were a part of that.
So was Ling and Mr. Leopold and everyone else.
For the first time in a really long time,
I actually have a reason to stay somewhere.
It's because of all of you. [Abiona groans]
Whoa.
Are you okay? ‐ Yeah.
I just‐‐ I just feel a little dizzy.
‐ Sit down. Sit down.
♪
‐ We find doing activities together
can make the reunion feel a little less, uh...
‐ Awkward. NOAH: Yeah.
‐ Uh, when Tabitha was little,
we used to play with dolls and have tea parties.
But, um...
I don't really know what she likes now.
‐ Uh, Tabby likes to take things apart and put them together again.
When she first got here, she took the coffee maker apart.
[laughing] Still doesn't work that well.
‐ I was going to say.
[all laughing]
‐ It's why I built her a workshop.
‐ She has a workshop? ‐ Mm‐hmm.
Yeah. It's downstairs. Would you like to see it?
SHARON: Uh, just let them.
[Abiona panting]
‐ Are you okay?
‐ Yeah. Um, I just feel a bit dizzy too.
Do you think it's from these?
‐ Maybe we should go outside.
‐ Yeah, um, great idea. Where's the exit again?
‐ Can you help me up?
‐ Yeah. Just one sec.
ABIONA: They're not in there.
They're here.
[muffled screaming]
‐ Do you remember what happened?
‐ It all kind of feels like a dream. ‐ Try.
‐ I saw my best friend Saara when we were little.
We were playing,
and I just remember it being the happiest time.
Maybe the happiest time of my life.
‐ What game were you playing?
‐ Tag.
I was "it."
Why? What happened?
‐ Your best friend led you to the plant.
‐ Don't you want it?
This is what you were looking for, right?
[muffled shouting]
JULIA: Who are you?
Why are you doing this?
‐ I'll answer your questions if you answer one of mine.
Why do you keep visiting your dad?
‐ How do you know about that?
‐ When I become someone, I become everything they are.
Right now, I'm learning that you humans love your own sadness.
‐ Johnny?
‐ Or is it Tabby?
Or is it Finn?
‐ Stop pretending to be my friends.
‐ Am I pretending, or are you?
Which one is it, Jules?
[laughing]
‐ She made all of this?
‐ She did... with a little help.
‐ She's really smart, isn't she?
‐ Incredibly.
‐ I keep thinking about all the time I've lost with her.
‐ That's all in the past now.
‐ My past has a way of catching up with me.
‐ Stop it.
‐ I thought this is what you wanted, to see your dad again.
‐ Not this way. ‐ Then how about this?
[Julia crying]
Why didn't you save me, Jules?
‐ I tried!
‐ And failed.
[sobbing]
‐ You like this?
‐ Every animal needs to feed.
[endling warbling]
GRETA: [from far away] Mom.
‐ No one comes in or out.
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JULIA: You feed off sadness?
‐ And fear, anger, regret.
Fortunately, for me, this planet has a seemingly endless supply of each.
♪
‐ Why only the painful emotions? Why not the happy ones?
‐ They don't quite have the same taste.
‐ What happens now?
‐ I keep collecting.
‐ You know, the past
doesn't have to be something that holds you back.
It can be something that moves you forward.
‐ Maybe for you.
‐ We're not so different, you and I.
Everybody has regrets.
But what matters now is... whether or not you create more regrets
or... learn from the ones you have.
[sighs]
♪
‐ What are you thinking about?
‐ About how I should have talked to Johnny about his dad.
‐ And now you'll never get the chance.
‐ That I didn't reach out to Tabby about her mom.
‐ It's because you're so selfish.
‐ And that I never once talked to Finn about his mom abandoning him.
‐ I needed you.
‐ And Ling. Ling, I failed most of all.
[whimpering]
‐ What's the matter, Jules?
I thought you wanted to hear about your mom.
‐ I do. ‐ Then what's the problem?
‐ I can't come here anymore.
‐ Where, camping?
‐ No. Here.
‐ I see.
‐ Dad, I love being here with you.
Seeing you...
but if I keep coming back...
It's like you said.
You had to let go of mom to hold onto me.
And now I need to let go of you to hold onto my new family.
‐ I'm so proud of you, Jules.
‐ I love you, Dad.
‐ I love you too, sweetheart.
[sniffles]
‐ Goodbye.
‐ How does that taste?
[chittering]
[energy whirling]
Thanks, Dad.
Let's finish this.
‐ Okay, we'll see you when we pick Tabby up for her overnight.
‐ Very good.
‐ Uh, Kenneth?
Um...
I just wanted to say thanks.
‐ Oh, no need.
Kids tell me I have a tendency to get a little cheesy.
‐ Not just for today.
For everything. For... looking out for her.
‐ Well, you're very welcome.
‐ Did Ling really need to save all the endlings?
‐ The other Ling actually taught me something.
‐ What?
‐ That I need to stop looking backwards and start looking forwards.
Maybe we all should.
‐ How?
‐ By talking to each other and telling the truth.
Our truths.
‐ Gross. ‐ Tabs!
‐ I'll start.
This is going to sound weird but I've been sneaking memories from Ling.
Of my Dad.
‐ I would too.
[Ling vocalizing]
Ling!
[dragon rumbling]
JOHNNY: The dragon!
We need to save it before someone sees it.
Talk later?
‐ No rush.
GRETA: Mom.
Where have you been?
‐ [chuckles] Doesn't matter.
I'm here now.
[Hewes laughing]
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[dragon roaring]
[polar bear moaning]
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