All language subtitles for A Sétima Profecia (1988)

(distant bell tolls)

(lively background chatter
in foreign language)

(lively chatter in foreign language)

(dark atmospheric music)

(woman speaks foreign language)

(boy yelps)

(dark atmospheric music)

- [Boy] The fish are
dead, the fish are dead!

- The truck.

Please, Mr. Huberty.

Quickly, come on!

What do you know about
Baal-Dahar, Mr. Huberty?

- Baal-Da-what?

I was in Jerusalem for a symposium.

I don't even know what
I am doing out here.

- Baal-Dahar's a village, an Arab village.

It's been rumored to be a terrorist base.

Or should I say was.

This morning we found it destroyed.

- What does that have to do with me?

- It's how it was destroyed,
that's where we need your help.

- My help?

I don't know the first
thing about terrorists.

I think you have made a terrible mistake.

- Please, Mr. Huberty, come with me.

- No, you don't understand,
you've picked up the wrong man.

I can't possibly help
you, I am a meteorologist.

- Yes, yes, we know.

That's why we brought you here.

You see, that,

was Baal-Dahar.

(helicopter blades whir)
(ominous atmospheric music)

(background chatter in foreign language)

Yesterday, a kibbutz nearby was attacked.

They threw a petrol bomb into the school

and locked the doors, 34
children burned to death.

We tracked the terrorists
back to here and found this.

- [Huberty] It's incredible.

- But can you explain it?

- It cannot be explained.

(Colonel speaks foreign language)

(priest speaks foreign language)

- I have clearance.
- You damn well better.

The Vatican.

I'm sorry.

Father Lucci.

- Can you explain it?

- If I were given the
proper equipment, I think--

- I don't think so.

They'll never explain it.

It'll melt in a day or a
week and they'll forget it.

They'll call it a freak, an aberration.

- You don't think it is?

- I would.

I would, Colonel, except
this kind of thing

has happened here once before.
- What are you saying?

Baal-Dahar has stood here for 3,000 years.

- Yes, Baal-Dahar, but you see, Colonel.

The village was built on
the ruins of an older place.

A much older place.

And it too was destroyed, but
I don't think you'd want that

to explain what's happened here now.

- And why is that?

- Because that place that was
destroyed was called Sodom.

(dark atmospheric music)
(wind whistles)

Destroyed by the wrath of God.

(distant moan)

(distant moan)

(faint heartbeat thuds)

- How's he doing?

- [Woman] Well, kiddo, I have
to tell ya, he's still a boy.

Is he kicking a lot?

- Oh, he's been really active,
moving all over the place.

- Well, that's great.

We're getting some good soccer
in our last trimester, huh?

Thanks, Sherri.
- I can't wait.

Two months to go.

- Abby, I wanna see you next week.

I'm not completely happy with his growth,

and your amniotic fluid is
a little less than normal.

- But you said the baby's doing fine.

- He is, there's absolutely
nothing to be alarmed about.

But, Abby, I can't say definitely

that we're not gonna run
into the same problem again.

- I know this time its gonna be okay.

I've been eating really well and resting.

- That's good, that's good.

Alright, so I'll see you both next week.

Bye bye.
- Bye.

♪ Mine eyes have seen the glory
of the coming of the Lord ♪

♪ He is trampling out the vintage ♪

♪ Where the grapes of wrath are stored ♪

♪ He hath loosed the fateful lightning ♪

♪ Of his terrible swift sword ♪

♪ His truth is marching on. ♪

- They're so adorable.
♪ Glory, glory, hallelujah ♪

♪ Glory, glory, hallelujah ♪

- Would you like to see
the computer room now?

- Oh, that'd be great.

- At the Oaks, we start them out early.

So, your husband is a lawyer,

and you restore fine arts for
the Hirshenson Collection.

And the baby's due?
- February 29th.

- The 29th?
- It's a leap year.

- Oh, of course, I notice
you didn't write anything

under Religious Denomination.

Do you mind if I ask why?

- Because I don't have
any, is that a problem?

- Oh, no, no, I just don't like blanks.

(melancholic orchestral music)

(dog barks)

- Hi, baby dog.

(dog barks)

Hi, baby. (gasps)

Oh, Ace, be careful.

Good boy.
(phone rings)

(phone rings)

Hello?

Uh-huh?

Uh, well, let's see.

Well, it's 650, utilities included.

It's a garage apartment.

No, we've never had any
problems with the fumes before.

We park our car outside.

Uh-huh, well, it's partially furnished.

It's got a bed and a table
right now, but that's about it.

Oh, I see.

Well, okay, sorry.

Uh-huh, bye bye.

Hi, sweetness.

Hi!

- [Anchor] Tragedy continues
to strike around the globe,

as the recent changing weather
patterns have continued.

- Hi, honey.
- Hi.

- That's nice.
- Thanks.

How'd it go today?

- The State Supreme
Court denied my appeal.

- Are you kidding?

- I couldn't believe it.

- I thought you had such a strong appeal?

- So did I.

So did I.

