1 00:00:12,316 --> 00:00:15,885 [boy screaming] 2 00:00:16,059 --> 00:00:17,495 Damon, you open this door right now! 3 00:00:18,844 --> 00:00:20,107 -[Damon] Mom! -Damon! 4 00:00:20,281 --> 00:00:21,891 I called the police, Damon, they're-- 5 00:00:22,065 --> 00:00:23,327 [man grunting] 6 00:00:23,501 --> 00:00:23,980 [screams] 7 00:00:26,243 --> 00:00:27,070 Damon! 8 00:00:27,244 --> 00:00:28,419 Damon, I'm warning you! 9 00:00:30,639 --> 00:00:31,248 [grunting] 10 00:00:32,641 --> 00:00:34,034 Open the damn door, Damon! 11 00:00:34,208 --> 00:00:34,991 [grunting] 12 00:00:36,253 --> 00:00:37,428 Mrs. Ballard? 13 00:00:37,602 --> 00:00:38,951 So glad you're here. It's my husband. 14 00:00:39,126 --> 00:00:40,431 He's beating my son. You gotta stop him. 15 00:00:44,914 --> 00:00:47,003 Michael! Oh, my God. 16 00:00:47,177 --> 00:00:48,526 Code three, 150 Seaward Lane. Request paramedic. Child in distress. 17 00:00:48,700 --> 00:00:49,701 Michael, come here. Come here, baby. 18 00:00:49,875 --> 00:00:51,399 Oh, my God. 19 00:00:51,573 --> 00:00:52,965 Damon, what have you done to him? 20 00:00:53,140 --> 00:00:54,706 Lisa, listen. 21 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:56,056 [Lisa] How could you? 22 00:00:56,230 --> 00:00:57,492 I... I didn't. 23 00:00:57,666 --> 00:00:58,928 You bastard. 24 00:00:59,102 --> 00:01:00,712 You will never touch him again! 25 00:01:00,886 --> 00:01:03,063 -It wasn't me. -It wasn't you? 26 00:01:03,237 --> 00:01:05,674 Who else was in the room with you? 27 00:01:05,848 --> 00:01:07,371 Something, someone. I don't know. 28 00:01:07,545 --> 00:01:08,764 You son of a bitch! 29 00:01:08,938 --> 00:01:10,157 Lisa, listen to me. 30 00:01:10,331 --> 00:01:11,506 He's still in danger. 31 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:12,898 You have the right to remain silent. 32 00:01:13,073 --> 00:01:15,379 Lisa, please, don't do this. Lisa, no! 33 00:01:15,553 --> 00:01:17,077 [sobbing] 34 00:01:24,910 --> 00:01:28,088 [narrator] Since the beginning of time, mankind has existed between 35 00:01:28,262 --> 00:01:31,003 the world of light and the world of darkness. 36 00:01:31,178 --> 00:01:33,963 Our secret society has been here forever, 37 00:01:34,137 --> 00:01:35,617 protecting others from the creatures 38 00:01:35,791 --> 00:01:38,533 who inhabit the shadows and the night, 39 00:01:38,707 --> 00:01:40,796 known only to the initiated by our true name, 40 00:01:40,970 --> 00:01:41,971 The Legacy. 41 00:02:57,916 --> 00:02:59,309 Hi, how are you? 42 00:03:05,010 --> 00:03:07,187 Damon, I know what she said. It's just not right. 43 00:03:09,450 --> 00:03:11,191 Derek, hi. 44 00:03:12,757 --> 00:03:14,759 Uh, you remember my father. 45 00:03:14,933 --> 00:03:16,500 Yeah. Mr. Ballard, how are you? 46 00:03:16,674 --> 00:03:18,763 Yeah. I'll speak to the attorneys this afternoon. 47 00:03:18,937 --> 00:03:21,070 It's all right, really, I can handle-- 48 00:03:21,244 --> 00:03:23,377 Your wife's indiscretion... 49 00:03:23,551 --> 00:03:26,118 Forgive me, but this is a family matter, not for strangers. 50 00:03:26,293 --> 00:03:28,164 Times change. 51 00:03:28,338 --> 00:03:30,514 Not so much that a wife should betray her husband. 52 00:03:30,688 --> 00:03:31,907 [Damon] Dad, please. 53 00:03:32,081 --> 00:03:33,561 [Mr. Ballard] Ah, that's your trouble. 54 00:03:33,735 --> 00:03:36,041 You've always been too weak for your own good. 55 00:03:36,216 --> 00:03:38,435 If it'd been your mother, she never would have considered 56 00:03:38,609 --> 00:03:40,220 going to the police, I'd have seen to that. 57 00:03:41,699 --> 00:03:42,961 Right. Okay, Dad. 58 00:03:43,135 --> 00:03:45,703 I'll, um... I'll call you tomorrow. 59 00:03:45,877 --> 00:03:46,704 Nice seeing you again. 60 00:03:54,538 --> 00:03:55,626 I'm sorry about that. 61 00:03:56,714 --> 00:03:58,673 You know my father. 62 00:03:58,847 --> 00:04:00,849 [Derek] I'd forgotten what the man was like. 63 00:04:01,980 --> 00:04:04,418 I read about the arrest. 64 00:04:04,592 --> 00:04:07,725 I didn't do... What they said I did. 65 00:04:07,899 --> 00:04:08,900 You want to tell me about it? 66 00:04:10,641 --> 00:04:12,382 Um, why don't we step inside? 67 00:04:22,653 --> 00:04:25,874 The servants were out, Lisa was in town, 68 00:04:26,048 --> 00:04:30,357 I was upstairs, when suddenly I could hear Michael screaming. 69 00:04:30,531 --> 00:04:33,403 I found him there, his hands covering his ears, 70 00:04:33,577 --> 00:04:35,187 just shrieking. 71 00:04:35,362 --> 00:04:37,581 Are you certain there wasn't someone else in the room? 72 00:04:37,755 --> 00:04:39,366 No, positive. 73 00:04:39,540 --> 00:04:41,281 Look on his face, he was terrified. 74 00:04:43,283 --> 00:04:45,285 And then, before I could reach him... 75 00:04:46,590 --> 00:04:48,331 [laughs nervously] 76 00:04:48,505 --> 00:04:49,637 You're gonna think I'm nuts. 77 00:04:50,551 --> 00:04:51,291 What do you mean? 78 00:04:52,944 --> 00:04:53,945 Some... 79 00:04:55,033 --> 00:04:57,297 Force, I don't know what, 80 00:04:58,863 --> 00:05:02,954 slammed the door behind me and did this. 81 00:05:13,051 --> 00:05:15,315 Can you describe this force? 82 00:05:16,272 --> 00:05:17,360 Something... 83 00:05:19,101 --> 00:05:22,147 Someone striking me. 84 00:05:23,584 --> 00:05:25,150 Only there was nothing there. 85 00:05:26,848 --> 00:05:28,589 Has anything like this ever happened before? 86 00:05:29,764 --> 00:05:30,678 No. 87 00:05:32,244 --> 00:05:35,596 Ever since he turned ten last spring, 88 00:05:35,770 --> 00:05:37,902 Michael's had problems. 89 00:05:38,076 --> 00:05:39,948 Talking back to teachers, getting into fights at school, 90 00:05:40,122 --> 00:05:41,776 but this... 91 00:05:41,950 --> 00:05:42,907 Did you strike him? 92 00:05:46,171 --> 00:05:49,653 I was drinking, uh... 93 00:05:49,827 --> 00:05:52,177 Lisa and I have been having a rough time lately, 94 00:05:52,352 --> 00:05:53,527 you know how these things go. 95 00:05:56,486 --> 00:05:58,227 We're in the process of separating. 96 00:05:59,968 --> 00:06:01,012 She was late. 97 00:06:01,186 --> 00:06:03,450 She'd found a house to lease, 98 00:06:03,624 --> 00:06:06,366 just temporarily until we worked things out. 99 00:06:10,979 --> 00:06:11,980 Were you drunk? 100 00:06:15,113 --> 00:06:15,810 I didn't think so. 101 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:19,117 I remember standing in the study, 102 00:06:19,291 --> 00:06:20,641 Michael on the floor, 103 00:06:20,815 --> 00:06:22,643 Lisa voice shouting through the door... 104 00:06:24,471 --> 00:06:28,083 But I have no idea how I got there. 