Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996) s01e03 Episode Script

[Ezra] No! I won't listen
to this for another moment!
[Reverend] I say unto ye
-ye are the sons of Satan!
-[Ezra] How can you
continue to preach
-this nonsense?
-[Reverend] Hear
the word of God.
[Ezra] I'm leaving!
[Reverend] Come back, my son.
No! It's not the word of God.
It's not God's will.
It's blasphemy, I tell you!
How long
will you believe him?
How many more centuries
will you wait?
[sighs]
[church bell tolling]
[Reverend]
Come back, my son!
[panting]
[panting]
Ezra.
And would ye leave us,
Brother Ezra?
[gasping]
Would ye leave us now?
No. No! [screams] No!
[narrator]
Since the beginning of time,
mankind has existed between
the world of light and
the world of darkness.
Our secret society
has been here forever.
Protecting others
from the creatures
who inhabit the shadows
in the night.
Known only to the Initiated
by our true name.
The Legacy.
The London House
has specifically requested
your help, Alex.
They delivered the documents
in the morning.
Great.
The electrical discharge
that I spotted on
the piezo-map yesterday
grew bigger overnight.
Yeah, Nick,
but what you're looking at
might be nothing more
than a brush fire.
Yeah, it's possible,
but take a look at this.
Same area, 50 years ago,
a boy said that he saw
his brother disappear
along with an entire colony
that supposedly never existed.
Brother
never turned up again.
And you want to go looking
for him now?
Half a century later? Why?
No, there's more to it
than that, right?
I've got an entire file
completely full of stories
about this lost colony
and the myths
surrounding it.
I'd like to go
have a look at it.
All right.
But I need you to help me
with something else first.
[telephone ringing]
[Rachel on recording] Hi,
you've reached the office
of Rachel Corrigan.
-You know what to do
after the beep, so do it.
-[beeps]
[Dr. Stone] Rachel,
this is Dr. Stone.
I see you didn't make
your rounds today
or yesterday for that matter.
Are you all right?
Please call me.
[phone clicks]
-[gasping]
-[monster growling]
[screaming]
I spoke to her
several times.
Tried to.
I'm not sure
I'm getting through.
Well, I'll give it a shot.
I don't know about taking her
on something like this though.
Well, if I thought
it was going to be
something substantial,
I wouldn't recommend it.
But might be
just what's needed
to get Rachel
back on her feet.
And maybe with a little luck,
she'll see how she can fit
into The Legacy herself.
All right, your call, chief.
[Rachel]
I'm supposed to believe
this is all
for some greater purpose?
It's hard to live in
the moment and analyze
it at the same time.
It could take weeks.
It could take forever.
Life doesn't come
with a guarantee.
[scoffs] What, you get that
off a T-shirt?
Look.
You're the psychiatrist here.
I haven't got the answers.
But I can tell you this
You're not the only one
who's had to face this
kind of ugliness.
Every one of us
who's a member of The Legacy
has had their soul
turned inside out
at one point or another.
And we'd do it again
because it's
the most important thing
that we can do.
What do you got to lose?
My life?
[laughs]
Maybe this will help you
to get it back.
Looks like
the last gas for a while.
-Might as well top her up.
-[groans] Oh, God.
-What can I do you folks for?
-Oh, hey.
-Uh, is this Huntsford?
-Last I looked.
Well, uh, we need a little gas
and maybe some help.
-What kind of help?
-You know a guy named
Sammy MacAllister?
Must be in his 50s now.
His brother went missing here
when they were just kids.
You know,
stories like that
make nothing but trouble
for us folks around here.
I don't worry my head
with such nonsense.
That all you want?
Well, maybe
you can tell me
if I keep going up
this road,
where I'll end up.
Well, it's about 20 miles
to the next valley
but you won't find
nothing up there either.
Almost no one ever
goes that far up
except hunters
and you're no hunter.
[paper rustling]
I wanna test out
my new hiking boots.
[Rachel] Hey, you know,
it might help a lot
if I knew a little bit more
about what
we're looking for.
