Gargoyles (1994–1996): Season 2, Episode 17 - Upgrade - full transcript
While Goliath considers a new second in command, Xanatos and Fox manipulate the Clan and the Pack as pawns of a friendly game of wits.
[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.
[BROOKLYN]
PREVIOUSLY ONGARGOYLES...
[XANATOS] THE GARGOYLES HAVE
OUTLIVED THEIR USEFULNESS.
I CAN’T COUNT
ON THEIR LOYALTY. ATTACK.
HM. MY STEEL CLAN ISN’T
PERFORMING AS WELL AS I’D HOPED.
I THINK IT’S TIME FOR AN UPDATE
ON OUR PROJECT, SEVARIUS.
[SEVARIUS] YOU ASKED ME
TO GENETICALLY DESIGN
A LIVING CREATURE
BASED ON A GARGOYLE.
I CONSIDERED CLONING
A LIVING SPECIMEN,
BUT NONE WAS AVAILABLE.
-OR HAS THAT CHANGED?
-NO. IT HAS NOT.
[ELISA] A THOUSAND YEARS
AGO THIS CASTLE WAS YOURS
TO PROTECT,
BUT IT BELONGS
TO XANATOS NOW.
BEFORE HE’S RELEASED FROM PRISON
YOU NEED TO FIND A NEW HOME.
THIS ONE IS LOST TO YOU.
[GOLIATH]
NOT WITHOUT A FIGHT.
A STEEL CLAN ROBOT!
[GOLIATH] GET BACK!
I THOUGHT YOU DESTROYED
THEM ALL.
APPARENTLY I MISSED ONE.
[GROANING]
YOU SEE, ELISA, XANATOS WILL
NEVER DRIVE US FROM OUR HOME.
-YOU’VE BEEN WOUNDED.
-IT’S NOTHING.
YOU’VE GOT
SOME EXPLAINING TO DO.
MY SINCERE APOLOGIES.
THERE WAS A FREAK OVERLOAD
IN ITS POWER MATRIX.
BEFORE WE COULD TAKE THE UNIT
OFFLINE, IT BROKE FREE.
-THIS SHOULD BE ATTENDED TO.
-[GROWLS]
HE’S RIGHT, GOLIATH. NO SENSE
TAKING UNNECESSARY CHANCES.
SORRY, BOYS.
I OWE YOU, BIG TIME.
IT’S OK. IF SOME VOICE OVER
THE PHONE TOLD ME
THE POWER PLANT
WAS GONNA MELT DOWN,
I WOULDN’T HAVE TAKEN
ANY CHANCES EITHER.
THANKS, GUYS.
YOU’RE REAL TROOPERS.
ARGH!
LEX! YOU TWO ALL RIGHT?
SOMETHING HIT US!
IT’S GOT ME! ARGH!
LEX, WHAT’S GOING ON
UP THERE?
LEX!
WHOA. THAT WAS CLOSE.
YOU OK, ELISA?
WHAT HAPPENED?
I’M NOT SURE.
SOMETHING FORCED ME OFF THE--
GOLIATH?
[SINISTER LAUGHTER]
50,000 DOWN, AS AGREED.
YOU’LL RECEIVE THE BALANCE
UPON COMPLETION.
I DO HOPE YOU
AND YOUR GROUP CAN DELIVER.
DON’T SWEAT IT, DR. SEVARIUS.
FOR THE RIGHT PRICE,
WE COULD LIFT THE VENUS DE MILO
OUT OF THE LOUVRE.
BUT IT WOULD BE
EASIER AT NIGHT.
NO, IT WOULDN’T.
TRUST ME ON THAT.
AND WHEN THE THUNDER PASSED,
GOLIATH WAS GONE.
YOU SHOULD’VE
HEARD HIS LAUGH.
MAKE MY HAIR STAND ON END.
IF I HAD ANY.
HM. THAT DOESN’T SOUND
LIKE THE GOLIATH I KNOW.
-TELL ME ABOUT IT.
-NO. LET’S HAVE GOLIATH TELL
US ABOUT IT. WHERE IS HE?
HE AND BROOKLYN
ARE OUT ON PATROL.
AT LEAST, THAT’S
WHERE HE SAID THEY’D BE.
WITH DAWN FAST APPROACHING,
THEY PROBABLY FOUND A LEDGE
TO SPEND THE DAY ON.
SOMEWHERE GOLIATH
WOULD FEEL SAFE.
[CRACKING]
[XANATOS] IT’S NICE TO HAVE HIM
HERE GUARDING THE CASTLE.
-YES, IT IS.
-COME.
WE’VE GOT A FULL DAY’S WORK
AHEAD OF US.
THE EMIR IS HAVING TROUBLE
MEETING YOUR DEADLINE.
-QUIET, OWEN.
-[HELICOPTER]
YOU HEAR THAT?
HOLD YOUR FIRE! THE GARGOYLE
MUST NOT BE DAMAGED.
IS THIS A PLAN
YOU’VE NEGLECTED TO MENTION?
NO. MAYBE DEMONA’S BEHIND IT.
MACBETH, PERHAPS,
OR RENARD.
I’VE NEVER LACKED
FORMIDABLE ENEMIES.
BUT BE ASSURED, WHOEVER IT WAS
IS GOING TO PAY MOST DEARLY.
[MAN] WE’VE GOT
THE MERCHANDISE, DOCTOR.
XANATOS SAW US BUT HE HELD HIS
FIRE, AS YOU SAID HE WOULD.
SPLENDID. YOU’LL GET
THE REST OF WHAT’S
COMING TO YOU TONIGHT.
MEET ME AT
THE RENDEZVOUS POINT,
BUT NOT UNTIL AFTER DARK.
SEVARIUS OUT.
SOMETHING ABOUT HIM
GIVES ME THE CREEPS.
