BeastMaster (1999–2002): Season 2, Episode 11 - Golgotha - full transcript

[ LAUGHING ]

IF I WERE YOU,
I WOULD HAVE DONE

MORE THAN A LITTLE
KISSING BY NOW.

THE WEDDING'S
IN JUST A FEW DAYS.

I'M SURE KARPEN
WON'T BACK AWAY FROM YOU.

KARPEN'S NOT
REALLY HIMSELF LATELY,

SINCE THESE TROUBLES STARTED --
HE'S GOT A LOT ON HIS MIND.

I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE
HIM WANT TO GET CLOSER TO YOU.

MAYBE HE FEELS THAT WAY INSIDE.

YEAH.

I'M SURE HE DOES.



[ STRANGE NOISE ]

WHAT WAS THAT?

DO YOU THINK--

NO. NOT IN DAYLIGHT.

THEY NEVER COME IN THE DAYLIGHT.

[ LAUGHING ]

WE WERE WORRIED --
AFTER ALL, WE'RE WITH YOU.

SOME PEOPLE SAY

YOU'RE SAFE FROM THE ATTACKS

BECAUSE KARPEN
IS THE SPIRIT HEALER.

I'M GOING IN.

YOU COMING?

SO YOU SEE, THE IDEA IS

YOU CAN'T SWIM
IN THE SAME RIVER TWICE.



WHY NOT? I DO
IT ALL THE TIME.

NOT EXACTLY. YOU SEE,
THE RIVER ISN'T THE SAME RIVER.

THE RIVER HAS CHANGED.
EVERYTHING CHANGES.

NOTHING STAYS THE SAME.

OH, SO THAT'S
WHY YOU KEEP

GETTING LOST --
EVEN THOUGH YOU

VERY CLEVER -- WHAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT IS A NEW WAY TO LOOK AT

AND TO UNDERSTAND
THE WORLD -- SEE, YOU CAN

TAKE A STEP IN THE RIVER TODAY--

AND WE'RE GOING TO.

RIGHT NOW.

[ LAUGHING ]

THIS IS EXCELLENT --
THIS MEANS I CAN SHOW YOU

EXACTLY WHAT
I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

WHAT HAPPENED?

LOOKS LIKE IT WAS KILLED
BY ANOTHER CROCODILE.

STRANGE. ANIMALS DON'T
USUALLY KILL THEIR OWN KIND.

NO. ONLY HUMANS DO THAT.

MARIKA!

HELP!

MARIKA!

MARIKA!

MARIKA!

HELP.

[ GASPING ]

-HURRY, HURRY.
-DAR, HURRY, HURRY, MOVE.

COME ON, DAR.

COME ON. HURRY UP.

-DAR, DAR.
-THAT'S IT.

DAR.

IN AN AGE WHEN NATURE
AND MAGIC RULE THE WORLD...

THERE IS
AN EXTRAORDINARY LEGEND:

THE STORY OF A WARRIOR

WHO COMMUNICATES WITH ANIMALS,

WHO FIGHTS SORCERY
AND THE UNNATURAL.

HIS NAME IS DAR,
LAST OF HIS TRIBE.

HE'S ALSO CALLED...

HOW IS SHE?

I DON'T LIKE
THE LOOK OF THIS WOUND.

WHAT DID THAT
CROCODILE HAVE TO SAY?

IT WOULDN'T TALK
TO ME -- HOW FAR

-IS YOUR VILLAGE?
-JUST UP RIVER.

WILL SHE DIE?

NOT IF MY FRIEND
CAN HELP IT.

I'LL NEED A BOWL OF WATER AND
A CLEAN CLOTH FOR A POULTICE.

HE'S THE BEASTMASTER.

BEASTMASTER!

ARE YOU THE BEASTMASTER?

YES.

MAYBE THE FATES SENT YOU
TO HELP US STOP THE ATTACKS.

WHAT, THERE HAVE BEEN OTHERS?

UP UNTIL NOW, ONLY AT NIGHT.

BUT IF THEY START ATTACKING
US IN THE DAYLIGHT, TOO,

SOON THERE WON'T
BE ANY OF US LEFT.

DAR.

HAVE YOU HEARD OF POISONOUS

-CROCODILES?
-POISON?