What exactly does
this piezo-dot
on the map mean?
It means
something's going on.
It's an anomalous emission
of electrical energy.
Could mean something,
could mean nothing.
We just gotta check it out.
Ah.
-They teach you that
as a Navy SEAL?
-Among other things.
-Like what?
-How to kill people, quietly.
-Very useful, I'm sure.
-[church bell tolling]
Does that bridge turn up
on your map?
[church bell ringing]
No.
[Reverend] Of those
that kept faith
to observe the vigil,
the Lord hath said:
"Let no man doubt
that no man may come
into his kingdom
who bears the taint
of this unholy, sinful world.
But those
who see the light, yea,
may they inherit,
one day, a world
purged with
God's holy fire."
Greetings, friends.
[congregation murmuring]
Welcome to the New Eden.
I am the Right Reverend
Abraham Hawking.
Ah.
We get so few visitors here.
I'm afraid we may
have forgotten
how to behave.
Not at all. You've been
very hospitable. Thanks.
But it's getting late
and Rachel and I
wouldn't want to impose
any further.
We'd better get back.
The world beyond is rife
with turmoil, my friend.
Satan strides
in all his glory
and everywhere men despair.
Well, it's not really
all that bad.
Here, we await
a world unsullied
by man's feeble attempts
to tame the Lord's
own majestic kingdom.
You must mean with things
like knives and forks.
[laughs]
Contrivances. These
are nothing but contrivances.
The devil has a thousand means
to please and divert.
So
Well, how many
of you live here?
Only what you see.
And where do you come from?
Many places.
Cornwall, Edinburgh, Boston.
How long ago?
And how did you get here?
Eat what God
has provided for you.
A wagging tongue
tells the devil's tale.
That's right. We were
just hiking in the woods
and we heard
your church bell.
But surely, you must
acknowledge that
your steps were guided here
by some unseen hand.
Not an acorn falls
without Providence
having played its part.
Well, this acorn did,
Reverend.
Well, it's a long walk
back to the truck,
so we'd better get
a move on.
I'm afraid I can't
allow you to do that.
Excuse me?
These woods are dark
and deep, my friend.
-[thunder rumbling]
-Clearly, there's
a storm a-brewing.
Ye must stay here with us.
For one night in the colony,
I insist.
Well, that's
a very kind offer
but I promised Rachel
I'd have her back tonight
with her daughter and all.
Ah.
Well, that is a promise
that must be left unkept.
I think that's up to Rachel.
But she's already been told
by Sister Esther.
Rachel? Excuse me.
-Are you okay with this?
-[whispers] This is so weird.
I guess we don't have much
of a choice, do we?
There's always a choice.
Did you at least call
The Legacy and tell them
what's going on?
The cell phone
isn't working.
I'll go back to the truck
and I'll make a call
from that gas station.
And call my place
and tell Emily to tell Kat
I love her
-and I'll see her tomorrow.
-No problem.
[sighs]
-All right, well,
have a good snooze.
-Yeah.
-Night, Nick.
-See you in the morning.
Ye shall find your room
at the top of the stairs.
Well, we'll be leaving early
in the morning, so if I don't
see you
thanks for the hospitality.
Sleep well.
Tomorrow shall
attend to itself.
[shivering] Oh, man.
What is the story?
How come I'm locked in?
I needed to speak with you.
And there is no glass
in these windows.
It's freezing in here.
Reverend says that seeing
ourselves reflected would
teach us vanity.
[laughs] Yeah, well
-maybe he's got a point.
-Tell me, please.
How did you come here?
How did I come here?
Well
We chartered a plane,
flew to Crystal Lake,
drove up the mountain
and when the road ran out,
we hiked.
But you were able to walk
into the town?
-Yes.
-And outside the town,
the world
is it still
a desolate waste?
-Come again?
-The Messiah has not come yet,
has he?
The earth is still a barren
battlefield filled with flame?
Filled with misery?
Is that what
your reverend is telling you?
