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That house is famous
for its witches.

There is a being.
They call him Lasher.

Lasher is connected to
our family's bloodline.

- Are you frightened of him?
- Shouldn't I be?

You need
to protect yourself.

There are some in this family

who will try to convince you
that he is a gift.

Everything that is happening
here is what you want.

I don't want any of this.

I want him gone.

He can be rejected.
There is a choice.

The object of the ceremony

is to transfer the power
to a female next of kin.

He has chosen.

Tessa is not in her room.
Couldn't even sleep in her bed.

It's time for me to play my
- part, sir.
- And what is that?

I need to keep Lasher away
from her.

Tessa is dead.

The 13th witch
is the doorway.

Give him to me.
I know how to use him.

- You give him to me!
- No! Stop!

- I'm here to help.
- You're lying.

You can't control him.

You can't control me.

- What the fuck
are you doing here?

- You invited me.

- You stay away from him.

Go away. Go away.

- Don't you know who he is?

No.

No. No.

No!

- Rowan?

More milk.

- Yeah.

More milk.

Here you go, and when you're
done, it's time for a nap.

- Give it to me.

- I'd like it if you
could ask nicely.

Can you say "please?"

I'm going to need you to learn
how to say "please."

- I hear you up there,
tossing and turning all night.

- I told you to get
out of my house.

- What he gives you is not
worth the cost of your soul.

- Don't listen to her.

She's not real.

- You don't believe me.

Read the diary
that Catherine wrote.

She knew what he was.

And it ate her alive.

It's not a sin
to kill the devil.

- Where's the fire?

- What fire?

Do you remember making fire?
- I gave it to you.

I gave you all of it.

- You gave me so many gifts.

- I want it back.

- I can't do that.
Just stay still.

Just stay there
for one second, okay?

- What are you doing?

- I can see inside you.

So, if I understand how you're
made, then I can help you.

Okay?

- Lasher?

Lasher!

Hey, open the door.

- Tell me what's wrong.
I can help you.

Hey!

I have to open the door.

So please stand back
so you don't get hurt, okay?

Stand back.
Are you standing back?

Let's find you
some new clothes.

- Hi.
- Thanks so much for coming.

- I've been waiting
for your call.

Where is he?
- He's sleeping, finally.

- You look like you
could use some sleep.

- There are things
I need more than sleep.

Here, please, the dining room.

He's always hungry.

He's unbelievably strong.

And he grows
in these wild spurts.

Like, he looks human,
but he can't be human.

- He's something new,
something magical.

- But he's not, because
I have the power.

He gave it all up
to have a body.

- You said he can talk?
- Yeah.

- Have you asked
him why he's here?

- Yeah, and he
just looks at me.

I don't know if he doesn't know
or if he—he knows

and he's not telling me.

But you knew about his coming.

You understand everything
about the prophecy

and how quickly this
was going to happen.

So tell me.

Tell me what's going on.

- My mother used to say
that when he came,

our powers would multiply.

- And have they?

I mean, has anyone
in the family

felt a change in their powers?

- I'm sure they will soon.

We can trust him
to carry out his promise.

He's been with this family
for generations.

- 500 years spent conniving
and manipulating,

and in all that time,
no one stopped to ask him

why he was doing any of it?

- Those who were closest
to him must know.

Cortland, for instance.

- Well, I wish I knew
where he was

so I could ask him.

- Don't be so worried.

It's a miracle
what you've done—

his spirit made into flesh.

Very soon,
he'll be a grown man.

And surely, then he will tell
all of us what he wants.

- Thanks.

Hello?

Hello?

Is anybody home?

- Moira?

Moira.
Mom said you were coming.

But I didn't believe her.
- Of course!

Of course I'm here.

Mm.

How you doing?

You okay?

Oh. No, no, no, no.

That was not
your responsibility

to hold off the funeral
until I got back, all right?

That is on Mom.

- Don't tell her I let
you read my thoughts.

