Romulus (2020) s01e03 Episode Script

-I can't see anything.
-I tell you someone's there.
Look now!
Can't you see it?
Who's there?
Speak!
Who are you?
Speak!
Hostus
is that you?
I marked all the trees,
like you told me to
Did you call me?
Come, I want to show you something.
A giant.
Rumia keeps them to serve her,
tied up beneath the ground.
Let's go back to the camp, please.
If we leave now
we'll get there before it's dark.
Don't touch it.
We don't know if it's sacred
What's wrong?
That's Picus' cord.
Hostus
Let me explain.
You're a cowardly bastard,
you let him die!
Leave me alone!
Leave me alone!
I didn't kill Picus
Welcome back, little sheep!
Wiros, what's wrong?
Where's Hostus?
What happened to you?
-What happened to you? Speak!
-Call Cnaeus.
You can't tell us what happened?
-Cnaeus!
-Where's Hostus?
-Cnaeus!
-Where's Hostus?
Cnaeus!
What's going on here?
Cnaeus!
Cnaeus!
Please, forgive me.
I was with Hostus and then
I watched and I did nothing
What's he talking about?
Something happened in the forest.
We had moved away and then
We both saw her
Who did you see?
Do I really have to say her name?
She was as tall as three people,
and had claws like iron
She took Hostus,
she split him in two
and ate his heart.
Why did she only take him?
I don't know.
I I hid
What can you do when faced by Rumia?
You say Hostus is dead,
but in the meantime
you're here and talking,
you dirty coward
Enough, Pacuvius, silence!
Wiros
Did you really see
the Lady of the Wolves?
Yes.
She ate his heart.
From today
we will light three more fires.
We have to keep her at bay.
Now get back to work.
And will we leave Hostus there?
-Will we not bring his body back?
-Do you want to go, Pacuvius?
Get back to work!
Father Jupiter,
Mars, Lord of Battles,
and you, mother Vesta,
the fruitful one:
look at this daughter of yours
who has come back
from the swamps of the dead
to fill us with dismay.
Tell us
if it is right
to welcome her into our homes,
or if
she should be punished again
and return to the darkness.
Do not be afraid.
Well? What should we do?
She'll tell you what to do.
Don't you object,
there's a God
who speaks to her heart.
We found her like this.
It would take five men
to move those stones.
Are you not eating, Pacuvius?
Has fear taken away your hunger?
It isn't fear.
And what is it, then?
I don't like you looking at me
in that way.
-We are here to become
-Today we thought about Hostus.
All day.
If you want to go and find him
I told you before
that you are free.
We can't go alone, you know that.
Pacuvius and I are ready, but you
You're the king
You can decide
to send someone else with us.
Lucius, would you go?
I asked you a question.
There are others
who are much braver than me.
There's Taurus
You hear that, Taurus?
He says you're the bravest.
You're the bravest, Cnaeus.
Why don't you go?
Because Hostus means nothing to me.
And you're a coward.
Like all the others.
Call the assembly.
I will guide them.
Then you'll see if I'm a coward.
Taurus wants to lead an expedition,
and Appius and Pacuvius
will be going with him.
If anyone else wants to follow him,
they have my permission.
Comrades
Comrades
If what happened to Hostus today
were to happen to you,
wouldn't you want someone to come
looking for you to bury you?
Or would you prefer us
to leave your body
to feed the birds?
Think about it
If you promise
-I'll come with you.
-We swear to you, Vibius.
On all the Gods.
Nobody else is coming with us?
That's enough, Taurus.
You'll leave tomorrow at dawn.
Wiros!
Come closer.
You will lead them
to the place where Hostus died.
-Wait, Cnaeus
-Be quiet!
Do as I commanded.
And take them to the place you know.
Was it him again?
Your brother?
Why aren't you sleeping?
In Velia when a slave disobeys,
they tie his arms to two horses,
they set them off
and rip him in two.
This is what they'll do to me.
Because I lied.
You killed Hostus.
He attacked me
and I had to defend myself.
It's the truth,
you have to believe me.
Now when they see his body
they'll realise what happened.
I have no hope.
Come with us tomorrow.
-Why do you ask me that?
-Because you have courage.
With you, I would be less afraid.
Please.
I have no courage.
I'm just like you.
I was with my brother
when they killed him.
I wasn't able to save him.
I'd like to go back to that day
and die with him,
but this is not granted by the Gods.
Ilia?
Ilia?
Go back to sleep, Ilia.
In sleep the Gods will show you
the way to go.
I've slept enough.
I was afraid I'd lost you,
but instead here you are.
A blessing in my home.
I won't let anyone
take you away again.
I'm not a blessing.
I'm revenge.
Mars is the God
who gave me my life back.
I belong to him now.
You're my daughter.
You belong to Alba.
You belong to me.
Let's go home now.
You're still weak.
You will take me
to the priest of Mars.
Only to him will I say what I saw
and what the God told me.
You didn't see anything.
No, instead I saw.
Whether or not
they were vain visions,
only the priest of Mars can say.
In the end
Cnaeus got what he wanted.
Be quiet!
