Damien (2016): Season 1, Episode 5 - Seven Curses - full transcript
Seven bazaar world horrific events, set Damien, on his way to embrace his true, and supernatural destiny.
What are you doing
down here, honey?
Are you looking
for someone?
Our wait is over.
He's coming.
Who?
The Beast.
How can I help you?
Uh, Damien Thorn,
here to see Dr. Raiman.
There's a bug
in your coffee.
Do you have an appointment?
Yes. 3:15.
Transport. Transport.
Fill these in,
and a signature's on the bottom.
Well, I'm not actually
in the military.
This is the VA, honey.
We only treat veterans.
Oh, no, I'm a...
I'm a war photographer.
A lot of the guys I covered
who had PTSD
said that Dr. Raiman was
a lot of help.
He said he could help me.
Take a seat, please.
Thank you.
Emergency...
Any word
from upstairs yet?
Uh, your name?
Damien Thorn,
for Dr. Raiman.
Oh, Dr. Raiman's
out of the office today.
Why didn't you tell me that
before?
Sir, I don't have
all the answers. Okay?
Claudia.
Mr. Thorn.
It's, uh,
it's good to see you.
My... my husband's
a patient here.
Right. Uh, yes,
he was, uh, injured in Iraq.
Uh, how's your boy?
How's Tiago?
Uh, he's fine physically.
But falling on the tracks
really shook him up.
Loud noises bother him.
He's on edge.
Like father, like son.
Well, that was quite a scare,
but I'm sure he'll bounce back.
Listen, Alex is upstairs.
Is there any chance you can
come up and meet him?
I wouldn't want
to bother him.
Please?
It would really
make his day.
This is us.
Claudia?
Guess who I found downstairs.
Uh, Damien Thorn, the man
who pulled Tiago from the train.
Great timing, babe.
You're a photographer, right?
This is not my best side.
I should wait outside.
No, no, no.
We're... we're almost done.
Get over here.
Let me shake your hand.
This is the guy.
Huh?
Aah!
Oh, it's okay.
He has spasms.
Easy. You already took
your Flexeril.
Oh.
Oh, sorry about that.
Don't be.
What an honor. Not everybody
would risk their life like that.
Only heroes. Thank you.
Well, right back at ya.
I know what you guys
went through.
Pose me sexy.
We'll have Damien Thorn shoot
my "Playgirl" spread.
Mm.
What brings you
to VA, huh?
There's a... there's a doc
downstairs who...
deals with PTSD.
Oh, no shit? Hope that
train scare didn't rattle you.
No, no.
Um, lot of other stuff.
I was in the field a long time.
The minute I got back to
New York, I lost a good friend.
I went south from there.
I feel you.
How about you? How are they
treating you here?
They're doing their best.
Not much to be done.
My body's shutting down.
Here. You have to
stay hydrated.
There.
Hey, uh...
do you guys mind?
Hey, get over here, baby.
We don't have
any recent pictures, huh?
Mm.
Shh, shh, shh. Breathe.
Yeah.
Why don't I stick around
and photograph you
and... let people see what
you're dealing with?
Oh. Yeah. Yeah, okay.
I saw your photos
of those guys in the 4th ID.
You were in the thick of it,
right in the surge.
See, a lot of photographers,
they stay out in the FOBs.
Looked like you were in a few
convoys that took IEDS, huh?
Part of our group, uh, got hit
coming back to the base,
and we went out
to retrieve them.
Driving through the trash,
you know what that's like.
Told you. Garbage everywhere.
So easy to hide explosives.
How about you? Uh...
How'd you end up in here?
I was on
a routine house to house.
We'd been to that area
before.
I was out in front.
We turned into the alleyway.
Torez went down.
Blood everywhere.
I pulled him to cover,
got nailed under the collarbone.
Shattered my spinal column.
Torez was 22.
I know all about the guilt.
Yeah, feeling like
you could have done more...
that, uh...
it should've been you.
You know, what did these people
do to deserve this?
Keeps you up at night.
Yeah. Yeah.
Ain't all yellow ribbons,
is it?
No, it ain't.
Don't give me
a double chin, man.
Right, 'cause that's what
everybody's gonna be looking at.
