Ghost Wars (2017) s01e06 Episode Script
We Need to Talk about Abigail
1 Previously on "Ghost Wars" I need your help.
You were given a gift for a reason, Roman.
Now's your chance to use it.
You want me to forgive you, right? [GUNSHOT.]
- Isabel's drawing pictures of Trevor.
- What's that got to do with me? Because you obviously told them about him.
Marcus? He misses you, too.
[CROWD SCREAMS.]
Trevor no doubt washed off my boat, During the storm.
It was the storm.
This town needs you, kid! They don't need me! This is just great.
[WHIRRING.]
Why do you have every light on? Do we need these on? Yes, we do.
Okay.
What's going on? I woke up this morning and came down to make breakfast and he was sitting right there.
Who? Trevor.
Okay.
But you know it wasn't Trevor.
Yeah, of course.
'Cause they can make you see what they want you to see.
Mm-hmm.
Um What is that? - It's a taser.
- Well, yes, I can see it's a taser.
Norm gave it to me.
People are saying that electricity keeps them away.
Okay, listen to me.
I know the last few weeks have been hard.
But you can't keep trying to do everything yourself.
You're gonna give yourself a nervous breakdown.
And if you keep insisting that you wanna do house calls, you need to protect yourself because you can't deny that something's happening here.
I don't deny it, I I can diagnose it though, and that's, uh, mass hysteria.
Electricity is not the solution.
It's a placebo.
Okay, so take the placebo.
For me? - [EXHALES SHARPLY.]
- [DOOR OPENS.]
Okay.
- SYDNEY: Hello? - Thank you.
Uh, come on in, Syd.
Oh good, you've heard about the electricity thing.
So, uh, I have patients waiting.
I'm gonna go.
There's not much in the fridge but just make what you can and maybe have an inside day today? - Definitely.
- Okay, thanks.
Bye.
Okay girls, we're leaving! - We should be back around 4:00.
- Okay.
Bye! [GIRLS.]
Bye! [DOOR CLOSES.]
[EXHALES.]
You know I'm vegan but I would kill for 15 minutes of internet.
What are you lovelies doing? "Optimists Die First".
Ugh, sounds great.
It is.
Is that Marcus Moon? Yeah.
He died and became a ghost.
He also told us not to tell anyone.
It's just Syd.
Yeah.
It's just Syd.
Sheriff Sam? Yep.
And that's Mrs.
Foon.
Wow, Isabel, you're really good at details.
Who are you drawing now? - You.
- Aw.
Let's take a look.
Oooh, yeah.
Oh.
Okay.
Okay.
Dottie? Why did you not come and see me sooner about this? But I like it, dear, if you come to me.
Now, listen.
At your age this can get really infected and you can lose your arm.
I'm 83.
I don't need two arms, dear.
How's everything else? Are you sleeping? Are you eating? I sleep when I'm tired and I eat when I'm hungry.
You have to eat.
I'm making sure I'm eating but I don't have to do anything that I don't want to.
Okay, okay.
I'm gonna give you something to make sure this doesn't get infected, okay? Okay.
I want you to take one of these three times a day.
Okay.
You're so good to me.
Has anything else happened lately? Anything strange? Out of the ordinary? I had a bowel movement yesterday.
I don't get it.
Billy, what do you mean there's no way to leave? I mean there's no way to leave.
Did you try the inlet? Of course, and my boat came all the way back.
I mean, for days I've been in, like, the fetal position, thumb in my mouth.
Lights on at night time.
Then I would try sailing under the bridge.
Same thing, no exit.
Every route, Val, I tried.
I came all the way back to the docks.
So maybe your compass is busted.
I swapped them out twice.
- What about waiting until - Nightfall? - Yeah.
- Navigate by star? Did it, tried it, didn't work.
What if you tried triangulating your position? We're stuck.
Right here.
We are, Val.
There's no way out.
You got here.
If there's a way in, there's gotta be a way out.
Tell that to a Sarlac.
- A what? - Don't worry about it.
- What'd I miss? - My brother is dead.
Your brother's dead? Rodney's dead? I know, Nell, and I'm very sorry.
- NELL: I don't need your fucking sympathy.
- BILLY: How the hell he died? - BILLY: What happened? - Doug Rennie killed him.
And I wanna know what are you gonna do about it? Exactly the same thing I was gonna do when we arrested your brother for the murder of Maggie Rennie.
- Oh, come on.
- I wasn't gone that long.
We're gonna keep him locked up pending trial.
- He's dead? - Where he's living like a king? Waited on hand and foot? Nell I can tell you truthfully, I've been in that jail, he will not be waited on like a king.
I demand a trial.
Rodney deserves justice.
Right, and when we get contact with the mainland, you'll get it.
Not fucking good enough! Okay, okay.
All right, I get it, you're all upset.
You should be.
No offense, but Rodney to me was like a clean-up on aisle seven.
