Damien (2016): Season 1, Episode 8 - Here Is Wisdom - full transcript

Previously on "Damien"...

We have a lot to process.

You took
a lethal dose of morphine.

It's impossible for a person
to survive that,

and yet, here you are.

Your release is predicated
on daily sessions

in order
to monitor your progress.

Tell me about Damien Thorn.

You know who you should talk to?
Charles Powell.

Powell thought
Thorn was the Second Coming.

Charles?



How the hell are you, Cray?

You should have
kept your bloody mouth shut.

Simone, I got to go.

No matter what happens,
take care of yourself.

Damien, are you okay?

Hello?

Know any good bars around here?

Take me to your place.
We'll break in if we have to.

I'm down with that.

I have sought you out
for a reason.

Will you help me?

There are seven of them.

If each are placed correctly,

your spirit and life
will cease to exist.



Did you find it?

You scared the crap out of me.

Look at this.

Is that it?

In nomine Patris,
et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.

Let's talk
some more about the PTSD.

Is that the official diagnosis?

Your symptoms track
with the diagnosis.

Flashbacks,
the hallucinations...

insomnia, night sweats...
paranoia.

To be honest,
I just feel like a dick.

I've seen
so many other people suffer.

I've grown up with money.
I have a job I love.

Just feels like whining.

Survivor's guilt is
another part of this.

All of these symptoms
are manageable

with proper medication.

Yeah? What about
the Antichrist thing?

You got a pill for that?

How do you plan
on managing that?

Question is, how do you plan
on managing that?

For the sake of argument,

let's put the PTSD diagnosis
aside...

and examine this.

Let's just say you're meant
to be the Antichrist.

What exactly
does that mean to you?

It means I'm gonna do
horrible things...

be responsible for...
pain and chaos and destruction.

Would that make you feel
fulfilled?

Of course not.

Then don't do it.

I don't have a choice.

Everyone has a choic.

Sartre says we are our choices,

that even failing to choose
is still a choice.

You picked up "Nausea" before.

Was that an accident
or a choice?

So this is just
good, old-fashioned,

existential crisis, is that it?

Some people find choice
to be a burden.

They want their path
to be laid out for them.

Personal responsibility...
it's a blessing and a curse.

It leaves us with no one
to blame but ourselves.

Truth is, you have
already been making choices.

Can we agree that those choices

have not been working for you
so far?

I spoke to the vic
earlier that day.

I was running some leads
on, Damien Thorn's case.

I also spoke
to a Charles Powell.

The two of them
went to school with Thorn.

We have video
of Powell following Marquand

into the club.

Seems he, was
going after him for some reason.

'Cause you tipped him off.

Powell's in the wind.
He runs a flower shop.

We've got a unit sitting on it
right now.

What a mess.

Powell cut out his tongue?

Yeah. I think
he took it as a souvenir.

So you're telling me

your guy Thorn
didn't kill this one, either?

Find Powell.

Wrap this shit up.

You should lock your door. There's a
bad element in this neighborhood.

You can't just come in here.

I won't take long.

Whatever you need,
I can't help you.

I've been
pretty busy lately, so...

I didn't know
people still used film.

Thought all that stuff
was digital now.

It's an old roll.
I just found it.

I hear you had a trip
to the hospital last week.

Well, I'm fine now.
Thanks for asking.

What was that?

Patient confidentiality.
They wouldn't tell me anything.

It was personal.

Speaking of personal...

Ran into an old buddy of yours
the other night.

Is that Cray Marquand?

Somebody cut out his tongue.

You don't think
I did this, do you?

People drop dead around you,

and you just never
get any blood on your hands.

I was in the hospital.

Anyone bring you flowers?

What?

Charles Powell.

He's a florist in New York.

Right?

I wouldn't know. I haven't
talked to him since school.

Powell's missing.

What does that
have to do with me?

Why'd you try to kill yourself?

Got a guilty conscience?

Friendships from the past
coming back here to haunt you?

If Powell tries to contact you,

you call me... immediately.

You can keep those.

Add them to your collection.

Appreciate this,
by the way.

You're lucky our cameras have an
angle on your friend's apartment.

Yeah, if I can just see the guy
who broke into his apartment.

What'd he take?

I don't know, man.

I was just, told
the place got trashed.

Yeah?

Your friend must have
pissed someone off.

Yeah. Seems like it.

Whoa. Hold that.

Can you zoom in on her?

