Don't Come Home (2024) s01e01 Episode Script

[eerie music building slowly]
[clock ticking distantly]
[ticking grows louder]
[thunder crashes]
[girl startles awake]
[panting fearfully]
[eerie music intensifying]
Mom!
- [thunder crashes]
- Mom!
[continues panting fearfully]
[eerie creaking sounds]
- [bed creaking loudly]
- [screams]
Mom! Mom!
[woman] Can you hear me? Min? Min?
[Min screams]
- [pounding on door]
- [woman] Open the door for me.
- [thunder rumbling]
- [woman] Can you hear me, Min? Min!
[Min screams]
- [pounding on door]
- [Min panting fearfully]
[pounding on door continues]
[foreboding music building]
[eerie creaking sounds]
[woman] Min, open the door!
Min!
- [thunder crashes]
- [woman screams] Min!
[Min screams]
[opening theme music playing]
DON'T COME HOME
[ominous music playing]
[Min] Mom, where are we going?
Sweetheart, we're staying at my house
for a little while.
[Min] Your house?
Mm. [inhales]
I lived there when I was your age.
It's in Phang Nga.
[Min] Mom, how far is it from here?
It's still quite a long way.
Why don't you sleep a little?
[cell phone vibrating]
YUTTHACHAI
Min.
How about we play hide and seek?
I'll count from one to ten,
and you hide from me.
Hide yourself well.
YUTTHACHAI MISSED CALL
[woman] I'll start now.
One,
two,
three,
four,
five,
six,
seven,
eight,
nine,
ten.
Fill it with 95, please.
[man] Sure.
[foreboding music playing softly]
[man] All done.
Seventeen hundred baht, please.
[seatbelt unbuckles]
Now. Where are you?
This girl is good at hiding.
[foreboding music continues]
Need a bag?
Yes, please.
[scanner beeping]
- How much?
- 220 baht, ma'am.
[glass bottles jiggling]
[car engine starts]
Will I find you?
Peek-a-boo! [gasps]
- Min? Min?
- [ominous music playing]
Min?
Min! [whimpers]
- Mom!
- [woman screams]
[chuckles in relief]
Min, gosh.
You're a naughty girl.
[cell phone vibrating]
YUTTHACHAI
[object clatters]
[pensive music playing softly]
[tires screech]
[horn blares]
- [woman screams]
- [tires screeching]
[woman breathing heavily]
Are we there yet, Mom?
Not yet. Try to sleep more.
[breathing heavily]
[birds chirping]
Excuse me, ma'am. Why are you asleep here?
I was sleepy.
I just couldn't drive anymore.
Ma'am, it is very secluded and dark here.
You are very lucky
that no trucks rammed into you.
- Yes.
- Have a safe trip, ma'am.
[engine starts]
[pensive music playing]
CHUMPHON TAKUA PA DISTRIC
[tranquil music playing]
JARUKANANT HOUSE 1932
[birds chirping]
[uneasy music playing]
Come, let's go upstairs.
This will be your room.
I used to stay in this room
when I was your age.
[door creaking]
Oh, look.
You're exactly as tall as I was then.
FEB 1992
[uneasy music intensifies]
- [pounding on door]
- [terrifying musical sting plays]
You unpack your clothes.
I'll go check who's there.
Min.
Don't open the drapes.
[mysterious music playing]
[woman] You're Uncle
- Uncle Natee, right?
- Yes.
Here are the things that you ordered.
[woman] Okay.
Um
You see, I got into an accident
on my way here.
I see.
It's funny, you know.
You remind me of someone I once knew.
Who is that?
[Natee] Oh, it's nothing.
It was a long time ago,
and I've got a bad memory anyway.
Uncle, just put the groceries
on the table.
I can do it.
I got the shop to put a SIM card in it.
Thank you.
[uneasy music building]
[music fades to silence]
[woman] Mm.
It's for the phone and the other stuff.
Thank you very much.
No doubt I'll bother you again.
If there's anything you need,
just give me a call.
My house is nearby.
[thunder rumbling in distance]
[Natee] It looks like rain.
You should go back inside, miss.
Okay.
When it rains,
sometimes the power goes out.
- I left you a flashlight in the kitchen.
- So, what about the generator?
I remember we had a generator here.
A big one.
It hasn't been used for 30 years.
I don't know if it's still working.
[wings flapping]
[woman] What is it, Uncle?
It's nothing.
I'll get going.
[thunder rumbling in distance]
[car engine starts]
Min, I told you not to open the drapes.
I didn't open them.
Well, they're open.
If you didn't, who did?
[eerie music playing]
[eerie music building]
[music stops]
[door creaking]
[uneasy music playing]
[gun clatters in drawer]
[air whooshes spookily]
[eerie music playing]
[night chirping]
[switch clicks]
- [static playing]
- [switch continues clicking]
[Min] Mom, why is there nothing on the TV?
