Arcane (2021) s02e07 Episode Script

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[DOWNTEMPO POP MUSIC PLAYING
QUIETLY ON SPEAKERS]
[SCREAMS]
[SCREAMING]
[GASPING]
[GASPS]
Huh?
You're beyond help.
Whoa, relax, jumpy.
[IN DISTORTED VOICE]
I've got a new idea
[SOUNDS DISTORT]
Uh, did you just throw that?
Stay Stay back.
[BENZO] Oi.
What in the seven sumps
is all this racket?
[GASPS SOFTLY]
Oi, one of those days, huh?
You know those ugly twins,
genius and madness.
[BENZO IN DISTORTED VOICE]
Maybe take the madness outside.
I still got a business to
Oh.
What's gotten into him?
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
I wake up to the sounds ♪
Of the silence that allows ♪
For my mind to run around ♪
With my ear up to the ground ♪
I'm searching to behold ♪
The stories that are told ♪
When my back is to the world ♪
That was smiling when I turned ♪
Tell you you're the greatest ♪
But once you turn, they hate us ♪
Oh, the misery ♪
Everybody wants to be my enemy ♪
Oh, spare the sympathy ♪
Everybody wants to be my enemy ♪
Pray it away, I swear ♪
I'll never be a saint, no way ♪
My enemy ♪
Pray it away, I swear ♪
I'll never be a saint ♪
Look out for yourself ♪
[HAUNTING MUSIC PLAYING]
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
We arrived ♪
So we'll start the game ♪
Start the game ♪
Who is playing ♪
When it all ends the same? ♪
Don't take it so hard ♪
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
[POWDER] Hey, spaceboy,
I'm not talking to myself over here.
What is up with you?
You've been out of it all day.
I feel like
I woke up in the wrong universe.
[POWDER] This is what happens
when you stay up all night.
Those synapses start firing around
like drunk slugs.
There's still plenty of time
before the competition.
Okay? We'll work out the kinks.
- I've got you.
- [GASPS]
[SOUNDS DISTORTING]
[MYLO] Ah, if it isn't Zaun's royalty.
My liege.
[LAUGHS] Sit down.
[CLAGGOR] Hey, hey, little man.
Trouble in paradise?
[POWDER] Just the usual project woes.
[CLAGGOR] Tell me about it.
We finally got the hybrids
to feed off the fissure gases,
but the conversion rate's way too low.
They hardly grow.
They're nowhere near robust enough
to purify all the air down here.
- Unless you plant a million of them.
- No way we're doing that.
And we've tried cultivating the soil,
infusing the water.
No luck.
I'll be right back.
Oh, no.
Go. Save him from himself.
Where would you be without her?
[SOUNDS DISTORTING]
[WINCING]
[IN CRACKING VOICE] Hey, Gert.
[WHISPERS IN NORMAL VOICE]
No. Oh, come on.
- Hey
- Hey, Gert.
Do the Chem Sisters have
another show coming up?
Mylo here is a big fan.
Like, huge.
Cool.
Uh, yeah, the old man's gonna let
us play the party the night before
that Innovators Competition
you all are gunning for.
[SOUNDS DISTORTING]
[PANTING]
What would they do without you?
There would probably
be some arm-flailing.
[CHUCKLING]
You know, one thing I
learned as a bartender:
As good as it feels to
pour everyone's drink,
you need to fill your own
cup every now and again.
[SCOFFS] Let me guess.
You think I'm holding myself back.
I think you're too smart
to spend your life in a bar.
[SOUNDS DISTORTING]
[CLAGGOR IN DISTORTED VOICE]
Hey, professor.
- Professor?
- Am I late for a gathering of the minds?
[CLAGGOR] Whoa.
[HEIMERDINGER] Oh.
[SOUNDS DISTORTING]
[GAGGING]
[PANTING]
One can't shout from the rooftops
about being thrust
into parallel dimensions
without awkward consequences.
