01x03 - Holy Ghost

Episode transcripts for the TV show "Lovecraft Country". Aired: August 2020 to present.*
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Based off the Novel this series is set in the 1950's; Atticus joins his friend Lititia and Uncle George on an advenure road trip to find his missing father.
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01x03 - Holy Ghost

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I understand you all belong to the Order of Ancient Dawn, and my nephew might just be the last blood heir of Titus Braithwhite.

♪ What the hell are you all doing here?

We're here to save you.

I'll save my damn self!

[Crashing]

- [g*nsh*t]

- Stay away, stay away!

Since you are a son among sons, I will give you a choice who else survives your error in judgement.

- [g*n clicks]

- Wait!

[Shrieking]

TITUS: I don't want to see him until the ceremony at dawn.

So, what's going to happen in the ceremony?

My father intends to open a door to the Garden of Eden.

He will heal your uncle as well.

[Screaming]

[Crashing]



[sobbing]

I'm sorry, Uncle George.

[sobbing]

I'm sorry, Uncle George.

[TV static drones]

[bright tone]

[ethereal music]

Hey, Lei, what did you do

to make a mark on this world?

What mountains did you climb?

Which angels gave you their wings?

Which skies have you flown?

When you reached the heavens,

who was there to catch you when you fell?

And did they tell you that you saved them too,

like you saved me?

That they are mending your wings

and holding them up to the sun,

just to step back

and watch

you fly?

♪ ♪

So go ahead, Lei.

Fly.

[eerie music]

[ominous music]

♪ ♪

What the hell are we doing in this neighborhood?

I told you, I've got a surprise.

And I told you I promised Hippolyta I'd be over to watch Dee at : .

Bail is usually $ , which means I owe you around $ for that, and then there's that time you wired me money in Kentucky last Christmas when I broke my camera.

You said that was for your light bill.

Yeah, that's right.

You've paid more than a few of my bills over the years too.

You've been there for me when I needed money.

- And I wanna return the favor.

- Hmm.

How would you like to never pay rent again?

What does that mean?

[laughs]

I bought a house!

[foreboding music]

What game are you playing at?

It's not a game, Ruby.

There is no way in hell you could afford to buy this house.

Come on!

[laughs]

Oh.

[sighs]

Never mind.

Now I can see why.

All right, it don't look like much now, but when we're done fixing it up...

Where'd you get the money to buy yourself a house?

Our house, Ruby.

Where'd you get the money, Leti?

That has three floors, not including the basement, and rooms.

I'm gonna turn it into a boarding house.

Make it a safe haven for colored folks in need.

Safe?

Just last year, there was almost a riot across town because a n*gro couple moved in to an all-white building.

- There's strength in numbers.

- No.

No, I don't have any time for distractions right now.

I'm about to apply at a Marshall Field's again and I need to concentrate on perfecting my résumé.

I'll help you.

I'll even mend one of your dresses for you so you don't have to buy a new one.

♪ ♪

I don't know, Leti.

I know you think I've used our relationship to get over on you through the years, but this could be our chance to really bond as sisters.

♪ ♪

[scoffs]

♪ ♪

I'm taking the biggest room.

[both laugh]

I knew it!

Come on.

I haven't even shown you the best part.

[laughs]

♪ ♪

It's an elevator.

What?

[laughs]

[elevator chimes]

That's strange.

It was working before.

[metal scraping]

- [screams]

- Leti!

Whoo!

Oh, my God.

[laughs]

That's not funny.

That's not funny.

- That's not funny.

- I'll get it fixed.

Oh, my God.

[ominous music]

♪ ♪

[Fats Domino's "Ain't That a Shame"]

[dishes clattering]

[soft crooner music]

[knock at door]

Mama, Tic's done burning breakfast.

Hey, I heard that.

