A Prayer for the Dying (2026) Movie Script
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[Rifle cocks]
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[Horse chuffs]
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[Discord]
[Jacob] Ribbit!
It worked the other day.
Why won't she laugh?
Ribbit!
[Baby cries]
[Marta] Jacob...
[Speaking Norwegian]
Look what you did.
We'll be in to do the shopping.
Okay, bye!
Bye! Bye!
-Jacob...
-Just one more time.
-Ribbit!
-Go now.
Go!
-Go, go, go!
-Ribbit!
[Metallic clanging]
[Speaking Norwegian]
Marta forgot to wake me.
Emil, English.
-You're in early.
-Ah.
[Emil] It's been a long morning.
My Arne caused some real
problems this morning, you know.
He got out of bed like
a freight train.
[Jacob] You see that dog
on your way in?
[Emil] Nope.
[Jacob]
Heat must have gotten it.
Drought's made things hard,
but...
Nothing we ain't
been through before.
Well, hell. At least
that fire's not down here.
[Bitsi] Sheriff Hansen!
Sheriff Hansen!
Sheriff Hansen!
There's a dead body.
Dead body?
My pa found a dead body
behind the beehive.
Come on, you need to come now!
Alright. Dead body.
[Bitsi] Yeah!
[Jacob] Whoo!
[Bitsi] That was not funny.
[Bitsi] Oh! Come on!
Hurry up!
-[Jacob] Morning, Meyer!
-[Meyer] Hey.
[Bees buzzing]
Back there, there's
a young fella dead.
I don't know who. Tramp, maybe.
Looks like he was in the war.
It's been five years.
Someone ought to tell them
that the battle's over.
I'm sorry, Sheriff. I...
I know you been through it,
but it's the truth.
-What you got there, Bits?
-The circus.
-Is it coming here?
-Yes.
-Well, let me see.
-No.
Bits, give it to me!
-No!
-All right, damn it.
Get off him.
Man needs to work.
Would you mind looking after
my bike for me?
Go bother your brothers.
[Jacob] Lord, bless this
poor soul. Forgive him his sins.
Forgive all of us,
and receive him in thy Kingdom.
Remove from this man
the calamity of war.
May he rest in tranquility,
for there is nothing left
to make him afraid.
Oh God, please hasten the time
when the reign of peace
shall come, and war shall cease
-to the ends of the earth.
-[Rustling noises]
[Meyer groans]
Oh!
I don't know why
they gotta come here.
There's no work for them.
Betcha I'll load up the gun
with rock salt tonight, sure.
Any problems with the colony?
Nope, pretty quiet lately.
Meyer...
[Jacob] His pockets
were turned out.
Someone robbed that man
of what little he had.
-You didn't touch him?
-No, sir.
I wanted nothing to do with him.
[Woman wailing]
[Lydia] I love you!
[Jacob] Miss?
[Lydia] You're my Lord,
my Savior!
Miss?
Sheriff here.
Everything alright?
[Wailing continues]
[Lydia screams]
[Lydia screams]
[Clock ticking]
She's from the colony.
One of Chase's women.
[Jacob] She seems confused.
Or lost.
She keeps asking
for Brother Chase.
We should get her back to him.
Shh.
And the man's a soldier.
Meyer said he didn't touch him,
but... I think he robbed him.
[Doc] Hm.
What happened to your hand?
Hm.
-Which one is he?
-[Thaddeus] Sir?
Are you Marcus or Thaddeus?
I can never tell you two apart.
I'm Thaddeus.
I'm the one with the scar.
Thaddeus, do you think
you're strong enough
to help Jacob bring the
other fellow in?
-[Thaddeus] Yes, sir.
-Hm.
[Wagon creaking]
[Jacob] Thaddeus, come on.
-[Doc] Put him down.
-Here?
Put him down on the floor, now.
What is it?
[Shuts door]
Open that curtain.
[Doc sighs]
What is it?
Take him to your office.
And don't touch anything.
And you wash up good after.
[Jacob] Go on.
Keep your hands up.
Thaddeus, don't do it!
Don't pick your nose.
[Giggles]
Don't!
Was my ma down there?
She was.
Did you put her blood out?
I did.
Thaddeus?
What are you doing?
Go on.
The man you found,
the one in your cellar...
You said his pockets
were turned out?
Well, I don't think Old
Meyer killed him.
He's had some money problems
since his wife passed but
he's no murderer.
Did he touch him?
Alright, get him in the ground.
Don't dress him out.
Don't bleed him.
-He's a soldier.
-Jacob...
I'm not asking.
[Jacob] What is it?
If I'm right...
Diphtheria.
We can leave.
We'll take what we need
and go to Aunt Bette's.
[Jacob] I can't. You know that.
I'll just take Amelia then.
You can say it's a visit.
[Jacob] How would that look?
I don't care how it looks.
I care about our daughter.
You and Amelia just stay inside.
[Marta] What if you get it?
-I won't.
-What if it spreads?
-I won't let it.
-[Marta crying]
Marta...
[Original score - dark
ambient music]
[Jacob] You protect them.
You love them. You love them.
Of course you love them.
Of course you...
How cold you can be,
even with your own.
Faith will always...
Faith will always save you.
Faith...
Save you.
A soldier. A fellow soldier.
You buttoned the sleeves,
so they don't see.
They can't see.
My error remains within myself.
They know not what you've done.
They've done nothing. [Crying]
[Amelia - baby talk]
[Amelia babbles, Jacob chuckles]
What's that?
You think
the woman's better today?
[Jacob] Mm-hmm.
[Amelia - baby talk]
-Is she one of Chase's?
-Think so.
I'll a...
I'll go out to the colony
and speak with him.
[Marta] Be careful.
That whole place could
be diseased, the way they live.
-Please don't talk like that.
-[Marta] Well, it's true.
No, I was...
I was being silly last night.
Being a silly chicken.
[Jacob chuckles]
[Marta] We'll be fine.
We'll be fine.
We'll stay inside.
[Amelia babbles happily]
-Are you sure?
-Yes.
Just stop by Fenton's for me.
You were there yesterday.
No, I wasn't.
[Chase] Lydia needs to be
at home.
You cannot touch her.
Deacon please.
-[Doc] I've already explained
to Reverend Chase--
[Chase] It's Brother Chase.
And I'm aware of
the consequences.
We have not two but three
certified nurses among us.
Let us take care of her.
I'm sorry, it's too contagious.
The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
He maketh me lie
in green pastures.
Deal with my soul.
Though I walk through
the valley of death--
[Doc] Stop, no. Stop!
I fear no evil, for I am
with you, says the Lord.
Don't let her... Don't let her
die like this, please!
Let her see a face she knows.
I won't touch her.
[Chase softly speaking
indistinctly to Lydia]
[Tense music]
[Doc] Man's an idiot.
Chase and his women.
He can bawl all he wants.
He thinks God can protect
them from this.
-What does he know?
-Well, he's...
He's just trying to do
the best for his flock.
[Doc chuckles]
Is that what he calls them?
Is there anything
you can give her?
I'm... I'm trying.
[Clanking]
That's Emil's boy again.
[Jacob] Hey! Hey!
Hey, hey! Stop, stop!
