His Dark Materials (2019) s03e02 Episode Script

I know you don't want to be here.
But without you and Baruch,
I might never have found her.
So, thank you.
Nearly 400 years with
Baruch must have mellowed me.
Four hundred years?
- You know where he is now?
- Of course.
Angels can connect to any mind,
but between us, the
bond is even stronger.
We feel as one, though we are two.
He's close to Asriel now.
You know what Asriel
is going to ask of you.
My father told me about
the war before he died.
He told me I have a duty.
There is a warrior in you, Will.
You overpowered the King of the Bears.
And you'll find a way to
protect the one you love.
Lyra.
- Lyra.
- Roger!
You have to help me.
I will.
I promise I won't let you down.
- They're hurting me.
- Who?
Just tell me where you
are and I'll find you.
The Land of the Dead.
Roger!
Roger!
Roger!
Roger.
I was having that dream again.
We need to find him
when we get out of here.
Where did you go? I
I couldn't follow you there.
The Land of the Dead.
Ah, this is a decent set up.
Just a start, Commander. Just a start.
It's very impressive, Lord Asriel.
But your soldiers, well, now,
they all need some structure.
That's why you're here.
Ruta, welcome back.
Commander Ogunwe, allow me
to introduce Queen Ruta Skadi
of the Lake Lubana witch
clan and her daemon, Sergi.
She's a vital member of my Council.
- Commander.
- Your Majesty.
Ruta, if you wouldn't mind?
You're well known to Ruta,
Commander. She chose you.
- Chose me?
- Mm-hmm.
I listen to whispers between worlds.
I hear things others do not.
We're assembling an army.
You and your resistance
soldiers are some of the best.
I'm glad you approve.
We hope we can live
up to our reputation.
We all hope that.
How much more will we need?
- Of what?
- This. Soldiers. Witches.
It's the Authority's
strength that lies in numbers.
Sheer wealth of people willing to defend
his mysticism and dogma.
We just need enough to provoke him.
So all this is just a provocation?
Come. You'll see.
Find me the latest plans
for the Intention Craft.
Yes, sir.
How do you know this one won't kill you?
It would take more than a little crash
to put an end to the pair of us.
Commander, you asked
how many soldiers we were going to need.
The truth is, I don't know.
But the key to provoking the Authority
lies not in men, it
may well lie in Dust.
Asriel, you talk in
riddles, I deal in strategy.
I'm not being clear.
We have to force the
Authority to show his face.
And then, then we're going
to need all the fighters
we can get our hands on.
I didn't mean to scare you.
What do you want?
I don't mean you any harm.
I'm I'm looking for someone.
A girl. Her name is Lyra.
Were you followed?
I don't think so.
Temple soldiers are in the woods.
I haven't seen anyone.
Something happened here
a few days ago, and
now they're everywhere.
Come with us.
It's moving away.
It's the salt. It burns the roots.
And these to the southern garrison.
And 250 to the western
- Lord Asriel.
- Roke.
- No people.
- Sir.
- What is it?
- A message
from our Magisterium
spy, Agent Salmakia.
She says they are preparing
to undertake a search mission.
- For what?
- Your daughter, sir.
They think she's the
most important child
that's ever lived.
Salmakia believes she's in danger.
When is Lyra not in danger?
Anything else?
- No. There's nothing else.
- Very good.
You dismiss Lyra too easily.
You know what the
Magisterium believe about her.
According to the Authority,
Eve was the mother of creation.
Lyra is simply the
creation of Marisa and I.
She's not Eve, she's a little girl.
She must have some information
they need or some skill
we've overlooked.
Other than being able
to read the alethiometer,
she has very little, I'm afraid.
Other than a nose for trouble.
What?
- What would you like me to say?
- The truth.
There are angels above the camp.
What are they doing?
They're fighting.
Clear the camp!
Not too close. Not too close.
Back away. Back away.
His chest is moving.
Let's say, one of them
fights for the Authority
- and one for us, which is which?
