Constantine

So this guy Jacob Shaw,

he believed he could create other worlds.

Ugh, you know, I saw Bloody Mary once in high school.

Yeah, I opened my eyes,

and, bam, there she is.

You're not sitting near me when we do this.

Okay, okay, hey, hey, everyone, listen.

He claimed with this book,

he could travel to those worlds.

Now, hand over the candle,

and repeat after me.

Come on.

Sorry. Sorry. - God.

Doo-wat ak-em

ka ren el-bee shoit.

Doo-wat ak-em

ka ren

el-bee

shoit.

Doo-wat ak-em

ma-at.

Doo-wat ak-em

ma-at.

No... way.

Adam?

Hello?

Get down.

He can see you.

Please... please hide me.

Hide me.

What was that?

*Shadows are falling and I'm running out of breath*

*Keep me in your heart for a while...*

Here's to you, old son.

Never the dull moment, eh?

Well, if I was you, I wouldn't have much to say to me, either.

Wow, self-pity parade.

Is this what you do when you're left to your own devices?

Well, what's the point in having a mirror that shows you the past

if you can't wallow in it?

Now, Zed's on bed rest, and Chas is playing family man,

so, if you don't mind, leave me to it.

Have you checked the scry map?

No.

And I don't intend to.

You know, even God rested.

God rested because he'd finished creating the world.

Your job is just heating up.

There's an old friend you can still help, John,

and it's in your own backyard.

I've only one friend in town.

If you can call him that.

And you're all he's got.

Well, that is a little less cryptic than usual,

o' feathery one.

Seems you're getting used to breaking Daddy's rules, eh?

*Keep me in your heart for a while.*

Buddhists believe it's possible

to achieve a liberation from samsara,

the repetitive cycle of birth and death.

The idea of transcendence is found

across cultures all over the world.

The ability to live on after death

or extend your experience beyond...

Uh, all right, for, uh, next class,

just read ch-chapters,

um, 25 through 28. Thank you.

I've got a question.

In order to achieve liberation

from the cycle of life and death,

don't you have to fulfill your life's purpose?

Liberation is the purpose.

It's a state of peace.

A state of peace that I-I was really,

really enjoying right up until this very moment.

Whoa, is he all right?

He was just standing there.

He just collapsed.

Carter?

Carter.

He's not breathing.

Carter? Carter, can you hear me?

We had a... a deal.

I help you, and you-you do what?

You stay way away from me.

Forever. - And that was my every intention, Ritchie.

No magic, no demons, no John Constantine whatso-damn-ever.

You swore it.

You promised me.

Gary's dead, Ritchie.

W...

Wait.

D... dead?

I'm sorry to spring it on you like that, mate,

but, uh, now I have it on good authority

that something ill-natured is circling you

like a pack of wolves,

and I'm not just gonna sit there and wait for it to attack.

Why me? I...

Have you noticed-- I-I teach class,

I hold office hours, and I go home.

And I partake of a whole lot of sedatives in between.

And that's all I do.

What about the data-mining?

You found any unusual spikes

in activity around the campus here?

The data-mining.

You know what?

You gaze at the chaos long enough...

can swallow you whole.

I shut my program down.

You shut it down?

That's right.

You know what I'm focusing on now?

Solutions.

What exactly are those solutions, Ritchie?

Oh, would you like to hear some...? Here's the first one.

Solutions.

Yes, Adam.

Professor Simpson,

I need to talk to you about my office hours today.

My friend Carter,

he, uh...

he collapsed outside of his dorm.

He's dead.

I...

I'm so sorry, Adam.

What happened?

He just...

stopped breathing.

You-you just, you take whatever time you need.

Don't worry about your office hours, okay, Adam?

What's wrong?

I-I... I-I saw someone.

It's okay, there's no one here.

No one but me.

Come here.

It's okay.

What right do you have to stop me right here?

I need to see that boy... - Just get out of here.

Get out of here. - All right, all right.

Your towering respect for law is

just astounding as always, John.

Oh, I see you managed to steal from the cop as well.

It's a campus cop, mate, big difference.

Let's see, victim collapsed.

Witness found him with blue lips and extremities.

Says here that's consistent with a sudden loss of circulation.

So you know this bloke?

He was friends with Adam, my Teaching Assistant.

All right, we'll need to talk to Adam.

Okay, so does...

that would be talking meaning talking, right?

Not harassing. - Well, you know me.

I'm well-versed in the art of pretending to be a gentleman.

I do know you, that is debatable, here we go.

I know what I saw.

He was there in the mirror.

Did Adam see him?

No, but he looked like the man you described

in that house last night.

There was no man, Lily.

And there was no house, either, it wasn't real.

Wait, wait, last night you said you saw something-- we all did.

We wanted to see something.

It's called group hysteria.

My cognitive psych professor taught us about it.

When you're just trying to make sense

out of things that just don't.

I didn't come here to talk about make-believe.

I came here for Carter.

I need to go clear my head.

Lily, hi.

You got a sec?

Hi, Professor Simpson.

Hey, have you seen Adam? I've been trying to call him all day.

I left him in my dorm room.

His phone's probably off.

So, this chap Carter...

he a mate of yours as well?

It's okay, Lily. This is my...

colleague, of sorts, John Constantine.

I'm just trying to piece together

what happened to your mate last night.

It's all right. You can answer his questions.

I'm confident my associate

is not gonna get you in trouble.

We were at the cemetery.

Look, we were just trying to have some fun.

Any others with you?

My friend Miranda.

And Adam. I should get back to him.

He felt terrible about missing office hours.

He's been taking this project of yours very seriously...

That's fine. You just tell him we'll pick back up

when he's ready, all right?

You take care and have a good night.

Thank you.

So. The cemetery, eh?

Got what you need, John? - No, I don't.