Hysteria! (2024) s01e07 Episode Script

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- [SHAKY BREATHING]
- [SOFT SCRATCHING AGAINST WOOD]
[DEEP EXHALE]
[WHISPERS] Come on.
Come on. Come on. Come on!
[GRUNTS]
Oh, shit! No!
Fuck! Fuck. God damn it.
[SOBBING] Oh, fuck
[PANTING]
[SPITS]
Was it worth it?
- [FLASHLIGHT BUZZES]
- No!
No, no, no! Please!
Please, please please! God damn it!
[SOBBING] Fuck!
[SHOUTS] No!
Fuck.
[SHOVEL THUDDING ABOVE]
- H-hello?
- [DIRT THUDDING LIGHTLY]
[SHOUTS] Help me!
[SPUD] What do you think we're doing?
[DYLAN GASPS]
Spud!
- And And Ingrid?
- Hi.
[DYLAN] Oh, God
Ingrid told me what happened.
She said Cliff and Judith
wasn't gonna come get you
for a few hours.
Thirty minutes felt like enough.
But don't tell Judith I said that.
I'm so sorry!
[CRYING] I screwed up so bad, Spud.
Thank you.
Oh, God
Oh, God.
I got you.
[OWL HOOTING]
Thanks for the orange juice, Ingrid.
It was the least I could do.
I didn't really want to,
but Judith told us we had to
to prove ourselves.
You know, for lying to her.
That sounds like Judith.
Yeah, it really does.
[SPUD] So
you're done
with this cult stuff, right?
Yeah.
[DYLAN IN VOICEOVER] I
started something evil.
I need to stop it before
anyone else gets hurt.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[HEAVY METAL THEME MUSIC PLAYS]
[HEART MONITOR BEEPING]
Who are you, Gilbert?
[INTENSE, OMINOUS MUSIC]
- [MONITOR BEEPING]
- You don't seem like much of a Satanist to me,
more like a common drunk.
Some of those kids slip you
twenty bucks to put that mask on
and throw me off their
trail? That what happened?
[GROANS] Sounds like
a stretch to me too.
Problem is, I'm having trouble
believing my own eyes lately,
and in my line of work,
that makes it hard to know
what's a stretch and what isn't.
Where do you work? [SIGHS]
[CHUCKLES] Auto body shop.
You wouldn't happen to know a guy
by the name of "Bob," would ya?
- [LOUD MOAN]
- Oh, Christ.
You're awake. Let me get the nurse.
- What are you doing here?
- You were in an accident.
No! Why are you here
instead of searching
that murderer's house?
[PANTING] They slaughtered
that boy like a lamb.
- Let go of me.
- All the evidence you need is in that girl's bedroom.
- [MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY]
- You need help.
It's not too late to end
this, but time is running out.
Help this man. He's losing blood!
- [DEEP, DEMONIC VOICE] Why are you here?
- [MONITOR FLATLINES]
- [OLSEN] Chief?
- [FLATLINE TONE CONTINUES]
Is everything okay?
- Oh uh
- [MONITOR RESUMES STEADY BEAT]
Judge Felson signed off on the
search warrant for Jordan Stanwyck.
- You want me to handle it?
- No, I need to see for myself.
Um [CLEARS THROAT] Um
I guess Gilbert and our old
friend, Bob, have the same boss.
Can you go talk to him?
What's going on with you, Chief?
The reason I've asked
you all here is because
each of you came to me with experiences
I could not understand. Not until now.
I believe that our town,
that all of us,
are under the threat
of widespread demonic infestation.
[SHOCKED GASPS AND MURMURS]
Wha Infestation? What does that mean?
Are you saying that we're possessed?
- Not yet.
- [MAN] Not yet?
Infestation is the first
stage of possession.
This is when the entity
makes itself known
by means of hallucinations,
nightmares, bodily distortions.
It is typically isolated
to a single location,
but whatever the root of this evil is,
it has spread beneath our feet.
- What makes you so sure of this?
- Yeah.
Last night I confirmed the first
case of complete possession.
- What?
- Who?
I cannot release an
identity at this time
for the safety of the
afflicted and their family.
For their safety? What about ours?
Please. We must have patience.
These are our souls at stake.
- Patience? Man, where has that gotten us?