THE WOUND HAS A VENOM IN IT.

OH.

THE BITE MARKS ARE DIFFERENT.

I DON'T KNOW ANY ANIMAL
THAT LEAVES A WOUND LIKE THIS.

THAT CROCODILE I FOUGHT
DIDN'T ATTACK THIS GIRL.

MUST HAVE BEEN
SOMETHING ELSE IN THE WATER.

WHAT?

I DON'T KNOW.

WILL SHE MAKE IT?

WELL, SHE'S STRONG.
SHE'S FIGHTING IT.

MAYBE WHEN SHE COMES AROUND
SHE CAN TELL US SOMETHING.

THE GODS ARE AGAINST US.

HOW MANY MORE
YOUNG WOMEN?

DO WE HAVE TO LOSE?

IT HAD TO BE
ONE OF THE PHANTOMS.

THE PHANTOM CROCODILES --
THEY COME AT NIGHT

AND STEAL OUR YOUNG WOMEN.

NOBODY SEES THEM --
NOBODY WHO LIVES

TO TELL ABOUT IT.

WHAT WAS DONE TO STOP THEM?

OUR BEST YOUNG MEN

GO OUT AT NIGHT AND STAND GUARD,

BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM
TO STOP THE ATTACKS.

CAN YOU HELP US?

ALL RIGHT.

I'M GOING BACK DOWN TO THE RIVER

TO FIND OUT WHY THE
CROCODILES WOULDN'T TALK.

I'M SURE IT HAS SOMETHING TO
DO WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.

I'LL DO WHAT I CAN.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HER?

I'M TRYING TO DRAW
POISON. SHE NEEDS--

DON'T TELL ME
WHAT SHE NEEDS.

IF SHE NEEDS
HEALING, I'LL DO IT.

BY STOPPING VENOM
FROM SEIZING HER

HEART, SHE'LL PROBABLY
LIVE -- SHE'S STRONG.

-DID YOU SEE WHAT ATTACKED HER?
-NO.

DAR PULLED HER
FROM THE RIVER AND WHATEVER

-IT WAS DIDN'T SURFACE.
-IT WAS THE PHANTOMS.

I KNOW HOW TO TREAT HER.

YOU CAN LEAVE.

SHE NEEDS INCANTATIONS

TO HEAL HER SPIRIT.

I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST
SPIRITUAL HEALING, BUT

THIS POULTICE IS
DRAWING OUT THE POISON,

SO WHY BOTHER YOUR GODS?

I SAID, GET OUT!

KARPEN!

HE IS THE BEASTMASTER'S FRIEND.

HE IS HERE TO HELP US.

WE DON'T NEED HIS HELP.

WELL, WE NEED THE BEASTMASTER'S.

THERE'S NOTHING
HE CAN DO EITHER.

WELL, LET'S
HOPE YOU'RE WRONG.

BECAUSE YOU AND
THE OTHERS HAVEN'T

THE GODS ARE ANGRY WITH US --
CREATURES ARE ATTACKING

BECAUSE WE WON'T
SHOW THEM RESPECT.

WE'RE NOT GOING
BACK TO THE OLD WAYS.

WHERE'S THE BEASTMASTER NOW?

TRYING TO HELP YOU.

JUST LIKE I AM.

THEY ARE BETROTHED.

KARPEN IS OUR SPIRIT HEALER.

HE AND MARIKA WERE TO
BE MARRIED UNDER THE NEW MOON

THREE DAYS FROM NOW.

WHO ARE THESE GODS HE'S TALKING
ABOUT AND WHY ARE THEY ANGRY?

OUR PEOPLE ONCE

WORSHIPPED
THE CROCODILE GOD.

KARPEN IS TOO YOUNG
TO UNDERSTAND THAT

AS BAD AS THINGS
ARE NOW, THOSE...

...THOSE DAYS
WERE FAR, FAR WORSE.

I KNOW THAT WHAT
I AM DOING CAN HELP HER.

LET HIM DO

HIS WORK, KARPEN.

GO!

IF SHE DIES...

YOU DIE.

KARPEN!

ANYTHING TO DRIVE
THESE PEOPLE AWAY.

THE BEASTMASTER AND HIS
FRIEND HAVE COME TO HELP US.

