Savage Kingdom (2016–2019): Season 1, Episode 2 - Mother of Lions - full transcript
Matsumi, has ascended to become Queen of the Marsh Pride. An unrivalled hunter, she has yet to prove herself as the leader of the dynasty that controls the beating heart of her Savage Kingdom - the Great Marsh. Her rivals and The ...
♪
[snort]
♪
I am life.
[growls]
[thunder]
[purrs]
I am death.
I give everything.
[grunts]
[bellows]
But I take all.
[yelp]
♪
I am the Savage Kingdom.
♪
♪
[trumpets]
[growl]
The old queen is dead.
Now the greatest hunter
takes the throne.
♪
She leads the most brutal army
in the realm.
♪
Matsumi.
♪
But the kingdom will test
the new queen.
[grumbles]
There are many, Matsumi,
who would kill to own
the great marsh.
♪
[snorts]
[trumpets]
♪
[grunting]
♪
Matsumi's young have
a direct line to the throne.
She must make them warriors.
[grunting]
♪
She is scarred mother...
and commander.
[snorting]
♪
♪
[squealing]
[growling]
[squeals]
[growling]
Your daughter shows promise.
She has gifts your sons do not.
She will be your heir.
[snorting]
[squeals]
[snorts]
[squealing]
[growling]
There is more to leading
than just killing.
Matsumi, the provider,
must hold this
volatile gang together
and appease her brutal king...
Sekekama.
♪
Nobody eats before him.
Least of all, his sons.
♪
[flies buzzing]
Even Matsumi yields.
[growling]
[roars]
Colossal, violent...
[roar]
...unpredictable.
All hail the king.
♪
The great marsh.
Matsumi's inheritance.
♪
[elephant trumpets]
♪
Control this water,
and you control everything.
♪
[grumbling]
♪
[birds chirping]
♪
Many want to take this
from you, Matsumi.
To keep it, you'd better
build your pride.
[whoop]
Armies and murderers
are gathering in strength...
[roar]
...massing beyond the marsh.
♪
[roaring]
Only the king can keep
these threats at bay.
[roaring]
But his empire is vast...
and Sekekama
must protect it all.
♪
While he defends the south
with his brother...
♪
...the north is vulnerable.
[groans]
♪
♪
Insurgents grow bold.
♪
They know the king is away.
♪
[yipping]
Get off our land.
[yipping]
♪
Hyenas infect the kingdom
like a plague.
♪
Where there is one,
there will soon be many.
War is coming.
[birds chirping]
♪
The great marsh is the glory
of the realm.
♪
So much to win.
So much to lose.
♪
Let them play a little longer.
They know nothing
of the game in store.
[bird chirping]
♪
Matsumi's cubs
must grow quickly.
Soon they will have to fight
to protect their marsh.
♪
[distant roaring]
Distant roars carry on the wind.
Rivals prowl the hills
and forests of the north.
[screeching]
♪
The ragged queen of the north.
♪
She leads a small
but ambitious pride.
[growls]
♪
They, too, would kill
for the marsh.
♪
[growling]
They terrorize and take from
all who cross their path.
♪
[growls]
♪
[thunder]
The kingdom places enemies
on all fronts.
[thunder]
Only the strongest
will hold the marsh.
♪
[thunder]
[rain falling]
♪
♪
Matsumi needs more soldiers.
More teeth, more claws.
It's time to mate.
This is Sekekama's divine right.
♪
♪
Don't get too close,
your father knows
nothing of mercy.
Matsumi belongs
to the king alone.
[distant zebra braying]
♪
[birds calling]
[growls]
[bird calling]
[squawking]
[roaring]
[distant roaring]
[grumbling]
♪
♪
Sekekama gives
no second chances.
But Matsumi needs his services,
whatever the price.
♪
[thunder]
Just keep him away
from the pride.
[growls]
[roar]
[thunder]
♪
[chirping]
[bellows]
[purrs]
[roars]
♪
♪
He is beyond their help.
♪
Goodnight, sweet prince.
♪
[screeching]
The king is calmed.
Her duty done.
♪
Matsumi returns
to an unsettled pride.
♪
♪
Never leave them again.
♪
The cost of Sekekama's services
has been paid for in blood.
