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Any.

Oh.

We don't.

It's just me. It's Daddy.

Might have lost my cool a little.

And I made an ultimatum.

I'm just scared that she's.

Stringing me along.

What are you scared of?

She doesn't love me.

What are you really scared of?

Being alone. Yeah.

I get it. It can be scary to be alone.

Where there is fear.

There is your task.

There is your task.

Carl Jung had to figure it out.

Uh, that's a good place to end for today.

I got to get my kids to school.

It's been a month. It's our first day back.

They're a little anxious.

Not that they should be standing right outside the door.

Feel like such a jerk?

My shit compares to what you're dealing with.

Well, we're not here to talk about me.

After you. You got your pencils?

Yes. Okay.

What about your math book?

Yes. Wait, wait.

Did you brush your teeth? Yeah, you did.

You want to use the bathroom or.

No, No. Sadie, come on.

We're going to be late for.

I think. It looks nice.

You just put on a jacket because.

We're going too cold out there.

What if I accidentally swallow it and it'll come.

Up your shit? It's not going to come out your.

Shit, Sadie. I don't think you should keep pulling it.

Pull it out. Don't give her that advice.

Don't give her that. Don't listen.

No, no, no, no, no. Don't listen.

No, no, no. Don't listen. Please put on your seatbelt, please.

Jesus, Mom.

What do I like to do?

I could pull it out myself.

Would you like that?

Pull that out right now.

I'm gonna pull it out.

You okay? Yeah.

Have a great day.

Yeah.

Hey. Hey, So I.

So can't believe it. You know?

Welcome back. Oh, my God.

That's. It's really stupid to say.

Thanks for, like, actually talking to me.

Everyone else is staring at me like I have some kind of disease.

You're sick. That's so shitty.

No, I just.

You know, I like your dress.

I wear it if I can pull it off.

It's like a it's like a statement.

That's cute. Thanks.

Yeah, it's my mom's.

Are you sure that's a good idea?

Why am I sure? What's a good idea?

I just wearing her clothes.

It seems like it might make it harder to move on or whatever.

I don't want to move on.

Maybe you don't want to creep out either.

Well, I'm just. I'm just trying to help you.

Wait, hold on. I'm sorry.

What did you say? No.

No. What did you say? I said you're being a bitch.

I don't like that. And.

Take something to change it to.

Check out.

What? It's okay.

We're going to get there. Just be patient.

You've been doing the same thing for 30 years.

We've been working together for what, two?

Yeah. Okay.

Okay. Thanks.

You got this? I'll see you next week.

Dr. Harper, Can I help you?

I need to talk to you.

I'm sorry. I don't see anyone without an initial phone consultation, so you'll have to

make an appointment.

Don't tell somebody. I don't know what I'm going to do.

What's your name? Lester.

Lester Billings. Good to meet you, Lester.

Come in. I got a I got a free hour.

Thank you. Please.

You want to hang.

Up your jacket?

I make you more comfortable.

Can you shut it? Excuse me.

The door. Sure.

I have a few forms I need you to fill.

And I use this with all my new clients.

This is for record keeping purposes only.

So anything you say in here is strictly confidential.

Is that okay? Is this your first time seeing a therapist?

Well, why don't we start with why you decided to see one now?

I didn't know where else to go.

I can't go to a priest because I'm not Catholic.

I can't go to a lawyer because I didn't commit a crime, even if everybody thinks I

have. Even if they all think I did it.

You did what exactly?

Got my kids.

One at a time.

Kill them all.

I came to you because I thought that you might understand.

I saw the story about your wife in the paper.

The car accident. And I know that you know what it's like to lose someone that you love.

Just like that.

What are you saying about your children?

What happened to your children?

Well, the first one, our baby girl, she.

Died from SIDs.

I'm so sorry. I can't even imagine how difficult that must have been.

Do you have kids?

So you can't imagine.

My next two kids died within a year of the first one right after the other.

From natural causes to.

