Channel Zero (2016) s03e03 Episode Script
All You Ghost Mice
1 How did the Peach family disappear? Oh, there've been rumors since the 30s.
Weird, occult stuff.
He killed and ate a guy in the precinct.
- Not our problem, now.
- You know what, officer? I'm gonna make a special project out of you.
You don't have to worry about your sister Zoe.
She'll be all right.
Alice, you don't have to worry anymore.
- I'm cured.
- What happened to my sister? Let me show you.
Oh, my God.
[EERIE MUSIC.]
[FLIES BUZZING.]
[COUGHING, GAGGING.]
[CELL PHONE BUZZING.]
Alice? This is Dave from Collections.
We've taken over your loan payments.
And let me give you some advice on your credit score, honey.
I've seen this over and over again.
And trust me, you don't wanna keep dodging [HANGS PHONE UP.]
[PANTING.]
- Oh.
- What the fuck? - Ohh.
- What is happening? - This is - Alice.
We both saw that, right? Right? - Okay.
And then we lost time.
- No.
And then No, he put you to sleep first and then it was just me and him.
And and and then what? It's not a matter of if, but it's a matter of when.
I have to go.
I have to leave Garrett.
We have to leave Garrett.
We have to get out of here.
We have to get out of here - as soon as possible.
- No, no, no.
Wait, wait, wait.
- Yeah, as far away as poss - Wait, wait.
Stop.
You are important to Joseph Peach.
Don't you see how we can use that? I'm scared.
I know.
of course you are.
[CHILD SINGING.]
[WHIMPERS.]
- Alice, Alice.
- [CHILD SINGING.]
You've drawn him out.
Now you said you wanted to do some good, right? Right? So let's do some good, okay? There you go.
You gonna be strong now? Let's get out of this park.
Okay.
[PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT SQUEAKING.]
[EERIE MUSIC.]
Ah.
[SIGHS.]
[LOW WHOOSHING.]
[GASPS.]
Shit! What are you doing here? Get out! I felt I needed to see how you were.
So any different? [SIGHS.]
I feel sick.
Yeah.
You're still weak.
You're changing.
Embrace it.
You'll be a lot stronger than before.
I'm responsible for you now.
I'm your watchdog.
I would never hurt you.
You'll be fine.
Just relax.
Blow your bubbles.
You'll feel better if you eat something.
[LOW, RUMBLING TONE.]
[DARK MUSIC.]
Hey.
What are you two doing here? It's a public park.
How about you? I'm looking into things.
Yesterday you didn't believe me.
That was yesterday.
What changed? Look, just stay out of the park.
Okay? Gee, thanks for the advice.
Hey.
Give me a call if you wanna talk.
[LIGHT MUSIC.]
Alice.
Hey, uh, I need to talk to you.
Look, you missed work and I tried calling, but you haven't answered your phone.
And look, really The thing about a job is you kinda have to, um, show up.
Can I help you? Zoe? Zoe? Zoe? Zoe? It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.
- What? - Remember when Mom used to read us "Alice in Wonderland?" I loved it.
But you didn't.
- Zoe - Which is weird.
'Cause you're Alice.
What did he do to you? Were you afraid you were gonna fall down the rabbit hole? [ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO.]
Ahh.
I think you like Alice, don't you? Oh, well, I don't want her to get fired.
Hm.
But I like her.
I mean, I like her as In a professional way, I mean She's smart.
And she's driven, so And, uh At first, I wasn't sure.
But uh, I thought she was a little fragile.
But but, um, I think that's part of her charm.
I um, she she just kinda She kinda sneaks up on you.
- What? - [CHUCKLES.]
So what's with the taxidermy? Mm.
They make good silent companions.
How much did you take? I'm fine.
Absurdly fine.
Hey, could you just sit up for me? Mm.
What's wrong? Are you hurt? Are you okay? I'm cool, I just need to rest.
No why do you have the sheets - up this far.
- Go away.
- No, Zoe! - Go away.
No, I let me see, come on! Let me see! - Ah! - [GASPS.]
It's not as bad as you think.
