Gargoyles (1994–1996): Season 2, Episode 25 - Heritage - full transcript

The world tour continues in Alaska. Where the group encounters a sea monster that separates the group. Goliath and Angela encounter some Gargoyles, and Elisa meets with the locals. The local shaman tries to convince her grandson that the legends are true, while the native gargoyles convince Goliath, the humans destroyed the gargoyles in the area.

[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.

[GUTTURAL SCREAM]

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...

[ANGELA] I'VE NEVER SEEN
SUCH A STORM LIKE THIS.

IT'S ALWAYS SUMMER
IN AVALON.

-WHERE ARE WE?
-[TOM] ELISA, I THOUGHT
YOU UNDERSTOOD.

AVALON SENDS YOU
WHERE YOU NEED TO BE.

[GOLIATH] GARGOYLES PROTECT.

IT IS OUR NATURE...
OUR PURPOSE.



TO LOSE THAT
IS TO BE CORRUPT...

EMPTY... LIFELESS.

PERHAPS WE SHOULD WAIT OUT
THE STORM IN HERE,

THEN RETURN TO AVALON
AND TRY TO AGAIN TO FIND
YOUR MANHATTAN ISLAND.

[ELISA] FIRST THING I DO
WHEN WE HIT MANHATTAN

IS BUY A NICE, FAT HOT DOG
FROM THE GUY IN THE CORNER.

[BRONX BEGGING]

[PANTING]

[CHUCKLES]
OK, BRONX.

TWO HOT DOGS.

[EERIE SCREECH]

THAT DIDN'T SOUND
LIKE A TAXI TO ME.

WHAT IS THIS PLACE?

GOLIATH.
SOMETHING MOVES IN THE WATER.

[ALL SCREAM]

[GROANS]

[ROARS]

[GROWLS]

[ELISA] GOLIATH!

-HELP!
-[GROWLS]

[SCREECHING]

[ROARS]

[SCREECHING]

[ROARS]

[GROANS]

[GASPING]

[ANGELA]
WE DEFEATED THE MONSTER.

WHERE IS ELISA?

ELISA!

[CAWING]

[CAWING]

[COUGHING]

[PANTING]

ELISA.

[GASPS]

[GROWLS]

[PANTING]

[SNORT]

THE CARVINGS
LOOK LIKE...

GARGOYLES.

IS SUCH A THING POSSIBLE?

[CAWING]

[CAWING]

[MAN] CAREFUL.
WATCH YOUR STEP.

THIS IS YOUR HOME.

YOU MUST NOT ABANDON IT.

BUT, GRANDMOTHER,
THERE'S WORK ON THE MAINLAND.

HERE, THE TREES, THE FISH,
EVEN THE RIVERS ARE DYING.

I'M SORRY.

BYE, NICK!

GOOD LUCK!

[ENGINE STARTS]

NATSILANE, YOU ARE
THE CHIEF OF THIS BAND.

ONLY YOU CAN RESTORE

OUR BARREN LAND
TO WELL-BEING.

GRANDMOTHER, I'VE RUN
EVERY TEST I CAN THINK OF

TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG.

SCIENCE DOES NOT OFFER
THE SOLUTION.

YOU MUST CLIMB
THE VOLCANO

AND BATTLE RAVEN,
LIKE YOUR FATHER

AND HIS FATHER
BEFORE HIM.

ONLY THAT WILL
BREAK THE SPELL

WHICH IS DRYING
OUR LAND.

GRANDMOTHER,
I DIDN'T GO TO HARVARD

TO LEARN TO FIGHT
EVIL SPIRITS.

AND, PLEASE,
CALL ME NICK. [GASPS]

SHE'S ALIVE.

LET'S GET HER INSIDE.

[ROARS]

[SNARLING]

WE MUST FIND ELISA.

[MALE VOICE]
QUIET, BROTHER.

[GASPS]

COME. WE MUST
LEAVE THIS PLACE.

[GROWLS

ARE YOU A GARGOYLE?

YES. I SAW YOU FIGHT
THE SEA MONSTER,

BUT COULD NOT REACH
YOU BEFORE SUNRISE.

HAVE YOU SEEN
OUR FRIEND?

ANOTHER GARGOYLE?

