Beyond (2017) s02e09 Episode Script

Previously on Beyond EDGAR: The freezer takes you to the Realm.
It's the only way everyone will survive what's coming.
I'm not going in, Holden Matthews.
You are.
Our job is to protect that investment as well as the belief system of our clientele.
[GASPS.]
- We're under attack! - [GUNSHOT.]
What's going on down there? Do you remember what I said about how you couldn't protect your son.
I have a meeting with the FBI today.
If you ever cared about me or Luke or Holden, come with me.
It's your choice.
- [TIRES SQUEALING.]
- [METALLIC CRUNCHING.]
LUKE: I spoke to the FBI.
They already have an investigation going on for Hollow Sky.
I really think that they can help us.
[SPRAY HISSING.]
[SQUEAKING.]
LUKE: Look, I was the one that called Agent Borden.
And-And this is my family.
You and your grandfather don't need to implicate yourselves.
We're already involved [SIGHS.]
more than you know.
Everything Charlie said was true.
All the time I was with Holden I never wanted to think about what it must be like for you or your family.
I was selfish.
So you could've helped him wake up.
It's not that simple.
I thought what we were doing was right.
The only right thing to do is to ensure that no other families have to suffer.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING.]
Agent Borden's just finishing up a call.
Shouldn't be much longer.
Thanks.
WILLA: It'll be over soon.
All of this.
- Things can go back to being - Normal? I know you said you wanted us to stop seeing each other, and maybe you still feel that way after today, but right now, I'm really glad you're by my side.
Luke? Luke, what is it? WILLA: Luke? Sorry to keep you waiting.
I'm Agent Gale Borden.
Keep all the doors locked.
Don't let anyone in, especially if they say they're FBI.
Willa, what is going on? Agent Borden isn't Agent Borden.
She's been asking about Hollow Sky and about Arthur.
We can't let her find that machine.
- Willa, come home.
- WILLA: Not yet.
Fake Borden knows about the one at Hollow Sky.
We have to get to it before she does.
Until we know who she is and what she wants with the technology.
Be careful, Willa.
She could be dangerous.
WILLA: You too.
Dangerous? She knows you're not FBI.
And she knows Hollow Sky is your next stop.
They're headed there now.
Then I'd hate to keep them waiting.
Everything in that lab goes on the truck.
Him too.
DANIEL: Wait.
You said you wouldn't hurt them.
We had a deal.
Arthur and Willa will be fine, so long as they co-operate.
You did the right thing calling us.
And just in the nick of time.
Daniel, you know what's at stake.
That technology Arthur's life's work, is too valuable to abandon.
Our cause is too valuable.
You'll see.
History will vindicate our actions.
What about my payment? You said I would be compensated.
You're absolutely right.
Pay the man what he's owed.
- [GUNSHOT.]
- [GRUNTS.]
[GASPING.]
[DANIEL GROANING.]
I wanna be mobile within the hour.
[RATTLING.]
[BIRDS CHIRPING.]
How was I supposed to know the guy didn't have the key! EDGAR: I have a key.
I hid it in a hollowed-out tree trunk, so no one would ever find it.
This could all be going much faster if I had some help.
Hey, don't look at me.
I'm not about to stick my hand in some random tree.
Do you have any idea what's crawling around inside? You were in Afghanistan with people shooting at you.
Listen, arachnids have eight legs.
I've never seen a Taliban insurgent with eight legs.
EDGAR: I found it! [PANTING.]
I found it.
[CHAIN RATTLING.]
Is everybody else seeing an empty box? [CHUCKLES.]
Is the universe empty? It's lined with Vantablack.
A uniquely oriented microstructure of carbon nanotubes creating a substance so dark, it absorbs even the most powerful light.
HOLDEN: You made a sensory-deprivation tank out of a freezer.
Dr.
Frost's and Dr.
Foreman's machines, they'll transport your consciousness, no problem.
But not with this level of precision.
Think of this as an express train to the heart of the Realm.
Great.
W-Well, let's go.
Oh, wait.
Not here.
Wha I thought you said it was like the express train.
Yes, but there are specific points of intersection between our world and the Realm.
Coordinates where the walls between worlds are more malleable.
