Van Helsing (2016–…): Season 4, Episode 8 - The Prism - full transcript

3 Pages are key to raising or destroying the Dark One, but only Hansen knows where they are hidden.

Dad's one of them.

I think he always was.

We were created
from eggs.

We came from you.

And that makes you...

Your mother.

Abraham Van Helsing.

Some pages, they're gone.

Find the pages,
open the portal.

Only then you can kill
the Dark One.

Dracula.



Run when you can.

Find the pages.

Take my hand.

Nobody with my family!

Run.

Find those pages and go!

Go! Run!

Come on, Jack!

I need you to go!

Now!

Run, Violet. Run.

What has become of you?

So many years hiding
amongst their kind.

You have taken
on their weakness.



You've seen what
I've seen.

I've sensed it.

Bathory.

Her betrayal.

Her failure.

All our plans... just...
gone to the wind.

If you know where
they are...

My children?

If I did, don't you think
I would have been there?

You cannot waver now,
Willem.

Our hope, our destiny, it is all
still within our grasp.

How?

We're back to where we began.

The portal is sealed,
the Dark One with it,

the fourth elder wasted, yes.

But we will create another one.

Or find a different way.

For hundreds of years
I've waited for this chance

and now it's lost.

Do not forget who you are
and why you were made.

The Dark One chose you
to be strong like us.

We must never lose faith
in the darkness.

Only together now can we make
right what has been done.

Together?

She's betrayed you twice.

How do you know
she won't do it again?

Bathory.

She is a means to an end.

A blunt tool that I will use
and then discard.

When she returns,
the Dark One will know

who has been faithful
and who has not.

She will pluck the weak
and disloyal from her breast

and drown them
in their own blood.

Bathory's fate
is all but sealed.

But yours.

Yours rests in your own hands.

Whatever plan you and
my father had, it's over.

Not over.

Never over.

How does it feel to know
the truth?

That the man who raised you
only did so to sacrifice you?

He's dead to me.

Such dark emotion.

That hatred could prove useful.

I'm never gonna help you
find Violet.

You might as well
just kill me now.

Why do something so reckless

when you still have
so much potential?

Please.

If I cannot bend you to my will,
perhaps your father can.

No, no!

No!

No!

What was it like?

Hawaii?

Mmmhmm.

Everything people said.

Paradise.

Why'd you leave?

Dad was in the air force.

If he got posted at a base
for more than a few years,

Philippines, Dakota, Germany...

happiest time of my life
is when we were stationed
at Hickam.

There was a beach half a mile
from our billet.

Waves like I'd never seen.

My friends and I, we'd surf
until the sun went down.

Burned skin, jellyfish stings.

It didn't matter.

The biggest worry I had
was being late for dinner.

Then you ended up
at Fort Collins.

Yeah.

Right before the rising.

The day the vampires happened

mom was visiting family
down south.

Dad couldn't reach her
so he took a Jeep

and went out after her.

That was the last time
I ever saw him.

The guy who owned this place
took me in.

Gave me a job, handed me the
keys right before he passed.

There's a world out there
that's still okay.

My dad keeps it all a secret
but at the base

people come and go
from somewhere.

Maybe your dad found your mom
and they got to where it's safe.

My sister, too.

You never know, right?

Lee?

Hey.

I didn't mean to upset you.

One day maybe you
and me can sneak off.

What're you talking about?

Well, I've heard there's
a coyote that takes people

out to some place safe.

Hell, maybe we can make it all
the way back to my beach.

Teach you how to hang ten.

How do we find this coyote?

Talk around the bar is that
they pick people up

from an old bus station out on
Highway 12, near Pennington.

Could all be bullshit but
if you don't have a dream...

Hey.

What's your rush?

I've got work.

And you've got a dad
that will kill me

if he finds out about us.

And you still haven't
settled your tab.

Mmm.

Maybe I settle up by buying
our way to Hawaii?

Yeah.

You keep dreaming, Vi.

"Mum and dad,

"Meagan and David Timmerman.

"I've gone south,
hoping to get to Tijuana.

"If you find this
I'm waiting for you.

"I love you.

"Shannon."

Help! Anybody! Help!

Lee! Lee! Lee!

Take its head!

Shit, where is it?

You okay?

Holy shit, Vi.

I found you.

You came here for me?

What's happening to you?

I figured out who I am.

no pl

The Dark One lost.

Why return here?

We have faith in our mother.

She'll lead us forward.

I seized
an opportunity.

You wasted one.

There was no reason
to delay.

I did as our beloved
would have wanted.

