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It's it.

Hello? Please.

I just need to get to town.

Please.

Hello?

Is someone there?

Hello?

Sam. It.

Abraham.

Welcome home.

Hello, Nina.

Look at all this dust.

How are you feeling? And our worst days.

Sit. I'll make you a cold drink

It.

Rudy. Come prepare the table for dinner.

Coming. It.

Max? Yes? May I speak with you?

Do you trust me, Max? You're my father.

I have made a disturbing discovery.

Perhaps it was foolish of me to think that we could hide away forever.

I had known for a long time that it might come.

And we would be ready if it did.

But I'm going to need your help and cooperation.

Of course.

They're a good boy, Max.

Not again.

Not again.

Please.

Damn work.

Sometimes I don't know if all this is for us.

If it was.

Bloody crusade.

No. You mustn't question him.

You mustn't leave me alone.

The devil is coming.

And I want to be ready for him.

You're not making any sense.

You need to rest.

You're right.

Of course.

I did not think I would have sons.

I always wanted a torto.

Softer.

More difficult to keep safe.

It.

Sam.

You see them mapping for the new railroad extension.

After them, more will follow.

Do you remember Amsterdam once? Only a little.

Or London before that.

No. They were too young.

I think it's just as well.

Twas a filthy, stinking place.

I'm sure you've noticed your mother has been acting strange lately.

Years ago, your mother and her friends called on me to fight off a terrible

trek that had followed them to London.

She was attacked by the enemy and her blood was infected.

This experience changed her mother.

These memories she carries with her.

Are scars that will never heal.

So we came to California to build our family.

And California has been good to us.

But now I suspect that same threat has followed us from the old world to the

new. I am fearful for your mother's well being.

And all of our souls.

These creatures have a connection to your mother's mind.

If they are near, they may be drawn to her.

I need you to help me protect her.

Watch over her.

A year ago, there were no railroad tracks anywhere in this part of the

state. Barely a town to speak of.

The world is getting smaller.

Closing the honest.

And as the new world grows more populous, they follow like rats with a

merchant vessel.

Are you Dr.

Van Helsing? Yeah.

Please. There was an attitude on our work site.

My brother's been internal.

He was caught under heavy equipment.

We need your help.

Lay him flat.

My son will help you.

I'll gather my things.

Show them to the bar.

What is this man's name? Edward.

I didn't know.

Edward, you can hear me? Yes.

The lung has been punctured by a broken rib.

Tension pneumothorax has already begun.

We need to relieve the pressure.

Hold it still.

Oh.

It's important to keep the tube in place.

So that the pressure will not build back up again.

They want to take him to the hospital now.

In town.

It's only a few miles journey from here.

Make sure that the tube does not become dislodged.

Thank you.

I thought the worst.

I only serve God's purpose.

It was not his time.

Sat.

Don't ruin your appetite.

What are you making? Blood pudding.

An old countryside recipe.

It's been a long time since I've made it.

Usually with pig's blood.

But this is your father's own elixir.

Perfected over time to cure ailments, prevent future infection.

How did it get inside?

Take it outside.

Max. Careful.

Those things carry disease.

It.

Turn off that light.

Max. Do you believe in Father's creatures? Have you seen one? Do you think

we're in danger?

It doesn't matter what I think.

Anyway, according to him, they can't enter uninvited.

But what if they're already inside?

What do you mean? I've heard something at night.

Crying and scratching.

Haven't you heard it? Like an animal, sort of.

It's not a coyote or a fox or whatever you're going to say.

Don't stop talking.

I'm going to smother you to death with your own pillow.

Then you won't have anything to worry about anymore.

Sa.

I'm Elsie.

Yes. Hello.

You were with the injured boy yesterday.

How was he? My brother.

He will.

He'll be fine.

I wanted to say thank you.

I bought these cookies in town.

They're made in San Francisco.

Apparently they're very good.

Thank you.

Glad you were able to find us in time.

One of the workers in town said a doctor lived in these hills.

I'm in your debt.

My brother, he.

He's all that I have in the world.

To have family is a blessing.

I agree.

Well, thank you.

Do you live with those railroad men in that camp? I do.

You're very confident for a young woman, aren't you? Sort of hard round the

edges.

I'm sorry.

That was rude of me to say.

I need to apologize.

Thank you again.

And enjoy the cookies.

Be careful.

There are hungry things in the night.

