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[ man ]i remember the first war. the way the sky burned. the faces of angelsdestroyed. i saw a third ofheaven's legion banished... and the creation of hell. i stood with my brothersand watched lucifer fall. but now my brothersare not brothers. and we have come here,where we are mortal, to steal a dark soulnot yet lucifer's...
to serve our cause. i have always obeyed. but i never thoughtthe war... would happen again. ♪♪ [ man singing gregorian chant ] ♪♪ ♪♪ [ continues ] ♪♪ [ chant continues, group ] [ bishop ] come to our help, lord, holy father,
almighty and eternal god. you are the source of every honor and dignity, of all progress and stability. you watch overthe growing family of manby your gift of wisdom... and your pattern of order. when you hadappointed high prieststo rule your people, you chose other mennext to themin rank and dignity... to be with them and tohelp them in their task. and so there grew upthe ranks of priests...
and the offices of levitesestablished by sacred rites. in the desert you extendedthe spirit of mosesto 70 wise men... who helped him to rulethe great companyof his people. he shared among the sonsof aaron the fullnessof their father's power, to provide worthy priestsin sufficient number... for the increasing ritesof sacrifice and worship. with the same loving careyou gave companionsto your son's apostles... to help in teachingthe faith, they preached the gospelto the whole world.
♪♪ [ chant continues ] [ bishop ]let joseph, who isto be ordained priest, come forward. lord, i am not worthy toreceive you, but only saythe word and i shall be healed. almighty father, grantto this servant of yoursthe dignity of the priesthood. renew within himthe spirit of holiness... as a coworker withthe order of bishops. we ask this throughour lord jesus christ. one god,forever and ever.
amen. let thomas, who isto be ordained priest,come forward. [ moaning ] [ screaming ] - [ screaming continues ]- [ moaning continues ] - [ screaming ]- [ screaming ] [ thomas screaming continues ] [ thomas ] some peoplelose their faith becauseheaven shows them too little. but how many peoplelose their faith becauseheaven shows them too much ?
years later,of all the gospels i learnedin seminary school, a verse from st. paulstays with me. it is perhaps the strangestpassage in the bible,in which he writes: "even now in heaven there were angels carrying savage weapons." hey, you're notsupposed to be up here. sorry. [ door opens ] [ drops wallet on table ] don't fuckin' move.
you don't need a gun,thomas. who are you ? everything used to bemuch simpler, didn't it ? get down, slow. everyone thinks they knowwhat heaven is like. turn around. turn around ! - heaven isn't heaven anymore.- now, take it easy. - thomas-- thomas !- calm down. take it easy.- will you listen ? i was in the church that day.
i know what you saw. i know why you left your faith on that floor. what do you want ? you have no ideawhat this is like for me. "a thesis on angels in religious scripture"... by thomas dagget. do you still believe... any of it ? - you're asking me as a cop ?- as a priest.
but i'm not a priest. st. christopher. "go your way in safety." do you believe... that you're part of god's plan, thomas ? that's a complicated question. no, it isn't. [ thunder rumbling ]
[ sniffing ] [ coin clanks ] [ sniffs ] [ both yell ] [ grunting ] you found it, haven't you ? you can't keep it from us,simon ! - [ blow landing ]- [ both grunting ] [ groaning ]
- [ groaning continues ]- [ simon grunts ] [ screams ] - [ tires screech ] - [ grunts ] [ boy yelling in spanish ] [ yelling continues ] [ shutter clicks ] that's it. go ahead. [ police radio dispatcher, faint ] all right.
