Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996) s01e20 Episode Script

[ticking echoing]
[chiming]
[piano music playing]
[piano continues playing]
[wind whistling]
[piano continues playing]
Who are you?
When your father
was in need, I came.
Christina is my given name.
Christina?
But you're not real.
Real enough
for you to see
what evil awaits
The Legacy.
Your father did
a father slay,
but once again,
he comes this way.
Who are you
talking about?
Who comes this way?
One whose daughter
was beguiled
now seeks to steal
a little child.
[rumbling]
Deny him this,
and you compel
his soul to burn
in fiery hell.
Beware the wrath.
[gasps]
[Nick] What the hell
was that?
I'm not sure.
A warning.
Something or someone
is coming.
[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
and the night.
Known only to the initiated
by our true name,
The Legacy.
[birds cawing]
All I can tell you is
what I experienced.
I remember hearing
the music,
speaking to this woman,
Christina.
And then just
as I came in,
that the window shattered.
But it isn't broken.
Pretty weird, huh?
No kidding.
So who is Christina?
My father spoke of her.
He claimed that whenever
he needed her, she was there.
She's a seer who can foretell
the future and see the past.
And according to legend,
she's been around
over 300 years.
Three hundred years?
Are you serious?
Okay, what does this
Christina see?
Someone my father killed
has come back from the grave.
To do what?
That's what I intend
to find out.
"The Journal of a Ghosthunter"?
Maybe my father's diaries
will give us a clue.
Or maybe you could
just ask Christina?
It's not that simple.
Why is that?
You don't find her.
She finds you.
And what else
do you think of
when you look at
a painting like this?
It doesn't look very real.
No, that's true.
It doesn't look real,
does it?
[Kat] Yes, it does.
Really? That's interesting,
Katherine.
What makes you think so?
Because an artist paints
what she feels.
What's real to her.
Very good.
Did everyone hear that?
[students] No.
Katherine, would you
like to repeat that
so that everyone can hear?
What makes a painting real
is if the person
who paints it
paints what they feel
in their heart.
Excellent. All right, class,
let's move along.
[students murmuring]
[Christina]
Ticktack, sweet Kat.
Come to visit? Come to chat?
Who are you?
Christina.
I've been expecting you.
No way.
How could you expect
somebody you don't even know?
It's true, it's true.
Waiting here for only you.
But why?
Because it is our destiny.
I'm for you,
and you're for me.
Do you always talk
this silly way?
Always, never
it's all the same.
Seeing your future
is why I came.
You can see my future?
Clear as night.
Night? That's not so clear.
It is for me.
Child of Rachel,
child of Ruth,
the time has come
to tell the truth.
Beware of evil
from the past,
the first that comes
to take the last.
What did you just do?
Mark you now,
your soul to keep.
Listen for me when you sleep.
An evil vessel
soon will be
brought back to The Legacy.
[teacher] Katherine
Come along.
Coming.
Katherine.
Yes, ma'am. I'm coming.
[birds cawing]
[Dominick]
Oh, Father Callahan.
Welcome back.
Thank you, Dominick.
Philip?
My God.
What are you doing here?
[Nick] When did you get in?
Why didn't you call?
I'm only just
passing through.
Officially I'm in San Francisco
on church business.
Oh, yeah?
And, unofficially?
I'm here to give
Derek this.
[Derek] "To Derek, my son.
To be opened
in the event of my death."
Where did you get this?
In the monastery
I've been staying.
St. Alban's, Kilkerry.
They've been renovating
the cloisters.
I recognized
your father's handwriting
the minute
I set eyes on it.
I got it here as quick
as I could.
I remembered
he stayed there,
just before we met up in Peru
for the last time.
And he never mentioned
this letter?
No.
Just like my father
to leave secrets
and tell no one.
Sounds like it runs
in the family.
What is it?
I'm not sure.
Maybe this will tell us.
That's strange.
It looks
almost Abyssinian.
Well, there's no No hinge,
no lock, no seams.
It feels like there's
something inside, though.
It could be starting
to disintegrate.
Perhaps.
Why don't you see if you can
find out what it's made of.
Sounds good.
Nice to have you back.
