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PREVIOUSLY ON "SALEM"...

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Increase:
I WILL FIND MERCY LEWIS

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WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR HELP.

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[ WOMEN SCREAMING ]

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Anne:
ARE YOU SAYING THAT I AM...

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Mr. Hale: A WITCH.

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Increase:
TOMORROW I SHALL BRING

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JOHN ALDEN'S CASE
BEFORE THE BOARD.

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Cotton: HE IS INNOCENT.

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AND YOU KNOW IT.

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Selectman:
BY ORDER OF INCREASE MATHER,

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I PLACE YOU UNDER ARREST.

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Cotton: I'VE DECIDED
TO DEFEND CAPTAIN ALDEN.

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Increase: TO DEFEND?

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[ INSECTS CHIRPING ]

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[ OWL HOOTS ]

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Mercy: LET THE LITTLE CHILDREN
COME UNTO ME,

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FOR THE KINGDOM OF THE DEVIL
BELONGS TO THEM.

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COME.

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SIT HERE, POOR BOY.

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POOR, SWEET BOY,
WORKED TO DEATH BY YOUR FAMILY.

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EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE,

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MAKING YOU UNFIT
FOR BURIAL IN THE CHURCHYARD,

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SO THEY DUMPED YOU HERE.

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[ Voice breaking ] ALICE.

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DIED IN CHILD BIRTH,

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PREGNANT
FROM YOUR MOTHER'S BROTHER.

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THERE.
THERE, THE BABY.

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SMOTHERED TO HIDE THE EVIDENCE.

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LET MOTHER AND CHILD
BE TOGETHER.

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I AM YOUR MOTHER NOW.

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ALL OF YOU!

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AND YOU ALL ARE MY CHILDREN.

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MY FATHER,
THE GOOD REVEREND LEWIS,

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SAID THAT THERE IS NO PURGATORY,

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NO PLACE FOR SOULS LOST
BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL.

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BUT HE WAS WRONG.

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EARTH IS PURGATORY.

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WE ARE THE GHOSTS
THAT HAUNT THIS LAND.

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Mary: NO, MERCY.

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YOU ARE VERY MUCH ALIVE.

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PERHAPS MORE ALIVE
THAN ANY OF US.

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YET YOU HAVE HIDDEN YOURSELF
LIKE A GHOST.

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INCREASE SEARCHES EVERYWHERE
FOR YOU.

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HE WILL NEVER LOOK HERE.

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Mercy: BUT MY GIRLS.

47
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WHAT OF MY POOR GIRLS?

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Mary: HE HAS FOUR OF THEM.

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BUT DO NOT FEAR FOR THEM
OR YOURSELF.

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SOON OUR GRAND RITE WILL CLEANSE
THIS LAND OF THE EVIL MEN DO

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AND THE MEN WHO DO IT,

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LIKE THE GREAT FLOOD
OF BIBLICAL TIMES,

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MAKING WAY FOR OUR NEW WORLD.

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AND REST ASSURED, MERCY --

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YOU, YOUR GIRLS,

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AND ALL YOUR CHILDREN
SHALL HAVE A PLACE THERE.

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Mercy: [ PANTING ]

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OH, THANK YOU.

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[ SOBS ]

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BUT TELL ME --

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TELL ME SO I MAY REASSURE THEM
IN THEIR FEAR.

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WHAT IS IT?

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WHAT IS COMING?

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Mary: DEATH.

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[ "CUPID CARRIES A GUN" PLAYS ]

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* POUND ME THE WITCH DRUMS

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* WITCH DRUMS

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* POUND ME THE WITCH DRUMS

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* POUND ME THE WITCH DRUMS

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* THE WITCH DRUMS

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* BETTER PRAY FOR HELL

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* NOT HALLELUJAH

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[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

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Cotton: [ Thinking ] 'TIS
 AN ANCIENT PROVERBIAL TRUTH

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THAT IT REQUIRES BUT ONE DEAD
 APPLE TO ROT AN ENTIRE BARREL.

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AND I COME TO BELIEVE
 IT REQUIRES BUT ONE APPLE

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TO MAKE THIS WHOLE LAND
 EQUALLY ROTTEN.

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AND NOT JUST ANY APPLE,

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BUT THE MALUM.

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THE ICON OF THE APPLE

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RUNS THROUGH ALMOST EVERY IMAGE
WE HAVE OF THE GRAND RITE.

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THE GRAND RITE BRINGS ABOUT
 DEATH,

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DEATH ON A MASS SCALE.

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WE KNOW LITTLE
 OF ITS OPERATION,

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NOR THE --
 THE MECHANISM OF MAGIC

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THAT UNLEASHES THE --
 THE DEATH THAT FOLLOWS.

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ONLY THIS ONE ENIGMATICALLY
 SIMPLE SENTENCE --

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"MALUM EST APERTA."

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"THE EVIL BEGINS."

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BUT I HAVE BEEN MISREADING IT
 ALL THESE YEARS.

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WE ALL HAVE,
 MY FATHER INCLUDED.

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"MALUM" MEANS "EVIL,"
 BUT EQUALLY "APPLE."

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AND I KNOW BELIEVE
THE SENTENCE TO READ,

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"THE APPLE OPENS,"

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AND, BY IMPLICATION, UNLEASHES
 THE DEATH THAT RESULTS.

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I BELIEVE I HAVE SEEN
 THAT APPLE,

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OR THE BOX THAT CONTAINS IT...

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IN THE HOUSE OF JOHN ALDEN.

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[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

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YES?

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Anne: REVEREND MATHER?

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I KNOW IT IS LATE.

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Cotton:
WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT?

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Anne: I'M SORRY.

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I DIDN'T KNOW
WHO ELSE TO TURN TO.

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YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE
WHO CAN HELP ME.

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Cotton: WELL, THEN YOU DID
THE RIGHT THING BY COMING.

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UH...HOW MAY I HELP YOU,
AND -- AND WITH WHAT?

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Anne: DO YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE
TO BE A WITCH

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AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT?

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Cotton: UM...

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I-I THINK ONE WOULD KNOW

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IF ONE HAD...DEEDED ONE'S SOUL
TO SATAN.

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Anne: BUT WHAT IF
SOMEONE DEEDED IT FOR YOU?

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Cotton: I CAN ASSURE YOU,
MISS HALE --

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Anne: NO.
I WANT MORE THAN YOUR ASSURANCE.

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I WANT...

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I WANT YOU TO EXAMINE ME NOW...

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FOR THE MARK OF THE DEVIL.

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THEN, YOU MAY ASSURE ME.

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[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]

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[ BREATHING QUICKENS ]

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Cotton:
I FEEL NO SIGN OF SATAN.

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YOU SEEM, TO ME,
IN EVERY RESPECT,

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UNMOLESTED BY THE DEVIL.

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I ASSURE YOU, MISS HALE,

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IF YOU WERE A WITCH,
YOU WOULD KNOW IT.

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[ CLANKING ]

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[ CLANKING CONTINUES ]

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[ CLANKING STOPS ]

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Increase:
ASK NOT FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS.

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IT TOLLS FOR...

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I WONDER WHO WILL BE FIRST.

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WHO WILL IT BE?

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Emily:
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

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Increase: WHOEVER WILL SPEAK
WILL NOT BURN.

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SIMPLE.

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CLOSE IN HERE THIS EVENING, NO?

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THINK I'LL TAKE SOME AIR.

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WHILE I'M GONE, CONSIDER...

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WHICH OF YOU WILL BE
THE FIRST TO CONFESS

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WHAT THE WITCH JOHN ALDEN
DID TO YOU.

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Woman: AAH!

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[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]

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Emily:
MERCY, THANK GOD.

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WE CANNOT HOLD ON.

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HE IS GOING TO MAKE US TURN.

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Elizabeth:
BUT YOU HAVE COME TO SAVE US?

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Mercy:
NO, IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.

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YOU'RE NOT READY TO TRAVEL
AS I DO.

151
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BUT REMEMBER, WE STILL SERVE
THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT,

152
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AND SHE HAS NOT FORGOTTEN YOU
ANY MORE THAN I HAVE,

153
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AND THERE WILL BE A DAY
WHERE SHE WILL SAVE YOU.

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I PROMISE.

155
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BUT FOR NOW,

156
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YOU MUST GIVE THAT OLD GOAT
WHAT HE WANTS.

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Emily: I'M TERRIBLY AFRAID
IT'S US HE'S GOING TO SERVE UP.

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Mercy: THIS IS SURELY
PART OF HER DESIGN.

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HER WEB IS GREATER
THAN ALL OF OURS,

160
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AND SHE HAS A VISION,

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A VISION
OF WHAT THIS LAND COULD BE.

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SO DO AS REVEREND MATHER ASKS

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AND SPEAK AGAINST JOHN ALDEN
AT THE TRIAL.

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Ancient witches: MALUM APERTA.

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Mary:
BUT WHY JOHN ALDEN?

166
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BUT HE IS INNOCENT.

