Jason and the Argonauts (2000): Season 1, Episode 2 - Episode #1.2 - full transcript

>> Arise.

>> ( thunder rumbles )

>> Eros, god of love,

I charge thee with this task.

Find the Princess Medea.

Fire your arrow.

Make her give her heart

to Jason, prince of Ioclus.

>> To Jason?

But, madam--

>> It is my wish.



>> But why?

>> ( blows )

>> ( gargles )

What was he doing here?

>> ( thunder rumbles )

>> ( soldiers shouting orders )

>> These men are armed

and prepared for war.

>> They are an honor guard

for honored guests.

>> Argos: Press oars.

>> Sir, that gentleman,

beware.

>> Why?



>> His tongue is too smooth.

>> I'm going ashore.

I need to take two men.

>> I'm going with you.

>> No, Hercules.

I must rely on you

to guard the boat.

>> My place is at your side.

>> You serve me better here.

If things go amiss,

you're my only escape.

>> I will go with you.

To protect you, sir.

>> And I'll come with you, too.

>> I'm going ashore

with our host Prince Aspyrtes.

Hercules will be my lieutenant.

Follow his orders

as you would mine.

>> Hyah.

>> Apparently I'm in your debt,

young prince.

It is our custom

to repay our debts in kind,

though no gift can equal

a firstborn child.

>> Sir, you do have in your

domain a treasure that would

be as dear to me.

>> What treasure is as dear

as a son?

>> The Golden Fleece.

>> ( murmuring )

>> Sir, we come in peace.

>> No, you came to rob me.

And you shall pay.

>> Father,

remember that you are in

his debt.

To slay him now would only

anger the gods.

Let the gods decide his fate.

Set him a task that no unfavored

mortal could complete.

>> Yes, my daughter.

He shall face the Minean Bull.

You will harness

the Minean Bull,

plow the field of Ares,

and sow it with dragon teeth.

If you live, I shall know

the gods favor you.

And you will have

the Golden Fleece.

>> You can't sleep?

>> No.

Nor me.

I'm troubled.

>> Really?

>> It takes a rogue

to know a rogue.

I'm a rogue myself, you see.

I've lived in the company

of rogues.

>> Do you ever stop talking?

>> Look...

I've something for you.

>> Feathers?

>> For your arrows.

Thought they might be useful.

>> But you couldn't see them?

Hmm?

They were not revealed to you?

How could you not see the rocks?

>> Do you think

had I been aware

that I would not have told you?

>> I don't know, do I?

For all I know--

for all I know,

you did see them.

You did see them, didn't you?

Didn't you?

And Father stopped you

from telling me, didn't he?

>> No.

That was not it.

>> I shouldn't be surprised.

I shouldn't be surprised at all

if it weren't some trick.

Some plan.

Some excuse to be rid of me.

>> Here, chew it.

It will calm you.

>> Give me another one.

>> Not too much.

>> This herb has a good effect.

>> But must be used wisely.

>> Mmm.

>> I have brought this oil.

It will protect you

against the bull.

Its breath is fire.

>> Why do you want to save me?

>> Please remove your tunic.

The oil must cover every

inch of you.

Quickly.

>> It smells sweet.

>> It comes from

the Caucasian crocus,

a plant of saffron color.

The first flower sprung from

the blood of the tortured

Prometheus.

>> Man: Begin!

>> ( steam hissing )

>> ( bellows )

>> Bring up the chain.

>> ( bellows )

>> ( crowd gasps )

>> No!

Yes!

>> ( crowd cheering )

>> Your legs are springs

and your arms are wings.

>> Yes!

>> ( bull bellows )

>> ( squeaking )

>> ( bellows )

>> ( cheering )

>> I'm going ashore.

>> I'm with you.

>> Hercules: No.

Our orders are clear.

We stand fast.

>> ( bull bellows )

>> Aertes, I have shown

myself worthy.

Will you keep your word?

>> Jason,

what we sow, we must reap.

>> ( roars )

>> ( crowd cheering )

>> Yes! Yes!

Jason! Jason! Jason!

Jason! Jason!

>> All: Jason! Jason!

Jason! Jason!

>> ( chanting continues )

>> ( chanting stops )

>> Jason, you have done what

no man before you could.

I salute you.

We shall have a feast.

You are a hero

favored by the gods.

Courage beyond imagination.

Welcome, great prince.

You shall have what you most

desire.

>> This chicken,

there's not enough salt.

>> Also, onion.

