03x03 - Episode 3

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Based on best-selling novel, A Discovery of Witches is a contemporary love story that begins against the backdrop of Oxford academic life, in a world where small numbers of witches, vampires and daemons live and work, unseen amongst humans, hiding in plain sight.
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03x03 - Episode 3

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The disease is in my bloodline.

You and I are carriers.

I am asymptomatic but others
weren't so fortunate.

That's why the children
you sired were culled.

What do you need?

A cure for blood rage.

I can give it my best sh*t.

[KNOX] I found the letter
from Edward Kelley

about the missing pages
from the Book of Life.

- Missing pages?
- Three pages were torn out.

Imagine if we could find those.

[BALDWIN] He is the blood rage k*ller!

This is his work!

You know what has to be done!

[BENJAMIN] I want to show
Matthew what you can do.

That you're worthy
of his respect, his love.

[HUFFS, SNARLS]

Defy the Congregation and form a scion.

And then?

I will be the first
to offer my allegiance.

[SWEEPING MUSIC]

[GERALDINE] I'm just not
sure I can help him...

[DISTORTED CHATTER]

[GERALDINE] Do you know
the definition of insanity?

[MARCUS] Yes, yes, I know.

Doing the same thing over and over again

and expecting different results.

[GERALDINE] Then you will understand
why I have concerns...

... for your mental wellbeing
after you turn up here

week after week.

If you just listen
to what we have to say.

We have, Marcus.

We've heard all about Matthew's scion.

Coming just as the Congregation
announced blood rage is back.

So you know?

Yes, we know.

You see, I've been thinking
about that part of the story

and I... I don't believe
they give a damn about us.

If they do, where have they been

for the last couple of centuries?

Go home, Marcus.

Tell Matthew you did your best.

There isn't a vampire in this family

who hasn't heard you pitch his scion.

There is one.

[CHUCKLES]

Don't even think about it.

Look, all I'm asking is
for him to hear us out.

Both of you need to leave New Orleans.

No, we're not leaving until
I've spoken with Ransome.

You don't want that.

Ransome has made it clear.

You come near him and only
one of you will walk away.

Tell him he should know better
than to thr*aten me, Geraldine.

I'll tell him nothing of the sort.

After you k*lled those we loved,

Ransome was here for us.

He was here as we found
the bodies and dug the graves

while you sat in your seven towers.

[SIGHS]

I'm disrespecting him
just by talking to you.

There will be no scion. Go home.

[THEME MUSIC PLAYS]

[MARCUS] Yeah, this is the problem.

As usual, you won't just leave it to me

and let me do things my way.

[MATTHEW] Your way is not working.

- I was making progress with Geraldine.
- Were you?

She is our best route to Ransome

and we need his approval.

If Ransome wants to be the leader,

he needs to lead in plain sight

and not hide behind his... surrogates.

Maybe we just need to say
what he wants to hear.

- Such as?
- I don't know, an explanation for the cull?

An apology perhaps?

If you just let me approach Ransome...

- No, Marcus!
- Why not?

[SIGHS] Oh, Jack, not again!

[MATTHEW] Jack!

Jack?

[CELINE] This is Celine.
You know what to do.

[VOICEMAIL BEEPS]

Celine, it's Marcus.

I need a seat at the table
tonight. Call me back.

[SIGHS]

[MATTHEW] He's gone again. Stay here.

Yeah, right.

[TENSE MUSIC]

[SNARLING]

- [GRUNTING]
- Jack!

Jack, you control the rage,

it does not control you.

Remember what we practiced.
Stay in the present.

Find your focus.

Good, that's it, come on... good boy.

Come on. Come on!

[GASPING] No, it's okay. I'm okay.

[MATTHEW] All right.

[PANTS]

I tried to stop it

with the music and the breathing;

it didn't work.

Well, give it time, it will.

Now, what triggered
the rage on this occasion?

Was it Benjamin's film again?

It's like...

it's like he's infected me with it.

Just seeing myself like that...

That is exactly
the result that he wanted.

It's not your fault.
Jack, it's not your fault,

you had no idea what you were doing.

He took that control away from you.

You should have left me in London.

Well, that wasn't an option.

[JACK] Because of what I'm capable of?

Marcus's family will
never join your scion

if they find out about me.

There's still hope for a cure.

Let's go back to the house. Come on.

[EXHALES]

[MATTHEW] This is Matthew, I can't
take your call at the moment,

please leave me a message. Thank you.

[MIRIAM SIGHS] Voicemail... again.

