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- Mommy. - How's my beautiful girl?

Rodger has my pinwheel.

Boys don't play with pinwheels.

Rodger.

Amelia, come keep mommy company

while she does some calculations.

Rodger, I'll come check on you in a bit.

Rodger, boys don't play with pinwheels.

Rodger.

Hey.

We've got a long drive ahead of us.

If we wanna make it to Pritchard before nightfall,

we've gotta leave soon.

Jordan's packing the car.

Yeah.

Okay, guys, keep your eyes open for a gas station

'cause I need fuel in the form of like

five to 10 pepperoni sticks.

Well, I think you are out of luck.

I'm pretty sure there is no gas station

between here and my house.

Well, how about a couple road rockets, huh?

Beer me, Beth.

What?

Beer me.

We don't have any beer.

Beer him too, 'cause he just crushed two weeks

of homework since Westport.

- That is true. - And Jordan,

- we don't have any beer. - It's a hot day.

And you know what sounds great on a hot day?

- An IPA. - Is this a bit right now?

Is she doing a bit because like we don't have any beer,

let alone an IPA.

Well, look at this there's a gas station.

So, that's fortuitous.

Now we're talking.

Yeah, go ahead and get your pepperoni sticks.

Think they have IPA?

They probably have IPA.

Hey, babe, can I give you a hand?

Nah, it's okay.

Jordan's got it.

Already on it.

Welcome to my humble abode.

Hm, my abode.

Same thing.

Yeah, pretty much, actually.

This is all yours now, hey?

Yeah, I guess.

I haven't seen the will, but.

You're right.

They should probably have left the house to me.

I'm thinking if we put the jacuzzi right here

in the living room that'd be really nice

and that's kind of like what your dad would have wanted.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure you're right.

Hey, I just realized something.

We are orphan buddies now, huh?

Hm?

No?

Anyone hungry?

- Always. - Yes.

You guys want some sandwiches?

Eh.

So, did your dad,

- did it happen here? - I don't know.

I'll ask the lawyer when I go meet him in the morning.

So, it could've happened here.

Or in the living room or his bedroom.

Oh, where are we sleeping?

'Cause I am not sleeping in his bed.

Oh, good point.

I don't really wanna sleep in there either.

Look, we will take my room,

you can have Amelia's old room.

It's still setup?

Yeah, my mom wouldn't let us touch it after she died.

It might be a little dusty, but.

I can handle dusty, that's fine.

It's just the creepy factor

I've got a little bit of a problem with.

Well, then I think you're fresh outta beds.

Great, I will take the couch.

Unless you guys had like a family dog

that went teets up on it?

Jordan, thanks for coming.

No place I would rather be.

Oh, thank you.

I will eat all of these sandwiches to myself.

Beth, I just wanted to thank you.

Oh, you don't have to thank me, Rodg.

I know, but you were excited for me

to meet your parents over spring break.

Oh, there'll be plenty of time to go to Hartford later.

I know, but I was so looking forward

to throwing the pigskin around with your dad.

- Oh, were you? - Touchdowns.

- Mm hm. - Yeah.

- Right. - Absolutely.

Totally.

Sorry, clearly Jordan and I

have similar coping mechanisms.

Yeah, you do except Jordan copes 24/7.

That's very true.

Sorry, it's just a weird time.

It's okay.

I get it.

And yonder, I think he heels.

Not only in place of the final,

but maybe as well.

It's a new Stafford, the connection-

And yonder, I think he heels.

Not only in place of the final,

but maybe as well.

Great.

If any of you dolls decide to get up in the middle night

and crawl into bed with me,

I will twist your heads off like bottle caps.

Consider yourself warned.

No.

No.

When is the funeral service then?

Monday, 1:00 p.m. at St. Michaels.

I'll clear my schedule.

Oswald was a good man.

He was a good friend.

He loved you very much.

I know.

You know he told me once that he thought

you were smarter than both him and your mother.

That's saying something.

He wouldn't have been surprised

if you graduated high school two or three years early.

Yeah, well, I didn't.

Okay, well, I can get into whatever specifics you'd like,

but to give you the gist of it,

he left everything to you; a house, everything in it.

He'd accumulated quite a substantial nest egg-

- Sorry, do you know what happened to him, specifically?

