Sinbad (2012–2013): Season 1, Episode 3 - House of Games - full transcript

Come on!

Gunnar, I need more speed!

Quick now, get
me more speed!

Faster!

Are they attacking?

No.

Then what are you racing for?
They started it.

Sinbad!

Come on, Gunnar!

We need more wind in the sails!

That's it, that's it!



Come on!

You are such boys!

Faster!

We've got him!

Here we go!

Hold on to something!

I don't understand why you can't be
responsible just for once in your life.

I don't know why you
can't enjoy yourself. Woo!

Yeah!

Fresh
water, food, get the ship

prepared and then we head to Buruke.

There's nothing here.
We're all starving.

Sinbad!

Lend me the power of sight.



You think he's in
the mood for sharing?

Let's just try to be polite.

Little fox cannot change her nature;
Lives to steal, lives to run alone.

So the boy
racers are also beggars?

We're not beggars. We are
willing to trade with you.

It's two weeks time until
we reach the coast of Buruke.

Anything you can spare, food,
fresh water, especially food.

You're not beggars yet you
grovel for scraps at my table.

I have no interest in trade.

Please. We're desperate.

Hmm. Your desperation is
rather appetizing and you

clearly enjoy taking risks. Are you
willing to wager for what you need?

You want to make a bet with us?
This is absurd.

So, two weeks until you make the next port.
Without food or

water, some of you may not survive.
I have enough

supplies to see you safe across supplies
to see you safe across the ocean.

How much are you willing to how much are
you willing to stake for your lives?

Something so easily given has no value.
Wager something dear to

you, something you cannot bear

you, something you cannot bear
to lose, then I'll play.

Why are we playing
this man's twisted game?

Because we're hungry.

Just find anything of value that
you can and take it to his camp.

Where's my jewellery?

Rina!

She's gone,
taken everything.

I'm sorry. We
can't play your game.

How disappointing.

We have nothing we can
wager, nothing of value.

What about your ship?

Fine vessel, beat me fair and square.
I think she would raise

the stakes quite considerably.

It's not possible.

If you sail from here empty-
handed, you'll be sailing to

your deaths. I'm
offering salvation.

Yeah, but if we lose...
Take a seat.

Have a drink.

Even if you lose, I will give
Fresh water,

mules, enough to see you
through the desert to Buruke.

Thank you.

You're the smart one.

I think you know this
gamble is worth taking.

Let me ask the others.

Your companions are not as shrewd.
Risk and reward, my friend.

The flip of a coin?

He's done what?

Where is he? Anwar!

Anwar!

What the hell
were you thinking?

You have no right! That
ship is our only hope.

I was trying to
save our lives.

By gambling it away?

I'm sorry.

Great. You have no
idea what you've done.

Thank you, genius.

He really is.
Well done, Anwar.

I'm sorry.

I thought I was
saving our lives.

I can't do this, Anwar.

What do you mean?

I mean I'll never make it
past the sunrise. You see this?

The amulet is cursed. If I stay
on land for more than one cycle

of the sun, then I'll die.
I'm not joking, I'm serious.

What?

Curses don't exist.

Just like spirits made only
from saltwater don't exist.

Anwar, if I'm not back on that
ship by sunrise, I'll kiss

goodbye to this life. Look,
don't tell the others, but

without that ship, I'm dead.

Where's your master?

The palace of games,
along the Mountain path.

Get off me.

The palace of games?

She said it was some
kind of gaming house.

We're leaving.

We have to go after him.

Yeah, we have to
win the boat back.

You only have
until daybreak.

If I can beat him at the boat race, I
can beat him at the gaming tables.

A lot can happen in a day.

What are they?

Come on.

You have news?

I had a vision of him.

Sinbad?

If you're lying...
Witness.

Sinbad! Sinbad!

Did you see him?

No.

I'm looking for someone.

He's a merchant.

His name's Abdul-fahim.

Have you seen him?

Not pretty.

And not prosperous.

Out!

What happened?

The palace of
games, I saw it.

And?

I'm sure he's in there.

I can win the Providence back, but
apparently there's a dress code.

A strict dress code.

Faris kareem.
My brother, essam.

Welcome to our home.

