His Dark Materials (2019–…): Season 3, Episode 7 - Episode #3.7 - full transcript

BARUCH: There is a
great war coming.

All conscious beings are
engaged in a battle already.

ASRIEL: And I would risk
everything, and every one,

to destroy Metatron. SCREAMING

Asriel, she's our daughter,
and she's in danger.

Do you know who they say she is?

All that matters is the child.

My child.

I need to go to the land of
the dead and put things right.

I can't betray
Roger. PAN: Just go.

MACPHAIL: We will use the
lock of your daughter's hair



to locate her and
to destroy her.

Roger! We need to
get out of here.

This isn't life after death,
this is a prison camp.

None of you should be here.

JOPARI: As soon as you
release these ghosts,

you must find your daemon, Will.

I guided her to
Asriel's republic.

ALARBUS: The mortal Lord
Asriel is harnessing technology

to challenge you.

METATRON: It's time to send
these mortals a warning.

I stopped the bomb
from detonating,

but angelic light struck
the intercision chamber

and triggered the release.

Metatron's answer
to your war cry.



IOREK: Lyra went to
the land of the dead,

but she walked in alive.

The witches' prophecy.

She is Eve, and she
will defeat death.

Tell them stories!

ASRIEL: She's extraordinary.

To free a soul from
the land of the dead...

Metatron's purgatory is broken.

He will come at you
with everything he has.

SQUAWKING

ALARM BLARES

Let's go, let's go, let's go!

Come on, let's go.

HURRIED VOICES, SHOUTING

SPARKS CRACKLE

Go! That's right, come on.

SPARKS CRACKLE

ENGINEER: Sir, the
capacitors are ready.

Good. Have those
transported to the abyss.

ALARM CONTINUES

INDISTINCT INSTRUCTIONS

Look out.

XAPHANIA: The Clouded
Mountain draws closer.

The way forward now
depends on Lyra.

If Eve survives
the Fall once more,

all worlds will be liberated.

But if Metatron can
control the children,

or their daemons, the
future is his - forever.

I have devoted my
entire life to science

and the pursuit of truth.

I have sworn blind
that prophecies

are merely stories concocted
to control the credulous.

And yet, here I stand,

unable to avoid the prophetic
truth in front of me.

The success of our
entire rebellion

seemingly hinges
upon the survival

of our daughter.

So, change of plan.

We don't have to win this fight.

We just have to keep
Metatron's forces away

from the girl and
the boy long enough

for them to be reunited
with their daemons.

Escape to a safe world and Fall.

I will alert you when the
knife-bearer cuts through.

Spirit can sense the blade.

All civilians have taken shelter
in the bunker beneath the base.

Our human forces can be
stationed around the perimeter.

Kaisa has been searching
for the daemons.

When he finds them,
I will go to them.

Good. You'll bring
them back here?

Here? With the Clouded
Mountain above us?

I designed this building
to withstand angelic force.

How can you possibly know the
nature of Metatron's attack? I...

Oh, I am prepared for him.

SNARLING

RUSTLING

We could go through
to that world.

It's sunny. It smells nice.

We can't.

You know, I have an idea.

We need to get to
our daemons, right?

So if I cut to the
Republic, find them...

..you can go to that nice
world and I'll meet you there.

You want to leave me?

Not leave you, just
let you go there.

You just said you
wanted to do that.

We've come this far, and
you still don't understand.

We're in this together.

Quite clear you're
unconvinced by the plan.

Here.

I've placed capacitors inside the
abyss to harness the Dust flow.

It's a simple switch mechanism,

but when the
detonator is released,

the energy coils collide
to create an energy surge.

It may be powerful enough

to destabilise the
entire Clouded Mountain.

I'm going to go there.

I'm going to make sure that
when his house comes down,

Metatron goes into that abyss.

And how exactly do you
intend on doing that, Asriel?

Sheer physical force.

They're envious of
us up there, Marisa.

The angels.

Our flesh, our blood,

our short, vital lives.

They've none of it.

I have to believe that flesh
is stronger than spirit.