[laughs]

♪ ♪

♪ You made ♪

♪ Me cry ♪

♪ When you said ♪

♪ Good-bye ♪

♪ Ain't that a shame? ♪

♪ My tears fell like rain ♪

♪ Ain't that a shame? ♪

♪ You're the one to blame ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Oh, well ♪

♪ Good-bye ♪

♪ Although I'll cry ♪

[singing along] ♪ Ain't that a shame? ♪

♪ My tears fell like rain ♪

♪ Ain't that a shame? ♪

You okay, Dee?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Everything's Jake.

Morning.

- Morning.

- [song stops]

Hey, baby.

I made you some eggs.

[somber music]

- Go ahead.

- Go ahead.

No, baby, you go ahead.

♪ ♪

The printer called again, about, uh, about the new additions to the guide.

They're about a month overdue.

I keep forgetting the deadline.

He understands, considering.

I'll go do it now.

I took care of it last night.

Hope that's okay.

I know you didn't wanna miss putting the guide out.

I hadn't proofed 'em yet, Tic.

They looked good to me.

♪ ♪

Okay.

Thanks.

[clears throat]

♪ ♪

We should try the scrapyard for some robot parts tonight.

Gotta be something good there.

I'm not staying over tonight, Dee.

Why?

You've been here for weeks.

♪ ♪

I got some things I gotta take care of.

[record scratching]

[knock at door]

Pop?

[grunts]

[record scratching]

Can't pay a dollar I don't have.

Can't lock the door.

[breathing heavily]

[train chugging]

Hey.

Pan to mop.

[train rumbling]

Eh.

Say?

I got you, kid.

Ah, damn... damn... damn it!

[groans]

Boy!

That was Uncle George's favorite story to tell.

I heard it so much, I'm even dreaming about it, like I was there with y'all when the riot broke out.

Those white boys had you surrounded, and out of nowhere came a mysterious stranger swinging a bat like Jackie Robinson.

Hit home runs on all their heads, saving you both.

And all he said before disappearing was...

"I got you, kid." We could've used that stranger up in Ardham.

♪ ♪

[grunts]

How Dee and Hippolyta doing?

As good as can be expected.

I've been helping Dee with her swing.

[laughs]

She could use you, a'ight.

Hmm.

I've worn out my welcome there, Pop.

I was hoping I could stay here just for a few nights.

Yeah.

[somber opera music]

♪ ♪

[bottles rattling]

[refrigerator door closes]

Feels strange, staying over there without them knowing what happened to Uncle George.

They know what happened.

That hotheaded sheriff sh*t him.

Hippolyta saw the body.

We had a funeral.

End of story.

I know that's what we agreed on.

- Just don't feel right.

- So what?

You want us to tell 'em that wizards exist?

Huh?

That white folks got magic on their side too?

Maybe we just tell Aunt Hippolyta.

Hippolyta can't do sh*t.

We can't do sh*t.

A'ight?

Best to just let it all die with the bodies buried under that lodge.

Just feel like if Uncle George was here...

- He's not here.

- If he was here...

Well, he ain't here.

If he was, he'd be saying we need to find out all we can...

g*dd*mn it!

[train rumbling]

♪ ♪

[door opens, slams closed]

[ominous music]

[funky music]

[laughs]

Looking good, boys.

[laughs]

We need that elevator fixed.

I'm working on it, but colored elevator repair men are hard to find.

Leti, you know there's a locked door up here?

So pick it!

[gasps]

Hello!

- [laughs]

- What's your name?

- Baldwin.

- [both laugh]

Hey, you're a novelist too?

I'm James.

I'm Ruby.

I'd apologize for my sister's rude behavior, but she gets it from her father.

You planning to move all that junk out of the basement?

It'd be a great space for a dance studio.

Sorry.

No significant alterations to the house until that installment contract's paid up.

Where does this go?

Put it in the kitchen.

There's no room.

[groans]

[laughs]

♪ ♪

[hammer pounding]

Hi.

Hi.

I went over to Ruby's old place looking for you.

Her neighbor said you hit the numbers and moved to the North Side.

