1 00:00:00,014 --> 00:00:01,434 [music playing] 2 00:00:01,308 --> 00:00:05,858 NARRATOR: In the city of Betaville, in the near future, 3 00:00:05,984 --> 00:00:09,448 the technology we developed confronts us. 4 00:00:09,573 --> 00:00:12,995 The science we created seduces us. 5 00:00:13,121 --> 00:00:18,588 But will our dreams of tomorrow be turned into a nightmare? 6 00:00:18,714 --> 00:00:19,966 "Welcome to Paradox." 7 00:00:20,091 --> 00:00:22,846 [theme music] 8 00:00:32,780 --> 00:00:35,117 Be careful what you wish for. 9 00:00:35,242 --> 00:00:38,791 Nothing is impossible anymore. 10 00:00:38,915 --> 00:00:41,211 In Betaville there's a thin line between science 11 00:00:41,337 --> 00:00:47,138 and religion, where those who create technology 12 00:00:47,264 --> 00:00:49,434 to try to control the lives of those who believe in faith. 13 00:00:52,648 --> 00:00:54,651 Angel Cardenas is investigating a murder. 14 00:00:57,824 --> 00:01:00,620 He's always been a man of reason. 15 00:01:00,745 --> 00:01:02,373 Solving this case could take more than the 16 00:01:02,498 --> 00:01:05,837 facts and possibly a miracle. 17 00:01:10,554 --> 00:01:13,726 On the trail of the killer, the only thing that's certain-- 18 00:01:13,851 --> 00:01:14,770 [screaming] 19 00:01:14,895 --> 00:01:17,524 --is somebody's guilty as sin. 20 00:01:17,650 --> 00:01:18,901 [birds chirping] 21 00:01:20,947 --> 00:01:24,077 [chatter] 22 00:01:31,257 --> 00:01:32,842 Nobody's going to get you a better price than I will. 23 00:01:32,968 --> 00:01:34,137 You understand? 24 00:01:34,261 --> 00:01:34,637 MAN [ON HOLOGRAM]: Yeah, but what about-- 25 00:01:34,762 --> 00:01:35,639 Nobody. 26 00:01:35,764 --> 00:01:37,017 Nobody beats Paily Huachuco. 27 00:01:37,141 --> 00:01:39,730 [music playing] 28 00:01:45,405 --> 00:01:48,119 CINA: Paily, perdoname, but that padre is here again. 29 00:01:48,244 --> 00:01:49,664 I don't got time for this. 30 00:01:49,788 --> 00:01:51,625 PADRE: Everyone's got time for God's work, my son. 31 00:01:51,751 --> 00:01:52,418 MAN [ON HOLOGRAM]: Paily. 32 00:01:52,544 --> 00:01:54,130 Go. 33 00:01:54,255 --> 00:01:58,470 Look, I'm not your son, padre, and I don't believe in God. 34 00:01:58,595 --> 00:02:00,348 I'm a businessman. 35 00:02:00,474 --> 00:02:02,185 God is also in business-- 36 00:02:02,310 --> 00:02:04,522 the business of saving souls. 37 00:02:04,648 --> 00:02:06,442 If you make a contributionto our cause-- 38 00:02:06,568 --> 00:02:09,030 PAILY HUACHUCO: Listen, padre, save it for someone who cares, 39 00:02:09,155 --> 00:02:09,907 OK. 40 00:02:10,032 --> 00:02:13,788 Now, get the hell out. 41 00:02:13,914 --> 00:02:14,707 Call. 42 00:02:14,832 --> 00:02:17,420 [music playing] 43 00:02:24,015 --> 00:02:25,893 We've got a nonbeliever here. 44 00:02:26,018 --> 00:02:27,104 Cina. 45 00:02:27,228 --> 00:02:27,980 Cina. 46 00:02:32,279 --> 00:02:34,950 [music playing] 47 00:02:42,045 --> 00:02:45,719 Oh, that's very good. 48 00:02:45,844 --> 00:02:47,430 You're the best holo-image I've ever seen. 49 00:02:50,811 --> 00:02:52,230 Where's the projector? 50 00:02:52,355 --> 00:02:55,570 [music playing] 51 00:02:59,994 --> 00:03:03,124 You have no faith. 52 00:03:03,250 --> 00:03:06,045 Yeah, you're right there. 53 00:03:06,171 --> 00:03:06,881 OK. 54 00:03:10,137 --> 00:03:12,181 We'll try to get through this. 55 00:03:12,307 --> 00:03:13,810 CINA: Paily, [speaking spanish] 56 00:03:13,934 --> 00:03:16,814 PAILY HUACHUCO: Cina, take a look at this. 57 00:03:16,940 --> 00:03:20,112 She wants prayers and money. 58 00:03:20,237 --> 00:03:22,199 Bet you can't guess which one she wants first. 59 00:03:22,324 --> 00:03:25,121 CINA: Are you sure it's just a projection, Paily? 60 00:03:25,245 --> 00:03:26,707 PAILY HUACHUCO: Oh, this is going to be good. 61 00:03:26,832 --> 00:03:30,755 I got the scramble up, so will she split apart and pretty 62 00:03:30,881 --> 00:03:32,425 sparkles, or will she just-- 63 00:03:36,348 --> 00:03:37,100 Cina. 64 00:03:37,225 --> 00:03:39,145 Cina, call the cops now. 65 00:03:39,270 --> 00:03:40,105 Now! 66 00:03:40,230 --> 00:03:42,901 [music playing] 67 00:03:56,675 --> 00:03:58,428 [birds chirping] 68 00:03:59,973 --> 00:04:01,642 I swear, man, it wasn't me. 69 00:04:01,768 --> 00:04:03,228 I'm a family man now. 70 00:04:03,354 --> 00:04:04,814 I don't hang with those guys anymore. 71 00:04:04,940 --> 00:04:06,777 I haven't seen them for more than a year. 72 00:04:06,901 --> 00:04:08,571 Now, why don't I believe you, Ramon? 73 00:04:08,697 --> 00:04:10,408 ANGEL CARDENAS: You should, sergeant. 74 00:04:10,533 --> 00:04:12,118 He's telling the truth. 75 00:04:12,244 --> 00:04:14,707 Hey, it is no fun having you around. 76 00:04:14,832 --> 00:04:17,337 How can I ask the questions when you already know the answers? 77 00:04:17,461 --> 00:04:18,213 Me? 78 00:04:18,338 --> 00:04:19,798 I don't know anything. 79 00:04:19,924 --> 00:04:22,178 But I do know he's telling the truth. 80 00:04:22,303 --> 00:04:23,555 Damn intuits. 81 00:04:23,681 --> 00:04:24,641 Can't keep their nose in their own business. 82 00:04:28,857 --> 00:04:33,490 He can't-- he can't actually read my mind, can he? 83 00:04:33,614 --> 00:04:34,533 Captain, my captain. 84 00:04:34,658 --> 00:04:35,701 CAPTAIN: Hm? 85 00:04:35,827 --> 00:04:37,371 I'm not a religious, man. 86 00:04:37,497 --> 00:04:41,170 But if I was I would find it hard to believe in a deity that 87 00:04:41,294 --> 00:04:44,133 stoops to common extortion. 88 00:04:44,258 --> 00:04:46,011 Well, Angel, the only things you believe in 89 00:04:46,137 --> 00:04:50,644 are what you can see, smell, hear, touch, taste, or intuit. 90 00:04:50,770 --> 00:04:52,397 That's me. 91 00:04:52,522 --> 00:04:54,150 CAPTAIN: Yeah. 92 00:04:54,275 --> 00:04:56,697 Now you, my friend, you are the last person that they'd target, 93 00:04:56,821 --> 00:04:57,698 huh? 94 00:04:57,823 --> 00:04:59,284 Let's hope you're right. 95 00:04:59,410 --> 00:05:00,703 CAPTAIN: See, the people in this district-- 96 00:05:00,828 --> 00:05:02,748 they're simple people. 97 00:05:02,874 --> 00:05:04,125 They go to church on Sundays, they're 98 00:05:04,251 --> 00:05:05,628 baptized when they're born, and when they die, 99 00:05:05,754 --> 00:05:08,050 the padre says a misa de difuntos. 100 00:05:08,174 --> 00:05:12,724 I mean, this-- this is not extortion. 101 00:05:12,850 --> 00:05:15,478 To them, it's divine punishment. 102 00:05:15,604 --> 00:05:17,274 And this guy Huachuco-- 103 00:05:17,398 --> 00:05:19,527 he's just the tip of the iceberg. 104 00:05:19,653 --> 00:05:21,114 See, the padres have been making a lot of visits 105 00:05:21,238 --> 00:05:22,533 to local businessmen. 