Impulse (2018) s02e06 Episode Script

1 [CHEERFUL MUSIC PLAYING.]
[VENDOR SPEAKING OTHER LANGUGAE.]
[NIKOLAI SPEAKING NORWEGIAN.]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
[BIRDS CAWING.]
[NIKOLAI SPEAKING NORWEGIAN.]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING.]
[UTENSILS RATTLING.]
[SOFT THUD.]
[STEAM WHISTLING.]
- [WHOOSHING.]
- [SILENCED GUNSHOTS.]
[KETTLE WHISTLING.]
[WHISTLING STOPS.]
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING.]
Come on, come on, come on.
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[WHOOSHING.]
You look like shit.
Have you slept? It's bad.
This is bad.
They found me, I think.
I don't know anymore.
I can't be here.
If they tracked you Jesus, you know better.
No, wait, wait, please.
We promised to help each other.
If we both go public, we can shut them down.
- No.
- No, Fatima, please.
It's the only way I can protect my family.
- Hank, she - You want to protect your daughter? Keep your distance.
I'm her father.
We all make sacrifices.
[WHOOSHING.]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING.]
I've been thinking a lot lately about what makes a family.
Is it genetics? Or is it sharing a home? Or is it facing challenges head-on together? And I think it's that one.
The I think it's that last one.
'Cause, hey, nobody can deny that we have experienced a lot of highs and a lot of lows lately.
Mostly lows.
But if, um, being a family is really about how we tackle those big problems, those problems, then Which I you know, as I said, I think it is then check, please.
[CHUCKLES.]
[SIGHS.]
Is this about marrying my mom? Yeah, it yes, it is.
And, um, I would really love, I mean, both of your blessings.
You know she's still married to my dad, right? I do know that.
But your mom is getting a divorce.
We've started the process.
I'm sorry, Henry.
I thought she told you.
Do whatever you want.
Why are you doing this now? In front of her? Were you worried I would freak out? I I thought it was important to discuss it as a family.
But this isn't a discussion.
It's an announcement, like when you announced that they were moving in.
I can go.
No, Henry, please stay.
It's only been three years.
Oh, sweetheart, it's not Are you gonna give her mom's ring, too? Uh, of No.
I would never do that.
That is your ring That's yours for when you get married.
Right.
Jenna.
Je [SIGHS.]
Jenna, can we just start this again? Darling, listen Jenna.
[ELECTRONIC POP MUSIC PLAYING.]
It's been way Too long Never thought she Was wrong What else She had said You were Poison to her head [MUSIC CONTINUES FAINTLY OVER HEADPHONES.]
It has been way [MUSIC STOPS.]
[SECRET MEETING PLAYING.]
I think this place Is full of spies I think they're onto me Didn't anybody, didn't anybody tell you Didn't anybody tell you How to gracefully disappear in a room I know you put in the hours To keep me in sunglasses, I know And so and now I'm sorry I missed you I had a secret meeting In the basement of my brain It went the dull and wicked ordinary way It went the dull and wicked ordinary way Holy shit.
ANNA: Thank you for coming over to talk, I appreciate it.
CLEO: No, it's nice to get out of the house.
I heard about what happened, you know, with the car.
Is everything okay? Well, they're saying I'm crazy, right? Oh, people talk a lot in this town.
Most of it's bullshit.
Half of them still think Bill Boone and I were sleeping together.
[CHUCKLES.]
Now, that's crazy.
Thank you.
Also, ew.
[CHUCKLES.]
Actually, I did want to ask about Bill, if that's okay.
- About what happened.
- Okay.
Um So we found his blood in your dining room, and it looks like somebody tried to clean it up.
Uh, what does that mean? I was hoping you could tell me.
I don't know.
I was too busy bleeding out on the dining room floor.
Cleo, I have to ask these things.
Do you anymore? It's late.
I should go.
What about Henry? I'm not doing this to torture you, I swear.
I think about that day all the time, how I should have stopped it.
But this blood suggests something more complicated happened, maybe more than you even know.
So, what, you think Henry's lying to me? A lot of her story doesn't make sense.
