His Dark Materials (2019–…): Season 3, Episode 6 - The Abyss - full transcript
We're looking for
someone - Roger Parslow.
You shouldn't have
come to this place.
WHISPERING: They're listening...
You will deliver my
message to Metatron!
SCREAMING
METATRON: On your knees
before the Authority.
The mortal Lord Asriel
is harnessing technology
to challenge you.
Roger!
It's me. It's your best friend.
Our bomb is equipped with
a guidance mechanism.
We will use the lock
of your daughter's hair
to locate her and
to destroy her.
Those stories. What were they?
They were about
the outside world.
Your stories have made
us feel alive again.
We... We will come with you.
It's Dust.
Sraf is Dust.
It's leaving.
What's your name?
No name.
Lyra? Lyra!
You found the knife-bearer.
Let's follow the
kid with the knife!
Shine your perpetual
light upon us!
METATRON: It's time to send
these mortals a warning.
HIGH-PITCHED RINGING
WHOOSHING
RUMBLING
METATRON: In the beginning,
man was given the gift of Dust.
It ignited his mind
and freed his will.
But that free will
has corrupted mankind.
Dust shall be drawn into
eternal darkness once more.
That which was given...
FADING ..shall be taken away.
SHE GASPS
GRUNTING SOFTLY
Mrs Coulter! What happened? I...
Tell me if my daughter survived.
Now!
ALETHIOMETER CLICKS
She's...
..in... darkness.
What does it say?
Lyra?
Lyra?
Lyra!
ECHOING: Lyra!
SNARLING
RUSTLING
ALARM BLARES METER BEEPS
Dust readings are fluctuating.
BEEPING CONTINUES
LOW RUMBLING
RUMBLING AND CRACKING
No. No, no, no.
HE CHUCKLES
Stelmaria, this is it.
Alarbus has delivered
our message!
RUMBLING CONTINUES
SHE PANTS
METALLIC CLANKING
GROWLING
It's her.
HE SIGHS
You're back.
That's good.
Come and have a look at this.
You recall the
intercision field chamber
and the effect that
it had on our friend,
the incarcerated angel, yes?
HE LAUGHS
Its ability to draw
and trap Dust forever?
This abyss is much the same,
only on a magnitude I
never thought possible.
We are going to be
able to use that.
She's dead, Asriel.
Lyra... is dead.
Hmm.
Would you like me to tell
you how your daughter died?
Or would you prefer to keep
tinkering with your toys?
If what you're saying is
true, I am very sorry.
But what I am doing here is
of the utmost importance.
It is going to
change everything.
How, Asriel? How? How
will this change anything?
Can't hear it. Not now.
You will hear this.
The Magisterium created a bomb to
target our child using her DNA.
Last night, we
attempted to disable it.
Lord Roke died trying.
HE SIGHS You mustn't
blame yourself.
You clearly... Oh, believe me,
I'm not blaming myself.
I know that technology.
I designed it.
I stopped it from detonating.
But a bolt of light
struck the intercision chamber
and triggered the release...
..sending the bomb
straight to Lyra.
Angelic light.
Metatron's answer
to your war cry.
If you hadn't baited him,
Lyra would still be alive.
Do you understand?
You've taken my
daughter from me.
And I will never forgive you.
Lyra.
Wake up.
Wake up!
HE GASPS
Please, wake up.
CRASHING
SHOUTING AND SCREAMING
Are you OK?
WEAKLY: I think so.
What was that?
DISTANT SHOUTING
You shouldn't go down there.
It's nothing to worry about.
Asriel, this is reckless.
Asriel!
Dust.
IN MULEFA:
Before, the flow
was steady and slow.
Now it's like a flood...
..pouring out of this world...
..into some kind of emptiness.
It was like the trees
were straining against it,
like they were trying
to hold the tide back.
Any news from Sergi?
He's scouting the area.
I've called for Serafina.
OK. We're stabilising
the area now.
CAWING
SHE GASPS
Ruta?
SHE GASPS It's
Sergi. He's in pain.
SERGI SQUAWKS
H-He can't hear me.
SQUAWKING
Just stay with him.
I can't stop him.
The darkness is drawing him in.
Oh, no.
You can fight this.
I can't.
I can't.
Yambe-akka.
Yambe-akka.
No!
Ruta...
HE SIGHS
DISTANT SCREECHING
Lee! Lyra!
Are you OK? That was
a heck of a blast.
Do you think it's those
creatures that did it?
No. This is way more powerful,
like nothing I've ever seen.
Is it because we're here? Do
you think it was our fault?
BOOMING RUMBLE
We can't stay here. We
need to keep moving.
We've got to get these
people out of here.
ROGER: This way!
Lyra! It goes up!
Onwards and upwards, people!