Fried onions.

Bring some tarragon.

Haven't got any honey sauce,

have you?

>> ( applause )

>> Lovely, don't you think?

>> I do, Majesty.

>> A trophy from the Lycian

campaign.

But there is no prize

greater than the Fleece.

I was younger than you

when I led my army to win it.

As soon as I held it,

I knew its power.

The Fleece binds our state

in loyalty.

When I ask mothers to give

their son's lives,

they are granted,

for I hold the Fleece.

When I ask generals to fight

to the last, they will,

for I hold the Fleece.

My enemies scarce

raise a sword to me.

It has granted

my heart's desires.

My daughter is very beautiful,

don't you think, Jason?

>> I do, Majesty.

>> You shall have the Fleece.

And you may have her

if you wish.

>> Majesty, I would not

presume to--

>> Medea, if this young man

asked for your hand in marriage,

would you grant it?

>> Majesty--

>> Come, come.

I see the look in your eyes.

I have a heart.

>> I would say yes.

>> Good. That's settled.

Noblemen of Colchis,

there is to be a union

between the house of Ioclus

and the house of Colchis.

Jason the hero prince

will marry Medea

our princess royal.

>> ( stomping )

>> Majesty.

>> There is no need to thank me.

Of course, you understand

neither you nor the Fleece

can ever leave Colchis.

I'm sure you'll be

very happy here.

>> Pleased?

>> With what?

>> With your new husband.

>> Aspyrtes.

>> So. So what?

So I was right?

You are in league

with our father.

>> No.

I love Jason.

>> Everything is so clear now.

So clear.

How can you love him?

You do not know him.

And he does not know you.

I know you.

>> I do not mean to hurt you.

>> But you do.

>> Pollux: He wants to marry

her, the Princess Medea.

>> He wants to marry her,

this Princess Medea.

>> No.

No, Jason wouldn't stay.

He wouldn't send us away

without a word.

He'd never abandon us.

>> Maybe our quest is finished

and this is where we are

destined to part.

>> You can't believe that.

That Jason would surrender

himself to Colchis.

To this princess.

>> She's very beautiful.

>> Actually,

she's very beautiful.

>> Fools.

Have you really lost

your faith?

>> I cannot believe that Jason

would desert us.

That he would forfeit

this quest.

All that it means to him.

All that it means to us.

I'm with Atalanta.

We must go and rescue him.

>> From what?

Great wealth?

Power?

The woman he loves?

>> He does not love her.

>> How do you know?

Look, all I'm saying is,

well, if these are his wishes,

we should respect them

and head off.

>> I agree.

>> We just turn back?

>> We have travelled far,

to the ends of the Earth.

What more can be achieved?

>> We were asked

to get the Fleece.

Our mission is incomplete.

>> But our mission

was to follow Jason.

And he wants us to go.

>> I say we go.

>> No. Hercules.

Tell them we're staying.

>> I can't.

It's between each man

and his conscience.

>> Atalanta: Conscience?

Does the word have meaning

for any of you?

>> We will put it to the vote.

>> I have something here

to soothe your wounds.

>> Why do you wish to help me?

You, who are guardian

of the Fleece?

>> The Fleece will only give

its true powers to he

who is worthy.

It is for him

that I guard its secrets.

>> Jason: Worthy or not,

I must find it.

My mother's life depends on it.

>> Then you should know that

I cannot be parted from it.

>> Treachery! Treachery!

The treachery of your beloved.

Of your trustees.

Of the future ruler,

Majesty.

>> What is your reason

for coming here, Aspyrtes?

>> The Fleece.

The Fleece.

They mean to take it from us.

Tonight.

>> Tell me everything you know.

>> My lady Medea...

the lord Jason...

in cahoots.

She will take him to the Fleece

and he will steal it

and take it to his boat.

I heard it all.

I heard it at their door

while they made love like doves

cooing their treachery.

>> You're drunk, my son.

You mustn't behave like

such a fool.

>> No, tonight, Father,

it is you who are the fool!

>> Can Jason walk on water?

Look.

He stays, they've left him.

And you must leave me

and these matters to those

with clearer heads.

>> Mount up.

Break camp.

Back to the city.

Form up. Come on.

Keep together.

>> ( Orpheus chanting )

>> ( drum beating )

>> Jason.

>> So,

bidding farewell to your

countrymen, prince?

But doubtless you'll make

the best of things.

Rule in my stead, perhaps.

Is that what you're thinking?

>> That was never my desire

nor my intention.