Nothing natural about it.

It sucked the life right out of them.

Even if the first one was an accident, it still may be most susceptible.

Just said. To what?

Check.

I only glimpsed it once.

Put before my enemy's neck broke.

And before they died, my kids thought it was just their imaginations getting the better of

them. My oldest tried drawing it for me.

What is this supposed to be?

It's the thing that comes for your kids when you're not paying attention.

I'm sorry.

You mind if I said I just need to use the restroom?

You believe me, don't you?

Of course I do.

I'll be right back. Excuse me.

Yes. This is Dr.

William Harper.

I'm a man in my office right now who is not well.

I think he might be dangerous.

Yes. William Hartford.

Yeah. He came in right off the street.

No. Know, it's just me and mom and.

I can't see how you are me to I can't love you how you want me

to.

That you are is.

Done.

Done.

Are you okay? Okay.

Okay.

Listen to me. Listen.

So gross. You know.

Right. I think. Connect.

Oh, shit. He does not dead to us.

He.

You and Dad kept.

Shadow monster.

Shadow monster.

I believe they killed all those kids.

I've seen it before.

Sometimes it's better to have something to blame than to admit these things happen.

For no reason.

It's okay if I beat someone to lose all three of their kids like that for no reason.

I think he killed them.

Do much to push them over the edge.

The fear of getting caught.

Are you sure it was a suicide?

Sweetheart, let me handle Sawyer.

Sadie, take Sawyer to her room, please.

It's all right. It's all right.

Good talk.

What do you mean? Are we sure?

Before I open the closet, I heard these noises.

Good fight or something.

An adult man hanging himself in a closet is bound to cause a racket.

It's got to be what you're.

Don't worry about that, man, okay?

He gets scared. You know where to find you.

You're tired. No, no, it's late.

We should go to sleep. All right.

There you go. I don't know how you sleep with all these lights.

Is he like this?

Fair enough. All right.

Love you.

Sleep well.

What's going on? To check.

I'm good at that. See.

Uh.

All clear.

What about the closet?

So.

Susie, just.

Definitely. Definitely.

And you know what? I will bet you that there's nothing in there.

I'll give you a dollar if there's nothing in there.

$5.

Okay. You drive a hard bargain.

Got a deal? Put it there.

You okay? No.

Okay.

I'm going to go. I'll see.

Oh, congratulations.

You're $5 richer.

Are you sure? I'm sure.

Okay, Master check.

Complete.

All right. See you in the morning light.

Just checking, I. Hey.

You okay?

I don't know why this had to.

Happen on top of everything else.

Does it remind you of when Mom died?

Did you have to talk to a bunch of police and stuff?

You never talk about it.

Wasn't that the accident?

I haven't talked to.

You just.

Doesn't feel real. I keep thinking she's going to come through that door with a

cardamom tea that smells like shit.

You. I never even got to say goodbye.

Since she died. I feel like.

Like this weight, this.

This extra gravity.

It's just. You have talked to Walter tomorrow, right?

Yeah. You should talk to her about this.

First read about to you.

Well.

There. We should probably get the.

Hey, let's see you in the morning.

Let's see you, Daddy.

You're thinking about. Just focus on that.

Spell it. If you are here today, please bend.

To the left. I loved one.

Think about how you feel about them, about how they look any.

You have all. How do you feel?

I'm not. What's up with this?

With. If you're there, bend the phone to the left.

Hey.

Having trouble sleeping.

So I hear.

There's something in my room.

So sorry. You were just having a nightmare.

Then. Beating Lauterman.

Let's. Huh?

And I found the culprit.

Might be time for that little guy to come out.

This is what Mom did whenever I had a tooth that wouldn't come out on its own.

She said that deep roots run in our family don't like letting go of things.

So we count to three and slam the door.

Oh, hurry.

Hurry, hurry, hurry.

Okay.

One, two.

Oh, wait. We don't have to do.

I'm so sorry.

You said on three.