What, you know her?

Yeah.

Here you go.

Enjoy the game.

Yeah. Thanks.

Ms. Rutledge.

What can I do for you today?

I need a favor.

Of course.

I need you to destroy this.

Unusual details.

Family heirloom?

Not my family.

Anything for you.

I'm sorry, ma'am.

I've never seen
anything like it.

You should've called me sooner.

How do you know
we can trust her?

She's a nun.

The Vatican sent her here
to investigate what's going on.

I think she can
make sense of things.

Do you know who this woman is?

No. Damien first saw her
in Damascus.

It really rattled him.

And then we got back and...

Kelly...

Yeah.

And then this woman shows up...
Ann Rutledge.

She came out of nowhere.

Says she's been with him
since he was a kid.

Has a shrine of all his stuff,

like some kind
of crazed stalker.

Ann Rutledge of Armitage?

Yeah, he's convinced
that she's the head

of the same conspiracy
around him.

She's claiming
that she's been his guardian

since the White House.

So she really could be
his benefactor.

The Vatican
was expecting a man.

We assumed there was
someone looking out for him

the past 25 years.

Rutledge could be the person
we've been looking for.

Simone says you think
there's another person involved?

Yeah. Her name's Veronica.

She works
at the Collodion Collective.

I saw security footage of her
going into Damien's place.

What's her job
for the Collective?

I don't know.

What do you mean?
And then how did you know her?

We're...
we're sleeping together.

Does she know
you saw this footage of her?

No.

You have to go back to her...

find out who she's working for.

Yeah, fine. I'll do whatever.

Just stop this craziness.

Damn it!

You're kidding me.

I knew you'd come.

Did you like my gift?

We used to cut classes
and come here, you know?

No one would know
where we were...

You killed Cray. Why?

Why would you do
something like that?

He spoke to that detective
about you.

About us.

And I got your messages.

What are you talking about?

From that detective.

He told me all about
those people you killed.

I didn't kill anyone, Charles.

You don't have to lie to me.

In school, we were...
we were always honest.

We were such good friends.

Yeah, we were.

I bought you
your first good camera.

Who'd have thought
you'd go this far?

Me.

I told everybody.

I-I always believed in you.

Even after you set me on fire.

That was an accident...
a stupid prank gone wrong.

I didn't choose
to put that fluid on my hands.

You forced me.

The others were taunting.
I turned to you for help,

but you just
went along with it.

I was 15.

I'm sorry.

That's what I thought.

You didn't mean it.

But you never came to visit.

And I lay in that hospital bed
for months, and you...

I never heard from you.

I heard you left the school.

Why did you do it?

What was it?

I needed you
to stick up for me.

The others would have
listened to you.

The others were scared of you.

But you treated me like I was
just some little piece of...

You kept pushing me!

Always following me around,
never leaving me alone.

I warned you
you would get hurt.

I told you to stop.

Because we're connected...
bonded.

And that's why I killed Cray...

for you.

No, no, no.
That... That's on you, not me.

I never asked for that.

Of course you did.

Just like you did
all the others.

What others?

What others, Charles?

Nobodies.

No one even knows
they're missing.

I did it all for you.

So...

who should we kill next?

Aah!

James?

You're home.

Yeah.

I decided to call it a day.

You okay? You don't look good.

Did something happen?

I-I'm fine.

Whatcha drawing there?

Why would you draw
something like this?

What made you think of a fire?

Jacob, honey,
go brush your teeth.

You were scaring him.

What... What is going on?

I don't know.

T-There's something
not right with him

ever since the pool incident.

Not right with him?

What is that supposed to mean?

How are your appointments
with Dr. Gellman?

Fine. Really?

I ran into his old secretary
at the post office.

He retired three months ago
and moved to Florida.

Okay, look...

I've been slammed with work.

Are you kidding me?

This can't wait.

Do not walk out on me
right now.

We need to talk about this.

Put your hands
behind your back... now.

I knew he'd never kill me.

I'm the only one
who understands him.

Who did this?!

The devil.

The devil did this.

I almost killed someone tonight.

Why didn't you?

I-I stopped myself.
I made that choice.

I-I didn't want
to be that person.

Who is this person
you almost killed?

This... This...

This sick freak
named Charles Powell.

He's... He's been killing people
in my name.

He got it into his head
that I wanted him to.

Where is he now?

I assume jail.

I mean, if... if anyone
deserves to die, it's him.