My old house for example, um, where you crashed your bike, the Bermuda Triangle.
The Bermuda Triangle? How else do you explain all those disaeapprig ships and planes? What do you think they disappeared to? My old house should provide us with enough juice to power your journey.
I just hope it's still standing.
Yeah, it's still standing.
It's also tastefully remodeled and occupied by a family of four.
So, what's the problem? Problem is we can't just ask a family of strangers if we can use their house while I lock myself in a 50-year-old freezer.
So we get them out of the house.
TESS: On behalf of Dr.
Frost, I apologize for your discomfort.
I know it's not the ideal situation, but it is for your protection.
MAN: Hey, what's going on? Why are we here? We're running a systems test.
And it's best to insulate you from any unforeseen gamma ray exposure.
[CROWD MURMURING.]
In the mean time, we're passing out waters and a snack and if you need please ask one of us.
We'll be happy to escort you.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING.]
[BABY WHIMPERING.]
Does this sort of thing happen often? No.
But a systems test? It means we must be getting very close.
Hmm.
[DOOR SLAMS.]
What is it? I didn't get my snack.
Now's really not the time.
Time is running out.
Those people are asking questions.
How long until they start asking about their friends? Their friends woke up.
They're gone.
They left.
They're not our problem anymore.
I've got five and a half bodies that beg to differ.
Guys you hired to protect your flock.
Let's just cut 'em loose.
Give these people back their money.
Close our doors.
Couple of months, and maybe we can get that machine working.
I don't have a couple of months.
You were gonna leave.
Still gonna.
Our investors will hear about this and when they do, they'll pull our funding.
They'll confiscate everything.
Technology, IP.
What about Frost? I'm sure they'll take him too.
This guy, the one you're looking for, he threatened my son.
He looked me right in the eyes and said he was going after Holden.
We're all on edge, Tom.
You gotta let me out of here.
You gotta let me go.
You know, you hear about things like this happening in other counties the killing sprees and multiple homicides and you just you think they gotta be doing something wrong.
TOM: Sheriff.
Sheriff! Please, unlock this door and let me go be with my family.
I need to make sure that they're safe.
Please! [DOORBELL RINGING.]
Hi there.
Sorry to bother you.
We're from the gas company.
We're investigating a busted main in the area, and they've got us checking all nearby houses for possible contamination.
Oh, my God.
If we could just take a quick look at your gas meter.
Yes.
Of course.
- Come in.
- Right.
Thank you.
WOMAN: I think it's downstairs.
CHARLIE: Perfect, lead the way.
CHARLIE: Uh-oh.
- What do you mean, "uh-oh"? - [SIGHS.]
I'm picking up small traces of carbon monoxide.
I'm afraid we'll need you and your family to vacate the house while we turn off the gas and get this fixed.
Where's your partner? - GIRL: Who are you? - I'm Edgar.
This used to be my room.
And I haven't been here in a very long time.
Where did you go? Well let's say this is you and and this is your consciousness.
[MIMICKING WHOOSHING.]
[LAUGHS.]
Okay.
[GUN CLICKS.]
Whoa, wh-wh-what are you doing? Just making sure we have enough bullets.
Hey, wait, wait, wait, wait.
This isn't your fault.
Y-You don't have to do this.
This isn't for me.
The technology fell into the wrong hands with Frost and it almost cost Holden his life.
I'm sure there were others who weren't so lucky.
This isn't going to end until that machine is destroyed.
Do you have enough bullets? [ENGINE REVVING.]
JEFF: I think I get it.
Your coma sent you to the Realm, but only your consciousness.
It's like lucid dreaming except you're not dreaming.
See, now you're getting it.
But what if you've got this all wrong? What if none of this is even real? No, the Realm is definitely real.
Sometimes it feels more real than being awake.
See, that's what I'm saying.
What if the Realm is the real world, and this place is just a simulation that exists in our minds? What if right now, you and I are unconscious in the Realm, and our consciousness is being projected into this world? Maybe I'm not even real at all.
[TIRES SQUEALING.]
JEFF: I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that this is somehow related to our freezer.
[GLASS SHATTERING.]
- [GRUNTING.]
