The Wheel of Time (2021) s03e07 Episode Script

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[Valda] The Way of the Leaf
against the Way of the Light.
[Ila] There's only one
way to end violence.
Everybody everywhere
has to stop.
[Aram] Violence is in us all.
The Way of the Leaf isn't about
denying that, it's about accepting it.
[Ila] Those who renounce
violence usually know its evil.
[Lord Luc] So you're the one
the Whitecloaks are after.
[Marin] Bad as they are, they're our
only protection from the Trollocs.
[Dain] This one's ready
for your questions.
- [Perrin] I thought you were a good man.
- I was!
[Perrin] Nobody's getting hurt.
Is that a plan or a hope?
[Faile] You'll need both
if you want to lead.
I don't.
Trollocs frighten me.
Or don't you remember
what happened at Bel Tine?
[Valda] Our reinforcements
have arrived.
I hear you're having some trouble with
the kindly folk of the Two Rivers.
This isn't a raiding
party. This is an army.
[Chiad] Goldeneyes will have
to lead his people to war.
Whether he wants to or not.
[foreboding music plays]
[Perrin] Careful.
Stone first and then
[Wil] Then leather.
We know. Lord Perrin
taught us well.
Don't call me that.
Of course, Lord Goldeneyes.
- [bell ringing]
- [villager] They're here!
- [villager 2] Hurry! Run!
- [villager] It's the Trollocs!
- [bell ringing]
- [villager shouting]
[villager 3]
Trollocs are coming!
Trollocs! Bloody Trollocs!
And their wagons.
[Perrin] Wagons?
No. It's not
Trollocs. Stand down.
Those are Tuatha'an.
Open the gate.
It's all right. You can come in.
[Perrin] Our fires are open to
you as long as you need them.
And our walls.
[Perrin] Aram. Ila.
[Aram] Perrin.
[emotional music plays]
[Aram] What are you doing here?
[Perrin] I came home.
What happened to
you? Where's Raen?
Trollocs.
Last night.
How far outside town were you?
Only a few miles.
And it wasn't just us.
There were people from
all around the Two Rivers.
[Ila] We could use some water.
Yes. Go.
They'll come for us tonight.
[foreboding music plays]
Perrin told me you don't eat meat, so
don't worry, I picked out all the bits.
Thank you.
So the leaf has blown
back to the tree.
It was time to come home.
I had hoped that one day we
would find you again on the road.
This time coming
to stay with us.
If we had, he'd probably
be dead right now.
Like Grandfather.
The Way of the Leaf
has never been easy.
But the Tuatha'an
have always walked it.
We bury our dead and we
go on. What else is there?
Go where?
How? Without wagons or
people to fill them.
Look, it may be the
season of falling leaves,
but when people see how bare the
trees are, they will long for spring.
And your wagons will fill again.
Perhaps there's
hope for you yet.
He's handsome.
That tinker boy. For a coward.
[Bain, Chiad laugh]
I I don't think
he'd like that.
- [Chiad] She wouldn't try it.
- [Bain chuckles]
No Aiel would dirty
themselves with a Lost One.
[dramatic music plays]
Shut your eyes.
Picture the bud of a flower.
Pink.
When do we get to
throw fireballs?
We don't have time for you
to learn the battle weaves.
You're going to have to link with
me so I can draw on your power
and combine it as my own.
Can you throw lightning?
The other Aes Sedai did.
The last time the Trollocs came.
You must be the new Wisdom.
You can see my weaves.
That means you can channel.
And you've been watching
me train them all week.
What? You want me to be
part of your child army?
Don't you want to learn
how to use your power?
Depends on whether I
have to stop drinking.
Best thing about poisoned spears is
you just have to touch the enemy.
Anywhere. Doesn't matter.
So hold the line.
Hold the bloody line?
Why don't you hold
the bloody line?
The longer you hold the line,
the longer your family survives.
Give me a Two Rivers longbow and
I'll hold your line all night.
You really think you
can draw a longbow?
Better than you, boy.
Go on then. Get your bows.
How's it going?
We're all going to die here.
Maybe we have more of a
chance than you think.
Found another channeler here.
Powerful. Like the girls.
The Old Blood runs deep
in these mountains.