I mean, if Bill was violent with her after you or if Henry had to act in self-defense or Do you think he might have hurt her? I don't know.
And she did what? Henry did what? I'm not sure, but when I spoke to Clay, he Clay? You talked to Clay Boone? Why would you talk to him? He doesn't know what happened.
Just doing my job, pursuing leads.
God, that kid, that fucking family won't leave us alone.
I mean, how is she supposed to move on, huh? I mean, did you see him? He's on TV praising his dad, who's an attempted fucking murderer.
I mean, it's so sick.
I know.
But if something happened in that house that Henry has kept from us, I want to know why.
Because if I don't, I can't help her.
Neither can you.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING.]
I'm the new blue blood I'm the great white hope I'm the new, I'm the new, I'm the new [MUSIC SKIPPING.]
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
I'm the new blue blood [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING.]
- Mom? - [GASPS.]
Oh, my God.
You scared me, Henry.
Um, did we ever go here? [PAPER RUSTLES.]
Oh, wow.
Cedar Creek? Where did you find this? Um, Dad kept it.
Oh.
Did something happen there? I don't know.
We went there, the three of us.
Went camping.
It's nice.
Is that it? Henry, what are you looking for? He's my dad.
I want to know about him.
It's just this thing happens with Bill Boone, and then all the sudden, you want to know everything there is to know about your dad, as if he's the only person who can fix this.
Fix what? Did something happen? Did Bill Boone hurt you? What? Would you tell me if he did? Why would I lie about getting hurt? You have before.
Oh.
Oh, honey, I'm sorry.
So by "fix this," you mean me? You want to fix me? No, that's not what I'm saying.
Yeah.
Uh, Henry, please.
It's fine, Mom.
[SIGHS.]
Shit.
[SNIFFLING.]
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING.]
[BREATHES DEEPLY.]
[ON YOUR WINGS PLAYING.]
God, there is gold Hidden deep in the ground God, there's a hangman That wants to come round How we rise when we're born Like the ravens in the corn On their wings, on our knees Crawling careless from the sea God, give us lov In the time that we have [WHOOSHING.]
[BIRDS CHIRPING.]
Hank, I could use your help.
HENRY: Dad! I know where we are now.
It's Cedar Creek, right? We came here together when I was little.
Did you find a good stick, Hank? [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING.]
Uh, yeah.
Come on.
[SIMON EXHALES HEAVILY.]
[BIRD CAWING.]
This happened.
I'm dreaming about this for a reason, because you're trying to tell me something, right? Huh.
We're missing one.
A seven, you're missing a seven of hearts.
SIMON: Yep.
Seven of hearts, but it's okay.
We will make our own.
Dad, I need your help.
I need you to tell me where you are.
I'm right here, Hank.
So is Mom.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING.]
Careful, you're gonna burn it.
CLEO: Well, you gotta burn it a little bit.
That's what brings out the flavor.
See, Hank? It's our special card.
There's no other one like it.
YOUNG HENRY: He's not here anymore.
Neither are you.
You need to wake up.
[BIRDS CAWING.]
[FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
Dad.
Dad? Ah! [GROANING.]
[CHUCKLES.]
[BIRDS CHIRPING.]
Mm.
I'll get it.
I got it.
I got it.
Yeah.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
So I was actually the laundry guy in my house, and baking soda will get that stain out.
What is baking soda? Uh Oh, it, uh it's, like It's, like, for cooking, and they put it in toothpaste and What is toothpaste? Oh, you're messing with me, right? [LAUGHTER.]
We're not all as sheltered as you may think, Lucas Boone.
Go easy on me.
I'm new here.
I gotta go.
How you doing? Lucas seems at peace here, especially in your presence.
I wish my father agreed with you.
Isaiah still can't see beyond Bill Boone's shadow.
He will learn that Lucas is his own man.
He says to know the son, one only has to look to the father.
Are we not all born of Adam? Lucas has chosen a godly path.
He, too, is in service of our Lord.
I Day I, day I, day I die I'm not ready to go Day I I'm not ready to go, go, go [CELL PHONE CHIMES.]