105 00:06:28,257 --> 00:06:30,041 There wasn't anyone else in the house at the time? 106 00:06:31,129 --> 00:06:32,087 No. 107 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,133 No, the doors were locked. 108 00:06:35,307 --> 00:06:36,483 There's a security system. 109 00:06:39,747 --> 00:06:42,097 Could the boy have inflicted the bruises himself? 110 00:06:42,271 --> 00:06:43,098 No. 111 00:06:44,795 --> 00:06:46,275 No, whatever attacked me, attacked him. 112 00:06:47,450 --> 00:06:48,408 I just don't know what it was. 113 00:06:50,671 --> 00:06:52,063 With your permission, I'd like to have 114 00:06:52,237 --> 00:06:53,891 one of my associates take a look at the boy. 115 00:06:54,065 --> 00:06:56,590 Her name is Dr. Corrigan. 116 00:06:56,764 --> 00:06:58,461 And she's a board-certified psychiatrist. 117 00:06:58,635 --> 00:07:00,507 There's gotta be an explanation for this, 118 00:07:00,681 --> 00:07:01,551 because if there isn't... 119 00:07:05,381 --> 00:07:06,643 I think I'm losing my mind. 120 00:07:11,648 --> 00:07:14,259 [Nick] Poltergeist? Like hell. 121 00:07:14,434 --> 00:07:15,696 Sounds like child abuse to me. 122 00:07:15,870 --> 00:07:17,437 [Derek] Possibly. 123 00:07:17,611 --> 00:07:19,482 But I've known Damon Ballard since boarding school, 124 00:07:19,656 --> 00:07:21,528 and he's someone I trust with my own life. 125 00:07:21,702 --> 00:07:23,355 [Nick] It's not your life we're talking about here, Derek, 126 00:07:23,530 --> 00:07:25,183 it's a child's. 127 00:07:25,357 --> 00:07:27,098 I know he's your friend but don't let him fool you. 128 00:07:28,099 --> 00:07:28,970 [Rachel] Okay. 129 00:07:30,450 --> 00:07:32,016 What are the facts? 130 00:07:32,190 --> 00:07:34,454 Well, according to Damon, 131 00:07:36,238 --> 00:07:41,504 his, uh, son was attacked by some unseen force. 132 00:07:41,678 --> 00:07:44,464 And when he tried to help his son, 133 00:07:44,638 --> 00:07:47,031 he claims he was attacked himself. 134 00:07:47,205 --> 00:07:51,122 Unfortunately, neither his wife nor the police believe him. 135 00:07:51,296 --> 00:07:53,473 -And why should they? -[Philip] Hey. 136 00:07:53,647 --> 00:07:55,866 What if he's telling the truth? 137 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:58,695 I say it's premature to rule out the possibility 138 00:07:58,869 --> 00:08:00,915 of some sort of poltergeist or spirit. 139 00:08:01,089 --> 00:08:03,221 [Rachel] Personally, I think if we're going to err, 140 00:08:03,395 --> 00:08:05,136 we do it on the side of the child. 141 00:08:05,310 --> 00:08:07,791 You've no idea how many child abusers 142 00:08:07,965 --> 00:08:11,708 will claim that some outside force, ghosts, demons, whatever, 143 00:08:11,882 --> 00:08:14,232 made them do it, 144 00:08:14,406 --> 00:08:15,799 in the hopes of evading prosecution. 145 00:08:15,973 --> 00:08:17,148 [Philip] I agree. 146 00:08:17,322 --> 00:08:19,977 But if we fail to look into this, 147 00:08:20,151 --> 00:08:22,719 we may be turning our backs on a child that may truly need our help. 148 00:08:24,112 --> 00:08:25,853 [Rachel] What does the child say? 149 00:08:26,027 --> 00:08:27,768 He hasn't spoken since the night it happened. 150 00:08:27,942 --> 00:08:29,291 Hmm. 151 00:08:29,465 --> 00:08:30,901 The boy's at Mercy Hospital. 152 00:08:31,075 --> 00:08:32,294 You think you can look in on him? 153 00:08:32,468 --> 00:08:33,861 Certainly. 154 00:08:34,035 --> 00:08:35,863 [Derek] Good. Did you get the photographs? 155 00:08:36,037 --> 00:08:37,081 Uh, yeah. 156 00:08:53,489 --> 00:08:57,058 It's hard to believe that Damon Ballard did this to his own son. 157 00:08:57,232 --> 00:08:59,234 [Alex] Well, isn't that the problem? I mean, no one is willing 158 00:08:59,408 --> 00:09:02,846 to believe a father would do this to his own son? 159 00:09:03,020 --> 00:09:05,066 These were taken when the boy was admitted. 160 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:06,981 According to the medical reports, 161 00:09:07,155 --> 00:09:08,504 over 40 percent of his body 162 00:09:08,678 --> 00:09:10,767 is covered in contusions. 163 00:09:10,941 --> 00:09:13,117 He said it was possibly made by something blunt, 164 00:09:13,291 --> 00:09:15,990 a stick, possibly a cane. 165 00:09:16,164 --> 00:09:17,339 Son of a bitch. 166 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:20,560 Look at this. 167 00:09:23,954 --> 00:09:25,739 The mark of the lamb. 168 00:09:25,913 --> 00:09:27,567 [Rachel] Excuse me? The mark of the who? 169 00:09:29,133 --> 00:09:30,047 The lamb. 170 00:09:31,571 --> 00:09:33,573 An innocent lamb, hung for slaughter. 171 00:09:36,010 --> 00:09:40,667 Certain ancient manuscripts make references to such stigmata. 172 00:09:40,841 --> 00:09:44,627 Any child that carried it was thought to be pursued by demons. 173 00:09:44,801 --> 00:09:47,064 This text belonged to Savonarola. 174 00:09:48,675 --> 00:09:50,546 The martyr? 175 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:52,592 He led the Legacy house in Florence in the 15th century. 176 00:10:01,905 --> 00:10:03,559 The marks are the same. 177 00:10:03,733 --> 00:10:05,735 [Nick scoffs] Come on. 178 00:10:05,909 --> 00:10:08,172 Don't let coincidence pass for fact. 179 00:10:13,830 --> 00:10:14,962 We really have no choice. 180 00:10:17,399 --> 00:10:18,313 We will pursue the investigation. 181 00:10:20,750 --> 00:10:22,926 However, given the very real concerns 182 00:10:23,100 --> 00:10:25,102 expressed by Nick and Alex, 183 00:10:25,276 --> 00:10:27,975 we should be prepared to withdraw our support 184 00:10:28,149 --> 00:10:29,890 should it be clear that the boy has, in fact, been abused. 185 00:10:30,064 --> 00:10:31,239 I agree. 186 00:10:31,413 --> 00:10:32,544 Philip, I need your assistance. 187 00:10:32,719 --> 00:10:33,937 Absolutely. 188 00:10:34,111 --> 00:10:36,461 To maintain an objective point of view, 189 00:10:36,636 --> 00:10:37,898 we're going to need a full history 190 00:10:38,072 --> 00:10:39,421 of Damon Ballard and his family. 191 00:10:39,595 --> 00:10:41,075 Every little detail should be screened. 192 00:10:41,249 --> 00:10:42,250 Leave it to me. 193 00:10:48,299 --> 00:10:49,300 Just one more point. 