I don't know what happened. Yeah.

Mm mm mm mm mm mm.

Um. Uh.

Um. Uh.

Mm mm mm mm.

National politics.

What do you think happens to people after they die?

What do you mean, say? You mean do they go to heaven?

That's what I mean.

Are you wondering if maybe your mother is still here?

This may seem a little.

Out there, but when my father passed away, I felt like I could sense him watching over me.

Sometimes if you pay close enough attention, maybe you'll start sensing your mom, too.

What about other things?

What other things?

I know it's hard to say.

It's like.

Okay. And.

Well, when did you start seeing this dark thing?

Right after that man died.

That makes perfect sense.

Okay, so what is it?

When there are scary things we don't understand.

Our minds try to fill in the blanks.

It's just like all those spooky monsters you think are hiding under your bed.

But we're going to work on that together.

Okay, so it's not so scary.

Now, we talked about this last time when we have a phobia or fear something.

Sometimes the best thing to do is to face it.

And that's what we're going to do today.

So this light is going to be completely solid like it is right now.

And gradually it's going to start flashing slowly, bringing the room down until it's

totally dark.

So you can see that there's nothing to be afraid of.

Okay. Right.

Okay, big.

Girl, Let's start. That's not so scary, is it?

See same old boring offices before.

Just you, your sister and me.

I. So there's no.

So where you got this? It's.

So. John.

Sorry.

Your imagination.

Oh, that's where It's okay.

Oh, that's fine.

No need to worry.

It's okay. To do that again.

Monsters. We talk about them.

They want to speak now.

I think next next session will be the.

Yeah, I know.

Typekit.

You believe me.

Don't you? I exercising control.

Thank you very.

Much. Well, you can avoid talking about her forever.

Guys, ready? Let's go.

Really sorry. They should have never looked at that in our house.

Doing okay. We try to go to sleep.

I'm just trying not to die.

Thanks.

So just in your head.

It's not real.

City.

I do this with all my new clients, but it's for record keeping purposes only.

Woo hoo!

Yeah.

See. 80.

My head just died within a year of the first one right after the other.

Even in the.

First one, was an accident.

It's still remains susceptible.

Susceptible to eclipse.

Step one can perform any step broke.

And before they died, my kids thought it was just their imaginations getting the better

of. My old shit.

Tried drawing it for you.

You. To.

I know. That's you, Sadie.

What is this supposed to be?

It's the thing that comes over your kids when you're not paying attention.

We? You leave me out.

Of course I do. Oh,

sorry, Scott. I never believed you.

I'm sorry. Source.

Shit.

Hey, Drake.

How are you doing now with your voice?

What are you talking about?

Oh, Sawyer wasn't me.

Oh, sire.

Is this the dark thing.

That you've been saying?

Superego. I don't know.

I'm going to find out.

Not a big deal.

Anything. Oh, Drumma.

Just be nice. She just lost her mum.

I haven't seen my dad in like a year.

And I said.

Can I talk to you?

Yeah.

Alone? Hey, what is your deal?

Happen.

I'm sorry about the other day.

Do you want to make it up to me?

Of course. Yeah. Anything?

Can you give me a ride?

This is the right place.

Just wait here. You're not seriously going in?

Sadie. Sadie.

Hello? Is anybody home?

What are you, like, buying drugs or something?

No, I'm buying drugs.

I know things have been hard for you lately, but I just want to see if anyone's still

lived here.

I really hope not.

Like the saddest thing ever.

That. Wait a second.

Right.

Coming back now.

What's going on? There's someone there.

Hello.

Well.

Does anybody here.

There's some kind of a dam.

It could be fun to get off on our misery.

Maybe get a souvenir?

No. I'm Sadie.

Sadie Harper. Your husband Lester came to see my dad.

I just. I wanted to ask about.

What? Did you get this?

I just want to know what it is.

You should pray to God You never find out.

Get out of here before you get yourself hurt.

My. My sister saw.

No less one of you, John.

