Wolf Pack (2023) s01e01 Episode Script

1
All right, Everett,
if your eyes are closed,
all you need to do
is concentrate on your breath.
- Sorry.
- You don't have to apologize.
Notice the sound. Let it go.
Come back to your breath.
Maybe I should take another Ativan.
I only had one so far.
- Did you run this morning?
- Three miles.
- Yoga?
- 20 minutes.
Then you're doing everything right.
But what if I just took a 1/4 of a pill?
Everett, you know what I'm gonna say.
I know, I know, I know.
I'm supposed to push
through the anxiety.
Tell myself it's not gonna last,
it's not gonna kill me.
And it's-it's actually just evidence
of my body working at peak condition.
But I'm pretty sure peak condition
doesn't feel like there's
a giant fucking weight
crushing me, so can I please
just take another Ativan?
Listen, I'm gonna have to call you back.
They're evacuating my building.
You're not anywhere
near this fire, are you?
What is that?
Everett?
Are you still there? Can you hear me?
What is that?
Everett, can you see the fire?
Yeah. I can see it.
Connor Hey, Connor,
why are we stopped?
Nobody knows.
Look at that shit out there.
If we have to run, I'm screwed.
Everyone get back in your seats.
You guys really aren't supposed to be up
in the middle of the aisle.
Look at that car.
Huh?
Oh. See that car?
There's no one behind the wheel
like the driver abandoned their car.
Maybe they're coming back.
Maybe they didn't want
to burn to death in their car.
Wait, look.
I don't think he's coming back.
Oh, um, it's called psychogenic tremor.
I've got-got anxiety.
- Doesn't everyone?
- Not like me.
It's from the school.
- You lose your phone?
- Oh, I don't have one.
- You don't have a phone?
- What's the text say?
What, are you, like, not
allowed to have a phone?
No. I just I choose
not to. It's a thing.
You wouldn't get it.
What's the text say?
Classes are cancelled.
They're shutting down
all the schools near the fire.
Wait, why wouldn't I get it?
It's personal preference.
I don't have a phone,
no computer, no email.
Everyone's got a thing.
I've got a thing about phones
and you have a psychotic tremor.
It's psychogenic tremor.
What's the difference?
I'm not psychotic.
You sure about that?
They're evacuating
Altadena and Eagle Rock.
- I live in Altadena.
- Did you say Eagle Rock?
Atwater Village, too.
But they're doing that
to be safe, right?
It doesn't mean our houses
are actually burning down.
If they're saying evacuate,
I think they're pretty worried
about shit burning down.
Hey, Phoebe, can I borrow
your phone for a sec?
I just need to send a message
to my brother.
For real?
You don't talk to me for over a year
and now you want to be friends again?
No, I-I just want to borrow your phone.
You're unbelievable.
You need to open the door right now.
If I let all of you run
out into the street,
- I could lose my job.
- We could lose our lives.
I kind of think that's more important
than your shitty minimum wage job.
Can you stop recording me, please?
Fuck no. This is evidence for my parents
when they come pull
my dead body out of here.
I'm trying to do the right thing.
So am I which I why I'm posting this
so people know who killed
a bus full of high school students.
What the fuck is your problem?
- What?
- Don't go out there, Austin.
Don't go out there.
- What is that?
- Move out of the way!
Back up. Back up. Back up!
Get out of the way!
Move, guys!
- Get out!
- Come on!
Go this way!
Just leave everything!
- Here. Here. Come on.
- Oh, thanks.
- Come on! Back to the bus.
- What?
There's something out
Austin? Austin!
Oh, fuck.
Holy shit.
Run. Are you stupid? Run!
Shit, Diesel.
Seriously?
Every day? Every single day?
There you are.
I've been trying to reach you.
Why can't you carry a cell phone
like a normal fucking teenager?
If you want me to be
a normal fucking teenager,
why don't you try not using
the word "fucking"
when talking to your teenager.
You should have been here
helping with your brother.
Danny? Danny, look at me.
Look.
- It's okay.
- Look, everyone's saying
the shelters are filling up fast.
And there's no way
I'm paying for a hotel.
I'm going.
Jacket. Wet.
Don't worry. I'm okay.
Con
Do you know what kind of animal bit you?
