Gargoyles (1994–1996): Season 2, Episode 12 - City of Stone: Part 4 - full transcript

[GOLIATH]
ONE THOUSAND YEARS AGO,

SUPERSTITION
AND THE SWORD RULED.

IT WAS A TIME OF DARKNESS.

IT WAS A WORLD OF FEAR.

IT WAS THE AGE OF GARGOYLES.

STONE BY DAY,

WARRIORS BY NIGHT.

[ROAR]

WE WERE BETRAYED
BY THE HUMANS

WE HAD SWORN TO PROTECT,

FROZEN IN STONE
BY A MAGIC SPELL



FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.

NOW, HERE IN MANHATTAN...

THE SPELL IS BROKEN,

AND WE LIVE AGAIN.

WE ARE DEFENDERS
OF THE NIGHT.

WE ARE GARGOYLES.

[ELISA]
PREVIOUSLY ONGARGOYLES...

[MACBETH] LET THIS MARK THE
BEGINNING OF A GOLDEN AGE

BETWEEN ALL OUR CLANS,
BOTH HUMAN AND GARGOYLE.

BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE
ARE THEY CONSIGNED,

FOREVER AND ETERNAL BOUND,

AND EACH THE OTHER'S
PAIN RESOUND.

CANMORE, YOU ARE HENCEFORTH
BANISHED TO ENGLAND.

YOU ARE THE CAUSE
OF ALL THIS.



AHHH!

MACBETH HAS
SPARED YOUR LIFE, BOY.

DON'T THROW IT AWAY.

[WOMAN]
I CAN TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED.

EVERYONE WAS
TURNED TO STONE.

LIKE A BUNCH OF STATUES.

THE SPELL IS DESIGNED TO END
WHEN THE SKY BURNS.

WE'LL FLY OVER THE CITY
CARRYING THESE PACKS.

AT A PRESET TIME,
AND THE GAS WILL IGNITE,

AND THE SKY WILL APPEAR
TO BE ON FIRE.

I THOUGHT I'D RID MYSELF
OF YOU LONG AGO, HUMAN.

-[BRONX GROWLS]
- OHH!

[BARKING]

IT'S ALL RIGHT, MY PET.

-SHH.
-[CLANGS]

THERE.

YOUR LITTLE HUMAN FRIEND
IS SAFE.

FOR NOW.

I CAN KEEP OCCUPIED

BY DESTROYING XANATOS
AND GOLIATH INSTEAD.

I HOPE THEY LIKE
SURPRISES.

BECAUSE THEY'RE
GOING TO GET A BIG ONE.

THEIR GAS PACKS
WILL EXPLODE TOO SOON

TO IGNITE THE SKY
AND BREAK THE SPELL.

AND FAR TOO SOON
FOR THEM TO SURVIVE.

[GROWLING]

WON'T THAT BE FUN?

AND ONCE THE OTHERS
ARE GONE,

MY LASER CANNON WILL TAKE CARE
OF YOU AND OWEN

AND ESPECIALLY HER.

[BRONX GROWLS]

AND THERE WILL BE
NO ONE LEFT TO STOP ME.

[HUNTER]
NO ONE, DEMONA?

YOU'VE FORGOTTEN
ABOUT ME.

WITH THE INHABITANTS
OF THIS CITY FROZEN IN STONE,

IT WASN'T HARD TO SPOT
ALL THOSE ROBOTS AND GARGOYLES

TAKING OFF FROM
THE WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDING.

SO I INVESTIGATED AND FOUND
EXACTLY WHO I WAS LOOKING FOR.

YOU'RE TOO LATE.
YOU CAN'T SAVE THEM. NO ONE CAN!

I'M NOT HERE FOR THEM.
I'M HERE FOR YOU.

I WANT IT OVER BETWEEN US.

[PEOPLE YELLING]

[NEIGHS]

HOLD STEADY, MEN.

[SHRIEKING]

[CLAMORING]

SURRENDER, HUNTER.

NEVER.

[NEIGHS]

FALL BACK TO ME!

WE WILL MEET AGAIN,
HUNTER.

TO ME, MY WARRIORS.

REGROUP.

THIS NIGHT
IS NOT YET OVER.

MACBETH.

THE HUNTER IS DEFEATED?

NOT THIS NIGHT,
BUT SOON, MACBETH.

TOGETHER WE WILL TRIUMPH.

HEY! HEY!

LEAVE OFF.