A HUMAN. FEMALE.

THEN SHE IS
NO FRIEND OF MINE.

WHY ARE YOU SO BITTER
TOWARDS HUMANS?

THE PEOPLE OF THIS ISLAND
BRUTALLY DESTROYED MY CLAN

WHILE THEY SLEPT.

ONLY A FEW OF US
REMAIN.

WHERE ARE THE OTHERS?

IN HIDING.

THEY COME OUT ONLY
TO PROTECT THE VILLAGE.

WE MUST GO TO THEM NOW.

BUT OUR FRIEND...

[SIGHS] WE WILL
HELP YOU SEARCH.

VERY WELL.

STAY ON YOUR GUARD.

THERE IS AN EVIL SORCERESS
NAMED GRANDMOTHER

WHO SEEKS TO DESTROY
THE HUMAN VILLAGE.

SHE SUMMONED
THE MONSTER YOU FOUGHT.

THIS PLACE IS CERTAINLY
FULL OF SURPRISES.

[MOANING]

SHE'S BURNING UP.

WE'VE GOT TO GET HER
TO A HOSPITAL--

TONIGHT.

[ELISA MOANING]

GRANDMOTHER, THIS IS
NO TIME FOR HERBS AND POTIONS.

WHEN WILL YOU LEARN

THAT THE ANCIENT WAYS
OF YOUR PEOPLE ARE STRONG?

I'M GONNA RADIO
FOR A CHOPPER.

WATCH...

OUT...

GOLIATH.

UH... GOLIATH.

OUR HOME IS YOUR HOME.

COME OUT
AND MEET OUR GUESTS.

[GROWLING]

GREETINGS, MY FRIENDS.

[GROWLING]

ONCE MIGHTY WARRIORS,

NOW CRIPPLED WITH GRIEF.

[GROWLING]

YET THEY ARE
GARGOYLES...

ALIVE.

[GROWLING]

[MOANING]

BE WELL, CHILD.

[MOANING]

WHO ARE YOU?

WHERE AM I?

YOU ARE ON
QUEEN FLORENCE ISLAND

OFF THE WEST COAST
OF CANADA.

THE HAIDA PEOPLE
CALL ME GRANDMOTHER.

[PANTING] SQUALL'S UP
ON THE MAINLAND.

THE HOSPITAL CHOPPER
CAN'T--

YOU'RE AWAKE.

IF YOU WANT
TO CALL IT THAT.

AND YOUR FEVER BROKE.

MY FRIENDS...
I MUST FIND THEM.

SHH...

YOU WILL SEE
YOUR FRIENDS.

FIRST YOU MUST REST.

OK, IT WASN'T
AS SERIOUS AS I THOUGHT.

JUST DON'T TELL ME YOU
CURED HER WITH TREE BARK.

AND ROOTS.

WE WILL SEARCH
THE VILLAGE.

WE KNOW HOW
TO AVOID THE HUMANS.

IF THEY MEAN YOU HARM,

WHY DO YOU
PROTECT THE HUMANS?

GARGOYLES PROTECT
WITH HONOR, ANGELA.

IT IS OUR HERITAGE,

REGARDLESS OF
HOW WE ARE TREATED.

I CAN SEE YOU HAVE LIVED
THIS TRUTH.

[BARKING
AND GROWLING]

ENOUGH TALK.

BRONX,
FIND ELISA!

[BARKING AND GROWLING]

THANK YOU
FOR ALL YOUR HELP.

IT IS AN HONOR,
BROTHER.

I'M STILL PUZZLED.

IF THE HUMANS KNEW HOW
VALIANT GARGOYLES ARE,

WOULD THEY NOT
OPEN THEIR HEARTS?

THE WORLD IS NOT ALWAYS
AS WE MIGHT WISH.

WHAT HUMANS
DON'T UNDERSTAND, THEY FEAR,

AND WHAT THEY FEAR,

THEY OFTEN
SEEK TO DESTROY.

THERE!
ON THE SHORE.

[SNIFFING]

[BRONX WHIMPERING]

ELISA'S BADGE.
WE MUST NOT GIVE UP HOPE.

ELISA, YOU'RE IN NO CONDITION
TO GO HIKING AROUND THE ISLAND.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.
I'VE GOT TO FIND MY FRIENDS.

