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Answer the question.

Ma 'am, I'm giving you a chance to say something that makes some sort of sense.

Ma 'am, I'm Agent Washburn. This is Agent Rabin from the Albany field office

the FBI.

FBI?

Yes.

Please.

Can someone please explain to me what's going on?

Where's my son?

I mean, question your parenting skills, but is it a good idea to wake him up?

It's tradition, and there's no school tomorrow.

Come on.

Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday, dear Dylan.

Happy birthday to you.

You're supposed to blow out the candle.

Why do you always have to wake me up?

Because you were born right at midnight, and I think that the first baby born in

the whole country on this day deserves a special cake in the middle of the

night.

I'm glad you agree.

Well, hurry before it melts in the frosting.

Let the candle make a wish.

I hope it comes true.

How did he still hate me?

I'm a likable guy, right?

People like me.

Do they?

I think a few people do.

Well, he doesn't hate you.

I mean, he's eight or nine. He's nine years old.

Yeah, no, I know. I get it. It's just, it's been almost two years.

I hope by now that he'd think of me differently than he does.

Think about what he's been through. Imagine...

How tough that would be on a little boy who idolized his father. I know. I'm

sorry. I'm not trying to make it about me. I know you're trying your best.

And I'm meeting with a new child psychologist next week.

We're going to be fine.

What's wrong?

You don't have the luxury of thinking about yourself very often.

And I know that you have to put Dylan's needs first.

But believe me, as much as I love you, I really love that little boy.

Even though he hates my guts.

I love him like he's my own son.

Two years ago, I never thought I'd be saying something like that.

You know, I don't know what to say. I had something planned, and I just

forgot them.

Look, if you'll have me, I promise to spend every day for the rest of my life

working as hard as I can to make the three of us happy.

So, will you marry me?

Okay, so I caught one of my ninth grade earth science kids taking a picture on

his cell phone.

And guess what the picture was of?

What's that?

Just another cell phone.

Like another kid's cell phone.

That is what they think of my class and late tectonics.

I know how you feel. No, you don't. Because photography is an elective and

kid in your class chose to be in your class.

I think they mostly just like taking naps in the dark room.

I mean, I didn't like photography when I first took the class.

And then I realized that you can get super high sniffing all the...

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Did he propose?

Oh, my God. Did he propose?

What did you say? What did he say?

What did you say? I told him to go to hell and I kept the ring.

Of course I said yes.

Look.

Okay, here.

Okay, just spritz.

What's a spritz?

What did you just say?

Hmm? What the hell did you just say to me?

I've never had a spritz before.

Okay, you listen here and you listen good.

A spritz is the best.

cocktail known to man, okay?

And the fact that you have not tried one makes me really, really sad.

I'm actually kind of mad about it.

Cheers. Cheers.

Oh!

Okay, I'll be back home in a bit.

I love you, too.

Well, Judd let Dylan eat three pieces of cake, and now he's refusing to go to

bed, so there's that.

How is Dylan?

You know, school and stuff.

They want me to send him to a special school next year or put him on ADHD

They don't understand that he's not paying attention in school because he's

bored and he's not playing with the other kids because he's sitting around

wondering where the hell his dad is and when he's coming home.

Not with it.

Just make sure that whole thing doesn't affect your decision.

To marry Judd.

What do you mean?

I mean, don't rush into a marriage because Dylan needs a new daddy.

You think I'm rushing in?

No, I mean, you always put Dylan first.

And this should be a decision about you.

And wanting to spend the rest of your life with Judd.

Long after Dylan has moved away to college and you're both old and wrinkly

super grown.

Good advice from someone who hasn't had a relationship last longer than six

months. Hey, I like to... Sleep with awesome, awesome men?

Yes.

Since this is our first time meeting, why don't we start at the beginning?

I guess the insomnia started about three years ago.

That was when Greg left.

Greg. And Greg is?

My former husband. Well, my ex -husband, I guess.

Let's talk about that for a minute.

Do we have to?

What happened?

We had a babysitter.