The hospital said heart attack, but he wasn't even 50.

All I know is that they found him

at the top of the stairs outside Amelia's room.

When we last spoke he did seem distracted though.

He was almost manic.

And what do you mean by that?

He was very agitated.

He mentioned he had discovered something.

But I didn't realize he was that out of sorts.

No.

No, I don't think anyone did.

- Hey. - Hey.

You know, if I knew that your dad didn't have any porn

I would have gone to Fort Lauderdale with the Tri-Lambs.

But don't worry, I took care of that for you.

You're welcome.

Nice shirt, you look good.

I bet Max could not keep his hands off of you.

All right, so you want me to take

a look for the power cord for the laptop?

Already charging.

That was fast.

Gotta find Ozzie's stash.

And that was gross.

You know where Beth is?

Uh, upstairs probably.

All right, I think that is where I will be for a while.

Bye.

Hey.

Hey, what's up?

I was just talking to my parents.

How'd it go?

It's fine, it was all right.

Oh.

I should have come with you.

No, no, don't sweat it.

The funeral's gonna be Monday.

Okay.

So, did you get the house?

Yeah.

Are you gonna keep it?

Maybe.

I mean, I'd be lying if I said I hadn't thought

of some upgrades I would make.

Oh, you should work on the drafts

because your sister's bedroom door like shut super hard

and scared the shit out of me.

- Really? - Yeah.

All right, we can move rooms if you want.

No, no, no.

No, I like it in here.

All right.

Come on.

I'll be, uh, I'll be right down.

Okay.

I am so sorry, Rodger.

It's just the two of us now.

So, we're gonna have to take care of each other, okay?

Oh, no.

- Beth! - Oh, God.

I found a photo album and if you think

that Rodger is strange looking now,

just you wait till you see the preteen version.

I was born ready.

- Aw, so weird looking. - Looks like a cute kid.

- Weird looking guy. - It's cute!

You remember what we did in there?

Stop it.

- Please. - Mm hm.

Okay.

You throw it away.

Toss it.

Okay, let me see these photos.

- Coffees. - Thank you, ooh.

Thanks.

Aw.

You're so cute!

- Oh, he's not weird looking. - Oh, God.

- Right? - You're so cute.

Nothing strange about that kid, look at that.

- No, just, just the face. - Nothing.

Oh, look at that littler super hero.

- Is that the basement? - Yep.

I have never been down there.

My mom always said it was off limits.

I mean, Amelia and I always snuck down and played scientist.

So, I remember this one time we got spanked so bad

'cause we messed up one of my mom's equations.

She'd been working on it for like months.

I think the only reason she invited us down

in the lab this time was because she just won a grant.

Wanted a photo of the happy family

in front of her life's work.

Wait, is that a head back there?

Yeah, Rodger's mom collected severed heads.

Like she was a serial killer.

- Jordan. - Beth?

Stop.

Well, she killed one person,

so I guess technically not a serial killer, just a killer.

Amelia, take your arms out please.

Thank you.

Okay, everybody say cheese.

Cheese!

All right, Rodger.

Your mom's been gone for six years.

I think it's time for a little catharsis.

Eh?

To the lab!

You guys trying to hide the Ark of the Covenant in here?

I mean, it's a good plan.

Put it amongst all of this junk.

What's this for?

I don't know.

I'd have to spend some time with it.

My mom was like a physics genius.

- So are you. - Oh.

But she did have about 20 years of study

on me when she wrote this.

So, yeah.

What the hell?

What is it, more physics stuff?

It looks like some psychiatrist reports on me.

When did you go to a psychiatrist?

That is a good question.

I have zero memory of any of this.

It looks like when I was about eight.

Well, what do the reports say?

Well, I can't tell.

The doctor's handwriting is horrible.

There's also a ton of abbreviations.

Looks like around the time when Amelia died though.

Jordan, do you remember anything about me going to a shrink?

Jordan?

It's fine.

Jordan?

Seriously?

Ah!

Fuck.

I'm sorry, I had to.

- I'm sorry. - Geez, Jordan.

Seriously, Jordan?

Beth, wait.

I thought it was funny.

No, I know it was funny.

That was funny, that's funny.

- Hi. - Hi.

