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01x08 - Lilith

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Bondsman". Aired: April 3, 2025.*
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Resurrected bounty hunter Hub Halloran gets an unexpected second chance at life, love, and his nearly-forgotten musical career - only to find that his old job now has a demonic new twist.

01x08 - Lilith

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[♪ Frank Frost:
"Gonna Make You Mine"]

[low rumble]

♪ I love you, babe ♪

♪ Don't be mean ♪

♪ Come on, babe ♪

♪ I need you so ♪

♪ You know I love you, babe ♪

♪ And never let you go ♪

♪ I never let you go ♪

♪ Never let you go ♪

♪ You're so sweet...

- [♪ The Cult: "Love Removal Machine"]
- [horn honks]

♪ Love removal ♪

- ♪ Talking about love ♪
- ♪ Love removal machine ♪


- ♪ Talking about love ♪
- ♪ Give me love ♪


♪ Soul shaker ♪

- ♪ Talking about love ♪
- ♪ Oh, yeah ♪


[birds chirping]

- [ominous music playing]
- [twigs cracking]

[crow cawing]

[Maryanne] Hub?

Where are you?

Over here.

[Maryann chuckles] Well,
you ain't got to hide.

We're just a little rusty, but I
give us a solid seven out of ten.

I swear on everything that I was
just trying to protect you and Cade.

What's that?

It was a grave.

But she's a demon now.

Whose?

It was a mistake, M.

I was drunk and...

she was wearing Lucky's hat.

Cheryl.

She was wearing Lucky's hat.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

[Cade] I don't believe
a word of this.

My dad is not a m*rder*r.

Y-You're just trying
to scare us off again.

No denying that I pulled the
trigger, but it was an accident.

Jesus. An accident that you
missed Lucky and hit Cheryl?

You still had m*rder
in your heart.

I'm already paying for that sin, and
I'm trying my best to make amends.

Amends? You have done nothing
but look out for number one.

Sending demons
back ain't nothing.

[Kitty] Cheryl's family is still
out there searching for her.

You knew the awful truth and
refused to face up to it.

All right, look.
Forget about me.

We failed yesterday, and
now that demon is loose.

I need us all to keep our eye
on the ball here, as a family.

This is the end-times
we're talking about.

And that is the only reason I am
not calling the cops on you myself.

But if it is the end of the world, I
hope it ends with me far away from you.

[somber music playing]

Please, don't abandon me now.

Running from you ain't
abandonment. It's just good sense.

M.

Please.

I'm the same me
I was last night.

Yeah, I know.

But now I see you clearly.

[door opens]

- [car door opens]
- [car door closes]

- [engine starts]
- [Cade] Mom, let's go.

- [grunts]
- [engine stops]

Piece of sh*t.

[grunting]

[wind whooshing]

[suspenseful music playing]

All right. f*ck it.

Come and get me.

[crows cawing]

[horn honks]

[laughs]

Make it count, for
your lad's sake.

We're counting on
you. Don't f*ck it up.

- [van door opens]
- [van door closes]

How?

[scoffs]

Wasn't pretty. Coroner will
definitely need therapy.

But the Devil isn't
done with us yet.

Well, I'm done with him.

You can go ahead and
process my return.

You don't get to pick.

I was blown up in a
house and I'm still here.

He wants us to finish the job.
That's all there is to it.

Then after that?

[sighs] Her name is Lilith, and
she's the last job, for both of us.

When it's over, we...

Same raw deal,

whether we do the job or
tell him where to shove it,

so what's the point?

So that the world would
live on without us?

I'm doing this for Benji.

But if you don't care
about anyone else,

don't let me keep
you from your stump.

[quiet, dramatic music playing]

You ever hear the expression
"voice of an angel"?

- Started with her.
- Lilith was an angel?

With the most banging
pipes of them all.

Her voice is what made
her God's favorite

and jealous little b*tches
out of all the other angels.

That's why they tricked her
into joining Satan's rebellion,

so that God would cast her down to a
place with no music for all of eternity.

- [♪ Suzanne Santo: "Blood on Your Knees"]
- ♪ I started out ♪

♪ At the end of the road ♪

♪ It got cold...

It's Cheryl. Call 911.

[Hub] So she's starting
Armageddon as payback?


That's Corporate's
official story,

but only because Me Too
hasn't made it down to Hell.

Truth is, the boss has
a thing for Lilith.

No wonder she wants out.

[Midge] The last time
she got away from him,


she took out her rage on
every man she came across.


How'd they finally get her?

We don't know how,
we just know where.

At an abbey outside
of Jerusalem.

She heard the Gregorian
chants and attacked.

Music to Lilith is
like blood to a shark.

And she has this
"mind control" thing.

Made all the monks
k*ll themselves.


Hon? Ambulance is on its way.

Why don't we go sit down...

♪ Why me? ♪

- [men screaming]
- [bones crunch]

- ♪ ♪
- [exhales]

♪ Oh, baby, are you feeling
sorry for yourself? ♪


[siren wailing]

[dramatic music playing]

[indistinct radio chatter]

[officer] Stay where
you are, ma'am.

