Gargoyles (1994–1996): Season 2, Episode 14 - Outfoxed - full transcript

Halcyn Renard's company finishes a new airship, Fortress II. Fearing Xanatos might try to sabotage it, Goliath goes to the ship to make sure nothing happens.

[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.

[GUTTURAL SCREAM]

WE WERE BETRAYED BY THE HUMANS
WE HAD SWORN TO PROTECT,

FROZEN IN STONE
BY A MAGIC SPELL

FOR 1,000 YEARS.



NOW, HERE IN MANHATTAN,

THE SPELL IS BROKEN,

AND WE LIVE AGAIN.

[DEEP GROWL]

WE ARE DEFENDERS
OF THE NIGHT.

WE ARE GARGOYLES!

[ELISA]
PREVIOUSLY ONGARGOYLES...

[XANATOS] MARRY ME.

WE'RE GENETICALLY
COMPATIBLE...

HIGHLY INTELLIGENT...

THIS BOARD,
HEREBY, GRANTS YOU

AN EARLY PAROLE.

[XANATOS]
AND HAVE THE SAME GOALS.

TAKE HIM DOWN.



TRUE.
BUT WHAT ABOUT LOVE?

[XANATOS]
I THINK WE LOVE EACH OTHER

AS MUCH AS TWO PEOPLE
SUCH AS OURSELVES

ARE CAPABLE OF THAT EMOTION.

[FOX]
PROPOSAL ACCEPTED.

CYBERBIOTICS HAS CHRISTENED
ITTHE FORTRESS II.

AS THIS MAGNIFICENT VESSEL
PREPARES TO DEPART ON ITS
MAIDEN VOYAGE,

THIS REPORTER WONDERS IF IT
WILL SUFFER THE SAME FATE

ASTHE FORTRESS I,
WHICH AS VIEWERS MAY RECALL

CRASHED INTO THE RIVER
LAST YEAR.

ALTHOUGH HALCYON RENARD, THE
RECLUSIVE CEO OF CYBERBIOTICS,

WAS NOT AVAILABLE
FOR COMMENT,

HIS RIGHT-HAND MAN,
PRESTON VOGEL,

HAS CONSENTED TO
AN INTERVIEW.

TRAVIS, THAT CRASH
YOU SPOKE OF

WAS A RESULT OF
CORPORATE ESPIONAGE.

ESPIONAGE THAT SUCCEEDED ONLY

BECAUSE OF THE PREVIOUS
CREW'S HUMAN ERROR.

CYBERBIOTICS' TECHNOLOGY
HAS REMEDIED THAT PROBLEM.

THE FORTRESS II
IS FULLY AUTOMATED

AND MANNED ONLY BY
OUR NEWLY PATENTED CYBOTS.

NO HUMANS ABOARD
AT ALL?

AFTER TONIGHT'S
TEST FLIGHT,

HUMAN SCIENTISTS WILL OCCUPY
ITS RESEARCH LABS, OF COURSE.

BUT THERE'S
NO HUMAN CREW,

EXCEPT FOR
MR. RENARD AND MYSELF.

ONE LAST QUESTION.

IS IT TRUE THAT RENARD
HAS INVESTED HIS ENTIRE
PERSONAL FORTUNE

INTOTHE FORTRESS II,

AND THAT IF IT DOESN'T PERFORM,

BOTH HE AND CYBERBIOTICS
WILL BE WIPED OUT?

THAT'S TWO QUESTIONS,
MR. MARSHALL,

AND THE INTERVIEW IS OVER.

[CLEARS THROAT]
THIS IS TRAVIS MARSHALL

COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM--

NO NEED TO TURN IT OFF
ON MY ACCOUNT, DARLING.

NO BIG DEAL, DAVID.

I KNOW
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

MR. RENARD, THE CYBOTS ARE
READY FOR LAUNCH.

STAY OUT OF THEIR WAY.

WE DON'T WANT THIS TEST
COMPROMISED FOR ANY
REASON, MR. VOGEL.

[MECHANICAL WHIRRING]

[PROPELLERS HUMMING]

GOLIATH, ARE YOU SURE
THIS IS NECESSARY?

THERE'S NO
UNDERESTIMATING XANATOS.

HE WAS DEVIOUS
ENOUGH TO TRICK ME

INTO ATTACKING
THE FIRST AIRSHIP.

