Apparitions s01e04 Episode Script

He's already appealed to your sympathy.
Misunderstood maverick fighting Vatican bureaucracy.
Why don't you get Bukovak to find somebody else to spy for him? Some of us took vows of obedience.
Why would demons attack me? I'm not on your side.
Maybe they think it'll make me trust you.
- Did I do this? - You were possessed.
- Am I cured? - Throughout the centuries, apparitions of Our Lady have been appearing to give messages.
This is the Satanic equivalent.
His path attracts the deluded, the disturbed and the dangerous.
Mrs Fonti? I'm Zoe Dayton, the clinic manager.
Would you like to follow me? - I think there's been some mistake.
- Non capisco.
Slowly.
Wait.
Right.
Let's go upstairs.
I'll take this.
Mrs Fonti, I appreciate the time pressure when you're almost 24 weeks, but you've clearly gone through a lot of effort to achieve this pregnancy.
I just want to make sure you've fully considered all the options available I want it killed.
Gesu, ti amo.
Her phone number doesn't check out.
I think her address is false, too.
Come in.
- Would you bless this for me? - Sure.
Saint Peter.
Sister Ruth said he was crucified upside down.
You can wear the cross upside down.
Not the body of Christ.
How do you know it's him? - Why did you become a priest? - I was asked.
How do you know if God's asking? - You have to really listen.
- How long does it take? You might want to think about baptism before holy orders.
How do I get baptised? You need to find out who you are before you make a commitment to God.
Any leads yet? Well, that's perfect.
It looks like an army regiment.
Father, this is Dr Janice Greely from the Hallum Clinic.
Have you offered our guest some coffee? - I'm fine.
- She's fine.
And the contact she gave us doesn't exist.
You're all we've got.
Rosa Fonti.
No, I don't recognize the name.
- Is she still unconscious? - In and out.
It's, it's not a coma it's it's more like a trance.
Was the procedure a success? She's still pregnant.
- Is the foetus healthy? - No.
The foetus is severely disabled.
As you might expect, given the age of the mother.
Is that the reason that she gave for the termination? I'm sorry.
If there's no connection, I can't discuss her case history.
Why are you here? To see if you could identify her.
When she woke up during the procedure, did she say anything? - In Italian.
- Can you remember? "Gesu, ti amo.
" She said it twice.
"Jesus, I love you.
" Anything else? When she woke up, the lights failed.
The instrument I was using flew out of my hand.
Up to the ceiling.
I'll get my secretary to call the Rome office, see if anybody knows her.
In the meantime, I'd better take a look at her.
You said you didn't know her.
She might be using a false name.
So anyone calls and I'll just say you're at an abortion clinic, - helping out.
- I want you to pray for her.
Because she's possessed? Because she's 70 years old and she's 6 months pregnant.
I'll pray for her child.
Cardinal Bukovak, per favore.
- No to eugenics.
- Stop the war on disability! Stop the war on disability.
Choose disability, not murder.
Choose disability, not murder.
No brave new world.
Friends of yours? - No.
- Well, we didn't tip them off.
It's maybe your nun? I don't think that's quite her style.
Choose disability, not murder! No to eugenics.
Stop the war on disability.
Hey, Father.
How about a prayer for the troops? Dear Lord, we ask you to bless those women faced with difficult choices in pregnancy.
We ask you to bless those who demonstrate here today.
And we pray that your wisdom and compassion may enter their hearts and prevent them from judging others.
Amen.
Is that it? Where's the fire and the brimstone? I don't do fire and brimstone.
- What denomination are you? - Atheist.
We're not pro-lifers.
Why did you pick this clinic? A woman here wants to get rid of a disabled baby.
We want to show her that it's not the end of the world.
How did you hear about her? - A friend.
- Father.
Tell them we're human, too.
No to eugenics.
Stop the war on disability! She wasn't in any doubt she couldn't wait to get it done.
Because she was approaching the legal deadline? 12 weeks in Italy, 24 weeks here.
Do you know her? In the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and God, strengthened by the intercession of the immaculate Virgin Mary, mother of God, of Michael the Archangel - What are you doing? - I'm saying a prayer for her.
- Do you know her or not? - No, but she clearly knows what I do.
Right.
Well, if you've said your prayers thanks for coming, it was worth a try.
Your ten o'clock's here.
If you don't mind seeing him out? Would you mind if I sat here with her for a bit until you're free? You can't stay in here.
I'll just get some air and perhaps we can catch up after your appointment? Hey, soldier.
- You look like shit.
- Who are you? Is it true, this amnesia thing? Or are you working some scam to get a bed? You know me? - Where did we serve? - Ireland.
