- Sarah is just stronger than me.
- It's how you exploit vulnerability that counts.
- There's a panic button in the Outpost.
You press it, and this calls me.
- [roars]
- Ugh. [screams]
- [gasps]
- [breathing heavily]
- [monster shrieks]
- [unearthly roar]
- Stop! Stop fighting now!
- I am a vessel filled with light.
I am a weapon against the shadow.
My pain is a symptom of sacrifice.
My sacrifice is a symptom of love.
Getting warmer, Mom.
Bigger chin? Softer eyes?
Yes? No? Maybe?
I'll take that as a yes.
[electricity crackles]
[eerie music]
* *
- Carrie.
* *
- Carrie.
* *
both: You're just rotting flesh.
- [gasps]
* *
- Sooner. It's still early.
I am a vessel filled with light.
I am a weapon against the shadow.
My pain is a symptom of sacrifice.
My sacrifice is a symptom of love.
I am a vessel filled with light.
I am a weapon against the shadow.
My pain is a symptom of sacrifice.
My sacrifice is a symptom of--
I am a vessel filled with light.
[mantra overlapping] I am a weapon against the shadow.
My pain is a symptom of sacrifice.
My sacrifice is a symptom of love.
I am a vessel filled with light.
I am a weapon against the shadow.
My pain is a symptom of sacrifice.
[mantra overlapping unintelligibly]
[screams]
[breathing heavily]
[crackling sound]
[gasps]
- You deserve care.
You deserve sweet honey.
I can make it all feel better.
- [panting]
Calm mind.
It's still early.
[dark rock music]
* *
[door creaking]
[eerie music]
* *
[monster growls] [chain rattles]
* *
[door opens]
- [gasps]
[monster growls]
* *
Shh!
[monster growls]
I missed you.
Stop.
[monster growling]
* *
Shh!
Sarah, they will kill us both.
Do you have a bandage?
- [yells]
You're stronger.
Please.
- You killed your own people.
[gentle string music playing on radio]
* *
- Have you ever listened to their music before?
* *
It's like listening to a new color, isn't it?
A friend taught this to me.
- Why did you abandon your post?
- * End of a day *
- It's called slow dancing.
Isn't it nice?
- Why did you abandon us?
- It should have been you in here.
- You're selfish. - I know.
- You're a coward. - I know.
- You disgust me.
- I know.
- I should rip your heart out and throw it to the Herd.
- * Candlelight *
* *
- But then I couldn't make things right.
- * Now that you're here *
* And the world's no longer lonely *
* *
* Tell me my dear *
* Will you care for me only? *
* And will you take my heart... *
[sudden music]
[eerie music]
* *
- [panting]
[slow footfalls]
[monster sniffing and clicking]
- Mirrors. Mirrors.
[monster chirping, clicking]
* *
[monster snarls]
[monster chirping and clicking]
[monster sniffing]
- Alarm activated.
[monster snarls]
[receding footfalls]
- You can't move if I can see you.
[eerie ambient music]
- The Ledger isn't here.
- Well, it was here four days ago.
- Your father had it removed when I was installed.
- That's against custom.
Now how are you supposed to identify threats?
- He's council leader. He invents custom.
- He's a narcissist.
- Generous view of your family.
- Why did he take the book? - I don't know.
He doesn't have to explain himself.
How's that feel?
- Yeah, better.
The Ledger poisons human souls.
It can't leave Gehenna.
- Well, it left Gehenna.
Ask Hosea when Arthur drags you back.
That'll be a fun reunion.
- Sarah, wait.
I'm here, in the Butcher's Den, doing the Guardians' work.
Please.
* *
There was once a time where you still had faith in me.
* *
- Carrie, I have full faith in who you really are.
[pager beeping]
- I will fill Arthur's shoes. I promise.
- Get out!
- Just give me a chance.
Call, and I will come.
- I said, get out!
- It was him or me, Sarah.
[melancholy music]
* *
- You want a redemption story?