It's an old TV, sweetheart.
There's no reception anymore.
[thunder crashes overhead]
[loud bang]
[woman] I'll close the windows upstairs
so we don't get wet.
I'm coming with you.
You don't need to come. You stay here.
I'll be right back.
[ominous music playing]
[thunder rumbling]
[windows banging and creaking]
[thunder rumbling]
[rain pouring]
[thunder rumbling]
[thunder rumbling]
[clock ticking loudly]
[woman] What are you doing, dear?
[thunder crashing]
[Min] Mom, what room is this?
I don't actually know.
Your grandma said it was off-limits.
[Min] Why was that?
Probably it was her private storage.
[ominous music playing]
[thunder rumbling]
- [thunder continues rumbling]
- [rain pouring]
Do you like this house, Min?
No.
It's very old.
This house was built almost 100 years ago.
So of course it's old.
I plan to renovate it
now into a small hotel.
Or maybe a coffee shop. What do you think?
But there's no internet here.
I want to watch cartoons.
We'll get that set up.
But I want something to play with.
[electricity flickering]
[thunder rumbling]
[haunting sound echoes]
[Min gasps]
[Min panting in fear]
It's just the power.
[Min continues panting fearfully]
[thunder rumbling]
[woman] There.
I lit it just in case we get a blackout.
[Min continues panting fearfully]
Min.
What's wrong, dear?
I can see someone standing over there.
[eerie music playing]
[woman] Where?
I don't see anyone.
[electricity flickering]
[Min gasping]
- [terrifying musical sting]
- [Min screams]
Min, why are you screaming?
Min, why are you crying?
[thunder rumbling]
- Mom, where are you going?
- [woman] I'm going to get a flashlight.
[foreboding music playing]
[thunder rumbling]
I'll be outside for a bit.
I want to check
if the generator is working.
I'm coming with you.
It's raining outside. Just wait here.
- [thunder rumbling]
- [rain pouring]
[keys jingling]
[lock clicks open]
[woman] Pass me the flashlight.
[thunder rumbling]
Mom, are you finished?
I'm looking for the switch, dear.
- [mouse squeaks]
- [woman cries out, grunts]
Mom! What's wrong?
I'm fine. I'm okay.
[thunder rumbling]
[eerie music playing]
[generator clanks]
[generator running]
[electricity crackling]
Give it to me.
[generator powers down]
[foreboding music playing]
[thunder rumbling]
No power tonight, I'm afraid.
Oh, you're all wet. [chuckles]
[chuckles]
Mom, can you read me this story, please?
Min, where did you find this book?
In the closet.
VAREE
[mysterious music playing]
"Oh gosh. What silly nonsense
did I begin to utter?"
"In that second,
Alice's head
touched the ceiling of the hallway."
"In fact,
right now, she's probably nine foot tall."
[birds chirping]
[woman] Count from one to 20.
Don't peek, okay?
[woman and Min giggle]
[woman] Shall we start?
[Min] One,
two, three, four,
five, six,
seven, eight,
nine, ten,
eleven, 12,
thirteen, 14, 15,
sixteen, 17, 18, 19, 20!
I'm coming!
[chuckles softly]
[eerie music playing]
[terrifying musical sting]
[eerie music continues]
[string instruments play frenetically]
[eerie notes playing]
[terrifying sting]
Found you.
What are you looking for?
I thought you were hiding in here.
Mom, what is this room for?
It was Grandma's study.
But now it's a storage room.
[mysterious music playing]
Who is this?
It's Grandma's photo.
It's sad. She died before you were born.
[Min] Mommy, what are these?
They're paper dolls.
Hey.
When I was a child,
I played with paper dolls
and changed their clothes.
Can we play with these?
I want to play with them.
Please, Mom,
let's play with the paper dolls.
- [Min] Take this.
- [woman] Don't come near me, you monster!
Oh no! Help me!
I'm coming for you.
Don't you worry, princess.
I'm here to protect you.
No! Don't hurt the princess.
[switch clicks]
[switch clicks]
[switch clicks]
[switch clicks]
[switch clicking repeatedly]
[eerie music playing]
[thunder crashing]
[ghostly whooshing]
[ominous music playing]
Min.
Min? What's wrong, dear?
- Min.
- I can see someone standing over there.
[thunder rumbling]
I don't see anything.
Just a nightmare, okay?
[thunder crashing]
[startling music plays]
[cacophonous music playing creepily]
[foreboding music playing]
[door unlocks]
Min.
Min, what are you doing?
[Min] What is it, Mom?
[birds chirping]
How about we go to the beach?
- [gentle piano music playing]
- [birds chirping]
Ma, look.
Good job.
Living here is nice.
Just a short drive to the beach, eh?
