The Nomad (2022) Movie Script
1
[eerie music]
[street noise]
[eerie music]
[police siren]
[eerie music]
[foot steps]
[gun shot]
[gun shot]
[breathing]
[seagulls squawking]
[soft music]
[soft music]
[soft music]
[soft music]
LANCE: Good morning.
DANEEN: Stop it.
LANCE: You have nothing
to be grumpy about.
Well... Thank you.
I do have reasons
to be worried.
LANCE: I haven't said a word
about us to anyone from work.
How about anyone
not from work?
You really have
to chill about this.
You work for me.
Who cares about
what people think?
You not seeing
this as a problem...
...makes it an even
bigger problem.
LANCE: Sweet Jesus!
Those are the
ones you like.
LANCE: You have a rosary
on the night table.
Is it new?
DANEEN: It belonged
to my grandmother.
Sure, whatever.
DANEEN: It's a family Relic.
Eat your muffin.
Do you think Aaron
seems a little off lately?
I don't think he ever looked on.
I understand why he's
feeling so uncomfortable.
Especially now that
we are so close.
LANCE: He knew what this whole
thing was about. Don't feel
sorry for him.
His feelings are little
hurt. Who cares.
This is bigger than him,
bigger than any of us.
DANEEN: If we succeed today I
don't think it's gonna be okay
with the results.
LANCE: When we succeed today.
Making history is troubling.
Talk to Elijah.
He'll know what to do
about his condition.
Faith is not a condition.
It's an it's an antivirus!
[Lance laughs] All right, okay.
I've already heard that speech.
Look...
Talk to Elijah.
DANEEN: I already did.
Right after we moved
into the lab.
He didn't seem to have...
...any problems with Aaron then.
LANCE: Talk to him again.
He might seem to have
a problem with him now.
Anyway...
Finish that and go.
You kicking me out already?
We're not gonna walk
in the lab holding hands.
One can only dream.
[eerie music]
LANCE: You want to run it again?
DANEEN: No need.
LANCE: We can do it.
I know we can but...
...it wouldn't make
any difference.
AARON: You don't know that.
DANEEN: We've run it five times
already.
AARON: So run it a sixth and
a seventh and an eighth.
I believe it's time to
accept the results.
- AARON: Fuck your results!
- LANCE: That's out of line,
Aaron!
Fuck your results
and fuck you all!
DANEEN: I heard you
the first time, Aaron!
- DANEEN: I know how you feel.
- AARON: The fuck you do.
DANEEN: What makes you think I'm
not feeling the same way?
AARON: Cause you don't
have any fucking faith...
You just want to
destroy everything...
That's all you've been
after since all this started.
DANEEN: You're right.
I don't have any faith.
I don't believe in a higher
power that supervises
everything.
AARON: How could you
possibly know how I feel?
[shower runs]
[dramatic music]
DANEEN: I didn't destroy
anything.
I wanted answers. Like you,
like everybody here.
Some answer you found.
DANEEN: The truth hurts. I know.
- DANEEN: Aaron...
- AARON: Get te fuck away from
me.
Our names will be
next to Copernicus...
...and Galileo in
the history books.
AARON: Get the fuck away from
me!
[shower runs]
[dramatic music]
[people fighting]
[punch]
[Aaron fighting]
LANCE: No, no!
[gun shot]
[gun shot]
Nobody move!
AARON: Stop!
DANEEN: He's bleeding.
AARON: Everybody stay back.
DANEEN: He needs an ambulance.
Now.
[Aaron tosses gun]
Call a fucking ambulance. Now!
[music ends]
[shower running]
[tree leaves blown by wind]
PHILL: Are you sure
you're not cold?
ANGELINA: What makes you think
I would lie about that?
PHILL: Beats me...
...kind of like every other
thing that you do.
ANGELINA: Closer to death every
minute. No time for bullshit.
Well...
Thank you, Phil.
You're welcome, Angelina.
LEAH: Hey Phil. Is she giving
you a hard time?
PHIL: When is she not?
LEAH: Morning, mom.
ANGELINA: He keeps insisting
I wear a sweater. I'm not cold.
How many ways do
I have to tell him?
LEAH: He's just trying to do
his job. That's all.
Annoying.
ANGELINA: Whatever...
Thank you, Phil.
You're welcome.
[melodic piano music]
What did you bring me?
Don't blow it, all right?
It was hard enough
finding this place.
This zoo you mean.
Chocolate.
I love chocolate.
I know.
So...
How is your video thing going?
Still like it?
Yeah. Why wouldn't I?
You are a news reporter...
Should have an
office job like I did.
Better yet...
Be a pretty face anchor.
Less exposed.
No, thank you.
You certainly have the face for
it.
ANGELINA: Look...
There are two kinds
of people in this world...
The ones who like themselves
and the ones that don't.
You have to decide which
one you're going to be...
...and I strongly
recommend the former.
[music]
What did you
bring me today?
[sad music]
Chocolates.
Great... I love chocolate.
I know, mom.
[music ends]
[street noise]
LANDLORD: This is it. Utilities
are not included.
AARON: I'll take.
LANDLORD: You haven't even seen
the whole place yet.
[sinister music]
I'll take it.
Okay...
I'll... uh... need to check
your credit score...
I'll get back to you
as soon as I do so.
This will cover six months.
Church collection box.
I'll take the jacket too.
[keys rattle]
LANDLORD: Six months...
That's it.
[music]
[music]
[suspenseful music]
[police siren]
DANEEN: How is he?
ELIJAH: Still in surgery.
I sent a team to go and try to
find him he shouldn't be too
far.
- DANEEN: I want to go too.
- ELIJAH: They're already out
there.
Who do you send?
Katherine y Robert.
- DANEEN: Those pencil pushers?
- ELIJAH: I can't send the cops
now, can I?
DANEE: I know him.
I can find him first.
ELIJAH: I'm sure you can.
DANEEN: I told you he was
going to be trouble...
- DANEEN: You could have done
something about it.
- ELIJAH: So this is my fault?
That's what you're saying?
That's not what I meant.
Look, this isn't easy for any of
us.
DANEEN: That's why you have to
let me go after him...
I'm not saying I can
predict his moves...
...but I've been working
with you for five years...
...Got to know
him pretty well.
Use whatever means necessary.
Whatever means necessary,
do you understand?
He cannot talk.
He won't
[eerie church organ music]
[metal gate closes]
[eerie church organ music]
[hammer blow]
FATHER CHARLES: Stop!
Please. Stop!
AARON: Tell me, priest...
Why did God make us?
What's the meaning of life?
What?
The meaning of life.
What is it?
To love and serve God.
[hit]
To love and serve others.
[hit]
God put us on this earth
to care for each other.
AARON: Then why did he put
us here in the first place?
Aaron!
Yes... Aaron.
But... why?
You don't have a clue, do you?
[hit to the head]
[music ends abruptly]
[subway train approaches]
[suspenseful music]
[train in motion]
COMMUTER: Excuse me.
suspenseful music
FRANK: Get back here!
Get back in the house!
ANGELINA: Leave me alone!
FRANK: You're acting crazy!
ANGELINA: Fuck you!
FRANK: It's gonna bee alright,
my sweet baby girl...
- FRANK: Get back in there!
- ANGELINA: Fuck you!
Leah, my sweet baby girl.
ANGELINA: Don't touch her.
Don't you touch her!
[suspenseful music]
[suspenseful music]
[train leaves]
[train arrives]
[suspenseful music]
[car]
[camera records]
[suspenseful music]
VOICE MAIL RECORDING: Hey, this
is Lance Abad...
... You know the 'beep' routine.
Hey Lance. It's Daneen...
I know you can't answer
your phone right now...
I just wanted to
let you know that I...
... I didn't see this coming...
... I didn't see it.
I should have but...
[sad music]
I'm gonna find Aaron and
make him pay for this.
Next time I'd see you...
I'd love to walk in the lab
holding hands with you.
[sad music]
[suspenseful music]
MATT: Leah, you did a
great job today.
MATT: What's wrong?
Did you see a ghost?
Sorry...
... I thought that
I saw somebody.
MATT: You alright?
Yeah.
Anyway, I wanted to tell you
that you did a great job today.
Murder scene footage.
Oh... yeah...
Thank you.
You've already told me
that up there though.
MATT: Actually I wanted to tell
you that I'm having a dinner
party at my place this Saturday.
... I mean just a few friends
and some other work-related
people.
- LEAH: Great... Have fun. A
- MATT: I wanted you to come.
MATT: If you want to, of course.
No obligation.
I have to go to Village Park.
What's Village Park?
It's a retirement home
that mom's in.
On Saturday night?
Yeah... She's not doing well so
I...
... have to go and take care of
her.
Okay then. Your loss.
Thank you anyway.
- MATT: See you tomorrow?
- LEAH: Yeah. Yes, of course.
[dials]
AARON VOICE MAIL: Hi. You've
reached Aaron Swafford.
Can't come to the
phone right now...
Please leave a message.
Hey Aaron. It's Daneen again...
There's only one way to make
things right.
Call me.
[suspenseful music]
[suspenseful music continuing]
[suspenseful music continuing]
[suspenseful music continuing]
[moaning]
[suspenseful music continuing]
[Leah moaning]
[suspenseful music continuing]
[Leah moaning]
[suspenseful music continuing]
[Leah moaning]
[suspenseful music continuing]
[Leah moaning]
[suspenseful music continuing]
[Leah moaning]
[Leah moaning]
- FRANK: Get back in the fucking
house...
