Light as a Feather (2018) s02e16 Episode Script

1 MCKENNA: Previously on Light as a Feather GRETEL: I have a confession to make.
Until somebody finds her and puts her to rest, there will never, ever be peace.
We just have to find Margaret and bury her here.
Margaret just wants to go home.
We still have time.
We just don't really know how much.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
Violet, please kill me.
ALEX: The article says that Sylvia turned herself in and confessed to the whole thing.
Peri's free.
- MCKENNA: This is Margaret.
- But it's too late.
You all know too much about what I've done.
- Trey! - No, no, no, don't come in! VIOLET: No, damn it! [DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
[GRUNTS.]
[WHIMPERING.]
ALEX: [GRUNTING.]
Come on! TREY: Here we go.
[OMINOUS MUSIC.]
McKenna! It's okay.
We're here.
McKenna! Do you hear me? - Is she breathing? - Yeah, but barely.
Wait, wait, where are the ashes? They're gone.
Peri's got them.
HENRY: It doesn't change the fact that we have to get her to a hospital.
I have that lidocaine shot that April gave me in the car.
Maybe that'll help with the pain.
No, it's not enough.
Look at her.
ALEX: You're right.
Besides, Peri has Margaret's ashes, and we have no idea where she is.
It'll take too long.
Plus, by the time this [ALL GROANING, GASPING.]
Thing on her back hatches, we're totally screwed.
TREY: I think our best bet is to find Peri and get the ashes back.
That's what Mack would want us to do.
[CELL PHONE RINGING.]
It's Peri.
What do you want? PERI: I've got good news, believe it or not.
What, are you gonna come back and give us Margaret's ashes? PERI: Hmm, nice try, but no.
Actually, the good news is for Alex.
What? PERI: Now that I have this urn, I've got your only way out, and you don't have to die.
- What about my friends? - PERI: Sorry.
The offer's only good for you.
What you do next, Alex, is up to you.
[OMINOUS MUSIC.]
JENNIE: Since you have to finish your paper and, I mean, let's be honest, I'm the one who screwed things up with Livy Mack.
Mack, are you listening to me? [WHISTLES.]
Hello? [ETHEREAL MUSIC.]
- What? - I just said I'd write your testimonials for you.
- Testimonials? - Yeah, for your project with Olivia.
You're welcome, by the way.
Hey, you okay? I don't know.
Something feels Wrong.
Jennie, I know what this is.
Can you be more specific? MCKENNA: The paper, the testimonials, the clothes we're wearing: all the details are the same, but this is not what happened that night.
[OMINOUS MUSIC.]
[ETHEREAL MUSIC.]
TREY: Mack, I'm not sure if you can hear me, but just keep breathing, okay? ALEX: All right, I have a plan, and you're gonna think it's stupid.
HENRY: No, at this point, no idea's stupid.
I just texted Peri and told her I'd meet her.
- That's pretty stupid.
- ALEX: Come on.
It's my fault that Peri has the ashes.
When I saw her coming for McKenna, I should have stopped her instead of trying to open the barn door.
Alex, you can't second-guess yourself.
You made a choice.
- Yeah, the scared choice.
- HENRY: So what? Look, we we're all scared.
We'd be crazy if we weren't.
ALEX: Maybe so, but now the only thing I can do to make it right is meet with Peri and try to make a deal.
Wha what kind of deal? I'm gonna offer to trade myself for the ashes.
And assuming she agrees, then what? I don't know, but at least it'll give you guys a chance to survive.
[CELL PHONE CHIMES.]
She just dropped me a PIN.
I'm gonna go while you guys finish digging the hole.
- Alex, you can't do this.
- I've made up my mind.
Okay, fine, let's give it a shot.
But I'm coming with you.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
[VAN DOOR SLAMS.]
MCKENNA: Jennie, you're not fooling me.
All the details are the same, but this is not what happened that night.
JENNIE: What night? MCKENNA: You know what I'm talking about.
We didn't study together like this.
You never told me that you were gonna write the testimonials.
You just did it.
And the next morning, I woke up, - I came into your room, and you were - You know what? I'm starving.
- I'm gonna make us some popcorn.
- Can you please just [EERIE TONE.]
Jennie? [GASPS.]
- That's weird.
- What? A few minutes ago, she was boiling hot, and now she's ice cold.
There's some blankets over there.
Might help.
Yeah, good idea.
[GROANS.]
[GRUNTS.]
- HENRY: Wha what's wrong? - TREY: Nothing.
It's just my shoulder.
Looks like it hurts.
[EXHALES.]
Only when I move and breathe.
Let me look.
TREY: Ow! Why would you touch it? I'm sorry.
I I I just wanted to help.
Shit.
HENRY: What? [OMINOUS MUSIC.]
- TREY: Great.
- HENRY: Where'd she go? ALEX: Her car's here.
She must be inside.
I can't believe I let you talk me into this.
- Don't beat yourself up.
I'm very persuasive.
- ALEX: Yeah, no kidding.
