Gargoyles (1994–1996): Season 2, Episode 8 - Vows - full transcript

Xanatos asks Goliath to his best man at his wedding, he also arranges for Demona to be the maid of honor. Goliath reluctantly shows up at the wedding, Demona uses the phoenix gate to transport the wedding party to the past, where she tries to alter history.

[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.

[LOW GROWL]

WE ARE DEFENDERS OF THE NIGHT.

WE ARE GARGOYLES.

YOU AND I ARE ONE,

NOW AND FOREVER.

[GOLIATH] PREVIOUSLY ON
GARGOYLES...

MARRY ME.

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

MAKES PERFECT SENSE
TO GET MARRIED.

TRUE...

BUT WHAT ABOUT LOVE?



[GOLIATH] NOW, XANATOS!

SHE'S ALIVE.

SO NOW YOU KNOW MY WEAKNESS.

ONLY YOU WOULD REGARD LOVE

AS A WEAKNESS.

[GRUNTS]

[GROWL]

IT'S SO UNLIKE YOU
TO ATTACK FIRST.

I SIMPLY INVITED
YOU HERE TO TALK.

OUR PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS
HAVE NOT ENCOURAGED ME
TO TRUST YOU.

IF YOU SAY SO.

FOX AND I ARE GETTING MARRIED
TOMORROW NIGHT.

I WANT YOU TO BE THE BEST MAN.

YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS.

DEMONA WILL BE THERE,

AND SHE'S PROMISED TO BE ON
HER BEST BEHAVIOR.

[HUDSON] ONLY YOU CAN DECIDE

WHAT YOU WILL DO, LAD.

IT'S CRAZY TO EVEN
CONSIDER GOING.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

HELLO, FATHER.

DON'T YOU KNOW IT'S BAD LUCK

TO SEE THE BRIDE
BEFORE THE WEDDING?

WE MAKE OUR OWN LUCK.

[FOX MOANING]

I'LL GO CHANGE FOR TONIGHT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PLACE?

WHY DO YOU NEED ALL THIS?

OH, REASON
NOT THE NEED, FATHER.

I WANTED IT, SO I TOOK IT.

AND THE ARMOR?

I ASSURE YOU
IT'S PURELY DEFENSIVE.

AGAINST WHAT?

WHAT KIND OF LIFE DO YOU LEAD?

YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF
AS A POOR FISHERMAN LIKE ME.

IF I EVER GET MY HANDS

ON THE MAN WHO
SENT YOU THAT COIN,

I SWEAR I'LL TEACH HIM

NOT TO MEDDLE WITH MY FAMILY.

THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY, POP.

BESIDES, THAT COIN
WAS ONLY WORTH ABOUT 20 GRAND.

I'M NOW WORTH, WELL...

CONSIDERABLY MORE.

AN ANONYMOUS STRANGER
SENT YOU A MUSEUM PIECE
WORTH A FORTUNE.

ALL OF THIS CAME FROM THAT.

YOU DIDN'T EARN ANY OF IT, BOY.

SOMEDAY I'LL PROVE TO YOU
I'M A SELF-MADE MAN.

AH, JUDGE ROBLIN, THANK YOU
FOR COMING EARLY.

WE HAVE A VIDEO
FOR YOU BOTH TO VIEW
BEFORE THE CEREMONY.

THE BEST MAN AND MAID OF HONOR

ARE SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL.

RIGHT THIS WAY.

WILL GOLIATH ACTUALLY SHOW UP?

OH, HE'LL BE HERE.

I'LL BET MY FUTURE ON IT.

MY LOVE! YOU'RE HERE!

WE MUST GO IMMEDIATELY

OR WE'LL MISS
PRINCE MALCOLM'S WEDDING.

GO ON, THEN.

WITH THIS RING, I THEE WED.

WITH THIS RING, I THEE WED.

EXCHANGING TOKENS
TO SEAL THEIR PLEDGE OF LOVE.

A STRANGE CUSTOM,

BUT FITTING.

TAKE THIS TOKEN OF MY LOVE.

CHERISH IT ALWAYS

AS I WILL CHERISH MY HALF.

UPON THIS I PLEDGE MY HEART
TO YOU FOREVER.

I ACCEPT YOUR TOKEN, MY...

ANGEL OF THE NIGHT,

AND VOW THAT
YOU AND I ARE ONE...

NOW AND FOREVER.

[LOW GROWL]

IS IT WISE TO WEAR THE EMBLEM

OF THE ILLUMINATI SOCIETY
IN PUBLIC?

A NECESSARY RISK, OWEN.

THANK YOU, GOLIATH.

YOU DON'T KNOW
HOW MUCH THIS MEANS TO ME.