I know he was your brother and he was your Step-uncle-in-law.
Yeah, well, I know you're upset but I'm gonna tell you something right now, pal.
Anybody that looks at my sister the wrong way, kinda like you're doing right now [GROANS.]
- Get him out of here before I get mad.
- You can't do this.
We got rights.
So does Doug Rennie.
NELL: Come on.
Rodney deserves justice.
Spread the word.
Port Moore's police force has a new sheriff.
What, Norm? He can't even enforce a dress code.
Me? Do I get a badge? Talk about it.
[CLINK.]
Okay.
Get it, Mr.
Bo-Jangles.
Get it.
Now bring it back.
Dumb ferret.
He's smarter than you.
[GIGGLING.]
[SHIVERS.]
Cold.
Mr.
B, what's your problem? Marcus? [MEWING.]
Kitty? [MEWING.]
Kitty? Kitty? Oh, my God! Oh, it's okay.
- [MEWING.]
- Oh, my God.
It's okay, sweetie.
It's okay.
You're safe now.
How the hell'd you even get in there? [SCREAMS.]
- We should go find Syd.
- No, I wanna play with Marcus.
Abby, stop! Abby, stop! I'm gonna tell on you! Abby, come back! Come back! [FERRET SCREECHING.]
Syd! Syd! Syd! [LOCKS CAR.]
Syd? Girls, I'm home.
Girls? Syd, are you [GASPS.]
Oh, my God! Oh, my God, Syd! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! No, no, no, no! What the fuck? - She can't hear you.
- Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Izzy! Are you hurt? Where's your sister? Where is she?! She went outside to play with Marcus.
Marcus? Honey, look at me.
Marcus is dead, remember? That's not possible, remember? I remember.
He took her to the forest.
Thanks for coming out, you guys.
Um, so I came home around 4:15 today and I found Syd, our babysitter.
She was Abigail was wearing a grey sweater, okay? And someone thought they saw her head into the forest.
Yeah, but should should we really be going into the forest right now? - You wanna go tomorrow morning?! - No one is saying that.
Okay, so look.
We got flashlights, we might stick together, we might break up, we'll see how it feels.
Roman, thanks for coming.
Yeah, well, I'm here for Abigail.
Hey, you're not still mad about what happened at the docks, are you? 'Cause to me that's just water under the bridge.
Oh, good.
Wow, you're really not gonna apologize, are you? No.
McGrath's never apologize.
Here's Abby over here.
No, I I haven't seen her.
Maybe that's a good thing, yeah? Yeah, maybe.
Okay.
Let's go.
Hey, hey.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Everywhere.
Look everywhere.
Abby! Abigail! I told her not to go.
But she wouldn't listen to me.
Oh, honey.
This is not your fault.
I think Marcus wants to hurt her.
Marcus can't hurt her, honey.
He's passed away.
That's why he wants to hurt Abby.
Abby! Abigail! Hey, you three, spread out.
Wait, wait, wait, we're so much safer together.
No, we can't search like this.
We'll never find her.
All right, listen up.
Roman, I want you to take front and centre.
- Really? - Yeah, I do.
Thanks, buddy.
If you guys lose sight of Roman that means you've spread out too wide.
Abby! Abigail! Abby! Honey! Abigail! So where's Paolo? Up at Lambda.
Uh-huh.
Abigail? Abigail! Wait, I found something! - Oh, my God.
- It's just a raccoon, Carol.
Looks like the rats from the bar.
It's nothing.
It's nothing.
Let's keep going.
We should stick together.
Val, slow down.
It's getting dark, Billy.
Check behind the trees.
Abby! Abby! Where are you? Run! Everyone get out of the forest, now! ROMAN: Everyone get out of the forest now! - Run run! - What is he saying? It sounds like Ron, Ron.
Who's Ron? [GASPS.]
Holy shit! All the way to the parking lot! Don't stop! Go! Val! [CHOKING.]
Roman, he's choking her! Roman! Get away from her! Coming! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! You okay? Come here.
Up.
Come on.
We gotta go.
We gotta go.
We gotta go.
Come on.
Okay, okay, okay, okay.
I think we're good.
I think we're good.
They're not chasing us, right? Wh why? Why can you guys see them? The electricity.
The electricity.
There's no electricity in the forest.
So? So they're stronger.
They they coulda hurt us a lot worse if they wanted to.
Oh, so that's them being nice? Great.
Great.
We can't go back in there.
No.
Roman, there's gotta be a way Look, look, look.
I can't protect everyone, okay? I can't protect anyone, not with this dark.
- Billy? - Val.
Val.
We'll come back at first light.
Okay? We need to stock up.
We need to regroup.
You're no good to Abigail dead.
- Let's go.
Let's go.
- Come on.
I know where Abigail is.
Oh, my God.
So we go out at first light.
Yeah.