Look, I like Jordan, I do.

You know I do, but sometimes she just

doesn't know when to stop.

I know, you're right.

Jordan has always been there for me when no one else was.

- I know. - There's been a lot of times

in my life I needed someone to turn to,

and she was always there.

But now you have me.

Yeah and I am very lucky to have both of you in my life.

What, but only one of us

- will be doing this. - Oh.

Are you sure?

Yeah.

Oh, fuck.

Oh, my God!

Jesus, what?

- What? - I saw something,

I thought I, I thought I saw a shadow.

But.

Uh, would you be referring to your own shadow?

I don't know, yeah, maybe.

I'm sorry.

- You scared? - Yeah.

Huh.

What the fuck?

Oh, if this is an invitation I'm afraid

I'll have to politely decline.

Jordan, did you uh, sorry did you...

Did I?

Sorry, I thought I saw something.

Maybe I was just falling asleep in the shower.

Does that, does that happen to people?

What do you think you saw?

I thought I saw a person in there with me

and they starting speaking with this messed up voice,

and then they disappeared.

It sounds, it sounds pretty great.

I mean, I would get the voice thing checked out, but nice.

So, how does it look?

Oh, I don't know.

I doubt these are my only records from Dr. Henrietta Cox.

It's only a few pages here.

I'm assuming there's gotta be more.

So, what is she writing about?

Don't know yet.

I'm not that far in, but I wouldn't mind paying her a visit.

You should.

- Have a good run. - Bye.

So, I said, listen dude,

this is Tinder not the Laugh Factory.

Go find somewhere else to practice your tight five.

Okay.

Poor guy caught you at the wrong time.

Missed me by like five minutes.

What are you guys talking about?

I'm what you would call, Rodg, how would you put it?

- I wouldn't put it- - You know what?

Don't, yeah, don't.

I am sexually liberated.

Depending on the slant of the wind I can be as buttoned up

as Jim Caviezel or as loose as John Mayer.

That was weird.

Speaking of weird, I found something strange

on your dad's laptop.

- Uh uh, oh, God no. - No.

Whatever you found on there, I don't wanna know.

- No, no! - I don't wanna know about it.

- I don't wanna know about it. - No!

Just keep it to yourself.

No, well there were photos and files,

things that he had been writing over the past couple years.

- And what's weird about that? - Right, that's normal.

But I did find a file on the desktop that's password

protected and I could open it for you if you wanted.

Well, what was the name of the file?

That's the thing, it was called "Rodger"

and it was created right around the time he died.

That is weird.

- Go for it. - Cool.

What the hell?

Hey, did you hear that?

- No, what was it? - Sounded like something fell.

It was probably just the house settling

or Amelia's door slamming shut again.

Did you reopen it?

I don't know, I must've.

Or Jordan passed out while she was going to the bathroom.

- I'm sure it's nothing. - All right.

Let me in.

Jesus!

What?

Rodg.

I coulda sworn someone was in bed with us.

You wish.

- No, it- - Come here.

All right.

Dr. Cox.

- How have you been? - Oh, great.

Sorry, I, I, I really have to run.

Bye, Grace.

I'll be right back, I gotta talk to someone.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, Dr. Cox.

Can I help you?

You're Dr. Henrietta Cox.

No, sorry.

Sorry.

Dr. Cox, why are you avoiding me?

I guess Oswald was wrong.

Your father said you blocked out our sessions completely.

Why didn't you want me to know who you were?

Decaf?

No, thanks.

And my father was right by the way.

I don't remember you.

He just had one of your files.

I didn't want you to know who I was

because I didn't wanna stir things up.

Your father said you didn't remember our sessions,

and I wanted to leave it that way.

I shouldn't have gone to that funeral,

but we were friends and colleagues,

and I felt I should say goodbye.

Well, that's just it.

Why don't I have any memory of you?

Please sit.

Memory repression whether through natural processes

or otherwise can be brought on to help forget

negative events one has experienced.

I know my sister died, I remember that,

but Dr. Cox, did...

Did I do something horrible?

Not to my knowledge.

Am I schizophrenic?

It was a consideration, but the first signs

of schizophrenia usually present themselves

in an individual's 20s, so you would have been a rare case.

So, what was it?

I didn't get to do a full analysis.