Sure, Henry, come on in.
I think I found my dad.
You had another dream? Yeah, but this time, I woke up in the middle of it, and I was somewhere else.
Like, my mind has been dreaming of one place, and my body has been taking me to another.
And your dad was there? No, but he's been there, I think.
And he might be back, so I need to talk to Townes, but he won't answer my texts.
Can you give me a ride over there? What? When we went to Colgate, Townes had a breakdown, and it was really scary, Henry.
- He's not okay.
- What do you mean? Townes met the hacker.
What? Okay, what did he say? Who is he? Some bald guy named Sam.
I guess he just wanted to talk to you.
But Townes feels like he's failed you as a sidekick.
You need to give him some space.
I mean, I didn't ask him to do that.
But these things that are happening, they're not just happening to you.
Okay, it's a lot for anyone, especially someone who needs a schedule and routine.
Okay.
If this hacker guy knows something about my dad, like, the thing is, I need to talk to him.
I just do.
And you know what? That'll show Townes that he's, like, a good sidekick or whatever, thus helping him.
Uh-huh.
And how would the hacker know anything about your dad? He sent the video of that guy in the sleep study, and I read my dad's journal.
I think he's a part of it.
Yeah, that guy, Dominick Babtiste, he's dead.
And the hacker said Nikolai killed him.
He wouldn't have done that.
The guy who dissolved Bill Boone's body in acid? Who left your mom to die? Jenna, I really need to talk to Townes, so No, he can't handle it.
Jenna, I will Ugh, I will apologize to him or whatever, but I just I need this.
I need this, okay? This Sam guy might be the only person who can tell me the truth.
Please? [KNOCKING.]
Hi, Mrs.
Linderman.
I'm sorry, girls, but Townes isn't home right now.
He's with his therapist.
He's having a challenging week.
But I'll tell him you stopped by.
He'll be happy to hear it.
Okay, thanks.
Sorry to bother you.
You know, I [CHUCKLES.]
I actually think that I left my textbook in his room.
We just have a really big test tomorrow for physics.
So do you think that I could just run up and grab it? [KEYS CLACKING.]
[COMPUTER BEEPS.]
This feels wrong.
Townes would hate that we're even in here without him.
[COMPUTER BEEPS.]
Well, go if you want, Jenna.
Or stay and help me guess his password.
Is "sidekick" two words or one? It's not going to be that obvious.
Well, then, Jenna, help me think like Townes.
What is that thing called? Uh, I don't know, the Millennium Falcon? [COMPUTER BEEPS.]
[HENRY SIGHS.]
Oh, shit.
Oh, shit, Jenna.
It's Sam.
What should I say? This whole thing is so creepy.
How does he even know that it's you? [OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING.]
Hi.
Um I'm looking for Simon Coles.
He was in a sleep study like Dominick Babtiste, but it was years ago, before I was born.
What do you want? I can take you anywhere you want.
[CHIMES.]
[EXHALES.]
[DOORBELL CHIMES.]
[BIRDS CHIRPING.]
[SIGHS.]
Yes? I need to talk to Clay.
Is he home? No, he's out.
Do you know when he'll be back? I'm sorry, who are you? Cleo Coles.
Uh, please, come in.
Let's sit down.
Can I get you something to drink? Some water or chardonnay? I've got some open.
When I heard what happened with Bill, I I prayed for your recovery every day.
Our whole congregation did.
Uh, you said that you came to see Clay.
May I ask what it is that you wanted to tell him? To go fuck himself.
I think that's what I was hoping to tell him.
Okay, I think you should leave.
I understand what Bill did to you, but You son assaulted my daughter.
He forced himself on her, and now she's not who she was.
He took that from her.
He fought to take that from her.
What What do you want me to do about it? [SCOFFS.]
Did you know? No.
But I'm not surprised.
He's very angry.
I won't let him God, I will not let him get away with it.
Is your daughter pressing charges? That's not what she wants.
I've been taking Clay to church.
My husband's a pastor.
Bill didn't raise the boys with religion.
But Clay is just he's hesitant.
