All language subtitles for The.Grave.Caller.2017.HDRip.AC3.X264-CMRG-HI

(SILENCE)

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(SOMBER PIANO MUSIC)

WOMAN: Okay, so I
did a little research,

and the town that we're,
like, right next to

has all these really cute shops

that I thought we could go to.

So we'll go to the cabin,
we'll put down our stuff,

and then let's
just go for a walk

and check out the town
that we're gonna be in.

And then we can
grab a bite to eat,

and then later tonight, I
have a little surprise for you

that I really think
you're gonna like.

But don't ask me what it
is because it's a surprise.

But you're gonna love it.

And then tomorrow...

So do you think maybe we
could do the shops tomorrow?

I was thinking maybe today
we could just, you know, uh,

go to the cabin, settle in,

I could maybe
write a little bit.

WOMAN: Write?

Uh, yeah.

(AMBIENT MUSIC)

Um, yeah, so just on
this trip up here,

I'm remembering everything.

Everything about the cabin.

And when we used to
go up with my family,

my brother and I would come
up with these ghost stories

about this crazy
uncle that we had,

and may or may not
have killed his wife.

And a couple weeks ago, I was
talkin' to my grandpa about it

and he said that, um,

the journal that...

my uncle had a
journal that he kept,

and it's probably in
a trunk somewhere.

And, uh, I'd really like to,
you know, get a hold of that,

and get a feel for
the house, and, uh...

WOMAN: Okay, so you were
just considering writing

as we were driving up here,

and yet you were talking to...

(CHUCKLES) you were
talking about this cabin

just a couple of weeks ago.

I mean, talking about it and...

You're unbelievable.

You're gonna spend our
vacation writing now?

All right, calm down.

All right?

First, we have a week, okay?

We have a week.

Oh my God, thank God.

Come here.
(DOOR SLAMS)

This man is crazy! (STAMMERS)

Oh shit.

(GRUNTING)

(ENGINE STARTS)

(ENGINE SPUTTERS OUT)

Yeah, Sam, I know how you are.

You're not gonna write
for a little bit.

You're going to be absorbed
in this new project

when you just finished
your last one.

SAM: We're already
at the cabin...

WOMAN: And what
am I supposed to do?

Just wait around for
you while you write?

SAM: No.

This is supposed to
be our time together.

(CRICKETS CHIRP)

(GUN FIRES)

(GRUNTS)

(GROANING)

GRUNTING MAN:
Get in the cabin.

(GRUNTING)

WOMAN: You know what you did.

You are taking me along
on your working trip.

This is not for us,
this is for you.

SAM: No, it's not.

If it was for me, I wouldn't
have brought you along.

I mean, if it was
a working trip,

I wouldn't have
brought you along.

Like, uh...

(ENGINE STRUGGLES)

(DOOR SLAMS)

(ENGINE STARTS)

(AMBIENT MUSIC)

(DOOR OPENS)

- (BANGS DOOR)
- (GRUNTS) Okay.

All right.

(GRUNTS) Okay? Okay.

You're gonna love this place.

(GROANS) Let me get the light.

(LAUGHS)

July first, 1937.

My parents used to
sleep right here, right?

This, this...

one time we were rough housing,

and you know this corner
that's right on my...

yeah.

I fell into this. (CHUCKLES)

And they had to peel me off.

Yeah, okay.

Um, it's quaint, right?

And the wooden
paneling on the walls,

and the wooden furniture.

I mean look here.

In here, see this bedroom?

This is where Bobby
and I used to sleep.

Okay.

You're gonna think
this is funny.

One time I found a
dead bat under the bed,

and Bobby used to sleep
with his mouth open,

he's like (SNORTS)...

in like the big, big snores,

and I took the bat and I
put it in his mouth, okay?

And I thought he was
gonna wake up right away,

but he didn't, and he lay like
that for like three hours.

He was...

what?

Okay, if I see or hear anything
that even resembles a bat,

I swear to God, I'm
burning this place

to the ground and I'm...

Veronica, hey.

Hang on, okay?

Hey.

We're going to have a good time.

Come here.

You know, you're not the only
one who did their research.

I've got a couple
things planned myself.

Really?

Really.

Really.

How 'bout this?

How 'bout you call your sister,

let her know that
we got there okay,

and while you're there,
look up at the sky.

You've never seen
anything like it.

Okay?

I think you're
gonna be blown away.

It's really romantic.

(SNICKERS) Okay.

Okay.

I'll unpack in here,

and I'll wait for
you to get back,

and then we can cuddle,

and do some romantic things.

Okay.

Okay?

Okay.

Okay.

I love you.

I love you, too.

Okay.

(WOOD KNOCKS)

(SOMBER PIANO MUSIC)

(SLAMS DOOR)

March 26th.

403rd day without a drink,
I wrote her a letter.

March 27th, 404th day without
a drink, wrote her a letter.

March 28th, 405th day.

This is...

(PHONE RINGS)

MESSAGE: Hi, this is Jill.

Please leave a message
after the tone.

- (BEEPS)
- Hey, Jill, it's me.

I just wanted to give you a call

and let you know
that we're here.

We're at the cabin
and we're safe.

Um, I guess I'll try
you again tomorrow.

Okay, bye.

Ha.

Hi, hi.

So this is unpacking?

(SIGHS)

I love you.

(CRICKETS CHIRP)

(WATER SPLASHES)

This isn't so bad, you know.

Me making a midnight snack,

you taking a bath
in a metal bucket.

It's kind of homey, I think.

I think you'll
really like it here.

It's not the place
that's the problem.

I just had no idea that you
were gonna come here to write.

(SCOFFS) I should have known

that you had an ulterior motive.

Look, I...

this project is, it's...

you're gonna really
like this one, I think.

It's different than the
other projects I've done.

It's not any more of
that teen romance crap.

This is some legitimate writing.

(SCOFFS) Whether the
project is gonna be big

or small isn't the issue.

You're going to get into
your little head space,

and that'll be it for us.

If I had known this
from the start,

I wouldn't have
an issue with it.

I, uh, okay.

You're right, I should
have told you right away.

But I think you're gonna
really love this project.

This diary is fascinating.

I mean, when I put
all this together,

publishers are gonna love it.

(SCOFFS) Could you imagine
if I did this to you?

Like, ignore you for days.

You can't handle when
I don't text you back

within an hour of
you texting me.

How 'bout this?

I got something really
special planned.

Tomorrow night, eight o'clock,

you wear your sexiest outfit.

Are you asking your wife
out on a date, Sam Talbot?

Yes, ma'am, I believe I am.

Well, okay.

I'll let you try to win me back.

