Gargoyles (1994–1996): Season 2, Episode 20 - The Price - 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!

[DEEP GROWL]

WE ARE DEFENDERS
OF THE NIGHT.

WE ARE GARGOYLES.

[HUDSON]
PREVIOUSLY ONGARGOYLES...

-LOOKING FOR DEREK MAZA.
-[MAN] HIS SISTER, RIGHT?

HE SAID YOU’D BE COMING BY.

[XANATOS] I KNEW SERVARIUS
HAD A BAD REPUTATION.

I WON’T LET YOU
DESTROY MY WORK!

DOWN!

FOOL! THAT WASN’T
A TRANQUILIZER DART.

IT WAS LOADED
WITH THE MUTAGENIC FORMULA!



NO!

WHO ARE YOU?

CALL ME... TALON.

[ELISA] DEREK, IS THAT YOU?

NOT BAD, SIS.
A COP WHO CAN COOK!

YEAH, I SHOULD
HAVE MY OWN CABLE SHOW.

IT’S YOUR FAVORITE, DAD.
MOM’S CHICKEN MOLE.

REMEMBER HOW DEREK
USED TO CALL DIBS
ON THE POT?

OH, ME AND MY BIG MOUTH.

I TAKE A BREAK FROM SCHOOL AND
MY BRAIN GOES INTO NEUTRAL.

HAVE YOU HEARD
FROM YOUR BROTHER?

NOT YET.
BUT I’M SURE HE’S FINE.

YOU KNOW WHAT DEREK’S LIKE,
HE’LL CHECK IN WHEN HE’S READY.

ONE MORE WEEK,
AND I’M FILING A REPORT.

NOW, DAD, DON’T GET...
WHAT’S WRONG?

I THOUGHT I SAW SOMEONE
LOOKING IN THE WINDOW.

WE’RE ON THE TOP FLOOR, BETH.

WELL, IT LOOKED LIKE
IT HAD... WINGS.

RIGHT!
AND I HAVE WEBBED FEET.

AND A GREAT
DUCK IMPERSONATION.
[QUACKS]

A LIE BY OMISSION
IS STILL A LIE.

BUT HOW CAN I TELL THEM
THE TRUTH ABOUT DEREK?

"HI, MOM AND DAD,
YOUR SON’S NOT MISSING.

HE’S JUST BEEN TRANSFORMED
BY XANATOS

INTO A BAT-WINGED MUTATE
NAMED TALON."

I DON’T THINK SO.

AND BY THE WAY,
YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA BE
MORE CAREFUL.

BETH SPOTTED YOU TONIGHT
OUTSIDE MY WINDOW.

-I WASN’T AT YOUR WINDOW.
-THEN IT WAS
ONE OF THE OTHERS.

HUDSON AND BRONX
ARE WATCHING TV.

AND THE TRIO
ARE AT THE CONCERT
IN THE PARK.

MAYBE IT WAS DEREK.

-GOLIATH, WHAT IS IT?
-[SIGHS]

TALON AND THE OTHER MUTATES
ARE BACK WITH XANATOS.

I’VE SEEN THEM FLYING
TO AND FROM
THE EYRIE BUILDING.

XANATOS?
WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME?

THERE DIDN’T SEEM
TO BE ANYTHING
YOU OR I COULD DO.

TALON’S MADE HIS CHOICE.

I HAD HOPED
TO SPARE YOU THIS PAIN.

I DON’T ACCEPT THAT!
WE’VE GOT TO GET HIM AWAY
FROM XANATOS.

I NEED TO SEE
MY BROTHER NOW.

NOW. FANG, CLAW, ATTACK!

[ROARS]

HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!
DEREK, STOP.
WE CAME TO SEE YOU.

-DEREK, PLEASE...
-STAND AWAY FROM HIM, ELISA.
HE’S MY ENEMY.

AND SHE IS YOUR SISTER.

-ARE YOU GOING TO
ATTACK HER TOO?
-MAGGIE, GET OUT OF THE WAY.

DEREK, PLEASE.
YOU KNOW I HATE
ALL THE FIGHTING.

PARTICULARLY WHEN
IT’S SO UNNECESSARY.

I APPRECIATE THAT YOU’RE
PROTECTING OUR HOME, TALON,

BUT GOLIATH AND ELISA
ARE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE.

-THEY’RE NOT THE ENEMY.
-THAT’S RIGHT. HE’S THE ENEMY!