- Nowhere.
I mean, have the police
arrested my son's killer?
What about you? We've been begging,
crying for help.
- Have you protected us?
- [CROWD] No.
I understand your frustrations.
This is not frustration!
We're far beyond that now.
- This? This is outrage.
- [CROWD] Yeah!
And we all know who's
responsible for this.
It's that damn Satanic
band. And our leaders?
They're not doing anything.
- So it's up to us, the people
- [CROWD] Yeah!
to take matters in our own hands!
- [MAN] Yeah!
- [SCATTERED CLAPPING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[EXHALES]
- Mom?
- Faith, it's nearly 8:00.
You're gonna be late for school.
I can't go.
[SIGHS]
Is this about last night?
You were right all along, Mom.
What do you mean?
Ryan is dead because of me.
And so is Gilbert. And now
my only friend that I have
is going to jail because
of something I did.
I destroy everything that I touch.
[SIGHS]
The Devil really is inside of me.
Oh
My sweet baby girl.
I need help, Mom.
I know you may not wanna hear this
but the Reverend can help you.
Mom, he he tortured me.
No. He is a good man.
He is a true man of God.
And whatever happened to you before
is no reflection of who he is.
I promise you.
He can fix you, Faith.
Just like he fixed me.
[SIGHS]
Okay.
I'll go.
Oh.
Go get cleaned up, and
I'll call the Reverend.
He'll be thrilled.
- Okay.
- Oh!
When you get home,
things will be different.
I promise. Okay?
Okay.
["IT'S LATE" BY QUEEN PLAYING]
You say you love me ♪
And I hardly know your name ♪
And if I say I love you ♪
In the candlelight ♪
There's no one but myself to blame ♪
But there's something inside ♪
That's turning my mind away ♪
Oh, how I could love you ♪
If I could let you stay ♪
It's late ♪
When I'm bleeding deep inside ♪
It's late ♪
Ooh, is it just my sickly pride? ♪
Too late ♪
Even now the feeling
seems to steal away ♪
So late ♪
Though I'm crying, I
can't help but hear you say ♪
It's late, it's late, it's late ♪
It's late, it's late ♪
It's late, it's late ♪
Oh, it's all too late ♪
[DRUM FINALE]
[SONG ENDS]
Oh. Hey, Dad.
Um, I made you and Mom some breakfast.
I'm not hungry.
Oh. Uh, what about some coffee
before work?
I'm taking the day off.
Oh.
Okay.
Dad, can we talk?
I-I wanna make things right.
Starting with an apology for last night.
Last night? What happened last night?
I snuck out. To be with Judith.
- And I'm sorry.
- [SCOFFS]
Dylan, I had no idea that you snuck out.
Because there are bigger
things going on around here
other than your teenage rebellion.
It's not gonna be fixed with
scrambled eggs and orange juice.
Where's Mom?
Mom's not feeling well.
- Is she awake? Can I say hi?
- No, no.
- It's not a good idea.
- [THUDDING]
- What was that?
- [GROAN FROM NEARBY ROOM]
Just go to school.
Hey, and when you get home,
do not bother your mother.
- [LINDA MOANS LOUDLY]
- Dad?
[GENE] Linda, please. You have to stop!
- [MOANING CONTINUES]
- What's going on?
[INTENSE MUSIC BUILDS AND FADES]
[ABIGAIL] You have to
do something, Tracy.
What exactly did Rex Hudson
say he was going to do?
Explicitly, nothing,
but he was practically forming a mob
in the middle of our church.
Someone is gonna get hurt, or worse.
You work for the police. Why
didn't you take this to them?
So we can say what?
These people don't
trust authority anymore.
What if
What if an arrest were made today?
That's extremely
unlikely, but even still,
I don't think it will
make any difference.
These people need you, now!
Why me? Why now?
Because everything you've
warned us about for years
has all come true.
Satan has come to Happy Hollow.
And I've seen him with my own two eyes.
What does he look like?
He's tall with
knotted horns.
Wings with claws attached to them.
And this hideous smile.
We're all in danger.
He's already possessed
at least one person.
[PANTING] Who?
Father Mathis won't
say. He keeps telling us
- we have to wait for him to find a solution.
- No, no.
There is no time to wait.
