The Librarians: The Next Chapter (2025) s01e05 Episode Script

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[Vikram] These do not appear
to be serious scholars.
Smart people don't have
to wear robes anymore.
Some of the sharpest kids
in the city come here to study.
Mm, I was only 15 when I took
my first course at Oxford.
I knew we'd get to you somehow.
I just think your campaign
to bring me up-to-date
in modern science
is a little bit silly.
I was considered quite
the dimber-damber
in astronomy circles.
As Galileo said, "I have loved
the stars too fondly
to be fearful of the night."
Yeah, well, we've learned a lot
since your time.
You may have shiny new facts
at your disposal,
but you will never know
the thrill of living in an era
of pure scientific inquiry.
The days of Morey and Dalton
when gifted amateurs
lit the way.
But science isn't
about nostalgia.
It's about looking forward.
There have been huge discoveries
in the last 170 years.
This is why this is
a good opportunity for you.
Rosalind Kirch is a genius.
Look over there.
[mysterious music]
That is where she developed
her hypothesis
on interstellar dust
and active galactic nuclei.
Just sitting under a tree,
watching the oil droplets
in her tea.
- And?
- And then boom!
Scientific inspiration.
It's a famous story.
And riveting, I'm sure.
[playful music]
She was at Stanford when I was
doing my first master's.
Her work on quasars
was a real inspiration to me.
Quasars?
Yeah, super cluster of stars
discovered in the 1950s.
Dr. Kirch found a way
to use them
to predict celestial events,
like black holes.
It's all about predicting
with you, isn't it?
[dreamy music]
These are your seats,
seven and eight, row three.
[Lysa] Thank you.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
You did that, um, charmingly.
All I did was show you
your seats.
I think she fancies me.
Do you want to know another
discovery in the last 170 years?
- Mm.
- Mm. Creepy staring? Not sexy.
This must be recent.
[Frederic] Thank you all
for being here
to celebrate the restoration
of the Kutusov telescope.
Now, the committee that raised
the funds for all of this
was led by today's speaker.
[phone beeps]
So please welcome back
to our campus
one of the world's
preeminent astrophysicists,
Dr. Rosalind Kirch.
[audience applause]
Thank you, Dr. Stanaris.
And thank you for the tour
of the new observatory.
What a privilege
to be back on campus
as a visiting professor.
This is where I first developed
my hypothesis on X-ray emission
as a predictor of an accreting
black hole system.
I remember it like
it was yesterday.
I was sitting out
on Observatory Hill and I
[speaker feedback]
[groans lightly]
[unsettling music]
[indistinct murmuring]
Am I still
Where was I?
You were talking about
the day that you formed
your galactic nuclei hypothesis.
Oh.
You'll have to forgive me.
I don't think I'll be able to.
Dr. Kirch is
extremely jet-lagged.
Give us a moment, please.
[phone beeps]
[mystical theme music]
She has one of the sharpest
minds I've ever known.
To see her have a neurocognitive
episode is just upsetting.
Yeah. We went through
the same thing
when my grandfather started off
with him forgetting to shut
the refrigerator.
Before you knew it,
he didn't even recognize us.
You gotta appreciate
being young.
Aging is no picnic.
This was not a product of age.
I believe
that she was under a spell.
He's The Librarian, therefore he
thinks everything must be magic.
You know the saying,
when all you have is a hammer,
every problem looks like a nail.
She froze, then shuddered,
a telltale sign of memory theft.
There are powerful artifacts
that could cause this.
Talon of Hydroloth.
That is one, but that
is already in The Library.
I recovered that one myself.
Ooh.
Perhaps a Tally Stick.
We don't have to ascribe
everything to the supernatural
or being possessed by demons.
Dementia is a normal
and sad part of aging.
Mm.
Or a sand targe could
have pronounced an incantation
over that poor woman.
Is anyone gonna
help me out here?
[squeaking]
It's been so sluggish lately.
So according
to Elaine's instructions,
I gave it a tarnish bath
and re-aligned its mercury cup
and ball weight.
Now, why is it doing that?
[magical swooshing]
[mystical music]
[Connor] The College
of Science observatory.
As I suspected.
Thanks a lot.
So, magic in the neighborhood, huh?
Let's not jump to conclusions.
