Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi

Previously on Ghost Wars...

I'm Daphne Holt, CEO of Lambda,

and I'm going to solve your ghost problem.

- Do you know this asshole? - He's my boss.

Over the past few years Daphne has become obsessed

with quantum states, dimensions.

The after life.

She's determined to prove that it's possible

for humans to engage in these other realms.

I can't stand by and let you re-start this accelerator.

The last time we did this, people died.

That's the risk we take.

I say screw diplomacy.

Let's smash the shit out of that thing!

This is about to get real ugly.

You were right. We did find something.

Nobody saw it being removed?

Yeah, we cleared everyone out after the fire was extinguished.

Good. The last thing we need is another angry mob

marching up here.

- What about the other specimens? - All destroyed.

We're getting life signs from inside but they're fading fast.

Tenacious old bastard, isn't it?

You sound impressed.

Nate thinks this is tangible organic matter

from the after life. I am practically in love.

Oh, my gosh.

It's Dr. Jones.

Daphne, we have no idea what we're dealing with here.

Honestly, Dr. Clark, where is your sense of adventure?

Clear.

360.

Clear.

Well, that's unfortunate.

- But maybe it's for the best. - Save it.

I want a complete necropsy on that thing.

Tissue samples, blood work, stomach contents.

Keep me informed.

Yeah, yeah, I saw him last night.

So did I.

He was still alive.

What time?

- 10pm. At the Chieftain. - Yeah.

Yeah, I saw him at 12:00, midnight.

Miller!

Miller?

It's Winston.

Coming in?

No. I already know what's in there.

Miller?

Christ on a crutch.

Where the hell is Norm and Billy?

They should be doing this.

Yeah. I think they're looking for Paolo.

What's the point?

Paolo, he's either dead or worse.

Yeah.

Shit.

Where the hell is everybody?

You said it.

Dead.

Shit.

We'll start with the major abdominal organs.

Retract once I've made the incision.

I'll begin with the liver.

- Are you out of your fucking mind? - You gotta believe me, Val.

I don't have to do anything you want, Dan,

and I don't have time for this.

- Mommy V, my tummy hurts. - I know, I'm coming, honey.

Listen, I know you've been through a lot, Dan,

but so have we.

That's why I'm here. I'm trying to help you.

Yeah, no, I've seen what happens when you try to help.

Goddammit, Val! You're in danger!

Sophia came out of one of those things,

and it changed her.

Same kind of thing Abigail came out of.

- It must have changed her, too. - No. No!

- Shut your mouth! You shut it! - Listen...

I don't wanna hear another word.

Come on, we're leaving.

- Come on. - Val, don't make the same mistake I did.

Dan, you need to sober up.

You're no good to anyone drunk.

Sure, okay. I'd be happy to.

Sophia.

- Father. - Father Dan, what're you doing?

- Are you surprised to see me? - Let's go.

- Are you? - What do you think you're doing?

- I didn't touch her! - Back off!

- Are you all right? - Get away from me!

- I didn't touch her! - Back off!

You don't know what you're dealing with!

What's the matter with you?

Huh?

You are not going to believe this.

Is that what I think it is?

Shit.

What's your problem, Father Dan?

I was in the middle of something out there.

Sophia is terrified of you.

You already killed her kid.

Now she says you're after her.

Trying to help the boy...

Winston, that's enough.

No. We have another one.

In case you hadn't noticed, trouble follows you around.

Yeah, actually I had noticed.

You know what doesn't follow me around?

So, unless you wanna do your job tomorrow by yourself...

Stay away from her.

I got this, banana liqueur, or Ever-clear hooch.

I think I'll just have water. Thank you.

Thank you for your support.

Yeah.

Well, the last thing we need is to be fighting each other.

That's right.

We got bigger problems.

Those pods.

I made a terrible mistake.

Those things are being used against us.

Things?

Are you saying that there's more than one?

The fire.

There were more in that house.

I was there. I set the blaze.

And they're gone?

There's one more at Lambda.

And they have no idea what they're dealing with.

The cellular mutation results in an aggressive mitosis rate.

It's as if he's made of hyperactive stem cells.

Observe.

No scarring.

And it's not just repairing damaged tissue.

These things are practically organ farms.

We're talking potentially billions

in transplant surgeries alone.

Why the mutation in the first place? For what purpose?

One hypothesis is that the pods are mutating

human cell structure to make our bodies more hospitable vessels

for these incorporeal guests.

- Ghosts. - They're using our bodies against us?

Don't take it so personally, Edward.

Daphne, we have no idea what these things are,

what they're capable of.

We don't know what it's doing to Dr. Jones,

if he's even in there.

- Nevermind the legal ramifications. - Jones signed away his rights

- when he became a Lambda employee. - So we're expendable?

Maybe you should take a walk, Dr. Clark.

I want you to find the root cause of the mutation

and see if we can replicate it.

- Hi. - Hey.

Thanks for doing this.

My pleasure.

Okay girls, I won't be long.

- Take your time. - Thanks.

I wanna go with you.

I know, honey,

but Sophia's gonna take good care of you two, okay?

It'll be fine.

Okay.

- Bye, honey. - Bye.

Don't leave them alone together.

- I won't. - Thanks.

Father Dan is alive.

I know. He told her everything.

Did she believe him?

No, but he will find someone that does.

- So what should we do? - What do you think?

We'll find him and kill him.

This is a nice surprise.

And you brought company?

You can go.

You said no more secrets.

I did.

That's a two-way street.

Of course.

Let's talk about the pod that you recovered from the fire.

You were gonna tell us about that, right?

I will do one better.

This is Dr. Clark.

You told me you weren't in the business

of abducting people.

People, no. We took a pod.

He happened to be inside it.

I was just as surprised as you are now.

He has a wife. We have to tell Karla.

- That wouldn't do anyone any good. - He's not Paolo anymore.

He's right.

Our speculation is that the old Paolo was pushed out

- for another consciousness. - An evil spirit.

Regardless, there is a psychic connection

between the specimen and the extracted livers.

- They're communicating. - Yes, and when it feels...

It? No.

That's Paolo.

When Paolo feels pain, they feel pain, and vice versa.

We need to destroy it.

Not very Christian of you, Father.