Superstition (2017) s01e08 Episode Script
You're Not My Momma
[NARRATOR.]
Last time on Superstition [CALVIN.]
Would it have killed you to let me know I had a daughter? Would it have killed you to let me know you were breaking up with me and off to Afghanistan? - [BREATHING HEAVILY.]
- [MAY.]
Mayor Bickley, we have to cancel Founder's Day.
What the hell kind of emergency could justify canceling it? Glad to know we're on the same side, sir.
I want you to take this.
[BEA.]
The Ring of Solomon.
[GRUNTING.]
Have no fear, Sir Isaac is here with my famous homemade sweet potato pie.
I've heard a lot about this pie.
- It better measure up.
- Hmm.
Baby, you know, I invented sweet potato pie, baby.
- Oh, I'm sure you did.
- Yeah.
No matter how sweet this is, it's not gonna get you out of cleaning the kitchen.
Hmm? Well Maybe something else will.
- Isaac.
- Huh? Stop.
Not in front of the child.
That child has streamed worse than this.
Look at her.
Um, no, geriatric sex is not trending.
[ALL LAUGH.]
Yeah, but it is fun.
[MAY.]
Ew.
[GARVEY.]
Oh, why does Thankstaking involve so much gluttony? [MAY.]
Thankstaking? Like this country was founded on giving.
From the beginning, when indigenous people were slaughtered Garvey, we had a deal, not here, not now.
- Mom, come on.
- Child, you are not about to ruin my Thanksgiving food coma.
We have much to be thankful for.
- Thank you.
- [ISAAC.]
You're welcome.
- Thanks, Pop.
- You know, Garvey, while it's good to acknowledge the past, it should not be at the expense of embracing the present.
I think she doesn't have any problem embracing anything.
I mean, your last plate did look like Mount Everest.
Wow.
So now I'm being food-shamed.
Yeah, good job, Dad.
[MAY CHUCKLES.]
- [CALVIN.]
Like, really? - [ISAAC.]
I got you, baby.
Nothing says I love you to a woman more than pointing out how much she's eaten.
I don't know, I think I can get used to this.
- Is that right? Let me - If you don't get your stuff - No, let me get some.
- Quit.
Don't make me have to bust my cuffs out on you.
You'd like that.
Childish.
I really did miss this, you know? Everybody being back together, it's like old times.
Kind of like new times.
You know, with The Dredge being gone, maybe people in La Rochelle will start to feel like they can get a fresh start.
[SCOFFS.]
I wish that fresh start included a vacation because [INFERNALS WHISPERING.]
Help me, free me, choose me, let us out.
Help us.
Help me, free me, choose me, let us out.
[RADIO BEEPING.]
[ANNOUNCER OVER RADIO.]
We interrupt with a tropical storm alert.
Flash flooding is expected in the outlying areas.
Doppler radar indicates that it should hit in 24 hours.
The weather advisory recommends staying indoors.
[ISAAC.]
This does not look good.
Yeah, we should probably move inside.
You guys, come help? [RAVENS CAWING.]
[TILLY.]
It's a dead raven.
Someone just died.
La Rochelle did not have a gas leak! It was an all-out war between the humans and infernals.
And you sat back and did zilch.
Why? Why? I'm just a sleepy old mayor in a sleepy old town The Dredge summoned infernals within 100 miles to descend upon La Rochelle and wreak havoc! No one has heard from our master since.
We each had a role to play.
It was not in our purview to question it.
And helping the Hastings thwart The Dredge's plan was in your purview? I saw you at that tent with that half-breed! - The day was lost already.
- [GRUNTS ANGRILY.]
I did what the situation demanded to keep my cover.
Now what would you have me do now - that The Dredge is gone? - Lay all of the Hastings souls to waste! And leave that bitch, whore of a police chief to me! Does it not trouble you that they killed our brethren? Of course.
The Hastings are a threat to our kind and must be dealt with accordingly.
Drink? We will handle it together.
[GLASSES CLINK.]
But you must never question my methods.
Why is that? Why? - [SLAMS.]
- [GRUNTING.]
You see there? You go questioning me.
[MALE INFERNAL GRUNTING.]
[SIGHS.]
But you were right.
The question remains How does one solve the Hastings problem? - [INTERCOM BEEPS.]
- Connie? [CONNIE.]
Yes, Mr.
Bickley? Please get all the records from City Hall regarding Isaac Hastings and his family.
Right away, sir.
- [SIZZLING.]
- Oh, and, uh Send in a janitor.
[BEA.]
We're sorry for your loss, Mr.
Sangsorn.
Thank you.
There's one thing.
Lisa's last wish, more of a request really It's a bit weird.
Well, there are no rules on remembrance, Mr.
Sangsorn.
This is Lucy.
[DOLL GIGGLING.]
[DISTORTED GIGGLING.]
Forgive me, her batteries must be running low.
[DOLL.]
Where's my mama? [MR.
SANGSORN.]
We tried for years to start our own family.
Doctors called it unexplained infertility.
After that, Lisa became obsessed with her doll and Lucy became her surrogate daughter.
Her final wish was to be buried with Lucy so they could forever rest in peace together.
Will that be an issue? No, no, of course not, Mr.
Sangsorn.
We'll honor your wife's wishes.
No one cares for the departed like the Hastings, that I can assure you.
Thank you, both.
[ISAAC.]
You're welcome, sir.
[SIGHS.]
[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES.]
Hey.
Sweetie.
I got this.
[TILLY.]
Absolutely not.
Tilly, we honor the wishes of the departed and those made on behalf of the departed.
That is what we do.
- Copy that.
Um - Mmm-hmm.
I don't talk about it much, but I have pediophobia.
All the stuff we've dealt with, ghosts, goblins, ghouls, even your relatives.
And you're scared of a little old doll.
Yeah, well, that's why it's called an irrational fear.
It's not rational, so God, those eyes are just pure evil.
[ISAAC.]
Her eyes are cute.
Look, she's looking right at you.
- Look at her.
- No.
You need to spend a little one-on-one time with her.
- I really don't.
- Look at her.
Face your fears.
Tilly? Either way, we need them buried together.
I believe in you, girl.
No, no, please take that thing with you.
[SIGHS AND CLEARS THROAT.]
Subject name is Lisa Sangsorn, approximately 35 years of age.
Asian, female.
Cause of death is cardiac arrest due to sleep apnea and reported depression due to unexplained infertility, and will you stop staring at me? [DOLL.]
You're not my mama.