AS BEST MAN,

IT'S YOUR JOB TO HOLD
ONTO THIS FOR ME

UNTIL THE EXCHANGE OF VOWS.

-THAT'S WHEN--
-I UNDERSTAND.

[GASP]

[GASP]

DEMONA.

I'M ONLY ATTENDING
THIS FARCE BECAUSE
XANATOS INSISTED.

I NEED TO KEEP HIM AS AN ALLY.

I NEITHER KNOW NOR CARE
WHY YOU'RE HERE.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST
WEDDING RITUAL WE'VE
ATTENDED TOGETHER.

DON'T YOU REMEMBER?

I'M NOT INTERESTED
IN REMINISCING.

WE ARE HERE TODAY
TO JOIN DAVID XANATOS

AND, UH...

WHAT IS YOUR REAL NAME,
MY DEAR?

FOX IS MY REAL NAME, LEGALLY.

UH, JOIN DAVID XANATOS AND FOX

IN MATRIMONY.

THE RINGS.

I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU
HUSBAND AND WIFE.

YOU MAY...

NOW THE FUN BEGINS.

THIS IS YOUR WEDDING?

HAVE YOU NO RESPECT
FOR ANYTHING?

I'M SORRY.
I'M IN A BIT OF A HURRY.

UNACCEPTABLE.

LONG AGO
WE ALSO EXCHANGED VOWS.

I KNOW YOU REMEMBER THEM.

I PROMISED TO KEEP THIS ALWAYS,

AND I HAVE.

SO HAVE I.

HA HA HA!

GOLIATH, YOU'RE
A SENTIMENTAL FOOL.

YOU FELL RIGHT INTO OUR TRAP.

NOW, I HAVE THE PHOENIX GATE

AND I INTEND TO USE IT.

DES LEGRATE

MURI TEMPI ET INTERVALIA.

IT SEEMS THE HONEYMOON
HAS BEGUN EARLIER
THAN EXPECTED.

WHERE ARE WE?

THE QUESTION ISN'T WHERE...

BUT WHEN.

DES LEGRATE MURI TEMPI

-ET INTERVALIA.
-NO!

GRRRR!

IF I MIGHT BE OF SERVICE...

-[EFFORT GRUNT]
-[GROAN]

[GRUNTING]

[HORSE WHINNYING AWAY]

COME ON. IMPRESS ME.

YAAH!

[GROANS]

HAVING FUN?

A MARVELOUS TIME.

WE ARE MOST GRATEFUL
FOR YOUR AID, STRANGERS,

BUT WE CANNOT--

UH...HEH HEH HEH.

GOOD FRIEND, I AM
THE NORMAND AMBASSADOR.

MY COMPANION AND I
BEAR PRECIOUS GIFTS

FOR PRINCE MALCOLM OF WYVERN.

YOU WEAR STRANGE GARB,

BUT YOU ARE ALSO
AN EXCELLENT FIGHTER,

AND A FELLOW ILLUMINATUS.

I WOULD BE HONORED
IF YOU AND YOUR PARTY

WOULD ACCOMPANY US THE LAST
FEW MILES TO CASTLE WYVERN.

I WARRANT PRINCE MALCOLM
WILL BE VERY GENEROUS

WITH HIS APPRECIATION.

AH, DEMONA.

NO.

NOT DEMONA,
BUT HER YOUNGER SELF

AND MYSELF, AS WELL.

YOU'RE AWAY
FROM YOUR POST, LAD.

I SAID THE BATTLEMENTS,
NOT THE TOWER.

LAD!

IS THAT YOU?

SORCERY!

MMMPH!

WE'RE MUCH PLEASED
OF YOUR SAFE ARRIVAL,
AMBASSADOR.

BUT WHERE PRAY TELL
IS MY BRIDE?

IT WAS HOPED THAT
BY TRAVELING IN SECRET

WE'D AVOID THE ATTENTIONS
OR ROGUES AND THIEVES.

WE WERE WRONG,

BUT THESE KIND STRANGERS

RESCUED US MOST VALIANTLY

AND SAVED MY LIFE.

THESE TOKENS ARE
BUT THE FIRST OF YOUR REWARD.

TONIGHT YOU'LL HAVE FINE FOOD,
FINE LODGING,

AND FINE CLOTHES.

WE WERE TO HAVE BEEN
MARRIED TOMORROW,

BUT THIS ATTACK ON
PRINCESS ELENA
MAKES ME ANXIOUS.

WE SHALL BE WED
THIS VERY NIGHT.

PREPARE THE GREAT HALL.

IS YOUR FATHER'S
WEDDING GIFT SAFE?