IT COULD BE A
SIGN FROM GODS

LET'S SEE IF THEY
DO ANYTHING FIRST.

THEN GIVE THEM A CHANCE.

NOTHING WE'VE TRIED
HAS STOPPED THE ATTACKS.

YOU KNOW HOW TO STOP THEM --

AND SO DO I.

THE OLD WAYS WERE WRONG.

THEN WHY DO SO MANY OF US DIE?

SURPRISED?

BUT YOU'RE GLAD TO SEE ME.

AS ALWAYS.

WHAT'S A GIRL GOT TO DO TO
KEEP YOU FOCUSED ON HER CHARMS?

JUST BE YOURSELF.

WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE, IARA?

THIS IS MY DOMAIN.

SOMETHING'S STALKING THE
FISHING VILLAGE UP THE RIVER.

WHEN DEATH COMES STALKING,
I ALWAYS LOOK

WHAT THE HUMANS ARE DOING FIRST.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD DO THE SAME.

EVERY TORCH MUST BE LIT.

MORE TORCHES HERE.

MORE TORCHES HERE.

KARPEN AND THE OTHER
YOUNG MEN DO THIS EVERY NIGHT.

BUT EVERY NIGHT, SOMEBODY'S
STILL TAKEN FROM THE VILLAGE

AND THEY COME BACK EMPTY-HANDED.

WHERE'S YOUR FRIEND,
THE BEASTMASTER?

I THOUGHT HE WAS
GOING TO HELP US.

HE WILL.

NOW YOU'LL SEE WHAT

HORRORS THE NIGHT BRINGS.

WHEN YOU LOOK INTO MY EYES,
WHAT DO YOU SEE, HMM?

IF YOU WERE HONEST,
YOU'D KNOW IT'S WHAT YOU SEE

WHEN YOU LOOK
INTO YOUR OWN HEART.

LEAVE ME ALONE -- THERE'S
SOMETHING I'VE GOT TO DO.

YOU'RE GOING TO STAY
OUT HERE ALL NIGHT?

IF I HAVE TO.

THERE'S NOTHING
YOU CAN DO TO HELP THEM,

DAR.

DON'T EVEN TRY.

WHO ARE YOU?

TAO.

IS IT NIGHT?

-YES.
-PUT OUT THE TORCHES.

-NO ONE CAN KNOW WE'RE IN HERE.
-WE'RE SAFE.

WE'RE SAFE. NOBODY CAN GET IN.

NO ONE IS SAFE.

[ TWIG SNAPPING ]

[ WAILING ]

NO!

DON'T GO OUT THERE.

[ SCREAMING ]

[ SCREAMING ]

TWO YOUNG WOMEN WERE TAKEN.

START SEARCHING EVERYWHERE.

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?

DID THEY TAKE
MARIKA TOO?

NO. NO.

MAYBE KARPEN
WAS RIGHT.

MAYBE THE GODS
ARE ANGRY WITH US.

-WHICH WAY DID THEY GO?
-THEY VANISHED.

LIKE ALWAYS.

KARPEN. THEY'VE BEEN HERE.

THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO KNOW WHERE

WE'RE LYING IN WAIT
AND ATTACK ELSEWHERE.

-HOW MANY WERE TAKEN?
-TWO.

MARIKA IS SAFE.

WHERE WERE YOU?

WHAT DID
YOU DO TO HELP?

OBVIOUSLY NOT ENOUGH --
BUT I THINK WE CAN GO

-AFTER THEM -- TOGETHER, WE--
-TOGETHER WE CAN WHAT?

SEARCH FOR THE SCENT OF A GHOST?

-THEY LEAVE NO TRAIL.
-THE WOMEN COULD LEAVE TRACKS.

THERE'S NEVER ANY
TRACE OF ANYONE TAKEN.

BUT YOU'RE THE BEASTMASTER.

YOU CAN ASK THE OWLS
IF THEY SAW ANYTHING.

KARPEN!

LISTEN.

THE BEASTMASTER IS OUR FRIEND.

THEY LOOKED LIKE CROCODILES.
ALL TEETH AND CLAWS.

