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Hello? Anyone?

I need to get
to 118 River Heights Drive.

Nick, what happened?

Who are you?

♪ ♪

I'm sorry, I'm gonna
have to ask you to repeat that.

Nancy Drew is your daughter.

And why would you think that?

Her DNA.

I can understand
why she kept it a secret.

I mean,
she's right to be afraid.

Can you predict your father's
reaction when I tell him?

Everett has always wanted you
to have a child,

an heir to the company.

A teenaged girl,

legally an adult,
who can now destroy our family.

And you haven't told him yet?
No.

I wanted to, uh,
to talk to you first.

I wanted to be able
to assure him

that you didn't know anything
until this very moment.

And I would very much like
for that to be true.

Well, of course
I didn't know, Mother.

Good.

I'll handle it.

Don't worry.

His symptoms are
consistent with a severe case

of retrograde amnesia, meaning
he's retained basic skills...

Walking, talking, dressing...

However, he does not know who
he is or who any of us are.

Right.

Okay.

Hi.

Hey. Sorry about all this.

I just want to
understand who I am.

Then we should probably
get you changed out of that,

'cause that's not you.
Oh, really?

But it-but it's so warm.

You're from Florida.

Not a lot of need for fleece.

I'm from Florida?

Then why am I here in Maine?

It wasn't really your choice.

You got yourself into a little
bit of trouble when you were 16.

You came for
your friend Tiffany.

Yeah, who actually
gave you several

millions of dollars.

So, congratulations,
you're a millionaire.

Hey, Ace, any luck

tracking down Nick's phone?

Not yet. Keep asking.

Sorry. I'm working on it.

Hey. What's going on?

Got a little mystery of my own.

Hey, isn't that the box
your long-lost brother left you

before he stood you up?

Yep.

My parents have one
just like it.

I don't know what it means

or why he'd leave a photo
of my dad in it.

And now he's not answering
my texts, either.

I am confused.

Your name is Ned Nickerson.

You call me Nick?

Your mom's name is Millie.

Mm-hmm.

Huh.
I am your girlfriend.
That's-that's important.

Okay. Hey.

Found these in your pocket.

These familiar to you at all?

No. No, n-never
seen that before.

Then you must have gotten them
before you lost your memory.

Hey, let's make a timeline.
Who saw Nick last night?

Um, Nick called me
around 9:00-ish

to say that he was
crashing with Ace again.

You stay on his couch sometimes.

You bounce around.

When we closed up

at 10:00,

Nick said that he was
headed to George's.

So I lied?

Do...

I do that a lot?

Maybe I misheard you. Uh...

You know what?
I'll go ask my parents

if they saw you last night

and get you
some of your own clothes.

So I'm a...

a lying millionaire
who couch-hops

and has no home.

No, that is not
who you are, Nick.

I have to go.
I have a situation.

That, however,
is exactly who she is.

We have exactly four hours
to save Nancy's life.

'Cause as soon as her
Ladies Who Yacht luncheon docks,

Celia has her weekly
summit meeting with Everett.

She's gonna tell him then.
We cannot let that happen.

No. Can we

dial down the dramatics
a little bit?

People find out
they're grandparents every day.

Not-not you.
I'm not... Not you guys.

This isn't a joke, Nancy.

Everett's father
made an immutable will.

As Ryan's only child, that means
you'll inherit the company.

Everett won't let
his legacy go to someone

he knows wants to destroy it.

And there's only one way that
he can stop this from happening.

You've both known about this?

Well... yeah.

And you're saying
that he would try and kill me?

If he finds out?

Nancy, he's awaiting trial

because you had him arrested
on 12 counts of murder.

He came after Laura Tandy
and Ace and me

for a hell of a lot
less than that, so...

And you wouldn't be
the first wayward family member

that he ran off of a ski slope.

Thank you for finally telling me
that my life is in danger.

I need to go handle this.

Mom?

Acey. Can I get you a nosh?

