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[electricity fizzing]

- [Woman] Time is pregnant with possibility

and every moment has a mother.

[suspenseful music]

- Oh, my little sweetheart.

- Ken,

and Juliet.

You are both sacred.

Drink.

And feel the power flow through you.

When we drink from this bowl, we free our minds.

We let what was meant to happen,

happen.

We are all truly free here.

We are one

with everything that surrounds us.

- Yes, guru.

- Yes, guru.

- Go.

Dance.

[chuckles]

Be with the night.

Be with our family.

- I love you.

- I love you too.

[gentle music]

[laughing]

- The woods are calling to me.

[gentle music continues]

- The woods are calling you?

- Yeah.

Should I go?

- You must,

go to the woods.

See what they have to show you.

- Mommy, where are you going?

- Not now, Eve.

Your mother's been called upon.

Hey,

why don't you go and find me the prettiest frog you can, Eve?

Catch him for me.

And if you do,

I'll make sure you get an extra helping at the next feast.

Okay? All right, go.

[eerie music]

[creature growls]

[creature growls]

[eerie music continues]

[creature growls]

[moaning]

[creature growls]

[tense music]

[creature growls]

[birds chirping]

[chuckles]

- Mommy? You're home.

Will you play with me?

- Not now, Eve. Mommy's tired.

Why don't you tell me about your day?

- Juliet took me in the river and tried to teach me how to fish.

I wasn't very good at it, but she says that's okay.

I got another frog for the guru.

He loves the ones I catch for him.

He says if I can find the best one, he'll give me extra desserts.

- Oh, that's good sweetie.

Sorry.

[suspenseful music]

[groaning]

[moaning]

[sombre music]

[retching]

[coughing]

[tense music]

Guru.

What happened last night?

- You were asked by the universe to enter the woods.

They chose you.

Do you not realise how beautiful this is?

- What?

What does that even mean?

Guru, I need to know what happened.

Something is very wrong.

- Ssh. They chose you.

The powers that be.

They chose you to lead our group into the light, to eternal life.

You are the mother of this family now.

I only watched you walk into the woods.

I did not see what was asked of you.

- No, no, no, no, no.

You were there. I remember you being there.

- Guru, please... [gasps]

- I think you need to embrace this gift that you have been given.

[gasping]

Because this is only the beginning, sweet Lilith.

[tense music]

[Lilith groans]

[Lilith groaning]

[Lilith gasps]

- Mommy! Come back!

[birds chirping]

[sombre music]

[Lilith gasping]

- Okay, I'm good.

[Lilith trembling]

[sombre music continues]

[birds singing]

Please, please tell me what is happening.

I think I'm dying.

- I want you to meet me by the river later.

Everything will be explained to you then,

I promise.

Remember.

You

are the chosen one.

[Lilith whimpering]

[sombre music continues]

- Okay.

I have to go with the guru now.

So you stay here and be a good girl, okay?

Here. Take this.

You keep that safe for me, okay?

Mommy loves you so much.

- I love you.

[Lilith sniffing]

- No.

No.

[frog croaking]

[Lilith gasping]

[Lilith breathing heavily]

[creature growling]

- You're so beautiful, Lilith.

[creature growling]

[Lilith gasps]

[Lilith groaning]

It's okay, drink this.

- No! - It'll help with the pain.

It'll help take away your pain and help take away all of our pain.

You will birth the next generation.

You will be our divine mother.

Ah!

[Lilith gasping]

He's here, Lilith.

[creature growling]

He's here.

It's time.

- Guru, I can feel them.

- Yes.

- I can feel all of it.

- I need you to push.

I need you to push.

- I can feel him coming.

I can feel him, Guru!

Push, Lilith.

Push! The new world it starts with you.

[Lilith screams]

[flesh squelching]

[Lilith screams]

You did it, Lilith.

You are the mother of all frogs.

Behold your child who will bring forth the next generation.

[tense music]

[Frog growling]

[tense music continues]

- Have you seen Eve?

- Well, I'm sure she's here somewhere.

[glass clinks]

- Last night I...

witnessed the birth of the next generation.

And with it our salvation.

We have given our lives to the creatures of the river.

And the river has finally given back.

So tonight...

We celebrate with this feast.

We eat and we drink and we celebrate.

For we are ushering in a new light.

Festum corporis, my sacred ones.

[suspenseful music]

Festum corporis.

[laughing]

Let's begin.

Please.

- I should go find Eve.

I'll come with you.

[chuckling]

[Eve sobbing]

- We got you, honey.

- Let's get you something to eat.

- No! Mommy!

Please come back.

Please just come, please.

- [Woman] Nature or nurture?

An eternal question.

When a parent abandons a child,

nature steps in to fill the void.

And nature... It's a merciless teacher.

- And that's exactly what I'm trying to say,

is that, you know, you're not going to get a great film

without having a great cinematographer.

Which brings me back to my original point.

You know, I know that you just need the footage for your project,

but I really think we can make this like a [sucks teeth]

like a hearts of darkness type thing, yeah?

- What are you talking about?

- It's like, oh, I got you, I got you.

It's like one woman, that's you, battling against nature,

driven to the edge of sanity.

Based on a true story.

- Seriously?

- Come on, back me up here, guys. Let's go.

- We're supposed to be impartial observers of events.

- Thank you, Travis.

- I know exactly, no one said we won't be impartial,

impatient observers of whatever.

It's just sometimes you can goose those events along a little.

Just a little bit.

- So you're saying that you actually want

to drive you to the edge of sanity?

- You know what? After 17 hours in this van,

I feel like I'm already halfway there.

- Well, then, great.

- Look, I brought you guys along to back up my dissertation,

and [indistinct] are paying me a lot of money for this.