The whole petition was based on the fact

that Jimmy's trial lawyer
was incompetent, and he was.

I mean, I've told ya,
I thought I proved it.

- Shit.

So, what are you gonna do?

- Appeal again, fight it.

Anyway, how's our bouncing baby boy?

- Good, we had a good day.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

- Good.

- Babe?
- Hm.

- I know we talked about
it and decided not to,

but I went to the Oaks today
and put down a deposit.

- A deposit?
- Yes.

Which only puts us on the
waiting list for four years.

- Abby, why are you doing this?

- Honey, I'm just trying to be prepared.

- Well, I want you to be realistic.

- I am being realistic.

- [Husband] We don't know
for sure whether the baby--

- Look, I saw Dr. lnness today,

and she said that I am
doing absolutely perfect.

No problems.

- [Husband] Really?

- This baby's gonna be fine.

It has to be.

- It has to be?

What if it isn't, then what?

Abby.

I just don't wanna lose you, that's all.

Okay?

- Okay.

(dark atmospheric music)
(water sprays)

(wind blows)

(distant singing)

(bird squawks)

(bird squawks)
(distant singing)

(gate squeaks)
(dark atmospheric music)

(thud)

- [Man] Will you die for him?

(glass smashes)

Will you die for him?

- No!

- What is it?

What's the matter?

- I was in these rooms, and, oh, god.

I could feel it coming.

- What?

- Death.

- Oh, it was just a dream, Abby.

It was just a dream.

Come lay down.

It's alright, it's alright, it's alright.

It was just a dream.

(somber orchestral music)

(distant explosions boom)
(distant guns fire)

(flames roar and crackle)

(dark orchestral music)

- Russell Quinn?
- Yeah.

- Penny Washburn.
- Hi.

- Sorry I'm late.
- That's alright.

I understand you're quite an expert

on death sentence appeals.
- So they say.

- Good, what do you know about this case?

- So far, not much, the
kid murdered his parents?

- Yeah, he poured gasoline
on 'em and set 'em on fire

while they were sleeping.

- I take it this is not
somebody with a lot of remorse?

- His parents were brother and sister.

"Executed for the word of God."

That's what he called
it in his confession.

His signed confession.

Jimmy.

How's it going?
- Hello, Russell.

- [Russell] Jimmy, this is Penny Washburn.

She's gonna help us with your case.

- Hello, Penny.
- Hello.

- [Russell] Listen, Jimmy,
can we talk a minute?

- Yes.

Listen, Penny's gonna help
me prepare a new appeal,

but we're gonna need your help.

- I told you, I do not go to hospital.

- Jimmy, I can't help
you unless you let me.

I just want you to talk to her.

Tell her what happened, that's all.

- No hospital.

- Listen, Jimmy, this is important.

If you go to the hospital,

the doctors may find you incompetent.

Then I can get the court to
reconsider your case, otherwise,

you don't have anything.

- I know what is right
and I know what is wrong.

I did nothing wrong.

- Jimmy, you admitted
killing your parents.

- It was not wrong, it was the law of God.

Leviticus.

- [Penny] Isn't murder a
crime too, in the eyes of God?

- It is not murder to punish the guilty.

- Incest may be against the law of God,

but it's the law of California
that we're dealing with.

And they've sentenced
you to the gas chamber!

Do you wanna die?

- No.

- Well, then go to the hospital
and let the doctors see

if you knew what you were doing.

- That says I did a
crime, that it was wrong!

- [Russell] Well, if it's
gonna save your life,

then say you're wrong,
what is it gonna matter?

- It matters to God!

No hospital.

- Jimmy.

- Goodbye, Penny.

- [Russell] Jimmy, think about it, please.

(thunder claps)
(rain splashes)

(dark atmospheric music)

(knocks)

- Hello.

- Hi.

- My name is David.

David Bannon.

I'm here about the apartment.

- Oh, please, come in.

Ace, get down!

He usually doesn't do this.

Go on, get down.

- It's okay.

Hi, Ace.

- Get down, get down.
(Ace whimpers)

Well, uh, Ace, get down.

I'm really surprised,
He doesn't ever do this.

I'll just go get the keys, come on.

Would you like a towel?
- Please.

- You're soaked, it's
terrible out there, isn't it?

- Thanks.

Yes.

It is.

- If I can just find these keys.

(sighs)

Where are you from?

- All over.

I've moved around a lot.

- Oh, because of work?
- Yes.

- What do you do?

- I'm a teacher.

Ancient languages.

- Oh, over at the university?

(David chuckles)

- I've been travelling for some time.

I've really just come back to town.

May I have a glass of water?
- Oh, sure.

Let me give you a glass.

Use the bottled water,
it's better, right there.

(dark atmospheric music)

- Your baby's due in February.

The 29th.

- How'd you know that?

- I saw your calendar.

- Oh, it's kind of nice, isn't it?

I mean, there isn't a
29th, except for leap year.

Makes it special somehow.

- It is a special day.
- Yeah.

I am getting so absent-minded.

Well, I hope you're not
expecting something fancy.

- [David] No, no.

- Well, this is it.