But where? Isabel, this drawing is amazing.
You're obviously really talented.
But we don't know where this is.
I know.
Bunny, you know exactly where this is? I've told you.
Abigail showed me.
We go at first light.
- Yeah, we go together.
- Yeah.
Yeah.
What happens when Abigail comes home? So stay home.
Roman? All clear.
Okay, let's go.
- Okay, honey? - Go.
I want you to stay close to Roman, okay? Come on, sweetie.
- Okay, stay with me.
- Come on.
Be careful.
You stay close with Roman.
[WHISPERS.]
We're here.
Where? Through there.
Hold my hand.
Holy shit.
Oh, shit! - Roman.
- Over there.
Can you see them? Barely.
They don't seem to be interested in us.
Wait.
You first.
What the shit fuck? - Billy.
- Sorry, peanut.
I I don't know, Billy.
I don't know.
She's in there.
- Huh? - Yeah.
- Okay, we gotta get her out of there.
- Yeah.
Okay.
Okay.
- [GROANING.]
- Billy? Billy, hey! Billy! Billy! - Roman! - Come out.
Come out.
Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah.
You okay? Unless you're looking for a lost weekend I suggest you do not touch that thing.
Okay.
- You got something for the - Yeah.
Gloves.
- Yeah.
- Let's try some gloves.
Okay.
- Ready? - Yeah? Okay, be careful.
Oh, God.
Ugh.
Oh, God.
Ugh.
A little more.
- Okay.
- Come on.
Right here.
I got it.
Yeah, I got it.
[RETCHING.]
Hey, hey.
Isabel, you you okay? Hey, look at me.
You all right? Woah, woah, woah.
You okay? We need to get out of here, now! - Okay, honey.
Billy, I see her.
- Quickly! I see her.
- She's here, baby.
- Billy, I see her.
Quicker! - Come on, baby.
- She's right there.
- Come on.
Come on.
- Come on.
- I see her.
- Give me your hand, baby.
Come on.
Oh, God.
- Come on, baby.
- Quickly! - Come on, baby.
- We need to get out of here now.
- It's okay, Abby.
It's okay, honey.
- Come on.
Billy, be careful.
- Oh God.
- Let's go.
Oh, God.
Abby? Can you tell me what happened? How did you get trapped in that in that thing? Honey, you have to tell us what happened so we know how to help you.
Val? I'll be right back, okay? Has she said anything to you? No.
Not a word.
It's like I'm not even there.
Well, she's in shock.
It's a natural coping mechanism.
We'll just give her time.
You should have seen that thing that we pulled her out of, Mar.
I don't know what those ghost things were trying to do to her or Ghosts? You think ghosts did this? Yes.
Don't you? [PANTING.]
I want something that makes sense to me.
[PANTING.]
I get it, okay? But this is happening.
[STOPS PANTING.]
Mar Well, you're right.
We definitely want to see this.
It would have been better to take us to it.
No, it wouldn't have.
He's not wrong.
Yeah, you're gonna wanna put gloves on before you touch that thing.
Why's that? Uh, because when I put my bare skin to it, it it made me feel weird.
Weird how? Uh, like I made it to third base with a plant.
Not a baseball fan? Fair.
It it was a good feeling, very positive.
Euphoric? - Yes, that.
- Ah.
It might be secreting some sort of bufotoxin-like substance as a defense mechanism.
Yeah, whatever it is, they were trying to protect it.
Who's "they"? The uh ghosts.
Ah.
Wow.
That's funny.
This is usually the point where people tell me to shut up.
We're all on the same page around here, Roman.
As for the pod, are you sensing anything paranormal about it? - No.
- No? What do you mean, no? If this thing isn't paranormal, I don't know what is.
I don't know about paranormal but it's certainly crypto botanical.
That's the word for unidentified or unclassified plants.
What about Abigail? She's not a plant.
Are you, uh, are you sensing anything unusual about her? Uh, Abigail seems fine.
Unless you're losing your touch.
Oh, because you've done so well without me.
Made it this far, didn't I? What, holed up in your boat drinking whiskey, looking at Playboys? What do you do in there, again? It's the only way to live.
Now I remember why I left you on the dock.
- [FRENCH.]
Excusez-moi, petit garçon.
- I do.
I rem [SPEAKING FRENCH.]
Arrête! If you're going to degenerate to playful banter, take it outside.
I'm trying to actually work here.
Dottie, this isn't healing properly.
Have you been cleaning it the way I showed you? I've done everything you showed me.
Okay, well I can't leave you out here by yourself.
Marilyn, I was born on this land.
What if you fell? Broke a hip? Huh? It could take days before someone found you.
Abraham says I would be fine.
Abraham has been dead for seven years, Dottie.
I know that, dear.
That's why I was so surprised to see him.
You saw him? Every night this week.
And he keeps asking me to join him.
He's so lonely.
