The Librarians (2014–2018): Season 2, Episode 4 - And the Cost of Education - full transcript
Students start to vanish at a university founded by a mad historian who believed in alternate dimensions.
[Marching band playing upbeat tune]
Whoo!
Go, Wexler!
[Cheering]
[Chuckles] That's right.
Mnh-mnh-mnh!
[Electricity crackling]
Huh?
[Chuckles]
[Gasps]
[Creatures growls]
[Creature roars]
[Screaming]
Do not eat anything while on campus.
Do not repeat anything three times.
And absolutely do not make eye
contact with the gargoyles.
This is all the magic monitoring
equipment I could find.
Not only are the library rooms
moving around, so is our stuff.
Seems a bit much for a missing mascot.
Mnh-mnh. You can never be too
careful at Wexler University.
Founded by Josiah Wexler.
The renowned occultist?
Has anybody found the occult
section of the library?
- Yeah. I got them.
- Ah.
They were mixed in
with the French cookbooks.
And by the way, it's
infested with spiders!
Ah. Well, spiders are our
garden friends, Mr. Stone.
Jenkins, they're 3 feet long!
Ah. I see. I'll order some bug spray.
Josiah Wexler, founded Wexler University
in 1813 in eastern Massachusetts.
While professing to be a
small liberal arts college,
he used the university to secretly
collect arcane artifacts,
research unspeakable oaths, hold
strange and perverse rituals."
- Strange and perverse rituals?
- Mm.
Is that a guy with a goat head
or a goat with a... guy's body?
Not sure I want to know.
Blah, blah, blah. Super-creepy stuff.
Yes, and after Wexler's
explosion and death...
Wait... the college exploded
or Wexler exploded?
[Imitates explosion] Splat!
[Making splattering noises]
[Shuddering] Ugh.
Well, anyway, the college's
arcane past was covered up,
but it is still a Bermuda Triangle
of magical disturbances.
Anything... anything can happen,
and it's worse than the
actual Bermuda Triangle.
Spells gone awry, monsters,
unsolved disappearances...
the occasional black void.
Yes! Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!
I've been studying the theoretical math
behind extradimensional spaces,
so a black void would actually
be super-interesting!
To me.
Only you would be excited
about going to school...
even demented Hogwarts.
Hey, I wish I could have gone
to college, but I couldn't.
Jenkins, we've done this before.
Weird school aside, this is a
missing-person investigation.
How far could a guy in an otter
costume possibly have gotten?
[Scoffing] Ohh.
I hope he's dead in a ditch.
- Wow. That's extreme.
- Ooh.
Yeah, well, you know what?
That's the only excuse I'll take.
I mean, I can't believe Peter
would just take off without...
Katie!
[Blows whistle]
Arms up!
And then right before the big game, too?
So, Peter, your mascot, just left school?
Yeah. Sure. Happens all the time.
Just like every other college,
one in five Wexler
students just disappear
and transfer out in the
middle of the night.
The usual.
Oh.
Actually, super unusual.
[Sighs] I still don't get
why Peter left, though.
Oh!
Maybe he found where the
volleyball team ended up
after that away game.
All we found was a bus
full of empty clothes.
Great prank, huh? [Chuckles]
Prank, terrifying conundrum.
And, you know, we didn't even have,
like, a weird wart outbreak this year.
You know, those warts that
give you screaming nightmares?
Also not a thing.
Okay, and now the cheer!
Five, six, seven, eight!
TOGETHER: Appareat!
Diabolus! Ignis!
- What?!
- Appareat!
I'm sorry. W-What are you cheering?
That's our school motto.
We've been cheering it forever.
And guess what.
It's totally gonna psych
out Michigan this weekend.
[Giggles]
[Chuckling] Wexler's playing Michigan?
In what, croquet?
No, in football.
Duh! [Scoffs]
And we're gonna crush 'em!
[Cheering]
Excuse me.
Jenkins was right...
Wexler equals weird.
I wonder if thinking your
small liberal arts school
can beat Michigan is magical delusion
or just regular delusion.
TOGETHER: Appareat! Diabolus! Ignis!
Do I even want to know
what they're cheering?
No. You do not.
Appareat! Diabolus! Ignis!
Appareat! Diabolus! Ignis!
[Cheering]
Yeah, he's a total Wexler freak.
That mascot costume can get
really smelly, you know?
Yeah. Have any idea where your
roommate was heading that night?
With the big game this weekend,
Peter was making the party rounds.
Fraternities hire him to be
the mascot at their party,
pump up the crowd.
The night he disappeared,
he was supposed to go to...
Omega Theta.
Man, does that house
have a weird history.
- Right.
- By "weird history,"
you mean they throw parties without beer?
No. Like, you need an invite to
get into the house on paper.
And there's all these rumors
about rituals in the basement...
animal sacrifices and stuff.
Peter heard all this
from Professor Bancroft
in his architecture class.
Professor Bancroft?
Professor Roger Bancroft teaches here?
Are you kidding me?
Professor Bancroft is... is the authority
on Colonial American architecture, man.
You are so lucky!
I-I-I would... I would have killed
to have taken classes
from... from... from...
And you... you don't even care.
Nobody does, mate.
But I would love to know where
this Omega Theta house is.
My experiences with frat
houses are limited,
but I don't think evil rituals
are supposed to sound like a kegger.
- [Students cheering]
- I wouldn't be so sure.
Look at the emblems
on those corner braces.
Intersecting circles
of magic and summoning.
That's 18th century occult spiritualism.
That's definitely magicy.
We got to find the origin of this house.
All right, I bet you
anything Professor Bancroft
would have something to
say about these symbols.
Okay, so, divide and conquer?
Ezekiel, Cassandra, check out the house.
Stone and I will go
talk to the professor.
Admit it... You just don't
want to go to a frat party.
I really don't.
Come on, Stone.
Okay, so, the roommate said
that we needed an invitation to get in,
so what do you want to do?
Do you want to sneak
in the back door or...
Ooh, ooh, ooh! We could pretend
that we're delivering pizzas!
Or the invitation I stole
off the mascot's desk.
He wasn't using it.
[Inhales sharply]
I really want to lecture
you on the morality
of stealing from a missing person,
but I know that you won't listen, so...
Not listening now.
Wait.
WOMAN: Stupid shrubbery.
Oh. Hi, there.
[Device warbling]
What are you doing in the bushes?
It's where the best
reading is coming from.
Who are you guys?
Wait.
Are you hunting magic, too?
This is so awesome!
I put the call out online,
but I didn't think anyone
would actually show.
I'm Lucy.
LuckyLucy713?
Okay, um, back up
to where you were talking
about hunting magic.
Well, that's why you're here, right?
[Device warbles]
You're not students, are you?
Uh, well... uh, uh, I could be.
Me too... grad student.
Maybe.
Everyone knows Wexler's an odd place.
I started looking into it.
After the mascot disappeared,
I told my magic group online
I was going to investigate.
No, they're super-cool on the Lake Forum.
Just women who really want
to understand magic...
not dabblers.
But if you aren't from
my forum, who are you?
We are...
campus security.
We're just here checking the place out.
So, sorry you wasted your time.
But, you know, at least you have
a good story for your forum.
Just out of curiosity, though,
why were you hunting magic at
this particular frat house?
Because of this.
These are readings from my
equipment at the science lab,
where I'm building my
particle accelerator.
The last couple of days, it's been
registering strange power surges.
I traced the last one here
around the time the mascot disappeared.
Right, well, a power surge alone
isn't necessarily an
indicator of magic, so...
But with readings like these,
this building should have been leveled.
But it's still standing.
Okay, that is... harder to... argue with.
Um, why don't you leave
this to the professionals,
let us do our...
campus security thing,
and you go... do college stuff.
There are magic hunters now.
Ones that know what they're doing, too.
Hm.
[Indistinct conversations
music playing inside]
Invitations?
Ooh.
Invitations are non-transferrable, bro.
I got to keep out the riffraff.
- Riffraff?!
- Riffraff?!
Riffraff? Mate? I'll have you know I'm...
With me! [Chuckles]
Hey, Justin.
Oh! Hey, Lucy.
Uh, really? They're with you?
