Gargoyles (1994–1996): Season 2, Episode 16 - Double Jeopardy - full transcript
Elisa is almost run off the road by something resembling Goliath, but he was occupied at the time. The culprit leads to a project sponsored by Xanatos. Goliath, Xanatos and Sevarius face a creation that seems to have inherited their best characteristics.
[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 A THOUSAND YEARS.
NOW, HERE IN MANHATTAN...
THE SPELL IS BROKEN,
AND WE LIVE AGAIN!
[DEEP GROWL]
WE ARE DEFENDERS OF THE NIGHT.
WE ARE GARGOYLES!
[BLUESTONE]
THEY'RE CALLED THE ILLUMINATI.
THE WAY I HEAR IT,
THEY RUN EVERYTHING.
EVEN THE PRESIDENT
WORKS FOR THEM.
[NARRATOR]
PREVIOUSLY ONGARGOYLES...
[Man] GLAD YOU COULD MAKE IT,
DETECTIVE BLUESTONE.
HE NEVER TOLD YOU HE WAS FBI?
HE NEGLECTED TO MENTION IT.
HE CALLED ME LAST WEEK
WITH A NEW LEAD
ON THE ILLUMINATI SOCIETY,
A SECRET ORGANIZATION
SO POWERFUL,
THAT IT'S SUPPOSED
TO BE RUNNING THE WORLD.
[ELISA] I KNOW HE'S DETERMINED
TO PROVE THEIR EXISTENCE.
[HACKER] IT DATES BACK
TO THE TWENTIES
AND A GANGSTER
NAMED MACE MALONE
WHO MYSTERIOUSLY
VANISHED IN 1924.
[ELISA] BUT WHAT DOES HE HAVE
TO DO WITH THE ILLUMINATI?
[GOLIATH] UNH!
[MACE]
NOW THAT'S WHAT
I CALL AN ENTRANCE.
WHO'S THERE?
WHAT IS THIS? I WANT ANSWERS!
WELCOME TO THE HOTEL CABAL.
ALTHOUGH WE'VE SERVED
A WIDE VARIETY OF GUESTS
OVER THE YEARS...
[GOLIATH GRUNTS]
YOU'RE OUR VERY FIRST GARGOYLE.
-[DOOR CLANGS SHUT]
-[GROWLING]
TEMPER, TEMPER...
I'D PACE MYSELF, IF I WERE YOU.
FROM HERE ON OUT,
THINGS ONLY GO
FROM BAD TO WORSE.
SEE WHAT I MEAN?
IT'S GOING TO BE A BUMPY NIGHT.
WHAT A MAJESTIC BEAST.
[BLUESTONE] GOLIATH IS SOME
PIECE OF WORK, ALL RIGHT.
THE ILLUMINATI WILL
BE PLEASED, MR. BLUESTONE.
YOU MAKE AN EXCELLENT JUDAS.
IT'S A GIFT.
[BLUESTONE THINKING]
TWELVE HOURS AGO,
I WAS JUST AN OVERWORKED
AND UNDERPAID POLICE DETECTIVE.
SO WHAT AM I DOING HERE
WITH A 100-YEAR-OLD GANGSTER
WATCHING A GARGOYLE
FIGHT FOR HIS LIFE?
I GUESS IT BEGAN
WHEN I DROPPED IN
ON AGENT MARTIN HACKER,
MY EX-PARTNER FROM MY DAYS
WITH THE FBI.
HACKER WAS ON MY CASE,
AS USUAL.
MATT, THIS SORT OF THING
THAT GOT YOU BOUNCED
FROM THE BUREAU.
ARE YOU TRYING TO
BLOW YOUR BADGE NOW?
MARTIN, CUT TO THE CHASE.
DID YOU FIND ANYTHING
ON MALONE'S STEPSON?
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?
MACE MALONE VANISHED,
WHAT, OVER 70 YEARS AGO?
HE'S PROBABLY DEAD.
EVEN IF YOU FIGURED OUT
WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM,
HOW WOULD THAT PROVE
THIS ALL-POWERFUL
ILLUMINATI SOCIETY
OF YOURS REALLY EXISTS?
DID YOU FIND ANYTHING
ON THE STEPSON OR NOT?
[SIGHS]
YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT I WENT THROUGH
TO GET THIS. ALL RIGHT.
HE'S IN THE WITNESS
RELOCATION PROGRAM.
[BLUESTONE, VOICE-OVER]
I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP
RIGHT THEN AND THERE,
BUT THE ILLUMINATI WOULD
HAVE TO WAIT. DUTY CALLED.
UH, CAPTAIN!
WAS ELISA IN THERE?
NO, DETECTIVE.
HAVEN'T SEEN HER.
[SCOFFS] ARE YOU SURE?
HER CAR'S OUT FRONT,
AND I CAN'T FIND HER ANYWHERE.
WELL, I'VE BEEN IN THERE
FOR THE LAST 20 MINUTES,
AND SHE HASN'T.
GUESS YOU'LL
HAVE TO KEEP LOOKING.
OH! THERE YOU ARE!
I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE
LOOKING FOR YOU.
I WAS JUST, UH,
RETURNING A MOP.
THE SINK IN THE WOMEN'S
LOCKER ROOM SPILLED OVER.
I'VE SPENT THE LAST
HALF AN HOUR
CLEANING IT UP.
WHAT A MESS.
[BLUESTONE THINKING]
SHE WAS LYING RIGHT TO MY FACE.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
SO YOU WERE LOOKING ALL OVER
FOR ME. SOMETHING UP?
UH, YEAH.
I GOT A NEW LEAD
ON MACE MALONE. UH...
-IF IT PANS OUT--
-[LAUGHS] LET ME GUESS--
THE ILLUMINATI.
[BLUESTONE THINKING]
AFTER THE SILVER FALCON CASE,
I LEARNED IT DIDN'T PAY
TO KEEP MY PARTNER IN THE DARK.
BUT ELISA PASSED
ON CHECKING OUT THE LEAD.
BOTTOM LINE-- SHE DIDN'T
BELIEVE IN ME, EITHER.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
DON'T THE FEDS
CLUE YOU GUYS IN?
TILL THE DAY I DIE,
I'M JUST A RETIRED BANKER
WHO LIKES TO SPEND
HIS AFTERNOONS
IN A HEALTH CLUB.
HAPPY FOR YA, JACK.
BUT I'M NOT HERE ABOUT YOU.
