Gargoyles (1994–1996): Season 2, Episode 52 - Hunter's Moon: Part 3 - full transcript
After learning that the Clan survived the destruction of the clock tower, the Hunters expose their existence to the public while Demona prepares her masterplan to exterminate humanity.
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,
for 1,000 years.
Now, here in Manhattan,
the spell is broken
and we live again.
(DEEP GROWL)
We are defenders of the night.
We are Gargoyles!
ELISA:
Previously onGargoyles...
REPORTER: Jon Carter. WVRN.
Any thoughts on all these
gargoyle sightings, Detective?
ROBYN:
You’re talking about a virus?
A plague that could threaten
the entire planet.
ELISA: Wait. We shouldn’t...
There’s someone else.
Yes...
(SIGHS) No. Not really.
Our father spent his life
hunting the demon!
We vowed to destroy her
and her monstrous race
even if it takes 100 years!
(GASPS)
-(BEEPING)
-Fire!
Tonight is the Hunter’s Moon.
Our moon, my children.
Your great-grandfather
died fighting the demon.
My father sought in vain
for her all his life.
Tonight,
it finally ends with me.
Just because our ancestors
hunted gargoyles doesn’t
mean we have to.
CHARLES: It is our destiny
as Canmores, Robyn.
Daddy, don’t go!
You’ll get hurt!
Don’t worry, Jonny.
I’ve trained all
my life for this.
I cannot fail.
Look!
(GASPS)
It’s over, demon!
(GROWLS)
(GRUNTS)
(BOTH GASP)
(SCREAMING)
(THUD)
(GASP)
(LAUGHING)
(ROCKETS FIRING)
(EXPLOSIONS)
(SECURITY ALARM RINGING)
Come on! What’s going on?
(GASPS) What have you done?
(GRUNTS) Jason?
I’ll explain later. I promise.
(GROANS)
(POLICE SIRENS BLARE)
(GOLIATH GRUNTS)
LEXINGTON: (FAINTLY)
Won’t let go, can’t let go.
Good thing Lex found that gadget
on your shoulder.
GOLIATH: Yes.
It gave us just enough
warning to take cover.
BROADWAY: OK, Hudson.
Easy does it.
Leave me, lads.
The next attack.
We are clan.
Family.
We do not abandon each other.
We must go before
they attack again.
HUDSON: We cannot
abandon our home.
GOLIATH: Our home
is no more, Hudson.
This time of our life is over.
And for that
the Hunters will pay.
JON: No survivors.
Have your eyes checked,
little brother.
-I caught their exit.
-Can you still track them?
Negative. The tracer must have
been damaged in the blast.
No way to find them now.
Au contraire.
All we need is a little help.
And I know just how to get it.
This is Jon Carter
with a WVRN special report
on the destruction of
the 23rd precinct house
by the monsters
known as gargoyles.
Urban myths no longer,
these creatures launched
a completely unprovoked attack
against our city’s finest.
OWEN: Obviously, the gargoyles
did not destroy their own
clock tower.
Maybe not, but anyone who
saw that report is going
to think they did.
The whole city will
be hunting them now.
This is Jon Carter
with a WVRN special report
on the destruction
of the 23rd precinct house
by the monsters
known as gargoyles.
It wasn’t any gargoyles.
It was those Hunters
and Detective Conover.
You mean the guy
who saved your life.
I mean, the guy who drugged me,
broke into my apartment
and left me there unconscious.
His real name is Jason Canmore,
and he’s not a cop.
Never was.
That’s his father,
Charles Canmore.
Died in Paris under mysterious
circumstances 16 years ago.
His three kids have been leaving
a trail of violence
behind them ever since.
(ELECTRICITY CRACKLES)
(CONTINUOUS BEEPING)
(CONTINUOUS BEEPING)
Ah, Robyn,
I hoped I’d find you here.
I won’t be in for a few days.
I’m taking a working vacation.
Where can I reach you?
You can’t.
Take a few days off.
Relax, enjoy life.
It’s so fleeting.
ELISA: Goliath, please,
-let the law handle this.
-The law?!