That's why I'm here!
Okay.
I will speak to Father Mathis
and I'll see what I can do.
I think you're the first person
ever to make a repeat visit.
I'm grateful for the opportunity
to make our wrongs right.
[DOOR CREAKS]
Well, in order for
deprogramming to work,
we need to share a mutual trust.
Do you trust me, Faith?
I do.
But how am I to trust you?
Last time we spoke you called
me a liar and a hypocrite.
Now you want my help.
That's suspicious.
No I understand now.
There really is something
evil inside of me,
- and I want it
- No, no. Faith.
That line might have worked with
your mother but it won't work on me.
You want me to go through this,
I need to trust you.
- You've given me no reason to.
- I killed somebody!
Last time you made me forget, and I
I need that again.
Please!
[SIGHS]
Rid yourselves of the
offenses you have committed,
get a new heart, get a new spirit,
repent and live.
It's not too late.
I can help.
But you have to want it.
Do you, Faith?
More than anything.
Good.
Well, settle in.
We'll begin shortly.
Thank you, Reverend.
[SOLEMN, EERIE CHORAL MUSIC]
[MATHIS SIGHS]
Father? Are you going somewhere?
Tracy. [CLEARS THROAT]
You caught me just
as I was leaving town.
Well, is it true what people are saying?
That someone in town is possessed?
I didn't intend for word
to get out so quickly,
but unfortunately, yes,
the rumors that you've heard are true.
- And you're abandoning us?
- No.
No, I am leaving to get help.
In order to perform an exorcism,
I must hand-deliver this evidence
to the Archdiocese of Detroit.
Once the bishop has approved
No, Father, you don't understand.
These people, they're fed up!
I've seen them in my church group
getting angrier and angrier.
I'm glad you brought that up,
Tracy, so I didn't have to.
Do you know what evil feeds on?
Fear.
Fear, Tracy, is the
greatest destroyer of faith.
And if I had to point to the
one person most responsible
for the fear that has
overtaken our community
it would be you.
- [CAR HORN HONKS]
- [GASPS SOFTLY]
[MUTTERS]
Wait!
These people, they're
looking to me for help.
What am I supposed to tell them?
To beware of false prophets.
- [SOLEMN CHORAL MUSIC CONTINUES]
- [FOOTSTEPS RECEDE]
[PANTING]
["THIS CORROSION" BY THE
SISTERS OF MERCY PLAYING]
I think I figured out who did it.
- I gave her name to the cops.
- For real? Who?
Hey.
You guys could've killed me
last night. You know that?
- You hear anything, Judith?
- Not a peep.
All right.
I just want to let you guys
know that the cult is over.
So ignore that.
So, anyways,
- like I was saying
- Hey, I'm talking to you.
[GRUNTS, GROANS]
Look, I heard you, all right?
But I don't think you
heard us last night.
Dude, what the hell?
You need to understand something, man.
You're not leaving
us. We're leaving you.
You better not ever cross us again
or your next grave won't
be so shallow. Got it?
["THIS CORROSION" BY THE
SISTERS OF MERCY CONTINUES]
- Got it?
- [SCHOOL BELL RINGING]
[DYLAN GROANS] God
[SPUD] Come on, man, get up.
[GRUNTS]
You'll be all right.
You'll be all right.
Did I deserve that?
I mean, if all you get out
of this is a busted nose,
you'd be lucky.
I have just the thing to help.
Here you go.
Where's Jordy?
- [JORDY] Hello?
- Um, h-hey, Jordy.
- It's me and Spud. I just
- [JORDY] It's really not a good time.
Look, I know that you're pissed at me.
And you have every right to be,
but I just wanted you to know
I broke things off with the cult.
- And with Judith.
- I mean, technically they broke it off.
Thanks, but it's a little late for that.
The cops are currently
ripping apart my room.
[DYLAN] Wait, what?
[DISCONNECT TONE]
What happened?
The cops are searching her house.
This is all my fault, isn't it?
Look, man, I wanna help you
but it's so hard to have a real moment
with that thing in your nose.
[DANDRIDGE] Boy, you hide a lot of
stuff from your parents, don't you?
Music, jewelry
What else?
If it's okay with you, I
think I'm gonna keep that
between me and my diary.
What are you looking for, anyway?