Fully noshed. Thank you.

Is there any chance
you saw Nick here last night?

No, but I was asleep by 9:00.

It's important
to get those REM cycles.

Hey, Mom, what is this box?

I never told you?

Dad made that.

He gave it to me the night

he told me he loved me.

Oh, this is not food-free.

You're not food-free, Grant.

Didn't go well at home, then?

We have this nice, happy life.

What if it's all built on a lie?

What if my dad
knows that he has a son,

this kid who's been growing up
in witness protection,

and he's just been hiding him
from us the whole time?

Well, why don't you
ask your dad about it?

You know, Ace, nothing changes

if nothing changes.

Here's your chance.

You tell me first
what's going on.

Captain?

Ace, is there a problem?

There was a murder outside
of the historical society

last night.

Aristotle Fellowes.

He's an employee there?

That's the tour guide.

They found Nick's phone
at the scene.

There's also security footage of
his truck leaving the driveway,

just after the time of death.

Well, his estimated
time of death.

Aristotle was wearing
a step tracker,

so they have an exact time.

Nick is

not here.

I'm a murder suspect?
I should...

Shouldn't I go talk to them? No.

You should absolutely not
go talk to them.

Come here.

That's what the window's for.

Climb.

I got photos
from the crime scene.

As long as you didn't get them

by hacking your dad's phone.

Okay, whatever. Let's see.

Oh...

They think I did this?

Those slash marks are huge. No.

What kind of blade does that?

Uh, maybe it was an animal?

I've never heard of an animal
in Maine with claws that big.

On the floor beside
the body. Zoom in.

Those look to be
the same kind of carved bones

that Nick had on him.

Well, why... w-why would I have

the dead guy's carved bones
if-if I didn't...

You didn't. Well, we honest.

Could I have killed him?

I mean, h-have I ever done
anything like-like this?

Absolutely not. No.

Younger Futhark.

Okay, look.

I did an image search
on the symbols on the bones.

Those are Younger Futhark runes.

The-the language of Vikings.

Vikings in Maine? That's random.

Yeah, according to this article,

there was a super-old
Norse penny

excavated near
Mount Desert Island.

Okay, Vikings, pennies.

None of this brings us
any closer

to solving Nick's memory loss.

That might.

That security camera
recorded Nick's truck

pulling out of here.

And your truck
left something behind.

There was oil on Nick's shirt.

The one he was
wearing last night.

Nick, you left a trail for us.

Okay, it says,
"Only use fan in emergency."

What is it,
like a heat emergency?

It looks like something's
hooked up to the engine.

I saw a description
for this device

in Hannah's ledger,
it was in box 45.

It's hooked up
to the vent system,

so the substance from
this globe gets pulled in

and then released
through the fan.

Yeah, did I mention
you were a mechanic

before you bought a restaurant?

I remember an alchemist built it

to try and cure
her husband's dementia.

Did you take this from
the archive boxes?

To do what?

E-Erase my own memory?

Bess, will you start it up?

Yeah.

No. Nothing.

It's out of gas.

Good thing I always keep
a backup nosh for Florence.

Hey. Check out
these slash marks.

I think they're the
same as the ones

that were on Aristotle's body.

Well, whatever
killed Aristotle...

Maybe that's what came for Nick.

There's an easy way to find out.

- I mean, is that a good idea?
- We still don't know

why Nick erased his memory.

Yeah, well,

I need to know.

You okay?

Nick?

You shouldn't have
let me get my memories back.

You need to leave.

Now! Wait, wha-what's going on?

What do you remember?

Why did you erase your
memory in the first place?

Because it was coming for me.

And now it's gonna come again.

You need to get
in the car and go.

Now! Go!

Wait, Nick... Wait.

George, please.

You need to trust me, okay?

What is going on?

Just go. Okay.

Hello?

Anyone?

Hello?

Nick, you're okay!
Uh, who are you?

Wait... You know me?

