01x07 - Chapter Seven: Feast of Feasts

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Set in the fictional town of Greendale that tells a dark coming-of-age story of horror, fear and witchcraft.
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01x07 - Chapter Seven: Feast of Feasts

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[theme music playing]

[bats fluttering]

[thunder crashes]

[crows cawing]

[lightning sizzles]

[bats screeching]

[Sabrina]
This doesn't happen as much as it used to.

Us walking home together.

- [Harvey] Hmm.
- It's the nicest.

Agreed.

- What are you guys doing for Thanksgiving?
- It's not that big a holiday for us.

Aunt Hilda and I watch the Macy's
Thanksgiving Day Parade in the morning,

and Aunt Zee watches
whatever football games are on.

- Your Aunt Zelda's a football fan?
- All contact sports.

Then, it's the movies and Chinese food.
How about you guys?

My Grandpa's coming, which means
lots of beer-drinking and deer-hunting.

- Since when do you...
- [Harvey] I don't.

But since I'm working at the mines now,
honoring the "Kinkle legacy,"

- they said I could join 'em.
- Just promise me you'll be careful.

I will.

- I'm kind of excited about it.
- Do you wanna come in?

To say hi?

Sure.

Actually, Harvey, I forgot,
my aunts are having some people over.

Can we take a rain check?

- Uh... Yeah, sure, but...
- Thanks so much for understanding.

I'll see you at school tomorrow. Bye.

Bye.

[blood dripping]

[Sabrina shouts] Aunties? Ambrose?

Can anyone explain why it looks like
The Texas Chainsaw m*ssacre

has been nailed to our door?

[Hilda snorts] Oh, dear.

I'll get some soap and sponges.

And I'll get a plastic bag
to collect the lamb entrails.

It's a message from the Council, Sabrina.
It means our family's been selected

to participate in this year's
Feast of Feasts.

Feast of Feasts, Sabrina,
is one of our coven's holiest holidays.

It's similar to mortal Thanksgiving, but...

The menu is slightly different.

[Zelda] It's meant to honor
the single greatest sacrifice a witch

ever made to save her coven.

Praise Sister Freya. May we meet again.

Who's Freya?

A queen amongst witches.

Centuries ago,

the women belonging
to the earliest incarnation

of the Church of Night were chased
out of the township of Greendale...

into the hills, the forest.

Hilda.

The men of Greendale
had hunted all the animals.

So, you know, really,
there was nothing to eat.

The witches would've starved
and d*ed that winter,

had it not been for the sacrifices
of Freya, the youngest, strongest witch.

She, um...

Freya slit her own throat and offered up
her body so that the coven would have

sustenance through the cold months,
into the spring.

- Praise Freya!
- [Zelda, Ambrose] Praise Freya!

Wait, are we seriously
talking about cannibalism?

It's not unlike the Donner Party.

The Feast of Feasts
is an annual demonstration

of our devotion to the Dark Lord.

Fourteen families from the coven
are selected to participate in a, uh...

a lottery.

The families then choose someone
to represent them.

- A tribute, as it were.
- Only ladies are eligible because...

It is the Dark Lord's will.

In any case... [inhales deeply]

...the tributes draw lots to see

who will win the honor of being queen.

What do you get as queen?

You get to be the main course.

The queen is eaten?
And witches participate in this...

willingly?

It is a sacred tradition.

Our obligation is not to question,
it is to obey and participate.

But no one's starving anymore.

And we're talking about m*rder here.

Ritual sacrifice. It's slightly different.

Since Hilda's been excommunicated,
only Sabrina and I are eligible

for the lottery, which means that...
[breathes deeply]

...I will represent the family
at tomorrow night's drawing.

No, no, no. No. Aunt Zelda, you can't.

What if you get picked?

Aunt Hilda? Ambrose? Back me up here!

We Spellmans are an endangered species.

I lost my mom and my dad...

I don't want to lose you, too.

That's sweet, Sabrina...

but your Aunt Hilda and I

have participated in many lotteries
over the years,

and the Dark Lord has never seen fit
to reward us with being queen.

I have no reason to believe
this year will be any different.

So please,
the Feast of Feasts is happening,

and like it or not, we are participating.