[RAPID BEEPING]

I'VE EXPLAINED THE STRENGTHS
AND WEAKNESSES OF EACH FORTRESS

AND GIVEN YOU
WHAT I THINK ARE
THE BEST PLANS OF ATTACK.

ONLY YOUR SPEED
AND STRENGTH

CAN STAND AGAINST
THEIR DEFENSES.

WE WILL TAKE
THE AIR FORTRESS.

[ENGINE MURMURING]

UHH.

THE DISK WILL BE
WELL GUARDED, NO DOUBT.

IF HUMANS WISH TO THROW
AWAY THEIR WORTHLESS
LIVES GUARDING IT,

THAT'S THEIR CONCERN.

THIS WAY.

STATIONS ONE AND TWO
HAVE BEEN BREACHED.

WE'VE LOST TWO-THIRDS
OF THE DATA.

WRONG.

YOU'VE
LOST IT ALL.

[GASPS AND SCREAMS]

-AAH!
-UHH.

WHAT ARE YOU?

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

[SPARKS HISSING]

WHO CAN SAY WHAT HE MAY
HAVE IN MIND FOR THIS ONE.

I'M GOING TO FOLLOW
ALONG, JUST TO BE SAFE.

I UNDERSTAND.

JUST BE CAREFUL
OUT THERE.

[BEEPING]

ON-- ON OUR TAIL, SIR,
WE HAVE A...

I DON'T KNOW
WHAT WE HAVE.

[RENARD] THIS IS NOT
ENTIRELY UNEXPECTED.

ACTIVATE CYBOT SECURITY.

HUH?

UHH.

YOU NEED NOT ATTACK ME.

I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY.

HMM. HOW DO YOU REASON
WITH MACHINES?

UHH.

THAT...

STINGS.

UHH.

AAH!

[GROANING]

[GROWLS]

UHH.

AAH!

AT LAST, I GET TO SEE
ONE OF GENUTECH'S

ABOMINABLE CREATIONS
IN THE FLESH.

XANATOS AND HIS LAB RATS
MUST BE PROUD INDEED.

I'M NOT A CREATION.

MY NAME IS GOLIATH.

AND I BELONG TO NO ONE,

ESPECIALLY
NOT XANATOS.

[LAUGHS] NO. NO.
OF COURSE NOT.

WHY AM I BEING
HELD HERE?

AS LONG AS
YOU'RE MY PRISONER,

I KNOW YOU CAN'T DESTROY
FORTRESS II

FOR YOUR MASTER.

I TOLD YOU
I SERVE NO MASTER!

OH, IS THAT SO?

LAST YEAR, WHEN YOU AND
YOUR FELLOW CREATURE

DESTROYED FORTRESS I,

I SUPPOSE THAT WAS JUST
A WILD NIGHT ON THE TOWN.

[GOLIATH]
IT WAS NOT MY FAULT.

I WAS DUPED
BY XANATOS.

HE LED ME TO BELIEVE
THAT YOU AND CYBERBIOTICS

STOLE RESEARCH FROM HIS COMPANY.

"NOT MY FAULT?"
"NOT MY FAULT?!"

YOU SOUND LIKE EVERY HUMAN
EMPLOYEE I EVER FIRED.

CRUSH THEM ALL TOGETHER
AND YOU COULDN'T SQUEEZE

AN IOTA OF PERSONAL INTEGRITY
FROM THE LOT.

NO EXCUSES, CREATURE.

LEARN TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY

FOR YOUR OWN ACTIONS

AND STOP WHINING.

A GARGOYLE
DOESN'T WHINE.

HE ROARS!

I AM TREMBLING
IN MY CHAIR.

GRRR.

GRRR.

UHH.

THIS WAS MY FAULT, SIR. I
SHOULD'VE INSTRUCTED THE CYBOTS

TO DEPOSIT HIM IN OUR
MAXIMUM SECURITY CELL.

WELL, IT'S
REFRESHING TO HEAR

SOMEONE TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR A MISTAKE.

JUST SEE THAT
THE SITUATION IS CORRECTED.

-[BEEPING]
-I'M SORRY, SIR.

TAKE YOUR CALL, MR. VOGEL.

I'LL BE RESTING
IN MY CABIN.

YES, SIR.

[MACHINE WHIRRING]

YOU'RE SURE IT'S
SAFE TO TALK?