It's nice.

No, it's not.

Not really.

But it will be.

Smart.

Moving in on a Sunday when the whole neighborhood's at church and can't try to stop you.

Why did you go by Ruby's looking for me?

Wanted to check in on you.

You haven't checked in since George's funeral three weeks ago.

I wanted to check in before hitting the road.

[soft music]

You going back to Florida?

Yeah.

It's time.

Hippolyta's doing better.

So is Dee.

You're gonna miss one hell of a housewarming party.

Everybody on the South Side's gonna be here.

- Yeah?

- Mm-hmm.

That'll be fun for your neighbors.

[laughs]

♪ ♪

I have a room I haven't rented out yet.

You should stay, at least, for the party.

I told my boss I'd only be gone for a few days.

About a month ago.

[laughs]

All right.

♪ ♪

[cars honking]

Hey, what's that?

[horns blaring]

[foreboding music]

♪ ♪

Here we go.

I told you it was gonna be Trumbull Park all over again.

[sustained horns blaring]

♪ ♪

Maybe I will stick around a little longer.

[dramatic music building]

♪ ♪

[horns blaring]

[eerie music]

♪ ♪

[grunts]

♪ ♪

[voices whispering]

♪ ♪

[whooshes]

♪ ♪

[sighs]

[horns blaring]

[groans]

[steam hissing]

Oh, m*therf*ckers.

[boiler rumbling]

Son of a bitch.

[boiler rumbling]

[sighs]

[grunting]

[air hisses]

[gasping]

[sighs]

[bang]

[pipes groaning]

[bang]

♪ ♪

[bang]

♪ ♪

Oh.

Ooh.

[groaning]

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

[screams]

[bang]

[bang]

♪ ♪

[banging]

♪ ♪

[voices whispering]

- [bang]

- [voices shouting]

[screams]

I don't see anything.

No, no, no.

There was something banging on that door to get out.

Could've been a draft.

Wasn't just the wind.

I heard voices.

I believe you.

[somber music]

What we went through...

the stress of it...

♪ ♪

Plus keeping it a secret.

And your neighbors know what they doing.

I wouldn't be surprised if the assholes with the cars are vets.

Well, I know they're the ones tampering with that boiler.

Excessive heat and noise, same tactics we used in Korea.

For what?

♪ ♪

I'll nail the windows down in the basement, keep watch for a couple nights.

No, you don't have to do that.

But I will.

♪ ♪

Thank you.

♪ ♪

You know, the...

this is the perfect place for a darkroom.

♪ ♪

[discordant rock music]

- [horns blaring]

- [laughter and chatter]

[upbeat music]

Hi!

[laughs]

Whew!

Leti, Leti.

I think that elevator's broken again.

That'll quench your thirst after taking the stairs.

You heard about that newcomer preacher that's supposed to jumpstart the movement, right?

Michael, right?

He's going by Martin now.

I heard he was engaged to a white woman.

Nah.

They made him marry a colored one last year.

Loving a white woman doesn't mean he can't stand up for colored folks.

- I guess.

- [laughter]

Ella!

Leti!

All right, now this is your last pour.

No more, I say.

No more.

- Just one.

- [laughs]

Ron is here?

♪ ♪

♪ Well, you say you wanna be a clown ♪

♪ You wanna be a goof ♪

♪ Let's get together and tear off the roof ♪

♪ Gonna boogie at midnight ♪

♪ We're gonna boogie at midnight ♪

♪ ♪

- More?

- Yes.

So greedy.

[laughs]

♪ Get together and have some natural kicks ♪

♪ Boogie at midnight ♪

♪ Ooh, we're gonna boogie at midnight ♪

Hey.

[laughs]

Hey.

Thank you for bringing all this food.

Oh, I should be thanking you.

My icebox is overflowing with food folks bring when they come check in on us.

Ah.

Couldn't eat it all if we try.

Even with Tic eating more than his share.

- He said he was helping out.