Look, the, uh
The world is not
exactly peaceful
but it's hardly Armageddon
out there either, and I
I mean, I live
a perfectly ordinary life
most of the time.
His fate is in the hands
of the reverend
and the reverend says
he will pass judgment on
the morrow.
[Rachel] No, no,
that can't be.
Either your reverend
is misinformed or else--
You must listen.
There are only two days left.
We're here only so
that the reverend may see
if our time has come
to inherit the earth.
Okay, Sarah.
[shushes] Calm down.
What is gonna happen
in the next two days?
If you and your friend
are not gone by then--
But we're gonna be gone.
We're gonna leave tomorrow
morning.
Sarah, you can come with us
if you want. We'll take you.
But how? How do you mean
to leave the colony?
Same way we came in.
Over the bridge.
I thought you knew a way.
I must go.
[door closes]
He got out
through the window.
Didn't I tell ye
to watch him?
Ye fools. Untie that.
[gasps]
The devil's minion.
[panting]
[man] He's over here!
This way!
Well, Rachel would've
certainly called her daughter
last night.
Well, I've been trying
to get them on their phone
all morning.
-Do we have a location
of the car?
-Yes.
And I've also been checking up
on the newspaper story.
Nick's files show that
there's been a number
of missing-person reports
in that area,
going back over 200 years.
Is there any link
with all the accounts?
Well, that's what's weird.
They seem to happen in,
well, 50-year cycles.
What do you mean, cycles?
The disappearances seem to have
happened every 50 years
starting in 1796.
Even the Nez Perce,
the native tribe
from that area
-have stories
about this place.
-What kind of stories?
Well, they talk about
some mysterious plague.
A curse brought by
settlers that swept through
their tribe
nearly wiping them out.
All right. Start packing.
We leave in half an hour.
And get in touch with Philip.
I need him to find out
what happened in
the late 1700s
-that could have
triggered all this.
-All right.
Let me guess. It's a jail.
What are you in for?
I was just [clears throat]
-I was just--
-Out for a walk in the woods?
My brother warned me not to go.
Guess he was right.
[sighs]
How long you been here?
I walked into the town
on the last day.
Last day? Of what?
-Before everything
vanishes again.
-Vanishes?
Well, all I can tell you
is that there's no way of
getting across that bridge.
No, you don't understand.
There's no way out at all.
Now that you've brought
your people here,
when will you let them go?
Let them go?
Why, the gates are always open.
I keep no one prisoner here.
That's not what
they seem to think.
"Fear of the Lord
is the beginning of wisdom."
Psalms 1:11 .
But, Reverend
it is not
the Lord they fear.
It's you.
Does the lamb
fear the shepherd?
Is it true what
the pilgrim has said?
The world has not been
scourged by fire?
It is true.
The world goes on.
Why would the reverend
say it is so?
Why have we not come
into the kingdom?
You'd have to ask
the reverend that.
Perhaps she is
a messenger of the devil.
And how would they have
breached our walls?
And why would the reverend
have welcomed them so?
There is work to be done.
Soon enough, the time
of our vigil will be upon us.
Direct your thoughts
to that alone.
Else the reverend
shall have cause
to chastise you.
The Lord has blessed me
with all this.
And you are indeed blessed,
Reverend.
But I really need to see
my friend Nick now.
The time of the vigil
is almost upon us.
In two more days
we shall return to it
and wait
as if cradled
among the stars
for the coming
of the Messiah.
[hammer banging]
You paint
a beautiful picture, Reverend.
[man]
Watch your thumb, Jonah.
But, uh, my friend Nick
and I
we can't stay, you know.
But stay ye must,
Rachel Corrigan.
Just as the Lord once
sent Rachel, daughter
of Laban,
to Jacob
to bear him a son.
So I see now that he has
sent you here to me.
I am doing
the Lord's work, Rachel.
Will ye fulfill
your destiny, Rachel,
as was prophesied
in the Book of Genesis?
Or will ye bring upon yourself
the wrath of the living God?
Hello?
Hello?
-Help you, folks?
