Murdoch Mysteries (2004) s20e02 Episode Script

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(TENSE MUSIC)
(INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION)
(INDISTINCT WHISPERING)
(KNOCKING)
- (GASPS)
- (LOUD BANGING)
(SPEAKING IN FRENCH) Viens, viens.
(BANGING CONTINUES)
(BANGING)
(MAN): Allez ! Vite !
(DOOR OPENS)
Mon Dieu !
(GUNSHOT)
- Non ! Non !
- (GUNSHOT)
(BODY THUDDING)
- Non !
- (GUNSHOT)
(HARRY): I'm going to
ask for the biggest plate
- of ham and eggs they've got.
- (MURDOCH LAUGHS)
(MURDOCH): How have the
meals been at St. Eligius?
(HARRY): Not too bad.
Though asking for a second helping
is treated as a mortal sin.
Uh, well, I didn't ask
you to join me this morning
solely to buy you breakfast.
If-if this is about my
schoolwork, don't worry.
I'm getting an A in chemistry
and my Latin teacher says
I'm a discipulus optimus.
(MURDOCH CHUCKLES) Oh.
Very good. Very good.
Um, I received a telephone call
from Father Matthew yesterday evening.
Oh.
And he'd like to meet
with us later today.
He's an old friend of yours, right?
He likely just wants to catch up.
Yes, but he's also now
your chaplain at the school.
Um, the tone of the
call led me to believe
that this meeting
would be concerning you.
I don't see why.
- Is there anything you'd like to tell me
- Detective Murdoch.
- Harry.
- Constable.
There was a call from
the Royal Birch Hotel.
The Inspector's heading there now.
Ah.
Uh, I'm sorry, Harry. I-I won't
be able to join you for breakfast.
- But
- Here.
- Um
- This should be enough
to buy you plenty of ham
and eggs so you don't expire.
Please meet me at Father
Matthew's office at two o'clock.
- Don't be late.
- Yes, Father.
Unbelievable. Three men shot
dead at point-blank range.
Rigor is just setting in.
They must have been shot
two or three hours ago.
The door was breached, so
the killer forced his way in.
Mm. Possibly a robbery,
though judging from this hotel room,
these men weren't wealthy.
The Confessions of St. Augustine.
(SOFT SOMBER MUSIC)
Hm
A clerical collar.
Rosary.
Travel documents for
Father Jacques Renaud,
Father René Guillard
and Father Gauthier.
Sir, all three of these
men were Catholic priests.
(THEME MUSIC)
Who on earth would wanna
shoot three priests dead?
And why weren't they wearing
their clerical clothing?
Constable Roberts said the
three men made a reservation
for two rooms under
the name of John Smith.
The men were travelling incognito,
which would suggest they
knew they were in danger.
Roberts searched the second
room and he found this.
French travel papers.
Mademoiselle Celeste
Riveaux, 21 years of age.
Three priests were
travelling with a young woman.
Maybe she did this.
Perhaps she was travelling
with them against her will.
Hm. If that were so, she wouldn't
have left her belongings behind.
Perhaps she ran off.
Or the killer took her.
Sir, the men appeared to be
studying this map of Toronto.
And there's also
this, uh, plan.
I believe it's a
cathedral at 589 Sumach.
That's the address of
St. Adeline's Cathedral.
There's an important relic they're
consecrating there this week.
You think the three priests
were planning a heist
- on some saint's toenail?
- (SCOFFS) The relic is no toenail.
It's three thorns from
Jesus' Crown of Thorns
in a jewel-covered reliquary.
Crikey. You two better
get down there sharpish.
(MURDOCH): Did you know the priests?
(FATHER RENNEL): No, I didn't.
But I suppose that they were in Toronto
to see the Holy Thorns Reliquary.
They were travelling with a
young woman. She's now missing.
Oh. That's strange.
Where were you last night, Father?
- Why?
- The murdered priests
had floor plans of this
cathedral in their room.
We believe that they were
planning to steal the reliquary.
Steal it? And you think I killed them
- before they could try?
- Given the importance of the relic
Your line of work must expose
you to great sin, Detective.
As does mine.
But I encourage you
to guard against the impulse to
assume the worst in your fellow man.
(CHOI SIGHS)
It's incredible.
Thorns taken from
Jerusalem by the Romans,
stolen from them by the Visigoths.
