Penny Dreadful (2014–2016): Season 4, Episode 7 - Maria and the Beast - full transcript

Previously on Penny
Dreadful: City of Angels...

And what if I have
feelings for Detective Vega?

Strong feelings?

Your flock need to feel
as if you're married

only to the church.

All the good work you do
in the world can go away.

If you think
you're bringing

that German whore
into my house...

You will be checking
into a sanitarium.

Tommy? Tommy?

Germans get that
rocket, the fight's over.



Kill him.

I'll tell you who
the other fucking guy is!

Tiago!

Your fucking brother,

and you didn't tell me!

Hazlett was the beginning.

- You killed him.
- What?

Him, the wife, the kids.

Reilly too, of course.

You're going to San Quentin,
and you're not coming out.

All you still get to decide
is whether you go as a rat

or as a goddamn legend.

♪ Am I blue? ♪

♪ Am I blue? ♪



♪ Ain't these tears
in these eyes ♪

♪ Telling you... ♪

Some kinda mad dog, huh?

What?

Killed that whole family
from Beverly Hills.

And the cop.

That's right,
that's what he did.

Hey, you nailed him though.

You'll get some kind
of medal, I bet.

♪ There was a time... ♪

Molly?

You've had a night.

Celebrating, I take it?

Nice picture, Detective.

You got him.
That must feel good.

Yeah.

You're in need of a shave.

I could help.

Yes, I've become
quite adept at that.

Jesus washed the feet
of his disciples.

I shave the faces of mine.

The ones at the soup kitchen
anyway.

You really do that?

I have no pride
before my congregation.

They would smell it a mile off.

I meet them as they are,
no better, no worse.

Don't you have to get ready
for work?

Captain gave us the week off.

Reward for a job well done.

- So this Mexican boy...
- He's not Mexican.

He's a Chicano.
It's different.

I didn't mean anything.

Can we not talk about work?

James Hazlett
was important to me.

You know that.

I just want to know
what happened.

This kid killed him.
That's all there is.

- And the family?
- Yes.

And the family.

You ever been...

in a place where
there's no right answer?

Everything you do
is gonna be wrong.

So you do something.

And you know it's wrong.

And you live with it.

It's not a compromise,
it's not a mistake.

It's a sin.

I meet you as you are, Tiago.

No better, no worse.

And I love you.

You wanna come inside?

Hell yes.

Dare to imagine
a future with me, Brian.

No war, no poverty.

Only the greatest minds and
hearts walking side by side

to live and flourish together.

The place you shall find
the destiny

you so richly deserve.

Your mind is an indispensable
asset to our new Eden.

You see that stretch of land
right over there

by those oaks?

That is to be the location
of your very own laboratory.

You'll have all
the state-of-the-art equipment

of which you could ever dream,
and one day,

you'll share your beautiful
ideas with the Fuehrer himself.

The Fuehrer?

This is to be
his new Eagle's Nest,

his heart and home
in the new world,

surrounded by
God's good nature.

You see, this is what people
don't understand about us.

We are builders,
not destroyers.

I am architect,
a city planner.

So what pleases me is this,

imagining the future
in your mind,

and bringing it to life
in stone and steel,

building a new,
better world for everyone.

What if I can't figure out
the engine for the new rocket?

Oh, you will.

In there are such wonders.

You will see
your mother again, Tom.

She's just ill.

Like when Trevor had measles
and had to go

into the other room
to be safe.

Well, this is how it is
with your mother.

When is she coming home?

It may be some time yet.

And you know,

sometimes things change
in our lives.

Like what?

Like, um, the fairy stories.

Huh?

Sometimes things happen,
and you think

they are bad.

But they turn out good, hmm?

When Hansel and Gretel
get lost in the woods,

they find their way out again.

Don't they?

Only when they kill the witch.

I'll get it.

Tommy!

- Dad?
- Hello, Tom.

Ah, Maria,
you remember Elsa Branson

and her son Frank.

It's a pleasure
to see you again, Mrs. Branson.

The pleasure is all mine,
Miss Maria.

Dad, what's going on?

- Ah, Maria...
- Yes?

Will you help Elsa and Frank
get settled?

Yes.

Upstairs, please.

Our friends are gonna
stay with us.

Isn't that nice?

You must be very kind to them

and show them
where everything is, yeah?

How long are they staying?

Uh...

well, this we cannot say.

But it's good
they are with us.

Elsa will help take care
of you now, yeah?

I already have a mother
and a brother.