And put her back into exile
with the Van Helsing,

her spawn now running free
with the amulet.

Our hopes of another fourth
elder gone with it.

We can still recover it,
you know we can.

You broke faith
with our truce.

No‐

Went behind our backs
only to fail yet again,

and for what?

Did you really think the Dark
One would embrace only you?

Jealousy and bitterness.

Those are the only things
you possess.

Then and now.

I would watch your words,
Bathory,

before you choke on them.

At your hand?

I'd like to see you try.

Enough!

Like it or not,

to set this right we need
to work together.

And you have a plan?

Mine?

No.

Hers.

And one I'm glad to see
you've embraced.

I knew you'd find a way
to survive.

I was counting on it.

Stay away from me.

Jacqueline‐

Don't!

I know what you are.

Vi told me.

All those years,

you telling us what we needed
to believe.

My sister and I thinking
that you loved us.

I always have.

I still do.

Look at me.

How can you say that?

It's because you only know
half the picture.

I'm trying to save both
your lives.

She marked you.

It should be healing,
but...

I'm going to kill both of you
for this.

You can't fight your way
out of here.

But I have a plan.

I don't give a shit about
your plans.

The three pages.

I know where they are.

I always have.

Why don't you just tell me?

Because if I tell you
they'll pull it out of you.

But there's still a chance.

You just have to play along

with whatever they're going
to do next.

No. That's all bullshit.

Jack, come on.

You're just one of them.

Jack, listen to me.

No! I'm done listening to you!

Hey!

No, don't, don't, don't, don't,
don't do that. Don't.

Hey! Hey!

Don't do that.

‐Hey!
‐Shh!

Hey!

You wanna know the truth?

Here it is.

He's a lying sack of shit
that never loved us.

I'd rather die than give
you anything.

One day my sister's gonna
find you

and I hope she doesn't flinch
when she takes your head.

I just wish I could be there
to see it.

You okay?

I... it's a lot to take in,
you know?

You and your sister being what
you say you are.

Your dad.

This mother you never knew
you had is gone?

How do you think it is for me?

I didn't seek this out.

Any of it.

Everything just...
landed on me.

All at once.

I'm sorry, Vi.

Not your fault.

No, I mean... you wanted me
to run away with you,

to get away from Fort Collins.

I didn't know what
you were up against.

Why'd you come after me?

All we said about Hawaii?

It wasn't just pillow talk.

I was afraid to take a risk.

To commit to something.

To us.

I don't wanna hide anymore.

This was my mother's.

I would give it to you
but you're never gonna
settle your tab,

so this could pay for both of us
to get to the coast.

Catch a boat to the big island.

Lee, I love that.

I do.

But shit got real for me

There's no running away
from it now.

Then what're we doing here?

It's just for a while.

I needed to get some place safer
than that in the wilderness.

Then I can figure out
these three pages.

They could be anywhere.

Or they could be long gone.

No, they're out there.

I can feel it.

Well, from what I've heard
that coyote shows up

once every few weeks.

We hunker down here,

maybe we get lucky and
it's only a day or two.

No, I'm not sure I can wait
that long.

Not safe.

Vi? What is it?

What's wrong?

I got‐ I need to sit down.

I'll get you some water.

Vi?

Vi?

Vi? Vi?

What the hell just happened
to you?!

Your eyes they were all white!

We gotta leave.

Woah, woah, woah.
Slow down, Violet.

Talk to me.

No.

Let's move.

Right now.

We should go back to that
bus station and wait there.

It's safer.

No.

Something tells me
that's a bad idea.

The answers I need
aren't back there.

Answers?

You mean the three pages?

Yeah.

What're they for, exactly?

Something to do with the portal
between our world

and the place where Vanessa
and the Dark One are trapped.

A means of opening it?

Yeah.

I think.

Seriously Violet, we should
just go back to where we were.

We can talk it all through.

What else is there
to talk about?

Lee, you know I've gotta
do this.

Okay.

Uh, well, these three pages.

Have you ever seen
them before?

Maybe someone
in your family?

That's Van Helsing shit.

I told you, I grew up
as Hansen's kid.

I never knew about
any of this‐

What is it?

The weirdest thing.

I've seen this stuff before.

What stuff?

Don't lose focus, Violet.

We have to get back
to the station.

The pages.

You don't understand.

None of this stuff is supposed
to be out here.

Listen to me.

Focus on my voice.

We have to go back.

No! Get the hell off me!

I'm not going back.

Violet.

Violet!

Focus on my voice.

Wake up.

No. No, no, no.

It can't be.

I'm telling you,
I had a dream.

