Dracula (2013–2014): Season 1, Episode 3 - Goblin Merchant Men - full transcript

Previously on Dracula...

I do not need to see your offer.

My interests are not for sale.

At any price.

Mr. Grayson has offered me
a position in his firm.

I want you to tell me

everything you know
about Lord Laurent.

Everything you need to know
you can find out

at 10:00 p.m.
at the Swinburne Club.

What do you want?

I presume you have no objection



to my deployment of the seers.

There is a vampire in London.

You shall find him forthwith.

He detected them
and then employed

some kind of countermeasure.

I will track him,
and I will destroy him.

Why engage Harker to bring
the woman into your orbit?

Surely you have the power
to simply take her.

To turn her
into such as I am,

it would be an abomination.

So it is written,

and so it shall be done.

Ilona.

Ilona.



Where am I?

Why am I not dead?

This is the price of your defiance.

Using the power of the god
you denounced,

Ordo Draco has made a monster.

Thou art condemned,

condemned to endless night.

Yah!

Vlad Tepes is condemned

to be undead.

I had no idea you played, sir.

It's been over a century

Since I last put fingers to keys.

I was thinking
about Lady Jayne Wetherby

and her decidedly unwholesome
avocation.

Really? Which one, sir?

Her vampire hunting, of course.

It stretches credulity to think

she's unaffiliated with the Order.

I would tend to agree, sir.

But then she is a female.

I suppose I shall have
to ascertain it

one way or the other.

What's that?

Ah, yes, written confirmation

from Lord Laurent's solicitor.

Congratulations, sir.

You are now
a majority stockholder

of British Imperial Coolant.

Jonathan. Oh.

Good morning.
You look dreadful.

Pack your trunk and we shall go.

Mother decamped for paris
and left me on my own,

and you know
how much I hate that.

So, if the cure for my
loneliness and your broken heart

are the same thing...

How did you know?

Dearest Mina,

Do not shed a single tear

for Jonathan Harker.

Honestly, there's no point
in wasting a single minute more

thinking about what an awful twit

He turned out to be.

Not when you could be having fun
with me instead.

Dr. Murray,
I have two young relatives

under my charge,
sharp, young minds,

But lately they've experienced
a great psychic strain.

I understand, in your capacity
as director of this institution,

that you've had the privilege
of serving as an alienist

To certain individuals of high renown.

I have treated a number
of public figures.

You understand of course
that I can't divulge...

No, no, your reputation

for discretion precedes you.

Which is why I'm here.

Not for myself naturally,

But for close relations

who wish
to remain anonymous.

Please, how may I be of service?

You should be able to meet
our order

without a problem, Mr. Worth.

Are you suggesting we dedicate
the entirety of our operation

to the needs of a single client?

No.

But I think he is.

Get out of my office now,
both of you.

Very well.
Though I must regretfully

inform you that your employment
here is terminated,

Effective immediately.

You don't have the authority
to dismiss me.

You're nothing more
than a rich man's novelty

I wouldn't even let
into my home.

Now hold on a minute.
You have no right to speak...

As a majority shareholder

of British Imperial Lubrication
and Coolant Co., limited,

Alexander Grayson
is now your employer.

When I speak,
I speak with his authority.

I'll give you a second chance
to do as you're told.

Have I made myself clear?

Yes.

Sir.

In future, I'd appreciate it
if you tried to earn

Mr. Grayson's trust,
not to mention generosity,

and I'd start by sharing
your undivided attention

during business meetings.

I'm sorry.
There's no excuse.

I provided a list of individuals

Mr. Grayson
would very much like you

to foster friendships with.

I'm sure you recognize
most of the names on the list.

And, Harker...

Never again presume
to defend me to anyone.

If you wish, I'd be happy
to mix a stimulant.

Now may I inquire
as to your client's name?

I'd rather not say.

Please, doctor,
indulge a humble academic.

Well, professor,
I suppose I can rely

on your discretion?

She is Lady Jayne Wetherby.

Ah.

I see. I see.

Our huntswoman is seeking
a new drug for her seers.

Yes.

I'm certain of it.

Give it to her.

Well, if you insist,
I'll concoct a serum

of inadequate potency.

And force our enemy to seek
a new solution elsewhere,

beyond our control.

Well done, Van Helsing.

Short-sighted and foolish.

I suppose you have a better plan?

If Grayson brings off
his geomagnetic scheme,

the Order's oil
and petroleum holdings

Won't be worth the paper
they're written on.

I am well aware
of the threat he poses

to all of us.

