Monsters (1988–1990): Season 1, Episode 24 - La Strega - full transcript
A young man tries to destroy a beautiful witch, whom he thinks has placed his mother under a deadly curse.
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
[FATHER SIGHS]
[EXCLAIMING IN ANNOYANCE]
[UTENSILS CLATTERING]
Honey, it's family hour,
there must be something on.
DAUGHTER:
Oh, wow, Candied Critters!
[FATHER EXCLAIMS]
Oh, great. It's Monsters,
our favorite show!
[MONSTROUS LAUGH]
Shh. It's starting.
[MONSTROUS LAUGH]
[FATHER CHUCKLES]
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
Can't find
what you want?
It's a little
more difficult.
I got this girlfriend
to please, you know.
What size is she?
I'd say her size
is probably just about this.
Oh, she's one of those?
I'm jealous.
It may take me a while.
She's kinda picky.
It's getting late, though.
I don't want to keep you open.
It's six o'clock already.
But take your time.
You'll know what you want
when you see it.
[BELL TOLLS]
I found what I came for.
Are you sure?
Last time you wore a mask.
It wasn't me last time.
I ain't gonna rob you,
and I ain't gonna rape you.
But I'll tell you this.
I'm gonna kill you.
Why?
No, no, no.
The one with the knife
asks all the questions.
You're dead, lady,
and you don't even
deserve to know why.
Why don't you
tell me anyway?
[CHUCKLES]
I just have a feeling
you've never shot
that before.
No, I haven't.
And I bet
it isn't even loaded.
LIA: So where do you get off
coming into my store
with a knife, huh?
[GUN CLICKS]
I'm listening.
Still have nothing to say?
[GUN COCKS]
[TRIGGER CLICKS]
You must have been born
under a lucky star.
My mother died yesterday.
Hmm.
I'm sorry to hear that.
But that still
doesn't explain... this.
You killed her.
Yesterday?
What time?
I seem to remember
being downstairs all day.
Oh, come on,
I know you're a witch.
I know you're La Strega.
You put a curse on her
ten years ago.
Hmm.
Refresh my memory.
There used to be
a pawnshop downstairs.
VITO: I was sick
a lot as a kid.
My mother was
always selling things
to pay for the doctor.
Finally, she had to sell
her engagement ring.
It was gold with a red stone.
LIA: Cornelia.
VITO: No, a ring.
LIA: That is a ring, silly.
VITO: All I know
was it had a red stone.
When she came to redeem it,
you wouldn't give it back.
WOMAN:
Give me back my ring.
Give me back my ring.
I told you
it is not your ring.
You switched rings on me.
You give me back my ring,
or I'll call the police.
I wouldn't do that
if I were you.
Why not?
You go to the police,
and I swear ten years from now
to this day you would die.
What are you talking about?
Go to the police.
You'll find out.
[DOOR CHIME DINGS]
So your mother
never went to the police?
She never got there.
She got a heart attack
on the street.
They brought her home.
She never got out of bed again.
She died yesterday.
So you're here to avenge
your mother's death.
And get her ring back
so I could bury her with it.
[SIGHS]
The problem is,
I am not La Strega.
La Strega was my mother,
and she's as dead
as your mother is.
I don't believe you
for a second.
Ten years ago,
I was 16.
Stop playing with me,
you were older downstairs.
Now you're young.
Well, it's obvious
you don't see very clearly,
so I hope
you'll listen better,
because in the next
five minutes,
I'll decide whether
you live or die.
Why five minutes?
Well, it'll take that long
to do the dishes.
Hey, I got to take a piss.
Is that your last request,
pee before you die?
Forget it.
Look, if I let you go,
you'll kill me.
Isn't that what you said?
Yeah, well...
[GUN CLICKS]
Then I have no choice.
Please, please don't.
Okay.
Then I won't.
Why not?
Well, because
you said "please."
And because your mother
died yesterday,
I feel sorry for you.
So I have to give you
another chance.
Then please,
please let me go.
I'm not that easy.
But I'll make you a deal.
You stay with me
for the next two weeks
without trying anything,
and you see
what kind of witch I am.
Then if you decide
you still wanna kill me
after the two weeks are up,
that's up to you.
You promise?
Well, yes, but
I don't understand wha...
Ow!
The one who's not tied up
gets to ask all the questions.
Do you understand?
Yeah, I just don't
understand why...
Yeah. The one
who's not tied up
asks all the questions.
You're learning.
You're just an errand boy
for your mother.
If it's in your fate
to kill me,
then that's something
you have to decide for yourself.
That felt real good.
LIA: Well good,
then I guess you're ready.
