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Previously on Telemaska. The Telemaska facility is all part of some hush -hush

program. You hear things others cannot.

Painful to listen, isn't it, dear? You'll get better at it. I'm not gonna

you.

I'm Doris. You're not cut out for this. The back of an entire library.

That's what the 7 -5 -2 is. You know what it looks like. I know who has it.

and I could have some fun together after all.

Uh...

Yes? Either your new recruit's getting a marathon lap dance at Cupid's, or he's

gone dark.

He missed a drop.

We've all missed a drop. He's a rookie. Yeah, with a rookie dumb instinct.

You sure he's still on the level?

I'm sure.

Stay put. He'll show.

Excuse me.

I'm just wondering, have you seen me before?

A week or two ago. Was I here?

It's just sometimes I have a bit of trouble with my memory.

I'm here every day.

But I haven't seen you before in my life.

Thank you.

Appreciate it.

Wakey, wakey. Big day ahead, amigo.

How do you take your coffee?

Dude, it's not like poisoned if that's what you're thinking.

You can trust me.

Question is...

Can I trust you?

Young recruit comes barging in off the street, all full of piss and vinegar,

conveniently wants to help me out. Feels like a ruse.

It's not a ruse.

I thought my mom was dead, okay?

Turns out she's been alive this whole time. She's in hiding from them.

Sounds like they're kind of pink.

Take a look.

See the punctures?

Vampire bite.

That's who killed Archie. And probably your friend Kavis, too.

And it's who took the book.

The vampire.

Who? We'll get to that.

Okay, one thing.

The book?

Full of secrets, right?

Spells. Payroll records. I don't know.

Why is it so important to you?

I mean, what are you going to do with it?

Come on.

I'll tell you a story.

1271, Romania.

There's this vampire named Basil.

Nobody's special, but he's got a secret.

Where are we going?

To my kill room.

I'm fucking with you, man.

Relax. We're going to the basement.

It's a good story.

Come on.

Romania, 1271.

The seal, the vampire.

His big secret is that he's sworn off human blood and drinks only the blood of

chickens.

That's weird.

Weird? Back then, that sort of stuff was unthinkable. That's why Vasil keeps it

quiet. But someone finds out and squeals to the rest of the coven.

And they banish Vasil permanently.

I mean, cast him the fuck out.

After you.

Fast forward to the 1920s.

DeSille's got a rough few centuries.

Now he's a bitter old fucker. And he decided to finally figure out who

him over way back in 1271.

And where do you think he turns for help with his little investigation?

We watch.

And we're always there.

He bribes a field agent in Lisbon to scour the telemaster's files. And that

agent heads to the Central Library in Amsterdam.

And sure enough, they turn up a name.

Mergu, an old Romanian vampire, who was in Bolivia by then,

heading up a coven in La Paz.

So, the seal flies down there.

And then...

He slaughters those poor motherfuckers every last one of

them.

One night, 17 lives.

Because of what one greedy telemask agent let slip.

And that agent, he isn't the exception guy.

He's the rule.

When you live forever,

Heartbreak, loss, grudges, all that shit lives forever right along with you.

That's why the book matters.

And it's why the Talamasca cannot be allowed to get it back. For centuries,

they've collected our stories and secrets and wielded them as a weapon to

us in line.

And the worst part, we let them do it. The power in our world isn't blood or

fangs or spells.

It's information.

What are we doing down here?

What the hell is that?

A little pet project.

Special breed.

Variation on ancient revenant vampire.

Just as vicious, but loyal.

Submissive.

I've got a bunch more just like him.

You're bleeding.

Come on.

Let's get you cleaned up. Look sharp.

Checkers will tag along in case we need backup.

Back up for what?

For the mission, to get the book.

There you are.

The vampire we're looking for is there.

Staying in some swank hotel getting turned on service.

No, running the place. The only vampire coven in town operates the Westcroft.

It's a front.

A hotel for mortals that immortals own and sometimes patronize.

Easy to go looking for fresh blood when I'm sleeping under your roof.

Let me see.

The whole coven's a bunch of underworld thugs that...

Think they're hard. They like to wave guns around.