- Turn around! Turn around! [TIRES SQUEALING.]
Any chance that wasn't real? Cover as much of the walls as you can.
The aluminum acts as an electrical insulator.
It will prevent this place from going up like a Cherries Jubilee.
Have you ever tried Cherries Jubilee? I'm usually partial to chocolate, but the sweetness of the ice cream and the tartness of the Edgar, the guy just punched through my window, man.
Now that psycho could be on his way over here.
Then I suggest you work fast.
It's a Faraday Cage, isn't it? And the freezer needs a heavy dose of electromagnetic energy for my consciousness to travel, right? And these walls will keep the signals outside from getting in and Frying our brains.
[CHUCKLES.]
You really know your physics.
You didn't tell me you were a scientist.
I'm not.
I wanted to be when I was a kid, but, uh, life sort of took a different turn.
Maybe things would be different if I didn't choose to dig up freezers and chase visions.
You didn't choose.
You were chosen.
Free will is an illusion.
A trick our minds play on us to make human beings believe we're in control of our own destinies.
And we're not? There's only one correct path, and it's the one path you're meant to take.
CHARLIE: So you're okay with this? Okay with what? You're putting a lot of trust in a guy who's had to eat his last 5,000 meals with a spork.
To say nothing of the fact that he's having us build a life-size Jiffy Pop.
I trust him as much as I trust you.
[SIGHS.]
Okay.
I get it.
Last time Holden and I were together, he got shot and I ran.
I'm not gonna run.
Not this time.
[STAPLE GUN CLICKS.]
I believe you.
No, you don't.
I believe you because Holden believes you.
He's lucky to have you looking out for him.
Ah, it ain't luck.
I'm the reason he knocked his head and went into that coma.
If it wasn't for me, none of this would be happening.
If it wasn't for me, maybe my brother would still be alive.
Look, I know you don't have a ton of reasons to trust me, but I also know that the past will suffocate you if you let it.
Trust me on that.
[DOOR RUMBLING.]
It's gone.
Are you sure we have the right barn? I'm sure.
They must've moved the machine.
We did.
[GUN CLICKS.]
We moved it to a more secure location.
You can see why.
What happened here? The blood? The gate? There was an incident.
What kind of incident? A few of our disciples awoke from cryogenic hibernation and brutally murdered six of my men.
That kind of incident.
Where is it? Why do you want to know? Someone's coming.
A woman pretending to be FBI.
She knows about your machine.
And you mean to get rid of it before she gets here.
If you think destroying that machine will tear down what we've built, I've got some bad news.
Faith doesn't collapse so easily.
Frost knew this when he gave birth to Hollow Sky.
Frost is dead, and it's time Hollow Sky dies with him.
Frost isn't dead.
He's still very much alive.
[HAMMER CLICKS.]
Then take me to him.
How could you not tell me that Holden was attacked? And now this guy, he's-he's free? I mean, what if he goes after Holden? And what if he hurts him again? - [PHONE BEEPING.]
- What are you doing? I'm calling Holden.
You-You try Luke.
I've already tried.
They're not picking up.
Either of them.
- Forget it.
I'm not waiting.
- [KEYS JINGLING.]
- I'm gonna go look for him.
- No, no, hold on.
Diane.
- Stop.
Hold on.
- What? I think I know who can help.
[RUMBLING.]
[PHONE BUZZING.]
[BUZZING CONTINUES.]
What is it? It's your dad.
This is Jeff.
Jeff.
Hey, it's Tom.
Is Holden there? Yeah, he's right here.
Is everything okay? TOM: Put him on, will you? Dad? Uh, sorry, I must've left my phone at home.
Are you okay? - HOLDEN: I'm-I'm fine.
- Where are you? I'm at Jeff's.
What's going on? Sheriff Dayton said that you were attacked, said that someone went after you in a parking lot? Why didn't you say something to us? I know.
I should have, but I didn't want you to worry.
Well, he got out, the guy who attacked you.
A gang broke him out of jail this morning.
They murdered four police officers.
Sheriff Dayton's with us right now at the house.
We want you to come to the house so we can keep you safe.
I wanna talk to him.
Holden, honey, please just just come home.