[ man yelling ] why don't you call it in ? well, look at this.tommy dagget actually litby the light of morning. what am i doin' here,burrows ? i work nights.it's not even my division. well, we'll get to that. our friend here dida half-gainer fromthe fourth floor. jumper ? not unlesshe decided not to botheropening the window first. [ radio dispatcher ] 81, clear. unit 14, clear. [ burrows sighs ]
was he fucked upor what ? well, he wasn't exactly incondition to walk a chalk linewhen we got here. you're welcometo smell his breath,if you like. he is missingone or two things, though. - what's that ? - his eyes. maybe they're stuckin the radiator grill. [ thomas ]who's the roomregistered under ? john smith. anything interestinginside ?
well, there are whatan experienced detectivelike yourself... could possibly construeas signs of a struggle. of course, nobody sawor heard anything. [ radio dispatcher continues, faint ] [ tommy ]place been dusted ? yeah. nothing. [ burrows ]kinda weird, huh,somebody carrying that around ? that's why lieutenant deasonhad me call you down on this. any ideaswhat it's doin' here ?
no. "for it was there at nicene... "that the world's fourth-century bishops... "declared that with the sacrifice of god's son man became one with god, "for the first time lifted above all other creations... to stand at his sidein heaven." you been holdin' out on me.i never knew you couldread and write. [ radio dispatcher continues, faint ] that measures eight feet.
where's chimney rock ? [ policeman ]okay, let's move. arizona. it's where i'll bein two yearsand three months. you gonna giveall this up ? [ chuckles ] you're breakin' my heart. [ siren approaching, policemen continue talking ] don't forgetto tip the maid.
[ thunder ] [ children's choir ]♪ ave maria ♪ ♪♪ [ singing in latin ] ♪♪ [ continues, in latin ] [ jaw cracks ] [ speaking latin ] [ inhaling ] [ hissing, faint ] [ shrieking, faint ]
[ hissing, shrieking continue ] ♪ amen ♪ ♪ amen ♪♪ [ cheering, shouting ] [ people talking, faint ] hey, what's the big ideaof sitting out hereall alone ? someone's here. [ people laughing, talking continues, faint ] where ?
pig outon all the cake ? [ laughs ]no. but there,there might be one teeny,tiny little piece left. but you'll have torace me for it. what's that ? where ? oh, you sneak ! [ laughing, talking continue ] [ door slams ]
[ squeaks ] [ rats squeaking ] tommy. a little earlyfor you, isn't it ? joseph. they got youworkin' days ? yeah. huh.tyson, slow down. everybody's dead. do you got any moreof this ?
all right, wheredo you wanna start ? [ thomas ]well, i think we couldskip the cause of death. why don't we beginwith his eyes ? your man has none. what, they weren'tin the radiator grill ? no, i mean,he never had any. no optical fibers, no muscle pores, zip. we did a toxicologyon his blood, you know, looking for the usual--coke, booze, sugar.
what'd you come up with ? high sodium,elevated erythrocytes, no floatingcholesterol platelets,trace of ammonia. what's so unusualabout that ? oh, nothing. nothing. actually,it's pretty common... for an aborted fetus. fetus ? we also dida bone section.
it wasn't much trouble;most of them were stickingout of his chest anyway. okay. and ? when a baby grows,their bones get larger... by having calcium layers formover the interior haversiancanals. are you with me ? i'm with you. this leaves growth rings;everybody's got 'em. except our pal here. oh.and this is for you. he's also a hermaphrodite.ohh !
he's got both maleand female sex organs. think ofthe possibilities. he could be impotentand frigid at the same time.they don't normally work. we found thisin the lining of his coat. it's an old bible. handwritten.beautiful, really. see this symbol ?matches a scar on his neck. exactly the same. that's attractive, huh ?
anything else ? there's a velvetbook marker. cute. what is it ? twenty-third chapter ofst. john's revelations. and ? there is no23rd chapter. well, maybe this isthe teacher's edition. can i keep this ?
sign for it. what are we gonna do here,tommy ? do me a favor-- just siton it for a couple of days,give me a head start... before the wolvesstart circling, okay ? take your time. [ thomas ]"and there were angels who could not accept... "the lifting of man above them, "and, like lucifer, rebelled against the armies of the loyal archangel michael. and there rosea second war in heaven."
[ thomas ]"lieutenant to the seraph or archangel gabriel." gabriel. [ sniffing ] simon. [ children talking, yelling ] [ talking, yelling continue ] [ girl ] over here ! mamacita. [ boy ]hey, cutie !