After a month, your mother pulled you out of care.

Why did my parents bring me here in the first place?

You have to understand you weren't

really very talkative in our-

- Dr. Cox, please.

In simple terms?

You had an imaginary friend.

That's it?

A lot of kids have imaginary friends.

But, Rodger, not many kids are scared to death of theirs.

Can I read the rest of the file?

I gave everything I had to your father.

I really don't have a lot to tell you.

I've had a ton of patients in the last dozen or so years-

- Then just tell me what you remember.

Just that you didn't like to go into any room

if you thought she was in there.

Okay, well, which rooms specifically?

Oh, geez.

Most of them.

I do remember after one particular day

you couldn't go into the bathroom anymore.

Rodger, are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

- What happened? - Nothing.

Would you ever just consider that

it was 'cause my sister had died?

You started seeing it before she died.

But you did tell me that the first time you saw your friend

you were in the backyard with your sister.

That's my four o'clock.

Okay, you mind if I just wait outside till it's over?

There's just a couple more things I wanna talk to you about.

I have to go look after my aunt, she's very sick.

I'm going to be on leave indefinitely.

If you don't mind.

Rodger?

Are you home?

Jordan?

Who's there?

Who's there?

Ow!

Beth, are you okay?

Jesus.

What were you doing down here?

What were you doing?

I heard the door slam and I called your name

and you didn't answer me.

- Sorry, I didn't hear you. - Obviously.

Well, do you think it's sprained or-

- No, it's just, it just hurts.

What were you looking for?

I went to Dr. Cox's office.

She told me she gave my dad the rest of the files,

so I figured maybe it was, I don't know,

packed up down here somewhere.

What else did she tell you?

Not much, she doesn't really remember

anything about my case.

But do you wanna help me look for it?

Well, I'd like to bandage my wrist first.

- Right, of course- - And I'm studying

for a biochem midterm, so.

Why, it's in like two weeks.

Because some of us aren't

second generation Einstein's, Rodger.

There you guys are.

What's going on?

Beth, I can help you find the bandage.

I got it.

So, trouble in paradise?

No, no, I was just being stupid.

Sometimes I think I don't listen to her as much as I should.

Hm.

Some people just aren't dating material, you know?

Oh, and you are?

I think so.

I've had my share of relationships, sure.

Yeah, I mean there's a difference

between dating someone though

and swiping right on every dude in the state.

I'm gonna go work on that encryption thing.

Jordan, Jordan, come on I didn't...

Come on, Jordan.

Jordan, I didn't mean it like that.

Idiot.

What the hell?

What you doing?

Helping my ungrateful friend crack an encryption.

For what reason?

I have no idea.

Sounds like a dick.

He is.

I, uh, got you something though.

- Whirly? - Yeah.

Where did you find this?

Just one of the boxes downstairs.

Oh, God.

I thought this was a goner.

I loved this so much.

Hey, I'm sorry for snapping at you.

I was being an idiot.

Hm, you are an idiot.

What are you doing?

I'm gonna go stay with a friend for a few days.

Beth, I came up here to apologize, okay?

You don't...

- Beth? - Rodg, you lost your sister

and your mom and your dad was all you had left and Jordan.

And now, with your dad gone and.

Rodg, I see the way that you look at her.

At some point a girl's gotta start believing what she sees.

I don't know what you think you saw, but-

- Look, I get that this is a weird time for you.

Okay, I get that.

With your dad, with everything.

I just, I just think I'm gonna head out for a day or two

and we could both use some time to collect our thoughts.

Okay, well, I guess I'll see ya.

Yeah.

Hey, mom.

Your father is off fucking some whore.

Beth just left.

- She left? - Yep.

Like left, left?

I don't think we're gonna be seeing her

until school next week.

What happened?

I don't know, I really don't wanna talk about it.

All right, then rather than focusing

on the enigma that is a woman's heart,

why don't we tackle a more manageable mystery.

If the rest of your file was here

we would've found it already.

Backwash?

Okay.

Then tell me, where could it be?

Maybe she didn't tell you the truth

about the rest of the file, hm?

- Dr. Cox? - Mm hm.

So you think it's still there?

Unless she moved it after your visit.

I mean, she's out of town.

