Gargoyles (1994–1996): Season 3, Episode 9 - Generations - 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: THERE IS A CURSE

THAT CAN AFFECT BOTH MAN

AND GARGOYLE.

IT IS LONELINESS.

AND IT CAN EAT AWAY
AT THE STRONGEST SOUL.

WE ALL NEED THE INVIGORATING
PRESENCE OF OTHERS--

A SUSTENANCE AS ESSENTIAL
AS AIR, FOOD, OR WATER.

FOR ALONE... LIFE IS EMPTY.



AND NO BOND
IS MORE YEARNED FOR

THAN THAT
OF A PARENT AND CHILD.

BROOKLYN: HEY, ANGELA...

WHAT'S KEEPIN' YA?

UH--UH, NOTHING.
UH, LET'S GO.

YOU HAVE BEEN PREOCCUPIED
OF LATE, ANGELA.

IS THERE
SOMETHING WRONG?

-IT'S NOTHING, REALLY.
I--I JUST--
-[WOMAN GASPING]

-LISTEN! BELOW US.
-[WOMAN SCREAMS]

DO YOU HEAR IT?

[PANTING]

[MEN CHUCKLE]

NO!

ANGELA:
I'LL TAKE THAT.

[GROANING]

[GROWLING]

[SNARLING]

WHOA! COME ON!
LET'S GET OUTTA HERE!

YOU ARE SAFE NOW.

[LAUGHING]

BUT... YOU'RE NOT.

WHAT?

MAN:
GET THE MONSTERS!

[CLAMORING]

I WARNED YA.
THEY SET US UP!

THEY WILL REGRET IT.
[GROANS]

[YELLS]

[GRUNTS]

ANGELA!

[GROWLS]

[GROANS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[GROANS]

BROOKLYN!

WHAT THE--

-FOOLS!
-[GROANS]

I'LL HAVE YOUR HEADS
FOR THIS TREACHERY!

IT'S DEMONA!

GREAT!

THINGS JUST WENT
FROM BAD TO WORSE.

[GRUNTING]

[SNARLING]

WELL, AT LEAST YOU TWO
WON'T ESCAPE.

[GRUNTS]

GET AWAY FROM HER,
HUMAN!

[GROANS]

[GROANS]

MOTHER!

HELP HER OUT OF HERE!

[GROANING]

WHAT IS IT?
DID YOU SEE SOMETHING?

I'M NOT... SURE.

YOU SAVED MY LIFE.

THANK YOU.

AS YOU SAVED MINE.

AN EQUITABLE TRADE.

I DIDN'T DO IT
TO GET EVEN.

GOLIATH:
ANGELA, DEMONA.

WE LOST HIM.

IT WAS AS IF HE VANISHED.

AND WHAT WERE YOU DOIN'
AROUND HERE ANYWAY?

AREN'T YOU GOING
TO THANK HER FOR SAVING US?

HE WON'T.

FAREWELL,
MY DAUGHTER.

GOOD RIDDANCE.

I'M ASHAMED
OF BOTH OF YOU!

I KNOW WHAT SHE'S DONE,

BUT SHE MIGHT BE
TRYING TO CHANGE.

DEMONA WILL NEVER CHANGE.

AND I WILL NEVER
TRUST HER AGAIN.

ANGELA: YOU'RE NOT
GIVING DEMONA A CHANCE!

HEY, SHE'S HAD
MORE CHANCES

THAN SHE DESERVES,
ANGELA.

AND SHE'S BLOWN
EVERY ONE OF 'EM.

GOLIATH,
DEMONA'S MY MOTHER.

SHE WAS A MEMBER
OF YOUR CLAN.

[SIGHS]

YOU LOVED HER ONCE.

NO ONE UNDERSTANDS
MORE THAN I

HOW MUCH YOU WANT THIS
TO WORK OUT.

BUT DEMONA'S HATRED
OF HUMANITY AND OF ME

IS BEYOND REASONING.

WE MUST ALL
STAY AWAY FROM HER.

BUT, FATHER,
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

[GROANING]

ANGELA!
ANGELA!

LET THE LASS GO,
GOLIATH.

SHE NEEDS HER OWN COMPANY
JUST NOW.

DEMONA: I WAS
LOOKING FOR YOU.

I WANTED
TO SEE YOU AGAIN,

BUT I WASN'T SURE
IF YOU FELT
THE SAME WAY.

MOTHER,
SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED.

BUT I THINK YOU CAN
CHANGE WITH MY HELP

IF YOU WANT IT
BADLY ENOUGH.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK

THAT I'M THE ONE
THAT NEEDS CHANGING?

MAYBE GOLIATH WAS RIGHT.

I'M SORRY, ANGELA.

I'VE BEEN
FIGHTING SO LONG,

I GUESS I'M A LITTLE
QUICK TO ATTACK.

I'D LIKE YOU TO
UNDERSTAND MY LIFE
A LITTLE BETTER.

IF WE CAN'T BE
A FAMILY, CAN'T WE
AT LEAST BE FRIENDS?

I'D LIKE THAT.

VERY MUCH.

