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Well, when you take a look at the number
of boys who were hospitalized every year

because they deliberately harmed themselves,

you'll notice that the numbers stay
relatively the same until the last decade or so

when there was a sudden, sharp increase.

And it's getting even worse.

So what's causing this? There's
no way of knowing for sure,

but it happens to coincide
with the rise of social media

and an increase in screen
time among young people.

So, technology will
certainly be...

Out of your child's bedroom for
at least an hour before bedtime.

There's no reason a child should have a tablet
or a laptop, or any other thing for that matter,

in their bedroom after a certain time.

Baby, put the knife down.

Put the knife down, Brandon.

You don't want to do this, baby,

You don't, you don't want to
hurt yourself again. Come on.

Just put the knife down.

Sometimes it doesn't seem fair.

The world is such a beautiful place.

But we're so filled with stress
and anxiety most of the time,

we don't even get to enjoy it.

But I figured out a way to take
the things that give you stress

and turn them
into something beautiful,

That's what I wanted to show you guys.

First, make a list of all the
things that give you stress,

and then for each item,

find an object that represents that.

Something you don't need any more.

If you're feeling pressure,

like,

maybe you're feeling pressure
to succeed or whatever,

you can find something that represents that.

Maybe you feel like no one listens to you.

For that, I've just got these old
headphones that don't work anymore.

One you have all your items,

we can take them,

and use them to create relaxing
sounds and images, like so.

Asha, we're leaving in five!

Okay, one more but no faces.

- Alright. Okay.
- Okay, one, two, three.

Aww, that's so sweet.

Hey, I'm proud of you, kiddo.

Ah-ha! There she is.
Alright,

phones on the table everyone. Let's go.

What, we're seriously still doing this?

Well, we have one phone-free outing per week.

We haven't had one
this week, so...

Dad, I swear we're the
only family that does this.

Oh really?
You know who else does it?

The people that invented
the technology and the apps

that we're all so addicted to.

But I'm not addicted.

Well, then this shouldn't be a problem for you.

Let's just... honey, let's just
get it over with, okay?

Come on, let's go, out the door.

Let's go. Thank you very much.

Your phones will be here
waiting for you when you return.

- He's really good.
- I know.

The other guys look like
they're in high school though.

- They are. Yeah, yeah.
- Oh.

They wanted to play with him
after he won that competition.

Anyway, Kamran might as well be in high school.

His scores are high enough.

He's a great kid.

- Good for him.
- Mm-hmm.

There they go.

Don't stress about it, Leah.

Our daughter's attention spans are shot.

We just have to accept that.

- Are you mad at me?
- What?

No, why would I be mad?

I sent you, like, five
texts and didn't hear back.

Sorry, I'm on a "phone-free outing. "

Oh god, not again.

Well, whatever.
At least I've got mine. Come on.

Ever since I quit, they've been
doubling down on the anti-phone thing.

It's like, all I did was quit the track team,

but the way they're reacting,

it's like I, I shaved my head
and joined a cult or something.

Well, at least then you'd be
doing an extracurricular activity.

Sorry. Sorry.

I'm addicted to this local news app thing.

There's something going around, man.

These two kids in town cut themselves apparently

because of some internet challenge.

- Cut themselves?
- Yeah, it's like this, um,
scary character that pops up

and tells you to do stuff, like cut yourself,

kill yourself, or hurt other people.

It even made this kid stab his own mother.

- What?
- Yeah.

Why would they just do whatever
the thing tells them to?

I don't know.

If it's trendy, Amir, kids
will do just about anything.

- Boys!
- Sorry.

Sorry.

Thirteen views.

I'm up one view, but that's
still ten down from my last video.

Let me see.

I don't know, maybe I'm
just not influencer material.

Don't give up.

First of all, you need a way better thumbnail.

This one does not make we
want to click on it at all.

Oh hey, you got a comment.

"Wow. " Who's Cassidy Johnston?

Oh no, this is not good.

Wait, d-do you know her?

I know that she's, like, evil.

What do you mean "evil"?

You know, creepy.

Like you don't want to get on her bad side.

But she liked it. She said, "Wow. "

Asha, nobody says "wow" in a good way anymore.

People only say "wow" if it's like,

"Wow, really?"

There must have been something
in the video that offended her.

What? No! I don't even know her!

What? I don't even know her!

- Hey, Mr. Chaudhry.
- Hi, Em.

Uh, we were just headed back inside.

See you in there.

Another phone-free outing
down the drain, I guess.

We were just looking
at my video.

She's helping me get more traffic to my channel.

Is that all it was?

Yeah.

Look, Asha. I, um, I know, okay.

I know this all seems really silly,

all the phone-free outings, whatever, it's just

these are supposed to be some of
the best years of your life, okay.

And I... just don't want
to see you waste it is all.

I don't feel like I'm wasting it.

Running in circles for
hours every day after class

until I'm too exhausted to do anything else,

that's wasting it.

Okay. I mean, like,

I feel like there's a whole world out there.

I know, and that's...

I mean, that is what I've
been trying to get you to see.

I...

