Millennium (1996–1999): Season 1, Episode 21 - Maranatha - full transcript
The episode opens at Chernobyl nuclear power plant just before the disastrous meltdown. As the plant crew are evacuating, one of the guards claims the meltdown was caused by someone named Yaponchik, who is seen climbing over a fence and escaping just before the explosion. Several years later, the same man approaches a stranger outside a Russian Orthodox church in New York and shoots him in the face. Frank and Peter are then called in to help the NYPD, who are also receiving help from an officer of the Moscow police. The Russian officer dismisses the claims about Yaponchik, saying he's just a fairytale, but Frank notices things that tell him otherwise. As he digs deeper, he finds signs linking Yaponchik to the Anti-Christ in the Book of Revelations.
[Alarm Blaring]
[Speaking Russian]
- [Alarm Stops]
- [Russian]
[Alarm Beeping]
[Explosion]
[Yelling In Russian]
[Russian]
[Shears Cutting]
[Man] A HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND PEOPLE LEAVE RUSSIA...
AND COME TO BRIGHTON BEACH.
REMINDS THEM OF ODESSA. [Scoffs]
WHAT A DUMP THAT PLACE MUST BE.
ONE THING THESE PEOPLE
GOT IN COMMON IS...
A BIG, HAIRY EYEBALL
TOWARDS LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UNDERSTANDABLE AFTER ALL
THOSE YEARS IN THE EVIL EMPIRE.
I MEAN, YOU MAKE A FEW RUBLES
SELLING ORANGES, YOU'RE A CRIMINAL.
GO TO CHURCH, YOU'RE A CRIMINAL.
IT'S GOTTA WARP YOUR THINKING.
ANYWAY, THAT'S THE WAY COMMUNITY
RELATIONS SAYS TO LOOK AT IT.
THIRD MUTILATED BODY
LEFT IN PUBLIC. AND NO I.D...
- DUE TO METHOD OF EXECUTION.
- OBVIOUSLY A TERROR TACTIC.
WELL, IT'S WORKING. NONE OF THE
USUAL SUSPECTS HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY.
A THOUSAND PEOPLE PASS THE
BODY, AND NO ONE PICKS UP A PHONE.
WELCOME TO THE GLOBAL VILLAGE.
THERE'S YURA, GUY
FROM MOSCOW P.D.
HE'S GOT THREE DEAD BODIES OVER
THERE COOLING IN THE MORGUE. SAME M.O.
AND NO SUSPECTS? NONE
HE'S TELLING US ABOUT.
YOU KNOW WHAT HE MAKES? $167
A MONTH, MAN. ONE, SIX, SEVEN.
YOU THINK YOU COULD
STAY HONEST ON THAT?
MAYBE HE'S NOT IN
IT FOR THE MONEY.
[Exhales] FRANK BLACK,
MEET YURA SUROVA.
THIS IS FRANK, I TOLD YOU ABOUT. LOOK,
I GOT A MEETING ON THIS DOWNTOWN,
- SO, UH, YOU'LL CLUE HIM IN?
- YEAH.
FRANK BLACK. THE MILLENNIUM
GROUP. I'D THINK YOU'D CLUE ME.
[Vehicle Door
Closes] [Engine Starts]
HE WAS PROPPED RIGHT HERE.
FACE REMOVED POINT-BLANK
BY SHOTGUN BLAST.
FINGERTIPS CUT OFF TO
PREVENT I.D. JUST LIKE THE OTHERS.
CLASSIC MOB M.O. [Frank] EXCEPT
THAT ONE OF THE VICTIMS WAS A WOMAN.
THAT'S AN UNUSUAL
TARGET FOR A MOB HIT.
IN RUSSIA, EVERYONE IS A TARGET.
FROM THE DISPERSAL, THE WEAPON
HAD TO BE SHORT, PISTOL SIZE.
FROM THE FORCE,
12-GAUGE OR BETTER.
LOOKS LIKE GLASS.
[Yura] THIS IS HANDLOADS.
IT'S DESIGNED TO
OBLITERATE A FACE.
THE MAN WHO DIED HERE, HE STOOD
STILL. HE DIDN'T TRY TO ESCAPE.
SO, WE KNOW ONE THING ABOUT
HIM... HE'S DEFINITELY RUSSIAN.
SEE, AN AMERICAN, WHEN FACED WITH AN
OVERWHELMING FORCE, HE DIGS IN AND FIGHTS.
A RUSSIAN CROSSES HIMSELF...
AND ACCEPTS THE
INEVITABLE, UNFORTUNATELY.
I'D LIKE TO SEE
THE OTHER BODIES.
THE BLAST ERASED THE EPIDERMIS AND
CARTILAGE, CAUSED SEVERE CRANIAL FRACTURE.
REARRANGED ENOUGH ORTHODONTIA
TO MAKE A DENTAL MATCH UNLIKELY.
KIND OF A COLLECTOR. TOOK
THE FINGERPRINTS WITH HIM.
CUT OFF THEIR FINGERS HERE
AT THE THIRD DISTAL JOINT.
NEAT JOB, MAYBE TWO,
10 SNIPS MOST LIKELY.
- GAME SHEARS.
- WE FOUND YOU.
ANDREI, MEET FRANK
BLACK FROM MILLENNIUM.
- HELLO.
- MY PLEASURE.
- YURA FROM MOSCOW P.D.
- [Russian]
ANDREI'S UNDERCOVER FOR US. HE'S
WORKING THE CLUBS IN BRIGHTON BEACH.
MOSCOW. YOU HAVE ZVEDAS?
WOW. I MEANT FOR TONIGHT, BUT...
WHOA! I GOT
FLAMMABLE STUFF HERE.
EXCUSE ME. ONE SECOND.
[Whispering In Russian]
ARE WE FINDING ANY PATTERN YET?
VICTIM NUMBER ONE OVER HERE
HAS THE BODY ART OF A FAMILY MAN.
RUSSIAN MOB GUY. JUDGING
FROM THE QUALITY OF THE TATTOOS,
I'D SAY HE WAS A REAL
HOTSHOT IN HIS ORGANIZATION.
THOUGH WHOEVER PULLED THE
TRIGGER DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF HIM.
[Indistinct]
THESE OTHERS...
YOU ASK ME, THE ONLY THING THEY GOT IN
COMMON IS THE WAY THEY MET THEIR MAKER.
THEY SURE LOOK LIKE
ORDINARY CITIZENS TO ME.
THAT'S A SURGICAL SCAR
THERE. SOMETHING REMOVED.
- THERE ARE FLECKS IN HER HAIR.
- AMAZING. FLECKS OF GOLD LEAF.
GILDING? COULD WELL BE.
I'M JUST GETTING
GOING WITH THAT GUY.
BUT, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT
NOW, WE GOT THYROID DAMAGE.
- RADIATION?
- SOMETHING ENVIRONMENTAL.