To sell him your shares
in british imperial coolant?

Had I a choice in the matter,

I would never have agreed
to his terms.

He threatened you.

There is no protection, none,

for any brother who violates
the principal oath.

If you have anything to say
to me in your defense,

I suggest you do so now,
or stand before your brothers

and suffer
the punishment proscribed.

Kill me.

Please. Kill me.

Shh.

Grayson.

This way, please.

Here we are. Madam.

Daniel, is that
Alexander Grayson's man?

Jonathan Harker.

Yes, father,
that's him.

Winston.

Will you send a bottle of Bordeaux
over to that young man

dining on his own, Mr. Harker,

with our compliments?

Is there a problem?

No, sir.
It's just Mr. Harker directed us

to send this over
with his compliments.

Hmm, Latour 1890.

We shall make a full circuit,

starting at the Savoy

and arriving fashionably late

at the officers' club ball,

where the men shall be delicious,

if a little too well-behaved.

Lucy...
When you went to the house,

are you sure
you didn't see Jonathan?

No, Mina.

Not a note, not a card, nothing.

No doubt he's already found
some silly little cow

who fits his description
of a proper English wife.

What do we do
with these delicious officers?

Ladies.

Where are you going?

You know I have to.

To steal away
like a thief in the night?

The die is cast.

Then we'll run away.

We'll run as far
and as fast as we can

to a safe haven
beyond the reach of the Order.

There's no such place, Daniel.

And you know it.

- Then we'll simply come clean.
- Are you mad?

What of my reputation?

I will not shirk death

only to see my family's legacy
compromised.

I signed my death warrant

the moment that I capitulated
to that American.

I knew this when I did it.

And I would do it again.

Stop!

Finally.

We've been waiting here
all night.

Sir, the sun.

Just a moment more.

What is it?

Sir.

I want to see her face

When she reads the card.

Are they from Jonathan?

- No.
- Oh, let me see.

I'm sorry, sir.

Damn!

"When it comes to dreams,
one might falter,

"but the only way to fail
is to abandon them.

Congratulations."

It's unsigned.

Who do you think
might have sent them?

I haven't the slightest.

Okay.

Have you made any progress
with the solar vaccine?

Not while devising the serum
for Lady Jayne, no.

How long must I spend
skulking in the shadows?

I want to walk in the sun
like any other man.

You will never be
like any other man.

You would do well to remember that.

I've increased the duration
of the vaccine

to three minutes and 12 seconds.

Ah!

- Three minutes.
- And 12 seconds.

You leave me just enough time
to have a cup of tea

before I burst into flames.

Brother Stephen James Laurent,

did you place your own interests

before those
of this most august order?

I did.

The punishment is proscribed
within these pages.

So it is written...

And so it shall be done.

The sentence
has been handed down

from generation to generation.

Will you accept the blade?

I will.

What are you thinking?

Ah, you...
you need more absinthe.

Perhaps, but by way
of careful study and experiment,

I may have discovered my limit.

Beautiful and witty.

Hmm, I'm not sure
whether to write a poem

or paint your portrait.

I wonder, how many women
have you flattered

with paper and canvas?

You're the last one.
I promise.

My way of contact with reality

is through a limited aperture.

Our transfluence takes place

through one small...

opening.

I amuse you?

Do women really fall for that?

"Transfluence."

How superior you are.

A woman of your means

slumming the lower depths.

Observing us like we're animals
at the zoo.

Ah.

You see there are no bars here.

And we are not caged.

All right. I'm fine. Fine.

Move!

Mr. Grayson.

Thank you
for my rescue.

It was nothing.

But what brought you here?

This place is notorious
for its parties.

I like the music.

Hmm.

You're troubled.

- No.
- Tell me.

Please.

It's Jonathan.

Harker?

I can't believe
he'd do anything to hurt you.

But he did.

He said the most horrible things,
and I walked away,

and we haven't seen
each other since.

I don't know how to fix it.

You know, bohemian nightlife

is a poor substitute for happiness.

Sometimes the people
and places we are meant for

take us by surprise.

Well, there's a tableau vivant.

Heathcliff and Cathy
on the moors.

It's getting late.

- May I see you ladies home?
- No. Thank you.

My carriage is waiting.

Miss Murray, Miss Westenra.

Thank you... Mr. Grayson.

I had lunch with several of the men
on your list yesterday...

Davenport and son,

Lord Rothcroft, General Shaw.

I see. Anyone else?

A Mr. Browning.

- Browning?
- Yes, he was at your party.

Are you sure?