This could be something else
unrelated to Dr. Kirch.
Kind of a coincidence, though,
don't you think?
What I saw wasn't supernatural.
It was human and sad.
Some aberration has occurred
to this woman.
Now, I've trained myself
to be observant,
to remember details.
Well, I don't need to remember.
I got it right here.
[sighs]
[Rosalind] I remember it
like it was yesterday.
I was sitting
on Observatory Hill and I was
[speaker feedback]
[groans lightly]
Wait a minute.
Did you see that?
Uh, use
my AI enhanced 3D program.
[computer trills]
[Connor] Very cool.
[computer beeps and chitters]
[Connor exclaims lightly]
Hmm.
Don't.
[reversing] Mmm.
[Lysa exhales sharply]
[Vikram] Well, we need to talk
to the victim
and investigate what
is happening at the observator.
[whimsical music]
[music swells]
That's it.
The solution to the Bolkonsky
Millennial Prize problem.
I believe it is.
It came to me
in a flash last night.
Uh, Lysa Pascal.
I was in your graduate seminar
at Stanford.
Ah, yes, of course.
You did a thesis
on applying predictive models
based on galactic motion.
Yeah, uh, that was me.
Uh, we came to see
your lecture yesterday,
uh, but we were just
a bit concerned when you had
- Had my little brain cramp?
- Yeah.
Dr. Stanaris said I was trying
to tell a story
of how I developed my quasar
hypothesis while drinking tea.
Apparently, everybody knows
that anecdote but me.
I can't remember
a thing about it.
But now this.
The solution to a problem
proposed 25 years ago.
A solution that we all believed
would still be decades
in the future.
And yet.
[Vikram] That poor woman.
Some sort
of infernal malediction
has robbed her of that important
memory from her past.
She can't be
that badly affected.
She was able to solve
the Bolkonsky Problem.
Not badly affected?
One of her
most cherished memories gone.
Not to be rude or anything,
but maybe you're overvaluing
memory a little.
I mean, imagine all that brain
space could be used for,
I don't know,
achieving something.
Do you know what
your problem is?
Hm? The problem with
this whole modern world
is you don't give a tinker's
damn what's going on in here.
Or in here.
No, you've given it away
to your little machines.
No need to think, to know,
to remember anything.
No, you're hollowed out.
A list of achievements,
and even that's in here.
And soon, very soon,
these little contraptions
will be feeling for you.
Now, I for one will not trade
a single memory of mine
for gold nor glory.
[Man] I sat down and I couldn't
remember anything.
I couldn't even remember going
to class.
What's your name again?
[Vikram clears his throat
and chuckles]
My lady.
[whimsical music]
We met last night.
- Did we?
- Yes.
Yes. You showed me to my seat.
We had a moment.
I'm sorry, but I honestly don't
remember you.
Forget me?
Impossible!
This can only be
some sort of foul necromancy.
This spell, this curse
is spreading.
We have no time to lose.
[stealthy, dramatic music]
We tracked down the students
we saw and got statements.
[Vikram] Hmm.
A few more confusion cases
popped up
in the campus health clinic.
We also spoke to the usher.
The ones who can remember
have one thing in common
with Dr. Kirch.
They all have been
to the observatory lately?
Bull's-eye.
We've identified the locus
of this vile
pestilential phenomenon.
Now, we must root
out the noisome, feculent,
fetid, vile
You already said vile.
Yucky perpetrators.
Hmm. Ow!
He is on one.
And, just remember, our purpose
is the identification
and retrieval
of any potential artifacts.
Not beating up bad guys.
It may not be our purpose,
but it's the figgy pudding
of it.
And my job is to keep you
out of that kind of thing.
I'm with Charlie.
Let's get the lay of the land
before we get confrontational.
And by "confrontational,"
you mean?
Violent.
I was not made for these times.
Hey, Vik. Just a sec.
Um
I just wanted to apologize
for earlier if I upset you.
[chuckles lightly]
I was not upset.
I was insensitive.
Look, I can't imagine
what it must be like
to be in your shoes.
I mean, you're here,
and memories are all that's left
of your world, so
I really am sorry.
My world still exists.
In here.
So, there's no need
to apologize, Anya.
"Lysa."
That's what I said.
