02x28 - Golem

Episode transcripts for the TV show "Gargoyles". Aired: October 24, 1994 – February 15, 1997.*
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02x28 - Golem

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GOLIATH: 1, 000 years ago, superstition and the sword ruled.

It was a time of darkness.

It was a world of fear.

It was the age of gargoyles.

Stone by day, warriors by night.

We were betrayed by the humans we had sworn to protect, frozen in stone by a magic spell for 1, 000 years.

Now, here in Manhattan, the spell is broken and we live again.

We are Defenders of the Night.

We are gargoyles!

Avalon sends you where you need to be!

NARRATOR: Previously on Gargoyles...

I accept full responsibility for my actions.

I'm glad you're gargoyle enough to admit it.

It was not easy.

Integrity is never easy. It's a daily struggle.

RENARD: Your debt to me has been paid in full.

A ship for a ship. We are even.

No. We are friends.

[CHUCKLES] Yes. Friends.

[SIREN WAILING]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[TIRES SQUEAL]

[WAILING SIREN CONTINUES]

[TIRES SQUEAL]

COP: Brod! Stop.

Sorry, I can't stay!

[BROD LAUGHS]

Ugh!

ELISA: [SIGHS] Where are we now?

[GASPS]

Renard?

Who was that?

An old friend who might be able to help get us home.

I will meet you back at this tower after I find Renard.

[THUDS]

You guys wait here for Goliath. I'm gonna find out where we are.

We'll wait atop the tower.

[GROANS] I'm sorry.

I'm sort of lost.

You are American. What are you looking for?

[CHUCKLES] New York.

That is a long way from Prague.

I am late. Please excuse me.

[LOCK CLICKING]

Wait!

Hi, I was just...

...looking for a pay phone.

Prague seems about as friendly as New York.

You were followed? Brod's people?

She's just a lost tourist.

This isn't going to work.

Many more learned than I have tried.

But Rabbi Loew is your ancestor.

He spoke to you.

In a dream. He told me the sacred words to write in a dream.

So, write.

To the mystics, dreams are more powerful than waking thoughts.

Your dream reveals your destiny.

You are the chosen one.

Which doesn't leave me any choice.

BROD: Yes. Very impressive...

Forget about money. I take this as payment.

Very well, Mr. Brod. The hovercraft is yours to keep, if you deliver the item specified.

This is no problem.

[ENGINE STARTING]

All we can do now is wait, sir.

GOLIATH: Renard. It is good to see you again, my friend.

Ah. I thought it was you.

I don't know what you're doing here, but I have to ask you to leave.

But I am in need of a favor.

Can't you see I'm in no condition to grant favors?

Go. Now!

How did you get here?

A better question would be, "How do I get home?"

Well, that would be your problem.

Mr. Renard has made it clear he can't help you.

Goodbye.

It takes a powerful will to summon the Golem.

JANUS: Then find the will. Brod must be stopped.

But the Golem hasn't opened its eyes for over 400 years.

[PEOPLE SCREAMING]

[PANTING]

[GROANS]

[LAUGHING VICIOUSLY]

[GRUNTS]

[DISTANT WAILING]

[RECITING IN HEBREW]

[GROWLS]

You have been given the breath of life for a purpose.

To protect our community.

[BABY CRYING]

[GRUNTS]

[SCREAMING]

Stop... Please...

[GLASS SHATTERS]

[YELPING]

[GROANS]

Beware, all who seek to intimidate and destroy.

You must now face the Golem!

[SIGHS] What if it doesn't like me?

RABBI LOEW: Now we find out if dreams come true.

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

[RECITING IN HEBREW]

[GROWLING]

What?

Move it!

Who are you? What do you want?

[ENGINE WHIRRING]

Don't be clever.

Get out!

Act your age, old man.

-[GRUNTS] -Brod! I should have known!

It will be all right.

BROD: Careful. Don't want to knock its head off.

[BROD LAUGHS EVILLY]

Something has changed Renard.

Goliath, look!

GOLIATH: That is the craft I saw at Renard's.

Come!

[THUDDING]

[g*nshots f*ring]

Evasive action!