Isn't it all so lovely?

Little Frank and I,
we had nothing like this.

Do you have any special things
like this in your home?

We have a set
with ivory handles

from my grandfather,

but we only use them
on rare occasions.

Yeah.

Rare occasions, I see.

Oh, Maria, I'm sorry.

This must be so strange
and confusing.

To be honest, it is strange
for me too.

I'm only here to help.

But I know how highly
Peter thinks of you.

I just... I want things
to be good, yeah?

I want us all to be happy.

Of course, Mrs. Branson.

I have one more thing to ask
of you, if I might.

Well...

I'm worried about Frank.

This whole change is
so frightening for him.

I think it would help if he
stayed with Tom in his room.

He's so fond of him.

Well, of course we can dec...

But I think also,
Trevor is getting older

and should have his own room.

Yeah?

Would you like him
to have mine?

It's just, I know you don't
often spend the night.

I was thinking you could have
the room by the garage.

Ah, yes, hello.

How are my two best girls
settling in?

Oh, we were just discussing
how to settle the boys.

Would you prefer I move
to the room next to the garage,

Dr. Craft?

Uh...

Oh, I, uh, yeah,
I think that would be best.

For now, that is.

Wonderful.
I think so too.

Don't you, Maria?

Yes, ma'am, I'll move
my things right away.

Excuse me.

So many toys.

I never had any toys
that weren't broken.

May I play with this?

I promise I won't break it.

Sure.

It's like the one
from Robin Hood.

Robert Hood?

Robin Hood.

Like from the book.

We read that one,
my dad and me.

My father didn't read with me.

Robin Hood's the greatest.

He's an outlaw
who robs from the rich

and gives to the poor,

and he has a band of merry men,

and... oh, I have
something to show you.

What is that?

He's a hamster.

I named him Friar Tuck
after Robin's best friend.

What a strange
little creature.

Tom...

I've never had
a brother before,

and I want to be a good one.

Will you help me
be a good brother?

Yes, Frank, I'll help you.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Hello, young sir.

What?

Oh.

I didn't think
you were coming.

And miss our usual
Wednesday lunch?

Hell, son, this is the closest
to a date I've had in 50 years.

So tell me, anything
from our German friends?

Have they contacted you?

No, no, I haven't heard
anything from them.

Nothing?

Not a word.

You wanna try that again, pal?

So where's the truth here,
Brian?

Are you a Nazi?

You wanna build a rocket

that can kill all the Jews,
is that it?

- Don't be stupid.
- Then why are you lying to us?

That photo sure as fuck

doesn't look like
radio silence to me.

You know,
you don't know everything.

What they talk about,
it's not all bad.

They don't wanna
take over the world.

That's just in the newspapers,
that's just politics,

about which I honestly
don't give a hoot.

And unlike you,

they actually
appreciate my work.

Now you leave me alone.

Now listen, kid...

When I was your age,
I didn't have comic books.

What I had was
the Yiddish theater.

My family had a troupe
that performed

in a tavern back east.

No spaceships.

But we had King Lear, Faust,

and dozens of our own plays,
all in Yiddish.

Well, guess what.

Not everyone loved our little
Jewish theater so much.

So one night,
they broke in.

My father was there.

They kicked him

and beat him so much
he lost an eye.

But for him,
that wasn't the worst part.

Because they burned down
the theater

with all our plays inside.

Some men create.

Some destroy.

What kind of man
do you want to be, Brian?

Please don't let them hurt me.

I promise you.

Dottie's gonna take you home,
and you'll stay with her.

She'll leave you alone
so you can work.

It's real quiet there.

I'm over
by the La Brea Tar Pits.

So nothing much has happened
there for a million years.

May I get a Yoo-hoo?

Of course, honey.

A Yoo-hoo.
Breaks your heart.

Don't let him
out of your sight.

We can't keep him
hidden forever.

Won't have to.

I'm gonna take care of it.

Miss Malone.

Councilwoman.

Mind if I ask you
a question?

Shoot.

That fat so-and-so wouldn't
last a day without you.

You are the brains.
I can see that.

Why do you support someone
so utterly devoid of worth?

I think he has potential.

Do you now?
Gonna make him mayor, are you?

Gonna make him president.

You're going to make
a racist demagogue

without a single scruple

the President
of the United States?

That's exactly
what I'm gonna do.

And who's going
to vote for him?

Every angry man and woman
who feels that you

and Mr. Roosevelt
have betrayed them.

Oh, you'll keep the support
of the Jews and the coloreds

and all those people of worth.