Um, the astronomy
department office
is chockablock with rare curios.
Any one could be our artifact.
You and Connor,
reconnoiter what's in there.
See if any
of the magical artifacts
we're looking for are there.
And Charlie and I
will try to root out
the potential abusers.
Non-confrontationally.
Of course.
[soft dramatic music]
Ah!
[Filip] May I help you?
Uh, we're just admiring
the collection.
Do you work here?
I'm Dr. Stanaris'
teaching assistant,
as well as the astronomy
department archivist.
- Archivist?
- [Filip] Yeah.
So, you're responsible
for finding
and bringing in these pieces?
[Filip scoffs]
Who did you say you were again?
- [Vikram] Dr. Stanaris.
- [Frederic] Yes?
[Vikram] It is a pleasure
to make your acquaintance.
I was at the presentation
last evening.
[Frederic] Ah.
You're an astronomy buff?
Or a professional in the field?
Well, let's just say
I'm an accomplished amateur.
[Frederic chuckles lightly]
Have you heard of the
Imperial Astronomical Society?
Yeah, from the early
19th century.
Didn't they disband back
in the early Victorian era?
Yes.
Well, we've re-launched it.
[Frederic] Oh.
Well, so you're a gentleman
stargazer of the old school.
Well, you appear to be
of the old school yourself.
This star cartography
is from the 1500s.
You have a fine eye.
[Frederic chuckles]
It's for my pet project
about Shakespeare's
understanding of the cosmos.
Ah. "It is not in the stars
to hold our destiny."
- "But in ourselves."
- Hmm.
But also a poet.
Well, poets and astronomers,
we seek the same thing.
A larger view of the universe.
Well said.
I must say, I find your
Shakespeare project fascinating.
[Frederic] Well, it grew out
of my belief that the Big Bang
not only created matter
and antimatter,
but is also
the source behind great art.
Hmm. Big Bang.
[Vikram chuckles]
You have a way with a phrase,
Professor.
- Please, tell me more.
- [Frederic] Well
It's really amazing,
don't you think?
In my astrolabe
and theodolite online community,
we call them the smartphones
of antiquity.
Hmm.
Uh, looking after all
of these important objects
must be a real responsibility.
[sighs]
[Lysa] Is this where you, uh,
keep the paperwork?
[stuttering] Well, yeah.
[chuckles nervously]
[stealthy music]
[magical sting]
No, I already told you.
I'm a friend of Dr. Kirch's.
I'm just interested
in the collection.
Well, it just seems like you
were looking for something.
No.
But I am wondering why
you're sweating so much.
Sweating? Me? No.
Hey, I just remembered.
We have to go meet Uncle Vik.
- What?
- Now.
[Lysa] Oh, yeah.
Sorry. We gotta go. Bye.
See you soon, maybe.
Yeah, you run. Run.
These are the Culpepper Papers.
- The originals!?
- The Culpepper Papers?
Nicholas Culpepper was a
17th century artifact collector.
As soon as I saw what they were,
I thought they might
tell us something.
Of course.
The crystal of Dr. John Dee.
Culpepper was once its owner.
- What, slow down.
- Yeah.
Who is Dr. John Dee?
He was the court magician
to Queen Elizabeth I.
A genius.
A true Renaissance man.
During the actual Renaissance.
And Dee used the crystal
to communicate to the angels
and divine the future.
A major magical artifact.
I think it's in a London museum.
So, wait. What does this have
to do with our case?
Ah, the legend is
that Dee saw something
that made him lose his mind.
He no longer knew who he was.
Didn't recognize his family.
Couldn't function.
He lost his memory.
Ah.
Whoa.
What?
It's not just
the Culpepper Papers.
These are the writings
of John Dee himself, dated 1588.
Culpepper says that they are
always to accompany the crystal.
It's basically
an instruction manual.
Right. So, they're fragile.
We need to go
and take them somewhere,
and read them carefully.
[Connor] There's just
one problem.
It's written in Enochian.
You're losing me again.
It's a language Dee invented.
He got it from the angels.
Yeah, and it's not
just basic Enochian.
It's high Enochian.
There are maybe three people
on Earth
who know how to translate it.
No.
There are four.
[dramatic sting]
[Vikram] The crystal
is rendered harmless
at which hour it is contained
in the necklace.