IT'S YOUR MOTHER--
ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH,
SHE WAS FLO DANE,
THE SILENT FILM STAR.
THAT'S YOU
AT HER MEMORIAL SERVICE
15 YEARS AGO.
YOU SEE YOUR STEPFATHER
ANYWHERE?
THE MAN WAS A BUM!
MACE MALONE WALKED OUT
ON US WHEN I WAS FIVE!
NOBODY SAW HIM AFTER THAT!
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
AT THE BACK ROW.
[JACK] WELL... WHADDAYA KNOW?
IT COULD BE HIM.
THAT BUM!
WHAT ELSE CAN I TELL YA?
WHERE CAN I FIND YOUR MOTHER?
PINE LAWN!
WE LAID HER TO REST
UNDER HER REAL NAME--
DREIDEL, FLORA DREIDEL.
IF YOU FIND MALONE,
TELL HIM I SAID HE'S A BUM!
UH-OH.
I HELPED YOU BRING THAT TV
INTO THE BUILDING
THE DAY WE MET.
YOU TOLD ME
IT WAS FOR A FRIEND.
ACTUALLY, IT WAS FOR ME.
YOU FOUND MY, UH,
LITTLE HIDEAWAY.
ALL THESE BOOKS, THESE VIDEOS,
ARE YOURS?
A HOT PLATE? [LAUGHS]
ENOUGH FOOD FOR A FAMILY
OF GORILLAS?
SO I'VE BENT
A FEW REGULATIONS.
-SOMETIMES...
-[BELL TOLLS]
...I NEED TO UNWIND.
UH-OH. SUN'S ALMOST DOWN.
TIME TO ROLL, PARTNER.
SO HOW DID IT GO
WITH MACE'S STEPSON?
UH, ACCORDING TO PINE LAWN,
AN OLD MAN COMES BY
EVERY THURSDAY AFTERNOON
TO LEAVE A ROSE
ON FLORA DREIDEL'S CRYPT.
I KNOW IT'S A LONG SHOT,
BUT... TOMORROW IS THURSDAY.
[BLUESTONE] ALL THESE YEARS,
AND YOU STILL HAVE
A SOFT SPOT FOR FLORA.
MUST HAVE BEEN TOUGH--
BECOMING DEAD TO THE WORLD,
ABANDONING YOUR WIFE,
BUT YOU HAD NO CHOICE.
THE ILLUMINATI DECIDED
YOU WERE IRREPLACEABLE.
EXCUSE ME?
NOBODY KNEW MORE ABOUT
UNDERWORLD DEALINGS
THAN MACE MALONE.
ONCE THE GANGS FOUND OUT
AN OUTSIDE FACTION
HAD LEARNED
THEIR DARKEST SECRETS,
YOU WERE A MARKED MAN.
YOU HAD TO DISAPPEAR.
THANKS TO YOU,
THE ILLUMINATI HAD THE GOODS
TO CUT THEMSELVES IN.
THEY'VE BEEN ORGANIZED CRIME'S
SILENT PARTNER EVER SINCE.
YOUNG MAN, HOW LONG
HAVE YOU BEEN PLAGUED
BY THESE FANCIFUL DELUSIONS?
NOT AS LONG AS YOU'VE
HAD THIS TATTOO.
FOR A MAN PUSHING 100,
YOU'RE AMAZINGLY
WELL-PRESERVED.
HOW ACCOMMODATING
OF THE SOCIETY
TO PROVIDE ITS SENIOR MEMBERS
WITH REJUVENATION DRUGS.
YOU SHOULD SEE THE DENTAL PLAN.
WE'VE BEEN AWARE OF YOU
FOR SOME TIME,
DETECTIVE BLUESTONE.
DESPITE ALL THE ROADBLOCKS
WE'VE THROWN IN YOUR PATH,
YOU'VE MANAGED TO PERSEVERE.
YEAH, HEH,
I'M FUNNY THAT WAY.
YOU ARE IMPRESSIVE THAT WAY.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
IF I TOLD YOU
THE SOCIETY MIGHT BE WILLING
TO OFFER YOU MEMBERSHIP?
PROVIDED YOU PASS
A LOYALTY TEST.
[SCOFFS] YOU WANT ME TO PROVE
MY GOOD FAITH?
HOW WILL YOU PROVE YOURS?
WITH A BIT OF INFORMATION,
COURTESY OF DAVID XANATOS,
ONE OF OUR LOWER-ECHELON
MEMBERS.
YOU GOT MY ATTENTION.
YOU OK?
OUR SHIFT'S ALMOST OVER
AND YOU HAVEN'T SAID
THREE WORDS ALL NIGHT.
LET... ME... DRIVE.
HEY, PAL, IT'S MY CAR.
I INSIST.
[BLUESTONE, VOICE-OVER]
ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT
WAS WHAT MACE HAD TOLD ME.
I WAS FEELING HURT,
BETRAYED, AND MOST OF ALL,
ANGRY.
MAKE SURE YOU BUCKLE UP.
[TIRES SQUEAL]
I SAW MACE MALONE TODAY.
THE OLD MAN HAD A LOT TO SAY--
NOT JUST ABOUT THE ILLUMINATI.
UH, THAT'S GREAT, MATT,
BUT EASY ON THE GAS, OK?
HE TOLD ME I KNEW SOMEONE
WHO COULD BLOW THE LID
OFF ANOTHER CONSPIRACY--
ONE A LOT CLOSER TO HOME.
MATT, SLOW DOWN! THIS IS NUTS.
THIS IS THE END, ELISA.
THE END OF ALL THE LIES
AND DECEPTION.
ONLY YOUR GARGOYLES
CAN SAVE US NOW!
[CAR ENGINE REVVING]
ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?
YOU ALMOST KILLED US BOTH.
I WON'T GIVE UP
TILL I GET THE TRUTH, ELISA,
THE TRUTH ABOUT YOU
AND THE GARGOYLES.
I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE!
OH, I KNOW ALL ABOUT YOU.
NOW SHOW YOURSELVES!
[CAR ENGINE SHUTS DOWN;
DOOR OPENS]
[CAR DOOR CLOSES]
I KNOW... I KNOW.
THIS IS WHERE YOU SHAKE
YOUR HEAD
AND TELL ME
I'M WASTING MY TIME, RIGHT?
THEY... THEY DON'T FOLLOW ME
EVERYWHERE I GO.
COME ON. THIS TIME I'LL DRIVE.
