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BOYD:Previously onFrom...

ETHAN:Ever since you fell asleep

and your eyes got all white, you've been different.

(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING) All I remember is being more scared

than I've ever been in my entire life.

(SCREAMS)

TILLIE: You really need to get some rest. (BREATHES HEAVILY) TILLIE: You really need to get some rest. (BREATHES HEAVILY)

Boyd said it was okay to sleep again.

It's not that. It's--

I feel like something is watching me. I feel like something is watching me.

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

Help me.

You're... You're Victor's father. You're... You're Victor's father.

Miranda used to call it The Bottle Tree.

The original is in a park a few towns over. The original is in a park a few towns over.

You need to take me there right now.

(ENGINE REVVING) (CAR HORN HONKING) (ENGINE REVVING) (CAR HORN HONKING)

(GLASS SHATTERING) (TABITHA AND HENRY SCREAMING)

(SIREN BLARING) Where am I?

There's a tree in the middle of the road. There's a tree in the middle of the road.

(CROWS CAWING) Just take a detour! Go around it!

You have to listen to me.

It's not safe to stop out here once it gets dark. It's not safe to stop out here once it gets dark.

There are things in this town that will hurt us.

(GROWLS) (GROANS)

(PANTS) Jim! Tabitha. (PANTS) Jim! Tabitha.

TABITHA: (PANTS) Please help us!

There's a toolkit on the bus. I got it.

I can't find the fucking keys! Are you looking for these?

(GROANS) NIGHTMARE CREATURE:We get to keep Randall, though. (GROANS) NIGHTMARE CREATURE:We get to keep Randall, though.

(SCREECHES) What the fuck?

(NICKY GROANS) (INDISTINCT SCREAMING) (NICKY GROANS) (INDISTINCT SCREAMING)

WOMAN 1: What was that? MAN: Nicky's been shot!

She's bleeding internally. Nicky, stay with me. (PANTS) She's bleeding internally. Nicky, stay with me. (PANTS)

(SIGHS) (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

MARIELLE: You look much better. MARIELLE: You look much better.

You've been eating a little more?

FATIMA:Yeah.

Finally found something I could keep down.

Donna? Uh...

(SOBS) Why is this happening? (SOBS) Why is this happening?

Why can't they stop?

(CHOKES, GRUNTS)

(MUSIC CONCLUDES)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER) Everyone out of the way.

Out of the way! Clear a path! We're gonna need some fresh towels! Out of the way! Clear a path! We're gonna need some fresh towels!

Okay. This needs moving.

WOMAN 2: Okay, okay. Out of the way. Out of the way. (MUMBLING) WOMAN 2: Okay, okay. Out of the way. Out of the way. (MUMBLING)

All right. Get him down.

(RANDALL GROANS) WOMAN 3: Hurry!

Please. Please! WOMAN 4: What happened?

(RANDALL PANTING, MUMBLING)

WOMAN 5: Get him some water.

Jesus. Tell us what you need. Jesus. Tell us what you need.

(RANDALL GROANING) Easy.

MARIELLE: Here.

(GROANS) Oh... Um...

Uh, I need something to clean and stitch... stitch his face, Uh, I need something to clean and stitch... stitch his face,

and I need more towels! Okay.

Why would they do this? Boyd? Why would they do this? Boyd?

(RANDALL STRAINING, MUMBLING) Hey, hey, hey. All right. Okay.

No, no. Stop! Okay. No, no, no. Hey. It's all right. No, no. Stop! Okay. No, no, no. Hey. It's all right.

No, stop. Take it easy. Take it easy.

Take it easy. No, no, no.

You're gonna hurt yourself. You're gonna hurt yourself.

Take it easy. You did this. Take it easy. You did this.

You fucking left me out there, man.

(GRUNTS) You fucking left me out there! (PANTS)

You did this. You fucking left me!

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC CONCLUDES)

("QUE SERA SERA" PLAYING) ("QUE SERA SERA" PLAYING)

♪ When I was just a little boy ♪ ♪ When I was just a little boy ♪

♪ I asked my father What will I be? ♪ ♪ I asked my father What will I be? ♪

♪ Will I be handsome? Will I be rich? ♪ ♪ Will I be handsome? Will I be rich? ♪

♪ Here's what he said to me ♪

♪ Que será, será ♪ ♪ Que será, será ♪ ♪ Que será, será ♪ ♪ Que será, será ♪

♪ Whatever will be, will be ♪ ♪ Whatever will be, will be ♪ ♪ Whatever will be, will be ♪ ♪ Whatever will be, will be ♪

♪ The future's not ours to see ♪ ♪ The future's not ours to see ♪ ♪ The future's not ours to see ♪ ♪ The future's not ours to see ♪

♪ Que será, será ♪ ♪ Que será, será ♪

♪ What will be, will be ♪ ♪ What will be, will be ♪ ♪ What will be, will be ♪ ♪ What will be, will be ♪

♪ Now I have children Of my own ♪ ♪ Now I have children Of my own ♪

♪ They ask their father "What will I be?" ♪ ♪ They ask their father "What will I be?" ♪

♪ "Will I be pretty?" ♪ ♪ "Will I be pretty?" ♪ ♪ "Will I be pretty?" ♪ ♪ "Will I be pretty?" ♪

♪ "Will I be rich?" ♪ ♪ "Will I be rich?" ♪

♪ I tell them tenderly ♪ ♪ I tell them tenderly ♪

♪ Que será, será ♪ ♪ Que será, será ♪

♪ Whatever will be, will be ♪ ♪ Whatever will be, will be ♪

♪ The future's not ours to see ♪ ♪ The future's not ours to see ♪ ♪ The future's not ours to see ♪ ♪ The future's not ours to see ♪

♪ Que será, será ♪ ♪ Que será, será ♪ ♪ Que será, será ♪ ♪ Que será, será ♪

♪ What will be, will be ♪ ♪ What will be, will be ♪ ♪ What will be, will be ♪ ♪ What will be, will be ♪

♪ Que será, será ♪

("QUE SERA SERA" CONCLUDES)

(ALL GRUNT, PANT) (ALL GRUNT, PANT)

Hey, what happened?

