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Sister Andrea.

I'm Father Rodrigo Katagas.

I'm from the Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei.

Although, if you recognize the accent,

I'm actually from Brooklyn.

12 miles from here.

This is Father Bailey, Jonathan Tooley from

the Apostolate for Family Consecration,

and Father Stefano, who will be taking notes.

Sister, we've received several complaints

of your mental and physical decline,

and we're here to request that you retire.

Now, there is a silent retreat in Upstate New York

that we feel would be a perfect fit for you.

What we need from you is to sign this document

acknowledging your retirement.

Do you have any questions?

No.

We just need your signature right there.

No.

Sister, I want to make clear,

this is an administrative decision to protect the Church.

Really? You said it was a request, I said no.

Then I misspoke. It is not a request.

Who has complained about my mental and physical decline?

We've promised to keep identities confidential.

But a guest of the parish recently received

second-degree burns from tea you spilled.

And you've recently been observed talking

and arguing with persons unseen.

- Now I want you to know... - Father,

it is my right as a member of the National Coalition

of American Nuns to insist on an investigation

before any forcedretirement.

Do you see demons, Sister?

Yes.

Is there a demon in this room now?

Yes.

Where?

You know where.

I ask to be judged by a three-person priestly council.

Only then may I be forced to retire.

Is that her right?

It is.

She's also allowed a psychological

analysis of her condition.

- I can do that. - No.

It has to be administered by an outside psychiatrist.

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

Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.

It's been one month since my last confession.

These are my sins.

Actually, I just have one sin.

I'm here under false pretenses.

I knew you would be the priest hearing confessions.

- Why does it matter? - I have written

and called the parish ten times in the last two weeks,

and they say the assessors are too busy

to look into my case.

This isn't really the appropriate...

Father.

Do you know the parable of the persistent woman?

Even the corrupt judge eventually gave her justice

because she kept coming and coming

and made herself an irritant.

Well, I may not be holy or good, Father,

but I am persistent.

I'm listening.

Okay, when? Sure.

Yeah, I just need a minute to get my stuff together, yeah.

Okay, see you soon. Bye.

- More demon hunting, Mom? - Yes.

I just need to sharpen a stake and buy some garlic.

Mom, Mrs. Kandering thinks that we're lying about your job.

Okay, who's Mrs. Kandering and what are we telling her?

She's the health teacher.

Everybody had to share what their parents did.

So I said that Dad was a mountain climber

and you were a demon hunter.

Okay, maybe let's just say

that Dad's a business owner and I'm a psychologist.

Why do you want to be boring, Mom?

No, not boring.

Just normal.

- But normal is boring. - You don't want us to be boring.

Coming!

Hello.

- Mom! - Who is it?

It's the guy from YouTube.

Wait, he followed us home from the grocery store. Come on.

She'll be here in a sec.

Upstairs right now.

- Hit him, Mom. Hit him. - What do you want?

I want an apology.

You need to get off my porch or I'm calling the police.

No.

- First an apology. - Kick his ass!

Lila.

You caught me unaware last time,

so let's see how you do when we're both ready.

Oh, my God, how old are you?

You know, you have a punchable face.

- Yeah, you should kick his ass. - You're such an asshole.

Okay, girls, let's go upstairs right now.

Oh, my God!

- Are you kidding me? - Should just slam the door.

You want me gone, apologize.

- Did she do it? - Shh!

What? What happened?

Mom apologized.

Oh, babe, I can deal with this.

You go do your homework.

Why can boys do whatever they want, but girls can't?

- I don't think that's true. - It is.

That guy just said whatever he wanted

and did whatever he wanted.

Well, I was kind of wrong to hit him before.

I don't think you were.

What's the deal? No folder?

Doing it as a favor.

Oh. Is that what we do now?

- When needed. - Father.

- Hi. Thanks for coming. - Hi, Jacqueline.

This is, uh, the other assessors, uh, Kristen and Ben.

Sorry, we're in the JFK flight path.

Hi.

You said the issue was with your husband?

