[Prometheus] We have arrived at a crucial moment.
Everything is starting to come together.
And now I owe you an explanation about all this.
About me, about why I'm here.
In the myths, which some of you may have read,
I'm the one that Zeus punished for giving humans the gift of fire.
I'm a hero, but you're thinking I'm just some prick
who murdered his boyfriend, right?
Wrong.
Zeus punished me because I stood up to him.
I told him he'd become everything he hated.
He didn't take it very well.
[pen scribbling]
[knocking on door]
[intriguing instrumental music playing]
[knocking continues]
-It's very rude, not answering the door. -Oh my g--
Fucking hell. [sighs]
What are you doing here?
Look, I can do it. I can do it.
It is not your fate, Prometheus.
Zeus is coming after you.
If you want to stop him, you need to listen to me.
Who do you trust most in the world?
Who would do anything that you asked without question?
I don't know.
Don't lie.
Charon.
Yes.
You need to kill him.
-No, I-- -That's the only way.
And you need to regain Zeus's trust.
You must submit to his punishment and accept your fate.
If you don't, Zeus will never be defeated, and you really will have failed.
There is a greater plan, Prometheus.
[somber music playing]
[Prometheus] The greater plan.
Yes.
[hesitates] Thank you.
[Prometheus] This relationship took a while to rebuild.
Thank you, sweet friend.
You're very welcome.
[Prometheus] But we got there.
[Charon groans]
[Prometheus] Against all odds, this relationship has endured.
As for the other players,
some will not understand what they have done…
how they have helped.
And they never will.
Others know exactly what they're doing…
and still need to do.
-If one of us fails, we all fail. -[music fades slowly]
[birds singing]
Right, it's time.
Come on.
[mournful violin music playing]
[hushed whispers resonating]
Remember.
-[gun fires] -[gasps]
[Alecto] That's more like it.
-What was that? -Car backfired. Don't worry about it.
[panting]
How long was I asleep?
Doesn't matter.
Where am I?
Here.
Oh my god.
Do you like it? I made it.
I didn't mean to kill Glaucus, okay?
I was just a baby.
I have paid my penance. I have not gone unpunished.
-We're not here to punish you. -We're here to show you the truth.
Which is?
Just watch the show.
You're gonna love it.
[Ari grunts]
[praying indistinctly]
I wouldn't want anything to do with the gods, Ari.
Not if I were you.
[timer dings]
[kernels popping]
Popcorn.
[upbeat intro music playing on TV]
What the fuck is this?
Shut up. No talking.
For the record, this was not my idea.
[can pops open]
[theme song fades]
Mm.
Know why it's called that?
[laughing] 'Cause once you start to pull at it, everything unravels.
Am I flashing you?
-No, sir. -What about now?
[whimsical music playing]
[laughs]
-Oh, man. Mr. President, welcome. -Well, thank you, sir.
Now, your predecessor, he was a little headstrong. [clears throat]
-[Minos] Yes. -He's dead now.
Enjoy your position.
Enjoy your palace, but never forget these three things.
One, all this is on loan.
-Yes, sir. -Two, I put you here.
You serve me.
-Yes, sir. -[Poseidon] Three.
Now, this is the big one. [sighs]
If you please me, I can make you immortal.
-[music swells] -Is that true, sir?
[Poseidon] Of course.
-[Minos] Vero, sir. -Oh, yes, yes. Very fucking vero.
Right. [clears throat]
-Initial to-do list. -Yes, sir.
There is a lion in the Heraklion zoo.
Let it out.
Just let it out?
Oh yeah. It'll eat people. It'll be fun.
-[Minos] Yes. Yes, of course. -Next, you need an heir.
Have a child.
Oh no.
Sir, I'm afraid I can't.
-[Poseidon] Can't what? -Have children.
My prophecy forbids it, but don't let it put you off.
I swear I'll be a loyal servant.
What is your prophecy?
"Your end begins in the marital bed."
"The first child to draw breath will kill you dead."
[ominous music plays]
-That is clear. -[Minos] I know.
[inhales sharply]
How about this?
Twins. I can do that.
You just get rid of the one that pops out first. That'll work.
The next is your heir.
[tense flourish plays]
-I'm not watching any more of this bull-- -[Tisi] Wait, it's you.
They've started to sleep glued together like little cubs.
Isn't that wonderful?