Sure! He's...
an exchange student,
and she's a grad student.
- Yeah.
- Come on, guys.
All right, there he is.
Okay, now, listen.
Professor Bancroft's analysis
is radically aggressive.
Okay, he's... he's a brutal academic.
Ooh! Then I'll be on my guard.
Yes.
Uh, excuse me, sir.
Professor Bancroft?
- Yes.
- Uh, yeah...
Uh, we... uh... [Chuckles]
Can I just start by saying
what a huge fan I am?
Hmm?
[Chuckles] Seriously.
Your analysis on how the
American residential dwellings
changed during the 18th century...
just... I mean, mind-blowing.
[Chuckles]
That was so long ago, I'm
surprised you found it.
Well, I, uh, actually wrote
a small critique off of it.
Uh, Oliver Thompson.
That's you?
That's me.
[Laughs] I believe I read it.
Yeah, that was a delightful little spin
on my groundbreaking work.
Thank you. I-I-I-I was...
I was just, you know...
I went off of what you were
doing, so it was very...
We hear you've been lecturing
on the architecture here on the campus.
I have.
I managed to acquire
the original plans for the buildings.
They show some fascinating
design and materials.
Specifically, we... we were gonna...
we were wondering about
the Omega Theta house
and the occult history.
[Sighing] Ohh.
You're one of those.
One of who?
One of those people
who believe all the
nonsense about Wexler.
Listen, I hate to burst
your bubble of delusion,
but magic does not exist.
It doesn't exist in architecture,
it certainly does not exist here.
There is no such thing as magic.
[Indistinct conversations music playing]
Ah!
Spoke to one of the brothers.
Said they hired a mascot,
but he never showed.
And then he asked me about
getting his deposit back.
- That's cold.
- Yeah.
I thought so, too, so I stole his watch.
If I had known this much wealth
was gonna be on display at college,
I would have bought into
higher education a lot sooner.
Okay, well, while you
were doing all of this,
did you happen to find any evidence
of a power surge or a missing mascot?
Well, I haven't checked upstairs.
Gonna guess that these rich frat brothers
keep their electronics out in the open.
Go! Go! Go!
Do you know what we're looking for?
There isn't a we. There is just me.
And my... friend.
And I am in no way saying
that magic exists.
It's so great that you
have a team to work with.
I would love that.
Or do you call yourselves a squad?
No. No, we don't.
Just, shouldn't you be doing
your studies or something
instead of wasting your
time with hunting magic?
Oh, my studies are fine.
I read every textbook
from cover to cover
before the semester started.
Well, there's plenty more
to college than that.
There's pep rallies and parties and...
college things!
Don't underestimate it.
Not everyone gets that experience.
It's fun, but I've always noticed things.
Like the power surges on my
particle accelerator equipment
or how Witten's M-theory implies more
than the standard 11-dimensional
supergravity solutions.
Wait. You... You read Witten's M-Theory?
I mean, there are like
10 people in the world
that understand that.
11 now.
But once I notice something,
I can't ignore it anymore.
I have to find out
everything I can about it.
Like... like with magic?
So you're saying magic exists?
- Well... Ooh!
- Oh. I'm sorry.
- Hey!
- My bad.
Ew. Well, that's sticky.
Yeah, one of these rooms, for sure.
Look.
Yo, man. Come on.
That must be the basement.
[Footsteps crunching] Oh. Oh!
Yes, everything is sticky now.
Weren't there rumors of
rituals in the basement?
You're right.
Come on. Let's go.
- Us?
- Yeah.
Wait. Shouldn't we call for backup?
No. I got this.
I'm a Librarian.
A what?
That's just not true!
I-I-I... Unbelievable.
You're... You're denying the
existence of Stonehenge?
No, I am denying the havey-cavey woo-woo
people ascribe to what is
essentially a giant calendar,
- you conspiracy theorist dilettante!
- The... I'm...
Dilettante? Dilettante?!
BAIRD: Dilettante?
Isn't this where you
smack him with a glove?
[Chanting in Latin]
Did you know the fraternity brothers
have real diamonds on their rings?
- It's like...
- Shh!
We invoke the old ones.
We invoke our makers.
That's so weird.
It's like the walls are
made of some sort of onyx.
The entire basement's lined with it.
We invoke our gods...
the gods...
of beer pong!
[Students cheering] All right!
Here we go.
- [Ping-pong ball bounces]
- Let's go!
[All scream]
Let me explain something to you, okay?
Just because you have a dozen degrees
doesn't mean you know anything!
Those dozen degrees mean
that I have studied things
that you never dreamed back on the farm.
- [Power surges]
- Guys?
I am Roger Bancroft,
distinguished professor...
B.A., M.A., C.Phil, Ph.D.
If you lived a hundred
lives, your pea brain
- Guys?!
- would never be able to absorb what I know.
And I know that your question about magic
is the stupidest thing I've ever heard!
[Creature roars]
[Screams]
What was that?
A tentacle monster.
A...big one.
So, we have a tentacle monster,
no mascot,
college student probing
the mysteries of magic.
[Sighs] And what did I tell you
about looking the gargoyles in the eye?
It's like feeding a stray dog.
You'll never get rid of it now.
Don't talk that way in
front of Stumpy, Jenkins!
Can we please focus on
the tentacle monster
that ate the mascot and the professor?
We don't know that they were eaten.
Technically, they were just taken
through a rift in space
that appeared suddenly...
as they do.
That, paired with the power surge
you say Miss Lyon tracked,
implies a classic summoned creature
from an alternate dimension...
possibly Lovecraftian.
Lovecraft. H.P. Lovecraft?
Lovely lyrical name, isn't it?
For such a troubled mind.
He based his fictional
Miskatonic University on Wexler.
Well, that would have been nice to know
before a tentacle monster
appeared in front of us.
So, we find out what
dimension they're in,
and we bring them back.
Easy-peasy.
No, sorry. Not easy-peasy.
Once through to an alternate dimension,
the chances of return... microscopic.
Plus, probably, they've been eaten.
- What?!
- Sorry.
Then we shut down the dimensional rift
before anyone else gets grabbed.
Okay, but if the creature was summoned,
that means someone was summoning it.
Yes. And summoned creatures
do not attack at random.
They have specific targets.
So we find out why the professor
and the mascot were targeted.
What did they have in common?
Peter was in Bancroft's class.
They were studying the
history of the college.
Could be a link there.
Plus, other students could be in danger.
And the frat house... it had
a weird foundation, right?
It was like a black stone.
That is definitely in Bancroft's research.
I'm hitting the college.
And I'll go rifle through his office.
Stumpy. Stay.
Good boy!
He can't be serious, thinking
this is Dutch Colonial.
Freakin' windbag.
Hi.
Hi. Hi.
Where's Professor Bancroft?
Uh...
Professor Bancroft is not here.
And, uh, he won't be...
for a while.
[Scoffs] That's not surprising.
Like every other college, one
in five of our professors
just moves or transfers out
in the middle of the night...
never to be seen again.
So, are you the guest lecturer?
Oh. Uh...
I am.
I'm just... that's what I was doing here,
was trying to figure
out where he left off.
Now, you wouldn't happen to
know what he was teaching?
Yeah... architectural history of Wexler.
Ohh!
Yeah, he found the school's
original plans, too.
They're right here.
Building materials.
Omega Theta house is on a foundation
of rare black stone
from the Pacific Ocean.
Bancroft said that was a coincidence.
Yeah, well, more proof
Bancroft doesn't know jack.
What?
The building materials in the foundation...
I mean, you'd have to change the
whole architectural design.
Class project.
Yeah? Foundation strength.
- Okay, excuse me... What was your name?
- Mindy.
Mindy, can you help me
pass these out real quick?
- Yeah.
- Thank you so much.
All right, so, take one
and pass them down,
give them to your friends.
For you guys, okay.
I'm assuming you guys
know how to compute it.
Okay, now, what we're looking
for is nonstandard values.
All right, primarily low Poisson ratio
and... and uniaxial
compression strength.
You got to look at the
base for stuff like that.
You got to get deep into it.
Oh! I have one.
Okay, let's start with you.
What do you got?
- This building.
- This building here? Yeah.