More like a nightmare.

You tried to kill me.

What?

That‐ that doesn't make
any sense.

Why would I do that?

See? You imagined it.

Let me get you some water.

No, but I swear I saw
this dream, okay?

Look, you're upset.

We should just stay here
and talk this through.

Maybe it has something to do
with the pages.

No. I have to go find them.

That's the point.

But you don't know where
they are or what they're for.

Or‐ or do you?

You think I'm lying to you?

I'm trying to help, Violet.

Just try to remember
for a second.

Maybe Vanessa told you
where they were?

Don't you think if I knew
how to find them

I'd just go and do that?

Then we should stay here.

And what?

Wait for the coyote?

The coyote.

You told me this was the place
to get to Hawaii.

Yeah‐ well, of...
of course it is.

I need to keep moving.

Get this amulet away
from danger

while I figure out this
three pages thing.

Why don't we just leave
the amulet here?

Hide it somewhere
if it's so much trouble.

Lee, seriously, if you're gonna
make stupid suggestions.

Violet, don't leave.

We should go back to that
bus station and wait there.

Would you just give up
on that?

Something tells me...

Tells you what?

Nothing.

You must know more about those
three pages than you realize.

Like what?

Vanessa must have known
something about them.

Or her sister, Scarlett?

Maybe the pages got passed
to her.

That painting.

Something is very wrong
with you, Violet.

We should go back.

Since when do you use
my full name?

You only ever call me Vi.

I made a mistake.

Not just one.

How did you know about Scarlett?

I never told you about her.

Ever.

Violet! Violet!

Focus on my voice.

Wake up!

You stay the hell away from me!

Don't touch me!

This should
be working.

Why is she questioning it?

Why is she seeing things
we are not?

Something's wrong.

Maybe she has an immunity
to the enchantment.

Or a stronger mind
than we realized.

Keep trying.

We must buy time for Ivory
to catch her.

...You're sister,
Scarlett...

Violet.

Vi, talk to me.

Oh, shit!

But why?

And why here?

What is it?

Did you remember something?

Using my full name?

Forgetting what the coyote
was all about?

Scarlett?

What're you saying?

You wanna know so bad?

Then answer me this.

I told you once how I was going
to pay off my bar tab.

Remember?

Of course. Come on.

Then what is it?

Huh?

Tell me.

Uh...

This isn't actually happening.

Vi.

And you're not really Lee.

You cannot escape your fate.

It's only a matter of time.

What happened?

She saw through the illusion.

That's impossible.

And yet she did.

But not before she
remembered something.

We will know
soon enough.

They are almost upon her.

Come on, Vi.
Wake up.

Come on, come on.

Whoa, whoa!

How did I say I'd settle
my bar tab?

Vi, what‐ what're you doing?

Answer the damn question!

By paying our way to Hawaii!

You know, the coyote‐ you‐

I was gonna teach you
how to surf, remember?

Yeah.

How long have I been out?

I don't know.

Long enough to scare
the shit out of me.

I think I know
where those pages are.

But we gotta move.

Right now.

Grab your bag.

Stand behind me.

Don't let them get between us,
got it?

You frightened little rabbit
that ran away?

It's time to come back.

Yeah. How about I kick
your ass instead?

We don't fear you,
Van Helsing.

First mistake.

Maybe your last.

Stay back!

Oh, don't be frightened.

I'll be real gentle.

Ahhhhhh!!!

Lee!

You know, your boyfriend's
a real disappointment.

You should talk.

Where are you?

Lights out, !

Let's go!

The coyote! Run!

Come on, let's go!

Woah, are you sure that's
the coyote?

Unless there's still cabs
in the vampire apocalypse.

Now or never.

For me, it's never.

What? Vi?

I know where those pages
are, Lee.

And you won't be safe
if you come.

Vi, I'm not leaving your side.

I'm sorry.

His payment's in the bag.

Keep him safe.

I'll find you if you don't.

Here.

I don't need it.

Drink it.

You've been through enough.

Isn't that what you planned?

None of this is what I wanted.

Yeah, well I'm still
a prisoner here.

What if I could change that?

How can I trust you?

Because I just saved
your sister.

I told her what she needed
to know.

Couldn't you feel that?

They used me to trap Violet.

You know they would have
just caught her if it weren't‐

Weren't for... for what?

The framed painting?

The items from my office?

How the hell do you think they
got there in the first place?

That was you?

This might be difficult
for you to accept

but I'm trying to help you both.

That's all I've ever wanted.

Trust that if nothing else.

Why should I?

Because the pages you've been
looking for

have been right in front of
the both of you the whole time.