Quite right, Inspector.
The Knights Templar
then took it to France
where they crafted the reliquary
and placed it in the chapel
at Rennes-le-Château
until it was stolen almost 20 years ago.
How did it end up here?
It was sent anonymously
to the pope last year.
I have travelled to the
Vatican several times
and asked His Holiness
to contribute a relic to
the Canadian congregation.
He agreed.
And he sent this to us.
I'm afraid we have to ask, Father,
if you have an alibi for last night.
I was in the rectory
with a visiting group
of Jesuit brothers.
They can attest that
I was there all night.
(TENSE MUSIC)
You found something
inside one of the priests?
Yes. I was attempting
to extract the bullet
from his throat when I found this.
He had just swallowed
it when he was shot.
It's carved out of ivory.
Oh, it's incredibly detailed.
I I believe it
depicts the Three Marys.
Do you suppose these
men were killed for it?
It's possible.
Obviously, this man was desperate
to protect it any way he could.
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
(HARRY SIGHS)
Harry.
Hello, Father.
What's the name of a river in Russia?
- Four letters.
- Neva. Why?
It's a newspaper puzzle
called a Word-Cross.
Humphrey's father sends
it to him from New York.
- A trivia game?
- It's pretty clever.
All the answers fit together. See?
Hm. Interesting.
But put that away now.
Father Matthew will be waiting for us.
It's good to see you, Father.
How are you enjoying St. Eligius?
Oh, being a school chaplain
is it's very rewarding.
And now I live closer
to St. Adeline's hospice.
Oh, yes. How is your sister?
The doctors don't have much hope.
I'm so sorry to hear that.
I shall pray for her.
On to the reason I called
you both here today.
Your son has been absent from Mass,
and confession, for
the last three weeks.
- Harry?
- I knew you'd be angry.
No one is angry.
We only want what's best for you.
Why do I have to go, anyway?
I have an important chemistry project
that I'm working on and I'd
rather do that on the weekend.
Attendance at Mass for St.
Eligius students is mandatory.
- I'm doing well in my lessons.
- I know.
But I'm afraid that if you don't attend
to your religious education,
the school might ask you to leave.
- It's not fair.
- Harry.
Going to be late for algebra.
We'll discuss this tonight.
I know. Goodbye.
Goodbye, Father Matthew.
He's a smart young man.
And very headstrong.
Now, William,
I heard about the murders
of the three French priests.
- Do you know what happened?
- Oh, yes.
Actually, perhaps you could help me.
I know you collect
antique devotional objects
and, uh, this was found
with one of the priests.
Ah. I'd say, uh, French.
Fifteenth century, possibly sixteenth.
So you've seen something
like this before?
Oh-oh, yes.
I've just never been able to afford one.
It's a-a wonderful example.
What will you do with it?
For now, it's evidence.
Collecting can so quickly
lead to covetousness.
I shall say ten Hail Marys.
(CHOI): A remarkable
carving of the Three Marys.
(MURDOCH): Were you
able to find out anything
- from the French Embassy?
- No.
They hadn't heard of any Catholic
priests coming over to Toronto.
They did say they would
make inquiries, though.
Detective.
I have a man in the booking area
who may have seen something
at the hotel last night.
Lead the way, Constable. Thank you.
I was talking to Margaret
about that thorn relic.
She said there were enough
gemstones just on the case alone
to put the crown jewels to shame.
That's true. But it's the
thorns that are priceless.
- So they're real, then?
- According to the pope.
I had a look at the map of St. Adeline's
we found at the crime scene.
It showed two passageways that
might be easy to break into.
Do you think the killer
saw it and he's going to try
- and steal the relic tonight?
- Perhaps.
I'm stationing a few constables
at St. Adeline's tonight.
Where are you off to?
I thought I'd go with them.
It's been a while since
I've been on night patrol.
Ooh. A night in a draughty
old church, Albert.
Rather you than me, me ol' mucker.
Higgins, kettle!
Oh, I'm here from Kenora
with the Retail Hardware
and Stove Dealers Association,
for the convention.
- You ever been to Kenora?
- No.
Mm. When you come, make sure you stop
at Hare's Hardware. That's me. Hare.
And you're staying at
the Royal Birch Hotel?
That flea trap? No, I'm at the Rialto.
But did you not tell Constable Roberts
that you saw someone
entering late at night
- at the Royal Birch?