And I want a job at the end of it.

- Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.

This is so much bigger than money or some job for us.

This is about art.

Right, guys?

- Film students.

♪ Won't you take me away? ♪

♪ Cause I don't belong here ♪

[speaking foreign language]

- What is he doing?

- He seems like he's having a good time.

- What are we doing? What have we missed?

Oh.

Jesus Christ, Travis.

- What?

- Why aren't you filming this?

- The camera's in the van.

- Dude. Oh, my God, you're not gonna make it far

as a documentarian like this.

But, I mean, we're literally

experiencing pure Florida right here.

- No, we're not here for pure Florida.

- Can we just get going? He's giving me the creeps.

- Get the fucking camera, Travis.

[man grunting]

Come on, get in really tight.

Don't be shy, don't be shy, get in there, get in there.

Oh, yeah, that's good.

[grunting]

Hey, buddy.

Go, go, go, go, go!

- Hurry! Let's go!

[engine starts]

Go go go!

[screaming]

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go!

[speaking foreign language]

[engine rumbling]

- This is what I'm talking about.

Into nature.

- Are you sure we're going in the right direction?

- [Travis sighs] Uh...

The instructions that [indistinct] contact Brett sent over

are pretty straightforward.

Um,

should be a clearing up ahead, and we're pretty much there.

- Fucking a.

[birds chirping]

[Eve chuckles]

- Oh my God.

Awesome.

Oh!

[frog croaks]

- So...

what's with the frogs?

- Well, if you must know,

my mom disappeared when I was young,

and she had a thing for frogs, so I guess...

they just helped me feel closer to her, you know?

- Ah, jeez.

- Think about a, you know,

maybe making a more believable backstory.

- That is... - Something like that.

- That's my life. That's... okay, that's what really happened, so.

- Mhm.

- Oh, sorry!

- Oh! Look who's joining the party.

Come on, take a seat, take a seat, take a seat.

- I saw, no I saw some frog spawn back there.

I'm gonna go make some observations on the surrounding area.

- Ah fun.

- You guys have fun.

- Mhm. We will.

Lots of it.

Lots of...

Fun.

- With a series of stagnant pools,

the mini ecosystem

seems to be unusually conducive to amphibian life.

There appear to be an even more diverse set of species

than anticipated.

There are distinct characteristics of the region which appear to be...

Wow, these two creatures do not exist within the same ecosystem.

Ah!

[frogs croaking]

What?

[laughs]

- And you know what you Scorsese about Unforgiven, don't you?

I mean.

- Oh my God. Strike me down.

- He said he'd...

- [both] Never make a Western

because everything that needed to be said with the genre

was said by Unforgiven.

- Yeah, Yeah, yeah, yeah, he did say that.

- Guys, guys, I just heard something really weird out there.

- Weird places have weird noises.

Huh?

[animal calls]

[whimpering]

[animal calls]

[animal calls]

- I'm gonna fucking kill you!

[all scream]

[Brett laughing]

You should have seen y'all's faces.

- What the fuck, man? Who are you?

- I'm just kidding, I'm just kidding.

My name is Brett, and I will be your host.

-[Eve] Oh, my God.

- He's coming over here.

- Which one of y'all's is Eve?

- I'm...I'm Eve.

Nice to meet you, Brett.

- Oh, yeah. Soft hands.

- Quite an entrance. Thank you.

[Brett laughs]

- I hear you kids love frogs.

- Yeah, yeah.

- Yeah, good of you to show us around the bog here, Mr. Brett.

- Oh, please.

Mr is my dad's name all right?

It's just Brett.

Just Brett.

B-R-E-T-T. [laughs]

- Care to join us, just Brett?

What?

- I'll take a brew.

Or 2 or 3?

[Brett laughs]

[all laughing]

Four ain't hurt nobody, right?

[all chuckling]

So, what do you all know about frog country?

- Quite a lot, actually.

Um, I'm doing a dissertation on the amphibian life in the area.

I mean, that's why we're here.

- Oh, and to make cinematic history.

- So y'all must have heard about the God of the bog, then.

God of... the bog.

- Used to be some say there was a Bigfoot out there.

Some say it's just a big old gator.

I've been out here 35 years and I ain't never seen neither.

- What have you seen?

- Some nights out there,

there's a cool breeze,

a chill in the air that whistles.

The air gets dark

and all you can see are them beady little frog eyes

staring right at you.

Swarming.

Sometimes.

And just sometimes,

you can see a big dark set of eyes

staring right at you from the swamp.

And then you better run.

- Run where?

- To wherever the eyes from hell can't catch you.

Ah!

[screams]

Y'all are too easy.

[Brett laughs]

Whew! All right, I'm exhausted.

Well, I'm going to bed.

[groans]

Oh! I suffer from night terrors,

so you're gonna hear some screaming.

[Brett grunts]

- What is with this guy?

[insects chirping]

Lithobates catesbeianus, the American bullfrog,

one of the more common frogs in the region

that exists within an ecosystem of diverse...

- Ooh, cut, cut, cut, cut.

- Mike, that was verbatim from my notes.

- Sure, no, I get that, great work too, everyone.

Great job everybody

just, um, can we, uh, you know, spice it up a bit?

- The spice is in this beautiful and unique frog.

- Oh, yeah, don't... I don't want to.

- Fine, if this doesn't do it for you.

Rumour has it there's some hallucinogenic frogs in the area.

- Uh, hallucinogenic,

like... like we'll be, like, tripping balls?

- Like in hearts of darkness.

- No, that's not... that's not what I meant.

These frogs can be toxic and even deadly.

That is not what I meant.

I think... I think we can handle a little frog juice.