- The Architecture Building.
- Architecture Building.
That is right.
And we know Omega Theta.
Classics Building.
Classics Building. Show me.
- Right there.
- Nice, Bubba. That one will work.
Classics Building. All right.
That's now the Science Building.
And the gym.
A circle?
Nope.
A summoning circle.
Magic symbology
carved right into the design
of the college itself.
The power surges...
I registered the power surge
when the mascot disappeared,
but I also registered
much smaller surges
at the science lab and the gym.
I'd bet anything there were surges
at the Classics and
Architecture buildings, too.
The circle is like a circuit.
To activate it, magic needs to be
feeding into one of the points.
So we split up and
investigate the buildings.
We've already seen the architecture
hall and the frat house.
Okay, Lucy and I will
take the science lab.
Hold on.
Lucy, you've been a real big help,
but I think it's time
for us to take over.
Wait.
She followed the clues to
the frat house by herself,
and she's got some really cool
equipment that we could use.
So... what's it hurt?
[Sighing] Okay.
I'll take the Classics,
and I'm texting Ezekiel
to check out the gym.
Okay, and Stone will
be along after class.
Capability Brown really changed the game.
Okay? Because...?
Because he was the first
to emphasize naturalism.
Okay? First to emphasize naturalism.
He made the buildings part
of the landscape, all right?
Instead of just something
that was sitting on top of it.
Because after all...
architecture is art...
that we live in.
[Students murmur]
Huh?
All right, write that down, guys.
Write that down.
Okay.
It's got the emblem.
[Device warbling]
Yeah, and there's a constant
surge coming from the building,
but no evidence of magical activity.
Well, to be fair, that could be
the ghost-containment system
we have in the basement.
[Chuckles nervously]
I know you're kidding, but just
tell me that you're kidding.
[Chuckling] I'm kidding.
I kind of wish there was, though.
At least that would explain everything.
Well, maybe the trip's not an entire bust.
Want to see my particle accelerator?
Hells to the yeah!
Do people still say that?
People probably don't still say that.
We each have our own
space to work, to think,
and Fridays, we order sushi.
Oh!
Oh, wow!
If I had this, I would...
I would never leave.
You know how magic works.
Yeah. Okay. [Chuckles]
Come on.
Now, take a look.
Particle accelerator.
Shouldn't it be, like, a mile bigger?
The real one will be bigger,
but not much bigger.
I'm working on a non-scaling
fixed-field alternating gradient design.
But it's a working model. Watch.
[Computer beeps]
[Whirring]
Electromagnets.
They can't move particles
fast enough at this size.
That's the weird thing.
I built it using some new
theoretical equations
I've been working on,
and I'm not sure how,
but... [Sighs]
...the particles accelerate
faster than I even imagined.
That's not possible.
Well, let me get you the full data.
It's amazing.
Okay.
These results would need
100 yards of track,
which means...
the circle's bigger than it looks.
Oh, Lucy, what have you done?
[Sighs]
I didn't mean to. I swear.
I didn't know it was magic.
It's okay.
I would strongly but
respectfully disagree
that it is okay.
That is why we have the Library...
to keep magic out of untried hands.
Okay, let's just stay focused.
Lucy, what precisely did you do?
I...I don't know.
The equations just came to me.
It's a variation on a compression spell.
Essentially, she built
the particle accelerator
in a compressed pocket of space.
And, by using magic at this spot,
activated the summoning circle.
Oh, God! I killed two people!
We don't know that they're dead.
They were just... taken.
Well, I do hope this serves as a lesson
to keep your curiosity
in check, young lady.
Jenkins!
Colonel, if she had not
been tinkering with magic,
she wouldn't have had the imagination
to even stumble upon her new equations
for the particle accelerator.
Okay, well, then I guess
it's our fault, too.
'Cause all the Library
does is lock up magic
and try to tell people
that it doesn't exist,
when we could be a place
where people like Lucy
can come for answers and knowledge
and... and training.
That's not what the Library does.
Yes. Thank you, Colonel.
You're not right, either!
Magic is out there!
More and more regular people
are coming into contact with it.
We can't just keep boxing it up
and pretending it's swamp gas.
We have to come up with a
strategy for dealing with it.
So how do we deal with it?
We'll deal with it.
It's our responsibility.
But it's my fault.
So I need to know how I can fix it.
Do any of you besides Cassandra
know particle physics?
And what exactly do you know
about summoning circles?
Which is why we need to work together.
Right now, we need Lucy.
She created the device.
Okay, look, if we take the
magic out of the accelerator,
will that deactivate the circle?
It will de-power it but not close it.
For that, we need a ritual,
and the ritual requires
we know specifically what
creature was summoned.
Okay, you work on that.
Cassandra and I will keep working
on the particle accelerator with Lucy.
Be careful, Colonel.
Magic in untried hands...
"They're baaaack!"
I got nothin', man.
I got... I... or I got too much.
There's too many circles
in this symbology text.
Lovecraft's original notes are
not very illuminating, either.
There can't be that many
alternate dimensions
to research.
Well, multiply a million by a million,
and you wouldn't even be close.
And what are you doing?
Research... just not old-person style.
I'm running an image
search on the emblem.
That's actually pretty smart.
Right, Stumpy?
[Laughing] "Oh, yes, Ezekiel.
That's very smart.
Smarter than Jenkins or
Stone could ever be."
Yeah. Keep talking, man.
Bancroft was saying
something sort of like that
right when he got eaten!
What did you say?
- Oh, Stumpy said it.
- Not... Not you.
- Mr. Stone.
- What?
You said that Bancroft was saying
that he was better than you before he...
Yeah.
Would you call him arrogant,
boastful, egotistical?
I'd call him a prick.
And the mascot...
Wexler's biggest fan, full of pride?
Delusional with it, supposedly.
Right.
The monster is a Hybristic.
No, no, man, that's not...
I didn't see that.
- I saw one tentacle come out.
- Well, that's a good thing,
because seeing the entire beast
has been known to drive men mad.
The Hybristic was summoned in ancient times
to quell those who thought of
overthrowing their masters.
It is attracted by overt displays
of pride, hubris, ego.
It appears when such ego is on display...
and devours it.
First things first...
we should turn the power off.
Colonel, please throw
those three breakers...
red, blue, red.
We're gonna figure this out.
Oh, I know...
because I'm going to solve it.
I'm Lucy Lyon, and I will solve it.
[Computer beeps]
That should... do it.
But it didn't. It's still on.
It's like it's being powered
by something we can't see.
It's the dimensional rift.
Now that it's been torn
open, it's stronger.
It's a feedback loop.
The... The accelerator
keeps the rift open,
and the rift powers the weird
physics of the accelerator.
We turn it up.
Turn it up?
I vote against that! Let's call Jenkins.
No, we speed it up so fast that
there's no charge differential.
It'll be like turning an alternating
current into a direct current.
[Computer beeping] Okay, but
with no charge differential,
the magnets will stop being fed.
But... But by drawing
more power from the rift,
we run the risk
of punching a permanent
hole between two worlds.
Wow. That is a whole lot of bad
crammed into one small sentence.
No, it'll work, and it'll be epic.
[Electricity crackling] Lucy?
You need to think about this.
Even if we don't punch a hole,
we'll release so much radiation
that we'll have to vent
into the atmosphere.
Why are you trying to stop me?!
Because you are doing magic,
and... and you don't understand
how dangerous it is.
Maybe I do understand it. After
all, I actually did magic.
Maybe we should calm down, go outside,
sit in on a drum circle.
- A drum circle?
- I don't know!
I went to a military academy!
No! I'm going to solve this...
save the whole freakin' school.
[Power surging] I've got the math,
the science. I even have the magic.
I'm going to win a Nobel Prize
one day, so I can do this!
[Creature roars]
[Screams] Lucy?!
No!
No! No! Baird!
BAIRD: Lucy!
[Gasps]
[Screaming]
We have to get her back.
Get who back?
Lucy. She was taken by the monster.
Lucy was taken?
We activate the rift,
and then we go in, and we get her.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Nobody is going into a dimensional rift.
Are you using these?
- No.
- Okay.
One problem with opening
the rift right now.
