Ramirez[voiceover]After my mother would finish her story, she would always comfort us. "Don't worry," she'd say. "If the Devil is real, then God must be real, too."
Ramirez[voiceover]When I was a child, my mother would tell me a story about how the Devil roams the Earth. Sometimes, she said, he would take human form so he could punish the damned on Earth before claiming their souls. The ones he chose would be gathered together and tortured as he hid amongst them, pretending to be one of them. I always believed my mother was telling me an old wives' tale.
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RamirezEverybody believes in him a little bit, even guys like you who pretend they don't.
[Detective Bowden takes out a small folded piece of paper and throws it to Ramirez that reads "Im so sorry"]
Detective BowdenAn apology note left at the site of a hit and run. My wife and son were killed out on Bethlaham Pike five years ago, but that's OK, because whoever did it is *sorry*. You can tell by the heartfelt apology on the back of a carwash coupon.
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Detective BowdenSo no, I don't believe in the Devil. You don't need him, people are bad enough by themselves.
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Detective BowdenThat was my family on Bethlehem Pike. That was my son! I've been waiting for this moment for five years, all the things I would say to you, and the things I would do. The thing is I forgive you.
RamirezWhen he's near, everything goes wrong. Toast falls jelly-side down, children hit tables, and people get hurt.
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RamirezYou're never going to get these people to see themselves as they really are, 'cause it's the lies that we tell ourselves, they introduce us to him.
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Old WomanYou think this will make you good? You're not good.
Ramirez[voiceover]My mother's story would always begin the same way, with a suicide paving the way for the Devil's arrival. And it would always end with the deaths of all those trapped.
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Old WomanWhores, liars, cheaters, & deserters: all and the same.
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Ramirez[seeing ghostly face on monitor]You see it?
LustigYeah, look, that's just... That's just grain in the image. That's, you know, it's a mistake. It's like when people see Jesus in a pancake or something.