Feria: The Darkest Light (2022) s01e03 Episode Script

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A NETFLIX SERIES
[gasping]
[Pablo, echoing] Sweetheart.
You're just like me.
[gasps]
[sighs]
[breathing heavily]
[cult member] You have completed
the first veil.
Now you are an initiate in the light.
Don't worry, Sofía.
I know what you're looking for.
Let yourself go.
[deep growling sound]
[low, pulsating hum]
[Elena] Sweetheart.
Don't be afraid.
Mama?
Stay away from your sister.
What?
Lift the five veils.
Come next to me.
Give me strength, Mama. [sighs]
[birdsong]
[door lock snaps open]
[footsteps echoing]
[door closes]
[man sniffs]
Don't let anyone in.
CIVIL GUARD
DO NOT CROSS
[Sandra sighs]
-It won't change anything, Guillén.
-It doesn't hurt to try.
-[door opens]
-[Father Ezcaray] Were you looking for me?
[church bell ringing]
I did it. [gasping]
-I killed him.
-What did he do to you?
He attacked you?
Sandra, you have to give me something.
Please, try to remember.
[gasping]
[grunts]
He didn't do anything.
Just let me go, please.
[Guillén] Listen to me, Sandra.
Something happened here, okay?
Something you and I don't understand.
Did you see the mess in there?
They searched the place.
I'm thinking it was a robbery.
But we only found
the consecration chalice in your room.
Did you take anything else?
Did you?
[panting]
-I don't know.
-Sandra.
You didn't just murder that priest for
no reason. I don't believe that at all.
Things must make sense,
and this murder doesn't.
It's just as absurd to me
as it is to you, I swear.
All right. Calm down.
There's this Mani guy,
he's a drug dealer from town.
They say he was intimate with Ezcaray.
What if he set the whole thing up
to blame it on you?
[gasping] Guillén…
I'm the murderer.
[Guillén sighs]
[Ana] As well as the mass suicide,
and also the murder of Father Ezcaray,
there have been
some scenes of great tension.
-The daughters of Pablo and Elena…
-Right.
…who are wanted by the Civil Guard,
are still living in the town.
Yes, yes, they're still in the town.
But it's, uh, Elena and Pablo
who should show their faces,
-and explain…
-He thinks he's setting an example?
-…to the victims' families…
-Please, Mar. He's your father.
-We all do.
-[Mar sighs]
Families like yours.
Your daughter, Mar,
is a close friend of Eva,
-the daughter of the main suspects.
-[door slams upstairs]
…and also mourning the death of
Olga Serrano, another resident of Feria.
VICTIM OF THE CULT OF LIGH
MASS SUICIDE IN FERIA
She leaves behind her husband and her son
Chisco, as he is known in this town.
[Juanjo] Well, Olga wasn't a, say,
normal person, so to speak.
She had mental issues.
She struggled with addictions.
She just happened to find her demise
with this Cult of Light stuff,
but it could've been
in any number of ways.
She didn't, uh--
Her prospects weren't good.
[Ana] Cults prey on the weakest.
The Civil Guard believes Elena Vera
might have died inside the mine.
But apparently, Pablo Soto didn't go in.
We were able to see officers
of the Guardia Civil
-searching the forest around Feria.
-[chickens clucking]
They expect to be able to find him soon.
[helicopter droning overhead]
[Juanjo] Exactly. That's it.
What Elena and Pablo did is so sad.
So very sad.
[Ana] We are all struggling
to make sense of what happened,
[coughing]
What could have made so many normal people
decide to take their own lives?
Yes. This town is made up
of working people.
[coughing and gasping]
After the mine closed,
Feria had to reinvent itself.
The mine was the livelihood…
-You okay?
-…of many families here.
But together, we've always managed
to forge ahead.
[Ana] Last week's mass suicide
and Father Ezcaray's murder
happened so close to each other…
Eva, they brought some of the things
they took during the search.
[Eva] Hmph.
-I just made coffee. You want some?
-Yes, I need it.
