The Birch (2019) s01e06 Episode Script

What are you doing to her? Laura's sick.
We've cured her.
And you've been taking your medicine before bed? - Yeah.
- Good.
What's wrong with her? Just minor complications.
Your sister's going to be fine.
How about during the day? Are you having foreign thoughts? Hallucinations? Memories that don't feel like your own? They feel real.
Okay, nothing new.
You've been through these episodes before, right? I never remember much.
It's probably better that way.
So refill.
And I'm doubling your dosage.
I don't know what we'd do without you, Mitch.
I live to serve, sis.
Until you settle down.
Thanks.
- Good hiding spot.
- Yeah.
I had to hold down the fort since you weren't here.
Anything juicy happen while I was gone? Well, a lot of people made up some wild stories.
Oh, that's fun.
Any good ones? Well, we have rehab, rabies - Rabies? - iron lung.
Rabies definitely wins.
Did you get them from your boyfriend? Ex boyfriend, thank God.
I'd rather eat road kill and die, so, yes, probably.
- They all suck, man.
If I had my way - Yeah.
I would stay by my dad's cabin full time, and no one would bother me.
Must be nice to have a cabin to run off to.
They had a track record of gerrymandering, - which, as we covered - Brenna.
Psst is when a political party draws lines for voting districts, congressional districts, state offices, that are advantageous to that political party even though it might come to reflect Wait, wait.
Um, I think I think we should wait.
You look so beautiful.
I just wanna kiss every inch of you.
Yeah no, sorry.
I mean, this is really great, and you are so cute.
Thank you.
I I just um Yeah, I'm nervous, too.
Okay? - Yeah.
- But we never get to see each other.
Right? I mean, you look so so hot in this firelight.
I swear to God, you could be a model.
Oh, thanks.
You, too.
You I I just I would really rather, you know, wait because - You know.
- Yeah, yeah, but but I'm not going to tell anyone.
Okay? - No one's going to find out.
I swear.
- Thad, I wanna wait.
Well, you wanna wait for someone else to have courtesy sex with you? It's gonna feel good, okay? Trust me.
Trust me.
I promise.
Okay? - Okay.
- Yeah.
Okay.
noticeably unfair way, and that is something that you see to this day.
There's cases in North Carolina, in Virginia.
If you listen to the news, you're gonna hear the word gerrymandering all the time.
I know a lot of the words we bring up in class here you don't Bro.
Bro, what are you doing? - Let go of me.
- All right, let's get a let's get a drumroll in here.
Three, two, one Can you let me go? Does the carpet match the drapes? Let go of me.
My pants.
My pants.
Hey! Hey! Leave him alone.
We're just having fun here, all right? Right? We're having fun.
Tell her.
Do you wanna mess with me, too? No.
Not after seeing that, uh, Darth Vader vag of yours.
I don't.
- You freak! - Oh, my God.
Suspended? Disappointed would be putting it mildly.
Downright ashamed is more like it.
We adopted you into this family.
Your sister is soaking all of the sin.
Every second of it, every-every molecule in her environment.
And the impression that she gets now, will stick with her her entire life.
You bring this this disturbed attitude, this hatred into our home.
It's the very air that she breathes.
- She's not my sister.
- Don't! - Don't.
- Honey.
Just four four simple lines, Lanie.
Four simple lines.
Come on.
All that money wasted again on Dr.
Sampson.
Don.
Say it, Lanie.
I will be I will be kind.
I will be I will be calm.
- I will be patient.
- I will be patient.
I will be strong.
You're not to leave this house till you learn to act like a normal human being.
- But - What? Do you want me to send you off to Dr.
Sampson? Is that what you want? No? Save your sister from your bad influence? I was the bad influence? You're the one that's keeping her locked up getting her high! No wonder why she's Oh, yeah.
Look at you.
You look hot with that 40.
Like you can be in a music video or something, seriously.
Where you going? I'm gonna go freshen up.
That 40 better be empty when I get back, all right? Maybe you could refill it for me? Kinda tastes like piss.
That actually tastes pretty good.
I think maybe your tongue is just stuck in middle school.
You got a prude tongue.
I do not have a prude tongue.
Prove it.
That's a good step.
Convince me more when I get back, all right? Okay.
"For Thee who makest me, I shall come.
Thee who breaks me shall come undone.
" Uh Hey, Brenna.
You there? Hey, yo.
I'm the king of pranks, all right? So don't-don't try that.
Oh, no.
No.
It was just a dream.
It was just a dream.
It was just a dream.
It was just a dream.
Momma's gonna set you free.
Okay, Bug? I'm here.
Momma's here.
Well every time this happens, we're the ones responsible.
They can't both live under the same roof.
You're turning this place into a dungeon.
Lanie! Open the door! Lanie, stop!