But once loose,
it hath the power to grant
a single willed glimpse here.
Cost behest a single moment
of the past.
21st century version, please.
Mm-hmm. Uh, the crystal
is rendered harmless
when it is contained
in its necklace setting.
But once it is taken out,
it hath [chuckles]
Has the power to grant a single
desired glimpse into the future.
The cost being a single memory.
And then it refers
to amplifying or expanding
the power of the crystal.
Um, "Crystal is behest amplified
to the pointeth
where the past is cleared hence
and the knowledge of
the future is limitless."
The past is cleared.
Does it say how
the crystal can be amplified?
Hm. It can emit
spectral particulates.
But the rest of the instructions
appear to be missing.
I just checked with
my old contacts
in the illegal
procurement world.
And the word is that
the Dee crystal was stolen,
along with those papers from
the London Science Museum
a few weeks back.
They've been keeping
it under wraps
because of all the superstition.
Hmm.
Let us roll.
[upbeat strings music]
Right, no more namby-pamby.
The papers are here.
The crystal has got to be here.
I'm going to confront
these gentlemen
and force them to acknowledge
the core.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, we don't know
that they're both in on it.
You said
your man was acting suspicious.
Oh, yeah, he was sweating.
And Dr. Stanaris was as odd
as a duck mole.
At the very least,
they know something
and we are going
to wring it out of them.
We can't force them
to do anything.
All right, we're not the police.
But I'm The Librarian.
And they are abusing a
very powerful magical artifact.
And we have tried
your ever-so-fashionable
non-confrontation belly-wash.
For now, we'll do things my way.
[dramatic sting]
these fellows
will be discouraged
from any further traffic
of magical artifacts,
not to mention robbery.
When you say put the screws
to them,
you don't really mean screws,
do you?
- I want information.
- Violence is the last resort.
Oh, we have tried
the first resort.
What, first resort?
Last resort? Second resort?
We know it's them.
We know they have
the crystal somewhere.
We still don't know what
they're getting out of this.
[car engine growls]
[music swells]
That is a nice car
for a teaching assistant.
This vehicle, expensive?
- Very.
- Mmm.
You two, find Dr. Stanaris
and bring him to the office.
These gentlemen are about
to receive a proper buffeting.
[playful music]
[Filip] Yeah, yeah.
- It's my new car.
- [Girl] Nice car.
It's really nice.
[Vikram chuckles]
Have we been peering
into the future, hm?
Maybe wagering a whist?
Or a Hazard deck?
Perhaps the trotters?
[gulps]
Are you with the police?
No.
But you do have something
that we're going to need back.
Mm.
[car engine roars]
[thrilling music]
[Vikram grunts]
We are going to recover
that crystal.
[Filip] What crystal?
I don't know anything
about any crystal!
Well, if you don't have
the crystal,
then why are you running away?
I don't know!
Then I demand
you make this stop!
I can't remember how to drive!
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Tell me how to make it stop!
Oh, okay.
Well, pull back with your hands
and push down with your feet
like a horse.
- Ah!
- Whoa!
[up-tempo suspensive music]
He's not in here either.
Must have gone home for the day.
[phone beeps] Call Conner.
[phone ringing]
So it's the man
who hates cell phones.
Hello, Connor. Yes, it's Vikram.
[chuckles] Yes, I need advice.
How do you stop
a motorized carriage?
We have an issue.
No, nothing that looks
like a key!
Do something!
[music intensifies]
[Connor] What is going on?
[action music]
[crowd murmuring and exclaiming
indistinctly]
[sighs] Brilliant work, Charlie.
What were you thinking? Doing
something stupid like that?
Uh, I don't know.
[Vikram] He seemed to forget how
to pilot the carriage.
He must be under the spell.
The spell?
What about you?
Are you okay?
[Lysa] Charlie?
[mysterious music]
Who are you people?
[dramatic sting]
How do you know
about The Library?
Because I'm The Librarian.
Well, a Librarian.
Do you remember how you got
the money?
I've just
had a clairvoyant moment.
I saw a roulette wheel
with two numbers.
So I went to the casino and put
all my money on those numbers.
I'm not a Guardian.
I didn't make the cut.
Initially, but then Jacob Stone
contacted you.