Yes, just back here.

He came back from a long haul on March 8th,

and he just wasn't the same.

In what way?

I woke up in the middle of the night,

and he was facing a wall, whispering,

"Go away. Stop following me."

Oh, sleepwalking.

No. He never has before.

Jason, the people from the Church are here.

He's-he's in the truck?

- He sleeps there now. - Why?

He's worried about hurting me.

Hurt you how?

When I tried to wake him, he hit me.

Jason!

Hey, babe. I was just getting up.

I'll get you something to eat.

Can you talk to these people for a minute?

Want to come out, Jason?

I'd rather not.

Want us to come in, then?

Is there room?

Look, it's got nothing to do with religion.

I just...

When you're a long-haul driver, you have good nights

and you have bad nights.

So I'm taking a month off to recuperate.

Recuperate from...

I was on I-95, it's a route I'd never taken before.

Mm-hmm.

It was at night, and I saw something following me,

trying to pass.

Something dark, flying low,

going about 50 miles an hour.

Like a drone?

Well, that's what I thought at first, but it didn't make noise

like a drone and it didn't move like a drone.

I pulled over, but it just stayed behind me.

I couldn't see what it was, but it wouldn't pass.

So I kept going, and that's when I saw someone sitting there.

Who?

I don't know. A man. A shadow, really.

Whenever I looked right at him, he was gone.

- Were you tired? Sleepy? - No.

I kept driving, but that's when I must have blacked out,

because I don't remember the next eight hours.

- What do you mean? - I ended up at Victoriaville,

near Montreal, and I have no idea how I got there.

I drove 500 miles, and I have no memory of it.

- This was on March 8th? - Yeah.

Did you stop for food?

No. Just drove straight through.

Hmm. Then what's the Double Q?

I don't know.

The receipt here says March 8th.

You don't remember this?

- No. - Someone wrote on it.

"Be careful. Get home safe. Traci."

You don't remember her?

No.

So, what do you guys think?

Hmm, it sounds like it's a drone.

What?

Look.

Hmm.

I don't know, I think it's just a circuitry diagram,

probably from the truck's battery warmer.

Well, why is it on a sticker?

When they change out the circuitry,

that's how they update it.

Look.

No, I think it's a bit different.

- No, it's not. - What does it mean?

Why is there a sigil on the fender of a truck?

- Okay, you know what worries me? - What?

Everywhere we look now we see sigils, sigils, sigils,

because that's what we want to see.

I think it's just a circuitry diagram.

Well, let's find out.

♪ Like we're going somewhere... ♪

So, are you reporters or something?

No. Why?

Because you don't look like truckers.

We had a reporter through here about the accidents.

What accidents?

Oh, just drivers getting tired and running off the road.

Traci, do you know, um, a driver named Jason Moss?

No. Who's that?

Well, you wrote on his receipt, "Be careful. Get home safe."

Oh, I write that to everyone.

We get a lot of truckers through here,

dazed and a bit zombiesque.

All you do is shove coffee down their throats and

warn them to take a nap

before they hit the road.

You can pay the cashier.

Thank you.

- You know what I think, guys? - What?

I think it's Third Man syndrome.

- What's that? - Happens a lot with alpinists.

They push past the level of exhaustion,

and then they start to feel like there's a third person

walking beside them. It's not possession. It's just

the mind creating its own camaraderie.

No, it's real.

- What's real? - This stretch of road.

The Ghost Highway, between exits 13A and 33A.

- Truckers hate it. - Why?

People see things, hear things.

Drivers go around it these days.

I get off at 12A, drive the mountain road,

connect back up at 34.

I wouldn't go anywhere near exit 13A if I were you.

Just sounds like a legend for truckers,

like a Bermuda Triangle for truckers.

Yeah. Superstition leading to anxiety.

Magical thinking.

Well, we're still two exits away

from 13A, so we'll find out soon enough.

Just choose a playlist.

Wait. I'm looking.

For?

For my mom's favorite song.

Aw.

There.

