American Horror Story s13e10 Episode Script

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- [BELL TOLLING]
- [CATHOLIC CHANTING]
[EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]
[WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
[EERIE MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
[CHANTING STOPS]
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
[SIGHS]
If he have a mortal body,
ain't no telling what he can hear.
If the devil hisself is on the way,
why don't you just speed this up?
Mm-mmm. Mind yourself.
Never disrespect a spirit
in the middle of its work.
Oh, Christ.
He's as crooked as the mean Mississippi.
Who's to say this isn't a
scheme of his to keep us all here
till the boss man arrives?
[GROWLING]
Careful, blaming
the river for its bends.
Crooked things got a way of reaching
into places straight things can't.
[FIONA SCOFFS]
Madame.
[SPEAKING CREOLE]
Yes, Papa.
Where's my voodoo sister, Queenie?
I need her here even
Jamais, jamais! Absolument pas.
Respect the balance.
[IN DEMONIC VOICE] Queenie stays
right down where she be. [GRUNTS]
I need iron, candles and rum.
Go.
[PAPA LAUGHING]
[COCO] Sorry. Excuse me. Sorry.
Ooh.
Ah, so, Captain Morgan's,
is that problematic
for colonial reasons?
[WHISPERS] Sorry.
We need protection,
so do exactly as I say or
the spell will turn on you.
Break you like you're "youngins."
Drop the iron nails to the floor.
[THUD]
[THUDDING CONTINUES]
Now, rum to close the circle.
Do not step outside of it, or you'll
wind up with your tongues cut out.
[RUM DRIPPING]
You two must light those
candles at exactly the same time.
If you don't, the iron won't see you.
[CHUCKLES] You won't
like what comes looking.
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
[RUM DRIPPING]
[SPEAKING CREOLE]
[GASPS]
[SPEAKING CREOLE]
Shh.
[EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]
[GROWLS SOFTLY]
[INHALES DEEPLY, GRUNTS]
[PAPA EXHALES, INHALES SHARPLY]
[SQUELCHES]
[BLOOD DRIPPING]
[EERIE MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
Listen close.
Clear your ears.
Speak your mind. We are here.
It all started back in 1939.
The world had woken up to war.
[MARCHING FOOTSTEPS]
[PAPA] The new pope,
who named himself Pius XII,
knew someday his church
would have to stare down Nazis.
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
[PAPA] So Pius went
searching for the wisdom
from all them other
popes too dead to talk.
There's this one box that
only the Pope can open.
There, Pius found out that
God and Satan done made a bet.
If the devil be living 100 years
as a human being on Earth,
a man amongst the mortals,
then those thrones of Earth,
heaven and hell would all be his.
Pope Pius saw Hitler stomping
on his war path across Europe
and thought he must
be the devil himself.
[WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
[PAPA] Pius decided he was gonna
have to cast the devil out of Hitler.
He staged an exorcism, shooting
his prayers across Europe,
hundreds of miles from Rome to Berlin.
[GRUNTS]
- [BONES CRACK]
- [GROANS]
[WHEEZES]
[PAPA] But Pius got it all wrong.
That devil was already here,
living amongst you all.
In America.
[CHUCKLING]
[SQUEAKING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
[YOUNG MR. NAS] Pour
me a stiff one, will you?
Make an even stronger one for yourself.
You're probably going to need it.
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
Your hair game is strong.
Thank you.
Yes, it was me in that vision.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
I can be a tad theatrical.
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC RESUMES]
Frankly, it's kind of my brand,
that and desires of the flesh
and abandonment of all hope.
Uh-uh-uh.
I appreciate the mythological
desire to kill me, it's
what turns a boy into a
man. But twice in one night?
I don't know what you want from
me, but whatever it is, I refuse.
- I have to agree to sell you my soul.
- Sell?
I have to agree.
My boy, this is me welcoming
you into the family business.
Don't you get it by now?
Who do you think gave
you that pretty birthmark?
I'm your father.
You're the devil. [GASPS]
- You're the devil.
- Well, yes, that's my job.
And I'm sorry if my
job's kept me from you
when you've needed me the most,
but that's all going to change now.
Sit.
Fuck this. Fuck you.
[GASPS]
[PANTING]
Kids these days. I'm
gonna make this really quick.
People your age like
sound bites, those TikToks.
This young, beautiful version
of me is just a
conjuring, evil made flesh.
I can take many forms, a serpent,
a horned demon,
anything I want or desire.
Now, that old fossil in the other
room is another thing entirely.
It is me in totally human form.
I made a bet with God that I could
survive as a man for 100 years.
When that old prune
in the bed reaches 100,
I win the bet and gain
dominion over everything.
Heaven, Earth, and hell below.
Why would God make this bet?
Well, my son, because he likes
nothing more than reminding everyone
that he's the boss.
And he just couldn't
resist the temptation
of putting me in my place again,
but this time, I'm going to
shove it right back in his face.
[PAPA] Satan, the fallen
angel set on revenge.
For sure, he's playing dirty.
Rushing to hit 100 years old
way ahead of time.
The devil had 13 years to go,
but now, all the sudden,
he's almost there.
He's fixing to take over any minute now.
[SHOUTING] And every time
he kills a cluster of 13 humans,
he ages beyond his years.
A Coven of 13.
So, more men are crawling
out of their graves to kill us?
Oh, the devil want all of y'all dead.
It's personal.
It's unforgivable.
It's war!
Because one of you under this
dome done killed his Antichrist.
[CORDELIA] What?
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Michael Langdon.