- I don't know.
Maybe neither.
Ruta?
This one's higher status.
Could be an archangel.
This one, I don't know.
Shall we see if we can move him?
Mm-hmm.
- You have him?
- Yes, sir.
Get back.
Are you an agent
of the Authority?
- Please.
- Say again?
There is a message I must give to you.
We're going to assume that
one's with the Authority
and this one with us.
I'll take him inside. Sergeant.
Take him to the
intercision field chamber.
All right. Give me your message.
We found the boy.
The bearer.
What boy? What does he bear?
AEsahaettr. The God killer.
The only weapon that will destroy him.
- Destroy who?
- The Authority.
What?
And his Regent.
My brother, Enoch.
The Authority has a Regent?
Baruch!
How? Who did this?
- An angel.
- We've already incarcerated him.
He's leaving us.
Not yet. Tell me where
I can find the boy.
He's on his way to Lyra.
Lyra?
Find him.
There is an angel waiting.
My Balthamos.
Find them.
Find the knife.
Balthamos.
Baruch!
I don't understand.
It doesn't make sense.
What doesn't make sense?
What did they do to him?
What happened, Balthamos?
This is your fault.
You forced me to come here.
I wanted us to stay together.
I wanted to go with him.
They've killed him!
Messenger returns.
He did not resist.
Didn't say a word. He just
stared at me.
Yesterday I believed that
angels were merely symbols
and witches were villains
in children's stories.
Yet, here I am.
There you are.
Our kind have been to your world before.
Many centuries ago.
The Temple would burn women
they suspected of witchcraft.
I remember it.
Witches live for many hundreds of years.
Angels for millennia.
It gives them a power and perspective
far greater than either
of our comprehension.
I imagine they regard us witches
in a similar way as we see humans.
And how is that?
Your lives are short
and easily extinguished.
So then why do you fight with us?
Hope.
I believe there is a chance we can win.
And so, do you trust Asriel?
I'd stake my life on it.
You're awake. That's good.
This chamber,
I created it for experimenting on Dust.
As such, it's lined with adamantine,
properties of which include
preventing Dust from escaping.
Now you, as well as my daemon,
are entirely made of Dust.
So you might find yourself
locked in here for eternity.
I am eternal.
- I have no concept of time.
- Good for you.
You'll be comfortable then.
I'm going to begin now.
I'm going to ask you some questions
and you will answer them.
What's the Authority so afraid of
that he sent one angel
to attack another?
Don't want to talk?
Perhaps you are afraid of
revealing that the Authority
no longer rules in
the Kingdom of Heaven,
and that he has, for some reason,
appointed a regent?
It's quite all right, I already know.
What's wrong with him
that he won't rule?
Or is it that he can't? If he
Oh, now that's interesting.
Now we're getting somewhere.
Do you know what else is interesting?
Dust. Fascinating stuff.
Spent most of my adult life
trying to understand it.
And I once killed an innocent young boy
in order to harness it.
But no one, before this moment
has ever tried to weaponize it.
Enoch, brother of Baruch.
- How did he become Regent?
- Do not dare use that name.
He is Metatron.
Metatron? Good.
Asriel, stop.
- What does he want?
- The end of this!
Dust is not for you to understand.
Conscious beings have become
dangerously independent.
He will lead a permanent inquisition
into every world, on every being.
Until they understand
complete obedience.
And with it, we will bring
an end to the freedom
of thought and will,
and control Dust once and for all.
How do I find him?
The Kingdom of Heaven
is not yours to enter.
You think you're significant?
He does not even know your name.
Were he to notice you,
he could crush you and
burn whatever remains.
Doesn't even know my name.
So this Metatron will
require a little more coaxing?
And then, will his Kingdom come?
Good. Very good.
Wasn't so difficult, was it?
Didn't even take an eternity.
Maddy's been here for nine years.
I joined a few years later.
You've been on your own all this time?
We have a life in resistance.
We can read, write, learn.