There is this
Spanish restaurant.

It's a gem.

It's about 20 minutes from here.

I know it's weird,
great Spanish place

in the middle of the
mountains, but it's true.

They have the best enchiladas

you ever tasted

in your entire life.
(SKITTERING)

It's just dancing,
lots of dancing.

I know how you like that.

You okay?

Oh, no, it's fine, it...

Um, well, I'm gonna go
write for a little bit.

You go ahead and take your
time, finish your bath,

and then, uh, when
you're done, come get me,

and we'll go to bed.

Okay, sure. That sounds good.

I ran into a member
of the congregation

who we have not seen
in quite some time.

I asked him, "Why
have you stopped

"comin' to church, brother?"

And you know what he said to me?

He said somethin'
terrible happened to him

and his family.

He said how could God let somethin'
like that happen to him.

(BIRDS CHIRP)

And he stopped
believin' in a God

who would allow bad things
to happen to good people.

You know what's
funny about that?

That it's not the first time
I've heard somebody say that.

Where did you get this idea

that following Jesus Christ

would all of a sudden make
your lives pleasant and easy?

Are you readin'
the same book I am?

You read that the son of man

died on a couple sticks,

you see him up on the cross,

you see the nails bein'
driven through his hands,

and if you follow him, that
means you'll have a good life?

I don't know what
bible you're readin'.

This bible says
you'll be persecuted

for what you believe in.

Your life might get a lot
harder when you accept Christ.

We're so quick to turn
our back on this God

who's given everything for us.

The second somethin'
bad happens,

we question his very existence.

No, he gave you salvation,

and if that's the only
thing he gives you,

that's enough.

Now I'm here to celebrate today.

We are here to celebrate today.

One Mr. Samuel Talbot, I'm
gonna call him up to the pulpit.

You see, Samuel Talbot
knows the gifts of God.

Samuel, why don't
you come on up here?

I want you all to take a look

at this new man.

This day marks two years free

from substance abuse.

You see this young man who's
approaching the pulpit here,

alcohol had ravaged his life

when he came and sought us out.

He had lost his wife, his job,

almost even his home.

He was a man in desperate
need of a savior,

and luckily he found
one in Jesus Christ.

Thought you had work today.

(SNIFFS) When was
the last time you went

to the grocery store?

I don't know, it was a
little while ago, I guess.

Why?

How the hell am
I supposed to work

all day on an empty stomach?

BLONDE: I don't know, Samuel.

You could have gone to the
grocery store if you wanted to.

I could have gone?

BLONDE: Yeah.

You look good.

Thank you.

SAMUEL: Who the fuck
you tryin' to impress?

It sure as hell ain't me.

Maybe if you didn't sit
around and drink beer all day,

- I'd want to.
- Is that what I do?

- Yeah, clearly.
- Drink beer all day?

You think I just sit around
and drink beer all day?

BLONDE: Yeah, I do.

Who paid for this?

Don't you walk away from me.

Stop.

(DROWNED OUT BY
DISORIENTING MUSIC)

Samuel, I...
(BOTTLE SHATTERS)

Go on, go.

(BIRD CHIRPS)

No, he came and ran
right towards him.

And as a result
of that decision,

here before you
stands a new man.

Ephesians six,

"Put on the whole armor of God

"that you may be able to stand

"against the wiles of the devil.

"For we wrestle not
against flesh and blood,

"but against principalities,
against powers,

"against the rulers of the
darkness of this world,

"against spiritual
wickedness in high places."

Without this armor
of Jesus Christ,

Samuel would be defenseless.

Samuel here is wearin' the
full armor of the Lord,

fightin' off every temptation
the devil throws his way.

And as a result,
he is a new man.

We are here to celebrate
two years to the day

Samuel Talbot has
been sober and free

from the chains of alcohol.

Completely new man.

I'm gonna ask all
of you to join me

in prayer over Samuel
as we close today.

I'm proud of you, Samuel.

Hey, uh, Samuel.

Hey, before you head
out, I just, uh,

God is really puttin'
this on my heart.

As you know, I'm gonna
be travelin' a lot more

in the next couple years,

preachin' all over the place.

While I'm goin' that,

we're gonna need
a preacher here.

And you've really impressed
me over the past two years

with how far you've come,

and God's just been
puttin' on my heart

to ask you if it's
somethin' you'd consider,

lettin' us send you to seminary,

and maybe takin' the
pulpit for yourself here.

I appreciate the
confidence in me, Pastor,

but I just don't know if
I'm ready for all that yet.

Well, hey, you don't
have to answer now.

Why don't you just go
and pray about that,

and let's grab some pie for now.

And, uh, Ms. Shirley
made some pie out here,

and it's lookin' pretty good.

SAMUEL: She meant
everything to me.

She was the moon and the stars,

and a guiding light in the
middle of the dark night.

We were only married
three years when she left.

My drinking got to be too
much and she walked away.

I did everything I
could to make it right.

I wrote her every day.

Got help for my drinking.

I got sober.

I was determined to make sure

if she gave me a second chance,

I wouldn't mess it up again.

I used to watch out my
back porch for hours,

just imaginin' her
comin' back home.

(SNIFFS)

And then one day I came home,

and there she was.

(GENTLE PIANO MUSIC)

WIFE: Hi, Sam.

(SNICKERS)

SAMUEL: Claire.

CLAIRE: It was unlocked,
so I just let myself in.

I mean, you know I
always leave it unlocked.

Well, I know I
look good, but, uh,

I'm gonna need you
to say somethin'.

Oh, I just wasn't
expecting you.

Who are those
flowers for then?

Uh, my dad's dead.

CLAIRE: What?

Yeah, they, um, they
printed in the papers

- that dad passed away.
- Gosh.

But it wasn't him, it was, uh,

it was Earl from
down the street.

Oh, Earl.

He had a heart
attack on his tractor.

(GROANS)

You have to remind me to
send them some flowers, okay?

- I got plenty of 'em now.
- Yeah.

Everyone's been sendin' me
flowers thinkin' dad's dead.

Oh, gosh.

I even got some from
the psychic, Matilda.

- Matilda?
- Yeah.

(CHUCKLES)

Maybe we should go see her.

It might be fun.

- No.
- No?

No, that's...

that's all garbage.

So, um, they recognized
me in the service today.

- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.

(CHUCKLES) How was that?

Gettin' in front of all
those people up there.

(LAUGHS)

Pastor, uh,

Pastor wants me to, uh, think
about goin' to seminary.

My Samuel Talbot
bein' a preacher.

(CHUCKLES)

(CRICKETS CHIRP)

I never thought I'd
be a preacher's wife.

Never thought
I'd be a preacher.