[Sofía sighs]
What are you doing?
Putting it where it belongs.
Sofía, can you please take the photo away?
Put it in your room.
I'm not asking for much.
-[sighs]
-It's Dad's inhaler.
He needs it. He gets really bad.
You're hell-bent on them being alive, huh?
Then go right ahead.
But I'm getting tired of always giving in.
I never told you to blindly believe
whatever the police says, Eva.
Hey, we stayed because of you.
We're at home because of you.
Or you'd have caused a scandal.
I shut up about Mani,
and that crazy stuff about Mom.
[helicopter droning overhead]
Can't you do me a favor?
I don't wanna see them, Sofía.
[Estrella] Girls…
Are you that ashamed of your parents?
Get rid of the photo.
No.
[sighs] Okay.
But I'm the older sister, so do as I say.
Eva, leave the photo. Leave it!
-Sofía, give me the photo!
-Girls.
-[Sofía yells]
-Please. Eva!
-[glass smashes]
-[Estrella] You're going too far.
You can hate them,
but you'll always be their daughter,
and you can never change that.
[running footsteps]
[Eva sighs]
[Estrella] Yelling won't help
fix things.
Eva.
-We have to tread lightly with Sofía.
-With Sofía?
Always with "poor Sofía."
So then, I must look like
I don't need any help, right?
[running upstairs]
[door closes upstairs]
[pop music playing]
[birdsong]
[intermittent high-pitched ringing]
[dog barking in distance]
[water running]
[woman] Out to catch some bugs?
[Sofía] Mm-hmm.
[radio bleeps]
[dog barking]
[radio chatter in Spanish]
[insects chirping]
-[birdsong]
-[radio bleeps]
[radio chatter in Spanish]
[radio bleeps]
I think it worked.
Copito knew it would.
Hmm.
Samuel says you have to put this on.
[Elena] Sweetheart.
Come here with me.
[gasps]
[cult member] If we want
to get her to open the door,
we must get rid of her sister.
[Samuel] She must be released.
[gasps softly]
What about my sister?
Stay in bed, sweetheart.
Where is that place I saw my mom?
Here, or at the reservoir?
What happened? I don't
know what happened, but
I saw my mother.
There is nothing
in the reservoir or in this house.
What you saw is within you.
[both in unison] Because you are
a perfect one. Like your mother.
[cult member] It's time to open
the second veil, Sofía.
The first one was my hand
sinking into you.
The second one will be your baptism.
Do you want to be closer to Elena?
This is the way to reach the kingdom.
What kingdom?
Elena was showing you the way.
Nobody died in the mine.
Your mother took them to the kingdom.
And we can take you to her.
If you want to be by Elena,
you must cross the door, Sofía.
Only you can do it.
[Sofía gasps]
But for it to open…
[Sofía breathing shakily]
…you must let go of whatever binds you
to this world of shadows.
We must lift the five veils.
And you must let your soul
float in the ether.
Don't ever think of Eva again.
Stay away from her
if you want to go back to your mother.
[tinny muzak playing]
Oh. Shit. I left my wallet.
Perla, I'll pay you another day.
I don't have my wallet.
-Eva. I have to cash out.
-[customers murmuring]
But I mean, I said I was going to pay.
How many times have you given me credit?
[whispering]
What's with you two?
What's going on?
Why don't you take a photo, huh?
[glass smashes]
Shit. Okay, that's fucking great.
Okay…
Now go and tell everyone in town.
The daughter of the murderers
is crazy and also a drunk.
-[curtain parts]
-[Raúl] How much for the bottle?
It's 1,500 pesetas.
[Raúl] I'll take two, then.
[women chatting in Spanish outside]
EL PERLA SUPERMARKE
-[all fall silent]
-[Eva sighs]
["Drive" by R.E.M.]
-Get me out of here, please.
-Smack, crack ♪
-Bushwhacked… ♪
-Let's go.
