The Haunting of Hill House (2018) s01e06 Episode Script

In movies they always say that they, uh, look like they're sleeping.
She doesn't look like she's sleeping.
She looks dead.
I mean, you, um She looks great.
You did a really good job as usual.
- Thanks.
- But she doesn't look like she's sleeping.
I don't know why people say that.
Most of what people say at a funeral is a wish.
"They're in a better place, they're at peace, they're smiling down.
" People just wishing out loud.
How bad was it? I mean, when she got here? How did she look? Are you really asking? No.
You're right.
You might want to slow down.
It's going to be a long night.
You've been at that all day.
There's a stupid amount of food.
It keeps showing up.
Hope they didn't eat dinner.
- Can I have one? - Mm-hm.
Should've told them not to eat dinner first.
There's plenty in the kitchen if we burn through that.
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
Did you connect with a florist for tomorrow? Yeah, it's all set.
I promise.
This gonna be a problem for Luke? If he tries for it, Steve can take him back to the hotel.
So Luke's fresh off the streets? Steve says he didn't even have shoes when he found him.
Great.
We get to watch him come down.
He flies across the country to puke on his dead sister.
Jesus, Theo.
Might as well hide our purses, though.
What about Dad? They flew in together, I know that, so he's here.
Has he been here before? I was trying to remember that, too.
He hasn't, has he? Or if he has, I can't remember it.
I got it.
You guys relax.
Please, Luke.
Don't fuck this up.
That's funny, Nellie was always trying to get all of us together in one place.
Hey.
- Even Dad tried for years.
- Can I get your coat? Yeah, that would be great.
Someone should've told her she didn't have to try this hard.
- Hi.
- Hey.
It's pretty bad out there.
It's just a little rain.
Hi, Shirl.
Hey.
Still not a hugger? Flight's good? It was It was not too bad.
Long.
Dad's not with you? He's still at the hotel.
He told us to go ahead.
He kept changing his clothes.
He's nervous, I guess.
Luke, can I get you some water or something to eat? I've got a mountain of food.
Anything you want.
I'm sorry.
I can't I can't.
He seems a lot better than I expected.
I think he's, like, actually clean, a little while now.
- So what was with the jailbreak? - Long story.
Hey, Luke.
- You okay? - Yeah.
- Yeah? - Yeah, I I I thought I thought I could do it.
- I know.
- She's right there.
Take your time.
We can wait.
Yeah.
There's no rush.
I It's okay.
Come on.
So where's Leigh? What? Um, she'll be here tomorrow.
We're We didn't travel together.
Why not? We're taking a break.
Luke, you sure I can't get you an ice tea or something? - That might be good.
- Yeah.
- You want some ice tea? - Yeah.
That'd be great.
Thanks, Kev.
- You're taking a what? - A break.
- Like a separation? - Like If it's all the same to you, maybe we can save this conversation for a little later.
I mean, I think we got bigger things to tackle tonight than my marital If you were married, you'd know that sometimes people need a little room.
I mean, Theo, I'm not This is coming out wrong.
I I just think it's not unusual for people in a relationship as long as us I don't care.
Getting you a drink.
Thank Christ.
Thank you.
Okay.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
Just rip off the Band-Aid.
Yeah, let's - Let's do it.
- Okay.
I'm with you.
We got this.
It's not as bad as it is in your head, but she doesn't look like she's sleeping, - so forget that.
- Right.
And if you're not ready, we'll just go back.
- That's all right.
Come on.
- Okay.
Yep.
That's That's her, detective.
Positive.
Positive ID.
That's Nellie, all right, and she's dead.
Jesus.
Jesus! Shit, Shirl.
I'm sorry, I don't know what that was.
I changed every light bulb in the house this afternoon, because if one went out tonight or tomorrow, I wouldn't have time to change it with everything going.
It's It's crazy.
I get it.
It's It's crazy.
Right.
We don't have to stay in here.
Let's sit.
- She's okay.
- Yeah.
That'd be good.
Thank you.
I'm drinking every time I feel like punching something.
It's just not fucking fair.