Hey, look sharp.
We got a photographer...
- Hey!
- It's okay.
Uhh!
Get him up.
Guys, get him up.
Okay, relax. Relax.
- Come on, here we go. Easy.
- Got him? One, two, up.
Yeah, okay.
You're all right.
You're okay. You're fine.
You're fine.
All right.
You wanted to get
what it's really like.
Aah! Aah!
It's all right.
We need to change that IV.
Back in a little bit.
War was easy
compared to this.
No matter how surreal
it got,
no matter how the rules
broke down...
I knew how to handle it.
But this?
At least you got Claudia
and Tiago.
That must keep you going.
This is killing them, too.
Claudia can't keep a job.
She's on all kinds of
anti-anxiety pills, can't sleep.
Tiago's having
his own issues.
Debts are piling up.
We're losing our house.
Well, Veterans Affairs...
are they no help?
My family would've been better
off if I were killed over there.
Hey, listen, don't say that.
I know you're angry. I get it.
I would be, too.
But... right now you have to
focus on getting healthy,
getting your life back.
I'm ending it.
What?
It's my only choice.
It's the... it's the best thing
to do for everyone.
But you have a wife
and... and kid.
In a few years,
when I'm just skin and bones,
can't move,
can't care for myself,
maybe she'd consider ending
my suffering.
But right now it's...
it's the elephant in the room.
You have a young son.
He needs you.
I-I get it.
It seems helpless,
like you're staring down
a long, dark tunnel,
like you're alone.
You're not.
You've survived so much
already.
There's... there's
a black market here.
Employees lift stuff from
the pharmacy... morphine.
Plus, another guy... he did
himself in a few weeks ago.
Plus, I've been stashing
my painkillers.
I want you
to photograph it.
Absolutely not.
You... you know how many vets
take their own lives?
Yeah, of course I know.
The war... the war
doesn't end over there.
People think
that they can get by
with a "thank you
for your service."
I will publish these pictures
this week.
I will get your story out.
Someone will help.
There's no help coming.
You know that.
I can't.
I've seen too much death.
I've had it all around me.
I came here today because
I can't handle it anymore.
I did not come here
to assist a suicide.
You're a war photographer,
aren't you?
Isn't... isn't that
what you do?
Bear witness? Huh?
I'm just
another casualty of war.
Please.
I'm...
I'm... I'm... I'm... I'm...
I'm begging you. Please.
- I don't know. I
- gotta think Damien's right.
There's an explanation
for all of it.
For all it?
The notebook? The bird?
Him never getting hurt?
Look, these coincidences
are just that.
They're coincidences.
Are you trying
to build a case?
What, you think Damien
has something to do
with Kelly's death,
don't you?
Look, you gotta be real careful.
You start throwing around
accusations like that,
you could ruin
someone's life.
No one can disprove
a negative.
Right? And he's tore up
about the whole thing.
He's actually talking
to someone about it now.
He's been miserable.
Do you remember
that old woman in Damascus?
He even Photoshopped her
into old family photos.
He needs our help,
not our suspicion.
Do you have those photos?
Oh,
they're in his apartment.
The old woman, she says
all that Latin stuff.
And... and all of
Kelly's religious notes?
This could mean something.
Just forget it.
Do you wanna go grab a bite
to eat or something?
No. That's all right.
I can't. I'm sorry.
Cool. That's... cool.
I will, uh,
get out of your hair.
- See ya.
- See you.
I'm sorry. I...
Forgot your coat.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
Thank you.
I was a good mother...
wasn't I?
Define "good."
I kept all the wolves
at bay.
I made it as normal
a childhood as possible.
After all this time,
just a step closer...
You know I'm not Damien,
right?
Of course I know.
If the Prodigal Son
ticked you off,
then you should just
let him have it.
I've never seen you
like this before.
Hey! Alex!
Anybody down here?
Hello?
Alex?
You guys see one of the vets
come down here?
Guy in a wheelchair?
Um... you see a vet
in a wheelchair down by here?
Hey! Alex!
Alex, that you?
Come on, man,
let's get you out of here.
Get you out of here. Here.
Ahh! Ahh!
Sorry. I didn't mean
to interrupt.