Yes, quite.

Now a mutual friend has told me,

in complete discretion of course,

that you have recently broken
from a young lady.

Her name escapes me.

Mina Murray.

Charming gal.

I'd rather not discuss it,
if you don't mind.

But I do.

If only to prevent you
from turning my study

Into a funeral parlor.

I'm sorry.

I've known Miss Murray...

Mina... For a long time.

She's always been very stubborn.

She insists on continuing
her studies despite the fact

that I now have the means
and every intention

of supporting her as my wife.

I understand.

- You do?
- Uh-huh.

I understand that you are a fool.

How can a man who wishes
to defy social convention

And rise above his station

Deny the same thing
in the woman he loves?

You're calling me a hypocrite.

No, Harker.

I'm calling you a fool.

But you are a man in love.

And they are very often
the same thing.

Finish up. Go home.

Mm.

You're up.

Thinking.

Oh. "thinking."

I do think, you know,
every so often.

And what are you thinking about?

You.

You inspire me to...

I don't know, greater independence,
I suppose.

What time is it?

2:00.

We gave half the day to the night.

- 2:00?
- Mina, what is it?

I missed
professor Van Helsing's class.

Willow bark to ease
the pounding in your head.

It tastes awful,
but it will work wonders.

Thank you, professor.

Miss Murray,

am I wasting my time with you?

There are dreams we must fight for.

If you want to advance
beyond the boundaries

society has made for you,

You must fight.

You're not wasting your time.

Give me a second chance,
and I will prove it to you.

Return here tomorrow morning
at 5:00 a.m. sharp.

You will report to me
as my assistant for the term.

The serum for Lady Jayne's seers
is ready.

We'll track their power
to its source,

And there will be a plague
upon this city.

Take this directly
to the address as written.

Don't dawdle.

If you return within an hour

with a signed receipt of delivery,

A second shilling
will be your reward.

Go on.
Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

Is the stimulant working, sister?

Can you see the vampire?

I can see. It's working.

The vampire.

He's with her.

Help me, I can't move.

We've been poisoned.

I see my serum has taken hold.

By now you will
both be paralyzed.

Do you have any idea...

what it's like
to hear the screams

of your wife and children?

My children would be
in their 20s now.

The Order burned them alive
for no other reason

than to punish me
for my disobedience.

I lost everything.

The monster you seek,

I cannot let you find him.

Not as long
as he is of use to me.

Until we've destroyed the Order
once and for all.

I'm afraid traces of the drug

will stay in your brain tissue
post-mortem.

Since I'm the only man
in Britain

who possesses the expertise

to process and administer

a non-lethal dose,

I would fall under suspicion.

This evidence I must destroy.

It is unfortunate, but sometimes
science requires sacrifice.

Don't worry. I will be quick.

Coming.

I'm sorry.

For everything.

It's my fault, not yours.

I've been stubborn.

I've been so obsessed
with chasing my own dreams

that I never even took the time
to understand yours,

And I do.

But I now realize
you don't require my protection,

and you are in no need of keeping.

So, if.. if you could,

just let me love you instead.

Good evening, Miss Murray.

Jonathan!

You've forgotten
the most important thing.

What?

Marry me.

Be my husband,
and I will be your wife.

I wanted to ask you
so many times.

I even bought a ring.

Wait.

May I?

The oddest thing
happened to me today.

Really, sir? Just one?

I performed an act
which brought great joy

to someone other than myself.

Whom?

Harker, Mina Murray.

What exactly did you do?

I guided the one back to the other.

By the looks of it, they'll be wed.

A good deed then.

Yes.

I should be horrified,

But in truth, I can't say
I dislike this feeling.

- And yet...
- And yet?

Keeping your employee
and Miss Murray together

keeps her in your orbit.

Like gravity.
Close but not too close.

When it might be wiser
to let her go.

Sometimes you're too smart
for your own good.

It's like a millstone around my neck.

On that first morning

when they made me what I am,

the sunlight burned my skin.

I don't know how or why,

but I knew
I would never be the same.

What did you do?

Ripped out the throat
of the bastard priest.

So not a bad morning,
all things considered.

I've had worse.

How can this be?

I don't know.

It's unprecedented.

To track the trackers...
It has never been done before.

- It's a disaster.
- Oh, it's worse than that.

This is the work
of the vampire that I seek.

Now that the seers are dead,

he will much more easily
attract others of his kind.

An abomination.

Soon London will be crawling
with the vermin.

Stephen.

Daniel!

Oh, my boy!

Grayson.

Grayson!