[EXHALES]

Miriam, if he can't get us
any more samples...

[MIRIAM] Yes, I know.

- He's been out there for weeks.
- I know.

New Orleans was never going to be easy.

What Matthew did there, it was...

carnage.

It ripped Marcus' family apart.

But you can't choose your family, right?

Well, that's not strictly
true for vampires.

You just have to live with
your choices for a long time.

You see, all of that's
pretty hard for me

to reconcile with the Matthew I know.

It's not the same person.

Back then, he had been convinced

that he was doing the right thing.

He was cleansing the world
of blood rage.

Even though he has it?

The cognitive dissonance is deafening.

He can't bear the idea of the
twins going through what he did.

Why do you think
we're looking for a cure?

Okay.

Then let's work with what we've got.

[DIANA] Have we definitely
checked everything?

Yes, so that's the British Museum,

the British Library...

[PHOEBE] ... the Chained Library,

the Chetham's library,
the John Rylands Library

and the libraries at the
Royal College of Physicians,

Royal Historical Society and
the Royal Society of Medicine.

- Ah, thanks, Sarah.
- All right, well,

we always knew it would be
a process of elimination.

Thanks, Sarah.

I don't know, I still believe
there's a possibility that

Kelley hid the pages in one of
the books from Dee's library.

I mean, that's really the only
lead we have right now.

Here.

This is the next list of
manuscripts for you to check.

Every book we know was in Dee's library

at one time or another

but had been lost or sold
before he left England.

But we've already ruled
most of them out.

Anything else?

Some real food maybe?

No, I think we're okay. Thank you.

- Anything?
- No, not that I can see.

[SARAH] Well, I'm not needed here.

- The Book of Soyga?
- Er, yes, erm...

According to Ashmole, it went missing

from Dee's library in ,

so that's after you met Kelley

but before they went to Europe.

Yeah. Well, it's
a fascinating manuscript,

it's full of ciphers and symbols.

Academics spent years decoding them.

So in a way, it was
a hiding place within itself.

[SCOFFS] Hang on that's...
that's too perfect.

Let me just, erm...

It was returned to Dee in .

Where is it now?

Er, one sec...

Oh, for God's sake! It's in
the bloody British Library.

Ah, great. I'll go tomorrow.

Just let me know what time.

I know my way around
a library, Gallowglass.

Matthew's orders.

[SIGHS]

Well, get ready for an early start.

[CELINE] Your deal, Baptiste.

[BAPTISTE] All right,
let's win back some money.

We told you to stay away.

Come on, deal me in.

[CHAIR SCRAPES FLOOR]

[SIGHS]

I'd recognize that smell anywhere.

I knew I should have made two.

[DIANA] I can't sleep either.

[SIGHS]

Mmm.

Do you remember when I...

used to stay up late studying?

- Mm-hmm.
- And I'd miss dinner?

Yup.

And Em would always
make me one of these.

She said her best magic was made

with bread and cheese.

If only all magic was
so straightforward.

A good spell... needs good instincts.

You have to trust your intuition

as well as your intellect

because we know
you've got that in spades.

[SIGHS] I miss her.

I've missed this.

Missed what? Losing your money?

[MARCUS] Yeah, well, I guess
some things never change.

Although I am used to
a slightly warmer welcome

when I come home.

Well, there are limits to hospitality.

Even in the French Quarter.

What does that mean?

We're all just wondering

when the bodies will start turning up.

Look, for all our sakes,
we need the scion

but Ransome won't see us.

No, he won't see Matthew.

Okay.

So what if I made an approach?

It's too late.

You chose your side.

You brought the devil
back to town, Marcus.

What did you expect?

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

You're welcome.

All right, you can
just wait for me here.

I don't think so.

Oh, I'm sorry, do you...

do you have a reader's card?

- Very good.
- I won't be long.

[LIBRARIAN] Diana Bishop?

Thank you.

[SIGHS]

[DIANA] What are you hiding?

Sorry.

Show me the hands through
which this book has passed.

H...

[GASPS] Hubbard?

[HUBBARD] The world is a hard
place for witches at this time.

Be assured, you have found
a community here with us.

Welcome to the flock, my child.

I recently came into possession
of a letter from Edward Kelley

revealing that he had passed
on a page from a book

to someone he called an Angel of Death

and an Angel of Life.

Odd little riddle,

but then it occurred to me,

how that might be
an apt description for you.

You were well known to be siring those

about to succumb to the plague.

To them, you are an angel.