[gently] Hi, my little Glaucus.
-And how's my gorgeous little Ari, huh? -[Ari babbles]
Mommy loves you so much.
Mommy loves you so much. [laughs]
Do you love your little sister, honey?
Isn't she beautiful?
-[gentle music fades] -[intriguing music playing]
Good boy.
Sir, I… I…
-[hesitates] I can't. -[Glaucus laughs]
He was the firstborn, and you're my prisoner.
Daedalus, I think you can.
I think you have to.
-[Daedalus sighs] -[Glaucus giggles]
Go.
I have to fulfill my destiny, Ari.
What are you doing?
I'm not watching more of these lies.
-[Alecto] Are they lies? -Of course.
That's not my dad's prophecy, and Daedalus is respected staff,
not a prisoner.
Right. He just… [scoffs] …never leaves the palace.
He's a recluse. My father didn't order him to kill a baby.
Are you sure about that?
Yes, I'm sure.
My father is a good man, and I trust him.
[Tisi] What about the Trojans?
That's different.
Is it?
He promised you he wouldn't kill them.
[somber violin music playing]
[screaming inaudibly]
[Alecto] How do you know he didn't lie about his prophecy?
Want to watch the end?
Absolutely not.
[gentle music playing]
Let me out.
Let me out!
[breathing shakily]
I demand you let me out this instant.
[banging on door]
[Ari] Let me out.
[panicked] Let me out!
[music fades]
This is what you do, isn't it? I know what this is.
It is punishment for Glaucus.
You turn humans… mad.
Hmm? You make them lose faith in everything they know,
everything they love,
until, finally, they kill themselves.
Well, I won't.
-Only the gods can judge me. -Fuck the gods.
What?
[Meg] Fuck 'em.
-They're the source of all your pain. -They are, Ari.
-[Alecto] Just watch the end. -No!
[ominous strings playing]
[clicks tongue] Fine. Go home.
What?
-What? -[Tisi] What?
Well, she knows enough.
But… you're walking, though.
[intense music playing]
[door slams]
-[Meg] Talk to Daedalus. -Fuck off.
[Atropos] That went well.
They're hard work, aren't they? The religious ones.
We're even now.
No more favors.
She's on her own.
-[ominous music playing] -[kisses]
[motors rev]
[indistinct radio chatter]
[music fades]
[Minos] Ari!
[quietly] Where have you been?
I have been going out of my mind.
-Are you all right? -Yeah.
[hesitates] I'm fine, Pa.
I'm fine.
[whispering] I had no choice about the Trojans.
I did what was best for the city, for Krete.
I know you did.
For the gods.
Don't you ever do that to me again.
[footsteps approaching]
[strings fade]
[Minos] Merciful gods of Olympus,
I give you thanks for the safe return of my daughter, Ari,
whom I love more than my own life.
-Vero. -Vero.
[Minos sighs]
Your prophecy foretold that you would rule Krete, didn't it?
[clicks tongue] Um…
Yeah.
How was it phrased, exactly?
[Minos] Why?
I was thinking about mine
and what it predicted that I did to Glaucus.
I can't remember it by heart.
I don't think I've looked at it for over 20 years.
-I just… I thought-- -[Minos] What the hell is this?
Do you not think you've tested my nerves enough?
Sorry, Dad.
[softly] No, no, no. I'm sorry.
I'm on edge. I was worried.
I love you, Ari, more than anything in this world.
[Minos inhales slowly, exhales sharply]
[pensive music playing]
[elevator bell dings]
[slam echoes]
[low growling]
Hi, Daedalus.
[Daedalus] Would you like some food?
Uh, it's just stew.
No, thank you.
I always set the table for two.
Even though Icarus…
It's silly, I know.
Sorry.
Glad to see you're back.
Uh, but with respect, why are you here, ma'am?
Is there something I can do for you?
-Is there a problem with the waxwork? -No.
[takes a deep breath]
Are you a prisoner here, Daedalus?
-[Daedalus] Excuse me? -Are you?
Well, I think "prisoner" is a strong term.
I mean, I have a lot of range within the grounds.
What did you do?
[Daedalus] Um…
I don't know.
I think perhaps your father wanted to make sure I didn't find work elsewhere.
In many ways, it's a compliment.
Did you kill my brother, Daedalus?
On my father's orders, did you?
Oh my god.