Yeah, you erased
your memory, again.

Here, read this.

Okay, so we can
rule out an animal.

Or anything
of this world, right?

Yeah. New slash marks.

So whatever came after
Nick before came again.

But why, because
of something Nick knew?

Either way, we're not
restoring his memory

until we can figure
out what that is.

The cops think that

Nick killed Aristotle.

Hiding from them is not helping.

You need a lawyer.

Whoa.

Yeah, this is a...
this is a cool space.

We should start the interview.

Thom?

You ready?

Your client lost his memory.

He can't answer
any of my questions,

yet he still knows ASL.

That's common with amnesia.

Do you

remember learning ASL

to communicate
with your little cousin?

Oh...

no.

You remember

fixing all

the wobbly chairs in my house?

Uh...

no, I don't, but you're welcome.

Did you kill Aristotle
in self-defense?

What?

What? No, no.

I, um...

I don't know.

You know

about my criminal history.

What-what history?

Hey, what-what'd I do?

Hey, hey, Nick. What'd I do?

Thom, can we just
give him a minute?

Nick?

A few years ago...

you were attacked...

at a party, and...

while you were
defending yourself...

you...

I...

I killed someone?

In self-defense.

You served two years
for manslaughter.

No.

I killed someone?

I...

That's not...

N-no.

No, I just...

I don't remember...

I don't...

Hmm, Aristotle had
his share of nemeses.

Here's two of them now.
Oh, my gosh.

- History isn't feeling.
- This is at the chapel.

It's fact.
And how do you know that?

Ah! That's us!

Did anyone comment
on Nancy's awesome zinger?

Can someone sign my time card?

W-Wait, hold on, there's, like,

300 mean comments
about Aristotle.

Bots. Troll bots.

Most likely operated
by one garbage human

who's too lazy
to spread their own hate.

Garbage enough
to kill Aristotle?

I'm running software

to try and track down
the troll master.

And I'm scrolling
through Instagram

while we wait.

Since we're all announcing

- what we're doing.
- Found it.

Got an IP address.

Yada, yada.

Troll's name is Mark Matter.

Whoa, he was
Aristotle's roommate.

Sorry, can you guys talk to him?

Um, I have to go do this...

family thing.

Yeah, okay.

Get in!

Or I could keep honking.

It would be great for them
to see your granddaughter

making a scene, right?

Well, I see that Ryan told you,

which is both disappointing...

and predictable. Listen,

I do not want
Hudson Enterprises.

So I will sign whatever.

The company passes
to you automatically.

And one could suspect
that you're already

trying to expedite the process
by having Everett arrested.

I wanted justice
for his victims.

I... It was not a coup.

Look, I know that there's
a way that we can work this out.

This is not a negotiation.

Kindly let go of me.

I am really sorry about this.

Nancy!

No. I trolled Aristotle
so I wouldn't kill him.

The guy was the worst roommate.

Even with all this awesome
Viking-centric decor?

Well, Aristotle got all that
from some fringe archaeologists.

He was doing a podcast
on their Viking dig site.

Bunch of nerds.

Do you have any
of the contact information

for the archaeologists?
No one's heard from them
in a week.

Aristotle went to the dig site
yesterday to look for them.

I killed someone.

I had to learn it from...

Ace's dad.

Not from my friends.

Not my girlfriend.

Is it...

is it because
you're ashamed of me?

No. No,

no.

Anything but that.

Look, I didn't know
how to tell you

about the worst trauma
of your life.

I didn't want you to have to
go through that again.

Oh.

What a cute little restaurant.

Isn't it?

Psst!

Did you put her memories
in the same bottle with Nick's?

Is Nick gonna come back
part-Celia?

No. No, no, no. No.

Uh, the ledger says
that a person's memory

is tied to them, so he'll
get his memories back.

Listen, Bess and Ace

found audio files
from Aristotle's trip

to a Viking dig site.

I'm gonna drop you a pin, okay?