106 00:05:22,658 --> 00:05:24,370 Some, they get persuaded. 107 00:05:24,494 --> 00:05:27,124 Some, like Paily, get vaped. 108 00:05:27,250 --> 00:05:29,085 And word gets out, the rest, they all right in to line, 109 00:05:29,211 --> 00:05:30,505 you know. 110 00:05:30,630 --> 00:05:32,091 And people are talking about this, Angel. 111 00:05:32,217 --> 00:05:32,925 They're scared. 112 00:05:33,051 --> 00:05:33,927 I bet. 113 00:05:34,053 --> 00:05:34,887 CAPTAIN: See, it's a holo-image. 114 00:05:35,013 --> 00:05:36,098 It's got to be. 115 00:05:36,223 --> 00:05:37,100 But look at the detail. 116 00:05:37,225 --> 00:05:38,268 And it's a remote projection. 117 00:05:38,394 --> 00:05:39,645 Nobody can do that. - No, no, no. 118 00:05:39,771 --> 00:05:42,108 You mean nobody civilian. 119 00:05:42,234 --> 00:05:45,823 It's got to be military ware or a derivative-- 120 00:05:45,948 --> 00:05:48,787 tactile projection. 121 00:05:48,912 --> 00:05:50,038 You know how much juice that takes 122 00:05:50,164 --> 00:05:51,750 merely to maintain that level? 123 00:05:51,875 --> 00:05:54,004 So you're saying that this is a military op or intelligence? 124 00:05:54,130 --> 00:05:55,465 ANGEL CARDENAS: No, no, no. 125 00:05:55,590 --> 00:05:56,675 I checked on it. 126 00:05:56,801 --> 00:05:58,971 There's nothing currently operational. 127 00:05:59,097 --> 00:06:00,431 CAPTAIN: Nothing that they'd admit to. 128 00:06:00,557 --> 00:06:01,642 Not to us. 129 00:06:01,767 --> 00:06:02,435 ANGEL CARDENAS: Come on, Katherine, 130 00:06:02,561 --> 00:06:04,021 they can't lie to me. 131 00:06:04,147 --> 00:06:05,274 Remember? 132 00:06:05,398 --> 00:06:06,901 Which leads us back where we started. 133 00:06:10,491 --> 00:06:16,001 A holo-image that can kill, which is impossible. 134 00:06:16,125 --> 00:06:18,130 [sighs] You mind? 135 00:06:18,254 --> 00:06:19,507 CAPTAIN: Mhm. 136 00:06:19,631 --> 00:06:21,594 Oh. 137 00:06:21,718 --> 00:06:24,891 Hey, you all right, Angel? 138 00:06:25,016 --> 00:06:28,856 Yeah, yeah, it's just an old wound acting up. 139 00:06:28,981 --> 00:06:30,693 CAPTAIN: [LAUGHING] Well, quit being such a damn stoic. 140 00:06:30,818 --> 00:06:31,653 Go see the medics. 141 00:06:31,778 --> 00:06:32,780 I did 142 00:06:32,905 --> 00:06:34,574 CAPTAIN: Yeah, what did they say? 143 00:06:34,700 --> 00:06:38,290 There's no physiological basis for the pain I am experiencing. 144 00:06:38,414 --> 00:06:41,170 The muscle and nerve tissue have completely regenerated, so if 145 00:06:41,294 --> 00:06:42,671 I'm feeling pain, not to worry. 146 00:06:42,797 --> 00:06:43,548 It doesn't exist. 147 00:06:43,674 --> 00:06:44,634 It can't be. 148 00:06:44,758 --> 00:06:45,718 It's not real. It's all in my 149 00:06:45,844 --> 00:06:46,845 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 150 00:06:46,971 --> 00:06:47,847 ANGEL CARDENAS: Story of my life. 151 00:06:47,973 --> 00:06:49,725 Bye. 152 00:06:49,851 --> 00:06:51,145 Go! 153 00:06:51,270 --> 00:06:52,564 [birds chirping] 154 00:07:02,081 --> 00:07:04,585 Table for one, father? 155 00:07:04,710 --> 00:07:06,838 I'd like to speak with the owner if I might. 156 00:07:06,964 --> 00:07:08,007 He's a busy man. 157 00:07:08,133 --> 00:07:10,595 The Lord smiles on the industrious. 158 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:11,973 Boss doesn't like anybody's hands 159 00:07:12,098 --> 00:07:13,183 in his pockets but his own. 160 00:07:13,308 --> 00:07:15,061 Precisely the kind of purity I seek. 161 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:23,451 [chatter] 162 00:07:26,414 --> 00:07:27,500 SERGEANT DARCY: Table for two, padre. 163 00:07:32,508 --> 00:07:34,637 Something I can do for you, padre? 164 00:07:34,762 --> 00:07:36,891 I represent a local religious order that devotes 165 00:07:37,016 --> 00:07:38,770 itself to serving the poor. 166 00:07:38,894 --> 00:07:41,524 Because we are so small, we survive on the charity 167 00:07:41,650 --> 00:07:43,235 of the local merchants. 168 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:45,405 Yours is a new establishment in our parish, 169 00:07:45,531 --> 00:07:48,327 and you seem to be prospering. 170 00:07:48,453 --> 00:07:50,331 Yeah, that we are. 171 00:07:50,456 --> 00:07:51,791 Won't you have a seat? 172 00:07:51,917 --> 00:07:54,171 [music playing] 173 00:07:54,296 --> 00:08:01,267 PADRE: [sighs] Perhaps you might see 174 00:08:01,391 --> 00:08:02,518 your way to giving a little something 175 00:08:02,644 --> 00:08:04,647 back to the community-- 176 00:08:04,773 --> 00:08:05,983 spread a little good will, and it 177 00:08:06,108 --> 00:08:07,151 will come back to you tenfold. 178 00:08:14,164 --> 00:08:16,000 Let me tell you a story, padre. 179 00:08:18,797 --> 00:08:24,181 When I was a younger man, I always did the right thing. 180 00:08:24,307 --> 00:08:26,394 Took my mom to church every Sunday, 181 00:08:26,518 --> 00:08:28,605 brought her home for dinner. 182 00:08:28,731 --> 00:08:31,820 But one Sunday, there were these punks 183 00:08:31,944 --> 00:08:34,282 that she'd helped out once waiting 184 00:08:34,407 --> 00:08:37,078 for her when we got home. 185 00:08:37,204 --> 00:08:41,085 See, they figured that she had some money stashed away, being 186 00:08:41,211 --> 00:08:42,504 the nice lady that she was. 187 00:08:42,630 --> 00:08:45,009 And they always do. 188 00:08:45,134 --> 00:08:46,720 She didn't. 189 00:08:46,845 --> 00:08:49,100 So they shot us both. 190 00:08:49,224 --> 00:08:51,270 I lived. 191 00:08:51,395 --> 00:08:53,274 And I learned something-- you give 192 00:08:53,398 --> 00:08:56,154 a little, you get nothing back. 193 00:08:56,278 --> 00:09:00,787 you give a lot, you get less than nothing. 194 00:09:00,911 --> 00:09:02,247 You need help, my son. 195 00:09:02,373 --> 00:09:04,209 You are in pain. 196 00:09:04,334 --> 00:09:06,213 Yeah. 197 00:09:06,338 --> 00:09:07,924 I tell you what-- you have five seconds 198 00:09:08,049 --> 00:09:10,220 to move your ass out of here, or I'm 199 00:09:10,344 --> 00:09:11,638 gonna show you what pain is. 200 00:09:11,764 --> 00:09:13,642 Our lady can persuade as well as heal. 201 00:09:13,767 --> 00:09:14,518 Darcy. 202 00:09:17,482 --> 00:09:18,693 You are new to the neighborhood. 203 00:09:18,818 --> 00:09:21,322 Perhaps you have not heard about the others. 204 00:09:21,447 --> 00:09:23,367 Businessmen like yourself who at first have doubts. 205 00:09:23,493 --> 00:09:24,661 ANGEL CARDENAS: That's right. 206 00:09:24,787 --> 00:09:28,000 I have not heard, nor do I want to hear. 207 00:09:28,125 --> 00:09:29,753 SERGEANT DARCY: You see the way he was scoping me out? 208 00:09:29,878 --> 00:09:31,673 Not exactly benediction and he had in mind. 209 00:09:31,798 --> 00:09:33,093 ANGEL CARDENAS: Ten to one he's got a record. 