The Originals s01e03 Episode Script

My brothers and I are the first vampires.
In all of history The Originals.
we helped build New Orleans.
Now we've returned to find a city at war.
The vampire Marcel leads an army against a coven of desperate witches.
My brother Klaus is playing against both sides, hungry for power and hoping to protect the werewolf carrying his child, but Marcel has an advantage.
He holds our brother Elijah captive with the aid of a secret weapon.
Now in order to get back the brother I love, I have no choice but to side with the one I cannot trust.
August 1359.
I have noticed a difference in my siblings.
Our bond strains beneath the pressure of our life as vampires.
Each day removes them further from the humanity they once possessed.
My sweet sister Rebekah has grown quite indifferent to brutality.
However, the true problem remains by brother Niklaus.
He continues to hide his loneliness with cruelty.
Still, I cling to the hope that I, as their eldest brother, can lead them down the correct path, a path charged with the power of a family united For if I fail, our family's legacy will end in darkness.
I cannot believe you disposed of those vampires without me.
You know how I love to set things on fire.
Was I supposed to leave them in the front yard to rot? Besides, they were my responsibility.
They attacked the helpless, pregnant girl who's carrying my child.
Oh, I am so moved by your newfound sense of fatherly duty towards the werewolf carrying your hybrid bun in her oven.
Ha! The werewolf would like to know what the plan is.
Well, that depends what plan you mean, luv My plan for global domination or Rebekah's plan to find love in a cruel, cruel world.
Hmm.
The plan to rescue Elijah, you know The good brother, the one who is now in the possession of your mortal enemy after you stabbed him in the back.
In the front, if we're being specific.
You two said that you would get him back.
So is there a plan, or what? Ok.
Well, firstly, Marcel is not my mortal enemy.
He's my friend, albeit one who is unaware that I am trying to sabotage his hold over the supernatural community of the French quarter, but a friend nonetheless, and secondly, I daggered Elijah in order to gain Marcel's trust.
If I had known he would place my brother in the hands of a particularly nasty teenage witch, I certainly would have weighed my options a bit differently, and thirdly, sister, please.
And thirdly, the plan, as you have demanded, is for Niklaus to simply asks Marcel for Elijah back.
That's not the whole plan, is it? Oh, please.
Klaus may be a miserable excuse for a sibling, but there is none more diabolical.
That's only the plan "a," luv.
There's always a plan "B.
" And what's plan "B"? War.
Well, I'm a long way from home With some pressure all my own Such a long way from home But I'll be back soon Yeah Damn, I do look good in a suit.
Joshua Rosen, 18, had recently arrived in New Orleans as part of My guy and the docks is gonna come forward as an eyewitness, say he saw those two drunkenly fall into the Mississippi.
They'll be dredging for weeks.
No one will come looking around here.
That's good, considering one is dead in a dumpster behind the county morgue and the other one is a vampire now.
Anything else? Ow! Allow me, darling.
One thing.
I sent 4 nightwalkers to look into a werewolf sighting in the quarter.
I haven't heard from them since.
That makes 10 dead nightwalkers in the last week.
You think the werewolves are back in town trying to start some trouble? Look.
I know you and Klaus are friends, but the fact is, since the Originals showed up Oh, come now, Thierry.
You're not still upset about that little, toxic werewolf bite I gave you, are you? I thought we were at by I see you've given him free rein of your compound now, too.
Yes.
Well, seeing as my family and I lived here, built the place, in fact All right.
Come on.
You both know the drill.
Thierry is my guy, inner circle.
Klaus is my old-time friend and sire.
He's also a guest here.
Peace, all right? All right? What you need, my brother? I'm afraid my sister Rebekah is insisting I demand Elijah's return.
She's quite worked up about it.
I'll say.
We're not gonna have 3 Originals walking around town, are we? Half our guys think the sister killed the nightwalkers.
Is that an accusation against an original? What did I say about peace? Come on.
Walk with me.
Your inner circle man lacks a sense of humor.
He's a little overprotective, but loyal to a fault.
I saved his life back in the forties, found him dying of a war wound outside a VA hospital.
He'd kill for me and die for me.