167
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IT MATTERS TO ME.

168
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Ancient witch:
MARY, LISTEN TO ME.

169
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TO FREE HIM WOULD
REVEAL WHAT YOU ARE TO HIM.

170
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Ancient witch
HE COULD LOVE YOU THEN?

171
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Ancient witch:
DO NOT LOSE HIS LOVE.

172
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USE IT FOR ALL OF US.

173
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THAT IS THE SACRIFICE.

174
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Increase: IN ALL OF THE
LITERATURE ON WITCHCRAFT,

175
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ON MALICE, MALUM IS "EVIL."

176
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SO YOU TELL ME WHY,
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE,

177
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SHOULD IT SIGNIFY "APPLE"?

178
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Cotton: I HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE
THE MALUM REFERRED TO HERE

179
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IS AN ACTUAL OBJECT,

180
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AND THAT OBJECT IS HERE IN SALEM
AWAITING USE AGAINST US.

181
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Increase: WELL,
IT'S AN INTERESTING THEOREM,

182
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BUT...IT FAILS THE MOST BASIC
TENET OF RATIONAL THINKING.

183
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TELL ME -- THE SHORTEST DISTANCE
BETWEEN TWO POINTS IS...?

184
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-Cotton: A LINE.
-Increase: CORRECT.

185
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AND OFTEN,

186
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THE SIMPLEST EXPLANATION IS
THE CORRECT EXPLANATION.

187
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Cotton: I'M ONLY TRYING
TO STOP THE GRAND RITE.

188
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Increase:
STOP THE GRAND RITE?

189
00:11:48,475 --> 00:11:50,677
YOU?
[ CHUCKLES ]

190
00:11:50,710 --> 00:11:54,181
OH, MY, THE ARROGANCE OF YOUTH.

191
00:11:54,214 --> 00:11:56,349
WOULD YOU EVEN KNOW
HOW TO STOP IT?

192
00:11:56,383 --> 00:11:57,617
AND AT WHAT COST?

193
00:11:57,650 --> 00:11:59,686
OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO
HEAR FROM ONE

194
00:11:59,719 --> 00:12:02,722
WHO ACTUALLY HAS STOPPED IT
AND HAS PAID THE COST?

195
00:12:02,756 --> 00:12:04,324
Cotton: YOU?

196
00:12:06,126 --> 00:12:08,061
I NEVER KNEW.

197
00:12:08,095 --> 00:12:10,130
Increase: MANY YEARS AGO.

198
00:12:10,163 --> 00:12:11,799
IN MARBURG.

199
00:12:11,832 --> 00:12:14,534
YOU WERE STILL JUST A-A BABY.

200
00:12:14,567 --> 00:12:16,036
THE GERMAN WITCHES, OH,

201
00:12:16,069 --> 00:12:18,638
FAR BOLDER
THAN EVEN THE ESSEX WITCHES.

202
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THEY ATTEMPTED THE GRAND RITE.

203
00:12:23,276 --> 00:12:27,915
WITHIN THE SPACE OF A MONTH,
A DOZEN CHILDREN DISAPPEARED.

204
00:12:27,948 --> 00:12:31,251
THEIR BODIES WERE FOUND
BLED DRY.

205
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THEIR INNOCENT BLOOD
SOAKED THE GROUND.

206
00:12:34,321 --> 00:12:37,324
AND AS THE FULL MOON APPROACHED,
MORE CHILDREN DISAPPEARED,

207
00:12:37,357 --> 00:12:40,093
AND I KNEW THE GRAND RITE
WAS NEARING ITS COMPLETION.

208
00:12:40,127 --> 00:12:42,229
SO WHILE OTHERS SEARCHED
FOR THE CHILDREN,

209
00:12:42,262 --> 00:12:44,464
I HUNTED THE WITCH.

210
00:12:44,497 --> 00:12:46,934
AND I FOUND HIM.

211
00:12:46,967 --> 00:12:49,769
HE HAD TAKEN THE APPEARANCE
OF A 6-YEAR-OLD GIRL,

212
00:12:49,803 --> 00:12:51,939
BUT I KNEW THIS WAS NO GIRL.

213
00:12:51,972 --> 00:12:53,941
IT WAS HIM.

214
00:12:53,974 --> 00:12:59,512
AND I STRANGLED HER
WITH MY BARE HANDS.

215
00:12:59,546 --> 00:13:04,617
AND AS THE LIFE LEFT THAT BODY,

216
00:13:04,651 --> 00:13:07,487
THE DEVIL REACHED OUT
AND SNATCHED THE BODY,

217
00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:09,456
BUT I HELD ON.

218
00:13:09,489 --> 00:13:13,526
I WAS DETERMINED THAT HE SHOULD
NOT RETURN TO HIS HOME IN HELL.

219
00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:18,198
AND MY HANDS WERE PLUNGED
INTO THE BOILING BLACK TAR.

220
00:13:18,231 --> 00:13:20,200
Cotton: HELLFIRE.

221
00:13:21,869 --> 00:13:25,839
Increase: THESE HANDS HAVE
ACTUALLY TOUCHED HELL.

222
00:13:28,008 --> 00:13:30,077
AND THEY BURN ME STILL.

223
00:13:33,981 --> 00:13:35,916
Cotton:
BUT THE GRAND RITE WAS AVERTED?

224
00:13:40,487 --> 00:13:45,025
Increase: THERE REALLY IS ONLY
ONE WAY TO STOP THE GRAND RITE.

225
00:13:45,058 --> 00:13:48,461
ONE MUST KILL THE WITCH
THAT BEGAN IT

226
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BEFORE THE MOONRISE
THAT ENDS IT.

227
00:13:52,365 --> 00:13:54,334
IN THIS CASE

228
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KILL JOHN ALDEN.

229
00:13:56,937 --> 00:13:58,571
[ TOWNSPEOPLE SHOUTING ]

230
00:14:09,516 --> 00:14:11,184
IT'S NO SECRET

231
00:14:11,218 --> 00:14:16,156
THAT JOHN ALDEN HAS A COLD
AND A WILLFUL HATRED FOR US,

232
00:14:16,189 --> 00:14:18,391
FOR EVERYTHING WE BELIEVE

233
00:14:18,425 --> 00:14:22,529
AND FOR OUR PURITAN COMMUNITY
OF SAINTS.

234
00:14:22,562 --> 00:14:24,364
AND SO, IT WAS

235
00:14:24,397 --> 00:14:28,835
THAT A YOUNG JOHN ALDEN
SEVERED HIMSELF FROM SALEM

236
00:14:28,868 --> 00:14:34,774
AND, ROOTLESS, FAITHLESS,
AND LOVELESS,

237
00:14:34,807 --> 00:14:38,711
CAST HIMSELF
INTO THE CRUCIBLE OF WAR,

238
00:14:38,745 --> 00:14:40,680
WHERE HE WAS CAPTURED
BY THE HEATHEN INDIANS.

239
00:14:40,713 --> 00:14:46,353
AND THAT SEED OF EVIL WITHIN,
ALREADY A HARD AND VICIOUS KNOT,

240
00:14:46,386 --> 00:14:50,023
FOUND FERTILE GROUND
IN WHICH TO FLOURISH.

241
00:14:50,057 --> 00:14:54,727
AND THE SAVAGE SERVANTS
OF THE ANGRY, ELDRITCH GODS,

242
00:14:54,761 --> 00:14:58,231
THEY SAW IN ALDEN
A GIFT FROM SATAN,

243
00:14:58,265 --> 00:14:59,933
A POWERFUL AND VICIOUS WEAPON

244
00:14:59,967 --> 00:15:03,370
TO BE USED IN THEIR HOPELESS WAR
AGAINST US.

245
00:15:03,403 --> 00:15:06,706
AND SO,
BECAUSE OF HIS HATRED FOR US

246
00:15:06,739 --> 00:15:12,745
AND HIS HATRED FOR ONE
HE FELT HAD BETRAYED HIM,

247
00:15:12,779 --> 00:15:14,747
A POWERFUL AND A VICIOUS WEAPON
HE BECAME.

248
00:15:14,781 --> 00:15:17,784
Cotton:
SIR, THIS IS PURE FANCY,

249
00:15:17,817 --> 00:15:20,453
BALD CONJECTURE.

250
00:15:20,487 --> 00:15:21,955
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT MAY

251
00:15:21,989 --> 00:15:24,591
OR MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED
TO CAPTAIN ALDEN

252
00:15:24,624 --> 00:15:27,060
WHILE FIGHTING FOR ALL OUR LIVES
AGAINST THE INDIANS

253
00:15:27,094 --> 00:15:29,096
OR WHEN HE WAS HELD
THEIR CAPTIVE.

254
00:15:29,129 --> 00:15:31,098
Increase:
WELL, THEN, LET HIM SPEAK.