[Arne] Sheriff.
[Jacob] You alright there, Cy?
Your pa know you're down here?
I'll be sure to tell him.
Get out of here. Come on!
What you got there, Cy?
[Cyril] They said I...
They said
I would get eaten, Sheriff.
They said they let
them animals loose
and if you can't run fast,
they get you.
I'll tell you what.
-Why don't we go together?
-To the circus?
Mm-hmm.
-Really?
-Mm-hmm.
-The circus is coming here?
-Mm-hmm.
-With animals and everything?
-Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
I'd like to see it.
You think it would be too scary
for Amelia?
-What?
-She's asleep.
[Jacob laughing]
-Shh.
-[Jacob laughs]
Jacob, shh!
How do we get her into bed?
-Shh, you're gonna wake her up.
-That's funny.
She can't sleep under the table,
Jacob!
-[Jacob laughs]
-Shh, shh, shh.
-[Jacob laughs]
-Shh, shh, shh.
Somebody's dog is lying dead
up on the road, by the well.
Did you see it?
No.
Chase's woman had a rough night.
Lydia.
We should start taking
some precautions.
No.
Not yet.
You tell your wife?
Irma's still in Chicago.
I told her to stay put
until this blows over.
Until this blows over.
[Fenton] I've been robbed!
[Tense music]
My damn store's been robbed!
Someone stole my knife.
Took it right from me.
Only one's been in today
been one of Chase's women.
And Harlow brought a wire.
But he wasn't here more
than a minute
and right beside me
the whole time.
[Jacob] How long has it
been missing?
Can't remember when I last
checked for it.
[Jacob] What color was it?
Pearl with a black inlay.
Best I carry.
Had an "M" inscribed on it.
I'll keep an eye out.
[Fenton] Something you need?
-Marta asked I do the shopping.
-Might do it now.
While it's quiet.
[Jacob's footsteps]
Jakob.
Marta likes the other one.
[Original score - dark
ambient music]
[Fenton] Jakob's your real name,
right?
Does anyone in town know that?
I could tell them.
You see, I had a Jakob in
my regiment. He was a proud man.
He kept his name.
[Music intensifies]
[Jacob] You don't know me.
Don't. Don't.
You don't know me.
Don't know me.
You don't know me.
Don't know me.
You don't know me.
You don't, don't, don't.
[His words turn to blows]
-[Amelia crying]
-This isn't enough.
[Jacob] I can go back tomorrow.
-[Marta] I can go.
-No.
[Amelia complains, cries]
How long do we have to
stay inside? Jacob!
Not long.
[Amelia cries loudly]
Shh.
-How long?
-[Ringing noise]
[Door slams shut]
-Jacob, where are you going?
-Go back inside.
Go back inside! Now!
[Amelia cries]
[Original score - dark
ambient music]
[Twigs snapping]
[Jacob] Ho!
[Rustling]
[Dissonance]
[Rustling]
Ho!
[Dark ambient music continues]
[Dissonance]
[Anguished weeping]
[Sobs loudly]
[Dissonance]
[Woman cries, music peaks]
[Jacob, softly]
Lord, in your mercy...
It has to be real.
Have mercy.
[Fenton speaks angrily,
indistinct]
[Jacob's footsteps]
[Jacob] What was that about?
[Harlow] Thieves. Chase.
You know, Fenton's always
going on about something.
Yeah.
-Anything I should know about?
-Nothing out of the ordinary.
I mean, it could stand to rain.
The way it's been so hot
people are fretting about
that wildfire up North.
And don't think it's
headed our way.
The wind never really
picks up here.
[Woman singing
indistinctly outside]
Let's bring the fire brigade in.
John Henry and his men.
Have a line ready in case.
-Jacob, that fire's moving west.
-I won't risk it. Bring them in.
Yes, Sheriff.
-Your girls out of town?
-Excuse me?
Marta's Aunt Bette sent
all those wires about a visit.
And I haven't seen Marta
and the baby in a while.
Ah, yeah.
[Jacob sighs]
Ascribe unto the Lord
[Psalm 96:7-13]
O ye kindreds of the people
Ascribe unto the Lord
Worship and power
Ascribe unto the Lord
The honor due unto his name
Bring praises
and come into his court
Ascribe unto the Lord
O ye kindreds of the people
Ascribe unto the Lord
Worship and power
Ascribe unto the Lord...
[Cyrus] Sheriff! Sheriff!
-Morning, Cy.
-Sheriff?
Old Meyer's shed caught fire.
I saw it when I came in
from the bell tower.
I...
I can even see it now.
[Door slams]
Goddamn!
Stupid mother...
Ow!
[Meyer] Oh God!
You're Marcus?
Where's your brother?
-[Marcus] He's sick.
-Thaddeus has taken sick?
Oh, ain't that the way.
Never around when you need them.
What's... What's wrong with him?
[Bees buzzing]
I don't know.
Says his throat hurts him.
Won't eat anything.
Won't take a drink. Nothing.
-[Jacob] And Bitsi?
-One gets sick, they all do.
You know how that goes.
They're young, though.
They bounce back quick.
[Meyer] That's nature's way
of toughening us up.
It's like Abraham.
No. No.
It's Job.
It's Job.
No, no, no. I may have...
Yeah, no. I may have...
I may have mixed that up here.
You know last week's sermon...
You said it.
Marta? Marta...
You were right.
Just take Amelia and leave.
Go tonight.
I'll wire Aunt Bette, let her
know you're coming.
She's sick.
What?
She's sick.
[Metallic clatter, Doc humming]
[Doc] You didn't tell Old Meyer
anything, did you?
No.
And he's been sick three days?
Jacob?
Yeah. And Bitsi.
And Chase's woman passed
when you were gone.
Lydia. Call her Lydia.
Chase was here when it happened.
He went to get her something
to wear.
I thought you didn't want me
dressing people out?
[Doc] I don't.
But he won't listen.
So throw whatever it is away,
and get her in the ground.
[Door slams]
-Deacon?
-Brother Chase.
Let me dress her
and let us have her home.
Please.
I'm sorry, I can't.
-I'm not here to cause trouble.
-I know that.
So let me, Deacon.
She was a good person.
-[Jacob] I know she was--
-You didn't know her.
-[Chase] You're not from here.
-What has that got to--
[Chase] You know what it is to
be alone. You know the fear,
of dying that way of,
no one knowing
you were ever here.
Do what's right, Deacon.
Please.
[Wagon rattling]
[Original score - gentle
ambient music]
[Doc] Jacob!
Jacob!
Don't worry,
I'll hold her still.
You see Thaddeus and Bitsi?
Yeah, saw them both.
Just have to wait and see.
Did Chase give you any trouble?
No.
Is Meyer gonna put up a
quarantine sign or you...
You want me to?
[Doc] I asked him not to.
We'll just say it's chickenpox.
Jacob...
We can't risk anyone leaving.
I'd rather keep it here.
And if it gets worse,
we can close off the town.
Quarantine the whole place.
That's what they did in St. Joe.
It worked?
[Doc sighs]
It didn't spread.
[Amelia gasps]
Marta! What are you doing?
Flip her over!
Marta, get her on her belly!
Jesus.