Uh, actually, I'm only here
for the week.
Of course.
So there's
no chance that, uh,
I can persuade you
to decipher this?
[Philip]
There's something really odd
about these characters.
I guess I'll give it a go.
Okay.
[dog barks]
We learned so much
about Rembrandt
and Picasso,
and some guy
who paints soup cans.
Whose paintings
did you like the best?
Mary Cassatt.
She was an Impressionist,
just like Renoir.
That's right.
And she's an American too.
Just like you.
The only problem was
people back then
were so stupid.
How's that?
They thought women
weren't supposed
to do that kind of thing.
You're right,
that is pretty stupid.
But Mary Cassatt just
didn't believe them.
Who told you all this?
Miss McHugh.
Well, Miss McHugh sounds
pretty smart, doesn't she?
Mmm-hmm. So is Christina.
Christina. Is that
one of your friends?
She lives in one of
the paintings.
In a painting?
Yeah. With a unicorn
and lots of other
great stuff.
-I'm sleepy.
-Yeah.
Go on, hop into bed.
Now, this Christina
are we talking
real or imaginary?
Real. She can even
see the future.
And did she see
your future?
Sort of.
She said be careful.
Something from the past
is coming back.
[thunder crashes]
[closing door echoes]
[beeps]
[Philip] Well, it's not
Sanskrit or Sumerian.
Nothing recognizable.
But there's something
uncomfortably familiar
about it.
What's that?
It's my father's journal.
I thought
it could help us.
Derek, listen
I'm not sure I'm gonna be
much use here.
I mean, this sort of thing
takes a lot of time.
I know. The effort
is much appreciated.
Philip, it's good
to have you back.
It's strange, but you have
no idea how many times
we could have used you.
How has it been in Ireland?
Divided as ever,
despite the promises.
It's really upsetting when
they use the love of God
to generate so much hate.
[phone rings]
Derek Rayne.
[Rachel] Derek
It's Rachel.
Something's happened to Kat.
[Derek]
Tell me what's going on.
Well you know that encounter
that you had the other day
with, uh, that woman,
Christina?
Yesterday, Kat went
on a field trip
with her class
to the art museum.
And when I was
putting her to bed,
she was telling me about it.
And she mentioned
the same name, Christina.
She was almost falling
asleep on her feet,
so I-- I mean, I
I've just let her sleep.
But the thing is,
there's this strange
mark behind her left ear.
Describe it.
Uh, it's It sort of
looks like, uh, a "C."
Let me talk to her.
Well, that's the thing, Derek.
I can't wake her up.
I think I'll come over
right away.
Great.
Baby?
Kat, honey.
[Kat whimpers]
[Derek] How long has she
been asleep?
Nearly 12 hours.
She doesn't have a fever.
Her vital signs
are normal.
I just--
I can't wake her up.
Show me the mark.
Omega.
The last and most powerful
letter in the Greek alphabet.
You said she spoke
to Christina.
What did she say?
Only that she could
see the future,
that Kat should
be careful, that
something was
coming back.
-Just what
she said to me.
-Yeah.
Did Kat say where in the museum
she saw Christina?
Not really.
She mentioned
a painting.
A unicorn.
[Derek] Stay with her.
If she wakes up,
try to keep her awake.
I'll be back
as soon as I can.
Yeah, Derek.
[Alex] How's it going?
The translation.
Making any progress?
Not much.
They say talking is good
for the soul.
That's what they say.
Even a priest
needs to confess.
You've changed.
-Have I?
-Yeah.
What happened?
My brother Michael.
He died.
Oh.
I'm so sorry, Philip.
It's funny, you know.
He was the one who would have
made a great priest.
I was the sinner.
I mean,
he married a good woman,
had five beautiful kids,
good Catholic family,
but he was always
trying to help people,
to do the right thing,
you know?
How did he die?
Business in Manchester.
An IRA car bomb
injured a girl on a bike.
He went in to help.
The second blast
killed them both.
What sort of God
allows this to happen?
You know
there's no simple answer.
I know nothing.
Ever since
the day this happened,
I've been asking myself,
"How do I fight for a God
who would let this be?"
