His Dark Materials (2019) s02e03 Episode Script

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SERAFINA: Witches of Lake Enara,
hear me.
We are facing devastation
on a scale not seen in centuries.
The Magisterium will pay
for their crimes,
but we cannot lose sight
of the great war ahead.
The prophecy states that life
in all of the worlds depends on the child.
She is more important now than ever.
We must find Lyra
before anyone else does.
PAN: We're not really doing this,
are we?
I promised Mary I would,
and I think that machine
has more to tell us.
But the alethiometer was clear.
We need to help Will find his father.
First, we need to find out
more about Dust. For Roger.
- If it's such a good idea
- Shh!
(WHISPERS)then why are we creeping?
We need to stay with Will.
It's too dangerous for Will in Oxford.
The police are looking for him.
But the alethiometer said
that we should
Lyra, are we sure about this?
It's fine, there's no-one around.
Lee Scoresby
I call ye and declare ye now.
Return!
Return.
Return.
Return.
Return.
Return.
Return.
Return.
Return.
Return
(WIND WHISTLES)
Lee, we're moving.
The wind is a-whistling!
Lee, wake up!
That's weird.
We weren't heading for Yenisei.
Looks like the kind of place
a famous explorer might wind up.
You said that about the last three towns.
We're on our way, Mr Grumman.
(FLAMES ROAR)
REPORTER: John Parry, what will you
be taking with you from home?
JOHN: If I could,
I'd take everything from home.
But I can't do that,
so a toy car of my son's.
ELAINE:
This world is broken.
It takes extraordinary people
to fix it.
- JOHN: Sorry, Will.
- ELAINE: Like your dad. Like you.
JOHN: Truly
epic letters.
ELAINE: Like you
Take up his mantle.
JOHN: My darling Elaine.
We've finally arrived.
We're stuck 140 miles
south of the island
Dearest Elaine.
I'm lying awake here,
thinking of you.
It's nearly summer solstice
22nd of August.
Such agony to leave you behind.
Do send more news of our boy.
Lyra! Are you awake?
We need to talk to the alethiometer again.
My dad's alive.
We can find him.
Lyra?
What did you tell Lyra?
Let's see if we can make this work.
Oh, come on,
you did better than that for Lyra.
Hello.
Hello.
I'm DI Walters.
I'm interested in a visitor
you had yesterday.
PAN: How much longer
am I going to be in this bag?
Mary!
(SOFTLY) You have to go.
Why are we whispering?
There's a policeman in my office
asking questions about you.
He knows you came to see me yesterday.
- How does he know?
- I have no idea.
Lyra, are you in trouble?
Do you need help?
Sorry to keep you waiting,
I was just
Can you both step into the office,
please?
What a wonderful moustache.
We heard there was a child running
unsupervised around St Peter's College.
What's your name?
Lizzie. What's yours?
I'm Inspector Walters, Lizzie,
and I've got a few questions,
if that's OK with you.
Of course.
Where are you from?
- I'm from London.
- But you're staying in Oxford.
I am.
- With whom?
- With some people. Friends.
- What's their address?
- I don't know exactly,
but I can find it out for you,
if you want.
Is this really necessary?
Shouldn't we wait for the girl's parents?
Do you go to school?
Yes, sometimes.
But you're not at school today.
Well, it's the holidays.
I really don't think this is appropriate.
And you've come to see Dr Malone today
because?
- I'm interested in her work.
- Lizzie is welcome here any time.
Do you understand her work?
- Some of it.
- Is Will staying with you?
Yes, he is. He's
Where is he
Lyra?
Sorry, could I speak to you over here,
please?
I really think that
- the girl's guardian
- No! No!
(MARY GASPS)
Stop her!
PORTER: No running!
Help me, Pan!
PAN: Take a left, Lyra,
just down here.
DI WALTERS: Student suspect
PAN: This way!
PAN: I can't see him.
Maybe we lost him.
Lizzie, isn't it? From the museum.
You look lost.