I was wrong and you were right.
Mmm.
And I hope that comforts you.
- When we all die here.
- Ugh.
The flag, look.
I know.
You love it.
We don't need any banners in the
Two Rivers, much less that one.
I told a few of the villagers that
Trollocs are afraid of wolves.
Gives them something
to rally around.
[Perrin] And what
if I'm not ready?
Course you're not.
If the Two Rivers wanted the best
general, they'd follow Alanna.
They wanted the best fighter,
they'd follow the Aiel.
The Two Rivers follows you
because you're one of them.
If you can fight
monsters, so can they.
Did you get the
message to Lord Luc?
Of course. He said they'll
meet us at the pass.
Us?
Aren't you coming?
[dramatic music plays]
[Faile] What if we
killed him right here?
We need their help to stand a
chance against the Trollocs.
They have 200 men on Watch Hill.
Trained.
I mean it, Faile.
[Dain] Two Rivers.
[Perrin] Child Bornhald.
[Dain] Admirable work. Trying
to keep our patrols out?
The opposite.
I'm asking you to join
us against the Trollocs.
Hundreds, just over these hills.
Surely your scouts
have seen them.
They say a dozen at most.
I bet your camp is as filled
with refugees as our village.
Does that sound
like dozens to you?
The Trollocs have come
here to destroy us.
And they'll attack tonight.
You know a lot about these
Trollocs, Two Rivers.
I'm not a Darkfriend.
No matter how much
you want me to be.
Why would I want that?
- To make it easier to hate me.
- [chuckles]
Trust that's easy enough, Two
Rivers. You murdered my father!
I'm sorry.
Truly, I am.
And are you sorry for what
you did to Natti Cauthon?
An innocent woman, burned
alive. In your camp.
When she was already prisoner.
- She was a witch.
- No, she wasn't.
She died for your grief.
Like your father died for mine.
Where does this all stop?
When the Light's
justice is done.
Letting the Two Rivers be
slaughtered isn't justice.
It's not even revenge.
It's a betrayal of everything
you claim to stand for.
What your father stood for.
My father fought for
the Light, Two Rivers.
Why?
Why should we fight for you?
Because it's the
right thing to do.
Look, you come to the Two
Rivers, you help us
and I'll go with you
when the battle's done.
To face your Light's justice.
That's why you came
here, isn't it?
To these mountains.
To arrest me.
I won't waste my men's
lives on an empty promise.
If the Trollocs don't
finish you, we will.
What does that
mean? After "king."
It's a name.
"Aemon al Caar al Thorin."
The last king of Manetheren,
who died fighting the Trollocs.
Right here.
Al Thorin?
Like Rand al'Thor,
the Car'a'carn?
If this could be our
last night together,
I think I'll finally relent
and play Maiden's Kiss.
If you still wish me to.
We knew you'd come around.
Boiled turnips or fresh figs?
Figs? Thank the Light.
- So, are you going to ask me?
- Ask you what?
To turn off the bond again.
The battle won't
start for a while.
You'll get a few hours of peace.
Keep it on.
If tonight's going to be
our last night together,
I don't want to
miss any bit of you.
And I wasn't lying
about the figs.
Look what one of my
students gave me.
[gasps] You bitch!
Oh! Mmm. Mmm.
Can you feel it?
Through the bond.
How much I'm enjoying it?
Mmm.
[emotional music plays]
You like that, don't you?
No.
That's what he used to do.
You and I
we're making something new.
If you want to sneak up on someone,
take those knives out of your sleeves.
You're no fun when
you're waiting to die.
It's all right to be
afraid before a battle.
My father always is. And
he's fought dozens of them.
Are you afraid?
Course not.
I'm not a big baby.
Dying doesn't scare me.
It's what comes before that.
I keep seeing their faces
looking at me when they realize
I led them to their death.
Without you, it would be worse.
- They wouldn't have fought at all.
- Now they have to.
This is their home.
But it's not yours.
So why are you fighting for it?
I know it isn't
just because of me.
Maybe it's because
you question that.
And most men wouldn't.
Maybe it's because your friend blew
the Horn, stealing my shot at glory.
Or maybe it's because
I like lost causes.
Point is, I'm here.
