1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,840 I fled the field of battle. I've brought shame on the whole city. 2 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:06,920 Alexander isn't coming back. 3 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:08,600 What about the search parties? 4 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:09,920 We've called them off. 5 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:12,200 My husband isn't dead. 6 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:14,880 Achilles and the Myrmidons are refusing to fight. 7 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,160 That's 500 of their best men. 8 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:18,920 Then we have to move quickly. 9 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:21,600 Enlist more men over 14 and under 40. 10 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:23,880 One hour, or you know what they'll do to her. 11 00:00:25,080 --> 00:00:27,360 The horses! They're gone from the stables. What? 12 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,040 Greeks! Attacking! 13 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,000 Get the men out there. Now! 14 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:32,480 To the wall! Move! 15 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:36,800 Lord Pandarus is a determined man. 16 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:38,880 He will find out the truth... 17 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:40,320 ..unless you open that door. 18 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,400 Aphrodite, why have you done this to me? 19 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:48,800 I won't let you take him. 20 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:51,080 No! 21 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:57,440 This programme contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting, 22 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,280 some strong language and some scenes of a sexual nature. 23 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,320 THEY CHANT 24 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:48,240 PEOPLE GROAN IN BACKGROUND 25 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:03,040 Are you all right, son? 26 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:12,960 I saw you... 27 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:17,200 ..as a boy... 28 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:20,040 ..at the city games. 29 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:24,400 You wrestled your brother. 30 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:27,520 It was a good fight. 31 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:28,920 Did I fight well? 32 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:36,680 What did you do before you became a soldier? 33 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:40,040 Blacksmith's apprentice. 34 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:43,040 For your father? 35 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:45,880 I am an orphan. 36 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:50,600 No. 37 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:54,760 No, you are a son of Troy. 38 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:58,360 I'm ready to give my life for her. 39 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:05,720 What's your name? 40 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:09,040 Astyanax. 41 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:38,600 What was it like? 42 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:41,440 Did you fight near Hector? 43 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:44,880 Did you kill any Greeks? 44 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:48,480 I wish I could have been there with you. 45 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:52,400 They slaughtered us. What? 46 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,640 You are not a soldier, you're a boy. 47 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:58,280 And you are not going out there. 48 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,800 I will fight for my city if I want to! 49 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:02,320 Like you. 50 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:03,840 Like all men. 51 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:17,920 The young were supposed to be kept in reserve. 52 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:21,120 I ordered it. 53 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:23,960 The enemy cut through our lines. 54 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:27,040 There was no choice but to send in the reinforcements. 55 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,840 The Greeks celebrate outside our walls. 56 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:34,880 They can see victory on the horizon. 57 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,920 Pissing distance from the wall, and still we can't get in. 58 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,400 Not without the Myrmidons, no. 59 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:57,840 When this is over, 60 00:04:57,840 --> 00:05:00,600 I want 1,000 songs written about the craven Myrmidons. 61 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,400 One thousand tales of how they sat on their arses 62 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:05,720 while we did the fighting. 63 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,440 As long as you aren't expecting me to sing any of them. 64 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:13,440 She watched. 65 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:19,160 I sent Paris running like a scared child from my sword. 66 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,400 And still she stays behind her wall. 67 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,280 Odysseus has been sent back to speak to Achilles. 68 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:30,280 Perhaps he can work his magic. 69 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:44,360 How come you're alive? 70 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:48,760 Are you dangerous? 71 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:55,080 So am I. 72 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:10,040 PEOPLE CHATTER 73 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:28,040 THEY LAUGH 74 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:39,800 SHOUTS AND GRUNTS 75 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:50,160 Penthesilea. 76 00:06:51,280 --> 00:06:52,520 Our Amazon Queen. 77 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:57,360 How'd you come to be in the river? 78 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:01,720 What's your name? 79 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:07,200 You're a soldier. 