If she was here then we could talk to her about it.

Mm hm, but she's not.

So maybe we just break into her office?

I don't think that's the best option-

- Listen, she hasn't been honest

with you from the very beginning.

So, in my mind there's one way we're gonna get what we want.

And that's a B and E?

- And that's a B and E. - Mm hm.

It's fine, it's fine.

I'll do it myself.

Fine.

We will break into her office.

Do it as fast as you can.

Okay, don't rush me.

I think maybe a little haste would be good.

I don't need haste.

I have wit and...

Bravo.

You're the man.

- Only flashlights in here. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

I know.

Seriously?

I said I would bring a flashlight.

How am I supposed to know that it's dead?

Check.

You would check.

Just use your phone.

I know, I am.

Do you really think you wanna go back?

You could just spend the rest of the break with me

and I'll get you back to school for Sunday.

No, I really think that I was wrong.

Jordan is his best friend and I got jealous.

I know how much he cares about me,

and I really care about him.

Okay.

Well, if you change your mind I'm here for you.

She said she was outta town.

She's got meetings booked all week long.

I guess that sick aunt of hers just got better.

Hm, a true miracle.

Your file, good sir.

Very well done.

Let's get outta here before we get caught.

Hey, hey, hey, that's a good idea.

I think a better idea would be if we just

like really quickly shit on her desk.

Who hurt you?

You're so close to being cool all the time,

but you just never get there.

Hello?

Who's there?

Look, Jordan, this isn't funny.

Rodg?

Seriously?

Harlot.

Who are you?

What are you doing here?

Harlot!

No.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no!

No, no, no!

No, no!

No!

- Want some wine? - Yeah, sure.

So, anything else about your imaginary friend in there?

Yeah, this has got everything I needed.

And some other stuff.

What is it?

Dr. Cox hypnotized me to repress my memories.

Hm.

What?

She had a session with my little sister

a week before she died.

Dr. Cox, we really need to talk.

This is the rest of my file.

I tried to find my sister's,

but it's not in any of your drawers.

- I should call the police. - Oh, please, be my guest.

What do you want?

I just wanna hear about the rest of my sessions,

and now my sister's.

It's best if you just put all this behind you and move on.

I have.

I'm sorry, you have?

It's just, it was something like...

Listen, Ozzie and I thought it would be better-

- Ozzie?

Only my mom called my dad, Ozzie.

How, how close were you two?

We were.

- You fuck! - No, you, Rodger,

I know this is upsetting.

Did your husband know about your relationship with my dad?

Don't!

I want Amelia's file.

I don't have it.

- I burned in. - Sounds great.

But I can tell you everything, just please don't do this.

How do I know you're gonna tell me the truth?

I give you my word.

But with I'm about to say I don't expect

you to believe me anyway.

Over the last few days,

some weird things have been going on.

I swear I keep seeing someone in the house,

but when I go to check it out, no one's there.

This is the third time this week that I've cleaned these up.

Shut it off!

Whoa.

Promise me you won't talk to anybody about this.

I promise.

Your parents brought you in to see me

around your eighth birthday.

They said you'd been extremely agitated for a few days.

That was around the time your imaginary friend showed up.

Obviously I believed something else

was causing your anxiety.

But when you talked you would only talk about your friend

and how that friend was starting

to gravitate towards Amelia.

I figured if I could get her to admit

that she'd never really seen your friend

then that might take some of the pressure off you.

I also got the sense your mom wasn't the best for you kids.

You must've read that in the file.

Is that why you only gave my dad half the folder?

No.

He knew what I thought of her.

I didn't get it all to him because

I didn't want him to ask me about it.

What I found with you and Amelia,

it changes how one perceives reality.

Could I talk to Amelia alone for a moment?

She's very pretty.

Thank you.

Amelia, I'd like to talk to you

about Rodger's imaginary friend.

Who's that?

The woman who's in your house sometimes.

Debbie?

She's not imaginary.

Rodger's never called her by a name before.

She's my friend, not Rodger's.

What can you tell me about Debbie?

We play together.

She doesn't stay very long though.

Why is Debbie not Rodger's friend?

I don't know, she just always want to play with me.

Why do you think that is?

Ask her.

Um, I would-

Debbie doesn't like strangers.