The last time to you now.

Goes after the hurt.

Vulnerable.

Follows you wherever you go.

Till you're all gone.

Let's having your kids.

They called it.

The man.

Yeah, that's the way I used to look at them like they were crazy.

Found out the hard way.

I was wrong. I used to play with its food.

Scare them to death.

Shit, I can even talk like them.

Like a goddamn echo.

It means the dark to stay hidden.

Was the first thing man used to see at night.

It's really been around that long.

I think it's been around forever.

Go. It's right.

Turn around. Stay in the light.

Stay completely.

Still. You do.

City. Hey, was that a gunshot?

Hey, Sandy. Are you okay?

Ben What happened to you?

Sawyer. I can't right now.

Wait. What happened?

Leave me alone. Sawyer.

Daddy, did you see it? There's no such thing as monsters.

You need to grow up.

I'm serious, Larry.

I need to be alone.

Oh.

Yeah.

I told you this will.

What are you doing?

Where is everything?

It's not a good idea for us to keep our stuff lying around.

The wonder. Saw him seeing ghosts.

How could you do this without even asking?

Sometimes I make decisions that you might not know.

How I feel. Doesn't count.

That's not what I said. Don't put.

Words. That's how you act. You barely pay attention to anything I say.

It's like you don't even give a shit about Mom.

Don't know how I feel.

So tell me.

You're right. I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have done that without asking you.

You can't put your work.

What if I want to keep all of it?

We'll keep all of it.

Just take it down to the basement for me.

Did you? Go.

Go. Irish play.

I give the word. Lovers today.

Hope you like her.

She loves it.

Here's the. I have a terrible voice.

Now. If you're here.

And the flame to the left.

Please. Cannot really use your help right now.

To ability to the and.

See. Oh.

Do you mind? Well, it's not like you're paying.

Now that I haven't seen you a thousand times before.

What's going on with you?

Nothing. Come on.

It's not anything. The house.

I took you to the gunshot.

It's so hard to explain.

Probably just losing my mind.

What are you doing? I'm not leaving until you tell me what's going on.

Well, I'm your best friend.

You were my best friend.

Now you have all these new friends are so much cooler.

That is not true. They are your friends, too.

When was the last time that we hung out?

Sweet home. His account.

Well, let's hang out this weekend.

Even we can all come over.

Yeah. Pity party.

It's not a pity party. That's not what this is.

No, it won't be.

Look, I have no idea what you're dealing with, but you shouldn't be dealing with this

alone, right?

I'm sorry. So this is a big night for your sister.

Okay. So you see any monsters, you come get me.

First, let's give her the night off.

That sound okay?

I don't want to sleep in their bed.

Yeah, you sleep if you stop being the cheese because you're going to be farting all.

Smacking you. Okay.

I will let you play PlayStation for as long as you want.

Screen time is officially suspended.

Just let her have a nice day.

Deal? Deal.

I won't let you.

What are you guys betting on?

We're not betting. We're agreeing to stay out of the way tonight.

Right.

Oh, shit. That's them.

Okay. You look.

Beautiful. You look like you're about to forget all your worries and your strife.

Jungle Book that we used to love, that we used to dance band necessities.

Just don't say anything, okay?

Do you have anything else to drink?

Like other kinds of soda? No.

Like alcohol. Sorry.

My dad's not much of a drinker, so.

Why don't you know? Yeah.

I do have something else, though.

Like your actual.

Drugs.

What? Cool.

And.

Since when do you smoke?

Here's my mom's. But it's cool.

It's not like she's coming back to get it.

Sure. All

right.

This is what we got. A lighter fluid.

Okay, let me just.

Temperatures.

Now you in honor of your mom.

Thanks.

Definitely popping your cherry right now.

Sorry story. I'm so sweet.

You're right. You need water or something?

I'm sorry.

You okay? Yeah.

Are you sure you're going?

Good.

Oh, let me just say. All right.

Are you sure? Thank you.

