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Mr. Andrea, I'm Father Rodrigo Cataga.

I'm from the Congregatio Pro Doctrina Fidei.

Although if you recognize the accent, I'm actually from Brooklyn, 12 miles

here. This is Father Bailey, Jonathan Tooley from the Apostolate for Family

Consecration, and Father Stefano, who will be taking notes.

Sister, we've received several complaints of your mental and physical

and we're here to request that you retire.

silent retreat in upstate New York that we feel would be a perfect fit for you.

What we need from you is to sign this document acknowledging your retirement.

Do you have any questions?

No. We just need your signature right there.

No.

Sister, I want to make clear this is an administrative decision to protect the

church. Really? You said it was a request. I said no. And I misspoke.

It is not a request.

Who has complained about my mental and physical decline? We promise to keep

identities confidential.

But a guest of the parish recently received second -degree burns from tea

spilled. And you've recently been observed talking and arguing with

unseen.

No, I want you to know. Father, it is my right as a member of the National

Coalition of American Nuns to insist on an investigation before any forced

retirement. Do you see demons, Sister?

Yes.

Is there a demon in this room now?

Yes.

Where?

I ask to be judged by a three -person priestly council.

Only then may I be forced to retire.

Is that her right?

It is.

She's also allowed a psychological analysis of her condition.

I can do that. No, it has to be administered by an outside psychiatrist.

The name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. It's been one month since my last

confession. These are my sins.

Actually, I just have one sin. I'm here under false pretenses. I knew you would

be the priest hearing confessions.

Why does it matter?

I have written and called the parish ten times in the last two weeks, and they

say the assessors are too busy to look into my case. This isn't really the

appropriate... Father!

Do you know the parable of the persistent woman?

Even the corrupt judge eventually gave her justice because she kept coming and

coming and made herself an irritant.

Well, I may not be holy or good, Father, but I am persistent.

I'm listening.

Okay, when?

Sure. Yeah, I just need a minute to get my stuff together.

Okay. He can. Right.

We're demon hunting, Mom? Yes!

I just need to sharpen a steak.

Buy some garlic.

Mom, Mrs. Kentring thinks that we're lying about your job.

Who's Mrs. Kentring? And what are we telling her?

She's the health teacher.

Everybody had to share what their parents did, so I said that Dad was a

climber and you were a demon hunter.

Okay.

Maybe let's just say that Dad's a business owner and I'm a psychologist.

you want to be boring, Mom? No, not boring. Just normal.

But normal is boring.

You don't want to... You don't want... It's out of character.

It's out of character. Come on, Mom.

Hello.

Mom? Who is it?

It's the guy from YouTube.

Wait, he went... Oh, that's him. Come on, sorry.

He should be here in a second.

Upstairs, right now.

Hit him, Mom, hit him. What do you want?

I want an apology.

You need to get off my porch or I'm calling the police. No.

First, an apology.

Lila? You called me unaware last time, so let's see how you do when we're both

ready.

Oh my God, how old are you? You know you have a punchable face?

Okay,

girls, let's go upstairs.

Oh my God.

Are you kidding me? You want me gone, apologize.

Did you do it? Shh.

What? What happened?

Mom apologized.

Oh, babe.

I can deal with it. You go do your homework.

Why can't boys do whatever they want, but girls can't?

I don't think that's true.

It is.

That guy just said whatever he wanted and did whatever he wanted.

Well, I was kind of wrong to hit him before.

I don't think you were.

What's the deal? No folder?

Doing it as a favor.

Oh, is that what we do now?

When needed.

Father, hi.

Thanks for coming. Hi, Jacqueline. This is the other assessors, Kristen and Ben.

Sorry, we're in the JFK flight path.

Hi.

You said the issue was with your husband?

Yes, just back here.

He came back from a long haul on March 8th, and he just wasn't the same.

In what way?

I woke up in the middle of the night, and he was facing a wall, whispering, go

away, stop following me.

Oh, sleepwalking. No, he never has before.

Jason, the people from the church are here.

He's in the truck?

He sleeps there now.

Why?

He's worried about hurting me.

Hurt you how?

When I tried to wake him, he hit me.

Jason!

Hey, babe.