[Amelia retches]
[Amelia screams]
-[Doc] Amelia?
-[Amelia crying]
[Doc] Can you open your mouth?
Ahhh. Yeah.
Ahhh.
Can you open your mouth?
Can you open your mouth?
Like that.
Yes, that's it. That's it.
[Amelia crying]
[Doc] And there you go. Yes.
[Amelia screams]
Shh.
Shh.
[Amelia screams, cries]
[Doc sighs]
[Sighs]
She has what is called a thrush
in the back of her throat.
[Marta sobs]
And...
Is there something...
Something she can take?
What... What you gave her
for the colic?
Can... Can she take that, or...?
[Marta sobs]
[Doc sighs]
Jacob.
[Sighs]
I'm sorry.
[Marta cries]
Now, there is something I have.
When it was my Elizabeth, I gave
it to her to make it go faster.
[Marta sobs]
[Several children crying]
[Boy coughing]
Whatever it is,
they've all got it!
[Somber music]
-We need to call a quarantine.
-No.
-I'm calling a quarantine.
-No.
[Jacob] I'm going tell Cyril
to ring them out.
[Doc] No, don't
worry about that.
-[Jacob] I decide now!
-[Doc] Jacob, Jacob...
-People are dying here.
-[tense music]
And many more people will die
when they flee.
If you call a quarantine,
and Cyril rings out the dead,
people will panic.
One person. That's all it takes
to spread this into every town.
I cannot allow us to be
so irresponsible.
What about my congregation?
I have service tomorrow.
What am I supposed
to I tell them?
-Nothing.
-[Jacob scoffs]
-You expect me to lie?
-Yes.
I can take her.
She's not so warm anymore.
[Jacob chuckles]
Her mother's daughter.
There's some of you
in there too.
No.
There's not.
We all have a soul.
A soul as well as a body, and...
While our bodies might toil for
a short time on this earth...
Our souls might live forever.
Forever in God's arms.
And it is of little importance
whether you're in poverty
or greatest affluence,
whether your body is
sickly or in health,
pained or at ease.
Whether you're respected
or despised.
Because we know that
death is certain.
It comes to us all.
And in your dying moments, if
you call the world your own...
What good would it do you?
What, what comfort would it
afford your soul?
And it is your soul's path that
must be your only real concern.
The companion of angels
and saints made perfect
around the throne of God.
Or doomed, wailing demons
and damned spirits in Hell.
We must escape his wrath
to secure an inheritance
among the saints in the light.
So let us turn to God.
Let us lift our hearts to him.
The hour is coming in which
all shall hear his voice.
Let us ask him.
Dear Lord...
What must we do to be saved?
[Emil] Cy, Arne's got
something to say to you.
I'm sorry.
Jacob's taking me to the circus.
Oh, that true?
Well, how about that.
Arne, go back to playing.
And take Cy with you.
Do it now.
[Emil sighs]
Marta and Amelia stayed back
this morning?
You know,
Mary's really been wanting
to see your girls, and...
Marta usually calls by
a few times. They...
They okay?
-Emil, Mary and your boys...
-[Emil chuckles]
I can barely hear what
you're saying.
[Speaking Norwegian]
[Original score - dark
ambient music]
[Music reaches climax]
[Slams drawer shut]
[Silence]
[Jacob sighs heavily]
I want her to breathe.
I just want her to breathe.
[Jacob sighs]
[Bell ringing loudly]
[Jacob] What happened?
Why is Cyril ringing them out?
We need to quarantine now.
The whole town.
No one in, no one out.
It's a damn shame they brought
the fire brigade in.
I'll wire Bart, have him come
meet me to close the border.
And I can see what
Chase is thinking.
[Doc] I already spoke with him.
He got word of this fire,
and he's convinced
them all it's the end times.
[Bart] You think this is enough?
Well, should do.
Appreciate it, Bart.
How bad is it, Jake?
I heard Cyril ringing away
this morning.
[Jacob chuckles]
Nothing we can't handle.
-And how's old Doc holding out?
-He's alright.
Just a little busy.
And you, Jake?
How are your girls?
They're fine.
Don't think this will get us.
But this fire has my people
all riled up.
Running around like a bunch
of dumb hens. [Chuckles]
Half my town has cleared out
and the other half
stocked up on buckets.
-I thought it was headed west.
-Not that I heard.
-What's that?
-Oh...
-Got plenty.
-Could always use another.
That's true.
It is true.
[Doc] How's Amelia?
[Original score - dark
ambient music]
[Jacob] I got it.
[Jacob] Meyer?
Meyer, it's Jacob.
Bitsi?
[Door opens]
Meyer?
Meyer?
It's Jacob.
[Dark ambient music continues]
Don't be alarmed all right?
I, I, I just want to
see how you're getting on.
Meyer?
[Dark ambient music continues]
[Gun cocks]
[Jacob sighs]
[Dark ambient music continues]
Thaddeus!
Thaddeus, can you hear me?
[Bees buzzing]
[Horse breathing]
[Ambient tone]
Sarah and her boys just up here?
Oh, I need to...
Just need to tend to the dog.
Do it after.
[Doc sobs]
[Doc exhales heavily]
[Doc sighs]
[Voices whispering]
Faith will always save you.
[Jacob] No.
[Voices whispering]
Faith will always save you.
[Jacob] No.
[Voices whispering continues]
[Jacob] No.
No, it's a question.
You don't want to be, because
you don't deserve to be.
[Dissonance
- indistinct whispers]
-I understand you're upset.
-[Man] Are we trapped in here?
Bart's got some crazy kid
with a gun blocking the road.
-Doc's gonna tell us--
- [Woman] He said,
you're in charge.
This is all because of
that damn Chase
and his diseased people
that you let stay.
This has nothing to do
with Chase.
[Fenton] I'll tell everyone.
The horse.
That soldier.
I see you got Marta and
your little Amelia
all nice and cared for.
[Fenton] Taking
no chances with them.
This isn't the war, Jacob.
You don't get to decide
who lives and--
Out!
Get out!
[Jacob] What's all this about...
A kid with a gun at the border?
The fire's shifted.
It's headed straight for us.
[Millard] Pow!
Pow!
Pow!
You Jacob?
All quiet?
Yes, sir. All quiet.
Bart said that
you're a real hero,
no matter what people say.
Is that your bike?
That your gun? I don't want you
shooting anyone.
If it comes to it,
you shoot into the air.
-But Bart said--
-Listen to me...
You are not to shoot anyone.
Understand?
[Distant clatter, faint music]
Oh my gosh...
Oh my, Oh my gosh! Whoa!
[Marching band playing off key]
[Millard] Oh my gosh!
[Jacob] Whoa!
Stop! Stop! Stop!
[Sylvester] The name's Professor
Sylvester K. McCoffer.
What seems to be the problem?
Quarantine, you can't come in.
-What do you got?
-[Jacob] Diphtheria.
[Sylvester] Well...
All we wanna do is
pass on through.
We won't so much as step down,
any of us.
We could do it at a trot.
-Won't be for five minutes.
-No, you're gonna have--
We need to be in Montello,
no two ways about it.
We'll be out
before you can blink.
-How much is it gonna be?
-You have to listen!
-Huh? Five ones? One five?