COULD BE ANYTHING. THERE ARE
TOXINS ALL OVER MOTHER RUSSIA.
THOSE TWO FINGERS WERE BLOWN
OFF. NEVER FOUND THE PIECES.
CROSS YOURSELF IN SUBMISSION.
BOOM. YOU WERE RIGHT.
DEFINITELY POSTMORTEM. [Frank]
IT'S A SMEAR IN THE POWDER BURN.
- WHAT DO YOU MAKE OUT OF IT?
- IT'S A MOB SIGN.
FRANK, THE KILLER IS
NOT IN YOUR COMPUTER.
THE MARKS ON THE MAN'S
HEAD, THEY'RE NO MOB SIGNS.
WHEN YOU FIND OUT WHAT IT
IS, LET ME KNOW, ALL RIGHT?
I'LL BE OUT THERE LOOKING.
[Bar Chatter, Russian]
♪♪ [Woman Singing In Russian]
♪ I ONCE HAD A DREAM
OF A LOVE SUPREME ♪
♪ THEN HE CAME MY WAY
I STILL BLESS THAT DAY ♪
♪ FOR MY DREAM CAME TRUE ♪
♪ WHEN I LOOKED AT YOU ♪
♪ WITH YOUR FLASHING EYES ♪
♪ WITH YOUR BIG, DARK EYES ♪
♪ OH, YOUR BIG, DARK
EYES HOW THEY TANTALIZE ♪
♪ WHEN THEY STARE AT
ME HOW THEY GLARE AT ME ♪
WE'RE STAKING THIS OUT,
AND YOU'LL BLOW OUR COVER.
OR ELSE YOU WILL. YOU HAVE A
PROBLEM WITH ME BEING HERE?
♪♪ [Woman Vocalizing]
YOU CAN'T HELP HERE,
FRANK. YOU DON'T SPEAK
THE LANGUAGE. YOU DON'T
KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR.
♪ THEN MY DREAM CAME TRUE ♪
♪ WHEN I LOOKED AT YOU ♪
[Man Shouting] YAPONCHIK!
[Screaming, Clamoring]
WHO'S YAPONCHIK?
WHO'S YAPONCHIK?
THIS IS THE MAN YOU SAY
IS THE SHOOTER, RIGHT?
WELL, DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS MAN?
YOUR BUDDY SAYS HE LOOKS LIKE THIS.
YOU IDENTIFIED THIS
MAN. IS THAT CORRECT?
THE MAN AT THE
CLUB SAID THE NAME
"YAPONCHIK." YOU MOVED
IN THE SECOND HE DID.
I MOVED IN WHEN THINGS GOT BAD.
WHO IS YAPONCHIK?
WHO IS DRACULA?
WHO IS FRANKENSTEIN?
HE'S THE RUSSIAN BOGEYMAN.
WITNESSES SAY HE WAS THERE.
FRANK, RUSSIA IS CRAZY NOW.
OLD SUPERSTITIONS COMING BACK.
PRIESTS AND TEA-READERS PREYING ON PEOPLE'S
FEARS BETTER THAN THE COMMUNISTS DID.
SEE, TO A RUSSIAN,
EVERYTHING MUST BE MAGIC.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH THAT A MAN
COMMITS THESE MURDERS. NO.
IT MUST BE YAPONCHIK WALKS
THE EARTH. OOH. TRUE EVIL.
- YOU BELIEVED HE WAS THERE.
- NO.
BUT IF THESE WITNESSES DID,
GOOD. LOOK AT THEIR DRAWINGS.
THESE PEOPLE ARE
AFRAID FOR THEIR LIVES.
THESE COMPOSITES ARE WORTHLESS.
BUT YOU TRUST THEM WITH THIS
NAME THAT THEY GAVE YOU, RIGHT?
YOU GOTTA MAKE THESE PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND. WE'RE NOT PLAYING GAMES HERE.
YOU DON'T PULL THIS
CRAP. NOT IN BROOKLYN.
[Yura] I WILL TALK TO THEM.
[Russian]
♪♪ [Men Singing]
♪♪ [Singing Continues]
[Barge Horn Blowing]
[Exhales] WHEN YOU SAID NEW YORK, I
WAS HOPING FOR CLOSER TO MIDTOWN.
THANKS FOR COMING, PETER.
I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED
AT THE TONE OF YOUR CALL.
- YOU FIND ANYTHING?
- NOTHING I'D CALL CLARITY,
BUT I DID GET A FEW ANSWERS.
THAT SYMBOL THAT YOU FOUND?
THE MONOGRAM OF CHRIST.
YES. MY GUESS IS THAT SOMEONE
BLESSED THE BODY SECRETLY.
THE RUSSIAN COP MUST
HAVE KNOWN THAT SYMBOL.
IT'S TOUGH TO SAY. BUT I AGREE
THAT HE'S BEEN HOLDING OUT ON YOU.
BEFORE THE SOVIET UNION
BROKE UP, YURA WORKED
FOR THE STATE SECURITY
FORCES AT CHERNOBYL.
CHERNOBYL? SOMEHOW, IT'S
THE COMMON THREAD HERE.
THE PHYSICAL DEFORMITIES OF THE
CONGREGATION CAUSED BY CHERNOBYL,
THIS GUY YURA, A GUARD THERE...
EVEN THE NAME YAPONCHIK'S CONNECTED.
ACCORDING TO YURA,
YAPONCHIK'S A MYTH.
THERE'S NO PHOTO OF
HIM, SO HE IS A MYTH.
HE SEEMS TO BE VOR V ZAKONE.
IT'S A CRIMINAL LEADER RESPECTED
ENOUGH BY OTHERS TO DECIDE DISPUTES.
THIS ISN'T MOB VIOLENCE. IT'S
NOT THAT. IT'S NOT ABOUT BUSINESS.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH REVELATION,
CHAPTER EIGHT, VERSE 10?
JOHN TALKING ABOUT
THE APOCALYPSE.
A BRIGHT STAR FALLING...
[Exhales] BRILLIANT, LIKE A TORCH.
THE NAME OF THE
STAR WAS WORMWOOD.
"ONE-THIRD OF THE WATERS
BECAME WORMWOOD,
AND MANY MEN DIED BECAUSE
THE WATER WAS MADE BITTER."
"CHERNOBYL" IS
UKRANIAN FOR WORMWOOD.
THE NUCLEAR ACCIDENT
PREDICTED IN THE BIBLE.
ONLY MANY PEOPLE IN RUSSIA
BELIEVE IT WASN'T AN ACCIDENT.
ONE OF THE MOST PERSISTENT
RUMORS ABOUT YAPONCHIK...
IS THAT HE WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR CHERNOBYL.
ANDREI, THE UNDERCOVER
COP. HE'S THERE WITH YURA.
YAPONCHIK, CHERNOBYL, WORMWOOD.