I don't think you can
be certain of that.

Do you know the only thing
I've ever been certain of?

That I was born to
change the worlds.

And now it seems that that
destiny belongs to someone else.

I've given the girl nothing.

But at the very least,
I can buy her time.

You'd do that?

For her?

Not just her.

If I succeed in bringing
him to the abyss,

will you detonate the device?

Even if you get
him to the abyss,

you do understand - it's
not just death down there.

It's eternal oblivion.

Mm-hm.

Ask me whatever you wish.

We're doomed, aren't we?

For all Asriel's
planning, we've no idea

what we're about to face.

Come on!

You see so much, and
yet you share so little.

CORK POPS DRINK POURS

BOTTLE THUDS ON SHELF

Please.

Tell me how this ends.

You don't need me to.

You've already
made up your mind.

Is my mind that easy to read?

Your love for Lyra is your
salvation and your downfall.

When you think of
her, I can read you

as easily as a reflection
in still water.

You have an extraordinary power

to suppress the
best of yourself.

When the time comes, use it.

Metatron is a seer.

A mortal who has not
confronted their own darkness

is as helpless as
a child before him.

Well, then, Asriel
is no match for him.

SHE CHUCKLES IRONICALLY

Right, so we are doomed.

ASRIEL OVER TANNOY: Some
of us will die today.

The Authority wants you
to be afraid of that.

And why not?

We are all of us here mortal.

Whether our lifespans
are three or 300 years,

our time down here in
the Earth is finite.

And so we cower.

We cower under the
tyranny of an authority

who calls himself Creator...

..who tells us that hell awaits

those who disobey him.

And that paradise exists
only for those who obey.

This is a lie.

A lie that has prevented us from
living our lives to the utmost.

Today is our chance.

It is our chance to tell him

that our lives are
beautiful and precious,

and that we should be
allowed to experience

all they have to offer without
the fear of retribution.

Because if we don't
fight until the end,

we will lose everything.

So, yes, today, some
of you will die.

But thanks to my daughter...

..thanks to Lyra...

..we need no longer
fear that fate.

For from today, death
is no longer an ending,

but instead a journey
back into life.

So from today, the Authority
has no power over us.

Today, life confronts death,

and our light shines
through the darkness.

Today, we will tell him

that our children shall
experience paradise,

but they will know it
down here, in the earth.

Today, we are free!

CHANTING: We are
free! We are free!

We are free! We are free!

We are free!

THUNDER BOOMS

The Kingdom of Heaven is nigh.

Let's bring it down, shall we?

INTENTION CRAFT HUMS

I'm glad I said we didn't
have to win this fight.

So there are advantages to
not being the chosen one.

Sure you're ready?

Yeah.

Can't be worse than the
land of the dead, can it?

HE CHUCKLES SOFTLY

Holding position.

SWITCHES CLICK

THUNDER RUMBLES

HE CHUCKLES

They're here.

To the south, where the
mountains rise from the plateau.

Attack!

SHOUTING: Now!

Commander, come in.

It's time. Go to the
southern perimeter.

Copy that. We're headed
for the ridge. Let's go.

GUNFIRE YELLING

How are we going to
find Pan in all of this?

At least we're in the
same world as them.

Pan and your daemon will be
together, looking after each other.

Let's keep moving.

THUNDER BLENDS WITH GUNFIRE

LAMP CREAKS

SHE GASPS

You are needed.

For Lyra?

Metatron is releasing
the daemon-eaters.

He is turning all
creatures against us.

SCREECHING

SCREECHING APPROACHES

LOW RUMBLING

LOW RUMBLING

REVERBERATING RUMBLING

PANTING

LOW RUMBLING

ROARING

SCREAMING

GUNFIRE SCREAMING

YELLING

Hold your fire!
They're everywhere!

SCREAMING

On my command!

Fire now!

Come to me.

SHE ROARS

PANTING

CLICKING

CLICKING AND POPPING

Come on.

KAISA: I've found Pantalaimon.

CLICKING

WHISPERING: Put down the knife!