Okay.

Look, we should, uh, we should
get back inside, come on.

I'm at 30 helvin right now,

getting full shield would be ideal.

Contact northwest.

Uh, popping minis.

Uh, yeah. If you have a big
pot, I'd like that a lot.

I see his teammate.

Finish. Alright.

"Killing time while I wait to die. "

PRIVATE ACCOUNT
Follow this account to see posts and content.

This is the thing I was talking about.

This is so disturbing.

Hello?

Asha?

Could you come upstairs for a second? We
need to talk to you guys about something.

It looks like this.

Wait, what is it called again?

Grimcutty. You sure you haven't seen it before?

What is it?

It's, um, some kind of sick online
challenge that tells you to do stuff like,

I don't know, cut yourself, choke yourself,

even kill yourself.

- Tells us to do stuff how?
- We're not sure exactly.

You know, it could pop up
in the middle of a video

or be a link that you click
on, or even personal messages.

The point is is that it's working, okay.

Couple of local kids already
cut themselves because of it.

It even made one kid stab his mom.

Maybe it's like subliminal
messages that flash so fast

you don't even know
you saw 'em, like MK Ultra!

Kamran, we're being serious
right now, honey.

- Yeah.
- I don't get it. Why would
anyone do that though?

On a dare, maybe.
You know, or to get attention.

You think we're gonna
cut ourselves for attention?

Well, you wouldn't think that somebody
would lick an armrest on an airplane

or climb a tower of milk crates to
get attention, but they did that.

Okay, well, we didn't.

- We know that.
- Yeah.

Look, all we're saying is that we just
want you guys to be aware of it, okay.

We know that you like to look at stuff online.

We're going to respect your privacy.

Just... please don't do anything stupid, okay.

Dad, I think you can relax.

We're not gonna stab you.

If someone has a link to the Grimcutty
challenge will you please post it.

I will pay money.

Hey.

Did you get "the talk" about grimcutty yet?

Yeah, an hour ago.

WTF?

Whatever.
It's gonna blow over.

They'll forget about it tomorrow.

We're just overreacting, right, honey?

I mean, she's... Asha's into weird stuff,

but she's not crazy enough to
do something like that, right?

Sure.

What the fuck?

What is it?

Linda says Karen and Phil just caught
Madison in the hallway cutting herself.

Because of Grimcutty?

Didn't say.

Okay, I don't... I mean, this
just... It can't, it can't be, uh...

This just...

You know, we should do more research.

- Yeah.
- Yeah, let's...

Just...

But they're very, very soft.

- Jesus.
- Dad!

- What?
- Dad!

There's someone in the house!
There's someone in the house!

We... are you alright?

It was right there.

He was tall.

Like really, really tall. And, um,

he was wearing black,
like, I want to say leather.

But, um, his hands were, like, huge.
And his face, he had, like, big red eyes.

Kinda like this?

Yeah. Like, like that.

Thought so.

We've been getting calls about it all night.

Okay, then somebody dressed up as
Grimcutty is playing a prank on me.

Is that possible?

If that's the case, it'd
have to be a group of people.

One guy couldn't move around that fast.

What did I see, then?

I mean, you're the cop.

Asha.

You remember what you were
doing right before you saw it?

I was making toast and
watching a video on my phone.

Do you mind if I talk to
your parents for a minute?

I'm having a really hard time buying
that there's some person out
there making these kids...

But why? Why would they lie?
Why would they make this up?

Maybe it's telling them to lie.

Like as part of the challenge.

There's still a lot we don't know about it.

Well, thank you.

Okay, I'll show you out.

- Thank you so much.
- Thank you.

What?

You better let me hold on to that for now.

What for?
Dad, what are you doing?

Just a precaution until we figure
out what the heck is going on.

Dad, stop it!

You don't seriously think I'm making
this up because of some online challenge?

- Asha, let go.
- Dad, that's...

You're gonna get it back tomorrow.

We just need to sleep.

Okay. You should try to get some sleep too.

11, 12. I was... Everything
last night was just..

a lot.

There she is. Why don't you come join us?

- You want to start?
- Yes, sure.

Um, so... we've been doing these
phone-free outings for a while now, okay,

and you guys have been great.

But we just thought that, you know,
with everything that's been happening,

now might be a really great time for
us to up our game a little bit, okay.

So we've got this new Detox Box...

I'm sorry, the what?

So, we take all of our devices,

we put 'em in there, we lock it up.

And then in a week, we see how we're feeling,

and we decide if we even want to keep going.

I have so many questions.

That's what we're here for.

- Shoot
- Uh-huh.

Okay, how about why?

Well, because, um, clearly these
devices are affecting you guys

in ways that we don't
entirely understand yet,

so really we're just...

It's an experiment.

- Exactly.
- Mm-hmm.

Yeah, I mean, it might not
make a difference at all.

But we won't know unless we try.

Can I go first, Dad?

Yes, of course.

- Great job.
- Thanks, Dad.

- Thanks, Mom.
- Alright, thank you.

Okay.

Please tell me this isn't because of Grimcutty.

