04x06 - Golgotha

[bunniefuu]

[opening theme music playing]

[electronic chirp]

[electronic warbling]

[reporter] Breaking news this morning.

A delegation from the aliens
known as The Lupo

have just made contact
with the United Nations.

The entire world has
been gripped by fear

since the aliens' spaceships
first appeared in Earth orbit,

and the extraterrestrial visitors have,
until now, maintained a profound silence.

But in a dramatic turn of events,

The Lupo expressed a desire
to communicate with...

[reporter 2] And officials...

[radio stations changing]

I just don't understand
why it has to be me, Your Excellency.

It wants to speak to the priest

who witnessed and proclaimed
the Blackfin "resurrection."

I just got carried away
with all the press attention,

all the oil spill stuff,

those poor dolphins dying.

[bishop] Oh no,
don't be so modest, Father.

I understand our visitor
believes it to be a genuine miracle.

[scoffs] What are they, priests?

Aye, a whole bloody
race of priests, apparently.

What parish are they?

[curious music playing]

[soldier] Stay back! Stay back!

Push it back!

[bishop] The Church is still formulating
its position in regard to these Lupo.

So, Donal...

don't f*ck it up.

[soldier] Keep your lines!

[people shouting]

Right.

[soldier] Disperse immediately!

[tense music playing]

[woman] Keep the b*stards off us!

- Save us! Save us all!
- Repent!

[crowd clamoring]

Father, tell viewers how you feel
about the recent reports...

No comment.

- Well, I did have a comment, actually.
- [man] God is not a fish!

f*ck the aliens! [groans]

[general] We know The Lupo
are sea dwellers.

Their home is a gas giant


We understand little
of their culture or intentions.

And more worryingly, we know nothing
of their military capabilities.

But based on their ships,
we assume significant.

So be clear not to start a w*r, then.

[chuckles wryly]

[indistinct radio chatter]

[general] Let me bottom line it for you.

Don't f*ck up.

I'm hearing that a lot. [clears throat]

[demonstrators continue yelling]

[tense music playing]

Sorry, how do I know
when The Lupo is going to arrive?

[rumble]

[yells]

[gasping]

[tense music continues]

[tense music ends]

[Lupo] Greetings. Please accompany me.

[hopeful music playing]

[Lupo] Tell me, Father Maguire,

do you consider
yourself a religious man?

Rather strange question,
considering my profession.

Our profession.

[Lupo] But you are a man of faith.

I like to think so.

Although my faith
has been tested on occasion.

[Lupo] Faith cannot be real
unless it has been tested.

You witnessed the resurrection
of the Blackfin.

Resurrection is what
some of the papers called it.

The Church had a very different view.

[poignant music playing]

There was a whole pod washed ashore
after an oil spill.

When we found them, sadly,
they'd been dead for a few days.

Then suddenly...

one of them... came back to life.

[Lupo] Here.

[Father Maguire] Um...

Blackfin, you know,
she's a law unto herself.

Some days, she turns up.

Other days...

she's doing her own thing out there.

[loud chirping]

Piercing.

[distant cry]

[Father Maguire] Huh?

[inspirational music playing]

There she is.

[Lupo] Kneel before the messiah.

[grunts]

Jesus!

[dolphin squeaks]

[Lupo chirps]

[dolphin chirps]

[Lupo] Praise be.

The messiah has delivered her gospel.

It is strange
that the God of those who swim

has shown her benediction on this world.

But it is not my place
to question the word of God.

Nor mine, but...

[Lupo] She gives a testament
of rampant m*rder

by those who walk of those who swim.

Oh no, hang on. I think we may have
got off on the wrong foot here.

[Lupo] We do not have feet.

And so, our crusade begins.

The what begins?

[dramatic music playing]

I think you're being a bit hasty.

- [people shouting]
- [g*nshots]

[blasting]

sh*t.

No!

No, wait!

Come on, we can talk about this!

Hey!

Come back!

[blasting continues]

Donal! Donal! Donal.

What in Christ's name is happening?

[expl*si*n]

I think...

[people screaming]

...we f*cked up.

[electronic warbling]

- [ethereal music playing]
- [dolphin squeaking]

[music fades]