210 00:09:33,218 --> 00:09:34,428 You sure he's our man? 211 00:09:34,553 --> 00:09:35,889 ANGEL CARDENAS: Well, I'll tell you what-- 212 00:09:36,014 --> 00:09:38,060 I could still smell the prison food on his breath. 213 00:09:38,184 --> 00:09:39,061 Taste. 214 00:09:39,187 --> 00:09:39,938 Taste. 215 00:09:40,063 --> 00:09:41,357 No! 216 00:09:41,482 --> 00:09:43,903 Do I have to remind you that this whatever it is 217 00:09:44,028 --> 00:09:45,614 has killed several perfectly healthy men, 218 00:09:45,740 --> 00:09:46,824 and we still don't know how? 219 00:09:46,950 --> 00:09:48,285 What, You're getting spooked on me? 220 00:09:48,411 --> 00:09:49,704 SERGEANT DARCY: That last guy, Paily Huachuco-- 221 00:09:49,830 --> 00:09:51,416 he had a scramble screen-- 222 00:09:51,541 --> 00:09:52,918 had no effect at all. 223 00:09:53,044 --> 00:09:54,922 No kind of holo-image, not even a tactile, 224 00:09:55,047 --> 00:09:55,757 can get through that. 225 00:09:55,882 --> 00:09:56,842 So what? 226 00:09:56,967 --> 00:09:58,303 The real Madonna is going to help 227 00:09:58,428 --> 00:10:02,310 some fake priests with their extortion racket, right? 228 00:10:02,435 --> 00:10:04,981 Let me remind you that all holo-images work 229 00:10:05,107 --> 00:10:08,445 on the principles of physics, and a holo-image 230 00:10:08,571 --> 00:10:10,407 is what we are dealing with here. 231 00:10:10,533 --> 00:10:13,537 Understand? - Yes, sir. 232 00:10:13,663 --> 00:10:15,374 Hm? 233 00:10:15,500 --> 00:10:19,297 So why don't you move out and let 234 00:10:19,423 --> 00:10:20,800 me be a sitting duck in peace? 235 00:10:25,475 --> 00:10:26,184 Needs lemon. 236 00:10:44,424 --> 00:10:47,137 [music playing] 237 00:10:48,724 --> 00:10:50,602 You're very well made. 238 00:10:50,727 --> 00:10:51,729 You mock me. 239 00:10:51,854 --> 00:10:53,565 No, not at all. 240 00:10:53,691 --> 00:10:55,903 That was a compliment. 241 00:10:56,028 --> 00:10:58,616 You do not believe. 242 00:10:58,741 --> 00:11:02,414 I'm willing to be convinced. 243 00:11:02,540 --> 00:11:04,293 You deal in luxury. 244 00:11:04,417 --> 00:11:06,296 I deal in food 245 00:11:06,421 --> 00:11:08,508 VIRGIN MARY: To those who go to bed hungry at night 246 00:11:08,633 --> 00:11:09,718 it is a luxury. 247 00:11:09,844 --> 00:11:11,973 But you would take my contribution? 248 00:11:12,097 --> 00:11:15,103 For the sake of the poor and needy, yes. 249 00:11:15,228 --> 00:11:17,357 I would not turn away such tithing. 250 00:11:17,481 --> 00:11:21,447 Until the time comes for avarice to be banished from this world, 251 00:11:21,573 --> 00:11:25,037 I will take from themis guided to help the needy. 252 00:11:25,161 --> 00:11:26,164 I'm sorry, but I'm going to need 253 00:11:26,289 --> 00:11:28,918 some proof of your divine character 254 00:11:29,044 --> 00:11:31,089 before I turn it over the fruits of my labor 255 00:11:31,214 --> 00:11:34,595 to those who claim to serve in your name. 256 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:36,390 You wish proof? 257 00:11:36,515 --> 00:11:37,183 Give me your hand. 258 00:11:44,988 --> 00:11:46,700 Some die. 259 00:11:46,824 --> 00:11:47,534 Some just remember. 260 00:11:50,998 --> 00:11:52,293 ANGEL CARDENAS: [screaming] 261 00:11:52,417 --> 00:11:53,920 MAN: Shut up or your both dead. 262 00:11:54,045 --> 00:11:54,838 YOUNG ANGEL: Put down the gun. 263 00:11:54,964 --> 00:11:55,757 Just don't hurt my mom. 264 00:11:55,881 --> 00:11:57,176 [gunshot] 265 00:12:02,101 --> 00:12:05,607 So the padre told you what I said, right? 266 00:12:05,733 --> 00:12:07,694 You are in such pain. 267 00:12:07,820 --> 00:12:08,863 He said that too. 268 00:12:08,988 --> 00:12:11,701 [music playing] 269 00:12:22,303 --> 00:12:23,555 Feel it leaving your body. 270 00:12:33,740 --> 00:12:36,661 Help those in need, and you will be blessed. 271 00:12:44,758 --> 00:12:46,136 CAPTAIN: So? 272 00:12:46,261 --> 00:12:50,017 ANGEL CARDENAS: [sighs] Man, that Madonna's touch 273 00:12:50,143 --> 00:12:52,564 was so real. Was it? 274 00:12:52,689 --> 00:12:54,024 Incredible. 275 00:12:54,150 --> 00:12:55,653 CAPTAIN: Well, doesn't that take a lot of energy? 276 00:12:55,777 --> 00:12:57,280 No, not a lot-- 277 00:12:57,405 --> 00:13:00,536 an extraordinary amount. 278 00:13:00,661 --> 00:13:03,750 In fact, I want to run a check on the grid, 279 00:13:03,875 --> 00:13:07,381 all the utilities in the area, OK? 280 00:13:07,506 --> 00:13:09,343 I mean, if they're real good, it'll go undetected. 281 00:13:09,468 --> 00:13:11,054 But we may get lucky, you know. 282 00:13:11,180 --> 00:13:12,181 You never know. 283 00:13:12,306 --> 00:13:13,057 CAPTAIN: Hey, Cardenas. 284 00:13:21,071 --> 00:13:23,284 What's going on? 285 00:13:23,409 --> 00:13:25,287 It was so vivid-- 286 00:13:25,413 --> 00:13:29,711 I mean, really vivid. 287 00:13:29,837 --> 00:13:31,673 But she's not immortal. 288 00:13:31,798 --> 00:13:33,384 No. 289 00:13:33,510 --> 00:13:34,594 No. 290 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:37,016 CAPTAIN: So, what's our next move? 291 00:13:37,141 --> 00:13:41,398 I'm gonna make a contribution to the padre's order 292 00:13:41,524 --> 00:13:43,861 just like she suggested. 293 00:13:43,986 --> 00:13:46,407 Except it's gonna be a contribution 294 00:13:46,533 --> 00:13:49,329 that goes beyond mere money-- 295 00:13:49,454 --> 00:13:51,874 something of a more personal nature. 296 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,464 What are you gonna do? Give him your stamp collection? 297 00:13:55,590 --> 00:13:57,718 No. 298 00:13:57,844 --> 00:14:00,390 What is it they say in church? 299 00:14:00,514 --> 00:14:02,936 You don't need to understand-- 300 00:14:03,061 --> 00:14:05,314 just believe. 301 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:08,613 [music playing] 302 00:14:29,816 --> 00:14:32,111 MAN 2: Hey, nice one. 303 00:14:32,237 --> 00:14:33,489 MAN 3: Shoot, shoot! 304 00:14:33,614 --> 00:14:35,117 Ramon! 305 00:14:35,241 --> 00:14:36,994 RAMON: Back up, man. 306 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:39,290 MAN 3: Oh! 307 00:14:39,416 --> 00:14:40,293 MAN 2: Come on. 308 00:14:40,417 --> 00:14:41,169 I'm open. 309 00:14:41,294 --> 00:14:42,003 RAMON: Put it up. 310 00:14:42,129 --> 00:14:44,883 Put it up! 311 00:14:45,009 --> 00:14:46,511 I gotta bless you with the backhand, man. 312 00:14:52,271 --> 00:14:53,774 Oh, you're showing your age, man. 313 00:14:53,899 --> 00:14:55,110 You're showing your age. 314 00:14:55,234 --> 00:14:57,489 MAN 3: Let's go, let's go, let's get it on. 315 00:14:57,614 --> 00:14:59,659 RAMON: : All those times we got busted or remanded to juvenile 316 00:14:59,784 --> 00:15:01,746 custody, and all those lectures they 317 00:15:01,871 --> 00:15:03,624 gave us on how we were never going to amount to anything. 