It's a bit small.

(dark atmospheric music)

- I don't need much room.

I like it.

If that's alright?
- That's great!

- [David] Good.

- I would like to talk with my husband,

but I'm sure it won't be a problem.

Why won't you give me a call
tomorrow and I'll let you know?

- Fine.
- Okay, we'll talk then.

I do hope this will work out.
- Yes, I hope so, too.

(bright piano music)

- [Russell] I'm back.

- That didn't take very long.

- Yeah, well, he didn't
really need much help.

Just about all he had was a suitcase.

But he did have first and
last month's rent in cash.

You know it.
- Yeah.

Did you invite him to dinner?
- Yeah, I did.

He said, "no, thanks."

Of course, he didn't use so many words.

I've gotta admit, the
guy's, he's out there.

He's a little bit different.

- I don't know, I think he's just quiet.

- Yeah, he's quiet alright.

Do you know, he doesn't have a stereo,

he doesn't have a television.

He doesn't even want us
to hook up the telephone.

- Really? That's weird.

- What's weird is that he's
got a short-wave radio.

Hey, you think he's a spy?

The spearhead of some invasion force

that's gonna take over
and bore us to death!

- You're such a nut.

Toss that up.
- Where are you going?

- I'm sure you did a
great job of inviting him.

- [Russell] Looks tossed to me.

(muffled radio chatter)

(knocks)

- David?

(knocks)
(dark atmospheric music)

David?

(radio chatter in foreign language)

- Honey? Jesus.
(Abby gasps)

You scared me to death.
- You? You snuck up on me!

- I was trying not to scare
you, what're you doing out here?

- Look at this, isn't this wild?

- Yeah, that is strange.
- Look at that.

- Listen, David's in the house.

Changed his mind about dinner,
he'd maybe change it again,

if he knew you were out
here snooping around.

- I'm not snooping.

I'm looking.

- So after all that, the
senator wouldn't even see me.

I mean, this poor kid is
gonna die in the gas chamber,

and I get this aide who
comes in and tells me,

he doesn't think their
involvement is appropriate.

- Why?
- 'Cause he's a politician.

Because he doesn't wanna get
involved in anything that could

ever eventually can come
back and bite his fat ass.

That's why.
- It's typical.

- [Russell] It's typical bullshit.

- What would you do?

- Me, what do you mean?
- Would you stop it?

- Of course I would, but
I don't have any control.

I can't do anything.

- Maybe you can.

- She can't do anything, David.

That's what I'm talking about.

Nobody listens to anybody anymore.

I'm this poor kid's attorney
and they won't listen to me!

They're not gonna listen to Abby.

- Maybe you are right.
(Ace barks)

It's not up to us.

- Would you like some dessert?
- Please.

(Ace barks)
- Right, Ace, alright.

Alright, there you go, go on.

Jesus Christ, look at this!

Abby, get a broom.

- Don't, please don't.
(tense atmospheric music)

- I wasn't going to hurt it.

- I'm sorry, I...
(bird tweets)

- [Abby] Well, that was weird.

- Do you know, there's a
story about a newborn child,

and the sparrow's song.

It's ancient.

Hebrew.

They believed that in Heaven,

God's mansion has many halls.

And that one of these
halls is the Hall of Souls.

It's called The Guf.

- The Guf?

- They say whenever a baby is born,

this is where its soul comes from.

As the soul descends from heaven,

only the sparrows can see it.

So, they sing.

- So, whenever you hear a sparrow singing,

you know a baby is about to be born?

- Mm-hm.

- The Guf. (chuckles)

I like it.

- [Russell] I'll get the dessert.

- Would you like some coffee?
- Yes, please.

- [Abby] Wasn't that the sweetest story?

- It sounded like a bunch of guff to me.

(distant bell tolls)

(somber atmospheric music)

- "The second angel poured
his bowl into the sea.

"And it became as the blood of a dead man.

"And every living thing...

"Died that was in the sea."

The prophecies.

They have begun.

(peaceful chime music)

- The Guf.

- [Man] Do you like that?

- Yes, I do, it reminds
me of a story I heard.

- [Man] It's Italian, you
know, it's really good quality.

- Oh, I don't know, I've
spent so much money already.

It's so cute.

Yeah, why not?
- You only live once, right?

Oh, are you gonna put this on your card?

- Here it is.

(dark atmospheric music)
(rain splashes)

(bell tolls)

- [Man] Mrs. Quinn?

Mrs. Quinn, are you okay?

- Yeah, I'm fine.

David?

(dark atmospheric music)

David!

David!

Shit.

(suspenseful music)

David!

(thunder claps)

David?

David?

(distant singing)

(suspenseful music)

- Excuse me, lady, what
are you doing there?

- Oh, I'm looking for someone.

- There's no one here but the minion.

- I followed him in, he's
wearing a gray overcoat.

- [Janitor] No one came in.

- But I followed him in.

- I've been here for 10
minutes, no one's come in, lady.

(ominous tones)

You okay?

Are you okay, lady?

- Yes, I'm fine.

- You better leave now, we
don't want to disturb kaddish.