NO! HE’S OUR ONLY CHANCE
TO BE HUMAN AGAIN.

XANATOS IS THE CAUSE
OF YOUR PROBLEMS,
NOT THE CURE.

NO! GOLIATH CAUSED THIS.
GOLIATH AND DR. SERVARIUS.

SERVARIUS TURNED ME
INTO A CREATURE,

BUT HE WAS ABOUT TO GIVE ME
THE ANTIDOTE WHEN...

NOT NOW!

NO!

NO!

BROOKLYN, WE HAVE YOUR FRIEND.
NOW LET’S GO!

NO! THAT’S MY CREATION!

SERVARIUS IS DEAD.
ALONG WITH OUR HOPES
OF EVER BEING HUMAN AGAIN.

DEAD?
NOBODY DIED THAT NIGHT.

-I SAW IT!
-WHERE XANATOS IS INVOLVED,

WHAT YOU SEE
ISN’T ALWAYS THE TRUTH.

SAME SONG, SAME TUNE.
GOLIATH HAS YOU SNOWED.

HE AND SERVARIUS
ARE BOTH TO BLAME,

AND HE NEEDS YOU
TO PROTECT HIM FROM ME.

COME, ELISA.
WE’RE NOT HELPING HERE.

GETTING SCARED, MONSTER?
YOU SHOULD BE.

SERVARIUS IS LUCKY HE’S DEAD.

WATCH YOUR BACK, GOLIATH.

SHE WON’T ALWAYS BE THERE,
AND I’M COMING FOR YOU!

BUT WHAT IF SHE’S RIGHT?
WHAT IF SERVARIUS IS ALIVE?

IF HE IS,
HE WON’T BE FOR LONG.

TELL SERVARIUS TO DISAPPEAR
FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

-I’M LOOKING
FOR DR. SERVARIUS.
-OH. UH...

YOU JUST MISSED HIM.
I THINK
HE WAS HEADING HOME.

HUH. STARTING TO RAIN.

GOLIATH. MY GUARDIAN ANGEL.

-WHAT?
-NOTHING. MIND IF
I TAKE A LOOK AROUND?

YOU CAN’T KEEP ME HERE.
WHAT YOU’RE ASKING FOR
IS IMPOSSIBLE!

[GROWLING]

I WON’T DO IT. I WON’T DO IT!

IT WOULD APPEAR
THAT DR. SERVARIUS
IS UNREACHABLE.

UNREACHABLE?
YOU MEAN TALON
GOT TO HIM FIRST.

SO, CLAW,
HOW DO YOU LIKE THE CHOW?

WHAT’S THE MATTER?
CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE?

YOU KNOW HE HASN’T SPOKEN
SINCE THE TRANSFORMATION.

"CAT GOT HIS TONGUE"!
COME ON, DON’T YOU GET IT?

THE DOCTOR’S DEATH SCENE
WAS NOTHING BUT AN ACT,

AND THERE’S NO WAY
HE PULLED IT OFF
WITHOUT HELP.

-SO WHO DO YOU FIGURE?
-WHO ELSE?

GOLIATH KICKED HIM
INTO THE EEL TANK.
HE MUST BE IN ON IT.

-I DON’T THINK SO.
-LIKE YOU’RE AN EXPERT
ON EVIL MONSTERS.

IT JUST SEEMED LIKE
THE GARGOYLES
WERE TRYING TO HELP ME.

IT’S OKAY.
YOU’RE AMONG FRIENDS.

WERE YOU HUMAN ONCE TOO?

NO.

WELL, I’M HUMAN.
I’M NOT LIKE THIS.

MY NAME IS MAGGIE.
MAGGIE REED.
I’M FROM OHIO.

-YOU’LL BE SAFE HERE, MAGGIE.
-THIS IS SAFE?

I NEED A CURE.
I’M NOT A MONSTER!

WE’RE NOT MONSTERS EITHER.
DON’T BE AFRAID. -WHEN

THEY TOOK ME
TO THEIR HOME, THEY--

THEY TOOK YOU TO THEIR HOME?

HELLO? IS ANYONE HERE?

WHO’S THERE? YOU!

WE WONDERED
WHAT BECAME OF YOU, LASS.

GOOD WORK, MAGGIE!

[SNARLING]

I’M SORRY.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
"AS LONG AS NECESSARY"?

IT COULD TAKE YEARS
TO DEVELOP A CURE.