80 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:12,000 You're a long way from any battlefield. 81 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:26,000 BIRD CAWS 82 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:38,840 You think it's barbaric. 83 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:46,000 I had him searching for the man who was betraying us. 84 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,160 As it turned out, that man was him. 85 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:57,280 Perhaps it is barbaric. 86 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:01,640 But the war isn't just outside these walls. 87 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:04,520 It is in here. 88 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:06,360 It's with us. 89 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:10,440 It's in the streets, in the houses, in the shadows of Troy. 90 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:15,120 Let him be a lesson to us all... 91 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:20,240 ..that treachery wears a friendly face. 92 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:24,040 And this is how it ends. 93 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:06,600 Helen. 94 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:10,760 You found me. 95 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:20,920 I told you to get him out of the city, not kill him. 96 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:24,840 I tried, but he would not be persuaded. 97 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:30,160 You're lying. 98 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:50,600 He was going to take it to the King with a letter of accusation. 99 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:58,920 You know I can get you out. 100 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:01,520 I wouldn't need long. 101 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:04,440 A night's preparation, that's all. 102 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:08,240 I didn't ask for that. 103 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:09,480 You don't need to. 104 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:19,280 LAUGHTER AND CHATTER 105 00:10:21,680 --> 00:10:23,400 SWISH AND THUD 106 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:30,360 MORE ARROWS SWISH AND THUD 107 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:31,480 Draw. 108 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:34,160 Loose! 109 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:39,920 We found this. 110 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:50,560 Do Troy's common soldiers carry weapons like this? 111 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,600 I am Alexander, son of Priam. 112 00:10:57,600 --> 00:10:59,040 Prince of Troy. 113 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:04,880 My fate and that of the city are entwined. 114 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:06,880 So it was nobility that led you to jump. 115 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:08,200 There's a prophecy. 116 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:09,920 There always is with boys like you. 117 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:11,960 As long as I live, Troy is doomed. 118 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,520 So if I killed you now, I'd be doing Troy a service. 119 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:17,640 I'm not afraid to die. 120 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:19,640 Just not very good at it. 121 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:24,360 So you say you come to fight for Troy? 122 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:27,560 I come to fight for whoever wants to kill Greeks. 123 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:29,280 What did the Greeks do to you? 124 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:32,440 Most of them, nothing. 125 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:33,760 I'll kill them anyway. 126 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:38,560 I'll kill any man that fights under the banner of the Myrmidons. 127 00:11:40,680 --> 00:11:42,480 So you wish to kill Achilles. 128 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:45,840 I wish to try. 129 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:49,800 We ride for the city tomorrow. 130 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:53,960 Come with us and fight for your people. 131 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:56,800 If it makes you feel any better, 132 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:58,960 you'll almost certainly die in the process. 133 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:39,520 You miss it. 134 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:42,920 I know you do. 135 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:46,760 The adrenaline... 136 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,720 ..the taste of metal on your tongue... 137 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:52,000 ..the sound... 138 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:55,040 ..the chaos. 139 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:58,280 I miss the hush. 140 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:03,640 When I meet an opponent worthy of me... 141 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:08,560 ..everyone around us stops to watch. 142 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,840 The din of battle drains away like a wave. 143 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:17,520 And for a few moments, it's just the two of us. 144 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:23,280 And then I kill him. 145 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:30,120 And then everyone gets back to what they were doing. 146 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:38,640 Then come and do it. 147 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:42,160 Come and fight. 148 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:45,240 End this. 149 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:49,960 My honour prevents it. 150 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:01,920 I tried. 151 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:14,280 You should eat. 152 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:17,760 You'll need your strength. 153 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:26,040 We leave at sunrise. 154 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:27,520 What will you do? 155 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:34,600 If you're going to kill yourself, just do it. 156 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,680 Why does your queen hate Achilles? 