Where the hell did that come from?

KENNY: Okay. Easy. Been a long night. Come on.

Is everyone okay? Yeah. Is everyone okay? Yeah.

Kristi! Oh, my God! KRISTI: I'm okay.

Jesus.

Okay. It could have been a lot worse.

Here. Let's get you inside. Yep. Here. Let's get you inside. Yep.

(GRUNTS) Okay.

Careful. Yeah.

(PANTS) I got her.

Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.

(PANTS)

(DOOR CLOSES) Where's the food?

Dale and the others are bringing it to storage.

What the hell happened last night?

Boyd.

Tabitha's back. What?

She was on the ambulance when it came into town. She was on the ambulance when it came into town.

How?

Those weird trees in the forest, she went through one. Those weird trees in the forest, she went through one.

She said it took her to a lighthouse.

There's a meeting in the diner this afternoon. Wha-- There's a meeting in the diner this afternoon. Wha--

Hey! It's okay.

Just let him go. Let's go. (GRUNTS) All right. Just let him go. Let's go. (GRUNTS) All right.

Okay.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER) (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

I don't think that's quite your style.

Well, I was told I could look through these.

Of course. What's ours is yours.

Thanks. DONNA: I, uh... Thanks. DONNA: I, uh...

I've sent some people out to look for Victor.

It's not a big town.

(HESITATES) If I'd known I was gonna see him, I...

(SIGHS) I would have worn a better shirt. (CHUCKLES)

You know what?

There is a closet upstairs where we keep the good stuff. There is a closet upstairs where we keep the good stuff.

How about we get you fixed up? I'd appreciate that. How about we get you fixed up? I'd appreciate that.

Okay. Let's do that. Come on.

Up here. Up here.

I thought you said Jasper was in the tunnels.

He is. We need supplies. He is. We need supplies.

We can't go into the tunnels unless we have supplies.

What supplies? What supplies?

We need to make sure we don't get lost.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER) (DOOR OPENS, CLOSES) (INDISTINCT CHATTER) (DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)

What happened?

Last night was-- It was a bad night.

I'll wait outside.

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

(DOOR OPENS) Victor.

Who died? (DOOR CLOSES)

Um...

Nicky. Oh.

And Randall got pretty torn up. And Randall got pretty torn up.

He's at the clinic now.

I need some things from my room. Oh, look, Victor. I need some things from my room. Oh, look, Victor.

Here. Come. Come with me.

Come on.

Um...

Something else happened last night. Something else happened last night.

What? (INHALES DEEPLY)

Tabitha came back. Really? Tabitha came back. Really?

And she had someone with her.

Victor, your dad is here.

(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING) (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING)

That's not possible. He's upstairs.

No. Look, look. I know this is a lot No. Look, look. I know this is a lot

to take in. No. No.

Victor. No. No.

No. Victor! No. Victor!

VICTOR: No! (DOOR OPENS)

That was quick. Did you-- Hey.

Victor! Where are you going? Victor! Where are you going?

Victor, will you please just tell me what happened? Victor, will you please just tell me what happened?

I thought you said we were going to get Jasper.

Hey, stop! You're not being fair! Hey, stop! You're not being fair!

You came into my house, you made me sit in that fort,

and now-- Donna said my dad is here. and now-- Donna said my dad is here.

Hmm. What? How?

It doesn't matter. You should go home. Uh... It doesn't matter. You should go home. Uh...

We'll get Jasper later.

(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING) (SIGHS) (FOOTSTEPS RECEDING) (SIGHS)

So, what was it like?

Uh, it was, um...

You know, it was scary, waking up in the hospital, You know, it was scary, waking up in the hospital,

not knowing if it was...

real or if I was still dreaming.

(CUP CLINKING) So, you really talked to Grandma? (CUP CLINKING) So, you really talked to Grandma?

I did.

I just... I just don't understand. I just... I just don't understand.

How do you go from a lighthouse in the woods

to a hospital in Maine? to a hospital in Maine?

(SCOFFS) Honey, I don't... I don't know.

I wish I could explain.

The important thing... The important thing...

is that she's back

and we're all together. (DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR CLOSES) JIM: Hey!

I need to talk to you.

Hey. Back off, man. Wha-- No, no, no, don't... Hey. Back off, man. Wha-- No, no, no, don't...

Jim, it's okay. It's okay.

Please. (PANTS, MUTTERS)

Boyd said... (SIGHS)

Boyd said you went through a tree?

Um... They're called Farway Trees. Um... They're called Farway Trees.

There's a bunch of them in the forest,

but this one has bottles on it. The lighthouse, but this one has bottles on it. The lighthouse,

was it the same lighthouse Miranda was looking for?

I mean, it... it has to be.

Can you get back there without the tree? Can you get back there without the tree?

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

Okay. Then we need to go to the tree.

All right. So, hold on. All right. So, hold on.

She just got back, and...

and you wanna do what? I'm not saying go through it again,

but I need to see it. I've been there, okay? but I need to see it. I've been there, okay?

It was the first place I looked when she didn't come back.

There is... There is nothing to see. Oh? There is... There is nothing to see. Oh?

You mean besides the magic tree.

Oh... (BREATHES DEEPLY)

Okay. The bottles, what about the bottles? Okay. The bottles, what about the bottles?

Was there anything special about them?

I took a few of 'em down.

There were slips of paper inside with numbers written on them. There were slips of paper inside with numbers written on them.

