Access Is Power

	May 31, 2020
	Lizzie Mickery
	Sam Miller
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Access Is Power is the third episode of the first season of Snowpiercer. It is the third episode of the series overall.

Synopsis

Layton descends into Snowpiercer's black market with Till, searching for both the killer and a valuable commodity for his revolution. Melanie stages a prize fight to distract the passengers from mounting class tension.

Plot

SPOILERS AHEAD

Cast

Main Jennifer Connelly as Melanie Cavill Daveed Diggs as Andre Layton Mickey Sumner as Bess Till Alison Wright as Ruth Lena Hall as Miss Audrey Iddo Goldberg as Bennett Knox Susan Park as Jinju Katie McGuinness as Josie Wellstead Sam Otto as John Osweiller Sheila Vand as Zarah Ferami Mike O'Malley as Roche Annalise Basso as LJ Folger Jaylin Fletcher as Miles

Guest Starring Happy Anderson as Dr. Henry Klimpt Kerry O'Malley as Lilah Folger Timothy V. Murphy as Commander Grey Aaron Glenane as The Last Australian Shaun Toub as Terence William Stanford Davis as Mr. Riggs Reneé Victor as Mama Grandé Madeleine Arthur as Nikki Genêt Vincent Gale as Robert Folger Jonathan Walker as Big John

Co-Starring Amanda Brugel as Eugenia Ian Collins as Tristan Miranda Edwards as Lights RJ Fetherstonhaugh as Jackboot Clifford Ellie Harvie as The Notary Camille Hollett-French as Jackboot Stroud Anthony Joseph as Jackboot Mansfield Tom Kirk as Clay Stephen Lobo as Martin Colvin John C. MacDonald as Handsome Young Man

Kelly-Ruth Mercier as Annie Matt Murray as Erik Sam Ourabah as Second Class Man Zachary Perez-Rukavina as Right Hand Man Michel Issa Rubio as Santiago Manoj Sood as Rajiv Sharma Yee Jee Tso as York Fiona Vroom as Ms. Gillies Benjamin Charles Watson as Brakeman Fuller Danny Waugh as Silva Garfield Wilson as Jackboot Kaffey

Quotes

“	You'd think loneliness would be impossible all crammed in here, but this train was designed to separate us from our possessions, from our loved ones. Now every last shred of us is worth something to someone. Everything's rare, so you gotta pay with something personal. And we're all trading up for the most valuable thing there is... Access. Access all the way to First, where they hold the table for sport, then trade it right back down. People avoid me because I care for the Sleepers, but that's my value, how I open doors and live in Second. I can trade for things, while the weakest can only trade their carbon for compost. So we keep pushing, pushing uptrain, pushing for access to feel more alive. Access is freedom. Access is power. We kill for that on Snowpiercer, 1,001 cars long.	”
	— Klimpt

“	Well, look at you, detective. Already working on the case.	”
	— Roche to Layton

“	God, I wish I were welding.	”
	— Melanie to Bennett

“	I'm keeping my eyes open.	”
	— Miles to Layton

“	Good evening, passengers. As you well know, I'm not one for speeches, but we've been through a bumpy patch. So I want to say this to you. If the track has taught me anything, it's that even the steepest climbs give way to descent. I'll keep doing what I do best. I will keep our Engine Eternal. And you keep doing what you do best... Survive, survive, survive.	”
	— Mr. Wilford speech

Ruth: "There he is. The Train Detective."

Lilah: "I hope that's his undercover look."

―  Ruth showing Lilah Layton

“	You know what I was in the Old Time before I was a Janitor? - A janitor. I cleaned a high-rise building. I get on this train, and you know what I see? The train is just a high rise laying on its side. I know how this thing runs. And my building just became the whole goddamn world.	”
	— Terrence to Layton

“	You don't remember me, do you, Nikki? But you do know who I am.	”
	— Eric to Nikki

Gallery

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Videos

• File:Snowpiercer 1x03 Promo "Access Is Power"
• File:Snowpiercer Layton Makes a Troubling Discovery - Season 1, Episode 3 Clip TNT