LOW RUMBLING
CRASHING AND SHOUTING
Are you OK? Yeah. You?
Yeah.
That blast tore
this place apart.
BOOMING AND CRASHING
MUFFLED: Hey! Lyra!
Hey, Lyra!
It's not that far.
We can jump it.
Do you think they can make it?
They can if they have to.
What do you think would
happen if we fell?
No, stop!
All these people
are following us
cos they think we know
where we're going.
They think I can get us out
of here, but what if I can't?
Please, look at me. What
if we're trapped here?
Because I can't use... Look at
me. ..the knife. Look at me.
Look at me. Look at me. Look
at me. Look at me. Hey. Hey.
It's fine. We're going
to get out of here.
It's just this chasm.
I can feel it, too.
Look at me.
Watch.
Whoo! HE CHUCKLES
I'll go next. No, I'll go.
I can do it. So can I.
Are you coming?
Will?
OGUNWE: Asriel!
Ogunwe, this is it.
This abyss... It
is an act of war.
Ruta's daemon Sergi was
pulled into this thing
because he was made of
Dust. Well, so are angels.
Listen, you have asked
us to have blind faith
in you while rejecting
all our beliefs,
and now Queen Ruta
is dead as a result.
I see past the loss.
Open your eyes.
This is not a setback.
It is a bloody gift.
GUARD: Stay back! Stay back!
Get back!
Who are you?
I am Serafina Pekkala, queen
of the Lake Enara clan,
and I demand to know what
happened to my sister.
Hold fire. Queen Serafina
Pekkala, welcome to the Republic.
Please let it be known
that Ruta Skadi was an ally
and a valuable asset
in our rebellion.
I heard her call for her death.
She felt the presence
of a great darkness.
And then she was gone.
I'm sorry. But I...
But I sense her here still.
It pains me to tell you both
that what happened to Ruta was
not death, but worse again.
That abyss out there is a
rupture in the multiverse,
sucking all Dust
deep down inside
the void between the worlds.
I bore witness to her
daemon Sergi falling inside,
and it is my belief that
no being, flesh or Dust,
will ever emerge
from its darkness.
So there will be
no peace for her?
Part of her soul
forever falling.
Forever in limbo.
I saw the chasm as I
was flying over here.
It tore through every
world I crossed.
You did this.
No. Your arrogance,
playing with forces
you have no concept of!
Weapons down.
I am at your mercy.
Do with me as you will.
But let it be known that
the loss of Queen Ruta Skadi
is as keenly felt by
myself as it is by you.
We believe it is
Metatron's doing.
His answer to our provocation.
We have his attention now.
He will be coming for me.
If revenge is what you truly
want for your sister queen,
then by my side is the only
place you will find it.
DISTANT SCREECHING
SCREECHING CONTINUES
Mangy vermin. We've seen worse.
Do you remember when
you freed the kids
from Bolvangar and then
the three of us and Iorek
squashed into Lee's
balloon and just flew away?
Iorek's this armoured bear...
I know who he is. I've met him.
Can't imagine him in
a balloon, though.
It wasn't just any balloon.
It was a real beauty.
She was.
Roger, you're permanently
terrified of flying.
I was not.
Only when those
cliff-ghasts attacked.
It was the middle of the night.
Roger and I were fast asleep.
I was keeping watch, actually.
And then, suddenly,
out of nowhere,
these creatures were just all
over us. Lee's shooting them.
Iorek's roaring.
And then you fell out.
LYRA LAUGHS
Hey, did I ever tell you
about the crazy shaman who
made me a bacon sandwich?
Commander Ogunwe,
where is the, um...
..intention craft?
I'm ready to leave.
I'm afraid I can't let you leave
again without council approval.
Oh, come on.
Let's not pretend.
The only vote that counts
around here is Asriel's.
And he acts purely
in his own interests.
You should do the same.
But I'm not like the two of you.
I'm here for something
other than my own interests.
What's happened?
Lyra's dead.
I'm so sorry.
Asriel didn't tell me.
So, are you going to give
me that vehicle or not?
Asriel took it and flew north.
I'm sorry.
Come.
Come!
Where are you...?
HARPIES SQUAWK
Are you looking for your father?
What chance do we have?
We found them, and we
thought it was impossible.
I just want to be sure
he'll find his way out
before we go to Asriel.
We could send a message
back, maybe? Spread the word?
What's his name? John Parry.
John Parry?
John... Parry...
Jopari!
The man of many names.
He told me about you.
You're the shaman's son.
You know him?
Yeah, I know him. LEE CHUCKLES
He's a hard man to find. I
got leeches on my ass trying,
but it was worth it, though.
Lucky for you, we might
have a way to summon him.
No promises, but
it's worth a try.