157 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:43,640 He killed her daughters, 158 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:47,080 her sisters, soldiers. 159 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:48,800 There's a price to pay. 160 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:52,280 He has not paid it yet. 161 00:14:57,160 --> 00:14:58,880 For luck. 162 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:16,920 The Greeks camp outside our walls. 163 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:20,600 Our people are starving. 164 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:23,680 My brother is gone. 165 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:27,080 Your son is kicking me. 166 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:31,720 I've known Pandarus since I was a boy. 167 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:37,760 I would never have believed he was capable of betraying us. 168 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:39,120 No. 169 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:04,160 Aphrodite. 170 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:10,760 Allow me to find a way through the darkness... 171 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:14,360 ..to hold the walls of my city together. 172 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,400 Let the children of Troy play in the sun again. 173 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:23,280 Let them taste bread. 174 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:25,800 Let fathers grow old with their young ones, 175 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:26,960 with their wives... 176 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:31,760 ..their brothers. 177 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:57,320 Why do you play with me? 178 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:01,560 Why didn't you tell me about the prophecy? 179 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:04,560 It was not mine to tell. 180 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,000 We sent our son away to die. 181 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:12,160 And then we let him back.. 182 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:16,040 ..even though we knew what damage it would do. 183 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:19,080 It's true. 184 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:21,920 Troy will fall while Paris lives. 185 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:24,880 But the curse has been broken, 186 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:28,640 and what was promised will not come to pass. 187 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:32,920 Your heart stopped when you hit the water. 188 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:34,480 I'm not dead. 189 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:35,840 But you were. 190 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:38,080 And the women warriors brought you back. 191 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:43,360 When you left the mortal realm, the prophecy was completed. 192 00:17:43,360 --> 00:17:45,640 Death took you 193 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:47,760 and now you start afresh. 194 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:51,280 A second chance. 195 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:56,680 A chance for what? 196 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:00,720 For fathers to grow old with their children... 197 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:03,440 ..and their brothers. 198 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:08,280 Do you remember choosing me? 199 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:13,920 Yes. 200 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:18,000 If we replayed that day a thousand times again, 201 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:21,160 you'd choose me a thousand times more. 202 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:24,880 Yes. 203 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:27,600 Yes. 204 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:47,680 Hector? 205 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:53,400 My brother's alive. 206 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:01,480 ARROWS SWISH 207 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,560 I thought you were never coming back. 208 00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:29,480 Why? 209 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:33,280 Why did you leave me? 210 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:34,840 I was in disgrace. 211 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:38,440 We would have fixed it. 212 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:43,640 There was a prophecy... 213 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:48,040 I don't care! I don't care about a stupid prophecy. 214 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:54,680 Aphrodite visited me. 215 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:59,680 She came and she told me that I had another chance. 216 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:04,200 That I could come home... 217 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:05,600 ..to you. 218 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:12,840 I love you. 219 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:15,760 I love you. 220 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,360 THEY PANT 221 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:14,800 THEY GASP AND MOAN 222 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,600 THEY PANT 223 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:51,640 You need to speak to them. 224 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:55,440 I know. 225 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,720 Have you ever been inside the walls of Troy? 226 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:11,280 Once. 227 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:13,120 When I was a little girl. 228 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:24,240 Was it a happy place? 229 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:29,840 There was a market. 230 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:33,800 Women selling jewellery. 231 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:37,440 A man roasting birds on a spit. 232 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:42,560 Children playing. 233 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:44,080 Merchants, musicians. 234 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:45,840 Colours I'd never seen before. 235 00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:53,360 I want you to know that every memory you have of that place... 