01x07 - Pyralis

[bunniefuu]

[children chattering playfully]

[ice cream truck playing "When
the Saints Go Marching In"]

[mother] Can, can you
hold on one second?

Honey, Mommy's on a
work call right now.

No more playing until
you finish your veggies!

But I finished them, Mommy.

[mother] Okay, but
just ten more minutes!

Sorry...

[metallic creaking]

[thud]

[eerie music playing]

They should be
back by now, right?

Yeah, I don't know.

Never sent my mom and my son to
cremate a couple of demons before.

If the funeral home
called the cops...

They won't.

- How can you be so sure?
- Because they know

that we know about
that other business

that they're running out of
that funeral home. Don't ask.

Ah, g*dd*mn.

Devil heals your neck but
not your fingers, huh?

Yeah, I was hoping, but goes
to figure, he's a sadist.

- [baseball organ ringtone playing]
- [phone buzzing]

That's Lucky's phone.

Uh, yeah, he must've dropped
it when the demons came.

Well, bad news for him.
I know his password.

What part of his life do
you want to mess up first?

Hey, uh, you might want to brace
yourself before looking at that.

Lucky was making a
video for you of, uh...

- A video?
- Yeah, me screaming in pain.

To show you how
much he loved you.

Jesus.

- That's just sick.
- Showed his true self.

At least now you see
I was right about him.

And how long you're
gonna milk that?

At least until my fingers heal.

[car horn honks]

Thank God.

I'll be right there.

[ominous music playing]

[grunts softly]

[grunts]

[Maryanne] How'd
it go? Y'all okay?

[Kitty] Well, he wanted to stop
off for Bojangles afterwards,

so I'd say he's handling
it better than I am.

[Cade] It's really
good. I was starving.

Hey, do you want some?

- Dirty rice?
- In the bag.

All good, then?

Yep. Had to remind the mortician

that looking the other
way was a two-way street,

but we got her done.

[sighs]

Cade helped with
the heavy lifting.

[Cade groans]

- Oh, hon, you're cut.
- Yeah.

I scraped myself on
the cremation chamber.

[Maryanne] Oh, we are
disinfecting that immediately.

- Well, I'm fine.
- No, you're not. Now, mister.

[Hub sighs]

I was half hoping he'd
run away screaming.

You and me both.

Whole business made
my blood run cold.

Cade didn't bat an eye.

- Handled it just like his daddy would?
- [water running]

Tough kid.

[pats seat]

[gentle music playing]

You were trying to tell
me something last night

about why you... [clicks tongue]

Oh, no, now ain't the time.

I don't want to know, Hub.

Not now, not ever.

Why?

We have our family
back together.

Nothing is more important.

So whatever mistakes you made,
I know they were just that.

Mistakes.

I'm trying to make up for 'em.

It might not seem like
it, but I am, I swear.

I know you are.

I know your heart better
than you know it yourself.

[fax ringing]

[sighs] Up jumped the Devil.

[Maryanne] "Pyralis
demons are said to dwell

within blazing volcanoes
and fiery abysses."

"Pyralis can summon
and manipulate fire,

unleashing devastating torrents of
flames to incinerate its enemies,

or engulf entire landscapes
in searing conflagrations."

So we need to take it out before
it completes its final sacrifice,

which should be right here.

That new development they
built over the old Macon farm.

Then we should clear out every
house before we take this demon on.

Whole place looks
like a sad TV dinner.

Good riddance, I say.

Mom.

I'm not a monster.

Save the people, of course.

But if those houses go
up, I ain't gonna cry.

She went on a date with the developer
a couple years ago. Bert something?

Bert Eubanks?

And you didn't even tell me?

It was not a date.

- Mm-hmm.
- So what?

All I'm saying is, this town
used to have a little dignity.

So, if we do this, stop
this Pyralis thing,

and you complete your
assignment, what happens to you?

You go free, or...?

Or do you have to go back?

We should pray, y'all.

He sent my dad to
Hell by mistake.

I got a beef with the Lord.

- [Kitty] Cade.
- [Maryanne] Pray with your grams.

Dear Lord, please bless us as we
come to you today and ask for...

[vehicle horn honks]

[sighs]

How are you gonna ask for my
help, then blow off my calls?

Unexpectedly detained,
but weren't you the one

who was baking cupcakes and
sticking a g*n in my face?

How about we both just let bygones be
bygones, given what we're up against?