[TOWER BELL TOLLING]
THIS SOUNDS LIKE A STALL.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN
WE HAVE TO WAIT?
WE DIDN'T GET BACK IN TIME.
YOU CAN'T SEE THEM NOW.
MEET ME BACK HERE 10 MINUTES
BEFORE SUNSET.
YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.
I PROMISE.
[BLUESTONE]
THE REST OF THE DAY
WASN'T A TOTAL LOSS.
NOT BY A LONG SHOT.
I'VE BEEN PROMISED A MEETING
WITH THE GARGOYLES TONIGHT.
YOUR INFORMATION WAS ACCURATE.
SO MUCH FOR OUR GOOD FAITH.
NOW WE COME TO YOURS.
JUST TELL ME WHAT I HAVE TO DO.
BRING US A GARGOYLE.
-[BELL TOLLING]
-[BLUESTONE] A FEW HOURS LATER,
ELISA AND I RENDEZVOUSED
IN THE CLOCK TOWER.
SHE TOOK ME OUTSIDE,
BUT I STILL DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
STATUES?
YOU BROUGHT ME UP HERE
TO SHOW ME STATUES?
-GIVE THEM ROOM.
-[CRACKING]
TCH! GIVE THEM ROOM?
[ROARS]
HEADS UP, LADS.
WE'VE GOT A BIT MORE
COMPANY THAN USUAL.
SO...
YOU FINALLY DECIDED
IT WAS TIME.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.
SO THEY'VE TAKEN AN OATH
TO PROTECT THE CITY
AS THEY ONCE PROTECTED
THEIR CASTLE IN SCOTLAND
CENTURIES AGO.
EXCEPT THESE DAYS THE PEOPLE
WE WATCH OVER
HAVE NO CLUE THAT WE EXIST.
AYE. AND THAT'S FINE BY US.
ELISA'S DONE WELL
BY YOU, BLUESTONE.
YOU'VE PROVEN YOURSELF
TO BE A LOYAL PARTNER
AND A RIGHTEOUS POLICEMAN.
AND YOU'LL KEEP THEIR SECRET,
RIGHT?
OH, I'LL KEEP IT.
BUT I WANT A FAVOR IN RETURN.
TRUST IS NOT A COMMODITY
TO BE BARTERED FOR.
TIME YOU AND I TALKED, GOLIATH,
MAN-TO-GARGOYLE.
[BLUESTONE, VOICE-OVER]
GOLIATH WAS NOBODY'S FOOL,
BUT MACE MALONE
HAD MADE IT CLEAR--
IF I DIDN'T DELIVER
THE BIG GUY TO HOTEL CABAL,
I COULD KISS THE ILLUMINATI
GOODBYE.
[ELISA] DON'T YOU THINK
IT'S ABOUT TIME
YOU TOLD US WHAT'S UP?
MACE MALONE HAS AN OFFICE
HIDDEN IN A CONDEMNED HOTEL.
ALL THE STREET-LEVEL
ENTRANCES ARE SEALED OFF.
NOW, IF GOLIATH
CAN GET ME INSIDE,
I'LL BE ABLE TO FIND THE PROOF
I NEED TO EXPOSE
THE ILLUMINATI.
WE'LL BACK YOU UP, LAD.
JUST SAY THE WORD.
WE DON'T WANT TO LAY SIEGE
TO THE PLACE, HUDSON.
JUST SNEAK IN AND OUT.
THIS JOB IS FOR TWO.
MAKE THAT THREE.
NOT THIS TIME.
IF YOU TRUST ME, ELISA,
REALLY TRUST ME,
STAY OUT OF THIS.
ALL RIGHT. I'M OUT OF IT.
I CAN GET US PAST THE LOCK.
SO CAN I.
AFTER ME.
[BEEPS]
[BOTH GRUNTING]
[GOLIATH] BLUESTONE!
HELP!
[GROANS]
[MACE] NOW, THAT'S
WHAT I CALL AN ENTRANCE.
WHO'S THERE?
WHAT IS THIS? I WANT ANSWERS!
SO DO WE, GARGOYLE.
SO DO WE.
[POUNDING ON DOOR]
WHY DIDN'T YOU USE THE KEY
I GAVE YOU?
I LOST IT ON THE WAY DOWN.
WHY DIDN'T YOU WARN ME ABOUT
THAT BLASTED CHUTE?
ANY ADVANCE HESITATION
ON YOUR PART
MIGHT HAVE MADE
THE GARGOYLE SUSPICIOUS.
BUT YOU PLAYED YOUR PART WELL.
NOW THE FUN BEGINS.
WELCOME TO THE HOTEL CABAL!
[BLUESTONE] AND THAT BRINGS US
TO WHERE WE LEFT OFF.
[MACE]
IT'S GOING TO BE A BUMPY NIGHT!
I'M SURE YOU'VE NOTICED BY NOW,
THIS IS NO ORDINARY HOTEL.
THE CABAL IS DESIGNED
TO DECIMATE ONE'S GRIP
ON REALITY.
ONCE YOUR DEFENSES ARE DOWN,
WE STEP IN AND STRIP YOUR MIND
OF ITS MOST PRECIOUS MEMORIES
AND DARKEST SECRETS.
BY THE TIME
A GUEST LEAVES HERE,
HE'S LITTLE MORE
THAN A MINDLESS CRETIN.
FUNNY HOW THE LEAST LITTLE THING
SETS HIM OFF.
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.
OPEN WINDOW--
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
BUT TOO TEMPTING TO PASS UP.
ARRGH!
[MACE] I'LL BET THAT SMARTS.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY--
NO PAIN, NO GAIN.
BRAVO, GOLIATH.
YOU'VE EARNED YOUR FREEDOM.
TROUBLE IS...
NOTHING'S WHAT IT SEEMS
AT THE HOTEL CABAL.
THE STRENGTH I WAS EXPECTING,
BUT NOT THE BOUNDLESS
FORTITUDE,
THE INDOMITABLE SPIRIT.
THIS IS A TRUE WARRIOR!
MMM, BREAKING HIM MAY TAKE
A BIT LONGER THAN USUAL.
UH, SPEAKING OF WHICH...
SUPPOSE I'D GONE
DOWN THE WRONG CHUTE.
WITH NO KEY? BAD NEWS, MY BOY.
A WARM BODY IS ALL IT TAKES
TO ACTIVATE
THE AUTOMATED MECHANISMS
IN ANY ONE OF THESE ROOMS.