- Okay, you go easy.

- Hey.

There's a hopping spot down there

about half a mile that way.

You'll find lots of little froggy-woggies over there.

- Okay, let's get moving.

- Hey, Brett.

- [Brett] Yeah?

- Hold on.

Um, Hey, Brett.

Um, Eve was saying something about there being, uh,

special frogs out here somewhere.

- You interested in those little funny frogs?

- Yeah, yeah, I do have a passing interest in expanded consciousness.

- Yeah, well, I'll tell you what, champ.

You stick with me.

We'll do it right.

[Brett laughs]

Anybody seen my keys?

- There is evidence that frogs roamed the Earth.

There is evidence that frogs roamed the earth.

There is evidence that frogs roamed the earth

for more than 200 million years.

- Oh! Shit.

- What? What's wrong?

- Shit.

- What? What's wrong?

- Um.

I forgot to pack the backup battery.

- Dude. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

This is amateur hour stuff, Travis, what the fuck?

- Whoa whoa whoa. Can you relax?

It's not even a real production, it's gonna be fine.

- Yeah, chill you fuck. - You're good.

- I'll run back to camp and get it.

- [Mike] Okay, fine. - I could show you a shortcut.

[spits]

Get you back in no time.

- Great, yeah.

Great, okay.

- Uh, Cass? - Yeah?

- Baby, can you just... Can you hold on to this for me?

- Okay.

- There should be enough battery life

if you guys want to keep shooting okay?

- Okay, but just be safe.

- I'll be back, I will, I love you.

- I love you more. - I love you.

- Just go!

- Mwah.

- All right. Love you.

- Oh, fuck.

Ah! Okay. Who is that guy?

Where did you fucking find him?

- Yeah, but my real passion is butterflies.

I want to make a sanctuary.

Hey,

hey.

I snagged one of them, uh,

special little froggies y'all been asking about.

- Oh, fuck.

[laughing]

Right on.

Oh, shit!

What do I do with it?

- Well, look close.

See them bumps?

- Yeah.

- Well,

you pop those fuckers, and then you lick up that good old frog juice.

[laughing]

Then you got to give it back to me

so I can put it back in the bog with its friends.

They're probably looking for him.

- Okay.

- Go on now. - All right.

- Okay, fuck it.

- Go on now, don't be shy.

- Oh!

Fuck, that's nasty.

- I heard that one.

- Yeah. [laughing]

Just like that?

- Oh, yeah.

[exhales]

- Oh!

[Brett giggling]

Oh, careful now.

[Travis coughing]

- Oh, fuck!

- Yeah, I didn't say it tasted good.

[Travis spitting] Oh wow!

- Let's get out of here.

- [Eve] You just keep trying to overcomplicate everything.

- Getting a jib out here wouldn't be overcomplicating anything.

If anything, it would simplify a lot of the shots I want to get.

- You are such a dickhead.

This is my fault for thinking a video component

would be a good part of my thesis.

- Oh, it can be helpful, and win the Palme d'Or.

That's what I'm trying to say.

- You know, I don't speak French.

[eerie music]

[Travis sighs]

[frog croaks]

- [Travis is in slow motion] Yo.

Brett.

[frog croaks]

[sighs]

Um, are you sure we're going the right direction?

[frog croaks]

I feel like we should be back by now.

[frogs croaking]

[eerie music continues]

Oh fuck!

- You just need to step out of that academic mindset for a minute

and think about what brings people to the theatre, that's it.

- Mike, I do not care what brings people to the theatre.

I care about my thesis, and I care about frogs.

And that's all I care about.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, well, you know what?

If you love frogs so much, why don't you just marry a frog?

- Oh, real mature, Mike!

- I know I am! - Guys!

[frog croaking]

- Whoa! - What the...

[frogs croaking]

- This isn't normal.

- Brett, am I seeing things?

Are there a lot of frogs out here, man?

[Brett laughs]

- You gave that funny frog a good lick.

You're gonna be seeing froggies for days.

[eerie music]

- Yo.

[breathing heavily]

[laughing nervously]

Holy fuck, there's a lot of you, man.

[frogs croaking]

[frog growling]

Yo!

Brett, looking good, man.

You look like one big old frog monster right now.

[Travis groaning]

- Home sweet home.

- What was that noise?

- Oh my God.

Weird places have weird noises.

- Where are Travis and Brett?

- Travis! Brett!

- They probably went back out via Brett's magical shortcut.

We missed them on the way.

Let's get that fire going. Let's go.

- You know something? Something feels off.

I hear you, and I validate your feelings.

- Okay, what's that supposed to mean?

- I don't... I don't have many girlfriends.

I just thought it would make you feel better.

No. Right. Okay.

Um, don't you think it's weird that Brett shortcut is taking so long?

And...

- Look.

- What?

- I don't think they made it back to camp.

- Whoo! I'll be right back, guys.

Gotta go drain the main vein.

- Oh, my... - Urgh, it's the worst.

- Thank you very much for this very generous award.

I'd like to thank my fellow nominees, my parents,

but most of all, myself.

[chuckles]

What?

What the...

[groans]

Damn it, man, my fucking boots.

I saw light [laughs]

I saw light.

- Maybe it's Travis.

- Or maybe something interesting, who knows?

Yeah. Come on, Cass, go grab the camera and battery,

we gotta go right now.

- Here.

You take the friggin' camera and battery.

I'm staying here.

Travis might come back.

- Oh, great, I gotta do everything myself around here.

- I'll come with.

- Really, why? - Really, why?

- Yeah. I mean, there's no point in two of us waiting around here.

Plus most amphibians are nocturnal, we might get something good.

[Mike grunts]

- Yeah, great, more frog stuff.