- He was.

Cooking.

Playing with Dee.

Helping out with the travel guide.

Leaving cups upright to dry after he'd wash them.

♪ ♪ George always set the cups down when he did the dishes.

[cheers and applause]

That it?

Tic remind you of George?

No.

Just being foolish.

[somber music]

You seen Dee and her friends?

[Etta James' "Good Rockin' Daddy"]

[upbeat soulful music]

♪ ♪

Who's the coolest in our group?

♪ You can really go, go, go ♪

- [laughter]

- It's spelling my name.

- No, it's mine!

- Okay, okay.

Bobo, it's your turn.

[sighs]

Will I have a good time on my trip?

♪ Now hold it, don't move it ♪

♪ Now boogie some more ♪

♪ You're a good rockin' daddy ♪

♪ Yes, you're a good rockin' daddy ♪

[lights humming]

♪ Come on now ♪

[slow and distorted] ♪ I'll hold you close ♪

♪ And I'll hold you tight ♪

♪ You'll rock and roll from left to right ♪

Gil, it's your turn.

♪ Round and round and round ♪

Who are we talking to?

♪ Rest a while

♪ And we'll boogie some more ♪

♪ You're a good rockin' daddy ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

[eerie music]

♪ ♪

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

[gasps]

♪ ♪

That ain't funny, jerk!

- I didn't do it!

- Me either.

It moved by itself.

Y'all are assholes!

♪ ♪

Dee.

Diana.

[door creaks]

[voices whispering]

Hello?

[eerie music]

♪ ♪

[music building]

♪ ♪

♪ I got a guy who's always late ♪

[smoky jazz music]

♪ Anytime we have a date ♪

♪ But I love him ♪

♪ Yes, I love him ♪

[horns blaring]

♪ I'm gonna walk right up to his gate ♪

♪ And see if I can get it straight ♪

♪ 'Cause I want him ♪

♪ I'm gonna ask him ♪

♪ Is you is ♪

♪ Or is you ain't my baby? ♪

Man, I've been looking for you.

Where you been?

The porch.

Keeping watch.

You thought it'd be a good idea, let the neighbors see a soldier live here, huh?

You was always real smart.

Hey, I wanted to ask you about Letitia.

[laughing]

What about her?

Me and her, we used to tussle back in high school, if you know what I'm saying.

And I'm feeling nostalgic tonight.

But I heard you been staying here rent-free.

And?

[laughs]

All right, man.

All right.

But if that's yours, you might wanna tell her.

♪ ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Is you is or is you ain't ♪

♪ My baby? ♪

♪ Maybe baby's found ♪

♪ Somebody new ♪

♪ Or is my baby ♪

♪ Still my baby true? ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Oh, is my baby ♪

♪ Still my baby true? ♪

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

♪ I don't hurt ♪

♪ Anymore ♪

♪ All my teardrops are dried ♪

[Dinah Washington's "I Don't Hurt Anymore"]

♪ No more walking the floor ♪

[gasps]

♪ With that burning inside ♪

♪ ♪

♪ It's wonderful now ♪

♪ That I don't hurt ♪

♪ Anymore ♪

♪ ♪

- [music stops]

- [breathing heavily]

Sorry.

I didn't realize I started my monthly...

It's okay.

Hey, no big deal.

[soft music]

♪ ♪

See you downstairs?

♪ ♪

Yeah.

♪ ♪

[door opens, closes]

♪ ♪

[sobs]

You think Marshall Field's hasn't hired you because you're colored?

Of course I know that.

And I'm willing to work harder than anybody else, if that's what it's gonna take.

You know, if more colored folk thought like me, the race would be a lot further along.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

[horns blaring]

- Oh, no.

- [gasps]

- Oh, no.

- Damn.

[ominous music]

♪ ♪

Excuse me.

Where are the kids?

Dee!

[Dorinda Clark-Cole's "Take It Back"]

[upbeat gospel music]

James, grab the shotguns from the closet.

