Criminal Minds · Season 1, Episode 15
“Unfinished Business” · Season 1, Episode 15
In this episode: Dean Winchester (940), Damon Salvatore (715), Sam Winchester (665), Olivia Benson (637), Stephen Fry (608), Narrator (554), Clark Kent (523), Nate (486)
An Amazon? That's ridiculous!
I don't think so. [pulls out Aresia's necklace] I managed to take this off her. [throws it to Wonder Woman, who catches it] It's an Amazon design, isn't it?
Yes... but it could be a forgery. [throws necklace back to Batman] Besides, Amazons don't steal; it's against our code. And we never leave the island. [turns to leave]
[pointedly] Never?
[Wonder Woman stops short at this]
[Hawkgirl and Queen Hippolyta make their way towards a tower by a cliff]
That necklace belongs to Aresia - she's supposed to be here in solitary meditation.
[They make their way up up the tower, only to find an empty room]
Looks like she got tired of contemplating her navel. Nobody's been here in weeks!
I feared as much...
So why was she in here? Did she do something wrong?
No. It was the final step of her rebirth. You see, Aresia was not born an Amazon - she comes from Man's World. When she was but a child, her homeland became the battlefield for a bloody and senseless war. The victors were cruel, and denied even the basic humanity of their defeated foes. Soon neighbours, friends and schoolmates were all gone. Her family had no choice but to flee. They eventually made their way to a refugee ship... but even here fate was not kind. Pirates raided the ship and stole their few meager possessions. [flashback shows the pirates firing at the ship, sinking it] Aresia survived, clinging to a piece of floating wreckage. Miraculously, she washed ashore here, on Themyscira. I found her, and nursed her back to health. Then, we Amazons adopted her, trained her, and magically endowed her with Amazon strength. I've often wondered if we did the right thing... Still, how could we refuse?
You couldn't.
And now, she's deserted us.
[walks up to a chest] Maybe we'll find some answers in here. [lifts the lid open]
What is it?
Books. [pulls one out] Maps, city guides...
These things are forbidden here!
Why?
We believe contact with outside world could corrupt us.
[regards book in her hands, entitled "History of Germ Warfare"] It's sure starting to look that way.
So this Aresia is not really an Amazon?
She's an orphan. It's hard to imagine what that kind of trauma could do to a child.
[Batman gives her a pointed frown]
So the poison only effects men?
Exactly. That's why it didn't hurt you two.
But why? What do you have to gain from all of this?
[indignant] "What do I have to gain"?! Look around you: Man's World is filled with greed, deception and cruelty! But I'm going to change all that! Today, we women take control!
You can't be serious.
[sneers] Can't I?
[about Aresia, to Hawkgirl] Even when she was a child, I could sense a bitterness within in her. She was never really one of us.
I think she fits in pretty well.
[shocked] How can you say that?!
Aresia's just taking her precious Amazon code to its logical extension.
We don't teach hatred!
Except when it comes to men.
[looking at a jet] It's perfect... Absolutely perfect!
[appearing behind her] For what? More betrayal? More destruction?
Your Highness! [bows] You of all people should understand why I'm doing this!
No! You have violated sacred Amazonian law!
[smirking] I'm sorry you see it that way. [Tsukuri knocks Hippolyta down] But I've come too far to turn back now.
[lands in front of a female firefighter] Do you need help here?
[wiping soot off her face] Thanks, but we finally got this one contained.
[to a female paramedic] Any remaining victims?
Just sent the last one to Gotham General.
[to her squad] Alright ladies, let's wrap this up! [the other female firefighters climb onto the firetruck as it drives away]
They seem to be on top of things. Impressive.
[proudly] Almost reminds me of home.
But who wants to live in a world without men?
They can't possibly be that essential to your life.
Don't knock it 'til you've tried it, Princess.
We'll be at the launch site at less than an hour.
And then?
I shoot these cruise missiles into the upper atmosphere; After they explode, the winds will scatter my poison all over the world.
And I can say goodbye to some very unpleasant men I've known over the years.
You can say good bye to all of them.
You fools! Don't you see? We're not your enemy, it's the men! They must be destroyed.
You're wrong Aresia. Without men, you wouldn't still be here. After your ship sank, you must have lost consciousness as you drifted on your makeshift raft. You would surely have drowned had the ship's captain not found you and pulled you to safety. Valiantly he struggled to keep you alive until he brought you to the shores of Themyscira. But the effort was too much for his heart. His final resting place is a simple, unmarked grave. He's the only man ever buried on Themyscira. So you see, for all your hatred of men, it turns out you owe your life to one.
...Why didn't you ever tell me about this?
I didn't think it was important. [ashamed] I didn't think he was important.
Maybe it's time to reconsider that.
So everything you ever preached was a lie?
Not everything.
[beat] Still, the acts of one man cannot redeem the sins of his kind! [turns toward the control panel] They all must pay!
NO! [Aresia knocks her out of the landing bay doors]
[Hawkgirl sabotages the missile launch, causing them to activate in the plane]
[to Tsukuri] Shut the missile off!
It's too late! [grabs a jetpack]
Wait! You can't leave!
[shrugs on the jetpack] I like you, but not that much! [jumps out the landing bay doors]
[Aresia's plane explodes and sinks into the ocean]
[solemnly] Poor Aresia. May the gods grant her peace at last.
If only Aresia could have learned to see the noble qualities of men.
[eating a donut] I definitely could have taught that bad babe a thing or two about guys. Too bad we never met. [washes it down with a soda; burps]
Maybe it's... just as well.
Music Master! Put up your hands and drop the Stradivarius!
Sorry, Sergeant - I don't take requests.
[strained, to Black Siren] So, you fight crime AND bake cookies. How DO you do it?
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