All language subtitles for The Librarians The Next Chapter s02e06 Descartes Dilemma

No, I already bought you a toy.

I don't have any more money today.

Now, now.

It can't be that bad.

Not when you can buy an ice cream.

But with what money?

Why?

Say thank you to the nice man.

Thank you.

I know the kiss of that steel.

Good morning to you, Elaine of Astolot.

Door. Get to the door.

Come on, come on, come on.

I was there.

No, you didn't.

I can tell.

I think I'm getting the hang of it.
Switching to Aikido was... was... Vicar.

I'm Charlie.

I'm Vicar.

I'm Connor, but you look like Connor.

I don't like that.

I don't want this.

I don't want to be in this body.

Why not?

It's a very nice body.

Vic, I think it's inappropriate to say
that.

Vic.

This is crazy.

Okay, no. Yes, Connor, out. Out, out,
out of here until we figure this out.

Oh, bit my tongue.

Because it fits weird in my mouth.
Because not my tongue.

Oh, God, this is not my tongue.

Right, stop.

Let's all take a deep breath and compose
ourselves.

Well, sir, this vest is super tight.

Mm-mm. It's good.

Not bad.

There's a difference. Are you using it
to hide your tummy?

No, certainly not. I have thought that.

We all have.

Well, one to know more.

These boots.

Very tricky.

Please, sir, don't injure my body.

And use the hair tie to tie your hair.

Achoo! Achoo!

Achoo!

Oh, yeah. The ancient magical library
has, like, a million allergens. Enjoy

that.

There's an antihistamine in my...
your... pocket.

Huh.

There's some sort of residual energy
signature that's not usual.

Mint? Mint?

Mint? Oh, yeah. I chew it when I go
through the door. Teleport makes me

queasy. Huh.

Delightful. How did this happen? The
magic door?

We've never heard of the magic door
doing this.

I'm open to all suggestions.

I say we go through the door and hope
that it switches us back.

Right. You three, door, now.

Oh.

And we're still not in our original
bodies.

I'm Lysa.

Oh, I'm Connor.

Bikram Chamberlain. Charlie.

You switched again?

Hello? No, no, no.

Still Vikram Chamberlain.

I'm Connor, and this coat is my seat.
You don't need to say your full name,

sir.

I'm in the same body as you are, but why
not them?

Well, I'm obviously like that. Come on.

So cool.

Okay, so if it's a random switch every
time we go through the door... Wow.

What conditioner do you use?

Oh, actually... Ladies, focus.

Okay, so there are 24 possible
combinations of our four minds and four

bodies. Four factorial, four times three
times two times one.

Basic math. So, 24 combinations
according to life is math.

No, my math is math.

Assuming that none of the four
combinations repeat themselves, then

that is 21 more trips through the door.

Yeah, with evil cultists on either side.
I know we're coming.

Hmm.

Let's begin.

Elaine, I swear I'm clean.

I don't use magic. I have no agenda.

You don't need to do this. Oh, like hell
I don't. Do you not remember what

happened the last time we met?

Well, let me refresh your memory, then.
You locked me up in a tower.

That was centuries ago. You surely can't
still be angry.

You imprisoned me so that I wouldn't
tell Camelot about you.

I won't make the same mistake again.

My dear Elaine, you've got it all wrong.

I knew Camelot was going to fall, that
the knights would kill each other.

I didn't put you there to stop you. I
was protecting you.

Well, let's just say I'm returning the
favor now.

I'm protecting you from yourself.

It's very kind, but completely
unnecessary.

As I said, I'm magic-free. I haven't
touched a drop since I woke up, and I

don't intend to. Magic isn't what made
you dangerous.

It was how you manipulated everyone
around you.

That's why I've been watching you,
waiting to bring you in.

I needed the team to be out on a
mission.

I won't have you whispering sweet lies
into their ears like you did in Camelot.

You do realize that coin clip was just a
flight of hand, don't you?

See? I've sworn off magic.

I've learned my lesson.

As I said to your friend, this is my
second chance.

You are up to something, and I won't let
you get away with it this time.

So what, are you going to keep me tied
up in here forever?

No. I'm going to let the library council
decide what to do with you.

