Terror Tuesday: Extreme (2024) s01e04 Episode Script

The Vow

[theme music playing]
[man 1] You got it.
What do you think?
[man 2] Not now. Oh, shit!
[man 1] Let's forgive each other.
TERROR TUESDAY: EXTREME
[music stops]
INSPIRED BY STORIES
SHARED ON TERROR TUESDAY
[woman 1] It's a story from Ton,
who is here to tell us about it.
- Ton. Hello.
- [man 1] Hello, Ton.
[Ton] Hello.
[man 1] When did the story
you're about to tell occur?
[Ton] It occurred around 2014- 2015.
And then, a series of incidents
followed in 2019.
[woman 2] Fuck!
- [woman 2] Help! I can't swim! Help!
- What the hell?
[woman 2 grunting]
[woman 2 grunting]
[woman 2] Okay.
[man 3 grunting]
[woman 2] Hey. Were you drowning just now?
Drowning? I was just chilling.
Shit.
Why did you jump in if you can't swim?
I thought you were drowning
so I tried to save you.
Damn, I got wet for nothing.
Tell me.
Just now,
why were you facing down?
[woman 2] Thought you were in MV?
Are you keen to share?
[eerie music playing]
EIGHT YEARS LATER
[woman 2] Nat.
[music stops]
What was on your mind?
What were you thinking about just now?
[suspenseful music playing]
Well
I have a confession.
Today
I've been feeling
- like having steamed squid.
- [music stops]
[Nat] We're already here.
Nat.
[playful laughing]
Come on.
If you want to have it, don't do that.
You scared me.
[woman 2] I thought it was something bad.
You want steamed squid, right?
At that lady's restaurant?
Let's go then.
- Don't forget, okay?
- Okay.
I'll go to the loo first.
See you at the shrine.
[woman 2] Be quick, okay?
- Yes, ma'am.
- [woman 2] You're being bad today.
Your words are annoying me.
- [Nat] I'm sorry, ma'am.
- [bells chiming]
[sighs]
[suspenseful music playing]
THRILLED TO OFFER YOU
THE POSITION OF ARCHITECT.
[bells chiming in the distance]
[music swells]
[bells chiming in the distance]
[footsteps approaching]
Praying for what?
[music stops]
I'm not telling.
[bells chiming in the distance]
Are you sure?
Yes.
- There, there, there!
- Hey, stop or the Goddess will choke you.
[eerie music playing]
[bells chiming]
[Nat] It creeps me out every time.
If she hears that,
she'll surely curse at you.
[bells chiming]
Hi, Auntie. Two sets, please.
[woman 3] That'll be 40 baht.
Have you been here?
Do you know how to pray to her?
[woman 2] Oh.
We come here often. No worries.
We run a villa
on the Black Hills Beach which is nearby.
My boyfriend came here
to do a whole new project
[woman 2] so I came from Bangkok
to have a look.
- Um.
- [woman 2] And
actually,
I'm sure I met him
because of my prayer to the Goddess.
- [laughs] Is that so?
- [woman 2 laughs]
How long has it been?
[woman 2] Oh, I think
it's been almost eight years.
It all started in college.
Now, we're almost in our thirties.
Yes.
- Shall we go?
- [woman 3] Hold on.
[ominous music playing]
People these days
don't really know
the background of this place.
They come to worship
just for the sake of it.
[woman 3] Since you come here often,
do you know the true legend
of the Black Hills Goddess?
You may have heard
she was a fishmonger's daughter
who fell in love with a prince,
leading to a forbidden, cross-class love.
Obstructed by the elders,
she decided to end her life
to escape the pain.
It became a famous true love story,
which has inspired lovers to come here
and make prayers until today.
But actually,
that's not all.
The prince
actually had a betrothed.
[woman 3] After he had an affair
with the Goddess,
he dumped her.
But, of course,
the prince couldn't escape
the wrong he had committed.
[bells chiming]
The Goddess returned to the prince
and his betrothed at their house.
She conjured a rainstorm
and used it to slash him down to the bone
like a knife.
[man crying in pain]
All the secrets
he had hidden from her were unveiled.
