Revolution, Part 1

**Revolution, Part 1** is the tenth and final episode in Season 2 of the Freeform series, *Motherland: Fort Salem*. It aired on August 24, 2021.

## Synopsis

In the season finale, the Camarilla brings the fight to Fort Salem. Raelle, Abigail, Tally and their allies are forced to make impossible, world-changing choices.

## Plot

On the grounds of Fort Salem, M closes the eyes of a soldier who has been killed by the Camarilla's witchplague. "Animals," declares Raelle. M declares that they will head to the Operations Building, where hopefully Petra Bellweather and the others are mounting a defense. As they charge forward, however, they witness witches in a building losing their vocal cords. Raelle declares that they must head back the way they came, now. Alban Hearst grins at them and Abigail tries to charge, but Raelle declares it suicide to try, as the witchplague surges across the grounds.

At the headquarters, the powers-that-be discuss the situation. The witchplague is currently isolated only to small sectors, but is spreading. Communication is reported as being spotty at best. Alder arrives with her Biddies, asking how they can help. Petra tells her and Anacostia to report to Officer's Housing and round up who they can. A pair of soldiers then arrive with Nicte Batan. "Good. She's coming with us," comments Petra. Nicte questions this and Petra nods. Those then, enemy forces enter. Nicte tells Petra to go and just leave her a Scourge so she can take some of them with her. Petra, however, tells them they fight together, Army and Spree. "This isn't a reprieve," she warns her.

Sekhmet makes their way forward, encountering enemy forces and deciding the time for hiding has ended. M lays out a plan, but Tally declares she has something she wants to try. "Hey, Camarilla!" she shouts, stepping forward. She sounds a tone and it shorts out the armor they are wearing, allowing the use of Work against them. M congratulates her on her good work and they agree they need to tell as many others as possible about the tone. M tells them to continue to make their way to Operations while M and Gregorio Shellbark go around spreading the word. Meanwhile, Abigail tells Adil to go and find Khalida. Elsewhere, in the officers' dormitory, Alder and Anacostia discover soldiers dead in their beds. Alder states that they should let General Bellweather know, but then the Camarilla appear. Alder declares that they will fight until their last breaths. A pitched battle begins and, in it, Alder's Biddies are taken out by the witchplague. Alder and Anacostia flee, sealing the door behind them. Alder collapses to the floor, rapidly aging without the support of her Biddies. "Please tell me what to do," begs Anacostia.

Alban Hearst appears before General Bellweather and Nicte Batan. He comments that they've been busy, saying that he wanted to pop by and pay his respects before the inevitable. He quips to Nicte that he owes her a debt of gratitude for having done more than anyone in history to turn the tide of public opinion against witches and paving the way for their return. He tells Petra that he'll be paying a visit to Abigail and her Tarim friend, saying that the Union of Earth and Sky must be prevented at all costs. "Wrap this up and meet me outside," he tells his soldiers. Just then, however, Petra receives a transmission in Farspeech. "What are you smiling at?" asks one of the soldiers and Petra releases Nicte's collar. Petra then sounds the tone, disabling their armor, and attacks. Nicte attacks as well. Petra then asks if they're going to have a problem, but Nicte tells her that her fight isn't with the Army anymore.

A soldier kicks in the door to Khalida's room, commenting that he's heard that her kind doesn't like to fight back. He pulls a knife, but then Adil arrives, sounding the tone and most definitely fighting back. Khalida shouts at him to stop, but then the soldiers get the upper hand. She warns them to step away from her brother. "I'll get to you in a minute," comments one of them, so she sounds a deep tone and incinerates him. Elsewhere, Abigail asks Tally what it is that she's seeing and she says that it's like every pocket of it is connected as if it's one organism, but she can't pinpoint the source. She says it's getting closer and they have to get out. Raelle then casts a Work on a witch that is being consumed by the witchplague. To the others' surprise, it frees her. Abigail suggests that she hit the source with the witchbomb. Raelle agrees it might do the trick and Tally says the source is close and heading their way.