And I stood upon
the sand of the sea...
- And I saw...
- A beast...
- Rise up...
- Out of the sea...
- Having 7 heads...
- And 10...
- Horns...
- And upon his horns, 10 crowns...
- And upon his...
- Head...
The name of blasphemy.
And the beast which I saw
was like unto a leopard...
And deceiveth them
that dwell on the Earth...
...and his feet were of...
...out of the Earth.
...power was given...
...and he had two horns
like a lamb...
He opened his mouth
in blasphemy against God.
...and he spake like a dragon.
All that dwell upon the Earth
shall worship him,
whose names are not written
in the Book of Life...
And he exerciseth all the powers
of the beast before him.
- ...gave him power...
- ...was given unto him...
...them which dwell therein
to worship the first...
...and his authority...
- ...the beast should both speak...
- And he doeth great wonders...
...over all kindreds...
...or the number of his name.
Here is wisdom.
Let him that hath understanding
count the number of the beast,
for it is the number of a man,
and his number is
Six Hundred Threescore and Six.
Son of Night, you are given
authority over the Earth.
- You will kill by the sword...
- By famine...
- By plague...
- And through wild beasts.
- You will lead astray
- all nations of the Earth.
Your name is Death,
and Hell follows behind you.
Stop!
I need two men now.
I have someone who...
needs a bit of housekeeping.
No. No, not that.
Yes, it's him.
Don't hurt him... too much.
Sister Greta.
Monsignor.
Only Cardinals are allowed
in this room.
Forgive me.
Philadelphiam is missing.
Give it to me.
Forgive me, Father,
I cannot.
I'm to go to New York.
There's one there
we think is the Beast.
You are to ask questions,
collect data,
return,
and report your findings.
We will decide if
he's the Beast, not you.
The Vatican council
could take years.
If what I've heard is true,
we need to...
You are a scribe,
nothing more.
I have seen demons
turn children inside out,
while old men like you bury
their heads in ancient...
Watch yourself.
This Beast
is not an infant.
Rome's hubris has allowed him
to age in the shadows 30 years.
30...
The same age our Lord was
when he began his ministry.
We've been under threat
before.
2,000 years later,
here we stand.
Hmm. Spoken like a true Roman
with barbarians at the gate.
Of all the sinners who fall
into the Devil's grip,
the proud fall the quickest.
I'll send someone else
to New York.
No.
Please.
Will you hear
my confession?
Forgive me, Father,
for I have sinned.
It's been a day
since my last confession.
I want you to photograph it.
And his number is
Six Hundred Threescore and Six.
Six Hundred Threescore
and Six.
Hello?
Come on. Come on.
Hello?
Simone.
Are you... are you okay?
Yeah. I'm fine.
Nothing's happened to you?
Why would you ask that? Why are
you breathing so hard?
You're fine.
That's good. Uh...
Look, Simone, I gotta go.
No matter what happens,
take care of yourself.
What's wrong?
Damien, are you okay?
Hello?
No one's here.
Nurse Phillip to 4 South.
Nurse Phillip to 4 South.
Thanks for meeting me.
Just had to blow off
some steam. You know?
Is everything all right?
You seem upset.
Yeah, it's fine. It's just...
My brother is having issues,
and he's the prodigy,
so my mother's on edge.
God forbid he should have
his own life.
What about you?
Uh, you a prodigy?
Hardly.
I'm just average, and...
in my family,
that's kind of unacceptable.
I can't imagine anybody
thinking you're average.
I've been thinking a lot
about you.
Listen, I'd invite you back to
my place for a drink, but, uh...
I seem to have...
left my keys somewhere.
Well, that's too bad.
Sorry.
Take me to your place.
We'll break in if
we have to.
Okay.
I'm down with that.
♪ ...and I cried ♪
♪ And I cried, yes ♪
♪ Oh, I cried ♪
♪ I want to cry,
oh, I want to cry, baby ♪
♪ God knows
I just wasn't satisfied ♪
♪ I went to church
one Sunday morning ♪
♪ And they called on me to pray ♪
♪ I feel down on my knees ♪
♪ And didn't know
just what to say ♪
♪ I said ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Ooh-whee ♪
♪ Yes,
it's a lowdown dirty shame ♪
♪ The way my baby treats ♪
♪ Poor me ♪
down here, honey?
