03x02 - The Demon of Memes

[bunniefuu]

[PANEL SLIDES]

DAVID: In the name of the Father,

the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

WOMAN: Forgive me,
Father, for I have sinned.

It's been one day since
my last confession.

These are my sins.

I've been angry at my sister.

I failed to pray the rosary.

I got really mad

in line at the drug store.

... Son, the Holy Spirit.

WOMAN : It's been a month
since my last confession.

These are my sins.

I hate my husband.

He puts dishes in the sink

even when I've told him times

to put them in the dishwasher.

Then he doesn't take out the garbage.

He thinks it's women's work.

Well, what isn't women's work?

Welcome to the : a.m. mass.

[CHURCHGOER BLOWS NOSE]

Let us begin as we always do.

In the name of the Father,

the Son, Holy Spirit.

CONGREGATION: Amen.

[PRIESTS SLURPING]

[EXHALES]

Hello?

Hello.

May I help you?

Do you recognize me?

Victor LeConte?

Do you know what I do?

You work with the
Vatican Secret Service.

The Entity.

There is no Entity, David.

There are merely...
friends of the Vatican.

Some are ambassadors,
some parish priests.

Some work in intelligence... the CIA,

MI , DGSE.

They offer information and assistance.

That's all. There's
nothing mysterious about it.

Is this about RSM Fertility?

[CHUCKLES]

I have a question for you, David.

You're not going to answer my question.

Your question is irrelevant.

Why are you a priest?

To serve God.

What is that?

Your profile.

And do you believe that
you are serving God here?

I don't know.

I don't know what God wants.

Would it surprise you to learn
that I do know what God wants?

Yes.

God wants you to be a
friend of the Vatican.

And... how do I do that?

Say yes.

To?

You want to do good in the world.

You want to fight evil.

And yet you're bored here.

And you're angry at
yourself for being bored.

But you can't see the connection

between all of these
poorly-attended masses,

all these confessions

and the evil in the world.

You're watching me?

We don't need to watch you.

There's something happening
in New York that is evil.

As an assessor, you see it.

But it is not just supernatural.

It is also corporeal.

You will receive a call
sometime in the next week,

asking you to perform a task.

- What task?
- You will know

that it is from the Vatican
because it will be preceded

by this phrase:

"Is est a Deo habetur."

- "And it is deemed by God."
- You must perform

this task without
question... do you understand?

You're recruiting me?

I need you to say yes.

I need to tell the Monsignor.

No.

It was good to talk to you.

Wait.

You want a yes?

Yes.

And if you say yes,
you cannot tell anyone.

Not the Monsignor,

not your nun friend, none
of your secular associates.

If you say yes, you will
be a friend of the Vatican.

And that is a burden.

But no one is forcing you to respond.

That is up to you.

KRISTEN: So I did a
little research, and to add

one more bedroom, it
would be , , all in.

- And the bathroom?
- Mm-mmm.

Separate, , .

- Another ?
- Uh-huh.

We're supposed to be selling the
trekking business for $ , .

And we still owe...

, on the mortgage.

Okay, so...

well, I just have to try
and get a job that pays

what, in the range of , ?

My job pays , , but...

it also pays for half the kids' tuition

and our health care.

We could save by sending
the kids to public school.

KRISTEN: Laura, please!

Mom, they have b*mb threats

- at the public school.
- Don't be melodramatic.

- She's not. It's true.
- Mom, the sink is clogged

- again.
- Don't touch it.

- Mom, I want my own room.
- You want your own room?

- [OVERLAPPING SHOUTING]
- Guys, guys,

guys, guys!

Unless you girls get
jobs in the coal mines,

this is one for your parents.

- Okay? Okay.
- I'm gonna pass on that.

- Okay, go upstairs.
- You say no to everything.

[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

- Good night.
- Good night, now.

So I don't... do we just...

do we just hire a
contractor and start in?

- Yeah, we got to get the loans first.
- What about these earnings?

- Oh, that's my mom paying , in the garage.
- No.

- Oh, God, no.
- No, I'm not advocating for it.

I'm saying that's, you
know... strike that.

[SIGHS]

Okay, so I'm just gonna, I'm gonna try

get a higher price for the business.

[WATER BUBBLING]

[TOILET FLUSHING]

[WATER BUBBLING]

Mom!

In the name of the Father,
the Son, the Holy Spirit.

