The Spiderwick Chronicles (2024) s01e08 Episode Script
The Wrath of Mulgarath
Calliope is my friend.
Emiko's your friend, too,
and she can't wake up
because the ogre is raising
dragons
to poison the whole town and eat
everybody.
It's always been about you,
Simon.
It's always been about you,
Simon.
Jared found most of these pages,
though.
I can't do this without you,
son.
(coughs)
(coughs)
-(choking) -I think this is
terrifically ironic.
This is the same way I killed
your wife.
Mulgarath killed her, and I let
everyone down.
Mulgarath killed her, and I let
everyone down.
My mom, my dad, you.
I'm your friend, Jared.
Then prove me wrong.
Then prove me wrong.
I'm not letting any of you trick
me again.
Jared, what did you do?
Lucinda's alive. I-I saw her.
Lucinda's alive. I-I saw her.
VALENTINA: Only a pure human
with pure intent
can wield the vorpal sword.
MALLORY: Why her?
Why not me?
(grunts)
Mom. Please let me come home.
You can't leave me here with
this monster.
HELEN: This is for the best.
You were everyone, but you lied.
-You only ever rely -rely
on yourself.
-You only ever rely -rely
on yourself.
-Yourself. -Yourself.
-Yourself. -You tried so hard
to stop me from getting the
field guide.
to stop me from getting the
field guide.
You failed, Jared.
-A spectacular failure.
-(grunts)
(gasps)
HELEN:Jared was
right
HELEN:Jared was
right
-this whole time.
-(gasps)
I know that, in time,
you'll come to love me, too.
you'll come to love me, too.
You have no idea how persuasive
I can be.
(Muzak playing)
(Muzak playing)
(scanner beeping)
This is ten whole cows worth of
milk.
DORIAN: Well, Yalda,
I got this dragon I've been
struggling to raise--
I got this dragon I've been
struggling to raise--
single dad and all--
and after decades of hunting, I
finally
got my claws on the instruction
manual.
got my claws on the instruction
manual.
Turns out, it just needs milk.
Hmm.
Is this some kind of a TikTok
prank?
We're gonna need some help out
to the car.
We're gonna need some help out
to the car.
I've been here all night and the
morning shift
still hasn't shown.
DORIAN: It's a shame, but it's
kind of my fault.
DORIAN: It's a shame, but it's
kind of my fault.
My dragon poisoned the water
supply of Henson,
rendering everyone into an
unbreakable sleep
rendering everyone into an
unbreakable sleep
so I can have my own deli
counter.
YALDA: Okay, guy.
DORIAN: I am guessing that you
drink
a lot of filtered water and
kombucha.
a lot of filtered water and
kombucha.
Prebiotics for gut flora.
You know what else is good for
gut flora? Mushrooms.
You know what else is good for
gut flora? Mushrooms.
I put some microscopic spores
in that drink of yours.
You'll be feeling the effects
shortly.
Get out of here. Run.
DORIAN:Oh, Helen,
calm down.
I know they're not much
to look at,
but they can do simple chores.
but they can do simple chores.
Dusting, polishing silver,
mirepoix.
That's what, uh, sous chefs do
That's what, uh, sous chefs do
to prep the foundation of flavor
for a meal.
Yeah, I know what a mirepoix is.
Of course you do.
You are refined.
So, will you eat us, too?
So, will you eat us, too?
I'm not cooking you, Helen.
I'm not cooking you, Helen.
I'm cooking for you. (scoffs)
This is date night.
This is date night.
I know you think I'm this
terrible ogre
bent on consuming a town
to feed my insatiable appetite,
but
to feed my insatiable appetite,
but
I really believe we can make
this work.
Come on.
Come on.
("I Go to Sleep" by Peggy Lee
playing)
■ ■
■When I look upfrom
my pillow ■
■I dream you are there
with me ■
■I dream you are there
with me ■
■Though you are far away
■
■I know you'll always be
near ■
■To me ■
■I go to sleep ■
■I go to sleep ■
■Sleep ■
■And imagine that
you're there with me ■
■And imagine that
you're there with me ■
■I go to sleep ■
■Sleep and imagine
that you're there ■
■Sleep and imagine
that you're there ■
(doorknob jiggling)
■I look around me ■
■And feel you are
ever so close ■
(music stops)
(door rattling)
-Shh -JARED: Thimbletack.
I thought you were afraid to
leave the house?
Oh, I was, a-and I am.
But, when the going gets tough,
the tough steal a security card
the tough steal a security card
to bust their friend out of the
pokey. So, come on.
(snoring)
THIMBLETACK: Hide. Don't let
them catch you.
(door slams closed)
-(door closes) -(buzzer sounds)
THIMBLETACK: Coast is clear.
Hurry. This way.
THIMBLETACK: Coast is clear.
Hurry. This way.
THIMBLETACK: Psst. In here.
Thimbletack?
Thimbletack?
Thimbletack?
Thimbletack.
(inaudible)
-(muffled protests) -Shh, shh,
shh, shh.
-(muffled protests) -Shh, shh,
shh, shh.
It's me. It's me.
(laughs)
Okay, listen.
Okay, listen.
The shroomers are sensitive to
sound.
If they catch us, they will take
us to Mulgarath.
If they catch us, they will take
us to Mulgarath.
(writing)
(writing)
(writing)
JARED: I have a bad feeling
about this.
JARED: I have a bad feeling
about this.
JARED: It's actually working.
(feedback squeals over P.A.)
("I Will Survive" by Gloria
Gaynor playing over P.A.)
("I Will Survive" by Gloria
Gaynor playing over P.A.)
■At first I was afraid,
I was petrified ■
■At first I was afraid,
I was petrified ■
■Kept thinking I could
neverlive without
you ■
■By my side ■
■But then I spentso
many nights ■
■Thinking howyou did
me wrong ■
Lucinda?
Come on.
Come on.
■And I learnedhow to
get along ■
■And so you're back
from outer space ■
(panting)
(panting)
I can't believe you guys came
for me.
After everything I've done
(sighs)
(sighs)
I'm sorry, Hatcher. I'm-I'm so,
so sorry.
Thankfully, I look pretty dope
with a bruise.
(chuckles)
You know, you saved us by
playing that song.
It wasn't us.
It wasn't us.
SIMON: It was me.
Simon just pretended to betray
us
so that he could learn
Mulgarath's plan.
He has a cure for the sleeping
sickness.
We took it. It works.
It's made from the dragon seed,
It's made from the dragon seed,
like a vaccine, but we need a
ton more.
JARED: You still trust him,
Mallory?
You are so obviously still
helping your new daddy.
You are so obviously still
helping your new daddy.
Look, all of the adults are
shroom'd or asleep.
We avoided the spores, so now we
are the only ones
We avoided the spores, so now we
are the only ones
that can wake up the town, save
Mom, and slay Mulgarath.
Bree has the vorpal sword.
Bree has the vorpal sword.
One thrust through that ogre's
heart,
and we get our happily ever
after.
But, Mallory, I thought you
I'm not enough.
All right, look, this is
impossible.
We can't win with just us and
Simon.
Okay.
Okay.
Look, I told you,
I told you we should've left him
in Meskwaki.
Hey.
-Jared. -Jared.
Hey, you're going in the wrong
direction.
The fight is that-a-way.
(chuckles)
The fight is that-a-way.
(chuckles)
(sighs) Don't leave your family.
They need you.
And you need them.
Jared! (grunts)
Jared!
Dinner will be promptly served
at 6:00,
and I got you something
appropriately
piquant.
piquant.
You will literally slay.
■ ■
DORIAN: Our dragon's about to
hatch.
DORIAN: Our dragon's about to
hatch.
This must be what human children
feel like on Christmas Eve.
It's a dragon,
not a Nintendo.
Well, we need this beast
to defend ourselves against the
to defend ourselves against the
elves, goblins and dwarves.
Our transgressions won't go
unnoticed or unpunished.
Our transgressions won't go
unnoticed or unpunished.
That's also why we need to
complete the field guide,
so we can have the advantage.
That's why I'm keeping it close
by.
That's why I'm keeping it close
by.
You still have Simon on a
string.
We're all gonna be one big,
happy family.
We're all gonna be one big,
happy family.
What's wrong with you?
You look
gassy.
gassy.
There's too much death coming.
There's no such thing.
There's no such thing.
Decomposition is good for you.