Fuck! - Okay, Steve? - Yeah, I'll be right there.
Oh, fuck.
Come on, get it together.
Get it together.
Oh, okay, okay! Okay.
You okay? - Huh? - Spill it.
- What? - The details.
Um, I I don't know much more than you.
I She killed herself at that goddamn house.
- I don't think it's that simple.
- Thanks.
That clears it all right up.
Listen, I'm not saying it's simple, that's all I know.
No, I mean the suicide part.
Luke, she went back to the house, she didn't tell anybody, and she - You spoke to the coroner, right? - Right.
So, you probably know more than I do.
She she hung herself.
Her neck was broken.
Her neck? Here you go.
I still don't get why she'd go there in the first place.
- Well Mom.
- She barely remembered Mom.
Luke how much do you remember Mom? - Yeah, I don't know.
- She was like six years old.
Well, what then, Dr.
Crain? Punch.
I want to know what Mrs.
Dudley said to him.
- Me too.
- He didn't tell you? What do you think? Six hours on a plane? Didn't come up? No.
Dad was in coach.
Wait you put yourself in first class? I put him there, too.
And made Dad fly coach? He insisted.
- That's - Look, Shirl, he wanted to - That's just - pay for his own ticket.
- So, yeah, he was in coach.
- Hmm.
It's not like we were really talking each other's ears off before that.
God.
I got it.
- Hey, welcome.
- Hi.
Hey.
Boy, it's - It's coming down out there.
- Yeah, yeah.
I know, I know, I know.
How are you, Kevin? I'm so sorry.
Yeah, yeah.
Thanks.
Me, too.
Wow.
Sorry, I'm a little late.
That's okay.
How was your flight? Uh Well, it was It was fine.
- You know.
- Thanks for being here.
Hey.
Thank you.
You have a beautiful home.
This is the business side of the the residential side is over in the Thank you.
God.
Look at you girls.
It's been a minute.
Yeah, it has.
Longer than a minute.
Or a long minute.
I'm not sure which.
Can I get you anything? We got tons to eat, plenty to drink.
This is Kevin's coping mechanism.
He turns into a waiter.
No, thanks, I'm fine.
I I don't really know what to say really.
Other than you know, to see all of you in the same room.
Well, not all.
I'm just sorry that that we have to be here under Neither can I.
Look at them, they're all grown up.
What? Hmm? Under these circumstances, that we have to be here under these circumstances Wow, well put.
You want to do the eulogy tomorrow? - 'Cause it's - You want to go see her? - Yes, actually, if you'll excuse me.
- Of course.
That's why we're here.
Oh, Shirley.
Shirley.
- You - You did a She looks beautiful.
Not too much makeup.
Sometimes they put too much makeup on them, but she looks You did a Thank you for taking care of her, and if there's a Is there? I could use a bathroom.
Where would be the closest? - Just head up that hall.
- Okay.
- To your left at the end.
- Okay.
Oh, man.
Great.
Honey? There you are.
You weren't in bed.
Where'd you go? - Jesus Christ.
- Yeah.
Oh, that makes sense.
It sounded like a car crash.
I guess, but I don't know why it would fall.
Where'd you go? I don't know, I guess I was wandering.
Maybe I was sleepwalking.
I had the strangest dream.
Jesus Christ! Honey, don't say that.
You just said it.
You're right.
I'm sorry.
- You guys hear a scary noise? - So many scary noises.
Yeah.
It's okay, see? It was that.
- Someone broke the Sannadeer! - "Chandelier.
" It just fell.
- What the hell happened? - Language.
- We don't know.
- So that explains the noise.
I don't like this.
It's just a silly old storm, sweetheart.
Your mother hates storms, too.
- You do? - Uh-huh.
Since I was a little girl, just like you.
But you know what storms do? - Do they pass? - They pass.
Stevie, give me a hand.
What do you need? Just grab that other side, I wanna move this out of the way so no one's tripping on it.
Got it.
Ready? Yep.
How did it fall? Did it get hit by lightning? No, nothing like that, honey.
Gently, gently.
