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)
What's the matter, what's the matter? Your attacks are pretty lackluster, aren't they?
Please do not misunderstand. Until you have fulfilled your purpose...
You have to keep me alive, huh? Then all I have to do is defeat you all before that happens!
Defeat us? Please, do try. You are short, so you've always fought those who were bigger than you. Put another way, you have little experience fighting those who are smaller than you!
There's something rather comforting facing death like this, wouldn't you agree? It's all that matters. Nothing else even seems to exist outside my pure instinct to survive. Rank, personal history and birth, race, sex, the name given to you...it's all meaningless. This is the only thing that's real, to fight on behalf of my own life and nothing else. I've never felt so complete. I guess you could say I've finally arrived.
Why, you! You're right, I've fought nothing but opponents bigger than me. Which is why...I know the attack patterns a runt will have!
[Pride breaks half of his face]
[In Resembool]
Next time I see you, Hohenheim.... I'm gonna.... slap you.... [She drops down, dead]
[struggles for breath] Save us, Ed.... Please.... [She too dies]
[With the Nationwide Transmutation Circle completed, a gigantic Gate appears in the earth. It opens to reveal Father, now grown into an enormous form, as shadow tendrils begin to gather. He reaches out his hand into the eclipse.]
Oh, hear me, God! I demand you answer the cry of my soul! Come to me! [An equally enormous Gate appears from the eclipse. The Gate opens to reveal the Eye of God, as the tendrils begin to pull it closer to the earth] Join me! YES! I will no longer be bound to you and your consequences! I'LL FORCE YOU DOWN TO THIS EARTH AND INTO MY BOWELS—YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO BE ABSORBED! [A great dome of light then envelops Father and the Gate before exploding, shrouding the world in blinding light]
You have done well, my faithful sacrifices.
[eyes widening in shock] You mean you actually did it?
[now in a new body fashioned after a much younger Hohenheim] Yes. I have done what I set out to do: acquire God.
Acquire God?! That is impossible!
Unfortunately, it is, given a great enough amount of energy.
Wait, what energy? [he gasps in a horrified realization] THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE?!
It can't be! Does this mean everyone was turned into a Philosopher's Stone?
How many lives were sacrificed for this?
Amestris is a large country; at least fifty million people.
[May gasps, absolutely mortified]
Bastard! [Ed attempts to transmute the ground below him, but Father turns everyone's alchemy off]
Your alchemy will do you no good. Farewell, gentlemen. [The Homunculus creates a sun in the palm of his right hand]
What are you— What's that?
The power of God is now in my control. With that, I can do anything; for instance, I can create a sun right in the palm of my hand.
[Ed watches in horrified awe at the sun, as the others glare at Father]
Shall I let its flames loose in here? What do you think? [Suddenly, a beat of energy appears from within Father. The Homunculus stops, while the surprised Pride turns to look at Hohenheim as the latter begins to speak]
Your plan for biding God to this world was a flawed one. We plotted against you since the moment you set it in motion. [Another beat appears, as Father glowers at Hohenheim] Over the many long years, I have performed calculation after calculation. I have arranged my own Philosopher's Stones: the friends who long resided within me, in preparations to this very day!
[A third beat]
The time has come.
He is guilty of committing the ultimate transgression.
We no longer have bodies to return to. But the people of Amestris still have the chance to resume their physical forms.
Yes. We know what we must do. Let us return their souls back to their bodies.
It is what Hohenheim asked of us.
[A much stronger beat appears, leaving Father in shock. He resumes his glare at Hohenheim]
So you've planted your Philosopher's Stones, what of it? They are merely points. They will not activate without a circle! That's a basic rule of alchemy!
We do have a circle. It's one of enormous power, and it can be self-activated, even if something should happen to incapacitate me! The moon's shadow, cast on the world by the eclipse!
[The Xerxesian souls begin to activate their Transmutation Circle]
We're starting now, Hohenheim!
