Gargoyles (1994–1996): Season 2, Episode 21 - Avalon: Part 1 - 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.

[BROOKLYN]
PREVIOUSLY ONGARGOYLES...

MY FRIENDS THE GARGOYLES
WILL COME, MOTHER.

NAE... THE GARGOYLES
WILL DESTROY, TOM.

IF I HAD MY BOOK OF SPELLS,
I’D...

MAGIC SPELLS-- HA!
MAKES ME GLAD I CAN’T READ.

THIS, I TAKE IT,
IS ABOUT THE ARCHMAGE.

LET HIM DARE TO RETURN
AND I WILL--



[ARCHMAGE]
YOU WILL DIE.

THE EGGS IN THE ROOKERY
WILL SOON HATCH.

[KATHARINE] WE WILL WATCH OVER
THEM AS IF THEY WERE OUR OWN.

WHY DID WE STEAL THESE THINGS?

FOR THAT MATTER,
WHY ARE WE WORKING TOGETHER?

[GROWLING]

[HUDSON]
WHAT A GLORIOUS NIGHT.

AREN’T YOU COMING, GOLIATH?

NO. I’VE BEEN LOOKING
FORWARD TO FINISHING THIS
BOOK FOR NIGHTS.

[BRONX WHIMPERS]

NOT TONIGHT, BOY.

YOU STAY HERE.

[WHIMPERS]

[THUG] HEY, OLD MAN...

WHAT’S WITH THE TIN TUXEDO?

I HAVE NO QUARREL WITH YOU,
SIRRAH.

I’M ON A QUEST.

NICE SHIV, TIN MAN.

WHY DON’T YOU GIVE IT TO ME?

BECAUSE, YOUNG MAN,

IT IS MINE.

YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE, OLD-TIMER.

[GRUNTS]

-OH, MAN.
-WHO IS THIS GUY?

I’M OUTTA HERE, MAN.

YOUR LEADER IS ALL NOISE,

LIKE THIS CITY.

[THUG]
I’LL GIVE YOU NOISE, TIN MAN.

-[ALARM RINGS]
-[HONKING]

-HUH?
-[BURGLAR ALARM RINGS]

[ALL LAUGHING]

[WHISTLE]

POLICE! FREEZE!

SCATTER.

[SIREN WAILING]

[OFFICER]
THROW DOWN YOUR WEAPON.

IS THIS A WHOLE CITY OF FOOLS
AND LAWLESS RUFFIANS?

I’M THE LAW HERE NOW. SEE?
"PROTECT AND SERVE."

AND I SAY YOU CAN’T BE
RUNNING AROUND MY CITY
WITH THAT SWORD.

YOU ARE A GUARDIAN LIKE MYSELF.

I WILL SUBMIT TO YOUR LAW.

OHH!

[LAUGHTER]

[LAUGHTER]

HEY, MORGAN, WHAT’S SO FUNNY?

[MORGAN] I JUST PULLED IN
THIS RANGY OLD GUY

WHO WAS WALKING THE STREET
IN FULL ARMOR.

REAL ARMOR. KING ARTHUR STUFF.

HE SAID HE WAS LOOKING
FOR GARGOYLES.

[LAUGHS] ANOTHER ONE, HUH?

THESE GUYS OUGHT TO
START A CLUB.

THIS GUY WAS DIFFERENT--
GOOD SOMEHOW.

HE EVEN HAD
THE GARGOYLES NAMED.

SAID HE WAS LOOKING
FOR... GOLIATH.

[ELISA]
AND HE ASKED FOR YOU BY NAME.

I KNOW OF NO GUARDIAN.

WELL, HE SEEMS TO KNOW YOU.

AND WE’VE GOT TO FIND OUT
WHAT ELSE HE KNOWS.

AGREED. BUT WE CANNOT
BRING HIM HERE.

[SIGHS]
I CAN’T BRING YOU TO HIM, SO...

I’LL JUST HAVE TO GET HIM OUT
OF THAT CELL.

HOW ABOUT BELVEDERE CASTLE
IN AN HOUR?