WITHOUT ONE OF THESE
TO DEACTIVATE THE ROOMS,
ANYONE CAUGHT IN THERE
WOULD BE BOUNCING OFF
THE WALLS FOREVER.
MACE! CHECK OUT THE SCREEN!
WHERE'S GOLIATH?
NOT TO WORRY.
NOT HE MUST BE IN ONE
OF THE ADJOINING ROOMS.
-THIS-- THIS MAKES NO SENSE.
-[ALARM SOUNDS]
-NOW WHAT?
-IT'S THE SECURITY ALARM.
IMPOSSIBLE.
NO ONE COULD NAVIGATE
HIS WAY AROUND THE ROOMS
LIKE THAT, UNLESS...
THE KEY YOU DROPPED!
SOMEHOW THE GARGOYLE
MUST HAVE FOUND IT!
IT'S ALLOWING HIM
TO PASS UNHARMED
FROM ROOM TO ROOM.
AT THIS RATE,
HE'LL BE OUT IN MINUTES.
OH, MAN! THERE MUST BE
SOME WAY TO STOP HIM.
THINGS ARE OUT OF CONTROL NOW.
I'M RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS.
[STAMMERS] WAIT, MACE.
YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS.
I MEAN...
WHAT WOULD THE ILLUMINATI SAY?
IF I WASTED THE GARGOYLE?
IT'LL BE A BLACK MARK.
NO QUESTION OF THAT.
I'LL BE SEVERELY REPRIMANDED,
BUT IF I ALLOW GOLIATH
TO BECOME THE FIRST PRISONER
WHO EVER ESCAPED
THE HOTEL CABAL,
THE FLUSHING SOUND YOU HEAR
WILL BE ME
AND MY 75-YEAR PENSION
GOING DOWN THE DRAIN.
NOTICE THE ONE-WAY MIRROR.
[THUD]
I CAN'T MISS.
IT'S CHECK-OUT TIME, GARGOYLE.
I DON'T THINK SO, MACE!
[GROANING]
BLUESTONE!
[GOLIATH GRUNTS]
WHOA.
GOIN' UP?
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I AM.
HOLD ON!
YOU PLAYED ME FOR A FOOL,
BLUESTONE!
YOU AND THE GARGOYLE
WERE IN THIS TOGETHER!
WHAT CAN I SAY, MACE?
WHEN YOU'RE RIGHT,
YOU'RE RIGHT.
I'LL SEE THAT YOU GET YOURS,
BLUESTONE.
NOBODY DOUBLE-CROSSES
MACE MALONE!
NOBODY!
POOR MACE.
WONDER HOW LONG
IT'LL TAKE HIM TO REALIZE
HE DROPPED HIS KEY
DOWN THE SHAFT.
[BLUESTONE, VOICE-OVER]
OK, I ADMIT IT.
TO SAVE GOLIATH'S LIFE,
I HAD TO FORFEIT MY CHANCE
TO GET IN GOOD
WITH THE ILLUMINATI,
BUST THEIR ORGANIZATION
WIDE OPEN.
I BELIEVE THIS IS YOURS,
MY FRIEND.
THANK YOU FOR LENDING IT
TO ME.
[BLUESTONE, VOICE-OVER]
BUT I STILL CAME OUT AHEAD,
WHICH IS MORE THAN MACE
CAN SAY.
I'M CLOSE, SO CLOSE.
ONE MORE DOOR.
YES! JUST ONE MORE DOOR.
JUST ONE MORE DOOR,
AND I'M HOME FREE!
[GROWLING]
WOW.
JUST... TELL ME WHY,
WHY DID YOU KEEP ME IN THE DARK
FOR SO LONG?
[ELISA] IT'S NOT THAT
I DIDN'T TRUST YOU.
I GUESS I JUST DIDN'T
WANT TO SHARE THEM.
AS LONG AS I WAS THE ONLY HUMAN
THEY CONFIDED IN,
IT MADE ME FEEL... SPECIAL.
I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.
THAT MIGHT BE WHY I CHASED
THE ILLUMINATI FOR SO LONG.
PEOPLE MAY HAVE THOUGHT
I WAS A NUTCASE,
BUT AT LEAST I STOOD OUT.
[CAPTAIN] SO YOU TWO FINALLY
FOUND EACH OTHER?
YEAH, I GUESS
YOU COULD SAY THAT.
SEE YOU TONIGHT, CAPTAIN.
HAVE A NICE DAY.
[FOOTSTEPS RECEDING]
[BLUESTONE]
HACKER!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING
IN THIS NECK OF THE WOODS?
OH, PASSING THROUGH.
OH, MAN, YOU--YOU LOOK LIKE
YOU BEEN THROUGH THE RINGER.
[LAUGHS]
YOU DON'T KNOW THE HALF OF IT.
HEH, I MAY KNOW MORE THAN
YOU THINK, PARTNER.
A LOT MORE.
[BLUESTONE] AN ILLUMINATI PIN?
YOU? YOU'VE BEEN ONE OF THEM
ALL ALONG?
I OUGHTA KNOCK YOU FLAT
ON YOUR BACK!
WELL, I WOULDN'T BLAME YOU,
MATTHEW.
TRUTH IS, YOU ALREADY
FLOORED ME ONCE.
YOU SEE, YOU WERE NEVER
SUPPOSED TO GET TO MACE.
THAT'S WHY THEY PARTNERED US,
ALL THOSE YEARS AGO.
SO I'D MAKE SURE YOU STUCK
TO WILD GOOSE CHASES.
MMM.
YOU SEE, I FIGURED
MALONE'S STEPSON
WAS JUST ANOTHER DEAD END.
AFTER ALL, THE GUY HADN'T
SEEN MACE SINCE, WHAT, 1924.
BUT THEN, HEH, YOU HAD
TO MUCK EVERYTHING UP
WITH THAT PHOTOGRAPH
AND THE FLORA DREIDEL
CONNECTION.
I MEAN, WHO KNEW?
I'M NOT LAUGHING, HACKER.
NEITHER ARE WE, MATTHEW.
LIKE MACE SAID,
YOU IMPRESSED US.
THE PIN MAKES IT OFFICIAL.
YOU PASSED THE TEST.
YOU'RE ILLUMINATI NOW.
BUT-- WH-- GOLIATH GOT AWAY.
YOUR JOB WAS TO GET HIM THERE.
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT
IF OLD MACE COULDN'T HOLD HIM.
