The Body (2026) s01e06 Episode Script
Star Quality
[choral singing]
[Father] St. Vitus, holy helper of God,
patron saint of dancers,
we ask for your prayers.
Bless the Lions as they represent
our school and our savior's holy name
at the Star Quality Regionals.
Thank you, God.
[all] Thank you, God.
And thank you, Grace.
Yes, and thank you, Grace.
-Thank you, Grace.
-[shrieks] Let's go, Lions!
[all] Yeah!
[girls laughing]
[Coach Miller] Go, girls.
Make your mamas proud.
Okay, so, uh, while you're gone,
I need to feed the chickens twice a day,
I… I need to visit Mom every day,
and I'm supposed to tell her
that you're just on a school trip,
which is not technically a lie.
Are you sure
you definitely still need to go?
'Cause, like, you're not even,
like, performing anymore.
An alternate's a very important role, Leo.
Anyone could get injured at any time.
-[Maddie] Hey, Father Franklin.
-[Father] Hey, Maddie.
I brought these for Grace's room
to tell her thank you for healing me.
Do you think
you could put them in there for her?
[choral singing continues]
Uh, yeah. I'll make sure
that she gets 'em. Yeah.
-Thank you.
-Oh!
[Maddie] Roar!
-[Coach Miller] See you.
-[Father] Take it easy.
[Maddie] Thank you, Grace.
-What's your take on this?
-[cheering] Let's do it!
[Coach Miller] I wish Grace would
miraculously heal my leaking titties.
-[roaring]
-[indistinct chatter]
[girls] All my bitches, roar!
[all chanting] All my bitches, roar!
All my, all my bitches, roar! Hoo!
All my bitches, roar.
All my, all my bitches, roar.
[music stops]
[Claire] It's okay. Elise has to be
a bitch. It's her esthetic.
[Bailey] Something about her
is different, though.
[Brit] Yeah, it's kind of like
she lost her spark.
-[Claire] That's awkward.
-[Olivia] I didn't think she was gonna go.
I'm mostly here
to collect permission slips.
[Father chuckles]
I'm just glad Maddie's dancing
instead of the new girl.
I find her face very unsettling.
-[Katie] Low key.
-[Claire] It's like sister bonding.
-I want my first time to be super special.
-Hey!
[indistinct chatter]
[Olivia] You guys want a candy bracelet?
Are you excited?
You okay?
[chatter continues in the background]
God, how many days can you go
without sleeping until you literally die?
Well, I brought some of my mom's
sleeping pills, so that should help.
And plus, I'll be there.
You can sleep in my bed.
God, my shoulder's
fucking killing me again.
-[groans]
-Here.
Right there? You feel it?
-[Anya] Um, it's a little lower.
-[Lisbeth] Lower?
What did Coach Miller say?
About what?
About me and you doing the…
the improv dance together.
Oh, uh…
I'm… I don't really know
if she'll go for it.
[whispers] Like, it's not really my call.
You're the captain. [chuckles]
-[Coach Miller] Excuse me.
-I mean…
[Coach Miller] Big, wide load
coming through.
I have room assignments,
and we're all doubling up.
I don't make the budget.
So, uh, Katie with Claire.
-[Katie] You're my freaking beeeeetch.
-Brit with Bailey and Blair.
[Coach Miller] Amy with Olivia.
-[Amy] Yes!
-[Coach Miller] Anya with Elise.
-And Maddie with Lisbeth.
-Um…
Wait. Coach. Coach.
[Coach Miller] No, no. As you can see,
I'm seven and a half months pregnant.
Therefore, I will not be taking
any feedback at this time.
[chatter in background]
Oh, excuse me, girls.
[whispering] Fuck my life. Fuck my life.
I have to piss every two seconds.
-Coach, why? Why?
-[Coach Miller] No. I know.
-Stop. I know. Stop.
-[Elise] Pair me up with Katie.
You just gotta use this time
to figure your shit out.
You know this energy,
it's, like, not good for competition.
What'd you do to get the silent treatment?
-I tried to kill Lisbeth, apparently.
-[chuckles softly]
I wish. [giggling]
["Holidae In" by Chingy playing]
[pneumatic hissing]
Doo ♪
-Whachu doin'? ♪
-Nothin', chillin' at the Holiday Inn ♪
Who you wit'? ♪
Me and my peeps thought
You'd bring over your friends ♪
What we gon' do? ♪
Feel on each other
And sip on some Hen ♪
One thing leading to another
Let the party begin ♪
-Whachu doin? ♪
-Nothin', chillin' at the Holiday Inn ♪
Who you wit'? ♪
Me and my peeps thought
You'd bring over friends ♪
What we gon' do? ♪
Feel on each other
And sip on some Hen ♪
One thing leading to another
Let the party begin ♪
Peeps call me up
Said, it's a hotel party ♪
Just bring the liquor
There's already eight shawties ♪
-I'm on my way, way… ♪
-[song stops]
-[water breaks]
-Oh shit.
[Elise] No chaperone.
Girls gone wild.
God, I really hope she makes it
to the hospital in time.
Giving birth in Syracuse
is fucking depressing.
-[siren wailing faintly]
-What are you looking for? Bedbugs?
Checking for snakes.
You don't have to talk to me.
Just watch this.
[congregation on tape clamoring]
[pastor on tape] Now that's a God
that's got power.
-[man 1] Amen!
-[man 2 speaking indistinctly]
That's power. Am I right?
[congregation cheering]
[pastor] Only God's anointed
can perceive the sign.
[tense music plays]
And that right there's
the fire of salvation.
-[congregation cheering]
-[woman 1] Amen.
[pastor] Right there is a prophet of God.
Baby, that's power.
-[woman 2] Amen.
-[pastor] Look at my baby girl, huh?
[congregation cheering] Amen.
I'm anointed.
Personally, I don't know how the fuck
to pick up a rattlesnake, but…
She's literally Britney at the VMAs.
[man 3] Whoo-hoo!
-[pastor] Praise the Lord!
-[piano playing on the tape]
[Elise] Anya…
I swear on my dad, okay?
I had nothing to do with the snake.
-[pastor] Look at my baby girl, huh?
-[congregation cheering]
[static humming]
-[piano music continues]
-[congregation clapping, cheering]
-[man 4] Amen!
-[clapping and cheering continues]
[cheering fades]
[soft cracking]
-Does that hurt?
-[Maddie] No.
[foot cracking, popping]
[Lisbeth] What about this?
Not at all.
Cool.
Guess you're really healed, then.
Yeah. Oh, wait,
do you mind if I shower first?
I was thinking I could wash my hair,
do a facial.
Do you want me to give you one too?
I know you're not going on,
but the alternates
usually get ready just in case.
[bag rustling, jingling]
Do you have any snacks? I'm starving.
Nope.
Sorry. It's just stuff I need
for my blood sugar.
[Maddie sighs]
-[door closes]
-[lock clicks]
-[unsettling music playing]
-[shower knob squeaks]
[shower running]
-[Christian music playing]
-[choral singing] Kyrie ♪
Kyrie ♪
Kyrie ♪
Eleison ♪
[keys jingling]
[door creaking]
[music fades]
[door creaking]
[chickens clucking in the distance]
Hello?
[banging, clattering faintly]
-[chickens clucking]
-[wood bangs]
[Catherine humming]
[peeling sound]
[Leo] Mom.
Oh my God, child, you scared me.
[cutlery clatters]
What are you doing?
Hope you're hungry.
I thought we'd fry some chicken up.
[water splashes, boils]
How… How are you home?
I'm finally feeling like myself again.
No thanks to them ugly doctors
pumping me full of Lord knows what.
-No respect for my condition.
-[tense music playing]
I told them I don't need nothing
but the good Lord.
-Amen.
-[broom thuds]
[ethereal choral music playing]
What are you…
[balloons rustling]
[music fades]
[phone ringing]
[Leo] Father.
-Hey.
-Hey. I'm really glad you're still here.
-[Father] Yeah, what's up?
-Um…
Can you explain what happened to Maddie?
'Cause it has something to do
with Grace, right?
Like… Or that's…
That's what Maddie's been saying.
Yeah, well, when our prayers are answered,
we often feel grateful to the people
that we think may have interceded.
One sec. But it doesn't necessarily mean
that they're responsible.
Yeah, I know, but I think
it might have happened to my mom too.
Your mom? What do you mean?
She came home today.
And she's like a different person.
Different how?
She seems normal.
Like she's a normal mom.
Well, did she
start a new medication?
[Leo] Uh…
I don't… No, I don't think so.
May… I mean, maybe.
It's just, when I was at the hospital,
I asked Grace to help.
Like, I… I prayed to her.
I know my mom has been saying
that she thinks
all this stuff with Grace is bad,
but it… it's like
Isaiah with the seraphim.
He was scared.
But it turned out
they were just messengers from God.
[soft choral music playing]
You think Grace is a messenger from God?
I mean, what if Maddie's right
and Grace really does have
some kind of power?
And what if Grace really did heal Maddie,
and she really did heal my mom?
[balloons rustling]
[music fades]
Yeah. Yeah, no, I think
that's a really great theory, Leo.