[MR.
SANGSORN.]
My beloved Lisa left this world behind and in doing so, left behind her best friend.
Lisa and I were fortunate enough to share many wonderful years together, years that I'll cherish always, - even if they were cut short.
- What's with the doll? But I take comfort - Now is not the time, son.
- [MR.
SANGSORN.]
today, Lisa is at peace.
And Lisa's finally free from suffering.
Free from wanting a family, a child that fate denied us.
Lisa may have died unfulfilled, but she filled my heart.
It's overflowing, even now.
[CRYING.]
Can I offer you a handkerchief, Miss - Brenda.
- [MR.
SANGSORN.]
Please afford me a moment - Brenda Greenland.
- to tell my best friend goodbye.
Thank you.
Of course.
And, um, allow me to offer my condolences [INDISTINCT WHISPERING.]
[CELL PHONE RINGING.]
Calvin Hastings.
A professional would turn their phone off.
One second.
It's for you, professional.
Ah, Mr.
Hastings.
Please, come in, come in.
Have a seat.
We have much to discuss.
Would you like a drink? No, thank you.
How can I help you, Mr.
Mayor? I like that, to the point.
Which is, most of the town thinks that you cause the very hauntings you claim to eradicate.
And whatever evil is in this town, emanates from your family.
And they're right.
People are afraid of what they don't understand.
No one truly understands death [THUNDER RUMBLES.]
nor the people that take care of the dead.
Then there's Founder's Day.
You took care of that.
It was to feature the groundbreaking of my new auditorium.
Your auditorium? La Rochelle's.
Forget about the destruction of the fairgrounds and the, uh, delay to investors, who I'd lined up.
I'm afraid I don't have time for this.
[BICKLEY.]
Oh, I think you'll make the time.
[THUNDER RUMBLES.]
Unless You want to explain that To the upstanding citizens of La Rochelle.
Hmm.
Well I had no idea you were so interested in my family's lineage.
Great-great grandfather.
"Panthers.
" [CHUCKLES.]
Granddad.
That was unfortunate.
All relatives Who bear the same name as me.
Care to explain how you haven't aged a day in the past 75 plus years? Good skincare.
People like reading about Dorian Gray, but living beside one? In these parts, they'll see that as a threat to their reality.
And the government, they're gonna want to see what makes you tick.
Oh, you'll get more attention than ever.
What do you want? I'm a simple man, Mr.
Hastings.
What I want is for you and your family to leave La Rochelle forever.
I will, of course, keep your secret.
If you stay, well, you know the media.
It'll be very interesting to see how effective your work will be when you can't do it from the shadows.
[THUNDER RUMBLING.]
Well, that was one for the books.
People cope with loss in their own way.
Yeah, I get it.
Couldn't have kids, but, like - A doll fetish is a little bit - [BEA.]
Calvin Hastings, hush your mouth.
I will not stand here and let you mock this poor woman knowing full well you will never understand her loss.
- Ma, I was just - Keeping your mouth shut while your mother speaks.
A mother's grief over losing her child is like Having her heart ripped out.
And her world will never be whole again.
So whatever method she uses to cope with the pain is beyond any man's place to comment.
Sorry.
I understand.
I didn't mean to be insensitive.
Um, why don't you just head on back to the house? I'll finish up here.
[TILLY.]
Come on, Bea.
[SIGHS.]
[BRENDA.]
Look, I know you say that a fresh start's gonna help, but I don't know.
She was my best friend.
What if I get there and I still feel guilty, you know? I know.
[CHUCKLES.]
Okay.
Okay.
I guess it'll be good to get out of this weird little town anyways, you know? Yeah, I'm kinda gonna miss the traffic jams, to be honest.
[CHUCKLES.]
Oh, uh, passports, mine's current, is yours? [DOLL GIGGLING.]
[BRENDA.]
I'm gonna call you back, all right? [DOLL GIGGLES.]
[DISTORTED GIGGLING.]
Eric? If this is a joke, it's not funny, okay? Is there a camera in here? [DOLL GIGGLES.]
[DOLL.]
You're not my mama.
Yeah, well, your "mama" is pushing up daisies, where you should be.
[DOLL.]
Come with me, Brenda, we'll have an awfully good time together.
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
You okay? Take it easy.
No sign of forced entry.
Obviously, a struggle with the vic, you did right to call me.
[POLICE SIREN BLARING.]
Now what do you suppose that means? [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS.]
[CALVIN.]
How could a Kewpie doll do this? I don't know, May, looks like a good old-fashioned psycho homicide to me.
[MAY.]
Well, looks can be deceiving.
[TILLY.]
Um [GRUNTS.]
- [GASPS.]
What the hell? - These are the kind of fibers you'd find in a toy.
- As if she was stuffed like a - Like a doll.
Creepy enough to be worth your while, Calvin? [TILLY.]
Okay.
This is crazy.
It's too much.
I can't.
I can't.
[INFERNALS WHISPERING.]
Let us out.
Free us.
[MAY.]
Calvin.
I'm sorry, uh, what were you saying? [MAY.]
I told you so.
Hey, I thought that, uh, doll was supposed to be six feet under.
Buried it myself at Mrs.
Sangsorn's funeral.
I also noticed, um, Brenda here and Eric seemed to be a little too familiar, - if you know what I mean? - Might be a connection.
I'll look into Brenda's financials, her phone records and [CALVIN.]
And I'll check in on Eric.
[CALVIN.]
Care to tell us about Lucy here? What's there to tell? [CALVIN.]
Who made her? Where'd she come from? [BEA.]
Please, Mr.
Sangsorn.
It's more important than you may know.
Lucy is what's known as Luk Dep, which loosely translates to "child angel.
" In Thailand, the dolls are blessed by monks to bring good fortune to the families that care for them.
I wasn't fully honest earlier.
Lisa and I did conceive a baby.
A little girl, Lucy, but she was stillborn.
Lisa fell into a deep depression.
She wouldn't eat or leave the house.
I was at my wit's end.
And then I remembered the Luk Dep superstition.
[STUTTERS.]
So this is an authentic Luk Dep? I know it sounds crazy, but it did help.
Lisa bonded with it as if it really was her daughter.
She took it to movies, restaurants.
In her mind, it was real.
[CALVIN.]
Can you explain how this doll ended up at a murder scene? As I told Chief Westbrook, I don't know.
I thought it'd be with Lisa.
Mr.
Sangsorn.
