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Thank you, happy hollow!

You have been a fantastic audience.

So, what do you think? One more?

Any requests?

Wolfman? Devito?

You guys hungry?

All right, all right, all right. Best debut album. Go.

Joy division, "unknown pleasures."

- You would. - What? What's yours then?

Hendrix. "Are you experienced."

I'm think mine's "blizzard of oz."

That does not count.

Ozzy was in black sabbath for over a decade

before that came out.

So, what? Jimi Hendrix and the guys from joy division

weren't in any other bands before those albums?

Yeah, but they weren't, like, "band" bands,

they were, like... trial runs.

Do you think that's what we are?

Like, are we the band?

Or are we the band... Before the band?

Because I don't think I'd want to do this without you guys.

Dylan?

It's time.

- Hello? - Abigail.

Call everyone you can and tell them to meet at the church.

Meet at the... what's all this about?

I'm going to cast evil out of this town for all to see.

And Abigail, make sure the Hudsons are there.

Why the Hudsons?

They're gonna wanna see this.

Linda's ready to go.

Good.

Are you?

Tracy, she's...

She's my world.

I promise... Your wife, and your mother,

is in good hands.

Now let's go save this town.

I'm telling you, chief,

Tracy whitehead is fucking insane.

Yeah, I got that. Olsen, go to her house and arrest her.

- On what charges? - Obstruction of justice,

aiding and abetting, and being a big pain in my ass.

And Abigail...

- Where's Abigail? - She just left.

- Said something about going to the church. - In the middle of the night?

All right, fine. Radio me when you have Tracy whitehead in custody, will ya?

Roger that.

Does this mean we're officially off your suspect list?

Looks like it.

So that means you finally gonna apologize to me.

Apologize?

You and your band caused me nothing but hell for weeks.

I had every reason to be suspicious of you.

I'm not even talking about that.

I'm talking about how you dismissed me

when I told you there was a conspiracy going on out here.

- God. - Don't get cocky, spud.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

- So you sayin' I was right? - No, what I'm saying is...

Why am I wasting time on this? Look, the two of you stay put.

I'm gonna get faith out of that house.

- We're coming with you. - No, you're not.

I don't know if you watch the news, but the two of you

are a couple of witches at the height of a witch hunt.

The safest place for you to be is right here.

Try and get Dylan on the phone. Make sure he's someplace safe.

I have a funny feeling that tonight

is gonna be one hell of a night.

Where is it?

Where is what?

Spare me the act, you little shit.

The evidence wasn't planted.

Which means you still have it!

You lied your way back into my home,

to what, to implicate me?

Is that about right?

Reverend, what are you talking about?

Who knows you're here, faith?

No one! It's just

it's just... It's just you and my mom.

Not your friends? Not the police?

No.

It's just us.

So you won't mind...

Taking a little trip with me then, will ya?

Where to?

A hotel first. Just a few nights.

But I'll be paying close attention to the news.

And if, for any reason,

either of our names make an appearance,

your destination's gonna change.

To where?

Bottom of lake erie.

I'm gonna give you one more chance to tell me the truth, faith.

Does anyone, anyone at all,

know where you are right now?

No.

For your sake, and your mother's,

I hope you haven't done something stupid.

Jordy, where are you?

Great work, Dylan.

Really.

I tried him, like, ten times, and he's still not answering.

I-I don't know what's up, but that can't be good.

Spud?

Do you remember what Dylan said about his mom?

I-I think she,

she thought we was doing some sort of black magic or something.

Can you come here for a second?

What's this?

A reported case of... "Demonic activity"?

Look, there are tons of them.

"Strange apparitions,"

"hearing voices,"

"violent and unseen forces."

What the hell?

Dylan's mom wasn't the only one.

Why do I feel like I know where Dylan is?

Good evening, ladies. Thank you. Please, take a seat.

Mr. and Mrs. Hudson, so glad you could make it.

Right this way.

Ms. Whitehead?

What can I do to help?

You have the most important job of anyone.

What's going to happen down there will not be easy.

Not for you, not for me.

And least of all, not for your mom.

When I finally reach her through the thing that's taken her,

she's going to need a reminder of what she still has to fight for.

So, w-what do I have to do?

Stay right here.

And when the time comes,

and you'll know when it does,

I need you to be right where she can see you.

I cannot stress how critical that is to saving her.

Okay.

I-I can do that.

Anyone know what this is about?

No, I just got a call from Judith telling me to be here.

No details.

Do you guys feel like she's been doing that a lot?

Like, too much?

Right?

I'm happy to be here, but...

- But we have lives, too. - Thank you.

If we're gathering, how about some notice,

so I don't have to scramble for excuses to tell my parents.

