The Haunting of Hill House (2018) s01e07 Episode Script

Sorry about that.
Did you say you took cream or sugar? Yeah.
Shoot.
I forgot 'em.
- I'll run and grab 'em.
Sorry about that.
- You don't have to do that.
Oh, it's no problem.
The clothes okay? Sorry, that's all we had on hand.
And yours, well, if there's blood on 'em, we have to take 'em.
You understand.
How much longer is this going to take? We just need to go over a few things.
And I want to revisit your initial statement.
Again, thank you for doing this voluntarily.
I got to get back to my kids.
Your kids are fine, I just checked on 'em.
They're with their Aunt Janet.
You know, you can leave whenever you want.
I told you that, right? You know that.
- Yes.
- It's just To be honest, it wouldn't look so good.
I wanna make sure that when you do walk out of here, whenever you walk out of here, that you walk without a whiff of suspicion on you.
You understand.
Yes.
Beyond reproach.
We both want that, right? Of course.
We just need to go over it a few times.
In particular, I'd like to talk about what you said about the house.
What about it? You mentioned a few things to the officers.
I've been up all night.
I've probably said some crazy stuff.
Of course, I understand that.
We all understand that.
And I'm not under arrest? Oh, no.
You are not.
My guys are at the house right now, and my guys are talking to the, uh What are their names? Nice couple? Uh, the Dudleys, I believe? And your wife, she's with the medical examiner right now, and it's a mess.
I got to be honest, Hugh, it's a mess.
It's a real mess.
Your kids are being pulled out of bed in the middle of the night, and we're talking to them, of course.
You know it's a mess, right? - We haven't talked about the other body.
- That didn't have anything to do with us.
Of course not, but you can fix it right here.
You like to fix things.
You're good at fixing things.
I keep hearing this about you.
Is that right? I'm not so sure anymore.
You leave or lawyer up, suddenly we can't fix this.
This mess begins to spread, until it becomes bigger than both of us.
So you'll stay.
And we'll talk.
Yeah? Talk about the house, talk about Olivia.
Talk about what happened last night.
Good.
I will run and get you your cream and sugar.
I don't need it.
- We can talk now and get this over with.
- Sit tight.
It's no trouble.
It's no trouble.
Why? What's wrong with it? Well, you know, it's a rental.
Not a lot of choices.
Yeah.
How about this? Yeah.
Um Here.
Hmm? Yeah? All right, well, uh Yeah.
Yeah, all right.
You're right.
It's better.
Hmm? I put this order in two days ago.
Calla Lilies.
You promised me Calla Lilies, you're bringing me Calla Lilies.
You're really our grandfather? That's right.
How come we've never met you? I don't care about their order, I'm talking about my order.
Look, you - You've done business with me enough - Actually, I met Jayden a while back.
I don't remember that.
Well, you were, um, you were really little.
- How come I've never met you? - Rachel? You're not hearing me.
That won't Where have you been? You missed breakfast.
Kevin's on his way.
We'll take the four, that's fine.
There better be four bouquets of Calla Lilies for him when he lands or you can forget about doing business with us ever again.
Jayden, Allie, go get dressed.
- I'm not finished - Dressed.
- Um, can we please talk? - Everett screwed us.
Gave half our lilies away.
You need to pick up for four bouquets.
I'll go in a minute, but can we just? You're already on your way.
I have to shower and change my clothes.
I didn't bring any of my Okay.
I, um I saw your husband at the hotel this morning.
He was picking at the free breakfast.
I know you're upset with him 'cause he took Steve's money, but he was only looking out for you and business The service starts at 10:00.
It's 8:30.
We're not open yet.
If you wanna lecture someone, lecture Theo.
Wonder where she gets that from.
I needed my space, but not like Shirl.
Since she was three years old, Shirley needed Shirley space.
- Mmm.
- Bear with her.
Today, especially.
Just bear with her.
What a mess.
Oh, what a mess.
Never seen a storm make a mess like this.