SEE YOU AGAIN SOON, MATTHEW.
YES, YOU WILL.
AND THAT'S A PROMISE.
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
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 A THOUSAND YEARS.
NOW, HERE IN MANHATTAN...
THE SPELL IS BROKEN,
AND WE LIVE AGAIN!
[DEEP GROWL]
WE ARE DEFENDERS OF THE NIGHT.
WE ARE GARGOYLES!
[BLUESTONE]
THEY'RE CALLED THE ILLUMINATI.
THE WAY I HEAR IT,
THEY RUN EVERYTHING.
EVEN THE PRESIDENT
WORKS FOR THEM.
[NARRATOR]
PREVIOUSLY ONGARGOYLES...
[Man] GLAD YOU COULD MAKE IT,
DETECTIVE BLUESTONE.
HE NEVER TOLD YOU HE WAS FBI?
HE NEGLECTED TO MENTION IT.
HE CALLED ME LAST WEEK
WITH A NEW LEAD
ON THE ILLUMINATI SOCIETY,
A SECRET ORGANIZATION
SO POWERFUL,
THAT IT'S SUPPOSED
TO BE RUNNING THE WORLD.
[ELISA] I KNOW HE'S DETERMINED
TO PROVE THEIR EXISTENCE.
[HACKER] IT DATES BACK
TO THE TWENTIES
AND A GANGSTER
NAMED MACE MALONE
WHO MYSTERIOUSLY
VANISHED IN 1924.
[ELISA] BUT WHAT DOES HE HAVE
TO DO WITH THE ILLUMINATI?
[GOLIATH] UNH!
[MACE]
NOW THAT'S WHAT
I CALL AN ENTRANCE.
WHO'S THERE?
WHAT IS THIS? I WANT ANSWERS!
WELCOME TO THE HOTEL CABAL.
ALTHOUGH WE'VE SERVED
A WIDE VARIETY OF GUESTS
OVER THE YEARS...
[GOLIATH GRUNTS]
YOU'RE OUR VERY FIRST GARGOYLE.
-[DOOR CLANGS SHUT]
-[GROWLING]
TEMPER, TEMPER...
I'D PACE MYSELF, IF I WERE YOU.
FROM HERE ON OUT,
THINGS ONLY GO
FROM BAD TO WORSE.
SEE WHAT I MEAN?
IT'S GOING TO BE A BUMPY NIGHT.
WHAT A MAJESTIC BEAST.
[BLUESTONE] GOLIATH IS SOME
PIECE OF WORK, ALL RIGHT.
THE ILLUMINATI WILL
BE PLEASED, MR. BLUESTONE.
YOU MAKE AN EXCELLENT JUDAS.
IT'S A GIFT.
[BLUESTONE THINKING]
TWELVE HOURS AGO,
I WAS JUST AN OVERWORKED
AND UNDERPAID POLICE DETECTIVE.
SO WHAT AM I DOING HERE
WITH A 100-YEAR-OLD GANGSTER
WATCHING A GARGOYLE
FIGHT FOR HIS LIFE?
I GUESS IT BEGAN
WHEN I DROPPED IN
ON AGENT MARTIN HACKER,
MY EX-PARTNER FROM MY DAYS
WITH THE FBI.
HACKER WAS ON MY CASE,
AS USUAL.
MATT, THIS SORT OF THING
THAT GOT YOU BOUNCED
FROM THE BUREAU.
ARE YOU TRYING TO
BLOW YOUR BADGE NOW?
MARTIN, CUT TO THE CHASE.
DID YOU FIND ANYTHING
ON MALONE'S STEPSON?
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?
MACE MALONE VANISHED,
WHAT, OVER 70 YEARS AGO?
HE'S PROBABLY DEAD.
EVEN IF YOU FIGURED OUT
WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM,
HOW WOULD THAT PROVE
THIS ALL-POWERFUL
ILLUMINATI SOCIETY
OF YOURS REALLY EXISTS?
DID YOU FIND ANYTHING
ON THE STEPSON OR NOT?
[SIGHS]
YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT I WENT THROUGH
TO GET THIS. ALL RIGHT.
HE'S IN THE WITNESS
RELOCATION PROGRAM.
[BLUESTONE, VOICE-OVER]
I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP
RIGHT THEN AND THERE,
BUT THE ILLUMINATI WOULD
HAVE TO WAIT. DUTY CALLED.
UH, CAPTAIN!
WAS ELISA IN THERE?
NO, DETECTIVE.
HAVEN'T SEEN HER.
[SCOFFS] ARE YOU SURE?
HER CAR'S OUT FRONT,
AND I CAN'T FIND HER ANYWHERE.
WELL, I'VE BEEN IN THERE
FOR THE LAST 20 MINUTES,
AND SHE HASN'T.
GUESS YOU'LL
HAVE TO KEEP LOOKING.
OH! THERE YOU ARE!
I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE
LOOKING FOR YOU.
I WAS JUST, UH,
RETURNING A MOP.
THE SINK IN THE WOMEN'S
LOCKER ROOM SPILLED OVER.
I'VE SPENT THE LAST
HALF AN HOUR
CLEANING IT UP.
WHAT A MESS.
[BLUESTONE THINKING]
SHE WAS LYING RIGHT TO MY FACE.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
SO YOU WERE LOOKING ALL OVER
FOR ME. SOMETHING UP?
UH, YEAH.
I GOT A NEW LEAD
ON MACE MALONE. UH...
-IF IT PANS OUT--
-[LAUGHS] LET ME GUESS--
THE ILLUMINATI.
[BLUESTONE THINKING]
AFTER THE SILVER FALCON CASE,
I LEARNED IT DIDN'T PAY
TO KEEP MY PARTNER IN THE DARK.
BUT ELISA PASSED
ON CHECKING OUT THE LEAD.
BOTTOM LINE-- SHE DIDN'T
BELIEVE IN ME, EITHER.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
DON'T THE FEDS
CLUE YOU GUYS IN?
TILL THE DAY I DIE,
I'M JUST A RETIRED BANKER
WHO LIKES TO SPEND
HIS AFTERNOONS
IN A HEALTH CLUB.
HAPPY FOR YA, JACK.
BUT I'M NOT HERE ABOUT YOU.
IT'S YOUR MOTHER--
ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH,
SHE WAS FLO DANE,
THE SILENT FILM STAR.