MR. RENARD NEVER
INTRUDES ON MY PRIVACY.

I'VE ALWAYS RESPECTED HIM
FOR THAT.

I ASSUME YOU'VE CONFIRMED
THAT THE DOWNPAYMENT

WAS WIRED TO YOUR
SWISS ACCOUNT THIS AFTERNOON?

AFFIRMATIVE.

THE OPERATION WILL COMMENCE
TONIGHT AS PLANNED,

WITH ONE MINOR
ALTERATION.

I DON'T LIKE
SURPRISES, VOGEL.

THIS ONE
YOU WON'T MIND.

YOU MIGHT SAY,
IT FELL RIGHT OUT OF THE SKY.

THE PERFECT CANDIDATE
TO TAKE THE BLAME.

IF ONLY I COULD
MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND

THAT XANATOS
IS TO BLAME.

[RENARD] OH, YOU'RE NOT
THE FIRST POOR SOUL

XANATOS HAS CORRUPTED.

OWEN BURNETT,

ANTON SEVARIUS.

THEY WERE BOTH
CYBERBIOTICS EMPLOYEES,

AND THEY'RE THE LEAST
OF WHAT

THAT VIPER HAS STOLEN
FROM ME.

I'VE NO DOUBT
HE WAS BEHIND THE ATTACK,

AND I HAVE NO REASON TO DOUBT
HE TRICKED YOU INTO IT.

YOU BELIEVE
I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE,

YET, I REMAIN
YOUR PRISONER.

WHO SAID
YOU'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE?

IT DOESN'T MATTER
THAT YOU WERE TRICKED.

YOU KNOW NOW
THAT YOUR ACTIONS

INFLICTED
GRIEVOUS DAMAGE.

DO YOU TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THEM OR NOT?

WELL, WHAT ARE
YOU GOING TO DO?

A BETTER QUESTION
MIGHT BE,

WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO?

[GRUNTING AND
MARTIAL ARTS NOISES]

YOU SEEM DISTRACTED.

HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS?

ABOUT THAT
LAST KICK?

ABOUT RENARD? HA!

IF YOUR HOSTILE
TAKEOVER SUCCEEDS,

HE'LL BE COMPLETELY
WIPED OUT.

HE'S NOT
A YOUNG MAN.

OH, HE'LL MANAGE.
HE ALWAYS HAS.

UHH!

-[TELEPHONE RINGING]
-IF ALL GOES WELL,

CYBERBIOTICS WILL
BE MINE BY MORNING.

WE'LL CELEBRATE
OVER BREAKFAST.

XANATOS HERE.

IT'S YOUR DOCTOR...

WITH TEST RESULTS?

DIDN'T I MENTION THEM?

I SUPPOSE IT
SLIPPED MY MIND.

THIS IS
VOICE OVERRIDE V7R9.

YOU WILL DEACTIVATE
FOR A MATRIX UPGRADE.

REACTIVATE.

RESUME NORMAL FUNCTION.

[RENARD] WHAT WOULD BE
THE HONORABLE THING TO DO?

WELL I SUPPOSE I SHOULD
JUST TURN YOU OVER TO
THE PROPER AUTHORITIES.

LOOK AT ME, HUMAN.
I'LL SPEND THE REST
OF MY LIFE

AS A LABORATORY
SPECIMEN.

WAS MY CRIME
AGAINST YOU SO HEINOUS

TO MAKE THAT
AN EQUITABLE PUNISHMENT?

[SNIGGERS]
WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.

YOU FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGE
YOU COMMITTED A CRIME.

NO MORE EXCUSES.

I ACCEPT FULL
RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY ACTIONS.

I WAS WRONG.

I'M GLAD YOU'RE GARGOYLE
ENOUGH TO ADMIT IT.

AH, IT WAS NOT EASY.

INTEGRITY IS NEVER EASY.

IT'S A DAILY STRUGGLE,
A COSTLY STRUGGLE.

IF YOU ONLY KNEW
WHAT IT COST ME.

MY ANASTASIA...

MY JANINE.

MY ANGEL
OF THE NIGHT.

WELL, PERHAPS
YOU DO KNOW AFTER ALL.

I KNOW I OWE YOU
A GREAT DEBT FOR THE
MISTAKE I MADE A YEAR AGO.

AND A GREATER DEBT FOR THE
EDUCATION I RECEIVED TONIGHT.