I'm so proud of you.

Why don't we go out tonight?

Sure.

Put on them booty
shorts I like,

and I'll take you out
to a nice restaurant.

What do you say?

- That sounds like fun.
- Yeah?

- Yeah.
- Okay.

(PATRONS MURMUR)

But this journal has been
really interesting to read.

I mean, for 730 days, he
writes the exact same thing,

and then he just stops.

He starts writing
other things in it.

- And crazy things.
- Hm.

And I think he did something.

And whatever he did was dark,

and it took him,

and I think it's still around.

VERONICA: What do you mean
it's still kind of around?

SAM: See, ever since I
was 10 and my parents died,

I felt like there's been this...

there's this heaviness, this...

this dark sort of ominous thing

just sort of
following me around.

Yeah, but Sam, I
mean, your parents died.

You don't think
you've just been sad?

SAM: I mean, it's
more than just sadness.

In his writings, Samuel adamantly
maintains his innocence.

But whether he killed
his wife or not,

he for sure did something.

I mean, my grandpa said
my dad was never the same

after all this so
maybe that's it.

My dad got depressed, which
made my mom depressed,

which made me depressed.

I don't know.

(SOMBER PIANO MUSIC)

From what he's writing,
it seems like he tapped

into some pretty dark things.

Demonic things.

VERONICA: Hmm.

SAM: My grandpa swore he
put a curse on our family.

VERONICA: Mm.

SAM: What if he did?

VERONICA: Yeah.

What if this is some
crazy spiritual thing

that just got away from him?

This sounds crazy,

but I feel like I'm so
close to figuring this out,

putting the pieces together,

that once I do,
then I can, I can...

I can move on.

We can move on.

You know? And then
I can sell the book.

And, uh, we can use the
money to go to Paris,

or Tuscany.

VERONICA: Mm.

We're here.

You're jokin', right?

You're not actually gonna
take me to the Big Wheel

for our first night
together, are you?

(SNICKERS)

Um, no, I got plans.

I got a lot of plans.

Thank God.

Use the bathroom, that's all.

- Okay.
- All right?

All right.

(CHUCKLES)

- I'm gonna go in.
- Okay.

- See you soon.
- Yeah.

(DOOR CLOSES)

SAMUEL: Hey,
excuse me, ma'am,

you got a phone
book in this place?

I need a phone book.

Hello, sir, and welcome.

Take a seat wherever you
want, I'll be right with you.

SAMUEL: No, look, I don't
need a seat, all right.

I just need a phone book,
do you have a phone book?

Yeah, we have one somewhere,
I'll be right with you.

SAMUEL: Yeah, okay,
so where's somewhere?

I need to find it.

- Sam!
- Is that Sam?

LOCAL: Sam Talbot!

- Oh, God.
- Hey!

SAMUEL: Is that Bill?

Sam Talbot?

Oh, man, brother.

How you doin', buddy?

I was with the guys
last night, man.

SAMUEL: Hey, Bill.

They ain't got nothin' on you,

the way you used to party, man.

Hey, come have a drink with us.

SAMUEL: Look Bill,
you know what time

that French restaurant closes?

Hey, you remember
Sheila, right?

- Hey, Sheila, get over here!
- Yeah, I remember Sheila.

- Sam!
- It's Sam!

Sam!

SAMUEL: Hey, Sheila.

How you been, Sam?

It's been over a year...

SAMUEL: Ma'am, did you find
that phone book yet or not?

You said you were
going call me back.

And I'm still waitin'.

SAMUEL: Look,
y'all know what time

that French restaurant
closes or not, guys?

What're you talkin' 'bout
a French restaurant for, man?

Hey. Hey.

(CHUCKLES) Come over here
and have a drink with us.

SAMUEL: Look, no,
I can't have a drink

with you right now, all right?

I gotta...

Claire's in the car.

BILL: Claire?

- Claire's here?
- Yes, Claire's...

What? Man, I'm so happy.

Y'all back together?

That's awesome, buddy.

Hey, go grab her and
let's have a drink.

SAMUEL: Look, Bill, I don't
have time for this all right?

Come have a drink with us.

It's been so boring
around here since...

SAMUEL: Guys, I
really don't have time.

A toast!

- A toast to Sam!
- I can't do this, all right?

The meanest damn drunk to
ever walk God's green earth!

SAMUEL: Bill! Jesus, man!

Oh, shit.

Look, you just...

you spilled beer
all over me, Bill!

What are you doing?

No, get off of me, Bill.

No, get off, don't!

Sheila, please get off of me.

(FOREBODING MUSIC)

(SNIFFING)

- Hi.
- Hey.

Where do you wanna go?

What do you mean?

Where do you wanna eat?

You said you had
big plans for us.

Where are you takin' me?

I just wanna take you
wherever you wanna go.

Whenever I pick, you
just don't like it,

so let's just go
wherever you wanna go.

What's wrong?

Something happen in the...

Some guy just...

Now wait a second.

- Listen to me.
- Are you kidding me?

- Let me explain myself.
- Are you fucking kidding me?

Just let me explain myself.

Claire, don't...

Don't touch me!

Claire!

Get back in the...

(DOOR SLAMS)

- Claire!
- Were you even ever sober?

- What are you talkin' about?
- Were you ever sober?

Some guy just
spilled a drink on me!

Do I mean nothing to you?

Do I mean that little to you?

Listen, of course you
mean everything to me.

Listen, please.

Okay, you know what?

I'm goin' to the cabin. I'm
gonna be there for an hour.

- Please don't do this.
- No.

If you so much as
come near that place,

I will call the cops, okay?

- Please don't do this.
- Don't.

(SOMBER PIANO MUSIC)

(SNIFFS)

You did this to me.

You coulda told me
to go anywhere else,

but you knew, and you
just let it happen.

You coulda helped me tonight.

Where were you?

(CRICKETS CHIRP)

Is this some sick...

did I fail the test, is that it?

Did I fail?

Fuck!

Two years!

Why tonight, huh?

Why can't you give
me just one night?

What did I do that was so wrong

that you couldn't even
give me one night?

Claire!

What?

Oh my gosh, what're
you doin' here?

What're you doin' out walkin'

on the side of
the road at night?

Come on, get in here, kiddo.

I'll take you
wherever you gotta go.

(CHUCKLES)

What're you doin' out
this time of night?

It's not safe bein'
out in these parts.

Never know who's out
there. (CHUCKLES)

So where you headed?

Just up to Samuel's cabin.

You know where
that is, don't you?

Oh, sure, I do.

So, uh,

you just, uh, in town for
good now or you just visiting?

(SUCKS TEETH)

No, I'm not in town for good.

