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What is it, my little boy?

We're just going to bring the ice cream, Mommy.

Let me get my change.

Roger, I don't want you going into my purse.

Sorry, Mom. Won't do it anymore.

You get back here right now.

Roger!

Can I have an orange push -up?

Hey, what's your problem, mister?

You didn't say please.

Yo, man.

I could be a grandpa by the time you get your push -up.

Can I push up, please?

Hey, tuna.

Give me a chance.

Creamsicle. Bomb pop. Next.

Two creamsicles and a bomb pop.

Drive them with a hard pack.

Just dash them.

Yo, man. I said two creamsicles and a bomb pop.

I don't need nothing. Give me gas.

That new ice cream dude's pretty freaky.

Maybe he's just different.

Good ice cream's good ice cream.

Come on, Rocketeers. To the park.

Gracia. Girls against boys.

Last one there for one part.

head start watch your mouth at least you're not the rotten fart again hey

i've been waiting hey rocketeer hey small ball you guys got ice

cream huh yeah bomb pop you always get bomb pop they're cool looking

You're not gonna.

Oh, gross.

Tuna.

Anybody want a bite?

No, thank.

Most viral contagions are passed through oral submission.

Hey, small paw, what's the book?

Pied Piper.

The kids threw pies at him. Get it?

Pied Piper?

Party hard, Tuna.

He cleaned the city of rats by enchanting them with music.

Obviously, he missed one of the big ones.

He led them to the river and they drowned.

Then he got the kids.

What kids?

From the town.

The adults were trying to stiff the piper for the job he did on the rats.

So instead, the piper led all the kids down to the river and drowned them.

Just like the rats.

That's what happens.

When you don't pay the piper.

Uh, actually, I think the kids got away.

Huh. I thought they all drowned.

Nah, the kids always do it.

Ice cream man?

You feel okay?

Yeah, little boy.

Ice cream man feels, uh, very happy.

Very, very happy.

Well...

What have we got here? Three weary pilgrims back from a hard day's

Hi, Mr. Langley. Mr. Langley.

Yeah.

I just need a rest after carrying these babies home. Oh, yeah, right.

Heather, darling, have you worked up an appetite?

Yes, Dad.

Well, boys, if Mrs. Langley and I had known you were coming, we'd have set a

place.

Oh, that's all right. We've got to get going. Be safe, boys. Godspeed.

Bad day.

Who's there?

Happy day, Nurse Wharton.

Gregory, did you hear my dog?

No, Nurse Wharton, I did not hear your dog.

What's that on your nose?

It's grenadine for my ice cream treats.

Well, now, that's nice, Gregory. That's very nice.

I swear I heard Binky cry.

Well, you know, Nurse Wharton, your hearing is not what it used to be.

I've got to unpack the truck. The ice cream melts.

Always such a happy boy, my little Gregory.

Happy day, little puppy.

We love you.

shoots me dead for going 30 in a 25 cell. Hey, when I become a cop, there's

more flesh and blood.

It's just me and the law.

We are very proud of you, Jacob.

Very proud.

Sorry I'm late. I was at Heather's and Tuna's mom picked me up.

What kind of name is that? Tuna.

Tuna. Tuna.

Stupid.

Now, Jacob, Tuna is a very nice boy. He's just dumb.

I will admit the twerp does think like a rotten fish, though. Hey, hey, this is

not very nice dinner conversation.

Bracer, come on and eat. Here you go.

I got it.

That is the stupidest thing I ever heard, Tuna.

Honey, what should we name the kid?

Hello. Oh, hi.

Well, no, I was just... Really?

You're kidding me. Hey, stop it. Well, maybe he just thought this way home.

No.

Somebody tell me where I lost control.

Honey, will you save me?

The inmates have taken over.

Johnny, did you see little Roger Smith today?

He was at the park. Why?

Because he hasn't come home yet. His mother's worried sick.

Did she call the police?

Not yet.

Johnny, I don't want you out after dark anymore, okay?

Oh, come on.

In fact, Jacob, why don't you and Janet take him to the movies tomorrow?

This is great.

I'm definitely not going to a G film.

Happy, happy, happy, happy.

Open wide, Gregory.

Gregory.

Gregory. Gregory.

Are you all right, Gregory?

Rented you in a couple days.

Four gallons?

And I want Rocky Road.

I'll make it special, Nurse Wharton.

I'm glad I can watch over you, Gregory.

Besides, this old parlor was starting to look like a lost soul to me.

I do so wish you'd plant one in my yard.

I will bring the ice cream tomorrow.