I SHALL PRESENT
THE PHOENIX GATE TO MY HUSBAND

AFTER THE CEREMONY.

SO YOU SEE, HUDS--

I MEAN, MY MENTOR,

I AM NOT A CREATURE OF SORCERY,

I AM A VISITOR...

FROM THE FUTURE.

AND I SUPPOSE YOU GLIDED
BACK IN TIME ON THE WIND.

NO! SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE,
I ATTENDED--

OR WILL ATTEND--

THE WEDDING OF AN ENEMY.

I WAS-- OR WILL BE--

TRICKED INTO HELPING SEND
US ALL BACK HERE BY MAGIC.

I DON'T KNOW
WHAT MY ENEMY'S PURPOSE
IN THIS TIME,

BUT I PARTICULARLY FEAR
FOR MY YOUNGER SELF

AND...

HIS ANGEL LOVE.

I NEED YOUR HELP
TO PROTECT THEM
FROM THEIR FUTURE.

IT'S QUITE A STORY.

WILL YOU HELP ME?

VERY WELL, LAD.

I'M WITH YOU.

CURSE THOSE STRANGERS!

BECAUSE OF THEM,

MY BANDITS FAILED TO STEAL
THE PHOENIX GATE.

I MUST HAVE IT!

WITH THE GATE AND THE GRIMORN,

I'LL NEED ONLY THE EYE OF ODIN

TO SECURE
THE ULTIMATE MAGICAL POWER.

YOU, MY APPRENTICE,

WILL STEAL IT FROM THE PRINCESS

AND BRING IT HERE TO ME.

AS YOU WISH, ARCHMAGE.

[HORSE WHINNYING]

WHAT ARE YOU HATCHING NOW?

THAT ENVELOPE CONTAINS
MY PERSONAL INSTRUCTIONS

FOR THE ILLUMINATI SOCIETY,

PLUS TWO SMALLER
SEALED ENVELOPES.

THE SOCIETY IS TO
WAIT 1,000 YEARS

AND THEN DELIVER
THE FIRST ENVELOPE

TO A YOUNG DAVID XANATOS

OF BAR HARBOR, MAINE.

THE ENVELOPE CONTAINS
A COIN PRINCE MALCOLM
GAVE ME EARLIER.

IT'S PRACTICALLY
WORTHLESS NOW IN 975 A.D.,

BUT BY 1975,

IT WILL BE WORTH
ABOUT 20 GRAND.

THE SECOND ENVELOPE
WILL BE DELIVERED
20 YEARS AFTER THE FIRST.

IT CONTAINS A DETAILED ACCOUNT
OF HOW THE COIN WAS OBTAINED.

THAT'S HOW I KNEW
HOW TO SET THIS ALL UP.

I RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS
FROM MYSELF LAST WEEK.

SO YOU SEE, POP,

I AM INDEED A SELF-MADE MAN.

I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.

ALL RIGHT,
MR. BIG SHOT TIME TRAVELER,

YOU SENT OFF YOUR LITTLE LETTER

BEFORE ANSWERING
ONE IMPORTANT QUESTION--

HOW DO WE GET BACK HOME?

DEMONA.

WHO?

WHO ARE-- YOU LOOK LIKE...

BUT THIS CANNOT BE.

OH, I AM QUITE REAL.

BUT HOW?

SOON. BUT FIRST WE MUST
GO SOMEWHERE PRIVATE.

I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE
THAT MY ARRIVAL
THROUGH THE FLAMES

WILL ATTRACT ONE OTHER.

DES LEGRATE MURI TEMPI
ET INTERVALIA.

HE MUST NOT INVESTIGATE.

AYE. I'LL WAYLAY HIM.

UNH!

YES, I AM YOU...

YOUR FUTURE SELF.

YOU KNOW I SPEAK THE TRUTH.

I'VE COME BACK
TO BRING YOU A WARNING.

THIS IS YOUR FUTURE.

SEE THE DESTRUCTION.

THE DEATH OF OUR KIND
SURROUNDS US.

YOUR ONE TRUE LOVE
IS FROZEN IN STONE AT NIGHT.

THE HUMANS DID THIS,
AND YOU CAN STOP IT.

YOU HOLD THE POWER
IN YOUR HAND.

TO USE THE PHOENIX GATE,

YOU HAVE BUT TO THINK
OF A PLACE IN TIME.

SPEAK THE INCANTATION,
AND YOU WILL BE
TRANSPORTED THERE.

WITH IT, YOU CAN
ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING.

DO NOT GIVE IT TO THE ARCHMAGE.

DO NOT SHARE IT WITH...

DO NOT SHARE IT. USE IT!

