Roar s01e01 Episode Script

[ Man Narrating .]
| Long ago, | at the edge of the known world, the last Celtic tribes | were fighting for survival.
The great continent | had fallen to the Romans, and this remote | and untamed island was the final stronghold | of the ancient ways.
If the people in the land | were to endure, they would have to rise up as one | against the invaders.
And this they did, | with a fury.
[ Panting .]
[ Horse Whinnies .]
| [ Man .]
| Come on.
! [ Man .]
| Go! | [ Girl Whimpers .]
Yah! - For the king? | - The queen.
[ Groans .]
- Get back across the river.
| - She belongs to us.
- Not anymore.
| - Then you can die for her.
[ Shouting .]
[ Grunting.
Groaning .]
[ Shouting .]
[ Coughs .]
| Fergus! [ Panting .]
You're late | for your brother's wedding.
- And you're not invited.
| - He cost me a slave.
I'll cost you more than that | if you don't get off our land.
This is my fight.
| He's clearly at your mercy.
Be gone.
| Blast you.
Fergus.
Now.
- [ Horse Blusters .]
| - Another day.
boy.
Do you always have to | follow me everywhere? [ Exhales .]
| Your father said it was you | or the sheep.
The sheep were already taken.
Come on, lad.
[ Young Man .]
| How did you find me? I smelled your fear.
| You're lucky to smell anything | at your age.
I thought you were out hunting | for a wedding present.
| I was interrupted.
Those were Gar's men.
| You shouldn't be messing with them.
They were beating on a girl.
| Looked to me like | they were beating on you.
I was doing fine.
| And I certainly don't need | no badger like you to help me.
You'll appreciate my company | when the Romans come | raining down on your head.
Romans aren't all that bad.
| Oh.
listen to this.
They've done | some good things.
Name one.
| They make maps.
Didn't need a map to find you.
| You need a map to find | the Mediterranean.
I'm not goin' | to the Mediterranean.
| Well.
I am.
Since when? | Since now.
| You've forced me from the nest.
I'm gonna get me a map | and sail to the Mediterranean.
| Sweet Bridget.
you're daft.
No.
Fergus.
| I'm in love.
| Love.
Come on.
old man.
| We're late for a wedding.
[ Man .]
| I am the wind that blows across the sea.
| I am the wave of the deep.
I am the roar of the ocean.
| I am the stag of seven battles.
[ Speaking Gaelic .]
[ Woman .]
| From this life to the next.
From this life to the next.
How come | you never married? - I was stuck with you.
| - [ Chuckles .]
This was given to me by my father | on my wedding day.
Aiden.
With this sword.
| you honor our past and you carry our future.
Thank you.
Father.
- He looks like a king.
| - Better him than me.
Tonight.
two families | who have known only bloodshed come together in peace.
May we be the first of many.
While other tribes | continue to war with each other.
Rome is gathering at our borders.
Without unity we are lost.
This marriage will be celebrated! [ Cheering .]
ö[ Celtic Folk .]
| How did you convince her father | we were worthy? I kept you a secret.
| [ Laughs .]
[ Whooping.
Laughing .]
[ Thunder Rumbling .]
It was Derek's younger son.
| the one they call Conor.
That girl was worth | three in trade.
Is the problem with the cages | or the keeper? We'll find her.
| You'd better.
Otherwise.
you'll be | replacing her in the pit.
Ready the horses.
Diana? [ Door Opening .]
| My love? [ Liquid Splashes .]
[ Woman Giggles .]
Diana? What are you doing? Purifying myself.
[ Sniffs .]
| With cow dung? - This is Roman soil.
| - I don't understand.
That doesn't surprise me.
[ Sighs .]
I asked not to be disturbed.
Gar.
I wanted to say good-bye.
Good-bye.
| Fight well.
If all goes as planned.
| your cousin's delegation will see no trouble | in their arrival from Rome.
Fine.
Kiss for luck then.
[ Giggling .]
[ Mud Bubbling .]
[ Door Closes .]
[ Gasps .]
You missed a spot.
[ Giggles .]
I know she's at it again.
| Roman cow.
Your father must be blind.