THAT'S YOU
AT HER MEMORIAL SERVICE
15 YEARS AGO.
YOU SEE YOUR STEPFATHER
ANYWHERE?
THE MAN WAS A BUM!
MACE MALONE WALKED OUT
ON US WHEN I WAS FIVE!
NOBODY SAW HIM AFTER THAT!
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
AT THE BACK ROW.
[JACK] WELL... WHADDAYA KNOW?
IT COULD BE HIM.
THAT BUM!
WHAT ELSE CAN I TELL YA?
WHERE CAN I FIND YOUR MOTHER?
PINE LAWN!
WE LAID HER TO REST
UNDER HER REAL NAME--
DREIDEL, FLORA DREIDEL.
IF YOU FIND MALONE,
TELL HIM I SAID HE'S A BUM!
UH-OH.
I HELPED YOU BRING THAT TV
INTO THE BUILDING
THE DAY WE MET.
YOU TOLD ME
IT WAS FOR A FRIEND.
ACTUALLY, IT WAS FOR ME.
YOU FOUND MY, UH,
LITTLE HIDEAWAY.
ALL THESE BOOKS, THESE VIDEOS,
ARE YOURS?
A HOT PLATE? [LAUGHS]
ENOUGH FOOD FOR A FAMILY
OF GORILLAS?
SO I'VE BENT
A FEW REGULATIONS.
-SOMETIMES...
-[BELL TOLLS]
...I NEED TO UNWIND.
UH-OH. SUN'S ALMOST DOWN.
TIME TO ROLL, PARTNER.
SO HOW DID IT GO
WITH MACE'S STEPSON?
UH, ACCORDING TO PINE LAWN,
AN OLD MAN COMES BY
EVERY THURSDAY AFTERNOON
TO LEAVE A ROSE
ON FLORA DREIDEL'S CRYPT.
I KNOW IT'S A LONG SHOT,
BUT... TOMORROW IS THURSDAY.
[BLUESTONE] ALL THESE YEARS,
AND YOU STILL HAVE
A SOFT SPOT FOR FLORA.
MUST HAVE BEEN TOUGH--
BECOMING DEAD TO THE WORLD,
ABANDONING YOUR WIFE,
BUT YOU HAD NO CHOICE.
THE ILLUMINATI DECIDED
YOU WERE IRREPLACEABLE.
EXCUSE ME?
NOBODY KNEW MORE ABOUT
UNDERWORLD DEALINGS
THAN MACE MALONE.
ONCE THE GANGS FOUND OUT
AN OUTSIDE FACTION
HAD LEARNED
THEIR DARKEST SECRETS,
YOU WERE A MARKED MAN.
YOU HAD TO DISAPPEAR.
THANKS TO YOU,
THE ILLUMINATI HAD THE GOODS
TO CUT THEMSELVES IN.
THEY'VE BEEN ORGANIZED CRIME'S
SILENT PARTNER EVER SINCE.
YOUNG MAN, HOW LONG
HAVE YOU BEEN PLAGUED
BY THESE FANCIFUL DELUSIONS?
NOT AS LONG AS YOU'VE
HAD THIS TATTOO.
FOR A MAN PUSHING 100,
YOU'RE AMAZINGLY
WELL-PRESERVED.
HOW ACCOMMODATING
OF THE SOCIETY
TO PROVIDE ITS SENIOR MEMBERS
WITH REJUVENATION DRUGS.
YOU SHOULD SEE THE DENTAL PLAN.
WE'VE BEEN AWARE OF YOU
FOR SOME TIME,
DETECTIVE BLUESTONE.
DESPITE ALL THE ROADBLOCKS
WE'VE THROWN IN YOUR PATH,
YOU'VE MANAGED TO PERSEVERE.
YEAH, HEH,
I'M FUNNY THAT WAY.
YOU ARE IMPRESSIVE THAT WAY.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
IF I TOLD YOU
THE SOCIETY MIGHT BE WILLING
TO OFFER YOU MEMBERSHIP?
PROVIDED YOU PASS
A LOYALTY TEST.
[SCOFFS] YOU WANT ME TO PROVE
MY GOOD FAITH?
HOW WILL YOU PROVE YOURS?
WITH A BIT OF INFORMATION,
COURTESY OF DAVID XANATOS,
ONE OF OUR LOWER-ECHELON
MEMBERS.
YOU GOT MY ATTENTION.
YOU OK?
OUR SHIFT'S ALMOST OVER
AND YOU HAVEN'T SAID
THREE WORDS ALL NIGHT.
LET... ME... DRIVE.
HEY, PAL, IT'S MY CAR.
I INSIST.
[BLUESTONE, VOICE-OVER]
ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT
WAS WHAT MACE HAD TOLD ME.
I WAS FEELING HURT,
BETRAYED, AND MOST OF ALL,
ANGRY.
MAKE SURE YOU BUCKLE UP.
[TIRES SQUEAL]
I SAW MACE MALONE TODAY.
THE OLD MAN HAD A LOT TO SAY--
NOT JUST ABOUT THE ILLUMINATI.
UH, THAT'S GREAT, MATT,
BUT EASY ON THE GAS, OK?
HE TOLD ME I KNEW SOMEONE
WHO COULD BLOW THE LID
OFF ANOTHER CONSPIRACY--
ONE A LOT CLOSER TO HOME.
MATT, SLOW DOWN! THIS IS NUTS.
THIS IS THE END, ELISA.
THE END OF ALL THE LIES
AND DECEPTION.
ONLY YOUR GARGOYLES
CAN SAVE US NOW!
[CAR ENGINE REVVING]
ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?
YOU ALMOST KILLED US BOTH.
I WON'T GIVE UP
TILL I GET THE TRUTH, ELISA,
THE TRUTH ABOUT YOU
AND THE GARGOYLES.
I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE!
OH, I KNOW ALL ABOUT YOU.
NOW SHOW YOURSELVES!
[CAR ENGINE SHUTS DOWN;
DOOR OPENS]
[CAR DOOR CLOSES]
I KNOW... I KNOW.
THIS IS WHERE YOU SHAKE
YOUR HEAD
AND TELL ME
I'M WASTING MY TIME, RIGHT?
THEY... THEY DON'T FOLLOW ME
EVERYWHERE I GO.
COME ON. THIS TIME I'LL DRIVE.
[TOWER BELL TOLLING]
THIS SOUNDS LIKE A STALL.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN
WE HAVE TO WAIT?
WE DIDN'T GET BACK IN TIME.