You're Will. And you're Lyra.

Who are you?

I'm Commander Ogunwe, and
I'm here to protect you.

I'll take you to Asriel's camp.

So I can cut us there. No!

Do not use that blade.

He'll do what he wants.

You see those angels up there?

Now that you're in this world,

they can sense when
you use the blade.

They'll know you're separated

from your daemons, and
they will target them.

CLICKING

You need to keep moving.
It's not safe here.

Follow me.

You can trust me.

Quickly.

Pantalaimon.

You've been through
so much pain.

But you must be
reunited with Lyra.

You're in grave danger.

WHIMPERING

They left us.

I know.

But they've come back for you.

We have to hurry.
Will you trust me?

Take your bird forms.

Did my father send you?

DISTANT SCREECHING Shh!

Quiet. SCREECHING APPROACHES

Get back.

Do you trust him?

You shouldn't.

He uses people.

All I know is
Asriel's proud of you.

No, he isn't.

I personally heard
him champion your name

in front of hundreds
of his own troops.

I don't know why he'd do that.

Come on. We need to keep moving.

Stay close.

Duok man ja-ga
apsaugoti demonus.

Pasla-pkite juos nuo angelo akia

Duok man ja-ga
apsaugoti demonus.

Pasla-pkite juos
nuo angelo akia.

Duok man ja-ga
apsaugoti demonus!

Pasla-pkite juos
nuo angelo akia!

FAINT CLICKING

REVERBERATING CROAKING

They're all around us.

GRUNTING

CLICKING

They're getting close.

Go this way quickly.

Quickly!

Take your positions.

Lights!

WHISPERING: Get down.

CLICKING

CROAKING

SCREECHING HE YELLS

SOLDIER SHOUTS ORDERS

DISTANT SHOUTED ORDERS

SNARLING

Cover the rear!

SQUEALING Run to the tower!

Now! I'll hold them back.

Run!

No! No! ROARING

GUNFIRE AND THUNDER OVERLAP

Restock weapons and ammo now!

METATRON: Brave soldier.

Join me.

Serve me.

There's no heaven for
heretics, just darkness.

I am your only
hope of salvation.

VOICE INTENSIFIES I am your
only hope of salvation.

Who are you? I
said, who's there?!

Your maker.

Your destroyer.

Only the righteous
will escape damnation.

Heretics must be punished.

Strike down my enemies
and you will be forgiven.

Resist me and you'll be damned.

WHISPERS REPEAT AND OVERLAP

..escape damnation.

Heretics must be punished.

WHISPERS ECHO

Your destroyer.

Destroyer.

WHISPERS CONTINUE

I am your only
hope of salvation.

Heretics...

THUNDER RUMBLES

Show yourself to me.

You intrigue me.

You are...

..unusual.

You control those Spectres as
if they're your playthings.

Join me.

You know what to do.

What the hell is she doing?

Stelmaria?

Stelmaria!

Marisa?

CLICKING

Great Regent,

I wish to be of service to you.

METATRON: You wish to
serve no-one but yourself.

You are a cesspit
of moral filth.

Do not lie to me.

We only seek what we're denied.

Who were you before
you had power?

Did you not crave it, too?

I was...

..a man.

Ruthless...

..but fallible.

Not unlike yourself.

They say spirit envies flesh.

Why would I envy weakness?

Flesh is vulnerable.

Its power is...

..crude.

Flesh has its pleasures.

You do this very
well, don't you?

No wonder the mortal
men are convinced.

Why did you call to me?

Lie to me again, and I will
extinguish your life like a flame.

I was curious.

I wanted to meet you.

I'm here!

The arrogance of man.

Do you think you can
fight nature itself?

Why don't you come down
here and prove me wrong?

The unequalled Lord Asriel...

..who wages war on the heavens

but dares not
confront his own self.

Look at you.

All alone.

What is it that
scares you so much?

I see!

It's resentment of
your own daughter.

Maybe.

But I'm not afraid of you.

That is a lie.

Face yourself.

You're here because I chose you.

