Van Helsing (2016–…): Season 3, Episode 8 - Crooked Steps - full transcript

Previously on Van Helsing...

Ever since the elder bit me,
I'm craving it.

If I start to turn, you know
what you have to do, right?

The family book.

The answers are in there,
I just couldn't find them.

I read every word.

I'll miss you.

Bring her back in one piece.

Yeah, not a scratch.

Each elder has something, a totem,

that leads to the dark one.



We kill the elders, take their totems,

and resurrect the dark one ourselves.

We end this once and for all.

What's that line thing?

I don't know, it looks like
a maze or something.

What're we even looking for?

I don't know.

It's not in the words, right?

We're supposed to be looking
for hidden clues or something?

Yeah, that's what she said, right?

Anything?

No.

Don't worry, we'll figure it out.

Yeah, I just hope in time enough
to make a difference.



Head down, now!

Holy shit.

Hey!

Hey! That's my boat!

You ok?

Yeah, I'm great.

I just got shot in the back
with a shotgun.

Good thing we walked
all over those mountains

instead of just taking the boat here.

According to the map we should be close.

Yeah, assuming that we've
been following the right map.

What're we even looking for?

Ugh.

That, maybe.

Ugh.

Anything else in there?

You mean, besides a dead guy
without a face

'cause he blew it off?

I'm assuming it's not the elder.

No, he looks human.

Looks like it's this guy right here.

Chuck Tanner.

I think he was the keeper here
when all this started so...

If I was on this island for two weeks

I'd probably do the same thing.

Man, there's a lot of good shit in here.

I feel like this place hasn't
been touched since the rising.

Yeah, it does seem that way.

Woah.

Hey, I'm starving.

Let's eat.

Somewhere else?

Yeah.

When you were alone with mom
did she say anything else

about being a Van Helsing?

Our childhoods?

Why the hell we're stuck doing this?

Only what you already know.

About being willing to make
sacrifices and stuff

about our destiny.

And the necklace, I guess,
with blood in it.

Anything about what we're
supposed to do with it?

No.

That's why I gave a bit of it to Doc,

see if she could make some use of it.

Sorry, I wish I had better answers.

Maybe we got it wrong.

Maybe we're on the wrong island.

Maybe.

Or not.

I've seen this.

Inside there.

What the hell is that?

Old. That's what it is.

Give me a hand.

- Put it on the back table?
- Yeah.

Got it.

Woah, careful.

Right here.

It's cool.

I have no idea what to do with this.

I'll get the book.

There's a wick.

Still some kerosene left.

What does it say in there?

I don't know, I can't understand
the language.

Oh, my god, why is everything
in riddles?

Just once can we have something
in plain English?

What fun would that be?

A lot, actually.

It's like a... a light
of some kind, you know?

A lantern or...

Bingo.

Let's see if we can light it up.

Find some matches?

Uh...

Ah. Great.

See if there's, like, slides
around here or something.

Wait.

I thought I saw something in here.

There's nothing back here.

Nothing over here, either.

There's a bunch of old maps, but
I don't know how that's helpful.

This is a map of the island
as it is today.

- It wouldn't go with this machine.
- Mmmhmm.

We need to use this map.

It's almost as if we need
to project this.

I mean, is there any way that we...

- Vanessa.
- Yeah?

Exactly.

Ok.

See that?

See this line?

Mmmhmm.

It's only on this map.

It matches up with this one.

Does it intersect on the island?

Sure does.

This is the lighthouse.

It's... it's like a beach away.

Let's go check it out.

Hey, woah, woah, woah. Hold up.

Come here. Give me the totems.

What? Why?

If we do run into an elder
we don't wanna have the totems

and then it opens up a
passageway to hell or something...

Yeah, no, it's a good idea.

Let's leave them here.

Alright, let's go.

Ok.

Well, it looks like the map
wasn't wrong.

It's something.

Oh, shit.

What?

I've seen these before,

in the cavern with the first elder.

This is gonna suck.

Here.

Whew!

What the hell was that?

Our only way in.

- You ok?
- Yep.

Go ahead.

Ugh.

Shit.

What the hell is that?

So, the time has arrived.

Come. Don't be silent, my dears.

What would this world be
if we cannot speak freely

to one another?

No one's stopping you.

Just keep speaking.

Surely you are Van Helsings, too.

You must be.

I can practically smell it on you.

And your likeness.

This was not a coincidence.

I knew this day was coming.

You're a Van Helsing?

Indeed.

Jacob Van Helsing,
brother of the greatest of all,

Abraham.

But you're an elder.

Oh, this is also true.

Well, if that's the case then
you know why we're here.

To kill me, I imagine.

Yeah, that's a really great guess.

But that, my darling, would be...

What are your names, if I may ask?

Scarlett.

- Scarlett.
- That's Vanessa.

Vanessa.

Of course, the same as your
great-great-great-grandmother.

Vanessa...

It would be a grave mistake to
be done with me this quickly.

There is much for you to learn
from the likes of me.

We're just here to get the totem.

The rest is up to you.

Oh, you mean life or death
is up to me to choose?

No.