JADE: Oh, my God.

And you don't think that's important?

I think this place does a pretty great job I think this place does a pretty great job

on messing with our heads.

Wait. No. This is different.

It has to be. It has to be.

Look. I get that this place is one giant mind-fuck, but--

(CLEARS THROAT) Pardon my French.

But she went home, okay? But she went home, okay?

That's not a trick. It's not a dream!

That's real, and there is a whole town full of people

who are gonna be banging down your door demanding answers who are gonna be banging down your door demanding answers

whether you have them or not. Take me to the tree.

Let's see if we can find some.

I told Boyd that I was gonna go to that town meeting. I told Boyd that I was gonna go to that town meeting.

Oh, fuck the town meeting! Sorry. Uh, okay. Look. Oh, fuck the town meeting! Sorry. Uh, okay. Look.

Town meeting isn't gonna solve anything. (SIGHS)

But going to the tree...

at least it's a start.

(GROANS)

We had to leave some of the food back at the settlement. We had to leave some of the food back at the settlement.

We, uh... We'll probably need to send another team out We, uh... We'll probably need to send another team out

before the next snowfall.

Yeah. We'll figure it out.

Boyd, there is something out there, something different.

We heard it both times now... We heard it both times now...

walking around outside the cabins at night.

Okay.

If walking around is all it's doing, then, uh... If walking around is all it's doing, then, uh...

we got bigger things to worry about. (SCOFFS)

(SIGHS HEAVILY) (RANDALL GROANING)

(FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING)

What they did to Randall...

Why'd they leave him alive? Why not just kill him?

(INHALES DEEPLY) (INHALES DEEPLY)

I think they want us to look at him.

When the sun's up...

they want us to remember what's coming at night.

Part of the thing that keeps people sane here

is we get to pretend during the daytime.

Pretend that we're safe.

With Randall walking around... With Randall walking around...

then we don't get to pretend anymore.

I removed the bullet, stabilized her. I removed the bullet, stabilized her.

One minute, she was fine,

and then all of a sudden, she wasn't.

Jesus.

(SIGHS) (KRISTI INHALES SHARPLY) (SIGHS) (KRISTI INHALES SHARPLY)

Sorry. Ah, yeah. (SIGHS DEEPLY) Okay. Sorry. Ah, yeah. (SIGHS DEEPLY) Okay.

God. It's a miracle there are no fractures.

Mari. Probably have ligament damage.

This should be elevated.

I'm gonna get you another pillow.

Wait. Just stop for a second, please.

Look. Last night wasn't easy, and it wasn't your fault, okay?

Yeah. Well... tell that to Nicky. Yeah. Well... tell that to Nicky.

I'm telling you.

Look. I know what it's like. I just... (SIGHS)

I don't... I don't want you to-- What?

If you think I'm gonna start spiraling

and stealing morphine again-- I didn't... I didn't say that.

Well, you didn't have to. Well, you didn't have to.

(SIGHS) Hey. Come here.

Come here.

Hey, you are the patient right now.

Can you please just stop worrying about me Can you please just stop worrying about me

and let me worry about you?

Can we worry about each other? (CHUCKLES)

(RANDALL GROANING) I gotta go.

Wait. (SIGHS) Just get some rest, yeah?

(DOOR OPENS) (SIGHS) (DOOR OPENS) (SIGHS)

(RANDALL GROANS)

No. Boyd-- I just wanna help. No. Boyd-- I just wanna help.

I understand that.

Boyd, you being here is just gonna make things worse.

I'm sorry. No. You're right. I'm sorry. No. You're right.

Look. People need you out there.

They're gonna need you at the meeting later.

Both of you. Both of you.

There's only so much people can take, and...

now with Tabitha being back, the fact that she went home...

(RANDALL GRUNTS, GROANS) (RANDALL GRUNTS, GROANS)

(SIGHS) I gotta-- Yeah.

(GROANS)

MARIELLE: Hey, Randall. It's okay. MARIELLE: Hey, Randall. It's okay.

Squeeze my hand. I'm going to take a look.

All right. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Yeah. Yeah.

MARIELLE: Yeah. You're okay.

(RANDALL GROANING) (MARIELLE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

(SIGHS) This is where he stays...

(INDISTINCT CHATTER) ...most of the time. (INDISTINCT CHATTER) ...most of the time.

(SIGHS)

It... It's, uh... (CHUCKLES) It... It's, uh... (CHUCKLES)

It's a little different from his room at home. (CHUCKLES)

(CHUCKLES) (CHUCKLES)

(SIGHS HEAVILY)

For the first few years, every time I'd turn a corner, For the first few years, every time I'd turn a corner,

there'd be this little spark of hope that maybe, there'd be this little spark of hope that maybe,

just maybe... I'd see all of them there. just maybe... I'd see all of them there.

Miranda, Eloise... Victor. Miranda, Eloise... Victor.

And they... they... they'd smile and laugh. And they... they... they'd smile and laugh.

We'd all cry together

about what a terrible mistake it all was. (CHUCKLES) (CHUCKLES) about what a terrible mistake it all was. (CHUCKLES) (CHUCKLES)

Then...

That was the hardest part...

that little bit of hope. (SIGHS)

(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

That was the part I... I couldn't bear. That was the part I... I couldn't bear.

As the years went by...

it became easier to tell myself... it became easier to tell myself...

they were dead. They were gone.

So, that's what I did.

All that time, my little boy was here... alone.

What kind of man gives up on his family? What kind of man gives up on his family?

No wonder he doesn't want to talk to me.

(INHALES SHARPLY)

(EXHALES HEAVILY) (EXHALES HEAVILY)

Just give him a little time.

He'll come around. (HENRY SIGHS)

Sorry to interrupt,

but, uh, we're all heading to the meeting.