236 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:58,440 ..every building you passed, every person you saw... 237 00:24:00,360 --> 00:24:01,920 I will burn it all down. 238 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,360 I will put it to the sword. I will wash it in blood. 239 00:24:06,360 --> 00:24:07,880 Can you picture that? 240 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:12,160 Sir. 241 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:16,840 You come in. 242 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:18,520 You fuck off. 243 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:29,880 Any news of Achilles? 244 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:31,200 Still nothing. 245 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:34,320 We can still take the city. 246 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:37,960 We can do it quicker with him. 247 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:41,480 You're in a hurry to get home, Odysseus? 248 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:44,120 Yes. 249 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:49,320 Don't start rushing. That's when mistakes get made. 250 00:24:55,120 --> 00:24:56,640 Come with me. 251 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:01,000 It's about your brother. 252 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:14,920 He could not live with what he had done. 253 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,120 SHE SOBS 254 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,320 I'm sorry. 255 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:07,400 SHE GASPS 256 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:11,000 Mother. 257 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:25,640 Aphrodite came to us. 258 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:29,280 She came to me, too. 259 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:30,960 She said the curse was broken. 260 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:34,040 That you'd died and returned. 261 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:37,440 It's true. 262 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:39,920 My son. 263 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:43,280 They killed Agelaus. 264 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:46,160 I'm sorry. 265 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:48,840 He was a good man. 266 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,160 Let's get you some food, and a bed. 267 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,120 Mother... What's wrong? 268 00:26:54,120 --> 00:26:56,840 Can we speak with the generals together? 269 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:58,880 We only need ten men, at first. 270 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:00,160 Achaikos? 271 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:01,640 Dead. Euclid? 272 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:03,120 Dying. 273 00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:04,240 Kyros? 274 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:06,800 No. 275 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:07,840 OK. 276 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:10,840 We have Deiphobus, Troilus, myself, you, and Aeneas. 277 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,800 Aeneas, get us five more of your best and most absolutely alive soldiers. 278 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,840 Give them a sword and a shield and have them by the front gate immediately. 279 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:18,280 Cousins, a bit of caution? 280 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:20,840 I'm afraid caution is of little use to us now. 281 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:23,920 If you are still of a mind to listen, then my advice 282 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:26,560 is to hold fast and come up with a less suicidal strategy. 283 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:30,000 Ten of you? 284 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,440 Reinforcements will join us once we've started. 285 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:34,400 Let's hope none of them run away this time. 286 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:38,080 You're sure about this? 287 00:27:44,360 --> 00:27:46,120 I fight for both of you. 288 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:04,160 The Greeks have pushed up to the walls. 289 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:08,080 Only Achilles is left at the beach, 290 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:09,640 and he's not fighting. 291 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:18,240 We go behind their lines, cut off their supplies, 292 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:20,480 destroy their stores. 293 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:21,920 Everything. 294 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:24,000 Do to them what they did to us. 295 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:34,480 My husband is back. 296 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:39,440 Where is he now? 297 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:42,960 On the battlefield. 298 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:46,760 He fights for the city. 299 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:48,120 Good for him. 300 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:52,480 My position has been reaffirmed. 301 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:58,520 The Greeks will be sent back to where they came from 302 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:02,360 and you should go with them if you have half a mind. 303 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,120 You know I can't leave without you. 304 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,680 I'll have guards come here and whip the flesh from your back 305 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:16,160 if you presume to dictate terms to me. 306 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:19,000 Your husband is back. 307 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:24,960 But the days of him putting your wellbeing before the city's 308 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:26,520 are gone. 309 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,720 Those Trojan jewels are a noose around your neck. 310 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,280 And they're tightening. 311 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:37,840 Perhaps you didn't hear. 312 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:40,960 The curse was lifted. 313 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:42,400 The tide is turned. 