We went out for a date night.

We went dancing.

Laughed the entire time.

We had sex that night when we got home.

Twice.

He got called into work the next morning.

Then he kissed me goodbye.

And when I woke up a couple hours later, he had left a note on the kitchen table

saying he never wanted this life.

He didn't want the responsibility of our son.

And that he couldn't live the lie any longer.

He said he was going off the grid and not to try to contact him again.

And did you?

Try to contact him?

Of course.

He disconnected his phone.

His parents didn't know where he was.

I called the police. I hired a private investigator.

Nothing.

Sorry, so you're saying he just vanished without a trace?

Trauma like that is a lot for someone to endure.

Tell me about it.

Even though you seem to be moving on with your life,

the sleeplessness may be rooted in a part of your subconscious that is still

waiting for your ex -husband to come home.

I'm going to write you a prescription for medication that seems to be helping

quite a few of my patients.

This is not the stuff that will knock you out.

It's more of a long -term solution.

It's a medication you'll take daily, and over time it'll retrain your brain for

sleep.

But there are a few possible side effects.

It can cause drowsiness, nausea.

Some patients have reported vivid nightmares, some blurry vision.

But let's see how it does for you.

Okay?

Late night at work?

Yeah.

Still in the sleep?

Mm -hmm.

That whole camera org came in the mail today.

Trying to get the flash to work.

Um... Cool.

What's wrong?

I'll be home in 30.

Um... Something happened.

We need to talk.

Was there an incident?

For a caretaker to just up and quit with two days notice. I feel like something

must have happened.

She just said she couldn't take it anymore.

Couldn't take what anymore?

To be honest, my mom's in worse shape than I let on.

She doesn't think straight.

Have they figured out what it is yet?

Dementia? No, they still don't know.

Just know that she can't take care of herself anymore.

You know, so I'll go.

But figure out a way to sell the house and get her into a facility where they

can take care of her.

But it's not just going to be a week or two. It might be a couple of months

until I can get it all figured out.

You know, maybe to the end of summer.

Who'll come with you?

No.

No way.

How? Dylan and I both went to school for the summer on Friday.

I think we're engaged now.

Remember?

I'm not just going to let you go up there and deal with it all by yourself.

This is important.

We are important.

To me.

The three of us together is the most important thing to me.

The house my mom lives in.

It's not a very nice place.

I don't know. I just, I don't think it's a good place to be. God, help me.

Honey, what's wrong?

Don't make me go. They're going to hurt me. Please don't make me go.

Dylan, don't make you go. They're going to hurt you.

I don't understand. Were you listening to us?

Dylan?

What happened?

It's just a dream.

When my dad died, mom couldn't live in the family home anymore.

So she moved into this house when I was away at college.

I can't imagine what condition it's in right now.

Now you're repeating yourself, right?

You don't have to keep warning me.

I'm excited for some country living.

Don't be.

And I'm excited to finally be meeting your mom.

That's because you haven't met her.

Welcome to Red Creek.

Here it is.

You alright?

Yeah.

This is way worse than I thought.

Mom?

Dad, is that you?

Mom!

We're here.

Don't get up.

Mama.

I missed you.

Who are you?

Hi.

Mom, that's my fiancé, Brooke.

Fiancé?

Mom, we talked about this on the phone.

Brooke and I are engaged.

I feel great to finally meet you.

And who are you?

This is my son, Dylan.

Dylan.

I knew a Dylan once.

He just woke up and he's shy.

Are you hungry? I made some medicine.

Uh, thank you, Mama.

We are pretty tired, so I think we're just going to get to bed.

But it's been a while, so how about a tour, huh?

It's going to be okay.

I promise.

So, there's mud coming out of the faucet.

That bad?

I've seen more appealing port -a -potties.

Well... Listen, tomorrow we will clean up the kitchen, get the downstairs

livable, and I'll get a plumber in here as soon as I can.

Within a couple days, we'll... What was that?

Bad wiring, I'm guessing.

Now I'm like 200 years old.