I DON’T KNOW
WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT.
SURELY YOU KNOW I AM NOT IN THE
HABIT OF PLAYING CHILDISH PRANKS
OR LAUGHING MANIACALLY
IN THE DARK.
DO YOU EVEN KNOW
HOW TO LAUGH MANIACALLY?
BUT, GOLIATH, WE HEARD YOU.
WE SAW YOU!
NO, YOU COULDN’T HAVE.
GOLIATH WAS WITH ME ALL NIGHT
AND WE NEVER LEFT MIDTOWN.
I DON’T GET IT.
IF GOLIATH WAS IN MIDTOWN, WHO
WAS MESSING WITH US LAST NIGHT?
WHAT’S WITH
THE TRANQUILIZER GUN?
I’VE NEVER SEEN A STATUE THAT
NEEDED TO BE PUT TO SLEEP.
YOU HAVE NOW.
[ROARS]
[GOLIATH]
HMM. HERE?
RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS WHERE
THE GARGOYLE STOOD
WHEN THE LIGHTNING
BOLT STRUCK.
-WHAT’S THIS?
-LOOKS LIKE THE KIND OF
TRACKING DEVICE GEN-U-TECH USES.
GEN-U-TECH...
GENETIC ENGINEERING.
THE CREATURE WE SAW LAST NIGHT
MIGHT’VE BEEN ONE OF THEIRS.
LEXINGTON, YOU AND BROADWAY
PAY THEM A VISIT.
SEE WHAT YOU CAN FIND OUT.
WE’RE ON THE CASE.
IF GEN-U-TECH’S INVOLVED,
THEN SEVARIUS IS TOO.
I DON’T NEED TO REMIND YOU
WHO HE WORKS FOR.
LET’S SEE IF WE CAN FIND
THIS CREATURE.
[PHONE RINGS]
I BELIEVE THIS IS THE CALL
YOU’VE BEEN EXPECTING, SIR.
DAVID XANATOS HERE.
[DISTORTED VOICE]
AT 2 A.M., COME ALONE
TO THE OFFSHORE OIL RIG
AT BLACKROCK POINT
WITH THE SUM OF $20 MILLION
IN CASH.
FAILURE TO PAY WILL RESULT
IN THE IMMEDIATE EXTERMINATION
OF YOUR PRIZE SPECIMEN.
[XANATOS] A PITY THE VOICE
DIDN’T STAY ON THE LINE
FOR THREE MORE SECONDS.
ALTHOUGH THERE WASN’T ENOUGH
TIME TO TRACE THE CALL,
I’VE UNCOVERED A CERTAIN
LARGE CONSORTIUM
WHICH SECRETLY HOLDS THE LEASE
ON THE BLACKROCK POINT OIL RIG.
-CYBERBIOTICS?
-XANATOS ENTERPRISES.
I WISH I COULD SAY
I’M SURPRISED.
-SEVARIUS?
-IT HAS TO BE.
ASIDE FROM US, THE GOOD DOCTOR
WAS THE ONLY OTHER PERSON
WITH INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE
OF THE THAILOG PROJECT.
I HATE TO LOSE A RESOURCE
AS FERTILE AS ANTON’S MIND,
BUT I CAN’T TOLERATE
THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR.
AN EXAMPLE MUST BE MADE.
THE DATA BANK’S TOO BIG.
I HAVE TO NARROW
DOWN THE SEARCH.
-HOW ARE YOU GONNA DO THAT?
-BY GUESSING.
WHATEVER WE SAW LAST NIGHT,
IT LOOKED AND SOUNDED
JUST LIKE GOLIATH, RIGHT?
[HESITATING] RIGHT.
SO, WHAT ARE YOU TYPING?
-C-L-O-N-E.
-CL-CLONE?
"CLONE" IT IS. WE’RE IN.
[SEVARIUS] THE SKIRMISH AT
THE CASTLE WAS EXECUTED
FLAWLESSLY.
OWEN REPORTS
GOLIATH NEVER SUSPECTED
THE "ROGUE ROBOT"
WHICH CAUSED HIS INJURY
WAS ACTIVATED
FOR ONE PURPOSE,
THE EXTRACTION
OF LIVING CELL SAMPLES,
ENOUGH TO FACILITATE
A SUCCESSFUL CLONING PROCEDURE.
ALL DATA INDICATES MY
ACCELERATED GROWTH PROCESS
IS OVERRIDING THE
NORMALLY SLOW AGING RATE.
THE ONLY SIDE EFFECT
SEEMS TO BE AN ODD SKIN
AND HAIR PIGMENTATION.
NEW DATA INDICATES THE
CLONE HAS REACHED FULL
GARGOYLE ADOLESCENCE
IN A MERE 19 WEEKS.
THE ARTIFICIAL
MATURATION RATE
HAS BEEN AUGMENTED BY
AN ONGOING SUBLIMINAL
EDUCATION PROGRAM,
PERSONALLY DESIGNED
BY MR. XANATOS
TO TEACH HIS OWN
UNIQUE SLANT ON THINGS.
NOW THAT SUBJECT
IS FULLY GROWN,
IT’S TIME FOR IT
TO LEAVE THE NEST
AND TAKE ITS RIGHTFUL PLACE
IN THE WORLD.
-THIS IS BAD NEWS, ISN’T IT?
-YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN.
[BROADWAY]
THIS IS BAD NEWS.
I DIDN’T FIND ANYTHING ELSE
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
WHAT ABOUT THAT?
THE OIL RIG?
LOOKS ABANDONED.
[GOLIATH] WELL, SOMEONE SEEMS TO
HAVE FOUND A NEW USE FOR IT.
THERE YOU ARE.
AND AS PROMPT AS EVER, TOO.
AH, YES. THE BLOOD MONEY.
YOU ARE PLAYING THIS
TO THE HILT.