EXCEPT THEY WALKED
ON HIND LEGS, CARRYING

WOMEN OFF ON THEIR
BACKS, NOT THEIR MOUTHS.

WE KNOW THEY'RE
NOT CROCODILES.

NOT FROM THE
NATURAL WORLD, ANYWAY.

WHERE ARE THEY TAKING
THE VICTIMS, AND WHY?

THE VILLAGE WORSHIPS
A CROCODILE GOD -- KARPEN SAYS

HE'S ANGRY BECAUSE
THERE ARE NO SACRIFICES.

PHANTOMS...IARA.

NOW CROCODILE GODS.

-IARA?
-YEAH.

WHAT DOES SHE SAY ABOUT THIS?

WELL, NOTHING HELPFUL.

HOW'S THE GIRL?

HAS SHE TOLD
YOU ANYTHING?

NO. SHE COULD GO EITHER WAY.

KARPEN'S NOT HAPPY
I'M TREATING HER.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S
MUCH HE'S HAPPY ABOUT. JUST...

TRY AND STAY OUT OF HIS WAY.

HOW DO WE KNOW HE'S NOT
HELPING OUR ATTACKERS?

BECAUSE THE BEASTMASTER
IS A MAN OF HONOUR.

-WE ALL KNOW HE'S HALF ANIMAL.
-YOU KNOW NOT WHAT YOU SAY.

MY BRIDE WAS ATTACKED.

THE PHANTOMS ATTACK,
HE HAPPENS TO ARRIVE LATE.

WE WERE ATTACKED BEFORE
HE CAME TO THE VILLAGE.

THEN MAYBE HE'S TAKEN
THE CREATURE'S SIDE AGAINST US.

I'VE BEEN

A SPIRIT HEALER TOO LONG TO

BELIEVE HE JUST
HAPPENED TO COME HERE.

[ RUSTLING ]

AND IF THE BEASTMASTER'S
NOT UP TO SOMETHING...

WHY IS HIS FRIEND SPYING ON US?

I'M NOT SPYING
ON ANYONE.

PUT THIS WEASEL
IN THE PRISON HUT.

WE'RE GOING TO HUNT HIS FRIEND.

-THAT'S A BAD IDEA.
-I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.

I'M DOING IT FOR
THE VILLAGE'S GOOD.

YOU'RE MAKING
A MISTAKE.

DAR IS NOT RESPONSIBLE
FOR ANY OF THIS.

EVERYTHING'S GOING
TO BE ALL RIGHT.

I PROMISE -- IF THEY'D
ONLY LISTENED TO ME,

NONE OF THIS
WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.

THE GODS DON'T WANT
YOU TO DIE, MARIKA --

THEY JUST WANT US TO SHOW THEM

THE RESPECT THEY DEMAND.

PLEASE...

KEEP FIGHTING.

I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU.

KARPEN, HURRY -- WE'LL LOSE HIM.

WE KNOW THIS JUNGLE BETTER THAN
ANYONE -- WE'LL HAVE HIM BEFORE

HE EVEN SEES US. LET'S GO.

YOU HAVE TO CHANGE
THE HERB POULTICE

OR MARIKA WILL DIE.

YOU CAN'T
LET HER DIE.

[ ROARING ]

NICE WORK.

WHAT GAME ARE
YOU PLAYING, IARA?

DON'T YOU THINK IT'S
INTERESTING THAT THE VERY PEOPLE

YOU'RE TRYING TO HELP
ARE HUNTING YOU DOWN?

WHY DO YOU CONTINUE TO INSIST
THAT HUMANS ARE WORTH HELPING?

MAYBE BECAUSE
I'M HUMAN.

I CAN HELP YOU GET OVER THAT
LITTLE PROBLEM QUICK ENOUGH.

TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE
THIS PARADISE AGAIN.

MAYBE LATER.

I HAVE SOME WORK I HAVE TO DO.

LOOKING FOR
THE YOUNG WOMEN?

-WHERE ARE THEY?
-YOU WON'T FIND THEM.

NOBODY EVER WILL.

BECAUSE THEY WERE
SACRIFICED TO A CROCODILE.

VERY GOOD.

A ONE-EYED CROCODILE, ACTUALLY.

WHERE WILL I FIND HIM?

NOT FAR.
DOWN RIVER.

