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[Lois]
What's that line
from that movie you love

with, uh, Bill Holden?

"If they move, kill 'em."

[heart monitor beeping]

[swallows]

Did I tell you we got
robot cop-dogs now?

[ventilator hissing]

Steel Dobermans,
razor-sharp teeth

with rocket launchers
and-and flame throwers.

They're no match for my guy.

[soft hissing]

And I'm not.

Marsh...

lately, the only thing
that's holding me together

is uppers and vodka.

Used to be you.

Long ago.

Grotesquerie is, is taunting me.

I'm as doomed...

as you are.

You know you're doomed, right?

[over speaker]
Your great enemy
Nitzsche was right:

God is dead.

[Redd]
Are we recording this?
I need evidence.

I don't have a lead on this.

Not a goddamned one.

I got to,
I got to steady myself.

I got to concentrate

until I can catch this sicko.

I guess
what I'm saying is, Marsh,

I'm not gonna be able to be
here to see you every day.

Abandonment!

This man needs care
and familiarity.

If he gets me before I get him,
which is...

which is probably the case...

...this is goodbye.

For our sins,
we both deserve death.

♪ ♪

Maybe we'll be kinder
to each other then.

Kind ghosts.

In the land of the dead.

"Kind ghosts"?
Her brain is pickled in vodka.

[Lois]
But if I solve this

and I live,

ah, I'm giving away
all your books,

with the notes
in the margins... for what?

What good did they do?

Baby, this is the end of time,

and that,

that is what
Mr. Grotesquerie is saying.

"This is the end."

Christ, she's barking mad.

We will have power of attorney.
We will.

♪ ♪

["Images Of Heaven"
by Peter Godwin playing]

[Charlie]
It starts right here, baby.

The future
of the Catholic church

is in this cycle class.

We're gonna take it up a notch.

I want everyone to increase
their resistance

another five to ten.

Five to ten, baby, let's go.

All right.

You are saving your souls
from sinning while spinning.

Come on.

[inhales, exhales]

You got it in you,
I know you do.

♪ ♪

Okay. All right.

Here we go.
Get ready and deep breath.

[exhaling]

♪♪ In this new religion... ♪

We're gonna go
in five seconds.

All. Out.

This is it. And sprint.

♪♪ Nobody sees... ♪

Five, four,

three, two, one.

Douse yourself.

Inhale the Holy Spirit.

- Amen.
- [gasps]

[footsteps receding]

♪♪ Images of heaven. ♪

[running water shuts off]

[chuckles softly]

[chuckles]

Oopsies.

Sorry, Father.

I just wanted to...

I just wanted to review
my recent reporting.

No.

No, this is not approved.

- This is where we are.
- We can't run a story that says

that the police are stymied
and that they have no new leads.

It's...

It's boring.

Lackluster.

Right, I-I-I'm sorry,
I know that you know

that I think
that you're a talented writer.

It's just that it...

seems like low-hanging fruit
to me.

Maybe.

I think we can expect more

out of your journalistic efforts
than that.

Because, I'm sorry... [stammers]
...where is the bloodlust?

Where is the fear?

[Charlie laughs]

It's not in that story.

♪ ♪

Don't worry.

It's all part of the process.

The waiting.

Excuse me.

You're an observer.

It's what makes you
such a good journalist.

You like to watch.

♪ ♪

Maybe I'm stuck.

Maybe I need
to push myself harder.

You are right, because there's
always something worth seeing.

If-if you look close enough.

You were watching me.

Earlier, in the rec room.

Anything worth seeing?

It was...

...an exaltation of God's
glory through physical prowess.

It's kind of become
my side hustle.

The Pedaling Priest.

I could become a coach.

Start my own show.

Some of the older bishops,

they deride
all excessive exercise

as vanity.

They see it
as worshipping oneself.

A sin of the flesh, but...

to that I just say--

"Do you not know
that your bodies are temples

"of the Holy Spirit,
which is in you?

Therefore honor God
with your bodies."

Yes.

Exactly.

♪ ♪

This is exactly what they're...

talking about right now
at the Vatican.

