Gargoyles (1994–1996): Season 2, Episode 24 - Shadows of the Past - full transcript

The World Tour begins at the original site of Castle Wyvern. There's more than old memories waiting for Goliath at his ancestral home.

[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.

[HOWLING]

[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!

[WOMAN] PREVIOUSLY ON
GARGOYLES...

OWW!

[GASPS]

YOU ARE THE BETRAYER?

I TOLD YOU TO TAKE
THE OTHER GARGOYLES WITH YOU.

HE’S THE ONE YOU WANT!
HE SHATTERED THEM!

YOU LYING SCUM!



MY PERSONAL GOAL
IS TO GET BACK TO NEW YORK.

ELISA, I THOUGHT
YOU UNDERSTOOD.

AVALON DOESN’T TAKE YOU
WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.

AVALON SENDS YOU
WHERE YOU NEED TO BE.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

I’VE NEVER SEEN
A STORM LIKE THIS.

IT WAS ALWAYS SUMMER
IN AVALON.

WHERE ARE WE?

[GOLIATH] IT’S HOME.

MY HOME.

[ALL SCREAM]

HOLD ON!

[SIGHS] NOW, THAT WAS
AN "E" TICKET RIDE.

[WHIMPERING]

PERHAPS WE SHOULD
WAIT OUT THE STORM IN HERE.

THEN WE CAN RETURN
TO AVALON

AND TRY AGAIN TO FIND
YOUR MANHATTAN ISLAND.

WHEN THE TIDE COMES IN,

THIS CAVERN
WILL BE UNDERWATER.

WE MUST MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND.

[ELISA] IT LOOKS LIKE
WE’LL BE UNDERWATER EITHER WAY.

LOOK THERE.

CASTLE WYVERN STOOD ATOP
THIS CLIFF.

COME. YOU MUST SEE THE SITE

OF OUR ANCESTRAL HOME.

GOLIATH, WHAT DID YOU SEE?

NOTHING.

JUST SHADOWS.

[GROWLING]

SO THIS IS WHERE
OUR CLAN LIVED.

WHAT WAS OVER THERE?

[GOLIATH]
THE ROOKERY.

I WAS HATCHED HERE

WITH MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

ANGELA, YOU AND THE ROOKERY
CHILDREN WERE BUT EGGS

WHEN PRINCESS KATHARINE
AND THE MAGUS TOOK YOU
FROM THIS PLACE.

IT WAS HERE THAT I KNEW
YOUR GUARDIAN TOM,

WHEN HE WAS BUT A LAD.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

IT MUST HAVE BEEN BEAUTIFUL.

[WOMAN] GOLIATH...

[HOWLING]

[WOMAN] COME TO ME.

GOLIATH, WHAT’S WRONG?

[GASPS]

GOLIATH, WE CAN’T STAY HERE.

DIDN’T YOU TELL ME ONCE
THERE ARE CAVES AROUND HERE?

YES, OF COURSE. THIS WAY.

NOT EXACTLY HOMEY.

THE ARCHMAGE MADE WHAT
WE THOUGHT WAS HIS FINAL STAND

IN THE LABYRINTH
BENEATH THIS CAVE.

THE VIKINGS CAMPED HERE

THE NIGHT
THEY ATTACKED OUR HOME

AND SHATTERED MY CLAN.

ON YON CLIFF,
I HAD TO CHOOSE

BETWEEN LIFE AND REVENGE.

I CHOSE TO SAVE
PRINCESS KATHARINE,

THUS HAKON AND THE CAPTAIN
OF THE GUARD

FELL TO THEIR DEATHS,

BUT NOT AT MY HANDS.

YOU CHOSE CORRECTLY,
GOLIATH.

WITHOUT THE PRINCESS
TO SAVE US,

MY ROOKERY KIN AND I
WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN HATCHED.

STILL, I WANTED REVENGE.

GOLIATH, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

[MAN] IT WAS NOT SUPPOSED
TO BE THIS WAY.

HE’S THE ONE YOU WANT!

[ECHOING]
HE SHATTERED THEM!
HE SHATTERED THEM!

[WOMAN] NO!

PRINCESS!

[GROWLING]

-[THUNDER RUMBLING]
-[GASPS]

MAN, THIS PLACE IS CREEPIER

THAN THE MORGUE
AT MIDNIGHT.