THESE TOTEM POLES--

WERE THEY INSPIRED
BY GARGOYLES?

GARGOYLES?

TOTEM POLES ARE CARVED TO HONOR
OUR ANIMAL ANCESTORS.

IT'S TRADITION.

I KNOW OF GARGOYLES.

THEY HAVE NEVER LIVED
IN THIS PLACE.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THEM
LIKE THEY'RE REAL.

RAVEN. GARGOYLES.

THEY'RE MAKE-BELIEVE.

THAT'S WHAT
I USED TO THINK.

HEAR HER, NATSILANE.

OPEN YOUR EYES
AND YOUR HEART

BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.

I CAN'T WAIT TO TALK
TO SOMEONE RATIONAL AGAIN.

[PANTING] THIS ISN'T EXACTLY
CENTRAL PARK.

[BELLOWING]

[CAWING]

[GROWLING]

[CAWING]

[BELLOWING]

[BELLOWING]

[SNARLING]

[GROWLING AND SNARLING]

[ELISA] BRONX!

BOY, IS IT GOOD
TO SEE YOU.

ARE GOLIATH
AND ANGELA OK?

RIGHT, LIKE YOU'RE
GONNA ANSWER.

G-GOLIATH!
ANGELA!

ELISA!

[ANGELA]
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

I'M A LOT BETTER NOW.
WHERE HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN?

WE HAVE MET
OTHER GARGOYLES.

THE CARVING POLES ARE
MARKERS OF THEIR MURDERED CLAN.

BUT GRANDMOTHER SAID THERE
ARE NO OTHER GARGOYLES HERE.

-AND NICK--
-GRANDMOTHER? SHE'S A SORCERESS.

SHE SUMMONED THE SEA MONSTER
THAT ATTACKED US.

WHAT? I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
SHE'S SUCH A SWEET OLD LADY.

YOU HAVE BEEN DECEIVED.

I'VE GOTTA TALK TO HER.

[GOLIATH]
WAIT!

YOU'D BETTER NOT
GO ALONE.

NOW, DOES THAT LOOK LIKE
A SORCERESS TO YOU?

[GROWLING]

[GASPS]

[SCREECHING]

[GROWLS]

[SHRIEKING]

MORE SORCERY.

[SNARLING]

I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

SHE'S HEADING
FOR THE VILLAGE.

[SHRIEKING]

[GROWLS]

GOLIATH... NO!

[SHRIEKS]

[GROWLS]

[SCREECHES]

[GROANS]

[GROANS]

[BARKING]

GRANDMOTHER, STOP!

[GROANS]

THAT'S IT.
DESTROY THE MONSTER!

[SCREECHING]

THERE AREGARGOYLES.

GRANDMOTHER!

YOUR HUMAN FRIEND
WAS NOT IN THE VILLAGE.

SHE'S--

WE'VE NOT
FOUND HER EITHER.

WE MUST CONTINUE THE SEARCH.

THEN I WILL GO WITH YOU.

NO. YOU HAVE LEFT YOUR HOME
UNPROTECTED FOR TOO LONG.

VERY WELL...
BUT TAKE CARE.

WHY DID YOU LIE
TO HIM?

THOSE GARGOYLES ARE
NOT WHAT THEY SEEM.

WHAT ARE YOU?

WHY DID YOU ATTACK
MY FRIENDS?

I DID NOT ATTACK,
CHILD.

I ONLY WANTED NATSILANE
TO SEE A CREATURE OF LEGEND.

THAT'S WHY I POSED AS
THE SEA MONSTER AND THUNDERBIRD.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

EXPLAIN YOURSELF,
SORCERESS.

I HAVE NOT SEEN GARGOYLES
FOR MANY GENERATIONS.

I'M GLAD TO SEE
THAT YOU THRIVE.

WE LIVE.
WE DO NOT THRIVE.

BUT I SAW OTHER
GARGOYLES HERE.

THEY WEREN'T GARGOYLES.
THEY WERE ILLUSIONS.

YES, CREATED BY RAVEN,
THE TRICKSTER.

WHY WOULD THIS RAVEN
WANT TO MISLEAD US?

[RAVEN]
ISN'T IT OBVIOUS BY NOW?

