His Dark Materials (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - Betrayal - full transcript

You've failed. I'm here for Asriel.

I need to come with you.
Lord Asriel needs to die.

Iorek, the alethiometer,
my father will need it.

We'll need the truth to defeat her.
I need to give it to him.

We're investigating the
disappearance of some

rather valuable objects.
Dangerous objects.

And your husband's name keeps
getting brought up.

I have nothing for you.

That's not true.

I need an answer
on the alethiometer.

What did Grumman discover?



There. Can you see?

That's where my father is?

Your dad, I think he was involved
in something dangerous.

Dangerous?

I don't care how you do it...

..I want the letters.

You have to leave, you have
to turn around and leave.

I did not send for you.

GROWLING
Asriel.

Roger Parslow,

I am very pleased you came.

The alethiometer says that Lyra
has to make a journey.

One which I'm afraid includes
a great betrayal.

FATHER MACPHAIL OVER TANNOY: For
each and every one of you...



..going out to fight
this abominable foe....

..in the face of an attack on
everything we hold sacred...

..I implore you to channel
the Authority

in this time of need.

STELMARIA GROWLS

STELMARIA: The aurora is strong now.

And the child's here.

HE BREATHES HEAVILY

STELMARIA: It's time.

I know.

SNIFFING

What is all this stuff?

FAINT CLICKING

I understand you arrived here
on Iorek Byrnison's back.

New king of the bears. I believe you
preferred the old one?

But you should be happy now
you're free.

How does a little girl acquire
the king of the panserbjorne

as a guardian?

It's been quite a journey
to get here.

That's not an answer.

And I don't remember
inviting you.

You don't want me here?

Left you where you were safe,
Lyra, at Jordan College.

Whatever you've brought me...

..I hope it was worth it.

Now, what is it?

I'll tell you...

..if you tell me why you...

..why you lied to me
about being my father.

I would have been so proud.

Why would you have been proud?

Because you're...

..Lord Asriel.

And you're MY father.

Your mother, she...

Do you know who your mother is?

Your choice in women is almost
as bad as your choice in bears.

I don't think we should
continue this conversation.

Why not?

Because it is getting sentimental.

Sentimental?!

And because I wouldn't like to.

Are you crying? It's unnecessary.

Lyra Belacqua, you are
stronger than that.

It's Silvertongue now.

You don't want my name?

Silvertongue feels like my name.

It was given to me by someone
who actually loves me,

which is better than
I can say for you.

This is why I'm here.

I brought you this and I saved Roger
and now I'll be on my way.

It's the middle of the night.

I'll leave in the morning, then.

ALETHIOMETER LID CLICKS OPEN

ALETHIOMETER LID CLICKS SHUT

You can keep the alethiometer.

I don't need it.

You don't want it?

I didn't say that.

Hm.

I looked after this.

All the way from Jordan College!

Fought the Magisterium, enlisted the
witches, fought the bears,

all to bring it to you,

and you refuse it?

Call yourself a father?

I think that's rather the point.

I've never called myself a father.

WHINING

Have you intruded for a reason?

The winds have changed direction.
DOOR CLOSES

We should pick up speed now.

We'll be there by morning.

The Authority must be on our side.

I wouldn't be so arrogant
as to claim that.

Hopefully, we shall prove
fast enough.

However fast we go,
Asriel will be waiting.

We have firepower and belief.

Two mighty weapons.

All he has is his own
distorted arrogance.

And his work.

Work you don't want others to
see, but...

..you really don't want
to see it yourself.

You want to see it?

I'm not frightened of it.

What did he do to you?

What power he still exerts!

You know nothing.

I knew you.

An ambitious young woman
with a good marriage,

well on her way to quite some
position,

and then that man came
along and you...

..melted in front of...
I did not melt.

You don't even claim
responsibility for your child.

Hm.

I suppose you consider
yourself without sin.

No-one can claim to be without sin.

So what is your sin,

I wonder?

Hm?

Lust?

Greed?

No.

It's envy.

You want what Asriel and I have -

a sureness of step, a conviction,

but you...you lack it.

I'm the best weapon
you'll ever have.

Has it given you an answer?

An alethiometer gives you
the answer you need,

not necessarily the answer
you desire.

Sometimes it's more of a riddle
than... What did it say?

The question I posed, very
precisely, is,

"What did Grumman discover?"

What did the damn thing say?

It said...

..there's a knife in a tower
surrounded by angels.

That's what he has discovered.

And?

His son will lead you to it.

But Grumman never married,
never had a son.

So I may need to ask
another question, or...

A son?

You're sure it said a son?