MIND IF I HAVE A PEEK?
-YOU’RE THE KIDNAPPER.
-I GUESS I AM, AT THAT.
GLORIOUS.
I... I DIDN’T EVEN
KNOW THEY MADE BILLS
IN $10,000 DENOMINATIONS.
YOU KNOW, ANTON, I’M NOT BY
NATURE A VENGEFUL MAN.
[CRIES OUT]
BUT YOUR BEHAVIOR HAS
FORCED ME TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION.
WHAT WOULD PUT XANATOS
AND SEVARIUS AT EACH
OTHER’S THROATS?
LET’S NOT INTERRUPT THEM
JUST YET.
I WANT TO LOOK INSIDE.
I-I DON’T UNDERSTAND, SIR.
WHAT DID I DO WRONG?
KIDNAPPING, EXTORTION,
BETRAYAL, WHERE WOULD
YOU LIKE ME TO START?
[WHISPERING] OH, I GET IT.
WE’RE BEING WATCHED,
IS THAT IT? VERY WELL.
[DRAMATICALLY]
YES! I BETRAYED YOU!
YOU ROBBED ME OF MY
GREATEST CREATION,
MY ULTIMATE ACHIEVEMENT.
I ONLY TOOK BACK
WHAT WAS MINE.
[WHISPERS]
THERE. HOW WAS THAT?
[DISTANT ROARING]
-YOU HEAR THAT?
-THE OIL TANK.
[GOLIATH’S VOICE]
GOLIATH.
IT’S YOU AT LAST.
I AM THAILOG.
-WHOA.
-WHAT KIND OF
ABOMINATION ARE YOU?
[GROWLS]
THE SAME KIND AS YOU.
IT WAS YOUR BLOOD
THAT SPAWNED ME.
-MY BLOOD?
-OH, MY GOSH. HE’S A CLONE.
THEY GREW HIM FROM
A PIECE OF YOU, LIKE
A CUTTING FROM A PLANT.
A PIECE OF ME?
THIS THING ISME!
FIRST XANATOS STEALS MY HOME,
-AND NOW HE PIECES
OUT MY SOUL!
- [GROWL]
YOU’VE GOT EVERY RIGHT
TO BE ANGRY, BUT NO RIGHT
TO TAKE IT OUT ON THAILOG.
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE
HOW HE CAME INTO BEING?
NOW HE’S AS MUCH A GARGOYLE
AS YOU ARE.
IN A WAY,
HE’S ALMOST YOUR SON.
-HOW CAN YOU REJECT HIM?
-[SIGHS] YOU’RE RIGHT,
OF COURSE.
IF THERE’S ANYONE TO BLAME HERE
IT’S XANATOS NOT THAILOG.
-I’M GOING TO SET HIM FREE.
-[ROARS]
THAT WON’T BE NECESSARY.
THE SHACKLES WEREN’T LOCKED.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? STOP!
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD,
I’M MORE OF A GARGOYLE
THAN HE’LL EVER BE.
[LAUGHS]
[XANATOS] DOCTOR, WHAT MAKES YOU
THINK THIS IS ALL JUST AN ACT?
UH... YOU, MR. XANATOS,
AND YOUR INSTRUCTIONS.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
THE ORDERS CAME FROM YOUR
OFFICE BY ELECTRONIC MAIL.
PREPPING THIS RIG, HIRING THE
MERCENARIES, THE RANSOM CALL.
YOU PLANNED EVERY DETAIL.
I JUST ASSUMED THE SUBTERFUGE
WAS PART OF A MACHIAVELLIAN
SCHEME AGAINST ONE OF YOUR
ENEMIES.
YOU ASSUMED INCORRECTLY.
BUT IF YOU WEREN’T
CALLING THE SHOTS, WHO WAS?
-OWEN? FOX?
-DON’T BE RIDICULOUS.
WHO ELSE HAD ACCESS
TO THE CASTLE?
WELL, WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
THE KID TURNED OUT
TO BE A REAL CHIP
OFF THE OLD BLOCK.
[THAILOG]
INDEED HE DID.
ARGH!
ALL THE OLD BLOCKS.
I’M IMPRESSED, THAILOG.
YOU PLAYED SEVARIUS LIKE A HARP.
BUT IF MONEY WAS THE BOTTOM
LINE, WHY NOT JUST ASK?
WE COULD’VE COME
TO AN ARRANGEMENT.
MAYBE ON YOUR TERMS,
NOT MINE.
DID YOU REALLY EXPECT ME TO
SPEND MY LIFE BEING YOUR STOOGE
AND THE DOCTOR’S
PRIVATE GUINEA PIG?
YOU TWO DIDN’T GO
TO ALL THIS TROUBLE
JUST TO RAISE A FOOL.
TYPICAL. YOU DO AND DO AND DO
FOR THEM AND WHAT HAPPENS?
THEY TWIST THE KNIFE IN YOU.
[GASPS]
DON’T TEMPT ME.
TIME TO GO.
I’VE GOT PLANS OF MY OWN.
AND $20 MILLION
TO SEE THEM THROUGH.
SO, HOW ARE YOU
GONNA SPEND IT?
STROLL INTO A BANK
AND OPEN A CHECKING ACCOUNT?
I’LL FIND A WAY TO MAKE
IT WORK FOR ME. I SET
ALL THIS UP, DIDN’T I?
[GOLIATH] THAILOG,
DON’T GO DOWN THAT PATH.
MONEY IS A NECESSARY EVIL IN
XANATOS’ WORLD, BUT NOT IN OURS.
JOIN US. JOIN YOUR CLAN.
AND WASTE MY LIFE PLAYING
GUARDIAN ANGEL NIGHT AFTER NIGHT
TO A DECREPIT CITY
INFESTED WITH INFERIOR HUMANS?