MAN: Forgive me father,
for I have sinned.

Captain Kirk is Christ!

[DOOR CREAKS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]

[DOOR CLOSES]

In the name of the Father, the Son...

- MAN : Captain Kirk is Christ!
- [DOOR CREAKS OPEN]

KORECKI: "Captain Kirk is Christ."

Don't worry, I'm not asking you

to break the seal of confession.

I heard it from outside the oratory.

There was another youth filming it.

- Why?
- The usual: social media.

It's not just our parish.

I've been hearing from other pastors

that are dealing with the same thing.

Consecrated hosts being stolen.

And this.

DAVID: "Praise Wandering Jack."

- What's that?
- No idea.

I can't find anything about
it online, and some parents

are calling the school,
worried about it.

Just have your assessors look into it.

- Look into what?
- This meme. This... blasphemy.

It's just kids.

It dies out on its own.

Or it's Slender Man.

A freshman committed su1c1de
last week at St. Andre's.

His parents think he got
caught up in something online.

Okay.

I heard Victor LeConte was here.

Really?

Did he approach you?

Me?

No. [CHUCKLES]

What did he want?

No idea.

Tell me if he approaches you.

Certainly.

KRISTEN: It's called what?

DAVID: Wandering Jack.

It's supposedly some Internet meme.

- [TOILET FLUSHES]
- BEN: Well, there's no blood.

Mom, it was all blood before.

Well, it's gone now.

- What are you two doing?
- Oh, um,

we're working on my toilet. So,

- this is a possession or...
- [LINE CLICKS]

I don't know, uh...

I... I'll call you
back. I got to get this.

Hello?

Hello?

[LINE CLICKS]

I'll take a look at the pipes.

You might have something
clogged up there.

That's okay, I can just call a plumber.

Wait, but I thought you said
you couldn't afford a plumber,

- because we...
- Oh, Laura.

I'll take a look tomorrow.

What did, uh, David call about?

Um, this thing online called...

Wandering Jack, Whistling Jack...

- Visiting Jack?
- What?

The meme's called Visiting Jack.

[GIRLS CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

Wait, wait, what is this?

It's this thing on the Internet

where you say his name three times...

No, no, if when you see him at night

- if there's a full moon.
- LAURA: Yeah.

- I thought your friend saw it, Ren.
- Shut up.

Hey, don't say shut up.

Who's Ren?

- Someone from St. Andre's!
- Ooh!

It's a boy that Lynn's dating.

LYNN: I'm not... I'm not dating anyone.

No, I'm not! Stop! I'm not...

Okay, okay, hey, hold on, hold on!

What did this boy see?

What's Visiting Jack?

NARRATOR [ON VIDEO]: Death
is a source of dread for some.

For others, it is perceived as
a release from one's emotional

or physical suffering.

In many religions, death
is not the end of life

at all, but rather a
gateway to something new.

Perhaps leading to the
ultimate judgement of one's

character and moral choices.

However you interpret
death, the fact is,

it is an inevitable part of life.

Because of this...

Hi, Renold.

I'm Kristen Bouchard.

I've been sent by the parish to

see how you're doing.

Hey, Ren.

This is my mom.

She wants to help.

Is everything all right?

NARRATOR: ... that I'm proud of?

What are some things that I regret?

He's been in there for
five days. The only way

I can even talk to
him is over video chat.

And you have no idea what this is about?

No. He just says, "He's coming for me."

That's it. Over and over.

Can I talk to him?

- You can try.
- Okay.

No, uh, let me, let me take it.

Better if I'm alone.

[SIGHS]

Hey, Ren,

How you doing?

Lynn, is it just us?

LYNN: Yeah.

I liked your room.

It was cool.

I still want to see your room
when your parents are gone.

So, when are you coming out?

I don't know.

I'm not done.

Done with?

The licks.

What licks?

I don't know what that means.

I can't tell you, Lynn.

Why not? I tell you everything.

Because it'll k*ll me.

Is this about Visiting Jack?

Lynn, you didn't look at it, did you?

Why shouldn't I?

Oh, f*ck, when did you look?

LYNN: Y-Yesterday.

Lynn, you have six days.

- You got to get started now.
- LYNN: Or?

It'll k*ll you and your family.

What lick are you on?

I haven't s-started yet.

Lynn, go online, get it now.

You have seven licks in
seven days or you're dead.

Where do I find the licks?