I mean, if this is a sample
of his justice and mercy,
then I'm afraid
I have to pass.
[indistinct chatter]
[echoing] Like the father
comes the son.
Derek Rayne,
the anointed one.
Christina.
Know yourself
and you will find,
that I cannot be far behind.
Then you must know
why I've come.
The mark on
Katherine Corrigan's neck.
The mark protects her
during sleep
from one who wants
her soul to keep.
The day of reckoning,
the chosen waif
comes to me
to keep her safe.
The day of reckoning?
Mistake not
your father's fight.
The evil he killed
is alive tonight.
Long thought dead,
he comes this way.
Prepare yourself
for judgment day.
[thunder crashing]
No!
[Nick]
Have you seen this crack?
I was right.
It's starting
to disintegrate.
Yeah.
Have you spoken
to Philip?
Not really.
Maybe you should
say something to him.
He really needs
a friend to talk to.
Well, I tried.
Last night, after everybody
called it quits,
I stopped by his room with
a couple of bottles of stout.
Sort of an old ritual
we used to have.
Stout? You mean beer?
Uh More like ale
with an attitude.
Ooh.
Anyway, he, uh,
kind of shut me out.
Said he wasn't
interested in talking.
That's the trouble
with you macho men.
Always keeping
everything inside.
[computer beeps]
Hey this can't be right.
What's that?
Well, the spectrographic
analysis of the metal
shows a titanium alloy.
Only, the valences
are off.
Ah, well, maybe it's breaking
down quicker than we thought.
Hmm.
[Nick] Let's see
if this acid wash
shows anything.
Have a look at this.
Huh. It's Latin.
"Cave fons malorum."
Something "Evil."
"Beware the source
of evil."
Nice.
Winston Rayne's words
to live by.
Mmm.
You know, there's no point
in carrying on
with this tonight.
[bottle clattering]
It's getting late anyways.
Yeah. Derek can have
a look at it in the morning.
Okay.
See you in the morning.
-Yeah, have
a good snooze.
-Mmm.
[deep, menacing laughter]
[groans]
[knock on door]
You saw her?
What did she say?
That the mark you found,
the Omega
She put it there to induce
a kind of dream state.
I
I can't do this again.
[Derek] You have to.
The evil you've attracted
has not come by chance.
You must face whatever it is,
and you must be strong.
Strong?
Do you know what it takes
to lose your husband
and your son,
and keep on going?
To know that
your daughter
might be in some kind
of danger,
and all you can do
is wait?
No. I don't
need strong, Derek.
I need to know why.
Why her? Why me?
Rachel, listen to me.
There are no easy answers.
I understand your anxiety,
your frustration,
but you don't have a choice.
You have to wait
your chance and fight.
No.
I have waited
long enough.
I want my daughter
and my life back.
I can't go on living just--
When any moment,
it all could end.
I
Some malignant force could come
and take my only child.
The way it's taken
everything else that
I have ever loved.
I need this to stop.
Of course. And it will.
But not right now.
You want life to be fair?
Well, it's not.
You want God to make
things right?
Well, He won't
without your help.
It's up to us to act.
And we have to act now.
-[Nick groaning]
-Nick?
Whoa.
Don't try to get up.
Give yourself a chance.
Something's in here.
Well, that or
a little too much
ale with attitude.
No, I'm serious.
Something's in here besides us.
Well, like what?
I don't know.
Didn't you feel it?
[Alex] No.
Well, it wasn't
my imagination.
Well, what was it then?
Uh, I I don't know.
But I'm gonna
recheck security.
Well, wait for me.
As you lie asleep today,
two to wake you
come this way.
When they enter,
you'll awake,
and go with them
for safety's sake.
Kat?
Honey?
Baby, can you hear me?
Yes.
[laughs]
Hello, you.
Guess who's here.
Derek.
And he wants us
to go with him.
-Go?
-Mmm-hmm.
Where?
Back to The Legacy.
Just for a few days.
-I can't.
-Why not?
I have to finish
my art project.
-Oh.
-I promised Miss McHugh.
Well, you can finish it.
We'll just take it
with us, huh?
What's important
right now, Katherine,
is that you get up, okay?
You cold?
Where's Christina?
