The Bondsman (2025) s01e08 Episode Script

1
[Frank Frost: "Gonna Make You Mine"]
[low rumble]
I love you, babe ♪
Don't be mean ♪
Come on, babe ♪
I need you so ♪
You know I love you, babe ♪
And never let you go ♪
I never let you go ♪
Never let you go ♪
You're so sweet
-[The Cult: "Love Removal Machine"]
-[horn honks]
Love removal ♪
-Talking about love ♪
-Love removal machine ♪
-Talking about love ♪
-Give me love ♪
Soul shaker ♪
-Talking about love ♪
-Oh, yeah ♪♪
[birds chirping]
-[ominous music playing]
-[twigs cracking]
[crow cawing]
[Maryanne] Hub?
Where are you?
Over here.
[Maryann chuckles] Well,
you ain't got to hide.
We're just a little rusty,
but I give us a solid seven out of ten.
I swear on everything that I was
just trying to protect you and Cade.
What's that?
It was a grave.
But she's a demon now.
Whose?
It was a mistake, M.
I was drunk and
she was wearing Lucky's hat.
Cheryl.
She was wearing Lucky's hat.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
[Cade] I don't believe a word of this.
My dad is not a murderer.
Y-You're just trying
to scare us off again.
No denying that I pulled the trigger,
but it was an accident.
Jesus. An accident
that you missed Lucky and hit Cheryl?
You still had murder in your heart.
I'm already paying for that sin,
and I'm trying my best to make amends.
Amends? You have done nothing
but look out for number one.
Sending demons back ain't nothing.
[Kitty] Cheryl's family is
still out there searching for her.
You knew the awful truth
and refused to face up to it.
All right, look. Forget about me.
We failed yesterday,
and now that demon is loose.
I need us all to keep our eye
on the ball here, as a family.
This is the end-times we're talking about.
And that is the only reason
I am not calling the cops on you myself.
But if it is the end of the world,
I hope it ends with me far away from you.
[somber music playing]
Please, don't abandon me now.
Running from you ain't abandonment.
It's just good sense.
M.
Please.
I'm the same me I was last night.
Yeah, I know.
But now I see you clearly.
[door opens]
-[car door opens]
-[car door closes]
-[engine starts]
-[Cade] Mom, let's go.
-[grunts]
-[engine stops]
Piece of shit.
[grunting]
[wind whooshing]
[suspenseful music playing]
All right. Fuck it.
Come and get me.
[crows cawing]
[horn honks]
[laughs]
Make it count, for your lad's sake.
We're counting on you. Don't fuck it up.
-[van door opens]
-[van door closes]
How?
[scoffs]
Wasn't pretty.
Coroner will definitely need therapy.
But the Devil isn't done with us yet.
Well, I'm done with him.
You can go ahead and process my return.
You don't get to pick.
I was blown up in a house
and I'm still here.
He wants us to finish the job.
That's all there is to it.
Then after that?
[sighs] Her name is Lilith,
and she's the last job, for both of us.
When it's over, we
Same raw deal,
whether we do the job
or tell him where to shove it,
so what's the point?
So that the world
would live on without us?
I'm doing this for Benji.
But if you don't care about anyone else,
don't let me keep you from your stump.
[quiet, dramatic music playing]
You ever hear the expression
"voice of an angel"?
-Started with her.
-Lilith was an angel?
With the most banging pipes of them all.
Her voice is what made her God's favorite
and jealous little bitches
out of all the other angels.
That's why they tricked her
into joining Satan's rebellion,
so that God would cast her down to a place
with no music for all of eternity.
-[Suzanne Santo: "Blood on Your Knees"]
-I started out ♪
At the end of the road ♪
It got cold
It's Cheryl. Call 911.
[Hub] So she's starting
Armageddon as payback?
That's Corporate's official story,
but only because Me Too hasn't
made it down to Hell.
Truth is, the boss has a thing for Lilith.
No wonder she wants out.
[Midge] The last time
she got away from him,
she took out her rage
on every man she came across.
How'd they finally get her?
We don't know how, we just know where.
At an abbey outside of Jerusalem.
She heard the Gregorian chants
and attacked.
Music to Lilith is like blood to a shark.
And she has this "mind control" thing.
Made all the monks kill themselves.
Hon? Ambulance is on its way.
Why don't we go sit down--
Why me? ♪
-[men screaming]
-[bones crunch]
-♪
-[exhales]
Oh, baby,
are you feeling sorry for yourself? ♪♪
[siren wailing]
[dramatic music playing]
[indistinct radio chatter]
[officer] Stay where you are, ma'am.
[indistinct chatter]
All clear.
Halloran's not here.
[indistinct radio chatter]
[Ruby] This is where
Hub summoned the demons?
