Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996) s01e21 Episode Script

[Derek]
I commit to paper,
as duty requires,
my journal entry.
I've been a Precept,
the head of the San Francisco
Legacy House
for over 15 years,
yet the events
of the last two nights and day
have brought me
to what may be
the end of my days
in The Legacy.
Betrayal of trust eats away
at the foundation
of any relationship.
This is the truth
of what happened.
It began with the return
from a mission
in the Gobi Desert.
I checked with the pilot,
and he said everything
was shipped on time.
Very good.
Artifacts arrive
in the morning,
let's begin cataloging them.
Not a bad haul
for two days.
Nope, I'll fill
Alex and Rachel in.
[Nick]
That'll give me time to start
a little journal entry.
-[door locks]
-Nick, wait.
I'm sorry, Derek.
I regret this deeply,
but it's unavoidable.
Soon, I'm going to ask you
to do something.
You have to trust me.
[man]
Derek Rayne, this Tribunal
has been assembled
because you've been
accused of conspiracy
to bring ruin to
the San Francisco Legacy House
and death to its members.
Have you a statement
for the record at this time?
No, I do not.
The members of your Tribunal
who will
examine the evidence
and pass judgment
are Clare Spencer,
Precept of The Legacy
Hong Kong House.
Charles Banyon,
Precept of The Legacy
New York House,
and I am Sir Edmund Tremain,
Precept of The Legacy
Ruling House, London.
Let the record reflect
that your accuser
is a member of
this very Legacy House.
[Charles] Do you understand
the consequences?
Should I be found guilty
by this Tribunal,
I'll be forced to step down
as a Precept
of this house or leave
The Legacy forever.
[Sir Edmund]
That, I'm afraid, Dr. Rayne,
may very well be your fate.
[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.
[Derek]
By the time a Tribunal
is formed,
damning evidence has already
been gathered.
Therefore,
the Tribunal operates
on the presumption of guilt,
because they can't risk evil
slipping through
and corrupting The Legacy.
The stakes are too high.
Any member may call
a Tribunal review
when they feel a situation
warrants it.
Each member of The Legacy
is required
to keep a journal
of their activities
and observations.
These journals have now
been turned against me.
and have been subpoenaed
by the Tribunal as evidence.
In this box is placed the name
of The Legacy member
who's brought these charges
against Derek Rayne.
The name is known only
to the monitoring committee
who then assembled
this Tribunal.
We will now lock
the secured box.
[lock clicks]
And anonymity is guaranteed.
-This is outrageous.
-Dr. Corrigan!
How can he not be allowed
to know the name
of his accuser?
Dr Corrigan!
Since you're still a new member
of The Legacy,
I will overlook your behavior
this time.
The Legacy has followed
this procedure
since before the time
of the druids,
having learned
that the accuser
must be granted
the safety of anonymity
in order to expose
evil in our midst.
Let us proceed, then.
The first entry
in this hearing
is from the journal
of Julia Walker,
The Legacy member
now deceased.
I'd like to draw
your attention
to her observations
concerning
the search
for a fifth sepulcher.
It was one of these chests
that took your father's life,
wasn't it?
Yes.
[Derek] I was 15 years old,
on a journey with my father
in Peru.
Father?
What are you doing?
I need to find
the whole truth.
Don't!
Don't!
Dad!
Dad, let's get
out of here!
Come on, take my hand.
Dad!
-[snarling]
-[screams]
Dad!
Dad
[Clare] Julia Walker
states that,
and I quote,
"We had been sitting
on a powder keg of evil."
Will you state,
for the record,
what you knew
that evil to be?
Five fallen angels
who wreak havoc.
It was the druids
who finally subdued
and imprisoned them
in these chests.
You said
there were five chests.
There's only four here.
[Derek]
My father died in vain,
retrieving this one.
And after that,
the burden
of finding the others
fell to me.
I spent all my life
uncovering three more.
But to destroy them,
you need all five together.
And tonight
Tonight, I had a vision
of the missing one.
[Clare] Was it in the search
for this fifth sepulcher
in Ireland
that Julia Walker was killed?
Yes, it was.
Nick Boyle states
in his journal
that you sent Julia off
by herself in this search.
[Derek] Yes.
[Nick] Alex said Julia went
to an antique store.
I'd hoped she'd be here.
You shouldn't
have split us up.
-[thunder rumbling]
-Let's just worry
about finding her.
