Todd McFarlane's Spawn (1997–1999): Season 3, Episode 1 - The Mindkiller - full transcript

Spawn is tormented by nightmares of a Medieval Black Knight hunting him and demanding that he acknowledge which Master he serves. A mysterious prisoner is introduced; we find he is being held by Jason Wynn.

A HELL SPAWN HAS
RETURNED TO EARTH SOULLESS,

HIS MIND RAVAGED,
HIS MEMORY SHATTERED...

THEY TOOK
EVERYTHING FROM ME!

THEY MADE ME
A MONSTER.

YOU'RE ALONE
NOW, SPAWN.

AIN'T NO ONE COVERING
YOUR BACK ANYMORE.

I FOUND YOU.

GET AWAY
FROM ME!

THIS IS TRULY WHAT
HELL IS, OLD MAN.

I WOULD DO MY LIFE
ALL OVER AGAIN

IN THE WORLD'S
WORST SHIT HOLE,



THAN TO BE HERE,
NOW, LIKE THIS.

IT'S ME WANDA,
I'M YOUR HUSBAND.

DON'T CRY MAMA,
THAT WAS THE SAD MAN.

( Cogliostro ) YOU HAVE
BROUGHT THIS EVIL INTO HER LIFE,

THE STINK OF HELL BROUGHT
BACK FROM YOUR MASTER.

MASTER?

WHO DO YOU THINK WRAPPED
YOU IN THAT SHROUD?

IT WAS MALEBOLGIA.

ARE YOU GONNA SEND HIM THE
DARK SOUL OF JASON WYNN?

WYNN HAD ME MURDERED,

HE'LL KILL WANDA
TOO IF I DON'T STOP HIM.

I CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS ANYMORE.

HIDING IN THE SHADOWS.

I'M SICK OF IT.



( Cogliostro ) I CAN SHOW YOU
HOW TO BREAK THE CURSE.

BUT YOU HAVE TO STOP
THE SAVAGE KILLING.

( Spawn ) I'M COMING
FOR YOU, JASON WYNN.

DON'T YOU REMEMBER ME?

YOU HAD ME BURNED ALIVE.

( Cogliostro ) MALEBOLGIA HAS
BEEN GUIDING BOTH OF YOU.

HOW DO YOU KNOW THESE THINGS?

BECAUSE HE WAS
ONCE MY MASTER, TOO.

WHO ARE YOU?

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NO!

GOOD OR EVIL,

WE HAVE TO ULTIMATELY CHOOSE

ONE OR THE OTHER IN LIFE.

WE ALL THINK THAT WE'RE GOOD.

SO WHERE DOES
THE EVIL COME FROM?

WHERE IS IT HIDING?

WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE ON,

IT SEEMS THE
DARKNESS IS HELD AT BAY,

JUST SITTING THERE AT
THE EDGE OF THE LIGHT.

BUT EVIL, IT EXISTS
BECAUSE WE CREATE IT.

BUT NOT OUT THERE,

IT COMES FROM THE INSIDE.

( evil laughter )

( chatter )

DON'T LET THE DEMONS TAKE YOU...

DON'T LET THE
DEMONS TAKE YOU...

DON'T LET THE
DEMONS TAKE YOU...

DON'T LET THE
DEMONS TAKE YOU...

DON'T LET THE
DEMONS TAKE YOU...

DON'T LET THE
DEMONS TAKE YOU...

( demented laughter )

DON'T LET THE
DEMONS TAKE YOU...

WITHIN THE SOULS
OF EVERY HELL SPAWN,

A BATTLE IS WAGED.

WHAT SCRAPS OF HUMANITY
CAN THEY HOLD ONTO?

WHAT MASTER WILL THEY SERVE?

EVERY HELL SPAWN,

ALL THE WAY BACK TO
THE PRIMORDIAL PAST,

HAS LOST THEIR STRUGGLE
WITH THE DARKNESS.

EACH ONE SANK INTO THE PIT

TO SIT AT THE RIGHT
HAND OF MALEBOLGIA,

TO WAIT FOR THE FINAL
BATTLE AGAINST THE LIGHT.

( horse neighing )

CHOOSE, HELL SPAWN.

WHAT MASTER DO YOU SERVE?

I SERVE... NO MASTER!

HE CAME TO YOU
AGAIN, DIDN'T HE?

THE BLACK KNIGHT WILL
KEEP COMING TO YOU.