[WHINES EXCITEDLY]

I’LL BE THERE.

YES, THIS TIME YOU CAN COME.

NOW REMEMBER,
I TOOK A BIG CHANCE

TELLING THE SERGEANT
I KNEW YOUR FAMILY.

IF YOU KNOW GOLIATH,

ONE COULD SAY THAT YOU DO.

[BARKING]

GOLIATH, I CANNOT
BELIEVE IT IS YOU.

FINALLY, HERE IN THE FLESH.

YOU KNOW,
THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU

WAS THE WORST NIGHT OF MY LIFE.

[WHIMPERING]

AH, GOOD BOY, THERE.

I DO NOT KNOW YOU.

BUT I KNOW YOU.

I ALSO KNOW OF
PRINCESS KATHERINE, THE MAGUS,

AND THE GARGOYLE EGGS.

WHO ARE YOU?

WHY, IT’S ME...

TOM.

I WAS BUT A LAD
AT CASTLE WYVERN

THE NIGHT THE VIKINGS
DESTROYED YOUR CLAN.

BUT THERE’S NO TIME
TO EXPLAIN NOW.

WE MUST GO.

THE EGGS ARE IN DANGER.

[GASPS]

[GOLIATH] THE EGGS?

YOU MEAN THE GARGOYLE EGGS?

OF COURSE. BUT COME.
WE MUST GET BACK BEFORE SUNRISE.

-HEY, GET BACK HERE.
-[BARKING]

WHERE’D THAT BOAT COME FROM?

PLEASE.

WHO IS THIS GUY?

TOM WAS A FRIEND OF MY CLAN
WHEN FRIENDS WERE ALL TOO FEW.

IF THIS IS ACTUALLY TOM--

[LAUGHS]
BRONX SEEMS TO LIKE HIM.

COME, OR THE ARCHMAGE
WILL DESTROY THE EGGS.

THE ARCHMAGE?
BUT HOW?

VERY WELL, THEN.
I’LL GO WITH YOU.

GO WHERE?

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE?

WAIT FOR ME.

FORCATEI VENTI FORTUNATEI...

EX RIKEI OBERONUS

ET HIC NOBIS FRUGUM REGATEI...

ANBORDEI AVALONES.

IF YOU ARE FROM GOLIATH’S TIME?
HOW DID YOU GET HERE?

MY JOURNEY HAS BEEN A LONG

AND STRANGE ONE.

[HORSE NEIGHS]

[SIGHS]

BE THERE ANY MORE?

THIS IS THE LAST ONE,
YOUR HIGHNESS.

HOW MANY WERE THERE, TOM?

I COUNTED 36, MAMA.

I WONDER HOW MANY OF THEM
WILL SURVIVE THE JOURNEY

TO YOUR UNCLE
KENNETH’S KINGDOM.

ALL OF THEM, MARY.
I’LL SEE TO THAT.

AY. WE’LL FIGHT ANY WHO WOULD
THREATEN THESE EGGS.

COME HERE, TOM.

KNEEL BEFORE ME AND SWEAR.

DO YOU SOLEMNLY
SWEAR ON YOUR LIFE
AND YOUR HONOR

TO PROTECT THESE GARGOYLE EGGS

AND THE BEINGS WITHIN ’EM

AS LONG AS YOU LIVE?

I SWEAR.

ARISE, TOM...

GUARDIAN OF THE EGGS.

COME, THEN, GUARDIAN.

OUR JOURNEY IS A LONG ONE.

[GROANS]

[LAUGHTER]

TO MY NIECE,
THE PRINCESS KATHERINE,

IN RECOGNITION
OF HER BRAVE JOURNEY.

MAY SHE FIND CONTENTMENT
WITHIN THESE WALLS.

[CHEERING]

THANK YOU, YOUR HIGHNESS,
FOR YOUR KIND WORDS.

AND MAY YOU ALSO
FIND CONTENTMENT,
MILADY FINELLA.

YOU’VE SEEMED
SO RESTLESS LATELY.