-Yes.
We're looking for these people.
Something happen to them?
-We don't know yet.
Have you seen them?
-Maybe.
-When?
-Yesterday.
Said they're investigating
one of them old stories.
Yes, they were.
Any idea where
they went from here?
Up the road to the next valley.
Ain't seen them since.
Don't expect to.
-Why? What makes you say that?
-The few people
who go up there
generally don't
come back this way.
-Locked.
-Yeah, but I can
see a lot of their gear.
Looks like they were planning
to come back to get it.
So why didn't they?
Sarah, please,
you have to tell me
where my friend is.
It's over there,
but don't let anyone see you.
Thank you.
-Nick.
-Rachel. Get out of here.
This whole town is a trap.
-You have no reason to be here.
-[grunting]
You touch me again, sister,
and you'll regret it.
Rachel, both of us
in chains is not gonna work.
Okay, you're right.
Look, Nick.
If there's a key to
what's going on,
the reverend's got it.
I thought we were
supposed to go in
to get them.
Exactly. But let's not make
a false move.
How did you know?
Well, there's a reason
they went in
and never came out.
If it's true what Philip says,
no one ever does.
Your friend has offended
against the Lord.
Then why not let him go?
-It is not the Lord's will.
-Ah, I get it.
You're the only person who
understands God's will.
Is that it?
The Lord speaks to me
and to anyone
who wishes to listen.
Genesis 29:10,
"And it came to pass
when Jacob saw Rachel,
the daughter of Laban,
that Jacob went near
and rolled the stone
from the well's mouth.
Rachel was beautiful
and well-favored.
And Jacob
loved Rachel and said:
'I will serve thee
for seven years,
for Rachel,
thy younger daughter.'"
We have been patient.
Biding our time,
awaiting the coming
of the new Messiah.
But now the Lord
has given me a sign.
He has opened mine eyes.
Then tell me, Reverend,
what is it that you see?
That I have been chosen
to seed the earth anew.
When all the unrighteous
have passed away.
Then, lo,
a new Adam shall arise
and take
to himself a new wife
that they might
people the earth anew.
[exclaims] Well
You flatter me, Reverend
but, um, these things
take time.
Time
we do not have.
The vigil begins tomorrow.
What the Almighty has decreed,
no man may deny.
Do not fear.
The guards outside
shall not disturb our congress.
You were meant to be mine.
Now and for eternity.
[screams] No!
Ye shall be the new Eve!
[man] Reverend Hawking,
we smell smoke!
Because there is a fire,
you fool!
[man panting]
This Reverend Hawking
was some sort of
religious zealot.
Yeah, and a very
powerful presence.
If this really is
the lost colony of New Eden
and Nick
and Rachel found it
-I've got to get in there.
-Derek, we checked
the entire perimeter.
Once you're in there,
there is no way out.
There's always a way out.
Let's call Philip and ask
for more.
-[phone beeping]
-[rustling]
[Sam] Hello in there.
Hold on. I got something
to say that might
mean something to you.
My name's Sam MacAllister.
It was my brother
got lost in these
woods some 50 years ago.
Those who would spread doubt
yea,
I say unto ye that
they are like the serpent
coiled in the garden.
They must be captured
lest they infect
the innocent.
And they must be destroyed!
We must offer up such evil
on a blazing pyre!
[crowd] Yes.
[Reverend]
We must prove to the Lord
that we shall not
countenance it here!
[screams]
[screams] Sarah!
God forgive me my sins
and save you all
from the Reverend Hawking.
[screaming]
[screaming]
[grunts]
The ashes of corruption
are as incense to the Lord.
Mark well the path
corruption treads.
Will ye follow me now
on the path of righteousness?
You call this righteousness?
You are a sick, sadistic
son of a bitch.
Or ye will rise up tomorrow
in a column
of smoke and ash
to the greater glory
of the one true God.
[spits]
[Eugene] You said you were
gonna let me go.
In a manner of speaking,
we are.
We didn't have time
to attend to it
when you strayed here
on our last Sabbath day,
but today we do.
