Pauline (2024) s01e04 Episode Script

['50s sentimental song playing,
The Clovers "Devil or Angel"]
Devil or angel
I can't make up my mind ♪
Which one you are
I'd like to wake up and find ♪
Devil or angel dear, whichever you are ♪
I miss you, I miss you ♪
[gory splatter]
[nurse groans]
Devil or angel please say
you'll be mi-i-ine ♪
Love me or leave me
I'll go out of my mind ♪
Devil or angel dear, whichever you are ♪
[music distorting]
I need you, I need you ♪
[intro song playing]
[engine rumbling]
[Pauline] Hey, Mom. Uhm listen,
I'll stay with Tony for a couple days.
Miss Fischer's on my case
about the scholarship.
And our place is too noisy,
with the move and everything.
Love you.
Hey, Tony. Uhm
Sorry for storming out like that.
But I think it's best if I just
stay away from everyone for now
before my freaking superpowers
get anyone else killed.
Oh, and uhm could you tell Miss Fischer
that I'm sick?
Make up something so bad
I need to stay home,
but not so bad
that I'd die from it. [chuckles]
Thanks.
[phone vibrates and chimes]
[Tony] Hey, I-- get that you're fed up
with all this demon and devil stuff
right now.
And uh with me.
But I-- need to tell you
a couple things.
Please get back to me.
I don't want you
to have to go through this alone.
[sad pensive music playing]
[bird hoots and whooshes]
[birds chirping and hooting]
[electric buzzing]
[footsteps approaching]
[keys jingling]
[door unlocks and creaks]
[sizzling sound]
[Pauline groans]
THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
EXPANDING UNIVERSE
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
LIGHT-YEARS FROM EARTH
BUTTERFLY NEBULA
[soft fluttering]
- [Jason] Look. You see?
- Look, Dad!
- Male bees jump and [laughs]
[young Pauline] It's going home. Come on!
[Jason] And there he goes!
[young Pauline] Bye.
[Jason] Do you have it?
[Carla] Okay, lemme try again.
[Jason making a swoosh sound]
[young Pauline and Carla giggle]
[Jason] That looks great!
Two, three.
[Jason] Okay.
- We did it!
[young Pauline] Yeah!
[Jason] Sweetie, that was great.
Can you do me a favor?
Say hi to the camera real quick.
[Carla] Hi!
[Jason] Throw the ball, and aim for Mom!
[Carla laughs] Naw.
[young Pauline] I got you, Mommy!
[Carla] Yes, you did! [laughs]
[mysterious low rumble]
[sighs]
[soft rattling]
BUTTERFLY NEBULA
[computer chimes]
[tense and dramatic music]
[whispers] What the fuck?
[music intensifies]
[loud thud]
[door creaks open]
[crickets chirping]
[Pauline] Hello?
[Pauline sighs]
[gasps]
[woman] Oh, sorry.
I didn't mean to scare you.
For some reason
I always seem to creep people out.
Anyway. [laughs] Hello.
I'm Malorie. Uhm
I live just around the corner.
I noticed the light, so I wanted
to check if everything's all right.
It's been a while
since someone was last here.
Sorry, I have no idea who you are.
He always used to talk about you
all the time.
Jason was very proud of you.
Do you still have the AR-70?
Your telescope?
1I gave it to him
when I upgraded to the AR-127L.
You really don't remember me?
Anyway sorry again
for startling you.
What's the AR-127L like?
[sinister sound]
So you used to be friends with my dad?
Yes. I mean, not just friends.
We were coworkers as well.
Back when he worked as a janitor?
Well, [sucks teeth]
Jason had many interests.
[sniffles] Uhm
Sorry. It's very rude of me
to still be wearing these dirty things.
Are you still into astronomy, by the way?
Because if you are, we
could go over to my place
and I'll show you the AR-127L.
- Maybe later?
- Well, okay. [chuckles]
[electricity buzzing]
[sinister growling and whispering]
[clock ticking loudly]
Oh, I'm sorry
I hope I'm not interrupting something.
- I was just doing some Googling.
- Funny.
I mean, that you've got internet access.
I can't even get a signal out here.
Are you hungry? I made ravioli.
- Yeah, thanks.
- Okay.
Uhm Let me just clear the table first.
Do you ever get scared,
all alone out here?
No.
[sinister growling and whispering]
I find it quite scary sometimes.
But maybe I'm just a scaredy cat.
[Malorie] Stay right there!
[Pauline grunts]
Lilith will be so grateful
when I hand you over.
