The Birch (2019) s01e01 Episode Script
Through the Woods
1 [tree creaking.]
Hello? [rock.]
Sorry, friend.
Yo, Creepy Eve.
This ain't no peep show.
You deaf, yo? So the Polk's are pushing on our block again.
They might as well just plant a statue of a giant middle finger on our lawn.
[dad.]
Can't cure the world, Evie.
I can whine about it though.
[dad.]
Yeah, if you want to grouch out the place.
Yeah, well people are scum and our world is terrible.
Dad, where's Mom's necklace with the locket? [dad.]
Uh, it's in the drawer.
Next to all of your unread mail.
That's a great place to keep it.
Chinese? [sighs.]
What the hell happened to you? Some kind of trouble at school? No.
Say hi to the old lady for me.
Yeah, I'mma tell her about this awesome new diet you got me on.
Oh, she'll scorch the earth beneath my feet.
Hey, why don't you stay through the commercial break? Why don't you find some friends your own age? Why don't you get some friends your own age? Ow.
It's another shining thing to report to Mom.
No.
Okay, okay, okay.
I take it back.
- Just don't tell your mom? - Nope.
You lose! - Bye.
- Bye.
Hi, Mom.
Okay.
Let's give this a shot.
My beloved, Lily Grayson Mom I bring you gifts of life into death.
[no audible dialogue.]
Commune with me.
Please.
Please speak.
Give me anything.
Just a tap or a burp.
What's up? [man screams.]
Dude, stop! Wes, that's enough! [thud.]
Oh, God.
We are so screwed.
Dude You killed him.
Wes, what did you do? [phone chimes.]
Hey! Hey! Come on! You! Why are you spying on us? I wasn't, I wasn't.
[screams.]
I can't breathe, I can't breathe.
"My beloved Lily Grayson"? "I bring you gifts from life into death.
" Yo, Evie thinks she's a witch or something.
I won't say anything, I won't say anything.
No doubt you won't.
We should straight up kill you right now.
Shut up, shut up! [muttering.]
Hey, Evie.
Listen to me.
I don't know what you think that you saw, but I can guarantee you that it's not that.
And I can guarantee you that if you go running your mouth about things that nobody needs to know anything about, my uncle will not be happy.
He'll mess you up.
You remember my uncle, right? Sebastian.
Diesel king of King's Point.
Yeah, of course you do.
Um, now, you may not want to believe this, but nobody wants to be in this situation.
Okay? It was an accident.
Just like your mom a few years ago.
Nobody wanted that.
We all liked her.
I cry about that junkie every night.
So don't go and let something unfortunate happen to your pops too.
Because if you say one word, it's gonna be a whole lot uglier than finding his face down in a puddle of his own vomit.
Do you understand? Yeah, do you under Okay, good.
You're lucky Thur's such a gentleman.
We'll be watching you, Evie! [screams.]
My name is Kelly Bernstein.
And I really, really hope you're watching this out of boredom and not need.
I'm in the woods, near Mount Hood, where my brother was last seen.
All the police found was his journal.
It's full of instructions on summoning something.
I-I don't know.
He just refers to it as "Her.
" "She sees all the putrid, stinking filth in this world, and she sees that I will rise above it.
I gifted her my blood I gifted her the possessions of those who scarred me deepest.
And in turn, I received her loving protection against their awful stench, her vengeance.
For Thee who makest me, I shall come.
Thee who breaks me shall come undone.
- [faintly.]
"The mother's child" - [static interfence.]
[gasps.]
[chattering.]
- [boy.]
Oh! - [girls giggling.]
[boy.]
Faceplant! - What the hell's wrong with you? - What? Shouldn't be creeping up.
My bad.
I'm sorry, Evie.
Our alibis.
Just drop in to share that we rolled a joint while we were studying.
[continues, indistinct.]
Bro, I don't think they'll buy that I was studying for a test.
You're the one who killed the guy, so you have a better idea? Oh, you want to come at me? You used to cut our supply with that silk - and then pocket it! - That's a lot of money.
You may as well call that shit cyanide, man.
What did you think was gonna happen? You both sold it, we both You both knew.
We were just following your orders.
We'll do it again.
The orders are in.
It's just if it happens, we say that we were studying, - but if they don't - Why would we be studying? Because we have a test, because we're in high school.
And this way, we all know what we're doing.
When have we ever studied, man? They'll ask our teachers, dude.
[conversation continues, softly.]
Here goes nothing.
"For Thee who makest me, I shall come.
Thee who breaks me shall come undone.
" Please? I need your help! [wind blowing.]
[rumbling.]
[growling, creaking.]
- [screaming.]
- [nurse.]
Push! [crying.]
Is she okay? Oh, my God.