You challenged him,
and he seized the opportunity
to get rid of his rival.
When we come back with Hostus' body,
everyone will know that I too
am capable of commanding.
Are you that sure
we'll make it back?
Cnaeus knows what's in the forest,
and he prevented you
bringing your slave with us.
You can make him understand
that things have changed.
You have men on your side as well.
We're ready.
The road is long.
The sooner we get there,
the sooner
we'll get back to the camp.
Wait.
He'll never let him go.
Now we can go.
Lead the way.
Was it you who gave him this idea?
If you're there,
I know I'm not alone.
Forgive me.
You'll continue from here
on your own.
Her fate cannot be here.
Let's take her away.
When she sees Attus,
she herself will want to come back.
Are you the vestal
who came back from the dead?
I am.
When I was immersed in the darkness,
the God appeared to me.
I asked him to let me live
to avenge the blood of Enitos.
Mars doesn't appear to women.
He appeared to me.
Go back to Mother Vesta
and beg her to welcome you.
Women aren't born to use weapons.
It's getting dark.
It would be better if we stopped.
It can't be that far,
where are you taking us?
I'm sure this is the right way,
but everything looks the same here.
I can't orient myself any more.
You don't know where we are.
I'm almost certain
I came through here with Hostus.
Let's go back, Taurus.
Hostus' body might have been eaten
by the beasts.
Did I give you permission to speak?
We won't be going back
without Hostus' body.
Let's stay here.
We'll wait for day.
And now you and my slave
light the fire.
I've seen the place
where you were buried.
I've seen the blood of your hands
on the stone
that imprisoned you.
You suffered, Ilia.
But if the Goddess forgave you,
it is right
that you should return to her home.
The Goddess
took from me everything I had.
You didn't come back for weapons, Ilia,
but to watch over the fire
which is a source of life.
You'll stay here.
Tomorrow
your father will beg the Vestals
to welcome you back to the temple.
Everything will return to how it was.
What do you want?
If I want to live
I have to leave now.
Flee.
Come with me.
No.
I'll be dead before daybreak
in the forest.
They've believed you up to now,
tomorrow they'll understand
and they'll kill you
for what you did.
Are you more afraid
of the forest or of them?
Come with me.
I can't.
What do you gain from staying?
You're not from Velia,
you don't have to stay
in the forest.
You don't know anything about me.
Please come with me.
Set me free.
I can't, my lady.
You heard your mother's order.
Soldier
do you know who I am?
There is nobody who doesn't know,
my lady.
No, you don't know.
You only see a woman,
your king's daughter, a vestal.
But if you weren't blind,
behind me you would see
the Lord of Battles
armed with his spear and shield,
and you would hear his voice
louder than thunder,
and you would fall to your knees
trembling for your life.
You recognise him.
I know you can see him now.
Obey his command,
or his fury will descend
upon you and your children
and you will be spared no evil,
known or unknown.
You said we were close.
Enough, Taurus, he's mocking us.
There are signs here!
Did you make them?
Move!
Move!
Why have you stopped?
What is that?
I don't know,
we were here when she appeared.
I hid there. And then I ran away.
Let's go.
We won't find him.
What did I tell you?
You didn't believe me.
The Lady of the Wolves
ate his heart.
Whoever you are,
a God or a Goddess,
you who brought her
back among the living.
You who have now guided her steps
away from her home.
Let her heart find peace again.
And erase from her mind all fury
and hate.
She left the palace
before the sun was up.
The soldier on guard untied her,
frightened by her delusions.
You call them delusions,
but she speaks of revenge,
and fury.
Ilia doesn't know what she's saying.
Hunger and thirst
have upset her mind.
Remember what the haruspex said.
Someday she will save Alba.
We have to
We have to offer sacrifices
to the Gods.
A lamb, a pig and an unyoked bull.
So that they forgive us
for what we did.
We'll do it.
He has the same mark.
Can you see it? It's the same mark!
That's why the spirits
didn't kill you!
He brought Hostus here
to give him to Rumia!
I don't know what this mark is.
Believe me.
You tell him as well.
It wasn't me who did this!
Believe me.
-Believe me.
-Let's kill him.
-We'll bring his body to Cnaeus!
-No.
No.
Please, Taurus.
Come on!
Come on!
-Please.
-Come on!
Come on!
Come on!
Damned!
It doesn't matter
whether I'm male or female.
Mars appeared to me,
and you will teach me to kill.
I knew you would come back.
And I'll come back again,
-if you don't kill me.
-I know.
Mortals do things
that appear to be crazy,
when the Lord of Battles
speaks to their hearts.
I don't know who gave me this mark.
I've always had it.
You saved my life
and I don't know your name.
My name is Yemos.
I am the son of Silvia,
daughter of Numitor.
I don't understand.
Why is a king's son
hiding in the forest?
Amulius is the king of Alba now.
He killed my brother,
and his soldiers are looking for me
on every road and in every village.
What are you going to do now?
I don't know.
Two days from Velia
there's a place called Gabi.
Maybe there's a man there
I can trust.
You want to get to Gabi
through the forest?
It's the only chance I have.
But if you want
you can look for the cart track.