I already feel like the
lactose-intolerant kid
devouring a dulce de leche ice
cream cake
at Eva Alvarado-Astrowsky's
quinceañera,
and no one has died yet.
and no one has died yet.
You love it.
You love it.
All creatures are ruled by their
stomach.
(car horn honks)
Dinner's here.
They're Postmate-ing kids for
dinner.
They have Emiko.
BREE: And Chris and Hind and
Thalia.
BREE: And Chris and Hind and
Thalia.
He chose them just to mess with
us.
We need to get to the dragon
seed
and save our friends.
THIMBLETACK: Uh, duh-hickey.
THIMBLETACK: Uh, duh-hickey.
That's why I brought him back.
Thimbletack and I have a plan.
-On it,mon capitaine.
(laughs) -But
-On it,mon capitaine.
(laughs) -But
You still don't trust me.
We were best friends.
I mean, we have a secret
language.
How did we get here?
How did we get here?
Because, Jared, you're gonna
die.
Calliope saw a premonition.
That's why I thought it was
safer for you back at Meskwaki.
Look, we had no clue what
Mulgarath was planning.
Look, we had no clue what
Mulgarath was planning.
All right, I used our fight to
get closer to him and Calliope.
Yeah, well, you could've just
told me.
No, it had to be convincing.
No, it had to be convincing.
It's only convincing because
it's true.
-What? -You hate me.
You hate me because I made you
move here.
You hate me because you always
have to be the good kid.
-Jared, stop. -You hate me,
Simon, so just say it.
I hate you, Jared.
And I love you.
MALLORY: Okay, look,
time is running out. What is the
plan?
time is running out. What is the
plan?
(doorbell rings)
Well, I wondered
when you would return to us.
Well, you know, my, uh, Grandma
Melvina
Well, you know, my, uh, Grandma
Melvina
says it's good etiquette to
bring a gift to dinner.
CALLIOPE: Wrapped in an iron
bow?
DORIAN: Hmm.
Let's give the boy an open ear
and the benefit of the doubt,
shall we?
I knew that Jared and the others
would try to stop you,
so I stopped them.
Huh.
Our diet doesn't disgust you?
Our diet doesn't disgust you?
I used to have these mice,
I used to have these mice,
Lemondrop and Jeffrey.
Um, when I first rescued them,
they wouldn't eat anything.
Um, when I first rescued them,
they wouldn't eat anything.
MALLORY: Simon and Jared are
distracting them. Come on.
SIMON: Not grass or berries or
seeds.
I mean, even peanut butter.
Then one day,
I found them eating a millipede.
Lemondrop and Jefferey would
only eat grasshoppers
Lemondrop and Jefferey would
only eat grasshoppers
and roaches and ants.
I didn't want to hurt these
insects.
You can't help what you are.
You can't help what you are.
You see, Jared's plan was for me
to distract you so that Hatcher
could pretend to be asleep
to distract you so that Hatcher
could pretend to be asleep
and wake Emiko and the others.
And then Mallory would sneak in
and steal the field guide
and lure you outside so Jared
could save our mom.
-You traitor! -Hey, knock it
off.
I knew you would do this.
Find them. Go.
(muffled screams)
(Dorian chuckles)
(Dorian chuckles)
Are you okay?
Are you okay?
It's a lot, putting a town to
sleep,
controlling fungus people,
raising a dragon,
making a béchamel that doesn't
break.
It's-it's a lot.
It's-it's a lot.
Yeah, well, um
I'd-I'd like to help.
Oh, hey, look,
Oh, hey, look,
a béchamel is a very delicate
sauce.
No, I'm serious.
If we don't stop people like
Tanner,
they'll pave everything.
CALLIOPE: Bold words.
Look
There-there has to be space for
everyone.
Okay? Dragons and ogres.
Okay? Dragons and ogres.
And fetches.
You're absolutely right, son.
You're absolutely right, son.
I'm learning a lot from you.
After spending all of this time
together
I finally figured out how I
can help you, Jared.
Really?
You just need a father.
You just need a father.
Someone who cares enough to
stick around
and teach you some table
manners.
and teach you some table
manners.
Would you escort this young man
upstairs?
Have him get ready for dinner.
Have him get ready for dinner.
HELEN: This is all my fault.
No, don't-don't say that.
No, don't-don't say that.
No, you tried to warn me.
It sounded impossible.
Will you stop interrupting my
apology with your forgiveness?
Will you stop interrupting my
apology with your forgiveness?
(sighs)
I never wanted to be like my
mom, you know?
Practical and uptight.
-I wanted to be like Lucinda.
-(lock clicks open)
Free and adventurous.
Free and adventurous.
That's why I told you all those
stories.
I thought they were just that.
You and Lucinda,
You and Lucinda,
you told me to open my eyes, and
I kept them shut
because I was scared of what
this meant in the real world.
because I was scared of what
this meant in the real world.
This is the real world.
(sighs)
I
We're gonna get out of this,
We're gonna get out of this,
but you're the only one who can
save us.
(hissing)
You came to make enough antidote
to cure the sleeping sickness.
Right?
I can't let these people die.
I can't let these people die.
You've become a pretty good
liar.
Everything is upside down.
Everything is upside down.
Jared's become Simon, Simon's
become Jared.
I need to change the end of his
story.
I can't let my brother die.
This is a tragedy.
This is a tragedy.
No one gets out of here without
damage.
You're my friend. Please, help
me stop Mulgarath.
A friend wouldn't ask me that.
A friend would know better.
No, no, I care about you.
I'm not a pet mouse that you can
adopt.
A fetch is perilous. I feed on
death.
A fetch is perilous. I feed on
death.
That's why I'm the loneliest
creature in the whole world.
I don't want anyone to suffer.
Not Jared, not you, not this
dragon.
Dragons can't be tamed.
You saw Spiderwick's page.
They'll burn everything.
It would be infinitely worse
than Mulgarath.
It would be infinitely worse
than Mulgarath.
I don't want anyone to die.
But it's worth the risk.
You are worth the risk.
CALLIOPE:I want you
to look at me.
CALLIOPE:I want you
to look at me.
To see who I really am.
I think you're beautiful.
Okay.
Want to stop Mulgarath?
We have to get this cure to
everyone
and fast.
(dragon roars)
(knife chopping in kitchen)
He's gonna make us eat "Jennifer
Miller
with the adult braces" chowder.
How are we supposed to get out
of here?
We turn invisible.
I found Lucinda's manchineel tea
recipe.
Thimbletack's making it now,
but it's-it's not complete yet.
A few drops. Thumb tucked.
Pinky out and then what?
Pinky out and then what?
You stir with your finger,
but
which direction did Lucinda say?
Is it, is it clockwise or
counterclockwise?
Mom.
You have to remember.
You have to remember.
One way we live,
but the other
(knife chops)
How are we gonna get the
antidote to everyone?
-Where are we going? -To finds
the sprites.
(sighs) Guh. Sprites are awful.
They won't help us.
(sighs) Guh. Sprites are awful.
They won't help us.
They're like mean girls.
I mean, I'd talk to them, but my
twin language
is only derivative of faery,
is only derivative of faery,
and you also said my accent
sucks.
Okay, well, they don't do
meaningful conversation.
Not with me.
Not everyone hates a fetch.
(drawer opens)
(drawer opens)
MALLORY: We need to find
my great-grandfather's field
guide right now
to distract Mulgarath.
-(clatters) -(gasps)
Okay, there's too much stuff.
Maybe the field guide isn't in
here.
No, no, this is the most secure
room in the house.
No, no, this is the most secure
room in the house.
It's where my great-grandpa put
it. It has to be here.
This doesn't have to be your
fight.
You don't have to die.
I lost my mom.
And now my dad and Hind and
Thalia and Chris
And now my dad and Hind and
Thalia and Chris
might get eaten, or worse.
But, Mallory,
you are the first
you are the first
and only person in this whole
stupid universe who understands
me.
I I can't lose you, too.
No, hey.
You and Valentina have just been
trying to help me.
I know, I'm
all head, no heart,
and I still want to be the hero,
but I I'm inadequate.
but I I'm inadequate.
I only said that to motivate
you.
Well, it worked because
Well, it worked because
it's true.
You're a brilliant warrior.
Damn right I am.
And that's why
And that's why
my plan is going to work.
Because even if it puts me at
risk,
I know that you will save me.
Damn right I will.