I need to see you.
HOLDEN: Mom, I - [ELECTRICITY CRACKLING.]
- Mom? Holden? Holden? Hello? Mom? - What? What happened? - The line went dead.
- Well, try him again.
- I am.
[LINE RINGING.]
VOICEMAIL: Hey, you've reached Jeff McArdle.
I'm not here It went straight to voicemail.
[DOORBELL RINGING.]
Stay here.
[DOOR OPENS.]
TOM: Don't worry.
It will be okay.
I I knew there was something wrong.
The lying, the bruises Hey, hey, hey.
Hey.
We did everything we could.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
- Hmm.
- [SHERIFF DAYTON CLEARS THROAT.]
It was the mailman.
[CHUCKLES.]
It's for you.
I can't do this.
Not right now.
I He's killing people.
He murdered that guy at the bowling alley and four others, police, I I can't just leave my family while he's If you really want your family to be safe, you've got to get into the Realm and close that portal.
He won't stop.
Every minute you're out here, his power grows.
I'm sorry, but it has to be now.
You're still on board with this? Someone's gotta make sure these two lunatics don't let you drown.
Let's get this over with.
Once your consciousness makes the trip, you'll be able to communicate with us through this [STATIC ON RADIO.]
Where'd you get that? - Did you - That little girl stole my bedroom, so I'm borrowing her walkie-talkie.
And you sure I'll be able to hear you? Yes, but not for long.
I'll help you find your way into the heart of the Realm, but beyond that I'm on my own.
Once you arrive, you gotta close whatever rift you opened during your last visit.
You do that and no more of those Hellspawn will be able to cross over into our world.
How is he supposed to close it? Yeah.
How am I supposed to close it? The Realm has a funny way of communicating.
It will tell you what it needs from you.
I suggest you give it what it wants.
We'll be right here by your side.
[DOOR CLANKS.]
[BUBBLING.]
[GASPING.]
[WAVES CRASHING.]
[GRUNTING, GASPING.]
[PANTING.]
Oh! Man, I hate this place.
Why are you keeping him alive? Because I believe he'll wake up.
Others woke up.
He didn't.
Frost is different.
He has a bigger purpose, so he holds on.
You have no idea, do you? I saw what happened to him.
He's gone.
From what I understand, you and your father never had much of a bond.
Yeah, 'cause she didn't blindly worship the jerk like you do.
Your father is, present tense, a great man.
When he wakes up, he'll show us all how to reach the Afterlife, exactly as he foretold.
You wanna talk to him? [WILLA SCOFFS.]
[SIGHS.]
I'd like to think regardless of how my daughter felt about me, if she saw me in this condition she'd at least find it in herself to pay respect to the effort.
So how's your brother? You weren't a great man.
You were a coward.
I may share your blood, but I don't inherit your sins.
'Cause I'm stronger than you.
I achieved something you never did.
I realized we're not meant for that place.
None of us, for any reason.
And I'm going to prove that to anyone who ever believed in you and to anyone who didn't.
What did he say? PASTOR IAN'S VOICE: Diane I'm neither proud of what I've done, nor who I did it for.
I'm sorry I couldn't do more to protect your son.
Holden is far more special than you may know.
You are a wonderful mother.
He's gonna need you.
- [WAVES CRASHING.]
- HOLDEN: Okay.
So now what? Do you see, um, an ocean and a-a light far off in the distance? Yeah.
Yeah, I see it.
Good.
Good.
Swim towards it.
Swim towards it? It's in the middle of the ocean! You can make it.
HOLDEN: No.
No, I can't make it.
I'll drown! Not if you swim far enough.
Remember, the Realm will tell you what if wants.
Just listen to it.
Now what does it want? It wants me to swim.
[WAVES CRASHING.]
[GAGGING.]
[COUGHING, RETCHING.]
What the hell? This isn't hell - nor is this heaven.
- HOLDEN: Frost.
No, no, I-I saw you You saw a desperate man standing in front of the love of his life.
A man given a remarkable gift.
A gift not without a heavy price.
Why the hell should I believe anything you say? How do I even know you're real? Does it matter? I'm here.
And so are you.