He says I can make it painless.
You're not listening to him, I hope.
[LAUGHS.]
Oh, sweetie.
When did I ever do anything Abraham wanted me to do, huh? [LAUGHING.]
Do you need anything else? No.
You go home and take care of that little girl of yours.
Abigail needs your help.
I don't remember mentioning anything about Abigail.
Of course not, dear.
Abraham did.
You know how gossip spreads in this town.
If you're not careful, you're gonna lose both of those little angels.
And then where will you be? Huh? That's mommy Val's spot.
Mommy Val's spot.
- I'm gonna tell on you.
- Gonna tell on you.
Stop it! Stop it! Get off! Get off! Hey! Girls.
Izzy, what're you doing? I wish you would go back to where you came from.
Isabel! [DOOR SLAMS.]
Are you okay, honey? Come here.
It's okay.
Shh.
- Hey.
- We don't know what it is.
- That's why you called me down here? - Yes.
Yes.
This thing defies all standard characterization of flora and fauna.
Regarde.
Showing root-like structures like a plant but it has a vascular system.
It's DNA structure defies anything I've ever seen before.
This is something that has never been catalogued anywhere on our planet.
Tell me about the substance inside it.
Ah.
Exploding with nutrients, lipids, phospholipids, urea, all properties of amniotic fluid.
So Abigail was being gestated? Why would you do that? Why would you attack your sister? She was sitting in your seat.
That's no reason to get physical with her and you know it.
Right? Isabel, Abby's had a rough couple of days.
So I need you to apologize to your sister so that she knows that you're on her side.
She's not my sister.
Why would you say that? Because I'm Abigail.
Stop it.
Stop it.
You're Isabel.
Not today.
Today I'm Abigail.
Isabel, this isn't funny.
[ISABEL/ABIGAIL'S VOICE SIMULTANEOUSLY.]
- I told you she wouldn't believe us.
- I'm not trying to be funny.
I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it for myself.
If I didn't hear it for myself, I wouldn't have believed it.
Okay, slow down.
Slow down.
Both of them.
I heard both of their voices coming out of Isabel.
You heard her mimicking her sister.
- At the same time? - Well, that's impossible.
So you just heard Abigail say something at the same time.
No.
Abby was in her room, so Okay.
I think they're playing a prank on you.
I think they're both in there.
I think they're in Isabel.
I don't Don't what're you doing? Take these.
They'll help.
No.
Why is this your solution to everything, Marilyn? Huh? At some point you're gonna have to accept that there's no rational explanation.
And then what're you gonna do? Do you want to talk? No.
Go back to sleep.
[CREAK.]
[KNOCKING.]
Dottie? [KNOCKING.]
Hello? [SIGHS.]
Dottie? - Hello, dear.
- Oh.
Is it Wednesday already? Uh, I was in the neighbourhood.
I thought I would check on you.
Well, then stay.
Have a cup of tea with me.
- Hmm? - I will.
Now, I know you're not here just to check on me.
You were worried about me, weren't you? Am I being silly? It's very kind and I appreciate it.
This looks yummy.
Oh Dottie, I think that's gone bad.
Odd.
I just baked it.
What's that smell, Dottie? I don't smell anything.
What's that, dear? I'm sorry.
[LAUGHING.]
I'm sorry.
I'm not.
I'm going to kill you and your entire family.
[LAUGHS.]
[DOTTIE LAUGHING.]
[DOOR SLAM.]
[FERRET SCREECHING.]
Don't touch Mr.
Bo-Jangles.
We're serious! [FERRET SCREECHING.]
We said put him down! [SCREAMING.]
[THUD.]
What's going on in here? Hey, wait! No, no, no, no, no! What do you see? I don't I don't see anything.
You're sure, right? This is family.
Yeah, I'm sure.
What would you see? Other times, like with Marcus, it it was like a spirit laying overtop of the person.
But I I don't see that here.
I don't see anything.
So, uh she's normal? Mm-hmm, yeah.
She's normal.
Okay.
Thank you.
Thanks, Roman.
Isabel is in her room.
One down, one to go.
Thank you.
Roman.
Like Marcus? I'm sorry.
Look, maybe maybe I'm wrong.
Maybe maybe she's fine.
You're a bad liar.
Problem? I'm not sure yet.
I hate this fucking town.
- Mommy M? - Yes, honey? When can I get up? Soon, honey.
Sedate her? That's your plan? Well, you are the one who told me that she nearly killed her sister.
And she murdered the ferret, so this is enough to keep her drowsy.
There's gotta be something else we can do for her.
Just leave her.
Leave her.
This is the best I can do given the circumstances, okay? Well, I'm her mother.
- I know what's best.
- Yeah, well I'm her mother, too.
You know what I mean.
Oh, my God.
Never in a million years did I think you would pull that.
You want me to believe you? I believe you! I finally believe you.
You don't like my response.