Have you ever seen fish getting scored?
[woman 3] Long cuts on their skin?
Both got scored to death.
- [bells chiming]
- That is the true identity of the Goddess.
She is the Goddess who believes
love is a matter of life and death.
Sometimes she uses her power
to make lovers
see each other's true colors.
Think carefully before making your wishes.
Otherwise, you might see
what you don't want to see.
[chuckles]
But you already know that.
[woman 3] You should go
and worship her now.
[ominous music continues]
[woman 2] We hereby vow
in front of you, Black Hills Goddess,
that we'll remain steadfast in our love
and faithful to each other.
We will not keep any problems we may have
from each other.
May the Goddess
help both of us
to be together forever.
[chi-chi sticks rattling]
[music stops]
[bells chiming]
[ominous music playing]
[bells chiming]
[music stops]
- [bells chiming]
- It's all smudged.
Let's go so we won't be home late.
Come on.
[ominous music playing]
BUT THY LOVE
SHALL BE IN DISTRESS
IF THOU HIDE
THY PROBLEMS.
WITHHOLD
THY WORDS
AND RISK
THY LOVE'S END.
THE VOW
[waves swashing]
- [music stops]
- [woman 2] It's intricate and exquisite.
[sighs]
[suspenseful music playing]
[car door closes]
[phone clicking]
WE'RE THRILLED TO OFFER YOU
INBOX
[suspenseful music continues]
- [woman 2] Babe.
- [music stops]
It's ten times prettier than the photos.
- [Nat] Do you like it?
- I love it.
[music stops]
[birds chirping]
Hello, Dad.
I love what Nat did a lot, Dao.
[Dao's dad] You never disappoint me, Nat.
We're ready to build
a new resort in Phuket.
Nat, I'll have you oversee the design
from start to finish.
We'll discuss the details soon, okay?
I have to tend to my business now.
Talk later.
[Dao] Bye-bye, Dad.
[melancholy music playing]
[Dao] Hey, babe.
It's on this day,
their wedding anniversary here.
Gosh, it has already been two years. Um.
[Dao] When we were fresh out of college,
whenever people got married,
I'd feel like
it was so darn soon.
[Dao] What was all the darn rush?
[chuckles]
Like they were afraid
to lose their partner.
- Babe.
- [Dao] Babe.
Let's stay together forever.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Dao] Let's run the resort together
until we're old, okay?
Love you.
What were you about to say?
It can wait.
[music stops]
[bells chiming]
[ominous music playing]
[bells chiming continues]
[Dao] Babe, turn off the lights
and shut the doors before coming upstairs.
[music swells]
[door locking]
[switch clicking]
[ominous music continues]
[Dao] Babe, can you get me some water?
[glasses clinking]
- [music swells]
- [bells chiming]
[Dao] Babe.
Babe.
Did you hear me? Get me water, please.
[music stops]
[footsteps ascending stairs]
[eerie music playing]
[bells chiming]
[bells chiming continues]
[music swells and stops]
[thunder rumbling]
[horror music playing]
[door opens]
[door closes]
[Nat] Dao.
Dao.
[thunder rumbling]
[Dao sobbing and crying]
[Dao breathes shakily]
[Dao crying and sobbing]
[Dao breathes shakily]
[breathes shakily and sobbing]
[Dao breathes shakily]
[breathes shakily]
[bells chiming]
[horror music continues]
[music swells]
[door opens]
[thunder rumbling]
[rain pouring]
[bells chiming]
[Dao breathes shakily]
[banging]
[horror music continues]
[Nat] Dao, get a grip.
[Dao crying in pain]
- [slashing]
- [Nat crying in pain]
[crying in pain]
- [slashing]
- [crying in pain]
[thud]
[breathes heavily]
[breathes deeply]
[Dao] Nat. Nat.
[thunder rumbling]
[Dao breathes heavily]
[thunder rumbling]
[bells chiming]
[footsteps approaching]
[bells chiming]
[horror music continues]
[thunder rumbling]
[thunder rumbling]
"Hide not
any secrets
[Nat] in thy heart."
"Bring forth
what's hidden,
and think not of fleeing."
