Original subtitles

Sean: MS. RIPP, TELL ME WHAT YOU

DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF.

Agatha: HOW MUCH TIME YOU GOT?

Sean: IF YOU COULD JUST BE

PRECISE.

Agatha: I BANGED 92 GUYS SINCE I

HIT THE STREETS. THEY DON'T GIVE

OUT RIBBONS AT THE 4-H FAIR FOR

THAT, DO THEY? I'VE HAD 5

ABORTIONS. I'VE BEEN ARRESTED 7

TIMES FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT, 3

NEAR OVERDOSES BECAUSE OF THE

FREEBASE. BUT I'M CLEAN NOW.

Julian: MS. RIPP, THIS IS A

COSMETIC SURGERY OFFICE, NOT A

CONFESSIONAL BOOTH.

Agatha: DON'T BE RUDE TO ME. I

SEE THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYE. ALL

MY LIFE MEN HAVE BEEN GIVING ME

THAT LOOK. BUT I FORGIVE YOU FOR

IT. JUST LIKE I FORGIVE THEM.

IT'S CHRISTIAN TO FORGIVE.

Sean: MS. RIPP, UH, HAVE YOU

SUSTAINED INJURIES OR SCARS YOU

WOULD LIKE REMOVED?

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHOW US?

MS. RIPP, ARE YOU CLAIMING YOU

HAVE--

Agatha: THE STIGMATA. YEAH.

THAT'S WHAT I TOLD THE CHURCH,

ANYWAY, BUT THE TRUTH IS I DID

IT MYSELF. IT WAS MY BIGGEST SIN

OF ALL. YOU WATCH OUT FOR FALSE

PROPHETS. "THEY COME TO YOU IN

SHEEP'S CLOTHING, BUT INWARDLY

THEY'RE FEROCIOUS WOLVES."

THAT'S MATTHEW 7:15.

Christian: CAN I SEE YOUR ARMS

AGAIN? THE OTHER SIDE.

DO YOU LIE AND TELL PEOPLE JESUS

MADE THOSE CUTTING MARKS, TOO?

Agatha: I DON'T LIKE HIM.

Christian: I ASSURE YOU MY

CIVILITY WILL INCREASE ONCE I

HAVE PROOF THAT YOUR CHECK WON'T

BOUNCE.

Agatha: YEAH, WELL, THAT'S WHY I

CAME HERE BECAUSE I SAW LAST

WEEK ON THE NEWS THAT GIRL GOT

HER FACE ALL CUT UP, AND A

REPORTER SAID Y'ALL FIXED THAT

FOR FREE.

Sean: THAT WAS A SPECIAL CASE.

Agatha: OK, WELL, LOOK, YOU

GOTTA HELP ME, OK? BECAUSE I

THINK I GOT AN INFECTION OR

SOMETHING SETTING IN BECAUSE I

FEEL HOT.

Christian: THEN GO TO AN

EMERGENCY ROOM.

Agatha: IT'S NOT THE INFECTION

THAT'S GONNA KILL ME. DON'T YOU

GET IT? IT'S THE PRESSURE. NOW,

YOU GOTTA TELL THEM THAT I'M A

LIAR, AND THEY WILL BELIEVE YOU

BECAUSE YOU'RE A DOCTOR AND ALL.

I CAN'T FACE THEM AGAIN.

Sean: FACE WHO?

Agatha: SISTER RITA CLAIRE WHO

TOOK ME INTO HER PROGRAM AT

SAINT OLIVE'S. BUT MOSTLY THE

PARISHIONERS. THEY BELIEVE I'M

TOUCHED BY DIVINITY. SO YOU

GOTTA TELL THEM THAT I DID IT

JUST FOR ATTENTION. WILL YOU

TELL THEM THAT I AIN'T NOTHING

SPECIAL? I AIN'T NOTHING BUT A

WHORE.

[SOBBING] WILL YOU PLEASE--YOU

GOTTA ASK THEM TO FORGIVE ME.

PLEASE.

[MONITORS BEEPING]

Christian: CAN YOU BELIEVE THOSE

POOR SUCKERS FROM HER CHURCH? SO

DESPERATE TO BELIEVE IN

SOMETHING THAT THEY DEIFY A

PROSTITUTE.

Liz: YOU KNOW WHAT, CHRISTIAN? I

UNDERSTAND THAT WANT. I LOVED

BEING A CATHOLIC WHEN I WAS A

KID. THE DRAMA OF IT, THE

FEELING THAT THERE WAS THIS

MYSTERIOUS MAN IN THE HEAVENS

WATCHING OUT FOR YOU.

Sean: WHEN DID YOU LAPSE?

Liz: WHEN I BECAME A PRO-CHOICE

LESBIAN.

Christian: SCISSORS.

Liz: BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT

HAVING MY KID GO TO CHURCH LIKE

I DID. YOU KNOW, IF ONLY FOR THE

STRUCTURE AND THE COMFORT OF IT.

Christian: YOU'RE PREGNANT?

Liz: A COUPLE OF WEEKS. IT'S

EARLY.

Christian: WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL

ME?

Liz: WHAT'S WITH THE ACCUSATORY

TONE? I JUST FOUND OUT. THE BABY

SHOWER'S IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

YOU'LL HAVE TIME TO BUY A NEW

SUIT. TRUST ME.

Sean: WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO

YOU BOTH. I JUST HOPE I'M AS

GOOD A GODFATHER TO YOUR BABY AS

CHRISTIAN HAS BEEN TO MATT.