194 00:10:51,215 --> 00:10:53,435 I know there's a school tie involved here, 195 00:10:53,609 --> 00:10:55,829 and loyalty is something I understand, 196 00:10:56,003 --> 00:10:58,309 but I'll be damned if I'll let you or anyone else in this room 197 00:10:58,483 --> 00:11:00,398 put friendship before facts. 198 00:11:00,572 --> 00:11:02,531 Point taken, my friend. 199 00:11:09,277 --> 00:11:10,670 [sirens wailing] 200 00:11:25,685 --> 00:11:26,686 [Rachel] Michael? 201 00:11:27,687 --> 00:11:28,470 Hi. 202 00:11:29,558 --> 00:11:30,907 I'm Dr. Corrigan. 203 00:11:32,735 --> 00:11:34,824 I spoke to Dr. Ross, and he said it was all right 204 00:11:34,998 --> 00:11:37,827 if we stopped by to see how you're coming along. 205 00:11:42,223 --> 00:11:43,267 This is Philip. 206 00:11:43,441 --> 00:11:44,921 He's a colleague of mine. 207 00:11:45,095 --> 00:11:47,054 [Philip] How you doing there, Michael? 208 00:11:47,228 --> 00:11:49,143 So, what do they call you, then? Mike? 209 00:11:50,622 --> 00:11:53,103 Mick? Mickey? 210 00:11:55,018 --> 00:11:55,715 Michael, then. 211 00:11:57,107 --> 00:11:57,934 Good. 212 00:11:58,108 --> 00:11:59,631 [Rachel] Okay, Michael, 213 00:11:59,806 --> 00:12:01,155 I don't want you to be afraid, 214 00:12:01,329 --> 00:12:04,375 but I'm just gonna move this down a little bit 215 00:12:04,549 --> 00:12:06,464 so we can have a little peek. 216 00:12:06,638 --> 00:12:08,728 Open your pajama top here and... 217 00:12:10,730 --> 00:12:12,557 Let's see how you're getting along. 218 00:12:19,303 --> 00:12:22,698 Okay, so, what we need to do here is find out 219 00:12:22,872 --> 00:12:25,919 how much it hurts. You hold onto my hand like this. 220 00:12:26,093 --> 00:12:28,138 I'm just gonna touch the places where you've been struck. 221 00:12:29,661 --> 00:12:31,533 And if it hurts, you squeeze my hand, okay? 222 00:12:31,707 --> 00:12:32,664 Here we go. 223 00:12:34,928 --> 00:12:35,667 -How's that? -[winces] 224 00:12:35,842 --> 00:12:37,104 [gasps] Okay. 225 00:12:40,890 --> 00:12:43,197 There, there. You see? It's all right. 226 00:12:43,371 --> 00:12:45,025 You're okay. 227 00:12:45,199 --> 00:12:45,982 There you go. 228 00:12:47,549 --> 00:12:48,637 And what about this one? 229 00:12:48,811 --> 00:12:50,030 How's that? 230 00:12:50,204 --> 00:12:50,900 [gasps] 231 00:12:52,684 --> 00:12:53,773 [boy whispering] Michael. 232 00:12:57,994 --> 00:12:59,648 There you go, Michael. That's okay. 233 00:12:59,822 --> 00:13:01,345 There you are. 234 00:13:01,519 --> 00:13:02,738 There's a good boy. 235 00:13:02,912 --> 00:13:04,566 Let's try one more, okay? 236 00:13:06,394 --> 00:13:07,787 You tell me how this feels. 237 00:13:09,397 --> 00:13:10,790 [screams] 238 00:13:10,964 --> 00:13:11,791 [Philip] It's okay. It's okay. 239 00:13:17,013 --> 00:13:17,840 [Michael screaming] 240 00:13:19,842 --> 00:13:20,800 [Philip] It's okay, Michael. 241 00:13:22,802 --> 00:13:25,674 This is room 703. We need help in here, stat. 242 00:13:26,675 --> 00:13:30,026 [chanting in Latin] 243 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,160 [boy, wheezing] I... can't... breathe. 244 00:13:37,555 --> 00:13:38,687 Michael? 245 00:13:55,138 --> 00:13:56,836 Do you have anything on Ballard? 246 00:13:59,012 --> 00:14:00,491 The family goes back 247 00:14:00,665 --> 00:14:03,277 to one of San Francisco's original robber barons. 248 00:14:03,451 --> 00:14:06,454 Apparently, Ballard's great-grandfather was importing 249 00:14:06,628 --> 00:14:09,761 Chinese laborers to work on a railroad. 250 00:14:09,936 --> 00:14:13,635 And he swindled his partners in some kind of dirty land deal. 251 00:14:13,809 --> 00:14:15,550 The family made their money the old-fashioned way. 252 00:14:15,724 --> 00:14:16,856 They stole it. 253 00:14:19,554 --> 00:14:21,556 [Alex] You know that case I've been working on? 254 00:14:21,730 --> 00:14:23,253 I've figured it out. 255 00:14:24,385 --> 00:14:25,647 Figured what out? 256 00:14:25,821 --> 00:14:28,128 The Virgin of Verhagen. It's a hoax. 257 00:14:28,302 --> 00:14:29,825 You're kidding. How? 258 00:14:29,999 --> 00:14:31,871 Building records. Come here. Look. 259 00:14:38,834 --> 00:14:41,881 [Alex] The local police have gotten dozens of calls about this. 260 00:14:42,055 --> 00:14:44,144 Okay, now, this is the steeple 261 00:14:44,318 --> 00:14:45,754 from the Church of the Blessed Virgin. 262 00:14:45,928 --> 00:14:49,062 It sits on a hill overlooking Verhagen, here. 263 00:14:49,236 --> 00:14:50,715 The wall where they've been seeing 264 00:14:50,890 --> 00:14:52,456 the sign of the Virgin, though, is over here. 265 00:14:52,630 --> 00:14:54,067 Any reflection off the steeple 266 00:14:54,241 --> 00:14:55,938 would be blocked by the old town hall. 267 00:14:56,112 --> 00:14:59,072 Exactly, that's where the city records come in. 268 00:14:59,246 --> 00:15:00,551 So when did the first sighting occur? 269 00:15:00,725 --> 00:15:01,901 Sometime before Christmas, didn't it? 270 00:15:02,075 --> 00:15:03,903 Well, December 13th, to be exact. 271 00:15:04,077 --> 00:15:05,643 So I went through the town building records, 272 00:15:05,817 --> 00:15:07,341 and I found there's a new bank being constructed 273 00:15:07,515 --> 00:15:08,864 right here. 274 00:15:09,038 --> 00:15:11,084 Now, taking into account the angle of the sun 275 00:15:11,258 --> 00:15:13,651 as well as the angles and the thickness of the glass, 276 00:15:13,825 --> 00:15:17,003 the light reflecting off the copper roof of the church steeple 277 00:15:17,177 --> 00:15:19,092 hits the south-east corner office 278 00:15:19,266 --> 00:15:21,355 on the fourth floor of the bank and is refracted 279 00:15:21,529 --> 00:15:24,488 through four panes of glass before hitting the wall here. 280 00:15:24,662 --> 00:15:26,969 [Nick] Impressive. 281 00:15:27,143 --> 00:15:29,276 You have any idea how many little old ladies in Verhagen 282 00:15:29,450 --> 00:15:30,277 -you've just disappointed? -[chuckles] 283 00:15:31,060 --> 00:15:32,061 Of course. 284 00:15:32,235 --> 00:15:33,976 None. Little old ladies 285 00:15:34,150 --> 00:15:35,369 aren't going to believe any explanation 286 00:15:35,543 --> 00:15:37,066 they can't wrap their hearts around. 287 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:38,763 But at least we know the truth. 288 00:15:38,938 --> 00:15:41,723 -Nice work, Alex. -Thanks. 289 00:15:41,897 --> 00:15:43,768 So I spoke to Damon Ballard this morning. 290 00:15:43,943 --> 00:15:46,206 His pre-trial hearing is today. 