What exactly would you like us to do with your Luk Dep? It'll sound weird, but it was comforting to know they'd be together, but now, this is all too much.
Pick a dumpster.
[MAY.]
Go, go, go, go, go.
[BOTH GRUNTING.]
Oh, gosh.
This doll stuff, that storm, all this is super creepy.
When is the last time you've seen a storm like that? I don't know, but I mean, I just don't understand how rain makes people suddenly incapable of driving.
[MAY.]
I know, that guy almost hit us twice.
[TILLY.]
Need a cup of something stronger than that - after what I just saw.
- [MAY.]
I think we can both use that.
Hey, Bea.
[TILLY.]
Bea, Brenda was packed to the breaking point with stuffed animals.
Bea, what's wrong? None of you understand The pain of losing a child.
I hope, I hope you never do.
Everyone loved Arlo, Bea.
I'm not talking about Arlo.
Isaac and I We lost our firstborn.
And like Lisa [CRIES.]
It was a late-term miscarriage, and they called it some It was a little girl.
And like Lisa, I sank into a deep depression.
And if it weren't for Isaac, I would have gone down the same path as that poor woman.
That kind of loss haunts you the rest of your life.
[SNIFFLES.]
Ah.
I will never understand how some women can Can put themselves through that pain willingly by choosing to have an abortion.
I don't, I can't.
I've had one.
Tilly, I I'm sorry.
Nothing to be sorry about.
I mean, honestly was one of the most difficult decisions I had to make in my life, but I don't regret it.
I mean I got pregnant in med school, you know, and it was either drop out and have a kid or finish my degree, you know.
So I finished my training and I became the doctor I always dreamt about.
If I didn't make that decision, I wouldn't be the person I am today.
I apologize, Tilly.
I know I have no right to judge.
That's between you and your God.
Well, let's keep it that way.
Oh, uh, okay.
Um, when When Calvin left, I, uh [STUTTERS.]
I thought about it, too.
An abortion? Yeah.
So, I might not have existed.
Baby, depending on the circumstances, I'm sure a lot of women, they, you know, they think about it.
You're alone.
It is terrifying.
[STUTTERS.]
If you question, you know, "Can I handle that kind of responsibility? Am I gonna be a good parent? Is this a Just " It's a lot, but I think I made the right choice for myself and for you.
[BEA.]
You did make the right choice, May.
As did I.
The storm's getting worse.
- Hey, Tilly.
- Oh, God, oh.
Hey, can you, um, perform an autopsy on Lucy for me? I think there might be more to this doll than we know.
[TILLY.]
An autopsy.
- Yeah.
- [TILLY.]
It's a doll.
Just cut it open yourself.
Well, I kinda need your expertise here.
I need to know every detail, please.
[TILLY.]
Fine.
Just put it over there.
- Just on the tea? - Yes.
- [CROCKERY CLINKING.]
- Okay.
- Got her? - Yeah, I got it.
Okay.
Okay.
[TILLY.]
Ugh.
[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING.]
[SIGHS.]
[SIGHS.]
Subject is Lucy.
Lucy, the doll.
Gosh, this is ridiculous.
Subject presents typical female doll features that mimic the human anatomy of an infant.
And she keeps staring at me.
Making a [BREATHES DEEPLY.]
It's not alive stupid, just cut open.
Just cut into it.
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
Making a vertical incision in the abdomen.
There is a cotton-like stuffing.
There seems to be some kind of internal structure to the doll.
Of course, you're not normal.
Let's see.
All right, taking an X-ray to see the insides.
Oh, my God.
Um, this is not a doll or a Luk Dep, it, um This is the mummified remains of a real baby.
[SIGHS.]
Oh! [BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[LIGHTER CLICKING.]
Oh! Oh, my Tilly, what's wrong? That thing is the devil incarnate.
What? Okay, calm down, talk to me.
Listen, I left it for you on the prep table, but that murdering doll is literally the mummified remains of what I can only imagine is Lisa's stillborn daughter.
[STUTTERING.]
No, you, you must be mistaken.
Well, you can go check yourself, but I can't deal with this.
I'm sorry, I gotta go.
No, no, Isaac told me about your issue with dolls, - but we need you to stay, Tilly.
- It's more than just a little issue, Bea.
I'm having difficulty breathing, I'm having a panic attack.
I'm having night terrors.
I'm sorry, I can't do this.
- [BEA.]
Oh, God, uh - Do you know, I'm surprised I even lasted down there as long as I did.
I have a lot of vacation days that you guys have been urging me to take, so I'm cashing that in.
- It, it's pretty bad out there.
- [TILLY.]
I'll learn to deal with it.
When will you be back? The day after that doll is out of this house.
[MAY.]
That was a pretty crappy way to find out about everything.
I'm really sorry, baby girl.
I know you probably have a whole lot of questions.
You could have traveled the world.
Gone to any college.
I mean You got stuck in this crazy town 'cause of me.
Did you Do you ever wonder what your life could have been like with door number two? Come on, Mom, you don't kind of regret your decision sometimes? I'm Look, not for me, but - For you? - No, no.
I don't wanna know what my life would have been like without you in it, 'cause then that wouldn't have been my life.
[GARVEY.]
But it could've been so much better.
No, I'm I'm thankful for my life.
I love you more than anything in this world or any other world, for that matter.
And I can say that because I've been to the mirror world.
Hey, you got any updates on Eric and Brenda? [MAY ON PHONE.]
Yeah, actually I've been combing through Eric's financials, phone records and it appears that Brenda has been his mistress for some time now.
Yeah, I thought they seemed a little too familiar.
Yeah.
One sec.
Hey, Ma? Where's the little doll? I don't know.
Tilly said she left it on the prep table.
It's not here.
[MAY.]
Okay, wait, wait, wait.
If If Lucy really contains the mortal remains of Lisa and Eric's daughter And Eric and Brenda were cheating on Lisa Guess where Lucy is going to next? Cal May? May? What? What? I gotta go.
In this storm? Are you crazy? Pretty much.
We need to talk, now.
Going somewhere? Too many memories here.
You know, Brenda was packing up, too, the night she got murdered.
Really? What a coincidence.
No, a coincidence is a remarkable set of events that have no apparent connection, which is not what this is.
You You mean Lucy? Have you seen her? It? [MR.
SANGSORN.]
Why would I have seen it? It's not like it can walk.
Lucy is a doll.
[LUCY GIGGLES.]
Sounds like your doll is coming to kill you, - just like it killed Brenda.
- [LUCY.]
