Knightfall (2017–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - The Black Wolf and the White Wolf - full transcript

Where's the man who carries this sword?

He was killed.

By the Grace of God, rise,
Master of the Temple.

Rise, Master of the Temple.

Will you join me in my chamber?

Tonight, I want to begin the wedding
preparations with our daughter.

By the order of the King,
the Jewish Quarter

is to be cleared.

My job as your father
is to keep you safe.

Safe. I don't want to be safe.

Adelina!



Thank you for your help.

It was very brave of you.

No!

Maybe it's time you find a new home.

Join us. Join the Templars.

I can still fight.
Your leg has become a hindrance,

I hurt my leg protecting you!

And I'll always be sorry

I didn't let you die
on the docks at Acre.

Tell me something about the Pope.

What do you know about the Holy Grail?

The chance to reclaim the Holiest relic.

If there is something there,

we can be sure that Godfrey
wanted us to find it.



A key?

Lord, hear us.

Lord, graciously hear us.

Lord, open the gates to paradise
for your servant, Godfrey,

and help us who remain
to comfort one another

with assurances of faith
until we all meet in Christ

and are with you and
our brother forever.

We ask this through Jesus Christ,
our Lord.

All flesh must perish,
but even in the shadow of death,

hope springs eternal with
the prospect of new life.

S01E03
The Black Wolf and the White Wolf

Rise.

What progress with the key?

None. I've tried every box,

every chest, every lock in the Temple.

- Twice.
- Well, keep trying.

I'll send word to the Palace.
No training with the King today.

Thank you.

Go. A friendship between
the Master of the Temple

and the Royal Family will
always be useful to us.

Besides,
your absence might invite questions.

Until we have the Grail,
let's continue as normal.

Keep trying the key.

Initiates! Line up!

I said line up!

If I ever again have to
call you to order twice,

by God, you'll all run the gauntlet.

Brother Anselm, as you know,
usually permits us some time

before training while he
works on his illustrations.

Brother Anselm will no
longer be taken from his work

to train initiates.

I am your new training master.

A Templar knight never
steps out of line.

He doesn't step backwards, either.

Initiates, join your brother.

Never break ranks.

Our strength is as brothers.

Without it, we are lost.

Where is the new boy?

Parsifal!

Sleep well?

Every time I close my eyes,
I see her face.

Go home.

What?

You're not ready to be a knight.

But Landry said I could join!

- Does that hurt?
- Yes!

And what are you going to do about it?

Sit and mope like a woman?

Get off!

Marie is gone, Parsifal!

Don't let the pain conquer you!
Take hold of it.

Make yourself its master. Use it!

Then you'll be ready
to become a Templar.

Now, do you want to train?

Yes.

By the Grace of God.

By the Grace of God.

Do you want to be a warrior?

By the Grace of God.

Good.

But before you become a warrior,
you must first become a monk.

Today we start with charity.

Again.

Good.

Oh!

No.

I'm no better than I was

the day you had to
save us from brigands.

I confess, I'm disheartened.

This should be a happy day.

Your daughter's wedding
has been announced.

The match creates problems with England,
but it's not that.

It's the Queen.

Last night, I was sure that she would...

visit my chambers.

Philip.

She found a polite excuse, as always.

Landry,
you have no idea what it's like

to experience that woman's passion

and then

To be so far from it.

I've given her everything...
Jewels, fond words.

I don't know what else to do.

I'm at my wits' end!

Something is wrong!

No!

Perhaps someone should speak to her.

Someone she respects.

Philip, I'm a monk.

It hardly befits me to
discuss such matters.

All the more reason she would trust you,
open her heart to you.

What possible grounds would I
have for such a conversation?

She loves you as I do.

Landry, two years ago,
you saved my wife and me.

Save us again.

Tonight. I'll arrange something.

Let me celebrate your
new role as Master.