- Yes. Uh, two men,
'bout four in the
morning. Said to myself,
"That's awfully late to
be going into a hotel,"
but, then, I was out myself, so
Hm. And you're quite sure?
Oh, yeah. I'm sure I was at the
billiard hall across the street.
I'd gone outside to get some fresh air.
You're sure it was two
men entering the hotel?
Two men. Dressed all
in black. Long coats.
Hats, naturally. They went in.
Ten minutes later, they came out.
And when they came out,
did they have a third person
- with them, a-a young woman?
- No. Just the two men.
I didn't see a woman.
And if my wife calls,
you can tell her the same.
(FATHER RENNEL): I will lock the
rectory door behind me when I leave.
And I've also made sure
that all the windows
and doors are latched.
I'll be in the narthex
and there'll be constables
located at the back rectory
door and the nave, as well.
The morning Mass starts at five o'clock.
I'll be here a few minutes before then.
I'll see you then, Father.
(SIGHS)
(ANGELIC CHORAL VOCALS)
(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR CLOSES)
(DOOR OPENS)
Stay there, Constable.
Wake up, Constable!
(TENSE MUSIC)
(SIGHS)
You there! Stop!
Stop!
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(PANTING)
And you saw the intruder
leaving out of that door.
Yes. And with the constable fast asleep,
he had plenty of time to take the relic.
Mm. So why didn't he?
What are you doing? You
can't touch the reliquary!
- We need to examine it.
- Why?
We believe someone may
have tampered with it.
May I?
Carefully.
(LOW CHORAL VOCALS)
There's a hidden compartment.
Appears to be a rod to hold
something in place, but
Do you know what this contained
other than the Holy Thorns, Father?
- I have no idea.
- Are you sure?
First, you ask if I had anything to do
with the priests' tragic deaths,
and now you doubt my word?
- We only mean to
- No, that's enough.
You put the reliquary
back in the case, gently.
(TENSE CHORAL VOCALS)
Father John wasn't aware of a
secret compartment in the reliquary.
I thought you might know something.
I'm so glad you've come to ask me.
I just read a story
called The Blue Cross
with a Catholic priest
named Father Brown
who solves a mystery. Hm.
I see. But about the reliquary?
Yes. Well,
I'm not surprised that there
was something tucked away.
Do you know what was
hidden inside of this one?
No, I'm afraid I don't.
I once examined a reliquary
containing St. Cecilia's ear.
Underneath that were financial
records of Lucretia Borgia.
So it's possible, then,
that this reliquary contained
paperwork of some sort?
Yes, I-I would think
a scroll, most likely.
But given the number of hands
that it passed through
It might be difficult to say
precisely what was written on it.
I wish I could help more.
As for Harry, I thought
he could translate
some Tertullian and write a short essay.
It's all in here. Would you mind?
I'll be sure he gets
this. Thank you, Father.
(BRACKENREID): The relic was
unharmed, is that correct?
Something might have been taken.
Or at least that's what your
Detective Murdoch seems to believe.
Ah, Inspector. Thank you for coming.
Hello, Father.
I felt the need to talk
to your Chief Constable.
I'm worried, gentlemen,
that a killer is running free
while this constabulary isn't
asking the right questions.
I'm not sure what you mean.
Why am I being questioned
while the real culprit
enjoys his liberty?
That's what this is all about?
You're offended because
you're under suspicion?
We have a duty to question
all related parties, Father.
I have to wonder if this constabulary
takes special delight
in questioning priests,
given the anti-Catholic sentiment
present in so much of Toronto.
I can assure you that's
not the case, Father.
You have my word.
As a fellow Catholic.
Is that so?
Well, I'm glad to hear it.
We will get to the
bottom of this, Father.
And you have my word. As a Protestant.
Thank you, Chief Constable.
I think we're all in agreement here.
I'll leave you to your work.
Have a seat, Choi.
(CHOI SIGHS)
So, that's right, is it?
- You're a Catholic.
- I didn't mean to hide it from you.
I suppose I didn't ask.
Beware, Albert. Toronto
is a Protestant town.
And being a Catholic
is what's kept Murdoch
from being an inspector.
I'm aware. I won't shout
it from the rooftops.
I think that's wise.
(SOFT MYSTERIOUS MUSIC)
The bullets don't correspond to
any standard size that I've seen.
- Possibly not North American.