So, you saw what, a ghost?

I thought I was losing my mind.

Then later I learned that Amelia

had died in an accident in your basement.

I told your mother about my experience with Debbie.

She thought it was crazy.

And after that she wouldn't let me see you again.

You hypnotized me.

You watch too many movies-

- You hypnotized me to make me forget.

That's not normal memory repression.

Rodger.

- Undo it. - I don't know how.

You made me forget, okay?

You can make me remember.

Whatever this thing is if it exists,

it might've killed my sister.

I don't think so.

Your father told me that Amelia complained

that Debbie disappeared about a week before she died.

Dredging up those memories now for you will only be worse.

You're gonna hypnotize me or your husband's

gonna find out exactly what you've been up to.

I'm sorry you had to find out like this,

but please don't ruin my marriage because of your anger.

Ruin you marriage?

You did that a long time ago.

Fine!

Sit down.

But I should warn you there's no guarantee

this is going to work.

Close your eyes.

Listen to the ticking...

Of the grandfather clock.

Let me out.

Everybody say cheese.

Cheese.

Nice, just one more.

Rodger.

This is called an equation.

How do you cast your equation?

A physicist applies an equation to the laws of physics.

Let me out.

How do you feel?

I'm uh, I'm okay.

I don't really remember anything more

than I did before though.

It can take days.

Sometimes many sessions of this nature

to unlock your memory.

Sometimes it doesn't work at all.

The human mind has allowed these memories

to be locked away from their owner for a reason after all.

Sorry.

Hey.

Hey, you need to come home.

Like now.

Why, just tell me over the phone.

Okay, no, all right.

I'm coming home.

Okay, there's two videos in the encrypted file.

The first isn't the most.

Well, we'll just start at the beginning, okay?

You ready?

Go.

Over the last few days,

some weird things have been going on.

I swear I keep seeing someone in the house,

but when I go to check it out, no one's there.

This is the third time this week that I've picked these up.

Shut it off.

Jordan, what, what is-

- Just wait.

After all the things I've seen in this house,

you came to mind, Rodger.

And I don't know if you really remember this,

but 12 years ago we, we took you to see a psychiatrist.

You had an imaginary friend.

We didn't think it was real.

But now I know you weren't making it up.

And I think she's back.

Rodg, I think there's a naked murder ghost in your house.

Right.

I think there's some things I should probably tell you.

So, you believe in hypnosis now?

Yeah, I guess so.

But you are the last person on earth

who would believe in hypnosis.

I concluded this at that kegger,

remember the one that Steve Gutenberg showed up

to at 3:00 a.m. and you said, I quote,

"I am the last person on earth

who would believe in hypnosis."

Look, I don't even know if it's really worked.

Everything I've seen so far is stuff I already remembered.

So?

Demon ghosts?

Demon ghosts.

Right, where's the kerosene?

Nuke it from orbit?

Only way to be sure.

Okay, well, we're not doing that.

And I'm not leaving.

- You're not leaving? - Yeah.

You're not fucking leave?

Of course you're not leaving.

Whatever this thing is it probably lead to my dad's death.

I think and I bet that it had probably

had something to do with Amelia's, too.

So, I can't go.

All right.

We'll stay.

No, Jordan, that was not an invitation-

- I'm not leaving you alone in this house with Lady Imhotep.

Jordan, you don't have to do that-

- Well, I am.

We aren't going anywhere in this house alone, okay?

Buddy system all the way.

I gotta take a dump?

Well, buddy, buckle up, you're coming to Stinker Town.

- Oh, geez. - Oh, you know what else?

We should get cat bells.

So, if one of us falls asleep

and she tries to snatch the other one,

- she can't because cat bells. - Cat bells.

Well, we're not gonna do cat bells.

We're just gonna stick very close

together and sleep in shifts.

How about that?

So, where has this Debbie been the last 12 years?

It's over, I called off the people.

I feared whatever was in there went away.

- It might be infections. - Whoa.

- I'm trying- - No, we're leaving.

The door is locked.

Mommy, mommy, mommy, mommy!

Rodger, you know you're not supposed

to come down here when I'm working.

Being a scientist is like being a wizard.

Why's that?

You're writing spells like Merlin.

Sort of.

This is called an equation.

