The Wayfinders (2025) s01e02 Episode Script

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We've been running all night--
I can’t breathe
Well, suck it up or else we’re cooked.
I can’t keep going.
I need my inhaler.
Dude.
I think I have exercise-induced asthma.
How cliché can one nerd be?
Bro, you don’t have asthma,
just--mind over body.
Yeah
Take this
Let's go. Go.
It's definitely asthma.
We should just surrender.
I don’t understand.
Why would we surrender?
You’re the prophesied leader!
Surely you can plot our escape?
Leader?
Bro sits alone at lunch.
He has like zero friends.
I have hundreds of friends online.
Twelve-year-olds with
brainrot don’t count--
Everyone spread out.
Go, go.
Don’t move,
by order of Prince Vedric!
- Okay.
- Copy that
Over there.
Aurora
Throw down your weapons
if you wish to live.
These are the mighty Wayfinders.
They summoned a dragon
to destroy your fortress.
Think what they will do
to the likes of you.
She's lying.
Then you get them.
I got this.
I, hereby summon a dragon.
There!
Right.
What are you doing?
Go!
Oh, my butt!
You have to get up.
What is that?
Run!
I can't see.
Kavan!
Oaklee come on!
The beast is going to kill us all.
We have to move, now!
Before the beast turns on us!
We know that werebear.
He's friendly.
Isn't that right, Kavan?
Not that friendly!
Run!
Owwah!
Come on.
To the barn, hurry.
Guys, help me, I can't run.
This is bad.
I'm dying aren't I?
Suck it up.
Ow.
It's just a flesh wound.
You're not dying.
- He needs help.
- I am dying.
The guy's been shot.
Is there such a thing as a doctor?
Kavan.
No.
We're your friends.
I think Kavan's gone, bro.
Bad Kavan, sit.
He's not a dog, doofus.
Quick, somebody think of something.
Isn't this supposed to
be your job, Mr. 'prophesied leader'?
You're right, you're right.
Oaklee, do you
still have the pepper spray?
No, but
You had a Butterfinger this whole time?
Here you go, Kavan.
Tasty little treat.
Lucky, I love Butterfingers.
Ow, ow, ow.
Sweet, he went to eat somebody else?
We survived.
Speak for yourself.
I need a hospital like super bad.
Aurora said you're fine.
Quit being a wuss.
Who are you calling a wuss, asthma boy.
Both of you are wusses.
I took Bailiff out again.
How are these the wayfinders?
Hey, D. You see Cash?
I was gonna ask you the same thing.
This can't be for real.
He's quitting football for what?
Singing and dancing?
No. There's no way.
I told him this morning,
no musical, end of story.
We need him tonight.
He's like half our playbook.
You can't let him ditch the game
for play rehearsal.
This is a mistake, and if coach asks
you to tell him I'm handling it,
Cash will be on that field at kickoff.
Got it.
Hello, Darryl.
Oh, you again.
Hey, I'm kind of--
You discarded my message.
Oh, right, the note.
That was a joke, right?
Sorry if I was rude about it.
I already knew you'd throw it away,
so I wrote you another one.
Okay, right. Except I'm kind of
with Brynnlee already,
and she's like super territorial.
Okay.
Also, I gotta focus on this game,
so I'm gonna--
You and I will begin a journey
together tonight.
One which will determine the fate
of your world and mine.
So put aside your pretend battle,
and come with me.
You and I will be doing nothing.
All I care about is this game.
So if you'll excuse me--
There will be no game.
Read the message.
And then you'll leave me alone?
Okay. Yeah, here it is. Let's see.
It's about a warrior and a flood--
When the warrior is laid low,
the yellow tower will collapse.
A great flood will cover the battlefield,
and you will save the fallen knight.
Okay. I see what's going on.
Did Kyle put you up to this?
There is nothing to laugh about.
This is life or death, Darryl.
This is from the med kit.
Did you steal this?
You can't just take stuff
that doesn't belong to you.
Take this.
Okay.