THEY BELIEVE IT, BOTH OF THEM.
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SEARCHING FOR
YAPONCHIK. THAT'S WHY YURA'S HERE.
[Phone Ringing, Faint]
YOU WEREN'T HONEST WITH ME.
I DON'T TALK ABOUT CHERNOBYL,
FRANK, AND NEITHER DID ANDREI.
WOULD YOU? WHAT ABOUT YAPONCHIK?
I TOLD YOU. HE'S A MYTH.
RESPONSIBLE FOR CHERNOBYL.
ANOTHER MYTH. WHAT
ABOUT WORMWOOD?
IF ANDREI WERE AMERICAN... IF AMERICANS
WERE SLAUGHTERED ON THE STREETS EVERY DAY,
WOULD YOU COME TO ME WITH THESE
"GRANDMOTHER" SUPERSTITIONS?
YOU BELIEVE YAPONCHIK
IS RESPONSIBLE.
OTHERS BELIEVE IT. YOU BOLTED
WHEN YOU HEARD HIS NAME.
YOUR RAMPAGE WAS NOT
ABOUT THE LOSS OF YOUR FRIEND.
YOU DIDN'T CHECK TO SEE
IF HE WAS ALIVE OR DEAD.
YOU WERE FURIOUS
YOU MISSED YAPONCHIK.
YOU DIDN'T GO IN THERE
AS A POLICE OFFICER.
YOU WENT IN THERE TO
ASSASSINATE YAPONCHIK.
NO INDICTMENT, NO
TRIAL. JUST KILL HIM.
THERE IS NO YAPONCHIK, FRANK.
CHERNOBYL WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT.
IT WAS A REACTOR-SHUTDOWN
EXPERIMENT THAT BECAME A DISASTER...
WHEN TWO DIESEL BACKUP
GENERATORS FAILED TO COME ONLINE.
IN RUSSIA, IT IS WIDELY THOUGHT THIS WAS AN
ACT OF SABOTAGE BY A MAN NAMED YAPONCHIK.
WE BELIEVE THAT THIS SAME MAN,
YAPONCHIK, COMMITTED THE HOMICIDES...
THAT WE'RE
INVESTIGATING, AND HE'LL
CONTINUE KILLING UNTIL
HIS TASK IS COMPLETE.
AND THE TASK IS? [Frank] TERROR.
YAPONCHIK IS A MYTH.
THE VIOLENCE IS PERPETRATED
AGAINST PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE OTHERWISE.
PEOPLE DETERMINED TO MAKE YAPONCHIK'S
IDENTITY PUBLIC. TO MAKE HIM PAY.
- WHAT PEOPLE?
- ASK YURA, HE'S ONE OF THEM.
YEAH, SURE.
TELL HIM ABOUT WORMWOOD TOO.
THIS IS A REALLY GOOD ONE, LIEUTENANT.
LOOK, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S BEEN SOME
DISAGREEMENT OVER TACTICS ON THIS CASE.
YOU THINK I'VE BEEN HOLDING
OUT ON YOU? I HAVEN'T.
I THINK YOUR JUDGMENT IS WARPED BY
YOUR DESIRE TO SEE YAPONCHIK DEAD.
HE KILLED A NEW
YORK CITY DETECTIVE.
- I MEAN, AM I BEING
TOO AGGRESSIVE HERE?
- I WOULDN'T PUT IT THAT WAY, NO.
I DON'T WORK WITH ASSASSINS.
LOOK, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO GIVE
THESE GUYS 48 MORE HOURS, ALL RIGHT?
WE'LL SEE WHERE WE ARE THEN. AND WE
BETTER NOT BE WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T EXPECT TO
BE. WE HAVE A LEAD.
THE PRIEST AT THE CHURCH HELPED
I.D. ANOTHER VICTIM. THE WOMAN.
SHE RESTORES ARTWORK...
RELIGIOUS RELICS.
ICONS.
RUSSIAN ICONS.
GALINA WAS MISSING ONE WEEK
BEFORE HER FAMILY CONTACTED ME.
TOLD ME THEIR FEARS.
[Reading In Russian]
THE WORDS SPOKEN
AT THE CHURCH DOOR.
"I AM COMING SOON.
COME, LORD JESUS."
THE LAST WORDS IN THE BIBLE.
GOLD LEAF.
SAME AS YOU FOUND ON HER BODY.
THE FLECKS IN HER HAIR.
ICONS. AN ICON IS A WINDOW
INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
GALINA RESTORED SEVERAL FOR THE
CHURCH BEFORE SHE WAS MURDERED.
FROM THE SIZE OF THIS COLLECTION SHE MUST
HAVE BEEN TRAFFICKING IN THESE FOR YEARS.
NOT TRAFFICKING, PROTECTING.
BEFORE, FROM COMMUNISTS
WHO WOULD DESTROY THEM.
NOW, FROM CRIMINALS WHO
SELL TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.
WHAT'S THIS?
- TO THE RUSSIAN CONSULATE.
- NO. GALINA WOULD
NEVER DO THIS.
AFTER PROTECTING SOMETHING FOR SO
LONG, WHY WOULD SOMEBODY GIVE THIS UP?
[Frank] MAYBE SHE
KNEW WHAT WAS COMING.
SHE FALTERED. SHE WAS SENDING
THESE AS AN OFFERING TO SAVE HERSELF.
- HE KILLED HER ANYWAY.
- YAPONCHIK.
SHE DISCOVERED WHO HE WAS.
RATHER THAN CEASE TO BE A MYTH,
HE KILLED HER LIKE THE OTHERS.
THEIR DEATHS CREATED AN EVEN
GREATER TERROR AMONG THE BELIEVERS.
GREATER SILENCE.
FEEDING THE MYTH.
[Peter Reading] "SERGEI
STEPANOVICH SENIN."
I DOUBT THAT'S HIS REAL NAME,
ANY MORE THAN YAPONCHIK.
[Russian]
THIS WAY.
WAIT HERE.
- SERGEI STEPANOVICH?
- I'M SERGEI STEPANOVICH.
THIS IS FOR YOU.
GIVE THEM SOMETHING
FOR THEIR TROUBLE.
[Peter] WHY DID GALINA
LANSKOY SEND YOU THIS?
MY JOB IS TO RECOVER ICONS.
TREASURES LOOTED FROM MY COUNTRY.
- MAYBE HER CONSCIENCE
GOT TO HER.
- SHE'S DEAD.
- ANY SUSPECTS?
- TURN IT OVER.
$48 AT THE MUSEUM STORE. IT'S A
REPRODUCTION OF THE KAZAN THEOTOKOS.
NO. IT'S REAL.
THE LABEL WAS ADDED.
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?
- SHE SENT YOU THESE
TO SAVE HERSELF.
- FRANK.
- YOU KILLED HER ANYWAY.
- YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
MUTILATED HER. WHY?
TO SHOW YOU CAN.
