So much damage had been done
to the bodies, police had to match...
WOMAN 1: Police report she had been
physically penetrated...
... over 100 times and buried alive.
MAN 2: ... found locked in a freezer,
his head severed and his organs...
WOMAN 2:
He stuffed Holly's body into...
MAN 2: The bodies ravished...
WOMAN 3: He used a small handsaw...
MAN 3: Had nearly decapitated...
Even his eyes were gouged out.
MALE VOICE:
Isabel.
I'm so sorry, Izzy.
Constantine.
[PHONE RINGS]
Dodson.
Hello?
Hello.
[PHONE RINGING]
Hello?
[PHONE RINGS]
[PHONE RINGS]
[ALL PHONES RINGING]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[BIRD SQUAWKS]
MAN:
Hey. Hey, buddy, got a light?
[BEETLES SCREECHING]
Should've minded
your own business, exorcist.
[DEMON YELLING]
I know where you're going, John.
You're going to Midnite's.
You're supposed to wait in the cab.
It's a haven for those who rise and fall.
I remember reading about this, John.
- You read too much, kid. It's a bar.
- It's a bar?
It's a bar. Papa Midnite is a crusader for
good. He swore the oath of neutrality.
- John, the man's a legend.
- Yeah.
Can you please get me
into this bar, John, please?
I'm begging you, John, please?
- Sure, you can get in.
- I can get in?
If you can get in.
If I can get...? It's a bear, though, right?
Or two ducks in a cloud?
Two frogs on a bench.
Two frogs on a bench.
No, no, I'm with the guy you just...
John! John!
I'm with him, though.
Rat in a dress.
Of course it is. Rat in a dress.
I'm just testing. I'm just testing.
[LOUD MUSIC PLAYING]
[GROWLING]
JOHN:
Don't get up.
MIDNITE:
You've been absent some time.
Have you come here with relics to sell?
No, I'm out of that now.
I've been too busy.
Perhaps peddling forgeries has ended up
being bad for your health.
Midnite, Jesus...
...I thought the thing was authentic.
I see now.
Your health is bad for other reasons.
How long?
A few months, maybe a year.
I thought I heard thunder last night.
Must have been
Satan's stomach growling.
You're the one soul he'd come
up here himself to collect.
So I've heard.
Well, I am most certain
you did not come here...
...for a sympathetic shoulder
to cry on.
A demon just attacked me,
right out in the open on Figueroa.
They don't like you, John.
How many have you
deported back to hell?
Not some angry half-breed, Midnite.
A full-fledged demon, here, on our plane.
Clearly I do not have to remind you
that is impossible.
And yesterday I saw a soldier demon...
...trying to chew its way out
through a little girl.
Listen, John, demons stay in hell,
angels in heaven...
...the great dйtente
of the original superpowers.
Thanks for the history lesson, Midnite.
You've been a tremendous help.
Now...
...I need to use the chair.
John, forgetting the fact that it would
almost certainly kill you...
...you know I am neutral.
And as long as the balance
is maintained, I take no sides.
Before you were a bartender...
...you were one witch doctor
against, what, 30 Ashgar?
- And l...
- You were Constantine.
The John Constantine.
Once.
This isn't the usual game, I can feel it.
Something's coming.
MAN:
Ooh, spooky.
Balthazar.
That expression alone
has made my entire night.
I'll make your night.
I'll deport your sorry ass right where
you stand, you half-breed shit!
You know the rules of my house.
While here, you will abide by them.
BALTHAZAR:
Johnny boy.
Word is you're on your way down.
Fresh meat.
[HISSES]
Finger-licking good.
We have a meeting now, John.
[JOHN COUGHING]
What? I didn't catch that.
Welcome to my life.
[KNOCKING AT DOOR]
Mr. Constantine.
- I saw you...
- I remember.
- And then I saw you at the...
- Regular kismet.
I'd like to ask you a few questions,
if that would be okay.
I'm not really in the talking mood
right now.
Well, maybe you could just listen then.
Please?
Always a catch.
My sister was murdered