His Dark Materials (2019) s03e05 Episode Script

- What are you?
- Angels.
You must play the serpent.
You have been preparing for this.
As long as you have lived.
Save the girl
and the boy.
What am I doing?
I'm following a talking elephant.
Wha
Seriously?
That's you.
Atal.
Mary.
There must be a reason why I'm here,
don't you think, Atal?
These are from the trees?
They're very
oily.
Oil.
The trees are dying. Sraf is leaving.
Trees.
Work to do.
To fall.
Every day, the Sraf is less and less.
I've heard you and the others
talk about Sraf.
What is Sraf?
Without Sraf
We are asleep.
"Chunil". Sleep.
Me? I'm asleep?
No, Mary, we need it to live.
I've been seeing
more dead seedpods around.
Don't you need the oil they produce?
The oil is the centre of our
thinking and feeling.
It gives us Sraf.
How can I
Um
To learn
Learn how to help you?
To help, you must learn to see Sraf.
Mary, that's the reason you've
been brought here.
What does it feel like,
being this far away from him?
From Pan.
It's like an iron hand
is gripped around my heart
and he's yanking it out between my ribs.
And it's mental too, right?
As if some private,
secret thing has been
dragged out to the open.
Yeah.
You know you always
said I must have a daemon
and I never believed you.
Now, it feels like I've
known her my whole life.
Maybe she's with Pan now.
Hey, we're gonna get
back to our daemons.
I know we are. We've got the knife.
And we've got each other.
And for some reason, I trust you.
How much longer?
As long as it needs to take.
Time does as it pleases down here.
Don't be scared, now.
I'm not scared.
I've had warriors,
assassins and war generals
on this boat, all telling me the same.
None's come back.
Apologies, ladies and gentlemen.
Well, best of luck to you.
You're just gonna leave us here?
Oh, I can't go beyond
this point, I'm afraid.
Thank you.
Wait.
If my daemon is still at the jetty,
can you give him a message?
I can tell you now, he won't be.
How do we know where
No turning back, I guess.
No turning back.
I've told you I'm not
eating your putrid food,
and if you try to force me
I'll bite your fingers off.
I don't doubt for a second
that you would.
I thought you'd
scuttled back to Asriel
with news of my humiliation.
As much as he might
enjoy this humiliation,
I don't believe Asriel wants you dead.
And neither do I.
Dr. Cooper is readying the bomb.
I've got enough poison
to fill the guards
outside this cell.
But no more than that.
How does she seem, Dr. Cooper?
Frightened.
Seems to me she's
acting against her will.
We stay here.
The bomb is ready.
Lyra's hair is in a
chamber inside its body.
They intend to sever
you from your daemon.
Good.
It's not made of rock.
It's made of peoples' things.
Lyra.
The dead.
Are you alive?
Yeah.
We're visitors.
You shouldn't have
come to this place.
Go back while you still can.
Why were you guys hiding?
They don't like it if
we talk to each other.
Who don't?
They're listening.
I need your help.
I'm looking for someone.
Roger Parslow.
I must warn you, he
might not want to see you.
Do you come from a world with daemons?
Yeah.
My daemon's name is Pan.
Mine was called Sandling.
He used to think he'd be a bird.
But I hoped he wouldn't.
'Cause I liked him all furry.
My Castor used to curl up
in my hand to go to sleep.
Mine was called Matterpan.
Hey, please could you help us?
Maybe.
Be careful. They will attract attention.
To touch another's daemon
is forbidden,
is it not?
How dare you enter unannounced.
Do I have to remind you,
to whom it is you answer?
I answer to the Authority.
Get out of my sight,
and never question me again.
They must have been here a long time.
Does everyone who comes
here end up like this?
You looking for someone too?
I'm just asking.
When I first came here,
I was looking for someone.
My sister.
You never found her?
I gave up pretty quickly.
You left your sister all alone.
I have to go back.
- Wait, no, we need you.
- I'm sorry.
Lyra.
- Hello?
- Lyra.
Will?
Will?
Lyra.
Pan.
Pan. You shouldn't be here.
It's what you wanted.
How did you
Lyra!
Excuse me, excuse me.
Where'd you go?
You left me on the jetty to die.
Don't say that.
You know why I had to do it.
I've always known deep down
how selfish you are.
Do you really believe
you're here for Roger?
You already killed him.
You came here for you.
To soothe your guilt.
To play the hero.
This isn't real. You're not real.
Will!
Will!
Lyra!
Whatever it was saying, it wasn't true.
You're a good person.
This place is horrible.
This can't be it, can it?
Surely there has to be some other place.
This can't be where
we all go forever.
Roger.
Roger!
Roger!
Roger!