- YOU CANNOT TALK TO ME
THIS WAY.
- YAPONCHIK.
WHO TELLS YOU THAT?
CRAZY YURA? SIX MONTHS
IN MENTAL HOSPITAL.
YOU MAKE A FOOL OF
YOURSELF COMING HERE.
THEY WILL ESCORT
YOU OUT. [Russian]
YOU WERE A MYTH. NO MORE.
FRANK, THIS GUY HAS
DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY.
YOU DON'T GO POKING
HIM IN THE FACE.
HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR
THESE MURDERS. SAYS WHO?
- IT WAS YAPONCHIK.
- WE DON'T GO NEAR THESE PEOPLE
WITHOUT AN INDICTMENT.
IN FACT, WE DON'T
GO NEAR THEM AT ALL.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
CALLED THE COMMISSIONER.
I'M GETTING REAMED
FROM BOTH ENDS OVER THIS.
YAPONCHIK IS A MURDERER AND
A TERRORIST. HE'LL VANISH SOON.
HE'S WITH THE CONSULATE,
SO STEER CLEAR.
EVEN IF WE CAUGHT HIM IN THE
ACT, HE WOULD STILL HAVE IMMUNITY.
A MONOGRAM OF CHRIST. IT'S A
SHIELD, PROTECTION... AGAINST EVIL.
AGAINST YAPONCHIK?
I THINK THE PRIEST SEES SOMETHING
DIFFERENT. WE KNOW HE DOES.
HE SEES THE SECOND COMING,
PRECEDED BY WORMWOOD, CHERNOBYL.
IN THE LAST DAYS, THE ANTICHRIST
APPEARS AND SLAUGHTERS THE FAITHFUL.
THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY
HE HAS HORNS AND A TAIL.
HE'S AN EVIL MAN, NOT SUPERNATURAL.
HE CAN'T WALK ON WATER.
BUT ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, HE
MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVES A FATAL HEAD WOUND...
AND UNITES THE 10 NATIONS
OF EUROPE IN A WAR ON ISRAEL.
THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. MAYBE
IT'S NOT THE 10 NATIONS OF EUROPE.
MAYBE IT'S THE 10 NATIONS
OF RUSSIA. UZBEKISTAN,
UKRAINE, THE FORMER
SOVIET REPUBLICS.
THOSE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT
MADE IVAN THE TERRIBLE A SAINT.
FOR SIX CENTURIES, THEY
HAVEN'T LIVED WITHOUT A DICTATOR.
YOU DON'T HONESTLY BELIEVE
THIS. DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I BELIEVE.
THEY BELIEVE IT. THE PRIEST?
AND YURA. AND ANDREI.
STALKING THE ANTICHRIST
IN THE FINAL DAYS.
[Man Shouting In Russian]
[Shears Cutting]
[Cutting Continues]
[Spits]
[Russian]
[Police Radio Chatter]
[Siren Wailing]
WHAT DO YOU GOT? WE GOT THREE
MORE. TOO LATE ON ALL OF 'EM.
HOPE THEY WON'T BE NEEDING
FACES IN THE NEXT WORLD.
ANYONE SEEN YAPONCHIK? PER
USUAL, NOBODY SEES ANYTHING.
ATTENDANT SAID TWO OF THE
CASUALTIES WERE RUSSIAN.
WHAT ABOUT THE THIRD? DON'T
KNOW YET. WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
WE GOT THREE BODIES. HERE. HERE.
THAT ONE OVER BY THE STEAM VENT WAS
PRETTY WELL POACHED WHEN WE GOT HERE.
YAPONCHIK MUST
HAVE LEFT IN A HURRY.
NO, I THINK HE WAS
THE THIRD VICTIM.
WE HAVE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL
TO SEE IF HE'S STILL ALIVE.
WE'RE TALKING SERIOUS GUNSHOTS TO
THE HEAD HERE. THESE GUYS ARE VERY D.O.A.
THE MORTAL HEAD WOUND. WAIT.
YOU THINK THE WOUND HAS HEALED?
[Woman On Radio] RESCUE 51, RESPOND TO
OVERDOSE, UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE, 84th STREET.
[Man On Radio] THIS IS RESCUE
51, RESPONDING TO 7-5-8-2...
[Cries Out] THIS GUY'S ALIVE!
HE'S POSTICTAL. B.P. 70 OVER 50. SIR,
CAN YOU HEAR ME? SQUEEZE MY HAND.
HE'S RUSSIAN. ZERO VITALS FOR 20
MINUTES. WOKE UP IN A GRAND MAL.
RESPIRATIONS? EIGHT AND
SHALLOW PULSE, 120 AND THREADY.
BAG HIM. GET ANOTHER LINE IN.
WHO'S THE NEUROSURGEON ON CALL?
McGREAVY ANSWERED HIS PAGE.
WE'RE GONNA NEED HISTORY
BESIDES COMING BACK
TO LIFE AFTER HAVING
HIS BRAINS BLOWN OUT.
- I'M TELLING YOU. THIS GUY WAS GONE.
- YEAH. WE'LL TAKE IT FROM HERE.
[Phone Beeps Off] HOSPITAL
SAYS HE HAS VITAL SIGNS.
THE POLICE AND
PARAMEDICS SAID HE DIDN'T.
A HOLLOW POINT WENT IN THE BACK OF
HIS SKULL, MISSED HIS BRAIN SOMEHOW.
- FRANK, HE WAS GONE.
- THE BULLET DIDN'T EXPAND
UNTIL IT HIT HIS FACEPLATE...
- ON THE WAY OUT.
- DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?
WHAT ABOUT YURA?
I DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT EVERYTHING'S
STABLE. HOW WE DOING IN O.R.?
THEY'RE ESTIMATING 15 MINUTES. GET
NETTON TO SCRUB IN FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION.
THIS GUY'S A SPECIAL CASE.
[Continues Speaking Russian]
THE HEAD WOUND, WHERE IS HE?
HE'S DOWN HERE, QUEUED FOR O.R.
NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. THIS GUY'S
ONE TOUGH S.O.B. YEAH, THAT'S ONE THEORY.
WHAT HAPPENED HERE? THEY'LL
MOVE HIM TO THE CONSULATE.
[Doctor] NO. THERE'S
NO WAY OFF THE FLOOR.
HE JUST VANISHED INTO THIN
AIR? YOU HAVE A MEDEVAC PAD?
YURA!
YURA, YOU KNOW WHO HE IS!
DECEIVER OF ALL MANKIND.
WHATEVER HE SAYS
TO YOU, HE'S LYING.
YURA!
HE'S GETTING AWAY!
THAT DIRTBAG'S GETTING AWAY!
- IT IS DECIDED!
- COME ON! COME ON!
[Frank] YURA! IT'S NOT DECIDED!
NO! FRANK! NO, LET ME GO!
- COME ON!
