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[distant indiscernible yelling]

[distant indiscernible yelling]

[indiscernible yelling]

[whimpering]

♪

♪ It's in my hair...♪

♪ in my sleep...♪

♪ in my hands...♪

♪ in my teeth...♪

♪ It's in my chair...♪

♪ it looks like me...♪

♪ and when it stands♪

♪ I take my seat...♪

♪ It's in the air♪

♪ that I breathe...♪

♪ under stairs...♪

♪ it's up my sleeve...♪

♪ Well, in my head...♪

♪ it's in my sleep...♪

♪ with my hands...♪

♪ in my teeth...♪

♪ It's in the air♪

♪ that I breathe...♪

♪ under stairs...♪

♪ it's up my sleeve...♪

♪ In my head...♪

♪ it's in my sleep...♪

♪ with my hands...♪

♪ in my teeth...♪

♪

[sizzling sounds]

Morning, Mom.

Samidha, I need you to help me prepare the prasad tonight.

Sure.

Wait. I'm hanging with Katie later.

Tomorrow, first thing.

Promise.

You can't throw out "kasams" after everything you say.

Mom, just get it catered like Deepa Aunty does.

The point is hand-made prasad.

So please, take it seriously now.

I bet these things were way more fun when you were a kid.

You know, my sisters and I

used to get new outfits every day of the puja.

I used to cook with your Nani.

Your Nani cooked with my Nani.

[phone buzzing]

And--

The prasad needs to be ready when the guests come.

I'm not asking again.

- Good morning. - Good morning.

Dad!

Here you go.

Thank you, Poorna. Sit, sit.

How's the night shift?

I mean, I get to come home to your mom's food, no?

So... not all bad.

But, tell me... how is driver's ed?

How long 'til my baby's a licensed driver?

She failed it again.

Ah-ha...

Well, you know what they say, they say that, third time is the?

Charm.

This was the third time.

[whistling]

Samidha... Uh, uh, uh...

Samidha, don't whistle.

Evil spirits will hear you.

Please.

- Gotta go. - Okay.

Love you.

- Love you. - Love you.

- Samidha... - Love you.

When will this girl learn?

Samidha! Your lunch!

So, Winthrop's City on the Hill is kind of a normative fantasy.

Like if you set up a society

based on the moral superiority of its people,

it's gonna be super rigid and a little homogenous.

Okay. Anyone wanna rebut?

Anyone?

Okay, well let's talk about the economic

repercussions of this statement.

Winthrop's not saying this in a vacuum

and he's also dealing with the unrest on the Arbella

as the settlers are making this long journey.

[Joyce] So, the piety of this once rich...

Hey.

Hey Russ.

There's a kickback by the old golf course on Saturday.

It's BYOB.

I can't.

My mom would blow a fuse if I missed Puja Day.

What's that?

Uh... So this one, like, god named Durga

killed this demon, Mahishasura

and every year we celebrate her victory.

[Joyce] ... an economic system,

a labour system that hasn't quite found its...

...bearings.

[Joyce] You're half an hour late, Tamira, again.

I don't suppose you have a note for me this time?

Just... just go on, sit down, please.

[ominous music]

[school bell ringing]

Thank you.

Thank you.

- 'Sup Joyce? - Ah yes, thank you.

See you tomorrow.

Sam... wait.

What is the deal with Tamira?

Why are you asking me?

The other teachers said you two used to be close.

I mean... is she doing alright?

Uh... why wouldn't she be?

I hear the way the kids talk about her

in the halls and...

she eats her lunch under the bleachers.

Does she ever tell you anything?

Well we gotta look after our own, Sam.

Especially when one of them's falling behind.

Joyce, I really gotta get to bio.

If she or either of you are struggling to fit in...

I'm not struggling to fit in.

But if you were...

you could always come to me for help and...

I know you're good, Sam.

I just wanna make sure we're looking out for Tamira.

Tamira's a big girl, Joyce.

If she needed help, she'd probably ask.