I don't know.

They locked us in
Dad's building.

Jack, they're packing up
all his shit.

Vi, it's chaos over here.

Everyone's attacking each other
and the coach,

she just went psycho and
we're hiding in the hotel.

I don't know how much longer
we can hide for.

Dad said he sent people
to find you.

Stay put.

I don't think I can do that.

You have to hold on, okay?

I don't know what's happening
but I need you to be okay.

You hear me?

Just tell me where you're going
Just tell me where to find you.

I don't know.

Nobody's telling me anything.

Please, just stay there.

No Vi, please.

It's too late, they're here!

Jack!

Jack!

Jack!

No!

You marked the child
with a bond.

It should have given us control
over her sister through her.

Access, not control.

The illusion was your part
and you failed.

It cannot be.

My powers are still potent.

No mortal can resist them.

But a Van Helsing?

One like Vanessa,
or her spawn?

They're different than
the others, less vulnerable.

There's only one way
that could be possible.

I raised them to be strong.

Perhaps we underestimated
them both.

Or maybe they are not the ones
we underestimated.

Have you been lying all along,
Willem?

Since the beginning.

Remarkable.

Where on earth did you
find this, Willem?

An archive in the Ashmolean.

It is transcribed from Dashian
by Benedictine monks

in the seventh century.

Yes. The ancient language
of Transylvania.

Exactly.

Earthly home of the Dark One.

This.

This must be the key my brother
Abraham was so inspired by.

I knew you showed great
promise, Willem.

The very first time we met.

You remember, yes?

Of course. Your lecture
at St. John's College
on arcane rituals.

You saw the value in it.

Even went so far as to question
my methodology.

I was headstrong, sir.

I thought I knew more
than I did.

You know a great deal,
my boy.

The greatest acolyte
that my brother and I

could have ever hoped for.

It is as if you are Van Helsing,
too,

with all but birth.

You've shown such faith in me.

It's a debt I cannot
fully repay.

Yet, someday.

But for now I must apologize,
my boy.

I must conceal Abraham's theorem
within all these hallowed pages.

The means by which I do so
you cannot be privy to.

Of course.

But there is still one thing
you can do

that would be of great service
to me.

There is an apothecary
on State Street.

Where your morphine tablets
are dispensed.

You know my vices
very well.

You will be in my debt if
you could retrieve them for me.

Of course, Master Van Helsing,
at once.

One day, Willem, Abraham and I
will share all we know with you.

Our sacred duty to destroy the
Dark One and all the vampires

and the means to do so.

One day.

You have my word.

Go.

Unto us, Van Helsings,
and no other.

Young man.

May I be of service?

Indeed.

I'm on an errand for my Master,
Jacob Van Helsing.

Ah, yes.

The famous vampire hunter.

Don't you worry, my boy,
it's a secret I can keep.

So many secrets reside in me
you could not easily imagine.

His pills, as usual.

Such a frailty to need
such things.

It is the human condition,
I suppose,

to be so flawed and yet
so threatened

by matters not fully understood.

Take your hand from me.

Such a loyal servant
you have been to them.

Now you will embrace
a new master.

Willem.

Is that you?

Not a moment too soon.

Did you bring what
I request?

My boy.

Are you unwell?

What's wrong?

No.

No! No!

Ahhhhhh!!!

Willem. Willem.

They took you.

They took you.

But don't let me turn.

I had no choice.

It's what they made
me do.

The fate of the Dark One
depends upon it.

You were seduced by
the wrong side, Willem.

If you have one ounce
of compassion left

for us Van Helsings

you'll make sure I'm not forced
into your betrayal.

Kill me. Kill me.

Kill me.

Finish me.

Finish me.

Finish me.

They want them.

They want them.

I'm sorry, Jacob.

I'm sorry.

Well?

How fared the new hunter?

You made me betray
their trust.

I know.

Such dark intent.

You should embrace that.

It's everything you're destined
to become.

Did you turn Jacob?

Retrieve those mysterious pages?

He has fallen to your wishes.

But the pages were
already gone.

Come now, you wouldn't lie
to me, would you?

No. They knew nothing.

Jacob is now lost
to your bloodlust,

and their desire to entrap
the Dark One

is nothing but empty hope.

Well done, my boy.

You have earned your place.

What place?

Think of it as a reward.

A gift eternal from my beloved.

Sweet Willem,
you were made one of us,

were you not?

I was made in order
to betray all I held dear.

Not anymore.

What have you done?!

You built your own trap!

I just lead you into it.

What treachery is this?

No.

No!!!