[Leo] So, you think it was Grace too?
Yeah, sure. I actually have to go
'cause we're having a team dinner.
-Oh, okay.
-Don't forget to feed the chickens.
-Yeah, bye.
-Okay.
[door opens]
[Claire] I just don't get
why she hasn't woken up yet.
Like, shouldn't the ritual
have worked by now?
[Olivia] It did.
Just because Satan released her
doesn't mean that she's ready
to come back yet.
At least that's what Lisbeth said.
Yeah, I'm kind of gonna miss
that little weirdo.
[Claire] Where's she going?
I mean, we're not gonna take
an alternate to Nationals, right?
-It's not even a real position.
-[Claire] Shoot. Poor little egg.
[Katie] I feel like Anya's afraid
to tell her that she's off the team.
[music slowly swells]
-[Olivia] Claire, can you tan me tonight?
-[Claire] Yeah, of course.
[music ends]
Ooh, they have blooming onions!
[Brit] Wait, does anybody have
the partner improv songs?
I wish they'd tell us ahead of time.
I hate surprises.
That literally defeats the point
of an improv dance.
[Maddie] I'm gonna go hit the salad bar.
[chatter in the background]
Hey, Maddie.
-Hey, roomie.
-[chuckles softly]
I don't wanna make you feel insecure,
but I just feel like I'd be
a shitty friend if I didn't check in.
Check in about what?
You just promised Grace
that you would stop binging.
Oh, I'm not binging.
I'm just having vegetables.
You know you can always
come to me for help, right?
-I don't need help. I'm not…
-I'm just…
Maddie, if you continue down this path,
I'm just worried
you're not gonna be in the right shape
for competing on Sunday.
[serving tongs clatter]
[footsteps receding]
Mads, do you want to split
a blooming onion?
Um…
No, I'm good, thanks.
Yeah.
[indistinct chatter]
-[Anya] Hey, guys. Sorry I'm late.
-Hi.
[Katie] Hey. Where's Elise?
Ah, she ordered Taco Bell.
[scoffs] That bitch
will put anything in her mouth.
[giggles]
Wait, now that coach's gone, who are you
gonna choose to do the improv dance?
Oh, um, I mean, like,
Elise is one of our best dancers.
Do you think I'm a bad dancer?
No.
-[waiter] Bread for the table, ladies.
-[Katie] Hey, bread!
-Thank you.
-[Olivia] Thank you.
Wait, guys. We should say grace to Grace.
[choral music playing]
[Lisbeth clears throat]
[sighs]
Bless us, oh Grace, for these thy gifts
that we are about to receive
at the Holy Day Inn tonight.
Please bless the Lions
and damn our competitors.
Especially those bitches
from Our Lady of Glory who always beat us.
Yes, God, please damn the Glory Holes.
[Lisbeth] Continue to test our loyalties
and curse any of us who betray
the conditions of the pact
we made to save you.
Through Christ and Grace.
-Amen.
-[Olivia] Amen.
[all] Amen.
[Katie] And dig in.
I'm gonna go up to my room for a bit.
-[Olivia] Okay. I'll see you later?
-[Maddie] Bye.
So you're… You're praying to her now?
Well… [clears throat]
…better safe than sorry, right?
[chuckles softly]
[choral singing continues]
[quietly] What happened to, like,
all the stuff you said last week, like…
[whispering] …about Grace,
like about it just being
my anxiety, like it's not real?
[whispers] Anya…
It's just, after the ritual,
my perspective on everything
kind of changed.
-I mean, you saw her too.
-Okay.
Can I just have the key card, please?
I wanna get your sleeping pills
and go to bed.
Yep.
-Thanks.
-I hid them in a Sun In bottle.
[Bailey] So, like, do you guys think
coach's baby's gonna look really ugly?
My cousin was born preemie,
and he looked like a peeled grape.
[Bailey] Oh…
[Olivia] That's disgusting.
[ominous music playing]
[eerie sting]
[eerie sting]
-Last week you two were doing an exorcism.
-[music fades]
-And now Grace is healing people?
-[Theresa laughs]
-Theresa.
-Oh, come on, Mikey, lighten up.
[Michael] I don't think it's funny.
-Maybe she can heal our marriage.
-Okay.
[glass clinks]
I don't know. I think it's kind of nice
that people are praying for her.
They're not praying for her.
They're praying to her.
Which really means
they're praying for themselves.
[doorbell ringing]
Better not be any more goddamn balloons.
You're quiet.
-Am I?
-[Michael speaking indistinctly]
I guess it's a big step up
from spawn of Satan.
[door closes]
[clicks tongue] Yep. It is.
[glass clinks]
Is that from Maddie?
No.
It's from Coach Miller.
Her boyfriend just dropped it off.
Is she okay?
Yeah, their baby is fine.
Apparently, the doctor said
it was a miracle.
And she said, uh…
[chuckles softly] …that during the birth,
she saw Grace.
-[intriguing music playing]
-[Theresa] Well, shit.
[Michael] I guess she wanted to say
thank you.
[Theresa sighs]
So now
we have this bear.
[Bridget Jones] To give up and accept
a permanent state of spinsterhood
and eventual eating by Alsatians…
[door opens]
…or not.
Hey, sorry, I just gotta borrow something
from Lisbeth.
[Maddie] Yeah, all good.
Why'd you leave early? You, uh…
You weren't hungry at dinner?
[Maddie] I was just tired.
-[bag rustles]
-[pills rattling]
[soft rattling]
[lid closes]
[Bridget Jones] …this time I choose not.
I will not be defeated by a bad man
and an American stick insect. Instead, I--
[TV turns off]
Hey, I'm…
I'm really sorry for being
such a shitty captain recently.
How are you, uh… How are you
going with your food stuff?
I'm fine. [chuckles softly]
Why? Did Lisbeth say something?
No, why would…
Why would Lisbeth say something?
I don't know. Just…
I told her some stuff
at the country house.
I just meant,
I know that being on stage
is a really big trigger for you.
I wanna make sure
you're taking care of yourself.
Like… Like, you were in the hospital
two weeks ago.
I know.
I'm really sorry
if you feel you couldn't talk to me.
But I can't let you go on stage
if you're not in a good place.
-That's how you got injured last time.
-I'm fine. [chuckles]
I promise it's not like before.
You know, so… [chuckles]
[inhales sharply] Well, um…
I'm gonna turn in.
I gotta start falling asleep at,
like, ten to get to bed by three.
Okay. [chuckles softly]
-Night.
-Night.
-[sighs deeply]
-[door opens]
-[inhales deeply]
-[door closes]
[exhales shakily]
-[ethereal choral singing]
-[elevator dings]
[door closes]
[choral singing continues]
[quietly] St. Michael,
protect me from
whatever is happening right now.
[whispers] That would be amazing.
And please, please let me get some sleep.
Amen.
And amen, Grace.
[singing fades]
[pensive music playing]
[Theresa] Mike's in a pretty foul mood.
[dog barking in the distance]
[Father] I don't think he likes the bear.
[both chuckling]
[Father sighs]
Did Mike ever tell you
about his own little miracle?
-No.
-[chuckling softly]
Before we moved out here,
when we were still in Mississippi
with that crazy family,
Mike had dislocated his shoulder.
He was, like, 11 or 12.
It just popped right out.
[inhales sharply]
So, of course,
our batshit foster dad comes in,
and he's working his whole routine.
And he's gonna pray the devil out of him.
After he leaves, I sneak in,
and I give Mike one of my pain pills
'cause I just got
my wisdom teeth pulled. [sniffles]
Next morning, Mike's fine.
He's walking around
like nothing ever happened.
So, everybody comes in,
and they're screaming, like,
"It was the prayer."
I'm like, "No, it was the damn pill."
And we're going back and forth.
It's getting heated.
And then Mike comes in.
And Mike says,
"Well, something worked."
"Does it matter which one?"
[Father scoffs]
-[Theresa sighs]
-[chuckles] Yeah.
[dog barking in the distance]
[Father] Mike was a big God guy
before you met us.
[music ends]
I like to think somewhere inside,
he still is.
[somber choral music playing]
[music fades]
[whispers] El.
[Elise] Yeah.
You sleeping?
No.
[Anya] I can't sleep.
[somber choral music resumes]
Can you come lay with me?
[music fades]
[upbeat rap song playing]
[man] Girls, if you do not yet have
a time slot for the improv category,
please see line A.
That is A for amazing.
[girl] What's that smell?
Oh, it's just St. Farts.
Why are we the only team
without a slutty nickname?
Maybe they smelled Elise.
[gasps]
-[rap song continues faintly]
-[indistinct chatter]
Hey, if it comes down to a vote,
will you pick me for the improv dance?
Okay.
-[Maddie breathing shakily]
-[cups popping]
[inhales sharply] Lisbeth,
can I tell you something?
Mm.
I really wanna eat a Danish. Like, I…
I actually really wanna eat, like,
five of those.
Well… [chuckles softly] Okay.
Can you be my accountability buddy?
What's an accountability buddy?
Um…
Grace would just do it for me for a while.