YOU CAN’T KEEP ME HERE
FOREVER.

[GROWLING]

I CAN’T BEGIN TO START
WITHOUT MY BRIEFCASE.
ALL MY NOTES ARE IN IT.

[GROWLING]

ALL RIGHT,
YOU MAY OPEN THE DOOR.

I WILL MAKE THE ATTEMPT.

I’M SORRY.
I NEVER WANTED THIS.

WHY ARE YOU HERE?

OUR MIGHTY LEADER
WANTS A FEW WORDS
WITH GOLIATH.

THEN YOU’LL HAVE A LONG WAIT.
GOLIATH SAID HE’D BE GONE
FOR A FEW NIGHTS.

SURE HE DID. GUESS I’LL JUST
HAVE TO CLEAR
MY SOCIAL CALENDAR.

THE LAST PERSON TO SEE HIM
WAS A GEN-U-TECH
SECURITY GUARD,

WHO REPORTED THAT
DETECTIVE MAZA SHOWED UP
LOOKING FOR SERVARIUS

MINUTES AFTER HE LOGGED OUT.

ALL THEY FOUND
WAS SERVARIUS’ BRIEFCASE.

I’M SURE TALON
HAS THE DOCTOR
HIDDEN SOMEWHERE,

TRYING TO FORCE A CURE
OUT OF HIM.

I’M SCANNING, BUT THERE’S NO
SIGN OF UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITY

IN ANY LAB WHICH TALON
MIGHT HAVE ACCESS TO...

YOU LIED TO ME!

SERVARIUS DID NOT DIE!

I WAS FOOLED,
JUST AS YOU WERE.

IT WOULD SEEM HE
AND GOLIATH WORKED TOGETHER

TO FAKE
THE GOOD DOCTOR’S DEATH.

I THOUGHT SO. BUT WHY?

THE GARGOYLE WANTED
SERVARIUS TO CREATE MORE
CREATURES LIKE HIMSELF.

-HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN?
-LONG ENOUGH.

I’VE BEEN PRESSURING SERVARIUS
TO DESIGN A CURE.

THE ONE HE CREATED THAT
FIRST NIGHT WAS JUST
A PLACEBO. WORTHLESS.

WHY HAVEN’T YOU
TOLD ME BEFORE?

YOU’VE BEEN THROUGH
SO MUCH.

I DIDN’T WANT TO GET
YOUR HOPES UP. I STILL DON’T.

BUT I BELIEVE
HE WAS ON THE VERGE
OF A TRUE CURE.

TALON... DEREK...
LISTEN TO ME.

YOU MUST RELEASE SERVARIUS
TO MY CUSTODY, IF IT’S NOT
ALREADY TOO LATE.

WHOO! THAT GUITARIST
CAN REALLY WAIL.

AND THE MUSIC WAS INCREDIBLY
LOUD! EVEN FROM ACROSS THE LAKE.

HEY, WHERE IS EVERYONE?
I THOUGHT HUDSON
WAS STAYING IN TONIGHT.

HUDSON? BRONX?

[HUDSON] LOOK OUT, LADS,
IT’S A TRAP!

[SCREAMS]

WELCOME HOME!
ISN’T IT PAST YOUR BEDTIME?

[ZAPPING]

COME BACK HERE
AND FIGHT LIKE A MAN!

I’M NOT A MAN,
I’M A GARGOYLE!

[BROADWAY]
OH, NO, YOU DON’T!

HUDSON? BRONX? YOU OK?

HERE’S THE ONE
WHO LED THEM TO US.

[GROWLING]

LOOK, YOU’VE GOTTA GET OVER
THIS PERSECUTION COMPLEX.

WE ARE NOT YOUR ENEMIES.

BUT TALON SAYS
GOLIATH AND SERVARIUS
PLANNED IT ALL TOGETHER.

MAGGIE, YOU KNOW
I WANTED TO BE...
YOUR FRIEND.

GOLIATH AND I WERE THERE
TO SAVE YOU,
NOT HURT YOU.

IF SERVARIUS HAS A PARTNER,
IT MUST BE XANATOS.

THERE YOU GO AGAIN!
MR. XANATOS IS OUR
ONLY CHANCE FOR A CURE.

IF YOU’D LIE ABOUT HIM,
YOU’D LIE ABOUT ANYTHING!