Dude... thank you.

My parents would slaughter me if I got a B in calc.

It's unfair how easy it is for you.

[shaky breathing]

My stomach seriously drops every time she, like,

appears out of thin air like that.

Just so you know, whatever she's doing,

I'm not against it if it's some kind of, like, cultural thing.

It's not a cultural thing.

So, um, Russ was asking about you in health.

[laughs]

Seriously?

He wanted to know if you spoke another language.

I told him you do.

Hindu.

[laughs]

Hindi.

Say, uh... say Kitty's my best friend in... in Hindi.

Oh...

Kitty... [speaking in Hindi]

That is so cool.

Hey, let's... let's, uh, let's get outta here.

Oh, okay.

[ominous music]

[tense music]

[muttering]

[thunder crashing]

[tense music]

[shaky breathing]

[speaking Hindi]

[shaky breathing]

[panicked breathing]

[shaky breathing]

[speaking Hindi]

[dramatic music]

[shaky breathing]

[glass cracks]

[dramatic music heightens]

[creature vocalizing]

[screaming]

[whispering]

[indistinct conversations]

My mom's been acting like such a bitch.

I think she's menopausal.

Did you know we're supposed to end up like our moms

when we're older?

I'd hate to end up like my mom.

What? Your mom looks like she's 25.

It's not how she looks, it's how she is.

She's so afraid. You know?

I'll see you later.

[whispers] Hi Samidha.

Hey.

You know you could just call me Sam now.

Everyone else does.

I need your help.

What... what do you need?

I need to tell you something and you just...

you have to believe me.

[voices whispering]

Tamira, you look really tired.

How long's it been since you've slept?

Promise you'll believe me?

Promise.

Kasam?

Mmhmm.

There's something in here.

I know you can't see it but... it... it lives inside.

Don't you hear it?

Where...where'd you even get this thing, Tamira?

I found it at his house.

It was saying my name, calling out to me.

His house? Who's house?

I thought I was strong enough to keep it inside.

I thought... I thought if I just fed it but it's...

so hungry all the time and... all it wants is raw meat.

Tamira...

And it's getting stronger and I'm not strong enough

to keep it inside so I need your help.

- Okay, Tamira... - I need your help!

Okay, okay, okay. I wanna help you, I do.

So just... calm down. Okay?

And tell me the truth.

What's going on with you?

There's a monster in here.

[ominous music]

- [indiscernible whispers] - [ominous music]

Oh, it's... it's all the stories,

the ones we heard growing up.

They're... they're true. They're all true.

You're such a fucking psycho.

[dramatic music heightens]

No...

Please. Samidha.

I can't do this alone.

Please.

[glass shattering]

[dramatic music heightens]

Tamira...

[panicked breathing]

[muttering]

Hey Tamira, I'm...

You shouldn't have done that.

You dropped... you dropped this.

Tamira, Tamira, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, okay. I'm-

[shaky breathing]

Tamira?

What... what is it?

[Tamira breathing shakily]

Tamira? Tamira?

Tamira.

Hey. Hey.

- [growling sounds] - [Tamira screaming]

[muttering in Hindi]

No... I... what?

Samidha! Please!

I'll get help. I'll get help.

No, no, no. Don't go!

Don't go! Don't go!

[screaming] Don't go!!!!!

[shaky breathing]

[growling sounds]

[screaming]

[chilling music]

[shaky breathing]

[police sirens]

[police radio chatter]

Hey.

Tamira's mom is filing a missing person's report.

Have you talked to her?

Does she know where Tamira's been,

who she's been around?

No.

Sam... you were the last person to see her.

Did something happen between you and Tamira?

[ominous music]

- [dramatic music] - [panicked breathing]

[shaky breathing]

[screaming]

[screaming]

[Indian music playing]

♪

♪

[Poorna] Samidha?

♪

♪

♪

♪

Have you guys seen Tamira's mom?

No.

Welcome everybody.

[guest] Shh...

Today, our friend...

