All language subtitles for The Librarians The Next Chapter S02E05 And the Red Rock

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Thank you.

Thank you.

I was always interested in geophysics,
but mainly as a hobby.

Boring lab stuff.

But I think there is a sort of romance
to what you do.

No, come on. I mean, you're in the
field.

A geological engineer is like an Indiana
Jones, but with rocks.

That's really not that romantic.

I'm just studying the effect of climate
change on geological structures.

I know it sounds pompous, but I just
have this real...

need to make a difference while I'm
still on the planet.

No.

That's not pompous at all.

I'm trying to do the same thing.

Yet with predictive algorithms.

Yeah. Well, I was doing that, but I'm
working on a different project now.

Yeah. You said that you had joined
another company, but you never told me

what it was.

We study alternate power sources.

It's so vague.

How is it that someone like you isn't
already involved with someone?

Oh, it's his job.

It's kind of all-consuming.

Always on call, lots of travel.

I'm really glad you're not involved with
someone, I mean.

I'm glad I sat next to you at the
lecture at the Geophysics Institute.

You know, timing is everything.

Well, here's the timing.

It's the best month I've had in a long
time.

Is

everything

okay? Yeah, I'm just going to go to the
bathroom, if that's all right.

There it is.

Why would the pendulum send us to an
ordinary jewelry store? If the pendulum

sends us, we can assume that something
distinctly out of the ordinary is afoot.

Do you think there's some sort of
artifact in that store?

A magical gem? A King Colin's onyx? Or a
multigammer?

Or a robbery?

Oh, you footpads. Out of our way, fool.

I demand to know what diabolical
articles you have in your possession.

Put it down.

What are you, his guardian angel?

As a matter of fact, I am.

Well, you made a big mistake.

This is none of your business.

It's my business.

Who the hell are you?

I'm Red Rock.

And you're the one that made someone
break.

Shall we?

What is going on in here?

Sorry.

Excuse me. Thank you.

Sorry. Had to take a call.

No worries.

Is this some sort of... a submission?

Hmm?

I am not angry. I am disappointed.

No chaperone, no discussion with the
family of his intentions.

I mean, how well do you know this bloke?
You are being ridiculous. Oh, it is

ridiculous to be concerned for your
safety, for your honor.

Will you listen to yourself?

You sound like some kind of uptight
Victorian tyrant. We're in the 21st

century. Chastity belts are no longer in
style.

Has it gone that far?

Oh, my God!

As the closest thing you have to a
parent and as someone with more

experience in the world, it is my
responsibility to protect you.

There are so many things wrong with that
statement, we're going to need to number

them. One, you are not my parent. You're
my great, great, great, great

grandparent. And two, I have greater
experience in this world than you do.

And three, it is Charlie's
responsibility to protect me, not yours.

It is not just my personal and familial
feelings towards you, but my experience

as a librarian, which is greater than
yours.

Along with all the excitement and
satisfaction of this job is the fact we

are not granted a personal life.

Outside romances are forbidden.

What about you and Anya?

Well, if not strictly forbidden, then
highly discouraged.

You realize what you're saying?

Of course.

I do not regret all the consequences of
my actions.

But I would be lying to you if I told
you they had not caused me some very

deep pain.

Look, we all have to make our own
choices, don't we?

You chose to be a librarian, Lysa.

And all choices have consequences.

Uh, hey, guys?

What? Hate to interrupt, but, um... I
think you two better see something.

Right, so I was able to hack into the
Belgrade CCTV system.

Looks like Belgrade has its very own
Batman.

Correction, its own Superman.

You guys weren't kidding.

This guy's amazing.

Guess the pendulum knew what it was
doing when it sent us there.

Oh, it's a shame he didn't reveal
himself.

Uh, yeah, that's what I thought as well,
but then, uh, I used your high

-definition enhancement program, and...
You did?

Mm-hmm.

Wait for it.

Congratulations.

You're dating a superhero.

Are you okay?

I don't get it. You're involved with a
guy who's faster than a speeding bullet,

can leap over tall buildings in a single
bound, and you're bummed about it?

It's not all bad. I mean, all
superheroes have secret identities.