BRONX SEEMS
TO SENSE SOMETHING.

WHAT ARE THOSE?

STRANGE HIEROGLYPHICS.

WHAT IS THIS PLACE?

LONG AGO,
IT WAS THE SECRET LAIR

OF THE ARCHMAGE.

WHAT DO THE CARVINGS MEAN?

[MAN] YOU ARE THE BETRAYER?

[ECHOING]
BETRAYER... BETRAYER...

AAH!

[GROWLING]

GOLIATH, WHAT’S WRONG?

WHAT... WHAT DO YOU SEE?

I SEE THE ARCHMAGE
ATTACKING A GARGOYLE.

WHY? WHAT DO YOU SEE?

I SAW...

OLD FEARS.

THAT’S ALL.

HE’S NOT TELLING THE TRUTH.

THIS PLACE IS FULL
OF BAD MEMORIES.

OLD WOUNDS BLEED AS BRIGHT
AS NEW ONES SOMETIMES.

HE’LL BE ALL RIGHT...
[SIGHS] I HOPE.

GOLIATH, WE DON’T HAVE
TO STAY HERE.

THE STORM’S DYING.

WE CAN GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

PERHAPS YOU’RE RIGHT.

TOO MUCH OF THE PAST
IS STILL ALIVE HERE.

-[GASPS]
-[BOTH LAUGHING]

[ROARING]

-GOLIATH, STOP!
-YOU’RE HURTING US!

[SCREAMING]

[COUGHING]

[GROWLING]

GOLIATH...

[LAUGHING]

-[GASPS]
-[ANGELA] GOLIATH!

CAN YOU HEAR ME?

GOLIATH, WHAT’S HAPPENING?

STAY AWAY.

[MAN] YOU ARE THE BETRAYER?

YOU’RE IN DANGER FROM ME.

I DON’T KNOW
WHAT’S REAL ANYMORE.

GOLIATH, STOP!

[ANGELA] PLEASE, GOLIATH,
WAIT FOR US.

BRONX, FIND GOLIATH.

[GROWLING]

[WOMAN] GOLIATH...

-JOIN ME IN THE DARK.
-NO.

LEAVE ME ALONE.

GOLIATH...

DON’T ABANDON US.

-GOLIATH.
-GOLIATH.

STAY BACK.
I MIGHT HURT YOU.

YOU WOULD HURT YOUR FRIENDS?
YOUR CLAN?

I CAN’T TRUST WHAT I SEE.

WATCH OUT.

YOU MIGHT FALL.

IF HE FALLS, CAN YOU FOLLOW?

THIS FISSURE
MAY BE TOO NARROW TO GLIDE IN.

HE COULD BE KILLED
IF HE FALLS.

SWELL.

NO! STAY BACK!

[ROARING]

[BARKING]

GOLIATH, WATCH OUT!

AAH!

TAKE OUR HANDS.

GOLIATH, HOLD ONTO US.

[GRUNTING]

HOLD ON.

[WHIMPERS]

[CAPTAIN] MURDERER!

-KILLER!
-KILLER!

BETRAYER.

[SCREAMING]

-GOLIATH!
-NO!

[SCREAMING]

WHAT CAN WE DO?

CLIMB DOWN AFTER HIM.

[PANTING]

[HAKON] NOW WE HAVE HIM.

THE ANCIENT MAGIC
IS STRONGEST HERE.

[CAPTAIN]
BUT WHAT IF HE SUSPECTS?

WHAT IF HE DOES?

[LAUGHING]

[HAKON] IF THERE’S
ANY FIGHT LEFT IN HIM,

THIS WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.

GRRR!

[SQUAWK]

ARRR!

AWKKK!

NO...

IT’S IMPOSSIBLE.

[ALL SCREECHING]

GOLIATH...

YOU DESTROYED OUR CLAN...

NOW YOU WILL PAY.

DEATH TO GOLIATH!

YOU’RE WRONG.

I TRIED TO SAVE YOU.

YOU BETRAYED US.

UNH!

AAH!

NOW WE WILL HAVE
OUR REVENGE.

ARGH!

UNH!

[CAPTAIN] ENOUGH!

MAKE AN END TO IT.
DON’T BE A FOOL.