I'll be right there.

Meeting?

People have a lot of questions about what happened, People have a lot of questions about what happened,

about Tabitha. Sure.

It was kind of a big deal that she got out of here. It was kind of a big deal that she got out of here.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Come on. Come on! (DOOR OPENS) Come on. Come on! (DOOR OPENS)

Okay! Everybody, just take a seat!

Hey, come on in. Sit down here. Come on.

(DOOR CLOSES) BOYD: Everybody, grab a... grab a seat.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER) (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

All right, everybody. Okay. All right.

All right. Look.

I understand that everybody wants answers, right? I understand that everybody wants answers, right?

CROWD: Yeah. So do I, all right?

But the truth is, But the truth is,

there's no easy explanations to any of this, okay?

There's nothing that-- Where the hell is Tabitha?

CROWD: Yeah.

She's coming, all right?

Just try to remember, she's been through a lot.

(SCOFFS) All due respect, Boyd,

but we've all been through a lot. CROWD: That's right.

I understand that. DALE: A... Are you sure? I understand that. DALE: A... Are you sure?

'Cause I feel like if you had any clue about anything,

she'd be the one talking instead of you.

CROWD: Yeah.

Look. Everybody, just calm the fuck down.

Hey, why were you in the ambulance?

Well, uh, we were in an accident. Well, uh, we were in an accident.

I was taking Tabitha to a park near my--

Tabitha's here. (INDISTINCT CHATTER) Tabitha's here. (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

What do I say? What do I say?

Just tell them the truth.

(DOOR OPENS)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES) (INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES)

Thanks for coming. Yeah.

Yeah.

Did you really go through a tree?

Hey, let's... (CHUCKLES) ...let her talk. It's okay. Um... Hey, let's... (CHUCKLES) ...let her talk. It's okay. Um...

Uh, I did. Yes.

Um... Um...

I... I imagine some of you already know this,

but, um, there are some trees in the forest but, um, there are some trees in the forest

that aren't like the other trees.

(CROWS CAWING) (CROWS CAWING)

Hey. Town meeting's already started.

Yeah. I just gotta grab something. Yeah. I just gotta grab something.

(DOOR CLOSES)

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Hello?

(EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYING) (EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYING)

JULIE:Why did you bring me here?

FATIMA: 'Cause I wanted you to see...

that if you climb high enough...

even a nightmare can look like a dream.

(MUSIC CONCLUDES) (MUSIC CONCLUDES)

(GASPS)

Hello? Hello?

(SIGHS) Hey, Elgin.

(GRUNTS) (GASPS, PANTS) Oh, my-- What the fuck? (GRUNTS) (GASPS, PANTS) Oh, my-- What the fuck?

I'm so sorry. I... I... I thought you--

JULIE: Oh, my God. I'm sorry.

Are you okay?

No.

Not really. I...

I'm sorry. Uh, no. Wait.

(SIGHS) I could use some company (SIGHS) I could use some company

if you're not, uh, you know, busy.

Sure.

Victor?

What are you doing? It's cold out here.

I never drew pictures of him.

What?

When I was alone here, I never... When I was alone here, I never...

I always drew pictures of things that I s... saw...

because I knew the pictures would remember, but I never...

I never drew pictures of what came before. I never drew pictures of what came before.

And now, I told myself... that was a dream And now, I told myself... that was a dream

and that... that he was... and that... that he was...

(SIGHS)

Victor... none of that matters. (SIGHS) Victor... none of that matters. (SIGHS)

SARA: He's here. Hmm.

Somehow, your father is here, Somehow, your father is here,

and he's waiting for you back in town. No. No.

He's waiting for a little boy that drove away a long time ago. He's waiting for a little boy that drove away a long time ago.

(SIGHS) What's he gonna think... (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

...when he sees... me?

I don't know.

I know I'm supposed to tell you that...

it'll be okay and he'll love you no matter what.

But I don't know if that's true. But I don't know if that's true.

You're really bad at this.

Sorry.

(VICTOR SIGHS)

SARA: I don't know you that well...

but you seem like a really good person, but you seem like a really good person,

and that's something to be proud of here.

I would give anything to feel like a good person again. I would give anything to feel like a good person again.

Maybe...

Maybe you're not the only one who's afraid. Maybe you're not the only one who's afraid.

Maybe he's afraid of not being the dad

that little boy remembers.

(CLICKS TONGUE, INHALES) (CLICKS TONGUE, INHALES)

(SNIFFLES)

(BREATHES DEEPLY) (MUSIC CONCLUDES) (BREATHES DEEPLY) (MUSIC CONCLUDES)

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

So, you see this woman in the kimono

even when you're awake? Now, I do. Yeah. even when you're awake? Now, I do. Yeah.

Well, is she trying to hurt you?

I thought she was at first, I thought she was at first,

but when I saw her last night, she asked me for my help.

With what?

I don't know.

If my grandma was here, she'd probably tell me If my grandma was here, she'd probably tell me

it was an angel or something.

"Remember now, there's a reason why angels say "Remember now, there's a reason why angels say

'Fear not' when they saw someone." (LIGHTER CLICKS)

"Even Gabriel was terrifying." (EXHALES, LAUGHS)

Wow. Look at you, Mr. Bible-Study. Wow. Look at you, Mr. Bible-Study.

(LAUGHS) (LAUGHS)

(CLEARS THROAT) You wanna know the fucked-up part?

(INHALES SHARPLY) (INHALES SHARPLY)

I would take the creepy kimono woman

in a heartbeat over the shit I hear in my head now.

(LAUGHS, COUGHS) Like what?

Mostly just screaming.

But I don't... (SIGHS HEAVILY)

I don't just hear it. It's like...

It's like I can feel it too.

This is the only thing that makes it quiet.

