Legend of the Seeker (2008–2010): Season 2, Episode 3 - Broken - full transcript

Richard Cypher,
you are the true seeker.

Kahlan.

Kahlan Amnell.

Soon you'll be the last
of your kind.

What's wrong?

Nothing.
It was just a bad dream.

Tell me about it.

I was in a desert.

There was a bird

and a blind girl.

A Starless Blackbird of Caska.



I'm trying to sleep here.

That wasn't any ordinary dream.
That was a message.

It belongs
to a Dream Caster.

A magical clan of nomads living
in a desert far away from here.

Every generation, a blackbird
befriends a small child.

That child is then recognized
as the high priestess

and has the power to send dreams
on the wings of birds.

The girl in my dream,

she told me soon I would
be the last of my kind.

It could be a warning

that the line of Confessors
is in danger.

I have to go to Valeria,

make sure my sister's safe.

Valeria? That's hundreds
of leagues from here.



You can't travel alone.

I'll go with you.

I thought there was nothing
more important than taking him

and this magic rune to Pamorah
to find the Stone of Tears.

Zedd, you go on
with Cara and Flynn.

We'll catch up with you
as soon as we can.

It's a waste of time.

Why do you say that?

The Confessors living
on Valeria are dead.

When Darken Rahl found out

there was a male Confessor
living on Valeria,

he ordered us
to bring him the child,

but when we
stormed the island

the mother sacrificed the baby
so we couldn't take it.

And the mother?

She was eliminated.
KAHLAN: My sister?

Dennee is dead?

There was no pain.

I killed her swiftly.

Kahlan?

What's happening to her?
It's the Con Dar.

Kahlan.
ZEDD: Stay back!

Cara, you have
to leave now!

I only did
what I was ordered to.

I can't hold her
much longer. Run!

But I swore to serve you.

RICHARD:
That isn't possible anymore.

Get out of here now!

RICHARD:
Are you all right?

You shouldn't have stopped me.

RICHARD:
You were in the Con Dar.

Killing Cara out of vengeance
wouldn't help you,

only the Keeper.

Richard, this isn't
about vengeance.

She's a Mord-Sith,
trained to torture and kill.

Who knows where she'll go
or what she'll do now.

I have to find her
and stop her.

We have a small problem.
What is it?

Flynn has gone.
What?

Only a momentary setback.

I was afraid the scamp
might up and leave,

so I took precautions.

Magical precautions.

You spelled his shoes.

All we have to do
is follow his footsteps.

If we don't find Flynn
and get the Stone of Tears,

the Keeper will to destroy
every living thing.

So you can come with us...

Or you can go after Cara.

If I ever see her again,
I'll kill her.

MAN:
She's a Mord-Sith.

Please, we don't
want any trouble.

All I want is a room
and a hot meal.

And maybe something
a little sweet.

It's much too early for this.

We don't want your kind here.

BARKEEP:
Nobody wants you.

Why don't you get out
of my tavern

and go back to whatever vile pit
you crawled out of?

Looks like someone stopped
for a nap.

Good morning, princess.

"Figured you wouldn't use magic
on me because of the rune,

"but just in case you spelled
my clothes and shoes,

"I've left them behind.

"Good luck finding
that Stone of Tears.

Your biggest admirer,
Flynn."

He's clever,
I'll give him that.

He's also naked.

How far can he get?

Ella!

MAN:
Get away from my daughter.

It's all right.
Mama's here.

I'm not here to hurt anybody.

Then leave, now, before I put
this arrow through your eye.

Wait.
Grace, stay away from her.

Cara?

Yes.
You know her?

She's my sister.

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Please, wait.

I'm sorry about my husband.

He was only trying
to protect our daughter.

There's no need to explain.

I can't believe it's you.

It was a mistake
for me to come here.

No, please.

You look so tired and hungry.

At least let me give you
something to eat.

Could you do me one favor?

Your leather will terrify the
children.

Would you mind changing?

This should fit.

Remember when we were little
and Mother made us

those matching dresses?

Where is our mother?

After you were taken,

the worry and grief
made her sick.