[distant roaring]
[growls]
The kingdom is
ancient and blind.
♪
It protects no one.
♪
♪
You carry Sekekama's cubs,
Matsumi.
Keep him close.
♪
Only he can defend your pride.
[roars]
♪
On the sand ridge
that skirts the marsh,
an insidious army
builds in strength.
[yipping]
Hyenas breed generation
after generation of soldiers
in secret.
♪
[growls]
More teeth, more jaws.
[growls]
Ready to bring the fight
to the lions.
Tick, tock.
♪
[purring]
♪
[buffalo grunting]
♪
Matsumi needs to harden
her youngsters.
♪
They need to learn to kill.
♪
A dangerous rite of passage.
Some die in the test.
The scars are carried for life.
♪
[grunting]
[grunts]
♪
[birds calling]
♪
[grunts]
♪
Nerves fail Matsumi's heirs.
[roars]
[bellowing]
[roaring]
[hooves thundering]
This is how it's done.
Watch and learn.
[bellows]
No time for fear.
No time for mercy.
♪
[roars]
[thud]
[buffalo bellows]
They all eat well,
thanks to the king
and the queen.
But her youngsters
are not stepping up.
They're not maturing
fast enough.
♪
[birds calling]
♪
The hyenas grow restless.
[squawking]
Murderous scouts push
ever deeper into the kingdom.
Soon, they will infiltrate
the marsh.
[squawking]
[birds calling]
♪
The kingdom doesn't care
who lives or who dies.
But every cub must learn to kill
just to survive.
♪
♪
Today, Matsumi will give birth.
♪
[birds squawking]
The queen must leave
her pride again.
♪
Newborns need a place of safety.
♪
Matsumi heads for the hill
where she was born.
♪
[snarls]
The den is not
what it used to be.
♪
This has become
a leopard's rock.
♪
[scuffling]
[growling]
♪
[growls]
♪
[growls]
♪
♪
There is no safety here
for cubs.
♪
[grunting]
♪
[flies buzzing]
♪
On the edge of the marsh...
Matsumi has her cubs.
♪
[mewing]
But only two.
[purring]
♪
[mewing]
Enemies are closing in
from all sides.
♪
They just need time to grow.
♪
♪
A leaderless pride
grows restless.
♪
[purring]
They find Matsumi's scent.
♪
♪
It's too soon.
They're too small.
♪
[growling]
♪
Outnumbered by
her murderous family
that knows nothing
of gentleness.
♪
[mewing]
♪
[mewing]
♪
[squawking]
Instinct is hardwired,
and Matsumi can do nothing.
♪
[mews]
There is no malice here;
they are just lions.
Her lions.
♪
[squeals]
♪
[growls]
♪
♪
Both cubs are dead.
But there is no time to mourn.
[roars]
With enemies on all sides...
[roars]
Matsumi's next move
will decide the future.
[birds chirping]
♪
Kings rule.
But dynasties are built
on the shoulders of queens.
Yet in one savage sweep,
the kingdom can take all.
[trumpets]
♪
Matsumi's precious marsh
is withering.
And the great thirst begins.
♪
Exodus.
With no water,
the herds begin to leave
for the vanishing river
in the north.
[grumbles]
♪
Only the dead remain.
♪
When the scavenging is done,
the pride may starve.
♪
Matsumi alone must
provide salvation.
♪
Leave the young pride
to hold the marsh.
Follow the herds.
♪
♪
[purring]
[grunting]
[squirrel chattering]
There is nothing more dangerous
than a queen wandering alone...
[grumbling]
...in an unknown land.
[screeches]
[purrs]
[bellows]
Her cubs dead,
Matsumi's scent reveals
that she is ready to mate.
[bird shrieking]
[grunting]
[squawking]
[distant roaring]
[squawk]
[distant roaring]
[whoop]
[squawk]
Never trust the intentions
of strangers.
♪
Especially nomadic males.
♪
♪
Her scent has betrayed her.
♪
♪
[purrs]
You cannot escape this.
♪
[purring]
To reject him would be
a death sentence.
♪
[growling]
But the king follows
his queen's trail.
No one steals the queen.