WHY ARE YOU SUDDENLY
BEING SO HELPFUL?

YOU MIGHT LEARN SOMETHING
FROM HIM.

HE'S LIKE ME.

HE DOESN'T HAVE
A LOT OF RESPECT FOR HUMANS.

HE'S A BETTER
SACRIFICE IF HE'S ALIVE.

GUARDS.

WHERE WERE YOU?

THIS WILL HELP, BUT I NEED
TO FIND SOME STRONGER HERBS.

NO, DON'T GO...

PLEASE.

I NEED THE STRONGER HERBS
TO COMBAT THE POISON.

I THOUGHT IT WAS VENOM,
BUT IF IT WAS...

I'VE SEEN THE SYMPTOMS BEFORE
IN SLEEPING POTIONS.

-CALANGA.
-WHAT?
-IT'S A POTION

MY PEOPLE ONCE USED
TO MAKE THE CROCODILES

SLEEP WHILE WE FISHED.

-IS THERE AN ANTIDOTE?
-MM-HMM.

THE WEEPING BLOSSOM.

IT GROWS DOWN BY THE RIVERBANK.

I'M, I'M GOING TO
FIND THIS HERB.

JUST IF...IF DAR ARRIVES, JUST

TELL HIM, TELL HIM
HE'S IN DANGER.

FROM WHO?

KARPEN.

HE'S A GOOD MAN.

I DON'T KNOW WHY HE'D HURT US.
WE WANT TO HELP.

THE WHOLE VILLAGE

IS FRIGHTENED.

HE'S OUR SPIRIT HEALER,
BUT THERE IS

NOTHING HE CAN DO.

I'M GOING TO FIND THIS HERB.

I'LL BE BACK AS SOON AS I CAN.

WEEPING BLOSSOM.

IMPRESSIVE.

VERY IMPRESSIVE.

THAT OLD CROCODILE LIKES YOU,

AND HE DOESN'T LIKE VERY MUCH.

WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY
THEY WERE STARVING?

YOU DIDN'T ASK.

SOME OF THEM ARE SO HUNGRY

THEY'RE EATING EACH OTHER;
IT SHAMES THEM.

THAT'S WHY THE ONE I THOUGHT

ATTACKED MARIKA
WOULDN'T TALK TO ME.

HE'S ASHAMED FOR WHAT
HE MUST DO TO SURVIVE.

AT LEAST HE SURVIVED.

HOW CAN FISH JUST
DISAPPEAR FROM A RIVER, IARA?

IF THAT OLD CROCODILE
CAN'T TELL YOU, WHAT MAKES

-YOU THINK I CAN?
-HE'S JUST A CROCODILE.

HE'S CONCERNED WITH THINGS
THAT AFFECT CROCODILES.

YOU'RE CONCERNED WITH EVERYTHING
THAT AFFECTS YOUR DOMAIN.

THAT'S VERY FLATTERING.

THERE'S SOMETHING
YOU'RE NOT TELLING ME.

I'M A WOMAN. I'M ALLOWED
TO KEEP A FEW SECRETS.

AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS WITH
WHICH YOU SHOULDN'T INTERFERE.

WALK AWAY.

YOU KNOW THERE'S
A BALANCE IN NATURE.

I'D SAY THEY LOOK PRETTY HUNGRY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

OH, DON'T TRY AND TALK TO THEM.

I TOLD THEM NOT TO.

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?

IF YOU PROMISE TO FORGET
ABOUT THE VILLAGE

AND LEAVE, THEY'LL LEAVE TOO.

YOU'D LET YOUR CREATURES EAT ME?

IF THAT'S WHAT
IT TAKES TO STOP YOU

FROM INTERFERING, THEN, YES.

JUST LEAVE, DAR.
THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO.

TAO?

YOU'RE LOOKING SO MUCH BETTER.

THANKS TO YOU
AND YOUR FRIEND.

WHERE IS HE?

HERE.

I FOUND THE PHANTOMS.

ONLY THEY'RE NOT PHANTOMS,
THEY'RE MEN.

BUT THEY LEAVE NO TRAIL.

THAT'S 'CAUSE YOU'RE
LOOKING FOR CROCODILE TRACKS.