255
00:15:31,131 --> 00:15:32,899
LET ALDEN TELL US HERE AND NOW

256
00:15:32,932 --> 00:15:36,336
EXACTLY WHAT TRANSPIRED
DURING THAT LONG PERIOD OF TIME

257
00:15:36,369 --> 00:15:38,405
WHEN YOU WERE LOST
AMONGST THE SAVAGES.

258
00:15:38,438 --> 00:15:39,839
SPEAK, MAN.

259
00:15:40,974 --> 00:15:42,642
SPEAK!

260
00:15:43,443 --> 00:15:45,345
NO?

261
00:15:45,378 --> 00:15:50,450
ALL THOSE YEARS,
WHAT COULD HE HAVE BEEN DOING?

262
00:15:51,218 --> 00:15:52,952
I WILL TELL YOU.

263
00:15:52,986 --> 00:15:54,454
LIKE SATAN IN THE BOOK OF JOB,

264
00:15:54,487 --> 00:15:57,124
HE WAS WALKING TO AND FRO
UPON THE EARTH

265
00:15:57,157 --> 00:15:59,959
MASTERING THE TOOLS OF MALICE,

266
00:15:59,993 --> 00:16:01,694
LEARNING THE DARK ART

267
00:16:01,728 --> 00:16:06,599
OF SENDING DEMONIC FAMILIARS
TO DO HIS BIDDING AT A DISTANCE.

268
00:16:06,633 --> 00:16:10,270
YOU WILL OBSERVE, HERE,
UPON HIS NECK...

269
00:16:10,303 --> 00:16:11,871
[ SPECTATORS MURMUR ]

270
00:16:11,904 --> 00:16:16,443
AN IRON-HARD, RAISED LUMP
WITH A HOLE,

271
00:16:16,476 --> 00:16:21,548
AND IT WAS HERE
WHERE HE SUCKLES HIS FAMILIARS.

272
00:16:21,581 --> 00:16:23,416
John: [ CHUCKLES ]

273
00:16:26,019 --> 00:16:27,687
[ SPECTATORS GASP ]

274
00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:29,556
Increase:
YOU WILL NOT LAUGH AGAIN.

275
00:16:29,589 --> 00:16:33,326
I'M SURE YOU HAVE LAUGHED
MANY TIMES TO THINK HOW,

276
00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:36,629
BENEATH THE VERY NOSE
OF A DEVOTED YOUNG WIFE,

277
00:16:36,663 --> 00:16:40,667
YOU TURNED OUR LEADER,
A ONCE ROBUST GEORGE SIBLEY,

278
00:16:40,700 --> 00:16:43,503
INTO A SUFFERING HEAP
THAT HE IS TODAY.

279
00:16:43,536 --> 00:16:47,340
AND AFTER YOU HAD UNDERMINED
THE PILLAR OF OUR COMMUNITY,

280
00:16:47,374 --> 00:16:50,410
YOU UNLEASHED
A CAMPAIGN OF TERROR.

281
00:16:50,443 --> 00:16:54,981
IT WAS ALDEN WHO PROJECTED THAT
SPECTER OF DREAD, THE NIGHT HAG,

282
00:16:55,014 --> 00:16:56,716
TO TERRORIZE MERCY LEWIS.

283
00:16:56,749 --> 00:17:00,187
AND YOU WILL ASK,
"WHY? WHY MERCY LEWIS?"

284
00:17:00,220 --> 00:17:04,424
WELL, PERHAPS IT WAS BECAUSE HER
FATHER, THE GOOD REVEREND LEWIS,

285
00:17:04,457 --> 00:17:08,828
MARRIED ALDEN'S BITTERLY LOST
LOVE TO A HATED RIVAL,

286
00:17:08,861 --> 00:17:14,834
OR PERHAPS IT WAS JUST TO SHOW
THAT NO ONE IN SALEM IS SAFE,

287
00:17:14,867 --> 00:17:18,538
NOT EVEN THE DAUGHTER
OF A BLESSED REVEREND.

288
00:17:20,973 --> 00:17:22,775
COTTON!

289
00:17:22,809 --> 00:17:25,078
YOU ATTENDED MERCY LEWIS.

290
00:17:25,112 --> 00:17:29,716
YOU HAD NO DOUBT
AS TO WHAT AILED HER.

291
00:17:29,749 --> 00:17:32,085
Cotton: SHE WAS INDEED
UNDER SPECTRAL ATTACK,

292
00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:33,586
BUT CAPTAIN ALDEN --

293
00:17:33,620 --> 00:17:35,755
Increase: CAPTAIN ALDEN --
WHAT DID HE SAY

294
00:17:35,788 --> 00:17:37,590
WHEN HE WITNESSED
SUCH AN ATTACK?

295
00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:42,061
Cotton:
HE CAST SOME DOUBT UPON IT.

296
00:17:42,095 --> 00:17:43,730
Increase: SOME DOUBT!

297
00:17:43,763 --> 00:17:46,566
I AM TOLD...

298
00:17:46,599 --> 00:17:48,568
HE SAID IT WAS...

299
00:17:48,601 --> 00:17:50,870
"BULLSHIT."

300
00:17:50,903 --> 00:17:52,639
[ SPECTATORS MURMUR ]

301
00:17:52,672 --> 00:17:55,375
AND HE SAID
THAT PRAYERS WERE WORTHLESS.

302
00:17:55,408 --> 00:17:59,279
PRAYER? WORTHLESS?

303
00:17:59,312 --> 00:18:00,747
[ SCOFFS ]

304
00:18:00,780 --> 00:18:02,815
ASK YOURSELVES --

305
00:18:02,849 --> 00:18:05,918
EVERY TIME WE HAVE ATTEMPTED
TO CATCH AND STOP A WITCH,

306
00:18:05,952 --> 00:18:08,921
WHO HAS RISEN UP TO DEFEND THEM?

307
00:18:08,955 --> 00:18:12,825
WHO ALONE AMONG US,
IN ENCOUNTER, TIME AFTER TIME,

308
00:18:12,859 --> 00:18:16,062
WITH WITCHES HAS EMERGED
WITH NARY A SCRATCH UPON HIM?

309
00:18:16,095 --> 00:18:19,832
WHOSE NAME WAS ON
GILES COREY'S LIPS AS HE DIED?

310
00:18:19,866 --> 00:18:24,671
WHO HAS PROCLAIMED THAT HE WILL
SEE EVERY MAN HERE IN HIS GRAVE?

311
00:18:24,704 --> 00:18:26,973
AND WHO STOOD UP TO DEFEND
BRIDGET BISHOP

312
00:18:27,006 --> 00:18:30,777
EVEN IN THE VERY SIGHT OF
THE MONSTROSITY SHE HAD CREATED?

313
00:18:30,810 --> 00:18:32,445
I SWEAR TO YOU

314
00:18:32,479 --> 00:18:36,283
THIS MAN CONDEMNS HIMSELF
EVERY TIME HE OPENS HIS MOUTH.

315
00:18:36,316 --> 00:18:39,419
AND LIKE SATAN
IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN,

316
00:18:39,452 --> 00:18:42,355
JOHN ALDEN UNDERSTANDS
THAT WOMEN ARE THE OPEN DOORWAY

317
00:18:42,389 --> 00:18:46,493
THROUGH WHICH EVIL ENTERS
TO POISON US ALL.

318
00:18:46,526 --> 00:18:51,331
HOW MANY WOMEN,
YOUNG AND OLD, GOOD AND BAD,

319
00:18:51,364 --> 00:18:53,132
HAS ALDEN BEWITCHED?

320
00:18:53,166 --> 00:18:56,769
IT HAS BEEN SEEN THAT JOHN ALDEN
ATTEMPTED TO SEDUCE

321
00:18:56,803 --> 00:18:59,639
EVEN THE HIGHEST WOMEN
IN THE LAND.

322
00:18:59,672 --> 00:19:01,040
MARY SIBLEY.

323
00:19:02,509 --> 00:19:05,812
DID NOT THE ACCUSED
FORCIBLY ENTER YOUR HOUSE,

324
00:19:05,845 --> 00:19:09,816
NAY, INTO YOUR VERY BOUDOIR,
IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT?

325
00:19:09,849 --> 00:19:12,619
Mary:
WOULD I ALLOW SUCH A THING?

326
00:19:12,652 --> 00:19:14,854
Increase: I DO NOT KNOW.

327
00:19:14,887 --> 00:19:17,657
BUT YOUR SERVANT MAN
HAS TESTIFIED

328
00:19:17,690 --> 00:19:22,161
THAT ALDEN DID INDEED FORCIBLY
MAKE ENTRY IN THE NIGHT.

329
00:19:26,333 --> 00:19:28,034
Mary:
HE CAME TO DISCUSS POLITICS.

330
00:19:28,067 --> 00:19:29,836
-Increase: POLITICS?
-Mary: INDEED.

331
00:19:29,869 --> 00:19:31,238
TO ANNOUNCE HIS INTENTION

332
00:19:31,271 --> 00:19:33,673
TO TAKE HIS FATHER'S SEAT
ON THE SELECT BOARD.