[murmurs] Don't forget...

[Wardwell]
It's Thanksgiving week, class,

and I want to talk about you
and this town.

Your family trees tell the tale
of Greendale.

So, how well do you know your roots?

For instance, you, Mr. Kinkle.

When did your family come to Greendale?

I'm not exactly sure.

How did they come to own the mines?
And why?

I don't... I don't know.

Well, you've got some digging to do.

All of you do.

The assignment this week
is to research your own family history.

It's time we got to know ourselves,
and each other... better.

- [school bell rings]
- Class is dismissed.

Ms. Wardwell, have you ever heard
of witches celebrating

something called Feast of Feasts?

Hmm.

My former coven, the Church of Shadows,
had a comparable ritual.

- It's a...
- Do you know if there's any way to...

opt out of it?

Or stop it?

Not off the top of my head,

but I could do some research, if you like.

That would be great, Ms. Wardwell,
and I'll do the same.

Thank you.

Yes, Sabrina. I'll do my research,

and see if Mr. Kinkle's...
yields anything of note.

[Harvey] Grandpa, I'm supposed to write
a paper on our family history.

Have we always been miners?

Not always. Back in the early days,
when we were Von Kunkles,

we hunted and trapped.

And then, there was that terrible winter.

- And those people.
- What people?

Well, no one knew where they came from,
but they lived on the outskirts of town.

And the townsfolk used to say
that they were tunneling in them hills.

They claimed we stole their land.

Did we? Steal land from them?

The hill people scared the town folk.

And it was decided
that someone should get rid of them,

and that duty fell to us.

And after they were gone,
we made use of the land.

What happened to the people?
The hill people?

You're coming hunting with us this year,
ain't you?

I'll show you what happened.

[Mr. Putnam] Your Uncle Jesse kept track
of the family history.

Things that most people
would've got rid of, he kept.

That's Dorothea Putnam.

First of our family to arrive from Europe
and settle in Greendale.

Dorothea?

- But she's dressed like a man.
- Oh.

It was the frontier.

She lived by herself for a while.

Safer for a woman in that time to...
wear men's clothing, I guess.

Those will be her journals.

Never got all the way through them myself.

- [knock on door]
- [Roz] Nana Ruth?

- [Nana chuckles]
- It's me. [chuckles] Rosalind.

Come closer, baby.

It's been too long.

Bless you, sweet girl. [chuckles]

Nana, at school, we were asked
to research our personal histories...

Oh. I thought you came to talk to me
because you was worrying

you don't have enough faith,
which is nonsense.

- Did Dad call you?
- [Nana] Call me?

[scoffs] No.

The cunning tells me what I need to know.

The cunning... what is that?

It's a... a hunch.

A sixth sense in your bones
that helps us to see things...

when others,
like your daddy, remain blind.

My cunning started to manifest
when I was just about your age.

And yours...

Yours should be starting up now...

if it hasn't already.

[bell tolling]

I can't believe
you're one of the tributes, Prudence.

Why not?

All night long, I prayed and prayed
to the Dark Lord, didn't I?

- Yes, but so did I.
- So did I.

Don't be jealous, girls.
Maybe it'll be your turn next year.

Wait, Prudence,
you're a part of this lottery?

[both] There were entrails on her bed,
but she's always been lucky that way.

Lucky? Hang on.

You actually want this?

You want to be sacrificed?

More than I've ever wanted anything
in my life.

But that's insane. Why?

You wouldn't understand,
half-breed, you're not a real witch.

But there is no greater honor.

Imagine, an orphan being queen.

It would be the first time in the history
of the Church of Night.

[Sabrina] Nicholas, wait. Wait up.

Where do you stand on the Feast of Feasts?

I'm a conscientious objector.

I think it's bonkers.

Thank you.

Your father actually banned
Feast of Feasts when he was High Priest.

- He said it was barbaric.
- So, why is it happening again?

Well, Blackwood reinstated it
the year he became High Priest.

He received a "revelation"
from the Dark Lord

to return to our old rituals.

Wait, you're not a tribute, are you?

No. My Aunt Zelda
is putting herself forth...

but I wonder if she'd feel differently
about the feast

if I were on the chopping block.