- ANGELINA: No. No!
- FRANK: Get back in there!
- ANGELINA: Leave me alone!
FRANK: You're acting like
a crazy woman!
- ANGELINA: Fuck you!
- FRANK: Leah...
Leah, my sweet baby girl.
ANGELINA: Don't touch her!
FRANK: I didn't touch her!
I didn't touch her!
[stabbing]
[eerie music]
[inaudible]
[inaudible]
[soft music]
ANGELINA: No chocolate today?
Mom, your sugar level
is through the roof.
Fuck my sugar level.
How is it possible that
a number has power over me?
LEAH: The number doesn't
have power over you...
- LEAH: But your doctor should
though.
- ANGELINA: Fuck my doctor too.
Beautiful, Mom!
What's life without its
pleasures?
Coming from a presbyterian,
apparently a nightmare.
Exactly!
And leave the church out of
this.
I've been trying for years but
you won't let me.
Where's all this
bitterness coming from?
What's wrong with Jesus
all of a sudden?
Nothing Mom.
It was a joke.
LEAH: I go to church.
When I have time.
ANGELINA: And apparently
you don't want to.
I did my best, you know?
I gave you an education.
I gave you Faith...
Where would you be
without your ethics?
LEAH: Okay, mom.
I get it.
I saw Dad.
Where?
In front of my building...
Just for a split second.
- ANGELINA: Did you talk to him?
- LEAH: No...
He disappeared.
Does he still live in Roslyn?
Don't you go and
do anything stupid.
LEAH: Like what?
Kill him?
At least I would have
the guts to do it.
His wife is not yours to take.
LEAH: Are you kidding me?
If anybody had the right to take
his life it would be me.
Not you.
Not God.
Me.
[dramatic music]
I love you, Mom.
I won't forget the
chocolates tomorrow.
Good.
[dramatic music]
[traffic]
Good morning, Mike.
Yes, the investigation
continues...
LEAH: After this morning's
NYPD press conference...
... the motives behind this
vicious murder are still
unclear...
LEAH: Father Charles was a
pillar in his community...
... and a beloved leader
in his congregation.
A mass in his honor will take
place this Sunday at Saint
John's.
LEAH: Do you believe in
coincidence?
MATT: What do you mean?
I saw my father yesterday...
Right outside of our building.
I haven't seen him in years...
And then I guess I...
I met this man on the subway...
Met?
He made me... feel something.
MATT: What are you talking
about?
LEAH: Do you believe that
everything happens for a reason?
I think that everything happens
Period.
Then we give it a reason that's
relevant for us.
Everything's a coincidence.
Everything that happens before
what you think is a
coincidence...
...has led you to that
particular moment.
If nothing had happened before
that had...
...the coincident would've never
happened either.
Therefore, everything's a
coincidence.
Holly shit.
It's just random events that we
all make especial for ourselves.
Well, look at little Aristotle
right next to me.
MATT: We're self-center
know-it-all primates...
What can I say?
[romantic music]
What?
I miss this... us.
Matt.
I wish we could do this more
often.
Let's go back to work.
Yeah.
[dark suspenseful music]
[dark suspenseful music]
Fuck, fuck, fuck...
Come on.
[dark suspenseful music]
- DANEEN How is Lance?
- ELIJAH: Still in the ICU...
I don't want to lie to you but
it's not looking good.
Aaron's gonna pay
for this. I promise.
ELIJAH: I know. I want
him to pay too.
DANEEN: Any updates on
the pencil pushers?
ELIJAH: No. How about you?
DANEEN: I think I got something
but it's too soon to tell yet.
You got a lead?
DANEEN: I'll let you know
what it takes me...
Call me if there's any
change with Lance.
- ELIJAH: Daneen.
- DANEEN: What?
We ran it again.
And?
Same result.
ELIJAH: You did it, my friend.
We all did it.
ELIJAH: No. We followed you.
You did this.
Get used to be known as
the woman who killed god.
God killer.
ELIJAH: It's got a nice ring to
it, doesn't it?
I guess it does.
ELIJAH: The Nobel Prize isn't
going to be big enough for you,
Doctor Belman.
DANEEN: I'm afraid of
the world that's coming...
People are not...
"We" are not ready
to go on supervised...
Anyway... None of this will
matter if I can't stop Aaron.
ELIJAH: One thing at a time,
Daneen...
We don't have to
do all at once.
DANEEN: I have to go.
I'll call you later.
[suspenseful music]
Don't turn...
I said, don't turn.
I have a gun.
See that alley?
Let's go.
[suspenseful music]
[hit]
How about you, Father James?
AARON: Do you know what
the meaning of life is?
[multiple hits to the head]
[Leah gasps]
[music]
[music stops]
AARON: How about you, Father
James?
AARON: Do you know what
the meaning of life is?
[multiple hits to the head]
MATT: Do you even have a gun?
DANEEN: On your knees. Now.
Are you gonna kill me?
DANEEN: Leah Thompson. Where is
she?
MATT: I don't know where she is.
DANEEN: What time does she come
to work?
MATT: She doesn't come in
to work every day.
DANEEN: Where does she live?
I don't know where she lives.
Somewhere in Brooklyn, I think.
DANEEN: Brooklyn is big.
- MATT: I just told you. I don't
know!
- DANEEN: Shoosh!
MATT: All right...
Her mother.
What about her?
MATT: She's in a home.
Where?
Let me think...
It's... Town Park.
Brooklyn too?
Village Park!
DANEEN: Where is it?
I don't know.
I'm not sure.
Think.
MATT: I just told you. I don't
know where it is.
Just fucking Google it!
Don't turn.
[dramatic music]
[dramatic music]
[music ends]
[phone vibrates]
MATT: Hey.
LEAH: You said that there's
no...
...such thing as coincidence,
right?
That nothing happens for a
reason?
Well, guess what?
MATT: What?
LEAH: Remember that guy
from the subway?
MATT: Yeah.
I followed him.
How did you find him?
Check your phone.
[phone vibrates]
AARON: How about you, Father
James?
AARON: You know what the
meaning of life is?
[multiple hits to the head]
Christ. How the name of
God did you get this...
LEAH: I know how to find him.
How? Do you know him?
I don't know his name but...
I know where he lives.
MATT: You gotta call the cops.
Not yet.
MATT: Why not? What do
you want to do?
I want some air time tomorrow.
And then we can call the cops.
You out of your fucking mind?
LEAH: Is that a yes?
Sure. You got it.
Okay, great.
I'll see you tomorrow.
MATT: Leah.
What?
MATT: There's somebody
looking for you.
What do you mean somebody's
looking for me?
MATT: A woman. She stopped me
in the middle of the street
and...
...took me to an alley at
gunpoint.
Are you okay?
MATT: She was asking me
questions...
...about where you lived...
She definitely knows
where you work.
Who is she?
MATT: I don't know.
I couldn't see her face.
LEAH: What did you tell her?
MATT: Nothing. I don't even
know where you live.
MATT: Just be careful, okay?
Yeah... I will.
LEAH: First it was Father
Charles, last night Father
James.
The importance of this footage
is not merely journalistic or
informative...
It goes beyond that...
It's an attack on faith itself.
Viewer discretion is advised.
[music]
[music]
[music ends]
DANEEN: I need to talk to her.
PHIL: Who are you?
DANEEN: Alone.
She's all yours.
DANEEN: It's nice out, right?
ANGELINA: Better out that in
those torture chambers they have
me in.
You don't seem tortured.
I met a lawyer once who said
that the national sport of
America...
...isn't baseball.
It's litigation.
That's bullshit...
It's complaining.
Do you live around here?
DANEEN: I actually came to talk
to you.
To me?
What business can you possibly
have with me?
DANEEN: I work with your
daughter. Leah.
At... at the firm?
DANEEN: At the network but nice
try.
ANGELINA: Just making sure.
Leah actually brings me these
chocolates every week.
I keep telling her to bring
more...
...cause they'll never last a
week...
...but she says that's too much
chocolate.
DANEEN: There's no such a thing
as too much chocolate.
ANGELINA: Exactly!
Now she wants to bring
me some sugar-free crap.
DANEEN: This is so good.
ANGELINA: Yeah... Fuck yeah.
DANEEN: I need to get me some of
these.
They make them in Brooklyn...
Red Hook Treats...
It's uh...
It's a block from my
daughter's apartment...
You said you needed
to talk to me. What about?
Those chocolates.
Leah always refuses to tell me
where she gets them.
Well... now you know.
DANEEN: Thank you... for sharing
that information with me.
ANGELINA: Sure.
Gotta enjoy life while you can,
darling.
I sure will.
Come and visit.
You know where to find me.
[traffic]
[buzzer]
NEIGHBOR: Hello?
LEAH: USPS.
[door opens]
DANEEN: I believe it's time
we accept the results.
AARON: Fuck your results!
DANEEN: What makes you think
I'm not feeling the same way?
AARON: Cause you don't
have any fucking faith...
...you just want to
destroy everything.
DANEEN: Higher power that
supervises everything...
AARON: How could you possibly
know how I feel?
DANEEN: I want answers...
- AARON: Some answer you found.
- DANEEN: The truth hurts.
[knock on door]
[suspenseful music]
LEAH: I want to talk to you.
AARON: About what?
That.
AARON: I'm not for hire.