Christian: REMEMBER MATT'S

BAPTISM?

Sean: THERE WASN'T ONE.

Christian: MY POINT EXACTLY.

SEAN VETOED ALL THE RELIGIOUS

NONSENSE, BUT KEPT THE PARTY, A

TRADITION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO

FOLLOW.

Liz: SORRY, BABE. THOSE

CHRISTENING GOWNS ARE THE

CUTEST. I'M GETTING MY KID

BAPTIZED.

Christian: OVER MY DEAD BODY.

Liz: EASILY ARRANGED. EVEN

THOUGH YOU ARE NOT RELIGIOUS,

WOULD YOU COME TO THE CEREMONY,

GODFATHER?

Sean: HEY, I'M RELIGIOUS IF

RELIGION IS ABOUT BELIEVING IN A

CAUSE LARGER AND MORE PRECIOUS

THAN YOU. MY FAITH RESTS IN 2

HIGHER POWERS--MY PRACTICE AND

MY FAMILY. HEMOSTAT.

* AHH

* MAKE ME BEAUTIFUL

* MAKE ME

A PERFECT SOUL,

A PERFECT MIND,

A PERFECT FACE,

A PERFECT

LIFE *

[BABY CRYING]

Mother: WE ARE PRAYING TO THE

WOMAN INSIDE.

Father: TO AGATHA. SHE HAS BEEN

TOUCHED BY GOD. A NUN AT OUR

CHURCH TOLD US THAT WE COULD

FIND HER HERE.

Christian: I'M SORRY, BUT THIS

IS A PLACE OF BUSINESS. YOU'RE

GONNA HAVE TO LEAVE OR I'LL HAVE

TO CALL THE POLICE.

Father: NO, NO, NO, PLEASE!

Mother: BUT GOD IS HERE! WITH

HER! PLEASE, WE NEED HER TO HELP

US. I NEED HER TO PRAY FOR MY

BABY.

Christian: IS YOUR BABY SICK?

Mother: HE IS POSSESSED BY

NSATANAS.MIRA.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE HAVE

AGATHA TOUCH MY BABY, PLEASE.

NPOR FAVOR, SE OR.

Sean: FATHER MALLEY, THE

EXTERIOR OF OUR OFFICE HAS

BECOME A SHRINE TO A POWER THAT

DOES NOT EXIST.

Malley: WHAT DO YOU PROPOSE I

DO, DR. McNAMARA?

Sean: TELL YOUR PARISH THE

TRUTH--THAT AGATHA RIPP IS A

PROSTITUTE AND A FRAUD WHO

INFLICTED THE WOUNDS HERSELF SO

SHE WOULDN'T BE EVICTED FROM

YOUR SHELTER AND HAVE TO SLEEP

IN A HALFWAY HOUSE.

Malley: DR. McNAMARA, I TAKE

IT YOU REJECT THE CONCEPT OF THE

MIRACULOUS. ORGANIZED RELIGION

TO YOU IS CLEARLY--

Sean: BORROWED MYTHS. YOUR

POINT, FATHER?

Malley: I UNDERSTAND THAT 2 OF

OUR PARISHIONERS CAME TO YOU

WITH THEIR 6-MONTH-OLD.

Sean: YES. THEY THINK THEIR

CHILD IS SATANICALLY POSSESSED

BECAUSE HE HAS A CAUDAL

APPENDAGE.

Rita Claire: A CAUDAL APPENDAGE?

Sean: A DERMAL TAIL ADJACENT TO

THE SACRUM.

Malley: BUT DON'T YOU SEE,

DR. McNAMARA, BECAUSE OF AGATHA,

A MIRACLE HAS OCCURRED. THE

CHILD WAS DIRECTED IN SOME

DIVINE WAY TO YOU AND YOUR

PARTNER, WHO HAVE THE TALENT TO

REMOVE THE VERTEBRAE AND GIVE

THE CHILD A NORMAL, PRODUCTIVE

LIFE.

Sean: NOT TO BE RUDE, FATHER,

BUT I'LL GO OUT OF BUSINESS IF I

CONTINUE TO DO PRO BONO

SURGERIES ON DEVOTEES WHO SADLY

MISINTERPRET SCIENCE AND NATURAL

LAW BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GETTING

THE EDUCATION IT IS YOUR

OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE.

Rita Claire: UH, HOW IS AGATHA,

DOCTOR?

Sean: TOMORROW HER SUTURES COME

OUT.

Rita Claire: AH!

Sean: SHE'S BEEN ON AN

ANTIBIOTIC DRIP. SHE'S

STABILIZED. DOES SHE HAVE

FAMILY, SOMEONE WE COULD

DISCHARGE HER TO WHO COULD

PROPERLY LOOK AFTER HER DURING

HER RECOVERY?

Rita Claire: I'VE BEEN SEARCHING

FOR THAT INFORMATION. I'VE

CALLED 2 NUMBERS IN TALLAHASSEE

WHERE SHE'S FROM.

Sean: SISTER, I'M SORRY, BUT IF

YOU CAN'T FIND SOMEONE WHO WOULD

BE WILLING TO STEP INTO A

GUARDIAN POSITION, I'M AFRAID

WE'LL HAVE TO TURN HER OVER TO

THE STATE.

