Gargoyles (1994–1996): Season 3, Episode 12 - Seeing isn't Believing - full transcript

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.

WE WERE BETRAYED BY THE HUMANS

WE HAD SWORN TO PROTECT,

FROZEN IN STONE
BY A MAGIC SPELL

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!

GOLIATH:
TRUST BETWEEN FRIENDS
IS A FRAGILE GIFT

BUILT UPON A MERCURIAL
FOUNDATION OF INSTINCT,

SENTIMENT, AND HOPE.

YET WITHOUT IT,
LIFE BECOMES BITTER AND BARREN.

TO CHALLENGE SUCH A FRAIL BOND
IS A WORRISOME THING.

THOUGH TRUST CAN GROW
STRONGER WHEN TESTED,

THE REAL QUESTION IS...

CAN IT SURVIVE THE TEST?



[HELICOPTER WHIRRING]

GO! GO! GO!

HMM.

[GOLIATH CHUCKLES]

[GOLIATH GRUNTING]

[ALL GASPING]

AH!

[GOLIATH GRUNTING]

[GOLIATH LAUGHING]

AH!

[GRUNTING]

[ENGINE SPUTTERING]

AH! AH!

AH!

[LAUGHING]

COUNT YOURSELVES FORTUNATE
THIS TIME.

IT WAS A BIG
BLUE MONSTER.

A-A GARGOYLE.

[GASPS]

IT WAS HORRIBLE.

SOUNDS LIKE GOLIATH.

NO WAY. LOOK WHAT THEY
DID TO THAT CHOPPER.

GARGOYLES DON'T GO OUT
OF CONTROL LIKE THIS.

UH, DETECTIVES, YOU MIGHT
WANT TO SEE THIS.

WE JUST PULLED THIS
OFF THE CLOSED CIRCUIT
SECURITY SYSTEM.

UM, CAN YOU
BLOW THAT UP?

YOU GOT IT.

IT CAN'T BE.

GOLIATH: THESE PICTURES
CERTAINLY MAKE IT SEEM

AS THOUGH I WAS
INVOLVED IN THE ATTACK.

BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU,
ELISA, I WAS NOT THERE.

GOLIATH, I DON'T KNOW
HOW TO EXPLAIN THIS THEN.

BUT IT FRIGHTENS ME.

YOU CAN SEE WHY I'M MORE
THAN A LITTLE CONCERNED.

IN SPITE OF THIS...
EVIDENCE,

I WAS PATROLLING
THE CITY FROM THE SKY

AT THE TIME
OF THIS INCIDENT...

ALONE.

THEN I CAN'T MAKE
SENSE OUT OF THIS.

COULD SOMEONE BE
IMPERSONATING YOU?

WHO?

WELL, THAILOG FOR ONE.

SEVARIUS IS IN JAIL.

AND AS FOR THAILOG...

NO. IMPOSSIBLE.

HE COULD NOT
HAVE SURVIVED.

FINE.
THEN YOU EXPLAIN IT.

I SHOULD NOT HAVE
TO EXPLAIN IT.

I HAVE TOLD YOU
WHERE I WAS.

YOU HAVE MY WORD.

THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH.

THOUGH MOST HUMANS
DISTRUST US,

I NEVER EXPECTED
SUCH A THING FROM ELISA.

WELL, YOU KNOW, THE TAPE
WAS PRETTY CONVINCING.

SHE HAD TO DO HER JOB.

ELISA: GOLIATH, ARE YOU THERE?

IT'S ELISA. DO YOU READ ME?

YES, I'M HERE.

ELISA:
I HAVE TO SEE YOU RIGHT AWAY.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

-GOT IT, PAL?
-PAL?

ELISA: AND COME ALONE.
THIS IS BETWEEN YOU AND ME.

VERY WELL, ELISA.
WHERE?

ELISA: THE ALLEY
BEHIND LINCOLN CENTER.

10 MINUTES.
DON'T BE LATE.

SOMETHING DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT
ABOUT THIS.

IF ELISA ASKED ME
TO COME ALONE,

THERE MUST BE
A GOOD REASON.

AND I HAVE NOT YET LOST
MY SENSE OF TRUST IN HER.

HEY. WHERE'S MY CAR?

THAT'S JUST PERFECT.

WHAT TOOK YOU
SO LONG, OLD BOY?

GET CAUGHT BEHIND
A FLOCK OF BIRDS?

COME OVER HERE.

ELISA, WHAT IS THE MATTER?

I THOUGHT YOU LIKED IT
WHEN I NEEDED YOU.

I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS
IS SOME ODD RITUAL

OR A GAME, PERHAPS.

BUT I FIND IT
MOST DISCONCERTING.

YOU'RE NOT AFRAID OF
LITTLE OLD ELISA, ARE YOU?

NO, OF COURSE NOT.

IT'S JUST THAT I...

[CHUCKLES]
JUST THAT YOU WHAT?

[GROWLS]

[GRUNTS]

WHAT?