333
00:19:33,706 --> 00:19:34,941
Increase:
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT?

334
00:19:39,212 --> 00:19:41,881
MISS HALE.

335
00:19:44,083 --> 00:19:48,488
THE ACCUSED WAS SEEN
KISSING YOU FORCIBLY IN PUBLIC.

336
00:19:48,521 --> 00:19:51,157
THERE IS NO BLAME
ATTACHED TO YOU.

337
00:19:51,190 --> 00:19:55,262
YOU ARE A -- A SLIGHT
AND DEFENSELESS SLIP OF A GIRL.

338
00:19:55,295 --> 00:19:57,764
BUT DO YOU DENY IT?

339
00:20:06,373 --> 00:20:07,740
Anne: HE DID.

340
00:20:07,774 --> 00:20:09,075
[ SPECTATORS GASP ]

341
00:20:09,108 --> 00:20:12,111
Increase: HE DID.

342
00:20:12,144 --> 00:20:14,714
A SNAKE IN THE GRASS IS
WHAT JOHN ALDEN WAS

343
00:20:14,747 --> 00:20:17,250
AND WHAT JOHN ALDEN IS.

344
00:20:17,284 --> 00:20:22,355
AND WHEN HE WAS NOT ATTEMPTING
TO SEDUCE HIS BETTERS,

345
00:20:22,389 --> 00:20:25,592
HE WAS SATIATING
HIS OWN INHUMAN LUSTS

346
00:20:25,625 --> 00:20:27,360
IN ROOMFULS OF WHORES

347
00:20:27,394 --> 00:20:30,229
IN THE BROTHEL
RUN BY HIS VERY OWN WITCHES.

348
00:20:30,263 --> 00:20:32,198
[ SPECTATORS MURMURING ]

349
00:20:32,231 --> 00:20:37,737
AND, WORST OF ALL, I THINK, THE
TENDER, YOUNG MAIDENS OF SALEM,

350
00:20:37,770 --> 00:20:41,441
SO EAGER TO FALL PREY
TO HIS SERPENTINE WAYS.

351
00:20:48,648 --> 00:20:53,553
Emily: MERCY TOLD US IT WAS --
IT WAS JOHN ALDEN

352
00:20:53,586 --> 00:20:56,456
WHO CAME I-IN THE SHADOWS
IN THE NIGHT,

353
00:20:56,489 --> 00:21:03,396
THAT HE -- HE KISSED AND LICKED
AND BIT EVERY PART OF HER.

354
00:21:03,430 --> 00:21:08,501
BUT HE BEWITCHED HER
SO SHE MIGHT NOT NAME HIS NAME

355
00:21:08,535 --> 00:21:11,771
BUT SHE MIGHT BLAME ALL
ON THE HAG.

356
00:21:11,804 --> 00:21:16,509
HE TOOK HER IN THE NIGHT
IN SPECTRAL FORM

357
00:21:16,543 --> 00:21:21,748
AND GAVE HER BODY AND SOUL
TO THE DEVIL HIMSELF.

358
00:21:21,781 --> 00:21:24,016
[ SPECTATORS GASP, MURMUR ]

359
00:21:24,050 --> 00:21:27,354
AND SHE -- SHE DREW US IN
AFTER THAT

360
00:21:27,387 --> 00:21:30,590
W-WITH MAGICAL TRICKS
A-AND GAMES.

361
00:21:30,623 --> 00:21:33,860
AND, SOON, WE WERE DANCING
IN THE WOODS WITH HIM,

362
00:21:33,893 --> 00:21:38,297
WHERE WE TOUCHED EACH OTHER
AND, ONE AFTER THE OTHER,

363
00:21:38,331 --> 00:21:40,867
LAID WITH HIM.

364
00:21:46,539 --> 00:21:48,541
Cotton: REALLY?

365
00:21:59,519 --> 00:22:01,354
ALL OF YOU?

366
00:22:09,161 --> 00:22:11,531
ARE YOU SAYING, EMILY...

367
00:22:11,564 --> 00:22:14,701
THAT YOU ARE NOT A MAIDEN?

368
00:22:16,503 --> 00:22:18,838
IF I WERE TO EXAMINE YOU,

369
00:22:18,871 --> 00:22:22,375
HAVE ONE OF THE WOMEN HERE
EXAMINE YOU...

370
00:22:24,110 --> 00:22:27,380
THEY WOULD FIND
THAT YOU ARE NOT INTACT?

371
00:22:30,617 --> 00:22:34,387
Emily: HE -- HE HAS TONGUE
AND FINGERS

372
00:22:34,421 --> 00:22:36,088
AND INVISIBLE INSTRUMENTS
OF -- OF PLEASURE.

373
00:22:36,122 --> 00:22:37,390
Cotton: AH.

374
00:22:37,424 --> 00:22:39,392
Emily:
BUT I-I HAD MY EYES CLOSED.

375
00:22:39,426 --> 00:22:41,193
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE DID.

376
00:22:41,227 --> 00:22:43,763
Cotton:
THESE ARE PHANTASMS,

377
00:22:43,796 --> 00:22:47,266
FABRICATIONS OF THE MIND.

378
00:22:47,299 --> 00:22:49,402
AND WHO HERE AMONG US
HAS NOT HAD,

379
00:22:49,436 --> 00:22:52,939
EVEN INVOLUNTARILY,
SOME HEATED THOUGHTS?

380
00:22:52,972 --> 00:22:58,077
THIS GIRL HAS BEEN
OVERWHELMED BY THEM.

381
00:22:58,110 --> 00:23:01,681
ESPECIALLY IN THE FACE
OF EXTREME TORTURE

382
00:23:01,714 --> 00:23:03,816
BY MY OWN FATHER.

383
00:23:05,585 --> 00:23:10,256
PUT TO THE RACK,
THREATENED WITH DEATH,

384
00:23:10,289 --> 00:23:12,792
EVEN AN INNOCENT GIRL
MIGHT THINK HERSELF A WITCH,

385
00:23:12,825 --> 00:23:16,362
AND ANY MAN AROUND HER A DEVIL.

386
00:23:16,395 --> 00:23:17,964
[ SPECTATORS MURMUR ]

387
00:23:17,997 --> 00:23:19,899
I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT EVERYTHING
YOU HAVE SEEN HERE TODAY

388
00:23:19,932 --> 00:23:24,003
IS THE RESULT OF TORTURE
WORTHY OF THE INQUISITION!

389
00:23:25,137 --> 00:23:27,907
WHO IS IT
WHO HAS REALLY VIOLATED WOMEN?

390
00:23:29,609 --> 00:23:32,812
JOHN ALDEN?

391
00:23:32,845 --> 00:23:37,617
OR ONE WHO POSSESSES...

392
00:23:37,650 --> 00:23:41,087
AND USES...

393
00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:42,889
TOOLS SUCH AS THIS?!

394
00:23:42,922 --> 00:23:44,290
[ SPECTATORS GASP ]

395
00:23:45,758 --> 00:23:47,894
Increase: HOW DARE YOU?

396
00:23:47,927 --> 00:23:49,929
Cotton: NO, SIR!
HOW DARE YOU?!

397
00:23:49,962 --> 00:23:52,431
[ SPECTATORS CLAMORING ]

398
00:23:55,602 --> 00:23:58,505
Increase: THIS SESSION IS
SUSPENDED FOR THE DAY!

399
00:23:58,538 --> 00:24:03,275
WE WILL RESUME IN THE MORNING
WHEN TEMPERS HAVE COOLED.

400
00:24:17,490 --> 00:24:19,025
John:
THE WHOLE TOWN WANTS TO HANG ME

401
00:24:19,058 --> 00:24:21,193
LIKE I'M SOME KIND OF MONSTER,

402
00:24:21,227 --> 00:24:24,531
LIKE I POSSESS
SOME DARK, MAGIC POWER.

403
00:24:24,564 --> 00:24:26,332
Cotton: AND YOU DO.

404
00:24:26,365 --> 00:24:28,868
John: OH, NOT YOU, TOO.

405
00:24:28,901 --> 00:24:30,302
Cotton: NO.

406
00:24:30,336 --> 00:24:32,605
DON'T BELIEVE YOU'RE A WITCH.

407
00:24:32,639 --> 00:24:35,708
BUT I DO BELIEVE YOU POSSESS
SOMETHING OF DARK, MAGIC POWER.

408
00:24:37,510 --> 00:24:39,679
WHERE IS THE MALUM?

409
00:24:39,712 --> 00:24:40,980
John: WHAT?

410
00:24:41,013 --> 00:24:42,181
Cotton: THE BOX.

411
00:24:42,214 --> 00:24:45,051
THE BOX YOU FOUND

412
00:24:45,084 --> 00:24:47,319
THAT LURED THAT INFERNAL WITCH
TO YOUR HOUSE.

413
00:24:47,353 --> 00:24:48,721
John: WHY?