YOU CAN'T SEE THEM NOW.
MEET ME BACK HERE 10 MINUTES
BEFORE SUNSET.
YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.
I PROMISE.
[BLUESTONE]
THE REST OF THE DAY
WASN'T A TOTAL LOSS.
NOT BY A LONG SHOT.
I'VE BEEN PROMISED A MEETING
WITH THE GARGOYLES TONIGHT.
YOUR INFORMATION WAS ACCURATE.
SO MUCH FOR OUR GOOD FAITH.
NOW WE COME TO YOURS.
JUST TELL ME WHAT I HAVE TO DO.
BRING US A GARGOYLE.
-[BELL TOLLING]
-[BLUESTONE] A FEW HOURS LATER,
ELISA AND I RENDEZVOUSED
IN THE CLOCK TOWER.
SHE TOOK ME OUTSIDE,
BUT I STILL DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
STATUES?
YOU BROUGHT ME UP HERE
TO SHOW ME STATUES?
-GIVE THEM ROOM.
-[CRACKING]
TCH! GIVE THEM ROOM?
[ROARS]
HEADS UP, LADS.
WE'VE GOT A BIT MORE
COMPANY THAN USUAL.
SO...
YOU FINALLY DECIDED
IT WAS TIME.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.
SO THEY'VE TAKEN AN OATH
TO PROTECT THE CITY
AS THEY ONCE PROTECTED
THEIR CASTLE IN SCOTLAND
CENTURIES AGO.
EXCEPT THESE DAYS THE PEOPLE
WE WATCH OVER
HAVE NO CLUE THAT WE EXIST.
AYE. AND THAT'S FINE BY US.
ELISA'S DONE WELL
BY YOU, BLUESTONE.
YOU'VE PROVEN YOURSELF
TO BE A LOYAL PARTNER
AND A RIGHTEOUS POLICEMAN.
AND YOU'LL KEEP THEIR SECRET,
RIGHT?
OH, I'LL KEEP IT.
BUT I WANT A FAVOR IN RETURN.
TRUST IS NOT A COMMODITY
TO BE BARTERED FOR.
TIME YOU AND I TALKED, GOLIATH,
MAN-TO-GARGOYLE.
[BLUESTONE, VOICE-OVER]
GOLIATH WAS NOBODY'S FOOL,
BUT MACE MALONE
HAD MADE IT CLEAR--
IF I DIDN'T DELIVER
THE BIG GUY TO HOTEL CABAL,
I COULD KISS THE ILLUMINATI
GOODBYE.
[ELISA] DON'T YOU THINK
IT'S ABOUT TIME
YOU TOLD US WHAT'S UP?
MACE MALONE HAS AN OFFICE
HIDDEN IN A CONDEMNED HOTEL.
ALL THE STREET-LEVEL
ENTRANCES ARE SEALED OFF.
NOW, IF GOLIATH
CAN GET ME INSIDE,
I'LL BE ABLE TO FIND THE PROOF
I NEED TO EXPOSE
THE ILLUMINATI.
WE'LL BACK YOU UP, LAD.
JUST SAY THE WORD.
WE DON'T WANT TO LAY SIEGE
TO THE PLACE, HUDSON.
JUST SNEAK IN AND OUT.
THIS JOB IS FOR TWO.
MAKE THAT THREE.
NOT THIS TIME.
IF YOU TRUST ME, ELISA,
REALLY TRUST ME,
STAY OUT OF THIS.
ALL RIGHT. I'M OUT OF IT.
I CAN GET US PAST THE LOCK.
SO CAN I.
AFTER ME.
[BEEPS]
[BOTH GRUNTING]
[GOLIATH] BLUESTONE!
HELP!
[GROANS]
[MACE] NOW, THAT'S
WHAT I CALL AN ENTRANCE.
WHO'S THERE?
WHAT IS THIS? I WANT ANSWERS!
SO DO WE, GARGOYLE.
SO DO WE.
[POUNDING ON DOOR]
WHY DIDN'T YOU USE THE KEY
I GAVE YOU?
I LOST IT ON THE WAY DOWN.
WHY DIDN'T YOU WARN ME ABOUT
THAT BLASTED CHUTE?
ANY ADVANCE HESITATION
ON YOUR PART
MIGHT HAVE MADE
THE GARGOYLE SUSPICIOUS.
BUT YOU PLAYED YOUR PART WELL.
NOW THE FUN BEGINS.
WELCOME TO THE HOTEL CABAL!
[BLUESTONE] AND THAT BRINGS US
TO WHERE WE LEFT OFF.
[MACE]
IT'S GOING TO BE A BUMPY NIGHT!
I'M SURE YOU'VE NOTICED BY NOW,
THIS IS NO ORDINARY HOTEL.
THE CABAL IS DESIGNED
TO DECIMATE ONE'S GRIP
ON REALITY.
ONCE YOUR DEFENSES ARE DOWN,
WE STEP IN AND STRIP YOUR MIND
OF ITS MOST PRECIOUS MEMORIES
AND DARKEST SECRETS.
BY THE TIME
A GUEST LEAVES HERE,
HE'S LITTLE MORE
THAN A MINDLESS CRETIN.
FUNNY HOW THE LEAST LITTLE THING
SETS HIM OFF.
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.
OPEN WINDOW--
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
BUT TOO TEMPTING TO PASS UP.
ARRGH!
[MACE] I'LL BET THAT SMARTS.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY--
NO PAIN, NO GAIN.
BRAVO, GOLIATH.
YOU'VE EARNED YOUR FREEDOM.
TROUBLE IS...
NOTHING'S WHAT IT SEEMS
AT THE HOTEL CABAL.
THE STRENGTH I WAS EXPECTING,
BUT NOT THE BOUNDLESS
FORTITUDE,
THE INDOMITABLE SPIRIT.
THIS IS A TRUE WARRIOR!
MMM, BREAKING HIM MAY TAKE
A BIT LONGER THAN USUAL.
UH, SPEAKING OF WHICH...
SUPPOSE I'D GONE
DOWN THE WRONG CHUTE.
WITH NO KEY? BAD NEWS, MY BOY.
A WARM BODY IS ALL IT TAKES
TO ACTIVATE
THE AUTOMATED MECHANISMS
IN ANY ONE OF THESE ROOMS.
WITHOUT ONE OF THESE
TO DEACTIVATE THE ROOMS,
ANYONE CAUGHT IN THERE
WOULD BE BOUNCING OFF
THE WALLS FOREVER.