Ooh.

Nancy. Hmm?

Hey, what's the emergency?

Ryan... okay.

I tried to reason with Celia,
I really did,

but, uh, it didn't work,
and I panicked

and I erased her memory.

You...
Just to buy us
a little bit of time.

I'm gonna fix it.

Just keep an eye on her.
And, you know,

she's kind of sweet now. So...

Hi.

And you are?

This week on Aristotle.

A couple hundred Vikings
settled in Maine

long before Columbus pulled up.

All those settlers
died suddenly,

for reasons yet unknown.

Mystifying.

This is a terrible podcast.

So why isn't Maine
called some crazy Viking name?

They left murals of a god
they worshipped, but destroyed

all evidence of its name. Why?

Did their god turn on them
and kill them?

Notes from the two archeologists
who found the site indicate so.

But they've now disappeared,

their research unfinished.

Where'd they go?

These slash marks
are the same ones

we found on Nick's truck

and Aristotle's body.

So this homicidal god

got to the archaeologists first,
then went after Aristotle?

Found Aristotle's notebook.

He tore that page out
in a hurry.

I think it's the god's name.

Gr...

Aah!

Was that me?

Is that me?

Who are you?

I have no idea.

It says, "Only use
fan in emergency."

What, like a heat emergency?

I guess we inhaled.

Ooh, is this place a restaurant?

"Nick Nickerson.
Good at building stuff.

"Suspect in a murder
investigation,

but don't worry,
you are innocent."

Want to trade?

I have a dead
French lady inside me.

My name is George,
and I am your...

girlfriend. Hey...

Hi.

Basically, there were
these Vikings.

They worshipped a god,
the god killed them all,

and now it murders
anyone who knows its name.

Right. So then,
we figured that out,

but survived
by erasing our memory

using the device in that truck.

Okay, why should we
believe any of this?

"When George asks

why we should
believe any of this..."

Oh. "Because I said so."

Okay, well...

What to do.

"Document damage
from previous attempt."

"Form new plan."

"Summon entity
by flipping over card

labeled
'flip for entity's name...'"

Thank you. "If new plan fails,

"turn on fan in truck
to erase memories.

Start over."

How many times
have we done this?

I'm Ace.

I'm not sure if that's
a first name or a last name.

Okay, um, I'm Bess Marvin.

I'm a social media savant,

a former klepto, and...

into girls.

Sorry.

Oh.

Hey. "Watch the video
on Nancy's phone."

Which one of you is Nancy?

If you're watching this,
attempt five...

Water-gunning the entity
with holy water...

Did not work.

How do I not remember
any of this?

Okay, well, hi, guys.

Sixth time's a charm, right?

Go team.

Aah!

What's happening?

Is that me?

Who are you?

If you're watching this,
attempt seven...

Slingshotting the steak knives
at the entity...

Did not work.

How can I not remember
any of this?

How can I not
remember any of this?

How can I not remember
any of this?

Aah!

Idea.

For attempt number 17,

we'll shoot
acid-filled balloons at it

using a tennis ball machine.

Do you think this set
of slash marks looks

bigger than the rest?
Yo, slash marks,

we're headed to find
a tennis ball machine.

Nancy?

I brought doughnuts
to say thank you.

You know my name?

We've met?

I thought amnesia was my thing.

I only know that I really
needed to see you,

so I snuck out.

Is that one of those machines
that plays music?

♪ ♪Oh, I love this song.

♪ Rain... ♪

I don't know why...

it haunts me. Mm.

I'd give anything
to know who I am.

Me too.

If I learn anything about you,

I can promise you
that I'll tell you.

Same.

I like you.

I think I like you, too.

♪ Tearing ♪

♪ Our world apart... ♪

Aah!

Guess we inhaled.

If you're watching this,

it's because you failed
to defeat an evil entity

that kills anyone
who learns its name.

Many...

many times.

You only survived
by erasing your memory

using a special substance

in this device.