It seems the anomaly which dislodged
us from our proverbial reality
also scattered us across time.
[SIGHS]
Man, I thought I was going crazy.
How long have you been here?
One thousand, one
hundred twenty-eight days,
six hours, and twenty minutes.
Give or take.
So you've just been waiting
for me all this time?
Precisely. Or rather, imprecisely.
I grew skeptical you'd arrive,
even during my unusually long lifetime.
What about Jayce? Is he here?
[HEIMERDINGER SIGHS]
I fear he may have wound up elsewhere.
The anomaly behaved
differently around him.
[PLAYING JAUNTY TUNE]
Tell me you figured out
a way to get us home.
[HEIMERDINGER] That is
a veritable conundrum.
I'm afraid Hextech was
never invented here.
And without a creation so
prodigious as the Hexgates
No anomaly.
[HEIMERDINGER NOODLING ON GUITAR]
Oh, it isn't all bad.
I've been able to accomplish
wonderful things in this world.
Give it time to settle.
This place will grow on you. You'll see.
Grow on me?
I have people back home who need me.
We don't belong here.
And yet we can't leave.
I'm gonna find a way
back, with or without you.
- Oh!
- Oh. Uh
I was gonna go see Vi.
Vi?
[POWDER] You wanna come?
[SOUNDS DISTORTING]
[JAYCE] What have we done?
[VOICE ECHOES]
[WIND HOWLING]
[GROANING]
[FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING]
[COUGHING]
[THUMP NEARBY]
[ROAR IN DISTANCE]
[JAYCE] Hello?
Is anyone out there?
[CLANKS ECHOING]
Who's there?
[CLANKING CONTINUES]
[JAYCE] You.
Did you bring me here?
Where are we?
Wait!
[JAYCE PANTING]
[CHILLING MUSIC PLAYING]
No.
It can't be.
[POWDER] What's with
the third degree, Ekko?
We've been working on this for months.
Humor me.
[POWDER SIGHS] You had
one of your funky dreams
about an energy-storage device
that you swore would
win the competition.
So you came to me for help.
I came to you?
[POWDER SCOFFS] You weren't
gonna figure it out yourself.
[EKKO] "Zero-loss chemical energy cell."
And this invention.
You don't have some
alternative purpose for it?
[POWDER] You're the big idea guy.
Sorry, sis.
Someone's wigging out over his project
and having an identity crisis again.
No names.
I got the "not living up to my
potential" speech from Vander again.
Reminds me of you.
Hmm?
She's dead?
How?
That's not funny, Ekko.
It was a mistake to come here.
[SCOFFS] What's that supposed to mean?
Just 'cause you're having a bad
day, don't take it out on me.
Was it you?
You gave us the tip.
We went on that job because of you.
[GASPS] The job.
That's why there's no Hextech here.
You should leave.
Go. Before I do something I regret.
Believe me, I'm working on it.
[MELANCHOLY DREAM-POP MUSIC PLAYING]
Hold me right now ♪
To look back ♪
And I've disappeared ♪
[CHATTERING]
[BLEAK MUSIC PLAYING]
[CHILDREN LAUGHING IN DISTORTED VOICES]
Come on. I saw it over here.
[CHEERFUL FOLK MUSIC PLAYING ON GUITAR]
Care for a cup of tea, sir?
Come on.
[CHATTERING]
Go spin the wheel ♪
And see where it lands ♪
Join in the circus ♪
Stay for a dance ♪
And right when the war quiets down ♪
Strike up the band ♪
Keep marching on ♪
My friends ♪
And do what you can ♪
Wait till your brothers ♪
And your sisters ♪
See where you been ♪
And if you love the journey ♪
More than the end ♪
Go ahead ♪
Just turn that hourglass around ♪
And count to ten ♪
This ain't goodbye ♪
Violet, don't! Ple
Please, no
It just began ♪
March on, my friends ♪
Whoa-oa-oa, oh-oh-oh ♪
Oh-oh ♪
Whoa-oa-oa, oh-oh-oh ♪
Oh-oh-oh ♪
Go and make some mistakes ♪
You live and you learn ♪
And where the chips fall ♪
Is not your concern ♪
Like the wind gonna breeze ♪
Fires'll burn ♪
Just let the gears ♪
My friend ♪
Oh, just let the gears ♪
My friend ♪
Let them turn ♪
[CROWD APPLAUDING]
Thank you very much.
[EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]
[YELLS]
[YELPS]
[YELLING]
[CHATTERING]
You think you can recreate
the anomaly with these?
That's the theory.
[HEIMERDINGER] Inconceivable.
So you'll help me?
[HEIMERDINGER] I meant
that quite literally.
I don't believe this can be done.
Tampering with the Arcane
never ends well, lad.
The risk is far too great.
You said I was your pupil.
I need a professor.
Better yet,
a partner.
Oh, blast nozzles.
How could I forsake a
brilliant lad in need?
Again.
[GROANS]
[SCREAMS]
[GROANING]
[BLEAK MUSIC PLAYING]
[BLOWING]
[GROANS]
[GASPS]
[JAYCE] I never asked for this.
That research is
everything. My whole life.
He was my mentor, Mel.
And I betrayed him.
[HEIMERDINGER] You must destroy it.
It corrupts.
- Consumes.
- [SCREAMS]
[JAYCE] I was trying to create magic.
- [AMBESSA] Piltover
- [MEL] It's your time now, Jayce.
Perhaps it's time.
[JAYCE] No, no.
[MEL] For the era of magic.
[HEIMERDINGER] I've seen
nations destroyed
[JAYCE] Please.
[HEIMERDINGER] exactly like this.
[YELLS]
[GROANING]
[YELLS]
[MUSIC TURNS HOPEFUL]
[EKKO] Watch your step.
We're almost there.
I don't know what this is all about,
but if you're trying to apologize,
dragging me through the
You painted this?
I had this dream
where things went another way.
[POWDER] She looks so badass.
You don't know the half of it.
She was the toughest
person in all of Zaun.
Nothing scared her.
No, not my sister.
Vi was strong because she was afraid.
Her fear of losing us is
what made her fight so hard.
- You were different in my dream too.
- Oh, yeah, buster?
Is that what this is about?
You want me to change?
No.
No, no, I just
You aren't the kind of person
who helps other people
with their projects.
Your ideas change the world.
I can't shake the feeling that
that's who you're supposed to be.
Things are good, Ekko.
I like my life.
I don't wanna lose what makes me "me"
chasing some wild dream.
Sometimes taking a leap forward
means leaving a few things behind.
You're a real mystery,
aren't you, mister?
[CHUCKLES]
All right, out with it.
What do you want from me?
[BLEAK MUSIC PLAYING]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[PENSIVE ELECTRONIC POP MUSIC PLAYING]
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
[SOBS, THEN SNIFFLES]
Hmm.
[SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]
Huh.
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING QUIETLY ON SPEAKERS]
It's so small.
[HEIMERDINGER] Golly, we've done it.
Halfway there.
[YELPS]
So, what does it do?
Uh
[GRUNTS]
[YELPS]
So, what does it do?
You just asked me that.
No, I didn't.
[SIGHS] I'm too tired for games.
No, I didn't.
It's a time loop.
Huh? [YELPS] A time loop?
- Huh? [YELPS] A time loop?
- A time loop.
- [GRUMBLES]
- You're going back in time.
Gadzooks. How did you stumble upon that?
I was playing with inversions
on Jayce's acceleration rune.
How far did you go?
I don't know. A second?
- Try going back further.
- Take it slow, lad.
We wouldn't want to push a new
invention too far too quickly.
Mm
[SCOFFS]
[SCREECHING]
[EKKO] One.