Roger.
It's me.
I know.
Roger bloody Parslow.
It's your best friend.
You came?
You needed me.
I've changed
so much.
You've changed too.
I missed you.
I'm so sorry. About everything.
I should've let you go with
the Gyptians and the kids.
I shouldn't have taken you to Asriel.
If I'd have let you go you
wouldn't be here, would you?
- You'd be
- It wasn't your fault.
I I wanted to go with you.
I do wish things were different.
I'm Will.
Roger, you can't stay here.
Look
we're gonna break you all
out of here, I mean it.
That's not possible.
It is. It has to be.
I mean, what they're
making you all endure here,
it's just It's not right.
Look
when you didn't come
I lost all hope
forever.
I'm sorry.
Please. It can be us together again.
- You and me again
- Stop it!
You think I wanna go
back to the real world?
Like this?
- Lyra.
- There's nothing you can say.
Look, we can still help him.
But he's right.
We don't know what'll
happen to him if we leave.
It's a terrible idea.
Look, you said this
place is awful, right?
That no one should be
here. It's like a prison.
It's worse than a prison.
So, you're just
gonna give up on him?
Don't stop following your instincts.
We have to try, you promised Pan.
Make a window.
- Where to?
- Anywhere.
We need to get out of here.
I'll drag Roger through if I have to.
Okay.
What?
- What's the matter?
- It's not working.
I can only feel rock.
What kind of knife bearer
cannot use his own knife?
One led by an ignorant child.
What kind of son
abandons his own mother?
We shall send her nightmares.
We shall scream at her in her sleep.
You have destroyed the lives
of everyone you've ever cared for.
You've come here for you.
To feel special.
If only Will had never met you.
Listen to what I'm saying to you.
- Listen to me.
- Listen to me.
- Listen!
- No!
Hey, they're gone.
How?
I just believed I could.
I thought about us and
everything we've been through.
I didn't let them get into my head.
The knife doesn't work here
'cause it's too low down.
We need to find higher ground.
Your Grace.
Please.
I have thought of something
to show my contrition.
By His mercy and your brilliance,
Eve will be struck down.
But what of the serpent?
Fra Pavel has deduced that
she is in another world.
Who knows what depravity
she is capable of.
What if I was to track her down?
Let me do it, I'm begging you.
I will allow you this
task, for your penance.
Father President, sir, it
will be the honor of my life.
Mm-hmm.
I will repay your faith.
I need a lens.
Got it!
It's Dust.
Sraf is Dust.
At last you can see.
Look from the tree.
It's leaving.
Atal, I understand.
I'm sorry, I understand now.
You were trying to tell me
The trees are dying.
And so are we.
What do you remember about Jordan?
You remember it, don't you?
Jordan's gone.
It can't be.
I can see it perfectly.
Every nook, every cranny,
every secret passageway.
We know that place like
the back of our hands.
Do you remember that time we
snuck into the wine cellar?
We got covered in cobwebs and dust.
I don't even know how we got in there.
Lyra, will you wait!
We had the porter's key.
We did.
And we found that
ancient bottle of Tokay.
LYRA: Smelt horrible.
Tasted horrible too.
We couldn't stop laughing for hours.
Wouldn't have got away
with that if we had parents,
- would we?
- No.
And the roof.
The roof.
We were so high up there.
Remember that rook with a broken leg?
Yeah, we nursed it back to life.
Lyra.
They want to listen.
My name is Lyra.
I came here looking for my friend.
His death was unfair,
so I thought he shouldn't be here.
What I didn't realize is that
none of you should be here.
This isn't life after
death, this is a prison camp.
Hi guys, I'm Will.
I have a knife that
can cut through worlds.
If you follow us,
I'm hoping that I can use it
to get you guys out of here.
I can't make you any
promises, but I'll try.
LYRA: I know you're afraid.
But we can get out of here.
What'll happen to us if we leave?
I don't know.
You don't know if I will
or won't be able to see my son again?
We can't know until it happens.
LYRA: I'm not gonna lie or pretend.
But in here, it's just thoughts.
Out there real things matter.
You think those creatures
will just allow us to leave?
When we were alive,
they told us that when we
died, we'd go to heaven.
That's why so many of us gave our lives
and spent years in prayer and silence.
And all the joy of life
went to waste around us.
I don't care what happens
to us when we leave.
Anything is better than this.
There she is!
The girl.
Lyra
Lyra.
What were you saying before?
Those stories, what were they?
They were about the outside world.
Do you remember your life before?
Everything slips away.
Will you tell us some stories?
So we can remember too.
Real things.
Okay. So, I used to live in this place
called Jordan College with Roger.
It had these beautiful buildings
and these really high towers.