Lucky for you.
I don't want to see you die.
You won't. I'll last
longer than you.
I'm serious.
Look, if you care about
me then leave now.
While you still can.
Please.
It depends.
Are you sending me away because you're
scared that axe will end up in me?
Same as your wife?
Enough!
It's too far, Faile.
Get out.
- I mean it! Just leave.
- Try and make me.
Maybe then you'll see
I don't need saving.
I choose to fight.
Just like everyone here is.
Just like your wife did.
We deserve respect before
battle and honor after it.
Save your guilt for the
enemies that escape.
[Loial groans]
Watch he'll play with me
[groans]
If the kiss is bad,
the spears go in
But we'll kill him if
we go any further
[groaning]
[Loial breathes heavily]
We forgot to ask the roof mistress
for her permission to play.
- [Loial] Mmm.
- Yep.
Have, uh, many men died
playing Maiden's Kiss?
Mmm. And women.
So, by stopping the
game, you saved my life.
You've paid your t'oh.
You're free to
leave and go home.
It's dishonorable to
cheat an Aiel of her t'oh.
A moment, first-sister.
He used the game to send
us away before the battle.
Risking his own
life to save ours.
Both of ours.
Chiad's t'oh is paid.
But now I owe you t'oh, Builder.
- [Loial sighs]
- And I go where she goes.
Mmm. [chuckles]
[Perrin] I saw you both
practicing with Alanna Sedai.
Cauthons aren't worth much when
it comes to channeling either.
That's not true.
They why didn't Mat
come home with you?
- [Eldrin] Is that
- The Horn of Valere.
Your brother blew it.
He's a hero now.
It looks like a sheep's bladder.
Bet it sounds like one too.
[blows a raspberry]
There'll be songs about him soon. Sounds
like you two could write the first.
What, like Mat the
Bladder Blower?
Or Sheep Tooter.
[bells ringing]
[villager] Trollocs!
Trollocs on the ridge!
There are 500 torches at least.
The Trollocs must have
Darkfriends with them.
Do we need to adjust our plans?
Five hundred or 5,000, Trollocs or
Darkfriends, they all burn the same.
We've destroyed the bridges, and
Trollocs won't cross deep water.
The mountain pass is the
only way to get here.
We should still be able
to hold them there.
We just have to grind them down
enough that they turn away.
And if we can't do it at the pass
then we'll try again at the gate.
And then again at the square.
And then here at the
Winespring, and then
I'm sorry, I don't know
why you called us here.
We will not take up weapons.
Even for this.
I would never ask that of you.
But no one can run as
fast as a Tuatha'an.
[Chiad, Bain cough]
Look, after the Trollocs
attacked last time,
the Women's Circle dug a secret
tunnel out of the village.
From the Winespring
up into the mountains.
If the battle looks lost, will you
take our children with you and flee?
There is no Leaf
without the seed.
We would be honored.
Thank you.
[Perrin] To our posts then.
Light be with you all.
[Loial groans]
None of the defenses will hold
so long as the Trollocs can get
reinforcements through the Waygate.
I have to shut it for good.
- I'll come with you.
- If you leave, the villagers will break.
We can handle it.
- All right.
- Mmm.
But once you shut
it, don't come back.
Go home to a stedding,
heal yourself.
Is that an order?
Three more fighters won't
make a difference tonight.
But one book might, if we fall.
You can make sure
we're remembered.
And maybe those who come after
us will learn from our stories.
And when the Shadow comes
for them, they'll win.
Take care, Loial.
Son of Arent, son of Halan.
Your name sings in my ears.
And I swear, your name shall
sing in the world's ears,
Lord Perrin Goldeneyes.
Don't call me that.
[Loial chuckles]
[door closes]
[villager] Lord Perrin.
Let me see your sword.
Very sharp. Nice work.
[distorted screams, snarls]
Close the gate.
We walk the footsteps of our fathers
The trail blazed by our mothers ♪
They bought the land
with their blood ♪
[all] Long ago ♪
Long ago ♪
Oh, sing Sing
for Manetheren ♪
Oh, weep Weep for
the blood of Aemon ♪
Oh, cry Cry for Manetheren ♪
Long ago ♪
Long ago ♪
- [horn sounding]
- [gasps]
[Trollocs snarl, roar]
[Trollocs trumpeting]
Maksim, get ready!