Plus, that boy can play the trumpet like you would not believe.
Maybe I'll see if he can play a little tonight at the party.
You're coming, right? How can I miss my chance to meet the city councilman as he accepts your gigantic charitable donation? Oh, he's a schmuck, but he lets us do our thing in exchange for certain community services, like keeping our fangs out of the locals.
Listen.
About your brother, I would love to help you out, but Thierry is right.
My guys are on edge.
They see the original family moving in, vampires dying, it makes them nervous.
If I hand Elijah back now, it might give the wrong impression about who's really in charge here.
You know what I mean? You understand I had to ask.
Hey, Klaus, for the love of Mary Magdalene, how long does it take to ask a simple question? Much longer than you'd think, considering the answer was, as expected, no.
Marcel's man Thierry is suspicious.
He thinks you killed Well, that's a lie.
I only killed 8.
Should I make Thierry the ninth? Marcel is playing friendly.
We can't kill the favorite son, or he'll catch onto us.
So war it is, then.
Indeed.
Do you know what to do with the witch? I believe I do.
Good.
You manage Sophie Deveraux.
I'll take care of the next step.
I ordered you to drain him of blood.
What's taking so long? Sorry.
I'm not medieval torture expert guy.
Ah What did he do to you, anyway? It's not about what he did.
It's about what he's going to do when we're done here, which is whatever I want him to, just like you.
For example, drive this through his torso.
That is crazy.
I didn't want to do it, but I did it, anyway.
It's called mind compulsion.
Vampires can compel humans.
Originals like my siblings and I can also compel vampires, and no one can compel Originals.
You following? Good.
That is how a brand-new nightwalker such as yourself is here doing my bidding with no one the wiser.
But I never had my guts drained out of me.
Yes.
That, young Joshua, is because I got to you before you had even a drop of herbal vervain in your system.
You see, it prevents compulsion.
Marcel has had his whole crew taking it since I returned to town, and that is why our friend here needs to be bled dry of it so I can compel him to follow my every command, and with my brother currently in captivity awaiting rescue, we can't afford to be gentle about it.
Come here.
Yah! Oh, so glad you could make it.
Elijah only lies daggered and rotting whilst you dillydally.
You're lucky I came at all.
What do you want? Hayley was attacked last night by Marcel's crew because somebody told him there was a werewolf in the quarter.
She only made one stop.
Whoever saw her here ratted her out.
Watch and learn.
Hey, Soph.
Hey, Katie.
That's filled with marigold, great for attracting the opposite sex, would look awesome on you.
I very seriously doubt that.
Do you have any others, one with, say I don't know Wolfsbane, perhaps? Wolfsbane? Why would you want that? Please do not play dumb with me.
Rebekah! I just sold the werewolf some herbs.
That's all.
Are you lying to me, Katie? I suggest you answer my question honestly.
Just answer the question, Katie, please.
Yes.
I told someone, but you don't understand.
I I love him.
Then tell me, who is this vampire Romeo of yours? Shall I count to 3? Be quick about it.
I have an army to build, and one compelled minion does not an army make.
Well? You were right about the traitor.
Luckily, she's just a kid and she doesn't know anything about us and what we're up to.
Do you want to hear the part that's gonna please you the most? Oh, do tell.
She's in love with someone in Marcel's inner circle.
Guess who it is.
Right-hand-man type, favors silly caps? Two points for you.
Thierry is fraternizing with the enemy.
Well, that means he just unwittingly became the key to our entire plan.
I told you you'd be pleased.
Oh, to be young and in love in a city where witches and vampires are at war.
How very tragic.
Are you out of your mind? No way.
It's very simple.
We need you to perform a teeny, tiny locator spell to help us find our brother.
Witches who practice magic in this town get caught, and they get killed.
Yes.
About that, it seems you left out a crucial detail when we made our deal Marcel's secret weapon, the way he knows when a witch is using magic.
Girl about yay high, cute as a button, anger issues.
Davina? Where have you seen her? I don't know.
The little brat erased my memory right after she threw me out a window with her bloody mind.
Let me cut to the chase.
Davina has Elijah.
You witches, I assume, want to get Davina away from Marcel.