414
00:24:48,755 --> 00:24:51,891
Cotton: I BELIEVE IT IS
THE FABLED MALUM,

415
00:24:51,924 --> 00:24:53,760
THE KEY TO THE GRAND RITE.

416
00:24:54,861 --> 00:24:56,328
John:
THIS MORE OF YOUR BOOK NONSENSE?

417
00:24:57,429 --> 00:25:00,466
Cotton:
THAT BOX COVERED IN IMAGES --

418
00:25:00,499 --> 00:25:03,302
I BELIEVE IT IS THE
GREATEST WEAPON OF THE WITCHES,

419
00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:05,237
THAT IT CONTAINS SOME KIND OF

420
00:25:05,271 --> 00:25:07,640
SUPERNATURAL
AGENT OF DESTRUCTION

421
00:25:07,674 --> 00:25:11,410
WHICH WILL OPEN WHEN
THE GRAND RITE IS COMPLETED,

422
00:25:11,443 --> 00:25:15,848
RELEASING ITS DOOM
UPON US LIKE...

423
00:25:15,882 --> 00:25:18,818
LIKE THE MYTH OF PANDORA.

424
00:25:18,851 --> 00:25:21,353
John: LOOK, IF THAT THING IS
WHAT YOU SAY IT IS,

425
00:25:21,387 --> 00:25:23,422
AND YOUR FATHER KNOWS
THAT I HAVE IT,

426
00:25:23,455 --> 00:25:25,558
THAT IS THE FINAL NAIL
IN MY COFFIN.

427
00:25:25,592 --> 00:25:27,560
Cotton: AND WHAT IF IT'S
THE ONLY CHANCE WE HAVE?

428
00:25:31,430 --> 00:25:33,099
John: GILES HAS IT.

429
00:25:33,132 --> 00:25:35,101
Cotton: GILES?

430
00:25:35,134 --> 00:25:37,904
GILES COREY IS DEAD.

431
00:25:39,371 --> 00:25:41,073
John:
AND I BURIED IT IN HIS GRAVE.

432
00:26:03,930 --> 00:26:05,564
Cotton: [ INHALES DEEPLY ]

433
00:26:23,015 --> 00:26:25,451
[ COUGHING ]

434
00:26:48,007 --> 00:26:51,110
Increase: [ GRUNTS ]

435
00:27:10,029 --> 00:27:11,898
YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT?

436
00:27:23,509 --> 00:27:25,011
Cotton:
FATHER, I MUST SPEAK TO YOU.

437
00:27:25,044 --> 00:27:26,212
Increase: WHAT NOW?

438
00:27:26,245 --> 00:27:27,780
MORE DISRESPECT?

439
00:27:27,814 --> 00:27:29,548
Cotton: NO.

440
00:27:29,581 --> 00:27:32,384
SIR.

441
00:27:32,418 --> 00:27:34,887
I STILL THINK WHAT YOU DO
IS FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG,

442
00:27:34,921 --> 00:27:36,823
THAT THERE MUST BE OTHER WAYS,
BUT...

443
00:27:36,856 --> 00:27:39,658
I AM AFRAID.

444
00:27:39,692 --> 00:27:44,296
DEATHLY AFRAID.

445
00:27:44,330 --> 00:27:47,800
I FEAR,
WHILE WE DISAGREE ON METHODS,

446
00:27:47,834 --> 00:27:51,070
WE ARE BOTH DETERMINED
TO STOP THE GRAND RITE.

447
00:27:51,103 --> 00:27:55,007
Increase: WELL...

448
00:27:55,041 --> 00:27:59,045
I'M GRATIFIED THAT YOU
AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

449
00:28:01,013 --> 00:28:04,016
Cotton:
THE MAL IS HERE.

450
00:28:07,019 --> 00:28:09,421
OR WAS.

451
00:28:09,455 --> 00:28:12,091
I SAW IT.

452
00:28:12,124 --> 00:28:13,726
I TOUCHED IT, EVEN.

453
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:15,161
Increase: INDEED?

454
00:28:15,194 --> 00:28:17,196
THEN WHERE IS IT?

455
00:28:17,229 --> 00:28:20,432
Cotton: I DON'T KNOW.

456
00:28:20,466 --> 00:28:22,401
Increase: WELL...

457
00:28:22,434 --> 00:28:25,772
TELL ME WHERE YOU SAW IT.

458
00:28:29,909 --> 00:28:32,244
Cotton:
IN JOHN ALDEN'S HOUSE.

459
00:29:08,347 --> 00:29:10,917
FATHER, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

460
00:29:10,950 --> 00:29:12,885
HE WAS HELPING ME.

461
00:29:12,919 --> 00:29:15,254
IT WAS HE WHO TRAPPED THE WITCH
AND CARRIED HER WITH ME

462
00:29:15,287 --> 00:29:16,923
TO THE WOODS
TO QUESTION AND KILL HER.

463
00:29:16,956 --> 00:29:18,724
Increase:
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

464
00:29:18,757 --> 00:29:21,093
IN SOME RESPECTS,
THE WITCHES ARE NOT UNLIKE US.

465
00:29:21,127 --> 00:29:24,430
THEY HAVE FACTIONS.
THEY HAVE POWER STRUGGLES.

466
00:29:24,463 --> 00:29:26,966
YOUR FRIEND ALDEN WAS NOT
TRYING TO CATCH A WITCH.

467
00:29:26,999 --> 00:29:29,601
HE WAS ELIMINATING A RIVAL.

468
00:29:29,635 --> 00:29:32,972
YOU ARE BLINDED
BY YOUR OWN DOUBT,

469
00:29:33,005 --> 00:29:35,007
AND IT WILL DESTROY YOU!

470
00:29:35,041 --> 00:29:36,742
IF I GRANT YOU

471
00:29:36,775 --> 00:29:41,513
THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY
THAT ALDEN IS INNOCENT,

472
00:29:41,547 --> 00:29:43,249
CAN YOU NOT GRANT
THE POSSIBILITY

473
00:29:43,282 --> 00:29:45,584
THAT THERE IS A 1 IN 10,
NAY, A 1 IN 100 CHANCE

474
00:29:45,617 --> 00:29:47,586
THAT I AM RIGHT?!

475
00:29:47,619 --> 00:29:50,022
AND IF I AM,
THOUSANDS WILL PERISH.

476
00:29:50,056 --> 00:29:51,924
THE NATION ITSELF MAY FALL.

477
00:29:51,958 --> 00:29:53,926
CAN WE TAKE THAT CHANCE?
I CANNOT.

478
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:55,261
CAN YOU?

479
00:29:55,294 --> 00:29:57,029
I TELL YOU, COTTON,

480
00:29:57,063 --> 00:29:59,866
YOU DO NOT KNOW THIS MAN NEARLY
AS WELL AS YOU THINK YOU DO.

481
00:30:01,300 --> 00:30:02,869
Cotton:
I SEARCHED GILES COREY'S GRAVE.

482
00:30:02,902 --> 00:30:04,303
THE MALUM WASN'T THERE.

483
00:30:04,336 --> 00:30:06,873
John: THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
I BURIED IT MYSELF.

484
00:30:06,906 --> 00:30:08,540
Cotton: WHO ELSE KNEW?

485
00:30:08,574 --> 00:30:10,542
John: NO ONE.

486
00:30:10,576 --> 00:30:11,810
JUST YOU.

487
00:30:15,982 --> 00:30:17,683
AND YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME.

488
00:30:17,716 --> 00:30:19,285
Cotton:
I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO BELIEVE.

489
00:30:19,318 --> 00:30:21,620
I AM CERTAIN ONLY OF TWO THINGS.

490
00:30:21,653 --> 00:30:23,322
ALL OUR LIVES MAY DEPEND ON

491
00:30:23,355 --> 00:30:25,557
FINDING AND DESTROYING
THE MALUM.

492
00:30:25,591 --> 00:30:27,126
John: AND?

493
00:30:27,159 --> 00:30:30,029
Cotton: AND YOU ARE BEING
LESS THAN HONEST WITH ME.

494
00:30:31,497 --> 00:30:34,466
John:
I'VE TOLD YOU EVERYTHING.

495
00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:36,768
[ TOWNSPEOPLE SHOUTING ]

496
00:30:41,107 --> 00:30:43,209
John:
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!

497
00:30:43,242 --> 00:30:45,411
-Selectman: GET UP.
-Woman: [ SOBBING ]

498
00:30:45,444 --> 00:30:46,612
John:
THOSE GIRLS ARE INNOCENT!

499
00:30:47,846 --> 00:30:49,982
Emily: NO!

500
00:30:50,016 --> 00:30:52,618
[ SCREAMS ]

501
00:30:53,852 --> 00:30:55,687
FORGIVE ME!

502
00:30:55,721 --> 00:30:59,158
IT'S THE ONLY THING I REGRET --
LYING ABOUT YOU!

503
00:30:59,191 --> 00:31:00,893
John: LOOK, I KNOW
WHAT THEY DID TO YOU.