What about justice?
Look, I’m sorry,
but you don’t want justice,
you want vengeance.
-She’s right, Goliath.
-What?
Look what this feud
has cost us already.
That’s exactly why we
must have vengeance!
Or maybe that’s why
we should let it go.
Lexington, can you
guide me to them?
(RELUCTANTLY) I think so.
They used this tracer
to find us.
I should be able to trail
their signal back to its source.
BROOKLYN: Listen, Goliath,
you know we’re with you.
Stay here!
That’s an order!
LEXINGTON: (ON RADIO)
The signal’s getting stronger.
They should be right there.
They’re not here.
LEXINGTON: Only one thing
left to try, then.
On the back of the tracer
there’s a polarity switch.
Turn it and it’ll bring
the Hunters to you.
JASON:
Have you decoded the disk?
Not yet. It’s triple-encrypted.
Tracer’s back online.
The gargoyles are
right on top of us!
(WATER BUBBLING)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
ELISA: I don’t suppose
you can stop this?
I wish.
I ordered the clan
to stay behind.
The clan did stay behind.
But Elisa needed a lift.
(GASPS)
(GRUNTS)
Stay back!
(SCREAMS)
Stop this, please! Both of you!
Not while they live!
(GASPS)
(YELLING)
-(GRUNTS)
-GOLIATH: No!
-JON: Jason!
-BROADWAY: Elisa!
(MORTIFIED SCREAM)
(GASPING)
Elisa!
(ANGELA SOBBING)
We heard everything.
(NERVOUSLY) I... I...
(SIGHS) I wish I’d
never kept this thing.
-We still need it.
-(ANGELA SOBBING)
Tomorrow night is
the Hunter’s Moon.
It will be the last
moon they ever see.
Elisa’s death will be avenged.
JON: They killed him.
Just like the demon
killed our father.
-There was nothing you--
-If I’d wiped them out
in the tower,
Jason would still be alive!
He was right about them.
They’re all evil.
And they will all pay!
Jon, I don’t want
to lose you, too.
(BEEPING)
(GASPS) The computer’s
decrypted the disk.
Operation Clean Slate.
The culmination of 500 years
of preparation.
On holy ground, on the night
of the Hunter’s Moon,
I will cast
the fulfillment spell
inscribed upon
the Medici Tablet.
The spell will bond the
chemical disinfectant D/I-7
with the CV-1000 carrier virus.
This blend of
science and sorcery
will disinfect the planet of
all intelligent life,
fulfilling my greatest desire,
the complete destruction
of the human race.
The Praying Gargoyle
will protect me,
my daughter and my kind
from the plague.
And gargoyles will take
their rightful place
as the rulers of this world.
I will take my rightful place.
Point Zero will be
St. Damien’s Cathedral.
Statistical specs follow.
Any more doubts?
(GASPS)
(COUGHING)
Just hold on, Elisa.
Hold on.
You do not have to come with me.
This clan stands
or falls together.
And Elisa was one of the clan.
LEXINGTON: (ON RADIO)
The signal’s getting stronger.
Veer north.
Look! The gargoyles!
Call the Police!
They’re attacking again!
PILOT: Task Force,
this is Recon One.
We have them.
Repeat, we have the gargoyles.
MATT: Copy. Do not engage.
Backup is on the way.
There she is!
Jon! Stop! What are you doing?
(GASPS)
LEXINGTON: You should
be really close.
BROOKLYN: Uh, I’d say
we found them.
LEXINGTON: Then I’m on my way!
Your evil scheming
ends tonight, demon.
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(SNARLS)
I’ll handle these monsters!
You stop the demon!
Out of my way, demon-spawn!
We’re not demons.
And we’re not monsters.
We’re gargoyles.
And we’re going to teach
you to respect the name.
This is Travis Marshall
reporting live from St.
Damien’s Cathedral,
where the N.Y.P.D.’s
Gargoyle Task Force
has the condemned building
cordoned off.
Even now
we can hear the sounds
of some kind of battle
taking place within.
-Oh!
-Look! There’s one!