Right after I went to treatment.
And it worked.
Because lying to her
always made me feel so guilty.
And it still does.
I promised her that I would stop binging.
And I still can't stop.
-Maybe that's why she's not visiting me.
-No.
Okay, first of all, it's really good
that you're telling me this.
And of course I'll be your buddy. Okay?
And, Mads, it's not your fault.
[unsettling music playing]
Your demon… is gluttony.
But how do I get rid of the demon?
You don't give it what it wants.
You have to starve it out.
[Catherine] There you go, my baby.
[music fades]
Gotta get some meat on those bones.
There you go.
Mmm.
Wait, is this real syrup?
Mm-hmm.
Saw Marjorie at the grocery store.
-Oh yeah?
-Mm-hmm.
She's really let herself go.
I ever start looking like that,
just put me right back in the hospital.
[both chuckling quietly]
Yes, ma'am. [chuckles]
So, did they give you something new,
um, at the hospital?
You checking up on me or something?
[tsks] I'm just wondering.
You haven't been good like this
in a while.
You know, I got my bad days
and my good days.
Well, this girl at my school
thinks Grace healed her.
-Healed her?
-Mm-hmm.
From what?
A broken ankle.
Sounds like a false miracle to me.
But she's all better now.
And you… You started feeling better too.
Wouldn't…
Boy, the only person
who's ever healed me is God.
Right.
[birds chirping]
[woman speaking indistinctly]
…so fast.
-Oh, this is Coach Miller's sister, Carly.
-Hi.
Is everything okay with Shauna?
Yeah, yeah. Um…
This is my son, Sean.
He has Hodgkin's lymphoma.
[sighs] I'm not necessarily sure it even
makes sense that I'm asking you this.
I was just hoping
that he could have a visit with Grace.
I need a word with my wife, please.
[chuckles softly]
Just…
We can't do this.
Why not? It's just giving a mother hope.
Yeah, false hope.
She's not gonna cure lymphoma.
Next thing you know,
we're gonna be on Dr. Phil.
When you get in there,
make sure you thank Grace.
[Theresa] Oh my God.
I feel bad turning her away.
-[whispers] Can we offer her tea?
-I'll do it.
-Let's just get this over with.
-No. Wait.
-Wait--
-[Michael] Theresa.
Hi, I…
Theresa is a nurse,
and she thinks that Grace is
too immunocompromised for visitors.
I'm very sorry.
Come on, baby, let's go. Selfish bitch.
Are you fucking kidding me?
Uh…
[Anya] Five, six, seven, eight.
-Nice.
-[Olivia] The floor's cold.
-You guys look like a bunch of lesbians.
-What?
-Oh, you wish you could tap this ass.
-Bitch.
-We're all straight.
-Are we gonna get disqualified for that?
Hey, Claire, do you have any more
caffeine pills left?
I don't do those anymore.
They gave me heart arrhythmia.
Why do you want caffeine pills?
You're not worried about us lifting you?
No, no, it's not about the lift.
It's just, um, I'm doing a cleanse.
I'm sorry, but I don't think
anorexic bulimics are allowed
to do cleanses.
It's not for weight loss. Um…
It's for… spiritual reasons.
What do you mean?
-[indistinct chatter in the background]
-Maddie.
-Is this, like, a Lisbeth thing?
-[Lisbeth] Maddie, we're taking photos.
-[Anya] Are you okay?
-[Maddie] Yep.
[whispers] Sorry.
-Oh, it stinks in here.
-You shit yourself?
[Anya sighs in frustration]
Fucking Glory Holes.
[camera beeps, clicks]
-[Maddie] Should we do something cute?
-[Lisbeth] Yeah.
What else did you see on that tape?
[indistinct chatter]
A lot of weird shit.
Like sermons about the devil and stuff.
Kinda like the shit she was preaching
last weekend
when you were off popping your cherry.
[Anya] Hm.
I have a theory,
but I don't wanna freak you out.
[tense music playing]
[indistinct chatter continues]
Okay. Tell me.
So, I faked a vision of Grace
to fuck with you, right?
And then you faked a vision of Grace
to fuck with me.
And then everybody
started faking visions of Grace
because they wanna be like us.
Then I started thinking, when the fuck did
this insane devil shit start happening?
And I swear to fucking God, Anya,
it all goes back to Lisbeth.
-[tense choral singing]
-[Lisbeth snorting]
[Blair] I don't know what that means.
I don't know.
[Maddie gasps, squeals]
[girls speaking indistinctly
in the background continues]
Yeah, but I s… I saw her.
[Lisbeth] It is cute.
-No, Elise, I'm being so serious, okay?
-[Elise] Okay, all right. Look…
I've been fucking seeing shit.
Like, not just nightmares,
like, while I'm awake.
-I've been seeing Grace.
-[Elise] Seriously, Anya.
I saw her at my country house.
When you were on shrooms?
When the fuck was the last time you slept?
You know not sleeping can cause
really bad hallucinations, right?
[door opens]
[Sister Imelda] Attention.
[music stops]
What are you wearing?
-What the fuck is she doing here?
-Please cover up immediately.
I will be taking over as chaperone
from here on out.
I've been told the captain needs to decide
who will be doing
the improvisational dance.
I'll do it.
[Claire] Yeah, girl, but who with?
[Anya] With Elise.
[chatter in background]
["Kisses on Your Collar" by Carmen Reece,
Peter Woodroffe & Charles LT Grant plays]
Eeoh-ay-oh ♪
Oh, oh, oh-oh ♪
Eeoh-ay-oh, eeoh-ay-oh ♪
Would you take the risk
For one lipstick kiss? ♪
If I find perfume letters
You′ve been keeping ♪
That read my lips
"I don't do cheating" ♪
-So would you sacrifice all this ♪
-[inaudible]
For one li-i-i-ipstick kiss? ♪
-[song ends]
-[crowd clapping, cheering]
[male announcer] All right, thank you,
Rochdale High.
Next up, St. Mark's.
[cheering]
As soon as you hear the music start,
the stage is yours.
["Lover, You Should've Come over"
by Jeff Buckley playing]
Looking out the door I see the rain ♪
Fall upon the funeral mourners ♪
Parading in a wake of sad relations ♪
As their shoes fill up with water ♪
Too young to hold on ♪
And too old to just break free and run ♪
Sometimes a man gets carried away ♪
When he feels like
Should be having his fun ♪
Much too blind to see the damage
He's done ♪
Sometimes a man must awake
To find that ♪
Really he has no one ♪
So I'll wait for you, love ♪
And I'll burn ♪
Will I ever see your sweet return? ♪
Oh, will I ever learn? ♪
Oh-oh, lover ♪
You should've come over ♪
'Cause it's not too late ♪
[song fades]
[both breathing heavily]
[crowd cheering, clapping]
[girls] Whoo!
[cheering continues]
[somber music playing]
[girls] Whoo!
[somber music continues]
-[choral singing in Latin] Deus ♪
-[phone keys clicking]
Deus, Deus Meus ♪
Quare me ♪
Dereliquisti ♪
Deus ♪
Deus Meus ♪
[door opens]
Quare me ♪
You okay?
Yeah, just not feeling very good.
Yeah, I don't really feel good either.
Aren't you excited for tomorrow?
[Maddie] Yeah, of course.
Deus Meus ♪
Respice ♪
[switch clicks]
Me iterum ♪
[music slows]
[choral singing faintly]
[music fades]
[Anya whispers] Are you sleeping?
[Elise] No.
[kisses]
You okay?
-Mm-hmm.
-Your heart's beating really fast.
[inhales deeply] Cool.
I miss you.
[Anya breathing heavily]
-[Anya kissing]
-[Elise breathing heavily]
[Anya exhales sharply]
[Anya kissing]
[both breathing heavily]
[both panting, moaning]
-[Anya moaning]
-[Elise breathing heavily]
-[Anya] Don't kiss me yet.
-[Elise panting]
-[soft music playing]
-[both panting, moaning]
[both breathing heavily]
[Elise moans quietly]
-[both panting]
-[music swells]
[Anya] Oh my God.
-[both panting]
-[melancholy choral singing]
[Anya gasping]
[both panting]
[Anya] Oh yeah.
[moaning, panting]
[moans softly, panting]
[Anya continues panting]
[music fades]
I think Sister Imelda is in that room.
[both giggling]
[Anya giggling] Ow, ow!
Stop! Oh my God! Please!
["Heaven" by DJ Sammy playing]
-When you're lyin' here in my arms ♪
-My arms ♪
-I'm findin' it hard to believe ♪
-Believe ♪
We're in Heaven ♪
We're in Heaven ♪
I fucking hate the Glory Holes.
[Katie] Fuck, if they beat us again,
my therapy bill's gonna skyrocket.
What do we think this means?
Is it, like, a commentary on religion?
Shit, they're good.
Oh, thinkin' about our younger years ♪
There was only you and me ♪
Hey.
We were young and wild… ♪
Accountability buddy check.
How are you feeling?
Just a little out of it.
-Like, I'm just lightheaded.
-[clears throat]
And that's over now… ♪
Are you sure you're feeling good enough
to go on tonight?