[LAUGHS]

ALWAYS WANTED TO FALL FOR ME?

ELISA, WHAT IS
THE MEANING OF--

YOU'RE JUST
TOO EASY TO FOOL.

[GASP]

HARDLY A CHALLENGE.

PROTEUS.

IN THE FLESH.

FOR NOW.

HUDSON, WHERE'S GOLIATH?
I GOTTA SEE HIM NOW.

WHAT? YOU JUST CALLED
HIM 20 MINUTES AGO.

BUT I COULDN'T CALL
HIM WITHOUT MY...

MY CAR. OF COURSE.

WHOEVER STOLE MY CAR
HAS MY COMMUNICATOR.

SOMEONE IS SETTING
GOLIATH UP.

BUT WHO WOULD WANT TO?

I DON'T KNOW, BUT
WE BETTER FIND OUT.

I HAD HOPED YOU WOULD PROVE
A MORE WORTHY OPPONENT.

ALAS, YOU REMAIN
PATHETICALLY PREDICTABLE.

[GROANS]

WHAT HAVE YOU
DONE WITH ELISA?

-DON'T WORRY. I HAVE
BIG PLANS FOR HER.
-[GROWLS]

[GASPS7] OH, NO.
ARE YOU GOING TO STOP ME?

I HAVE HAD MY FILL
OF YOU.

THEN PERHAPS YOU'D PREFER
SPENDING SOME TIME WITH...

ME.

[GRUNTS]

[LAUGHING]

ELISA: COME ON, GOLIATH,
BE OUT HERE SOMEWHERE.

HUDSON, THIS IS ELISA. OVER.

RIGHT HERE, ELISA.

ELISA: ANY SIGN OF HIM YET?

NOT YET.
DON'T WORRY, LASS,

WE'LL FIND HIM.

[POLICE RADIO]
ALL UNITS BE ADVISED.

UNMARKED POLICE VEHICLE

REPORTED AS STOLEN
HAS BEEN LOCATED

ON THE EAST SIDE
OF LINCOLN CENTER.

-GOTCHA.
-[TIRES SCREECHING]

[SIRENS]

THANKS FOR FINDING
MY UNIT, GUYS.

NOT SURE I WANT
TO MEET THIS CAR THIEF.

OH, NO.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE
GOLIATH ALIVE AGAIN,

BE WHERE MANHATTAN'S COWS
GO TO MEET BY 3:30.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

HMM, IT'S A CLUE.

GO TO MEET...

A PROCESSING PLANT.

WHERE THEY BECOME MEAT.

ELISA: 3:20.
NOT MUCH TIME TO SPARE.

[RUMBLING]

SHH.

GOT HIM!

WHO IS IT?

AH!

[GRUNTING]

TAURUS?

YOU KNOW HIM?

HE ARRESTED ME
ON NEW OLYMPIA.

YOU CAN'T KNOW
TOO MANY GOOD COPS.

ELISA, IS THIS HOW
YOU GREET STRANGERS
IN YOUR HUMAN WORLD?

YEAH, NOT SO DIFFERENT
FROM THE WAY YOU
GREETED US IN YOURS.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING
HERE IN MANHATTAN?

I THOUGHT YOU
COULDN'T STAND HUMANS.

I MUST ADMIT I FELT
A SENSE OF REVULSION

UPON ARRIVING HERE.

BUT YOU, ELISA MASSA,

HAVE PROVEN TO ME THAT
NOT ALL HUMANS ARE BAD.

THIS HORROR DUNGEON
TO THE CONTRARY.

AS YOU MAY HAVE GUESSED,

I'M ON AN EMERGENCY MISSION.

EMERGENCY?

PROTEUS, OUR MOST
RUTHLESS PRISONER,

ESCAPED WHILE
ON MY WATCH.

HEREFORE, IT IS
MY DUTY TO RECAPTURE
THE SHAPE SHIFTER

AND RETURN HIM
TO NEW OLYMPIA.

SO THAT'S WHO'S BEEN
JERKING US AROUND.

I KNEW THAT WASN'T GOLIATH
ON THAT TAPE.

I HAD TRACKED HIM HERE
WHEN YOU...

INTERRUPTED
MY INVESTIGATION.

BUT WHY HAS PROTEUS
COME HERE?

I FEAR HE IS SEEKING
REVENGE AGAINST
YOU AND GOLIATH

FOR RUINING HIS PLANS
TO ESCAPE

AND DESTROY NEW OLYMPIA.

HE HAS GOLIATH.
I JUST KNOW IT.

THE NOTE SAID TO BE HERE
BY 3:30. IT'S 3:31.

LET'S SPLIT UP AND
SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND.

[BEEPS]

-HMM.
-[BEEPING CONTINUES]

PROTEUS.

[RUMBLING]

COME ON, MASSA, STEADY.

-[MACHINE WHIRS]
-[GASPS]

TAURUS!