All those things are
forbidden by the Temple.
- Especially for
- Girls.
What about your parents?
Our father stayed.
He's one of them.
When we ran away, he helped us get out,
but he wouldn't come.
He wanted us to join the Temple.
He thinks that we'd
let the Temple turn us
into brain-dead followers.
I'd rip their eyes out first.
- She actually would.
- Fair enough.
So, where's everybody else gone?
A stranger came here and
blew a hole in the sky.
And then Commander Ogunwe
let everyone through it.
Like a window
- to another world?
- Is that how you got here?
Something like that, yes.
And you decided not to go?
We can't leave him, our father.
I left my community once, too.
Long time ago now.
Left everything I had ever known.
It felt like the world was ending.
But now I can see,
it was just beginning to
open up in front of me.
Full of strangeness and mystery.
I better go.
Are you going to another world?
A few more, I think.
I'm following these, um
sticks, they're telling
me where to go.
I know that sounds crazy, so I won't
Stay with us a while.
Who knows when you'll
next have a chance to rest.
Go on so.
Tell us more about why
you're looking for this girl.
Today
we have been offered an opportunity.
The opportunity
to purge this world
To purge these worlds
of all that has been ailing them.
We are going to release
the righteous from sin.
Father Gomez will lead you,
and the Authority will guide
you in your sacred mission.
Be swift, be brutal.
But make no mistake.
The girl, Eve, must not
be allowed to escape.
Retrieve the child.
Retrieve the mother.
Ad return them to me,
dead or alive.
I understand that none of
this matters compared to him.
I don't know what else
I'm supposed to do.
You know what this woman is capable of.
Balthamos and I will take a closer look.
You attract too much attention,
so stay here and keep watch.
Do not underestimate her.
I won't.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
I I'm looking for
a girl on this island.
Balthamos, you're gonna scare her.
Yes, angel.
And this is Will.
This is Ama.
Ask her about Lyra.
Is there a girl here?
I care about her a lot.
There was a girl here
being kept asleep,
by a woman who claims to be her mother.
But no mother could
possibly be so cruel.
This mother would.
Is that sun root?
It's a waking medicine?
Are you going to use that?
Oh.
The woman has gone, but
will be returning soon.
Stay here, okay?
If you see her coming, run and get help.
Lyra?
You see, she's quite safe.
How did you get here?
Oh. Uh, these chambers,
they have secrets.
She's not safe, you're drugging her!
Hmm.
You've grown, Will.
You know, I always
suspected you were coming,
but I didn't think you'd be the first.
It's impressive.
Why are you keeping her here?
Why won't you let her leave?
Come.
Let's sit. Hmm?
Tea?
Come on. I know for a fact you have tea
- in your world, too.
- Who else is coming?
Did you bring the knife?
May I see it?
Why are you keeping her here?
I am keeping her here
because I'm her mother,
and I love her.
Lyra's in the most appalling danger,
and here, I can keep her safe.
Please, sit down.
What could be more dangerous than you?
How sad you can't see the truth.
Three times I have seen her in danger,
and three times I've
tried to save her from it.
It's cost me everything.
And now she's in danger again.
Who is she in danger from?
The Magisterium.
And they intend to have her killed.
Do you know who they say she is, Will?
I know there's a prophecy.
They think she is Eve
the mother of all sin.
And they think she will do great damage.
So they are determined to murder her
as an act of devotion.
Unless we stop them.
Even if that's true,
why are you keeping her asleep?
'Cause she hates me, Will.
And if I woke her, she'd run.
In fact, she's already tried to run.
So explain to her, like
you've explained to me.
I am doing this to keep her alive.
Wouldn't your mother
do the same for you?
A child needs their mother.
You understand that, Will.
You need your mother.
And here's the trick
they never tell you.
Your mother needs you.
And that bond,
it stretches,
it transforms, but it never breaks.
Why?
Because the line from here,
to here
matters more than any line in nature.
It's primal.
It's beautiful.