291 00:15:46,380 --> 00:15:47,729 According to the database, 292 00:15:47,903 --> 00:15:49,078 Ballard's father's been grooming him 293 00:15:49,252 --> 00:15:50,732 to take over the family business. 294 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,389 Well, knowing Damon's father for more than 30 years, 295 00:15:55,563 --> 00:15:57,478 I'm not sure "groomed" is the right word. 296 00:15:57,652 --> 00:15:58,827 My guess is, he wouldn't do anything 297 00:15:59,001 --> 00:16:00,655 against his father's wishes. 298 00:16:00,829 --> 00:16:02,570 So, what else did you find out? 299 00:16:02,744 --> 00:16:04,572 Well, apparently, his wife called the cops three times 300 00:16:04,746 --> 00:16:06,356 in the last six months. 301 00:16:06,530 --> 00:16:08,228 Each time he was cited for drunk and disorderly, 302 00:16:08,402 --> 00:16:09,359 but never formally charged. 303 00:16:10,404 --> 00:16:11,753 Mmm. 304 00:16:11,927 --> 00:16:13,015 He mentioned they were having trouble. 305 00:16:13,189 --> 00:16:14,669 Trouble? 306 00:16:14,843 --> 00:16:17,237 Derek, this whole poltergeist thing is a dodge. 307 00:16:17,411 --> 00:16:18,499 We shouldn't be helping this guy, 308 00:16:18,673 --> 00:16:19,369 we should be hunting him. 309 00:16:21,328 --> 00:16:23,678 When I'm convinced of his guilt, we will. 310 00:16:23,852 --> 00:16:24,984 Until then, keep digging. 311 00:16:36,082 --> 00:16:37,257 [Rachel] That's right. 312 00:16:37,431 --> 00:16:40,608 The boy is stabilized. Uh-huh. 313 00:16:40,782 --> 00:16:42,262 I gotta go, Alex. 314 00:16:42,436 --> 00:16:44,525 I'll call you as soon as we have anything. 315 00:16:44,699 --> 00:16:47,658 There you are. Yes. Oh! 316 00:16:49,747 --> 00:16:51,836 Emily said we had to come here straight from school. 317 00:16:52,011 --> 00:16:54,622 Well, Emily was quite right. 318 00:16:54,796 --> 00:16:56,624 I can take it from here, thanks. 319 00:16:56,798 --> 00:16:58,147 We stopped for a snack on the way. 320 00:16:58,321 --> 00:16:59,583 And make sure she shows you her art project. 321 00:16:59,757 --> 00:17:01,107 It's very impressive. 322 00:17:01,281 --> 00:17:02,934 -Mmm? -Oh, it's not finished yet. 323 00:17:03,109 --> 00:17:05,111 Well, this is the perfect place to finish it, isn't it? 324 00:17:05,285 --> 00:17:07,330 Bye, Katherine. I'll see you at home. 325 00:17:07,504 --> 00:17:08,853 -Goodbye. -Later. 326 00:17:09,028 --> 00:17:09,941 Okay. 327 00:17:12,857 --> 00:17:14,859 [bailiff] All rise. 328 00:17:15,034 --> 00:17:17,775 The superior court of the state of California is now in session, 329 00:17:17,949 --> 00:17:19,734 the honorable Amanda Kern presiding. 330 00:17:19,908 --> 00:17:20,996 -[bangs gavel] -All right. 331 00:17:22,824 --> 00:17:24,913 Let me just remind both parties 332 00:17:25,087 --> 00:17:27,872 that this is a preliminary hearing, held to determine 333 00:17:28,047 --> 00:17:32,138 if cause exists to bind the defendant, in valid, over for trial. 334 00:17:32,312 --> 00:17:34,488 We're not looking here to establish guilt or innocence, 335 00:17:34,662 --> 00:17:37,056 merely whether or not the evidence justifies a trial. 336 00:17:38,927 --> 00:17:40,755 Mr. Roper, 337 00:17:40,929 --> 00:17:42,583 I take it you're here on behalf of the district attorney. 338 00:17:42,757 --> 00:17:45,064 -Will you please proceed? -Thank you, Your Honor. 339 00:17:52,854 --> 00:17:56,292 Now, in the 11 years that you've been married, 340 00:17:56,466 --> 00:17:59,078 has your husband ever struck or abused you in any way? 341 00:18:02,211 --> 00:18:04,083 The truth is my husband can be a wonderful person. 342 00:18:05,910 --> 00:18:07,303 But he has a problem. 343 00:18:08,217 --> 00:18:09,088 He drinks. 344 00:18:10,741 --> 00:18:14,136 Sometimes so much that he loses control. 345 00:18:14,310 --> 00:18:17,748 And when he loses control, what happens? 346 00:18:18,923 --> 00:18:20,316 He becomes abusive. 347 00:18:21,883 --> 00:18:23,406 Verbally or physically? 348 00:18:23,580 --> 00:18:25,321 Both. 349 00:18:25,495 --> 00:18:29,064 Usually, it begins with an argument over nothing 350 00:18:29,238 --> 00:18:32,111 or something that his father said. 351 00:18:33,155 --> 00:18:34,809 Damon is a very... 352 00:18:36,332 --> 00:18:37,986 Conscientious son. 353 00:18:39,988 --> 00:18:43,470 If his father objects to the color of my dress, 354 00:18:43,644 --> 00:18:45,515 or the time... [voice breaks] 355 00:18:46,908 --> 00:18:48,344 It took me to get ready, 356 00:18:48,518 --> 00:18:50,172 he would say nothing until we got home. 357 00:18:51,869 --> 00:18:53,132 And then what would he do? 358 00:18:56,135 --> 00:18:58,746 He would begin to drink. 359 00:19:00,748 --> 00:19:02,010 And the more he drank, 360 00:19:02,184 --> 00:19:04,143 the more violent he would become. 361 00:19:07,276 --> 00:19:09,974 [Roper] Did he ever hit you or your son? 362 00:19:13,978 --> 00:19:16,155 No, not until this last time. 363 00:19:16,329 --> 00:19:18,287 That's not true. I would never do anything to hurt him. 364 00:19:18,461 --> 00:19:19,941 -[bangs gavel] -Mr. Ballard, 365 00:19:20,115 --> 00:19:21,812 one more outburst like that, 366 00:19:21,986 --> 00:19:23,901 and I'll have to have you removed from the courtroom. 367 00:19:24,075 --> 00:19:25,164 Do I make myself clear? 368 00:19:26,382 --> 00:19:27,296 Yes, Your Honor. 369 00:19:28,819 --> 00:19:30,517 [Roper] Can you describe for the court 370 00:19:30,691 --> 00:19:33,259 exactly what you saw when you opened the door? 371 00:19:33,433 --> 00:19:36,610 [Lisa] Yes, the room was torn apart as if they'd been fighting. 372 00:19:36,784 --> 00:19:38,699 [Derek] Really? 373 00:19:38,873 --> 00:19:41,267 [Lisa] Michael, my son, was lying on the floor across the room. 374 00:19:41,441 --> 00:19:43,094 [Roper] What about your husband? 375 00:19:43,269 --> 00:19:47,055 [Lisa] He was standing. He looked angry, upset, 376 00:19:47,229 --> 00:19:48,839 the way he looked at me when we fought. 377 00:19:53,627 --> 00:19:54,454 [Rachel] A purple cow. 378 00:19:54,628 --> 00:19:55,977 Hmm. 379 00:19:57,631 --> 00:19:59,807 What made you decide to make her purple? 380 00:19:59,981 --> 00:20:01,200 Because the moon's going to be yellow. 381 00:20:01,939 --> 00:20:03,680 Right. 382 00:20:03,854 --> 00:20:05,856 [woman over P.A.] Paging Dr. Corrigan. Dr. Corrigan. 383 00:20:06,030 --> 00:20:08,642 [sighs] Katherine, I've gotta go see a patient for a few minutes. 