That'll be just fine.

So take the bus back, and don't be late, or Mom will kill me, and then I'll have

to kill you.

Okay?

Yeah, yeah, no problem.

Oh, yeah, lose some weight, fish boy.

Hey, Dad.

Hey, my number one son in a tag team.

Yeah, we just saw a movie.

Oh, yeah? What?

Target to kill?

Sleeping Beauty.

Oh, we'll just have to see that this weekend.

Don't tell your mother.

Martin Katsura.

Hey, gorgeous.

Keeping that oven heated up? It's your mom.

She's really pretty.

Martin.

I really want to see you tonight.

Yeah, I can't wait.

I'll see you tonight then.

Dad's got to get back to work.

But... Later.

Bye. All right. Thanks, Dad.

Oh, and, um, by the way, what's Mom cooking in the oven?

Come on, come here.

We got a missing kid.

Thought maybe you might have seen something.

Little guy never made it home from the park last night.

No.

Have any leaves?

It's classified, Ice Cream Man. It's classified.

Listen, all he wants you to do is keep your eyes open for us.

Sure.

Who am I looking for?

Anything strange.

How about some of that world -famous hardback I've been hearing about?

It's Rocky Road today.

Do me two scoops and a sugar cone.

It'll be two dollars.

Get a bucket and bone.

There you go, detective.

Just for you.

Hey, now that's an ice cream cone.

Mmm, what's in it?

Classified, officer.

Classified. Ooh, you're a quick one, ice cream man.

You're a quick one.

What do you think, officer?

Don't worry about it, lady.

We'll find you, boy.

Can we buy you an ice cream?

No, thanks.

Can we buy you an ice cream?

What? I was trying to cheer her up.

And ladies first.

My.

I'd like to buy a gallon of your hard pack.

Do you deliver?

No.

One, four, nine. That cute little house right over there.

Come any time.

Charming.

One.

Four. Nine.

Man, she's insane.

Well, you should talk.

I wonder how many whales they killed to make all that perfume.

They don't kill whales for perfume anymore.

Whales and perfume?

Next.

Um, three hard packs and a bump up.

Make mine a fudge circle.

Yeah, and make mine a hard pack. Risky of you.

Um, all right.

Three hard packs and a bicycle.

Plain, sugar, or new waffle cone?

Um, sugar.

Sugar.

I'll have plain.

Actually, it'll make mine plain, too.

Any other alterations?

One,

four, nine.

Only happy, happy, happy days.

Now, what kind of day are you having, Gregory?

Uh, guys, I'm gonna go on the loan, okay?

Can we play tomorrow?

Yeah.

Alright.

I'll see you guys later, okay?

Alright, later.

You know,

Heather's been acting a lot weirder around her mom lately.

Well, her father being a minister, all the more they just talk about God.

Oh, but that's not it. It's just, I don't know, she's just acting weird.

Anybody for ice cream?

Uh, we just had ice cream.

Can you ever have too much ice cream?

Impossible.

I got to get home. My mom's going to kill me.

Come to my house with small Paul and me.

I got to get home.

You know, my mom sort of gets mad about all the ice cream I spill on my shirts.

Last one there is a string of squid, Matt.

What? Now small Paul's trying to pin the rotten egg on me.

I'll see if I ever invite you to my birthday party.

Want some ice cream?

Um... Maybe not.

It's too close to dinner.

Ah, come on.

What's your favorite flavor?

No, wait, wait, let me guess. Let me guess. Don't say anything.

It's... I can taste it.

Butter brickle.

How did you know that?

Wow!

You like my ice cream truck?

You know,

it's hard to meet friends when you're always stuck on the inside.

I know.

I had to stay inside a lot when I was little.

Because I was really sick.

That's why I'm so small.

You know, I was sick too when I was little.

But I'm better now.

Here you go.

Wow.

I don't think I have enough money for that.

My treat.

Oh, boy.

You want some free ice cream?

This little fella got hurt.

I'm going to take him to the hospital.

Hey!

Hey, hey, hey!

You little turds are going to have to learn you can't run from the ice cream

man.

I know where you live.

You tell anybody, I'm going to get your mom and dad.

Who's that?

What's the matter?

How long have you been here?

A night.

The ice cream man.

He... He killed the park guy.

He killed small Paul.

Then what do we do?

My dad will know what to do.

He's out there.

I'll follow you to your house and go through the backyard till I get to mine.

Come on. I drove by the bank an hour ago and the whole place was shut up, dark

as a tomb.