Can I give you a lift somewhere?
No.
Are you sure?
Hey!
Actually, yes.
Where to?
- Summertown.
- (SEAT BELT WARNING BEEPS)
Seat belt.
It's on the right-hand side,
pull it across you.
Did you find anything more
about those skulls you were looking at?
I found it fascinating.
I asked about them after we spoke.
- (BUCKLE CLICKS)
- (BEEPING STOPS)
Are you OK?
Um, yeah, it's just
I
I can't be late, my mum will worry.
I'm sure she will.
(BELT CONTINUES TO LOCK AS SHE TUGS)
I-I think I know where I am now,
you can just drop me off
wherever you like.
I'd rather take you home,
save anyone worrying about you.
It's fine, honestly,
just let me out.
Just let me out!
Please, Mr Latrom, let me out.
(SEAT BELT UNBUCKLES)
(DOOR LOCK BEEPS)
Lizzie!
Your bag.
Thank you.
Till next time.
(PANTS NERVOUSLY)
(PAN CHIRPS)
- It's gone.
- What?
(SHOUTS) Wait!
He's stolen the alethiometer.
He was nothing but a thief!
You know,
I've got a good feeling about this one.
It was getting dark round this time.
I still had the club in this hand,
and I was thinking
about what he'd just said
and he said it again.
To which, I said to him
You want to guess what I said?
I can't imagine.
I said
"No."
- That's it?
- Mm-hm.
Well, that is some story you got there.
Actually, now that we're friends,
maybe you could help me out.
You heard of a Stanislaus Grumman?
Mm.
Strange man.
Lean, tough, curious about everything
You know where he is?
You know, he was a geologist
or an archaeologist.
Some say he became a shaman
and went to live
way off in the wilderness
with some folk up the Yenisei.
That's interesting.
But the last I heard, he died.
He died?
A trader told me
Grumman got his leg caught in a trap -
cut it right to the bone.
We had a man in here last week
said Grumman survived that trap.
Well, that's great news.
He tell you anything else?
He worked at the observatory for a while,
up the mountain,
not far from here.
Maybe try up there.
Thank you.
OK, if I've got this right,
you should be able to make words
and I should be able to hear them.
It's just a simple question
that needs a simple answer.
Is Lyra safe?
One word - yes or no.
(TYPES)
Lyra?
What are you looking at?
Nothing.
What are you after?
You know, maybe I can help.
I know this place backwards.
- Who's that in the tower?
- No-one.
There's definitely someone up there.
It'll be a ghost or something,
I don't know.
Wouldn't surprise me if it's haunted.
It's a person.
It can't be.
There's no way in and no way out.
What's it for, then?
The Torre degli Angeli?
It belongs to the Guild.
The Guild?
No-one knows much about them, really,
but my brother says
they're this group of men
who know important stuff
like philosophy, alchemy
Cowards, mind you -
they ran away when the Spectres came,
just like all the other grown-ups,
and now only the children are left here.
They get your parents?
The Spectres?
- No.
- You're lucky.
Got mine.
Right in front of me.
Ate the life out of 'em.
I'm sorry.
Makes you nervous, being on your own.
It does.
I'd best be off.
You need a plan.
You're almost a grown-up,
and you know what that means.
Won't be long
'fore the Spectres are after you.
I'm not scared.
That's because
you've never seen them at work.
(STEADY BEEPING)
Is Lyra safe?
(ANGRILY) Right, then.
Maybe I'm going mad.
- Still no sign of the girl.
- Sorry?
She got away, apparently, the kid.
Oh, right.
Well, I'll be sure to keep an eye out,
of course.
Night, George.
(BEEPING INTENSIFIES)
(SCRATCHY INTERFERENCE)
(PANTS)
Hello, sir!
Close the door, please.
What brings you to the observatory,
Mr Scoresby?
I've just got a couple of questions,
if you don't mind.
Wow, this is something.
It is.
Even better when the fog lifts.
Well, I'll bet.