What is happening?

They're in on it. All of 'em.

- You roped your entire family into this?
- [Maryanne] I'm sorry, who are you?

She's his boss.

You have a demon-hunting boss?

She's not my boss.

I don't have a boss.

She's more like
a... coordinator.

- Yeah, she's totally his boss.
- Mm.

[Midge] Look, we need to focus.

If the Pyralis demon completes the
pentagram with a final human sacrifice...

It kind of sounds funny when
I say it out loud, but...

it will unchain one
of the Shackled Seven.

Well, do we want to find out
who the Shackled Seven are?

'Cause I don't, I don't think that
we do. I mean, I don't want to.

They were angels once until they joined
Lucifer's rebellion against God and...

it didn't go so well.

So this whole deal is about some
angel trying to bust out of Hell?

Former angel, who our boss
is supposed to keep locked up

or face another w*r with Heaven.

With all of us
trapped in the middle.

[phone chimes, buzzes]

Oh, God.

You have a Hellboss, too, huh?

Nope. He's my coordinator.

But Corporate is pretty worried
they may have sent the wrong guy.

[Maryanne] So you're checking
in with your Hellboss

in Corporate at the
Devil's front company

'cause you're worried my
ex-husband might not be

- the right guy to prevent Armageddon.
- [Hub] Which is why

I'm glad I got some help.

We're gonna follow your
plan, clear those houses.

All right, well, the high
school is an emergency shelter.

We could send everybody there.

- [Hub] Mama, you still got that old gear?
- [Kitty] Yeah, up in the attic.

If someone can help
me with the boxes.

Yeah, I'll get it.

[dramatic music playing]

Wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait.

You're bringing them
along? To fight a Pyralis?

If we fail, it's the
end-times, right?

[Kitty] So, you gonna

join us and get your hands dirty,
or are you just management?

[haunting organ music playing]

[Lucky] I was trying to change.

Yeah, you saw me trying.

Probably laughing your a*s
off, seeing me stumble down

this screwy path you laid out.

Boston to Bumfuck
to fall in love.

You had me going
for a minute there.

You set me up perfect
to rip the rug out,

making her ex a demon-summoning
psycho from Hell.

That's a good one,
Lord. Ha f*cking ha.

You're a m*therf*cker
for that part.

[Tater] I told you
they was witches.

[chuckles] Summoning demons
is some classic witchy sh*t.

I'm mid-conversation here.

Just saying. Sorry.

I never believed that sh*t about
you working in mysterious ways,

but I-I see it now.

Why y-you-you made me so
quick to fly off the handle

or my d*ck get hard
when I see a man die.

Or wishing I could feel bad
about it when I know I can't.

It was all your design,
you clever b*stard.

You weren't cursing
me. It was a gift.

You were preparing me
to be here right now,

when you need a man like me.

The Devil's got his,
and you need yours.

Well, all right, then.

Challenge accepted.

You need a holy warrior to
fight the agents of Satan?

You got one, as*h*le.

- So give me a sign.
- [phone buzzing]

Sorry.

[mutters]

Why are the cops calling you?

They keep leaving me
messages about the Earles,

asking me if I was there
on the day that they died.

But I haven't called them
back, Lucky, I swear it.

I am not a rat.

Because talking to the cops

would be wrong, right?

Are you f*cking kidding me?

[sinister music playing]

[doorbell rings]

Gas company. There's
an emergency.

So, how am I supposed to
know if you see a demon

in some old lady's face?

You'll know when I
sh**t her in the brain.

Gas company.

- Major leak in the neighborhood.
- [woman] Just a minute.

Are you sure that thing works?

Looks like a makeup
mirror thingy.

It is a makeup mirror thingy.
And, yeah, I'm sure it works.

Hello.

Gas leak.

- Y'all need to evacuate now.
- What?

They're clear.

Can I help you?

[Kitty] Um, uh,

gas leak in the neighborhood.

- We're evacuating the street.
- Oh.

Are you the only one home?

No, my son is
upstairs taking a nap.

He had a big morning
at the playground.

Honeybunch, come
down here right now.

- [doorbell rings]
- Gas company.

You need to evacuate.

Gas leak. The whole
neighborhood could...

I can see you in there, sir.

Would you please go see if
this numbnuts is a demon?

Nobody fires at the
civilians unless I say so.

[Cade] What is it?

I ca... I can't see... I
can't see... I can't see it.

Please-please-please-please.

