Our Violent Ends

Roma, Juliette, and Alisa wait at Lourens’s lab. The elderly scientist encourages them to sleep. Alisa notices when Roma intends to sleep on the couch with Juliette and asks if they are married, flustering Roma and amusing Juliette.

When Roma and Juliette are alone, he admonishes her for making him think she was dead, and she scolds him for pointing a gun at himself. She makes him promise never to hurt himself and, in turn, promises not to leave him. She pinky promises, which Roma teases her about. He grows serious and asks her to marry him. She says yes, and they kiss. They hear a bugle call outside: The purge has started. Roma and Juliette say makeshift vows, promising that not even death will part them.

Celia organizes the Communists from a rooftop as Scarlet forces approach. Benedikt hides among the Scarlets and Nationalists, who seem to have come to an agreement with the foreigners; the Nationalists won’t risk upsetting the French powers. He runs through the French Concession, tricking a group of Scarlets by claiming he’s running a message for Lord Cai.

At Shu’s residence, he sneaks in through the General’s office and finds a note that shows that the Nationalists have intercepted Celia’s message; they know Roma and Juliette plan to escape on Da Nao’s boat.