Maybe I should go check on Dylan.

You need to check on me.

I'm scared.

Told you.

Elaine? You okay?

Call us if you need anything.

30 to gun.

Always important.

Point it down.

You want

to have a firm base, right?

So give that a shot.

Okay, remember this goes up here like that. Perfect.

Good firm base.

Keep your eyes on the target just like that.

There you go.

Perfect.

Okay. All right, I can go.

Nice shooting, buddy. Let me grab that.

All right, go reset him. Hey.

Hey. Hey.

Can you believe this?

I know.

You must really like the fresh air.

I hate the city.

Or both.

Yeah.

Uh, you're gonna kill me.

What?

What?

I just got off a call with my boss.

He wants me to do a sales meeting in Buffalo.

It's gonna be an overnight.

But the good news is, one of the homes I want to check out for mom's up there.

So I can kill two birds with one stone. When is that?

It's first thing in the morning.

I have to leave tonight.

Judd! Can you do it again?

Sure, bud.

It's a 24 -hour round trip.

Okay.

We'll be fine.

Excuse me.

It's okay.

It's been a while since there were kids in this house.

Yeah, it has.

Elaine, how do you like the chicken?

The chicken.

Good night.

Hey.

What made you say that to Elaine tonight at dinner?

When he said it's been a long time since there were kids in the house?

Hmm.

Hmm.

Love you so much.

Mom? Mommy?

Hold on, Dylan.

Honey, it's okay.

The power just went out.

Honey?

Elaine?

What are you doing in here?

Mommy? What's wrong? Nothing, honey.

Just Elaine got confused.

Why did you call me?

Was she scaring you?

Why did you call me? You yelled mommy.

Dylan, this isn't funny.

You're playing a trick on me.

Okay.

Why don't you come in and sleep in mom's bed tonight?

I don't want to sleep in here.

You don't want to sleep in my bed.

Okay. Come in if you get scared again.

What

the

hell was she doing?

I don't know.

I mean, I only saw her for half a second, but she was definitely, like,

over his bed with the door closed while he was asleep.

Ew.

And the house is weird and creepy.

Wait, was there film in your camera?

What?

It's a joke.

Funny.

What are you doing down in the basement?

What the hell is this?

You tell me.

This happened last night.

Have you ever done anything like this before?

No.

This is, uh... I'm sorry.

Did Dylan say anything?

No, he was asleep.

Her mind's just... I feel like my mom's not even really inside there anymore.

She's just gone.

I know this must be hard for you.

The good news is the facility in Buffalo seems to take care of people like her,

so...

If I can get a decent price in the house, then I can afford to move her in

there. That's great.

She'll be happier with people caring for her who actually know what they're

doing.

Yeah.

Listen, I understand if you want to take Dylan and head back to the city.

Yeah. I don't know what's going on with him, but for some reason, he's the

happiest I've seen him since his dad left.

I miss you guys.

I missed you, too.

Well, come on. I got stuff to make pizzas for dinner.

Yay!

Christmas 1992.

Remember that day?

You're cute.

I like to think I feel that.

I'm going to go wash up before dinner.

Should I join you?

We can do that after everyone's asleep.

I said we'd have to wait till later, when everyone's asleep.

It feels really good.

I don't know if we need to do that.

Babe?

Dinner's ready.

The doctor said that the meds could cause drowsiness, right?

Maybe you just fell asleep?

I wasn't sleeping.

Okay. Someone was playing with my hair, running their fingers through it.

Hallucination?

I don't know.

Maybe I should stop taking them.

Maybe.

Has it been working? Have you been sleeping any better?

Yeah, a lot better.

That's up to you, babe.

You coming down for dinner?

Yeah.

No, by myself.

Okay. Well, be careful.

Just like I showed you.

Keep your family.

Any more nightmares?

No.

Doing good there, buddy.

Chad said we could see horses today, too.

Yeah, the neighbor said that Dylan could come over and feed them around 1 .30.

So we should leave now.

I'm still feeling a little bit groggy. Why don't you take him?