[ boy ] hey, don't letthe door hit you ! [ boys laughing ] one-one thousand,two-one thousand, three-one thousand,four-one thousand, five-one thousand,six-one thousand, seven-one thousand,eight-one thousand, nine-one thousand,ten-one thousand. [ clunk ] [ quiet gasp ]
you guys,i know you're here. you guys. i knowyou're in here. [ gasps ] hello there, young lady. hi. i'm simon. what's your name ? mary.
mary ! that's a pretty name. does miss henleyknow you're here ? no, she doesn't. no one does. and i would like tokeep it like that,if we can. do you think that you could not tell anyone that i'm here, just fora little while ? okay.
[ girls together ]mary ! come on ! come on ! come on ! i have to go. let's go ! do you have to ? are you hungry ?i could bring something. that would be very nice,mary. okay. bye.
[ man on tv ]♪ bears love the honey ♪ ♪ honey loves the bees ♪ ♪ we belong together like monkeys in the trees ♪ ♪ i'll always love ya ♪ ♪ we're stuck like glue ♪ ♪ i wanna be your best friend too ♪ [ man, woman ]♪ i wanna be your best friend too ♪♪ gee, jerry,you look like shit. leave me alone,gabriel.
soon, pal, soon. come here. go away. you still gota spark of lifeleft in you. - fuck you.- hmm. i want youto do something for me. - why don't you just let me die ?- soon. honest. [ hiccups, groans ]
don't start. you know how i hate that. [ weeping ]i'm so tired.i'm so goddamn tired. watch the profanity. one more favor. what ? i want you to getsomething for me. some personal effectsthe cops took fromthe gable apartments... on seventh street. it'll be sittingin a property roomon san julian.
and you just want meto waltz right in therelike this, right ? go in duringa shift change. you got the namethe stuff is under ? john doe. - oh. why doesn't that surprise me ?- number 12. bus fare. [ coin clanking ] [ dispatcher on radio ]7-8-25, code six. 105 north vann, route 52.
hey. final spectrometrycame back on thatfancy bible of yours. if that new chapter'sa forgery, it's an old one. carbon dating checks outsecond century. [ coffee pouring ] [ thomas ]that would make this biblethe oldest in existence then. so don't lose it. how's the translationgoing ? well, from what i canmake out so far,
this thing seemsto be mostly about angelsand the second war in heaven. a second angel war ?over what ? us. humans. it sayswhen god gave us a soulsome angels became jealous... and they started this war. really ?you translated all of that ?well, when did it end ? it doesn't say it did.it does prophesya little, though. come on.let me show you something. it's been a while here,so bear with me.
"and there shall be a dark soul, "and this soul will eat other dark souls and so become their inheritor. this soul will not restin an angel but a man,and he shall be a warrior." nice. very nice.let me ask you something. why wouldn't god justget rid of the bad angels ? i don't know.i don't know.maybe he can't. maybe he won't. come on.
don't be so serious.it's not like all thisis real. well, what's in the basementis real. and according to this,it's got a name. remember that symbolon his neck ? according to some ancienthebrew cabalists, that's angelic scriptfor an angel named uziel. are you saying we havea dead angel on ice ? [ tv: baseball game, faint ] [ crowd cheering ]
[ sportscaster ]ball three. [ footsteps ] i'm gonna needto see a pass. shh. stop it. dork ! it's over. back tothe real world of learning. [ children yelling, laughing ] [ boy ]wait up.
brian,have you seen mary ? - i think she's out back.- allison ? we haven't seen hersince lunch. were you upstairs ? mm-hmm. all right. until i get backi want everyone reading... and being quiet. [ teacher ]mary ? mary ?
mary, come here. but simon and i were-- now. ohh. i'm not mad at you.i just want you to goback to class. okay ? - bye.- bye. this is school property.you can't sleep here. it wasn't part of the plan. are you all right ?
not really. i'll have to callthe police. [ sighs ] i wish you wouldn'tdo that. they can help you. not me. please leave, katherine. [ mary ] hi. well, now.
i thought you left. i hid.i'm very clever. oh, yes, you are. very clever. mary, i have very little time left. and since you have beenso nice to me, there's somethingthat i would very muchlike to give to you. something very special.
can you keep a secret ? the biggest secret ever ? it's okay. come here. you're a very clever girl. close your eyes. [ hissing, shrieking ] [ coughing ] [ coughing continues ] oh, honey.
are you okay ? i don't feel good. did you-- did you eat something ? can i go home now ? it's okay. [ katherine ]emma ? mary got really sickin school and i thoughtshe should come home. i don't feel very good,grandma. come on, sweetie.