Tie another one to the racks, baby ♪
Hey, kids, rock and roll ♪
Nobody tells you where to go, baby ♪
What if I ride, what if you walk? ♪
What if you rock around the clock? ♪
Tick-tock ♪
Tick-tock ♪
What if you did, what if you walk? ♪
What if you tried to get off, baby? ♪
[Eva sighs]
Eva.
Look at me.
I'm sorry, okay?
It's all good.
I'm not gonna make excuses.
I was afraid.
It doesn't matter, Raúl.
Well, it's not common to find out
your girlfriend's a member
of the Manson Family, right?
[both chuckle]
[Eva sniffles]
Eva.
Tell that journalist.
Who interviewed Lozano?
Let everyone see you're normal.
What is it?
Nothing.
It's really nice
when someone cares about you.
[Estrella] Sofía is locking herself
into a fantasy.
I don't know if she saw Mani.
-I told you about him?
-[Guillén] Yes.
She thinks he knows
something about her mother.
Elena and Mani knew each other?
Mani lost his parents
in an accident when he was a kid.
He came to live at the home with them,
and, well, he kept failing his classes
until he dropped out of school.
Elena tried to help him,
but he was just a lost cause, you know?
[Guillén sighs]
Are you thinking of Ezcaray?
[sighs]
What, did you already catch the killer?
We arrested her, yes.
-But it doesn't make any sense.
-I mean, what does in Feria?
Pablo and Elena were normal people.
They couldn't have turned into
the leaders of a suicide cult
-all of a sudden--
-You know it didn't happen overnight.
[sighs] You know the letters
Elena had been getting? Hmm?
Some of them go back more than ten years.
-May I?
-Be my guest.
To me, it's like they were written
by patients from an insane asylum.
You'll feel right at home.
[Estrella] "Certain beings
are touched by the light."
"They are in touch with the kingdom."
[humming]
"They are as perfect as you, Elena."
"Dekta has freed me from my family."
"I am ready for the baptism,
ready to leave the flesh behind."
[dance music playing]
[laughter and cheering]
[Marcos] I can't believe it.
-You know that Mani a bit, don't you?
-Yeah.
He's spent the odd night in a cell.
The guy with the blue hair? An angel.
I can tell.
What about his relationship with Ezcaray?
-Is it true they had a thing?
-[scoffs]
I don't meddle with the Church.
Right.
Me, on the other hand,
I love to take a peek under a cassock.
I'm a pervert.
Shut it.
[cassette recorder whirring]
I want a lawyer.
[Guillén laughs]
[tape stops]
I have bad news for you, Mani.
[sighs] We can get you
in serious trouble for this.
[scoffs]
Or…
we can forget about the drugs
and talk about what really interests us.
Why does Sofía think
you know about her mother?
Where did you get that idea?
I have nothing to do with that girl.
I mean, yes, I sold a joint
to her older sister. So what?
-I don't even know her name--
-Eva.
That's right, Eva.
I have my rules, okay?
I don't do business with kids.
Are you a good Christian, Mani?
You don't have anything to do
with things like the Cult of Light?
You're a regular at Sunday Mass?
[chuckles softly]
Were you sad
when Father Ezcaray was killed?
I've heard you two were good friends.
Hmm?
The world is full of scummy priests, Mani.
And Ezcaray was one of them, wasn't he?
Come on, Mani.
He asked you a question. Yes or no?
Answer, if you don't want
things to get ugly.
You arrested that woman, right?
The sergeant?
She's the one who killed him.
That's for a judge to decide.
Were you there that night?
You went to the church, Mani.
You were there
and had a fight with Ezcaray.
-You two trashed the sacristy.
-I was at the entrance to the mine, dude!
I was getting the equipment ready
with Serafín. I-- His orichalcum.
Okay, so Serafín was a miner.
He spent way too long underground,
and he isn't right in the head.
He believes the mine contains
that stuff, orichalcum.
DO NOT ENTER
[wind echoing]
[low growling]
LETTERS TO ELENA
ELENA, HELP ME CROSS
HELP ME
FIFTH VEIL
WORLD OF SHADOWS
EXCERPTS FROM THEODOTUS
[Estrella] "On the path towards the light,
the perfect ones will be aided
by the beings from the kingdom."