- Excuse me?
- Kaddish.

The prayer for the dead.

(ominous music)

(Abby groans)

(Abby groans)
(tense atmospheric music)

(Abby groans)

(door slams open)

- [Doctor] You're going to be fine.

- [Midwife] Breathe, Abby.

It's not gonna hurt, but it
is gonna feel some pressure.

- Oh, don't hurt my baby.
- Not gonna hurt your baby.

- Don't worry, keep breathing.
- Take a deep breath.

Just take a deep breath,
there you go, almost through.

That's it, you're doing
fine, you're doing just fine.

That's it, just hold still,
breathe, take a deep breath.

Breathe, nice and easy, nice and easy.

You're doing a good job, a good job.

Okay, it's gonna come out now.

Alright.

Good job, good job.

- (sighs) Why does this
keep happening to her?

There's gotta be something that...

(sighs)

It's too early for Caesarean.

- Right, the baby's lungs
aren't fully matured yet.

But the immediate threat is over.

The important thing right
now is just to keep

her from going into labor
for at least two weeks.

So, I've started her
on the ritodrine again.

- Can I take her home?
- No.

I wanna keep her here
for at least 48 hours.

She needs to rest now as much as possible,

both mentally and physically.

- Can I see her?
- Sure.

- Hey, there she is.

Hi, babe.

How are you feeling?

- It's not like the last time.

- Don't even think about that.

Just rest.

- I know that feeling,
it's different this time.

Something else is causing it,
the pain isn't even the same.

It's not coming from the inside.

- [Russell] Listen, Margaret said that,

you could come home in a
couple of days and then

a couple days in bed,
you'll be as good as new.

- Why won't she believe me?

Can't she find out what's really going on?

- She's trying, Abby.

- I know something's happening.

It's different this time.
(dark atmospheric music)

I know it is.

(sighs)

(dark orchestral music)

(Lucci shouts in foreign language)

(man speaks foreign language)
(tense music)

- "The third angel poured
his bowl into the rivers,

"and they became...

"Blood."

- [Anchor] There are alarming
reports of more fighting

near the Nicaraguan border today.

In the fiercest confrontation of the year,

casualties are mounting
quickly on both sides.

Refugee camps have sprung
up in areas considered safe,

but even these have been
inside of sniper fire.

- Oh, I love the news.

How are you feeling?
- Good.

- You hungry, you want some dinner?

- Yeah, do you want me to cook?

- No, no, no, I'll take care of it.

How about some pasta primavera?

- Do you know how long that's gonna take?

- [Russell] Yeah, 20 minutes.

I'll go pick it up.

- The rescuers can only
watch as the great beings

struggle and gasp for breath
away from what had always been,

for them and for us, the protective sea.

In the local news,

there was a different
kind of tragedy today.

A drive-by shooting between
rival East Los Angeles gangs

claimed the lives of a woman
and her four-year-old child.

Caught in the crossfire--

- [Anchor] Death toll in
this latest terrorist bombing

is expected to climb--

(guns fire on TV)

- [Anchor] Bloodshed as the
war between Iraq and Iran--

- [Anchor] Having been raped repeatedly,

her body was dumped--

- [Anchor] Apparently
set by representatives

of a radical group.

(Abby sighs)

- [Anchor] Continuing
with international news,

French officials in Paris
today announced they have two

suspects in the bombing of the restaurant

on the famous Champs Elysees.

- Abby?

I'm sorry.

- Oh, it's okay.

I thought you were away.

- Just came back.

No, please.

I just wanted to...

How do you feel?

- I'm alright.

You know, I thought I saw you
the other day, in the rain.

I wasn't sure if it was you,

but I thought you might need a ride.

- You are very kind.

That's rare.

- Were you there?

- So much misery.

Man against man.

They kill each other.
(dark orchestral music)

They have no faith.

I used to think the world would change.

But it hasn't.

- No, I guess it hasn't.

- It's sad.

The course is chosen.

And it can't be turned.

- What do you mean, "course?"

- Toward death.

- I really don't think we're
gonna blow ourselves up.

- I didn't mean that.

(dark atmospheric music)

- I better go upstairs now.

Excuse me.

- Abby?

I'm sorry about the baby.
(distant bell tolls)

- And after all your
travels, Father Lucci,

here you've come to the
conclusion I find before me?

- I have, Your Eminence.

- And you have no doubt,
no doubt whatsoever,

regarding the signs?

- No doubt at all, they were not signs.

- Not to try your patience,
Father, but once again.

The snow in the Negev.

Didn't the Israeli Army report that?

- I was there.

I saw a freak, an aberration
of convective showers.

Frigid air from the Balkans
was swept into a cut off low.

It created a storm of such intensity,

it literally sucked the
freezing rain from the sky.

Turned everything in its path to ice.

A rare occurrence, yes.

It happens once in 100
years, but a sign from God?

- Everything you saw was either
scientifically explainable

or a hoax?

- Yes, Your Eminence.

My brothers, all these things I saw

were of the natural world.

There have been no miracles.

