Gargoyles (1994–1996): Season 2, Episode 23 - Avalon: Part 3 - full transcript

The Sleeping King has been awakened. Goliath and all his allies fight the Archmage, Demona, MacBeth and three of Auberon's children.

[GOLIATH] 1,000 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]

[GOLIATH] 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.

[GROWLING]

[GOLIATH] WE ARE DEFENDERS
OF THE NIGHT.

WE ARE GARGOYLES.

[GOLIATH] PREVIOUSLY ON
GARGOYLES...

[MAGUS] THE WEIRD SISTERS
LED THE CHARGE AGAINST US,

ALONG WITH TWO WARRIORS
ARMED WITH MAGICAL WEAPONS.

THIS IS BUT
A DEMONSTRATION OF MY POWER.

[MAGUS]
THE ARCHMAGE CALLS THE DANCE.

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

I SWEAR HE HAD
THE GRIMORUM AS WELL.



OUR BEST CHANCE
LIES IN STEALTH.

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

IN CASE
THIS DOESN'T WORK.

TELL ME ABOUT
THE SLEEPING KING.

[RUSTLING]

I HEARD SOMETHING...
OVER THERE.

DID YOU HEAR IT?

[ANGELA]
THE GROTTO IS JUST AHEAD.

I'LL ACT AS DIVERSION.

YOU TWO RETRIEVE THE EYE OF ODIN
AND THE PHOENIX GATE,

AND GET OUT.

AND NO HEROICS.

JALAPEÑA.

[KATHERINE] LITTLE IS KNOWN
OF THE SLEEPING KING.

[MAGUS]
JUST THAT HE'LL SLEEP HERE
UNTIL HIS COUNTRY NEEDS HIM.

HOW DO I GET THERE?

YOU WOULD DARE
TO AWAKEN THIS KING?

WHO KNOWS WHAT
ENCHANTMENTS SURROUND
HIS HOLLOW HILL?

WE HAVE NO CHOICE.

SHE'S RIGHT.
WE MUST LEAVE
NO STONE UNTURNED.

NO, GUARDIAN.
I MUST DO THIS.

NOT WITHOUT ME.

MY IDEA, REMEMBER?

STOP IT!

-[MACBETH] HANDS UP...
-[BOTH GASP]

...AND DON'T MOVE.

NO!

THEY ARE
OUR CLAN'S CHILDREN.

DEMONA, I KNOW
YOU HATE HUMANS,

BUT THESE ARE
INNOCENT GARGOYLES.

NO.

[SIGHS] CAN IT BE?

AND YOU, MACBETH...

DOES YOUR MUCH
VAUNTED SENSE OF HONOR

INCLUDE THE
SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENTS?

THE ARCHMAGE
IS USING YOU!

[CHUCKLES]

OH, YOU'RE
VERY GOOD, GOLIATH,

BUT APPEALING TO
THEIR BETTER NATURES
WON'T HELP YOU.

THEY'RE
MY CREATURES NOW.

I HAVE GREAT PLANS
FOR YOU, GOLIATH,

BUT THESE YOUNG ONES
ARE EXPENDABLE.

DESTROY THEM.

[GROWLING]

AAH!

ANGELA! COME ON!

[GROWLING]

I GENEROUSLY ALLOWED
THEM TO LIVE UNTIL DAWN,

BUT IF THEY'RE SO EAGER
TO DIE...

[PANTING]

[ELISA] COME ON, MAGUS,
SLOW DOWN.

WE'RE ON THE SAME SIDE,
YOU KNOW.

I'M SORRY, ELISA.

I'M USED TO
BEING ON MY OWN.

WELL, WHAT ABOUT
THE PRINCESS AND THE GUARDIAN?

YES.
KATHERINE AND TOM.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE
ALL ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY.

IT STARTED OUT THAT WAY.

FROM THE MOMENT
WE ARRIVED ON AVALON,
WE FELT SAFE.

[LAUGHING]

OH, MAGUS,
IT IS BEAUTIFUL!

[MAGUS] WE LIVED INNOCENTLY
AS CHILDREN.

TOM, HOW WONDERFUL.

[MAGUS] BUT
LIKE ALL CHILDREN...