Okay, so
Mulgarath hated Arthur
Spiderwick.
Mulgarath hated Arthur
Spiderwick.
He would've wanted to gloat,
rub it in, you know?
Bree.
Bree, help me with this.
There it is.
That's it.
-Yes, this is it. -It is.
(chuckles)
-Yes, this is it. -It is.
(chuckles)
THIMBLETACK: (clicks tongue)
Hey.
What's that?
Thimbletack. He made the tea.
Thimbletack. He made the tea.
(drink pouring)
(drink pouring)
DORIAN: Isn't this civilized?
Beautiful company, exquisite
food.
Beautiful company, exquisite
food.
My people are on the hunt for
Mallory.
Simon should be here shortly
with Calliope.
Simon should be here shortly
with Calliope.
I just can't wait.
HELEN: Is that blood?
HELEN: Is that blood?
That is a scallop crudo
with pomegranate reduction and
mint.
with pomegranate reduction and
mint.
And for the gentleman
Is that pomegranate reduction?
Is that pomegranate reduction?
That is an answer to a problem.
I have answers to all your
problems.
I have answers to all your
problems.
(both laughing softly)
(yells, gasps)
Daddy. Daddy, stop! Stop.
Daddy. Daddy, stop! Stop.
Stop. You have to fight it.
(Tanner groans softly)
Dad, please. Dad, I know you're
in there.
Fight those mushrooms!
-(classical music playing)
-Looks like a mushroom.
-(classical music playing)
-Looks like a mushroom.
You want to make him one of
them?
Well, that is why you came here.
I came here for help.
I came here for help.
You came here to end
Jared's abhorrent behavior.
You want to make me a puppet.
You want to make me a puppet.
You're all puppets
to your emotions.
to your emotions.
(sighs)
I'm offering you a salve, Jared.
I'm offering you a salve, Jared.
A better you.
You'll finish your homework on
time,
You'll finish your homework on
time,
pick up after yourself,
FaceTime Grandma on her birthday
without having to being asked to
do it.
without having to being asked to
do it.
And happy. You'll beso
happy.
MALLORY:Jared needs
us.
-We need to go. -No, no, no.
He's fighting it.
-Bree, come on. -Mulgarath is
distracted. His
His control is weakening.
His control is weakening.
(quietly): Daddy, please.
Please. I need you.
(yelling)
(yelling)
-(thudding) -If you want to save
your dad,
we have to stick to the plan.
we have to stick to the plan.
Come on, Bree!
DORIAN:This is what
you both want.
This isn't what I want.
This isn't what I want.
DORIAN: Helen, you're a
librarian.
You loathe this modern world.
You loathe this modern world.
You long for dust jackets
and the aroma
of decaying pages.
Jared, did you know,
the Sumerians believed
the Sumerians believed
that librarians ordained the
universe?
HELEN: They believed
they could capture all knowledge
through classification.
(Dorian sighs)
And that's what your grandfather
wanted.
That's why he created the field
guide.
And that's what you want, too,
Helen.
Please. Allow me to be your
guide
Please. Allow me to be your
guide
through the fantastical world
around you.
-Mom, don't listen to him.
-Jared,
-Mom, don't listen to him.
-Jared,
I'm trying to put your mother on
the pedestal
she so rightly deserves.
I just want to be able to go
to parent-teacher conferences in
the fall.
You're not pragmatic like your
monster of a mother.
(sighs) You're more like
Lucinda.
(sighs) You're more like
Lucinda.
Kind and curious.
That's why you loved her.
That's why you loved her.
That's why I love you.
In all my travels, adventures,
plans,
In all my travels, adventures,
plans,
I never expected you.
(Dorian sighs)
I just want to give you
everything that you deserve.
I just want to give you
everything that you deserve.
Is that so wrong?
Maybe I am broken.
The kid who's too angry.
Too wrong.
Too wrong.
You-you always wanted me to be
normal.
Maybe I did, too.
Maybe
I want to be fixed.
Jared, no.
Jared, no.
We are gonna be so happy son,
and
We are gonna be so happy son,
and
it beats the alternative.
Threats aren't exactly
aphrodisiacs.
Hence, the scallops.
YOUNG LUCINDA:Little
Miss.
Just a few drops.
Stir with the forefinger
clockwise,
then counterclockwise. Drink.
Clockwise, counterclockwise.
Drink.
YOUNG LUCINDA:Pinky
all the way out.
I want to make a toast.
I want to make a toast.
(Helen sighs)
To new adventures.
To new adventures.
To new adventures.
(dings)
DORIAN: Mmm.
DORIAN: Mmm.
-Oh! -Ooh.
What's wrong?
What's wrong?
(Helen groans softly)
-(sighs) -DORIAN: What's
happening?
-(glass breaking) -No, no, no,
no, no, no!
-(glass breaking) -No, no, no,
no, no, no!
DORIAN (growling):
No!
JARED:Mom, it
worked!
HELEN:I can barely
see.
JARED:There's someone
in the garden.
JARED:There's someone
in the garden.
HELEN: Who is it?
They're coming this way.
Lucinda?
Lucinda?
I'm proud of you, Little Miss.
You remembered the recipe
perfectly.
You remembered the recipe
perfectly.
(Helen gasps)
We were trying to help save you.
(laughs softly) You've got it
the wrong way around.
I've been here helping save
you.
That was you in Meskwaki.
You helped me find the tea
recipe.
You helped me find the tea
recipe.
There's little I can do in this
form,
but family never gives up.
but family never gives up.
I did.
I stopped believing in you.
I've been watching you all.
I've been watching you all.
Mallory is one valiant knight.
And Simon is a caretaker and a
healer.
Jared-- a brave explorer of the
unknown.
Jared-- a brave explorer of the
unknown.
A powerful trio.
Because of you.
You shared my stories with them.
You nurtured their sense of
wonder.
You guarded their dreams.
I read what you wrote on my
gravestone.
I read what you wrote on my
gravestone.
"She was loved
and beloved."
and beloved."
(sniffles) Yes.
Beautiful way to be remembered.
Having someone believe in you
Having someone believe in you
is the most powerful form of
magic there is.
You look radiant.
One cannot visit the Faerie
Queen
in a tattered smock from
JCPenney.
(grunts) Luce?
Thimbletack?
Luce, you're you're leaving?
Don't start grieving.
Don't start grieving.
Why didn't I ever see you
before?
Why did you hide from me?
I didn't want you stuck in the
past.
I didn't want you stuck in the
past.
Alone.
-I have to go. -(sniffles,
cries)
-I have to go. -(sniffles,
cries)
I made a deal with the elves
to unbind me from the human
spectrum
so that I might plead my case to
the Seelie Court.
I have to find out what happened
to my father.
I have to find out what happened
to my father.
Family never gives up.
Take care of each other.
Hmm?
Little Miss?
I believe in you.
(whooshing)
(distant bellowing)
(distant bellowing)
Come on. Let's go.
(wind whistling)
(wind whistling)
Let's go.
DORIAN: Hey!
You're late for dinner.
One more step, and I'll destroy
it.
Well (sighs)
That almost sounded convincing,
but I can hear you fibbing.
I have spent a lifetime being
other people.
The trick to a good performance
is motivation.
The words have to feel honest.
For example, if I say,
"I'm going to devour you raw
"I'm going to devour you raw
so I can watch the life drain
out of your eyes,"
you believe me.
you believe me.
I'll give you another chance.
This time, from the diaphragm.
Come on!
Come on!
-Try again. -"One more step, and
you die."
(scoffs)
-(grunting) -(groaning)
(low growling)
-(Dorian grunts) -(Bree groans)
Bree?
I-I couldn'tnot think of
my mother.
My thoughts weren't pure.
You're Valentina's best?
You stab me in the back?
(laughs)
I may be a murderer and a
manipulator, but
at least I have honor.
at least I have honor.
Your mother had honor.
You kind of look like her.
(Dorian inhales sharply)
And you're gonna die like her,
too.
And you're gonna die like her,
too.
(groans, gasps)
-(Dorian groans) -(Mallory
sighs)
-(Dorian groans) -(Mallory
sighs)
I did it.
I actually did it.
What's purer than saving a life?
What's purer than saving a life?
(growling) Ending one.
Bree, get out of here.
Bree, get out of here.
(low growling)
(both grunting)
(both grunting)
Mallory needs our help!
To fight a monster, well,
we're gonna need a bigger
monster.
