Are You Afraid of the Dark (2019) s02e01 Episode Script

Spirits high and spirits low, protect me from this wicked foe.
Drive away all harm and fear.
Only good is welcome here.
Spell of magic, hear I know you're out there! I know you're there! I'm not afraid of you Lights on.
Time to get up.
Lights off.
Five more minutes.
Lights on.
It's not my fault that you stayed up late watching movies again, pal.
Studies have shown that night owls are smarter, and more creative than morning people.
Oh, is that a fact? And Dad said, "Let there be light.
" Seriously, though, kiddo, I'm afraid I got some bad news.
- You hear about the kidnapping? - What? Yeah, but I woke him up.
Right, huh? You like that one? I got more.
- No.
- I got way more.
Stop, I'm up, I'm up.
No more dad jokes.
- No more.
- Just stop.
Okay, good then.
Oh, did you hear the one about the chair? You might want to sit down for it.
Connor 8 missing Calls Yo, it's Connor.
No one checks voicemails anymore.
Shoot me a text.
Morning, Mr.
Stevens.
Is Connor home? No, he was already gone before I woke up.
Must've headed to school early.
Oh, okay.
- Going on another fishing trip, huh? - Yeah, just a quick one this time.
Six days at sea, and I'm hoping to get a goog catch before the storm rolls in.
You know, do me a favor, would you? While I'm gone, make sure Connor stays out of trouble this time.
I'll do my best.
And, Luke, when you see him, tell him he left all the lights on again.
- That means no allowance.
- Catch you later, Mr.
Stevens! Hey, watch it.
What's the matter, Luke? Can't take a joke? - You gotta stop breaking into my locker.
- Never.
Dude, look what I got.
- Whoa, you actually got it.
- Woke up at 4:00 a.
m.
just to buy the first copy.
- Cool, can I read it when you're done? - Already read it three times Amazing.
Dude, I mean, this stuff is gonna blow your mind.
The ending has to be one of the cool lamest things ever.
Comic books are for children, Lucas.
- I am a grown man with a savings account.
- Yeah, she's gone.
Forgive me.
You know, could just ask her out.
I'm playing the slow game.
You wouldn't get it.
- Is it working? - Slowly, yes.
Want to come over after school? That new Crimson Clown movie is streaming.
I can't.
I got practice.
- Still down for tonight, though, right? - Yeah, sure.
Mother Nature is dying.
Our futures are about to be cancelled, people.
Save the planet.
Sign the petition.
Don't just look away! Your silence speaks volumes, people.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Save the ecosystem yet? - I only have seven signatures.
Well, six of them are mine, so You know, Hanna, maybe if you were less intense, people would find you more approachable.
Excuse me? I am very approachable.
I am a warm, pleasant person.
Sign the petition or brace yourself, for a fiery death! Yeah, no, you're right, very approachable.
I'll sign.
- Wait, Connor signed? - No, that was me.
Usually forge a few of the cool kids' names to get the ball rolling.
You didn't forge my name.
- So you haven't seen Connor today? - Not today.
Why? He tried calling me last night, like, a lot.
Probably just forgot to do his history paper or something.
Wait, that was due today? - Any news on what tonight's story's about? - Nope, he hasn't told me anything.
All right, everybody.
Come on, put your phones away.
Everybody be quiet.
Keep your mouths shut.
Nobody annoy me.
It's been a morning.
Ms.
Schafter, I will not sit, until the school has renewable solar power energy.
Well, then you can stand in detention.
Starting roll call.
Good choice.
- Ava Serrano.
- Here.
- Jai Melya.
- Yeet.
"Yeet.
" Connor Stevens.
Connor Stevens.
Stevens, no.
Tony Silver.
Tony and Connor on a little date today.
Where are you? Vincent Moroise.
Dig deep! Dig deep! Yes.
Circle right, circle right! Get those hips under! Yes, that's how you get it done.
All right, you guys out.
Let's get JV in here.
Luke, Ronnie, you're up.
Remember, explode.
I'm talking to you, Luke.
You guys ready? Come on! Get those feet moving! Get those feet moving! Come on, get after it, Luke! Don't hesitate.
