Slasher (2016) s04e02 Episode Script

Oh, I can't breathe.
I can't breathe.
My boy.
Those eyes.
Oh, I would recognize them
right away.
You look like
Oh, my baby.
Sweet, sweet little boy.
You're alive.
I knew you were.
I could feel it.
You know, they told me
to give up,
but I knew that you'd
come back one day.
I knew it.
My intuition is never wrong.
Ma, all right.
- Hi.
- Hey.
Theo.
It's your brother.
Yeah, I know. Hi.
Hi.
This is a little bit
- It's weird, yeah.
- Yeah.
This is O'Keefe, our sibling.
Hi.
I don't know if
you remember me.
I'm your uncle Seamus.
Sorry, it's a bit fuzzy, but
Of course. Of course.
W-Where's Spencer?
Oh, he's back at the house.
God, he's gonna
totally freak out
when he sees that you're here.
He knows that I'm here.
He paid for my flight
and everything.
- What?
- Yeah, he found me a month ago.
And he didn't tell you guys?
A month?
He's known a month?
And he didn't say
anything to me?
It was supposed to be
some fucked-up surprise.
Fuck.
- Hey, Mom.
- No, whoa, no.
- Let's just talk
- I mean, really? What How?
Let's talk to him
and see what's going on, okay?
Maybe Seamus is right. Maybe
it's some kind of surprise.
I-I am so sorry
to have to tell you this,
but Spencer is gone.
Gone? He left the island?
No, I
I gave him
his end-of-life medication.
What? Oh, my God.
No, that's not
What happened?
- I'm sorry. It was his request.
- I don't get it.
Come on.
Get out of my way.
Get out of my way.
Daddy.
Daddy.
I'm sorry.
He didn't want anyone
worrying while it happened.
I I'm his wife.
I should have been here.
Instead, he died alone.
Just alone
He wasn't alone.
I assure you,
his death was peaceful.
Hey, hey. It's okay.
Starting off the competition
with his death,
it just
doesn't make sense.
Unless he wanted to show us all
how serious he was
about giving all his money away.
It's crazy, man.
I mean, why why wouldn't
he say goodbye?
Why wouldn't he say
goodbye to me?
I just I just don't get it.
- I know, honey.
- Oh, God, come on.
He didn't say goodbye
to any of us.
Yeah, yeah, but Dad
Dad and I would always
But what?
'Cause, like, maybe,
just maybe you
being his golden boy
has nothing to do
with how he wanted to
end his fucking life!
- I mean, look at her.
- Aww.
- She's such a kook.
- Such a showoff.
I just I I don't know,
I just knew she was the one.
- Wow.
- Oh, man.
She says she feels
like an outsider with everyone.
Oh, you and Christy
are talking to her?
Yeah. I mean, she's shy,
but we talk on FaceTime.
In fact, she's the one
that corrected us
on the time difference.
We were off by like an hour.
So she's got the smarts
of a 20-year-old at 13.
That's amazing.
Ah, you know, I can't wait
to get to be a real uncle
without the weird age thing
with Theo and O'Keefe.
She's gonna love you.
Seriously.
Talked about you.
For real?
Of course, for real.
I can't wait to meet her.
When does When does
the adoption go through?
I mean, foreign adoptions
are expensive.
We're talking like 50 grand.
You know you can always ask Dad.
Dad's not gonna give it to us.
I already hit him up once
for fertility treatment.
Plus, he cut my monthly
to, like, nothing years ago
because of my
partying.
Yeah, but for something
as great as this, I mean,
Dad will be all over it.
No.
I'm not in his good books.
No, no, no.
You're gonna be a father now.
And once Dad sees
how much this means to you,
I'm sure he'll come
on your side.
And you know, in fact
in fact, I'll make sure of it.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
Best brother a guy
could ever ask for.
You know you can
ask me for anything.
Anytime.
Straight up, man.
I'm sorry.
I was making this about myself.
You don't need to apologize.
No, we're all upset and shocked.
Now we have to go out there
and play this ridiculous game
and pretend that
paternoster isn't
up there lying alone in his bed.