>> Maybe not yours,

but certainly my father's.

Kill him.

Hyah!

( shouting )

( groans )

>> ( shouting )

>> The Argo's north

of here, sir.

Quickly, sir.

We'll soon be discovered.

>> My task was to rid

the man-eating Stymphalian birds

from the Stymphalian marshes.

These birds were sacred to Ares.

They'd shower men with their

lethal feathers and poison them

with their foul excrement.

Predictably, I once again

saved the day.

>> We'll climb down.

>> Take too long.

Their archers would pick us

off like flies.

>> Cavalry!

But a mile away!

>> We'll fight them.

We'll fight them to

the last man.

>> No need for that.

>> Hercules.

>> Jason.

I'll hold off the enemy

while you make your escape.

Head for the Argo.

It lies at the mouth

of the river.

>> I see it!

>> You can climb down.

>> Where is the Fleece?

>> On the other side of

the gorge on a high plateau.

>> Hercules: There's no time.

It's a day's work to cross

and climb the gorge.

You, start climbing.

>> Wait, I think

there's another way.

How are you at the discus,

Hercules?

>> ( shouts )

>> Laertes,

show them what to do.

>> Come on!

>> ( screaming )

>> ( shouting )

>> ( groans )

>> ( groans )

>> Hercules.

>> Go now!

>> Not without you.

>> I will follow!

>> Come on.

I will help you.

>> That is not my destiny.

>> Not even you

can take on an army.

>> Jason, my journey is done.

It is what my mother demands.

>> Mother?

>> I am Hercules,

servant of Hera.

Commanded by her

to protect you.

Go, Jason,

my dear friend,

and find your destiny.

( growls )

( shouts )

>> ( screaming )

>> Sir, Acastus is wounded.

>> I can go on.

I just need to rest a while.

>> No. Take him down

the side of the gorge.

Take him to the boat.

>> No, I'm all right.

( groans )

>> ( screaming )

>> ( growling )

>> ( roars )

>> Spread out!

>> ( roars )

>> Mopsus, the rope.

>> What do you intend

to do, sir?

>> Set a noose around his neck.

Orpheus, I need you to play.

Play as you've never

played before.

>> Be careful, Jason.

>> ( roars )

>> ( playing )

>> ( string snaps )

>> ( roars )

>> Mopsus: Jason!

>> Phanus!

>> ( screaming )

>> No!

>> ( roaring )

>> ( crashes )

>> ( cheering )

( cheering )

>> Mopsus: Jason!

>> Jason!

>> He's bad, sir.

>> Cast off.

>> Brace the yardarm.

Positions.

>> Someone must pull out

the arrow.

I need someone with good hands.

>> I'll do it.

>> Take the arrow gently,

pull firmly.

It is near his heart.

>> ( grunts )

>> You have fine hands.

Perhaps you have now found

a use for them.

>> ( chuckles )

>> Have I not led you

to 100 victories?

>> When we had the Fleece.

>> Have faith in your king.

>> ( chatting )

>> ( Aertes screaming )

>> ( Orpheus playing )

>> Your music's changed.

>> You have a good ear.

What have the gods in mind?

They save by a miracle

one who craves his own end,

and yet snuff out those

who delight in life.

>> Jason.

>> Yes?

>> We've been friends a long

time, haven't we?

>> The best of friends.

>> I have to ask you something.

>> Anything.

>> Jason, I know you and...

I love you better than

anyone on this Earth.

>> And I you.

>> You do?

>> Of course.

>> Thank the gods.

I didn't think you felt

the same way.

>> How could you think

such a thing?

>> I thought you and Medea--

>> Medea and I are

to be married.

But you will always be

as dear to me as a brother.

>> Yes.

Yes, of course.

You really love her?

>> It's meant to be.

Argos.

What's wrong?

>> My father is murdered.

>> How can you be sure?

I'm sorry.

I, too, saw my father's death.

It is the most distant memory,

yet the most vivid.

It still burns in my soul.

I shall never let you

feel alone.

>> ( crying )

>> Mortal love.

Pure.

Incorruptible.

>> As it should be.

>> You don't fool me.

You writhe inside,

cursing your nobility.

>> And what do you know

about nobility?

>> Let me show you.

>> ( thunder crashes )

>> I shall be gentle with you.

>> Who are you?

I know your face, but...

>> Your slave.

One who admires you

from afar...

and cannot find

even in heaven

more majesty than I see

before me.

>> You are a god?

