Shahmaran (2023) s02e01 Episode Script

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[soft ethereal music playing]
[insects chirring]
[Çavgeş] Leave her!
I want her to see something first.
[music builds to a crescendo]
[high-pitched ringing]
[wind gusting gently]
[female voice] Shahsu.
[rattling hiss]
Shahsu?
[rattling echoes]
[voices whispering]
[whispers intensify]
[distant rumbling]
- [whispers echoing]
- [distant rattling]
[rumbling intensifies]
It's time.
[tense percussive music builds]
[Shahsu gasps]
[night creatures calling in distance]
[percussive music intensifies]
- [rattling echoes]
- [wind whistling]
[rattling and hissing]
[music fades out]
What did you feel down there?
[Shahsu] Chills down through my spine.
Colors changing, and
all the noise.
I wasn't in my body, but yet I was.
It was very bizarre.
[Çavgeş] Shahmaran has possessed you.
[pensive music plays]
An ancient creature
has awoken in your body,
and it has taken over your soul.
Lilith is awake too.
[ominous music playing]
[Çavgeş] Lilith is furious.
Shahmaran chose her love over her sister.
So she trapped her own sister
at the bottom of a well.
Lilith wants revenge now.
Shahmaran?
She can stop her, then. Right?
Since she's awoken?
I didn't say she's back.
What do you mean?
The prophecy is fulfilled.
Shahmaran's awoken.
But for her
to completely and fully return,
there are trials
that you have to go through.
So we're not done.
[distant animal calls]
[Çavgeş] Those three doors you saw
In order to totally
restore Shahmaran's strength,
you have to first pass
through all three doors.
The first one is the Door of Life.
It stands for Shahmaran's healing powers.
The second one is the Door of Death.
It stands for Shahmaran's venom.
And the third one is the Door of Wisdom.
Each door requires
that you complete a task to open it.
One was black.
That's Lilith's.
That door pulled me in.
It was so enticing,
I almost reached to try and open it.
This is just the start.
Think of Lilith as
Shahmaran's powerful counterpart.
She can use all of her sister's powers,
and knows all the darkest versions.
[rattling]
[ominous music plays]
[Çavgeş] She's able to heal herself.
So you can never kill her.
And her venom is different
from any other serpent's.
It doesn't kill you.
It paralyzes you.
Anyone she stings
becomes addicted to her venom.
[ominous music intensifies]
[rattling]
[Çavgeş] But most importantly,
she'll play with your mind.
She sees all your weaknesses.
Your desires.
Your sins.
And she's very hungry, Shahsu.
Hungry for life.
Hungry to eat anything
that'll make her feel alive.
[wind gusting intensely]
Lilith.
[stones grinding]
[distant night birds calling]
[pulsing music builds pace slowly]
[electricity crackling]
[hissing echoes]
[rattling echoes]
[Lilith] The leader of the basilisks.
The top guy.
Is that you, Ural?
Human history is about
the constant shuffling
of the select few who have power.
Ideologies, systems, and all that
are merely the tools you use
to stay on top of the food chain.
At the end of the day,
one chosen group goes,
and they're replaced
by another group in no time.
But for those who aren't rich,
the suffering stays the same.
[deep rattling]
But you're not human, Ural.
You're a basilisk.
Are you that power hungry, Ural?
I'm just doing my job.
[chuckles, inhales deeply]
You've been doing your job?
Living here in this beautiful house while
the basilisks are all
living like wretches?
So what job?
I found the only one who can kill you.
Shahmaran.
But you have the power right now.
The power to kill me.
Do it.
Just know this.
Whatever you're planning to do,
you're going down in that well again.
Because you're right, Lilith.
Nothing can disrupt the order of things.
The rebels and insurgents like you
are always destined to break.
[hisses]
[fire crackling]
[gasps softly]
[sighs]
[tense music builds slowly]
[yelps]
[gasps]
[yelps]
[grunts, gasps]
[groans, panting]
[moans]
[ominous music playing]
[gasps]
[shouts]
[gasping breath]
[gasping]
[panting] Maran will find you.
[groans]
[breathing shakily]
[exhales sharply]
[panting]
[thunder rumbling]
[Shahsu] Grandpa!
- [clock ticking]
- [breathing heavily]
Are Are you there?
Grandpa?
Grandpa!
[gentle sobbing]
[gentle sobbing continues]
Salih?
Salih, what happened?
Salih?
Salih.
Salih, where is my grandfather?
She just took him. She took him.
He's gone.
Who took him? Who?
[sniffles, whimpers]
Salih, get it together, Salih!