Who's that? A friend of yours?
She doesn't seem your type.
What? No. I have no idea who she is.
You sure about that?
Tyler saw you talking to her after school.
No, I wasn't-- I mean,
she was talking to me.
Uh-huh. And what's this?
Her phone number?
No, Bryn, it's just a bunch
of nonsense. Look.
Just keep your head in the game.
Darryl, you know we have to win today.
Go, warriors.
Go, warriors.
Come, wayfinders.
We need to keep moving.
Arm yourselves with anything you can find.
We need to travel south
to the fens of Bormist.
The roads will be perilous.
Fine. Also, why?
You told me Calibor has the void key.
Yeah, unfortunately.
Snatched the ball right out of the hands
of our fearless leader.
Isn't that right, Flynn?
There was a lot going on at the time.
If you are to fulfill your destiny as
wayfinders, we must have the void key.
Just one problem. Last time we saw
Calibor, the guy ghosted us.
We have no idea where he went.
Zaya sent you to me for a reason.
Perhaps this is why.
I alone know where he can be found.
Seriously?
Calibor has kept it a secret
where he is truly from.
I paid a small fortune in gold
to discover his dwelling place.
Why?
I like to know who I'm working with.
Since when are you working with Calibor?
You said he can't be trusted.
Like you, I learned that the hard way.
But if you want to catch a fox,
best know where its den lies.
Okay.
I'm ready. Lead the way.
You put that down
before you hurt yourself.
Um, hello?
Are you guys forgetting that I've just
been skewered by a deadly crossbow bullet?
It's called a bolt.
But yeah, we can't go anywhere with him
all wounded and bleeding.
Actually, the bleeding stopped.
At this point, it'll be the infection that
kills him, and that'll take weeks, so
I'm right here. I can hear you.
Thank you for wishing me a slow,
painful death.
Roll over.
I need some pain meds.
Do you even have those here?
I managed to smuggle this out of Daktu.
I was saving it for an emergency.
Yeah, I've been shot in the butt.
It's pretty much the
definition of an emergency.
Whoa.
Déan an fhuil a stopadh.
How does it feel?
Wow, yeah. Um, yeah, cool.
That was awesome.
Yeah, no, that was amazing.
It was amazing.
Uh, you felt I mean, it felt great.
Enough talk.
We’ve terried too long here. Hold this.
It’s only a matter of time before
Vedric’s minions come to find us again.
You think he’s still tracking us?
I know Vedric.
He will never stop hunting you.
No sign yet, my lord.
Your incompetence is proving
quite costly to me.
Faigh an Banphrionsa Aurora.
Ride!
All of you, come. Drink your fill.
This is our last respite
before we get Calibor.
Do you think they have giardia here?
E. coli, salmonella,
brain-eating amoebas
They probably have alien versions we
don’t even have on Earth.
Is it even worth the risk?
Well, it’s drink this or die of thirst,
so
Hey. Uh
I never had the chance to formally
say thank you, my lady.
So thank you, my lady.
No thanks necessary.
It was a simple healing spell.
Sure. Got it. Totally.
So was that, like, real magic?
Real magic?
Is there another kind?
Well, where we’re from,
magic isn’t, like, possible.
Well, maybe it is possible.
But in our world we just
don’t have maro.
The blue stuff, right? That’s maro?
The source of all magic.
And the rarest, most desirable
treasure in all of Tairngira.
So it just, like, absorbs into your skin
and then — zap —
magic fingers?
The magical essence flows
into the mind and heart,
and then, through process and instruction,
we give it form and purpose.
As the sorceress of Boundless Mind,
surely you’ve already been trained
in the magical arts.
No, no, no. She’s less “magical
arts,” more “scam artist.”
Ooh, burn.
Says the great warrior who was literally
just crying like a big fat baby.
I-- you know what?
Next time there’s arrows flying,
we’ll put you in the line of fire
and see how you like it.
Because I’m done getting shot.
You’re not such a tough guy
without the football pads.
Exactly. You’re the one who’s
been playing the fool.