Let us begin by breathing deeply.
Breathe in and out.
Relax.
It's okay if your mind wanders.
You're okay.
You accept the things you cannot change.
Bang! Oh, you getting soft, Dad.
[LAUGHS.]
Boy, you snuck up on me like an assassin.
Yeah, well, I learned from the best, so - [LAUGHS.]
- Why do you even come to this shithole? You know, something about the eggs.
- Oh, the eggs? - The eggs.
- They're that good, huh? - Mm.
[LAUGHS.]
Hey, you ever see anything like yesterday before? You mean like a man eating another man's lungs? Yeah.
Like a man eating another man's lungs.
Well, not specifically.
But you know shit happens.
[LAUGHS.]
- More coffee with that, sir? - Thank you.
So, um, you get that intake report on the prisoner transfer? Of course.
- Can I see it? - Of course.
At the office.
Ask Lucille.
You know I still need to make a statement, right? You know, you really don't have to write this one up.
Why would I not write this up, Dad? Yeah, but you seem a little discombobulated.
Yeah, 'cause there was a homicide in the precinct.
Pops, what the hell is going on? Pops, come on, talk to me.
Be honest with me here.
Dad.
Remember that big, red head kid? The big ol' redhead boy, lived down the street.
Always picking on you.
Marty Macklemore.
We used to get the "Times," and you'd love to read the sport page and, uh, one One week the paper didn't come.
And somehow you got it in your head that Marty Macklemore was stealing it.
So, next time you see him riding by on his bike, you clocked him in the face and puke all over his shoes.
And what did I tell you? You said you forgot to renew the subscription.
I forgot to renew the subscription.
[CHUCKLES.]
You want some eggs? - I'm good.
- Get him some eggs.
Two eggs.
Sure thing, Chief.
See about them eggs.
Okay, this is gonna hurt a little bit.
Perfect.
Perfect.
You hungry? [CHUCKLES.]
Where is everybody? I told you, hospital's closing.
- City cut our funding.
- [CELL PHONE BUZZING.]
We're about the last ones here.
What do you mean you met him in the park? Just what I said.
I don't understand Why were you in the park? I [LOW RUMBLING.]
[MOZART'S "RONDO ALLA TURCA".]
[MUSIC STOPS.]
So what's going on? My, um Dad, he seems to be connected to what your friend saw in the park yesterday.
Staircases.
I saw my dad's men set a murderer free.
Medallion Park, last night.
I saw that man meet another man.
The two of them walked [CHUCKLES.]
They walked up a staircase in the park.
And they disappeared though a door at the top.
Yeah.
And those people The Peaches Are suddenly very interested in Alice and her sister.
- Wait, why? - Peaches? Like, Peaches Meats? When I was a kid, they told stories of finding human sacrifice in that guy's basement.
And when kids are like, "Oh, the butcher will get you," that's all based on that guy.
Alice and her sister, they're here? Yes, they're upstairs.
[DARK TONE.]
Do you know that guy? Hey.
Hey.
Are you okay? Zoe, what did you do to your leg? Mm [CHUCKLES.]
What? [SIGHS.]
Sometimes you just think, why is this happening? With your leg? No, Alice.
I have a brain that misfires.
My life's an absolute train wreck.
I mean, I think about this.
Why is this happening to me? Because it's a genetic predisposition from Mom.
And drugs and alcohol use I mean, - they aggravate it.
- No.
That's not the answer.
Do you know what I think? What? The universe and everything in it is just one big, random act of violence.
Zoe, what happened to your leg? [EERIE MUSIC.]
[EXHALES.]
[HUMMING WEAKLY.]
[EXHALES.]
[DARK MUSIC.]
Ah! Gah! Ahh! [SOBBING, WAILING.]
[GASPING, CRYING.]
[MOANING PAINFULLY.]
Ahh, ah Gah Ooh! Ah [MOANING.]
[GASPING, MOANING.]
[COUGHING.]
[EERIE MUSIC.]
I told you, I cut myself shaving.
He did something to me.
He went inside of my head.