In the Cession, Scylla and Quinn are chatting happily when Edwin Collar arrives, reporting that it's all over the news that there's an attack on Fort Salem. Scylla tells Edwin that Raelle will be okay and he says it's what he told himself about Willa. Back at Fort Salem, the Unit discovers Penelope Silver, the apparent source. "How come nobody wants to talk to me?" asks Penelope, and they realize that she has no idea what is going on. Left with no choice, they attack, but seem to have no effect. "Tally, please!" shouts Penelope, losing control. Sobbing, Raelle activates the witchbomb, working in tandem with Abigail. Penelope ascends into the atmosphere in a cloud of green smoke. Those being affected by the witchplague are freed.

In the aftermath, M tells Abigail that her mother is alright and will soon be addressing the troops. They all settle to discuss the situation. Raelle takes a call and chats with Scylla and Edwin. Alder is lying a gurney, her face ghastly but still alive. Izadora states that she doesn't know how she's holding on, Magda Verger replying that she's too stubborn to die. Alder then speaks, asking for Raelle and the others of the Unit. Anacostia speaks with her, telling her that all these years they've never needed words and now that she needs them, they won't come. She tells Alder that she doesn't know how to do any of this without her. "You do," whispers Alder. The Unit arrives and Alder tells them to come and say their goodbyes. Abigail tells her that she spent her whole life looking up to her, that she showed her what it means to be a leader, and they're going to be just as hard on her mom. Raelle tells her that she pushed her to face her darkness and that if she hadn't, she never would have learned to use the witchbomb and things would be very different. She thanks her. Tally then approaches, telling her that she told her to follow the truth no matter where it led, but that neither of them would have imagined it would lead here. She says she may not understand all of her choices, but does understand their burden. She tells her to set it down, that they will carry it from here. They then give Alder over to the Mycelium, bidding her goodbye in Méníshè

Petra conducts triage, asking Magda how many vocal cords were harvested. "64," reports Magda, disgusted. Petra asks how it was the Camarilla even got on base, given their security and wards. Izadora points out that the wards were intricately connected to Alder's help and that it's possible that when Alder stepped down or was attacked, they were breached. Petra says that she needs answers, assigning Anacostia to look into the matter. She then starts taking account of fallen officers, until Blanton Silver arrives. He explains that he saw the death of his daughter on camera. He tells Petra that they were supposed to keep her safe. He tells her that it's a criminal matter and that he has a warrant for the arrest of her daughter and her Unit, where they will be arraigned in Washington D.C. for murder. He leaves. "Get me the President," orders Petra.

M meets with the other members of Sekhmet. They tell the group that what they did was very brave, that it is a decision that will haunt them, but that it saved lives. Tally, however, is not comforted, saying that Penelope looked at her right in the eyes and begged her. Just then, an officer comes in with Blanton Silver, telling Abigail, Raelle and Tally that they are being reprimanded into Silver's custody. M steps forward, blocking the way and she orders him to stand down. Petra enters. "Stand down," she tells M, promising that this will be over before they know it. Elsewhere, Sterling tells Anacostia that Silver is there and he's going with him. He suggests they try things again sometime. She, however, tells him that she wants to show him something. She shows him a log, saying that he signed in three news crews onto the base. He tells her that he only signed in one, that the other two aren't his signatures. "I believe you," she tells him.

Raelle wonders why it is they're being tried in D.C. and not there. Abigail tells her that it's not a trial, that hopefully it won't even get that far. Raelle says that Penelope was a human bomb and they just need to explain. "I don't know, ladies," comments Nicte from her cell. "Burn, witch, burn." She continues that they'll soon be knocking on doors, rounding up everyone who is different. She says that she'll get a martyr's death but she's sorry it won't end so well for them. Tally sits with Nicte and she continues that she keeps thinking about one of the soldiers who thanked her for saving her life. They all did what they thought was right, but now they're going to turn them into monsters for it. Tally says from where she sits, they've won, but Nicte tells her that the battle is not over. Nicte tells her that she knows Alder had to go. "If you say so," retorts Tally.

