Bury Me Dead

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**"Bury Me Dead"** is the sixth episode of Season Two of Netflix's *Altered Carbon*. It aired on February 27, 2020, along with the remainder of the second season.

## Promotional Synopsis

As Quell reconnects to her past at Stronghold, she leads the clone into an underground chamber teeming with secrets. Gov. Harlan shows her true colors.

## Recap

Our story begins with flashbacks of Quell's former life. Quell is trying to find out who she is since what happened to her after Stronghold is still blank since she lost her memories. Quell goes down to the lake and splashes water in her face as flashbacks of her life play out.

Meanwhile in the bushes Takeshi Prime stalks Quell and gets ready to assassinate her. On the ONI Jaeger is telling him to pull the trigger. Takeshi Prime refuses saying the objectives are wrong and if they want to get hold of the Angel Quell will know how to get it. Jaeger tells Takeshi Prime that Quell corrupted his other sleeve which is of course false. Takeshi Prime tells Jaeger that he is going to use this sleeve and he goes out to meet Quell. Quell sees him and Takeshi Prime tries to tell Quell that he is the real one and our hero Takeshi Kovacs is a fake which we know is false. Quell realizes something is up since our Takeshi would never force Quell. Jaeger tells Takeshi Prime to kill her or Jaeger will order the CTAC Wedge to slag them both. Quell realizes that this is Takeshi but she is still unsure if this is him. Quell tells Takeshi Prime she knows were the Angel is and how to access it and Jaeger tells Wedge to stand down. Quell tells Takeshi Prime that the other Takeshi will find them but Takeshi Prime tells her that the other Takeshi is dead but Quell will not believe that. Jaeger tells Takeshi Prime when he gives an order he is to kill Quell and seize the Angel and Takeshi Prime says understood and Quell realizes something is up. Takeshi Prime tells her Wedge will be looking for them and she tells him they need to seize the cache before they show up. Jaeger orders Wedge to take cover as Quell takes Takeshi Prime to the Angel Array.

Out on the rocks inside Stronghold Trepp wakes up she realizes Quell is gone and Takeshi is missing. Trepp tries to ONI Takeshi but some how the dampening field is still too strong and she can't get his signal. Trepp looks along the cliff and spots Quell with Takeshi Prime and is forced to take cover.

Quell shows Takeshi Prime the pod and explains what happened and shows him the holotape with Jaeger telling him not to believe her. On the tape Reileen Kawahara cast Quell into the pod as her clone wakes up without her memories. Reileen tortures her in each of the recordings up to the recent one which was 30 years ago. While this is going on Danica comes in asking for an update. Jaeger tells her to get lost and he already told her that Takeshi is dead but Danica tells him that she gave him an order "Find Quell, bring her body to her, and slag her stack". Jaeger tries to hide the ONI and tells Danica they are waiting for Quell to come out of Stronghold so they can grab her. Danica tells Jaeger she is not going anywhere until Quell comes out which makes contacting Takeshi Prime more difficult. Quell show Takeshi Prime the final recording and takes him down to the Angel Array.

Meanwhile Trepp has finally found our hero Takeshi Kovacs hanging over the side of a cliff. She tells him not to let go and don't look down. Takeshi ignores her he looks down and his hand starts slipping. Trepp throws down the rope and tells Takeshi he will have to jump and grab the rope. Takeshi can barely hold on but he manages to find his footing jump from the ledge and grab the rope and Trepp hauls him up. Takeshi does a injury scan and rebukes Trepp for not doing her duty and letting Quell get captured. Trepp ignores this and sets his bones and ask who was the Wedge that Quell was with? Takeshi explains that Rei gave a sample of Takeshi's DNA to Jaeger and he cloned him and double sleeved his DHF Takeshi just met him in "I Wake Up Screaming" before he tossed him over a cliff. Trepp tells Takeshi he did this to himself and that he will regret it. Trepp ask Takeshi if he signaled Kemp and Takeshi explains he tried to before his clone busted the beacon. Takeshi explains they are on their own and if Wedge has Quell they need to find her fast and they head back inside Stronghold to find Quell.

Inside Stronghold Takeshi Prime and Quell dig for the Angel and Quell explains to Takeshi that his suffering lead him to her.

Outside Trepp tells Takeshi that Wedge has the cavern surrounded. Takeshi tells Trepp she needs to hack their body cameras and create a video loop so Jeager and Wedge can not track them. Trepp says she can do it but it is risky if Jaeger or Danica realizes they are being hacked they can get themselves killed.

Back at CTAC Headquarters Danica gourds Jaeger to get on his nerves and he tells her that he knows who the enemy is.

Meanwhile Trepp and Takeshi take out Wedge. Takeshi goes after Morgaine while Trepp takes out Simone with the two girls down they go after Batu and Finch with Takeshi knifing Finch and calling it even.

Inside Stronghold Quell explains if they want to find the Angel they need to look in the open. She touches the Songspire Tree and memories of Stronghold appear in flashbacks.

Back at CTAC Headquarters Danica is still goading Jaeger and says "the only way to get power is to take it" when she notices something is up. Jaeger looks at the ONI screens too and realizes they have been hacked and all the Wedge are dead. He tries to contact them but it is no use he will have to go to Stronghold himself.

