Millennium (1996–1999): Season 2, Episode 5 - A Single Blade of Grass - full transcript

[Man] DO NOT TELL THE
WHITE PEOPLE ABOUT THIS.

JESUS IS UPON THE EARTH.

HE APPEARS LIKE A CLOUD.

THE DEAD ARE STILL ALIVE AGAIN.

[Native Americans Chanting]

I DO NOT KNOW WHEN
THEY WILL BE HERE.

MAYBE THIS FALL,
OR IN THE SPRING.

WHEN THE TIME COMES, THERE
WILL BE NO MORE SICKNESS,

AND EVERYONE
WILL BE YOUNG AGAIN.

[Drums Pounding, Men Chanting]

[Chanting, Drumming Continue]



[Man Ululating]

[Ululating Continues]

[Speaking Native Language]

[Rattling]

[Gasping, Choking]

[Native Language]

DANIEL. TELL US
WHAT MUST HAPPEN.

- TELL US WHAT TO DO.
- [Choking, Sobbing]

[Choking, Panting]

[Screaming]

[Chattering]

[Man] GOOD EVENING.

[Chanting]

[Chattering]



SO HOW LONG ARE YOU PEOPLE
GONNA BE HOLDIN' UP CONSTRUCTION?

DAY? HALF DAY? WHAT? IT'S AN
ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE, POWELL.

IT TAKES TIME. YEAH, IF YOU'RE DOIN'
IT WITH A PAINTBRUSH AND SPOON.

IT'S NOT THE KIND OF THING
YOU DO WITH A BACKHOE!

[Sighs] COULD YOU AT LEAST
GET A BIGGER SHOVEL? HUH?

COME ON! DR. MICHAELS!

DR. MICHAELS!

WELL, POWELL,

IT'S NOT A CONSTRUCTION OR
AN ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE NOW.

IT'S A CRIME SCENE.

SERGEANT WALTERS?

FRANK BLACK? THANKS FOR COMING.

THIS ONE IS TOO WEIRD
EVEN FOR NEW YORK.

I KNEW FROM THE GET-GO WE'D NEED THE
MILLENNIUM GROUP'S COUNSEL ON THIS ONE.

I CAUGHT A BREAK, BEIN' AS YOU'RE IN THE
AREA, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO COME FROM SEATTLE.

I WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE SOONER.
I GOT STUCK BEHIND A TRUCK...

THAT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS
LOADED WITH ELEPHANTS.

[Chuckles] OH, YEAH. THE CIRCUS HAS SOME
WILD WEST SHOW ON THIS WEEK AT THE GARDEN.

THEY GOT IT WRONG, THOUGH. THEY SHOULD
BE MOVIN' THE CLOWNS OUT OF MANHATTAN.

WHAT ARE YOU DOIN'? THAT'S THE
OLD ONE. FRESH ONE'S OVER HERE.

WE DIDN'T TOUCH A THING.

I WAS WAITIN' FOR
YOU. THANK YOU.

[Gagging]

BEEN DEAD ABOUT A WEEK.

THAT ONE OVER THERE HAS
BEEN DEAD ABOUT 200 YEARS.

WELL, LIKE I SAID. YOU'RE
THE FIRST ONE TO TAKE A LOOK.

I FIGURED THE NEW DEAD GUY LOOKIN' LIKE
THE OLD DEAD GUY AND THE SITUATION HERE...

WHAT IS THE SITUATION HERE?

THE ANTHROPOLOGIST THINKS
THIS IS SOME INDIAN BURIAL SITE.

NOW I GOT THE CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY TICKED OFF...

BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN ORDERED TO CEASE
AND DESIST UNTIL THE SITE'S BEEN EXCAVATED.

I GOT THE ANTHROPOLOGIST TICKED OFF
BECAUSE THE FOREMAN'S GIVIN' HER GRIEF.

WHAT'S GOIN' ON WITH THOSE GUYS?

THAT'S JUST A BUNCH OF GUYS
TICKED OFF AT THE WORLD IN GENERAL.

THEY'RE INDIANS WHO
WORK CONSTRUCTION.

MM-HMM. CAN THEY ACCOUNT FOR THEIR
WHEREABOUTS OVER THE LAST WEEK?

THEY HANG OUT AT A LOCAL BAR,
SO THEY COVER FOR EACH OTHER.

- DID THEY KNOW THE VICTIM?
- FOREMAN I.D.'D HIM AS
DANIEL OLIVAW.

WORKED HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

HE WASN'T MURDERED HERE.

WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT?
SIGNS OF VIOLENCE ON THE BODY.