- We're here for the frog stuff!

- Fuck!

- Come on, come on. Shh!

[insects chirping]

[whispers] Into the unknown.

Hi.

You're a friendly fella.

[door creaking]

- Fascinating. A tree frog?

Do you smell that?

Smells like urine.

- That was me, I pissed on my boots.

- What? Why?

- Move past it, It was an accident.

- Oh! What the fuck?

[retching and coughing]

[eerie music]

[Cass gagging]

Oh, fuck!

- [Mike whispers]Travis.

[knocking on door] You in here, buddy?

Looks like it's just me, a piss-soaked undergrad,

and a tree frog.

- Yeah, well, who lit the lantern, then?

I mean, this guy didn't do it.

Whoa!

- It's an army.

Did you know a group of frogs is called an army?

- Oh, would you stop?

Travis?

- Travis?

[frogs croaking]

Is that you out there?

[eerie music]

Mike?

Eve, are you back?

[music intensifies]

[croaking intensifies]

Oh my God, Travis!

What the fuck? Where have you been?

What happened?

They all went looking for you.

It was supposed to be a shortcut.

Even Mike went looking for you, I was worried...

[frogs croaking]

What?

[frogs croaking]

[eerie music]

[panting]

[Cass moaning]

[Cass moaning]

- Travis?

is that you up there, buddy?

Come on.

Hey.

Travis, man, you really had us going there.

You know, disappearing off in the night like that.

But I knew you wouldn't split with pure Florida left to finish, right?

You, you, you.

Holy shit.

What?

Oh.

Roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll.

- [Eve] Okay.

- Holy fuck!

Hey.

Hey, buddy.

Whoa!

Oh, my God, we're making a creature feature.

[frog growling]

[frog growling]

[Mike whimpering]

Wow!

[frog roaring]

Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey!

[flesh squelching]

[frog roaring]

[frog rumbling]

[Eve whimpering]

[Eve sobbing]

[frog roaring]

[Eve whimpering]

I don't know what it was.

It was not a frog.

It had a split [indistinct].

I, we, I don't like it.

- Hey, now, hey, now!

What are you doing out here by yourself?

- Oh, Brett, thank God.

It was awful.

It attacked Mike, it killed Mike.

- Okay, okay, slow down, slow down.

What did you see?

- It was the god of the bog.

It wasn't like anything I've ever studied.

It wasn't a frog.

It was terrifying.

- You mean, uh,

I left you alone?

- Yeah, you have to believe me.

I don't know why it left me alone.

I think it got Travis too.

Brett. What?

Where'd you get that necklace?

- Oh.

Oh.

[laughs]

Am I embarrassed or what?

[chuckles]

This is just me being sloppy now, ain't it?

[laughs]

Shit.

- What are you talking about?

- Well, I could ask you the same thing now, couldn't I?

Cause it usually don't let people live.

- Usually? You mean you, like, you, you led us to him?

- Well, you see, Froggy gotta eat.

And Froggy gotta mate.

So now the question is,

what do I do with someone that froggy don't want?

[Eve whimpering]

Ow!

[Brett grunting]

- Don't ever go missing on me again.

You had me worried sick.

Whoa! Wait, Travis, where are you going?

- Cassie! - What?

- Thank God, you're here.

We have to get the fuck out of here right now!

- Wait. What are you talking about?

- Mike is dead, I watched him die.

Brett’s in fucking sane, we need to fucking go now.

- Wait, wait, but what about Travis?

- Travis is dead.! Okay?

- No, I was literally just in there with him.

What the fuck?

- Am I interrupting something?

[whimpering]

[Brett chuckling]

Anybody order some gun pie? Huh?

- Go, go, go!

Fucking run!

[Eve screaming]

- Brett's got a good plate of gun pie for you.

[Eve] Get in the car.

- Yo, Eve, open the fucking door.

- It's me, Brett. B-R-E-T-T.

- I dropped the keys, I dropped the keys!

- Go, go!

- You left the campsite a fucking mess.

- Eve start the fucking car right now, let's go, hurry up!

- [Eve] I'm trying, stop yelling!

- Hurry up! Let's go!

- You can't leave.

Travis is still here.

[screaming]

Oh my god!

Go! Go! Drive!

[tyres screeching]

[Cass shouting indistinctly]

[Cass sobbing]

[engine revving]

Oh!

[Brett mumbling]

Whoops.

Where did you go off to?

There you are.

Look at you.

[sighs]

[frog groaning]

That's right. That's right.

It's okay, I'm here, I'm here.

I know, I know.

Look what they did to you.

Oh!

[sighs]

[frog groaning]

Good night, my sweet prince.

[water splashes]

[sighs]

[frog croaks]

[Cass groaning]

- Are you hurt?

- I don't think so.

I actually feel, weirdly, good.

[“Hurricane” by Nick Ray plays]

♪ To that hurricane ♪

♪ Won't you take me away? ♪

♪ Cause I don't belong here ♪

- [Woman] The first law of nature is adaptation.

To survive, we join tribes.

We form pacts.

We take on the attributes of our environment.

When one keeps the company of monsters,

it is difficult not to become one yourself.

- [muffled voice] It is absolutely bullshit.

I mean family first.

You know,

for as long as I can remember, my dad has treated me and my mom

like nothing more than frogs for anything and everything.

He shows us off on stage,

he puts us in front of every single camera.

No, the truth is, the truth is this.

[eerie music ends]

My dad and his friends

and everybody like him are all just liars, cheaters

and straight up monsters.

- You're missing my greatest hits, Pats.

- My goddamn kid.

- How old is he now?

- 18, if you can believe it.

- Yeah, he's quite the celebrity.