I HAVE BUSINESS
TO ATTEND.

MY LADY.

WHAT HAVE YOU TO TELL ME

THAT DEMONA CANNOT HEAR,
BODHE?

QUICKLY, BEFORE LUACH LEAVES
TO GATHER REINFORCEMENTS.

I MUST SPEAK OF DEMONA
AND HER KIND.

THE ENGLISH BELIEVE THE
HUNTER'S TALES OF THEIR EVIL.

THIS CONCERNS ME HOW?

THE ENGLISH RID THEIR LAND
OF GARGOYLES YEARS AGO.

IF YOU FORSWEAR THEM,

THE HUNTER WILL LOSE
HIS ENGLISH ALLIES

SINCE THEY'RE HERE
BUT TO DESTROY THESE CREATURES.

DEMONA AND HER KIND

ARE ALL THAT STAND
IN THE WAY OF PEACE.

I SEE.

FATHER, WHY ARE YOU
LISTENING TO THIS?

THE GARGOYLES HAVE FOUGHT
WITH GREAT COURAGE.

WE MIGHT NOT
HAVE WON THIS NIGHT,

BUT NEITHER DID WE LOSE.
TO BETRAY THEM?

A WISE KING CONSIDERS
ALL OF HIS OPTIONS, LUACH,

AND THEN MAKES HIS CHOICE.

[SOLDIERS YELLING]

UHH!

MY LORD.

WHAT NEWS OF DEMONA?

THE GARGOYLES
HAVE DESERTED.

NO! THIS CANNOT BE.

OUR WHOLE DEFENSE WAS
PLANNED AROUND THEIR AID.

WE ARE OVERWHELMED, LORD.

THE ENGLISH
OUTNUMBER US FIVE TO ONE.

GRUOCH!

MY LOVE, HELP ME!

LUACH'S REINFORCEMENTS
WILL NOT COME IN TIME.

THE BATTLE IS LOST.

THEN WE MUST FLEE QUICKLY.

-I CANNOT.
-HUSBAND,

FOR THE KINGDOM
TO SURVIVE,

YOU MUST LIVE TO FIGHT
ANOTHER DAY.

WE MUST HURRY
BEFORE THEY FIND US GONE.

[PANTING]

[HUNTER]
WELCOME.

[GASPS]

THE TIME FOR MASKS IS OVER.

SHOULD I RECOGNIZE YOU, SIR?

I AM CANMORE, SON OF DUNCAN,

THE TRUE KING OF SCOTLAND.

YOU DO REMEMBER DUNCAN,
DON'T YOU, COUSIN?

YOU MURDERED HIM
AND STOLE HIS CROWN.

I MEAN TO BUY IT BACK.

WITH YOUR BLOOD.

SO THE YOUNG PRINCE
IS ALL GROWN UP.

CANMORE, YOUR FATHER
WAS AN EVIL MAN

WHO DESERVED HIS FATE.

BUT YOU WERE JUST A BOY THEN,

SO I OFFER ONE LAST
OPPORTUNITY FOR FORGIVENESS

AND MERCY.

[DEMONA]
HE WILL NOT REQUIRE IT,

BUT YOU WILL.

[GASPS]

DEMONA!

FIRST DESERTION,
AND NOW BETRAYAL.

WHY?

I MERELY OFFER YOU A SAMPLE

OF WHAT YOU PLANNED
FOR ME.

I PLANNED FOR YOU
TO GOVERN BY MY SIDE.

AND NOW BECAUSE OF YOU,
MY KINGDOM IS IN FLAMES!

SPARE ME YOUR
RIGHTEOUS OUTRAGE, MACBETH.

I KNOW YOU WOULD'VE
BETRAYED ME AND MY KIND

TO WIN APPROVAL
OF THE ENGLISH.

NEVER WOULD I HAVE DONE SO!

WE HAVE BEEN ALLIES
FOR 37 YEARS!

TOO LONG IT SEEMS.

-[GRUOCH SHRIEKS]
-[DEMONA GRUNTS, SNARLS]

NO.

[SOBBING]

SO THE RUMORS
WERE TRUE.

MACBETH AND THE GARGOYLE
WERE LINKED BY SORCERY.

WHEN ONE DIES,

BOTH DIE.

AND I REMAIN
VICTORIOUS.

SHE BETRAYED MACBETH.

IT WAS ONLY
A MATTER OF TIME

BEFORE SHE WOULD'VE
BETRAYED US.