HE WOULD HAVE BLED PROFUSELY. THERE'S
NO SIGNS OF BLOOD IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.

NONE.

[Grunting]

- YOU OKAY?
- HE WAS KILLED INDOORS.

SOMEWHERE NEARBY.

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?
I DON'T KNOW IT. I FEEL IT.

THIS IS ONE OF THE PRICIEST
HOTELS ON THE WEST SIDE.

IT'S LIKE A 12-STAR
HOTEL OR SOMETHING.

[Train Whistle Blowing]

[Walters] WHOA! THE
MANSONS TAKE MANHATTAN.

CAN I SEE THAT? YEAH.

[Walters] THEY HUNG
THE GUY? HORIZONTALLY.

[Man On Police Radio] I DON'T
KNOW SERGEANT WALTERS'S 20,

BUT TELL HIM THAT LADY ANTHROPOLOGIST
IS HERE, IS GOIN' NUTS AGAIN, HUH?

ANTHROPOLOGIST?

I REALIZE THIS IS A CRIME SCENE,
AND I'M TRYING TO RESPECT THAT.

BUT IT'S AN INCREDIBLY
SIGNIFICANT ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE.

AND I WANT THAT RESPECTED.

I TOLD YOU ONCE, I TOLD
YOU 90 TIMES, DR. MICHAELS.

THIS SITE IS CLOSED. NOBODY BUT THE
CORONER IS TOUCHIN' UP A DAMN THING.

AND I REFUSE TO JUST STAND AROUND
HERE AND WATCH COPS AND CORONERS...

DIG UP MY ANCIENT
SHAMAN WITH SHOVELS!

DR. MICHAELS, MY NAME IS FRANK BLACK. I'M
ASSISTING WITH THIS MURDER INVESTIGATION.

- I'D APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.
- WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?

- WHAT DO YOU NEED?
- THIS BODY.

I NEED IT CAREFULLY EXCAVATED.

AND REMOVED TO THE MUSEUM. NOT JUST YANKED
OUT OF THE GROUND, TOSSED INTO A BODY BAG,

AND THEN THROWN IN SOME
REFRIGERATOR AT THE MORGUE.

[Softly] ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. THERE YOU GO.

YOU CAN HAVE EVERYTHING
INSIDE THAT LINE.

THE REST OF THE SITE STAYS CLOSED
UNTIL THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE.

- IS THAT A DEAL?
- YEAH.

DR. MICHAELS, YOU MIGHT WANT TO PREPARE
YOURSELF. THIS SCENE IS VERY DISTURBING.

DR. MICHAELS, I KNOW
YOU'RE NOT A DETECTIVE.

BUT DO YOU SEE
ANYTHING ON THESE WALLS...

THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY A MAN WAS
BURIED AT THAT CONSTRUCTION SITE?

- [Scoffs]
- FOR STARTERS, CAN YOU EXPLAIN
THE SIGNIFICANCE...

- OF ANY OF THESE SYMBOLS?
- I KNOW MOST OF THEM, YEAH.

THEY'RE FROM MANY
DIFFERENT TRIBES.

THERE'S-THERE'S
MOHAWK, AND SENECA,

AND THE OTHER
IROQUOIS TRIBES, A-A-AND...

CHEROKEE, HOPI,

NAVAJO, SEMINOLE... I MEAN,
THERE'S EVEN CHUMASH.

Y-YOU NEVER SEE 'EM
JUMBLED UP LIKE THIS.

IT'S BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING
THAT NORTH AMERICAN

TRIBES DIDN'T PRACTICE
SACRIFICIAL RITUALS.

MY GRANDMOTHER'S
MOTHER WAS CROW.

YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO SEE SACRIFICE
AMONG THE SOUTH AMERICAN TRIBES.

BUT... THAT'S NOT
WHAT THIS IS EITHER.

THIS IS A MISHMASH...

OF VARIOUS CULTURAL SYMBOLS
FROM HALF THE TRIBES IN THE U.S.

THIS... IT'S-IT'S NONSENSE.

IS THERE EVEN AN ATTEMPT
AT A COMMON THEME HERE?

ALMOST EVERYTHING
HERE REPRESENTS...

COMMUNICATION WITH
THE SPIRIT WORLD.

AN APOCRYPHA?

OKAY, THE-THE KACHINA.

THE KACHINA'S A HOPI
FIGURE THAT ACTS AS AN

INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN
THE LIVING AND THE DEAD.

AND-AND THIS RIGHT HERE
IS... THIS SYMBOL IS AN OWL.

- A SYMBOL OF DEATH.
- RIGHT.