I was just getting up.

I'll get you something to eat. Can you talk to these people for a minute?

Want to come out, Jason?

I'd rather not.

Want us to come in, then?

Is there room?

Look, it's got nothing to do with religion.

I just... When you're a long -haul driver, you have good nights and you

nights. So I'm taking a month off to recuperate.

Recuperate from?

I was on I -95, the route I'd never taken before.

It was at night, and I saw something following me, trying to pass.

Something dark.

Flying, low, going about 50 miles an hour.

Like a drone?

Well, that's what I thought at first.

But it didn't make noise like a drone, and it didn't move like a drone.

I pulled over, but it just stayed behind me.

I couldn't see what it was, but it wouldn't pass.

So I kept going, and that's when I saw someone sitting there.

Who? I don't know.

A man. A shadow.

Really.

Whenever I looked right at him, he was gone.

Were you tired?

Sleepy? No.

I kept driving, but that's when I must have blacked out, because I don't

remember the next eight hours.

What do you mean? I ended up at Victoriaville, near Montreal, and I have

how I got there. I drove 500 miles, and I have no memory of it.

This was on March 8th?

Yeah. Did you stop for food?

No, just drove straight through.

Hmm.

Then what's the double kick?

I don't know. The receipt here says March 8th.

You don't remember this?

No. Someone wrote on it, be careful, get home safe, Tracy.

You don't remember her?

No.

So what do you guys think?

Sounds like it's a drop.

It's just a circuitry diagram.

Probably from the truck's battery warmer.

Why is it on a sticker?

When they change out the circuitry, that's how they update it.

Look.

I think it's a bit different.

No, it's not.

What does it mean?

Why is there a sigil on the fender of a truck?

Okay, you know what worries me?

What? Everywhere we look now, we see sigils, sigils, sigils, because that's

we want to see. I think it's just a circuitry diagram.

Well?

Let's find out.

So are you reporters or something?

No, why?

Because you don't look like truckers.

We had a reporter through here about the accident.

What accident?

Oh, just drivers getting tired and running off the road.

Tracy, do you know a driver named Jason Moss?

No. Who's that?

Well, you wrote on his receipt, be careful, get home safe.

Oh, I write that to everyone.

We get a lot of truckers through here, dazed and a bit zombie -esque.

All you do is shove coffee down their throats and warn them to take a nap

they hit the road.

You can pay the cashier.

Thank you.

You know what I think, guys?

What? I think it's third man syndrome.

What's that?

Happens a lot with alchemists. They push past the level of exhaustion, and then

they start to feel like there's a third person walking beside them.

It's not possession. It's just the mind creating its own camaraderie. No, it's

real.

What's real?

The stretch of road.

The ghost highway between exits 13A and 33A.

Truckers hate it. Why?

People see things, hear things.

Drivers go around it these days.

I get off the 12A, drive the mountain road, connect back up at 34.

I wouldn't go anywhere near exit 13A if I were you.

Sounds like a legend for truckers, like a Bermuda Triangle for truckers.

Superstition leading to anxiety.

Magical thinking.

Well, that's still two exits away from 13A, so why not soon enough?

Choose a playlist.

Wait, I'm looking.

For?

Oh, my mom's favorite song.

Aww.

Step.

Happy Together is your mom's favorite song.

So we bought this used car and there was a CD stuck in it. So no matter where we

went, the song played.

Here we go!

My sister she took me to some science club and they solved some things for me

What things the angel from the video last year, you know the girl that was

for 177 minutes. Yeah, so they showed me that it's An app. You can break into

somebody's Bluetooth transmission and give them a guardian angel in their

photos. Really? Yeah. I can send a guardian angel to your phone.

You wanted it to be real.

No, I just... What was that?

We should record it.

Turn it down.

I can't.

I see it.

It's a short mile to hell, Ben, and that's where they all belong.

What are you?

Just a drone.

It's the electrical system.

Okay, you need to pull over right now.

It's right behind us.

See,

it was frozen. What?

Where are you going?

I'm going to go check the electrical system. No. It just shut down like that.

No, no, no, no, no. Ben, that's literally the start of a hundred horror

I'll be right back.

I think the battery cable is loose. Shine the light right here.