- I think he'd do less damage if he burned our house down.

- A minor setback.

These things happen all the time now, you just have to wait it out.

- Kids like a cancer, it gets bigger and bigger and worse every year.

- He's not too far off from college.

I'm sure you set him up well.

[Laughing]

-n Well, the school wants to renegotiate.

Turns out the kid doesn't want to go to college, like, at all.

- Mine didn't either.

Travelled the world before going into interior design.

[laughs]

[ball rattles]

It's a losing battle, gentlemen.

Kids will carve their own paths,

deviate, rebel.

Then they reach our age and realise

they've made the same stupid mistakes their parents did.

- Speaking of deviation,

did you ever hear of something called BCT?

- Wow, I guess the foreplay is over.

- It's a compound,

naturally occurring neural inhibitor

we've been studying since its discovery in the Amazon 20 years ago.

- Used by the indigenous for religious ceremonies,

enlightenment, all kinds of psychedelic hippie shit.

- And let me guess,

this is something that you have?

- And something you need.

- I'm listening.

- We trialled with various paramilitary groups

all off-book, of course.

- You hear that sudden spike in recruitment in zero four?

- Oh, bullshit.

- That was just the beginning.

We baited in a few developing nations.

Ironing out the kinks, refining, improving.

Then we trialled in Gaithersburg.

- Gaithersburg review?

- 98% efficacy.

- Okay.

Interest is sparked.

How's it work?

- It reprogrammes vital neural pathways in the brain.

- It's not all that complicated, really.

Think of it as a return.

The good old days.

Self-sacrifice.

Patriotism. Loyalty.

A re-education without the education.

- Okay, and how am I involved?

- Newton's ridge.

- Jesus, it's in my writing.

- Abandoned mining town.

Nikolai. Think population 500.

- You know the rules.

We have to go through the appropriate channels.

- And you're not the appropriate channels?

- The media would crucify me.

Okay?

Opening a foreign chemical plant in small town Canada.

Please, Grayson.

- You're drowning, Mr. Milton.

We know you're in damage control.

I figure three years, tops, before you hand in your resignation

and settle for an early retirement.

- What is this? Carrot and stick?

- Right now I'm both.

We're offering you the golden egg.

And I can't help but feel incredibly offended by the thought of you

turning down what could be the greatest discovery of a lifetime.

- That's a little heavy-handed, even for you, Eve.

What did you find? The Ark of the Covenant.

- Something older, something real.

- This is world changing stuff, Pats.

Hearts and minds injected directly into the bloodstream.

No more campaigns, no more rallies, no debates.

- I think we need to have this conversation somewhere else.

- An internet video almost ruined your career, Mr. Milton.

What control you have now,

microscopic.

This plant.

This compound.

It's how you survive.

It's how you climb to the top.

And it's how you stay there.

[phone vibrating]

- Can I take this?

- We have time.

[eerie music]

[phone vibrating]

- Sandy, yeah, I need you to clear my afternoon.

Thanks.

[eerie music]

[engine rumbling]

[explosion booms]

[water splashing] [Pat gasping]

[throws up and coughs]

- Are you okay?

- Dad?

- What happened?

- Our helicopter had crashed.

We crashed. Our helicopter went down.

[Pat groans] - What?

- Our pilot, he was like he was sick or something, I don't know.

[Pat groans]

Okay, hey.

[both groaning]

- Are you okay?

- Yeah, I mean, I messed up my leg a bit, but I'll be fine.

I'll be fine.

[tense music]

- Fuck!

- Here.

Take mine.

It's low battery but you can use it.

[phone beeps]

- [answerphone] We apologise for not being able to take your calls.

All dispatch...

- Oh, Jesus Christ!

- Well, I mean, don't you have somebody,

like, important that you could call or something?

- Uh.

Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.

[phone rings]

Grayson.

- [Grayson] Jesus, Pat.

I'm watching what's going on down there.

Are you okay?

- Jesus, no, we're not okay.

Fuck, uh, you need to come pick us up.

- [Grayson] Okay, Where are you right now?

- Uh, uh.

Sorry, the helicopter just crashed, just... just give me a sec.

- [Grayson] Your helicopter?

- Yeah, we're in Sorenson Park.

- [Grayson] Okay, okay. Uh, if you can get to the airport,

I can get you out of there.

- We can't get to fucking the airport, okay?

All the roads are blocked.

- [Grayson] All air traffic is for public search and rescue [breaks up] .

In, out.

- What? Grayson.

[tense music continues]

Fuck you.

- That was nice.

- Um, we need to get to the airport.

- Okay, well, how are we supposed to get to the airport?

I mean, that's like, two hours away before the flood.

- Thank you.

Thank you.

Um.

The sun's coming down, we can't be here in the dark.

We need to, uh, to, to, to, find somewhere to, uh, to.

To stay put.

- Okay, yeah, you know what?

I saw a sign for, like, a corner store, like like that way.

- Okay, great, yeah.

We'll, uh, we'll hang out there, we'll rest up.

We'll, uh, you know, charge your phone,

and then, um, we, uh, fuck me, we...

uh, we'll go to the airport.

- The airport, you just said it, dad.

[Pat groaning]

- Shit.

Okay.

[tense music]

- Fuck! Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.

I'm so sorry.

How's your leg?

- It's fine.

- Okay,

good.

Come on, let me help you.

Okay?

We'll find you a walking stick on the way.

- Okay.

Just need to get my phone, okay? Just stay there.

[grunting]

Okay.

Okay?

- Yeah.

- Somewhere over here, I don't remember.

[indistinct]

[eerie music]

Stand back.

Hello?

Have a look around and see if there's any food.