- DON'T MAKE IT HAPPEN. FRANK!
DON'T LET IT HAPPEN!
THIS MAN IS A RUSSIAN
CITIZEN. DO NOT INTERFERE.
[Crying]
[Yelling In Russian]
[Sobbing]
[Crying] WHAT HAVE I DONE?
[Russian]
[Russian]
[Russian]
[Child] I MADE THIS!
[Speaking Russian]
- [Alarm Stops]
- [Russian]
[Alarm Beeping]
[Explosion]
[Yelling In Russian]
[Russian]
[Shears Cutting]
[Man] A HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND PEOPLE LEAVE RUSSIA...
AND COME TO BRIGHTON BEACH.
REMINDS THEM OF ODESSA. [Scoffs]
WHAT A DUMP THAT PLACE MUST BE.
ONE THING THESE PEOPLE
GOT IN COMMON IS...
A BIG, HAIRY EYEBALL
TOWARDS LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UNDERSTANDABLE AFTER ALL
THOSE YEARS IN THE EVIL EMPIRE.
I MEAN, YOU MAKE A FEW RUBLES
SELLING ORANGES, YOU'RE A CRIMINAL.
GO TO CHURCH, YOU'RE A CRIMINAL.
IT'S GOTTA WARP YOUR THINKING.
ANYWAY, THAT'S THE WAY COMMUNITY
RELATIONS SAYS TO LOOK AT IT.
THIRD MUTILATED BODY
LEFT IN PUBLIC. AND NO I.D...
- DUE TO METHOD OF EXECUTION.
- OBVIOUSLY A TERROR TACTIC.
WELL, IT'S WORKING. NONE OF THE
USUAL SUSPECTS HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY.
A THOUSAND PEOPLE PASS THE
BODY, AND NO ONE PICKS UP A PHONE.
WELCOME TO THE GLOBAL VILLAGE.
THERE'S YURA, GUY
FROM MOSCOW P.D.
HE'S GOT THREE DEAD BODIES OVER
THERE COOLING IN THE MORGUE. SAME M.O.
AND NO SUSPECTS? NONE
HE'S TELLING US ABOUT.
YOU KNOW WHAT HE MAKES? $167
A MONTH, MAN. ONE, SIX, SEVEN.
YOU THINK YOU COULD
STAY HONEST ON THAT?
MAYBE HE'S NOT IN
IT FOR THE MONEY.
[Exhales] FRANK BLACK,
MEET YURA SUROVA.
THIS IS FRANK, I TOLD YOU ABOUT. LOOK,
I GOT A MEETING ON THIS DOWNTOWN,
- SO, UH, YOU'LL CLUE HIM IN?
- YEAH.
FRANK BLACK. THE MILLENNIUM
GROUP. I'D THINK YOU'D CLUE ME.
[Vehicle Door
Closes] [Engine Starts]
HE WAS PROPPED RIGHT HERE.
FACE REMOVED POINT-BLANK
BY SHOTGUN BLAST.
FINGERTIPS CUT OFF TO
PREVENT I.D. JUST LIKE THE OTHERS.
CLASSIC MOB M.O. [Frank] EXCEPT
THAT ONE OF THE VICTIMS WAS A WOMAN.
THAT'S AN UNUSUAL
TARGET FOR A MOB HIT.
IN RUSSIA, EVERYONE IS A TARGET.
FROM THE DISPERSAL, THE WEAPON
HAD TO BE SHORT, PISTOL SIZE.
FROM THE FORCE,
12-GAUGE OR BETTER.
LOOKS LIKE GLASS.
[Yura] THIS IS HANDLOADS.
IT'S DESIGNED TO
OBLITERATE A FACE.
THE MAN WHO DIED HERE, HE STOOD
STILL. HE DIDN'T TRY TO ESCAPE.
SO, WE KNOW ONE THING ABOUT
HIM... HE'S DEFINITELY RUSSIAN.
SEE, AN AMERICAN, WHEN FACED WITH AN
OVERWHELMING FORCE, HE DIGS IN AND FIGHTS.
A RUSSIAN CROSSES HIMSELF...
AND ACCEPTS THE
INEVITABLE, UNFORTUNATELY.
I'D LIKE TO SEE
THE OTHER BODIES.
THE BLAST ERASED THE EPIDERMIS AND
CARTILAGE, CAUSED SEVERE CRANIAL FRACTURE.
REARRANGED ENOUGH ORTHODONTIA
TO MAKE A DENTAL MATCH UNLIKELY.
KIND OF A COLLECTOR. TOOK
THE FINGERPRINTS WITH HIM.
CUT OFF THEIR FINGERS HERE
AT THE THIRD DISTAL JOINT.
NEAT JOB, MAYBE TWO,
10 SNIPS MOST LIKELY.
- GAME SHEARS.
- WE FOUND YOU.
ANDREI, MEET FRANK
BLACK FROM MILLENNIUM.
- HELLO.
- MY PLEASURE.
- YURA FROM MOSCOW P.D.
- [Russian]
ANDREI'S UNDERCOVER FOR US. HE'S
WORKING THE CLUBS IN BRIGHTON BEACH.
MOSCOW. YOU HAVE ZVEDAS?
WOW. I MEANT FOR TONIGHT, BUT...
WHOA! I GOT
FLAMMABLE STUFF HERE.
EXCUSE ME. ONE SECOND.
[Whispering In Russian]
ARE WE FINDING ANY PATTERN YET?
VICTIM NUMBER ONE OVER HERE
HAS THE BODY ART OF A FAMILY MAN.
RUSSIAN MOB GUY. JUDGING
FROM THE QUALITY OF THE TATTOOS,
I'D SAY HE WAS A REAL
HOTSHOT IN HIS ORGANIZATION.
THOUGH WHOEVER PULLED THE
TRIGGER DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF HIM.
[Indistinct]
THESE OTHERS...
YOU ASK ME, THE ONLY THING THEY GOT IN
COMMON IS THE WAY THEY MET THEIR MAKER.
THEY SURE LOOK LIKE
ORDINARY CITIZENS TO ME.
THAT'S A SURGICAL SCAR
THERE. SOMETHING REMOVED.
- THERE ARE FLECKS IN HER HAIR.
- AMAZING. FLECKS OF GOLD LEAF.
GILDING? COULD WELL BE.
I'M JUST GETTING
GOING WITH THAT GUY.
BUT, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT
NOW, WE GOT THYROID DAMAGE.
- RADIATION?
- SOMETHING ENVIRONMENTAL.
COULD BE ANYTHING. THERE ARE
TOXINS ALL OVER MOTHER RUSSIA.
THOSE TWO FINGERS WERE BLOWN
OFF. NEVER FOUND THE PIECES.
CROSS YOURSELF IN SUBMISSION.
BOOM. YOU WERE RIGHT.
DEFINITELY POSTMORTEM. [Frank]
IT'S A SMEAR IN THE POWDER BURN.