You go ahead. I'll catch up.
Are you sure about this?
HE SIGHS He'll listen to reason.
HE SNUFFLES
King Iorek... HE ROARS
HE GRUNTS
I'm unarmed.
IOREK GROWLS
Killing me will
provide poor sport.
It greatly saddens
to see the damage
my work has done to your lands.
My bears starve because
you blew a hole in the sky!
King Iorek, there is worse
to come if my war is not won.
Give me one reason why
I shouldn't kill you!
Lyra Silvertongue!
Why do you speak to me of her?
You renamed her.
You loved her.
Tell me of her.
She is everything you are not.
HE GRUNTS
Perhaps I should have
known her better.
But she is gone.
And if you kill me now,
she will never be avenged.
HE GRUNTS
You do not understand.
Lyra went to the
land of the dead.
The land of the... Yes.
But she walked in alive.
How did she enter that place?
The knife.
The knife is broken.
I fixed it.
She went after her friend Roger.
The kitchen boy.
Another reason why
I should kill you!
Wait, wait, wait!
If, when we die, we are
judged by the Authority
and sent to either heaven or
hell, then in which is Lyra?
Neither.
It is a soulless place
where the dead go
but can never escape.
Everlasting prison?
HE CHUCKLES
Why, then...
..my daughter is
staging a prison break.
HE LAUGHS
IOREK GRUMBLES
CREAKING AND RUMBLING
MUFFLED: Lyra, don't look down.
CREAKING INTENSIFIES
MUFFLED: Lyra!
SQUAWKING
Ogunwe told me about Lyra.
I'm so sorry.
I tortured one of
your witches once.
I know who you are.
I mutilated her.
Pulled out her cloud-pine.
You know, she suffered terribly.
She screamed out.
She begged for her death.
I see what you're
trying to make me do.
Come on.
Do it.
You know you want to.
Do it for her.
Do it for your sister.
Do not speak of my sister.
What's wrong?
What are you scared of?
Hmm?
The other witch
would have done it.
She wouldn't have hesitated.
I am not Ruta.
And I will not do this.
Well, if you won't
do it out of anger...
..then, please, just
do it out of mercy.
My heart is heavy, too.
I don't understand it.
It makes no sense.
Love makes us fragile in
ways we cannot fathom.
I didn't love Lyra.
I wasn't able to.
Incapable of it. You
know, too warped.
Even my own daemon rejects me.
The way you feel right now
is proof you did love her.
I understand more than you know.
I lost my boy.
A long time ago.
Lyra gave me hope again.
She would change the world.
Defeat death.
Become Eve.
And now it won't happen.
You know, when I first heard
that prophecy, it terrified me.
Why?
Because I was always
taught to believe
that Eve was guilty
of something shameful.
The Magisterium teach the
Fall is the birth of sin
because they fear the unknown.
All Eve did was
dare to experience.
It's an act of bravery.
Of great beauty.
You were a monster.
But look what
experience did to you.
What love did.
It changed you.
LYRA GASPS RUNNING FOOTSTEPS
Are you OK? Yeah.
I thought you were gone.
Me too.
GURGLING BREATH
It saved you.
WHEEZES AND GURGLES
Excuse me?
I'd like to give you
something to thank you.
What?
A name.
Names can't just be given!
Mine was.
By a friend.
Gracious Wings.
ROARING
If you like it.
You can't take it back now.
Could you tell us, please...
..Gracious Wings...
..are we going the right way?
We need to reach
the highest point.
That way!
Thank you.
You cannot tell the story of
my name if you do not get out.
You like stories, don't you?
True ones.
GASPING
True stories are nourishing.
They feed us.
We had no idea there was
anything but lies and wickedness.
If those who follow behind
tell you everything they saw
in the world, everything true,
could you guide them here
so they could be set free?
ROARING
Do not lie to me.
I won't.
Do we have a deal?
The prisoners' safe passage
in exchange for their stories.
Liars cannot pass!
It's all right.
They're going to help us.
Just tell them your stories,
stories from your lives,
and they'll guide you up.
Tell them stories.
GHOSTS RELAY INSTRUCTIONS
This way!
That was genius.
ASRIEL: Marisa?
FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING
Lyra's alive.
She entered the land of the
dead of her own free will
to rescue the kitchen boy.
Don't do this.
This is your guilt talking.
Some kind of prison purgatory.
They cut their way
in using the knife.
But I saw the knife break.
It was mended by Iorek Byrnison.
He told me so himself.
It makes sense.
The Authority cows us with
the threat of heaven or hell.
But even that was a
lie. It's all purgatory.
I'm not interested
in your theories.
What proof do you have?
You know as well as I do that
the panserbjorn cannot lie.
Marisa, she's alive.
Don't lie to me.