I won't.

Goodbye, Mrs.

Lindhausen.

It's simple for school children.

Half Your age.

I don't understand why you struggle with this.

What are the four ways of solving a one step equation?

Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division.

Good. What is the first step of solving a two step algebraic equation? This

one, for example.

I will.

I will isolate.

It is clear to me when you are not applying yourself.

At least when Rudolph disobeys me.

It's deliberate.

But you disobey me in a stupor.

And then you can't understand why I'm disappointed with you.

Abraham.

I will be in my study.

Do not disturb me.

I'll bring some warm milk to improve our mood.

Can you try not to be so stupid all the time? You know it makes him mad.

Don't call me stupid.

I'm sorry that he's so hard on you.

But you must remember his only aim is to keep us safe.

I know that.

I suppose I should be grateful at least that you are strong.

But still.

I hope you'll never face our enemy.

Abraham and I are the only ones left who really saw him.

The others never saw his true face.

He held me so close.

I could feel us.

Cold breath on my cheek.

So strange to have cold breath.

Long white limbs.

White teeth.

A terrible thin, soft mouth.

It moved like a ghost.

The others never saw him.

I did.

I remember.

Your father saved me.

It.

I heard voices out there.

You hear them? I don't hear anything.

Tell me what's going on.

Nothing.

It's getting dark.

Come inside.

It.

Are you asleep?

I'm not safe here.

Okay. No.

All right.

Let's go inside.

Okay. Let's go inside.

Mother. Mother.

Come in.

Put that down.

Come here.

Max. My love.

Come closer.

Do not approach your mother.

Not for your own living soul in hers.

Sit down.

I need your help.

Your mother is a victim of an unholy illness.

How could this have happened? I've seen this before.

Inflammation that travels from the blood to the brain.

If we succeed with the transfusion, we can bring her back.

She'll never be the same.

Pumping the air could create a vacuum.

Now insert the needle into your arm.

Sam.

It.

Medicine and healing take time.

You must be patient.

He's here.

You call, my darling.

I can feel him.

Feel his time stars penetrating mine.

I see a shadow by the window.

He's just outside.

That evil stain.

Those dreadful teeth.

Don't let it take me.

I want to stay here.

You call.

You call.

My love.

I want to stay here with you.

How did he look? Max.

Don't. Please don't.

Max.

Close it.

Close it.

Leave. Leave us now.

It.

Rudy. Is everything all right.

Here. What do you mean? Is it just you and the horse? Yes.

All right.

What's going on? Is she sick?

He knows what he's doing.

Don't stay out here too.

It'll be night soon.

You must understand.

These demons can cross great oceans.

They are patient and cunning.

They do not grow old and they never die.

Sa.

Is she asleep? Yeah.

She needs to rest to get healthy again.

So don't be loud and don't bother her.

When will he be back? I don't know.

Whenever he's done working.

Should only be a few hours.

This isn't bad.

Not as good as her breakfast, but not bad.

It.

Rudy, wait.

We shouldn't be in here.

You know we're not allowed in this room.

Whoops. We'll just throw it away now.

He knows where everything is in his office.

He won't notice it's missing.

Aren't you curious to know what he does in here all day? Hey.

All right.

Come on.

Let's clean this up and get out of here.

Stop. Mother.

Back in Amsterdam.

It's before you were born.

It.

Turn it off.

Don't.

There's something under here.

It.

What do you think is down there? Closet.

Did you hear that?

What was that? Be quiet, creatures.

I just want to see you.

What are you doing? Please help me.

Don't let it out

me. Step aside.

It.

Rudolph. Please stop crying.

It's a miracle you didn't wake your mother.

She said you were both too young to see this.

I have protected you from the truth all these years.

But now seems you have taken a genuine interest to my life's work.

Very well.

Come with me and we'll finish this lesson.

Please. I don't want to go down there.

Please. Everything will be okay.

In my time, I have killed 13 or the undead by my own hand.

I have trained others in the art of destroying the undead.

Including their mother's unfortunate first husband, Jonathan Harker.

And so therefore I am indirectly responsible for the slaughter of dozens of

their filthy kind.

I had been observing her for several days.

She was in the process of changing.

Of leaving behind her humanity and becoming something rotten and unclean.

The undead who found and fell on her must have continued his unholy journey

because I found no sign of him.

Except for the imprint his fangs left behind.

I want to go back upstairs.