[ whispers ]it's all right. i'll have the schoolsend for a doctor. [ speaks in dialect ] [ katherine ] he was just lying up there. [ officer ] most of my deputiesare at a tanker spill right nowand they may be a while. these people are rarelyany problem. i'll have one of the boys comedown by tonight or tomorrowand shoo him out for ya. all right.i mean, as, as,as soon as you can. he was kind of strange.all right, thanks.
[ thomas ] looks like oneof those snow angels we usedto make as kids, you know. lay down ona clean snowbank, swing your armsup and down.[ laughs ] you know what this means,don't you ? our friend's cleaned outall our evidence onmr. doe here, everything. guard get a good lookat who nailed him ? tall.smiled a lot. i think i have to go. chimney rock.
go.figure this out. then call,tell me i'm not crazy. [ sighs quietly ] you like the desert,jerry ? you promised. soon !don't be a pestabout it. [ groans ]never trust a fucking angel. i can't see, you know.[ chuckles ] hey, look, man,what the hell do youneed me for, huh ?
it's a big universe,jerry. some things in itare talking monkey work. monkeys. like you. oh. well,that's great, gabe. stop ! stop the car ! ahh. i can always smella graveyard. ♪♪ [ car radio: country ] [ digging sounds ]
♪♪ [ continues ] [ coughing, hacking ] ♪ last night ♪ [ coughing continues ] ♪ i went to sleep ♪ [ gasping ] you enjoyin' yourselfup there ? i always enjoywatching you work, jerry. how'd i ever get youin my life ?
- stop. you didn't really want to kill yourself.- oh, no, i did, actually. i did kill myself,right ? i mean, i did do it. ahh, technically. - so you're just keeping me alive.- letting you die slower. [ laughing sarcastically ] oh, yeah. thanks, man. i'm so in your debt. thank you, jerry.i'm touched. [ loud slam ] ohh ! fuck.
ah. [ sighs ]oh, fuck. don't hurt it. [ gabriel ]ah. there you go. that's it.brush off. that's it. be very careful.open it up. [ jerry grunting ] whoa. ah, there it is. not much to look at.
it's not what's onthe outside that matters. it's what'son the inside. oooh ! you are looking atthe cleverest, meanest, sickest talking monkey. i love him. time to go. gimme a kiss. it's not here.
- more bad news for the war effort, huh ? - shut up ! jerry, come here. if you were a soul, where would you hide ? the hell away from you. ♪♪ [ radio continues, faint ] hi, simon. hi, gabriel. long time.
you know why i'm here. oh, yes. don't have it on you,by chance. - no.- no. that'd be too easy. sorry, man.you know. simon.get serious. [ groans ] so, where's the soul ?
you know,bigger than a bread box; used to occupythe recently deadcolonel hawthorne. you can't keep itfrom me, simon.the stalemate is over. why are you doing this,gabriel ? i want what's mine.i bow to no humanin heaven. - but the word--- no one hears the word anymore. no one ! - without the word--- there's only the argument. i'll not step aside. i will not allowany talking monkey... to take my place.
i'll burn down heavento stop it. i'm so tired of this war. reject the lie, simon.join us. help us make it like it wasbefore the monkeys. you remember ? we cast outlucifer's army. you and i. we threwtheir rebel thronesfrom the wall. they wanted to be gods.
i don't wantto be a god, simon. i just want to make itlike it was before the lie, when he loved us best. oh, gabriel. when was itthat you lost your grace ? i'd like to help you, old friend, but i can't. i'm not surewho's right, who's wrong,but it doesn't matter.