Like, is that too much to ask?

I know what you mean.

My old man thinks I'm at baseball practice.

But it's nighttime.

And it's not even baseball season.

He really wants to believe.

Yesterday, when Judith called us to meet

for a surprise in the woods, it was my birthday.

I thought she was throwing me a party.

Nope, she just wanted me to dig a hole.

- Sorry. - Guys... Does being in a cult suck?

- You guys ready to see some shit? - - Yeah.

Yup.

- Tonya! - Help me!

She's fucking crazy!

You guys ready to have some fun?

What the hell is this?

It's like they... pod people.

Excuse me, miss.

Don't touch me!

I'm sorry. Can you just tell me what's happening in there?

Tracy whitehead is shutting the door that your group opened up.

Ma'am, are you feeling all right?

Look, it's not safe for you to be here.

But.

I don't get it. I don't get this.

I don't get the reports we just saw at the station.

People really think there's like an evil in this town.

How is any of this possible?

What?

Thank you for joining us tonight.

For too long, the people of this town

have been living under a cloud of fear.

And battling the threat of evil that comes from within.

There is a reason why I have gathered

you all here.

At our church.

To end our town's... Battle against evil.

That reason...

Is the only... way out of this.

The only way out is through faith.

Because faith and fear

are opposite sides of the same coin.

Both demand you to believe in something you cannot see.

It is time we point our belief in the right direction.

Tonight, we send a message

to the evil and fear that has plagued us.

You are not welcome here.

Yes!

Tonight, we choose faith.

We will shine the light of god

and it will save us.

Tonight, we perform an exorcism

on Linda Campbell.

This is insane! Let her go!

Fred? Back off.

You heard her.

Come on, man.

What is this?

You wanna tell 'em yourself?

I have duct tape over my mouth!

What was that?

Fuck, cliff! That hurt!

- Tell them why you're here. - Please.

- I can explain. - She's the one who ratted us out.

I didn't want anyone to get in trouble.

The satanic Bible says we should hate our enemies,

because if we love them, then we are at their mercy.

Should we be at the mercy of a rat?

Or should she be at our mercy?

No, no, no. This isn't funny.

- My god. - Jesus.

"Someone hits your right cheek, slap their left."

Tonya... slapped us in the face.

She left a Mark on us

that we're going to bear for the rest of our lives.

I say it's about time we return the favor.

So? Who wants to go first?

Please, you don't have to do this.

Any volunteers?

No?

Fine. Ingrid?

You're up.

I don't... I don't know, Judith.

Just one cut.

Wherever you want it.

That was pretty clear.

Please.

I'm sorry, Judith. I'm out.

My god! Thank you, thank you!

- Thank you. - What?

So am I.

So am I.

So am I.

This... has gone way too far!

Wow.

I was wrong about all of you.

But.

I can count on you,

right?

You want people around here to start taking you seriously...

Right?

Well...

Yeah.

That's never going to happen.

Not until you give them a good reason.

Cliff...

Come on, man.

You don't need to do this, cliff.

We all like you.

Yeah, you're a cool guy.

You don't have to prove anything.

Don't listen to them.

They're phonies.

Not like you.

Show them...

Who you really are.

I will.

I'm out too.

Fine! I'll do it myself then.

Judith, stop!

Judith?

Why are your brothers still...

Mommy.

You're home early.

Help! She's going to kill me!

Judith! What is wrong with you?

No, mom, I can explain...!

Mom, stop it! You're embarrassing me!

I guess the cult's over then.

Can someone please cut me loose?

This tape is super uncomfortable.

Happy hollow police department.

Faith?

Quiet.

Hello? Can you hear me?

Dylan?

A successful exorcism is done in three stages.

The first stage is connection.

For this to work, I must make contact with Linda.

Not the devil who has taken over,

but the soul still fighting to survive.

I'm.

Dylan, I'm here.

In the second stage, I will loosen the devil's grasp on her mind,

body, and soul by speaking the evil out of her

and calling it out by name.

This stage is called confession.

Only after she has spoken her truth before

our entire congregation, and the one and only god,

can we use his light to cast that evil out of her.

This final stage is a cleansing.

Of Linda...

Of our congregation.

Of our town.

It is the expulsion of evil of all of us

by the grace of god.

Before we begin, I must warn you,

what you will see tonight may horrify you.

But it is the only way.

If you feel you do not have the heart for it,

now is the time to leave.

Good.

Then we may begin.

By the power of god, I demand you,

let me speak to Linda Campbell!

Linda Campbell,

mother of Dylan,

wife of gene, I am speaking to you!

Not him! Are you with me, Linda?

Yes!

Yes, I'm here!