[Nick] Hmm.

[dramatic organ music playing]

Oh, let me burn white, Dark Lord.

Let it be me.

Delighted to see you, Sister Mildred.

[door creaks open]

[door closes]

Tonight we celebrate
a time-honored tradition.

The Feast of Feasts is a reminder...

that even the humblest amongst us
can be lifted up...

to sit with the Dark Lord.

And that the survival of the coven
is greater

than the life of any individual witch.

Sisters, let the Dark Lord's will
be revealed.

- [door opens]
- [Sabrina shouts] Stop!

[people murmuring]

[door closes]

I'll draw.

I'll draw for the Spellman family.

Sabrina, what in Satan's name
are you doing?

I'm upholding a beloved tradition,
Aunt Zelda,

unless, of course, you want to admit
that this whole thing is barbaric,

as my father believed!

Sister Zelda, is there a problem?

[people murmuring]

No, Your Excellency.

My brave niece would like to represent
the family this year.

So, Sabrina, by all means, go ahead.

Select your paper.

[Faustus knocks]

Burn them.

[fire whooshes]

[Prudence breathes deeply]

[Faustus] Prudence is queen.

[Prudence sobs]

- [cheering and applauding]
- I told you.

Lucky witch.

[whispers] When will it be my turn?

[applause continues]

All hail, Queen of the Feast!

[all] All hail, Queen of the Feast!

Kneel before your queen!

Do you realize how close you came
to being sacrificed?

I didn't think you would let me go through
with the drawing.

Oh, so it's my fault that you decided
to play a game of chicken with me

in front of the entire coven. That's rich.

Right, well, what's done is done.

Let's just praise Satan.
He decided to spare you both.

Not entirely.

Sabrina drew the lot of handmaiden.

Better to be the shepherd than the lamb.

Which means what, exactly?
Aunt Zelda still hasn't told me.

The lamb is the queen
and the shepherd is the handmaiden.

The queen's exaltation
is the highest honor,

so for the next three days,

while the coven fasts
and prepares for the feast,

the handmaiden must indulge
the queen's every whim.

Great! So I'm supposed to spoil the girl
who harrowed me.

Preferably with figs and wild berries
to sweeten her meat before the feast.

That's not even funny, Ambrose.

Oh, come on, cous, it is a little funny.

Prudence getting her just desserts
by literally becoming the dessert.

- [crunches]
- [doorbell rings]

[doorbell ringing rapidly]

Why, hello there.

Who might you be?

I'm Queen of the Feast.

In that case, do come on in.

- Prudence.
- Handmaiden.

I assume my room's upstairs?

[crunches]
I'm dying for a warm buttermilk bath.

And a plate of macaroons.

["Venus in Furs" playing]

♪ Shiny, shiny ♪

♪ Shiny boots of leather ♪

♪ Whiplash girl child in the dark... ♪

You can do my back now.

Tell me, handmaiden,

will this be your first time
supping on witch flesh?

What? I'm not going to eat you, Prudence.

You don't have to go through
with this madness, you know.

I mean, just between us,
you don't really want to be queen, do you?

Of course I do.

But if you wanted to escape,
I would happily look the other way.

Why would I want to escape?

I'm about to be transubstantiated.

Meaning?

After the coven consumes my body,

I will be a part of every single witch
in the Church of Night, forever.

But that's not even the best part.

My spirit will reside
in the Dark Lord's heart,

alongside the other queens,

basking in the glow of his glorious fire

until the trumpets of the apocalypse
are sounded.

And you believe that?

With absolute certainty.

But what if that's not what happens?

What if you're sacrificed and...

it's just over?

Is that what you believe?

I don't know what happens
when we die. It's...

It's impossible to know.

Yes, but what do you believe?

Huh?

How sad for you.

Not to have faith in anything.

Where are you going to sleep?

- [rock music playing nearby]
- [soft creaking]

[laughter, chatter nearby]

- [loud thud]
- [girls laughing]

♪ I've gotta make a play ♪

♪ To make my lover stay ♪

- ♪ What would an angel say ♪
- Ambrose?