You're not my mama.
You have to protect me! - [LUCY GIGGLES.]
- [CALVIN.]
You gotta be kidding me.
Come on, let's get outta here.
[LUCY.]
Eric, I know where my mama is.
You're going to join her very soon.
[LUCY.]
Did you think it was gonna be that easy, Eric? [LUCY GIGGLES.]
[YELLS.]
She cut me.
[GIGGLING CONTINUES.]
- You okay? Can you walk? - I don't think so, she cut me.
God, it hurts! [CALVIN.]
Great, looks like I'm gonna be negotiating with a doll.
Okay, uh, Lucy, what do you want? [LUCY.]
Just Eric.
Just Eric.
[LUCY GIGGLES.]
Wait.
You're not thinking of leaving me alone with that thing? Kinda.
[LUCY.]
Tell the nice man what you did, Eric.
Tell him what you did to my mama.
What's she talkin' about? [DREDGE.]
I can help you kill the Luk Dep.
Free me, Templar, wield my power.
When can I expect you and your family to evacuate La Rochelle? Ah, me and the family, we We like it here.
Matter of fact, I was here long before the colonizers arrived on these shores.
But why should I trouble you with history you're just gonna forget? This is the United States of Amnesia, right? From this moment forward, you will remember nothing about me.
Is this a joke? Because you're the one I've been looking for, Isaac.
And I want you gone.
[ISAAC.]
Oh.
Well, this doesn't make any sense, Mr.
Mayor.
You see, technically, your memory should be wiped right now.
Because only an infernal would have the power to resist the pendant of Turia.
[CHUCKLES.]
There are all types of infernals.
Powers of infernals run the gamut.
Uh, rage, bloodlusts, killing are almost, uh, always present.
Except for me.
I like this.
In fact, I'm more like you.
Oh, I don't think you're much like me at all.
No.
Murder and mayhem seems to follow infernals wherever they go.
I could say the same about humans.
Look what you've done to this planet, you, you and your family and how many of my kind have you sent back to the abyss? Name just one, just one infernal that I unjustly sent back.
I'm only speaking for me.
Being a slave to The Dredge wasn't blowing my skirt up.
But masquerading as a human was? It offered me more, far more.
I get to go to the theater, the movies, a ballgame.
I've done good work here as mayor.
Crime is down, tourism's up, employment's at an all-time high.
The air is breathable, the water drinkable.
I even got us a Starbucks.
Now consider Have I ever tried to kill you? Now, that is something to consider.
While you ponder killing me where I stand, know this is the life I want, not some hollow, endless conflict.
But when I learned the Hastings' true reason for being in In La Rochelle was to hunt and kill my kind on sight, surely a man of your age and wisdom must understand I was afraid.
I was afraid.
[DREDGE.]
Free me, Templar.
No.
Stay out of my head.
There's something you're not telling me.
- What did you do? - Nothing, I swear to God, I didn't do anything.
A haunting or possession doesn't happen like this unless there is a reason.
What was the reason? [STUTTERS.]
Yes, Brenda and I, we I get it.
Had an affair, a little somethin'-somethin' on the side.
She doesn't like wifey, wifey's gotta go, right? No, no.
Brenda had nothing to do with that.
She and Lisa were best friends.
She was innocent.
And now she's dead, because that damn doll is somehow reaching out from the grave to punish me! - Punish you for what? - Because of what I What did you do? I Murdered my wife.
[LUCY.]
Tell him the whole truth.
I'm so sorry.
Daddy loves you.
That's not some Luk Dep doll.
It's your daughter, Lucy, right? Yes, yes, she is.
[LUCY.]
Now, we're going to have an awful good time together, Daddy.
What are we gonna do? [LUCY GIGGLES.]
Time to see if Lucy's got her big-girl pants on.
Your wife was grieving and ill and instead of getting her help, your answer was to murder her? I didn't plan to kill her.
After I started seeing Brenda, I saw a way out.
One night, Brenda and I sedated Lisa and put a pillow over her sleeping head.
Wow.
It was a mercy killing.
My wife was in pain and I put an end to her suffering.
[LUCY.]
And now, I'll put an end to yours.
Stay close.
I'm not gonna let that thing kill you.
Thank you.
Oh, thank you.
Oh, you're still goin' to jail, you sick bastard.
You're just gonna face human justice, not whatever this is.
[LUCY GIGGLES.]
Eric? What are you doin'? We can work it out.
I didn't wanna do any of this.
- Don't do this.
- [LUCY GIGGLING.]
[ERIC GRUNTING.]
[LUCY GIGGLES.]
[MR.
SANGSORN.]
Get away from me.
What are you doin'? Relax.
[LUCY GIGGLING.]
May You better get over to Eric's place.
We may not like each other, but we both want the same things.
And what's that? Peace and quiet and a safe La Rochelle.
Your family actually did me a huge service when you defeated The Dredge.
You'll look the other way while my family and I conduct our business.
Hell, I'll even use the law to help support you in that endeavor.
You can go on playing mayor, as long as you live in peace.
And if and when our issues overlap, I'll be expecting your full support.
That's fair.
[BICKLEY.]
Do we have an accord? Isaac, I believe this is the beginning of a Let's take it one step at a time.
So what you're telling me is that this Lucy doll was their actual child? Uh, yeah.
Well, sounds like a closed case - of poetic justice to me.
- Thank you.
More like street justice, Pop, but couldn't agree more.
Eric being behind bars is how it should have gone.
Thank you.
May, this was not necessary.
You all outdid yourselves this Thanksgiving, so Garvey felt it was only right that we bring breakfast.
- Thank you, lady Garvey.
- Thanks, Garvey.
Yes, well, Tilly will be happy to know the doll's gone when she gets back from vacation.
Who knew our girl would get so freaked out? She has a severe case of pediophobia.
I don't like little kids either.
- [LAUGHING.]
- What? She's afraid of dolls, not kids.
[LAUGHING.]
Don't pay your grandpa any attention.
Honey, you honestly think you can trust the Mayor to keep his word? Trust an infernal? Time will tell.
We may not be able to manage the Mayor, but we can manage ourselves.
There's an old African proverb, "If there is no enemy within, the enemy without can do very little harm.
" We continue to deal with things united as a family.
We improvise, we adapt, and we - Overcome.
- We shall overcome.
Calvin, what happened with that doll, son? You know, actually, when it was all said and done, I searched Eric's place, no sign of her.
[CALVIN.]
But my gut tells me that she's finally at peace.