Please, help me!

Fuck you.

I give you the strength of the lord

to speak through the devil, Linda!

Are you still in there?

Yes, please!

I'm here.

Help me.

Mom...

We gotta go right now.

What? No, I-I can't do that.

Trust us, you're not safe here.

It's time for stage two.

Confession.

Now I will ask Linda a series of questions.

And if the devil begins speaking through her again,

I will use this holy water to loosen his grip.

Do you understand, Linda?

I have to stay. My mom needs me. And Tracy's helping.

Your mom is in the hands of the least trustworthy person in town.

You know, exorcisms only work on people who are actually

possessed.

Linda, when was the first time

you sensed evil within the walls of your home?

I don't know.

Yes, you do, Linda!

Say it!

Get me out of here, you bitch!

See? How do you explain that?

Same as the halifax slasher,

the-the mad gasser, the damn June bug epidemic.

What does that even mean?

People will believe anything if they're scared enough.

Dylan, Ryan Hudson wasn't killed by satanists.

- It was a cover-up. - What?

When did you first feel this evil?

That's enough.

- Gene... gene! - That's my wife up there, Rex.

And that's our son in the ground.

Say it!

When Ryan Hudson disappeared.

Do you all remember the day the ground shook beneath our feet?

Make no mistake, though the ground shook, that was no earthquake.

Do you wanna know what I believe it was?

- Please! Tell us! - We must know.

I believe that was punishment from god,

punishment for an act so vile

it exposed our entire town to evil!

He died in the hands of criminals

hired by that asshole, who's been framing us for weeks.

Murder!

The ceremonial killing of an innocent

in cold blood!

Wait, so... if

Tracy can't help my mom, then why am I here?

I believe you're harboring a secret, Linda!

I believe you know who committed that act.

That's why.

Tracy's trying to get a false confession out of your mom.

If she confesses in front of the angry mob,

the truth won't matter.

You believe us now?

It is time to free yourself, Linda!

It is time to confess!

No! It wasn't him, it wasn't Dylan.

Are you sure?

Until you finally speak that evil,

it will continue its grasp on your soul!

And our entire town!

Until we've all become the devil's playthings!

Speak your evil! Confess!

- Admit it! - Just say it!

Find the strength within yourself, Linda!

To lift the burden of your family's sins.

For yourself and for your fellow man.

Speak your evil, Linda!

- Confess! - What happened to you?

You did!

As soon as your miracle baby grew up to be someone you didn't understand,

you left me to rot in the dark.

No. No.

You brought evil into this world!

No!

No! You are not my son!

This is not my fault!

Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess!

It's not my fault. It's not my fault.

Confess that your devil-worshiping son

killed Ryan Hudson!

- No! - Confess!

That Dylan Campbell is the reason

that evil and fear

have taken over your body and soul!

Not my fault!

Confess that the murderer who let Satan into our town

is right here in our presence!

Like, are we the band?

Or are we the band before the band?

'Cause I don't.

I don't think I'd wanna do this without you guys.

You won't have to.

Not anytime soon, bro.

So what do you guys think?

One more?

Yeah, that's a bunch of bullshit.

You guys know the story of chicken little?

A kingdom torn apart by one person

who said the sky was falling.

She's right onstage.

That's actually not quite right, either.

It's more like chicken little's friend killed someone,

and then used the whole "sky is falling thing" to help him cover it up.

Do not believe these satanists!

We are not satanists!

We're a band, and that's it.

And we had nothing to do with Ryan's death.

But you did!

No, no, no.

Can't you see what they're doing?

They're trying to stop me!

They want the devil to win!

Do not let him!

- Whoa! Shit, shit, shit! - What... the... fuck?

What happened?

Who do you trust?

These satanists?

Or the one person in this town

who can save you all from the darkness?

She's right. This is all their fault.

Yeah!

She's right.

We stand with you, Tracy!

I-I don't... I don't think this worked.

Hello?

Keep your mouth shut.

You'll end up just like your boyfriend.

What the hell kind of place is this?

Both of you guys need to leave now!

No, Dylan, we can't just leave you.

No, go! This is on me.

That boy... is a murderer!

Get him! Get him!

Don't let them go!

Shit, shit, shit!

No! Wait! Wait, wait! We're not finished!

I cast you out, devil!

Dylan! Linda!

Mom!

I'm begging you, please!

From one mother to another.

Come on, people! Move, move!

Someone call the fire department!

This way, guys!

Confess!

Linda!

Get the hell away from her! Go!

Mom?

Please come back to us, mom.

Please? Mom, I love you so much.

Please.

Mom?

Dylan.

It's you.

Mom...

Mom?

Linda?

Thank god you're back.