I'll let you know when I find it.
Mind if I check under the bed?
Depends. Are dust bunnies illegal?
You know, for someone
with a warrant out for 'em,
you're a big smartass.
Well, confidence comes with innocence.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Huh.
You sure about that?
What is it?
All right, Jordy,
if you're innocent, maybe
you can explain to me
how you came to be in possession
of this.
Jordan Stanwyck, I'm
placing you under arrest.
[LAUGHS] For what?
Possession of hairspray?
Huh.
Can you tell me what's going on?
We got a tip that you were
bragging about killing Ryan.
Someone said you kept
a token to prove it.
- Someone who?
- I don't know.
Can you think of anyone with a
reason to tell a story like that?
No
not at all.
- [MACHINE BEEPS]
- [BOB] Hey, boss, it's me.
You might want to come down
to the shop as soon as you can.
It's not good.
[SIGHS]
Christ.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
Reverend?
Reverend, are you there?
Hello?
[OMINOUS MUSIC BUILDING]
[DRAMATIC STING]
[BELL RINGS]
Wait, you're taking back all
of my letters of recommendation?
After discussing with the PTA, we
feel it's what's best for everyone.
But I've been a good student for years.
If you take those back I'll
have no chance at a scholarship.
And if I can't get a
scholarship, then I can't
Miss Sanders, my recommendation
is only as valuable
as the average of the
students it stands behind.
It would be unfair to your peers
who haven't participated in
cult activity on school grounds
for me to lump your name in with theirs.
Please. You don't have to.
I already have. I'm sorry.
I might suggest community service.
Something to show personal growth.
["A FINE DAY TO DIE" BY BATHORY PLAYS]
[GENTLE GUITAR INTRO PLAYING]
[GENTLE GUITAR SLOWS TO A STOP]
[DISCORDANT, HEAVY METAL
VOCALS AND THRASHING GUITAR]
[CROWD CHANTING] See no evil!
Hear no evil! Speak no evil!
See no evil! Hear no
evil! Speak no evil!
Chief Dandridge, enough is enough!
This town deserves a real leader!
Arrest those murderers or resign!
[OLSEN] You gonna go out there?
And tell 'em what?
They were right. I've
spent weeks in denial.
Look what that cost us.
The church just confirmed
a case of possession.
It's the 20th century, Chief.
Demonic possession hasn't
been a real diagnosis
since we lived in huts
bound in horse shit.
[CLEARS THROAT] Pardon.
The greatest trick the Devil played
was convincing the world
that he didn't exist.
He played me like a fiddle.
[PROTESTERS SHOUTING IN DISTANCE]
[CLEARS THROAT]
I stopped at the body shop.
Now, the boss wasn't there,
but our good friend Bob
was kind enough to share
his business card with me,
so I pulled his file.
Beaumont Hicks.
Couple years ago, he went
to jail a few counties over
for the kidnapping and false
imprisonment of a minor.
For the third time.
Now
you tell me what sounds more likely.
That Satanists killed
Ryan to summon evil
or he died at the hands
of a career criminal
with a record for kidnapping teens.
Then how do you explain
everything else that's going on?
[SIGHS]
I can't.
But that angry mob is
right outside, Chief.
If you wanna grab a
pitchfork and join 'em,
be my guest.
But if you'd rather come
back down to Earth
I encourage you to
take a look at his file.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[REVEREND] You're certain that
the evidence wasn't recovered?
I waited across the street
until the police left, like you asked.
If they had found what
they were looking for,
they would have left with
that goth kid in cuffs,
- but they didn't.
- That was our only way out.
Everyone thinks those kids did it.
The plan is still working.
Without a smoking gun, there is no plan.
There's nothing that
links them to the crime,
and we have precious little
time until Gilbert's found.
Actually, uh
they found Gilbert.
[SIGHS]
After the stakeout, I came
back to open up the shop
and the lady cop was waiting.
She said he turned up
a couple miles away.
He's comatose. He must have
been stumbling around out there
since before I even left.
Wha You spent two days on the road.
Without checking on him once?
Hey, you saw him too!
How was I to know he'd up
and pull a Lazarus on us?
And you chose to bring the Hudson
boy, which led to his death.
- Come on, I had no choice.
