Evil

Repeat after me. I am firmly resolved,

with the help of Thy grace...

to sin no more and to avoid the near occasion of sin.

I firmly resolve to sin no more

and to avoid the near occasion of sin.

- Amen. - Amen.

I absolve you from your sins

in the name of the Father,

and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

It's okay.

Shh...

It's okay.

It's over.

Hmm.

I'm sorry.

No, no, no, it's...

- It's my fault. - I'm so sorry.

- I'm so sorry. - It's my fault. No.

Wait.

Kristen!

Oh, help me, God.

Help me, God.

Help me.

Oh, God.

Help me.

Help me.

Don't look.

Don't turn.

We're doing this.

We won't talk about it.

We won't mention it, ever.

We won't act on it again.

We can't.

I want you, David.

I want you more than anyone I've ever wanted.

And I'm not leaving here until you fuck me.

Just this once.

Shh.

- Mom! - Ready, Mom!

- Mom! - Where's Mom?

- Mom! - Let us in.

- Mom! - Will you sign my paper...?

I got her...

What's wrong? What did Lexis do?

Nothing. We were just talking.

Well, she's the favorite child.

Okay, shh. I need you

to listen to me for a second.

- But we'll be late. - Well, then,

Grandma can drive you. This is important.

- Okay. - Lexis and I have made a pact.

And we need your help to make it come true.

Leland Townsend has been approaching Lexis after school.

None of you look surprised, so my guess is you knew about this?

Okay, okay, it's a new day. It's okay.

I want you all to understand:

this man intends to hurt us.

He's a bad man, and he's declared a war on us.

And I need the four of you to work together to stop him.

Now Leland gave Lexis this note.

Do any of you know what this means?

- Daffodil? No. - Isn't it a flower, Mom?

- I think it's a... - I have no idea...

Shh. I'm talking to you like more mature girls now

because I need you all to be.

Okay? If Leland approaches Lexis again,

or any of you, you tell me.

Not in a week, not in a day.

You call me that very instant.

Do you understand?

- Yeah. - Okay.

Good. Then give me a hug.

Hey, but we have to be quick.

I love you. Now get to school.

All right. Go, go, go, go.

Let's get to school. I love you all so much.

- So much. - Grandma?

- Thank you. Bye, Mom. - Bye.

- Mom? - Yeah?

I might have something for you.

Wow. I didn't know you were this far along.

Yes. We're ready. Tonight.

We keep it at 43 degrees in here.

Are they looking for money from the Church?

No. They want a body.

Where's Kristen?

- Thought she'd be here. - Probably running late.

Getting the girls off to school.

Up ahead, you'll notice the capsule

where the subject's body will go.

The lab environment is so large to prevent outside heat

or radiation from interfering with our results.

It all seems a bit inexact.

It's all thermo-insulated to eliminate the exchange

of radiant energy and radiation.

And underneath the capsule... what's this?

A mass spectrometer,

sensitive down to one septillionth of a gram.

So you're weighing the body at the moment of death?

And that'll tell you what?

You believe a human body just ends at death, correct?

- Yup. - Then, in theory,

there should be no loss of mass or energy

when a person dies.

The first law of thermodynamics:

the body should weigh the same

immediately after death as before.

Well, except for an exhalation

of breath and other fluids.

Feces, urine.

But they'll all be trapped in this container,

and weighed before and after death.

My experiment is about the loss of mass or energy

that there is no explanation for.

You want to measure for the soul?

I am not a religious person.

You call it a soul,

but I am measuring for... consciousness.

If there is a loss of body weight when a person dies,

what is it?

What does it weigh? Where does it go?

Hmm. And if it weighs the same?

Then there's nothing else to discuss.

There is nothing after death.

In 1901, a physician

named Duncan MacDougall conducted an experiment

into the weight of the...

soul.

He conducted an experiment with dying subjects

and weighed them before and after death.

He found a difference of 21 grams.

And has this experiment been retried since?

- No. - Why not?

It was seen as scientifically unserious.

Because it was about the soul?

No. Because science doesn't have a religious agenda.

If it doesn't have a religious agenda, then

why doesn't it try to replicate the experiment?

Because you're trying to use science as a crutch.

You're trying to use it to prove there's life after death.

No, but why isn't it treated the same way

- as quantum physics? - Quantum physics?

It doesn't have a religious agenda.

It's not trying to prove there's religion.

- All right, all right, stop. - Yes, but that's why...

Stop. This Dr. Swan...

She doesn't want money from us?

No. She-she wants people who are dying.

Don't stop on my account.

Go ahead, David.

I have, uh... I don't have anything else to say.

Well, there is a priest in hospice care.

He has ASPS, a very rare cancer.

The doctors say he has 24 hours to live.

I talked to him about this experiment, and he volunteered.

Thoughts?

Let me try to clear the air here, if you don't mind,

- Your Eminence. - Please.

David, I know that you and I got off on the wrong foot,

but I've been asked by the cardinal

to look over your shoulder

for issues of liability.

Liability is a cross we all have to bear.

Hi.

- I'm sorry I'm late. - That's perfectly fine.

We've been discussing this soul scale experiment.

And the need for a signed release

from the participating priest.

Yes, Ms. Bouchard?

- Hello. - Hello.

Would you mind backing up a few feet?

- What is this? - A restraining order.

You've been served.

Monsignor, can't we settle our disagreements

without these ad hominem attacks?

Ms. Bouchard, this is not necessary.

Oh, it's not a restraining order for me.

I can take care of myself.

It's for my 11-year-old daughter.

- Excuse me? - Mr. Townsend

has approached my daughter at school

on four separate occasions,

and he's asked her to keep it a secret from me.

No, this is...

And he's also made her uncomfortable with his touch.

I did not. What are you talking about? This is insane.

Luckily, one of my daughters took a photo,

and that is why the court granted me this injunction.

That... that is a misinterpretation.

Well, I guess it's a good thing

that the Catholic Church has no issues

with older men touching children.

Leland, let's step outside for a second.

No, this is... this is a lie, Your Eminence.

- This is just... - Like you said, Leland,

liability is a cross we all have to bear.

Let's just talk for a second.

- You okay? - Yeah.

Is everything all right with Lexis?