For that part, it gave me the levels
of the baby,

the angel and the
marionette symbols.

The answer was quite categorical.

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

Tell me, sir, does she have
everything she needs?

Hm? A brush for her teeth,
for instance.

Does she have a toothbrush?

I wouldn't be overly concerned.

Now that Iofur's dead, there
will be an airship of soldiers
on their way here.

But the Magisterium won't be our
only enemies for much longer.

You've found a bigger enemy?

THE enemy.

And now that Iofur's guards are
gone, I'm free to go after it.

I'm afraid I won't be here when
the Magisterium arrives.

I'm going to ask you
to make sure that Lyra is safe.

After all this time,

you don't want me with you?

It's not that. I need you here.

I'm asking you to protect
my daughter.

Will you say goodbye to her?

No. No, I have work.

It's the very least you could do.

HE SIGHS

PAN: We don't need Lord Asriel.

We'll leave in the morning at
first light.

Lyra. Are you there?
I am.

And you're not coming in.

I'll come in, walk in backwards
and sit backwards.

Fine.

Tell me if I'm going to hit
anything. You aren't.

You can sit down there.

So what have you got?

What?

To say. Why are you in the
bathroom?

Oh.

I just got spooked.

By what?

By your father.
What's he doing here?

He looked at you really angrily,

and then he saw me and he
calmed down immediately.

He looked at me like he was
a wolf or something.

My father...

Can we...call him your father now?

He knows I know.

Didn't go so well?

Not really.

You know what I think?

Parents are more trouble
than they're worth.

That's why I never bothered
getting to know mine.

Sensible.

You know, I always liked it,

that we were the same.

Orphans.

So if you want...

..we can pretend we are.

PAN SQUEAKS

You shouldn't have let him go.

I...didn't know he was useful
to us. You wanted the letters.

He is.

He's important.

Tell me what to do.

I don't see why I should
get you to do anything.

You mess up.

You ask for help.

I give you Thomas,
and you mess up again.

Hang on...

And I have to come myself.

Tell me...

..is there anything
that you can do alone?

Now, think...

..where this Will might be...

..what he might be doing.

The kid was a loner. My guess,
he's on the streets somewhere.

I'll look into it.

Get rid of the body.

Done.

And find the boy.

This is DI Walters to Control.
Circulating ops to all units in the

Oxford area for last name Parry,
first name William.

15-year-old male, around five foot
seven. Likely on foot.

Reported missing person.

Any sightings, please come
to me direct.

Over.

RADIO: Copy, DI Walters.
This is Control.

On the lookout for last name Parry,
first name William.

15-year-old male...
SPEECH FADES

SQUEAKING

LYRA AND ROGER GIGGLE

LYRA: Stop it!

He wasn't even surprised.

He wasn't even upset. He was just...

..annoyed at me.

It's probably not what he
really thinks.

You sure about that?

You can look at the
alethiometer.

Ask it how he really feels.

Does it know everything?

Does it know everything
that will happen to us?

I think so, but...

I think it will only tell me what it
wants me to know, so...

Then let's not use it.

So we just know what we
know, I suppose.

I mean, I'm not like you.

I would never have chosen to
leave Jordan. I know.

But now here we both are,
halfway round the world.

And I'm here because of you.

And you're here because of me.

Cos we changed each other's lives.

I like the fact you changed my life.

Can't promise I won't stop
changing it.

BOTH: Cheers.
GIGGLING

WIND HOWLS

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

Lyra.
PAN SQUEAKS

Shh-shh-shh-shh. Don't be
frightened.

Come.

ASRIEL: You once asked me
what Dust was.

The truth is, I don't know.

Why is the Magisterium
so afraid of it?

They're afraid of it
because they think it is sin.

Actual physical sin.

Raining down from the sky,
settling on humanity

and infecting our souls with evil.

To be fair, it's a terrifying
thought.

For the longest time, the
Magisterium completely ignored Dust.

But then it was discovered

that Dust only begins to settle on
humans going through puberty.

The connection was made to
Adam and Eve...

...and they labelled Dust
as original sin.

Original sin?

When did Eve's daemon settle?

When Eve ate the apple,
like the serpent told her to.

Well done.

And the serpent said,

"You shall not surely die,

"for the Authority doth know that on
that day that ye eat thereof,

"your eyes shall be opened,

"your daemons shall assume their
true form and ye shall be as..."

BOTH: "..gods, knowing good and..."

LYRA: "..evil."
ASRIEL: "..Dust."

You see?

They have been trying
to convince us for centuries

that we are born guilty.

And that we have to spend a lifetime
atoning for the crime

of eating an apple.