WE GREW UP.

[LAUGHING]

[MAGUS] SHE BEGAN TO RELY
ON TOM AND NOT ON ME.

THEY BECAME
AS HUSBAND AND WIFE,

AND RAISED THE GARGOYLES
AS THEIR OWN CHILDREN.

YOU STILL LOVE HER.

WHY DIDN'T YOU FIGHT FOR HER?

WITHOUT THE GRIMORUM,
I HAD NOTHING TO OFFER HER.

BUT YOU STAYED.

WHAT I DID TO THE GARGOYLES
1,000 YEARS AGO WAS...

UNFORGIVABLE.

I OWED IT TO GOLIATH
TO TEND THE EGGS.

THIS IS IT.

THIS? I WAS EXPECTING
SOMETHING ... GRANDER.

[SIGHS]

[GASP]

STAY BACK!

ARMORED WARRIORS
WHO WOULD STAY

UPON THE WINDS
OF YESTERDAY.

YOU HAVE DISCHARGED
YOUR PROMISE BOLD,

SO SLEEP YOU NOW,

GROW STILL,
GROW COLD!

[GRUNTING]

I THOUGHT
YOU LOST YOUR MAGIC.

THAT I DID,
CENTURIES AGO...

BUT MAGIC IS THE LIFEBLOOD
OF AVALON,

ESPECIALLY
IN THIS HOLLOW HILL.

MY TRAINING MAKES IT POSSIBLE
FOR ME TO TAP THE SOURCE.

BUT WITHOUT A CONDUIT,
LIKE THE GRIMORUM,

IT IS VERY HARD.

I DOUBT
I COULD DO IT AGAIN.

[GASPS]

MAGUS! WHAT DO I DO?

IT IS A LEAP OF FAITH!

TRUST YOURSELF!

UNH!

[RUMBLING]

ARTHUR PENDRAGON,

KING OF ALL BRITAIN,

YOU ARE NEEDED.

[GASPS]

IT'S A GOOD THING BRONX AND
BOUDICCA DECIDED TO FOLLOWED US.

[CLANKING]

MAGUS, IS THAT...

I TAKE IT, YOU HAD MORE SUCCESS
THAN WE DID.

THANKS TO THE MAGUS.

DEMONA AND MACBETH
ARE TWO OF THE GREATEST
WARRIORS OF ALL TIME.

WE'VE GOT TO FACE IT, GOLIATH.

YOU'VE NEVER ACTUALLY
BEATEN EITHER OF THEM.

I ONLY FOILED THEIR PLANS
OR FOUGHT THEM TO A DRAW.

WE NEEDED THE BEST WARRIOR
WHO EVER LIVED.

WE NEEDED...

KING ARTHUR.

[CLEARS THROAT]

THAT IS ALL
VERY FLATTERING,

BUT WOULD SOMEONE
KINDLY TELL ME...

WHAT IS GOING ON?

I HAVE BEEN TOO COMPLACENT.

DEMONA AND MACBETH
ARE ON THEIR WAY
TO OBERON'S PALACE.

NO ONE WILL SURVIVE.

GOOD. WE WILL
TAKE NO MORE CHANCES.

GO TO THE HOLLOW HILL,
DISPATCH THE SLEEPING KING.

AND WHILE WE
DO YOUR BIDDING?

I WILL WAIT HERE...

FOR GOLIATH.

WILL YOU HELP US?

OH, YOU HAVE
AWAKENED ME EARLY.

I HAVE NEITHER
EXCALIBUR

NOR MY KNIGHTS

NOR
MY OLD FRIEND MERLIN.

STILL,
YOUR NEED IS GREAT.

-I WILL DO WHAT I CAN.
-[DOOR OPENS]

THE WARRIORS HAVE BEEN
SPOTTED IN THE ORCHARD!

I KNEW HE WOULD NOT WAIT
FOR SUNRISE.

HE MIGHT HAVE
IF NOT FOR ME.

THIS COULD WORK
IN OUR FAVOR.

COME SUNRISE,
THERE WILL BE
TOO FEW OF US.

YOU TWO LOOK LIKE
ABLE-BODIED KNIGHTS.