Do you even know what the
Grimcutty challenge is?

Or did you just see that photo and
hear a bunch of rumors about it?

'Cause, you know, I'd really like to know.

Sweetie, all we know is that ever since
you quit track, you've become more
and more withdrawn, okay.

And it's common for depressed people to have...

- But I'm not depressed!
- Look, we have no idea how
these devices are affecting you,

but that is the whole point of this.

So that you can reclaim your focus game.

And cut your screen time in the meantime.

Yeah.

Okay, what did you guys
smoke while I was asleep?

Look, we're all doing this,
okay. Put your phone in the box.

No!

I'm not letting you guys blame this
on phones or anxiety or whatever.

I know what I saw.

It wasn't a hallucination. It
wasn't some guy in a costume.

It was a real thing. It was huge and terrifying,

and I need you guys to help
me figure out what it was!

- Enough, Asha!
- Put your phone in the box!

Now!

Asha, hey. Let go, Asha.

I just want to call Emily.

- Asha, let go.
- Let go, Asha.

I'll give it back after, I promise! I just...

Oh! Oh my god! Ah! Ah!

I wanna use the laptop.

What laptop?

"Can I go first, Dad?"

The golden boy act doesn't work on me.
I know you have a backup.

Now give it to me. Unless
you want me to tell dad.

What are you going
to do with it?

I already spent hours looking.
You're not gonna find it.

Like, what about message boards?
Nobody posted a link to it?

No, there's a lot of people
freaking out about it,

but nobody knows what it actually is.

What are you doing?

Where is everybody?

I already tried to Skype Zach.

They probably got their stuff taken away too.

Wait, what the hell?

Did you change the wi-fi password?

I disconnected it.

- Do you think they know we're...
- Shh!

What are you gonna do?

Ashmsauce229.

- Hi.
- I saw your message.

I was worried I was the only
one left that still had a phone.

No, I just, I just got mine back.
How do you still have yours?

My parents aren't on the
Grimcutty freakout train yet.

But I'm not gonna give up my phone.

They can't just take our
phones away. That's fascist.

We'll go to the police if we have to.

No, I don't think that's gonna work.

They didn't believe me any
more than my parents did.

Wait, what do you mean?

You saw the Grimcutty?

- I think so.
- Well, what is it? Can you send me a link?

You're the first person I've
found that's actually seen it.

No, I mean, like, I saw it

or something like it, like,
in real life, in my house.

Okay, that's new.

What?

I thought I heard something.

What are you doing?

I can't really talk right now.

Well, whatever. Just stay on the line.

I think I might have found someone else.

I'm gonna try to add them.

Hold on.

Did you guys hear about Nathan?

Who?

Nathan Childers cut himself,
apparently 'cause of Grimcutty.

And Hannah's little brother cut himself too.

It's no joke. It's really
making people do stuff.

Well, Asha here has seen it.

You did?

Can you send me a link?

No, she saw, like, a ghost or something.

I don't know what I saw, okay.
The point is it's not online.

My parents keep saying it's some
online challenge, but all I've
seen is that stupid picture.

Well, the hysteria about it sure spread fast.

I heard some parents are even
pulling their kids out of school.

Hold on a second, you guys.

Sorry, didn't mean to interrupt your reading.

Oh, it's okay. What's up?

We wanna talk to you about something.

Can you come downstairs for a minute?

I'll be right down.

I gotta go. I think I'm about
to get the Grimcutty talk.

I have to go too.

Alright.

Listen, no matter what,

don't let your parents keep
you home from school tomorrow.

Tell them you have a test.

Tell them you love learning, whatever. Just...

We'll meet up there.

Okay.

Hey, did you find her?

- No, did you?
- No.

- No!
- Asha, Asha, Asha.

It's okay.

Is she gonna need stitches?

I don't think so.

I didn't do this to myself.

We should probably get it looked at,
though I can bring her in the morning.

Eh, what about school?

Don't worry about it.

But I, I want to go.

I have a test.

No, not until we get this figured out.

D- do you even care about my side of the story?

This was an accident.

I used the knife to pry
open the box to get my phone,

and then I got really spooked
when I heard you guys coming

because of what happened last night.

And so I ran downstairs,
and then I slammed the door

and I accidentally cut myself.

That's it.

That's all. I didn't, I didn't do it on purpose.

I didn't do it because Grimcutty told me to.

Okay, look, I don't, I don't
know what I saw last night.

I just really want things to go back to normal.

And I feel like going back to school
would really make me feel normal.

Please, I just... I feel like school's
the right, is the right place for me.

- Maybe she should go.
- No, it's out of the question.

Okay, well, then do you wanna stay
home from work and watch her all day?

- I can't. - She wants to go to
school, let her go to school.

She has supervision there.

Okay, well, then this is on you, alright?

Can I talk to you upstairs for just a second.

Why?

What did I do this time?

Good morning, everyone.

As you can see,

some of you have chosen to stay home
today given what's been happening.

Some of you have already talked
to your parents about it,

the rest of you probably will later.