Iraq.
Last stop, Bosnia.
- Have you really forgotten everything? - Even me? - Maybe if you take off your glasses.
- No way.
I'm still a vain bastard.
Put it on.
Maybe it'll jog something.
Come on.
You have to wear this to get a bed? How about a drink? - Or are you on curfew? - I haven't got any cash.
- They must have wine.
- I can't.
You think they waste the good stuff on Jesus? They won't even miss it.
Lisa Sengrath.
Did I do something bad when we were on tour? I think I let something evil into me.
How do you mean, "evil"? Do you believe in possession? Possession! They're the ones who have to obey orders 24 hours a day.
We're not possessed, we're free.
God, help me.
He will.
If you want to be a slave, he'll help you all the way.
Or you can fight for freedom.
I don't know what you want from me.
I'm nothing special.
I'm homeless, I don't have anything.
We want you to be a soldier again.
I don't want you back.
We need you, Michael.
We're praying for you.
Save us and save yourself.
Leave me alone! Jacob is the one you should be really afraid of once he finds out what kind of person you really are.
- I could be good! - Not for much longer.
Are you sure you don't want to talk to someone about this? I can put you in touch with the rape support agency.
It won't make any difference.
- They'll never leave me alone.
- They? No-one will believe me.
- I will believe - There's no point talking about it.
Will this work? Well, you don't know if you're pregnant.
You can't know, but if you are, you're 72 hours after intercourse.
That is right up against the limits.
So if it doesn't work, I want you to promise me you'll come back in for another chat, OK? This isn't an abortion, is it? Very few people would call it that.
It just stops the egg implanting.
Have you ever had an abortion? This is your decision.
It's really contraception.
That's how most people think of it.
If your period doesn't start when it's due, then come in and we'll do a test and you can do a scan.
If you are pregnant, there's a number of options we can discuss.
You're going to need to sit down.
OK, we need some help in here! Quickly, please! Call an ambulance! It's on its way.
Do you need a hand with? Jacob wants to murder our Messiah in the womb.
He'll do the same to you.
- He's my friend.
- I was your best friend.
Can't you help us? We can't move freely inside the seminary.
Only you can.
We need you.
- I can't.
- He wants to kill all of us, including you.
Go away.
Please.
When I'm dead, you'll believe me.
When did you conceive? You can't ask her these questions.
If you want, we can get a friend or relative to come and pick you up.
I haven't got any.
- I want to talk to him.
- We don't even know if she's pregnant.
Was it three days ago? What makes you so certain you're pregnant? I just know.
Three days ago.
Was that when Mrs Fonti made her appointment? Janice, do you think we could have a word with our patient in private? I'm just out there.
- Where's Jacob? - Abortion clinic.
- Don't ask.
- Can I use your phone? - Sister? - I need to see you.
? - When you talk to me, it sounds like it'll be all right.
As soon as I'm on my own, - they move in.
- As long as you stay in the seminary, - you'll be safe.
- How long have I got to hide here? I might as well be in prison.
Can we talk about this in a couple of hours? Is Sister Ruth there? - Yes? - Will you just keep Michael occupied - until I get back? - Occupied? Thank you, Sister.
You know, the crucifix thing really isn't really that impressive.
Epilepsy is implicated in all sorts of weird and wonderful phenomena, including religion.
If it's weird and wonderful you're after next seizure, hook her up to an EEG.
You'll find no temporal lobe activity consistent with epilepsy.
Are you a priest or a neurosurgeon? If I answer some of your questions, will you answer some of mine? Our clients are entitled to their privacy.
They are entitled to their bodies.
Isn't that what you believe in? - Women encharging their own bodies? - Meaning they're possessed? - I can prove it.
- Not interested.
I am.
How? Both women had seizures when you attempted a termination.
The morning-after pill is not a termination.
The chemical that you use in the morning-after pill, - can it be injected? - We could use a type of prostaglandin.
How is administering a contraceptive going to prove anything? Ask your patient if she wants to try again.
- You're letting him run rings round you - You should be there too.
- If you saw what I saw - No way.
And I can't believe you're making me say this, but I'm going to have to report you.
Lisa, can you hear me? In the name of Jesus Christ, what is your name? Do something! What are they? I don't know.
I've never heard demons that scream without words.
Or thought.
They're unformed.
- Unformed? - Yes, you heard them.
Unborn.
Souls of the unborn? Souls of the aborted.
Don't they just go straight to heaven? Nobody really knows where the unborn go after death.
It used to be called limbo.
Exorcism, that sends them straight to hell.