[SIGH] SO NOW I HAVE TO PROVE
I’M TRUSTWORTHY, HUH?

YOU’RE FREE TO GO.
RETURN TO XANATOS,
IF THAT’S WHAT YOU WANT.

BUT DON’T
TURN YOUR BACK ON HIM.

ARE YOU SURE YOU’RE DOING
THE RIGHT THING, LAD?

XANATOS CAN’T KEEP UP
THE PRETENSE FOREVER.

SOONER OR LATER,
THEY’LL FIND OUT
WHAT HE’S REALLY LIKE.

I HOPE DEREK HASN’T DONE
ANYTHING STUPID.

-WHO?
-NEVER MIND.

FREEZE IT THERE.

-WHAT IS IT?
-CAN THE COMPUTER
ENHANCE THE IMAGE?

UH, YEAH.

WHOA!

[ELISA] I DON’T BELIEVE IT.

I DON’T KNOW
IF THIS WILL WORK.

I’M NOT USED TO WORKING
IN SUCH PRIMITIVE CONDITIONS.

JUST GET BACK TO WORK,
BEFORE CONDITIONS
REALLY DO GET PRIMITIVE.

YOU THINK I’VE GOT SERVARIUS?
I HAVEN’T EVEN SEEN HIM.

THEN HOW DID YOU FIND OUT
HE WAS ALIVE?

I GOT TO GEN-U-TECH
RIGHT AFTER MY SISTER.

I HEARD HER ASK
TO SEE SERVARIUS,

AND THE GUARD SAID
SHE’D JUST MISSED HIM.

YOU CAN’T JUST MISS SOMEONE
WHO’S BEEN DEAD FOR WEEKS.

SECURITY HAS FINISHED
THEIR WORK ON THE GEN-U-TECH
SURVEILLANCE TAPES.

I THINK YOU’LL BE INTERESTED
IN THE RESULTS.

APPARENTLY SERVARIUS
LEFT WITH GOLIATH.

IT SEEMS THEY’RE STILL
WORKING TOGETHER.

I KNEW IT! WHERE DID THEY GO?

HOW ABOUT IT, OWEN?
ANY CHANCE OF TRACKING THEM?

IT’S UNNECESSARY.
THERE’S ONLY ONE
ABANDONED LABORATORY

THAT GOLIATH KNOWS ABOUT
AND COULD GAIN ACCESS TO.

CYBERBIOTICS’
OLD UNDERGROUND
RESEARCH FACILITY.

-EXCELLENT.
NOW ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS--
-[DOOR OPENING]

-TALON!
-SHOULD WE STOP HIM?

NO. WE’LL LET HIM
LEAD THE CHARGE.

-WHERE’S HE OFF TO?
-I DON’T KNOW.
BUT HE LOOKS MAD.

I REALLY DISLIKE
WORKING WITH SOMEONE
HANGING OVER MY SHOULDER.

OH, WONDERFUL.
NOW THERE’S TWO OF YOU.

-HOW DID YOU FIND ME?
-WHEN I FOUND OUT
YOU’D TAKEN SERVARIUS,

I KNEW YOU’D NEED A PLACE
FOR HIM TO WORK.
WHERE ELSE WOULD YOU GO?

DON’T STOP ON OUR BEHALF,
DOCTOR.

GOLIATH, YOU’VE KIDNAPPED
THIS MAN.
WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?

YOU WERE IN SO MUCH PAIN,
I COULDN’T STAND BY
AND DO NOTHING.

BESIDES, I FEARED
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF TALON
GOT TO SERVARIUS FIRST.

I DOUBT IF THE DOCTOR WOULD
HAVE SURVIVED LONG ENOUGH
TO FIND A CURE.

WE’RE NOT GONNA GET A CURE
THIS WAY, EITHER. WE CAN’T
TRUST SERVARIUS.

HOW WOULD WE KNOW THAT
HIS CURE WAS SAFE?
WHO WOULD WE TEST IT ON?

LOOK, I KNOW YOUR HEART
WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
BUT THIS ISN’T THE ANSWER.

EVEN IF IT WORKS,
THE ENDS CAN’T
JUSTIFY THE MEANS.

THAT’S THE WAY XANATOS
BEHAVES, NOT YOU.

[SIGHS]
YOU’RE RIGHT, OF COURSE.

-WE’LL RELEASE HIM.
-BY GEORGE, I THINK I’VE...