And Jesus took a cup and gave thanks,

then gave it to his disciples,
saying, "Take this, all of you,

and drink it,
for this is the cup of my blood."

You believe that, Nicholas?

Speak plainly.

I believe it, my Lord.

Good boy. What do you believe?

I believe Jesus died for our sins.

Good. And the wine is blood?

- Yes, my Lord.
- And the cup is holy?

Yes.

Gibberish.

- My Lord?
- It's nonsense.

But across Europe, men kneel before it.

My parents even went to the fire for it.

I'm sorry.

Don't be.

I may not believe in religion,
but I admire it.

Stories and relics, splinters and cups.

Small things, easy things.

Put them all together,
and what do you have?

I don't know, my Lord.

Power.

Sebastian...
Isabella's favorite stallion.

A gift to your King and your Prince,

a symbol of our respect for England

and of our hope for
lasting peace between us.

It's a wonderful gift, Sire,

but my King was expecting
news of a wedding.

When he hears what has happened,

no amount of stallions will placate him.

Robert. It is imperative to the King

that he keeps good
relations with England.

As much as it pains us all,

the fact is the Princess'
heart belongs to Prince Lluis.

But her hand was always
promised to my King's son.

And his hand was once
promised to Flanders.

Betrothals are made
and broken every day,

yet peace still holds.

The only peace with
a man like Longshanks

comes through marriage.

My King will not take kindly
to the slight of his son

anymore than you would swallow
a slight on your daughter.

It is no slight.
My daughter is in love, Robert.

I know I speak for my King when I say

unless you keep your promise and
return the hand of your daughter

to Prince Edward,

you will have war.

If it's war he wants,
it's war he shall have.

But we will not stand alone.

Catalonia's armies must join us.

Speak to Ambassador Rodrigo.
Make it happen.

Yes, Madame.

It is as you suspected.

You're with child.

Let me be the first to
offer you congratulations.

I know this joyous news
will bring a wonderful...

Dr. Vigevano, please.

Let's not raise the
hopes of the court...

And the King... just yet.

That's wise, Madame.

We shall tell no one
until your belly swells

and we are sure that the baby is strong.

Maybe the King will be pleased.

Sophie, you know I haven't shared
the King's bed in two years.

If he found out about this child,
he would kill me.

What will you do?

I don't know, Sophie.

I don't know.

This doesn't go in something.

It goes on something.

Come.

- I know that crest.
- So do I.

That's the De Caux family crest.

I think we've just found the Grail.

This is far enough.

Now, spread out.

One loaf per beggar.

Is this what we do all day?

We attend prayers eight times a day,

and we do chores around the Temple.

What kind of chores?

Cleaning the latrine.

I don't need to learn how to
hand out bread or clean shit.

I want to learn how to swing a sword.

You want to be a knight?
Here's your first lesson.

Shut up and follow orders.

Thank you. Thank you, thank you.

Hey, hey! Hey, one to a man!

Hey! Stop that!

You thieving little tinker.

No! I'm feeding the poor,
just like you, monk.

I'm not a monk yet.

You haven't taken your vows of chastity?

That must mean you
still have your balls.

Troops are not a negotiation.

Catalan blood will not be
spilt defending French soil.

Ambassador,
if we go to war with England,

it will be because of Catalonia.

How many troops would you require?

Do you let your cup bearer
discuss military strategy?

I am not a cup bearer, my Lord.

De Nogaret, this is Bernat,
my assistant,

and sometimes he speaks out of turn.

This is Nicholas, my assistant.

He fetches me wine and wipes
my behind when I need him to.

And he doesn't speak out of turn.

If your reluctance to assist France

is because of your
personal opinion of me...

Not at all. I try not to lose my head.

Or the heads of those who work for me.

Will you support France if
we go to war with England?

As I said, we will support you,

but we will not die for you.

I need you to visit the apothecary

to purchase a tonic from
the root of the Worm Fern.

I see you are familiar with it.