Explode! Explode and snap! You gotta take charge, Luke! You hesitate, you'll lose every time.
By the way, do you know why Stevens decided to skip practice? Okay, you guys get off.
You two, you're on.
Standing.
Here you go.
Fish and chips and the crispy cod tacos.
- Ooh, can I get some extra tartar sauce? - You got it.
Be right back.
- Hey, Luke.
- Hey, got a sec? You bet.
Step into my office.
- The usual? - Yes.
What's up? - Have you heard from Connor? - No, should I have? He wasn't at school or practice today.
I mean, it's Connor.
He probably skipped again.
- Did you try calling - Miss? Tartar sauce? Tartar sauce.
Got it.
Look at this.
Got eight missed calls from him last night.
Weird, right? And his dad said that, when he woke up in morning, Connor was already gone.
That means no one's seen him all day.
I mean, I've tried reaching out to him, but his phone must be off.
Excuse me, miss.
Are those my fries he's eating? No.
Yours are coming, promise.
- Did you check his house? - Yeah, just now.
- It's all locked up, and no one's home.
- I think you're just freaking yourself out.
If anything, he's probably getting something ready, for his story tonight.
You know Connor.
He does this kind of thing.
Remember how he scared you on a full moon before his werewolf tale? I remember you being scared.
Mm, pretty sure it was you who made that high-pitched scream.
- Maybe it was Jai.
- We could say it was Jai.
- Seems like it would be.
- True, yeah.
- You're not too good at this job.
- Oh, really? Hey, I'm sure everything is fine.
We'll see him at midnight.
Uh, I-I saw some litter in our yard.
I was just going to go pick it up.
- Wow.
You.
- You are so busted.
- Whatever, I wasn't doing anything.
- I know you sneak out at midnight for your secret club to tell scary stories or whatever.
Wonder what Mom and Mommy will have to say about that.
Fifty bucks.
- I am not giving you money.
- Then a new magic kit.
That's the price for my silence.
- In your dreams.
- Fine.
- Then let me come with you.
- What? I want to join.
Um all right, but I'll have to initiate you first.
Okay, let's see here.
Okay.
Hold this.
What's all this for? Oh, a special ritual.
You'll see.
Okay, give me the broom.
And juice.
Hold this the bottom.
And repeat after me, okay? - Fire of Earth.
- Fire of Earth.
- Smoke of sky.
- Smoke of sky.
- Give me strength.
- Give me strength.
- To keep me dry.
- To keep me dry.
- See you.
- Aren't you gonna help me get this down? - 'Cause I'm kind of in the - No, okay.
Have fun.
I'll be back.
Hanna, you can't do this to me.
- Bye, Seth.
- No, Hanna, Hanna.
No, no, Hanna, you can't leave me here like this.
It's midnight.
- Maybe sick? - Might have skipped town.
- He didn't skip town, dude.
- Okay, he's disappeared before.
Remember when he took the train down south and didn't tell anyone? He told me.
He always tells me.
- When's the last time you guys saw him? - Friday at school.
He seemed normal except he kept falling asleep in class, but Well, sounds normal for him.
I saw him after school.
He came over to borrow my ring light.
Your ring light? Did he say why? No, just that he was working on something.
Knew it.
I said he was probably working on something special for his story tonight.
Oh, no, he's making his own horror movie, yeah, and it's gonna be really bad, and he's gonna make us watch it.
Listen, if that was it, then he'd be here to show us.
Okay, something about this feels really weird.
He's the leader of the Midnight Society.
He wouldn't just bail on us like this.
Gabby, - when's the last time you talked to him? - Um, Saturday morning.
I saw him by the wharf when I was on a run.
I tried saying hi, but he just took off running.
- Do you know where he was going? - No, but he was in a hurry.
Dude, quiet.
It's a school night.
My parents are still up.
Who cares? Uh, here, throw this on.
Grab a flashlight.
- Like, right now? - Yeah, like, right now.
- Where are we going? - It's a surprise.
Hurry up.
- I don't think I can, man.
- Come on, dude, you're gonna love it.
No, really, I can't.
