Gargoyles (1994–1996): Season 2, Episode 22 - Avalon: Part 2 - full transcript

Goliath, Elisa meet with Katherine, and the Mage. They're under attack from the Archmage, Demona, MacBeth, and 3 of Auberon's children. Elisa knows they'll need more allies in the up coming fight. She goes to wake a human whose been on the island for a long time.

[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.

[GOLIATH]
PREVIOUSLY ONGARGOYLES...

-WHO ARE YOU?
-TOM!

[KATHERINE]
DO YOU SWEAR TO PROTECT

THESE GARGOYLE EGGS?

I SWEAR.

ARISE, TOM,

GUARDIAN OF THE EGGS.



[TOM]
WHERE ARE WE GOING, MAMA?

[MAGUS]
TO OBERON’S MYSTIC ISLAND
OF AVALON.

NO MAGICKS MAY ENTER HERE.

[SCREECHING]

[GOLIATH]
YOU SPOKE OF THE ARCHMAGE,

BUT HE DIED BEFORE
YOU WERE BORN.

[TOM] NEVERTHELESS,
HE LAYS SIEGE TO AVALON.

HE’S FOUND THE EGGS.

GUARDIAN, WELCOME HOME!

THESE ARE THE EGGS?

HA HA. SORRY. I’VE ALWAYS
CALLED THEM THAT.

[BARKING]

ARE YOU GOLIATH?

I’VE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT YOU.

THIS IS LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE.

GOLIATH, ELISA.

THIS IS ANGELA.

YOU’VE GIVEN THEM NAMES?

OF COURSE! HOW ELSE COULD
WE TELL EACH OTHER APART?

WE SHOULD GET BACK
TO THE CASTLE.

GABRIEL’S RIGHT. IT COULD BE
DANGEROUS HERE.

DANGEROUS? DO YOU THINK SO?

ARCHMAGE!

VERY ASTUTE, GOLIATH!

[GROWLING]

[GASPS]

DON’T PUSH YOUR LUCK, GUARDIAN.

I GAVE YOU TIME
TO PREPARE FOR DEATH,

AND YOU WASTED IT
LOOKING FOR HELP.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

THERE IS NO HELP FOR YOU
UNDER THE HEAVENS.

-I’M INSULTED YOU
THOUGHT OTHERWISE.
-[ROARS]

DON’T BE TOO INSULTED.

[SNARLING]

[ROARING]

ARRGH!

DON’T CROW TOO LOUDLY.

AFTER ALL,
WHAT HAVE YOU ACHIEVED?

YOU BEAT UP A BEACH.

AT DAWN,

YOU ALL WILL DIE!

GET USED TO IT.

[CRACKING]

LET’S GET BACK TO THE PALACE
BEFORE THE VERY AIR ATTACKS US.

ANGELA, YOU TAKE THE POINT.

I KNOW THIS ISN’T THE TIME,
BUT I CAN’T HELP NOTICING

THAT ANGELA SORT OF
LOOKS LIKE DEMONA,

EXCEPT HER
COLORING’S DIFFERENT.

WHOSE DAUGHTER IS SHE?

DAUGHTERS AND SONS
BELONG TO THE WHOLE CLAN,
ELISA.

IT IS THE GARGOYLE WAY.

[RAVENS CAWING]

[GOLIATH]
HOW MANY ARE WOUNDED?

TOO MANY.

WE WEREN’T PREPARED FOR BATTLE.

BEFORE TONIGHT,

THERE WAS NEVER ANY NEED
TO HONE OUR COMBAT SKILLS.

TOM!

OH, I PRAYED FOR
YOUR SAFE RETURN.

[GOLIATH] PRINCESS.

GOLIATH!

OH, TOM! YOU FOUND HIM!

THIS IS MORE THAN
I’D HOPED FOR.

AND THE WAY YOU’VE
GUARDED OUR CHILDREN

IS MORE THAN I DREAMED OF.

I’M GLAD TO BE HERE.

[MOANING]

I ONLY WISH THE TIMES
WERE EQUALLY GLAD.

LASER BURNS!
TELL US WHAT HAPPENED.

[MAGUS]
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND...

SINCE WE ARRIVED UPON THE ISLAND
ALL THOSE YEARS AGO,

AVALON HAS BEEN
COMPLETELY DESERTED...

E... EXCEPT
FOR THE SLEEPING KING.

THE WEIRD SISTERS
LED THE CHARGE AGAINST US

ALONG WITH TWO WARRIORS
ARMED WITH MAGICAL WEAPONS.

ONE WAS A GRAY-BEARDED HUMAN.

