All language subtitles for Prodigal Son s01e15_English

♪

-BRIGHT:
Why are you here, Mother?
-JESSICA: The Carousel Killer

said that I have 30 minutes
to go through with it.

BRIGHT:
You're here to kill him.

MARTIN:
Well, the solution is clear.

If this man told you
to kill me...

then kill me.

It's the only way.

Aah!

DANI:
Bright?

Sorry.

He's in a coma?

Secondary to anoxic injury,

which means there was
a sudden cessation

of oxygen to the brain.

So, a coma.

Yeah.

What are those?

Uh...

apparently...

my father listed me
as his health care proxy.

And gave me power of attorney.

God knows why.

Sounds kind of important.

Well, I don't want it.

And I don't want
to talk about it.

Sorry.

What do you think
he's dreaming about?

Coma patients...

can't actually have dreams.

But they do have
vivid hallucinations,

which can feel
like horrible nightmares.

So karma does exist.

What would a nightmare
even look like

for a man like him?

♪

Well, I-I think it's
peripheral vascular disease,

but I can do another test.

But I know I'm right.

Have a great day.

♪

Hello there.

Everything okay?

I twisted my ankle.

-It's my fault,
I wasn't paying attention.
-[chuckles softly]

Uh, well... I'm a doctor.

Can I take a look?

-Yeah.
-Yeah? [chuckles]

♪ Bears heavy on my mind...♪

May I?

Of course.

♪ Then I look at you...♪

[Martin groans]

Okay, you see
this ligament here?

Well, it's just a sprain.

No need to amputate.

[chuckles]

My hero.

Please.
I'm Martin.

You know, I-I live
just a block from here,

if you want to make a call.

I-I'm sorry I don-I don't
have a-a phone on me.

Yeah.

-That'd be nice.
-Okay.

[laughs]

♪

I understand, Gil, but I was...

Oh, what is the legal term?

-Under duress.
-Under duress. Thank you.

The Carousel Killer
had threatened innocent lives

if I did not
stab Martin Whitly myself.

And since no formal charges

-have been filed...
-Yet.

and the real killer
is in custody,

I should be free and clear.

So why do I feel like there is
an ax hanging over my head?

Because there's an ax
hanging over your head.

-Is that helpful?
-The only reason

your mother
isn't in cuffs right now

is because the investigation
is still pending.

The D.A. has final say.

And if he doesn't see it
as self-defense,

criminal charges will follow.

You need a lawyer, Jessica.

We have a family lawyer
that I trust.

But not a criminal
defense attorney,

-[groans]
-and we need
one of those, right?

You need the best one of those.

Yeah.

What did you think
was going to happen

after you tried to kill someone?

-Oh, I didn't...
-You went to Claremont

without telling us.

No one but Malcolm
saw what really happened.

I stabbed him, end of story.

Mother, can I speak to you
alone for a minute?

[sighs]

BRIGHT:
You can't take the fall for me.

Oh, so dramatic, darling--
"take the fall."

Who are you, Al Capone?

It was one thing to buy me
extra time to find the killer,

but now he's been caught.
We can tell the truth.

I stabbed my father
in the heart.

But I am the one that
The Carousel Killer contacted

and I am the one with
the resources to fight this.

The worst thing we could do
right now is change our story.

Look, please.

Let me be your mother.

There's been so much
I haven't been able

to protect my children from.

Let me protect you from this.

JT:
Sorry to interrupt.

We just got a call from Edrisa.

There's a case.

Oh, perfect.

You need a distraction.

Your father's in a coma,
after all.

I'm not even thinking
about that.

If only that were true.

[phone dings]

The Fourth Precinct
still has jurisdiction,

but I told them as soon
as Major Crimes sees this,

they'll be all over it.

Great, I'm sure the guys
at the Fourth just love that.

They-they didn't
seem to, actually.

I'll smooth it over.

DANI:
Wow, nice crime scene.

Nothing's out of place.

There's even fresh flowers.

Hmm. It's like
the killer didn't want

to disturb
this man's life at all.

Sir.

