Siren (2018) s02e04 Episode Script
Oil & Water
1 Previously on "Siren" You know some nut actually tried to convince me that Bristol Cove mermaids were real the other day? Now I got a contact in my phone for "Crazy Calvin.
" [HELEN.]
They can't last much longer here.
They need to go back tonight.
I got some ideas.
- [MADDIE LAUGHS.]
- [BEN.]
All right.
What if the way I feel about you has nothing to do with the song? We've never met, but I think you've been looking for me.
Keep off of me! Xander! - [GRUNTS.]
- [HELEN.]
Dale! [HELEN.]
He's gonna be a problem.
[PANTING.]
You weak.
[GRUNTING.]
[RYN.]
She will die.
[KATRINA GROANS.]
[METAL CLANGS.]
[GROANING.]
[HISSING.]
[GROANING.]
[PLACID HIGH-PITCHED CALL.]
[SIGHS.]
[CLICK.]
[RYN SINGING SIREN SONG.]
[SONG CONTINUING.]
Ryn.
Ryn! No! [MUFFLED SCREAMS.]
Ryn! No! Ryn! Ryn! Ryn! Ryn! [GASPING.]
[RYN PANTING.]
Food.
Yes.
I go.
I sleep.
But I see.
You had a dream.
Dream? That doesn't happen in the water? No.
Humans dream all the time.
Why? A lot of times it's how our minds deal with anxieties.
Um, things we want or desire.
Things that scare us or we don't understand.
Oh, hey, Maddie.
- Hi, Burt.
- All right.
Uh, the usual, please.
All right then.
Hey, friend.
Ben is in my dream.
I am scared of him? I don't think you're scared of him like he's bad.
You might just be scared of your feelings for him.
[CELL PHONE RINGING.]
We were just talking about you.
[BEN.]
You guys almost done? Yeah.
Why? Everything okay there? Not exactly.
Okay.
Thanks.
We're on our way.
[CRASH AND SHOUTING.]
- [CRASH.]
- [GRUNTING.]
What's going on?! The whole listening thing, it's a problem! Ah! [BOTH GRUNTING.]
- Stop! - What the - [RYN HISSES.]
- I tried that.
Food.
See, one on one, they're manageable.
All together, it's a free-for-all.
In water, they hunt, fight, rest Always something to do.
Well, if they keep it up in here, someone's gonna find them.
- [HISS.]
- [HISS.]
No more.
Always we are family, but not together.
You want to split them up? - [HISSING.]
- We must.
- [ROCK MUSIC PLAYING.]
I'll take it.
[RYN.]
We make new home for them.
They stay with humans.
It's fish in a sandwich.
[RYN.]
Ones we trust.
Stay.
[RYN.]
Males will guard the tank.
Ben, don't get me wrong.
I am grateful for the business and all, but, uh, I'm getting the feeling that some of these people aren't underage exchange students.
- Uh - [RYN.]
We will teach.
Yeah, they're Ryn's extended family.
[SIGHS.]
Okay, Fishers.
Who's up first? [RYN.]
They will learn.
I want you to look right into the camera.
Three, two, one.
[HISSES.]
Okay, uh Yeah, we'll do that again.
Yeah, one more.
Try to relax your face.
Three, two, one.
Camden.
[RYN.]
They do what humans do.
When they need to go to water, they use tank.
Just one of you.
Uh, yeah.
I guess, yeah, if you could sit down.
- One, two, three.
- [CLICK.]
Three, two, one.
[JERRY.]
We're happy.
Just look right at the camera, please.
Right at the camera.
- You look gorgeous, darling.
- [CLICK.]
[RYN.]
They will blend in.
- All right, big guy, you're - [STARTLED GRUNT.]
You're up.
[RYN.]
And be just like humans.
[JERRY.]
One, two, three.
Sorry, I was running a little low on inspiration towards the end there, but, uh I do like a good pair of Levi's, Levi.
Le-vi.
[MUSIC ENDS.]
- [HISS.]
- [HISS.]
No fight! [SOFT HISS.]
- Speak.
- Ben.
Wants to go with Ben.
No.
Ryn, he killed Sean.
They tell him to do this.
To fight.
[BEN.]
That doesn't change what happened.
What's Xander gonna think, me watching him? He doesn't have to know.
I can't keep it from him forever.
Not forever, just for now.
It's best for everyone.
All right.
Wanna put that up there? All right, good.
Hey, uh, no.
That way.
Yeah.
Ben.
Um, if he wants to learn how to be a man, he Couldn't have picked a better one.
Thanks, Mads.
[LAUGHS.]
Call if you need anything.
Sorry.
Old habit.
No.
No, no, no.
It's a good one.
- Whoa! - Sorry.
Old habit.
Wrong? No.
No, no, no, no.
It's not [AHEM.]
It's not wrong.
It's, uh Complicated.
You don't kiss a person unless they want to be kissed.
That's kind of the rule.
Rule.
Yeah.
Lots of rules about kissing.
[ENGINE STARTS.]
I know it hasn't been easy for you with me being here, but I don't This isn't about you, Mom.
I've been thinking about moving for a while.
Already signed the lease.
Besides, it's not that far.
It's on Spring Street, not Seattle.
Does Dad know? I'll tell him when he gets back.
[SIGHS.]
He is not gonna like being kept in the dark.
Maybe you should just wait.