[MACHINE RATTLES]

[GASPS]

AH!

HELP!

[WHIMPERING]

AH!

I HAVE YOU.

WHAT IN BLAZES...

THANK YOU, TAURUS,

FOR SAVING MY LIFE.

I SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT
THE SITUATION WAS REVERSED

THE LAST TIME
WE WORKED TOGETHER.

BROOKLYN:
OVER HERE!

HAVE I LET YOU
LIVE THIS LONG?

OH, SENTIMENTAL FOOL.

AH, BUT YOU NEED
THE NEXT CLUE.

THOUGH GOLIATH
IS LIKE A BEACON
TO WAYWARD TRAVELERS,

HE CANNOT SAVE HIMSELF.

CAN YOU?

YOU HAVE 30 MINUTES
OR THE CHARADE IS OVER.

THE SUN RISES IN 40.
ANY IDEAS?

HMM. A BEACON TO
WAYWARD TRAVELERS.

LIKE A LIGHTHOUSE.

YEAH, I KNOW
WHERE HE MEANS.

DOWN BY THE WHARF.

YOU LEAD.

I ACQUIRED
THESE ELASTIC CORDS

FROM A MOST
CURIOUS PLACE CALLED
A SPORTING GOODS SHOP.

-[GRUNTS]
-BUT IT HARDLY SEEMS
SPORTING NOW, DOES IT?

AH!

THERE IS NOTHING
SWEETER THAN COMPLETE

AND PROTRACTED REVENGE.

AND NOW THAT I'M FREE

FROM THE INTERMINABLE
BOREDOM OF CAPTIVITY,

I'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE
SO MUCH FUN.

FREEZE. YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.
[LAUGHING]

OR DO YOU STILL THINK

YOUR LITTLE POLICE WOMAN
WILL SAVE THE DAY?

[GRUNTS]

WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?

FOR YOU TO BE THE FLAME
TO THE MOTHS.

YOUR FRIENDS WILL
BE HERE QUITE SOON.

IT WOULDN'T BE ANY FUN
IF YOU WERE ALREADY DEAD.

BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING.
TRUST NOTHING.

PROTEUS IS SHREWD
BEYOND IMAGINATION.

GOLIATH!

ELISA, PROTEUS IS HERE.

YOU MUST GET OUT.

NOT UNTIL YOU'RE FREE.

WE'LL SEARCH THE TOWER.

BE CAREFUL.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BEHIND YOU.

[GRUNTS]

I'LL HAVE YOU OUT
IN A SECOND.

WAIT. THAT WAS TOO EASY.

ELISA!

[GASPS]

SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN,

MS. MASSA.

[ROARS]

PROTEUS, STOP!

[YELPS]

ELISA.

AH!

HELP!

I'VE GOT YOU!

[GRUNTS]

AH!

WE'RE RUNNING
OUT OF NIGHT.

FIND GOLIATH.

[GRUNTING]

OH!

[MUFFLED] HUDSON!

[COUGHING]

[MACHINE BEEPING]

I FOUND SOMEONE.

IT MAY BE GOLIATH.

[GRUNTS]

GOLIATH!

[GASP]
WHERE DID PROTEUS GO?

-ELISA.
-I'M GONNA GET YOU
OUT OF HERE.

-GET AWAY FROM HIM.
-[GRUNTS]

IT'S PROTEUS.

[GRUNTING]

AH!

WHICH ARE YOU?

IT'S ME, GOLIATH.

HERE. LET ME
CUT YOU FREE.

NO.

WHAT'S WRONG?
DON'T YOU TRUST ME?

[GRUNTS]

I HAVE A FORCE FIELD CELL

WHICH CAN CAPTURE
ONE OF THEM.

WHICH IS PROTEUS?

SHE IS.

CAN'T YOU SEE?

ELISA, TELL ME THE TRUTH.

DID YOU EVER DOUBT ME,
EVEN FOR A MOMENT?

NEVER.

THAT'S PROTEUS. FIRE!

NO!

[STRUGGLING]
LET ME OUT!

I'M SO THANKFUL
YOU ARE ALIVE.

YOU COULD HAVE
PICKED A KINDER WAY

TO PROVE I WAS
THE REAL ELISA.

I TRUST YOU WILL
FORGIVE ME.

I AM DEEPLY INDEBTED TO YOU.

YOU'RE A GOOD COP.

I'D SAY WE'RE EVEN.

YOU HUMANS REALLY
AREN'T SO BAD AFTER ALL...

IN SMALL DOSES.

I APOLOGIZE FOR LEAVING
YOU SO ABRUPTLY EARLIER.

I REALIZE YOU WERE
MERELY DOING YOUR JOB.

AND I'M SORRY THAT
I DOUBTED YOU.

EVEN FOR A MOMENT.

[HUDSON CLEARING THROAT]

UNLESS YOU TWO WANT
TO STAY LIKE THAT

FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS,

WE'D BETTER GO.

[THEME SONG PLAYING]