…back for more ♪
[crowd cheering]
I'm just gonna get some water.
[gasps]
You okay, Maddie?
I think she's sick.
-[crowd cheering]
-[Anya] Yeah?
No, um, I just…
I just had too much coffee.
We're in Heaven ♪
And love is all that I need ♪
And I found it there in your heart ♪
-It isn't too hard to see ♪
-See ♪
We're in Heaven ♪
We're in Heaven ♪
[crowd cheering]
Boo!
-[eerie music playing]
-[Maddie sniffles]
[exhales, gasps]
[panting]
[lights flickering]
[breathing heavily]
[shuddering]
[eerie whirring]
-[eerie vocal sting]
-[eerie music continuing]
[indistinct conversation]
[Sister speaking indistinctly]
She… She's all better now.
Like, completely.
-No.
-Really?
Yes. Yeah.
[ominous music playing]
-Hi.
-[Father] Look at that.
-[Father] Her recovery is amazing.
-Are you excited for today?
Uh…
[tense music playing]
-[Anya] Has anyone seen Maddie?
-[Claire] Where's my butt glue?
-[Anya] Uh… where's Maddie?
-[Amy] Wasn't she not feeling well?
[Katie] I haven't seen her
since we watched the Glory Holes.
[man over PA] 3 minutes.
[phone buzzing]
[Maddie, weakly] Hello?
[Katie on the phone] Hey,
it's showtime, bitch. Where are you?
[shakily] I'm sick.
I don't think I can do this.
Bro, what?
Guys, the Glory Holes
just got disqualified.
[Bailey] What? Why?
I don't know. They wouldn't say,
But I think it's 'cause
they've been so slutty.
I heard the captain blew
one of the judges.
Wait, do you guys think this is Grace?
-[gasps]
-Oh my God.
[girls chattering excitedly]
Wait, has anyone seen Maddie?
We're on in like three minutes.
[Katie] I got her on the phone.
She's in her room.
[tense music continuing]
She's still feeling sick.
She's not sick. She's starving.
Give me the phone.
Hey, Mads. Where are you?
[Melanie] Catherine, you seem so well.
-A lot better, thank you.
-[Melanie chuckles]
[Salma] Lisbeth's such a sweet kid.
Yes. Did Lisbeth send you any photos
of the girls' big dance?
What dance?
Lisbeth, babe,
you better take your warmups off.
[Bailey] Okay, guys,
three minutes. Let's line up.
Anya, I can't do it.
You should just have Lisbeth go on.
[Anya] Maddie, I'm coming.
[elevator dings]
I am…
I don't… I don't feel good.
I'm coming. You're okay.
I'm bringing you food.
[sobbing, gasping]
I can't. Um… [shakily] I promised Grace.
Promised Grace what?
Maddie, just listen to me.
I'm supposed to take care of you, okay?
Grace would want us to win,
and we're not gonna win without you.
We need you.
-[knocking on door]
-[door handle rattling]
[chatter in the background]
[dramatic choral singing]
[speaking indistinctly]
[Claire] Yeah.
[music swells]
-[Olivia] Maddie!
-[music pauses]
-[Maddie] Hi.
-[girls] Hi.
-[girls speaking indistinctly]
-[Anya] Okay. Thank you. Everyone good?
-Mm-hmm.
-[Anya] You got this. You got this.
[choral singing continues softly]
[girls speaking indistinctly]
[chattering continues]
[melancholy choral singing]
-Maddie, I need to talk to you.
-[Bailey] Two minutes.
[girls speaking indistinctly]
Spit it out.
[sternly] Spit it out.
[dramatic sting]
You are so fucking selfish.
Can you not stop stuffing
your fucking pie hole for one day?
[voice breaking] What about your promise?
Do you not care about Grace?
[music pauses]
[dramatic sting]
[dramatic choral singing]
You let your demon win.
You gave yourself to him.
You chose him over Grace.
No.
Your soul is damned, Maddie.
Okay, Lions, we're going to the stage now.
Let's go.
[music swells]
Okay, yeah, go.
Okay. Good luck. I love you.
-Hey, Maddie. What was that? Hm?
-[dramatic choral singing]
Maddie.
Maddie, what did she say to you?
Huh? What did she tell you?
Maddie, look at me.
You're okay. What did she say?
[announcer] Please welcome to the stage
the St. Mark's Lions.
-[Maddie sobbing]
-[Anya] You're okay.
[Bailey] Let's go. Let's go.
Break a leg.
[music stops abruptly]
[crowd murmuring softly]
["Confide in Me" by Kylie Minogue playing]
[crowd cheering]
Confide ♪
In me ♪
-Confide in… ♪
-[crowd cheering]
I stand in the distance ♪
I view from afar ♪
Should I offer some assistance? ♪
Should it matter ♪
Who you are? ♪
We all get hurt by love ♪
And we all have our cross to bear ♪
But in the name of understanding now ♪
Their problems should be shared ♪
-[song fades]
-[bell tolling]
[ethereal choral singing]
[soft whispering]
[door opens]
May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
-the love of God…
-[door closes]
…and the communion of the Holy Spirit
be with you all.
[congregation] And also with you.
[Father] Let us acknowledge our sins
and so prepare ourselves
for the celebration
of the sacred mysteries.
[baby crying]
In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
[congregation] Amen.
I confess to Almighty God and to you--
[Coach Miller clears throat] Excuse me.
Excuse me, Father.
My sister has a question.
If a woman refuses to help
a desperate mother heal her dying son,
can she still call herself a Christian?
[Father] Carly, please have a seat,
and we'll continue.
[Carly] If you haven't heard,
that lady is keeping miracles
all to herself.
-[Catherine] What's she talking about?
-No miracles have been confirmed.
How about confirmed by me?
[baby cooing softly]
-There's a girl on her dance team.
-[Coach Miller] Maddie Delaney.
[Carly] Grace Franklin
healed her ankle overnight.
And I connected with Grace's spirit
when I was in labor.
I know what you're thinking,
but I've been sober
since the second trimester.
My daughter is six weeks early.
The doctors came to me
and said she should have died.
[dramatic choral singing]
I owe my baby's life to Grace.
At first,
I didn't believe the girls either.
But as my baby slipped away,
I said, "Grace, I need you to intervene
and save my daughter's life."
My prayers were answered.
She's perfectly healthy.
[Father] And we're grateful to God.
What about the girls' visions?
You think they're all just making it up?
-No. Carly. Please.
-That they all got together
and decided to fool the town for fun?
[congregation murmuring]
["Confide in Me" by Kylie Minogue playing]
Confide ♪
In me ♪
Confide… ♪
Catherine Anderson is here
for the first time in months.
And her son says
that Grace is the one to thank.
[Salma] Oh, Melanie, please.
[Coach Miller] Why are you
trying to bury this?
What did you tell them?
Is it because you're worried
she's dangerous?
No, of course not. Please, settle down.
Sounds like witchcraft to me.
[woman] Witchcraft?
[congregation clamoring]
[inaudible]
["Confide in Me" by Kylie Minogue playing]
[Maddie gasps]
[song stops]
-[Anya] Maddie!
-Oh my God! Oh my God!
[panicked chatter]
[Anya] Maddie, are you okay?
-[clamoring]
-[Maddie gasping]
-[Elise] What's happening?
-[gasps]
[Katie] All right,
can somebody call an ambulance?
[girls clamoring]
-[Anya] What, what?
-[Maddie gasping]
Maddie, what?
I see her.
[ethereal choral singing swells]
I see her.
[Olivia] Who?
[Maddie] She's here.
Jesus Christ.
[Claire] Holy shit.
[Lisbeth] She's here.
[Lisbeth] It's Grace.
-[Maddie groans]
-[Anya] Maddie! Maddie!
[singing pauses]
-[paramedic] Clear space.
-[Elise] Hey, just move, just move.
-[choral singing resumes]
-[Father] Everyone, please.
[singing pauses]
In the history of the church,
real miracles are rare.
[choral singing resumes]
They're not rumors. They're not gossip.
They're events that break the rules
of the world itself.
Things that can't be explained.
Yes, they're frightening.
They should be, but they're not dangerous.
They're a reminder that God is present.
And when he blesses his faithful
with miraculous events,
it's a show of his love.
[choral singing continues]
[weakly] I saw her. I finally saw her.
Maddie, we're right here.
Guys.
It's all right.
They're gonna let us have a do-over.
[announcer] St. Mark's is being allowed
to repeat the competition.
Please stand by.
He's saying the miracles are real.
-That does sound like what he's saying.
-That's insane.
Hallelujah!
[congregation speaking excitedly]
[choral singing continues]
[music fades]
["Confide in Me" by Kylie Minogue playing]
I stand in the distance ♪
I view from afar ♪
Should I offer some assistance? ♪
Should it matter ♪
Who you are? ♪
We all get hurt by love ♪
And we all have a cross to bear ♪
But in the name of understanding now ♪
Their problems should be shared ♪
Confide ♪
In me ♪
Confide ♪
In me ♪
Confide ♪
In me ♪
Confide ♪
-In me ♪
-[song ends]
[Father] St. Vitus, holy helper of God,
patron saint of dancers,
we ask for your prayers.