Can we make this fast, please?

What?

Keep the light on it.

Ben, let's talk in the car.

So the GPS

depends on radio waves, and something out here is disrupting them.

That's why the radio frequency keeps going in and out. Okay, great. Can we

go?

What was that?

I don't know.

Something's trying to scare us.

Good afternoon.

I have been asked by the Archdiocese to offer my professional opinion on whether

you are showing signs of early onset dementia, possibly as a result of Lewy

body.

Do you understand?

Do you know what that is?

A protein that builds in the brain that can result in hallucinations?

Yes. I understand you asked for me to consult.

May I ask why?

You've seen a demon.

Mm.

Mm. No. You know, I don't know what I saw. You saw a demon.

Do you have problems with short -term memory, sister?

No. Are these hallucinations visual, auditory, or tactile?

They are not hallucinations.

Understood. Are your visions visual, auditory, or tactile?

They are all three.

Could there be misperceptions? Could you be misseeing things around you?

No.

How often do you see these demons? Once a week? Once a month?

Once an hour.

Are you seeing demons now?

No.

When did you first see... first have a vision?

When I was 15, I was playing the piano, the heavenly chords.

E, C, D, G, P, with a right.

A, F, G, C, E, with a left.

And a presence materialized.

A demon.

No, St. Bernadette, holding a vase with roses.

And every time I hit the chord, she appeared, and then she would fade with

notes.

That's when I gave myself to Christ.

That was the day.

What are you doing?

Hey!

Where's my hello, Mom?

Hello, Mom.

You found a new game online.

Bumblebee something?

Thank you for picking me up. Yeah, no problem. How's the new room coming? Oh,

is swell.

How's work?

It is, uh, challenging.

I'm proud of you, Mom, for starting a new career like that. Aw.

Thank you.

Call me if you need anything.

Okay. Thank you.

Oh, actually, Mom, um... How did you

encourage me to be independent?

How did I encourage you?

Yeah. I don't know. You said you wanted to climb, so I took you to climb.

And you weren't worried about safety or... Well, I had a feeling that

wanted, you would do the opposite, so I never told you what I wanted.

What about boys?

Oh, now, that's the thing I'm the most proud of, because you broke a lot of

hearts. I've never had your heart broken.

And how'd you make that happen?

Such an example.

A boy doesn't show up on time, you break up with him.

A boy doesn't return a call in a half an hour, guess what happens?

out of here.

Don't let a boy define you. You define them.

Did the girl say anything about this man coming to the house?

No. What happened?

Nothing.

Thank you. Sure.

Say hi to Andy for me. I will.

Self -tuning, and I couldn't turn it down.

Well, it is creepy.

Good. Well, thanks. I'm glad I had you over.

Shortwave radio frequencies use the atmosphere like a bounce board to

radio waves to the ground.

It's a way of getting over obstacles like trees and mountains. Okay, so

saying that it's a collision of shortwave frequencies.

That's my guess.

Okay. What about this?

You're guessing it knows your name.

We believe in empiricism, right?

Yeah, I mean, I do. I don't know what you believe in.

I believe in reality, and reality is sometimes coincidental.

Okay, so you're saying it's just a coincidence that this voice knew my

Yes.

Or... Go ahead.

Are there shortwave radio freaks who can turn a cell phone into a broadcasting

phone?

Keep talking.

They would have heard my name being spoken in the car.

You're saying someone hacked the near -field communication feature on your

phone? Yeah.

And listened in.

They would have to be very close.

How close?

30, 40 yards.

There's a way to reverse hack.

I know. I'm going to need to borrow some equipment.

Hello? Hello?

Father, it's Jacqueline Moss. I'm so sorry to call late, but Jason's gone.

What do you mean, gone?

He took off in his truck. He didn't say anything.

Then about ten minutes ago, he called me. He was terrified.

He said he hit something in the road, but there was nothing there. He thinks

right. He's possessed.

Then the phone went dead, and I had to get him back.

Did you call the police?

No.

The police will write him up, and it'll get back to his boss.

Father, please.

Jason, it's David.

Father David.

Your wife is worried. I'm driving down 95 looking for her.

Oh, God.

Oh, God.