♪ Imagine me and you... ♪

"Happy Together" is your mom's favorite song?

So, we bought this used car,

and there was a CD stuck in it,

so no matter where we went, this song played.

♪ So happy together... ♪

Here we go!

♪ I can't see me ♪

♪ Lovin' nobody but you ♪

♪ For all my life ♪

♪ When you're with me, baby ♪

♪ The skies'll be blue ♪

- ♪ For all my life... ♪ - One more exit.

You seem better, Ben. We were worried about you last week.

Yeah, well, uh,

my sister, she... took me to some

science club, and they solved some things for me.

What things?

The angel from the video last year.

You know, the-the girl that was dead for 177 minutes.

- Yeah? - So,

they showed me that it's an app.

You can break into somebody's Bluetooth transmission

and give them a guardian angel

in their photos.

- Really? - Yeah.

I can send a guardian angel to your phone.

♪ For all my life... ♪

You wanted it to be real.

♪ You and me, no matter how they toss... ♪

No. I just...

What was that?

Come out.

The demon will rise.

You don't need to take any...

- We should record it. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

They come to our cities, they take

our jobs.

Turn it down.

Can't. It's just-just playing.

Look.

Defund that and defund this and defund that.

Looking out.

I see it.

It's a short slide to hell, Ben,

and that's where they all belong.

Ben?

It's just a drone.

It's the electrical system.

Okay,

you need to pull over right now.

It's right behind us.

- Steering wheel's frozen. - What?

Fuck!

It's gone.

Someone's fucking with us.

Where are you going?

I'm gonna go check the electrical system.

A car doesn't just shut down like that.

No, no, no, no, no. Ben, that's literally

the start of a hundred horror movies.

I'll be right back.

What?

- Holy fuck! - Pop the hood.

Pop the hood.

I think the battery cable is loose.

Shine the light right here.

Can we make this fast, please?

Okay.

Yeah, sh-shine the, shine the light closer.

Yeah.

What?

K-Keep the light on it.

Yeah, above the... Yeah, yeah, right there.

When the cable is loose, it makes the radio auto-tune

- and everything fritz. - Ben, let's talk in the car.

So, the GPS depends on radio waves,

and something out here is disrupting them.

That's why the radio frequency keeps going in and out.

Okay, great. Can we just go?

What was that?

I don't know.

Something's trying to scare us.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Good afternoon. I have

been asked by the archdiocese

to offer my professional opinion

on whether you are showing signs of early onset dementia,

possibly as a result of Lewy body.

Do you understand? Do you know what that is?

A protein that builds in the brain

that can result in hallucinations.

Yes.

I understand you asked for me to consult.

May I ask why?

You've seen a demon.

Mm.

Mm, no. You know, I don't know what I saw.

You saw a demon.

Do you have problems with short-term memory, Sister?

No.

Are these hallucinations visual,

auditory, or tactile?

They are not hallucinations.

Understood. Are your... visions

visual, auditory, or tactile?

- They are all three. - Could they be misperceptions?

Could you be mis-seeing things around you?

No.

How often do you see these demons?

Once a week, once a month?

Once an hour.

Are you seeing demons now?

No.

When did you first see...

first have a vision?

When I was 15.

I was playing the piano, the heavenly chords.

♪ E, C, D, G, B ♪

♪ With the right ♪

♪ A, F, G, C, E ♪

♪ With the left. ♪

And a presence materialized.

A demon?

No. St. Bernadette,

holding a vase with roses.

And every time I hit the chords, she appeared,

and then she would fade with the notes.

That's when I gave myself to Christ.

That was the day.

Harder! Don't just stand there.

What are you doing?

Hey!

Where's my "Hello, Mom"?

Hello, Mom!

They found a new game online. Bumblebee something.

- Thank you for picking them up. - Yeah, no problem.

How's the, uh, how's the new room coming?

Oh, it is slow. How's work?

It is, uh... challenging.

I'm proud of you, Mom, for starting a new career like that.

Aw, thank you.

Call me if you need anything.

- Yeah. - Okay.