Ruby, get Floyd's car keys.

Come on, put your hands together

♪ ♪

Yeah

Come on, y'all

♪ We gon' take everything back that the devil stole ♪

♪ Oh, everything ♪

CHOIR: ♪ Everything that the devil stole ♪

♪ God's giving it back to me ♪

♪ We're taking everything! ♪

CHOIR: ♪ Everything that the devil stole ♪

♪ God's giving it back to me ♪

♪ Everything that the devil stole ♪

♪ God's giving it back to me ♪

♪ Can't have my joy ♪

CHOIR: ♪ Can't have my joy ♪

♪ Can't have my peace ♪

CHOIR: ♪ Can't have my peace ♪

♪ Can't have my faith ♪

CHOIR: ♪ Can't have my faith ♪

♪ Want everything ♪

- CHOIR: ♪ I want everything ♪

- ♪ Everything ♪


CHOIR: ♪ Everything that the devil stole ♪

♪ God's giving it back ♪

Yeah!

♪ ♪

Hey

Yeah, that's it

Come on, make the devil mad

Stomp on his head!

♪ Let him know you're going to get your stomp, yeah! ♪

- CHOIR: ♪ All back ♪

- ♪ Yeah! ♪


♪ Tried to take me out before my time ♪

CHOIR: ♪ I want it all back ♪

♪ And I thank God He's controlling my life ♪

- CHOIR: ♪ I want it all back ♪

- ♪ Yes, He is ♪


♪ Yeah, give me back my joy ♪

- ♪ Yeah ♪

- CHOIR: ♪ I want it all back ♪


♪ And I thank God He's controlling my life ♪

- CHOIR: ♪ I want it all back ♪

- ♪ Yes, He is ♪


- [siren wailing]

- ♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Give me back my joy ♪

- ♪ Yeah ♪

- CHOIR: ♪ I want it all back ♪


♪ Give me back my dreams ♪

- CHOIR: ♪ I want it all back ♪

- ♪ Yeah ♪


♪ Give me my possession back ♪

CHOIR: ♪ I want it all back ♪

Letitia Lewis.

You have quite a record here.

What group you with?

The Monkey Urban League?

[laughs]

No, wait, I know.

The National Association for the Advancement of Cockroaches.

[laughs]

I've gotten a lot of complaints from your neighbors about you.

Have you gotten the reports I've filed about harassment from those same neighbors?

Burke, Crane, have we received any complaints?

Not that we can recall, Captain.

Anything strange happen in your new house?

[foreboding music]

Hmm?

A'ight, how about this?

Did someone tell you to buy the Winthrop house?

♪ ♪

[sighs]

♪ ♪

- [tires squeal]

- [yelps]

Gal like you can't afford that mortgage.

Not even renting out rooms.

[tires squeal]

You tell me who helped you buy the Winthrop house and this ends.

[tires squeal]

[coughs]

[gasping]

♪ ♪

You really don't know anything about that house you moved into, do you?

We found the body parts of eight n*gg*r*s buried in the room below the basement.

So if history is any indication, you won't last in that house very long.

At all.

[dramatic sting]

[sighs]

[ominous music]

♪ ♪

[gasps]

♪ ♪

[dramatic sting]

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

[eerie moaning]

♪ ♪

Get out of my house!

[screams]

[screaming]

Come on, guys.

There's nothing we can do?

Leti?

Leti, we got a big problem.

None of the boarders like that you put a bigger target on our backs by busting up those white boys' cars.

They're all moving out.

It'll be safer for them.

Who cares about them?

We got an installment contract to pay that we can't afford.

Ruby, it'll be fine.

I-I still have some of the money Mama left.

What?

[sighing]

[somber music]

All that money came from Mama?

I, um...

I was just as surprised as you are when I got the call.


The bank said that, um...

she'd left me an inheritance.

But Mama didn't have any money.

I guess she did.

And she just left it all to you?