An ecumenical council

has congregated so that they
can discuss a radical change,

and this would
completely disrupt

all of
the archaic interpretations

of the Scripture,

and this is regarding
sex and lifestyle.

And even, possibly,

potentially...

...celibacy

for those in the cloth.

Oh.
[chuckles softly]

That's difficult to imagine.

Is it so difficult?

Parishioners are losing faith,

and the youth are not
being called to serve

quite in the same way
as they used to.

[Megan moans softly]

- The church is dying.
- Mm-hmm.

And the bishops and the pope,
they-they know this.

[gasping softly]

They know that change must come.

♪ ♪

It is still a sin.

♪ ♪

We are...

...and we always will be...

[gasping]

[Megan]
Sinners.

[breathing heavily]

[whispers]
So fuck it.

Oh.

[Megan]
Ah!

[gasping]

[sighs]

EDDIE:
Hey, detective sassy-pants.

How you doing? Rough day?

Hell yeah. You can tell?

I know the look.

How's Marshall?

He's circling the drain,

and I...

Listen, babe, I owe you

a countless number of apologies

for my less than perfect
comportment.

"Comportment?"

That a fancy word
for being human, right?

You're fine. We're good.

- We're good, huh?
- Yeah.

I appreciate that.

You've always
been this gentlemanly?

What can I say?

You know what?
Let me bake you something.

What's your favorite cake?

You know what I like?
Pop-Tarts without the frosting.

What?

That's not even cake.

Let's do something.

You mean like a date?

Sure, we can call it that.

[man]
I was listening
to this one preacher,

says over the AM radio,

from the middle of the desert,

-"Hell is actually..."
- [alarm beeping]

"...right here on Earth."

So when you die,
you don't go to hell.

[alarm stops beeping]

So, I think,
"Well, why not die, then?"

- [soft hissing]
- So I set out
to do it with tequila.

I quit the job.

I quit everything, man,

except the tequila.

It's not an easy way
to kill yourself.

You get very sick and you
find yourself in a hospital,

your loved ones crying,

begging you to live.

And that's hell.

Hurting your loved ones.

And I have slipped...
[exhales] ...three times,

and every single time,

it's people like you
that hold me up.

So, if this is hell,

then how come
there's folks like y'all?

[clapping]

Can we please
go get something to eat now?

You get it, right?

You gotta slow down the sauce.

How'd you get off it?

So, I was your typical

ski bum. I love the slopes.

Until I tore all my ligaments.

And then, I hightailed up
to Juneau, Alaska.

Alaska?

- Mm-hmm.
- What'd you do there?

- [laughs]
- Tell me.

I worked at a male strip joint.

[laughs]

Jiggling it for horny mamas

coming off of cruise ships.

Tell me more.

I rocked a banana hammock

with the name "Big Peter
and His Banana Splitter."

[both laughing]

I know you made that up.

Thought it was classy.

No.

- No?
- [laughs]

Well, it worked for all those
ladies off those cruise ships,

'cause I would
get drunk with them,

take one
back to my cabin, and...

...if I got a tip, well,

I told myself
it was for dancing,

and not all the other stuff.

Ended up on the streets.

Was that your rock bottom?

[soft chuckle]

Oh, I had ways to go, Lady Lo.

Mmm.

But that's pretty much the gist.

I don't know, long story short,

I was just missing...

...my dignity, you know?

Indeed I do.

Listen, Lo.

I had to find stuff
to live for. You?

You haven't lost your dignity,

so don't.

All right?

[Lois sniffles]

I would invite you in,

but it's a little
complicated right now.

Yeah. You have a kid, right?

A daughter.

- She fine like you?
- Stop.

[laughs]

I don't want
to talk about her right now.

She's a wonderful girl,

I just...

I don't know if
I'm the right mother for her.

[chuckles]

Here, let me get that for you.

Thank you.

[sighs]

You're a real one,
you know that?

Right back at you, Lady Lo.

♪ ♪

[lock clicks]

[taps glass]

Sister.

Hey, uh,
it's not too late, is it?

[Megan]
Father Charlie
is so happy to do this.