I swear to God.
Maybe they used vacuum cleaners?
[laughs] Housekeeping demons.
I'd summon them twice a week.
[laughter]
Okay, assholes. If I'm lying,
what do you call that?
Where is he, Kitty?
Where's Hub?
[grunts]
Yep.
It's the middle of nowhere.
So now will you tell me
what we're doing out here?
You said that Lilith was drawn to music.
This is the best amp I ever owned.
No offense, but how is she supposed
to hear that from here?
[grunts] I'm gonna crank this baby
down to 50 kilohertz.
We won't hear it, but it's gonna send out
a signal at least 30 miles.
What do you mean, we won't hear it?
You've heard of a dog whistle?
You're looking
at the world's first demon whistle.
And he still has CDs.
What are we gonna do
if she actually shows up?
You still got that painting you showed me?
Check out the lines in the ground
around the abbey,
and tell me what you see.
Like you saw something Corporate didn't
after studying it for centuries.
I wouldn't have noticed those lines
if I hadn't been drawing one myself.
[suspenseful music playing]
You think it's a pentagram?
What if the way that Lilith got here
is the same way to send her back?
Look at those runes in the corners there.
If that's a demon trap,
maybe they were onto something.
[busy chatter]
You're under arrest,
but your son is free to go.
Call your grams.
[Lucky] I called you a lawyer.
Don't say a thing until he gets here.
What part of "bye" don't you understand?
None of this is your fault, M.
And I'm not gonna abandon you.
Either of you.
-This way, please.
-You stay away from us.
-Call your grams.
-Wh-- Mom.
Don't bother.
-Kitty was arrested, too.
-You called the cops on Dad and Grams,
-didn't you?
-On orders from a higher power.
But yeah. Yeah, I ratted.
So if you want to punch me, go ahead.
Go ahead, punch me.
I'm a fucking rat.
It'll make us both feel better.
[exhales] Get away from me.
Listen, I failed you and your mom.
And I feel shit about that,
but I did not know
what we were up against.
Actual fucking demons?
-I got nothing to say to you.
-Well, then, just listen.
Because if we're gonna save your mom,
we got to get our story straight.
What story, Lucky?
Your dad brainwashed you both.
He involved you against your wills
in his fucked-up,
demonic serial killer shit.
-That's not true.
-Isn't it?
'Cause I will testify--
hand on the Bible--
that I witnessed you and your mom
held prisoner by your dad's lies.
You're his victims here, too.
I won't say that.
Oh, we both know he's a murderer.
[suspenseful music playing]
And you're not?
It's time to face facts, kid.
The cops all think
you're some fucked-up
Chainsaw Massacre family.
You and me are your mom's last hope.
My mom can handle herself, Lucky.
No one's gonna believe you.
Not me, or the cops,
definitely not my mom.
[door opens]
[indistinct radio chatter]
[Maryanne] Sheriff,
you've got this all wrong.
We don't want anyone else hurt.
Call Hub.
Act normal.
Tell him to meet you at the Boxcar.
Ruby, you don't know the half
of what's really going on here.
-Oh, I tried to tell her.
-And we can talk about demons
all y'all want once Hub is in custody.
Whatever Hub's off doing
is keeping more people from getting hurt.
How involved was Cade?
Besides impersonating a firefighter?
I didn't arrest him yet.
But I could.
I'll do it.
[handcuffs clicking]
[line ringing]
It's Hub. Leave one if you want.
-[line beeps]
-Hey, it's me.
Look, I don't feel right
ending things this way.
Meet me at the club.
Your mom and I want to talk to you.
[tense music playing]
[Midge] Runes made of twigs for
a pentagram made of coffee cans.
This is the most ridiculous thing
I've ever heard.
Have you got a better idea?
♪
[Hub] Hey.
We have to get her to step inside,
so make sure it's hidden.
♪
-[clanging]
-[Midge] So what's next?
[groans] Just the whole "mind control" bit
that I haven't worked out yet.
That won't work on us,
since we've both been to Hell.
Same reason we can both see demons.
Really?
Did you even read the manual?
[Hub clears throat]
Look, maybe I should be the one,
because of whose body Lilith is in.
-She's not Cheryl anymore.
-Right.
But, if by some miracle,
this actually works
and you blow it by hesitating
I won't hesitate.
[sighs] If you do,
I'll kill you myself.
All of a sudden
I'm worried you're not as stone-cold
as you pretend to be.
You just worry about your part, okay?
Don't spring the trap
until she's inside it.
I'm not gonna risk
the end of all creation.
[suspenseful music playing]
[sighs]
[Des Rocs: "Let Me Live/Let Me Die"]
[music reverberating through ground]
♪
[tense music playing]
[screaming]
Using us to bait Hub won't help anybody.