♪
[growling]
[growling]
♪
♪
The bloodied nomad is banished.
♪
[squawks]
Sekekama and Matsumi
are together.
But their pride is now alone.
♪
Back on the great marsh.
Leaderless and inexperienced,
their youngsters can do
nothing but scavenge.
[snarls]
[yipping]
♪
Hyenas thrive in times of chaos.
[yipping and whooping]
They feed on weakness
and uncertainty.
[whooping]
The day has come.
[whooping]
[yipping]
♪
♪
[growls]
[yipping]
[roaring]
[yipping]
♪
[yipping]
[roaring]
[roaring, yipping]
[birds chirping]
Humiliated,
what's left of the pride
leaves the marsh to the enemy...
[growls]
...and heads north
in search of their leaders.
♪
[growling]
♪
♪
Reunited,
but without their great marsh...
♪
There's only one place to go...
♪
...to follow the herds deeper
into hostile territory.
[birds chirping]
The queen of the north
sees the approaching army.
Outnumbered, she knows
there is no place for her here.
♪
[vultures squawking]
The winds of change blow.
♪
[buffalo lowing]
♪
The vanishing river,
where the lost herds wallow.
Now's the chance to begin again.
♪
♪
[bellows]
♪
The massing of the herds
gives the buffalo an edge.
♪
The dust and the chaos
defeats them.
♪
[squawking]
If they don't kill, their
new beginning will be their end.
♪
[chattering]
[growl]
[bellow]
♪
[grumbles]
[trumpet]
[grumbling]
Strangers in a strange land.
♪
Life will get no easier.
[whooping]
♪
Matsumi has led them this far.
She can do no more,
unless the pride
rises behind her.
♪
Together they would be
unstoppable.
No more juvenile pursuits.
♪
[grumbling]
♪
♪
[bellowing]
♪
Carve through the dust.
Make the chaos your strength.
♪
Work as one
and conquer this realm.
♪
♪
[grunts]
♪
♪
[snorts]
♪
♪
[bellows]
♪
[bellowing]
Matsumi's daughter
rises to the challenge.
A young queen in the making.
♪
[bellows]
♪
[bellowing]
♪
[snorting]
♪
[growls]
♪
[growling]
Matsumi...
mother, warrior, leader.
♪
All hail the queen.
♪
[snort]
♪
I am life.
[growls]
[thunder]
[purrs]
I am death.
I give everything.
[grunts]
[bellows]
But I take all.
[yelp]
♪
I am the Savage Kingdom.
♪
♪
[trumpets]
[growl]
The old queen is dead.
Now the greatest hunter
takes the throne.
♪
She leads the most brutal army
in the realm.
♪
Matsumi.
♪
But the kingdom will test
the new queen.
[grumbles]
There are many, Matsumi,
who would kill to own
the great marsh.
♪
[snorts]
[trumpets]
♪
[grunting]
♪
Matsumi's young have
a direct line to the throne.
She must make them warriors.
[grunting]
♪
She is scarred mother...
and commander.
[snorting]
♪
♪
[squealing]
[growling]
[squeals]
[growling]
Your daughter shows promise.
She has gifts your sons do not.
She will be your heir.
[snorting]
[squeals]
[snorts]
[squealing]
[growling]
There is more to leading
than just killing.
Matsumi, the provider,
must hold this
volatile gang together
and appease her brutal king...
Sekekama.
♪
Nobody eats before him.
Least of all, his sons.
♪
[flies buzzing]
Even Matsumi yields.
[growling]
[roars]
Colossal, violent...
[roar]
...unpredictable.
All hail the king.
♪
The great marsh.
Matsumi's inheritance.
♪
[elephant trumpets]
♪
Control this water,
and you control everything.
♪
[grumbling]
♪
[birds chirping]
♪
Many want to take this
from you, Matsumi.
To keep it, you'd better
build your pride.
[whoop]
Armies and murderers
are gathering in strength...
[roar]
...massing beyond the marsh.
♪
[roaring]
Only the king can keep
these threats at bay.
[roaring]
But his empire is vast...
and Sekekama
must protect it all.
♪
While he defends the south
with his brother...
♪
...the north is vulnerable.
[groans]
♪
♪
Insurgents grow bold.