[flies buzzing]

[eerie music]

[Brendan groans]

[bag rustling]

[flies buzzing]

- Well, I found chargers.

- Any flashlights?

- Uh.

Oh, yeah, but over there by the register.

This place is disgusting.

[eerie music continues]

[dramatic music]

- Could be worse.

Did you find any food?

- Uh, yeah.

- Okay, all right, um,

let's go over there and see if it's safe.

If it is, barricade the door and we'll...

I guess we'll spend the night, okay?

- Yeah.

Sure.

- Can't tell if this place was a shithole before it got looted.

[knocking sound]

[croaking]

[knocking sound]

[eerie music]

[knocking sound]

- Dad? - I found the cause of the smell.

Go rest. I'll look around

and see if I can find any more of these and get rid of them.

Sleep, it's okay.

- All right.

[eerie music]

[birds chirping]

Dad?

[groaning]

Dad!

Dad!

- Brandon.

- Hey. Phone's charged.

- Good news.

- Uh, yeah, I'm gonna call mom first.

Let her know we're okay.

- Okay.

- Are you okay?

- Found this behind the counter.

It's fully loaded. I have no intention of using it.

I just want you to know that I have it.

Do you understand?

- Uh.

Yeah.

- All right, now go grab your bag.

If we leave now, we'll be able to get to the plant on time.

What do you mean, plant?

- The airport. We need to leave ASAP.

[tense music]

- Yeah, okay, just give me two minutes.

- Good boy.

Good boy.

Be careful.

- Yeah.

[eerie music]

- Are you okay?

- Yeah. I'm fine.

[eerie music continues]

- Brendan, I need to apologise to you.

- For what?

- I know I haven't been the best father to you.

- Um.

- It's fine. - No.

- Family is important.

It's the most important thing there is.

It shouldn't take a natural disaster for me to realise that.

- It's fine, really.

- No it isn't.

I want to tell you something that I've never told you before,

okay, I've never told anyone before.

- Okay.

- When you were born.

I felt nothing.

I was afraid, you know, I was afraid of what that meant.

What that meant about me.

I almost died in that crash.

But you saved me.

My baby boy saved me.

And listen, listen, listen.

Listen to me.

[growling]

I've now been given a second chance

to become a real father.

And I get to fulfil my purpose.

[eerie music continues]

[gurgling]

- Okay, dad.

This is about the video, something I...

[yelps]

[combatants grunting]

- Please stop.

- What do you want?

Who are you?

[blow thuds]

[coughing]

- I'm sorry, are you okay?

- What is his fucking problem?

- I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry, something's wrong with him,

he's not himself.

[coughing]

[eerie music]

[growling]

[frog roars]

- [muffled voice] Mr. Milton.

There he is.

Man of the hour.

- Oh, what's going on?

Where's Brendan?

- [sighs] You're kidding me.

- Pats, you need to listen to me, buddy.

Fuck Brendan, okay?

This is about you, my man, you and yours

- I need... I need to get my son.

- Oh, easy there, bud.

We've got greater responsibilities now.

- What?

- You're a father, Mr. Milton.

- It's time to meet our kids.

All our hard work finally paid off, my friend.

- Where are we?

- The nest.

- I can't be here.

- Spare us, Mr. Milton.

I know you're out there in the real world,

but all this is you trying to make sense of what's going on.

But it's a losing battle.

[Pat screams]

- Family first, Pat's.

You know, it's impressive.

[Pat screams]

Little bundle firing away under the hood.

- Be fruitful and multiply.

- Puts up a good fight.

A commendable fight.

- Rule the earth and govern it.

- Yes, but we were here long before you.

- Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky.

And all the animals that scurry along the ground.

- Our drier Asher, ancestor of ours, reunited at last.

Here to take our torch.

[eerie music]

Our future,

our family.

[Grayson laughs]

[Pat screams]

[water splashes]

[Pat gasping]

[frog growling]

- My dad and everybody like him are all just liars,

cheaters, straight up...

[frog growling]

[tense music]

- Brendan!

Let him go. Let him go!

[Brendan coughing]

Are you okay?

- Brendan? - Yeah.

- I've never...

- It's the water.

It's the water.

When he fell out of the helicopter.

You swallowed too much, and now you're sick.

- No, I'm fine.

I, uh...

[gasping]

[eerie music]

You a liar?

You fucking liar.

- Is there any way we can sedate him?

- We tried.

He's not responding.

- Bren...

[croaking]

[croaking]

[Pat grunting]

- [Brendan] Dad!

[Pat retching]

[Pat throwing up]

- Family first, Pats.

[Pat whimpering]

- You did this to me.

This is your fault.

You made me.. made me.

- A father?

- You're drowning, Mr. Melton.

- You are not my family.

You...

You are not.

[gunshot]

[gunshot]

[groaning]

[“Clair de lune” plays]

[squelches]

[birds chirping]

- [Director] Standby.

Open the door, please.

[people chatting indistinctly]

Yes. Thank you.

All right.

Let's roll, sound.

Silence please!

[Clapper loader] 58 Alpha, Take one.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- Nice to see you.

- Nice to see you as well. - Are you ready?

- Yeah. - All right.

- [Director] And action.

- We are back with Brendan Milton,

one of the survivors of the tragic flood in southern Ontario

that claimed the lives of hundreds,

including that of the late Pat Milton,

Brendan's father and former provincial premier.

Thanks for joining us tonight, Brendan.

- It's my pleasure.

- Now, like many during the flood,

your father was infected and subsequently died

from the GRN contaminant spill.

Is that right?

- He was.

Yeah.

And just for the record, I want to say

My father and I didn't exactly have the greatest relationship,

though that's not a secret.