Sheriff, we got multiple victims
down at Bubba's Diner.
Goddamn, Halloran.
It wasn't him.
Witnesses are saying
that it was Cheryl Dawson.
Cheryl Dawson?
Saying that she's possessed.
You see? [sighs]
She's the one you got to worry about!
Hub is the one trying to save us.
You believe that, right?
Yeah.
But it doesn't change what he did.
[sighs]
It's killing time, fear in the dark ♪
All these thoughts have never stopped ♪
Meet my friend the lonesome ♪
It's killing time
[suspenseful music playing]
Oh, let me live, oh, let me live ♪
Oh, let me die ♪
Oh, let me live
[Hub] Come on, come on.
Step inside, damn it.
Oh, let me die ♪
Fuck it.
[screeching]
♪
[dramatic music playing]
[screams]
♪
-[yelps]
-[growls]
[Hub yells]
♪
[yelling]
[gasps]
[shrieks]
-[Lilith screaming]
-[yells]
[groans]
-[screeches]
-Oh
Fuck! [groaning]
[Cheryl] Please don't kill me again, Hub.
[groans]
[panting]
You're not Cheryl.
[Lilith] If you let me go,
I'll let Cheryl live.
You won't go to Hell.
You'll be free.
What the hell?
[Midge] W-What's happening?
She's making her sales pitch.
Well, don't buy it. End of Days, remember?
And if Cheryl's still alive
and you're not a murderer
your family will forgive you,
won't they?
No, no, no.
Think of everyone you love.
I am.
How's this work?
[crow cawing]
Break the seal.
[Midge] No. No. No, no. No.
Ladies first.
[indistinct whispering]
[exhales]
[crow cawing]
[gasps]
Selfish asshole.
Well, you're not going to Hell yet,
so, you're welcome.
You just sold out the entire world.
I'll figure something out.
There's always a loophole.
What? Where? [panting]
Hub?
It's okay, Cheryl.
Everything's gonna be okay.
[The Wild Feathers: "Ain't Lookin'"]
♪
[lively chatter]
She opened up her suitcase ♪
Threw it on the floor
What the fuck?
From the night before ♪
Lit up a smoke ♪
Kicked the screen off the door ♪
Said, "I ain't looking
for love no more" ♪
Love is what you find
when it ain't what you're looking for
The cops are here for you.
It was between you and Cade.
Maryanne had no choice.
I fixed everything. I'm free.
Love is what you find
when it ain't what you're looking for
Look. It's gone.
I brought Cheryl back,
and it reversed the whole thing.
Like it-- Like it never even happened.
Hub. You're under arrest.
[Hub] Maryanne, don't worry.
They don't understand.
They don't understand, Em.
Hub. Hub, what's happening?
[Ruby] Hands on the table.
-Come on. You, too.
-Love is what you find ♪
-Let's go.
-When it ain't
what you're looking for
-It's gonna be fine.
-Back up.
Don't you worry.
It's gonna be just fine.
-You okay?
-Don't touch me.
Love is what you find
when it ain't what you're looking for
[makeup crashing]
[sobbing]
[fluttering]
[rattling]
[caws]
[caws]
Downtown chasing, money wasting ♪
-I ain't looking for love no more
-[handcuffs clicking]
I'm gonna go check on Maryanne.
[scoffs] You're gonna leave me?
A-Alone, here, with him?
He's in cuffs.
Cuffs don't stop witches.
Money wasting ♪
I ain't looking for love no more
[Maryanne humming]
[vocalizing]
I know you hate me right now,
but enough is enough.
[vocalizing]
You're not in your right mind here,
so I'm gonna do the thinking
for both of us
and I'm gonna tell you
how this is gonna go.
[grunts]
[vocalizing]
[crow cawing]
[Maryanne] Ashes to dust ♪
Shadows and light ♪
Something dark passed
by my window last night ♪
I heard a voice say you better beware ♪
I looked out the window
and no one was there ♪
And it passed ♪
And shook my soul ♪
Oh, it passed ♪
And took my breath ♪
And it passed ♪
Woe, death ♪♪
The Devil will never stop coming, Hub.
Not for me.
So not for Maryanne.
Serve me if you want her to live.
-[Jennifer Nettles: "Woe, Death"]
-I went to the mirror
and started to moan ♪
The face that I saw there,
it wasn't my own ♪
The girl that I knew
somehow was replaced ♪
And looking at me
was an old woman's face ♪
And it passed ♪
And stole my sight ♪
And it passed ♪
And shook my soul ♪
Oh, it passed ♪
And took my breath ♪
And it passed ♪
Woe, death ♪♪