Can't do anything about that?
No, you can't control the weather.
It's a powerful force.
Don't I know it.
You work here alone?
Yes. The others
It's just me.
Dr Haley, could I ask you
about a Dr Stanislaus Grumman?
An Englishman, despite the name.
I understand he worked here
some years ago.
What do you want with Dr Grumman?
Uh You wouldn't happen to know
where he is now,
do you?
Somewhere up the Yenisei River.
Why do you want to know?
So he is alive?
Dr Stanislaus Grumman
is a heretic.
I didn't know that.
Well, you've been most helpful.
We'd better get going -
the weather being what it is.
"By their fruits shall ye know them.
"By their questions
shall ye see the serpent
"gnawing at their heart."
(GROWLS)
Amen.
You have a good day.
Well, that was weird.
- Yenisei River, though, that's
- (GUNSHOTS)
Ah!
Dr Haley
Damn fool, why did you do that?!
Don't.
Let me help you.
Dr Grumman is an enemy of the Magisterium.
And so are you.
He didn't give us a choice.
You didn't shoot to kill.
We need to go.
Is there any place left
that the damn Magisterium
hasn't infiltrated?!
Let's get out of here.
(AGGRESSIVE BARKING)
(DOORBELL RINGS)
Hi!
Oh! Oh, hi. Hi.
You forgot, didn't you?
No, I would never forget my favourite
niece and nephew coming to visit.
I just got home, actually.
- We haven't had our snack today.
- Yeah, I felt faint
- in the car.
- Well, that is shocking.
Let me see what I have -
I haven't been shopping for a few days.
Oh, there you are.
Yes!
Mine says "muesli" on it.
With chocolate!
It's really bad for you, I promise.
Why are you always reading my mail?
There has to be some way of finding out
what's going on in your life.
- You look knackered.
- I'm not knackered.
I'm just frustrated. I'm on the cusp
of a massive breakthrough,
and they're going to kick us
out of the lab in a few days.
When was the last time
you did something you enjoyed?
Ah!
What's going to happen
if you take some time out from work?
A break could lead to that breakthrough,
couldn't it?
(BIRDS CHIRP)
Now, what will we do?
I told you we shouldn't have come back.
What are you doing,
just going off like that?
What happened? What's wrong?
I've lost it.
Lost what?
The alethiometer - someone took it.
But we need it. Without that,
we'll never find my dad.
I know!
And that's not everything.
What?
When I went to see the scholar
the police were there asking about you.
They must've spotted us yesterday.
We need to go back to Cittàgazze.
- Now!
- No, we can't leave
without the alethiometer.
We can't do anything without it.
Do you have any idea who took it, then?
There was this man I met at the museum.
He gave me a lift.
Wait, Lyra, the card.
Yes! He gave me his card.
Charles Latrom. That's his address.
Let's go round there, see what he says.
(SIREN WAILS)
The police'll be looking for us both now -
we have to hide until it's dark.
Come on.
(SCREECHES)
(GRUNTING)
(SNIFFS) Hold back, I know that bird.
Serafina Pekkala sends good wishes
to the bear king.
I send them back.
But if it's help you're after,
I cannot give it.
I see the mountains are melting.
The seals have depleted -
my bears will starve.
Asriel's hole in the sky
has damaged too much.
I am not here on Serafina's behalf,
but for Lyra Silvertongue.
(GRUNTS)
The Magisterium are making hell
for the witches,
but all Serafina cares about
is finding the girl.
There is a prophecy that says
she is to bring the end of destiny,
to return our free will,
- not in this world, but far beyond.
- Does Lyra know of this?
She must do it in ignorance.
If she's told what she must do,
it will all fail.
(GROWLS)
So Lyra's a toy for your future,
set on a course she can't change.
It is for all our futures.
We are all subject to the Fates.
I couldn't follow her up the mountain,
but later I returned
and saw traces in the snow.
She followed Asriel through.
Thank you.
The Magisterium, how do they target you?