I think he woke something up.
[EERIE MUSIC.]
It's okay.
It's okay, it's okay.
Shh.
Hey.
You sure you don't want anything to eat? I'm not hungry.
[WOMAN CRYING.]
[STABBING, SOBBING.]
[SOBS.]
Mom? [LABORED BREATHING.]
[GRUNTS.]
Oh! [STABBING.]
Ah.
- [STABS.]
- [LABORED BREATHING.]
[PAINED MOANING.]
Um, who was that guy? It's a long story, man.
Mouse! Ah! Do not move! Bang.
[LAUGHS.]
Shit.
[STOMACH RUMBLING.]
[RUMBLING CONTINUES.]
[MONITOR BEEPING.]
Alice! Nurse? [THRILLING MUSIC.]
Stay close.
Ah.
Sorry.
- Hey.
Guys? - [RATTLES DOOR.]
- Guys? - Nathan.
- Pardon me.
- Louise.
Guys, uh I don't Well, I don't know how to get the door I don't it's not opening.
I can't get Is there a button? Look for a button.
- Oh.
- What? What? Oh.
No.
No, no, no.
Come on, come on.
Where is it? Where is it? - Luke.
No.
- Come on.
Come on! - Come on, come on, come on.
- Come on! Ah! It's bulletproof glass.
Go, run.
Nathan, no.
Please.
Ahh! Down! Down! Get down! Hands behind your back.
[LAUGHING.]
Hands behind your back.
[LAUGHING CONTINUES.]
[HANDCUFFS RATCHETING.]
[LOW, OMINOUS MUSIC.]
[INDISTINCT WHISPERING.]
[LAUGHTER.]
Oh.
Oh, God.
Oh, oh.
We could take him to my place.
What? Why? - Question him.
- [LAUGHS.]
[EERIE MUSIC.]
[LAUGHS.]
[SLURPING.]
[SIGHS.]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING.]
Who are you? [HUMMING.]
[WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY.]
Your sister suffered a psychotic break.
This is not a one-time thing.
We use a program here called coordinated specialty care.
- CSC.
- Case management, psychotherapy, medication management Peer and family support education.
- Yeah.
- Alice I think it might be helpful if you spent a little less time with the literature.
9%.
Excuse me? That's the risk of me developing schizophrenia based on a known relative with the disease.
My sister, 9%.
My mother, 13.
And what if it's both? I mean, do you just add up the percentages? I'm aware of the data, but I just wanna know if this is gonna happen to me.
[MUTTERING.]
[TENSE MUSIC.]
[GIGGLING.]
I'm Edie Peach.
I'm Robert's wife.
Oh, my.
It is dark in here, huh? Let's get the light on in.
[LAUGHS.]
Oh, that's better.
That's nice.
Why are you dressed like it's the 1950s? Because that's the last time I went shopping, hon.
[LAUGHS.]
Oh, here we go.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Ohh.
[SIGHS.]
It's getting big.
- Mmm, mmm, mmm.
- Ohh.
Mama's home cookin'.
That's what I'm talkin' about.
Mmm, mmm.
- Mmm.
- What is it? [LAUGHS.]
You know what it is.
Just go with it, hon.
If you're hungry, eat.
There's a place for you at our table, and there is a room for you in our home.
Is that where the stairs lead to? That's right, sweetheart.
So this is what you do.
We're just a family.
That's all.
Just a real special family.
You're real special, huh? They should make a TV show about you.
"Keepin' Up with the Peaches.
" It has a nice ring.
[LAUGHS.]
I have no idea what you're talkin' about, but I like it.
Aw, you've always struggled, haven't you? You've never had a real family.
Oh, aren't you tired of feeling like every day is a battle that you just can't win? Our family is wonderful, and we will love you if you let us.
Hey.
It's okay.
Just think of all the fun we're gonna have, huh? Here, go ahead, hon.
[LOW RUMBLING.]
[THRILLING MUSIC.]
So [LIGHT, EERIE MUSIC.]
Your sister has come upstairs with us.
You are welcome, too.