"For thy lives
to continue
and to be unharmed
[Nat] unveil each other thy hearts."
[Dao] Nat.
What's this about?
Nat.
[rustling]
[breathes deeply]
- [yelling] Nat!
- [yelling] Don't!
[music stops]
[woman laughing]
[sobbing]
[wind whistling]
[rain drizzling]
[thunder rumbling]
Last year, I sent my portfolio
to a company in Sweden.
[Nat] I heard back from them last week.
I
I've accepted the offer.
You know I've always wanted to go abroad.
It's my dream.
[sobbing]
[Nat] And now the opportunity is here.
Would you let it go?
But we're running this resort together.
Are you leaving me to run it by myself?
Well, you love this place.
[Dao sobbing]
You want to be here until you're old.
But you have to be here, too.
[Dao crying and sobbing]
[thunder rumbling]
[Dao] You know what?
You asked me this morning
what I was praying for.
I prayed
that I would finally know
what would become of us.
[sobbing]
[Dao] Have you
ever pictured us getting married?
[sniffs]
[thunder rumbling]
[somber music playing]
[thunder rumbling]
[thunder rumbling]
[music swells]
[music stops]
[children music box playing]
[woman] Hey.
You're awake.
Thanks for always
letting me use your place.
From the freshman party
to my baby shower.
[woman] You always find us extra work.
You wanted a baby shower like westerners.
- [bells chiming]
- Do we look like westerners?
[woman] Oh, right, where is Nat?
Did you guys have a fight?
No.
If that's so
[horror music playing]
when is the wedding date?
[woman] At the baby shower that day,
what did you tell your friends?
Can you repeat it to him?
Come on.
[music stops]
Guys.
Do you know
why I haven't met with you much lately?
[Dao] I envy you two.
Why can't Nat and I be like you two?
[somber music playing]
Lately,
I've been feeling suffocated.
I don't know why.
[Dao] My feelings for him
have been fading.
I just want us
to be able to talk like we used to.
After getting married
do you love each other more?
[Dao] If it can help us
open up to each other more,
then we must get married, right?
It's better than
not having him in my life.
[thunder rumbling]
[sobbing] Babe
[thunder rumbling]
[Dao] Say something.
Babe.
[Dao] Babe. Stop, Nat.
Nat.
Stop.
Nat! I just didn't want you to leave.
[somber music continues]
[Dao crying]
[Dao sobbing]
[Dao] Babe.
Can we go back to the way we were?
I have nothing else to hide.
I have revealed it all.
[Nat] Revealed it all
like this?
- [horror music playing]
- [skin tearing]
[Dao crying in awe]
[Dao] Nat!
Nat!
Go away!
Go away!
Go away!
[music fades down]
[Dao] Dad.
What else do you two have to tell me?
[eerie music playing]
[bells chiming]
Let's start with you, Dao.
Can you just stop?
No more.
[bones clacking]
If you can't think of anything,
you can start with Nat's job.
[chuckles]
[chuckles]
[chuckles]
[music stops]
Dad.
What did the doctor say?
Oh, he said
the condition of my liver is stable.
Pending chemo test results.
[Dao's dad] Right.
You said you needed to talk with me.
[Dao] Well, the new position
that you are recruiting,
do you have anyone in mind?
Nat has been applying for jobs,
but hasn't got any offers.
Why don't you
talk to him first?
I can't do that.
If he finds out I get this job for him,
he won't like it, Dad.
I've talked to someone else.
Well
shall we let him work at our resort?
So he won't be stressed out anymore.
[eerie music playing]
I feel sorry for him.
I was just worried about you back then.
[Dao] Can you understand that?
[hands tapping]
[Nat] Are you saying I'm where I am today
because you pitied me?
Your dad had talked to me
even before you asked him that.
Am I right,
Dad?
[bells chiming]
[Nat] What did you say to me again?
Oh, right.
"Do you remember
when I began to fall ill?"
[Nat] "If something bad happens to me,
how will Dao survive?"
"But I know
that you have applied for a job
in Sweden."
[Nat] "But can you
stay with Dao
for my sake
for the time being?"