Just a few hours now.

Oh.

Well, that's awful bad, I mean,

I miss seeing you in
church every week.

You, uh, just visiting
Samuel for today,

or you just picking up some
of his stuff he left behind?

You know what, Peter?

I really fooled myself
into think somethin'

I should have been
stupid enough to believe.

Turns out everyone else
had been right all along.

Somethin' happen between
the two of you tonight

or somethin'?

Yeah, somethin' like that.

You know, I like
Samuel and everything,

I think he's a great guy.

I mean, I even helped
him repaint his cabin

a couple months ago, but, uh...

ah, I don't know, I just...

I always thought that...

well, I just always wondered

why you chose a guy like him.

I guess I was just
always jealous

that he got himself
a girl like you.

(CHUCKLES)

World don't seem fair sometimes.

Ahh, shoot, look at
me just ramblin' on.

(CHUCKLES)

You're gonna make
a very special lady

very happy one day.

And then you won't have to
be jealous of nobody no more.

I could make
you awfully happy.

Oh my God.

Oh, don't mind that.

Ah, well,

there's a grocery down in
Louisberg they just put up,

and I figured when
the time rolls around,

I could play the Easter bunny.

Well, I figured you
needed the outfit,

and, well, dad always says,

"Dress for the job you
want, not the job you have."

And there's a guy I met
who plays Santa Claus

at Christmastime, and
you wouldn't believe

the kind of money they rake in.

(CHUCKLES)

So?

I'm not really in
shape to be Santa,

so I figured I could
be the Easter bunny.

CLARE: Oh.

(PETER CLEARS THROAT)

(CAR STARTS)

You tell me why you did this.

Look, I know things
between you and Sam

are really rough right now,

and, well, I just
want to let you know

that I think that, uh,

no, I know.

I know you deserve better.

Thank you, Peter,
that's awfully sweet.

Thank you for the ride.

I need to get inside
and gather my things.

You take care of
yourself, all right?

Oh, well, here, let me
walk you to your door.

Make sure you keep safe.

(DOOR SLAMS)

That's quite all right.

I'm sure I'll be fine
from here on out.

PETER: Oh, well, look...

CLAIRE: Thank you
again for the ride.

What I said to
you back in the car

I been wanting to say
to you for a long time,

I've just never had the chance,

and I'd be a fool to
give up the chance now.

Peter, I really
need to get inside.

Tonight's been a long night,

and I don't need
it be any longer.

Look, what I'm tryin' to
say is I'm a real good man

and I could take care of you.

You deserve to be
taken care of well.

Please, if you just give
the chance, I would...

CLAIRE: Peter,
I'm goin' inside.

Have a good night.

No, but if you...

(DOOR SLAMS)

Uh-uh, oh no.

I know this ain't
what I think it is.

I know the person who called me

was mistaken about the identity

of the drunk person
in the park right now.

Samuel, what are you doin'?

Samuel, what...

Samuel, what is this, man?

She left me.

She dumped me for good.

Sam, who left you?

SAMUEL: Claire left me.

Sam, Claire left
you two years ago.

What're you havin' a
flashback, is that it?

I mean, two years, Sam?

She came back tonight,
God took her away from me.

Samuel, you think
God took Claire away?

Sam, you did this.

Yes, he took her away from me.

Did God drink this?

Who drank this, Sam?

Listen, here's what
we're gonna do.

You gimme these car keys,
I'm gonna drive you home.

I'm gonna come get
you in the morning.

People out here seeing
you like this, come on.

Come on, man.

Let's go home.

(WEIRD AMBIENT MUSIC)

Are you really
going to just go home?

She wants you, Peter.

She needs you.

And whether or not she knows
that yet is not the point.

She's going to find
some other sleazebag.

And why?

Because that sleazebag
is going to have

the guts to make a move.

You always chicken out.

Are you going to tonight?

Not tonight, Peter.

Go take what's yours.

You're a good and
hardworking man.

You deserve this.

(POUNDING AT DOOR)

(KNOCKING)

PETER: Claire, I
can't hold back anymore.

I know that this is the
best thing for both of us.

What?

No! Oh my God.

Peter, no!

- Don't fight me, Claire!
- No, stop.

Don't do it!

(GRUNTS)

Well, why in the
hell did you do that?

CLAIRE: You suck.

(GRUNTS)
(SMACKS)

- (GROANS)
- All right.

We're gonna do this my way now.

- No, stop!
- Yes!

Ever think about
leavin' Alderson?

Might be good for
you to start thinkin'

about something like that.

A man stays where he is,

he's bound to repeat a lot
of mistakes that he's made.

His past his starin'
straight at him everyday.

I don't know.

CLAIRE: No, stop!

Peter, no!
(GRUNTING)

No!
(GRUNTING)

(PAINED GRUNTING)
No!

(GRUNTS)
(SMACKS)

(SPITS)
(GRUNTS)

Don't. Get off of me!

- No.
- Get off of me!

- Claire, no!
- No, Peter, stop.

(SMACKS)

This ain't the end.

But we're here now.

So I'm gonna go ahead
and drop you off,

and I'll pick you up
tomorrow, all right?

Anything you wanna say
or talk about tonight,

that's fine with me, but...

- if you wanna pray...
- No.

I'm open to do that.

Otherwise, you
have a good night.

Best night you can have anyway.

Too drunk tonight, too drunk.

(MUTTERS)

(FOREBODING MUSIC)

Claire?

(SMACKS)

(WHACKS)

(GRUNTS)

Claire.

(METAL BANGS)

(DOOR SLAMS)

(CAR STARTS)

Can't open the
doors in this place.

It's open.

It's open.

Don't, this place
is a piece of crap.

(CHUCKLES)

You love it.

Yes, it is crappy,

but I love it.

I love crappy things.

The only thing good that
I have in my life is you.

You are the only not
crappy thing in everything.

- In everything.
- Aww.

You are beautiful
and fantastic.

Oh, thank you.

- Thank you, honey.
- Uh-huh, uh-huh.

Oh, no, no, no, no.

I have a better idea, actually.

What?

I have a really,
really, really good idea.

- Uh-huh.
- Okay.

What is the idea?

I'm gonna surprise
you with somethin'.

- So you wait right here.
- Uh-huh.

I'm gonna be right back.

- Really?
- And I'm gonna...

Do you promise?

Do something

really,

really nice

for you.

- Okay?
- Uh-huh.

VERONICA: So
wait right there.

- I can't come with you?
- Nope.

- I have to stay right here?
- I'll be right back.

Okay.

(PENSIVE MUSIC)

Just waitin' on the couch.

(PATTING COUCH)

For my wife to come back

in a blouse.