(LIGHTER CLICKS) (JULIE INHALES SHARPLY) (LIGHTER CLICKS) (JULIE INHALES SHARPLY)

You talk to your folks about it?

What are they gonna do? (EXHALES, COUGHS)

They're in the diner right now with everyone else,

trying to figure out what it means

that my mom got out. (CHUCKLES) that my mom got out. (CHUCKLES)

What do you think it means?

Honestly, I don't think it means anything. Honestly, I don't think it means anything.

I think this whole place exists...

I think it's just here to make us suffer.

Maybe that's why it let her out. Maybe that's why it let her out.

What do you mean?

Best way to make us suffer is to give us hope. Best way to make us suffer is to give us hope.

I don't think it's ever gonna let us go. I don't think it's ever gonna let us go.

(LIGHTER CLICKS) (INHALES SHARPLY)

You're so depressing when you're stoned. (COUGHS, LAUGHS)

(LAUGHS) Sorry. (LAUGHS) Sorry.

(LAUGHS) (LAUGHS)

TABITHA: And then the next thing I knew, um, TABITHA: And then the next thing I knew, um,

the ambulance had stopped.

The driver said that there was a tree

in the middle of the road, and you all know... (DOOR OPENS)

...how things go from there. ...how things go from there.

BOYD: Come on in.

When you were out there, did you contact anyone? When you were out there, did you contact anyone?

D... Did you let the police, anyone know about this place?

CROWD: Yeah. Um... Wh-- I... I really wanted to. CROWD: Yeah. Um... Wh-- I... I really wanted to.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER) Oh. Are you fucking kidding me?

Watch your mouth. It's okay, it's okay.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER) WOMAN 1: That could be it. (INDISTINCT CHATTER) WOMAN 1: That could be it.

Um... (SCOFFS)

You don't understand. They... They wouldn't have believed me.

Tabitha, you don't know that. Tabitha, you don't know that.

L... Look. (SCOFFS) All due respect,

when she told me, I thought she was out of her mind.

But you believed her. Eventually, you believed her.

To be fair, my circumstances are a little different To be fair, my circumstances are a little different

than the average person.

Look. I... I was in the ambulance

when she was begging us to turn around, when she was begging us to turn around,

and we thought she was hysterical.

What is she even doing here?

She killed someone last night. CROWD: Yeah. She killed someone last night. CROWD: Yeah.

All... All right. Oh, hey, hey!

Come on! Hey! Look. That was an accident.

WOMAN 2: Accident? Oh, yeah, sure.

Everything's an accident unless it's somebody Everything's an accident unless it's somebody

that you and Queen Bee here don't like. (SIGHS)

I'm sorry to say this, but you had an opportunity I'm sorry to say this, but you had an opportunity

that none of us have ever had before,

and you blew it. CROWD: Yeah.

Excuse me. WOMAN 3: We're just waiting here. Excuse me. WOMAN 3: We're just waiting here.

What exactly would you have done, huh?

What would any of you have done? Hey.

Well, I wouldn't have taken a day trip to the park. Well, I wouldn't have taken a day trip to the park.

WOMAN 4: Yeah. Something. (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

That's not what it was. I wasn't taking a day trip.

You were out there in the real world You were out there in the real world

where people can help.

How could you not take advantage of that? How could you not take advantage of that?

MAN: Right. Yeah, they may have thought you were crazy,

but what if they didn't? What if somebody believed you?

(INDISTINCT CHATTER) Well, someone believed me, and look where he is! (INDISTINCT CHATTER) Well, someone believed me, and look where he is!

He's sitting right here with us! Tabitha!

Look. I'm sure everyone could have done a better job Look. I'm sure everyone could have done a better job

than what I did, and I'm so sorry

you didn't have that opportunity.

I'm sorry I don't have your answers. Um...

(SIGHS) I'm sorry. I... I can't do this. I can't do this. I'm sorry. (SIGHS) I'm sorry. I... I can't do this. I can't do this. I'm sorry.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER) Tabitha.

Not now. That's enough. (SCOFFS, SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)

Oh, my God. Hey, listen. Listen.

The most important part of all of this,

the thing that we cannot lose sight of the thing that we cannot lose sight of

is Tabitha got out.

(LAUGHS) For all the good it seems to have done. (LAUGHS) For all the good it seems to have done.

No, no, but it's not about the fact that she is back here.

It's that someone got home. It's that someone got home.

It's not just hoping and wishing anymore.

We have concrete proof now. It's possible. We have concrete proof now. It's possible.

Great. Where's the tree? (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

What? WOMAN 5: Really.

Where is the tree? Where is the tree?

CROWD: Yeah! Everybody just calm down.

Slow down for a second. We gotta think about this, okay? Slow down for a second. We gotta think about this, okay?

Well, what is there to think about?

Tabitha went through the tree and got home, right?

Why aren't we all lining up to do the same? Why aren't we all lining up to do the same?

Because it's not that simple, okay?

We can't just run out there into the forest

and hop into the first tree that we see! Why not? and hop into the first tree that we see! Why not?

Wha-- Excuse me? I just-- I... I'm sorry, Boyd. Wha-- Excuse me? I just-- I... I'm sorry, Boyd.

I don't wanna be here a second longer than I have to be.

Even... Even if there is the slightest chance Even... Even if there is the slightest chance

that this tree can get us home, what are we waiting for?

Okay. Everybody, just-- ELLIS: No, no, no.

Dad... Dad, she's right, okay? (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) Dad... Dad, she's right, okay? (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

We can't just sit here and talk all day-- BOYD: Okay! Look. Stop!

Stop, stop! Stop. No! Listen! Hey, hey, hey! (INDISTINCT CHATTER) Stop, stop! Stop. No! Listen! Hey, hey, hey! (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

You're all assuming that this tree

is some kind of magic door.