Don't.
HE CHUCKLES She's alive!
And she's coming here when
she frees her friend Roger.
Please.
My heart won't take it.
You said yourself.
She's extraordinary.
To free a soul...
..from the land of the dead.
HE CHUCKLES
The witches' prophecy.
They believe two
things about Lyra.
That she is Eve and that
she will defeat death.
That's what she's doing.
SHE LAUGHS
The prophecy is right.
We must help her, Asriel.
WHISTLING
SIGNAL WHISTLED
William, we've been
waiting for you.
There's someone who
wants to see you.
You're here.
I haven't done what you said.
I haven't taken the
knife to Asriel.
You know, you said
I was a warrior,
that I can't fight my nature.
I think you were wrong.
I hate fighting.
I'm not who you want me to be.
No.
No, you're so much more.
GHOSTS CONVERSE QUIETLY
He'll be OK.
He's lucky to have you
worrying about him.
I don't know about that.
Look at how you tamed
that thing back there.
You've always been so...
..brave.
Reckless, more like.
It was the stories
that tamed her.
Our stories.
We have a lot of memories.
We do.
All this time...
..I thought that...
..when we eventually
found each other,
we could go back
to Oxford together.
I did, too.
What do you think's going
to happen if we make it out?
I don't know.
But we'll get out
of this awful place.
We won't be going the same way.
I always thought you were brave.
Much braver than me.
JOPARI: Do you have any idea
what a remarkable thing
you did coming here?
It wasn't just me.
It was Lyra's idea.
Yes, the girl.
Eve.
I know about her.
The two of you will set us free.
I don't even know if
I can do anything.
You know, I'm just... I'm so
tired and my chest is aching.
Because you're away
from your daemon.
Separation across worlds
weakens your bond, Will.
She's pining for you.
How do you know?
I guided her to
Asriel's republic.
As soon as you
release these ghosts,
you must cut through
and find her, Will.
She's vulnerable. Promise me.
I will. I will, I swear.
Good.
Will, I want you
to listen to me.
Don't try to live in a
world that's not your own,
no matter how
tempting it may seem.
You and your daemon...
..you won't survive it.
But you did.
No, I felt it like
an ache every day.
Don't make the same
mistake that I did.
You deserve a full life...
..with your mother.
What will happen to you?
The same as will happen to
every soul trapped down here.
I'll be free.
I'll be connected again
to every living thing.
Thanks to you.
I can't say goodbye
to you again.
Well, then don't say goodbye.
I'm so proud of you, William.
Go.
FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING
You all right?
Yeah. I'm OK.
We need to keep going.
No daemon can enter
the land of the dead.
If Lyra is there,
then Pantalaimon will
be in the upper worlds.
Lyra and Pan are separated?
That means they're vulnerable.
They must be reunited.
I'll send a regiment to look
for them right away. No.
It'll draw too much attention.
Let me send Kaisa.
Will you tell me the
moment you have news?
If it is true and Lyra is
going to free the dead,
she and Will would have
achieved something remarkable.
Far beyond your rebellion.
Lyra is your focus now.
Do not fail her.
We can't go any further.
This is it.
Come on.
HE GASPS
SLICING
RUMBLING AND WHOOSHING
HE GASPS
Well, I'll be damned.
It's paradise.
What's going to happen
if we step through there?
My dad said you'll be free.
You'll drift apart, but
you'll be out in the open,
connected with
everything that's alive.
I'll go first.
I'm going to miss you so much.
You'll be OK.
I know you will.
You've saved your best friend.
When you go back to Jordan...
..go to the roof for me.
OK. Yeah?
I'm ready.
Every part of me is aching to
be part of the universe again.
Hey.
No need for that.
It's OK.
Thank you.
Sir.
You two take good
care of each other.
I'm going to be with my Hester.
DUST RUSTLES
GHOSTS: Tell them stories.
Tell them stories.
If you tell them stories...
ECHOING: If you tell them stories...
If you tell them stories...
OVERLAPPING GHOSTS' VOICES
Lyra's alive.
May I sit?
It hurts when we're apart.
SNORTS SOFTLY
I pretend that it doesn't.
And that first time
I sent you away...
..it was awful.
I don't know why I do it.
At first, I think
it was curiosity.
But now it's become
something else.
A way to not feel
what I can't bear.
I used to think that
I was the strong one.
But I was wrong.
It was you...
..all along.
I am so very sorry.
Please, come back to me.
XAPHANIA: It is time.
The first prophecy
has been fulfilled.
The girl and the boy have
succeeded in their quest.
Asriel, do you hear that?
It's Xaphania.
Will and Lyra have released
the dead from their prison.
All of them?
Metatron's purgatory is broken.
His control is weakened.