"I am the light that is above all things."
"I am everything."
"Everything came out of me
and returned to me."
"Whoever doesn't hate
their brothers and sisters
won't become my disciple."
"But whoever drinks from my mouth
will know that which is hidden."
-[gasping]
-[trickling sounds]
[whimpers]
[croaking]
[chittering]
[hissing]
[growling]
[soft crackling]
[low growling]
[squeaking and hissing]
[church bell ringing]
Hey. [chuckles]
I heard what happened
at the supermarket, and
people suck. [chuckles]
Yeah. I wasn't having my best day either.
Hmm.
Um, are you up for--
I don't know. We can go and have
some chocolate and churros?
I had a rough night.
I think I have the flu or something.
I heard that Raúl and you…
[Eva] We're good, Mar.
I hope I'm wrong,
but Raúl's never gonna have your back.
Be careful.
Who was that?
Um, a Bible saleswoman.
-Just what I need.
-[both chuckle]
You mind if they record
the interview this evening?
-Mm.
-Hmm? Yeah?
That way, we can air it
on tomorrow's show.
Are you sure you don't want to do it live?
Pretaped is fine.
My head hurts a little.
Hi, there. You must be little Sofía.
And you're that bitch Ana Sánchez.
Oh God. [laughs]
Sofía, wouldn't "Hello" have been enough?
-Just apologize. Come on.
-Why would I do that?
Because she's presenting
my parents as murderers?
Because you've been showing
images of Chisco's mother all day?
I'm just curious.
Okay, Sofía, I understand your anger, and
that you don't want to be on television.
But what your sister Eva is doing
is a chance to get the truth out there.
Sofía, can we talk for a second? Hmm?
Talk about what?
About your shitty attitude, for starters.
Sofía, I'm not doing this
for money or fame.
-[doorbell rings]
-I'm doing it for us.
When did I ask for your help?
[sighs]
I'll just say that you and I knew nothing.
That we're victims too.
Also victims of who, Eva?
Mom and Dad?
[Estrella] Sofía, you have a visitor.
You're making a mistake, Eva.
You're making a mistake,
and you're gonna regret it.
[door thumps and creaks]
[Pablo] Serafín?
-[door thumping]
-Did you buy the razor?
[chickens clucking]
I look like a bum. [chuckles]
[bottles clinking]
[fridge door closes]
[bottle opens]
-[bottle cap clatters]
-Serafín?
[sighs]
[Marcos] You do look awful.
I don't know why it didn’t occur to me
you'd be hidin' here.
Where else? With crazy old Serafín.
I come as Marcos, not as a cop. Hmm?
[sighs] Twenty years ago,
we decided to move on and forget.
I won't allow that to change.
You can't carry on staying here.
[Sofía] She was very pretty.
[Chisco] She wasn't well.
What really bothers me
is that Lozano was right.
-She was nuts.
-I didn't know her.
And I did?
We have no idea who they were, Sofía.
[sighs]
Sofía, I acted like an idiot with you.
I blamed you as if you had something
to do with what your parents did.
And that's not the case. I'm sorry.
You don't have to put up with their crap,
and I don't with my mother's.
They're getting us to hate them.
It's not fair.
-[sighs]
-It pisses me off they talk about them.
But why deny reality?
[sighs]
What if the reality we've been told
is just a lie?
Nobody died in the mine.
Your mother took them to the kingdom.
I really wish
my mother had been different.
There are some people I want you to know.
I think they can show you
who your mother really was.
-[Guillén sighs]
-Did you speak with Mani?
Mm. He has an alibi.
He was in an old mine opening.
We went in there but it was in ruins.
He went there with a guy named Serafín.
Marcos checked it out.
I stuck Mani in a cell because
of the gear he had. Screw him. [chuckles]
The DA's office wants me to close the case
and to take you to Madrid for the trial.
