Britannia (2017–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - Episode #1.8 - full transcript

Supper time!

Those leaves and twigs
that you boiled up this morning?

It's called Bramble-Beard Soup.

Have you noticed

that I am not able to walk
for more than 50 paces

without stopping
for a crap?

It's an acquired taste.

You'll get used to it.

You made a deal with my enemy.

Antedia's army is standing by
if this doesn't work out,

and you want me
to trust you?



Do you want to bed her
before she dies?

Here's some advice...
keep an eye on your husband.

Send word to the Regni.

They can start their siege.

Do you trust him?

Not as far as I
could shit him.

I think I know
why the Romans came.

Lokka, the Great Earth Demon,
has come to destroy you.

Seize them!

Guards!

Protect the Queen!

You have made a big mistake
here today.

Together,
we must destroy Lokka.

Together?



They are singing
your name, sister.

The dead are singing
your name!

It turns out

you're not a
pointless, annoying,

interfering little
pain in the ass.

Thank you.

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You saw Islene?

Answer me, lass.

Yes.

She told you something...

about the Underworld...
about you.

Yes.

That man out there...

he said there's a prophecy.

It's what's written.
It's...

Destiny.

He explained it to me too.

Do you believe him?

I don't know
what to believe.

If it was Islene,
if that's who you saw,

then it's true.

That's what I'm afraid of.

You've a journey to go on, lass,

a very important journey.

Your friend out there...

he's going
to take care of you.

What do you mean?

What's he been saying?
Wait, what about you?

Cait...where you're going,
there's great danger.

No.

You don't need a blind man
slowing you down.

No. Absolutely not.

Cait...

You said I'm in charge.

Well, I'm not leaving you,
and that's that.

You are in charge.

You saved my life.
I trust you to do what's right.

I can't do it.

I can't lose you again.

Come here.

You're just going
on a journey.

All right?
That's what children do.

They grow up,
they go on their way,

and then they come back

and tell their old dad
all about it.

Now,
it may not be in this world,

but I know
I'll see you again.

Your sister too.
We'll all be together.

Where will you go?

Don't worry about me.

I'm not ready.

They're calling for you, Cait.

You know what you have to do...

for me...

for Islene...
for us all.

Put me on the Southern Road.

I know that path
like the back of my hand.

How will you manage?

Don't worry about me.

You better have this right,
Outcast,

or I will find you,
eyes or no eyes.

Before you know it,

you'll be searching
'round the floor for yours.

Clear?

Crystal.

♪ A ghaoil leig
dhachaigh gum mhathair mi ♪

♪ A ghraidh leig dhachaigh gum
mhathair mi ♪

♪ A ghaoil leig dhachaigh gum
mhathair mi ♪

He's doomed.

What?

♪ Thrown like a star
in my vast sleep ♪

♪ I opened my eyes
to take a peek ♪

♪ To find
that I was by the sea ♪

♪ Gazing with tranquillity ♪

♪ 'Twas then
when the Hurdy Gurdy Man ♪

♪ Came singing
songs of love ♪

♪ Then when
the Hurdy Gurdy Man ♪

♪ Came singing ♪

♪ Songs of love ♪

♪ Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy ♪

♪ Hurdy gurdy gurdy, he sang ♪

♪ Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy ♪

♪ Hurdy gurdy gurdy, he sang ♪

Are you not cold, Mother?

Thank you,
my darling boy.

My burning need for vengeance
keeps me toasty.

It's been four moons.

Perhaps we should parley.

Parley my balls.

This is just getting
interesting.

The meat is finished.

The hogs, hens, cattle...

even the horses.

How much wheat do we have left
in the store?

Two moons' worth.

Then we eat bread.

For two moons.

Then porridge.

For three moons.
Then what?

Three winter moons.

When winter bites,

we'll see
how she likes it out there.

We'll see whose
will is stronger.

You must be wondering
why I summoned you all here.

This is Ashur Ram
and his brother, Aziz,

from the plains
of Assyria.

I know Ashur Ram.

Our paths
have crossed many times...

and who has not heard
of Hella, The Irish Raven,

Slayer of Pharaohs.

Her deeds are fabled
in all the four corners...

I've no idea who you are.
Them neither.