LEAH: I wasn't gonna pay you
anyway.
I know what you're doing.
You do?
Sit down.
RECEPTIONIST OVER THE PHONE:
Red Hook Treats.
DANEEN: Hey. This is Leah
Thompson.
I buy chocolates from you pretty
much every week.
My mom loves them.
RECEPTIONIST: Hey. Yes, of
course. Leah. How can I help you
today?
DANEEN: I won't be able
to just stop by.
Could you send the over to my
place?
RECEPTIONIST: Sure. The usual?
DANEEN: Yes, that'll be great.
RECEPTIONIST: Awesome.
DANEEN: When do you think
it'll be ready?
RECEPTIONIST: Give us like 25
minutes? Maybe 30. Tops.
DANEEN: Cool. Thank you
so much.
RECEPTIONIST: Tell Angelina I
say 'hi'.
DANEEN: I sure will.
RECEPTIONIST: Thank you.
Have a good one.
DANEEN: You too.
LEAH: Are you some sort of crazy
atheist?
Or is this some sort of
heathen revenge or something?
AARON: I'd say everybody is an
atheist when it comes to other
religions.
LEAH: So you are an atheist.
I was a believer.
But it turns out God is
irrelevant.
And hope is irrelevant.
And anybody who tells you
anything different...
...is utterly and irredeemably
full of shit.
LEAH: But why kill them?
AARON: Because nothing makes!
But you're too stupid
to understand that.
LEAH: Excuse me?
AARON: You're even smart
enough...
...to know how stupid
you really are.
LEAH: Fuck you!
You want me to bash
your daddy's brains in...
...but you can't
take a little shit?
You're not ready for this.
LEAH: My father fits the
profile.
He's a pastor. He could be added
to your list.
AARON: What list?
LEAH: Your kill list.
Cut the shit out.
AARON: If you want him dead so
bad why don't you kill him
yourself?
I don't have the balls.
AARON: You should definitely
not be saying that...
...to someone you're threatening
with a knife.
LEAH: I was seven when he...
My mother got us out of that
house.
But he followed us out.
I thought he was
gonna kill us...
But my mother stabbed him.
He fell on the ground.
He was bleeding
But he didn't die.
That son of a bitch didn't die.
Touching.
All right |
You either help me or I turn you
to the cops.
[sinister music]
You know what
happen to rats, right?
LEAH: Stop!
I said stop!
Killing that motherfucker will
make no difference for you.
It's not gonna change
the world or anything.
AARON: Wrong. The world is
always changing.
The ones who can't change it
think it's always the same.
LEAH: Are you changing it?
AARON: It's gonna change in ways
you cannot possibly imagine.
LEAH: I think you give too much
credit to those priests.
AARON: Don't believe me.
I don't care.
LEAH: I'll believe it when I see
it.
AARON: By then it'll be too
late. You'll just know.
Okay.
I get it.
You're crazy.
I'll do it.
What?
I'll add him to my list.
AARON: If we do this
there's no going back.
No hesitation.
No cold feet.
No bullshit.
Tell me why I shouldn't just
kill you right now instead of
him.
I just need to know
that he's dead.
Kill him first and then you can
do whatever you want with me.
[dramatic music]
[inaudible]
[dramatic music]
AARON: If you want him dead so
bad why don't you kill him
yourself?
LEAH: I don't have the balls.
AARON: You're not ready for
this.
[tree leaves blown by wind]
[foots steps]
ANGELINA: Thank you, Phil.
- LEAH: Morning.
- PHIL: Morning.
ANGELINA: You look like shit!
The bags under your eyes!
Phil said he saw
you on the news.
Really?
He told me you were talking
about a murderer.
Some guy who's killing
priests or something.
Yep... That's right.
Killing priests.
What is this?
The Spanish Civil War all over
again?
This world has really
lost its course.
I've seen Dad.
Yeah, you already
told me this.
- ANGELINA: Did you...?
- LEAH: What?
How could you?
What?
Who the fuck do
you think you are?
You've ruined everything!
PHIL: Angelina you have
to calm down.
- ANGELINA: You disgust me!
- PHIL: Angelina...
ANGELINA: I told you not to do
it. Not to do it!
What kind of stupid cunt are
you?
LEAH: Mom!
Angelina...
...calm down.
[sinister music]
[suspenseful music]
DANIEL: Hey, Frank.
- FRANK: Hey, Danny.
- DANIEL: How are you doing?
[suspenseful music]
[buzzer]
DELIVERY MAN: You want to go in?
DANEEN: Don't worry. I'm not in
a rush.
You're not from
New York, are you?
No. Why?
DELIVERY MAN: You said
you're not in a rush.
- DANEEN: You got me there.
- DELIVERY MAN: And you accent?
Where's that from?
I'm a time traveler
from the future.
[buzzer]
Israel?
DANEEN: Sure.
All right.
All right. Load and clear,
ma'am.
You have a nice day.
[suspenseful music]
[suspenseful music]
[suspenseful music]
[suspenseful music]
No knife today?
LEAH: Can I come in?
AARON: No.
LEAH: Please.
LEAH: Thank you.
AARON: Are you drunk?
Not as much as I should be.
AARON: You can't stay.
What would make you think that I
want to?
AARON: You should go home.
And you should show a little
fucking empathy for a change.
Did you know that the
chemicals that make up...
...the human body are worth
$3,000 in the market?
That's it.
Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen... All
that crap.
Three thousand bucks.
We're only what
we have up here.
And she's lost her mind.
She is fucking senile.
Do you know what that means?
AARON: No, I don't know what
that means.
LEAH: That means that my dear
mother is worth only $3,000.
Fucking Midtown rent at best.
You know memories
are what make us?
LEAH: They're priceless.
What are you doing?
It's rude to let me drink alone,
dickhead.
To me.
What the hell.
When was the last time
that you had a good fuck?
[traffic]
Your phone is off.
It is? Sorry...
I have a lot on my mind.
[sad piano music]
PHIL: I'm sorry, Leah.
Your mother passed away early
this morning.
We came in to wake her up for
her gym class...
...that's when we found her.
It was... it was very peaceful.
[sad piano music]
Thank you, Phil.
You're always really
great to her.
She really deserved it.
Yeah.
Yeah, she did.
You want these?
They're her favorite.
PHIL: I know.
[Phil sighs]
Thanks.
[sad music]
[phone vibrates]
ELIJAH: Any update, doc?
All right...
Thanks.
Shit.
[dials]
DANEEN: He's killing his
old teachers...
Some sort of revenge against
those who gave him Faith.
First was father Charles and the
Father James...
We need to figure out
who's going to be next.
- ELIJAH: Daneen, listen...
- DANEEN: I have a lead...
There is this reporter who
filmed his second murder.
I'm pretty sure sh'e going to
try to make contact with him...
...or follow him or something.
She's key to finding him.
I'm at her apartment right now.
ELIJAH: Daneen, listen. I got
bad news about Lance.
He didn't make it.
I'm sorry.
ELIJAH: We tried everything we
could...
I'm really, really sorry.
[sad music]
Thank you for the update.
I'll keep you posted if anything
comes up.
Just be careful out there, okay?
I will.
[sad music]
[sad music continues]
[sad music continues]
[sad music continues]
[Leah buzzes]
[buzzer clicks]
I'm ready.
[door opens]
LEAH: Why did you say that
hope is irrelevant?
LEAH: Just trying to
make conversation.
I'm nervous.
That's all.
AARON: So keep it to yourself.
[eerie music]
AARON: They're charlatans.
Con men.
LEAH: And they deserve
to die because of it?
AARON: It's not about them. It's
about the damage they're
causing.
LEAH: How is giving hope to
people causing damage?
AARON: Lies cause damage.
AARON: When you spend your whole
life believing something that's
then proven to be false...
...you either ignore the
evidence or you can do something
about it.
LEAH: So you decided to do
something about it.
AARON: Look.
I can prove with no margin of
error...
...that there's no god, no
eternity, no logic to our
suffering.
Nothing makes sense.
LEAH: It's that why you asked
him what the meaning of life
was?
Some sort of sadistic final
touch or something?
AARON: I'm not enjoying this.
Just has to be done.
LEAH: For the greater good.
[suspenseful music]
LEAH: What are you doing?
AARON: Just keep a lookout,
okay?
LEAH: I thought you had a car.
AARON: I have them all.
[suspenseful music]
[engine starts]
[suspenseful music]
LEAH: There.
[engine stops]
Any security systems?
An alarm. Maybe.
Maybe?
I think that's what
we had...
I was seven... I don't
really remember.
Well, it isn't much.
Could've put a little more
thought into this plan.
LEAH: I don't have a plan.
Wonderful.
LEAH: Remember, no cold feet.
AARON: Don't push it.
LEAH: If he's in the alarm's
gonna be off.
AARON: Does he live alone? New
wife? Children?
- LEAH: No.
- AARON: Guns?
LEAH: Probably. I think a
handgun.
Probably upstairs.
AARON: Probably, probably.
Okay. Go ring the doorbell.
LEAH: Me?
[suspenseful music]
[suspenseful music]
[door bell]
FRANK: Who's there?
FRANK: What do you want?
It's me.
FRANK: Yeah... Me who?
Your daughter.
Leah.
[door unlocks]
FRANK: It's really you.
My God, what are
you doing here?
Jesus Christ, you're a woman
now.
FRANK: How long has it been?
