01x01 - Sword and Cross

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Stay there!

Gah!

Get off!

It's... like a bad dream,

when you see something, but
everyone says it's not real

and no one believes you.

And what do you see, Luce?

Shadows... like people.

Tell me, Miss Price,

do you still see those "shadow people"?

No.

Did you see them on
the night in question?

No.

- You skipped your meds
- I always take them.

And suffered an episode
during which a young man died.

I tried to save him.

Investigators confirmed
that it was arson.

Lucinda Price...

...the court finds you guilty

of one count of fourth degree arson

and one count of manslaughter.

Now, because of your psychiatric history

and mental disorder defense...

Wait. My what?

Your mother and I have
decided it's what's best.

What's best?

It's clear that you need
psychological treatment

and intervention.

Your parents have agreed
for you to be remanded

to a privately-run,
state-sanctioned institution

for your rehabilitation.

This will be for a period of two years,

with a further suspended
sentence of eight years

predicated on your behavior.

Your sentence begins immediately.

Keep your nose clean.

- You'll be home in two years.
- Dad!

Please! Wait, please!

Hey, I didn't even do anything!
You can't do this. Please!

'Dreams locked away

'A drift in a story

'Like ships lost at sea

'All at once sent away

'Oh they're lost in the wind like

'Dandelion seeds

'Drifting in silence

'They long to be free...

'Oh, they're lost in the wind like

'Dandelion seeds

'But they rise from the ashes

'No air left to breathe

'With the light on the shore

'They'll find their way home'

This way, Miss Price.

All your small items in here.

Any electronics, hazards, money...

You're 35 minutes late.

I wasn't the one driving.

Lateness will result in a
suspension of privileges.

Understand?

- Looking good, Grayson.
- Good. Your bag.

Welcome back, Mr. Jordan.

Ah, it's good to be back.

Is the spa open?

You're a category A resident.

Breakfast at seven, lunch
at one, dinner at seven.

If you're late, you don't eat.

If you don't eat, you're on report.

Mandatory half marathon
tomorrow at 6 am followed by...

- Psst. How's your stamina?
- Followed by

a schedule of medication
and therapeutic activities.

All your personal belongings in here.

Here.

Thanks.

You won't be seeing
any of that for a while.

When do I get my stuff back?

Possessions are a privilege.

Any allowed items will
be sent to your room.

Pro tip: they're not
beyond a cavity search.

Time for my pedicure.

This way.

Hello, Lucinda.

I'm Dr. Howson, clinical
psychiatrist here.

This is just a brief session, really,

to assess your mental state on arrival.

How am I doing?

I don't know yet. Why don't you tell me?

When can I talk to my parents?

We find that, uh, our
residents do better

without contact from
people outside the facility.

What, so I can't talk to anyone?

No.

No visitors?

Even prisons let you...
have contact with people.

This is a place of healing.

My dad wouldn't agree to this.

He agreed.

I know this has happened
very fast, and...

...you feel let down.

You may blame others for your situation,

but the fact is,

you can take control...

...but you can't keep running.

These visions...

...they've come to dominate you.

It's natural to be scared, but...

I want to help you
understand why you see them.

And, hopefully, help you
work out who you are...

...without them.

I know who I am.

Of course.

She's all yours.

By His will.

Uh, I'm Penn Van Lockwood.
I'll lead your orientation.

Um, are you an inmate?

Ooh, um, we don't say inmate.

We say resident.

But I'm not technically
a resident either.

So, what are you?

It's complicated. Really.
Uh, follow me! Please.

The library and church

are the oldest part of the building.

They were part of the
original monastery,

built on this mountain in 1727.

Wow.

Over the years, the site was developed,

and in 1921,

Frederick Howson made it
the first private facility.

As in Dr. Howson?

Uh, well, no. It was his grandfather.

Yeah, I find this place very comforting.

It's a good place to
collect your thoughts.

Among so many other thoughts.

- Can I take a look around?
- Oh, I have another orientation.

- I could show you another time?
- Yeah. Yeah, sure. Thanks.

Hey, man.

This just came in.

Will it work?

I'm just the delivery guy.

Did you get the map?

I gotta get it from my other stash.

So... what's it for?

If you're gonna be cagey, deal's off.

Stop.

I'm getting out of here.

Are you kidding?

That fence is 10,000 volts.

Even if you get past it,
there's 200 miles of nothing,

Well, it would help if I had a map.

You're an idiot for
even thinking about it.

Not the first.

That was a fluke.

Copy that. Over. Yeah. Nothing at all.

...nothing to report . All...

Got anyone on the outside?

I know people.

I mean family. People you care about.

No...

Even if I did, I wouldn't be interested.

- Well...
- You think they did us any good?

At least you know.

For me, everything
before this is a blank.

I've been here for two years?
No contact from anyone...

No one gets contact.

What's that voodoo? Makes my eyes hurt.

Either I'm a total as*h*le,

or there are people out
there actually looking for me.

I just need to know who they
are and what I'm missing.

OK?

I get it. But why?

What if you're just an as*h*le?

So, just round there
is the service side.