How can unborn souls be evil? They haven't done anything.
Does this mean you can't exorcise her? That's what he's counting on.
- Who? - Whoever got her pregnant.
Is it anything you can talk to me about? Do you believe in demons? Absolutely.
Demons are a totally valid way of representing things we can't come to terms with.
I mean demons from hell who possess the living? Sorry, you're on your own there.
You and Father Jacob.
- It's in the Bible.
- So's Noah's Ark.
Have you thought about talking to someone other than Father Jacob? I mean a professional psychologist.
It's nothing to be ashamed of.
I'm not.
I'd love it if it was all in my mind.
You don't have to stay with me.
I'll wait for him here.
- Signor Fonti.
- Signor Fonti, enter.
I'd like to see her alone.
I really wouldn't advise it.
If you want to talk something through, we can get you someone impartial - pregnancy counsellors I want to talk to him.
Can't you just get rid of them? Usually I'd say yes.
But it's a little bit more complicated than that.
Do you know who the father is? It's nothing to do with him.
He raped you.
No, he didn't.
I thought that was what you said.
They made me have sex with him.
That's rape, isn't it? Who made you? They sound like babies screaming.
I hear their voices, and the next thing I know, I'm somewhere else, I'm with some man I've never met before.
He's either inside me or he's asleep next to me, or he's calling his friends Sometimes I wake up alone and it's just his smell.
When did you first start hearing these voices? When I got my first period.
Do you know what they want? I think they want to be born.
Who did you wake up with three days ago? - It's not his fault.
- The leader of the demonstration? Do you know his name? Craig.
How did he know I was coming here? I don't think he did.
How did you pick this clinic? I said a prayer and the name just came into my head.
Hello, I'm Sister Ruth, I work with Father Jacob.
This is Pietro Fonti - You'll need to make an appointment.
- But this is Mrs Fonti's husband! He's got identification, what's the problem? He's welcome to come in and visit his wife.
- What's your excuse? - Signor Fonti speaks no English.
We can get an interpreter.
There's no other clients here, it's OK.
This is a women's clinic, Janice! Not a priests and nuns convention.
Just let them in.
Come in.
OK.
We're in here.
- Why aren't you with Michael? - If you're that worried, he shouldn't be with us.
he knows about the pregnancy? - The first they knew of it - was when the baby moved.
- Three days ago? She left home last night without telling him.
The only details she left were yours.
- Buongiorno.
- Buongiorno.
That doesn't mean anything.
There are new treatments every year.
OK.
Here's the situation.
Mrs Fonti has given her consent to the procedure and so has Lisa.
Are you refusing to treat them? - But look at what is happening.
- I am.
Mrs Fonti's termination is coming up to its legal deadline and Lisa's morning-after pill will not be effective after tonight.
Can't you see what he's doing? You can't kill a child - in these circumstances.
- What about the father? We're here to carry out the wishes of the woman.
Now, if you won't do it, I'll get someone who will.
I'd suggest staying here until this is resolved.
Until we run out of time? Yes, I know what you want.
I don't know if I can explain this in terms you will accept.
I think it could be very dangerous for anybody threatening these pregnancies.
Beautifully put.
Why don't you join your friends and do your intimidating from outside? It's not just the heart.
The spaces in the brain are abnormally large.
If your wife goes through with the pregnancy, the cardiac defects might be improved, but there's no possibility of a normal life expectancy.
I'm sorry.
Most women in her position make the same decision.
Tell him, please.
Boy.
Minicab? This is what we were told three days ago in the prison.
A Satanic Annunciation.
There's nothing Satanic about an elderly pregnancy, especially not from Italy.
- They're at the forefront of it.
- When Gabriel appeared to Mary, - he didn't just announce her pregnancy.
- I know the story.
He announced her elderly cousin Elizabeth's.
This is their version of John the Baptist.
So now we're just waiting for the Antichrist.
He's already here.
A 15-year-old girl conceived three days ago just when Mrs Fonti's child moved.
This is where Craig lives, but he didn't force me - I told you.
I think it might be best if you stayed in our seminary for a few hours.
- You want me to keep the baby.
- I don't think you should go through another procedure, not until we know a bit more.
It's perfectly safe here.
We've got security, you can stay as long as you need.
But if you stay here or go on the street, there are people who will try to get to you.
In the seminary you'll be safer.
I don't want this baby and I'm not leaving here till it's gone.
There's any point in warning you.
If she asks me to do something for her, I will.
If the devil doesn't like it, tough! Well, don't let anybody in.
Don't even answer the door.
OK, that's enough now.