(PEOPLE CHATTERING EXCITEDLY)
Why aren’t the cops
doing anything?
It’s your call, Matt.
If we don’t do something soon,
we’re gonna have a riot on our
hands.
-I know. I know.
-(POLICE SIREN BLARES)
(GRUNTS)
(SCREAMING IN ANGER)
(GRUNTS)
(ANGELA SNARLS)
(GROWLS)
(ROARS)
(ANGELA SNARLS)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
Not a good night
to be a bad guy.
A matter of moments
and the world is ours.
BROOKLYN: Sorry.
Last minute change in plans.
(GRUNTS)
You’re the one we want,
you took my brother from me.
You’ll join him soon enough.
(ROARING)
(SNARLS)
ELISA: Goliath! Stop!
Elisa, you’re alive!
How?
Jason, the Hunter,
saved my life.
Jason, thank heaven!
Now help me! We can still
destroy these monsters!
No. It’s over.
We’ve all suffered
for my stubbornness,
but I’ve finally
come to my senses.
You were right, Jon,
these gargoyles
are not our enemies.
No, I was wrong!
They killed Dad.
They nearly killed you!
We’ve got to stop, Jon.
Before it’s too late.
No! The demon!
She’s going to destroy us all!
(BROOKLYN CRIES IN PAIN)
Brooklyn!
-Jason! Look out!
-No!
(SCREAMS)
(FAINTLY) It has to stop.
(POLICE SIRENS WAILING)
We’ve got him.
Stop Demona.
What have I done?
ROBYN: (IN TEARS) Jon, help me.
We can still save him.
I know we can.
What have I...
What have they done!
I will have my revenge!
The hunt is not over!
-ELISA: No!
-ROBYN: Jon! Wait!
You’ll thank me for this later.
Don’t hold your breath.
Demona!
What sorcery is this?
She’s already cast a spell.
My Latin’s rusty,
but it can’t be good news.
(CHUCKLES) Oh, but it is.
All I have to do
is shatter this vial
and all humanity
will be destroyed!
Only our kind will survive,
thanks to the power
of the Praying Gargoyle!
Now spread your evil,
if you dare.
We can all die together.
You and I, the whole clan...
And our daughter.
(SCREAM OF RAGE)
-Catch!
-No!
(GRUNTS)
You guys better get out of here.
Matt won’t be able to
stall them outside forever.
ROBYN: I don’t understand.
He risked his life
to save us all.
That’s what he does.
That’s who he is.
(CROWD SHOUTS ANGRILY)
Look! That’s her!
Well, if the cops aren’t going
to do anything, we will.
It’s now or never, Detective.
All right, signal the choppers.
We’re going in.
But I want them alive.
Elisa says we have to go! Now!
(HELICOPTER WHIRRING)
PILOT: (AMPLIFIED)
Stop where you are!
We’re surrounded!
Could I interest you in a ride?
It appears we have no choice.
Hold your fire! That’s an order.
-Hi.
-Hi.
Did they tell you?
Severed spine.
Paralyzed from the waist down.
I’m sorry.
I’m not too thrilled myself.
But it’s not my body
that needs the most healing.
I’d like to help you,
if you’ll let me.
But I have to be honest.
There’s someone else
who will always come first.
I understand.
Have they found Jon?
No. He and Demona
are still out there
hunting each other.
JASON: And your friends?
ELISA: They’re safe. I hope.
XANATOS: Of course,
they’re safe, Detective.
Goliath just saved the world.
More important, he saved my son.
The least I can do
is reinstate his clan
to their ancestral home.
What’s the catch, Xanatos?
No catches. No tricks.
No strings.
The feud is over, Detective.
He’s waiting for you.
(BARKING)
All right, boy, enough!
We’re all glad to be back.
It feels weird.
Cool, but weird.
I was just getting used
to the clock tower.
Oh, you’ll love it here.
They’ve got
an incredible kitchen,
and an even better library.
And so it begins.
Gargoyles, Chapter Two.
Or is it Three? I’ve lost count.
So...
Things have come full circle.
Somehow, they always do.
You know how I feel
about you, right?