It overwhelms all other things
if you let it.
Help me.
The three of us could be extraordinary.
Your strength, my guile,
- Lyra's bravery
- I'm not strong.
You are strong, Will. You
think I can't see that?
You promise that
you're keeping her safe?
That you'll carry on
- keeping her safe?
- I give you my word.
Then I can leave her here.
Go to Asriel, like I was supposed to?
No, no. No, no, no, no.
I I need you to stay.
I saw what you did at
Carlo's house, we
We could help each
other, we could protect
each other's vulnerabilities.
Will, we can't stay here,
we have to keep moving.
- You must come with us.
- I gave my word to my father
that as soon as I knew Lyra was safe,
I would go to Asriel to fight.
I have to do that.
Do you do you understand
what you're doing?
This
This is a betrayal bigger
than any I have committed.
If you abandon us now,
you leave her for dead.
Do you understand that?
Thank you for all you're doing for her.
I'm gonna leave her in your care.
Will, you're making a mistake.
You
I thought he'd stay.
We're going to find that knife
and we're going to use
it to destroy Metatron.
You know nothing of him.
He is the dark angel, you cannot fight.
I can because I must.
Ruta, this knife, it's the weapon
you heard the cliff-ghasts
talking about?
AEsahaettr. Yes.
Though I wasn't aware
it required a bearer.
Or that it would have been
the boy who was with Lyra.
So, we find Lyra, we find the boy.
I have seen them together.
Where one goes, the other follows.
Who is this girl that
everyone is so interested in?
Asriel's daughter.
They believe she is Eve.
- Eve?
- Hmm.
Who is Eve?
In some worlds,
the mother of all sin.
Your daughter is
the mother of all sin?
They believe so.
But they believe a great
deal of fanciful nonsense.
And you didn't think it
worth mentioning before?
- Where is she?
- We don't know.
Then how will we protect her?
If there's one girl in all the worlds
that doesn't need
protecting, it is Lyra.
Now, what I need is that knife.
The Magisterium can
help us in this matter.
Roke, I want you to contact Salmakia.
Once she knows where Lyra
is, I'll follow her there.
You will use your own
daughter as a trap?
I have already risked everything I have
to get us this far.
My fortune, my reputation.
But what we risk now,
here, in the next few weeks,
that will shape the
course of history forever.
So if I have to journey
to every world, I will.
If I have to incarcerate
every angel, I will.
If I have to take a knife
to the heart of the
Authority himself, I will.
And yes, I will risk Lyra,
I will risk my own daughter
because the alternative, Commander,
is what happened to yours.
And I would risk everything and everyone
to ensure that can never happen again.
So I suggest you all ask yourselves,
what are you willing to risk?
An angel has been killed
and all you can think about
is how that might benefit you.
Would you rather he die in vain?
Xaphania, the great betrayer.
You are consorting with humans now?
Was a millennia in exile not
degradation enough for you?
You speak of betrayal
when you have taken orders
to kill one of our own kind?
Baruch is was an
enemy of the Kingdom.
What few rebels there are
will not fight for you.
They are defectors.
They run away from
conflict, not towards it.
They will fight for
what they believe in.
Why have you really come to see me?
Perhaps, you wanted to see if it is true
what Asriel has been doing to me?
Don't expect your
rebels to follow a mortal
who enjoys torturing angels.
Where is the Authority?
Hiding behind a Regent
who cares for nothing,
but his own greatness?
The Kingdom, as we know it,
has already gone, Alarbus.
This is our final rebellion.
- What happened?
- She's a liar.
- And yet, you're drawn to her.
- I know what I'm doing.
Look.
There is no time now. This is absurd.
Baruch died for a purpose, but this
- this is meaningless.
- I promise it will work.
Five minutes to destination.
What is this?
It's kind of a Dust beam
communication device.
We have a message from our
agent in the Magisterium.
Load stan resonating, go ahead.
Lyra is with a woman
named Marisa Coulter.
Of course, she is. How close are they?