IF THE BRATTY CHIEF
WON'T BATTLE ME,

THE ISLAND IS MINE.

[CHUCKLES] MY COUSIN HERE

THOUGHT THAT IF SHE BECAME
A CREATURE OF LEGEND,

NATSILANE WOULD
BELIEVE IN THE MYTHS

AND GET
WITH THE PROGRAM.

NOT A BAD PLAN.

FORTUNATELY,
YOU CAME ALONG,

SO I DIDN'T HAVE
TO FIGHT.

IT'S SO... MESSY.

WHY DON'T YOU JUST SHOW
YOUR POWER TO NATSILANE?

WE ARE CHILDREN
OF OBERON,

FORBIDDEN FROM DIRECTLY
INTERVENING IN HUMAN AFFAIRS.

[ROARS]

I WILL BATTLE YOU,
TRICKSTER!

YOU KNOW MY ADDRESS.

[CAWING]

WAIT, GOLIATH.

I'VE GOT
A BETTER IDEA.

ELISA, I'VE BEEN
WORRIED ABOUT YOU.

IT'S OK
I FOUND MY FRIENDS.

NICK,
MEET THE GARGOYLES.

GUYS, NATSILANE.

I DON'T-- W-WHAT IS THIS?

THESE GARGOYLES SHOULD PROVE
THERE ARE MORE THINGS IN
HEAVEN AND EARTH, NATSILANE,

THAN ARE DREAMED OF
IN YOUR PHILOSOPHY.

FOR EXAMPLE-- RAVEN.

YOU MUST
BATTLE RAVEN.

WAIT. YOU'RE TELLING ME

I'M SUPPOSED TO FIGHT
A CREATURE OF LEGEND...

WITH A STICK?
GET REAL.

AH...
HE IS OF NO USE.

COME.

I'M NO CHIEF.
I'M NICK, A SCIENTIST.

YOU'RE ASKING ME
TO TURN MY BACK

ON EVERYTHING
I BELIEVE IN.

MAYBE IT'S TIME
TO GET SOME NEW BELIEFS...

OR SOME OLD ONES.

RAVEN!

PREPARE TO DO BATTLE.

[RAVEN] CONTROL YOURSELF,
GOLIATH.

I HAVE NO FIGHT
WITH YOU.

HE'S RIGHT!

I MUST BATTLE RAVEN...

EVEN IF I DIE TRYING.

WHAT IS THIS,
MERIT BADGE TEST NIGHT?

[SCOFFS] OH, WELL,
BETTER MAKE SURE

IT'S AN UNEVEN FIGHT.

TOTEM BEASTS
ENTRAPPED IN WOOD,

THE TIME HAS COME TO...
DO SOME GOOD.

[GROWLING]

CHILDREN,
ENTERTAIN MY GUESTS

WHILE I ATTEND
TO BUSINESS.

[GROANS]

GUESS THIS SUBJECT DIDN'T
COME UP IN COLLEGE, EH, BOY?

THIS ISLAND IS MINE, BOY.

SAY YOUR GOODBYES.

[GROANS] NO!

I HAVE COME TO BATTLE!

[SCREAMS]

NOW WHO'S
RUNNING SCARED?

[LOW GROWL]

[GROWLS]

[GROANS]

ANGELA!

[GASPS]

THANK YOU, BRONX.

THIS LAND BELONGS
TO MY PEOPLE, RAVEN,

NOT TO YOU!

YOUR PEOPLE HAVE FLED.

THE PEOPLE WILL RETURN WHEN
THE LAND IS AGAIN PLENTIFUL.

YOU ARE BEATEN, RAVEN.

ADMIT IT.

THIS PLACE
NO LONGER AMUSES ME.

[SINISTER LAUGHTER]

IS HE GONE FOR GOOD?

NO. THAT IS WHY YOU MUST SEE

THAT THE WAYS OF
THE PEOPLE REMAIN STRONG.

NICE JOB... NATSILANE.

BUT I STILL DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT YOU.

IT IS NOT IMPORTANT.

YOU HAVE REGAINED
YOUR HOME.

WE MUST DO THE SAME.

WHERE'S GRANDMOTHER?

I WANT TO SAY GOOD-BYE.