[LUCY.]
Payback is a bitch.
Last time on Superstition [CALVIN.]
Would it have killed you to let me know I had a daughter? Would it have killed you to let me know you were breaking up with me and off to Afghanistan? - [BREATHING HEAVILY.]
- [MAY.]
Mayor Bickley, we have to cancel Founder's Day.
What the hell kind of emergency could justify canceling it? Glad to know we're on the same side, sir.
I want you to take this.
[BEA.]
The Ring of Solomon.
[GRUNTING.]
Have no fear, Sir Isaac is here with my famous homemade sweet potato pie.
I've heard a lot about this pie.
- It better measure up.
- Hmm.
Baby, you know, I invented sweet potato pie, baby.
- Oh, I'm sure you did.
- Yeah.
No matter how sweet this is, it's not gonna get you out of cleaning the kitchen.
Hmm? Well Maybe something else will.
- Isaac.
- Huh? Stop.
Not in front of the child.
That child has streamed worse than this.
Look at her.
Um, no, geriatric sex is not trending.
[ALL LAUGH.]
Yeah, but it is fun.
[MAY.]
Ew.
[GARVEY.]
Oh, why does Thankstaking involve so much gluttony? [MAY.]
Thankstaking? Like this country was founded on giving.
From the beginning, when indigenous people were slaughtered Garvey, we had a deal, not here, not now.
- Mom, come on.
- Child, you are not about to ruin my Thanksgiving food coma.
We have much to be thankful for.
- Thank you.
- [ISAAC.]
You're welcome.
- Thanks, Pop.
- You know, Garvey, while it's good to acknowledge the past, it should not be at the expense of embracing the present.
I think she doesn't have any problem embracing anything.
I mean, your last plate did look like Mount Everest.
Wow.
So now I'm being food-shamed.
Yeah, good job, Dad.
[MAY CHUCKLES.]
- [CALVIN.]
Like, really? - [ISAAC.]
I got you, baby.
Nothing says I love you to a woman more than pointing out how much she's eaten.
I don't know, I think I can get used to this.
- Is that right? Let me - If you don't get your stuff - No, let me get some.
- Quit.
Don't make me have to bust my cuffs out on you.
You'd like that.
Childish.
I really did miss this, you know? Everybody being back together, it's like old times.
Kind of like new times.
You know, with The Dredge being gone, maybe people in La Rochelle will start to feel like they can get a fresh start.
[SCOFFS.]
I wish that fresh start included a vacation because [INFERNALS WHISPERING.]
Help me, free me, choose me, let us out.
Help us.
Help me, free me, choose me, let us out.
[RADIO BEEPING.]
[ANNOUNCER OVER RADIO.]
We interrupt with a tropical storm alert.
Flash flooding is expected in the outlying areas.
Doppler radar indicates that it should hit in 24 hours.
The weather advisory recommends staying indoors.
[ISAAC.]
This does not look good.
Yeah, we should probably move inside.
You guys, come help? [RAVENS CAWING.]
[TILLY.]
It's a dead raven.
Someone just died.
La Rochelle did not have a gas leak! It was an all-out war between the humans and infernals.
And you sat back and did zilch.
Why? Why? I'm just a sleepy old mayor in a sleepy old town The Dredge summoned infernals within 100 miles to descend upon La Rochelle and wreak havoc! No one has heard from our master since.
We each had a role to play.
It was not in our purview to question it.
And helping the Hastings thwart The Dredge's plan was in your purview? I saw you at that tent with that half-breed! - The day was lost already.
- [GRUNTS ANGRILY.]
I did what the situation demanded to keep my cover.
Now what would you have me do now - that The Dredge is gone? - Lay all of the Hastings souls to waste! And leave that bitch, whore of a police chief to me! Does it not trouble you that they killed our brethren? Of course.
The Hastings are a threat to our kind and must be dealt with accordingly.
Drink? We will handle it together.
[GLASSES CLINK.]
But you must never question my methods.
Why is that? Why? - [SLAMS.]
- [GRUNTING.]
You see there? You go questioning me.
[MALE INFERNAL GRUNTING.]
[SIGHS.]
But you were right.
The question remains How does one solve the Hastings problem? - [INTERCOM BEEPS.]
- Connie? [CONNIE.]
Yes, Mr.
Bickley? Please get all the records from City Hall regarding Isaac Hastings and his family.
Right away, sir.
- [SIZZLING.]
- Oh, and, uh Send in a janitor.
[BEA.]
We're sorry for your loss, Mr.
Sangsorn.
Thank you.
There's one thing.
Lisa's last wish, more of a request really It's a bit weird.
Well, there are no rules on remembrance, Mr.
Sangsorn.
This is Lucy.
[DOLL GIGGLING.]
[DISTORTED GIGGLING.]
Forgive me, her batteries must be running low.
[DOLL.]
Where's my mama? [MR.
SANGSORN.]
We tried for years to start our own family.
Doctors called it unexplained infertility.
After that, Lisa became obsessed with her doll and Lucy became her surrogate daughter.
Her final wish was to be buried with Lucy so they could forever rest in peace together.
Will that be an issue? No, no, of course not, Mr.
Sangsorn.
We'll honor your wife's wishes.
No one cares for the departed like the Hastings, that I can assure you.
Thank you, both.
[ISAAC.]
You're welcome, sir.
[SIGHS.]
[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES.]
Hey.
Sweetie.
I got this.
[TILLY.]
Absolutely not.
Tilly, we honor the wishes of the departed and those made on behalf of the departed.
That is what we do.
- Copy that.
Um - Mmm-hmm.
I don't talk about it much, but I have pediophobia.
All the stuff we've dealt with, ghosts, goblins, ghouls, even your relatives.
And you're scared of a little old doll.
Yeah, well, that's why it's called an irrational fear.
It's not rational, so God, those eyes are just pure evil.
[ISAAC.]
Her eyes are cute.
Look, she's looking right at you.
- Look at her.
- No.
You need to spend a little one-on-one time with her.
- I really don't.
- Look at her.
Face your fears.
Tilly? Either way, we need them buried together.
I believe in you, girl.
No, no, please take that thing with you.
[SIGHS AND CLEARS THROAT.]
Subject name is Lisa Sangsorn, approximately 35 years of age.
Asian, female.
Cause of death is cardiac arrest due to sleep apnea and reported depression due to unexplained infertility, and will you stop staring at me? [DOLL.]
You're not my mama.
[MR.
SANGSORN.]