That's the garages, loading
bay, kitchens, etcetera.

And then, just behind
us is the elevator.

That takes residents
down the mountain for R&R.

Come on.

So, through here is the dorms.

To get in and out, you
use a key card, like this.

There's cameras everywhere.

The residents call them "the reds".

They're in all the common areas.

Is one of these mine?

Hey, phone girl.

So? How do you like it?

Just like the Four Seasons.

Yeah, if every season was winter.

I'm Luce.

Cam.

I'll leave you to get settled in.

- Oh.
- Yeah.

OK...

Thanks.

Yeah?

You missed your noon pills.

Open.

Hmm...

Hey.

What the...?

Interconnected rooms.

You can bolt that door if you like.

Are you going to bolt it?

Uh, no... I guess not.

Hey, where's all my stuff?

Oh. "Possessions are a
privilege to be earned."

You gotta be a good girl.

Until then, that's all you've got.

The rest is company issue.

well, they took basically everything.

I don't even remember
what I came in with.

You don't strike me
as the good girl type.

What gave me away?

So... Uh, where are you from?

You know, originally?

Don't know. Never really knew my family.

I've been looking at your hair.

Uh, I just want you to cut mine.

Like yours.

I don't think that's a good idea.

- Come on, it's not even...
- I said no.

Arriane? Um...

It's been a long journey.

I wouldn't mind five minutes to myself.

Oh. Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

Oh...

You can keep it open, if you'd like.

Cool?

Cool.

Well, Daniel...

...what would you like to talk about?

Dreams still bother me.

Do you remember anything new?

Just sound and fire.

Anything else?

Blood.

Whose blood?

Why can't you just tell me
where the accident happened?

Or anything from before?

I've been here for two years.

I need a trigger.

You must forgive yourself. That
is where your journey begins.

How can I forgive myself if
I don't remember anything?

Memories are complicated.

Imagine your memories are stored
in three cabinets in your mind.

There's a cabinet for short-term
memory, for long-term memory,

for trauma memory.

You can access the long and
short-term memory whenever,

but you don't have a key
for the trauma memory.

I know why I don't
remember the accident.

Why nothing from before?

Sometimes when an
event is very traumatic,

other memories can get misfiled,

tarnished by association, if you like.

Maybe the drugs are affecting my recall.

Different category of meds altogether.

Give it time.

Your amnesia is your brain's
way of protecting you.

You'll remember when
it's time to remember.

I'm not going to feed you memories.

You'll find them.

I could use some help.

That's why we're here.

So, Cam's been here before, right?

They let him out for
compassionate leave.

Meal session two in ten minutes.

He seems... OK.

Well, he's not.

OK! Get in here.

Oh... wow...

You actually...

It looks great.

You want to know how I ended up in here?

Sure.

OK, great. You first.

Aren't we supposed to go eat?

Yeah, we are.

Life can be pretty rough in
here if you're on your own.

There are worse things in
life than being on your own.

I can't think of any.

After you.

Move along, sir.

We give thanks for the
water that purifies us

and for the food that nourishes us.

May it sustain us as we offer our labor

in the glory of service
to Him by His will.

- By His will.
- By His will.

Ah... Snitch.

I'm not a snitch.

Yeah, you're not a resident.

Milady.

You can't be serious.

New girl. Where are you from?

Um, all over, really.

My dad's a diplomat, so we moved a lot.

Posh girl.

- What is your problem?
- Loving this, by the way.

And, Arriane, you've, uh, cut your hair.

Super original.

Arriane's in here for identity
fraud. It's compulsive.

- Funny.
- But true.

- She lies.
- There was a guy outside.

Dark hair, blue eyes.
I think he was with you.

- You mean Daniel? -
Paranoia, self-destroyer.

- New girl's already on it.
- No...

No. I just... He looked
familiar, that's all.

Yeah, he does have a very ordinary face.

- He seemed...
- Crazy?

Takes one to know one.

I was going to say intense.

And what do you care, huh?

You crazy too?

I'm not the one wrestling
guards on the driveway.

- Screw you.
- Screw me?

Molly! Molly! Molly!

Hey, hey!

Arriane!

Hey! Hey!

Up you come.

Only the psychos get tagged.

From the staff restroom.
Need anything else?

Uh... Yeah, a car out of here.

The guards, they're brutal.

Oh, they're just doing their job.

Will Arriane be OK?

Yeah. She's in the med
bay. She'll be out tomorrow.

Someone told me to keep my nose clean.

Not doing a very good job, am I?

At least we only got two years.

I'm not staying here for two years.

Thanks for the... Thanks.

It's more square, but here.

If it covers ten miles
outside the perimeter,

it'll be enough.

Here it is.

This is a dumb idea.

I'd say you're trying
to talk me out of it.

Don't want to lose my best customer.

Thanks... for this.

And everything.

Hi.

Hi.

- What are you...?
- I didn't... mean to scare you.

I'm Luce.

Yeah...

...I know.

Word travels fast.

I'm Daniel.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah. Well...

What are you doing in here?

I could ask you the same thing.

Just collecting my thoughts, I guess.

You know... it does get easier.

Does it?