Fuck it. I'm out.
Then you will be
eliminated from the inheritance.
Spencer was strict about this,
and I will be too.
Where's that will?
W-Why don't you
all refuse to play?
Then you could just
split it, right?
I mean, that would be
the most fair.
Yeah, Grandpa
thought of that too.
If no one plays,
all the money and property
is rolled back
into Galloway Shipping.
I will get nothing?
Zero.
At quick glance,
none of us will.
There's no way out of it.
We have to play.
I'm in.
Good. Good.
Because I'm ready
and raring to go.
That's what he wanted.
Who am I to stand in his way?
We're playing for Dad.
Really?
I'll play.
If we're all playing,
then fine.
Fine, fuck.
For Spencer.
Last competition,
and then none of us
will have to do this ever again.
Oh, man.
This room is, like,
exactly the same.
Yeah, Mom wouldn't
let me change anything.
Even the smell.
So, you, uh
you recognize it?
Are you asking if
I'm really Vincent?
I would be too.
I'm telling you the truth.
I'm your brother.
Take this here.
I was obsessed with
the family ghost.
Yeah, you were
a pretty dark kid.
So what happened,
you know, that night?
You were there, man.
Uh
I had a bag thrown over my head
and I was taken away.
A boat at first and
then a truck, I think.
And when they took the sack off,
I was in a little room
in maybe a boarding house.
You must have been so scared.
Yeah.
So who were they?
What did they want?
I was just with them
for a for a couple weeks.
And after that?
My family,
the people I think of
as my mom and my dad
other side of the country.
It was like I was adopted
and no one would tell me
anything about how.
And then, uh, I just forgot.
So who were they?
Did they buy you or
some fucked-up thing like that?
They're good people.
I don't want to think
about them that way.
Sorry, man.
No.
Look, I kind of
forgot about my old life.
Blocked it out, I guess.
Like, even that
I was a twin, right?
And then, boom, Spencer just
finds me out of the blue
and all this comes rushing back.
You know,
not a single day went by
that I haven't thought of you.
Not one.
Or how
how I let you down.
You were a kid, man.
We both were.
What were we gonna do?
And, you know, this place is all
nice and fancy and everything,
but my folks were good.
And I hate to say it, our mom
seems more than a little nuts.
It sounds like
our granddad was too.
Yeah. So you good to bunk here
like a couple of kids again?
Yeah, dibs, bro.
Sure.
Where I come from,
you don't want the bottom bunk.
10-minute warning.
10-minute warning.
Last one there
loses a million bucks.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
Fun fact Dr. Phil isn't
an actual medical doctor,
and neither are you.
What do you want, Florence?
You, off the island pronto.
Well, I will be leaving
Monday with the winner.
I don't expect it to be you.
How much are you making
for killing my dad?
I'm the executor of his will,
and for that I get
a standard 10%.
Mm, for tricking him
into killing himself.
He was of sound mind when
he presented me with his idea.
Prove it.
Assisted suicides require
sign-offs from multiple doctors.
I'm one of three.
If you won't take my word for
it, perhaps you'll take theirs.
Hmm, and what's their cut
on this little scam of yours?
Typical consultation fee.
But I suppose that is a lot more
than you're likely
to have after this weekend.
There's my boy.
You know, you're just
the same size as your brother,
but you feel so different.
Feel his shoulders, O'Keefe.
They're rock hard.
I'm good.
You know what?
I'm, uh
I'm gonna ask Theo,
see if Spencer said anything,
any last words,
that kind of kind of thing.
Sure. Sure.
Mom, you're acting weird.
You're freaking him out.
Oh, don't be so dramatic.
No, Granddad died, like, what?
An hour ago, maybe?
One second you're all like, "Oh,
how could he do this to me?"
And then you're doing that,
you're grinning,
and it's freaky.
Yes, because my son is back.
I am Leda and Melpomene.
I am comedy and tragedy.
- I am an artist.
- Oh, Jesus.
I have multitudes
living inside of me.
Okay, do I have to listen
to another God-awful
spoken word piece?