[breathing shakily]
Oh my god, you did.
I swore to myself if you or your mother ever asked,
I would tell the truth. [grunts]
Your father threatened me.
He told me he'd kill Icarus
if I didn't follow his orders.
I still did it.
I could have said no.
And Icarus died anyway.
I couldn't save him.
What?
He built the wings to escape, Ari. To get away from here,
Away from me.
When he found out what I'd done.
When he found out that you'd killed Glaucus.
No. No.
Well, what?
He's not dead, Ari.
[growling]
[persistent growling]
Only me. Only me. Only me. Only me.
[chains rattle]
He's the Minotaur.
[Prometheus] Truth can rupture one's entire world.
Even the world of the gods.
["A Girl Like You" by Edwyn Collins playing]
[Hera moaning]
♪ I've never known A girl like you before ♪
♪ Now just like In a song from days of yore… ♪
Oh god, you're the best!
Oh my god, you're the fucking best.
[grunts]
There, right there.
[loud moan echoes]
['90s indie rock cuts out]
Have you ever considered dispensing with this tongueless freak show?
No.
Why not?
Because then Zeus would know immediately.
Their vow of silence is to me.
Their tongues are mine. They keep my secrets.
Well, my secret.
[quietly] You should have married me.
[whispering] If I had married you, I'd be doing this with him.
Don't be such a baby.
["Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" playing]
♪ Oh, what a beautiful mornin' ♪
♪ Oh, what a beautiful day ♪
♪ I've got a beautiful feeling ♪
♪ Everything's goin' my way ♪
[Zeus] Phase one.
That's our phase one.
Is this gonna make 'em fall in line?
Oh! [laughs]
[chuckling]
I don't know why, this makes me… makes me, uh… giddy.
It just feels… feels good.
-Doesn't it? -[nervously] Yeah. Yeah.
Uh, hey, you know, uh, I think my favorite is…
fire.
It's so cleansing.
♪ Beautiful day ♪
[Zeus] Ah.
[pleasant song concludes]
Oh!
Hey, look… look at, uh… Look at what we've done.
-Very good. -[Zeus] Yeah. Thank you.
Are you feeling better?
[Zeus] Uh…
Yeah, as a matter of fact, I do.
-I feel, uh, vital and, uh… and firm. -[chuckles]
Yeah, right… right here. Right here.
-Maybe later. -[gasps]
-[Poseidon] Hello. -[Hera chuckles]
-What are you doing here? -Came for a swim.
[grunts] What's wrong with the sea?
Too big. I can't do laps.
[Hera] Um…
[Poseidon] Hmm?
Towel!
[Zeus] You're dripping on the floor. You hear what she said, lobster boy?
-[Poseidon laughs] -[Hera] Towel!
Fuck me.
Have I walked into some midlife crisis?
Hang on, you'd better not be planning anything in Krete.
And what if we are?
[Poseidon] "We"?
Yeah.
He's, uh, good, hardworking, and he's obedient.
Is he, indeed?
Oh! You found your watch.
Ah. He did.
He did? Hmm.
Well done. Mm.
[groans]
[sighs]
Have you checked in on your friend,
the one downstairs, trying to get his wife back?
Because you might be the favorite now,
but you won't be if they make it out of the underworld.
I don't think so, do you?
Hmm.
Best keep an eye on him. I would.
Mwah! [grunts]
-You're not trying to fuck him, are you? -Oh, please.
I don't do family.
He's still dripping, Zeus.
-Towel! Towel! Towel! Towel! Towel! -[Poseidon] Mm.
Thank you.
So, what is this really? What's going on?
It's called work, you lazy cunt.
All right, well, just leave Krete alone.
Bye-bye.
[Zeus] Listen, kid.
We're bombing Krete.
Right after I've taken a piss.
[upbeat organ music playing]
[Hera] I told you not to stop by Olympus unannounced.
-[loud slap] -[Poseidon] Ow, that hurt!
[Hera] Oh, shut up. You like me hurting you.
[Poseidon laughs]
[Prometheus] Zeus is forbidden from entering Hera's bathroom.
-[Zeus] How is phase two coming along? -[man 1] Holy Zeus, forgive us, save us!
[woman 1] No more earthquakes! I'm begging you, Zeus!
[Prometheus] But sometimes when she's out, he can't resist.
[Zeus sighs]
[woman 2] My mom just turned into a bee! What did she do?