504
00:31:00,927 --> 00:31:02,361
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.

505
00:31:02,394 --> 00:31:03,695
Selectman: GET OVER HERE!

506
00:31:03,729 --> 00:31:05,264
Emily: [ SOBS ]

507
00:31:05,297 --> 00:31:07,066
John: DAMN YOU!

508
00:31:07,099 --> 00:31:09,535
DO SOMETHING!
THEY'RE JUST GIRLS!

509
00:31:26,818 --> 00:31:29,088
[ GIRLS SOBBING ]

510
00:31:31,090 --> 00:31:32,925
[ TOWNSPEOPLE SHOUTING ]

511
00:31:39,431 --> 00:31:43,402
Emily: YOU!
YOU PROMISED YOU'D SPARE US!

512
00:31:46,105 --> 00:31:49,875
Increase: I AM SPARING YOU
THE FLAMES OF THIS WORLD

513
00:31:49,908 --> 00:31:51,443
AND OF THE NEXT.

514
00:31:52,511 --> 00:31:54,780
YOU WILL NOT SUFFER LONG.

515
00:31:54,813 --> 00:31:58,884
A FULL MEASURE OF MERCY
IS BEING ADDED TO YOUR LEGS.

516
00:31:58,917 --> 00:32:00,987
Cotton: LET GO OF ME!

517
00:32:01,020 --> 00:32:02,654
FATHER, YOU LIED!

518
00:32:02,688 --> 00:32:04,823
YOU PROMISED THESE GIRLS
THEY WOULDN'T --

519
00:32:04,856 --> 00:32:06,258
Increase: BURN.

520
00:32:06,292 --> 00:32:07,593
NOR SHALL THEY.

521
00:32:07,626 --> 00:32:08,794
Cotton:
DON'T DO THIS, FATHER.

522
00:32:08,827 --> 00:32:11,230
HOW CAN THIS POSSIBLY HELP?

523
00:32:11,263 --> 00:32:12,999
YOU SAID YOURSELF
THEY WERE VICTIMS!

524
00:32:13,032 --> 00:32:14,500
Increase: SAD BUT TRUE.

525
00:32:14,533 --> 00:32:16,935
BUT THEY'RE TAINTED...
BY THE DEVIL.

526
00:32:16,969 --> 00:32:19,405
I FEAR THEY CARRY HIS VERY SEED.

527
00:32:19,438 --> 00:32:20,306
Cotton:
HOW CAN YOU BE CERTAIN?

528
00:32:20,339 --> 00:32:21,840
Increase: I AM CERTAIN.

529
00:32:21,873 --> 00:32:24,576
I AM CERTAIN OF THE THREAT
THEY POSE TO SALEM,

530
00:32:24,610 --> 00:32:27,646
JUST AS I AM CERTAIN THAT
YOUR WEAKNESS POSES A THREAT.

531
00:32:27,679 --> 00:32:30,316
BUT ABOVE ALL,
I AM CERTAIN THAT,

532
00:32:30,349 --> 00:32:34,186
LIKE A SURGEON,
I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO CUT OUT

533
00:32:34,220 --> 00:32:36,788
THE MALIGNANT
MANIFESTATION OF MALICE

534
00:32:36,822 --> 00:32:39,025
BEFORE IT CAN SPREAD
ANY FURTHER.

535
00:32:41,127 --> 00:32:42,461
Cotton: NO! STOP!

536
00:32:42,494 --> 00:32:45,531
Emily: PLEASE HELP ME!
PLEASE! PLEASE!

537
00:32:45,564 --> 00:32:47,533
Selectman: GET BACK!

538
00:32:51,537 --> 00:32:53,639
[ GIRLS GASP ]

539
00:33:02,648 --> 00:33:06,052
Woman: BURN IN HELL!

540
00:33:06,085 --> 00:33:08,954
LET THEM BURN!

541
00:33:08,987 --> 00:33:14,493
[ TOWNSPEOPLE SHOUTING ]

542
00:33:31,243 --> 00:33:33,279
John: [ GASPS ]

543
00:33:45,291 --> 00:33:47,059
Dollie: [ SOBS ]

544
00:33:47,093 --> 00:33:50,062
MERCY!

545
00:33:50,096 --> 00:33:52,864
WHERE ARE YOU?!

546
00:33:53,599 --> 00:33:56,102
MERCY!

547
00:33:56,135 --> 00:33:57,903
Mercy: WHAT IS IT?

548
00:33:59,438 --> 00:34:01,073
DOLLIE, WHAT HAS HAPPENED?

549
00:34:01,107 --> 00:34:05,877
Dollie: EMILY, ELIZABETH,
SUSANNA, AND CHARITY --

550
00:34:05,911 --> 00:34:08,280
INCREASE MATHER
HAS HUNG THEM ALL.

551
00:34:13,319 --> 00:34:16,054
YOU SWORE
THAT THEY WOULD BE SAFE,

552
00:34:16,088 --> 00:34:17,456
BUT THEY'RE DEAD!

553
00:34:17,489 --> 00:34:19,625
ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN KILLED!

554
00:34:19,658 --> 00:34:21,860
YOU SAID
YOUR MASTER WOULD PROTECT US,

555
00:34:21,893 --> 00:34:23,095
AND SHE DID NOTHING!

556
00:34:23,129 --> 00:34:25,297
[ SOBS ]

557
00:34:25,331 --> 00:34:28,567
Mercy: GO BACK TO SALEM.

558
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:31,370
GATHER THE YOUNG,

559
00:34:31,403 --> 00:34:36,275
THE POOR, THE SUFFERING.

560
00:34:36,308 --> 00:34:39,111
THEY WILL BE OUR ARMY.

561
00:34:39,145 --> 00:34:42,648
A NEW DAY IS UPON US.

562
00:34:42,681 --> 00:34:44,883
AND THAT NEW DAY DEMANDS

563
00:34:44,916 --> 00:34:48,720
A NEW QUEEN OF THE NIGHT!

564
00:34:48,754 --> 00:34:50,489
[ CHURCH BELL TOLLS ]

565
00:34:50,522 --> 00:34:54,226
Increase: I KNOW THAT SO MANY
OF YOU FIND IT HARD TO ACCEPT,

566
00:34:54,260 --> 00:34:57,596
IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE
THAT JOHN ALDEN,

567
00:34:57,629 --> 00:35:01,467
SON OF ONE OF OUR FOUNDERS AND
A BRAVE SOLDIER IN OUR DEFENSE,

568
00:35:01,500 --> 00:35:04,670
IS GUILTY OF MALEFIC WITCHCRAFT.

569
00:35:04,703 --> 00:35:06,838
FINE.

570
00:35:06,872 --> 00:35:08,907
FINE!

571
00:35:08,940 --> 00:35:12,077
SUSPEND YOUR BELIEF OR NOT.
IT DOESN'T MATTER.

572
00:35:12,110 --> 00:35:19,318
THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS
THAT ALDEN...BE CONVICTED

573
00:35:19,351 --> 00:35:22,488
AND SENTENCED
FOR WHAT HE TRULY IS,

574
00:35:22,521 --> 00:35:25,491
A TRAITOR AND A MURDERER.

575
00:35:25,524 --> 00:35:27,125
Cotton: WHAT?

576
00:35:27,159 --> 00:35:28,860
WHATEVER DO YOU MEAN?

577
00:35:28,894 --> 00:35:33,799
Increase: I SUBMIT THAT WHILE
JOHN ALDEN WAS WITH THE INDIANS,

578
00:35:33,832 --> 00:35:36,535
HE NOT ONLY TOOK UP WITH THEM.

579
00:35:36,568 --> 00:35:40,339
HE TOOK UP ARMS
AGAINST HIS OWN PEOPLE,

580
00:35:40,372 --> 00:35:44,176
SLAUGHTERING MILITIAMEN
IN HIS OWN COMPANY,

581
00:35:44,210 --> 00:35:47,179
GOOD NEW ENGLAND MEN,
EVERY ONE OF THEM.

582
00:35:47,213 --> 00:35:50,549
I SWEAR THIS TO BE TRUE.

583
00:35:50,582 --> 00:35:55,187
AND I DARE JOHN ALDEN
TO DENY IT!

584
00:35:55,221 --> 00:35:57,523
I DARE YOU TO TELL ME

585
00:35:57,556 --> 00:36:02,694
THAT YOU DID NOT PAINT YOUR FACE
AS A HEATHEN INDIAN

586
00:36:02,728 --> 00:36:06,232
AND SMASH THE SKULLS OF MEN
IN YOUR OWN COMPANY!

587
00:36:06,265 --> 00:36:08,467
Cotton:
OUTRAGEOUS ACCUSATIONS!

588
00:36:08,500 --> 00:36:11,002
WHEREVER DID YOU FIND
SUCH NONSENSE?

589
00:36:11,036 --> 00:36:13,905
Increase: I HAVE SWORN TESTIMONY
FROM THE SLAVE TITUBA!

590
00:36:13,939 --> 00:36:15,541
Cotton: AHA!