THERE IS A LOT
TO CATCH UP ON.

[CHORTLING]

LET'S SEE WHAT YOU'VE GOT.

DEMONA: YOU'RE GOOD.

ANGELA: YOU BET I AM.

NOW, WHERE DID SHE--

[BOTH GRUNT]

IF THIS WERE REAL,
YOU'D BE DEAD.

NEVER RELAX YOUR GUARD.

AND NEVER UNDERESTIMATE
AN OPPONENT.

[SHOUTS]

[SNARLING]

I'M NOT YOUR ENEMY, DEMONA.

WE'RE NOT AT WAR.

[SIGHS] ANGELA, YOU ARE
SO NEW TO THIS WORLD.

SO TRUSTING.

WE ARE AT WAR.

THERE CAN BE NO PEACE
FOR OUR KIND

WHILE THE HUMANS
FEAR AND HUNT US.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.

THERE ARE GOOD HUMANS.

HUMANS RAISED ME.

GOLIATH THINKS THAT--

GOLIATH IS A FOOL!

IT WAS HIS TRUST
OF THESE HUMANS

THAT DESTROYED
THE REST OF OUR CLAN.

I'VE TRIED HIS WAY,

AND EVERY TIME,
I'VE MET BETRAYAL.

LET'S NOT GET INTO THIS.

WE'RE HERE
TO TALK ABOUT US.

[MAN CHORTLING]

YOU'RE RIGHT.

THERE'S SO MUCH
WE NEED TO LEARN

ABOUT EACH--

[BOTH GROAN]

WHERE IS IT
COMING FROM?

ANGELA:
THERE! THAT ROOFTOP!

WAIT!

KNOW YOUR ENEMY
BEFORE ATTACKING.

LOOK!

ANGELA! WAIT!

[GROANS]

HE MUST HAVE FLED.

HOW CAN WE BE SURE?

IT'S LIKE THE SHADOWS
JUST SWALLOWED HIM UP.

I SAW
THE SAME SHIMMERING

WHEN HE ATTACKED
LAST NIGHT IN THE ALLEY.

-HOW IS HE TRACKING US?
-I DON'T KNOW,

BUT I HAVE RESOURCES
THAT MAY GIVE ME A LEAD.

I'LL WORK ON IT.

I'D LIKE TO HELP.

I WOULD LIKE THAT.

I HAVE TOLD YOU...

WE HAVE NOTHING
TO DO WITH HER.

ANGELA: I DON'T CARE
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST.

SHE'S MY MOTHER,

AND I THINK SHE DESERVES
A CHANCE NOW.

IF NONE OF YOU WILL HELP,
I'LL DO IT MYSELF.

ANGELA!

WHY WON'T SHE LISTEN?

RIGHT ON SCHEDULE.

DEMONA: YES, THIS IS
THE RIGHT PLACE.

IS THIS WHERE YOU LIVE?

IT'S JUST A QUIET PLACE
TO HANG MY HAT,

ONE OF MANY,

AND IT'S NOT AS BAD
AS IT LOOKS.

[BEEPING]

WOW!

IF OUR STEALTH FRIEND
HAS LEFT A TRAIL,

I THINK WE'LL FIND HIM.

SO, IT APPEARS YOU HAVEN'T
MANAGED TO ENLIGHTEN GOLIATH.

HE REFUSED TO HELP.

THEY ALL DID.

[WINDOW SLAMS OPEN]

LOOK OUT!

I UNDERSTAND MY HELP
WAS REQUESTED.

YOU FOLLOWED ME!

WE HAVE A COMMON ENEMY...

FOR NOW.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

I KNOW IT WASN'T
EASY FOR YOU.

DO NOT MAKE
TOO MUCH OF IT, ANGELA.

MY FEELINGS
HAVE NOT CHANGED.

[ALL SCREAM]

WHAT'S HAPPENING?!

[GROANS]

[GASPS]

HE'S GONE.

[GROANS]

[SNARLS]

[MAN CHORTLING]

HE'S TOYING WITH US.

[GROANS]

[GROANS]

[GRUNTS]

YOU'RE STRONG...

[CHUCKLES]
BUT NOT BRIGHT.

[GROANS]

[BOTH GRUNT]

WHO'S NEXT?

[GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

SAY GOOD NIGHT, MONSTER.

[CHORTLING]

DOWN THERE!

ANGELA, WAIT!

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTING]

WHY DID YOU STOP ME?!
I MIGHT HAVE--

YOU MIGHT HAVE
BEEN KILLED!

WE ARE NOT INVULNERABLE.

BUT THEY HAVE GOLIATH!

AND WE HAVE THEM.

WHEN I FOUGHT
THE STEALTH WARRIOR,

I PLACED A HOMING DEVICE
IN HIS BOOT.

BUT WE CAN'T SEE HIM.
I'M GETTING THE CLAN!

THEY WON'T WANT ME ALONG.

LEAVE THAT PART TO ME.

IF WE'RE GOING
TO SAVE GOLIATH,

YOU'VE ALL GOT TO PUT
THE PAST BEHIND YOU.

