Romulus (2020) s01e07 Episode Script

I want them alive!
She Wolf!
Ajax, son of Telamon,
stood apart,
still raging at the victory,
that I had won over him
for the arms of Achilles
whose honoured mother
had set them as a prize.
Ajax was angry
the Greeks gave Achilles' arms
to Ulysses and not to him.
But Ulysses
was the most valiant of all.
Ajax was also very valiant.
He and Ulysses,
shoulder to shoulder,
had bravely defended
the corpse of Achilles.
Only the two of them
dared to step forward.
But Agamemnon chose Ulysses.
-I told you.
-Shut up, Manos!
Ajax was valiant,
alone he had defeated
an entire army of Trojans.
But Ulysses with only one idea,
had won the war.
Can I do it?
Do you know how to?
Careful.
Never do this when you are alone.
Hide the king.
Nobody must find him.
No weapons.
Keep calm
and nothing will happen.
Welcome, foreigners.
What do you want?
We're hungry.
Where are we?
Velia.
Is she dead?
She's breathing.
But she has never woken up
since we got here.
Open it.
They haven't said anything
since yesterday.
Bring some water.
I don't want them to die.
Have you reflected?
Will you obey your king?
I would obey anyone.
But I don't know.
None of us know.
You will have to die to prove that.
Are you willing to die?
Are you willing to die
to save a blasphemer?
Not even a beast would turn its fury
against the son of his own mother.
But this is Yemos.
And this is the man to whom
Numitor wants to deliver Alba.
Who among you is thirsty?
I will give you
all the water you want.
You simply have to tell me the truth.
The one who drank first
is the weakest.
Let's take him.
She's been suffering
since you left for Gabi.
She asks only to be in the dark.
Leave us alone.
I'm here, Gala.
As you asked.
Forgive me
I forced you to come back.
You didn't force me.
Where you are, I am.
When they told me
that you left with her
With our daughter
Horrible thoughts
entered my heart.
And with the thoughts, the pain
a thousand knives
bury themselves in my head
and I'm afraid.
There's nothing
you need to be afraid of.
I'm here,
and I'm not at any risk.
Yes,
I see that now.
Promise me you won't go back to her.
Amulius.
I have to get better.
Give me your strength,
and I swear I'll be fine.
I'll be your queen once more.
You need to sleep.
Sleep cures all ills.
Promise me you'll stay here.
I promise.
More than two days have passed.
And what do you think we should do?
We cannot abandon them like this.
We have to go back.
Do you think they're still alive?
They were with the She-Wolf,
they can't be dead.
There are other refuges
in the forest
and the forest
has always protected us.
You don't know
what you're saying, Tarinkri.
Wiros and I saw those soldiers.
So tell me, what do you want to do?
Stay here and wait for what?
Now you've understood.
I know.
They need a guide,
and the Goddess chose you.
That's why she told me
to look at you.
I
I don't know
what's the right thing to do.
She'll tell you what's right.
You listen.
And she'll speak to you.
We'll dig into our supplies
and slaughter a lamb.
We'll be able to feed them
for a few days.
How long do you think they'll stay?
They didn't say.
Until I have news from my father,
I can't go back to Gabi.
Manos
you'll leave tomorrow for Gabi,
bring us news.
Yes, Father.
Don't grieve for her.
We will all die.
Is this what your Goddess says?
That you have to resign yourself
and die?
You told me that Rumia
never forgets her children.
Have you stopped believing that?
We are not her children.
Look at us!
Our comrades are dead,
the forest is burnt
and we are here, in this cage.
When the time comes,
they will kill us.
We lost.
The Goddess has abandoned us,
because we're not deserving
of her protection.
Don't say that.
Wiros is still alive.
And there are many others with him.
Pray to the Goddess,
that she shows them the way.
And they come to free us.
I'd pray in your place
if I knew your prayers.
That bracelet.
Tell me where you got it.
-Why do you want to know?
-Did you kill its wearer?
No.
Do you know Yemos?
Are you his mother?