You need to learn how to defend yourself against unholy disease and

unnatural death.

You must strike here.

Drive it in to the hilt.

They never go easily.

But do not desist from your work until you have impaled her.

And she no longer struggles against you.

No, Max.

Good. Good.

Do the h.

There's that

to do offense to the house of the human spirit.

Even after its tenant is gone.

Is no easy thing.

Where were her fangs?

They disappear after the demon dies.

Poof. And now we remove the head.

Rudolph. Come.

I don't want to.

I don't want to know how.

I'll do it.

No. It is important that he learns.

Rudolph. Rudolph.

Stop this nonsense.

I will help you.

Her neck is brittle.

It won't take long.

Stop it.

Rudolph. No.

Come. Stop.

Go and put some ice on your face.

Clean up.

Then meet me out on the porch.

I suppose I have never raised my hand to you before.

Your mother has made me gentle.

Look what you made me do.

I could leave.

I could take the horse and ride away.

Disappear.

Where would you go?

Leave. Then the family will get along fine without you.

Enough of this.

We are losing light.

This will take some time.

It

sa.

It will become less difficult as time passes.

I'm proud of you, son.

Where have you been?

Come up to see your mother.

She looks so sick.

Just like that thing from the basement.

I must not abandon hope, son.

Her mother is the strongest woman I have ever known.

She will recover.

Br

I was dreaming

about the night he came to my room.

Do you remember? I will never forget.

I thought you saved me.

But I was only falling deeper into the bed you brought me.

I have.

No,

wait. Listen.

I'm sorry.

I told you there was something in the house.

I told you and you didn't believe me.

I'm not listening to you anymore.

You don't know any more than I do.

Quiet.

Anywhere a body can move from one room to another.

They pass from shadow to shadow.

It's best to do a self examination after contact with the infected.

Thick blood.

Healthy. Good.

Years ago, my own father defined faith as that which enables us to believe.

That things we know to be untrue.

Your faith is not misplaced.

Max. Come here.

Come and sit.

Yeah. That Bruce has healed well.

Good.

You have grown up, Max.

Somehow I did not see that happen.

And I am sorry.

It

Sam.

Hello.

You're the doctor, son.

I'm Max.

Elsie.

You have had your all alone with your family.

Yes. It's just us.

We like it that way.

And you? My brother got hired to survey the railroad for new track.

I just.

I'm good at that paper.

You're an artist.

Maybe. I keep working at it.

I draw maps.

One day they'll use my work to build something.

I think it'd be nice to be part of them at something.

What's wrong? My mother is sick.

I'm sorry.

This feels different.

She's not getting better now.

I wonder if my father's treatments are actually making her worse.

I think some samsa must be going crazy.

I'm sorry.

I don't mean to burden you with our problems.

I understand.

We have to hope for the best.

It

to this woman.

May you receive the Lord's blessing.

May the Lord bless you and watch over you.

The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you.

The Lord look kindly on you and give you peace.

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen. Amen.

Amen.

She was a beautiful woman.

Thank you, Father.

It

Sam. It.

Go away.

Go away.

I'm not sorry.

Are you angry? It's just an old guitar.

Rudy, come on, man.

You said he wanted to leave.

Did you mean it?

Listen, Marie.

The things that he does.

It's ugly.

What if we didn't move to California by choice?

Maybe it was us being chased out of London, out of Amsterdam.

Not his decision to leave.

But in exile

when a family was forced into isolation because of him.

I can't stay here.

I don't want to be alone with him.

I won't leave you.

I promise.

I will not leave you.

I don't believe you.

Hello? Is this the Van Helsing home? It is.

Arthur Homewood.

I'm an old friend of your parents.

I haven't seen you since you were a little baby on your mother's knee.

Love you very much, you know very much.

Beautiful things about you and her letters.

I pray for her soul every day.

I'm sorry for your loss.

Thank you.

It's been a hard time for our family.

I understand.

You should come back to London someday.

After all, your story did start there.

You're always welcome to my home.

Sir Arthur Holmwood finally come to visit his old friend.

Hello, Abraham.

You received my letter? I did.

It's very kind.

Come inside.

Had a long journey.

After so many years.

It is good to see your face.

Likewise, Abraham.

So you're living in Sacramento, then? For a little while.

Making my way down to San Diego.

I wanted to see America.

And how do you find her? Large and wild.

Though I hear that Union Pacific is building new tracks this way.