Thank you.

Uh, actually, Mom.

- Um... - Mm-hmm?

How did you encourage me

to be independent?

- How did I encourage you? - Yeah.

I don't know. You said you wanted to climb,

so I took you to climb.

And you weren't worried about safety or...?

W-Well, I had a feeling that whatever I wanted,

you would do the opposite,

so I never told you what I wanted.

And what about boys?

Oh, now, that's the thing I'm the most proud of

because you broke a lot of hearts

but never had your heart broken.

And how did you make that happen?

Set an example.

A boy doesn't show up on time, you break up with him.

A boy doesn't return a call in a half an hour,

guess what happens, out of here.

Don't let a boy define you. You define them.

Did the girls say anything about this man coming to the house?

No. What happened?

Oh, nothing.

- Thank you. - Sure.

- Say hi to Andy for me. - I will.

That was on the radio?

Self-tuning, and I couldn't turn it down.

Well, it is creepy.

Good. Well, thanks. I'm glad I had you over.

Shortwave radio frequencies use the atmosphere

like a bounce board to deflect radio waves to the ground.

- Mm-hmm. - It's a way of getting

over obstacles like trees and mountains.

Okay, so you're saying that it's a collision

of shortwave frequencies?

That's my guess.

Okay, what about this?

It's a short slide to hell,

Ben, and that's where they all belong.

How would it know my name?

You're guessing it knows your name.

We believe in empiricism, right?

Yeah. I mean, I do.

I don't know what you believe in.

I believe in reality, and reality

is sometimes coincidental.

Okay, so you're just saying it's just a coincidence

- that this voice knew my name? - Yes.

Or...?

Go ahead.

Are there shortwave radio freaks

who can turn a cell phone into a broadcasting phone?

- Keep talking. - They would have

heard my name being spoken in the car.

You're saying someone hacked the near-field communication

- feature on your phone? - Yeah.

And listened in.

They would have to be very close.

- How close? - 30, 40 yards.

There's a way to reverse-hack.

I know. I'm gonna need to borrow some equipment.

Hello?

Hello?

Father, it's Jacqueline Moss.

I'm so sorry to call late, but Jason's gone.

Uh... Uh, what do you mean gone?

He took off in his truck. He didn't say anything.

Then, about ten minutes ago, he called me.

He was terrified.

He said he hit something in the road,

but there was nothing there.

He thinks I'm right, he's possessed.

Then the phone went dead, and I

can't get him back.

Did you call the police?

No. The police will write him up,

and it'd get back to his boss.

Father, please help me.

♪ ♪

This is Jason.

Leave a message after the beep.

Jason, uh, it's David, Father David.

Your wife is worried. I'm...

driving down 95 looking...

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Father, you okay?

I've never seen anything like...

I-It was a saint.

Or an angel.

Man or woman?

Woman.

In a blue robe.

Was she carrying anything?

A sword.

A long sword.

But you've seen visions of angels before?

No. Not like this.

Not so real.

Did she say anything?

No.

This is good, David.

It didn't feel good.

Felt terrifying.

I told you, once you took your orders,

demons become more dangerous.

When they bite you, they rip flesh.

The same is true of the holy.

Angels and saints can protect you.

You think this was sent to protect me?

You said the demon disappeared when she arrived.

God has blessed you.

Sister,

this makes me...

I am not a holy person.

I fail all the time.

The past few weeks,

I've had temptations of the flesh.

And you're resisting them.

That's why God is helping you.

But is He?

"Is He?"

What are you asking?

How do you know it's God that's helping you

and not someone

or something else?

Or just your mind?

Aren't we all trapped in our minds?

Who is it?

Sister?

Yes, one moment, please.

What was that about?

A psychiatric session.

Why?

It's complicated.

Andy?

Andy, are you there?

Hey, babe. How are you?

- Fine. - are you? ...girls?

Oh, you keep breaking up.

Getting ready to head out this morning.

In fact, I have to rush.

- Okay. - How are the girls?

Um, yeah. Good, I guess.