Mom, it's okay.
We have an understanding.
Moving day's gonna need a lunch break.
How about we meet up at Rusty's? 1:30? 1:30.
I'll be there.
No hunt.
No fight.
Men do nothing.
We do a lot of things.
Yeah, beer.
Beer.
We drink that.
[ANNOUNCER CALLING GAME.]
Yeah.
We watch that when we're not working.
Probably a little too much, actually.
See, sometimes we hang out with friends.
Maddie friend.
More.
This is my family.
[LEVI.]
Family.
Yeah.
Do you know who that is? Man I kill.
His name was Sean.
Okay? And this is Xander.
Here.
My friend.
My friend.
No.
Hey.
I need to go out for a little while.
[ORCHESTRA PLAYING.]
Want to take a ride? Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
[MACHINERY WHIRRING.]
[ENGINE STOPS.]
No, no, no, no, no.
I need you to wait here.
All right? I'm going to talk to someone.
You don't leave the car.
Don't leave car.
- Here.
- [RADIO ANNOUNCER.]
this Thursday.
That's right, my 17th caller - wins front-row tickets - I'll be right back.
and a limo package.
Call in now.
[DOOR LOCKS.]
[BEN.]
I tried to call.
Yeah, well, I guess we both have a bad habit of ignoring each other's calls then, huh? I'm sorry.
Things have been busy.
I heard about your rager, at the family cabin? I'm just trying to keep them safe, Xan.
They still there? Did you move 'em? What about the one who, uh, killed my dad? He still with 'em? We should talk.
Xan, like, really talk this time.
I already said everything I have to say.
Yeah, I heard you loud and clear.
But there's a lot that you don't know.
The male, he's just a soldier doing what he's told.
Is that why you came out here, man? To defend him? We were in the wrong place at the wrong time, Xan, and that is my fault, not his.
His family were being starved out.
Hunted.
Xander, I need you to try and make peace with this, because he could be here for a while.
Your dad was like a father to me, too.
Stop, man! Okay? I said I was cool.
Look, you don't have to worry about me.
Just gonna stay out here on my boat.
Gonna deal with this in my own way.
That okay with you? [EXHALES.]
[HATCH SLAMS.]
[BELL JINGLES.]
Oh, early bird gets the worm.
[HELEN.]
I'm still trying to figure out how we have never bumped into each other, living so close all these years.
I don't really get out that much.
Um I don't really fit in.
Me neither.
Even as a little girl, I knew I was different.
I felt a little bit like a freak at times.
Yeah, I know what you mean.
My mother.
She lived till she was 90.
Smoked a pack a day, unfiltered, just like her attitude.
[BOTH CHUCKLE.]
Uh, what about your parents? My mom died when I was younger, and I never really knew my dad.
I'm so sorry.
Any siblings? Nah, just me.
[LOUD THUD.]
[BOTH HISSING.]
- [NOISE CONTINUES.]
- Um [CLEARS THROAT.]
Mind if I ask what happened to your mother? She was an addict.
Um Things got bad.
Addiction's been a reoccurring theme in my family, too.
Genetics, right? That's probably why I was blessed with it.
[CHUCKLES.]
Addiction, mental illness, rare autoimmune condition? Uh-huh.
People in my line have skin like us.
They say it's this or that.
The cause always changes, but that's because they've never really known.
Um, which reminds me.
There's a old family recipe that does the trick.
I've tried, like It's for you.
Try it.
[SNIFFS.]
Strong.
Use it.
Yeah.
Thank you.
I gotta I'm gonna I'm kind of late.
- I'm late for work, so - Come back, anytime.
There's so much more we We have to talk about.
[DOOR OPENS.]
You would down three chili dogs when you were a kid.
[LAUGHS.]
- Thank you.
- Thanks.
Yeah, then I discovered what's in them.
Well, keep that to yourself, because they're still good to me, and, plus, it's tradition.
Tradition? Yeah, isn't that why you picked this place? When you were a teenager, I would let you skip school so that we could have girls' day, remember? Matinees, Mani-pedis, capped off with chili dogs at Rusty's.
Hm.
And we never told your dad.
It was always our little secret.
Until the principal called about too many absences.
Cost me a few soccer games.
All right, there's always someone trying to spoil a good thing.
- Yeah.
- [CELL PHONE CHIMES.]
If you have to go No, no, it's okay.
Well, I want to give you something.
You didn't have to do that.
I wanted to do it.
Open it.
It isn't much, but just This is mine.
I don't understand.
You're giving me my own necklace? I went through your things, I know, but turn it over.
- - I had it engraved, so that we are always together by your heart.
You don't like it.
No, I do.
It's okay.
It's nice.
Thank you.
Hey, you know, uh, you don't have to do everything exactly like me.
I know that in the water you have to listen to everything the females say.
Not land.
No.
You still need to listen to women.
That's very important.
You just You can be your own person, if that makes sense.
No.
Don't worry.
You'll learn.
[LOUD THUD.]
[GASPS.]
[GROANING.]
[THUD.]
[THUD.]
[HISSES.]
- [KATRINA GRUNTING.]
- [THUD.]
Aah! [HISSES.]
- Unh! - [XANDER LAUGHING.]
Damn, you got some strength on you, girl.
You're a force of nature, like Hurricane Katrina down there.
Unh! Aah! [XANDER.]
