Just leave the poor child be and be done with this already.
We all know how this ends.
Do you really want us to go through this whole song
and dance?
This would be a lot easier if you
just tell us your name, demon.
Okay, father's got no choice but to go
through the whole routine.
In the name of Christ our Lord,
I demand you reveal your name.
We have great power to make demands, Mason Harper.
Really?
It's okay.
In nomine patris omnipotentis.
You and I are fellow travelers.
I love when they laugh at their own jokes.
In the name of the Almighty Father...
- What about your... - I demand...
...Almighty Father?
Now you're just pissing me off.
By the power of Christ, tell us your name.
Easy, Daniel.
You already know my name.
By the power of Christ, the Holy Spirit, demands...
Daniel! Daniel!
Stay back.
No more demands.
You were supposed to be one of God's elite.
Now you're nothing more than a coward,
lacking the courage to question your own beliefs.
Goodbye, Father.
You can't hurt me.
Why's that?
A lot of them are ordered to protect me.
I cast thee out!
Father Harper for Father Gabrielle
Were you successful in banishing the demon?
With a heavy cost...
Father Scott...
Father Scott was killed during the ritual.
Don't mention this to anyone else.
What's going on?
What else did you learn about the presence?
I couldn't identify it. It claimed to know me.
We need to keep this between us. Do you understand?
Understand what?
Father Scott was our
sixth exorcist killed today.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Hey, stranger.
Need a lift?
So I was going to get you a card,
but there wasn't a section for surviving a religious cult
and then joining a different religious cult.
Okay, what's wrong?
Was coming back here a bad idea?
I really hope I didn't put you into it.
No, no, no, it's not that.
It's not.
Vatican has me on emergency notice.
But that's not what's bothering you, is it?
The last 24 hours have been strange.
You want to be, like, a little bit more specific?
For one, I thought I saw my father.
What?
I know.
He was standing there just before you picked me up.
He was standing there, clear as day.
- Mace, we saw him die. - I know.
I know it's crazy.
What was he doing?
Jumped off the bridge.
I looked down, and he wasn't there.
So you imagined it.
I'm not sure that makes it better or worse.
All right.
I haven't seen a congregation member in a long, long time.
I can't believe how long it's been since I've been back here.
Oh, yeah.
Well, I can't blame you, not after what you went through.
What we went through.
I wouldn't have made it out if it wasn't for you.
You're returning to a place where
you suffered sustained emotional and physical trauma.
Of course, it's going to be triggering to you.
I see it all of the time with my PTSD patients.
Plus, you're exhausted.
I mean, if you feel as bad as you look,
I'm surprised you're not seeing more weird shit.
There's that Tanis trauma I know and love.
I miss you, Mace.
And it's not enough seeing you once a year-ish.
Take it up with the pope.
Well, as much as I love chasing you around the globe,
thought finally coming home might give you some closure.
Where did you find this?
Oh, I have always had that.
It sat there.
That was the first time you tried to convince
me to leave the ranch.
That was the first time we did a lot of things
that we don't talk about.
What am I doing?
Something that you wanted to do for a long time.
I can't.
Why?
Come on, Tanis.
Because you conduct a ritual that
acts as a psychosomatic treatment
for certain mental conditions?
No, I know, as a psychiatrist...
No, as a rational person...
...you have to look at it that way.
...I have to think about it that way.
You haven't seen the things I've seen.
I have been to war.
I remember how miserable you were at group home.
And I get it.
Seminary was your ticket out, same as military was for me.
But I expanded my horizons...
No.
No, it wasn't a ticket out.
No.
My connection to the divine was always real.
The world has become way too complicated
to divide into good and evil.
Or maybe it's become harder to tell one from the other.
Or maybe some people just refuse to figure out
those answers for themselves.
Tanis, my... my faith is my coat of armor.
And if there is any weakness in it,
then the things that I have to confront
will use that against me.
Mason...
A boy that I was responsible for, he died during a ritual
last night.
His head busted open on the floor in front of me.
Now, is that real enough for you?
Because I'm not going to make myself vulnerable, Tanis.