But, you know, in times like these...

Something deep down, it just clicks,

you know, he was my father.

I had to protect him.

I had to try.

- It's sad that such a tragedy can see a community turn so violent

in a church, no less.

- Yeah.

I try not to dwell on the negative.

I mean, desperate people, they do desperate things.

And the people who shot my father.

Well, they were victims, just like he was.

- Yes, but your father literally took a bullet for you.

He died a hero.

[Brendan scoffs]

Well, that's the positive that I try not to forget.

You know, even when he was sick.

Even when...

he knew that things were at their worst.

He put family first.

- [Woman] We become monsters so that monsters cannot devour us.

Can a monster grow a conscience?

Can we run from the sins of our past?

What is the shape of Atonement?

[baby cooing]

[tense music]

[thunder rumbles]

- [DJ] You are listening to National privatise radio.

At the top of the hour, we have news followed by alternative news.

We now return to science and things.

[tense music continues]

[screen beeps and whirs]

[screen beeping]

- Look, Lily, I can't use any of this upload.

We cannot shut him down with just packing floor footage.

- Easier said than done.

I can't even get to the server room.

And with all the injuries, they've doubled security.

- I understand.

[knocking on door]

But today's your lucky day.

My little birdie in Grayson's office

just told me that corporate will be on a tour of the plant today.

So your manager will have his hands full.

This is it.

Lillian, this is our moment.

This is what we've been working for for months.

[knocking on door]

- I've been working on this for months.

Just a minute!

- Well, the sooner you get this done,

the sooner you can get back to your little plans.

Except now you'll finally be able to afford them.

And pay me back for those bionic implants.

I love you, Lilypad.

[screen beeps]

[wind howling]

[suspenseful music]

Oh god.

[bag rustling]

- What the hell are you doing?

Why are you wasting product? Huh?

- It's contaminated, they all are.

- Packaging suffocates them.

And if they survive, they freeze in the refrigerated trucks.

Pack it up.

That goes for everybody.

We got corporate coming through today.

Productivity is everyone's priority.

Keep it nice and smooth like butter.

[chuckles] Back to it.

[suspenseful music continues]

Here we have the final step of the operation.

The packing team.

[applauds]

- So what's going on with the lights?

- Oh, carbon footprint tax credits.

- So does that mean we can get them to work in the dark?

[laughs]

- Even with the labour shortages,

we've been able to meet our daily quotas with no catastrophic failure.

And with the new broiler livestock,

we're producing more meat with fewer animals.

- How do we need more tables?

- Do you even read the company memos?

- There are memos?

- Let's meet some of our current frontline workers.

- Hey.

- Don't worry, they're not dying to meet you either.

- Oh, speak for yourself, I am plenty charming.

- Yeah, I bet you're a real lady killer.

- And here we have Lisa.

She just finished her probation period

and is now eligible for the specialisation programme.

- It's Lily.

- Thanks, Liz, you're the lifeblood of this whole operation.

- Lily.

It brings me joy to see another strong woman

advance in the workplace.

You should be proud.

- Yeah. Yeah.

Yes, yes.

Anyway, you guys are cutting into her productivity

and lowering our margins, so.

- Yes, let's keep moving.

We still have to tour the hub and the lower levels.

- I would just love one quick photo with Lily just for our socials.

- Oh, yeah.

- She'd love to.

- Yep. She'd love to.

She... She would, let's go.

- Everybody say green.

[person screaming]

- What the...

- Oh.

What the...?

Okay, what's going on, is that a part of the tour, Howard?

- It's just a routine. Code green.

Let's just get you all to the hub.

Move, move, move, move, move.

- Oh, God.

[alarm blaring]

[tense music]

- Listen up.

The executives are fine,

and Harvey is receiving the best care.

And as we speak, the execs are approving his hazard claim.

Huh? Honestly, it's his lucky day.

And it could be yours, too.

We need someone on the feeding line.

Pay increase benefits.

Not to mention hazard pay.

Benefits extend to your family and kids and cover all medical,

including elective treatments.

Huh? Come on.

You guys are killing me here.

- I'll do it.

- Oh. Thank God, you start after lunch.

I'm gonna get you level two clearance when I get back to the hub.

You need to get yourself a thermal armband when you get down there.

- Is there any training?

- Training? [laughs] I'll just show you the ropes.

[tense music continues]

[creature growling]

- Two rules.

Always use the auto feeder and stay away from the rail.

Cage is in the middle, load it with one barrel and send her down.

- Cage?

- Oh, yeah.

Cage is broken.

[Howard chuckles]

[grunting]

The cold keeps him docile

and prevents him from clearing the railing, but

they still got some fight.

You want to stay as far away from the edge as possible.

Open it, toss it. move on.

- And when I'm done?

- Get more barrels and keep going until your shift is over.

Anything goes wrong, just hit that blue button.

The blue light system puts him in a pacified daze,

making these suckers gentler than a baby.

- Why don't you just keep him on 24/7?

Might have saved Harvey's arm.

- Not with our operating budget.

Besides, if they're under the light too long, they suffer organ failure,

which contaminates the product.

Listen, I gotta get back to the suits.

You got this right?

- Well I... - Yes, Lisa!

[tense music continues]

[creature growling]

- Are we liable for today's incident?

- I had legal shipped him to migrant contractor status.

We're clear.

- Yeah and dad, you know, I was actually thinking we should probably

move everybody to MCs, you know,

before the next one, just to save time.

You know, just just until we're like, we're fully automated and stuff.

- Apologies. You know how this place is.

- Howard, it's a pleasure to see you.

- Mr. Grayson!

[laughs]

You guys are having a meeting?

Oh, I can give you the room.