Malley: AGATHA WILL BE

EMBRACED BY SAINT OLIVE'S UNTIL

OUR INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE

AND HER STIGMATA IS EITHER

ACCEPTED BY THE VATICAN OR

DENIED AS HERETICAL BLASPHEMY.

Sean: LOOK, STOP DELUDING

YOURSELF--

Malley: WOULD YOU LIKE SOME

PROOF? OPEN IT.

THOSE WERE TAKEN SHORTLY AFTER

THE DISCOVERY WHEN THE WOUNDS

WERE STILL FRESH. AS YOU CAN

SEE, DOCTOR, THE STIGMATA ARE

NOT CIRCULAR OR JAGGED, WHICH

WOULD DENOTE A PUNCTURE WITH A

COMMON ICE PICK OR KNIFE, BUT

SYMMETRICALLY SQUARE AND SMOOTH.

Rita Claire: CHRIST'S WOUNDS AT

CRUCIFIXION WERE SAID TO HAVE

BEEN MADE WITH A--AHEM, SQUARE

PEG NAIL.

Malley: I BELIEVE THIS TO BE

TRUE, THE VATICAN BELIEVES THIS

TO BE TRUE, BUT HOW ON EARTH

COULD AGATHA KNOW THIS? HAVING

TALKED TO HER, I DOUBT SHE'S

EVER READ A BOOK. ADDITIONALLY,

CHRIST'S CRUCIFIXION WOUNDS WERE

ON THE WRISTS, NOT THE HANDS.

98% OF FRAUD STIGMATA, THOSE

SEEKING THE SPOTLIGHT, MAKE THE

MISTAKE OF PUNCTURING THEIR

PALM.

Sean: THE WOUNDS ARE SLIGHTLY

ODD, I AGREE WITH YOU. BUT IF

YOU REFUSE TO EMBRACE THE

POSSIBILITY IT'S A FRAUD, I

WOULD DIRECT THE ENERGIES OF

YOUR INVESTIGATION TOWARDS

PSYCHOGENIC PURPURAS RATHER THAN

MIRACULOUS MUMBO JUMBO.

Malley: PSYCHOGENIC PURPURAS?

Sean: A PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER.

THE BODY SOMETIMES CREATES

PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF PAIN

TO EXPRESS WHAT THE MIND CANNOT.

Malley: INDUCED BY WHAT?

Sean: GUILT, SHAME, USUALLY OF

OVERWHELMING PROPORTIONS.

Malley: DR. McNAMARA, IF I CAN

ACKNOWLEDGE THE SCIENCE WHICH

GIVES YOU SUCH SUSTENANCE, WHY

CAN'T YOU AT THE VERY LEAST

RESPECT THE BELIEFS THAT I HAVE

FAITH IN? A FAITH THAT NOT ONLY

FEEDS MY SOUL BUT THOSE OF MY

PARISHIONERS.

Sean: SISTER, I'LL KEEP AGATHA

UNTIL THE END OF THE WEEK BEFORE

I INVOLVE THE STATE. AGATHA RIPP

IS PSYCHOLOGICALLY UNBALANCED,

NOT A CANDIDATE FOR

BEATIFICATION. AND I'LL BE HAPPY

TO SHARE THOSE THOUGHTS WITH THE

MEDIA IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO

RESTORE ORDER TO MY PLACE OF

BUSINESS.

Malley: DR. McNAMARA, THERE WILL

COME A DAY, AS IT DOES FOR EVERY

MAN, WHEN YOU WILL NEED MORE

THAN COLD LOGIC TO DEFINE YOU OR

SUSTAIN YOU.

Sean: HOW'S THAT FEEL?

Julia: IT BURNS. I WAS OUT IN

THE GARDEN YESTERDAY. SOMETHING

MUST'VE BITTEN ME.

Sean: THESE AREN'T BITES, JULIA.

THEY'RE SHINGLES. LET'S RUN A

TEMP, SEE IF YOU'RE FIGHTING A

BIGGER INFECTION.

Christian: NORMAL.

Liz: I DON'T FEEL SICK.

Julia: JUST A LITTLE RUN DOWN.

Christian: NO MORNING SICKNESS?

Liz: NO. IS THAT BAD?

Christian: MORNING SICKNESS IS

USUALLY A SIGN THAT THE HORMONES

ARE KICKING IN. BUT THEN AGAIN,

20% OF ALL PREGNANT WOMEN NEVER

FEEL NAUSEOUS AND THEY HAVE

PERFECTLY HEALTHY BABIES. LET

ME SEE THE LINER.

Liz: SOME SPOTTING DURING THE

FIRST TRIMESTER IS NORMAL,

RIGHT? OR IS THAT A SIGN THAT

SOMETHING'S WRONG?

Julia: ISN'T SHINGLES A SIGN OF

LOWERED IMMUNITY? IS SOMETHING

WRONG WITH ME?

Sean: YOU HAD A COMPLETE

PHYSICAL LAST MONTH. YOU CHECKED

OUT FINE. THIS IS EMOTIONAL.

DON'T ISOLATE YOURSELF, JULES.

TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON WITH

YOU.

Julia: NOTHING. JUST THE USUAL

STRESS STUFF. YOU KNOW, GOING TO

SCHOOL, RAISING A FAMILY. OHH. I

GUESS IT JUST ALL CAUGHT UP WITH

ME.