Okay.
What's that? That's hail.
Yep, it is.
It's really loud, huh? All right, come with me.
Let's go sit down.
Hail? Yeah.
Well, sometimes in thunderstorms, the wind can push the storm up into the sky really, really high and the rain can freeze.
So it's ice? Exactly.
Explains why my room is freezing.
And the ice balls fall back down to Earth and they pick up more water and they get bigger and bigger.
What was that? Um, sounded like a window.
Which is fine.
- Everything's fine, okay? - Yeah.
My window just broke.
- Seriously? - It exploded.
- You okay? - I'm fine.
- Let me go check it out.
- Can I come? Um, sure.
But the rest of you stay down here and stay away from the windows.
Watch your step, there's glass on the floor.
- Like someone threw a rock through it.
- Great.
- Ice.
- The hell happened to the chandelier? - The wind turned it into ice.
- Hey, Shirl? Can you do me a favor? Go in the kitchen and make some cocoa.
Seriously? You know how to do it and your brother and sister are scared.
Fine.
- Theo, you can help.
Take Luke, too.
- Mom.
Thank you.
Go ahead.
- Go with your sisters.
- Come on.
You wearing those gloves to bed now? - Wanna play a game? - Shut up.
So, when there's another flash of lightning, let's count how long it takes until we hear thunder.
That way we can tell how far away it is.
Okay? So for every five seconds, that's one whole mile away.
All right, let's wait for the next one.
There.
Okay, one, two Two miles.
Uh, no, okay, not quite.
So, for every five seconds, that's only one mile away, so that one was actually closer.
- Mom! - It's okay.
- It's just the power.
- Mommy! The power went out.
I'm right here, you guys.
- Come here.
- It's all right.
- It's a really old house, all right? - It's all right.
Flashlights in the kitchen.
Okay, you got it? All right.
Bent-Neck Lady! - It's okay.
- You guys okay? - We're okay.
- She's there.
- It's all right.
Shh.
- With the statue.
It's all right, baby.
She's here again.
Here, listen to me, my love.
Mommy's seen things, too.
Sometimes Mommy sees people here, too.
But they won't hurt us, okay? They're not here to hurt us.
What did you see? - Everybody okay in here? - We'll talk Yeah, everybody's fine.
Well, this one's working, but these need batteries.
Okay, here.
Theo's got you.
- Take your sister's hand.
- Mom.
Just for a second.
I'll get a flashlight.
I'll be right back.
All right.
I got yours, Luke.
- Let up on my hand.
- Thanks, Steven.
It's just a storm.
- A bad storm.
- Yeah, this wasn't forecast.
This is nuts.
Your stuff's all wet, Shirl.
The hail's blowing right in the window.
- For real? - Very helpful, Steve.
We'll figure it out.
- It's kinda fun, huh? - There you go.
When I was a kid, we used to go camping all the time.
I was a Life Scout.
What's a Life Scout? Well, it's a group of Anyway, we used to go camping.
And one time there was a storm, and it was such a bad storm that we took our packs, and we tied him to the trees to keep them from washing away.
- Whoo! - Stop it! It's okay, we're totally safe, okay? That was a good one, huh? Are you sure we're safe? The roof isn't gonna explode or whatever? You know what, this house has been here for a long, long time.
It's seen plenty of storms and worse than this.
- It's gonna keep us safe.
- Yeah.
I thought you hated this house.
- That's something, anyway.
- Uh-huh.
Okay, one - Two, three - Two, three See? It's moving away.
What'd I tell you, Nellie? That's what storms do, they Where's your sister? Theo? She was right there.
I was holding her hand the entire time.
Okay.
- Nellie? - The whole time, I could feel her hand until I looked down.
- Nellie? Honey? - Nellie? - Nellie? Nell.
- Sweetheart? Where could she have gone? It was only a few seconds.
Maybe she went to her room.
Maybe.
- I could feel her hand the entire time - I know, it's not your fault.
Nellie! - We're gonna find her.
- What if something gets her? I know you're scared, pal.
I know you are.
- Nell, come on out.