THE OTHER WAS A FEMALE GARGOYLE

WE ONCE KNEW
AS YOUR SECOND IN COMMAND.

DEMONA?

I BET GRAY BEARD WAS MACBETH.

YOU KNOW OUR ATTACKERS?

YES, BUT THEY HATE EACH OTHER.

WE SAW NO SIGN OF THAT.

THE WEIRD SISTERS
HAVE BEEN USING THEM ALL ALONG.

DEMONA AND MACBETH MUST
STILL BE UNDER THEIR CONTROL.

MY OLD MASTER, THE ARCHMAGE,
CALLS THE DANCE.

I’VE SEEN THE EYE
OF ODIN ON HIS BROW.

IT HAS CLEARLY TRANSFORMED HIM

INTO A MORE POWERFUL SORCERER.

HE ALSO CARRIES
THE PHOENIX GATE.

WITH THAT, HE CAN TRAVERSE
SPACE OR TIME WITH A THOUGHT.

IF I DIDN’T KNOW
MY OLD MAGIC BOOK,

THE GRIMORUM,COULDN’T BE
BROUGHT ON TO AVALON,

-I’D SWEAR HE HAD THAT AS WELL.
-WHICH EXPLAINS A LOT.

MACBETH AND DEMONA
MUST HAVE STOLEN
THOSE TALISMANS FROM YOU

WHILE THEY WERE UNDER
THE WEIRD SISTERS’ POWER.

AND THE SISTERS MUST HAVE GIVEN
THE TALISMANS TO THE ARCHMAGE.

I ONLY KNOW HE SEEMED
TO BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE.

[RAVENS CAWING]

ALL OF THE PIECES
ARE NOW IN PLACE.

GOLIATH AND HIS CLAN
ARE DOOMED.

ISN’T IT TIME FOR YOU TO GO?

I WAS JUST ABOUT TO.

ARE YOU CERTAIN
YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO?

I SHOULD.
I’VE WATCHED YOU DO IT.

FULMINUS BENITE!

[FUTURE ARCHMAGE]
HE STARTS OUT WELL ENOUGH.

BUT HE LACKS CONTROL.

ESPECIALLY OF THAT TEMPER.

FILTHY BEAST! GIVE IT TO ME!

[FUTURE ARCHMAGE]
THERE IS SO MUCH TO TEACH HIM.

FORTUNATELY,
I HAVE NOTHING BUT TIME.

AAH!

[FUTURE ARCHMAGE] HALT.

[WHIMPERS]

OH, STOP WHIMPERING

AND SHOW SOME DIGNITY,
CAN’T YOU?

[PANTS] WHO ARE YOU?

PATIENCE.

I CAN’T SWIM!

VESSEL.

FEEL BETTER NOW?

ARE YOU... ME?

I’M WHO YOU WILL BECOME.

THEN YOU MUST HELP ME
RECOVER THE GRIMORUM

FROM THAT BEAST GOLIATH!

ALL IN GOOD TIME.

THE BOOK IS NOW PART OF HISTORY
AND MUST FULFILL ITS ROLE
IN THE TIME STREAM.

THEN WHY HAVE YOU
BROUGHT ME HERE?

I COULD PUT YOU
BACK WHERE I FOUND YOU.

NO, NO.

ALL RIGHT, THEN. THINK!

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

ULTIMATE POWER.

AND REVENGE.

THEN YOU WILL NEED
MANY THINGS--

ALLIES, SOLDIERS, WEAPONS,

AND A BASE OF OPERATION.

BE SILENT AND WATCH.

[ARCHMAGE]
MY FORMER PUPIL!

BUT HE’S GROWN OLDER!

WHERE ARE WE?

NOT WHERE... WHEN?

THIS IS THE YEAR 995.

I UNDERSTAND. WE’RE HERE
TO TAKE THE GRIMORUMFROM HIM.

IF YOU DON’T KNOW, DON’T GUESS.

YOU ARE ABOUT TO MAKE
SOME POWERFUL ALLIES.

[KATHERINE]
MAGUS, DO SOMETHING!

[SCREECHING]

MAGUS, YOU DID IT!

I CANNOT GO WITH YOU TO AVALON.

I CANNOT BRING THE GRIMORUM.

THIS BOOK IS AS GOOD
AS A MAP TO AVALON!

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

[ARCHMAGE] THE FOOL HAS GIVEN
AWAY THE SOURCE OF HIS POWER.

ARE WE... GOING TO TAKE
THE GRIMORUMFROM HER?

WEREN’T YOU LISTENING?