-You're gonna have to--
Going south's gonna take us way
out of our way. Yes, my angel.
Get on with last week's
disaster. Daddy has to talk now.
People are dying here.
You wanna be one of them?
-[Rifle cocks]
-Come on in.
[Beating drums]
Millard, put the gun down.
[Drums grow louder]
Millard!
You're not listening to me.
You have to listen.
You're not listening to me.
You have to listen.
You're not listening to me!
You have to listen!
[Dark strings - one stroke]
[Dark strings]
[Marta panting]
[Marta wails in protest]
[Marta wails]
[Dark strings]
[Marta screams]
[Marta screams]
[Jacob] Shh.
[Marta screams]
[Marta crying]
[Marta groaning]
[Marta screams]
[Marta breathing heavily]
How come you're not sick?
It's you.
It has to be you.
[Marta screams]
[Scuffling]
[Marta screams]
[Jacob] Shh. Shh. Shh.
[Banging]
[Banging continues]
[Banging continues]
[Marta] Jacob!
I want my daughter!
Give me my daughter!
[Original score - dark
ambient music]
[Jacob] It was real.
It was real.
It has to be real.
Has to be real.
[Original score - two taps
on drums, resonant bells]
[Doc] How did Emil get out?
How the hell did they know?
[Cat meows]
Don't touch that.
They may have been sick.
-They weren't.
-Jacob...
-They weren't sick.
-How do you know?
Jacob?
[Drums, resonant bells]
[Music intensifies]
You don't know me.
You don't know me.
You don't know me!
Don't... Don't...
Don't... Don't... Don't.
Don't.
[Sniffles]
[Drums and bells stop]
You don't know me.
[Drums resume]
Marta?
[Final beats of drum]
[Knocking]
[Knocking]
[Door opening softly]
[Door closing]
Jacob?
Jacob?
[Original score - dark
ambient music]
Damn it, Jacob! It's me.
Jacob, it's me.
I don't know. I thought...
Jacob, where are your girls?
Where are they?
Look, the fire line didn't hold.
And Bart wired. Someone escaped.
Alright?
You told Millard not to shoot.
And the man, he...
He whipped Millard's eye out.
But we need to get people out.
[Original score - dark
ambient music]
[Harlow] Please.
There's a train
still coming through.
[Dark strings]
[Dark strings fade]
[Original score - light
ambient music]
[Music darkens]
Freight's coming in
at three still, so I...
I'm going to get
the healthy out on it.
You can't save everyone, Jacob.
That's not your job here.
-Don't put that on yourself.
-I won't.
I'm sorry
I can't help you anymore.
I can, I can come back
and check in on you.
[Doc] There's nothing
you can do for me.
I can let you know what
crazy old Chase is up to.
[Both laugh]
[Laughter turns to sobbing]
[Jacob cries bitterly]
[Distant singing]
[Nearer My God, To Thee
by Sara F. Adams / Lowell Maso]
[Chase]
Though like the wanderer
The sun gone down
Darkness
Be over me,
My rest
A stone
Yet all my dreams shall be
Nearer
My God, to thee
Nearer
My God, to thee
Nearer
My God, to thee
You have something for us?
[Jacob] Fire's coming.
Yes, we know.
[Jacob] I'm taking the
train out of town
with everyone who's not sick.
Everyone who is not sick?
How about those who are?
There's nothing
I can do for them.
I'm sorry.
I'm afraid it's come
too late for us.
[Jacob] No, there's still time.
The freight's coming in
at three, so--
It's not that.
I'm afraid all of us...
[Chase sighs]
We're all similarly afflicted.
So what are you going to do?
Father, I abandon myself
into your hands.
Do what you will with me.
Whatever you may do,
I thank you.
I'm ready for all.
I accept all.
Let only your will be done
in me,
and all your creatures.
I wish no more than this,
oh Lord.
Into your hands
I commend my soul.
I offer it to you with all
the love of my heart.
-For I love you, Lord.
-I love you, Lord.
And so need to give myself...
And so need to give myself...
Abandon myself into your hands
without reserve.
Abandon myself into your hands
without reserve.
With boundless confidence.
With boundless confidence.
You are my father.
You are my father.
You are a father
to the fatherless.
You are a father
to the fatherless.
-Forgive our sins, Lord.
-Forgive our sins.
[Train approaching]
Get behind me.
[Rifle cocks]
[Gunshot]
[Rifle cocks]
[Gunshot]
[Train whistles]
[Screeching of brakes]
[Piston noise fades, ends]
[Driver] Just what
the hell is all this?
[Jacob] Be obliged if you could
ride us to Shawano.
[Driver] Sign back at
the tunnel says
I'm not supposed to
take on riders.
[Jacob] I posted that sign.
Look, none of these people
are sick. I can vouch for them.
They can all fit in a boxcar.
Whole thing won't take
five minutes.
You won't even have to
look at them.
[Train rumbling]
[Train whistles]
[Brakes whining]
What's he doing?
[Cyril] Jacob?
[Jacob] What are you doing?
[Harlow] Cy, Cy, Cy...
-[Ominous music]
-[Jacob yelling indistinctly]
Why did you stop? Get back here!
You need to keep driving!
[Gunshot]
Bart?
Quarantine all done with, Jake?
Yes.
I thought you said another week.
We left the sick behind.
I can vouch for everyone here.
You know I can't
let you through.
None of these people are sick.
[Bart] I can't risk it.
What'd you do with the rest?
My people who came on their own?
All I could do. Sent them back.
[Bart] Caught Emil's family
hiding in a damn basement.
Where are they?
Where are they?!
Bart, I don't have time
for this.
You have to let us through!
[Bart] You know I can't let
your people into my town.
Please, Bart.
I can't.
[Cyril howls]
-Back!
-Cyril!
-Shut up and get back in there.
-We can't go back.
-Get back before I shoot you.
-Bart, leave him.
-Get back in there!
-Cy?
Go back in the boxcar.
Get back in the boxcar.
Get your gun off him, Bart.
Get your gun off him!
[Gunshots]
Harlow! Harlow!
Harlow!
[Tense music]
[Jacob] Harlow!
Take Cyril and run.
Take him and run!
Jacob!
[Harlow] Cy!
Come on! Cy!
[Harlow] Come on.
We need to run.
We need to run!
[Cyril screams]
[Harlow screams]
[Footsteps]
[Eerie music]
[Groans, coughs]
[Groans, coughs]
[Groans]
[Sobs]
[Groans]
[Drums beating softly]
[Jacob] It's you.
It has to be you.
A fallen soldier.
The marks.
You stripped the meat off.
Take me, then.
Take me.
You don't mean it.
You don't.
Don't lie,
you like it this way.
Alone.
With no one else.
A pariah wants to belong.
You don't know me.
You don't know me.
You don't...
You don't know me.
You don't.
You don't know me.
You don't know me.
You don't know me.
You don't.