Okay, but since there are no actual
superheroes, he must be using magic.

Which is why the pendulum sent you
there.

So, this superhero notion, is it a, um,
modern invention?

Not really. It's been a thing for almost
a century now. It started out in comic

books for kids, and now it's taken over
the culture.

Superheroes fill the public's need to
believe in someone with extraordinary

powers protecting them from evildoers.

Well, someone like me.

Except you don't actually have
superpowers.

You've got the costume, though.

And I kind of think if anyone fits the
bill, it's probably me.

In any event, if Lysa is correct and
this fellow is in possession of a

magical artifact, then we must retrieve
it.

Do we, though?

If he's just, you know, fighting crime
and protecting the city?

He may seem like a perfectly admirable
chap when trying to impress a young

lady.

But we know how this goes.

Magic corrupts all those who employ it.

So we must find this artifact if we are
to save this young man.

So, what's our plan?

You and Charlie find out what you can
about the thieves.

After all, the Pendulum did send us to
the jewelry store before our superhero

arrived. Nice.

You must reconnect with your young man
and draw him out. Of what?

Now you're okay with me seeing him? On a
strictly professional basis.

No.

No, I don't feel comfortable contacting
him under false pretenses.

Oh, I saw the way he was looking at you.
I'm pretty sure you won't have to do the

contacting. I think you're
overestimating my...

The truth is, my life's kind of boring.

I think a woman like you is used to a
more exciting type.

Again, I think you're being too modest.

To do what you do, explore caves, climb
mountains, all in the name of saving the

planet.

I think it's really heroic.

Heroic? Me?

No, that's not me. I think I'm just
obsessed with rocks.

Yeah, well, I think there's more to you
than you're willing to admit.

This area is for the right personnel
only.

What are you two doing here?

I'm the librarian.

Of course you are.

We're looking for the suspects arrested
in the jewelry store robbery last night.

They're in holding cell D, down the hall
and to the left.

Oh, right.

Really getting the hang of that one.

Right?

So maybe we used to shoplift now and
then.

But we've never done anything like that
in our life.

Where'd you get the shotgun?

Boki's mother is a duck hunter.

That gun was her favorite.

She's going to kill me if I don't get it
back to her straightened out.

How did that guy do that?

You said you were hanging around on the
street corner trying to figure out how

to get free beer.

Yeah. Then what happened?

I just heard a voice in my head saying,
think bigger, go for a big score.

Before I could even tell the other guys,
they seemed to get the same idea.

Didn't that seem strange to you?

It does now.

But at the time, it was like something
possessed us.

Yeah. Yeah?

Darwin called it the imperfection of the
geologic record because there's a

disproportionate amount of younger rocks
available for study.

Due to the erosion of rocks from the
Precambrian period?

That's exactly it. That's exactly right.

You have a beautiful mind.

You know, I think I would be more
interesting if I didn't spend all of my

time measuring neutrino flux and ice
albedo feedback.

All of your science?

Really?

All right. Well, what about you?

You told me that you'd abandoned your
work in predictive modelling for a new

project and then you avoided the
subject.

I want to know what your secret is. It's
difficult and it's right.

We'll take your advice on your phone.

No, leave me alone or I'll stick her.

Why? What do you have to gain from this?

I don't know.

Hello.

Were you following me?

Good thing I was.

Ah, it's high time we met. I am Vikram
Chamberlain, fellow superhero and

guardian to this young woman's honor.

Robert, I can explain.

Was that something I said?

I don't understand. Why are you so
upset?

Let's try sexism, anachronistic,
Victoria Murray, toxic masculinity.

Masculinity? Toxic? How on earth can
masculinity be toxic, you silly girl?

How did it go?

We gained valuable information.

We? No, I gained information.

Vikram scared him off just as I was
earning his trust, which, by the way, is

something we have nothing of,
apparently.

Guardian of my honor?

Really? What about you? What did you
learn?

Oh, I found some of Robert's articles
and research papers. His early work is

mostly about using the geological record
to find patterns related to climate

change. Pretty straightforward stuff.

Then... About a year ago, he became
interested in folklore about geodes and

covalent crystals.