You can't sit
in the middle of the...

Damn.

DANI:
Is that the body?

JT:
I think so.

He is dead, right?

He looks like he was killed,
like, five minutes ago.

Try three days ago!

What did I tell you?

It's a cool case, right?

Very cool.

Thank you, Edrisa.

GIL:
Vic's name is Kevin Bagley.

He is a wealthy investor
to some local companies.

Neighbors hadn't seen him
for a week, so...

I'm guessing that means
he's been preserved

in some way?

Given his rosy skin tone
and the lack

of desiccation, I would say

that he has been embalmed.

Plus... there's makeup
on his face.

-Check that.
-Yikes.

DANI:
So the killer used foundation

to cover up the cause of death?

Or to improve his appearance.

Look closely.

He didn't just cover the wound.

He covered up his pimples,

evened out his skin tone.

Yeah, it's like
a celebrity makeup job.

Look at the way he's posed.

With his arm
draped on the couch,

facing the fireplace.

Like someone
was sitting with him.

This murder is about what
happened after the kill.

This required time,

care, affection.

And a lot of close,

physical contact with a corpse.

-Don't say it.
-Don't say it.

We may be looking
for a necrophiliac.

Necrophilia doesn't

have to be sexual.

There are actually
ten types as per

the last classification,
and at its core,

the impulse is understandable.

Uh, Bright, how worried
should we be about you?

You know, more than
the usual amount?

Bear with me.

A necrophiliac's desire to...

get close to a dead body

can come from
a fear of rejection,

coupled with a deep

and very human need
for connection.

Wouldn't we all like that?

Someone who's always there,

sitting on the couch with us?

Without the weirdness.

And the homicide.

That goes without saying.

Just checking.

-[phone ringing]
-[sighs]

Stop calling me.

Jessica.

It's been too long.

Are you still
drunk and beautiful?

Are you still a parasite

suckling at the scum
of the earth?

And damn good at it.

Who do you think got your hubby
that cushy prison cell?

He was supposed
to get the electric chair,

and I got him a Persian rug

and medical consulting
privileges.

And now it's your turn.

No, it's not.

I don't need you, Sterling.

The Carousel Killer
is going on trial...

Oh, sweetie, no.

A little birdie
from the D.A.'s office

just told me that
The Carousel Killer

refused to corroborate
your story.

If Martin Whitly dies...

you'll be on the hook
for murder one.

[phone vibrating]

Could be about your dad.

BRIGHT:
I'll call back later.

Edrisa, what's
the latest on Kevin?

Well, it's official:
he was embalmed, and not

in a DIY, learn it on YouTube
kind of way.

This is professional.

How do you know?

These two incisions
in his common carotid artery--

it's where someone
placed arterial tubes

and connected it to
a real embalming machine.

And the firmer the skin,
the better the job.

Come here, feel how firm he is.

I'm good.

EDRISA:
It's your loss. I mean,

Kevin here
is a real work of art.

John Hunter would be proud.
He was

an early pioneer of embalming.

Uh, forget Hunter,
what about Hofmann?

He discovered formaldehyde.

Okay, I admit I was a
von Hofmann girl for a while--

I mean, who isn't in college--
but credit really goes

to the ancient Egyptians,
if we're going to get technical

-about the origins
of mortuary sciences.
-GIL: We're not.

Any signs of sexual assault?

None.

The killer did everything
by the book.

Washed the body, massaged it
to relieve rigor mortis.

Definitely sounds like

you're looking for
a professionally-trained

funeral director.

That's good news.

There's only so many
in the city.

We can run them all down,
see if they knew our vic.

EDRISA:
Uh, not exactly.

This week happens to be
the annual convention

for the Atlantic Coast
Funeral Directors.

Which means our suspect pool
just swelled to...

3,000, give or take.

I mean, I was a member
of the AACFD

myself till the dues
got excessive.

This isn't a coincidence.

The killer is using
the convention as cover.

They could employ
this very specialized method...

And frame 3,000 people.

What now?

Time to dust off
that membership.

We're going to a convention.