318 00:15:03,750 --> 00:15:05,419 They were right. 319 00:15:05,544 --> 00:15:06,296 Yeah. 320 00:15:06,421 --> 00:15:08,424 So what's on your mind? 321 00:15:08,550 --> 00:15:10,470 Ramon, I got a question for you, man. 322 00:15:10,594 --> 00:15:11,471 You're going to think I'm nuts. 323 00:15:11,597 --> 00:15:16,730 Listen, the Holy Virgin, right-- 324 00:15:16,856 --> 00:15:18,943 could she ever harm somebody? 325 00:15:19,067 --> 00:15:22,490 [sighs] Angel, your mother-- you always used to say-- 326 00:15:22,616 --> 00:15:24,034 Wait, wait, wait wait, wait. 327 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:27,416 My mother, nothing, all right. 328 00:15:27,541 --> 00:15:29,753 I just want your expert opinion. 329 00:15:29,878 --> 00:15:32,090 Just you, what do you know? 330 00:15:32,216 --> 00:15:36,723 The Holy Virgin-- could she possibly kill? 331 00:15:36,849 --> 00:15:39,729 No, she's anembodiment of holy mercy. 332 00:15:39,854 --> 00:15:41,106 It's an impossibility. 333 00:15:41,231 --> 00:15:42,776 Impossibility? 334 00:15:42,901 --> 00:15:45,154 What about all those people in the Bible dead in floods, 335 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:46,741 and quakes, and-- - That's different. 336 00:15:46,866 --> 00:15:48,118 Uh-huh. 337 00:15:48,243 --> 00:15:49,454 Those are what most people call acts of God. 338 00:15:49,579 --> 00:15:52,125 All right, all right, all right. 339 00:15:52,250 --> 00:15:57,050 Could the Holy Virgin-- 340 00:15:57,176 --> 00:15:58,929 she could never actually-- 341 00:15:59,054 --> 00:16:01,517 she would never actually harm anybody, right? 342 00:16:01,641 --> 00:16:03,270 Never. 343 00:16:03,394 --> 00:16:06,692 Angel, what's this about, man? 344 00:16:06,817 --> 00:16:08,070 Level with me. 345 00:16:08,194 --> 00:16:09,113 You sure this doesn't have something to do-- 346 00:16:09,238 --> 00:16:10,157 ANGEL CARDENAS: Hey, hey. 347 00:16:10,281 --> 00:16:11,701 It's a case I'm working on. 348 00:16:11,826 --> 00:16:12,994 That's all. 349 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,290 Don't ask. 350 00:16:15,416 --> 00:16:20,466 What about unknowingly, unwittingly, 351 00:16:20,591 --> 00:16:23,012 like as a byproduct of her actions-- something 352 00:16:23,137 --> 00:16:24,557 she was unaware of? 353 00:16:24,681 --> 00:16:27,561 RAMON: The Madonna is in a perpetual state of grace. 354 00:16:27,687 --> 00:16:30,316 She could never do things without being 355 00:16:30,441 --> 00:16:31,485 aware of their consequences. 356 00:16:34,950 --> 00:16:37,663 [music playing] 357 00:16:52,104 --> 00:16:53,398 [hologram sound] 358 00:16:54,943 --> 00:16:55,777 VIRGIN MARY: You have no faith. 359 00:16:59,784 --> 00:17:02,790 You have no faith. 360 00:17:02,914 --> 00:17:06,463 No, I don't think so. 361 00:17:06,587 --> 00:17:09,176 You're not telling the truth. 362 00:17:09,301 --> 00:17:14,434 You're not lying either, because you don't exist. 363 00:17:17,983 --> 00:17:20,070 And you never have. 364 00:17:20,194 --> 00:17:22,073 [music playing] 365 00:17:22,198 --> 00:17:22,950 [chatter] 366 00:17:29,794 --> 00:17:30,463 He'll see you right away. 367 00:17:36,849 --> 00:17:40,313 ANGEL CARDENAS: Ah, buenos, Padre Morales. 368 00:17:40,438 --> 00:17:41,899 What is this, my son? 369 00:17:42,024 --> 00:17:43,485 I don't understand. 370 00:17:43,610 --> 00:17:45,947 Your Madonna paid us a little visit last night. 371 00:17:46,073 --> 00:17:48,118 And I must say, the demonstration 372 00:17:48,243 --> 00:17:50,790 was pretty convincing. 373 00:17:50,914 --> 00:17:52,376 Then you will be contributing to our order? 374 00:17:52,500 --> 00:17:56,674 Yeah, in a manner of speaking. 375 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:59,263 Let's just say that you give us a blessing, 376 00:17:59,387 --> 00:18:01,140 and we'll bless you in return. 377 00:18:01,266 --> 00:18:02,769 What sort of blessing did you have in mind? 378 00:18:02,894 --> 00:18:06,316 ANGEL CARDENAS: Why, the blessings of information. 379 00:18:06,441 --> 00:18:08,320 Padre Morales 380 00:18:08,445 --> 00:18:11,450 My name is Brother Gutierrez. 381 00:18:11,576 --> 00:18:14,330 SERGEANT DARCY: Eduardo Morales, alias Arlen Rodriguez, 382 00:18:14,456 --> 00:18:17,210 Giuseppe Mendez, Pablo Mancuso. 383 00:18:17,336 --> 00:18:20,299 Born Burlev Nuevapetroleo, 31 years ago. 384 00:18:20,424 --> 00:18:23,137 Arrested three times-- burglary, one conviction; 385 00:18:23,263 --> 00:18:27,979 three times assault, no convictions; twice for-- 386 00:18:28,104 --> 00:18:32,570 twice for attempted rape, one conviction; twice 387 00:18:32,696 --> 00:18:33,906 for grand theft vehicular. 388 00:18:34,031 --> 00:18:36,577 My, my, have we got a lot to atone for. 389 00:18:36,703 --> 00:18:38,163 You got me confused with somebody else. 390 00:18:38,289 --> 00:18:39,164 SERGEANT DARCY: Heard that? 391 00:18:39,290 --> 00:18:40,626 Well, the voice patterns match. 392 00:18:40,751 --> 00:18:43,589 You still think we're making a mistake, Morales? 393 00:18:43,714 --> 00:18:44,591 So what? 394 00:18:44,716 --> 00:18:46,929 Anybody can reform. 395 00:18:47,054 --> 00:18:48,473 What are you going to charge me with? 396 00:18:48,598 --> 00:18:50,309 Soliciting donations under a false name? 397 00:18:50,434 --> 00:18:51,478 No No, actually, we were thinking more 398 00:18:51,603 --> 00:18:53,147 on the lines of extradition. 399 00:18:53,273 --> 00:18:55,610 Or did my associate neglect to tell you that you have 400 00:18:55,736 --> 00:18:56,946 an outstanding murder warrant? 401 00:18:57,071 --> 00:18:58,407 - That whole thing was a frame! - Sit down! 402 00:18:58,532 --> 00:18:59,951 PADRE: Besides, the jewel was a snappler, 403 00:19:00,076 --> 00:19:01,078 and he deserved to die. 404 00:19:01,203 --> 00:19:02,456 Well, that may be, but the courts 405 00:19:02,580 --> 00:19:03,958 are going to decide that. 406 00:19:04,083 --> 00:19:05,836 And you being a multiple loser, they're 407 00:19:05,961 --> 00:19:09,300 more inclined to overlook mitigating circumstances. 408 00:19:09,426 --> 00:19:12,556 Now, a letter from us, a nice letter from our office, 409 00:19:12,681 --> 00:19:14,059 would do you a world of good. 410 00:19:14,184 --> 00:19:17,607 All you gotta do is cooperate. 411 00:19:17,732 --> 00:19:18,984 You're right. 412 00:19:19,109 --> 00:19:20,069 But it won't do you any good. 413 00:19:20,194 --> 00:19:21,697 She's real, the Madonna. 