So he will come at you
with everything he has.
The final rebellion has begun.
someone - Roger Parslow.
You shouldn't have
come to this place.
WHISPERING: They're listening...
You will deliver my
message to Metatron!
SCREAMING
METATRON: On your knees
before the Authority.
The mortal Lord Asriel
is harnessing technology
to challenge you.
Roger!
It's me. It's your best friend.
Our bomb is equipped with
a guidance mechanism.
We will use the lock
of your daughter's hair
to locate her and
to destroy her.
Those stories. What were they?
They were about
the outside world.
Your stories have made
us feel alive again.
We... We will come with you.
It's Dust.
Sraf is Dust.
It's leaving.
What's your name?
No name.
Lyra? Lyra!
You found the knife-bearer.
Let's follow the
kid with the knife!
Shine your perpetual
light upon us!
METATRON: It's time to send
these mortals a warning.
HIGH-PITCHED RINGING
WHOOSHING
RUMBLING
METATRON: In the beginning,
man was given the gift of Dust.
It ignited his mind
and freed his will.
But that free will
has corrupted mankind.
Dust shall be drawn into
eternal darkness once more.
That which was given...
FADING ..shall be taken away.
SHE GASPS
GRUNTING SOFTLY
Mrs Coulter! What happened? I...
Tell me if my daughter survived.
Now!
ALETHIOMETER CLICKS
She's...
..in... darkness.
What does it say?
Lyra?
Lyra?
Lyra!
ECHOING: Lyra!
SNARLING
RUSTLING
ALARM BLARES METER BEEPS
Dust readings are fluctuating.
BEEPING CONTINUES
LOW RUMBLING
RUMBLING AND CRACKING
No. No, no, no.
HE CHUCKLES
Stelmaria, this is it.
Alarbus has delivered
our message!
RUMBLING CONTINUES
SHE PANTS
METALLIC CLANKING
GROWLING
It's her.
HE SIGHS
You're back.
That's good.
Come and have a look at this.
You recall the
intercision field chamber
and the effect that
it had on our friend,
the incarcerated angel, yes?
HE LAUGHS
Its ability to draw
and trap Dust forever?
This abyss is much the same,
only on a magnitude I
never thought possible.
We are going to be
able to use that.
She's dead, Asriel.
Lyra... is dead.
Hmm.
Would you like me to tell
you how your daughter died?
Or would you prefer to keep
tinkering with your toys?
If what you're saying is
true, I am very sorry.
But what I am doing here is
of the utmost importance.
It is going to
change everything.
How, Asriel? How? How
will this change anything?
Can't hear it. Not now.
You will hear this.
The Magisterium created a bomb to
target our child using her DNA.
Last night, we
attempted to disable it.
Lord Roke died trying.
HE SIGHS You mustn't
blame yourself.
You clearly... Oh, believe me,
I'm not blaming myself.
I know that technology.
I designed it.
I stopped it from detonating.
But a bolt of light
struck the intercision chamber
and triggered the release...
..sending the bomb
straight to Lyra.
Angelic light.
Metatron's answer
to your war cry.
If you hadn't baited him,
Lyra would still be alive.
Do you understand?
You've taken my
daughter from me.
And I will never forgive you.
Lyra.
Wake up.
Wake up!
HE GASPS
Please, wake up.
CRASHING
SHOUTING AND SCREAMING
Are you OK?
WEAKLY: I think so.
What was that?
DISTANT SHOUTING
You shouldn't go down there.
It's nothing to worry about.
Asriel, this is reckless.
Asriel!
Dust.
IN MULEFA:
Before, the flow
was steady and slow.
Now it's like a flood...
..pouring out of this world...
..into some kind of emptiness.
It was like the trees
were straining against it,
like they were trying
to hold the tide back.
Any news from Sergi?
He's scouting the area.
I've called for Serafina.
OK. We're stabilising
the area now.
CAWING
SHE GASPS
Ruta?
SHE GASPS It's
Sergi. He's in pain.
SERGI SQUAWKS
H-He can't hear me.
SQUAWKING
Just stay with him.
I can't stop him.
The darkness is drawing him in.
Oh, no.
You can fight this.
I can't.
I can't.
Yambe-akka.
Yambe-akka.
No!
Ruta...
HE SIGHS
DISTANT SCREECHING
Lee! Lyra!
Are you OK? That was
a heck of a blast.
Do you think it's those
creatures that did it?
No. This is way more powerful,
like nothing I've ever seen.
Is it because we're here? Do
you think it was our fault?
BOOMING RUMBLE
We can't stay here. We
need to keep moving.
We've got to get these
people out of here.
ROGER: This way!
Lyra! It goes up!
Onwards and upwards, people!