There is a troll that lives
under the Claire River Bridge.
The same nasty who ate Arthur
Spiderwick's brother.
If we can summon it, it'll eat
Mulgarath, too.
Can you bring the troll here?
What? No. No, no, no.
Only Simon can translate the
faery language.
He was supposed to be back by
now.
-(distant booming) -What was
that sound?
-(distant booming) -What was
that sound?
It's the vorpal sword.
No, no, no. They're trying to
kill Mulgarath. They won't.
No, no, no. They're trying to
kill Mulgarath. They won't.
(Dorian grunting, growling)
(grunting)
(low growling)
HELEN:There's not
enough time.
I got to help your sister.
This. Jared,
This. Jared,
you have to translate this page.
-I -Jared, you can do it.
You can.
I know you can. I believe in
you.
We need you.
CALLIOPE:No one's
coming to help.
We can't win.
Calliope?
Look.
THIMBLETACK:Hey,
buddy.
So, no pressure at all, but the
future of everyone in Henson
and maybe the entire world is
relying on you.
I'm working on it, all right?
I know this has some connection
to the twin language Simon and I
made up.
to the twin language Simon and I
made up.
(Jared repeats phrase in made-up
language)
Bubblegum.
Bubblegum!
That's the word we used
from the Lorengorm story for
"bubblegum."
"Dreidel-bear" means "tree sap."
So the troll page must be
saying, uh, tree
So the troll page must be
saying, uh, tree
Tree what?
You're afraid of the vorpal
sword.
(both grunting)
(both grunting)
All I need is one thrust through
the heart.
(pants) Me, too.
(pants) Me, too.
(groaning)
-(Dorian grunts) -(Mallory
yells, pants)
-(Dorian grunts) -(Mallory
yells, pants)
(grunts, pants)
(growls)
(growls)
(panting)
(panting)
(groans, pants)
Sad.
(swords clink)
(footsteps booming)
(growling)
(growling)
(groaning, yelling)
Iron is also good for gut
health.
(groaning)
Come on!
Wind? Wind.
Trees, wind.
Trees, wind.
Wind through trees?
(wind whistling)
JARED:Wind through
trees.
(yelling)
THIMBLETACK: That might be it!
Jare-bear, you're a genius!
Jare-bear, you're a genius!
Come on!
I figured it out. We have to
make the sound
of wind going through trees to
summon the troll.
We just have to get the right
frequency. Come on, help me.
HELEN: Okay.
(whistling)
(all whistling)
Keep trying. As loud as you can.
Keep trying. As loud as you can.
(all whistling)
(whistling)
(whistling)
(slow clapping)
A valiant effort, but
a failure, nonetheless.
a failure, nonetheless.
I really wanted this to work out
between us.
Helen, you'll always be in my
heart.
Helen, you'll always be in my
heart.
And now, my stomach.
-Huh? -(growls)
(low growling)
(footsteps crunch through brush)
(footsteps crunch through brush)
("Such Great Heights" by Joy
Kills Sorrow plays)
("Such Great Heights" by Joy
Kills Sorrow plays)
■ ■
■I am thinking it's a
sign ■
■That the frecklesin
our eyes ■
■Are mirror images ■
■And when we kiss
they're perfectly
aligned ■
(muffled groaning)
■Us into corresponding
shapes ■
■Like puzzle pieces
from the clay ■
■True, it may seem
like a stretch ■
■True, it may seem
like a stretch ■
■But it's thoughts
like this that catch ■
■My troubled head
when you're away ■
■I am missing you to
death ■
■When you are out there
on the road ■
■When you are out there
on the road ■
■For several weeks of
shows ■
■And when you scan the
radio ■
■And when you scan the
radio ■
■I hope this song
will guide you home ■
■They will see us waving
from such great heights ■
■They will see us waving
from such great heights ■
■Come down now,
they'll say ■
■Come down now,
they'll say ■
(siren wails)
■They will see us waving
from such great heights ■
■They will see us waving
from such great heights ■
■Come down now,
they'll say ■
■Come down now,
they'll say ■
■But everything looks
perfectfrom far away
■
■But everything looks
perfectfrom far away
■
■Come down now ■
■But we'll stay ■
■But we'll stay ■
■They will see us waving
from such great heights ■
■Come down now ■
■Come down now ■
■Down now ■
■They will see us waving
from such great heights ■
■They will see us waving
from such great heights ■
-■Come down now ■ -■
Come down now ■
(loud rumbling)
(door creaks)
(door creaks)
(chittering)
(chittering)
(chittering)
We have to kill it.
We have to kill it.
These creatures. Mulgarath.
Calliope. Dragons.
Calliope. Dragons.
I've read enough to know that
you can't save them.
We They're unfixable,
We They're unfixable,
no matter how hard you try.
Come on.
Do it now before it grows up and
gets completely out of control.
(baby dragon chittering)
You're not a monster, Jared.
Then why'd we come here in the
first place?
Then why'd we come here in the
first place?
Hmm?
None of this would've happened
to us
if I wasn't
if I wasn't
If I wasn't me.
We made you feel like this.
Made you feel like you were less
than.
We tried to change you. We
played a part.
But Jared, you'll never be like
everyone else.
That's your gift.
MALLORY: You're worthy.
MALLORY: You're worthy.
See for yourself.
(whooshing, ringing)
(chittering)
(chittering)
THIMBLETACK: No, Jared!
Unclench your fist.
Release the past.
Release the past.
Embrace those near.
We've won at last.
Be a brownie. Don't be blue.
Be a brownie. Don't be blue.
If I may do so, so may you.
JARED: That's it?
That's your brownie form?
That's your brownie form?
Your eye just barely changed
color.
Anger and ire are not our name.
Boggart, brownie are one and the
same.
Boggart, brownie are one and the
same.
MALLORY: We've all done bad
things.
It doesn't mean we can't be
heroes, Jared.
(baby dragon chittering)
It's your choice.
(chittering)
(whooshing)
Here, Mallory.
(baby dragon chittering)
(baby dragon chittering)
That's not me! That's not me!
That's not me! That's not me!
What the hell is going on?
What the hell is going on?
That's Mulgarath. That's why you
didn't kill the dragon!
No, no, no. I'm me. He's lying.
Creatures can't lie, which means
Creatures can't lie, which means
I'm telling the truth. I'm
Jared.
He's Mulgarath!
MALLORY: Use the seeing stone.
MALLORY: Use the seeing stone.
CALLIOPE: It's a shape-shifter.
It's not a spell.
Mulgarath is too good.
We won't be able to tell them
apart.
-Ask me anything. -No, no, no,
no, no. He studied
-Ask me anything. -No, no, no,
no, no. He studied
all my files. He knows me as
well as me.
Iron burns faeries,
and I'm perfectly fine.
Mallory?
Grace family motto-- don't be
d-bags.
(Helen laughs)
(Helen laughs)
(birds singing)
(gasps)
(panting)
You look like you could use a
hand there, fella.
You look like you could use a
hand there, fella.
JARED:Arthur
Spiderwick?
JARED:Arthur
Spiderwick?
■Do you see it too? ■
■Do you see it too? ■
■I don't know what to do
■
■Call me on the
telephone ■
■Call me on the
telephone ■
■Because I'm feeling
all alone ■
■So where you wanna go?
■
■We can hit the road ■
■We canhit the
road ■
■We canhit the
road ■
■We'll find the sun out
there ■
■No need to run out
there ■
■No need to run out
there ■
■Another fire, I'm not
afraid ■
■To see new worlds
come off the page ■
■To see new worlds
come off the page ■
■I'm not a hero but I can
see ■
■There's something
specialin you and me
■
■There's something magic
in the sky ■
■There's something magic
in the sky ■
■And no one gets it
like you do ■
■There's something magic
in your eyes ■
■There's something magic
in your eyes ■
■And no one gets me
like you do ■
■Ooh ■
■Ooh ■
■Ooh-ooh ■
■There's something magic
in the sky ■
■There's something magic
in the sky ■
■There's something magic
in your eyes ■
■There's something magic
in the sky ■
■There's something magic
in the sky ■
■There's something magic
in the sky ■
■There's something magic
in the sky ■
■And no one gets it
like you do ■
■There's something magic
in your eyes ■
■There's something magic
in your eyes ■
■And no one gets me
like you do. ■
■ ■
■ ■
■ ■
■ ■
■ ■
■ ■
■ ■
■ ■
■ ■
Emiko's your friend, too,
and she can't wake up
because the ogre is raising
dragons
to poison the whole town and eat
everybody.