-I told the prosecutor to fuck off.
-[laughs]
He wasn't too happy about it.
-Attorneys are very sensitive.
-[chuckles]
Sandra,
someone else must have been
in the sacristy that night,
someone who was looking for something
in the priest's belongings.
[knocking]
Excuse me, Lieutenant.
I have something to tell you
about Corporal Marcos Salazar.
No, this isn't right.
It's your baptism.
Chisco needs to be present.
His mother was in the mine.
Well, Copito doesn't like this.
And Samuel will like it even less.
Let's go.
[sighs shakily]
[squeaking]
[sighs]
[squeaking and chittering]
[sounds stop]
[knocking at door]
Are you ready?
[sighs] Mm.
-[shuddering]
-I'll be downstairs.
[Ana] You are the star of the town.
I believe you wanted
to have a career as a model.
Your skin is gorgeous.
I suppose with everything that's happened,
your dream got interrupted.
[sighs]
Well, not that I planned
to do much of it, but--
-Well, I guess a little.
-[Ana] Of course.
Who'd want their brand
to be associated with…
forgive me for being blunt,
the daughter of two murderers?
[squeaking and chittering]
[breathing heavily]
What were Pablo and Elena like?
Well, they were just normal parents.
[Ana] We know
you don't share their beliefs.
But it is important
that everyone knows Eva is different.
Yes, I… I've never been very religious.
[squelching]
[squeaking]
-[chittering]
-[gasping]
[Eva hyperventilating]
[Ana] And what did
your parents believe in?
Did they ever let you know
about the Cult of Light?
[echoing] I don't care.
You don't care that
they led 23 people to their deaths?
-[squeaking continues]
-[gasping]
Eva? Are you okay?
[screams] Get off!
-[gasping]
-[Ana] Keep recording.
No. Nobody's recording
another minute of this. Turn them off!
[gasping]
[sobbing]
-[static blaring]
-[Ana] …the daughter of murderers?
[knocking]
-[water running]
-[knocking]
[Raúl] Eva?
[sobbing]
Eva, it's me.
-[squeaking]
-[gasping]
[banging at door]
[Raúl] Eva?
[banging at door]
-You're scaring me, Eva.
-[whimpers]
Eva, let me in, please. Eva?
Eva! Eva!
-[Eva screams]
-[crash]
-[crying]
-Oh my God.
-[sobbing and gasping]
-Eva! Eva, Eva.
-Let go of that.
-[whimpers]
I'm a monster, Raúl.
-Just like them. Just like them.
-Calm down, Eva.
You're not a monster. It's not true, okay?
There. There, my love.
-[sobbing]
-That's it. That's it. That's it.
-That's it. That's it.
-[sniffles]
[squeaking]
[chittering]
[loud squelching]
[metal screeching]
[crickets chirping]
[Copito] Wake up, sport.
[chuckles]
Wake up. [laughs]
[sighs]
[cult member] Today is a special day.
[Chisco] Sofía?
Today,
the day of your baptism,
free yourself of the flesh, Sofía.
Don't be nervous.
You brought him here
to take part in the baptism?
Show him what you showed me.
I'm sure it's awesome,
but I can live without it.
Let's get out, Sofía.
[woman] My love.
Please don't go.
My son.
-Mama?
-[Olga] Come with me.
I love you.
Our flesh is a prison.
A beautiful prison.
Like Sofía. [chuckles]
How many times
have you dreamed of caressing her?
The warmth of her skin.
You want to make her yours.
-Look at her. Penetrate her.
-[gasps]
[Olga] This flesh belongs to you,
to anyone.
-It's worth nothing.
-You've drugged her. It isn't her.
-Touch her.
-Let's go, Sofía.
Leave her! [grunts]
Stay away, you pig! Leave her alone!
Sofía!
-[muffled yells]
-The passion of the Supreme Triad.
Thesis, look at me like a torch
and let me in.
You know the essence of the realm.
Open the second veil.
Relinquish the flesh.
[Chisco] Sofía! Sofía!