[phone vibrates]

What happened?
Did he die?

Oh, no. God, no.
No, I just, uh, I really

needed to talk to you and
you've been avoiding my calls.

Are you serious?

Ains, I thought
it was an emergency.

It is.

Our father is on his deathbed
and you and Mom

are keeping something from me.

[Ainsley scoffs quietly]

Okay, you're right.

We are.

It was me.

I stabbed him.

It was the only way
to save our mother,

end the murders.

And also...
I thought I could do it

without killing him.

You thought you could
stab him in the heart

withoutkilling him?

It's a long story,
but the point is...

You stabbed our father.
I'm... Oh... mm...

And I-I can't even
tell anyone about it,

because if I do,
then you'll go to jail,

and if I don't,
Mom goes to jail.

It's not going to get that far.

You don't know that.

Have you even been
in there yet?

You can't avoid him forever.

So, uh, please, go ahead.

Make whatever calls you need.

Oh, can I get you some tea
or hot cider?

I'm okay.
Thanks.

♪

[muffled shrieking]

[distorted]: ♪ When I wake up
in the morning, love♪

♪ And the sunlight
hurts my eyes♪

♪ And something...♪

-[door opens]
-JESSICA: Darling, we're back.

The L.I.E.'s been shut down.

Nobody's getting
to Sagaponack tonight.

Oh, well, the Hamptons' loss
is my gain.

-[Jessica chuckles]
-Mwah.

Where are the kids?

Rampaging in the park,
like little huns,

plotting how to torture me this
weekend since the nanny's off.

-Well, why don't we...
-[both laugh]

-Mm.
-Oh...

What has gotten into you?

How many morticians does it take
to change a light bulb?

Uh, the term "mortician"
is falling out of use.

They're called
funeral directors now.

Or professionals
in the death care arena.

You guys suck at jokes.

Hey.
We've got a lead.

One of the companies
our vic invested in

was a group
of Long Island funeral homes.

So Kevin's directly connected
to this world.

Oh, yeah.
To two people in particular.

Tilda Carp and Dev Sundaram.

They were business partners
with Kevin

until one of their funeral homes
burned up last year.

Nobody was killed, but enough
dead bodies were burned up

that it ruined their reputation.

Accidental cremation?
families must have been pissed.

And lots of money was lost.
It's motive for murder.

That's amotive, but it's not
this killer's motive.

Remember how much care
went into preserving Kevin.

There has to be
a reason for that.

Like they were trying
to preserve the relationship

that they had with Kevin
before it all went bad.

Which fits with the necrophilia.

If they struggle with
relationships in the real world,

they may be trying to
manufacture one that can't end.

We checking into
their backgrounds

-for any psychopathology?
-GIL: Of course.

Right now we need to find
Tilda and Dev.

Stay under the radar.

-We don't want
to scare anyone off.
-EDRISA: Let's go find a killer.

Should we high five, maybe?

No?

Oh, okay.

[indistinct conversations]

WOMAN [echoing]:
Cremation is the most
cost-effective way

to say goodbye.

MAN [echoing]:
Death is hard on those
left behind.

Cremation and burial

are the most common ways...

WOMAN:
Your father's remains

deserve a statement urn.

MAN:
It must have been hard
to watch him die.

DANI:
Wow, who knew that death

was such big business, huh?

Hey. You're acting weirder
than usual,

-which is...
-Saying something.

Yeah, I've heard that before.

Actually, I was going
to say understandable,

considering that your dad
is in the hospital right now.

And your mom is the one
who stabbed him.

That's heavy stuff.

-Your dad could die, right?
-Yes.

My serial-killer father
could die.

Right.

You're mad at me.

A little bit, yeah.

Do you think that
I like talking about this

any more than you do?

I buried my dad when I was 16.
Right? And they put him

in that wood model
right over there.

And, no, I didn't want

to tell you that, but I did.

Because that's what friends do.

And you wanted to be friends.
Remember?

Dani...

I think that we should split up.

♪

Thinking about death?

W-What? No.

Uh, maybe.