Silence!
Look, whether you’ve accepted it or not,
you are most likely the wayfinders.
It is time to start acting like it.
I know you’re disappointed.
Okay? Back home we get the same thing.
People telling us who we are or
what we’re supposed to be.
And it doesn’t even matter if
we disagree or not.
So now you’re telling us we’re this
big important thing,
but we don’t even know what it
means to be wayfinders.
And honestly, I don’t know what’s worse —
constantly letting yourself down,
or letting down all the
people who want you
to be something that
maybe you’re just not.
You’re ridiculous.
Oh yeah.
Okay.
All right, see you later.
Okay.
Showtime.
Wait, wait, no!
Who’s ready for Wally--
Bees! Bees!
Bees!
It’s a bee! I’m allergic!
Very allergic!
Everyone off the field!
Somebody call maintenance before
the whole field floods!
It’s not okay!
Oh, I’m down! Oh, I’m down!
Can’t breathe!
Help!
He can’t breathe!
When the warrior is laid low,
the yellow tower will collapse.
A great flood will cover the battlefield,
and you will save the fallen knight.
Thank you!
How did you have a
Don’t ask.
So I was wondering about your ears.
I mean, they’re very cool.
Do they just grow in like that?
You mean that they’re not
blunted like human ears?
Uh, yeah.
But you’re not human?
She’s an elf, obviously.
I am Ishi, born of the Ivastu lineage.
Ish-ee-of-the-what-now?
Ishi — the First Folk,
dwellers and shapers of these lands
long before humankind ever
appeared in Tairngire.
Ishi.
Whatever. They’re elves, basically.
So all you Ishi people — you’re cool
with us humans, right?
I have much sympathy and pity
for your kind, primitive as they are.
If that is what you mean by “cool”?
No. No, that’s, like, the opposite.
Look, I don’t know about the
humans around here,
but in America, us humans
have got it going on.
I mean, PlayStation, airplanes,
refrigerators, Mickey D’s
I’m afraid I do not understand
a single word you say.
Look, I’ll tell you what —
after we find Calibor, get the void key,
I’ll take you there.
Nugs on me.
We'll hang.
I’m going to go scout ahead.
No need to join me.
Yeah, it’s all good.
Nugs on me.
Stupid.
No!
Whoa.
What happened over here?
Kavan happened.
Look.
Kavan?
Sorceress? You’re alive!
I am. Somehow.
What has Kavan done?
It’s okay. It’s okay. You’re safe now.
However, we are all in mortal danger
so long as this beast still
lives and breathes.
State Association reps called.
Games' been rescheduled for Tuesday,
but we’re losing home-field advantage.
Maybe Cash will be over his
acting phase by then.
I think he already is.
I got a text from Mitch —
Cash wasn’t at play rehearsal.
Just missed the field-trip bus is all.
How could he miss the bus?
He knows how important this game is.
Was.
You focus on your own game, Darryl.
We could have won today with or
without Cash Callaway, okay?
Your commander is wrong.
You would not have won tonight.
The result would have been 6 to 49.
Did you somehow make this happen?
Josh is allergic to bees.
He could have died.
I foresaw his folly and gave you
the medicine stick so you could save him.
What?
And the rest — the crash, the flood
How could you have known?
That’s impossible.
Everything that happened was necessary
to cancel your contest tonight.
I need your help.
It’s never gonna happen. I’m out.
You’re afraid, but you must trust me.
Yeah, how about you just
never talk to me again?
Our fates are entwined, Darryl.
You cannot leave yet.
Watch me.
You depart with the one called Shawna.
My mom?
You will join her on a journey.
Follow your instincts,
and you will not die.
Okay, wow. My mom’s working late tonight,
so nice try.
Mom, what are you doing here?
Principal Patel called.
Flynn and two others didn’t
come back from the field trip.
We have to go look for him. Get in.
You want to take this beast with us?
Surely you jest.
No, we do not jest. We’re Americans.
We never leave a man behind.
Man, this thing is an abomination.