These were not signs of the Apocalypse.

- I will tell His Holiness.

He'll be quite relieved.

He has tickets next week to Faust.

(clergymen laugh)

(Ace barks)

(suspenseful atmospheric music)

(bird squawks)

(bird tweets)

(ominous orchestral music)

- "2-29," that's the baby's birth date.

(seal cracks)

(loud rumbling)

(glass smashes)
(car alarm whines)

(dark atmospheric music)

- This doesn't say anything
I can even understand.

- What about the baby's birth date on it?

- We don't have a corner on February 29th.

You don't even know if
that's what that means.

- Well, what about this strange writing?

Have you ever seen writing like this?

And what about those horrible clippings?

Russell, I'm telling you,
he's here because of the baby!

- You think David is responsible

for what's wrong with the baby,
is that what you're saying?

Come on, Abby, what's wrong with the baby

is called placental insufficiency!

- You're wrong, I've
told you, it's different!

- It isn't!

Nobody is trying to hurt the
baby, it's just like last time.

Abby, what do you want me to do?

You want me to kick him out?

I mean, would that make you
feel better if I kicked him out?

(sighs)

Alright, Abby.

He's gone, I'll tell him
as soon as I see him, okay?

- Okay.
- Okay.

(sighs)

(suspenseful music)

(knocks)

- Yes?
- Excuse me.

I'm looking for Dr. Ornstein.

- Rabbi Ornstein.

You stay.

(shouts in foreign language)

- Yes?

- Are you Dr. Ornstein, the linguist?

- Among other things, may I help you?

- I hope so, I'm Abby Quinn.

- No, no, no!

(shouts in foreign language)

- Nice move, lady.

- What'd I do?
- You touched him.

You don't touch a Hasidic
rabbi, unless you're his wife.

- Are you serious?
- No, I'm making it up.

It's halakah, it's the law.

- Well, then I should apologize.

- I wouldn't do that.

Just leave, he won't see you again.

- But I have to see him, I
need to know what this says.

I need to know what language it is.

- That's Melachim.
- What is it?

- It's Melachim.

It's a secret form of
Hebrew, kind of like a code.

It's very old, in the Middle
Ages, scholars used it

to protect their writings.
- And you know it?

- I hope so, I learned it
from him when I was nine.

- Then you can translate it?

- Uh, yeah, I guess so.

It's just a simple replacement alphabet.

Yeah, come on, there's a book I'll need.

Here it is.

- [Abby] So, what is this?

How does this translate, this date?

- That's not a date.

- Of course it is, "2-29" February 29th.

- [Neighbor] Have you ever read the Bible?

- Well, yeah.

- Well, 2:29, it's a Bible
heading, chapter and verse.

Chapter two, verse 29.

- [Abby] Are you sure?

- Yeah, the whole page is
a quote from the Bible.

From the Book of Joel.

Joel 2:29.

- Can you read it for me?
- Uh, sure.

"Even upon the menservants and
maidservants in those days,

"I will pour out my spirit.

"And I will give portents in
the heavens and on the earth,

"blood and fire and columns of smoke.

"The sun shall be turned to
darkness and the moon to blood,

"before the great and terrible
day of the Lord comes."

- What is "the great and terrible day?"

- When God passes judgment
on mankind for its sins.

It's about the Apocalypse.

- Come on, the end of the world?

- That's what the portents are!

The sun going dark, the moon turning red.

They're signs that foretell
the end of the world.

There's a whole chain of
signs, like a countdown.

The Bible's filled with them.

Earthquakes, plagues, things
like water turning to blood.

All kinds of weird natural disasters.

This things will happen to
tell us that God's wrath

is about to destroy the world.

- And that's what this paper's about?

- Yeah, the signs of the end.

Didn't at least you go to Sunday school?

- Yeah, that was a long time ago.

But they taught us that
God was a god of love.

- Are you okay?

- It just doesn't make any sense.

What do Biblical prophecies
have to do with the baby?

- With your baby?
- Listen, Avi.

Do you think you could translate
it anyway, just to be sure?

Here's my number.
- Uh, yeah, sure.

I guess I could have
it for you by tomorrow.

I'll give you call.
- Oh, that would be great.

Okay.

Bye bye.
- Okay, Mrs. Quinn.

(dark atmospheric music)

(Abby sighs)

- (chuckles) "The Guf, 358."

Okay.

"In Judeo-Christian mythology,
The Guf is the Hall of Souls.

"Every time an infant is born,

"this is where its soul comes from.

"Folklore has it that the
sparrows can see the soul's

"descent and this explains their song.

"But a day will come when
the sparrow sings no more,

"because there are only a finite
number of souls in The Guf.

"It is when the last soul is
used, and The Guf is empty,

"that the world will end.

"The first infant born without a soul...

"Born dead as such a soulless
child must be, heralds

"the death of the world, and
so is called The Final Sign."

- No, I am trying to get
a hold of the governor,

and it's urgent!
(phone rings)

I told you, it has to do with
Jimmy Szaragosa's execution.

- [Penny] Russell, its Abby.