I'm right, aren't I?

I barely knew Edward Kelley.

If you have the page,

you'd be wise to hand it over.

Possession places you under scrutiny

and I know how
you value your invisibility.

And are you enjoying yours, Mr. Knox?

Even someone as
jaded by creature politics

as I know that you've been removed

from your position on the Congregation.

I offer no judgment for your crimes.

Only salvation.

You sanctimonious...

[GAGS]

Use that and you will not make it

out of this building alive.

[CHOKING SOUNDS]

[GASPS]

Now go.

With my blessing.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Look, there's nothing left to discuss.

It's time for me to go home.

You know that's impossible.

Not at all. I just booked a flight.

If you go back to Madison,
you will be all alone.

And that's the worst possible
thing for you right now.

Believe me, it's not.

Em will be a part of my life again,

I won't just be stuck here.

Now, am I gonna carry
this downstairs myself

or are you gonna help me?

I'll drive you to the airport.

I'll just get the keys.

So, what are we supposed to tell Diana?

He had the keys.

I'll call her when I get home.

[GALLOWGLASS]
Sneaking off while she's out.

I never had you down as a coward, Sarah.

If I tell her I'm leaving...

She'll talk you out of it.

She doesn't need me here.

You reckon?

You shouldn't
underestimate her tenacity.

'Exceptionally goal-orientated',

that's what her teachers called her.

The best thing I can do,

get out of her way and
let her get on with it.

Well, that's not true.

It never has been.

I've seen her spend hour after hour

in the bloody library.

Every time things were tough for her,

she read her way out of it.

book by book.

And when she got
things straight in her head,

where would she go?

To me and Em.

Aye. And she'll need to
come to you again.

You do know that?

I do.

But I don't understand
how you know that.

After Philippe met Diana,

he realized how important
she was going to be.

To Matthew, to all of us.

[GALLOWGLASS] He asked me to keep watch

until Matthew came on the scene.

"Keep watch"? What does that mean?

Well, exactly what it sounds like.

It sounds like you were spying.

No. No, I was there just in case.

Not that you needed much
help from me, if I'm honest.

And that was down to you and Em.

But neither of our jobs are over yet.

She'll be fine.

Sarah!

She needs you.

- There you are.
- Thank you.

So, how can I help you, Diana?

I think that you have
something that I need.

Pages from the Book of Life.

I have one page.

Peter Knox was here first.

- Please don't tell me...
- I didn't.

But that doesn't mean
I'm going to give it to you.

[DIANA] Holding on to it could put

your whole flock at risk.

Do you really think that Knox

is just going to walk away knowing that

you have the page?

How can a page be dangerous?

Even one ripped from the Book of Life?

It's not the page that's dangerous,

it's who has it.

Knox thinks the Book
is the first grimoire.

He believes it will restore
the witches' waning powers,

tip the balance in their favor.

Gerbert believes that the Book holds

the origins of the vampires,

how they were made and unmade.

He thinks if he has
the secret to immortality,

the vampires will have supremacy.

So, Father,

who do you trust with the Book?

A member of the Congregation
or a member of your own flock?

I need to know that my flock
will not be collateral damage

in this struggle the de Clermonts
are engaged with.

Can you give me that?

[SIGHS]

No. But I can promise you this...

if we lose, any chance we
creatures had to live in peace,

will be gone and there will be no reason

for Knox or Gerbert
to keep up the pretense

that we are all equal.

They're already using
the Covenant to divide us.

I see.

I'm trusting you...

to have the courage to do
what needs to be done, Diana.

Whatever you may have to sacrifice.

Thank you.

I won't betray that trust.

You've been out here for hours.

It helps me to concentrate on something.

Good.

I can't stop seeing the faces
of the people that I've k*lled.

I'm glad you've found
a way to express that,

I never have. Mine are always with me.

You mustn't bear the guilt

for what Benjamin made you do.

He was the m*rder*r.
You were the w*apon.

Just like you were your father's...

There's no comparison.

Philippe relied on me to eliminate

any threats to the family.

Because you were good at it.

Anyway, well done.

Hello, Marcus.

[MARCUS] I hope it's going
better where you are?

I take it you haven't got any further?

Still working on it.

What have you been doing?

Research. Naturally.

[MARCUS] How's it going?

Hmm, we're making progress...

It's always been my ambition
to read the entire contents

of the British Library.

I just thought I would need to
be immortal to achieve it.

I know.

We need to talk about that.

[PHOEBE] Well, it can wait.