(SLOWLY) How we both feel.
Yes.
Good.
Welcome home, Goliath.
Welcome home.
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
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,
for 1,000 years.
Now, here in Manhattan,
the spell is broken
and we live again.
(DEEP GROWL)
We are defenders of the night.
We are Gargoyles!
ELISA:
Previously onGargoyles...
REPORTER: Jon Carter. WVRN.
Any thoughts on all these
gargoyle sightings, Detective?
ROBYN:
You’re talking about a virus?
A plague that could threaten
the entire planet.
ELISA: Wait. We shouldn’t...
There’s someone else.
Yes...
(SIGHS) No. Not really.
Our father spent his life
hunting the demon!
We vowed to destroy her
and her monstrous race
even if it takes 100 years!
(GASPS)
-(BEEPING)
-Fire!
Tonight is the Hunter’s Moon.
Our moon, my children.
Your great-grandfather
died fighting the demon.
My father sought in vain
for her all his life.
Tonight,
it finally ends with me.
Just because our ancestors
hunted gargoyles doesn’t
mean we have to.
CHARLES: It is our destiny
as Canmores, Robyn.
Daddy, don’t go!
You’ll get hurt!
Don’t worry, Jonny.
I’ve trained all
my life for this.
I cannot fail.
Look!
(GASPS)
It’s over, demon!
(GROWLS)
(GRUNTS)
(BOTH GASP)
(SCREAMING)
(THUD)
(GASP)
(LAUGHING)
(ROCKETS FIRING)
(EXPLOSIONS)
(SECURITY ALARM RINGING)
Come on! What’s going on?
(GASPS) What have you done?
(GRUNTS) Jason?
I’ll explain later. I promise.
(GROANS)
(POLICE SIRENS BLARE)
(GOLIATH GRUNTS)
LEXINGTON: (FAINTLY)
Won’t let go, can’t let go.
Good thing Lex found that gadget
on your shoulder.
GOLIATH: Yes.
It gave us just enough
warning to take cover.
BROADWAY: OK, Hudson.
Easy does it.
Leave me, lads.
The next attack.
We are clan.
Family.
We do not abandon each other.
We must go before
they attack again.
HUDSON: We cannot
abandon our home.
GOLIATH: Our home
is no more, Hudson.
This time of our life is over.
And for that
the Hunters will pay.
JON: No survivors.
Have your eyes checked,
little brother.
-I caught their exit.
-Can you still track them?
Negative. The tracer must have
been damaged in the blast.
No way to find them now.
Au contraire.
All we need is a little help.
And I know just how to get it.
This is Jon Carter
with a WVRN special report
on the destruction of
the 23rd precinct house
by the monsters
known as gargoyles.
Urban myths no longer,
these creatures launched
a completely unprovoked attack
against our city’s finest.
OWEN: Obviously, the gargoyles
did not destroy their own
clock tower.
Maybe not, but anyone who
saw that report is going
to think they did.
The whole city will
be hunting them now.
This is Jon Carter
with a WVRN special report
on the destruction
of the 23rd precinct house
by the monsters
known as gargoyles.
It wasn’t any gargoyles.
It was those Hunters
and Detective Conover.
You mean the guy
who saved your life.
I mean, the guy who drugged me,
broke into my apartment
and left me there unconscious.
His real name is Jason Canmore,
and he’s not a cop.
Never was.
That’s his father,
Charles Canmore.
Died in Paris under mysterious
circumstances 16 years ago.
His three kids have been leaving
a trail of violence
behind them ever since.
(ELECTRICITY CRACKLES)
(CONTINUOUS BEEPING)
(CONTINUOUS BEEPING)
Ah, Robyn,
I hoped I’d find you here.
I won’t be in for a few days.
I’m taking a working vacation.
Where can I reach you?
You can’t.
Take a few days off.
Relax, enjoy life.
It’s so fleeting.
ELISA: Goliath, please,
-let the law handle this.
-The law?!
What about justice?
Look, I’m sorry,
but you don’t want justice,
you want vengeance.
-She’s right, Goliath.