You'll understand someday
if you ever get out of
this jejune too-cool-for-feeling
stage
and actually decide
to have kids.
I'm a non-binary queer, mom.
We don't cut out our uteruses.
I can't believe
we're doing this.
You've got to get
your head in the game.
Dad just died.
How far do you think
a gold bar
and some baubles of jewelry
are gonna take us?
I have gone through far too much
to let our money
go to this garbage family.
- They're not garbage.
- Oh, enough.
You think they'd defend you
the way you defend them?
Man up and win this.
Tough day.
This family, our mothers,
a lot of pent-up,
repressed feelings.
Not a lot of room
for us quieter voices.
Yeah.
You know you keep me sane, Theo.
Thank God you're here, man.
He was a great,
complicated man.
I'm gonna miss him a ton.
Everyone, it's time.
Follow me.
So what the hell
is this thing?
Oh, I see a brutalist gorgon,
each rope a snake,
representing a stage in
Spencer's mortal journey.
Pick a rope, everyone.
And when I give the signal,
climb up and stand on that knot.
Until there's
only one of us left?
There is no winner.
There is only a loser.
The first person who falls off
their rope
is kicked out of the competition
and will not inherit anything
from Spencer's estate.
Just a loser, huh?
That is so our dad.
Yeah, he always loved
pointing out failure.
I, for one, plan
on proving him wrong
and winning this Goddamn thing.
Uh, Doc, there's an extra rope.
Or is Dad's first big
competition musical chairs?
It's for Liv.
What are you talking about?
Live? But these competitions
are for family only.
Liv is family.
She's like family.
Of course,
we've always been magnanimous
and embraced our servants,
but I mean real family.
She's actually
biological family,
so yes, Liv is a Galloway.
No. I mean, my mother
would have told me if
Liv, honey.
Shh, shh, shh, it's not true.
What's next, Dr. Trinh?
Homeopathy is a hoax?
What if it's true?
I want proof from a lab.
Do you have proof
you're Spencer's daughter?
Of course I'm his daughter.
How dare you?
Is there any way I'm not
your child?
Please, world.
If Liv is a Galloway,
then she has every right
to compete.
Get over here.
And I thought I was
gonna be the big reveal.
Who's your dad?
I don't know.
The competition starts now.
Climb your ropes.
This may look easy,
but we're barely above freezing.
Your hands will probably be
the first to fail you
as they go numb.
And there's one final present
from Spencer
to make this more challenging.
Spikes?
Jesus.
Whoa.
Are you sure you
want to join the tribe?
Not so easy, is it?
Back aching, hands cramping.
Lose your concentration
and you slip.
That's just one hour.
Think that rope's
gonna hold, Grace?
Why don't you hang
yourself on your rope, Flo?
Look at you, dangling
like a puppet on a string.
Hey, it's a good metaphor
for your life, right?
Hey, don't listen to him.
You do everything
your mommy wants,
everything your daddy wants.
Okay, that's enough.
You're just the handsome
little puppet
that they fucking love to use.
How are you gonna
run the business
without Spencer telling you
everything to do, huh?
Huh?
Just as you grew
Galloway Shipping,
we should grow our family.
I mean, we should
support anything
that grows the family line.
Who did you knock up?
No one, Dad.
But say, if Seamus and
Christy ever wanted to adopt
Okay, okay, okay, okay.
Seamus is playing you.
You know that, right?
He's not.
No? So tell me,
what are you getting
out of being his proxy?
I get the happiness
of helping Seamus
and Christy give a sweet
little girl a family, a home.
Look, I-I swear, Dad, I've never
seen Seamus this excited.
I'll cover it.
Wait, you will?
Really?
Dad, thank you.
Thank you.
On one condition.
I need you to get something
of substance out of it too,
something from Seamus.
Like what?
That's for you to figure out.
Come back with something
to balance your transaction
with Seamus.
Something that shows that you
you're thinking about
yourself getting ahead.
And And I'll pay
for the adoption.
Otherwise, it's a no.
I can't feel my hands.
Mom.
Okay?