Back at Stronghold Takeshi and Trepp are battling Simone and Batu and are cornered when Kemp shows up and guns down the Wedge. Kemp then sends a message to Danica and Jaeger sends Takeshi Prime the kill order but he ignores it. Quell says to Takeshi Prime "you may be Takeshi Kovacs but you are not my Takeshi Kovacs you will never be him" and they battle it out. Kemp arrives disarms them and places both Takeshi's under arrest. Danica ask for an explanation and Jaeger does not give her one but explains that he is a unit he called in from off world. Danica realizes Takeshi is alive and calls in Captain Yeutin as backup.

Back at Stronghold Kemp takes Quell to do an ascertainment and Takeshi explains that it is the Envoy ritual to check if that person is real if they are not they are an imposter and the Envoys will kill them anyways. Takeshi ask his clone for answers and he tells him that Quell got too attached and did not realize it until she found out Jaeger was pulling the strings. Kemp ask Quell the questions and she answers all of them truthfully proving that she is indeed Quell their leader and founder. Quell then ask Kemp about his past and his family and Kemp ask her how does she know about his family? Quell explains she hid them when CTAC attacked Stronghold and protected them. Kemp accepts this as a truthful answer and accepts Quell back as the leader of the Envoys. The Quellist cut Trepp loose and she joins them but they leave Takeshi and his clone tired up for disobeying orders. Takeshi tells his clone what it was like back then and Jaeger tries to tell the clone to ignore Takeshi. Takeshi looks into the ONI and tells Jaeger he can hear him and he knows he is listening. Takeshi tells Jaeger he knows he sold Reileen to the Yakuza and had her work for Tanaseda Hideki's rival Gottfrid Saito. He then explains that when he saw Rei working for them he turned on them and killed the Yakuza and CTAC for what they done. Takeshi then explains he killed Rei and their dad for a reason they deserved it and CTAC has no right to mess with him. The Clone ask why Takeshi knows this and he does not and Takeshi explains the reason he does not know is Jaeger erased his memories and lied about it when Takeshi defected and cloned his DHF. Jaeger tells the clone to ignore him and obey his orders and kill Quell but the clone turns off the ONI and ask the real Takeshi for answers. Takeshi explains what happened on Head in the Clouds and that he had no choice be to shoot Rei because she asked for it and her DHF was corrupt anyways because of the Rawling Virus. Takshi then explains Rei was on borrowed time and that Jaeger was behind everything.

At CTAC Headquarters Danica comes in for an update and takes over the monitors and contacts Veutin. At Stronghold Kemp prepares for war. Trepp ask for the whereabouts of Anil and Kemp tells her he does not know him and Trepp sees some stacks around his neck it is here she learns the truth and borrows his charger to find out what happened. Kemp then talks to Quell and they plan their next move. Kemp tells them they will have to wait because a CTAC satellite is overhead and they will have to wait until it leaves to move out. Quell tells them they have no time they need to leave now when the satellite is in the blind spot and reach their base before nightfall. Trepp pulls Quell aside and tells her she knows the truth. Kemp is a collaborator and he never got their message and Anil is dead and Kemp is just using his stack as a trophy. Quell give her a pistol and tells her it is time to even the odds and they will call him out. Trepp cut Takeshi and the clone loose and they confront Kemp and tell him he is a collaborator. Quell, Takeshi, the clone, and Trepp ask the questions but Kemp never gives them a straight answer and lies and orders the Quellist to kill them Takeshi stands up and shoots Kemp and his followers. Trepp grabs the stacks from around Kemp's neck and she tells them that Anil is dead and every single one of those stacks were her friends and Kemp killed them. Kemp explains there was no satellite the only people coming are CTAC and he works for Danica. Quell tells them they need Kemp alive and they make their way out of Stronghold. Before they can get out CTAC surrounds them and Kemp tries to give himself up but it is no use. Danica and Jaeger are watching and Jaeger tells Danica he knows Kemp is a collaborator and he sold out his team. Danica then orders Kemp shot and Veutin guns him down. Jaeger tells her that she played him and the war is fake and he knew since she strapped the Quellist to that rocket and launched it at the Angel Array. Quell also knows this and reveals Danica is the final Meth and it is she that the Songspire is after. Danica then has her guards torture Jaeger and says CTAC won't remove her because the planet is dark and she knows about the double sleeving. Meanwhile the Quellist try to outrun CTAC but Quell can't control herself the Songspire reacts and Quell activates the Angel Array and the CTACs are fried.

## Cast

### Starring

* Anthony Mackie as Takeshi Kovacs
* Lela Loren as Danica Harlan
* Simone Missick as Trepp
* Chris Conner as Poe
* Dina Shihabi as Dig 301
* Torben Liebrecht as Jaeger
* and Renee Elise Goldsberry as Quellcrist Falconer

### Guest starring

* Will Yun Lee as Takeshi Prime
* Dichen Lachman as Reileen Kawahara
* Matt Ellis as Joshua Kemp
* Dalias Blake as Batu / Wedge
* Orphée Ladouceur-Nguyen as Wedge / Morgaine
* Skyler Mowatt as Wedge / Finch
* Mitra Suri as Wedge / Simone
* Heather Doerksen as Captain Veutin
* Dugan Nish as Rebel #1
* Megan Danso as Rebel #2
* Mike McLeod as Technician