You're Tilda.

Charmed.
[chuckles]

Let me tell you
about this mahogany model.

Far more durable than poplar.

Rubber gasket to seal.

-It's a little more expensive...
-I'm not in the market.

Aren't you?

Uh, it does look comfortable.

[chuckles]
You know,

we spend a scant few decades

walking around this earth.

But here--

here is where we spend eternity.

Might as well be at ease.

[chuckles]
I'm never at ease.

Perhaps you should try it.

Hey...

Wait a second, who are you?

Uh, Tilda,
this is Detective Powell,

and I'm Malcolm Bright.

We're here to investigate
the death of Kevin Bagley.

Kevin died?

I can't believe it.
That's horrible.

You don't seem all that upset.

Ah.
Hazard of the profession.

They teach us in mortuary school
to never cry

in front of a family.

And what was the nature
of your relationship with Kevin?

-Business or...
-Sexual.

Not serious.

Kevin was too damaged.

Some women are into that.

Want to change
and save their man.

Not me.

-No, thank you.
-DANI: Tilda,

Kevin was embalmed
by the killer.

You're surprised.

It means something to you.

You should talk to
our other partner, Dev.

He lost the most
when we all broke up.

He and Kevin were best friends.

I'm sorry, I have a customer.

The-the hardest part is creating
natural shadows, see?

Uh, because a corpse
is usually lying down.

Dev, I asked about the fire.

And setting the features, well,
that's a skill unto itself.

You can't just close the eyes,
slap the mouth shut.

It'll look puckered.

Dev, we can talk here

or at the station.

Which would you prefer?

-Ow!
-Sorry.

You seem nervous.

I'm better with dead people.

That fire ruined us.

Who, you and Kevin?

No, we, um...

we weren't really friends.

But I can't talk about it.
Th-There were NDAs

and a settlement--
a whole investigation.

Oh, sorry.
I'm not even...

I'm more into eyeliner.

I'll just...

You guys don't have
a warrant, right?

'Cause I got work to do.

Ainsley!

I wasn't expecting you.

Or you.

Jessica Whitly.

"The brightness of her cheek
would shame those stars."

[groans]
Quiet, for a moment,

while I focus
on my traitorous offspring.

I just want what's best for you.

That's supposed to be my line.

Please, just talk to the man.

-[sighs]
-I'll see myself out.

Let's be frank.

Your daughter
wouldn't have called me

unless you were truly
in need of my services.

[chuckles] Crazy thing is
I wouldn't need you now

had you not so thoroughly
screwed me 20 years ago.

Oh, I think I'd remember that.

Martin Whitly should be rotting

at Rikers as God
and the legal system intended,

but you, instead,

made the deal of the decade.

"Century,"
said New York Magazine.

Well, that was 20 years ago.

And he is still making
my life a living hell.

You should be punished
for that, not rewarded.

So... let's skip
the unpleasantries.

Bottom line: I could have
your case dismissed in a week.

And just think
of the bonus material--

the book deal, the interviews,
the movie rights.

If your daughter's
proven anything,

it's that America is hungry

for all things Whitly.

You could have
my case dismissed?

Jessica...

I know you.

You want to find

the best person
for your defense.

But what you need...

is the worst.

Hey, so, um,

I just got off the phone
with the lab.

And guess whose exact brand

of foundation was used on Kevin.

[giggles]

It's Dev's, if that
wasn't completely clear.

Dev's our guy.
Let's go.

-[knocking]
-JT: Police!

GIL:
Dev, it's the NYPD.

Open up or we're coming in.

Guys!
In here.

Dev's not the killer.

He's the next victim.

He's still breathing.
EMTs are on their way.

Dani and JT are coordinating
with hotel security.

No discernible wounds.

I'm guessing he was poisoned?

I found a broken glass.

He was drinking something.

No smell.

Whoa, did you just...

Oh. No, um... yes,
I shouldn't have done that.

Uh, so, sweet taste, odorless.

Could be ethylene glycol.
Antifreeze?