Sean: AN OUTBREAK OF SHINGLES

USUALLY ACCOMPANIES BIGGER,

LIFE-CHANGING EVENTS--A DEATH,

DIVORCE. MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE OF

MATT. THE AVA SITUATION. HEY,

IT'S OK. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS

WHEN YOU RAISE TEENAGE BOYS. YOU

GET STRESSED. YOU'RE GONNA BE--

Christian: OK. YOU JUST NEED TO

RELAX. ONE DAY WE'LL LOOK BACK

AT THIS AND WE'LL LAUGH.

Liz: YEAH. YOU EXAMINING MY

PANTY LINER. THAT'S HILARIOUS.

Christian: I'M GLAD THAT YOU

CAME TO ME WITH ALL THIS. I WAS

GETTING THE FEELING YOU DIDN'T

WANT ME INVOLVED IN ANY WAY WITH

THIS BABY.

Liz: I WAS IN A BIND. I COULDN'T

GET INTO MY O.B./G.Y.N. UNTIL

TOMORROW.

Christian: GREAT. WELL, I'LL

COME WITH YOU. LET ME KNOW WHAT

TIME THE APPOINTMENT IS.

HOW BAD IS THE OUTBREAK?

Sean: OH, PRETTY SEVERE. I

STARTED HER ON A ROUND OF

ACYCLOVIR AND TOLD HER TO LAY

LOW. I DO UNDERSTAND THE

INTENSITY OF HER REACTION,

THOUGH. JULIA'S NEVER MADE

FRIENDS EASILY, AND THEN WHEN

SHE FINALLY DID LET DOWN HER

GUARD AND INVITED AVA INTO OUR

FAMILY ONLY TO BE BETRAYED--

AGATHA RIPP DID AT LEAST HAVE

ONE POINT THAT MAKES SENSE. THAT

BIBLE QUOTE. "WATCH OUT FOR

FALSE PROPHETS. THEY COME TO YOU

IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING, BUT

INWARDLY THEY ARE FEROCIOUS

WOLVES." THAT'S WHAT THE DEVIL

IS, YOU KNOW. NOT SOME OBVIOUS

MACHIAVELLIAN FIGURE WITH HORNS

AND A TAIL, BUT A SILENT FOE

DISGUISED AS FRIEND, SOMEONE YOU

TRUST, EVEN LOVE, WHOM YOU LET

INTO YOUR LIFE ONLY TO FIND OUT

TOO LATE THEY'VE MADE A SHAMBLES

OF IT.

[DOOR SWINGS OPEN]

[MONITOR BEEPING]

Liz: OUR PATIENT IS IN TWILIGHT.

THIS IS TAYLOR. HE'LL TAKE IT

FROM HERE.

Sean: I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

Liz: SORRY, SEAN, I JUST DON'T

THINK I'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT

THROUGH THE SURGERY.

Sean: WHAT'S WRONG WITH HER?

WE'VE DONE SURGICAL PROCEDURES

ON KIDS BEFORE.

Christian: YEAH, BUT NOT KIDS

WITH CONGENITAL BIRTH DEFECTS.

IF I WAS AN EXPECTANT MOTHER

OVER 40, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T

WANT TO WATCH THIS EITHER.

HIT IT.

[SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVILBY

THE ROLLING STONES PLAYING]

Mick Jagger: * PLEASE ALLOW ME

TO INTRODUCE MYSELF,

I'M A MAN OF WEALTH AND TASTE,

I'VE BEEN AROUND

FOR A LONG, LONG YEAR,

STOLE MANY A MAN'S

SOUL AND FAITH,

AND I WAS 'ROUND

WHEN JESUS CHRIST

HAD HIS MOMENT

OF DOUBT AND PAIN... *

Liz: WE'VE GOT AN EMERGENCY IN

RECOVERY.

Sean: LINDA, CLOSE.

Mick: * WASHED HIS HANDS

AND SEALED HIS FATE *

* PLEASED TO MEET YOU,

HOPE YOU GUESS MY NAME... *

[AGATHA SOBBING]

Sean: SHE MIGHT BE SEPTIC.

Christian: DRAW A CBC.

Mick: * IS THE NATURE

OF MY GAME... *

Sean: HER BLOOD PRESSURE'S

DROPPING. LIZ!

Liz: YEAH?

Sean: I NEED A DOPAMINE DRIP.

Liz: OK!

Sean: AGATHA, WHERE'S THE PAIN?

[AGATHA SOBBING]

GODDAMN IT!

Mick: * WHAT'S PUZZLING YOU

IS THE NATURE OF MY GAME... *

Christian: SEAN, WHAT ARE YOU

DOING?

Sean: WHERE'S THE INSTRUMENT YOU

USED TO DO THIS? WHERE'D YOU

HIDE IT?

Agatha: I DIDN'T DO IT. HE DID

IT.

Liz: THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE

ROOM BUT YOU.

Agatha: JESUS CAME TO ME AGAIN.

I LIED THE FIRST TIME WHEN I

SAID I DID IT MYSELF. OH, GOD,

PLEASE MAKE IT STOP, PLEASE MAKE

IT STOP!

Mick: * WOO-WOO, WOO-WOO,

WOO-WOO, WOO-WOO *

[MONITOR BEEPING]

[RITA CLAIRE PRAYING SOFTLY]

Rita Claire: THANK YOU FOR

CALLING ME. HOW IS SHE?

Sean: SHE'S MEDICATED. SHE WAS

BORDERING ON HYSTERIA.