You guys can continue your male bonding time.

Okay. Ready?

Yeah. All right.

Can you take the truck?

Yeah, sure. Why not?

Do you know there are three churches in Red Peak that you have to drive 30

minutes to find a grocery store?

I did not know that.

Did you know that Dylan is a natural with horses? He's been feeding them all

day. It's crazy. I mean, he's a totally different kid than he was in New York.

Wow. Seriously?

Yeah.

Listen, the neighbor invited us to stay for dinner. I think they made Dylan a

chocolate cake.

Wait, you're still there?

Yeah, that okay?

We've been having so much fun, I lost track of time.

Okay. Well, yeah, that sounds fine.

Just don't let him ever do it on the suite.

And I passed a diner a minute ago.

I'll see if I can find something in there.

Love you.

I love you.

Bye.

You'll have to excuse the rude gargoyles I call customers.

Take a seat.

They're not accustomed to such a pretty cosmopolitan type.

Oh, well.

Thank you.

See that fellow there?

That's dog hair.

Why do you call him that?

I don't know.

Nobody knows his real name. He likes to be intimidating and all whatnot, but

really, he's just shy.

Hey, dog hair, if you want to flirt with a girl, why don't you come over and buy

her a drink?

See?

Not so scary, huh?

So what brings you to Red Creek?

Because I know you're not from around here.

My fanfic mother lives up the road.

We came to help her out for a while.

Who's that?

Elaine McCall?

Her caretaker quit. I heard that.

So hard to keep good health. Coffee?

Sure.

So how's it going?

Country life.

Listen, I sling hash and listen to everybody's problems. That's my job. So

let go.

To be honest, if it were just me, I'd be halfway to Brooklyn by now.

But my son, he seems to really love it here.

What don't you like about it?

I shouldn't be dumping all my problems on you.

If you don't, they will.

Well, the house scares me.

The power's constantly going out.

I've been having nightmares.

I'm hearing things.

I'm just not comfortable.

Go leave.

It's hard, though, because my son's so happy.

And I don't know.

I don't want to abandon Judd.

Elaine's son.

No, never met him.

Anyway, I'm just not sure what to do.

Nobody's sure what to do anymore. That's why I always trust my gut.

And what my gut says right now is that what you need is a plate of fried

chicken. Fried chicken.

Sounds good.

Do you think I could have a horse one day?

I know you can.

You can have anything you want.

You know why?

Why?

Because you're nine.

And you have your entire life to do every single thing you want to do.

And if that means having a horse, that's what you'll do.

I need a Greg.

After my death.

I bet he'd be the only horse named Greg in the whole world.

Dylan? Dylan?

You're supposed to be in bed.

Come over here, quick.

What are we looking at?

There's someone down here.

A little girl.

Really? I thought I checked.

Mom didn't have a little girl renting from her.

Okay.

Nope. No ghouls.

No goblins.

I feel like you enjoy making it sound like I'm crazy.

What?

If you see that I'm upset or scared, maybe, you know, you could try and be

caring or helpful instead of doing your best to make me feel like I'm going

insane. Babe, I didn't realize that you were actually upset.

I just thought you were... Look, I'm going to bed.

I think I just need some sleep.

Hey. I'm sorry.

You've been so good to us Sorry for everything

What? What's wrong?

I

don't

know what's happened to me.

I do.

You got on a very strong medication with serious side effects.

And now you'll stop taking it and they'll go away. It's that simple.

There was a boy standing in the room.

As real as you're in front of me right now.

It was a hallucination.

Those sleep drugs are incredibly powerful.

I mean, you read about this stuff all the time. People jumping out of windows

and stuff.

Why don't you call your doctor in the morning? Have him put you on something

else. Or just go back to not taking anything until you get back to this

Right?

Come here.

That's great.

Okay.

What are you making, Elaine?

My dad's favorite.

Michael loved it.

What?

Maybe it's good.

Okay.

Let's go to the diner.

You like it?

Save room for pie?

In Red Creek, we always eat pie with breakfast on Tuesdays.