YOU SEE, WHAT'S HAPPENING
IS THEY'RE COMING INTO

THE VILLAGE AT NIGHT,
BUT THEIR FOOTPRINTS

ARE BLENDING IN
WITH THE OTHER PEOPLE'S HERE.

KARPEN WILL
BE RELIEVED.

HE DIDN'T CATCH UP
WITH YOU, DID HE?

HE TRIED.

WE HAVE TO FORTIFY
THE VILLAGE BEFORE NIGHTFALL.

YOU HAVE TO LET THE PEOPLE KNOW

THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH MEN.

AND IF WE WORK TOGETHER
AND WE PREPARE FOR THIS,

WE WILL BEAT THEM.

I TOLD KARPEN YOU WERE ON OUR
SIDE. THANK YOU, MY FRIEND.

-YOU'VE DONE GOOD WORK ON HER.
-SHE'S LUCKY I FOUND THE

RIGHT PLANT -- LUCKY
THAT DAM'S THERE--

-WHAT DAM?
-JUST UP THE RIVER.

THE WEEPING BLOSSOM WAS THERE.

-TELL ME ABOUT THE DAM.
-NOT MUCH TO TELL.

IT BLOCKS UP THE RIVER,
A LITTLE OF WATER GETS THROUGH.

THAT'S WHY THERE'S
NO FISH IN IT.

THE DAM'S CUTTING OFF
THE CROCODILE'S FOOD SOURCE.

MARIKA...

-WHO BUILT THE DAM?
-THE ELDERS.

IT MADE FISHING EASIER
FOR EVERYBODY.

THE FISH ARE TRAPPED AND YOU

DON'T HAVE TO LOOK
FOR CROCODILES.

WE'LL HAVE TO
TAKE IT DOWN.

-WHY?
-THE CROCODILES ARE STARVING.

THAT'S WHY YOU'RE
PEOPLE ARE BEING

OFFERED UP AS SACRIFICES
BY THE PHANTOMS.

A ONE-EYED CROCODILE
WHO IS TOO HUNGRY TO TURN AWAY.

WHY WOULD YOUR
PEOPLE DO THIS?

YEARS AGO, BEFORE MY TIME, YOUNG
WOMEN WERE SACRIFICED TO THE

CROCODILES SO THEY'D LEAVE
ENOUGH FISH FOR THE VILLAGE.

THERE'S A
CEREMONIAL GROUND

-DOWN THE RIVER.
-BUT WHO ARE THESE PHANTOMS?

WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO
IS TO TELL KARPEN TO GET ALL

THE PEOPLE
IN THE VILLAGE AND PUT THEM IN

THE ONE AREA THAT CAN
BE PROTECTED -- THEN SURROUND

IT WITH ALL
THE TORCHES YOU CAN FIND, OK?

OK.

SO, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

TAKE DOWN THE DAM.

OK, I'LL GET MY THINGS.

I'LL MEET YOU DOWN THERE.

KARPEN.

THE MEDICINE'S WORKED.

-WHO SET YOU FREE?
-WE HAVE NO TIME FOR HOSTILITY.

DAR'S BROUGHT
GOOD NEWS.

-WHERE IS HE NOW?
-HE'S GONE TO THE DAM.

THAT'S THE CAUSE
OF THE TROUBLE.

YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

COME. YOU TOO.

I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT
THIS IS REALLY ABOUT.

WHERE ARE
YOU TAKING US?

WE SHOULD BE ORGANIZING THE
VILLAGE AGAINST ANOTHER ATTACK.

THEY'RE HERE.

THESE TWO WILL DO FOR TONIGHT.

KARPEN!

YOU'RE ONE OF THEM?

WHY?

TAKE HER AWAY.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU'RE MAKING A BIG MISTAKE.

MY MISTAKE WAS NOT
GETTING RID OF YOU SOONER,

-YOU AND YOUR MEDDLING FRIEND.
-DAR WON'T LET YOU DO THIS.

BY THE TIME HE COMES FOR YOU,
YOU'LL BE DEAD.

YOU DIDN'T SOMEHOW

SUGGEST THAT THE VILLAGERS
BUILD THIS DAM?

NO, THEY THOUGHT THIS UP
ALL BY THEMSELVES.