[indistinct chatter]

All clear.

Halloran's not here.

[indistinct radio chatter]

[Ruby] This is where
Hub summoned the demons?

I swear to God.

Maybe they used vacuum cleaners?

[laughs] Housekeeping demons.

I'd summon them twice a week.

[laughter]

Okay, assholes. If I'm lying,

what do you call that?

Where is he, Kitty?

Where's Hub?

[grunts]

Yep.

It's the middle of nowhere.

So now will you tell me
what we're doing out here?

You said that Lilith
was drawn to music.

This is the best
amp I ever owned.

No offense, but how is she
supposed to hear that from here?

[grunts] I'm gonna crank this
baby down to 50 kilohertz.

We won't hear it, but
it's gonna send out

a signal at least 30 miles.

What do you mean,
we won't hear it?

You've heard of a dog whistle?

You're looking at the
world's first demon whistle.

And he still has CDs.

What are we gonna do if
she actually shows up?

You still got that
painting you showed me?

Check out the
lines in the ground

around the abbey, and
tell me what you see.

Like you saw something
Corporate didn't

after studying it for centuries.

I wouldn't have noticed those lines
if I hadn't been drawing one myself.

[suspenseful music playing]

You think it's a pentagram?

What if the way
that Lilith got here

is the same way
to send her back?

Look at those runes
in the corners there.

If that's a demon trap, maybe
they were onto something.

[busy chatter]

You're under arrest, but
your son is free to go.

Call your grams.

[Lucky] I called you a lawyer.

Don't say a thing
until he gets here.

What part of "bye"
don't you understand?

None of this is your fault, M.

And I'm not gonna abandon
you. Either of you.

- This way, please.
- You stay away from us.

- Call your grams.
- Wh... Mom.

Don't bother.

- Kitty was arrested, too.
- You called the cops on Dad and Grams,

- didn't you?
- On orders from a higher power.

But yeah. Yeah, I ratted.

So if you want to
punch me, go ahead.

Go ahead, punch me.

I'm a f*cking rat.

It'll make us both feel better.

[exhales] Get away from me.

Listen, I failed
you and your mom.

And I feel sh*t about that,

but I did not know what
we were up against.

Actual f*cking demons?

- I got nothing to say to you.
- Well, then, just listen.

Because if we're
gonna save your mom,

we got to get our
story straight.

What story, Lucky?

Your dad brainwashed you both.

He involved you
against your wills

in his f*cked-up, demonic
serial k*ller sh*t.

- That's not true.
- Isn't it?

'Cause I will testify...
hand on the Bible...

that I witnessed
you and your mom

held prisoner by
your dad's lies.

You're his victims here, too.

I won't say that.

Oh, we both know
he's a m*rder*r.

[suspenseful music playing]

And you're not?

It's time to face facts, kid.

The cops all think

you're some f*cked-up
Chainsaw m*ssacre family.

You and me are your
mom's last hope.

My mom can handle
herself, Lucky.

No one's gonna believe you.

Not me, or the cops,

definitely not my mom.

[door opens]

[indistinct radio chatter]

[Maryanne] Sheriff,
you've got this all wrong.

We don't want anyone else hurt.

Call Hub.

Act normal.

Tell him to meet
you at the Boxcar.

Ruby, you don't know the half
of what's really going on here.

- Oh, I tried to tell her.
- And we can talk about demons

all y'all want once
Hub is in custody.

Whatever Hub's off doing is keeping
more people from getting hurt.

How involved was Cade?

Besides impersonating
a firefighter?

I didn't arrest him yet.

But I could.

I'll do it.

[handcuffs clicking]

[line ringing]

It's Hub. Leave one if you want.

- [line beeps]
- Hey, it's me.

Look, I don't feel right
ending things this way.

Meet me at the club.

Your mom and I want
to talk to you.

[tense music playing]

[Midge] Runes made
of twigs for...

a pentagram made of coffee cans.

This is the most ridiculous
thing I've ever heard.

Have you got a better idea?

♪ ♪

[Hub] Hey.

We have to get her
to step inside,

so make sure it's hidden.

♪ ♪

- [clanging]
- [Midge] So what's next?

[groans] Just the whole "mind control"
bit that I haven't worked out yet.

That won't work on us, since
we've both been to Hell.

Same reason we can
both see demons.

Really?

Did you even read the manual?

[Hub clears throat]

Look, maybe I should be the one,

because of whose
body Lilith is in.

- She's not Cheryl anymore.
- Right.

But, if by some miracle,

this actually works and you
blow it by hesitating...

I won't hesitate.

[sighs] If you do,

I'll k*ll you myself.

All of a sudden I'm worried
you're not as stone-cold

as you pretend to be.

You just worry about
your part, okay?

Don't spring the trap
until she's inside it.

I'm not gonna risk the
end of all creation.

[suspenseful music playing]

[sighs]

[♪ Des Rocs: "Let
Me Live/Let Me Die"]

[music reverberating
through ground]

♪ ♪

[tense music playing]

[screaming]

Using us to bait Hub
won't help anybody.