Meanwhile, you're going to take a nap.

Courtesy of the sand.

Of the sandbag.

No.

Farewell.

We'll be in touch.

They turned out to be very friendly
consuls indeed.

Once we had a chat with them.

That's not good. Roll call, please.

I'm, of course, Vikram Tamela.

Charlie.

Sir, how do you move when this jacket is
so hot and heavy?

How do you always tie your hair up when
you fight?

Oh, um, Connor.

If the three of us swap, then let's look
at our body back.

Huh.

It appears I'm me again.

No, no. Five trips ago, we've already
done this combo. We're repeating.

That means it's not just 24 trips.

But if we're repeating, that means we
have to average out thousands of trips,

right, Liza?

Yes, that seems correct.

Give me my coat. I can't think straight
without it.

Look at my body, drunk.

No, this is a good idea. You should all
switch things so that we can keep up

with who's who.

Jacket, a dog's head.

So, if we can't brute force this, we
need to solve the mystery and figure out

why this is happening.

It all started when we brought the
artifact through the door.

Which is now broken.

Liza, do you think you can fix it while
we examine the bracelet?

Hey.

It's a Gemini bracelet.

The constellation's made up of twins.

Castor, who was mortal, and Pollux.

When they died, Pollux, the divine
brother, begged that Castor be allowed

to visit Olympus.

So every night and day, they switched
places.

Teleportation, like the door. Yeah. Is
that why they're interact?

But why the body swap?

They're twins.

Think about it.

Rather than teleport the physical
bodies, they switch minds instead. It

achieves the same thing.

Castor and Pollux trade places, but the
physical bodies stay in the same place.

Of course.

There are two bracelets, one for each
twin.

Because we only have one. It's like an
open electronic circuit.

The magic door must have reactivated it,
causing it to switch randomly.

Brilliantly done, Liza. Why don't you,
uh, scan it?

You know, with your telephone
application.

It's called an app, sir. Just call it an
app. Ah, here you go.

I'll keep fixing this.

No, thank you.

Yep.

Magical energy.

Matching the energy Eliza detected
earlier.

It's mixed with the door.

And look.

This bracelet shows only the Pollux side
of the constellation.

All I'm hearing, we need to find an
artifact.

Our truck, the pendulum, is on the cake.

It appears that there were matching
magic signatures at the Athens Museum of

Antiquities.

Lysa!

Lysa!

Were you able to fix the door?

Yeah.

I don't know how long it will hold,
though.

It is a risk we must take. We need that
bracelet.

Still Brooklyn Chamberlain here.
Everyone else?

Charlie.

We stopped switching.

Maybe it's a good thing.

You know, maybe it means the magic is
wearing off.

Oh, we're settling in.

Stuck? Like this?

Nope. I can't be stuck in this body
forever.

Again, what is wrong with my body?

It's a great body. Strong.

Answer. Sure.

I need the bathroom.

We need to swap back immediately.

I'm calling Mr. Day.

Ah.

The magic overload must have wiped out
the modern technologies we went through.

Uh, Guy?

I have some good news and some bad news.

The good news is, if the twin bracelet
is anywhere, it's here.

I know the person who runs the exhibit.

Fantastic. We have an in. He hasn't told
us the bad news yet. The bad news is,

uh, she kind of maybe hates my guts.

Guy?

Guy?

Why'd you tie me up?

Oh, no.

Nope. Nope.

Nope. Not good.

Okay.

Just like Charlie taught you.

Thanks, Charlie.

Oh, you don't. No, Mr. Nate.

It's me, Slicer.

I don't believe you.

Oh, we got the Gemini bracelet from the
secret monastery.

But when we came back, we were all in
the wrong bodies.

So then we went back to try and fix it.
We switched again.

Then we'll cut that to a chair.

If you are really Lysa, then tell me
about the first time we met.

The gift shop.

He brought me to the cave where I had
his portrait with.

It is you.

It's me.

If you're here, then Merlin is with the
team.

Right, one more time. I am Vikram
Chamberlain.

Lysa, clearly.

Charlie, Connor.

Unfortunately, yes.

So, Connor, you know who runs this
museum?