Seen way too many Guy Ritchie movies.

They deal in whatever pays.

Drugs, guns, black market shit.

Usually the spooks at the mother house pick up constant chatter for them. But

all of a sudden, they go silent. Want to guess why?

Wait, so you're going in there to get the book?

No, Guy.

You.

I can't go in there. They know who I am. I wouldn't get past the lobby. But you,

you're just a civilian who can read vampire minds without them knowing.

How do you know?

I know a lot of things.

Call it a perk of the office.

Okay, no, look, I go in there, they'll find me out. They'll rip my face off.

will they find you out, huh?

You've been trained, haven't you?

Besides, we'll have backup just in case.

Shouldn't do this.

It's kind of against the code or whatever, but I like you

You want a scar

You know, it's just recon.

All you got to do is figure out where they're hiding the book. Then I'll send

some real shit kickers to actually get the thing.

What then?

Information is power, guy.

Information is all there is.

You're going to use 752 to bring down the telemaster?

Once and for all.

How?

That book contains the whereabouts.

Of every vampire alive today. And do you know how many vampires there are right

now in the world?

No.

Not enough.

I think, um... Maybe I gave you the wrong

idea.

See?

Now I'm back to feeling like this is a set -up. No.

I'm gonna make them pay.

They ruined my life. It's true, all of it.

You think you're special?

You know, they didn't all die.

We're Goose Coven.

It was a blended family.

Some vampires, some not.

One young mortal wasn't home the day the Brazil hit them.

And when this kid, this boy, came back, he found his whole

family massacred.

And then he ran.

Got himself to Central America and to Texas, where

he grew up alone, fending for himself.

Ew. I hadn't.

No identity.

Nothing.

The world was fucked up.

But I finally found the dark gift after years of searching.

That's what they do, Guy.

They break families apart. Mine.

Yours too.

I know what you're going through.

And that's why I won't let you down.

How does all this help me?

Your mother's been in hiding, what, 16 years now?

What's it gonna take for her to come out into the light?

We gotta destroy these assholes.

Guy, I promise you, that's the only way that you will ever see

her again.

It's suicide.

Sui. Of oneself.

Which means no one else is on this footage.

No wanker in yellow trainers.

No Bigfoot.

Or a mystery man on the grassy knolls.

She keeps looking over her shoulder. It's like someone was chasing her.

That's just before she went into the rail yard, right?

Leave that up. I want to see another angle.

Yeah, but we don't have any footage of her jumping. I know. I want to see the

camera before that one again.

We don't find anything at the scene.

Print those out for me.

Does Detective Huff know about this?

And then when Gerald got sick, well, things got difficult after that.

We just go on, though, don't we?

Yes, I suppose we do.

Surely you know why I'm here.

You have no idea what happened to your sister. Nothing. Talk about things like

that, nothing.

Or mine.

I've done everything in my power to find her.

I work for them, and I've still never caught so much of the whiff that she

existed.

Why do you think that I know anything?

Because someone's got to.

I drove out there yesterday to the old building.

Why?

I want to know, Abigail.

Why were we there?

What did Dr. Jameson want with us?

Let it go.

Let it go.

I never had a Gerald. I never had children. My parents died when I was

young.

My sister is all I have.

I'll do anything, anything to find her. Do you understand?

You are not.

welcome here. Rose.

I don't get by that name anymore.

When did you... You're one of them.

Yes, but... You work for them, knowing what you know.

I'm trying to change what they do, how they do it.

Oh, good for you.

At least you have each other.

I need this.

Please. Get it! Ow!

Please.

Right. You got your marching orders.

Get in, find out where they're hiding the book, and get out.

And if I hear so much of the kitty's queef, check it, old fish, you have.

Lickety -split.

Hey!

Don't worry about him. The iron, it makes vampires all done in.

I can't believe she's alive.

Yeah,

the bearded one will do nicely.

No time.

Thank you.

I'm weary.

I can't wait any longer.

Looking for these?

Guy Anatoly.

What the hell, man?

Calm down.

I know your telemarker.

I don't know what you're talking about. Hookers and spies can always make out

their own kind. Adjunct professors, too.