According to Slavic mythology, there are
stones called alatirs, believed to be

the mother of all stones and nestled in
the navel of the earth.

Slavic mythology. That would explain
what brought him to Belgrade.

The alatir are referred to in both
ancient Russian and Balkan poetry as a

mighty force that has no end.

He made a sketch of it.

It's not too large. He could be carrying
that on his purse.

When he sensed danger, I saw something
on his arm. It was under the skin. It

glowed, but it was smaller than this.

What did you glean at the police
station?

There was something odd about our jewel
thieves.

They weren't hardened criminals.

They said something just came over them.

Couldn't explain their behavior.

They said they felt possessed.

It sounds like our case with the cut
purses at the park, but what is the

connection?

There's only one way to find out.

You must lure him into another liaison.

Lure him?

Like I'm some kind of femme fatale?

Exactly. But you'll be operating
strictly in your capacity as a

librarian. Why would he even want to see
me again after what happened?

Well, what happened? It was revealed you
have a protective relative, whereas you

found out he has superpowers. Who has
more explaining to do, hmm?

It is our best shot.

Okay.

Connor, you continue the research on
Robert and the Altair.

Myself and Charlie shall accompany Miss
Patel. No.

No.

If I do this, I'm doing it on my own.

I didn't know if you'd come.

No, I didn't either.

Don't worry.

I'm alone, I promise.

You sure about that?

I'm so sorry about what happened. The
Vikram can be all over protective.

I felt terrible when you ran off like
that.

I ran off because you couldn't possibly
understand what's happening with me.

Try me.

You might be surprised at what I can
understand.

What do you do when you spend your
entire life studying science and then

you find out there are more powerful
forces at play in the universe?

Like what?

Magic.

Okay, come on.

This stone in your arm, is it what glows
when you become Red Rock?

It's a part of it. It's a shard.

It embedded itself in my arm when I
accidentally activated the main stone.

And where is that?

It's still where I found it. I'm
studying it.

I think you're messing with things
beyond your control.

Why don't you let me try and take out
the shard? Take out the shard?

Have you seen the strength it gives me?
Can you imagine the power if I could

harness the main stone?

But there's always a price to pay for
using magic.

The difference I could make in the
world. You are making a difference.

As scientist.

If science is the be-all and end-all,
then why did you give up on your work?

What's the mystery project? And who is
this guy, Chamberlain?

He's a relative. A distant relative.
There is nothing for you to be jealous

about. Liza, this isn't about being
jealous.

This is about me telling you my deepest
secrets, and you're still hiding

something from me.

Look, in case you hadn't realized, I
care about you deeply.

We can be honest with each other.

I'm sorry.

You're right. I am keeping things from
you. It's this project.

No, you don't.

Robert, Robert!

We now know two very important things.

Red Rock is deriving his power from a
larger Alatea stone and not just from

the shard in his arm. Great work, Lysa.
I'm glad you think it's great. I feel a

bit shady.

But didn't he also say that he was still
studying it where he found it? Yeah.

And Connor said that the stones were
nestled in the navel of the earth.

Well, we also know that Belgrade has an
extensive network of underground

caverns, so we can assume this is where
the Alatea can be found.

Which cavern?

I mean, they go on for miles.

Ah, Robert had white clay on his shoes.

This would indicate an area by the Sava
River.

Ah, I think I have an idea where it
might be.

Excellent. We go tonight.

Hmm.

Almost ready.

Lysa, you all right?

How can you tell when the corruptive
effects of magic have taken hold over a

person?

Well, it usually begins innocently
enough.

A fascination with some previously
unimaginable phenomenon.

Then the magic is used.

A feeling of exceptionalism sets in,
followed by a sense of omnipotence.

Then presto.

You have a monster on your hands.

Okay.

You really care for this fellow, don't
you? I didn't think I had it in me to

feel this way.

It just happened.

I thought we were just going to be
friends.

But he was so smart and so... So...

handsome.

We met at a lecture.

We had coffee. We exchanged books.

These things have a way of taking on a
life of their own. Nobody realized how

good of a person he was.

So decent.

You know, before he was going to be a
geologist, he was a divinity student.

He thought about becoming a priest.