AH, NEVER...

WHEN I’M WITH YOU.

TO PRINCESS KATHERINE.

MY THANKS TO YOU,
LORD CONSTANTINE.

[KATHERINE] SO MY UNCLE
THE KING IS SMITTEN BY FINELLA.

AY, BUT FINELLA’S HEART
YEARNS ELSEWHERE.

SHE’S FOOLISH OVER CONSTANTINE,

WHOSE ONE TRUE LOVE IS POWER.

HE COURTS HER
TO GET NEAR THE THRONE.

MARY.

THAT’S A TERRIBLE THING TO SAY.

BUT TRUE, NONETHELESS.

THE POOR LOVESICK LASS
IS PLAYING WITH FIRE.

HE’LL BREAK HER HEART.
YOU’LL SEE.

[CHALVIM]
MY COUSIN KATHERINE
IS A STRANGE ONE,

TO TRAVEL ALL THIS WAY
WITH GARGOYLE EGGS

AND FUSS OVER THEM
LIKE HUMAN BABES.

AY, BUT SHE’S BRAVE,
AND SHE’S LOYAL--

NOT EASY THINGS TO FIND,
MY SON.

PERHAPS LOYALTY IS MORE SCARCE
THAN YOU KNOW, FATHER.

I THINK YOU’RE TOO SOFT-HEARTED
FOR THIS COURT.

NOW, MAOL CHALVIM, BE NICE.

CONSTANTINE’S A GOOD BOY
WHO’S LACKED YOUR PRIVILEGES.

-[HORSE WHINNYING]
-[THUNDER RUMBLING]

I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE
TO TOUR THE GARDENS
WITH ME, YOUR HIGHNESS.

THE ROSES ARE ALMOST
AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOU ARE.

THANK YOU, SIR,

BUT MY TIME
IS NOT MY OWN TODAY.

I MUST BE CERTAIN
THAT ALL OF THE EGGS
ARE THRIVING.

GOOD DAY, SIR.

[FINELLA]
I THOUGHT I’D FIND YOU HERE...

WITH HER.

THE PRINCESS
MEANS NOTHING TO ME.

IN FACT, IT IS TIME
WE TOLD KING KENNETH
WHAT IS IN OUR HEARTS.

THANK GOODNESS.

HE THINKS MY RESTLESSNESS CAN
ONLY BE CURED BY MARRIAGE,

AND HAS PROPOSED.

AND YOU HAVE NOT ACCEPTED?

THE OLD FOOL IS SWEET AND KIND,

BUT I DO NOT LOVE HIM.

I’M SURE HE WILL
GIVE US LEAVE TO MARRY,

IF ONLY TO SEE ME HAPPY.

WE’LL ASK FOR HIS BLESSING
AT DINNER TONIGHT.

NO. THE OLD KING CARES FOR YOU.

IT WILL BE KINDER
TO SPEAK IN PRIVATE.

WELL, IF YOU THINK THAT’S BEST.

HAVE THE KING MEET YOU...

OH, HERE, IN THE DRYING HOUSE,

AWAY FROM THE PRYING EARS
AND EYES OF THE SERVANTS.

-[THUNDER]
-AAH.

[FINELLA]
LET ME SPEAK FIRST.

YOU WILL BE TOO BLUNT.

-I DON’T WANT TO HURT HIM.
-[THUD]

OH, YOUR HIGHNESS.

I CAME AS SWIFTLY
AS CAUTION WOULD ALLOW.

WHAT IS IT YOU WISH OF ME?

YOUR THRONE.

[GRUNTING]

[FINELLA SOBBING]

THE KING IS DEAD.

LONG LIVE THE KING.

[YELLING]

[TOM] CONSTANTINE LOST NO TIME
ESTABLISHING HIS AUTHORITY.

HE IMPRISONED ANYONE
NOT SWEARING FEALTY TO HIM.

HE IMPRISONED KATHERINE
AS WELL.

OH... WHERE CAN HE BE?