Now get in there and get those ashes.
[CAR DOOR SLAMS.]
I was just leaving you a message.
I wasn't sure if you'd still come.
Here's my offer.
You want me back? I'm back.
But you have to give me the ashes so that my friends can live.
Look, Alex, we have been through this.
It will never work.
They know too much about what I've done.
There's a lot of things in my life that I've done that I regret, but not saving my brother is the worst one.
Some people can't be saved.
PERI: Yeah, just like your friends.
But I can save you, Alex.
No.
I don't want to lose my friends.
But I also don't want to die.
Peri, I'm scared.
You don't have to be.
I'm giving you a choice.
ALEX: But what if it doesn't work between us? What if what if too much has happened? Just come here.
Come here.
It'll be fine.
Everything's gonna be fine.
We can start over, and everything's gonna be okay, okay? ALEX: Are you sure about that? I never really saw you two as a long-term thing.
Looks like you came prepared.
I'm guessing the acid's for me.
Yeah.
Same thing from the shower, but a lot more of it.
Maybe next time.
You broke my heart, Alex.
Go to hell.
You know, before you leave, you might want to check that urn.
Feeling a little light? Shit.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS.]
What the hell? McKenna? [EERIE MUSIC.]
Jennie.
You lost the ashes.
It's over.
No, Alex and Violet are trying - to get it back right now.
We can still - We're out of time.
Game over.
If McKenna's gonna live, then Then the rest of us die.
You'd really do that? I have to.
Well, if that's the plan, you better hurry.
Start with me.
Come on.
All you have to do is hit the gas and crush me to death, just like she predicted.
[ETHEREAL MUSIC.]
[ENGINE TURNS OVER.]
[ENGINE REVVING.]
You're really gonna do this? That's kind of ironic.
I used to give you such a hard time for being a shitty driver.
[LAUGHS.]
It's crazy, the things that pop into your head when you're about to die, like remember that time we kissed? Oh, come on, you remember, ninth grade.
We split that six-pack from my grandma's refrigerator.
I don't even remember whose dumb idea that was.
It was mine.
TREY: The most awkward kiss of my life.
I I I think you used the word "revolting.
" Thanks again for that, by the way.
[ENGINE IDLING.]
Jennie, you were my friend.
You don't want to do this.
Just stop the engine and give me the keys, okay? Please.
[OMINOUS MUSIC.]
[BOTH GRUNTING.]
You okay? HENRY: Yeah.
Yeah, I'm fine.
I just [BREATHING HEAVILY.]
Oh, my God, a chrysalis.
No! See, I kind of thought you two would do something like this, so I planned ahead.
Hello, Margaret.
ALEX: Okay, look.
I screwed up.
PERI: Oh, please.
So I'm guessing you're going to dump those ashes and let the game play itself out till we're all dead? Yeah, that's the plan, nice and simple.
The only downside is You won't actually be here to see my face melt off.
PERI: Yeah, I was kind of looking forward to that.
What the hell are you doing? What does it look like? Here.
Come on.
Take your shot.
That's tempting, but I got what I need.
Thanks, though.
Got to say, kind of a bummer, though.
You know, your heart tells you one thing, but your head says another.
[CHUCKLES.]
I figured this would happen.
I'm a romantic, but I'm not stupid, Alex.
These ashes will never go to her grave.
And, Alex, you had your chance.
Now, one last thing before you go.
It's about your brother.
Don't you dare speak about my brother.
No, no, it's just something that he said when he showed up to my house in Monroeville.
He was so upset.
Yeah, because you tricked him into playing that game, Violet.
VIOLET: Yeah, I did.
It was after he touched the chrysalis, but I can't remember what he said.
It was more like a sound.
It was like [SCREAMS.]
You bitch! [CHAIN RATTLES.]
[SCREAMS.]
ALEX: [MUFFLED SCREAMING.]
VIOLET: We had no choice.
Come on.
We have to go.
JENNIE: How's your French paper coming? MCKENNA: Jennie, stop it.
I know what you're doing.
You're pretending that this is the way it happened, and it isn't.
Look, no, we can still On the night you died, we weren't together.
I was in my room and you were in yours and when you took those pills no one was there to save you, and I'm so sorry I wasn't there, but how could I have known? It just happened.
We can't change anything.
When I died, it destroyed our family.
Ever since then, I've just been trying to help.
I know, but you have to stop.
Jennie, listen to me.
That night in the mausoleum, you saved our lives.
Why wasn't that enough? Why did you stay? Because I was scared.
I didn't want to leave you or Mom or our friends.
Mack, there are so many things that I wanted to do with my life.
I know.
But by staying here, you kept this curse alive.
[TENDER PIANO MUSIC.]
This is not mine.
It's yours.
You have to go.
You have to take this with you! [SCREAMS.]
JENNIE: What's happening? MCKENNA: It's the curse.
Must be what happens when you don't finish the game.
[SCREAMS.]
TREY: McKenna! Come on.
Come on.
[SCREAMING.]