TORMENTING YOU UNTIL YOU CHOOSE.

HOW DO YOU KNOW MY DREAMS?

WITHIN YOU ARE THE REMNANTS OF

OTHER HELL SPAWNS FROM THE PAST.

YOU AND I ARE CONNECTED
ACROSS THE MILLENNIUM.

YOU'RE NOTHING LIKE ME.

YOU CAN'T KNOW WHAT I FEEL.

IT'S TIME YOU HAD
THE COLD HARD TRUTH.

I'M NEARLY OUT OF TIME.

AND YOU ARE THE ONLY HOPE I HAVE

TO FINISH MY JOURNEY.

LOOK, OLD MAN,

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU KNOW
ABOUT THE DREAMS I HAVE.

MAYBE I YELLED OUT,
BUT THAT'S ALL IT WAS.

A BAD DREAM.

HUMANS DREAM,

NOT DEAD MEN WHO
HAVE SOLD THEIR SOULS.

GET AWAY FROM ME.

VIOLENCE IS ALL YOU KNOW.

YOU THRIVE ON IT.

BUT IT ONLY SENDS MORE
SOULS TO YOUR MASTER.

IT MAKES HIM STRONGER.

I HAVE NO MASTER.

YES, YOU DO... MALEBOLGIA.

AND HE CHOSE THE RIGHT MAN.

LOOK AT ME.

I'M NOT A MAN ANYMORE.

YOU WERE A MAN, ONCE.

YOU CAN BE A MAN AGAIN.

THE ONE YOU CALL MALEBOLGIA,

HE CAN'T BE REAL.

HE IS REAL AND YOU KNOW IT.

WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?

I WANT YOU TO REMOVE
THAT SCARLET SHROUD,

A HELL SPAWN CAN
BE FREE OF THE CURSE.

HOW CAN YOU KNOW THAT?

BECAUSE I AM FREE.

( music thumping )

WHERE ARE WE GOING FIRST?

WHAT ABOUT THAT CLUB
WE USED TO GO TO ON 42nd?

HEY, COLLEGE BOY,

YOU'VE BEEN GONE TOO LONG.

WE DON'T GO THERE ANYMORE.

IN FACT, YOU DON'T
ASK WHERE WE GO.

WE GO WHERE I DRIVE.

YEAH, WE GO WHERE HE DRIVES.

THERE'S NOTHING
LIKE A SATURDAY NIGHT.

HEY, JOEY,

YOU CAN HAVE A REAL
WOMAN TONIGHT, HUH?

NOT THAT COLLEGE PEACH FUZZ.

( Joey ) JESUS, FRANKIE,

YOU KNOW I'M
GOING OUT WITH GINA.

( mimicking ) YOU KNOW
I'M GOING OUT WITH GINA.

HEY, PETEY,

YOU WERE ALWAYS THE
SMARTEST GUY IN SCHOOL,

YOU KNOW HOW TO WORK IT.

HOW COME YOU
DIDN'T GO TO COLLEGE?

I HAD SOME GOOD
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

I KNOW A SWEET
SETUP WHEN I SEE IT.

THAT'S WHAT SEPARATES ME

FROM THE REST OF THE DUMB FUCKS

IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHAT ARE WE DOING AT ORVETTI'S?

HE'S CLOSING UP.

JUST FOR OLD TIME'S SAKE

LIKE WHEN WE WERE KIDS
CRUISING THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

REMEMBER HOW "MR. O"

USED TO SLIP US CANDY ON THE SLY

SO HIS OLD LADY WOULDN'T SEE?

REMEMBER THAT, PETEY?

HE WAS COOL.

LAST OF THE GUYS
FROM THE OLD COUNTRY.

WHEN MOM GOT SICK AND
AFTER WHEN SHE WAS GONE

HE USED TO BRING BAGS OF
GROCERIES UP TO THE APARTMENT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

C'MON, LET'S GO IN.

SEE WHAT'S UP WITH HIM.

( Italian music )

MR. ORVETTI, YOU CLOSING UP?

HEY, I'M NEVER
CLOSED FOR YOU BOYS.

YOU SHOULD COME DOWN
TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD MORE.

HEY, MR. ORVETTI,

YOU GOT ANY OF THAT
CANNOLI YOU USED TO GIVE...?

FORGET ABOUT IT.

I GOT CANNOLI, I GOT
PASTA, I GOT EVERYTHING.