Radha is praying for the safe return of her daughter, Tamira.

Let's all pray for Tamira together.

Please God, don't let them end up like the Choudharys.

What is it?

Remember when the Choudharys used to come to these things?

What was their deal?

Uh...

When we first met them

we knew there was something... broken...

about that family.

It's like they were running from something in India.

Then the boy, Karan...

we all thought he was a good kid.

Smart. Good future.

And then something changed.

You should have seen that boy the last time I saw him.

He was talking to something... something that wasn't there.

Hey...

What's going on, meri jaan?

Karan Choudhary...

What are you doing here?

You have to be out there, with the guests.

I can't be here right now.

Samidha, you can't just leave.

This is our puja.

Guys, shh... come on. The guests can hear you.

She's trying to leave in the middle of our puja.

Let her go.

What?

Go, go, go.

Sweetheart. Sweetheart, please. Please.

Let's give her space.

Come on.

[dramatic music]

[thunder crashing]

[thunder crashing outside]

Shit.

[whispering voices]

Jesus.

[reading] Trap it in a vessel... keep it inside.

[thunder crashing outside]

...Seven chakras.

[phone buzzing]

[gasp]

[thunder crashing outside]

[shaky breathing]

♪

♪ Easy runner... undercover... ♪

♪ feel the cold 'cause I'm burning up the summer... ♪

♪ And you know...♪

♪ I'm gonna live it...♪

♪ 'cause I'm feeling alive...♪

♪

♪ All I need is love...♪

♪

♪ All I need is love...

♪

Hey!

♪

♪

You alright?

You look a little... you know.

Uh... just a lot of new faces.

Hmm.

Do you like, uh, you like dancing?

I don't dance.

Come on.

♪ I feel lost...

♪ but I'm trying... I'm trying... ♪

♪

No... no way, I... I'll watch you dance.

No, thank you.

Come on.

No. I don't even know anyone here.

Who gives a shit?

Alright. Come on.

Russ, I... wait...

♪

♪

♪

[pouring rain]

[thunder crashing]

Oh, my god, I am soaked

and I just got mud all in your car.

I am so sorry.

No, no I'm fine. I don't care at all.

Don't worry, it's just mud. It washes out.

It's fine.

[thunder crashing]

You keep doing that.

What are you thinking about?

[sighs] Tamira.

[Russ] Oh shit. The girl with the jar?

I mean... Were you guys close or...

She ran away, didn't she? That's what I heard at least.

I don't... I don't think she ran away.

Do you remember that, uh...

that Indian kid who died last year?

Yeah. Uh... he killed himself, right?

Okay, so... Tamira had his journal.

I think she found it at his house...

It looks like he was burned or something?

[both] But it wasn't a fire.

Yeah, I heard that too.

No, shit.

Something about him and that house just feels important.

You know?

[car engine starts]

[music on radio playing]

♪

[thunder crashing]

[ominous music]

[Samidha] I'm sorry.

[Russ] No, you're okay. Here.

[Samidha] Oh, I'm freezing.

[Russ] Here, I'll take your coat. Yeah.

[Samidha] Thanks.

Oh my god.

Shit.

[floorboards creaking]

[Russ] What the hell happened here?

Neighbors heard screaming so they called the cops.

Karan's parents were found mutilated.

They found his body downstairs.

Definitely not going downstairs then.

[floorboards creaking]

[ominous music]

[camera flashing]

He had drawings like this in his journal but this is new.

Is that thing...

coming out of the kid or going inside him?

[police sirens]

Shit! What do we do?

[Russ] Go, go, go! Go, go, go!

[Russ] Let's go. let's go!

[ominous music]

- [heart thumping] - [breathing shaky]

[indiscernible voices]

[screaming]

[breathing shaky]

[growling sounds]

[whispering voices]

[growls]

[shaky breathing]

[gasps]

[panting]

[dogs barking]

Morning, Mom. I... I need your help.

I think something really bad is happening to me.

What happened to Tamira?

What did you do, Samidha?