314 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:50,560 When the walls of Troy start to fall and the chaos takes over, 315 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:53,520 there will be very little I can do to protect you. 316 00:29:57,280 --> 00:29:58,920 Let me help you. 317 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,440 You need to get out of this city. 318 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:07,600 Now. 319 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:17,840 Oh, hello. 320 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:21,160 Be respectful, Deiphobus, they can kill you with their bare hands. 321 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:22,960 God, I'd like that. 322 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,560 Good evening, Your Majesty. 323 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:29,200 Has Greek blood been spilled? 324 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:30,440 No. 325 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:33,400 It's not a good evening yet, is it? 326 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:06,360 They've got some nerve. 327 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:15,320 This is madness. 328 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:18,760 They won't attack first without Achilles' say so. 329 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:21,960 So don't kill any of them. 330 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:35,840 HOOFBEATS THUNDER 331 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:37,920 Heeya! Heeya! Heeya! 332 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:48,520 BELL RINGS 333 00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:12,480 Back to the beach! Hurry! 334 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:13,960 HORSE NEIGHS 335 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:01,720 Now, let's get back. 336 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:13,680 Greeks! Here they come! 337 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:15,920 Here they come! 338 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:17,800 PEOPLE SHOUT 339 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:24,720 The Greeks are pulling back to the beach. 340 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:26,560 Come on! At the double! Let's go! 341 00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:29,360 UPROAR 342 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:34,720 Kill them all! 343 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:37,880 UPROAR IN BACKGROUND 344 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:49,520 FAINT NOISES IN DISTANCE 345 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:52,040 It sounds almost peaceful, doesn't it? 346 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:58,280 But out there, it's screaming and it's blood. 347 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:04,160 And our husbands are there. 348 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:07,840 Fighting for us, and the city. 349 00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:11,160 Willing to sacrifice everything. 350 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:15,080 And we have to stand and watch. 351 00:34:19,240 --> 00:34:22,200 You don't strike me as the sort to enjoy just being a spectator. 352 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:30,160 I have no desire for battle. 353 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:53,280 SHE GASPS 354 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:54,560 SHE SHOUTS IN PAIN 355 00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,560 SHE PANTS 356 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:10,320 UPROAR 357 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:14,880 We're in arrow's range, we should fight. 358 00:35:16,720 --> 00:35:18,760 We're Myrmidons, are we not? 359 00:35:29,720 --> 00:35:31,840 The Trojans are burning our supplies! 360 00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:33,800 And with us so close to victory. 361 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:35,760 How inconsiderate of them. 362 00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,640 If we run out of food, we will starve with everyone else. 363 00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:40,920 Well, I'm sure Menelaus has it under control. 364 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:42,440 He doesn't have it under control. 365 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:44,440 He doesn't have anything under control. 366 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:46,200 The time has come, Achilles! 367 00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:52,360 You lost a prize 368 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:55,040 and you've been sitting around like sour milk ever since. 369 00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:58,440 You're no better than Agamemnon. 370 00:35:59,960 --> 00:36:01,520 He knows he's an arrogant bastard. 371 00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:04,240 He doesn't try to hide it behind some lofty ideals! 372 00:36:04,240 --> 00:36:05,720 Are you done? 373 00:36:05,720 --> 00:36:07,840 I'm done sitting around waiting for you to remember 374 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:10,040 that you have a pair of balls and a sword. 375 00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:14,000 I would like to go home now, and I cannot until this war's finished! 376 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,160 Well, perhaps you should leave before I forget 377 00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:18,040 that I once held affection for you. 378 00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:21,200 It's not affection. 379 00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:24,080 It's love. 380 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:25,600 And I'm not afraid of it. 381 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:29,240 When my mother dipped me in the river as a child, 382 00:36:29,240 --> 00:36:31,360 she did so with a mother's love. 383 00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:34,320 She gripped me tightly. 384 00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:39,920 Even as she looked to make me invincible, 385 00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:41,480 she feared she'd drown me. 386 00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:46,640 Love is weakness. 387 00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:51,600 It doesn't have to be. 388 00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:55,240 Fight with me. 389 00:36:57,920 --> 00:36:59,680 If not, then fight for me. 390 00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:05,400 PAINED SHOUTS 391 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:11,560 SHE SOBS 392 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:30,240 Achilles! 