- Listen, she's just hiding from the storm.
- She's probably in her room under her bed.
- Yeah.
We'll go and find her, we'll bring her back, okay? - Maybe we should - My sweet boy.
Yes.
Ah, Steve, okay, you keep an eye on everyone.
- We'll be right back.
- Yeah, we'll be back in a bit.
You guys stay here and stay away from the windows.
Keep hold of your flashlights.
You think she went upstairs? We would've seen her if she went for the halls.
- Nell, come on out, it's okay.
- Don't worry, my man.
- She's gonna be okay.
- How do you know? 'Cause, I won't let anything happen to her.
To any of you guys.
That's my whole job.
First thing they teach us in Big Brother School.
Nell? I'm with you.
We got this.
Okay? Luke.
Luke.
Luke.
Luke? Luke.
Do you remember what it was, that word she made up? I'm not sure.
This made-up word.
Aunt Janet kept correcting her and she just went on using it.
- What the hell was that word? - Trying to remember.
Doesn't matter.
Finally Aunt Janet she gets fed up and tells Nellie to stop using whatever it was and speak properly.
"You're ten years old, speak properly.
" And Nellie just looks at her.
like beyond her years, patient and asks what she's doing wrong.
And Aunt Janet says, "It's a made-up word.
" And Nellie looks her right in the eye and says "All words are made-up at first.
" God, I wish I could remember what the that word.
"Puffalope.
" That's it.
Puffalope.
Padded, puffy envelope.
"Puffalope.
" She would say she was running out of puffalopes for her letters and she wanted Aunt Janet to pick up puffalopes at the store.
And that is the third story you've told about that one stupid summer.
I didn't live there after that.
That's what I remember most, I guess.
I know those stories 'cause I was there for those stories.
I just want to hear some new stories.
Serious, Theo.
You might want to slow down.
I'm trying to drink her back to life.
Would you like me to stop? Yes.
She got that from your mother.
- You know.
- Alcoholism? No, "puffalope.
" She used to She used to tell Nell that her letters to Santa would be safe and warm in the North Pole if she used a puffalope.
Yeah.
Nellie used to write letters to Santa.
Took it very seriously.
Formal letters.
Didn't want to call him "Santa," so, she called him Mr.
Claus.
She thought "Santa" would be rude.
That's not how you talk to grown-ups.
So "Dear Mr.
Claus, this is Nellie Crain.
" In whatever address we were at.
I told her she didn't need to include that, but she she insisted.
You know, 'cause She said, uh, you know "Who knows how many Nells there are in the world?" And we moved around so much.
Yeah, we moved around so much that, you know, he might get confused.
"Dear Mr.
Claus, this is Nellie Crain in Boston.
And my brother, Steve he wants a typewriter.
And he's such a good brother," she would say.
"And my sister Shirley, she could use a new camera, 'cause she's capturing our memories, you know, and they're so very precious.
" And the thing is, guys, you know, she'd never ask for anything for herself, ever.
Not once.
She'd only ask for presents for you guys.
And God damn it, you know, we had to make sure we got you what what you wanted, what she what she mentioned in those letters.
'Cause we weren't about to discourage that instinct.
Your mom would say, "Oh no, we water that seed until that's her tree.
" Well she used to write letters.
And always, you know, handwritten.
She wrote me once a month.
Always.
Just telling me the amazing things going on with you guys.
Two of us.
What do you mean? I mean, two of us.
There were seven of us, and now there's five, because two of us decided to die.
You know some religions won't let you be buried in their cemeteries if you kill yourself? It's It's monstrous.
Like you committed a crime.
When really it was just that you're in so much pain.
So much pain.
And Nellie knew that.
She knew the price the rest of us pay when someone does that, and she did it anyway.
God.
I wish she felt like she could've talked to me.
I don't know why she didn't feel like she could talk to me.
There's nothing she was going through that wouldn't have been okay.
Nothing.
You know, uh this one time, Aunt Janet, she She let us camp out in the backyard, and set up a tent, you know, roasted marshmallows all night.
- I remember that.