He is glad
he can do something for you

in this time of need.

Did you want to talk to me
before he sees you?

Yeah? Exchange
some recent theories

about our killer, maybe?

[Lois]
You okay?

You seem nervous.

I'm fine. Just frustrated

that, in terms of our case,

we seem to be at an impasse.

[Lois]
We're working hard.

Cases get solved and...

sick people get better.

[Megan]
Most murders go unsolved.

And the majority of people
in hospitals usually die there,

alone.

Don't be naive.

I thought you were
smarter than that.

He's right inside.

In the booth.

So...

how does this shit work?

Mmm. "Stuff" work.

I take it that this
is your first confession?

What goes on in the booth,
stays in the booth.

Does that sufficiently
answer your question?

I am

sick of my own bullshit.

I have let so many people down.

Mostly myself.

I... I need to be stronger

and-and sharper as a cop,

and better

as a wife and a mother, but...

...instead, I climbed
into the bottle.

[Charlie]
You'll stop.

You're getting ready to.
I can tell.

And while my husband is dying,
I'm starting an affair.

Of course you are.

But God forgives us
our weaknesses so long as we--

So long as we what?

I haven't seen a sign
of God lately.

I mean, is he even listening?

Well, maybe his silence
is essential to our free will.

I think
that there has been a change

in the basics of human nature.

Something old, brutal
and hellish is here.

I don't think
that you're crazy to think that.

[Lois]
You sense it.

Nobody can do anything about it.

It's like... the darkness

that hangs in the air even
when it's sunny and light.

It's like God just...

just locked up and left.

- Adios.
- And so what if he did, Lois?

What if he's gone?

What if that's exactly
what he's done?

Big Daddy's left and gone
on a business trip, so...

[sighs]

We have the codes,

we know the rules
that goodness is governed by.

And maybe this is his way
of telling us that it's time

that we figure this shit out
on our own.

[whispering]
He didn't just leave, Father.

He left the keys
to the candy store to the devil.

[scoffs]

[Lois sighs]

[man on TV]
Let's keep things easy.

- Just a few basic ingredients.
- [door opens]

- [footsteps approaching]
- [door closes]

- [keys jingling]
- Garlic butter,

a little white wine,
fresh parsley.

And start with our...

Miss Merritt, you and that couch
are gonna fuse together.

You been watching TV all night?

While you're talking,

I got it open.

At first, I thought it was like
a Karakuri puzzle box.

You know, opens in a few steps,
but they can be

kind of tricky.
Uh, uh, uh.

But then I was like,
"No, maybe it's like a Rubik's."

You know,
it-it's gonna be an algorithm.

But, no,
this thing has its own logic.

It teaches you as you go. I've
never seen anything like it.

You know what? I don't care.
What was in the box?

This.

[touch tones sounding]

[line ringing]

Sister, I got something.

It's coordinates.

- [inhales deeply]
- [phone ringing]

[inhales]

- [exhales]
- [phone ringing]

[inhales, exhales]

[phone ringing]

- [answering machine clicks]
- [inhaling, exhaling continues]

[beeps]

[Lois]
Fast Eddie, I need a fast favor.

I know it's the crack of dawn,
but can you come by my house?

- I got good coffee.
- [exhales]

[call clicks off]

- [cupboard closes]
- [glass clinks]

[Merritt laughs]
What is this?

Are you trying to play
matchmaker or something, Mom?

Would that be so funny?

Merritt, I am trying
to keep you safe, okay?

Something is after me,

or us, okay?

Get your ass in there.

Your mother doesn't want you
sleeping by yourself overnight.

Thank you.

Is that so bad?

I don't know you.

Something's going on now.

I'm not stupid, Mom.

Are you two having relations, hmm?

You here to spy on me
and report back?

Jesus!

Merritt,

he works at the hospital,
taking care of your father.

Hmm.

Are you sure
you're not having an affair?

I'm glad
you find this so entertaining.

I'm very single.

- Hmm. You? Why? You gay?
- No, not yet, at least.

We'll see
what the future holds, though.

Hmm. Well,

do you like
to watch old movies all night?