591
00:36:15,574 --> 00:36:18,677
LIES AND FANTASIES.

592
00:36:18,710 --> 00:36:20,512
Increase: LIES?
CAPTAIN?

593
00:36:20,546 --> 00:36:23,048
FANTASIES?

594
00:36:23,081 --> 00:36:26,418
DO YOU DISPUTE THE CHARGES?

595
00:36:28,119 --> 00:36:29,421
SPEAK.

596
00:36:30,956 --> 00:36:35,594
Cotton:
CAPTAIN...IS THIS ALL TRUE?

597
00:36:38,630 --> 00:36:42,834
John: EVERY SANE MAN IN THIS
PLACE KNOWS I AIN'T A WITCH.

598
00:36:42,868 --> 00:36:46,071
Increase: ARE YOU A TRAITOR?

599
00:36:46,104 --> 00:36:48,440
ARE YOU A MURDERER?

600
00:36:51,410 --> 00:36:53,612
Cotton: DAMN YOU, JOHN.
ANSWER HIM.

601
00:37:04,323 --> 00:37:07,593
Increase: SO, YOU SEE...

602
00:37:07,626 --> 00:37:13,399
SOMETIMES, SILENCE CAN BE THE
MOST ELOQUENT CONFESSION OF ALL.

603
00:37:14,833 --> 00:37:18,036
I HAVE NO DOUBT,
NOT A SLIVER OF A DOUBT,

604
00:37:18,069 --> 00:37:20,038
THAT JOHN ALDEN IS A WITCH.

605
00:37:20,071 --> 00:37:25,411
BUT...EVEN HAD I NOT...

606
00:37:25,444 --> 00:37:26,945
I WOULD STILL MAINTAIN

607
00:37:26,978 --> 00:37:33,184
THAT HE MUST HANG
FOR CRIMES HE WILL NOT DENY.

608
00:37:35,454 --> 00:37:37,188
AND NOR SHOULD YOU.

609
00:37:40,359 --> 00:37:43,629
Cotton: FOR GOD'S SAKE,
TELL ME MY FATHER IS WRONG.

610
00:37:43,662 --> 00:37:46,932
TELL ME YOU ARE NOT THE MAN
HE SAYS YOU ARE.

611
00:37:46,965 --> 00:37:48,900
John:
WHAT DOES IT MATTER NOW?

612
00:37:48,934 --> 00:37:51,269
Cotton: IT MATTERS TO ME --

613
00:37:51,303 --> 00:37:53,004
WHETHER YOU DUPED ME
ALL THIS TIME.

614
00:37:53,038 --> 00:37:56,842
John:
ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT THE TRUTH?

615
00:37:56,875 --> 00:37:58,410
ARE YOU REALLY DAMN SURE

616
00:37:58,444 --> 00:38:01,012
YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL?

617
00:38:01,046 --> 00:38:02,948
'CAUSE YOU PURITANS,

618
00:38:02,981 --> 00:38:07,085
YOU THINK THE WORLD IS JUST
BLACK AND WHITE.

619
00:38:07,118 --> 00:38:10,989
WHAT IF THE TRUTH OF THE WORLD
IS THAT IT'S NOTHING BUT GRAY?

620
00:38:16,962 --> 00:38:19,465
AFTER THE BATTLE
OF THE GREAT SWAMP,

621
00:38:19,498 --> 00:38:22,033
I WAS LEFT FOR DEAD.

622
00:38:22,067 --> 00:38:27,005
BUT I WAS FOUND BY THE MOHAWK --

623
00:38:27,038 --> 00:38:29,441
NOT THE INDIANS WE FOUGHT, NO.

624
00:38:29,475 --> 00:38:31,643
THE MOHAWK AREN'T OUR FRIENDS,

625
00:38:31,677 --> 00:38:34,846
BUT THEY ARE THE ENEMIES
OF THE ABENAKI WE FIGHT.

626
00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:39,485
IN ALL HONESTY, I...

627
00:38:39,518 --> 00:38:47,125
I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER
UNDERSTAND WHY THEY SAVED ME.

628
00:38:47,158 --> 00:38:49,828
IT IS A MYSTERY TO ME
TO THIS DAY.

629
00:38:52,364 --> 00:38:56,402
THE SCAR YOUR OLD MAN FOUND

630
00:38:56,435 --> 00:38:58,804
HE SAID WAS FROM FEEDING
A FAMILIAR?

631
00:38:58,837 --> 00:39:01,707
THAT WAS FROM DIGGING
A BALL OF LEAD OUT OF ME

632
00:39:01,740 --> 00:39:04,309
AND HEALING IT
WITH THEIR MEDICINES.

633
00:39:04,342 --> 00:39:06,077
Cotton:
THEY HELD YOU FOR RANSOM?

634
00:39:06,111 --> 00:39:07,646
John: NO.

635
00:39:07,679 --> 00:39:10,749
THEY TREATED ME
WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT.

636
00:39:12,183 --> 00:39:14,420
AND THEIR HOLY MEN TOOK
AN INTEREST IN ME.

637
00:39:14,453 --> 00:39:17,222
I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHY
OR WHAT HE SAW IN ME,

638
00:39:17,255 --> 00:39:19,224
BUT IF HE HADN'T...

639
00:39:19,257 --> 00:39:21,427
I'D BE DEAD.

640
00:39:21,460 --> 00:39:24,730
SO I LIVED AMONGST THEM.

641
00:39:24,763 --> 00:39:27,999
I SHARED THEIR FOOD
AND THEIR SHELTER.

642
00:39:28,033 --> 00:39:29,701
I EVEN HUNTED WITH THEM.

643
00:39:29,735 --> 00:39:32,871
ONE DAY, ME AND A FEW BRAVES
RETURNED FROM A HUNT

644
00:39:32,904 --> 00:39:37,242
TO FIND THE VILLAGE HAD BEEN
BURNED TO THE GROUND.

645
00:39:37,275 --> 00:39:41,413
THE WOMEN AND THE CHILDREN,
THEY'RE ALL SCATTERED

646
00:39:41,447 --> 00:39:45,183
LIKE DEAD, FALLEN LEAVES,
SLAUGHTERED.

647
00:39:45,216 --> 00:39:47,218
Cotton:
BY THE ABENAKI?

648
00:39:47,252 --> 00:39:48,420
John: NO.

649
00:39:48,454 --> 00:39:51,389
MILITIA.

650
00:39:51,423 --> 00:39:54,225
OUR MILITIA.

651
00:39:54,259 --> 00:39:55,861
COULDN'T EVEN BE BOTHERED

652
00:39:55,894 --> 00:39:58,363
TO TELL ONE INDIAN TRIBE
FROM ANOTHER.

653
00:39:58,396 --> 00:40:01,800
A RED FOG DESCENDED UPON ME,

654
00:40:01,833 --> 00:40:03,935
AND IT DID NOT LIFT
UNTIL I RAN THROUGH THOSE WOODS

655
00:40:03,969 --> 00:40:06,872
AND KILLED
EVERY ONE OF THOSE BASTARDS,

656
00:40:06,905 --> 00:40:08,474
EVERYONE BUT ONE.

657
00:40:10,942 --> 00:40:15,280
AND THAT I CORRECTED
THE NIGHT I FOUND THE BOX.

658
00:40:23,589 --> 00:40:25,457
Cotton: AND THE MALUM?

659
00:40:26,958 --> 00:40:28,727
John: I DIDN'T KNOW NOTHING
ABOUT THAT.

660
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:32,764
YOU SAID IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT THE WITCHES WANTED BADLY.

661
00:40:32,798 --> 00:40:34,900
WHEN WE LOST THAT WITCH
IN THE WOODS,

662
00:40:34,933 --> 00:40:36,835
I THOUGHT IT WAS BEST
TO HIDE IT,

663
00:40:36,868 --> 00:40:39,304
SO, LIKE I TOLD YOU,
I BURIED IT WITH GILES.

664
00:40:39,337 --> 00:40:40,939
Cotton:
WELL, THEN SOMEONE UNBURIED IT.

665
00:40:40,972 --> 00:40:42,574
John: MAYBE YOU HAVE NOTHING
TO WORRY ABOUT, THEN,

666
00:40:42,608 --> 00:40:43,842
BECAUSE ACCORDING TO
YOUR FATHER,

667
00:40:43,875 --> 00:40:45,844
I AM THE WITCH BEHIND IT.

668
00:40:45,877 --> 00:40:47,946
SO, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS HANG ME,

669
00:40:47,979 --> 00:40:50,982
AND THEN EVERYTHING WILL BE
JUST FINE.

670
00:40:51,016 --> 00:40:53,585
Cotton:
WHAT I CAN'T FIGURE OUT,

671
00:40:53,619 --> 00:40:56,588
WHAT I AM TRYING TO SURMISE,

672
00:40:56,622 --> 00:41:00,325
IS, AFTER ALL OF THIS,

673
00:41:00,358 --> 00:41:04,162
AFTER EVERYTHING
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH --

674
00:41:04,195 --> 00:41:09,000
YOU NEEDED A FRIEND OR A PAWN?