- You always have a choice!
You chose wrong!
That was mistake number one.
Mistake number two was failing
to dispose of Gilbert's body.
For now,
what I need to know is,
have you already made
mistake number three?
When the police came by,
did you happen to mention my name?
[SIGHS]
I've
I've done everything you've asked.
Everything.
Do
Do you know what my biggest mistake was?
It was believing that anyone
could save a soul as hopeless as yours.
[BOB] Wait!
[TENSE MUSIC]
[BELL ON DOOR JINGLES]
[COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING SOFTLY ON RADIO]
Hello?
Is anybody here?
Oh. Are you open?
We are, believe it or not.
- Wonderful. [CHUCKLES]
- [ICE RATTLING]
You know, I pride myself on knowing
everyone's drink around here,
but I have no clue what yours is, Tracy.
I will have, um
a bourbon.
[COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING SOFTLY ON RADIO]
[TRACY SIGHS]
- [GLASS TAPS ON BARTOP]
- [EXHALES]
You know, I think I owe you an apology
for the time you visited my group.
Tracy, it's fine. You don't
No, no, no. I do.
You challenged me and in return
I tried to make you feel small.
Well, I apologize.
Sincerely.
Thank you, Tracy.
Do you know why I do what I do?
It's not for the notoriety
or the acknowledgement.
At the end of the day,
all I do is try to make the world
a better place for my daughter.
I think that's what all parents want.
I suppose. [CHUCKLES]
I just thought that I
could be the one to do it.
I thought that I could show
people the dangers of their ways,
but now, I fear I've
done more harm than good.
And it may be too late to make it right.
It's never too late, Tracy.
Someone is possessed.
Here, in our town.
And dozens, hundreds may follow.
[CHUCKLES] We are going
to hell in a handbasket.
And I was supposed to stop this.
So you believe the rumors then?
That the Devil is possessing people?
I have seen him with my own eyes.
[EXHALES]
[SNIFFLES]
[CHUCKLES]
I'm so sorry. May I ask,
what happened to your ear?
I'm sure you heard about
what happened with my daughter
and Dylan Campbell.
Of course.
I tried to have a civilized
conversation about it
with Dylan's mom, and
then this happened.
I'm lucky she didn't
cut the whole thing off.
Wait, Linda Campbell did that?
Yeah.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Hey, Dad. I finished all the laundry.
Is there anything else I could
[LINDA] Hello?
[EERIE MUSIC]
[LINDA, WEAKLY] Hello?
Hello? Is there anybody out there?
Hello?
Hello? Is there anybody out there?
M-Mom?
Dylan, honey, could you come in?
Uh, Dad told me not to bother you.
You wouldn't be
bothering me, sweetheart.
Please, I wanna talk to you, Dylan.
[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
[DOOR CREAKS]
Mom?
Why are all the lights off?
[LINDA] I had a terrible
headache earlier.
Sweetheart, can you just
come in and turn the lamp on?
Wh Why can't you turn it on?
Oh, Dylan, I just wanna see your face,
and tell you how sorry I am
for what I did to your things.
No, Mom, it's okay.
I-I wanted to come in
here to apologize to you.
For what, sweetie?
I've been a bad son lately,
and I just, I wanna make it right.
Can you forgive me?
Oh, honey, I just wanna see your face.
Dylan, please turn on the lamp.
Get me out of this fucking bed!
[SCREAMING] Mom!
- Dad! Dad!
- Get me out!
- [LINDA] Dylan!
- Dad!
- [DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- I told you not to come in here!
- Dad, what happened to her?
- Go! Go!
[SCREAMING]
Get me out!
- [SNIFFLES] Dad?
- [SIGHS]
I've been trying for weeks now
to hold this family together.
Between my son, the teenage cult leader,
and my wife, who says she's
possessed by the Devil.
Wait, Mom thinks she's possessed?
Thinks?
You saw her in there. How the
hell else would you explain this?
But But how?
- You tell me.
- You don't think this was my fault?
Oh, Dylan
Dylan, I don't know
what to think anymore.
Dad, all that cult
stuff, it-it-it was fake.
So were the the rituals we held.
We were just playing.
None of this Satanic stuff is
is actually real.
Right?