The pep rally... it's
being held in the gym.
It's one of the spots on the map.
What does that mean?
Well, we identified the monster.
It's attracted to overt displays of ego.
All those college kids
thinking their team can beat Michigan?
It'll be a feast.
It would be the height of folly
to open the rift right now.
We need to close it and
close it for good.
Can you close it?
We found a ritual. It involves sage.
Nope.
It is the responsible thing to do.
I don't care.
This distance is different
than all the rest of them.
Cassandra, if we open the rift,
we endanger the entire school.
Look, I know you want to find Lucy,
but we can't risk the safety
of all those students.
And I said, "No."
I'm sorry, but you don't
get to make this call.
You want to know the
most important thing
I've learned being a Librarian?
Is that there's a difference
between doing what's best
and doing what's right.
Now, I did what was best once,
and... I was wrong.
So this time, I want to
do what I know is right.
Eve, I'm a Librarian.
And we're gonna go after Lucy.
I'm with you.
[Scoffs] Yeah.
Like you're gonna get
in trouble without me.
Well, then...
we need a plan.
Okay.
So, Lucy said she could
detect energy surges
every time the monster appeared...
these five places.
So those are all potential access points.
So we summon the monster,
and in theory, I should be
able to use the accelerator
to punch a hole into its home dimension.
And then we go get her.
Okay, so, how do we summon
a monster that feeds on...
...ego?
What?
If I am going to be bait,
why are we in a golf cart
and not, say, a Ferrari?
Because we got to get close, all right?
Baird, you in place?
Yeah. Wait for my word.
Okay. That's the last one.
By placing these in a circle,
I've created a magnetic field
at the weakest point of
the dimensional barrier.
Stone will use the spectrometer
to get the energy signature
from the monster when it appears,
and I'll use that to dial
into the right dimension.
As long as they can keep
the monster appearing,
the rift should stay open,
and they'll distract the
monster long enough.
And I can come back with Lucy.
No.
I can.
What? No. I should be
the one to go through.
Baird, I need you here
to do what Stone and Ezekiel can't do...
what I can't do.
If I don't come back, I need you
to push the accelerator into the rift.
It'll stop the feedback loop.
If I throw it in, you can't get back.
Eve, you're the Guardian.
And you're the only person
I trust to make the right call.
[Sighs]
You really are a Librarian.
Yep.
We're in position.
All right.
Go.
Do... Do your thing.
Do the... do the stuff.
Talk about yourself, man.
[Australian accent] Ezekiel Jones!
[Normal voice] Talk about...
Talk about yourself!
It's not like I try to be egotistical!
Right! Right!
Just like...
you don't try to be the best thief.
- Exactly.
- Right.
I just am.
Do you know what it takes
to break into Fort Knox?
I don't, and I've done it.
It's all natural talent.
I am just that awesome.
It's starting!
[Creature roars]
Go, go, go, go, go!
BAIRD: Okay, thanks, Stone.
You could thank me, too!
Whatever you do, keep it
away from the gymnasium.
You sure about this?
No. [Sighs]
Just make sure
the monster doesn't get the
kids or Ezekiel or Stone.
And you do what you have to do.
Promise me.
I promise.
Find Lucy.
[Roaring echoes]
[Echoing] Lucy?
Hello?
[Creature roars]
Baird!
She's through.
I'm just that awesome!
Aah! Aah!
All right, good.
Tell her she better be quick,
'cause once that pep rally starts,
not even Jones' ego is gonna be able
to keep that gym full of kids safe.
Uh, I'm a fantastic dresser.
I mean, I dress better
than any of you.
I'm a great dancer.
And this hair?
I don't even do anything with it.
It just...
- [Creature roars]
- Let go! Let go!
What's it doing?
What's going on?
- What's going on? It's going away!
- I don't know, I...
Keep going. You're awesome,
you're awesome, you're awesome.
Even I run out of awesome
things to say about myself.
Thief. Thief.
- My modesty is one of my strong points.
- Oh, my God!
- You could be the greatest of all time,
Ezekiel Jones. - Yeah. Yeah, ever.
You might even be able
to take me in a fight.
Yeah! I never thought of that.
- But I absolutely could, right?
- Oh, my...
- Yeah.
- Yeah, yeah, I mean,
I've got a pretty strong
right that's pretty mean.
Well, let's figure out how that happen...
I-I know I'm cute. I'm really cute!
Cute... Yeah. Listen,
you're on the right track.
I think even... even... even Baird
might have something for you.
You know, I always thought...
Yaah! It's him!
[Whimpers]
[Echoing] Lucy?
Is that you?
Lucy?!
[Twigs rustle]
[Screams]
- Lucy!
- Shh!
The smaller one brings back food
for its mate... an offering.
We're on her hunting grounds.
[Creature growls]
[Both panting]
No mascot? No professor?
Not anymore.
[Creature growls]
[Both panting]
Okay.
I didn't come through
space and time
to get eaten today.
Let's go. Go!
[Creature roars]
I'm likely a better singer than you.
What?!
Watch out! Whoa!
[Tires screech]
[Barks]
Stumpy! What are you doing?!
[Snarling]
Stumpy!
[Barking] No!
[Creature roars]
[Barking continues]
[Crunch]
[Stumpy whimpers]
[Creature roars]
Stumpy!
[Creature roaring]
[Both panting]
Aah!
[Panting]
[Roars]
Don't worry. I've got you.
In between... space and time.
Who are you?
Just people... women...
chosen, like you.
We've been waiting for you
for a very long time.
When you learned to
walk between worlds,
you proved ready to take
your place in our circle.
Your circle?
Science and magic.
Long ago, we of the Lake realized
those two practices would
eventually become one.
The Lake.
The Lake Forum online.
You're looking for people
who truly understand magic.
And now we invite you to learn with us...
study...
grow.
Thank you.
But I already have a job.
If that is your wish, Cassandra Cillian.
But should the tide shift,
your place with us will be waiting.
[Voice echoes]
[Gasps]
Lucy!
Where's Cassandra?
She was right behind me.
[Gasps]
Throw it into the rift! Do it now!
[Electricity crackling]
It's gone.
They did it.
[Breathing shakily]
Stumpy!
[Indistinct conversations]
Most people, when almost
eaten by a tentacle monster,
would have sworn off magic forever.
But [chuckles] not Lucy Lyon.
[Chuckles] Well, you know me.
Once I know something, I can't ignore it.
So I'm going to learn
everything I can about magic.
By giving up on school?
Yeah, I think it might be
better if I'm somewhere
I can't accidentally open
up dimensional rifts.
You know, school isn't the
only thing you're giving up.
Nothing's ever really
gonna be normal again.
You gave up normal when
you became a Librarian,
and you get eaten almost every week.
Yeah, but I never had
normal to begin with.
That's not really you.
This cool, kick-ass
adventure Cassandra...
that's who you really are.
Sometimes you just have to jump.
You taught me that.
Thank you.
[Both chuckle]
But don't worry.
If I ever summon up another
otherworldly creature,
I know who to call.
[Clicks tongue]
[Both chuckle]
Bye.
[Doors close]
Hi.
Did you finish your ritual?
You burnt the sage and...
closed the summoning circle for good?
I did.
What you did, however...
far more dangerous.
I can't convince Lucy to
stay away from magic.
I know you disagree with that,
but... I think she's brave.
This isn't about Lucy.
There were three ladies.
And they took you to the Lake.
This is complicated.
I take it it wasn't lost on you
that they stopped time...
like Morgan Le Fay.
And that you have now
garnered their attention.
I got to admit...
I was tempted by their offer.
They're not afraid, like we are.
[Scoffs]
The Library has always been prudent.
Prudence is not fear.
But prudence isn't working, Mr. Jenkins.
Magic is getting out there.
The Library can't stop it.
We can't hide it anymore.
The Lake...
even Lucy...
they're not afraid of changing times.
Miss Cillian...
Cassandra.
You are not wrong.
The world is changing.
And there is a debate older than time
about the best way to deal with magic.
The Lake...
They've always been ambitious.
Now, you need to be on your guard
for whatever happens next.
"Whatever happens next"?
Whatever happens next...
please remember that I chose to stay.