(SNICKERS)

There's no blouse.

Hopefully she's naked.

Buh.

(CLEARS THROAT)

(GRUNTING)

(DOOR RATTLES)

(GAGS)

(COUGHING)

(PUKING)

(SPITS)

(CLEARS THROAT)

(GROANS)

Okay, hon.

Oh, wow.

You look really good.

Thank you.

SAM: I like this.

This is really pretty.

Thanks.

So you're in for the night.

SAM: No, I'm just
resting my eyes.

Mm-hmm, okay.

- All right.
- Okay.

Okay, goodnight.

SAM: Where are you goin'?

I'll see you in the morning.

SAM: Okay, I love you.

Yup, love you.

(GHOSTLY MUSIC)

(PIPE RATTLES AND BANGS)

(WATER RUSHES)

(SKITTERING)

(SCREAMS)

(BANGS)

Wake up.

- Hey.
- Hi.

Hi.

How are you?

I'm going to go now.

Where are you going?

I have to go see the father.

What're you talkin' about?

(SOMBER PIANO MUSIC)

Veronica?

Veronica?

Baby, where are you going?

(BIRDS CHIRP)

Veronica!

(FLAMES ROAR)

Veronica!

Baby, where you goin'?

Hey.

Veronica!

Shh.

(SNIFFS)

(SOMBER PIANO MUSIC)

Sorry about yesterday.

Sweetie, I'm sorry, I...

No, no, no, no.

Okay.

Hey.

Baby, baby.

Come on, come on.

Let's get up.

Come on.

(PHONE RINGS)

(PHONE RINGS)

DISPATCHER: 911,
what's the emergency?

SAM: My wife's not breathing.

Please send somebody?

DISPATCHER: What's the
location of the emergency?

SAM: Come on, baby.

Uh, 33 Pinebush.

It's in Alderson, it's the
cabin on top of the hill.

DISPATCHER: Okay, we'll
send somebody right over.

"Claire's gone."

Just so you know, man,

that will be submitted
in the court of law

as testimony.

SAMUEL: Like I told him,

and like I've already told you,

we had an argument.

COP: Uh, I'm tryin'
to hear you out on this.

Uh, I'm really tryin'
to hear you out.

I'm on your side on this.

SAMUEL: No, what you're
doin' is you're tryin'

to blame me for this,

and you're wastin' my time,

and you're lettin' whoever
did this to my wife...

COP: Look, man,
nobody's sayin'...

SAMUEL: He's still out there.

COP: All right, Sam,
you gotta understand,

I'm just tryin' to follow the
chain of evidence here, okay?

SAMUEL: I've already
told you the damn story!

100 times.

COP: Think how this
would sound to a jury.

Look, just tell me what
happened to Claire.

Tell me why she's gone.

You do that, I can
keep you off death row.

SAMUEL: I walked in...

COP: Maybe get you life.

SAMUEL: And I saw her there,

and then someone hit me
on the back of the head.

Now you're tellin' me
that I did that to myself?

COP: You do this
to yourself, man.

Don't do this to Claire.

Don't you think her parents

should know what
happened to her?

SAMUEL: Now you're
wastin' my time.

Why don't you get out
there and do your job

and find who did this?

Make yourself at
home, Mr. Talbot.

I'm just going to be
getting a few things

set up for our session.

(DOOR CREAKS)

(MIMICS GHOST)

I'm conjuring up the
psychic forces in the room.

This will only
take but a minute.

(HUMMING)

Say,

is all this real?

Of course this
is real. (CHUCKLES)

(HUMMING)

No, but like, like,
is all this real?

That's very
insulting, you know.

If you're already doubting,
this won't ever work.

The only thing required
from you is to believe.

Otherwise, you've come
in on a very lucky day,

because we're running
specials on all my services.

The palm reading is only
$15 for a 20 minute session,

tarot cards are only $20,

and fortune telling
with the crystal ball

is only gonna be $30.

So what'll it be, sir?

I don't know.

I need to connect to someone.

Can you do that?

Well, yes, sir, I can do that.

I just don't do it very often

because it's very
expensive to do that.

The energy alone in
summoning a spirit

sometimes leaves
me tired for days.

I brought $1000 with me.

If you can help me connect to
my wife, I'll give it to you.

Does that sound good?

Uh, well, I guess I can
do it for that amount.

We have to have a
payment up front, though.

All right.

Just so you know, this
can get very intense,

and any bodily harm
that should befall you

cannot be blamed on me.

If you are okay with
that, we can get started.

Yeah.

'Kay, close your eyes.

We're going to go into a trance.

I'm going to count to seven,

and with each number,
you'll grow more calm.

By the time we get to seven,

you'll feel as if you're
in a deep slumber.

That will be the
gateway opening,

I need to connect with you.

One,

two,

three,

four,

five,

six,

seven.

I see a woman

and she's in danger.

She's in very grave danger.

And I see somebody else now.

He's trying to talk to me.

He's saying he knows you.

He says he's your father.

It's your father, Samuel,

and he wants to help
us get to your wife.

What'd you just say?

Your father, or
his spirit, I mean.

He wants to help you
get to your wife.

This is really good news.

It's rare we get another
spirit to help us.

What do you mean his spirit?

Your father's spirit,
it's lingering still

to help us with this
mystery probably.

Mm.

See, my father's not dead.

You tryin' to pull
somethin' over on me?

- Is this a con?
- Sir, I don't...

Is this a fucking con?

MATILDA: Sir, I don't
know what you mean,

but you seem like you're
about to get real aggressive.

I'm gonna have to
ask you to leave now.

Give me my fucking money back.

We don't offer refunds,
it's against company policy.

Gimme my fuckin' money!
(SCREAMING)

Come on, gimme my money!

- Please stop, please!
- Gimme my money!

SAMUEL: Do you
want me to leave?

MATILDA: Let me go and I
can direct you to somebody

who can really help you.

SAMUEL: You're just a con
artist, that's all you are.

MATILDA: You want to
talk to your wife again,

well, this guy can help you,

but if you hurt me really bad,

you'll never find out who he is!

SAMUEL: All right!

Okay!

Get up.

And let me tell you
somethin', all right?

Are you listenin' to me?

If this isn't 100% legit,

if this is just some old house

that no one's lived
in for 100 years,

or if this is another
con artist or scam,

I'm gonna come back here,

and I'm gonna burn you
alive in this place.

Do you understand me?

Yes.

If this isn't real,

I'm gonna kill you.

(FOREBODING AMBIENT MUSIC)

(CAR DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR SLAMS)

(CAR STRUGGLES)

It's gonna take me a
whole day to walk there.