Get it together.
[somber, pulsing music plays]
[crying]
Where'd they take him?
Mirac
Mirac just killed him.
What do you mean?
My grandfather's dead?
[sobbing softly]
Come here.
[sobbing softly] No. No.
Diba?
[breathing heavily]
[shuddering breath]
Hare?
I'm so sorry.
So sorry, Hare.
[crying]
MOTHER
[Shahsu] Maran!
Maran!
Maran!
[exhales shakily]
[sobbing softly]
[ethereal vocalizations play]
[both crying]
[distant hissing]
[rattling echoes]
[pulsing music intensifies]
[breathing heavily]
[muffled reverberations]
- [muffled reverberation]
- [rattling snarl]
[husky grunting]
[gasps softly]
- [grunts]
- [vibrations echo]
[pulsing music builds intensity]
- [Shahsu breathing shakily]
- [thunder rumbling]
[soft hissing]
[rattling echoes]
[sniffs deeply]
You're in there somewhere, come on.
Show yourself now.
Shahmaran?
[panting gasp]
- [wheezing breath]
- [wind whooshing]
[breeze blowing gently]
[tense music plays softly]
[Lilith] I'm going to
destroy you, Shahmaran.
You picked a human over all of us.
Traitor to your own kind.
I'm gonna make sure you regret it.
The basilisks,
I'm taking away all of them.
And anything else you stand for.
Now I'm going to take
everything away from you.
I will start the empire
of serpents on Earth.
And you can't stop me either.
Sister.
[wind rises and halts]
[gasping sharply, panting]
[distant night birds calling]
[both breathing shakily]
[both sobbing softly]
[woman moaning on monitors]
[panting and moaning]
[static hissing]
[woman moaning]
[electricity crackling]
[bulb cracks]
[moans, panting]
[static hissing]
[ominous notes rise and fade]
And may I ask your name?
Who sent you here?
[screaming]
[energy warbling]
- [grunting]
- [hissing echoes]
[gunshot]
- [energy warbling]
- [grunting softly]
[intense hissing echoes]
[ominous music builds]
[grunting]
[music peaks and fades out]
[deep rattling breath]
[insects chirring]
She won't stop, Maran.
Her rage, and her hatred.
Can we stop her from doing this?
Yeah, we can.
Together.
The basilisk district.
I have a place there.
[engine revving]
- This is the end ♪
- ["This Is the End" by Haximum playing]
We are fallen ♪
We are fallen ♪
This is the end ♪
No need to run ♪
And no need to hide ♪
We are fallen ♪
- We are fallen ♪
- [man spits]
[indistinct chattering]
It is over ♪
Step aside.
This is the end ♪
[hisses sharply]
["This Is the End" stops playing]
[gates creaking]
Alright, they're here.
[rattling hiss]
Camsap's blood.
I killed him.
The blade that killed Shahmaran.
This axe has been in my family for years.
I took good care of it.
[rattling purr]
And bring a phone.
You're gonna need it.
So what do you think?
What's my next move?
Well, I'd say
First I'd try to test the water.
You were under the well all those years.
Seeing how everyone fared in your absence
[Mirac] Oh, stop it!
Enough with the humans.
They're easy prey and part of our plan.
You understand that?
The basilisks yearn for power.
Just say the word,
and they'll all rally behind you.
You should gather everyone,
and let's launch an attack [grunts]
- [rattling hiss]
- [energy warbling]
[choking]
[Mirac straining]
[energy whooshes]
[wheezing gasps]
You have a point. There are
whole centuries I missed out on.
So, you're going to fill me in.
But first, an introduction.
- [fingers snap]
- [echoing hiss]
Abra.
Here she is.
[clock ticking]
[footsteps approaching]
[Cihan] What is it?
Here.
This is dangerous.
Lilith is dangerous. You'll get hurt.
What happened, Dad?
- Do you think it's about me?
- You're reckless.
You wanna get yourself killed, huh?
You've always been special.
You just never found your place.
But now you have a chance. Go use it well.
Go on.
[soft instrumental music plays]
[breathes deeply]
[shimmering tones play]
[bird calling]
[wind whistling]
You're not gone.
I'm sure of it.
[overlapping chatter]
[tense music pulsing slowly]
[conversations hush]
"Where were you, Maran?"
"The humans buried
our 1000-year-old village underwater
so they could build a dam."
"Our leaders were silent."
"And where were you?"
I'm here now.
So was your dad, but what good was that?
We're all doomed.
Before you bring my father into this,
you should think about it.
I'm not my father.
And so what?
You're just taking each other's places.