It really missed you guys? A little rain, that was all.
Your place is, what, like a ten-minute walk from here? A little more.
Didn't even hit the whole property.
Wondering if it's one of those micro Hey, bud.
Wondering if it's one of those microbursts.
- You ever hear of those? - Uh-uh.
It's a downdraft, it moves like a tornado, but it's super localized.
Maybe like two miles wide.
One of the most dangerous storms, but it hits a really small area.
- Dad? - It's gotta be that, I think.
I mean, it feels like it only hit this house.
Dad? This wall feels squishy.
What? See? Oh, shit.
Mark it.
No way all this came from a storm.
No, no way.
Busted pipe, most likely.
It shouldn't be.
It really shouldn't be.
I mean, we took care of all If it is, it's okay.
I can fix it.
What's that smell? That is the smell of ruin.
Mold.
Same thing.
It can't.
The storm was just last night.
It can't be all the way down here.
It can't be down here.
Please don't be down here.
What does that mean? Means we got water pooling all the way down here, three floors down.
That's really bad.
Mother f Fother mucker.
Really, Dad? Yup.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Stevie, why don't you go on upstairs? I want to help.
This is black mold, it's dangerous to breathe.
So go along now.
Do you hear that? Maybe rats.
Could be what happened to the pipes.
When rats get thirsty enough, they'll chew through just about anything.
This could ruin us.
This could.
Hey.
I'm a little early for the You know.
And Shirley doesn't want people in the house just yet, so I thought maybe I'd say hi.
Yeah, I bet Shirl's in a mood.
Can I come in? I remember when Luke lived here.
I was really hoping that it would work.
I thought if anybody could, you know just keep him on track, it'd be your sister.
Mm-hm.
But he's looking a lot better now.
Right? Doesn't he? Guess so.
- You, on the other hand - Thanks, Dad.
No, it's just, you look a little, uh The I'm just You know, I've woken up plenty of mornings looking like that myself, I'm just I fucked up last night, Daddy.
I mean, I really I fucked up.
Even by Crain standards.
If I make it through today alive, I'll have to pack this all up and find a new place to live.
And I don't think Shirley is ever going to talk to me again.
I'm sorry.
I should have made more of an effort with you.
You tried.
As best as you could.
And I I should have met you halfway.
People fuck up.
I guess you don't get that, you don't really get it until you fuck up.
Really fuck up.
This doesn't have to do with Steve's money, does it? I have to shower.
Um - Yeah, um - You can stay.
Sit.
Enjoy your coffee.
I didn't expect that.
Gotta start somewhere.
That's a good start.
You were always good at that.
Assessing the damage.
Where is it? Where's the damage? Second floor hallway behind the library wall, - master bedroom.
- You're kidding.
Downstairs.
The parlor, library, and then the pooling in the basement, there are veins of it, veins of mold that are spreading from somewhere on the third floor.
- It's all over.
- It doesn't make sense.
- The waterlines don't even - I know.
I mean, I can't think of a water source that explains it spreading like that down there.
Gonna lose our shirts.
The blueprints for this house are a disaster.
I've got four plans, none of them match.
This house is schizophrenic.
Some of them are just scribbles and the work records are a mess.
I can't flip this house if it's rotting with mold.
And if I can't flip it in a couple of months, - we'll be stuck here.
- I know, I know, I will, um I'll combine these plans into one master blueprint, uh, draw up something that represents the actual piping, and then we'll find out how fucked we really are.
It's bizarre.
I can't really identify a leak and I'm not finding water.
That's something, at least.
You got moisture coming from somewhere.
Somewhere upstairs, the way it's spreading.
Have you actually looked everywhere? Everywhere but one room.
There's one room we don't have a key.
I've checked everywhere but one room.
That's probably your culprit.
We were wondering, did rats get through a pipe? Have to be a lot of rats, several pipes.
I don't see any droppings.
Have you actually seen rats? Well, I keep hearing them scratching here.
So of course it's quiet now.