What did you do to my son?
Answer me!
Yemos told me about you,
and your father Numitor.
-I know what was done to you.
-Is he alive?
Yes, he's alive.
The Velienses attacked us,
we managed to escape and he
I don't know where he is,
but I haven't lost hope
of seeing him again.
If you really met my son
tell me what you know about him.
As a child, his father took him
to the forest with his brother.
And there he challenged a wolf.
-What else?
-He speaks little,
but he looks honest.
I have never heard a lie
from his lips.
He was born to be king.
And even when we were alone
he didn't forget that.
Justice for him
is worth more than life.
I don't believe
a single word you say.
Yemos would never
have abandoned that bracelet.
I didn't kill your son.
I swear on all the Gods.
Don't trust anybody,
speak as little as possible
and come back soon.
May you be cursed! Go away!
Go away!
Lower your blade.
If he continues like this,
he will die within a few days.
Leave my father alone.
You didn't believe my words,
but you'll believe in our works.
Your father will live, and
you will know we're not enemies.
Who are you?
Did you know my son as well?
I tended his wounds with my hands.
They have lived for generations
in the caves in the forest.
Rumia is their Goddess,
and she protects them.
Now she'll protect you as well.
If you let her.
Are you his wife?
What's your name?
Pola.
Go home. Or I'll have
to have them take you away.
Rufus will never betray his king.
Making him suffer won't help you.
Have you ever been hungry,
Pola?
I have.
And I know there's a moment
when the heart bursts with fear:
hatred
dignity,
anger and love do not exist any more
and a man would do anything to live.
I'm just waiting
for that moment to come.
Let me stay next to him.
This is all I ask of you.
The city is occupied,
the moat and gate are watched,
you cannot enter with weapons.
And my father?
King Ertas
Cry, Lausus.
And we will cry with you.
My father was a man,
and he was a king.
He leaves us a teaching
and an example.
The Gods one day
will smile on us once more.
And then
Then we'll talk with weapons.
Silvia! Quick!
Hurry up!
Silvia?
Is that you, Silvia?
Yes, Father
it's me.
Why are you crying?
Come with me.
Go home.
Where he is, I have to be.
I don't want you
to see what we do to him.
Do what you have to.
If you feel no shame.
My home without him
is just a dark well.
My sleep without him is not rest.
I live in his eyes.
If he doesn't look at me again
I will be just a lifeless body.
Do you know this feeling?
You don't speak
but your eyes don't lie.
And do you think it's better to die?
At least in the realm of the dead,
I hope to see him again.
Take her away.
No! I beg you!
No! Please!
Don't take me away from him!
Yemos' grandfather is a king,
you say.
But I don't see armies or weapons.
He was a king.
His brother took all he had.
You think it was the Goddess
who put us on his path?
Maybe he'll give us a city.
Their city's Alba, what's
Alba got to do with our Goddess?
Cities can change their names,
Tarinkri.
You.
It was you who saved her.
You have to listen to her voice.
Which of you is Wiros?
Me.
Silvia wants to talk to you.
I did it for you.
So that nobody sees
what you had to suffer.
You called me.
Approach the king.
Was it you who healed me?
The credit belongs to my people,
not to me.
The credit belongs to the Gods,
who brought Wiros here
with his people.
Silvia told me about you and Yemos.
What are you willing to do for him?
I owe him my life,
I would do anything.
But I don't know where he is
nor how to help him.
Our enemy lives in Alba,
the man who betrayed us,
the murderer, the usurper.
Will you help us to kill him?
When Amulius is dead,
and Alba free once more
then my son
will be able to return as King.
You've nothing to say?
-You don't want to help us?
-You've seen us.
We are too few
to take a city like Alba.
We will not be too few.
A day's walk from here
is Gabi, my city.
Amulius killed my father
and occupied it with his soldiers.
If you help us free Gabi,
the Thirty Kings
will see that Amulius
is not invincible.
I will speak to them,
one by one, if necessary,
and convince them.
Until they are willing
to fight with us.