You should ask your dad about it.

I have to get back to work.

Hey.

You good?

You have a nightmare?

No, I think it was a memory.

I was in the basement when I was a kid,

my mom moved out of the way and in between

the whiteboards was this bloody face.

And that's a memory?

Yeah, I think so.

I mean, maybe it was a dream, but it seemed real.

It seemed like I had been there before.

Okay, so, every time you fall asleep

memories are coming back?

That would seem to be the going trend.

What's this?

These sleeping pills should knock you out

in about a half an hour.

I'm gonna take the caffeine pill so I can stay awake

while you are unlocking the mystery.

Jordan, nothing says that I'm gonna remember

something every time I fall asleep.

I'm all ears for a better plan.

You know, my mom was never the best parent

before Amelia died.

But after, she was worse to dad an I.

She was consumed by this anger, her equations,

and definitely her booze, but...

I don't know, even after all that

I still missed her when she died.

I never wanted to ask you this.

But you always say that she died.

She just disappeared.

They never found her body.

Wherever she was, she died.

Sure, I could easily see her leaving dad and I,

especially after the affair,

but she never would have left her work.

This stuff was way too important to her.

So you think that creature killed her, too?

Maybe.

So, it killed one member of your family, maybe two,

possibly even three.

What are we doing here, Rodger?

If it killed my family, then I have to kill it.

And you know how to do that?

No.

Yeah, I know it doesn't seem like it, but I am scared.

Whatever happens, I've got you.

This would be a fabulous time for Beth to come back.

Well, I'm glad it's you who's here with me.

Me, too.

God, how am I falling asleep already?

- Hey, Dad? - Yeah?

I'm gonna leave the light on.

Everything'll be fine, Rodger.

I'll be back soon when I'm done grading some papers, okay?

No, I need the light to read.

Okay.

"'But never use that spell, young apprentice,'

cautioned Merlin.

'Even in 30 years time if you become

a master sorcerer yourself.'

'Why?'

Merlin responded, 'Because that opens a gate

that'll send you to the Netherworlds.'"

Rodger!

Fuck.

Opens a gate to the Netherworlds.

Okay.

Horror Vacui.

Fuck me.

There you are.

Why didn't you wake me up?

You had another memory.

What?

Just a bunch of little tiny snippets.

And?

I don't know, I still can't put together

anything substantial, but I remember the ghost.

It was in my bed as a kid.

How are we not halfway back to campus right now?

And what's all this stuff?

I think this has something to do

with what's going on here.

I didn't um, I didn't ask you about your dad.

You watched a video of him being killed

and I didn't even check in with you.

What are you talking about, the curtain video?

Yeah.

He didn't die there, they...

They found him at the top of the stairs.

What?

Rodger, wait up.

Where are you?

Rodger, are you okay?

It's not gone.

How do you know?

Because it doesn't just go away.

Jordan!

Harlot.

Harlot.

Let her go!

Are you okay?

Physically?

So that's your friend from the shower?

Yeah.

Come on.

All right, the videos we found on my dad's computer

he took with his phone.

On the night he died he called 911.

Yeah.

I'm assuming there's another video on here.

Okay.

You've got some strong coffee to make.

I got me some work to do.

Check.

This shouldn't take much longer.

Yeah.

I'm sorry this is happening to you.

You've already had to go through so much in your life.

Yeah.

You know I'm always here for you, right?

I love you.

There's something wrong

with the flow of this equation.

I just keep coming back to it.

Oh, shit.

My mom, she created a formula for time travel.

No, it's the ghost.

Is this your mom?

Rodger.

Rodger.

I think maybe we should get some coffee in you.

Horror Vacui.

Do you know what that means?

Abhors a vacuum.

When you lose the most precious thing in your life,

while your father is off fucking some whore.

That's what you're left with.

The emptiness.

The vacuum.

That's a fucking horror.

The equation was supposed to send her back.

There's this one part, this part right here that's wrong.

When she applied the formula to whatever she created

it didn't just send her back in time.

It must've slit her between the past and the future,

in our present.

This is bananas.

Did we take ayahuasca?

Listen to me, okay?

The ghost first showed up when I was eight years old.

My mom vanished when I was 14.

That's six years.

She's only reappearing now that I'm 20.