- Come on, dude.
It's gonna be great.
- I can't.
You serious? Listen, man, I'm cool with sneaking out for the Midnight Society, but I can't keep doing this kind of stuff.
Every single time you have a crazy idea, it ends up with me getting in trouble.
Last time, I was grounded for two whole months, man.
Okay, but I haven't even told you what we're gonna be doing yet.
Well, I'm trying to tell you no.
- Why don't you just listen to what I'm trying - Why do you always have to be so stubborn? - Why are you always so afraid? Forget it.
I'll do it myself.
Better off on my own anyway.
Luke? Did he say anything to you about what he was doing? No, I don't know.
Social media Has he posted anything over the weekend? I'm looking now.
Just a few photos.
Guys.
Do you see that? Yeah, it's kind of by the boatyard.
Bad angle though.
He should have gone lower.
Maybe down on the highlights a bit.
Jai, the background.
- I don't see anything.
- Turn up the brightness.
- What is that? - Maybe it's a shadow.
No way.
- It's the same shadow.
- And it's following him.
When I saw him on Saturday, what if he wasn't running to something? What if he was running away from something? No, Photoshop or a bad Facetune job.
It's not Facetune, Jai.
Gabby, when you saw Connor, did you see anyone following him? We don't even know what this is yet.
It's just a blurry shadow.
Yeah, but if somebody was, then he could be in trouble.
- We should be out there looking for him.
- Whoa, whoa, slow down.
I mean, it's already past midnight.
There's nothing we can do right now.
Jai's right.
If Connor doesn't show up for school tomorrow, we'll start looking for answers.
Agreed? Until then, I declare this meeting of the Midnight Society closed.
- Anyone know Connor's combination? - Step aside, children.
Daddy's got this.
I've watched tons of videos on this, and break into Luke's locker on a regular basis.
Hanna, bobby pin.
- I don't have one.
- What, you don't? Why would I have a bobby pin? - Well, 'cause you're - What? Gabby? Okay, a paperclip.
- Paperclips? - Okay, you know, just move.
Dude, girls wear bobby pins, right? I don't even know what that is.
Silence.
Mommy's working.
Sorry.
- How did you do that? - Practice.
You gotta break the rules to change the rules.
"Curses.
" "Dragon powder, love potion water.
" Why would Connor have all these? Maybe this is what Connor was doing before he went missing He was reading about curses.
How do we know he hasn't always had these? We don't know when he got them.
This could be a dead end.
No, it's not.
This is a receipt from last Friday.
This is the place.
Sardo's Magic Mansion! Seriously, this is the best place ever.
You guys like magic too? - Hanna hates it - Listen.
The only reason you're here is because Mom won't let you ride the bus alone.
We have a quick question for the owner, so you're gonna be quiet, stay outside, and wait for us.
If you can do all that, me and my friends will watch one of your magic tricks.
Okay.
Magic word.
Uh, we don't we just We want to talk to the owner.
Sorry, bye, now.
Magic word.
Okay, listen, our friend is missing.
We think that he might have seen you.
Sorry, that's not the magic word.
- Have a very nice day! - Is this guy serious? I thought you said you'd been here before, Hanna.
I've never gone in.
I've just dropped Seth off.
What's the magic word, Seth? Tell us and I'll buy you something.
Please.
What? Oh.
Magic word.
Abra Oh.
Cadabra.
- Abracadabra? - It was abracadabra.
- It's a magic shop, so - Yeah, wow.
- Mr.
Sardo? - Mr.
Sardo was my grandfather.
My name is Sardo! No mister, accent on the "do".
Do not touch that! That's not a plaything, trust me.
- Hey, uh have you seen our friend? - Yes.
Been looking everywhere for that little thief.
Thief? Your friend broke into my shop on Sunday night and stole something very valuable from me.
No, he didn't.
He bought these books.
- We literally have the receipt.
- Yeah, those.
But when I refused to sell him a special spell book I keep locked away, he took up late night burglary.
Do not touch those! Jai.
Okay, come, come, playtime's over.
Either buy now or bye, now.