That thing will be better off with us
anyway
[gory cracking]
[Malorie scoffs]
I mean, you as its mother.
[Pauline pants]
[Pauline breathes frantically]
[windows slams open]
[flapping frenzy]
[Malorie gasps and groans]
[Malorie screams]
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Where's Remmi?
At the vet's. His cat has a bladder stone.
And Pauline?
She's not feeling well. She's at home.
- Anything else?
- Hm
How much for these?
3.50 euros.
2.50 euros?
[door opens]
Hey. Do you know where Pauline is?
She's sick.
That will be five euros.
Okay, so?
Okay.
Okay, we had a rough start,
I can admit that.
- [Tony] Mhm.
- But I'm actually a pretty nice guy.
You're literally the son of the devil.
I didn't like you when you were the guy
who knocked up my best friend, alright?
- But Pauline likes me.
- [sighs]
I think.
- Doesn't she?
- [chuckles]
Has she said anything?
Why do you care so much about it anyway?
I mean, now that we know
that we can't even get rid of that thing.
[sighs]
'Cause there's a chance
I didn't tell her everything
she, um, might need to know.
Under her house, there's Whatever.
That's why I've been trying
to get a hold of her all day.
I've known Pauline forever, okay?
If she doesn't answer,
there's a good reason.
Or maybe she's not answering because
she's being sliced open by demons
who want to get that thing out of her.
All because you didn't tell me
where she was.
[gulps]
Sorry, that was uhm
a little exaggerated.
I just want you to understand the gravity
of the situation, okay?
Please.
[phone beeps]
Hey, Pauli. [sighs]
Lukas just showed up at the store.
He's wound up, like super sweaty,
saying he really needs to talk to you.
He bought candy for a little kid.
Since I promised I wouldn't tell him
where you are,
I just wanted to know what I'm supposed
to do. That'd be very kind. Thanks. Bye.
[phone beeps]
Voicemail. Her phone must be dead.
- Nothing I can do.
- [sighs]
Yeah, nothing you can do,
you're probably right.
[Lukas] If there's anything I can do to
get you to trust me, I'd love to do that.
[Lukas sighs]
I don't know, like
if you have any questions about
uhm [in a silly voice] this whole
demon thing and all this crazy shit.
Okay.
But be warned.
I'm good at telling when somebody's lying.
Okay. I'm ready.
[clicks his tongue]
Okay, so If creatures like you exist,
is there also something up there?
Yeah, there's something.
That means the Catholic Church, the Pope--
Oh, uhm No, no, no.
They're on my team.
And Jesus?
He didn't really walk on water, did he?
- What do you think?
- Well, I guess
[sinister swooshing sound]
[in an echoing voice]
She's at her dad's cabin.
Okay. And where is it?
Did you hear my thoughts just now?
You didn't want to talk to me.
And it's urgent.
That's invasive.
Did you erase anything?
- [Lukas] No. I was just reading.
- Just?
- What else did you read?
- Nothing.
What else did you read in my mind?
- Take me to this cabin now or--
- Or what?
[sighs]
- Was my dad a demon?
- Don't let him touch your hand.
If hear thoughts if he touches you.
He just did it to me.
Uh I-- Your dad, I don't know.
We don't reproduce like humans.
It's not really possible like
biologically speaking.
I guess that would make
a little more sense, though. I mean
I mean, the son of the devil
and the daughter of a
- What does he do?
- He's dead.
Uh I
Sorry. I'm really sorry.
- And what's under my house?
- That's why I'm here, to-- to talk to you.
- Ask Tony, that's the reason. Tell her.
[Tony] Don't know what he's talking about.
[Lukas] Come on!
[Pauline] Whatever.
First of all, I have to find out
if my dad was a fucking demon.
And I need your help.
And yours.
'Cause you're good at telling
if someone's lying. Come on.
[Tony] You didn't think-- Hey.
There's a gateway to hell under your house
is something you should have mentioned
earlier.
Wait, are all demons liars?
Well, it makes sense.
[Lukas] No. I didn't want to upset Pauline
right before the procedure, that's all.
But it didn't go to plan anyway.
[Tony] You can't decide
what she can and can't know.
- I mean, her dad--
[Lukas] I didn't know about her dad. And--
And we don't really know for sure
if he was one of us.
- Oh, shit.
- What?
- Oh.
[Tony] "Oh" what?
Oh.
Do you guys have some sort of list
of all the demons somewhere?
- What? Like an HR file?
- Mm-hmm.
No, Lilith is the only one
who knows them all.