Come on. Come on.

Let's see if you're right, jordy.

Shh.

My god...

Shh.

Behind you!

Holy shit.

Beaumont Hicks?

You're under arrest.

For the murder of Ryan Hudson.

Reverend! I tried, I tried

I'm begging you, please, please, please, don't hurt her!

He can't hurt me anymore, mom.

Faith!

And neither can you.

What are all these people doing here?

They're, here to see you, honey.

Look. She's... she's saved!

It worked! The evil is gone!

- The devil is no longer with us! - Praise his holy name!

- We're saved! - Amen!

Where's Tracy?

Forgive me, father, for I... I have sinned.

Fuck this.

You're not Jesus, Tracy.

You don't get to die a martyr.

Don't mention it.

I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry.

She saved us.

She's a hero!

- You saved our town. - Thank you, Tracy.

Thank you, Tracy.

Tracy whitehead,

you're under arrest for aiding and abetting a murder.

- You're coming with me. - You can't do that.

Sir, I'm gonna need you to step back.

- You have the wrong person. - She saved us.

Ma'am, sir, you both need to step back.

It's okay.

I'll go.

Because I know,

with your support, the truth will prevail.

And until that day, I need you

to take the light that I found in each of you,

and let it burn bright.

Because all it takes is the flicker of a firefly

to lead a lost soul out of the darkness.

And that's what you are.

In all of this cold,

and all of this dark...

You are my fireflies.

Yes!

Take 'em down, Tracy!

You're a hero, Tracy.

God bless you.

Help me understand one more thing.

If your whole operation is about bringing kids back to god,

why the hell do you have to use such a creepy mask to do it?

Well, what's that look like to you?

I don't know. A bird, maybe?

A dove.

You know what the dove signifies in the Bible, chief?

It's what comes before the light.

Feels like overkill to me.

It's all just part of the show.

So you're the anonymous tipper.

Why didn't you come forward?

- Couple of reasons. - Shoot.

Well...

At first, I didn't want to believe

that my mom would be capable of doing something like this. You know?

And then...

Because I didn't want to go to jail myself.

Why would you go to jail?

Because I killed a man.

His name was Gilbert.

And I did it to protect my mom, but then

I lied about it to protect myself. But.

I can't just keep running from what I've done.

I'm a murderer.

Faith, he's not dead.

You're not a murderer.

Come on, let's get you home.

What?

Drop the attitude, Charlotte man son.

I just got off the phone with Tonya's parents.

You really lucked out.

They're not going to press charges.

As long as I agree to one request.

They want you to stay with your dad

for the rest of the school year.

I'm going to Los Angeles?

I don't wanna hear any arguing about it.

Because it is either that or... okay, I'll do it.

And you'll be on your best behavior?

I promise.

I hope she gets 30 years.

And I'd hoped we'd open for slayer,

but that ain't happening either.

A nice, young, single mother?

Church lady getting no more than 20 hours of community service.

- For murder? - Dylan, what do you think?

Dylan?

Sorry.

- Hey, spud? - Yo.

At the church, you said something about some slasher?

Yeah, yeah, the halifax slasher.

Yeah. What was that about?

Well, about 50 years ago, in england,

someone went up to the police saying they got cut up

by this knife-wielding psycho.

So, the police put out a bulletin to warn everyone.

Next thing you know, lots and lots of other people

are getting cut up.

And they're all describing it as the same person.

Town of halifax tore itself inside out

looking for the slasher, and...

Some mobs nearly killed a few of the suspects.

Jesus.

Well, did they ever catch the guy?

No, he... he didn't exist.

That first attack, that really happened,

but it wasn't some serial slasher.

It was this one-off, isolated event.

And everything after the bulletin went up

was either all imagined or made up.

But like, the fear... The fear was real.

You get enough people scared of the same thing

all at once, and it...

Changes their reality.

H-Hey, guys.

I just wanted to tell you that...

Well...

You two were right.

- We know. - We know.

Cool.

So...

Does this mean that the band is getting back together again?

Dylan, just because people find out we didn't have anything to do with Ryan

doesn't mean this won't follow us.

For the rest of our lives,

we are gonna be known as the band

that started a cult, killed someone,

and burned down a church.

So you're saying it's over?

I'm saying...

That sounds like a pretty great band mythology to me.

Something labels might be interested in.

I mean, I would see that band.

Spud?

I'd most definitely go see that band.

Get up.

On the count of three?

Dethkrunch for life.

One, two, three.

I've never been so tired in my entire life.

How are you still standing?

I'm not far behind you.

Hey, look at that.

Your arm.

It's back to normal.

It's been a while.

It has.

But we're through that now.

Let's go to bed.