My sister was once in need of it.

Did it work?

It made her ill enough to lose
the child she was carrying,

but it nearly killed her, too.

Now she's blind.

Surely, Madame,
there must be another way.

If you speak to the King...

Once, in Bordeaux, when we were young,

the King found a wonderful
lute player to play for us...

Duvernay.

I would listen to him
for hours at a time.

One day, Philip wanted to go riding,
but I said no.

I wanted to stay and hear Duvernay.

That night, Duvernay was
attacked on the road by bandits.

That doesn't prove that the King...

They did rob him.
They broke all of his fingers.

He never played the lute again,

and I learned never to
cross the King again.

Believe me.

There is no other path.
Go to the apothecary.

Stay.

Pray with me.

Is this it?

Castle De Caux.

As you know, we've lent a small fortune

to the De Caux family
over the last 14 years.

Have they repaid?

Never.

Godfrey used to say that Marcel De Caux

was a friend to all Templars,

that he was doing God's work

and would repay the
loan tenfold one day.

What if doing God's work
meant protecting the Grail?

That that would mean that Godfrey knew

the Grail was in France
a long time ago...

and never told us.

What do you want?

We've come to see Marcel De Caux.

Is he here?

He won't be back for some time.

He's borrowed money from the Temple.

You tell him we're here
to collect the debt.

Go away.

Next time,
speak to your Master, Godfrey,

before you think of coming here.

Godfrey is dead.

This is our new Temple Master.

Landry?

How did you know my name?

He said you'd come if
something happened to him.

He said you'd come for the Grail.

Godfrey?

How did you know Godfrey,
and where is De Caux?

Marcel De Caux is dead.

None of that, old man.

- Where is he?
- He's dead.

You just told me so yourself.

Marcel De Caux was Godfrey.

Why wouldn't Godfrey tell us the truth

and return the Grail to the Temple?

The last time the Grail was
in the care of the Temple,

it was nearly lost forever.

It's our sworn duty to protect it.

How could you protect the cup
that wields the Power of God

when you don't know what that power is?

We understand its power.
It's our most holy relic.

The symbol of Christ's
sacrifice on Earth.

It's more than a symbol.

What do you mean?

Did Godfrey ever tell you
how he became a Templar?

He did not.

Follow me.

Marcel De Caux... This one...

Was the youngest son of
the late Baron De Caux.

The Baron died, leaving Marcel's
older brother Raymond...

That one...
to inherit both land and title.

But Marcel couldn't accept
his older brother's success

and decided to kill him.

Godfrey? No.

No, I knew him.
He wouldn't do such a thing.

Godfrey... Marcel...
Was not yet the man you knew.

He went into his brother's
room and stabbed him

through his belly...
All the way through.

By God's mercy, Raymond survived,

but he lost the use of his legs.

Despite this crime,

the crippled Baron forgave his brother.

Marcel was so moved,
he turned his life to God,

changed his name, and Godfrey was born.

And what does this have to do
with the power of the Grail?

Years later, when Godfrey came
into possession of the Grail,

he brought it here to his brother.

One sip of wine from
the cup of Christ...

and his wound was healed.

He could walk again.

A miracle.

That's not possible.

Were there any witnesses?

One.

Good God. You're Godfrey's brother.

Godfrey didn't tell me
where he hid the Grail,

but he left something that tells you.

It is a miracle.

Godfrey left you and you alone

the way to find the
Grail and keep it safe.

This scroll has...

I'll get him!

Oh, no! No!

No, no, no, no. Oh, no!

Give me the scroll...

or lose your head.

Why didn't Godfrey tell
me about the Grail?

To protect you.

If you knew,
they'd have killed you, too.

Who are "they?"

I loved your brother.

Give it up!

Give up your search for the Grail.

The Grail is not yours to find.

I know your voice.

Who are you?

No. No, no, no, no.

No!

Coward, show yourself!

Landry!