It's not. It's not.

I went through one of those trees,

and you know where I ended up?

In a chimney underground. In a chimney underground.

Damn near killed myself.

Look, if-- You don't—

It wasn't even the tree that got her out of here.

She said it was the lighthouse. DALE: Great.

Let's just get to the lighthouse,

and then we'll go home. Listen to me, okay? and then we'll go home. Listen to me, okay?

No, you fucking listen! Dale, come on!

No, no, no! I've had it! I've had it!

Had it with your plans. Had it with your plans.

I've had it with your fucking rules!

I wanna go home!

(INDISTINCT CHATTER) (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(MUSIC CONCLUDES)

(SNIFFLES) ETHAN: Why didn't you go to the meeting?

(TEA POURING) (KETTLE THUDDING) (TEA POURING) (KETTLE THUDDING)

One thing you'll learn when you're older,

any meeting with more than three people

is basically pointless. is basically pointless.

(DOOR OPENS) TABITHA: Jade?

That was quick. (DOOR CLOSES)

How'd it go?

Uh, uh... Huh?

Not great. See? Not great. See?

We're going to the tree.

Finally! Wait. What?

I have nothing to tell them, Jim. I have nothing to tell them, Jim.

They're right. I went out.

I went out, and I came back. And I came back with nothing. I went out, and I came back. And I came back with nothing.

I owe it to them! (SCOFFS)

You owe? Yes!

Tabitha, you just got back, and now Tabitha, you just got back, and now

you wanna go back out there? It's not like she's gonna go in the tree.

Exactly! Would you just stay outta this?

I wanna go too.

No! Nobody is going to a tree. Jim! No! Nobody is going to a tree. Jim!

(INHALES SHARPLY)

I need to speak with you for a minute, please. Yeah. I need to speak with you for a minute, please. Yeah.

(SIGHS)

You need to think about what you're doing.

I am. (JIM SIGHS) I am. (JIM SIGHS)

(SOFTLY) We thought you were dead.

Your children thought you were dead. Your children thought you were dead.

You think I give a shit about what you owe

to these people in a diner?

You owe it to your kids to be here now. You owe it to your kids to be here now.

I'm just gonna show him where the tree is.

That's all. I'm not gonna go in. That's all. I'm not gonna go in.

I'll be back. I promise.

Fine, but Ethan... he stays here with me. Fine, but Ethan... he stays here with me.

Do you know he ran off looking for you

when you were gone? when you were gone?

Do you really want to take him out there and show him

where the... the magic tree is?

Okay. Yeah.

Okay. JIM: Okay.

Ethan... you're gonna stay here with your father, okay? Ethan... you're gonna stay here with your father, okay?

But I wanna help. You're helping by staying here.

I'll be back soon. Let's go. I'll get my coat. I'll be back soon. Let's go. I'll get my coat.

(SIGHS)

(DOOR OPENS) (DOOR OPENS)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER) Dad.

Hey! Stop, Dad! Hey! Stop, Dad!

Come on. Hey! Hey!

What the fuck is wrong with you? What? What the fuck is wrong with you? What?

We are sitting on a powder keg in there,

and you and Fatima are lighting matches.

She's upset. Oh, yeah? Well, guess what? She's upset. Oh, yeah? Well, guess what?

We're all fucking upset.

What we need to do is calm people down.

Okay, or maybe what we need is for someone around here Okay, or maybe what we need is for someone around here

to start doing something instead of sitting around

worrying about what could go wrong.

Is that what I'm doing? I'm just... Is that what I'm doing? I'm just...

I'm just sitting around.

Is that it, huh? Maybe what we need is to start taking chances!

Oh, you wanna take some chances. Okay.

Who... Who... Who you wanna take a chance on?

Whose life are you willing to take a chance in gambling on? Whose life are you willing to take a chance in gambling on?

You know that's not what I'm saying.

No, no! Tell me, 'cause I wanna know!

Who we gonna march out there next? Huh? Huh? Who we gonna march out there next? Huh? Huh?

You wanna do something, right? So, tell me! Who's next?

Who's your pick?

Who's your pick?

Exactly.

What happened in there... What happened in there...

(MUTTERS) ...is a dangerous thing.

It's a dangerous...

(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)

(JULIE GASPS)

I never realized all this stuff was down here.

Yeah. Uh, this is where they store the surplus of weird. Yeah. Uh, this is where they store the surplus of weird.

Oh, uh... I couldn't sleep one night...

and I found this.

(CHUCKLES) Oh, my God.

Oh.

This is, like-- It's, like, the vintage motherlode. This is, like-- It's, like, the vintage motherlode.

Oh, no. No. It's not just vintage.

This shit is, uh... This is '80s vintage. This shit is, uh... This is '80s vintage.

(CHUCKLES) Can you imagine people running through the woods (CHUCKLES) Can you imagine people running through the woods

in, like, fluorescent spandex? (ELGIN CHUCKLES)

With their big-ass hair getting caught in the branches? With their big-ass hair getting caught in the branches?

(CHUCKLES, SNORTS)

I... Oh. Hold on.

Oh. Oh, no way. (CHUCKLES)

JULIE: Wait, wait. Hmm? JULIE: Wait, wait. Hmm?

Like, come on. Hey. Yeah. Hey, that's it.

That's it right there. Hey. (CHUCKLES) (CHUCKLES) Yeah, right? That's it right there. Hey. (CHUCKLES) (CHUCKLES) Yeah, right?

Hey, check this out. (CHUCKLES)

Yeah, we're very post-apocalyptic chic. Hmm? Hey. Yeah, we're very post-apocalyptic chic. Hmm? Hey.

No. Don't do that. No. Don't do that.

Oh, shit. Oh, shit.