We should've
stayed together.
[Clare] Was it
the separation of Julia,
the splitting of your forces,
that led to her death?
Yes, it did.
[Derek] Further evidence
of the conspiracy I was facing
came in the morning.
Is there anything
you can tell us, Derek,
to help clear
this mess up?
You know,
the old man is really
pressing hard on this one.
He's going out of his way
to show impartiality
because of his relationship
with your father.
I know what I've done.
But the journals,
they're open to interpretation.
And they have
some damaging observations.
Perception is not
always truth.
But perception can
get you banished.
You helped me
become a Precept.
I'm only trying
to help you, Derek.
This is difficult,
but I will do my job.
And if the evidence is there,
I will convict
without hesitation.
I wouldn't expect you
to act any other way.
And is it difficult
for you, Clare?
To see you again
after all these years?
What do you think?
That we did
what we had to do.
Is that your memory of it?
Your perception
of the truth?
[scoffs]
Mine's a little different.
It was long ago.
Back when I thought
I knew you.
Isn't it ironic
that now I must choose
and do what I have to do?
[door opens]
You've never
done this before?
No.
We're just going to talk about
what you've already said.
You make
some damaging statements.
But I was--
Merely observing
and recording what happened,
and within that
lies the seed of truth.
I worked
with Derek's father.
We were good friends.
Like Winston Rayne,
I am a seeker of truth.
You state here
and Nick Boyle's journal
corroborates what you say,
"The slum landlord
was sentenced
to spend time alone
in his own building."
And then, when trouble arose,
Derek sent you there alone,
without backup.
Yes, but he was testing me.
And?
Were you tested?
[gasps]
You have done your part.
You may leave now.
No way.
I go, he goes.
[gasps]
[screams]
[groans in pain]
[screams]
Alex!
Alex! Alex!
Alex!
Derek clearly knew that
a serious situation existed.
Yes, he was informed.
And did he send you
any help?
No, but he was--
Still testing you?
[echoing] Testing you.
Testing you.
[Derek] Want a drink?
[Nick] Yeah, sure. Hit me.
What happened to you?
I want him.
Alone.
So how did it go, Alex?
You know damn well
how things went.
You knew all along.
You knew all along
what was in store for me
in that hellhole,
and you sent me down there?
You knew
what I was up against?
Maybe I did.
And maybe I didn't.
The point is
you needed to be there.
Having you stay
was the right decision,
wasn't it?
Wasn't it?
Maybe.
[Sir Edmund]
Is it not possible
that testing you
without backup
was merely a guise
for making sure you did not
return to this house alive?
So, what are we supposed
to do now?
There are rules that outline
how we're supposed to proceed.
Oh.
The Legacy's been
Derek's whole life
since his father died.
If they force him
to leave, it's
It's like a death sentence.
It'll kill him.
Well
this whole system relies
on loyalty.
You don't seem too bothered
by any of this.
You've never forgiven him
for Julia's death, have you?
It's
That's what it is, isn't it?
You think this is my way
of effecting revenge?
I know
I didn't accuse him.
So it's got to either
be Alex
or you.
I think you're forgetting
one thing.
This fourth chair
and why it's empty.
Maybe the Judas member
isn't here.
We're all here.
Not all of us.
[Clare] The Tribunal
has invoked its right
to rely on sources
outside The Legacy.
In this case,
we welcome a former member,
Father Philip Callahan.
Why wasn't he here
in the beginning?
You're the secret witness?
Mr. Boyle,
you're out of line.
You want
to answer that, Philip?
Why should I answer
if you've already
made up your mind?
We trusted you.
[gavel pounds]
[Sir Edmund]
The room will now be cleared,
and we will begin
the private interview
of Father Philip Callahan.
[Derek] Evil among us
is having its effect.
Dissension is tearing
The Legacy apart.
The bonds of trust
are breaking
under the strain of doubt.
Even I am not immune.
They said I could see you.
Yes, but the rules allow us
only a brief moment together,
so let me come
right to the point.
The point is,
you're being railroaded,
and we have to stop it.
Not by fighting
amongst yourselves.
-Philip is--
-That's not your concern.
I told you I would ask you
to do something.
I need my father's journal
immediately.
You know
they won't allow that.
What is it you're trying
to hide from the Tribunal?
I need the journal, Nick.
[Sir Edmund]
Father, would you say
that Derek Rayne
is far too secretive?