We don't know where she is.
Ergo, we need magic.
Davina would sense it.
Unless, of course, another witch Say, a traitor to the cause, Katie, for example Was to perform much more powerful magic at the same time.
That would create a smokescreen concealing your very small spell from Davina.
Katie doesn't deserve to die.
Sophie Deveraux You're in no position to be so principled.
You can't win a war without a few strategic losses, no matter how regrettable they may be.
How many times have the vampires been one step ahead, known something they shouldn't, your sister executed in the public square for practicing magic who knew she'd be caught? Did she even attempt to flee? She was caught hiding in a cargo hold of a freighter before it set sail down the Mississippi.
And who, pray tell, in Marcel's valued inner circle manages his business at the docks? Katie's boyfriend Thierry.
You're right.
He's good.
Right? Music man I call him.
Ladies love him, but he's spoken for.
He knocks around with this pretty, little witch, says he loves her, but I don't know.
Yo brightest soldier is fraternizing with your enemy, and you don't care.
Well, of course I care, but Thierry is a grown man.
He makes his own choices, and I get some good intel.
Besides, he's not gonna do anything to jeopardize what we're doing here.
I mean, check this out, a vampire hosting a ritzy charity event.
We have a community here.
No one is gonna mess that up.
Still You don't want the witches to get too bold, given that a witch's tip about a werewolf in town led to the disappearance of your nightwalkers.
I'm sure you've considered the possibility that it could've been a trap.
Maybe I'll send a little message.
Thierry Take a team of nightwalkers to the cauldron tonight, do a little rousting Oh, and, Thierry, make it nasty.
And so with that, I moved back here to be closer to my brothers because let's face it Family is important, right, Camille? Cami.
I have to change this name tag.
Drunk guys keep hitting on me in French.
You sure you haven't been in here before? Your face looks so familiar.
Oh! You must have seen me out and about.
Aren't you dating Marcel Gerard? He's a pal of mine Sort of.
I heard he had a crush on the blond bartender at Rousseau's.
I would hardly call it dating.
He's wooing me Sort of.
I don't know.
He's very charming, which probably means I should run for the hills.
I'm kind of in an on-again/off-again thing myself at the moment.
Those are the worst, aren't they, the ones you can't shake, even though you know better, and you always know better? I like you, Cami.
Most girls have the unfortunate tendency of being whiny, little twits.
Thanks I think.
Hey, I'm supposed to go to this posh charity thing thrown by this philanthropist tonight.
He's a bit of a Gatsby, throws a mean party.
Any interest? Little sister.
Well, brother, I believe I've made certain Marcel will be properly distracted tonight.
Dare I ask? Let's just say his attention will not be on us.
I did my bit.
What are you doing to ensure Elijah's safe return? Currently, I'm preparing insurance against the tender-hearted.
Meaning? We need proper motivation for Katie to cast a powerful spell tonight.
I'm creating that motivation.
Marcel has ordered a rousting of the witches.
No! I, in turn, have arranged for things to go tragically wrong.
You understand what you're to do? Good.
Aah! Hey.
Mm.
What's happening out there? Oh, it's Klaus.
He's convinced Marcel that the witches are planning to make a move against him.
Marcel wants us to send a message, and if he thought I was playing favorites just because I'm in love with a witch Say that again.
I love you, Katie, and all this is gonna be ok, promise.
Marcel may not be concerned with Thierry's romantic entanglements I already got that one.
But there are other crimes which he'll be less inclined to so easily forgive Aah! Thierry! Aah! Leave her alone.
Get off.
Killing a vampire, for example.
That would be unforgivable.
If Katie hopes to save her one true love from Marcel's punishment, well, a rescue mission like that will require something positively magical, but then What's worth dying for if not love? Don't cry mercy There's too much pain to come Don't cry mercy Well, this certainly is a fitting backdrop for tonight's events, I must say.
Hey What's she doing here? What better way to distract Marcel than to put his very human, new girl in a room chock full of vampires? Hello, darling.
You look precious.
This party is ridiculous, but I think I could get to enjoy this place.
Is he the infamous on-again/off-again? He's the brother, actually, and my sister is right.