IF THE TEXT
WAS NOT NEW TO ME,

IT WAS AT LEAST
WORTH REVISITING.

-[RENARD] I APPRECIATE YOUR--
-DO THEY DO THAT OFTEN?

NEVER TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

MR. VOGEL, SOMETHING ODD
IS GOING ON

WITH THE CYBOTS HERE.

WHATEVER IT IS, SIR,
IT'S HAPPENING
ALL OVER THE SHIP.

THE CYBOTS HAVE COMPLETELY
TAKEN OVER, THEY'VE CHANGED
OUR HEADING,

AND I CAN'T
OVERRIDE THEM.

CHANGED
OUR HEADING?

[RENARD]
TO WHERE?

[VOGEL]
OUT INTO THE BAY, SIR.

THEY'VE SET US ON
A DIRECT COLLISION COURSE

WITH THE CYBERBIOTICS'
TOWER.

WHAT?

THERE'S ONLY ONE EXPLANATION,
SIR: THE CREATURE!

HE MUST'VE BROUGHT
THE VIRUS ABOARD WITH HIM.

HE LET HIMSELF BE CAPTURED SO
HE COULD DESTROY YOUR SHIP.

BUT HOW?

I DON'T KNOW, BUT
WE MUST ABANDON SHIP

AND ACTIVATE THE EMERGENCY
SELF-DESTRUCT MECHANISM,

OR BOTH INSTALLATIONS
WILL BE DESTROYED

AND CYBERBIOTICS
WILL BE HISTORY.

IF I LOSE
THIS SHIP,

CYBERBIOTICS IS
RUINED ANYWAY.

I'M TRULY SORRY, SIR.

YOU CAN PLACE THE BLAME
ON ME IF YOU MUST,

BUT NOW WE HAVE NO CHOICE.

AT OUR PRESENT VELOCITY, WE'LL
HIT THE TOWER IN SEVEN MINUTES.

THEY COULD NEVER FULLY EVACUATE
IT IN THAT LITTLE TIME.

YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES TO MEET
ME AT THE ESCAPE POD.

AFTER THAT,
I WILL JETTISON

AND USE MY ACCESS CODE
TO DESTROY FORTRESS II.

HOW CAN THIS
BE HAPPENING?

WHAT VOGEL SAID ABOUT ME,
YOU HAVE TO KNOW
IS NOT TRUE.

ALL I KNOW IS
I'M ABOUT TO BE
WIPED OUT.

IT DOESN'T
HAVE TO BE THAT WAY.

I CAN BREAK
THESE CHAINS...

[GRUNTS]

...BUT ONLY YOU CAN GET
ME PAST THE BARS.

[GOLIATH]
I HELPED DESTROY FORTRESS I.

LET ME HELP YOU
SAVE FORTRESS II.

[MECHANICAL WHIRRING]

HEAVEN HELP US BOTH.

GRRR.

UHH.

I CAN'T OVERRIDE THEM.

I CAN.

GRRR.

TIME'S RUNNING OUT.

WE'VE GOT TO REACH
THE COMMAND CENTER.

LEAD THE WAY.

FOOLISH OLD MAN.

WELL, IF HE THINKS
HE CAN SAVE THE SHIP,

HE COULDN'T BE MORE WRONG.

[VOGEL] ALL CYBOTS,
THIS IS VOICE OVERRIDE V7R9.

ISOLATE MR. RENARD
AND GENTLY FORCE HIM

TO THE ESCAPE POD BAY.

IF THE CREATURE GETS
IN YOUR WAY, DESTROY IT!

THIS IS INTOLERABLE.

WE CAN'T FIGHT EVERY CYBOT ON
THIS SHIP ONE AT A TIME.

WE HAVE TO SHUT THEM
ALL DOWN SIMULTANEOUSLY.

YOU'LL FIND THEIR
POWER SOURCE HERE.

IF YOU CAN DESTROY IT,
THEY'LL ALL GO OFF-LINE
AT ONCE.

BUT WHO WILL BE LEFT
TO ALTER THE SHIP'S COURSE?

LEAVE THAT TO ME.

[GRUNTS]

MR. RENARD, PLEASE.

I'D RATHER NOT HAVE
YOUR DEATH ON MY CONSCIENCE.

BUT I CANNOT ALLOW THIS
SHIP TO COLLIDE WITH
A TOWER FULL OF PEOPLE.