Not even for you.
Not a single cup in the house.
♪ How many hours can be ♪
♪ How many weeks must I keep waiting ♪
The wind's picking up.
Snow's coming. - Yeah.
You can say that again.
♪ How many times I've had to leave you ♪
Hey, do I know you?
Nah.
I don't think so.
Yeah, sure.
Didn't we go to high school together?
No, it's not me.
I swear.
I think you're thinking of someone else.
Just passing through.
♪ How many nights I've sat and wondered ♪
The Holy Lord shall return through me.
I will be his vessel.
He speaks to me now.
He tells me that he has chosen my only son, Mason, to shepherd
him into this world.
Yes.
Yes, I hear you, Lord.
And like Abraham before me, I shall gift you my progeny.
And the Lord shall manifest to Mason, who shall
carry out this sacred duty.
But his sins must first be purified through pain.
Just as we all shall be cleansed by the Lord
upon his return.
And thus shall begin the epoch of the final judgment.
Looks like I missed a good party last night.
Oh.
I'm sorry for taking off like that.
No.
No, it's on me.
The truth is, um...
I've been struggling.
I've been struggling a lot lately.
I just look around, and I see so much darkness.
I have my faith.
How long have you been feeling this way?
I saw him again.
What? Who?
Angus.
Oh.
Mace, the stuff with your father,
deep down, I think it's just guilt.
I'm well versed in the concept of guilt.
You're saying that guilt caused me to see someone who's
been dead since we were kids?
I saw what he put you through.
If I knew what I know now
I could have helped him.
Your father wasn't possessed, Mason.
He was likely schizophrenic.
He was definitely a narcissist.
Forgiveness is part of my job description.
You haven't forgiven him.
And you don't need to either.
Like, how long do you think it would have been until he
killed you during one of his...
It looks like it's the hospital.
Yeah. Go ahead.
Uh, this is, uh, Dr. Green.
Sorry to bother you on your day off, Doctor.
Uh, Stan Nelson just showed up in quite a bit of distress,
and we've had to restrain him.
What's got him worked up?
It's not his usual symptoms.
He seems to be experiencing a full-scale hallucination.
What did he see?
He said he was sleeping under Coronation
Bridge when somebody jumped off and landed
head first on the ice.
Oh, that's... uh, that's... uh, that's probable, isn't it?
Well, that part is.
But he insists the jumper got up and just
walked away afterwards.
Um, yeah, I'm headed right in.
What was all that about?
Oh, it's just a fire I need to put out at the hospital.
You say I work too much.
I want to finish this discussion.
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
I was...
I was meant to see it.
He hit the rocks right smack in front of me.
Okay.
But how can you be sure that it really happened?
Have you ever seen someone hit
the ground from that height?
No.
Their brains burst from their head like fresh oysters.
The neck disappears into the shoulders.
Brains turned to jelly.
And the sound is...
Okay, okay. Breathe.
Breathe.
The body went back to normal,
as good as new.
It was a miracle before my very eyes.
You believe you witnessed a miracle?
Yeah.
Not the good kind.
And why is that?
Thessalonians, Chapter 4.
The Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout.
And the dead in Christ shall rise first.
It means the end has come.
Glen, it's been a while.
Is everything okay?
I heard you were in town.
How'd you hear that?
Your father told me.
I know.
I know how that sounds.
I found him wandering down the middle of the goddamn highway.
I don't know what to say, Mace.
I don't know how.
Here.
I think resurrection is more your jurisdiction.
Glen, this can't actually be him.
That's what I figured too.
Some kind of double or impostor?
Some kind of prank or something?
Who are you?
I'm not sure of the protocol here.
I got these tranquilizers.
Shit.
You like me more than he does.
Glen, you can't leave him here.
For emergencies.
Gentlemen.
They're looking for us.
Who?
If they find us, we all die.
Can you explain to me how it is that you're here right now?
If you talk to me, then maybe I can help you.
It is you.
This confirms my suspicion that you
aligned yourself with the demon all those years ago.
I can free you from its influence.
Do you... do you understand me?