Hmm? When I can't sleep,
my mom comes in,

and we watch old movies.

I like westerns.

And cooking shows.

- Cooking shows?
- Mm-hmm.

What can you make?

[French accent]
Ooh. Chicken tenders

- with a lemon caper sauce
and a panko crust.
- Mmm.

[normal voice]
And can't forget
my mom's famous tuna wiggle.

What the fuck is tuna wiggle?

Like a casserole.

What house rules does she have?

Do I need to enforce anything?

- [scoffs] You, enforce me?
- Mm-hmm.

Just try me, baby,
I'll run straight through you.

Hey. Keep this pepper spray
on you at all times.

It is powerful, but...

not exactly legal, okay?

Cool.

I might just use it on you.

Hey, nobody is
leaving this house at night

while I'm gone, okay?

Ed agreed to take off work for
a couple of days to protect you.

Just like he protects me.

[turn signal clicking]

[Lois]
So, have you ever heard
of this show called Good Times?

It's about this Black family
that lived in the ghetto.

Florida was the mother, James,

Thelma, J.J. and Michael.

Them, like you,

they always prayed
to a white Jesus.

I never understood that part.

Like, don't you think
your God should look like you?

[insects chirring]

♪♪ I don't know how to love him ♪

♪♪ What to do, how to move him ♪

♪♪ I've been changed ♪

♪♪ Yes, really changed ♪

♪♪ In these past few days ♪

♪♪ When I've seen myself ♪

♪♪ I seem like someone else ♪

♪♪ I don't know
how to take this ♪

[inhaling shakily]

♪♪ I don't see why he moves me ♪

♪♪ He's a man ♪

♪♪ He's just a man ♪

[inhales shakily]

♪♪ And I've had so many ♪

♪♪ Men before ♪

♪♪ In very many ways ♪

♪♪ He's just one more ♪

♪♪ Should I bring him down? ♪

♪♪ Should I scream and shout? ♪

♪♪ Should I speak of love? ♪

♪♪ Let my feelings out? ♪

♪♪ I never thought
I'd come to this ♪

♪♪ What's it all about? ♪

♪ ♪

[Lois]
♪♪ Don't you think
it's rather funny ♪

♪♪ I should be
in this position? ♪

♪♪ I'm the one ♪

♪♪ Who's always been ♪

♪♪ So calm, so cool ♪

♪♪ No lover's fool ♪

♪♪ Running every show ♪

♪♪ He scares me so ♪

♪ ♪

[both]
♪♪ I never thought
I'd come to this ♪

[Megan]
♪♪ What's it all about? ♪

[both]
♪♪ What's it all about? ♪

♪♪ Yet, if he said he loved me ♪

♪♪ I'd be lost ♪

♪♪ I'd be frightened ♪

♪♪ I couldn't cope ♪

♪♪ Just couldn't cope ♪

♪♪ I'd turn my head ♪

♪♪ I'd back away ♪

♪♪ I wouldn't want to know ♪

♪♪ He scares me so ♪

♪♪ I want him so ♪

♪♪ I love him so. ♪

[radio static crackles]

[radio deejay]
You're listening to Light 100.9,

the Desert Breeze.

[radio shuts off]

Jesus Christ Superstar.

Hot patootie, bless my soul.

That show made me

either want to be a nun
or a Broadway star.

I love this song.

I auditioned with this song.

It's about a whore,
Mary Magdalene.

She's confused.

She's in love with a man
she can never truly have.

Hmm. Been there, done that.

See, she doesn't know
how to love Jesus.

He's not like other men.

He's... one of a kind.

And... and frightening.
[inhales]

Never mind.

Okay, stop.

I can't.

Wait... Wait.

You auditioned for what?

Julliard.

I got in, but
the Church just called me more.

You remind me of a cat.

[laughs]

[Lois chuckling]

♪ ♪

I have to say, this trip feels
like a fool's errand.

The devil's trick.

What do you mean?

You know what I mean.

A trap, a set-up.

It's like a horror movie

people are sitting in the dark
watching.

And the stupid heroine
is creeping down

into the dark cellar,
and everyone

in the audience is screaming,

"Don't go into the cellar,
Jamie Lee!"