And by nightfall,
ye shall be like
incense to the Lord.
Ye must forgive me.
This Sabbath,
the sermon was unusually long.
Many things must be spoken of
before the time of the vigil.
Have you reconsidered
of what we spoke of yesterday?
Time is running short.
This is what
your god teaches you?
To subjugate, torture, kill?
How dare you presume to speak
for the Lord!
What he wishes only I know!
You've tricked these people
into believing your lies.
You've imprisoned them here
with your madness
and your cruelty.
But not me.
I see you.
What is it, Reverend,
that you've really done?
What terrible crime
have you committed
that all these people
have to pay?
If ye shall not create
a new Eden
then ye shall perish
in the flames of perdition.
You can't go in there alone.
Alex, I need you here
to help us out again.
Ain't you forgetting something?
I'm the one who's got
family in there.
We've all got family
in there, Sam.
And you do
your brother no good
if you're captured too.
We are ready
for you now, friend.
-What is this?
-Glasses.
Spectacles.
But how do you see
through them?
What trick of the devil
is this? No! No,
this cannot be!
-Derek. Man,
am I glad to see you.
-Nick.
Rachel.
Is that Hawking?
The one and only.
Like Rachel said,
if there is a key to
this mess, finding a way out.
It'd be in his chamber.
Let's go.
We gotta come up
with something in a hurry.
What's this?
Why would he hide this?
When the guard saw
his reflection in my mirrored
glasses, he lost it.
[Reverend] My children
soon we shall sleep
in the bosom of the Lord.
-Amen.
-But first we must
cleanse ourselves
-of all corruption.
-[man] Amen.
The Lord demands
no less of us.
-Amen.
-[Nick] How would you know
what the Lord demands?
Another visitor
to our colony.
I'm afraid we shall have
to detain you, my friend.
Seize that man!
How could they do that,
Reverend?
How could the dead take hold
of the living?
This man is
the devil's emissary
sent here to test our faith!
Then strike me down, Reverend.
Hurl the word of God at me
here where I stand.
Hundreds of years ago
he brought you here
to found a new utopia
but while the reverend
was off on a mountaintop,
you were all here
dying of the plague.
And if you don't believe me,
then look in this.
-[gasps]
-Nature's own glass.
-[gasping]
-And see the truth.
-[gasps]
-[screams]
-[screaming]
-[gasping]
You've been kept here
long past your time.
Your bodies have died.
Your souls are due in heaven.
Go there now.
But how can we get to heaven?
We have no power to leave
the colony.
But you do, all of you.
The only power he holds
over you is the power
you've given him.
[woman 1] You lied to us!
Your bondage here is over.
-You're free.
-[man 1] Free?
-[woman 2] It's true.
-Go.
[man 2] We're free?
You're free. You're free!
Free?
[chuckles] You fools.
I alone hold the keys
to the kingdom!
All of you! All of you!
I alone can take you
to the Lord!
Come here often?
Oh, God, Nick.
Without me, I say,
ye shall never see the Lord!
Fall down on your knees
and beg for forgiveness!
This world is
the devil's domain!
-Esther. Esther, surely
-Praise the Lord.
Ye shall not turn
your back on me!
Ye must not break faith!
I have bargained
for you all!
I have bargained
for eternity!
[screaming]
[gasping]
[gasps]
Eugene?
You haven't changed a bit.
Oh.
Sam? Is it you?
Remind me never to question
your hunches.
Are you all right?
I'm cold and I'm tired
and every bone
in my body aches.
I had no idea this would
become so dangerous.
It was a terrible mistake.
It sure was.
You risked my life.
-It was unconscionable.
-But, Derek, look at me.
I finally understand
what you've been talking about.
Derek, I've never
I-I've never felt so alive.
The moment I met you,
I thought your place would be
with us in The Legacy.
Now I'm certain of it.
So am I.
Have a look at this.
I guess where
Reverend Hawking's gone,
he won't be needing this.
[bell ringing]
[laughs]