What the fuck do you want from me? [DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
[GLASS SHATTERS.]
You were given a gift for a reason, Roman.
Now's your chance to use it.
You want me to forgive you, right? [GUNSHOT.]
- Isabel's drawing pictures of Trevor.
- What's that got to do with me? Because you obviously told them about him.
Marcus? He misses you, too.
[CROWD SCREAMS.]
Trevor no doubt washed off my boat, During the storm.
It was the storm.
This town needs you, kid! They don't need me! This is just great.
[WHIRRING.]
Why do you have every light on? Do we need these on? Yes, we do.
Okay.
What's going on? I woke up this morning and came down to make breakfast and he was sitting right there.
Who? Trevor.
Okay.
But you know it wasn't Trevor.
Yeah, of course.
'Cause they can make you see what they want you to see.
Mm-hmm.
Um What is that? - It's a taser.
- Well, yes, I can see it's a taser.
Norm gave it to me.
People are saying that electricity keeps them away.
Okay, listen to me.
I know the last few weeks have been hard.
But you can't keep trying to do everything yourself.
You're gonna give yourself a nervous breakdown.
And if you keep insisting that you wanna do house calls, you need to protect yourself because you can't deny that something's happening here.
I don't deny it, I I can diagnose it though, and that's, uh, mass hysteria.
Electricity is not the solution.
It's a placebo.
Okay, so take the placebo.
For me? - [EXHALES SHARPLY.]
- [DOOR OPENS.]
Okay.
- SYDNEY: Hello? - Thank you.
Uh, come on in, Syd.
Oh good, you've heard about the electricity thing.
So, uh, I have patients waiting.
I'm gonna go.
There's not much in the fridge but just make what you can and maybe have an inside day today? - Definitely.
- Okay, thanks.
Bye.
Okay girls, we're leaving! - We should be back around 4:00.
- Okay.
Bye! [GIRLS.]
Bye! [DOOR CLOSES.]
[EXHALES.]
You know I'm vegan but I would kill for 15 minutes of internet.
What are you lovelies doing? "Optimists Die First".
Ugh, sounds great.
It is.
Is that Marcus Moon? Yeah.
He died and became a ghost.
He also told us not to tell anyone.
It's just Syd.
Yeah.
It's just Syd.
Sheriff Sam? Yep.
And that's Mrs.
Foon.
Wow, Isabel, you're really good at details.
Who are you drawing now? - You.
- Aw.
Let's take a look.
Oooh, yeah.
Oh.
Okay.
Okay.
Dottie? Why did you not come and see me sooner about this? But I like it, dear, if you come to me.
Now, listen.
At your age this can get really infected and you can lose your arm.
I'm 83.
I don't need two arms, dear.
How's everything else? Are you sleeping? Are you eating? I sleep when I'm tired and I eat when I'm hungry.
You have to eat.
I'm making sure I'm eating but I don't have to do anything that I don't want to.
Okay, okay.
I'm gonna give you something to make sure this doesn't get infected, okay? Okay.
I want you to take one of these three times a day.
Okay.
You're so good to me.
Has anything else happened lately? Anything strange? Out of the ordinary? I had a bowel movement yesterday.
I don't get it.
Billy, what do you mean there's no way to leave? I mean there's no way to leave.
Did you try the inlet? Of course, and my boat came all the way back.
I mean, for days I've been in, like, the fetal position, thumb in my mouth.
Lights on at night time.
Then I would try sailing under the bridge.
Same thing, no exit.
Every route, Val, I tried.
I came all the way back to the docks.
So maybe your compass is busted.
I swapped them out twice.
- What about waiting until - Nightfall? - Yeah.
- Navigate by star? Did it, tried it, didn't work.
What if you tried triangulating your position? We're stuck.
Right here.
We are, Val.
There's no way out.
You got here.
If there's a way in, there's gotta be a way out.
Tell that to a Sarlac.
- A what? - Don't worry about it.
- What'd I miss? - My brother is dead.
Your brother's dead? Rodney's dead? I know, Nell, and I'm very sorry.
- NELL: I don't need your fucking sympathy.
- BILLY: How the hell he died? - BILLY: What happened? - Doug Rennie killed him.
And I wanna know what are you gonna do about it? Exactly the same thing I was gonna do when we arrested your brother for the murder of Maggie Rennie.
- Oh, come on.
- I wasn't gone that long.
We're gonna keep him locked up pending trial.
- He's dead? - Where he's living like a king? Waited on hand and foot? Nell I can tell you truthfully, I've been in that jail, he will not be waited on like a king.
I demand a trial.
Rodney deserves justice.
Right, and when we get contact with the mainland, you'll get it.
Not fucking good enough! Okay, okay.
All right, I get it, you're all upset.
You should be.
No offense, but Rodney to me was like a clean-up on aisle seven.
I know he was your brother and he was your Step-uncle-in-law.