WHERE IS THE PROFIT IN THAT?
LIFE FOR A GARGOYLE
ISN’T ABOUT PROFIT.
IT’S ABOUT PROTECTING
THOSE YOU CARE FOR.
I CONSIDERED
CARING ABOUT YOU.
IT TOOK SOME EFFORT,
BUT I ARRANGED FOR YOU
TO JOIN THIS PARTY
BECAUSE I’D PLANNED
TO SHARE THE MONEY WITH YOU.
BUT OUR LITTLE... FAMILY REUNION
DISAPPOINTED ME, FATHER,
SO I’VE DECIDED
TO HATE YOU, TOO.
IT’S A SHAME
ABOUT YOU, MY DEAR.
I’M AFRAID YOU WERE
JUST IN THE WRONG PLACE
AT THE WRONG TIME.
IT GOES WITH THE JOB.
A "SHAME" ABOUT HER?
WHAT’S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
-HE MEANS FOR US TO DIE, DOCTOR.
-DIE?
THIS RIG IS NOT AS EMPTY
AS IT LOOKS.
MY FIRST VISIT OUT HERE
I FOUND 200 GALLONS
OF STORED OIL TOPSIDE.
A FACT THAT DOESN’T BODE WELL
FOR THE FOUR OF YOU.
ON MY WAY OUT,
I’M GOING TO OPEN THOSE TANKS,
FLOOD THE PLATFORM
WITH OIL.
THE FLARE GUN
WILL BE MY PARTING SHOT.
I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE
ALL THREE OF MY PROUD FATHERS
GO OUT IN
A FIERY BLAZE OF GLORY.
[LAUGHS]
[GRUNTS]
I LOVE A WOMAN
WITH DELICATE WRISTS.
YOU WORK WITH HANDCUFFS
AS MUCH AS I DO, YOU PICK
UP A FEW TRICKS.
HOW DOES THAT HELP US?
SHE CAN’T BREAK OUR CHAINS.
-[XANATOS] GOLIATH CAN.
-NO, HE CAN’T.
I CREATED THE GAS
THAILOG USED ON GOLIATH.
IT WAS DESIGNED TO LEAVE HIM
WEAK AND HELPLESS FOR HOURS.
ELISA, HE’S RIGHT. YOU MUST
FLEE WHILE YOU HAVE THE CHANCE.
AND LEAVE YOU TO DIE
WITH THESE TWO? PLEASE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE MAGNETIC
DISK THAILOG HIT ME WITH
SHORTED OUT MY ARMOR.
THAT LEAVES ME POWERLESS TOO.
THAT’S IT! THE DISK!
THE DISK MAY BE
OUR SALVATION,
IF IT STILL CARRIES A CHARGE.
THEN IT MIGHT
ADRENALIZE GOLIATH ENOUGH
TO OFFSET THE GAS
AND RESTORE HIS STRENGTH.
DETECTIVE?
IF YOU’D DO THE HONORS.
-I DON’T LIKE THIS AT ALL.
-ELISA...
DO WE HAVE A CHOICE?
[DISTANT ROARING]
NOW I KNOW WHERE I GOT THE
TEMPER. [CHUCKLES]
[ROARS]
THAILOG WASN’T KIDDING.
ONE SPARK AND THE WHOLE RIG
GOES UP LIKE A ROMAN CANDLE.
THE LAUNCH IS THIS WAY.
GO WITH THEM, ELISA.
I HAVE TO FACE THAILOG ALONE.
-NO, GOLIATH.
-PLEASE, ELISA.
HE IS OF MY BLOOD.
HE IS MY SON.
IT’S NOT TOO LATE, THAILOG.
WE CAN WIPE THE SLATE CLEAN.
START OVER.
OVER MY DEAD BODY!
OR BETTER YET... YOURS.
[EXPLOSION]
OH, NO.
THAILOG! COME WITH ME.
THE WATER IS OUR ONLY CHANCE.
-NOT WITHOUT MY MONEY!
-THERE’S NO TIME!
[EXPLOSION, METAL CREAKING]
GOLIATH...
WHAT CAN I SAY, DETECTIVE?
SAVE IT!
WELL, I SHOULD’VE KNOWN NO COPY
COULD LIVE UP TO THE ORIGINAL.
THAT COPY
WAS A LIVING BEING.
-AND WE ALL FAILED HIM.
-WE HAVE COMPANY.
-WHAT DID WE MISS?
-LET’S JUST SAY IT’S
BEEN A LONG NIGHT.
-WE HAD A BUSY NIGHT TOO.
-WE LEARNED A WHOLE LOT
ABOUT THAILOG.
SO DID WE, GUYS.
SO DID WE.
[OWEN] IT’S UNFORTUNATE
YOU COULDN’T PREVENT
ALL THAT RANSOM MONEY
FROM BURNING UP, SIR.
THAT 20 MILLION
WOULD JUST ABOUT COVER
THE INSTALLATION
OF A MORE SECURE
COMPUTER SYSTEM
FOR THE CORPORATION.
WHAT MAKES YOU SO SURE THE
20 MILLION WENT UP IN SMOKE?
[OWEN]
SIR?
IT DIDN’T OCCUR TO ME
TILL JUST NOW,
BUT IF I HAD BEEN IN
THAILOG’S SHOES,
I WOULD’VE HAD A CONTINGENCY
PLAN FOR ESCAPING THAT OIL RIG.
I WOULD’VE KNOWN THAT FAKING MY
OWN DEATH WAS THE OPTIMUM MEANS
OF ESCAPING SCOT-FREE
WITH ALL THOSE MILLIONS.
YOU MEAN THAT CREATURE
IS STILL OUT THERE?
IT HAS THE MONEY,
IT’S AS POWERFUL AS GOLIATH,
AND IT’S SMARTER THAN YOU?