It was like I could see
the future.
It felt like cheating.
I was afraid someone was going
to come after me.
So that is why you were acting
so suspiciously.
It seemed like you knew
my secret.
How's it going?
She has a complete blank
from right before Stone called
up until about an hour ago.
Hasn't met us.
Isn't sure how she got here.
That's two months.
He only forgot how to drive.
Well, she was obviously exposed
after him,
so it's getting stronger.
What else did we learn?
Filip says that Stanaris
traveled to London
on the weekend of the 18th.
That's the weekend
the crystal was stolen.
Can't be a coincidence.
So, Stanaris is the malefactor.
But where is the crystal?
[Lysa] He thinks he knows
where it might be.
The vault is in the building.
Downstairs.
Let's go.
We're going to need you.
So you know about The Library.
You could be an enemy.
You could be using magic
to try and co-opt me.
You know, Eve Baird may have
thought that I wasn't ready,
and maybe I'm not,
but I am still loyal
to The Library.
Take him inside.
See about this vault.
The fact that The Library
even considered you
as a possible Guardian
means you must have better
instincts than that.
I am not an enemy
of The Library.
A powerful spell has taken
a portion of your memory,
and that portion includes us.
I cannot give you back
your actual memories,
but what I can do
I can tell you what you need
to know,
so you can be part
of our team again.
[Filip] Uh, I'm not allowed
in here without Dr. Stanaris.
It can only be opened with
His retinal scan.
This is one
I've never cracked before.
How do you know so much about
breaking and entering?
Well, there isn't an app
on the Internet
for discovering magical secrets.
[whimsical music]
[electronic chittering
and beeping]
Hm. Move.
[electronic chittering]
[door opens]
[chuckles gleefully]
Which brings me up to the moment
that you saved me
from a runaway vehicle.
That all happened? To me?
You don't think
that you are Guardian material
because you do not remember
what you have done
over the past five weeks.
But I do.
I'm The Librarian.
And you are my Guardian.
Even if on a trial basis.
Got it, sir.
[Lysa] Hey, guys. Come on.
[unsettling music]
[eerie chittering]
[squelching]
[up-beat dramatic music]
[Filip] Here's another one.
From London.
Ah!
Seems to be from the court
of Elizabeth.
Do you think it held
the necklace and crystal?
Hmm?
Guys, Look at this. [panting]
The picture is changing
to someone else.
[Connor] Does this mean
what I think it means?
What did
the translation say again
about the crystal
being amplified?
Ah! Um, the crystal
is behest amplified
to the pointeth where
the past is cleared hence
and the knowledge of the future
is limitless.
The past is cleared hence.
Not memories.
The actual past.
So Dr. Kirsch didn't just lose
the memory
of coming up
with her hypothesis.
It never happened.
Someone else did it.
Are you saying actual events
have been wiped out?
History's been changed?
Why would he want to do this?
Oh, he doesn't.
He wants the other part.
The limitless knowledge
of the future.
Oh, he doesn't care
about consequences.
He is what we call
a remorseless monomaniac.
Sociopath.
How is he amplifying
the crystal?
The question is, if his goal
is to selfishly gain knowledge,
then why would
he involve other people?
Because he needs something
from them
in order to achieve his goal.
And memories.
[Connor] Magical causality.
It must get its power
to look into the future
by consuming people's memories.
Correction, by consuming
the past.
And the more people
that look through it,
the more powerful it becomes.
When did Charlie look
through the glass?
Ah, when Stanaris
and I were verbally jousting,
she looked
through the telescope.
[Filip] I also looked
through the telescope.
[Lysa] So did Dr. Kirch.
Of course. Where else would
you put a piece of glass
people would look through?
It's just another lens.
Thank you for saving me the
trouble of explaining all that.
[dramatic sting]
No!
You let us out of here,
you bounder!
Sorry to keep you here
like this,
but I have 20 undergraduates
arriving for
a stargazing session.
And once they've all looked
at the Andromeda Galaxy,
the crystals
should be fully amplified.
Stanaris, you have unleashed
forces beyond your control!
Do you know what it's like
for a man of my intellect
to cast my pearls
before swiny undergraduates?
While people like Rosalind Kirch
get famous on stories
of cups of tea and picnics?