You don't have to do anything with them, just put them in your pocket until I get back.
Will you? Excuse me, I think there's a better way.
If you take the next left.
Please.
Why are we responsible for this? We work for the saints.
It was a saint who called us.
Mrs Fonti's last words, "Gesu, ti amo.
" Which saint's last words were those? Which saint chose death - rather than abortion? - If Saint Gianna Beretta called you, she wants you to protect unborn life.
Go downstairs and keep your eye on Mr Fonti, - don't let him out of your sight.
- Why? Cause his wife didn't want him here.
How did he manage to track her down? You told Bukovak.
Nice work.
If you don't trust Mr Fonti, why bring him here? I don't want him near Lisa.
Her child is much more important to them than Rosa's.
- Why? - Because Jesus Christ is more important than John The Baptist.
They know where I am.
They always know where you are.
The last person I tried to help left here in despair.
- He was murdered.
- Let me go.
You did your best.
He died because you didn't face up to your weakness.
You find out what you did.
You face yourself.
- Then you'll be free.
- They want me to stay here.
- They want to use me to get to you.
- Then we're in this together.
You can't trust me.
I don't trust me.
First rule of possession.
You don't listen to a single word they say.
They mix lies up with the truth.
Whatever they tell you about yourself, that is not you.
What you're doing now, it's your true character.
We've got a guest staying here for a few hours.
I'd like you to stay in your room and stay away from him.
- Why? Is he like me? - Promise? Your door was wide open.
Do you know a Zoe Dayton? I don't like to talk up to people.
I've got about another hour unless you want to join me.
No problem.
Spare trunks are in the locker room.
I tried to use a condom, but she took it off.
Looks like she wants to get pregnant.
Then, when I was finished, she started crying and grabbing her clothes like it was me who assaulted her.
You felt assaulted? I didn't want to lose it to some mercy shag.
I thought she was different.
That's her thing.
Virgins.
Found out later after I asked around.
She likes to break guys in.
Who introduced you? Simon.
You saw him at the demo.
- The blind guy.
- How long have you known him? He joined us a couple of months ago.
He's not like the rest of us.
We've all had our disability from birth.
He got injured in the army.
But we don't discriminate.
He's not the friend who tipped you off about Mrs Fonti, is he? Don't know where he got it from.
You wouldn't happen to have a contact number for him, I suppose? He moves around.
Has he done anything else for you, apart from introduce you to Lisa? - He got me on a brilliant drug trial.
- What treatment's that? It's a new kind of Diazepam.
Do you suffer from convulsions? Not any more.
It's her.
Father, I've got something to show you.
You have a, a sweet tooth.
You're welcome.
I thought you were in your room.
I didn't know I was under arrest.
What book? It's a procedure called Intact D and X.
Very rare type of termination.
Brain suction abortion the pro-lifers call it.
- I'm sorry.
- Are you? Not even a twinge of poetic justice? I've lost friends in equally barbaric ways.
She was your friend, wasn't she? Not just a work colleague? She was a friend, until I brought you in! I'll help you find who did this.
You must feel some sympathy for him? Abortion is murder.
This is not about abortion.
This is about two specific pregnancies.
That's why she was stopped.
I don't want to hear about Satan.
If you have information, you give it to me now.
Is there somewhere we can examine this? He's injecting himself with this? Diazepam and what else? - Foetal tissue.
- Stem cells? Actual tissue.
Aborted foetal tissue.
What kind of mind would do that to a pro-life activist even if you hated what they stood for? The same kind of mind that would force Christ to wear a crown of thorns.
A savage and degraded sense of irony.
The same person who killed Zoe? Or someone close to him.
One of his group.
They're disabled.
They might be able to contaminate someone's medicine, but not the strength to crush a skull.
Normal physical limits don't apply to the possessed.
Is it worth trying to put any of this to the police? I mean, forget possession this chemical is evidence of something.
Involving the police at this stage won't help these women it'll just ensure that they remain trapped.
What can we do? You're going to prepare for a visitor.
I need you to do me a favour.
Actually it's more than a favour.
I need your trust for 2 minutes.
Then you can get on with your day job.
I want you to call Cardinal Bukovak and tell him something.
It's number three on your speed-dial.
Is he up to date? He's up to where you go hunting for Satan in an abortion clinic.
Right, well call him and tell him Mrs Fonti's regained consciousness and is talking about the Vatican.
Father, I'm not interested in playing games.
Do I look like I'm playing a game? Cardinal Bukovak per favore.
Your Eminence? There has been a development at the clinic.
Mrs Fonti has regained consciousness briefly and apparently she's mentioned the Vatican.