AND IN THE CREE TRADITION,
THE SKELETON IS A HELPING SPIRIT.

- LIKE A GUARDIAN ANGEL?
- IN NATIVE AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY,

WE ALL HAVE A HELPING SPIRIT.

- I'M TOLD MINE'S AN ANT.
- WHY? YOU LIKE TO RUIN PICNICS?

SOME TRIBES BELIEVE THE ANTS CARRY MESSAGES
FROM OUR ANCESTORS BURIED IN THE EARTH,

AND THAT'S WHAT I DO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
YOUR HELP, DR. MICHAELS.

MAY I CALL YOU IF I HAVE
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?

SURE. IF YOU'RE READY TO MAKE
A DEAL WITH ME ABOUT MY SITE.

[Men Chattering] [Man] OH, YEAH.

HOW ARE YOU DOIN'? I'M
LOOKING FOR THE GUYS

THAT WORK THE CONSTRUCTION
SITE UP THE STREET.

PRIMARILY THE FOREMAN.

JOE REYNARD. YOU HERE TO
TELL HIM HE HIT THE LOTTERY?

- NO.
- THEN I CAN'T HELP YA.

[Sighs, Chattering]

JOE REYNARD. MY
NAME IS FRANK BLACK.

WHERE ARE YOU
FROM? N.Y.P.D.? F.B.I.?

- BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS?
- SEATTLE.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO BET
"DON'T COME." LESS RISK.

- SHORTER ODDS.
- IT DEPENDS ON YOUR INTENTIONS.

WHY DOES ANYONE GAMBLE? BECAUSE
THEY BELIEVE THEY'RE SURE OF THE OUTCOME.

THAT THEY HAVE SOME
CONTROL OVER FATE.

DANIEL OLIVAW
WORKED ON YOUR CREW.

[Cash Register Ringing]

- TELL ME ABOUT HIM.
- HE WORKED HARD. SHOWED UP ON TIME.

- THAT'S IT?
- HE WORKED FOR ME. WE WEREN'T MARRIED.

- WAS HE A RELIGIOUS MAN?
- AND HOW WOULD I KNOW
ABOUT THAT?

SOME CHRISTIANS WEAR MEDALS.

WITH PATRON SAINTS ON 'EM.

OR THEY PUT RELIGIOUS STATUES
ON THE DASHBOARD OF THEIR CAR.

EVEN IF HE DID DO ANYTHING LIKE
THAT, IT WOULDN'T MEAN NOTHIN' TO ME!

HE WAS MOHAWK. AND I'M HOPI.

HOW MANY CATHOLICS COULD TELL YOU
WHAT GOES ON INSIDE A JEWISH TEMPLE?

PROBABLY NOT MANY.

BUT THEY'D PROBABLY
REALIZE IT'S A RELIGION.

NOW, DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS?

- NO.
- NO.

HOLD IT. HOLD IT.

EIGHT. THE HARD WAY.

- [Chuckling] YEAH!
- [Chuckling] OH, YES.

HERE YOU GO. IT
WAS A SUCKER'S BET.

THIS WAS NOT DRAWN
ON THE BASEMENT WALL.

HOW COULD HE KNOW OF THIS?

OUR ANCESTORS GAVE
IT TO HIM IN A VISION.

ONE HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND YET.

HA WEN NEYU TRAVELED WEST
TO THE EDGE OF THE WORLD...

AND ARGUED WITH THE GREAT
PROTECTOR ABOUT WHO...

CREATED AND WHO OWNS THE EARTH.

THEY ENGAGED IN A CONTEST.

HA WEN NEYU WON THE
VICTORY, BUT UPON REALIZING...

THE GREAT PROTECTOR'S POWER,

THE GREAT PROTECTOR WAS
GIVEN A PLACE TO LIVE IN THE WEST.

HE WILL COME WHENEVER
THE PEOPLE CALL HIM.

THIS PROPHECY TELLS US
THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH.

THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE.
HE SAID HE WAS FROM THE WEST.

DANIEL SENT HIM.

[Reynard] HE IS.

HE IS THE OTHER ONE.

♪♪ [Jazz]

♪♪ [Humming Along]

[Man] ♪ NOW THE "D" AND THE
"A" AND THE "M" AND THE "N" ♪

♪ AND THE "A" AND
THE "T" AND THE "I-O-N" ♪

♪ LOSE YOUR FACE
LOSE YOUR NAME ♪

♪ THEN GET FITTED
FOR A SUIT OF FLAME ♪♪

THE SQUIRREL NUT
ZIPPERS. AH! YEAH.

[Clicks Off] [Chuckles]
YOU KNOW 'EM?