Now this is the story.
The greatest discovery
of the history of science.
And my name will go down
with Copernicus,
Galileo, and Sagan.
Sagan?
Think about the consequences
of erasing history!
[Frederic]
As a "remorseless monomaniac,"
let me just tell you,
I don't care.
[ominous sting]
Mm.
[impact grunts]
It's not going to work.
The door and frames
are case hardened steel.
But if the crystal
is already overcharged,
then imagine what would happen
once he sucked the memory
of 20 more people.
Zombie apocalypse?
It's actually worse than that.
When you change the past,
it takes time for those changes
to catch up with you.
The past changed when
Dr. Kirsch lost her memories,
but it took time for
the causality changes
to catch up with our timeline.
Which is why the book and the
painting are only changing now.
- Exactly.
- [Charlie] I don't understand.
Imagine time like a lake,
and we exist on its shore.
And the erased memory is like
a pebble,
dropped in the center.
It takes time for the ripples
to reach us.
So when Charlie's timeline
catches up with us,
she doesn't just forget.
But she never actually met us.
And if we never met her
Then no one saved you
from the Drekavac.
Which would mean that,
on our current timeline,
we would all be
Dead.
[Frederic] Thank you for coming.
Next week we get to view
the Triffid Nebula.
Thank you, Dr. Stanaris.
That was incredible.
Yes, but it can be overwhelming,
so my advice is
to go straight home.
[unsettling music]
[low rumbling]
[magical whirring
and chittering]
[music swells]
[Vikram] Wait!
Panic is the enemy. Hmm?
[speaking French]
French isn't helping.
[Speaks French]
Who installed this vault?
- A security company.
- What kind of company?
They specialize in banks, museums?
Um, museums, I think. Yeah.
Museum and art gallery systems
usually have
a fire override sensor
to allow firefighters to enter
a burning vault
without having the passcodes.
[Filip] I don't know anything
about that. Sorry.
[Connor] It wouldn't be out in
plain sight like a smoke alarm.
Over here.
Ah!
We could use this lens
and find
a strong enough light source
that perhaps the focus beam
could generate enough heat
and then
[door sensor beeping]
Hmm.
[Vikram] Nice.
[Charlie] You're not coming.
We could just use my lighter.
Oh, here.
Tiny portable tinderbox.
Hm.
[speaks French]
[mystical music]
[magical whirring
and chittering]
[Connor] There it is.
Can I help you?
Why are we here?
You seem confused.
What just happened?
The Dee papers mentioned
the crystal emitting
spectral particulates.
It must be overflowing
with them.
I remember running up the stairs
and that's it.
- But you know who I am?
- [both] Yeah.
Then we pulled you out
just in time.
But when you were in it,
you were rendered
completely impotent.
But why doesn't it
affect Stanaris?
I do not know.
But we have to get
that crystal away from him.
There is only one choice.
I must go in there and get it.
What? Just like that?
What makes you think you won't
be rendered completely impotent?
Me?
I don't think you know
what it's like, Vikram.
I feel like I have
a ten-second hole in my brain.
And who knows what it'll be like
if you stay in there.
Are you, of all people,
willing to risk your memories?
My mental discipline is unlike
any other.
Not that you're ordinary,
and not to gloat or bluster,
but I believe
I am our best chance.
I don't like it.
And I'm responsible for you.
No.
I am responsible.
I'm The Librarian.
And my memories mean no more
than any of yours.
You three, go under
the platform.
See if you can lower the floor.
Anything to get him away
from that telescope.
Okay.
[dramatic music]
[Vikram] Stanaris!
How are you able to
I have trained my brain
[sniffs deeply]
to silo thoughts away
from my active mind.
I can lock away what I need
and only give away
useless memories
to this pestiferous hex.
[breathing heavily]
[magical chittering]
[enchanting music]
Get the crystal.
[music swells]
What's the most important thing
in the world to you?
[magical chittering]
Anya.
Stay
Stay with me.
[Vikram moans despairingly]
Did you forget something?
The main controls are up there.
Okay, well this looks like
a pretty standard servo motor.
Yeah, it shouldn't be
too hard to hotwire.
We should lower the floor
to avert Stanaris
from looking
through the telescope.
Guys?