We'll take everyone else,
thank you very much.

What are you about,
Miss Malone?

I don't know what you mean.

No one seems to know
anything about you.

Where you were born,
where you went to school.

It's like one day you appeared

out of thin air,

sitting on his shoulder
and whispering into his ear.

That means you have
a secret.

And in politics,
secrets are currency.

And I will discover yours.

And if I may,

a bit of rouge never hurt.

Did you see this?

Beverly's smiling
like fucking Jean Arthur,

but you notice
she doesn't talk

about how much diverting
the motorway's gonna cost.

And for what,
to save some Mexican slum?

Hell, they oughta
give me a medal

for bulldozing
the damn place.

We have a bigger problem, sir.

I just got off the phone with
the county elections office.

Councilwoman Beck
has filed a petition

to have you recalled.

Recalled?

That's ludicrous.
On what grounds?

That's immaterial.

She has you in her crosshairs,

and you're not getting out
until your head's on her wall.

Plus she has the support

of every New Dealer
on the council.

Fucking Roosevelt.

So what do we do now?

- We go to war.
- Yes.

- We give no quarter.
- Zip.

But realistically, sir,
our options are limited.

That woman has
an unimpeachable reputation,

a mountain of resources and
decades of political capital

she can use as she likes,
and she's very... popular.

While I am disliked.

I'll tell you,

I might be able to end
this war before it even begins.

You're a cutthroat advisor,
Alex,

but maybe we need someone
who actually knows

how to cut a few throats.

I can't see it.

Why? She's good.

Katharine Hepburn
isn't romantic enough.

She is.

I just want Cesar Romero
to play Rhett Butler.

'Fina.

- Oh, baby.
- I miss you so much, 'Fina.

Are you all right?

No.

You need to come home with me.

Will you tell me
that you love me?

Of course I love you, Mateo.

- You promise?
- Yes.

Te lo juro.

I...

I did something bad.

And I...

I didn't think...

I didn't know it was
something I could do.

- I don't know what to do.
- Stop.

It's all right.
I love you.

No matter what.

No matter what you did,
I love you to the sky,

and I always will.

And you know who else
loves you?

Our Father in Heaven.

His is the most important,
most powerful love there is.

There is nothing you can do
to make him stop loving you.

- No, don't do this.
- Listen, please...

No, I don't need make believe.

I need my sister.

Your sister
has found her faith.

So I have no one.

I can't talk to Mama
or Raul or Tiago,

and now I don't even
have you anymore.

I hope the church
makes you happy.

It is only
for a little time,

until Frank
is comfortable here.

You know, he's very young,

and he has the asthma.

You don't have
to explain yourself,

not to me.

Cigarette, Dr. Craft.

Maria, you smoke?

Am I off the clock?

Yeah.

Then yes.

I can't imagine
what you must think of me.

I send their mother away

and I bring this woman here.

In my family in Germany,
this...

...this would be a disgrace.

All families
have their secrets.

There's a reason
windows have curtains.

Hm, I suppose you're right.

I will need your help now.

The boys love you so.

Hm.

And you've always been
a part of our family.

I'm not going anywhere.

That I can promise you.

Thank you.

And, um...

how do you find my Elsa?

She is...

very clean and pretty, sir.

Yeah, she is that.

She will need your help too.

All this is very new to her.

And she has been through
many hardships.

You know, she is...

oh, well, fragile.

I'll keep an eye on her,
I promise.

Very well, hm.

Well, will you
stay here tonight?

No, I have to go home.

May I drive you?

Stay with your boys.
They need you.

Very well, yeah.

You are a wonderful woman.

May I?

Here they are.

They weren't just my oldest
friends in the world.

They were acting as my agents,

before the Nazis killed them.

This is Richard Goss.

He's the leader, I think.

Highly connected in Berlin.

The kid's a scientist

with a lot of dangerous ideas
up in his noggin.

That's the real problem.

Lewis,

two of your friends
are already dead.

I mean, no disrespect,
but you're in over your head.

Oh, so I should just
let this go?

After those fucking animals
killed Sam and Anton?

Let me tell you something, son.

That little favor I did for you
at the station last night

wasn't only out of the goodness
of my heart.

I'm collecting on that debt
right now.

Or you can just walk
outta here and we're done.

Either way.

So what's the plan?

- Lewis?
- In here.

Oh.

Tiago Vega,
meet Dottie Minter.

How do you do?

My pleasure.

Dottie's our other operative.