♪ ♪

You didn't even come to her funeral.

Hell, you don't even go by her last name.

I know.

Hell, it don't make any sense.

But to be honest, I'm tired.

I'm tired of trying to figure out her crazy motivations.

Mama never did anything for anyone or for any damn reason but herself.

[sniffles]

And I didn't tell you be...

because I knew it was gonna hurt you.

Thank you for looking out for me.

- Ruby, don't...

- Don't.

Now, you look down on Mama, but you're worse.

What the hell's that supposed to mean?

At least Mama didn't pretend to be anything but selfish.

Now, you say you bought this house 'cause you wanted to help our people, but looks to me all you've done is move in your artist friends.

And if you were half the sister that you claim you wanna be, you'd have split that money with me and Marvin, regardless of Mama's wishes...

- But...

- But you didn't!

No, you lied to me.

You begged me to move in here 'cause you really wanted us to be sisters for once, but that was just more of your bullshit.

Just you burying your guilt for doing what you always do: look out for Leti first.

And I'm the fool 'cause here I was thinking, all these years that I've been helping you, sending you money, that you were just a f*ck-up, but really, you're just f*cked up.

♪ ♪

- Montrose.

- Hey.

What you doing here?

Figure I'd hit a few balls with Dee, help her with that swing.

Oh, I got this.

Just set 'em over there.

- I'm sorry.

- Oh, I got it.

- I got it, I got it.

- I got this.

♪ ♪

George's favorite.

♪ ♪

I spilled coffee on his copy.

♪ ♪

I saw his body.

The b*llet hole where that sheriff sh*t him.

And I know you and Tic took care of that vile man.

I don't wanna know the details of that, but...

What you told me happened...

Something doesn't feel right.

Tic's been staying here a month, and every day of it, I have this nagging feeling that he's not telling me something about my husband's death.

Hell...

Hippolyta, I...

I'm not sure what you want me to say.

What else you think happened?

I don't know!

[ominous music]

♪ ♪

Something.

[eerie music]

[soft upbeat music]

♪ ♪

What's all this?

My house is haunted.

♪ ♪

[whispers]

Hell.

Walk me through it.

All right, um...

the realtist, JJ, he was cagey about the previous owners, but he called it the Winthrop house.

Now, I haven't been able to dig up anything on the name Winthrop, but I did find out the last owner of the house was a man named Hiram Epstein.

Epstein was a scientist at the University of Chicago.

Until he was fired for unethical experimental practices.

Unethical how?

Article doesn't say, but I think he was experimenting on humans.

[foreboding music]

Eight bodies were found in my basement.

When?

I'm not sure.

But remember the night of the housewarming party?

Police captain's the one who told me about the bodies, and he was asking all these questions about the house, like he had some sort of connection to it.

♪ ♪

That's him.

Look who's standing beside him.

- That's Hiram Epstein.

- Mm-hmm.

They knew each other.

And Lancaster's name keeps popping up in a string of articles as the lead detective in a number of missing person's reports from the South Side.

You think he was supplying this Epstein guy with test subjects?

Mm.

Oh, and then this.

I took these the day we moved in.

♪ ♪

The body parts that were found in what is now my basement?

It took all night, but I was able to find all eight faces.

Lucy, Anarcha, Grover...

Colored folks who disappeared on the South Side.

Now restless souls trapped in my house with their k*ller.

They want out.

I know it.

[sighs]

Uncle George would reference a haunted house story right now that proves that these ghosts aren't gonna stop till you join 'em on the other side.

♪ ♪

I think it's time to move out.

[somber music]

♪ ♪

The night of the housewarming...

that was my first time.

Your first time what?

♪ ♪

Leti.

- Leti, I'm sorry if I...

- No.

No, no, no.

No, I don't regret it.

♪ ♪

I needed it.

I needed to feel something.

♪ ♪

We haven't even talked about all the crazy sh*t that happened in Ardham.

Monsters...

the spells, Uncle George's death.