A GOOD THING WE HAD THE REST
OF HER CLAN DESTROYED AS WELL.

HER KIND WAS AN ABOMINATION.

THEY DID NOT DESERVE
TO LIVE.

AND AM I NEXT,
O, MIGHTY HUNTER?

SIR, LUACH AND HIS
REINFORCEMENTS APPROACH.

THEY OUTNUMBER US.

I HAVE NO QUARREL
WITH YOU, LADY GRUOCH.

[CROWS CAWING]

MOTHER,

NO!

FATHER.

NO! FATHER!

THE HUNTER
AND HIS ENGLISH DOGS

WILL PAY FOR THIS!

[BODHE]
THE KING IS DEAD.

[CRYING]

LONG LIVE LUACH,

HIGH KING OF SCOTLAND.

MOTHER, WE MUST GO.

ONE LAST MOMENT ALONE.

PLEASE.

GOODBYE, MY HUSBAND.

MY LOVE.

MY KING.

I KNOW THE PAIN
IS GREAT, CHILD,

BUT YOU ARE UNHARMED.

WAKEN NOW

TO THE FATE YOU HAVE MADE
FOR YOURSELF.

[GROANING]

YOU FOOL!

MACBETH DID NOT
BETRAY YOU.

CANMORE DID.

HE DESTROYED YOUR CLAN.

YOU ARE THE LAST
OF YOUR TREACHEROUS KIND.

YOU LIE!

SEE FOR YOURSELF, THEN.

GO AND SEARCH FOR YOUR KIN.

SEARCH UNTIL YOU
AND YOUR KIND

ARE BUT A NIGHTMARE MEMORY.

[HISSES]

[GASPS]

POOR MACBETH.

CANMORE WAS WRONG
ABOUT YOU AND DEMONA.

HE SAID WHEN ONE DIES,
BOTH DIE.

BUT WHEN ONE LIVES,

BOTH LIVE.

AND THUS YOU BOTH
SHALL LIVE,

ETERNALLY LINKED,

SHARING EACH OTHER'S
PAIN AND ANGUISH,

WITH NO RELEASE UNTIL
ONE DESTROYS THE OTHER.

ONLY THEN SHALL BOTH
FINALLY PERISH...

TOGETHER.

GRU-GRUOCH.

AWAY!

YOU ARE A GHOST.

NO SPIRIT, MY LOVE,

BUT FLESH,
EVEN AS YOU ARE.

HOW CAN THIS BE?

I DO NOT KNOW.

BUT AS I LIVE,

I MUST GET TO LUACH.

TOGETHER WE CAN
STILL WIN THIS BATTLE.

NO, LUACH WEARS YOUR CROWN.

YOU ARE ALREADY
ACCUSED OF SORCERY.

EVEN YOUR LOYAL SCOTSMEN
WILL FEAR YOU NOW.

THE ONLY HOPE OF VICTORY

FOR YOUR SON
AND YOUR COUNTRY

IS FOR YOU
TO REMAIN DEAD.

BUT I AM NOT DEAD.

THEN YOU MUST DISAPPEAR.

LEAVE SCOTLAND...

AND ME.

FOREVER.

OH, IT'S THE ONLY WAY.

COME WITH ME.

WE CANNOT BOTH
ABANDON OUR SON.

NO.

NO, WE CANNOT.

I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU.

I HAVE HUNTED YOU
THROUGH THE CENTURIES

FOR MY VENGEANCE.

TAKE OFF THAT MASK.

YOU AREN'T
FOOLING ANYONE...

MACBETH.

IT LOOKS LIKE
YOUR PLAN WILL WORK, XANATOS.

I HAD NO DOUBT
ABOUT THAT.

I'M MORE WORRIED ABOUT
THAT BEAST OF YOURS
SHREDDING MY TAPESTRY.

WHAT TAPESTRY?

THE 12th CENTURY PIECE
ON THE SOUTH WALL.

BRONX WAS CLAWING AT IT
WHEN WE LEFT.

WE MUST RETURN
TO THE CASTLE.

I WEAR THIS AS A REMINDER
OF YOUR TREACHERY.

LET'S NOT START
THAT AGAIN.

YOU BLAME ME, I BLAME YOU.

AREN'T YOU TIRED
OF TALKING ABOUT IT?

I'M NOT HERE TO TALK.

THEN WHAT? YOU KNOW THE RULES.

KILLING ME
WILL GAIN YOU NOTHING

BUT YOUR OWN DEATH.