♪ The devil wants to know ♪

♪ What I need is a good defense ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm feeling like a criminal... ♪

[Sabrina] Nicholas?

What are you doing here?

I invited him, handmaiden.

And no plebe can deny a queen
on the days leading up to her sacrifice.

It also helps that darling Nicky here
is hornier than a toad.

[Ambrose moans]

Join us, Sabrina.

Uh...

- Nicholas...
- Or we can go to your room.

Just the two of us.

Uh, I...

You're k*lling the mood, shepherd.

Either get in or get out!

[all moaning]

[door shuts]

Sleep well, Prudence?

Like the dead.

I was going over what you asked me.

And I still don't know what I believe
when it comes to death.

But I believe that life, all life...

even the life of someone
who tried to k*ll me...

is precious.

Witch life, mortal life.

Eternal life, which is what awaits me
after the feast.

And there's nothing I can say or do
to make you change your mind?

No. [sighs]

Okay, well...

if there's no talking you out of this.

Wait. Where are you going, handmaiden?

Baxter High.

To live my life.

As fully as possible,
for as long as possible.

The shepherd is meant
to take care of the lamb.

[Sabrina] Hmm.

- You can come with me, if you want.
- And why would I do that?

Boys.

Lots and lots of mortal boys.

To torment.

And seduce.

Or both.

Who knows, Prudence, maybe you'll find
the meaning of life at Baxter High.

Oh, you had me at boys to torment.

Ms. Wardwell, pardon the, uh, intrusion.

- [Hawthorne inhales sharply]
- What can I, um...

do for you, Principal Hawthorne?

Any big plans for the holiday weekend?

Because you would be welcome at my house.

I have my own rituals.

I order in.

Perhaps next time.

When I'm in the mood for a real meal.

[softly] Oh, yeah.

[soft chuckle]

Guys, this is Prudence.

She's my cousin
who's visiting for Thanksgiving.

Prudence, this is my boyfriend, Harvey.

And my two best friends,
Rosalind and Susie.

Very nice to meet you.
[softly] You promised me boys.

[whispers] I wanted you
to meet my friends first.

So, what are we talking about?

Uh... My ancestor Dorothea.

She was an early settler in Greendale,
and was also a pirate

who helped a group of women fleeing
religious persecution from Scotland.

Dorothea Putnam?
We learned about her at my school.

She was a true ally to those women.
A hero to the marrow.

So I'm discovering. [chuckles softly]

Did you turn up anything, Harvey?

Yeah, but it's kind of messed up.

Basically, the Kinkles got ownership
of the mines in a...

a land grab. Kicked some people out
who lived in the hills and took them over.

- What does that mean?
- By "kicked out," he means k*lled.

And by "took over," he means stole.

What did you say your family name is?

- Harvey?
- Kinkle.

So you're a descendant
of the Von Kunkles, then.

Those "hill people"
your ancestors k*lled were witches.

Which makes your family witch...

Come on,
everybody knows witches aren't real.

Your family committed atrocities,
and blood-atonement is demanded.

- Kidding! She's kidding.
- [Harvey] Wait, hang on.

Uh, I am going to show her the rest of
school, but we will see you guys later!

[chuckles] Bye.

[Prudence] Did you honestly think
I would find meaning here?

Amongst your mortal friends?

They don't even know the glorious truth
of what you are.

- And your beau is a witch hunter!
- No, he's not.

My sisters and I have a simple philosophy
when it comes to witch hunters:

k*ll them before they have the chance
to k*ll us.

Prudence, if you lay a finger on Harvey,
I swear to Satan, I'll tear you to pieces.

- Save it for Feast Day.
- You're deluded.

Girls, girls.

Let's not be catty b*tches, hmm?

Sabrina, aren't you gonna introduce me
to your new gal pal?

And I know it's witch tradition,

but can you please
talk some sense into her, Ms. Wardwell,

and tell her that there's absolutely
no purpose to the feast?

Not when the cost is precious life.

But the reward is everlasting glory
in the Dark Lord's heart.

And who is this woman
that we can discuss our ways with her?

We can trust Ms. Wardwell.

She's a witch, too,
excommunicated from another coven.