OWEN?
I THINK I’VE CREATED A MONSTER.
[THAILOG LAUGHS]
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.
[BROOKLYN]
PREVIOUSLY ONGARGOYLES...
[XANATOS] THE GARGOYLES HAVE
OUTLIVED THEIR USEFULNESS.
I CAN’T COUNT
ON THEIR LOYALTY. ATTACK.
HM. MY STEEL CLAN ISN’T
PERFORMING AS WELL AS I’D HOPED.
I THINK IT’S TIME FOR AN UPDATE
ON OUR PROJECT, SEVARIUS.
[SEVARIUS] YOU ASKED ME
TO GENETICALLY DESIGN
A LIVING CREATURE
BASED ON A GARGOYLE.
I CONSIDERED CLONING
A LIVING SPECIMEN,
BUT NONE WAS AVAILABLE.
-OR HAS THAT CHANGED?
-NO. IT HAS NOT.
[ELISA] A THOUSAND YEARS
AGO THIS CASTLE WAS YOURS
TO PROTECT,
BUT IT BELONGS
TO XANATOS NOW.
BEFORE HE’S RELEASED FROM PRISON
YOU NEED TO FIND A NEW HOME.
THIS ONE IS LOST TO YOU.
[GOLIATH]
NOT WITHOUT A FIGHT.
A STEEL CLAN ROBOT!
[GOLIATH] GET BACK!
I THOUGHT YOU DESTROYED
THEM ALL.
APPARENTLY I MISSED ONE.
[GROANING]
YOU SEE, ELISA, XANATOS WILL
NEVER DRIVE US FROM OUR HOME.
-YOU’VE BEEN WOUNDED.
-IT’S NOTHING.
YOU’VE GOT
SOME EXPLAINING TO DO.
MY SINCERE APOLOGIES.
THERE WAS A FREAK OVERLOAD
IN ITS POWER MATRIX.
BEFORE WE COULD TAKE THE UNIT
OFFLINE, IT BROKE FREE.
-THIS SHOULD BE ATTENDED TO.
-[GROWLS]
HE’S RIGHT, GOLIATH. NO SENSE
TAKING UNNECESSARY CHANCES.
SORRY, BOYS.
I OWE YOU, BIG TIME.
IT’S OK. IF SOME VOICE OVER
THE PHONE TOLD ME
THE POWER PLANT
WAS GONNA MELT DOWN,
I WOULDN’T HAVE TAKEN
ANY CHANCES EITHER.
THANKS, GUYS.
YOU’RE REAL TROOPERS.
ARGH!
LEX! YOU TWO ALL RIGHT?
SOMETHING HIT US!
IT’S GOT ME! ARGH!
LEX, WHAT’S GOING ON
UP THERE?
LEX!
WHOA. THAT WAS CLOSE.
YOU OK, ELISA?
WHAT HAPPENED?
I’M NOT SURE.
SOMETHING FORCED ME OFF THE--
GOLIATH?
[SINISTER LAUGHTER]
50,000 DOWN, AS AGREED.
YOU’LL RECEIVE THE BALANCE
UPON COMPLETION.
I DO HOPE YOU
AND YOUR GROUP CAN DELIVER.
DON’T SWEAT IT, DR. SEVARIUS.
FOR THE RIGHT PRICE,
WE COULD LIFT THE VENUS DE MILO
OUT OF THE LOUVRE.
BUT IT WOULD BE
EASIER AT NIGHT.
NO, IT WOULDN’T.
TRUST ME ON THAT.
AND WHEN THE THUNDER PASSED,
GOLIATH WAS GONE.
YOU SHOULD’VE
HEARD HIS LAUGH.
MAKE MY HAIR STAND ON END.
IF I HAD ANY.
HM. THAT DOESN’T SOUND
LIKE THE GOLIATH I KNOW.
-TELL ME ABOUT IT.
-NO. LET’S HAVE GOLIATH TELL
US ABOUT IT. WHERE IS HE?
HE AND BROOKLYN
ARE OUT ON PATROL.
AT LEAST, THAT’S
WHERE HE SAID THEY’D BE.
WITH DAWN FAST APPROACHING,
THEY PROBABLY FOUND A LEDGE
TO SPEND THE DAY ON.
SOMEWHERE GOLIATH
WOULD FEEL SAFE.
[CRACKING]
[XANATOS] IT’S NICE TO HAVE HIM
HERE GUARDING THE CASTLE.
-YES, IT IS.
-COME.
WE’VE GOT A FULL DAY’S WORK
AHEAD OF US.
THE EMIR IS HAVING TROUBLE
MEETING YOUR DEADLINE.
-QUIET, OWEN.
-[HELICOPTER]
YOU HEAR THAT?
HOLD YOUR FIRE! THE GARGOYLE
MUST NOT BE DAMAGED.
IS THIS A PLAN
YOU’VE NEGLECTED TO MENTION?
NO. MAYBE DEMONA’S BEHIND IT.
MACBETH, PERHAPS,
OR RENARD.
I’VE NEVER LACKED
FORMIDABLE ENEMIES.
BUT BE ASSURED, WHOEVER IT WAS
IS GOING TO PAY MOST DEARLY.
[MAN] WE’VE GOT
THE MERCHANDISE, DOCTOR.
XANATOS SAW US BUT HE HELD HIS
FIRE, AS YOU SAID HE WOULD.
SPLENDID. YOU’LL GET
THE REST OF WHAT’S
COMING TO YOU TONIGHT.
MEET ME AT
THE RENDEZVOUS POINT,
BUT NOT UNTIL AFTER DARK.
SEVARIUS OUT.
SOMETHING ABOUT HIM
GIVES ME THE CREEPS.
I DON’T KNOW
WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT.