Do you even know why we celebrate Durga Puja?

We all prayed for Tamira together.

And that prasad that you hated making so much...

...that was our offering.

For her safety.

For her well-being.

I... I'm sorry for leaving, Mom.

Why don't you bring your friends home anymore?

And you don't speak our language anymore.

Do you even remember it?

Of course I do.

So then, why?

Why do you want to be one of them?

Why did you even come here, Mom?

If that's all you were ever gonna be?

Just another desi housewife who cooks and cleans.

[thunder crashing]

[Russ] Got it.

You dropped it in the attic.

Thanks.

You good?

I, uh... I lied about something.

What?

[indiscernible voices]

Tamira was my best friend.

[Samidha] Back when we were kids.

[Tamira] I found you!

But then we got to high school and I wanted more friends.

And I told Tamira it was...

it was time for us to try and fit in.

But she just didn't wanna grow up.

And... and I could feel the way people looked at me

when I was with her and I just...

I just hated it.

I'm not crazy, right?

No. Not at all.

Like, I hate what I did to her. But after Karan, it was like...

people started looking at me different.

They didn't... they didn't see me.

I don't know.

I just didn't wanna be that girl.

What girl?

Come on, what girl?

You're nothing like Tamira.

I'm sorry.

Uh... I don't mean to keep going on about my shit.

Was that okay?

Only if you're into it.

Can I, uh... can I kiss you again?

- Yeah. - Okay.

[Samidha coughing] [Russ laughs]

Sorry.

[coughing]

[whispering voice] Samidha... Samidha...

Samidha... Samidha...

[whispering voice] Samidha...

[whispering voice] Samidha...

Where are you going?

[whispering voice] Samidha... Samidha...

[whispering voice] Samidha...

[whispering voice] Samidha...

[chain-links rattling]

[ominous music]

[growling sounds]

[shaky breathing]

[shaky breathing]

[distant screams]

[Russ grunts]

- [screaming] - Oh!

[screaming]

[muffled voices]

[Inesh] Sam... Sam... Hey, look at me.

Here. Come here.

[sirens wailing]

I don't even know who she is anymore.

This is our Samidha. She's a good kid.

What are you even saying?

She won't even tell us what happened.

[shaky breathing] [heart pounding]

[screaming]

Oh, God...

I don't know what we're even doing here anymore.

What? We're talking--

I mean, here.

We're at home.

Home?

Did you see how they looked at us?

[stairs creaking]

Where are you going? Come here.

Look, Samidha... Sam...

We're not... we're not angry with you.

We just want to understand.

Can I go to school, please?

No, Sam...

She won't tell us anything.

Poorna...

I don't...

You wouldn't understand.

You're right. We don't.

Please, Sam.

The boy died. This is serious.

Don't bother, Inesh.

She won't tell us anything.

And why would she? We're nothing to her.

[sobbing]

[ominous music]

[rain pattering]

[distant sobbing]

Mom?

[fly buzzing]

Shame.

Shame.

[fly buzzing]

Shame.

[crashing]

[gasping]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music heightens]

[Poorna crying]

[screaming]

Hey... are you alright?

I heard about Russ. I'm so sorry.

I didn't hurt him.

No, I know. I just...

Sam, you okay?

I'm gonna tell you something and I need you to believe me.

Yeah, of course. Cross my heart and all that.

What's going on?

The cops think an animal killed Russ.

But I was there.

It wasn't an animal, it was something else.

Whatever it is... I think it took Tamira.

Why are you whispering?

It's listening.

Um... tell me again, what is... what is this thing?

I don't know what it is.

Like sometimes it's there but then it's not there at all.

And... and it shows me things in my dreams but they feel so real.

Okay. Sam...

you look like you haven't slept in days

and lack of sleep can cause hallucinations...

Joyce... this is real.

It's infected my mind.

It's like everything I wanted outside of me is inside of me

and I can't get it out.

What... what do you mean? How can I help you?

That's... what's after me.