I said do you know what kind
of animal bit you?
A wolf.
It was a wolf.
Let's go.
Let's go, let's go.
- Where's Danny?
- Shit.
Weren't you watching him?
Stay here. I'll take care of this.
Christ's sake, Blake,
we don't have time for this.
Where do you think you're going?
- There.
- Come on. Let's go.
I said let's go.
Look there.
You have to speak
in complete sentences, Danny.
Now let's go.
No. Look.
Let's go.
Hey. Nice to see you
a little more lucid, Everett.
Well, we don't have
any burns from the fire
but you do have a rather nasty bite
from an animal.
It did look quite a bit worse
when he came in, right?
Maybe it was all the blood
and the wound wasn't that deep.
Well, you're pretty lucky, Everett.
There was quite an accident
on the highway.
Sounds like there were
a lot of car crashes
and animals running everywhere.
- The ram
- Bighorn sheep. Horses too.
A few stables burned down
and sent them all running to the hills.
Hey, I want you to relax, okay?
The worst is over.
So what about your other friends?
Do you know anybody who made it
here to the hospital
from the highway?
Uh, everybody ran.
Th-there was one. Blake.
- He a friend of yours?
- She. And no.
Not-not really. I mean,
most of my friends
- are online.
- Mm. Okay.
Well, don't worry, kiddo.
We called your parents.
My parents? They're coming here?
That's what happens
when we call the parents.
And they're usually pretty happy
- to know that you're okay.
- No, no. Not my parents.
I'm sure everything will be fine.
Okay.
Hey, the phone's ringing.
The phone?
Um, hello?
Get out of the hospital.
- Who is this?
- Leave the hospital now.
- Grab your things and go.
- What? Why?
It's going to find you.
It's going to keep coming, Everett.
How do you know my name?
It can't move as easily in daylight.
But it will move and
it will come for you.
Why is this happening to me?
You were bitten.
It has to find you
before the next full moon.
What does it want?
To kill you
before the full moon.
There he is. Jesus, Everett,
what were you thinking?
Ev!
Dad, how far is the shelter?
Two miles. May as well be 200.
Never gonna get through this traffic.
Maybe we should get a hotel.
- Can't afford a hotel.
- Okay, a motel.
We can't afford a camping
tent right now, Blake.
Danny, here, take your fidget cube.
Look, I've got some cash.
I can help pay for a motel.
Could you stop kicking
my goddamn seat, Danny?
There's a motel 1/2 a mile down Verdugo.
It's $40 a night.
How exactly would you know that?
You really want to know?
Forget I asked.
How about I give you two options,
you tell me which one you like better.
Option A, I fucked a
guy there one night.
Do not do this in front of Danny.
Option B
I used my fake ID
to get Danny and I a room
when you and mom were
fighting for six hours
and didn't even notice we were gone.
And still didn't noticed after she left
and you got drunk.
When we got back in the morning,
you also didn't notice
because you were passed out
and hungover.
I'll take option A, thanks.
How about you just take us to the motel?
Fuck this.
Hey! Hey, what are you doing, man?
Everett, I want you to take
a sip of this.
It has electrolytes.
I'm okay. I just got lightheaded.
You really should have stayed
and waited for the emergency responders.
Come on, Kendra. Ease up on him.
It's called hyperbole.
If my son can exaggerate a minor scratch
into a mortal wound, then I get
to embellish a little too.
- It's not a minor scratch.
- Nothing's minor with you.
Did they even show you?
Did you look at it?
Here. Look.
Oh, for God's sake, Everett.
That's not even gonna scar.
- You can't see it.
- I can see it fine.
Ask your father.
Oh, I don't know, Ev.
Maybe a little scar.
Wait, there's a girl. She got bit too.
The same thing's
probably happening to her.
- What girl?
- You met a girl?
No. I mean, like, I know her.
We have a couple classes together.
Her name's Blake. We should find her.
- We need to get out of here.
- No, no, no.
- Lie down.
- No, you're right.
You're right.
It's just a scratch. I'm fine.
No, no, no. Come on, Ev.
You passed out twice.
They have to monitor you.
- You're not going anywhere.
- No, we need to get
out of here before night,
before it gets too dark.
