The Girl in the Woods (2021) s01e03 Episode Script
The Lure
It is with your negligence
that Carrie Ecker escaped.
Find and return her at once.
Are the scars from them?
Just curious why y'all live
out in the woods like that.
Deep in the woods stands a lone Door.
My colony exists entirely
to protect the world
from the awful things beyond that Door.
And one of them got out.
You should've had your eye on her!
One of you must act as its prey.
I will follow from behind
and take care of the rest.
It's real.
There's no greater act of love
than the act of self-sacrifice.
In the years to come,
when your skin is maimed
and your bones broken,
you can look your friends
in the eye and say,
"I have loved."
The Guardianship is only
for the purest of heart.
Six years of battling
off the ravenous Bloodherd
in the depths of Gehenna,
of learning the divine
secrets that lay in the Ledger.
Six years of sacrifice.
You think you have enough love to give?
Yes!
Then say it loud and clear.
I am a vessel filled with light.
I am a weapon against the shadow.
My pain is a symptom of sacrifice.
My sacrifice is a symptom of love.
Louder!
I am a vessel filled with light.
I am a weapon against the shadow.
My pain is a symptom of sacrifice.
My sacrifice is a symptom of love.
I am a vessel filled with light.
I am a weapon against the shadow.
My pain is a symptom of sacrifice.
My sacrifice is a symptom of love.
I am a vessel filled with light.
I am a weapon against the shadow.
My pain is a symptom of sacrifice.
My sacrifice is a symptom of love.
Emotion.
Better not strike than act too soon.
Fodder for the Herd.
I am a weapon against the shadow.
My pain is a symptom of sacrifice.
My sacrifice is a symptom of love.
I could do better.
It's early in training.
Council leader's disappointed.
He sees my mother in me.
You're not your mom.
You're brave.
We're in this together, okay?
I am a vessel filled with light
Horrors of Gehenna lie in the mental
as much as the physical.
As weeks become months,
they'll prey on the dark
recesses of your mind.
Your longest time yet.
Let's go.
Calm. Steady.
Calm. Steady.
Carrie, calm mind. Steady.
Calm mind. Steady.
My pain is a symptom of sacrifice.
My sacrifice is a symptom of love.
Okay, Mom. Okay.
Everything's gonna be fine.
Boom.
- Snug as a bug on drugs.
- Thank you.
Mrs. Frisk, do you remember
anything from the past hour?
A whistling sound? Almost angelic?
A tall figure with a mask?
A gold coin, maybe?
I-I remember ecstasy.
Ecstasy.
Is it okay if I hold your hand?
To warm you up?
I'll be the lure.
Let's kill this thing.
Pretty big of you to put
yourself in harm's way.
Yeah, well if this were "Jaws,"
I'd be like the stink bait
that they use to lure the shark in.
You're my stink bait.
You're supposed to
say that I'm the shark.
I'm just having a bit of a
hard time visualizing it, so.
Oh, my God!
Nolan! Angel. Darling.
You're like my big dog alpha dog.
Yeah, such a big dog alpha
dog that I'm literally
about to piss my pants
from nerves, so watch out.
'Cause, yeah.
Okay, bye.
What?
Gonna pee my pants. Hot.
Yes, you.
Brings the total missing
in West Pine to five,
all within 36 hours.
The mayor is now implementing
a town-wide curfew
Hello?
Jeez.
You're scared of me.
No.
Yes, you are. You're scared of me.
No, Carrie, I'm not.
Christ is lord. Fuck me.
It's fine.
I'd be scared of me too.
There's just there's
a lot going on right now.
I'm a weapon.
That's how the Colony trained me.
- Don't think, just
- All right.
You're not you're not some weapon.
You could be in Salem right now,
but you're in shitty old
West Pine doing what's right.
I just leave when
there's drama, so props.
That's not true.
You helped me.
People look at me and think mad jokes,
mad style, chill,
but the entire time
in my head, I'm like,
"Don't stop moving. Don't
think about Mom's death.
Don't think about Dad's debt.
Distract, distract, distract."
It's like a factory
for exhausting thoughts.
You know, in the last weeks of her life,
I spent almost all my free
time at Evolve Dance Studio
like like like a dumb slut.
I just want to start over too.
Be like a baby.
Be anyone.
Get out of West Pine at least.