It's always been about you,
Simon.
It's always been about you,
Simon.
Jared found most of these pages,
though.
I can't do this without you,
son.
(coughs)
(coughs)
-(choking) -I think this is
terrifically ironic.
This is the same way I killed
your wife.
Mulgarath killed her, and I let
everyone down.
Mulgarath killed her, and I let
everyone down.
My mom, my dad, you.
I'm your friend, Jared.
Then prove me wrong.
Then prove me wrong.
I'm not letting any of you trick
me again.
Jared, what did you do?
Lucinda's alive. I-I saw her.
Lucinda's alive. I-I saw her.
VALENTINA: Only a pure human
with pure intent
can wield the vorpal sword.
MALLORY: Why her?
Why not me?
(grunts)
Mom. Please let me come home.
You can't leave me here with
this monster.
HELEN: This is for the best.
You were everyone, but you lied.
-You only ever rely -rely
on yourself.
-You only ever rely -rely
on yourself.
-Yourself. -Yourself.
-Yourself. -You tried so hard
to stop me from getting the
field guide.
to stop me from getting the
field guide.
You failed, Jared.
-A spectacular failure.
-(grunts)
(gasps)
HELEN:Jared was
right
HELEN:Jared was
right
-this whole time.
-(gasps)
I know that, in time,
you'll come to love me, too.
you'll come to love me, too.
You have no idea how persuasive
I can be.
(Muzak playing)
(Muzak playing)
(scanner beeping)
This is ten whole cows worth of
milk.
DORIAN: Well, Yalda,
I got this dragon I've been
struggling to raise--
I got this dragon I've been
struggling to raise--
single dad and all--
and after decades of hunting, I
finally
got my claws on the instruction
manual.
got my claws on the instruction
manual.
Turns out, it just needs milk.
Hmm.
Is this some kind of a TikTok
prank?
We're gonna need some help out
to the car.
We're gonna need some help out
to the car.
I've been here all night and the
morning shift
still hasn't shown.
DORIAN: It's a shame, but it's
kind of my fault.
DORIAN: It's a shame, but it's
kind of my fault.
My dragon poisoned the water
supply of Henson,
rendering everyone into an
unbreakable sleep
rendering everyone into an
unbreakable sleep
so I can have my own deli
counter.
YALDA: Okay, guy.
DORIAN: I am guessing that you
drink
a lot of filtered water and
kombucha.
a lot of filtered water and
kombucha.
Prebiotics for gut flora.
You know what else is good for
gut flora? Mushrooms.
You know what else is good for
gut flora? Mushrooms.
I put some microscopic spores
in that drink of yours.
You'll be feeling the effects
shortly.
Get out of here. Run.
DORIAN:Oh, Helen,
calm down.
I know they're not much
to look at,
but they can do simple chores.
but they can do simple chores.
Dusting, polishing silver,
mirepoix.
That's what, uh, sous chefs do
That's what, uh, sous chefs do
to prep the foundation of flavor
for a meal.
Yeah, I know what a mirepoix is.
Of course you do.
You are refined.
So, will you eat us, too?
So, will you eat us, too?
I'm not cooking you, Helen.
I'm not cooking you, Helen.
I'm cooking for you. (scoffs)
This is date night.
This is date night.
I know you think I'm this
terrible ogre
bent on consuming a town
to feed my insatiable appetite,
but
to feed my insatiable appetite,
but
I really believe we can make
this work.
Come on.
Come on.
("I Go to Sleep" by Peggy Lee
playing)
■ ■
■When I look upfrom
my pillow ■
■I dream you are there
with me ■
■I dream you are there
with me ■
■Though you are far away
■
■I know you'll always be
near ■
■To me ■
■I go to sleep ■
■I go to sleep ■
■Sleep ■
■And imagine that
you're there with me ■
■And imagine that
you're there with me ■
■I go to sleep ■
■Sleep and imagine
that you're there ■
■Sleep and imagine
that you're there ■
(doorknob jiggling)
■I look around me ■
■And feel you are
ever so close ■
(music stops)
(door rattling)
-Shh -JARED: Thimbletack.
I thought you were afraid to
leave the house?
Oh, I was, a-and I am.
But, when the going gets tough,
the tough steal a security card
the tough steal a security card
to bust their friend out of the
pokey. So, come on.
(snoring)
THIMBLETACK: Hide. Don't let
them catch you.
(door slams closed)
-(door closes) -(buzzer sounds)
THIMBLETACK: Coast is clear.
Hurry. This way.
THIMBLETACK: Coast is clear.
Hurry. This way.
THIMBLETACK: Psst. In here.
Thimbletack?
Thimbletack?
Thimbletack?
Thimbletack.
(inaudible)
-(muffled protests) -Shh, shh,
shh, shh.
-(muffled protests) -Shh, shh,
shh, shh.
It's me. It's me.
(laughs)
Okay, listen.
Okay, listen.
The shroomers are sensitive to
sound.
If they catch us, they will take
us to Mulgarath.
If they catch us, they will take
us to Mulgarath.
(writing)
(writing)
(writing)
JARED: I have a bad feeling
about this.
JARED: I have a bad feeling
about this.
JARED: It's actually working.
(feedback squeals over P.A.)
("I Will Survive" by Gloria
Gaynor playing over P.A.)
("I Will Survive" by Gloria
Gaynor playing over P.A.)
■At first I was afraid,
I was petrified ■
■At first I was afraid,
I was petrified ■
■Kept thinking I could
neverlive without
you ■
■By my side ■
■But then I spentso
many nights ■
■Thinking howyou did
me wrong ■
Lucinda?
Come on.
Come on.
■And I learnedhow to
get along ■
■And so you're back
from outer space ■
(panting)
(panting)
I can't believe you guys came
for me.
After everything I've done
(sighs)
(sighs)
I'm sorry, Hatcher. I'm-I'm so,
so sorry.
Thankfully, I look pretty dope
with a bruise.
(chuckles)
You know, you saved us by
playing that song.
It wasn't us.
It wasn't us.
SIMON: It was me.
Simon just pretended to betray
us
so that he could learn
Mulgarath's plan.
He has a cure for the sleeping
sickness.
We took it. It works.
It's made from the dragon seed,
It's made from the dragon seed,
like a vaccine, but we need a
ton more.
JARED: You still trust him,
Mallory?
You are so obviously still
helping your new daddy.
You are so obviously still
helping your new daddy.
Look, all of the adults are
shroom'd or asleep.
We avoided the spores, so now we
are the only ones
We avoided the spores, so now we
are the only ones
that can wake up the town, save
Mom, and slay Mulgarath.
Bree has the vorpal sword.
Bree has the vorpal sword.
One thrust through that ogre's
heart,
and we get our happily ever
after.
But, Mallory, I thought you
I'm not enough.
All right, look, this is
impossible.
We can't win with just us and
Simon.
Okay.
Okay.
Look, I told you,
I told you we should've left him
in Meskwaki.
Hey.
-Jared. -Jared.
Hey, you're going in the wrong
direction.
The fight is that-a-way.
(chuckles)
The fight is that-a-way.
(chuckles)
(sighs) Don't leave your family.
They need you.
And you need them.
Jared! (grunts)
Jared!
Dinner will be promptly served
at 6:00,
and I got you something
appropriately
piquant.
piquant.
You will literally slay.
■ ■
DORIAN: Our dragon's about to
hatch.
DORIAN: Our dragon's about to
hatch.
This must be what human children
feel like on Christmas Eve.
It's a dragon,
not a Nintendo.
Well, we need this beast
to defend ourselves against the
to defend ourselves against the
elves, goblins and dwarves.
Our transgressions won't go
unnoticed or unpunished.
Our transgressions won't go
unnoticed or unpunished.
That's also why we need to
complete the field guide,
so we can have the advantage.
That's why I'm keeping it close
by.
That's why I'm keeping it close
by.
You still have Simon on a
string.
We're all gonna be one big,
happy family.
We're all gonna be one big,
happy family.
What's wrong with you?
You look
gassy.
gassy.
There's too much death coming.
There's no such thing.
There's no such thing.
Decomposition is good for you.