AND THIS BRAVE YOUNG WOMAN
HAS FACED THESE
VILLAINS BEFORE.

I WILL LEAD THEM
AGAINST THE ADVANCE PARTY.

BUT THE ARCHMAGE...

[GOLIATH]
I'M THE ONE HE WANTS.

I WILL FACE HIM.

[ANGELA] NOT WITHOUT ME.

THE REST OF YOU SHOULD STAY
TO PROTECT THE WOUNDED.

THEY WILL NOT HARM
MY EGGS AGAIN.

I PROMISE YOU THAT.

[BARKS]

THAT LEAVES ONLY
THE WEIRD SISTERS.

LEAVE THEM TO ME.

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTING AND GROANING]

[GABRIEL]
I WON'T LET YOU HURT HIM!

WHAT MANNER OF MAGIC
IS THIS?

IT IS YOUR DEATH.

WHO ARE YOU?

I AM ARTHUR PENDRAGON,

-KING ARTHUR?
-THE SAME!

WELL, I ALWAYS
WANTED TO SEE

HOW I'D STAND UP
AGAINST THE BEST.

[GRUNTING AND GROANING]

OHH...

UH.

OUR BLOWS COUNT TWICE.

EACH FEELS
THE OTHER'S PAIN.

I MUST PUT SOME
DISTANCE BETWEEN US.

STOP HER BEFORE
SHE REACHES THE PALACE!

TAKING YOUR REST,
GRANDFATHER?

OR HAVE YOU
CHOSEN THIS PLACE
TO BE YOUR GRAVE?

I KNEW YOU WOULD
COME HERE.

YOU ARE NO MATCH FOR US.

THERE IS NO FUTURE
FOR YOU.

IS THIS HOW YOU WILL
DEFEAT US?

NO PIECE OF WOOD
CAN HARM US.

AND YOU HAVE
NO MAGIC HERE.

MYSTICAL AVALON...

HEAR MY PLEA!

FILL ME WITH YOUR ENERGY!

AAH!

[ALL THREE] AAH!

YOU HURT US, SORCERER!

YOU STEAL POWER
FROM THE LAND OF OUR BIRTH.

[ALL]
YOU WILL SUFFER!

[MAGUS SCREAMS]

[ALL SCREAMING]

[GROWLING]

[GROANS]

NO!

ARE YOU MAD?

THESE ARE YOUR CHILDREN!

UNH!

NOW WE END THIS.

[GROANS]

YES.

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

[SCREAMING]

GOLIATH.

[CONTINUES TO SCREAM]

IS THAT THE BEST
YOU CAN DO?

[GRUNTING]

[LAUGHING]

[GABRIEL] DEMONA!

ARE YOU
AFRAID TO FACE
ONE OF YOUR OWN?

[DEMONA] HOW COZY.

NOW YOU CAN
ALL DIE TOGETHER!

WOULDN'T YOU RATHER
HAVE ME?

[GUN COCKING]

ALWAYS.

[BOTH GRUNTING AND GROANING]

I HAVE WAITED
A MILLENNIUM FOR THIS MOMENT.

[GRUNTS]

AND IT WAS
WORTH THE WAIT.

[CHUCKLING]

[DEMONA SCREAMS]

HOLD HER! HOLD HER!

[GRUNTING]

LET GO OF ME!

[GRUNTS]

I WILL DESTROY YOU ALL!

[KATHARINE] ENOUGH OF THIS!

GET CLEAR!

MY LOVE!

NO ONE
THREATENS MY EGGS.

[GROANS]

AVALON! AID YOUR CHILDREN!

[GROANS]

YOU'VE BEEN SLEEPING
TOO LONG, OLD MAN.

[GRUNTING]

AND YOU WILL NOT
DEFEAT ME.

[SCREAMING]

[BOTH GRUNTING AND GROANING]

YOU ONLY DELAY
THE INEVITABLE.

WHERE IS
THE SLEEPING KING?

IRON ARMOR,
SWORDS, AND RICHES.

[GROANS]

FORM A CHAIN TO
BIND THESE WITCHES!

[ALL GROAN]

DID YOU THINK
I'D FORGOTTEN
OUR LAST BATTLE?

[GRUNTS]

WELL, I'M NO LONGER
THAT WEAKLING.