Bless the Lions as they represent
our school and our savior's holy name
at the Star Quality Regionals.
Thank you, God.
[all] Thank you, God.
And thank you, Grace.
Yes, and thank you, Grace.
-Thank you, Grace.
-[shrieks] Let's go, Lions!
[all] Yeah!
[girls laughing]
[Coach Miller] Go, girls.
Make your mamas proud.
Okay, so, uh, while you're gone,
I need to feed the chickens twice a day,
I… I need to visit Mom every day,
and I'm supposed to tell her
that you're just on a school trip,
which is not technically a lie.
Are you sure
you definitely still need to go?
'Cause, like, you're not even,
like, performing anymore.
An alternate's a very important role, Leo.
Anyone could get injured at any time.
-[Maddie] Hey, Father Franklin.
-[Father] Hey, Maddie.
I brought these for Grace's room
to tell her thank you for healing me.
Do you think
you could put them in there for her?
[choral singing continues]
Uh, yeah. I'll make sure
that she gets 'em. Yeah.
-Thank you.
-Oh!
[Maddie] Roar!
-[Coach Miller] See you.
-[Father] Take it easy.
[Maddie] Thank you, Grace.
-What's your take on this?
-[cheering] Let's do it!
[Coach Miller] I wish Grace would
miraculously heal my leaking titties.
-[roaring]
-[indistinct chatter]
[girls] All my bitches, roar!
[all chanting] All my bitches, roar!
All my, all my bitches, roar! Hoo!
All my bitches, roar.
All my, all my bitches, roar.
[music stops]
[Claire] It's okay. Elise has to be
a bitch. It's her esthetic.
[Bailey] Something about her
is different, though.
[Brit] Yeah, it's kind of like
she lost her spark.
-[Claire] That's awkward.
-[Olivia] I didn't think she was gonna go.
I'm mostly here
to collect permission slips.
[Father chuckles]
I'm just glad Maddie's dancing
instead of the new girl.
I find her face very unsettling.
-[Katie] Low key.
-[Claire] It's like sister bonding.
-I want my first time to be super special.
-Hey!
[indistinct chatter]
[Olivia] You guys want a candy bracelet?
Are you excited?
You okay?
[chatter continues in the background]
God, how many days can you go
without sleeping until you literally die?
Well, I brought some of my mom's
sleeping pills, so that should help.
And plus, I'll be there.
You can sleep in my bed.
God, my shoulder's
fucking killing me again.
-[groans]
-Here.
Right there? You feel it?
-[Anya] Um, it's a little lower.
-[Lisbeth] Lower?
What did Coach Miller say?
About what?
About me and you doing the…
the improv dance together.
Oh, uh…
I'm… I don't really know
if she'll go for it.
[whispers] Like, it's not really my call.
You're the captain. [chuckles]
-[Coach Miller] Excuse me.
-I mean…
[Coach Miller] Big, wide load
coming through.
I have room assignments,
and we're all doubling up.
I don't make the budget.
So, uh, Katie with Claire.
-[Katie] You're my freaking beeeeetch.
-Brit with Bailey and Blair.
[Coach Miller] Amy with Olivia.
-[Amy] Yes!
-[Coach Miller] Anya with Elise.
-And Maddie with Lisbeth.
-Um…
Wait. Coach. Coach.
[Coach Miller] No, no. As you can see,
I'm seven and a half months pregnant.
Therefore, I will not be taking
any feedback at this time.
[chatter in background]
Oh, excuse me, girls.
[whispering] Fuck my life. Fuck my life.
I have to piss every two seconds.
-Coach, why? Why?
-[Coach Miller] No. I know.
-Stop. I know. Stop.
-[Elise] Pair me up with Katie.
You just gotta use this time
to figure your shit out.
You know this energy,
it's, like, not good for competition.
What'd you do to get the silent treatment?
-I tried to kill Lisbeth, apparently.
-[chuckles softly]
I wish. [giggling]
["Holidae In" by Chingy playing]
[pneumatic hissing]
Doo ♪
-Whachu doin'? ♪
-Nothin', chillin' at the Holiday Inn ♪
Who you wit'? ♪
Me and my peeps thought
You'd bring over your friends ♪
What we gon' do? ♪
Feel on each other
And sip on some Hen ♪
One thing leading to another
Let the party begin ♪
-Whachu doin? ♪
-Nothin', chillin' at the Holiday Inn ♪
Who you wit'? ♪
Me and my peeps thought
You'd bring over friends ♪
What we gon' do? ♪
Feel on each other
And sip on some Hen ♪
One thing leading to another
Let the party begin ♪
Peeps call me up
Said, it's a hotel party ♪
Just bring the liquor
There's already eight shawties ♪
-I'm on my way, way… ♪
-[song stops]
-[water breaks]
-Oh shit.
[Elise] No chaperone.
Girls gone wild.
God, I really hope she makes it
to the hospital in time.
Giving birth in Syracuse
is fucking depressing.
-[siren wailing faintly]
-What are you looking for? Bedbugs?
Checking for snakes.
You don't have to talk to me.
Just watch this.
[congregation on tape clamoring]
[pastor on tape] Now that's a God
that's got power.
-[man 1] Amen!
-[man 2 speaking indistinctly]
That's power. Am I right?
[congregation cheering]
[pastor] Only God's anointed
can perceive the sign.
[tense music plays]
And that right there's
the fire of salvation.
-[congregation cheering]
-[woman 1] Amen.
[pastor] Right there is a prophet of God.
Baby, that's power.
-[woman 2] Amen.
-[pastor] Look at my baby girl, huh?
[congregation cheering] Amen.
I'm anointed.
Personally, I don't know how the fuck
to pick up a rattlesnake, but…
She's literally Britney at the VMAs.
[man 3] Whoo-hoo!
-[pastor] Praise the Lord!
-[piano playing on the tape]
[Elise] Anya…
I swear on my dad, okay?
I had nothing to do with the snake.
-[pastor] Look at my baby girl, huh?
-[congregation cheering]
[static humming]
-[piano music continues]
-[congregation clapping, cheering]
-[man 4] Amen!
-[clapping and cheering continues]
[cheering fades]
[soft cracking]
-Does that hurt?
-[Maddie] No.
[foot cracking, popping]
[Lisbeth] What about this?
Not at all.
Cool.
Guess you're really healed, then.
Yeah. Oh, wait,
do you mind if I shower first?
I was thinking I could wash my hair,
do a facial.
Do you want me to give you one too?
I know you're not going on,
but the alternates
usually get ready just in case.
[bag rustling, jingling]
Do you have any snacks? I'm starving.
Nope.
Sorry. It's just stuff I need
for my blood sugar.
[Maddie sighs]
-[door closes]
-[lock clicks]
-[unsettling music playing]
-[shower knob squeaks]
[shower running]
-[Christian music playing]
-[choral singing] Kyrie ♪
Kyrie ♪
Kyrie ♪
Eleison ♪
[keys jingling]
[door creaking]
[music fades]
[door creaking]
[chickens clucking in the distance]
Hello?
[banging, clattering faintly]
-[chickens clucking]
-[wood bangs]
[Catherine humming]
[peeling sound]
[Leo] Mom.
Oh my God, child, you scared me.
[cutlery clatters]
What are you doing?
Hope you're hungry.
I thought we'd fry some chicken up.
[water splashes, boils]
How… How are you home?
I'm finally feeling like myself again.
No thanks to them ugly doctors
pumping me full of Lord knows what.
-No respect for my condition.
-[tense music playing]
I told them I don't need nothing
but the good Lord.
-Amen.
-[broom thuds]
[ethereal choral music playing]
What are you…
[balloons rustling]
[music fades]
[phone ringing]
[Leo] Father.
-Hey.
-Hey. I'm really glad you're still here.
-[Father] Yeah, what's up?
-Um…
Can you explain what happened to Maddie?
'Cause it has something to do
with Grace, right?
Like… Or that's…
That's what Maddie's been saying.
Yeah, well, when our prayers are answered,
we often feel grateful to the people
that we think may have interceded.
One sec. But it doesn't necessarily mean
that they're responsible.
Yeah, I know, but I think
it might have happened to my mom too.
Your mom? What do you mean?
She came home today.
And she's like a different person.
Different how?
She seems normal.
Like she's a normal mom.
Well, did she
start a new medication?
[Leo] Uh…
I don't… No, I don't think so.
May… I mean, maybe.
It's just, when I was at the hospital,
I asked Grace to help.
Like, I… I prayed to her.
I know my mom has been saying
that she thinks
all this stuff with Grace is bad,
but it… it's like
Isaiah with the seraphim.
He was scared.
But it turned out
they were just messengers from God.
[soft choral music playing]
You think Grace is a messenger from God?
I mean, what if Maddie's right
and Grace really does have
some kind of power?
And what if Grace really did heal Maddie,
and she really did heal my mom?
[balloons rustling]
[music fades]
Yeah. Yeah, no, I think
that's a really great theory, Leo.