How are things with Matthew?

[SIGHS]

Well, at this rate,
the New Orleans vampires

will have k*lled us
before we k*ll each other.

Matthew would rather die
than admit he's at fault.

Marcus, you need to be careful, okay?

[MARCUS] I always am.

I've got to go. I love you.

[HANGS UP]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[DOOR OPENS]

[CELINE] So he's not giving up, huh?

No, well, he betrayed our trust

and it sure don't look
that way, now does it?

I'll leave you to it.

I'm here to see Ransome.

- Tell Matthew...
- I'm not here as Matthew's messenger.

I'm here as Ransome's sire.

[SIRENS IN THE DISTANCE]

[MARCUS] You can't avoid me forever.

I suppose you already know why I'm here.

You want us to sign up to your
w*r against the Congregation.

Once again, we're to be

the de Clermonts' sacrificial lambs.

No.

Matthew is forming a scion
so that doesn't happen again.

There are elements of
the Congregation that

want to use blood rage to grab power;

to frighten other creatures
into submission.

Baldwin could order
another m*ssacre tomorrow.


He's already ordered Matthew to k*ll

one vampire in his line.

But Matthew refused.

Matthew is trying to find another way

and that starts with
a cure to blood rage.

You can help us figure out
why you and I aren't afflicted.

He can't change what's already happened.

But he can own it, Marcus.

Just by being here, he's opening wounds

that have barely had a chance to heal.

I'm glad that Matthew's
found his conscience.

But I can't help thinking

it's a couple of centuries too late.

You seem to spend
a lot of time with the dead.

Do you like the quiet?

Or is it that you need it?

I'm not supposed to talk to you.

Matthew's told you to stay
out of sight, hasn't he?

I wonder why that might that be.

Stop doing that.

Why?

Because I don't want to hurt you!

[JACK PANTS]

So you're the blood raged vampire

that Baldwin wants dead.

Yes.

But I'm learning to control it.

Matthew is helping me.

Just one question.

What's so special about you?

He slaughtered everyone else.

I told you, you should have
left me in London.

He knows about me.

He knows what I am.

He thinks you're hiding me.

- [PHONE CHIMES]
- He's not going to trust you now.

That's going to be a problem.

Ransome's agreed to meet you.

Good, at last.

- I should come with you.
- Me, too.

I don't know if that's
going to be a good idea.

Neither of you is going to come.

I'll do this on my own.

Tell them I'll be there.

[PHOEBE] I think I've got something.

Before it made its way
to the British Library,

the Book of Soyga passed
through a few hands.

We know about Dee. And after his death,

it went to a Thomas Allen.

Thomas Allen... a fellow
astronomer and mathematician.

Then from his library,
it went to a Kenelm Digby.

Natural philosopher who

sidelines in alchemy and astrology.

Come to think of it, he was...
he was probably a Daemon.

The other pages ended up
with a witch and a vampire.

Maybe Daemons were meant
to keep the third page safe?

[PHOEBE] Hm, that makes sense to me.

Yeah. Where did it go next?

Er, John Maitland,
the first Duke of Lauderdale.

We know the Book of Soyga
eventually finds its way

to the British Library

and other items from Lauderdale's estate

pop up in various auctions
over the centuries.

Nothing of interest to us
until about thirty years ago.

Someone called T.J. Weston

bought an illustrated page from a book.

Erm, it's described as
'An allegory of a tree'

- with a written motto.
- [SARAH] What does it say?

Omnia nodis arcanis connexa quiescunt.

"They all wait silently
connected by secret knots".

[PHOEBE] So now we
need to find T.J. Weston.

Are you sure you don't want me to come?

Yes.

Jack.

I have a bad feeling about this.

[BENJAMIN] Diana is pregnant?

[GERBERT] Twins apparently.

She truly is a powerful witch.

How has this happened?

The fact is it shouldn't
have happened, at all.

It will make them so vulnerable.

Perhaps it's time
we made our first move?

No.

The rift between Baldwin
and Matthew widens every day.

Let it become a chasm.

Matthew will be distracted.

If we strike first...

You don't interrupt your enemy

when he's in the process
of destroying himself.

Perhaps I like it better when
I'm the one doing the destroying.

Good boy.

[SIRENS SOUND]

Good evening, Ransome.

The new and improved
Matthew de Clermont.

How long has it been?
I reckon about years.

Can't say we missed you.

I'm surprised you would
come in here at all.

I hear you don't k*ll people anymore.

Not even if they have blood rage.