414 00:19:21,823 --> 00:19:23,200 ANGEL CARDENAS: Oh, come on, padre. 415 00:19:23,324 --> 00:19:24,452 We know better than that. 416 00:19:24,577 --> 00:19:25,954 And you know we know better than that. 417 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:28,793 No, I mean it. 418 00:19:28,918 --> 00:19:33,050 I don't know that she's the Madonna, but she's real enough. 419 00:19:33,176 --> 00:19:35,889 Brother Pirote, he's the one who propitiates her. 420 00:19:36,013 --> 00:19:37,391 He knows. 421 00:19:37,516 --> 00:19:38,309 Pirote's your leader, huh? 422 00:19:40,980 --> 00:19:42,483 [sighs] He's the one who decides 423 00:19:42,609 --> 00:19:44,320 how the offerings should be distributed, who gets what. 424 00:19:44,444 --> 00:19:45,489 How many brothers in the order? 425 00:19:45,613 --> 00:19:47,743 I don't know for sure. 426 00:19:47,867 --> 00:19:49,329 Sometimes I seen 20 at the prayer meetings, 427 00:19:49,453 --> 00:19:51,290 sometimes more. 428 00:19:51,416 --> 00:19:54,546 ANGEL CARDENAS: Maybe then a new initiate wouldn't attract 429 00:19:54,671 --> 00:19:56,383 any undue attention, would he? 430 00:20:01,683 --> 00:20:03,311 You're crazy. 431 00:20:03,436 --> 00:20:04,480 They'll lace you right out. 432 00:20:04,604 --> 00:20:06,107 Not if I'm properly coached. 433 00:20:09,321 --> 00:20:10,281 OK. 434 00:20:10,407 --> 00:20:12,284 But it's your funeral. 435 00:20:12,410 --> 00:20:14,789 And it's not Pirote you have to worry about. 436 00:20:14,914 --> 00:20:16,376 It's the Madonna. 437 00:20:16,500 --> 00:20:17,293 You'll teach me the routine. 438 00:20:20,049 --> 00:20:21,384 I got faith in you. 439 00:20:21,509 --> 00:20:23,387 SERGEANT DARCY: Full name, Oeno Pirote. 440 00:20:23,513 --> 00:20:24,640 He doesn't have much of a record. 441 00:20:24,764 --> 00:20:26,309 He's a fixer, a guy who can get you 442 00:20:26,434 --> 00:20:28,271 anything you need for a price. 443 00:20:28,396 --> 00:20:29,940 Here's the interesting part-- 444 00:20:30,066 --> 00:20:32,361 a couple of years back he had a legitimate client, man by 445 00:20:32,487 --> 00:20:35,033 the name of Sylvester Chatopec. 446 00:20:35,157 --> 00:20:37,579 Ring any bells? 447 00:20:37,704 --> 00:20:40,333 Chatopec was a designer-- software, hardware. 448 00:20:40,459 --> 00:20:44,007 He worked for the multi-nets-- a genius code warrior. 449 00:20:44,132 --> 00:20:45,801 He took early retirement. 450 00:20:45,927 --> 00:20:48,890 Our boy Pirote supplied him with hard-to-find components-- 451 00:20:49,016 --> 00:20:51,186 chips, protein plugs. 452 00:20:51,311 --> 00:20:54,859 Pricey stuff, but Chatopec could afford it. 453 00:20:54,984 --> 00:20:56,236 Can we talk to him? 454 00:20:56,361 --> 00:20:57,237 SERGEANT DARCY: He can't talk to anyone anymore. 455 00:20:57,363 --> 00:20:58,699 Why not? 456 00:20:58,824 --> 00:20:59,742 SERGEANT DARCY: He flamed out on the interstate 457 00:20:59,867 --> 00:21:01,787 three months ago. 458 00:21:01,913 --> 00:21:04,876 Before his retirement, he was working on holo-image software. 459 00:21:05,001 --> 00:21:06,754 What are you, inspector? 460 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:08,924 Psychic? 461 00:21:09,050 --> 00:21:10,052 CAPTAIN: I'm still glad we're wiring 462 00:21:10,177 --> 00:21:11,346 you with the transmitter. 463 00:21:20,696 --> 00:21:22,616 Wish me luck. 464 00:21:22,740 --> 00:21:24,744 Buena suerte, inspector. 465 00:21:24,869 --> 00:21:27,249 And watch out for the Madonna her penance can be 466 00:21:27,373 --> 00:21:28,793 pretty harsh on nonbelievers. 467 00:21:28,917 --> 00:21:29,877 Hmph. 468 00:21:30,003 --> 00:21:33,259 I think I can reason with her. 469 00:21:33,384 --> 00:21:34,386 What do you think? 470 00:21:34,511 --> 00:21:36,849 Look good? 471 00:21:36,973 --> 00:21:38,936 Like the real thing, huh? 472 00:21:39,060 --> 00:21:42,274 [music playing] 473 00:21:52,124 --> 00:21:53,586 Brothers. MAN 4: Brother. 474 00:21:53,711 --> 00:21:54,796 Brother Brother. 475 00:21:54,921 --> 00:21:57,760 Lord smile on your endeavors today. 476 00:21:57,884 --> 00:21:59,220 I didn't think so. 477 00:21:59,346 --> 00:22:01,099 [music playing] 478 00:22:01,224 --> 00:22:03,477 [chatter] 479 00:22:05,523 --> 00:22:07,234 ANGEL CARDENAS: Hey, brothers. 480 00:22:07,360 --> 00:22:10,073 [music playing] 481 00:22:19,256 --> 00:22:20,549 That him? 482 00:22:20,674 --> 00:22:21,884 Yes, sir. 483 00:22:22,010 --> 00:22:23,721 Wherever he goes, we're right behind him. 484 00:22:23,846 --> 00:22:27,269 If anything goes wrong, he can reach us through a scanner. 485 00:22:27,394 --> 00:22:29,649 BROTHER PIROTE: I bring you good tidings, brothers. 486 00:22:29,773 --> 00:22:32,027 Thanks to the recent upsurge in generosity 487 00:22:32,153 --> 00:22:34,490 from local believers, there will be 488 00:22:34,616 --> 00:22:37,203 a special distribution to all the faithful tomorrow 489 00:22:37,329 --> 00:22:38,037 afternoon. 490 00:22:38,163 --> 00:22:40,041 [cheering] 491 00:22:40,166 --> 00:22:43,422 However, brothers, we must not rest in this, 492 00:22:43,547 --> 00:22:45,593 our moment of earthly glory. 493 00:22:45,717 --> 00:22:47,387 The mission we have been charged with 494 00:22:47,513 --> 00:22:50,893 can only be accomplished through diligence, 495 00:22:51,019 --> 00:22:53,982 hard work, and long hours. 496 00:22:54,107 --> 00:22:56,069 By the end of this year, I expect 497 00:22:56,194 --> 00:22:59,492 every one of our brothers, old and new alike, 498 00:22:59,617 --> 00:23:01,913 will be a member of the million dollar club. 499 00:23:02,037 --> 00:23:03,790 [cheering] 500 00:23:05,877 --> 00:23:09,843 But you won't get there by sitting 501 00:23:09,969 --> 00:23:11,513 in your pews, gentlemen. 502 00:23:11,637 --> 00:23:13,433 I'd like to remind you of the founding 503 00:23:13,557 --> 00:23:15,520 principles of this order-- 504 00:23:15,644 --> 00:23:20,027 and the Lord said, be what you want to be, 505 00:23:20,153 --> 00:23:24,410 do what you want to do, and have what you want to have. 506 00:23:24,535 --> 00:23:26,289 [cheering] 507 00:23:27,874 --> 00:23:31,506 Have what you wanna have. 508 00:23:31,630 --> 00:23:34,386 [music playing] 509 00:23:43,569 --> 00:23:45,780 [chatter] 510 00:23:56,924 --> 00:23:58,929 SERGEANT DARCY: I hope he knows what he's doing. 511 00:23:59,053 --> 00:23:59,930 CAPTAIN: Relax, Sergeant. 512 00:24:00,055 --> 00:24:01,683 Detective Cardenas is an intuit. 