- I won't.

- Sorry, but the last thing
I need is you in my head.

- Heard you fell
at the funeral.

I didn't realize
that you had a cast.

Blame Father Guzman.

If he had repaired
the altar steps last year

like I asked him to...

You don't use
a hairbrush anymore?

- It's a long flight, Mom.

I can't believe
that she's gone.

You know, I was going to go
by her grave

on my way back from
the airport, but then I thought

maybe we could go
together, yeah?

- No.

You know, it's not all sorrow
and sadness around here.

Lasher's been born.

Your sister is a part of that.

- Rowan called Lasher
to rescue Tessa.

- But he didn't rescue Tessa?

- It happened as it
was meant to happen.

Things always do.

- "Meant to happen"?

You don't really believe that,
do you?

You've never had proper respect

for Lasher's place
in the family.

How long are you in town?

- "Catherine Mayfair,
August 12, 1946.

"He urges me to bond with him

"in a way
I cannot allow myself.

"To do so would be dangerous
and foolhardy.

"I wake from dreams

"certain he has used me
to perform grotesque deeds.

"My heart races.

"Terrified, I disavow him.

"If he haunts my sleep,
I will not sleep again.

"My brother
has no such boundaries.

"Julian wants Lasher to know
him in every possible way.

"He gives himself
to Lasher entirely.

And in doing so,
he is changed."

Millie?

- He appears innocent.

He looks like any human child,
but don't be fooled.

He is capable of evil.

I witnessed it in Scotland,
where he burned

a whole village to the ground.

And now that
he has a body, I...

I fear whatever it is that
he plans to do with it.

Sip, if you're touching
this Bible

and seeing this moment
for the first time,

that means your memory has
been erased by Albrecht Escher.

I am preserving
this memory for you

because your mission
is crucial,

so you cannot forget it.

Lasher has insinuated himself
into Rowan Mayfair's life,

and she is doing everything
she can to protect him.

She's fortified the house
with charms and spells,

and I've yet to find
a way past them, but...

there must be one.

She needs you, Sip.

She can be saved from him,

but you have to do it
before Albrecht gets to you.

Don't let anything
stand in your way,

and don't trust anyone
except the person

who gives this to you.

- Tessy...

Can you hear me?
A-are you listening?

Just say something, okay?
I'll...

I'll try to hear it.

I'm going to find out
what happened to you, okay?

- It's not a sin
to kill the devil.

- "Marguerite Mayfair,
June 11, 1912.

"Julian lit a man's
clothes on fire

"and told me that it was
Lasher who had done it.

"I scolded him,

but he said Lasher
had entered his body."

- We played that game
when you were little?

- Lasher?

- The one
with your fingers and toes?

- Lasher?

- This little piggy
went to market.

This little piggy stayed home.

- Better do it before
he gets too big.

- This little piggy
went wee, wee, wee,

all the way home.

- Hey.

Where'd you find that?

- Marie Claudette,
the ring she used to wear

is still on her finger.

Mary Beth's fingers
are here, too.

- So you remember them,
your witches?

- I remember them
in pieces that fall apart

when I look too hard.

- Part of Julian's
in that doll.

You were very close with him.

Did you ever tell him why
you wanted to be alive?

Why are you here, Lasher?
Tell me.

- What if you don't like it?
- I like everything about you.

- That's not true.

- If you don't tell me
what you want,

I can't help you achieve it.

- They don't want me
to tell you.

- Of course they do.
I'm one of them.

Yes.

- Give it back!

- You can have it
back when you tell me.

- Give it now!

I'm so sorry.

I didn't mean to do that.
- Yes, you did.

- No, let me see.

Let me see.
Show me.

Wait, don't move.

- You fixed it.

- Yeah, I can do that now
because of you.

- Hi. I'm Dr. Fielding.

I'm a guest
of Josephine Mayfair.

I'm here to, um, use the lab.

- It's all right.
I know who you are.