It's Friday.

Oh, so it is.

Can I?

If Dorothy says we eat pie with our breakfast, then that's what we do.

It's on the house.

Oh, I don't eat your pie.

You know, I used to be skinny like you.

Know what happened?

I started eating pie for breakfast.

How's it going?

Good.

You like to play pinball.

Well, why don't you go try some here?

Whoops.

Let's try that again.

How's it going?

Have you ever been over to Elaine's farmhouse?

I can't say I have.

I've been seeing things.

What kind of things?

I can't believe I'm saying this.

Dead kids.

You don't hear that every day.

Don't say that every day.

Go on.

First, it was in my dreams.

And then I started seeing them when I was awake.

My family thinks it's sleeping medication I've been taking. And he's

right.

You don't think so.

I don't know what to think.

There's no shame in being sensitive.

What do you mean?

There's a lot of things in this world we don't understand.

Some of us are more perceptive than others.

If someone or something is trying to talk to you, maybe you ought to go

ahead and listen.

But I don't... I don't believe in spirits and ghosts and any of that.

Oh, honey.

The truth don't care what you believe.

Stay here for a second.

Hey, honey.

Hey, babe.

Everything okay?

No. Uh, everything's not okay.

Everything is great.

Sheriff Conway went to buy the house.

Ma 'am.

All right, well, if you promise to leave the farm equipment, I promise not to

beat you up too much in the inspection.

Deal.

Since there's only one realtor in town, this should be quick and painless.

I'm calling her now, okay?

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Now I just gotta break the news to Mom that we're gonna move her into a home.

Don't say it like that.

This is the best thing for her.

It'll be easier.

Okay, great.

That sounds like a plan.

All right, thanks.

See you. Bye.

Hey.

Thank you.

How are you feeling?

Any better since you stopped taking the meds?

Yeah. I actually feel like I'm starting to notice a difference.

The home that I saw up in Buffalo has a spot open for Mom.

So now that we have an offer in the house, I can get her in there right

Really? Yeah.

I just got off the phone with him, so I should head up tonight, though. Grab a

motel, I can get the paperwork in first thing in the morning, lock it down, and

then get back by dinner tomorrow night.

You got a girlfriend in Buffalo or something?

No. I have a fiancée here in Red Creek. We need to get back to the city.

Fine. But this better be your last overnight.

Of course.

I should go back.

I'm taking a beer.

It's all yours.

Power better not go out.

You know what my mom used to do during thunderstorms when I was a kid?

We'd make a shadow puppet.

Watch.

Hold it right there.

Watch this.

What's that?

A bird.

Okay.

What... Oh, that.

A crab.

Ready for the grand finale?

Two little ears.

I bet you don't know your mom was a shadow puppet master.

Love you.

Love you too.

You want to keep the flashlight?

What were you doing up there?

I want you to know that we care about you and what happens to you, and that...

Go.

Uh, Lane, I... Go home.

You okay?

No, we're leaving.

What did she do?

It's not about what she did. I just... I need to go.

Okay.

I get it.

I mean, it's my mom and it's all been, you know, weird for me too.

But it's almost over.

I got everything set at the home.

I'll take her there on Monday.

You should go.

Take the car.

I'll take the chain back in a few days.

It's not your fault.

I'm going to go pack up.

Wait, you're leaving now?

I'm not trying to tell you what to do.

I don't feel great about you guys being on the road for six hours. I mean, you

obviously haven't slept.

Why don't you see if you can get a few hours of sleep tonight, and then just

leave first thing in the morning?

Hamburger or cheeseburger?

Hamburger. What about for Dylan?

Cheese. Okay.

How many kinds do you have?

Three. American, cheddar, Swiss.

The kind of cheese covers the flavor of the whole thing.

It's a big decision. You can't just...

Throw cheese on a burger without considering the ramification.

I'll go ask him.

Dylan, we'll cut.

I see it.

No, you're not looking at it. I am, honey.

No, you're not.

Dylan,

would you like a... Yes.