LOW RUMBLING
CRASHING AND SHOUTING
Are you OK? Yeah. You?
Yeah.
That blast tore
this place apart.
BOOMING AND CRASHING
MUFFLED: Hey! Lyra!
Hey, Lyra!
It's not that far.
We can jump it.
Do you think they can make it?
They can if they have to.
What do you think would
happen if we fell?
No, stop!
All these people
are following us
cos they think we know
where we're going.
They think I can get us out
of here, but what if I can't?
Please, look at me. What
if we're trapped here?
Because I can't use... Look at
me. ..the knife. Look at me.
Look at me. Look at me. Look
at me. Look at me. Hey. Hey.
It's fine. We're going
to get out of here.
It's just this chasm.
I can feel it, too.
Look at me.
Watch.
Whoo! HE CHUCKLES
I'll go next. No, I'll go.
I can do it. So can I.
Are you coming?
Will?
OGUNWE: Asriel!
Ogunwe, this is it.
This abyss... It
is an act of war.
Ruta's daemon Sergi was
pulled into this thing
because he was made of
Dust. Well, so are angels.
Listen, you have asked
us to have blind faith
in you while rejecting
all our beliefs,
and now Queen Ruta
is dead as a result.
I see past the loss.
Open your eyes.
This is not a setback.
It is a bloody gift.
GUARD: Stay back! Stay back!
Get back!
Who are you?
I am Serafina Pekkala, queen
of the Lake Enara clan,
and I demand to know what
happened to my sister.
Hold fire. Queen Serafina
Pekkala, welcome to the Republic.
Please let it be known
that Ruta Skadi was an ally
and a valuable asset
in our rebellion.
I heard her call for her death.
She felt the presence
of a great darkness.
And then she was gone.
I'm sorry. But I...
But I sense her here still.
It pains me to tell you both
that what happened to Ruta was
not death, but worse again.
That abyss out there is a
rupture in the multiverse,
sucking all Dust
deep down inside
the void between the worlds.
I bore witness to her
daemon Sergi falling inside,
and it is my belief that
no being, flesh or Dust,
will ever emerge
from its darkness.
So there will be
no peace for her?
Part of her soul
forever falling.
Forever in limbo.
I saw the chasm as I
was flying over here.
It tore through every
world I crossed.
You did this.
No. Your arrogance,
playing with forces
you have no concept of!
Weapons down.
I am at your mercy.
Do with me as you will.
But let it be known that
the loss of Queen Ruta Skadi
is as keenly felt by
myself as it is by you.
We believe it is
Metatron's doing.
His answer to our provocation.
We have his attention now.
He will be coming for me.
If revenge is what you truly
want for your sister queen,
then by my side is the only
place you will find it.
DISTANT SCREECHING
SCREECHING CONTINUES
Mangy vermin. We've seen worse.
Do you remember when
you freed the kids
from Bolvangar and then
the three of us and Iorek
squashed into Lee's
balloon and just flew away?
Iorek's this armoured bear...
I know who he is. I've met him.
Can't imagine him in
a balloon, though.
It wasn't just any balloon.
It was a real beauty.
She was.
Roger, you're permanently
terrified of flying.
I was not.
Only when those
cliff-ghasts attacked.
It was the middle of the night.
Roger and I were fast asleep.
I was keeping watch, actually.
And then, suddenly,
out of nowhere,
these creatures were just all
over us. Lee's shooting them.
Iorek's roaring.
And then you fell out.
LYRA LAUGHS
Hey, did I ever tell you
about the crazy shaman who
made me a bacon sandwich?
Commander Ogunwe,
where is the, um...
..intention craft?
I'm ready to leave.
I'm afraid I can't let you leave
again without council approval.
Oh, come on.
Let's not pretend.
The only vote that counts
around here is Asriel's.
And he acts purely
in his own interests.
You should do the same.
But I'm not like the two of you.
I'm here for something
other than my own interests.
What's happened?
Lyra's dead.
I'm so sorry.
Asriel didn't tell me.
So, are you going to give
me that vehicle or not?
Asriel took it and flew north.
I'm sorry.
Come.
Come!
Where are you...?
HARPIES SQUAWK
Are you looking for your father?
What chance do we have?
We found them, and we
thought it was impossible.
I just want to be sure
he'll find his way out
before we go to Asriel.
We could send a message
back, maybe? Spread the word?
What's his name? John Parry.
John Parry?
John... Parry...
Jopari!
The man of many names.
He told me about you.
You're the shaman's son.
You know him?
Yeah, I know him. LEE CHUCKLES
He's a hard man to find. I
got leeches on my ass trying,
but it was worth it, though.
Lucky for you, we might
have a way to summon him.
No promises, but
it's worth a try.
You go ahead. I'll catch up.
Are you sure about this?