That guy from the-the grocery store?

You know, the one I hit?

He came to the house wanting an apology,

and the girls were egging me on to hit him again.

Okay. What did you do?

Well, I semi-apologized,

and then he left.

But I'm just not sure what's right.

Andy, did you hear that?

I did. I don't know what to say.

Well, there's this theory

about puberty.

Um, girls start off really strong and independent,

and then right around 13, 14 years old,

they start deferring to boys,

and then they lose their... spark.

And I just want to fight that. But I also

don't want to lose control like before.

So, what do you think?

Kristen, I'm sorry, they're calling me.

Let's talk about this later. On Thursday.

Look, it's over, bitch.

♪ Got a lot of friends, and they all bad... ♪

Can you believe I used to be shy?

I would never dance in front of people.

But then I saw that interview.

You know the one I'm talking about.

Oprah and Beyoncé.

Goddess times two.

And Beyoncé was saying

whenever she needed to overcome her fear

and feel powerful,

she would become Sasha Fierce.

Sasha Fierce would take over, and then she could do

all the things she really wanted to do.

Now, that's a badass goddess move.

♪ Since you at the bottom, that's why you're mad. ♪

Mrs. Bouchard, can we talk?

Hello?

Yeah, I'll be right down!

What do you need, Mr. Pete?

Pete's fine, ma'am.

I was just talking with my demolition team,

and we'll need your second check

before starting in on the second phase.

Why?

Everything costs a bit more than we expected,

so if you could get me the second check...

No.

I'm afraid so, ma'am.

Is your husband here?

No.

Well, I talked to him a few weeks ago,

and we agreed the second check was necessary

before the plumbing work, so...

I'm sorry.

Well, I understand why you're sorry.

But you're not getting your second check.

And you did not talk to my husband.

I did, ma'am.

And if I don't get my check,

I can't do the work.

Oh. Well, that's unfortunate.

Have a nice day.

Wait, ma'am.

I already poured the concrete, and I've put in the work,

- and you need to pay me for it. - No, all I need to do

- is look for a new contractor. - Wait.

Then I'll tear down the work I've done.

Could you repeat that in about one minute?

- What? - Girls, we're back here!

I didn't quite hear what you said.

Could you repeat it?

I said if you're not paying me my second check,

I'll rip down the work I've done.

Good.

Then I'll help you.

Hey, don't do that. Don't...

You're only hurting yourself. Where is your husband?

My husband's in the Himalayas.

And I'm not hurting myself, I'm hurting you,

'cause I haven't paid for this and it's fun to destroy

something I haven't paid for.

Stop! Okay, wait.

We'll talk about delivery of the second check.

After the plumbing, like we agreed.

It wasn't after.

Okay, okay, after the plumbing.

Just put that down, okay?

Lynn, I need you to watch your sisters tonight.

Mama's gonna hunt a demon on the Ghost Highway.

- Hey. - Hey.

So this has a range of about a quarter of a mile,

so we'll have to get close to the source

and then just keep it in range.

- Hey. - Hey.

You're dressed tough.

I am tough.

Well, let's get this stuff down to the car.

I'll drive.

Anything yet?

No, but we're not in the zone.

Coming up.

- Radio on or off? - Uh, let's keep it off.

See if our hacker turns it on.

If we don't stop them,

the America we know and love will cease to exist.

They want to burn the flag.

They want to tear down our monuments...

- Got it. - What?

18.9 hertz. The ghost frequency.

Is that really what it's called?

Yeah, 18.9 hertz is the infrasound.

It's below human hearing,

but it can cause anxiety, fear, paranoia,

in some cases delusions.

- Hallucinations? - Sure, yeah.

18.9 causes the lens in the eyeball to vibrate

in resonance with the sound waves,

causing optical illusions.

Horror movies, they use it all the time

just to freak audiences out.

Where is it coming from?

- Do you have a direction? - Getting warmer.

Okay, it's behind us.

They want to take away your freedoms.

Okay, slow down, but don't hit your brake lights.