MANGIA, EAT, EAT.

LOOK AT YOU KIDS.

ME, I SEE MEN IN
MY STORE TONIGHT.

NOT LITTLE BOYS ANYMORE.

HEY, MR. O., IT'S JOEY...

JESUS!

WHY THE FUCK DID YOU DO THAT?

HOLY SHIT!

THAT'S THE WAY IT'S
DONE FRANKIE, QUICK, EASY.

GETS A LITTLE MESSY SOMETIMES.

HEY, FORGET ABOUT IT.

WHAT'S DONE IS DONE.

JESUS, PETEY,

WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY CANNOLI?

THERE'S FUCKING BRAINS IN IT!

HOW AM I SUPPOSED
TO EAT THIS SHIT, HUH?

I'VE BEEN AROUND
LONGER THAN YOU, FRANKIE.

SO YOU GOTTA LISTEN
TO ME A LITTLE BIT.

IF YOU WANT TO GET NOTICED,
YOU GOTTA DO FAVORS.

I DON'T WANT ANY
PART OF THIS, MAN.

THE COPS ASK ME,

I'M GOING TO TELL
THEM WHAT YOU DID.

SHUT UP, JOEY.

I'M NOT GOING TO
PRISON FOR THIS, PETEY,

YOU DUMB FUCK!

STAND STILL, I GOT
MY EYE ON YOU.

YOU KILLED HIM FOR NOTHING!

EASY KID, C'MON.

( Joey ) WHAT'S GOING ON?

YOU GOTTA TELL ME
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.

FRANKIE, DON'T
WORRY IT'S NOTHING.

GET IN THE FUCKING
CAR, ALRIGHT?

LET'S JUST GO, C'MON.

OKAY, WHAT'S DONE IS DONE.

HE'S DEAD, WE JUST
GOTTA KEEP IT TOGETHER.

GOTTA KEEP IT COOL.

I'M GONNA GET SICK.

LIGHTEN UP.

HAVE A TOKE, YOU
NEED TO RELAX A LITTLE.

GET ME OUT OF HERE,
I CAN'T BREATHE, MAN.

SHUT UP.

JUST SHUT UP ALL OF YOUS.

I GOTTA WORK THINGS OUT.

I'M GONNA PUKE!

PULL OVER.

BE A MAN, THERE'S
AN ALLEY UP AHEAD.

YOU MADE A BIG MISTAKE,
FRANKIE, BRINGING HIM.

I AIN'T GONNA LIE
TO YOU, FRANKIE.

I DON'T THINK JOEY'S GONNA
MAKE IT HOME TONIGHT.

HE'S JUST SICK, PETEY,
I'LL TAKE CARE OF HIM.

HE'S NOT FROM THE STREETS,

HE DIDN'T GET INTO
THE ARMY LIKE US.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I'M SAYING HE'S NOT
GONNA MAKE IT HOME AT ALL.

SO, YOU DO IT, FRANKIE,
YOU TAKE CARE OF HIM.

RIGHT NOW.

C'MON, MOVE, LET'S GO.

C'MON, MOVE, LET'S GO!

WHAT'S GOING ON, FRANKIE?

WHAT'S GOING ON? TALK TO ME!

C'MON, MAN.

DON'T JOKE AROUND.

FRANKIE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

I'M YOUR BEST FRIEND.

PUT THE GUN AWAY, MAN.

YOU THINK HE'LL DO IT?

IF FRANKIE'S SMART.

I DON'T WANT TO STAY OUT
ALL NIGHT BURYING BODIES.

I THOUGHT WE WERE
BUDDIES, FRANKIE!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

DON'T SHOOT ME, MAN!

I'M BEGGING YOU, I
DON'T WANNA DIE!

SHUT UP, JOEY.

IT'S YOUR FAULT, YOU
BROUGHT THIS ON YOURSELF.

IF YOU HADN'T OPENED
YOUR MOUTH TO PETEY.

FRANKIE, IT'S ME, JOEY.

WHY YOU DOING THIS, MAN?

C'MON, YOU KNOW I
WOULDN'T GIVE YOU UP.

SHUT UP!

WHAT'S HAPPENING, OLD MAN?

THE PORTAL IS OPENING.

PREPARING TO RECEIVE A SOUL.

STRANGE... IT FEELS...

FAMILIAR? YES.

YOU YOURSELF CAME THROUGH.

YOU JUST DON'T REMEMBER.