393 00:37:30,240 --> 00:37:32,720 Achilles, he's back! 394 00:37:32,720 --> 00:37:34,760 THEY SHOUT 395 00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:39,280 DRAMATIC MUSIC 396 00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:00,960 Myrmidons! 397 00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:08,960 Achilles! He's here! 398 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:13,040 Stay close, Alexander! 399 00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:24,240 BATTLE NOISES OUTSIDE 400 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:50,360 INTENSE MUSIC 401 00:38:56,240 --> 00:38:57,920 HUSH 402 00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:02,480 SWORDS CLANG TWO MEN GRUNT 403 00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:26,600 HE SCREAMS IN PAIN 404 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,040 HE PANTS 405 00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:38,200 No! 406 00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:39,560 HE GASPS IN PAIN 407 00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:44,120 ACHILLES SHOUTS 408 00:40:13,240 --> 00:40:15,320 You send another man out in your armour? 409 00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:53,600 BABY CRIES 410 00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:00,520 BABY CRIES 411 00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:22,120 Your son, my Prince. 412 00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:39,880 We'll name him Astyanax. 413 00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:53,880 MOURNFUL MUSIC 414 00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:17,200 He's going to come for you, isn't he? 415 00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:26,240 Hector, you can beat him. 416 00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:30,280 Hector? 417 00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:31,800 BABY CRIES 418 00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:49,560 Their army's gone back to the beach. 419 00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:50,960 Yes. 420 00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:54,720 I liked it when they were outside the walls. 421 00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:58,120 I liked being able to see them. 422 00:45:59,640 --> 00:46:02,040 I think the things that you can't see are much scarier 423 00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:03,360 than the things that you can. 424 00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:09,360 My husband. 425 00:46:10,440 --> 00:46:11,800 Tell me. 426 00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:13,240 What do you see of Hector? 427 00:46:14,960 --> 00:46:16,680 Does Achilles come for him? 428 00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:19,160 I don't know. 429 00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:21,440 What do you see? 430 00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:24,200 I don't see anything. 431 00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:27,360 Just blackness. 432 00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:29,120 Then the curse has been lifted. 433 00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:38,240 We've burnt their supplies. We have the Amazons on side. 434 00:46:38,240 --> 00:46:39,960 The time to strike is now! 435 00:46:39,960 --> 00:46:41,560 Our army is hungrier than theirs. 436 00:46:41,560 --> 00:46:44,360 Our army will always be hungry! 437 00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:47,160 But theirs will recover. 438 00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:48,600 And if you lose? 439 00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:52,800 Achilles. 440 00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:05,720 Hector! 441 00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:20,080 Hector! 442 00:48:31,680 --> 00:48:33,320 You will never... 443 00:48:42,440 --> 00:48:44,360 Hector! 444 00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:47,120 Your people are watching! 445 00:48:51,720 --> 00:48:53,760 I have to fight him. No. 446 00:48:53,760 --> 00:48:55,080 He's right. 447 00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:57,000 The city's watching. I can't refuse. 448 00:48:57,000 --> 00:48:58,280 You must! 449 00:49:02,240 --> 00:49:03,880 Bring me my armour. 450 00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:17,720 I saw your man die on the beach. 451 00:49:19,920 --> 00:49:22,720 He begged for mercy like a raped servant girl. 452 00:49:25,160 --> 00:49:28,160 I've never seen a soldier die with less dignity. 453 00:49:40,280 --> 00:49:42,680 My Queen will open your heart 454 00:49:42,680 --> 00:49:45,560 and drink your blood, you son of a whore. 455 00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:47,520 Son of a goddess, actually. 456 00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:58,120 Hector! 457 00:49:59,720 --> 00:50:01,880 Please don't go out there. 458 00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:03,160 Not today. 459 00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:04,720 Don't fight that man. 460 00:50:04,720 --> 00:50:06,080 I've no choice. 461 00:50:06,080 --> 00:50:07,840 Stay here with me, with our son! 462 00:50:09,640 --> 00:50:11,080 Please. 463 00:50:11,080 --> 00:50:13,880 I would choose a short life as your husband over a long one alone. 464 00:50:15,320 --> 00:50:17,600 BABY WAILS 465 00:50:20,400 --> 00:50:22,080 I fight for you both. 466 00:50:28,840 --> 00:50:30,960 Open the gates! 467 00:51:18,560 --> 00:51:20,400 THEY GRUNT 468 00:51:21,920 --> 00:51:24,280 HE YELLS 469 00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:40,560 BABY CRIES 470 00:51:52,760 --> 00:51:55,240 BABY CRIES 471 00:52:05,760 --> 00:52:08,240 THEY GRUNT AND SHOUT 472 00:52:14,200 --> 00:52:15,880 BABY CRIES 473 00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:28,040 HE YELLS 474 00:53:13,960 --> 00:53:16,760 HE PANTS 475 00:53:18,160 --> 00:53:20,240 You bleed like the rest of us. 476 00:53:30,360 --> 00:53:32,960 HE SCREAMS 477 00:53:50,120 --> 00:53:51,160 SHE SOBS QUIETLY 478 00:53:58,920 --> 00:54:01,200 BABY WHIMPERS 479 00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:05,920 On your knees. 480 00:54:09,840 --> 00:54:11,600 I'll die on my feet. 481 00:54:21,480 --> 00:54:23,040 HE SHOUTS IN PAIN 482 00:54:24,800 --> 00:54:26,840 You will die on your knees. 483 00:54:31,240 --> 00:54:33,920 SHE SOBS BABY CRIES 484 00:55:03,800 --> 00:55:06,320 When you get to the riverman, 485 00:55:06,320 --> 00:55:07,800 pause a while. 486 00:55:10,360 --> 00:55:12,920 Your wife and your son will be there shortly. 487 00:55:12,920 --> 00:55:14,560 HE TWISTS KNIFE 488 00:55:26,920 --> 00:55:28,680 NO SOUND 489 00:55:53,120 --> 00:55:55,280 BABY CRIES 490 00:56:02,280 --> 00:56:03,560 Astyanax. 491 00:56:06,720 --> 00:56:08,160 I'm an orphan. 492 00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:11,960 You're a son of Troy. 493 00:56:14,280 --> 00:56:16,240 I'm ready to give my life for her.