We section off the infested walls, bring in fans to dry everything out, treat it with Thiomold, powerful stuff, then we can see how bad off you are, once you find the leaks.
My budget's stretched as it is, so maybe you can give me a quote for fan rental.
It's a big job for one person.
Well, I've got help.
- What do you say, Steve? - Yeah.
Yeah, I'll help.
It's a tough gig for a kid.
Oh, he's not a kid.
Don't say that.
What? That you wish he'd had better role models.
A better marriage to emulate.
We were solid, babe.
We were.
Those last few days don't count.
That wasn't us.
Hmm.
Mmm.
Leigh.
Everything okay? Yeah, yeah, it's fine.
How are you holding up? Oh, you know, um.
.
Hi.
- Hey.
- Hey.
How you doing? You know.
I didn't get a chance last night to tell you how proud I am of you.
Ninety days.
Thanks.
He doesn't wanna make today about him.
It's okay to just sit.
Just be with him.
You don't have to talk.
There's a lot Uh There's a lot of people here.
- That's good.
- Mm-hmm.
A lot of people loved her.
Yeah.
Hey, boys.
Beer and tomato juice.
What? For the hangover.
Mix beer and tomato juice and power it down.
Does it work? Well, not as well as a shot of smack.
So you're saying the best hangover remedy is heroin? By a mile.
Are you fucking kidding me? What are you doing here? I saw the obit and I wanted to be here You thought you'd what, exactly? Well, you didn't tell me that your sister died.
I wanted to support you, and if I'd known If I wanted you to know that I'd have told you that.
Look, it's okay, I I'm sorry.
Fuck my day.
Hey.
I'm guessing you heard what happened at the wedding.
You know Nellie, she was laughing so hard when she told me.
Oh, yeah.
We knew.
Your mom, uh Yeah, she she guessed it when Theo was about eight.
Yeah.
- Huh.
- Oh, yeah.
My sweet boy.
There she is.
- What happened to you? - Oh, I fell.
- Hey.
- Hi.
You knew she'd be here.
Ah Yeah.
It's just so hard.
Yeah.
Hugh.
Janet.
I'm sorry we're here.
I'm so sorry.
I mean None of us should be here.
I know what you mean.
Well.
We're going to make a tent over this whole area and then we'll bring the fans in.
Do you hear that? Yeah.
That mold guy telling me there's no rats down here.
What a pro, huh? I'll add some strychnine to the shopping list.
Strychnine? It's rat poison.
Huh, look at this.
Crain men, hard at work.
I have a present for you.
- Master blueprints? - Master blueprints.
Was I right? You see, Steve, your dad thinks that all this water is coming from that red room upstairs.
So, what's next? Hanging plastic and then we ventilate it.
- Ventilate it? Very professional.
- What? Be safe down here.
Good job, honey.
"Away" by James Whitcomb Riley.
I cannot say and I will not say that she is dead She's just away With a cheery smile And a wave of the hand She has wandered into an unknown land And left us dreaming, how very fair it needs must be Since she lingers there And you, o' you Who the wildest yearn for the old-time step And the glad return Think of her fairing on As dear in the love of There as the love of Here Think of her still as the same, I say: She's not dead She's just away If anyone wants to say a few words Mmm.
I, um I was born 90 seconds before Nell.
And, uh I'd use that to, you know, if we had a fight, or, um if I wanted something, I'd say I was the oldest, so she had to do what I said.
And And she let me get away with it.
I mean, even though she knew it was bullshit.
The last time I saw her, she, um she was driving me to rehab.
So she she dropped me off.
And she she looked at me and she said, "You go in there and you bring my brother back.
" "Bring my brother back.
" Attagirl.
I was born 90 seconds before Nell but she was always my big sister.
If you could take another look for a key to that red room upstairs, I could really use it.
I've ruled out just about everything else as a water source.
Don't know what could be in there losing this much water, but I gotta look.
What's this? Oh, it's the, uh I don't know exactly.
The missus do these? Yeah.