[Original score - dark
ambient music]
[Original score - dark
ambient music continues]
[Original score - dark
ambient music continues]
[Flies buzzing]
[Original score - dark
ambient music continues]
[Original score - dark
ambient music continues]
[Original score - dark
ambient music continues]
[Music fades]
[Dramatic music]
[Drum - two beats]
[Drum - two beats]
[Drum - two beats]
[Drum - two beats]
[Original score - dark
monophonic hum]
[Drum - two beats]
[Drum - two beats]
[Drum - two beats]
[Rifle cocks]
[Drum - two beats]
[Drum - two beats]
[Drum - two beats]
[Drum - two beats]
[Horse chuffs]
[Drum - two beats]
[Discord]
[Jacob] Ribbit!
It worked the other day.
Why won't she laugh?
Ribbit!
[Baby cries]
[Marta] Jacob...
[Speaking Norwegian]
Look what you did.
We'll be in to do the shopping.
Okay, bye!
Bye! Bye!
-Jacob...
-Just one more time.
-Ribbit!
-Go now.
Go!
-Go, go, go!
-Ribbit!
[Metallic clanging]
[Speaking Norwegian]
Marta forgot to wake me.
Emil, English.
-You're in early.
-Ah.
[Emil] It's been a long morning.
My Arne caused some real
problems this morning, you know.
He got out of bed like
a freight train.
[Jacob] You see that dog
on your way in?
[Emil] Nope.
[Jacob]
Heat must have gotten it.
Drought's made things hard,
but...
Nothing we ain't
been through before.
Well, hell. At least
that fire's not down here.
[Bitsi] Sheriff Hansen!
Sheriff Hansen!
Sheriff Hansen!
There's a dead body.
Dead body?
My pa found a dead body
behind the beehive.
Come on, you need to come now!
Alright. Dead body.
[Bitsi] Yeah!
[Jacob] Whoo!
[Bitsi] That was not funny.
[Bitsi] Oh! Come on!
Hurry up!
-[Jacob] Morning, Meyer!
-[Meyer] Hey.
[Bees buzzing]
Back there, there's
a young fella dead.
I don't know who. Tramp, maybe.
Looks like he was in the war.
It's been five years.
Someone ought to tell them
that the battle's over.
I'm sorry, Sheriff. I...
I know you been through it,
but it's the truth.
-What you got there, Bits?
-The circus.
-Is it coming here?
-Yes.
-Well, let me see.
-No.
Bits, give it to me!
-No!
-All right, damn it.
Get off him.
Man needs to work.
Would you mind looking after
my bike for me?
Go bother your brothers.
[Jacob] Lord, bless this
poor soul. Forgive him his sins.
Forgive all of us,
and receive him in thy Kingdom.
Remove from this man
the calamity of war.
May he rest in tranquility,
for there is nothing left
to make him afraid.
Oh God, please hasten the time
when the reign of peace
shall come, and war shall cease
-to the ends of the earth.
-[Rustling noises]
[Meyer groans]
Oh!
I don't know why
they gotta come here.
There's no work for them.
Betcha I'll load up the gun
with rock salt tonight, sure.
Any problems with the colony?
Nope, pretty quiet lately.
Meyer...
[Jacob] His pockets
were turned out.
Someone robbed that man
of what little he had.
-You didn't touch him?
-No, sir.
I wanted nothing to do with him.
[Woman wailing]
[Lydia] I love you!
[Jacob] Miss?
[Lydia] You're my Lord,
my Savior!
Miss?
Sheriff here.
Everything alright?
[Wailing continues]
[Lydia screams]
[Lydia screams]
[Clock ticking]
She's from the colony.
One of Chase's women.
[Jacob] She seems confused.
Or lost.
She keeps asking
for Brother Chase.
We should get her back to him.
Shh.
And the man's a soldier.
Meyer said he didn't touch him,
but... I think he robbed him.
[Doc] Hm.
What happened to your hand?
Hm.
-Which one is he?
-[Thaddeus] Sir?
Are you Marcus or Thaddeus?
I can never tell you two apart.
I'm Thaddeus.
I'm the one with the scar.
Thaddeus, do you think
you're strong enough
to help Jacob bring the
other fellow in?
-[Thaddeus] Yes, sir.
-Hm.
[Wagon creaking]
[Jacob] Thaddeus, come on.
-[Doc] Put him down.
-Here?
Put him down on the floor, now.
What is it?
[Shuts door]
Open that curtain.
[Doc sighs]
What is it?
Take him to your office.
And don't touch anything.
And you wash up good after.
[Jacob] Go on.
Keep your hands up.
Thaddeus, don't do it!
Don't pick your nose.
[Giggles]
Don't!
Was my ma down there?
She was.
Did you put her blood out?
I did.
Thaddeus?
What are you doing?
Go on.
The man you found,
the one in your cellar...
You said his pockets
were turned out?
Well, I don't think Old
Meyer killed him.
He's had some money problems
since his wife passed but
he's no murderer.
Did he touch him?
Alright, get him in the ground.
Don't dress him out.
Don't bleed him.
-He's a soldier.
-Jacob...
I'm not asking.
[Jacob] What is it?
If I'm right...
Diphtheria.
We can leave.
We'll take what we need
and go to Aunt Bette's.
[Jacob] I can't. You know that.
I'll just take Amelia then.
You can say it's a visit.
[Jacob] How would that look?
I don't care how it looks.
I care about our daughter.
You and Amelia just stay inside.
[Marta] What if you get it?
-I won't.
-What if it spreads?
-I won't let it.
-[Marta crying]
Marta...
[Original score - dark
ambient music]
[Jacob] You protect them.
You love them. You love them.
Of course you love them.
Of course you...
How cold you can be,
even with your own.
Faith will always...
Faith will always save you.
Faith...
Save you.
A soldier. A fellow soldier.
You buttoned the sleeves,
so they don't see.
They can't see.
My error remains within myself.
They know not what you've done.
They've done nothing. [Crying]
[Amelia - baby talk]
[Amelia babbles, Jacob chuckles]
What's that?
You think
the woman's better today?
[Jacob] Mm-hmm.
[Amelia - baby talk]
-Is she one of Chase's?
-Think so.
I'll a...
I'll go out to the colony
and speak with him.
[Marta] Be careful.
That whole place could
be diseased, the way they live.
-Please don't talk like that.
-[Marta] Well, it's true.
No, I was...
I was being silly last night.
Being a silly chicken.
[Jacob chuckles]
[Marta] We'll be fine.
We'll be fine.
We'll stay inside.
[Amelia babbles happily]
-Are you sure?
-Yes.
Just stop by Fenton's for me.
You were there yesterday.
No, I wasn't.
[Chase] Lydia needs to be
at home.
You cannot touch her.
Deacon please.
-[Doc] I've already explained
to Reverend Chase--
[Chase] It's Brother Chase.
And I'm aware of
the consequences.
We have not two but three
certified nurses among us.
Let us take care of her.
I'm sorry, it's too contagious.
The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
He maketh me lie
in green pastures.
Deal with my soul.
Though I walk through
the valley of death--
[Doc] Stop, no. Stop!
I fear no evil, for I am
with you, says the Lord.
Don't let her... Don't let her
die like this, please!
Let her see a face she knows.
I won't touch her.
[Chase softly speaking
indistinctly to Lydia]
[Tense music]
[Doc] Man's an idiot.
Chase and his women.
He can bawl all he wants.
He thinks God can protect
them from this.
-What does he know?
-Well, he's...