Not the whole Athens Museum of
Antiquities.

She's in charge of this exhibit on myths
and astrology.

And?

She hates my guts.

For a really good reason. Ah, so we are
on our own. Well, the pendulum sent us

here for a purpose.

Lysa, are you all right?

Yeah. It's just strange being back in my
body, is all.

Which it definitely is.

These artifacts markings are the same as
on the bracelet.

They're a slobber cuneiform with touches
of linear B, predating the mycelium. Ah,

so your hypothesis is that other
bracelet linked to the twin caster is

here. Then you, Connor, and I should
lead.

I think Vikram and I should split off.

I'm a scientist, am I not?

Charlie is the guardian, and you two are
the experts in antiquity, so I think we

would cover more ground if we split up.

I agree with Leiser, sir.

I'll take Connor.

And my body.

Ugh. Hmm.

Connor, what are we looking for exactly?

Any twin symbols.

Uh, night and day imagery.

Also horses.

It's complicated.

Hey, did you think it was weird? Leiser
dragging Vic off like that?

I'm talking to my own face.

And trying not to go to the bathroom in
my boss's body.

So, yeah, you could say today all has
been weird.

So, this woman.

Her name's Simone.

I'm trying to concentrate.

So, Simone was important.

I can't concentrate because of the pain.

This body's in a lot of pain, Charlie.

What, you feel like this all the time?

Kind of goes with the whole lifetime of
soldiering thing.

You run on this knee?

Yeah.

Parachute jump under fire.

I landed wrong.

The rocket launch just threw me off.

It's like there's a spike of metal
jammed in my shoulder.

That's because there is a spike of metal
in your shoulder.

Cartel gunfight.

Round shattered.

Still got fragments in the bone.

My hands.

They just ache.

Martial arts training since I was a
child. Not to mention all the real

fights over the years.

I've got micro fractures all through
here.

I'm going to be honest, I really respect
you for this, but I'm also kind of hurt

you didn't share this with us.

And with me, we're friends.

My job is to protect my friends, not
have my friends worry about me.

Also, women who talk about pain are
accused of exaggerating.

So if you get stuck in that body, keep
that in mind.

Now I'm just starting to realize how
much of a personality is determined by

our physicality.

You should share this.

What do you want to share about Simone?

Well, right into that one, then.

Remember the rage demon?

I told you I didn't just torch my own
career chasing magic. I hurt other

people.

Simone was one of them.

We went our separate ways.

Separate ways.

That's it.

When they died, Pollux went to Olympus,
Castor to Hades.

We recovered the bracelet of Pollux high
up on a mountain like Olympus, so the

bracelet of Castor will be...
Underground, like Hades.

Surrounded by death.

Also, horses. The twins were worshipped
by chariot racers.

That's great.

You've been studying up, Lysa.

Just learning from you.

Well, I've learned a few things myself.

Our current misadventure reinforces
magic is too wild for us to master.

Or, Vikram, someone who has used magic
and learned that lesson the hard way

should use magic.

I could never use magic.

I... Couldn't be trusted.

I think you're one of the most trusted
members of our team.

Always specific, but no, I don't trust
myself.

I always push too far, push to the
edges.

Like your scientific research?

Yes, exactly.

But there's still so much good that
magic could do, could fix in a broken

world.

What if instead of always reacting, we
take the initiative?

Stop evil before it starts.

That is a very dangerous idea.

That is why it takes someone with
experience. Someone who's made mistakes.

Someone who's lost.

Lost everything because of magic. Think
about Anya.

Their son.

Remember the story of how Camelot fell?

Good mud.

Well, uh...

That's one way to look at it. But
another version is King Arthur was

flawed. He inherited the throne. He
pulled a sword from a stone and that was

it. No more than a boy.

All that power, that fast, with no life
experience.

What if someone who has lived and lost
and hurt and earned

that power, what if they could become a
new?

Better, Arthur.

I'm a handmade scoundrel.

What do you have to say for yourself?

Honestly, I don't know.

Really? Because I've been rehearsing
this moment in my head for years.

What? With the accent.

Ah, yes. I spent those...

Two years, three years, five to seven
years abroad.

Connor,

this must be Dr.