Are you looking
for someone?
Our wait is over.
He's coming.
Who?
The Beast.
How can I help you?
Uh, Damien Thorn,
here to see Dr. Raiman.
There's a bug
in your coffee.
Do you have an appointment?
Yes. 3:15.
Transport. Transport.
Fill these in,
and a signature's on the bottom.
Well, I'm not actually
in the military.
This is the VA, honey.
We only treat veterans.
Oh, no, I'm a...
I'm a war photographer.
A lot of the guys I covered
who had PTSD
said that Dr. Raiman was
a lot of help.
He said he could help me.
Take a seat, please.
Thank you.
Emergency...
Any word
from upstairs yet?
Uh, your name?
Damien Thorn,
for Dr. Raiman.
Oh, Dr. Raiman's
out of the office today.
Why didn't you tell me that
before?
Sir, I don't have
all the answers. Okay?
Claudia.
Mr. Thorn.
It's, uh,
it's good to see you.
My... my husband's
a patient here.
Right. Uh, yes,
he was, uh, injured in Iraq.
Uh, how's your boy?
How's Tiago?
Uh, he's fine physically.
But falling on the tracks
really shook him up.
Loud noises bother him.
He's on edge.
Like father, like son.
Well, that was quite a scare,
but I'm sure he'll bounce back.
Listen, Alex is upstairs.
Is there any chance you can
come up and meet him?
I wouldn't want
to bother him.
Please?
It would really
make his day.
This is us.
Claudia?
Guess who I found downstairs.
Uh, Damien Thorn, the man
who pulled Tiago from the train.
Great timing, babe.
You're a photographer, right?
This is not my best side.
I should wait outside.
No, no, no.
We're... we're almost done.
Get over here.
Let me shake your hand.
This is the guy.
Huh?
Aah!
Oh, it's okay.
He has spasms.
Easy. You already took
your Flexeril.
Oh.
Oh, sorry about that.
Don't be.
What an honor. Not everybody
would risk their life like that.
Only heroes. Thank you.
Well, right back at ya.
I know what you guys
went through.
Pose me sexy.
We'll have Damien Thorn shoot
my "Playgirl" spread.
Mm.
What brings you
to VA, huh?
There's a... there's a doc
downstairs who...
deals with PTSD.
Oh, no shit? Hope that
train scare didn't rattle you.
No, no.
Um, lot of other stuff.
I was in the field a long time.
The minute I got back to
New York, I lost a good friend.
I went south from there.
I feel you.
How about you? How are they
treating you here?
They're doing their best.
Not much to be done.
My body's shutting down.
Here. You have to
stay hydrated.
There.
Hey, uh...
do you guys mind?
Hey, get over here, baby.
We don't have
any recent pictures, huh?
Mm.
Shh, shh, shh. Breathe.
Yeah.
Why don't I stick around
and photograph you
and... let people see what
you're dealing with?
Oh. Yeah. Yeah, okay.
I saw your photos
of those guys in the 4th ID.
You were in the thick of it,
right in the surge.
See, a lot of photographers,
they stay out in the FOBs.
Looked like you were in a few
convoys that took IEDS, huh?
Part of our group, uh, got hit
coming back to the base,
and we went out
to retrieve them.
Driving through the trash,
you know what that's like.
Told you. Garbage everywhere.
So easy to hide explosives.
How about you? Uh...
How'd you end up in here?
I was on
a routine house to house.
We'd been to that area
before.
I was out in front.
We turned into the alleyway.
Torez went down.
Blood everywhere.
I pulled him to cover,
got nailed under the collarbone.
Shattered my spinal column.
Torez was 22.
I know all about the guilt.
Yeah, feeling like
you could have done more...
that, uh...
it should've been you.
You know, what did these people
do to deserve this?
Keeps you up at night.
Yeah. Yeah.
Ain't all yellow ribbons,
is it?
No, it ain't.
Don't give me
a double chin, man.
Right, 'cause that's what
everybody's gonna be looking at.
Hey, look sharp.
We got a photographer...
- Hey!
- It's okay.
Uhh!