That's another six years.

So, my mom must have traveled in time

six years both backwards and forwards.

I think her essence was trying to tell me

that when I was a kid.

I don't understand.

Let me show you.

Get this, my mom time traveled

from this point six years ago.

If I got my dates correct then she went back

to a couple days before Amelia's death.

She tried to stop it.

The problem was she didn't start

moving forward in time at the point.

She kept moving backwards down the time stream.

Because her essence had arrived here

in present day probably about three weeks ago.

That's why I saw her in the shower

doing the exact thing I saw as a kid.

She's, Jordan, she's living the same life

moving in two different directions down the time stream.

- Whoa. - Yeah.

So, you saw your mom in the shower?

Don't, don't!

Oswald Dultrar.

Is she trying to say adulterer?

She said that to me after she pulled you down the stairs.

You think she thinks I'm my dad?

You do look a lot like pictures

of your dad when he was younger.

I just don't understand.

Is she a ghost?

'Cause sometimes she's solid and sometimes she's not.

- Why? - When you split in time

like that it's gotta be difficult

for her to keep her body and mind sound.

Kinda like tuning a dial to find a radio station.

Eventually you find a strong frequency,

but then you pass back into static.

She was there when I was kid in the house,

she was just inside out.

This is so messed up.

Yeah, this is so messed up.

My mom messed up.

I just don't understand how she coulda

made this kinda mistake.

Well, she was drinking a lot.

Yeah, maybe, but...

So, what are we gonna do?

Build a time machine?

Yeah, we send her back.

What could possibly go wrong?

Mom?

You were supposed to drive me to the mall to meet Jordan.

Mom, I was supposed to be there 40 minutes ago.

I'm playing with my new friend.

Amelia, she's not your friend.

Sure she is.

We're playing hopscotch.

It's my turn.

- Get down! - No, we like to play up here.

If I keep doing it maybe she'll come back.

You shouldn't be up there, it's dangerous.

Rodger, why won't she come back?

I miss her.

Just get down before you kill yourself.

Shit!

Oh, no, no, no, no.

Oswald Dultrar-

- You fucking killed Beth, you fuck.

Jordan, Jordan, come on, wake up.

We gotta go.

My mom killed Beth.

- We gotta go. - What?

We gotta go now!

Hey.

I know you feel like you have to do something.

We made the right decision by leaving, okay?

Yeah, you're right.

I'm gonna go get some coffees.

Got a long night ahead of us.

Okay.

Okay.

You piece of shit.

I know, I'm sorry, but you did say I think

we're making the right move by leaving.

I meant both of us, jackass.

Yeah, Jordan, I know,

but I needed to get you outta there to keep you safe.

All right?

What are you looking at?

You did it, didn't you?

Almost.

It doesn't quite yet though, it's-

- It's, it's a compatibility issue.

You're using newer cables.

You need to use old cables like your mom did.

Try it.

Just don't hang up.

Stay on the phone with me.

All right, but I need my hands for this,

so you're going dark.

Have you seen her again?

Not yet.

Have you figured out what you're gonna do when it happens?

Yeah, I think so.

I mean, I certainly hope so.

You really are smarter

than all of us, aren't you?

Yeah, yet I'm still the one here in this house.

You're not gonna die on me, are you?

You know the best memories I have in my life

are from the tree house that day.

- Jordan. - Yeah, me too.

Rodger, what is going on?

Oswald Dultrar.

Fuck.

Fuck.

Rodger, are you okay?

She keeps phasing out.

I can't track her.

Please, Rodg, just get outta there.

It's, it's too dangerous.

It's too unpredictable.

- It's like- - It's like I need to know

where she's gonna be before she...

You did it didn't you?

Close, the best memories I have in my life

are in the tree house that day.

I know you feel like you have to do something.

You fucking killed Beth,

you fuck.

Oswald Dultrar.

Get off!

Jordan!

No!

So I said, this is Tinder, not the Laugh Factory.

Go find somewhere else.

I am sexually liberated.

Help!

No!

I was wanting to get the file for Amelia.

When you lose the most precious thing in your life.

I'm playing with my new friend.

Why are you hands cold?

Rodger has my pinwheel.

Mom, can I go to Isla's tonight?

We'll see.

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