384 00:20:08,816 --> 00:20:10,426 I won't be long. 385 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,255 But you can stay here and finish your artwork, okay? 386 00:20:13,429 --> 00:20:14,387 -Okay, one right here. -Okay. 387 00:20:16,302 --> 00:20:17,259 -I'll be right back. -Okay. 388 00:20:18,782 --> 00:20:20,654 -Bye. -Bye-bye, honey. 389 00:20:30,838 --> 00:20:31,621 [Alex] Nick? 390 00:20:31,795 --> 00:20:32,579 Yeah? 391 00:20:34,755 --> 00:20:36,278 You've been at it for hours. Are you all right? 392 00:20:36,452 --> 00:20:37,148 Yeah. 393 00:20:38,149 --> 00:20:39,977 This is like fantasy time. 394 00:20:40,151 --> 00:20:42,806 What's with this Ballard? 395 00:20:42,980 --> 00:20:44,852 It seems like everyone was afraid to dust him up. 396 00:20:45,853 --> 00:20:46,810 Dust him up? 397 00:20:46,984 --> 00:20:48,725 Make him look bad. 398 00:20:48,899 --> 00:20:51,250 I'm surprised the police even answered the 911 call. 399 00:20:53,034 --> 00:20:54,731 I know this guy's guilty. 400 00:20:54,905 --> 00:20:56,255 I just have to find a way to prove it. 401 00:20:58,474 --> 00:21:01,521 Hey, why don't you take a break? 402 00:21:01,695 --> 00:21:04,263 I will, when I've found what I'm looking for. 403 00:21:16,884 --> 00:21:19,800 Rachel, we got here as quick as we could. 404 00:21:19,974 --> 00:21:21,323 Is the boy still sleeping? 405 00:21:21,497 --> 00:21:23,194 He was the last time I looked in on him. 406 00:21:23,369 --> 00:21:24,979 -That's his workup? -Yeah. 407 00:21:25,153 --> 00:21:26,633 Everything's come back negative. 408 00:21:26,807 --> 00:21:29,375 We've even had specialists examine his vocal cords. 409 00:21:29,549 --> 00:21:30,767 There's no physical manifestation 410 00:21:30,941 --> 00:21:32,900 to explain his lack of speech. 411 00:21:33,074 --> 00:21:37,948 It's completely psychosomatic, totally post-traumatic. I... 412 00:21:38,122 --> 00:21:41,561 But what is really troubling... 413 00:21:41,735 --> 00:21:44,912 Is that these bruises continue to appear. 414 00:21:45,086 --> 00:21:46,435 His condition is getting worse? 415 00:21:47,306 --> 00:21:49,046 Well... 416 00:21:49,220 --> 00:21:52,093 I've identified a half a dozen new marks since Philip left. 417 00:21:53,137 --> 00:21:54,487 Can you show us? 418 00:21:54,661 --> 00:21:56,358 Oh, sure. It's just downstairs. 419 00:21:58,882 --> 00:22:01,145 I've posted the photos in the lab. 420 00:22:58,942 --> 00:23:00,204 [gasps] 421 00:23:06,515 --> 00:23:10,519 [boy whispering] Michael. Michael. 422 00:23:21,095 --> 00:23:22,401 Are you all right? 423 00:23:28,972 --> 00:23:30,234 His room's just down here to the right, 424 00:23:30,409 --> 00:23:31,584 but just give me a minute. 425 00:23:31,758 --> 00:23:32,802 I want to tell Katherine where I'm going. 426 00:23:32,976 --> 00:23:33,847 Katherine, I... 427 00:23:34,891 --> 00:23:35,675 Katherine? 428 00:23:37,198 --> 00:23:38,895 [rumbling] 429 00:23:40,941 --> 00:23:42,508 -[glass shatters] -Katherine? 430 00:23:42,682 --> 00:23:44,205 [screaming] 431 00:23:44,858 --> 00:23:46,076 Stop it! 432 00:23:47,687 --> 00:23:48,992 -[Katherine] Stop it! -Katherine! 433 00:23:51,473 --> 00:23:53,214 -[screaming] -Katherine. 434 00:23:56,391 --> 00:23:59,568 [sighs] Why didn't you stay where I left you? 435 00:23:59,742 --> 00:24:00,787 There was another boy. 436 00:24:00,961 --> 00:24:02,441 I followed him. 437 00:24:02,615 --> 00:24:03,703 What other boy? 438 00:24:03,877 --> 00:24:05,269 Did you speak to him? 439 00:24:05,444 --> 00:24:07,271 No. He's very angry. 440 00:24:09,535 --> 00:24:10,579 What is it? 441 00:24:10,753 --> 00:24:12,538 There's water on the floor. 442 00:24:12,712 --> 00:24:14,191 A trail. 443 00:24:14,365 --> 00:24:16,455 It looks like footprints. 444 00:24:16,629 --> 00:24:18,413 Excuse me, why has my son been... 445 00:24:18,587 --> 00:24:20,023 What are you doing here? 446 00:24:20,197 --> 00:24:21,590 If Damon sent you, I would like you to leave. 447 00:24:21,764 --> 00:24:22,939 -[Rachel] Mrs. Ballard? -Excuse me. 448 00:24:23,113 --> 00:24:24,811 Mrs. Ballard, I'm Dr. Corrigan. 449 00:24:24,985 --> 00:24:26,987 -There are some things going on-- -Lisa. 450 00:24:27,161 --> 00:24:28,858 Lisa, there is reason to believe your son may be in real danger. 451 00:24:29,032 --> 00:24:30,860 There is nothing wrong with my son 452 00:24:31,034 --> 00:24:32,340 that getting him away from my husband won't fix. 453 00:24:32,514 --> 00:24:33,515 Now, get out! 454 00:24:33,689 --> 00:24:34,473 All of you. 455 00:24:36,213 --> 00:24:37,867 Mommy's here, Michael. 456 00:24:38,041 --> 00:24:39,173 Sweetie? 457 00:24:39,347 --> 00:24:40,827 He's here. 458 00:24:42,655 --> 00:24:43,656 [Katherine] Mommy! 459 00:24:43,830 --> 00:24:45,396 -[gasps] -[Derek] Stay down. 460 00:24:48,399 --> 00:24:49,488 [screams] 461 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:51,707 [Katherine] No! 462 00:24:55,189 --> 00:24:56,495 [screaming] 463 00:25:07,723 --> 00:25:09,508 -Mommy! -Look at Mommy, honey. 464 00:25:15,818 --> 00:25:16,863 Look! 465 00:25:17,037 --> 00:25:18,865 [Derek] Yeah, "David." 466 00:25:19,039 --> 00:25:20,649 What does it mean? 467 00:25:20,823 --> 00:25:21,955 I don't know. 468 00:25:28,962 --> 00:25:31,138 [sighs] Are you all right? 469 00:25:31,312 --> 00:25:32,443 -Uh-huh. -Okay, baby. 470 00:25:32,618 --> 00:25:34,358 Michael, answer me. 471 00:25:35,751 --> 00:25:36,535 You stay here. 472 00:25:37,448 --> 00:25:38,798 [sobbing] 473 00:25:38,972 --> 00:25:40,103 Baby, answer me, please. 474 00:25:40,277 --> 00:25:42,715 Lisa, Lisa, Lisa. 475 00:25:42,889 --> 00:25:44,804 -What's wrong? -What do you think? 476 00:25:44,978 --> 00:25:46,414 [Rachel] His pupils are dilated. 477 00:25:47,197 --> 00:25:48,416 Pulse weak. 478 00:25:48,590 --> 00:25:50,461 The bruising much more pronounced. 479 00:25:50,636 --> 00:25:52,812 What's wrong with him? What's happening to him? 480 00:25:52,986 --> 00:25:54,204 Mrs. Ballard, I wish I had an easy answer for you, 481 00:25:54,378 --> 00:25:55,989 but whatever this is, 482 00:25:56,163 --> 00:25:59,340 this hospital is not equipped to handle it. Look. 483 00:25:59,514 --> 00:26:02,386 We've got to move your son into a more isolated environment now. 484 00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:04,954 [Derek] Now, I realize we're asking you to accept a lot on faith, 485 00:26:05,128 --> 00:26:08,654 but unless you allow us to act immediately, we may be too late. 486 00:26:08,828 --> 00:26:10,699 Okay. Just please take care of him. 487 00:26:10,873 --> 00:26:12,266 I'll organize the helicopter. 