He's closed off.
But I will push him.
I will make him repent for his sins.
That's not gonna change what he did.
I could try to make him apologize to her.
[SIGHS.]
I doubt he'll listen to me.
The truth is, he doesn't respect me very much.
When I left, Clay was only nine.
Henry doesn't want to talk to him.
Tell me what she needs.
I don't know.
I don't know.
[SOBBING.]
I've never been a part of anything like this before, making something so important.
[CHUCKLES.]
It's so quiet now.
I can imagine once a family moves in, full of energy, kids racing down the stairs.
Sounds like a good life.
It's a simple life.
Nothing like the exciting one you lived.
Do you miss it? Not at all.
[GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING.]
Can I kiss you? [GASPS.]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING.]
Listen, this was all me.
She didn't do anything! Father, please, I'm sorry.
She's LUCAS: Hey! Hey! Hey, hey, leave leave her alone! Do not touch me again.
Listen, I did this! If you wanna punish someone, then do it to me.
I am offering myself.
ISAIAH: You may be the wolf among us, but it is her responsibility to resist your temptation.
We kissed! She's not a fucking nun! Brothers, my daughter has strayed from the Lord's path.
I ask you to bear witness to her repentance.
SUSANNAH: Dear Merciful God No, you don't need to do this.
Stop! She's not your fucking property! No, come with me.
Lucas, Lucas, please, do as I say.
I have allowed myself to become preoccupied with my own wants.
I confess before you my complicity in the sins of this world.
[TAKE A WALK PLAYING.]
Tough break, and you broke it all right in two Nice Discman.
What? I just said, nice Discman.
Oh, yeah.
It has dynamic bass boost, so - [CHUCKLES.]
Rad, rad.
- Yeah.
You good? I can take that if you want.
- Oh, I got it.
- All right.
[MUSIC PLAYING FAINTLY OVER HEADPHONES.]
Cost of taking a walk with you I can tell myself This is for all concerned's health And I may yet dot that I Jesus Christ.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING.]
What are you doing here? People who found your mess in Sri Lanka are on the move.
I tracked them to another safe house.
Hoping you could help.
They're tracking you, gathering information on everywhere you've lived for the past decade.
Whoever it is, they know who you are and what you did with Bill.
So you need to tell me if you've had any contact with them.
It's not a multiple choice question.
Yeah, um I already told you I don't know who it is.
I should go.
I can't protect you if you lie to me.
Maybe they're protecting me from you.
Is that really what you think? Because I've been hanging around this shit town busting my ass Yeah, but you never tell me what's going on.
You just tell me to, like, blindly trust you.
Actions build trust.
I've only acted in your best interest.
For now.
Maybe you're just waiting for the right time to, like, lock me up in a room somewhere and study me and watch me sleep and fucking torture me.
Where'd you get that idea? I don't know.
It's just a guess based on your general dark vibe.
Tell me I'm wrong.
I don't know, tell me the truth.
[INAUDIBLE.]
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING.]
[DEVICE BEEPS.]
ESTHER: You showed mercy, and that should be rewarded.
Remove your shoes.
Please.
[GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING.]
Jesus washed his disciples' feet to honor them.
I shouldn't be honored right now.
This is my fault.
Susannah's sin is not lust.
It is the hubris of disobeying her father.
You showed fortitude and empathy.
Isaiah didn't show mercy or humility or or any of that.
She and I, we did the same thing.
The burden of sin most often falls upon the woman.
Well, that doesn't make it right.
I don't want her to get hurt again.
LUCAS: Fentanyl.
If this were found in Isaiah's house, he would be forced from the church.
Susannah would be free.
This stuff has hurt so many people already.
Isaiah will not let this community evolve while he remains a leader here.
I could talk to Susannah.
I can see what she wants.
She may not know until you show her.
God is merciful, but he is also just.
Remember the Great Flood that cleansed the old world so the faithful could build a better one.
YVETTE: [OVER PHONE.]
When will you hear back from the review board? It might take some time.
YVETTE: You told them what you told me? Don't worry about it.
I'll be fine.