[Leo] So, you think it was Grace too?
Yeah, sure. I actually have to go
'cause we're having a team dinner.
-Oh, okay.
-Don't forget to feed the chickens.
-Yeah, bye.
-Okay.
[door opens]
[Claire] I just don't get
why she hasn't woken up yet.
Like, shouldn't the ritual
have worked by now?
[Olivia] It did.
Just because Satan released her
doesn't mean that she's ready
to come back yet.
At least that's what Lisbeth said.
Yeah, I'm kind of gonna miss
that little weirdo.
[Claire] Where's she going?
I mean, we're not gonna take
an alternate to Nationals, right?
-It's not even a real position.
-[Claire] Shoot. Poor little egg.
[Katie] I feel like Anya's afraid
to tell her that she's off the team.
[music slowly swells]
-[Olivia] Claire, can you tan me tonight?
-[Claire] Yeah, of course.
[music ends]
Ooh, they have blooming onions!
[Brit] Wait, does anybody have
the partner improv songs?
I wish they'd tell us ahead of time.
I hate surprises.
That literally defeats the point
of an improv dance.
[Maddie] I'm gonna go hit the salad bar.
[chatter in the background]
Hey, Maddie.
-Hey, roomie.
-[chuckles softly]
I don't wanna make you feel insecure,
but I just feel like I'd be
a shitty friend if I didn't check in.
Check in about what?
You just promised Grace
that you would stop binging.
Oh, I'm not binging.
I'm just having vegetables.
You know you can always
come to me for help, right?
-I don't need help. I'm not…
-I'm just…
Maddie, if you continue down this path,
I'm just worried
you're not gonna be in the right shape
for competing on Sunday.
[serving tongs clatter]
[footsteps receding]
Mads, do you want to split
a blooming onion?
Um…
No, I'm good, thanks.
Yeah.
[indistinct chatter]
-[Anya] Hey, guys. Sorry I'm late.
-Hi.
[Katie] Hey. Where's Elise?
Ah, she ordered Taco Bell.
[scoffs] That bitch
will put anything in her mouth.
[giggles]
Wait, now that coach's gone, who are you
gonna choose to do the improv dance?
Oh, um, I mean, like,
Elise is one of our best dancers.
Do you think I'm a bad dancer?
No.
-[waiter] Bread for the table, ladies.
-[Katie] Hey, bread!
-Thank you.
-[Olivia] Thank you.
Wait, guys. We should say grace to Grace.
[choral music playing]
[Lisbeth clears throat]
[sighs]
Bless us, oh Grace, for these thy gifts
that we are about to receive
at the Holy Day Inn tonight.
Please bless the Lions
and damn our competitors.
Especially those bitches
from Our Lady of Glory who always beat us.
Yes, God, please damn the Glory Holes.
[Lisbeth] Continue to test our loyalties
and curse any of us who betray
the conditions of the pact
we made to save you.
Through Christ and Grace.
-Amen.
-[Olivia] Amen.
[all] Amen.
[Katie] And dig in.
I'm gonna go up to my room for a bit.
-[Olivia] Okay. I'll see you later?
-[Maddie] Bye.
So you're… You're praying to her now?
Well… [clears throat]
…better safe than sorry, right?
[chuckles softly]
[choral singing continues]
[quietly] What happened to, like,
all the stuff you said last week, like…
[whispering] …about Grace,
like about it just being
my anxiety, like it's not real?
[whispers] Anya…
It's just, after the ritual,
my perspective on everything
kind of changed.
-I mean, you saw her too.
-Okay.
Can I just have the key card, please?
I wanna get your sleeping pills
and go to bed.
Yep.
-Thanks.
-I hid them in a Sun In bottle.
[Bailey] So, like, do you guys think
coach's baby's gonna look really ugly?
My cousin was born preemie,
and he looked like a peeled grape.
[Bailey] Oh…
[Olivia] That's disgusting.
[ominous music playing]
[eerie sting]
[eerie sting]
-Last week you two were doing an exorcism.
-[music fades]
-And now Grace is healing people?
-[Theresa laughs]
-Theresa.
-Oh, come on, Mikey, lighten up.
[Michael] I don't think it's funny.
-Maybe she can heal our marriage.
-Okay.
[glass clinks]
I don't know. I think it's kind of nice
that people are praying for her.
They're not praying for her.
They're praying to her.
Which really means
they're praying for themselves.
[doorbell ringing]
Better not be any more goddamn balloons.
You're quiet.
-Am I?
-[Michael speaking indistinctly]
I guess it's a big step up
from spawn of Satan.
[door closes]
[clicks tongue] Yep. It is.
[glass clinks]
Is that from Maddie?
No.
It's from Coach Miller.
Her boyfriend just dropped it off.
Is she okay?
Yeah, their baby is fine.
Apparently, the doctor said
it was a miracle.
And she said, uh…
[chuckles softly] …that during the birth,
she saw Grace.
-[intriguing music playing]
-[Theresa] Well, shit.
[Michael] I guess she wanted to say
thank you.
[Theresa sighs]
So now
we have this bear.
[Bridget Jones] To give up and accept
a permanent state of spinsterhood
and eventual eating by Alsatians…
[door opens]
…or not.
Hey, sorry, I just gotta borrow something
from Lisbeth.
[Maddie] Yeah, all good.
Why'd you leave early? You, uh…
You weren't hungry at dinner?
[Maddie] I was just tired.
-[bag rustles]
-[pills rattling]
[soft rattling]
[lid closes]
[Bridget Jones] …this time I choose not.
I will not be defeated by a bad man
and an American stick insect. Instead, I--
[TV turns off]
Hey, I'm…
I'm really sorry for being
such a shitty captain recently.
How are you, uh… How are you
going with your food stuff?
I'm fine. [chuckles softly]
Why? Did Lisbeth say something?
No, why would…
Why would Lisbeth say something?
I don't know. Just…
I told her some stuff
at the country house.
I just meant,
I know that being on stage
is a really big trigger for you.
I wanna make sure
you're taking care of yourself.
Like… Like, you were in the hospital
two weeks ago.
I know.
I'm really sorry
if you feel you couldn't talk to me.
But I can't let you go on stage
if you're not in a good place.
-That's how you got injured last time.
-I'm fine. [chuckles]
I promise it's not like before.
You know, so… [chuckles]
[inhales sharply] Well, um…
I'm gonna turn in.
I gotta start falling asleep at,
like, ten to get to bed by three.
Okay. [chuckles softly]
-Night.
-Night.
-[sighs deeply]
-[door opens]
-[inhales deeply]
-[door closes]
[exhales shakily]
-[ethereal choral singing]
-[elevator dings]
[door closes]
[choral singing continues]
[quietly] St. Michael,
protect me from
whatever is happening right now.
[whispers] That would be amazing.
And please, please let me get some sleep.
Amen.
And amen, Grace.
[singing fades]
[pensive music playing]
[Theresa] Mike's in a pretty foul mood.
[dog barking in the distance]
[Father] I don't think he likes the bear.
[both chuckling]
[Father sighs]
Did Mike ever tell you
about his own little miracle?
-No.
-[chuckling softly]
Before we moved out here,
when we were still in Mississippi
with that crazy family,
Mike had dislocated his shoulder.
He was, like, 11 or 12.
It just popped right out.
[inhales sharply]
So, of course,
our batshit foster dad comes in,
and he's working his whole routine.
And he's gonna pray the devil out of him.
After he leaves, I sneak in,
and I give Mike one of my pain pills
'cause I just got
my wisdom teeth pulled. [sniffles]
Next morning, Mike's fine.
He's walking around
like nothing ever happened.
So, everybody comes in,
and they're screaming, like,
"It was the prayer."
I'm like, "No, it was the damn pill."
And we're going back and forth.
It's getting heated.
And then Mike comes in.
And Mike says,
"Well, something worked."
"Does it matter which one?"
[Father scoffs]
-[Theresa sighs]
-[chuckles] Yeah.
[dog barking in the distance]
[Father] Mike was a big God guy
before you met us.
[music ends]
I like to think somewhere inside,
he still is.
[somber choral music playing]
[music fades]
[whispers] El.
[Elise] Yeah.
You sleeping?
No.
[Anya] I can't sleep.
[somber choral music resumes]
Can you come lay with me?
[music fades]
[upbeat rap song playing]
[man] Girls, if you do not yet have
a time slot for the improv category,
please see line A.
That is A for amazing.
[girl] What's that smell?
Oh, it's just St. Farts.
Why are we the only team
without a slutty nickname?
Maybe they smelled Elise.
[gasps]
-[rap song continues faintly]
-[indistinct chatter]
Hey, if it comes down to a vote,
will you pick me for the improv dance?
Okay.
-[Maddie breathing shakily]
-[cups popping]
[inhales sharply] Lisbeth,
can I tell you something?
Mm.
I really wanna eat a Danish. Like, I…
I actually really wanna eat, like,
five of those.
Well… [chuckles softly] Okay.
Can you be my accountability buddy?
What's an accountability buddy?
Um…
Grace would just do it for me for a while.
Right after I went to treatment.