(SIGHS)

(DOOR OPENS)

(BIRDS CHIRP)

Am I going too
far with all this?

If I turn back now,

I might be able to
live a productive life.

Find somebody else,
build a family,

coach a little
league baseball team.

People tell me that God does
everything for a reason,

that one day, maybe it'll
take 'til I get to heaven,

I'll figure out why he allowed
Claire to get murdered.

But what if they're wrong?

What if none of that is true?

There was no reason.

There's a man out
there living his life

who took my wife's.

Can I really turn back?

Even if the police found him,

he'd live out his
days in a cell.

He'd still get to see the sun,

still get to talk
to people he loves.

Things my Claire
will never do again.

No matter what I do to this man,

he ultimately did it to himself.

When he chose to take a life,

he chose to take his own.

That's the way I look at it.

I'm simply going to deliver
that sentence to him.

That's justice.

(WIND CHIMES JINGLE)

(KNOCKS)

(POUNDING)

BUMPKIN: Excuse me, can
I help you with somethin'?

Jesus.

I'm just lookin'
for Chester Hicks.

Exactly what do you want
with this Chester Hicks?

Look, I think I got the
wrong address, all right?

Look, I'm just
gonna go. I'm sorry.

CHESTER: You lookin'
for your dead wife?

Claire her name?

You tryin' to find someone
to help you find her?

Lookin' to buy somethin'
to help you reach her?

How'd you hear all that?

'Cause that woman you
just scared the piss out of,

that's my ex-wife.

She told me you'd
be comin' by here.

Said you had a lot of
money with you, too.

Why don't you just
take that out,

throw it over there
on that porch?

So you're gonna rob me.

CHESTER: Rob or kill.

I ain't just yet
decided on either one.

All right.

All right, now there's
the money, okay?

Look, I'm just gonna go,

and I'm not gonna tell
anyone about this.

All right? Just forget it.

I sure do bet no one
ever hear about this.

I do believe you march
right on down to Matilda's

and skin her alive,

and come back here in
the cover of darkness,

set this whole place on fire.

So I think we do
things a different way.

What you think of that?

You go in that barn.

Now you wait here.

I gotta get somethin'
before we do this.

(GRUNTS)

(HOLLOW, AMBIENT MUSIC)

Now I got a few
options on my hand.

I can march up in
them woods, shoot ya,

burn ya up, get
rid of ya for good.

Lettin' you march out
of here ain't an option

after what I heard
you done to Matilda.

Murder her and me,
probably, so that one's out.

Now I could give you
what you came here for.

I keep the money, give
you what's in there poke.

And I don't have to worry
about you comin' back here.

'Cause once you take
what's in there,

well, that's the
end of you, son.

Why don't we go with option
last option then, call it a day?

So far, everything you done,

you can turn back on.

Go home, live a clean life.

But you take what's in that bag,

there ain't no comin'
back from that.

But I'll see Claire?

I can promise you this,

you'll see somethin'
you think is her.

You'll see a lot of
other things, too.

Those things gonna talk to ya,

try to make deals with ya.

They gonna play with your head.

All right then, you're
willin' to take the risk,

I'm willin' to let you.

Let's get you untied.

You understand,

once you're free,

you pick up what's in that poke,

you walk straight on outta here.

If you even glance back, I'll
blow your head clean off.

You tell me you understand that

so I don't feel guilty
if I blow your head off.

Yeah, I understand.

All right then.

(TENSE MUSIC)

(SAD, NOSTALGIC MUSIC)

♪ Special as a rare story ♪

♪ Then we can choose
to be worthy ♪

♪ This I know ♪

♪ And I suppose ♪

♪ Happiness comes
from within, yeah ♪

♪ So I don't need a thing ♪

♪ I suppose ♪

(TYPING)

Sam.

Sam?

- Yeah?
- Sam.

I just wrote

the perfect song
for that project

- that I was telling you about.
- Mm-hmm.

I want you to hear
it, can you come?

Um, can I have, like, um,

just 10 more minutes?

Okay, it's only gonna
take three minutes.

It's really, really good...

This is only gonna
take 10 minutes.

- Can I just come in...
- Okay, okay.

- In a bit?
- All right.

SAM: Okay.

Thank, thank you.

(FRANTIC TYPING)

- Sam?
- Mm-hmm?

VERONICA: I've been
waiting for 45 minutes.

SAM: Okay.

Can you pull yourself
away from that book

for three minutes to
come listen to me play?

Uh, babe, like, I need
to get all the ideas out

and into this, okay?

(STAMMERS) I need to make
sure it's done before...

Can't you take three minutes

to listen to something
that I just created?

Veronica, you know
my process, okay.

If I take three
minutes, and, um...

see, I'm already losing it.

I want you to come
listen to my new song.

If you want me to be
able to do the things

that you want me
to be able to do,

uh, like even when we're goin'
with your friends tomorrow.

Right, uh, Katie,
and that (STAMMERS)...

- Dana?
- Yeah, yeah.

So?

What's your point?

What is your point?

I'm excited about something,
I want to show it to you.

I bought you that piano

with the money
from my first book.

You wanna make fun of it?

You wouldn't even
have that piano, okay?

VERONICA: Thanks,
thanks, that's real nice.

- That's real nice.
- Well, no...

I'm excited about something,

I just want to show it to you,

and you can't just
give me three minutes

to listen to something
that's making me happy.

Real nice. Real nice.

The time, and...

(SOMBER PIANO MUSIC)

(PHONE RINGS)

(SIGHS)

(STATIC)

Hello.

WOMAN: Hello?

Is there a Mr. Talbot,

a Mr. Samuel James
Talbot available?

This is he.

WOMAN: Sir,
first and foremost,

I want to wish you
our condolences.

- We understand.
- Who's our?

Who are you?

Who's our?

WOMAN: Sir, I represent
a very progressive...

(PHONE RINGS)

What do you want?

WOMAN: Sir, I understand,

this is an incredibly
difficult time

you're going through right now.

But I just want you to
know that we can help you,

help with the injury
that your wife sustained.

We have developed
cutting edge technology

for these types of injuries,

and the hospital sent us over
a report of what happened,

and she just so
happens to meet...

Hey.

Don't touch my wife.

- Sir, please hear me out.
- Okay?

We know they
pronounced her dead,

so we must act quickly.

We believe we can
reverse the diagnosis,

but every minute we do not act

lessens our chance
of success here.

We can begin the procedure as
soon as you give your okay.

I know you must have
a lot of questions

which we are more
than happy to answer,

but please keep in mind,
the clock is ticking.

We'll send someone
over right away

to go over the paperwork
and the contracts with you.