[EERIE MUSIC]
It's real to her.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[STATIC BUZZING]
potential case of
demonic possession in town
spurred a string of
demonstrations by residents
who have had enough.
I'm here with Rex
Hudson, father of Ryan,
who helped organize today's
impromptu record burning.
This. This.
This Satanism, this Devil-worship,
it comes in many forms,
but no matter the package,
this is the virus that
is tearing our town apart.
Thank you, Rex.
You know that saying that's like,
"All publicity is good publicity"?
Not really true, is it?
I swear, it's like something in the air
is turning people crazy.
Maybe.
Maybe not.
You see this sort of thing
in nature all the time.
Yeah like, what?
Well, have you ever
seen a flock of birds
just take off out of nowhere?
It's because one of them
thought there was a threat
and the rest followed out of panic.
It happens on my farm, too.
I can't start the mower
without Cheerios fainting,
and if he faints, Lucy faints,
and if she does, it's over.
Power of suggestion.
Hmm.
Can I ask you something?
Why did you go along
with the cult for so long?
I guess it was because
when you're spending as
much time alone as I did,
you know, parents off on business,
and other kids thinking I'm annoying
Once you find people who who see you,
like, really see you,
you cling to them.
Even if it leads to all this.
- [KNOCKING AT DOOR]
- Spud, are you in there?
Jordy? Yo, are you okay?
Can we talk in private?
- Y-yeah.
- Sorry.
"Deprogrammer " [SIGHS]
"A man known as 'The Reverend'
provides a controversial service
to the parents of misguided
youth " [MUMBLING]
"Despite charges, a number of parents
swear by his unorthodox
methods, including
Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy
who claim that Hicks
saved their only child
from a hippie cult
Tracy."
Holy Mother.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Ooh.
[EXHALES]
[SIGHS]
Oh.
[REVEREND] Hello, Firefly.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Is everything okay with Faith?
- Where is it?
- Wh
Uh, where is [HICCUPS]
Excuse me.
- Have you been drinking?
- [SCOFFS] No.
I mean, yes.
I mean, surely you've heard
what's happening, Reverend.
And, uh, I can't help but feel
like this is partly our fault.
And I wanna fix things,
but I don't know how.
- What's this?
- Open it.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[GASPS, SCREAMS]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[SOBBING] Oh, my God! What did you do?
I have been so patient with all of you.
That patience ran out for Robert.
- [GASPS]
- And it's running out for you.
So I'll ask you one more time.
[LOUDLY] Where is the inhaler?
[STUTTERING]
Faith left it, just like you asked.
No
No, she did not.
No, no, no. [SOBBING]
This has to be some
sort of misunderstanding.
Either Faith is lying to
you, or you're lying to me.
But the truth is of no consequence.
Because the stakes remain.
I have lived enough of
my life in a jail cell.
I will not end it in one
for some lying little whore
or her weak, naive mother!
Who are you?
I am whatever the situation needs.
- [DOORBELL RINGS]
- [TRACY GASPS]
Not one word.
I know it's late, and
I appreciate your time,
so I'll get right to it.
I'm looking for information
about a man by the name of
Beaumont Hicks.
Does that ring any bells for ya?
No, I'm afraid it doesn't.
You might know him by his alias.
He goes by "The Reverend."
He's what's known as a deprogrammer.
That still doesn't sound familiar.
May I ask why you came to me?
We have reason to believe
he might be involved
in the murder of Ryan Hudson.
I found an old article
about this Reverend fellow,
and a quote from a
Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy.
They were singing his
praises about how he helped
their daughter Tracy.
[SIGHS]
What was your maiden name?
[SCOFFS]
Well, it seems like you already know,
but that doesn't change
the fact that I have
never heard of this man.
So you're saying, in a town this small,
there were two McCarthy families
with daughters named Tracy?
I'm saying, I don't know
what you think you read,
but it has nothing to do with me.
Maybe your eyes are playing
tricks on you, Chief.
I guess they are.
Hmm.
Sorry to bother.
Oh, I'm always happy to be of service.
Is this your daughter?
She's my everything.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Beautiful.
Have a good night.
And you.
[BREATH TREMBLING]
He's close.
It's not safe for me to stay here.
I'll leave town at dawn.
You have until then to end this.
And I mean end this!
- By any means.