So? I drove by the bar after I got off. What of it? Oh, so now the story changes

to you left work on time, but you hung out at a bar for four hours?

Mr. Shoes on the porch, you know the rules.

No, I worked late, and then I found one. The bar.

Mom, I saw... Come on, Marianne, just admit it. You think I'm seeing someone

else? Think? I know you're seeing somebody else, Martin. Come on, Martin.

it? Tell me. Let's not do this again.

Dad, I... Not now, Chris. Go to your room. But, Dad... I said go to your

I knew you'd have problems with my longer hours. Come on. Why don't you

admit it? Stop working the facade. How many times are we going to go through

this?

To hell with you.

Oh, sure. That'll solve everything, huh? To hell with me. Come over here.

Don't walk away from me. You know, Marianne, I got news for you.

And I know that you're going to think...

What the hell is that ice cream dork doing out this late?

Got to make it to the store and back before my pinochle game.

All right, all right, I'm coming.

Well, let's go then.

God, Tuna, you can make a mess. Go find another pair.

Come on, let's go.

Hey, Sam.

Morning, Mrs. Aaron. Nice to see you.

There you go.

Thanks, honey.

Excuse me.

What do you think of this color?

I don't know either. I mean, according to my color charts, it should work. But

last time I followed those, I ended up looking like a clown splattered with

cherry syrup.

Cherry syrup. It is good.

Looks good on you. Get it out there.

It's okay, little fella. I'm not going to hurt you.

What on earth do you suppose he was running from?

I don't know.

Well, maybe you should go in and talk with him. I'm sure once you do that, we

can get to the bottom of it.

By the way, you're not going to take it to court, are you?

Chris, what happened?

Oh, Chris, I'm here.

Don't worry. Now, come on, tell me what happened.

Chris, unless you tell me what happened, Mommy can't help you.

He said he'd kill you if I told him.

What? Who said that?

The ice cream man.

Don't smoke all night.

Oh, my God.

Oh, honey.

I see you again, officers.

You Gregory Tudor?

Yes, yes I am.

Can I keep this?

Got any large dogs, Ice Cream Man?

No.

Why the search, officers?

I want you to go through everything.

Find any hollow doors or floors.

Bust them open.

Got it?

Yes, sir.

Well, I remember getting ice cream here when I was a kid.

Who was the guy who owned it?

Rickle.

Munch Rickle.

Oh, yeah, the ice cream king.

It's nice to see somebody's opening the place up again.

Well, sounds like we're missing out on all the puns.

Let's take Andy.

Did you search a little more carefully?

Jesus! Had to get my hand caught in that.

I use it to chop nuts.

You find anything?

There's nothing down here, sir.

Do you realize how long it takes to make butter brickle?

We're sorry. We didn't find anything.

Are you sorry you didn't find anything and wreck my place?

Are you just sorry you didn't find anything?

You boys have the wrong house. I'm the one with the missing dog. Where were you

last night around six?

He was here, working to pay his rent.

Why are you bothering this poor boy? I'm the one with the missing dog.

Who are you?

I'm Nurse Wharton, Gregory's landlord, neighbor, and guardian.

Serve and protect my ass.

You have to understand that people get pretty uptight when there's a missing

child.

But I'm the ice cream man.

I make children happy.

Today, you ruined the happiness of those children for many days to come.

You understand the consequences?

You know, I never thought about it like that.

Yeah, I bet you didn't.

You call this number tomorrow.

Tell him what happened.

What about my dog?

You know, those daisies are magnificent.

How do you do that?

Actually, I chop up policemen and use them as fertilizer.

They make great fertilizer.

There's something weird going on here.

Get some background on that guy.

You got a hunch?

Might.

Let's put a tail on him anyway.

I'm sure your dog is around here somewhere.

That's very sweet of you, Gregory.

You have a happy day.

Remember, no bad days, Gregory.

Only happy, happy, happy days.

Don't worry.

I'm not going to hurt you.

What do you think, little boy?

Are you having a bad day?

Yeah.

You're right.

Not every day is a happy happy happy day.

Livestream Professor.

Butterbrickle.

You've got to keep quiet and suffer.

Jesus, so wisely admonished his disciples on the coasts of Judea.

Suffer not to come unto me, for that is the kingdom of heaven.

Always remember that neither death, nor power, nor height, nor any creature

shall be able to separate us from the love of God which eternally rests in

Christ Jesus, our Lord and Saviour.

I told the police everything.

They'll get him.

Yeah, but I'm still grounded for a month.

Hey, don't worry.

There might be an opening in the rock tiers.

Hey, guys. Yeah.