But since we're here, we want you to know

that this is a place where you can be
completely open about... social media,

bullying,

FOMO,

these online challenges that are
becoming more and more dangerous...

This is bullshit!

It's just a scary picture.
That's all that it is!

It's just hype!

It's all BS!
We're not in any danger!

Oh my...

Okay, um,

obviously some intense emotions.

Which is why we're here, to get
everything out into the open.

Now we are gonna take questions
later, but before we get into that,

uh, we have managed to get a very special guest,

who I think can shed some light,
and some humor, on this situation,

which I think we could all use.

He travels across the country talking to
teens about the ups and downs of social media.

Please give a hand for Dave Bagliardi!

Woo. Alright, how y'all doin' this morning?

Okay, okay. I get it. I get it.

It's early. I know how it is.

You haven't had your Starbucks
yet. I feel you. Boy, do I feel you.

But I think we can do a
little bit better than that.

So, how y'all doin' this morning?

Okay, okay.

Not bad, not bad, I can work with that.

Good morning, everyone.
It's good to see you.

As your lovely principal mentioned,
my name is Dave Bagliardi.

And before we get started here today,
I wanna tell you all a little story.

Wayyy back when I was in high
school, things were a lot different.

And I know you're probably asking
yourself, what does this old geezer know

about anything that is going on with me, right?

Hey, is your friend coming?

Kay didn't make it.

None of my friends did.

- Do you still have your phone?
- No.

My parents got to me after you hung up.

They made me put it in a "Detox Box. "

My parents said the same thing!

- They used that exact term?
- Yeah.

- They said it was to reclaim my focus game
and cut my screen time in the meantime.
- My screen time in the meantime.

Where are they getting this?

It's like they're reading from the same script.

I don't know. It's weird.

Do I even want to know?

Unless you've seen it, I
doubt you'll believe me.

Well, I haven't, but...

I just want to know
what's brainwashing my parents.

And I want my phone back. I can't
fall asleep without Bob Ross.

Me neither!

Alright then, Ashmsauce.

What do we do first?

If I could just use the
internet for, like, five seconds.

What about the computers in the library?

Disconnected. I already checked.

Alright.

I know someone who will definitely
let us use their computer.

Come on.

I'll drive.

- Whose house is this again?
- This rich kid, Oliver.

Heard he was having
a ditch party.

Looks like I was right.

Won't his parents be home?

Fuck no. They work in, like,
international shipping or something,

and they're hardly ever home.

He practically lives by himself.

Were you even invited?

We're girls. I don't think he'll
care how we got here.

Besides, he's a really big fan of your channel.

- What?
- Yeah, he's the one who told me about it.

I'm kidding!

You know, for someone who makes
ASMR videos, you're a little tense.

Hey, Oliver.

Hey, Cassidy! Hey... you guys. Come in.

Come in. Come in. Help yourself to whatever.

Actually, do you have a
laptop that we could use?

Uh, the wi-fi password is on the wall in there.

We don't have phones.

Oh shit! 'Cause of Grimcutty?

Wow, that is... fascist.

Uh... yeah, sure.
Come on, you can use mine.

So your parents got the Grimcutty hysteria, huh?

I feel for you, man. But we
don't care about that here.

- I don't suppose you know what the
Grimcutty actually is? - What do you mean?

I mean, what it is that's
making people cut themselves.

Is it just some asshole sending
people messages on WhatsApp?

Look all I know is it's the reason we don't
have to go to school if we don't want to.

So that is what we're celebrating.

Wait, wait, wait, I have an idea.

Everyone, take out your knives!

When I hit record, I want everyone to start,
pretending like they're brainwashed
by Grimcutty.

Three, two, one.

- Grimcutty.
- Grimcutty!

Grimcutty. Grimcutty! Grimcutty!

Aren't your parents gonna see that?

My parents? No. They're in,
like, Morocco or something.

Just boot it up
for you real quick.

There you go.

Whoops. Uh...

That wasn't... That's... school, um...

There you go.

Do I even want to touch this keyboard?

Just do a search for "Detox
Box," see what comes up.

Fran, I ordered a breathing treatment
for the guy that's in room 2.

Let go of me, man! Get off me!

This is bullshit!

Another one of those kids
who played that cutting game.

You know, on the internet with that scary guy?

Your kids aren't into that
kind of stuff, are they?

Uh, no. Thank god.

All I can say is, thank god I don't have kids.

- Hey.
- Hey, I just got to the school.

She's not here.

We should never have let her leave the house.

Okay, calm down, calm down.
Are you sure she didn't go home?

Well, I'm headed home now.
Get there when you can.

Oh god.

Wait, click on that.

Looks like a mommy blogger.

"Hi, I'm Melinda.

"Years ago, I began a journey
that would change my life forever.

A journey called motherhood. "

Wait, go back to the post.

"Is your child's smart phone
making them grow horns?"

"Ear infections:

Is your 5G network to blame?"

"My son is never bored.

Here's why that's a problem. "

Oh my god, no way!

That bitch!

"Cut your screen time in the meantime. "

Anything about Grimcutty?

Does it say what it is?