Only because | he chooses to be.
He doesn't love her.
| He hasn't loved anything | since my mother died.
He should put her back | on the boat.
- What do you think? | - Hmm.
More elderberry.
- Cheeks? | - Lips.
I don't want him to think I'm vain.
Believe me, his mind'll be | on other things.
He's different.
- ö[ Celtic Folk .]
| - [ Laughing.
Chattering .]
[ Man .]
| All right, Willam.
! [ Both Chuckling .]
[ Laughing .]
[ Snarls .]
Think we need | some more ale in here.
eh? Did you ever think | you'd see this day? | Never.
The poets are right.
Conor.
| Love can move mountains.
Well.
if that's the case do you ever think Gar | could be part of our family? - The Romans own him.
| - I know.
He's a butcher.
| I know.
But his daughter is beautiful beyond words.
What do I do? Be careful.
ö[ Continues .]
öö [ Humming .]
I was afraid | I was too late.
I would have waited.
Was the ceremony | beautiful? | I was scratching at the walls.
Too many kings in one room.
I wish we could just | stay here forever.
Not here.
Across the sea.
I'll build us a fort.
| [ Laughs .]
| A fort? Yeah.
Just for you and I.
We'll have a beautiful garden.
| Mmm.
And we'll have cattle | and horses and hundreds of little children | runnin' around.
Hundreds? | You don't think you're | gonna be my only wife.
do you? Maybe I'll build my own fort | and have hundreds | of husbands.
More for your father to hate.
He doesn't hate you.
| Yeah.
He just hates my family.
Claire.
he's not gonna change.
If I could just talk to him- | No.
You mustn't | ever tell him about us.
Promise me.
Maybe one day.
| but not now.
[ Gaelic .]
From this life to the next.
öö [ Celtic Folk .]
| ö[ Fergus Singing Folk Song .]
öö [ Humming .]
[ Grunting .]
Sweet Bridget.
[ Man .]
| Come on! ö[ Continues .]
[ Horse Whinnies .]
[ Horses Galloping .]
[ Crashing .]
[ Shouting .]
Gar! No! [ Laughs .]
| What? I don't wanna forget | what you look like.
I'll be here tomorrow.
| Tomorrow's too far away.
[ Fire Crackling .]
| What is that? [ Breathes Heavily .]
| No! Mother! Father! Father! No! [ Creaking .]
[ Groaning .]
Fergus.
[ Sobbing .]
What happened? You were drunk.
Bastard! | You were drunk! You were their champion! | You were supposed to protect them! Where were you? Get away from me.
They were my family too.
[ Loudly .]
| Go! They were my family too! [ Chattering .]
[ Children Laughing .]
[ Sobbing .]
Julian says we can expect | two ships and a hundred | Roman soldiers.
What have you done? | Was it their land.
their gold? Your people | are out there celebrating.
They're happy.
| They feel secure here.
You made them do this.
| didn't you? You and that Roman freak.
Derek was an obstacle | to our future- your future.
How many others are dead? Tell me! | [ Man .]
| All of them, said the freak.
All.
Except one.
[ Sighs .]
[ Horse Blusters .]
- Yah! | - [ Horse Whinnies .]
Whoa! [ Grunts .]
Galen? Before you die.
| you should know why you lived.
We thought | you were dead.
Galen.
| And I thought I'd live forever.
Is this where you've been | hiding all these years.
| in the forest? I don't hide.
boy.
| I watch.
and I wait.
| and then I make a choice.
Lately.
I've been watching you.
| I can't say it's been pretty.
Why did they | have to die.
Galen? | Why did Gar kill my family? Your father | was a threat to him.
He believed in the sacredness | of the land.
He would never have | given way to Rome.
I have to do something.
| Yes.
you do.
Where are you taking me? | Home.
Do you have weapons | in this place? To attack Gar alone | would be suicide.
Conor.
That's no way | to honor your family.
There are so many others | to think of now.
| What others? All of these people have lost | their homes and families to the wars.
From kings to slaves.
You've met Catlin.
the slave girl.
| You saved her life.
She hasn't accepted her freedom yet.
| but she will.
with your help.