Oh, my God.

Guys. Say cheese.

What are you doing? Hey, I wasn't even recording.

Are you sure you're okay?

I'm fine. Okay.

I. It was. Hey, isn't this the closet where.

That crazy guy hung him?

No, that was the closet.

My mom's studio.

Did you show it to us? Great.

Where is he came from?

Guys ride around the back of.

Nice guys.

This isn't funny.

Dear boy.

Are you okay? Come.

Are you okay? Was there something in there?

Is there something out there?

No, She's just being dramatic.

Oh, God.

Sandy, the door would not open.

I swear we were all trying.

You are such a liar.

And you're a freak.

Bethany is literally the.

Only person in here who actually likes you.

Literally schizophrenic.

Shit. Crazy.

Guy's got a psychotic.

I'm so done with her.

You are never getting out that.

Can't believe she's. She's never.

Mhm.

He.

Fire.

It's ready. I mean, I know it's hard to.

I believe you.

I believe you. Sorry.

Didn't. Where's Dad?

You went to go talk to a doctor.

But I'm going to find him.

We're going to go home.

He's gonna be right back.

Okay?

Hello. Hi, it's Rita Billings, Lester's wife.

What do you want? I found a way to get rid of it.

No, I need your help.

Get over here. We can end this tonight.

Good. Hey.

What are you doing?

Nothing. Go.

Go back to your sister. I'll be.

I'll be right there.

Well, I can tell it's not nothing.

Hey, bro. I'm here.

After the car accident.

Now swear. This is all my fault.

I didn't do enough to help her process it so that she's having these these manifestations.

Dad, stop their not manifestation.

And what is it? What is it?

Okay. It's real.

I saw something tonight.

In the closet.

Or does it look like I mean, was it.

Dark in there? No.

What?

I'm asking you a question.

Okay. I want you to get mad.

What? Were you high?

I could smell weed on you.

A monster in the closet.

No, never mind.

You never listen to me.

Where are you going? To deal with the problem.

Somebody has to.

Uh.

I wasn't sure you'd come.

I had to. That thing tried to kill my little sister tonight.

Must be getting hungry.

Also time.

If it's weakness, it's drawn to that.

We've got to show its strength.

I just. Spring loaded firing pins.

I'm going to see your head cap.

Take it off. Normally they're used to scare off bears when you're.

Camping, but they're not normally loaded with live rounds.

You think you can kill it?

One way to find out.

Oh, sorry.

Won't let anything happen to you.

You've just got to trust.

Um.

I told you it could be killed.

Oh.

Where have you been? We've been driving around looking for you.

You guys are home? Yeah, we just got back.

You just go back to the car.

Go somewhere bright with lots of people.

You need to get out of there before.

It comes back. Dad, you have to listen to me, okay?

I'm listening.

Ha ha ha.

Taught me.

How do I know it's really in?

He had your sixth birthday party at Chuck E Cheese.

You ate too much pizza and then throw up in the ball pit.

Oh, my God.

Sawyer, are you okay?

What happened? What happened?

It doesn't. First.

We are not going to lose him to.

Hey, where are you going?

Say they don't leave me here.

You'll be safe.

I saw it bleed.

It can be heard. Maybe we can stop it.

My.

And.

Her. So here.

So here's.

Me saying. Look at me, please.

Come on. We're gonna get out of here.

I. Come on.

Sorry.

City.

Oh.

Now. Fuck you.

I was terrified.

And honest with you.

I'm scared to be there.

Scared. I didn't I didn't know if I could handle it or if I was ready.

Mom made it all look easy.

Nothing fazed her, you know, And I.

I figured when I screwed up that she'd always be there.

Then all of a sudden, she was.

I see so much of you girls.

So much.

I never planned on doing any of this without my.

Okay. I know we can handle it.

Right.

Oh, that's right.

Yeah, that's right.

And make your way.

Say you come back in for a second.

Whether. Hello.

Can I help you with something?

Is everything all right?