- Oh, thank you so much.
Okay.

- The results
were unbelievable.

We were able to counter the
mutations in 96% of the cases.

Why the hell would you cancel
the next phase of the trial?

- We ran the numbers.

And the profit margin
isn't big enough.

- We're talking
about a gene-therapy cure

for blindness, Paul.

- The trials
are expensive, Sam.

Ultimately, the market
for this particular therapy

is just too small.

- Does the board
know about this?

- We have plenty
of other trials going

for plenty of other diseases.
- Great, cool.

I'll just find
something else to cure.

- I have to take this.
- I'm calling the board.

I know they're going
to back me on—

Uh...

Rowan, my God, are you—

Is everything okay?

- It's fine.
I'm fine.

What, do I have to be
unwell to call you?

- It's been a really long time.

- It has been, yeah.
How are you?

- Fine, uh, great, great.

Uh, Rowan Fielding...

I, um...

I'm so sorry
to hear about Ellie.

Did you—did you get my—
- I did, yeah. Thank you.

It meant a lot
that you thought of me.

- Of course I did.

I do.

- Yeah, look, Lark, I-I wish
I was calling to catch up,

but the truth is,
I-I need a favor from you.

- Okay.

- Um, I'm wondering
if you'll run genetic testing

for me on a blood sample.

There's definitely
some kind of genetic anomaly

in the patient.

I need to know what it is.

- I run 1,000 samples a day.
That's hardly a favor.

- I need you to do this one
off the record.

- I don't—I don't think that's
a thing for geneticists.

Um...

but I'll tell you what—
I'll—I'll run it myself,

keep it out
of the firm's data bank.

How about that?
- Thanks, Lark.

I owe you.

- No, no, you don't.

You—you really
don't owe me anything.

- How's Mosley?

- Uh, yeah, great, great.

Still, uh...

Chasing squirrels,
doing his thing.

- He must be old now,
like, what, 8 or 9?

- He's—he's 12, Ro.

- It was good
to hear your voice.

Thank you.

- I'll, uh—
I'll call you when I run it.

- Okay, bye.

- Sorry.

- Um, can you
overnight this for me?

- Sure.
- Thank you so much.

Is it okay if I...

Hi.

Is that your mom out there?

Yeah?

Do you know why she's upset?

- The scan said
I'm going to die.

- Did a doctor tell you that?

- No, but I can tell.

- Yeah?

- I hate when she cries.

- Well, that's because moms
want to fix things

for their kids.

And she doesn't know
how to fix this,

and that's really scary
for a mom.

Is it okay if I examine you?

Okay.

- Why are you smiling?

- Because I know something
your mom doesn't know.

You're going to be fine.

Okay?

Oh.

- Rowan?

- Hi.

- Hey, are you okay?
- Yeah, I'm fine.

Um, do you want to come
back to the house?

Dolly Jean's there with Lasher,

and we have a bunch of stuff
that we need to talk about.

- Mm.
- but not here.

- You want to talk
about our father.

- Well, yeah, I think
it's time, don't you?

I didn't want to push you,
but, yeah, I do.

- That neurosurgery job
you offered me—

what happened with that?
- It's still available.

- Then tighten it
up like this, see?

- I've always worn them,
but I've never touched one.

- Hmm.
- I'm old, but I'm new.

I'm a riddle.

- You'll have
to explain it to us.

- Well, now I have
a heartbeat—thump, thump.

Are dreams memories?

- They can be, but not always.

- Hmm.

- Tell me what you know
about yourself, Lasher.

- I grew up near a church.
- Mm-hmm.

- I love music.

And sometimes
when I fall asleep,

I see a veil being lifted

and then the face of a girl.

I don't think Rowan
would like her.

- Then don't tell her.

Let's go. Time to wake up.

There you go.

- Yeah...

Hello.
Over here.

Ciprien, hi.

Good to see you.

- Have I been erased?