Don't look at me like that,
Sonny Jim.

I ran guns to the Cubans

during the damn
Spanish-American War.

Yes, ma'am.

Kid's all tucked in.

I gave him a hot water bottle
and a Seconal.

Okay, I'll need you
on surveillance tonight.

And you and me, partner,
we got some debts to collect.

Runs on across.

Man on third
and man on first.

The score now Padres three,
and the Angels one.

Padres three,
and the Angels one.

La bendicion, Mama.

And Collins swings.
Strike one.

One strike and no balls...

Que dios te bendiga, mijo.

Is Josefina here?

- In her room.
- Ah.

We read all the time.

Yeah, it's been a while

since I picked up
the Old Testament.

You're going out?

Bible study.

With Father Nunez.

No.

The Temple.

That place.

That place is my church.

No, that's no church.

You know nothing about it.

I know enough!

Talk to your sister.

I cannot listen to her.

- Mama...
- Enough.

Go wash up.

We are having dinner.

I'm going to the Temple.

So you are not Catholic
anymore?

Are you?

When you're in need,
what do you do, Mama?

You don't go to Father Nunez.

You go into the garage and
light candles to Santa Muerte.

Santa Muerte's a holy angel...

Sister Molly is just
as important to me

as Santa Muerte is to you.

The only difference is
Sister Molly is real.

Well, I'm glad Josefina
has an older brother

to talk some sense into her.

You used to fight
for your family

and now look at you!

You sit and sit
and you don't say anything!

Tiago...

Hey!

Yeah!

What a new life
you have given me.

And for me too.

I will be so good
to your boys.

Yeah.

It will take time
for them, but...

...they will love you as I do.

How can they not?

I wonder though about Maria.

Hm?

Do you think having
a mixture of,

well, cultures
under the same roof

is good for the boys?

How then?

She makes her people's food
for them.

They know Spanish words.

Such things do not happen
in Germany.

Well, they happen in Pasadena,
and we get along just fine.

But if the boys are to speak
another language,

should it not be German?

Oh, I'm being silly.

Never you mind.

Hm, Maria has known
the children

since they were babies.

She is a good woman.

Yeah.
Yeah, she is.

I shouldn't have said all that.

I was just trying
to act like a woman

who belongs in a house
like this.

I lived with a woman who
belongs in a house like this.

I was miserable.

Until I met you...

...I was but half alive.

But now I dream of everything
all at the same time.

With you...

...I am the man
I was meant to be.

And all those dreams,
they will come true.

You will be a strong man
for your family,

an important man,

and the world will watch.

This I promise you.

How can you sleep with that
wheel squeaking all night?

I like to know he's there.

He makes me feel safe.

I'm scared.

There's nothing
to be scared of.

I know.

But I am.

I miss my father.

Can I get in bed with you?

Fine.

You can get in bed with me.

Sorry, my hands get clammy
when I'm scared.

Do you miss your mother?

Yes.

Do you think
she still loves you?

Yes.

I love you, Tom.

We're brothers now.

And brothers love each other.

Don't they?

Yes.

Will you say it?

It'll make me feel safer
if you say you love me.

I love you, Frank.

Here you are.
Enjoy.

His house is very modern.

Much more expensive
than he can afford

on a councilman's salary.

That's family money.
What else?

Here are your martinis.

He bought a new tie
to impress me.

Of course he did.

Has he talked
about his father?

No, he never does.

He won't even drive
down Townsend Boulevard.

Hm.

Run as he might,
he can't escape his bloodline.

He's not as foolish
as you think.

- You think not?
- No.

He's awkward and ungainly,

but he has a passion
for his work, for the city.

For you.

You're to be congratulated,
Kurt.

You've done your job admirably.

I suppose so.

Does that icicle heart
of yours begin to melt?

I bid you to remember this.

Your only use to me
is as the icicle.

Otherwise you're only one more
unnecessary American.

Yes, sir.

Look, the kid's just
too dangerous

and jumpy as
the Chinaman's cat.

He's on our side,
he's on their side,

he doesn't fucking know.

So we've got him
hidden for now.

Because of this one rocket
he's working on?

Point is,
with an engine big enough,

the V-2 has a killer range.

Old Adolf can press a button
in Berlin,

and, boom, there goes
part of London.

You put that rocket
on a ship or submarine,

and, boom, there goes part
of New York or Washington

or God forbid Hollywood.

Maybe not such a loss.

But we need
to protect that kid,

because if they find him
and get that rocket,

ball game's called on account
of apocalypse.