I'm sure it's No, I'm not, I got to ask her.
You know, um it probably ain't my place but maybe she could use a little time away from the house.
Time away from the house? Yeah.
I think you might be right.
It's probably not your place.
You know, my mother worked in this house.
She was kitchen staff.
I was actually born here.
Oh, is that right? Yeah.
When I was young they moved us out to the cottage at the edge of the property.
That's where I grew up.
We ended up buying it from Miss Hill and we're still there.
But my mom, she she never liked Hill House.
She'd come home sometimes after a long shift or a night shift, and she'd be scattered, you might say.
Scattered? Talk to herself and the like.
Towards the end, she'd wander into the woods at night barefoot.
And I swear I could hear her out there, giggling like a schoolgirl in love, out there in the cold, talking low, like to a suitor.
And she'd sleep out there sometimes, too, so yeah, scattered.
I see.
So Mom died and, um I met Clara when she got hired on working for Miss Hill.
We even got married on the grounds.
But, uh Clara, she spent a lot of time in here.
Especially when Hazel got sick.
I mean, double shifts.
Even, even longer sometimes.
Well, Clara got pregnant.
Our first real blessing.
But, uh Miss Hill made her keep on working, even with the baby coming.
You know, and Clara didn't complain, 'cause she's a strong woman.
She's a towering woman.
And so she did it.
She didn't take any time.
And, uh So the day comes, the doc comes, and my little girl's stillborn.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
It was a dark time, my first one, and she never even got to Anyway, we, uh we offered it up, put it in God's hands, and She went back to work fast.
I mean, she's never been one to dwell, but Grace of God, she was back to it, not a month later.
But the nightmares she had.
I mean, Clara is a brave woman, and these nightmares, they had her down in a corner, shaking so bad I thought she'd seize up dead.
God, I'm sorry.
So one night, she's cleaning the master bedroom up there.
This is before Hazel passed.
She's cleaning Hazel's room.
And, uh she hears a a baby crying.
Hears it in other rooms, too.
And she goes looking and looking.
And I mean, I thought she was losing her damn mind.
But it rattled her so good, she ran home.
Through the woods, no light.
Scratched her face to ribbons on the branches.
So I came back here with her one night and I'll be damned, but I heard it, too, and I I I knew it.
I don't know how, but sure as St.
Thomas, my doubts, they just dropped away.
And I knew.
That was my first little girl's cry.
That That first cry, the one she never got to So we stopped coming here after dark.
Told Miss Hill, you can fire us, but once dinner's served, we leave, come back in the morning for the dishes.
Never spend a minute inside after dark.
Ah, just superstitious at first.
But here's the thing.
It worked.
No more nightmares, no more crying, no one acting scattered.
We stuck to it and it's better.
So yeah, it's not my place.
But if you find your missus is acting scattered then, yeah, maybe a little time away would do the trick.
From the house, I mean.
And a little prayer, too.
Most likely.
Well, prayer's not really our thing, but I take your point.
Each their own, I suppose.
You guys hop in here.
All right, get in.
Ride with us.
- I'll meet you there.
- Shirl.
Coming with us? I'll meet you there.
- There's plenty of space.
- I gotta do a few things.
I'll meet you there.
Jesus, Shirl.
Today? Even today? Not everything's about you, Steve.
Shit.
Need a ride? Beautiful service.
Mmm.
Who knew Luke had it in him.
Don't.
You know, I was talking to Theo this morning.
That so? And after listening to what you said today about Nellie, and what your brother said Don't.
You have problems, we all do, but if there's one thing we can take away from today, it's that in the end, all you guys have is each other.
Did Theo tell you what she did? Uh, no.
Don't.
But you know, we all fuck up and we can be upset with each other, but one day, we'll wake up and it'll be too late Stay the fuck out of my business.
There it is.
Stuck your hand Right in the fan.
Fucking fan.
You see, Steve? I didn't let them mold guy do the whole job, so he gave me some busted fans.
This one's totally screwed.