- WHAT DO YOU MAKE OUT OF IT?
- IT'S A MOB SIGN.
FRANK, THE KILLER IS
NOT IN YOUR COMPUTER.
THE MARKS ON THE MAN'S
HEAD, THEY'RE NO MOB SIGNS.
WHEN YOU FIND OUT WHAT IT
IS, LET ME KNOW, ALL RIGHT?
I'LL BE OUT THERE LOOKING.
[Bar Chatter, Russian]
♪♪ [Woman Singing In Russian]
♪ I ONCE HAD A DREAM
OF A LOVE SUPREME ♪
♪ THEN HE CAME MY WAY
I STILL BLESS THAT DAY ♪
♪ FOR MY DREAM CAME TRUE ♪
♪ WHEN I LOOKED AT YOU ♪
♪ WITH YOUR FLASHING EYES ♪
♪ WITH YOUR BIG, DARK EYES ♪
♪ OH, YOUR BIG, DARK
EYES HOW THEY TANTALIZE ♪
♪ WHEN THEY STARE AT
ME HOW THEY GLARE AT ME ♪
WE'RE STAKING THIS OUT,
AND YOU'LL BLOW OUR COVER.
OR ELSE YOU WILL. YOU HAVE A
PROBLEM WITH ME BEING HERE?
♪♪ [Woman Vocalizing]
YOU CAN'T HELP HERE,
FRANK. YOU DON'T SPEAK
THE LANGUAGE. YOU DON'T
KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR.
♪ THEN MY DREAM CAME TRUE ♪
♪ WHEN I LOOKED AT YOU ♪
[Man Shouting] YAPONCHIK!
[Screaming, Clamoring]
WHO'S YAPONCHIK?
WHO'S YAPONCHIK?
THIS IS THE MAN YOU SAY
IS THE SHOOTER, RIGHT?
WELL, DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS MAN?
YOUR BUDDY SAYS HE LOOKS LIKE THIS.
YOU IDENTIFIED THIS
MAN. IS THAT CORRECT?
THE MAN AT THE
CLUB SAID THE NAME
"YAPONCHIK." YOU MOVED
IN THE SECOND HE DID.
I MOVED IN WHEN THINGS GOT BAD.
WHO IS YAPONCHIK?
WHO IS DRACULA?
WHO IS FRANKENSTEIN?
HE'S THE RUSSIAN BOGEYMAN.
WITNESSES SAY HE WAS THERE.
FRANK, RUSSIA IS CRAZY NOW.
OLD SUPERSTITIONS COMING BACK.
PRIESTS AND TEA-READERS PREYING ON PEOPLE'S
FEARS BETTER THAN THE COMMUNISTS DID.
SEE, TO A RUSSIAN,
EVERYTHING MUST BE MAGIC.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH THAT A MAN
COMMITS THESE MURDERS. NO.
IT MUST BE YAPONCHIK WALKS
THE EARTH. OOH. TRUE EVIL.
- YOU BELIEVED HE WAS THERE.
- NO.
BUT IF THESE WITNESSES DID,
GOOD. LOOK AT THEIR DRAWINGS.
THESE PEOPLE ARE
AFRAID FOR THEIR LIVES.
THESE COMPOSITES ARE WORTHLESS.
BUT YOU TRUST THEM WITH THIS
NAME THAT THEY GAVE YOU, RIGHT?
YOU GOTTA MAKE THESE PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND. WE'RE NOT PLAYING GAMES HERE.
YOU DON'T PULL THIS
CRAP. NOT IN BROOKLYN.
[Yura] I WILL TALK TO THEM.
[Russian]
♪♪ [Men Singing]
♪♪ [Singing Continues]
[Barge Horn Blowing]
[Exhales] WHEN YOU SAID NEW YORK, I
WAS HOPING FOR CLOSER TO MIDTOWN.
THANKS FOR COMING, PETER.
I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED
AT THE TONE OF YOUR CALL.
- YOU FIND ANYTHING?
- NOTHING I'D CALL CLARITY,
BUT I DID GET A FEW ANSWERS.
THAT SYMBOL THAT YOU FOUND?
THE MONOGRAM OF CHRIST.
YES. MY GUESS IS THAT SOMEONE
BLESSED THE BODY SECRETLY.
THE RUSSIAN COP MUST
HAVE KNOWN THAT SYMBOL.
IT'S TOUGH TO SAY. BUT I AGREE
THAT HE'S BEEN HOLDING OUT ON YOU.
BEFORE THE SOVIET UNION
BROKE UP, YURA WORKED
FOR THE STATE SECURITY
FORCES AT CHERNOBYL.
CHERNOBYL? SOMEHOW, IT'S
THE COMMON THREAD HERE.
THE PHYSICAL DEFORMITIES OF THE
CONGREGATION CAUSED BY CHERNOBYL,
THIS GUY YURA, A GUARD THERE...
EVEN THE NAME YAPONCHIK'S CONNECTED.
ACCORDING TO YURA,
YAPONCHIK'S A MYTH.
THERE'S NO PHOTO OF
HIM, SO HE IS A MYTH.
HE SEEMS TO BE VOR V ZAKONE.
IT'S A CRIMINAL LEADER RESPECTED
ENOUGH BY OTHERS TO DECIDE DISPUTES.
THIS ISN'T MOB VIOLENCE. IT'S
NOT THAT. IT'S NOT ABOUT BUSINESS.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH REVELATION,
CHAPTER EIGHT, VERSE 10?
JOHN TALKING ABOUT
THE APOCALYPSE.
A BRIGHT STAR FALLING...
[Exhales] BRILLIANT, LIKE A TORCH.
THE NAME OF THE
STAR WAS WORMWOOD.
"ONE-THIRD OF THE WATERS
BECAME WORMWOOD,
AND MANY MEN DIED BECAUSE
THE WATER WAS MADE BITTER."
"CHERNOBYL" IS
UKRANIAN FOR WORMWOOD.
THE NUCLEAR ACCIDENT
PREDICTED IN THE BIBLE.
ONLY MANY PEOPLE IN RUSSIA
BELIEVE IT WASN'T AN ACCIDENT.
ONE OF THE MOST PERSISTENT
RUMORS ABOUT YAPONCHIK...
IS THAT HE WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR CHERNOBYL.
ANDREI, THE UNDERCOVER
COP. HE'S THERE WITH YURA.
YAPONCHIK, CHERNOBYL, WORMWOOD.
THEY BELIEVE IT, BOTH OF THEM.
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SEARCHING FOR
YAPONCHIK. THAT'S WHY YURA'S HERE.
[Phone Ringing, Faint]
YOU WEREN'T HONEST WITH ME.
I DON'T TALK ABOUT CHERNOBYL,
FRANK, AND NEITHER DID ANDREI.
WOULD YOU? WHAT ABOUT YAPONCHIK?