[MATTHEW] Ransome, an awful lot
has changed since you saw me last.

I now know that it can be controlled.

Hopefully cured.

And is Jack... under control?

He's getting there.

Because according to the Congregation,

it is my duty to k*ll him.

Well then, you'll have to k*ll me, too.

You f*cking hypocrite!

Ransome, you need to understand

that the Congregation
will gladly wipe us all out

Jack, me, even someone
who's just a carrier, like you,

like all of you.

And it has nothing to do
with blood rage.

It is all about making sure
that we live in fear.

And you believe your scion
is gonna stop that?

I am here risking my life
for that belief, yes.

I believe that we should live
with truth and hope,

not fear.

Pretty words.

The last thing we need.

Tell me what you do need.

Remorse, Matthew.

If I can just believe for one second

that you comprehend what we lost.

I am sorry for what happened.

No! It didn't happen to us!

It was done to us!

Now if you can't understand that...

Malachi Smith.

Friendly, big smile.

He was walking down Bourbon Street;

he stopped for a cigarette.

And then I k*lled him.

Suzette Boudrot.

Beautiful blonde hair,
spoke immaculate French.

I pretended to be lost;

she gave me directions.

And then I k*lled her.

Sandrine Lachellier.

She would often visit
the St. Louis Cemetery.

Someone she cared about
was laid to rest there.

And on a rainy Sunday afternoon,

that's where I k*lled her.

Miss anyone out...

and I'll k*ll you myself.

All right.

Fabien Guidry...

gave her time to the orphan
asylums in the city...

... twenty years out...

... one morning she never arrived...

... He was fishing out in the Bayou...

... I k*lled her... Sophie Mathieu...

wouldn't leave her home...

She knew I was coming
and she was ready....

But I still k*lled her...

I k*lled during an autumn storm...

Claude begged for his life.

And then I k*lled him.

I told you what will happen
if you miss anyone.

Jacqueline Lascelle.

Your mate and the love of your life.

I followed her as she left this club.

A short way down the street,
she bought some flowers

and a bottle of wine and
then she walked home.

And that's where I k*lled her.

It's her face I see the most.

But they all come back to me.

I see what I did and I can't change it.

And I am truly sorry about that.

I am sorry for what I did.

[CHAIR SCRAPES FLOOR]

We'll join your scion.

[MATTHEW] Thank you, Ransome.

♪ I'm waking up ♪

♪ Feel it all I'm waking up ♪

♪ I could break I could love for you ♪

♪ And I knew that... ♪

[PHONE RINGS]

Matthew.

Hey.

[MATTHEW] We have their support.

[SIGHS]

You did it.

I'm so proud of you. How's Jack?

Trying the best he can.

[DIANA] And you...

So what's happening over there?

Well...

we have two pages in our possession

and another one firmly in our sights.

[MATTHEW] Well, that's fantastic news.

You tell Marcus that I couldn't
have done it without Phoebe.

[MATTHEW] I will.

How are the babies?

All is well in their world.

When are you coming home?

[MATTHEW] Soon, I promise.

Look, I... I have to go, mon coeur.

Know that I love you with all my heart.

I love you, too.

Well...

there's a great deal of work to be done

to gain their respect.

Then that's what we'll do.

Marcus, I...

I deeply regret what I did here,

I'm sorry.

Thank you.

[DOOR OPENS]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

[SATU] Vampires are not welcome here.

Who are you?

I'm Benjamin. Son of Matthew.

A de Clermont.

Hmm, only Matthew would deny it.

He sired me out of hatred,

hoping that I would die of madness.

I can't imagine he'd want the same fate

for his latest offspring.

You do know he's been
breeding with his witch?

I heard.

I think it's time that Matthew
got what he deserves.

Join me and you'll have
your chance to take on Diana.

The next time we meet,

she will see she's not the only one

who has come to understand her power,

but that meeting will be
between her and I alone.

I can't tell you how
sad I am to hear that.

[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

Miriam?

Welcome home, Diana Bishop.

You need to come with me.

We will do whatever
it takes to help you.

I know exactly who you are.

You're the one who will
learn how it all began.

[GASPS]

I think they're coming.

It isn't only Matthew and Diana

who deserve happiness.

[BALDWIN] You're just
going to change how

this family has operated
from the very beginning

for a witch who has
fifty years left of her life?

[SATU] Diana has power.

A witch that is destined
to surpass us all.

But who actually is that witch?

♪ I'm waking up ♪

♪ I can breathe ♪
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