You still haven't figured it out, have you?
It's up to you whether you want my help or not.
I never wanted any harm to come to you.
It was my hope that we could make amends.
I didn't want anything bad to happen to you.
And I don't understand how you're here right now.
But maybe we can fix this.
My all.
I wouldn't do that, Glen.
I'm sure you can guess who we're looking for.
Angus?
Angus is gone.
I'm going to go through the motions of asking
you one more time politely.
But gracious me, I will put holes in you
for the greater good.
I said, he's not here.
Well, then...
I guess I got no use for you then, do I?
You've reached Father Mason.
Leave a message.
Mace, um, I'm starting to see what you're talking about.
Something strange is going on.
Call me.
Let's get you cleaned up.
You're a bloody mess.
Can you help me out here?
Just... just lift your arms.
Lift your arms up.
Okay.
What have you done to yourself?
That's not cuneiform.
What alphabet is that?
That's not cuneiform.
What alphabet is that?
Son, I want you to listen to me very closely.
I was wrong.
The sermons, the congregation, the rituals,
they were all wrong.
It wasn't my fault. I was tricked.
I was tricked from the very start.
Well, I'm glad to see that you're starting to understand
what really happened.
Okay, uh, let's get you cleaned up.
I'll find you some clothes and, uh, keep talking.
Okay, and you say this man was driving Glen's cruiser?
Yeah.
I've never seen him before.
Was there any sign of Officer Burke in the vicinity?
Not that I could tell.
Well, Glen said he had a personal matter
to attend to earlier.
Maybe this is related to that.
I'll check in with him.
Okay.
Um... thank you, Officer Lester.
I'd like to speak with the Grand Cleric, please.
Leave a message.
Father Gabrielle, this is Father Harper.
There have been some interesting developments
on my end.
Please, call me back soon.
That fraud in Rome
won't help us.
After the abuse you put me through,
the Jesuits gave me the structure
I needed to rebuild my faith.
They taught me the rite of exorcism.
Manipulation, all of it.
And I refuse to be an accomplice.
You've been given a second chance.
Why would you throw that away?
He won't let me die.
I don't understand.
How many times do you need to see something to believe it?
Perhaps there is no avoiding the prophecy after all.
All these years, you thought you were channeling God.
It was the opposite.
Let me purge this demon once and for all.
Well, sadly, I am still God's vessel.
If you think that, you're still a fool.
Give me your legs.
Oh.
Get some rest.
Please.
He's in there now.
All right.
It's going to be okay, Mason.
Okay?
You guys stay here, and you stay safe.
We'll take care of this.
Okay, guys, two by two up the road.
Favor the left and stay low.
Good.
This is the police!
Everybody, down!
Stop.
There's no choice.
He's found us.
Who?
Adonai.
Elohim, he won't let me die.
I must stop him!
Enough!
Stop.
You'll kill us all!
Calm down.
Can't you see what's happening?
Can't you see?
Come here.
He'll murder us all.
What are you looking at?
It's too late.
He's here.
Who?
Bear witness and be saved.
Let him go or I'll bleed you dry.
Blessed Michael, archangel, defend
us in the hour of conflict.
Stop.
You're empowering him.
Safeguard us against the evil snares of the devil.
Heavenly host, through the power of God,
cast down to hell Satan...
Stop!
...and with him, all of the evil
spirits that wander through the world
through the ruin of souls.
This is a holy space now.
Protect it from demonic influence.
Kill me.
Maybe if you do it, I can die.
Please.
Hello?
Glen.
Glen, it's Mason.
I got to ask you a couple of questions about what happened
with Angus before you dropped him off here
because none of this makes any sense, not even to me.
Mace, where are you now?
I'm still at Tanis's place.
I'll see you soon.
Toss the body.
We have someplace to be.
Help me.
Today truly is the day of prophecy, my brothers.
Yes, Hello.
This is Father Harper
I've been trying to get ahold of Father Gabrielle.
It's important.
I'm sorry, but there's been an incident
involving Father Gabrielle.
What do you mean, "an incident?"
Father Gabrielle has been killed
What?! How did it happen?