Father, you okay?

I've never seen anything like... It was a saint.

Or an angel.

Man or woman.

Woman.

In a blue robe.

Was she carrying anything?

A sword.

A long sword.

But you've seen visions of angels before.

No.

Not like this.

Not so real.

Did she say anything?

No.

This is good, David.

It didn't feel good.

It felt...

I told you, once you took your orders, demons become more dangerous. When they

bite you, they rip flesh.

The same is true of the holy.

Angels and saints can protect you.

You think this was sent to protect me?

You said the demon disappeared when she arrived.

God has blessed you.

This makes me... I am not

a holy person.

I fail all the time.

The past few weeks, I've had temptations of the flesh.

And you're resisting them?

That's why God is helping you.

But is he?

Is he?

What are you asking?

How do you know it's God that's helping you and not someone or nothing else?

Or just your mind?

Aren't we all trapped in our minds?

Who is it?

Yes, one moment, please.

What was that about?

A psychiatric session.

Why?

It's complicated.

Andy?

And are you there?

Hey, babe. How are you?

Fine. How are you?

Girls? Oh, you keep breaking up.

Getting ready to head out this morning. In fact, I have to rush.

Okay. How are the girls?

Um, yeah.

Good, I guess.

That guy from the grocery store, you know, the one I hit, he came to the

wanting an apology.

And the girls were egging me on to hit him again.

Okay.

What did you do?

Well, I semi -apologized and then he left, but I'm just not

sure what's right.

Andy, did you hear that?

I did. I don't know what to say.

Well, there's this theory about puberty.

Girls start off...

really strong and independent.

And then right around 13, 14 years old, they start deferring to boys and then

they lose their spark.

And I just want to fight that. But I also don't want to lose control like

before. So what do you think?

Kristen, I'm sorry. They're calling me. Let's talk about this later on Thursday.

Can you believe I used to be shy?

I would never dance in front of people.

But then I saw that interview.

You know the one I'm talking about?

Oprah and Beyonce.

Oh, God, it's time to.

And Beyonce was saying whenever she needed to overcome her fear and feel

powerful, she would become Sasha Fierce.

Sasha Fierce would take over, and then she could do it. All the things she

really wanted to do.

Now that's a badass goddess move.

Miss Bouchard?

Can we talk?

Hello? Yeah, I'll be right down.

What do you need, Mr. P?

Pete's fine, ma 'am.

I was just talking with my demolition team, and we'll need your second check

before starting in on the second phase.

Why?

Everything costs a bit more than we expected, so if you could get me the

check.

No.

I'm afraid so, ma 'am.

Is your husband here?

No.

Well... I talked to him a few weeks ago, and we agreed the second check was

necessary before the plumbing work, so I'm sorry.

Well, I understand why you're sorry, but you're not getting your second check.

And you did not talk to my husband.

I did, ma 'am. And if I don't get my check, I can't do the work.

Oh, well, that's unfortunate.

Have a nice day.

Wait, ma 'am.

I already poured the concrete and I put in the work, and you need to pay me for

it. No, all I need to do is look for a new contractor.

Wait!

Then I'll tear down the work I've done.

Could you repeat that in about one minute?

What? Girls, we're back here!

I didn't quite hear what you said. Could you repeat it?

I said, if you're not paying me my second check,

I'll rip down the work I've done. Good.

Then I'll help you.

Hey, don't do that.

You're only hurting yourself.

Where is your husband? My husband's in the Himalayas. And I'm not hurting

myself, I'm hurting you. Because I haven't paid for this. And it's fun to

destroy something I haven't paid for.

Stop!

Okay, wait.

We'll talk about delivery of the second shot. After the plumbing.

Like we agreed. It wasn't after.

After the plumbing. Just put that down.

Okay?

Lynn?

I need you to watch your sisters tonight.

Mama's going to hunt a demon on the goat hike.

Hey.

Hey. So this has a range of about a quarter of a mile. So we'll have to get

close to the source and then just keep it in range.

Hey. Hey. You're dressed tough.

I am tough. Well, let's get this stuff down to the car.

I'll drive.

Anything yet?

No, but we're not in the zone.

Coming up.

Radio on or off?