They have destroyed our homes,
killed our people,
but we will find
our own justice for that.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- Tell them to hurry.
- Yes, ma'am.
(DOG BARKS)
Apologies for the unscheduled stop, ma'am.
We've secured a room for you
and we'll resume ourjourney
as soon as conditions improve.
For your sake, I hope that we do.
Room 17, left at the top
of the stairs.
Second outsider
we've had in today.
Really?
We had an aeronaut in earlier,
and I've just heard
he's been arrested.
(METALLIC CLANGING)
Who are you and what do you want?
Is that how you greet visitors?
- Did you bring food?
- No.
Then who are you and what do you want?
You are not endearing yourself to me,
Mr Scoresby.
Madam, I've done nothing wrong.
I don't know where you think
I've deviated,
but I happen to think the Magisterium is
one of the finest organisations around,
and I will happily make
any sort of pledge to prove it.
Whatever you want, name it.
So, can I go now?
Hmm.
What does the name Lyra Belacqua
mean to you?
Let me think. Gee, I don't know.
What does it mean to you?
(LAUGHS) This is serious.
Your life depends on it.
Oh, is she any relation
to Asriel Belacqua?
Cos I've always been a fan of his.
Often thought one day I'd meet that man,
shake his hand
and ask him how he did it all.
You know exactly who I am, don't you?
And I know who you are.
I don't think
we've been properly introduced.
Lee Scoresby.
The famous aeronaut.
- (GROANS)
- Where is Lyra?
- Can't help you there.
- Well, that's interesting,
because the last time I saw her,
she was flying off
from my station in your balloon.
I ain't never going to tell you
where to find that little girl
because my life is worth
one-tenth of hers.
Indeed it is.
But you do misunderstand me,
Mr Scoresby. (SIGHS)
I'm her mother.
- So?
- So, she needs me.
No, she doesn't.
There are things
that she just doesn't understand.
See, I think there are things
that you don't understand.
The worth of a life would be one.
Didn't you shoot a man dead
this morning?
Do you have children, Mr Scoresby?
- No.
- Then how can you possibly understand
what it feels like?
I need
to find her.
You love her.
Of course I do.
It's not enough, though, is it?
Love.
It doesn't mean you won't hurt her,
doesn't mean she's safe with you.
It doesn't work that way.
- Just tell me where she is.
- I can't
because I do love her.
And I swore I'd keep her safe.
- She's safe with me.
- The woman
who turns children into ghosts?
I don't think so.
(SNORTS)
- (SCREECHES)
- (GROANS)
Yeah, I've got very few skills in life
almost nothing to offer the world,
if I'm honest
but I did find out at a young age
I'm good with pain.
This one time,
my father hit me so hard with his shoe,
my leg swelled up.
I couldn't sit. I couldn't stand.
I couldn't do anything.
He says to me, "Don't you even
think about running away."
Run away?
I couldn't reach down to put on my shoes.
Mmm.
(GROANS)
Yeah.
He'd humiliate me
until I'd said enough sorries
to make up for whatever thing
he decided that day
would justify his temper.
You know?
You do know, don't you?
You know because you had parents
just like mine, of course you did.
- Of course you did.
- (SCOFFS)
You know nothing about me.
Yeah, and I believed it.
I believed him, I believed I was nothing,
believed I deserved it.
I was almost grateful for it when it came.
Ever feel that? Grateful?
You did, didn't you?
I know what it's like
to feel hurt like yours.
But right now, I feel more alive
than I have in years
because of her.
She's given me hope.
- (SCREECHES)
- (SNIFFS)
I will rip out every nail
and I will break every bone
And it won't break me,
and you know it won't,
because it wouldn't break you either.
You can threaten me, torture me
but I will never tell you
where Lyra is.
Because my life
is worth one-tenth of hers.
(SCREECHES)
It's been a long time
since you've talked about him.
I know.
You did good.
(BREATHES ANXIOUSLY)
(WARBLES COMFORTINGLY)
(TRILLS SOFTLY)
Paddington
Paddington? Paddington!