YOU'LL NEVER
REACH THE BRIDGE,

BUT TURN LEFT AND YOU'LL FIND
MY ESCAPE POD STILL WAITING.

YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES
UNTIL IMPACT,

ONE MINUTE
BEFORE I DETONATE.

MR. VOGEL, I DON'T WANT
ANY INNOCENTS HURT.

IF I CAN'T TURN
THIS BOAT AROUND IN TIME,

YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION
TO DESTROY IT.

BUT YOU AND I BUILT
THIS SHIP TOGETHER.

IF IT GOES DOWN,

I'M GOING DOWN WITH IT.

UHH!

GRRR.

OUTSTANDING.

HE DID IT.

VOGEL, BLESS YOU.
YOU'VE GIVEN ME EXTRA TIME.

OH, NO.

[VOGEL] SO NEAR
AND YET SO FAR,

HUH, MR. RENARD?

IN ALL THE EXCITEMENT,
IT MUST'VE SLIPPED YOUR MIND.

TWO MEN ARE REQUIRED FOR
AN EMERGENCY COURSE OVERRIDE.

MR. VOGEL, I KNEW YOU WOULDN'T
LET ME DOWN.

YES, WELL,
YOU HAVE THAT EFFECT ON PEOPLE.

NOW WE'VE GOT 8.5 SECONDS

TO EXECUTE A 60-DEGREE TURN.
LET'S PROCEED.

VERY WELL, MR. VOGEL,
I WILL INITIATE

FULL THROTTLE
ON YOUR SIGNAL.

YES!

-[GROWLING]
-OH, DEAR.

IT'S ALL RIGHT,
GOLIATH.

WE DID IT.
COLLISION AVERTED.

AND I BELIEVE I OWE YOU
AN APOLOGY

FOR ACCUSING YOU
OF SABOTAGING THE CYBOTS.

GRRR.

ACTUALLY, SIR, I HAVE SOMETHING
OF A CONFESSION TO MAKE.

-[GROWLS]
-A FULL CONFESSION.

[RENARD] WELL, IT SEEMS
MR. VOGEL'S BETRAYAL

HAS ONLY PROVIDED
FURTHER PROOF

THAT THE HUMAN
SPECIES

IS DEVOID
OF INTEGRITY.

I DISAGREE.
IF ANYTHING, VOGEL'S SABOTAGE

DEMONSTRATES
THE FOLLY OF PLACING

ALL OF ONE'S TRUST

IN SINGLE-MINDED
AUTOMATONS.

AUTOMATONS KNOW NOTHING
OF BETRAYAL OR HONOR.

THEY KNOW ONLY WHAT
THEY ARE PROGRAMMED TO KNOW.

ONLY LIVING BEINGS

POSSESS THE ABILITY
TO CHANGE

AND MAKE NEW CHOICES.

ULTIMATELY,
VOGEL CHOSE HONOR.

I SUPPOSE HE DID
AT THAT.

YOU'VE GIVEN ME
MUCH TO CONSIDER.

WELL, ONE THING I AM SURE OF,
YOUR DEBT TO ME

HAS BEEN PAID IN FULL.

A SHIP FOR A SHIP.

-WE ARE EVEN.
-NO.

WE ARE FRIENDS.

[LAUGHS] YES,

FRIENDS.

[RENARD] HELLO, JANINE.

HELLO, DADDY.

ALMOST GOT YOU
THAT TIME, DIDN'T I?

YES.

BUT WHY?

I BUILT THIS COMPANY
FOR YOU.

I'D HAVE
GIVEN IT TO YOU ALREADY

IF YOU HADN'T MARRIED
THAT VILLAIN XANATOS.

I'D PROBABLY STILL
GIVE IT TO YOU

IF YOU'D JUST STAND UP AND
ASK ME FOR IT HONESTLY.

OH, DADDY, YOU AND
YOUR INTEGRITY.

ASKING FOR IT
WOULDN'T BE ANY FUN AT ALL.

AND FUN IS STILL MORE IMPORTANT
TO YOU THAN HONOR.

I CAN'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

WELL, MAYBE YOU'LL HAVE
BETTER LUCK

RELATING TO
THE NEXT GENERATION.

WHAT?
WHAT ARE YOU--

THAT'S RIGHT, DADDY.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE
A GRANDFATHER.