Whoa, you’re low-key
sounding kind of racist.
High-key.
Are man-bears a race?
I see it as more of a lifestyle.
He is nothing more than a dark
experiment gone horribly wrong.
Ask him. Ask him how Vedric
twisted his body
using evil magic
and turned him into an animal.
Vedric did this to you?
What the princess says is true.
Kavan is a cursed outcast,
a monster — not safe
to be with others, not worthy
to accompany you.
You see? Listen to his words, if not mine.
All I see is a friend who saved our
lives more than once.
It tried to eat us.
It? He’s a person, and he didn’t.
Only because you distracted him
with a Butterfinger.
Oh, okay. So you’re defending her now
because what — she touched your butt?
Is that what it is?
You do know that doesn’t make her
your girlfriend, right?
Okay, she’s not my
We’re just friends.
Okay, friends on a quest.
Shut up. Well, Black Widow tamed the Hulk.
Maybe Oaklee can be all like,
“Hey, big guy.”
Mm-mm.
The sun’s getting real low.
Bro, no one knows what
you’re talking about.
Bruh. We have our own Incredible Hulk.
Which makes us the Avengers.
Oaklee’s Black Widow, I’m Nick Fury,
and you’re Captain America.
I’m sorry — what was just decided?
Kavan’s coming with us.
There is nothing in the prophecy
about the wayfinders teaming up
with a cursed shapeshifter.
Okay, listen, Princess
Peach — I’ve had just
about enough of you judging
him — or any of us.
I only know what I see.
Well, sometimes you gotta
dig a little deeper.
Sometimes you don’t.
Mm. Listen, if we’re gonna go after
Calibor, we’re gonna need more muscle.
And I got big guns.
But
Fine. But it stays a thousand paces
behind us and doesn’t speak.
Or make eye contact.
And at night we chain it to a
tree like a mad dog.
Kavan is humbled by your generous offer.
Well, don’t listen to a word she says.
You’re not a monster.
Thanks, old friend.
Calibor!
Ha ha ha ha!
Been too long, my friend.
Has it Rip? See from what I remember you
abandoned me and stole my mules.
The kobolds attacked. And I protected
our cargo at all costs —
just like you told me.
I am an Uzek of my word.
Good. Because now you owe me.
And I’m calling in that favor.
No. Coming down here was the favor.
Now you’re asking for another one.
I need maro. A lot of it.
How much is “a lot”?
Two hundred drams.
I expected you to ask
the impossible. But this?
Will the Ishi buy their maro
from the Uzeks, your brothers?
The caravans bring it across
the deserts from
Well, only your people know how
and where to get it.
And I know they won’t talk to me.
So forget talk. They will cut your
throat and eat your eyes.
These caravaners are wild Uzeks.
Not civilized, friendly fellas like me.
Well, that’s why I need you.
What can you offer as
payment to the traders?
Well, that depends. What will it take?
Fifty thousand gold pieces.
Come on, I’m a friend.
Fifty thousand!
I don’t set the prices, friend!
Fifty thousand.
All right. Easy. You get me the maro,
I’ll get you the gold.
I’ll have it to yours by next full moon. Now —
are you still an Uzek
of your word?
How can you ask me that?
Don’t make a fool of me, Calibor.
Else it’ll be your head I present
as payment to my Uzek brothers.
How big is this park?
We need to move faster.
Don’t worry. We’ll track him down.
This ain’t the first time a few hormonal,
overly confident kids got
lost in the preserve.
I am so glad I don’t have children.
You know you said that out loud, right?
Affirmative.
Set your walkies to channel three.
We’ll fan out to cover more ground.
What about me?
You stay on the main path where it’s safe.
It’s a loop, so you’ll end up back here.
Use this if you get lost.
You Gen-Alpha kids still know how
to blow a whistle, right?
How would I ever get lost
walking in a circle?
I don’t know. Maybe we can ask your
brother and his friends when we find them.
All right, we’re burning daylight.
Yes, sir. Let’s head out.