[hit]
[car approaching]
[car engine stops]
[hit]
[foot steps]
[car door closes]
LEAH: Wait! Wait!
Not yet.
AARON: Not a good idea.
FRANK: Please, don't.
LEAH: I just wanna know that you
know why this is happening to
you.
FRANK: Please, Leah, don't do
this.
LEAH: Yo do know why this is
happening, don't you?
FRANK: Everything I did was for
you.
- FRANK: I did all for you.
- LEAH: Oh, you did?
FRANK: Your mother's got it all
wrong.
She's got it all wrong.
LEAH: What did she get wrong?
[Frank cries]
She...
She thought she saw us.
Me.
But it wasn't true.
LEAH: Just fucking admit it!
Just fucking have the
decency to admit it!
FRANK: I swear to God it
wasn't true, Leah.
I never touched you!
[dramatic music]
I never laid a hand on you.
If you never did anything...
...then why do I still feel you
every single night?
FRANK: I loved you so much.
I loved you so much.
I still do, my sweet baby girl.
[dramatic music]
[Frank cries]
[multiple hits to the head]
[dramatic music]
AARON: Where to?
What?
AARON: Where do you want me
to drop you off?
At my place.
AARON: Address?
[car engine starts]
[melancholic music]
[melancholic music]
[buzzer]
[melancholic music]
MATT: You ever hear
from that woman?
The one with the gun?
LEAH: No.... Besides, I haven't
been home in a couple of days.
MATT: Where have you stayed?
[melancholic music]
LEAH: With a friend.
A girlfriend.
MATT: You should
call the police.
LEAH: Yeah, I will.
[melancholic music continues]
LEAH: All of this has to
mean something, right?
LEAH: Life has to mean
something.
I mean, we can't just be born
and the work and then die.
MATT: That's what most
people do anyways.
[melancholic music continues]
LEAH: No. My mother saved me.
That has to mean something.
[melancholic music continues]
All my life I've been
driven by this anger...
...and this desire for revenge.
Now that I had it, I...
[inaudible]
...I feel completely empty
inside.
MATT: You've lost your purpose.
Your sense of direction.
[melancholic music continues]
[inaudible]
Yeah.
I guess I have.
I'm a fucking nomad now.
[melancholic music continues]
[melancholic music continues]
MATT: The meaning of life is the
one we give it ourselves.
LEAH: I'm sorry, Matt.
MATT: It's all good.
We don't choose to be loved.
Otherwise we'd always choose
better.
[melancholic music continues]
Call the police
about that woman.
LEAH: I said I will.
MATT: Just let me worry
about you, okay?
Okay, but I'm fine.
Sure.
When you really are...
...you're not gonna miss any
more of my Saturday night dinner
parties.
[melancholic music continues]
[music ends]
DANEEN: Please, stay.
I have something that
someone like you might find...
...interesting.
I'm Dr. Daneen Bellman.
Leah Thompson.
But I feel that you
already knew that.
Are you a woman of faith?
No. I don't think so.
DANEEN: Good. That's gonna make
things much easier.
DANEEN: What if I tell you I can
prove that God doesn't exist?
LEAH: Sure, but you can't.
That's where you are wrong.
I already have.
- LEAH: Scientifically?
- DANEEN: Yes.
- LEAH: Mathematically?
- DANEEN: Yes.
Bullshit.
DANEEN: You don't have to
believe me.
LEAH: Good, cause I don't.
Daneen Bellman.
You're kind of a big deal.
I am.
LEAH: And you served in the
military.
LEAH: So there's no God or
anything.
DANEEN: Again, yes.
Yeah, this is stupid.
DANEEN: Stupind is not changing
your mind when...
... you haven evidence that
challenges your believes.
LEAH: I'm gonna need hard
evidence if you want me to bring
this to the network.
DANEEN: I don't want you to
go to the network.
LEAH: Then what do you want?
I mean...
Sorry. I really don't
have time for this.
DANEEN: Aaron was a member of my
lab team.
He's a man of the cloth.
A man of faith.
He's a priest?
And a very dangerous one.
DANEEN: Faith is an anti-virus.
It's a firewall that protects us
and makes us feel good.
It tells you exactly what you
want to hear.
But it can also make
you lose your mind.
The brain intakes the truth as
if it was a virus.
Some people are immune,
others get sick.
People are not ready
for the truth.
The same way Aaron wasn't.
LEAH: So you want to find Aaron
to make him stop spreading the
truth.
DANEEN: I just don't want
anybody else to die.
The truth will inevitably come
to light.
But first we need to prepare
Humanity for it.
LEAH: But you know the truth.
And if you say that the truth
makes everyone insane, then...
...why aren't you crazy?
What makes you
think I'm not?
Stay away from me.
[street noise]
AARON: I don't have
time for stalkers.
I wanted to see you.
AARON: What for?
Can I use your bathroom?
AARON: You know where it is.
AARON: Okay. Now you need to
leave.
- LEAH: Why?
- AARON: Look...
You wanted your father out of
the picture. You got it.
You wanted a good
fuck. You got it.
What more do you
want from me?
LEAH: My father is dead.
And I literally feel no relief
at all.
You're the only person that I
can talk to about this.
AARON: How is this
my problem?
LEAH: Because you're a priest!
LEAH: I was at the park today
and a woman came up to me...
...and said that you
worked with her on some...
sort of experiment
or something?
AARON: Okay, you need
to leave now.
- LEAH: Why?
- AARON: Because she could've
followed you.
- LEAH: She didn't.
- AARON: How the fuck do you
know?
LEAH: Because she was still in
the park bench when I left.
AARON: And people on park
benches can't get up and walk?
- LEAH: I don't know!
- AARON: Look, you don't know...
...what's a stake here.
I can't take any risks.
You need to leave now.
LEAH: My life is literally
falling apart...
...and I can't make much
sense out of anything anymore.
AARON: Well having a senseless
life is ultimately...
...everybody's fate. Why should
it be any different for you?
LEAH: My god you can be
an asshole sometimes.
I think that our paths
have crossed for a reason.
AARON: That's why you're just as
ignorant as everybody else.
LEAH: No.
You've made me feel things that
nobody has before.
Us meeting wasn't random.
LEAH: I know that you feel it
too...
...because if you didn't feel it
then...
You would've left by now.
I think that I'm stuck in your
head as much as you're stuck in
mine.
And that's fucking you up.
AARON: Love is pointless.
LEAH: It might be... but it's
real.
[suspenseful music]
DANEEN: On the ground.
AARON: I'm not armed.
DANEEN: I said on the ground
now.
AARON: You gonna shoot me?
DANEEN: I'm trying not to.
AARON: I'm not gonna stop.
DANEEN: I know.
[fight sounds]
[Daneen gasps for air]
[Daneen stops breathing]
[Aaron panting]
[suspenseful music]
Don't follow me.
[suspenseful music]
[suspenseful music]
LEAH: Oh, my God!
Come on.
[Daneen gasps for air]
AARON: The world is
always changing...
It's gonna change in ways you
cannot possibly imagen.
LEAH: Are you changing it?
[Daneen gasps for air]
- AARON: I can prove with no
margin or error...
- AARON: It turns out that God
is irrelevant...
- AARON: Nothing makes sense!
- AARON: I was a believer
[Daneen gasps for air]
DANEEN: Where did he go?
LEAH: I don't know.
DANEEN: Why didn't you
go with him?
LEAH: You seem to need
more help than he did.
[suspenseful music]
- DANEE: What are you doing?
- LEAH: I'm calling 911.
- DANEEN: No.
- LEAH: You need to go to a
hospital!
DANEEN: He's gonna vanish again.
I need to fix this mess.
- LEAH: What are you looking
for?
- DANEEN: My gun.
LEAH: Are you gonna kill him?
He took it.
[suspenseful climatic music]
[gun shot]
[gun shot]
[suspenseful climatic music]
[gun shots]
[suspenseful climatic music]
[music stops]
I want to report a
man with a gun.
[gun shot]
AARON: I can't get you out
of my fucking head.
LEAH: I can't get you out of
my fucking head either.
AARON: Don't you try to sell me
that like it's a good thing.
- LEAH: But it is.
- AARON: It's not!
LEAH: It is.
It gives you a purpose.
It gives you a reason to wake up
in the morning.
[hopeful music]
AARON: Go and live
your life Leah.
You still might find something
to be grateful for.
[hopeful music]
I'd trade all my tomorrows...
for a single yesterday.
[gun shot]
[hopeful music]
[hopeful music]
[hopeful music]
[hopeful music]
[hopeful music]
[hopeful music]
[seagulls squawking]
[hopeful music]
MATT: Next one's on you.
LEAH: Thank you.
LEAH: You know, that's it.
Everything happens for a reason.
- MATT: Don't get me started.
- LEAH: No, no, no.
That's what I choose to believe.
Even if it's total bullshit.
That's what I choose to believe.
MATT: Fair enough.
Now all you got to do
is find that reason.
LEAH: Worth giving it a chance,
don't you think?
MATT: I'm sorry I ratted you
out.
I honestly don't know what I
would do if I had a gun pointing
at my head.
You know you're going to be
changing ghosts, don't you?
LEAH: Maybe.
But I would trade
all of my yesterdays...
For the dream of
a better tomorrow.
[soft piano music]
MATT: So...
Are you ready for a
dinner party this Saturday?
[soft piano music]
I might be.