Here.
Here, take this.
- No.
- Take it.
I'm fine.
Just focus on yourself.
Hey, it's all good.
Ready?
We've got this in the bag.
Two of us in this competition
is better than one, right?
Pitying the destitute
was never in the spirit
of Daddy's competitions.
Hey. Wake up, Doctor.
Look at this.
There are no rules
against it.
In fact, there are no rules.
Oh.
So I can just kick someone
off their rope, then?
'Cause that's what
my dad would do.
Seamus,
don't do anything stupid.
It's not stupid, honey.
It's fun.
Honey.
Fuck off.
Babe, stop.
All bark, no bite.
Your father's only trying to
help you develop
the kind of instincts necessary
to run his business.
I know, but I don't
need anything from Seamus.
He still wants you to
run the business, right?
Of course he does.
See, it's training.
He's not making this kind
of effort for anybody else.
There's got to be
something Seamus has,
something that would
impress your dad.
Like what?
His turtleneck collection?
Something business-y.
It's the only thing
he cares about.
And Seamus doesn't.
I mean, that's the problem.
He's made me his proxy on
the board of directors.
Then stop being a proxy.
Ask Seamus for his seat?
He doesn't want it. You do.
I-I couldn't, though.
Look, once upon a time,
Spencer thought Seamus was gonna
take over the company.
That's why he has the seat.
I mean, it's not like
Seamus wants it, right?
He probably wouldn't even care.
He'll be too busy being a dad.
You're so smart.
You're gonna make
an incredible CEO.
That's two hours.
I've been hard on you.
I didn't consider
you had it bad too.
I just
saw what I wanted to see.
And all that get in your
competitor's head bullshit
that he kept pumping into us,
it just
It's all right.
I've been there.
No, no, you never
fell for this stuff.
You were always good.
It's just me being
a petty piece of shit.
Hey. Hey.
This is cruel.
Give him a jacket.
That way it's fair
for all of us.
I can't help anyone.
Don't do it.
Shut up.
You're worse than all of us.
Here. Come here.
Take it.
Take it, brother.
You deserve it more than I do.
You got it, man.
Come on, just a little more.
I may be a piece of shit,
but I'm a damn good actor, huh?
These wounds need to breathe.
We need some iodine.
I was a nurse.
I'm sorry, Jayden,
but you're out of
the competition
and removed from
your father's estate.
You cheating assholes!
Uh, oh, no,
it's "winning assholes," Grace.
"Winning"!
I'm gonna crush this.
Christy, let's go.
Yeah, don't worry about me,
big brother.
I'm gonna take
care of him, thanks.
Come on, sweetie.
Are you up to date
on your tetanus shots?
Yeah, his boosters
are up to date.
We made sure
at his last physical.
Mm.
Okay, well,
we'll clean these up,
and then maybe
we'll get your mom
to give you a couple
quick stitches
for some of those bigger cuts.
I'll go get the first aid kit.
Okay.
How could I be so stupid?
You should have known better.
All these years
avoiding the question,
refusing to tell me.
And I am one of them?
Oh, no, are your hands sore from
trying to kill your brother?
Hey, I thought we were a team.
What the fuck is wrong with you?
Your brother's back was ripped
open by rusty metal spikes.
I know every family
has its issues,
but maybe you guys should skip
the dysfunction Olympics
and and lock yourselves up
with therapists
for a month or two, for me.
Christy, this this
this is what we do.
No, it's what you did.
It doesn't have to
keep happening,
especially now that your dad
When I was 6, when I was 6,
my dad would blast
"We Are the Champions"
at full volume every time
he beat me at checkers.
At 6. Well, guess what?
You're a sore winner
as a result.
No, no.
- I'm unbeatable, baby.
- Trust me, I know.
Every game we play,
when you win,
there's a hip-grinding dick
in my face
and it's not 'cause we sleep
together, that's for sure.
I promise you, Jayden's
only hurt because he lost.
He's a tough kid.
No iodine and nothing
to stitch a cut with,
but there are Band-Aids
from 1985.
The fallout shelter probably
has what you need.