HE SIGHS He'll listen to reason.
HE SNUFFLES
King Iorek... HE ROARS
HE GRUNTS
I'm unarmed.
IOREK GROWLS
Killing me will
provide poor sport.
It greatly saddens
to see the damage
my work has done to your lands.
My bears starve because
you blew a hole in the sky!
King Iorek, there is worse
to come if my war is not won.
Give me one reason why
I shouldn't kill you!
Lyra Silvertongue!
Why do you speak to me of her?
You renamed her.
You loved her.
Tell me of her.
She is everything you are not.
HE GRUNTS
Perhaps I should have
known her better.
But she is gone.
And if you kill me now,
she will never be avenged.
HE GRUNTS
You do not understand.
Lyra went to the
land of the dead.
The land of the... Yes.
But she walked in alive.
How did she enter that place?
The knife.
The knife is broken.
I fixed it.
She went after her friend Roger.
The kitchen boy.
Another reason why
I should kill you!
Wait, wait, wait!
If, when we die, we are
judged by the Authority
and sent to either heaven or
hell, then in which is Lyra?
Neither.
It is a soulless place
where the dead go
but can never escape.
Everlasting prison?
HE CHUCKLES
Why, then...
..my daughter is
staging a prison break.
HE LAUGHS
IOREK GRUMBLES
CREAKING AND RUMBLING
MUFFLED: Lyra, don't look down.
CREAKING INTENSIFIES
MUFFLED: Lyra!
SQUAWKING
Ogunwe told me about Lyra.
I'm so sorry.
I tortured one of
your witches once.
I know who you are.
I mutilated her.
Pulled out her cloud-pine.
You know, she suffered terribly.
She screamed out.
She begged for her death.
I see what you're
trying to make me do.
Come on.
Do it.
You know you want to.
Do it for her.
Do it for your sister.
Do not speak of my sister.
What's wrong?
What are you scared of?
Hmm?
The other witch
would have done it.
She wouldn't have hesitated.
I am not Ruta.
And I will not do this.
Well, if you won't
do it out of anger...
..then, please, just
do it out of mercy.
My heart is heavy, too.
I don't understand it.
It makes no sense.
Love makes us fragile in
ways we cannot fathom.
I didn't love Lyra.
I wasn't able to.
Incapable of it. You
know, too warped.
Even my own daemon rejects me.
The way you feel right now
is proof you did love her.
I understand more than you know.
I lost my boy.
A long time ago.
Lyra gave me hope again.
She would change the world.
Defeat death.
Become Eve.
And now it won't happen.
You know, when I first heard
that prophecy, it terrified me.
Why?
Because I was always
taught to believe
that Eve was guilty
of something shameful.
The Magisterium teach the
Fall is the birth of sin
because they fear the unknown.
All Eve did was
dare to experience.
It's an act of bravery.
Of great beauty.
You were a monster.
But look what
experience did to you.
What love did.
It changed you.
LYRA GASPS RUNNING FOOTSTEPS
Are you OK? Yeah.
I thought you were gone.
Me too.
GURGLING BREATH
It saved you.
WHEEZES AND GURGLES
Excuse me?
I'd like to give you
something to thank you.
What?
A name.
Names can't just be given!
Mine was.
By a friend.
Gracious Wings.
ROARING
If you like it.
You can't take it back now.
Could you tell us, please...
..Gracious Wings...
..are we going the right way?
We need to reach
the highest point.
That way!
Thank you.
You cannot tell the story of
my name if you do not get out.
You like stories, don't you?
True ones.
GASPING
True stories are nourishing.
They feed us.
We had no idea there was
anything but lies and wickedness.
If those who follow behind
tell you everything they saw
in the world, everything true,
could you guide them here
so they could be set free?
ROARING
Do not lie to me.
I won't.
Do we have a deal?
The prisoners' safe passage
in exchange for their stories.
Liars cannot pass!
It's all right.
They're going to help us.
Just tell them your stories,
stories from your lives,
and they'll guide you up.
Tell them stories.
GHOSTS RELAY INSTRUCTIONS
This way!
That was genius.
ASRIEL: Marisa?
FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING
Lyra's alive.
She entered the land of the
dead of her own free will
to rescue the kitchen boy.
Don't do this.
This is your guilt talking.
Some kind of prison purgatory.
They cut their way
in using the knife.
But I saw the knife break.
It was mended by Iorek Byrnison.
He told me so himself.
It makes sense.
The Authority cows us with
the threat of heaven or hell.
But even that was a
lie. It's all purgatory.
I'm not interested
in your theories.
What proof do you have?
You know as well as I do that
the panserbjorn cannot lie.
Marisa, she's alive.
Don't lie to me.
Don't.
HE CHUCKLES She's alive!