>> Indeed.

I am the king of gods,

and yet I am your slave.

Medea. Medea.

>> ( thunder crashes )

>> Medea. Medea.

Medea. Medea.

Love me.

>> Great Zeus,

I love another.

>> Mm-hmm.

>> Jason.

>> ( inhales )

A boy.

I am Zeus.

I am the inevitable.

I am

the irresistible.

I am the king

who never dies.

And you should be

my queen.

>> What do you want from me?

>> Lie with me.

>> No. I cannot.

Not only my body,

but my immortal soul

belongs to him that I love.

There is no power stronger.

>> You would deny me

for the boy?

>> ( thunder crashes )

>> I give you time

to reconsider

before your beauty fades.

>> ( thunder crashes )

>> Are you all right?

>> I don't know.

Why are you smiling?

>> For what I feel.

>> Whatever may come...

have faith in our love.

>> They put us to shame.

>> We're home!

>> It's land!

>> ( men shouting, cheering )

>> Idas: It can't be.

>> ( laughing )

>> Welcome to Ioclus.

>> Oh, my son!

>> Father.

>> ( laughs )

>> Idas.

It is good to see you.

>> It's a miracle.

We thought you were lost.

All dead.

>> Idas, I must ask.

Do not spread news

of our arrival.

My mother's safety

is still my main concern.

>> Your mother?

Oh, by the gods,

you do not know.

>> Know what?

>> Sir, I must tell you,

your mother the queen

is no more.

>> What?

>> She is dead, sir.

>> How?

>> She took her life

in the false knowledge

of your death

and that of your brother.

>> I see.

>> If we fear treachery from

Pelias, we could still move

against him under cover

of darkness.

>> And waste more lives

in this vain enterprise?

>> What, then, is your

intention?

>> My intention,

brother,

is to drink.

To drink to all of those

who should be drinking with us.

To Echion.

To Laertes

the bold tumbler.

To Tiphys and Butes.

Phanus.

And to Hercules...

the mighty and magnificent.

>> But, sir,

they will not have died in vain

if you meet your destiny.

You are, sir,

still the rightful king

of Ioclus.

You may still rescue it

from tyranny.

And avenge your father's

and your mother's lives.

>> To what end?

Come first light,

we leave this place.

>> Sir, I beg you.

>> Jason: Enough.

>> Jason.

If we turn away from life,

we do not honor the dead.

We fail them.

>> Come, Zetes.

It's time we were home.

Son.

>> Father, I cannot.

>> But, son.

>> I cannot leave my friends.

>> Look up to the stars.

They will be your guide.

>> ( thunder crashes )

>> What are you showing me,

Hercules, old friend?

>> A drink

for my friend Mopsus.

>> ( chuckles ) No.

You know I don't drink.

I'm very deeply grieved

about your mother.

I knew her once, you know.

Quite well.

>> Really?

>> I was in awe

of her beauty

and humbled by her gentleness.

Maybe...

just one little...

>> If not now,

then when?

>> Oh!

( sighs )

>> Let's have another.

We need it now.

>> Hera.

Why could you not protect her?

>> Polymele: Jason.

Jason, my dear son.

I speak as a shade

who by the mercy of the gods

may call to you

from the underworld.

Jason, you are not at the end

of your journey,

but at its beginning.

This path is a path

which you choose.

Go well, my darling.

Go with a mother's love

and fulfill your destiny.

>> ( groans )

>> It's gone!

It's gone!

>> Sir, your son has returned.

>> Let me pass.

>> Welcome, my son.

I was not expecting you.

>> I have sailed with Jason

and gained the Fleece.

>> So I see.

>> Its power is mine.

I am now king.

>> Of course.

For how can I, of all men,

resist the power of the Fleece?

Oh.

Acastus.

I am...

old and weary now.

More tired than you can

ever know.

But you,

you have proved yourself a man.

A better man

than perhaps I thought.

Please.

Let me give you my blessing.

Come.

My son.

My dear son.

My son.

My son.

>> ( groans )

>> Go to the gods, my son.

>> ( crowd shouting )

>> My dear,

dear son.

>> Listen, sire.

The crowd is restless.

>> ( shouting )

>> Find my nephew Jason

and all who sailed with him.

Destroy them.

>> Yes, my lord.

>> Jason.

Where have you been?

The Fleece is gone.

Acastus is gone.

So is Medea.

>> I'm sorry, sir. Sorry.

It was my fault.

>> Where's Medea?