More like how you die and what
you decide to tell us

before that happens.

So what happened to you?

You were turned by someone?

Of course.

The darkness itself.

Abraham and I chased the son
of the jackal across Europe

to England and then finally here
to the new world.

I was wounded during the final
battle with that wretched soul

outside the labyrinth
while it and Abraham tumbled

through the portal and beyond,

which I am sure they still
remain in 'til this day.

What labyrinth? Where?

Oh, you know.

Below the madness.

Protected by the consumers of light.

What about the fourth elder?

Did you ever face it?

Just once.

And the portal, you know
where it is, exactly?

Of course.

So do you.

But now it is your journey to take.

Yes.

Or yours.

Ok, so you were bitten, and then what?

How did you become an elder?

I was chosen to be the next.

It seduced me like a young maiden.

I was happily resting
in the house of Renfield

in my own mind.

The pull was too strong.

The seduction,

the chance for eternity.

I am so weak.

I need blood.

Do you have blood?

I need...

I'll give you blood,
but first you're gonna help us.

- Ok?
- Yes.

Good.

Where's the totem?

First the totem, then blood.

Very near.

Uh, more specific than that?

Very, very near.

But know this.

Only one of you will continue
to the end.

One. Never both.

No.

And when the time is right
both of you will know

what must happen, what your
destinies are intended to be.

So where is it?

Where is what?

Don't play games.

The totem.

Ah.

I told you. It's very near.

Oh my god. Play time's over.

Where is it?

You already have it.

There.

Around your neck.

That is my totem that was taken
from me when I was entombed.

Mine.

No, no, no.

Wait, wait, wait.

Yes.

Oh, the sun.

Nothing like the sun.

It feels so long ago that
I felt its... its glow,

its warmth, its...

I can't tolerate this my whole life

but it does feel wonderful.

Now, who'd have thought, you and you,

two twins would join together to, what,

save the world?

After the apocalypse finally came

as Abraham always predicted it would be,

the fate of this world

rests on Van Helsing's shoulders
once again.

Yes.

And things are finally the way
they should be.

Wouldn't you say?

You.

Yeah, enough about us.

Look, I just want you to know the stakes

of what we're dealing with here

and why it's so important
for you to help us.

I do.

I do, because I am you.

I was you.

I understand.

Good.

Then help us, and we'll...
we'll make this...

You'll what?

You will what, leave me here
alone on this island?

You will put me back in
that cell in that chair?

No.

Uh-uh.

No, I was gonna say make it
quick and painless.

Look, Jacob, we can't leave you here.

And I'm sorry about that, but...

the less elders the world
has to face the better.

No, no, no, no.

Listen to me.

I can control it.

The sickness, I can control it,
even if I don't want to I can...

I learned how.

Trust me.

Sorry.

Then change me back.

Turn me back to a human.

If what you're saying about
yourselves is true then why not?

Why not turn me back?

Make me a human again, yes?

Yes.

Or at least try.

I mean, I may turn to dust,

and that will be as our god above

wishes it to be but please just try,

as a Van Helsing you must.

Please.

Do that, or feed me. Huh?

At least feed me.

Just feed me before I die.

I must taste blood one more time
before I pass.

Just one more time.
Just one more time, please?

I need to taste blood one more time.

You made me a promise, remember?

Vanessa.

Look, I... I get that he's an
elder but he's also our family.

Maybe we should try.

That elder that bit me at Black Tech,

he didn't turn.

I don't think it's gonna make
a difference.

Ok, well, it might not change
him but at least we tried.

What's the worst that could happen?

I know you haven't done it
very many times.

Every time that I do it

something inside, regardless of
the outcome, there's a cost.

And I don't know what that means.

- I'll try.
- No.

Wait, you just said that I haven't
really done this very much.

It may not hurt me.

I don't know.
It could make a difference for him.

No, we can't bite him.

But we can feed him.

Alright.

You want blood?

Yes, yes, I do.

Come on.

He can sense the totems.

Hide them somewhere else.

Meanwhile, I'll give him some blood,

buy us some time.

So is this it then?

The moment of truth.

Who is going to be the one? You?

Or you?

Which one of you beautiful girls
is gonna be the angel of my death?

- Neither of us.
- No?

We're not gonna bite you.

But I will do as I promised you.

- I'm gonna give you blood.
- What?

You?

You can have some and see what happens.

Ok.

Have you been nourishing
your need by your own means?

I was.

Before my turn.

What do you know about that?

Nothing.

I am the same as you are now.

Before I became an elder... yes.

You're getting closer, my dear.

Yes.

Oh, ever close.

Closer to what?

The other side.

- Please.
- Shut up and drink.

Yes.

So sweet.

So pure.

But there's something else
that I feel as well.

Oh.

There's the power of another
in your blood.

You don't seem to be changing.

What did you mean when you said
that only one of us will survive

to the end?

It was the same for Abraham and me.

It's the same for you and your sister.

You need this as much as I do.

You don't know shit about me.

If you're a Van Helsing
then this is your chance.

Make a choice.

Scarlett.

Scarlett!

- I just turned around and he's gone.
- What're you talking about?