Because everyone knows

the killer is in there,
ready to attack.

It's a set-up, and here we are,

heading down into the cellar.

Aren't we smarter than this?

Don't we know
how this movie ends?

[wind whistling]

[sniffing]

Do you smell the smoke?

Fire season.

We're close.

♪ ♪

[wind gusting]

[Lois] Is he trying
to tell us something?

[Megan] Yes. Psalms 88:6-7.

"You have put me in the lowest
pit, in the darkest depths.

"Your wrath lies heavily on me;

you have overwhelmed me
with all your waves."

English, please.

He-He's in the darkest place
imaginable,

cut off from God
and God's love in the darkness.

And the part about the waves
is the relentlessness

of his punishment.

How does this even happen?

A massive firepit
in the middle of nowhere?

Lois, we have company.

[man] Hey! Hey.

Hey, you need to leave!

Hands! Let me see your hands!

Yeah, fine. Hands are visible.

I don't know
what the fuck you're doing here,

- but that thing's getting bigger
by the day.
- You got ID?

Can you not point that thing
at me, please?

Look, I'm not armed.

Look, you ladies don't want
to hang around here.

There's been earthquakes
averaging 3.4 to 4.2

almost consistently
over the past two weeks.

I'm Joe Ritter.

Dr. Joseph Ritter,
U.S. Geological Survey.

I was... I was camped out here,
when we got word.

- I've seen it widen.
- What the hell is it?!

It's a sinkhole
over a natural gas deposit.

There's a fault line you're on.

What are doing out here?

[laughs] Well, trying
to keep people like you away,

until someone decides
whether the National Guard,

or the U.S. Army
or some other outfit takes over.

What are you doing out here
anyhow?

Nobody knows about this yet.

You seen anybody else out here?

Car. And a pickup.

But they-they...
they just took off

before I could see the driver.

I didn't know there were
natural gas fields out here.

It was just detected.

It's worth billions.

Or, I don't know...

Maybe hell finally opened up...

...and it's not science at all.

[man on radio]
...holiness without God.

If you could go into
the presence of God unsaved,

he would literally
annihilate you.

You'd rather be in hell
in a heartbeat

- [cawing]
- than to come before a holy God.

Crying "Holy, holy, holy, holy."

Dare walk
into the presence of God

without the blood
covering your soul.

You'd scream for him,
you'd beg for him.

I hate those people.

You don't say.

[flames crackling]

Grotesquerie is trying
to scare us.

He's doing a pretty good job
of it, don't you think?

Oh... shit.

♪ ♪

What do we do now?

Um...

There was a motel
back in the valley.

We're gonna have
to spend the night.

♪ ♪

["Is That All There Is"
by Peggy Lee playing]

[speaking song]
♪♪ I remember
when I was a little girl ♪

- ♪♪ Our house caught on fire ♪
- [bell clangs twice]

♪♪ I'll never forget the look
on my father's face ♪

♪♪ As he gathered me up
in his arms ♪

♪♪ And raced through the burning
building onto the pavement ♪

♪♪ And I stood there,
shivering in my pajamas ♪

♪♪ And watched the whole world
go up in flames ♪

♪♪ And when it was all over,
I said to myself ♪

♪♪ "Is that all there is
to a fire?" ♪

♪♪ Is that all there is? ♪

[singing]
♪♪ Is that all there is? ♪

♪♪ If that's all there is,
my friends ♪

♪♪ Then let's keep dancing ♪

- [electricity humming]
- ♪♪ Let's break out the booze ♪

[dog barks]

♪♪ And have a ball ♪

Hi!

- ♪♪ If that's all ♪
- [dog panting]

♪♪ There is ♪

[speaking]
♪♪ When I was 12 years old ♪

♪♪ My daddy took me
to the circus... ♪

♪ ♪

- [tool chops]
- [man huffs]

♪ ♪

- [chopping]
- [man huffing]

[huffing]

I'm venturing a guess
that you have dogs. [grunts]

I had 'em.

- Wh-Why do you say that?
- [pants]

She likes you.