- Oh.
- She took it down.

But whatever. I think it's
obvious she's hiding something.

Hey, did you hear about that kid in town

- that stabbed his mom?
- Mm-hmm.

Well, how much you want to bet that's her.

How do you know?

Well, look at the posts. I would stab her.

This has to all be connected somehow.

Maybe.

Let me see if I can find her address.

Well, let's just regroup tomorrow and do it.

I gotta get home.

Get home?

Yeah, I just don't want to
freak out my parents even more.

I spent years training them
to stop worrying about me,

I don't want to screw it all up now.

Why do they worry about you?

I don't know, they just do.
And I hate it.

Wait, hey, hey, Cassidy?

Are we cool?

Yeah, why wouldn't we be cool?

I couldn't tell from your comment
if you were, like, pissed off or...

My comment on your video?

I thought I just put "wow. "

Well, yeah, but I, I couldn't
tell if you meant like wow.

You know, in real life, you are way
different than you are in your channel.

I thought you'd be way more, like, chill.

I am chill!

- Hmm.
- I am.

Look, okay, I just haven't had any time
alone to relax and process all of this.

That's something I need.

I'm actually a really Zen-like person.

Really?

You don't strike me
as Zen-like at all.

Why not?

Dude, because... a Zen-like person
doesn't have to hide in their room

and meditate every time something goes wrong.

A Zen-like person could be in
the middle of the most fucked up,

insane situation ever and
still find inner peace.

That's what Zen is.

That was Sarah. They still
haven't heard from her.

Well, I think it's time to call the police.

Yeah.

Is that Asha?

Attached link.

Kamran, please just go back downstairs, alright?
Everything's going to be fine.

Amir.

What?

Oh my god.

- Where is this?
- Oh my god.

Ughhh!

Please be online.
Please be online.

Boy, are you in trouble.

Mom and Dad just peeled out
of the driveway at full blast.

What? Do they know where I am?

Sure seemed like it.

Where are you anyway?

Never mind. Um, is the wi-fi back
on? I need your help finding somebody.

Yeah, but Dad installed some
kind of monitoring software.

Anything I do could set it off.

Wait, they just left you there by yourself?

Yeah, so?

I haven't seen the Grimcutty.
They don't worry about me.

Yeah, they don't worry about you.

Find who?

I need to find out where this woman lives.

Can you do it?

There are ways, but...

What?

This might set off Dad's thing.

I don't want to get in trouble.

What the frick is wrong with you?

Kamran, I don't know exactly
what's going on with me,

but I could really use someone
to believe me right now.

Please. I need your help.

Fine, I'll work on it.

- Thanks, stupid.
- You're welcome, jerk.

Hey everyone. I think this woman started
the Grimcutty hysteria. This is her blog.

- Oh my god.
- What?

She's posting about Grimcutty now.

What?

She's posting about Grimcutty, hurry!

Hey, hey, look at that!

- Huh?
- Look at that!

- Look at what?
- That!

How can you not see that?

Goddammit.

Help! Help!

Please somebody help me!

Help!

Somebody. Anybody, help!

Help me!

Help! Anybody!

Asha!

Somebody help me!

Asha!

Asha! Asha!

Drop the knife! Drop it, drop it.

Let me see.

Goddamn.

Did you see it?

It was right there. How did you not see it?

We're gonna get you the help
that you need, sweetheart, okay.

I promise.

What the hell?

Someone's using the wi-fi
in our house.

Did you leave your laptop out?

- Me?
- Yeah, you.

Uh, no. It's in the Detox
Box with everything else.

Well, then who the hell is this?

What did you do?

What did you do?

Asha, tell us the truth, what did you do?

It's not his fault.

- Come on.
- I told him to do it.

Mom, Dad, just calm down!

Seatbelt! Now!

Gotcha.

Kamran!

Oh my god, Kamran.

- He's breathing.
- Oh god.

Hey! Get back!

Can you hear me, baby?

I'm gonna call 911.

Uh, hi. Um, yeah, uh, my son,

we just found him on the
floor, he's unconscious.

That's it, careful, careful.

You have to go slow because the pain
meds knocked you out pretty good.

Doctors are hopeful.

They're outside right now talking to your dad.

They, they say he could wake up any minute.

Oh my god, I'm bleeding again.
There's blood.

No, no, no, it's fine. Let me see.

Stay put.

You know what, I have to get somebody
to come change your bandages.

And I'm actually gonna get you some clean sheets

and some blue pads while I'm at it.

You just stay put, okay.

We made an appointment for
you for later this afternoon.

With a psychiatrist.

It's not my fault.

Of course it's not your fault.

That's what Dad thinks.

You know, he's, uh, he's... your dad's scared.

So he... he overreacted, that's all.

I'll be right back.

Mom?

You've known me my whole life.

I've never hurt myself before this.

Just think about it,
doesn't make any sense.

We saw you cutting yourself!
You were cutting yourself, Asha.

What am I supposed to do with
that? You tell me.

Let's let the psych handle it.

I think that he's gonna help
you make sense of this, okay.