It occurred during an Exorcism here last night.
Tell me,
how many exorcists have we now lost?
You are forbidden to perform the ritual
until a full investigation is conducted.
God be with you, Father.
You are my...
Angus?
Angus, can you hear me?
Who are you?
Mace, um, I'm starting to see what you're talking about.
Something strange is going on.
Call me.
No shit.
Oh.
Well, well, well.
Gale Hanson, you are here to be judged.
Someone tell me what happened.
She was discovered with the boy
in the midst of what appeared to be sexual intercourse.
The church has been very clear
about sexual relations, especially those
outside the flock.
The fornication was confirmed through an examination
of the accused.
One step outside the temptation of man, and God
speaks through me.
And I judge you now as he will judge us all.
The enormity of this moment is too great to consider leniency.
The accused is guilty.
No.
Eunuch has spoken.
No.
No...
Remove the guilty and bring forth the next accused.
Praise be to our Lord.
Bless the souls of my brothers who have fallen on this day.
Allow their spirits to provide me strength
in the coming struggle.
Lend me their courage.
And grant me the resolve to resist
the evil that lays before me.
Furnish me the wisdom to uncover this malevolence
where it hides.
Identify its true nature, regardless
of what mask it wears.
Allow my faith to be my shield and righteousness my sword
with which I shall slay this serpent
and reveal its illusions for what they truly are,
the debased lies of the devil and his woeful legions.
I will not forsake you again.
Why are you here, child?
To send you back to hell.
Backward.
The children always get it backward.
Tell me your name, demon.
You do not recognize the one before you.
Yet you have the arrogance to call yourself a man of God.
I'm not as easily fooled as my father.
In the name of Christ our Lord, I demand you reveal thy name.
Your rituals only make me stronger.
You do not speak, but I hear you.
How?
I damaged your ears so you would listen with your heart.
That is the only way by which my voice can be heard.
But this is not the first time you've heard it.
When you received your calling at the youth home,
do you remember what the voice told you?
Come to me.
And we shall start anew.
Do you know who I am?
I know you're a liar.
Feel honored.
You have been chosen for this, despite resisting
your father's preparations.
Preparations?
Whipped and forced to pray, tortured,
beaten so badly I couldn't walk,
what is that a preparation for?
For today.
Just as you abandoned your father,
humanity has abandoned me.
And in turn, I shall abandon humanity.
I need your help, Mason, to end my suffering,
just as I needed your father's help.
He too resisted.
But like him, deep inside, you know mankind has failed.
You know that it is only a matter of time
until humanity is under the devil's control.
I resist your deceptions.
You can't hide your identity forever, demon.
In the name of Christ our Lord,
I demand you reveal your name.
In the name of Christ our Lord, I demand you reveal your name!
In the name of Christ our Lord,
I demand you reveal thy name!
Do you recognize me now, Father?
Do you recognize the face of God?
Enlighten us.
What brings you here on the most sacred of occasions?
Well, dumb luck, I guess.
There is no such thing as luck in the eyes
of God, Dr. Tanis Green.
Tanis Green?
Do you realize who this is?
Lower your pistol.
Lower your weapon.
Her presence here is a great blessing.
Execute her.
Don't you see?
Tanis Green is a cohort of the shepherd.
You're a friend of Mason Harper's?
I've never heard of him.
Her presence will compel the shepherd
to conduct the summoning.
No...
The prophecy manifests before our very eyes.
No, I've never heard of anyone named Mason Harper!
Godspeed to God.
Praise be to God.
No!
Praise be to God!
Would you like to know what transpires?
I'm sure you'll tell me either way.
Come.
We have much to discuss.
You can relax now, Father.
After all, you inverted the cross.
It's you who invited me here.
I will banish you also.
I'm assuming you've managed to identify
me since our last encounter.
Put a name to the faces.
In Mexico, it was you trying to kill me,
as you did all the other exorcists.
It's a pretty nifty move you pulled with your pal's blood.
I'll give you that.
Think of it as a mutual breakup, Father.
Humanity's done with God, and God is done with humanity.