- Not by me.

Oh, you're not well.
Here...

I'm sorry about the quelling.

I couldn't see another way
to bring you in

and convince you
I have no interest

in erasing your memories.

- Why don't you?

I'm a loose end.

I could go to the elders
and tell them everything.

- The elders already
know everything.

They even know
what you've been up to.

And I'm happy to report
you've impressed them,

so much so that they
want you to take

the lead in a covert operation

of the highest urgency...

to capture Lasher.

- The Talamasca
doesn't want Lasher.

- I'm told we do.

Now that he's embodied,
he's a serious threat

to the balance
of the supernatural world.

Will you take a sip,
for Christ's sake?

Sometimes a glass of water
is just a glass of water.

- What are we planning
to do with him?

- Mm-mm, there's a protocol.

I can't tell you
until I know you're on board.

- I don't know.

Um, Lasher's
in the First Street House.

No one outside the family
can get in without permission.

I've tried
every counter-jinx there is.

- I'm aware.

- Then tell me how you plan
on getting in.

We've identified someone who
has a vendetta against Lasher,

someone who can get in and out
of the house with ease.

- A Mayfair?

- We believe she can be turned
to our side.

And we think you're the one
who can turn her...

if you're willing.

- Please, just tell
me where he is.

- I will not.

How dare you come crashing
into this house

without so much
as a by your leave?

Have you forgotten yourself?
- Please, Mayfair etiquette—

you know, when your
sister is murdered,

it really makes you reassess

your priorities a little—
- Hello?

Hi, I'm Rowan.

Who are you?

- I'm Moira.

- Moira is Tessa's sister.

- Oh.

Moira, it's so nice
to meet you.

I'm so sorry.
I'm so, so sorry about Tessa.

I feel completely responsible
for that.

- That's good.
I'm glad to hear that.

But I don't want
to talk to you.

I want to talk to Lasher.

He is the one
who owes me answers.

- Oh, uh, maybe another day.

- He abandoned my sister
when she needed him.

And I want to know why.

- The Lasher upstairs isn't the
Lasher you're talking about.

He's a child.
He doesn't remember anything.

He wouldn't even know
your sister's name.

- That's convenient.

Okay, I get it.

He gives you a shit ton
of power, right?

- If you're going to be in town
for a while,

why don't you come back and you
can meet him when he's ready?

- It's a reasonable request,
Moira.

- I'll show you out.

- She's a mind reader.

You have to protect yourself.

Make sure you have music
playing anytime she's near.

- Well, what was her plan?

Just to go up there and snoop
around Lasher's thoughts?

- Maybe.

That's what she's
usually up to.

She is nobody's
favorite cousin.

- I feel for her.

Headphones on all the time
to block out the world,

that gift is a curse.

- Is it?

I don't know.

- I brought you
something to eat.

You look so grown up...

very refined.

- Who's Tessa?

- Tessa was my cousin.

She was a young Mayfair woman
who died.

- She said I hurt Tessa.

And I don't want
to hurt anyone.

- No, you didn't hurt anyone.

You just chose her
to wear the key necklace,

and then...

she got into trouble.

Do you remember any of that?

- I used to play with it
when I was a baby.

- Yes.

It's just a toy now.

Isn't that funny,
how things change?

I mean, you used to be this
powerful, magical being,

and you gave it all up
to have a body,

and you still
haven't told me why.

- To tie a tie...

to jump...

To smell.

I like your smell, Rowan.

- But it wasn't just those
things that you wanted.

It was something bigger.

And I have a guess what it is.

Can I guess?

- Okay.

- Do you remember
how I healed you?

Well, I can do that
to other people, too.

And it's hard
when you're far away,

and it's easy when you're near.

So I think that your purpose
is to help me do good.

And it would be good
for our family.

Does that sound right?
You think that's right?

- No.

- No?

- Mm-mm.

- Okay.

So then what is it?

- I can tell you.

- Okay, tell me.