Um. Think it still works? (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS) Um. Think it still works? (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

Ah.

(GASPS) Oh. (GASPS) Oh.

Check-- What? Oh, no, this is mine.

Like-- All right. Like-- All right.

(CHUCKLES) I'm keeping that. No, you got one for yourself. (CHUCKLES) I'm keeping that. No, you got one for yourself.

Hey. Elgin. (CHUCKLES) Come on.

Please? Hey! (CHUCKLES) You have to come get it then. (CHUCKLES) Please? Hey! (CHUCKLES) You have to come get it then. (CHUCKLES)

JULIE: That's not fair. (CHUCKLES)

(DOOR OPENING, CLOSING) (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) (DOOR OPENING, CLOSING) (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

ACOSTA: Sheriff Boyd?

You got a second?

I wanted to thank you for what you said in there.

(SIGHS) I can't take back what I did.

I know that, but I think I can help. I know that, but I think I can help.

Oh, yeah?

How's that? The meeting today... How's that? The meeting today...

Look, if you want them to stop focusing on that tree,

you have to give them something else to focus on, you have to give them something else to focus on,

a project or--

We... We had this really big storm.

It hit the coast last year, and it flooded half the town, It hit the coast last year, and it flooded half the town,

knocked out all the power.

And people were scared, they were angry.

And so, the precinct captain, And so, the precinct captain,

he got everyone out to sandbag the marina.

Now, the worst of the storm had already passed,

but it gave people... but it gave people...

it gave them something to focus on.

It made them feel like they had some sort of control.

I see.

So, you've been here less than a day... (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

...and already you've got the solution. ...and already you've got the solution.

That's... That's not what I'm saying.

You think I stuck up for you in there? I'm just--

You think we're buddies now? You think we're buddies now?

The one thing I agreed to was that

you didn't belong in that goddamn room. you didn't belong in that goddamn room.

What happened last night-- You killed someone!

I... And you left two people to die

in that ambulance. I know! in that ambulance. I know!

One of whom you handcuffed to a fucking wall!

I am sorry. Great! Go be sorry then. Try not to kill anybody. I am sorry. Great! Go be sorry then. Try not to kill anybody.

You let me worry about how to take care

of my goddamn town. Thank you! of my goddamn town. Thank you!

(BREATHES DEEPLY) (BREATHES DEEPLY)

(BREATHES HEAVILY) (DOOR OPENING) (BREATHES HEAVILY) (DOOR OPENING)

Fuck. (DOOR CLOSING)

God.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(MUNCHES, BREATHES HEAVILY) (MUNCHES, BREATHES HEAVILY)

Baby, what are you-- What's going on?

FATIMA: Hey, how did it go with your dad? FATIMA: Hey, how did it go with your dad?

It... It was fine. What's-- What are you doing?

Uh. I... I was just, uh, checking

the supplies, the crops, and-- Hey, hey. Hold on, hold on. the supplies, the crops, and-- Hey, hey. Hold on, hold on.

What? What do you want? What? Okay, look, I'm trying to be supportive.

FATIMA: Okay, so-- Okay? And I'm trying...

I'm trying... I'm trying to be patient,

but I... I... I need-- You can't help!

What do you-- Why-- I-- You can't fucking help! What do you-- Why-- I-- You can't fucking help!

Look, babe, I don't understand.

Look, you-- What do you mean I can't help?

FATIMA: You can't fucking help! FATIMA: You can't fucking help!

This... (BREATHES HEAVILY)

This is all I can keep down. What? This is all I can keep down. What?

I think there's something wrong...

with the baby.

I think there's something wrong with the baby.

Something's not right with the baby. (SOBS)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER) (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

What are you looking at? What are you looking at?

Well, uh, there's a motel sign here. Well, uh, there's a motel sign here.

There's a pool.

Where's the motel? Where's the motel?

Are you Victor's dad? Are you Victor's dad?

That's right.

You must be Ethan.

Your mom told me all about you. Thanks for bringing her back.

Oh, I didn't... Oh, I didn't...

You're welcome.

I'm going to the barn to feed the animals. I'm going to the barn to feed the animals.

Wanna come? Um. sure.

Have you seen Victor yet?

No. I don't think he's very happy that I'm here. No. I don't think he's very happy that I'm here.

Why?

For one thing,

he found out I was here, and he just ran off. he found out I was here, and he just ran off.

Oh. He does stuff like that sometimes. Oh. He does stuff like that sometimes.

He gets really grumpy.

I don't think he means to.

You... You know him pretty well, huh?

He's my best friend.

(CHUCKLES) (CHUCKLES)

Sometimes, he gets so grumpy,

he says we can't be friends anymore. he says we can't be friends anymore.

But I think that's just 'cause he's scared.

What do you think he's scared of? What do you think he's scared of?

That I'm gonna die.

Everyone he ever loved here died.

I can come with you,

if you want, up to Colony House. Hmm. if you want, up to Colony House. Hmm.

You don't have to-- (BREATHES HEAVILY)

What's wrong? What's wrong?

Oh, there's Victor. HENRY: Hmm?

(WIND BLOWING) (WIND BLOWING)

It's okay.

Everything's okay.

(SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING) (SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)

Victor?

Victor.

(SHUDDERS) Hey, hey, hey. No, no, no. (SHUDDERS) Hey, hey, hey. No, no, no.

Oh, God. (GASPS)

(SOBS) (SOBS)

I didn't know how to get home!

I didn't know how to get home. (HENRY SHUSHES)

It's okay. It's okay. (VICTOR SOBS) It's okay. It's okay. (VICTOR SOBS)

(MUSIC CONCLUDES)

(BOYD GRUNTS)

(INHALES DEEPLY)

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

What are you doing in here? Just, um... What are you doing in here? Just, um...

I don't know.