-[SWORD UNSHEATHES]
-[GROANING]

[PANTING]

I FOUND HIM CURLED AMONG
THE EGGS, WHICH ARE SAFE.

NO TELLING WHAT HORRORS
THIS BOY HAS SEEN.

HE SEES MADNESS.

[CHALVIM]
CONSTANTINE HAS MURDERED
MY FATHER

AND SEEKS TO IMPRISON ANY
WHO WOULD QUESTION HIS CLAIM
TO THE THRONE.

WE MUST GO NOW.

NAE. I NEED TIME
TO MOVE THE EGGS.

YOU’RE DAFT.

IF YOU DO NOT LEAVE,
YOU’LL BE DEAD.

WE’RE OUT OF TIME, KATHERINE.

MY LIFE IS IN DANGER.
I CANNOT WAIT FOR YOU.

HE HUNTS ME EVEN NOW.

I CANNOT GO WITH YOU, COUSIN.

I DO NOT ASK YOU TO STAY.

GO ON.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO STAY
WITH ME, EITHER.

TAKE MARY AND HER BOY AND GO.

NEVER.

[CONSTANTINE] AND AS HIGH KING,
I SWEAR BY THE STONE OF DESTINY

TO PROTECT SCOTLAND
AND TO SERVE HER PEOPLE

ALL OF MY DAYS.

[CROWD]
HAIL, KING CONSTANTINE!

I PLEDGE MY LOYALTY
TO THE CROWN.

AND TO YOUR OWN CROWN...

WHEN YOU ARE MY QUEEN.

[GASPS]

THE PRINCESS AND I SHALL WED
ON MICHAELMAS

WHEN I RETURN
FROM THE INSPECTION
OF MY HOLDINGS.

I WILL NEVER SUBMIT
TO THIS OUTRAGE.

YOU HAVE 36 VERY GOOD
REASONS TO OBEY ME.

YOU’RE NOT GOING TO MARRY
THAT MURDERER, ARE YOU?

NEVER. BUT WE NEED TIME TO GET
THE EGGS TO SAFETY SOMEHOW.

I’VE BEEN LOOKING
THROUGH THE GRIMORUM.

I THINK I HAVE AN IDEA.

[HORSE NEIGHS]

PERIUS SUM NEUM...

HATSUMAR TE SIMILITUDE
O UTO TAREI.

I’LL TAKE THESE
TO THE BOATHOUSE.

THE GUARDS WILL THINK IT’S MORE
OLD KITCHEN STUFF TO BE DUMPED
INTO THE SEA.

[NEIGHS]

PERIUS SUM NEUM...

HATSUMAR TE SIMILITUDE
O UTO TAREI.

TAKING THE BONES FOR
A WALK, MY DEAR?

GARGOYLE EGGS MUST BE
TURNED, MILORD,

-OR THEY’LL CRACK TOO SOON.
-[CRASH]

I DON’T THINK I LIKE
GARGOYLE EGGS.

ALL OF THE EGGS
ARE IN THE BOAT, YOUR HIGHNESS.

WE CAN GET THE EGGS TO SAFETY,
TOM,

BUT NOT THE PRINCESS.

CONSTANTINE HIMSELF
VISITS EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR.

AHH...

TOMORROW MORNING,
I WILL BE QUEEN.

YOU MUST TAKE THE EGGS
AND GO WITHOUT ME.

YOU KNOW I’M RIGHT, MAGUS.

IF I GO, CONSTANTINE
WILL HUNT ME TO THE VERY ENDS
OF THE EARTH.

-THEN I’LL TAKE YOU
BEYOND THEM.
-[KNOCKS ON DOOR]

TOM HAS TOLD US THAT
YOU HAD NO FOREKNOWLEDGE
OF MY UNCLE’S DEATH.

YOU RISK TOO MUCH TO HELP ME.

I DO IT MORE
TO HURT CONSTANTINE.

I’VE ARRANGED TO MEET HIM
IN THE DRYING HOUSE
AT MIDNIGHT,

SUPPOSEDLY TO BEG
FOR HIS FAVOR.