FOR CREATURES WITH BRAINS,

THEY CERTAINLY DON'T USE THEM.

THEY NEVER GIVE ANY THOUGHT AS

TO WHAT HARM
THEIR ACTIONS WILL DO

TO THOSE THAT LIVE AROUND THEM.

HELP ME TAKE IT DOWN.

YOU'D RATHER HAVE YOUR OWN
CREATURES STARVE, OR WORSE,

-FEED ON EACH OTHER?
-THEY'LL SEE IT WAS WORTH IT.

BESIDES, SOMETIMES

THIS WHOLE GUARDIAN
OF NATURE BIT GETS TIRESOME.

IT NEVER MADE
CURUPIRA TIRED.

WELL, SHE DIDN'T HAVE
MUCH IMAGINATION,

-SHE PROTECTED HER DOMAIN.
-I'M PROTECTING IT TOO...

IN MY OWN WAY.

IT'S SOMETHING

YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO FOR SOME
OF YOUR HUMAN FRIENDS.

THE PHANTOMS HAVE
GONE BACK TO THE VILLAGE?

THEY WERE ALWAYS THERE, DAR.

HAVEN'T YOU FIGURED
THAT OUT YET?

IT'S KARPEN.

THAT'S THE BEAUTY
OF ALL THIS.

THE VILLAGERS
ARE BEING TAKEN BY THEIR OWN.

THE FATE THEIR DAM VISITED ON

MY CROCODILES
HAS COME BACK TO HAUNT THEM.

MAYBE THAT WILL TEACH THEM
TO FINALLY LEAVE

MY DOMAIN ALONE.

I'M SORRY I GOT YOU
INVOLVED IN THIS.

YOU DIDN'T.
KARPEN DID.

HE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT
THE OLD RELIGION.

HE SAID THE VILLAGE HAD

GROWN FAT AND WE'D LOST
OUR RESPECT FOR THE GODS

AND OUR NEED TO SERVE THEM.

HE WAS TEACHING
YOU A LESSON.

ONE DAY A CROCODILE
ATTACKED A WOMAN

KARPEN SAID IT WAS A SIGN
THAT THE OLD GODS WERE ANGRY.

NO ONE BELIEVED HIM.

I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM SO ANGRY.

WHY GO THIS FAR?

HE SAID THAT IF WE DIDN'T MEND
OUR WAYS, A TERRIBLE PUNISHMENT

WOULD BE
VISITED UPON US.

MM-HMM. HIS RESPECT AMONG
SOME OF THE MEN BEGAN TO GROW.

AND THEY BROUGHT
OFFERINGS TO SEEK

PROTECTION FOR
THEIR YOUNG WOMEN.

HE SAID THE OFFERINGS
MEANT HE COULD CARE FOR ME

AND NOW I SEE THEIR FEAR MEANT
MORE TO HIM THAN ANYTHING,

EVEN MORE THAN ME.

WHY DO YOU DO THIS
TO YOURSELF, DAR?

WHY NOT LET NATURE

-TAKE ITS COURSE?
-IF YOU'D HELP ME,

WE COULD STOP
ALL OF THEM FROM SUFFERING,

BOTH THE HUMANS
AND THE CROCODILES.

WELL, LIFE'S
TOUGH, ISN'T IT?

NOT MUCH IN THIS WORLD LIVES
UNLESS SOMETHING ELSE DIES.

PHEW, IT'S A HARD
BALANCE TO MAINTAIN.

SO YOU INCREASE THE KILLING?

YOU'VE GOT TO ADMIT,

IT'S A VERY ELEGANT PLAN.

YOUR OWN VERSION
OF A BALANCE OF NATURE.

[ LAUGHING ]

YES...AND IT'S
WORKING PERFECTLY.

[ CHANTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

YOU GET NEAR THE WATER.

-I'LL JUMP THE CLOSEST TO YOU.
-NO.

THERE'S NO
CHOICE -- DIVE IN,

SWIM, I'LL
DO WHAT I CAN

-TO DISTRACT THE CROCODILE
-IT'S SUICIDE.

WE HAVE NO
OTHER OPTION.

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS, KARPEN?

THIS IS
OUR RELIGION.

I'M THE SPIRIT LEADER
OF OUR TRIBE.

