Atlantis (2013–2015): Season 2, Episode 10 - The Dying of the Light - full transcript

It's Medusa, isn't it? Tell
me. Tell me it isn't her.

EERIE HISSING

She took her life to save Atlantis.

SOBS

~ How did you get in here?
~ I can't explain. We need to move fast.

You will not kill me...

.. because I am your mother.

Medusa...

aideomai se kai eukhomene

kharin iskho.

~ Medusa...
~ We have to go.



~ What is it?
~ A patrol.

An Atlantean patrol.

~ How many?
~ Too many.

Are you going to help?

No.

You flee if you want to.

What are you doing?

What we should have done ages ago.

~ This is madness.
~ Then stay here!

Always the hero.

Jason...

Jason!

~ He cannot go alone.
~ He will be killed.

We can't give up on him now.



Give up on him?! We've risked
everything for that boy.

And in return...

No. He's made it quite clear he's happy
on his own, and that's fine by me.

Hey! I thought I'd
save you the journey.

YELLING

YELLS

Please...

My Queen.

Ariadne.

He's unarmed.

I wanted no part of this.

Stand down.

It is you I wish to serve.

Come, we will not harm you.

~ What are you doing?
~ DULL THUD

CHOKES AND SPLUTTERS

He was a defenceless boy!

He tried to kill us.

I told you to stand down.

And who are you to give me orders?

CROW CAWS

You're wasting your
time. They're gone.

~ Is this true?
~ They're all dead.

Well, well... What a hero you are!

How many more dead
to add to your tally?

Someone had to protect us.

Protect us? And what'll happen
when they find the bodies, eh?

You don't think they'll
come looking for us?

All you've achieved is to rob
a lot of mothers of their sons

and to tell Pasiphae
exactly where we are.

This is no time for fighting.

But he doesn't know any
other way, does he?

It's not like he could
use his brain...

Jason!

..because he doesn't have one.

That's right. Fall
back on what you know.

Here... Why don't you
take my head as well?

~ Jason...
~ No.

It might not be as pretty.

Or useful.

No, no!

I need to look at it.

We need to move out! Which is what
we should have done all along!

~ The patrol have not returned.
~ What does that mean?

~ I do not know.
~ They are lost? Dead?
~ Possibly.
~ But Jason is not.

He could be over the border by
now. How did we let this happen?

~ All will be well.
~ For who?

Jason knows I am his mother. He knows
he is the rightful heir to the throne.

He also knows that he
is touched by the gods.

He's drawn to us. I've
seen it with my own eyes.

Perhaps.

I remember when I first became aware
of my powers. I was so frightened.

I could feel the darkness around me.

~ I remember that, too.
~ That's how Jason feels right now.

~ He will come to us.
~ Oh, I wish I had your faith.

You will see.

No, we cannot rely on Jason
to change allegiance.

~ Given time, though...
~ My orders remain the same.

We must find him, we must kill him.

We'll need to hunt tomorrow.

Do you think we'll be safe here?

~ Is this how it's going to be?
~ I didn't ask for your company.

Not now.

And not earlier.

Because you could have
defeated them alone?

Because I am sick of taking orders.

I assure you it will be my last.

SHE SIGHS

I have never seen you as someone
to order around. You know that.

I have also never seen you
as a cold-hearted killer.

What you have learned
about Pasiphae...

It must have been a great shock.

But you cannot let
it change who you are.

~ The Jason I know and love...
~ I don't want any company.

SIGHS He does not
deserve to be loved.

I'm sorry.

There. You will live.

What's the point?

I would rather join Medusa
than endure this any longer.

Don't say that.

She died for this.

For this?!

She sacrificed her own life so we might
live in peace. What good did it do?

It is hard to tell at the moment.

Pasiphae is still on the throne,

Atlantis lies in ruin,

and we're fugitives, stuck in a
forest with no food, no medicine.

Just a stark raving
lunatic for company.

It is as the Oracle foretold.

Now that Jason knows the
truth about his mother...

.. his heart is blackened.

Then there's nothing we can do.

He is lost to us for ever.