Let's keep it off, see if our hack turns it on.

We don't stop them. The America we know and love will be through and through.

They want to burn the flag.

They want to tear down our money.

Got it.

What? 18 .9 hertz, the ghost frequency.

Is that really what it's called?

Yeah, 18 .9 hertz is the infrasound. It's below human hearing, but it can

anxiety, fear, paranoia, in some cases, delusions.

Hallucinations?

Sure, yeah.

18 .9 causes the lens in the eyeball to vibrate in resonance with the sound

waves, causing optical illusions.

Horror movies, they use it all the time just to freak audiences out.

Where's it coming from? Do you have a direction?

Getting warmer.

Okay,

it's behind us.

Okay, slow down, but don't hit your brake lights.

Slow it.

50 yards back. Okay, slower, slower.

It's turning.

It's making a U -turn.

Okay, hold on.

Woo!

You okay?

Perfect. Okay, I'm still getting something. It's still broadcasting.

There, straight ahead.

Spearing off.

Where's Hugh?

It's got to be around here somewhere because it's still broadcasting.

Good marks.

What do you guys think?

Well, it's got to be around here somewhere because I'm still getting

He's laying low.

I can still hear the transmission static.

He knows we're on to him.

There.

It's warm.

So what do you want to do?

Call the cops.

I don't think that's a circuitry diagram.

Uh, Kristen, what are you doing?

Hey, you do it! Hey!

Fuckers, that's my stuff!

Stop!

Nope. Not until you stop scaring truckers on I -95.

Then just tell me to stop and I'll stop.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

People were talking online about the ghost highway.

That's all.

Oh, my God.

It's fucking clout chasing.

Really? Does nobody have any real motives anymore?

No one does anything for sex or money? It's just clout chasing?

Asshole. You know, I could just buy new equipment and transmit again.

Great. Good.

We'll be back.

Father,

this is a confidential matter. If you don't mind waiting outside.

I'd rather stay, Father.

We're discussing very sensitive matters.

Yes, and I'd rather he stay, too, Father.

Fine.

We received a report from the psychiatrist, Dr. Boggs, and he agrees.

this?

Excuse me.

What is this meeting?

What is the designation of this gathering?

The Council of Heretical Practices.

I see.

Does the church believe that it's heretical when a nun sees an angel or a

No.

Then why are we here?

Dr. Kurt Boggs?

Yes, sir.

Father.

You interviewed Sister Andrea on two occasions?

Yes. And she admitted to seeing and talking to demons?

Yes. And did she also admit to seeing a demon whispering to the Cardinal?

Yes. At a recent midnight mass, she saw a demon consulting with him.

Thank you, Doctor.

You can go.

Yes, Sister.

This council takes it as axiomatic that witnessing his eminence consorting with

a demon is heretical.

Then ask for an ecclesiastical tribunal of the first instance to defend her.

You'll need a priest to defend her.

Good thing I am one.

David. Good to see you.

I didn't ask you to go through my drawers. And the Vatican didn't ask you

copy their documents.

Is that why you're here? To take them back? No.

You're a friend of the Vatican now. That comes with certain privileges and

responsibilities, so...

Here. You can have the honors.

What honors?

Eliminating a demonic family.

Go ahead.

What are you talking about?

The drone operator of your ghost highway.

That was Russ Owlman, successor to this sigil, Principiculus.

The guy in the pickup truck?

Well, not one of the greater demonic houses, but still.

A win is a win.

We didn't eliminate him. We destroyed his equipment, that's all. No.

He shot himself in the head after you left.

How do you know?

We followed you.

Go ahead.

Now is the time to get outraged.

We have been following you ever since you let that medical student cannibalize

his cadaver.

This house would have been vanquished if you had stopped him.

Instead, it continues on. But here.

Cross off this sigil.

Your drone guy is gone.

He didn't shoot himself in the head.

You killed him.

David, we're not killers.

I don't believe you. That is your right, but you saw that he had a gun in his

truck, right?

All we did was dispose of the body before a successor could cannibalize

now his house is gone.

Over the centuries, we have eliminated this house and this house,

all of these.

And one more.

There.

What happens when you stop all the demonic houses?

Peace on Earth.