HA! THE IRONY WAS
IRRESISTIBLE TO HIM.

[MAGUS]
TOAST HIM WITH THIS CIDER.

PUT THE STONE IN YOUR MOUTH
BEFORE YOU DRINK,

AND THE SLEEPING POTION
WON’T AFFECT YOU.

-[THUD]
-IT WILL BUY US
A FEW HOURS TIME.

WHERE ARE WE GOING, MAMA?

TO OBERON’S MYSTIC
ISLAND OF AVALON.

HE’LL NEVER REACH US THERE.

ARE YOU SURE YOU KNOW THE WAY?

WITH THE RIGHT SPELL,
AVALON CAN BE REACHED
FROM ANY BODY OF WATER.

FORCATEI VENTI FORTUNATEI...

EX RIKEI OBERONUS

ET HIC NOBIS FRUGUM REGATEI...

ANBORDEI AVALONES.

[KATHERINE]
WHERE ARE WE?

[ALL GASPS]

STAND ASIDE AND LET US PASS.

YOU KNOW BETTER
THAN THAT, MAGUS.

OBERON HAS NAMED US
GUARDIANS OF HIS ISLAND.

NO MAGICKS MAY ENTER HERE...

SAVE AVALON’S OWN.

YOU CANNOT MAKE US GO BACK
OR THE PRINCESS COULD DIE.

THE EGGS COULD DIE.

YOU SCREECH LIKE BARN OWLS,

MEANINGLESS JABBER
OF MEANINGLESS LIVES.

MAGUS, DO SOMETHING!

[WEIRD SISTERS]
SO OWLS YOU WILL BE.

[MAGUS CHANTING SPELL]

[SCREECHING]

MAGUS, YOU DID IT!

I CANNOT GO WITH YOU TO AVALON.

I CANNOT BRING THE GRIMORUM.

THEN LEAVE IT.

IT IS THE SOURCE OF MY MAGIC.

WITHOUT IT, I AM--

STILL THE MAGUS...

AND MY FRIEND.

THIS BOOK IS AS GOOD
AS A MAP TO AVALON.

IF CONSTANTINE OR HIS SORCERERS
GET A HOLD OF IT...

LEAVE THE BOOK WITH ME, MAGUS.

I WILL PROTECT IT WITH MY LIFE.

I’LL STAY WITH FINELLA.

A WOMAN ALONE
MAY RUN INTO TROUBLE.

TWO WOMEN CAN CAUSE
PLENTY OF IT.

BUT I WANT TO STAY
WITH YOU, MAMA.

[WOMAN] OHH, TOM...

YOU WITNESSED CONSTANTINE’S
EVIL, MY BOY.

YOU’LL NOT BE SAFE IN SCOTLAND,
NOR ANYWHERE,

UNLESS I KEEP THE GRIMORUMSAFE
FROM CONSTANTINE.

BESIDES,

WE NEED YOU...

GUARDIAN.

[TOM]
MAMA, I--I CANNOT SEE YOU.

[WOMAN] GODSPEED, MY ANGEL.

I OWE YOU MORE
THAN I CAN EVER REPAY.

I STILL DON’T UNDERSTAND
HOW YOU COULD HAVE LIVED
BACK THEN AND STILL BE HERE.

TIME PASSES DIFFERENTLY
ON AVALON.

FOR EVERY HOUR SPENT THERE,

ONE DAY GOES BY
IN THE REAL WORLD.

I RETURNED EVERY 100 YEARS

TO SEE IF YOU’D
AWAKENED, GOLIATH.

YOU SPOKE OF THE ARCHMAGE,

BUT HE DIED BEFORE
YOU WERE BORN.

NEVERTHELESS, HE LAY SIEGE
TO AVALON.

WE MUST GET BACK
BEFORE THE SUN RISES THERE.

[GOLIATH]
WE WILL HELP YOU ANY WAY WE CAN.

[BARKING]

[CHUCKLES]
BRONX LIKES IT HERE.

HE’S FOUND THE EGGS.

WHERE?

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]