The same place that
you looked at the photo.

Where did you look at it?

You-you didn't look at it, did you?

- Ren...
- Lynn, do not look at it, okay?

It'll drag you to hell.

Like Wayne from school.
They said he sh*t himself,

but it was Visiting Jack.

[EXHALES]

BEN: Okay, I'm gonna
check his browser history.

Do you know this kid,
Wayne, who committed su1c1de?

No.

He goes to St. Andre's.

He sh*t himself with his dad's g*n.

We had a prayer assembly about it.

BEN: Do you recognize this address?

ROSA: No.

DAVID: Has he ever gone to this address?

ROSA: No. He comes
right home after school.

Do you recognize it?

No.

- Mom, I don't.
- BEN: Okay, one thought.

Hmm, Steinway.

Steinway.

... across the street...

Hmm.

DAVID: There.

- What's upstairs?
- Mm-hmm.

- BEN: Hmm.
- DAVID: Visiting Jack?

Maybe we shouldn't be
looking at this anyway.

Ren said not to.

Lynn.

You know it's just make-believe, right?

People enjoy scaring
each other, that's it.

I know, but...

maybe we shouldn't be looking anyway.

BEN: So what am I doing wrong?

You're not doing anything wrong,
you're just not that smart.

- Thank you.
- Just get out of my way.

We just use the Wayback Machine.

I already did that.

You didn't use the Wayback

- Wayback Machine.
- Really? Come on.

KARIMA: An app of my own creation.

- [BEN CHUCKLES]
- And we'll find...

let's see...

an even earlier iteration.

- BEN: Mm-hmm.
- There.

BEN: Ta-da.

- Huh.
- Hmm.

Someone really doesn't want you to see

what's in that upstairs window.

Yeah, well...

there's a curse.

A curse?

- Really?
- Yeah.

If you see it you have
to perform seven tasks

in seven days or it'll k*ll you.

- And you get paid for this job?
- Believe me,

it's not even the
strangest thing this month.

Well, do you still want to see it

or should we let it go?

Yeah, go.

KARIMA: Okay, one level deeper.

BEN: Mm, what is that?

The Wayback, Wayback,

- Wayback Machine?
- Shh.

Okay, here we go.

One more iteration.

- There.
- BEN: Mm, nice.

BEN: Huh.

KARIMA: Wow.

I'm feeling cursed.

- Boo!
- Aah!

f*ck.

♪ ♪

[LAUGHS]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- ♪
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- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Morning.

Hi.

Uh...

Leland, what-what am I doing here?

- We're working.
- What... what kind of work?

The work that will
pay for your new home.

The new home that will
keep your grandkids near.

Oh. Hi.

LELAND: This is your job.

You're to keep the people doomscrolling.

Keep them glued to their computer.

So they're reading about
the new political fight

or the economy or
global warming, plagues.

- So we control plagues?
- No.

The father below controls plagues.

But we control how
people react to plagues.

And these days, that is everything.

Centuries ago, it was % Lucifer,

and % his followers.

Now that's been reversed.

So, basically,

- I'm a troll.
- Hey,

trolling is an honored profession.

Trolls are the knights of
the father's chessboard.

I guess I just thought
the powers of darkness

would be more, you know... dark.

It is dark.

k*ll people, take their children,

you run the risk of them turning to God.

- I don't believe in God.
- And a good thing, too.

But if give people too much
tragedy, they'll turn to Him.

You want to keep them nervous, unbound,

focusing on all the
bad things in the world.

Doomscrolling.

Where the focus is evil,

and not good.

Every day I'm gonna bring you a mission.

You're gonna want to
question these missions.

But you can't.

You won't.

It's your job. Do it.

KRISTEN: Shouldn't
we wait for lightning?

It's not quite spooky enough.

I said that we'd come
back tomorrow morning,

but Father overruled me.

- I have mass.
- So, what are we thinking?

Uh, it's an abandoned
house up for resale.

Kids broke into it with a demon costume.

- KRISTEN: Why?
- DAVID: To clout chase.

BEN: They had to know
that the street view camera

was coming by exactly at the...

There's something up there.

- Now?
- Yeah.

DAVID: I don't see anything.

Where you going?

- I'm gonna go check it out.
- [PHONE BUZZING]

I'm sorry, I-I have to take this.

Hello?

VICTOR: Is est a Deo habetur.

I'm in the midst of something.