I can explain. Michael
destroyed the whole world.
A nuclear apocalypse.
Billions of lives slaughtered.
So I traveled back in time to stop him.
All this time, you've said nothing.
[WHISPERS] I wanted to tell you.
I wanted to tell you how
brave each of you are,
how ferociously good you all are.
I fought alongside you,
watched you lay down
your lives for a better world.
I thought that when I killed Michael,
that a great evil had
been wiped from this world.
[WHISPERS] But now
I realize I was wrong.
Every time I tried to read you
nothing.
My second sight was blocked.
She was the one thing
you couldn't see coming.
She is the future Supreme.
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
So, what?
Are we Are we just watching some
slow-motion death sentence for Cordelia?
- [WHISPERS] No.
- Is she serious?
- Enough.
- [SCOFFS]
Enough!
We made a deal, Legba.
One this Coven has paid for dearly.
And still you have not
fulfilled your end of the bargain.
So tell us now how
how we rid the world of Satan?
There be one thing that
might be his undoing.
When the devil wins his bet with God,
he will go back to the depths of hell,
letting his only living
son sit the earthly throne.
Find the boy Satan branded as his own
before he make him his.
'Cause once he do, even
Papa can't help you no more.
How?
How do we find this boy?
He will have a mark.
Mmm. And he will be drawn to death.
So, why do you need me?
Because I hate it up here.
Souls of the damned are easy to manage.
It's fun, predictable, stress-free.
Humans? Dude.
They're a real pain in the ass.
I'm gonna stay down
in hell doing my thang,
and you're gonna be my man topside.
Of course you'll follow my orders,
but they'll mostly be big picture stuff.
You'll have plenty of
room to express yourself.
You can fuck who you
want, kill who you want.
And once you truly
embrace your demon side,
you can eat whatever you want
and not get fat. [CHUCKLES]
So, that's what you're offering me?
Eternal life amongst the living damned?
No. That's not all.
[SCOFFS]
All that hurt you carry,
your miserable childhood,
that God-sized hole in your
heart, I can take that all away.
No death.
No pain.
Only beauty, pleasure
[RUMBLES] absolute power.
[WHISPERS] Forever.
This is what you were made for, Ben.
You were made to rule.
Claim what is rightfully
yours, your birthright.
I can do whatever I want up here?
Sometimes I'll make you start a war
or release a deadly
virus, but otherwise, yes.
The earthly realms will be yours.
So, I can
I can do good things?
Help people if I wanted?
[CHUCKLING]
Ben.
You're not that good.
I know it's comforting
to think that you are,
but absolute power will
absolutely corrupt you.
So
are we going to do this nicely, or
is Daddy gonna have
to give you a spanking?
- There he is.
- [BREATHES SHAKILY]
The prodigal son returns.
[SOBS SOFTLY]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
No, there. Faster. There.
There. Right there.
One more eye roll, Morwenna,
and I will make that smug, little face
of yours look like a plucked turkey.
Teaching is so
rewarding, don't you think?
But, I don't know, sometimes I think
maybe I don't have the patience for it.
Maybe it's my adult onset ADHD.
[COCO, SINGSONGY]
Mmm. Diva has distractions.
Mmm, they make you
wanna boof an Adderall.
[COCO CHUCKLES]
[MALLORY] Cordelia.
I'm sorry. [BREATHES SHAKILY]
Not one more word, Mallory.
You saved the world.
And perhaps you can
teach us to save it again.
[SOFTLY] Look at me.
Don't you dare apologize
for doing what you did.
You did as any true
Supreme would have done.
Chère Madame Laveau, perhaps you
and I go get a Sazerac down on Royal.
Oh, if only to get the smell of that
Captain Morgan out of my nostrils.
[FIONA] Thirteen witches, three
Supremes, and a voodoo queen.
If I were the devil, I'd start praying.
[MARIE] I'll drink to that.
Sorry.
I mean, I'm not sorry, but
the game is called Sorry,
and for the first time
in recorded history,
I beat you bitches at
something, so sorry. [LAUGHS]
And I didn't have to cheat
or cast a spell to seize victory.
Who wants to go another round?
This is lame.
Lame, I say.
I mean, look at us, at
the height of our powers,
young, beautiful,
highly snatched witches
sitting home like fucking old maids.
Oh, Old Maids is also a great
game, and I would be open to play
Shut up, Coco!
Look, what I'm trying to say
is, shouldn't we be prepping
to save the world, practicing rad
spells to take on Satan himself?
- We read for hours until our eyes bled.
- [SCOFFS]
- Madison.
- [SIGHS]
["SIRENS" PLAYING]
Sometimes before battle,
it is important to stop,
be calm, wait and listen.
Sometimes, that space lets the
answer you were looking for come to you.
[CORDELIA] That's exactly right.
- [COCO] This is so sweet.
- [MADISON] Ugh.
This sisterhood. Moments
like this makes me wanna cry.
[MADISON CHUCKLES]
And I would just like to say we
killed the world's worst serial killer,
so can I get a "hell yeah"?
- Hell yeah. [LAUGHS]
- [LAUGHING]
I'm changing my pronouns
to "can't take it anymore"!
["SIRENS" CONTINUES]
- [RUMBLING]
- [THUD]
I see the future ♪
Covered in roses ♪
Witches, align.
Waves of gold As the door closes ♪
[RUMBLING]
I can hear the sirens ♪
Everyone, prepare yourselves.
Ooh ♪
Now!
I can hear the sirens ♪
I believe that you're looking for me.
Ooh, ooh ♪
I can hear the sirens ♪