come wander through the BuffyVerse...Episodes | Arcs | Characters | AKAs
New | Random | Popular | Special | Search
home | vote | about | contact
come wander through the BuffyVerse...| Angel to Jasmine: The price was too high. Our fate has to be our own, or we're nothing. from Peace Out (Season 4) | Next Clip in Episode |
(L.A. is in chaos once more)
WOMAN: (frightened when she sees Jasmine) Oh! Oh, my God! No!
JASMINE: Don't be afraid! It's still me! I'm— (someone throws a rotten tomato at her) listen to me! (closes her eyes) Connor...
(cut to the Cathedral, where Connor sits with Cordy)
OFFICER 2: (in Jasmine's voice) Father, I need you. Help me. Please.
(Connor runs out of the cathedral as fast as he can, without hesitation.)
ANGEL: Jasmine, it's over. You've lost.
JASMINE: I've lost? Do you have any idea what you've done?
ANGEL: What I had to do.
JASMINE: No. No, Angel. There are no absolutes. No right and wrong. Haven't you learned anything working for the Powers? There are only choices. I offered paradise. You chose this!
ANGEL: Because I could. Because that's what you took away from us. Choice.
JASMINE: And look what free will has gotten you.
ANGEL: Hey, I didn't say we were smart. I said it's our right. It's what makes us human.
JASMINE: But you're not human.
ANGEL: Working on it. (Jasmine turns to walk away) Where you going?
JASMINE: Leave me alone.
ANGEL: Sorry, but... can't do that.
JASMINE: What? You've taken everything. You're gonna try to kill me now, as if you could.
ANGEL: Maybe not. But I'll die before I let you hurt anyone else.
JASMINE: You're already dead!
ANGEL: You know what I mean. It ends right here.
JASMINE: Why do you hate me so much?
ANGEL: Let's run down the list, huh? Rain of fire, blotting out the sun, enslaving mankind, and, yeah, oh, yeah, hey, you eat people!
JASMINE: Like you never have?
ANGEL: Thousands of people are dead because of what you've done.
JASMINE: And how many will die because of you? I could've stopped it, Angel. All of it. War, disease, poverty. How many precious, beautiful lives would've been saved in a handful of years? Yes, I murdered thousands to save billions. This world is doomed to drown in its own blood now.
ANGEL: The price was too high, Jasmine. Our fate has to be our own, or we're nothing.
JASMINE: Like me?
ANGEL: Look, we've all done horrible things. All we can do is try and make up for it. So, OK, you know, it's not the world that you wanted, but maybe you can still help us make it better, even if you have lost your powers.
JASMINE: Not all of them.
(Jasmine punches Angel so hard that it sends him flying over the edge of the bridge. )
ANGEL: (to car driver whose hood he just landed on) Run. (the driver runs away)
JASMINE: Think the price was too high? You haven't begun to pay!
(Jasmine throws the station wagon over the bridge, it snaps a power line before crashing into the street and exploding. Jasmine jumps off the bridge, lands on her feet, and walks menacingly toward Angel.)
JASMINE: Maybe you're right. Maybe I can still make this world a better place. (punches Angel across the street) One body at a time. I loved this world. I sacrificed everything I was to be with you.
ANGEL: So you could rule us?
JASMINE: Because I cared. The other Powers don't. Never really did. You know that's true in your heart. Shame now I gotta rip it out.
(Jasmine reaches for Angel, but he grabs the end of the power line and electrocutes Jasmine with the live end. The electricity sends her back a few feet, but doesn't hurt her. )
JASMINE: I was forged in the inferno of creation, vampire. Do you really think a little electricity would destroy me?
ANGEL: Worth a shot.
JASMINE: Remember the prophecy, Angel? The one that says in the time of the apocalypse, you'd play a major part? How you never knew whether you'd be on the side of good or evil? Well, now you know. (grabs Angel's face) Thanks to you, this frail, little Power That Was has just enough strength in her to wipe out your whole species. And it's all on your hands.
ANGEL: This isn't my fault! (she grabs his throat) Go to hell.
JASMINE: You first, baby. (forces Angel into a kiss)
CONNOR: Always the same, dad. I get a girl, you gotta make a play for her.
ANGEL: Connor.
JASMINE: (smiling) Connor.
(...)
JASMINE: Connor, I still have you. Angel's ruined everything. But he can't defeat both of us. You still believe in me, don't you? You still love me?
CONNOR: Yes.
(but he punches Jasmine in the head so hard that his fist goes right through her skull. Jasmine falls to the ground, dead.)
ANGEL: Connor... It's OK. It's over. Look, I know this is difficult for you. I'm just— I'm just happy to have you. (Connor walks away; a weakened Angel tries in vain to follow him) Connor. Connor? Connor. Connor!
written by: David Fury; Original transcript by CariCranberry. Edited and formatted for this site by me. . Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/angel/season4/transcripts/87_tran.php