THIS IS THE OLD WAY.

WE LEFT ALL THIS BEHIND.

THAT'S WHY ALL
OUR TROUBLE STARTED.

YOUR TROUBLE STARTED
WITH THAT DAM.

DON'T SPEAK OF THINGS
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

A SAVAGE GOD, THEY NEED
SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP.

WHEN THINGS ARE EASY, THEY
FORGET TO RESPECT THEIR GODS.

OR FORGET ABOUT
A SPIRIT HEALER?

WHAT KIND OF SPIRIT HEALER

KILLS HIS OWN PEOPLE
OR POISONS HIS INTENDED?

SHE WOULD HAVE SURVIVED -- AND
ALL THOSE WHO DIDN'T BELIEVE

IN ME WOULD HAVE BEEN SILENCED.

TOO BAD YOU AND YOUR FRIEND
SHOWED UP WHEN YOU DID.

-IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO STOP--
-SILENCE!

PREPARE YOURSELF TO DIE WELL.

TAKE THEM TO THE WATER.

KARPEN, NO!

MOVE IT!

GIVE IT UP, DAR. IT'S HOPELESS!

IF I CAN BREAK THE DAM,

THE CROCODILES
WILL HAVE ENOUGH FOOD.

THE KILLING WILL STOP.

IT STOPS WHEN I SAY
IT STOPS AND NOT BEFORE.

IF YOU WANT TO PREVENT
ANY MORE BLOODSHED

MAYBE THERE ARE
A COUPLE HUMANS YOU SHOULD BE

THINKING ABOUT INSTEAD OF THIS.

-WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
-TAO...

AND THAT PRETTY GIRL
FROM THE VILLAGE.

THIS DAM WILL LAST LONGER
THAN THEY WILL.

WHO'S IT GOING TO BE, DAR?

CAN'T SAVE EVERYONE.

NO-O-O-O!

HE WON'T LISTEN TO YOU.

I SAID NO, STOP HELPING HIM!

I SAID NO!

NO-O-O-O!

YOU SEE --
SOMETIMES BOTH ANIMALS

AND HUMANS KNOW BETTER THAN
THOSE WHO TRY TO CONTROL THEM.

[ SCREAMING ]

[ PANTING ]

NICE ENTRANCE.

WHAT DID YOU SAY
TO THAT CROCODILE?

THAT THE FISH ARE
BACK AND THAT KARPEN'S MEN

WERE RESPONSIBLE
FOR STARVING THEM.

THAT ONE WAS
GOING TO KILL ME.

TAO, YOU KNOW
IT WASN'T PERSONAL.

I'M SORRY.

IARA...IT LOOKS LIKE
THINGS WORKED OUT

FOR BOTH THE HUMANS...

AND THE
CROCODILES.

THANKS TO YOU --
LEFT TO THEIR OWN DEVICES,

THE HUMANS WOULD HAVE DESTROYED
THEMSELVES EVENTUALLY.

HMM, MAYBE NEXT TIME.

LET'S GET BACK TO THE VILLAGE.

HEY...HEY, THEY'RE BACK.

IT WILL BE GOOD
TO GO OUT FISHING AGAIN.

IT'S THE WAY FISHING
WAS MEANT TO BE.

IT'S BETTER THAN
BEING ATTACKED.

THANK YOU, MY FRIEND, THANK YOU.

YOU WILL...

RETURN, IF YOU CAN?

I HAVE TO --
THERE ARE MANY

POWERFUL
MEDICINES HERE.

THANK YOU...BOTH OF YOU.

THANK YOU.

SHE'S BECOME
VERY ATTACHED TO YOU.

PEOPLE ALWAYS FEEL CLOSE
TO PEOPLE THAT HEAL THEM.

BESIDES, WITH EVERYTHING
THAT'S HAPPENED,

SHE HAS MUCH TO THINK ABOUT.

OH, I GUESS
THAT FITS WITH

YOUR PHILOSOPHY
ABOUT THE RIVER.

HOW SO?

WELL, SHE'LL BE
DIFFERENT THE

NEXT TIME
YOU SEE HER.

THE RIVER MAY CHANGE, DAR,

BUT IT'S STILL A RIVER.

OW...OW!

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