Yeah, well, I know you're upset but I'm gonna tell you something right now, pal.
Anybody that looks at my sister the wrong way, kinda like you're doing right now [GROANS.]
- Get him out of here before I get mad.
- You can't do this.
We got rights.
So does Doug Rennie.
NELL: Come on.
Rodney deserves justice.
Spread the word.
Port Moore's police force has a new sheriff.
What, Norm? He can't even enforce a dress code.
Me? Do I get a badge? Talk about it.
[CLINK.]
Okay.
Get it, Mr.
Bo-Jangles.
Get it.
Now bring it back.
Dumb ferret.
He's smarter than you.
[GIGGLING.]
[SHIVERS.]
Cold.
Mr.
B, what's your problem? Marcus? [MEWING.]
Kitty? [MEWING.]
Kitty? Kitty? Oh, my God! Oh, it's okay.
- [MEWING.]
- Oh, my God.
It's okay, sweetie.
It's okay.
You're safe now.
How the hell'd you even get in there? [SCREAMS.]
- We should go find Syd.
- No, I wanna play with Marcus.
Abby, stop! Abby, stop! I'm gonna tell on you! Abby, come back! Come back! [FERRET SCREECHING.]
Syd! Syd! Syd! [LOCKS CAR.]
Syd? Girls, I'm home.
Girls? Syd, are you [GASPS.]
Oh, my God! Oh, my God, Syd! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! No, no, no, no! What the fuck? - She can't hear you.
- Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Izzy! Are you hurt? Where's your sister? Where is she?! She went outside to play with Marcus.
Marcus? Honey, look at me.
Marcus is dead, remember? That's not possible, remember? I remember.
He took her to the forest.
Thanks for coming out, you guys.
Um, so I came home around 4:15 today and I found Syd, our babysitter.
She was Abigail was wearing a grey sweater, okay? And someone thought they saw her head into the forest.
Yeah, but should should we really be going into the forest right now? - You wanna go tomorrow morning?! - No one is saying that.
Okay, so look.
We got flashlights, we might stick together, we might break up, we'll see how it feels.
Roman, thanks for coming.
Yeah, well, I'm here for Abigail.
Hey, you're not still mad about what happened at the docks, are you? 'Cause to me that's just water under the bridge.
Oh, good.
Wow, you're really not gonna apologize, are you? No.
McGrath's never apologize.
Here's Abby over here.
No, I I haven't seen her.
Maybe that's a good thing, yeah? Yeah, maybe.
Okay.
Let's go.
Hey, hey.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Everywhere.
Look everywhere.
Abby! Abigail! I told her not to go.
But she wouldn't listen to me.
Oh, honey.
This is not your fault.
I think Marcus wants to hurt her.
Marcus can't hurt her, honey.
He's passed away.
That's why he wants to hurt Abby.
Abby! Abigail! Hey, you three, spread out.
Wait, wait, wait, we're so much safer together.
No, we can't search like this.
We'll never find her.
All right, listen up.
Roman, I want you to take front and centre.
- Really? - Yeah, I do.
Thanks, buddy.
If you guys lose sight of Roman that means you've spread out too wide.
Abby! Abigail! Abby! Honey! Abigail! So where's Paolo? Up at Lambda.
Uh-huh.
Abigail? Abigail! Wait, I found something! - Oh, my God.
- It's just a raccoon, Carol.
Looks like the rats from the bar.
It's nothing.
It's nothing.
Let's keep going.
We should stick together.
Val, slow down.
It's getting dark, Billy.
Check behind the trees.
Abby! Abby! Where are you? Run! Everyone get out of the forest, now! ROMAN: Everyone get out of the forest now! - Run run! - What is he saying? It sounds like Ron, Ron.
Who's Ron? [GASPS.]
Holy shit! All the way to the parking lot! Don't stop! Go! Val! [CHOKING.]
Roman, he's choking her! Roman! Get away from her! Coming! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! You okay? Come here.
Up.
Come on.
We gotta go.
We gotta go.
We gotta go.
Come on.
Okay, okay, okay, okay.
I think we're good.
I think we're good.
They're not chasing us, right? Wh why? Why can you guys see them? The electricity.
The electricity.
There's no electricity in the forest.
So? So they're stronger.
They they coulda hurt us a lot worse if they wanted to.
Oh, so that's them being nice? Great.
Great.
We can't go back in there.
No.
Roman, there's gotta be a way Look, look, look.
I can't protect everyone, okay? I can't protect anyone, not with this dark.
- Billy? - Val.
Val.
We'll come back at first light.
Okay? We need to stock up.
We need to regroup.
You're no good to Abigail dead.
- Let's go.
Let's go.
- Come on.
I know where Abigail is.
Oh, my God.
So we go out at first light.
Yeah.
But where? Isabel, this drawing is amazing.
You're obviously really talented.