SURELY YOU KNOW I AM NOT IN THE
HABIT OF PLAYING CHILDISH PRANKS
OR LAUGHING MANIACALLY
IN THE DARK.
DO YOU EVEN KNOW
HOW TO LAUGH MANIACALLY?
BUT, GOLIATH, WE HEARD YOU.
WE SAW YOU!
NO, YOU COULDN’T HAVE.
GOLIATH WAS WITH ME ALL NIGHT
AND WE NEVER LEFT MIDTOWN.
I DON’T GET IT.
IF GOLIATH WAS IN MIDTOWN, WHO
WAS MESSING WITH US LAST NIGHT?
WHAT’S WITH
THE TRANQUILIZER GUN?
I’VE NEVER SEEN A STATUE THAT
NEEDED TO BE PUT TO SLEEP.
YOU HAVE NOW.
[ROARS]
[GOLIATH]
HMM. HERE?
RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS WHERE
THE GARGOYLE STOOD
WHEN THE LIGHTNING
BOLT STRUCK.
-WHAT’S THIS?
-LOOKS LIKE THE KIND OF
TRACKING DEVICE GEN-U-TECH USES.
GEN-U-TECH...
GENETIC ENGINEERING.
THE CREATURE WE SAW LAST NIGHT
MIGHT’VE BEEN ONE OF THEIRS.
LEXINGTON, YOU AND BROADWAY
PAY THEM A VISIT.
SEE WHAT YOU CAN FIND OUT.
WE’RE ON THE CASE.
IF GEN-U-TECH’S INVOLVED,
THEN SEVARIUS IS TOO.
I DON’T NEED TO REMIND YOU
WHO HE WORKS FOR.
LET’S SEE IF WE CAN FIND
THIS CREATURE.
[PHONE RINGS]
I BELIEVE THIS IS THE CALL
YOU’VE BEEN EXPECTING, SIR.
DAVID XANATOS HERE.
[DISTORTED VOICE]
AT 2 A.M., COME ALONE
TO THE OFFSHORE OIL RIG
AT BLACKROCK POINT
WITH THE SUM OF $20 MILLION
IN CASH.
FAILURE TO PAY WILL RESULT
IN THE IMMEDIATE EXTERMINATION
OF YOUR PRIZE SPECIMEN.
[XANATOS] A PITY THE VOICE
DIDN’T STAY ON THE LINE
FOR THREE MORE SECONDS.
ALTHOUGH THERE WASN’T ENOUGH
TIME TO TRACE THE CALL,
I’VE UNCOVERED A CERTAIN
LARGE CONSORTIUM
WHICH SECRETLY HOLDS THE LEASE
ON THE BLACKROCK POINT OIL RIG.
-CYBERBIOTICS?
-XANATOS ENTERPRISES.
I WISH I COULD SAY
I’M SURPRISED.
-SEVARIUS?
-IT HAS TO BE.
ASIDE FROM US, THE GOOD DOCTOR
WAS THE ONLY OTHER PERSON
WITH INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE
OF THE THAILOG PROJECT.
I HATE TO LOSE A RESOURCE
AS FERTILE AS ANTON’S MIND,
BUT I CAN’T TOLERATE
THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR.
AN EXAMPLE MUST BE MADE.
THE DATA BANK’S TOO BIG.
I HAVE TO NARROW
DOWN THE SEARCH.
-HOW ARE YOU GONNA DO THAT?
-BY GUESSING.
WHATEVER WE SAW LAST NIGHT,
IT LOOKED AND SOUNDED
JUST LIKE GOLIATH, RIGHT?
[HESITATING] RIGHT.
SO, WHAT ARE YOU TYPING?
-C-L-O-N-E.
-CL-CLONE?
"CLONE" IT IS. WE’RE IN.
[SEVARIUS] THE SKIRMISH AT
THE CASTLE WAS EXECUTED
FLAWLESSLY.
OWEN REPORTS
GOLIATH NEVER SUSPECTED
THE "ROGUE ROBOT"
WHICH CAUSED HIS INJURY
WAS ACTIVATED
FOR ONE PURPOSE,
THE EXTRACTION
OF LIVING CELL SAMPLES,
ENOUGH TO FACILITATE
A SUCCESSFUL CLONING PROCEDURE.
ALL DATA INDICATES MY
ACCELERATED GROWTH PROCESS
IS OVERRIDING THE
NORMALLY SLOW AGING RATE.
THE ONLY SIDE EFFECT
SEEMS TO BE AN ODD SKIN
AND HAIR PIGMENTATION.
NEW DATA INDICATES THE
CLONE HAS REACHED FULL
GARGOYLE ADOLESCENCE
IN A MERE 19 WEEKS.
THE ARTIFICIAL
MATURATION RATE
HAS BEEN AUGMENTED BY
AN ONGOING SUBLIMINAL
EDUCATION PROGRAM,
PERSONALLY DESIGNED
BY MR. XANATOS
TO TEACH HIS OWN
UNIQUE SLANT ON THINGS.
NOW THAT SUBJECT
IS FULLY GROWN,
IT’S TIME FOR IT
TO LEAVE THE NEST
AND TAKE ITS RIGHTFUL PLACE
IN THE WORLD.
-THIS IS BAD NEWS, ISN’T IT?
-YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN.
[BROADWAY]
THIS IS BAD NEWS.
I DIDN’T FIND ANYTHING ELSE
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
WHAT ABOUT THAT?
THE OIL RIG?
LOOKS ABANDONED.
[GOLIATH] WELL, SOMEONE SEEMS TO
HAVE FOUND A NEW USE FOR IT.
THERE YOU ARE.
AND AS PROMPT AS EVER, TOO.
AH, YES. THE BLOOD MONEY.
YOU ARE PLAYING THIS
TO THE HILT.
MIND IF I HAVE A PEEK?
-YOU’RE THE KIDNAPPER.