Names? No, she didn't mention any names.
No, I didn't see it for myself.
Who told me? The doctor treating her.
I don't know if Father Jacob knows this.
Yes, I will.
Why did you lie? Whatever that instinct was, keep following it.
Do I get to be trusted? I don't remember that being part of the deal.
What makes you think he works for Bukovak? He turned up here as soon as you called Bukovak.
Well, he's not a very efficient Satanist.
I called Bukovak over fifteen minutes ago and if They're coming this way.
- Is this your victory? - I am nothing.
I've noticed how they throw you on the scrap heap - when you've served their purpose.
- Your god died on a scrap heap.
- What is this? - She knew the price of betrayal.
It would not have harmed the child.
- Was your wife a willing part of this? - She volunteered.
She nurtured him for six months until he moved inside her and then she lost faith.
She was not strong enough to accept his grace.
Are you the father? Do you know where he is? What did you expect these pregnancies to accomplish? One came to baptise by water.
The other by fire.
Are you afraid to speak plainly? Our army is gathering.
One will prepare the way.
The other will lead us in to battle.
And you were counting on the fact that I would not exorcise these demons because they're unborn.
Ah, you are beginning to see the injustice of your god.
You are beginning to see with our eyes.
Well, since they are destined to lead an army of Satan, I suppose I'd better choose the lesser of two evils.
Stop! Where's the father? C'mon.
He can handle me.
And even if he can't, he's just a soldier.
He's expendable.
It's the Generals you need to protect.
He is with the Messiah's father.
Go then and meet your maker.
I'm gonna check this out.
I need you to stay here for an hour and pray for these women.
I am not your back-up prayer group.
Are you refusing to pray for the sick? I am not participating in an exorcism.
I'll pray for them in the chapel not here.
Here would be better.
Here would actually help them and me.
Good luck.
Is there Is there anything you want me to do? Don't tell me you've forgotten how to pray? - Once a Catholic.
- How did you know? My parents are Catholic.
I'm not.
I'm sure you remember the drill.
Praying is what people do when they have given up.
Prayer is the most powerful weapon we've got.
Why did I not die at birth, come forth from my womb and expire? Why did the knees receive me, and why the breasts, that I should suck? For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept then, I would have been at rest.
Or like the miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be, as infants that never saw light.
Why him? The Most High will be born of a virgin.
Why this virgin? He was the vessel for a thousand virgins.
He was blessed by our spirit.
You have your holy water so do we.
Aborted children.
Is your boss the only one allowed to kill his children? "In the Name of Jesus Christ, our God and Lord.
Strengthened by the intercession of the Immaculate Virgin, "Mary Mother of God, of Blessed Michael "the Archangel of the Blessed Apostles, Peter Hail Mary mother of God.
The Lord is with you How long before they abandon you, Jacob? "God arises "His enemies are scattered "and those who hate Him flee before Him.
"As smoke is driven away, "so are they driven, as wax melts before the fire, "so the wicked perish at the presence of God.
" They abandoned your friends.
You know they'll abandon you in the end.
"St Gianna, filled with the love of children.
"St Gianna willing to give your life for the sake of the gospels.
"Pray for us.
St Gianna No matter how you persecute us, we cannot die.
" the vocation of marriage.
Pray for us.
St Gianna, who witnessed "the sanctity of human life "Deliver us Lord, through the intercession of St Gianna.
From ignorance "and denial that human life begins at conception.
" "Deliver us Lord through the intercession of St Gianna.
"Through this holy annuity, "may the Lord and his love and mercy "help you with the grace of the Holy Spirit.
" You're next.
- Are they gone? - Yes.
Am I still pregnant? That's up to you.
Where's the doctor? I'll see if I can find her for you.
Don't tell me I've managed to exorcise you.
I have a meeting in Rome.
It's in the diary.
Be careful.
He's very smart.
He's not smarter than God is he? Then I should be fine.
He came to visit me.
Who did? Satan.
What did he want? He wants me to betray you.
And what did you say? Good.
If you want to make yourself useful you could help out on reception for a few days.
You don't have to wear a habit or anything.
And I'd be grateful if you'd put that Bible back in my room if you've finished with it.
Michael.
Michael.
I'm not listening.
Who are you? The Virgin Mary is a very prominent figure in The Koran She's here.
The woman appearing to you is not Mary.
She's not Satan.
She says if you don't leave here soon it'll be too late.
Where d'you suppose the safest place is for a man like that? Prison! Your son wants me to perform a ritual and help a demon to escape from Hell.
It's only if you worship Satan that this ritual has any power.