My beloved Lisa left this world behind and in doing so, left behind her best friend.
Lisa and I were fortunate enough to share many wonderful years together, years that I'll cherish always, - even if they were cut short.
- What's with the doll? But I take comfort - Now is not the time, son.
- [MR.
SANGSORN.]
today, Lisa is at peace.
And Lisa's finally free from suffering.
Free from wanting a family, a child that fate denied us.
Lisa may have died unfulfilled, but she filled my heart.
It's overflowing, even now.
[CRYING.]
Can I offer you a handkerchief, Miss - Brenda.
- [MR.
SANGSORN.]
Please afford me a moment - Brenda Greenland.
- to tell my best friend goodbye.
Thank you.
Of course.
And, um, allow me to offer my condolences [INDISTINCT WHISPERING.]
[CELL PHONE RINGING.]
Calvin Hastings.
A professional would turn their phone off.
One second.
It's for you, professional.
Ah, Mr.
Hastings.
Please, come in, come in.
Have a seat.
We have much to discuss.
Would you like a drink? No, thank you.
How can I help you, Mr.
Mayor? I like that, to the point.
Which is, most of the town thinks that you cause the very hauntings you claim to eradicate.
And whatever evil is in this town, emanates from your family.
And they're right.
People are afraid of what they don't understand.
No one truly understands death [THUNDER RUMBLES.]
nor the people that take care of the dead.
Then there's Founder's Day.
You took care of that.
It was to feature the groundbreaking of my new auditorium.
Your auditorium? La Rochelle's.
Forget about the destruction of the fairgrounds and the, uh, delay to investors, who I'd lined up.
I'm afraid I don't have time for this.
[BICKLEY.]
Oh, I think you'll make the time.
[THUNDER RUMBLES.]
Unless You want to explain that To the upstanding citizens of La Rochelle.
Hmm.
Well I had no idea you were so interested in my family's lineage.
Great-great grandfather.
"Panthers.
" [CHUCKLES.]
Granddad.
That was unfortunate.
All relatives Who bear the same name as me.
Care to explain how you haven't aged a day in the past 75 plus years? Good skincare.
People like reading about Dorian Gray, but living beside one? In these parts, they'll see that as a threat to their reality.
And the government, they're gonna want to see what makes you tick.
Oh, you'll get more attention than ever.
What do you want? I'm a simple man, Mr.
Hastings.
What I want is for you and your family to leave La Rochelle forever.
I will, of course, keep your secret.
If you stay, well, you know the media.
It'll be very interesting to see how effective your work will be when you can't do it from the shadows.
[THUNDER RUMBLING.]
Well, that was one for the books.
People cope with loss in their own way.
Yeah, I get it.
Couldn't have kids, but, like - A doll fetish is a little bit - [BEA.]
Calvin Hastings, hush your mouth.
I will not stand here and let you mock this poor woman knowing full well you will never understand her loss.
- Ma, I was just - Keeping your mouth shut while your mother speaks.
A mother's grief over losing her child is like Having her heart ripped out.
And her world will never be whole again.
So whatever method she uses to cope with the pain is beyond any man's place to comment.
Sorry.
I understand.
I didn't mean to be insensitive.
Um, why don't you just head on back to the house? I'll finish up here.
[TILLY.]
Come on, Bea.
[SIGHS.]
[BRENDA.]
Look, I know you say that a fresh start's gonna help, but I don't know.
She was my best friend.
What if I get there and I still feel guilty, you know? I know.
[CHUCKLES.]
Okay.
Okay.
I guess it'll be good to get out of this weird little town anyways, you know? Yeah, I'm kinda gonna miss the traffic jams, to be honest.
[CHUCKLES.]
Oh, uh, passports, mine's current, is yours? [DOLL GIGGLING.]
[BRENDA.]
I'm gonna call you back, all right? [DOLL GIGGLES.]
[DISTORTED GIGGLING.]
Eric? If this is a joke, it's not funny, okay? Is there a camera in here? [DOLL GIGGLES.]
[DOLL.]
You're not my mama.
Yeah, well, your "mama" is pushing up daisies, where you should be.
[DOLL.]
Come with me, Brenda, we'll have an awfully good time together.
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
You okay? Take it easy.
No sign of forced entry.
Obviously, a struggle with the vic, you did right to call me.
[POLICE SIREN BLARING.]
Now what do you suppose that means? [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS.]
[CALVIN.]
How could a Kewpie doll do this? I don't know, May, looks like a good old-fashioned psycho homicide to me.
[MAY.]
Well, looks can be deceiving.
[TILLY.]
Um [GRUNTS.]
- [GASPS.]
What the hell? - These are the kind of fibers you'd find in a toy.
- As if she was stuffed like a - Like a doll.
Creepy enough to be worth your while, Calvin? [TILLY.]
Okay.
This is crazy.
It's too much.
I can't.
I can't.
[INFERNALS WHISPERING.]
Let us out.
Free us.
[MAY.]
Calvin.
I'm sorry, uh, what were you saying? [MAY.]
I told you so.
Hey, I thought that, uh, doll was supposed to be six feet under.
Buried it myself at Mrs.
Sangsorn's funeral.
I also noticed, um, Brenda here and Eric seemed to be a little too familiar, - if you know what I mean? - Might be a connection.
I'll look into Brenda's financials, her phone records and [CALVIN.]
And I'll check in on Eric.
[CALVIN.]
Care to tell us about Lucy here? What's there to tell? [CALVIN.]
Who made her? Where'd she come from? [BEA.]
Please, Mr.
Sangsorn.
It's more important than you may know.
Lucy is what's known as Luk Dep, which loosely translates to "child angel.
" In Thailand, the dolls are blessed by monks to bring good fortune to the families that care for them.
I wasn't fully honest earlier.
Lisa and I did conceive a baby.
A little girl, Lucy, but she was stillborn.
Lisa fell into a deep depression.
She wouldn't eat or leave the house.
I was at my wit's end.
And then I remembered the Luk Dep superstition.
[STUTTERS.]
So this is an authentic Luk Dep? I know it sounds crazy, but it did help.
Lisa bonded with it as if it really was her daughter.
She took it to movies, restaurants.
In her mind, it was real.
[CALVIN.]
Can you explain how this doll ended up at a murder scene? As I told Chief Westbrook, I don't know.
I thought it'd be with Lisa.
Mr.
Sangsorn.
What exactly would you like us to do with your Luk Dep? It'll sound weird, but it was comforting to know they'd be together, but now, this is all too much.