Please
enjoy the room.

Deny yourself nothing.

- For the man who has everything...
- Risk is the only

true thrill.

Let me see what they've
got in their galley.

Yes.

Kaffir lime.

This ship now belongs to Abdul-fahim.
You shouldn't be here.

The scent of kokum
is on your fingers.

Kaffir lime is what you need
to cut through the sweetness.

Sinbad, look.

We've got him. Come on.

500 dinar if you wish to
enter our most illustrations

gaming room. People come from
all over persia to play.

Be advised. Once you step inside
that room, there's no house limit.

Those who hesitate
definitely can't afford the stakes.

We need to get
into that room.

Why do we linger? We're
strong enough to cross a desert.

No.

No, we have to get the Providence back.
Look, we need to come up with a plan.

10-1.

10.

Take it.

This will raise the stakes in no time.

This must be worth 60 dinar at least.

What? Let's be cautious.

Try our luck at several games.

This came from a man who lost
our entire ship in one wager.

One and four. The house wins.
New bets please.

All that money
on a single row.

I know.

How will you raise
your stake now?

Extreme provocation.

We meet again, the cheat who
play with crooked dice.

Get rid of him.

Or we play a game instead?

If you win, you can
punish me double.

And if I lose?

I can play at any table, one game.

This is meant to be the ultimate gaming house,
how can you refuse?

Face of the goddess, you have

the freedom of the gaming house.

Face of the demon and
you'll be flogged.

Here we go again.

We can't lose every time.

Statistically our chances.

haven't been any better.

Yes!

Laka's found a new lover it seems.
You may play at any table you wish.

One game.

Let us up there.

As you wish.

What are you doing
here, dressed like that?

Lady samarra, you
know these people?

Lady who?

No. No, I don't know them.

Lady samarra, I swear we've met before.

Oh no, actually, I'm mistaken.

You just remind me of an old friend we used to have.
Same colouring perhaps.

But now I see she had none
of your elegance and style.

She was a scrawny little
thing, wasn't she?

Yes. Ugly too.
And rather coarse.

Mmm. No manners.

Well, it's a wonder she was
your friend at all. Excuse me.

Perhaps she never truly was.

Perhaps we all misjudged her.

Come.

Lovely to have met you.

Magic is a delicate art.

There are shadowy forces that
must be controlled... harnessed.

You begged an audience with me.
You promised you would show

me a vision of the man
who killed my son.

But my lord, I saw him.

If I thought you were
exploiting my grief just to gain

license to practice your sorcery...
He must be under some magical

protection, hidden from the view

of the potion.

Prepare another.

Last chance.

I give you my word.

You will see him.

I had better.

Ah, the little ragtags
from the harbour.

I want to wager
for our ship.

It's To your name.

What would you offer as a stake?

How much to see me bow
down and kiss your feet?

That would get you a foot of
your sail cloth, or if you want

you can win your ship
back piece by piece.

Let's play.

Deal.

I make a 9.

10.

Congratulations.

You get your sail cloth.

Why don't we up the
stakes this time.

How about a personal slave?

My whole life in your service.

Would you waiver the whole ship
to have me grovelling before you

for the rest of your days, mmm?

Hmph! This is insane.

Deal.

7.

10.

And the ship is ours.

Cheers.

You think I would give my ship
to a piece of scum like you?

The wager was
made in good faith.

The house rules demand you the house
rules demand you honour that now.

Abdule fahib.

I hope your
fortunes turn to dust!

Sinbad!

Please accept our
most gracious apology.

Will you stay awhile?
Enjoy the hospitality?

No, uh, Sinbad, we need
to get back to the ship.

One more wager.

We have business in baruch.

Oh come on, face of the goddess.
You accept our invitation to dine.

Why not? It's not late.

No.

Let's eat.

Ooh.

Aw.

Perfect.

You are my prisoner
if they should ask.

Shh!

Seven weeks at sea and none
of them appreciate fine food.

Mmm.

Oh. Oh!

Mmm. Mmm!

A little more salt, maybe, hmm?

These places tempt you
to stay longer so they can.

You of
everything that you own.

I'm not going to stand here and
watch you guys drown yourselves.