- Yeah, and Steve - Right, the bear thing.
- Yeah.
Steve he was outside pretending to be a bear, banging on the tent, and you know, I'm freaking out, and Nellie says Nellie says, "Don't worry.
We're safe in here.
This This tent is magic.
It makes us indivisible.
" And Steve, Steve stopped shaking the tent.
He says, hey still in the bear voice, "I think you mean invisible.
" And Nellie shouts at the bear, "I meant what I said, bear.
" I'd like to go back to something you said.
What? Not you, him.
You said Nellie wrote you a letter once a month? Yeah, that's right.
So maybe she mentioned something in one of her monthly letters that might have raised the flag about, I don't know, her state of mind? No, she just No, she would You know, she'd talk about you guys, and just like the Santa letter, - she'd just tell me about you guys.
- You said that, but You see, we're all aware of how you like to hold back information when a family member offs themselves.
- Steve - So I'm just wondering if there's a little more you're not telling us.
Do you want to do do this now, huh? Yeah, I do.
We've all got questions, and I think it'd be swell if you'd give us a few answers for a change.
All right.
Let's start with that call you got from Mrs.
Dudley - and what exactly she said about - She called me immediately after she called the police.
She said she'd noticed the car out front.
When she went inside and she saw your sister hanging next to the spiral staircase in the library.
Oh, and Mrs.
Dudley, she also apologized, because she said she threw up on the floor, and What's What's next? Did Nellie mention in one of her puffalopes that she crashed a book signing of mine about a month ago? - No, she did not.
- To scream at me.
- Wait, what? - Yeah.
- Does that sound like Nell to you? - No, it doesn't.
She wasn't herself.
She was seeing a new therapist since Arthur, I know that.
- That's right.
- Anybody know anything about this doctor? Any psychiatrist worth their shit would've kept her on a much shorter leash.
- She's a fucking quack.
- She was clearly off her meds - when I saw her.
- How did she sound when she called you? - Wait, she called you? - Yeah, the day it happened.
- She called Steve, too.
- Did you talk to her? - No, I didn't get to.
- Me either.
She wasn't worried about herself, she was apparently worried about you.
I talked to her.
Yeah.
I talked to her that night.
And she was She was worried about a lot more than, uh, than Luke.
Well Like what? She said the Bent-Neck Lady was back.
There it is.
Mental illness.
- No, no, Steve - Clear as day.
- No, you don't - Hereditary.
You let her believe all that bullshit.
- You don't - All that bullshit about Hill House and this is the inevitable conclusion, which makes you culpable.
- Who is the Bent-Neck Lady? - Frankly.
So you hear her spout some of the crazy stuff - It's not crazy.
- she said when she was six, and you don't think that maybe you should get her some help? I did, I called you immediately.
- Just like Mom, you ignore the signs - That's not how it is.
you hope it'll go away and then you hold back information! If I held back anything, it was to protect you kids.
I don't need Why do I need protection from the truth? She's No.
He's entitled What What is that? What's that? I said you're entitled.
- I'm entitled to the truth? - You're entitled to your anger.
Remember why we're here.
It's very generous of you to allow me to feel my anger.
All of you you're entitled.
What else am I entitled to while you're being so fucking generous? You might want to check yourself before you start talking about the truth, Steve.
Oh great, are we breaking this out? You're drunk.
Theo's drunk, I'm just pissed.
And this is the part of the show where you break out my goddamn book? You want to talk about propagating delusions? - Why don't we just - There it is.
paranoid delusions for entertainment and profit, Steve.
- gonna make - What about that? You took all that paranoia and craziness and you mass-marketed it - to jump-start your writing career.
- Really? So don't stand in plain view of Nellie's casket - and lecture us about responsibility.
- Are you gonna stop the book fight? - We're all real tired - You were happy enough to exploit all of us for some blood money.
That's why none of us ever took your fucking money, Steve.
- Cut it out.
- And you're fucking drunk! While we're supposed to be honoring Nellie.
Real class act, Theo.
No, no, no.
No, you don't know.
You don't know what I felt.