And it worked.
Because lying to her
always made me feel so guilty.
And it still does.
I promised her that I would stop binging.
And I still can't stop.
-Maybe that's why she's not visiting me.
-No.
Okay, first of all, it's really good
that you're telling me this.
And of course I'll be your buddy. Okay?
And, Mads, it's not your fault.
[unsettling music playing]
Your demon… is gluttony.
But how do I get rid of the demon?
You don't give it what it wants.
You have to starve it out.
[Catherine] There you go, my baby.
[music fades]
Gotta get some meat on those bones.
There you go.
Mmm.
Wait, is this real syrup?
Mm-hmm.
Saw Marjorie at the grocery store.
-Oh yeah?
-Mm-hmm.
She's really let herself go.
I ever start looking like that,
just put me right back in the hospital.
[both chuckling quietly]
Yes, ma'am. [chuckles]
So, did they give you something new,
um, at the hospital?
You checking up on me or something?
[tsks] I'm just wondering.
You haven't been good like this
in a while.
You know, I got my bad days
and my good days.
Well, this girl at my school
thinks Grace healed her.
-Healed her?
-Mm-hmm.
From what?
A broken ankle.
Sounds like a false miracle to me.
But she's all better now.
And you… You started feeling better too.
Wouldn't…
Boy, the only person
who's ever healed me is God.
Right.
[birds chirping]
[woman speaking indistinctly]
…so fast.
-Oh, this is Coach Miller's sister, Carly.
-Hi.
Is everything okay with Shauna?
Yeah, yeah. Um…
This is my son, Sean.
He has Hodgkin's lymphoma.
[sighs] I'm not necessarily sure it even
makes sense that I'm asking you this.
I was just hoping
that he could have a visit with Grace.
I need a word with my wife, please.
[chuckles softly]
Just…
We can't do this.
Why not? It's just giving a mother hope.
Yeah, false hope.
She's not gonna cure lymphoma.
Next thing you know,
we're gonna be on Dr. Phil.
When you get in there,
make sure you thank Grace.
[Theresa] Oh my God.
I feel bad turning her away.
-[whispers] Can we offer her tea?
-I'll do it.
-Let's just get this over with.
-No. Wait.
-Wait--
-[Michael] Theresa.
Hi, I…
Theresa is a nurse,
and she thinks that Grace is
too immunocompromised for visitors.
I'm very sorry.
Come on, baby, let's go. Selfish bitch.
Are you fucking kidding me?
Uh…
[Anya] Five, six, seven, eight.
-Nice.
-[Olivia] The floor's cold.
-You guys look like a bunch of lesbians.
-What?
-Oh, you wish you could tap this ass.
-Bitch.
-We're all straight.
-Are we gonna get disqualified for that?
Hey, Claire, do you have any more
caffeine pills left?
I don't do those anymore.
They gave me heart arrhythmia.
Why do you want caffeine pills?
You're not worried about us lifting you?
No, no, it's not about the lift.
It's just, um, I'm doing a cleanse.
I'm sorry, but I don't think
anorexic bulimics are allowed
to do cleanses.
It's not for weight loss. Um…
It's for… spiritual reasons.
What do you mean?
-[indistinct chatter in the background]
-Maddie.
-Is this, like, a Lisbeth thing?
-[Lisbeth] Maddie, we're taking photos.
-[Anya] Are you okay?
-[Maddie] Yep.
[whispers] Sorry.
-Oh, it stinks in here.
-You shit yourself?
[Anya sighs in frustration]
Fucking Glory Holes.
[camera beeps, clicks]
-[Maddie] Should we do something cute?
-[Lisbeth] Yeah.
What else did you see on that tape?
[indistinct chatter]
A lot of weird shit.
Like sermons about the devil and stuff.
Kinda like the shit she was preaching
last weekend
when you were off popping your cherry.
[Anya] Hm.
I have a theory,
but I don't wanna freak you out.
[tense music playing]
[indistinct chatter continues]
Okay. Tell me.
So, I faked a vision of Grace
to fuck with you, right?
And then you faked a vision of Grace
to fuck with me.
And then everybody
started faking visions of Grace
because they wanna be like us.
Then I started thinking, when the fuck did
this insane devil shit start happening?
And I swear to fucking God, Anya,
it all goes back to Lisbeth.
-[tense choral singing]
-[Lisbeth snorting]
[Blair] I don't know what that means.
I don't know.
[Maddie gasps, squeals]
[girls speaking indistinctly
in the background continues]
Yeah, but I s… I saw her.
[Lisbeth] It is cute.
-No, Elise, I'm being so serious, okay?
-[Elise] Okay, all right. Look…
I've been fucking seeing shit.
Like, not just nightmares,
like, while I'm awake.
-I've been seeing Grace.
-[Elise] Seriously, Anya.
I saw her at my country house.
When you were on shrooms?
When the fuck was the last time you slept?
You know not sleeping can cause
really bad hallucinations, right?
[door opens]
[Sister Imelda] Attention.
[music stops]
What are you wearing?
-What the fuck is she doing here?
-Please cover up immediately.
I will be taking over as chaperone
from here on out.
I've been told the captain needs to decide
who will be doing
the improvisational dance.
I'll do it.
[Claire] Yeah, girl, but who with?
[Anya] With Elise.
[chatter in background]
["Kisses on Your Collar" by Carmen Reece,
Peter Woodroffe & Charles LT Grant plays]
Eeoh-ay-oh ♪
Oh, oh, oh-oh ♪
Eeoh-ay-oh, eeoh-ay-oh ♪
Would you take the risk
For one lipstick kiss? ♪
If I find perfume letters
You′ve been keeping ♪
That read my lips
"I don't do cheating" ♪
-So would you sacrifice all this ♪
-[inaudible]
For one li-i-i-ipstick kiss? ♪
-[song ends]
-[crowd clapping, cheering]
[male announcer] All right, thank you,
Rochdale High.
Next up, St. Mark's.
[cheering]
As soon as you hear the music start,
the stage is yours.
["Lover, You Should've Come over"
by Jeff Buckley playing]
Looking out the door I see the rain ♪
Fall upon the funeral mourners ♪
Parading in a wake of sad relations ♪
As their shoes fill up with water ♪
Too young to hold on ♪
And too old to just break free and run ♪
Sometimes a man gets carried away ♪
When he feels like
Should be having his fun ♪
Much too blind to see the damage
He's done ♪
Sometimes a man must awake
To find that ♪
Really he has no one ♪
So I'll wait for you, love ♪
And I'll burn ♪
Will I ever see your sweet return? ♪
Oh, will I ever learn? ♪
Oh-oh, lover ♪
You should've come over ♪
'Cause it's not too late ♪
[song fades]
[both breathing heavily]
[crowd cheering, clapping]
[girls] Whoo!
[cheering continues]
[somber music playing]
[girls] Whoo!
[somber music continues]
-[choral singing in Latin] Deus ♪
-[phone keys clicking]
Deus, Deus Meus ♪
Quare me ♪
Dereliquisti ♪
Deus ♪
Deus Meus ♪
[door opens]
Quare me ♪
You okay?
Yeah, just not feeling very good.
Yeah, I don't really feel good either.
Aren't you excited for tomorrow?
[Maddie] Yeah, of course.
Deus Meus ♪
Respice ♪
[switch clicks]
Me iterum ♪
[music slows]
[choral singing faintly]
[music fades]
[Anya whispers] Are you sleeping?
[Elise] No.
[kisses]
You okay?
-Mm-hmm.
-Your heart's beating really fast.
[inhales deeply] Cool.
I miss you.
[Anya breathing heavily]
-[Anya kissing]
-[Elise breathing heavily]
[Anya exhales sharply]
[Anya kissing]
[both breathing heavily]
[both panting, moaning]
-[Anya moaning]
-[Elise breathing heavily]
-[Anya] Don't kiss me yet.
-[Elise panting]
-[soft music playing]
-[both panting, moaning]
[both breathing heavily]
[Elise moans quietly]
-[both panting]
-[music swells]
[Anya] Oh my God.
-[both panting]
-[melancholy choral singing]
[Anya gasping]
[both panting]
[Anya] Oh yeah.
[moaning, panting]
[moans softly, panting]
[Anya continues panting]
[music fades]
I think Sister Imelda is in that room.
[both giggling]
[Anya giggling] Ow, ow!
Stop! Oh my God! Please!
["Heaven" by DJ Sammy playing]
-When you're lyin' here in my arms ♪
-My arms ♪
-I'm findin' it hard to believe ♪
-Believe ♪
We're in Heaven ♪
We're in Heaven ♪
I fucking hate the Glory Holes.
[Katie] Fuck, if they beat us again,
my therapy bill's gonna skyrocket.
What do we think this means?
Is it, like, a commentary on religion?
Shit, they're good.
Oh, thinkin' about our younger years ♪
There was only you and me ♪
Hey.
We were young and wild… ♪
Accountability buddy check.
How are you feeling?
Just a little out of it.
-Like, I'm just lightheaded.
-[clears throat]
And that's over now… ♪
Are you sure you're feeling good enough
to go on tonight?