I cannot believe that.

RESTLESS BREATHING

CROW CAWS

CAWING

FLURRY OF WINGS

CROW SCREECHES

It's all right. You're all
right. It was just a dream.

I fail to see how this news
is supposed to please me.

Who else would be using makeshift
arrows to defend themselves?

Who else would be hiding
out in the forest

like fugitives? We
are close, my Queen.

But not close enough!

~ Dispatch a patrol.
~ It is already done.

DOOR UNLOCKED

DOOR CREAKS OPEN

I never thought I'd see
Jason attack his friends.

He is not the Jason we know.

We mustn't forget that.

He was the Jason we know
when he killed Medusa.

I know how you feel about him
right now, but you must remember

what the Oracle said.

Jason is the only person
who can save Atlantis.

I'm going to find Melas.

If anyone knows how to help
Jason, Melas surely will.

~ If they find you...
~ They won't.

~ I still have friends in the city.
~ What makes you think Melas'll help?

Melas does not want to see Atlantis
fall any more than you or I.

He could have turned me in when I
took Pandora's Box, but he didn't.

I hope you're right.

We have to try something...

.. for Medusa's sake,
if nothing else.

BOTH SIGH

We don't have long. The guards
patrol every corner of the city.

What news of Daedalus?

He's suffering from a fever.

He'll be fine.

He has probably invented
a cure by now.

I am sorry to come to you like this.

My friend... you have
seen the way we live.

I will do all I can to help.

They're still enforcing the curfew. We
cannot move around the city after dark.

~ What do you suggest?
~ I have a friend...

A very useful friend.

~ Someone we can trust?
~ Someone who may be...

.. persuaded to stay silent.

So, what does this friend do?

What makes him immune to the curfew?

Nobody stops me.

Even Pasiphae wants her
city to smell nice.

I'd be happy to help you.

You know if we're caught, Pasiphae
will likely have us killed.

Better make sure you're nicely
covered, then, hadn't we?

I'll take you as far as I can.

Keep your heads down.

Halt!

Beautiful night for it. Did
you ever see such a moon?

~ Where are you headed?
~ Wherever the horses have been.

Which, I don't mind telling you,
is pretty much everywhere.

~ Under whose authority?
~ Why, the Queen.

Tell me, where do you live?

For a small consideration, I'll
give it an extra-special clean!

BURPS

All right, be on your way.

I had hoped Pythagoras
would be back by now.

Don't worry about him. He is
more skilled than he looks.

You are thinking of Medusa?

When I think about her sacrifice...

Medusa's death may rest
heavy on your shoulders...

.. but the fault does
not lay with you.

It pains me to see the
two of you at odds.

We must not allow ourselves
to be consumed with anger.

If we turn against one another,
then Pasiphae has won.

Indeed.

She has won.

Good luck to her.

May her power bring
her much happiness...

This is it. This is as far as I go.

Halt!

Beautiful evening for it.

Huh...

The streets are quiet,
the stars are out.

Missed a spot.

Oh...

Keep up the good work.

Hey!

SWORD UNSHEATHED

Thank you, my friend.

You will return.

I will return.

Do not fear.

Until later.

May the gods be with you.

FOOTSTEPS

~ Why are you here?
~ I am here because of Jason.

You have seen how the people
live - amongst rotting corpses,

with barely enough food to survive.

Jason is the only one
who can help them,

but Jason is no longer
the man we knew.

He knows the truth about Pasiphae?

His heart has blackened.

It is as the Oracle foretold.

Those who are touched by the gods

are drawn to one another by
forces they cannot control.

I fear for him. I fear for all of us.

If he were to join Pasiphae...

There must be a way to help him.

EERIE ECHOING

Nun dunamin dos emoi mekhri
peusomai hatta genoito.

What is it? What did
you see? Is there a way?

The gods have spoken.

I feel Jason's pain.

He stands on a threshold.

On one side is the light
of the life he has known,

and on the other is the darkness
that draws him to Pasiphae.

The lure of that darkness is strong.

~ I refuse to believe that.
~ Peace, my friend. Be still and listen.