[Red lightning strikes down on the circle's five points. Meanwhile, Father's body begins to gain veins]
Even now you still think you can stop me. YOU'RE A FOOL, HOHENHEIM!
That's the very reason I came back. IT'S TIME YOU REMEMBERED YOUR PLACE, DWARF IN THE FLASK!
[The Umbral Circle activates, quickly draining Father's body and forcing him to dismiss the sun in his hand. The others look on as more veins appear in Father's body before the Homunculus shouts in agony as the souls of the Amestrians are forcibly extracted from him, returning to their respective bodies]
Did it work?
Yes. The people of Amestris have had their souls returned to their own bodies. And with nothing more than the souls of the Xerxesians he already had, I doubt he can continue to control that which he calls God.
[extremely angry] I can always create another Stone. I'm not you; there are more! A billion human souls I could draw energy from!
[Meanwhile, in the room above Father and the sacrifices, Wrath and Scar continue their battle]
ISHVALAN! I guess I was mistaken! I thought the science of alchemy was abhorrent to the eyes of Ishvala, the one you believe to be the creator of all things! Have you abandoned your god?! You would leave him... SO EASILY?! Is your god so readily lost to your people?! IS HE?! In the Ishvalan Civil War... WHEN YOU WERE SURRONDED BY NOTHING BUT DESPAIR!
[Scar attempts to attack, but is pinned down. Wrath raises his sword, poising for the kill]
Surely, somewhere in the darkest depths of your heart, you began to believe that… THERE WAS NO GOD IN THIS WORLD AT ALL!
[Up above, the eclipse ends, and the sun shines through Wrath's sword, blinding him. Taking advantage, Scar uses his destructive alchemy to destroy Bradley's sword and sever both his arms; but Wrath, in one last act of defiance, grabs the blade of his sword by his teeth and stabs the Ishvalan in the stomach with it. Scar coughs up blood, and soon after, the two collapse, both bleeding profusely.]
I myself have never believed in fate or God. If they exist, perhaps this is their way of divine justice or providence.
Any last words you'd like to say?
None.
Such a sad life. Tell me, Bradley. Was there anyone who you loved? Any friends? Your wife?
My wife...
Are you saying you have nothing? No message for her? When she finds out what you are...
Your trivial words of sorrow, of love and guilt mean nothing to me, young lady. My wife understands. She is the woman that I chose to live by my side. There are no more words that need to pass between us now. That's what it means to be the wife of the Fuhrer. [Bradley chuckles as his hair turns grey with age, while Lan Fan looks on in shock] And now you've spent all your time asking useless questions and lost your opportunity for vengeance. What a shame. [He sighs] I've lived my life by forever following the path that had been set for me. Thanks to the idiosyncrasies of humanity it was, at least, a life worth living for, and maybe even a life worth dying for. [Bradley closes his eyes for good, a content smile on his face]
Brother!
Al! Go on ahead! He appears to want something with me.
Al, let's go! Don't you let yourself get beaten, Ed!
Right!
[The others depart to the surface to battle Father, leaving Ed with Pride by themselves]
Damn you Greed, have you forgotten that you're one of the Homunculi? Where's your honor?
You assume that he should just be a good boy like you and do everything as father tells him. Is that it?
Do you need to ask such a ridiculous question? It's only natural we should want to obey our father, no matter the order.
Heh! You are the one who's ridiculous! Only natural huh? So it's natural to be a brainwashed punk who doesn't even try to think for himself?!
[Pride grabs Ed, throwing him up and down with his shadows.]
Explain it to me! Why are you so eager to be his willing lapdog? He's wearing you ragged, breaking you down, he doesn't even care!
Why should I care if Father doesn't? I am not a puny weakling like you are, I am one of the Homunculi! WHAT DO YOU KNOW, HUMAN?!?!
[The Homunculus proceeds to torture Ed by using his shadows]
This container won't last much longer. But still, like my Father is, you are of Hohenheim's bloodline. So we're virtually brothers. Which means, Edward Elric, I can use your container! Your body belongs to me! What?!