We think of life and death as a succession, a sequence of events, but it's not that at all.
It's a balance, a cosmic compromise.
You upset that balance stepping out onto that bridge.
FROST: We upset the balance, and now you must be prepared to accept the consequences.
As I have.
That's why you're here, is it not? Now you have a responsibility to make things right.
Balance must be restored.
How do I restore the balance? You let go of the one thing you've been holding on to the tightest.
What you're most afraid to give up.
What's that? [MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY.]
FROST: You were so young when your entire life changed forever.
You still believe the boy in that bed has a normal, ordinary life ahead of him.
You believe he can walk both paths concurrently.
[MONITOR CONTINUES BEEPING.]
I do.
I have to.
Not if you want to save your world.
You can't embrace one path while clinging desperately to another.
You want to save all those people back home? Then accept what you've been running from.
What do I have to do? The Realm requires a covenant, a blood oath.
The Realm requires a promise that will forever bind you to this place.
It requires sacrifice.
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
[CHUCKLES.]
You You want me to what, stab myself with that thing while I'm sleeping? It requires your blood, so yes, you will have to stab yourself with that thing while you're sleeping.
Try to aim for the heart.
No.
No way.
I-I won't do it.
I can't.
It's what the Realm wants.
It's what it needs from you.
Then what? What happens when I'm forever bonded to this place? Your promise will be affirmed.
The hole between worlds will close.
And my world and the people that I love will be safe? Balance restored and all that? Not until the evil you released has returned.
But first things first.
It's time to put away childish things.
Will it hurt? [MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY.]
I'm sorry.
YOUNG HOLDEN: Please don't do it, I-I-I have to.
No, you don't.
I'm not ready.
We're not ready to say goodbye.
There's no other way.
I Please.
I don't wanna die.
Please, I don't want to die.
I don't Please.
Please I'm so sorry.
[GRUNTS.]
[MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY.]
[ALARM BLARING.]
[MONITOR FLATLINES.]
[THUDDING, RATTLING.]
[HOLDEN GASPING.]
I did it.
You did it.
I did it.
Just like he said you would.
- So that's it? We're done? - HOLDEN: We're not done.
Not yet.
The hole is closed, but that thing that attacked me it's still here.
Balance has to be restored.
So what does that mean? It means we have to send him back.
CHARLIE: Holden, wait.
You can't just pack up and head home.
I have to.
He knows I went back in, and he knows I prevented more of him from coming through.
He's angry, and he's looking for a fight.
How do you know he knows? Because Holden bonded himself to the Realm.
What the hell does that mean? It's okay.
I'm okay.
I did what I had to do.
And now we have to get back home in case that thing comes for me or my family.
I'm not going with you.
You brought me here to help you get into the Realm.
I did that.
You need to protect your home.
I I need to get back to mine.
Coldwater? But they kept you locked up.
They-They kept me safe.
Safe from others.
Safe from myself.
I'm ready to go back and face whatever the doctors have in store for me.
I belong there.
Listen, I'll take him back to Coldwater.
You get your ass back home and make sure that everyone's safe.
Sound good to you? You're always gonna have us, Edgar even if we have to break you out again.
Thank you for getting him back safe.
He's not safe.
He'll need your help.
But you already knew that, didn't you? Holden's not the only one who touched that freezer and saw something.
The Realm tells you things and try as I might to ignore them, the Realm tells me things.
What did it tell you? Holden's gonna die.
How often are you wrong? Well, there's a first time for everything.
[SIREN BLARING.]
I understand.
We'll be ready.
LUKE: She's here isn't she? [SIREN BLARING.]
[TIRES SCREECHING.]
Agent Borden, FBI.
We're hereby authorized by the United States government to search your property and seize any weaponry or technology that may be aiding or used for criminal activity.
Follow me.
Mom! Dad? Luke? - Mom.
- Thank God you're safe.
- Are you okay? - I'm okay.
- Are you sure? - Nothing happened.
Hey, next time we tell you to come home, you come home.
You understand? Don't scare us like that.
- It's okay.
Are you guys okay? - Yeah, we're fine.
- Has he been here? - Who? Honey, it's just us.
It's just us.
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS.]