Don't want to hurt you, Katrina.
I just want to know where he is.
[THUD.]
The one who killed my dad.
[KATRINA GRUNTS.]
[THUD.]
- [GRUNTS.]
- All we got is time.
[THUD.]
Let me know when you're ready to talk, huh? [GRUNTING.]
[THUD.]
Unh! You miss her.
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING.]
[MALE SINGER.]
American girl will make you American girl will wreck you [OMINOUS MUSIC FADES IN.]
[ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES.]
[MADDIE.]
Hey.
She shouldn't be doing that.
What is she doing? She is sad.
She does this to feel better.
I have dream, but no sleep.
A daydream.
Ben? Yes.
Why? He's on your mind.
You care about him.
That's why you can't stop thinking about him.
Who do you think about? I think about Ben.
And you.
Learn.
In there.
Uh, you are not ready for that yet.
Hey! Hey! Hey! Wait! Wait! - [HORN HONKING.]
- [MAN.]
Hey! Come on, man! - Come on! - Okay.
- [WOMAN.]
Hurry it up! - [HORNS HONKING.]
[ENGINE STARTS.]
[HECTOR.]
Let's go! Let's go, Calvin! He wants to take all day.
[MAN.]
What's goin' on, man? [PATRONS CHEERING.]
Hey.
What can I get ya? Beer pong's just starting if you want in.
[CHEERING.]
Beer.
[HECTOR.]
Not bad, not bad.
- Yeah! - Ohh! - What?! - Woof Woof! Come on! What?! Drink! Drink! Drink! - Drink! Drink! - [PATRONS START CHANTING.]
Drink! Drink! Drink! [LAUGHTER.]
[CALVIN COUGHING.]
Hey.
You my next victim? [CHEERING.]
[HECTOR.]
Here we go.
[LAUGHING.]
Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! - Whoa! - Whoo-hoo! Yeah! Hoo! Ohh! Boy! So you ready to talk? Where'd they go, the others? Huh? You know who I'm talking about.
The male.
The one who killed my dad.
[EXHALES.]
Yes.
He's the one I want.
[GASPING.]
Now, you point me in his direction, I'll let you go.
[MOANING.]
You with me? Oh, shit.
[SPEARGUN CLICKING.]
[HATCH SLIDING.]
[HISSES.]
[GROANS.]
[GRUNTING.]
[FRUSTRATED GRUNT.]
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING.]
[PATRONS CHEERING.]
Drink, baby, drink.
[PATRONS.]
Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Ohh! You hustled me, man! You hustled me! Hey, hey, hey! Easy! Easy! Easy! Easy! Come on.
Why you always gotta start something, huh? - Fight.
- No, no fight.
[BEN.]
No fight, okay? Sometimes not fighting is what makes you the winner.
Okay? Knowing when to walk away.
Men fight.
Protect.
Okay, we have to go.
No go.
Stay.
Learn more.
I get it now.
Cute place.
Glen, what are you doing here? You called me.
It was a mistake.
No, I know that sound in your voice, like you needed help.
All I want to do is help.
I'm fine.
Everything is fine.
Well, the truth is Is I need you, Susan.
I've really missed you.
And I know you need me, too.
Hmm? [ROCK MUSIC PLAYING.]
Kiss.
Yeah, yeah.
Lot's of Lots of people come here to kiss.
- Only if want.
- That's right.
[FEMALE SINGER.]
When it hurts real bad Don't give up In water no kiss.
So in the water, how do you choose, um, a female, you know, to to mate? Mate? Yeah, you know, like male, female.
- Make more.
- Yes, yes.
Make more.
How do you choose? Female choose.
Right, okay.
[GROANING.]
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Okay.
Yeah, we probably shouldn't do that in here.
Okay.
That's amazing.
Then what happens? Agh! She scratches you? Oh, she She bites you on the neck.
Yes.
And [SLAPPING THIGH.]
She sl She hits you? She hits with her tail? She hits you with her tail.
- Wow.
- Pain.
Well, yeah.
How many females do you do this with? Many.
Hey, can I get you boys anything? Uh, we're we're good, thanks.
It's Ben, right? Yeah.
Sorry.
Do we Do we know each other? You're a friend of Xander's.
I saw your picture on his boat.
- We've been hanging out.
- Oh.
- I'm Nicole.
- Levi.
Well, uh, let me know if you boys need anything.
Don't give up Don't give up, no [HELEN.]
I think that's your color.
I can't imagine there's any use for make-up underwater.
But on land, it tends to attract a lot of attention.
Let's try it on.
- [DOOR OPENS, BELL JINGLES.]
- Oh.
You're back.
Um [EXHALES.]
Doctors, shamans, every Internet quack out there, I've read them all, and nothing has ever worked.
[LAUGHS.]
Nothing, and, uh You said there was more to talk about.
Yes.
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING.]
Hey.
So are you all right? Well, yeah, at the moment.
Levi wanted to learn about mating, and I learned a little bit myself.
He does this This thing with his neck.
Hey, hey.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
You can show her later.
Okay.
We go.
Yes.
Want to learn.
You listen.
[MALE SINGER.]
She take her time, oh Oh, she sink her teeth in Okay.
Unh! [GRUNTS.]
[HATCH CREAKING.]
[GRUNTING.]
[PANTING.]
[HISSES.]
[GASPS.]