It's a common poison since it
tastes like artificial sweetener

-when mixed in a drink.
-What's that gonna do to him?

Shut down his organs,
eventually.

As the body
metabolizes the chemical

it starts converting
into other toxins,

like acetone and glycolic acid
and formaldehyde.

Oh, my God.
Formaldehyde.

The killer's already started
the embalming process.

Wow, that is genius.

What can we do?
His pulse is getting weaker.

I don't think he's gonna
make the ambulance.

You went to med school, right?

No.
I mean, I did, yes.

But that... th-th...
t-that's different.

You knew everything
about the poison, Edrisa.

You can save him.

No.

I-I don't sa-save people.

That's not what I do.

Yeah, but there must have
been a time

when you knew
how to help people.

I mean... live people.

No, you're-you're right.
I can't do this.

Yes, you can.
Yes, you can.

Just forget he's alive.
Okay?

Pretend you're in the morgue,
there's no rush,

you just need to reduce
his toxicity levels.

Is there an antidote?

I-I don't know... Um...

Ethanol, maybe.

Ethanol. Alcohol.
Th-The minibar.

Gil.

It's okay.
You can do this.

You really think
this really gonna work?

EDRISA:
Um, th-they usually
have an IV drip.

S-Syringe?

Okay.

Here.

Okay. He is gon...
he is gonna need dialysis

when he gets to the hospital,

but, you know, this should
hold him for a while.

I hope.

[groans softly]

EDRISA [crying]:
Okay.

That's good.

GIL:
Copy that.

Thanks.

Dev's gonna make it,
but he's still in the ICU.

Speaking of--
how's Bright doing?

I'm not sure.

I've been trying to figure
that out, but I...

Hey. Dev's phone
wasn't on him in the hotel,

but I just talked
to his carrier.

Last call before
the attack was from Tilda Carp.

Okay.
I'm on board.

Put out a BOLO out on Tilda.

I'll call TSA, see if she's
headed out of the country.

Dani.

Keep an eye on our boy.

Yeah.

♪

♪ When I wake up
in the morning...♪

MARTIN:
You're in the thick of it now,
my friend.

This is when time slows down,

when... when minutes expand.

When a man like me
could be forgiven

for believing

I can almost freeze time...

[woman whimpering]

...completely.

[chuckles]
But...

alas, I'm no sorcerer,
and you...

...aren't there.

WOMAN:
I'm at 3 East 88th Street.

Big house, you can't miss it.

Yeah, you can come
pick me up now.

No, no, no, no.
This is not how it went.

Yeah, Dr. Whitly
has been really nice.

Okay.
See you in a bit.

Stop it.

Stop it.
What...

W-What's going on?

Thanks again for your help.

Oh, and one more thing.

-Aah!
-[grunting]

[wheezing]

[monitor beeping steadily]

You don't have long now.

Just kill me.

No.
You don't get off that easy.

I'm inside your head, Martin.

I know your worst fears.

This is a nightmare.

I'm in the hospital, aren't I?

Y-You're not real.

You're just a figment
of my subconscious.

A composite of all my victims.

You know exactly
who I am, Martin.

I'm a very real person.

And I'm coming for your family.

No.

-Your boy dies first.
-[groans]

No. Please.

Funny.

I'm pretty sure I said
the exact same thing to you.

[flatline]

He's coding!

Brady down.

-DOCTOR: Get the crash cart.
-NURSE: Charging.

[indistinct chatter]

Any updates on your father?

No.

Nothing.

It's fine.

[gasps]
Ains. What happened?

I don't know. They just
keep saying to sit tight,

and that...
it doesn't mean anything.

Here, here, here, here.

We will know soon enough.

[moans]

Can I ask you a question?

Are you actually afraid
he's gonna die?

It is not a criticism,
I swear. I...

I'm genuinely curious.

I guess, um...

...I just don't want him
to die like this.

You know?

How about you?

[exhales]:
Well...

there's no doubt the world
will be a better place

without Martin Whitly in it.

But then again...

...secretly...

You still love him?

What?

[both laugh]

Oh, dear God, child, no.