Petra meets with President Wade. She tells her that her daughter and her unit saved the day, regardless of Silver's grief. She asks that she be allowed to perform her own investigation. Wade, however, turns on video footage, saying that Abigail's was the coup de grace. She says that the "Not Our Daughters" movement will try to use Penelope's death as a rallying call and need to see that witches are held accountable for their actions. Petra urges her to reconsider, but Wade says that there has been a huge outcry for justice. Wade tells her they will be treated fairly and Petra thanks her for her time. She heads off the ground, sending a message to Anacostia in Farspeech to move. Anacostia then places a call to Edwin Collar, introducing herself as a friend of Raelle's, asking for Scylla. In a room, Adil sits with Khalida. Khalida asks him if he's worried about Abigail and he replies that Abigail's mother is powerful and the whole thing is just a formality. He thanks her for saving his life. She says that seeing the soldier trying to murder him broke something within her that won't go back together. He tells her it's no crime to defend those you love. She apologizes for judging him, saying she wasn't putting herself in his place. She tells him that she doesn't want to run anymore, she wants to fight. Anacostia enters, telling them that Abigail is in danger. "You two can move the earth, right?" she asks.

The Unit is on a convoy being led away when Adil and Khalid sound a deep tone. It opens a hole in the road, forcing the convoy to stop. Crows circle the convoy and seeing a sign form on her hand, Raelle shouts for them to duck. The windows shatter under the onslaught of crows and then the guards rise and release the prisoners from their handcuffs. They exit the bus while Abigail, Raelle and Tally remove the collars they have been fitted with. Abigail embraces Adil while Raelle hugs an approaching Scylla, Tally hugging Quinn. Nicte is there as well. Raelle tells Scylla that she saved her life. She tells her she doesn't ever want them to be apart again. They share a passionate kiss, but Quinn cuts them off, telling them they need to make it short and sweet, that the stormy weather above is government-issue. Sirens sound and a helicopter arrives, Petra and Anacostia descending from it.

Abigail tells Petra that she's scared. "Me, too," agrees Petra. She tells the group that they need to disappear fast, that they'll have to stay gone for quite a while. Scylla agrees that they'll head west and get lost in the Cession. Tally declares that they have to take Nicte with them. "Not a chance," replies Petra, but Raelle says there's no way they can hand her over to them. Quinn and Petra both say that they don't like it. Anacostia says that people can change and that maybe she'll keep them safe. Nicte suggests indirectly they blame the prison break on the Spree and Petra tells her to protect them with everything she has. Nicte agrees she'll see what she can do. They take off.

On a plane, Silver watches a video of himself with Penelope, being friendly and nice. "I think I was rather convincing, don't you?" he comments to Alban Hearst, the leader of the Camarilla. Hearst tells him to not lose heart and Silver replies that it's not every day you kill your own daughter. Hearst tells him that his sacrifice will not be in vain. He continues that it had to be done and he will soon be hailed as a hero, and Wade will pay the ultimate price for collusion with the enemy. "Now how does that sound... Mr. President?" he asks. Deep within the grounds of Fort Salem, something stirs within the Mycelium. Suspended within is a healing Sarah Alder. She opens her eyes.

## Cast

### Main

* Taylor Hickson as Raelle Collar
* Amalia Holm as Scylla Ramshorn
* Demetria McKinney as Anacostia Quartermain
* Jessica Sutton as Tally Craven
* Ashley Nicole Williams as Abigail Bellweather
* Lyne Renee as General Sarah Alder

### Recurring

* Catherine Lough Haggquist as Petra Bellweather
* Victor Webster as Blanton Silver
* Sheryl Lee Ralph as President Kelly Wade
* Tony Giroux as Adil
* Kylee Brown as Khalida
* Emilie Leclerc as Izadora
* Hrothgar Mathews as Edwin Collar
* Arlen Aguayo as Nicte Batan
* Mellany Barros as Penelope Silver
* Ess Hödlmoser as M
* Praneet Akilla as Gregorio Shellbark

### Guest

* Patricia Blake as Magda Verger
* Sandra Ferens as Quinn
* Bob Frazer as Alban Hearst
* Luc Roderique as Sterling Woodlot

**Co-starring**:

* Dianne Adams, Dale Hunter, Lanein Harrison, Soheila Vatandoost, Lynn Whyte, Lillian Lim, Althea Kaye as the Biddies
* Linda Ko as General Clary
* Amanda Sullo as Aide (General Alder)
* Karen Khunkhun as Reporter (Boston TV)
* Carmela Sison as MP Officer
* Samuel Francisco as Camarilla #1
* Darcy Hinds as Camarilla #2
* Nickolas Baric as Camarilla #3

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