sometimes you just have todo what you're told. that's who we are. you know,the great thing... about a conversationlike this ? you never have tohave it again. you knowthe routine. yes. [ screaming ] [ simon screaming ]
not yet ! [ labored breathing ] [ wheezes ] i can make this lastforever. this is getting boring,simon. hey, man-- where is it ?where did you put it ?give it to me ! [ whispering ]you're an abomination,gabriel. you'll neverget that soul.
you're a tough one,friend. old school. [ wheezing ] what's going on, john ? you may want to skipthis one, katherine. [ john ]were any of your, uh,students up here ? [ woman chanting in dialect ] [ chanting continues ] - how is she ?- same.
has she seenthe doctor yet ? [ grandma ]he found nothing. but something is in her. so we have calledthe hand trembler to findif she must have a sing. [ chanting continues ] [ thomas ]"and there shall be a dark soul, "and this soul will eat other dark souls and so become their inheritor. "this soul will not rest in an angel, but a man, and he shall bea warrior."
how long agowas he buried ? - which time ?- "which time" ? what do you mean ? somebody dug him uplast night.local hoods, probably. i just finishedputtin' him back. did youcall the sheriff ? sure. they were busy upat the school this morning.some wino burned himself up. expectin'i'll be buryin' him too. [ squeaking ]
[ school bell rings ] [ yelling, shouting ] [ katherine ]don't run, don't run. don't run ! don't run. can i help youwith something ? yes, i'm thomas daggetwith the police. katherine henley. i'd like to ask youa few questions, if i may. it's about that guyupstairs ?
that's right. well, sorry, buti kinda got my handsfull right now. do you mind if i tag along ?let me help you with that. make yourself useful. [ children yelling continues ] hey, you forgotsomething !thanks. what grade is this ? oh, it's all of them. the town doesn'tseem that small.
well, after the copper mineclosed, it sort of tookmost of the town with it. jade,you hurry back ! so we just teach out ofthis one corner now. - the rest of the school has been abandoned for years.- hey ! [ yelling continues ] [ girl ]get him, danny ! it's happened before,you know. homeless people just lookingfor a place to sleep. of course, no one's everburned themselves up before.
did you talk to him ? yeah. i wanted to knowwhat he was doing there. did he say ? no, he didn't say. i mean, he lookedlike he was hurt, bloody,like somebody had cut him. is there something going oni should know about ? did any of the childrencome in contact with him,talk to him in any way ? which one ? well,
she's home sicktoday. i'd like to speakwith her parents,if that's possible. well, her parentsare dead. she liveswith her grandmother.i'd have to ask her. did you knowan arnold hawthorne ? the colonel. did you goto his funeral ? everybody did.he lived here. any dark secrets ?
there are no secretsin a small town,mr. dagget, dark or otherwise. okay. thank you. sure. no, not really. i mean, he lived here, but nobody ever reallytalked to him much. have any family ? nah, not hawthorne.town'll probably justauction this place. well, lock upwhen you're done.
okay, thanks. [ door closes ] it's unusual... to see someone your agein a church on a weeknight. don't get me wrong. i think it's a signof excellent character.you're not from here. what are you doin' ? lookingfor something. did you find it ?
i will. i found what you'relooking for... thomas. excuse me ? do i know you ?how do you know my name ? ah, you looklike a thomas. hey. look at me. you want me tolook at you ? huh ? you knowhow you got that dentin your top lip ? way back,before you were born,
i told you a secret, then i put my finger there... and i said, "shh." [ thunderclap ] okay ? there and there. put your lips there.pucker your lipsand blow. just a little bit.this trumpet's special. [ children screaming ] very good.kevin.
have a mint.on me. huh ? oooh-ohhh. what ? what,you want an autograph ?come on, get out of here. next. sandra. how'd you know my name ? well, you look like a sandra.you have very pretty teeth,sandra. thank you. let's check 'em.hmm ? ahh.