- Mm.
And the chemical test?
Yes. I was expecting to see
a nitrocellulose
propellant on the bullet,
but instead I found traces of saltpeter,
sulfur, and charcoal.
Black powder.
Not commonly in use anymore,
especially in revolver cartridges.
Well, I believe that
powder was phased out
at the turn of the century.
Perhaps we're looking
for someone who doesn't
discharge their firearm very often.
Who then shot three people?
Was he making up for lost time?
Or biding their time.
I brought the bullets to Mrs. Walker
at Walker's Sporting Goods,
and she immediately recognized them
as being standard issue
for the Bodeo revolver.
It's commonly used in the Italian Army.
So two Italian killers
were after French priests.
Right here in Toronto.
Which would explain why I found no match
for the fingermarks they
left behind at the hotel.
We need to find out if any Italians
have travelled here to see the relic.
Father John of St. Adeline's
did mention he'd been to
the Vatican several times.
He has an alibi for the
time of the killings.
- He was with a group of Jesuits.
- They could be in on it.
I'd like a word with him.
Me, too. I'll come with you.
(TENSE PIANO MUSIC)
Heads up, young Master Harry.
Huh. Sorry, sir.
- You're spending too much time on those.
- What is it?
Uh, a word-cross.
You're given clues and have to
place the answers in these boxes.
All the words fit together.
I can't see it catching
on. Excuse me, son.
Father Matthew has
assigned some extra work
for you to do to make
up for the missed masses.
There's a folder on my table.
Have it done by the end of the week.
- (BRACKENREID): Hello, Father John.
- Gentlemen.
Do you have an update on the case?
Father, do you recall telling me that
you had visited the
Vatican several times?
- Yes.
- We have reason to believe
that the bullets recovered
from the priest's body
were fired from an Italian gun.
- Do you mean to suggest
- Consider this, Father.
Our investigation keeps
bringing us back to you.
Now, are you being completely honest?
I did not,
nor I would not, bring
back a firearm from Italy!
And I certainly would never use one!
Do you know of anyone
who has an Italian gun?
I would appreciate discretion
with what I'm about to tell you.
Of course.
There is a secret order
named Verus Dei
headquartered in Rome.
They were renounced
over a century ago by the pope
following accusations
brought against them.
What kind of accusations?
Extortion, torture.
And worse.
They see themselves as protectors
of the true Catholic faith,
removing any threat to papal authority.
They were renounced by the pope
a-and yet they work to protect him?
- That doesn't make any sense.
- It's madness.
I've heard of them
burning Gnostic texts,
leveraging confessions,
forcing extreme mortifications.
I've even heard rumours of
sacrifices and blood rituals.
Do you think that the Verus
Dei are here in Toronto?
I think it's very possible.
They're said to have
members all over the world.
All right.
Thank you, Father.
So if the French priests
were after whatever was in
the Holy Thorns Reliquary,
these Verus Dei chaps
might've been after it as well.
I'm told there may have been
a scroll hidden inside of it.
Well, if that's true,
whatever is written on it
may be a threat to the
whole Catholic church.
And we still don't know how
this Miss Celeste Riveaux
and the carved ivory
tile tie into all of it.
Oh, the French Consulate got back to me.
They've contacted the church
where the priests are from,
but they have no record
of a Celeste Riveaux.
That's strange.
We need to find this young lady.
She may be the only person who
knows anything about what's going on.
If the Verus Dei haven't
found her already.
Mm.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC)
Excuse me. What are you doing?
Why did you break in?
Answer me.
(IN FRENCH ACCENT):
I'm sorry, but I had to.
Were you going through
the dead priests' clothes?
It's all right. They would want me to.
The constabulary are looking for a woman
who was travelling with
them. This must be you.
Please, have you found anything else?
You need to speak to Detective Murdoch.
- No, I-I cannot.
- It's not a request.
Come with me.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Wait! I cannot go.
- (GUNSHOTS)
- (SCREAMING)
They are shooting at us!
Let's go! This way.
We'll have to take the long
way to the station house.
Stay close to me.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(PANTING)
- You!
- Stop! Get back!
- (GRUNTS)
- No, please! No.
(GRUNTS)
Run!
(PANTING)
- Two shots?
- Yes.
Someone was waiting for us in the alley.
We managed to get away.
You fought him off and saved my life.
- Thank you.