675
00:41:22,247 --> 00:41:24,683
Mary:
[ SNIFFLES, SIGHS ]

676
00:41:29,187 --> 00:41:30,622
Isaac:
WEEPING DON'T HELP.

677
00:41:30,656 --> 00:41:32,490
TRUST ME.

678
00:41:32,524 --> 00:41:34,159
DONE MY FAIR SHARE.

679
00:41:34,192 --> 00:41:35,727
Mary: [ GASPS ]

680
00:41:35,761 --> 00:41:39,397
ISAAC.

681
00:41:39,430 --> 00:41:43,001
GOD, YOU'RE STILL BLEEDING.

682
00:41:43,034 --> 00:41:45,671
Isaac:
AROUND HERE, WHO AIN'T?

683
00:41:45,704 --> 00:41:49,174
Mary: [ SOBBING ]

684
00:41:53,444 --> 00:41:56,381
WHAT HAVE I DONE?

685
00:42:00,351 --> 00:42:02,854
Isaac: I KNOW NONE OF THIS
IS YOUR FAULT,

686
00:42:02,888 --> 00:42:04,189
AND ALL OF IT'S MINE.

687
00:42:04,222 --> 00:42:06,224
HE WAS ON HIS WAY
OUT OF TOWN THAT DAY.

688
00:42:06,257 --> 00:42:07,659
I STOPPED HIM.

689
00:42:07,693 --> 00:42:09,527
IF IT WEREN'T FOR ME,
HE'D BE LONG GONE.

690
00:42:09,561 --> 00:42:11,196
NONE OF THIS
WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.

691
00:42:11,229 --> 00:42:15,166
I MIGHT AS WELL PULL THE ROPE
MYSELF IN THE MORNING.

692
00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:17,936
I'VE AS GOOD AS KILLED
JOHN ALDEN.

693
00:42:17,969 --> 00:42:21,506
BUT YOU...

694
00:42:21,539 --> 00:42:23,274
YOU CAN SAVE HIM.

695
00:42:23,308 --> 00:42:25,944
Mary: I CAN'T.
I CAN'T!

696
00:42:25,977 --> 00:42:27,846
Isaac: YOU'RE MARY.

697
00:42:27,879 --> 00:42:30,015
YOU'RE MARY.

698
00:42:30,048 --> 00:42:32,517
THEY ALL CALL YOU MARY SIBLEY.

699
00:42:32,550 --> 00:42:33,752
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I CALL YOU

700
00:42:33,785 --> 00:42:37,522
IN MY HEAD, TO MYSELF,
IN MY HEART?

701
00:42:37,555 --> 00:42:39,090
"MAGIC MARY."

702
00:42:39,124 --> 00:42:42,360
YOU WERE ALWAYS MAGIC,

703
00:42:42,393 --> 00:42:45,463
EVEN BACK
WHEN WE WAS JUST SPROUTS.

704
00:42:45,496 --> 00:42:47,232
AND YOU COULD DO ANYTHING --

705
00:42:47,265 --> 00:42:49,735
ALWAYS COULD.

706
00:42:49,768 --> 00:42:52,237
YOU JUST HAVE TO
WANT IT BAD ENOUGH.

707
00:42:52,270 --> 00:42:53,939
AND YOU DO.

708
00:42:53,972 --> 00:42:56,908
DON'T YOU?

709
00:42:56,942 --> 00:42:59,945
YOU DO WANT JOHN ALDEN TO LIVE.

710
00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:30,541
John:
HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE?

711
00:43:31,843 --> 00:43:34,612
Mary:
THEY WILL HANG YOU TOMORROW.

712
00:43:34,646 --> 00:43:36,915
John: "THEY"?

713
00:43:36,948 --> 00:43:39,718
WELL, AREN'T YOU ONE OF THEM,
MRS. SIBLEY?

714
00:43:43,521 --> 00:43:46,291
Mary: SOMETIMES,
I NO LONGER REMEMBER WHO I AM.

715
00:43:46,324 --> 00:43:49,460
BUT I KNOW WHO YOU ARE --

716
00:43:49,494 --> 00:43:52,030
AN INNOCENT MAN.

717
00:43:52,063 --> 00:43:55,033
John: [ CHUCKLES ]
HARDLY.

718
00:43:55,066 --> 00:43:57,302
NOW IT'S ALMOST FUNNY.

719
00:43:57,335 --> 00:44:00,872
SALEM FINALLY SENTENCED
SOMEONE TO DIE

720
00:44:00,906 --> 00:44:03,208
FOR SOMETHING
THEY'VE ACTUALLY DONE.

721
00:44:03,241 --> 00:44:06,344
GO HOME, MARY.

722
00:44:06,377 --> 00:44:09,647
GO BACK TO YOUR LIFE,
MRS. SIBLEY.

723
00:44:12,317 --> 00:44:14,152
Mary:
YOU ARE MY LIFE.

724
00:44:17,923 --> 00:44:20,158
John: WELL, IT'S A LITTLE LATE
FOR THAT THOUGHT.

725
00:44:20,191 --> 00:44:21,693
Mary:
I'LL NOT LET YOU HANG.

726
00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:24,362
I CAN SAVE YOU.

727
00:44:24,395 --> 00:44:25,697
John:
THE GOOD PEOPLE OF SALEM,

728
00:44:25,731 --> 00:44:29,234
THE PEOPLE
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SAVE,

729
00:44:29,267 --> 00:44:31,837
THEY ALL WANT ME DEAD.

730
00:44:31,870 --> 00:44:34,672
THEY THINK
I'M THE DEVIL HIMSELF.

731
00:44:36,174 --> 00:44:38,109
I'M NO DEVIL.

732
00:44:41,747 --> 00:44:45,250
BUT I AM GUILTY OF TREASON...

733
00:44:45,283 --> 00:44:46,918
AND MURDER.

734
00:44:48,686 --> 00:44:51,622
AND I'M READY TO HANG FOR IT.

735
00:44:53,224 --> 00:44:55,326
BESIDES...

736
00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:57,863
I'M AWFULLY TIRED.

737
00:44:59,264 --> 00:45:01,232
TIRED OF LIVING WITHOUT YOU.

738
00:45:01,266 --> 00:45:04,502
Mary: THERE'S STILL A WAY
FOR US TO BE TOGETHER.

739
00:45:04,535 --> 00:45:05,703
John: IT'S OVER.

740
00:45:05,737 --> 00:45:07,172
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?

741
00:45:07,205 --> 00:45:09,207
HAVE YOU GONE MAD
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN THIS TOWN?

742
00:45:09,240 --> 00:45:12,110
Mary:
JOHN, I PROMISE YOU --

743
00:45:12,143 --> 00:45:13,945
John: NO, DON'T.

744
00:45:13,979 --> 00:45:17,783
NEITHER OF US IS VERY GOOD
WITH PROMISES, SO NO MORE VOWS.

745
00:45:17,816 --> 00:45:19,250
Mary: LISTEN TO ME.

746
00:45:19,284 --> 00:45:20,952
John:
I AM LISTENING TO YOU,

747
00:45:20,986 --> 00:45:23,922
AND YOU AREN'T MAKING ANY SENSE.

748
00:45:23,955 --> 00:45:26,291
LOOK AROUND YOU.

749
00:45:26,324 --> 00:45:30,361
THESE ARE STONE WALLS.
[ SCOFFS ]

750
00:45:30,395 --> 00:45:32,230
[ GATE RATTLES ]
BARRED WINDOWS,

751
00:45:32,263 --> 00:45:33,731
AN IRON DOOR.

752
00:45:33,765 --> 00:45:39,470
RIGHT ABOVE US,
A THICK ROPE AWAITING MY NECK.

753
00:45:39,504 --> 00:45:41,873
THOSE ARE THE STUBBORN FACTS.

754
00:45:41,907 --> 00:45:44,109
AND ALL THE LOVE IN THE WORLD

755
00:45:44,142 --> 00:45:46,444
CAN'T CHANGE
A SINGLE ONE OF THEM.

756
00:45:46,477 --> 00:45:48,079
Mary: YOU'RE WRONG.

757
00:45:48,113 --> 00:45:52,150
LOVE IS STRONGER THAN FACT,
STRONGER THAN EVERYTHING.

758
00:45:54,252 --> 00:45:56,087
BUT I TELL YOU, JOHN,

759
00:45:56,121 --> 00:45:59,257
THERE IS STILL A PLACE FOR US
IN THIS WORLD.

760
00:45:59,290 --> 00:46:02,060
John: ONLY IN DREAMS.

761
00:46:02,093 --> 00:46:05,396
Mary: ALL RIGHT, THEN.

762
00:46:05,430 --> 00:46:08,599
ONE LAST TIME...

763
00:46:08,633 --> 00:46:10,501
DREAM WITH ME.