[hopeful music]
[melancholic piano music]
[suspenseful electronic music]
[eerie music]
[street noise]
[eerie music]
[police siren]
[eerie music]
[foot steps]
[gun shot]
[gun shot]
[breathing]
[seagulls squawking]
[soft music]
[soft music]
[soft music]
[soft music]
LANCE: Good morning.
DANEEN: Stop it.
LANCE: You have nothing
to be grumpy about.
Well... Thank you.
I do have reasons
to be worried.
LANCE: I haven't said a word
about us to anyone from work.
How about anyone
not from work?
You really have
to chill about this.
You work for me.
Who cares about
what people think?
You not seeing
this as a problem...
...makes it an even
bigger problem.
LANCE: Sweet Jesus!
Those are the
ones you like.
LANCE: You have a rosary
on the night table.
Is it new?
DANEEN: It belonged
to my grandmother.
Sure, whatever.
DANEEN: It's a family Relic.
Eat your muffin.
Do you think Aaron
seems a little off lately?
I don't think he ever looked on.
I understand why he's
feeling so uncomfortable.
Especially now that
we are so close.
LANCE: He knew what this whole
thing was about. Don't feel
sorry for him.
His feelings are little
hurt. Who cares.
This is bigger than him,
bigger than any of us.
DANEEN: If we succeed today I
don't think it's gonna be okay
with the results.
LANCE: When we succeed today.
Making history is troubling.
Talk to Elijah.
He'll know what to do
about his condition.
Faith is not a condition.
It's an it's an antivirus!
[Lance laughs] All right, okay.
I've already heard that speech.
Look...
Talk to Elijah.
DANEEN: I already did.
Right after we moved
into the lab.
He didn't seem to have...
...any problems with Aaron then.
LANCE: Talk to him again.
He might seem to have
a problem with him now.
Anyway...
Finish that and go.
You kicking me out already?
We're not gonna walk
in the lab holding hands.
One can only dream.
[eerie music]
LANCE: You want to run it again?
DANEEN: No need.
LANCE: We can do it.
I know we can but...
...it wouldn't make
any difference.
AARON: You don't know that.
DANEEN: We've run it five times
already.
AARON: So run it a sixth and
a seventh and an eighth.
I believe it's time to
accept the results.
- AARON: Fuck your results!
- LANCE: That's out of line,
Aaron!
Fuck your results
and fuck you all!
DANEEN: I heard you
the first time, Aaron!
- DANEEN: I know how you feel.
- AARON: The fuck you do.
DANEEN: What makes you think I'm
not feeling the same way?
AARON: Cause you don't
have any fucking faith...
You just want to
destroy everything...
That's all you've been
after since all this started.
DANEEN: You're right.
I don't have any faith.
I don't believe in a higher
power that supervises
everything.
AARON: How could you
possibly know how I feel?
[shower runs]
[dramatic music]
DANEEN: I didn't destroy
anything.
I wanted answers. Like you,
like everybody here.
Some answer you found.
DANEEN: The truth hurts. I know.
- DANEEN: Aaron...
- AARON: Get te fuck away from
me.
Our names will be
next to Copernicus...
...and Galileo in
the history books.
AARON: Get the fuck away from
me!
[shower runs]
[dramatic music]
[people fighting]
[punch]
[Aaron fighting]
LANCE: No, no!
[gun shot]
[gun shot]
Nobody move!
AARON: Stop!
DANEEN: He's bleeding.
AARON: Everybody stay back.
DANEEN: He needs an ambulance.
Now.
[Aaron tosses gun]
Call a fucking ambulance. Now!
[music ends]
[shower running]
[tree leaves blown by wind]
PHILL: Are you sure
you're not cold?
ANGELINA: What makes you think
I would lie about that?
PHILL: Beats me...
...kind of like every other
thing that you do.
ANGELINA: Closer to death every
minute. No time for bullshit.
Well...
Thank you, Phil.
You're welcome, Angelina.
LEAH: Hey Phil. Is she giving
you a hard time?
PHIL: When is she not?
LEAH: Morning, mom.
ANGELINA: He keeps insisting
I wear a sweater. I'm not cold.
How many ways do
I have to tell him?
LEAH: He's just trying to do
his job. That's all.
Annoying.
ANGELINA: Whatever...
Thank you, Phil.
You're welcome.
[melodic piano music]
What did you bring me?
Don't blow it, all right?
It was hard enough
finding this place.
This zoo you mean.
Chocolate.
I love chocolate.
I know.
So...
How is your video thing going?
Still like it?
Yeah. Why wouldn't I?
You are a news reporter...
Should have an
office job like I did.
Better yet...
Be a pretty face anchor.
Less exposed.
No, thank you.
You certainly have the face for
it.
ANGELINA: Look...
There are two kinds
of people in this world...
The ones who like themselves
and the ones that don't.
You have to decide which
one you're going to be...
...and I strongly
recommend the former.
[music]
What did you
bring me today?
[sad music]
Chocolates.
Great... I love chocolate.
I know, mom.
[music ends]
[street noise]
LANDLORD: This is it. Utilities
are not included.
AARON: I'll take.
LANDLORD: You haven't even seen
the whole place yet.
[sinister music]
I'll take it.
Okay...
I'll... uh... need to check
your credit score...
I'll get back to you
as soon as I do so.
This will cover six months.
Church collection box.
I'll take the jacket too.
[keys rattle]
LANDLORD: Six months...
That's it.
[music]
[music]
[suspenseful music]
[police siren]
DANEEN: How is he?
ELIJAH: Still in surgery.
I sent a team to go and try to
find him he shouldn't be too
far.
- DANEEN: I want to go too.
- ELIJAH: They're already out
there.
Who do you send?
Katherine y Robert.
- DANEEN: Those pencil pushers?
- ELIJAH: I can't send the cops
now, can I?
DANEE: I know him.
I can find him first.
ELIJAH: I'm sure you can.
DANEEN: I told you he was
going to be trouble...
- DANEEN: You could have done
something about it.
- ELIJAH: So this is my fault?
That's what you're saying?
That's not what I meant.
Look, this isn't easy for any of
us.
DANEEN: That's why you have to
let me go after him...
I'm not saying I can
predict his moves...
...but I've been working
with you for five years...
...Got to know
him pretty well.
Use whatever means necessary.
Whatever means necessary,
do you understand?
He cannot talk.
He won't
[eerie church organ music]
[metal gate closes]
[eerie church organ music]
[hammer blow]
FATHER CHARLES: Stop!
Please. Stop!
AARON: Tell me, priest...
Why did God make us?
What's the meaning of life?
What?
The meaning of life.
What is it?
To love and serve God.
[hit]
To love and serve others.
[hit]
God put us on this earth
to care for each other.
AARON: Then why did he put
us here in the first place?
Aaron!
Yes... Aaron.
But... why?
You don't have a clue, do you?
[hit to the head]
[music ends abruptly]
[subway train approaches]
[suspenseful music]
[train in motion]
COMMUTER: Excuse me.
suspenseful music
FRANK: Get back here!
Get back in the house!
ANGELINA: Leave me alone!
FRANK: You're acting crazy!
ANGELINA: Fuck you!
FRANK: It's gonna bee alright,
my sweet baby girl...
- FRANK: Get back in there!
- ANGELINA: Fuck you!
Leah, my sweet baby girl.
ANGELINA: Don't touch her.
Don't you touch her!
[suspenseful music]
[suspenseful music]
[train leaves]
[train arrives]
[suspenseful music]
[car]
[camera records]
[suspenseful music]
VOICE MAIL RECORDING: Hey, this
is Lance Abad...
... You know the 'beep' routine.
Hey Lance. It's Daneen...
I know you can't answer
your phone right now...
I just wanted to
let you know that I...
... I didn't see this coming...
... I didn't see it.
I should have but...
[sad music]
I'm gonna find Aaron and
make him pay for this.
Next time I'd see you...
I'd love to walk in the lab
holding hands with you.
[sad music]
[suspenseful music]
MATT: Leah, you did a
great job today.
MATT: What's wrong?
Did you see a ghost?
Sorry...
... I thought that
I saw somebody.
MATT: You alright?
Yeah.
Anyway, I wanted to tell you
that you did a great job today.
Murder scene footage.
Oh... yeah...
Thank you.
You've already told me
that up there though.
MATT: Actually I wanted to tell
you that I'm having a dinner
party at my place this Saturday.
... I mean just a few friends
and some other work-related
people.
- LEAH: Great... Have fun. A
- MATT: I wanted you to come.
MATT: If you want to, of course.
No obligation.
I have to go to Village Park.
What's Village Park?
It's a retirement home
that mom's in.
On Saturday night?
Yeah... She's not doing well so
I...
... have to go and take care of
her.
Okay then. Your loss.
Thank you anyway.
- MATT: See you tomorrow?
- LEAH: Yeah. Yes, of course.
[dials]
AARON VOICE MAIL: Hi. You've
reached Aaron Swafford.
Can't come to the
phone right now...
Please leave a message.
Hey Aaron. It's Daneen again...
There's only one way to make
things right.
Call me.
[suspenseful music]
[suspenseful music continuing]
[suspenseful music continuing]
[suspenseful music continuing]
[moaning]
[suspenseful music continuing]
[Leah moaning]
[suspenseful music continuing]
[Leah moaning]
[suspenseful music continuing]
[Leah moaning]
[suspenseful music continuing]
[Leah moaning]
[suspenseful music continuing]
[Leah moaning]
[Leah moaning]
- FRANK: Get back in the fucking
house...