I want to paddle in the water.
Go.
Don't go too far.
[line ringing]
[Natee] Hello, Miss Varee.
Uncle.
I need to ask you something.
Are there other houses near me?
The closest one to your house is mine.
Do you have a little girl
of around five living with you?
No, I don't.
My grandchildren are all grown up now.
Ah, well,
are there any kids
that like to play around my house?
You're surrounded by rubber plantations,
so I really don't think so.
Is something wrong, miss?
Um
Uh
[waves lapping loudly]
[Varee] Min?
Min?
Min?
Min?
Min!
Min, where are you?
[cries out, panicked breathing]
Min! Min!
[panicked breathing]
Min!
[groaning] Min!
Min, where are you?
[distressed groan]
- Min!
- [Min] Mom!
[Varee exhales in relief]
[sighs]
Min.
[panting]
Didn't I tell you not to go far?
If you don't listen to me,
we won't come here again.
[sighs]
[uneasy music playing]
- [paper tearing]
- [Min panting in distress]
[Varee] Min, why are you doing this?
Why are you destroying these things?
I'm not hurting them at all.
I think you are, so don't argue.
I don't want to live here anymore.
Where do you want to live?
You want to live with your dad again?
[Min crying]
- [high-pitched sound]
- [footsteps patter]
[unsettling music playing]
Who are you?
- How did you get in here?
- [electricity buzzes]
Min?
Where are you going?
[suspenseful music playing]
[Varee] Min.
Min.
[dark music playing]
[insects chirping]
[bird caws]
[dark music building]
Min, what are you doing?
[music quietens]
I see someone standing over there.
I don't see anyone.
There really is someone standing there.
Min
Listen to me, dear.
If you see anyone,
whether you know them or not,
you must tell me immediately.
Don't talk to them.
And don't go into that forest.
If you go in there, you might get lost,
and then you won't see me again.
[foreboding music building]
[music fades]
[insects chirping]
[door creaking]
[eerie music playing faintly]
[thunder rumbling in distance]
Mom,
the power is going off again.
- [rain pouring]
- [thunder rumbling in distance]
Min.
How about we move here permanently?
We can go to the beach,
and when school starts,
you can go to a new school.
I don't want to change schools.
Why don't you try?
Just think.
You'll make lots of new school friends.
No, I don't want to.
I don't want to live here.
I don't like this house.
[gentle music playing]
Min.
This house is all we have.
I'm scared here.
[thunder rumbling overhead]
[terrifying music builds]
Mom, can we go home?
[thunder rumbling]
[breathes deeply]
[Min screams]
Min!
Min, it's just a blackout.
[Min sobbing fearfully]
[Min panting]
[thunder rumbling]
Min, what are you scared of, dear?
It's I saw someone.
In the house.
[ominous music playing]
[thunder rumbling in distance]
Was it a girl?
No.
[thunder rumbling]
[ominous music intensifies]
[thunder crashes overhead]
Min.
Where did you see them?
At the stairs, and near the clock.
[thunder crashes overhead]
[eerie music playing]
[rain pouring]
[thunder crashes]
[thunder rumbling]
[thunder continues rumbling]
[exhales heavily]
[thunder crashes]
[thunder continues rumbling]
[somber music playing]
[sighs emotionally]
[can opens]
[sniffles, sobs]
[sobbing continues]
[thunder crashes]
[gun cocks]
[somber music continues]
[gun fires]
[dark music playing]
[footsteps running]
Min?
Are you still awake?
[thunder rumbling]
[clock chimes discordantly]
[ticktocks echoing]
[clock chimes discordantly]
[horrifying music plays]
[metal clanking]
[Min] Mom?
- Mom!
- Min!
[suspenseful music playing]
[Min] Mom!
- [screams]
- [door slams]
Min!
- Min! Min! Min, open the door for me!
- [door rattling]
- Can you hear me?
- [pounding on door]
[Varee] Min, open the door, Min.
- Min! Oh, Min!
- [terrifying music playing]
- [Varee] Min
- Mom!
- [Varee] Open the door! Open it now!
- Mom!
[Varee] Do you hear me?
Min, open the door! Open the door!
Min!
Open the door, Min.
[Min screams]
Min, can you hear me?
Min!
Min! What's wrong, Min?
Min, can you hear me?
Min!
[pounding on door]
Min, open the door!
Min!
Min!
[screams]
[bed crashes]
Min?
Min? Min?
[gasps] Min!
[distressed breaths]
Min?
[exhales sharply]
[thunder crashes overhead]
Min!
Min, can you hear me?
Min? Where are you, dear?
Can you hear me?
- Min.
- [door bangs]
- [thunder crashing]
- Min!
Min!
Where are you, Min?
Min, can you hear me?
Min! [whimpers]
Min!
[music fades]
[closing theme music playing]