VITO: Well, that depends.
Ready for what?
LIA: Ready to show me
how you'll honor your word.
Well, I'm the kid of guy
who always keeps my promises.
[GROWLING]
You are La Strega!
Mamma!
Thought you were
gonna kill me.
Well, it's obvious
you didn't pass the first test.
What's going on here?
What are you doing to me?
Well, I guess I'll just have
to give you a second chance.
Why?
Suppose for a minute
I am La Strega,
then you'd have to bear
the burden of my death
for the rest of your life.
What's that to you?
What happened between
La Strega and your mother
was between them.
That was their destiny.
What happens
between you and me
is our destiny.
Who knows?
Maybe you'll fall
in love with me.
Lady, you're crazy.
Maybe so.
If you still wish to kill me
after the two weeks are up,
that's up to you.
But until then,
I'll just keep this.
[DOOR OPENS]
It worked.
Great.
Here's what I owe you.
Do you think
it'll be a girl?
It's a boy. But here,
this is all I want.
Come here.
I have something for you.
This is for you.
But I want you to put it away
until your son is born.
And then wear it every night
until you decide
to have a second child.
Thank you.
I can't get
a slant on you.
You actually made
that girl pregnant?
Her husband
made her pregnant.
Look, the girl's 18
and very much in love.
No one has
that kind of power.
But that guy yesterday
with the twisted neck...
What are you, like the local
fairy godmother here?
Hardly.
He believed.
That was my power.
Now I have
something for you.
Nice, huh?
It's got my name
written all over it.
That's why
I thought you'd like it.
Wait, it is mine.
VITO: This was ten years ago.
My mother gave it to me.
She said the fate of a man
is in this belt
and to hold on to it
until he came for it.
I guess that man
must be you.
I guess so.
Lia.
Hmm?
Lia.
I don't think anyone dreams
as much as I do.
This was just
laying around.
I guess you could have
killed me just then, huh?
Two weeks aren't up.
I always keep my promises.
What were you
dreaming about?
Your mother and her ring.
What?
My ring Vito Chino.
Did you get it?
Mamma!
You never listen to me.
Even my last wish.
You never loved me, Vito.
Mamma, I do. I love you.
Then keep your promise.
Get my ring back.
MAMMA: Kill that witch.
Don't let her trick you.
VITO: What was that?
The sound
of my heart cracking.
Mamma, don't.
Mamma.
Lia.
Vito, wake up.
You were having a nightmare.
Lia.
That's Mamma's ring.
Give it to me!
Why would you think
it's your mother's?
You've never seen it before.
2It's hers. I know it.
It's not hers.
But after tomorrow
if you want it,
then it's yours.
[UTENSILS CLATTERING]
I'm sorry.
This is delicious.
It had to be.
It was our last
dinner together, Vito Chino.
I just wish I knew.
[SIGHING]
One day your mother
came into the shop
with a pawn ticket
for a ring.
My mother gave her the ring,
but your mother said
it was the wrong one.
She said it was
a different one in the case.
LIA: When my mother's back
was turned,
your mother switched
the rings and left the shop.
It's not yours.
Give it back.
Give it back
or I shall call the cops.
Don't do that.
Why not?
Because if you do,
I've got friends
who'll testify
that this is my ring,
and you're the one
who stole it.
Don't be stupid.
What's the matter?
I see your death
ten years from this day.
[SCOFFS]
What are you talking about?
I see you in pain
every day of those ten years.
Liar.
You know, my mother
never went to the police.
Because La Strega's curse
was more powerful.
LIA: She never put
a curse on her.
She simply told her
what her fate would be.
Well, did she also tell you
what your fate would be?
Because tomorrow,
the two weeks are up.
Whatever happens tomorrow
is our fate.
Not just mine.
What if I killed you?
That would make this
my last night on earth.
And I don't wanna waste it.
[CHILDREN PLAYING IN DISTANCE]
You love me, don't you?
And I know you love me.
But I also know
you came here to kill me.
I came here
to kill La Strega.
I am La Strega.
I know.
Trust me.
[GUN CLICKS]
I do.
[GUN FIRES]
No!
[SCREAMING]
Vito Chino.
Mamma!
Why didn't you
get my ring, Vito Chino?
It was my dying wish.
You never listen, do you?
Vito Chino.
It was La Strega's ring.
Wasn't it?
Wasn't it?
It was you
who stole it from her.
I was alone.
Your father was dead.
I found another man.
He didn't have
enough money to start over
and take care of you.
It was only a ring
to La Strega
but to me
it was everything.
But I really did it for...