It already is night.
- They gave you a sedative.
- What?
You've been out a long time.
Go.
L.A. highway
Between victims in a violent
and deadly scene.
- Want to help me, please?
- Danny, come on.
- We don't have
- Let's settle, okay?
The exact numbers, but
our sources have confirmed
there have been multiple deaths
from animal attacks
apparently as a direct result
of the wildfires.
Authorities are warning citizens
to be on the lookout for bears, coyotes,
and other animals
driven out of their dens.
Many of them
are simply scared and injured.
But as we all know, fear and pain
Fear and pain.
Can result in lethal consequences.
Okay, if we lose the house,
if it all burns down, where
are we supposed to go?
Is there a government program for that?
Uh, who can I call?
I-I've got two kids here.
I've got a young child
with autism, okay?
What? No I can't hold.
Yeah, thank you too.
Um, okay.
Uh, listen, I-I think
maybe I should take you guys
to your mom's.
Uh, though I'm pretty sure
she won't pick up if I call.
- We're not going to Mom's.
- How about if you call?
She'll pick up if
if she sees it's you, she'll pick up.
She's not gonna know it's me.
Oh, right. No phone.
- Stop it.
- Skin.
Use complete sentences
like we talked about.
I can't respond unless
you help me understand.
- Your skin.
- No.
Don't you think I know
how bad my skin looks?
Danny, stop.
Your skin.
I can't believe how tall the flames
- I gotta run.
- Where the hell are you going?
- I'm coming right back.
- Blake, wait.
The highway? What's going on?
I've been a piece of shit.
I know.
Give me a break, please?
Everything's falling apart
and I-I don't know what to do.
I'm just looking for a little help
so I can take care
of you and Danny, all right?
- I can take care of myself.
- Yeah, I know.
I know. And you can take care
of Danny too.
Better than I ever can.
Please, just help me out.
Okay?
I'll be right back.
Whoo!
Show me again!
Did you like my set?
Yeah, I did. Especially that last track.
I can't believe you used an actual 2-2-4
- instead of a plugin.
- How'd you hear that?
I hear a lot of things.
You some type of music
prodigy or something?
No. I just know what I like.
How old are you, anyway?
Don't worry.
I'm not, like, high school or anything.
Follow me.
Just want to be closer to you ♪
Just want to be closer to you ♪
Just want to be closer to you ♪
Whoa ♪
Yeah, it's like whoa ♪
So, like, whoa ♪
Just popped her kidney
I bought a million options ♪
Of the stock and I stopped
doing the green ♪
Man, I rock arenas,
bringing the peace ♪
I'm bumping that Pac in the car ♪
Pretending I got all the eyes on me ♪
Got a bad baby and she's independent ♪
Too many people older than me ♪
That's seeking attention ♪
When they warned me
about the goofies, man ♪
I should have listened ♪
She a friend of yours?
No. She's my sister.
He looked nice. What's his name?
Fuck off.
Is that his first or last name?
Look, he doesn't know
my name either, all right?
Dad isn't responding to texts.
So?
So I think he might be missing.
He's a park ranger.
They don't go missing
in the middle of the woods.
It doesn't feel right.
Come on, Luna. You know what happens.
Sometime tomorrow he's gonna come
stumbling through the front door
covered in ash and
fall asleep on the couch.
And then he's gonna wake up
coughing like he's got pneumonia
and go and do it again.
Look, can you just let it go?
It's Friday night.
This party only happens once a month.
- He's our father.
- Yeah, but not our real one.
- I didn't say that.
- Yeah, you kind of did.
Look, are you gonna help me
find him or not?
Fine. I'll find him myself.
My sense of smell
is better tonight anyway.
Hey, wait.
Wait!
- How much better?
- A lot. Why?
My hearing is turned up to 10.
It's never been this good.
Not even on a full moon.
Same with me.
But the full moon isn't
for another two nights.
How many times did you text Dad?
I don't know. A lot.
If we went out there, do you think
you'd be able to smell
anything besides smoke?
Yeah, that's why I need you.
I need your hearing.
You know what a fire that big
sounds like?
Like a jet engine throttling up.
They found his truck.
But not him?
You the head nurse?
No, but I can try to help.