- ANGELINA: No. No!
- FRANK: Get back in there!
- ANGELINA: Leave me alone!
FRANK: You're acting like
a crazy woman!
- ANGELINA: Fuck you!
- FRANK: Leah...
Leah, my sweet baby girl.
ANGELINA: Don't touch her!
FRANK: I didn't touch her!
I didn't touch her!
[stabbing]
[eerie music]
[inaudible]
[inaudible]
[soft music]
ANGELINA: No chocolate today?
Mom, your sugar level
is through the roof.
Fuck my sugar level.
How is it possible that
a number has power over me?
LEAH: The number doesn't
have power over you...
- LEAH: But your doctor should
though.
- ANGELINA: Fuck my doctor too.
Beautiful, Mom!
What's life without its
pleasures?
Coming from a presbyterian,
apparently a nightmare.
Exactly!
And leave the church out of
this.
I've been trying for years but
you won't let me.
Where's all this
bitterness coming from?
What's wrong with Jesus
all of a sudden?
Nothing Mom.
It was a joke.
LEAH: I go to church.
When I have time.
ANGELINA: And apparently
you don't want to.
I did my best, you know?
I gave you an education.
I gave you Faith...
Where would you be
without your ethics?
LEAH: Okay, mom.
I get it.
I saw Dad.
Where?
In front of my building...
Just for a split second.
- ANGELINA: Did you talk to him?
- LEAH: No...
He disappeared.
Does he still live in Roslyn?
Don't you go and
do anything stupid.
LEAH: Like what?
Kill him?
At least I would have
the guts to do it.
His wife is not yours to take.
LEAH: Are you kidding me?
If anybody had the right to take
his life it would be me.
Not you.
Not God.
Me.
[dramatic music]
I love you, Mom.
I won't forget the
chocolates tomorrow.
Good.
[dramatic music]
[traffic]
Good morning, Mike.
Yes, the investigation
continues...
LEAH: After this morning's
NYPD press conference...
... the motives behind this
vicious murder are still
unclear...
LEAH: Father Charles was a
pillar in his community...
... and a beloved leader
in his congregation.
A mass in his honor will take
place this Sunday at Saint
John's.
LEAH: Do you believe in
coincidence?
MATT: What do you mean?
I saw my father yesterday...
Right outside of our building.
I haven't seen him in years...
And then I guess I...
I met this man on the subway...
Met?
He made me... feel something.
MATT: What are you talking
about?
LEAH: Do you believe that
everything happens for a reason?
I think that everything happens
Period.
Then we give it a reason that's
relevant for us.
Everything's a coincidence.
Everything that happens before
what you think is a
coincidence...
...has led you to that
particular moment.
If nothing had happened before
that had...
...the coincident would've never
happened either.
Therefore, everything's a
coincidence.
Holly shit.
It's just random events that we
all make especial for ourselves.
Well, look at little Aristotle
right next to me.
MATT: We're self-center
know-it-all primates...
What can I say?
[romantic music]
What?
I miss this... us.
Matt.
I wish we could do this more
often.
Let's go back to work.
Yeah.
[dark suspenseful music]
[dark suspenseful music]
Fuck, fuck, fuck...
Come on.
[dark suspenseful music]
- DANEEN How is Lance?
- ELIJAH: Still in the ICU...
I don't want to lie to you but
it's not looking good.
Aaron's gonna pay
for this. I promise.
ELIJAH: I know. I want
him to pay too.
DANEEN: Any updates on
the pencil pushers?
ELIJAH: No. How about you?
DANEEN: I think I got something
but it's too soon to tell yet.
You got a lead?
DANEEN: I'll let you know
what it takes me...
Call me if there's any
change with Lance.
- ELIJAH: Daneen.
- DANEEN: What?
We ran it again.
And?
Same result.
ELIJAH: You did it, my friend.
We all did it.
ELIJAH: No. We followed you.
You did this.
Get used to be known as
the woman who killed god.
God killer.
ELIJAH: It's got a nice ring to
it, doesn't it?
I guess it does.
ELIJAH: The Nobel Prize isn't
going to be big enough for you,
Doctor Belman.
DANEEN: I'm afraid of
the world that's coming...
People are not...
"We" are not ready
to go on supervised...
Anyway... None of this will
matter if I can't stop Aaron.
ELIJAH: One thing at a time,
Daneen...
We don't have to
do all at once.
DANEEN: I have to go.
I'll call you later.
[suspenseful music]
Don't turn...
I said, don't turn.
I have a gun.
See that alley?
Let's go.
[suspenseful music]
[hit]
How about you, Father James?
AARON: Do you know what
the meaning of life is?
[multiple hits to the head]
[Leah gasps]
[music]
[music stops]
AARON: How about you, Father
James?
AARON: Do you know what
the meaning of life is?
[multiple hits to the head]
MATT: Do you even have a gun?
DANEEN: On your knees. Now.
Are you gonna kill me?
DANEEN: Leah Thompson. Where is
she?
MATT: I don't know where she is.
DANEEN: What time does she come
to work?
MATT: She doesn't come in
to work every day.
DANEEN: Where does she live?
I don't know where she lives.
Somewhere in Brooklyn, I think.
DANEEN: Brooklyn is big.
- MATT: I just told you. I don't
know!
- DANEEN: Shoosh!
MATT: All right...
Her mother.
What about her?
MATT: She's in a home.
Where?
Let me think...
It's... Town Park.
Brooklyn too?
Village Park!
DANEEN: Where is it?
I don't know.
I'm not sure.
Think.
MATT: I just told you. I don't
know where it is.
Just fucking Google it!
Don't turn.
[dramatic music]
[dramatic music]
[music ends]
[phone vibrates]
MATT: Hey.
LEAH: You said that there's
no...
...such thing as coincidence,
right?
That nothing happens for a
reason?
Well, guess what?
MATT: What?
LEAH: Remember that guy
from the subway?
MATT: Yeah.
I followed him.
How did you find him?
Check your phone.
[phone vibrates]
AARON: How about you, Father
James?
AARON: You know what the
meaning of life is?
[multiple hits to the head]
Christ. How the name of
God did you get this...
LEAH: I know how to find him.
How? Do you know him?
I don't know his name but...
I know where he lives.
MATT: You gotta call the cops.
Not yet.
MATT: Why not? What do
you want to do?
I want some air time tomorrow.
And then we can call the cops.
You out of your fucking mind?
LEAH: Is that a yes?
Sure. You got it.
Okay, great.
I'll see you tomorrow.
MATT: Leah.
What?
MATT: There's somebody
looking for you.
What do you mean somebody's
looking for me?
MATT: A woman. She stopped me
in the middle of the street
and...
...took me to an alley at
gunpoint.
Are you okay?
MATT: She was asking me
questions...
...about where you lived...
She definitely knows
where you work.
Who is she?
MATT: I don't know.
I couldn't see her face.
LEAH: What did you tell her?
MATT: Nothing. I don't even
know where you live.
MATT: Just be careful, okay?
Yeah... I will.
LEAH: First it was Father
Charles, last night Father
James.
The importance of this footage
is not merely journalistic or
informative...
It goes beyond that...
It's an attack on faith itself.
Viewer discretion is advised.
[music]
[music]
[music ends]
DANEEN: I need to talk to her.
PHIL: Who are you?
DANEEN: Alone.
She's all yours.
DANEEN: It's nice out, right?
ANGELINA: Better out that in
those torture chambers they have
me in.
You don't seem tortured.
I met a lawyer once who said
that the national sport of
America...
...isn't baseball.
It's litigation.
That's bullshit...
It's complaining.
Do you live around here?
DANEEN: I actually came to talk
to you.
To me?
What business can you possibly
have with me?
DANEEN: I work with your
daughter. Leah.
At... at the firm?
DANEEN: At the network but nice
try.
ANGELINA: Just making sure.
Leah actually brings me these
chocolates every week.
I keep telling her to bring
more...
...cause they'll never last a
week...
...but she says that's too much
chocolate.
DANEEN: There's no such a thing
as too much chocolate.
ANGELINA: Exactly!
Now she wants to bring
me some sugar-free crap.
DANEEN: This is so good.
ANGELINA: Yeah... Fuck yeah.
DANEEN: I need to get me some of
these.
They make them in Brooklyn...
Red Hook Treats...
It's uh...
It's a block from my
daughter's apartment...
You said you needed
to talk to me. What about?
Those chocolates.
Leah always refuses to tell me
where she gets them.
Well... now you know.
DANEEN: Thank you... for sharing
that information with me.
ANGELINA: Sure.
Gotta enjoy life while you can,
darling.
I sure will.
Come and visit.
You know where to find me.
[traffic]
[buzzer]
NEIGHBOR: Hello?
LEAH: USPS.
[door opens]
DANEEN: I believe it's time
we accept the results.
AARON: Fuck your results!
DANEEN: What makes you think
I'm not feeling the same way?
AARON: Cause you don't
have any fucking faith...
...you just want to
destroy everything.
DANEEN: Higher power that
supervises everything...
AARON: How could you possibly
know how I feel?
DANEEN: I want answers...
- AARON: Some answer you found.
- DANEEN: The truth hurts.
[knock on door]
[suspenseful music]
LEAH: I want to talk to you.
AARON: About what?
That.
AARON: I'm not for hire.
LEAH: I wasn't gonna pay you
anyway.