Okay, why was he reading up on curses? No clue, but if I had friends like you, I'd probably think I was cursed too because you all suck.
As kids, you all suck.
- You know what - We're just trying to find our friend.
Quit being such a jerk.
Oh, so polite kids are these days.
- You know what? - Okay, boomer, you Boy, put down the stone! - Hey, everybody, look! - Hey, everyone, leave.
How do you even know it was Connor who stole the book? - Because I do.
- How? All right.
All right, I'll show you.
Don't tell anyone about this.
All right, come in.
Don't touch anything, and I mean anything! So just anything.
Come on.
Okay.
See? Right there.
- Bet he used a bobby pin.
- Nope, he used one of these.
Skeleton key, sold it to him the other day.
The boy is truly a barbarian.
Those crystal balls are very rare and practically priceless.
- It says "7.
99.
" - That's a different one, so Whoa, whoa, guys, Sardo's right.
Connor's taking the book.
- What book is it? - That is the Book of Shadows.
It goes back centuries, holding spells from ancient times.
It's actually priceless.
There you have it.
Your criminal confidant fleeing the scene of the crime.
Why did he go out the back door? What do you mean? I mean, he came through the front.
Why didn't he just go out that way? Hold up, rewind it.
Look at the front door.
You see that? How did it do that? Wait, that's a flash frame.
Go back.
It's that thing The same thing from his photos.
The Shadowman.
Why does this matter? Okay, you have a story to tell.
We have a process.
Respect that.
May I begin now? Yes.
Okay.
Once upon a time Wait, you can't start that way.
- Of course I can.
- We have rules.
Of course you do.
It's a Midnight Society thing.
Does that mean I'm part of the Midnight Society now? No.
Every story must begin with these words.
Think you can handle that? I'll try my best.
Okay.
Before I begin, if I may, this story is about three kinds of people The people who believe in curses, the people who don't believe in curses, and the people who should.
Okay.
"Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society," I call this story.
"The Tale of the Haunted Woods.
" It is said that, upon nightfall, no child is allowed to enter the Haunted Woods because once the sun sets and darkness falls, an evil monster roams the land.
They call it the Shadowman.
Hey, find your own spot.
Over the years, every child who dared to venture into the woods after dark mysteriously disappeared.
Hold up.
Becky Peters went into those woods, and her whole family disappeared.
That's because they moved to Oregon.
Everyone knows about those woods.
There's no bogeyman.
They're just off-limits because it's dangerous to go near the cliffs at night.
May I go back to the story? Once you enter the Haunted Woods you cross into the Shadowman's domain, and an unspeakable curse will fall upon you.
Over here! Hey! Once you've been cursed, the Shadowman will come for you.
Hello? - What is it, Zoey? - Someone's in my room! Who? A monster.
Zoey, did those neighborhood kids tell you a scary story? You know monsters aren't real, right? Mommy gets scared too sometimes, but you know what? Usually the thing we think we're afraid of isn't so scary after all.
Want me to check it out? See? No monsters under the bed.
I know he's not under there.
As long as you know that, there's no reason to be afraid.
Now, let's get you back into bed.
He wasn't under the bed because he's somewhere else.
Ah, he's in the closet, right? No.
Then where is he? Zoey, where is he? Behind you.
There's no one here, sweetie.
Now go to bed.
Get some sleep.
Bye, Mom.
Scared, Seth? No.
Maybe a little just then, but So if you go into the Haunted Woods after dark, you're cursed? Precisely.
Okay, so you're cursed, but then what comes after you? Just a shadow? Not just a shadow The Shadowman.
According to the legend, the Shadowman can only come for you at night after the sun has set.
He watches you.
He follows you.
And he'll never stop until he gets you.
I'm a little worried about Zoey.
Her teachers say she's falling asleep in class, waking up from bad nightmares.
It's hard to even get her to go to bed at all these days.
Please leave the lights on.
Oh, sweetie, that's why you have a nightlight.
I want them all on.
Please, Mom, just for tonight.
Please, please, please, please.
Okay, but just for tonight.
- Good night.
- Good night.
With every passing night, the Shadowman grows stronger, biding his time till he's strong enough to get you and drag you into the darkness.