- How?
A confession.
And if you can't get that for me,
you will never, ever
see your daughter again.
[SIGHS] I guess I got
kind of carried away.
Kind of? You were so into it,
I was starting to think
you killed Ryan. [CHUCKLES]
So, is that why you sold me out?
Huh?
Why weren't you at Homecoming?
I-I told you, I had food poisoning.
Why'd you stop hanging out with us?
Because those cult
kids give me the creeps.
Judith, what is this?
It's a fresh start. [CHUCKLES]
Come on.
Be honest with me.
All right,
my mom came home after that
show and found me with blood
all over my face.
What was I supposed to do?
Do you know why I fell for Dylan?
Because he showed me a
darker side of this town
that I didn't know existed.
All I see when I look
around are fake smiles
on fake people who
are too small to exist
anywhere else.
People like you.
[SCOFFS] Wow.
Okay, asshole.
I've lost any shot of
getting out of this hellhole.
All thanks to you and your big mouth.
Judith, you're scaring me.
Good.
[POUNDING AT DOOR]
Go ahead. It's for you.
[DISCORDANT OMINOUS MUSIC]
Cliff?
- [TAPE RIPS]
- [GASPS]
[DOORBELL RINGS]
[SIGHS DEEPLY]
[KNOCKING]
Listen, lady. This family's been
through enough because of you.
Appreciate if you'd just let us be.
You're right to be upset.
And I truly am very sorry,
but I wanna make it right.
Maybe some other time. Good night.
No!
[PANTING]
I can help your wife.
Dad?
I think we should let her in.
[LINDA PANTING, SNARLING]
[HISSING]
[TRACY BREATHING HEAVILY]
[MOANS]
[GASPS]
She needs an exorcism.
And I don't believe we can wait
until Father Mathis returns.
What other choice do we have?
You can let me perform it.
- Tonight.
- You can do that?
No, come on, Tracy. That's ridiculous.
May I ask
When was the last time Linda
was in control of herself?
I-I don't know. Was
it yesterday morning?
Well, then you've seen firsthand
how quickly things can escalate.
How much longer are you willing to
let your wife endure this suffering?
Aren't these things dangerous?
[STUTTERS] How are you
qualified to do this?
I've driven the Devil out
of someone once before.
Who?
You're speaking to her.
I-I have a question.
How did this happen to my mom?
Evil feeds on fear, Dylan.
And you've given her
a lot to be afraid of.
But
That's not who I am.
[TRACY] Now's your chance to prove it.
If we cast the Devil out of her,
we cast him out of this town.
And if you help me,
everyone will see the
decent young man you are.
And we can all return
to our normal lives.
But if we wait
there's no telling what could happen.
But it's not too late.
We can end this tonight.
But I will need your cooperation.
[DYLAN] Okay.
I'll help.
Why are you doing all this?
What do you stand to gain from helping?
A better world for my daughter.
I hope you know what you're doing.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[SIGHS DEEPLY]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
- Hey, you two. What ?
- Alright, it's cool. We're bros.
- Chief? We need to talk.
- Excuse me.
You can't just be in here.
Olsen. Come here for a second.
[DARK, OMINOUS MUSIC]
These are the same necklace. Right?
Uh, I mean, yeah. Looks like it to me.
We know who killed Ryan Hudson.
So do I.
But how do you know?
[JORDY] Why are you telling me this now?
Because she told me to plant this.
She wanted you to frame me?
You have to go to the cops.
And give those two a chance to
spin their way out of it again?
No. Not again.
Then what are you gonna do?
[FAITH] They have to
find it at his house.
I'll tell you where I'm gonna put it.
[JORDY] You can't go back there.
[FAITH] I have to.
If you haven't heard
from me by tomorrow night,
go to the police.
That means something went wrong.
["GOD WAS NEVER ON YOUR
SIDE" BY MOTORHEAD PLAYING]
For there is no Heaven in the sky ♪
Hell does not wait for our downfall ♪
He was never on your side ♪
God was never on your side ♪
Never, never ♪
Never, never ♪
Never on your side ♪
No, no, no ♪
Never, never, never ♪
Never ♪
Never on your side ♪
Never on your side ♪
God was never on your side ♪
Never on your side ♪
[SONG ENDS]