01x08 - Hold the Night

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Behold! This fraud!

The madness

suffered by every Boone

is connected to this book.

I had a vision

when I opened it.

Eternal night.

The undead rule,

and man is meat.

It's all death in this book.

It's the end of everything.

You said the only way

to be rid of your curse

was to return it to the undead.

What?

It's with Mary Dennison.

She's restrained in the cellar.

She's one of them now.

Phillip and Stephen

will come for this book

tonight.

We have to keep them

out of the house.

We need planks.

And paint.

Give us the book!

Heave!

Father!

No!

We will go to Chapelwaite

and take what is ours.

Jakub is out there.

With how many,

I can't say.

But we have our plan

to defend the house.

And everyone knows

their positions.

We have enough wood

to cover any windows or doors

that get breached.

Constable,

how are you feeling?

Well enough

to see daylight.

Good. It's on you

to keep them off the barn.

We cannot allow them to find

the tunnel into the walls.

If they do, we'll start

to lose the house.

In that event,

we'll seal the last barricade

and constrict our perimeter

to the dining room and kitchen.

If we can't hold there, then

then we retreat

to the cellar as one,

make our final stand.

Better we go there now.

That would give us

no chance to confront our enemy,

nowhere to go.

They'd breach

the cellar door,

burn us out.

We wouldn't last the hour.

I have experience

defending ships

against marauders.

With proper fortification,

five can hold 50.

We have that.

Tonight will reveal

much about ourselves.

There will be times

when you lose heart,

and you want to quit.

Do not.

Minister, would you

say a prayer?

I think it might

do us all some good.

Better say one for yourselves.

I'll say one.

The Lord is my refuge

and fortress;

My God in Him I will trust.

No evil shall befall you,

nor shall any plague

come near your dwelling;

For He shall give His angels

charge upon you,

to keep you in your ways.

- Amen.

- Amen.

Anything?

Nothing yet.

What do you think

they're waiting for?

Well, I imagine they're trying

to formulate their own plan.

If they are,

we'll be ready for them.

I'm proud of you.

Both of you.

You've come far

from the little deck rats

I ferried around the world.

You're a good boy.

I'll see us through this.

George

You need to get back upstairs.

I want to check on Mary.

Not too long now.

George, I'm your wife.

How can you keep me bound

like a wild animal?

Phillip Boone

stole my wife from me.

That's not true.

I'm different

only because I know death.

I've been there

and returned.

But we all die one day.

So

am I really so different?

The dead should not

walk the earth.

But we do.

We were to spend

eternity together

in Heaven.

There is no Heaven.

You have faith,

but I've been there.

There is life,

and there is nothing.

We've been told lies.

That wound

in your stomach is deep.

I can smell it.

Soon you'll be nothing, George.

Not alone.

Not a spirit.

Just mud and bone.

But I'll be alive.

No, no.

I have to go upstairs.

I'm hungry.

It's more than hunger.

It burns, George.

If you love me,

you'll feed me.

Come close.

No need to cut again.

No, I need my strength.

They don't care about you.

You're dying, George.

I can save you.

We can be together.

Drink from me.

How well

do you know Dennison?

I've known him my whole life.

Would you vouch

for his character?

In what regard?

I saw him feeding Mary.

Was he feeding on her?

No. But when faced

with one's own mortality

who knows what

desperate men may do?

We can't risk him

becoming like Mary.

We won't.

I'll handle it.

Your prayer was

much needed for morale.

- Thank you.

- It's funny.

God is most of what

I think about now.

All religions claim

that their god

to be the one and only.

And now these vampires

return from the grave

and tell us their god

is the one true God.

So who are we to believe?

Whose version of God is real?

Whichever god has the

strongest army at the moment

is the most real.

So the winner tonight

chooses the next God?

The winner in all wars

decides the truth

God included.

And that's it?

I always thought of God

as love.

Simple.

I prefer your interpretation

to others.

Once this is over,

my mother and I will be

moving to New York.

I made a promise to myself

that I would get her

out of this town.

That's the plan, at least.

Might you build ships there?

We shouldn't get ahead

of ourselves.

Why not?

Well, I'll still

have the book.

- The curse will follow.

- Charles, please.

Just for one moment

All clear, Martin?

Nothing here.

Mind the front as well.

The fires before us

come for me.

Don't fool yourself,

Minister.

They're here for all of us.

I understand all you've lost,

but isn't that when

we lean on God the most?

For some.

But when Phillip Boone's hand

was around my throat,

his grip was infinite

and bottomless.

It was the death

of everything.

I realized that that

"nothing" is what I deserve.

- That's not true.