[XANDER.]
What you waitin' for, huh? Go ahead.
Jump.
Go on.
[HISSES.]
Yeah.
You see, Ben, he told me why you can't go back in the water.
- [HISSES.]
- Ooh! If you kill me, you're stuck out here.
No way home.
So why don't you just put it down? Come on.
Just That's it.
Let's talk, yeah? I think we can help each other.
[KATRINA HISSES.]
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING.]
[PAULA.]
Pick one.
Don't tell me you don't have a favorite song.
Levi is already doing better with the ladies than I ever did.
You did all right.
I have a dream.
About Ben.
They don't normally dream in the water.
This is new for her.
Oh.
Maddie says it is because I want you.
Ahem.
[NICOLE.]
Another round? Uh, this is Nicole.
She's been hangin' out with Xander.
That's one way to put it.
Nice to finally meet you guys.
Me, too.
Hey, what are you doing? - [HISSES.]
- [MADDIE.]
Sorry.
Uh, one too many.
Yeah, exactly.
This one is good for dancing close.
Trust me.
[BE MINE BY OFENBACH PLAYING.]
And I want you to be mine Stand up in the club Come on, let's go She want me to come He want me to go And if you wanna fight Let's start the show 'Cause I want you to be mine, yeah Stand up in the club Come on, let's go And I want you to come I won't let you go So if you wanna dance Let's start the show - 'Cause I want you to be mine - Whoo-hoo! - Yeah, I want you to be mine - Oww! We should get out there.
Hmm? To keep an eye on them.
Come on.
[LAUGHS.]
Come on.
You, too.
Stand up in the club Hey, Pownall, have you, uh Have you seen Xander lately? Uh, yeah, earlier, on his boat.
He's not picking up his calls.
Oh, man.
Maybe he's cheating on you, Cal.
Stand up in the club Come on, let's go And I want you to come I won't let you go Uh, you gonna introduce me to your your friend? Not until you introduce me to yours.
I hear you been sharing our little story with the press.
Well, maybe I'm just tired of keeping your secrets.
You should, uh You should run on home, sleep it off, Cal.
You're not thinking straight.
[SLOW ACOUSTIC SONG PLAYING.]
[MALE SINGER.]
In a wild wood - - In the rain Dance with Ben now? I think that would be good.
I'll check on Cami.
Okay.
- Okay.
- You didn't look twice - I'll teach you.
- As you passed me by I didn't think twice - And I didn't ask why - Here.
Good.
Through the woods - You carried on - Is that okay? - I closed my eyes - Yes.
- Then you were gone - I like.
[WHISPERS.]
Okay.
Here.
We'll take it.
You want kiss? Found the reason I'm alive Wrapped in the same place Stare much? They're here.
Who's here? You said that, uh That you have dreams about me.
I've had dreams about you, too.
Maybe something Ben must know.
What? You say when I sing my song, you like how it feels.
Yeah.
When I sing to you, I like it, too.
It's not just the song.
It's more.
- Yes.
- Between us and what could be - I close my eyes - More.
You are with me What? She's mine, you son of a bitch! [GRUNTING.]
Yah! [LOUD CRASH.]
Hey, hey, hey, hey! We're leavin', man! We're leavin'.
Easy.
Easy.
Come on.
[GRUNTS.]
[PATRONS.]
Ohh! - Mmm! - Hey! Hey! Ooh! [PATRONS.]
Ohh! We should go! Now! Go, go.
Didn't know marine biologists had such a mean right hook.
Yeah.
Well, that's not the only thing I learned from this guy tonight.
I'm sure you taught him some things, too.
No listen when women talk.
[LAUGHS.]
No, no, no, I I didn't say that.
Not hungry? Oh, I'm good.
Had one for lunch.
Hey, I always loved that on you.
Yeah.
Me, too.
If you can handle them, I'm gonna swing home.
- Check on my mom.
- Okay.
You want to meet up later? For sure.
Yeah, that's your problem.
Right there.
That's the reason you can't go back in the water.
- [HISSES.]
- No, it's okay.
Take 'em.
If you help me with my problem, I'll help you with yours.
You sleep.
I watch.
[RICK.]
I don't know what you're trying to tell me.
Uh, there's a reason that I felt so different, that you feel different.
Different how? It's not just other people we're different from.
We're different from people, period.
More like hybrids, genetically.
Kind of like when DNA tests say that people are part Neanderthal? More like when this test says "unknown.
" Okay, okay.
Um, it's getting late.
Oh, hold on.
Don't go anywhere.
I'll be right back.
Uh, I think the shop's closed.
Telling you wouldn't have worked.
You have to feel it before you can believe.
[TV PLAYING.]
You're still up.
Brought you a midnight snack.
Plenty of napkins, too.
Soon as Dad gets back, I want you guys to come over.
See my new place.
Mom.
Hi.
[LAUGHS WEAKLY.]
Maddie, when did you get home? You're high.
Ohh! [DOOR OPENS.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
Yeah, I had fun today.
Yes.
Fun.
[FEMALE SINGER.]
Give me your, give me your Hey.
Is everything okay? She's high.
[SNIFFLES.]
Using again.
Hey, come here.
I'm I'm so sorry.
I'm just glad I have this place.
And the two of you.