[SCREAMING.]
TREY: [GROANS.]
The chrysalis, it hatched.
It's spreading.
Please, you have to go.
When you leave, it'll go with you.
I'm scared.
I know.
Me too.
But, please, Jennie.
It's time.
You just have to go back the same way you came in.
SINGER: Closer I just want to be closer [GENTLE PIANO MUSIC.]
In the loneliest night I will stand by your side I am not scared of the dark Ah Every nightmare leaves a scar Ah Come what may Ah I will hold you through the dark Ah This is where the brave become braver This is how the battles are won This is where heroes are born ALEX: [GASPS.]
Holy shit.
Was that what I think it was? What happened? We need to hurry.
We need to bury the ashes.
No, Trey, it's fine.
It's over.
- Over? - So Gretel was wrong? Burying Margaret's ashes wasn't the answer then? No, it was always Jennie.
She was just holding on.
We we both were.
Oh, my God, Henry.
He saved my life.
He's still breathing.
I'm gonna call 911.
[CELL PHONE CHIMES.]
Oh, God.
VIOLET: What? ALEX: It's a voicemail from Peri.
She was leaving it when we showed up at the barn.
So erase it.
PERI: Hey, Alex, I'm leaving this because it's looking like you're not gonna show, which probably means things won't work out for you and me.
That's too bad because, for a minute there, we really made a connection.
But I want you to know that whatever happens, wherever you are, there will always be a part of me there too: missing you, loving you, and, who knows, maybe, just maybe [DRAMATIC MUSICAL FLOURISH.]
Watching you.
[GENTLE POP MUSIC.]
SINGER: Let it out [CHEERING AND LAUGHTER.]
DEB: High school graduate! [LAUGHS.]
- How does it feel? - Not too bad.
Just feels like a really long road after everything we went through.
Yeah, I know, but to me, it went by in a blink.
- I am so proud of you.
- Oh, are you proud of me? So does that mean you're not gonna turn my room into a home gym when I go on my trip? - Oh, trust me, that's totally happening.
- I'm not surprised.
Ladies, can I get a photo, please? Beautiful.
MCKENNA: Okay, you're done.
- Hey, can I get one? - ALEX: Of course.
So Pemberton College this fall, very impressive.
Yeah, well, couldn't have done it without you.
Shh, I only helped a little.
And, besides, I think we may have committed fraud.
- Oh, definitely.
- [BOTH LAUGH.]
- I love you.
- See you at the house.
ALEX: Okay.
TREY: Look who I found.
- ALEX: Hi! - MCKENNA: We did it.
TREY: Well, I was talking about you, man.
HENRY: That's okay.
- ALEX: Hey.
- HENRY: Hey.
ALEX: Oh, you look good.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Yeah.
I got the all clear to start playing tennis again, so Hey, I'm happy for you.
By the way, I talked to Violet this morning, and she sends her congrats.
- How is she? - MCKENNA: She's good.
She just started a very fancy boarding school in Seattle so she can graduate in August, and she specifically asked for all of us to take a picture, so Let's take one then.
- Yeah, let's do it.
- Excuse me, sir.
Could you, uh, take a photo for us? Thank you.
- Say "cheese.
" - ALL: Cheese.
- TREY: Nice.
- ALEX: Thank you.
Oh, that is so good.
SINGER: Let the sun shine in SECURITY GUARD: Have a good day.
ALEX: Yeah! SINGER: Let it all, let it all go Let the sun shine in MCKENNA: So high school is over.
Are you gonna miss it? TREY: Hell no.
I'm just excited to focus on the future.
Yeah, well, after everything we've been through, backpacking across France should be a breeze.
A breeze as long as you're not waking up at dawn to line up at the museum first thing.
Um, I actually do that, so is that gonna be a problem? Well, it depends.
Are you willing to take a detour to Père Lachaise Cemetery to visit Jim Morrison's grave? Graves.
Really? You're right.
[GROWLS PLAYFULLY.]
I'm just excited to get away with you.
Yeah.
- And Alex.
- And Alex.
It was her idea to backpack through France, so, technically, you're the one that's tagging along.
I'm just happy I get to be with you.
[SHAED'S "TRAMPOLINE".]
SINGER: I've been having dreams - Jumping on a trampoline - Happy graduation.
TREY: We did it! Yes! SINGER: Flipping in the air I never land, just float there [ALL GIGGLING.]
AVERY: Okay, this is getting old.
Are we seriously gonna do this all night? I don't know.
I guess we could watch a movie or something.
AVERY: No, Let's do something we can all do together, like play a game.
Fine with me.
What do you want to play? VIOLET: Actually, now that you mention it, I have an idea.
AVERY: What? SINGER: When I dream of dying I never feel so loved I've been having dreams Ah Splashing the summer stream Trip and I fall in Ah I wanted it to happen Ah, ah My body turns to ice Ah Crushing weight of paradise Ah Solid block of gold lying in the cold I feel right at home Wait, if I'm on fire How am I so deep in love? I never feel so loved