When the Mord-Sith
came back and took Father,

it was too much.
Her heart gave out.

Do you know
what happened to Father?

You don't want to know.

Well...

I'll let you change.

MOTHER:
Hold still, Cara.

Is it almost done?

Almost.

Wait till your father sees
how pretty you look.

You wear it much better
than I do.

Ella, pass Cara the potatoes.

Don't move!

MAN:
Don't move!

Her weapons are in the bedroom.

Sirian? Why?

Your husband did
the right thing.

I know how badly you want
to believe she's your sister,

but she's a Mord-Sith.

Your sister's never coming back.

ZEDD:
We're looking for a young man

with hair the color of sand,

blue eyes,
about this tall,

and a swelled head
about so big.

Heh. A local tailor
found him half-naked

in his shop
a couple nights ago,

stealing clothes.

By the time we got there,
he was gone.

Do you have any idea what
direction he might be headed?

Well, Black Arrow's Point
is only a day's journey.

It's a rich town.

If I were a thief,
that's where I'd go.

Mother Confessor?

Yes?

Please excuse
my ill-mannered interruption.

I've been searching
for you for days.

I bring an urgent message
from the people of Stowecroft.

What is it?

We've arrested a Mord-Sith.

We need you to execute her.

KAHLAN:
You don't need me to find Flynn.

I'm going to Stowecroft.

Since when is the Mother
Confessor an executioner?

If they want Cara dead,

why don't they just
do it themselves?

Because they've condemned her to
the harshest fate possible...

Death by confession.

What do you mean?

Confession works differently
on Mord-Sith.

Once touched, they suffer
in agony until they die.

So they don't just
want to execute her,

they want to make her suffer.

They want to make an example.

This isn't right.
The people deserve justice.

Captain Arturis said
that the Mord-Sith

have been stealing little girls
from their town for years.

And we'll find a way
to stop that,

but it sounds like these people
want to punish Cara

for every bad thing
the Mord-Sith have ever done.

Richard,
she killed my sister.

And I am so sorry for that,

but that is exactly why you
can't be fair about this.

You've already accused me
of wanting vengeance.

This is different.
It's the will of the people.

You say it's the will
of the people?

Then if I can prove
to them that Cara's

not the monster
they think she is,

will you spare her life?

What is it about this woman

that makes you always want
to come to her rescue?

I believe people can change.

MAN:
Rot in the Underworld.

Here, drink this.

Drop it!

Are you hurt?

It takes more than a few stones
to break a Mord-Sith.

Take her out of the stocks,
put her in jail.

Come to get your revenge,
is that it, Mother Confessor?

Get her out of my sight.

Don't fight.

I'm going to get
you out of this.

Before her sentence
is carried out,

the Seeker has requested
to speak on her behalf.

We asked you to come here
to execute her.

ALL: Yeah.
I'm not an executioner,

I'm the Mother Confessor.

And before her fate is decided,
there will be a hearing.

And who will decide what happens
to her after this hearing?

You? The Seeker?

The decision will be left
to three of your town's

most fair-minded elders.

And if the elders
still want her dead?

Then I will carry out
their wishes.

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Hey!
Oh. Sorry, sir.

It's fine, it's fine.

Oh, my mistake.

Here you are, sir.

Oh. Why--
Why thank you, young man.

But I seem to have lost
my coin purse as well.

Perhaps you've seen it?
Sorry, sir,

all I saw
was the handkerchief.

Why are you wasting time
picking pockets

when there's real coin
to be made with this?

What, this? It's just
an old prison tattoo.

Oh. Either you're lying
or you're stupid.

The rune on your hand
is a key

to one of the most precious
objects in the world:

The Stone of Tears.

Oh, yeah?
What do you know about it?

Oh, I happen to know
a thing or two

about priceless artifacts.

Now, do you know
what you have to do

once you get to Pamorah?

No, why don't you tell me?

Oh, no, no, no.

I have another idea.

We go to Pamorah together.

We get the Stone of Tears
and we split the profits.

And what if I don't
like that idea?

Oh, well,
then here's another.

Excuse me, madam, but have
you seen the local constable?