What are those things?

[BARKING]

Bronx? Wait up!

[g*nshots CONTINUE f*ring]

Hit it, Bronx!

[GROWLS]

Don't worry. We're the good guys.

[GASPS]

[GASPS]

[GROANING]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTING]

Goliath!

What is happening?

That is precisely what we would like to know.

So this Golem is a protector?

Yes, but the spell to awaken it had been lost for over 400 years.

The Golem sat lifeless in this room.

Until tonight, when it was stolen by Tomas Brod.

And Brod's the reason we need the Golem so badly now.

He and his criminal mob are making life impossible for the innocent and law-abiding.

I failed to stop him. This is all my fault.

No. Brod is to blame and possibly one other.

Where are you going?

To talk to someone I thought I knew.

I was chosen to guide the Golem and I lost it my first night.

Don't give up.

It sounds like the Golem needs you as much as you need it.

No wonder Renard was unhappy to see me.

Proceed, Mr. Vogel.

No!

I told you to leave me alone.

You are a man of great integrity, Renard.

What has happened?

Integrity is a luxury I can no longer afford.

My illness has seen to that.

I discovered an incantation which will transfer my soul into the Golem.

It is my last chance to move, to live again.

This Golem protects the people of Prague.

What you are doing is wrong.

-[BEEPS] -I don't recall asking for your opinion.


[RECITING IN HEBREW]

[GROWLS]

[RECITING IN HEBREW]

It worked. I can walk!

I can feel again.

Stop this travesty, Renard.

Step aside. I don't want trouble.

Then don't chose this path. Turn back now.

It is too late to turn back.

[STRAINING]

[GOLIATH GRUNTING]

I will not be deprived of life!

[GROANS]

[COUGHS]

That should take the wind out of him.

Vogel, guard that decrepit body.

It's possible we may need it.

I feel like taking a walk.

Of course, sir.

[GRUNTS]

[LAUGHING]

[GLASS SHATTERS]

Now this is living.

-Whoa! -[TIRES SQUEAL]

[LAUGHS] instant respect.

I could get used to this!

[WHIMPERING]

Oh, come on, Goliath...

[CRASHING]

[BARKING]

[GROWLING]

What has happened to you?

Your purpose is to defend, not to destroy!

I am defending myself.

One of these books might contain a spell to banish me from this clay.

The Golem is possessed!

[GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

Don't make me hurt you.

[GROWLS]

[GROANS]

I warned her.

You're enjoying this.

No, you don't understand.

Eh, it's not my fault. I have no choice.

-There is always a choice. -Out of my way.

No. The Golem depends on me to guide him wisely.

Then you'll guide us out of here!

Renard!

Stop this madness!

A weak body is no excuse for a corrupt spirit.

[GROANS]

How can you judge me?

[GROANS]

Your body has not betrayed you.

Our judgments do not matter.

You must be able to live with yourself.

And if I can't, what's my alternative?

Accept my fate?

Quietly wither away to nothing?

My friend, is this a better destiny?

GOLIATH: Giving up all you believe in for a piece of clay?

What have I become?

Welcome back, Mr. Renard.

You do not face the future alone, my friend.

What will you do now?

Make a choice.

Face my destiny. Reclaim our home.

Hurry up.

[LAUGHS] Look at this!

Even the army won't be able to stop us now.

It's over, Brod. Surrender while you can.

You are becoming a nuisance.

[GASPS]

What's going on?

[GOLIATH GRUNTS]

Hi, there.

[GRUNTS]

[GROANING]

No! This is not right.

You must follow the words of our ancestors.

"Love justice and do mercy."

Your city is in capable hands.

And you get used to the weirdness.

Goliath, you saved my soul, if not my life.

Can't I at least repay you by transporting you all back to New York?

No. I have my own destiny to face.

I realize now that the hand of fate has guided us to every place we've gone on our journey.

I must see it through to the end.

But, Elisa, if you wish to return with Renard...

Ah, are you kidding?

You guys would be lost without me.

Besides, I've got some vacation time coming.

Let's go home, Mr. Vogel. I'm tired.

It has been an adventure, sir.
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