That's interesting.
[woman 3] What else do you want from us? We don't have anything else!
-[woman 4] Father, I just… -[man 2] The whole farm's gone!
What is… It's not my fault! I didn't do anything!
-[Zeus humming] -[indistinct complaints]
[man 2] All right! I… A pig, I fucked a pig.
But my family just drowned! How can that count?
-[urinating] -Pig? [laughs]
Yeah. That counts, my friend. That counts.
-[grunts] -[man 3] And I just… I just killed him.
My… My brother! My… My own flesh and blood!
-I fucking killed him! -Bad boy.
[woman 5] Five years. Five years, and he never lifted a fucking finger!
[voices overlapping]
[Hera moaning]
[Zeus] Ah.
-[moaning grows louder] -[Zeus chuckles]
[Hera] Oh my god, you're the fucking best.
[grunts]
-Hera? -[music fades]
[Hera] You think Zeus is the powerful one?
You haven't seen what I am capable of, darling.
-[tense music playing] -[Zeus breathing shakily]
[thunder rumbles]
[attendant] May speech to the wordless give you comfort.
May the goddess Hera cradle you in your mortal pain.
[door rattles]
Vero.
[thunder rumbles]
Where'd she go?
I know you can't talk, but…
you can write, can't you?
And if you can't,
I'm afraid you're about to experience a whole lot of mortal pain.
So, what does she do?
What does she conceal from me? Is it just fucking?
Or is it plotting?
Why has she started to lie to me?
[breathing shakily]
-Hi, Ma. -[bees buzzing]
Well, it might be you. Hera won't tell me.
I wish we could talk.
[sighs]
I'm not enjoying this anymore. I don't want to hurt people.
I can't talk to Dad. He's so…
[distant screaming]
[tacita shrieking]
[Zeus] Oh, I told you to write.
Why… Why… Why do you make me do this?
I thought the voice box would atrophy, but not so.
That's a heck of a scream.
[Dennis meowing]
Come on, Dennis. Let's get out of here.
[tacita continues screaming]
-[screams fade] -[birds singing]
Zeus, are you in?
Zeus?
[ominous music playing]
[Hera breathing shakily]
[Hera] Zeus!
Zeus!
[door squeaks open]
What did you do to her?
[Zeus] Oh. Was it not, um, clear?
Why?
[Zeus] She wouldn't obey me.
Because she's mine.
The tacitas are mine.
You swore an oath, Zeus.
You are not allowed to touch them.
-You also swore an oath, Hera. -[Hera] Excuse me?
To me. One of marriage, one of loyalty.
I listened to your tongues.
You did what?
[Zeus] So I know. I know.
And what exactly do you know?
[Zeus] That you're lying to me, plotting against me.
-I'm… I'm what? -This is the line.
"The order wanes," that was the shit on the monument.
But "the family falls"?
That's because of you.
"Oh. Oh, you're the best. Oh, you're the fucking best."
You're my wife, my sister.
I made you.
I crowned you.
And this is how you repay me?
[sighs] I was focused on Earth, the humans, phase one, phase two,
but… the threat was here…
in my bed.
Oh.
You really are losing your mind. Do you know that?
I have devoted myself to you, to your tantrums
and your desires and your rage and your fear.
I swallow it all for you.
I eat your pain.
Now, I could have taken the Earth, taken the underworld,
and you know I would have done a better job with both of them,
but you needed me here.
Now, do our idiot brothers please you?
Do they?
Poseidon, strutting around the boat in his pants.
And Hades, withering away in the dust down there with that… that housewife.
Do they fill you with pride?
Do they make the world work the way you want it to?
No. No.
Only we are capable of that.
Zeus, together we make the world.
We wrote the myths and the universe the way we saw fit.
And humans bow down before us both.
Now, you are king, absolutely.
There is no question about it.
But, by god, make no mistake, I am queen!
Now that is the oath that we swore!
-Who is it? -What?
-The lover. -[Hera huffs]
Do I know them?
Have I been with them?
Are you gonna let them suckle from the Meander?
Turn them into your little helper once you've gotten rid of me?
[shakily] I… heard you.
-Really? -Yeah.
What did you hear? Hmm?
Which tongue? Which drawer?
[gasps mockingly]
Show me.
Show me, darling.
Come on.
You show me.
Because if I'm on trial, I want to see the evidence.