And she's coming here when
she frees her friend Roger.
Please.
My heart won't take it.
You said yourself.
She's extraordinary.
To free a soul...
..from the land of the dead.
HE CHUCKLES
The witches' prophecy.
They believe two
things about Lyra.
That she is Eve and that
she will defeat death.
That's what she's doing.
SHE LAUGHS
The prophecy is right.
We must help her, Asriel.
WHISTLING
SIGNAL WHISTLED
William, we've been
waiting for you.
There's someone who
wants to see you.
You're here.
I haven't done what you said.
I haven't taken the
knife to Asriel.
You know, you said
I was a warrior,
that I can't fight my nature.
I think you were wrong.
I hate fighting.
I'm not who you want me to be.
No.
No, you're so much more.
GHOSTS CONVERSE QUIETLY
He'll be OK.
He's lucky to have you
worrying about him.
I don't know about that.
Look at how you tamed
that thing back there.
You've always been so...
..brave.
Reckless, more like.
It was the stories
that tamed her.
Our stories.
We have a lot of memories.
We do.
All this time...
..I thought that...
..when we eventually
found each other,
we could go back
to Oxford together.
I did, too.
What do you think's going
to happen if we make it out?
I don't know.
But we'll get out
of this awful place.
We won't be going the same way.
I always thought you were brave.
Much braver than me.
JOPARI: Do you have any idea
what a remarkable thing
you did coming here?
It wasn't just me.
It was Lyra's idea.
Yes, the girl.
Eve.
I know about her.
The two of you will set us free.
I don't even know if
I can do anything.
You know, I'm just... I'm so
tired and my chest is aching.
Because you're away
from your daemon.
Separation across worlds
weakens your bond, Will.
She's pining for you.
How do you know?
I guided her to
Asriel's republic.
As soon as you
release these ghosts,
you must cut through
and find her, Will.
She's vulnerable. Promise me.
I will. I will, I swear.
Good.
Will, I want you
to listen to me.
Don't try to live in a
world that's not your own,
no matter how
tempting it may seem.
You and your daemon...
..you won't survive it.
But you did.
No, I felt it like
an ache every day.
Don't make the same
mistake that I did.
You deserve a full life...
..with your mother.
What will happen to you?
The same as will happen to
every soul trapped down here.
I'll be free.
I'll be connected again
to every living thing.
Thanks to you.
I can't say goodbye
to you again.
Well, then don't say goodbye.
I'm so proud of you, William.
Go.
FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING
You all right?
Yeah. I'm OK.
We need to keep going.
No daemon can enter
the land of the dead.
If Lyra is there,
then Pantalaimon will
be in the upper worlds.
Lyra and Pan are separated?
That means they're vulnerable.
They must be reunited.
I'll send a regiment to look
for them right away. No.
It'll draw too much attention.
Let me send Kaisa.
Will you tell me the
moment you have news?
If it is true and Lyra is
going to free the dead,
she and Will would have
achieved something remarkable.
Far beyond your rebellion.
Lyra is your focus now.
Do not fail her.
We can't go any further.
This is it.
Come on.
HE GASPS
SLICING
RUMBLING AND WHOOSHING
HE GASPS
Well, I'll be damned.
It's paradise.
What's going to happen
if we step through there?
My dad said you'll be free.
You'll drift apart, but
you'll be out in the open,
connected with
everything that's alive.
I'll go first.
I'm going to miss you so much.
You'll be OK.
I know you will.
You've saved your best friend.
When you go back to Jordan...
..go to the roof for me.
OK. Yeah?
I'm ready.
Every part of me is aching to
be part of the universe again.
Hey.
No need for that.
It's OK.
Thank you.
Sir.
You two take good
care of each other.
I'm going to be with my Hester.
DUST RUSTLES
GHOSTS: Tell them stories.
Tell them stories.
If you tell them stories...
ECHOING: If you tell them stories...
If you tell them stories...
OVERLAPPING GHOSTS' VOICES
Lyra's alive.
May I sit?
It hurts when we're apart.
SNORTS SOFTLY
I pretend that it doesn't.
And that first time
I sent you away...
..it was awful.
I don't know why I do it.
At first, I think
it was curiosity.
But now it's become
something else.
A way to not feel
what I can't bear.
I used to think that
I was the strong one.
But I was wrong.
It was you...
..all along.
I am so very sorry.
Please, come back to me.
XAPHANIA: It is time.
The first prophecy
has been fulfilled.
The girl and the boy have
succeeded in their quest.
Asriel, do you hear that?
It's Xaphania.
Will and Lyra have released
the dead from their prison.
All of them?
Metatron's purgatory is broken.
His control is weakened.
So he will come at you
with everything he has.
The final rebellion has begun.