[THRILLING MUSIC.]
[CELL PHONE BUZZING.]
- Hello? - Alice, this is Dave from Collections.
I know you're on the line, I can hear you.
- Is this real? - You made it real by maxing out your loans every quarter.
Listen to me, honey.
We will take you to court, we will garnish your wages, we will come to your house.
Alice.
Alice.
- Zoe? - Alice.
[CARNIVAL MUSIC.]
Zoe? Help me out.
- Alice, help me.
- Zoe? Ow.
- Alice! - Whee-hee! - Whoo-hoo-hoo! - Alice! Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo! Whoohoo-hoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Alice.
Alice! Alice? [INDISTINCT WHISPERING.]
Whee-hee! Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Whee-hee-hee! Whoo-hoo! Help me, Alice.
[SCREAMS.]
Help me, Alice.
Help me, Alice.
[WHISTLING.]
Stop whistling.
Stop.
[CHUCKLES.]
That nice lady wanted you to take me back to her house and break my knees.
But look at you, a good, little maggot.
Always going by the book.
Hey, just be quiet, all right? You wanna hold my tongue for me? What the fuck is wrong with you, man? - Who the hell are you? - [LAUGHS.]
Who are you? A mouse in a uniform? A mouse with no scent.
You're a ghost.
A ghost mouse.
[LAUGHS.]
Okay, all right.
Yeah.
Ghost mouse.
You even had me back there, but you couldn't even pull the trigger.
[CHUCKLES.]
Oh, you ghost mice.
You just don't stick.
Your lives don't stick.
You do this, you do that, but it doesn't really matter.
To us, you're just protein.
Ah.
[LAUGHS.]
[PLACES CAR IN PARK.]
Let me give you an example.
Those people The woman and the kid - Tonya and Izzy.
- What? Their names.
It doesn't matter.
They don't matter.
If they did, you would've tried to find them.
You know I'm right, Mr.
Mouse Man.
- [GUNSHOT.]
- [WHIMPERS.]
[DARK MUSIC.]
[GUNSHOTS.]
[DOGS BARKING.]
Zoe! [EERIE MUSIC.]
Weird, occult stuff.
He killed and ate a guy in the precinct.
- Not our problem, now.
- You know what, officer? I'm gonna make a special project out of you.
You don't have to worry about your sister Zoe.
She'll be all right.
Alice, you don't have to worry anymore.
- I'm cured.
- What happened to my sister? Let me show you.
Oh, my God.
[EERIE MUSIC.]
[FLIES BUZZING.]
[COUGHING, GAGGING.]
[CELL PHONE BUZZING.]
Alice? This is Dave from Collections.
We've taken over your loan payments.
And let me give you some advice on your credit score, honey.
I've seen this over and over again.
And trust me, you don't wanna keep dodging [HANGS PHONE UP.]
[PANTING.]
- Oh.
- What the fuck? - Ohh.
- What is happening? - This is - Alice.
We both saw that, right? Right? - Okay.
And then we lost time.
- No.
And then No, he put you to sleep first and then it was just me and him.
And and and then what? It's not a matter of if, but it's a matter of when.
I have to go.
I have to leave Garrett.
We have to leave Garrett.
We have to get out of here.
We have to get out of here - as soon as possible.
- No, no, no.
Wait, wait, wait.
- Yeah, as far away as poss - Wait, wait.
Stop.
You are important to Joseph Peach.
Don't you see how we can use that? I'm scared.
I know.
of course you are.
[CHILD SINGING.]
[WHIMPERS.]
- Alice, Alice.
- [CHILD SINGING.]
You've drawn him out.
Now you said you wanted to do some good, right? Right? So let's do some good, okay? There you go.
You gonna be strong now? Let's get out of this park.
Okay.
[PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT SQUEAKING.]
[EERIE MUSIC.]
Ah.
[SIGHS.]
[LOW WHOOSHING.]
[GASPS.]
Shit! What are you doing here? Get out! I felt I needed to see how you were.
So any different? [SIGHS.]
I feel sick.
Yeah.
You're still weak.