But no force can thrive
without its opposite.

~ You must find that opposite.
~ I don't understand.

The mother's love that
would draw him to darkness

is but the mirror of the father's
that would make it whole again.

Jason's father is dead.

He alone can draw Jason
back into the light.

That's impossible.

He is your only hope.

SOBS

He's dead. The Oracle told Jason so.

It is true, that is what she said.
His father walks amongst the dead.

The Oracle cannot lie
about what she has seen.

There are those who suffer
the torments of death in life,

who hide themselves
away from the world.

He is alive?

I believe you have already met.

He is one of the unclean...

.. for whom life is a curse.

He is a leper.

You will find him in the
old silver mines of Pangeon.

In the Mountains of Galena.

Thank you.

May the gods look kindly on you
for what you have done today.

Ariadne will not forget
what you have done for us.

And neither will I.

This should last you
to the silver mines.

What do you hope to find there?

Peace... for all of us.

Well, may we meet again
in those times.

That is the thought
I will carry with me.

MARCHING FOOTSTEPS

DOOR UNLOCKS

FAINT SHOUTS AND CALLS

Father...

GROANS

What happened?

Shh.

We... We had a slight disagreement.

His knowledge of even the most basic
chemical compounds is pitiful.

I don't know how he's managed
to live this long.

By not blowing things up.

Yes, well, I am very
proud of that explosion.

Well, I'm glad about that, because
you're going to hang for it.

Hmm. Well, maybe at the last moment

I'll discover how to
make myself invisible.

The date is set.

Sunrise tomorrow.

Be strong, my son.

~ I can change this.
~ No.

There are some things we must accept.

This is not one of them.

Where are you going?

All will be well.

~ I promise.
~ Icarus!

DOOR CLANGS FAINTLY

This had better be good. I am not
interested in a tale of a tavern brawl.

My father is due to
be executed tomorrow.

You disturbed me to tell me this?

I beg you to rethink.

Take him away!

~ No, you don't understand.
~ I am not interested in your pleas.

I have news.

Of Ariadne.

What news?

You will not hang my father?

I will not hang your father.

~ She hides in the woods.
~ This I know.

Her followers are headed towards
the silver mines at Pangeon...

with some urgency.

What do they hope to find there?

I do not know.

You have done well.

~ You will free my father.
~ No.

I will not hang your father.
I said nothing of freeing him.

Why would I do that...

when you bring me such
useful information?

Aeson?

~ CLATTERING
~ Aeson?

Aeson, I need to speak to you.

I have news of Jason.

~ Who are you?
~ It's Pythagoras.

I need your help.

Aeson...

I trust this news pleases you.

Send men to the Valley of Iria.
Pythagoras must return that way.

Follow him. He will certainly
lead us to Jason.

~ What is it?
~ Nothing.

We draw closer.

~ Indeed.
~ He is finally within our sights.

I'm a fool.

That woman makes me a fool.

Even after all that she has
done I trusted her with this.

I trusted she would not tell him.

It was to her advantage.

~ How so?
~ Jason was about to kill her.

If only he had, for now
he is lost to all of us.

His heart has blackened.

Where once there was compassion,
now there is just anger.

Anger and hatred.

Those who are touched by the gods
carry the darkness within them.

We need your help.

I thank you for your belief in
me but I fear it is misplaced.

~ I cannot do what you ask.
~ You're the only one who can save him.

SIGHS

All this endless fighting
leaves me weary.

Power passes from hand to
hand, but nothing changes.

I fear that without you, Jason
cannot resist Pasiphae.

We must believe that
good will triumph.

Were he himself, that might be true.

Look at the life he has lived, all
that he has accomplished without me.

Jason believes his father to be dead.
I am dead to him. That is the best way.

How can that be so?

In another life Jason had a father...

a father who protected him,
who he could be proud of.

Look at me!

I am not that man.

Would that I were...

Would that I could
have my life again.

It is anticipated that the boy
will lead us to Ariadne and Jason.

As soon as you have Pythagoras in sight,
dispatch a messenger without delay.

It's a shame Pythagoras
is missing this!