Sounds almost too good to be true. Well,
yeah, then he found magic and power

and... I think he's becoming obsessed
with both of them.

It's only a matter of time, Liza.

Magic, power, corruption.

It's the devil's equation.

Bikram, I'm worried about what's going
to happen to him.

What makes you so sure this is the way?

I'm following odds.

I had a feeling that he was looking for
this place.

In a cult history circle, this is
something people whisper about.

Hang on.

What is this place?

Remember everything I told you about
Germany under Hitler?

Of course I did.

A much terrific and dark period of
history.

When this area was occupied during the
Second World War, the Germans maintained

bunkers underground to avoid Allied
bombers.

This doesn't look like a bomb shelter.

Robert discovered that some of these
places weren't just for hiding. There

was something else entirely.

Like what?

Like hidden laboratories.

for unleashing the power of the magical
artifacts.

So where is this stone?

What is it?

It looks like a primitive magnetic
susceptibility detector.

It's used in geology to measure the
electromagnetic field intensity in

rocks.

These screws have fresh scratches on
them.

Nothing

here.

No, wait.

Ah, see that?

Tiny crystallite fragments.

Yeah. Stone was here.

He must have moved it.

Then we must find it before he's
completely corrupted by its power.

You sure he said he was down here?

He said it was still where he found it.

We've looked everywhere.

We must decamp before Red Road returns.

We need to understand what we're dealing
with.

Okay, here's what we know.

I had to dig in some dark corners of the
library's collection, but I found the

archive of the Ahnenerbe.

The what?

The Annenerbe were a pseudoscientific
organization within the German army.

They were tasked with creating false
historical narratives to support

Hitler's racist theories, heavy on a
cult belief. Apparently, when they tried

to tap into the power of the Elektir,
they unleashed unwanted contrary forces.

Contrary forces.

Yeah, for every power that it granted
them, the stone created more antagonists

who rose up against them.

Partisans, guerrilla fighters.

Oh, so they can't sell each other out.
Created so many problems for them that

they just got out of the program.

It's Newton's law.

Every action has an equal and opposite
reaction.

But this is magic.

Yeah, but even magic has to be subject
to the laws of physics.

So Newton believed that forces come in
action-reaction force pairs.

So in this instance, the force pair is
the superhero and... And the super

criminal. Or super crime, in the form of
the current crime wave.

It's a feedback loop. So this rock, this
aletheer, is giving Robert his powers

and turning ordinary people into felons.

When I tapped into the local crime
database, it showed that 90% of recent

incidences are committed by first-time
offenders.

And the numbers are increasing rapidly.

So, the Red Rock continues using the
power of the stone. The entire city will

descend into knavery and chaos.

And Robert will become more and more
corrupted by magic.

We need to find that Alatea.

A-P-S-A.

P-S-A-P.

Right. And at the very least, we need to
remove that shard from his arm.

Voluntarily or involuntarily, hmm?

Charlie. I have some training removing
bullets in the field.

I can get that shard out.

One way or another.

If they want to get involved, you can
figure this one out.

No.

No, I'm a librarian.

I'll find him and deliver him.

Robert.

How do you know where I was staying?

I've had my ways. I know that sounds
dockerish, but I needed to find you.

This is not something you can control.

I can control it. You think you can, but
you're dealing with forces greater than

you are. How do you know?

This project I'm working on, it has to
do with thaumaturgy.

You mean magic?

Yes, and the artifacts that possess it.

And these friends of yours?

Part of the same organization.

But they don't know that I'm here. They
wouldn't like it if they did.

So what's been happening between us is a
part of your job?

No. No, I only realized what was
happening after we became involved.

Robert. Why are you here?

Because I care about you, and I know
what happens when people abuse magic.

I'm not abusing anything. I was chosen
for this. Visit yourself. It's already

happening. Oh, you're not the same guy
that I first met. You used to talk about

doing good for society.

I'm Red Rock. Without me, society would
fall apart.

What you're doing is causing society to
fall apart.

There's a feedback loop.

The stone doesn't just give you your
power, it...

creates a purpose for your power by
turning other people to crime.

You're wrong. I'm not.

Listen to me.