I DON'T WANT TO
LOOK AT YOUR FACE.

WHAT'S DONE IS DONE, JOEY.

( Spawn ) WHY DON'T YOU
KILL YOUR GOOD BUDDY

SOMEWHERE ELSE?

I'M SICK OF SEEING
YOU PUNKS IN MY ALLEY.

WHAT ARE YOU,
SOME KIND OF FREAK?

GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!

YOU'RE JUST TAKING UP SPACE.

BREATHING MY AIR.

( Cogliostro ) THIS BOY
WANTS TO BE A KILLER.

LIKE YOU...

LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE
GONNA SHOW HIM HOW.

I WANT YOU GONE.

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS, KID?

YOU DON'T OWE THEM ANYTHING.

YOU THINK I WANT TO SHOOT HIM?

JOEY FUCKED UP.

I BROUGHT HIM IN FOR THIS,

AND NOW THEY
THINK I'M A RAT TOO.

THEY MADE ME.

THIS ISN'T MY FUCKING GUN.

GET OUT!

YOU THINK YOU CONTROL
WHAT GOES ON HERE?

YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT.

YOU HAVE A LOT TO
LEARN, HELL SPAWN.

IT'S TAKING TOO LONG,

MAYBE FRANKIE
DIDN'T HAVE THE GUTS.

THEN THEY'RE BOTH DEAD.

YEAH, BOTH DEAD.

( car engine starts )

SHIT!

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?

AM I DEAD? AM I DREAMING?

WHAT, WHAT?!

NO, THERE'S GOTTA BE A WAY.

AM I BEING PUNISHED?

IS THAT IT?

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!

WHAT'S HAPPENED?
WHAT'S HAPPENED?!

THERE'S NO WAY OUT
FOR YOU, FRANKIE.

THE BULLET WAITS.

WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?

I'M ON MY SIDE!

MISTER, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD
YOU TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS

OR BUSINESS TAKES CARE OF YOU.

I DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE SHIT.

NOW WHY DON'T YOU TWO
FAGGOTS GO FUCK OFF?

WHO IS THE REAL
EXECUTIONER HERE?

ANYONE WHO WOULD
MURDER HIS BEST FRIEND

ISN'T WORTH KEEPING ALIVE.

YOU THINK HE'S THE ONLY ONE

WHO SACRIFICED A FRIEND?

YOU HAD CHOICES ABOUT
KILLING, TOO, HELL SPAWN.

YOU'RE NO BETTER THAN HIM.

I WAS A SOLDIER,

STUCK IN A LOT OF
DIRTY LITTLE WARS.

I TOOK ORDERS.

THIS KID IS JUST
TAKING ORDERS, TOO.

HIS LIFE DEPENDS ON IT.

YOU REMEMBER YOUR
BUDDY, DON'T YOU?

THE FRIEND YOU
SACRIFICED IN THE JUNGLE?

WHAT DID YOU SAY?

YOU LET HIM DIE AT THE
HANDS OF THE ENEMY,

WHILE YOU SURVIVED.

I DON'T WANT YOU
IN MY HEAD, OLD MAN.

DO YOU REMEMBER
YOUR FRIEND, SYKES?

SYKES...

YOU COULD HAVE SAVED HIM.

YOUR POSITION,

I WANT TO KNOW
YOUR UNIT'S POSITION.

DON'T TELL HIM ANYTHING, AL.

HOW ABOUT YOU, MARICONE?

WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE?

DON'T TELL THEM ANYTHING.

OHH!

SYKES.

THEY'RE COMING, MAN.

AHHH!

( Cogliostro ) IT TOOK HOURS BEFORE
YOUR FRIEND'S BODY STOPPED MOVING,

THERE WAS THE
SMELL OF HIS BLOOD,

THE SOUND OF THE MACHETE
HACKING THROUGH BONE.

HIS MOANING WERE LITTLE
WHIMPERS BEFORE HE DIED.

DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE SOUNDS?

DO YOU REMEMBER THE BLOOD?

HOW THICK?

YOUR FEET WERE SLIDING ON IT.

WHEN IT WAS YOUR TURN,

WHAT WAS THE ONLY
THING YOU COULD THINK OF?

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THAT WAS?

THE ONE THING YOU
WOULD GIVE ANYTHING FOR...

( Al ) YOU BETTER KILL ME.

( Cogliostro ) DO YOU REMEMBER?