did you see the manupstairs, sandra ? a little. well, who did, sandra ?who talked to the man ? - where is mary, sandra ?- what the hell do you think you're doing ? -i'm talkin' to the kids, ma'am.-sandra, come here. come here, honey. - the rest of you inside. now. go on.- [ kids groaning ] bye, gabriel. see you, kids.study your math.
key to the universe. [ sandra ]bye, gabriel. - who are you ?- that's a long story. [ hacking ] ignore him. yeah, everybody else does. look, i don't know what'sgoing on here, but i thinkyou both should leave. you're right. you have no ideawhat's going on.
so you saw simon.what did he say to you ? you weren't supposed tobe here. why ?is something wrong ? emma.it's okay, mary. you don't have to talk to him.you don't have to talkto any of them. he was just asking meabout simon. simon ? what did he sayto you, mary ? he asked if i couldkeep a secret.
what was that ? something he gave me. - what did he give you ?- then it wouldn't be a secret. you're a good friendnot to tell, mary. but i'ma good friend of simon's too. so if you want to go aheadand say what it was,you can to me, okay ? it's a secret. but sometimes it hurts. ever cut offa chinaman's head ? they don't bleed.not like we do.
or maybe itwas just the cold. you could always tellwhen they were coming. those songs. they chargethrough the snow.their guns froze. and that was okaybecause we were better. colder. at chosin, we were colderthan anyone. make it stop, miss henley ! make it stop ! it's okay. it's okay.
make it stop ! make it stop ! [ mary sobbing ] what are we gonna do ? she's going to havethe enemy ghost way.we leave this afternoon. - wh-- where's the ceremony ?- it's at her clan's village. old woman butte. you're gonna take her away ?this girl needs a doctor. she's already seena doctor. chinamen's heads ? chosin ?i've never heard hertalk that way before. is someone teaching thatto your kids in class ?
yeah, sure. right next to jack and jill. colonel hawthornewas at chosin.did she talk to him ? she had no contact with him.he hated children. this isn't justabout some drunk... who burned himself upat the school, is it ? can you tell methe truth, thomas ? did you ever readthe bible, katherine ? long time ago.
did you ever notice howin the bible, whenever godneeded to punish someone... or make an example, or whenever godneeded a killing,he sent an angel ? did you ever wonder whata creature like thatmust be like ? a whole existence spentpraising your god, but always with one wingdipped in blood. would you ever really want to see an angel ? why are you asking me this ? they want colonel hawthorne.
they want a dead, forgotten,psychotic colonel. they ? there was a manat my school this morning. the childrenwere calling him gabriel. he had sandra on his lap. what does he wantwith my kids ? i don't know, katherine. but i gotta find him. i know whereyou can find him.
he was parked right here. it's cold. i don't know. [ thomas ] it's angelic script. [ shrieking ] [ shrieking continues ] no ! [ katherine gasps ] saint john was right.there's a war in heaven.
is gabriel an angel ? he wants something. something that's here. he wants mary. thomas, he wants mary. his car. get away from her. son of a gun.priest. wanna-be.figured it out. - mary ?- shh.
she won't feel anything, honest.i have to rip her apart,of course. it's just the way it goes.see, simon hid hawthorne'ssoul inside her. i need it. nice catholic boylike you, mr. dagget,you should be on my side. goddamn it ! you're gonna have to watch itwith that profanity. - [ yelling ]- mary. [ both grunting ] look in my eyes. [ katherine grunting ]
[ thomas ]come on, motherfucker ! come on, fuck ! thanks, man.you're a sport. pest !you have any idea how hardit is to get one of those ? why ? i'm an angel.i kill firstbornswhile their mamas watch. i turn cities into salt. i even, when i feellike it, rip the soulsfrom little girls. and from now'til kingdom come,
the only thingyou can count on,in your existence, is never understanding why. - [ gasps ]- you, give me a kiss. - mary !- [ thomas ] go ! go ! [ thomas grunts ] [ yells ] [ thomas grunting ] [ thomas panting ] you...
can't... have her ! [ katherine ] thomas ! [ man ]get that one and a half incherover to the other side. we need more ! you don't understand. you gotta cuff him. he's dead. he's not dead. you gottacuff him, do you hear me ? bob, just do it. do it !
all right, jack.cuff him.put him in my car. [ jack ]all right. they got him. they got him. wh-- where's mary ? she's here. she's here. hey.[ panting ] [ mary ]on earth, they're not immortal. they're not like you and me.you've got to cuttheir hearts out. [ door closes ]
[ engine starts ] [ sighs ]we gotta go. let's go. let's go. [ speaking in dialect ] this is a good place. separate water source.stocked grain. only one possible approach. a man could,with the proper defenses, hold offan entire battalion.