Mine? | You're Derek's son.
There must be a leader | in you somewhere.
Come on.
This him? He doesn't look like much.
[ Chuckles .]
| Meet Tully.
I pulled him from a trade ship | when he was four years old.
- Ever ride a bull off the Cliffs of Monaghan? | - No.
I wouldn't trust him.
Why did you | bring me here? These people have all suffered | at Gar's hands.
They want justice | as much as you.
But they can't fight him | without a leader.
And you can't fight him alone.
I'm not leading anyone.
| I'm gonna kill Gar.
| then get off this island.
If these people want to fight.
| you lead them.
| You're the magician.
This isn't about magic.
boy.
| It's about unity.
Your father had the vision.
| He knew.
War without purpose | is madness.
I'm not my father.
No.
But you can be.
You're crazy.
You can't run from it, Conor.
! - It's in you! | - You're mad.
- It's who you are! | - I'm not my father! [ Thunder Rumbling In Distance .]
Wasn't sure you'd come.
I wasn't sure you'd want me.
I'm so sorry.
Claire.
it wasn't your fault.
I didn't know.
| I swear I didn't know.
You can't ever go back there.
I don't want to.
| I want to be with you.
I know a place | we'll be safe for the night.
Tomorrow we'll find a boat.
I love you.
I love you.
Claire.
- [ Horse Blusters .]
| - No.
Stand aside.
girl.
Run.
| No.
- Move.
Daughter.
| - I won't let you do this.
You bastard! | [ Claire .]
| Leave him alone.
! You have poisoned my house.
- Father.
please! | - Now you can rot in my courtyard.
- Oh! | - Claire! [ Claire Gasping .]
No.
| [ Groans .]
[ Shouting .]
[ Grunting.
Groaning .]
Go.
go.
go! I'm sorry.
lad.
I'm sorry.
ö[ Woman Singing Ballad .]
ö[ Ends .]
I won't leave you again.
[ Sobs .]
I'll build us a fort.
We'll have horses and cattle.
I will never love another as I have loved you.
It's a tragedy.
| but her loyalty | was with that boy.
I have to find him.
| Your people will find him.
That's what they're here for.
| Now- [ Whispers .]
| act like a king.
You watch yourself.
Julian.
[ Laughs .]
| Welcome.
[ Waves Lapping .]
[ Birds Chirping .]
[ Galen .]
| What do you hear? [ Wind Howling .]
I'm talking to you.
boy.
The ocean.
And what else? Wind.
Birds.
Nothing more? You want to jump? It's time to forget | your own selfish need | for revenge.
You were born | to a greater purpose.
Listen.
| Listen with your heart.
Remember all we are | and all that's come before and hear the Roar.
- The what? | - Listen! [ Children Laughing .]
[ Waves Crashing .]
[ Voices Shouting, Indistinct .]
[ Squawking .]
[ Voices Whispering, Indistinct .]
What is it? It's the voice that echoes | in every living thing, the power | that binds us together.
It can give you | a strength and clarity | like you've never known.
- How come I've never heard this before? | - You haven't been listening.
[ Voices Shouting, Indistinct .]
[ Birds Squawking .]
[ Wolf Howls .]
Your father heard it.
| It was his dream to unite our people.
But it wasn't his destiny.
There are too many tribes | for one man to accomplish that.
[ Waves Crashing .]
You won't be one man.
[ Crowd Shouting .]
Your husband doesn't realize | what he's unleashed.
He's never been | the sharpest arrow in the quiver.
He will be our undoing.
| How? If Gar is allowed | to remain in power.
even as a puppet.
the opposition | will be monumental.
And we will never find | what we came here for.
Longinus.
You know where my heart is.
Where it's always been.
My Roman soldier.
My beautiful centurion.
I'm 400 years old.
Diana.
And nothing.
| if not experienced.
Have you come for me? [ Derek's Voice .]
| With this sword,you honor our past and you carry our future.
[ Chattering .]
[ Man #1 .]
| That's him.
It's Conor.
| [ Man #2 .]
| Shh, shh.
[ Sighs .]
I'm not a king.
| and I don't wanna be.