Then when he finally gets you, you belong to the dark forever.
So how do you break the curse? No one knows because no one has ever broken the curse before.
Why does he roam the woods at night? What's special about them? Because they're guarding the place where his spirit lives.
Which is? The old lighthouse, of course.
Taking off already? Boy, oh, boy, I must have scared you all silly.
But seriously, where you going? - The lighthouse.
- What? - That's lunacy! - And I'm coming too.
- No, Seth, you're going home.
- But I want to help.
Okay, we're just gonna go quickly check it out.
I'll meet you at the house.
Did you imbeciles hear a word I said? You're gonna get yourselves cursed.
It's just an urban legend, Sardo.
Oh.
Some stupid story that parents told their kids in order to scare them from going out there at night.
Ah.
I've been in those woods 100 times.
- Nothing's ever happened.
- Same.
The only thing that's ever cursed me is poison oak.
Uh-huh, and have any of you been in those woods after dark? There's still three hours of daylight left, so even if the urban legend is real, the curse won't affect us.
Besides, I have to find out what happened to Connor.
He needed me, and I wasn't there for him.
So I don't care if what you say is true.
If Connor really was taken by this Shadowman Then I'm gonna find him.
No, no, don't do it.
Those woods are a beast.
I would not underestimate them! Hey no.
Or do whatever you like! What do I care? I'm a business owner, not a babysitter.
Are we sure about this? No.
Anyone want to back out? Hold up, let's be smart about this, all right? The sun sets at 7:58 p.
m.
, so I'm setting an alarm.
Just in case.
Let's go.
- Anyone see anything? - That depends.
What have we been looking for this whole time? Anyone got any bars? I got none.
Shocker, no cell towers out here.
- Did you honestly just do that? - What? If I don't eat every two hours, I'll faint.
I meant the wrapper.
God, you know what? I am so disappointed in you, Jai.
Remember, you are the trash you throw on the ground.
I hate nature.
- Guys, over here! - What is it? Do you see something? - What'd you find? - Nothing really, sorry.
But check it out.
Too bad these woods are off-limits.
This spot would be perfect for the Midnight Society, right? Yeah, yeah, it would.
Shh, did you guys hear that? Yeah, sure, let's go toward the ghost girl.
That's a good idea.
- Got you! - Seth, what are you doing? I told you I wanted to come with you.
How did you even tail us? Sorry, a magician never reveals his secrets.
I'm going to kill you.
- The sun is about to set.
- That was three hours already? How? It felt like ten minutes.
Doesn't matter.
We have to go.
Luke! Luke! Luke Luke, the sun is about to set! We have to go now! Wait, that's Connor's backpack.
Too late.
We don't have time, man! - We have to go! - I'm not leaving without it.
Wait, we already passed that tree.
- Then we need to go that way! - That's the way we came from.
The sun sets in the west, so we need to go east.
Follow the shadows.
The shadows keep changing on the ground.
None of this makes sense.
Wait, where's Luke? - Ow, ow.
- I got you, I got you.
There it is.
I see the tree line.
- Thank you.
- Go.
Okay.
Hurry, one minute till sunset.
- We okay? - Luke's still in there! Oh.
Did we make it? You lost your shoe.
It's okay 'cause we got this.
- That's sunset.
- We did it.
We got out in time.
Let's get out of here.
She's not up there.
Where's the doctor? He went down to the basement.
Here he comes.
- You didn't find her.
- No.
I'd better call the police.
But there's no telling what could happen to her in the meantime.
No, no, take it easy.
We're doing the best we can.
But she said she was locked in, and she couldn't see who did it.
Can you explain that? Luke.
Who are you? Don't come near me! Ha, nice try, Dad.
Dad? Oh, no.
Next on "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" Last night, something happened.
It felt like a nightmare but I don't remember ever going to sleep.
The Shadowman is just a stupid urban legend.
Just because it's an urban legend doesn't mean it can't be true.
Connor! We're not gonna find Connor by just scaring ourselves.
We're not cursed.
Come on! Let's go! You left me, and he got me.
You left me, and he got me!