No.

Don't ever do that.

- But I love you.
- No.

Don't ever do that again, ever.

- Do you know the truth?

Do you know why he's here?

What does he want?

He must've confided in you.

- Rowan?

- Did he ever tell you
what he wants?

- Rowan, is that you?

Let me out of here.
Let me out of here!

- No. No, no!

No, no, no!

Oh, my God, what happened?

- I don't know.
You have to fix her.

- Lay her down.

- Please, please,
I'm saying please.

- She's had a hemorrhage.

She's dead.
There's nothing I can do.

- I didn't mean to hurt her.
I didn't mean to.

- No, no, no, no,
don't do that.

This isn't your fault.
How could this be your fault?

She hemorrhaged.

Who saw you with her?

- Lasher, put her down.
Tell me who saw you with her.

- Fix her.
Give her back to me!

- Put her down.

- Lasher, I need your help.

I need you to go get
something for me downstairs.

- Please.

- What?

- Scissors,
a pair of scissors.

Hurry.

They should be
on Antha's table.

- Rowan?

Mommy, mommy!

Let me out!

- I'm going to take care
of it,

and then I'll come back,

and you're going to tell me
exactly what happened, okay?

I always knew
you'd come back home.

Lasher's out there
hunting Mayfair women.

I can't control myself.

Where would he go?

Julian Mayfair,
the family's in trouble.

My father never was bothered
by a body count.

I'm really glad you're here.

I ran your DNA.
What are you?

They took Lasher.
I'm trying to find out where.

This is how it starts.
This is where he wants us.

Brother.

We're all that stands
between order and chaos.

I fear that we may be
in over our heads.

This is a trap.

I'll do whatever I need to do

to protect my family.

Then join us!

He's here.

He's always hungry.
He's unbelievably strong.

And he grows
in these wild spurts.

Like, he looks human,
but he can't be human.

Well, he's something new.

Something magical.

Action!

The second season,
or the second book,

you have to understand
that nobody's safe.

Anything can happen to anybody.

And that makes
for great television.

Anne Rice gave us
such a rich world to play with.

This season really gives us

something unique
that people haven't seen before.

Anne Rice's book "Lasher"
is such an incredibly wild book.

It goes to extraordinary places.

They've managed
to sort of carve out

such an interesting journey

for all the different
characters.

Lasher specifically—

he's somebody who's just come
into his human form.

For people to see
just how much more

we've delved into the world,

especially the Mayfair family,

to see how far and wide

the Talamasca organization
actually goes,

so it's been great to see the
expansion of the story lines.

It's really nice to come back

to a second season
and know everyone.

We had most of the same crew.

And I love the new cast,

and I got to play
with my old cast, as well.

It felt like Rowan
was coming home.

We start in our
very witchy, strange world

of New Orleans
and the Mayfairs of New Orleans.

And the house is a real
set piece in this.

The house
is kind of living a life

based on what's happening
to Lasher.

When me and Esta
first spoke about this season,

we were like, "How can we show

a different side of Lasher—
the human side,

somebody who isn't used to
this world,

doesn't understand his purpose?"

So in essence, we thought of
Frankenstein's monster.

No!

You're dealing with characters
in a family,

all who have
these incredible powers

and who are also very human
at the same time.

That's what was fascinating

with the Greek gods,
for example,

is you have these
really powerful creatures

that still are lustful and angry
and jealous and greedy.

More milk! Give it to me!

It's not a sin
to kill the devil.

We have Lasher's various ages.

When you're working with babies,
small children,

you don't always know
what you're gonna get.

Rowan?

Lighting was one of the first
things we talked about.

We cannot ever, ever, ever light
this baby in bright light.

We have to keep this baby
always in shadow.

One of my favorite moments
in the first episode

is a moment where baby Lasher
pulls out his own teeth.

Children do. They, you know,

wiggle, wiggle, wiggle,
and pull out their teeth.