Where's the gold?

Your messenger said
a hundred solidus, up front.

Don't you want
to know your task first?

First I want
to see the gold.

Who is it
you seek, General?

One of the Cantii.
A young girl.

She left the Citadel
four months ago

with her blind father.

A small girl
and a blind father?

This is the prophecy
of the Druids.

It's the girl I want.

Whoever brings me
her head, that man...

or woman...

shall have ten times
this amount.

Now, you are all criminals...

some under sentence of execution
from the Senate itself,

but whoever does this

will have the protection
of the Emperor...

Fuck.

Throughout the Empire,
in perpetuity.

What's that?

A crossbow.

How much?

It's not for sale.

I haven't got all day.

Be warned.

It's powerful.

I am Jhehutamisu
Akbolla Ramses.

My poisons work
fast and slow.

It's the slow ones
you should fear.

The Siege at Crugdunon,

Day 131.

The snows have not yet fallen.

The pact with Queen Antedia
holds strong,

and the Twentieth
Valeria Victrix Legion

are on their way
from Rutupiae...

So...
you speak for the Emperor now.

And you listen at doorways.

Let's get
one thing straight.

It was me
blinded that bastard.

No one asked me to.

No djinni appeared.

No centaur galloped up
and whispered in my ear.

I just felt like it.

Now, are you telling me
that I did that

because I was supposed
to do it?

So no one made you do it.

Correct.

You just thought you would.

Correct.

You punished
prisoners before.

Dozens.

Ever blinded any?

My first time.

What did you see that
you didn't like so much?

He was a cunt.

You'd have done
exactly the same.

I wasn't there.
You were.

I could have cut
his tongue out.

But you didn't.

But I could have.

But you didn't.

But I could have!

But you didn't.

Fuck this.

I'm going to go
take a dump.

Now, I'm fairly certain
that's my idea,

but just in case
it's in some fucking prophecy,

does it say how often
I should wipe my arse?

You're not working
for the Emperor.

So who the fuck
are you working for?

Knock knock.

Everything all right?

Fine.

Well, chop-chop.

Time to go and visit
the old bat.

Leave us.

So this is all we have,
all that's left.

This is it.

It'll buy us some time.

To do what?

Since the day
the Romans landed,

this fortress was doomed.

I knew it.

I believe even
your father knew it.

Do you ever wonder
if we should have fled?

Just you and I?

Every day...

but then I look at those faces
out there in the courtyard...

those hungry children's faces.

You have no choice.

Surrender to the Romans.

Pay their taxes.

I'm afraid
it's too late for that.

It's not too late.

Their general, Aulus...
he'll never trust me again.

Why?

Because I know who he is.

I know what he is...

and I know
what he wants.

What do you mean?

He came here talking taxes...

but he was looking
for something else.

Give up the fortress.
The people will be spared.

We both know Antedia
will not spare a single soul.

She will kill me last

and make me watch
every one of them die.

Mmm, smell that.

Doesn't it smell wonderful?

A few more weeks,
they'll be clean out of corn.

They'll have
to eat their dogs,

then their belts.

Then it's the old shoe soup.

Before long, they'll be
eyeing up their kids for cuts.

Then, my son, we'll parley.

Ah...

Welcome.
Just in time for breakfast.

Where's this legion
you promised me?

The Twentieth Valeria Victrix
are on their way from Rutupiae.

Their dispatch riders liaised
with ours two days ago.

Two days?

We could move
a thousand men here

from Noviomagus Reginorum
in half that time.

If I had any idea
where that was,

I'm sure I'd be impressed.

Now, this spy of yours,
the one at the fortress...

I think
it's time we used him.

I'll pick my moment.

Well,
maybe we can pick it together.

Are you doubting
my strategy?

I've been laying sieges

back when your father
still fancied your mother.

I think it's time.

Gildas.

Send this to our
friend at the citadel.

What's wrong
with your bum chum?

Oh...

he's lost his appetite.

What's wrong, pretty boy?

Don't you like
my cooking?

The Queen asked you a question.

I'm not hungry.

Not hungry?

Do you hear that, Kerra?

Our friend here
isn't even hungry...

and to think,

someone would give
their right arm

for a plate like that.