♪
They know the king is away.
♪
[yipping]
Get off our land.
[yipping]
♪
Hyenas infect the kingdom
like a plague.
♪
Where there is one,
there will soon be many.
War is coming.
[birds chirping]
♪
The great marsh is the glory
of the realm.
♪
So much to win.
So much to lose.
♪
Let them play a little longer.
They know nothing
of the game in store.
[bird chirping]
♪
Matsumi's cubs
must grow quickly.
Soon they will have to fight
to protect their marsh.
♪
[distant roaring]
Distant roars carry on the wind.
Rivals prowl the hills
and forests of the north.
[screeching]
♪
The ragged queen of the north.
♪
She leads a small
but ambitious pride.
[growls]
♪
They, too, would kill
for the marsh.
♪
[growling]
They terrorize and take from
all who cross their path.
♪
[growls]
♪
[thunder]
The kingdom places enemies
on all fronts.
[thunder]
Only the strongest
will hold the marsh.
♪
[thunder]
[rain falling]
♪
♪
Matsumi needs more soldiers.
More teeth, more claws.
It's time to mate.
This is Sekekama's divine right.
♪
♪
Don't get too close,
your father knows
nothing of mercy.
Matsumi belongs
to the king alone.
[distant zebra braying]
♪
[birds calling]
[growls]
[bird calling]
[squawking]
[roaring]
[distant roaring]
[grumbling]
♪
♪
Sekekama gives
no second chances.
But Matsumi needs his services,
whatever the price.
♪
[thunder]
Just keep him away
from the pride.
[growls]
[roar]
[thunder]
♪
[chirping]
[bellows]
[purrs]
[roars]
♪
♪
He is beyond their help.
♪
Goodnight, sweet prince.
♪
[screeching]
The king is calmed.
Her duty done.
♪
Matsumi returns
to an unsettled pride.
♪
♪
Never leave them again.
♪
The cost of Sekekama's services
has been paid for in blood.
[distant roaring]
[growls]
The kingdom is
ancient and blind.
♪
It protects no one.
♪
♪
You carry Sekekama's cubs,
Matsumi.
Keep him close.
♪
Only he can defend your pride.
[roars]
♪
On the sand ridge
that skirts the marsh,
an insidious army
builds in strength.
[yipping]
Hyenas breed generation
after generation of soldiers
in secret.
♪
[growls]
More teeth, more jaws.
[growls]
Ready to bring the fight
to the lions.
Tick, tock.
♪
[purring]
♪
[buffalo grunting]
♪
Matsumi needs to harden
her youngsters.
♪
They need to learn to kill.
♪
A dangerous rite of passage.
Some die in the test.
The scars are carried for life.
♪
[grunting]
[grunts]
♪
[birds calling]
♪
[grunts]
♪
Nerves fail Matsumi's heirs.
[roars]
[bellowing]
[roaring]
[hooves thundering]
This is how it's done.
Watch and learn.
[bellows]
No time for fear.
No time for mercy.
♪
[roars]
[thud]
[buffalo bellows]
They all eat well,
thanks to the king
and the queen.
But her youngsters
are not stepping up.
They're not maturing
fast enough.
♪
[birds calling]
♪
The hyenas grow restless.
[squawking]
Murderous scouts push
ever deeper into the kingdom.
Soon, they will infiltrate
the marsh.
[squawking]
[birds calling]
♪
The kingdom doesn't care
who lives or who dies.
But every cub must learn to kill
just to survive.
♪
♪
Today, Matsumi will give birth.
♪
[birds squawking]
The queen must leave
her pride again.
♪
Newborns need a place of safety.
♪
Matsumi heads for the hill
where she was born.
♪
[snarls]
The den is not
what it used to be.
♪
This has become
a leopard's rock.
♪
[scuffling]
[growling]
♪
[growls]
♪
[growls]
♪
♪
There is no safety here
for cubs.
♪
[grunting]
♪
[flies buzzing]
♪
On the edge of the marsh...
Matsumi has her cubs.
♪
[mewing]
But only two.
[purring]
♪
[mewing]
Enemies are closing in
from all sides.
♪
They just need time to grow.
♪
♪
A leaderless pride
grows restless.