I'm sure
he has his reasons.
Conspiracy?
I doubt it.
[Charles] We're only trying
to get to the truth.
Now, you'd written
that you were concerned
that Derek allowed
an ancient scroll to be kept
and studied at The Legacy.
[Clare] A scroll that was
delivered by a man
that he knew to be
Do you remember
what you wrote, Father?
"He knew to be a sworn enemy
who had turned his back
on The Legacy."
[Clare] Yes.
And yet you and Nick Boyle
were left the task
of unraveling it
alone.
[Philip] 11,000 BC.
[Nick] Yeah.
The composition analysis
of the ink and the parchment
showed up this morning.
Great, so what's it made of?
Flax? Rice paper? Papyrus?
Skin.
Skin? What kind of skin?
Sheep? Goat?
Human.
Human?
And the ink is blood.
Here, have a look.
See the movement?
Yeah.
Human blood?
Yes.
The ink or blood is motile.
The scroll is alive.
[Charles] Do you remember
drawing this symbol?
Yes.
And why did it concern you?
Because it was
the mark of Cain.
It's the clearest sign
of the presence of evil!
[ghostly whispering]
Is it or is it not
a clear sign
of the presence of evil?
[Sir Edmund] Father Callahan,
answer the question.
Yes.
[Philip] Derek?
The scroll,
it's not Sumerian.
It's Paleo-Hebrew,
the earliest form
I've ever seen.
And I suppose now
you can read this?
Yeah, I did.
Well, what does it say?
It's a confession.
To what?
Murder.
It's the first murder
confession ever made.
I don't follow you.
It's the confession of Cain
to the killing
of his brother, Abel.
And it's his curse to
exile,
madness and death for whoever
possesses the scroll.
[Sir Edmund] So, Father,
once the mark
of Cain is bestowed,
it may be burned
into the soul forever.
I did not bring these
accusations against Derek,
and I think it's outrageous
they've been using my journal
-as evidence.
-How?
Because I wrote
about some moments
when I was doubting
some of Derek's choices.
I think
we've all done that.
Sometimes daily.
I know,
but some of what Tremain
says actually makes sense.
I'm beginning to wonder
how well I know Derek.
Ah, I think he's purposely
kept himself
somewhat unknown
to all of us.
The Tribunal thinks
it's some sort of twisted plan
to corrupt
The Legacy's system.
He's asking for our help.
He wants me to get him
his father's journal.
By helping him, we may
be putting ourselves at risk
with the Tribunal.
You should have trusted
your gut.
Yeah.
My gut told me
that you'd never really
fit in around here.
No. Your gut told you
to forgive me
for being what I am,
but Tremain
and the others
have us all doubting
everything we know.
Because one of us is lying.
And Tremain
seems determined
to shove that lie
down Derek's throat.
Someone or something is trying
to divide this house
and singling Derek out.
Are we with him
or against him?
I think Derek would say
that we should be
for the truth,
even if it's not
what we want it to be.
Let's go.
[Charles] Derek.
I'm still ready to listen.
I can help.
Thank you, Charles,
but I've nothing to say.
Look.
Don't wait too long.
The things that are written
about you
in these journals are, uh,
impossible to ignore.
Okay?
I'm glad your father's
not alive
to see what's become
of his son.
How wounded
he would have been.
You seem to have
convicted me already.
If you are convicted,
it will be by the words
of those of your own house.
You have levied a mountain
of damning evidence
at your own feet.
The Book of Proverbs, Derek.
"He that troubleth
his own house
shall inherit the wind."
You never
should have joined us.
You might feel better
if you sit down in your room.
[Charles]
There are more statements
challenging the decisions
of Derek Rayne
in your journal
than anyone else.
Why is that?
We didn't always
see eye to eye.
You certainly weren't shy
about confronting him.
I've said my piece.
[Charles] You indicate here
on page 36,
and I quote,
"His narrow vision
won't allow him to see
the danger
that this kid is in."
That's right.
A friend of his was accused
of child abuse,
but he wouldn't believe it.
He said he didn't think
the man was capable of it.
He was right.
Yes, but what happened
when The Legacy realized
that this child had been
suffering abuse at the hands
of this entity?
Derek took the child
to The Legacy
in the hopes that the entity
would manifest itself.
[praying in Latin]
[beeping]
[grunts]
Our father
who art in heaven--
[screaming] No!