Now, eat my eggs...

or I'll get angry.

What?

What?

You just said
you've been thinking.

I've been thinking...

that we should maybe...

Stay in.

Exactly.

Hello there.

Hello, friend.

Come in.

Where is the girl?

Hello.

What do you want?

I'm hungry.

I wondered if you
could spare some food.

Here, girlie.

We'll give you some food.

Why don't you come and
sit down next to me?

Yeah.

We'll give you some.
Don't be scared.

Why don't you come
and sit on my knee?

Thank you.
That's very kind.

Hold on.

What's this?

What is it?

It's pretty,
isn't it?

It's lovely.

Keep looking at it...

at the centre.

Are you looking
at the centre?

Good.

Now...as...the breeze blows...
across...

As the breeze
blows across your face,

you feel sleepy...

As the cold wind blows
across your face...

As the cold wind
blows across...

uh...

Now, as the breeze...

Across your face...

As the breeze
blows across your face,

you feel sleepy!

After 'em!

After 'em!
After them!

Where's she gone?

"As the breeze blows
across your face,

you feel sleepy.

Your eyelids get heavy,

and you drift into the peace
and sanctuary of sleep."

I was nervous.

Cold wind?

It's fucking cold.

I don't fucking care
how cold it is.

It's supposed
to be dreamy!

You fucked up.

Nearly got us killed.

I'm trying,
all right?

Well,
try fucking harder.

You couldn't charm
a fucking cat.

Unbelievable.

We have to move.

Those soldiers are
looking for us now.

Prime spot.

River, rabbits
all over... but no!

Let's move! Let's move
because you can't even...

It's hard.

When I was still
a child,

I could charm a village
with a fucking stick.

Just fuck off, would you?

Four moons,

and you don't know
what the birds are doing,

what the winds mean.

You're useless.

It's like trying
to teach a tree.

This is the last time
that I ask.

Where is the girl?

Wait! Wait...

Way back...

I saw a blind man and a girl.

When?

Well, that is...
that's tricky,

'cause
time has gotten a bit weird.

Where was she?

Outside, at the
crossroads out of the village.

She went north.
He went south.

With another man.
That's all I know!

Wait! Wait!

You're right.
That is powerful.

Was worth every penny.

[he struggles
for breath]

Thanks for humping my gold
all this way and all.

I appreciate it.

Where are the crossroads?

This prophecy...

it mentions a small daughter...

And a blind father.

What's your point?

So what about
me and my dad...

What do you mean?

Oh, I see where this is going.

Do you?

Because I think
everyone can.

For a start,

he wasn't blind
to start with.

Blind father.
Small daughter.

Who knows?
Perhaps you're the blind man.

Let me tell you something else
the prophecy says.

You want to know
what happens next?

I'll tell you.

Lokka, in his rage,

releases three hellhounds
to track down the Chosen One.

There.

How do you like that?

Hellhounds?

Hellhounds.

What's a hellhound?

I'll tell you
what it isn't.

It's not a good thing.

It's not a fucking pet.

What happens?

In the prophecy, what happens

after the hellhounds
are released?

What happens to the Chosen One?

I don't know.

You don't know?

That's as far as I got.

Why?

I told you.

They threw me out.

So you don't know
the ending.

No.

Oh, I see.

At any point,

does the prophecy
make any mention

of you?

The prophecy
is not comprehensive.

Here we go.

It's supposed
to be mysterious.

It doesn't mention
every little detail.

Are you sure you're even
supposed to be here?

Perhaps I'd do
better on my own.

Don't be ridiculous.

You need me.

Oh, because you're
so important.

So useful that
at any moment,

you could turn
back into a demon

and tear my head off.

You've changed.

You haven't.

You're still a prick.

Ever since you found out
you're special,

you've got all the answers.

I'll tell you
what a hellhound is.

It's something that says,

"You better start
concentrating,

start trying a little harder...

'cause this is no game."

Fine work,
my beauty.

She is not with a blind man.

She is with a Druid.

The bird's
a bit of a giveaway.

I could see it for miles.

Which are the fast ones,
and which are the slow ones?

Go to hell.

Funny, I've just
come from there.

So...

Jhehutamisu Akbolla Ramses...

why don't you tell me
about this prophecy?