[ man chanting in dialect ] [ chanting continues ] can i help you ? yeah, someone's gonna die.soon. here.i'll just be a minute. uh, there's no visitorsallowed in i.c.u. timing is so important.i smell these things. so. [ machines beeping ] "nancy."recovering ? hmm.
recovering ? huh. stable ?get out of here. deteriorating.critical. my favorite. [ machine beeping ] rachael. [ beeping stops, single tone ] [ gurgling ] [ machine off ]
not yet. come back. [ gurgling continues ] come on, back it up. that's it. come on back. [ coughs ] ooh. ahh. [ coughing continues ] - hi !- no, no, no, no, no. don't start.i hate that.
come on, don't start. it's onlyfor a short time. promise. ♪♪ [ people singing, chanting ] [ whispering ]hello, katherine. we must talk. oh, my god. god ? god is love.
i don't love you. i-- i can't. i can't do this. i can lay you outand fill your mouthwith your mother's feces. or we can talk. [ growls ] [ roars ] - are you one of them ?- them ? are you an angel ? [ chuckles ]i am the first angel,loved once above all others.
a perfect love. ♪ but like all true love ♪ ♪ one day it withered on the vine ♪♪ [ inhales ] ahh, the winged party boyis about. come to feed on the gutsof your little mary. are you a part of it ? no, katherine. other angels have made this warbecause they hate you.
you and all humans. god has put you in his graceand pushed them aside. they're desperate.they've never been able toconquer the other loyal angels. and so this warhas remained in stalematefor thousands of years. and while this stateof affairs endures, no soul can meet its god. your parents and their parentsand so on, from the beginning, lie still in wormy earth. of course, some of themdo come to me eventually.
for while heaven maybe closed, i am always open,even on christmas. gabriel has a plan. humans-- and how i loveyou talking monkeys for this-- know more about warand treachery of the spirit... than any angel. gabriel is well awareof this... and has found a way to stealthe blackest soul on earthto fight for him. if he wins, heaven opens. i know that this new heavenwill just be another hell.
you see,i'm not here to help youand the little bitch... because i love youor because i care for you, but because two hellsis one hell too many... and i can't have that. what i'm offering youis a chance not onlyto save mary, but to finally open heavento your kind. what do you say ? [ crickets chirping ] i saw the devil tonight.
if you have something to say, why can't you say itto me ? thomas. i had a voice once,katherine. for as longas i could remember,i had a voice... that called me to my god, that called me to church. and on the day that i neededthat voice the most, it left me. it's better neverhaving known that voice.
all i know is thati'm not going to letanything happen to mary. all right ? say, ma'am, any idea where i can findold woman butte ? yeah, it's onthe reservation. don't suppose you could bejust a tad more specific, madge ? the light.it was so... br-- bright.
isn't your friend hungry ? not for a while,i'm afraid.funniest thing. [ weeping ] don't do that. take the 522 to thesonsela wash cutoff. right. first dirt road,go left 20, 25 miles.you'll see it. much obliged.let's get crackin', rachael. [ sniffing ]no.
eternity here.in that sagging skin suit. or one more day with me. can't drive.but i can wait. until the stars burn out,if you don't make up your mind. i doubt we'll meet again. suits me. thank heaven. little tommy dagget. how i loved listeningto your sweet prayersevery night.
and then you'd jumpin your bed, so afraidi was under there. and i was. do you know what hellreally is, thomas ? it's not lakesof burning oilor chains of ice. it's being removedfrom god's sight, having his word takenfrom you. [ panting ] it's hard to believe.so hard. i know that betterthan anyone.