Raglan James.

Don't worry, your secret's safe with me.

What do you want? For you to walk right out of here, I will expense your drink.

You're welcome.

And if I say fuck you, I don't know who you are.

Oh, well, then I clear my throat, leap onto the bar, and announce that you're

agent of a certain organization they despise.

Ahem.

I don't know what you're up to, but this place, it isn't for you.

He's going to muck up my deal.

I didn't quite realize what your account was, but now that you've revealed it...

Stop it.

Get out of my head.

Your telemaster, too.

But you're not here in the company's dime, are you?

You're invited here for a deal.

A transaction of something very valuable.

You're what we call fresh laundry, Mr. Anatoly. Anatole. So allow me to orient

you to the culture.

Yes, I am on the telemaster payroll.

Thin as it is.

But make no mistake, there's no good and bad here.

No us versus them. The only one I work for is myself, and if you're going to

keep playing tickle feet with Amsterdam, I suggest you adopt a similarly

rigorous view of your own self -interest.

In the meantime...

Let's just say they have special rooms here at the Westcroft for when they

a rat.

Sounds like you're not giving me much of a choice. I'm giving you less than

that.

Good boy.

What the hell are you doing here?

We are leaving.

Now.

Guy!

Do you have any idea where you are right now? Did you follow me here?

I don't know.

Did you follow the man who killed Kevin?

What else are you keeping from me?

Nothing.

Following Archie was my mission.

I had no idea that Kevith was in any danger.

Someone ambushed both of them. A vampire who was in this hotel.

And how do you know that?

She had puncture wounds in his neck. That's what killed him.

She was working for a goddamn vampire named Jasper who was taking over the

London motherhouse.

And Kevith has something that Jasper wants. Have you stopped to think that

he is the one who killed her? No. Whoever killed Kevith took what Jasper

And he thinks it's here.

It's what? What is it?

It's called a...

The 752. Oh, Lord.

I'm not new to this.

I've heard the rumors. It is an old wives' tale to keep fools like you

It doesn't exist.

Well, I think it does, and I think it's interesting that you're so adamant that

it doesn't, yet here you are following me around wherever I go.

Have you got something to say? Oh, I just said it.

Okay, let's say you're right and it's here.

What are you going to do?

Pry it from the hands of a bunch of killers and then waltz out of here?

was just supposed to get information on it.

But it turns out you might walk out of here tonight.

And I need to stop that from happening.

To help this Jasper fellow? To help myself.

You told me not to drop the telemasker.

Neither does Jasper.

Oh, so he's a good guy. I don't have time for this.

His men are waiting outside.

And they sent you in here alone.

Guy, listen to me.

You're in danger.

In what?

You're my guardian angel now.

Are you even sure you know what you're looking for?

If you have an ounce of common sense, you will follow me out of this hotel and

never look back.

Your approval.

Excuse me.

Hi.

This is a funny question, but how would you like to make a quick 50 quid?

Oh,

play it cool.

I warned you.

You did.

And I thought about it. But the thing is, I'm going to be accompanying you on

this transaction.

See that lady at your four o 'clock?

Brown, velvet jacket.

Hookers and spies, right?

That's Lydia Bainbridge, big brass from Amsterdam. She's taken an interest in

your deal.

See that van on your way in here?

Standard issue. There's three more covering the perimeter.

Well, what a disappointing lick spittle you turned out to be.

So here's what's going to happen next.

We're going to go upstairs.

You're going to introduce me as your assistant.

We'll do the deal, and we'll come back down nice and smooth.

And I'm sure your cooperation will be taken into account by the higher -ups.

And if I refuse?

Well, you know the telemathica.

They have their own special room for when they catch a rat.

Who the hell is this?

Mr. Solera, here is my assistant.

You did not mention anything about an assistant.

I trust you fellows, but you know how much counterfeit product is out there.

Solera is uniquely qualified to help me verify the goods.

Harris?

Let's do business.

Excuse me.

Would you mind doing me a favor?

Of course.

Outside there's a van.

And there's a man parked in it.

If you hand him, no.

Absolutely.

Evening, sir.

Message for you.