[HAKON] I’VE WAITED A THOUSAND
YEARS FOR THIS.

IF HE BECOMES TOO WEAK,

HE WON’T SERVE
OUR PURPOSE.

[HAKON] VERY WELL.

NOW FOR THE FINAL TOUCH.

[GROANING]

GOLIATH...

AFTER ALL THESE CENTURIES,
WE MEET AGAIN.

NO.

PLEASE... NO!

I BRING YOU A GIFT,
GOLIATH...

THE SAME GIFT
YOU GRANTED ME--

OBLIVION.

THIS CANNOT BE.

YOU WERE NOT PART
OF THE SLAUGHTER.

SHE FLED BEFORE THE ATTACK,

ESCAPED WITH HER LIFE.

SHE’S NOT REAL.

NONE OF YOU ARE REAL.

[SQUAWKING]

[SCREAMING]

[HAKON] YOU’VE FINALLY
FIGURED IT OUT, EH?

THAT VOICE.

IT DOESN’T MATTER.

YOU’LL NEVER LEAVE
THIS CAVERN ALIVE...

OR DEAD FOR THAT MATTER.

BUT... THE TWO OF YOU...

FELL TO YOUR DOOM
THE NIGHT OF THE RAID.

AYE. IN FACT,
10 TIMES 100 YEARS

OUR SPIRITS HAVE LANGUISHED
IN THIS STINKING HOLE.

PERHAPS IT WAS THE MAGIC
IN THIS PLACE.

OR MAYBE JUST THE STRENGTH
OF OUR HATRED...

THAT KEPT US HERE.

AS MUCH
AS WE HATED EACH OTHER,

WE HATED YOU
A THOUSAND TIMES MORE.

YOU SENT US TO OUR DEATHS,
GOLIATH,

AND NOW YOU’LL HELP US
LIVE AGAIN.

[SCREAMING]

THE MAGIC WILL DRAIN
YOUR LIFE FORCE

AND REPLENISH OURS.

YOUR DEATHS
WERE NOT MY DOING.

DON’T YOU REMEMBER?

MY CLAN WAS BETRAYED BY YOU.

I NEVER WANTED THAT.

I CAN FEEL IT.

AFTER ALL THESE CENTURIES,
I CAN FEEL AGAIN.

[GROANS]

I’VE DREAMED OF DOING THIS
FOR A MILLENNIUM.

[LAUGHING]

WHAT’S THAT?

[BRONX GROWLING]

[LAUGHING]

IT IS ALMOST COMPLETE.
WE’LL BE FREE,

AND YOU’LL HAUNT THIS PIT
TILL THE END OF TIME.

[ROARING]

[LAUGHING]

WHAT GOOD IS LIFE...

WITHOUT HONOR?

NO... I CAN’T LET
THIS HAPPEN AGAIN.

[SCREAMING]

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

YOU’VE BROKEN THE LIGHT
OF POWER, YOU FOOL.

[ELISA] GOLIATH!

YOU’RE ALIVE!

[COOING]

WE’VE HATED GOLIATH
FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.

NAY!

I HATED MYSELF
FOR BETRAYING HIM.

BACK OFF!

AND NOW I’VE BEEN GIVEN
A CHANCE TO ATONE!

GOLIATH, WHAT IS THIS?

GET BACK!

THERE WERE TWO MEN
IN THERE.

THEY COULDN’T HAVE
SURVIVED THAT.

WHO WERE THEY, GOLIATH?

ONE ENEMY...

AND ONE FRIEND.

THANK YOU, GOLIATH.

YOU HAVE HELPED ME BREAK
THE SHACKLES OF HATE AND GUILT

THAT HELD ME HERE.

FAREWELL...

OLD FRIEND.

I HAVE A FEELING THIS IS GONNA
BE A LONG STORY.

YES.

CENTURIES LONG.

LET US LEAVE THIS PLACE.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE
LOSING YOUR MIND.

BUT NOW THAT I’VE HEARD
THIS STORY--

WHAT DO YOU THINK
HAPPENED TO HAKON?

HE HAS MADE HIS FATE, ANGELA,

WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.

[HAKON]
DON’T LEAVE ME HERE ALONE.

NOT WITHOUT ANYONE TO HATE.
WHOAAA!

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]