The Librarian: Quest for the Spear Page #2

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Tell me something you know that nobody

else who has walked in here could tell me.

You have mononucleosis.

Your marriage broke up two months ago,

you broke your nose when you were 4...

...and you live with three cats.

Is that what you had in mind?

Swollen parajugular lymph nodes

and distended eyelids are clearly mono.

It takes three months for an indentation

on the ring finger to completely disappear.

Yours is approximately two-thirds gone.

Your surgeon gave you

a terminus paralateral scar...

...which is given to children

under the age of 6.

And I can clearly see three

distinct types of cat hair.

A white Himalayan, a tortoiseshell

and an orange-striped tabby.

I didn't break my nose till I was 5.

What's more important than knowledge?

- Where did that come from?

- Just answer the question.

More important than...

The things that make life worth living

can't be thought here...

...they must be felt here?

The interviews are over.

Send everyone home.

Not you.

There will be a six-month trial period.

If you don't screw up...

...then you will officially be the Librarian.

Until then, if you are one minute late,

I will dock your pay.

If you break anything,

I will dock your pay.

- Got it?

- Yeah. Tell me what I said...

...that was good so that I know

for the next time.

Mr. Carsen.

There isn't going to be a next time,

Mr. Carsen.

You are about to begin a wondrous

adventure, from which...

...you will never be the same.

Welcome to the Library.

I'll show you where you'll be working.

I've never worked in a library before, but

isn't this a lot of security for some books?

This is the most secure place in the world.

Soon you'll see why.

If we shadows have offended...

...think but this...

...and all is mended.

That we have but slumber'd here...

...whilst these visions did appear.

- Very good.

- Shakespeare.

A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Isn't that what the Army does

with nuclear weapons?

Where do you think

the Army got the idea?

You're about to see something that

few men in the world have ever seen.

It's 2 and a half cubits in length.

Setim wood. Gold overlay.

That is an exact replica

of the Ark of the Covenant.

It's not a replica.

Don't touch it or you'll be electrocuted.

Or as they used to say, "smote down. "

Am I on TV?

Is this one of those

hidden-camera shows?

Trust me, Flynn, this...

This is your destiny.

You are now the guardian

of all these great treasures.

What's hanging in the Louvre?

Well, you don't really think we'd let

the real one hang in a public museum.

We are very careful...

...about who we allow

to be the Librarian.

There are those who would kill

for the treasure we have here.

This box once belonged to a girl

named Pandora.

She opened it one day...

...and evil controlled the land

for 1000 years.

So I think it's best not...

Not to repeat her mistake.

This is all impossible.

Cell phone?

You talk in here...

...and someone far away hears you.

No wires.

Impossible.

Even 20 years ago,

this would have belonged in the Library.

Three hundred years ago, you would've

been burned at the stake for it.

Some of the items in the Library violate

the known laws of science.

But that is only because

our brains are so small...

...we haven't come up with laws to...

To explain them.

This cannot actually be Excalibur.

Only the worthy can release

the sword from the stone.

- Try it.

- No, no, no.

Not worthy, trust me.

How do you know if you don't try it?

Because I'm still not exactly sure

why it is that you chose me.

We scour the educational system,

both public and private...

...from a hundred countries.

We read essays, doctoral theses.

We even read those accursed

online blogs.

So there's a system.

Oh, there's a system

for finding candidates.

When it comes to choosing the Librarian...

...well, that has an odd kind of way

of working itself out.

Flynn, you've been studying all your life.

This is why.

The apple from the Garden of Eden.

No, actually, this is an apple I left here

a couple days ago.

This is incredible!

Oh, my goodness,

I cannot wait to tell my mom about this.

I mean, she is going to...

You are now part

of a very special community.

The secret of the Library has been kept

for thousands of years.

The sword is floating.

Neck.

Help.

You cannot tell anyone

anything about this.

The Librarians are the only ones

who know that this even exists.

Give Flynn some time.

You'll like him.

I got it, I got it, I got it!

It usually takes a new Librarian

four hours to fire up the jetpack.

You did it in three.

Congratulations.

The Holy Grail.

I broke the Holy Grail?

I broke the Holy Grail on my first day?

Did you?

Yeah, it takes a bit more than a knock

to the floor to destroy a legend.

I believe in you, Flynn.

I think there's a possibility

that you could be a great Librarian.

As great as the...

As Eldred the Truly Wonderful.

Eldred the Truly Wonderful.

Well, I would settle for

Flynn the Not So Embarrassing.

Flynn the Rather Pleasant at Parties.

Edward Wilde.

He... Oh, he must've been

the last Librarian.

Yes. Yes, he was.

God rest his soul.

Hey.

My boy has a job! Let's celebrate!

Oh, I made your favorite cake.

- You shouldn't have done that.

- This is a big day.

Now tell me...

Tell me about your new job.

Sixteen years of college,

all those fancy degrees.

What are you doing?

Librarian.

Librarian?

Mom, I have finally found my place.

Sixteen years of college,

and you're putting books on shelves.

Well, there's a little bit

more to it than that.

In fact, I'm not exactly allowed to say

exactly how much more to it there is.

But if you knew...

...Mom...

...you would be so proud of me.

I am proud of you.

Now go get yourself

a big piece of cake.

Everything went exactly as you said.

After all that, you gonna tell us

what we stole?

The realization of a 5000-year-old dream.

7:
01.

You're late. You're gonna have to

dock your own pay.

Coffee?

Oh, I hate a kiss-ass.

Why is this door open?

Oh, my...

- No.

- Are you all right?

I think he's up.

The surveillance tape.

They knew about the fail-safe.

They only had time to take one item.

They...

...took the Spear of Destiny.

Do you know about the Spear of Destiny?

It's the spear that...

...supposedly pierced the side

of Jesus on the cross.

An ancient talisman reported

to have mystical powers.

Whoever controls the Spear,

controls the fate of the...

...world.

- For thousands of years...

...whoever had the Spear,

from Charlemagne to Napoleon...

...became the greatest conqueror

in the world.

Well, that's just a fragment of the Spear.

The Spear was too powerful

to remain intact.

But since you can never

completely destroy the Spear...

...the Librarian hundreds of years ago

broke it into three pieces...

...and scattered the three pieces

in secret places around the world.

Well, with the Spear all broken up...

...it can't still be a threat, can it?

Hitler had only one piece.

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