I'm going to have to open it up.
Steve, can you unplug it over there? And hand me that hex wrench, it should be in that box.
Ah! Jesus Christ! - Fuck! - Dad? - I told you to unplug the - I did! - I unplugged it! I did it! - Fuck! It's okay.
It's okay.
- I unplugged it.
- It's okay.
It was an accident.
Fuck! Okay.
Listen, pal.
Why don't you go upstairs and play? I think I got this covered now.
I want to help.
It's okay.
You've helped.
All right, you fucker.
Fuck.
Fuck you.
Fuck! Ah! Fuck you! My little girl.
No.
She did raise her.
Still.
Come on.
Get up.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry, Nellie.
Don't.
Stay.
Please.
Stay.
Luke! Did you? Did Did you see her? No.
It was It was Mom.
It was Mom and Nellie.
Stop it.
- I saw them.
- No, you didn't.
Look at me.
You didn't because they're dead.
People see things, Luke.
I know all about it.
I write about it.
Hell, I've seen things this week, but it's not real, it's not.
- They - If you don't get that, if you don't get your shit together, like Mom and Nell didn't get their shit together, you'll end up just like them, you understand? Because it's in our genes.
It's It's a sickness.
So you've got to be vigilant.
Get it together.
And stop talking like a fucking crazy person.
I don't want to bury you, too, you understand? - Okay? - Okay.
We're almost through it.
You're almost through it.
Gonna be okay? Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.
Liv? Liv? Liv! Hugh? Hugh? Oh.
Liv, what the fuck? I'm sorry, I was I was I was having a horrible dream.
You think? I'm sorry.
I'm I'm so sorry.
- I don't even know - What's going on with you? Nothing.
You're holding a fucking screwdriver to my throat.
No, I wasn't.
We need to talk.
We got to do You're not I don't know what we have to do, but we have to do something.
You're What? I'm what? Uh, I don't What is this? It's the master blueprint you drew.
No, it's not.
Yes, it is.
I didn't know what this was.
It looked familiar.
You used the same shape dozens of times.
Over and over.
It's the footprint to our house.
To our forever house.
You just You drew it again and again.
But I I didn't.
- You did.
- I didn't.
That's absurd.
Maybe you should take a break.
Take a little rest.
I could I guess I could see if Janet's up for a visit.
Just for a couple days or something.
That could be good.
- Just a few.
- But how? You'd have to juggle the kids and the house and I'll manage.
- I just want you to be - Not crazy? I didn't say that.
I just think I've underestimated these migraines, you know? I'm not sleeping through the night at all.
These constant dreams.
I know.
You're just tired.
It just snuck up on me all of a sudden.
But, um I'll sort it out.
I promise.
Almost over.
You did good.
Finish your drink.
Say your goodbyes.
Probably won't have to see them again for years if you don't want to.
But you do want to, don't you? Hey.
Mm-hmm.
How you holding up? You know, I'm Yeah, I'm okay.
Hmm.
I, um I overheard you and Steve talking earlier at the grave.
You know - Well, that was embarrassing.
- No.
You know, I see your mother every day.
I do.
I have since she died.
Well, that's pretty nuts.
Well, it's For me it's a coping mechanism, and you'd be surprised, a lot of widowers, widows, who they do that, they recreate loved ones in their mind, and Nothing to be embarrassed about.
In fact, my therapist says that it's a perfectly normal Well, I'm happy for you, Dad.
But it doesn't mean it's always the case.
Okay? Because people see things.
And it's I know it sounds nuts, but it's, uh But you don't have to feel crazy, because sometimes Big boys know the difference between what's real and imaginary.
Isn't that right, Dad? Hmm.
I, uh, listen I'm just so proud of you.
And you're doing so well.
Hey, keep it up.
Okay? Just keep it up.
I'm glad you're here, Dad.
You little shits.
You little shits are dead.
So dead.
Good Lord.
I'm going to keep children upstairs.
Make sure they don't see this.
Well, Mr.