Great.
Let's go there and get it.
Fuck this weekend and
fuck this competition.
You are getting ugly
out there and in here.
There's millions of
dollars on the line,
for Christ's sake, Christy.
What do you want?
I want you to be yourself,
not the maniacs
that your father's
goading you all into being.
Everything we could
possibly want.
My family rubbing it
in my face
that we're broke
for the rest of my life.
I know you, Seamus.
You're gonna hate yourself
after this is all over.
- No.
- Yes.
I did what Jayden
would have done,
if he was smart enough
to think of it.
Good news.
I talked to Dad.
He's gonna give us the money?
Come here.
- Holy shit.
- Holy shit.
Oh, you're gonna be a dad.
- Thanks, man.
- Oh, yeah.
But here's the thing.
It'll cost you your seat.
Dad wants my board seat?
Not Dad.
Me. I want it.
You said you needed my help.
Un-fucking-believable.
The deal was a condition.
Dad made it a condition.
He said that I needed to
get something out of this too.
And that's what you chose?
You don't even want
to be on the board.
And And it's not like you've
ever done anything with it.
Yeah.
I mean, he couldn't mold me,
so he's just doing it to you.
He's not molding me.
Oh, this is you?
That's bullshit.
No, you're just becoming
what he wants.
Fine.
Take the fucking board seat,
superstar.
But if you're gonna be
just like our fucking dad
you are no brother of mine.
It's my fault.
I shouldn't have taken your
He would have gotten
to me some other way.
He gets into my head, Mom.
You back looks
like stewing beef,
and this is what
you're worried about?
Don't start siding
with him now.
I'm not siding with
a single one of you.
You're all the same.
Yeah, afraid of
being penniless
and having to start
all over again.
Wait, there's a keypad?
Since when?
Ever since your father
started spending
way too much time
on the dark web
and decided to turn this into
some impenetrable safe room.
The security code
another thing he didn't tell me.
Who the fuck's that?
Maybe
it's the next challenge.
Seriously?
Hey, buddy,
get the fuck out of here.
LARPing was lame 15 years ago,
and I've had enough.
This fucking guy.
How did you even get here?
Tell us who you are,
or we'll rip that
stupid mask off
and shove it so far up your ass.
Christy, stop. You might
mess up the next competition.
Are you kidding?
You know what? I'd love to.
Run! Quick!
Jayden! Jayden!
Back off!
What the fuck is that?
Help! Help me!
Help!
Where the fuck is everybody?
Help me!
Anybody?
Seamus!
What the fuck happened?
Seamus, Seamus.
We were attacked.
- We were attacked.
- Come here.
He's wearing a mask
and he's chasing Jayden.
- Let me see. What the fuck?
- He's chasing Jayden
- Get some towels!
- He's chasing Jayden and Grace.
We have to go right now.
He's chasing Jayden and Grace
right now in the woods.
We have to go.
Jayden!
Jayden!
Jayden!
Grace!
Jayden!
Hey.
Help me!
Help me!
Hey, somebody help me, please!
Help me!
Jayden! Jayden!
Jayden! Jayden!
Help me!
Jayden!
Help, please!
Help me!
Help me!
Mom! Mom! Help me!
- Help me.
- Oh, my God.
Oh, my God!
Help!
Jayden? Jayden?
Everyone be quiet for a sec.
The old shed.
There's that
Galloway killer instinct.
I knew you had it in you.
Nothing worthwhile
is easy, Jayden.
You have to be ruthless
and slice away
at those weaknesses of yours.
I understand.
I see how hard this was.
You
You care about your brother.
Of course you do.
And because of that,
I'm so very proud of you.
Yes, you need to celebrate
every time
you overcome the world
begging you to be kind,
to conform, to care.
And you did that.
The world will pull at you
in every direction.
You have to resist
and always be stronger.
Jayden!
Hey, turn off
turn off the winch!
Turn it off!
It's not going off!
- Turn it off!
- It's not turning off!
I can't turn it off.
No! No!
I'm trying, I'm trying!
No! No!
No! No!