- And we'll be the ones who suffer again.
- [scattered chattering]
All the things that have been
in my family here for centuries
The houses, the land
I'm giving them to you.
[overlapping chatter]
[Maran] Pay off your debts.
Repair your floors.
Cheer all your kids up.
This is a new era for you.
Now hold on, hold on What about Lilith?
Is it true that she's out of the well?
It's true.
And she's sure to return here.
And she'll promise you war.
Revenge. That she'll spill blood.
That she'll drive humanity
into the ground.
Shahmaran said she'd save us.
Look at us now.
I am not Shahmaran.
Not an elite.
And not my father.
A new way is what I'm offering you.
A path where you won't suffer
for the greater good.
No oppression just for the sake of power.
In ancient times, they'd say,
"The world is on the verge of change.
And it's mandatory."
All of us.
Humans, serpents
If we don't all come together,
there isn't even gonna be
a world to fight over.
I'll lead the new way for you.
For all of you.
But I have one condition.
[overlapping chatter]
Your faith in me.
[pulsing music intensifies]
That's all I need from you.
Your faith that I'll be fair.
Your faith that I'll show no mercy.
Especially to those who support Lilith.
[tense pulsing music playing]
- [hissing]
- [grunting]
[crowd gasping]
[grunting, straining]
You killed Hare.
That's a lie. That's a lie!
Then why do you have
my mother's perfume on you?
Hare used to wear that.
- [neck cracks]
- [crowd exclaiming]
- [panting]
- [discordant notes playing]
[music fades out slowly]
What are you doing?
- Looking at myself.
- [chuckles softly]
So were you trapped in that well too?
[echoing hiss]
Where you going?
Hey!
Take a bite.
[sniffing]
[sighs] Come on, just eat it.
[chuckles lightly]
[tense music plays slowly]
Basilisks.
[engine turns over]
[tires skidding]
Hey! Hey!
[ominous notes play]
Dad?
Baba?
Dad? Dad!
[grunting]
[shouts]
[static hissing]
[somber music playing]
Baba!
[crying]
TRAITOR
[Lilith] Cihan.
[sobbing]
[somber music continues]
Put out your hand.
- [rattling hiss]
- [whispers echoing]
[grunting softly]
[energy warbling]
[energy warbling]
[panting tensely]
[tense music pulsing]
[music fades slowly]
When it's time,
that hand will rip Maran's heart out.
But for now,
we have work to do.
I have no one left but you.
Same here.
Are you afraid?
But I am, Shahsu.
[gentle music playing]
You will be someone else.
It doesn't matter if it's Shahmaran.
You won't be the same person.
You're gonna stand right in front of me,
but as someone else.
You'll get through it.
How?
I feel peace about it.
Every choice that I made so far,
my failures, my dreams, all of them
I've been preparing
for this my whole life.
I was born to serve this purpose, Maran.
This is right.
I know it is.
It feels like we just met, my love.
Then be here with me.
I'm here now.
Right here, right now.
I'm looking into your eyes,
and I can feel your lips.
Here and now.
I'm not going anywhere yet.
[overlapping chatter]
[ominous music builds slowly]
[soundscape slows]
[rattling hiss rises and falls]
[soundscape muffles]
[normal soundscape resumes]
[energy warbling]
[rattling hiss]
[pulsing music plays]
We all know that before Camsap
Anavarza belonged to us.
We had our serpent isle,
our underground paradise.
But look what happened.
Look at how pathetic you are.
Living like wretches next to the humans.
You're humiliated. You're oppressed.
And you're terrified.
Lift up your chins.
This wasn't your fault.
You did what you had to survive.
I can see that humanity caused you all
to mask yourselves out of fear.
You started to dream the way they do.
You had children,
you learned how to make soup.
But make no mistake,
This is the mask that humanity wears.
I'm here to remove that mask now.
I have a simple goal.
It's to end the control of men.
For us to have freedom,
and to live without wearing these masks,
like we always deserved!
From now on, no human is even going to
be allowed to set foot in this district.
This Isle belongs to the serpents.
Take all your masks off, everybody.
Because this district
is ours to take over.
Don't work in their factories,
don't obey their laws.
And deny their technology too!
Each one of you
was created perfectly with no mask.
Soon the entire world is
going to witness us standing together
in our true form once again.
Because two-hundred million years ago,
when the dinosaurs
hadn't come into the picture yet,
this planet was ours.
And it will be ours again!
But now they will cower
and hide in fear instead of us.
[cheering echoes]
[rattling hiss echoes]
[breathy exhalation]
[closing theme plays]