Crain, I think you just solved one of our oldest cold cases.
- Yeah? - Mm-hmm.
William Hill, been missing since '48.
Case went cold with the department.
Widow had PIs looking for him for years after.
I'll be damned he was here all along.
How did he? I mean, how did it get in there? It looks like he bricked himself in.
The tools were in there with him.
And man, the scratches I guess he had second thoughts.
Yeah, he was He was trying to scratch his way out? Well, good news is, Massachusetts doesn't require that you disclose you've had any death on the premises to any potential buyers.
Oh You folks have a good night now.
You know, I got to ask.
You know, folks around town talk, they've always talked about this place.
Is it? What? Haunted.
Oh! You know, yeah.
At least, a few my kids sure think so.
Yeah.
Sure nice meeting you.
- You, too.
- Mm-hmm.
Well.
That was a day.
It was.
Um, listen, I'm flying out early in the morning, so I probably won't see you.
- All set with your flight? - Yeah.
I'll, um I'll be around at the hotel later if you want to get a drink or - Well, I'm an early flight, too.
- Yeah, right.
Gotcha.
Listen, uh Steve What? I'm sorry I didn't talk, and I'm sorry I didn't listen.
And I'm sorry I wasn't there.
And it's the regret of my life.
I'm so, so sorry that I couldn't fix it.
What? You fly safe.
You, too.
Shit.
You okay? Yeah, I can't I can't find my credit card and the caterer's got to be paid.
Did you tow my car? Reception's over, Theodora.
- As far as you're concerned, we're closed.
- Sorry.
My car is gone.
What do you mean? - I mean, my car is gone.
- It's gone? It was outside my house like always and now it's gone.
- You probably parked it somewhere else.
- I know where I parked my car.
- My wallet's not in here.
It was in here.
- You saw him.
Where the hell is it? Did Kevin take my goddamn wallet? You saw him but didn't wanna believe it.
Shirley, uh I'm sure it's around.
- Kevin's by the kitchen.
- Guys You want my card? I can pay for it.
That's not the point.
It was right here.
You knew it looked wrong.
He looked wrong.
Has anybody seen Luke? Oh, no.
Your silence doesn't protect them.
Yes.
Yes.
He was right there.
He was looking at your And then he he wanted to have a smoke, he went outside about an hour ago.
Well, did he come back? I don't know.
I don't know.
Fucking hell! - He can't even last one day? - An hour.
He probably already has a needle in his arm.
We don't know that.
I'll check outside.
What's that? Oh, God.
Oh.
Oh, no, she's gonna kill someone.
That's It's okay.
I can I Make it stop! Make it stop! What was that screaming? Oh, God.
No.
Who did this? It wasn't It was It was like this when when we I can I can fix it.
I can I can fix it.
I can fix it.
Yeah.
You're not fixing this.
I'm giving you every opportunity and you - Don't know why you won't help me.
- I'm helping you.
You keep saying that you didn't hurt her, but you get real upset if I say she killed herself.
I'm very tired.
And twice, twice now, you say that the house killed her.
I know what I said.
So you're either in denial of your wife committing suicide, - or you're in denial of something worse.
- I didn't touch her.
I don't know why you won't give me these three hours.
These three hours would help you so much, and you won't do it.
I don't get it.
I told you.
The three hours you waited, after you discovered her body, before you called us, what happened in those three hours, Hugh? I was in shock.
I was mourning.
You didn't call us for three hours because you were grieving? That's right.
First you say your wife went out of town.
- I thought she did.
- Uh-huh.
To be with her sister.
- But we talked to Janet and she never - I know.
- Anything you want to add to that? - Not really.
I thought she went out of town.
She hadn't, that's all.
I must have misunderstood.
Your daughter Shirley says she woke you up 'cause she was surprised to see Mom in the kitchen.
That's right.
Then she says that you ran up the stairs to the the Red Room.
So what did you see? When you got to the Red Room? Nothing.
That door's been locked since we moved in, so it was nothing.
Nothing.