You expect me to take advice
from an excommunicate?

Don't be a snob, Prudence.
Ms. Wardwell is incredibly learned.

And, as promised, I have done some digging
into the Feast of Feasts

and it's a... a complicated matter.

Now, you may not want to listen
to an excommunicate,

but there is someone
perhaps you should meet.

A witch who was once Queen of the Feast,
until she rejected the crown.

She lives deep in the Greendale Woods.

Moon Valley,
if you're brave enough to find her.

A witch spurned queenship?

[scoffs] I don't believe it.

Well, if your faith is
as strong as you say it is, Prudence...

what's the harm in hearing her story?

If I go...

I want my sisters to come with us.

The more, the merrier.

And Satan knows
who we might chance upon in the woods.

Thanksgiving was
Connor's favorite holiday.

Mrs. Kemper, I can't even imagine

how difficult this time of year
must be for you.

But he's probably snug-as-a-bug...

in this lovely little urn
you picked out for him for his ashes.

Pop that on the mantelpiece, eh?

Are there any leads regarding his, um...

[sighs] Well, nothing from the police,

but, uh... I found some things.

What sort of things, Mrs. Kemper?

I found a box.

It contained occult objects.

Talismans, vials of blood.

We think that Connor was involved
in some sort of satanic cult,

- and that's why he was m*rder*d.
- Perhaps I could be of assistance.

Hmm. Do you think you could
bring the items here?

[sighs]

Such a good idea. [chuckles softly]

[birds chirping]

- What if she's not at home?
- She's always at home.

Isn't that right, Dezmelda?

We're witches, like you...

and seek counsel.

What made you run, Dezmelda,

from the Dark Lord?

I didn't run from the Dark Lord.

I ran from my High Priest.

I was a child.

We all were. All of us
who took part in the lottery.

Younger than you.

No one questioned why that was.

And I was selected to be queen.

And then...

Her High Priest had a revelation...

delivered unto him
by the Dark Lord, allegedly.

The night before the feast,

the High Priest was to...

initiate her.

I was a child.

Rather than allow herself to be violated,
Dezmelda fled... into the woods.

She's lived here ever since.

What happened then
isn't what Father Blackwood is asking now.

Just listen to your words.

Father Blackwood is asking you
to do this thing, not the Dark Lord.

Father Blackwood is a righteous messenger.

But he isn't divine.

He's flesh and blood,
just like you and me.

Which means he has faults and he sins.

He can be wrong, he can be corrupted.

This part of the forest is where
the Kinkle men have always hunted.

They used to call it Moon Valley.

I'll tell you...

I've seen some strange things out here.

[leaves rustling]

[softly] That's a beauty.

It's Harvey's first hunt.

He should do the honors.

Are you suggesting
Father Blackwood is acting on his own,

independent of the Dark Lord?

- I'm saying it's possible.
- But why?

It's clear Dezmelda's High Priest
had an agenda.

But how would my death
serve Father Blackwood?

He's taken care of me, raised me,
treated me like a daughter.

Which makes what he's doing
even more insidious.

He isn't doing anything
except carrying out the Dark Lord's will.

And, Sabrina, I want to be queen.

I've dreamed about it.

Why can't you accept that?

[g*nsh*t]

What have you done?
Who else have you brought to this place?

No one, I swear.

[Dezmelda] Go, and never come back.

- [Sabrina] Ms. Wardwell, what is it?
- It was a familiar.

[Dorcas] Many live in Moon Valley.

Who would do such a thing?

Men.

- [Tommy] Hey Dad, over here!
- Quickly, take the wool yarn.

Form a pentagram around the creature.

Wait, Ms. Wardwell, what are we doing?

Pulling the wool over their eyes.

Don't speak.

Stay very quiet,
or the cloaking won't take.

[Harvey pants]

Blood stops here.

Where the hell is the damn thing?

[Mr. Kinkle] That was a k*ll-sh*t.
It shouldn't even have gotten this far.

What do we do now?

We keep looking. I want that prize.

Once a hunter, always a hunter.

Harvey's not a hunter.

Though you must admit,
he certainly looks the part, Sabrina.

More than looks it.

He is a witch hunter.
His family are witch hunters.