If I wished, you could
transcend your human form.

Never again diminish yourself,

or be shamed for your strength.

The multiverse would
be yours to command.

What are you offering me?

Immortality.

In the past,

a chosen few have become angels.

It's not happened for millennia.

Not since the Fall of man.

You thought of Eve. Interesting.

You're attempting to
conceal something from me.

I see... an attachment.

A weakness.

Regret.

Shame.

Love.

Your daughter, Lyra.

MRS COULTER: Yes.

Yes. I do love Lyra.

I love her...

..and I hate that I do.

Do you have no words
of supplication

for your Creator
before your death?

You're not the Creator.

You're not even the Authority.

You're just hiding behind him
like you're hiding behind me now!

I am in all things.

What I am is far beyond
your comprehension.

No, it's not. You're an angel.

And before that, you
were a man named Enoch.

Either way, you're
just a person.

YELLING

GRUNTING

HE GASPS FOR BREATH

How easily you bleed.

HE COUGHS

You thought you were going
to liberate the worlds.

But the sooner you
accept your own failure,

the sooner this can all be over.

Your land of the dead
is no more. HE CHUCKLES

You put me in the grave and
you just set my soul free.

You're going to have to
do more than kill me.

Oh, when I do...

..no-one will ever remember you.

I think we're getting closer.

I can feel Pan.

She makes me feel...

..weak.

It's not who I am.

When she looks at me,
all I see is disdain.

I become needy and helpless.

I want that feeling gone.

Relinquish it.

How? Let her go.

You are completely alone.

No-one cares for
you. Marisa does.

She's...

She's here, isn't she?

Free yourself.

How do I do that? She...

She's part of me.

Marisa!

Marisa!

HE GROANS

I see inside your heart, Marisa,

you are capable
of such betrayal.

FAINTLY: Marisa? Marisa?!

Marisa!

Yes.

I am.

I am.

You care for her still.

If only you knew the disdain
in which she holds you.

She is giving you up.

No, never.

Never.

I love her.

I can give you Lyra.

She would never betray me.

I can give you Asriel.

He's trying to protect her.

I do not need you
to give him to me.

I've already broken him.

SHE LAUGHS SOFTLY

SHE EXHALES

Show me.

ASRIEL COUGHS

Look at him.

WHEEZING AND COUGHING

He knows he's beaten.

His end has come.

Wait.

I want him to see my face.

I want him to see
what I've done.

Mar...

Marisa, no...

Stay here and hide.
It won't be long now.

I'll send Lyra and Will to you.

WHOOSHING

SOLDIER 1: The Authority has
ordered the death of all heretics.

You are full of sin.

WOMAN PLEADS

The Authority will punish you!

You're going to pray!

Heretics!

SOLDIER 2: Down on
your knees, all of you!

SOLDIER 1: Pray
to the Authority!

What's happening?

Those soldiers are
attacking each other.

WHOOSHING

Serafina.

Your daemons are in the tower.

Cut them through
to a safe world.

I'll find you wherever you are.

Go!

How does it feel, Lord Asriel?

Disowned by your child,

and now betrayed by
the woman you love?

HE GRUNTS

Pan!

Pan, we're coming!

So, you did come.

SNIFFING

Will.

How could you bear it?

Leaving me behind?

Marisa, no...

HE GROANS

HE COUGHS

Ah...

HE PANTS

We should be together.

Please.

I'll cut us a window
to somewhere safe.

Look, Asriel.

Look at your fate.

Ah!

HE GROANS AND COUGHS

HE GASPS

HE GRUNTS

The knife-bearer
is in this world.

He's with your daughter.

Go, we'll find you!

MACHINERY HUMS

For Lyra.

Cloud's gone.

It's all gone.

The war's over.

Asriel won?

I think so.

INDISTINCT CONGRATULATIONS

FAINT WHIRRING Do you feel that?

FAINT WHIRRING

There's someone in there.

I'll try to cut them free.

Machi! Aria!

ARIA GIGGLES

Can we go now? I
want to see Pan.