Simone Newman, the woman you always are
talking about.

Sure, sure.

Who you worked with in Chicago and also
dated.

That sounds so cool.

It was cool until you ruined it.

Oh. Nah.

Screwed up both your lives.

That sounds less cool.

Less cool?

That's how you describe taking advantage
of my trust to gain access to university

artifacts so you could hunt... Demons.

Bigfoot.

Vampires. Of course, that makes sense.

I was fired, Connor.

Who are you?

Oh, um... I'm Charlie.

I work with Connor.

Well, he can speak for himself.

Honestly, I cannot.

Look, I don't know what you're up to,
but it took me years to leave that

scandal behind.

This is my first exhibit director job
since then. You have done an amazing

job. I don't want the museum owners
asking questions, so I will not have you

ejected on the last day of the exhibit.

Last day?

Yes. We pack up. Everything goes back to
a secure storage facility in Paris

tomorrow. And I've installed lockdown
alarms everywhere, so you even look at a

display wrong.

This place steals up.

We could just take a breath. You know,
um...

Secure

facility in Paris?

We won't get anywhere near that.

Okay, so we have to find the bracelet
today with all the guards watching.

Man, that really didn't go well with
Simone.

She's really still mad at you. Me.

I may be a man out of time, Connor, but
even I know that a righteously angry

woman being told to take a breath by her
ex's attractive co-worker will not end

well. One of you is not who you appear
to be.

Well, technically none of us are.

Yes, besides that.

Wait, is that Merlin?

No, he is.

He has been lying to you the whole time.

That is Merlin.

That is Lysa.

None of you realized it wasn't me. Well,
my head hurts trying to figure out who

I'm talking to.

Why would you lie to me?

Thought we were friends.

Because of her.

She kidnapped me and tied me up.

She's not like you, Vikram.

She doesn't understand second chances.

If she had her way, I would be locked up
forever.

So you bought it to escape?

No.

I was tied up and knocked out.

I woke up in this body free.

But you're still here.

You didn't run away.

I want my body back just as much as you
all do.

I wouldn't even be in this mess if
Elaine just let me live out my days in

peace.

You are a danger to society.

The museum will be closing in ten
minutes.

Thank you for visiting.

Connor's ex told us the exhibit is
packing up. If we want that other

bracelet, we need to go now.

Connor's ex is here.

I've got to meet her.

No, you definitely do not.

Right, well, I shall take him back to
the annex. No.

We need him.

We most certainly do not. As far as we
know, everyone needs to be present and

switch bodies back, including Lysa and
Merlin.

And I am the most knowledgeable on
shapeshifting magic.

When I said I would help, I meant it.

Fine.

But I'm saying to watch him.

To avoid more confusion.

Scarf.

My coat.

All right, quick.

I know where to hide.

I told you that would work.

Security guards are always creeped out
by this color.

Okay,

we don't have much time before they
circle back, and I cannot get Simone in

trouble again.

We'll keep watch.

Will we?

You're not slipping from my sight, are
we?

Okay, the second bracelet will be in one
of the Kovkai.

What if I know Simone?

All of them will be protected by motion
sensors and infrared.

I've got to go talk to her.

And you think she'll help?

Yeah. I just...

Asking a simple favor from my ex whose
life I ruined while we're in the face of

a total stranger.

I'm in the body of a little girl.

You could loosen your grip.

Really, Elaine, whether you want it or
not, you need magic.

You're an addict.

Whatever you're up to here, it's a means
to an end.

The Library Council turned you down,
didn't they?

Ah, that is what I thought.

They understand that I am a reformed
wizard, merely seeking out a peaceful

life. You don't know the meaning of the
word peace.

I will never forget what you did to
Camelot.

May we not leave that piece of our
history in the past.

Never.

Come see what I've found.

These etchings.

One eyelid has stars for the heavens of
Olympus. The other has fire for Hades.

Connor said the second bracelet would be
in a sarcophagus.

Yes, well, beyond the museum's alarm,
this sarcophagus will undoubtedly be

booby-trapped. If we open it
incorrectly, the magical backlash could

blow up the entire museum.

Sure, you sound way too excited about
the prospect.