- No, I've already spoken to his aide.

I need to speak to him directly.

Yes, I'll hold, tell
her I'll call her back.

- I tried, but she's not at home,

and she says she has to
speak to you right now.

- Alright, cover for me.

Abby, are you all--
- Russel?

Listen up, I was wrong!

It's not the baby's birthday,
it's from the Bible.

I knew it, Russell, he's
here because of the baby.

- Alright, just slow down.

- He thinks it's a some
king of Bible sign!

Remember, he told us about it,

but he didn't tell us the
whole story, listen to this.

"The first infant born without a soul,

"born dead, such as a
soulless child must be...

No, it's not!

He's some kind of
religious fanatic, Russell,

he thinks if he can kill the
baby, he'll end the world.

- Alright, Abby, alright, alright.

Now just listen to me.
- I've got the governor.

- Alright, ask him to
hold on, just listen.

I want you to go home.

(Abby sobs)

- Okay.

- Alright?

I promise.

- Sorry, Russell, sorry.

He wouldn't wait, he said to call him--

- Oh, Christ.

(sighs)

(Abby sobs)

Keep working on this
and I'll try from home.

(dark atmospheric music)

(wind blows)

(suspenseful music)

- Russell?

Russell, are you here?
- Abby.

- You're not gonna kill my baby.

- [David] Your baby is dying
because it has no soul.

- Don't say that.
- Abby, the Guf is empty.

- I know what you're trying to do,

and I won't let you kill my baby.

- Don't you think I cry for man?

I've tried to intercede,
but God has judged!

Man's sins are--

- Stay away!

I can't die again, Abby.

I wish I could.

I'm his messenger.

- You're crazy.

- I was here before.
- Stay away.

- It's time for you to know, Abby.

I came as the Lamb...

And I return as the Lion.

(sharp thud)

(dark atmospheric music)

Now I am his wrath.
(strong wind blows)

(lively cross-chatter)

- [Doctor] Strap her down!

- This is happening!

Why won't you believe me?

You have to believe me.

- [Doctor] This is gonna make you sleep.

(bird squawks)
(dark atmospheric music)

- Please.

(thud)

(glass smashes)

- [Man] Will you die for him?

- Russell, I don't know
what you could have done.

This can happen.

I know the delusions seem extreme,

but she's under an
enormous amount of stress.

There's an incredible amount
of guilt involved when...

Well, you certainly know the history.

- Alright.

What do we do now?

- Well, I know this sounds pathetic,

but the best we can do is just
wait and see, just watch her.

Look, the baby is fine,
he's hanging in there.

And if this is just an episode,

she can go home in a couple of days.

Will you be able to stay with her?

- Not all the time.

- [Margaret] Well, then
I think we should get you

a nurse to help.

And I think you should go home now,

and get some serious rest.

Of course we believe that
God will judge the world.

- But could it be happening now?

- It could happen any time.

Jesus said that the end would come

like a thief in the night.

That belief is fundamental
virtually to every religion.

Muslim, Christian, Jew, Hindu.

There are differences amongst
them as to how it will

actually happen, but basically,
we all believe in a Messiah

who delivers God's wrath upon the world.

- Then it could be happening.

I mean, the moon has turned to blood.

Now, I told you about
the paper and the fish.

- Yes, in Revelation it is
written that the sea will die.

- Then you do see it?
- With perfect clarity.

I see a young man with a
very large imagination.

What you're forgetting, Avi,

is that the prophetic signs are signs.

They're symbols, they're not
meant to be taken literally.

They're poetry written
by the great prophets

to describe the greater
concept of divine judgment.

Not to be checked off like a laundry list.

- So the moon and the fish?

- Coincidence, and you're forgetting

the most important aspect of eschatology.

That when the end comes,
with it comes eternal life,

for those of us who are saved.

- Well, who'll be saved, Reverend?

I mean, the Jew doesn't think
it's gonna be the Muslim.

And the Muslim doesn't think
it's gonna be the Christian.

The Christian doesn't think
it's gonna be the Buddhist.

So, what if nobody is saved?

What if we're all wrong?

- My God.

What if it's just the Hare Krishnas?

(laughs) You're too young
to worry about these things.

- That's what my rabbi said.

- Well, believe me, Avi, someday,

you'll make quite a philosopher.

- If there is a someday.

(thunder claps)
(rain splashes)

(dark atmospheric music)

(phone rings)

(phone rings)

(phone rings)

- Hello.

Oh, hello, Mr. Quinn.

She's fine.

Oh, I'm sorry, could you
give me that number again?

When?

Well, I have to leave, you
see, it's, no, it's imposs...

Okay, please try.

No, she's upstairs resting.

I'll tell her.

(razor clinks)
(Abby sobs)

- [Abby] My baby.

- We still house
novitiates here, of course,

but we do get quite a few guests, also.

Mostly people passing through
on their way to new parishes.

Is that what you're doing, Father Lucci?

- Yes, it is.
- Ah.

Then you won't be staying
with us for very long?

- Father Morrell?

Father Morrell?

- May I help you?