[sighs]
[Pauline] Okay, let's find Lilith.
[Tony] You wanna find the devil?
[Lukas] Pauline, you can't do that.
It's way too dangerous.
Hey, wait. I'll come up with something,
but you can't just show up there.
You have no idea who you're dealing with.
[Pauline] She's the only one who knows
if my dad was a demon, so I'll ask her.
- Or you have a better idea?
- Uhm I-- I do.
- He's lying.
- Well, but that doesn't matter right now.
We have to get rid of this thing,
that's what's important.
This whole thing about your dad
has no impact on this.
[Tony] Dude, you're so insensitive.
Wow.
Okay. There is someone else
who might know.
He might know
how to get this thing out of you.
And he might know who your dad was.
- Yeah. But?
- If I tell him what's going on, then
[sighs] He's a pretty loyal demon.
I don't know if I can trust him,
he might go to Lilith right away.
And if she finds out
that I'm trying to betray her, then
She'll tear me from this body or
Shit, I don't know!
[Tony sighs]
[sinister music playing]
Okay. Okay.
[Pauline] All right, then.
[Lukas] Here. In case I don't come back.
Something to help you stay safe.
[sad ethereal vocals]
[door slams]
[sighs nervously]
[car door closes]
[wind blows]
[organ church hymn]
[chorus] Commit thy way, confiding ♪
When trials here arise ♪
To him whose hand is guiding ♪
The tumults of the skies ♪
There, clouds and tempests, raging ♪
No way of ♪
[door slams and silence descends]
[worshippers murmur]
[sighs]
Commit thy way, confiding ♪
[Lukas] When ♪
[Both] When trials here arise ♪
[all] To him whose hand is guiding ♪
The tumults of the skies ♪
Faster.
[water bubbling]
Ever since I fell pregnant,
he's been weirdly fixated on me.
[sighs] I don't know
what to think anymore.
A janitor Yeah, right.
I talked to Mike earlier.
And we're going through a bit
of a rough patch but whatever, you have
definitely got bigger problems.
And that's why I'm staying over tonight.
I mean, if that's cool.
Of course, that's cool.
How are there so many files,
but so little actual information?
Well, I've been wondering if we should
go down there and take a look around,
see what Jason-- Well
y'know, we don't have to.
Only if you want to. Uhm
Actually, that's a stupid idea.
[mystical vocals playing]
[music fades out]
Yeah-- So, what do you think?
That is a-- uhm a shitty situation.
- Yeah, it's a fucked up situation!
[Tammo] Mm-hmm.
I really didn't know if I could trust you.
[Swallows noisily]
It's good to have someone by my side.
- You are on my side, right?
- Of course. [stammers] Yeah.
I mean, obviously, sir. Why wouldn't I be?
You're my direct superior.
I'm not your superior,
for fuck's sake, I just--
- I want to know if I can trust you.
[Tammo squeaks]
Lilith can't find out about
Pauline under any circumstance.
I even killed one of our guys
so she wouldn't find out.
Okay. Uhm
[Tammo] Uhm [clears his throat]
Lukas, so-- Hmm
You [Sighs and chuckles nervously]
I have a confession to make.
What is it? What's the matter?
Uh-- [stammers]
[Clears his throat and breathes nervously]
Lilith knows about it.
But it's not what you think.
- I didn't want her to--
[Lukas] What?
She asked me what you told me
that day. And--
I had to tell her.
She had someone follow you.
She knows. I'm sorry.
[desperately] I'm sorry.
[frantic gurgling]
You said it was
a purely hypothetical question,
because you watched The Exorcist.
[Tammo] Yes, because I didn't know
if I could trust you!
[splashing and gurgling]
[Tammo] You can trust me!
You can trust me. I'm on your side.
You have to listen to me.
Listen, listen. Please, listen. [sighs]
I'm on your side, okay? I am
on your side. [breathes deeply]
Why do you think
I always want to try to get
everyone to stick to the rules? [pants]
Because I don't want my life
to change, okay?
I mean, look at my life, man.
You've seen my garage,
I have seven vintage cars,
I go to Tango class twice a week.
I've just had the vicarage renovated.
With a beautiful spa area,
two saunas, relaxation room,
a cooling pool and a steam bath.
I love my life.
I want everything to remain the way it is.
But now that Lilith knows,
she'll try to get that thing
under her control right away.
And if she succeeds, it's all over. Okay?
That's it. No more humanity.
No more good red wine.
And no more truffle pasta.
- Then we're all screwed.
[Lukas] Fuck!