SAM: Do it.

(BIRDS CHIRP)

(DROPS BAG)

(ANIMAL CHATTERS)

(SOMBER PIANO MUSIC)

Samuel.

(DOOR BANGS)

Samuel!

Samuel!

(DOOR SLAMS)

(DOOR BANGS)

Claire?

Claire!

Claire!

Claire!

(BANGING)

(WIND RUMBLING)

(WHACKS)

(WHACKS)

(FLY BUZZES)

Mister?

Hey, mister, it's
time to wake up!

Hey, mister!

What're you, drunk or somethin'?

It's time to get up!

Mister?

SAMUEL: Claire?

Don't you touch me.

Well, are you comin'
in for breakfast

or aren't you?

Nothin' like a good cup of Joe

to get your morning
started off right.

(LAUGHING)

Ain't he just the best?

STRANGE FARMER:
You know what's best?

My wife's cookin'.

My new momma's
the same age as me.

Aren't I lucky?

Aw, honey. (CHUCKLES)

Well, Estelle, I guess
you just volunteered

to pray over breakfast.

Oh, wonderful.

Dear heavenly father,

we'd like to thank you for
this day that you have given us

and please bless this food

and the hands that
have provided it.

Amen.

YOUNG WIFE: Amen.

STRANGE FARMER:
Well, thank you, honey.

YOUNG WIFE: You're
welcome, sweetie.

STRANGE FARMER: You
know what, young man?

Before I found oil
on this property,

I found somethin'
that's more important.

And that was my lord and
savior, Jesus Christ.

YOUNG WIFE: Amen.

STRANGE FARMER: I was
strung out like you were.

You know?

I've seen bad times,
I've seen hard times.

YOUNG WIFE: He hits me!

He hits me so hard!

Please.

ESTELLE: He hits me so
hard when he gets angry.

YOUNG WIFE: Please
don't let him hurt us.

Please don't let him
hurt us anymore. Help us.

ESTELLE: I'm worried
he's gonna kill me.

YOUNG WIFE: You have to
help us, Samuel, you have to.

You have to help us.

Help us, help us,
help us, help us.

- You son of a bitch!
- Get your hands off him!

What kind of
game is this, huh?

(CROSS-TALKING)

STRANGE FARMER:
Get outta here!

(CROSS-TALKING)

- Get outta my house!
- Get outta here!

- Get off!
- Get outta my house!

(CROSS-TALKING)

STRANGE FARMER: I help
you in here, feed you.

Get outta my house,
somebody call the police!

What's he lookin' at?

- Get on outta here!
- Call the police.

YOUNG WIFE: Oh,
you poor old man.

- Are you all right?
- Yeah, I'm okay.

Claire.

Claire.

(SLIDING IN DIRT)

(BROOK BABBLES)

Claire.

Claire.

Claire.

Claire.

Claire, it's Samuel.

Claire.

Samuel.

You can't come with me now.

You have to speak to the mother

before we can be together again.

I have to go.

Claire, listen.

Claire!

Claire!

Claire, wait.

Claire!

(SPLASHING)

Claire.

(SAMUEL SLOSHING)

Claire.

Claire!

Claire!

Claire.

Claire!

Claire!

Sorry, this is...

it's just temporary right now

until we can go
back to New York.

The doctor said it'd
be about a week,

then we can go back.

(WORRYING, UNCERTAIN MUSIC)

Veronica.

Hey.

I am so sorry.

Just relax.

VERONICA: Okay.

(CHUCKLES)

Sorry, I just...

I thought you were gone.

I thought you were gone forever.

I am so sorry.

I'm so so sorry.

It's okay, it's me.

Okay?

I'm so sorry.

Okay?

Trying to get you
more comfortable.

You know, like home.

Um, I just saw an
antique shop in town.

You know, you mentioned
that you wanted

to try to look for antiques
while we were here.

Um, maybe they have some
old, old, um, pianos,

or, um, just
instruments in general.

You know, I can try to
learn to play the kazoo

or something, and...

(SOBBING)

Hey, what's...

hey, hey, hey.

It's okay, you're okay.

You're okay.

Hey.

Hey, hey.

Shh.

Shh.

Shh, shh.

Okay, you're okay.

(WAILING)

It's okay.

It's okay.

It's okay.

Samuel.

Samuel.

(SOMBER PIANO MUSIC)

Samuel.

Samuel.

There you go.

You're so close.

Samuel, my dear.

Here you are.

I understand you wish to
discuss something with me.

Oh, I wish that others could see

what I see inside you.

And yet they dare to accuse
you of being responsible.

No.

That is unacceptable.

It is time for you, Samuel,

to do what is right,

and not worry about being
made to feel guilty.

This is an injustice.

Yes,

I can help you to speak
to your Claire again.

But you must listen
to me very carefully

and do exactly as I say.

Do you understand me, Samuel?

Yes.

So once I have you do
what I'm about to ask you,

and after you speak to Claire,

I am going to need you to return

and do something for me.

I'll do what I have to do,

but this doesn't sound right.

(GIGGLES)

I understand that
you are reluctant.

But you shouldn't be. (ECHOES)

Do you know what her
last words were, Samuel?

They were a call
crying for your help.

She's still calling out for you.

Are you going to turn
your back and walk away?

What do I gotta do?

The man who did this to her

lives on the other
side of the forest

right through those trees.

He thinks he got away with it.

And you are going to make sure

that he does not.

(DRAMATIC, FOREBODING MUSIC)

I'm going to tell you exactly

what you have to do to
speak to your Claire again.

You want me to kill him
and anyone that's around?

He ravaged her, Samuel.

Before he killed her,

he tore into her over, and over,

and over again,

and the entire time she was
wondering where you were,

when you were going to save her!

That man is not alone.

The person who's with him

helped him cover
up what they did

to your poor, sweet wife.

And at night they sit
around and they talk

about what what a good
time your Claire was.

All right, I'll do it.

I'll do it!

You tell me where they are,

and I'll rip them apart.

Very good, they are
right through those trees.

Just enter and go straight in.

Once you speak to Claire,

you return to me and
you do a favor for me.

The consequences for
failing to do this

are dire.

Do you understand me, Samuel?

Yeah.

Good.

Now go.

(WORRYING, GHOSTLY MUSIC)

(CRICKET CHIRPS)

SAM: June 12th.

She's back.

I brought her home
three nights ago,

and we can finally leave
this place in another three.

The deal with her
death and then her life

has been disorienting.

(DIZZY, WORRYING MUSIC)

(BIRDS CHIRP)

I can't seem to find my footing.

I fear something is terribly
wrong with Veronica.

She doesn't eat or sleep.