Nope.

Hey, I was gonna ask you...

Earlier, it... it
seemed like maybe we...

You must be Lucinda.

I... I... Yeah.

Everything OK?

Yeah, I just sort of,
um, ended up in here.

Oh, you'll get used to
the layout eventually.

It is very disorientating
when you first arrive.

Huge campus in the middle of nowhere.

But you're safe, Luce.

It doesn't feel safe.

When I was on my way up here in the van,

I saw something in the woods.

It's probably a bird, or a bunny.

It wasn't a bunny.

You know, when I was your age,

I saw the world differently
from other people.

Not just perspective,
but colors and shapes.

You did?

Everyone thought I was
making things up or mad.

But now I look back
and I think of it as...

...gifted.

I'm no doctor or expert,

but I do know the world needs people

who see things other people can't.

Now, it's ten minutes to curfew,

and we take that sort of
thing pretty seriously.

And you've got your first
half marathon tomorrow morning.

I'm Sophia Bliss, by the way.

Everyone calls me Miss Sophia.

I'm the librarian.

Straight out of here,

head for the quad,
first door on your left.

You can't go wrong.

- Uh, thank you. Miss... Sophia.
- Mm.

Arriane?

Another day has passed

on our journey towards the light.

We ask for His protection
during the darkness

and his blessing for
the night ahead of us.

May we sleep in peace by His will.

Oh, Arriane, hey. I was
worried. How are you feeling?

Like I've had 2,000 volts up my a*s.

Maybe it'll make me run faster.

Do you think there's anything
out there? In the woods?

I don't know.

There was a girl. Cassie.

She escaped.

Did she make it?

I hope so.

Don't be late.

Right, let's go.

Hey, is that Miss Sophia?

Uh, no... it's twins.

That's Miss Miriam.

Give us strength and endurance

against a task set
before us by His will.

By His will.

What's with all the praying?

- It's a bit...
- Like a cult?

Yeah.

Welcome to the brothers
and sisters of Zhsmaelim.

- What?
- You get used to it.

On your marks.

Set.

Yo, you ready?

Don't want to be the
last piggy to the trough.

OK, so who's the favorite?

Daniel. That's where the
smart money is anyway.

You've got cash on this?

Oh, life's a gamble. Why not bet on it?

OK, so what's my odds?

You... You're the wild card.

Story of my life.

Group two, on your marks!

Set!

Camera 57 is out.
Repeat. Camera 57 is out.

Perimeter fence, sector five.

Come on. Woo!

Pick up the pace, slacker.

Hey. Cam.

In the woods.

What? Come on, let's go.

No, wait, I saw someone.

Luce?

Luce.

Hey! What are you doing?

Hey, are you insane?

This place is insane.

I'm not sticking around
for two years. I'm out.

Hey, you coming or not?

Confirm, we have a breach.

Code 3. Price and Jordan.

Copy that.

Do not pursue residents
beyond the perimeter on foot.

Guard the breach.
Initiate capture protocol.

It was Daniel, I'm
sure it was. I saw him.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Quit messing around, OK? Let's just go.

Wait, Cam.

Cam! What are you doing?

Do you ever wonder what
would happen if you just...

...let yourself fall, hm?

Do you want to get out of here or not?

They're never gonna let you escape.

Not you.

What do you mean?

- Whoa! Whooooaa!
- Come on, stop messing around.

We don't have much time
before they realize. Let's go.

Do you know why you're here?

What? Yes.

Yeah. But do you know the real reason?

What are you...?

- Oh.
- Hey.

Get away from the edge.

Whoa.

Cam, Cam, Cam! Wake up.

Help!

Help!

Help!

Help!

Help!

Come on, please!

No, no, no. Not again.

Not again, please!

Help!

Luce!

He's not breathing.

He fell. He fell.

And I...

Luce...

Luce, don't. Stop!

- No! No!
- Don't!

- Stay where you are.
- Don't move!

Positions. Set the perimeter.

- Move! Come on!
- One down, two suspects moving.

They're on the perimeter.

Load the van now!

Go, go, go, go!

Go, go, go, go!

Daniel?

Just breathe.

In and out.

He died.

He died.

Cam's dead, he's dead.

Listen.

This place, these people...
they will mess with you.

They'll make you think
you're losing your mind.

You are not crazy.

You could have made it.

Why did you come back?

- Doesn't matter...
- Yes, it does.

I think I know you.

There was a girl...

...who died.

What do you mean? A
girl who looked like me?

No.

It was you.

No prizes for guessing
which one of them used this.

It disabled the cameras.
How did he get it?

Clever.

Get out.

Disciplinary board will
contact you for a hearing.

Until then, you're under guard
and confined to your rooms.

Let's just go in.

We also found this on him.

We'll deal with that later.

Let's be thankful
they're back in one piece.

And the residents?

We will make an example of Daniel.

What's up, phone girl...

Looks like you've seen a ghost.

Hey, Cam?

Cam! Hey! Hey, hey, hey!

I just saw him. He
was dead a second ago.

Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

Please, please, Cam! Cam!

What the hell?

Cam! Please! Let me out! Let me out!