I'll be right back.

I'm sorry, Kamran.

Sasha Beady, 4152. Sasha Beady, 4152.

Mr. and Mrs. Johnston.

Come with me, please.

New, disturbing reports
of teens gathering together

to try the Grimcutty challenge

watch each other cut themselves

and even engage in bizarre
group cutting rituals.

For more on this developing story,

we wanna go now to News Channel 8...

Okay, I believe you now.

Where did it get you?

I was trying to crawl under the
bed, and it got me in the legs.

I can't even walk.

You know, when I asked you about the cuts,

you could have just said
that Grimcutty is this

real life huge fucking
creature, and it's gonna cut you.

- When did you see it?
- Last night.

When my parents saw that video, they,
like, freaked out and sent me to my room.

They were convinced I was suicidal.

What happened to you?

Wait, what are you even doing here?

I got the address.

Of the mommy blogger?

I was just on my way there.
I stole my mom's keys.

What, so you're just gonna knock on her door

and be like "Oh, hi,
I'm a huge fan of your blog. "

I just happened to be in the neighborhood.
And by the way, are you totally insane?"

I have a theory.

Tell me.

You just said when your parents saw the video
and freaked out, that's when it attacked you.

And it didn't attack my brother
until my parents found out

he was using a computer and freaked out too.

It's like whenever their hysteria about
Grimcutty boils over, that's when it attacks.

So... what?

What? Our parents are controlling it?

Not on purpose.

It's like they don't know they're doing it.

And they can't see it, so when
I try to tell them what I saw,

it just makes them think I'm more crazy
and just makes them more hysterical.

It's like a vicious cycle.

Okay, so how do we break the cycle?

I don't know.

Well, you need to figure it out soon.

'Cause this psychiatrist
that I met with earlier,

my parents are meeting with them right now.

So... if our parents freaking
out makes it stronger,

then... I'm dead.

Oh shit.

Shit.

- Find anything on there?
- No.

- Where's Asha?
- Um...

the psych's office had an opening,

so they were able to take her in earlier.

And she was feeling better so...

I was actually, I was just waiting for you.

What did the doctor say?

More of the same.

He might wake up today. Might not.

They've had a lot of
Grimcutty-related cases, so...

You know, this could all just
be some kind of cyber attack.

I mean, they've tried it before.

Use our networks to incite violence.

I mean, anybody could do it from anywhere.

You know, aim it against a
particular community if you wanted to.

Like ours.

Okay, I am, I'm gonna head back down.

Oh, I'll let you know how, how,
how it goes after her appointment.

Dammit, Asha.

What the hell are you into now?

Hi, can I help you?

Hi.

Sorry to just show up like this, but
I read your blog and I was wondering

if I could ask you some questions about it.

It's, it's for a class, and I didn't
know how else to contact you, so...

You could have just emailed me but, uh,
sure, what, what, what did you want to know?

Uh, well, I saw your post about Grimcutty,

- and I was wondering...
- Sorry, I don't know what that is.

Grimcutty. The online challenge
thing you posted about.

I don't remember
anything like that.

Oh, It's like a, um,
a challenge thing

that's making... well, supposedly
making kids cut themselves.

And there... there was like a rumor or something

that, like, it made some
kid, like, stab his mom.

I'm sorry, wha-what did you
say your name was, honey?

Asha.

Asha, if I had a nickel for
every time I get asked about this.

Look, the bottom line is that my
family had an accident a while ago

and needless to say, it's been blown
way out of proportion, but it's fine.

We're fine. Everything's fine. Really.

Okay. Well, are you sure you
haven't heard of Grimcutty?

Do your parents know that you're here?

Do you really not know what's going on?

What do you mean?

Everyone in town is reading your
blog and following what it says.

Like, religiously.

Well, I haven't, uh, updated it in a while

but I... I'm very glad to hear
that people are connecting with it.

Maybe you should go home.

But you should email me. If I think
of anything, I'll let you know, okay?

Drive safe.

I know, it's for your own good, baby.
No. Drink all of it.

Hello?

Oh my god.

Oh my god.

Hey. What happened to you?

Put me back.

What?

Lock me back in.
She'll see you.

But I have to get you
out of here.

No. I can't make Mom
worry about me.

Stay calm, Asha.

Just relax.

Reach back with one hand, grab
your phone, and toss it to me.

I don't have a phone.

A girl your age leaving our home
without a phone?

I think you better tell me
the truth.

Detox Box, bitch!

Out into the hallway then.

Now!

One... oh.

Are you sure
you don't have a phone?

- What did you do to him?
- Me?

He did that to himself.
I'm just trying to protect him.

Um, oh hi!

Are you looking for your daughter by chance?

- Yes, is she...
- Mom! Mom! I'm back here!

Just come, come in.

- Please, come in.
- I'm sorry.

She broke in, and I found
her in one of the back rooms

and I had to lock her in real quick.

I'm really sorry, I just didn't know what to do.

I was about to call the police.

Oh gosh. Please, no need.
I- I-I'll take it from here.

- I'm so sorry about this.
- No worries.