ELISA! I KNEW GOLIATH AND
SERVARIUS WERE IN THIS TOGETHER,

BUT I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU’RE
HELPING THEM!

DEREK, THAT’S NOT HOW IT IS.
LISTEN TO ME...

DEREK, NO! STOP IT!

GOING SOMEWHERE, DOC?

STAY BACK, ELISA.
I’M FINISHING THIS
ONCE AND FOR ALL.

CLAW, HOLD HER.

BRING SERVARIUS HERE.

THEY CAN DIE TOGETHER.

-NO!
-DEREK, YOU CAN’T!

HE WON’T.
THIS IS THE ANTIDOTE.

THERE’S ONLY ENOUGH FOR ONE,
BUT I CAN MAKE MORE.

ENOUGH FOR EACH OF YOU.
ALL I WANT IN RETURN IS
MY SAFETY, AND MY FREEDOM.

I’M LONG PAST CARING
ABOUT YOUR ANTIDOTES.

ME TOO.
I LIKE THIS BODY.

I JUST WANT TO SEE YOU PAY
FOR YOUR CRIMES.

WHAT ABOUT WHAT WE WANT?

PLEASE, DEREK.

IS YOUR VENGEANCE MORE
IMPORTANT THAN OUR HUMANITY?

GIVE IT TO HER.

WHY LET HER TAKE IT?
YOU DESERVE IT MORE.

-WHAT DO YOU CARE?
-GOOD QUESTION.

IF HE’S GONNA MAKE
ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE,
WHY CARE WHO TAKES IT FIRST?

SHE’S RIGHT.
THAT’S NOT A CURE.

IT’S POISON.
HE WANTS ME OUT
OF THE WAY.

NO, IT IS A CURE!
IT HAS TO BE!

OF COURSE IT’S A CURE.
YOU MUST TRUST ME.

[XANATOS] I THINK THAT SHIP
HAS SAILED, DOCTOR.

YOU ALWAYS OVERPLAY
YOUR HAND, ANTON.

I DON’T BELIEVE IT!
GOLIATH WASN’T
SERVARIUS’ PARTNER.

IT WAS YOU ALL ALONG!
I TRUSTED YOU.

YOU TURNED ME
INTO A MONSTER,
AND I DEFENDED YOU!

I AM SORRY
THINGS TURNED OUT THIS WAY.

WE’D ALL BE HAPPIER
IF YOU’D REMAINED
IN THE DARK,

BUT I CAN’T LET YOU
DAMAGE ANTON.

HE’S A BIT OF A BOTHER,
BUT HIS MIND REPRESENTS
INFINITE POSSIBILITIES.

HE’S THE SCIENTIST.
YOU’RE JUST THE EXPERIMENT.

OH, HELLO, GOLIATH.
DIDN’T EVEN NOTICE
YOU THERE.

YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE
A VIAL OF POISON.

OF COURSE,
THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY
TO FIND OUT.

-OH, ELISA...
-HUSH. IT’S ALL RIGHT.

HE’S JUST TRYING
TO SCARE US.

-MAGGIE, NO!
-DON’T YOU SEE?

SERVARIUS DOESN’T WANT
HIS EXPERIMENT TO END,
BUT THIS IS THE CURE!

YOU DON’T KNOW THAT.
THE RISK IS TOO GREAT.

ANY RISK IS BETTER
THAN LIVING AS A MONSTER.

I AM A MONSTER.

BUT YOU’RE STRONG,
STRONGER THAN ME.
I CAN’T LIVE THIS WAY.

I COULDN’T EITHER.
NOT WITHOUT YOU.

MAGGIE, WE’RE NOT STRONG ALONE.
WE’RE STRONG TOGETHER.

WHAT DO WE DO NOW?

RETURN WITH ME
TO THE CLOCK TOWER.
JOIN MY CLAN.

YOU... YOU WOULD ACCEPT US?
AFTER HOW I’VE TREATED YOU?

ELISA IS ALREADY
PART OF OUR CLAN.

THAT MAKES YOU ALL FAMILY.

THANK YOU, GOLIATH. BUT IT
SEEMS I HAVE MY OWN CLAN...

AND MY OWN FAMILY.

[ELISA] NOW, REMEMBER
WHAT I TOLD YOU.

NO MATTER
HOW MUCH HE’S CHANGED
ON THE OUTSIDE,

HE’S STILL DEREK
ON THE INSIDE.

MOM? DAD?