I already feel like the
lactose-intolerant kid
devouring a dulce de leche ice
cream cake
at Eva Alvarado-Astrowsky's
quinceañera,
and no one has died yet.
and no one has died yet.
You love it.
You love it.
All creatures are ruled by their
stomach.
(car horn honks)
Dinner's here.
They're Postmate-ing kids for
dinner.
They have Emiko.
BREE: And Chris and Hind and
Thalia.
BREE: And Chris and Hind and
Thalia.
He chose them just to mess with
us.
We need to get to the dragon
seed
and save our friends.
THIMBLETACK: Uh, duh-hickey.
THIMBLETACK: Uh, duh-hickey.
That's why I brought him back.
Thimbletack and I have a plan.
-On it,mon capitaine.
(laughs) -But
-On it,mon capitaine.
(laughs) -But
You still don't trust me.
We were best friends.
I mean, we have a secret
language.
How did we get here?
How did we get here?
Because, Jared, you're gonna
die.
Calliope saw a premonition.
That's why I thought it was
safer for you back at Meskwaki.
Look, we had no clue what
Mulgarath was planning.
Look, we had no clue what
Mulgarath was planning.
All right, I used our fight to
get closer to him and Calliope.
Yeah, well, you could've just
told me.
No, it had to be convincing.
No, it had to be convincing.
It's only convincing because
it's true.
-What? -You hate me.
You hate me because I made you
move here.
You hate me because you always
have to be the good kid.
-Jared, stop. -You hate me,
Simon, so just say it.
I hate you, Jared.
And I love you.
MALLORY: Okay, look,
time is running out. What is the
plan?
time is running out. What is the
plan?
(doorbell rings)
Well, I wondered
when you would return to us.
Well, you know, my, uh, Grandma
Melvina
Well, you know, my, uh, Grandma
Melvina
says it's good etiquette to
bring a gift to dinner.
CALLIOPE: Wrapped in an iron
bow?
DORIAN: Hmm.
Let's give the boy an open ear
and the benefit of the doubt,
shall we?
I knew that Jared and the others
would try to stop you,
so I stopped them.
Huh.
Our diet doesn't disgust you?
Our diet doesn't disgust you?
I used to have these mice,
I used to have these mice,
Lemondrop and Jeffrey.
Um, when I first rescued them,
they wouldn't eat anything.
Um, when I first rescued them,
they wouldn't eat anything.
MALLORY: Simon and Jared are
distracting them. Come on.
SIMON: Not grass or berries or
seeds.
I mean, even peanut butter.
Then one day,
I found them eating a millipede.
Lemondrop and Jefferey would
only eat grasshoppers
Lemondrop and Jefferey would
only eat grasshoppers
and roaches and ants.
I didn't want to hurt these
insects.
You can't help what you are.
You can't help what you are.
You see, Jared's plan was for me
to distract you so that Hatcher
could pretend to be asleep
to distract you so that Hatcher
could pretend to be asleep
and wake Emiko and the others.
And then Mallory would sneak in
and steal the field guide
and lure you outside so Jared
could save our mom.
-You traitor! -Hey, knock it
off.
I knew you would do this.
Find them. Go.
(muffled screams)
(Dorian chuckles)
(Dorian chuckles)
Are you okay?
Are you okay?
It's a lot, putting a town to
sleep,
controlling fungus people,
raising a dragon,
making a béchamel that doesn't
break.
It's-it's a lot.
It's-it's a lot.
Yeah, well, um
I'd-I'd like to help.
Oh, hey, look,
Oh, hey, look,
a béchamel is a very delicate
sauce.
No, I'm serious.
If we don't stop people like
Tanner,
they'll pave everything.
CALLIOPE: Bold words.
Look
There-there has to be space for
everyone.
Okay? Dragons and ogres.
Okay? Dragons and ogres.
And fetches.
You're absolutely right, son.
You're absolutely right, son.
I'm learning a lot from you.
After spending all of this time
together
I finally figured out how I
can help you, Jared.
Really?
You just need a father.
You just need a father.
Someone who cares enough to
stick around
and teach you some table
manners.
and teach you some table
manners.
Would you escort this young man
upstairs?
Have him get ready for dinner.
Have him get ready for dinner.
HELEN: This is all my fault.
No, don't-don't say that.
No, don't-don't say that.
No, you tried to warn me.
It sounded impossible.
Will you stop interrupting my
apology with your forgiveness?
Will you stop interrupting my
apology with your forgiveness?
(sighs)
I never wanted to be like my
mom, you know?
Practical and uptight.
-I wanted to be like Lucinda.
-(lock clicks open)
Free and adventurous.
Free and adventurous.
That's why I told you all those
stories.
I thought they were just that.
You and Lucinda,
You and Lucinda,
you told me to open my eyes, and
I kept them shut
because I was scared of what
this meant in the real world.
because I was scared of what
this meant in the real world.
This is the real world.
(sighs)
I
We're gonna get out of this,
We're gonna get out of this,
but you're the only one who can
save us.
(hissing)
You came to make enough antidote
to cure the sleeping sickness.
Right?
I can't let these people die.
I can't let these people die.
You've become a pretty good
liar.
Everything is upside down.
Everything is upside down.
Jared's become Simon, Simon's
become Jared.
I need to change the end of his
story.
I can't let my brother die.
This is a tragedy.
This is a tragedy.
No one gets out of here without
damage.
You're my friend. Please, help
me stop Mulgarath.
A friend wouldn't ask me that.
A friend would know better.
No, no, I care about you.
I'm not a pet mouse that you can
adopt.
A fetch is perilous. I feed on
death.
A fetch is perilous. I feed on
death.
That's why I'm the loneliest
creature in the whole world.
I don't want anyone to suffer.
Not Jared, not you, not this
dragon.
Dragons can't be tamed.
You saw Spiderwick's page.
They'll burn everything.
It would be infinitely worse
than Mulgarath.
It would be infinitely worse
than Mulgarath.
I don't want anyone to die.
But it's worth the risk.
You are worth the risk.
CALLIOPE:I want you
to look at me.
CALLIOPE:I want you
to look at me.
To see who I really am.
I think you're beautiful.
Okay.
Want to stop Mulgarath?
We have to get this cure to
everyone
and fast.
(dragon roars)
(knife chopping in kitchen)
He's gonna make us eat "Jennifer
Miller
with the adult braces" chowder.
How are we supposed to get out
of here?
We turn invisible.
I found Lucinda's manchineel tea
recipe.
Thimbletack's making it now,
but it's-it's not complete yet.
A few drops. Thumb tucked.
Pinky out and then what?
Pinky out and then what?
You stir with your finger,
but
which direction did Lucinda say?
Is it, is it clockwise or
counterclockwise?
Mom.
You have to remember.
You have to remember.
One way we live,
but the other
(knife chops)
How are we gonna get the
antidote to everyone?
-Where are we going? -To finds
the sprites.
(sighs) Guh. Sprites are awful.
They won't help us.
(sighs) Guh. Sprites are awful.
They won't help us.
They're like mean girls.
I mean, I'd talk to them, but my
twin language
is only derivative of faery,
is only derivative of faery,
and you also said my accent
sucks.
Okay, well, they don't do
meaningful conversation.
Not with me.
Not everyone hates a fetch.
(drawer opens)
(drawer opens)
MALLORY: We need to find
my great-grandfather's field
guide right now
to distract Mulgarath.
-(clatters) -(gasps)
Okay, there's too much stuff.
Maybe the field guide isn't in
here.
No, no, this is the most secure
room in the house.
No, no, this is the most secure
room in the house.
It's where my great-grandpa put
it. It has to be here.
This doesn't have to be your
fight.
You don't have to die.
I lost my mom.
And now my dad and Hind and
Thalia and Chris
And now my dad and Hind and
Thalia and Chris
might get eaten, or worse.
But, Mallory,
you are the first
you are the first
and only person in this whole
stupid universe who understands
me.
I I can't lose you, too.
No, hey.
You and Valentina have just been
trying to help me.
I know, I'm
all head, no heart,
and I still want to be the hero,
but I I'm inadequate.
but I I'm inadequate.
I only said that to motivate
you.
Well, it worked because
Well, it worked because
it's true.
You're a brilliant warrior.
Damn right I am.
And that's why
And that's why
my plan is going to work.
Because even if it puts me at
risk,
I know that you will save me.
Damn right I will.
Okay, so
Mulgarath hated Arthur
Spiderwick.