and there's your weapon. think, thomas, think. what is the one thingessential to an angel, the thing that holdshis entire being together ? faith. faith, faith. and what would happenif that faith was tested, and an angel just like you... didn't understand ? use that.
use it ! he's coming. [ chanting ] go inside,lock the door. there's one shot.okay ? it'll be okay. you're gonna love it,rachael. it'll be our nightto howl. nice move.beautifully done.
tommy, you've got tocome work for me. upstairs.i-- i could get you in now. you'll love it.nobody tells you whento go to bed. you eat allthe ice cream you want. you get to kill... all day, all night,just like an angel ! [ grunts ] save yourself, friend ! why go to the wallfor that bitchand her rug rat ?
it all turns out the sameanyway. now, later. i'm gonna ripthat kid apart. i'm not an angel ! i'm just a man. which means i got somethingyou don't. it's a soul. this is gonna really hurt. your war-- make it good. - your war is a lie !- right. it's not about humans. it's about god.
what do you knowabout that, you monkey ? i don't have to, gabriel. i know you. i know what it's liketo be ignored, pushed aside. i know your anger, gabriel.i know what it's like to loseyour faith in the word. i know. 'cause you hate him.you hate him just a little bit. 'cause you're jealous. that's what this war's about--jealousy. jealousy that he could lovesomething more than you.
something with a soul. well. if you wanted to proveyour side was right, gabriel, so badly, why didn't you just ask him ? why didn't you just ask god ? because... he doesn't talk to meanymore. [ chanting ]
gabriel ! [ grunts, screaming ] - i'm getting so fed up with you.- go to hell. heaven, darling, heaven.at least get the zip code right. it's all the same to you,isn't it ? no. in heaven,we believe in love. - what do you love, gabriel ?- cracking your skull. [ thomas screaming ] kill me !
oh, god ![ grunting ] mary ! - go home.- [ growls ] go home ! [ speaking in dialect ] finish it. [ growling ] [ chanting resumes ] this war is mine.
your war is arrogance.that makes it evil. that's mine. lucifer, sitting in your basement, sulking over your breakupwith the boss. you're nothing. time to come home,gabriel. [ coughing ] [ thunder rumbling ] [ screaming ]
the enemy ghost is gone. [ squeals ] [ hissing sound ] the war's over.it's done. no. i want you both to come home with me. never. "i love you. i love you more than jesus." you owe me one. you're gonna ask meto take you home.
you will. becauseanything else will be worsethan you could ever imagine. [ quietly ]katherine. i have my soul. and i have my faith. what do you have... angel ? leave the light on,thomas. is he coming back ? i don't think so. [ thomas ]and in the end i thinkit must be about faith.
and if faith is a choice, then it can be lost... for a man, an angel... or the devil himself. and if faith means nevercompletely understandinggod's plan, then maybe understandingjust a part of it,our part, is what it isto have a soul. and maybe, in the end, that's what being human isafter all.
♪ what was it you once said ♪ ♪ few of the things in life ♪ ♪ are clear to me ♪ ♪ not for a second did i believe you ♪ ♪ not for a minute did i believe you ♪ ♪ but within your need you lie alone ♪ ♪ this empty space you call your home ♪ ♪ if you just let me in ♪ ♪ i wouldn't let you break down ♪
♪ like i'm breakin' down ♪ ♪ i think you thought the rain ♪ ♪ could wash away the day ♪ ♪ and clean you ♪ ♪ not for a second did i believe it ♪ ♪ not for a minute did i believe it ♪ ♪ within your need you lie alone ♪ ♪ i wouldn't let you break down, ah ♪ ♪ 'cause i'm breakin' down ♪
♪ i'm breakin' ♪ ♪ down ♪ [ singer screams ] ♪ i wouldn't let you break down, no ♪ ♪ 'cause i'm breakin' down i'm breakin' down ♪ ♪ i wouldn't let you ♪ ♪ break down ♪ ♪ i'm breakin' down ♪ ♪ i'm breakin' down ♪♪