Agh!

So we have nothing.

Not nothing.

We have him.

So it's true, then.
The Catalans have refused you troops.

It is true.

I knew asking for troops would
be a step too far for Rodrigo.

Once the King realizes

that on the eve of the
union of our two families,

Catalonia had the audacity
to refuse us troops,

he will no choice but
to cancel the wedding

and reconsider Edward.

Your skill in navigating these
matters is without equal.

Like you,
I wish only to serve my country.

Such modesty, William.

If you have your way,
Isabella will be Queen of England

and a great Princess of France.

And will be adviser to the most
powerful ruler in the world.

Look past the target.

Bide your time.

Take a breath.

Open the gates!

Why they bringing that devil here?

Sacrilege.

A sight to see.

He'll curse us all.

Pure evil.

He'll only bring trouble.

Stay back, don't get too close.

What would the
Saracens want with the Grail?

They aren't fools.

If the Pope reclaims the Grail,
he'll unite all of Christendom,

and he'll be able to
launch a new crusade

to take back the Holy Land.

We need him alive.

Then perhaps you shouldn't
have stabbed right through him.

Aren't we supposed to kill the Saracens?

The boy's right. Let him die.

The brothers feel we
are helping the enemy.

Gawain, this is important business.

He knows where the Grail is.

They say we should
not help the Saracens.

They or you?

Shouldn't you be training initiates?

How strange that such
a fragile glass vial

holds the power of life and death.

Madame, it's not my place, I know,

but I beg you reconsider.

A child is a blessing.

When the husband is the father.

Was this child not born out of love?

Have you told the father?

Believe me, it wouldn't help.

There is no way for us to be together.

Not even if you left Paris?

You have your own land,
separate from the King.

You could be anyone, live anywhere.

We dreamt of it once, him and me.

Then tell him.

Dream of it again.

Do you think it's possible

the Grail healed Godfrey's brother?

It's not possible,

which is what makes a miracle a miracle.

The more you doubt it,
the more marvelous the miracle.

When we lost Acre and the Grail,
I thought God had abandoned us.

But God hadn't abandoned us.
Godfrey had.

He lied to me.

I trusted him as a father,
but he didn't trust me as a son.

He must have had his reasons.

And there's something else.

Believing that God had abandoned me,
I...

I replaced the emptiness.

Replaced your emptiness how?

How men usually replace it.

I have broken and I continue
to break my vows as a Templar.

Landry, do you really believe
that you're the first Templar

to succumb to the temptations of flesh?

With a man's wife.

A friend's wife. The sin is double.

I should not be Master,
and I am not worthy to find the Grail.

The fact that this
transgression wounds you

shows how worthy a leader you are.

God has placed the Grail
into your life once again.

Find it.

And find your way back
to yourself and to God.

I absolve you of your sin.

But you must end this
business immediately.

Am I understood?

My pleasure.

Your Grace.

Fascinating this morning,

to watch a master such
as yourself firsthand.

Hardly masterful given
the disappointing outcome.

Yes, disappointing indeed.

If your goal was to secure more troops,

rather than to sabotage the wedding.

I understand.

Hard to see such a beauty married off

when you want her for yourself.

You have a loose tongue, boy.

Another word,
and I will have it torn out by the root.

Your lecherous intent is clear
from Isabella's letters to me.

She may not see it,

but I felt it dripping off every page,
Uncle William.

Who the hell do you think you are?

Everyone!

This man demands to know who I am.

First, I will tell you who I am not.

I am not the Ambassador's servant.

I am, in fact,
Lluis Miguel of Barcelona...

Prince of Catalonia and
heir apparent to the throne.

Forgive me, Your Grace,
for not revealing my identity

until I was sure you and
your daughter were genuine.

Because now I am sure,

and I have decided France
will not stand alone.

Every able-bodied man of
Catalonia will fight with you,

shoulder to shoulder, as allies.