You just took the very last dose

of the amnesia substance.

So this time
if you learn the entity's name,

it will kill you.

The only way to survive
is to give up.

You can never
restore your memories.

This is your life now.

So I guess this is the first day
of the rest of our lives.

You're giving up?

It does sound like
we get killed if we don't.

If we do give up,

the people we were before
are already dead.

Move on, you stubborn fools.

Oh, salut.

I'm Odette, the ghost
trapped in George's body.

Hmm.

You wrote about me.

But do ignore the last part.

I should just let you
end things,

but alas, I am a gentlewoman,

and I have made a vow
to keep George alive.

And one of you I actually like.

So I must stop you

from fighting a battle
you will not win.

Your memories are
not worth dying for.

No, our memories are
what make us who we are,

and that is worth fighting for.

I would risk everything
to know who I am.

We still don't know

why the god
turned on the Vikings,

but it killed them.

It kills anyone
who learns its name.

The slash marks...

They almost always
span the same width,

except for in two instances,

where they're wider
and they did more damage.

Like the entity was
more powerful those times.

Well, those two attempts
aren't labeled,

so maybe that was before
we started trying to kill it.

I was the only one who knew
about the entity at that point.

So the marks it left
were smaller

when all five of us
knew its name,

versus when only
Nick knew its name.

What if this thing gets
less powerful

when more people know its name?

But tons of Vikings
knew its name,

so how did it kill all of them?

I don't think it did.

So, fun fact: I must
have been teaching myself

to translate the
Vikings' language.

It says

"Soon the disease
will kill us all."

What, the Vikings died from
the disease, not the entity?

What if these hundreds of
Vikings knowing its name,

I mean, uh, what if their,
uh, their group knowledge

is what kept this entity in a-
in a weak or inactive state?

Yes.

That's why they tried
to erase its name

before they all died
from the disease.

And...

people who have learned
the name since...

The two archaeologists, dead,

Aristotle, dead, and us.

Not dead yet.

If we're gonna conquer
this thing,

then we need a lot of people
to know its name.

"Bess Marvin.

Social media savant."

Go forth and gather
thy devices. Come on.

Okay...

this thing is holding
our memories,

and I want my past back
no matter what.

I'm in. Me, too. Me, too.

You all risked everything
to help me.

Okay, I'm going first.

I'll lure it away
and buy you some time.

- Looking to pass.
- Harris looking deep,

but has to get rid of it,
a shovel pass.

Cortez was almost immediately

taken down by the defense.

Uh... Aristotle?

Huh? Can I help you?

I need to get into box 45.

There's a memory-erasing
device inside.

I read about it in
Hannah's ledger.

I need it...

so I can forget its name.

It's coming. Okay.

Okay. Uh, I'll-I'll
have to open the box

through the security system.
It'll take a sec.
Okay.

It's here, the
Grimathorn, outside.

The... Grima-what? Oh!

I'm sorry.

Now you're next.

Get the device.
It's the only way we survive.

I-I'll lock the windows.

Hey, hey. Uh, Aristotle,
you dropped something.

Aah!

Hey. Hey, hey!

Oh, my God.

Y'all got this?

Yeah, yeah. Memories restored.

Some better than others.

Good luck, Nick.

Hey.

Hey. I'm not the girl
you kiss goodbye.

I'm the girl who goes
with you into the fight.

Write that on your hand.

Okay.

Hey, send me that video.

We need visuals. Hey.

"The more people
who know about it,

"the weaker it gets.

"#Grimathorn.

#GrimathornlsReal."

Got it, resharing it.

Tagging everyone I can think of.

Hey, what's going on over there?

The retweets are rolling in,
but we're still pre-viral.

Yeah, we need
a-a dozen influencers, uh,

two scandal-ridden pop stars,
or...

Mark's trollbot network.

Hacking now.

Whoa!

I'm in.

It's not working yet.

Please hurry!

Whoa...