You're changing.
Embrace it.
You'll be a lot stronger than before.
I'm responsible for you now.
I'm your watchdog.
I would never hurt you.
You'll be fine.
Just relax.
Blow your bubbles.
You'll feel better if you eat something.
[LOW, RUMBLING TONE.]
[DARK MUSIC.]
Hey.
What are you two doing here? It's a public park.
How about you? I'm looking into things.
Yesterday you didn't believe me.
That was yesterday.
What changed? Look, just stay out of the park.
Okay? Gee, thanks for the advice.
Hey.
Give me a call if you wanna talk.
[LIGHT MUSIC.]
Alice.
Hey, uh, I need to talk to you.
Look, you missed work and I tried calling, but you haven't answered your phone.
And look, really The thing about a job is you kinda have to, um, show up.
Can I help you? Zoe? Zoe? Zoe? Zoe? It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.
- What? - Remember when Mom used to read us "Alice in Wonderland?" I loved it.
But you didn't.
- Zoe - Which is weird.
'Cause you're Alice.
What did he do to you? Were you afraid you were gonna fall down the rabbit hole? [ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO.]
Ahh.
I think you like Alice, don't you? Oh, well, I don't want her to get fired.
Hm.
But I like her.
I mean, I like her as In a professional way, I mean She's smart.
And she's driven, so And, uh At first, I wasn't sure.
But uh, I thought she was a little fragile.
But but, um, I think that's part of her charm.
I um, she she just kinda She kinda sneaks up on you.
- What? - [CHUCKLES.]
So what's with the taxidermy? Mm.
They make good silent companions.
How much did you take? I'm fine.
Absurdly fine.
Hey, could you just sit up for me? Mm.
What's wrong? Are you hurt? Are you okay? I'm cool, I just need to rest.
No why do you have the sheets - up this far.
- Go away.
- No, Zoe! - Go away.
No, I let me see, come on! Let me see! - Ah! - [GASPS.]
It's not as bad as you think.
Let us begin by breathing deeply.
Breathe in and out.
Relax.
It's okay if your mind wanders.
You're okay.
You accept the things you cannot change.
Bang! Oh, you getting soft, Dad.
[LAUGHS.]
Boy, you snuck up on me like an assassin.
Yeah, well, I learned from the best, so - [LAUGHS.]
- Why do you even come to this shithole? You know, something about the eggs.
- Oh, the eggs? - The eggs.
- They're that good, huh? - Mm.
[LAUGHS.]
Hey, you ever see anything like yesterday before? You mean like a man eating another man's lungs? Yeah.
Like a man eating another man's lungs.
Well, not specifically.
But you know shit happens.
[LAUGHS.]
- More coffee with that, sir? - Thank you.
So, um, you get that intake report on the prisoner transfer? Of course.
- Can I see it? - Of course.
At the office.
Ask Lucille.
You know I still need to make a statement, right? You know, you really don't have to write this one up.
Why would I not write this up, Dad? Yeah, but you seem a little discombobulated.
Yeah, 'cause there was a homicide in the precinct.
Pops, what the hell is going on? Pops, come on, talk to me.
Be honest with me here.
Dad.
Remember that big, red head kid? The big ol' redhead boy, lived down the street.
Always picking on you.
Marty Macklemore.
We used to get the "Times," and you'd love to read the sport page and, uh, one One week the paper didn't come.
And somehow you got it in your head that Marty Macklemore was stealing it.
So, next time you see him riding by on his bike, you clocked him in the face and puke all over his shoes.
And what did I tell you? You said you forgot to renew the subscription.
I forgot to renew the subscription.
[CHUCKLES.]
You want some eggs? - I'm good.
- Get him some eggs.
Two eggs.
Sure thing, Chief.
See about them eggs.
Okay, this is gonna hurt a little bit.
Perfect.
Perfect.
You hungry? [CHUCKLES.]
Where is everybody? I told you, hospital's closing.
- City cut our funding.
- [CELL PHONE BUZZING.]
We're about the last ones here.
What do you mean you met him in the park? Just what I said.