Who captivated you?

A nice young woman.

Pretty. Very pretty.

We

have

a problem.

I'm hungry.

Your hotel.

It's real nice.

It's a damn money pit.

Deferred maintenance is a bitch.

I'm so hungry.

Jesus.

Austin!

So, anyone else hungry?

Can I get you anything?

How about fruit?

Oh, no, thanks.

Drink?

Had one in your lovely lounge downstairs.

Charged it to the suite. Hope you don't mind.

Not at all.

So?

Let's see the money.

Ah, yes, of course.

Actually,

I've got something else to offer.

Him, not my assistant.

Ambush his way in here.

Apologies. No, but... But an exceptional mind reader, nonetheless.

That's not true. I don't know what you're talking about.

He moves around in all kinds of grey matter, juggling your face.

You'd be none the wiser. No. Complete no. Bullshit.

Bullshit. Exactly.

Bullshit. No, no. He did it to you in the bar. That's ridiculous.

I don't... I can't read minds. Half an hour ago, Karen. No, he's lying.

And he's all yours. Just wait, okay? Not a bad arrow to have in your quiver when

you're dealing with a rival coven, eh? Worth a hell of a lot more than a little

cash. Okay, he's a con man. That is ridiculous. I cannot read minds. He'll

you his talents once there's a little blood on the carpet. What? That's a good

point. No.

No, no, no, no, no, no. Wait, wait, wait.

Oh, bloody hell, you do that fool.

Oh, wow.

Oh, quick. Hey, kid.

Hey.

Showtime, kid.

Do it.

We're both dead.

Okay?

Okay. Pretty loud.

Gabriel.

Don't turn that shit down.

Think of something.

A memory.

12 years old.

And there's a horse.

You're riding a horse.

In a field.

Yeah, don't worry about that. It's only little Nick.

You'll heal up just nice once we're done here.

All right, then.

We have a deal.

Bon!

I told you to turn it down!

I mean, how hard is it to turn off the damn... Stop!

Oh, yeah.

Open it.

Now.

Don't mess around, asshole.

I'm taking the book.

The what?

The 752, the book.

Open it.

What

the

hell is that?

You really don't know.

It's blood.

Ancient vampire blood.

Exponentially more valuable than anything.

You set a trap for me? Is that the reason you folded so quickly downstairs?

Lydia Bainbridge.

My God, he knows Lydia Bainbridge.

Whatever will I do now that Lydia Bainbridge is on the case?

You set the trap for yourself.

You were just going to give me up to them. And you nearly got me killed.

Only one I work for is myself, huh?

Make it your mantra.

Here you are. Feel trouble?

Um... Wait a few minutes. Walk out like you know something they don't.

Danger in every direction.

Ah.

Get yourself to a hospital.

This is all the hospital I need.

What a man.

They didn't have it.

Where?

I could come to you for blood.

They're bleeding them dry.

Kept them barely alive so they could harvest this blood.

Six, seven hundred years old.

Worn before the printing press, before the discovery of the new world.

The Talamaska watches, they're always there, they keep things in balance.

Bullshit.

This goes against everything we believe.

What good are they?

If they can let this happen, then right under their noses.

Back when the telemaths had started, vampires like him, they had a seat at

table.

They were there in the beginning.

And when there's more of us, they'll be there again.

You watching?

I know it's late, but this is important.

This is what Soledad ditched the night she died.

Whoa.

What is that?

Encryption.

Next level shit.

What the hell have you gotten yourself mixed up in?

Helen? I need you to find someone for me.

Yeah, of course. Anything.

But, Jay, I need you to keep this between us.

All right?

Lucky we got there before things really went south.

You didn't let me out anywhere.

Someone cares about you, you know.

You tell me.

What did the bellboy say?

Girls are very pretty.

Ah, pretty, pretty girl.

You're really making the rounds, aren't you? I don't know what you're talking

about.

Do not worry, my dude.

Between the two of us, I'm sure we can figure it out.

You're looking for something, aren't you?

Something more than just the book.

Something very personal.

Who are you?

I'm the girl who just saved your life.

Olive, we've got a serious problem with her.