…back for more ♪
[crowd cheering]
I'm just gonna get some water.
[gasps]
You okay, Maddie?
I think she's sick.
-[crowd cheering]
-[Anya] Yeah?
No, um, I just…
I just had too much coffee.
We're in Heaven ♪
And love is all that I need ♪
And I found it there in your heart ♪
-It isn't too hard to see ♪
-See ♪
We're in Heaven ♪
We're in Heaven ♪
[crowd cheering]
Boo!
-[eerie music playing]
-[Maddie sniffles]
[exhales, gasps]
[panting]
[lights flickering]
[breathing heavily]
[shuddering]
[eerie whirring]
-[eerie vocal sting]
-[eerie music continuing]
[indistinct conversation]
[Sister speaking indistinctly]
She… She's all better now.
Like, completely.
-No.
-Really?
Yes. Yeah.
[ominous music playing]
-Hi.
-[Father] Look at that.
-[Father] Her recovery is amazing.
-Are you excited for today?
Uh…
[tense music playing]
-[Anya] Has anyone seen Maddie?
-[Claire] Where's my butt glue?
-[Anya] Uh… where's Maddie?
-[Amy] Wasn't she not feeling well?
[Katie] I haven't seen her
since we watched the Glory Holes.
[man over PA] 3 minutes.
[phone buzzing]
[Maddie, weakly] Hello?
[Katie on the phone] Hey,
it's showtime, bitch. Where are you?
[shakily] I'm sick.
I don't think I can do this.
Bro, what?
Guys, the Glory Holes
just got disqualified.
[Bailey] What? Why?
I don't know. They wouldn't say,
But I think it's 'cause
they've been so slutty.
I heard the captain blew
one of the judges.
Wait, do you guys think this is Grace?
-[gasps]
-Oh my God.
[girls chattering excitedly]
Wait, has anyone seen Maddie?
We're on in like three minutes.
[Katie] I got her on the phone.
She's in her room.
[tense music continuing]
She's still feeling sick.
She's not sick. She's starving.
Give me the phone.
Hey, Mads. Where are you?
[Melanie] Catherine, you seem so well.
-A lot better, thank you.
-[Melanie chuckles]
[Salma] Lisbeth's such a sweet kid.
Yes. Did Lisbeth send you any photos
of the girls' big dance?
What dance?
Lisbeth, babe,
you better take your warmups off.
[Bailey] Okay, guys,
three minutes. Let's line up.
Anya, I can't do it.
You should just have Lisbeth go on.
[Anya] Maddie, I'm coming.
[elevator dings]
I am…
I don't… I don't feel good.
I'm coming. You're okay.
I'm bringing you food.
[sobbing, gasping]
I can't. Um… [shakily] I promised Grace.
Promised Grace what?
Maddie, just listen to me.
I'm supposed to take care of you, okay?
Grace would want us to win,
and we're not gonna win without you.
We need you.
-[knocking on door]
-[door handle rattling]
[chatter in the background]
[dramatic choral singing]
[speaking indistinctly]
[Claire] Yeah.
[music swells]
-[Olivia] Maddie!
-[music pauses]
-[Maddie] Hi.
-[girls] Hi.
-[girls speaking indistinctly]
-[Anya] Okay. Thank you. Everyone good?
-Mm-hmm.
-[Anya] You got this. You got this.
[choral singing continues softly]
[girls speaking indistinctly]
[chattering continues]
[melancholy choral singing]
-Maddie, I need to talk to you.
-[Bailey] Two minutes.
[girls speaking indistinctly]
Spit it out.
[sternly] Spit it out.
[dramatic sting]
You are so fucking selfish.
Can you not stop stuffing
your fucking pie hole for one day?
[voice breaking] What about your promise?
Do you not care about Grace?
[music pauses]
[dramatic sting]
[dramatic choral singing]
You let your demon win.
You gave yourself to him.
You chose him over Grace.
No.
Your soul is damned, Maddie.
Okay, Lions, we're going to the stage now.
Let's go.
[music swells]
Okay, yeah, go.
Okay. Good luck. I love you.
-Hey, Maddie. What was that? Hm?
-[dramatic choral singing]
Maddie.
Maddie, what did she say to you?
Huh? What did she tell you?
Maddie, look at me.
You're okay. What did she say?
[announcer] Please welcome to the stage
the St. Mark's Lions.
-[Maddie sobbing]
-[Anya] You're okay.
[Bailey] Let's go. Let's go.
Break a leg.
[music stops abruptly]
[crowd murmuring softly]
["Confide in Me" by Kylie Minogue playing]
[crowd cheering]
Confide ♪
In me ♪
-Confide in… ♪
-[crowd cheering]
I stand in the distance ♪
I view from afar ♪
Should I offer some assistance? ♪
Should it matter ♪
Who you are? ♪
We all get hurt by love ♪
And we all have our cross to bear ♪
But in the name of understanding now ♪
Their problems should be shared ♪
-[song fades]
-[bell tolling]
[ethereal choral singing]
[soft whispering]
[door opens]
May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
-the love of God…
-[door closes]
…and the communion of the Holy Spirit
be with you all.
[congregation] And also with you.
[Father] Let us acknowledge our sins
and so prepare ourselves
for the celebration
of the sacred mysteries.
[baby crying]
In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
[congregation] Amen.
I confess to Almighty God and to you--
[Coach Miller clears throat] Excuse me.
Excuse me, Father.
My sister has a question.
If a woman refuses to help
a desperate mother heal her dying son,
can she still call herself a Christian?
[Father] Carly, please have a seat,
and we'll continue.
[Carly] If you haven't heard,
that lady is keeping miracles
all to herself.
-[Catherine] What's she talking about?
-No miracles have been confirmed.
How about confirmed by me?
[baby cooing softly]
-There's a girl on her dance team.
-[Coach Miller] Maddie Delaney.
[Carly] Grace Franklin
healed her ankle overnight.
And I connected with Grace's spirit
when I was in labor.
I know what you're thinking,
but I've been sober
since the second trimester.
My daughter is six weeks early.
The doctors came to me
and said she should have died.
[dramatic choral singing]
I owe my baby's life to Grace.
At first,
I didn't believe the girls either.
But as my baby slipped away,
I said, "Grace, I need you to intervene
and save my daughter's life."
My prayers were answered.
She's perfectly healthy.
[Father] And we're grateful to God.
What about the girls' visions?
You think they're all just making it up?
-No. Carly. Please.
-That they all got together
and decided to fool the town for fun?
[congregation murmuring]
["Confide in Me" by Kylie Minogue playing]
Confide ♪
In me ♪
Confide… ♪
Catherine Anderson is here
for the first time in months.
And her son says
that Grace is the one to thank.
[Salma] Oh, Melanie, please.
[Coach Miller] Why are you
trying to bury this?
What did you tell them?
Is it because you're worried
she's dangerous?
No, of course not. Please, settle down.
Sounds like witchcraft to me.
[woman] Witchcraft?
[congregation clamoring]
[inaudible]
["Confide in Me" by Kylie Minogue playing]
[Maddie gasps]
[song stops]
-[Anya] Maddie!
-Oh my God! Oh my God!
[panicked chatter]
[Anya] Maddie, are you okay?
-[clamoring]
-[Maddie gasping]
-[Elise] What's happening?
-[gasps]
[Katie] All right,
can somebody call an ambulance?
[girls clamoring]
-[Anya] What, what?
-[Maddie gasping]
Maddie, what?
I see her.
[ethereal choral singing swells]
I see her.
[Olivia] Who?
[Maddie] She's here.
Jesus Christ.
[Claire] Holy shit.
[Lisbeth] She's here.
[Lisbeth] It's Grace.
-[Maddie groans]
-[Anya] Maddie! Maddie!
[singing pauses]
-[paramedic] Clear space.
-[Elise] Hey, just move, just move.
-[choral singing resumes]
-[Father] Everyone, please.
[singing pauses]
In the history of the church,
real miracles are rare.
[choral singing resumes]
They're not rumors. They're not gossip.
They're events that break the rules
of the world itself.
Things that can't be explained.
Yes, they're frightening.
They should be, but they're not dangerous.
They're a reminder that God is present.
And when he blesses his faithful
with miraculous events,
it's a show of his love.
[choral singing continues]
[weakly] I saw her. I finally saw her.
Maddie, we're right here.
Guys.
It's all right.
They're gonna let us have a do-over.
[announcer] St. Mark's is being allowed
to repeat the competition.
Please stand by.
He's saying the miracles are real.
-That does sound like what he's saying.
-That's insane.
Hallelujah!
[congregation speaking excitedly]
[choral singing continues]
[music fades]
["Confide in Me" by Kylie Minogue playing]
I stand in the distance ♪
I view from afar ♪
Should I offer some assistance? ♪
Should it matter ♪
Who you are? ♪
We all get hurt by love ♪
And we all have a cross to bear ♪
But in the name of understanding now ♪
Their problems should be shared ♪
Confide ♪
In me ♪
Confide ♪
In me ♪
Confide ♪
In me ♪
Confide ♪
-In me ♪
-[song ends]