Pick a dumpster.
[MAY.]
Go, go, go, go, go.
[BOTH GRUNTING.]
Oh, gosh.
This doll stuff, that storm, all this is super creepy.
When is the last time you've seen a storm like that? I don't know, but I mean, I just don't understand how rain makes people suddenly incapable of driving.
[MAY.]
I know, that guy almost hit us twice.
[TILLY.]
Need a cup of something stronger than that - after what I just saw.
- [MAY.]
I think we can both use that.
Hey, Bea.
[TILLY.]
Bea, Brenda was packed to the breaking point with stuffed animals.
Bea, what's wrong? None of you understand The pain of losing a child.
I hope, I hope you never do.
Everyone loved Arlo, Bea.
I'm not talking about Arlo.
Isaac and I We lost our firstborn.
And like Lisa [CRIES.]
It was a late-term miscarriage, and they called it some It was a little girl.
And like Lisa, I sank into a deep depression.
And if it weren't for Isaac, I would have gone down the same path as that poor woman.
That kind of loss haunts you the rest of your life.
[SNIFFLES.]
Ah.
I will never understand how some women can Can put themselves through that pain willingly by choosing to have an abortion.
I don't, I can't.
I've had one.
Tilly, I I'm sorry.
Nothing to be sorry about.
I mean, honestly was one of the most difficult decisions I had to make in my life, but I don't regret it.
I mean I got pregnant in med school, you know, and it was either drop out and have a kid or finish my degree, you know.
So I finished my training and I became the doctor I always dreamt about.
If I didn't make that decision, I wouldn't be the person I am today.
I apologize, Tilly.
I know I have no right to judge.
That's between you and your God.
Well, let's keep it that way.
Oh, uh, okay.
Um, when When Calvin left, I, uh [STUTTERS.]
I thought about it, too.
An abortion? Yeah.
So, I might not have existed.
Baby, depending on the circumstances, I'm sure a lot of women, they, you know, they think about it.
You're alone.
It is terrifying.
[STUTTERS.]
If you question, you know, "Can I handle that kind of responsibility? Am I gonna be a good parent? Is this a Just " It's a lot, but I think I made the right choice for myself and for you.
[BEA.]
You did make the right choice, May.
As did I.
The storm's getting worse.
- Hey, Tilly.
- Oh, God, oh.
Hey, can you, um, perform an autopsy on Lucy for me? I think there might be more to this doll than we know.
[TILLY.]
An autopsy.
- Yeah.
- [TILLY.]
It's a doll.
Just cut it open yourself.
Well, I kinda need your expertise here.
I need to know every detail, please.
[TILLY.]
Fine.
Just put it over there.
- Just on the tea? - Yes.
- [CROCKERY CLINKING.]
- Okay.
- Got her? - Yeah, I got it.
Okay.
Okay.
[TILLY.]
Ugh.
[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING.]
[SIGHS.]
[SIGHS.]
Subject is Lucy.
Lucy, the doll.
Gosh, this is ridiculous.
Subject presents typical female doll features that mimic the human anatomy of an infant.
And she keeps staring at me.
Making a [BREATHES DEEPLY.]
It's not alive stupid, just cut open.
Just cut into it.
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
Making a vertical incision in the abdomen.
There is a cotton-like stuffing.
There seems to be some kind of internal structure to the doll.
Of course, you're not normal.
Let's see.
All right, taking an X-ray to see the insides.
Oh, my God.
Um, this is not a doll or a Luk Dep, it, um This is the mummified remains of a real baby.
[SIGHS.]
Oh! [BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[LIGHTER CLICKING.]
Oh! Oh, my Tilly, what's wrong? That thing is the devil incarnate.
What? Okay, calm down, talk to me.
Listen, I left it for you on the prep table, but that murdering doll is literally the mummified remains of what I can only imagine is Lisa's stillborn daughter.
[STUTTERING.]
No, you, you must be mistaken.
Well, you can go check yourself, but I can't deal with this.
I'm sorry, I gotta go.
No, no, Isaac told me about your issue with dolls, - but we need you to stay, Tilly.
- It's more than just a little issue, Bea.
I'm having difficulty breathing, I'm having a panic attack.
I'm having night terrors.
I'm sorry, I can't do this.
- [BEA.]
Oh, God, uh - Do you know, I'm surprised I even lasted down there as long as I did.
I have a lot of vacation days that you guys have been urging me to take, so I'm cashing that in.
- It, it's pretty bad out there.
- [TILLY.]
I'll learn to deal with it.
When will you be back? The day after that doll is out of this house.
[MAY.]
That was a pretty crappy way to find out about everything.
I'm really sorry, baby girl.
I know you probably have a whole lot of questions.
You could have traveled the world.
Gone to any college.
I mean You got stuck in this crazy town 'cause of me.
Did you Do you ever wonder what your life could have been like with door number two? Come on, Mom, you don't kind of regret your decision sometimes? I'm Look, not for me, but - For you? - No, no.
I don't wanna know what my life would have been like without you in it, 'cause then that wouldn't have been my life.
[GARVEY.]
But it could've been so much better.
No, I'm I'm thankful for my life.
I love you more than anything in this world or any other world, for that matter.
And I can say that because I've been to the mirror world.
Hey, you got any updates on Eric and Brenda? [MAY ON PHONE.]
Yeah, actually I've been combing through Eric's financials, phone records and it appears that Brenda has been his mistress for some time now.
Yeah, I thought they seemed a little too familiar.
Yeah.
One sec.
Hey, Ma? Where's the little doll? I don't know.
Tilly said she left it on the prep table.
It's not here.
[MAY.]
Okay, wait, wait, wait.
If If Lucy really contains the mortal remains of Lisa and Eric's daughter And Eric and Brenda were cheating on Lisa Guess where Lucy is going to next? Cal May? May? What? What? I gotta go.
In this storm? Are you crazy? Pretty much.
We need to talk, now.
Going somewhere? Too many memories here.
You know, Brenda was packing up, too, the night she got murdered.
Really? What a coincidence.
No, a coincidence is a remarkable set of events that have no apparent connection, which is not what this is.
You You mean Lucy? Have you seen her? It? [MR.
SANGSORN.]
Why would I have seen it? It's not like it can walk.
Lucy is a doll.
[LUCY GIGGLES.]
Sounds like your doll is coming to kill you, - just like it killed Brenda.
- [LUCY.]
You're not my mama.
You have to protect me! - [LUCY GIGGLES.]