No, Father Burn, this is Father Lucci.

- Oh, I'm sorry, I thought that...

But, but the resemblance
is, is remarkable.

- I don't believe we've met.

- Well, no, it couldn't
be, that was long ago.

Very long ago.

- If you will excuse me.

- But, but the resemblance.

Remarkable.

- Really?

Goodnight, Father.

(dark atmospheric music)

(ominous tones)

- [David] Abby?

- Why is this happening?

- God's grace is empty.

There's nothing I can do.

The signs have begun.

As each passes, the end grows closer.

- Then why are you here?

- I'm its deliverer.

I'm its witness.

- What if a sign didn't happen?

- Abby--
- No, please.

What if a sign could be
stopped before my baby comes?

What would happen?

Please.

Tell me.

- Then the chain would be broken.

But it would take
something you don't have.

Hope.

How can someone who
cared so little for life,

give life to the world?

- I do care.

I'm gonna try.

I'm gonna try.

- [Reporter] Is there any
chance, sir, any chance at all?

- What can you do now
that the federal appeal

has been denied?

- Mr. Quinn, with less
than 24 hours to go,

is there anything you can
you do to stop the execution?

(hailstones thud)

(tires screech)

(glass smashes)

(Abby moans)

(tires screech)

The windows of heaven, Mrs. Quinn.

The windows of heaven are open,

and the earth is rent asunder.

It falls.

And will not rise again.

Please, Mrs. Quinn, it doesn't have to be.

- How do you know my name?

- I followed the signs.

They led me to you.

- Who are you?

- A priest who's come to
help you and your baby.

We don't have much time.

Please.

(thunder claps)

(dark atmospheric music)

I know what you're going through.

I know what's going to happen.

- Mrs. Quinn!

Hey, Mrs. Quinn!

Mrs. Quinn!

- Please, I need to know
everything he's told you,

if I'm to help.

- [Abby] He said if I can stop a sign,

the chain will be broken.

- This he told you?
- Yes.

And God would grant the
world a second chance.

- Did he tell you which sign to stop?

- No, that's what I'm
trying to figure out.

- No, no, that's, I don't
think a sign can be stopped.

- [Abby] He wouldn't have told
me if there weren't a way.

That's why I have to know
what the other signs are.

You said you knew them.

- They're no secret, Mrs. Quinn.

God has no secrets, the
signs are contained in what

The Bible calls the Seven Seals.

The first four have already begun.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

And their signs are almost over.

The fifth seal tells of
the death of the last mar--

- [Abby] A death could be stopped!

- But whose?

Where?

- What about the sixth?

- It begins with the
sun turning to darkness.

Then the earth will quake,

and the stars shall fall from the sky.

"And when the Lamb
opened the seventh seal,

"there was silence in heaven."

(dark orchestral music)

The silence of The Guf, empty.

The stillbirth of the soulless child.

You are the seventh seal.

- I'm not gonna let my baby die.

One of the signs has to be stopped.

- But how, Mrs. Quinn, do you know how?

- With hope.

- Hope?

Can hope stop an earthquake?

Can it stop a murder
halfway around the globe?

(muffled strong wind blows)

The fourth horseman still rides.

The angels have unleashed the winds

from the corners of the earth.

Can you stop them with hope?

(window opens)
(strong wind blows)

(ominous tones)

(thud)

Will you die for him?

(spectators laugh)

Will you die for him?

(glass smashes)

- No!

You hit him in my dream.

- It was no dream.

You were there.

- You're not here to help,
you want the world to end.

- Yes, Mrs. Quinn, for a very long time.

You are my deliverance.

(glass smashes)
(strong wind blows)

There's nothing you can do.

You can't stop it.

(suspenseful music)
(strong wind blows)

- What kind of god are you?

(knocks)

- Let me in!

- You always were nosy, Harold.

- It is you, Morrell.

But, but that was 70 years ago.

- That was just yesterday to me.

- But, you haven't aged.

You haven't changed.

In the name of God, how?

- In the name of God is how.

I was cursed by him, you
see, for what I had done.

I struck a man.

But, of course, he was no man.
(dark orchestral music)

He was the Son of God.

I am Cartaphilus.

- [Harold] Pilate's gatekeeper?

The Roman soldier who was--

- Cursed to walk the earth
until the Messiah returned.

Cursed to live and never die,

not until it was time
for the world to die.

And so it has been for 2,000 years.

For me, there's been no escape
from the misery of life.

But I always knew my sentence
would not be eternal.

I knew I could count on
men on that, and so, I win!

The end has come!

My death is at hand.

I won't be stopped by anyone.

Not her, not you.

I can't allow it.

You understand, don't you, old friend?

(bones crack)

- Thank you.

- Did you see him?

I'm gonna die?

- I tried, Jimmy, I did
everything I could, they just,

they don't wanna...

They don't understand.

- Do you think God will forgive them?

(dark orchestral music)

- I don't know, Jimmy.

- [Avi] So, we've gotta stop
this death, whose death?

- I don't know, that's what I'm saying.

It's somebody that's a martyr.

