1 00:00:53,550 --> 00:00:54,550 Red shoes. 2 00:00:54,610 --> 00:00:57,110 I don't remember when I first heard the story. 3 00:00:58,670 --> 00:01:03,170 My grandmother was from Russia and had lots of tales to tell. 4 00:01:04,790 --> 00:01:09,830 Maybe she told me on the long winter nights tucked up close to the fire. 5 00:01:10,690 --> 00:01:17,370 All I know for sure is that it's always with me, right beneath my eyes when I go 6 00:01:17,370 --> 00:01:18,370 to sleep. 7 00:01:19,310 --> 00:01:21,590 It begins with a war in heaven. 8 00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:23,800 A battle of the angels. 9 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:29,740 And one because he was powerful and proud and had dreams of his own. 10 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:31,680 Earthly dreams. 11 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,540 Was cast out. 12 00:01:34,580 --> 00:01:35,580 Vanished. 13 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:41,820 A child of fury. 14 00:01:42,460 --> 00:01:44,540 He descended into darkness. 15 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:48,980 Tumbling through black skies, dodging lightning. 16 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:15,800 Most of us don't know why we're here. 17 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:18,280 He didn't either. 18 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:37,460 He felt rage when he hit the ground. 19 00:02:37,860 --> 00:02:39,000 And hunger. 20 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:42,740 Wide-eyed ravenous hunger. 21 00:02:44,330 --> 00:02:45,770 His empty arms. 22 00:05:22,860 --> 00:05:29,420 His spirit growled like a lion on the prowl. He wanted to taste, to feast, 23 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:31,280 to devour. 24 00:06:21,100 --> 00:06:25,940 Wrapped here on earth between heaven and hell, he hungered to be mortal. 25 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:28,780 Hungered to feel what mortals feel. 26 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:47,820 I've never made love to an angel before. 27 00:07:11,310 --> 00:07:12,310 Strong hearts. 28 00:07:22,290 --> 00:07:24,450 You're too pretty to pay for it, darling. 29 00:07:39,370 --> 00:07:40,870 Take me into your heart, my angel. 30 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:22,720 Little did he know, until then, that lightning still lived in his 31 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:23,720 veins. 32 00:08:37,020 --> 00:08:39,960 His hunger grew and his rage grew. 33 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:43,179 For now he knew what his punishment was. 34 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:49,000 He could hunger, but never taste. 35 00:08:50,420 --> 00:08:55,320 He could hunger, but never ever kiss. 36 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:00,740 Women died at the touch of his lips. 37 00:10:04,680 --> 00:10:07,860 Like you just jumped out of one of those romance novels that I read. 38 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:10,160 Saturday nights. 39 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:11,940 Put me to sleep. 40 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:21,440 One thing I hate is being alone on Saturday nights. 41 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:28,720 Being a kid, listening to my mom and dad argue in the other room. 42 00:10:33,710 --> 00:10:36,310 Watching my sister and her boyfriend on the front porch. 43 00:10:38,930 --> 00:10:42,530 When I grew up, I swore I'd never be alone on a Saturday night. 44 00:10:58,230 --> 00:10:59,230 Fortunately... 45 00:11:01,680 --> 00:11:03,220 There's some things you can control. 46 00:11:11,060 --> 00:11:12,560 There's some things you can't. 47 00:13:30,220 --> 00:13:31,640 You understand what I'm saying? 48 00:13:38,620 --> 00:13:42,580 Then again, vows are meant to be spoken. 49 00:13:43,340 --> 00:13:45,420 Rules are made to be broken. 50 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:49,520 Maybe it was the fact that the fruit was forbidden that made him crave it so. 51 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:23,840 lost in savage darkness, battling for his soul. 52 00:15:25,300 --> 00:15:30,960 Still, he hungered to be mortal and to feel what mortals feel. 53 00:15:46,940 --> 00:15:49,080 And so he roamed. 54 00:15:52,010 --> 00:15:53,010 Watched. 55 00:15:53,630 --> 00:15:54,630 Waited. 56 00:15:57,550 --> 00:16:03,330 I married you because my father promised my hands to you. 57 00:16:05,090 --> 00:16:06,830 Because he was in debt to you. 58 00:16:10,510 --> 00:16:11,890 I owe him repayment. 59 00:16:14,170 --> 00:16:19,250 Until one night, he spotted a bride and groom leaving their wedding party. 60 00:16:24,650 --> 00:16:26,610 She was kissed and did not die. 61 00:16:27,230 --> 00:16:28,950 Maybe she was immortal. 62 00:16:29,470 --> 00:16:32,090 Part God like himself, he reasoned. 63 00:16:40,710 --> 00:16:44,430 Burning with hunger, he wanted her. 64 00:16:47,570 --> 00:16:48,710 What a duel. 65 00:16:49,190 --> 00:16:50,710 Killed to have her. 66 00:17:27,369 --> 00:17:29,230 Captured, she was set free at last. 67 00:17:30,170 --> 00:17:35,810 Held fast in his arms, she was released. 68 00:17:40,030 --> 00:17:41,610 And the hunger grew. 69 00:17:42,530 --> 00:17:44,070 She felt it too. 70 00:17:45,230 --> 00:17:49,870 For those moments, lightning lived in both of their veins. 71 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:31,860 He took what he wanted. 72 00:20:33,360 --> 00:20:37,580 Not just because of his hunger, but because she wanted it too. 73 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:44,800 Not just because of their hunger, but because of something, something more. 74 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:48,280 Something he never felt before. 75 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,840 Bound here in human flesh. 76 00:20:58,540 --> 00:20:59,540 Banished. 77 00:21:02,830 --> 00:21:07,770 This was the first time in all of his thousands of years that he felt truly 78 00:21:07,770 --> 00:21:08,910 like an angel 79 00:21:08,910 --> 00:21:21,950 Maybe 80 00:21:21,950 --> 00:21:28,290 this is what he hungered for Maybe this is why he was sent from above 81 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:33,700 To feel at last what gods and humans feel. 82 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,380 To feel for the first time. 83 00:22:39,120 --> 00:22:45,500 And with that emotion came others, heartbreak, 84 00:22:45,540 --> 00:22:47,360 loss. 85 00:23:32,260 --> 00:23:35,480 Angel, truly free at last. 86 00:23:36,380 --> 00:23:41,240 He carried her as far as he could, and then could go no further. 87 00:23:47,100 --> 00:23:52,080 For having felt a human do, he was mortal now. 88 00:23:53,700 --> 00:23:56,220 His wish was finally granted.