WHO DOESN'T? YOU BY ANY
CHANCE INTO BOBBY DARIN?

OH, YEAH. GIDGET GOES HAWAIIAN.

NO, THAT'S JAMES DARREN.
FRANK BLACK, BY THE WAY. OH. OH.

YEAH. THE FORENSICS GUY? YEAH.

DO YOU, UH, WANT TO
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS?

HE WAS DISMEMBERED WITH FLINT, AND THEN HIS
LIMBS WERE REATTACHED WITH FISHING LINE.

THREE POUND ON THE LINE, UNLESS I MISS
MY GUESS. IT'S A GOOD WEIGHT FOR TROUT.

THERE ARE SEVERAL LACERATIONS
AROUND THE TORSO, THE WAIST AND THE NECK,

BUT NO PETECHIAE.

HUNG POSTMORTEM.

WHAT WAS THE CAUSE
OF DEATH? POISON.

MOSTLY MADE UP OF PEPTIDES
AND PROTEINS RICH IN ENZYMES.

WITH AN INCREDIBLY
LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT.

SNAKE VENOM. TIMBER RATTLESNAKE.

THE VENOM HAS A HIGH LD-50.
IT TAKES A LOT TO KILL YOU.

[Sighs] NO EDEMA.
PROBABLY INGESTED.

SMALL DOSES OVER A
PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS.

WELL, THERE'S SEVERAL
PUNCTURE MARKS ON THE BODY.

PROBABLY FROM THE
HOOKS. BUT NO BITE MARKS.

I DID FIND THESE
CONTUSIONS ON THE THROAT.

THEY FORCE-FED HIM.

YOU SEE, NOW MOST OF THE STITCHING
MATERIAL HAS JUST ROTTED AWAY.

FROM THE MARKS
HERE ON THE SHOULDER,

IT LOOKS AS IF THIS BODY UNDERWENT
SOME OF THE SAME POSTMORTEM MUTILATIONS...

AS DANIEL OLIVAW'S BODY. YEAH.

THEIR ARMS AND LEGS REMOVED...

AND THEN REATTACHED.

DOES THIS LOOK LIKE ONE OF THOSE
SOUTH AMERICAN SACRIFICIAL RITUALS?

[Scoffs] OH, NO, THIS
ISN'T A SACRIFICE.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT AT
RESURRECTION. RESURRECTION?

YEAH. THERE'S AN ANCIENT
SENECA MYTH IN WHICH, UH,

AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE
TO REVIVE A CORPSE BY

TAKING IT APART AND
PUTTING IT BACK TOGETHER.

NOW IT USUALLY FOLLOWED AN
UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT BY THE VICTIM...

TO REACH, AND RETURN
FROM, THE SPIRIT WORLD.

SO IN ORDER TO CONVERSE
WITH HIS ANCESTORS,

HE WOULD HAVE TO BRING
HIMSELF TO THE BRINK OF DEATH.

BY INGESTING
POISON, FOR INSTANCE.

INSTEAD OF BRINGING BACK A
MESSAGE FROM HIS DEAD ANCESTORS,

HE BECOMES ONE OF THEM.

THESE PEOPLE BELIEVED... AND STILL DO
BELIEVE... IN ANOTHER PLANE OF EXISTENCE.

PEOPLE ACTUALLY DIED
FROM THE "HEART SQUEEZE"...

A MYTH IN WHICH A SENECA
SORCERER COMMITTED MURDER BY...

PSYCHICALLY SQUEEZING
A VICTIM'S HEART.

VICTIMS OF CURSES DYING
FROM THEIR OWN FEARS?

BUT THEY'RE STILL DEAD!

RITUALS MAY WORK.

BUT NOT THE WAY YOU EXPECT.

[Scoffs]

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY GETS
HYSTERICAL WHEN NOSTRADAMUS...

APPEARS TO VAGUELY
PREDICT AN EARTHQUAKE.

AND OUR CULTURE IGNORES THE FACT
THAT THE HOPI PREDICTED THE RAILROADS.

THE ARRIVAL OF LONGHORN CATTLE.
THE STRIP-MINING OF HOPI LAND. IT'S...

THE NATIVE AMERICANS...

APPEARED TO HAVE ACCESS
TO AN ELEVATED PLANE...

TH-THAT NO MATTER
WHAT I DO, OR...

HOW MUCH I THINK I UNDERSTAND...

[Softly] I JUST CAN'T GET THERE.

[Cawing]

DO YOU BELIEVE IN THAT PLANE?

DO YOU THINK THAT ANY OF
US COULD REALLY GET TO IT?