That's why he's holed up inside your daddy there.
Nice try.
Listen closely.
If God is allowed to take form in the mortal plane,
this world will end.
And for God to truly manifest, he's going to need
a medium to summon him.
And that's where you come in.
That's why you've been eliminating exorcists.
God was telling your father to prepare you
for this all these years, Mason, laying the foundation
for humanity's demise.
There's no salvation here, Father.
Only destruction.
And by the time your daddy figured
that out, it was too late.
Why does it matter if God takes form here?
Mm.
God needs to be present in this world in order to end it.
That's just one of the fun rules he and I have to play by.
Let's just say he's not as almighty
as he'd have you believe.
You, me, humanity,
none of us are anything more than abused children.
It just so happens both of our fathers are in the next room,
as vulnerable as baby sheep.
It is our duty to make sure they cannot harm us again.
So go do it then.
Unfortunately, the unrepentant are still
scorched by his light, so.
Is that so hard to believe?
I was God's most cherished creation.
Look what he did to me.
Imagine what he'll do to the rest of humanity.
It is in both of our best interests to make sure
he cannot abandon or abuse a single
other one of his children.
I have no desire to make a pact with the devil.
Think of it as preventing murder/suicide
on the grandest scale.
Can I count on you, Father?
Go back to hell.
I'll see you soon.
Hiya, Mace.
Hi, Beau.
Uh, uh, uh.
You know, they call me the Grand Cleric now.
I suggest you do the same.
Thanks for finding your pappy for us.
Been looking for him for a long time.
You know, Angus once told me in confidence that today would
be the day of the summoning.
His prophecy was right on the nose.
Randall, bring in the containment unit.
Get Angus inside.
You can't kill me.
You need me to perform the ritual.
Yeah, you're right.
Lord knows I sure can hurt you a whole bunch.
Besides, we got someone down at the ranch
you might want to see again.
Where'd he go?
God damn it!
Hey, what did I tell you about that blasphemy, Randall?
Sorry about that.
Stop.
Do you have a phone?
I need a phone.
I thought you were just passing through.
Do you have a phone?
Please.
No problem.
You know, I remembered the name
of that guy I went to high school
with who looked just like you. - Hi.
Yeah. Yeah.
Yes.
I need to report an emergency.
Hey, you know what I think?
No, no, I... no, I can't hold right now.
Said do you know what I think?
What?
A relic from the war in heaven.
1,000 angels were felled by its blade.
Take it and slay all that is holy.
As we all shall be cleansed by the Lord upon his return.
Yes, I think we should remember that.
And everything is set up for the ceremony?
Yes.
...3:14, it says the partner is the one who will fortify.
Yes, it is a day of providence.
It's important.
I have no idea what's going to happen.
Let's go outside.
He's awake.
Praise be to God.
Good.
It's almost time for the summoning.
I hope you're ready to play your part, son.
I'll take that as a yes.
But first, we need to purify you.
Just like old times, huh, Mace?
This would be a good time to start confessing.
You're no use to us unrepentant.
Listen, there's something you need to know.
If this presence really is gone...
Oh, it is.
...then this ritual, it'll mean the end of everything.
You hear that, Randall?
World is ending.
That ain't any kind of news.
You see, our souls can't be saved unless there's a rapture.
You know that.
Shame on you, Father.
This is the thing your pappy and me,
we never saw eye to eye on.
He never accepted end times.
But for us, God's will is God's will.
We got no... no say in it.
But we sure as shit going to be the first ones saved.
You think this is what God wants?
Ah, I guess you're back with your old girlfriend now, huh?
Now, are you going to start confessing,
or should I get Lloyd here to paint the walls?
Wait.
I'll do it.
Start confessing now.
Dear Lord, forgive me.
Let it all out, son.
Let it all out.
I have forsaken my father.
I questioned my beliefs.
I have lusted after a woman
contrary to the tenets of the priesthood.
Damn.
It's getting juicy.
Holy father, forgive me for my trespasses.
Purify me in your light.
Guide my actions away from sin and temptation.