Got a problem, Thad? I want to see Laura.
Hello? [rock.]
Sorry, friend.
Yo, Creepy Eve.
This ain't no peep show.
You deaf, yo? So the Polk's are pushing on our block again.
They might as well just plant a statue of a giant middle finger on our lawn.
[dad.]
Can't cure the world, Evie.
I can whine about it though.
[dad.]
Yeah, if you want to grouch out the place.
Yeah, well people are scum and our world is terrible.
Dad, where's Mom's necklace with the locket? [dad.]
Uh, it's in the drawer.
Next to all of your unread mail.
That's a great place to keep it.
Chinese? [sighs.]
What the hell happened to you? Some kind of trouble at school? No.
Say hi to the old lady for me.
Yeah, I'mma tell her about this awesome new diet you got me on.
Oh, she'll scorch the earth beneath my feet.
Hey, why don't you stay through the commercial break? Why don't you find some friends your own age? Why don't you get some friends your own age? Ow.
It's another shining thing to report to Mom.
No.
Okay, okay, okay.
I take it back.
- Just don't tell your mom? - Nope.
You lose! - Bye.
- Bye.
Hi, Mom.
Okay.
Let's give this a shot.
My beloved, Lily Grayson Mom I bring you gifts of life into death.
[no audible dialogue.]
Commune with me.
Please.
Please speak.
Give me anything.
Just a tap or a burp.
What's up? [man screams.]
Dude, stop! Wes, that's enough! [thud.]
Oh, God.
We are so screwed.
Dude You killed him.
Wes, what did you do? [phone chimes.]
Hey! Hey! Come on! You! Why are you spying on us? I wasn't, I wasn't.
[screams.]
I can't breathe, I can't breathe.
"My beloved Lily Grayson"? "I bring you gifts from life into death.
" Yo, Evie thinks she's a witch or something.
I won't say anything, I won't say anything.
No doubt you won't.
We should straight up kill you right now.
Shut up, shut up! [muttering.]
Hey, Evie.
Listen to me.
I don't know what you think that you saw, but I can guarantee you that it's not that.
And I can guarantee you that if you go running your mouth about things that nobody needs to know anything about, my uncle will not be happy.
He'll mess you up.
You remember my uncle, right? Sebastian.
Diesel king of King's Point.
Yeah, of course you do.
Um, now, you may not want to believe this, but nobody wants to be in this situation.
Okay? It was an accident.
Just like your mom a few years ago.
Nobody wanted that.
We all liked her.
I cry about that junkie every night.
So don't go and let something unfortunate happen to your pops too.
Because if you say one word, it's gonna be a whole lot uglier than finding his face down in a puddle of his own vomit.
Do you understand? Yeah, do you under Okay, good.
You're lucky Thur's such a gentleman.
We'll be watching you, Evie! [screams.]
My name is Kelly Bernstein.
And I really, really hope you're watching this out of boredom and not need.
I'm in the woods, near Mount Hood, where my brother was last seen.
All the police found was his journal.
It's full of instructions on summoning something.
I-I don't know.
He just refers to it as "Her.
" "She sees all the putrid, stinking filth in this world, and she sees that I will rise above it.
I gifted her my blood I gifted her the possessions of those who scarred me deepest.
And in turn, I received her loving protection against their awful stench, her vengeance.
For Thee who makest me, I shall come.
Thee who breaks me shall come undone.
- [faintly.]
"The mother's child" - [static interfence.]
[gasps.]
[chattering.]
- [boy.]
Oh! - [girls giggling.]
[boy.]
Faceplant! - What the hell's wrong with you? - What? Shouldn't be creeping up.
My bad.
I'm sorry, Evie.
Our alibis.
Just drop in to share that we rolled a joint while we were studying.
[continues, indistinct.]
Bro, I don't think they'll buy that I was studying for a test.
You're the one who killed the guy, so you have a better idea? Oh, you want to come at me? You used to cut our supply with that silk - and then pocket it! - That's a lot of money.
You may as well call that shit cyanide, man.
What did you think was gonna happen? You both sold it, we both You both knew.
We were just following your orders.
We'll do it again.
The orders are in.
It's just if it happens, we say that we were studying, - but if they don't - Why would we be studying? Because we have a test, because we're in high school.
And this way, we all know what we're doing.
When have we ever studied, man? They'll ask our teachers, dude.
[conversation continues, softly.]
Here goes nothing.
"For Thee who makest me, I shall come.
Thee who breaks me shall come undone.
" Please? I need your help! [wind blowing.]
[rumbling.]
[growling, creaking.]
- [screaming.]
- [nurse.]
Push! [crying.]
Is she okay? Oh, my God.
Got a problem, Thad? I want to see Laura.