-I GUESS I AM, AT THAT.
GLORIOUS.
I... I DIDN’T EVEN
KNOW THEY MADE BILLS
IN $10,000 DENOMINATIONS.
YOU KNOW, ANTON, I’M NOT BY
NATURE A VENGEFUL MAN.
[CRIES OUT]
BUT YOUR BEHAVIOR HAS
FORCED ME TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION.
WHAT WOULD PUT XANATOS
AND SEVARIUS AT EACH
OTHER’S THROATS?
LET’S NOT INTERRUPT THEM
JUST YET.
I WANT TO LOOK INSIDE.
I-I DON’T UNDERSTAND, SIR.
WHAT DID I DO WRONG?
KIDNAPPING, EXTORTION,
BETRAYAL, WHERE WOULD
YOU LIKE ME TO START?
[WHISPERING] OH, I GET IT.
WE’RE BEING WATCHED,
IS THAT IT? VERY WELL.
[DRAMATICALLY]
YES! I BETRAYED YOU!
YOU ROBBED ME OF MY
GREATEST CREATION,
MY ULTIMATE ACHIEVEMENT.
I ONLY TOOK BACK
WHAT WAS MINE.
[WHISPERS]
THERE. HOW WAS THAT?
[DISTANT ROARING]
-YOU HEAR THAT?
-THE OIL TANK.
[GOLIATH’S VOICE]
GOLIATH.
IT’S YOU AT LAST.
I AM THAILOG.
-WHOA.
-WHAT KIND OF
ABOMINATION ARE YOU?
[GROWLS]
THE SAME KIND AS YOU.
IT WAS YOUR BLOOD
THAT SPAWNED ME.
-MY BLOOD?
-OH, MY GOSH. HE’S A CLONE.
THEY GREW HIM FROM
A PIECE OF YOU, LIKE
A CUTTING FROM A PLANT.
A PIECE OF ME?
THIS THING ISME!
FIRST XANATOS STEALS MY HOME,
-AND NOW HE PIECES
OUT MY SOUL!
- [GROWL]
YOU’VE GOT EVERY RIGHT
TO BE ANGRY, BUT NO RIGHT
TO TAKE IT OUT ON THAILOG.
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE
HOW HE CAME INTO BEING?
NOW HE’S AS MUCH A GARGOYLE
AS YOU ARE.
IN A WAY,
HE’S ALMOST YOUR SON.
-HOW CAN YOU REJECT HIM?
-[SIGHS] YOU’RE RIGHT,
OF COURSE.
IF THERE’S ANYONE TO BLAME HERE
IT’S XANATOS NOT THAILOG.
-I’M GOING TO SET HIM FREE.
-[ROARS]
THAT WON’T BE NECESSARY.
THE SHACKLES WEREN’T LOCKED.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? STOP!
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD,
I’M MORE OF A GARGOYLE
THAN HE’LL EVER BE.
[LAUGHS]
[XANATOS] DOCTOR, WHAT MAKES YOU
THINK THIS IS ALL JUST AN ACT?
UH... YOU, MR. XANATOS,
AND YOUR INSTRUCTIONS.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
THE ORDERS CAME FROM YOUR
OFFICE BY ELECTRONIC MAIL.
PREPPING THIS RIG, HIRING THE
MERCENARIES, THE RANSOM CALL.
YOU PLANNED EVERY DETAIL.
I JUST ASSUMED THE SUBTERFUGE
WAS PART OF A MACHIAVELLIAN
SCHEME AGAINST ONE OF YOUR
ENEMIES.
YOU ASSUMED INCORRECTLY.
BUT IF YOU WEREN’T
CALLING THE SHOTS, WHO WAS?
-OWEN? FOX?
-DON’T BE RIDICULOUS.
WHO ELSE HAD ACCESS
TO THE CASTLE?
WELL, WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
THE KID TURNED OUT
TO BE A REAL CHIP
OFF THE OLD BLOCK.
[THAILOG]
INDEED HE DID.
ARGH!
ALL THE OLD BLOCKS.
I’M IMPRESSED, THAILOG.
YOU PLAYED SEVARIUS LIKE A HARP.
BUT IF MONEY WAS THE BOTTOM
LINE, WHY NOT JUST ASK?
WE COULD’VE COME
TO AN ARRANGEMENT.
MAYBE ON YOUR TERMS,
NOT MINE.
DID YOU REALLY EXPECT ME TO
SPEND MY LIFE BEING YOUR STOOGE
AND THE DOCTOR’S
PRIVATE GUINEA PIG?
YOU TWO DIDN’T GO
TO ALL THIS TROUBLE
JUST TO RAISE A FOOL.
TYPICAL. YOU DO AND DO AND DO
FOR THEM AND WHAT HAPPENS?
THEY TWIST THE KNIFE IN YOU.
[GASPS]
DON’T TEMPT ME.
TIME TO GO.
I’VE GOT PLANS OF MY OWN.
AND $20 MILLION
TO SEE THEM THROUGH.
SO, HOW ARE YOU
GONNA SPEND IT?
STROLL INTO A BANK
AND OPEN A CHECKING ACCOUNT?
I’LL FIND A WAY TO MAKE
IT WORK FOR ME. I SET
ALL THIS UP, DIDN’T I?
[GOLIATH] THAILOG,
DON’T GO DOWN THAT PATH.
MONEY IS A NECESSARY EVIL IN
XANATOS’ WORLD, BUT NOT IN OURS.
JOIN US. JOIN YOUR CLAN.
AND WASTE MY LIFE PLAYING
GUARDIAN ANGEL NIGHT AFTER NIGHT
TO A DECREPIT CITY
INFESTED WITH INFERIOR HUMANS?
WHERE IS THE PROFIT IN THAT?
LIFE FOR A GARGOYLE
ISN’T ABOUT PROFIT.