And I d*ed too.

And honestly, since I've been back, I've felt like a ghost.

Like something's missing.

And I keep grasping at everything, trying to avoid it.

Pioneering, the church, my sister...

you.

Hell, I thought the world was one way, and I found out it isn't.

And it terrifies me.

[foreboding music]

But I can't live in fear.

I won't.

I gotta face this new world head on and stake my claim in it.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

[goat bleats]

♪ ♪

[goat bleats]

[goat moans]

♪ ♪

Where'd you say you found her again?

Mama couldn't really commune with the dead, but she was a hustler who believed in doing her research.

If the spirits are as malevolent as you claim, child, you'll need a seal of protection to keep us safe while we purge the house.

♪ ♪

I'll reach out for the spirits' energy until I find it.

♪ ♪

[unsettling music]

♪ ♪

Here, I feel a presence.

Take my hands.

Form a circle.

And don't let go.

No matter what.

♪ ♪

Mama Oya, I, your dutiful servant, call upon you to use me as a vessel, so together, we may cleanse this space of these tormented spirits.

[lights humming]

[speaking Creole]

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

[voices whispering]

[voices shouting]

♪ ♪

[voices whispering]

Found 'em.

Terry.

[voices whispering]

Let's get 'em.

[voices howl]

♪ ♪

- [door slams]

- [gasps]

♪ ♪

[door creaking]

[voices whispering]

♪ ♪

[speaking Creole]

[voices shouting]

It's working!

Chant with me now.

[chanting in Creole]

[all chanting in Creole]

[baby crying]

[baby growls]

[creepy music]

♪ ♪

[baby coos]

[steam hissing]

- [both screaming]

- [baby giggles]

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

[metal scraping]

♪ ♪

[elevator chimes]

[all chanting in Creole]

[both laugh]

sh*t.

[all scream]

♪ ♪

Our marks!

Let's go!

[screams]

[groans]

[thunderclap]

[screaming]

[gasps]

[roars]

[grunts]

Leti!

[roars]

[hisses]

[voices hissing]

[whimpering]

- [bones popping]

- [hisses]

[gasping]

Betsey!

Phillip!

[gasps]

Lucy!

Jasper!

Anarcha!

Rufus!

- Grover!

- [roars]

Olivia!

Please!

[heavy rhythmic gospel]

♪ ♪

[strained breathing]

Out of my house, bitch.

Get the f*ck out of my house.

Help me!

[whines]

Help me cast him out!

Get out of my house, bitch.

Get the f*ck out of my house, bitch!

- Please!

- Get the f*ck out of my house.

You are not dead yet!

You can still fight!

- [snarling]

- [voices whispering]

♪ Satan ♪

♪ We're gonna tear your kingdom down ♪

Get the f*ck out of my house, bitch!

♪ Lord, Jesu' ♪

♪ Oh, Satan ♪

♪ We're gonna tear your kingdom down ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ You've been building ♪

- ♪ Your kingdom, yeah ♪

- [chanting in Creole]

♪ All over the land ♪

[all chanting in Creole]

♪ You know what, Satan ♪

♪ Satan, we're gonna tear ♪

♪ Your kingdom down ♪

[indistinct shouting]

[shouting in Creole]

♪ Oh, the mothers ♪

CHOIR: ♪ Are gonna pray ♪

♪ Gonna pray your kingdom down ♪

♪ You know what, you know what ♪

♪ You've been building ♪

♪ Building your kingdom ♪

♪ All ♪

♪ All in the house of God ♪

♪ But you know what, Satan ♪

♪ Satan ♪

♪ Your kingdom is gonna come down ♪

♪ Not only that, but listen, listen, listen, listen ♪

♪ Satan ♪

♪ We're gonna tear your kingdom down ♪

[roars]

Get the f*ck out of my house!