I'll remember the yellow trainer. You think you can come into my world?

There are bigger forces at play that you could possibly understand, Guy.

Either your new recruit's getting a marathon lap dance at Cupid's, or he's

dark. He missed a drop.

You sure he's still on the level?

I'm sure.

Stay put. You're sure.

If we begin episode four and we see Helen at the cemetery, you might be

wondering, what is Helen doing out here? What does this have to do with our

mission and our goal?

It's yet another...

Step on the journey that Helen is on to open the doors to her past.

She's in a place where she can't move forward.

Helen is a damaged person.

I'm here every day, but I haven't seen you before in my life.

Thank you.

Dude, it's not like poisoned if that's what you're thinking.

You can trust me. When Guy goes to meet Jasper for the first time, he's kind of

up shit creek without a paddle. I make him breakfast, calm him down a little

bit, and I give him a little tour of the place.

Where are we going?

To my kill room.

The kill room, as he likes to call it. I'm fucking with you, man.

He then takes me into an elevator, starts explaining a little bit about

But I'm standing there with Jasper in a two -by -two bloody elevator together.

The proximity to me and a vampire is really, really close.

It is a really odd thing.

But once he takes me down to his basement where he turns revenants and

people captured, it's pretty scary.

What are we doing down here?

The reality sets in of what this vampire is capable of doing.

Well, it makes a really amazing makeup department. Howard Berger, who's been

doing the makeup on this, is just an absolute genius.

And Ash, my amazing makeup artist, who puts on every day. It's about two hours.

They include these lovely lenses in here, these prosthetics here, lots of

makeup, these beautiful little hands you can see.

I probably had an easier time being human checkers, but a reverent checker

lot easier. He's a lot of fun.

You're going in there to get the book.

No, Guy.

You.

There's one answer. No, you're gonna go.

It's gonna be okay.

But you're gonna go.

Guy walks into the Westcroft Hotel.

He knows that his ultimate goal is to find information on the 752. But he's

walking into a den of vampires.

What the hell are you doing here?

We are leaving.

Now. Doris really sees something of Kevis in Guy. And she sees Guy getting

himself in a situation that he thinks he can handle.

And she knows he can't. Outside there's a van.

And there's a man parked in it.

Could you hand him the note?

Guy Anatoly.

What the hell, man?

Calm down.

I know your telemaster.

Unbeknownst to him, there's another telemaster agent who is at the

and that's Raglan James.

Raglan James is a character who plays prominently in a lot of other Anne Rice

work and has appeared on Interview with the Vampire. He's a very fun character.

Justin Kirk is just a dream to work with.

I've got something else to offer.

Him. What they don't know.

is that downstairs, the man is Checkers. And Checkers, of course, is this lethal

killing machine that is going to be unleashed upon the world.

It's my first chance out of the grave, and I'm basically being called by Jack

go and protect Guy. So the scene is in the hotel behind me here. So I climb

hotel to the outside, rip this window off, and I'm going to decapitate a few

vampires. It's a really difficult sequence to pull off because of... the

lines more than anything we wanted god to be able to see something in another

room that no one else was privy to i love shooting that sequence and

uh even so how our very talented director on the second block boy just

work in to make sure it's fantastic and great and yeah just

you know gooses everything in a good way

There are moments that seem as though I'm sort of double -crossing him, but

there are moments where it appears that maybe it's a sort of mentoring scenario.

Jasper experiences in the entire first season is what he finds behind that

This is everything of why he's there in the first place and why he took over the

mother house is because of things like this. It's a shocking moment for Jasper

and it's upsetting for him. And he will end it right then and there. And he

does.

It's so much easier to play anything after that by actually bearing witness

it because that is imprinted in my head.

This vampire having his head ripped off in a mercy killing.

It's disgustingly grim.

Leaving episode four, Guy is in a van. There is a revenant vampire on one side

of him and a very smart and wily vampire on the other side of him and hiding in

the boot of the van.

is dory we're not quite sure what she's up to but we do know that these two

characters are suddenly literally in the belly of the deal someone cares about

you you know i don't know what you're talking about between the two of us i'm

sure we can figure it