Rita Claire: DID YOU FIND THE

INSTRUMENT SHE USED TO PUNCTURE

HERSELF? OH, SHE DID IT TO

HERSELF, I KNOW SHE DID. AGATHA

IS SELF-DESTRUCTIVE AND SADLY

TOUCHED BY A MADNESS THAT I FIND

TERRIFYING. MAY WE SPEAK IN

PRIVATE?

WHEN SHE FIRST CAME TO ME AND MY

PROGRAM, I ASKED HER ABOUT THE

CUTS ON HER ARM. SHE TOLD ME SHE

BEGAN SELF-MUTILATION SHORTLY

AFTER HER STEPFATHER RAPED HER.

OH, OTHER GIRLS IN MY PROGRAM

CUT, TOO. AGATHA WAS NOT MY

FIRST. THEY DO IT TO DEFLECT

THE PAIN.

Christian: BUT THEY'RE CREATING

PAIN.

Rita Claire: OH, THE PAIN OF THE

FLESH DOESN'T COMPARE WITH THE

PAIN OF THE SOUL, DR. TROY.

Sean: WHEN I MET WITH

FATHER MALLEY, WHY DIDN'T YOU--

Rita Claire: SIDE WITH YOU,

DOCTOR? SAY I DIDN'T BELIEVE?

OH, HE'D ONLY CUT MY PROGRAM

FURTHER OUT OF SPITE.

Sean: SISTER, I THINK AGATHA

INJURED HERSELF AGAIN SO SHE

COULD STAY IN YOUR SHELTER. SHE

WAS TERRIFIED OF GOING BACK INTO

THE COUNTY SYSTEM.

Rita Claire: OH, I DON'T BLAME

HER. DOGS AT THE POUND ARE

TREATED BETTER. I FEAR THAT

AGATHA IS NOT A PERSON TO

FATHER MALLEY BUT RATHER A HOLY

RELIC TO SHINE AND DISPLAY, AND

ONLY IF SHE HELPS HIS CAUSE. I

JUST PRAY THAT GOD WILL PROTECT

HER BETTER INTERESTS. IF THERE

IS A GOD ANYMORE.

Sean: THAT'S A RADICAL STATEMENT

COMING FROM SOMEONE WHO'S

DEVOTED HER LIFE TO FAITH.

Rita Claire: YES, WELL...

WHEN YOU SEE GIRLS LIKE AGATHA

RESORTING TO SELF-STABBING TO

ASSURE THEMSELVES PROTECTION AND

FOOD...SHINING HALOS WORN IN

YOUTH TEND TO TARNISH.

[SOBBING] I'M SORRY.

Sean: YOU CAN HELP SAVE AGATHA,

SISTER. YOU CAN STOP HER FROM

CONTINUING TO STAB HERSELF.

Christian: TELL YOUR

PARISHIONERS THAT SHE'S A FRAUD,

THAT IT'S A CONTINUING PATTERN

OF SELF-ABUSE. IF AGATHA CAN'T

BARTER HER STIGMATA FOR

SECURITY, SHE'LL STOP.

Rita Claire: I CAN'T BE PUBLIC

ON THIS, DOCTORS. I CAN'T! HE'LL

CUT MY PROGRAMS COMPLETELY.

[CHRISTIAN EXHALES]

Rita Claire: YOU KNOW...THERE IS

ONE THING YOU COULD DO. CHECK

THE BLOOD COMING FROM AGATHA'S

STIGMATA AGAINST HER OWN BLOOD

TYPE.

Sean: I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

Rita Claire: ACCORDING TO

HISTORICAL TEACHINGS, THE BLOOD

SEEPING FROM A GENUINE STIGMATA

BELONGS TO OUR LORD

JESUS CHRIST. IF AGATHA'S OWN

BLOOD WEEPS FROM HER WOUNDS,

THEN SHE WILL NOT BE RECOGNIZED.

THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE CLOSED

AND THIS MISGUIDED CIRCUS WILL

BE OVER.

Cynthia: YOU WERE RIGHT TO CALL

ABOUT THE SPOTTING. THE VOLUME'S

INCREASING?

Liz: YESTERDAY I HAD 3 STAINS,

TODAY 6.

AM I MISCARRYING?

Cynthia: THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME

BLEEDING WHERE THE PLACENTA'S

FORMING. THERE'S INCREASED

NUCHAL LUCENCY, WHICH, AS YOU

KNOW, COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH

CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES

SPECIFIC TO DOWN'S.

Liz: BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE.

Cynthia: UNFORTUNATELY, LIZ,

YOU'RE GONNA BE SWIMMING IN

UNKNOWN WATERS FOR A WHILE. I'M

SORRY.

Liz: I DON'T DO THE UNKNOWN VERY

WELL, CYNTHIA.

Cynthia: BUT THAT'S WHAT BEING A

MOTHER'S ALL ABOUT, LIZ. YOU

SPEND YOUR LIFE TRUSTING IN THE

UNKNOWABLE.

Liz: WHERE DOES THE TRUST COME

FROM?

Cynthia: FAITH.

Agatha: WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?

IT HURTS.

Liz: TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO

INFECTION.

Agatha: I'VE BEEN TESTED FOR

HIV. I'M NEGATIVE. DON'T KNOW

HOW THAT HAPPENED.

Liz: MAYBE GOD HAS PLANS FOR

YOU, AGATHA. JUST LIKE I LIKE TO

THINK HE HAS PLANS FOR MY BABY.

Agatha: HOW OLD'S YOUR BABY?