[magical chittering]
What's happening to me?
[Lysa] She's disintegrating
out of our timeline.
[loud thud]
We got no time for this now.
[thrilling music]
[Vikram sobbing]
I could tell
that you were different.
You seem to have
an esoteric knowledge
almost from another time.
I heard you talking in the vault
about translating high Enochian.
Well, only a handful
of people know high Enochian.
- [coughs painfully]
- Fortunately, I'm one of them.
So I didn't leave
any of the important papers
lying around in the office
for you to read.
They explain how to amplify
the crystal
and how the necklace could give
its wearer immunity
from the unfortunate
side effects.
[Lysa] You just gotta stay here, okay?
[exhales stressfully]
Oh, my God.
Okay, just stay present.
- Okay, Charlie, stay present,
- okay.
[Lysa] You've gotta fight this.
Fight!
[dramatic music]
[magical chittering]
What am I doing up here?
[Connor screaming] Ah!
'vtt?
You've gotta stay.
You've gotta promise me, okay?
Just, just stay here.
We need you.
We need you here, please!
So what was it?
A woman?
[chuckles]
It's very interesting.
You're in tremendous pain,
but you can't seem
to remember why.
That is nothing compared
to what I'm about to experience.
For millennia, man has looked
to the heavens
to see the distant past.
And I will be the first man
to peer into the heavens
and to see the future.
I will know how
the story of the universe ends.
And I will publish.
[dramatic music]
The colors.
Even more beautiful than ever.
[Connor] [screaming] Ah!
Help!
What are you doing?
I don't know! I can't remember!
Ah!
Get away from there, you maniac!
You're ruining everything!
Somebody help me!
[Vikram] Catch!
[effort grunts]
[Connor] Now I remember.
[thrilling adventurous music]
What have you done?
I'm not sure.
[Frederic] Where am I?
[magical chittering]
What is this?
[music crescendos]
[gentle strings music]
[Rosalind] I know
it sounds crazy.
I don't think I was asleep,
but I must have been dreaming
because, all of a sudden,
it seemed
as if I were disappearing.
And then it all came back to me,
the moment on Observatory Hill
when I developed my hypothesis.
It's hard to explain.
And I feel as if you
and your friends
had something to do with it.
I'm so grateful.
That was one of my most
important memories.
I never knew how much I valued
my past until it was gone.
I see that you erased
the equation.
You didn't think
to write it down somewhere?
I had to get rid of it.
I don't know where it came from.
And there was something about it
I just didn't trust.
Probably for the best.
Some mysteries need
to be revealed in time
when we can appreciate
the implications.
And scientific advancement
should come through application
of scientific method.
And this answer came to me
Like magic.
Well, I'm glad to hear
that she's all right.
Oh, we were able to check up
on the students
who'd been affected.
It was mind-blowing,
but they're no worse for wear.
Most of them have forgotten
their future visions.
Though, four of them
have formed a jam band.
Charlie, how are you feeling?
Uh, all squared away, sir.
You never told us your vision
of the future.
Or was that also forgotten
when the effects were reversed?
Uh, yes.
Wiped out. Completely.
Still impressed
with how you were able
to stave off the effects
from the memory bubble.
I couldn't have done it.
My mental discipline
is highly attuned
and perfectly calibrated.
That, and I had no memories
to lose for 178 years,
save a few weeks.
I thought that might give me
some advantage.
And you saw Con struggling
and you needed to help him?
Perhaps.
Well, whatever it was,
you were willing to risk what
matters most to save us, so
As Descartes said,
"I think, therefore I am."
But maybe
"I remember,
therefore I am."
Maybe that's the truth of it.
Anyway,
I feel safer knowing
that this is all locked away
and out of the hands
of a pseudo-academic,
polymathic megalomaniac.
Hmm.
Speaking of which,
what do you think will happen
to Dr. Stanaris?
Hm.
The reverse-amplified view
of the universe
provides us with a final answer.
Copernicus and Galileo,
they tell us nothing.
Stephen Hawking? Hm.
Only I, Frederic Stanaris,
have viewed the future.
And I'd still be viewing it now
if it wasn't
for the interference of
a crypto-cult organization
called The Library
and its fanatical,
destructive operative
who calls himself The Librarian!
[adventurous music]