- Yes. That was very brave of you, Miss Hart.
All in a day's work.
I found this young lady in the morgue.
She was going through the
late priests' possessions.
Mademoiselle Celeste Riveaux ?
I think it's safe to assume
that the people who were trying
to shoot at you are the same people
who killed your three
travelling companions.
Yes, I think so.
Who are they?
Do not know.
Constable, please escort
Miss Riveaux to my office.
You'll be safe here.
Ah. Roberts. I need you to
come with me. Uh, Miss Hart?
I think I'll stay here for
a while, if that's all right.
Good idea.
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
(INTRIGUING MUSIC)
(MURDOCH): I see a bullet hole here.
(ROBERTS): And over here. Huh.
Shooter must've
been on that rooftop over there.
He's likely long gone now.
Bullet was fired well over their heads.
Right. They were crossing the road here,
heading in the direction
of the station house,
but then the shots forced them to turn
and head in the opposite direction.
To the alley where
another man was waiting.
The shooter wasn't trying
to kill Miss Riveaux.
They wanted to take her alive.
I need you to tell
me everything you know
about the men who brought you here,
as well as the men who killed them.
Those three priests were my friends.
My protectors.
And they gave up their lives to save me.
Why did they bring you here to Toronto?
I do not know.
They never told me anything.
I would ask and they would say,
"We will tell you, but not yet."
Does your family know you're here?
My mother and father
died when I was little.
Priests from a society called
la Fraternité de Madeleine
placed me in a convent school.
They said I was in danger.
From whom?
Verus Dei?
You've heard of them?
I was always warned of them.
What were you searching
for in the morgue?
There was a small ivory plaque.
Father Jacques always carried it.
I don't know why, but it was important.
I believe the killers
were also searching
for something that was hidden
inside the Crown of Thorns Reliquary.
There was a scroll.
I heard Father René and
Father Jacques discuss it.
Well, unfortunately, one of the killers
has already been to St.
Adeline's and stolen it.
No, they didn't.
How do you know?
Because I took it.
(SOFT INTRIGUING MUSIC)
- (CHOI): Where is Miss Riveaux now?
- At a hotel.
And she has two constables guarding her.
As well as keeping an eye on her
because we're still not
sure she can be trusted.
Well, she did give me this.
(CHOI): Is this what was
hidden in the reliquary?
Yes. But it's coded.
Looks as old as Moses.
Does Miss Riveaux know
what it's all about?
No. But she does believe this scroll
is the reason that they
travelled to Toronto.
I suppose the Verus Dei
are after it as well.
Yes. And now we have it.
(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC)
Harry.
You haven't started on the extra work
Father Matthew assigned
to you, have you?
How did you know?
The new, now nearly complete
Word-Cross puzzle in your satchel.
Oh.
Harry, there comes a time
when you must put down
trivial pursuits and apply
yourself to difficult work.
Looks like you've been engaging
in trivial pursuits yourself.
I have been attempting
to decode the text
on this scroll for my work.
Hardly trivial.
Can I see?
There are blocks of text here
and, uh, a long list
of names on the reverse.
The list has different
handwriting and inks,
like it's been added to over time.
Precisely. Uh, I've managed
to translate the first sentence
FROM THE FRENCH: "Put Down Tusk To Wed."
Doesn't make much sense
a-and the rest is in a
language I've never seen before.
- Clues.
- Hm?
The words.
They're like Word-Cross clues.
I hardly think a
centuries-old manuscript
that has been encoded is anything
Place.
Ivory. Marry.
Ivory?
Marry?
Marry is a homophone.
With this ivory carving
of the Three Marys.
It's a Cardan grille.
This is a trellis cipher.
Yes! You see?
The letters! Uh
C L
Q
I-A.
Celui qui a "He who has."
Oh, my goodness, it works.
Dictate the letters.
I'll write them down.
Good idea. Uh
H A
You've done it? You've cracked the code?
With Harry's help.
But I cannot believe
what it purports to be.
(CHOI): What does it say?
It claims to be the
testament of Mary Magdalene.
Mary Magdalene? From the Bible?
The scroll is the story of how,
after the crucifixion
a-and the resurrection,
she was taken to Gaul,
now known as France.
Father Jacques told me that
the Fraternité de Madeleine was
founded to protect Mary Magdalene.
I never understood the reason.
Why was she in France?