He's just trying to do
the best for his flock.
[Doc chuckles]
Is that what he calls them?
Is there anything
you can give her?
I'm... I'm trying.
[Clanking]
That's Emil's boy again.
[Jacob] Hey! Hey!
Hey, hey! Stop, stop!
[Arne] Sheriff.
[Jacob] You alright there, Cy?
Your pa know you're down here?
I'll be sure to tell him.
Get out of here. Come on!
What you got there, Cy?
[Cyril] They said I...
They said
I would get eaten, Sheriff.
They said they let
them animals loose
and if you can't run fast,
they get you.
I'll tell you what.
-Why don't we go together?
-To the circus?
Mm-hmm.
-Really?
-Mm-hmm.
-The circus is coming here?
-Mm-hmm.
-With animals and everything?
-Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
I'd like to see it.
You think it would be too scary
for Amelia?
-What?
-She's asleep.
[Jacob laughing]
-Shh.
-[Jacob laughs]
Jacob, shh!
How do we get her into bed?
-Shh, you're gonna wake her up.
-That's funny.
She can't sleep under the table,
Jacob!
-[Jacob laughs]
-Shh, shh, shh.
-[Jacob laughs]
-Shh, shh, shh.
Somebody's dog is lying dead
up on the road, by the well.
Did you see it?
No.
Chase's woman had a rough night.
Lydia.
We should start taking
some precautions.
No.
Not yet.
You tell your wife?
Irma's still in Chicago.
I told her to stay put
until this blows over.
Until this blows over.
[Fenton] I've been robbed!
[Tense music]
My damn store's been robbed!
Someone stole my knife.
Took it right from me.
Only one's been in today
been one of Chase's women.
And Harlow brought a wire.
But he wasn't here more
than a minute
and right beside me
the whole time.
[Jacob] How long has it
been missing?
Can't remember when I last
checked for it.
[Jacob] What color was it?
Pearl with a black inlay.
Best I carry.
Had an "M" inscribed on it.
I'll keep an eye out.
[Fenton] Something you need?
-Marta asked I do the shopping.
-Might do it now.
While it's quiet.
[Jacob's footsteps]
Jakob.
Marta likes the other one.
[Original score - dark
ambient music]
[Fenton] Jakob's your real name,
right?
Does anyone in town know that?
I could tell them.
You see, I had a Jakob in
my regiment. He was a proud man.
He kept his name.
[Music intensifies]
[Jacob] You don't know me.
Don't. Don't.
You don't know me.
Don't know me.
You don't know me.
Don't know me.
You don't know me.
You don't, don't, don't.
[His words turn to blows]
-[Amelia crying]
-This isn't enough.
[Jacob] I can go back tomorrow.
-[Marta] I can go.
-No.
[Amelia complains, cries]
How long do we have to
stay inside? Jacob!
Not long.
[Amelia cries loudly]
Shh.
-How long?
-[Ringing noise]
[Door slams shut]
-Jacob, where are you going?
-Go back inside.
Go back inside! Now!
[Amelia cries]
[Original score - dark
ambient music]
[Twigs snapping]
[Jacob] Ho!
[Rustling]
[Dissonance]
[Rustling]
Ho!
[Dark ambient music continues]
[Dissonance]
[Anguished weeping]
[Sobs loudly]
[Dissonance]
[Woman cries, music peaks]
[Jacob, softly]
Lord, in your mercy...
It has to be real.
Have mercy.
[Fenton speaks angrily,
indistinct]
[Jacob's footsteps]
[Jacob] What was that about?
[Harlow] Thieves. Chase.
You know, Fenton's always
going on about something.
Yeah.
-Anything I should know about?
-Nothing out of the ordinary.
I mean, it could stand to rain.
The way it's been so hot
people are fretting about
that wildfire up North.
And don't think it's
headed our way.
The wind never really
picks up here.
[Woman singing
indistinctly outside]
Let's bring the fire brigade in.
John Henry and his men.
Have a line ready in case.
-Jacob, that fire's moving west.
-I won't risk it. Bring them in.
Yes, Sheriff.
-Your girls out of town?
-Excuse me?
Marta's Aunt Bette sent
all those wires about a visit.
And I haven't seen Marta
and the baby in a while.
Ah, yeah.
[Jacob sighs]
Ascribe unto the Lord
[Psalm 96:7-13]
O ye kindreds of the people
Ascribe unto the Lord
Worship and power
Ascribe unto the Lord
The honor due unto his name
Bring praises
and come into his court
Ascribe unto the Lord
O ye kindreds of the people
Ascribe unto the Lord
Worship and power
Ascribe unto the Lord...
[Cyrus] Sheriff! Sheriff!
-Morning, Cy.
-Sheriff?
Old Meyer's shed caught fire.
I saw it when I came in
from the bell tower.
I...
I can even see it now.
[Door slams]
Goddamn!
Stupid mother...
Ow!
[Meyer] Oh God!
You're Marcus?
Where's your brother?
-[Marcus] He's sick.
-Thaddeus has taken sick?
Oh, ain't that the way.
Never around when you need them.
What's... What's wrong with him?
[Bees buzzing]
I don't know.
Says his throat hurts him.
Won't eat anything.
Won't take a drink. Nothing.
-[Jacob] And Bitsi?
-One gets sick, they all do.
You know how that goes.
They're young, though.
They bounce back quick.
[Meyer] That's nature's way
of toughening us up.
It's like Abraham.
No. No.
It's Job.
It's Job.
No, no, no. I may have...
Yeah, no. I may have...
I may have mixed that up here.
You know last week's sermon...
You said it.
Marta? Marta...
You were right.
Just take Amelia and leave.
Go tonight.
I'll wire Aunt Bette, let her
know you're coming.
She's sick.
What?
She's sick.
[Metallic clatter, Doc humming]
[Doc] You didn't tell Old Meyer
anything, did you?
No.
And he's been sick three days?
Jacob?
Yeah. And Bitsi.
And Chase's woman passed
when you were gone.
Lydia. Call her Lydia.
Chase was here when it happened.
He went to get her something
to wear.
I thought you didn't want me
dressing people out?
[Doc] I don't.
But he won't listen.
So throw whatever it is away,
and get her in the ground.
[Door slams]
-Deacon?
-Brother Chase.
Let me dress her
and let us have her home.
Please.
I'm sorry, I can't.
-I'm not here to cause trouble.
-I know that.
So let me, Deacon.
She was a good person.
-[Jacob] I know she was--
-You didn't know her.
-[Chase] You're not from here.
-What has that got to--
[Chase] You know what it is to
be alone. You know the fear,
of dying that way of,
no one knowing
you were ever here.
Do what's right, Deacon.
Please.
[Wagon rattling]
[Original score - gentle
ambient music]
[Doc] Jacob!
Jacob!
Don't worry,
I'll hold her still.
You see Thaddeus and Bitsi?
Yeah, saw them both.
Just have to wait and see.
Did Chase give you any trouble?
No.
Is Meyer gonna put up a
quarantine sign or you...
You want me to?
[Doc] I asked him not to.
We'll just say it's chickenpox.
Jacob...
We can't risk anyone leaving.
I'd rather keep it here.
And if it gets worse,
we can close off the town.