You know...
for the first time, I feel
like I'm choosing my life...
instead of running after
someone else's choices.
I like this better.
Whoo!
Go, Wexler!
[Cheering]
[Chuckles] That's right.
Mnh-mnh-mnh!
[Electricity crackling]
Huh?
[Chuckles]
[Gasps]
[Creatures growls]
[Creature roars]
[Screaming]
Do not eat anything while on campus.
Do not repeat anything three times.
And absolutely do not make eye
contact with the gargoyles.
This is all the magic monitoring
equipment I could find.
Not only are the library rooms
moving around, so is our stuff.
Seems a bit much for a missing mascot.
Mnh-mnh. You can never be too
careful at Wexler University.
Founded by Josiah Wexler.
The renowned occultist?
Has anybody found the occult
section of the library?
- Yeah. I got them.
- Ah.
They were mixed in
with the French cookbooks.
And by the way, it's
infested with spiders!
Ah. Well, spiders are our
garden friends, Mr. Stone.
Jenkins, they're 3 feet long!
Ah. I see. I'll order some bug spray.
Josiah Wexler, founded Wexler University
in 1813 in eastern Massachusetts.
While professing to be a
small liberal arts college,
he used the university to secretly
collect arcane artifacts,
research unspeakable oaths, hold
strange and perverse rituals."
- Strange and perverse rituals?
- Mm.
Is that a guy with a goat head
or a goat with a... guy's body?
Not sure I want to know.
Blah, blah, blah. Super-creepy stuff.
Yes, and after Wexler's
explosion and death...
Wait... the college exploded
or Wexler exploded?
[Imitates explosion] Splat!
[Making splattering noises]
[Shuddering] Ugh.
Well, anyway, the college's
arcane past was covered up,
but it is still a Bermuda Triangle
of magical disturbances.
Anything... anything can happen,
and it's worse than the
actual Bermuda Triangle.
Spells gone awry, monsters,
unsolved disappearances...
the occasional black void.
Yes! Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!
I've been studying the theoretical math
behind extradimensional spaces,
so a black void would actually
be super-interesting!
To me.
Only you would be excited
about going to school...
even demented Hogwarts.
Hey, I wish I could have gone
to college, but I couldn't.
Jenkins, we've done this before.
Weird school aside, this is a
missing-person investigation.
How far could a guy in an otter
costume possibly have gotten?
[Scoffing] Ohh.
I hope he's dead in a ditch.
- Wow. That's extreme.
- Ooh.
Yeah, well, you know what?
That's the only excuse I'll take.
I mean, I can't believe Peter
would just take off without...
Katie!
[Blows whistle]
Arms up!
And then right before the big game, too?
So, Peter, your mascot, just left school?
Yeah. Sure. Happens all the time.
Just like every other college,
one in five Wexler
students just disappear
and transfer out in the
middle of the night.
The usual.
Oh.
Actually, super unusual.
[Sighs] I still don't get
why Peter left, though.
Oh!
Maybe he found where the
volleyball team ended up
after that away game.
All we found was a bus
full of empty clothes.
Great prank, huh? [Chuckles]
Prank, terrifying conundrum.
And, you know, we didn't even have,
like, a weird wart outbreak this year.
You know, those warts that
give you screaming nightmares?
Also not a thing.
Okay, and now the cheer!
Five, six, seven, eight!
TOGETHER: Appareat!
Diabolus! Ignis!
- What?!
- Appareat!
I'm sorry. W-What are you cheering?
That's our school motto.
We've been cheering it forever.
And guess what.
It's totally gonna psych
out Michigan this weekend.
[Giggles]
[Chuckling] Wexler's playing Michigan?
In what, croquet?
No, in football.
Duh! [Scoffs]
And we're gonna crush 'em!
[Cheering]
Excuse me.
Jenkins was right...
Wexler equals weird.
I wonder if thinking your
small liberal arts school
can beat Michigan is magical delusion
or just regular delusion.
TOGETHER: Appareat! Diabolus! Ignis!
Do I even want to know
what they're cheering?
No. You do not.
Appareat! Diabolus! Ignis!
Appareat! Diabolus! Ignis!
[Cheering]
Yeah, he's a total Wexler freak.
That mascot costume can get
really smelly, you know?
Yeah. Have any idea where your
roommate was heading that night?
With the big game this weekend,
Peter was making the party rounds.
Fraternities hire him to be
the mascot at their party,
pump up the crowd.
The night he disappeared,
he was supposed to go to...
Omega Theta.
Man, does that house
have a weird history.
- Right.
- By "weird history,"
you mean they throw parties without beer?
No. Like, you need an invite to
get into the house on paper.
And there's all these rumors
about rituals in the basement...
animal sacrifices and stuff.
Peter heard all this
from Professor Bancroft
in his architecture class.
Professor Bancroft?
Professor Roger Bancroft teaches here?
Are you kidding me?
Professor Bancroft is... is the authority
on Colonial American architecture, man.
You are so lucky!
I-I-I would... I would have killed
to have taken classes
from... from... from...
And you... you don't even care.
Nobody does, mate.
But I would love to know where
this Omega Theta house is.
My experiences with frat
houses are limited,
but I don't think evil rituals
are supposed to sound like a kegger.
- [Students cheering]
- I wouldn't be so sure.
Look at the emblems
on those corner braces.
Intersecting circles
of magic and summoning.
That's 18th century occult spiritualism.
That's definitely magicy.
We got to find the origin of this house.
All right, I bet you
anything Professor Bancroft
would have something to
say about these symbols.
Okay, so, divide and conquer?
Ezekiel, Cassandra, check out the house.
Stone and I will go
talk to the professor.
Admit it... You just don't
want to go to a frat party.
I really don't.
Come on, Stone.
Okay, so, the roommate said
that we needed an invitation to get in,
so what do you want to do?
Do you want to sneak
in the back door or...
Ooh, ooh, ooh! We could pretend
that we're delivering pizzas!
Or the invitation I stole
off the mascot's desk.
He wasn't using it.
[Inhales sharply]
I really want to lecture
you on the morality
of stealing from a missing person,
but I know that you won't listen, so...
Not listening now.
Wait.
WOMAN: Stupid shrubbery.
Oh. Hi, there.
[Device warbling]
What are you doing in the bushes?
It's where the best
reading is coming from.
Who are you guys?
Wait.
Are you hunting magic, too?
This is so awesome!
I put the call out online,
but I didn't think anyone
would actually show.
I'm Lucy.
LuckyLucy713?
Okay, um, back up
to where you were talking
about hunting magic.
Well, that's why you're here, right?
[Device warbles]
You're not students, are you?
Uh, well... uh, uh, I could be.
Me too... grad student.
Maybe.
Everyone knows Wexler's an odd place.
I started looking into it.
After the mascot disappeared,
I told my magic group online
I was going to investigate.
No, they're super-cool on the Lake Forum.
Just women who really want
to understand magic...
not dabblers.
But if you aren't from
my forum, who are you?
We are...
campus security.
We're just here checking the place out.
So, sorry you wasted your time.
But, you know, at least you have
a good story for your forum.
Just out of curiosity, though,
why were you hunting magic at
this particular frat house?
Because of this.
These are readings from my
equipment at the science lab,
where I'm building my
particle accelerator.
The last couple of days, it's been
registering strange power surges.
I traced the last one here
around the time the mascot disappeared.
Right, well, a power surge alone
isn't necessarily an
indicator of magic, so...
But with readings like these,
this building should have been leveled.
But it's still standing.
Okay, that is... harder to... argue with.
Um, why don't you leave
this to the professionals,
let us do our...
campus security thing,
and you go... do college stuff.
There are magic hunters now.
Ones that know what they're doing, too.
Hm.
[Indistinct conversations
music playing inside]
Invitations?
Ooh.
Invitations are non-transferrable, bro.
I got to keep out the riffraff.
- Riffraff?!
- Riffraff?!
Riffraff? Mate? I'll have you know I'm...
With me! [Chuckles]
Hey, Justin.
Oh! Hey, Lucy.
Uh, really? They're with you?
Sure! He's...
an exchange student,
and she's a grad student.
- Yeah.
- Come on, guys.