You do look stunning.
You clean up pretty well yourself.
Well, don't be fooled, luv.
I'm the devil in disguise.
You two chitchat.
I need booze.
Shall we? Ok.
Scotch, please.
You trying to be cute inviting her here? I think she's darling.
I can tell you fancy her pure heart.
Perhaps I'll feed it to you.
Hmm, jealousy looks good on you, Bekah.
The guy of hers Rebekah was talking about I'm sensing that would be Marcel.
I wouldn't worry about it.
Ancient history.
I'm beginning to think your sister is a bit of a bitch.
Ha ha! It's as though she invented the term.
Listen.
Pardon me for a moment.
Cami.
Hey, killer party.
Oh, it's more of a work thing.
I would've invited you Oh, no.
We've been on one date.
No explanation necessary.
You do your thing.
I'll entertain myself.
What, leave you alone, looking the way you do? Hell with that.
You're not supposed to be out here.
Who are you? Sorry.
I didn't mean to scare you.
I'm Sabine.
We met.
I'm one of Sophie's friends.
You're one of the witches.
Sophie just asked me to come keep you company while everyone is out.
You know, it's drawn to you.
The child you're carrying is part vampire, part werewolf.
You and Klaus made something special.
You sound like Elijah.
He thinks this baby is gonna make us one big, happy family, but now he's gone, and I don't even know what It is.
You know, I can do something about that if you want, I mean, find out if it's a boy or girl.
I thought you couldn't do witchy stuff around here.
It's not magic, just an old trick my grandmother taught me.
Come on.
You have to be a little curious.
And there's no remedy for memory Your face is like a melody It won't leave my head Your soul is haunting me and telling me I thought you said you were in community work.
Community fundraising.
Throw a party, folks open their wallets.
It's kind of my thing.
Guess I'm what you call a necessary evil.
And Rebekah, she's one of your donors? She's an old friend.
Can't be that old.
She looks younger than me.
You'd be surprised.
I was a kid when I met her.
Enough about her.
I just want to be right here with you.
You really are a hideously evil little thing, aren't you? Nonsense.
They're perfect for each other.
You wanted Marcel distracted.
Voila.
Your face is like a melody It won't leave my head Your soul is haunting me and telling me That everything is fine But I wish I was dead Every time I close me eyes My cue to leave.
It's like a dark paradise No one compares to you I'm scared that you won't be waiting on the other side Every time I close me eyes It's like a dark paradise Excuse me.
No one compares to you But there's no you except in my dreams tonight Oh, oh, oh, oh Ha ha ha ha What the hell did you do? Not here.
No, not here.
oh, oh, oh, oh Ha ha ha ha I don't want to wake up from this tonight I know you think he's a monster.
It doesn't matter what I think.
Thierry killed another vampire.
He broke Marcel's biggest rule.
You'll never see him again Unless we do something.
"We"? I want to save our people.
You want to save Thierry? There's only one way we can do both.
You ready? Marcel.
Something is coming.
Magic.
I want to hear your side of it.
Hey, Marcel, come on.
Your version.
Go.
We were tossing the cauldron.
This guy, some nightwalker, he attacked Katie for no reason.
His name was Max.
I turned him.
As far as reasons go, he doesn't need one.
She was a witch.
He was a vampire.
Now he's dead.
I didn't mean for it to happen.
You broke my most important rule.
Damn it, T.
How long we been friends, 70 years? Yeah.
I turned you into something that would never die.
I gave you a gift.
And I have been loyal to you all this time, and I still am.
I'm still your friend, Marcel.
I swear, that hasn't changed.
You were right, luv.
He's got a temper, doesn't he? I guess this is the moment I remember I know better.
We found this at his girl's place.
Still my friend, huh? That's funny because it looks to me like that little witch of yours got her hands on a spell that I keep locked away.
Marcel, I have never seen that.
Shut up.
I see on your hand, you still have the daylight ring I gave you.
So what would you need with the recipe for making new ones unless maybe you and Katie were gonna go off and start a little kingdom of your own? Marcel, no.
Here's a lesson in friendship.