>> With Acastus, probably.

Maybe that was their plan.

>> That boy betrayed us.

That's certain.

>> You're sure Medea

went with him?

>> For all we know.

You saw how she cured him

with her witchcraft.

>> That was not witchcraft.

That was mercy.

>> What is certain, sir,

is that Pelias has the Fleece

and that he knows

of our arrival.

>> What are your orders, sir?

Argo's rigged for sail.

>> Atalanta: Good.

The sooner we leave, the better.

>> Soldiers approaching!

>> I shall not blame any man

if he will not stay with me.

I've asked enough of you.

Too much, perhaps.

But I cannot run.

I must make my stand here.

>> I'll make it with you, sir.

>> And me.

>> Me, too.

>> Me, too too.

>> Need you ask?

>> Argos, I cannot ask you

to stand against your master

Pelias.

>> Jason,

you're my master now.

>> Cavalry a mile away!

About 200 men!

>> We must hurry.

>> Sir, I must tell you.

I know of a way into

the palace itself.

Should give us the weapon

of surprise.

>> Tell me.

>> There's a tunnel.

A passage into the temple.

The entrance lies deep

in the forest.

But I believe I could

find it again.

It was kind to us once before

when I was captain

of the palace guard.

Captain of your father's

guard, Jason.

It was I who took you

from the temple

and delivered you to Chiron.

>> Of course.

The soldier.

I owe you my life.

>> No, sir.

You owe me nothing.

Just as I failed to keep

your father from danger,

so I failed you today.

>> Tell me of this tunnel.

>> The entrance lies outside

the city.

It's opened only by a key.

A key contained in the amulet

that your mother gave you.

>> I lost the amulet.

I lost it in Lemnos.

>> Without the key,

it would be impossible.

>> Is there no other way?

>> No.

>> It's all right.

We can use the key.

I found it, see,

in Lemnos.

I always thought

it was a good piece.

Worth something.

>> Worth a kingdom,

I should say.

>> I swear by the gods,

that's the last thing

I shall ever steal.

>> Lead on, Mopsus.

>> Is it for the kingdom

or for her?

>> They are the same to me.

>> I am Medea...

daughter of Eidyia,

daughter of Phrixus.

I am of the blood

of the Fleece.

I am its guardian

here on Earth.

And only through me

shall you receive its power.

>> Why should we believe you?

>> Majesty, it is true that

Eidyia was a great sorceress.

That she possessed the powers

of healing.

>> ( knife clatters )

>> ( crowd gasps )

>> Impressive.

>> I draw my powers

from the Fleece.

Where the Fleece goes,

so must I.

>> Really?

Why are these powers

not working for me?

>> Because I must give

the Fleece my blessing.

Only through me

and thus through the blood

of Phrixus shall you receive

its power.

>> And what will you want

in return?

>> To be your wife

and guardian of the Fleece

forever.

That is my destiny.

>> Pelias's soldiers.

>> ( shouting )

>> ( screams )

>> Jason!

>> ( groans )

>> Argos!

Argos.

>> Jason, leave him.

Come on.

>> ( clicks )

>> You must bathe

in these waters.

The waters will release

the power of the Fleece.

Then once more

you will be young

and we will rule forever.

>> Majesty, we have no

guarantee.

How do we know

the water is safe?

>> Because you will

enter it first.

Go.

>> ( roaring )

>> ( screaming )

>> ( shouting )

>> ( screams )

>> I see you wear the Fleece,

Uncle.

Has it brought you

your heart's desire?

Has its power revived you?

>> Do I look like an immortal?

>> The Fleece has no power

except that imagined by those

who seek it.

We make our own destiny

by our own actions.

>> This is trickery.

>> The only trickery

lies within your imagination.

How many have died so that

you may gain the Fleece?

And what has it brought you?

My sword at your throat.

And your people baying

for your blood.

>> You will kill me.

>> I am sickened by bloodshed

and moved to mercy.

>> Oh.

Oh, may you never know...

the disappointment of old age.

How my mind has been made

mad by this Fleece.

My son is dead.

My kingdom is lost.

>> ( sword clatters )

>> Take this Fleece

and do with it what you will.

Take it with my blessing...

but have mercy on me...

before you meet your destiny.

( Pelias grunts )

>> My destiny

is to rule.

>> I've sworn to your queen

my loyalty and faith.

And I swear also to you

that we shall serve our people

and our state

to bring you such harmony

here on Earth

as there is in heaven.

>> ( cheering )