Everything we need to know is right
here.

The story.

of Castor and Pollux.

When Castor's life was threatened, his
twin brother Pollux was given a choice

by their father Zeus.

Return home and spend eternity on Mount
Olympus or give up your immortality to

save your brother.

Sounds like my dad.

Yikes. Harsh.

Pollux chose instead to share his life
with his brother, granting the twins the

ability to switch places between Mount
Olympus and the underworld.

Like the brave ones, one on the
mountaintop, one underground.

Precisely. But in order to cross the
realms between life and death, Pollux

and Custer had to pay Caron, the very
man who conveyed songs across the River

Styx. Ancient societies would put coins,
obols, on the eyes of the dead to pay

for the journeys of the afterlife.

Ha! Shh!

Sorry.

Look.

Look at the eyes.

Depressed as if something should be
inserted.

We need to pay Caron to open the
sarcophagus. We're in a museum.

There must be obols on display.

I'm sorry, the museum is closed.

I'm Charlie.

We met earlier.

I'm a colleague of Connor's.

I, uh, he... We need your help.

I don't know what story he told you, but
Connor almost ruined my life.

I won't let him do that again.

I'm calling security.

No, wait, just, please, just give me two
minutes, okay? And you'll never have to

see me again.

I mean, I'll make sure Connor never
bothers you again.

I've gotten to know Connor, and the last
thing he would ever want to do is hurt

you. How do I know he's not just pulling
a stunt for his little videos?

I get it.

I mean, before he was self-involved.

But now he's working with a covert
organization that uncovers and protects

antiques. The safety of the world, see?

Connor's working for the military?

Well, like, anti-terrorism or CIA?

You know how intricately smuggling funds
terrorism and stuff?

It's hard for me to trust him.

If he could go back and do it all over
again, he would do everything

differently.

Then why didn't he tell me that?

No call, no apology.

I mean, you saw him out there. He could
barely look me in the eye.

He never wanted to hurt you.

He loved you.

I know he did.

I think he thought you were better off
without him.

And now he's given up everything and
left everyone from his old life behind

to do the job he has now to protect
people like you.

The people he cares about.

I could have reached out sooner.

But I was too bitter and then time
passed and it seemed too late.

I don't think it's ever too late for
that conversation.

What does he need for this job?

We just need your key card.

We'll return it, I promise.

You don't know how much this means to
me. To Connor.

Connor.

I mean, Charlie.

We've been looking for you and we've
found it.

Um, what does he need for this job?

We just need your key card.

We'll return, I promise.

You don't know how much this means to
me. To Connor.

Connor.

I mean, Charlie.

We've been looking for you and we found
it.

I'm proud of you.

When all of this is over, maybe we could
talk.

I've only found one oval.

Vikram said this is true. We need to
find two. One for each eye.

It appears to be primarily made of
copper.

You don't have any change?

I look fantastic doing that.

One US penny.

Don't blow us up.

Thank you.

Wait. The motion sensors are active.

And Fred's detectors are on the edges of
the base.

So what about disarming that trap?

Uh, how do we make it stop?

I don't know what we did wrong. We did
as the ancient Greeks would. Pay a car

rent to pass between this realm and the
next, just as Coster and Pollux would

have had to. No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

What was the men of copper?

U.S. pennies are primarily made of zinc.

Oh, I didn't realize this sooner.

Does that not have a five-cent euro or
Australian dollar? Ooh!

I got it!

Told you we wouldn't blow up the museum.

Never should have doubted.

What's this about blowing up the museum?

The bracelet he cast are reunited with
the bracelet of Pollux.

Time to prove yourself, Merlin.

Switch us back.

Like you promised.

No funny business.

Everyone stand in a circle.

My fillet's with you here.

I'm going to connect the bracelets, and
once they separate, you'll have swapped.

I'm Liza, and this is not my wife.
Connor, me neither.

I'm Charlie.

I am Brickroom Chamber... Oh, I hear it
now.

Where's Merlin?

I told you not to trust him. You don't
know him like I know him.

Luckily, I know Simone.

She's got this whole place ready to shut
down.

She's not going anywhere.

I'll hold them off.