Liz: HE'S STILL IN HERE. COUPLE

OF WEEKS.

Liz: WELL, CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU SEEM REAL NURTURING AND ALL.

I BET YOU'LL MAKE A GOOD MOM. I

TRIED TO BE, BUT I SCREWED IT

UP.

Liz: YOU'RE A MOTHER, AGATHA?

Agatha: WELL, THEY TOOK HER FROM

ME, THE STATE, ON ACCOUNT OF SHE

WAS BORN WITH DRUGS IN HER

SYSTEM. THEY SAID SHE COULD'VE

BEEN BORN ALL DEFECTIVE AND THAT

IT WOULD'VE BEEN MY FAULT.

THAT'D BE WORSE THAN DYING.

SHE WAS FINE, THOUGH. SHE WAS SO

BEAUTIFUL. AND I GOT TO HOLD HER

FOR A MINUTE RIGHT WHEN SHE CAME

OUT. SHE ONLY WEIGHED 3 POUNDS.

I'M SORRY. I DON'T MEAN TO

SPREAD MY MISERY.

Liz: I THINK SOMETHING'S WRONG

WITH MY BABY. I CAN FEEL IT. I

KEEP SPOTTING, AND MY DOCTOR

TOLD ME TO HAVE FAITH, AND I'M

TRYING, BUT I NEED A LITTLE

HELP. AGATHA, DO YOU KNOW THE

BIBLE STORY ABOUT THE WOMAN WHO

COULDN'T STOP BLEEDING? THERE

WAS THIS WOMAN WHO SPENT ALL HER

MEANS AND 12 YEARS OF HER LIFE

TRYING TO HEAL FROM

HEMORRHAGING. SHE COULDN'T TOUCH

ANYTHING OR ANYONE BECAUSE THE

OBJECT OF HER TOUCH WOULD BE

DEEMED UNCLEAN. SHE WAS AN

OUTCAST OF SOCIETY.

Agatha: LIKE ME.

Liz: BUT ONE DAY JESUS CAME TO

PREACH, AND THE WOMAN SUDDENLY

REACHED OUT AS HE PASSED AND

TOUCHED THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT.

SHE WAS ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE

IN THE CROWD WHO HAD FAITH IN

HIM. AND HER BLEEDING INSTANTLY

STOPPED. AND JESUS SAID TO HER,

"BE OF GOOD COMFORT. THY FAITH

HAS MADE THEE WHOLE."

Agatha: THAT'S A GOOD STORY.

Liz: IS IT A STORY, AGATHA?

Agatha: I'M NOT MAKING IT UP. NO

ONE BELIEVES ME. I FEEL LIKE

JESUS.

Liz: AND I FEEL LIKE THE WOMAN

WHO NEEDS A MIRACLE. PLEASE, I

WANT TO BELIEVE IN YOU, AGATHA.

I NEED TO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING

SO BADLY.

Agatha: YOU WERE RIGHT.

IT'S A BOY.

Sean: ALL RELIGIOUS FANATICS

HAVE BEEN CERTIFIABLE. A CENTURY

AGO, THE SUREST WAY TO REACH

SAINTHOOD WOULD BE TO SUCK PUSS

FROM LEPERS. THOSE PEOPLE

PROBABLY WEREN'T TOUCHED BY THE

DIVINE, BUT BY A MAJOR CHROMIUM

DEFICIENCY. YOU GOT AN IMAGE?

Christian: GOT IT.

Sean: NOW, WE HAVE SIMILAR

TROUBLED SOULS IN SEARCH OF

ANSWERS WHO WORSHIP A

PROSTITUTE. THESE PEOPLE NEED

ANTI-DEPRESSANTS, NOT RELIGION.

Sean: WHAT? IS THE SAMPLE

COMPROMISED?

Christian: THE SAMPLE'S FINE.

IT'S NOT AGATHA'S BLOOD, SEAN.

[BELL CHIMES]

Agatha: HOW'S THE BLEEDING?

Liz: IT STOPPED.

Agatha: AFTER I TOUCHED YOU?

Liz: YES. YES.

Agatha: PRAISE BE TO GOD.

Liz: WHEREVER SHE IS.

Agatha: DO YOU PROMISE ME

THEY'RE NOT SENDING ME BACK TO

THAT COUNTY PLACE?

Malley: YOU'RE COMING WITH US,

AGATHA. WE'VE MISSED YOU.

Agatha: I GET TO STAY THERE FOR

A WHILE, RIGHT?

Malley: YES. YOU HAVE A SAFE

HAVEN, MY DEAR. I'LL NEED THE

EVIDENCE BEFORE I LEAVE, PLEASE.

IT'S BEEN REQUESTED BY A HIGHER

AUTHORITY.

Sean: I WON'T FEED ANY OF YOUR

FRENZY, FATHER. I'M SORRY. WE

WON'T RELEASE THAT INFORMATION.

Malley: BECAUSE YOUR SCIENCE

WASN'T STRONG ENOUGH TO DISPUTE

FAITH? THAT'S FINE. PROOF OF HIS

EXISTENCE WILL NEVER MANIFEST

ITSELF THROUGH SCIENCE, BUT HE

COMMUNICATES THROUGH SIGNS IN

FRONT OF US EVERY DAY,

DR. McNAMARA. YOU JUST HAVE TO

KNOW HOW TO READ THEM. COME WITH

ME, AGATHA.