I hear there's
a pickpocket about.

All right. All right,
you made your point.

No matter what you say,
they're going to kill me.

Not if I can
show them the truth.

What truth is that?

That you're
a different person now

than you were
under Darken Rahl.

That you yourself are a victim
of the Mord-Sith.

That's absurd.

Cara, I spent time
in a Mord-Sith temple.

I know what they do
to break people.

You think because you
were poked a few times

with an Agiel
you know anything about me?

Being chosen by the Mord-Sith

was the highest honor
of my life.

Your pride is going
to get you killed.

I'd rather die than grovel
on my knees and beg for mercy.

Unless that's an order,
Lord Rahl?

I'm not the Lord Rahl.

And I'm not ashamed
of who I am.

What did you think
was going to happen

when you came back here?

That they were going
to welcome you with open arms?

You sent me away.

I didn't know where else to go.

Is there anyone here who would
speak on your behalf?

Maybe my sister.

RICHARD:
Because of this woman,

all of you here are free
from Darken Rahl.

I couldn't have defeated him
without her help.

Before you condemn her to death,

I only ask that you
listen to the story

of how she
became what she is.

Mord-Sith are not born,
they are broken.

Every one of them starts out
as an innocent little girl

and Cara was no different.

Grace, tell us about
the day Cara was taken.

We were fishing
with our father.

I-I was 12.

Cara was 9.

GRACE:
I got one, I got one.

All right, let me show
you how to haul it in

so you won't lose it.

GRACE:
Look!

What kind of fish is it,
Father?

I'm not sure.
What do you think, Cara?

It's a baby fish.

You think we should put it back
in the water so it can grow up?

GRACE:
She was so sweet.

She couldn't even
kill a fish.

And then what happened?

They came.

BOTH: Father!

Father!

GRACE:
Cara!

Cara!

GRACE:
That was the last time
I saw my sister.

A few days later, they came
back and took our father.

I never understood why.

Not a day goes by
that I don't think

of my family
and miss them.

That my father
could have lived

to have seen
his grandchildren,

take them fishing.

He wasn't the kind,
caring man you think he was.

He was a gutless,
selfish,

pathetically weak bastard.

How can you say such things?

Because it's the truth.

He deserved what he got.

Did they--?

Did they kill him?

No.

I did.

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She is boasting about
murdering her own father.

What more do you
need to hear?

Why she did it.

What the Mord-Sith
did to make her do it,

because an innocent little girl
doesn't just turn

into a killer for no reason.

Mother Confessor,

you are forcing
the people of this town

to relive terrible days.
And for what purpose?

So she can mock us?

It's false pride, she's covering
how she really feels, I'm sure.

No one has to sit and listen

if they don't want to.

The hearing will continue.

Thank you.
He's right, Richard.

You're putting
the people of this town

through a great deal
of heartache.

I hope it's worth it.

RICHARD:
I was once captured and
tortured by the Mord-Sith.

And this is what they
tormented me with,

the Agiel.

It causes
unimaginable pain.

I can only hold it because
I was tortured with one.

Is there anyone in the hall

brave enough
to feel its effects?

I will.

Sirian.

I have to warn you,

this is going to hurt
worse than anything

you've ever felt
in your life.

You'll only be proving
what beasts the Mord-Sith are.

They used this on Cara
to train her.

And she was
a 9-year-old girl.

Tell us what happened when
you were first captured.

I was taught strength
and endurance.

Please. I want my mother.

CARA:
When I was awake,

I was beaten with the Agiel,

and when I tried to sleep,

the rats gnawed
on my fingers and toes.

Even when I slept in a ball,

they'd feast on my ears.

How long did that go on?

Not very.

The Mord-Sith
gave me the opportunity

to kill my tormentors.

NATHAIR:
You don't have to suffer these
little beasts any longer, Cara.

If you wanna
get rid of them,

all you have to do
is kill them.

I don't wanna
kill anything.

NATHAIR:
Would you rather
they kill you?

Then listen
to me carefully, Cara.

In this world,
it is kill or be killed.

If you want to die the death
of a thousand little nibbles,

that is your
decision to make,

but if you consider your life
more important than a rat's,

then you must kill them.