I know what you're doing.
You do?
Sit down.
RECEPTIONIST OVER THE PHONE:
Red Hook Treats.
DANEEN: Hey. This is Leah
Thompson.
I buy chocolates from you pretty
much every week.
My mom loves them.
RECEPTIONIST: Hey. Yes, of
course. Leah. How can I help you
today?
DANEEN: I won't be able
to just stop by.
Could you send the over to my
place?
RECEPTIONIST: Sure. The usual?
DANEEN: Yes, that'll be great.
RECEPTIONIST: Awesome.
DANEEN: When do you think
it'll be ready?
RECEPTIONIST: Give us like 25
minutes? Maybe 30. Tops.
DANEEN: Cool. Thank you
so much.
RECEPTIONIST: Tell Angelina I
say 'hi'.
DANEEN: I sure will.
RECEPTIONIST: Thank you.
Have a good one.
DANEEN: You too.
LEAH: Are you some sort of crazy
atheist?
Or is this some sort of
heathen revenge or something?
AARON: I'd say everybody is an
atheist when it comes to other
religions.
LEAH: So you are an atheist.
I was a believer.
But it turns out God is
irrelevant.
And hope is irrelevant.
And anybody who tells you
anything different...
...is utterly and irredeemably
full of shit.
LEAH: But why kill them?
AARON: Because nothing makes!
But you're too stupid
to understand that.
LEAH: Excuse me?
AARON: You're even smart
enough...
...to know how stupid
you really are.
LEAH: Fuck you!
You want me to bash
your daddy's brains in...
...but you can't
take a little shit?
You're not ready for this.
LEAH: My father fits the
profile.
He's a pastor. He could be added
to your list.
AARON: What list?
LEAH: Your kill list.
Cut the shit out.
AARON: If you want him dead so
bad why don't you kill him
yourself?
I don't have the balls.
AARON: You should definitely
not be saying that...
...to someone you're threatening
with a knife.
LEAH: I was seven when he...
My mother got us out of that
house.
But he followed us out.
I thought he was
gonna kill us...
But my mother stabbed him.
He fell on the ground.
He was bleeding
But he didn't die.
That son of a bitch didn't die.
Touching.
All right |
You either help me or I turn you
to the cops.
[sinister music]
You know what
happen to rats, right?
LEAH: Stop!
I said stop!
Killing that motherfucker will
make no difference for you.
It's not gonna change
the world or anything.
AARON: Wrong. The world is
always changing.
The ones who can't change it
think it's always the same.
LEAH: Are you changing it?
AARON: It's gonna change in ways
you cannot possibly imagine.
LEAH: I think you give too much
credit to those priests.
AARON: Don't believe me.
I don't care.
LEAH: I'll believe it when I see
it.
AARON: By then it'll be too
late. You'll just know.
Okay.
I get it.
You're crazy.
I'll do it.
What?
I'll add him to my list.
AARON: If we do this
there's no going back.
No hesitation.
No cold feet.
No bullshit.
Tell me why I shouldn't just
kill you right now instead of
him.
I just need to know
that he's dead.
Kill him first and then you can
do whatever you want with me.
[dramatic music]
[inaudible]
[dramatic music]
AARON: If you want him dead so
bad why don't you kill him
yourself?
LEAH: I don't have the balls.
AARON: You're not ready for
this.
[tree leaves blown by wind]
[foots steps]
ANGELINA: Thank you, Phil.
- LEAH: Morning.
- PHIL: Morning.
ANGELINA: You look like shit!
The bags under your eyes!
Phil said he saw
you on the news.
Really?
He told me you were talking
about a murderer.
Some guy who's killing
priests or something.
Yep... That's right.
Killing priests.
What is this?
The Spanish Civil War all over
again?
This world has really
lost its course.
I've seen Dad.
Yeah, you already
told me this.
- ANGELINA: Did you...?
- LEAH: What?
How could you?
What?
Who the fuck do
you think you are?
You've ruined everything!
PHIL: Angelina you have
to calm down.
- ANGELINA: You disgust me!
- PHIL: Angelina...
ANGELINA: I told you not to do
it. Not to do it!
What kind of stupid cunt are
you?
LEAH: Mom!
Angelina...
...calm down.
[sinister music]
[suspenseful music]
DANIEL: Hey, Frank.
- FRANK: Hey, Danny.
- DANIEL: How are you doing?
[suspenseful music]
[buzzer]
DELIVERY MAN: You want to go in?
DANEEN: Don't worry. I'm not in
a rush.
You're not from
New York, are you?
No. Why?
DELIVERY MAN: You said
you're not in a rush.
- DANEEN: You got me there.
- DELIVERY MAN: And you accent?
Where's that from?
I'm a time traveler
from the future.
[buzzer]
Israel?
DANEEN: Sure.
All right.
All right. Load and clear,
ma'am.
You have a nice day.
[suspenseful music]
[suspenseful music]
[suspenseful music]
[suspenseful music]
No knife today?
LEAH: Can I come in?
AARON: No.
LEAH: Please.
LEAH: Thank you.
AARON: Are you drunk?
Not as much as I should be.
AARON: You can't stay.
What would make you think that I
want to?
AARON: You should go home.
And you should show a little
fucking empathy for a change.
Did you know that the
chemicals that make up...
...the human body are worth
$3,000 in the market?
That's it.
Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen... All
that crap.
Three thousand bucks.
We're only what
we have up here.
And she's lost her mind.
She is fucking senile.
Do you know what that means?
AARON: No, I don't know what
that means.
LEAH: That means that my dear
mother is worth only $3,000.
Fucking Midtown rent at best.
You know memories
are what make us?
LEAH: They're priceless.
What are you doing?
It's rude to let me drink alone,
dickhead.
To me.
What the hell.
When was the last time
that you had a good fuck?
[traffic]
Your phone is off.
It is? Sorry...
I have a lot on my mind.
[sad piano music]
PHIL: I'm sorry, Leah.
Your mother passed away early
this morning.
We came in to wake her up for
her gym class...
...that's when we found her.
It was... it was very peaceful.
[sad piano music]
Thank you, Phil.
You're always really
great to her.
She really deserved it.
Yeah.
Yeah, she did.
You want these?
They're her favorite.
PHIL: I know.
[Phil sighs]
Thanks.
[sad music]
[phone vibrates]
ELIJAH: Any update, doc?
All right...
Thanks.
Shit.
[dials]
DANEEN: He's killing his
old teachers...
Some sort of revenge against
those who gave him Faith.
First was father Charles and the
Father James...
We need to figure out
who's going to be next.
- ELIJAH: Daneen, listen...
- DANEEN: I have a lead...
There is this reporter who
filmed his second murder.
I'm pretty sure sh'e going to
try to make contact with him...
...or follow him or something.
She's key to finding him.
I'm at her apartment right now.
ELIJAH: Daneen, listen. I got
bad news about Lance.
He didn't make it.
I'm sorry.
ELIJAH: We tried everything we
could...
I'm really, really sorry.
[sad music]
Thank you for the update.
I'll keep you posted if anything
comes up.
Just be careful out there, okay?
I will.
[sad music]
[sad music continues]
[sad music continues]
[sad music continues]
[Leah buzzes]
[buzzer clicks]
I'm ready.
[door opens]
LEAH: Why did you say that
hope is irrelevant?
LEAH: Just trying to
make conversation.
I'm nervous.
That's all.
AARON: So keep it to yourself.
[eerie music]
AARON: They're charlatans.
Con men.
LEAH: And they deserve
to die because of it?
AARON: It's not about them. It's
about the damage they're
causing.
LEAH: How is giving hope to
people causing damage?
AARON: Lies cause damage.
AARON: When you spend your whole
life believing something that's
then proven to be false...
...you either ignore the
evidence or you can do something
about it.
LEAH: So you decided to do
something about it.
AARON: Look.
I can prove with no margin of
error...
...that there's no god, no
eternity, no logic to our
suffering.
Nothing makes sense.
LEAH: It's that why you asked
him what the meaning of life
was?
Some sort of sadistic final
touch or something?
AARON: I'm not enjoying this.
Just has to be done.
LEAH: For the greater good.
[suspenseful music]
LEAH: What are you doing?
AARON: Just keep a lookout,
okay?
LEAH: I thought you had a car.
AARON: I have them all.
[suspenseful music]
[engine starts]
[suspenseful music]
LEAH: There.
[engine stops]
Any security systems?
An alarm. Maybe.
Maybe?
I think that's what
we had...
I was seven... I don't
really remember.
Well, it isn't much.
Could've put a little more
thought into this plan.
LEAH: I don't have a plan.
Wonderful.
LEAH: Remember, no cold feet.
AARON: Don't push it.
LEAH: If he's in the alarm's
gonna be off.
AARON: Does he live alone? New
wife? Children?
- LEAH: No.
- AARON: Guns?
LEAH: Probably. I think a
handgun.
Probably upstairs.
AARON: Probably, probably.
Okay. Go ring the doorbell.
LEAH: Me?
[suspenseful music]
[suspenseful music]
[door bell]
FRANK: Who's there?
FRANK: What do you want?
It's me.
FRANK: Yeah... Me who?
Your daughter.
Leah.
[door unlocks]
FRANK: It's really you.
My God, what are
you doing here?
Jesus Christ, you're a woman
now.
FRANK: How long has it been?