[Men Chanting, Ululating]

HEY, WHAT ARE YOU
DOING? YOU CAN'T...

HOW DID YOU KNOW
THAT THAT WAS THERE?

HERE.

[Gasps] IT LOOKS
LIKE A PRAYER STICK.

- BUT THIS ONE'S DIFFERENT.
- IN WHAT WAY?

WELL, EARLY RESEARCHERS
THOUGHT THAT THE PRAYER STICK...

WAS A KIND OF INDIAN ROSARY.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM
REPRESENT HEAVEN AND HELL,

AND THE SYMBOLS IN BETWEEN
NORMALLY SUGGEST SPECIFIC PRAYERS...

THAT THE STICK'S
OWNER MIGHT SAY, BUT...

THIS ONE, I-IT'S JUST
DIFFERENT. IT'S LIKE...

IT'S LIKE A SERIES OF EVENTS
THAT LEAD UP TO AN ULTIMATE EVENT.

I KEEP SEEING THIS SYMBOL.

YOU'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE? MM-HMM.

FRANK, I'VE NEVER
SEEN THAT BEFORE.

COULD THIS BE A
RESURRECTION SYMBOL...

ONE WOULD CARRY IF HE WERE
SENT TO THE OTHER WORLD?

AND IF THIS MESSENGER
WAS CARRYING ONE,

DANIEL OLIVAW MUST HAVE
BEEN CARRYING ONE TOO.

[Powell] JUST STAY IN
THIS AREA OVER HERE.

OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD!

- MR. POWELL, WHAT'S HAPPENING?
- LOOK, I KNOW ALL ABOUT
THE GRAVES PROTECTION ACT,

AND I FOLLOWED ALL
THE REGULATIONS.

THE RULE IS, WE CAN'T CONTINUE
TO BUILD UNTIL AN INSTITUTION...

- OR AN ARCHAEOLOGIST
REMOVES THE ARTIFACTS.
- THAT'S RIGHT.

WELL, I NOTIFIED THE DEPARTMENT
AT THE UNIVERSITY IN ALBANY.

AND THEY CAME DOWN AND
PROPERLY REMOVED THE REMAINS...

AND TRANSFERRED THEM
TO THEIR FACILITY UPSTATE.

- AND WE ARE BACK TO WORK.
- BUT EVERYTHING WAS SUPPOSED
TO REMAIN HERE.

ALL I'M DOING IS FOLLOWING
THE RULES, DR. MICHAELS.

IT SEEMS YOUR GRIPE IS NOW WITH
THE COLLEGE UP IN ALBANY, NOT ME.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THESE THINGS
SHOULD BE STUDIED. YOU HAVE DESTROYED...

THE MEMORY OF A PEOPLE
SO YOU CAN BUILD AN OFFICE.

[Sighs] THE PAST IS
GONE, DR. MICHAELS.

YOU CAN DIG 'EM UP, STUDY 'EM ALL
YOU WANT. IT AIN'T GONNA BRING 'EM BACK!

YOU'RE WRONG, MR. POWELL.
THERE WAS A PROPHECY TO THIS FIELD.

IF THE WHITE PEOPLE TOOK
THE BONES, THEN WE'D RETURN.

ENOUGH OF THIS! THIS
IS NOT MY PROBLEM.

- I DID THE RIGHT THING!
- YOU ARE JUST TRYING
TO CONVINCE YOURSELF OF THAT.

THEY WANTED DANIEL'S
BODY TO BE FOUND.

REYNARD WANTED THE BONES
REMOVED TO CONTINUE THEIR PROPHECY.

[Powell] PROPHECY?
YES, PROPHECY.

YESTERDAY, THEY'RE ALL ON THE
WARPATH. TODAY, THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR GAME
IS, MISTER, BUT I HAVE DONE MY BIT.

- I FOLLOWED THE RULES!
- FOLLOWED YOUR OWN RULES.

OH, MY HEART BLEEDS FOR YOU, LADY.
YOU KNOW SOMETHING? YOU'RE AS BAD AS ME.

I MEAN, YOU'RE DIGGIN'
'EM UP TOO! AND DON'T

TELL ME YOU HAVE THE
RIGHT TO, BECAUSE...

- I HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY.
- TO A BUNCH OF
SCIENCE JOURNALS.

TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE AS FAR
OUT IN LEFT FIELD AS THAT GUY!

[Grunting] NOW...

NO! MY RESPONSIBILITY NOW...

IS TO MAKE UP ALL
THE TIME I LOST ON THIS.

AND I DON'T WANT TO HEAR
ABOUT IT ANYMORE, YOU HEAR ME?