Mulgarath hated Arthur
Spiderwick.
He would've wanted to gloat,
rub it in, you know?
Bree.
Bree, help me with this.
There it is.
That's it.
-Yes, this is it. -It is.
(chuckles)
-Yes, this is it. -It is.
(chuckles)
THIMBLETACK: (clicks tongue)
Hey.
What's that?
Thimbletack. He made the tea.
Thimbletack. He made the tea.
(drink pouring)
(drink pouring)
DORIAN: Isn't this civilized?
Beautiful company, exquisite
food.
Beautiful company, exquisite
food.
My people are on the hunt for
Mallory.
Simon should be here shortly
with Calliope.
Simon should be here shortly
with Calliope.
I just can't wait.
HELEN: Is that blood?
HELEN: Is that blood?
That is a scallop crudo
with pomegranate reduction and
mint.
with pomegranate reduction and
mint.
And for the gentleman
Is that pomegranate reduction?
Is that pomegranate reduction?
That is an answer to a problem.
I have answers to all your
problems.
I have answers to all your
problems.
(both laughing softly)
(yells, gasps)
Daddy. Daddy, stop! Stop.
Daddy. Daddy, stop! Stop.
Stop. You have to fight it.
(Tanner groans softly)
Dad, please. Dad, I know you're
in there.
Fight those mushrooms!
-(classical music playing)
-Looks like a mushroom.
-(classical music playing)
-Looks like a mushroom.
You want to make him one of
them?
Well, that is why you came here.
I came here for help.
I came here for help.
You came here to end
Jared's abhorrent behavior.
You want to make me a puppet.
You want to make me a puppet.
You're all puppets
to your emotions.
to your emotions.
(sighs)
I'm offering you a salve, Jared.
I'm offering you a salve, Jared.
A better you.
You'll finish your homework on
time,
You'll finish your homework on
time,
pick up after yourself,
FaceTime Grandma on her birthday
without having to being asked to
do it.
without having to being asked to
do it.
And happy. You'll beso
happy.
MALLORY:Jared needs
us.
-We need to go. -No, no, no.
He's fighting it.
-Bree, come on. -Mulgarath is
distracted. His
His control is weakening.
His control is weakening.
(quietly): Daddy, please.
Please. I need you.
(yelling)
(yelling)
-(thudding) -If you want to save
your dad,
we have to stick to the plan.
we have to stick to the plan.
Come on, Bree!
DORIAN:This is what
you both want.
This isn't what I want.
This isn't what I want.
DORIAN: Helen, you're a
librarian.
You loathe this modern world.
You loathe this modern world.
You long for dust jackets
and the aroma
of decaying pages.
Jared, did you know,
the Sumerians believed
the Sumerians believed
that librarians ordained the
universe?
HELEN: They believed
they could capture all knowledge
through classification.
(Dorian sighs)
And that's what your grandfather
wanted.
That's why he created the field
guide.
And that's what you want, too,
Helen.
Please. Allow me to be your
guide
Please. Allow me to be your
guide
through the fantastical world
around you.
-Mom, don't listen to him.
-Jared,
-Mom, don't listen to him.
-Jared,
I'm trying to put your mother on
the pedestal
she so rightly deserves.
I just want to be able to go
to parent-teacher conferences in
the fall.
You're not pragmatic like your
monster of a mother.
(sighs) You're more like
Lucinda.
(sighs) You're more like
Lucinda.
Kind and curious.
That's why you loved her.
That's why you loved her.
That's why I love you.
In all my travels, adventures,
plans,
In all my travels, adventures,
plans,
I never expected you.
(Dorian sighs)
I just want to give you
everything that you deserve.
I just want to give you
everything that you deserve.
Is that so wrong?
Maybe I am broken.
The kid who's too angry.
Too wrong.
Too wrong.
You-you always wanted me to be
normal.
Maybe I did, too.
Maybe
I want to be fixed.
Jared, no.
Jared, no.
We are gonna be so happy son,
and
We are gonna be so happy son,
and
it beats the alternative.
Threats aren't exactly
aphrodisiacs.
Hence, the scallops.
YOUNG LUCINDA:Little
Miss.
Just a few drops.
Stir with the forefinger
clockwise,
then counterclockwise. Drink.
Clockwise, counterclockwise.
Drink.
YOUNG LUCINDA:Pinky
all the way out.
I want to make a toast.
I want to make a toast.
(Helen sighs)
To new adventures.
To new adventures.
To new adventures.
(dings)
DORIAN: Mmm.
DORIAN: Mmm.
-Oh! -Ooh.
What's wrong?
What's wrong?
(Helen groans softly)
-(sighs) -DORIAN: What's
happening?
-(glass breaking) -No, no, no,
no, no, no!
-(glass breaking) -No, no, no,
no, no, no!
DORIAN (growling):
No!
JARED:Mom, it
worked!
HELEN:I can barely
see.
JARED:There's someone
in the garden.
JARED:There's someone
in the garden.
HELEN: Who is it?
They're coming this way.
Lucinda?
Lucinda?
I'm proud of you, Little Miss.
You remembered the recipe
perfectly.
You remembered the recipe
perfectly.
(Helen gasps)
We were trying to help save you.
(laughs softly) You've got it
the wrong way around.
I've been here helping save
you.
That was you in Meskwaki.
You helped me find the tea
recipe.
You helped me find the tea
recipe.
There's little I can do in this
form,
but family never gives up.
but family never gives up.
I did.
I stopped believing in you.
I've been watching you all.
I've been watching you all.
Mallory is one valiant knight.
And Simon is a caretaker and a
healer.
Jared-- a brave explorer of the
unknown.
Jared-- a brave explorer of the
unknown.
A powerful trio.
Because of you.
You shared my stories with them.
You nurtured their sense of
wonder.
You guarded their dreams.
I read what you wrote on my
gravestone.
I read what you wrote on my
gravestone.
"She was loved
and beloved."
and beloved."
(sniffles) Yes.
Beautiful way to be remembered.
Having someone believe in you
Having someone believe in you
is the most powerful form of
magic there is.
You look radiant.
One cannot visit the Faerie
Queen
in a tattered smock from
JCPenney.
(grunts) Luce?
Thimbletack?
Luce, you're you're leaving?
Don't start grieving.
Don't start grieving.
Why didn't I ever see you
before?
Why did you hide from me?
I didn't want you stuck in the
past.
I didn't want you stuck in the
past.
Alone.
-I have to go. -(sniffles,
cries)
-I have to go. -(sniffles,
cries)
I made a deal with the elves
to unbind me from the human
spectrum
so that I might plead my case to
the Seelie Court.
I have to find out what happened
to my father.
I have to find out what happened
to my father.
Family never gives up.
Take care of each other.
Hmm?
Little Miss?
I believe in you.
(whooshing)
(distant bellowing)
(distant bellowing)
Come on. Let's go.
(wind whistling)
(wind whistling)
Let's go.
DORIAN: Hey!
You're late for dinner.
One more step, and I'll destroy
it.
Well (sighs)
That almost sounded convincing,
but I can hear you fibbing.
I have spent a lifetime being
other people.
The trick to a good performance
is motivation.
The words have to feel honest.
For example, if I say,
"I'm going to devour you raw
"I'm going to devour you raw
so I can watch the life drain
out of your eyes,"
you believe me.
you believe me.
I'll give you another chance.
This time, from the diaphragm.
Come on!
Come on!
-Try again. -"One more step, and
you die."
(scoffs)
-(grunting) -(groaning)
(low growling)
-(Dorian grunts) -(Bree groans)
Bree?
I-I couldn'tnot think of
my mother.
My thoughts weren't pure.
You're Valentina's best?
You stab me in the back?
(laughs)
I may be a murderer and a
manipulator, but
at least I have honor.
at least I have honor.
Your mother had honor.
You kind of look like her.
(Dorian inhales sharply)
And you're gonna die like her,
too.
And you're gonna die like her,
too.
(groans, gasps)
-(Dorian groans) -(Mallory
sighs)
-(Dorian groans) -(Mallory
sighs)
I did it.
I actually did it.
What's purer than saving a life?
What's purer than saving a life?
(growling) Ending one.
Bree, get out of here.
Bree, get out of here.
(low growling)
(both grunting)
(both grunting)
Mallory needs our help!
To fight a monster, well,
we're gonna need a bigger
monster.
There is a troll that lives
under the Claire River Bridge.