I don't understand Why were you in the park? I [LOW RUMBLING.]
[MOZART'S "RONDO ALLA TURCA".]
[MUSIC STOPS.]
So what's going on? My, um Dad, he seems to be connected to what your friend saw in the park yesterday.
Staircases.
I saw my dad's men set a murderer free.
Medallion Park, last night.
I saw that man meet another man.
The two of them walked [CHUCKLES.]
They walked up a staircase in the park.
And they disappeared though a door at the top.
Yeah.
And those people The Peaches Are suddenly very interested in Alice and her sister.
- Wait, why? - Peaches? Like, Peaches Meats? When I was a kid, they told stories of finding human sacrifice in that guy's basement.
And when kids are like, "Oh, the butcher will get you," that's all based on that guy.
Alice and her sister, they're here? Yes, they're upstairs.
[DARK TONE.]
Do you know that guy? Hey.
Hey.
Are you okay? Zoe, what did you do to your leg? Mm [CHUCKLES.]
What? [SIGHS.]
Sometimes you just think, why is this happening? With your leg? No, Alice.
I have a brain that misfires.
My life's an absolute train wreck.
I mean, I think about this.
Why is this happening to me? Because it's a genetic predisposition from Mom.
And drugs and alcohol use I mean, - they aggravate it.
- No.
That's not the answer.
Do you know what I think? What? The universe and everything in it is just one big, random act of violence.
Zoe, what happened to your leg? [EERIE MUSIC.]
[EXHALES.]
[HUMMING WEAKLY.]
[EXHALES.]
[DARK MUSIC.]
Ah! Gah! Ahh! [SOBBING, WAILING.]
[GASPING, CRYING.]
[MOANING PAINFULLY.]
Ahh, ah Gah Ooh! Ah [MOANING.]
[GASPING, MOANING.]
[COUGHING.]
[EERIE MUSIC.]
I told you, I cut myself shaving.
He did something to me.
He went inside of my head.
I think he woke something up.
[EERIE MUSIC.]
It's okay.
It's okay, it's okay.
Shh.
Hey.
You sure you don't want anything to eat? I'm not hungry.
[WOMAN CRYING.]
[STABBING, SOBBING.]
[SOBS.]
Mom? [LABORED BREATHING.]
[GRUNTS.]
Oh! [STABBING.]
Ah.
- [STABS.]
- [LABORED BREATHING.]
[PAINED MOANING.]
Um, who was that guy? It's a long story, man.
Mouse! Ah! Do not move! Bang.
[LAUGHS.]
Shit.
[STOMACH RUMBLING.]
[RUMBLING CONTINUES.]
[MONITOR BEEPING.]
Alice! Nurse? [THRILLING MUSIC.]
Stay close.
Ah.
Sorry.
- Hey.
Guys? - [RATTLES DOOR.]
- Guys? - Nathan.
- Pardon me.
- Louise.
Guys, uh I don't Well, I don't know how to get the door I don't it's not opening.
I can't get Is there a button? Look for a button.
- Oh.
- What? What? Oh.
No.
No, no, no.
Come on, come on.
Where is it? Where is it? - Luke.
No.
- Come on.
Come on! - Come on, come on, come on.
- Come on! Ah! It's bulletproof glass.
Go, run.
Nathan, no.
Please.
Ahh! Down! Down! Get down! Hands behind your back.
[LAUGHING.]
Hands behind your back.
[LAUGHING CONTINUES.]
[HANDCUFFS RATCHETING.]
[LOW, OMINOUS MUSIC.]
[INDISTINCT WHISPERING.]
[LAUGHTER.]
Oh.
Oh, God.
Oh, oh.
We could take him to my place.
What? Why? - Question him.
- [LAUGHS.]
[EERIE MUSIC.]
[LAUGHS.]
[SLURPING.]
[SIGHS.]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING.]
Who are you? [HUMMING.]
[WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY.]
Your sister suffered a psychotic break.
This is not a one-time thing.
We use a program here called coordinated specialty care.
- CSC.