SECURE THE AREA.

CUT OUR MEN OFF THAT POLE.

NOW!

MAJOR FORSBERG, SIR.

WE DIDN'T TELL
THEM ANYTHING, SIR.

JESUS!

ALL THE COORDINATES
WE GAVE YOU WERE BOGUS,

IN CASE YOU WERE CAPTURED.

( Cogliostro ) DO YOU
REMEMBER WHAT YOU DID?

EVEN AFTER YOU WERE RESCUED?

AHH!

( gunshots )

THEY'RE JUST WOMEN
AND CHILDREN, AL.

DON'T GIVE INTO THE DEMONS.

I CAN GUIDE YOU OUT OF HERE.

LISTEN TO ME, AL.

LOOK AT ME.

DON'T LET THE DEMONS TAKE YOU.

YOU HEAR ME, SOLDIER?

DON'T LET THE DEMONS TAKE YOU.

( Cogliostro ) AND
THE WAY YOU FELT?

YOU REMEMBER THAT, DON'T YOU?

DON'T YOU!

YES, YES! IT FELT GOOD!

I'M GLAD I KILLED
THE LITTLE PRICK.

I SCATTERED HIS BRAINS
ALL OVER THE JUNGLE.

( Cogliostro ) WHEN YOU
PULLED THAT TRIGGER

YOU MADE THE EYES OF HELL
TURN TOWARD YOU THAT DAY.

YOU MADE HELL TAKE NOTICE.

YOU'RE LYING.

YOU DON'T KNOW A
DAMN THING ABOUT ME.

YOU GAVE HELL A NEW PLAYER.

THAT MOMENT WAS THE BEGINNING.

YOU MADE THEM LOOK AT YOU.

CRAVE YOU.

SPAWN WAS BORN ON THAT DAY.

THAT'S WHY THEY TURNED
ME INTO A MONSTER?

THEY PUT THE RIGHT
FACE ON YOU, HELL SPAWN.

YOU'RE JUST LIKE FRANKIE HERE.

WHEN YOU WERE STILL HUMAN

YOU GAVE UP YOUR HUMANITY.

HEY, GRAMPS,

THIS NIGHT OF THE
LIVING DEAD STUFF

IS REALLY FREAKING ME OUT.

I DIDN'T CHOOSE HELL.

WHAT THE FUCK AM I DOING?

TALKING TO A BUM ABOUT HELL.

THERE AIN'T NO HELL, I
GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE.

YOU GET ME OUT OF
THIS GODDAMN FOG.

NO, IT'S DONE, TIME TO CHOOSE.

THE TRIGGER HAS
ALREADY BEEN PULLED,

THE TARGET CHOSEN.

WHY ARE YOU
DOING THIS, FRANKIE?

DON'T, DON'T SHOOT PETEY.

WHAT'S IT GONNA BE, FRANKIE?

YOU DID THE RIGHT
THING, FRANKIE.

TONIGHT YOU MADE YOUR BONES.

IF YOU HAD KILLED HIM,

MALEBOLGIA WOULD JUST
HAVE HAD MORE SOLDIERS.

WHY DOES MALEBOLGIA
PLAY THESE LITTLE GAMES?

HE DIDN'T MAKE FRANKIE
PULL THAT TRIGGER.

FRANKIE MADE THE
CHOICE TO BE A KILLER

JUST LIKE YOU DID.

HELL CAN'T MAKE YOU CHOOSE.

THEY DON'T HAVE THAT POWER.

YOU JUSTIFIED IT.

I'M NOT BUYING INTO YOUR
LITTLE DRAMA, OLD MAN.

WHY?

BECAUSE YOU REFUSE TO TRUST ME.

THEN FIND
SOMEONE ELSE.

THERE MUST HAVE BEEN
SOMEONE YOU BELIEVED IN,

SOME TIME
IN YOUR LIFE.

DON'T GIVE
INTO THE DEMONS.

FORSBERG...
I TRUSTED HIM.

HE WAS A ROCK.

NOT ANYMORE.

DON'T LET THE DEMONS
TAKE YOU.

DON'T LET THE
DEMONS TAKE YOU.

DON'T LET THE DEMONS...

THE DEMONS
TAKE YOU.

AHH...!

MAJOR FORSBERG,
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?

I HOPE MY FRIENDS HAVE
BEEN TREATING YOU WELL.

SHH...

I'VE COME FOR YOU.