-What?
Look what this feud
has cost us already.
That’s exactly why we
must have vengeance!
Or maybe that’s why
we should let it go.
Lexington, can you
guide me to them?
(RELUCTANTLY) I think so.
They used this tracer
to find us.
I should be able to trail
their signal back to its source.
BROOKLYN: Listen, Goliath,
you know we’re with you.
Stay here!
That’s an order!
LEXINGTON: (ON RADIO)
The signal’s getting stronger.
They should be right there.
They’re not here.
LEXINGTON: Only one thing
left to try, then.
On the back of the tracer
there’s a polarity switch.
Turn it and it’ll bring
the Hunters to you.
JASON:
Have you decoded the disk?
Not yet. It’s triple-encrypted.
Tracer’s back online.
The gargoyles are
right on top of us!
(WATER BUBBLING)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
ELISA: I don’t suppose
you can stop this?
I wish.
I ordered the clan
to stay behind.
The clan did stay behind.
But Elisa needed a lift.
(GASPS)
(GRUNTS)
Stay back!
(SCREAMS)
Stop this, please! Both of you!
Not while they live!
(GASPS)
(YELLING)
-(GRUNTS)
-GOLIATH: No!
-JON: Jason!
-BROADWAY: Elisa!
(MORTIFIED SCREAM)
(GASPING)
Elisa!
(ANGELA SOBBING)
We heard everything.
(NERVOUSLY) I... I...
(SIGHS) I wish I’d
never kept this thing.
-We still need it.
-(ANGELA SOBBING)
Tomorrow night is
the Hunter’s Moon.
It will be the last
moon they ever see.
Elisa’s death will be avenged.
JON: They killed him.
Just like the demon
killed our father.
-There was nothing you--
-If I’d wiped them out
in the tower,
Jason would still be alive!
He was right about them.
They’re all evil.
And they will all pay!
Jon, I don’t want
to lose you, too.
(BEEPING)
(GASPS) The computer’s
decrypted the disk.
Operation Clean Slate.
The culmination of 500 years
of preparation.
On holy ground, on the night
of the Hunter’s Moon,
I will cast
the fulfillment spell
inscribed upon
the Medici Tablet.
The spell will bond the
chemical disinfectant D/I-7
with the CV-1000 carrier virus.
This blend of
science and sorcery
will disinfect the planet of
all intelligent life,
fulfilling my greatest desire,
the complete destruction
of the human race.
The Praying Gargoyle
will protect me,
my daughter and my kind
from the plague.
And gargoyles will take
their rightful place
as the rulers of this world.
I will take my rightful place.
Point Zero will be
St. Damien’s Cathedral.
Statistical specs follow.
Any more doubts?
(GASPS)
(COUGHING)
Just hold on, Elisa.
Hold on.
You do not have to come with me.
This clan stands
or falls together.
And Elisa was one of the clan.
LEXINGTON: (ON RADIO)
The signal’s getting stronger.
Veer north.
Look! The gargoyles!
Call the Police!
They’re attacking again!
PILOT: Task Force,
this is Recon One.
We have them.
Repeat, we have the gargoyles.
MATT: Copy. Do not engage.
Backup is on the way.
There she is!
Jon! Stop! What are you doing?
(GASPS)
LEXINGTON: You should
be really close.
BROOKLYN: Uh, I’d say
we found them.
LEXINGTON: Then I’m on my way!
Your evil scheming
ends tonight, demon.
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(SNARLS)
I’ll handle these monsters!
You stop the demon!
Out of my way, demon-spawn!
We’re not demons.
And we’re not monsters.
We’re gargoyles.
And we’re going to teach
you to respect the name.
This is Travis Marshall
reporting live from St.
Damien’s Cathedral,
where the N.Y.P.D.’s
Gargoyle Task Force
has the condemned building
cordoned off.
Even now
we can hear the sounds
of some kind of battle
taking place within.
-Oh!
-Look! There’s one!
(PEOPLE CHATTERING EXCITEDLY)
Why aren’t the cops
doing anything?
It’s your call, Matt.