[hit]
[car approaching]
[car engine stops]
[hit]
[foot steps]
[car door closes]
LEAH: Wait! Wait!
Not yet.
AARON: Not a good idea.
FRANK: Please, don't.
LEAH: I just wanna know that you
know why this is happening to
you.
FRANK: Please, Leah, don't do
this.
LEAH: Yo do know why this is
happening, don't you?
FRANK: Everything I did was for
you.
- FRANK: I did all for you.
- LEAH: Oh, you did?
FRANK: Your mother's got it all
wrong.
She's got it all wrong.
LEAH: What did she get wrong?
[Frank cries]
She...
She thought she saw us.
Me.
But it wasn't true.
LEAH: Just fucking admit it!
Just fucking have the
decency to admit it!
FRANK: I swear to God it
wasn't true, Leah.
I never touched you!
[dramatic music]
I never laid a hand on you.
If you never did anything...
...then why do I still feel you
every single night?
FRANK: I loved you so much.
I loved you so much.
I still do, my sweet baby girl.
[dramatic music]
[Frank cries]
[multiple hits to the head]
[dramatic music]
AARON: Where to?
What?
AARON: Where do you want me
to drop you off?
At my place.
AARON: Address?
[car engine starts]
[melancholic music]
[melancholic music]
[buzzer]
[melancholic music]
MATT: You ever hear
from that woman?
The one with the gun?
LEAH: No.... Besides, I haven't
been home in a couple of days.
MATT: Where have you stayed?
[melancholic music]
LEAH: With a friend.
A girlfriend.
MATT: You should
call the police.
LEAH: Yeah, I will.
[melancholic music continues]
LEAH: All of this has to
mean something, right?
LEAH: Life has to mean
something.
I mean, we can't just be born
and the work and then die.
MATT: That's what most
people do anyways.
[melancholic music continues]
LEAH: No. My mother saved me.
That has to mean something.
[melancholic music continues]
All my life I've been
driven by this anger...
...and this desire for revenge.
Now that I had it, I...
[inaudible]
...I feel completely empty
inside.
MATT: You've lost your purpose.
Your sense of direction.
[melancholic music continues]
[inaudible]
Yeah.
I guess I have.
I'm a fucking nomad now.
[melancholic music continues]
[melancholic music continues]
MATT: The meaning of life is the
one we give it ourselves.
LEAH: I'm sorry, Matt.
MATT: It's all good.
We don't choose to be loved.
Otherwise we'd always choose
better.
[melancholic music continues]
Call the police
about that woman.
LEAH: I said I will.
MATT: Just let me worry
about you, okay?
Okay, but I'm fine.
Sure.
When you really are...
...you're not gonna miss any
more of my Saturday night dinner
parties.
[melancholic music continues]
[music ends]
DANEEN: Please, stay.
I have something that
someone like you might find...
...interesting.
I'm Dr. Daneen Bellman.
Leah Thompson.
But I feel that you
already knew that.
Are you a woman of faith?
No. I don't think so.
DANEEN: Good. That's gonna make
things much easier.
DANEEN: What if I tell you I can
prove that God doesn't exist?
LEAH: Sure, but you can't.
That's where you are wrong.
I already have.
- LEAH: Scientifically?
- DANEEN: Yes.
- LEAH: Mathematically?
- DANEEN: Yes.
Bullshit.
DANEEN: You don't have to
believe me.
LEAH: Good, cause I don't.
Daneen Bellman.
You're kind of a big deal.
I am.
LEAH: And you served in the
military.
LEAH: So there's no God or
anything.
DANEEN: Again, yes.
Yeah, this is stupid.
DANEEN: Stupind is not changing
your mind when...
... you haven evidence that
challenges your believes.
LEAH: I'm gonna need hard
evidence if you want me to bring
this to the network.
DANEEN: I don't want you to
go to the network.
LEAH: Then what do you want?
I mean...
Sorry. I really don't
have time for this.
DANEEN: Aaron was a member of my
lab team.
He's a man of the cloth.
A man of faith.
He's a priest?
And a very dangerous one.
DANEEN: Faith is an anti-virus.
It's a firewall that protects us
and makes us feel good.
It tells you exactly what you
want to hear.
But it can also make
you lose your mind.
The brain intakes the truth as
if it was a virus.
Some people are immune,
others get sick.
People are not ready
for the truth.
The same way Aaron wasn't.
LEAH: So you want to find Aaron
to make him stop spreading the
truth.
DANEEN: I just don't want
anybody else to die.
The truth will inevitably come
to light.
But first we need to prepare
Humanity for it.
LEAH: But you know the truth.
And if you say that the truth
makes everyone insane, then...
...why aren't you crazy?
What makes you
think I'm not?
Stay away from me.
[street noise]
AARON: I don't have
time for stalkers.
I wanted to see you.
AARON: What for?
Can I use your bathroom?
AARON: You know where it is.
AARON: Okay. Now you need to
leave.
- LEAH: Why?
- AARON: Look...
You wanted your father out of
the picture. You got it.
You wanted a good
fuck. You got it.
What more do you
want from me?
LEAH: My father is dead.
And I literally feel no relief
at all.
You're the only person that I
can talk to about this.
AARON: How is this
my problem?
LEAH: Because you're a priest!
LEAH: I was at the park today
and a woman came up to me...
...and said that you
worked with her on some...
sort of experiment
or something?
AARON: Okay, you need
to leave now.
- LEAH: Why?
- AARON: Because she could've
followed you.
- LEAH: She didn't.
- AARON: How the fuck do you
know?
LEAH: Because she was still in
the park bench when I left.
AARON: And people on park
benches can't get up and walk?
- LEAH: I don't know!
- AARON: Look, you don't know...
...what's a stake here.
I can't take any risks.
You need to leave now.
LEAH: My life is literally
falling apart...
...and I can't make much
sense out of anything anymore.
AARON: Well having a senseless
life is ultimately...
...everybody's fate. Why should
it be any different for you?
LEAH: My god you can be
an asshole sometimes.
I think that our paths
have crossed for a reason.
AARON: That's why you're just as
ignorant as everybody else.
LEAH: No.
You've made me feel things that
nobody has before.
Us meeting wasn't random.
LEAH: I know that you feel it
too...
...because if you didn't feel it
then...
You would've left by now.
I think that I'm stuck in your
head as much as you're stuck in
mine.
And that's fucking you up.
AARON: Love is pointless.
LEAH: It might be... but it's
real.
[suspenseful music]
DANEEN: On the ground.
AARON: I'm not armed.
DANEEN: I said on the ground
now.
AARON: You gonna shoot me?
DANEEN: I'm trying not to.
AARON: I'm not gonna stop.
DANEEN: I know.
[fight sounds]
[Daneen gasps for air]
[Daneen stops breathing]
[Aaron panting]
[suspenseful music]
Don't follow me.
[suspenseful music]
[suspenseful music]
LEAH: Oh, my God!
Come on.
[Daneen gasps for air]
AARON: The world is
always changing...
It's gonna change in ways you
cannot possibly imagen.
LEAH: Are you changing it?
[Daneen gasps for air]
- AARON: I can prove with no
margin or error...
- AARON: It turns out that God
is irrelevant...
- AARON: Nothing makes sense!
- AARON: I was a believer
[Daneen gasps for air]
DANEEN: Where did he go?
LEAH: I don't know.
DANEEN: Why didn't you
go with him?
LEAH: You seem to need
more help than he did.
[suspenseful music]
- DANEE: What are you doing?
- LEAH: I'm calling 911.
- DANEEN: No.
- LEAH: You need to go to a
hospital!
DANEEN: He's gonna vanish again.
I need to fix this mess.
- LEAH: What are you looking
for?
- DANEEN: My gun.
LEAH: Are you gonna kill him?
He took it.
[suspenseful climatic music]
[gun shot]
[gun shot]
[suspenseful climatic music]
[gun shots]
[suspenseful climatic music]
[music stops]
I want to report a
man with a gun.
[gun shot]
AARON: I can't get you out
of my fucking head.
LEAH: I can't get you out of
my fucking head either.
AARON: Don't you try to sell me
that like it's a good thing.
- LEAH: But it is.
- AARON: It's not!
LEAH: It is.
It gives you a purpose.
It gives you a reason to wake up
in the morning.
[hopeful music]
AARON: Go and live
your life Leah.
You still might find something
to be grateful for.
[hopeful music]
I'd trade all my tomorrows...
for a single yesterday.
[gun shot]
[hopeful music]
[hopeful music]
[hopeful music]
[hopeful music]
[hopeful music]
[hopeful music]
[seagulls squawking]
[hopeful music]
MATT: Next one's on you.
LEAH: Thank you.
LEAH: You know, that's it.
Everything happens for a reason.
- MATT: Don't get me started.
- LEAH: No, no, no.
That's what I choose to believe.
Even if it's total bullshit.
That's what I choose to believe.
MATT: Fair enough.
Now all you got to do
is find that reason.
LEAH: Worth giving it a chance,
don't you think?
MATT: I'm sorry I ratted you
out.
I honestly don't know what I
would do if I had a gun pointing
at my head.
You know you're going to be
changing ghosts, don't you?
LEAH: Maybe.
But I would trade
all of my yesterdays...
For the dream of
a better tomorrow.
[soft piano music]
MATT: So...
Are you ready for a
dinner party this Saturday?
[soft piano music]
I might be.
[hopeful music]
[melancholic piano music]
[suspenseful electronic music]