To have Jesus's child, or so it says.
And at the end there is a note
saying that this was written
in the year 42 AD, and
then encoded in 1527.
But how do we know it's
real? It could be a hoax.
I suppose.
But, uh, on the back there
is a long list of names,
added to over the years
in different hands.
A family tree?
Ending with Alphonse
and Sylvain Riveaux.
(LOW CHORAL VOCALS)
The names of my
grandfather and my father.
This is why men from
Verus Dei are after you.
(MURDOCH): According to this,
you are the last living descendent
of Mary Magdalene and Jesus the Christ.
(ANGELIC CHORAL VOCALS)
You two actually believe that this woman
is descended from Jesus?
All the evidence we have
points to that being the case.
It does stretch credulity.
A-and I'm not certain
I believe it myself.
But we do have this
testament of her lineage,
and we know of at least three men
who have died trying to protect her.
They could be mistaken.
But what if they are right?
Well, the Verus Dei believe it.
But we don't know what they're
planning to do with her.
They're probably planning
to end her bloodline.
(SIGHS)
(CELESTE BREATHING HEAVILY)
(SNIFFLING)
Here.
It's clean.
Thank you.
My name's Harry.
Harry Murdoch.
Oh. Detective Murdoch's son?
(SNIFFLES)
My name is Celeste.
Why are you crying?
I think I now carry an
immense responsibility.
Well, I was just going to ask
my father to go out for lunch.
But maybe you'd allow
me to take you out?
Looks like you could
use some cheering up.
(SIGHS)
I don't know.
How about a moving picture?
Why sit and mope
when you can do something fun?
If this got out, that Jesus
had a child with Mary Magdalene,
won't that mean that the Catholic church
has been wrong this entire time?
Perhaps not so much wrong as
not having the whole story.
Either way, this could alter the
course of Christianity forever.
But right now, there
are people out there
who want this young lady dead,
whoever she may be.
Where is she? She appears to have gone.
What?
Well, she can't have left.
(LIGHT MUSIC)
Well? What did you think?
It was incredible.
I've never seen anything like it.
- Really?
- I've led a very isolated life.
I don't know if you would
believe me if I told you why.
Try me.
My-my parents died
when I was very young.
I was placed in a convent
and always told that I
needed to be protected.
And I didn't understand why until today.
What did you find out?
That I might be the
last living descendent
of Mary Magdalene and Jesus Christ.
(HARRY CHUCKLES)
That scroll I helped my father decipher,
that was about your family?
Yes.
That is why the fraternité
was protecting me.
And why they were killed.
Uh, have you ever tried a pretzel?
I'll take one.
Merci.
But I think I saw a few
people who looked very hungry.
We should buy some
more and hand them out.
Can't you multiply the bread
and feed the five thousand?
Please! Do not make light
of my situation, Harry.
Sorry.
How 'bout I buy a few more?
I've notified the other station houses.
I'll get the constables
to go out looking for her.
Sirs. The desk sergeant just
told me that Miss Riveaux
was seen leaving with Harry Murdoch.
I can't believe the boy
is taking the young lady
out on the town when
there's killers after her.
He doesn't know that.
Right. Roberts, you start
looking east. I'll go west.
Yes, sir.
(HARRY): What do you
think you'll do now?
(CELESTE): It's not up to me.
Why not? It shouldn't matter
who your ancestors are.
You can decide how you
want to live your life.
Spoken like an independent spirit.
I suppose I am.
But, for now, perhaps we should
go back to the station house.
I don't know who to trust.
And I don't know where to go.
You can trust my father.
- Come on. I know a shortcut.
- Mm.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
Who are you?
Miss Riveaux, come with me.
No. I will not go!
Come with me now and
no one will get hurt.
Leave her alone!
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
No!
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(MAN): Get in!
No, I will not go!
(SHOUTING)
(GRUNTS)
- No!
- Hey!
- Wait! Stop!
- (CELESTE): Help! Harry!
(GRUNTS)
Hey! Harry!
Harry, who's this?
This man put her into
a car. She's been taken.
Grab the gun. Give it to me. Careful.
Come on, move!
I would ask you what
organization you're a part of,
but, uh, I believe I already know.
You couldn't possibly.
Verus Dei.
Judging by your silence, I'm correct.
Where's the other man?
I'm not telling you a thing.
You don't understand these matters.