[music swells]
[thunder rumbling]
[Nat] I've never gotten to go anywhere
because of you. You should know that.
Well, back then, you told me that
[rain pouring]
they turned you down.
What should I have said?
Did you expect me to say
I gave up on my dream for you?
[Nat] And what happened?
Your dad recovered from his illness,
and I had already taken on
the whole project.
I applied for the job abroad
[yelling] because it was my last chance
to escape the life trapped with you!
[breathes heavily]
[sobbing]
[thunder rumbling]
How
How could I let things come this far?
[eerie music playing]
You know what?
You are not even the right one for me.
[Dao] That day,
I just needed someone.
[shakily] Anyone.
[thunder rumbling]
The next thing I knew
I got my life all tangled up with you.
[thunder rumbling]
[sighs]
[bells chiming]
But wasn't it you who prayed for him
to be stuck here with you?
- [breathes deeply]
- [music swells]
[Nat] What did you pray for?
Say it!
- [thunder rumbling]
- [Dao panting]
- [slashing]
- [Dao crying in pain]
Say it, Dao.
[Nat] Say it!
[Dao crying]
[yelling] Say it!
Say it, Dao!
Say it!
[thunder rumbling]
[thunder rumbling]
[sobbing] When we started dating,
I prayed for one thing.
I asked the Goddess
to do anything
to keep you with me forever.
[sobbing]
Anything at all.
But I should've known better.
I didn't know it'd mean everything,
including your desire to study abroad
[Dao] and work in Sweden.
Without me in those plans,
everything just failed.
I recently realized that.
[eerie music continues]
[Dao] I'm sorry.
[thunder rumbling]
I just didn't want you to leave
[Nat] Why did you do that?
Why are you so selfish?
[yelling] Answer me!
[Dao] Nat!
Nat, don't!
[Nat] Give me back those eight years!
Why did you do that? Tell me!
Why did you do it?
Tell me, Dao.
Tell me! Why did you do it?
[Dao] Nat!
No!
[water splashing]
[bells chiming]
[Dao] Tell me.
[eerie music continues]
[bells chiming]
[Dao] Just now
[bells chiming]
why were you facing down?
[music stops]
[Nat breathes heavily]
Why did you jump in if you can't swim?
I thought you were drowning
so I tried to save you.
[Dao] Damn, I got wet for nothing.
So, you have nothing else to do?
No, I'm on patrol.
[Dao] This is my family's resort.
You own this place?
Yes, why?
Damn.
That's so cool.
Tell me.
Just now,
why were you facing down?
Why? Thought you were in MV?
I'm heartbroken.
Are you keen to share?
She was my first girlfriend.
We'd been together since ninth grade,
and I'd always thought she'd be my last.
She was the one.
Definitely her.
[chuckles]
- [Nat] But she didn't feel the same way.
- Um.
And she got to know Best because of me.
And then my friend and my ex
left together.
[Nat] That's why I was in the pool
all by myself
until you jumped in just now.
Damn!
That freaking hurts.
[Dao] I can't believe
that happened in our faculty.
Actually
I barely know what's going on there.
[somber music playing]
[Dao] I'm just
someone whose family owns a resort
for them to hold freshmen parties.
I want to know
how those people
who have a lot of friends
feel about it.
[Dao] Actually,
I want to have friends too.
I want to have someone to talk to.
Someone to share with.
But well,
I can be alone. No biggie.
Maybe it's not about the number.
If you have someone who stays with you,
listens to you, understands you,
and grows with you,
that should be good enough.
[music stops]
[Nat sobbing]
[waves swashing]
[Nat sobbing]
[waves swashing]
[Nat crying and sobbing]
[somber music playing]
[Nat crying]
[Nat crying and sobbing]
[car door opens]
[bells chiming]
[Dao] We'll figure it out, okay?
[chill music playing]
[car engine starts]
[man 1] Wow! The Goddess is really sacred.
Nat and Dao, if you are tuning in
to our show, you can give us a call.
And those who plan to pray
at the shrine of Black Hills,
please talk it out first
to avoid an unwelcomed visit
from the Goddess.
[bells chiming]
[eerie music playing]
[somber music playing]
[horror music playing]
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