488 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:14,573 -[Rachel] On three. -[both] One, two, three. 489 00:26:24,191 --> 00:26:26,323 [Damon] Thanks for everything, I really appreciate it. 490 00:26:26,497 --> 00:26:28,325 Finally. What kept you? 491 00:26:28,499 --> 00:26:29,805 I had to post a bond. 492 00:26:29,979 --> 00:26:31,415 We need to talk. 493 00:26:31,590 --> 00:26:32,591 Why, what's this? 494 00:26:32,765 --> 00:26:34,114 The papers I told you about. 495 00:26:34,288 --> 00:26:35,724 It's for our own protection. 496 00:26:35,898 --> 00:26:37,378 Our protection. 497 00:26:37,552 --> 00:26:39,685 Tell me you're not this naive. 498 00:26:39,859 --> 00:26:41,469 You're about to go through a divorce. 499 00:26:41,643 --> 00:26:43,689 You need to protect yourself while you still can. 500 00:26:43,863 --> 00:26:45,952 Can we please talk about this some other time? 501 00:26:46,126 --> 00:26:47,867 No, damn it! 502 00:26:48,041 --> 00:26:51,000 You have to close your accounts, cancel your credit cards. 503 00:26:51,174 --> 00:26:54,787 Look, I've seen to everything, just do as I say. 504 00:26:54,961 --> 00:26:56,615 Sign the papers and leave the rest to me. 505 00:26:57,833 --> 00:26:58,747 Do as you say? 506 00:27:00,270 --> 00:27:01,663 What about me? 507 00:27:01,837 --> 00:27:04,187 All I ever did was to please you. 508 00:27:04,361 --> 00:27:06,450 The way I treated Lisa, God, no wonder she wanted a divorce. 509 00:27:06,625 --> 00:27:07,626 Hmm. 510 00:27:08,757 --> 00:27:10,106 You're pathetic. 511 00:27:11,455 --> 00:27:12,761 Like father, like son. 512 00:27:14,502 --> 00:27:15,721 Come back here. 513 00:27:15,895 --> 00:27:17,287 What do you think you're gonna do? 514 00:27:17,461 --> 00:27:18,637 You don't wanna know. 515 00:27:20,464 --> 00:27:22,423 I'm going to see my son. 516 00:27:28,429 --> 00:27:30,692 [Lisa] He just looks so helpless. 517 00:27:30,866 --> 00:27:33,173 Well, we have amazing recuperative powers, 518 00:27:33,347 --> 00:27:35,175 especially when we're young. 519 00:27:35,349 --> 00:27:36,655 Sometimes it just takes time. 520 00:27:38,961 --> 00:27:41,398 What's the kid doing here? 521 00:27:41,572 --> 00:27:43,662 We needed to isolate him before the next visitation. 522 00:27:43,836 --> 00:27:45,315 Visitation from who, his father? 523 00:27:47,491 --> 00:27:48,667 Listen, Nick. 524 00:27:50,190 --> 00:27:52,540 I know how strongly you feel about this, 525 00:27:52,714 --> 00:27:54,150 but whatever it is that's attacking him 526 00:27:54,324 --> 00:27:55,543 has nothing to do with child abuse. 527 00:27:56,631 --> 00:27:58,111 Hey, what's going on here? 528 00:27:58,285 --> 00:28:00,026 This isn't you. 529 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:01,549 You think you know this guy? 530 00:28:01,723 --> 00:28:03,986 I bet you think you knew my father too. 531 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,032 But you didn't know him when he was drunk. 532 00:28:06,206 --> 00:28:07,903 When he'd fly into a rage, beat my mother up. 533 00:28:08,077 --> 00:28:09,252 And when I would try to stop him, 534 00:28:09,426 --> 00:28:10,297 he'd beat me too. 535 00:28:11,733 --> 00:28:12,691 Your father? 536 00:28:13,909 --> 00:28:14,954 I had no idea-- 537 00:28:15,128 --> 00:28:16,564 Nobody ever does, Derek. 538 00:28:17,913 --> 00:28:19,698 He was a great guy, wasn't he? 539 00:28:21,438 --> 00:28:24,485 A great provider. Never slept around. 540 00:28:27,053 --> 00:28:28,968 But nobody had to live with him but us. 541 00:28:39,500 --> 00:28:40,588 I'm sorry. 542 00:28:42,285 --> 00:28:44,505 I can see now how hard this must be for you. 543 00:28:46,376 --> 00:28:48,770 But it doesn't change the facts here. 544 00:28:48,944 --> 00:28:50,511 Whatever it is we're dealing with 545 00:28:50,685 --> 00:28:53,079 literally broke into Michael's hospital room 546 00:28:53,253 --> 00:28:54,776 through the window seven floors above the street 547 00:28:54,950 --> 00:28:56,909 and trashed it. 548 00:28:57,083 --> 00:28:58,519 And then, followed us when we attempted to move him. 549 00:28:58,693 --> 00:29:00,651 We couldn't stay there. 550 00:29:00,826 --> 00:29:02,653 We needed a place we could control. 551 00:29:05,308 --> 00:29:07,833 So, if you really want to help this boy, 552 00:29:08,007 --> 00:29:09,660 you've gotta get past your own pain. 553 00:29:11,662 --> 00:29:14,143 What do you want me to do? 554 00:29:14,317 --> 00:29:16,798 We've put him in the library, so as soon as we're set, 555 00:29:16,972 --> 00:29:18,452 lock the doors and get ready for... 556 00:29:18,626 --> 00:29:19,583 Anything. 557 00:29:21,237 --> 00:29:22,325 Deal. 558 00:29:28,157 --> 00:29:29,811 Emily, thanks for coming so late. 559 00:29:29,985 --> 00:29:31,073 Oh, it's not a problem. 560 00:29:31,247 --> 00:29:32,466 But I don't wanna go home. 561 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:34,337 I know you don't want to go home. 562 00:29:34,511 --> 00:29:35,774 You heard the noises. 563 00:29:35,948 --> 00:29:37,863 I want to know what happened. 564 00:29:38,037 --> 00:29:39,299 Nothing happened. 565 00:29:39,473 --> 00:29:40,953 Mom! 566 00:29:41,127 --> 00:29:42,389 Well, even if something did, 567 00:29:42,563 --> 00:29:44,913 I want you home in bed now, okay? 568 00:29:45,087 --> 00:29:47,089 She's had her dinner, needs to brush her teeth. 569 00:29:47,263 --> 00:29:49,657 I'll be home as soon as I can. 570 00:29:49,831 --> 00:29:50,963 Okay, don't worry about a thing. 571 00:29:51,137 --> 00:29:52,573 You listen to everything Emily says. 572 00:29:52,747 --> 00:29:54,053 Straight to bed. 573 00:29:54,227 --> 00:29:55,794 What about you? 574 00:29:57,056 --> 00:29:59,058 I'll be okay. Kiss. 575 00:30:02,409 --> 00:30:04,454 Okay, you guys. 576 00:30:04,628 --> 00:30:07,501 Now, drive carefully, seat belts on, and sweet dreams. 577 00:30:07,675 --> 00:30:08,937 -Bye. -Bye. 578 00:30:13,812 --> 00:30:15,248 [Derek] Maybe you should go with her. 579 00:30:15,422 --> 00:30:16,684 Maybe I should. 580 00:30:17,467 --> 00:30:18,817 But I can't. 581 00:30:20,253 --> 00:30:22,081 Any other recommendations? 582 00:30:22,255 --> 00:30:24,083 Well, actually, I've been thinking. 583 00:30:24,257 --> 00:30:25,301 For your daughter's sake, 584 00:30:27,086 --> 00:30:28,914 maybe you need to seriously reconsider 585 00:30:29,088 --> 00:30:30,393 the level of your involvement here. 586 00:30:31,481 --> 00:30:32,918 For her sake. 587 00:30:33,092 --> 00:30:34,876 Clearly, she has the sight. 