513 00:24:01,809 --> 00:24:04,229 It's 10 times harder for anybody to get the drop on him. 514 00:24:04,354 --> 00:24:05,523 I know that. 515 00:24:05,649 --> 00:24:07,986 I still don't like it. 516 00:24:08,110 --> 00:24:10,364 [music playing] 517 00:24:20,507 --> 00:24:22,260 [chatter] 518 00:24:47,262 --> 00:24:50,476 [chanting music] 519 00:25:16,897 --> 00:25:18,149 [hologram sound] 520 00:25:20,737 --> 00:25:23,157 You should not be here. 521 00:25:23,283 --> 00:25:25,662 You defile this holy place. 522 00:25:25,787 --> 00:25:27,874 Oh, quite the contrary. 523 00:25:27,999 --> 00:25:30,379 I have tremendous respect for whoever set this up. 524 00:25:30,503 --> 00:25:32,633 It was Sylvester Chatopec, wasn't it? 525 00:25:32,757 --> 00:25:33,509 Oh, I forgot. 526 00:25:33,634 --> 00:25:35,513 He's dead. 527 00:25:35,637 --> 00:25:37,516 Brother Pirote, right? 528 00:25:37,641 --> 00:25:39,686 He's the one controlling you now? 529 00:25:39,812 --> 00:25:42,524 Or did I trip an alarm or something? 530 00:25:42,650 --> 00:25:45,989 I sensed your presence, and I came to you. 531 00:25:46,114 --> 00:25:47,909 You are not one of the faithful. 532 00:25:48,034 --> 00:25:49,537 You come to work mischief. 533 00:25:49,662 --> 00:25:50,455 ANGEL CARDENAS: No, no. 534 00:25:50,580 --> 00:25:53,460 I only seek enlightenment. 535 00:25:53,586 --> 00:25:55,422 You seek it indirectly. 536 00:25:55,547 --> 00:25:58,260 Yeah, well, that's my nature. 537 00:25:58,386 --> 00:26:01,766 Your inner self remains closed to me. 538 00:26:01,892 --> 00:26:04,980 And still you will not believe. 539 00:26:05,106 --> 00:26:07,150 I had hoped after our last encounter-- 540 00:26:07,276 --> 00:26:08,987 That was an induced hallucination. 541 00:26:09,112 --> 00:26:10,448 I know. 542 00:26:10,573 --> 00:26:13,662 Some sort of transduction with my brainwaves. 543 00:26:13,787 --> 00:26:16,834 I mean, it was impressive, but not inexplicable. 544 00:26:16,959 --> 00:26:18,963 Your pain-- 545 00:26:19,088 --> 00:26:20,799 Has it returned? 546 00:26:20,924 --> 00:26:21,676 No. 547 00:26:25,140 --> 00:26:26,893 [grunting] 548 00:26:27,019 --> 00:26:29,314 VIRGIN MARY: Be gentle with him. 549 00:26:29,439 --> 00:26:32,236 He's no less than a sheep who has lost his way. 550 00:26:32,361 --> 00:26:33,655 [groaning] 551 00:26:34,782 --> 00:26:37,954 [music playing] 552 00:26:39,540 --> 00:26:41,001 [device beeping] SERGEANT DARCY: He's moving. 553 00:26:41,126 --> 00:26:42,337 He just left the rear of the building. 554 00:26:42,462 --> 00:26:44,006 CAPTAIN: Where the hell is he going? 555 00:26:44,132 --> 00:26:44,841 And why the hell can't he tell us what he's got on his mind 556 00:26:44,966 --> 00:26:46,135 first? Damn intuits. 557 00:26:46,260 --> 00:26:47,512 We've got visual confirmation on that. 558 00:26:47,637 --> 00:26:50,392 He is proceeding northeast. 559 00:26:50,517 --> 00:26:51,979 Come on, we're sitting right on his tail. 560 00:26:52,103 --> 00:26:55,276 [music playing] 561 00:27:04,917 --> 00:27:06,963 CAPTAIN: Angel, que pasa? 562 00:27:07,088 --> 00:27:07,797 What's going on? 563 00:27:07,923 --> 00:27:09,050 What are you doing? 564 00:27:09,175 --> 00:27:11,888 [music playing] 565 00:27:14,935 --> 00:27:16,730 [device beeping] 566 00:27:16,855 --> 00:27:18,232 CAPTAIN: The transmitter. 567 00:27:18,357 --> 00:27:19,568 We've got to get in there. I'll call for backup. 568 00:27:19,693 --> 00:27:20,862 Whoa, and blow the whole operation? 569 00:27:20,987 --> 00:27:21,989 They got Angel in there, Captain. 570 00:27:22,114 --> 00:27:23,575 We don't know that. 571 00:27:23,700 --> 00:27:25,036 If they do, and we bust in, they'll kill him for sure. 572 00:27:25,161 --> 00:27:26,663 What then? 573 00:27:26,789 --> 00:27:27,957 We go back up to the roof, wait for the rest of them 574 00:27:28,083 --> 00:27:28,834 to go home. 575 00:27:36,222 --> 00:27:38,392 Good to see you up and about, Inspector. 576 00:27:42,483 --> 00:27:43,276 ANGEL CARDENAS: Where am I? 577 00:27:43,401 --> 00:27:44,736 Not in Kansas. 578 00:27:44,862 --> 00:27:47,074 How'd you find the church? 579 00:27:47,199 --> 00:27:48,743 An informant. 580 00:27:48,869 --> 00:27:50,539 There will be others. - Maybe. 581 00:27:50,663 --> 00:27:53,168 We can move quickly if we have to. 582 00:27:53,293 --> 00:27:56,466 Who was it? 583 00:27:56,590 --> 00:27:58,052 No matter. 584 00:27:58,176 --> 00:27:59,470 You'll tell us. 585 00:27:59,596 --> 00:28:00,806 You'll tell us everything. 586 00:28:00,932 --> 00:28:02,350 You're not going to get anything out of me. 587 00:28:02,476 --> 00:28:04,479 BROTHER PIROTE: Maybe not, but we can [inaudible] 588 00:28:04,604 --> 00:28:07,109 some real graphic juice-- 589 00:28:07,234 --> 00:28:09,279 fry some synapses. 590 00:28:09,404 --> 00:28:13,328 Under the church there's a satellite downlink. 591 00:28:13,453 --> 00:28:17,084 It shackles you to a base station somewhere. 592 00:28:17,210 --> 00:28:18,253 Here? 593 00:28:18,379 --> 00:28:20,716 You're pretty fast, all right. 594 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:23,554 Quick and dangerous-- I'll be glad to see you dead. 595 00:28:23,679 --> 00:28:26,392 Hey, nothing personal. 596 00:28:26,517 --> 00:28:28,437 ANGEL CARDENAS: You generate the program 597 00:28:28,563 --> 00:28:33,029 at the base station right here. 598 00:28:33,154 --> 00:28:37,996 Then you use the downlink to relay it into Betaville. 599 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:41,460 Must take giga-bushels of juice to maintain, right? 600 00:28:41,585 --> 00:28:46,052 I'm guessing you bleed it off of the local grid? 601 00:28:46,176 --> 00:28:49,432 Hey, what's a few power outages between friends, huh? 602 00:28:49,557 --> 00:28:55,400 I've see tactile holos before, but never with this detail. 603 00:28:58,990 --> 00:29:01,620 Anyway, if you've got a Sylvester 604 00:29:01,745 --> 00:29:05,543 Chatopec doing your code, you expect that kind of quality, 605 00:29:05,669 --> 00:29:06,587 right? 606 00:29:06,712 --> 00:29:08,590 Oh, you know about el viejo? 607 00:29:08,716 --> 00:29:09,759 Not really. 608 00:29:09,884 --> 00:29:10,928 I just heard he's good. 609 00:29:11,053 --> 00:29:13,766 Not good-- the best. 610 00:29:13,892 --> 00:29:16,312 Sculpting multipaths, cranking codes-- wasn't 611 00:29:16,437 --> 00:29:17,732 anybody who could touch him. 612 00:29:17,856 --> 00:29:20,360 Took him nearly a dozen years to make her. 613 00:29:20,486 --> 00:29:22,949 I remember the first time I saw her. 614 00:29:23,074 --> 00:29:24,034 I was blown away. 615 00:29:24,159 --> 00:29:26,288 I'd never seen anything like it. 616 00:29:26,413 --> 00:29:27,999 I bet. 617 00:29:28,124 --> 00:29:29,460 Was that when you decided that you 618 00:29:29,585 --> 00:29:32,299 were going to kill the old man? 619 00:29:32,423 --> 00:29:37,140 You know, the funny part is he really believed. 