I'm just gonna unlock her real fast.
I'm Melinda, by the way.

- Yes, yes, I know. I read your blog.
- Mom, look out, she's got a gun!

Gosh, she just, she really
hasn't been herself lately,

and I was worried she would
do something like this.

I'm... again, I'm really, really sorry.

As long as you're sure that
you can handle her, I won't ask.

- Thank you so much. - Mom, don't listen
to her, she just pointed a gun at me!

Take it easy.

I'm serious! She's got her son
locked up in a closet upstairs!

Okay, calm down, we're gonna
talk about it in the car, okay?

No, wait, wait, we can't
just leave him here with her.

- She might kill him!
- Just calm down.

I'm not gonna let her do that to him, okay!

We have to get him out of here.

She might kill him. We have to save him.

- Asha, stop it!
- Mom, I know what I saw...

I am so sorry about this.

Already forgotten.

We're gonna talk about it when
we get back to the hospital.

Mom, the same thing that was happening to
me, same thing's happening to him, only worse.

What's happening to you, Asha?

The Grimcutty.

- No. No. No.
- The hysteria is feeding it!

No, no, think about it!

It didn't start attacking me
until you and dad saw that photo...

Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, chill for a second.

Hey, will you please
just calm down?

Calm down?

After everything that you have put
us through, you want me to calm down?

I didn't mean to put you through anything.

Of course you didn't!

Because that would require
you to think for one second

how your behavior affects us!
But you don't care!

As long as we pay your phone
bill, as long as we cook your food,

and buy you the latest versions of everything,

you could give a flying fuck!

Oh my god.

Oh god.

What the hell am I doing?

Alright, just, um,

take that in case anything happens,

Stay in the car, and I'll be right back.

Wait, Mom, Mom, what are you gonna do?

Stay in the car, Asha.

Okay.

- Car trouble?
- No, you know, I just had one
more thing, if you don't mind.

- Sure.
- See, my daughter, she just
said something kind of crazy.

She said something about your son being
starved and, and locked in a closet.

So I'm just trying to figure out
why she, why she would say that.

Your daughter is
quite a character.

She is, I know, believe me I do
know. She's quite a character.

Never known her to be a liar though.

Well, I don't mean to presume, but
sometimes people with mental illness

believe things to be true even when they're not.

I also think I left my keys inside.

No. Excuse me, excuse me!

This is ridiculous.
You need to leave right now.

You know.
She said another thing too.

She said that this whole
Grimcutty thing started with you.

Is that true?

You need to leave my house right
now, or I'm gonna call the police.

Go ahead, call them please, I'll wait.

Maybe they can check on your
son, make sure he's okay.

This big collective freakout about
Grimcutty has put my family through hell,

so I would like to know where it came from.

Did you make it up?
Just tell me and I will leave.

I didn't make it up, I don't know who made it.

I caught my son looking at it online,

and the next thing I know, he's cutting himself.

And ever since then, I've been
trying to keep it out of my house

and away from my child, so
I'd very much appreciate it

if you would just stop talking about it!

Where did he find it? And what was he
doing when he found it? Do you know?

I told you that I don't want to talk about it!

- Did he cut himself?
- Stop it!

Stop it! I've cured him from that.

There's nothing wrong with him now.

There's nothing wrong with him!

Oh god, there's nothing wrong with him.

There's nothing wrong with him.

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

There's nothing wrong with him.

You bitch!

I had it all under control!

But you just couldn't shut up about it!

- Stop!
- No!

- Oh god.
- Mom!

- Go!
- Mom!

Go!

Stop! Stop!

I know what's right for him!

There's castle law in this state, and
I'm legally allowed to defend myself!

I am the one who spread that photo around,
and now I am the one who has to contain it!

Aah!

Asha!

Get the car quick.

Laura!

- This is the kid? Over here.
- Yes, yes, please.

Just be careful, I could have sworn for
a second he almost stopped breathing so...

We're gonna need intubation
supplies and RT in room two, stat!

- And I'll be right behind you!
- And page the trauma team!

I'm gonna go with them. I need you
to stay right here. Don't move, okay.

- Okay. -
Wh-what about Dad?

I'm gonna handle it.

You did great.

Dad?

I've been going over some
of your recent activity.

There's a lot of interesting stuff.

Did you really give your phone number
to someone on the darknet market?

You know how dangerous that is?

I...

You could have put this whole family at risk.

How long have you had this thing?

Oh, and your search history.

Grimcutty, like, fifty times.

Tennis ball bombs, um,

bat sex, the Church of Satan, necrophilia.

Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris.

I didn't know what those things were.

My friends were talking about it, and
I didn't know. I-I was just curious.

Get up. Get dressed.

Kay.

Oh hey.

What are you doing here?
Have you heard from Cassidy?

You don't know.

What?

She tried to kill herself.

Stabbed herself in the neck.

She's not supposed to make it.

Come on. Put your shoes on. Let's go.

- Where are we going?
- Someplace safe.

Hurry up.

Oh, thank god.
Oh, thank god.

There's something
wrong with Dad.