Gunnar, Gunnar, come on.
What's the problem?

I have been in these gaming
houses before and this one...

This one has an animal
stench about it.

Mmm.

The people cross the threshold
and then they lose all

sense of who they are.

See? I knew when you came in
here you were a true competitor.

Look about you... a
world of possibilities.

Let's find ourselves something
else. We can make a Baton.

Image change.

Yeah.

I met a woman in the desert.

She told me about this place.

Wife of a gambler,
lost everything.

I bought her clothes. I sold her
silk for a handful of silver

and I thought that maybe if I cam
here... >> There would be fat purses you.

There would be fat purses you
could steal, yes?

You didn't give me away.

I thought perhaps after what I did to
you maybe... You're still a friend?

Friends don't behave like that.

Maybe I haven't had as much practice as you.

Take care, Rina.

The woman in the
desert, she was crying.

She said her husband was
held prisoner here.

There's something not right about this place.

You don't need to worry about >>
you don't need to worry about us.

You saw him?

You will leave the palace
tonight, be gone from Basra by daybreak

If you ever return
your life is forfeit.

Nala. Nala? Have
you seen Sinbad?

I'm busy.

Can't find him anywhere.

Sir. We have selected your
champion. He's magnificent.

So reckless.

What's this?
My choice... for the game.

Compulsive gamblers, such fun.

Such intense lives.

Why don't you take your place.

This gaming house, it's a trap.

Ordinary games have lost
their appeal for us.

Human nature provides much more
varied entertainment.

Kill your opponent and we let
you out of the cage.

Only one comes out alive.

One gold coin says my Sinbad
kills your merchant, yes?

So you bet on people's lives.

We do.

These men are twisted souls,
very bored and very rich.

We must not play their game,
okay?

And if we both stay resolute
we will survive.

Let's give you an extra
incentive.

They're matching us because
they know we hate each other.

They make us guess what's
in the other one's mind.

Do you really think there's a way
that both of us can survive?

Excellent.

Wait. Don't do it. Just wait, wait, wait.
Listen to me.

Wait! Wait! We don't
have to compete.

Sooner or later, one of us will
weaken and it's better if it's not me.

Tell him to kill you.

I don't want to kill you.

Take his life and
you'll be free.

And what if we stay like this?
What if neither of us dies?

You will grow tired...
Eventually.

I will never kill him.

The emulate,
it frightens him.

The curse.

If I'm not
back on my ship by

dawn then I'll die.

Then your entertainment is over.

Let's play a new game.

Soon the sun will come over the
horizon and you will be dead

but... you are free to leave,
Sinbad, walk out the door when

you wish, but if you go every one of your
friends that you leave here behind...

They will die with us.

Sinbad! Sinbad! Help!

Each of them is in one of these rooms.
Find the key to

release them from their
bonds and bring them here.

Do you dare to rescue them all
before the dawn rises and your

curse consumes you?

Curse consumes you?

The ship is yours. You do not need to
stay and play just to save their lives.

Help! Sinbad! Sinbad, help!

Sinbad! Sinbad! Help!

Ah!

The dawn will soon be breaking, the
dawn will soon be breaking, Sinbad.

The final key.

I have your key.

Congratulations. No one has
shown such spirit before.

You're free to leave.

You can't leave.

A wager is a wager. Move.

Don't want to
lose your new toy?

I want to play some more.

No! No more.

You know how
this works, faris.

You're jealous. You're
jealous because I found one

that's better than any of yours.

That's why you want
him out of here.

Sinbad! Come with me.

You always take
my things away.

Don't embarrass me.

I know a way out.

Come on, we're nearly there.

I think he's dying.

They must have put some
kind of spell on him.

No. He's cursed.

What?

If we don't get him off land
before the sun rises he'll die.

Quick, let's get
him to the ship.

Lady samarra,
your ship awaits.

Come on.

Little fox found
a packed runway.

That smells very good.

Ah, for today at
least, we eat like kings.

Where's all the
food come from?

Ah, an angel brought it to >>
ah, an angel brought it to us.

I want the truth.

This curse, what is it?

I'm ashamed that I couldn't
tell you this before...

But I did a terrible thing
I had a brother...