I DON'T WANNA... YOU'RE GONNA
GIVE YOURSELF A CORONARY.

- COME ON. SIT DOWN.
- [Gasping, Choking]

- [Dr. Michaels] MY GOD.
- [Speaking Native Language]

COME ON. SIT DOWN.
SIT DOWN. [Painful Gasping]

[Groaning]

CALL 9-1-1.

[Gasping]

- IS HE DEAD?
- YEAH. HE'S DEAD.

IT ALWAYS STARTS THIS WAY.

WITH A SINGLE BLADE OF GRASS.

[Starts Engine]

[Clattering] [Sighs]

THIS IS THE HEAD OF
THE IROQUOIS FALSE FACE.

IT'S IDENTICAL TO THE ONE FOUND
ON THE BODY OF DANIEL OLIVAW.

THE RED HALF SYMBOLIZES THE
EAST, THE BLACK HALF THE WEST.

AND THE MASK REPRESENTS
HALF-HUMAN BODIES WITH THE POWER...

TO WALK BETWEEN THE
REAL AND THE SPIRIT WORLDS.

HALF HUMAN?

WELL, NOT LITERALLY. IT'S...

WHOEVER DISMEMBERED
DANIEL OLIVAW'S BODY...

TOOK IT LITERALLY.

DANIEL WAS BURIED WITH A MASK THAT
REPRESENTS THE ABILITY TO CONTACT THE DEAD.

I BELIEVE THE SYMBOL MAY BELONG
TO A LOST TRIBE OF THE IROQUOIS.

SEE, WHEN THE SENECA WERE PUT ON
THE FIRST RESERVATION BACK IN THE 1790s,

THE BOND BETWEEN THE FIVE
IROQUOIS TRIBES WAS SEVERED.

THE OTHER TRIBES ENDED
UP ON RESERVATIONS,

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THIS ONE,

WHICH APPARENTLY DIED OUT.

OR SCATTERED. THE SYMBOLS LEFT AT THE
MURDER SCENE WERE FROM DIFFERENT TRIBES.

WHAT IF THE MEMBERS OF THE LOST TRIBE
HID THEMSELVES AMONG OTHER TRIBES?

AND THEY WERE SO SUCCESSFUL
THAT THE WHITE MAN...

COMPLETELY OVERLOOKED
THEIR EXISTENCE.

DANIEL WAS A MOHAWK.

THE OTHERS WERE
HOPI, CHEYENNE, NAVAJO.

BUT IN THE BEGINNING
THEIR PLACE WAS HERE.

THEY'VE BEEN HIDING
FOR CENTURIES.

UNTIL A PROPHECY
TOLD THEM TO REUNITE.

THROUGH SEPARATION AND TIME,

THE ORIGINAL PROPHECIES
HAVE BEEN LOST OR FORGOTTEN.

THE MEN WHO KILLED
DANIEL OLIVAW...

HAVE BEEN TAKING
FROM OTHER TRIBES...

AND FILLING IN THE BLANKS.

[Faint Footsteps]

[Banging]

SEE, THE CARVINGS TELL A STORY.

"THE GRASS WILL GROW
OVER THE WHITE MAN.

"THE ANCESTORS
WILL BE RESURRECTED.

AND THE BUFFALO WILL RETURN."

[Gasps] THAT'S GHOST DANCE.

AT THE END OF THE LAST CENTURY, WOVOKA
TOLD THE INDIANS TO DANCE THE GHOST DANCE,

AND THE WHITE MAN
WOULD BE ERADICATED.

ONLY IT WAS THE INDIANS WHO
WERE MASSACRED AT WOUNDED KNEE.

A PROPHECY. THIS
IS A BLUEPRINT...

FOR ANOTHER
CULTURE'S APOCALYPSE.

NO, Y... YOU CAN'T BELIEVE THAT.

THIS IS JUST SYMBOLIC. LIKE
THE BOOK OF REVELATION.

OR ANY OTHER
RELIGIOUS APOCRYPHA.

THE BOOK OF REVELATION MAY
BE PORTRAYED ALLEGORICALLY.

BUT THE OVERARCHING IDEA
OF THE APOCALYPSE IS REAL.

EVERYTHING STARTS
WITH ONE BLADE OF GRASS.

THESE EVENTS, TO
THEM, ARE COMING TRUE.

[Door Creaking]

[Blow Lands, Guard Grunts]

YOU SAID THIS IMAGE PROPHESIES
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE EARTH.

THE RETURN OF THE ANCESTORS.
WELL, THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED.

WHEN POWELL'S MEN
UNEARTHED THE GRAVE SITE.