Which looked like they
could almost touch the sky.
We had amazing hiding places.
We used to race.
Through the kitchen, down the stairs.
- Back onto the roof.
- I won every time.
No, she didn't.
You cheated every time.
What else
And I met Will.
He made me an omelet, and
I didn't know what one was.
So, I thought I'd
make him one in return.
Which was funny, because
she left the shells in.
- And Iorek.
- The armored bear.
He has claws the size of your hands.
Magnificent.
When I first met him,
he'd lost his armor.
But thanks to the alethiometer,
we managed to get it back
Is this really how things
are to end between you and I?
What do you think
will happen after this?
Do you really believe that
things are going to get better?
Dr. Cooper, these are not
the wishes of the Authority,
you know that.
These are the wishes of
a weak and dangerous man.
And if he is prepared to kill me,
think what he might do to you.
When we created this
technology together,
you believed you were
doing the right thing.
We all did.
But we were wrong.
This has to stop.
I can scarcely believe this
day has arrived, Dr. Cooper.
You do not understand
this technology, Hugh.
You are simply going to
blow up the Magisterium
- and everyone in it.
- Quite the contrary.
Our conception is elegantly simple.
Separation of human and daemon.
Do not explain my own technology to me.
It has evolved somewhat,
since your original design.
Our bomb is equipped
with a guidance mechanism.
We will use the lock
of your daughter's hair
to locate her.
And to destroy her, on the spot.
All in a moment.
It is a thing of divine
precision and power.
Such an exquisite example
of the Authority's design.
Such beauty in its order.
You have lost your mind.
You're sick.
I urge you not to struggle.
Go willingly.
And this could be your redemption.
You truly think that?
That He ordained all this?
The Authority has not
forsaken you, Marisa.
You still have time to repent.
Let me give you your final blessing.
Keep
your hands off me.
There's too much blood on them for that.
Initiate the process.
I remember the first
time I went up in his balloon.
It was so high up that the wind
was pushing against my skin.
If you looked over the
edge, you would feel dizzy.
But you felt safe with Mr. Scoresby.
He's the first grown-up I ever trusted.
Your stories have made
us feel alive again.
I remember now.
What it was to have warm flesh.
And senses.
I will come with you.
We, we will come with you.
Go on.
Make a ghost of me.
What's your name?
You must have one.
No name.
Let's go.
And keep your stories in mind.
I don't think they can hurt us
if we hold on to what's real.
Pardon me, excuse me.
Coming through.
Lyra.
Lyra!
You're alive.
You're alive.
Aw, kid. You really had me there.
Lee you
Yeah. It's not as bad as it seems.
How did you
Some excited rifle man got lucky.
It was over before
it started, I promise.
It's fine. We're together now.
Only for a little while.
You don't belong here.
And the word is out
some crazy kid's got a plan
to break us outta here.
This is my friend, Will. This is Lee.
Balloon driver.
Good to see you, kid.
Will's gonna get us out of here.
With this I hope.
You found the knife bearer.
You beat the Shaman to it.
Lyra Silvertongue, just when I thought
you couldn't blow my
little mind enough times.
We're looking for a higher
place so I can cut out of here.
You go on ahead.
There's some stragglers in the back,
I'll round them up
for you. I'll catch up.
All right, folks! Follow the lady!
Follow the kid with the knife. Yeah.
You guys wanna get out of here?
You wanna see the sky again?
Let's go!
Go that way, follow the kid
with the knife. Let's go!
On your knees, before
the Authority, Alarbus.
I have come with news, Regent.
What news do you presume
could be of interest to me?
I was captured
by humans.
The mortal, Lord Asriel,
has formed a republic.
He is harnessing technology
to challenge you.
Go on.
They are able to manipulate Dust.
And Asriel spoke of a new knife bearer.
That knife is of no consequence to me.
The bearer is a boy.
He has not been corrupted
by the knife's power,
like the bearers before him.
Then
perhaps it's time to
send these mortals
a warning.
You can keep spewing your doctrine,
to justify killing a child.
But it won't change anything.
You're worshipping a lie.
If she had only stayed with us,
given her life to the
Authority as she once intended,
she would now be on
the path to the Kingdom.
You and others like
you will never be free.
Of corruption and tears
The Magisterium is an institution
that fears what it does not understand.
Escape this journey
And it turns on its own.
Be swift in your sweet wrath.
Be mighty in your vengeance.
I will not
be a part of this.
Are you instructing me, Dr. Cooper?
I will not
hurt her.
No!
Lyra.
O Authority, Savior of this Earth.
Shine your perpetual light on us.
Why isn't it working?
The key, the key!
You think Dust can make you Gods?
Let us see how you fair without it.