I... I looked all over and I...

I... I can't... but I can't find anything.

There's nothing.

Okay. Text that to me and I'll look into it.

I'm doing you this favor, now you do me one.

Just take it easy tonight.

Lay low and tomorrow I'd like to introduce you to someone...

I'm not crazy.

I know, but you're also not alone and...

I know it might seem like there's no one

on the whole planet that gets you or... is trying to get you.

There are people that love you that care about you...

[Joyce's voice begins to fade]

Sam?

[Joyce] Sam? Sam?

Are you still with me?

[growling]

[screaming]

[panicked breathing]

[ominous music]

[phone buzzing]

Hey. Are you alright?

You ran off and I didn't know if I was...

[Samidha] Yeah, I'm fine.

Okay. Well... I heard back about that painting.

What'd you find?

[Joyce] Look, I'm only telling you this because you asked.

In East Indian mythology there's a demonic entity

that feeds on negative energy.

It's called the Pishach.

[Joyce] It's a flesh eater. A devourer of souls.

You have to trap it in a vessel, a sort of container,

and then keep it there.

[Samidha] A vessel?

[Joyce] Swamis would sometimes take on the burden of becoming vessels.

But any container could be a vessel.

Tamira found it trapped... trapped inside a jar.

Sam, did you hear these stories growing up?

From your parents maybe?

[Joyce] Do you think all the stress from the last few days

- has brought these stories back? - [Samidha] I gotta go.

[Joyce] Hey, hold on. Sam...

Do you need me to come by?

Look... you came to me for help.

So let me help you.

[Samidha] Yeah.

Okay. Send me your address. I'll be right there.

[Joyce] Stay safe, Sam.

[crying]

I... I wanna tell you the truth.

Then, tell me.

You're not gonna believe me.

Samidha, I'm trying.

Talk to me. Please, Sam.

When Tamira and I were kids...

you used to tell us those stories that the ayahs told you.

What is the Pishach, Mom?

Samidha-

Please... tell me.

The ayah said...

never to sleep with a bad feeling in our hearts.

Because there's a dark thing that feeds on those feelings.

Anger... hatred... loneliness.

How?

It needs to...

What's the word?

Tenderize the soul by attacking your sanity.

By isolating you from those who love you.

[growling sounds]

And if anyone tries to help you...

It will hurt them.

I know I sound crazy.

But it's real.

All those stories that the ayahs told you... they're real.

I think it started with Karan.

Dad said that family was running.

What if they brought it back to that house?

And that's where Tamira found it...

trapped inside the jar.

Could she still be alive, Mom?

The Pishach doesn't kill you right away.

It eats you slowly over time.

When it's ready... it eats your soul.

She's been gone since Thursday, right?

No. Friday.

Seven. Seven days.

Tamira's gonna die tonight, Mom.

What do we... what do we do? I have to do something.

Samidha...

"If you face a Pishach alone,

you won't come out alive."

Your soul will burn from within until there's nothing left.

What do we do?

I have to do something, Mom.

What are you doing?

To summon a dark spirit we must make an offering.

We don't have meat, but we'll offer what we can.

[sighs]

You can do this.

[growling sounds]

[gasps]

[whispering voices]

[shaky breathing]

[dramatic music]

[shaky breathing]

[laughs]

[growling sounds]

[screaming]

[dramatic music heightens]

[screaming]

[panicked breathing]

[screaming]

[whispering voices]

[growling sounds]

[pounding]

[screaming]

Karan must've died trapping it in that jar but he did trap it.

He must've written down how.

I've seen this before.

It's a shanti prayer.

A call for peace from the stars and seas.

Most importantly within you.

This has to be it. Read it, Mom.

[chanting in Hindi]

[screaming]

[screaming]

[crying]

[chanting in Hindi]

[struggling grunts]

[phone buzzing]

[dramatic music heightens]

[growling sounds]

[flies buzzing]

[crying]

[growling sounds]

[screaming]

[chanting in Hindi]

[growling]

[dramatic music heightens]

[chanting in Hindi]

What?