What do we do now?
[Tammo pants]
There might be another way.
There's one person who wants to stop
Lilith and keep this thing from existing
even more than we do.
But things could get very, very ugly.
[in an echoing voice] Hey, Dad!
[breathing shakily]
Are you okay?
[melancholic music playing]
You've never been down there again, right?
I've always thought I knew my dad.
[Pauline sniffs]
Everything I like, everything I am, I--
owe to him. Everything.
And now it’s like I don’t even know him,
you know?
[Carla whispers] Rocket? Sorry.
Mom?
Miss Fischer called and said you're sick
with hand, foot and mouth disease?
[Pauline] Hmm
The next time you want me to lie for you,
just let me know in advance.
- Hey, is something wrong?
- No. I'm fine.
You didn't set the school on fire, right?
Hm She said you should come
to her office tomorrow at 10:00.
She says she's finally come to a decision
about the scholarship.
And she really wants to talk to you
about it in person. [squeals]
Wow, she is super uptight, huh?
Three minutes on the phone with her
was enough to give me a migraine.
I got a commission for a portrait,
it's a super quick turnaround.
It's this woman. She's kinda weird,
but the pay is freaking great.
And tomorrow Remmi's gonna bring me
the keys to the new apartment.
I hope your life is as exciting
as mine is right now.
It's not.
[chuckles] HmYou'll get there.
Sleep tight for now.
Hey, Mom?
Dad was a good guy, right?
What kinda question is that?
The best.
[birds chirping]
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- Are you all right?
- Why do you ask?
[phone beeps]
Hey, don't be upset.
Some things are just beyond our control.
[sighs]
You haven't heard yet, have you?
And you were so sure
you'd be the one to get the scholarship.
So?
What will you do now?
Will you cast another spell on me?
Or on Miss Fischer?
Do it, come on. Do it!
[metal clanking rapidly]
[childhood piano song playing softly]
[distorted] Show me your true face.
[all sounds stop]
- Show me your witch mark!
- Hey, Britta.
[Britta whimpers]
[Britta] Help!
[Ms. Fisher] What's all this noise?
[Britta] Ah!
What's going on here?
Our school is proud to be open
to all kinds of students,
and accepting of all walks of life
and all
wherever they come from.
But violence is something
we can't accept.
I'm so glad you happened to come out
of your office at that exact moment.
Who knows what might have happened?
Sorry, what?
Pauline wanted me to step back
and give up the scholarship.
And when I refused, she attacked me.
[scoffs]
Bullshit!
Well, in that case, you've achieved
the opposite of what you intended.
- What are you saying?
- I had already uhm--
filled in your name on the form.
Now I'll have to print another copy.
It's a great honor
to be awarded this scholarship.
I did my best to try
and help you get this.
Other people like
you would've been grateful.
- Other people like me?
- Well, you know what I mean, Pauline.
[otherworldly growling]
[rumble crescendo]
[gasps]
[otherworldly whispers]
[heart beating]
This is crazy.
And how does it work again?
Can I just, like, tell you what to do?
Okay. I want you to give me
the scholarship right now.
Call up the folks in the UK and tell them.
And my name is Pauline Alceste,
not Alchesté.
Good. How do I get out of here?
Mhm
[stammers] W- What's happening right now?
Pauline Alceste
will receive the scholarship.
Congratulations.
[phone beeps]
[Pauline groans]
No!
[Pauline] Uh!
[glass shattering]
[exhales]
Pauline Alceste gets the scholarship.
[sentimental jazz song playing]
[sighs]
This is like that moment
when Michael Corleone,
comes back from the bathroom
to shoot Sollozzo and McCluskey, isn't it?
Hm?
Uh In The Godfather.
The Godfather, man.
The Godfather, the best movie of all time.
- The Godfather--
- I guess I've never seen it. No.
Okay, so [clears his throat]
Michael Corleone is the son
of a big Mafia family,
and they want him
to take over the business.
But he doesn't want to.
He's an honest guy,
a war hero, so on and so forth.
- Suddenly, one day--
- Could you tell me what you're getting at?
As soon as you go in there,
there's no turning back.
It will mean war.
- I know.
- Lukas?
Are you doing this for Pauline
or for yourself?
[sentimental jazz song playing]
[Lukas] Are you coming?
[Tammo] Uh-- You-- Crazy idea: maybe--
I-- maybe I can keep watch from the car?
- It might take a while.
- No problem. [sighs]
[sentimental jazz song playing]
[Tony] Yeah, okay,
Britta kinda deserved it.