We are about
to land on a remote island
in the German Ocean. Fairisle.
I know the place.
I'll take the Intention
Craft, it's the fastest way.
Agent Salmakia, get to the children,
get them to safety, away from the woman,
and then stay with them
until I arrive. Understood?
- Understood.
- You will go?
I must. You heard what the angel said.
AEsahaettr, God destroyer.
Hmm.
In which case,
try not to die.
The child is asking what you are doing?
I'm counting my steps.
We'll return by them in another world.
Oh, no, no, no. No, no, no, no.
The Intention Craft
works through clarity.
Your mind is muddled.
I know exactly what
and who we're going for.
Do your worst.
As soon as I've got her,
I'll come back through
and close the window.
I need you to keep watch.
I'm sorry, Will. I must leave.
Balthamos!
It was one thing for
the AEsahaettr,
but this, this is a human matter.
Don't go. I know this is hard for you,
but I need you to trust me.
I can't. I'm sorry. Not for this.
Balthamos!
Thank you. But go home, okay?
Stay out of danger.
Mrs. Coulter?
That's me.
You're too late, Father.
She's gone.
A boy got here first.
You know, he had several hundred miles
and the boundaries
between worlds to cross.
And yet
still managed to get here before you.
Bravo.
But I don't know why I'm surprised.
MacPhail likes to think
he knows what he's doing,
but he prevaricates.
Dithers. Don't you think?
That was from the boy.
Surprisingly vicious little brat.
I am going to take
Lyra now, Mrs. Coulter.
And I'd rather not travel
back to Geneva after nightfall.
Like I said
she's not here.
Please.
I'm sorry. Her fate was decided
long before I arrived here.
Okay.
She's in there.
Sit.
What was your plan?
Would you have kept
her unconscious forever?
Run from world to world,
trying to escape the alethiometer?
Forever? You are not stupid.
Quite the opposite. You knew
we would find her, eventually.
And destroy her.
That is her destiny.
You brought this fate upon her.
You gave her the terrible
punishment of her existence.
And now, when she reaches
the hands of Father
President MacPhail
death.
Why have you been
prolonging her pain in this way?
I don't know.
I'm sorry.
I did not know what else to do, Father.
That is not true.
The answer was so
simple and you knew it
all along.
A truly loving act would
have been to let her die.
To drift off in a sleep so deep
that no one could ever hurt her.
In her mother's arms.
It is time for you to let her go now.
To kill one's own child
takes a kind of strength
I do not possess.
Oh, but you do.
You have greater strength than you know.
Do it for me, please.
Grant me that.
Hey! Hey, we're leaving.
Please.
Oh, dear. Perhaps you were
right about that strength.
You came back for us.
I knew you would, Will.
What are you doing?
We're leaving.
Well, I'll come with you.
We'll be safer together. You
need the two of us No, no.
Stay back.
You're not coming with us.
She needs me, Will.
Please, don't take her from me.
- Please.
- Ju just stay back.
Will?
Do you think it's that
easy to dispose of me?
Get away from us.
Is that what you do, Will?
Was your mother as easily disposed of?
Why did you leave her?
Where is she, Will?
Where is your mother?
Look at me, Will.
Look at me.
Look at me.
What have you done?
What have you done?
You broke the knife.
Leave.
Without the knife, you're useless to me.
Please, leave now, Will.
Leave!
Lyra, move, move, move.
Don't look at me like that, please.
Let me go.
Please, let me go.
It was only a small sting.
She'll be fine in a few hours.
- Boy, do you have the knife?
- Who are you?
I'm under instruction
to take you to Asriel.
- Follow me.
- No.
No, we're not going to Asriel.
- It's okay. Come on.
- This is a way out.
Whoa!
Get down.
- Iorek's here?
- I'll explain later.
Get her out of here!
Hey! You okay?
Will, we need to go.
Come on.
Come with us.
Thank you.
Come on.
Lyra?
Lyra?
We're too late.
Damn.