- It is, Rebecca.

You of all people know

that I am a fraud.

You and your mother.

We never thought of you

as a fraud.

Just another flawed man.

The kind that God favors

now and then.

The kind who needs Him most.

Isn't that what you always

used to preach?

Empty words.

You don't need faith

to fight, Minister,

but you do need to fight.

If not for yourself,

then for something else.

May I remind you that there are

children in this house,

and they deserve more

than the next few hours to live.

How's the wound?

I'll make the night,

if that's what

you're worried about.

I am.

I want you to live.

But there are conditions

worse than death.

Mary was 12 years old

when we first met.

And the prettiest thing

I have ever seen.

I'm sure she was.

We married

four years later.

I never wanted to be

a day without her.

For me there was never

any other,

nor will there ever be.

Must be

must be tempting to want

to love someone forever.

I love my daughter Loa.

I always will.

But

I don't believe

these vampires love.

I've seen where their life

leads, Jerusalem's Lot.

No love remains.

Our Loa and Mary are gone.

Mr. Boone.

I will fight for you

and for that book.

But don't tell me

how to handle my wife.

I won't mention it again.

But if I see you down there

alone with her

I guess we'll be keeping

an eye on each other, then.

You know,

I saved Phillip Boone.

I was 17 years old,

and I saved his life.

And your father's.

What are you talking about?

The town knew

that your grandmother

Silence had gone mad.

She hadn't been

seen in weeks.

There was concern

for the children.

So

I rode up here,

found Silence

hanging herself

and the two boys

from that elm tree down there.

I cut Phillip

and your father down,

but Silence, she

she fought me off.

Imagine if I hadn't saved

those two boys?

No Boone curse.

I'd still have Mary,

and Phillip Boone

would be dead.

Really dead.

And you

you would have

never been born.

Consider that

the next time you walk up

behind me with a g*n.

Keep watch here.

Protect the barn at all costs.

What are you up to?

What is that?

The end of the road.

Back to your post.

Sweet Jesus.

He's moving!

Stay vigilant!

My God.

He means to intimidate.

Charles, I never want

to become like him.

Then cry out

if you see anything.

What is it?

It's the man

Father told us about.

sh**t him.

It won't work.

We have to wait.

It's okay.

He can't get in.

That thing is out there.

Is it the devil?

You give him

too much credit, son.

He was a man;

Now he's less.

He's moving to the front.

The crosses held.

Doesn't matter

if you or I believe

in the cross, Martin,

as long as they do.

Jakub will send

his acolytes now.

They'll try to find ways in.

They're mortal.

Make them pay.

We'll be all right.

With the wind in our sails.

We'll be all right.

With the wind in our sails.

And we all hang on behind.

We'll be all right.

Here they come!

Charles!

Two ran around back.

When you see them, sh**t!

Even if just to ward them off.

If they get in,

the undead are next.

- Did you get 'em?

- I don't think so.

It's hard to see.

Reload.

There's one

coming to the front!

I can see you.

You're the minister.

I knew Faith.

She was our sister.

Go away.

Don't make me sh**t you.

I was there

when she died.

It was terrible.

She begged for her life.

We just kept stabbing her.

She wouldn't stop crying.

Don't you mock her.

- Who are you talking to?

- Faith's minister.

Oh, be gone, you sonofab*tch.

Minister, you don't have

to end up like Faith.

Give Jakub the book.

Our god doesn't care

that you're an adulterer.

Lies mean nothing to him.

He makes no judgment.

He welcomes the sinner.

You can fornicate

with as many women

as you want.

You're all going to die

in there if you don't.

Why fight for a god

who doesn't care about you?

The Worm is so much

stronger and wiser.

Give Jakub the book.

Save them all.

What did you do to my child?

Your child?

My son.

Where is he?

It's back

with its father,

where it belongs.

What do you mean?

Faith never told you

the truth about her child.

It wasn't yours.

The baby was Jakub's.

She was his favorite.

Every scar you kissed

was Jakub's bite.

You threw your life away

for Jakub's wh*re.

Give us the book,

Minister.

Rebecca?

- Are you all right?

- The window.

Did I sh**t one?

You did.

Reload. Reload now.

- We can stop this.

- What are you doing here?

Give 'em the damn book.

If our god is a falsehood,

then so is theirs.

- Get back to your post!

- They cannot raise a god

- if none exist!

- Do not test me!

Now go back

to the living room!

Charles, what if he

I'll k*ll him myself.

sh*t. You stay here.

What was it?

I think they're

trying to breach this floor.

Back upstairs!

I have this.

sh*t.

Rebecca!

Honor told me

you might need some help.