588 00:30:35,050 --> 00:30:36,835 The question is, is she going to grow up too fast. 589 00:30:38,445 --> 00:30:40,186 I'm not sure, I... 590 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:42,188 I can't tell her it doesn't exist. 591 00:30:42,362 --> 00:30:44,799 So she sees it as normal. 592 00:30:44,973 --> 00:30:46,757 The last thing on Earth I want is for my daughter 593 00:30:46,932 --> 00:30:48,672 to feel like she's some sort of a freak. 594 00:30:48,847 --> 00:30:50,892 Yeah, fair enough. 595 00:30:51,066 --> 00:30:53,634 I guess we just take it moment to moment, right? 596 00:30:55,375 --> 00:30:56,332 I guess. 597 00:30:58,334 --> 00:30:59,596 Anyway, 598 00:30:59,770 --> 00:31:02,686 what's going on up there? 599 00:31:02,861 --> 00:31:05,167 Oh, whatever it is that's been attacking the boy, it's, uh... 600 00:31:05,341 --> 00:31:06,865 Much stronger than we thought. 601 00:31:09,128 --> 00:31:10,869 Please, I need to know what's going on. 602 00:31:18,267 --> 00:31:20,269 [Derek] If you're ready, we'd like to start. 603 00:31:20,443 --> 00:31:21,923 What are you going to do? 604 00:31:22,097 --> 00:31:23,446 Well, the first step 605 00:31:23,620 --> 00:31:26,623 is to get whatever it is to manifest itself. 606 00:31:26,797 --> 00:31:29,322 Once we know exactly what we're up against, we know what to do. 607 00:31:29,496 --> 00:31:30,758 [electronic buzzing and beeping] 608 00:31:39,593 --> 00:31:42,901 [chanting in Latin] 609 00:31:45,555 --> 00:31:46,905 [beeps] 610 00:31:47,079 --> 00:31:47,906 [gasps] 611 00:31:49,603 --> 00:31:50,821 Our Father who art in heaven, 612 00:31:50,996 --> 00:31:52,127 -hallowed be Thy name. -[screaming] 613 00:31:52,301 --> 00:31:54,216 -Michael! -Thy kingdom come. 614 00:31:54,390 --> 00:31:56,610 Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses 615 00:31:56,784 --> 00:31:58,699 as we forgive those who trespass against us. 616 00:31:58,873 --> 00:32:01,789 Lead us not into temptation, 617 00:32:01,963 --> 00:32:04,183 but deliver us from all evil. Amen! 618 00:32:04,357 --> 00:32:05,575 [shouts] 619 00:32:05,749 --> 00:32:07,316 [continues screaming] 620 00:32:07,490 --> 00:32:08,839 [groaning] 621 00:32:12,582 --> 00:32:13,932 What are you doing here? Get out! 622 00:32:19,415 --> 00:32:20,068 Damon? 623 00:32:25,378 --> 00:32:26,814 No! 624 00:32:26,988 --> 00:32:29,599 [wheezing] I can't breathe! 625 00:32:30,513 --> 00:32:32,124 Oh, my God, no! 626 00:32:50,751 --> 00:32:52,361 [water splashing] 627 00:33:03,764 --> 00:33:05,461 [gasps] 628 00:33:15,602 --> 00:33:18,997 [wheezing] I can't breathe. 629 00:33:42,281 --> 00:33:43,064 David? 630 00:33:47,677 --> 00:33:49,288 [Rachel] When dealing with these kinds of phenomena, 631 00:33:49,462 --> 00:33:52,030 it's critical to identify patterns as they emerge. 632 00:33:52,204 --> 00:33:54,554 Clearly the spirit has followed him, just as we hoped. 633 00:33:54,728 --> 00:33:57,165 Hoped? You mean, you knew this would happen? 634 00:33:57,339 --> 00:33:59,994 Look, your son was attacked at your home, twice in the hospital. 635 00:34:00,168 --> 00:34:02,736 It's not so surprising that it would have followed him here as well. 636 00:34:02,910 --> 00:34:04,303 At least now we know what we're confronted by. 637 00:34:04,477 --> 00:34:05,652 Which is what? 638 00:34:11,049 --> 00:34:12,180 Your son is being attacked by a ghost. 639 00:34:15,009 --> 00:34:16,054 The ghost of a child. 640 00:34:20,232 --> 00:34:21,537 [Derek] Please don't take offense, 641 00:34:21,711 --> 00:34:23,235 though our questions must be answered. 642 00:34:25,411 --> 00:34:26,977 Did you have a stillborn child? 643 00:34:27,152 --> 00:34:28,631 No, never. 644 00:34:28,805 --> 00:34:30,503 And Michael isn't a twin? 645 00:34:30,677 --> 00:34:32,026 What are you talking about? Of course not. 646 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:33,549 You had no right to come here. 647 00:34:33,723 --> 00:34:34,898 Lisa, please, just listen. 648 00:34:35,073 --> 00:34:36,335 No, you listen to me. 649 00:34:36,509 --> 00:34:38,424 This whole thing started because of you. 650 00:34:38,598 --> 00:34:40,687 I don't want you anywhere near Michael, do you understand me? 651 00:34:40,861 --> 00:34:43,429 I want you as far away from him as you can possibly be. 652 00:34:43,603 --> 00:34:45,387 Fine. Be angry with me. 653 00:34:45,561 --> 00:34:46,780 Do anything you want, 654 00:34:46,954 --> 00:34:48,869 but take Michael and get out of here 655 00:34:49,043 --> 00:34:51,306 before this ghost comes back. 656 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,874 Weren't you listening? We can't outrun this. 657 00:34:54,048 --> 00:34:54,962 She's right. 658 00:34:56,485 --> 00:34:58,357 No, take Michael and go. Now. 659 00:34:59,140 --> 00:35:00,185 Guess again. 660 00:35:00,359 --> 00:35:01,360 Get out of my way. 661 00:35:01,534 --> 00:35:02,535 That's not gonna happen. 662 00:35:12,893 --> 00:35:13,894 Sorry, he asked for it. 663 00:35:14,068 --> 00:35:15,113 Yeah, you didn't? 664 00:35:29,866 --> 00:35:31,738 Whatever it is that's happening, it's a response to something. 665 00:35:31,912 --> 00:35:33,043 -And I need to know what. -There's nothing to say. 666 00:35:33,218 --> 00:35:34,567 Well, I think there is. 667 00:35:34,741 --> 00:35:36,395 When you arrived, and the spirit was raging, 668 00:35:36,569 --> 00:35:38,440 I was afraid we wouldn't be able to contain it. 669 00:35:38,614 --> 00:35:40,616 Yet the moment it saw you, everything ceased. 670 00:35:42,618 --> 00:35:44,751 It was as if the entire ordeal was created to bring you here. 671 00:35:44,925 --> 00:35:46,666 Why? 672 00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:47,884 You've got to let me help you before it's too late. 673 00:35:48,058 --> 00:35:50,365 -Go to hell! -Why? 674 00:35:50,539 --> 00:35:52,367 Is that where I'll find the answer? 675 00:35:52,541 --> 00:35:54,978 Damn it, we're friends. For Michael's sake, 676 00:35:55,153 --> 00:35:56,502 you've got to tell me what this is all about 677 00:35:56,676 --> 00:35:58,330 before this ghost comes back. 678 00:35:58,504 --> 00:35:59,940 If the ghost child isn't here for Michael, 679 00:36:00,114 --> 00:36:01,811 then he's using Michael to get to you. 680 00:36:01,985 --> 00:36:03,900 If it can recognize you, 681 00:36:04,074 --> 00:36:06,033 then you must know what it is we're dealing with. 682 00:36:06,207 --> 00:36:07,600 You've got to tell me. 683 00:36:09,167 --> 00:36:10,211 Oh, Jesus. 