It was a fool's mission.
He's probably dead.

You can give him my share,
should he return.

Pythagoras is not dead.
I would know if he were.

In here.

How long have you two been friends?

Long enough to forget how long,
and believe it to be for ever.

What Jason did to you...

he did it for me, to save me.

He thought he was doing
the right thing.

Jason always thinks he's
doing the right thing.

And Medusa, she... she knew...

Oh, yeah... she knew.

She knew what she was doing.

And believe me, I'm just
as angry with her.

Don't let her death be in vain.

Don't let it destroy those
who are still living.

Talk to him.

Maybe you can find a way through.

What will you do?

I don't know.

Return to my friends.

~ I'll do what I can.
~ And I have not done what I can?

Well, no, you haven't.

You are the one person who
can help. Jason needs you.

For the first time ever, he
really needs you, and you...

~ You are deserting him.
~ I am not deserting him.

The Jason I first met, the Jason I
have journeyed with these past years,

is a person I admire
with all my heart.

The kind of person
I would like to be.

He is brave.

He is loyal.

He is nothing like you.

Do not look so afraid.

I mean you no harm.

There's no more to say.

In that case, we will
walk in silence.

I do not wish to fight with you.

Whatever has happened, we should
not be turning knives on each other.

I cannot deny my anger.

Then don't.

But it was wrong of me
to take it out on you.

I understand.

After all...

.. I killed her.

S-She agreed to it?

Mmm.

She agreed.

There was no struggle.

Was there not another
way? Any other way?

I loved her.

And I'm sure... that she loved you.

But she's gone now.

Life moves on.

~ Where are they camped?
~ The far side of the valley.

We will be there by nightfall.

'You have found Pythagoras?'

As you predicted, he is not alone.

I will ride with you.
Saddle the horses.

What are you doing?

I cannot remain. I'm sorry.

~ I tried, but I cannot be with him.
~ We have to stay together.

You are welcome to come.

The forest is swarming with soldiers.

If I stay, nothing will end well.

I cannot look after him alone.

Pythagoras will return.

Hercules, please.

I cannot.

In my head, I know he is not himself,

but I don't have the strength to stop my
gut, and my gut just wants to kill him.

I'm sorry it has come to this.

We move camp every couple of days.

This is Hercules's way of telling
me exactly where they're headed.

Do not worry. I know where they are.

I do not doubt your skill.

I am more concerned with my own.

What am I going to say to him? What
if he doesn't want to know me at all?

He's back.

Pythagoras is back.

Who's that he's with?

SOLDIER YELLS

YELLS

Eith' Hekate doie menos
ifthimon ede moi alken.

PANTS

Shh.

Where's Jason?

Jason was badly injured. There
is no way that he could survive.

We will find him. I will
bring you his body.

Victory is within sight, my Lady.

Gaia thea, phainu - dunamin gar emoi.

Victory?

GASPS

Do not speak to me...

.. of victory.

PANTS

Tende thean kaleus hemon
empsukhon hapanton.

GROANS

What happened?

Shh.

You must rest.

Sleep can help you more than I.

Should I be sleeping
with one eye open?

Look...

There's someone moving over there.

Pythagoras!

Pythagoras!

~ It's so good to see you.
~ I thought you were dead.

Where's Jason?

Who is this?

~ You need not be afraid.
~ You brought Pasiphae here.
~ No.

No, I promise you, my hatred for Pasiphae
runs deeper even than yours.

I find that hard to believe.

It is true.

He is Jason's father.

How are you feeling?

Better.

Much better, thank you.

Why are you helping me?

We are all drawn together, those
of us who are touched by the gods.

That's why I can sense
you in my dreams?

We are more alike than you know.

FLURRY OF WINGS

We should not linger here.

Then where do you suggest we go?

Back to my mother?

She wants you dead.

What about you?

How...

How do I know that you
won't just turn me in?

You do not.

In his hour of need I deserted him.

I failed Medusa

and now I've failed Jason.

As long as there is a chance that
Jason is still alive, we must do

everything in our power to save him.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Jason...

Guards!