Nick? George?

It's working.

Hey, wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait.

What?

Listen.

It's just an idol now.

Think it'll stay this way?

If enough people know about it.

This idol form must have been
what the Vikings worshipped.

Now we're worshipping it, too.

Okay, we're locking this thing

in an archive box.

I'm ready to never see it again.

Okay.

You...

used a supernatural device

to erase all of
Celia's memories.

Yeah.

Maybe I am more Hudson
than Drew.

You're my daughter.

And you can still
do the right thing.

You may have their blood...

but you're a Drew at heart.

Thanks, Dad.

I really needed
to hear that from you.

And if I fix this...
When I fix this...

I'm gonna need you close.

So...

Will you come home?

Of course.

I just have to ask this.

A-Are you sure about this?

Because this is your life.

I know.

But I made a promise to her
when we didn't know who we were.

As soon as you do this,
she gonna put

a target on your back.
She might.

But she's also gonna
remember everything

that happened the past few days.

And if there is any
of this Celia left...

there's a chance
my plan could work.

Good luck.

Hey, Ma? Yeah?

I'll see you soon.

Aw... Bye, sweetie.

Bye, Ryan.

Come here.

Look how tiny you were.

Aw.

Wouldn't it be nice
if I was your granddaughter?

Oh... wouldn't
that be wonderful.

Uh, you hold that thought. Oh.

Look, I know
we have our differences,

and there's no hard evidence
to back this,

but you got to believe me.

Nick is innocent.

You know his heart.

I mean, you just got
to trust your instincts.

♪ Will liars and thieves ♪

♪ Ever pay for their misdeeds? ♪

♪ Will they go on free ♪

The what? ♪ Forever? ♪

♪ Will the fire and the flood ♪

♪ Ever come to judge? ♪

♪ How long ♪

♪ Will the strong men
wonder... ♪

So, then Nick's fine?

You could've told me that

before I went on and on.

♪ Will liars and thieves ♪

♪ Ever pay for their misdeeds? ♪

♪ Will they go on... ♪

Ace.

Tell your dad not to make me
eat this chicken by myself,

because I won't.

I will sit here and starve.

♪ Will the fire
and the flood... ♪

Mom says dinner's ready.

♪ To judge ♪

♪ How long will
strong men wonder? ♪

Please don't tell
Everett about me.

I have to.

If he finds out that I knew

and I kept it
a secret from him...

that would be very bad.

I saw a different side
to you today.

The kind of person
that you would be

if you did not have the memories
that made you who you are.

Being sweet and believing
that people were good...

That was never
gonna protect me in life.
I know.

And I know that you gave up
a lot to become a Hudson.

But if you can do it, so can I.

I made you a promise,
and I kept it.

You can trust me.

I can be an asset
to this family.

But I need your help
getting Everett to trust me.

We'll see how that goes.

Hey, um...

I'm sorry I lied to you
the other night about...

going to eat ice cream alone

at the historical society.

Hey.

Sometimes you need space.

It's okay. I get it.

Well, maybe it's a...

survival mechanism.

In juvie,

it was easier to survive

if I took up less space.

And so I taught myself to...

to need less.

It felt like what I deserved.

Well...

how can I help you man-spread?

Oh, I'm ready. Mm.

I'm ready to-to get
a space of my own,

with enou-enough room
to build stuff,

and-and I want you...

Odette and all...

to crowd it.

All right.

Where can we start looking?

♪ Let your anger... ♪

Well...

Carson's moving back in
with Nancy.

And I have always
liked that loft.

♪ Oh, Lord ♪

♪ Love help me. ♪

Cola or cola?

- Hey, you.
- Hello.

Hey! Hi.

You're buying
the whole building?

It's a good investment, right?

Congrats. Nice.

Thank you.

What are you gonna do
with all the space?

Grant, if this is
about your timecard...

I need to talk to you.

You're my brother?

I'm your brother, Ace.

And I need your help.

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