Sean: YOU WANT TO RUN HER

BLOOD WORK AGAIN?

Christian: I'VE ALREADY DONE IT

TWICE, SEAN. I'LL RUN THE

ANTIBODY.

Sean: ALL RIGHT.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Nurse: A DR. ADAMS FOR YOU ON

LINE 2.

[BELL CHIMING]

Cynthia: ARE YOU SURE?

Liz: ARE YOU?

Cynthia: RELAX.

Cynthia: RELAX.

[MACHINE WHIRRING]

Julia: HEY.

Sean: HOW ARE THEY?

Julia: THEY'RE SCABBING UP.

Sean: GOOD. THAT MEANS THEY'RE

HEALING. I'M GONNA GRAB A BEER,

AND THEN LET'S GO OUT FOR

DINNER. BEEN A ROUGH DAY.

Julia: WHAT'S WRONG? WHY WAS

YOUR DAY SO TOUGH?

Sean: THE PATIENT WE'RE

TREATING, AGATHA RIPP. I'VE

TURNED MY OFFICE UPSIDE DOWN

AND I CAN'T FIND THE INSTRUMENT

SHE'S USING TO PUNCTURE HERSELF.

THEN WE RAN A BLOOD TEST. THE

BLOOD COMING OUT OF HER WOUND

ISN'T HERS. I KNOW THERE'S A

REASONABLE EXPLANATION BEHIND

ALL OF THIS, BUT IT'S BUGGING

THE SHIT OUT OF ME THAT I CAN'T

PINPOINT IT. DEFIES ALL LOGIC.

Julia: SOMETIMES, SEAN, YOU HAVE

TO BE WILLING TO GIVE INTO THE

UNKNOWN.

Sean: NO, I DON'T. I'M A DOCTOR.

EVERY SYMPTOM HAS A CAUSE.

Julia: HOW MUCH DO YOU BELIEVE

IN US, SEAN?

Sean: HONEY, WHAT'S WRONG?

Julia: NO, PLEASE, ANSWER ME.

I NEED TO KNOW.

Sean: I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

Julia: IF YOU BELIEVE IN US,

SEAN--IF YOU BELIEVE IN OUR LOVE

THE WAY I DO--THEN IT CAN

OVERRIDE EVERYTHING, EVEN THE

TRUTH.

Sean: THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT?

Julia: THE TRUTH ABOUT MATT.

Sean: IS HE SICK?

Julia: HE'S NOT YOUR SON.

Sean: [NERVOUS LAUGH] WHAT ARE

YOU TALKING ABOUT? I WAS THERE

WHEN HE WAS CONCEIVED. I PULLED

HIM OUT OF YOU WHEN HE WAS BORN.

HE'S EVERYTHING LIKE ME. HE'S

TOO EMOTIONALLY SHUT OFF. HE'S

TOO IN HIS HEAD. HE'S--THIS

THING WITH AVA IS COMPLETELY

NON-McNAMARA LIKE, I'LL GIVE

YOU THAT. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE

TRYING TO SAY?

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?!

Julia: I DIDN'T MEAN TO--

Sean: JUST ANSWER ME!

I AM MATT'S FATHER!

Julia: CHRISTIAN IS.

Sean: THAT'S NOT TRUE. CHRISTIAN

AND YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN

TOGETHER. MATT LOOKS LIKE ME!

YOU'RE LYING! WHY ARE YOU DOING

THIS TO ME?

Julia: BECAUSE I CAN'T LIVE WITH

THIS ANY LONGER!

Sean: THIS IS NOT TRUE.

Julia: I SLEPT WITH HIM ONCE.

ONE TIME.

Sean: WHEN?

Julia: I WENT TO HIM. I WAS

AFRAID.

Sean: YOU SAID YOU LOVED ME.

YOU SAID YOU WANTED ME.

Julia: I DID. I DO. BUT IT WAS

17 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS A GIRL

AND I'D ONLY BEEN WITH ONE MAN,

YOU, AND I WAS TERRIFIED THAT I

WAS MISSING OUT ON SOMETHING.

Sean: STOP TALKING! JUST SHUT

YOUR MOUTH!

Julia: I HAVE TO SAY THIS!

I WENT TO HIM. WE HAD SEX ONE

TIME.

Sean: CHRISTIAN WOULD NEVER DO

THAT TO ME. HE'S LIKE MY

BROTHER.

Julia: I DIDN'T KNOW, SEAN.

ALL THESE YEARS, I DIDN'T KNOW.

AND THEN I COULDN'T LIVE WITH

THE NOT KNOWING ANYMORE, AND I

TOOK THE TEST. I LOVE YOU!

ONLY YOU!

Sean: ALL THIS TIME IT'S BEEN

A LIE? MY WIFE HAS BEEN A LIE?

Julia: NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE.

Sean: [GAGGING]

YOU GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!

Julia: SEAN, PLEASE!

Sean: YOU'RE WEAK, YOU'VE ALWAYS

BEEN WEAK, AND I GAVE YOU MY

WHOLE LIFE TO MAKE YOU STRONG,

AND I WANT YOU OUT! GET OUT!

[SOBBING]

[WATER RUNNING]

Christian: WE NEED TO TALK.

Liz: ABOUT WHAT?

Christian: [SIGHS] IF YOU WANT

TO GO THROUGH THIS PREGNANCY ON

YOUR OWN, FINE, BUT WHEN WE HAVE

THIS CHILD, I HAVE RIGHTS. I

WANT TO SEE IT. I WANT TO SPEND

TIME WITH IT. YOU CAN'T SHUT ME

OUT FOREVER, LIZ. THAT WASN'T

THE ARRANGEMENT.