And you don't know what I feel.
And I am allowed to process that any way that I want to.
You don't just stand there and dictate how we all grieve our dead si - Fuck! - Fuck! - Aw.
- You okay? I'm fine.
God, don't touch me! Don't fucking touch.
I have enough of my own grief.
I I don't need yours, too.
Whatever that means.
You know what? I took the money, Shirl.
Yeah.
I took his fucking money.
I got my degree.
I started my career.
'Cause you know what? It's good fucking money.
The book was a hit.
The royalties still haven't dried up.
I'm fucking glad that I took it.
You took his money.
You'd have to be a real stubborn bitch not to, so Congratulations.
Shut up.
You're drunk.
Nope.
Yup but, I'm right.
So what now? You want to come after me? So you just thought you'd live under my roof? - Shirl - No, let me get this right.
Live under my roof, eat my food, and lie to my face for how many years? Guess we should've charged you rent after all.
I offered to pay rent, you sanctimonious bitch.
I guess you won't have a problem paying for a place of your own, will you? You can use all your royalties.
Shirley.
- Are you serious? - Yes, I am.
- No, she's not.
- We agreed.
All of us.
- We weren't going to participate - We didn't agree.
- You stood up there and dictated - You don't get to lie to me, and live off me at the same time, and call me a bitch.
- All right.
- That's not gonna fly.
- Slow up, Shirl.
- Fuck you! Fuck both of you! Blood money! Blood money! You're out, Theo.
- Are you gonna stop this? - What am I? After the funeral, you can fuck off back to Cali, Steven.
You can start looking for a new place to squat, Dr.
Crain.
If I were you, I'd get off that high horse before I fall off.
If you were me, you wouldn't be such a fucking asshole.
You're just embarrassing yourself, you don't even know it.
She's falling on the goddamn ground and I'm embarrassing myself? We took the money, too.
I mean, I took the money, I guess.
We did.
No, you didn't.
I opened an account for it.
The checkbook that you found the other day Shirl, you keep cutting prices down to cost.
- Right? I mean - Don't you dare.
The pro bono funerals, the special cases.
Don't put this on me.
How else was I supposed to keep the business going? I mean, look, if you think about it, we took that money and we changed it into something that helped people - on the worst day of their lives.
- Stop.
Do you have any idea how much you've humiliated me? Look, honey Don't.
Both of you.
Just out.
I can't Shirley I can't look at either one of you right now.
Get out.
We're just We're done here.
Everybody out.
Do I really have to move out? - Out! - Just give her her space.
Look, I need I need some more vodka.
- I want more vodka.
- There's more downstairs.
- I need another bottle - Okay.
We gotta go, let's go.
Why don't we go back to the hotel and give your sister some space.
You know, she's wounded, we're all wounded.
- People lash out.
It's perfectly - What? What the hell? What? Who did this? - What? - What? Shirl.
What? Is this What is this? It's You think this is this is cute? - I didn't - Someone thought, what? This was funny? This was Who the fuck did this? I swear to God, I didn't - You were the last one up here.
- No, absolutely - You were standing here.
- Why would I do something What the hell? - Did you blow a fuse? - I've got a backup generator.
The storm's not that bad.
God damn tonight.
Just damn it.
Where Where's your breaker box? Can I do anything? Daddy.
Oh, Nell.
Nell Oh, no.
Nell.
Nell? She's not in our room.
I don't know why she'd go anywhere else by herself.
Ah, the roof.
I know.
The hail, they sound like golf balls.
I don't even wanna think about what it did to this roof.
I'll get Mullen over tomorrow to look.
I just put batteries in.
Okay, you get fresh ones, I'll keep looking.
All right.
I'll check the library and the kitchen just to be sure.
- Be right back.
- Okay.
Nellie? Oh, shit.
Nellie? You in here? Come on.
Where did you go? Really? Oh.
Okay.
Nellie? Liv? Liv! You kids okay down there? We're all right.
Liv.
Hey! Liv.
How the hell did you Liv, you better stay away from these windows.