Small Paul's dead.

But how could they let him go?

All I know is I'm not letting him get us.

All the grown -ups worry about their stupid problems.

What we need to do is catch him on film.

Since when do kids go trailing murderers?

We're just kids.

We'll get killed.

Just like small Paul.

Look, Tuna, I know you've been through a lot more than we have, but we gotta do

something.

Why? Why is it up to us? Why can't we just stay in our backyards and just keep

away from them? Because we're the Rocketeers and we stick together.

We're doing this.

The three of us.

We'll need a camera.

We can take a picture of him and give it to the police.

Hang on, I think I can get one.

That was a bird.

I can't do bird call.

You said you could.

I didn't want to look stupid.

I got news for you. Shut up.

I can hear you guys all the way in the backyard.

Let's go.

Okay, guys, 11 .45.

We've been out for 35 minutes.

Let's take a break.

You know, maybe the ice cream man thinks he's the Pied Piper.

Huh?

Well, he drives around in his truck playing the music, and all the kids come

running.

But then he catches one of them alone. Yeah, well, let's not talk about that

right now.

Ice cream.

I'm fixing up a little party for you.

You're going to like this.

Looks like you got a lot of friends.

I didn't know how much ice cream to bring.

You can pass it out later.

Hey, I'm doing really good.

They love ice cream.

It's going to be a good summer.

Hey, would you mind your business?

I'm talking to somebody.

You guys having a party?

You having a happy, happy day?

Sure is getting noisy around here.

It's Brickle.

Ice cream king.

I lost track of Tuna.

We better get back.

You go.

What? I'll be fine.

Just give me your bike so I can have a rocket.

I don't think so. Don't worry. I'm a rocketeer.

Just make sure Tuna didn't fall or something.

Meet me back here, all right?

And hurry.

Tuna, you okay?

No.

What's wrong?

My sides are killing me and I feel like I want to puke.

Hey, where's Heather?

I left her back in the ice cream truck.

Holy shit, the kid's got a gun.

This isn't a game, boys.

There's a child stalker out there and you two are playing cops and robbers.

what about Heather? She's gonna die. The ice cream man's got her. I've already

called it in. There's someone already on the way to her house. Her house? She's

not at her house!

You guys want to end up on the milk carton?

to disturb you, Reverend Langley, but we had a report that your daughter Heather

was missing.

Well, she's tucked away in bed, has been all night.

What's the matter, Charles?

I hate to do this, sir, but could you please check on her?

She's sleeping like a baby.

Come to church on Sunday, Charles. I'm giving a sermon on trust.

The Langley girl is fine, sleeping like a baby. 10 -4.

Look, boys, enough of these stories.

First the ice cream man kills the Weatherly boy, and now the Langley girl?

mean, we've had it up to here.

When do you want them?

It says one hour.

You could get our duplicate or you could get our eight hour service for

ten.

Depends on how many exposures come out. I need those immediately.

Four by six oversize is fourteen bucks.

Three by five regular.

How soon?

One hour.

Fourteen bucks.

One day.

Twelve. Back in an hour.

The ice cream man is like the Pied Piper.

Only evil.

What?

Well, he drives around in his truck, tempting all the kids.

And they follow him.

And slowly, he gets rid of them.

Like rats.

Another?

Lovely. We only need $10 worth of quarters, and we can pick up the film.

I think we got it.

Johnny, what the hell are you doing with my camera?

Where's the film?

Where's the film?

Let's go. Come on. I got it. Let's go.

Hunk of junk out of here.

Hey! Hey, ice cream man! Come on, let's go!

I'm in a hurry here!

Yo! Come on, this isn't a parking lot!

Hey, ice cream man!

This is not a hunk of junk!

Well, hello.

If I'd known this was delivery day, why, that's... that it would have never made

it to the door.

I brought you something special.

Ooh, sounds yummy.

You know, we should swap recipes. A creamsicle for a custard pie.

Well,

I checked out ice cream, man. Couldn't find squat.

But that weird lady with the dog?

I remember she was just as flipped as he was.

You're talking about the nurse.

Yeah, Nurse Wharton.

I called and checked on her nursing license.

She had a career from 1950 to 1993.

Spent the last 20 at some private clinic called Wishing Well for the Mentally

Disturbed. I can't believe those little perverts.

What the hell were they doing developing my pictures?

Oh, my God.

I'm going to kill those bastards.

This is the whole secret to making ice cream.

It's the kind of secret ingredient I put in.

Here, come on, let's go put it in.

We gotta just dump a little bit of this stuff in.

Makes it sweet.