620 00:29:37,265 --> 00:29:39,019 He was always talking how he wanted to give something 621 00:29:39,143 --> 00:29:41,856 to the [speaking spanish]He wanted 622 00:29:41,982 --> 00:29:44,027 to make their beliefs come to life, 623 00:29:44,152 --> 00:29:47,825 bring the lost sheep back to the fold. 624 00:29:47,950 --> 00:29:49,620 Loading her with a lethal charge-- 625 00:29:49,745 --> 00:29:51,499 that was my idea. 626 00:29:51,623 --> 00:29:53,836 Put the fear of God into those ignorantes. 627 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:55,339 And it was a bitch redoing the code. 628 00:29:55,463 --> 00:29:57,926 Right, but you had to, didn't you, 629 00:29:58,052 --> 00:30:02,350 to make sure that the Madonna left afterward? 630 00:30:02,476 --> 00:30:06,273 Because if the program realized that it had killed 631 00:30:06,399 --> 00:30:10,072 a human being it might crash. 632 00:30:10,197 --> 00:30:12,452 No telling what might've happened. 633 00:30:12,576 --> 00:30:14,163 Right. 634 00:30:14,288 --> 00:30:16,124 What about the hallucinations? 635 00:30:16,249 --> 00:30:18,712 Huh? 636 00:30:18,837 --> 00:30:23,303 Nothing, just keeping you on your toes. 637 00:30:23,429 --> 00:30:25,015 Keeping me on my toes? 638 00:30:25,140 --> 00:30:29,147 Up against the wall, and he's making jokes. 639 00:30:29,272 --> 00:30:31,484 [chanting music] 640 00:30:38,663 --> 00:30:40,292 You're sharp. 641 00:30:40,416 --> 00:30:42,169 Too sharp to be federale. 642 00:30:42,295 --> 00:30:44,590 I could use a man like you. 643 00:30:44,716 --> 00:30:45,843 Hmph. 644 00:30:45,968 --> 00:30:48,764 You mean you could use me for a while 645 00:30:48,889 --> 00:30:52,520 and then dump me like a girlfriend. 646 00:31:00,702 --> 00:31:02,037 Juice him up. 647 00:31:02,162 --> 00:31:03,289 Make him talk. 648 00:31:03,415 --> 00:31:07,964 No-- I want to hear him sing. 649 00:31:08,089 --> 00:31:11,220 [chanting music] 650 00:31:12,305 --> 00:31:14,517 [door opens] 651 00:31:14,642 --> 00:31:16,896 [door closes] 652 00:31:17,022 --> 00:31:18,357 Oh, now, easy now, fella. 653 00:31:18,482 --> 00:31:19,233 Come on, now. 654 00:31:19,359 --> 00:31:20,110 Watch out. 655 00:31:20,236 --> 00:31:22,448 [grunting] 656 00:31:22,573 --> 00:31:26,288 ANGEL CARDENAS: All right, you. 657 00:31:26,413 --> 00:31:29,168 All right. 658 00:31:29,293 --> 00:31:30,587 [door opens] 659 00:31:31,630 --> 00:31:34,385 [music playing] 660 00:31:50,329 --> 00:31:53,209 Gotta be some way outta here. 661 00:31:53,335 --> 00:31:54,587 [door opens] 662 00:31:58,135 --> 00:31:58,844 Chatopec? 663 00:32:02,183 --> 00:32:04,980 Sylvester Chatopec? 664 00:32:05,105 --> 00:32:06,190 Who are you? 665 00:32:06,316 --> 00:32:07,609 I'm a friend. 666 00:32:07,735 --> 00:32:08,612 SYLVESTER CHATOPEC: I don't have any friends-- 667 00:32:08,736 --> 00:32:09,780 not anymore. 668 00:32:09,905 --> 00:32:11,073 Leave me alone. 669 00:32:11,199 --> 00:32:13,119 ANGEL CARDENAS: Listen, I need your help. 670 00:32:13,244 --> 00:32:14,455 SYLVESTER CHATOPEC: I'm an old man. 671 00:32:14,580 --> 00:32:16,040 I can't help anyone now. 672 00:32:16,166 --> 00:32:17,626 Go away. 673 00:32:17,752 --> 00:32:22,343 You gotta help me stop him, Pirote, from using her, 674 00:32:22,469 --> 00:32:24,430 our Lady. 675 00:32:24,556 --> 00:32:26,684 What has he been doing with her? 676 00:32:26,809 --> 00:32:27,686 ANGEL CARDENAS: You don't know? 677 00:32:27,811 --> 00:32:28,938 You can't guess? 678 00:32:29,063 --> 00:32:30,273 SYLVESTER CHATOPEC: Yes. 679 00:32:30,399 --> 00:32:33,153 He's using her to scare the people 680 00:32:33,279 --> 00:32:34,364 into doing what he wants. 681 00:32:34,489 --> 00:32:35,240 Yes Yes. 682 00:32:35,366 --> 00:32:36,952 Or giving him money. 683 00:32:37,077 --> 00:32:39,415 And much more than that, much worse-- 684 00:32:39,540 --> 00:32:43,505 like what happens to those who don't cooperate. 685 00:32:43,630 --> 00:32:45,049 What are you talking about? 686 00:32:45,175 --> 00:32:47,637 What do you think? 687 00:32:47,762 --> 00:32:49,975 He's using her to kill-- 688 00:32:50,100 --> 00:32:50,935 divine punishment. 689 00:32:51,060 --> 00:32:51,811 No! 690 00:32:51,936 --> 00:32:52,938 Let's get out of here. 691 00:32:53,063 --> 00:32:54,149 Come on. 692 00:32:54,273 --> 00:32:55,400 Quiet, they're all over the place. 693 00:32:58,782 --> 00:32:59,575 This way. Come on. 694 00:32:59,700 --> 00:33:00,409 Come on. 695 00:33:00,535 --> 00:33:01,829 Oh! 696 00:33:01,953 --> 00:33:06,753 I said I want to hear you sing. 697 00:33:06,879 --> 00:33:09,717 I made you up some special brain candy, 698 00:33:09,842 --> 00:33:12,472 just for your special intuit brain. 699 00:33:12,597 --> 00:33:15,060 You're going to do more than talk. 700 00:33:15,185 --> 00:33:17,564 You're going to share everything that's in your head, Inspector. 701 00:33:24,910 --> 00:33:28,375 Sweet dreams. 702 00:33:28,500 --> 00:33:29,752 [grunting] 703 00:33:36,472 --> 00:33:38,183 [indistinct voices] 704 00:33:44,986 --> 00:33:45,738 Angel. 705 00:33:45,863 --> 00:33:47,700 Mama, you're alive! 706 00:33:47,825 --> 00:33:48,785 MAMA CARDENAS: No. Thanks to you. 707 00:33:48,910 --> 00:33:49,662 MAN: Shut up! 708 00:33:49,786 --> 00:33:51,331 Is that what you want? 709 00:33:51,456 --> 00:33:53,835 MAMA CARDENAS: You blame my fate for failing to protect me. 710 00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:55,171 MAN: Shut up or you're both dead. 711 00:33:55,296 --> 00:33:56,799 MAMA CARDENAS: But it was you, the intuit. 712 00:33:56,924 --> 00:33:58,176 [gunshot] 713 00:33:58,302 --> 00:34:01,265 Where was your intuition when it really mattered? 714 00:34:01,390 --> 00:34:04,604 [screaming] 715 00:34:06,106 --> 00:34:08,402 [gasping] 716 00:34:08,528 --> 00:34:14,371 ANGEL CARDENAS: Our Lady, I know you're here somewhere. 717 00:34:14,496 --> 00:34:17,793 If you are, I really need to talk to you. 718 00:34:21,258 --> 00:34:21,968 Please. 719 00:34:25,473 --> 00:34:32,862 Wherever you are, if you're in the computer, I don't care-- 720 00:34:32,986 --> 00:34:35,533 somewhere. 721 00:34:35,658 --> 00:34:40,333 If you can hear me, please just come to me now. 722 00:34:40,458 --> 00:34:41,168 [hologram sound] 723 00:34:41,293 --> 00:34:42,545 I need to talk to you. 724 00:34:50,183 --> 00:34:54,399 You called out to me, and I have come. 725 00:34:54,524 --> 00:34:55,233 Have you repented? 726 00:34:58,906 --> 00:35:00,200 Yes. 727 00:35:00,326 --> 00:35:01,411 Yes. 728 00:35:01,536 --> 00:35:04,499 Yes, holy mother, I have repented. 729 00:35:04,625 --> 00:35:06,962 Then I would call the brother to hear your confession. 730 00:35:07,088 --> 00:35:08,715 Wait. 731 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:13,139 I need clarification first. 