Nothing.

I was thinking...

...maybe this was my fault.

All of this.

For leaving our family behind.

Mom...

You know...

...we tried our best.

We did as much as we could.

We sent money.

Whenever they needed anything, we--

So strange seeing you this way...

...without your phone.

[dramatic music heightens]

Samidha?

[Joyce on voicemail] Sam, it's real! Run! Run!

[doorknob rattling]

Stay behind me.

Inesh.

Sammy Sam.

What are you doing home so early?

I took off work, thought I should be with the two of you.

What's going on?

[dramatic music heightens]

[screaming]

[screaming] No! Dad!

[growling sounds]

[growling]

[screaming]

- [chanting in Hindi] - [growling sounds]

- [growling sounds] - [chanting in Hindi]

[frantic breathing]

[Samidha] Mom! He's alive!

Help please! My parents are hurt!

Mom, Mom, we hurt it.

Where could it have taken her? Please!

Where a death has happened.

Oh, my god. I know where Tamira is.

Samidha, not alone!

I'm not going to be alone.

[dramatic music]

Tamira?

Tamira?

- Samidha! - Tamira?

[creature growling softly]

I'm not afraid of you.

[creature growling softly]

[chants in Hindi]

[growling sounds]

[speaks in Hindi]

[dramatic music heightens]

[shaky breathing]

[screaming]

- [growling sounds] - [struggling grunts]

[growling sounds]

[fighting grunting]

Come on! Come on!

[screaming in agony]

[screaming in agony]

[chanting in Hindi]

[panting]

[panting]

[scream]

Tamira.

[weakly] Water. Please.

Okay. Okay. Come.

[creature growling]

Please! Tamira!

I can't do this alone, I'll die. Please Tamira.

- [crash] - [Samidha coughs]

[shaky breathing]

[growling sounds]

[dramatic music heightens]

[growling sounds]

[begins to chant]

Ah!

- [growling sounds] - [screaming]

- [growling sounds] - [screaming]

[growling sounds]

[chanting in Hindi]

[chanting in Hindi]

[gasps]

- [growling sounds] - [panicked breathing]

[growling sounds]

[shaky breathing]

[peaceful music]

[chanting in Hindi]

[chanting in Hindi]

- [dramatic music heightens] - [creature growls]

[chanting in Hindi]

A vessel.

- [chanting in Hindi] - [creature growling]

- [chanting in Hindi] - [creature growls]

[chanting in Hindi]

[gasping]

[weakly] Sam...

[tender music]

[chanting in Hindi]

Come, come...

[indistinct conversations]

Samidha...

It's kinda gross that you have to eat that stuff all the time.

You get used to it.

It looks really good on you.

Thanks. I'm getting better at it.

My mom's been teaching me.

Speaking of...

I gotta get back and help her with the prasad for the puja.

I worry about you.

You don't have to.

What if it gets out again?

No matter what happens... it'll never get out again.

We won't let it.

Kasam?

Kasam.

See you tomorrow.

[ominous music]

♪

♪ It's in my hair...♪

♪ in my sleep...♪

♪ in my hands...♪

♪ in my teeth...♪

♪ It's in my chair...♪

♪ it looks like me...♪

♪ and when it stands I take my seat...♪

♪ It's in the air that I breathe...♪

♪ under stairs...♪

♪ it's up my sleeve...♪

♪ Well, in my head...♪

♪ It's in my sleep...♪

♪ with my hands...♪

♪ in my teeth...♪

♪

♪

♪ In my prayer...♪

♪ I don't speak...♪

♪ with my hands on my knees...♪

♪ When I ask...♪

♪ I receive...♪

♪ don't play fair...♪

♪ don't be sweet...♪

♪ It's in the air that I breathe...♪

♪ under stairs...♪

♪ it's up my sleeve...♪

♪ In my head...♪

♪ It's in my sleep...♪

♪ with my hands...♪

♪ in my teeth...♪

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