My training in combat is limited.
and I don't pretend to be a tactician.
But if our fight is for this land then I have the will.
And I would be honored | to lead you into battle.
We're gonna scorch their arses! Tully.
our goal is unity.
not revenge.
Many of Gar's followers may join us | if we give them the chance.
His guards have taken | a blood oath.
You won't be getting | any unity from them.
They use their slaves as human shields.
| I've seen it.
You can't launch an assault | without some kind of plan.
- Fergus.
you served my father without question.
| - Aye.
but- Who do you serve now? His son.
I've every intention of drawing a plan after conferring with the best | military adviser on this island.
| Who might that be? You.
[ Quietly .]
| We're gonna scorch their arses.
- We're gonna scorch their arses! | - [ Cheering .]
Whoa.
[ Horse Blusters .]
[ Horse Whinnies .]
Are you expected.
lovely lady? I hope not.
[ Groans .]
You know.
I can do that | from either side.
- Sure you can handle this? | - [ Laughs .]
I'm very impressed, Diana.
| I expected to be eating off the floor.
People here want | to better themselves.
They just don't know how.
Our tribes | lack one leader.
- Now.
with Rome's support- | - What they lack is one God.
He's the sorcerer.
I presume.
Longinus is my friend | and counsel.
He traveled with me from Rome.
I don't suppose you're praying? Do you see the future.
Sorcerer? Clearly.
[ Tully .]
| Run.
! Run.
! Yah.
! Yah,yah.
! Come on! Yah.
yah.
yah! | Come on.
come on! Run! Yah! [ Bull Lowing .]
[ Gar.]
| Guards! [ Tully Whooping .]
[ Grunts .]
Come on! Run! | Yah.
yah! Whoo! Come on.
bull! [ Guard #1 .]
I can't see.
! | [ Guard #2 .]
| Where'd he go? Where is he? | I don't know! | I can't see him.
- Look over here.
| - [ Chattering .]
[ Horse Whinnies .]
| How 'bout some lightning? Don't push it.
boy.
[ Guard .]
| Gate! - Where's my cattle? | - Gone.
Like your men.
| [ Chuckles .]
[ All Shouting .]
[ Grunting.
Groaning .]
Join us or die! What do you see? Longinus.
Death.
[ Cracking .]
| [ Gasping .]
But not for me.
| Now leave! Before you die.
| tell me who you'll fight for.
My family.
| The king keeps us well.
I'll keep you alive | if you fight for me.
| [ Grunts .]
[ Groans .]
[ Door Opens .]
[ Galen .]
| I know who you are.
And I know what you seek.
What do you know? What 400 years of shame | can do to a man.
How one deed has cursed you forever.
Gaius Cassius Longinus.
The Roman centurion who.
| with one thrust of his spear.
killed his God on the cross.
You suffer, | and you want to die.
Yes.
Yes.
[ Breathes Heavily .]
Can you help me? Nothing can help either of us.
[ Roars .]
| [ Screaming .]
[ Wind Howling .]
| [ Groaning .]
[ Growling .]
Go.
| [ Groaning .]
Go! And be as you were.
[ Screams .]
I have more.
| That should be enough.
[ Groaning .]
You killed everyone | I ever loved.
Did it make you feel stronger? Did their blood | make you feel stronger? Claire loved you.
She loved you.
| and you murdered her.
[ Gar Screams .]
Take your precious gold.
Die with it.
[ Grunts .]
- [ Grunts .]
| - [ Groans .]
He betrayed us all.
[ Crowd Cheering .]
[ Cheering Continues .]
This is the first step | toward uniting our land.
Now when we fight.
| we fight for each other.
for our freedom, our future and for those that have | come before us.
This is our home! And we are people | that will not be put down.
will not be broken | and will never be silenced! [ Cheering .]
[ Narrator .]
| Gar was dead.
But Diana | would soon take power.
ö[ Woman Singing Ballad .]
For the Roman legions were coming, bringing with them new magic | and new demons.
[ Roaring .]
[ Roaring Fades.
Ends .]
[ Waves Crashing .]
| [ Seagull Mewing .]