Cash!
Be careful. I’ll meet you right back here.
Cash!
Flynn!
Oaklee!
Flynn!
Our fates are entwined, Darryl.
Follow your instincts,
and you will not die.
“You will not die”? Who says that?
Follow your instincts.
What is this place? What’s that smell?
That is the smell of peat.
The peasants burn it for warmth.
Calibor lives all the way out here?
He grow up as a farmer?
Hardly. Farming’s a noble art.
Calibor and his people are
just peat peddlers.
Uh, who is Pete?
Peat is like mud, dummy.
I don’t care what Aurora says.
You can walk with the group.
Kavan is not worthy to walk
amongst wayfinders.
Okay, you really need to stop blaming
yourself for what Vedric did to you.
This curse is fair punishment. Kavan was
too weak to resist Vedric’s dark magic.
Perhaps the mighty
sorceress can fix Kavan?
I can’t. I
All cards on the table — I’m not, like,
an actual sorceress.
You took Kavan’s soul.
I really didn’t.
Kavan saw it captured in your hand.
No, all I did was snap a picture of you.
That’s it. It was a trick, not magic.
And I don’t care what the
prophecy says —
I’m not some great sorceress.
I’m not a great anything.
Even after all people say about Kavan,
even knowing many bad
things Kavan has done,
You still believe Kavan is not
a cursed monster?
Of course you’re not a monster.
I know that you’re good.
Just as you know this,
Kavan also knows you are truly great.
Kavan sees you, Oaklee.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. No way.
Have no fear. They’re mostly harmless.
Mostly?
My people call them cúntóir
draíocht — magical helpers.
Looks like a golem, right?
Or a peat man?
No. A dirt elemental. It’s a benevolent
dirt elemental. It’s so
Wow.
Are you having a stroke?
I’m just trying to make sense of it.
I mean, I’ve never seen anything like
this in a video game.
They are thousands of years old.
Born of old magic.
Yeah, and what can’t magic do, right?
You tell me.
So lit.
I need to take one home with us.
I mean, it’s a giant walking Chia Pet.
Yeah, but I remember in first grade
when your Chia Pet died,
and then you cried in front
of the whole class.
Wow. You remember me from first grade?
Yeah. You were too weird not to notice.
Nice.
Oh, oh, why?
Take your filthy hands off me, beast.
We are being tracked.
Oh no.
We've led Vedric’s straight
to him — to the void key.
How?
We have to reach Calibor
before Vedric does.
Move! Now!
No sign of Vedric.
Yet.
Whoa.
Calibor’s got his own peat golem.
There's Calibor.
I don’t see the ball anywhere on him.
Maybe in one of those houses.
Too obvious. Calibor’s a thief, so
naturally he’ll trust no one.
It’ll be well hidden.
So what’s the plan? We just walk up and
say, “Hey, man, we want our ball back?”
Yeah, that didn’t work out so well
in the Black Arrow.
Everyone down.
Move!
Get back! Get back! Get back!
Just stay with me, Kavan. Just breathe.
How can Kavan breathe?
That villain took everything from Kavan.
Calibor?
Not who I was expecting, but exactly the
one I most want to see.
If you've come seeking my services,
forget about it. I'm retired.
Retired?
Surely, Calibor, the greatest human
fortune hunter, must be in hiding.
Unless
Ah. I see it now.
You finally return to the family pit.
Deep down, you really are just
a humble peat digger, aren't you?
How did you find me?
I guess you could say Aurora
led me right to you.
She and her whelps are lurking
around here somewhere.
Idiots!
Indeed. But no matter.
I want my void key back, Calibor.
I left it back in Free Port.
For safekeeping.
We both know you wouldn't trust
anyone with such a treasure.
Don't make me search the village.
You might not like how
thorough I would be.
You could search every corner of this
village. I promise you will not find it.
Oaklee
Take it easy, Kavan. I'm right here.
Hey, Oaklee!
What?
Give me your bag. I have an idea.
I'm busy trying to keep us alive.