But thank you for that.

I have not had a good laugh
in a long time.

Oh, no, it's-it's...

It's gonna sound so silly,
I know, but...

At least when he's at Claremont,
I know where he is.

In the great hereafter...

He could haunt you forever.

Yeah.

-It's ridiculous, I know.
-[phone ringing]

Mm-mmm.

But not as ridiculous,
I suppose,

as hiring the second most
despicable man on the planet.

I know you want me
to say yes to that man...

No.
I... I don't.

But you were the one
who set this whole thing up

in the first place.

Because you need a lawyer.

A-And now that you know
who you don't want,

you can find the person you do.

Ainsley Whitly.

That is downright diabolical.

I learned from the best.

[both laugh]

-Aw.
-Mm.

You can sit there
as long as you'd like.

We know you killed Kevin.

Actually...
I don't think she did.

-You don't?
-Yeah, you don't?

Tilda, you run
a funeral home in Boston, right?

I saw your luggage in evidence.

Thousand-dollar roller bag,
first-class tickets.

Kevin's killer wants to go back
in time and preserve the past,

freeze their relationship
like it once was.

But your life is better now
than it was a year ago.

So there must be
someone else who isn't.

BRIGHT:
Question is why would
Tilda protect them?

Because you did something wrong.

And you're terrified
of losing your license.

'Cause your job means
a lot to you. I saw that.

My work is my life.

I-I understand how you feel.

Y-You'd do anything
to protect your career.

Lie to the police,
risk your life.

But it's not worth your life.

No, it's not.

Her name is Leanne Truitt.

She was a silent partner
in our business.

Off the books.

You let her work unlicensed.
Why?

She failed her psych eval.

But she was so damn good
at embalming.

She made the bodies look alive.

Turns out, for her,

that required more time
with the corpses

than we were comfortable with.

And there's your necrophilia.

The fire.
That was her, wasn't it?

One night,
we left her to lock up.

She lost track of time.

Her chemicals caused a reaction.

-She got out okay.
-And everything went
to hell after that.

And Leanne felt responsible.

She was inconsolable.

She couldn't forgive herself

for ruining everything.

She called us for months,
but we had all moved on.

You had.

Leanne hadn't.

DANI:
Hey.

DMV had a photo
of Leanne Truitt.

Wasn't renewed, and she left

the old address
a few months after the fire.

I'll put out a BOLO.

Check the employee records
for the convention hotel.

I bet she got a job there.

To get close to her former team
and access Dev's suite.

That's good.

Who you calling?

Speaking of relationships
to preserve,

I owe someone an apology.

Edrisa, listen,

-I need to tell you I'm sorry.
-EDRISA: You really don't.

But what I said at the hotel,
I didn't mean to imply

that you don't help people.
That's crazy.

You were right.
I panicked.

It's the reason I became an M.E.
instead of a clinician.

-I can't handle the stress.
-Edrisa.

I have to go.
Bye.

Edrisa sounded weird.

What is weird for her?

Well, she didn't want
to talk to me just now.

Plus, her voice sounded
shakier than normal.

She didn't want to talk to you?

Right?
I'm gonna go check on her.

Call me with an update.

I'll admit, I was

surprised to hear from you.

Well, you may have
heard about that little pickle

I've gotten myself into,
legally speaking.

A bit more than a pickle.

All day, everyone
has been telling me

how bad it is. So bad, in fact,
that I should hire

the bottom-feeding lawyer

my ex-husband used.
I know.

And honestly, I almost did it,
but then I remembered

I am not The Surgeon.

I am Jessica Whitly.

And what I need
the most right now...

is someone I can trust.

Who also happens to be
a kickass attorney.

A happy coincidence.
[chuckles]

What happened with Malcolm...

He has...

a lot of demons.

Yes, he does.

More than just what you know.

He saw things

that his father did.

He went through a hell
I didn't even know about.

I was gonna say,

deep down,

I know your son is a good man.

And that's because of you.

Oh. Oh, uh...

So, yes.

I'll help.

Now!