He's been killing people...
for me.

And... And I...
Tonight, I could j...

I could just feel
what it would be like

just... just to wipe him
out of existence...

to take this one bit of evil
in the world.

Wouldn't that make...

Wouldn't that make the world
a better place?

Just to have him gone!

You know, is... is...
is that not our responsibility?

You know, when we...
when we encounter evil,

shouldn't we destroy it?

Is that your call to make?

No. No, I'm not... I'm not
a murderer. I never will be.

But how do I know... How do
I know I made the right choice?

How do I know that it wasn't
the evil part of me

that let this monster live?

You... You said I get
to choose, right? Yeah.

All right, so how do I know

when it's...
when it's the good side of me

or... or the evil side
that's doing the choosing?

The fact that you are struggling
means you're human.

You fear the devil inside,
but...

you letting Charles Powell
live...

that's proof that you've still
got the upper hand.

Hey.

Come here. What's wrong?

Remember when we, broke into
my apartment the other night?

You break into a lot of places,
don't you?

No, sir.

Mama raised me to be

a "one break-in at a time"
kind of girl.

How is your mother, by the way?

I'd like to meet her.

It'd be quite an honor
meeting Ann Rutledge.

Listen to me, Amani.
It's not what you think.

You used me
to get to my friend.

What do you want with him?

It's not me. It's my mother.

Stay the hell away from him.
I haven't gone near him.

You were in his place.

I was trying to fix it.

Fix what?

My mom had them
trash his place. Okay?

She was pissed
he was driving her away,

and she wanted him to think
someone was after him

so she could swoop in
to protect him.

She's both the arsonist
and the fireman.

After she heard
he tried to kill himself,

she had me clean it up.

Look, I don't know
what you people want,

but I'm warning you...

if you touch him,
I will kill you.

You have to believe me.

Okay?

Yes, I was supposed to
run surveillance,

but this... us... it's real.

You've been lying to me
from the second we met.

I'm not playing you, Amani.
I'm not.

I was, but I am not now.

Listen.

Why don't you go back
to your mother...

and Lyons and this nun
and whoever else...

and you tell them this is over.

You understand me?

It's over.

Amani Golkar knows
I'm your daughter.

Then Damien knows, too.

One step forward,
two steps back.

Well, on our list of problems,
that's pretty far down.

He... also mentioned a nun.

He didn't say more.

Find out who she is.

And no more carelessness.

Armitage is
a huge corporation.

Didn't the Vatican think
that the Antichrist

would be backed or supported
by something like that?

How could they miss that?

Hubris.

The Vatican has watched nations
rise and fall

from its ivory towers.

It never feels threatened...
not even now.

And they did
send you here, right?

Yes.

There are those who think
it's a fool's errand.

There are others
who fear I'm too late.

If that's true,
then why are you alone?

If Damien is
who you think he is,

then shouldn't there be
an army of priests here?

The Vatican doesn't fight wars.

It handles things quietly.

Are you an assassin?

I am a pilgrim...

here seeking the truth.

I have to look closer
at Rutledge and Lyons.

I'll call you tomorrow.

Be safe.

Greta, listen. I...

Dude, before you slam the door
in my face, just hear me out.

Look, you were right...
about everything.

I was in on it.

Only, I didn't know it.

I met this chick
at the Collective.

We hooked up.

She's Ann Rutledge's daughter.

All right? I just found out.

I'm sorry.

No.

I am.

For getting you into all this.

Things made more sense
in the field.

Yeah.

Whatever's going on, man,
I'm with you.

Till the very end.

I'm gonna have a beer.

You want one?

Hello, Charles.

My name is Dr. Matthews.

I'm here to have
a little chat with you.

Who are you?

You're not my lawyer.

I'm a friend of Damien's.

Is he here?

No.

He told me
he wishes you were dead.

Bobby. You set up my guy
in the, interview room?

Yep. Good to go.

His, doctor's
in with him.

What doctor? The shrink.

She was called
for a psych eval.

She said you knew about it.

Damien didn't mean to hurt me.

But he did.

Damien didn't want
Cray Marquand dead.

He wanted you dead.

What?

You failed him, Charles.

He called you a "sick freak."

I don't believe you.

Damien loves me.

How could he love you?

You're not a true servant.
You're a liar.

Guard!

You're not worthy, Charles.

Guard! Get me out of here!

You are nothing!

Shots fired!
Down the hall!

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