[GROANING]
For me?
Right?
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
Did I ever tell you
that I never go back
on a promise?
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
[FATHER SIGHS]
[EXCLAIMING IN ANNOYANCE]
[UTENSILS CLATTERING]
Honey, it's family hour,
there must be something on.
DAUGHTER:
Oh, wow, Candied Critters!
[FATHER EXCLAIMS]
Oh, great. It's Monsters,
our favorite show!
[MONSTROUS LAUGH]
Shh. It's starting.
[MONSTROUS LAUGH]
[FATHER CHUCKLES]
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
Can't find
what you want?
It's a little
more difficult.
I got this girlfriend
to please, you know.
What size is she?
I'd say her size
is probably just about this.
Oh, she's one of those?
I'm jealous.
It may take me a while.
She's kinda picky.
It's getting late, though.
I don't want to keep you open.
It's six o'clock already.
But take your time.
You'll know what you want
when you see it.
[BELL TOLLS]
I found what I came for.
Are you sure?
Last time you wore a mask.
It wasn't me last time.
I ain't gonna rob you,
and I ain't gonna rape you.
But I'll tell you this.
I'm gonna kill you.
Why?
No, no, no.
The one with the knife
asks all the questions.
You're dead, lady,
and you don't even
deserve to know why.
Why don't you
tell me anyway?
[CHUCKLES]
I just have a feeling
you've never shot
that before.
No, I haven't.
And I bet
it isn't even loaded.
LIA: So where do you get off
coming into my store
with a knife, huh?
[GUN CLICKS]
I'm listening.
Still have nothing to say?
[GUN COCKS]
[TRIGGER CLICKS]
You must have been born
under a lucky star.
My mother died yesterday.
Hmm.
I'm sorry to hear that.
But that still
doesn't explain... this.
You killed her.
Yesterday?
What time?
I seem to remember
being downstairs all day.
Oh, come on,
I know you're a witch.
I know you're La Strega.
You put a curse on her
ten years ago.
Hmm.
Refresh my memory.
There used to be
a pawnshop downstairs.
VITO: I was sick
a lot as a kid.
My mother was
always selling things
to pay for the doctor.
Finally, she had to sell
her engagement ring.
It was gold with a red stone.
LIA: Cornelia.
VITO: No, a ring.
LIA: That is a ring, silly.
VITO: All I know
was it had a red stone.
When she came to redeem it,
you wouldn't give it back.
WOMAN:
Give me back my ring.
Give me back my ring.
I told you
it is not your ring.
You switched rings on me.
You give me back my ring,
or I'll call the police.
I wouldn't do that
if I were you.
Why not?
You go to the police,
and I swear ten years from now
to this day you would die.
What are you talking about?
Go to the police.
You'll find out.
[DOOR CHIME DINGS]
So your mother
never went to the police?
She never got there.
She got a heart attack
on the street.
They brought her home.
She never got out of bed again.
She died yesterday.
So you're here to avenge
your mother's death.
And get her ring back
so I could bury her with it.
[SIGHS]
The problem is,
I am not La Strega.
La Strega was my mother,
and she's as dead
as your mother is.
I don't believe you
for a second.
Ten years ago,
I was 16.
Stop playing with me,
you were older downstairs.
Now you're young.
Well, it's obvious
you don't see very clearly,
so I hope
you'll listen better,
because in the next
five minutes,
I'll decide whether
you live or die.
Why five minutes?
Well, it'll take that long
to do the dishes.
Hey, I got to take a piss.
Is that your last request,
pee before you die?
Forget it.
Look, if I let you go,
you'll kill me.
Isn't that what you said?
Yeah, well...
[GUN CLICKS]
Then I have no choice.
Please, please don't.
Okay.
Then I won't.
Why not?
Well, because
you said "please."
And because your mother
died yesterday,
I feel sorry for you.
So I have to give you
another chance.
Then please,
please let me go.
I'm not that easy.
But I'll make you a deal.
You stay with me
for the next two weeks
without trying anything,
and you see
what kind of witch I am.
Then if you decide
you still wanna kill me
after the two weeks are up,
that's up to you.
You promise?
Well, yes, but
I don't understand wha...
Ow!
The one who's not tied up
gets to ask all the questions.
Do you understand?
Yeah, I just don't
understand why...
Yeah. The one
who's not tied up
asks all the questions.
You're learning.
You're just an errand boy
for your mother.
If it's in your fate
to kill me,
then that's something
you have to decide for yourself.
That felt real good.
LIA: Well good,
then I guess you're ready.
VITO: Well, that depends.
Ready for what?