MACE! CHECK OUT THE SCREEN!
WHERE'S GOLIATH?
NOT TO WORRY.
NOT HE MUST BE IN ONE
OF THE ADJOINING ROOMS.
-THIS-- THIS MAKES NO SENSE.
-[ALARM SOUNDS]
-NOW WHAT?
-IT'S THE SECURITY ALARM.
IMPOSSIBLE.
NO ONE COULD NAVIGATE
HIS WAY AROUND THE ROOMS
LIKE THAT, UNLESS...
THE KEY YOU DROPPED!
SOMEHOW THE GARGOYLE
MUST HAVE FOUND IT!
IT'S ALLOWING HIM
TO PASS UNHARMED
FROM ROOM TO ROOM.
AT THIS RATE,
HE'LL BE OUT IN MINUTES.
OH, MAN! THERE MUST BE
SOME WAY TO STOP HIM.
THINGS ARE OUT OF CONTROL NOW.
I'M RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS.
[STAMMERS] WAIT, MACE.
YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS.
I MEAN...
WHAT WOULD THE ILLUMINATI SAY?
IF I WASTED THE GARGOYLE?
IT'LL BE A BLACK MARK.
NO QUESTION OF THAT.
I'LL BE SEVERELY REPRIMANDED,
BUT IF I ALLOW GOLIATH
TO BECOME THE FIRST PRISONER
WHO EVER ESCAPED
THE HOTEL CABAL,
THE FLUSHING SOUND YOU HEAR
WILL BE ME
AND MY 75-YEAR PENSION
GOING DOWN THE DRAIN.
NOTICE THE ONE-WAY MIRROR.
[THUD]
I CAN'T MISS.
IT'S CHECK-OUT TIME, GARGOYLE.
I DON'T THINK SO, MACE!
[GROANING]
BLUESTONE!
[GOLIATH GRUNTS]
WHOA.
GOIN' UP?
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I AM.
HOLD ON!
YOU PLAYED ME FOR A FOOL,
BLUESTONE!
YOU AND THE GARGOYLE
WERE IN THIS TOGETHER!
WHAT CAN I SAY, MACE?
WHEN YOU'RE RIGHT,
YOU'RE RIGHT.
I'LL SEE THAT YOU GET YOURS,
BLUESTONE.
NOBODY DOUBLE-CROSSES
MACE MALONE!
NOBODY!
POOR MACE.
WONDER HOW LONG
IT'LL TAKE HIM TO REALIZE
HE DROPPED HIS KEY
DOWN THE SHAFT.
[BLUESTONE, VOICE-OVER]
OK, I ADMIT IT.
TO SAVE GOLIATH'S LIFE,
I HAD TO FORFEIT MY CHANCE
TO GET IN GOOD
WITH THE ILLUMINATI,
BUST THEIR ORGANIZATION
WIDE OPEN.
I BELIEVE THIS IS YOURS,
MY FRIEND.
THANK YOU FOR LENDING IT
TO ME.
[BLUESTONE, VOICE-OVER]
BUT I STILL CAME OUT AHEAD,
WHICH IS MORE THAN MACE
CAN SAY.
I'M CLOSE, SO CLOSE.
ONE MORE DOOR.
YES! JUST ONE MORE DOOR.
JUST ONE MORE DOOR,
AND I'M HOME FREE!
[GROWLING]
WOW.
JUST... TELL ME WHY,
WHY DID YOU KEEP ME IN THE DARK
FOR SO LONG?
[ELISA] IT'S NOT THAT
I DIDN'T TRUST YOU.
I GUESS I JUST DIDN'T
WANT TO SHARE THEM.
AS LONG AS I WAS THE ONLY HUMAN
THEY CONFIDED IN,
IT MADE ME FEEL... SPECIAL.
I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.
THAT MIGHT BE WHY I CHASED
THE ILLUMINATI FOR SO LONG.
PEOPLE MAY HAVE THOUGHT
I WAS A NUTCASE,
BUT AT LEAST I STOOD OUT.
[CAPTAIN] SO YOU TWO FINALLY
FOUND EACH OTHER?
YEAH, I GUESS
YOU COULD SAY THAT.
SEE YOU TONIGHT, CAPTAIN.
HAVE A NICE DAY.
[FOOTSTEPS RECEDING]
[BLUESTONE]
HACKER!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING
IN THIS NECK OF THE WOODS?
OH, PASSING THROUGH.
OH, MAN, YOU--YOU LOOK LIKE
YOU BEEN THROUGH THE RINGER.
[LAUGHS]
YOU DON'T KNOW THE HALF OF IT.
HEH, I MAY KNOW MORE THAN
YOU THINK, PARTNER.
A LOT MORE.
[BLUESTONE] AN ILLUMINATI PIN?
YOU? YOU'VE BEEN ONE OF THEM
ALL ALONG?
I OUGHTA KNOCK YOU FLAT
ON YOUR BACK!
WELL, I WOULDN'T BLAME YOU,
MATTHEW.
TRUTH IS, YOU ALREADY
FLOORED ME ONCE.
YOU SEE, YOU WERE NEVER
SUPPOSED TO GET TO MACE.
THAT'S WHY THEY PARTNERED US,
ALL THOSE YEARS AGO.
SO I'D MAKE SURE YOU STUCK
TO WILD GOOSE CHASES.
MMM.
YOU SEE, I FIGURED
MALONE'S STEPSON
WAS JUST ANOTHER DEAD END.
AFTER ALL, THE GUY HADN'T
SEEN MACE SINCE, WHAT, 1924.
BUT THEN, HEH, YOU HAD
TO MUCK EVERYTHING UP
WITH THAT PHOTOGRAPH
AND THE FLORA DREIDEL
CONNECTION.
I MEAN, WHO KNEW?
I'M NOT LAUGHING, HACKER.
NEITHER ARE WE, MATTHEW.
LIKE MACE SAID,
YOU IMPRESSED US.
THE PIN MAKES IT OFFICIAL.
YOU PASSED THE TEST.
YOU'RE ILLUMINATI NOW.
BUT-- WH-- GOLIATH GOT AWAY.
YOUR JOB WAS TO GET HIM THERE.
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT
IF OLD MACE COULDN'T HOLD HIM.
SEE YOU AGAIN SOON, MATTHEW.
YES, YOU WILL.
AND THAT'S A PROMISE.
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]