THE BOOK MUST REMAIN IN PLAY.
HISTORY CANNOT BE CHANGED!

THIS IS INFURIATING! IF YOU’RE
SO POWERFUL, WHY CAN’T YOU GET
ME THE THINGS I NEED?

BECAUSE UNLESS
YOU GET THEM YOURSELF,

I WILL NOT HAVE THEM
IN THE FUTURE.

PAY ATTENTION AND LEARN.

REVERT!

OBERON WILL NOT BE PLEASED.

HE ENTRUSTED US
TO GUARD THE GATES OF AVALON.

AND NOW WE ARE BANISHED
FROM THAT FAIR ISLE

BY A MAGICIAN’S PARLOR TRICKS.

MIGHT I SUGGEST AN ALLIANCE?

WE MAKE NO PACTS
WITH SORCERERS!

NOT EVEN IF I CAN PROMISE YOU
REVENGE AGAINST THESE MORTALS?

WE ARE LISTENING.

IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME.

WHAT IS TIME

TO AN IMMORTAL?

THEN I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN
IN 25 YEARS.

AND SOON...

WE WILL ALL HAVE OUR VENGEANCE.

WHERE ARE WE NOW?

FOR THE LAST TIME,
IT’S "WHEN," NOT "WHERE."

TRY TO KEEP UP.

THE YEAR IS 1020.

[ARCHMAGE]
THESE CANNOT BE MORE ALLIES.

THAT FEMALE GARGOYLE
ONCE SERVED AS MY APPRENTICE.

SHE BETRAYED ME!

[FUTURE ARCHMAGE]
SHE IS NOT AN ALLY.
SHE IS CANNON FODDER,

THE FIRST OF THE WARRIORS
YOU WILL NEED.

TRUST ME. WE’RE NOT DOING HER
ANY FAVORS.

HA HA!

DON’T TELL ME THIS YOUNG PUP
IS ANOTHER RECRUIT!

MACBETH WILL BECOME
A GREAT WARRIOR...

IF HE SURVIVES TO MANHOOD.

PROTECT THESE TWO.

GUIDE THEIR COURSES.

ARCHMAGE, HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN?

OBERON’S LAW
MAGICALLY FORBIDS US

FROM DIRECTLY INTERFERING
IN HUMAN EVENTS.

THE LAW THAT CANNOT BE BROKEN
CAN SURELY BE BENT.

THIS IS TRUE.

WATCH FOR THE GRIMORUM,

THE EYE OF ODIN,
AND THE PHOENIX GATE.

BUT YOU ALREADY HAVE THE EYE
AND THE GATE.

[LAUGHS]
BUT I DIDN’T HAVE THEM

UNTIL YOU THREE BROUGHT THEM.

WE’LL MEET AGAIN
AT THE WATERY DOOR TO AVALON

IN 975 YEARS.

975 YEARS?

SOON THE SISTERS WILL BRING YOU
THE TALISMANS

AND WITH THEM,
THE ULTIMATE POWER
OF WHICH YOU’VE ALWAYS DREAMED.

WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH IT?

I HAVEN’T THOUGHT
THAT FAR IN ADVANCE.

PERHAPS I’LL CONQUER SCOTLAND!

ONLY SCOTLAND?
WITH SO MUCH POWER,
YOU CAN CONQUER THE WORLD.

KEEP IN MIND, THE WORLD HAS
BECOME A PLACE OF SCIENCE,
NOT SORCERY,

AND WEAPONS TODAY ARE AS POTENT
AS ANY MAGIC.

YOU’LL NEED A SAFE PLACE
FROM WHICH TO LAUNCH
YOUR ATTACKS,

A PLACE HUMANS CANNOT REACH.

THINK.

AVALON!

FINALLY, YOU’RE CATCHING ON.

AND FORTUNATELY, THE ISLAND
IS ABANDONED

BUT FOR A FEW HUMANS
AND GARGOYLES.

THEN THEY MUST DIE!

EXACTLY!

GIVE HIM THE EYE OF ODIN.

AAH!

NOW YOU HAVE POWER.

BUT YOU LACK
THE KNOWLEDGE TO USE IT.

GIVE HIM
THE GRIMORUM ARCANORUM.

ARE YOU MAD?

THE EYE AND THE GATE
WERE FORGED ON THE ISLAND,

BUT THE GRIMORUM
IS FULL OF HUMAN SORCERY.

BY OBERON’S LAW,
NO MAGICKS MAY ENTER HERE

SAVE AVALON’S OWN.

YOU MEAN WE WENT TO ALL THAT
TROUBLE TO GET THE GRIMORUM,

AND NOW I CAN’T EVEN
TAKE IT IN WITH ME?

WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO,
EAT IT?

YOU ARELEARNING!

AAH!

[GULP]

AHH.

NOW I UNDERSTAND.

WE BEND THE LAW
WITHOUT BREAKING IT.

THE GRIMORUMIS PART OF ME

AND GOES WHERE I GO.

THEN LET US ALL GO TO VICTORY.

GIVE HIM THE PHOENIX GATE.

WHAT OF THE SLEEPING KING?

YOU MEAN HE REALLY EXISTS?

I’D HEARD LEGENDS,
BUT NEVER DREAMED
THEY WERE TRUE.

ALL THINGS ARE TRUE.

THE KING IS ON THE ISLAND
ASLEEP IN HIS HOLLOW HILL.

BE WARNED. HIS POWER IS GREAT.

THEN ONCE WE’VE
TAKEN THE ISLAND,

WE’LL JUST MAKE SURE
HE NEVER WAKES UP.

SHALL WE PROCEED?

WONDERFUL.

EVERYTHING IS GOING
ACCORDING TO MY PLAN

AS IT DID... AS IT MUST...

AS IT ALWAYS WILL!

[LAUGHS]

[ROARS]

WHO ARE YOU? WHAT DO YOU WANT?

[GRUNTS]

[SCREAMS]

REGROUP! HERE, TO ME.

THIS IS BUT A DEMONSTRATION
OF MY POWER.

I GIVE YOU THIS NIGHT
TO MAKE YOUR PEACE,

FOR AT SUNRISE, I WILL RETURN

AND DESTROY YOU ALL!

WHY DID YOU CALL US OFF?

IF WE WAIT UNTIL DAWN,

THE GARGOYLES WILL BE STONE.

THREE PUNY HUMANS

WILL BE ALL THAT STAND
BETWEEN US AND VICTORY.

BESIDES, I NEED TO
GIVE THEM TIME

TO BRING GOLIATH TO THE ISLAND.

MY VENGEANCE
WOULD NOT BE COMPLETE

WITHOUT HIM.

ALL OF THE PIECES
ARE NOW IN PLACE.

GOLIATH AND HIS CLAN
ARE DOOMED.

ISN’T IT TIME FOR YOU TO GO?

I WAS JUST ABOUT TO.

ARE YOU CERTAIN
YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO?

I SHOULD.
I’VE WATCHED YOU DO IT.

FINALLY.
I THOUGHT HE’D NEVER LEAVE!

AFTER THAT DISASTROUS BATTLE,

I LEFT TO FIND HELP.

AND THANKFULLY,
AVALON DROPPED ME IN YOUR LAPS.

BUT WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

IF WE DO NOT DEFEAT
THE ARCHMAGE’S FORCES
BEFORE SUNRISE,

THE NEXT BATTLE WILL BE OVER
BEFORE IT BEGINS.

WE HAVE LESS THAN
THREE HOURS LEFT.

BUT GOLIATH’S HERE NOW.
HE CAN PROTECT US.

WE CAN DEAL WITH
MACBETH AND DEMONA.

WE’VE DONE THAT BEFORE.

BUT WE CANNOT FIGHT
THE ARCHMAGE WITHOUT MAGIC.

MAGUS, I’LL NEED YOUR HELP.

BUT I HAVE NO MAGIC.

WITHOUT THE GRIMORUM,
I AM USELESS.

THAT’S NOT TRUE.
DON’T SAY IT. DON’T THINK IT!

PERHAPS WE CAN RECOVER
THE EYE OF ODIN

AND THE PHOENIX GATE

THEIR LOSS WOULD DIMINISH
THE ARCHMAGE’S POWER GREATLY.

WE CANNOT HOPE TO
TAKE OUR ENEMIES
BY FRONTAL ASSAULT.

OUR BEST CHANCE LIES
IN STEALTH.

[ANGELA]
THEN YOU’LL NEED A GUIDE.

[GABRIEL] TWO. WE KNOW EVERY
INCH OF THIS ISLAND.

[WHIMPERS]

THIS MUST BE A SURGICAL STRIKE.

ANGELA, GABRIEL,
YOU’RE WITH ME.

THE REST MUST STAY
AND HELP PROTECT THE WOUNDED.

ELISA, YOU’D BETTER COME
UP WITH A CONTINGENCY PLAN

IN CASE THIS DOESN’T WORK.

WAIT A MINUTE.

TELL ME ABOUT
THE SLEEPING KING.

NOW THE FUN REALLY BEGINS.

[LAUGHS]

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]