Talk to me in clarity and focus,
and I shall be your loyal soldier in the never ending
struggle against darkness.
Amen.
Amen to that.
Prep him.
Bear witness and be saved.
What'd you do to this place?
Oh, we don't worship here much no more.
Spread our faith to less conspicuous parishes
out in the community, where our congregants all
know, when the great tribulation occurs,
we will welcome here on the homestead with open arms
until their time of rapture comes.
Romans 3:21.
Only the righteous shall see God.
These are the elders of the congregation.
They're bloody righteous.
Don't you worry.
Now start summoning.
Holy Lord, God of power and might,
I call upon thee.
And I summon thee from your seat on high, the kingdom
of the eternal, to this mortal plane to be one of us,
to live with us and die with us
as a being of flesh and blood.
It's working.
Keep going.
Allow me to be thy shepherd, O Lord,
into the living vessel that you have chosen
and to take form right here in this very room.
Cleanse us, Lord.
I summon thee now, Elohim, Yahweh, Jehovah,
the Lord of Seven Names, but for whom
there is only one power.
I stand humbly before you, knowing that only the repentant
are allowed to gaze upon thee.
We welcome your embrace.
This is not a physical door that I shall
open, but a portal between this world
and the realm of the divine.
Join us here and now, Lord.
Bless us with your exalted presence.
I shall be the first to lay eyes upon him.
Bless me with your power.
It's too late, child.
The summoning is complete.
Lucifer, the Dark Prince, author of sin,
lord of the damned, bless us with your presence.
Anoint us with your wicked power.
Blasphemy.
Bestow us with your malevolence
and wash us in your sin.
The seed of the divine shall not take root in this place.
Sin and immorality will strangle it in its crib.
In the name of Lucifer and the Lords of the Nine Circles,
I banish you from this place.
I cast thee out.
For your sins...
your sins makes you vulnerable.
How dare you believe it possible to match
the power of the Almighty?
Your soul shall burn for all eternity.
The eunuch has spoken.
Don't shoot!
You still have time, child.
Repent and be saved.
Tanis.
Tanis, no!
Dad.
You know what you need to do.
Our fathers have abdicated their reign, Mason.
Kill them now.
Save us all.
It's the only way to prevent the end.
Do it, now, before they regain their strength.
They have forsaken us, Mason.
There is no way to regain their love.
That was foolish, Mason.
You know as well as I, this weapon
can only harm the divine.
No matter how our fathers have wounded us,
there is still a part of them in us.
And there is still a part of us seeking their love.
And I bet there's still a glimmer
of the divine still beating in that black heart of yours.
Go to hell.
The will of God shall not be undone.
With the blood of the fallen, I cast thee out!
Mace.
I'm... I'm sorry, son...
For everything.
It's okay, pop.
It's okay.
Why try and destroy something so beautiful?
♪ No excuses, no ♪
♪ I know the truth is set in stone ♪
♪ And the war is over ♪
♪ Thank you, yes, thank you ♪
♪ For pickin' up ♪
♪ This one ♪
♪ Last time ♪
♪ Oh, 'cause I had to say ♪
♪ I'll never forget you and all that we made ♪
♪ Sweet sour lemonade ♪
♪ I will never forget you and all that we built ♪
♪ I have to say ♪
♪ Bye, bye, bye, bye ♪
♪ Oh, why do I hide? ♪
♪ Why do I hide? ♪
♪ All the sweet words, I know it soothes your mind ♪
♪ Sweet poetry ♪
♪ Your favorite tree, initials carved with a knife ♪
♪ Yes, I even the greatest trees ♪
♪ Someday you fall and turn to memories ♪
♪ But no excuses, no ♪
♪ Just let me say what I couldn't say ♪
♪ I will never forget you and all that we made ♪
♪ Sweet sour lemonade ♪
♪ I will never forget you and all that we built ♪
♪ Nor are we split ♪
♪ I will never forget you and all that we built ♪
♪ I had to say ♪
♪ Bye, bye, bye, bye ♪
♪ Oh, why do I hide? ♪
♪ Yeah, why do I hide? ♪