Um, Charlie, are you sure?

Yes, Lysa, go.

I normally get it from vertical
distance.

Damn it, Lysa.

Wait.

If the security gates are still active,
then Merlin's only way out is the back

loading dock.

We'll go there. Mr. Day, you take the
stairs to the roof in case he tries to

cut you off.

Wait, how do you know the layout of this
museum?

I case it out back in the day.

Don't talk to my mom, please.

What?

No, I just never realized how dashing I
look when I'm in control like that.

You have a crush on yourself?

Guilty.

Perfect.

Don't use magic. Don't use magic.

Oh, no,

you don't.

I hate you all the same.

Oh, my God.

Two Connors?

Did you switch them?

What is your greatest regret?

I bet you played someone I love.

I meant Simone when I said that.

Merlin was in Lysa's body when I said
her name.

What was the first thing I said to you?

Appropriate. Who are you?

Really? It's rather mundane.

Wow, that is power.

Did you mess up my body?

The consummation's a lie.

in my body again.

What did you do with my hand? Oh, my
God. I've been hit so many times.

I'm just going to lay down.

I'm just going to lay down here.

Oh, my God.

Okay.

No, I'm not.

You betrayed me.

I ran because of her.

Because I was afraid of what the library
might do.

But I meant what I said, Vicar.

You could be the new King Arthur.

You could be the king to save us all.

No offense, but I never want to be in
any one of your bodies ever.

Oh, no, I've been taken.

Uh, Mrs. Hayden.

Everything all right?

The library believes Merlin has changed.

But my eyes are clear. He has not.

I had to stop him.

Whatever they say.

Do you think maybe perhaps you misjudged
him? He did go back on his promise.

Any rain away? Because we forced him to.

You kidnapped him and tied him to a
chair.

Yeah, he ran because he didn't want to
be locked up forever. I get that.

Even if he was telling the truth.

And he wants to live a magic-free life.

He used magic again with those
bracelets.

He won't be able to stop himself using
it the next time. It will consume him

more and more until it destroys
everything.

I have to pursue him.

With respect, Mrs. Astellat, how has
your pursuit, your

obsession, not made everything worse?

Hey, Simone.

Connor.

I hope we get to talk.

Yeah, yeah.

Um, I... I wanted to bring this

back to you and, um, apologize.

Your colleague told me all about your
new super-secret job. I hope everything

went okay.

Yeah, no, um, I meant I came to
apologize for what happened.

All those years ago.

Charlie told me what you said.

And I need you to know, I truly never
meant to hurt you like I did.

I'm so sorry.

You know, I was angry at you for a long
time.

And when I saw you yesterday, all the
anger came rushing back.

But talking to your friend helped.

I don't know why it's easier to hear the
truth from someone else than it was to

hear it from you.

I should have apologized so much sooner.

It's okay.

I think time did us both some good.

I forgive you. God.

How'd things go with Simone?

Um, uh, we got the closure we needed.

And I got you to thank for that,
actually. Wearing your face kind of made

me see things differently.

Speaking of which, do you guys realize
Charlie's in constant pain?

It's not a big deal. No, it is a big
deal. Yeah, I mean, I was in, what, one

fight?

I do not know how you do this.

Well, I'm not the only one in pain.

And now I get why Vikram never wears
anything else but that old outfit. Is it

because I have such great style?

It's your armor, sir.

It's the only thing you have left from
your old life.

You're in a different kind of pain.

Sorry.

Well, I think I learned the most by
inhabiting each of you.

Oh, yeah?

Enlighten us.

Well, I always suspected that I looked
impressive.

And handsome.

But then, last night, I finally saw me
in action.

And I was right. I am absolutely
brilliant.

Of course.

What about you, Liza? You're the only
one of us in Merlin's body.

It was strange.

It's like I could feel this overwhelming
need to find magic.

Like I couldn't breathe without it.

Maybe Mr. Day is right.

Sir?

What about you? Did he say anything to
you?

No. Nothing.

He's a man out of time.

He's fighting the temptation to return
to everything he once was.

Tempting to find a new way.

In a new world.

Like I did.

So you believe him?

I believe he's trying.

could be the new King Arthur.