Madison.

You have minutes.

There is a doorknob with
black masking tape on it.

Turn it, go up the stairs.

- I can't in minutes. I...
- [HANGS UP]

Madison.

Twenty...

[MUTTERING SOFTLY]

Hey, uh, can we come back tomorrow?

I have to go.

- What? Where?
- Work.

- We'll do this tomorrow.
- BEN: No.

'Cause whoever's in there
will be gone tomorrow.

Look, stay here. If I'm not back
in minutes, call the police.

Don't follow him, okay?

Um, I got to go.

Call me if there's...

- anything.
- David, is everything all right?

I think so.

[LADDER RATTLING]

Okay, this is smart.

What?

What did you see?

Let's go.

[GASPS]

What was that?

[FLOORBOARDS CREAKING]

[DOOR CREAKS]

It could be from some animal.

- [CLATTERING]
- [GASPS]

Hello?

Who are you?

Phoebus.

Who are you?

- What are you doing here?
- I live here.

- You're squatting?
- I don't like that word.

There are . million empty homes

in the United States, and I needed one.

I lost my scholarship and
I can't afford the dorms.

Yeah, well, someone
saw you in the window,

and then they thought
you were Visiting Jack.

You've seen him, too?

You want to tell me that...

this is not you, hmm?

No, that's Visiting Jack.

He lets me stay here
as long as I feed him.

So you've seen him, too?

No, I hear him.

I keep it dark in
here. He likes the dark.

And I have to be on time with the food.

This your handwriting?

Yeah, but he told me
to write them down...

Yeah, bullshit! You're Visiting Jack.

- I'm not.
- You know, someone

committed su1c1de because
of your bullshit, assh*le?

Not mine. I'm not. Hey, hey, hey, stop!

What are you gonna
do, call Visiting Jack?

Get out! Get out! Get out!

Get out!

[CAR HORNS HONKING]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING FAINTLY]

[ORGAN MUSIC GROWS LOUDER]

You're not wearing your collar.

- What?
- Keep your voice low.

You'll have to lean in.

You're not wearing your collar.

I-I don't, uh, usually.

It, uh, draws attention.

Wear it.

You will receive a call telling
you where to deliver this.

- A Bible?
- Yes.

Don't open it.

Is this legal?

According to the laws of which country?

This one.

Do you have a sick call traveling case?

- Yes.
- Carry it.

Within a few days, you'll receive a call

telling you where to deliver that Bible.

It might be a hotel room.

It might be a bus stop.

Keep it with you at all times.

Wear a collar.

And deliver it.

I... I-I don't understand.

I saw him. I-I saw Visiting Jack.

LYNN: No. It was, it was a guy dressed

in a demon outfit to scare people away.

- Well, how do you know that?
- My mom went to the guy.

He's a college student who's homeless

and just staying at this house.

- But the licks?
- He made them all up.

He's just trying to get upvotes.

Look.

Here he is.

See?

He's just some college kid.

You're scared of nothing, Ren.

- Come on out.
- Did you look at the picture?

- What picture?
- Of Visiting Jack.

Yeah. It's just a costume.

Well, what about the other houses?

- What houses?
- The other six. Was he there, too?

I don't know what you're talking about.

REN: There were six other places.

Visiting Jack was at all of them.

And he k*lled every family
that didn't do the tasks.

Your mom is there, too, isn't she?

Let me see her.

Ren, this guy's a scam artist.

He's just trying to
manipulate kids online.

Listen,

Visiting Jack is real.

And you let Lynn see him.

Now she has five days. Help her.

- Ren, he's not real.
- Yes, it is real.

Look at the other six homes.

Where are they? How can I find them?

Ren, if you want to help my
daughter, you got to convince me.

BEN: How did he find these?

I don't know. He's
on the Internet a lot.

- BEN: Hmm.
- Mom?

Maybe I'll wait in the car.

Okay, sure.

- I'll be out in a minute.
- Okay.

[KEYS JINGLING]

BEN: Hmm.

[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]

[DOOR CLOSES]

There.

Is somebody else doing this?

- ROSA: Or... ?
- Or what?

I don't know. Is it real?

Try the next one.

Hmm.

KRISTEN: I mean, it could be Photoshop.

Or, you know, some kind of deepfake.

BEN: Maybe.

ROSA: How do you explain that?

Here we go.