DESTROY ALL THE HUMANS.

RULE THE GARGOYLES!

RULE THE WORLD!

IT'S ALL WITHIN YOUR GRASP!

[MOANING]

BELIEVE ME.

I KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU FEEL,

BUT YOU CANNOT TRUST HIM.

HE'S WEAK.

HE CARES MORE FOR HUMANS

THAN FOR OUR CLAN.

THE GREATEST FAVOR
YOU CAN DO HIM WOULD BE

TO PUT HIM OUT
OF OUR MISERY FOREVER.

YOU MUST KNOW I'M RIGHT.

CAN'T YOU SEE I AM
WHAT YOU WILL BECOME?

I WILL NEVER BE LIKE YOU!

(SNARL)

I DON'T WISH TO HURT YOU.

AND I DON'T WISH TO BE YOU.

UGH! OH!

IF I MUST BEAT
THIS LESSON INTO YOU,

SO BE IT.

IT'S FOR YOUR OWN GOOD.

NO!

ARRGGH!

ARE YOU INJURED?

YOU...

THE OTHERS...

ALL GONE.

WHAT AM I TO DO?

-DO NOTHING.
-NOTHING?

DO NOT WORRY.

DO NOT WAIT OR LOOK
FOR THIS CATASTROPHE.

LIVE IN THE MOMENT.

ATTEND THE PETTY
JEALOUSIES AND ANGERS

THAT PREY UPON YOUR HEART.

FORTIFY YOURSELF
WITH LOVE AND TRUST,

AND YOU NEED NOT
FEAR THIS FUTURE.

BUT MOST OF ALL,

FULFILL THE VOWS
OF LOVE YOU MAKE,

FOR THEY CAN SURELY SAVE YOU.

I SHALL.

YOU HAVE MY OATH.

I HAD HERS ONCE, TOO.

I'M NOT SURE I REMEMBER
THE INCANTATION.

I DO.

DES LEGRATE...

MURI TEMPI...

ET INTERVALIA.

I THINK WE'VE FOUND
OUR TICKET HOME.

IF I DIDN'T FEAR

THE DAMAGE YOU'D DO
THE TIME STREAM,

I'D GLADLY LEAVE YOU HERE.

BUT YOU WON'T,
BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T.

TIME TRAVEL'S FUNNY THAT WAY.

GOODBYE, YOUNG ANGEL.

REMEMBER YOUR PROMISE.

DES LEGRATE...

MURI TEMPI...

ET INTERVALIA.

I SAW THE PHOENIX FLAME.

YOU LOST THE GATE!
ADMIT IT, STUPID BEAST!

BUT I...

HUMANUS FINITE!

AAH!

I WILL TELL PRINCE MALCOLM

YOU STOLE THE GATE.

WHY WOULD YOU
SUSPECT THIS CHILD
OF STEALING ANYTHING?

FROM THE PRINCE?

AND EVEN IF SHE DID,

PRECISELY WHO
WOULD SHE HAVE BEEN
STEALING IT FOR?

I WILL NOT FORGET THIS.

THOSE THREE STRANGERS
HAVE DISAPPEARED.

THE THEFT OF THE GATE
CAN BE BLAMED UPON THEM.

MY LOVE! YOU'RE HERE!

WE MUST GO IMMEDIATELY

OR WE'LL MISS
PRINCE MALCOLM'S WEDDING.

GO ON, THEN.

IT SEEMS THE HONEYMOON
HAS BEGUN EARLIER
THAN EXPECTED.

[GASP]

GET AWAY FROM ME,
YOU SENTIMENTAL FOOL!

YOU MAY HAVE PREVENTED ME
FROM ALTERING THE PAST,

BUT YOU FAILED, TOO.

YOU SEE, I HAVE CLEAR MEMORIES

OF YOUR LITTLE INSPIRATIONAL

ABOUT KEEPING MY VOWS OF LOVE.

I NEVER FORGOT IT.

AND IT CHANGED NOTHING!

OBVIOUSLY HISTORY IS IMMUTABLE.

NOR IS THE PITY.

WELL, POP, DID YOU HAVE
A GOOD TIME AT THE WEDDING?

WHAT'S THIS?

A SIMPLE AMERICAN PENNY.

IT'S NOT WORTH MUCH NOW,

BUT IN 1,000 YEARS, WHO KNOWS?

IT'S MY WEDDING PRESENT TO YOU

BECAUSE IT'S ALL
YOU SEEM TO CARE ABOUT.

YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE LET HIM GO!

WE SHOULD GO AND RESCUE HIM.

I DON'T THINK
THAT'LL BE NECESSARY.

YOU PROMISED YOU WOULDN'T GO!

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]