AFTER THIS LONG
A LIFETIME,

I HAVE NO FEAR OF THAT

AND NO DESIRE TO LIVE
IN THE KIND OF WORLD

YOU'RE CREATING.

REVENGE IS A DISH
BEST EATEN COLD, DEMONA.

AND I HAVE WAITED
900 YEARS FOR THIS MEAL.

MY TURN, OLD FRIEND.

[XANATOS]
DEMONA!

THIS IS BAD.

THE GAS PACKS ARE SET
TO DETONATE

ABOUT 10 MINUTES
PREMATURELY.

YOU MUST STOP THEM.

SHE'S CHANGED THE ACCESS CODE,
LOCKED ME OUT!

DEMONA IS THE ONLY ONE
WHO CAN SAVE THE CITY

AND YOUR FRIENDS.

BRONX, GUARD ELISA.

[BARKING]

STOP THIS MADNESS.

THEY ARE NOT GOING TO LISTEN
TO REASON.

TAKE THEM DOWN.
WE'LL SORT IT OUT AFTER.

YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE
WITH WEAPONS, LADDIE.

-[STRUGGLING]
-[THUD]

NO.

KILLING HER
WON'T SOLVE ANYTHING.

DEATH NEVER DOES.

HE'S RIGHT, MACBETH.

DUNCAN WAS AFRAID THAT YOUR
FATHER WOULD MAKE YOU KING.

DID YOUR FATHER'S DEATH

STOP YOU
FROM BECOMING KING?

NO.

YOU WANTED REVENGE
FOR YOUR FATHER.

DID GILLECOMGAIN'S DEATH
SETTLE THAT SCORE?

NO.

DID YOUR OWN DEATH

SAVE YOUR SON LUACH
FROM CANMORE?

NO.

DEATH IS NEVER THE ANSWER.

LIFE IS.

I'M JUST SO TIRED.

THEN SLEEP, MACBETH.

NORMALLY I'D BE
FASCINATED BY ALL THIS,

BUT I NEED THAT ACCESS CODE
TO SAVE MY CITY.

YOU MUST GIVE THEM
THE CODE.

I WILL HAVE VENGEANCE
FOR THE BETRAYAL OF MY CLAN.

VENGEANCE FOR MY PAIN.

BUT WHO BETRAYED
YOUR CLAN?

AND WHO CAUSED
THIS PAIN?

THE VIKINGS
DESTROYED MY CLAN.

WHO BETRAYED THE CASTLE
TO THE VIKINGS?

THE HUNTER
HUNTED US DOWN.

WHO CREATED THE HUNTER?

CANMORE DESTROYED
THE LAST OF US.

WHO BETRAYED MACBETH
TO CANMORE?

YOUR THIRST FOR VENGEANCE

HAS ONLY CREATED
MORE SORROW.

END THE CYCLE, DEMONA.

GIVE US THE CODE.

THE ACCESS CODE IS...

ALONE.

[SIGHS]

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

UNH.

YOU TRICKED ME!

YOU HAD ME UNDER A SPELL.

NONE OF THIS WAS MY FAULT.

IT WAS THE HUMANS.
ALWAYS THE HUMANS.

YOU HAVE LEARNED NOTHING.

NOTHING BUT YOUR LIES.

I WILL STILL
HAVE MY REVENGE.

AARGH!

YOU ARE TIRED.

SLEEP.

WHAT DO WE DO WITH THEM?

WE HAVE WRITTEN
THEIR STORIES.

THEY ARE OUR
RESPONSIBILITY.

THEY ARE
OUR CHILDREN.

WAIT. WHO ARE YOU?

WHAT ARE YOU?

THAT IS A STORY
FOR ANOTHER DAY.

MAGNIFICENT.

[GASPS]

IT WORKED!

THEY'RE BACK!

AHHH!
HA HA HA HA HA!

GOLIATH!

WHAT'S GOING ON?

YOU'LL FORGIVE ME
IF I JUST SHAKE YOUR HAND.

OF COURSE. I'M QUITE GLAD
THE PLAN WORKED.

GOLIATH, WE MADE A GOOD TEAM.

YOU KNOW, ALL THIS TIME

I'VE WONDERED WHY I LET YOU
CREATURES LIVE.

NOW I KNOW.

YOU COME IN HANDY
NOW AND THEN.

AS DO YOU.

OCCASIONALLY.

[CONFUSED CHATTER]