But we don't know where this is.
I know.
Bunny, you know exactly where this is? I've told you.
Abigail showed me.
We go at first light.
- Yeah, we go together.
- Yeah.
Yeah.
What happens when Abigail comes home? So stay home.
Roman? All clear.
Okay, let's go.
- Okay, honey? - Go.
I want you to stay close to Roman, okay? Come on, sweetie.
- Okay, stay with me.
- Come on.
Be careful.
You stay close with Roman.
[WHISPERS.]
We're here.
Where? Through there.
Hold my hand.
Holy shit.
Oh, shit! - Roman.
- Over there.
Can you see them? Barely.
They don't seem to be interested in us.
Wait.
You first.
What the shit fuck? - Billy.
- Sorry, peanut.
I I don't know, Billy.
I don't know.
She's in there.
- Huh? - Yeah.
- Okay, we gotta get her out of there.
- Yeah.
Okay.
Okay.
- [GROANING.]
- Billy? Billy, hey! Billy! Billy! - Roman! - Come out.
Come out.
Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah.
You okay? Unless you're looking for a lost weekend I suggest you do not touch that thing.
Okay.
- You got something for the - Yeah.
Gloves.
- Yeah.
- Let's try some gloves.
Okay.
- Ready? - Yeah? Okay, be careful.
Oh, God.
Ugh.
Oh, God.
Ugh.
A little more.
- Okay.
- Come on.
Right here.
I got it.
Yeah, I got it.
[RETCHING.]
Hey, hey.
Isabel, you you okay? Hey, look at me.
You all right? Woah, woah, woah.
You okay? We need to get out of here, now! - Okay, honey.
Billy, I see her.
- Quickly! I see her.
- She's here, baby.
- Billy, I see her.
Quicker! - Come on, baby.
- She's right there.
- Come on.
Come on.
- Come on.
- I see her.
- Give me your hand, baby.
Come on.
Oh, God.
- Come on, baby.
- Quickly! - Come on, baby.
- We need to get out of here now.
- It's okay, Abby.
It's okay, honey.
- Come on.
Billy, be careful.
- Oh God.
- Let's go.
Oh, God.
Abby? Can you tell me what happened? How did you get trapped in that in that thing? Honey, you have to tell us what happened so we know how to help you.
Val? I'll be right back, okay? Has she said anything to you? No.
Not a word.
It's like I'm not even there.
Well, she's in shock.
It's a natural coping mechanism.
We'll just give her time.
You should have seen that thing that we pulled her out of, Mar.
I don't know what those ghost things were trying to do to her or Ghosts? You think ghosts did this? Yes.
Don't you? [PANTING.]
I want something that makes sense to me.
[PANTING.]
I get it, okay? But this is happening.
[STOPS PANTING.]
Mar Well, you're right.
We definitely want to see this.
It would have been better to take us to it.
No, it wouldn't have.
He's not wrong.
Yeah, you're gonna wanna put gloves on before you touch that thing.
Why's that? Uh, because when I put my bare skin to it, it it made me feel weird.
Weird how? Uh, like I made it to third base with a plant.
Not a baseball fan? Fair.
It it was a good feeling, very positive.
Euphoric? - Yes, that.
- Ah.
It might be secreting some sort of bufotoxin-like substance as a defense mechanism.
Yeah, whatever it is, they were trying to protect it.
Who's "they"? The uh ghosts.
Ah.
Wow.
That's funny.
This is usually the point where people tell me to shut up.
We're all on the same page around here, Roman.
As for the pod, are you sensing anything paranormal about it? - No.
- No? What do you mean, no? If this thing isn't paranormal, I don't know what is.
I don't know about paranormal but it's certainly crypto botanical.
That's the word for unidentified or unclassified plants.
What about Abigail? She's not a plant.
Are you, uh, are you sensing anything unusual about her? Uh, Abigail seems fine.
Unless you're losing your touch.
Oh, because you've done so well without me.
Made it this far, didn't I? What, holed up in your boat drinking whiskey, looking at Playboys? What do you do in there, again? It's the only way to live.
Now I remember why I left you on the dock.
- [FRENCH.]
Excusez-moi, petit garçon.
- I do.
I rem [SPEAKING FRENCH.]
Arrête! If you're going to degenerate to playful banter, take it outside.
I'm trying to actually work here.
Dottie, this isn't healing properly.
Have you been cleaning it the way I showed you? I've done everything you showed me.
Okay, well I can't leave you out here by yourself.
Marilyn, I was born on this land.
What if you fell? Broke a hip? Huh? It could take days before someone found you.
Abraham says I would be fine.
Abraham has been dead for seven years, Dottie.
I know that, dear.
That's why I was so surprised to see him.
You saw him? Every night this week.
And he keeps asking me to join him.
He's so lonely.
He says I can make it painless.
You're not listening to him, I hope.
[LAUGHS.]