If we don’t do something soon,
we’re gonna have a riot on our
hands.
-I know. I know.
-(POLICE SIREN BLARES)
(GRUNTS)
(SCREAMING IN ANGER)
(GRUNTS)
(ANGELA SNARLS)
(GROWLS)
(ROARS)
(ANGELA SNARLS)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
Not a good night
to be a bad guy.
A matter of moments
and the world is ours.
BROOKLYN: Sorry.
Last minute change in plans.
(GRUNTS)
You’re the one we want,
you took my brother from me.
You’ll join him soon enough.
(ROARING)
(SNARLS)
ELISA: Goliath! Stop!
Elisa, you’re alive!
How?
Jason, the Hunter,
saved my life.
Jason, thank heaven!
Now help me! We can still
destroy these monsters!
No. It’s over.
We’ve all suffered
for my stubbornness,
but I’ve finally
come to my senses.
You were right, Jon,
these gargoyles
are not our enemies.
No, I was wrong!
They killed Dad.
They nearly killed you!
We’ve got to stop, Jon.
Before it’s too late.
No! The demon!
She’s going to destroy us all!
(BROOKLYN CRIES IN PAIN)
Brooklyn!
-Jason! Look out!
-No!
(SCREAMS)
(FAINTLY) It has to stop.
(POLICE SIRENS WAILING)
We’ve got him.
Stop Demona.
What have I done?
ROBYN: (IN TEARS) Jon, help me.
We can still save him.
I know we can.
What have I...
What have they done!
I will have my revenge!
The hunt is not over!
-ELISA: No!
-ROBYN: Jon! Wait!
You’ll thank me for this later.
Don’t hold your breath.
Demona!
What sorcery is this?
She’s already cast a spell.
My Latin’s rusty,
but it can’t be good news.
(CHUCKLES) Oh, but it is.
All I have to do
is shatter this vial
and all humanity
will be destroyed!
Only our kind will survive,
thanks to the power
of the Praying Gargoyle!
Now spread your evil,
if you dare.
We can all die together.
You and I, the whole clan...
And our daughter.
(SCREAM OF RAGE)
-Catch!
-No!
(GRUNTS)
You guys better get out of here.
Matt won’t be able to
stall them outside forever.
ROBYN: I don’t understand.
He risked his life
to save us all.
That’s what he does.
That’s who he is.
(CROWD SHOUTS ANGRILY)
Look! That’s her!
Well, if the cops aren’t going
to do anything, we will.
It’s now or never, Detective.
All right, signal the choppers.
We’re going in.
But I want them alive.
Elisa says we have to go! Now!
(HELICOPTER WHIRRING)
PILOT: (AMPLIFIED)
Stop where you are!
We’re surrounded!
Could I interest you in a ride?
It appears we have no choice.
Hold your fire! That’s an order.
-Hi.
-Hi.
Did they tell you?
Severed spine.
Paralyzed from the waist down.
I’m sorry.
I’m not too thrilled myself.
But it’s not my body
that needs the most healing.
I’d like to help you,
if you’ll let me.
But I have to be honest.
There’s someone else
who will always come first.
I understand.
Have they found Jon?
No. He and Demona
are still out there
hunting each other.
JASON: And your friends?
ELISA: They’re safe. I hope.
XANATOS: Of course,
they’re safe, Detective.
Goliath just saved the world.
More important, he saved my son.
The least I can do
is reinstate his clan
to their ancestral home.
What’s the catch, Xanatos?
No catches. No tricks.
No strings.
The feud is over, Detective.
He’s waiting for you.
(BARKING)
All right, boy, enough!
We’re all glad to be back.
It feels weird.
Cool, but weird.
I was just getting used
to the clock tower.
Oh, you’ll love it here.
They’ve got
an incredible kitchen,
and an even better library.
And so it begins.
Gargoyles, Chapter Two.
Or is it Three? I’ve lost count.
So...
Things have come full circle.
Somehow, they always do.
You know how I feel
about you, right?
(SLOWLY) How we both feel.
Yes.
Good.
Welcome home, Goliath.
Welcome home.
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)