The Exorcism of Molly Hartley

Father Barrow?

Father James asks if you're ready. He needs you now.

Will you be joining us?

I fear not.

Depart, accursed one. Depart with all your deceits.

Depart then, transgressor.

Depart, seducer, full of lies and cunning,

foe of virtue, persecutor of the innocent.

Give place, abominable creature.

Give way, you monster. Give way to Christ,

in whom you found none of your works.

For he has already stripped you of your powers and laid waste your kingdom,

bound you prisoner and plundered your weapons.

He has cast you forth into the outer darkness,

where everlasting ruin awaits you and your abettors.

To what purpose do you insolently resist?

To what purpose do you brazenly refuse?

For you are guilty before Almighty God,

whose laws you have transgressed.

You are guilty before his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ,

whom you presumed to tempt.

You are guilty before the whole human race,

to whom you proffered by your enticements the poison cup of death.

Amen.

Is the cochon prepared?

Expulsion is near.

Therefore, I adjure you, profligate dragon,

in the name of the spotless Lamb,

who has trodden down the asp and the basilisk...

and overcome the lion and the dragon,

to depart from this woman and her unborn child,

to depart from the church of God.

And when he had cast you out, you did not even dare,

except by his leave,

to enter into a herd of swine.

And now, as I adjure you in his name,

begone from this woman and her unborn child...

Please help me.

Help me. Save me.

My baby. Let me go.

Depart then, impious one...

My baby. Let me go. Please. Do what you know is right.

For my baby.

Everything's gonna be okay. Trust me.

Father, please. The baby is coming.

Help me. Please.

Do what's right!

Yes. Yes.

...give place to the Lord Jesus Christ,

who shed his most precious blood for man.

She's going into labor. We have to help her.

...from whose sight nothing is hidden.

It is he who repels you, to whose might all things are subject.

Please, Father. Help me.

Please. Do what's right.

Please, Father.

What are you doing, Father?

Father, you will always be a fool for the flesh!

No!

What have you done?

My wife. My baby.

- Good evening, Father. - Evening to you, Elliott.

Lights out in 15 minutes.

I'm Henry Davies.

I'm the chaplain at Clovesdale.

And my attorney tells me you're the guy to thank...

for being transferred here instead of prison.

It was nothing. I play basketball with the attorney general.

I convinced him that you'd be... best in a Catholic-run institution.

Besides, it was you who had to accept the plea of insanity to make this work.

Look.

I received official notice from the Vatican, and, uh,

I've been instructed to pass it over to you.

You've been dismissed from your clerical state.

By papal decree, no less.

"From this moment forth,

you are expressly forbidden from exercising ministerial functions."

- Yeah. - Sorry.

I did all I could.

So I'm no longer a priest.

You understand the decree that's been handed down to you?

- Yes, I do. - Very well.

May God watch over your soul, John Barrow.

John, I'm going to be retiring soon.

Until I do, I'm gonna be saying mass every day in the chapel at 8:00 AM.

You're welcome to join us.

Thank you.

- Party hearty! - Yay!

Luckiest girl in the whole wide world, right?

- Cheers. - Happy birthday!

Oh, my God.

You guys, six years ago, I never would have thought...

that I would be here, doing this on my birthday.

Thank you so much.

The youngest woman to make partner...

deserves to let loose on her 24th birthday.

Nobody anywhere has ever made partner below 30.

Do you know how fortunate you are right now?

You would not have said that if you knew me in high school.

- Right? - Yeah.

You're the best.

- Hey. - Hey! Lydia!

Yeah.

Molly, meet Lydia. Lydia, Molly.

Hi.

It is Molly's birthday, and get this... She just made partner.

- Happy birthday. It's really nice to meet you. - Thank you.

- It's getting late. Let's go home. - Okay. Here.

Have a shot.

So are you always this much fun?

You have no idea. Come here.

Oh. No, no, no, no, no.

Hey! Jerk!

Let us in! Hey! Open the door!

Come on. Let's dance.

All right. All right, all right, all right!

Happy 24th.

'Scuse us. 'Scuse us. Molly!

Molly! Molly!

- Maybe you should go home. - Oh, that's a good idea.

You guys wanna come home?

- Yeah. - Oh, yeah.

Molly! Molly!

Let's go. Molly, we're leaving!

- Molly! - Forget it. Come on. Let's go.

Oh, snap.

It's not bad.

Come here.

Hey.

Come here.

Enough.

Go to the bed.

That's lovely.

Say, "Happy birthday."

Happy birthday.

Say it again.

Happy birthday.

Okay. Enough. Go to the bed.

You gonna join us, or what?

Yeah.

Just a second.

- Ms. Hartley? - Yeah.

We got a lot of complaints about noise from your neighbors early this morning.

You having a party?

Oh, no. I was celebrating my birthday.

You mind if we come in and take a look around?

No. No. Come on in.

We've also had complaints...

about shouting and yelling coming from your apartment.

Sorry, Officer.

You okay?

Y-Yeah. I'm fine.

I'm a little bit hungover, but yeah.

Okay. Well, please stay here while I look around. All right?

Yes, ma'am.

I got two!

We have a double 187. One male, early 30s. One female, late 20s.

Who are they? Do you know them?

Yeah. Yeah.

Did you kill them?

No.

If you didn't kill them, Ms. Hartley, then who did?

You don't hear that?

No. I don't hear anything.

This is gonna go a whole lot better for you if you just tell us what happened here.

You want to know what happened last night?

Yes.

I didn't kill them.

We did.

"We"?

We.

- I've heard enough. Let's go. - Uh, Sam.

You're bleeding.

It's happening.

What's happening?

We're here.

What did she say?

We're here!

Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this day.

Thank you for my being able to wake once again,

to see and to hear this morning.

- Amen. - Amen.

I'm proud of you, Barrow.

A man of lesser faith would have turned his back on God after what you've been through.

Excuse me while I make my final rounds.

What are you gonna do with all your free time once you've retired from this place?

I'll be teaching at a local seminary,

where there's a residency awaiting me.

Besides that, what else?

Drinking a lot of beer, playing a lot of basketball.

Which you're welcome to do with me...

when they release you from this place.

Thanks.

No! No! No!

Hartley, Molly.

You are being held here for a court-ordered evaluation. It's for your own good.

How was last night, Mikey?

And what about your own good?

Janet Marie Jones.

Janet Marie Jones.