- You don't have a beer?
- [LAUGHS]

Kristen buys these by the case.

But now that I'm here permanently,

I'm gonna replace it with beer.

- Cheers.
- Cheers.

Oh, my God.

Yeah, I know, no. You get used to it.

So, what's going on?

Well...

I need more money for the business.

- We decided on $ , .
- No.

We decided that was a good
starting point for negotiation.

I'm gonna need $ , at least.

Well, what if I told you...

that there's somebody who wanted to pay

full freight for the business?

What is full freight?

$ , .

- You're kidding.
- No.

Why would they pay that?

That... it's the new economy.

- What?
- Okay, some billionaire

wants to scale our business.

It's like those spaceship billionaires.

Everybody's into adventure these days.

- Who? Who is this person?
- Some VC.

He-he wants to meet you.
He's got some questions.

[SIGHS]

- [CHUCKLES]
- BEN: Wow.

I have the sudden urge to bow.

Father Acosta.

I'm sorry I abandoned
you guys yesterday.

- Was somebody dying?
- No. Just the job.

So... sounded like you guys solved it.

BEN: Yeah, but then we ran into a snag.

Yeah.

DAVID: Hmm.

Yeah, these are pretty spooky.

BEN: Yeah, so we just
discovered something else.

Yeah, we're only four
houses in, but, so far,

these four are all
connected to a m*rder.

Or su1c1de. This was a couple

that was, uh, k*lled in a home invasion.

This is arson... three dead.

su1c1de. Two hangings.

So the kids that did this
just cherry-picked the houses

that had violent deaths to make it look

like Visiting Jack was culpable.

Yeah, probably, but
the question remains...

how did they put Visiting Jack in each

- of these street-view pictures?
- BEN: Mm-hmm.

- DAVID: How about this one?
- BEN: What about it?

KRISTEN: Kind of hard to see the house.

DAVID: Yeah, but there's
someone in the driveway. Look.

- Mm.
- Maybe we should ask her what she saw.

BEN: Okay.

So the address is...

on Frost.

What?

The violent crime
occurred a few months ago.

- It was...
- Orson LeRoux.

Yeah, it was, uh...

where he was k*lled.

Well, we should look
at the other houses.

This is Emily in the
picture. It's his widow.

She inherited the house.
We should go talk to her.

- We can do that, Kristen...
- We can do... You don't ha...

No. Let's go.

LILA: I mean, do you have to
take a picture or something...

[GIRLS TALKING OVER ONE ANOTHER]

LAURA: How long till you're,

- like, done with it, like... ?
- Uh, until Monday.

And you do you really think
you'll be dead if you don't?

No, I just think it's a challenge,

so it's better to do it than not.

Then go to the church after school.

And shout "Captain Kirk is Christ"?

- [LAUGHTER]
- They'll know it's me.

[TOILET FLUSHING]

Just, like, go to the
Christian church, the ugly one.

They never said it had to be Catholic.

What are the other tasks?

LYNN: I have to hit a teacher.

[SCOFFS]

- LAURA: What if it's a joke?
- What do you mean?

- [LOUD GRUNT]
- Hit a teacher with this.

You just, like, punch...

LILA: Oh, yeah, hit the
old one and then laugh.

- It'll be like a joke.
- Can I see the list?

- No, no, no, no.
- Why?

They're not all for kids.

Like what?

Like, I have to steal alcohol
from Mom and Dad and drink it.

That's not so bad.

Mom won't miss a margarita.
Come on, let's go.

- I mean, if it's that easy...
- Come on, let's go, Lynn.

- He's late.
- [LAUGHS]

He has $ , . He
can afford to be late.

- Hey, no, no, no, no.
- Guys.

- [OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
- Do you have to be here?

We're getting some milk, come on!

Okay, real quick, but
drink it upstairs. Okay.

- No, Dad, Mom says no drinks upstairs.
- BASH: He's coming on!

Okay, stay in there. Just be quiet.

LAURA: It's fine, just do it.

- Lynn, just do it.
- I'll open it for you.

No, I got it.

Come on, chug it like Mom.

She won't even notice it.

[SIGHS]

[POPS TAB]

Okay. [SLURPING]

- You're doing it.
- Oh, my gosh.

- You're crazy.
- [LAUGHTER, CLAMORING]

- I can't believe you did it.
- Oh, my God.

- You did it!
- [BANGING ON DOOR]

- Shh!
- Um...

sorry, Eddie, I didn't quite catch that.