- Case management, psychotherapy, medication management Peer and family support education.
- Yeah.
- Alice I think it might be helpful if you spent a little less time with the literature.
9%.
Excuse me? That's the risk of me developing schizophrenia based on a known relative with the disease.
My sister, 9%.
My mother, 13.
And what if it's both? I mean, do you just add up the percentages? I'm aware of the data, but I just wanna know if this is gonna happen to me.
[MUTTERING.]
[TENSE MUSIC.]
[GIGGLING.]
I'm Edie Peach.
I'm Robert's wife.
Oh, my.
It is dark in here, huh? Let's get the light on in.
[LAUGHS.]
Oh, that's better.
That's nice.
Why are you dressed like it's the 1950s? Because that's the last time I went shopping, hon.
[LAUGHS.]
Oh, here we go.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Ohh.
[SIGHS.]
It's getting big.
- Mmm, mmm, mmm.
- Ohh.
Mama's home cookin'.
That's what I'm talkin' about.
Mmm, mmm.
- Mmm.
- What is it? [LAUGHS.]
You know what it is.
Just go with it, hon.
If you're hungry, eat.
There's a place for you at our table, and there is a room for you in our home.
Is that where the stairs lead to? That's right, sweetheart.
So this is what you do.
We're just a family.
That's all.
Just a real special family.
You're real special, huh? They should make a TV show about you.
"Keepin' Up with the Peaches.
" It has a nice ring.
[LAUGHS.]
I have no idea what you're talkin' about, but I like it.
Aw, you've always struggled, haven't you? You've never had a real family.
Oh, aren't you tired of feeling like every day is a battle that you just can't win? Our family is wonderful, and we will love you if you let us.
Hey.
It's okay.
Just think of all the fun we're gonna have, huh? Here, go ahead, hon.
[LOW RUMBLING.]
[THRILLING MUSIC.]
So [LIGHT, EERIE MUSIC.]
Your sister has come upstairs with us.
You are welcome, too.
[THRILLING MUSIC.]
[CELL PHONE BUZZING.]
- Hello? - Alice, this is Dave from Collections.
I know you're on the line, I can hear you.
- Is this real? - You made it real by maxing out your loans every quarter.
Listen to me, honey.
We will take you to court, we will garnish your wages, we will come to your house.
Alice.
Alice.
- Zoe? - Alice.
[CARNIVAL MUSIC.]
Zoe? Help me out.
- Alice, help me.
- Zoe? Ow.
- Alice! - Whee-hee! - Whoo-hoo-hoo! - Alice! Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo! Whoohoo-hoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Alice.
Alice! Alice? [INDISTINCT WHISPERING.]
Whee-hee! Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Whee-hee-hee! Whoo-hoo! Help me, Alice.
[SCREAMS.]
Help me, Alice.
Help me, Alice.
[WHISTLING.]
Stop whistling.
Stop.
[CHUCKLES.]
That nice lady wanted you to take me back to her house and break my knees.
But look at you, a good, little maggot.
Always going by the book.
Hey, just be quiet, all right? You wanna hold my tongue for me? What the fuck is wrong with you, man? - Who the hell are you? - [LAUGHS.]
Who are you? A mouse in a uniform? A mouse with no scent.
You're a ghost.
A ghost mouse.
[LAUGHS.]
Okay, all right.
Yeah.
Ghost mouse.
You even had me back there, but you couldn't even pull the trigger.
[CHUCKLES.]
Oh, you ghost mice.
You just don't stick.
Your lives don't stick.
You do this, you do that, but it doesn't really matter.
To us, you're just protein.
Ah.
[LAUGHS.]
[PLACES CAR IN PARK.]
Let me give you an example.
Those people The woman and the kid - Tonya and Izzy.
- What? Their names.
It doesn't matter.
They don't matter.
If they did, you would've tried to find them.
You know I'm right, Mr.
Mouse Man.
- [GUNSHOT.]
- [WHIMPERS.]
[DARK MUSIC.]
[GUNSHOTS.]
[DOGS BARKING.]
Zoe! [EERIE MUSIC.]