Doesn't like girls, usually.

But the girls
that she does like tend

to be girls who also have dogs.

Digging for buried treasure?

[man sighs]
Making a fire line.

[Lois]
It's like this thing just

sprang up out of nowhere, right?

No, nothing comes from nowhere.

We did it.

Burned fossil fuels,

increasing
the greenhouse gasses,

depleting the ozone layer.

Just nobody... cared.

You know if there's a way
around the fire?

[chuckles]
Too late for that.

You think we should go back?

Oh, definitely too late
to turn back. [laughs]

Do you know
what the tipping point is?

The global temperature is up
three degrees centigrade.

Threshold is four.

The only thing to do now is...

improvise, adapt and overcome.

You got to go through it.

- Through the fire?
- Uh-huh.

Heat rises,

so you want to get to lowland.

Safest place to be is
on the road.

You're lucky.

You got a car.

You'll survive... probably.

But not everybody, though.

Never everybody.

Well, what about you?

I mean, didn't somebody
come through here

- to evacuate this place?
- [laughs]

You mean, run away?

There isn't anywhere left
to run away to.

Here.

You take this.

Got to be prepared
for the worst.

You're feeling a little hot,

feel free to douse yourself off,
and just baptize...

Time to hit it.

[car dinging]

It's time
to get the hell out of here.

How are you getting reception, anyway?

[engine starts]

[tires screech]

["Let's Dance"
by David Bowie playing]

♪♪ Let's dance ♪

♪ ♪

I can barely see a thing.

[distant engine revs]

♪♪ Let's dance ♪

♪♪ Put on your red shoes ♪

♪♪ And dance the blues ♪

♪♪ Let's dance ♪

♪♪ To the song they're playing ♪

♪♪ On the radio... ♪

[Lois]
Hey.

I'm not gonna let anything
happen to you, okay?

We're gonna be fine.

The safest place for us to be
is right here on this road.

And we got
this baked potato thing.

We can hunker in it together.

It's my fault.

Well, according to Al Gore
back there,

it's all our fault.

So beat yourself with a feather,
not a bat.

No, I-I've done something.

I've sinned.

You mean,
drooling over Father Charlie?

Have an impure thought?

Not thought.

Oh, shit.

What, you and him?

I swore fidelity. To God.

It's-it's adultery
of the highest order.

Hey, hey, hey.

Because a man who's your boss,

in position of authority
over you,

pulled you in some coat closet
and got handsy,

you blaming yourself?

Listen, I work a ton
of sexual assault cases, and--

No, I wanted this. Badly.

I made this happen.

- Okay. Okay. Okay.
- It's my fault. Everything.

Forget about him
for a second, okay?

You think all of this
is happening

because a nun had a thought,

acted on it,

and now all hell is opening up

- and coming just for you?
- No.

Not just for me.

It's larger than that.

It's coming for all of us.

What I've done, it's part of it.

♪♪ Let's sway... ♪

Lois, have you ever
committed this sin?

Adultery?

Lois.

Stop!

[tires screech]

[Megan panting]

♪ ♪

Come! Get inside!

- Come in, you're safe.
- He's coming!

- He's coming, he's coming...
- What? Who?

Him.

Go!

[tires screech]

♪♪ Dance ♪

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♪♪ Let's dance ♪

♪♪ Put on your red shoes ♪

♪♪ And dance the blues ♪

♪♪ Let's dance ♪

♪♪ To the song they're playing ♪

♪♪ On the radio ♪

♪♪ Let's sway ♪

♪♪ While color lights up
your face ♪

♪♪ Let's sway ♪

♪♪ Sway through the crowd
to an empty space ♪

♪♪ If you say run ♪

♪♪ I'll run with you ♪

♪♪ And if you say hide ♪

♪♪ We'll hide ♪

♪♪ Ah... ♪

♪♪ Because my love for you ♪

♪♪ Would break my heart in two ♪

♪♪ If you should fall ♪

♪♪ Into my arms ♪

♪♪ Tremble like a flower ♪

♪ ♪

♪♪ Let's dance. ♪

♪ ♪