This storm's getting really Liv! Get away from the windo Jesus Christ! Liv! Jesus! Liv.
- What the hell? - Honey? Are you okay? I think so.
I looked in the rooms but she wasn't up here.
- What were you doing? - I looked in the bed bedrooms.
Honey.
I'm having the strangest dream.
- Are you okay? - What's wrong? We're coming! What happened? There's something in the house and my flashlight stopped working and I heard it breathing and I I don't know what it was, - but it was so close to us.
- Okay.
Slow down, slow down.
Even I saw it.
I think it was a big dog.
It ran right there here toward the kitchen.
It was like this thing wolf and had red these glowing eyes.
I didn't see any glowing eyes, but it was in here.
- It was definitely something.
- Okay.
Where did it go? It's okay.
Again? Where'd you go? No.
I just nowhere.
Oh, you're just wandering around in the dark? Well, aren't we all? Steve and Shirl are still trying to get the lights back on.
Something tells me they won't.
Yeah.
Something tells me the same.
Who do you think did this? Well, if I'm honest none of us.
But you probably know that already, don't you? So The Bent-Neck Lady, you think she was I mean, this whole time was Yeah.
She didn't do this to herself.
No.
Neither did Mom, did she? That's a That's a complicated question.
Doesn't make any sense.
We have a backup genny in the basement for the refrigeration.
This is It's not even a storm.
The rest of the block's fine.
It's just us.
- For real? - Yeah.
- Why is it complicated? - It's been a long night.
- Why don't we head back.
- All right.
I'd really like to know, Dad.
Know what? Nellie didn't kill herself.
Oh, Luke.
- Let's not do this again.
- She didn't.
- And Dad knows it, too.
- Oh, does he? I don't think Mom did either.
Dad said that "Dad said.
" - Luke, Dad propped up Nell's crazy ideas.
- No - This is how that ended up.
- It's not crazy, Steve.
As soon as we leave the room, you start working on him, too? - No, Steve.
- No, let's hear it.
No, I don't want to upset anyone any more than we're already upset.
- No, just get it all out.
- It's not No, he's not gonna want to hear that from me.
.
You see what I'm talking about? I don't understand why this family has such a hard time acknowledging mental illness.
Mom, Nell, Dad's talking to himself all night.
It's not like that.
Then explain yourself, finally, please.
Okay.
Nell didn't kill herself, the house did.
You don't understand Hill House, Steve, you never did.
And Nell and Luke, they could see its face clearer than you kids - Jesus, Dad.
- and your mother saw it, too.
And anything I did, I did it for a very good reason.
- all this bullshit about - You want to hear this or not? - a haunted house and you don't get it.
- I don't get it? You don't get it.
You're the ghost.
You are, Dad.
- You're the spectral presence - Come on, Steve.
- I can see right through you.
- Yeah? And the only difference between you and the stuff of campfire stories is that you keep getting older.
I just tried to keep your kids safe and to protect what memories you kids still have of your poor mother.
- This is what got into her head! - You've never understood.
- This is what made her sick.
- Your problem - It's always been your problem.
- My problem? You think you know what happened that night? - You don't know - My problem is that the wrong parent died! Let's - One, two - Let's go.
Three.
Okay, down.
Set it down.
I I have to fix her makeup.
I'll get my kit.
It's all right, boys.
Wait.
Shirley.
Shirley, wait.
Nellie There you are.
We were worried sick.
Where did you go? I was here.
I was right here.
Oh, honey, you're freezing.
I was right here and I was screaming and shouting and none of you could see me.
Why couldn't you see me? - It's okay, baby.
- I waved and jumped and screamed, and you didn't even look.
- None of you even looked.
- So sorry.
We're so sorry.
Come on, we'll see her tomorrow.
Come on.
Don't do that ever again.
Don't do that ever again.
Ever.
I thought the house things had got you.
I thought they took you.
I'm so glad you're okay.
Come on.
I'll never let you go again.
Never again.
I promise.
I was right here.
I didn't go anywhere.
I was right here.
I was right here the whole time.
None of you could see me.
Nobody could see me.
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