Sheriff, we got multiple
victims down at Bubba's Diner.

g*dd*mn, Halloran.

It wasn't him.

Witnesses are saying that
it was Cheryl Dawson.

Cheryl Dawson?

Saying that she's possessed.

You see? [sighs]

She's the one you
got to worry about!

Hub is the one
trying to save us.

You believe that, right?

Yeah.

But it doesn't
change what he did.

[sighs]

♪ It's k*lling time,
fear in the dark ♪


♪ All these thoughts
have never stopped ♪


♪ Meet my friend the lonesome ♪

♪ It's k*lling time...

[suspenseful music playing]

♪ Oh, let me live,
oh, let me live ♪


♪ Oh, let me die ♪

♪ Oh, let me live...

[Hub] Come on, come on.

Step inside, damn it.

♪ Oh, let me die ♪

f*ck it.

[screeching]

♪ ♪

[dramatic music playing]

[screams]

♪ ♪

- [yelps]
- [growls]

[Hub yells]

♪ ♪

[yelling]

[gasps]

[shrieks]

- [Lilith screaming]
- [yells]

[groans]

- [screeches]
- Oh...

f*ck! [groaning]

[Cheryl] Please don't
k*ll me again, Hub.

[groans]

[panting]

You're not Cheryl.

[Lilith] If you let me
go, I'll let Cheryl live.

You won't go to Hell.

You'll be free.

What the hell?

[Midge] W-What's happening?

She's making her sales pitch.

Well, don't buy it.
End of Days, remember?

And if Cheryl's still alive...

...and you're not a m*rder*r...

...your family will
forgive you, won't they?

No, no, no.

Think of everyone you love.

I am.

How's this work?

[crow cawing]

Break the seal.

[Midge] No. No. No, no. No.

Ladies first.

[indistinct whispering]

[exhales]

[crow cawing]

[gasps]

Selfish as*h*le.

Well, you're not
going to Hell yet,

so, you're welcome.

You just sold out
the entire world.

I'll figure something out.

There's always a loophole.

What? Where? [panting]

Hub?

It's okay, Cheryl.

Everything's gonna be okay.

[♪ The Wild Feathers:
"Ain't Lookin'"]

♪ ♪

[lively chatter]

♪ She opened up her suitcase ♪

♪ Threw it on the floor...

What the f*ck?

♪ From the night before ♪

♪ Lit up a smoke ♪

♪ Kicked the screen
off the door ♪


♪ Said, "I ain't looking
for love no more" ♪


♪ Love is what you find when it
ain't what you're looking for...


The cops are here for you.

It was between you and Cade.
Maryanne had no choice.

I fixed everything. I'm free.

♪ Love is what you find when it
ain't what you're looking for...


Look. It's gone.

I brought Cheryl back, and
it reversed the whole thing.

Like it... Like it
never even happened.

Hub. You're under arrest.

[Hub] Maryanne, don't worry.

They don't understand.
They don't understand, Em.

Hub. Hub, what's happening?

[Ruby] Hands on the table.

- Come on. You, too.
- ♪ Love is what you find ♪

- Let's go.
- ♪ When it ain't what you're looking for...

- It's gonna be fine.
- Back up.

Don't you worry.

It's gonna be just fine.

- You okay?
- Don't touch me.

♪ Love is what you find when it
ain't what you're looking for...


[makeup crashing]

[sobbing]

[fluttering]

[rattling]

[caws]

[caws]

♪ Downtown chasing,
money wasting ♪


- ♪ I ain't looking for love no more...
- [handcuffs clicking]

I'm gonna go check on Maryanne.

[scoffs] You're gonna leave me?

A-Alone, here, with him?

He's in cuffs.

Cuffs don't stop witches.

♪ Money wasting ♪

♪ I ain't looking
for love no more...


[Maryanne humming]

[vocalizing]

I know you hate me right
now, but enough is enough.

[vocalizing]

You're not in your
right mind here,

so I'm gonna do the
thinking for both of us

and I'm gonna tell you
how this is gonna go.

[grunts]

[vocalizing]

[crow cawing]

[Maryanne] ♪ Ashes to dust ♪

♪ Shadows and light ♪

♪ Something dark passed
by my window last night ♪


♪ I heard a voice say
you better beware ♪


♪ I looked out the window
and no one was there ♪


♪ And it passed ♪

♪ And shook my soul ♪

♪ Oh, it passed ♪

♪ And took my breath ♪

♪ And it passed ♪

♪ Woe, death ♪

The Devil will never
stop coming, Hub.

Not for me.

So not for Maryanne.

Serve me if you
want her to live.

- [♪ Jennifer Nettles: "Woe, Death"] -
I went to the mirror and started to moan ♪


♪ The face that I saw
there, it wasn't my own ♪


♪ The girl that I knew
somehow was replaced ♪


♪ And looking at me was
an old woman's face ♪


♪ And it passed ♪

♪ And stole my sight ♪

♪ And it passed ♪

♪ And shook my soul ♪

♪ Oh, it passed ♪

♪ And took my breath ♪

♪ And it passed ♪

♪ Woe, death ♪