♪
[purring]
They find Matsumi's scent.
♪
♪
It's too soon.
They're too small.
♪
[growling]
♪
Outnumbered by
her murderous family
that knows nothing
of gentleness.
♪
[mewing]
♪
[mewing]
♪
[squawking]
Instinct is hardwired,
and Matsumi can do nothing.
♪
[mews]
There is no malice here;
they are just lions.
Her lions.
♪
[squeals]
♪
[growls]
♪
♪
Both cubs are dead.
But there is no time to mourn.
[roars]
With enemies on all sides...
[roars]
Matsumi's next move
will decide the future.
[birds chirping]
♪
Kings rule.
But dynasties are built
on the shoulders of queens.
Yet in one savage sweep,
the kingdom can take all.
[trumpets]
♪
Matsumi's precious marsh
is withering.
And the great thirst begins.
♪
Exodus.
With no water,
the herds begin to leave
for the vanishing river
in the north.
[grumbles]
♪
Only the dead remain.
♪
When the scavenging is done,
the pride may starve.
♪
Matsumi alone must
provide salvation.
♪
Leave the young pride
to hold the marsh.
Follow the herds.
♪
♪
[purring]
[grunting]
[squirrel chattering]
There is nothing more dangerous
than a queen wandering alone...
[grumbling]
...in an unknown land.
[screeches]
[purrs]
[bellows]
Her cubs dead,
Matsumi's scent reveals
that she is ready to mate.
[bird shrieking]
[grunting]
[squawking]
[distant roaring]
[squawk]
[distant roaring]
[whoop]
[squawk]
Never trust the intentions
of strangers.
♪
Especially nomadic males.
♪
♪
Her scent has betrayed her.
♪
♪
[purrs]
You cannot escape this.
♪
[purring]
To reject him would be
a death sentence.
♪
[growling]
But the king follows
his queen's trail.
No one steals the queen.
♪
[growling]
[growling]
♪
♪
The bloodied nomad is banished.
♪
[squawks]
Sekekama and Matsumi
are together.
But their pride is now alone.
♪
Back on the great marsh.
Leaderless and inexperienced,
their youngsters can do
nothing but scavenge.
[snarls]
[yipping]
♪
Hyenas thrive in times of chaos.
[yipping and whooping]
They feed on weakness
and uncertainty.
[whooping]
The day has come.
[whooping]
[yipping]
♪
♪
[growls]
[yipping]
[roaring]
[yipping]
♪
[yipping]
[roaring]
[roaring, yipping]
[birds chirping]
Humiliated,
what's left of the pride
leaves the marsh to the enemy...
[growls]
...and heads north
in search of their leaders.
♪
[growling]
♪
♪
Reunited,
but without their great marsh...
♪
There's only one place to go...
♪
...to follow the herds deeper
into hostile territory.
[birds chirping]
The queen of the north
sees the approaching army.
Outnumbered, she knows
there is no place for her here.
♪
[vultures squawking]
The winds of change blow.
♪
[buffalo lowing]
♪
The vanishing river,
where the lost herds wallow.
Now's the chance to begin again.
♪
♪
[bellows]
♪
The massing of the herds
gives the buffalo an edge.
♪
The dust and the chaos
defeats them.
♪
[squawking]
If they don't kill, their
new beginning will be their end.
♪
[chattering]
[growl]
[bellow]
♪
[grumbles]
[trumpet]
[grumbling]
Strangers in a strange land.
♪
Life will get no easier.
[whooping]
♪
Matsumi has led them this far.
She can do no more,
unless the pride
rises behind her.
♪
Together they would be
unstoppable.
No more juvenile pursuits.
♪
[grumbling]
♪
♪
[bellowing]
♪
Carve through the dust.
Make the chaos your strength.
♪
Work as one
and conquer this realm.
♪
♪
[grunts]
♪
♪
[snorts]
♪
♪
[bellows]
♪
[bellowing]
Matsumi's daughter
rises to the challenge.
A young queen in the making.
♪
[bellows]
♪
[bellowing]
♪
[snorting]
♪
[growls]
♪
[growling]
Matsumi...
mother, warrior, leader.
♪
All hail the queen.
♪