Get him up.
Guys, get him up.
Okay, relax. Relax.
- Come on, here we go. Easy.
- Got him? One, two, up.
Yeah, okay.
You're all right.
You're okay. You're fine.
You're fine.
All right.
You wanted to get
what it's really like.
Aah! Aah!
It's all right.
We need to change that IV.
Back in a little bit.
War was easy
compared to this.
No matter how surreal
it got,
no matter how the rules
broke down...
I knew how to handle it.
But this?
At least you got Claudia
and Tiago.
That must keep you going.
This is killing them, too.
Claudia can't keep a job.
She's on all kinds of
anti-anxiety pills, can't sleep.
Tiago's having
his own issues.
Debts are piling up.
We're losing our house.
Well, Veterans Affairs...
are they no help?
My family would've been better
off if I were killed over there.
Hey, listen, don't say that.
I know you're angry. I get it.
I would be, too.
But... right now you have to
focus on getting healthy,
getting your life back.
I'm ending it.
What?
It's my only choice.
It's the... it's the best thing
to do for everyone.
But you have a wife
and... and kid.
In a few years,
when I'm just skin and bones,
can't move,
can't care for myself,
maybe she'd consider ending
my suffering.
But right now it's...
it's the elephant in the room.
You have a young son.
He needs you.
I-I get it.
It seems helpless,
like you're staring down
a long, dark tunnel,
like you're alone.
You're not.
You've survived so much
already.
There's... there's
a black market here.
Employees lift stuff from
the pharmacy... morphine.
Plus, another guy... he did
himself in a few weeks ago.
Plus, I've been stashing
my painkillers.
I want you
to photograph it.
Absolutely not.
You... you know how many vets
take their own lives?
Yeah, of course I know.
The war... the war
doesn't end over there.
People think
that they can get by
with a "thank you
for your service."
I will publish these pictures
this week.
I will get your story out.
Someone will help.
There's no help coming.
You know that.
I can't.
I've seen too much death.
I've had it all around me.
I came here today because
I can't handle it anymore.
I did not come here
to assist a suicide.
You're a war photographer,
aren't you?
Isn't... isn't that
what you do?
Bear witness? Huh?
I'm just
another casualty of war.
Please.
I'm...
I'm... I'm... I'm... I'm...
I'm begging you. Please.
- I don't know. I
- gotta think Damien's right.
There's an explanation
for all of it.
For all it?
The notebook? The bird?
Him never getting hurt?
Look, these coincidences
are just that.
They're coincidences.
Are you trying
to build a case?
What, you think Damien
has something to do
with Kelly's death,
don't you?
Look, you gotta be real careful.
You start throwing around
accusations like that,
you could ruin
someone's life.
No one can disprove
a negative.
Right? And he's tore up
about the whole thing.
He's actually talking
to someone about it now.
He's been miserable.
Do you remember
that old woman in Damascus?
He even Photoshopped her
into old family photos.
He needs our help,
not our suspicion.
Do you have those photos?
Oh,
they're in his apartment.
The old woman, she says
all that Latin stuff.
And... and all of
Kelly's religious notes?
This could mean something.
Just forget it.
Do you wanna go grab a bite
to eat or something?
No. That's all right.
I can't. I'm sorry.
Cool. That's... cool.
I will, uh,
get out of your hair.
- See ya.
- See you.
I'm sorry. I...
Forgot your coat.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
Thank you.
I was a good mother...
wasn't I?
Define "good."
I kept all the wolves
at bay.
I made it as normal
a childhood as possible.
After all this time,
just a step closer...
You know I'm not Damien,
right?
Of course I know.
If the Prodigal Son
ticked you off,
then you should just
let him have it.
I've never seen you
like this before.
Hey! Alex!
Anybody down here?
Hello?
Alex?
You guys see one of the vets
come down here?
Guy in a wheelchair?
Um... you see a vet
in a wheelchair down by here?
Hey! Alex!
Alex, that you?
Come on, man,
let's get you out of here.
Get you out of here. Here.
Ahh! Ahh!
Sorry. I didn't mean
to interrupt.
And I stood upon
the sand of the sea...
- And I saw...
- A beast...
- Rise up...
- Out of the sea...