Do you actually know anything
or are you gonna waste my time?
I'm Investigator Ramsey with the LAFD.
And this blunt instrument of the LAPD
is Officer Jang.
We're part of a joint taskforce
investigating the wildfires.
We're looking for anyone
who came in recently
that was injured
on the freeway this morning.
Especially the kids
who were on that school bus.
Yeah, we got one of them.
Walked in on his own.
Lang. Everett Lang.
Why would the police
want to talk to him?
It's not just the police.
It's an investigator
from the fire department.
You know what that means, right?
Arson.
Middleton Road.
What? You're not gonna bark?
Come. Come on.
All this time we could
have been friends, huh?
- How bad is it?
- It's not great.
We think it might have been caught
in stampede that went through
the freeway this morning.
Whether your dad
was actually in the truck
is anyone's guess.
Remember, it probably looks
worse than it is.
These animals were scared and desperate.
Most of them were on fire
when they came out of the woods.
What kind of animals?
Bears, big horns, mountain lions.
What about wolves?
A wolf couldn't have done that.
Whoa!
What the fuck are you doing here?
- Looking for you.
- Why?
Because we need to talk
and you don't have a phone.
I don't have a phone
'cause I don't need to talk
to people like you.
Oh, shit. Your house.
This is your house, isn't it?
Well, this was my house.
- There are fires every year.
- Not like this one.
You heard what they said on the news.
This is the worst fire in 18 years.
Just like the one when Garrett found us.
What if this time he found someone else?
Our real father.
It's what you wanted, right?
Like you don't?
I don't want someone who abandoned us
- 18 years ago.
- But you're the one
always saying you don't feel
like you've found your pack.
Like, no one gets us and
that all you've ever wanted
is to find someone like you.
Well, now's your chance, Luna.
If he's come back,
if he's really still alive,
and
And if he did that
Then he's coming for both of us.
Sorry you lost everything.
I don't care.
It doesn't mean anything.
Nothing? Like, not even one thing?
Nope.
It's my brother who's gonna care.
He's, um he's got Asperger's, right?
No one has Asperger's anymore.
It all falls under ASD,
Autism Spectrum Disorder.
As long as he sticks to his rituals,
he's actually pretty high-functioning.
What rituals?
Anytime he walks into a room,
if there's a TV, he has to turn it on
to make sure it works.
And it has to be playing the news.
- Well, what if it's not?
- He gets anxious.
Then he has a meltdown
screaming, crying.
Sometimes he hits himself.
How come you didn't go to the hospital?
How come you didn't stay?
Someone called me and told me to leave.
He said it was gonna try
and kill me again.
And it had to do it
before the next full moon.
You should definitely go
back to the hospital.
Probably a psychiatric hospital.
No. I know what I saw.
People died and it wasn't
because of a fire.
Our bus driver was one of them.
- Renata.
- Who?
Our bus driver. Her name was Renata.
Look.
- You see that?
- See what?
Everyone who looks at it
says it's healing
and it probably won't even scar.
That's not what you see, is it?
- Look.
- I see it.
No, no, no. Not the bite.
Holy shit.
I can see my abs.
Can you see my abs?
Yeah. Congratulations.
I look like I put on
ten pounds of muscle.
You want me to take a progress pic?
No, no, no. I mean I look like I put on
ten pounds of muscle
in the last two hours.
Wait, your skin.
Look at your skin.
You used to have acne scars, right?
Whatever's going on with you,
I can't help.
I have my own shit to deal with.
You and me, we're not in this
together, all right?
I'm-I'm sorry. I shouldn't have
said it like that.
Go!
Ahh!
Other way.
For fuck's sake, just go!
What, you hear something?
Just the fire.
Do you smell something?
It's gonna be okay.
He knows how to survive a wildfire.
I'm not worried about the fire.
This is Garrett Briggs.
I'm a Los Angeles park ranger.
This is a message for my kids,
Harlan and Luna.
Hey, guys.
I don't know if I'm gonna
make it out of here.
And if I don't,
I wanted to make sure there's a message.
You know I love you.
But there's been things
a lot of things I haven't said.
Luna, I want you to know
that things are gonna change,
all right?
I know you haven't made
the kind of friends
you were hoping to find
the last few years.