I TOLD YOU. HE'S A MYTH.
RESPONSIBLE FOR CHERNOBYL.
ANOTHER MYTH. WHAT
ABOUT WORMWOOD?
IF ANDREI WERE AMERICAN... IF AMERICANS
WERE SLAUGHTERED ON THE STREETS EVERY DAY,
WOULD YOU COME TO ME WITH THESE
"GRANDMOTHER" SUPERSTITIONS?
YOU BELIEVE YAPONCHIK
IS RESPONSIBLE.
OTHERS BELIEVE IT. YOU BOLTED
WHEN YOU HEARD HIS NAME.
YOUR RAMPAGE WAS NOT
ABOUT THE LOSS OF YOUR FRIEND.
YOU DIDN'T CHECK TO SEE
IF HE WAS ALIVE OR DEAD.
YOU WERE FURIOUS
YOU MISSED YAPONCHIK.
YOU DIDN'T GO IN THERE
AS A POLICE OFFICER.
YOU WENT IN THERE TO
ASSASSINATE YAPONCHIK.
NO INDICTMENT, NO
TRIAL. JUST KILL HIM.
THERE IS NO YAPONCHIK, FRANK.
CHERNOBYL WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT.
IT WAS A REACTOR-SHUTDOWN
EXPERIMENT THAT BECAME A DISASTER...
WHEN TWO DIESEL BACKUP
GENERATORS FAILED TO COME ONLINE.
IN RUSSIA, IT IS WIDELY THOUGHT THIS WAS AN
ACT OF SABOTAGE BY A MAN NAMED YAPONCHIK.
WE BELIEVE THAT THIS SAME MAN,
YAPONCHIK, COMMITTED THE HOMICIDES...
THAT WE'RE
INVESTIGATING, AND HE'LL
CONTINUE KILLING UNTIL
HIS TASK IS COMPLETE.
AND THE TASK IS? [Frank] TERROR.
YAPONCHIK IS A MYTH.
THE VIOLENCE IS PERPETRATED
AGAINST PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE OTHERWISE.
PEOPLE DETERMINED TO MAKE YAPONCHIK'S
IDENTITY PUBLIC. TO MAKE HIM PAY.
- WHAT PEOPLE?
- ASK YURA, HE'S ONE OF THEM.
YEAH, SURE.
TELL HIM ABOUT WORMWOOD TOO.
THIS IS A REALLY GOOD ONE, LIEUTENANT.
LOOK, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S BEEN SOME
DISAGREEMENT OVER TACTICS ON THIS CASE.
YOU THINK I'VE BEEN HOLDING
OUT ON YOU? I HAVEN'T.
I THINK YOUR JUDGMENT IS WARPED BY
YOUR DESIRE TO SEE YAPONCHIK DEAD.
HE KILLED A NEW
YORK CITY DETECTIVE.
- I MEAN, AM I BEING
TOO AGGRESSIVE HERE?
- I WOULDN'T PUT IT THAT WAY, NO.
I DON'T WORK WITH ASSASSINS.
LOOK, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO GIVE
THESE GUYS 48 MORE HOURS, ALL RIGHT?
WE'LL SEE WHERE WE ARE THEN. AND WE
BETTER NOT BE WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T EXPECT TO
BE. WE HAVE A LEAD.
THE PRIEST AT THE CHURCH HELPED
I.D. ANOTHER VICTIM. THE WOMAN.
SHE RESTORES ARTWORK...
RELIGIOUS RELICS.
ICONS.
RUSSIAN ICONS.
GALINA WAS MISSING ONE WEEK
BEFORE HER FAMILY CONTACTED ME.
TOLD ME THEIR FEARS.
[Reading In Russian]
THE WORDS SPOKEN
AT THE CHURCH DOOR.
"I AM COMING SOON.
COME, LORD JESUS."
THE LAST WORDS IN THE BIBLE.
GOLD LEAF.
SAME AS YOU FOUND ON HER BODY.
THE FLECKS IN HER HAIR.
ICONS. AN ICON IS A WINDOW
INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
GALINA RESTORED SEVERAL FOR THE
CHURCH BEFORE SHE WAS MURDERED.
FROM THE SIZE OF THIS COLLECTION SHE MUST
HAVE BEEN TRAFFICKING IN THESE FOR YEARS.
NOT TRAFFICKING, PROTECTING.
BEFORE, FROM COMMUNISTS
WHO WOULD DESTROY THEM.
NOW, FROM CRIMINALS WHO
SELL TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.
WHAT'S THIS?
- TO THE RUSSIAN CONSULATE.
- NO. GALINA WOULD
NEVER DO THIS.
AFTER PROTECTING SOMETHING FOR SO
LONG, WHY WOULD SOMEBODY GIVE THIS UP?
[Frank] MAYBE SHE
KNEW WHAT WAS COMING.
SHE FALTERED. SHE WAS SENDING
THESE AS AN OFFERING TO SAVE HERSELF.
- HE KILLED HER ANYWAY.
- YAPONCHIK.
SHE DISCOVERED WHO HE WAS.
RATHER THAN CEASE TO BE A MYTH,
HE KILLED HER LIKE THE OTHERS.
THEIR DEATHS CREATED AN EVEN
GREATER TERROR AMONG THE BELIEVERS.
GREATER SILENCE.
FEEDING THE MYTH.
[Peter Reading] "SERGEI
STEPANOVICH SENIN."
I DOUBT THAT'S HIS REAL NAME,
ANY MORE THAN YAPONCHIK.
[Russian]
THIS WAY.
WAIT HERE.
- SERGEI STEPANOVICH?
- I'M SERGEI STEPANOVICH.
THIS IS FOR YOU.
GIVE THEM SOMETHING
FOR THEIR TROUBLE.
[Peter] WHY DID GALINA
LANSKOY SEND YOU THIS?
MY JOB IS TO RECOVER ICONS.
TREASURES LOOTED FROM MY COUNTRY.
- MAYBE HER CONSCIENCE
GOT TO HER.
- SHE'S DEAD.
- ANY SUSPECTS?
- TURN IT OVER.
$48 AT THE MUSEUM STORE. IT'S A
REPRODUCTION OF THE KAZAN THEOTOKOS.
NO. IT'S REAL.
THE LABEL WAS ADDED.
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?
- SHE SENT YOU THESE
TO SAVE HERSELF.
- FRANK.
- YOU KILLED HER ANYWAY.
- YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
MUTILATED HER. WHY?
TO SHOW YOU CAN.
- YOU CANNOT TALK TO ME
THIS WAY.
- YAPONCHIK.
WHO TELLS YOU THAT?
CRAZY YURA? SIX MONTHS
IN MENTAL HOSPITAL.
YOU MAKE A FOOL OF
YOURSELF COMING HERE.
THEY WILL ESCORT
YOU OUT. [Russian]
YOU WERE A MYTH. NO MORE.