Give us this day
our daily bread.
Forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who
But deliver us from all evil!
Amen!
[screaming] No!
[yells]
What are you doing here?
Get out!
David!
[boy screams] No!
No, no!
I can't breathe.
Oh, my God! No!
[Sir Edmund] So at this point,
not only was young Michael
put at risk,
but The Legacy itself,
because at this point,
you didn't know
how to fight it?
And anything
could have happened.
That's right.
But it didn't.
And it's our job to put
ourselves on the line.
But this way, you could've
all been killed.
Mr. Boyle, yes or no?
Mr. Boyle,
answer the question.
Mr. Boyle?
Yes.
A man did die.
You couldn't prevent it.
Would you consider that
a success?
[boy]
Take my hand.
[gasps]
David, no, not you too!
[gasping]
Michael!
Mommy!
[Clare]
It seems to me that
any one of you
could have been taken
by the ghost spirit
of this child.
Derek was in the same danger,
was he not?
Yes, that's correct.
[Charles]
So this was possibly
bad judgment.
But
I don't see any evidence
of a plot against
his own house.
Don't let friendship
cloud your judgment.
Derek was well aware
that if he entered into a pact
with the dark side,
that he would be
the one spared.
I need your help.
Then trust me enough
to tell me what the hell
you're doing.
For your own safety,
I can't.
Remember
faith has need
of the whole truth.
Derek, what is it?
How can you ask me
to help you if you know
that one of us betrayed you?
I have no choice.
Ask Philip to bring
his shaving kit and mirror,
and Alex,
the files on possession.
From the vault, I need
the twin daggers of Igiru--
-[door opens]
-[man] Time's up.
[door closes]
If you want me to stand
behind your findings,
then you better factor in
the good with the bad
and see how it adds up.
And if the math
somehow turns out
thumbs down for Derek,
then I will throw him
out of here myself,
but until then
Until then,
I'm not buying any of this.
This man saved my life.
[Rachel] Nick?
He's alive, Derek, barely,
but he's way under.
Hypnosis.
Nick, stay strong.
The demon will do everything
it can to mislead you,
but it's powerless to attack
unless you surrender
to its will.
Listen for me.
Let's do it.
You can't control me
unless I surrender
to your will.
Can you, Liz?
[roars]
Nick, you must be stronger!
Derek refused to come
out of the trance,
which could have killed him,
because he hadn't
reached me yet.
[Rachel] On the count of three,
you will regain consciousness.
One, two
[gasps]
[Derek] Nick, hurry!
Do it now!
We gotta go.
-I can't, Nick!
-Come on.
You can do it!
[snarls]
Quickly! This way!
[roars]
Do it now!
Derek!
[Liz] Leave me!
Save yourself!
[Nick] I won't let you go.
Derek!
[Derek] Nick, this way!
Hurry! Hurry!
At incredible risk
to himself,
he entered an induced coma
controlled by a demon spirit
and pulled me out.
We would ask you
to also remember, Mr. Boyle,
your own words.
Words that you wrote
after Derek sent Julia off
by herself, unprotected.
[grunts]
[panting]
[screams]
[Julia screams]
[thunder rumbles]
No!
Do you remember
what you wrote?
"I don't think
I can ever forgive him
for causing Julia's death."
[clock ticking]
[Alex] Where's Rachel?
Maybe a priest
would seem more innocent.
I will take
these things to him.
Derek will get
all he needs, Alex.
I'm not the one
to be feared.
They're going
after all of us.
Trying to open up
old wounds.
It's not gonna
work with me.
If not us, then who?
[Rachel] Look, I don't care
what it says in that journal.
I've seen this man repeatedly
throw himself
in the path of evil
in order to save lives,
and I will never forget
that he saved
my daughter's life.
[Sir Edmund] And yet,
you want us to overlook
that he let you
make a trip to the South,
knowing that something
was wrong,
and you could be in danger?
And you were in danger,
mortal danger,
your whole being
threatened by a dark spirit.
[gasps]
[gasps]
[sobs]
[Clare]
And despite all this
Derek let you stay.
He
I needed to face my fears.
This was more than fear.
This was a battle
for the possession
of your soul.
He sent Nick to help me.
When it was almost
too late.
[Kat] Mommy!
[Nick] I got you, kiddo.
-[Kat screams]
-[Nick grunts]
Mom, stop!
You're killing him!