So we're following them?

No.

So what are we doing here?

You know I have family
in Germany?

My distant cousins.

I met them once.

They came here,
and I took them to the beach.

They liked it.
Who doesn't like the beach?

You like the beach?

- Sure.
- Sure.

Anyway, second cousin,

Manny's his name.

Sweet guy.
Lives in the Rhineland.

Practically in Belgium,
this is.

Used to cross the border
to buy chocolates,

because they were cheaper,
right?

That's how much it was
almost Belgium.

Sent me some chocolates once.
They were good.

And cheap.

So...

two years ago,
Germany invades the Rhineland.

You probably didn't know.
No one cared much.

This wasn't so good
for Manny though.

See, he was what they call
a degenerate.

A Jew and a queer
in one fucked-up package.

This they don't like.

This they cannot have.

So...

they stuck him
on a meat hook.

Took films of it
and sent it to Berlin

so Adolf could have
a laugh, right?

On this meat hook

for hours, I guess.

While they filmed it.

This is who those people are.

And my friends
Sam and Anton...

were good men.

And the time comes,
you say enough.

Enough.

You with me?

I'm with you.

Good man.

How?

They got their big Nazimobile
parked around the corner.

We follow them there,
bang, bang.

Walk away.

Serve and protect, right?

That's the idea.

Hold on.
Something's going on.

Jesus Christ.

That's Councilman Townsend.

- The motorway guy?
- What's he doing here?

Bosom pals, looks like.

They got a man
in city hall now?

You think he knows
what they are?

No, he can't.
That...

So correct me
if I'm wrong,

but we currently got
city hall

and the biggest radio church
in L.A.

The bully pulpit
and the public airwaves

sitting down
with the Third Reich.

Yeah.

Oh, Christ.

We better keep our powder dry,
partner.

Tell you one thing,

if the dragon mother's there,

the daughter
can't be far behind.

What do you want from me?

Tell me why your bitch
of a sister

is attacking my family.

Old Coyote.

You think too much of yourself.

My children are being
taken from me one by one

and all at once.

And I... smell her.

The beast.

In the air.

I feel her on my neck.

The Old Coyote knows.

And must the Coyote be told

how to care for her cubs?

You watch

and wait

and you do nothing,

while my family...

My family...
Is the battleground of a war

I don't understand.

Now, Lady Death,
you tell me.

Yes, why don't
you tell her, sister?

Why do you torment
this family?

I know how they feel.

I know what it is
to be loved by you

and to be rejected.

Do you remember how it was
when you turned from me?

Do you remember that agony?

I made my choice.

And I have suffered for it.

But do you remember

how it was when you loved me?

And here is my victory.

One single tear.

Or an ocean of them.

Weep, sister.

Weep in darkness and forever.

Why does she call you Coyote?

It is my spirit guide.

A hunter of the night.

I could give you a better one.

Why not raven
or bat or tigress?

Why that sad, little dog?

I am a dog.

That is my strength.

You are not welcome
in this home.

This is the Lord's house.

Oh, mamacita.

Spare me the invocations
of a dusty faith

in which you no longer believe.

What is all this
but wicked idolatry?

And you worship her.

She's the icy finger of death,

and yet you embrace her.

I give mankind what it wants,
and you hate me.

Now where's the sense
in that, Maria?

Why do you only break
what others have built?

All life comes from death.

What do you know of life?

You should choke on the word.

I've created life.

I nurtured it here
inside me.

What have you done?

You hunt, you kill.

There is no life in it.

You do know I can end
your suffering, yes?

Bring your family back to you,

all around the table
just like it was.

I will not be tempted
by your lies.

You're a hateful old cunt.

Hollow words
from a broken heart.

My sister has no ear for it,
but I do.

I hear you cry out
for a savior.

I can be that savior, Maria.

If you love your family,

if you would protect them,

you will embrace me
with open arms.

I... can bring you peace.

My dear Maria.

You've clawed through the mud,

you've climbed hills
with a broken back,

all to give your family
a better life.

Now you need to rest.

Yes.

My time for rest is coming.

But not yet.

My family may be at the center
of this chess game of yours.

But we not pawns.

We are kings and queens.

And the blood of the Aztecs
runs through us.

The soldiers of the Revolución
walk beside us.

And as long as I draw breath

from my lungs,

I will claw through mud,

I will climb hills,

and I will fight you
to the end of days.

In the name of my children,

whom God knit together
in my womb,

I banish you from this place.