Two.
Three.
- Gadzooks.
- Four.
[HEIMERDINGER SHOUTS]
[HEIMERDINGER SHOUTS]
The limit is four seconds.
Are you certain, my boy?
What were the indicators?
[EKKO] Trust me.
It's four seconds.
- Amazing.
- Hmm.
We could show it off at the party.
We aren't done.
Please go change before the party.
I think I might know
how to give it a boost.
A boost?
A momentary upgrade, if you will.
That's great. Where do we start?
You can start by attending your party.
One's thoughts are more
easily gathered in isolation.
And what's the point
of a device like this
if you don't enjoy the time you have?
[BLEAK MUSIC PLAYING]
[UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ON SPEAKERS]
You load it through here
and then you wait for it
It's just a prototype for now
[CHATTERING]
[BENZO] There he is.
[LAUGHS] Hey, nervous, kid?
Big day tomorrow.
It's all I can think about.
Where's the little lady?
Not sure. She said something
about making an entrance.
[LAUGHS] She does love a spectacle, eh?
[CHUCKLES] Yeah.
Hey, in case I don't
remember to tell you tomorrow,
you've always meant
the world to me, Benzo.
Oh.
Well, you, uh
Ach. Uh, you Oh, don't
get all mushy on me now.
Hey.
- Making the big man misty, are you?
- Oh, these damned allergies.
You should be proud of yourself, Ekko.
Powder's been raving about your Z-Drive.
Can't remember the last
time I saw her so alive.
I have the feeling that you'll
be running this place soon.
So there's a chance for us yet.
- [BENZO CHUCKLES]
- You?
Didn't think I'd miss
your big day, did you?
Didn't you try to kill him?
Greatest thing we can do in life
is find the power to forgive.
Ach.
[CHUCKLES]
[CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING]
[ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING ON SPEAKERS]
[MAN RAPPING IN FRENCH ON SPEAKERS]
[MAN & WOMAN SINGING IN FRENCH]
[POWDER] Some night.
[EKKO] It's beautiful.
[POWDER] Where'd you learn those moves?
[EKKO] Oh, I was just
following your lead.
[POWDER CHUCKLES] Mm.
He's got lines.
[EKKO CHUCKLES]
[EKKO] Hey. Uh
I just want to thank you.
You know, for everything.
I used to dream the
undercity could be like this.
But somewhere, I got consumed
by all the ways it wasn't.
I gave up on it.
Gave up on you.
[POWDER] I've never seen you
give up on anything, Ekko.
[EKKO] You ever wish you
could just stay in one moment?
Sometimes taking a leap forward means
leaving a few things behind.
I promise I'll never forget this.
You better not.
- Sorry, I
- No
It's fine, I
Can we just pretend
like it's the first time?
[MAN & WOMAN SINGING IN FRENCH]
- [THUNDER CRASHING]
- [WIND HOWLING]
[SIGHS]
[EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYING]
[CHUCKLES]
Ekko, my lad. You're just in time.
This is a big upgrade.
Just a moment.
I only need to hook up
the final power supply.
Whoa.
This is where it all started, isn't it?
The end of Piltover.
Because of Hextech.
Why did you ever give me this?
Why?
It doesn't have to go this way, right?
Just tell me there's a chance.
[MUSIC TURNS DRAMATIC]
Oh, I do wish I could
apologize to Ms. Powder
for co-opting her space like this.
It truly was the only way.
[HEIMERDINGER EXHALES]
Send me back.
[RUMBLING]
Never a dull moment.
I must say that since I've met you, lad,
I've truly lived.
What?
- Back in a wink.
- No! Heimerdinger, wait! Wait!
I won't fail.
I swear it.
No!
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
[EKKO] Powder?
Huh?
What happened?
[MECHANISM WINDING]
[UPBEAT SOUL MUSIC PLAYING ON SPEAKERS]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]