Why are you sitting in your car? I'm meeting a friend for dinner.
I'm just early.
I was thinking about Ortez.
After he died, you told me you'd still see him sometimes.
- I got over that.
- Right, because the way I remember it, you just left, and now you're seeing bodies in the road.
This wasn't like that.
This was real.
Maybe you should come home for a while, just until the board makes their decision.
Recharge a bit.
If you want, I can talk to Dad.
Yvette, I gotta go.
My friend is here.
Okay, let [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING.]
HENRY: Ugh, he should have been here, like, half an hour ago.
Maybe Sam could, like, get a message to my dad that I'm okay and that I'm, like, looking for him or something.
What do you think? Nice suit.
It is nice.
HENRY: Okay, shit.
JENNA: What? Just because you're in a good mood, everybody has to be? So one of us always has to be an asshole? You're the expert.
Jenna.
Fine.
You probably don't care, but the dance is on Saturday, and Zach is being super sweet, like always.
But I don't think that I want to go with him.
And that sucks, 'cause he likes me a lot, and I should like him.
I should be happy.
But my trip to Colgate was just so intense and confusing.
And everyone just presumes I'm okay, that I'm always okay, but what if I'm not? [VOICE BREAKING.]
And then my dad just announces that he's getting remarried to your mom, which is fine.
I mean, you know I really do love you guys.
But I just I just feel like the family that we had before is being erased like, she won't exist anymore, and it [SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING.]
Man, Jenna Nobody is trying to erase anybody.
You know, I never wanted to move to Reston.
[SCOFFS.]
Excuse me while I die of shock.
Yeah.
Yeah, I was pushing for somewhere warmer Like a city Or, like I don't know, anywhere else really would have been fine for me.
[CHUCKLES.]
But I never get to have a say in where we go or who we live with, so I kinda get it.
But I don't know, this time it could be a lot worse.
Maybe Sam got lost.
[SNIFFLES.]
No, he's not coming.
[SIGHS.]
[DOOR OPENS.]
Lucas? [DOOR CLOSES.]
If my father finds me here Yeah, yeah, I know.
I know.
I know.
I'm sorry.
I, um SUSANNAH: Why do you have fentanyl? Esther says that this is the only way that he's gonna leave you alone.
If they find this in your house, they'll call him a hypocrite and he'll lose power in the community, and he'll lose power over you.
[PACKET THUDS.]
[SIGHS.]
My dad wouldn't hesitate.
That's what I keep thinking.
Maybe that's why this just doesn't feel right.
I want to help you.
Please, I just need you to tell me what to do.
You already know.
You have a good heart, Lucas.
Listen to it.
She's in my head, just like he was.
Then perhaps your path leads elsewhere.
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING.]
Come here.
Come with me.
What? We can leave tonight.
You won't have to deal with your dad anymore.
People aren't gonna treat you like shit just for being a woman.
- Lucas, Lucas - Look, some people will but not like this Lucas, my life is here.
LUCAS: I don't wanna be alone.
[SIGHS.]
It's different out there.
What if I screw up again? What if I make the wrong choice? Put your faith in those who are worthy And you'll find your way.
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING.]
[CASIMIR PULASKI DAY PLAYING.]
Your father cried on the telephone And he drove his car into the navy yard Just to prove that he was sorry In the morning through the window shade When the light pressed up against your shoulder blade - ANNA: Henry.
- I could see what you Hey.
Are you getting a pizza? There's something you need to hear.
NIKOLAI: [ON RECORDER.]
I tracked down an old freelancer.
He hacked a computer, looking to get to the girl, wanted to meet her.
I'm aware.
That's why I took care of it.
Just tell the cleanup crew to get on it.
Yes, I know they have names.
[SNIFFLES.]
Who was that? Ken Davidson, Bill Boone's insurance adjuster.
You met him at the station.
But I don't think that's his real name, and I don't think that was the first time you'd met him.
I think the girl they're talking about is you.
I think Ken was involved in Bill Boone's illegal business.
I think he was there when Bill shot your mom.