Friends don't lie to me, they don't break my rules, and they do not steal what is mine.
Ohh For the crime of murdering one of his own, I sentence Thierry Vanchure to 100 years in the garden.
And it begins.
You're doing the right thing.
It's the only way to find Elijah.
I'm doing what I have to do.
Katie, no! Like clockwork.
Oh! Aah! Hurry.
No! You're here to save your man.
Well, come on, little girl.
Raagh! Aah! Die, you son of a bitch.
No! Katie! Something is wrong.
Katie's magic stopped.
I can keep going.
You can't.
She'll sense it.
No.
I can find Davina.
I just need another moment.
You may be willing to die to get your witch back, but Hayley and the baby will die with you.
Elijah will never forgive us, and rescuing him will be for nothing.
It's over.
We failed.
No.
Katie.
No, no, no, no.
No.
Just tell me this.
Was she worth it? I loved her.
Uhhhngh! Seal him up and let him rot.
How much did Cami see? She just saw an argument, mate.
It's nothing you can't fix.
You really like her, don't you? I like that she's not a part of any of this.
Sometimes it's good to see the world the way the humans do.
I am sorry about Thierry, you know? I can tell he was a good friend.
I made him what he was.
Obviously, my trust was misplaced.
Doesn't make it easier.
You saved me tonight.
I guess I owe you one.
You asked for your brother back.
Seems like the least I can do.
Cami Don't even try it.
I get the bro code.
You're here to smooth things over for your friend.
It's very nice of you, but But you've been hurt before, and you aren't taking any more chances.
Something like that.
The guy I saw tonight, not the guy I thought he was, and if he can turn on a dime like that Sounds like more than just a broken heart.
Someone broke your trust Camille, the brave bartender.
I'm sorry But I need you to give Marcel another chance.
Wow.
I totally misread that.
No.
You read it quite well, but we all have our roles to play.
You went to Marcel's.
You danced.
You feel badly hat he had a row with his friend, but otherwise, all you remember is that it was perfect.
Well, tonight was an epic failure.
On the contrary, sister.
Tonight was a masterpiece.
Are you mad? Katie died before Sophie could complete the spell.
Oh, I'm well aware.
I killed Katie.
You what? There's no way our little suicide witch wasn't gonna try and take out Marcel with her.
I saved his life, and in doing so, I now have him exactly where I want him.
Sophie trusted you.
I trusted you against all my better instincts.
Wake up, Rebekah.
The witches are on no one's side but their own.
This girl Davina, that's all they want, and when they have her, what do you think happens then, a truce? Of course not.
They will use Davina's power against all of us.
Even if you're right, the plan was to find Elijah, and you failed us.
You always did lack faith.
By protecting Marcel, I've cemented his trust, so much so that he's agreed to return Elijah to us, and when the time is right, when he has told me everything I need to know about Davina, I will have her for myself.
I have all the faith in the world that you'll get what you want, Nik.
You always do, no matter what it costs the rest of us.
You disgust me.
Are you ok? I was so worried.
Thank you.
Whatever you did, I felt it.
You helped me.
It was the old ones, wasn't it? Actually, Klaus is the one that saved me tonight.
I'm gonna make things right, starting off by giving him his brother back.
No.
What? Davina No.
You said the old ones were dangerous.
I won't give him back until I know how to kill them.
I thought you might like to know, Elijah is returning to us.
Congratulations.
I guess being diabolical has its perks.
You hardly know him, and yet you miss him.
What is it about my brother that always inspires such instant admiration? He was kind to me.
There are moments when I doubt if my family is capable of redemption Hey, I learned something today.
I think it's a girl.
Elijah, voice-over yet each time that I am tempted to surrender, I see it, the glimmer of goodness that allows me to believe.
You're following me.
Maybe you're just in my way.
I told you no good would come from this unholy alliance of yours.
At least I'm doing something.
What about you? Sabine, tell them what you saw.
It's the girl, the wolf.
I think it's a girl.
No.
Wait.
Wait what? Please tell me I'm not having a mini Klaus.
Hoc est infantima malom.
Nos omnia perdetu el eam.
Hoc est infantima malom.
Nos omnia perdetu el eam.