Two for a different dance I give away for free Ooh-ooh Will you kiss me, babe Thought we had an understanding I'll care for you And you'll care for me I'll care for you And you'll care for me [PLACID HIGH-PITCHED CALL.]
" [HELEN.]
They can't last much longer here.
They need to go back tonight.
I got some ideas.
- [MADDIE LAUGHS.]
- [BEN.]
All right.
What if the way I feel about you has nothing to do with the song? We've never met, but I think you've been looking for me.
Keep off of me! Xander! - [GRUNTS.]
- [HELEN.]
Dale! [HELEN.]
He's gonna be a problem.
[PANTING.]
You weak.
[GRUNTING.]
[RYN.]
She will die.
[KATRINA GROANS.]
[METAL CLANGS.]
[GROANING.]
[HISSING.]
[GROANING.]
[PLACID HIGH-PITCHED CALL.]
[SIGHS.]
[CLICK.]
[RYN SINGING SIREN SONG.]
[SONG CONTINUING.]
Ryn.
Ryn! No! [MUFFLED SCREAMS.]
Ryn! No! Ryn! Ryn! Ryn! Ryn! [GASPING.]
[RYN PANTING.]
Food.
Yes.
I go.
I sleep.
But I see.
You had a dream.
Dream? That doesn't happen in the water? No.
Humans dream all the time.
Why? A lot of times it's how our minds deal with anxieties.
Um, things we want or desire.
Things that scare us or we don't understand.
Oh, hey, Maddie.
- Hi, Burt.
- All right.
Uh, the usual, please.
All right then.
Hey, friend.
Ben is in my dream.
I am scared of him? I don't think you're scared of him like he's bad.
You might just be scared of your feelings for him.
[CELL PHONE RINGING.]
We were just talking about you.
[BEN.]
You guys almost done? Yeah.
Why? Everything okay there? Not exactly.
Okay.
Thanks.
We're on our way.
[CRASH AND SHOUTING.]
- [CRASH.]
- [GRUNTING.]
What's going on?! The whole listening thing, it's a problem! Ah! [BOTH GRUNTING.]
- Stop! - What the - [RYN HISSES.]
- I tried that.
Food.
See, one on one, they're manageable.
All together, it's a free-for-all.
In water, they hunt, fight, rest Always something to do.
Well, if they keep it up in here, someone's gonna find them.
- [HISS.]
- [HISS.]
No more.
Always we are family, but not together.
You want to split them up? - [HISSING.]
- We must.
- [ROCK MUSIC PLAYING.]
I'll take it.
[RYN.]
We make new home for them.
They stay with humans.
It's fish in a sandwich.
[RYN.]
Ones we trust.
Stay.
[RYN.]
Males will guard the tank.
Ben, don't get me wrong.
I am grateful for the business and all, but, uh, I'm getting the feeling that some of these people aren't underage exchange students.
- Uh - [RYN.]
We will teach.
Yeah, they're Ryn's extended family.
[SIGHS.]
Okay, Fishers.
Who's up first? [RYN.]
They will learn.
I want you to look right into the camera.
Three, two, one.
[HISSES.]
Okay, uh Yeah, we'll do that again.
Yeah, one more.
Try to relax your face.
Three, two, one.
Camden.
[RYN.]
They do what humans do.
When they need to go to water, they use tank.
Just one of you.
Uh, yeah.
I guess, yeah, if you could sit down.
- One, two, three.
- [CLICK.]
Three, two, one.
[JERRY.]
We're happy.
Just look right at the camera, please.
Right at the camera.
- You look gorgeous, darling.
- [CLICK.]
[RYN.]
They will blend in.
- All right, big guy, you're - [STARTLED GRUNT.]
You're up.
[RYN.]
And be just like humans.
[JERRY.]
One, two, three.
Sorry, I was running a little low on inspiration towards the end there, but, uh I do like a good pair of Levi's, Levi.
Le-vi.
[MUSIC ENDS.]
- [HISS.]
- [HISS.]
No fight! [SOFT HISS.]
- Speak.
- Ben.
Wants to go with Ben.
No.
Ryn, he killed Sean.
They tell him to do this.
To fight.
[BEN.]
That doesn't change what happened.
What's Xander gonna think, me watching him? He doesn't have to know.
I can't keep it from him forever.
Not forever, just for now.
It's best for everyone.
All right.
Wanna put that up there? All right, good.
Hey, uh, no.
That way.
Yeah.
Ben.
Um, if he wants to learn how to be a man, he Couldn't have picked a better one.
Thanks, Mads.
[LAUGHS.]
Call if you need anything.
Sorry.
Old habit.
No.
No, no, no.
It's a good one.
- Whoa! - Sorry.
Old habit.
Wrong? No.
No, no, no, no.
It's not [AHEM.]
It's not wrong.
It's, uh Complicated.
You don't kiss a person unless they want to be kissed.
That's kind of the rule.
Rule.
Yeah.
Lots of rules about kissing.
[ENGINE STARTS.]
I know it hasn't been easy for you with me being here, but I don't This isn't about you, Mom.
I've been thinking about moving for a while.
Already signed the lease.
Besides, it's not that far.
It's on Spring Street, not Seattle.
Does Dad know? I'll tell him when he gets back.
[SIGHS.]
He is not gonna like being kept in the dark.
Maybe you should just wait.
Mom, it's okay.
We have an understanding.
Moving day's gonna need a lunch break.