She'll often slip into song
in the middle of the night

for no apparent reason.

She's in a constant
state of wandering,

doesn't say much of anything.

A simple yes or no, maybe,

but nothing resembling
a conversation.

No signs of affection or desire.

She isn't here anymore,

and nothing has indicated to
me that she is coming back.

MAN: I'm down to four
cards, you still have seven.

- So...
- I'm winning.

MAN: Soon as I get rid
of all my cards, I win.

You can play on my cards, too.

If you got a seven of hearts
or you got a three of hearts,

you can lay those down.

All right, so you go first.

Very good.

Pick up one card
there if you want.

(DRAMATIC FOREBODING MUSIC)

I'd pick it up,

but the only I could use this...

(DROWNED OUT BY MUSIC)

All right, your turn.

I'm thinking.

All right.

Pick one up because you...
(FOOTSTEPS)

Use that.

(GRUNTS)

Wait! What're you doin'?
(SCREAMS)

(GRUNTING)

I want you to watch this.

CARDS MAN: No.

No!
(CHOPS)

No!

Just like you made me watch.

No! No!

Been waitin' a
long time for this.

CARDS MAN: No!

(CHOPS)

(UNEASY STRING MUSIC)

(GASPS)

EVIL WOMAN: I'm going
to tell you exactly

what you have to do to
speak to your Claire again.

Once you've arrived, you
must not show any mercy.

Go in and do it quickly, you
can't risk them getting away.

Help!

I got motor home back here,

but I can't hold
'em off much longer.

I need some help, please!

SAMUEL: I got you,
you son of a bitch!

(BANGS)
(GRUNTS)

(GROANING)

EVIL WOMAN: And once
you're finished with them,

you'll find a telephone
in the living room.

(PETER GROANS)

After you've disposed
of the bodies,

you're going to take that phone

to the resting
place of your wife.

Once there, you'll
bury it no fewer

than three feet
from her tombstone.

(CAUTIOUS MUSIC)

(ENGINE STARTS)

(CRICKETS CHIRP)

(SHOVEL DRAGS ON GRAVEL)

(SHOVEL DRAGS ON GRAVEL)

(CRICKET CHIRPS)

(SOMBER PIANO MUSIC)

(PHONE RINGS)

(PHONE RINGS)

(SECOND PHONE RINGS)

(PHONE RINGS)
(SECOND PHONE RINGS)

(PHONE RINGS)
(SECOND PHONE RINGS)

(SECOND PHONE RINGS)

(PHONE RINGS)

(SECOND PHONE RINGS)

(PHONE RINGS)
(SECOND PHONE RINGS)

Hello?

Claire?

CLAIRE: Samuel is that you?

I'm comin' home.

(GUN FIRES)

(GASPS)

(BREATHING)

(TYPING)

Ah. (CHUCKLES)

Hi.

- Hi.
- Hi.

How are you?

Good.

Good.

I have a surprise for you.

Really.

You have a surprise for me.

Okay, okay.

What's the surprise?

It's out here, follow me.

Okay.

- Okay.
- Okay.

Wait here, I'm going
to go get the surprise.

- Turn around.
- Okay.

No peaking.

Okay.

Babe, I was thinking
when we get back, um,

we should write a song together.

You know, I'm a writer,
you're a writer,

and I can't believe we've
never done it before.

I think it would be,
it'd be a good idea.

(LIGHT PIANO MUSIC)

Hey, um,

what's with the wedding dress?

Isn't it beautiful?

Yeah, it's lovely.

Just like our wedding day?

Just like it.

This is how I want
you to remember me.

Hmm.

You're right here.

I need to go home.

We'll go home
in a couple days.

Back to New York and
we'll go to Central Park,

take a walk, and it'll be great.

I need to go home.

I'm not here.

What are you
talkin' about, baby?

You're right here.

You are right here.

VERONICA: I'm not here.

Um, I'm still there.

- I saw it.
- What're you talkin' about?

I see it in my dreams.

My spirit...

I'm with the angels,

and I hear them singing,

and it's so beautiful,
I want to go back.

I want to go home.

You are home.

With me.

I'm not gonna let
you go again, okay?

I promise.

Okay?

I'm so sorry.

Don't be sorry.

It's okay.

Everything's okay.

I'm not gonna let you go again.

It's okay.

I have to make sure that I...

I have to make sure
that I don't come back.

It's okay.

I'm fine.

You're fine.

It's okay.

It's okay, we'll be okay.

I'm sorry, okay?

What're you sorry for?

(GROANS)

Veronica.

(COUGHING)

(COUGHING)

(PAINED COUGHING)

Oh my God.

(GROANS)

(CHUCKLING AND BABBLING)

(PAINED GROANING)

(GRUNTS)

(PANTING AND BABBLING)

(COUGHING)

(BEEPING)

Hi, Mr. Talbot.

Can I call you Sam?

Samuel?

Let's stick with
Mr. Talbot then.

The nurses said that
you snapped out of it

for a little while yesterday,

talking on and off for a
couple hours last night.

I'm glad to see your
condition's improving.

So I just wanted to
follow up with you

on a couple of
these details here.

The three days before you
stopped talking to detectives,

you said a lot.

Do you remember
that, Mr. Talbot?

Looks like your wife was
taken to Greenbar Hospital

with some head trauma
on May 14th at 10 AM.

Unfortunately, she was
later found unresponsive.

But the next day, her
body goes missing.

We're not exactly sure
what time that was.

Two days later, you turn up
nearly dead from a side wound

next to the burnt down church

with your wife's
charred remains.

Listen, Sam,

we really want to
help you out here,

but there are some details
missing in this story.

This case will go to trial,

and the prosecution
will be all over this.

Let us help you.

If you want to write
something down,

anything that could
clear this up.

(SIMMERING, BROODING MUSIC)

(VOICE OVER PA)

All right.

Well, if you do end up
feeling like talking,

or you need anything at
all, Sam, you let me know.

Are you ready
for your meds, Sam?

I couldn't help but
overhear the detective.

Can you believe
they're accusing you?

You get stabbed,
you lose your wife...

I mean, look at how
grieved you are.

So completely shut down.

And yet they still have
the nerve to accuse you

of murdering your own wife.

But you're in luck.

You see, I'm not
actually a nurse.

I'm (CHUCKLES)

an old family friend.

And I can help you
with all of this.

I can help you end those people

who are spreading
lies about you,

and I can help you speak
with your wife again.

I have a great deal
to make with you, Sam,

and all you have to do
is listen very carefully,

and do exactly

as I say.

(DISORIENTING, WORRYING MUSIC)

(EERIE, TRAGIC MUSIC)

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