Yeah? No.

When was your baby born?

I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

I don't know. I don't know.

I don't know. I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

Played some of the favorite spots I had way back when I was a kid.

You okay?

You want to join me?

Sorry.

I'm a little distracted.

You sure?

I mean, you're leaving tomorrow.

Sorry.

Come on.

Come on.

Come

on.

Brooke, you down here?

Hey, what you doing?

What's his name?

What are you talking about?

Your brother.

What was his name?

What do you think you know?

You're a liar.

You lied about your mom moving into this house while you were in college.

You grew up here, didn't you?

What?

I saw you standing in front of this house as a child, and you were with him.

How do you know about Michael?

I think you're the one who needs to do the talking.

No, you better figure it out.

Why didn't you tell me about your brother?

Why do you lie about them?

The name was Michael.

He did the period when we were 12.

Vanished.

I don't like to talk about it because it's too painful.

I've spent... the last 20 years, pretending like it never happened.

And now?

This way.

You think I'm proud to admit that I let my family home fall apart like this?

It's better than lying.

When Michael vanished, it destroyed my family.

My dad became a withdrawn alcoholic.

And my mom, well, you see what she became.

The place fell to pieces.

And I'm ashamed of what I did.

I wanted to get out of here as soon as I could.

I wanted to start a new life.

And distance myself from all of this.

That's why I didn't want to bring you here in the first place.

I didn't want you to see where I come from.

Dylan and I are leaving first thing in the morning.

You're not dead.

Okay. Alone.

I need some space.

I understand.

Elaine! Elaine!

Elaine!

Dylan, Dylan, wake up. We gotta go.

Believe me when I say we're sorry about all this.

Doris.

Wake up.

It's real.

Just wake up.

You ain't asleep, honey.

And you can stop doing all that.

Doris.

Doris, please help. Please help me.

Doris.

We're done.

Oh, he's home now.

But you, my dear, you are a very special part of what needs to happen.

What are you talking about?

Who are you?

Who are you? We want to thank you.

For what?

For giving up your life in the name of the leader.

John!

My fiance's coming home.

Brooke, I want to help you understand what's happening. Because I

do like you.

And we truly, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you for the role you've

played.

What is this?

Is this some sort of cult?

You can call it what you want.

We've been here for hundreds of years, and we'll be here for hundreds more.

What? Dad!

We have found a way to extend our lives by taking the

years that belong to others who aren't chosen.

And the prophet, he told us when our new leader would come.

A baby boy.

What? The first baby boy born on the day of the devil.

Why do you always have to wake me up?

Because the first baby born in the whole country on this day deserves a special

day. Give me back my son.

heard him he has abilities you would never understand he's one of us now

he doesn't have any abilities it's like i said hon the truth

doesn't care what you believe

I don't know what it is you believe.

You can't believe what you're saying.

You can't believe what you're saying.

Please. Please. I hope you know that there are things in this universe that

more important than any one person's life.

After great things happen, sometimes there has to be great sacrifice.

Like your husband, Greg.

I don't want to hurt him.

Dylan was sent here to be with us.

So he needs to witness this so that he can understand that his whole life is

over.

That he's one of us now.

I hope he can take some solace in the fact that he will live a beautiful, long

life here.

He'll learn to harness his abilities.

He's the little boy.

Whatever you believe, it's wrong.

Dylan is the one.

I am

truly sorry.

I don't know what happened.

And this judge confessed to killing your ex -husband.

Did he happen to say what he did with the body?

No.

So let me get this straight.

This cult is kidnapping kids and killing them.

Because these whack johns believe it makes them live forever.

And they thought her son was their chosen leader with magical powers.

And because of that, they found her, killed her husband.

And this guy tricked her into getting engaged just so he could kidnap her kid.

We should have her locked up right now.

I don't want to get you cleaned up, so you can get yourself back home.

Okay.

Um, I'm sorry.

We've just never seen anything like this.

He has ability he would never understand.

He doesn't have the ability to let it out!

I'm not darned with that ability.