The same nasty who ate Arthur
Spiderwick's brother.
If we can summon it, it'll eat
Mulgarath, too.
Can you bring the troll here?
What? No. No, no, no.
Only Simon can translate the
faery language.
He was supposed to be back by
now.
-(distant booming) -What was
that sound?
-(distant booming) -What was
that sound?
It's the vorpal sword.
No, no, no. They're trying to
kill Mulgarath. They won't.
No, no, no. They're trying to
kill Mulgarath. They won't.
(Dorian grunting, growling)
(grunting)
(low growling)
HELEN:There's not
enough time.
I got to help your sister.
This. Jared,
This. Jared,
you have to translate this page.
-I -Jared, you can do it.
You can.
I know you can. I believe in
you.
We need you.
CALLIOPE:No one's
coming to help.
We can't win.
Calliope?
Look.
THIMBLETACK:Hey,
buddy.
So, no pressure at all, but the
future of everyone in Henson
and maybe the entire world is
relying on you.
I'm working on it, all right?
I know this has some connection
to the twin language Simon and I
made up.
to the twin language Simon and I
made up.
(Jared repeats phrase in made-up
language)
Bubblegum.
Bubblegum!
That's the word we used
from the Lorengorm story for
"bubblegum."
"Dreidel-bear" means "tree sap."
So the troll page must be
saying, uh, tree
So the troll page must be
saying, uh, tree
Tree what?
You're afraid of the vorpal
sword.
(both grunting)
(both grunting)
All I need is one thrust through
the heart.
(pants) Me, too.
(pants) Me, too.
(groaning)
-(Dorian grunts) -(Mallory
yells, pants)
-(Dorian grunts) -(Mallory
yells, pants)
(grunts, pants)
(growls)
(growls)
(panting)
(panting)
(groans, pants)
Sad.
(swords clink)
(footsteps booming)
(growling)
(growling)
(groaning, yelling)
Iron is also good for gut
health.
(groaning)
Come on!
Wind? Wind.
Trees, wind.
Trees, wind.
Wind through trees?
(wind whistling)
JARED:Wind through
trees.
(yelling)
THIMBLETACK: That might be it!
Jare-bear, you're a genius!
Jare-bear, you're a genius!
Come on!
I figured it out. We have to
make the sound
of wind going through trees to
summon the troll.
We just have to get the right
frequency. Come on, help me.
HELEN: Okay.
(whistling)
(all whistling)
Keep trying. As loud as you can.
Keep trying. As loud as you can.
(all whistling)
(whistling)
(whistling)
(slow clapping)
A valiant effort, but
a failure, nonetheless.
a failure, nonetheless.
I really wanted this to work out
between us.
Helen, you'll always be in my
heart.
Helen, you'll always be in my
heart.
And now, my stomach.
-Huh? -(growls)
(low growling)
(footsteps crunch through brush)
(footsteps crunch through brush)
("Such Great Heights" by Joy
Kills Sorrow plays)
("Such Great Heights" by Joy
Kills Sorrow plays)
■ ■
■I am thinking it's a
sign ■
■That the frecklesin
our eyes ■
■Are mirror images ■
■And when we kiss
they're perfectly
aligned ■
(muffled groaning)
■Us into corresponding
shapes ■
■Like puzzle pieces
from the clay ■
■True, it may seem
like a stretch ■
■True, it may seem
like a stretch ■
■But it's thoughts
like this that catch ■
■My troubled head
when you're away ■
■I am missing you to
death ■
■When you are out there
on the road ■
■When you are out there
on the road ■
■For several weeks of
shows ■
■And when you scan the
radio ■
■And when you scan the
radio ■
■I hope this song
will guide you home ■
■They will see us waving
from such great heights ■
■They will see us waving
from such great heights ■
■Come down now,
they'll say ■
■Come down now,
they'll say ■
(siren wails)
■They will see us waving
from such great heights ■
■They will see us waving
from such great heights ■
■Come down now,
they'll say ■
■Come down now,
they'll say ■
■But everything looks
perfectfrom far away
■
■But everything looks
perfectfrom far away
■
■Come down now ■
■But we'll stay ■
■But we'll stay ■
■They will see us waving
from such great heights ■
■Come down now ■
■Come down now ■
■Down now ■
■They will see us waving
from such great heights ■
■They will see us waving
from such great heights ■
-■Come down now ■ -■
Come down now ■
(loud rumbling)
(door creaks)
(door creaks)
(chittering)
(chittering)
(chittering)
We have to kill it.
We have to kill it.
These creatures. Mulgarath.
Calliope. Dragons.
Calliope. Dragons.
I've read enough to know that
you can't save them.
We They're unfixable,
We They're unfixable,
no matter how hard you try.
Come on.
Do it now before it grows up and
gets completely out of control.
(baby dragon chittering)
You're not a monster, Jared.
Then why'd we come here in the
first place?
Then why'd we come here in the
first place?
Hmm?
None of this would've happened
to us
if I wasn't
if I wasn't
If I wasn't me.
We made you feel like this.
Made you feel like you were less
than.
We tried to change you. We
played a part.
But Jared, you'll never be like
everyone else.
That's your gift.
MALLORY: You're worthy.
MALLORY: You're worthy.
See for yourself.
(whooshing, ringing)
(chittering)
(chittering)
THIMBLETACK: No, Jared!
Unclench your fist.
Release the past.
Release the past.
Embrace those near.
We've won at last.
Be a brownie. Don't be blue.
Be a brownie. Don't be blue.
If I may do so, so may you.
JARED: That's it?
That's your brownie form?
That's your brownie form?
Your eye just barely changed
color.
Anger and ire are not our name.
Boggart, brownie are one and the
same.
Boggart, brownie are one and the
same.
MALLORY: We've all done bad
things.
It doesn't mean we can't be
heroes, Jared.
(baby dragon chittering)
It's your choice.
(chittering)
(whooshing)
Here, Mallory.
(baby dragon chittering)
(baby dragon chittering)
That's not me! That's not me!
That's not me! That's not me!
What the hell is going on?
What the hell is going on?
That's Mulgarath. That's why you
didn't kill the dragon!
No, no, no. I'm me. He's lying.
Creatures can't lie, which means
Creatures can't lie, which means
I'm telling the truth. I'm
Jared.
He's Mulgarath!
MALLORY: Use the seeing stone.
MALLORY: Use the seeing stone.
CALLIOPE: It's a shape-shifter.
It's not a spell.
Mulgarath is too good.
We won't be able to tell them
apart.
-Ask me anything. -No, no, no,
no, no. He studied
-Ask me anything. -No, no, no,
no, no. He studied
all my files. He knows me as
well as me.
Iron burns faeries,
and I'm perfectly fine.
Mallory?
Grace family motto-- don't be
d-bags.
(Helen laughs)
(Helen laughs)
(birds singing)
(gasps)
(panting)
You look like you could use a
hand there, fella.
You look like you could use a
hand there, fella.
JARED:Arthur
Spiderwick?
JARED:Arthur
Spiderwick?
■Do you see it too? ■
■Do you see it too? ■
■I don't know what to do
■
■Call me on the
telephone ■
■Call me on the
telephone ■
■Because I'm feeling
all alone ■
■So where you wanna go?
■
■We can hit the road ■
■We canhit the
road ■
■We canhit the
road ■
■We'll find the sun out
there ■
■No need to run out
there ■
■No need to run out
there ■
■Another fire, I'm not
afraid ■
■To see new worlds
come off the page ■
■To see new worlds
come off the page ■
■I'm not a hero but I can
see ■
■There's something
specialin you and me
■
■There's something magic
in the sky ■
■There's something magic
in the sky ■
■And no one gets it
like you do ■
■There's something magic
in your eyes ■
■There's something magic
in your eyes ■
■And no one gets me
like you do ■
■Ooh ■
■Ooh ■
■Ooh-ooh ■
■There's something magic
in the sky ■
■There's something magic
in the sky ■
■There's something magic
in your eyes ■
■There's something magic
in the sky ■
■There's something magic
in the sky ■
■There's something magic
in the sky ■
■There's something magic
in the sky ■
■And no one gets it
like you do ■
■There's something magic
in your eyes ■
■There's something magic
in your eyes ■
■And no one gets me
like you do. ■
■ ■
■ ■
■ ■
■ ■
■ ■
■ ■
■ ■
■ ■
■ ■