-DANI: Yeah?
-I was right,

Edrisa's in trouble.

Leanne's here and she's armed.

She must be after Kevin's body.

W-Why would she
want to steal his corpse?

It makes sense
for a necrophiliac.

She was interrupted
at his house before she could

enjoy her time with him.

Enjoy her...
That's insane.

She couldn't have Tilda or Dev,
so Kevin was her only...

Bright, stop profiling,

we'll be there any second.

-Just wait for backup.
-Right.

Absolutely.

Go get Kevin now.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Who are you?

Just a friend, here to talk.

Edrisa, are you okay?

I'm fine!
Now just get out of here!

Seems like you're
still mad at me.

-Please just go.
-Shut up, both of you.

Now go get him.

I'm sorry,
I'm not going to do that.

You're just gonna
have to shoot me.

BRIGHT:
Let's just do
what Leanne says, okay?

-It's just a body.
-No.

He is not just a body.

EDRISA:
She's right. I'm sorry,

these aren't just dead bodies,
they're people

who share their
final moments with me.

It's the ultimate privilege
to be their last witness,

and I won't let anyone
dishonor that.

You're dishonoring Kevin.

If you really cared,

y-you'd let him go.

No, no, no.
I'm honoring him.

I'm getting us our lives back,
so go get him.

No.

Wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait.

Uh, what if we all go together?

Bright.

Good.
Good, yeah, yeah.

Come on, come on.

Tell me, honestly...

...is this really
how you want him?

You have no idea what I want.

I know how appealing it would be
to live in the past.

You'd go back
to before the fire, right?

A year ago?

You think that's when
life got hard for me?

I was six...

when I found my mom
dead in her bed.

I crawled...

right under the covers with her.

Nobody found us

for 12 hours.

Do you know

how cold skin can feel
after 12 hours?

That's why you embalm people.

You give them back warmth.

A life where
they can't leave you.

I get it.

I do.

Real relationships

can be hard as hell,

life is full of risk,

and death is messy.

But we can't run away from it.

I can't run away from it.

We need to face it.

Maybe...

...maybe we can both
face it together.

What do you say, Leanne?

-What was that?!
-What?

I'd almost talked her down.

You just said life
was about taking risks.

W-W...
Weren't you talking to me?

Of course.
Yeah.

-[door opens]
-JT: Police!

Put your hands behind your back.

You guys okay?

Yeah, yeah, uh, we're
all good here. I handled it.

I see you.

Hey, uh...

-Yeah?
-Thank you.

For what?

Everything you said today--

turns out...

I was listening.

Leanne brought it all out of me.

Death.

Letting go.

[chuckles]

It was great.

Only you would find it
therapeutic talking to a killer.

[chuckles] You're the one
I like talking to.

And I promise

I'm gonna do better.

-[sighs]
-[door slams]

I'm going to kill your son.

-No, please...
-But first,

you have to tell me something.

Why?

Why?

Why did you do this to me?

Oh...
[clears throat]

Well, I mean...
[chuckles]

I mean, that's up there
with life's great questions,

isn't it?

What's at the center
of a black hole?

Uh, why do birds
suddenly appear? [chuckles]

Why did I put you in a box?
Because...

I wanted to.

-Martin...
-No. Listen, listen.

I'm not being flip,
that's the truth.

Anything else is-is a guess.

No, it-it-it's this brain
I was born with,

or because my mommy
didn't love me enough,

or maybe she loved me too much,

or because daddy
did horrible things to me.

Because, because, because.

What does it matter if
the end result is... the same?

[chuckles]

I just realized something.

Oh, this might be a nightmare.

But it's my nightmare.

And I'm not a regular person.

Am I?

No, you're not.

You're a predatory psychopath.

That's right,

I am.

And what does that mean?

That you're always in control.

Yes.

I am.

You know, I once told my son

monsters don't exist.

But that was a lie.

You know the truth,

don't you?

What are you going to do?

[gasps]

BRIGHT:
Hello, Dr. Whitly.

I'm going back to my family,
of course.

They need me.

My boy.