Whatever happened next, I don't think Bill ever left that house, and I think you lied to me about it because Ken threatened you.
I can make sure Ken never hurts anybody again, but I need you to be straight with me.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING.]
You know, I always felt like I could talk to you like you just got it.
When people started to say that you went crazy, I honestly thought that they were full of shit.
But you bugged the insurance guy because you think he's a drug dealer or something? [LAUGHS.]
Then tell me who he really is.
I don't know.
I've said, like, two words to the guy.
Stop lying.
I saw you together yesterday.
You spied on me? Whatever he said, it upset you.
Yeah, of course it upset me.
Like, he came here and was asking about the accident.
It was insurance stuff.
I'm, like I'm just tired of talking about it.
Henry, you're a good kid.
You got mixed up in something bad.
Just let me help you.
You know what? You're delusional.
Just stay the fuck away from me, or I'll call the real cops on you.
[RAPID KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
[KNOCKING CONTINUES.]
We had a deal.
NIKOLAI: Slow down.
No one else.
No one else was supposed to die.
No one else.
Who's dead? Are you fucking kidding? You know.
You know because you followed me last night, and you fucking killed him! Lower your voice.
Or what? Are you gonna kill me, too? Please, please, get it over with, because I swear to God, I will never believe another fucking word you say ever! You know what the most pathetic part of this is? I almost trusted you for, like, a split second.
I almost trusted you because of that bullshit you said in the truck.
But you used me.
You fucking used me.
I solved a problem you created.
You wanna make me the bad guy, but actions have consequences.
Your actions have consequences.
[WHOOSHING.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
Shit! Shit! [GROANS SOFTLY.]
I didn't bring us here.
You did.
[SIGHS.]
Why are we in my bedroom? We're not.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING.]
[HENRY CHUCKLES.]
Fuck you.
Now, what the fuck? What the fuck? What the fuck? What the fuck is this? Where are we? Your home away from home.
You're fucking sick.
We all start with a place we go back to in a moment of danger, someplace we feel safe.
You can't keep me here.
Actually, I can.
[HIGH-PITCHED WHINING.]
[GROANING.]
My job is to earn your trust, bring you here.
[GROANS.]
They'll keep you and they'll use you when they're ready.
[COUGHS.]
[HIGH-PITCHED WHINING STOPS.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
You were never a job to me.
I never planned on bringing you here, but you had to see it because you have to believe me.
Sam wanted to expose my employers.
By doing that, he would have exposed you, too.
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
So you killed him.
[GRUNTS SOFTLY.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
So what now? You go back to your life.
I'll make sure the people who built this room never come near you again.
Okay? Can you do that? These people, um They took me in years ago.
They're my family.
[CHUCKLES.]
It's My sister, yeah.
Fuck.
It's complicated.
But I have a plan.
All of this will be over in a few days.
But it'll all go to shit if you make deals behind my back.
You need to tell me the truth.
Are you keeping any other secrets? [SIGHS.]
Okay.
Okay.
[CLEARS THROAT.]
Are we good? [DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
Hey, I missed you last night.
I've been really hard on you lately, and I'm sorry.
I'm trying.
We both are.
I see that.
I trust you to know what you need.
And if you ever need your mom, I'm not going anywhere.
Okay.
[GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING.]
[SIGHS.]
[3RD PLANET PLAYING.]
Everything that keeps me together is falling apart I got this thing that I consider my only art of fucking people over - HENRY: Dad? - YOUNG HENRY: Daddy? Henrietta.
[LAUGHS.]
I got you.
- YOUNG HENRY: Wait.
- [BOTH LAUGHING.]
- HENRY: Dad? - I'm right here, Hank.
[WHOOSHING.]
The third planet is sure That they're being watched By an eye in the sky that can't be stopped When you get to the promised land You're gonna shake that eye's hand Your heart felt good It was drippin' pitch and made of wood And your hands and knees Felt cold and wet on the grass beneath Well, outside, naked, shivering, looking blue From the cold sunlight that's reflected off the moon And baby cum angels fly around you Reminding you we used to be three and not just two And that's how the world began And that's how the world will end [GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING.]