Is there any proof for this
heinous stain,

this shame, this guilt?
No, not at all.

We are to take it on faith, and on
the word of the Authority.

But Dust...

Dust is an elementary particle that
we can record, measure, study.

We can take photograms of it.

And it has given them what
they need -

a means by which to control,
to oppress,

to frighten, and to keep us
where they want us -

on our knees.

That's what my mother
thinks she's doing...

..cutting away our daemons.

Preserving our sinless souls.

You should have seen them.

Those who had their daemons
cut away.

They looked empty.

Did they try to cut you, Lyra?

She stopped them.

Your mother stopped them?

She didn't want to damage me.

Happy to damage others.

Is that a fact?

The thought of Pan
being cut from me...
PAN SCRATCHES

HE WHIMPERS QUIETLY

I know.

The bond between human and daemon
is incredibly powerful.

Quite beautiful, really.

There's actually an immense release
of energy...

..when that link is severed.

What is the most important
question we can ask?

Where Dust comes from.

There you are.

The photograms you took...
The aurora.

You've seen Dust pouring into
this world from the aurora.

If light can cross that barrier
between the universes,

if Dust can,

if we can see that city up
there in the sky,

then we can build a bridge
and we can cross.

Cross to multiple worlds?
Why not?

Let's go to the source,
let's ask what Dust is.

Maybe we'll find out that it's
something else entirely.

Maybe we'll find out that it is
sin.

How do you like the sound of
that?

I... I don't know.

What I do know is
I've done my piece.

Lyra, what I can tell you is that
Dust is what makes

the alethiometer work.

Did you know that?

I doubt the Magisterium know that.

It works through Dust?

I brought you the alethiometer and
now I just need to take Roger home.

Did the Master ever actually
ask you to bring it to me?

It's yours.

You were never sent to me at all.

But I am glad you came.

You don't come from nothing, Lyra.

You're the product
of something extraordinary.

Goodnight.

FAINT WHIRRING

PHONE RINGS

Anything?

No, nothing. But maybe the police
know something.

LINE DISCONNECTS

Fra Pavel said a tower.

It must be the Tower of the Angels.

The legends are true.

But if they are...

..then this knife...

The boy will lead us to it.

FAINT LAUGHTER AND CHATTER

WHIRRING

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

CLATTERING

What...?

What's going on?

You're awake. Good. Now, we have to
move very quickly.

The Magisterium are on their way.

My father said they wouldn't
get here.

He's already gone.
Where?!

Don't you worry.
I will get you somewhere safe.

Roger! Roger!

Where's Roger? Tell me, Thorold!
Where's Roger?

With Asriel.

What does he want with him?

Lyra... Lyra...

Energy.

Energy!

Lyra, I promised that
I would protect you.

Thorold, he's going to cut him!

WIND HOWLS

Iorek!

Iorek!

Iorek, I need you!

Lyra!

What is it?

Follow the footprints! My father's
got Roger. We need to go!

Bears!
You're calling the bears?

I have a feeling we'll be
needing them. Climb on.

We'll need to move fast!

STELMARIA GROWLS

What are we doing here?
When's Lyra joining us?

I told you,
she's coming with Thorold.

She'll be here soon. Come.

GUNSHOT

GOLDEN MONKEY GRUNTS

Don't touch anything.

There'll be traps everywhere.

Get the guards out of here.

No sign of anyone or anything.

The guards have gone
to search the outside.

Plenty of people staying here,
though.

Some sort of...

..encampment in the living area.

Any sense of where he might be?

Or what he's been...

..doing here?

Oh, Thorold, don't be ridiculous.

You won't hurt me.

I know you too well.

Plus, I'm unarmed.

He's gone up the mountain,
hasn't he?

What's he trying to do?

His numbers suggest
some kind of energy release.

This is Dust...isn't it?

Thorold...

..tell me who's with him.

What's he trying to do with Dust?

Flood us all with sin and darkness?

I know you have no respect
for the Magisterium.

But in the name of the Authority,

he who shines above us
and lights the way,

tell me what you know.

SIGHING: Thorold...

I should throw you to the wolves.

But I won't.

I'll tell them that Father
MacPhail is staying here to
analyse what we've found.

And then I'll take the troops
to pursue Asriel,

and then you will leave.

He's always been so reckless.

He's never treated any of us well.

You included.

Hm.

LAUGHTER AND CHATTER NEARBY

DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES

POLICE RADIO CHATTER

DOOR CLOSES

WIND HOWLS

STELMARIA GROWLS

Stay close!

What are you doing?

What's the surprise for Lyra?