I COULD DESTROY YOU
WITH A WORD.

THEN WHY DON'T YOU?

BECAUSE I'M HAVING
TOO MUCH FUN.

[SCREAMING]

FOOLS!

[SCREAMING]

[GROANS]

ICE!

[CHUCKLING]

[BOTH GRUNT]

YOU LOSE AGAIN,

ARCHMAGE.

YOU FOOL!

I STILL HAVE
THE PHOENIX GATE,

AND THE GRIMORUM ARCANORUM
IS PART OF ME FOREVER!

NO!

THE GRIMORUM!

WITHOUT THE EYE
I CANNOT CONTROL ITS POWER!

[SCREAMING]

[ARCHMAGE]
OH, MY LOVELY MAGIC!

-IT IS OVER.
-[ANGELA GASPS]

MAGUS!

OH, MAGUS,

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

PRINCESS, I--

SHH...

LIE STILL NOW.

WE'LL GET YOU BACK
TO THE PALACE

-AND THEN...
-NO, NO, KATHARINE...

I THINK I SHOULD LIKE
TO STAY HERE.

I OWE YOU
A GREAT DEBT, MAGUS.

YOU... BUT...

I CURSED YOUR CLAN.

YOU SAVED MY CHILDREN.

HMM. OH, I'M SO TIRED.

I THINK I WOULD
LIKE TO REST.

YOU CANNOT LEAVE ME NOW.

NEVER...

MY PRINCESS...

NO, MAGUS!

[CRYING]

[GABRIEL] I WILL MISS YOU ALL.

OUR PLACE... MY PLACE
IS HERE.

THE OTHERS ARE ALREADY
REBUILDING THE PALACE.

YOUR CLAN COULD JOIN US.

NO. GARGOYLES AND HUMANS

MUST LEARN TO LIVE
TOGETHER AGAIN,

OR IT WILL NEVER
BE SAFE FOR US
IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD.

[ANGELA] GOLIATH,

I WANT
TO GO WITH YOU.

IT'S A DANGEROUS PATH,
ANGELA,

BUT...
YOU'D BE WELCOME COMPANY.

GABRIEL,
I HAVE TO GO...

SEE THE WORLD...
FIND MY PLACE IN IT.

AND SO YOU WILL,

BUT I WILL MISS YOU,
MY ROOKERY SISTER.

AND YOU, YOUR MAJESTY?

I, TOO, WILL EXPLORE
THIS NEW WORLD,

BUT ON MY OWN,

AND THUS
A BIT LESS CONSPICUOUS.

[LAUGHING]

WELL, IF YOU END UP
ON AN ISLAND NAMED
MANHATTAN,

LOOK UP MY CLAN.

NOW, FREE THEM
FROM YOUR SPELL.

WE FREE YOU
FROM OUR DREADFUL GAZE.

DO AS THOU WILL

[ALL]
AND AS THOU PLEASE.

THEY WILL HAVE NO MEMORY
OF ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED

SINCE THE SPELL WAS CAST
WEEKS AGO.

NOW, KEEP YOURPART
OF THE BARGAIN.

[KATHERINE]
THANK YOU, GOLIATH, ELISA...

[GOLIATH]
PRINCESS, GOODBYE.

[ELISA]
GOODBYE.

[KATHERINE]
FAREWELL, ANGELA.

[ANGELA]
GOODBYE, MY PRINCESS.

GABRIEL, GOODBYE.

GOODBYE, ALL OF YOU.

GOOD LUCK.

SOUVENIRS?

I'M PERSONALLY GOING TO ENSURE
PERSONALLY ENSURE

THAT THE PHOENIX GATE
AND THE EYE OF ODIN

ARE NEVER USED AGAIN.

IF YOU SAY SO.

MY PERSONAL GOAL
IS TO GET BACK TO NEW YORK.

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

ELISA!
I THOUGHT YOU UNDERSTOOD!

AVALON DOES NOT
TAKE YOU WHERE
YOU WANT TO GO.

AVALON SENDS YOU
WHERE YOU NEED TO BE!

WAIT A MINUTE.

WHAT DOES HE MEAN,
WHERE WE NEEDTO BE?