Ready to hunt a monster?
Better not to strike than strike early.
Calm mind. Steady hand.
You're holding back, Carrie.
Mercy has no place in Gehenna.
Council leader?
You're not allowed in here.
Father.
I don't understand why I
can't visit my family home.
My new post forbids
preferential treatment.
So I'm not entitled
to ask my own blood for training advice?
I have to treat all
the children equally.
Then as council leader?
When I look at you,
I see her,
your mother.
A sniveling little
victim who flees hardship
at a moment's notice.
Sara's just stronger than me.
Pressure points. Remember these?
It's how you exploit
vulnerability that counts.
The Bloodherd overpowers all of us,
so be ruthless.
Pain is a symptom of sacrifice.
And sacrifice is a symptom of love.
Win the Guardianship.
Then I'll call you my daughter.
Tasha, why are you walking like that?
It's my power pose.
I do it before recitals
when I'm nervous.
Oh, hell's greatest
weakness: empowered dancers.
I feel so safe.
Anything to stay calm.
What are you doing?
Oh, oh this is called the mean lean.
It's like the power pose but way sicker.
Well, our friendship is
actually canceled now.
Demons hate this shit. Freaks them out.
You freak 'em out you 'cause
you're a freaky little boy.
Little boy?
Little child.
It's good you're laughing.
A calm mind is a steady hand.
Remember, if you get too scared,
if you flinch in the place of action,
the Bloodherd will sniff
your weakness and kill you.
But if the Ledger is right,
then the Hypnotist prefers
to lure from a safe distance
rather than attack with
force, so you should be safe.
Nolan, are you ready?
Yes, sir. Ma'am.
You cannot drop the act.
The Herd don't have
eyes, but it will know.
Once it's onto you,
you must remain steady.
Under no circumstances
should you try to fight it.
This is not gold.
It's devil's bone, and
it comes from their world.
It's the only way to kill them.
Do not try to attack.
Devil's bone.
Nolan, what did you take?
Calm mind, steady hand.
This is real, dude. It's not cute.
Headphones ready? Let me see your phone.
Make sure the volume
stays all the way up.
And look at your feet,
never into its coin.
Imagine what your mom is
going through but much worse.
It marks the trees to claim the woods.
That's how it draws
its power from Gehenna.
Call, and it will come.
- I'm gonna be fine.
- You're gonna be fine.
- Whoa.
- Really? Really brave.
- Brave as mind meld.
- Weird.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, um, Tasha,
just in case anything legit bad happens,
I-I want you to know
that you're so beautiful.
No, stop. Like a sexy machine.
You're like a sexy church.
Why am I like a sexy church?
Good luck, Stink Bait.
Ow!
To vast Gehenna, I give my skin.
Pray warm shadow let me in.
This is so fucking metal.
What are you doing? Fight me.
Come on, we've been training
for this our whole lives.
Fight me.
Call it. I'm done.
The final fight lasts till
one of you touches dirt.
Well, I'm not gonna hurt her
while she just stands there, so.
It's weird he's just
a dot on the screen.
I realize he's probably losing his shit,
but here, he's just dotting around.
Just just give me that.
Nolan and I can take it from here.
You'd literally have
to literally stab me
multiple times in the
eye with your blade
to get me not to help.
I thought you were
supposed to be a coward.
I thought you were
supposed to be a bad person.
Shit. This service.
Come on. We're close. Just press on.
Come on. Follow the scary monster.
Follow the scary monster.
Oh, why the fuck did I agree to this?
Stay back.
Go, go, go, go, go, go.
We're coming back, Lumi. I promise.
Hey.
That's the old mine entrance.
So what do we do now?
I'm gonna end this thing.
Oh, demon, what have you done?
Calm mind. Steady hand.
Carrie?
They want you back.
They sent me.
I thought I'd be angry, but
It's really you.
I get why you did it.
I hurt you,
and I'm sorry.
No.
I am.
Hey. Hey.
Hey. Hey.
You're not a weapon.
You're not a weapon.
You're not a weapon.
It's dead, okay?
It's dead. You're not a
weapon. You're not a weapon.
What was it doing down here?
Hey, who's there? This is WPN property.
We have to dip. Like, now.
Remember how I said
that the wrong person
could open up a new door?
Let all the nightmares out?
Well, I think it might
have done just that.