I understand that the
gun you were arrested with
will match the bullets that murdered
those three French priests.
What is your name?
Father Francesco Amitucci.
Mr. Amitucci,
if you tell me where the other man is,
I may be able to ensure
that you don't hang.
Do your worst.
There are many of us.
I am only one of God's servants.
What were you planning to
do with Celeste Riveaux?
We were to take her to Rome.
We should be on our way there,
but my partner betrayed me.
What did he do?
He wanted to take the
girl to perform a miracle
and heal a dying woman.
His sister.
I believe I know where they are.
No. You must let me go!
Everything I have done,
I have done for God!
(TENSE MUSIC)
- (CELESTE SCREAMING)
- (MAN): Quiet!
Say it! Just say the words!
I don't know what you're
talking about. Please!
- Come on!
- No, I can't!
(SCREAMING) Please!
- (MAN): Say it! Say it!
- Stop! Enough!
What are you doing here?
Unhand Miss Riveaux.
Not until she's done what I've asked!
He took me here
because he wanted me to heal his sister,
but I told him I cannot.
I do not know how!
Verus Dei want her in Rome,
but why shouldn't she help me first?
I told you I do not know how! I cannot!
Let her go and we can discuss this.
Do you think I'm mad, William?
Don't you have faith?
This young woman
is the closest that either of
us will get to Christ himself.
- You can't know that.
- The Verus Dei told me!
They know the bloodline is real!
I'm just a woman of flesh and blood.
- Please let me go!
- Not until you heal her!
Say the words! (GRUNTING)
Stop, please! I will do it.
I will do it.
I will do it! Please!
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
Theresa is healed.
- It is done.
- (EXHALES)
Thank God.
You are coming with me, Matthew.
You're under arrest.
Oh, you don't understand.
The Verus Dei have tried to
end this secret for 2,000 years.
I swore an oath to them.
She will go to Rome.
Not with you, she won't. It's over!
My brothers and I work
for a higher cause.
Forgive me, William. But I must do this.
- (SHOUTING)
- No!
(SCREAMING)
(SOFT MUSIC)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
I wish I'd arrived sooner.
Maybe if I had, all of this
(CELESTE): Please,
do not blame yourself.
He told me he set himself
on this path years ago
and would follow it to the end.
He truly believed that you were divine.
I only said what I said
up there to help you.
I'm just an ordinary young woman.
Ordinary? I hardly believe that's true.
I suppose I could be
the descendant of Jesus.
Or it could all just be a made-up story,
written on a scroll and hidden in a box.
Whether it's true or not
may be beside the point.
People may revere you
as a continuation of Christ himself.
I do not want to be revered.
I do not want to be put
in a case, like a relic.
What will you do?
Want to live quietly.
Anonymously.
But first, I will take the scroll
and bring it to the Holy Father himself.
I will tell him my situation
and see what he would like to do.
You may still be in danger.
I've already contacted the fraternité
- and they are accompanying me.
- Good. Very good.
I-I've just returned from the hospice
to tell Theresa of her brother's passing
a-and she had just
risen from her sick bed.
Oh? How is she?
She's up and walking.
Some might consider it a
Please. Do not say it is a miracle.
As you wish.
(CHOI): Chief Constable.
I wanted to take a look at the
Holy Thorns Reliquary myself.
Mm. It is a marvel.
Incredible that thorns
have been kept for so long.
- Hm.
- I mean, what's to say
that they weren't
replaced at some point?
Perhaps it doesn't matter.
What do you mean?
It still serves as a connection
between our world and God.
Hm. Well, when you put it like that.
(MURDOCH): So, will you resume
attending Mass at school?
If I must. But
I'm not sure it's right for me.
Well, as long as you give it
some time. And some thought.
My faith has given me a
great deal, but I understand
you must forge your own path.
I'm going to finish the
translation Father Matthew gave me.
I like Latin. It's like
deciphering an ancient code.
- Oh, good. Good.
- Besides, I have to keep up
with my studies so I can help
you out when I have the time.
Right.
(LIGHT CURIOUS MUSIC)
I hope Father Matthew and the Verus Dei
haven't turned Harry
away from Catholicism.
And at a time when so many
walk away from their faith.
Perhaps Miss Riveaux, while she's here,
will help him renew his
interest in the Church.
She is a remarkable young lady.
(LAUGHING)
(THEME MUSIC)