Turn yourself in to Hosea, take his punishment,
and let the Colony deal with the tear in West Pine.
I will never, as long as I live, call for you.
That's my promise.
Out.
* *
[eerie music]
* *
[monster clicking]
[distant indistinct chatter]
[uneasy music]
- I heard stuff from the south quadrant last night.
I don't know if you saw that. The further one fell.
* *
[pensive music]
* *
- The Ledger.
* *
"The Pestilent Stream."
- Well, this is a surprise.
So what's your plan then?
[tense music]
* *
- Why did you take the Ledger?
* *
- A certain someone let the Herd out.
We needed guidance. What did you expect?
* *
- I'm returning it to Gehenna. It'll poison you.
- I think I've shown that I can remain pretty impartial.
- Some might say, "Cold."
* *
- Ever seen a fainting goat?
It's a type of goat that evolved
so, when afraid, it freezes and faints.
It's a silly survival mechanism, total failure.
Always made me laugh as a boy.
Sometimes I think we're just like those goats
but don't see it.
A person might sacrifice
thousands of lives in order to save the one that they love.
Our heart tells us what feels right
while blinding us to what is.
- Good thing you don't have a heart.
* *
- Very much, I do.
I feel lonely at night...
* *
Nostalgic for when you were a child.
But I know this.
I will always fight for the thousands over the one.
That's what makes our colony special.
- So that's how you justify killing your daughter?
* *
- Why would I kill you?
- To teach the others not to make the mistakes I did.
You sent Arthur to drag me back.
- Strangely enough,
we found him dead in the woods
for nothing, really.
They've grown lazy, our town,
but with the Bloodherd loose,
they're starting to feel the fire in their bellies.
You see, their fear will make them hungry for heroes.
Arthur and the others will be martyrs,
and they will grow stronger. I should thank you.
- A new Door opened because of me.
I need the Ledger to help me close it.
- And I'm taking care of it.
- I need to right my wrongs.
- And once the new Door is closed
and we're all safe, what then?
- I'll return. It's what the Colony teaches.
- Mm-hmm.
Sure. Sure.
Then warmth.
* *
[chuckles]
When you were two years old,
you found an injured baby sparrow
that had fallen from its nest,
and you picked it up, and you said, "My friend bird."
You begged us to nurse it back to health.
Now, that was so much grace from you.
That's the fountain I drink from, that grace.
But think about the thousands out there who depend on us
for protection. Don't they deserve grace too?
- Stop.
- The disciples who died
to service your abandonment,
don't they deserve grace?
Arthur,
who loved you, who you killed, where is his grace?
- I'm sorry.
- Shh.
Shh, shh, shh.
It's okay.
No, it's okay.
Here.
The others will be so happy to hear that you're safe.
Let's get you
into some council-sanctioned clothes,
and I will bring you a nice fresh meal,
and then you can go.
[ambient music]
* *
She's inside. Command. - Mm-hmm.
[dramatic music]
* *
[dramatic electronic music]
- Get her.
* *
- She escaped.
* *
- Tasha?
Tasha?
- Carrie? Is that you?
[eerie music]
- You shared me with the world, Tasha, against my wishes.
- Get back here! - You betrayed me.
You said you would hide me.
- It's touching my neck, Carrie!
- Wait, what?
- If I blink, I die.
You have to trust me now. Carrie?
- I do. Of course, I do, Tasha.
- Okay, then. Take your blade out.
- Okay, it's out.
- Walk towards me but stop like two feet away. Not too close.
- Like here? - Good.
Stab, on three.
- Wait, what? - One, two--
- Stab what?
- Stab! I said, stab!
[monster shrieking]
- Are you okay?
- Yeah.
* *
Kill it! Kill it! Kill it!
Holy shit!
[monster keening]
both: Holy shit.
- Carrie, I'm sorry I made you trend on TikTok.
- Tasha-- - I just wanted the world
to see what a fun, cool fella you are.
- Tasha. - What?
- Look.
[creature hissing]
* *
[creature squeals]
* *
They're human.