How about we meet up at Rusty's? 1:30? 1:30.
I'll be there.
No hunt.
No fight.
Men do nothing.
We do a lot of things.
Yeah, beer.
Beer.
We drink that.
[ANNOUNCER CALLING GAME.]
Yeah.
We watch that when we're not working.
Probably a little too much, actually.
See, sometimes we hang out with friends.
Maddie friend.
More.
This is my family.
[LEVI.]
Family.
Yeah.
Do you know who that is? Man I kill.
His name was Sean.
Okay? And this is Xander.
Here.
My friend.
My friend.
No.
Hey.
I need to go out for a little while.
[ORCHESTRA PLAYING.]
Want to take a ride? Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
[MACHINERY WHIRRING.]
[ENGINE STOPS.]
No, no, no, no, no.
I need you to wait here.
All right? I'm going to talk to someone.
You don't leave the car.
Don't leave car.
- Here.
- [RADIO ANNOUNCER.]
this Thursday.
That's right, my 17th caller - wins front-row tickets - I'll be right back.
and a limo package.
Call in now.
[DOOR LOCKS.]
[BEN.]
I tried to call.
Yeah, well, I guess we both have a bad habit of ignoring each other's calls then, huh? I'm sorry.
Things have been busy.
I heard about your rager, at the family cabin? I'm just trying to keep them safe, Xan.
They still there? Did you move 'em? What about the one who, uh, killed my dad? He still with 'em? We should talk.
Xan, like, really talk this time.
I already said everything I have to say.
Yeah, I heard you loud and clear.
But there's a lot that you don't know.
The male, he's just a soldier doing what he's told.
Is that why you came out here, man? To defend him? We were in the wrong place at the wrong time, Xan, and that is my fault, not his.
His family were being starved out.
Hunted.
Xander, I need you to try and make peace with this, because he could be here for a while.
Your dad was like a father to me, too.
Stop, man! Okay? I said I was cool.
Look, you don't have to worry about me.
Just gonna stay out here on my boat.
Gonna deal with this in my own way.
That okay with you? [EXHALES.]
[HATCH SLAMS.]
[BELL JINGLES.]
Oh, early bird gets the worm.
[HELEN.]
I'm still trying to figure out how we have never bumped into each other, living so close all these years.
I don't really get out that much.
Um I don't really fit in.
Me neither.
Even as a little girl, I knew I was different.
I felt a little bit like a freak at times.
Yeah, I know what you mean.
My mother.
She lived till she was 90.
Smoked a pack a day, unfiltered, just like her attitude.
[BOTH CHUCKLE.]
Uh, what about your parents? My mom died when I was younger, and I never really knew my dad.
I'm so sorry.
Any siblings? Nah, just me.
[LOUD THUD.]
[BOTH HISSING.]
- [NOISE CONTINUES.]
- Um [CLEARS THROAT.]
Mind if I ask what happened to your mother? She was an addict.
Um Things got bad.
Addiction's been a reoccurring theme in my family, too.
Genetics, right? That's probably why I was blessed with it.
[CHUCKLES.]
Addiction, mental illness, rare autoimmune condition? Uh-huh.
People in my line have skin like us.
They say it's this or that.
The cause always changes, but that's because they've never really known.
Um, which reminds me.
There's a old family recipe that does the trick.
I've tried, like It's for you.
Try it.
[SNIFFS.]
Strong.
Use it.
Yeah.
Thank you.
I gotta I'm gonna I'm kind of late.
- I'm late for work, so - Come back, anytime.
There's so much more we We have to talk about.
[DOOR OPENS.]
You would down three chili dogs when you were a kid.
[LAUGHS.]
- Thank you.
- Thanks.
Yeah, then I discovered what's in them.
Well, keep that to yourself, because they're still good to me, and, plus, it's tradition.
Tradition? Yeah, isn't that why you picked this place? When you were a teenager, I would let you skip school so that we could have girls' day, remember? Matinees, Mani-pedis, capped off with chili dogs at Rusty's.
Hm.
And we never told your dad.
It was always our little secret.
Until the principal called about too many absences.
Cost me a few soccer games.
All right, there's always someone trying to spoil a good thing.
- Yeah.
- [CELL PHONE CHIMES.]
If you have to go No, no, it's okay.
Well, I want to give you something.
You didn't have to do that.
I wanted to do it.
Open it.
It isn't much, but just This is mine.
I don't understand.
You're giving me my own necklace? I went through your things, I know, but turn it over.
- - I had it engraved, so that we are always together by your heart.
You don't like it.
No, I do.
It's okay.
It's nice.
Thank you.
Hey, you know, uh, you don't have to do everything exactly like me.
I know that in the water you have to listen to everything the females say.
Not land.
No.
You still need to listen to women.
That's very important.
You just You can be your own person, if that makes sense.
No.
Don't worry.
You'll learn.
[LOUD THUD.]
[GASPS.]
[GROANING.]
[THUD.]
[THUD.]
[HISSES.]
- [KATRINA GRUNTING.]
- [THUD.]
Aah! [HISSES.]
- Unh! - [XANDER LAUGHING.]
Damn, you got some strength on you, girl.
You're a force of nature, like Hurricane Katrina down there.
Unh! Aah! [XANDER.]
Don't want to hurt you, Katrina.
I just want to know where he is.
[THUD.]
The one who killed my dad.