Oh, sweetie.
When did I ever do anything Abraham wanted me to do, huh? [LAUGHING.]
Do you need anything else? No.
You go home and take care of that little girl of yours.
Abigail needs your help.
I don't remember mentioning anything about Abigail.
Of course not, dear.
Abraham did.
You know how gossip spreads in this town.
If you're not careful, you're gonna lose both of those little angels.
And then where will you be? Huh? That's mommy Val's spot.
Mommy Val's spot.
- I'm gonna tell on you.
- Gonna tell on you.
Stop it! Stop it! Get off! Get off! Hey! Girls.
Izzy, what're you doing? I wish you would go back to where you came from.
Isabel! [DOOR SLAMS.]
Are you okay, honey? Come here.
It's okay.
Shh.
- Hey.
- We don't know what it is.
- That's why you called me down here? - Yes.
Yes.
This thing defies all standard characterization of flora and fauna.
Regarde.
Showing root-like structures like a plant but it has a vascular system.
It's DNA structure defies anything I've ever seen before.
This is something that has never been catalogued anywhere on our planet.
Tell me about the substance inside it.
Ah.
Exploding with nutrients, lipids, phospholipids, urea, all properties of amniotic fluid.
So Abigail was being gestated? Why would you do that? Why would you attack your sister? She was sitting in your seat.
That's no reason to get physical with her and you know it.
Right? Isabel, Abby's had a rough couple of days.
So I need you to apologize to your sister so that she knows that you're on her side.
She's not my sister.
Why would you say that? Because I'm Abigail.
Stop it.
Stop it.
You're Isabel.
Not today.
Today I'm Abigail.
Isabel, this isn't funny.
[ISABEL/ABIGAIL'S VOICE SIMULTANEOUSLY.]
- I told you she wouldn't believe us.
- I'm not trying to be funny.
I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it for myself.
If I didn't hear it for myself, I wouldn't have believed it.
Okay, slow down.
Slow down.
Both of them.
I heard both of their voices coming out of Isabel.
You heard her mimicking her sister.
- At the same time? - Well, that's impossible.
So you just heard Abigail say something at the same time.
No.
Abby was in her room, so Okay.
I think they're playing a prank on you.
I think they're both in there.
I think they're in Isabel.
I don't Don't what're you doing? Take these.
They'll help.
No.
Why is this your solution to everything, Marilyn? Huh? At some point you're gonna have to accept that there's no rational explanation.
And then what're you gonna do? Do you want to talk? No.
Go back to sleep.
[CREAK.]
[KNOCKING.]
Dottie? [KNOCKING.]
Hello? [SIGHS.]
Dottie? - Hello, dear.
- Oh.
Is it Wednesday already? Uh, I was in the neighbourhood.
I thought I would check on you.
Well, then stay.
Have a cup of tea with me.
- Hmm? - I will.
Now, I know you're not here just to check on me.
You were worried about me, weren't you? Am I being silly? It's very kind and I appreciate it.
This looks yummy.
Oh Dottie, I think that's gone bad.
Odd.
I just baked it.
What's that smell, Dottie? I don't smell anything.
What's that, dear? I'm sorry.
[LAUGHING.]
I'm sorry.
I'm not.
I'm going to kill you and your entire family.
[LAUGHS.]
[DOTTIE LAUGHING.]
[DOOR SLAM.]
[FERRET SCREECHING.]
Don't touch Mr.
Bo-Jangles.
We're serious! [FERRET SCREECHING.]
We said put him down! [SCREAMING.]
[THUD.]
What's going on in here? Hey, wait! No, no, no, no, no! What do you see? I don't I don't see anything.
You're sure, right? This is family.
Yeah, I'm sure.
What would you see? Other times, like with Marcus, it it was like a spirit laying overtop of the person.
But I I don't see that here.
I don't see anything.
So, uh she's normal? Mm-hmm, yeah.
She's normal.
Okay.
Thank you.
Thanks, Roman.
Isabel is in her room.
One down, one to go.
Thank you.
Roman.
Like Marcus? I'm sorry.
Look, maybe maybe I'm wrong.
Maybe maybe she's fine.
You're a bad liar.
Problem? I'm not sure yet.
I hate this fucking town.
- Mommy M? - Yes, honey? When can I get up? Soon, honey.
Sedate her? That's your plan? Well, you are the one who told me that she nearly killed her sister.
And she murdered the ferret, so this is enough to keep her drowsy.
There's gotta be something else we can do for her.
Just leave her.
Leave her.
This is the best I can do given the circumstances, okay? Well, I'm her mother.
- I know what's best.
- Yeah, well I'm her mother, too.
You know what I mean.
Oh, my God.
Never in a million years did I think you would pull that.
You want me to believe you? I believe you! I finally believe you.
You don't like my response.
What the fuck do you want from me? [DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
[GLASS SHATTERS.]