- No, no, no, no, no, we were just finishing.

Don't let me keep you.

Enjoy the tour, everyone.

- Uh, okay.

Where did I leave off?

Well, this hub, it's the central command to the entire plant.

- Are you living here, Howard?

I mean, why the fuck is it so cold in here?

- The hub was built near the server room to save on cooling costs.

Speaking of the server room, we're headed there now.

- Okay.

[flies buzzing]

[tense music]

- Why is the server room in the feeding pit?

Isn't that like a conflict of interest or whatever?

- Oh, I'm the only one with access.

However, I think our first priority

should be a server upgrade in the coming quarter.

Specifically a nano server.

Not just to keep our metadata safe, but to reduce redundancies.

- Funny, you mentioned redundancies.

- We're going completely automated.

- Wow, sooner than I thought.

- Well, seems like you read the play there, Howard.

[Howard laughs]

We're gonna need people like you

who know this place inside out for phase two.

- Yeah, that means a lot more responsibilities.

- Are we talking a promotion?

- One step at a time there, Howard.

Um, what's... what's this?

[Howard chuckles]

The feeding pit.

This is where the magic happens.

We have one of our 12 identical pens.

We have one rule here, stay away from the ledge.

- You know what? This reminds me of Space Trek.

You know, the... the... the third one with the black pit.

- Are you talking about Space Wars?

- No, you fucking idiot.

Those are two different things.

Jackie, would you take a photo of me?

Right, right, right here.

Get a good one for socials.

- Get away from there right now.

- Or what?

[creature growling]

- Back to the hub. Move move move move.

[alarm blaring]

[door closing]

[alarm blaring]

- Those things are not supposed to get that high.

What the fuck is going on, Howard?

- We all just need to calm down, okay?

- I almost just fucking died.

- You were instructed to stay away from the ledge.

- Ssh.

How many of those things are getting away?

Huh?

Are you losing our product?

- I've been messaging corporate for weeks.

That something has been going on in the pits.

- Who's on the server room?

- Howard is in the server room.

- I'm right here.

[laughs]

- Howard, that promotion is fucking gone.

[screen beeping]

[tense music]

- I'm not a frog.

[creature growling]

- Oh, shit.

[computer beeps]

- I have the upload.

Where are we with phase two?

- Change of plans.

- Are we compromised?

- These things are dangerous.

They destroyed our family.

They destroy everything.

I'm gonna destroy them all.

- We need them to return the balance of the natural order.

You, of all people should understand.

[tense music continues]

[blow lands]

- All I'm saying is that we have a lot of workplace accidents.

Problem solved.

- Jesus, Brendan.

Let's just find out who she is first, okay?

- Who the fuck do you work for?

Is it Empty Foods?

The government fucking [indistinct] who?

- Enough, Brendan.

Lily?

Right now you are in a lot of trouble.

Just tell us what you were doing.

And I promise you, I will do everything I can to help.

- Maybe we should loop Mr. Grayson in on this.

- Yes, yes, I'm sure he'd love to know

about all the fucking spies that you've hired.

- [Lily] I want a lawyer.

- There are no formal charges laid against you, Lily.

Don't make this any harder than it needs to be.

- Lawyer.

- Okay, I'm just gonna loop back to the occupational hazard.

A lot of people fall into those feeding pits every single...

- Escort her out.

And call the police.

She signed the NDA.

We'll litigate her into oblivion.

- I'll take you guys back.

- Getting hotter?

- You're just acclimating to the mist.

- No, I'm feeling it, too.

- Oh, we're almost there, just past this door.

- Did you do this?

Huh? What the fuck did you do?

What did you fucking do?

- You'll see.

- You see this fucking cunt?

She's trying to kill us all.

She's behind all of this.

What the hell are you doing, huh?

- Brendan, get a grip.

- What the fuck are you doing?

[tense music]

- Just let her go.

- Sure.

[body thuds]

[creature growling]

Well, there's one problem solved.

[creature growling]

What the fuck? What the fuck?

- We're safe under the lights.

[creature growling]

- God!

[creature growling]

You're so fucking done in here.

Shit!

Howard! I don't wanna die here.

- Yeah. Me too.

[creature growling]

[groans]

[suspenseful music]

[creature growling]

- Save.

- I told you, they need to be destroyed.

- Save.

- Future.

- Where's the mother?

- Save. Future.

- Come here.

Come here.

[glass breaks]

[suspenseful music continues]

- Fiona.

Open door. M1.

[door opens]

Okay.

- How the fuck are you still alive?

But what the fuck are you holding?

You stealing more IP?

- Not the time.

- We gotta keep moving.

- We move when I say we fucking move.

What the fuck are you holding?

- Just fucking kill her, let's go, already!

- Wait, wait.

It's a baby.

I'll show you.

Look!

- You sick fucking bitch!

What the fuck?

[creature growling]

[soldiers screaming]

- Hey, hey, hey!

I have lost some money, man, okay?

- Do you think that thing cares?

[creature growling]

[screaming]

[flesh squelching]

- Help me.

Please.

Please, stop!

[creature growling]

No, no!

[creature growling]

[flesh squelching]

[creature growling] [Lily whimpering]

[eerie music]

- You need to keep eating so you're big and strong.

[chuckling maniacally]

Keep eating.

You need to eat so you're big and strong.

[laughing]

Just eat.

Eat.

Eat

Here, take all of it.

Eat. Please.

You need to grow.

So you're strong okay?

[tense music]

- [Woman] Can we return balance to nature,

or does nature take care of that itself?

Human history exists in a blink of an eye,

but nature is eternal

and time is pregnant with possibility.

[tense music continues]

[pulsing music]

[eerie music]

[eerie music continues]