CARA:
It took me some time
to find the courage

to learn to withstand
the pain of the Agiel...

...but in the end,

I killed every rat
in that cell.

Cara, no one can blame you
for killing the rats.

Under those circumstances,
who wouldn't get rid of them?

But your own father?

What did they do
to make you kill him?

They didn't force me to do it.

They gave me the honor.

NATHAIR:
Cara.

Look who's come
to see you.

Father! Please,
take me away from here.

NATHAIR:
No, no, Cara.
He didn't come to rescue you.

He came to sell
your sister to us.

You're lying.

My father wouldn't do that.

NATHAIR:
How do you think
we found you?

He told us exactly
where you'd be fishing.

We paid him handsomely
for his little girl,

and now he wants
to sell us the other one.

If you don't believe me,
ask him yourself.

Father?

Tell your daughter
what you did.

Look at him, Cara.

He's so ashamed, he can't even
bring himself to say it.

He sold you.

NATHAIR:
I know this hurts, Cara,

but now you see how ugly
common families are.

They betray each other because
they're greedy and weak.

But now you have
the Mord-Sith.

We're your true
family now, Cara.

We love you so much.

We'll even give you the honor
of killing the monster

who betrayed you.

CARA:
They put the Agiel in my hand,

and I killed him.

What they did to you...

Made me powerful.

RICHARD:
You were a little girl.

They manipulated you.

You so badly wanna
believe that, don't you?

That I didn't have a choice.

You didn't.

This takes away
the choice, Cara.

The Mord-Sith
can make a person

say or do anything
they want with this.

It almost made me kill
the person I love most.

But you didn't, did you?

Because your love for her

was strong enough to overcome
everything they did to you.

My father's love for me wasn't.

He cracked like an egg.

The day I killed him,

the sisters of the Agiel
welcomed me into their family.

Where are your sisters now?

Last I remember,
your family

beat you to within
an inch of your life

and left you for dead
at the bottom of a ravine.

If it weren't for
the Mord-Sith

making me into what I am now,
you'd be dead.

Yes. Why did you
save my life?

Because you're
the true Lord Rahl.

But you didn't
believe that at the time.

What are you trying
to get me to say?

That you're sorry
for killing your father.

That you never wanted
for any of this to happen.

That the Mord-Sith
took your life from you.

They're the ones that
are trying to take my life.

You believe I'm your Lord Rahl?

You're too proud
to save your own life? Fine.

Then as Lord Rahl,
ruler of D'Hara,

master of the Mord-Sith,

I command you
to tell me everything.

Stop this.

Who are you?

I was Cara's school teacher.

What the people of this town
are doing to her is horrible.

I remember Cara
as a little girl.

She was such a good student.

So smart,
always wanting to please.

Certainly, the Seeker
has proven his point.

We shouldn't be punishing her,
we should be pitying her.

She is a depraved murderer.

We should have
killed her by now.

Yeah.

Silence.

Guards,
don't let anyone leave.

I wanna speak to you.

I don't trust
the school teacher.

Somebody agrees with me,
defends Cara,

and now
you don't trust her?

It's not because she
agrees with you, Richard,

it's because
I can't read her.

There's only one kind of person
that I can't read.

Who is this woman to you?

She told you.
She was my teacher.

Remember, I've ordered you
to tell me the truth. All of it.

I am telling you the truth.

She taught me.

Everything.

I want my mother.

Miss Crantan?

Here, with my true family,

I am called Mistress Nathair.

You were always
my favorite, Cara.

That's why I chose you.

Grab her.
WOMAN: Kill her!

We trusted her
with our children.

Monster.
Guards, subdue him.

How many children have you
taken from this town?

Twelve girls have gone
missing over the years,

and they were all
her students.

Mother Confessor,
we've heard enough.

We've made our decision.

For what she's done,

it is our will that this woman
die by confession.

She has shown no remorse.

It is our will that
she also die by confession.

CROWD:
Yes.

Will the Mother Confessor abide
by the wishes of our elders?

I will.

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I've never seen
such a carnival act.