You can't have it, Pride! I won't let you take this body! It's not a good fit for a homunculus!
Kimblee?! There's no way! How could you maintain your individuality among this tempest of souls?! It's just not possible!
You call this a tempest?! Oh, stop, you're going to make me laugh! The bitterness that all these voices contain soothes me like a lullaby!
Why are you interfering?! Kimblee, why?!
Not my choice. I was perfectly content, but when you decided to throw away you honor as a homunculus, you forced me to step in. You speak of your precious pride, a quality for which you were named. But then you suddenly find yourself in grave danger, and you seek to escape into the body of a human, a lower life form that you so despise. It's pathetic. You're a disgrace!
[Ed breaks free, claps his hands and grabs Pride on his face, transmuting them both]
He'll kill me!
If you think that, then you still don't understand Edward Elric!
[as his soul enters Pride's body] Selim!
Impossible! He's turned himself into a Philosopher's Stone, and he's forcing his way inside me?!
I caught you! You're mine!
[He grabs Pride, causing images of Bradley and his wife to appear in the Homunculus' eye]
Stop this. Stop this...! PLEASE STOP!
[Back in physical reality, as Ed's soul returns to his body, Pride's body dissolves to ashes with a fetus lying in the Fullmetal Alchemist's hand]
So this is your real body... [takes off his coat and places Pride on it] Once this is all over, I’m gonna have to apologize to Mrs. Bradley. You can wait right there, you foolish boy.
[remorseful] Mama... Mama...
AL, NO!
[Ed sees that his right arm has returned, a sign that Al gave up his soul so he can keep fighting.]
AL, YOU DUMBASS!
[Edward starts fighting Father, and winning.]
Nice, Ed. Just keep going.
GO, KID!
ELRIC!
Yeah! Let him have it! Fullmetal!
Kick his ass, Ed!
Go, Ed!
Fight, Edward Elric!
GO!
Greed, this is what you desperately wanted, isn't it?
Please don't die!
GO, EDWARD!
Fight on.
FULLMETAL!
Yeah, you're right. This is what I wanted. I wanted the chance to have friends like these.
[Edward knocks Father to the ground with a punch to the face]
GET UP, YOU NOVICE! I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU HOW OUT-CLASSED YOU REALLY ARE! THIS FIGHT, YOU LOSE!
I don't understand...!
Alright, clobber that bastard!
How can this happen when I've absorbed God? How can a mere human... a meager alchemist... with his bare hands?!
[At the Gate...]
Tell me, why did you refuse to join me? Why God? How did I disappoint you?
You were incapable of believing in yourself.
[Homunculus turns and sees truth floating behind him] You stole your power from others, you rejected your human origin, and chose to covet the power of what you call God. You never grew beyond your days in the flask. Did you truly think you'd become superior to humans by removing your seven desires? Don't make me laugh!
What's wrong with that?! I only wanted to obtain perfection! I wanted this worlds knowledge for my own! [Clenches his fist in anger] Why should I be punished for that? What's wrong with craving knowledge? What's wrong with seeking perfection? [Truth still smiling does not responded] Well, speak! What are you, anyway? Do you even have a name? [Points at truth] Who the hell do you think you are?!
[Truth frowns angrily]
Who am I? One name you might have for me is the world, or you might call me the universe, or perhaps God, or perhaps the Truth. I am All, and I am One. So, of course, [points at homunculus] this also means that I am you. I am the truth of your despair, the inescapable price of your boastfulness. [Homunculus whimpers in fear] And now, I will bestow upon you the despair you deserve.
[The Gate opens with tendrils reaching for Homunculus and grabbing him]
Don't do this to me. I can't... I can't go back. Please stop! I can't bare to be bound any longer! WAHHH! AHHHHHHH! No! No no no no!
This despair is reserved for the boastful.
[Being dragged in] Just tell me what I was supposed to do!
You brought this outcome upon yourself.
What did I do wrong?! What should I have done?!
[The Gate then closes, with Homunculus trapped forever]
You simply must have seen the answer with your own eyes.
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