Archers, nock!
[Maksim] Draw!
Loose!
- Maksim, again.
- Nock!
Draw! Loose!
[battle cries]
Two Rivers longbows, indeed.
Now! Shields!
[Perrin] Protect each other!
Hold! Hold!
So few guards, and
all in the open
Fucking wetlanders. Even
their Shadowrunners are soft.
[messenger] We need
reinforcements.
- [Shiaine] Already?
- Master's orders.
We have to take
control of the Waygate.
Before those
reinforcements arrive.
[dramatic music plays]
Maksim, now! Maksim!
Archers, with me!
[Perrin] Eyes on
me. Archers, nock!
[Perrin] Draw!
[Perrin] Loose!
Nock! Draw! Loose!
[Maksim] They're
breaking through!
Maksim, now.
[Trollocs roar]
Link with me.
[dramatic music plays]
[thunder rumbling]
[thunderclap]
Fall back. Back.
- Get back!
- Fall back.
[dramatic music plays]
[cheering]
She's gonna be insufferable now.
That was way better
than lightning.
Is that it? Are they giving up?
If we're lucky.
Go.
See what's happening.
[Maksim] We'll hold the pass.
Go!
[Perrin] Alanna!
Alanna! Did you see
where they went?
[Alanna] They made
a tactical retreat.
A tactical retreat? By Trollocs?
No. Something's off.
The armor, the discipline,
this isn't how Trollocs fight.
It's like someone's
controlling them.
What's wrong?
[distorted whooshing]
Alanna, behind you!
[arrow whistles, strikes]
[Bode] Alanna! Somebody, help!
[Daise] Get her to safety!
Don't let her die!
[Perrin] Protect each other.
Go, get her to shelter.
Find cover for her. Go!
Daise, get back inside!
[Daise grunts]
[villagers clamoring]
[Maksim gasping]
Is it your Aes Sedai?
She's down.
[Trollocs trumpeting]
The Trollocs! They're back!
We can't fight without an
Aes Sedai. We need to run.
We're not soldiers.
[Trollocs scream in distance]
Soldiers don't win battles.
What wins battles
is being too dumb to
know when you're beaten,
too stubborn to
fall down and die
and too nasty to let the Wheel crush you
without jabbing a stick in its spokes.
What do you say?
Can the people of the
Two Rivers manage that?
[screams]
Can you?
[dramatic music plays]
[Loial screams]
How do we close that
thing? It's not even open.
Avendesora.
You. Always touching.
It can only be closed
permanently from the other side.
[Loial sighs]
[Loial] Will you defend my back,
Bain and Chiad, Maidens of the Spear?
[villagers clamoring]
Perrin!
Maksim! The pass.
Without Alanna, we
couldn't hold it.
We held as long as we possibly
could. Your people did you proud.
We'll hold them at the walls.
We can't hold anything
without the Aes Sedai.
- We don't have the numbers.
- I know.
Girls, can you do
what you did before?
The Weave of Healing?
[Alanna moans]
[Bode] We're trying.
I don't know what's happening.
- It's not It's not working.
- [Alanna] It's okay.
You've done so much today.
I'm so proud of you.
I'm so sorry.
[horn blowing]
What was that horn? Who's here?
[watcher] Whitecloaks! They're
waving a flag of peace.
Open the gate.
[gate rattles]
[guards cheer]
[Faile] They came. The
bastards actually came.
You came.
It was the right thing to do.
How'd you get here?
The mountain pass.
Past the Trollocs?
What Trollocs? It was abandoned.
[Maksim] They took it
less than an hour ago.
There's no way it
would be abandoned.
[Perrin] Padan
Fain. He's with you?
Fain's a Darkfriend.
Close the gates!
[Padan Fain] Hold these gates!
Attack!
[dramatic music plays]
Archers! Bring them
down! Bring them down!
Go! Create a defensive
line! Hold the square! Go!
Guys, let's move! Into position!
I didn't know about Fain.
You should have!
Go! Go now!
Women's Circle! Hold the line!
- Aram?
- Yes.
- It's time?
- Let our feet fly.