All right, there he is.
Okay, now, listen.
Professor Bancroft's analysis
is radically aggressive.
Okay, he's... he's a brutal academic.
Ooh! Then I'll be on my guard.
Yes.
Uh, excuse me, sir.
Professor Bancroft?
- Yes.
- Uh, yeah...
Uh, we... uh... [Chuckles]
Can I just start by saying
what a huge fan I am?
Hmm?
[Chuckles] Seriously.
Your analysis on how the
American residential dwellings
changed during the 18th century...
just... I mean, mind-blowing.
[Chuckles]
That was so long ago, I'm
surprised you found it.
Well, I, uh, actually wrote
a small critique off of it.
Uh, Oliver Thompson.
That's you?
That's me.
[Laughs] I believe I read it.
Yeah, that was a delightful little spin
on my groundbreaking work.
Thank you. I-I-I-I was...
I was just, you know...
I went off of what you were
doing, so it was very...
We hear you've been lecturing
on the architecture here on the campus.
I have.
I managed to acquire
the original plans for the buildings.
They show some fascinating
design and materials.
Specifically, we... we were gonna...
we were wondering about
the Omega Theta house
and the occult history.
[Sighing] Ohh.
You're one of those.
One of who?
One of those people
who believe all the
nonsense about Wexler.
Listen, I hate to burst
your bubble of delusion,
but magic does not exist.
It doesn't exist in architecture,
it certainly does not exist here.
There is no such thing as magic.
[Indistinct conversations music playing]
Ah!
Spoke to one of the brothers.
Said they hired a mascot,
but he never showed.
And then he asked me about
getting his deposit back.
- That's cold.
- Yeah.
I thought so, too, so I stole his watch.
If I had known this much wealth
was gonna be on display at college,
I would have bought into
higher education a lot sooner.
Okay, well, while you
were doing all of this,
did you happen to find any evidence
of a power surge or a missing mascot?
Well, I haven't checked upstairs.
Gonna guess that these rich frat brothers
keep their electronics out in the open.
Go! Go! Go!
Do you know what we're looking for?
There isn't a we. There is just me.
And my... friend.
And I am in no way saying
that magic exists.
It's so great that you
have a team to work with.
I would love that.
Or do you call yourselves a squad?
No. No, we don't.
Just, shouldn't you be doing
your studies or something
instead of wasting your
time with hunting magic?
Oh, my studies are fine.
I read every textbook
from cover to cover
before the semester started.
Well, there's plenty more
to college than that.
There's pep rallies and parties and...
college things!
Don't underestimate it.
Not everyone gets that experience.
It's fun, but I've always noticed things.
Like the power surges on my
particle accelerator equipment
or how Witten's M-theory implies more
than the standard 11-dimensional
supergravity solutions.
Wait. You... You read Witten's M-Theory?
I mean, there are like
10 people in the world
that understand that.
11 now.
But once I notice something,
I can't ignore it anymore.
I have to find out
everything I can about it.
Like... like with magic?
So you're saying magic exists?
- Well... Ooh!
- Oh. I'm sorry.
- Hey!
- My bad.
Ew. Well, that's sticky.
Yeah, one of these rooms, for sure.
Look.
Yo, man. Come on.
That must be the basement.
[Footsteps crunching] Oh. Oh!
Yes, everything is sticky now.
Weren't there rumors of
rituals in the basement?
You're right.
Come on. Let's go.
- Us?
- Yeah.
Wait. Shouldn't we call for backup?
No. I got this.
I'm a Librarian.
A what?
That's just not true!
I-I-I... Unbelievable.
You're... You're denying the
existence of Stonehenge?
No, I am denying the havey-cavey woo-woo
people ascribe to what is
essentially a giant calendar,
- you conspiracy theorist dilettante!
- The... I'm...
Dilettante? Dilettante?!
BAIRD: Dilettante?
Isn't this where you
smack him with a glove?
[Chanting in Latin]
Did you know the fraternity brothers
have real diamonds on their rings?
- It's like...
- Shh!
We invoke the old ones.
We invoke our makers.
That's so weird.
It's like the walls are
made of some sort of onyx.
The entire basement's lined with it.
We invoke our gods...
the gods...
of beer pong!
[Students cheering] All right!
Here we go.
- [Ping-pong ball bounces]
- Let's go!
[All scream]
Let me explain something to you, okay?
Just because you have a dozen degrees
doesn't mean you know anything!
Those dozen degrees mean
that I have studied things
that you never dreamed back on the farm.
- [Power surges]
- Guys?
I am Roger Bancroft,
distinguished professor...
B.A., M.A., C.Phil, Ph.D.
If you lived a hundred
lives, your pea brain
- Guys?!
- would never be able to absorb what I know.
And I know that your question about magic
is the stupidest thing I've ever heard!
[Creature roars]
[Screams]
What was that?
A tentacle monster.
A...big one.
So, we have a tentacle monster,
no mascot,
college student probing
the mysteries of magic.
[Sighs] And what did I tell you
about looking the gargoyles in the eye?
It's like feeding a stray dog.
You'll never get rid of it now.
Don't talk that way in
front of Stumpy, Jenkins!
Can we please focus on
the tentacle monster
that ate the mascot and the professor?
We don't know that they were eaten.
Technically, they were just taken
through a rift in space
that appeared suddenly...
as they do.
That, paired with the power surge
you say Miss Lyon tracked,
implies a classic summoned creature
from an alternate dimension...
possibly Lovecraftian.
Lovecraft. H.P. Lovecraft?
Lovely lyrical name, isn't it?
For such a troubled mind.
He based his fictional
Miskatonic University on Wexler.
Well, that would have been nice to know
before a tentacle monster
appeared in front of us.
So, we find out what
dimension they're in,
and we bring them back.
Easy-peasy.
No, sorry. Not easy-peasy.
Once through to an alternate dimension,
the chances of return... microscopic.
Plus, probably, they've been eaten.
- What?!
- Sorry.
Then we shut down the dimensional rift
before anyone else gets grabbed.
Okay, but if the creature was summoned,
that means someone was summoning it.
Yes. And summoned creatures
do not attack at random.
They have specific targets.
So we find out why the professor
and the mascot were targeted.
What did they have in common?
Peter was in Bancroft's class.
They were studying the
history of the college.
Could be a link there.
Plus, other students could be in danger.
And the frat house... it had
a weird foundation, right?
It was like a black stone.
That is definitely in Bancroft's research.
I'm hitting the college.
And I'll go rifle through his office.
Stumpy. Stay.
Good boy!
He can't be serious, thinking
this is Dutch Colonial.
Freakin' windbag.
Hi.
Hi. Hi.
Where's Professor Bancroft?
Uh...
Professor Bancroft is not here.
And, uh, he won't be...
for a while.
[Scoffs] That's not surprising.
Like every other college, one
in five of our professors
just moves or transfers out
in the middle of the night...
never to be seen again.
So, are you the guest lecturer?
Oh. Uh...
I am.
I'm just... that's what I was doing here,
was trying to figure
out where he left off.
Now, you wouldn't happen to
know what he was teaching?
Yeah... architectural history of Wexler.
Ohh!
Yeah, he found the school's
original plans, too.
They're right here.
Building materials.
Omega Theta house is on a foundation
of rare black stone
from the Pacific Ocean.
Bancroft said that was a coincidence.
Yeah, well, more proof
Bancroft doesn't know jack.
What?
The building materials in the foundation...
I mean, you'd have to change the
whole architectural design.
Class project.
Yeah? Foundation strength.
- Okay, excuse me... What was your name?
- Mindy.
Mindy, can you help me
pass these out real quick?
- Yeah.
- Thank you so much.
All right, so, take one
and pass them down,
give them to your friends.
For you guys, okay.
I'm assuming you guys
know how to compute it.
Okay, now, what we're looking
for is nonstandard values.
All right, primarily low Poisson ratio
and... and uniaxial
compression strength.
You got to look at the
base for stuff like that.
You got to get deep into it.
Oh! I have one.
Okay, let's start with you.
What do you got?
- This building.
- This building here? Yeah.
- The Architecture Building.
- Architecture Building.
That is right.
And we know Omega Theta.
Classics Building.