But that was more of an evil Lukas move.
Now you have to wear
a ridiculous leather jacket
- and act like Damon from Vampire Diaries.
- [snorts]
- Yeah.
- I just used my powers to my advantage.
We know I deserve this scholarship
more than Britta.
Yes, but Britta doesn't have superpowers.
What, and that makes me the bad guy?
[Tony sighs]
I'll make us a cup of tea.
Something without caffeine.
I don't want you
to end up using your powers on me.
And it's awesome that we're hanging out
just the two of us.
By the way, I was thinking of telling Mike
about the whole story, you know.
Not because he really needs to know,
but because I feel like I'm lying
to him all the time. And that sucks.
And because he tells me everything,
like, everything,
It's exhausting at times.
But it's just like, feels weird.
[voice fades] Remember the guy
I used to date who didn't tell me
that he had been following me
on Instagram for a year.
At first I thought that was cute,
but it's super creepy and stalkery.
Anyway, Mike feels bad even when he--
when he doesn't tell me
that he, I don't know, drank coffee
from a non-reusable cup.
You know, he always gets so cute
and worried. And I mean, I just
don't wanna deceive him all the time,
constantly making up shit
and just not telling him the truth.
You know what I mean?
Pauli?
[door shuts]
[drumming rhythmic music playing]
Pauline? Pauli.
This can't keep happening.
I can't always be there
when you're in trouble.
[Lukas] Hey.
- Uhm W- Where's Pauline?
- Out.
[drumming rhythmic music playing]
Hey. What are you guys up to exactly?
Fuck.
[Tony] You know what? Fuck you all!
I'll find out what's going on myself!
[Tammo] I really don't feel good
about this at all.
I mean, we can't just barge in there
and take Pauline with us.
- If Lilith finds out what you're--
[Lukas] What we're planning, Tammo?
And let me deal with my mother.
I got this. I think.
Hey, what do you say I
just stand behind you
and don't say anything and look scary.
Oh-- Oh, okay. No, stupid idea. Hm
[Lilith] How good of you to come.
Pauline and I just had
a nice, little chat.
It's a pity you didn't introduce me
to her earlier.
[chuckles]
I think we'd better go now, Pauline.
She promised she'd get this thing out.
And that she'd leave me
and my mom alone. That's all I want.
And in return,
I gave her that weird knife back.
Santé.
Pauline had so many questions, but sadly,
you didn't give her any answers.
Could we talk about it later?
[Lilith] Lukas feels uncomfortable
when he doesn't know something.
I'm often surprised
at how little he actually knows.
About your father, for example.
He should've known that by now.
I mean, Jason was one
of our most important demons. Hmm.
- Wasn't he, Lukas?
- Your dad was not a demon.
How come you're suddenly so sure?
- Hmm?
- Well, I
[Tammo clears his throat and mumbles]
Can we talk about it somewhere else?
Can we please get out of here?
Sit down!
[low menacing rumble]
[Tammo mumbles and clears his throat]
[Lilith]
Please, make yourself comfortable.
You heard what Pauline wants.
Besides,
this dangerous being in her belly,
shouldn't let it loose on mankind, hm?
The world would plunge into chaos.
All of Europe at war,
then come the genocides,
followed by the sad dregs of mankind
wallowing in the dirt,
bashing each other heads in.
- We can't allow that to happen.
- Don't you realize that she's lying?
Chaos is all she's ever wanted!
She doesn't give a shit about you,
she never gives a shit about other people.
It's always about what you want.
And are you sure this is still
about Pauline?
Or is that just
your inferiority complex talking?
[metallic swooshing sound]
Remember whose side you're on.
[chuckles malevolently]
[Lukas in a strangled voice]
Pauline, please get out of here.
[Lukas groans]
[Pauline] Lilith!
Let him go.
[otherworldly whispers]
You're killing him! Stop!
[Pauline groans]
[Pauline pants]
[Lilith] Is he all right?
[sinister whispers]
Can you hear it?
[in the Antichrist voice] Don't touch me!
[muffled explosion]
[crushing and crumbling]
['50s sentimental song playing]
Devil or angel
I can't make up my mind ♪
Which one you are
I'd like to wake up and find ♪
[Lukas muffled voice] Pauline!
Devil or angel dear, whichever you are ♪
[Lukas] Pauline. Pauline.
Hey, Pauline!
Pauline!
Devil or angel please say
you'll be mi-i-ine ♪
Love me or leave me
I'll go out of my mind ♪
I need you, I need you ♪