I know.

Leah, Leah, where's Asha?

She's downstairs and she's fine.

You left her alone?

That's what I wanted to tell you, there's
nothing wrong with either of our kids.

- We got this wrong.
- Hey, what the hell is this, huh?

What is this?

It's just a, it's a little
something to help you relax.

What are you doing?

You need to relax.
You need to get some sleep.

Hey, Leah, let me have it.

Just let me give it to you.

Let me have it.

You're gonna feel so much
better afterwards, please.

I understand that you're just trying
to do what's best for the kids.

I know you are.

But I need you to trust me, just this one time.

- You don't understand...
- Please trust me.

Leah...

Ma'am, are you the one that brought the boy in?

Yes, I can explain.

- You can't just run off like that.
- Okay.

You gotta answer some questions.

Hey, what the hell is going on?

Our kids are not crazy,
we are doing this to them.

I need you to take the shot.

Kamran!

Kamran!

Whoa, whoa! Slow down, kid.

Do your parents know
where you are?

Kamran!

Hey, it's okay, it's okay, it's me.

I just saw the Grimcutty again.

Dad's going ape shit.

I know. The Grimcutty is feeding off him.

It attacks whenever Mom and Dad freak out.

What? How do you know that?

I found that kid who stabbed his mom.

He was trying to kill her so
it would stop attacking him.

It worked. I saw it.

So what do we do?

What are you gonna do with those?

I hurt it once before.

If I can hurt it, maybe I can kill it.

What if you can't?

You're gonna stab Dad?

No! I don't know!

It's really killing people now! If Dad's
really freaking out, it could kill us!

What about Mom?

Don't worry about Mom, she's cool.

What? How did that happen?

I don't know, I don't know, I don't know.

Asha,

you can't... kill Dad.

Just stay here for a minute.

I'll try to get Dad's attention.

And if he's focused on me, it'll only attack me.

You'll be safe.

Good luck, stupid.

Thanks, jerk.

Kamran!

Hey, buddy, it's Dad!

Look, I'm sorry I overreacted, okay.

Everything's gonna be fine!

Everything's...

Everything's gonna be fine.

Kamran!

Kamran!

Asha.

Hey, Dad!

What are you doing here?
Where's your brother?

He's, he's fine, I'm fine too, we're both fine.

Every... ev-everything's fine.

Okay, that's good, good.

Dad, can we start over?

You know, take a breath, relax,

and just have a calm, rational discussion
about everything that's been happening?

Uh, yeah, yeah. I'm all about that, honey.

You know, why don't you
help me find your brother,

and then we can just sit down
and all talk it out together.

Dad, I know that a lot of the things I'm
into might not make a lot of sense to you.

- No.
- And that can be scary for you, I'm sure.

Um, and I...

Well, I-I never try to explain it to
you because I don't think you'll get it.

But I realize now, you can get it.

If we can just have an honest
conversation about it...

Whoa, whoa, Asha, um, honey, what is,
what is that in your, in your hand?

What is that, Asha? Let me see.

Actually, I took mom's phone,

and I've been watching
Grimcutty videos all day long

and I'm afraid of what I might do!

Can you just give me the scissors?
Please, honey, give me the scissors.

Give me the scissors, Asha! Asha! Asha!

Alright, you bastard.

Come get some.

Asha.

Asha, honey.

Dad, please stop.

I need you to put those scissors down, okay?

I don't want to have to hurt you.

Asha, please.

No, no! No!

Aah!

Oh no, Dad.

Dad.

Asha... I'm so sorry.

What? No, I'm sorry.

No, no, you have nothing to be sorry for.

I stabbed you.

I know, it's okay.

I deserve it.

No, you don't. You don't deserve it.

It's okay.

Honey, don't cry, it's okay.

Dad, I love you. I love you.

Hey, everyone.

Gonna do something a little bit different today.

A lot of people have been
asking me about Grimcutty,

I guess because of what
happened to me and my parents.

So I'm gonna try to answer
a few of those questions now.

First question:

did you kill your dad?

No, I didn't kill my dad.

He's not dead. He's fine.

We're all fine.

I mean, yeah, it's pretty messed
up what we went through as a family.

Hey.

But for everyone out there
who had to deal with Grimcutty,

I think you get it.

Which is most of you.

Next question:

What if the Grimcutty comes back?

Well, it could happen, I guess.

We still don't know where it came from,

but if some crazy, controlling
parent like Melinda Jaynes got
wind of it for the first time,

yeah, it could flare up all over again.

But we'll be better prepared to
deal with it the next time around.

Last question:

My parents still worry about Grimcutty.

Do you have any advice?

I would say if you want your parents to listen,

you're gonna have to listen too.

And you have to be honest.

Otherwise, how are they gonna know?

And if you're a parent,

I would say, it's okay to not understand

everything that's going on with us.

It doesn't mean you screwed up somewhere.

It just means you're human.

And being human is scary sometimes.

You might be afraid of what's gonna happen next.

That's okay.

You're doing really well.

Just give some of my techniques a try.

And most importantly, don't forget to breathe.