Classics Building. Show me.
- Right there.
- Nice, Bubba. That one will work.
Classics Building. All right.
That's now the Science Building.
And the gym.
A circle?
Nope.
A summoning circle.
Magic symbology
carved right into the design
of the college itself.
The power surges...
I registered the power surge
when the mascot disappeared,
but I also registered
much smaller surges
at the science lab and the gym.
I'd bet anything there were surges
at the Classics and
Architecture buildings, too.
The circle is like a circuit.
To activate it, magic needs to be
feeding into one of the points.
So we split up and
investigate the buildings.
We've already seen the architecture
hall and the frat house.
Okay, Lucy and I will
take the science lab.
Hold on.
Lucy, you've been a real big help,
but I think it's time
for us to take over.
Wait.
She followed the clues to
the frat house by herself,
and she's got some really cool
equipment that we could use.
So... what's it hurt?
[Sighing] Okay.
I'll take the Classics,
and I'm texting Ezekiel
to check out the gym.
Okay, and Stone will
be along after class.
Capability Brown really changed the game.
Okay? Because...?
Because he was the first
to emphasize naturalism.
Okay? First to emphasize naturalism.
He made the buildings part
of the landscape, all right?
Instead of just something
that was sitting on top of it.
Because after all...
architecture is art...
that we live in.
[Students murmur]
Huh?
All right, write that down, guys.
Write that down.
Okay.
It's got the emblem.
[Device warbling]
Yeah, and there's a constant
surge coming from the building,
but no evidence of magical activity.
Well, to be fair, that could be
the ghost-containment system
we have in the basement.
[Chuckles nervously]
I know you're kidding, but just
tell me that you're kidding.
[Chuckling] I'm kidding.
I kind of wish there was, though.
At least that would explain everything.
Well, maybe the trip's not an entire bust.
Want to see my particle accelerator?
Hells to the yeah!
Do people still say that?
People probably don't still say that.
We each have our own
space to work, to think,
and Fridays, we order sushi.
Oh!
Oh, wow!
If I had this, I would...
I would never leave.
You know how magic works.
Yeah. Okay. [Chuckles]
Come on.
Now, take a look.
Particle accelerator.
Shouldn't it be, like, a mile bigger?
The real one will be bigger,
but not much bigger.
I'm working on a non-scaling
fixed-field alternating gradient design.
But it's a working model. Watch.
[Computer beeps]
[Whirring]
Electromagnets.
They can't move particles
fast enough at this size.
That's the weird thing.
I built it using some new
theoretical equations
I've been working on,
and I'm not sure how,
but... [Sighs]
...the particles accelerate
faster than I even imagined.
That's not possible.
Well, let me get you the full data.
It's amazing.
Okay.
These results would need
100 yards of track,
which means...
the circle's bigger than it looks.
Oh, Lucy, what have you done?
[Sighs]
I didn't mean to. I swear.
I didn't know it was magic.
It's okay.
I would strongly but
respectfully disagree
that it is okay.
That is why we have the Library...
to keep magic out of untried hands.
Okay, let's just stay focused.
Lucy, what precisely did you do?
I...I don't know.
The equations just came to me.
It's a variation on a compression spell.
Essentially, she built
the particle accelerator
in a compressed pocket of space.
And, by using magic at this spot,
activated the summoning circle.
Oh, God! I killed two people!
We don't know that they're dead.
They were just... taken.
Well, I do hope this serves as a lesson
to keep your curiosity
in check, young lady.
Jenkins!
Colonel, if she had not
been tinkering with magic,
she wouldn't have had the imagination
to even stumble upon her new equations
for the particle accelerator.
Okay, well, then I guess
it's our fault, too.
'Cause all the Library
does is lock up magic
and try to tell people
that it doesn't exist,
when we could be a place
where people like Lucy
can come for answers and knowledge
and... and training.
That's not what the Library does.
Yes. Thank you, Colonel.
You're not right, either!
Magic is out there!
More and more regular people
are coming into contact with it.
We can't just keep boxing it up
and pretending it's swamp gas.
We have to come up with a
strategy for dealing with it.
So how do we deal with it?
We'll deal with it.
It's our responsibility.
But it's my fault.
So I need to know how I can fix it.
Do any of you besides Cassandra
know particle physics?
And what exactly do you know
about summoning circles?
Which is why we need to work together.
Right now, we need Lucy.
She created the device.
Okay, look, if we take the
magic out of the accelerator,
will that deactivate the circle?
It will de-power it but not close it.
For that, we need a ritual,
and the ritual requires
we know specifically what
creature was summoned.
Okay, you work on that.
Cassandra and I will keep working
on the particle accelerator with Lucy.
Be careful, Colonel.
Magic in untried hands...
"They're baaaack!"
I got nothin', man.
I got... I... or I got too much.
There's too many circles
in this symbology text.
Lovecraft's original notes are
not very illuminating, either.
There can't be that many
alternate dimensions
to research.
Well, multiply a million by a million,
and you wouldn't even be close.
And what are you doing?
Research... just not old-person style.
I'm running an image
search on the emblem.
That's actually pretty smart.
Right, Stumpy?
[Laughing] "Oh, yes, Ezekiel.
That's very smart.
Smarter than Jenkins or
Stone could ever be."
Yeah. Keep talking, man.
Bancroft was saying
something sort of like that
right when he got eaten!
What did you say?
- Oh, Stumpy said it.
- Not... Not you.
- Mr. Stone.
- What?
You said that Bancroft was saying
that he was better than you before he...
Yeah.
Would you call him arrogant,
boastful, egotistical?
I'd call him a prick.
And the mascot...
Wexler's biggest fan, full of pride?
Delusional with it, supposedly.
Right.
The monster is a Hybristic.
No, no, man, that's not...
I didn't see that.
- I saw one tentacle come out.
- Well, that's a good thing,
because seeing the entire beast
has been known to drive men mad.
The Hybristic was summoned in ancient times
to quell those who thought of
overthrowing their masters.
It is attracted by overt displays
of pride, hubris, ego.
It appears when such ego is on display...
and devours it.
First things first...
we should turn the power off.
Colonel, please throw
those three breakers...
red, blue, red.
We're gonna figure this out.
Oh, I know...
because I'm going to solve it.
I'm Lucy Lyon, and I will solve it.
[Computer beeps]
That should... do it.
But it didn't. It's still on.
It's like it's being powered
by something we can't see.
It's the dimensional rift.
Now that it's been torn
open, it's stronger.
It's a feedback loop.
The... The accelerator
keeps the rift open,
and the rift powers the weird
physics of the accelerator.
We turn it up.
Turn it up?
I vote against that! Let's call Jenkins.
No, we speed it up so fast that
there's no charge differential.
It'll be like turning an alternating
current into a direct current.
[Computer beeping] Okay, but
with no charge differential,
the magnets will stop being fed.
But... But by drawing
more power from the rift,
we run the risk
of punching a permanent
hole between two worlds.
Wow. That is a whole lot of bad
crammed into one small sentence.
No, it'll work, and it'll be epic.
[Electricity crackling] Lucy?
You need to think about this.
Even if we don't punch a hole,
we'll release so much radiation
that we'll have to vent
into the atmosphere.
Why are you trying to stop me?!
Because you are doing magic,
and... and you don't understand
how dangerous it is.
Maybe I do understand it. After
all, I actually did magic.
Maybe we should calm down, go outside,
sit in on a drum circle.
- A drum circle?
- I don't know!
I went to a military academy!
No! I'm going to solve this...
save the whole freakin' school.
[Power surging] I've got the math,
the science. I even have the magic.
I'm going to win a Nobel Prize
one day, so I can do this!
[Creature roars]
[Screams] Lucy?!
No!
No! No! Baird!
BAIRD: Lucy!
[Gasps]
[Screaming]
We have to get her back.
Get who back?
Lucy. She was taken by the monster.
Lucy was taken?
We activate the rift,
and then we go in, and we get her.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Nobody is going into a dimensional rift.
Are you using these?
- No.
- Okay.
One problem with opening
the rift right now.
The pep rally... it's
being held in the gym.
It's one of the spots on the map.
What does that mean?
Well, we identified the monster.