- And that's the fourth sign?
- No, I think it's the fifth.

The last martyr, an earthquake and...

Look, I don't know, I can't think anymore.

You should know this!

- That's not my book,
it's the New Testament.

Pull over.

Pull over there, over there.

(tires screech)
(strong wind blows)

- What are you doing?
- Getting us a Bible!

Hello!

(buzzer buzzes)

We need a room!

- 30 bucks.

- Got it, Revelation, Revelation five.

A Scroll--
- Okay read me the sixth sign.

"And I looked when he
broke the sixth seal,

"and there was a great earthquake,

"and the sun became black as sackcloth,

"the moon became red as blood."

- An eclipse.
- What?

- The sun turning black, an eclipse.

It's on my calendar for tomorrow.

- Are you sure?
- Go back to the fifth sign.

- "When he opened the
fifth seal, I saw the souls

"of those who had been
slain for the word of God.

"And they cried, 'O Lord, how
long before thou will judge

"'and avenge our blood on
those upon on the earth?'

"They were told to rest until
the number of their brethren

"should be complete, who were to be killed

"as they themselves had been."

- The death of the last martyr.

- Someone who dies for the word of God.

Dies before the eclipse.

How?

Tortured to death?

Murdered?

(suspenseful music)

- Executed.

- [Anchor] Defense attorneys
were unable to get a stay

of execution for Jimmy Szaragosa,
the Word-of-God Killer,

whose parents were brother and sister.

He murdered them, he said,
"because it was God's law."

This morning, Jimmy will
die according to man's law.

(strong wind howls)

(ethereal atmospheric music)

(phone rings)

Hello?

Hello?

Abby, where are you, I've
been looking all over for you.

- Russell, listen to me,
I know how to stop it.

- An eclipse?

Abby, I can't stop the execution.

- You have to, he is the last martyr.

Please believe me, you
can't let them kill him.

- There's nothing I can do now,
just tell me where you are!

Abby!

Abby, are you alright?

- Look, there isn't time.

I'm just gonna meet you
at the prison, okay?

- No, no, no, Abby, you can't stop--

- I'm gonna leave now.

(dark orchestral music)

(ethereal atmospheric music)

(suspenseful music)

(tires screech)

- Penny!

Thank god, you've gotta get
me in, you've gotta help us.

(gasps)

- Okay, breathe, breathe,
breathe, are you okay?

Breathe.
(Abby pants)

(suspenseful orchestral music)

- Stop!
(tense orchestral music)

Somebody stop him!

(gun fires)

(guns fire)

- [Officer] Stay down.

(gun fires)

(Lucci screams)

- Abby!

(gun fires)
(Abby gasps)

(dark orchestral music)

Oh, Abby.

- I did it, it's over.

It's over.
- Somebody.

Somebody help us!

(ominous tones)

- No!

No!

No, no!
- Please!

Somebody help us!
- No!

- It's alright, Abby.
- No, no!

God, no!

(sobs)

(glass smashes)

(people shout over each other)

(rattling)
(smashing)

- Come on, let's go!

(rumbling)
(clattering)

Get out the way, please, get out the way!

- Sorry.

It's all my fault.

- It's alright, Abby.

(siren wails)

(Abby moans)
Listen.

Breathe deep, babe, breathe deep.

Just relax, breathe.

(door slams open)
(strong wind blows)

- Come on!
- Okay, okay.

Hold her up, Russel, we're
gonna push now, okay?

- [Russel] Here we go, Abby, you ready?

Push!

Push!
(rumbling)

Let's go, push!

- [Margaret] That a girl,
Abby, you're fine, Abby.

- [Doctor] It's holding,
her vitals are stready.

(rumbling)
(smashing)

- Push!
- That's good.

You're doing good, Abby, you're
doing good, deep breaths.

Deep breaths.

(machine bleeps rhythmically)
(Abby pants)

- [Margaret] Can you do it one more time?

- [Russell] Okay, one
more time, Abby, okay?

- Okay, okay.
- One more time.

Come on, Abby!
- One more time!

That a girl, come on, push!
(rumbling)

That a girl, come on, push!

(rumbling)
(smashing)

- [Margaret] Come on,
Abby, the head is out!

- [Russell] Come on,
sweetheart, were almost there!

Come on, Abby!

Push!

(rumbling)
(clanging)

- [Doctor] We've lost
the baby's heartbeat!

- No!

No!

- [Lucci] Will you die for him?

(spectators laugh)

Will you die for him?

- Yes, I will!

I will die for him.

(melancholic orchestral music)

I will die for him.

(sobs)

(baby cries)

- Abby?
- Nurse, oxygen.

- Abby?
- Yes, doctor.

(sustained tone)

(melancholic music)

(baby cries)

- He's beautiful, Abby.

Just like you said he'd be.

You can't see him.

But you know.

You always knew.

(ethereal atmospheric music)

- The Hall of Souls is full again.

It was you, Abby.

Just the one person with hope
enough for the whole world.

Remember it all.

Write it down.

Tell it.

So people will use the
chance she has given them.

(dramatic orchestral music)