I know how lonely you feel sometimes.
But I don't want you to worry
about high school.
I promise you, you'll find your people.
You'll find your pack.
Harlan, look
I know all we do right now is argue.
And I'm sorry I couldn't figure
out how to fix that.
Do me a favor and remember
when when things were good
between us.
Remember all the books we read together.
Same ones over and over.
Remember that I took you
to every R-rated horror movie
you ever wanted to see
even though you were only ten
And I was the one who
ended up having nightmares.
Remember that I love you
even though I'm not your
even though you don't see me
as your real
Fuck.
Come on, Garrett.
Come on.
Get up, you asshole.
They need you.
They need you.
Are you are you okay, Blake?
What the fuck was that?
What's happening to us?
What-what's happening to me?
Just you just try to breathe, okay?
What, like I'm having
a panic attack or something?
- Probably an anxiety attack.
- What's the difference?
There's a difference, trust me.
No, no, no, no.
I don't get anxiety attacks
or panic attacks or whatever
the fuck this is, okay?
I'm just I'm freaking out.
You know, sometimes people freak out.
Yeah. They also have anxiety attacks.
Just try and breathe
in to seven and then out to 11.
Try shutting the fuck up.
No, you could try Lion's Breath.
What the fuck is Lion's Breath?
It's-it's yoga. It's Simhasana.
It-it can ease anxiety
and reduce panic attacks.
Yoga? You want me to do yoga?
No. Just the breathing. Just the breath.
- Try it with me.
- No.
- Try it!
- Fuck you.
Listen, you open your eyes wide,
stick your tongue out,
keep saying "Hah"
with as much energy
and force as possible.
I c I ca I can't breathe.
No, you can do it. Just do it once.
- I can't breathe.
- You can do it. Just once.
Just once. Okay?
I'll do it with you.
Look at me. Blake.
Eyes wide.
Tongue out.
- One, two
- Hah!
Okay. Do it again.
Hah!
Did it work? Even a little?
You feel calmer?
I don't know. Maybe.
A little. Yeah.
I should probably teach
my brother how to do that.
I have to go.
My father and brother have
no idea where I am.
Wait, we need to figure this out.
You think that thing just
showing up at your house
was a coincidence?
Wherever you go, I guarantee
it shows up there too.
You want to lead it right to them?
- It was an animal.
- That wasn't an animal.
It was just a stupid animal.
It doesn't know what
motel I'm staying at.
We were bitten.
I know what it was. You do too.
- I don't.
- You do.
- No, I don't.
- Yes. You do.
Everett, this is Kristin Ramsey.
I'm in investigator with the LAFD.
Everett, can you hear me?
It's okay.
You don't have to talk to me
if you don't want to.
But I would like you to listen
for a moment.
I know you're shaken up
by what happened today.
You went through something
pretty terrifying.
You saw people die.
But I need your help, Everett.
I need you to help me figure out
who's responsible for the deaths
of several people.
That includes some of your friends
who were on that school bus.
You're gonna hear that
the police suspect arson.
But that's only part of the truth.
Because it's not just a suspicion.
I know for certain this
fire was caused by arson.
I can tell you I'm certain
of one other thing.
The arsonist is a teenager.
Might even be someone
you go to school with.
In fact, it's quite possible
this teenager was on that bus with you.
Do you understand that, Everett?
The arsonist I'm looking for
might have been sitting
right next to you,
watching the fire from the windows
watching people burn to death.
A student. Teenager.
Just like you.
- Luna?
- Everett?
They're the twins from
school, Harlan and Luna.
What are you doing out here?
What are you doing out here?
- You seeing this?
- Yeah, I see it.
- Your eyes are glowing.
- So are yours.
This never happens to us.
- What never happens?
- Any of this.
But it's happening now.
- What? What's happening?
- Luna, stop.
- Tell us.
- We don't even know them.
Why is this happening?
Because we're all here.
All together
under the moon.
Something bit you.
- Don't say it.
- You're like us now.
Don't.
Just like us.
Werewolves.
I just wanna know one thing.
Did something bite you?
You're not safe.
You saw what he did to Garrett's truck.
What do you think he's gonna be like
on the night of a full moon?
Glad we could catch you this time.