I said, who's there?
Go, go, go, go, go!
that Carrie Ecker escaped.
Find and return her at once.
Are the scars from them?
Just curious why y'all live
out in the woods like that.
Deep in the woods stands a lone Door.
My colony exists entirely
to protect the world
from the awful things beyond that Door.
And one of them got out.
You should've had your eye on her!
One of you must act as its prey.
I will follow from behind
and take care of the rest.
It's real.
There's no greater act of love
than the act of self-sacrifice.
In the years to come,
when your skin is maimed
and your bones broken,
you can look your friends
in the eye and say,
"I have loved."
The Guardianship is only
for the purest of heart.
Six years of battling
off the ravenous Bloodherd
in the depths of Gehenna,
of learning the divine
secrets that lay in the Ledger.
Six years of sacrifice.
You think you have enough love to give?
Yes!
Then say it loud and clear.
I am a vessel filled with light.
I am a weapon against the shadow.
My pain is a symptom of sacrifice.
My sacrifice is a symptom of love.
Louder!
I am a vessel filled with light.
I am a weapon against the shadow.
My pain is a symptom of sacrifice.
My sacrifice is a symptom of love.
I am a vessel filled with light.
I am a weapon against the shadow.
My pain is a symptom of sacrifice.
My sacrifice is a symptom of love.
I am a vessel filled with light.
I am a weapon against the shadow.
My pain is a symptom of sacrifice.
My sacrifice is a symptom of love.
Emotion.
Better not strike than act too soon.
Fodder for the Herd.
I am a weapon against the shadow.
My pain is a symptom of sacrifice.
My sacrifice is a symptom of love.
I could do better.
It's early in training.
Council leader's disappointed.
He sees my mother in me.
You're not your mom.
You're brave.
We're in this together, okay?
I am a vessel filled with light
Horrors of Gehenna lie in the mental
as much as the physical.
As weeks become months,
they'll prey on the dark
recesses of your mind.
Your longest time yet.
Let's go.
Calm. Steady.
Calm. Steady.
Carrie, calm mind. Steady.
Calm mind. Steady.
My pain is a symptom of sacrifice.
My sacrifice is a symptom of love.
Okay, Mom. Okay.
Everything's gonna be fine.
Boom.
- Snug as a bug on drugs.
- Thank you.
Mrs. Frisk, do you remember
anything from the past hour?
A whistling sound? Almost angelic?
A tall figure with a mask?
A gold coin, maybe?
I-I remember ecstasy.
Ecstasy.
Is it okay if I hold your hand?
To warm you up?
I'll be the lure.
Let's kill this thing.
Pretty big of you to put
yourself in harm's way.
Yeah, well if this were "Jaws,"
I'd be like the stink bait
that they use to lure the shark in.
You're my stink bait.
You're supposed to
say that I'm the shark.
I'm just having a bit of a
hard time visualizing it, so.
Oh, my God!
Nolan! Angel. Darling.
You're like my big dog alpha dog.
Yeah, such a big dog alpha
dog that I'm literally
about to piss my pants
from nerves, so watch out.
'Cause, yeah.
Okay, bye.
What?
Gonna pee my pants. Hot.
Yes, you.
Brings the total missing
in West Pine to five,
all within 36 hours.
The mayor is now implementing
a town-wide curfew
Hello?
Jeez.
You're scared of me.
No.
Yes, you are. You're scared of me.
No, Carrie, I'm not.
Christ is lord. Fuck me.
It's fine.
I'd be scared of me too.
There's just there's
a lot going on right now.
I'm a weapon.
That's how the Colony trained me.
- Don't think, just
- All right.
You're not you're not some weapon.
You could be in Salem right now,
but you're in shitty old
West Pine doing what's right.
I just leave when
there's drama, so props.
That's not true.
You helped me.
People look at me and think mad jokes,
mad style, chill,
but the entire time
in my head, I'm like,
"Don't stop moving. Don't
think about Mom's death.
Don't think about Dad's debt.
Distract, distract, distract."
It's like a factory
for exhausting thoughts.
You know, in the last weeks of her life,
I spent almost all my free
time at Evolve Dance Studio
like like like a dumb slut.
I just want to start over too.
Be like a baby.
Be anyone.
Get out of West Pine at least.
Ready to hunt a monster?
Better not to strike than strike early.