Go ahead and try to take my firearm, I dare...

Slower.

I bind you with chains of iron.

Wakes us from the demon of destruction!

There. 50 yards back.

Okay, slower, slower.

In your heart, splitting your heart open.

I saw the beast rise up out of the sea...

- It's turning. - It's making a U-turn.

Okay, hold on.

Whoo!

You okay?

Are you kidding me? I'm perfect.

Okay, I'm still getting something.

It's still broadcasting.

There, straight ahead.

Scream for your mommy!

It's veering off.

Where to?

It's got to be around here somewhere

'cause it's still broadcasting.

Skid marks.

Okay.

What do you guys think?

Well, it's got to be around here somewhere

because I'm still getting static.

He's laying low.

I can still hear the transmission static.

He knows we're onto him.

There!

Holy fuck.

It's warm.

- So what do you want to do? - Call the cops.

I don't think that's a circuitry diagram.

Uh, Kristen, what are you doing?

Hey, what are you doing?! Hey!

Fuckers, that's my stuff. Stop!

Nope. Not until you stop scaring truckers on I-95.

Then just tell me to stop and I-I'll stop.

Hey, wait, wait, wait, wait!

People were talking online about the Ghost Highway.

- That's all. - Oh, my God.

It's fucking clout-chasing.

Really? Does nobody have any real motives anymore?

No one does anything for sex or money.

It's just clout-chasing?!

Assholes.

You know, I could just buy new equipment

- and transmit again. - Great.

Good. She'll be back.

Father, this is a confidential matter.

If you don't mind waiting outside...

I'd rather stay. Father.

We're discussing very sensitive matters.

Yes, and I'd rather he stay, too, Father.

Fine.

We received a report from the psychiatrist Dr. Boggs,

- and he agrees... - What is this?

Excuse me.

What is this meeting?

What is the designation of this gathering?

The Council of Heretical Practices.

I see.

Does the Church believe that it's heretical

when a nun sees an angel or a demon?

No.

Then why are we here?

- Dr. Kurt Boggs? - Uh, yes, sir... Father.

You interviewed Sister Andrea on two occasions?

Yes.

And she admitted to seeing and talking to demons?

Yes.

And did she also admit to seeing a demon

whispering to the cardinal?

Yes, uh, at a recent midnight mass

she s-saw a demon consulting with him.

Thank you, Doctor. You can go.

Yes, Sister?

Boop.

This council takes it as axiomatic

that witnessing His Eminence

consorting with a demon is heretical.

Then I ask for an ecclesiastical tribunal

of the first instance to defend her.

You'll need a priest to defend her.

Good thing I am one.

David?

- Mr. LeConte. - Good to see you.

I-I didn't ask you to go through my drawers.

And the Vatican didn't ask you to copy their documents.

Is that why you're here?

- To take them back? - No.

You're a friend of the Vatican now.

That comes with certain privileges and responsibilities.

So, here.

You can have the honors.

What honors?

Eliminating a demonic family.

Go ahead.

What are you talking about?

The drone operator of your Ghost Highway,

that was Russ Owlman, successor to this sigil.

Principiculus Demoniacarum Transmissionum.

The guy in the pickup truck?

Well, not one of the greater demonic houses,

but still, a win is a win.

We didn't eliminate him.

We destroyed his equipment, that's all.

No. He shot himself in the head after you left.

How do you know?

We followed you.

Go ahead.

Now is the time to get outraged.

We have been following you ever since you let

that medical student cannibalize his cadaver.

This house would have been vanquished

if you had stopped him.

Instead, it continues on.

But here.

Cross off this sigil.

Your drone guy is gone.

He didn't shoot himself in the head.

You killed him.

David, we're not killers.

- I don't believe you. - That is your right.

But you saw that he had a gun in his truck, right?

All we did was dispose of the body

before a successor could cannibalize him,

and now his house is gone.

Over the centuries, we have eliminated

this house and this house.

All of these,

and one more.

There.

What happens when you stop all the demonic houses?

Peace on earth.