It's attracted to overt displays of ego.
All those college kids
thinking their team can beat Michigan?
It'll be a feast.
It would be the height of folly
to open the rift right now.
We need to close it and
close it for good.
Can you close it?
We found a ritual. It involves sage.
Nope.
It is the responsible thing to do.
I don't care.
This distance is different
than all the rest of them.
Cassandra, if we open the rift,
we endanger the entire school.
Look, I know you want to find Lucy,
but we can't risk the safety
of all those students.
And I said, "No."
I'm sorry, but you don't
get to make this call.
You want to know the
most important thing
I've learned being a Librarian?
Is that there's a difference
between doing what's best
and doing what's right.
Now, I did what was best once,
and... I was wrong.
So this time, I want to
do what I know is right.
Eve, I'm a Librarian.
And we're gonna go after Lucy.
I'm with you.
[Scoffs] Yeah.
Like you're gonna get
in trouble without me.
Well, then...
we need a plan.
Okay.
So, Lucy said she could
detect energy surges
every time the monster appeared...
these five places.
So those are all potential access points.
So we summon the monster,
and in theory, I should be
able to use the accelerator
to punch a hole into its home dimension.
And then we go get her.
Okay, so, how do we summon
a monster that feeds on...
...ego?
What?
If I am going to be bait,
why are we in a golf cart
and not, say, a Ferrari?
Because we got to get close, all right?
Baird, you in place?
Yeah. Wait for my word.
Okay. That's the last one.
By placing these in a circle,
I've created a magnetic field
at the weakest point of
the dimensional barrier.
Stone will use the spectrometer
to get the energy signature
from the monster when it appears,
and I'll use that to dial
into the right dimension.
As long as they can keep
the monster appearing,
the rift should stay open,
and they'll distract the
monster long enough.
And I can come back with Lucy.
No.
I can.
What? No. I should be
the one to go through.
Baird, I need you here
to do what Stone and Ezekiel can't do...
what I can't do.
If I don't come back, I need you
to push the accelerator into the rift.
It'll stop the feedback loop.
If I throw it in, you can't get back.
Eve, you're the Guardian.
And you're the only person
I trust to make the right call.
[Sighs]
You really are a Librarian.
Yep.
We're in position.
All right.
Go.
Do... Do your thing.
Do the... do the stuff.
Talk about yourself, man.
[Australian accent] Ezekiel Jones!
[Normal voice] Talk about...
Talk about yourself!
It's not like I try to be egotistical!
Right! Right!
Just like...
you don't try to be the best thief.
- Exactly.
- Right.
I just am.
Do you know what it takes
to break into Fort Knox?
I don't, and I've done it.
It's all natural talent.
I am just that awesome.
It's starting!
[Creature roars]
Go, go, go, go, go!
BAIRD: Okay, thanks, Stone.
You could thank me, too!
Whatever you do, keep it
away from the gymnasium.
You sure about this?
No. [Sighs]
Just make sure
the monster doesn't get the
kids or Ezekiel or Stone.
And you do what you have to do.
Promise me.
I promise.
Find Lucy.
[Roaring echoes]
[Echoing] Lucy?
Hello?
[Creature roars]
Baird!
She's through.
I'm just that awesome!
Aah! Aah!
All right, good.
Tell her she better be quick,
'cause once that pep rally starts,
not even Jones' ego is gonna be able
to keep that gym full of kids safe.
Uh, I'm a fantastic dresser.
I mean, I dress better
than any of you.
I'm a great dancer.
And this hair?
I don't even do anything with it.
It just...
- [Creature roars]
- Let go! Let go!
What's it doing?
What's going on?
- What's going on? It's going away!
- I don't know, I...
Keep going. You're awesome,
you're awesome, you're awesome.
Even I run out of awesome
things to say about myself.
Thief. Thief.
- My modesty is one of my strong points.
- Oh, my God!
- You could be the greatest of all time,
Ezekiel Jones. - Yeah. Yeah, ever.
You might even be able
to take me in a fight.
Yeah! I never thought of that.
- But I absolutely could, right?
- Oh, my...
- Yeah.
- Yeah, yeah, I mean,
I've got a pretty strong
right that's pretty mean.
Well, let's figure out how that happen...
I-I know I'm cute. I'm really cute!
Cute... Yeah. Listen,
you're on the right track.
I think even... even... even Baird
might have something for you.
You know, I always thought...
Yaah! It's him!
[Whimpers]
[Echoing] Lucy?
Is that you?
Lucy?!
[Twigs rustle]
[Screams]
- Lucy!
- Shh!
The smaller one brings back food
for its mate... an offering.
We're on her hunting grounds.
[Creature growls]
[Both panting]
No mascot? No professor?
Not anymore.
[Creature growls]
[Both panting]
Okay.
I didn't come through
space and time
to get eaten today.
Let's go. Go!
[Creature roars]
I'm likely a better singer than you.
What?!
Watch out! Whoa!
[Tires screech]
[Barks]
Stumpy! What are you doing?!
[Snarling]
Stumpy!
[Barking] No!
[Creature roars]
[Barking continues]
[Crunch]
[Stumpy whimpers]
[Creature roars]
Stumpy!
[Creature roaring]
[Both panting]
Aah!
[Panting]
[Roars]
Don't worry. I've got you.
In between... space and time.
Who are you?
Just people... women...
chosen, like you.
We've been waiting for you
for a very long time.
When you learned to
walk between worlds,
you proved ready to take
your place in our circle.
Your circle?
Science and magic.
Long ago, we of the Lake realized
those two practices would
eventually become one.
The Lake.
The Lake Forum online.
You're looking for people
who truly understand magic.
And now we invite you to learn with us...
study...
grow.
Thank you.
But I already have a job.
If that is your wish, Cassandra Cillian.
But should the tide shift,
your place with us will be waiting.
[Voice echoes]
[Gasps]
Lucy!
Where's Cassandra?
She was right behind me.
[Gasps]
Throw it into the rift! Do it now!
[Electricity crackling]
It's gone.
They did it.
[Breathing shakily]
Stumpy!
[Indistinct conversations]
Most people, when almost
eaten by a tentacle monster,
would have sworn off magic forever.
But [chuckles] not Lucy Lyon.
[Chuckles] Well, you know me.
Once I know something, I can't ignore it.
So I'm going to learn
everything I can about magic.
By giving up on school?
Yeah, I think it might be
better if I'm somewhere
I can't accidentally open
up dimensional rifts.
You know, school isn't the
only thing you're giving up.
Nothing's ever really
gonna be normal again.
You gave up normal when
you became a Librarian,
and you get eaten almost every week.
Yeah, but I never had
normal to begin with.
That's not really you.
This cool, kick-ass
adventure Cassandra...
that's who you really are.
Sometimes you just have to jump.
You taught me that.
Thank you.
[Both chuckle]
But don't worry.
If I ever summon up another
otherworldly creature,
I know who to call.
[Clicks tongue]
[Both chuckle]
Bye.
[Doors close]
Hi.
Did you finish your ritual?
You burnt the sage and...
closed the summoning circle for good?
I did.
What you did, however...
far more dangerous.
I can't convince Lucy to
stay away from magic.
I know you disagree with that,
but... I think she's brave.
This isn't about Lucy.
There were three ladies.
And they took you to the Lake.
This is complicated.
I take it it wasn't lost on you
that they stopped time...
like Morgan Le Fay.
And that you have now
garnered their attention.
I got to admit...
I was tempted by their offer.
They're not afraid, like we are.
[Scoffs]
The Library has always been prudent.
Prudence is not fear.
But prudence isn't working, Mr. Jenkins.
Magic is getting out there.
The Library can't stop it.
We can't hide it anymore.
The Lake...
even Lucy...
they're not afraid of changing times.
Miss Cillian...
Cassandra.
You are not wrong.
The world is changing.
And there is a debate older than time
about the best way to deal with magic.
The Lake...
They've always been ambitious.
Now, you need to be on your guard
for whatever happens next.
"Whatever happens next"?
Whatever happens next...
please remember that I chose to stay.
You know...
for the first time, I feel
like I'm choosing my life...
instead of running after
someone else's choices.
I like this better.