He told you himself.

Then blood demands blood, that is the law.

Blood atonement
for the m*rder of this familiar.

Perhaps instead of letting you drag me
to the four corners,

my last hours would be better spent
flaying your boyfriend alive.

Rending him limb from limb.

Keep away from him. Harvey's not a k*ller.

You believe that, Sabrina?

Even with what we just saw?

Yes. Yes.

How is your faith in the mortal boy any
different than my faith in the Dark Lord?

Why is your faith more valid than mine?

[phone ringing]

Spellman Mortuary, this is Zelda.

Lady Blackwood. Oh, come straight away.

Nana Ruth, this is my friend from school.

Hello, handsome fellow.

Oh... no, Nana. Her name is Susie.

No, it's okay, Roz.

I asked Susie to come with me because...

Because I scared you the last time.

Nana...

how did us Walker women get this...

cunning?

Generations ago...

our kin accused a woman of being a witch.

The other witches in Greendale,

they cursed us Walker women
with blindness.

But witches aren't real, are they, Nana?

And what does being blind have to do
with being cunning?

I don't know if being cursed
gave us the cunning,

or if it simply brought out
what was already there.

But I do know you will lose your vision.

But with the cunning...

you'll be able to see things
that others cannot.

And that will save your life.

[crows cawing]

Harvey.

I thought this year was gonna be different
with my dad and my grandfather.

Did something happen?

We all went down to Moon Valley to hunt.

There was a deer...
and it was my turn, Grandpa said.

But I...

I couldn't do it.

So Grandpa did it, but I... I should
have stopped him. I didn't stop him.

- I should have stopped him, but I didn't.
- It's okay.

It's hopeless, Sabrina.

Besides Tommy, I don't...
fit in with them.

You're not like them.

Not even close.

You wouldn't hurt a fly.

That's why I love you.

[whispering]
Qui affecto protego, mixtisque iubas

serpentibus et posteris meis stirpiqu.

- Sabrina, thank Beelzebub, I need you.
- For what?

I've got Lady Blackwood downstairs
on the verge of hysteria,

Hilda is at that ridiculous book store,

but I've got a pot of her calming tea
on the stove. Fetch it and come down.

At first, there were cramps,
then I saw blood.

I was spotting. My babies,
are they all right?

Tranquil thoughts,
Lady Blackwood, you're fine.

I can't lose my babies.
Faustus would never forgive me.

- I don't want to fail him.
- Nonsense. Sabrina, pour the tea.

- Already poured, Aunt Zee.
- It's not poison, is it?

Of course not.
It's chamomile with a calming tincture.

Drink up.

Finish every drop, that's a good girl.

What's happening? What's wrong with me?

Your blood pressure is abnormally high.

You're having a panic att*ck.

Have you done any
intense spellcasting lately?

Sometimes that can stress a pregnancy.

It was dangerous, but I had to do it.

You understand, don't you?

Of course, Lady Blackwood,
I understand you.

You know what they're really like.

Always whispering and...
and plotting and...

and I think they're gonna k*ll my babies.

No one is going to hurt your babies.

You just have a touch
of third trimester hysteria, nothing more.

Who's plotting?

Those Weird Sisters. [pants] Those sluts.

I won't let them conspire against me.
My children will come first.

Why?
Why should the orphans wish you any harm?

All three of them,
they think they're so clever.

Planning to take
what belongs to my children.

They would've done anything.
Hurt them, curse them.

So I had to hurt them first.

k*ll one, and the others
are no thr*at of consequence.

What did Lady Blackwood mean by
"her children" come first?

I wonder if Constance might think
Father Blackwood has other children.

He wouldn't be the first High Priest

to have dropped
the odd bastard child here and there.

But how would those other children be
a thr*at to Lady Blackwood's twins?

Children born of a High Priest,
whether they're legitimate or not,

can lay claim to that title.

So if Father Blackwood
had other children out in the world...

They could all make a play for the seat.

[door creaks open]

[Sabrina sighs]
Prudence, I need to talk to you.

I'm being fitted for my Feast Day dress.

It was premature of me to accuse
Father Blackwood of having an agenda

when he choose you as queen.

