Barbarians (2020) s01e06 Episode Script

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A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
He's trying
to lure you into an ambush.
And that
rotting head out there…
That's not
Folkwin Wolfspeer's head!
Arminius lied to you, Varus!
Folkwin is alive.
Here, in the camp, as a slave!
It's true.
I'm going to betray you, Father.
Segestes is absolutely right.
I'll lure three Roman legions, or more,
15,000 men into an ambush,
and surround them
with 500 of my barbarian friends.
Me…
a knight of the Roman Empire.
That's exactly my plan.
And of course, Father…
I never brought you the head
of Folkwin Wolfspeer.
Instead, I brought you one
that looked like him.
And naturally, the real one
is living here as a captured slave.
How could the truth be any different?
German!
If you repeat these lies
about my son again,
I will personally
stick your head on a pike
and set it next to Folkwin Wolfspeer's.
No, no, no! Please, please!
Varus, please, don't make any mistake.
- Leave us!
- Please!
If you don't believe me,
then put us both in chains!
Put us both in chains,
and on the way to Vetera,
you will see which one's a traitor!
Don't make any mistake! Varus!
Varus!
Rome will fall!
On the way back to Vetera,
we will teach these barbarians a lesson
in the Teutoburg Forest!
Just as Arminius suggested.
Dismissed.
My son…
I doubted you for a moment.
Please forgive me.
It must be
these damned Germanic tribesmen.
Damned Germans.
Dismissed.
Look away.
You really took your time, didn't you?
I thought you were dead.
I'm not interested in what you thought.
Get me out of here.
She's coming, too.
Not now.
We're tearing down the camp.
We attack on the road to Vetera.
Hold on.
- Prepare to move out.
- As you command, Dominus.
Pack everything.
The summer campaign is over.
Did Varus go along with it?
We'll find out.
We can't count them.
Romans up to the horizon.
Like a river of steel.
I've never seen a force like that.
Mother of Blood…
Mother of Fire…
Sister of Wrath…
please give me certainty…
and grant me the gift…
to perceive what's to come.
Are you on my side?
I'll sacrifice anything.
So my bride is a great seer?
Did you forget that I'm married?
I can see how much you want power.
We will rule over
both our peoples together.
You're the only reason I'm here.
I won't let you
fall in battle with Arminius.
And the arrangement
with your father holds.
You are my wife.
I send my men into battle for you.
And when this is over,
you're coming with me.
We've got some time until then.
No!
No!
No!
You're going to be the widow of a traitor!
Your men are waiting for you.
Halt!
This is it, Father.
Legion, to the left.
What is your command?
Secure the flanks, as always?
Ride ahead with your troops
and secure the path.
And then the Empire
will teach these peasants a lesson.
I know I can count on you, my son.
Arminius!
A present from the emperor.
This is the symbol of a Roman knight.
A sign of strength, battle,
and the might of the Empire.
I'm sure
you will earn one of your own someday.
Arminius?
You want to abandon us?
No, Aldarich.
I am a good reik,
and I refuse to have
my men die for nothing.
Certainly not
for a Roman traitor and his whore.
And if you're wise…
then you'll leave, too.
While you still can.
We are retreating!
Yes.
We were already too few.
Without Hadgan's men, we can't do it!
I only fight if I can win.
You have misgivings?
Arminius is risking his life
to bring the legions into the forest…
where our gods live.
And you have misgivings?
The father of the gods
has seen what's coming.
Because he sacrificed his eye.
It's proof you want?
It's proof you want?
It's proof you want?
I see a long battle.
I see fire.
And water.
And I see men…
covered in blood.
Romans.
Ravens gorging on their bowels.
Reik Rurik.
Those who come after
won't forget what you did for them here.
Reik Aldarich.
Roman gold will be your prize.
Reik Golmad.
For your courageous feats
will Donar smile.
I hear a song.
A song about your bravery.
And until the end of time,
it will be sung aloud.
And the world will forever know…
of our victory!
This is
the Roman army in formation.
And this…
is the Roman army
amid our forests and swamps.
The snake will be so long then
that when we cut off the head,
the tail won't notice.
And we hack it to bits,
little, by little, by little.
- We're under attack!
- Shields up!
Take cover!
Retreat!
Arminius!
Kill them all.
Hadgan!
I'm here because I know
how to get the biggest prize.
Find a tree and nail him up.
We both hate the same man.
Arminius.
When it's clear
that the legions of Rome are winning,
we'll betray Arminius.
And all that belongs
to Arminius will be yours.
And we'll lead the tribes.
Halt.
Caius Aurelius, 19th legion.
We've been attacked.
The vanguard is destroyed.
This was well-planned.
We must turn back immediately
and restore order.
Arminius did say there were rebels here.
That's exactly why we've come this way.
And where is Arminius?
He's supposed to be securing our flanks!
He's probably caught up in the fighting.
We can't continue through the woods
with our flank exposed.
We have to return to open ground.
Turn around!
Quick march to open ground!
I'm all right.
Folkwin and I… I've
We'll avenge his death now.
They're turning back.
Is everything ready?
Exactly as you wanted.
Everything
I know about fighting…
I know from you.
What do we fight for?
I often asked you that.
Some fight for what used to be…
and others, for that which is to come.
You are an army of the dead!
We fight for love.
Shields up!
We fight for honor.
We fight for glory.
We fight for our freedom.
Where's your whip now?
Some fight for their children.
Some fight for their gods.
The crucial point is that we can only win
when we're in complete control
of our feelings.
Have a crystal-clear strategy.
That you must maintain order in your ranks
and destroy theirs.
But whatever we're fighting for…
we pay the price in blood.
We all must die.
The guilty…
and the innocent.
Folkwin.
And you'll still need
help from those above when it goes wrong.
Your impregnable armor
became your biggest burden.
But the most important thing is…
recognize your enemy's
greatest weaknesses,
and bring all that you have
to that exact spot.
Take my armor.
Are you sure, Dominus?
You are a free man.
Get out of here.
And your biggest weakness…
was your trust in me.
I ask myself…
what were you fighting for?
And was it worth it?
Father.
You never understood…
that some
want to live differently than you.
To worship and to feel
differently than you do.
Into the fray!
Better to be on the winning side!
- Look who showed up.
- We barbarians have to stick together.
Oh, please.
You were just waiting for a winner.
Look!
Rome has fallen.
He was just using you.
I know exactly what that's like.
You want your father's love so badly
that you'll believe anything
and do anything.
Like a dog begging before his master.
But we're not dogs.
We… have won this fight, Ari.
And you've won more than the fight.
You have won the hearts of your warriors.
They'll be calling your name.
Folkwin won't.
You knew he hadn't been killed.
You can rule as their king, Ari.
You already are.
Do you hear me?
You'll be their king.
And I'll rule with you as your queen.
Roman testicles!
I'll train my dogs to go for them.
- Here.
- For your dogs?
Thusnelda!
I thought you were dead.
And I bet that was convenient for you.
- Folkwin, things are different now.
- Yeah.
With him, you can rule.
Is that what you want?
Come to me when you've decided.
You don't
want to share in the spoils?
You deserve it more than anyone.
And you believe
everyone gets what they deserve?
You're the only one who I can rely on.
If, and when, I end up ruling…
I want you to be the first lord of mine.
If, and when, you end up ruling…
I'll be the first to kill you.
Your path is dangerous.
Will the gods punish me?
Oh.
It's been growing a while.
And it isn't the child of your king.
The gods have their own
special ways of punishing us.