Ah, I'm all right now.

Is anyone out there?

- Not right now.

- Rebecca.

Tane.

I think one of them's

in the house.

There's a broken window

upstairs.

I searched all the bedrooms,

found nothing.

Just move with caution.

I'm gonna search

the rest of the house.

Tane, come with me.

- If anyone is in here

- I know what to do.

You let them have it.

It's quiet outside.

Do you think they've given up?

No. One may be inside.

- I've told the others.

- A vampire?

Whatever it is, I'll find it.

Tane, you listen to me now.

You be your sister's eyes

while her back is turned.

- All right?

- We'll be careful.

Why is this door open?

Minister Burroughs

is down there.

He said he needed

to check on Mary.

What are you doing here?

I don't understand

this world anymore.

Did you intend

to take the book?

Everything I thought

I was is gone.

Did you mean to take

the book?

I did.

What stopped you?

That thing

in the tub.

Put the g*n down.

Put it down.

I know your kind.

Your whole life,

you run to God

for every hardship

because "God provides."

You credit God

with every victory,

even if you've done

the work and sweat yourself.

You blame every defeat

on God's will,

especially when the failure

is from your own

ignorance or weakness.

Believe or don't believe,

I don't care.

But stand up and be a man.

Or remain still

and I will end it now,

so I can defend my family.

Do it.

Do it.

Damn you,

what's it going to be?

I wanna go back upstairs.

Whatever they are

wherever they're from,

we can't let them win.

Minister!

Stop!

Don't! Don't! Stop!

- What happened?

- She's in the tunnels!

One of them!

She took the boards off!

Dammit! Tell Dennison

to watch the barn!

sh*t!

- Constable!

- What is it?

One of them got

into the tunnels.

She's headed

for the barn.

Oh no.

- Aw, sh*t.

- They'll find the tunnel.

They're in the barn!

We couldn't stop them.

George, start barricading

the dining room with Burroughs.

We'll pull back

and fight them there.

Rebecca, get back to

the parlor, keep watch.

I'll come for you there.

George, rest.

I'll do this.

Tell Father.

I can hear them.

They're in.

Fall back to the dining room.

It's to create confusion.

Go, go, go!

Close it!

Close the barrier!

They're everywhere!

You can't leave the kitchen!

- Honor!

- I'll go with her.

Where's Tane?

He's not with you?

I sent him to get you when

I heard people in the walls.

They're on the stairs.

I'll find him! Go!

Tane.

Come with me.

Tane? Now.

Are you gonna hurt me?

No.

But they will.

I'm gonna have

to find my boy!

- Close the barricade behind me.

- Okay.

Don't do it.

I need to find my son.

No, they're trying

to draw you out.

Stick with the plan.

Oh, no.

No.

I'm coming for you, demon.

I'll have your head.

Oh, no!

They're in the cellar!

They've got the book!

Father!

Stay back!

Don't move!

It can't be.

Is it really you?

Step aside!

Father!

Honor, Honor, Honor.

It's all right.

Rebecca,

take this downstairs.

Go! Help Dennison.

Honor,

are you all right?

- I am.

- Come, help me with this.

Help me with this.

Block the door.

Tane?

I don't know.

Secure this.

You're all going

to die here.

There's no escape.

Tane?

Tane?

Tane?

Is Tane down here?

I don't think so.

I'm coming.

Charles.

What are we doing?

Fire at will.

Charles.

You need to see this.

No.

You son of a b*tch.

You son of a b*tch.

Father! Father!

Honor?

Father!

Son!

Ah! I can't hold it! Ah!

They're coming

over the barricade!

Into the cellar!

Everyone! Now!

Come say your prayers.

Say your prayers.

Christ in quiet,

Christ in danger,

Christ in mouth of friend

and stranger.

Christ beneath me,

Christ above me,

Christ in hearts of

all that love me.

Christ behind me,

Christ before me,

Christ to comfort

and restore me.

Christ in quiet,

Christ in danger,

Christ in mouth of friend

They're comin' through!

Christ behind me,

Christ to comfort

and restore me.

Hold back, Minister!

Christ behind me,

Christ before me,

Christ to comfort

and restore me.

Christ in quiet,

Christ in danger,

Christ in mouth

of friend and stranger.

- They're coming through!

- Get ready!

Charles!

What's happening?

They're leaving.

Why?

Why would they do that?

I had to do it, Father.

She said it would

make them stop.

What?

Tane, who said that?

Make what stop?

Loa.

I gave her the book.

Son No!

No! No!

It was the only way

to stop them!

She wanted to save us!

I'm sorry!

Loa!

Loa!

Loa!