LIA: Ready to show me
how you'll honor your word.
Well, I'm the kid of guy
who always keeps my promises.
[GROWLING]
You are La Strega!
Mamma!
Thought you were
gonna kill me.
Well, it's obvious
you didn't pass the first test.
What's going on here?
What are you doing to me?
Well, I guess I'll just have
to give you a second chance.
Why?
Suppose for a minute
I am La Strega,
then you'd have to bear
the burden of my death
for the rest of your life.
What's that to you?
What happened between
La Strega and your mother
was between them.
That was their destiny.
What happens
between you and me
is our destiny.
Who knows?
Maybe you'll fall
in love with me.
Lady, you're crazy.
Maybe so.
If you still wish to kill me
after the two weeks are up,
that's up to you.
But until then,
I'll just keep this.
[DOOR OPENS]
It worked.
Great.
Here's what I owe you.
Do you think
it'll be a girl?
It's a boy. But here,
this is all I want.
Come here.
I have something for you.
This is for you.
But I want you to put it away
until your son is born.
And then wear it every night
until you decide
to have a second child.
Thank you.
I can't get
a slant on you.
You actually made
that girl pregnant?
Her husband
made her pregnant.
Look, the girl's 18
and very much in love.
No one has
that kind of power.
But that guy yesterday
with the twisted neck...
What are you, like the local
fairy godmother here?
Hardly.
He believed.
That was my power.
Now I have
something for you.
Nice, huh?
It's got my name
written all over it.
That's why
I thought you'd like it.
Wait, it is mine.
VITO: This was ten years ago.
My mother gave it to me.
She said the fate of a man
is in this belt
and to hold on to it
until he came for it.
I guess that man
must be you.
I guess so.
Lia.
Hmm?
Lia.
I don't think anyone dreams
as much as I do.
This was just
laying around.
I guess you could have
killed me just then, huh?
Two weeks aren't up.
I always keep my promises.
What were you
dreaming about?
Your mother and her ring.
What?
My ring Vito Chino.
Did you get it?
Mamma!
You never listen to me.
Even my last wish.
You never loved me, Vito.
Mamma, I do. I love you.
Then keep your promise.
Get my ring back.
MAMMA: Kill that witch.
Don't let her trick you.
VITO: What was that?
The sound
of my heart cracking.
Mamma, don't.
Mamma.
Lia.
Vito, wake up.
You were having a nightmare.
Lia.
That's Mamma's ring.
Give it to me!
Why would you think
it's your mother's?
You've never seen it before.
2It's hers. I know it.
It's not hers.
But after tomorrow
if you want it,
then it's yours.
[UTENSILS CLATTERING]
I'm sorry.
This is delicious.
It had to be.
It was our last
dinner together, Vito Chino.
I just wish I knew.
[SIGHING]
One day your mother
came into the shop
with a pawn ticket
for a ring.
My mother gave her the ring,
but your mother said
it was the wrong one.
She said it was
a different one in the case.
LIA: When my mother's back
was turned,
your mother switched
the rings and left the shop.
It's not yours.
Give it back.
Give it back
or I shall call the cops.
Don't do that.
Why not?
Because if you do,
I've got friends
who'll testify
that this is my ring,
and you're the one
who stole it.
Don't be stupid.
What's the matter?
I see your death
ten years from this day.
[SCOFFS]
What are you talking about?
I see you in pain
every day of those ten years.
Liar.
You know, my mother
never went to the police.
Because La Strega's curse
was more powerful.
LIA: She never put
a curse on her.
She simply told her
what her fate would be.
Well, did she also tell you
what your fate would be?
Because tomorrow,
the two weeks are up.
Whatever happens tomorrow
is our fate.
Not just mine.
What if I killed you?
That would make this
my last night on earth.
And I don't wanna waste it.
[CHILDREN PLAYING IN DISTANCE]
You love me, don't you?
And I know you love me.
But I also know
you came here to kill me.
I came here
to kill La Strega.
I am La Strega.
I know.
Trust me.
[GUN CLICKS]
I do.
[GUN FIRES]
No!
[SCREAMING]
Vito Chino.
Mamma!
Why didn't you
get my ring, Vito Chino?
It was my dying wish.
You never listen, do you?
Vito Chino.
It was La Strega's ring.
Wasn't it?
Wasn't it?
It was you
who stole it from her.
I was alone.
Your father was dead.
I found another man.
He didn't have
enough money to start over
and take care of you.
It was only a ring
to La Strega
but to me
it was everything.
But I really did it for...
[GROANING]
For me?
Right?
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
Did I ever tell you
that I never go back
on a promise?
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]