684 00:36:11,473 --> 00:36:12,170 Why won't it die? 685 00:36:15,999 --> 00:36:18,176 [Derek] Perhaps because it needs something only you can give. 686 00:36:20,178 --> 00:36:22,005 What am I gonna do? 687 00:36:22,180 --> 00:36:23,616 You start by telling me the truth. 688 00:36:26,923 --> 00:36:28,098 We were so young. 689 00:36:32,712 --> 00:36:33,669 Her name was Laura. 690 00:36:35,889 --> 00:36:37,630 I met her when I was in college. 691 00:36:37,804 --> 00:36:39,806 She worked in the bookstore. She was so beautiful. 692 00:36:40,633 --> 00:36:41,764 So bright. 693 00:36:42,765 --> 00:36:44,245 [sighs] 694 00:36:44,419 --> 00:36:46,116 Her family didn't have any money. 695 00:36:46,291 --> 00:36:48,075 No position, no power, but she was everything I wanted. 696 00:36:50,164 --> 00:36:51,644 Everything my father hated. 697 00:36:55,169 --> 00:36:56,388 I got her pregnant. 698 00:36:56,562 --> 00:36:58,128 [exhales heavily] 699 00:36:58,303 --> 00:37:00,174 My father went crazy. 700 00:37:00,348 --> 00:37:03,221 He insisted she have it aborted. She refused. 701 00:37:03,395 --> 00:37:04,874 She had the child out of wedlock, 702 00:37:05,048 --> 00:37:06,006 a boy. 703 00:37:07,225 --> 00:37:08,226 Named David. 704 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:13,492 My father demanded that I disown them, 705 00:37:13,666 --> 00:37:15,276 but she tried to bring a paternity suit. 706 00:37:16,799 --> 00:37:19,367 Called the judge, pulled a few strings. 707 00:37:20,673 --> 00:37:21,587 I just stood by. 708 00:37:24,067 --> 00:37:25,243 What happened to them? 709 00:37:27,723 --> 00:37:31,249 Ten years later, I received this. 710 00:37:35,427 --> 00:37:36,993 Don't ask me why I kept it. 711 00:37:37,167 --> 00:37:38,299 [Damon] Call it guilt. 712 00:37:41,259 --> 00:37:43,478 Two days after she mailed it to me, she committed suicide. 713 00:37:45,350 --> 00:37:48,048 They found the boy... 714 00:37:48,222 --> 00:37:49,963 Lying face down in the tub. 715 00:37:52,052 --> 00:37:53,140 Drowned. 716 00:37:54,881 --> 00:37:56,056 Wet footprints. 717 00:37:57,057 --> 00:37:58,450 Same age as Michael. 718 00:38:00,495 --> 00:38:02,497 I'd say he's attempting to do to Michael 719 00:38:02,671 --> 00:38:04,238 what was done to him, 720 00:38:04,412 --> 00:38:06,458 and there's only one way to stop him. 721 00:38:06,632 --> 00:38:08,024 You've got to atone for what you did. 722 00:38:08,198 --> 00:38:09,287 [Rachel] Derek! 723 00:38:10,113 --> 00:38:11,158 It's starting. 724 00:38:12,681 --> 00:38:14,466 What the hell does it want? 725 00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:16,250 If we knew that, we might be able to stop it. 726 00:38:16,424 --> 00:38:17,860 All the warmth's gone out of his body. 727 00:38:18,034 --> 00:38:19,949 We're losing him. You've got to talk to him, now. 728 00:38:20,123 --> 00:38:21,473 But he can't hear me. 729 00:38:21,647 --> 00:38:23,301 Wrong, he can't respond, but he knows your voice. 730 00:38:23,475 --> 00:38:25,041 Speak from your heart. 731 00:38:25,215 --> 00:38:27,566 It's not his body that's in danger. It's his soul! 732 00:38:27,740 --> 00:38:29,350 Michael? 733 00:38:29,524 --> 00:38:31,352 Michael, I love you so much, Michael. 734 00:38:31,526 --> 00:38:32,962 I couldn't live without you. 735 00:38:33,136 --> 00:38:34,312 Please don't leave me. 736 00:38:40,579 --> 00:38:42,320 Listen to me, David. 737 00:38:42,494 --> 00:38:43,451 Stop before it's too late. 738 00:38:45,192 --> 00:38:46,324 Show yourself! 739 00:38:50,066 --> 00:38:51,329 [yells] 740 00:38:53,940 --> 00:38:54,767 David. 741 00:38:55,985 --> 00:38:58,510 [wheezing] I can't breathe. 742 00:39:04,559 --> 00:39:05,343 No! 743 00:39:09,042 --> 00:39:11,349 -No, no! -No, no! 744 00:39:15,048 --> 00:39:17,616 [Lisa sobbing] Oh, my God, no. 745 00:39:17,790 --> 00:39:19,487 -No. -Why doesn't it tell us what it wants? 746 00:39:19,661 --> 00:39:20,706 It is. 747 00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:22,447 The sins of the father. 748 00:39:22,621 --> 00:39:24,971 Damon, time of atonement. 749 00:39:26,364 --> 00:39:27,277 David... 750 00:39:27,452 --> 00:39:29,367 [shrieks] 751 00:39:31,804 --> 00:39:32,718 I can't. 752 00:39:32,892 --> 00:39:33,588 You must. 753 00:39:35,764 --> 00:39:38,376 David, my son. 754 00:39:40,856 --> 00:39:42,728 [wheezing] I can't breathe. 755 00:39:43,598 --> 00:39:44,817 Forgive me. 756 00:39:44,991 --> 00:39:45,992 I was wrong. 757 00:39:49,952 --> 00:39:52,390 But taking an innocent life won't make it right. 758 00:39:55,175 --> 00:39:58,178 I killed you, caused your death and your mother's. 759 00:39:58,352 --> 00:39:59,527 It was me. 760 00:39:59,701 --> 00:40:01,355 [Lisa whimpers] 761 00:40:01,529 --> 00:40:05,403 I'm the one who deserves to pay, not your brother. 762 00:40:11,931 --> 00:40:13,411 Take me. 763 00:40:14,977 --> 00:40:15,978 Spare him. 764 00:40:25,510 --> 00:40:27,555 [David, wheezing] Come with me, Father. 765 00:40:29,427 --> 00:40:30,428 Lisa, I... 766 00:40:32,081 --> 00:40:36,085 [David] Take my hand. 767 00:40:44,354 --> 00:40:45,791 Damon, no. Not you too! 768 00:40:54,974 --> 00:40:56,236 [screams] 769 00:41:01,415 --> 00:41:02,460 [crackling] 770 00:41:03,896 --> 00:41:05,114 [gasps] 771 00:41:07,116 --> 00:41:08,291 Michael! 772 00:41:10,729 --> 00:41:11,469 Oh! 773 00:41:13,035 --> 00:41:14,515 [Lisa] Oh, baby, I was so worried. 774 00:41:14,689 --> 00:41:16,256 I'm so glad you're safe. 775 00:41:17,475 --> 00:41:19,085 It's over. 776 00:41:19,259 --> 00:41:20,478 It's over, the curse is lifted. 777 00:41:45,503 --> 00:41:47,461 If you're busy, I can come back. 778 00:41:47,635 --> 00:41:49,158 Not at all. Come in, sit down. 779 00:41:54,947 --> 00:41:56,426 About what happened. 780 00:41:56,601 --> 00:41:57,427 Yeah? 781 00:41:57,602 --> 00:41:58,516 My old man? 782 00:41:59,952 --> 00:42:00,561 Thanks. 783 00:42:01,780 --> 00:42:02,520 For what? 784 00:42:04,478 --> 00:42:05,305 Understanding. 785 00:42:07,263 --> 00:42:08,395 Your father hurt you. 786 00:42:09,918 --> 00:42:11,529 He did things even I didn't know about. 787 00:42:14,140 --> 00:42:16,316 Some wounds never heal. 788 00:42:16,490 --> 00:42:17,926 But nobody can change the past. 789 00:42:20,233 --> 00:42:21,539 You can make your own peace 790 00:42:23,758 --> 00:42:24,542 and move on.