I am part of an ancient and secret
institution, and they have access to

tools more powerful than your ality. And
one way or another, my colleagues will

get it from you.

Don't walk away from me again.

I care about you. I am on your side.

So sorry, but I must demand that you
hand that sacred stone over to us.

Demand?

All right.

Request. A refusal is not an option.

Well, I'll give you this. You certainly
have a massive pair of friends.

Give that back.

We need to put this where it can do no
harm.

Yeah I do.

Now she's got the power.

It appears that we have the advantage.

We are taking the Alatea with us.

But before we do, we have to remove that
fragment from your arm.

Never. She knows what she's doing. It
won't hurt.

Much.

Stop.

There's got to be another way.

Sunpuck will snap her neck.

Now give me that stone.

What are you doing? You don't want to do
this.

You read some hair so we could find the
stone. You betrayed me.

Don't come any closer. I demand you
unhand her.

Get back!

Give me the stone, or I will crush her.

Give me the stone, and I'll let her go.

Do not harm her, Charlie.

Give it to him. No.

We're librarians. We don't give up
artifacts.

It's mine. I found it. Give me the stone
and I will leave this city and you can

go about your business. Don't listen to
him. It's just the stone talking. He

won't hurt me.

Yes, I will.

Give it to him.

No. Charlie, no.

No. No.

Robert, stop.

This isn't you.

What happened to the man I first met?

There was no one.

I was an anonymous scientist working on
a problem that will never be solved in

my lifetime.

Maybe not.

But another scientist will stand on your
shoulders and it will be solved.

It may not be as glamorous as being Red
Rock, but it is real. It matters.

What matters is this. The power that I
get from this. With this, I can fight

injustice every day.

What you're doing is creating injustice.

You are turning innocent people into
criminals every time you use the stone.

I'm telling you, it is Newton's third
law.

You and I both know this is outside the
realm of science. This is about spirit.

Okay, fine, then. Forget science.

What about the Gospel of Matthew?

Violence begets violence.

You just threatened to kill me.

Peace.

Write to me when you get to California.

You should come and visit.

Faculty housing at Caltech is like a
five-star hotel.

You mean bunk together?

That is mighty presumptuous.

Thought it was worth a try.

Maybe our paths will cross again one
day.

But not now.

A lot has happened in the last couple of
weeks.

I've had a chance to think about things,
about my life and about all the

commitments I've made.

And I'm not one of them.

Hey, you need to do your work and I need
to do mine.

Yeah, your work, the organization that
you work for, you never really told me

what it was.

Believe it or not, I'm just a librarian.

Goodbye. Goodbye,

Robert.

Man, they feel pretty awesome to have
this sort of power, even for a moment.

You don't think this debris has any more
juice left in it, do you?

Don't even think about it.

This is going into storage in the
library.

I'll just stop wondering.

Now, Connor, it isn't necessary to
employ supernatural hoodwinking to

become a superhero.

It merely requires that one have an
extraordinary intelligence and a

superior physical stamina.

True.

Batman doesn't have any superpowers.

In my day, a Batman was a personal
servant to a military officer.

Oh, well, now he's a billion-dollar
franchise.

Did the departure proceed without
incident?

This idea that a librarian can't have a
personal life...

I don't think I really understood what I
was getting into.

We all face that realization at some
point.

But you are a remarkably wise person.

You will find the proper balance.

That is a change of tune.

No more, I am the guardian of this young
woman's honor.

Yes, I may possess a finely honed
intellect and encyclopedic knowledge.

But I can still learn a few things.

The library tells us to avoid romantic
entanglements.

But we are human.

We have human emotions.

It is up to each of us to sort that out
for ourselves.

Did you know that when you were with
Anya? Or did you only realize that now?

I only know that the heart wants what
the heart wants.

Does the heart ever want to be alone?

For oft when on my couch I lie, in
vacant or in pensive mood,

I flash upon that inward eye, which is
the bliss of solitude, and then my

heart with pleasure fills.

And dances with the daffodils.

William Wordsworth.

We were pals, Wordsworth and I.

We used to lark about the Lake District
together.

Larking about.

Sounds good.

Anyone up for a walk?

Count me in.

Me too.

Always up for a good lark.