- Having 7 heads...
- And 10...
- Horns...
- And upon his horns, 10 crowns...
- And upon his...
- Head...
The name of blasphemy.
And the beast which I saw
was like unto a leopard...
And deceiveth them
that dwell on the Earth...
...and his feet were of...
...out of the Earth.
...power was given...
...and he had two horns
like a lamb...
He opened his mouth
in blasphemy against God.
...and he spake like a dragon.
All that dwell upon the Earth
shall worship him,
whose names are not written
in the Book of Life...
And he exerciseth all the powers
of the beast before him.
- ...gave him power...
- ...was given unto him...
...them which dwell therein
to worship the first...
...and his authority...
- ...the beast should both speak...
- And he doeth great wonders...
...over all kindreds...
...or the number of his name.
Here is wisdom.
Let him that hath understanding
count the number of the beast,
for it is the number of a man,
and his number is
Six Hundred Threescore and Six.
Son of Night, you are given
authority over the Earth.
- You will kill by the sword...
- By famine...
- By plague...
- And through wild beasts.
- You will lead astray
- all nations of the Earth.
Your name is Death,
and Hell follows behind you.
Stop!
I need two men now.
I have someone who...
needs a bit of housekeeping.
No. No, not that.
Yes, it's him.
Don't hurt him... too much.
Sister Greta.
Monsignor.
Only Cardinals are allowed
in this room.
Forgive me.
Philadelphiam is missing.
Give it to me.
Forgive me, Father,
I cannot.
I'm to go to New York.
There's one there
we think is the Beast.
You are to ask questions,
collect data,
return,
and report your findings.
We will decide if
he's the Beast, not you.
The Vatican council
could take years.
If what I've heard is true,
we need to...
You are a scribe,
nothing more.
I have seen demons
turn children inside out,
while old men like you bury
their heads in ancient...
Watch yourself.
This Beast
is not an infant.
Rome's hubris has allowed him
to age in the shadows 30 years.
30...
The same age our Lord was
when he began his ministry.
We've been under threat
before.
2,000 years later,
here we stand.
Hmm. Spoken like a true Roman
with barbarians at the gate.
Of all the sinners who fall
into the Devil's grip,
the proud fall the quickest.
I'll send someone else
to New York.
No.
Please.
Will you hear
my confession?
Forgive me, Father,
for I have sinned.
It's been a day
since my last confession.
I want you to photograph it.
And his number is
Six Hundred Threescore and Six.
Six Hundred Threescore
and Six.
Hello?
Come on. Come on.
Hello?
Simone.
Are you... are you okay?
Yeah. I'm fine.
Nothing's happened to you?
Why would you ask that? Why are
you breathing so hard?
You're fine.
That's good. Uh...
Look, Simone, I gotta go.
No matter what happens,
take care of yourself.
What's wrong?
Damien, are you okay?
Hello?
No one's here.
Nurse Phillip to 4 South.
Nurse Phillip to 4 South.
Thanks for meeting me.
Just had to blow off
some steam. You know?
Is everything all right?
You seem upset.
Yeah, it's fine. It's just...
My brother is having issues,
and he's the prodigy,
so my mother's on edge.
God forbid he should have
his own life.
What about you?
Uh, you a prodigy?
Hardly.
I'm just average, and...
in my family,
that's kind of unacceptable.
I can't imagine anybody
thinking you're average.
I've been thinking a lot
about you.
Listen, I'd invite you back to
my place for a drink, but, uh...
I seem to have...
left my keys somewhere.
Well, that's too bad.
Sorry.
Take me to your place.
We'll break in if
we have to.
Okay.
I'm down with that.
♪ ...and I cried ♪
♪ And I cried, yes ♪
♪ Oh, I cried ♪
♪ I want to cry,
oh, I want to cry, baby ♪
♪ God knows
I just wasn't satisfied ♪
♪ I went to church
one Sunday morning ♪
♪ And they called on me to pray ♪
♪ I feel down on my knees ♪
♪ And didn't know
just what to say ♪
♪ I said ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Ooh-whee ♪
♪ Yes,
it's a lowdown dirty shame ♪
♪ The way my baby treats ♪
♪ Poor me ♪