Don't be afraid.
[messenger] Shiaine, we
need those reinforcements.
How far are they?
Who did this?
[Ila] Stay close.
[Aram] We must go
deeper into the woods.
[Ila] Yes.
- [Trolloc roars]
- [Ila gasps]
Run!
[Trolloc snarling]
[Trolloc screams in distance]
- [baby cries]
- [Aram shushes]
[baby crying]
Everyone's going to die
tonight because of me.
I've failed them.
Failure is freedom.
Because now what is
there to be afraid of?
What would you give
for the Two Rivers?
Everything.
Then show them.
[screams]
[dramatic music plays]
- Stay behind me.
- Stop trying to protect
Kill the ones I miss.
[Perrin] Two Rivers,
to me! Hold the square!
We hold the square!
[villagers] Hold the square!
For the Two Rivers!
[Perrin] Hold them!
Push them back!
I like your Women's Circle.
[Alanna screaming]
[screams]
Step aside, children.
It's you!
For mother!
[villager] It's too many!
[laughs]
[Faile] Kill him!
Why? Why did you do this
to us? Why do you hate us?
Hate you? I don't
care about you.
I don't care about this place.
The Great Lord wants to wipe
the Two Rivers off the map
to make a point to
the Dragon Reborn?
Great.
Kill me or don't.
I have thousands of Trollocs
coming through that Waygate.
There'll be no lanterns
at Bel Tine this year.
[distant screams]
[Trollocs roaring]
[distorted screams, roars]
- [screams fade]
- [Loial humming]
[continues humming]
[Trollocs trumpeting, roaring]
[screams]
[earth crumbling]
Sounds like your
reinforcements aren't coming.
I still have more
than enough here.
Then why do you smell so afraid?
See?
We're shepherds and farmers,
not a soldier among us.
And you're the only one
here who's afraid to die.
I'll make you a deal.
No.
I'll make you one.
You want to live?
There's only one way you can.
Call off your army.
I know you control them.
You have been the whole time.
Run far, far away
and never come back.
Or die right here and now
for nothing, and no one.
And you trust me to
keep that promise?
Trust I'll keep my end
of it if you don't.
[speaks Trolloc-tongue]
[Trolloc grunts]
[speaks Trolloc-tongue]
[speaks Trolloc-tongue]
[villagers cheering]
[optimistic music plays]
Warrior. Warrior.
Well done, Wil. [laughs]
Will you take us
back to the Tower?
No.
The Pattern has bigger
plans for us, I think.
Now that you've
saved my life twice.
Mending pots and pans is how your
people make their living, no?
Because I have a feeling that Two
Rivers will need a new blacksmith.
If you'd like to stay.
I told him
I ordered him to go home after.
He left his book.
He knew he wasn't coming back.
Life is a dream from which we all
must wake before we can dream again.
May your soul find water and shade,
Loial, son of Arent, son of Halan.
Your name sings in our ears.
[emotional music plays]
[Loial] The Wheel turns,
and the Red Eagle of
Manetheren becomes a Wolf.
The Two Rivers stands
alone against the shadow,
with a blacksmith to lead them.
A man who took that role, not
because he wanted to lead,
but because his people
wanted to follow.
Two Rivers.
We had a deal.
What are you talking about?
Will you surrender yourself to
the Light's justice, as you swore?
I suppose you call yourself "Children", so
I shouldn't be surprised you can't count.
No, no, stop, stop.
I'll come.
[Faile] Are you mad? They're
just going to kill you.
That's their choice.
Like it was your
choice to fight.
And it's my choice
to stop fighting.
Can you respect that?
[emotional music plays]
Violence never ends until
someone says "enough."
[villager] No! Leave him alone!
[villagers shouting]
[Loial] A man of honor.
A man whose family
was taken from him,
but who stood tall in his sorrow
and protected those he could.
Perrin Aybara
my friend.
Hail, Perrin Goldeneyes!
Lord of the Two Rivers!
[villager] Hail Lord Perrin!
[villagers, chanting] Lord
Perrin! Lord Perrin! Lord Perrin!
[chanting] Lord Perrin!
Lord Perrin! Lord Perrin!
[chanting] Lord
Perrin! Lord Perrin!