Quarantine the whole place.
That's what they did in St. Joe.
It worked?
[Doc sighs]
It didn't spread.
[Amelia gasps]
Marta! What are you doing?
Flip her over!
Marta, get her on her belly!
Jesus.
[Amelia retches]
[Amelia screams]
-[Doc] Amelia?
-[Amelia crying]
[Doc] Can you open your mouth?
Ahhh. Yeah.
Ahhh.
Can you open your mouth?
Can you open your mouth?
Like that.
Yes, that's it. That's it.
[Amelia crying]
[Doc] And there you go. Yes.
[Amelia screams]
Shh.
Shh.
[Amelia screams, cries]
[Doc sighs]
[Sighs]
She has what is called a thrush
in the back of her throat.
[Marta sobs]
And...
Is there something...
Something she can take?
What... What you gave her
for the colic?
Can... Can she take that, or...?
[Marta sobs]
[Doc sighs]
Jacob.
[Sighs]
I'm sorry.
[Marta cries]
Now, there is something I have.
When it was my Elizabeth, I gave
it to her to make it go faster.
[Marta sobs]
[Several children crying]
[Boy coughing]
Whatever it is,
they've all got it!
[Somber music]
-We need to call a quarantine.
-No.
-I'm calling a quarantine.
-No.
[Jacob] I'm going tell Cyril
to ring them out.
[Doc] No, don't
worry about that.
-[Jacob] I decide now!
-[Doc] Jacob, Jacob...
-People are dying here.
-[tense music]
And many more people will die
when they flee.
If you call a quarantine,
and Cyril rings out the dead,
people will panic.
One person. That's all it takes
to spread this into every town.
I cannot allow us to be
so irresponsible.
What about my congregation?
I have service tomorrow.
What am I supposed
to I tell them?
-Nothing.
-[Jacob scoffs]
-You expect me to lie?
-Yes.
I can take her.
She's not so warm anymore.
[Jacob chuckles]
Her mother's daughter.
There's some of you
in there too.
No.
There's not.
We all have a soul.
A soul as well as a body, and...
While our bodies might toil for
a short time on this earth...
Our souls might live forever.
Forever in God's arms.
And it is of little importance
whether you're in poverty
or greatest affluence,
whether your body is
sickly or in health,
pained or at ease.
Whether you're respected
or despised.
Because we know that
death is certain.
It comes to us all.
And in your dying moments, if
you call the world your own...
What good would it do you?
What, what comfort would it
afford your soul?
And it is your soul's path that
must be your only real concern.
The companion of angels
and saints made perfect
around the throne of God.
Or doomed, wailing demons
and damned spirits in Hell.
We must escape his wrath
to secure an inheritance
among the saints in the light.
So let us turn to God.
Let us lift our hearts to him.
The hour is coming in which
all shall hear his voice.
Let us ask him.
Dear Lord...
What must we do to be saved?
[Emil] Cy, Arne's got
something to say to you.
I'm sorry.
Jacob's taking me to the circus.
Oh, that true?
Well, how about that.
Arne, go back to playing.
And take Cy with you.
Do it now.
[Emil sighs]
Marta and Amelia stayed back
this morning?
You know,
Mary's really been wanting
to see your girls, and...
Marta usually calls by
a few times. They...
They okay?
-Emil, Mary and your boys...
-[Emil chuckles]
I can barely hear what
you're saying.
[Speaking Norwegian]
[Original score - dark
ambient music]
[Music reaches climax]
[Slams drawer shut]
[Silence]
[Jacob sighs heavily]
I want her to breathe.
I just want her to breathe.
[Jacob sighs]
[Bell ringing loudly]
[Jacob] What happened?
Why is Cyril ringing them out?
We need to quarantine now.
The whole town.
No one in, no one out.
It's a damn shame they brought
the fire brigade in.
I'll wire Bart, have him come
meet me to close the border.
And I can see what
Chase is thinking.
[Doc] I already spoke with him.
He got word of this fire,
and he's convinced
them all it's the end times.
[Bart] You think this is enough?
Well, should do.
Appreciate it, Bart.
How bad is it, Jake?
I heard Cyril ringing away
this morning.
[Jacob chuckles]
Nothing we can't handle.
-And how's old Doc holding out?
-He's alright.
Just a little busy.
And you, Jake?
How are your girls?
They're fine.
Don't think this will get us.
But this fire has my people
all riled up.
Running around like a bunch
of dumb hens. [Chuckles]
Half my town has cleared out
and the other half
stocked up on buckets.
-I thought it was headed west.
-Not that I heard.
-What's that?
-Oh...
-Got plenty.
-Could always use another.
That's true.
It is true.
[Doc] How's Amelia?
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ambient music]
[Jacob] I got it.
[Jacob] Meyer?
Meyer, it's Jacob.
Bitsi?
[Door opens]
Meyer?
Meyer?
It's Jacob.
[Dark ambient music continues]
Don't be alarmed all right?
I, I, I just want to
see how you're getting on.
Meyer?
[Dark ambient music continues]
[Gun cocks]
[Jacob sighs]
[Dark ambient music continues]
Thaddeus!
Thaddeus, can you hear me?
[Bees buzzing]
[Horse breathing]
[Ambient tone]
Sarah and her boys just up here?
Oh, I need to...
Just need to tend to the dog.
Do it after.
[Doc sobs]
[Doc exhales heavily]
[Doc sighs]
[Voices whispering]
Faith will always save you.
[Jacob] No.
[Voices whispering]
Faith will always save you.
[Jacob] No.
[Voices whispering continues]
[Jacob] No.
No, it's a question.
You don't want to be, because
you don't deserve to be.
[Dissonance
- indistinct whispers]
-I understand you're upset.
-[Man] Are we trapped in here?
Bart's got some crazy kid
with a gun blocking the road.
-Doc's gonna tell us--
- [Woman] He said,
you're in charge.
This is all because of
that damn Chase
and his diseased people
that you let stay.
This has nothing to do
with Chase.
[Fenton] I'll tell everyone.
The horse.
That soldier.
I see you got Marta and
your little Amelia
all nice and cared for.
[Fenton] Taking
no chances with them.
This isn't the war, Jacob.
You don't get to decide
who lives and--
Out!
Get out!
[Jacob] What's all this about...
A kid with a gun at the border?
The fire's shifted.
It's headed straight for us.
[Millard] Pow!
Pow!
Pow!
You Jacob?
All quiet?
Yes, sir. All quiet.
Bart said that
you're a real hero,
no matter what people say.
Is that your bike?
That your gun? I don't want you
shooting anyone.
If it comes to it,
you shoot into the air.
-But Bart said--
-Listen to me...
You are not to shoot anyone.
Understand?
[Distant clatter, faint music]
Oh my gosh...
Oh my, Oh my gosh! Whoa!
[Marching band playing off key]
[Millard] Oh my gosh!
[Jacob] Whoa!
Stop! Stop! Stop!
[Sylvester] The name's Professor
Sylvester K. McCoffer.
What seems to be the problem?
Quarantine, you can't come in.
-What do you got?
-[Jacob] Diphtheria.
[Sylvester] Well...
All we wanna do is
pass on through.
We won't so much as step down,
any of us.