NO. NOT WITH HER ALONG.

I DIDN'T COME HERE TO
FIGHT WITH YOU, BROOKLYN.

HERE. WITH THIS,
YOU CAN LOCATE GOLIATH.

TAKE IT
AND SAVE HIM YOURSELF.

SO FAR, THIS GUY'S
BEEN UNBEATABLE.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE
ALL OF US TO STOP HIM.

ARE YOU WILLING
TO RISK GOLIATH'S LIFE
OVER AN OLD GRUDGE?

OK. BUT THE STEALTH GUY
ISN'T OUR ONLY PROBLEM.

I'LL BE WATCHING
YOUR BACK.

[GROANS]

GOOD EVENING, MONSTER.

[GROWLING]

YOU WON'T BREAK THEM.

AND EVEN IF YOU COULD,
THE EFFORT WOULD BE WASTED.

YOU SEE, YOUR CLAN WILL BE
COMING TO... RESCUE YOU.

[CHUCKLES]

SOMETHING
I LOOK FORWARD TO.

[GROWLS]

DEMONA: HE'S IN THAT SHIP.
WE SHOULD SPLIT UP.

I'LL ATTACK FROM ONE SIDE,
DRAWING THEIR FIRE,

WHILE THE REST OF YOU
SWOOP IN FROM THE OTHER.

YOU CAN'T TAKE
THAT RISK ALONE.

I'M COMING, TOO.

THANK YOU, MY DEAR,

BUT I CAN'T BE WORRYING
ABOUT YOU

WHEN I ATTACK.

YOU CAN'T STOP ME, DEMONA.

AH. RIGHT ON TIME.

GOLIATH: WATCH OUT!

YOU SAID YOU'D BE ALONE.

-NO! DON'T FIRE!
-[GROANS]

[ROARING]

HEY!

WE'RE TRAPPED!

THIS STEEL'S
TWO FEET THICK.

NOW... BACK TO BUSINESS.

[COCKS GUN]

DEMONA: HUMAN FILTH!

HOW DARE YOU HURT HER!

[GRUNTS]

STEALTH WARRIOR:
NICE PERFORMANCE, DEMONA,

BUT I'VE CHANGED THE SCRIPT.

CHANGED THE SCRIPT?

[CHUCKLING]

HASN'T IT SUNK IN YET,
MY BRIGHT, YOUNG MONSTER?

DEMONA SET YOU UP.

ASK HER HOW SHE HIRED ME

TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE
SHE CARED FOR YOU.

THAT ISN'T TRUE!

SHE LURED GOLIATH
INTO A TRAP

TO BAIT THE REST
OF YOU HERE.

ASK HER!

AFTER EVERYTHING
WE SHARED TOGETHER,

I CAN'T BELIEVE
YOU COULD DO IT.

THE SCENE WAS GOING
TO PLAY LIKE THIS--

DEMONA ARRIVES,
TRIES TO SAVE GOLIATH...

[SCOFFS] BUT IS JUST A SECOND
TOO LATE.

AND THEN YOU STOP HIM
FROM KILLING THE REST OF US?

YOU'RE A HERO?
BACK IN THE CLAN?

FOR WHAT?

TO SAVE YOU...

FROM GOLIATH.

[SIGHS]

TO DESTROY
THE GARGOYLES...

I HAVE LIVED
FOR THIS MOMENT.

AND I THINK
I'LL START WITH YOU.

DEMONA: NO!

[GROANING]

TRY FACING AN OPPONENT
WHO IS NOT WOUNDED.

WITH PLEASURE.

[ROARING]

-[GUN FIRES]
-[GROANS]

STEALTH WARRIOR:
I THINK I'LL DO THIS SLOW.

[CHORTLING]

I CAN PLAY THIS GAME
ALL NIGHT. CAN YOU?

[ROARS]

[GRUNTING]

[DEMONA GROANING]

[POUNDING]

[GRUNTING]

BROOKLYN: WE'VE GOT HER!

THIS CHANGES NOTHING!

[GRUNTING]

GOLIATH WILL BE
THE DEATH OF US ALL!

YOU USED ME!

IT STARTED THAT WAY,

BUT NOW I WOULDN'T
HURT YOU FOR THE WORLD.

SAVE IT FOR YOUR NEXT
PERFORMANCE, DEMONA!

[CRYING]

[GROWLS]

WHAT ARE WE GONNA
DO WITH HER?

YOU WILL NOT GO FREE
TO ATTACK US AGAIN.

OH, GOLIATH,
YOU OUGHT TO KNOW ME
BETTER THAN THAT.

[GRUNTS]

GOLIATH:
I AM SORRY, ANGELA.

YOU HAD TO LEARN
FOR YOURSELF.

OH, FATHER, I WANTED
SO MUCH TO BELIEVE

I COULD HELP HER CHANGE.

TO TRULY CHANGE
OR REDEEM ONESELF

IS TERRIBLY DIFFICULT.

SOME WORK THEIR ENTIRE LIVES
AND NEVER MANAGE IT.

DO YOU THINK
SHE EVER WILL?

HMM...

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]