- [CALVIN.]
You gotta be kidding me.
Come on, let's get outta here.
[LUCY.]
Eric, I know where my mama is.
You're going to join her very soon.
[LUCY.]
Did you think it was gonna be that easy, Eric? [LUCY GIGGLES.]
[YELLS.]
She cut me.
[GIGGLING CONTINUES.]
- You okay? Can you walk? - I don't think so, she cut me.
God, it hurts! [CALVIN.]
Great, looks like I'm gonna be negotiating with a doll.
Okay, uh, Lucy, what do you want? [LUCY.]
Just Eric.
Just Eric.
[LUCY GIGGLES.]
Wait.
You're not thinking of leaving me alone with that thing? Kinda.
[LUCY.]
Tell the nice man what you did, Eric.
Tell him what you did to my mama.
What's she talkin' about? [DREDGE.]
I can help you kill the Luk Dep.
Free me, Templar, wield my power.
When can I expect you and your family to evacuate La Rochelle? Ah, me and the family, we We like it here.
Matter of fact, I was here long before the colonizers arrived on these shores.
But why should I trouble you with history you're just gonna forget? This is the United States of Amnesia, right? From this moment forward, you will remember nothing about me.
Is this a joke? Because you're the one I've been looking for, Isaac.
And I want you gone.
[ISAAC.]
Oh.
Well, this doesn't make any sense, Mr.
Mayor.
You see, technically, your memory should be wiped right now.
Because only an infernal would have the power to resist the pendant of Turia.
[CHUCKLES.]
There are all types of infernals.
Powers of infernals run the gamut.
Uh, rage, bloodlusts, killing are almost, uh, always present.
Except for me.
I like this.
In fact, I'm more like you.
Oh, I don't think you're much like me at all.
No.
Murder and mayhem seems to follow infernals wherever they go.
I could say the same about humans.
Look what you've done to this planet, you, you and your family and how many of my kind have you sent back to the abyss? Name just one, just one infernal that I unjustly sent back.
I'm only speaking for me.
Being a slave to The Dredge wasn't blowing my skirt up.
But masquerading as a human was? It offered me more, far more.
I get to go to the theater, the movies, a ballgame.
I've done good work here as mayor.
Crime is down, tourism's up, employment's at an all-time high.
The air is breathable, the water drinkable.
I even got us a Starbucks.
Now consider Have I ever tried to kill you? Now, that is something to consider.
While you ponder killing me where I stand, know this is the life I want, not some hollow, endless conflict.
But when I learned the Hastings' true reason for being in In La Rochelle was to hunt and kill my kind on sight, surely a man of your age and wisdom must understand I was afraid.
I was afraid.
[DREDGE.]
Free me, Templar.
No.
Stay out of my head.
There's something you're not telling me.
- What did you do? - Nothing, I swear to God, I didn't do anything.
A haunting or possession doesn't happen like this unless there is a reason.
What was the reason? [STUTTERS.]
Yes, Brenda and I, we I get it.
Had an affair, a little somethin'-somethin' on the side.
She doesn't like wifey, wifey's gotta go, right? No, no.
Brenda had nothing to do with that.
She and Lisa were best friends.
She was innocent.
And now she's dead, because that damn doll is somehow reaching out from the grave to punish me! - Punish you for what? - Because of what I What did you do? I Murdered my wife.
[LUCY.]
Tell him the whole truth.
I'm so sorry.
Daddy loves you.
That's not some Luk Dep doll.
It's your daughter, Lucy, right? Yes, yes, she is.
[LUCY.]
Now, we're going to have an awful good time together, Daddy.
What are we gonna do? [LUCY GIGGLES.]
Time to see if Lucy's got her big-girl pants on.
Your wife was grieving and ill and instead of getting her help, your answer was to murder her? I didn't plan to kill her.
After I started seeing Brenda, I saw a way out.
One night, Brenda and I sedated Lisa and put a pillow over her sleeping head.
Wow.
It was a mercy killing.
My wife was in pain and I put an end to her suffering.
[LUCY.]
And now, I'll put an end to yours.
Stay close.
I'm not gonna let that thing kill you.
Thank you.
Oh, thank you.
Oh, you're still goin' to jail, you sick bastard.
You're just gonna face human justice, not whatever this is.
[LUCY GIGGLES.]
Eric? What are you doin'? We can work it out.
I didn't wanna do any of this.
- Don't do this.
- [LUCY GIGGLING.]
[ERIC GRUNTING.]
[LUCY GIGGLES.]
[MR.
SANGSORN.]
Get away from me.
What are you doin'? Relax.
[LUCY GIGGLING.]
May You better get over to Eric's place.
We may not like each other, but we both want the same things.
And what's that? Peace and quiet and a safe La Rochelle.
Your family actually did me a huge service when you defeated The Dredge.
You'll look the other way while my family and I conduct our business.
Hell, I'll even use the law to help support you in that endeavor.
You can go on playing mayor, as long as you live in peace.
And if and when our issues overlap, I'll be expecting your full support.
That's fair.
[BICKLEY.]
Do we have an accord? Isaac, I believe this is the beginning of a Let's take it one step at a time.
So what you're telling me is that this Lucy doll was their actual child? Uh, yeah.
Well, sounds like a closed case - of poetic justice to me.
- Thank you.
More like street justice, Pop, but couldn't agree more.
Eric being behind bars is how it should have gone.
Thank you.
May, this was not necessary.
You all outdid yourselves this Thanksgiving, so Garvey felt it was only right that we bring breakfast.
- Thank you, lady Garvey.
- Thanks, Garvey.
Yes, well, Tilly will be happy to know the doll's gone when she gets back from vacation.
Who knew our girl would get so freaked out? She has a severe case of pediophobia.
I don't like little kids either.
- [LAUGHING.]
- What? She's afraid of dolls, not kids.
[LAUGHING.]
Don't pay your grandpa any attention.
Honey, you honestly think you can trust the Mayor to keep his word? Trust an infernal? Time will tell.
We may not be able to manage the Mayor, but we can manage ourselves.
There's an old African proverb, "If there is no enemy within, the enemy without can do very little harm.
" We continue to deal with things united as a family.
We improvise, we adapt, and we - Overcome.
- We shall overcome.
Calvin, what happened with that doll, son? You know, actually, when it was all said and done, I searched Eric's place, no sign of her.
[CALVIN.]
But my gut tells me that she's finally at peace.
[LUCY.]
Payback is a bitch.