Come on. You show me.
[tense strings playing]
-Here. -[woman 1 shrieking]
No.
[man 1] They all drowned. They're dead…
[overlapping voices echoing]
I'll find…
[woman 2] I told him she was having an affair.
[Zeus grunts]
God damn it.
Here. Here. Here. Here, take your…
Where is it? Where is it? Where is it?
[voices resonating]
[Zeus mumbling indistinctly]
Uh…
That is it!
-Silence! -[voices stop]
-[Zeus sighs] -Zeus, come down.
[Zeus breathing shakily]
[Hera] Come down.
Darling.
Come down.
[sniffles]
-I heard you. -Really?
-Did you? -[Zeus] Yes, I did.
-And you're sure about that? -[Zeus] Very.
And do you think it's possible that you might have heard some woman,
some human woman fucking somebody in a tacita booth,
fantasizing about being me?
It was you. It was your voice.
Zeus, you are the savior and the ruler of the world.
You're the love of my eternal life.
I'm your queen.
Why? [chuckles]
Darling, why would I ever need or want anything more than that?
Your paranoia has to stop.
I don't have any secrets.
We both have lovers, don't we?
But we talk about them, laugh about them. We even share them sometimes.
I don't have any secrets, darling.
There's no plotting.
[soothingly] There's just a very tired god up a ladder.
Oh!
-[softly] Come down. Please come down. -[crying softly]
[Hera] Come.
[Zeus sobs quietly]
I can trust you.
With all your heart.
[crying]
Yes.
[ethereal choir singing]
Come here. Come with me.
[choir music fades]
[unsettling music playing]
[Prometheus] Actions, all actions, have consequences.
Bury her.
[Prometheus] Even for Zeus.
[music fades out]
-[thunder rumbles] -[Nax] Hello?
Can somebody help me?
[Caneus] Where did he go?
[Riddy breathing shakily]
[Riddy] I… I don't know. Do you think he's one of them?
[softly] I don't know.
[Riddy] There are so many people here. What did they do?
[Nax] Hello?
Help me, please!
-[Riddy] That's him. -[Hades] Hello?
Who's there?
[Hades] Over here.
I'm sorry for what I did to the monument.
Help me.
[chuckles sadly]
Please help me.
[quietly] Yes.
You shouldn't be here, should you?
Let me help.
That's it.
There's no need to be afraid anymore.
-[sounds distort] -[Nax screaming]
-[high-pitched ringing] -[Riddy groans]
[high-pitched ringing subsides]
[Hades gasps]
[ethereal vocals rise]
I'm sorry.
[thunder rumbles]
[panting]
Riddy?
Riddy, can you hear me?
You're very close.
Uh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, sorry.
[exhales]
Come on. Let's get away from here.
[groans, retches]
[crying] Oh fuck. Oh.
[groans, sniffles]
-You all right? -[grunts, splutters] I'm fine. I'm fine.
Okay.
[breathing shakily]
Why are they in there, Caeneus? They're… They're…
That woman, she went through the Frame, and the guy…
That boy that we followed, what was Hades doing to him?
I don't know.
What happened to you in there?
I…
It was, um…
[sniffles]
That noise, it hurt me, when Hades touched him.
You didn't hear it? Feel anything?
Nothing.
Nothing at all.
[Riddy] What?
I… I… I don't know why.
He will soon.
[thunder rumbles]
[Hades] A line appears, the order wanes,
the family falls, and kaos reigns.
What have I done?
[Prometheus] He did what Zeus told him to.
That is Hades's tragedy.
Caeneus and Riddy must undo it.
Uh, this… this is me, so…
[Prometheus] That is theirs.
Are you, uh… Are you sure that you're all right?
I could come in and sit with you for a bit.
No. Uh…
No, I'm… I'm okay.
[quietly] Yeah. Okay, sure.
Thank you.
Uh, good night.
Yeah, good night.
[door closes]
[Caeneus sighs]
[Prometheus] Love is the point of everything.
[Riddy sighs]
["Hunter" by Anna Calvi playing]
[Prometheus] But it's often the problem too.
[waves crashing]
You ready?
♪ I dressed myself in leather ♪
♪ With flowers in my hair ♪
♪ The red light of the window ♪
[wistful ballad fades]
[unsettling instrumental music playing]
[eerie music playing]
[energetic string music playing]