The Changeling
Fridays on Apple TV+The Changeling Season 1 Episode 4: "The Wise Ones" Quotes
William: Hello! Are you in there?
Apollo: shit.
Cal: You didn't come alone!
Cal: Oh, they didn't cut out your tongue, did they?
Apollo: You're Cal.
Cal: Yeah, it's short for Calisto. Come closer. They're... They're protective of me. You're not gonna do anything dumb, are you? I'm putting on a show tomorrow for the kids. Come, help me make a frightening puppet.
Apollo: Hey, hey! Where is my wife?
Cal: Once upon a time, an old man and a woman had long wished for a child. And once pregnant, the wife gazed longingly at a field of Rapunzel greens next door. So her husband decided to steal some for her. But a terrifying enchantress appeared and said, "How dare you, you thief! I will curse you." But she agreed that she would spare his life if they gave her their baby. Apollo: Enough. Stop. Listen, I need to know where my wife is. Hey, where is my wife? I need to find her, all right? Your whatever tried to kill me.
Cal: You know, years ago, a husband found us. He brought with him two guns and, oh, a ton of rage. I made the mistake of trying to talk to him. But he killed, uh, three women and seven children. That's when we left the world and we came here. And we armed ourselves as best as we could. And when men show up, we're just a little more, uh... proactive.
Apollo: How many men did you kill?
Cal: Ugh, who knows? We're like the police. We don't keep track of those numbers. So, how do we protect our children? That's what Rapunzel is all about. That's the question that it's asking.
Apollo: Well, clearly, I'm the wrong person to ask.
Apollo: Is that our guy? Patrice: Wow. Beige on beige. Tan man. Very fashionable. Who the fսck still drinks Tab? Okay, this is a man who has not been with a woman in a very long time. In years. Decades. One of these incel fat fսcks always posting heinous shit online about how no one appreciates how special he is and how women only want jerks.
Apollo: All right, all right. Calm down. This is the guy that's gonna give us a five-figure check, all right? But keep it up.
Patrice: I was wrong. This guy's never been with a woman.
Apollo: You wanna know what else he's probably never done? He's probably never joined a Baby Brian fan page.
Patrice: Hey.
The water renews but does not shed its layers. No. It drags buried memories to the present. Once, below these waters, giant predators swam. Mythical. Those predators grew legs and made it to land. If they could do that, would it be so surprising if once, upon one of these times, witches had been here too? Each tale told upon this water informs the next story... and the next.
Victor