Trying to assuage my guilt, I guess. Trying to assuage my guilt, I guess.

What happened last night wasn't your fault,

and I'm sorry I wasn't more supportive at the meeting.

People have a right to ask questions.

I'm just tired of being the guy without any answers. (CHUCKLES) I'm just tired of being the guy without any answers. (CHUCKLES)

Something about that funny to you?

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Sorry. It... It's just... (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Sorry. It... It's just...

you sound like my sister. She was always... you sound like my sister. She was always...

(SIGHS) She was someone...

who tried so hard to make everything right...

and she always ended up feeling like she was wrong. and she always ended up feeling like she was wrong.

Huh? BAKTA: Hmm.

The way everyone's acting in there,

it's like they wanna go home, and you don't. it's like they wanna go home, and you don't.

You're trying to keep people from doing something stupid.

I just want you to know that I'll have your back next time.

Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you.

(BOTTLES CLINKING) JADE: (GRUNTS) Come on.

Oh, goddamn it! (GROANS) Oh, goddamn it! (GROANS)

Hey, uh, I don't suppose you wanna climb up here,

and maybe help me. They're just numbers. and maybe help me. They're just numbers.

Ah. No, no, no. But look. Look.

Every single slip of paper has four numbers on it. Right?

Mm-hmm. What if they're not just numbers?

What if they're dates?

This one says "2659."

(SIGHS) I don't know, Jade. Maybe Jim's right.

How do we know that everything that-- I-- How do we know that everything that-- I--

(SIGHS)

I saw your freaky kids, you know. I saw your freaky kids, you know. I saw your freaky kids, you know.

Really? Where? (GRUNTS)

(SIGHS) Down in the tunnels.

I went down there the day you...

I was hoping to find something to help Julie. I was hoping to find something to help Julie.

Instead, I saw this.

Turns out it wasn't a symbol, it was a hole in the ceiling,

and these slashes were roots. and these slashes were roots.

Huh. And those kids... Huh. And those kids...

they were laid out on slabs of stone,

repeating that word over and over again.

Anghkooey. Anghkooey.

When I tell you I felt fear in that moment

like I've never felt in my life... like I've never felt in my life...

But there was also this... this glimpse

of something that I... that I knew was there, of something that I... that I knew was there,

but I couldn't--

Even with all the fucking horror,

it was like, for the first time, it was like, for the first time,

I felt like there were threads

that were finally starting to connect. that were finally starting to connect.

Connect how?

I don't know. (SIGHS)

Piecing this together, it's like... it's...

it's like trying to grab hold of water.

It just...

These numbers in these bottles, they might seem like this tree. These numbers in these bottles, they might seem like this tree.

There is no denying what this tree did,

and the fact that someone took the time

to put these bottles here, to put these numbers here.

It only looks like chaos

until you understand the pattern.

(DALE WHISTLING)

So, this is the mysterious tree, huh?

(SCOFFS) Fuck me.

Bottles are a nice touch. What are you doing here?

This is it?

(SINISTER MUSIC PLAYING) (SIGHS)

I just... just go in here? I... I... I really--

I wouldn't do that if I were you. I wouldn't do that if I were you.

Well...

you're not me,

and that's why you're gonna be sitting here

with your thumb up your ass while I'm back home

figuring out how to get help for everybody back here. figuring out how to get help for everybody back here.

See, that's what a smart person would do.

Dale.

Dale! Dale? Hey. Dale, Dale! (DALE SIGHS)

Look, somebody's gotta try, right?

It's okay. You guys can thank me later.

(MUSIC INTENSIFIES) (GASPS) (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) (GASPS)

Look, Boyd, if you need anything, Look, Boyd, if you need anything,

just, you know, just-- (CROWD CLAMORING)

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

WOMAN: Someone's over here! MAN: Yeah! Someone over here!

(INDISTINCT CHATTER) MAN: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

All right, everybody. Everyone just back up. All right, everybody. Everyone just back up.

Move back. Back up. Just--

Oh, Jesus. (SINISTER MUSIC PLAYING) Oh, Jesus. (SINISTER MUSIC PLAYING)

(CROWD MURMURING) (CROWD MURMURING)

(DALE CHOKING, WHIMPERING) (SIGHS) (DALE CHOKING, WHIMPERING) (SIGHS)

(DALE WHIMPERING) Okay. (DALE WHIMPERING) Okay.

Um. Oh... (DALE GRUNTS, GROANS)

Can you help him? Can you help him?

(GASPS, SHUSHES)

Okay, okay, okay. Okay, okay, okay. Let me... Okay, okay, okay. Okay, okay, okay. Let me...

Uh. Let me, uh... (DALE GRUNTS)

I'm sorry, Dale. (BREATHES HEAVILY)

I'm s-- I'm sorry this happened to you.

Oh, fuck. Uh. Uh. (DALE GRUNTING)

(BREATHES HEAVILY) (MUSIC INTENSIFIES)

(GUN COCKING)

(GROANS) (CROWD GASPING, SOBBING) (GROANS) (CROWD GASPING, SOBBING)

(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) (CROWS CAWING)

BOYD: Okay.

All right, who's... who's next, huh? All right, who's... who's next, huh?

Still wanna go through the tree? Go ahead then! Still wanna go through the tree? Go ahead then!

Who the fuck is next?

Huh?

You think I wanna do this?

You think I wanna be the one who, uh... You think I wanna be the one who, uh...

I am trying to keep you alive! Don't you see that? I am trying to keep you alive! Don't you see that?

I can't help you if you don't let me! I can't help you if you don't let me!

I can't-- (BREATHES HEAVILY)

(WHISPERS) Hey. (BREATHES DEEPLY)

(INHALES DEEPLY)

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING) (THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

(THEME MUSIC CONCLUDES)