In the museum.
I was there.
And I spoke with her
about you.
But she was here
just now
before you came in.
Derek, um
how about you go downstairs
and just
give us a couple minutes
by ourselves, huh?
Of course.
Katherine.
[Kat] Philip!
Kat?
There you are.
They said
you were here.
I've been searching
and searching.
It's barely dawn.
When did you get here?
Late last night.
I came with my mom.
Derek brought us.
Everybody else is asleep,
but I wasn't tired.
What are you doing?
Trying to help Derek
solve this puzzle.
Only I'm not doing
a very good job, am I?
I like puzzles.
Maybe I could help you.
Unfortunately, it's not
that kind of puzzle.
Then what kind is it?
The impossible kind.
And I've just hit
another dead end.
[sighs]
You sound sad.
Do I?
It's like my teacher says:
"Any time things look bad,
all you have to do is
look in a mirror."
And why is that?
Wait, I'll show you.
Because a mirror can turn
everything around.
[chuckles]
Okay.
You've proved your point.
Now
off you go.
[kisses]
Oh, my God.
Out of the mouths
of babes.
[Alex] How you feeling
this morning?
I'm all right,
except for this.
-It's gone.
-Last night,
-we put the container
in this case, right?
-Right.
Well, it's a locked case.
How can it be gone?
Well, we both ran
a security check last night.
Find Derek.
I'll look around.
All right.
[gasps]
[yelps]
-[screaming]
-[bones cracking]
Yes.
[Nick] Alex?
Where did she go?
You're certain
you left it here?
Absolutely.
Have a look at the case.
It's still locked.
This was something
that belonged to my father.
I know. And I'm sorry.
But the control room
is a secured area.
No one could have
broken in here
without tripping
the fail-safe systems.
What were the words
you found?
Cave fons malorum.
"Beware the source of evil."
[glass shatters]
Find Alex
and make a thorough search
of the house.
I want it found.
You understand?
Perfectly.
I've got to talk to Philip.
[Philip] Derek
I was about to come
looking for you.
Any progress?
The whole text.
So quickly? How?
Well, at first
I thought it was Abyssinian.
But your father actually
wrote the characters
in ancient Aramaic.
The thing that
threw me was
that he wrote the characters
backwards using a mirror.
I guess he didn't want it
falling into the wrong hands.
Is it that serious?
Yes.
"This is my confession.
I make it
of my own free will,
so that I may atone,
in part,
for the unpardonable sin
I have committed."
You wanted to see me?
Yes.
Please sit down.
What's wrong?
There is something
you need to know.
Something that
may come between us.
Tell me. Whatever it is,
I'm sure we can
work it out, Derek.
Shortly before he died,
my father killed a man.
Someone who made a bargain
with the dark side.
The man had
two daughters.
One skilled
in the black arts
the other an innocent
with a child of her own.
A girl.
Is this a joke?
No, Rachel, it's not.
The man's name
was Joshua Cantwell.
My grandfather?
That's my mother
and Aunt Rebecca.
Where did you get this?
The archives.
Among my father's papers.
I've seen it before.
But I never knew where it
came from until I saw this.
Nick faxed it back to us
when he was down in Kingston
to help you settle
your aunt's estate.
So you've known about this
all this time and
just haven't bothered
to tell me, huh?
Until tonight,
I didn't understand
the full significance.
Which is what?
After my father tracked down
and killed Joshua Cantwell,
he reduced his body
into a fine ash,
because he feared that
the evil force that dominated
Cantwell's body
would find a way
to rise again.
He placed the remains
in a sealed vessel
and left it in a monastery
in Ireland
among his confession.
Rachel
you must believe me,
I had no idea.
Besides Cantwell himself
my father killed
one more person.
His daughter.
[whispers] No.
Mistaking one sister
for the other,
he killed your mother.
No.
Never. This
This can't be.
[sobs]
This
I don't believe you.
My mother
This can't be!
How could this
be happening?
Don't you see
that it's impossible
for both of us?
Unless we're honest with
each other, we have nothing.
What makes you expect that
I could ever forgive you
or your father
or this Legacy
for what happened?