[KATRINA GRUNTS.]
[THUD.]
- [GRUNTS.]
- All we got is time.
[THUD.]
Let me know when you're ready to talk, huh? [GRUNTING.]
[THUD.]
Unh! You miss her.
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING.]
[MALE SINGER.]
American girl will make you American girl will wreck you [OMINOUS MUSIC FADES IN.]
[ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES.]
[MADDIE.]
Hey.
She shouldn't be doing that.
What is she doing? She is sad.
She does this to feel better.
I have dream, but no sleep.
A daydream.
Ben? Yes.
Why? He's on your mind.
You care about him.
That's why you can't stop thinking about him.
Who do you think about? I think about Ben.
And you.
Learn.
In there.
Uh, you are not ready for that yet.
Hey! Hey! Hey! Wait! Wait! - [HORN HONKING.]
- [MAN.]
Hey! Come on, man! - Come on! - Okay.
- [WOMAN.]
Hurry it up! - [HORNS HONKING.]
[ENGINE STARTS.]
[HECTOR.]
Let's go! Let's go, Calvin! He wants to take all day.
[MAN.]
What's goin' on, man? [PATRONS CHEERING.]
Hey.
What can I get ya? Beer pong's just starting if you want in.
[CHEERING.]
Beer.
[HECTOR.]
Not bad, not bad.
- Yeah! - Ohh! - What?! - Woof Woof! Come on! What?! Drink! Drink! Drink! - Drink! Drink! - [PATRONS START CHANTING.]
Drink! Drink! Drink! [LAUGHTER.]
[CALVIN COUGHING.]
Hey.
You my next victim? [CHEERING.]
[HECTOR.]
Here we go.
[LAUGHING.]
Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! - Whoa! - Whoo-hoo! Yeah! Hoo! Ohh! Boy! So you ready to talk? Where'd they go, the others? Huh? You know who I'm talking about.
The male.
The one who killed my dad.
[EXHALES.]
Yes.
He's the one I want.
[GASPING.]
Now, you point me in his direction, I'll let you go.
[MOANING.]
You with me? Oh, shit.
[SPEARGUN CLICKING.]
[HATCH SLIDING.]
[HISSES.]
[GROANS.]
[GRUNTING.]
[FRUSTRATED GRUNT.]
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING.]
[PATRONS CHEERING.]
Drink, baby, drink.
[PATRONS.]
Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Ohh! You hustled me, man! You hustled me! Hey, hey, hey! Easy! Easy! Easy! Easy! Come on.
Why you always gotta start something, huh? - Fight.
- No, no fight.
[BEN.]
No fight, okay? Sometimes not fighting is what makes you the winner.
Okay? Knowing when to walk away.
Men fight.
Protect.
Okay, we have to go.
No go.
Stay.
Learn more.
I get it now.
Cute place.
Glen, what are you doing here? You called me.
It was a mistake.
No, I know that sound in your voice, like you needed help.
All I want to do is help.
I'm fine.
Everything is fine.
Well, the truth is Is I need you, Susan.
I've really missed you.
And I know you need me, too.
Hmm? [ROCK MUSIC PLAYING.]
Kiss.
Yeah, yeah.
Lot's of Lots of people come here to kiss.
- Only if want.
- That's right.
[FEMALE SINGER.]
When it hurts real bad Don't give up In water no kiss.
So in the water, how do you choose, um, a female, you know, to to mate? Mate? Yeah, you know, like male, female.
- Make more.
- Yes, yes.
Make more.
How do you choose? Female choose.
Right, okay.
[GROANING.]
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Okay.
Yeah, we probably shouldn't do that in here.
Okay.
That's amazing.
Then what happens? Agh! She scratches you? Oh, she She bites you on the neck.
Yes.
And [SLAPPING THIGH.]
She sl She hits you? She hits with her tail? She hits you with her tail.
- Wow.
- Pain.
Well, yeah.
How many females do you do this with? Many.
Hey, can I get you boys anything? Uh, we're we're good, thanks.
It's Ben, right? Yeah.
Sorry.
Do we Do we know each other? You're a friend of Xander's.
I saw your picture on his boat.
- We've been hanging out.
- Oh.
- I'm Nicole.
- Levi.
Well, uh, let me know if you boys need anything.
Don't give up Don't give up, no [HELEN.]
I think that's your color.
I can't imagine there's any use for make-up underwater.
But on land, it tends to attract a lot of attention.
Let's try it on.
- [DOOR OPENS, BELL JINGLES.]
- Oh.
You're back.
Um [EXHALES.]
Doctors, shamans, every Internet quack out there, I've read them all, and nothing has ever worked.
[LAUGHS.]
Nothing, and, uh You said there was more to talk about.
Yes.
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING.]
Hey.
So are you all right? Well, yeah, at the moment.
Levi wanted to learn about mating, and I learned a little bit myself.
He does this This thing with his neck.
Hey, hey.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
You can show her later.
Okay.
We go.
Yes.
Want to learn.
You listen.
[MALE SINGER.]
She take her time, oh Oh, she sink her teeth in Okay.
Unh! [GRUNTS.]
[HATCH CREAKING.]
[GRUNTING.]
[PANTING.]
[HISSES.]
[GASPS.]
[XANDER.]
What you waitin' for, huh? Go ahead.
Jump.
Go on.
[HISSES.]