Calm mind. Steady hand.
You're holding back, Carrie.
Mercy has no place in Gehenna.
Council leader?
You're not allowed in here.
Father.
I don't understand why I
can't visit my family home.
My new post forbids
preferential treatment.
So I'm not entitled
to ask my own blood for training advice?
I have to treat all
the children equally.
Then as council leader?
When I look at you,
I see her,
your mother.
A sniveling little
victim who flees hardship
at a moment's notice.
Sara's just stronger than me.
Pressure points. Remember these?
It's how you exploit
vulnerability that counts.
The Bloodherd overpowers all of us,
so be ruthless.
Pain is a symptom of sacrifice.
And sacrifice is a symptom of love.
Win the Guardianship.
Then I'll call you my daughter.
Tasha, why are you walking like that?
It's my power pose.
I do it before recitals
when I'm nervous.
Oh, hell's greatest
weakness: empowered dancers.
I feel so safe.
Anything to stay calm.
What are you doing?
Oh, oh this is called the mean lean.
It's like the power pose but way sicker.
Well, our friendship is
actually canceled now.
Demons hate this shit. Freaks them out.
You freak 'em out you 'cause
you're a freaky little boy.
Little boy?
Little child.
It's good you're laughing.
A calm mind is a steady hand.
Remember, if you get too scared,
if you flinch in the place of action,
the Bloodherd will sniff
your weakness and kill you.
But if the Ledger is right,
then the Hypnotist prefers
to lure from a safe distance
rather than attack with
force, so you should be safe.
Nolan, are you ready?
Yes, sir. Ma'am.
You cannot drop the act.
The Herd don't have
eyes, but it will know.
Once it's onto you,
you must remain steady.
Under no circumstances
should you try to fight it.
This is not gold.
It's devil's bone, and
it comes from their world.
It's the only way to kill them.
Do not try to attack.
Devil's bone.
Nolan, what did you take?
Calm mind, steady hand.
This is real, dude. It's not cute.
Headphones ready? Let me see your phone.
Make sure the volume
stays all the way up.
And look at your feet,
never into its coin.
Imagine what your mom is
going through but much worse.
It marks the trees to claim the woods.
That's how it draws
its power from Gehenna.
Call, and it will come.
- I'm gonna be fine.
- You're gonna be fine.
- Whoa.
- Really? Really brave.
- Brave as mind meld.
- Weird.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, um, Tasha,
just in case anything legit bad happens,
I-I want you to know
that you're so beautiful.
No, stop. Like a sexy machine.
You're like a sexy church.
Why am I like a sexy church?
Good luck, Stink Bait.
Ow!
To vast Gehenna, I give my skin.
Pray warm shadow let me in.
This is so fucking metal.
What are you doing? Fight me.
Come on, we've been training
for this our whole lives.
Fight me.
Call it. I'm done.
The final fight lasts till
one of you touches dirt.
Well, I'm not gonna hurt her
while she just stands there, so.
It's weird he's just
a dot on the screen.
I realize he's probably losing his shit,
but here, he's just dotting around.
Just just give me that.
Nolan and I can take it from here.
You'd literally have
to literally stab me
multiple times in the
eye with your blade
to get me not to help.
I thought you were
supposed to be a coward.
I thought you were
supposed to be a bad person.
Shit. This service.
Come on. We're close. Just press on.
Come on. Follow the scary monster.
Follow the scary monster.
Oh, why the fuck did I agree to this?
Stay back.
Go, go, go, go, go, go.
We're coming back, Lumi. I promise.
Hey.
That's the old mine entrance.
So what do we do now?
I'm gonna end this thing.
Oh, demon, what have you done?
Calm mind. Steady hand.
Carrie?
They want you back.
They sent me.
I thought I'd be angry, but
It's really you.
I get why you did it.
I hurt you,
and I'm sorry.
No.
I am.
Hey. Hey.
Hey. Hey.
You're not a weapon.
You're not a weapon.
You're not a weapon.
It's dead, okay?
It's dead. You're not a
weapon. You're not a weapon.
What was it doing down here?
Hey, who's there? This is WPN property.
We have to dip. Like, now.
Remember how I said
that the wrong person
could open up a new door?
Let all the nightmares out?
Well, I think it might
have done just that.
I said, who's there?
Go, go, go, go, go!