One shoots fire
out of his hands,

the other carries
a magical torture stick,

and the Confessor?

Make her mad,
her eyes turn red and boom!

And the Seeker. Ha!

If he was so good
at seeking,

you'd have think he'd
have found me by now.

I think that old fool
of the First Order

gave the Sword of Truth
to the wrong farm boy,

that's what I think.
Do you ever stop talking?

Well, since I've got this,

I guess you're stuck
listening to me, aren't you?

Have another drink.

What the--?

Oh, don't bother
trying to move.

I put an elixir
in your drink.

Why?

Because I suddenly realized:

I only need one part of you.

And it's not the part
that talks.

Wait. Wait.

Help! Help!

Help me! Help.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Shut up. Shut up.

Or I'll do much worse to you
than just cut your hand off.

"Fool of the First Order," eh?

ZEDD:
No!

C-Can't move.

That lunatic put something
in my drink.

Dear Spirits.
You're lucky I found you

or you'd be dead by now.

You can make whatever
he did go away, right?

I can't use magic because
of the rune, remember?

I'll just have to wait
until it wears off.

Thank you.

If you weren't such
a muttonhead, you'd know better

than to run away from
the only people in the world

who can keep you safe.

I'll see you in the Underworld,
Mother Confessor.

Oh, what have I done?

Oh, please. Forgive me.

Your remorse is meaningless.

You only feel that way
because you've been confessed.

NATHAIWait. Before you confess her,
there's something you must know.

The Seeker was right.

We forced Cara
to believe a lie.

The hearing is over.
Confess her.

No, you don't understand!
I must tell the truth.

Confess her!

Let her speak.

I tortured her father
for weeks.

If you want this to stop,

all you have to do is tell
your daughter that you sold her.

Never!

But no matter what I did,

his love for his little girl
was too strong.

He wouldn't break.

F-Finally,

I decided that if he wouldn't
say what I wanted him to say,

then I--

I would take away
his ability to speak at all.

We burned his throat.

No! No--

NATHAIR:
You were so young,

and it was so easy to make
you believe what we wanted.

Tell your daughter
what you did.

Look at him, Cara,
he's so ashamed

he can't even bring
himself to say it.

He sold you.

You wanted so badly for him
to say that it was all a lie,

but he couldn't say it,
even if he wanted to.

Confess me.

I deserve it.

MAN:
Confessor!

I have looked
into this woman's eyes,

and I see now that
she is truly remorseful.

Her life was taken
from her as a child.

I will not take it
from her again.

You said you'd abide
by our decision!

As Mother Confessor,
it is within my authority

to overrule that decision.

Then we'll kill her ourselves.

CROWD:
Yeah!

Stop!

Confess her.

The Mother Confessor
follows no one's orders.

If you don't confess her,
I'll shoot you

and then I'll shoot her.

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The Mother Confessor's
word is final!

Where's Cara?

We decided it was best
if she didn't come.

Because of Dennee?

So you wouldn't have
to wake up every morning

and see the face of the person
who took your sister's life.

Where will she go?

I don't know.

She saved my life.

And you spared hers.

Kahlan,
what you did for her

even after you found out
about Dennee...

Thank you.

When I saw that crossbow
aimed at my head,

I thought of the warning
in my dream.

If I die, the line of Confessors
could perish forever.

I'm not going to let
anything happen to you.

Ever.

ZEDD:
What you know about Wizards

could fit inside the teacup
of a Night Wisp.

Don't get offended.

All I'm saying is,
sometimes,

your powers seem
a little irregular.

Am I glad to see you two.

What'd you do to him?

Let's just say
I made him realize

there are certain advantages

to traveling
with a carnival act.

I notice there's
one fewer of us.

What happened to Cara?

Some food for your travels.

I've mended the dress.
You're welcome to keep it.

I thinks this
suits me best.

Promise me we'll
see each other again.

Why are you here?

I can never forgive you
for what you did to my sister,

but if anything
ever happens to me,

the Seeker
will need protection.

Father,
do you like my new dress?

Look at you.
Smart and beautiful.

I can only imagine what you're
going to grow up to be someday.