- Deep in the woods, there lies a secret Door.
It is my duty to guard this Door
from the horrors that lie behind it.
- Calm mind, steady hand.
- What are you doing? Fight me.
- I'm not gonna hurt her while she just stands there.
- Hah! - Oh--
- I have to go back to get the Ledger.
- What's the Ledger?
- It'll tell us how to close the tear.
- You wanna act pretty like your mom, faggot?
- Nolan, I'm sorry.
- It's over, Carrie. You lost.
- Spoons?
Aah!
various voices: Warmth... warmth...
- Warmth. - Warmth.
Warmth. - Warmth.
- Warmth.
- In the tradition of the Guardians
who came before her...
The council gathers to invite
Carrie Lavinia Ecker...
Child of the dawn,
to bear forth the responsibility
of entering into vast Gehenna...
And serving in the honored position
of guarding its sacred Door.
May the body of all Disciples be one.
- Warmth. - Warmth.
- I'll do my best to protect you.
There's a panic button in the outpost.
You press it, and this calls me.
Use it only in emergencies.
Each time I open that door means risk of escape.
They can't see.
And if they whiff even the faintest trace of our world,
they'll come running. Don't test me on that.
Take pride in your sacrifice.
You've earned this.
To Vast Gehenna I give my skin,
pray warm shadow let me in.
Solitude is a kiss.
- This hurts me more than it hurts you, Carrie.
- What are you gonna do with me?
- The elders wanna chat with you.
I'm just escorting you home.
- Hah-- - Aah!
- Aah--
Carrie--warmth!
What did you expect from that?
- Help! Help!
- I don't expect you to talk right now.
But I'm here when you need to.
'Bout Spoons, 'bout anything, I don't know, whatever.
Flaming Hot Cheetos or the resurgence of the bucket hat--
I'm there. Okay?
Do you hear that?
- I'm sorry. I can't hear-- - Shh. Listen.
- Baby, I don't--
- Don't go in today.
- Hey, you're safe, okay?
- Dad, don't go in the tunnels today.
Promise me.
- Nolan, you have to answer your phone.
Honey, we've been worried sick.
Hey. Hey, come back where were you?
- I was at a good old West Pine hootenanny.
- Are you okay? Who did this to you?
Well, you're up, babe.
Ohh...
That's kinda punk rock.
- Yeah, so very punk, Dad.
- 2010 Riesling.
Buddy, there's cheaper wine. Never mind.
You've had it tough.
- What are we supposed to do? This town is...suffocating.
- Yeah, maybe you fight back a little, huh?
West Piners will lock onto your difference,
so maybe put on some camo till collage.
It's not that far off.
All right.
Look...
We don't wanna force you to talk about it.
But if you're gay, if you like men,
that is a beautiful thing.
- Yeah, I'm serious.
You can live a fulfilled life. Pete Buttigieg.
- Oh, Jesus.
- And Rob's friend, Jay something,
runs that little HVAC shop.
- Oh, God, this conversation. You're so great.
You know that I'm in love with Tasha, right?
- Oh. Even with the--
- Not to preach, but gender stuff,
it's different than sexuality--
- Oh. Okay.
- Come on, hey,
it's just your generation with its 84 1/2 genders.
Laugh! Your strongest tool is thick skin.
Go and show Tasha your tough side, right?
And put that shiner to good use.
It was a joke. Forgive me.
I don't know what's PC anymore. I got to keep up.
Nolan, come on. You know I love you.
- Sup?
- Remember the training.
Guard the door.
Aaah--
Aah!
- Hey, I'm here. I'm here.
You're safe. You're safe.
- We used to imagine what your life was like
outside of the Colony,
but you never really left Gehenna.
- You know how I caught you?
Your friend has been sharing your image around
for the whole world to see.
- I don't believe you.
- Carrie, you freak, I love you!
- You're just a novelty to her.
The outside's not a welcoming place.
- There's a new Door opening in West Pine.
The herd that slipped out with me
tried to let the rest out too.
And I think it might have worked.
- Remind me how it got out.
- You could help me close this tear.
- Don't make me come back there again.
- I don't have to do this alone.
My father called you his attack dog.
A dog.
Council points, you follow.
That's how our own people view us--
animals to the slaughter.
If you don't help me
get the Ledger and learn how to close this tear,
then all you sacrificed will have been for waste.
Those children condemned to death
in the name of the dawn,
those other young Guardians you led to an early grave.
Can you help me?
Take me back to the Door so that I can get the Ledger.
Help me.
- Hosea's harsh...
but he's predictable.
You made your bed.
- Arthur.
Arthur!
Hey!
- Dad?
- This is Nolan. You know what to do.
- Nolan, I need you to get over here.
Something is following me.
My dad went back to the mine, Carrie's MIA.
She went off to get some monster hunting book,
a ledger or something. I don't fucking know.
I need you superstar.
I'll wait for you here, but hurry.
Hello?
- Try it with this muscle.
When you flex, it puts pressure on this tendon.
Relax, concentrate.
Close.
Open.
Yeah, you'll need practice.
The research team I "borrowed" this from
didn't exactly offer guidance.
- I have nothing but time down here, so...
Has my father asked about me?
- The council sends their offerings.
You ready to taste something
that will make your head explode?
This is important--boil your jerked meat in bone broth.
It rehydrates it and wakes up the flavor.
Like it's fresh from the smokehouse.
- I've never seen you smile before.
I'm concerned. - Oh, you'll see.
- Can you cut it for me?
- Well, now here's the best part of your arm.
Remember how to make a fist?
Devil's Bone.
I added it myself. Keep it sheathed.
And remember, if you strike, you strike to kill.
All right, we walk from here.
- I'm not moving, Arthur.
- I don't like hurting you.
- No, you just leave that to the Colony.
- It's not my choice. Up.
- We're the only two to ever make it out of that hell,
and you swore to protect me.
- I'm sure our fine leader
will spare you the worst of his fury.
- You don't know my father. - Oh, don't I?
- Then you know what he'll do to me.
He'll tie me up...
And gather the whole council to order
as though it were the harvest.
- Hosea will search the ends of the earth for you.
With or without me.
- He'll announce the ceremony as a lesson in honor.
And as everyone watches, all of those who raised me,
he'll hand you his knife.
- Stand down, Carrie.
- And you'll have no option, but to gut me like a fish,
as I beg you for my life.
They'll make a spectacle of my death.
And you will be my reaper,
the one who swore to protect all Guardians.
- Silence. Stand back.
- I don't wanna die in shame, Arthur.
Will you please spare me that? - I said silence.
- Gotcha.
Calm mind, steady hand.
- Fuck it.
Who are you?
You a...a big dog?
Big dog, alpha dog?
Big man.
Men don't ask for help. They take it.
Come on, be a man!
Come on, stand up!
Be a man, come on!
Come on. Come on.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Come on!
- Fuck my life.
- This is Nolan. You know what to do.
- Everything is fucking wonkadonk...
like bad-bad, and I just need to hear you.
'Cause I'm like...
Yu should be here. Just give me something.
- Haaaah--
- Aah!
- Stop.
Stop fighting now, Carrie. Stop.
They won't strip off your dignity.
I won't let them take that.
- Calmly now.
Soft. You're safe.
You're safe.
- You'll shed your skin with grace.
This body is a chrysalis
and death is a butterfly, and you are loved.
Pain is a symptom of sacrifice.
Pain... is a symptom of sacrifice.
- Pain
is a symptom of sacrifice.
Sacrifice is a symptom of love.
To vast Gehenna, I give my skin.
both: Pray warm shadow, let me in.