But for a mother watching that,
is that normal?

It was really fun for me
as an actor

to see Lasher grow up
so quickly

and to play
with all these young actors.

Where's the fire?

There were some metaphors

for the shock and unknown

of being a new mother.

Although Rowan is maybe dealing
with far more than most mothers

because her child is a demon.

You look so grown up.

Very refined.

Who's Tessa?

One thing we wanted
to do in season 2

was to really inhabit
the space of the Mayfair family

and get to know
some of the other witches

and get to know the emotional
journeys of other Mayfairs

in addition to Rowan.

And that took us into

some very strange
and dark places

in the best possible way.

Better?

A wonderful character
in the second book

called Mona Mayfair—

we didn't use all
of the attributes of Mona,

so it felt unfair
to call our character Mona,

but we leaned in that direction
with the name Moira.

Hello?

Hello?

Is anybody home?

- Moira?
- Spalding: Alyssa was—

She just popped out
of the audition.

She's amazing.

You could just feel
the Moira in her.

And, then, as often happens,

as soon as she was on set,
being our Moira,

we started writing towards her
and her voice.

When your sister's murdered,

it really makes you reassess
- your priorities a little.
- Hello?

Making her a mind reader gave
her an incredibly strong power,

one that could rival
some of Rowan's powers.

So we felt her power needed
to be absolutely significant.

- Who are you?
- I'm Moira.

Moira is Tessa's sister.

It seems like
when they first meet

that she's gonna be
this adversary.

I'm so, so sorry about Tessa.

I feel completely responsible
for what happened.

That's good.
I'm glad to hear that.

As far as the
character of Lark goes...

Rowan? My God.

Are you— Is everything okay?

It's fine. I'm fine.

Rowan goes to him
in the second book

to get information about Lasher.

She's trying to figure out
Lasher's blood type.

I'm wondering if you'll run
genetic testing for me

on a blood sample.

We really wanted there
to be the feeling

of a love triangle,

that Cip is there,
still having feelings for Rowan,

but that this person
comes onto the scene

who also has a kind of
romantic feeling for Rowan.

It meant a lot
that you thought of me.

Of course I did.

I do.

Cip, if you're touching
this Bible

and seeing this moment
for the first time...

that means
your memory has been erased

by Albrecht Escher.

The theme really
for the season is about family.

And when we thought about Cip...

it really felt like
his story of family

was a story
of being in the Talamasca—

Don't let anything
stand in your way,

and don't trust anyone

except the person
who gives this to you.

— the Talamasca,
who discovered him

and discovered the gift he had
and kind of brought him in

and said, "This is who you are.
This is what your gifts are."

And we find him
at the beginning of the season,

having separated himself for
the first time from that family,

living on his own,
on his own mission,

because he's so obsessed
with Lasher.

Cip's relationship with the
Talamasca is not good right now.

I mean, he's hiding, essentially.

I think he's hiding because
there's a lot of questions

that have been left unanswered.

There's a lot of emotions that
are just bubbling up inside him.

The Talamasca
- doesn't want Lasher.
- Albrecht: I'm told we do.

Now that he's embodied,

he's a serious threat
to the balance

of the supernatural world.

I had from the very
beginning in my mind

the idea that if our heart
is gonna be with Rowan

as she basically vanishes
this body

that her child has killed...

Lasher, lay her down.

- Tell me who saw you with her.
- Fix her!

doesn't go to the police
and report him, whatever,

if we're gonna be with her
when she does that,

it has to be beautiful.

So if she does this
with respect and beauty,

then the audience
will go with her

and will not judge her
for what she's done.

And it felt like
such extraordinary witchy power.

She can control
all of these elements,

and here she is,
moving the water down

to sink this body away.

It's like the culmination of the
power that Lasher has given her,

but, also, of the crimes
that he's committed.

That was a very interesting
place to take Rowan's story

and take her relationship
with her son

and the complicated nature
of their relationship.