SHE PANTS

WIND HOWLS

FAINT WHIRRING

IOREK: They're heading for
the mountain.

Bears, prepare yourself.

Bears spotted.

They're readying for
an artillery attack.

Then open fire.

Agh!

Prepare the fire-hurlers!
Out of the way!

EXPLOSIONS

SCREAMS

Go! Go! Go!

GUNFIRE

RAPID GUNFIRE

SHE YELLS

MUFFLED EXPLOSIONS

WHOOSHING

EXPLOSION

IOREK, MUFFLED: Lyra!

Lyra!

Hurry, Lyra!

I'll get you to the mountain.

Isn't Lyra down there? I think we
should go and find her.

Come here!

GROWLING, SQUEAKING

ROGER: No!

What are you doing?!

Get in!
No!

Lord Asriel! No, stop!

No!

No!

Lyra...

..I cannot cross this bridge.

Thank you...

..King Iorek Byrnison.

Thank you...

..Lyra Silvertongue.

Now go.

Quickly, Lyra.

SHE EXHALES

PAN: It's not far.

Just a few careful steps.

SHE GASPS

ROGER: Lord Asriel, please!

I'm sorry that this is
happening to you.

But in war, there are casualties.

And believe me when I tell you
that this is a war.

One that will free humanity forever.

Lyra!

LYRA: I can't do this, Pan!

PAN: Come on, Lyra. You can.

LYRA: Just fly up
and see if you can see them.

We're nearly there.

They're just beyond the peak.

Asriel's put Roger and Salcilia
in a cage.

They look like the ones
at Bolvangar.

ROGER: No!

No!

ROGER SCREAMS

ROGER YELLS

Please don't do this!

Lyra will never forgive you.

SALCILIA: Roger, I can't get out!

What's going to happen to us?

No... No.

HE GRUNTS

ROGER SCREAMS

HE GRUNTS

No...

Roger, I don't want to leave you!

RUMBLING

MUFFLED RUMBLING,
SPEECH INAUDIBLE

HE BREATHES QUICKLY

STELMARIA GROWLS

If you've come to stop me,
you're too late.

Too late to stop the experiment,
yes, but not too late to stop you.

Oh, I am pleased that you
came, Marisa,

to see what I've done.

The Magisterium
will never allow it.

Oh, you don't understand.

The Magisterium have
no power any more.

Not once the world sees
the possibility of all this.

It is the end of the Magisterium.

After hundreds of years.

No more oppression.

No more abuse.

No more darkness...

..or suppression of knowledge.

You see that light?

That is the sun of another world.

Look.

Come.

Feel the warmth of it on your face.

SHE GASPS

It's extraordinary.

BOTH CHUCKLE

ASRIEL: There is no stopping it now.

My war was never just
with the Magisterium.

There is a far more
dangerous power out there.

Marisa, come with me.

Work with me.

Help me fight this war
and take on the Authority.

Help me create a new
Republic of Heaven.

What better place
to make a new start?

A new start?

You and I. Together.

We could take this universe apart
and put it back together again.

Oh, no, no, no, no.
No, we couldn't...

Lie about whatever you want.

Lie about the Oblation Board.

The Magisterium.

Lie about the girl.

But do not lie about your
ambition...

..your work...

..or who you truly are.

You used to want to change
the world.

Then leave the Magisterium.

Come with me, and we will
change them all.

But our child is in this world.

And my place is with her.

That is not a lie.

You want that?

I want her with everything I have.

This is your journey, not mine.

Goodbye, Asriel.

FAINT CONVERSATION

POLICE RADIO CHATTER

SHE GROANS

LYRA: Roger...

PAN SQUEAKS

His face is warm.

But Salcilia's gone.

LYRA: I thought he wanted
the alethiometer.

I got it wrong.

I got it all...wrong.

We didn't mean this to happen.
But it did!

It did happen.

And I didn't get to say goodbye.

I didn't get to say I'm sorry.

And it's my fault.

It's all my fault.

I should never
have brought you here.

What do I do, Roger?

Help me, please.

We need to find Dust.

We thought it was bad,
because grown-ups said so.

What if it isn't?

What if it needs protecting?

You're saying...

..we could...

..go and find Dust before he does?

Do you know what that means, Pan?

We'd be alone.

We've always been alone...

..apart from...

..Roger.

Do we just...

..leave him?

We've got to make sure
they don't win.

We've got to go, Roger.

All right?

Me and Pan...

...are going to go into the skies
and we're going to search for Dust.

We will make sure
your death is not in vain.

Goodbye, Roger.

CAT MEOWS

CAT MEOWS

SIRENS WAIL