We could do it at a trot.
-Won't be for five minutes.
-No, you're gonna have--
We need to be in Montello,
no two ways about it.
We'll be out
before you can blink.
-How much is it gonna be?
-You have to listen!
-Huh? Five ones? One five?
-You're gonna have to--
Going south's gonna take us way
out of our way. Yes, my angel.
Get on with last week's
disaster. Daddy has to talk now.
People are dying here.
You wanna be one of them?
-[Rifle cocks]
-Come on in.
[Beating drums]
Millard, put the gun down.
[Drums grow louder]
Millard!
You're not listening to me.
You have to listen.
You're not listening to me.
You have to listen.
You're not listening to me!
You have to listen!
[Dark strings - one stroke]
[Dark strings]
[Marta panting]
[Marta wails in protest]
[Marta wails]
[Dark strings]
[Marta screams]
[Marta screams]
[Jacob] Shh.
[Marta screams]
[Marta crying]
[Marta groaning]
[Marta screams]
[Marta breathing heavily]
How come you're not sick?
It's you.
It has to be you.
[Marta screams]
[Scuffling]
[Marta screams]
[Jacob] Shh. Shh. Shh.
[Banging]
[Banging continues]
[Banging continues]
[Marta] Jacob!
I want my daughter!
Give me my daughter!
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ambient music]
[Jacob] It was real.
It was real.
It has to be real.
Has to be real.
[Original score - two taps
on drums, resonant bells]
[Doc] How did Emil get out?
How the hell did they know?
[Cat meows]
Don't touch that.
They may have been sick.
-They weren't.
-Jacob...
-They weren't sick.
-How do you know?
Jacob?
[Drums, resonant bells]
[Music intensifies]
You don't know me.
You don't know me.
You don't know me!
Don't... Don't...
Don't... Don't... Don't.
Don't.
[Sniffles]
[Drums and bells stop]
You don't know me.
[Drums resume]
Marta?
[Final beats of drum]
[Knocking]
[Knocking]
[Door opening softly]
[Door closing]
Jacob?
Jacob?
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ambient music]
Damn it, Jacob! It's me.
Jacob, it's me.
I don't know. I thought...
Jacob, where are your girls?
Where are they?
Look, the fire line didn't hold.
And Bart wired. Someone escaped.
Alright?
You told Millard not to shoot.
And the man, he...
He whipped Millard's eye out.
But we need to get people out.
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ambient music]
[Harlow] Please.
There's a train
still coming through.
[Dark strings]
[Dark strings fade]
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ambient music]
[Music darkens]
Freight's coming in
at three still, so I...
I'm going to get
the healthy out on it.
You can't save everyone, Jacob.
That's not your job here.
-Don't put that on yourself.
-I won't.
I'm sorry
I can't help you anymore.
I can, I can come back
and check in on you.
[Doc] There's nothing
you can do for me.
I can let you know what
crazy old Chase is up to.
[Both laugh]
[Laughter turns to sobbing]
[Jacob cries bitterly]
[Distant singing]
[Nearer My God, To Thee
by Sara F. Adams / Lowell Maso]
[Chase]
Though like the wanderer
The sun gone down
Darkness
Be over me,
My rest
A stone
Yet all my dreams shall be
Nearer
My God, to thee
Nearer
My God, to thee
Nearer
My God, to thee
You have something for us?
[Jacob] Fire's coming.
Yes, we know.
[Jacob] I'm taking the
train out of town
with everyone who's not sick.
Everyone who is not sick?
How about those who are?
There's nothing
I can do for them.
I'm sorry.
I'm afraid it's come
too late for us.
[Jacob] No, there's still time.
The freight's coming in
at three, so--
It's not that.
I'm afraid all of us...
[Chase sighs]
We're all similarly afflicted.
So what are you going to do?
Father, I abandon myself
into your hands.
Do what you will with me.
Whatever you may do,
I thank you.
I'm ready for all.
I accept all.
Let only your will be done
in me,
and all your creatures.
I wish no more than this,
oh Lord.
Into your hands
I commend my soul.
I offer it to you with all
the love of my heart.
-For I love you, Lord.
-I love you, Lord.
And so need to give myself...
And so need to give myself...
Abandon myself into your hands
without reserve.
Abandon myself into your hands
without reserve.
With boundless confidence.
With boundless confidence.
You are my father.
You are my father.
You are a father
to the fatherless.
You are a father
to the fatherless.
-Forgive our sins, Lord.
-Forgive our sins.
[Train approaching]
Get behind me.
[Rifle cocks]
[Gunshot]
[Rifle cocks]
[Gunshot]
[Train whistles]
[Screeching of brakes]
[Piston noise fades, ends]
[Driver] Just what
the hell is all this?
[Jacob] Be obliged if you could
ride us to Shawano.
[Driver] Sign back at
the tunnel says
I'm not supposed to
take on riders.
[Jacob] I posted that sign.
Look, none of these people
are sick. I can vouch for them.
They can all fit in a boxcar.
Whole thing won't take
five minutes.
You won't even have to
look at them.
[Train rumbling]
[Train whistles]
[Brakes whining]
What's he doing?
[Cyril] Jacob?
[Jacob] What are you doing?
[Harlow] Cy, Cy, Cy...
-[Ominous music]
-[Jacob yelling indistinctly]
Why did you stop? Get back here!
You need to keep driving!
[Gunshot]
Bart?
Quarantine all done with, Jake?
Yes.
I thought you said another week.
We left the sick behind.
I can vouch for everyone here.
You know I can't
let you through.
None of these people are sick.
[Bart] I can't risk it.
What'd you do with the rest?
My people who came on their own?
All I could do. Sent them back.
[Bart] Caught Emil's family
hiding in a damn basement.
Where are they?
Where are they?!
Bart, I don't have time
for this.
You have to let us through!
[Bart] You know I can't let
your people into my town.
Please, Bart.
I can't.
[Cyril howls]
-Back!
-Cyril!
-Shut up and get back in there.
-We can't go back.
-Get back before I shoot you.
-Bart, leave him.
-Get back in there!
-Cy?
Go back in the boxcar.
Get back in the boxcar.
Get your gun off him, Bart.
Get your gun off him!
[Gunshots]
Harlow! Harlow!
Harlow!
[Tense music]
[Jacob] Harlow!
Take Cyril and run.
Take him and run!
Jacob!
[Harlow] Cy!
Come on! Cy!
[Harlow] Come on.
We need to run.
We need to run!
[Cyril screams]
[Harlow screams]
[Footsteps]
[Eerie music]
[Groans, coughs]
[Groans, coughs]
[Groans]
[Sobs]
[Groans]
[Drums beating softly]
[Jacob] It's you.
It has to be you.
A fallen soldier.
The marks.
You stripped the meat off.
Take me, then.
Take me.
You don't mean it.
You don't.
Don't lie,
you like it this way.
Alone.
With no one else.
A pariah wants to belong.
You don't know me.
You don't know me.
You don't...
You don't know me.
You don't.
You don't know me.
You don't know me.
You don't know me.
You don't.
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ambient music]
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ambient music continues]
[Flies buzzing]
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ambient music continues]
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ambient music continues]
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ambient music continues]
[Music fades]