Everything all right,
Praefectus?

Praefectus?

Thank you, Vitus.

Word has come

from the Twentieth Valeria
Victrix Legion Outriders.

They're a day's march
from Crugdunon.

What's your name, scribe?

Marcus.

Come here.
Sit with me.

Sit.

Thank you.

Do you have children?

I have four
daughters,

one born in each season.

And do you ever think, Marcus,
that when we're gone...

when we're just bones
and a few teeth,

half a bucket
of sludge...

that your words
are all they'll have to know

what went on up here?

Yeah, but think
about it.

People will read
your words,

and they'll think...

"That's what happened.

That's what they did."

So without you,

this is all just
a dream of the past.

So you're a very important man,
Marcus...

because you...

you whisper
to the future.

Drink.

Peckish?

Untie me.

Pardonnez-moi, monsieur...

mais...

non.

For almost a moon,

we've not heard
from you.

Is there nothing to report?

The food stocks
are dwindling.

Not fast enough.

There are less
than three moons' grain.

How's the new queen?

Bit of a test, this,
for a fledgling?

The Queen
guides her people well.

She gives them comfort.

I'm going to let you
into a little secret, Gaul.

Ever since I was a little girl,

I've been able to tell

when men are telling me
the truth.

All I have to do
is close my eyes,

hear their words,

and I can tell
whether it's a lie or not.

So I'm going to ask
you a question,

and I'm going
to close my eyes,

and if you lie to me,

I'm going
to slice off your testicles

and fry them up
in my big frying pan,

and have you eat them...

and I'm sure, hungry as you are,
you will wolf them down.

What are your feelings
for the new queen?

I know
where my allegiance lies.

Louder, please.

I know
where my allegiance lies.

Then do your duty, Gaul!

Is all well?

Better now?

Poor Marcus.

You know
he had four daughters?

One born in every season.

Tell me, my friend...

was this all
your own work...

or did you have help?

What have I done?

We've reached
the end of the road,

you and I...

but for old
times' sake,

I will give you
some advice...

and you'd better take it.

Run.

Make way!

Fire!

Fire!

Hey, hey!
There is nothing we can do.

Rumbly-tums.

Rumbly-tums.

The sun is low in the West,

and the starlings swoop
low through the forest.

Take your time.

After three days of rain,

you find
Angel cap mushrooms

on the north side
of an elderly oak.

All right.

Arrange these nine bones
in such a way

to tell you if danger's near.

My father's dead.

Your father's
a resourceful guy.

He can look after himself.

He's blind.
I deserted him.

Listen...

I swore an oath
to protect him.

All right.

It was
a terrible mistake.

I should never have left him.

Everyone I love,

everyone I've cared for,
who cares for me,

is dead.

Listen...

I'm not strong enough.

Whatever was supposed
to happen...

it's not going to happen
because of me.

I know that now.

I know it clearer than anything.

I'm not the one.

Whatever you thought I was,
I'm not.

What would Islene say
right now?

Maybe I should ask her.

And how are you going
to do that?

Take me to the Underworld.

No. No...

I have to see them.

You have no idea
what you're talking about.

You have none of the skills,
the ways, the paths.

You would never
be able to return.

Who says I want to?

Oh, all right.

I didn't know
you were that weak.

I did.

I always did.

Look at us.
We're nowhere.

We're nowhere.

You're delirious.

You've eaten no food.

I'm going to fetch water.

Ddylai hi fod yn gryfach.

Pam nad yw hi'n deall?

Nid yw hyn yn gwneud.

Ai hi yw hon, wir?

Roedd yr arwyddion yn gryf?

Celwyddgwn?

Dad...

I'm coming.

Wait for me no more.

Fuck.

Fuck! I was wrong.

I was wrong!

Look in my eyes.
Now keep looking.

No!

[metal slices,
Divis screams]

♪ Histories of ages past ♪

♪ Unenlightened shadows cast ♪

♪ Down through all eternity ♪

♪ The crying of humanity ♪

♪ 'Tis then
when the Hurdy Gurdy Man ♪

♪ Comes singing
songs of love ♪

♪ Then when
the Hurdy Gurdy Man ♪

♪ Comes singing songs...♪