[roaring]

[breathing heavily]

♪ In the house of God ♪

♪ But you know what, devil ♪

♪ Satan, we're gonna tear your ♪

♪ Your kingdom down ♪

[serene music]

♪ ♪

It's amazing you're even standing here today,

considering the opposition you were up against.

And you didn't just do it for yourself.

To really be providing a sanctuary for those in the community most in need of cheap housing?

That's what makes this story newsworthy.

It's helping our community.

It was my sister who really inspired it all.

Well, it is truly...

it is truly remarkable.

- [elevator rattles]

- [elevator chimes]

- I have one last question.

- Hmm.

Off the record, do you know anything about the disappearance of three of your white neighbors?

[elevator chimes]

I hadn't heard anyone was missing.

Can I grab a photo?

Sure.

[shutter clicks]

[children laughing]

[mysterious music]

♪ ♪

[elevator chimes]

♪ ♪

The bank has wired your money.

I appreciate your help.

♪ ♪

JJ, I think you better grab that box and go.

♪ ♪

Leti's inheritance didn't come from her mother.

It came from you.

How'd you figure it out?

Winthrop.

I saw his name carved on the frame of your father's favorite painting.

Horatio Winthrop was a founding member of the Sons of Adam.

But he was banished after stealing pages from the Book of Names.

He was sick of Titus having the only cipher to read the Language of Adam and tried to develop his own from the stolen pages.

Hiram Epstein was a follower of his.

I didn't come here for a history lesson.

Then what did you come here for?

To make sure you stay the f*ck away from my family.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

Shall I continue the lesson?

Most of the Order never create their own spells.

They don't have the discipline or the talent.

Those that do usually get one spell in their lifetime.

My father's claim to fame was invulnerability.

He thought if you couldn't be harmed, you'd live forever.

[uneasy music]

♪ ♪

He had to remove it when he attempted to open the door to the Garden of Eden.

♪ ♪

It's extraordinary really, when you think about it.

Every spell the Sons have created has come from just one deciphered chapter of the Book of Names, orally passed down by Titus.

The Book is gone and Titus locked his pages in a booby-trapped vault only he could access.

♪ ♪

But imagine the possibilities if Horatio Winthrop's pages were to be found.

The Language of Adam could finally be decoded in its entirety.

♪ ♪

Call me when you're ready to learn more about our family legacy.

And Tic, really, you...

[laughs]

Have to be smarter than this.

You know you can't just go around k*lling white women.

[music crescendos]

♪ ♪

[Alice Smith's "Sinnerman"]

[energetic jazz music]

♪ Oh, sinnerman ♪

♪ Where you gonna run to? ♪

♪ Sinnerman ♪

♪ Where you gonna run to? ♪

♪ Sinnerman ♪

♪ Where you gonna run to? ♪

♪ All on that day ♪

♪ Well, I run to the rock ♪

♪ Please hide me ♪

♪ I run to the rock ♪

♪ Please hide me ♪

♪ I run to the rock ♪

♪ Please hide me ♪

♪ All on that day ♪

♪ But the rock cried out ♪

♪ "I can't hide you" ♪

♪ The rock cried out ♪

♪ "I can't hide you" ♪

♪ The rock cried out ♪

♪ "I ain't gonna hide you" ♪

♪ All on that day ♪

♪ I said, "Rock ♪

♪ "What's the matter with you, Rock? ♪

♪ Can't you see I need you, Rock?" ♪

♪ Devil was waiting ♪

♪ All on that day ♪

♪ Power ♪

♪ Power ♪

♪ I cried power ♪

♪ I cried power ♪

♪ I cried power ♪

♪ I cried power ♪

♪ ♪

[bright tone]

[Sinister instrumental swell]

What if I told you that I could change your life...

...forever.

♪ We need to be able to defend ourselves.

You have his blood.

Must be the key to finding his pages.

♪ You can't win this game they're setting up for you to play.

♪ You gonna help us or not?

For us, it's a rat race to the finish.

♪ And it's winner takes all.

[Loud grumble]

Hey, hey, hold on!

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