FRANK, THIS GUY HAS
DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY.
YOU DON'T GO POKING
HIM IN THE FACE.
HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR
THESE MURDERS. SAYS WHO?
- IT WAS YAPONCHIK.
- WE DON'T GO NEAR THESE PEOPLE
WITHOUT AN INDICTMENT.
IN FACT, WE DON'T
GO NEAR THEM AT ALL.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
CALLED THE COMMISSIONER.
I'M GETTING REAMED
FROM BOTH ENDS OVER THIS.
YAPONCHIK IS A MURDERER AND
A TERRORIST. HE'LL VANISH SOON.
HE'S WITH THE CONSULATE,
SO STEER CLEAR.
EVEN IF WE CAUGHT HIM IN THE
ACT, HE WOULD STILL HAVE IMMUNITY.
A MONOGRAM OF CHRIST. IT'S A
SHIELD, PROTECTION... AGAINST EVIL.
AGAINST YAPONCHIK?
I THINK THE PRIEST SEES SOMETHING
DIFFERENT. WE KNOW HE DOES.
HE SEES THE SECOND COMING,
PRECEDED BY WORMWOOD, CHERNOBYL.
IN THE LAST DAYS, THE ANTICHRIST
APPEARS AND SLAUGHTERS THE FAITHFUL.
THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY
HE HAS HORNS AND A TAIL.
HE'S AN EVIL MAN, NOT SUPERNATURAL.
HE CAN'T WALK ON WATER.
BUT ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, HE
MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVES A FATAL HEAD WOUND...
AND UNITES THE 10 NATIONS
OF EUROPE IN A WAR ON ISRAEL.
THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. MAYBE
IT'S NOT THE 10 NATIONS OF EUROPE.
MAYBE IT'S THE 10 NATIONS
OF RUSSIA. UZBEKISTAN,
UKRAINE, THE FORMER
SOVIET REPUBLICS.
THOSE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT
MADE IVAN THE TERRIBLE A SAINT.
FOR SIX CENTURIES, THEY
HAVEN'T LIVED WITHOUT A DICTATOR.
YOU DON'T HONESTLY BELIEVE
THIS. DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I BELIEVE.
THEY BELIEVE IT. THE PRIEST?
AND YURA. AND ANDREI.
STALKING THE ANTICHRIST
IN THE FINAL DAYS.
[Man Shouting In Russian]
[Shears Cutting]
[Cutting Continues]
[Spits]
[Russian]
[Police Radio Chatter]
[Siren Wailing]
WHAT DO YOU GOT? WE GOT THREE
MORE. TOO LATE ON ALL OF 'EM.
HOPE THEY WON'T BE NEEDING
FACES IN THE NEXT WORLD.
ANYONE SEEN YAPONCHIK? PER
USUAL, NOBODY SEES ANYTHING.
ATTENDANT SAID TWO OF THE
CASUALTIES WERE RUSSIAN.
WHAT ABOUT THE THIRD? DON'T
KNOW YET. WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
WE GOT THREE BODIES. HERE. HERE.
THAT ONE OVER BY THE STEAM VENT WAS
PRETTY WELL POACHED WHEN WE GOT HERE.
YAPONCHIK MUST
HAVE LEFT IN A HURRY.
NO, I THINK HE WAS
THE THIRD VICTIM.
WE HAVE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL
TO SEE IF HE'S STILL ALIVE.
WE'RE TALKING SERIOUS GUNSHOTS TO
THE HEAD HERE. THESE GUYS ARE VERY D.O.A.
THE MORTAL HEAD WOUND. WAIT.
YOU THINK THE WOUND HAS HEALED?
[Woman On Radio] RESCUE 51, RESPOND TO
OVERDOSE, UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE, 84th STREET.
[Man On Radio] THIS IS RESCUE
51, RESPONDING TO 7-5-8-2...
[Cries Out] THIS GUY'S ALIVE!
HE'S POSTICTAL. B.P. 70 OVER 50. SIR,
CAN YOU HEAR ME? SQUEEZE MY HAND.
HE'S RUSSIAN. ZERO VITALS FOR 20
MINUTES. WOKE UP IN A GRAND MAL.
RESPIRATIONS? EIGHT AND
SHALLOW PULSE, 120 AND THREADY.
BAG HIM. GET ANOTHER LINE IN.
WHO'S THE NEUROSURGEON ON CALL?
McGREAVY ANSWERED HIS PAGE.
WE'RE GONNA NEED HISTORY
BESIDES COMING BACK
TO LIFE AFTER HAVING
HIS BRAINS BLOWN OUT.
- I'M TELLING YOU. THIS GUY WAS GONE.
- YEAH. WE'LL TAKE IT FROM HERE.
[Phone Beeps Off] HOSPITAL
SAYS HE HAS VITAL SIGNS.
THE POLICE AND
PARAMEDICS SAID HE DIDN'T.
A HOLLOW POINT WENT IN THE BACK OF
HIS SKULL, MISSED HIS BRAIN SOMEHOW.
- FRANK, HE WAS GONE.
- THE BULLET DIDN'T EXPAND
UNTIL IT HIT HIS FACEPLATE...
- ON THE WAY OUT.
- DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?
WHAT ABOUT YURA?
I DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT EVERYTHING'S
STABLE. HOW WE DOING IN O.R.?
THEY'RE ESTIMATING 15 MINUTES. GET
NETTON TO SCRUB IN FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION.
THIS GUY'S A SPECIAL CASE.
[Continues Speaking Russian]
THE HEAD WOUND, WHERE IS HE?
HE'S DOWN HERE, QUEUED FOR O.R.
NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. THIS GUY'S
ONE TOUGH S.O.B. YEAH, THAT'S ONE THEORY.
WHAT HAPPENED HERE? THEY'LL
MOVE HIM TO THE CONSULATE.
[Doctor] NO. THERE'S
NO WAY OFF THE FLOOR.
HE JUST VANISHED INTO THIN
AIR? YOU HAVE A MEDEVAC PAD?
YURA!
YURA, YOU KNOW WHO HE IS!
DECEIVER OF ALL MANKIND.
WHATEVER HE SAYS
TO YOU, HE'S LYING.
YURA!
HE'S GETTING AWAY!
THAT DIRTBAG'S GETTING AWAY!
- IT IS DECIDED!
- COME ON! COME ON!
[Frank] YURA! IT'S NOT DECIDED!
NO! FRANK! NO, LET ME GO!
- COME ON!
- DON'T MAKE IT HAPPEN. FRANK!
DON'T LET IT HAPPEN!
THIS MAN IS A RUSSIAN
CITIZEN. DO NOT INTERFERE.
[Crying]
[Yelling In Russian]
[Sobbing]
[Crying] WHAT HAVE I DONE?
[Russian]
[Russian]
[Russian]
[Child] I MADE THIS!