Seems the world is coming to your doorstep, Doctor.

Much as you may try to escape it.

I am sorry to have to offer my condolences.

Mina was truly the best of us.

I considered her as a sister, you know.

Yes. You've lost much over your lifetime, Abraham.

Too much for one man to bear.

But Nina gave you two strong sons.

And for that, I thank God.

What do you want, Arthur?

I don't sleep anymore.

And I seek remedy.

Or at least diagnosis.

I. I want.

I want to know if I am mad or not.

Or more importantly, if I am a sinner.

Speak your.

You're like a father to me.

To me and the others.

We would have followed you into the inferno if you'd asked us.

There was no doubt in our minds that our task was holy and righteous.

But I grew up.

I am not the boy you found all those years ago.

And I know why you are here in California.

Yes, Abraham.

I know you are continuing your work.

I've come to ask you to stop.

To put an end to all this.

To let the dead rest.

No. What we saw was real.

What I showed you is real.

Evil Israel.

But, Abraham, what if we made a mistake? No.

No mistakes.

I wish I could go back in time, Abraham.

Back to the time before I was ready to spend the rest of my days with Lucy.

As my wife.

She was to be Lady Godalming.

And I loved her.

And we killed her.

I bled for her through your tubes and bottles.

I was ready to give every last drop if called for.

I was ready to die for her.

And I.

I cut off.

Have you nothing to say to me? What is it you want? We did what was needed.

No, no, no.

You. You turned me against Lucy.

You filled my mind with thoughts of demons and spirits.

You told me she was already gone.

You told me to be.

To be joyful, to send it to heaven that he would be by my hand, the hand she

loved best.

That thing was not Lucy.

Please, Abraham, just answer me this.

Am I a murderer?

Stupid, inbred, lord of shit.

You come to my house to ask me this? We rid the world of a demon, king,

demon himself.

Do we call it murder when we kill a wolf who is at the throat of our cow?

You do not sleep because you are weak.

Your kind is always weak, Pampered, like a spoiled child.

You require a man who works.

A man who knows the feeling of hot blood in his hands, to come and teach you

how to protect yourself.

Lucy was a monster.

And what about Mina? Was she a monster as well?

You are not welcome in my house.

If you can't sleep, drink wine until you pass from consciousness.

Please, think of your boys.

That is my only remedy.

What did he mean? Does not matter.

That man is a fool.

I don't know why no one understands me.

My only Mission is to keep us safe.

Stop you from what?

Here, look.

They are all there.

You killed all those people? Not people, not souls.

Dead things walking around as if they have a right to our world.

Max, you saw that thing in the cellar.

It was sick and deceased.

We will set a perimeter.

Nothing or no one will be allowed to cross it.

We will create a sterile environment.

Purity of spirit.

And we will begin with those men from the railroad.

Let the world fall to the hideous undead and burn.

It will not bother us at all.

We are safe here.

No.

No. I'm not going anywhere with you.

You're insane.

Insane for trying to keep my family safe.

There's nothing.

I'm not stupid.

I can see what's happening.

My mother is dead because of you.

You were the one making her sick.

You pulled her away from everything in her life.

In the end, she was alone.

Because of you,

we are alone.

It breaks my heart, Max, that you think these things to be true.

But

at least have a drink with your father.

Stay then.

Rudolph. Coming.

You scared me.

It meant to scare you.

Trying to take a leap.

Henry.

Henry. All right.

Now is the time.

Stand up, son.

Stand up.

End her suffering now, before it even begins.

The way I've shown you.

Strike hard right through the heart.

Be strong.

Be bold.

Do it, son.

It is God's will.

Do it.

Do is God's will, Son.

I'm sorry,

Max. I won't let you hurt anyone else.

So you'll finally understand me.

Sam.

You're okay.

We're safe now.

He was a monster.

I told you.

You're safe now.

My own father had a deep ambivalence towards me.

I would have cherished any kind of attention.

Even the harshest criticism.

Anything but his blatant disinterest.

The grandfather was a peasant who thought he was was an aristocrat.

He had no skills to speak of whatsoever.

Just an enormous capacity for selfishness.

I moved through his world like a little mouse.

And when I left for medical school, he barely noticed my absence.

I know that sometimes I am hard on you.

But you must know that I love you and your brother very much.

And I will always do what is best for our family.

I only ask that you place your faith in me.