I said, in my other businesses,

there has always been one key.

To learn hands-on from the originator.

I'm sorry, I don't quite follow.

I need you to go with me to Nepal.

Show me the ins and
outs of your business.

Oh, sir, no, um, Bash can do that.

I have taken my last trip to Nepal.

[CHUCKLES] Why? Why, should
I not be investing in Nepal?

No, no. It's just that
I have a family, sir.

And, um... I've already
been away for so long.

Well, as much as I sympathize, sir.

I am offering to buy your
business for $ , .

- Say yes, fucker, say yes.
- And all I require is for you

- to show me the ropes.
- Uh, sir, with respect,

Bash can do that just as well as I can.

Here is the thing, Andy.

When I know what I want,

I know what I want, so...

I am willing to pay you

a $ , surcharge

on top of my $ , for your services.

Not Bash's services. Your
services to guide me to Nepal.

And that is my bottom line.

ANDY: Uh, sir?

Eddie, can I... ? [CHUCKLES]

Can I call... Let me call you back.

I just need to check in
with my, uh, my life...

with my wife. [LAUGHS]

Certainly, but I need to know
by tomorrow, or I am moving on.

Boy, he really doesn't want to go.

Yeah, Kristen's the practical one.

She'll make him go.

[EXHALES]

BEN: Wow.

It's like being with a celebrity.

- Yeah, a really hated celebrity.
- [LAUGHS]

[PHONE BUZZING]

I...

- _
- I have to take this.

Okay, go ahead.

Hello?

You know, you don't have to do this.

Do what?

The LeRoux house.

Oh, no, I'm good.

BEN: He's been very mysterious lately.

Yeah, he's in the priest frat now.

There's nothing weird
between the two of you, right?

What do you mean?

Well, just, since he became
a priest, you have been...

awkward around each other.

No, no, no. We-We're good.

We, we just haven't had much of a chance

to spend any time together, so...

VICTOR: Hotel Percival. Room .

- When?
- Now.

I-I'm minutes away.

No, you're . Leave now.

And I'm just leaving
the Bible in the room?

No, change of plan.

There's a man dying in Room .

Say you're Father Michael
and administer the last rites.

Did you understand what I said?

Why am I administering last rites?

Because he's dying
and you've been called.

After you're done,
you'll find a postcard

somewhere in the room.

Take it and leave.

But make sure you leave the door open.

David?

This is crazy.

Do you need me to repeat any part of it?

I didn't hear the Latin.

Is est a Deo habetur.

minutes.

[LINE BEEPS]

BEN: Okay, you ready to go?

Actually, I've just gotten called away.

What? Now?

Yes.

Where?

It's a long story.

I'll talk to you two later?

Uh, something is up.

Yep.

[SIGHS] Okay.

Ready?

Yeah.

It's good to see you again, Kristen.

It's been hard.

I know.

I heard you met someone.

A very sweet man.

He made it easier coming back here.

This is...

where Orson was when he...

- [SCREAMS]
- At first the police

- thought that I did it.
- I heard about that.

EMILY: They still haven't
figured out what's happened.

Have you seen the street view
of your house, Ms. LeRoux?

- The what?
- Uh...

Oh, yeah, I heard about this.

A ghost, right?

BEN: Yeah, so, uh...

we think that that's you
there, getting out of your car.

We just wondered if you saw
someone in a costume or...

- someone setting up this sh*t?
- This ghost sh*t?

- Mm-hmm.
- No.

There was something weird, though.

The driver... the street view driver...

their car is so weird,
with the camera on the roof.

Drove past the house three times.

Back up, do it again.

Do you know why?

No, I have no idea.

♪ ♪

- KRISTEN: What are we thinking?
- BEN: I'm thinking somebody is

working with the street view driver.

That is how they knew
that the car was coming.

KRISTEN: With all seven residences?

- Yeah.
- So how do we find out

who this street view driver was?

BEN: Watch this.

There he is.

- [HORNS HONKING]
- [ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

[WOMAN CRYING]

[MAN SPEAKING CHINESE]

- Um, I... I'm Father Michael.
- Oh.

[SPEAKING CHINESE]

Uh, I'm here to
administer the last rites.

[MAN SPEAKING CHINESE]

With this holy anointing, may the Lord

- in His love and mercy...
- [WOMAN CRYING]

... Lord in His love and mercy...