You gotta just put a little bit in.

Get the special amount you put in.

Now, the trick is, Stirring it in just right.

Would you like to stir?

Yeah.

Here you go.

Watch your hand.

That blade will take your hand right off.

Do you really think your brother's going to pick up those pictures without

looking at them?

I don't know.

He's stupid enough.

Well, what happens if he's not?

Jeez, what are you, stupid?

Did you see the truck?

No. I gotta get home. If my mom finds out I snuck out again... We'll ride with

you.

I'll be fine.

We're riding with you.

Things aren't the same as they used to be around here.

More patients have died and some pockets dried up.

Of course, when you die, you'll dry up.

Why all the plastic flowers?

Because real ones die.

We want happy patients.

So you do shock therapy, lobotomy, like that cuckoo movie?

We believe in keeping our patients happy. We believe in compassion.

Shut up!

You remember a nurse warden?

Do I?

Hell, everybody did.

What was it that everybody liked so much about Nurse Wharton?

She gave everybody ice cream when the pain and the loneliness came.

She cared for the patient.

Gregory was her favorite.

Gregory?

Gregory Tudor?

Anthony's getting out of hand.

I must ask you two to leave.

Happy day.

A bad day, gentlemen. A very bad day.

Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on.

Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on.

Come on. Come on.

Go get it, Al.

All right, I'll meet you at the car.

No one leaves the wishing well.

Doctor's orders!

Ah!

This is Detective Maldon, Riverside PD.

Emergency. Repeat, emergency.

Go ahead, Detective.

Yeah, we're at the Wishing Well Hospital.

Get some people down here, quick.

Do you have an address on Wishing Well?

Come on, let's get out of here.

Come

on.

Go!

Go!

Hurry up, Tina.

Be quiet.

As fast as I can. Is that your fastest?

Shut up. If you should.

for tuna.

Okay, pump it.

One more time.

Good. All right, shut it off.

Jacob!

Jacob! Call the police! Call the police!

Calm down. Calm down. We can't call the police.

You're the guys who cried. Look, besides, we don't have any evidence.

And obviously, either do the police or they would have them by now.

So...

This is my chance to mess him up.

Come on, we gotta do something.

Cut the Lone Ranger shit. You're not a police officer.

Janet, I got the gun. The badge will follow.

Oh, no.

Listen, you guys, you're gonna get in the car, all right? Anything goes wrong,

all you have to do is call in the radio. You call in for backup, all right?

Hurry, but I think we should just call the police. No, look, let's just go help

the fat kid while there's still time.

Get in the car, please. I need you to look after these two.

There's still no sign of Charlie or Gus?

I'll get some backup over to that ice cream parlor.

Keep trying to reach those officers.

Who is he?

The king.

Yeah. He's like the Pied Piper.

Chases away all the bad and leaves the world of good.

Now, it's illegal to use this channel unless you're PD.

So nobody calls in unless it's an emergency, okay?

Now, this is serious.

I want you all to stay in the car no matter what.

You hear shots or screams or anything funny, you press the button, you radio

in, and then you hit my alarm, okay?

It sounds like a police siren.

Be careful.

Sounds like we got a customer.

Nobody better get the hell out of there soon.

Thank you.

Do you know that he slaves day and night to make his treats?

Boy,

I didn't know you caught such a hearty sense of humor.

That's us.

Hearty. Good humor!

I can't!

this infernal racket.

Sorry, Nurse Wharton.

Some of the neighborhood kids wanted to play hide -and -seek.

I told them it was too late, but they... Oh, my little Gregor. Always so kind to

the little children.

We'll try to be more quiet.

Okay. Good luck.

He's just like everybody else.

We're over at the Spodak house. We have a report of three missing kids now.

I don't give a damn.

Born or not, we're going in.

You kids don't want to play with the ice cream man?

You like his treats?

But you don't stick by him when he needs you.

What, are you trying to run?

No, you can't run from the ice cream man.

You do that, you won't get any ice cream.

Let me see the kid.

I make the terms blueberry, man.

Check the back.

Gregory, you're going to be with us a very long time.

And I want you to get something straight.

There are no bad days here at Wishing Well.

Only happy days.

What kind of a day are you having, Gregory?

Gregory.

Ice cream man.

Happy.

Happy day.

Here's the pie I grow now, ice cream dip.

Did you

find

my dog?

Where's Gregory?

Hey, guys. Hey. Hi.

Woo. Thanks.

Ready?

Let's do it.

Wow.

All right. Yeah.

So, we're small Paul.

Where else?

Therapy.