My people could fight,
but I will have to promise
something in exchange.
They will have lands to cultivate,
we will consecrate Alba
to their Goddess.
-Silvia!
-That's what they want, Father!
They're looking for a city
to welcome their Goddess.
Alba is sacred to our Gods.
We need their help, Father.
Promise what it's right to promise.
I am no longer a king,
I can't decide for my people.
If you help us
Alba will reward you, believe me.
I'm not a king either.
But I know
who decides for my people.
My king, help her,
I've never seen so much pain.
That's enough!
Have mercy!
Have mercy on me!
We'll consult the haruspex.
We'll find the cause
of this illness of hers.
Glorious mother!
Glorious queen!
Glorious sovereign
of the mountains and wolves!
Glorious mother!
Glorious queen!
Glorious sovereign
of the mountains and wolves!
Glorious mother!
Glorious sovereign
of the mountains and wolves
Talk, say what you have to.
You told me
that I have to guide them.
Why doesn't she speak?
Why doesn't she speak?
She's dead.
Here is the sign
that the Goddess gave us.
We're alone.
Rumia abandons us
outside of the forest.
Wait, Herennèis.
It's not like you said.
She's dead, Wiros.
We took her out of the forest
and she died.
Yes, this
this happened, it's true.
The voice of the Goddess
guided you every day.
She promised you a city.
And now instead
we are defeated, lost
and your oracle is silent.
It seems she has forgotten you.
And yet you know
that your destiny
awaits in that hut!
How we would have gotten here
if the Goddess hadn't wanted it?
Even now Rumia is guiding you,
the way she guided you before.
But now you no longer need oracles,
because
the time of your exile is over!
Now you are no longer a people
forced to hide underground,
now you will have a city,
and that city
will be conquered
with your own hands and courage.
If you want,
if you stick together,
the voice of the Goddess
will be my voice.
You are free to choose.
Whoever wants to go back
to the forest, go now.
The others,
get ready to fight.
We will entrust the oracle
to the waters of the river.
Tomorrow
in the name of the Goddess,
we will take the city of Gabi.
Will she get better?
Answer me!
Is your wife pure before the gods
Amulius?
Yes.
You then, knowingly or unknowingly,
drew their anger.
Get out of here.
Leave us alone!
The Gods
are taking their revenge on me,
and my pain
will wash away
the blood that we spilled.
But this is fair.
I was the one
who pushed you to ungodliness.
And with my death
you'll be free.
That's enough, Gala.
You bear no guilt.
-Take her out, she's dead.
-Don't touch her!
She's alive,
and you mustn't touch her!
Shut up, dog.
Did you hear what he said to you?
Do you think I take orders from you?
You take orders
from someone who scares you,
and when you look at us
you think we're finished.
But you can't kill us,
because our mother watches us
and doesn't forget us,
and when she comes to us with
her retinue of a thousand wolves
we'll remember what you did.
And we'll show no mercy
to any of you
nor your children
nor your wives.
You will all die!
He doesn't have our blood,
he doesn't know our prayers,
but he has more strength
than all of us.
Pray, children of Rumia,
ask for salvation for Kaila,
and the Goddess will come back
to watch over you.
Rumia, mother of men and beasts,
you who create and destroy,
give life back
to your bravest daughter.
Rumia, mother of men and beasts,
you who create and destroy,
give life back
to your bravest daughter.
Why are you still awake?
The things you said today
I keep thinking about them.
Was it the Goddess
who suggested them to you?
I
I don't know
how the Gods speak to mortals.
Rufus!
You were right,
he didn't betray his king.
Why are you bringing him
back to me, then?
You're the one
who saved him with your love.
Don't ask anything else,
and look after him.
Once I was just a slave.
An orphan.
Frightened.
I could have died many times,
and instead look at me.
I saved myself,
and I found my people.
And now the most powerful of kings
has placed himself in my hands.
I couldn't have done all this alone.
She must have wanted it, Rumia.
For this reason from today
I want to be her voice.