[Panting]

[Dr. Michaels] THIS SYMBOL
REPRESENTS A MESSENGER.

[War Whooping]

THE MURDER VICTIM, DANIEL,
WAS SENT TO THE WEST.

TO THE LAND OF THE DEAD.
TO SPEAK WITH HIS ANCESTORS.

THAT COULD BE.

I'M STILL NOT SURE WHAT THIS
LOWER FIGURE IS SUPPOSED TO MEAN.

THAT'S ME.

DANIEL WAS SENT TO THE
WEST. I CAME FROM THE WEST.

THEY THINK I CAME HERE
BECAUSE I WAS SUMMONED.

MY DEATH,

MY REUNION WITH DANIEL,
WILL OPEN A DOOR TO THE EAST.

FRANK, PEOPLE HAVE
RESEARCHED THIS.

I HAVE STUDIED MYTHS
EVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER,

AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND
ALL THE... I SEE IT, LIZ.

THAT OTHER PLANE? HOW
YOU WISHED IT WERE TRUE?

HOW YOU WANTED IT TO BE THERE?

WHEN I'M HERE,
TOUCHING THIS EARTH,

I SENSE IT... I'M IN THAT PLANE.

I CAN'T CALL IT UP. I CAN'T
CONTROL IT. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT.

I HAVE AN ABILITY.

THAT I THOUGHT I'D
LOST. I WAS TOLD...

THAT IT WOULD CHANGE IN
WAYS I WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND.

IT'S HAPPENING NOW.

A DOOR OPENS IN THE WEST.

A ROUGH-HEWN BUILDING.

- IT'S AN IROQUOIS LONGHOUSE.
- YEAH. [Chuckles]

CROWS FLY IN.

THAT COULD BE THE-THE
DEAD ANCESTORS RETURNING.

A COYOTE TURNS,
AND HE LOOKS AT ME.

HE'S A CONTRADICTORY CREATURE.

HE MANAGES TO BE
BOTH THE TRICKSTER...

A-AND IN THE SOUTHWEST
TRADITION, UH...

A CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE.

I SEE MYSELF WALKING ON A ROAD.

AND THEN I FALL INTO THE EARTH.

THAT COULD BE THE SPIRIT ROAD.

[Sighing Deeply, Gasping]

THIS REPRESENTS HEAVEN.

[Softly] YEAH.

- PHASES OF THE MOON.
- WHAT? I...

FULL MOON. FIRST QUARTER MOON.

NEW MOON, THIRD QUARTER MOON...

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT...

IT'S A CALENDAR, TELLING
THEM WHEN TO ACT.

[Circuit Breaker Banging]

THAT'S OKAY. THE EMERGENCY
LIGHTS WILL KICK IN IN A MINUTE.

STAY HERE.

[Thumping, Rattling]

FRANK?

[Struggling, Indistinct]

FRANK? [Breathing]

FRANK!

- [Grunting]
- FRANK!

FRANK!

[Panting]

[Clattering]

OH, GOD. [Screams]

[Indian Whooping]

[Softly] THE TIME IS NOW.

[Drumming] [Old Man] LONG AGO,
THERE WERE TWO BROTHERS.

ONE RED, THE OTHER WHITE.

THE GREAT SPIRIT GAVE
THEM A STONE TABLET...

WITH THE SIGN OF
A CIRCLE UPON IT.

EACH BROTHER TOOK
HALF OF THE TABLET.

HALF OF THE CIRCLE.

THE WHITE BROTHER WENT WEST
TO DEVELOP THE POWER OF REASON.

[Chanting] THE RED
BROTHER STAYED BEHIND...

TO DEVELOP THE POWER OF SPIRIT.

♪♪ [Singing] WHEN PAHANA, THE
LOST WHITE BROTHER, RETURNS,

HE WILL BRING TOGETHER
BOTH HALVES OF THE CIRCLE.

SPIRIT AND REASON
WILL BECOME ONE.

AND AT LAST, WE WILL
HAVE A PARADISE ON EARTH.

[Chanting, Drumming Continue]

♪♪ [Flute]

[Rattling]

[Hissing]

♪♪ [Flute Continues]

ONCE YOU'VE JOINED
DANIEL ON THE SPIRIT ROAD,

THE CIRCLE WILL BE COMPLETE.

I'M NOT THE WHITE BROTHER.

KILLING ME WON'T BRING
YOU PARADISE ON EARTH.

YOU ARE HONORED.

YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN
TO DELIVER THE PROPHECY...

FROM THE ANCESTORS
IN THE OTHER WORLD.