Because all of this
the death of your
husband and son,
the incident in Ireland,
you joining us here,
can no longer be seen
as an accident.
You were meant to find
your way to The Legacy.
There's no question.
You are part of us.
How can this be happening?
I mean
I remember so little
about my mother
or my childhood.
I remember too much of mine.
Maybe you can
accept this, Derek
but I can't.
I won't.
I have no choice.
I must.
Alex.
[creaking]
Who's there?
Mom?
Christina?
Is that you?
[Rachel] Her pulse is weak,
breathing shallow.
What happened here?
I don't know.
But last night,
after I locked up, something,
and I don't know
what it was,
physically knocked me
down the stairs.
He's here, isn't he?
Who?
Joshua Cantwell.
My grandfather.
The sealed vessel
that Alex was working on
she said that the alloy
was beginning to disintegrate.
He's broken out.
First he attacked you
then Alex.
Oh, my God. Kat.
Kat?
Kat! She's gone!
Oh, my God, she's gone.
Check the back
of the house.
-I'll check the front.
-Meet you downstairs.
-Did you find her?
-No, nothing.
Philip's checking
the grounds.
[Christina] Time of trial,
time of tears.
Time to face down
all your fears.
My daughter, where is she?
There is much
we need to know.
We don't have time for this.
When a spirit
has things to say,
only fools
would walk away.
If you want to save Kat,
you must listen to her.
Now, place your hand
thus and so.
Round the table
we will go.
Spirit listening,
hear our plea.
Raise your voice
and speak through me.
One by one,
each by each
hear our prayer,
we do beseech.
Speak to us.
Speak to us.
Speak.
Speak.
Speak.
[woman's voice echoing]
I hear you.
What do you want with me?
Who speaks?
My name is Ruth.
Mother.
[Ruth] Rachel,
how I've missed you.
Mother.
Why have you
come back here?
Wrongly killed
by Winston Rayne,
I've come to warn you.
Your daughter
is in grave danger.
I don't understand.
[Ruth] Years ago,
my father traded
the innocent souls
of his female heirs
for immortality.
My sister
went willingly.
But I ran away
Gave up everything
even my life,
to save you from him.
But he was killed
by the ghosthunter,
his evil spirit locked away.
And tonight he's free.
He has Kat. What
What will he do with her?
To restore his bargain
with the dark side,
he must offer up
your daughter's soul
at the stroke of 12:00.
Or return to dust forever.
Then he's desperate.
Kat's his only chance.
We We've gotta find her.
[Christina groans]
Running out of time.
Christina?
Quickly go and let me be.
Find the child
and set her free.
Set her free.
Set her free.
[ticking]
The hologram.
[Rachel] Oh, my God, Kat.
Let her go!
Never!
She's mine.
Just as you
should have been.
No. You can't have her.
I won't let you!
Rachel, no!
[electricity crackling]
[screams in pain]
No!
[Rachel grunts]
Child of wisdom,
child of light,
wake and rise
this very night.
Silence!
Mom?
No! No! The hologram
is breached!
Cut the power.
The switch is up the stairs.
Joshua Cantwell!
Kat!
She is mine!
Rachel! Call her to you now!
Kat! Come here now!
No!
Don't listen to him!
The power is mine.
By the power of God,
I command you!
Release that girl now!
God has no power over me.
My pact is not with Him.
You cannot sell
what you do not own!
That girl is free!
Let her go!
She is mine!
Who will deny me?
You?
Come then. Take her.
Kat, go now!
Mommy!
[yells]
[screams in pain]
[Kat] Derek!
[groaning]
It's time.
Time we drew things
to their ultimate conclusion.
Derek, fight the pain
and doubt.
Draw your sword
and drive him out.
[Philip] All that's holy,
give me strength!
[grunts]
Does that hurt?
[groans]
Let me help you.
[screams]
No!
[Derek grunts]
[both grunting]
[gasping] Mommy.
[Joshua] No!
[Joshua] Kat, come to me!
No!
[chiming]
[Kat] Don't let him get me.
[Joshua] Come to me now!
[Kat] No. Leave me alone!
No!
[Kat] Mommy!
[screams]
[chiming continues]
[electricity crackles]
[Kat] Derek?