Yeah.
You see, Ben, he told me why you can't go back in the water.
- [HISSES.]
- Ooh! If you kill me, you're stuck out here.
No way home.
So why don't you just put it down? Come on.
Just That's it.
Let's talk, yeah? I think we can help each other.
[KATRINA HISSES.]
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING.]
[PAULA.]
Pick one.
Don't tell me you don't have a favorite song.
Levi is already doing better with the ladies than I ever did.
You did all right.
I have a dream.
About Ben.
They don't normally dream in the water.
This is new for her.
Oh.
Maddie says it is because I want you.
Ahem.
[NICOLE.]
Another round? Uh, this is Nicole.
She's been hangin' out with Xander.
That's one way to put it.
Nice to finally meet you guys.
Me, too.
Hey, what are you doing? - [HISSES.]
- [MADDIE.]
Sorry.
Uh, one too many.
Yeah, exactly.
This one is good for dancing close.
Trust me.
[BE MINE BY OFENBACH PLAYING.]
And I want you to be mine Stand up in the club Come on, let's go She want me to come He want me to go And if you wanna fight Let's start the show 'Cause I want you to be mine, yeah Stand up in the club Come on, let's go And I want you to come I won't let you go So if you wanna dance Let's start the show - 'Cause I want you to be mine - Whoo-hoo! - Yeah, I want you to be mine - Oww! We should get out there.
Hmm? To keep an eye on them.
Come on.
[LAUGHS.]
Come on.
You, too.
Stand up in the club Hey, Pownall, have you, uh Have you seen Xander lately? Uh, yeah, earlier, on his boat.
He's not picking up his calls.
Oh, man.
Maybe he's cheating on you, Cal.
Stand up in the club Come on, let's go And I want you to come I won't let you go Uh, you gonna introduce me to your your friend? Not until you introduce me to yours.
I hear you been sharing our little story with the press.
Well, maybe I'm just tired of keeping your secrets.
You should, uh You should run on home, sleep it off, Cal.
You're not thinking straight.
[SLOW ACOUSTIC SONG PLAYING.]
[MALE SINGER.]
In a wild wood - - In the rain Dance with Ben now? I think that would be good.
I'll check on Cami.
Okay.
- Okay.
- You didn't look twice - I'll teach you.
- As you passed me by I didn't think twice - And I didn't ask why - Here.
Good.
Through the woods - You carried on - Is that okay? - I closed my eyes - Yes.
- Then you were gone - I like.
[WHISPERS.]
Okay.
Here.
We'll take it.
You want kiss? Found the reason I'm alive Wrapped in the same place Stare much? They're here.
Who's here? You said that, uh That you have dreams about me.
I've had dreams about you, too.
Maybe something Ben must know.
What? You say when I sing my song, you like how it feels.
Yeah.
When I sing to you, I like it, too.
It's not just the song.
It's more.
- Yes.
- Between us and what could be - I close my eyes - More.
You are with me What? She's mine, you son of a bitch! [GRUNTING.]
Yah! [LOUD CRASH.]
Hey, hey, hey, hey! We're leavin', man! We're leavin'.
Easy.
Easy.
Come on.
[GRUNTS.]
[PATRONS.]
Ohh! - Mmm! - Hey! Hey! Ooh! [PATRONS.]
Ohh! We should go! Now! Go, go.
Didn't know marine biologists had such a mean right hook.
Yeah.
Well, that's not the only thing I learned from this guy tonight.
I'm sure you taught him some things, too.
No listen when women talk.
[LAUGHS.]
No, no, no, I I didn't say that.
Not hungry? Oh, I'm good.
Had one for lunch.
Hey, I always loved that on you.
Yeah.
Me, too.
If you can handle them, I'm gonna swing home.
- Check on my mom.
- Okay.
You want to meet up later? For sure.
Yeah, that's your problem.
Right there.
That's the reason you can't go back in the water.
- [HISSES.]
- No, it's okay.
Take 'em.
If you help me with my problem, I'll help you with yours.
You sleep.
I watch.
[RICK.]
I don't know what you're trying to tell me.
Uh, there's a reason that I felt so different, that you feel different.
Different how? It's not just other people we're different from.
We're different from people, period.
More like hybrids, genetically.
Kind of like when DNA tests say that people are part Neanderthal? More like when this test says "unknown.
" Okay, okay.
Um, it's getting late.
Oh, hold on.
Don't go anywhere.
I'll be right back.
Uh, I think the shop's closed.
Telling you wouldn't have worked.
You have to feel it before you can believe.
[TV PLAYING.]
You're still up.
Brought you a midnight snack.
Plenty of napkins, too.
Soon as Dad gets back, I want you guys to come over.
See my new place.
Mom.
Hi.
[LAUGHS WEAKLY.]
Maddie, when did you get home? You're high.
Ohh! [DOOR OPENS.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
Yeah, I had fun today.
Yes.
Fun.
[FEMALE SINGER.]
Give me your, give me your Hey.
Is everything okay? She's high.
[SNIFFLES.]
Using again.
Hey, come here.
I'm I'm so sorry.
I'm just glad I have this place.
And the two of you.
Two for a different dance I give away for free Ooh-ooh Will you kiss me, babe Thought we had an understanding I'll care for you And you'll care for me I'll care for you And you'll care for me [PLACID HIGH-PITCHED CALL.]