And as family.

From this moment,
until the last day I shall live.

You must change the dressing
every time the sand empties.

Send for me if there are any changes.

Since the reign
of my grandfather Louis IX,

my house has proudly
sheltered the Knights Templar

here in Paris.

From the battlefields of the Crusades

to the walls of Acre,

Templar have protected pilgrims
on the road for generations.

Tonight, we celebrate a man
who has been my teacher,

my confidant, and my friend.

He is a man of honor, duty, and love.

And his elevation to the highest
rank is both right and fitting.

To Landry, our new Temple Master.

To Landry.

Thank you.

It's me who will owe you thanks
for speaking to the Queen.

I saw the look on your face
as the King toasted Landry.

You barely raised your glass.

You should be less
conspicuous in your disdain

for the new Temple Master.

Landry is not the
Templar they think he is.

What kind of Templar is he?

He brings a Saracen
heretic back to the Temple.

Why?

Something to do with the Grail?

I've already spoken enough with you.

I promised you a doctor.

Vigevano is the Royal
Family's own doctor.

Let him examine your leg.

Get out of my way.

What is to be done?

The young prince is a problem.

He has no idea.

We try to avert war, and instead,

this vain child invites it.

Agreed. So what is the remedy?

I shall think of something.

I know what you'll think of,
and that is not the solution.

Then I shall have to
think of something better

than killing him.

Think fast.

If the King's guards catch you,

they'll cut off your hands and hang you.

If they hang me,
I'm not going to miss my hands, am I?

If you leave now, I won't tell.

I'll be going then.

Give back the purse.

These coins could feed
a family for a week.

What family?

I'm feeding the people
the King expelled,

Jews he forced to leave with nothing.

You wouldn't understand.

This is for them, not for me.

I didn't know monks wore jewelry.

It matches your eyes.

I told you I wasn't a monk yet.

Give me the purse.

Have you never danced?

There's very little
call for it in the Temple.

I thought perhaps you were avoiding me.

Joan,
there's something I have to tell you.

What is it?

The Grail is in France.

The Grail?

How can it be?
You said it was lost forever.

It was, but somehow, it came back to us.

I have to find it.

You will. I know you will.

There's something I have to tell you,
too.

Remember how we spoke once
of being together somehow,

you and me?

Joan.

What is it? What's wrong?

There's no words that I can find
that can make you understand.

Understand what?

I have a duty,
not just to find the Grail, but...

I'm Master now.
I'm responsible for many men.

What future does the wife of
the King have with a Templar?

You are always going to be tied to him.

You're the mother of his children.

What hope is there?

Landry.

I have to go. I'm needed at the Temple.

- I'm sorry.
- Wait.

What did she say?

Philip, she's your wife.

Only you should discuss this with her.

I should not interfere
with your marriage.

He's strong.

What's he saying?

The black sand will burn us.

The desert storms will bend us.

And the world will turn black.

What does that mean?

Some sort of a prophecy.

Ask him what was on
the scroll he burned.

What does he know about the Grail?

He will not talk.

Tell him I will hurt him.

Gawain, this is not our way.

Tell him I will take his left eye first.

You have no idea.

The Grail will destroy you all.

Paris will burn.

Your Temple will burn.

You will burn.

You're late.

There were complications.

Sounds like you didn't do your job.

I did my job.

Then where's the boy... Parsifal?

You'll have him soon.

What's that?

It's worthless.

Not to the boy.

He'll be back for it.

And when he comes, he's yours.

What is it, my love?

Isn't a sin to be
together before we marry?

It's not a sin. We are in love.

It will be a secret between us.

I will not tell it to a soul.

I won't tell it to a soul, either.

The Saracen... Has he awoken?

Yes, but he'll only talk to you.

When he woke up, he was ranting.

He said the Grail would
destroy the world.

What happened here?

Seal the Temple.

Nobody leaves.

There's a murderer in our midst.