But sure.
Liathróid dóiteáin.
I know you're thinking of a way out.
Weighing the odds, ready to risk dying,
for all these simple folk.
You leave them to die for the void key?
Could you really stand by and watch me
pick through the ashes of their homes?
This has nothing to do with them.
Don't make me burn it all.
For nothing.
All right.
All right.
It's yours.
Just put that flame out
and I'll give you the void key.
Surprise.
Unexpected.
For both of us.
Oh
No, you You are a legend.
Remember that next time
you call me a wuss.
Enough of this.
Find them!
Find the wayfinders!
Flynn!
Cash!
Flynn.
Looking for someone?
Whoa, Sorry, I didn't mean to trespass.
Where is Zaya?
Who?
You wear the warrior's tunic.
Just like one of Zaya's chosen wayfinders.
Football jersey, bro.
I'm just looking for my brother Flynn.
So I'm gonna go now.
You may not go.
You are my prisoner until I can
trade you for Zaya.
Dude.
No more foolishness.
I know Zaya sent you here,
so tell me where I can find her.
Wha--
What?
Oh!
Crazy girl, right here?
That is she.
Bro I'm not with her.
Stay down!
- Clear
- Darryl
Move in.
Mom!
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
Everyone stay calm!
Kavan?
Kavan, look at me.
I know you are not a monster.
Just like you see that greatness in me.
Right? Remember?
Because you believe, I do too.
Okay, because
Because I am a sorceress.
And I am using my magic to
keep you here with me.
Magic?
Yes, magic.
Okay, look at me, look me in the eye.
You're with me.
You're safe.
Kavan, can't stop it.
I see you, Kavan.
I see you.
Breathe.
My people had nothing to do
with this, Vedric.
Wayfinders.
Run!
Forget Calibor.
Get the wayfinders.
Oh, yeah!
Best bunter in Milford county.
It's just like baseball.
Let's go.
Head for the tunnel!
Calibor!
See what you brought upon your people!
Keep going! Into the forest!
I am sorry.
Sorry?
Won't bring them back.
I only came for the void key.
It was never my intention.
I don't care about your intentions.
Everything that matters to me
in this world is gone.
I hope your wayfinders are worth it.
I still believe in the prophecy.
And I believe we are already doomed.
Is it safe to have him here?
Or is he like gonna murder
us in our sleep?
Calibor is many unsavory things,
but he's no murderer.
Okay, not a murderer,
but that's pretty much the lowest bar.
Regardless, we will need him
for what comes next.
What exactly comes next?
We need maro, which is rare and precious.
And Calibor is a man who
somehow gets things
no one else can.
Another quest.
I just wanna go home.
And didn't Calibor say we're
pretty much doomed?
Yeah, on account of us being
such total disappointments.
You are not what I had expected.
Not at all.
In fact, quite the opposite, actually.
Is that an apology?
I know nothing about you.
So instead of quoting the old prophecies,
I look forward to learning
who you really are.
Cash, you saved my life today.
Nah, you saved me first, we’re cool, bae.
And Oaklee?
You tamed a ferocious beast?
Yeah, but that wasn't magic.
I don't even know how to use maro.
Magic is more than just maro.
Its power comes from your mind and heart.
I have a feeling you will be
especially gifted.
See?
You got skills.
Yeah, same goes for you, bruh.
I mean, how’d you know where
Calibor hid the void key?
We saw the peat farmer stash
the wine in the golem.
Just thought Calibor would do the same.
So I tricked it out of him
with the old switcheroo.
Perhaps you're right, Oaklee.
People can surprise you.
Might as well come warm yourself
by the fire, man-bear.
The wayfinders see you as a friend.
So I will try.
Seats got your name on it.
How would a stump know Kavan's name?
Let's go.
This is an outrage.
Thieves and dogs, who are you
to steal my maro?
and the skull of Mardukh?
Prince Vedric will see you flayed alive
in the dungeons of Daktu, you curs.
Hey, Zaya, I need to talk to you.
Where's my brother?