Darlin'

Red...

red.

Whore!

Sorry.

I know.

What's troubling you now, Charlie?

Life.

Charles, we can't have you sit there

when there's nothing wrong with you.

Of course something's wrong with me,

I'm homeless.

Then go to the mission.

I'm not a church going man.

Well then, you're in the wrong place here, too.

Incoming.

Oh shit.

We gotcha.

No, no, no, stay still.

Holy shit.

Hey there.

Hey, little one.

What have you found?

Sorry but you have to go now.

I won't hurt you.

I'm a nurse.

Okay.

Who are you?

I got her.

How's our mystery patient?

Doctor, since when do we sedate a teenage girl?

She was a danger to herself.

Alright, tough guy,

after an ambulance hit her, she immediately bounced back,

tried to rip my hand off like an animal.

She was beginning to trust me.

She had you on your knees.

When are you gonna get used

to CHO running things?

When they start making directives to serve patients,

and not the church.

So what's gonna happen to her now?

Well, she doesn't have a broken bone in her

so she's not gonna stay here.

Probably place her in care until they find her

a family or whatever.

She'll be at St. Philomena's by this weekend.

Great... Philomena's.

Oh, so now you got a thing for Philomena's, too?

Well they turned me and Robert down

as adoptive parents before they even met us...

seemed like a homophobic move.

Maybe they were thinking about the children.

Hi.

Sorry I'm late out babe,

you didn't need to come in.

Yeah, I did.

You never could resist a stray.

Lucky for you.

Asshole.

- Luck... - Don't ruin it.

Come on fam, let's go home.

Tell me everything.

Well, molar scans suggests she's sixteen...

possibly seventeen years old.

- She looks younger, don't you think? - Yes.

Everything is foreign to her.

Television, cellphone.

Lucky girl.

I apologize, I must take this.

Of course, Bishop.

Good afternoon, Your Eminence.

Would you mind holding a moment, Your Eminence?

Yes.

It's the boss... one of them.

Oh, excuse me.

Yes, sir.

So what do we know of her history?

Virtually nothing. She won't talk.

We don't know if it's short term,

or if she's just out of practice or...

Or?

Could be aphonia.

That's er, that's the desire to speak

but believe that you can't.

We don't know how long she's been isolated.

A true innocent.

Completely feral.

It's incredible.

I'm not really sure she's always been feral, Bishop.

As I say...

No evidence of a family?

No, not yet.

It's extraordinary.

Why won't she turn around?

There you are.

This is sister Jennifer.

- Hello. - Pleasure, Sister.

She splits her service between The Sisters of Mercy

homeless mission downtown.

Our girl's care home, Philomela's.

Where she was in care herself.

It was that experience that brought her to God.

I see.

So you see, Doctor.

She will have a mother of sorts.

As well as a father.

Not feral, you say?

On a low carb diet?

Same.

I'm gonna miss you too, weirdo.

Thank you Lord God

for sending this innocent child to me...

that she may be a testament to your kindness.

Strengthen Sister Jennifer,

that she may bring forth language from her lips.

That this newborn soul, when obedient to you,

may speak of all Philomena's has done for us.

So that they won't cut off our funding

and close us down.

Sweet Jesus,

have pity on the poor sinners

and save them from hell.

Have mercy on the suffering souls in purgatory, Amen.

Amen.

That, is why I said you were already working

at Philomela's.

This is my mission for you.

Come back to your old home and show her the way.

A feral child, converted by God's love,

they can not close us down after that.

Why would the Cardinal let that happen?

It's been a very difficult year.

We can barely keep the pews filled,

let alone the collection plates.

But this miraculous child,

like Moses in the basket, has been sent to us.

Don't you feel it?

I'll make your lie a truth.

I'll split my time between the mission

and Philomena's.

In fairness,

you would've done it anyway.

Because I'm not asking...

God is.

Yes, your Excellency.

Welcome to Saint Philomena's Group Home For Girls.

She's a little shook up.

Don't know if she's ever been in a car.

She wanted to touch everything.

Cars can be exciting.

Yes.

Sisters, this is our new girl.

Well, help her in, Sister Jennifer.

She'll starve out here if we let her.

She'll grow here, I promise.

"Hysterical aphonia:

"Treatments include a suffocation of the patient

"to evoke a vocal cry of alarm,

"use of electricity,

"holding tight the tongue, the water cure

"or cocaine applied to the laryngeal mucosa,

otherwise known as the throat muscles."

Well,

we can't try any of those anymore.

Not unless,

you still have access to cocaine, Sister?

My drugs were heroin and meth-amphetamine...

and my past is behind me.

You see,

anyone can be changed with God's mercy.

What has your search lead you to?

Speech therapy,

I found some information online.

Wonderful,

but we must get footage of her

as she is now, animal-like.

Why would the press care

if we don't start with a feral child?

It's not just that the devil tries to trick the devout.

We too can trick the devil into doing God's work.

It's your turn.

Chill out, I'm just finishing this.

ADD, does anyone not have ADD?

New girl, you play cards?

You're gonna get into some major shit

if you don't learn how to talk.

Since when did you care

what everyone else did, Bug?

Since someone younger

and prettier than her came in.

Yup, Bug's getting more pissy,

the closer she gets to aging out.

No family if gonna take her now.

Don't make me slit both your mouthy little necks

in the night.

Yeah right, you won't last a day back in juvie.

Fuck you know about juvie?

Just sayin'.

Will y'all keep it down.

I don't want him coming in here.