Liz: THERE WAS NO ARRANGEMENT,

LEGAL OR OTHERWISE. THERE

PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN, BUT

WE WERE WINGING IT.

Christian: WERE?

[TURNS OFF WATER]

Christian: YOU MISCARRIED?

Liz: IT WASN'T A MISCARRIAGE.

Christian: YOU GOT RID OF OUR

BABY AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME?

Liz: IT'S MY BODY, CHRISTIAN,

AND IT WAS GONNA BE MY BURDEN.

SO SAVE ME THE LECTURE. I KNOW

YOU. CARS, WOMEN, HOMES, BABIES,

YOU LIKE EVERYTHING PRETTY.

I HARDLY THINK YOU'D BE EQUALLY

DEVOTED TO A CHILD THAT

EVERYBODY WAS GONNA STARE AT

NOT BECAUSE IT WAS CUTE, BUT

BECAUSE IT HAD A BIRTH DEFECT.

Christian: I WOULD HAVE LOVED

THAT KID...NO MATTER WHAT.

I WOULD HAVE HELPED YOU.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT,

BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE.

Liz: BUT I DIDN'T HAVE THAT

FAITH, CHRISTIAN. I LOOKED DEEP

WITHIN MYSELF AND ALL I SAW WAS

DOUBT. I DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT I

COULD TAKE CARE OF A CHALLENGED

CHILD WHEN I FEEL SO CHALLENGED

AND CONFLICTED. THE ONLY FAITH

I HAD AT THE END OF THE DAY WAS

MY GUT FEELING THAT I COULDN'T

DO IT.

[SOBBING]

Christian: IF YOU DIDN'T WANT

A CO-PARENT WHO HAD EQUAL SAY

IN WHETHER HIS KID LIVED OR

DIED, WHY DIDN'T YOU MAKE IT

EASIER ON EVERYBODY AND GO TO

A GODDAMN SPERM BANK?

Liz: I WANTED PROOF THAT MY

CHILD HAD AT LEAST ONE PARENT

WHO WAS BEAUTIFUL. IT MAKES LIFE

EASIER, OR HAVEN'T YOU NOTICED?

Christian: THAT'S ALL I WAS TO

YOU? A GODDAMN PRETTY FACE?

THAT'S ALL YOU WANTED FROM ME?

Liz: A GUARANTEE OF BEAUTY'S

SOMETHING I SO DESPERATELY

WANTED AND NEVER HAD.

I'M ASHAMED TO SAY IT, BUT YES.

Liz: OHH! AAH! OHH!

SEAN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! OHH!

SEAN! SEAN, NO!

Sean: I LOVED YOU THE MOST.

[BELL CHIMING]

Agatha: WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

Sean: I WANT TO LEARN HOW TO

PRAY.

Agatha: BUT YOU'RE NOT A

BELIEVER.

Sean: ALL OF THE THINGS

I BELIEVED IN WERE LIES.

I PUT MY FAITH IN THINGS

I DISMISSED, THINGS I DOUBTED.

HELP ME UNDERSTAND. PLEASE.

Agatha: YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE COME

FOR ME. I CAN'T GUIDE YOU.

I CAN'T.

Sean: BUT IF ANYBODY SHOULD HAVE

FORSAKEN GOD, IT'S YOU. AFTER

WHAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH. WHAT

YOU'VE SEEN. TELL ME HOW YOU

DIDN'T.

Agatha: I DID FORSAKE HIM.

A WEEK AGO. BUT NOW...

LOOK AT ALL THOSE PEOPLE.

ALL HERE BECAUSE OF ME, THEIR

FAITH RENEWED. BUT YOU WERE

RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING,

DR. McNAMARA.

I'M A FRAUD.

IT WAS THE SISTER'S IDEA, AND

FATHER MALLEY WASN'T INVOLVED.

THEY WERE GONNA CLOSE THIS

ARCHDIOCESE 'CAUSE OF POOR

ATTENDANCE. SISTER RITA CLAIRE'S

PROGRAMS, THEY WOULD ALL BE OVER

THEN. SO SHE TALKED TO ME.

SHE TOLD ME I COULD STAY HERE

AND BE SAFE FOR AS LONG AS I

WANTED IF I WOULD LET HER DO

IT. SO I DID. AND NOW EVERYBODY

GETS WHAT THEY WANT. MOSTLY

THEM. 'CAUSE GOING THROUGH LIFE

WITH NO FAITH IN ANYTHING IS

THE WORST HELL OF ALL, DON'T

YOU THINK? SO GOD BLESS THEM.

GOD BLESS THEM ALL.

Sean: YOU STABBED YOURSELF?

Agatha: I COULDN'T DO IT.

THE SISTER DID IT. THAT ONE TIME

YOU WERE IN SURGERY, IT WAS

PLANNED. SHE SNUCK IN, HAMMERED

THE NAIL THROUGH MY FEET, LEFT

HER OWN BLOOD.

Rita Claire: COME ALONG, AGATHA.

Agatha: I'M SO SORRY.

Sean: PLEASE...I NEED TO BELIEVE

IN SOMETHING.

Agatha: DON'T YOU GET IT?

THERE IS NOTHING TO BELIEVE IN

ANYMORE.

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