Finally. You've come...

Instead, I think it might be
Lady Blackwood who wants you dead.

What a blasphemous creature you are.

You said Father Blackwood treats you
like a daughter.

Is it possible you actually are
his daughter?

Because if you were,
Lady Blackwood would see you as a thr*at.

Have you completely lost your mind?

Maybe. But why does Father Blackwood
take care of you?

Because he's charitable.

If you were Father Blackwood's daughter,

you could one day lay claim
to the Church of Night,

this school, everything,

but you'd have to get rid
of his legitimate heirs first.

Stop this. Please, stop this.

If Lady Blackwood had it out for you,
wouldn't it be convenient for her

if you were sacrificed
at the Feast of Feasts?

For the last time...

it is the Dark Lord's will
that I am to be queen.

What if it's the will of a witch?

Of a pregnant witch with a grudge
against you and your sisters?

I just left her at my house.

She was ranting about
how you're plotting against her,

and how she needed to hurt you
before you could hurt her.

Do you have even a shred of proof?

Besides Lady Blackwood's
hysterical ramblings?

No... just a hunch.

But Lady Blackwood was holding
the lottery box.

Please, Prudence,
I know you have complete faith

that this is all the Dark Lord's will,

and everything is going
according to his plan...

but if there's even
a shadow of doubt in your mind,

don't you want to know the truth?

She'd be murdering you
in front of the entire coven.

If I were to...
entertain this fantasy of yours...

how do you suggest we proceed, handmaiden?

Every Queen of the Feast
deserves a last supper, right?

[wind whooshes]

Dorothea?

[Mr. Putnam] Susie!

Dinner's ready!

[sighs]

- [indistinct chatter on TV]
- [snoring]

[Harvey] This happens every year.

They start drinking before breakfast
and pass out before lunch.

So it's just you and me.

I'm okay with that.

Happy Thanksgiving, Tommy.

Happy Thanksgiving, nerd.

[door closes in Sabrina's house]

Father Blackwood, Lady Blackwood,
please, come in.

Happy Thanks... um... Feast of Feasts.

[both] Blessed Feast.

We'll be dining in the parlor
this evening.

[Lady Blackwood] Wow!

Prudence, you look stunning.
You must be filled with such...

I'm filled with ecstasy,
Lady Blackwood, yes.

Shall we eat?

[Faustus] If I may.

Thank you to Queen Prudence
for the sacrifice she makes tonight...

for the coven.

And where is your sister Hilda?

Given her disenfranchised status,

I didn't think it was appropriate
for her to join us.

Also, she's making dessert.

[raven cawing]

- [Wardwell blows]
- [fire whooshes]

Quiet feast for us, Stolas.

- [knock on door]
- Mmm!

That'll be the takeaway I ordered.

If you're nice, I'll... share.

[breathless]
My... that looks like a heavy pizza.

Would you mind setting it
over there for me?

[moans] I'm so glad you're here.

I can't tell you how starved I am.

Famished.

- Aunt Hilda, you've outdone yourself.
- [chuckles]

I hope so. This is my mom's secret recipe

when she thought
my dad was having an affair.

- How long will it take to work?
- Uh, should be instantaneous.

[Sabrina]
And now, for the pièce de résistance,

my Aunt Hilda's brown butter
marchpane cake with brandied currants.

Mmm, looks delicious...

but I want to save room for later.

Nonsense, Lady Blackwood.
You're eating for three, remember?

Faustus?

When can one be gluttonous,
if not on the Feast of Feasts?

Oh, I agree.

Heartily.

As a recent convert,
Father Blackwood, I'm curious,

why did you decide to reinstate
Feast Day after my father outlawed it?

When I became High Priest
after Edward d*ed,

the Dark Lord revealed

that I must return
to our centuries-old traditions.

Sometimes, the old ways are best.

What a divine revelation.

Are you enjoying this year's Feast Day,
Lady Blackwood?

[sighs] Oh, I'm thrilled by it.

Well...

I hope you're satisfied
with your last supper, Prudence.

We'll all miss you
when you're gone, won't we?

In body and soul.

Mostly body.

I'll miss you so much.

Me, too.