[Nick] Tear it off!
-[laughs evilly]
-[Kat] You're killing him!
[Nick] Rachel!
The brooch!
Take it off!
Tear it off!
[Kat] Mom, get it off!
It contains Rebecca's soul!
Tear it off!
[Kat screams]
[gasps]
Mom, throw it!
[laughs]
Mom, fight her!
[grunting]
[Rachel moans]
[screams]
Okay.
I guess we can trade stories
all night, can't we?
But it's not gonna do any good
because, obviously,
you all have decided
to ruin this man's life.
Why?
It is not your place
to address this Tribunal
unless you're responding
to direct interrogation.
Then I refuse to continue
with these proceedings
until I can face the accuser.
[Sir Edmund] Dr. Corrigan.
Dr. Co--
Dr. Corrigan!
Dr. Rachel Corrigan,
rise and face the Tribunal.
Your refusal
to cooperate with this Tribunal
places you in contempt
and invites punishment,
and I will--
Then you better
take me down, too.
Sit down, Mr. Boyle.
You're out of line.
Well, then so am I.
And you're risking
the same punishment.
You might as well
make out
four of those forms.
This is outrageous!
[Rachel]
No, this is outrageous!
We refuse to proceed.
We demand to face the accuser,
because if it isn't one of us,
then who in this room,
is it?
Derek Rayne stands accused
by someone whose identity
is protected
by Legacy decree!
-[Sir Edmund] I refuse
to tolerate this behavior!
-[all talking indistinctly]
All of you will be
brought up on charges--
Wait.
You'll find my name
on that letter in that box.
Those charges
must be dropped.
I am the accuser.
[bird caws]
Derek Rayne, why have you
brought these charges
against yourself?
[Derek] I have risked
my very life's blood,
my membership in The Legacy
in order to save it
from great peril.
During the past month,
I sensed there was
a growing cancer
within The Legacy,
but not in this house.
I called each one of you
with my suspicions,
and this session
was my only chance to lure
the evil out in the open.
I know this has been
very difficult on all of you.
Something in
my father's journal
reminded me how evil spirits
could be masquerading
among us
and possibly
reading our thoughts,
that's why I could never
speak of my plan.
[Sir Edmund]
Can you name this evil
and provide proof
at this time?
Not yet.
Then on what
do you rest your case?
On the very journals
right in front of you
and on my own actions.
[Charles] But surely
there must be
something else.
No.
I stand on that.
[Sir Edmund]
Then this session
is concluded.
[gavel bangs]
[Derek]
I go now to meet my fate,
and with these words,
I conclude what may be
my last journal entry,
knowing that while I live,
the truth may not be known,
so let these words
stand the test of time
and be my legacy.
You asked to see me.
You asked to see me.
Yes.
Just to tell you that I also
will do what's necessary.
[Sir Edmund]
With no new evidence
to deliberate,
the members
of this Tribunal will now
deliver their verdict.
The verdict
must be unanimous.
Guilty.
Guilty.
Guilty.
The sentence is banishment,
without appeal,
to be carried out immediately.
-[gavel bangs]
-I invoke my right
to a final statement.
Proceed.
[Derek] So, my friend,
in the dark of night,
you arrived to begin
these proceedings.
Quite an ironic touch
I thought, but then,
a Legacy guardian
would close the shades
each time you came
to visit me.
[scoffs]
And now I stand here,
condemned,
before a wall of darkness.
But you and I know
that the first thing
we're taught as Precepts
is to cut through
the bonds of evil
and let in
the light of truth!
[grunting]
[Derek]
Stand back, everyone!
Curse on your house
and you!
[all gasp]
[Charles groans]
[yells]
[all gasping]
God, what we almost
did to you!
I feel so
I feel so ashamed.
[Derek] Don't be.
The truth
of your emotion
and Sir Edmund's
honest anger told me
it wasn't either of you.
But how did you know?
The Charles Banyon I knew
couldn't use his right hand.
So his firm handshake
gave it away.
That's right.
And when he last came
to my room,
I saw he had no reflection
in Philip's mirror.
Derek,
what's left of this Tribunal
owes you an apology
for what it did
and what it said.
Goodbye, Derek.
Goodbye, Clare.
All it takes for evil
to triumph is for good people
to do nothing.
I owe each of you
a debt of gratitude
for your trust of me.
And of each other.
The truth comes out
sooner or later.