We're clear.

[Cade sighs]

- Gas leak, sir!
- [Grizzly] Bullshit.

Keep your hands off my family.

- They're mine. You can't take her!
- [grunts]

[Hub] Come on.

- Is it the demon?
- No. Demons don't use g*ns.

Just some crazy-a*s
doll collector.

Oh, sh*t, it must be
Grizzly Terral's new house.

- God, that creep moved here?
- Who?

He likes to braid dolls'
hair at PTA meetings.

He doesn't even have kids.

Ew.

Do we have to save him?

Sadly, 'cause if the demon
sacrifices him, then j-just...

I know, end of the world.

It's just a bummer is all.

Y'all try and distract him.

[suspenseful music playing]

[all yelling]

[grunting]

[music box playing
"Rock-a-Bye Baby"]

Huh?

- [taser clicks]
- [grunts]

[Hub] Little help.

[grunts] Get his arm.

[Maryanne] Okay.

[Hub] We still got
a demon to find.

Clear the house.

[discordant music playing]

Hello?

Gas company.

Is anyone home?

[laughs] You scared me.

Hey, it's an emergency,
honey. We need to leave.

Oh, please, God, no.

No, no, no, no.

[shudders]

Oh, sh*t.

Midge!

Midge, it's here!

Get out! Get out now!

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

[intense music playing]

[grunting]

[somber music playing]

♪ ♪

We failed, didn't we?

I don't know all
the rules, exactly,

but I'm guessing she counts

in the whole
pentagram of it all.

And she did die at the hands
of the fire demon, so...

[Kitty crying]

Coming back... here

and... getting another
chance with y'all,

it ain't perfect,
but, uh... it's...

...it's one hell of a silver lining
that I wouldn't trade for anything.

Now get off me.

[sighs]

[opening case]

[tuning]

[playing fingerstyle]

[♪ "Will the Circle
Be Unbroken"]

♪ I was standing by my window ♪

♪ On a cold and cloudy day ♪

♪ When I saw the
hearse come rolling ♪

♪ For to carry my mother away ♪

♪ Will the circle ♪

♪ Be unbroken ♪

♪ By and by, Lord, by and by ♪

♪ There's a better
home awaiting ♪

♪ In the sky, Lord, in the sky ♪

♪ Lord, I told the undertaker ♪

♪ Undertaker,
please drive slow ♪

♪ For this body ♪

♪ You are hauling ♪

♪ Lord, I hate to see her go ♪

♪ Will the circle ♪

♪ Be unbroken ♪

♪ By and by, Lord ♪

♪ By and by ♪

♪ There's a better
home awaiting ♪

♪ In the sky, Lord, in the sky ♪

♪ In the sky, Lord, in the sky ♪

- Hey.
- Hey.

Not bad picking up there...

...considering you
only got half a hand.

Tried telling you earlier.

We just sound good together.

There's no getting around it.

b*stard.

[wistful music playing]

[Lucky] Promise me you
won't touch Maryanne.

Oh, you guys got this all
wrong. She's a victim here.

Hub's got her under some
kind of demonic spell.

Are you hearing me?

We hear you.

Write that down.
"Demonic spell."

[sighs] You got to know this
isn't something I ever do.

I'm not a rat.

If the Lord Himself
hadn't sent me here...

A colleague of mine took those.

I wasn't there, but the
Hallorans are gonna say I was.

It's why Kitty broke
into my office,

planted that shotgun.

We got 'em.

Call the D.A.

[♪ Frank Frost with the Night
Hawks: "Gonna Make You Mine"]

♪ Love you, baby, and
don't mean maybe ♪

♪ Come on, babe ♪

♪ I need you so ♪

♪ You know I love you, babe ♪

- [fax ringing]
- ♪ I'll never let you go ♪

♪ I'll never let you go ♪

♪ I'll never let you go ♪

♪ You're so sweet ♪

♪ You're so kind ♪

♪ I love you, babe ♪

♪ Want you all the time ♪

♪ Want you all the time ♪

♪ Want you all the time ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Ooh-hoo-hoo ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Ooh-hoo-hoo ♪

♪ You're so sweet ♪

♪ You're so kind ♪

♪ I love you, baby ♪

♪ I'm gonna make you mine ♪

- ♪ I'm gonna make you mine ♪
- [typing]

♪ I'm gonna make you mine ♪

[ominous music playing]

[bombastic, scary music playing]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