- He's gone.
- Where...

He could have gone anywhere.

Alright, the quickest way to hide
is to go through those woods.

- We should go that way.
- I think we should split up.

No, we need to stay together.

We're a lot stronger that way.

Yeah, but we'd cover more ground
if we split up.

You go to the woods,

I'll check down there real quick
and meet up with you.

- I think we're better off...
- Just trust me.

Alright.

Hey.

Did you find him?

No, I checked down there
but there was nothing.

Alright.

Well, we'll just keep looking I guess.

No, no, no, no, Scarlett.

I'm not the one to fear.

Where's Vanessa?

Vanessa?

Oh, you think she's the stronger one.

But I sense a far greater
strength in you.

What are you talking about?

History repeating itself
over and over again

like it did for me and my brother.

Like it will for others
of our kind after us.

One stronger than the other.

I guess we know which one you are,

since you were seduced by the darkness.

Is that what you believe?

That's what you told us in the cell.

I would have told you anything
to get out of that cell.

The pull was so strong,

I was seduced, oh, I was so weak.

Look what you've become.

What have I become?

You know nothing.

You think because you see me
like this you know the truth.

You are so naive.

Then set me straight.

Like you and your sister,

me and my brother were of one mind.

End the tyranny of the vampire.

Destroy the dark one, yes?

If only it was that simple.

Our destiny lead us down a path
very much like the one

you and your sister now walk.

You see, my dear, I was not seduced.

I did what I needed to do.

I came to believe who I was, what I was,

and what my fate was,
and this is my fate.

And your fate will surely
present itself soon

when you are ready.

Only one can make it to the end.

If you think I'm gonna hurt
my sister you're crazy.

And I make my own fate.

You're not ready.

Son of a bitch.

Nothing down by the lighthouse.

What're you doing?

He came this way.

He kicked the shit out of me.

One shot.

The blood you gave him,
it didn't turn him,

it energized him.

So now what?

If you were him what would you do?

Fight or flight.

If I was stuck on this island
over 100 years

I'd wanna get the hell out of here.

The boat.

We beat him! The boat's still there!

Something's not right.

Scarlett I feel something.

Hey!

- Get off of her!
- Stay back!

You do not understand.

Your blood is unlike anything

I've ever tasted in all these years.

I need more.

Oh, so much more.

Then turn me so I can face you.

Uh...

...are you ok?

He made his choice.

We should get out of here.

Yeah, um, are we gonna
talk about what just happened?

What's there to talk about?

What just happened is exactly
what we wanted to happen.

We killed an elder before it killed us.

Right, but you just acted
like an animal.

Sometimes that's what it takes.

- You really believe that?
- Absolutely.

Vanessa, that's exactly
what I'm worried about.

I'm fine, you're fine.

- He's dead.
- Actually, I'm not fine.

And I don't think you're fine, either.

I mean, say what you want
but I was there both times

that he had your blood
and something was happening.

It was like he was... seducing you.

Please.

- Scarlett, I was tricking him.
- Bullshit.

Why do you think I turned around?

What did he say to you?

What did he say in your ear?

Don't worry about it.

- Don't worry about it?
- It was nothing.

Clearly I am. Nothing? If
it's nothing then tell me.

He said, "Rule with us".

"Return to Renfield house
and rule with us".

You think that's nothing?

This guy, this thing, that
we find who turns out to be

a relative of ours, he's there
for over 100 years

and he finally has the chance
to have his freedom,

he gets away from us
and he chooses to come back

so that he can taste your blood
one more time,

and then he says that he wants
to be with you

and offers you to rule with him?

You don't think that's a big deal?

No. I think it's ridiculous.

- Come on, we gotta go.
- No.

Let's get the totems
and let's go get our stu...

I don't feel good.

What's wrong?

I don't feel so good.

What's happening?

It's alright, I'm just
a little dizzy. It's ok.

Ok, look. Sit here and just rest.

I'll go get the totems.

I'll be back in 15 minutes. Stay there.

Scarlett?

Thank you.

I know it hasn't always been easy,

but it's been really nice
to have you here.

I needed you.

Thank you.

Of course.

We're in this together.

Go rest.

I'll be back in a bit.

I think we should split up.

You go to the woods,

I'll check down there real quick
and meet up with you.

- I think we're better off...
- Just trust me.

If I start to turn...

You know what you have to do, right?

No, no, no, no, no.

Vanessa!

Vanessa!

What're you doing?

Come back!

The elder said only one of us
will survive!

I have to make sure that's you,
Scarlett!

No, you don't, actually!

We're a team!

Please, come back!

Don't leave me here!

I need to make sure you live!

What?!

I need you to live!

You're my sister! I love you!

If you love me then come back!

Please, don't do this!

You need to stay alive.

I promised Axel I would protect you.

You don't get to decide that!

That's not up to you!

Come on, please, Vanessa!

Come back!

I'm sorry!

I have to do this on my own!

Vanessa, you don't!

Please!

Vanessa!

Vanessa!

Stop!

Vanessa, please!

Vanessa!

You are not in control.

Shit.

Hey!