732 00:35:13,265 --> 00:35:15,102 I will help if I can. 733 00:35:15,226 --> 00:35:17,355 ANGEL CARDENAS: You are the one true Madonna, aren't you? 734 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:19,776 The one, the true lady. 735 00:35:19,902 --> 00:35:20,695 I am. 736 00:35:20,819 --> 00:35:22,489 There is no other? 737 00:35:22,615 --> 00:35:24,200 No other but I. 738 00:35:24,326 --> 00:35:30,086 ANGEL CARDENAS: Then if you have the replication code, 739 00:35:30,211 --> 00:35:35,053 you couldn't duplicate yourself, right? 740 00:35:35,178 --> 00:35:40,062 Look, if you're the one true Madonna, 741 00:35:40,186 --> 00:35:43,483 you can do just about anything, right? 742 00:35:43,609 --> 00:35:46,239 Even duplicate yourself. 743 00:35:46,363 --> 00:35:53,251 But if you could do that, if you could 744 00:35:53,376 --> 00:35:59,428 make another one of yourself, then your true self 745 00:35:59,553 --> 00:36:01,015 would be ambiguous. 746 00:36:01,139 --> 00:36:02,308 And you would use this-- 747 00:36:02,433 --> 00:36:06,858 Just try thereplication code, please. 748 00:36:06,983 --> 00:36:11,908 That way, maybe we'll both have clarification. 749 00:36:12,033 --> 00:36:14,872 First, tell me-- 750 00:36:14,997 --> 00:36:18,378 how is your pain, my child? 751 00:36:18,503 --> 00:36:20,590 Gone. 752 00:36:20,715 --> 00:36:21,968 Gone. 753 00:36:22,092 --> 00:36:22,802 Good. 754 00:36:31,776 --> 00:36:32,611 [hologram sound] 755 00:36:33,655 --> 00:36:36,326 [music playing] 756 00:36:38,371 --> 00:36:43,212 I am the true Madonna, the holy one. 757 00:36:43,338 --> 00:36:45,008 I am the true Madonna. 758 00:36:45,132 --> 00:36:48,346 Let none doubt this. 759 00:36:48,472 --> 00:36:51,560 I am the true Madonna, the holy one. 760 00:36:51,686 --> 00:36:53,397 Holy sh-- 761 00:36:53,522 --> 00:36:54,858 I am the true Madonna. 762 00:36:54,983 --> 00:36:56,528 ANGEL CARDENAS: Hey, come here. Cut me loose. 763 00:36:56,652 --> 00:36:57,738 Come on, cut me loose. 764 00:36:57,863 --> 00:36:59,950 I am the true Madonna, the holy one 765 00:37:00,075 --> 00:37:01,077 ANGEL CARDENAS: Do it. 766 00:37:01,202 --> 00:37:02,455 Come on, come on, come on. 767 00:37:02,579 --> 00:37:03,790 I am the true Madonna. 768 00:37:03,915 --> 00:37:05,000 Let none doubt this. 769 00:37:10,302 --> 00:37:13,390 ANGEL CARDENAS: Sylvester, come on. 770 00:37:13,515 --> 00:37:16,688 I want to show you something Come with me. 771 00:37:16,812 --> 00:37:20,152 VIRGIN MARY: I am the true Madonna of the Holy Spirit. 772 00:37:20,276 --> 00:37:23,073 [hologram sounds] 773 00:37:23,199 --> 00:37:26,496 I am the true Madonna of the Holy Spirit. 774 00:37:26,621 --> 00:37:31,839 I am the true Madonna of the Holy Spirit. 775 00:37:31,963 --> 00:37:33,258 BROTHER PIROTE: What the hell? 776 00:37:38,350 --> 00:37:39,101 What's going on? 777 00:37:39,226 --> 00:37:40,436 The party's over. 778 00:37:40,562 --> 00:37:41,313 Let's move. 779 00:37:41,439 --> 00:37:42,148 Call for backup. 780 00:37:47,032 --> 00:37:47,741 BROTHER PIROTE: You. 781 00:37:47,866 --> 00:37:48,952 This is your doing! 782 00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:56,215 I am the true Madonna of the Holy Spirit. 783 00:37:56,339 --> 00:37:57,049 Yeah, right. 784 00:37:57,175 --> 00:37:58,009 Sure you are. 785 00:38:06,983 --> 00:38:09,779 VIRGIN MARY: You must set aside the ways of violence, my child. 786 00:38:12,826 --> 00:38:14,538 [electric shock] 787 00:38:22,802 --> 00:38:26,976 I am the true Madonna, the bringer of light and healing. 788 00:38:27,101 --> 00:38:30,232 [music playing] 789 00:38:30,356 --> 00:38:31,150 Thank you. 790 00:38:34,155 --> 00:38:38,872 Thank you for helping the milagro to happen. 791 00:38:38,996 --> 00:38:41,251 Thank you. 792 00:38:41,376 --> 00:38:42,169 Thank you. 793 00:38:44,799 --> 00:38:45,508 Get down. 794 00:38:45,633 --> 00:38:46,468 Get down. 795 00:38:46,593 --> 00:38:47,345 Get down! 796 00:38:51,936 --> 00:38:52,688 Angel. 797 00:38:56,611 --> 00:38:58,823 ANGEL CARDENAS: Hey, look. 798 00:38:58,948 --> 00:39:00,283 Gone. 799 00:39:00,409 --> 00:39:02,830 She's gone. 800 00:39:02,955 --> 00:39:05,376 Everything under control, Angel? 801 00:39:05,501 --> 00:39:07,463 Yeah. 802 00:39:07,588 --> 00:39:08,339 Come on. 803 00:39:11,679 --> 00:39:15,185 Did I tell you that the Lady-- 804 00:39:15,309 --> 00:39:17,188 you know, she healed me. 805 00:39:17,313 --> 00:39:18,482 I didn't tell you this. 806 00:39:18,608 --> 00:39:19,943 She healed me. 807 00:39:20,068 --> 00:39:22,155 I had a wound, an old wound that used to give 808 00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:24,492 me a lot of trouble, right. 809 00:39:24,618 --> 00:39:33,842 Well, she just reached over, put her hand on the spot, 810 00:39:33,968 --> 00:39:35,595 and it was gone. 811 00:39:35,720 --> 00:39:39,936 But you-- you told her where the wound was? 812 00:39:40,061 --> 00:39:41,605 You showed her first? 813 00:39:41,731 --> 00:39:42,983 No. 814 00:39:43,108 --> 00:39:47,532 If she healed you, then she did it by herself. 815 00:39:50,955 --> 00:39:53,668 [music playing] 816 00:39:55,672 --> 00:39:57,425 [chatter] 817 00:39:59,512 --> 00:40:02,141 MAN 6: Well, we're up in the north quadrant, sir. 818 00:40:02,266 --> 00:40:04,061 [chatter] 819 00:40:06,523 --> 00:40:07,943 You didn't answer my question. 820 00:40:11,574 --> 00:40:14,371 Yeah, I believe. 821 00:40:14,496 --> 00:40:20,506 Belief is a real powerful thing. 822 00:40:20,632 --> 00:40:22,092 What about the program? 823 00:40:22,218 --> 00:40:24,972 What are you going to do with it? 824 00:40:25,098 --> 00:40:27,643 I erased it. 825 00:40:27,769 --> 00:40:32,819 It's too powerful, too dangerous to risk the possibility of it 826 00:40:32,945 --> 00:40:36,283 falling into the wrong hands. 827 00:40:36,409 --> 00:40:37,869 Do you believe she's real? 828 00:40:37,995 --> 00:40:38,746 Hm? 829 00:40:49,139 --> 00:40:51,185 Stay out of trouble, will you? 830 00:40:51,309 --> 00:40:52,562 I'll see you. 831 00:40:58,155 --> 00:41:00,033 In the future, scientific advances 832 00:41:00,158 --> 00:41:03,248 will make it difficult to tell the gods from the gadgets. 833 00:41:03,372 --> 00:41:06,545 But for Sergeant Angel Cardenas, solving this case 834 00:41:06,669 --> 00:41:10,468 brought him closer to the questions with no answers. 835 00:41:10,593 --> 00:41:12,555 All it took was a fall from innocence 836 00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:14,516 and one leap of faith. 837 00:41:14,642 --> 00:41:15,352 "Welcome to Paradox." 838 00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:21,278 [theme music]