- (LIFTDINGS)
- Psst! Mr Brown, in here.
What are you doing?
- We need to get into that archive.
- Sorry. Sorry.
Paddington, please don't take this
the wrong way,
but are you certain
there was an explorer?
You didn't just find a hat
and make up some?
- What?
- (WHISPERS) Just sit down.
Why are you looking
at me like that?
This should be a safe place
to hide for a while.
Is it me,
or is it hot in here?
- Why do I feel so?
- Uncomfortable?
- Mm.
- Flushed?
- Mm.
- Queasy?
Mm.
It's called a hard stare.
My aunt taught me to do them
when people had forgotten their manners.
- Give me strength.
- Mr Brown, you can trust me.
There really was an explorer.
If we can find him,
I know he'll give me a home.
A proper home.
What is this?
- It's popcorn.
- It's disgusting!
- It tastes like wood shavings.
- Then stop eating it!
- I'm trying.
- Do you take anything seriously?
Is that why you came looking for me?
You thought I was messing around?
Just because I'm not sat
in a corner crying
doesn't mean
I don't take things seriously.
I lost my best friend.
He was killed by my father.
And I think about him every single day
and I miss him.
I want to talk to him.
I want to tell him I'm sorry
because it's my fault he died.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Shh!
I came looking for you
because I was worried about you.
(GASPS SOFTLY)
(EXHALES)
- (SCREECHES)
- (HISSES)
You stole them from the guard.
Thank you!
There's a prophecy.
About Lyra.
Witches speak of it,
and it means people will be looking
for her, and not all of them good.
So you mustn't trust anyone.
I'm searching for Lyra myself,
but if you find her
please
keep her safe.
I will.
I promise.
Resurrection comes
in the strangest of forms.
Do you think you can stand?
I hope so.
How are we going to find Grumman?
Head up the Yenisei River,
see if we can find him up there.
(GRUNTS)
- Are we getting the balloon back?
- No.
It's exactly what they'll expect.
We can't fly out of here.
So, what do we do?
If we can get ourselves a boat,
we should be on the water by dawn.
(GUARDS SHOUT)
Find Grumman and his item of protection,
then find Lyra before her mother does.
Now.
(DOG BARKS AND GROWLS)
(INSISTENT BARKING)
OK
(EXHALES)
(WHISPERS)
(ENGINE WHIRS SOFTLY)
(BEEPING INTENSIFIES)
(SCRATCHY INTERFERENCE)
"To the mind that is still
"the whole universe surrenders."
(SIGHS)
This is it.
Come on.
You ready?
Lizzie?
What a pleasant surprise.
You'd better come in.
(ALARM PASSCODE BEEPS)
It's nice to see you again so soon.
Take a seat.
You haven't introduced me
to your friend, Lizzie.
This is
Mark.
What can I do for you, Lizzie
and Mark?
Lizzie thinks she left something of hers
in your car earlier.
We've come to ask for it back.
I take it you mean this.
That's mine!
Yours?
I think you'll find it's mine.
I'm a collector.
You're a thief.
So let me call the police,
and they can settle this.
No!
No?
Not in your best interest, William.
Or yours, Lyra.
(GASPS)
Still don't recognise me?
You're not as astute
as your mother.
The party in London.
Now she remembers.
You don't even know what you've stolen.
Lyra, stop.
You're just going to stick it
on a shelf,
- so give it back.
- Can't do that.
- Give it back!
- Lyra!
Sit down before I call the police.
I was going to give you
a chance to earn it back.
Get me the object that I want
and I'll return the alethiometer
to you.
What is it that you want?
I'm aware you found a doorway
that leads to another world.
A crossroads world.
The man that made that doorway
has a knife.
I think he's hiding in the tower,
the one with the carved angels around it.
Torre degli Angeli.
Bring the knife to me
and I'll give you what you want.
We'll do it.
Good.
We'll get your knife.