IT’S ABOUT PROTECTING
THOSE YOU CARE FOR.
I CONSIDERED
CARING ABOUT YOU.
IT TOOK SOME EFFORT,
BUT I ARRANGED FOR YOU
TO JOIN THIS PARTY
BECAUSE I’D PLANNED
TO SHARE THE MONEY WITH YOU.
BUT OUR LITTLE... FAMILY REUNION
DISAPPOINTED ME, FATHER,
SO I’VE DECIDED
TO HATE YOU, TOO.
IT’S A SHAME
ABOUT YOU, MY DEAR.
I’M AFRAID YOU WERE
JUST IN THE WRONG PLACE
AT THE WRONG TIME.
IT GOES WITH THE JOB.
A "SHAME" ABOUT HER?
WHAT’S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
-HE MEANS FOR US TO DIE, DOCTOR.
-DIE?
THIS RIG IS NOT AS EMPTY
AS IT LOOKS.
MY FIRST VISIT OUT HERE
I FOUND 200 GALLONS
OF STORED OIL TOPSIDE.
A FACT THAT DOESN’T BODE WELL
FOR THE FOUR OF YOU.
ON MY WAY OUT,
I’M GOING TO OPEN THOSE TANKS,
FLOOD THE PLATFORM
WITH OIL.
THE FLARE GUN
WILL BE MY PARTING SHOT.
I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE
ALL THREE OF MY PROUD FATHERS
GO OUT IN
A FIERY BLAZE OF GLORY.
[LAUGHS]
[GRUNTS]
I LOVE A WOMAN
WITH DELICATE WRISTS.
YOU WORK WITH HANDCUFFS
AS MUCH AS I DO, YOU PICK
UP A FEW TRICKS.
HOW DOES THAT HELP US?
SHE CAN’T BREAK OUR CHAINS.
-[XANATOS] GOLIATH CAN.
-NO, HE CAN’T.
I CREATED THE GAS
THAILOG USED ON GOLIATH.
IT WAS DESIGNED TO LEAVE HIM
WEAK AND HELPLESS FOR HOURS.
ELISA, HE’S RIGHT. YOU MUST
FLEE WHILE YOU HAVE THE CHANCE.
AND LEAVE YOU TO DIE
WITH THESE TWO? PLEASE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE MAGNETIC
DISK THAILOG HIT ME WITH
SHORTED OUT MY ARMOR.
THAT LEAVES ME POWERLESS TOO.
THAT’S IT! THE DISK!
THE DISK MAY BE
OUR SALVATION,
IF IT STILL CARRIES A CHARGE.
THEN IT MIGHT
ADRENALIZE GOLIATH ENOUGH
TO OFFSET THE GAS
AND RESTORE HIS STRENGTH.
DETECTIVE?
IF YOU’D DO THE HONORS.
-I DON’T LIKE THIS AT ALL.
-ELISA...
DO WE HAVE A CHOICE?
[DISTANT ROARING]
NOW I KNOW WHERE I GOT THE
TEMPER. [CHUCKLES]
[ROARS]
THAILOG WASN’T KIDDING.
ONE SPARK AND THE WHOLE RIG
GOES UP LIKE A ROMAN CANDLE.
THE LAUNCH IS THIS WAY.
GO WITH THEM, ELISA.
I HAVE TO FACE THAILOG ALONE.
-NO, GOLIATH.
-PLEASE, ELISA.
HE IS OF MY BLOOD.
HE IS MY SON.
IT’S NOT TOO LATE, THAILOG.
WE CAN WIPE THE SLATE CLEAN.
START OVER.
OVER MY DEAD BODY!
OR BETTER YET... YOURS.
[EXPLOSION]
OH, NO.
THAILOG! COME WITH ME.
THE WATER IS OUR ONLY CHANCE.
-NOT WITHOUT MY MONEY!
-THERE’S NO TIME!
[EXPLOSION, METAL CREAKING]
GOLIATH...
WHAT CAN I SAY, DETECTIVE?
SAVE IT!
WELL, I SHOULD’VE KNOWN NO COPY
COULD LIVE UP TO THE ORIGINAL.
THAT COPY
WAS A LIVING BEING.
-AND WE ALL FAILED HIM.
-WE HAVE COMPANY.
-WHAT DID WE MISS?
-LET’S JUST SAY IT’S
BEEN A LONG NIGHT.
-WE HAD A BUSY NIGHT TOO.
-WE LEARNED A WHOLE LOT
ABOUT THAILOG.
SO DID WE, GUYS.
SO DID WE.
[OWEN] IT’S UNFORTUNATE
YOU COULDN’T PREVENT
ALL THAT RANSOM MONEY
FROM BURNING UP, SIR.
THAT 20 MILLION
WOULD JUST ABOUT COVER
THE INSTALLATION
OF A MORE SECURE
COMPUTER SYSTEM
FOR THE CORPORATION.
WHAT MAKES YOU SO SURE THE
20 MILLION WENT UP IN SMOKE?
[OWEN]
SIR?
IT DIDN’T OCCUR TO ME
TILL JUST NOW,
BUT IF I HAD BEEN IN
THAILOG’S SHOES,
I WOULD’VE HAD A CONTINGENCY
PLAN FOR ESCAPING THAT OIL RIG.
I WOULD’VE KNOWN THAT FAKING MY
OWN DEATH WAS THE OPTIMUM MEANS
OF ESCAPING SCOT-FREE
WITH ALL THOSE MILLIONS.
YOU MEAN THAT CREATURE
IS STILL OUT THERE?
IT HAS THE MONEY,
IT’S AS POWERFUL AS GOLIATH,
AND IT’S SMARTER THAN YOU?
OWEN?
I THINK I’VE CREATED A MONSTER.
[THAILOG LAUGHS]