I won't.

And why is that?

You're a stain
and we're better off without you.

[gasps]

Constance, Prudence is our queen.

No, she's not my queen, she's a bastard.

Oh.

When was the last time you cast a spell,
Lady Blackwood?

The night of Feast Day lottery.

And what spell did you cast?

I enchanted the ballot box
to favor Prudence as queen.

Why would you do that?

Because she and her slut sisters
are your seed.

Because you are
a voracious slut yourself...

and that means trouble for my children.

[slurps]

I'm so sorry, husband.

I'm not sure
why I'm unburdening myself like this.

It's because your queen requested
a special cake for her last supper.

Aunt Hilda's truth cake.

One bite and you cannot lie.

Constance, how dare you interfere
with the Dark Lord's will.

Have you any idea the scandal,

the blasphemy you've brought
upon the church?

I'm sorry.

Are you my father, then?

I am.

And my mother?

Dead.

- By your hand?
- Sabrina.

Indirectly.

[glass shards clink]

She threw herself in a river

because I would not marry her.

I see.

[both] Are we your daughters, too?

Hmm?

No, you're just orphans.

Prudence?

[voice breaks] So you were right, Sabrina.

The Dark Lord doesn't want me
to be his queen.

[Faustus] The coven...

The coven must meet straight away.

To redraw for a new queen.

Or... the Dark Lord could come
to you with a new revelation.

One that compels you to outlaw the feast.

This year and every year to come.

And what's been revealed
at this table tonight...

will never be spoken of again.

Whatever happens...
I want to wear the dress...

and... and sit on the throne of skulls.

Can I, please... Father?

[Dorcas and Agatha]
♪ Take the hunger inside you ♪

♪ Banish it in the cold ♪

♪ Your flesh to eat
Your soul to keep ♪

♪ The Dark Lord shall behold ♪

♪ Queen Freya we extol ♪

I've been fasting for days.

[door creaks open]

[door closes]

Brethren, sisters,
a very unholy night to you all.

[all] And also to you.

Each year,
the Feast of Feasts commemorates

the selfless sacrifice
that saved our coven.

[all] Praise Freya! Praise Freya!
Praise Freya!

However... [clears throat]

...tonight, I must be
the reluctant bearer of dark tidings.

In an unexpected turn of events,

through circumstances
entirely out of our control...

Prudence Night...

cannot fulfill her duty
as Queen of the Feast.

[people murmuring]

Blasphemy!

We're ravenous.

We must feast!

[people murmuring]

Moreover! Moreover!

The Dark Lord has revealed to me...

that this year...

there...

shall not be...

[shouts] Freya lives! Praise Satan!

[all gasping]

[people murmuring]

[shouts]
All Hail, Mildred! Queen of the Feast!

[all] Hail Mildred!

Queen of the Feast!

[knives hacking flesh]

[indistinct chatter]

[Faustus grunts]

- [phone ringing]
- [indistinct chatter on TV]

[Ambrose chuckles]

- What's happened?
- [door closes]

Uh, that was the coroner's office.

They're bringing over
a couple of bodies.

A couple.

Uh... It's... suicides.
[takes a deep breath]

Always happens this time of year.

Mortals can be so morose
during the holidays.

It's Mr. and Mrs. Kemper.

Aunt Zelda?

[sighs] Yes, Sabrina?

What would have happened if it was me
who was selected queen and not Prudence?

Would you have let them do to me
what was done to Mildred?

Never.

But if it was the Dark Lord's will?

It wouldn't have mattered.
Now please, Sabrina. I'm tired.

- [indistinct chattering]
- [Tom sighs]

Hey, Nerd.

You know what the best thing about working
the Friday after Thanksgiving is?

Getting out of the house?

Time-and-a-half pay.

[timestamp clicking]

[Dorcas and Agatha
chattering indistinctly]

Sisters.

What are you doing?

Praying.

- Thanking the Dark Lord...
- That you're still with us.

Agatha, shouldn't we have invited her?

No, Dorcas.

Better to leave her out of this.

Blood demands blood.

Let sticks and stones break
the witch hunters' bones.

[theme music playing]

[man] Brett, move your head.
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