... help you with the
grace of the Holy Spirit.

May the Lord who frees you from sin

save you

and raise you up.

[WOMAN CRYING, CLAMORING]

[SOBBING, SHOUTING IN CHINESE]

[DAVID SIGHS]

[CLEARS THROAT]

Uh, may-may I help
you with anything else?

[MAN SPEAKING CHINESE]

No, no.

Hey.

So, how'd it go?

Well, um...

Ben figured out that the
street view driver was

the same person at all seven houses

where this demon
appeared, and the guy goes

to school part-time with the
kid Phoebus that we found.

So... they concocted it together.

So it was a scam.

Yep, social media makes motives
both simpler and stupider.

So, how'd your, uh, long story go?

- My... ?
- Oh, you said it was a...

a long story, you being called away?

Oh! [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

Mass schedule.

It always has to be
solved, like, right then.

Hmm.

I miss us.

I-It had nothing to do with us.

I know, but we're not what we were,

and, and I think that I...

I think...

- I think I caused that...
- No.

... when I confessed to you

- and then afterwards.
- Kristen,

it's okay.

It's done.

Well, clearly it's not
done, 'cause if it were done,

I'd still have a friend, and...

I can feel that I don't.

Kristen,

what's going on with me

has nothing to do with my...

... with our...

Feelings toward each other?

Yes.

It's to do with me being a priest.

[EXHALES]

A new priest.

That's all.

I feel lonely.

Don't be.

I'm here.

And I'll be myself again.

I'd like that.

I'd like that, too.

Great.

[SIGHS] Friends again.

[KRISTEN CHUCKLES]

[DAVID CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

I will see you tomorrow.

[MOUTHS]

[DOOR OPENS]

VICTOR: You're late.

I didn't know I was on a schedule.

This is the holy Catholic Church.

You're always on a schedule.

The postcard?

What?

What was that?

What was what?

Using the sacraments to
cover your little espionage.

This is the first time I felt
like a fraud being a priest.

The first time in your
eight days as a priest?

Oh, my goodness.

What was I doing there?

Did you administer the last rites?

Yes.

But only so I could steal this.

That man was dying.

- Why was he dying?
- David,

you said yes to the Vatican.

- That yes came with a burden.
- No.

Why was he dying?

He was poisoned.

Why?

There was someone trying to prevent him

from delivering a message. That message.

How is this battling evil?

This all seems evil to me.

David...

In your work as an assessor,

you must have found two sources of evil.

The supernatural and the human.

I deal with the human.

Bad people doing bad things.

Evil governments. Murderers. Torturers.

They exist in the world,
and they must be stopped,

maybe even more than demons.

So that is why I need that postcard.

To k*ll another messenger?

No. To save one.

Who?

You want this postcard,

I want to know who I'm saving.

Grace Ling.

You know her.

You brought her to our attention.

The Vatican believes she is a prophet.

She was deported back to China

and lost in a work camp.

We believe we have located her,

and that postcard will tell us

if there is a chance to recover her.

Were you given anything else?

No.

Are you sure?

This. Uh...

As a tip.

Good work.

We'll be in touch.

Dad said you drank one of my margaritas.

I don't want you doing that.

I'm sorry.

I read the seven tasks.

The Visiting Jack tasks.

I know it's one of them.

I don't believe in that anymore.

Task number four

was "have sex with a virgin."

I didn't get that far, Mom.

Did Ren?

We didn't have sex.

We didn't.

I want to believe you, Lynn.

But you cannot lie to me.

I won't.

[PIPES RUMBLING]

[TOILET FLUSHES]

That's the toilet.

- I'll get on it.
- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

Have you thought about it?

And?

This is your last trek?

[BREATHES DEEPLY] Yeah.

And for how long?

Three months.

Oh, boy.

[SIGHS]

Well,

it's an insane amount of money, and...

... we need money, so I don't...

I don't really see how we can say no.

ANDY: Mm-hmm.

- I don't want to go.
- I know you don't.

Just don't die.

- Okay.
- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

And get half the money up front.

We have to start on that bathroom.

I will.

I love you so much.

[WHISPERS]: I love you, too.

- [KRISTEN SIGHS]
- Oh.

[CRYING]: Being a single
mom just really sucks.

I know. I know.

[KRISTEN SNIFFLES]

It's almost over.

[PIPES RUMBLING]