YOU WILL TELL US WHAT TO DO.

YOU... ARE THE SINGLE
BLADE OF GRASS.

[Sighs]

YOU INVENTED THIS APOCALYPSE.

YOU CREATED IT, THIS RITUAL!

OUT OF OLD PROPHECY
THAT NEVER CAME TRUE!

THESE INTERPRETATIONS ARE
OUT OF YOUR OWN DESPERATION.

IT'S WHAT YOU WISH IT TO BE.

YOU'RE SEEING WHAT
YOU WANT IT TO BE, JOE.

THE GRASS WILL NOT
GROW OVER THE WHITE MAN.

NO. NO! [Grunting]

[Chattering]

I TOLD YA. THEY'D BE STUPID TO
RETURN TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.

HIS DISAPPEARANCE HAS
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE RITUALS.

EVENTS THAT
HAPPENED IN THIS AREA.

- FRANK SAW IT.
- IF HE'S BEING USED
LIKE DANIEL OLIVAW,

WE BETTER CHECK THAT
CONSTRUCTION SITE.

[Softly] I KNOW. I KNOW.

WHO? WHO DO YOU SEE?

THE TRIBE DISSOLVES.

NO!

[Coughs, Pants]

[Whispers] RESURRECTION.

HEY, WHAT DID YOU MEAN BACK
THERE WHEN YOU SAID, "FRANK SAW IT"?

I DON'T KNOW. HE JUST SAID
THAT HE COULD SEE THIS.

THIS AREA. AN
IROQUOIS LONGHOUSE.

NOW, THEY'RE ABOUT 50 YARDS LONG, SO
IF DANIEL OPENED THE DOOR TO THE WEST...

THERE, IN THE HOTEL WHERE HE
WAS KILLED, THEN FRANK IS INTENDED...

TO FULFILL THE PROPHECY BY
OPENING THE DOOR TO THE EAST.

SO THEY'RE SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN 25 AND 75 YARDS...

FROM THE HOTEL...
IN THAT DIRECTION!

I'VE HAD THESE VISIONS
BEFORE, YOU KNOW.

AH. [Pants]

THE TRIBE REUNITES.

TELL US, PAHANA.

HOW DOES IT HAPPEN?
WHAT DO WE DO?

[Chanting, Drumming Continue]

[Man Chattering On Police Radio]

NOTHIN'. HEY, WHAT THE
HELL'S GOIN' ON DOWN THERE?

[Officer] I DON'T KNOW. AN
ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING.

THE BUFFALO WILL RETURN HERE.

WHEN? TELL US WHEN!

THE PROPHECY HAS BEEN FULFILLED.

YOU'RE JUST TOO BLIND TO SEE IT.

NO! YEAH.

NO!

THE ANCESTORS RETURN.

A MESSENGER. [Siren Wailing]

THE SPIRIT ROAD DIVIDES.

[Sighs Deeply]

FALLING INTO THE EARTH.

[Softly] FALLING INTO THE EARTH.

HEY, GUYS, THIS ISN'T
STEAM! THIS-THIS IS SMOKE!

FROM A FIRE! THEY'RE... THEY'RE
DOWN HERE! HURRY UP! HELP ME!

[Ululating]

[Eagle Crying]

[Panting, Gagging]

- [Dr. Michaels] FRANK!
- [Grunting]

HEY, STOP!

I SAID, HOLD IT!
[Dr. Michaels] FRANK!

FREEZE!

[Walters] COME ON! GET 'EM!

REYNARD! IT'S OKAY.
WALTERS'S MEN WENT AFTER HIM.

[Shouting, Indistinct]

[Walters] WHICH WAY? COME ON!
THEY'RE TRYING TO SEPARATE!

I'M GOING UP!

[Police Siren Wailing]

- [Hooves Thundering]
- FRANK.

THEY DID RETURN.

[Whistling]

[Siren Wailing]

THOSE WERE CLOWNS.

[Cop] ALL OF YOU OVER THERE.
JUST STAND THERE. KEEP QUIET.

- [Cop #2] COME ON! DO WHAT HE SAYS.
- ALL RIGHT. GIVE IT UP.

[Man On Police
Radio, Indistinct]

THE PROPHECY. IT CAME TRUE.

PART OF IT.

BUT NOT THE PART THEY
REALLY WANT, I GUESS.

I WONDER WHAT'S OUT
THERE THAT'S BEEN SAID...

THAT WILL ONE DAY COME TRUE.

WILL IT BE PART OF
WHAT WE REALLY WANT?

[Siren Wailing]

[Man Chattering On Police Radio]

[Child] I MADE THIS!