I See the Demon (2025) Movie Script
1
[ambient music]
[thump]
[somber music]
-[muffled grinding]
-[low, muffled chatter]
-[muffled shouting]
-[low, muffled chatter]
[ominous music]
[woman choking]
[woman choking, gasping]
-[burbling]
-[low, muffled chatter]
[woman breathing heavily]
[coughs]
-[Lucy] Daddy?
-[eerie music]
[sobbing] Please.
-[dramatic unsettling music]
-[siren blaring]
[muffled boom]
[car alarm chirps]
-[Ellis on phone] Hey, babe.
-[Lucy] Hey. How's it going?
[Ellis]
Pretty good.
How are you doing?
[Lucy]
I'm fine.
Um, did we have
any plans tonight?
-[Ellis sighs]
What did I forget?
-[Lucy] No, I'm not...
I'm just asking.
-[Ellis] Um... well,
I'm feeling kinda tired.
-[Lucy] Okay.
[door creaking open]
Lights.
[Ellis]
Is that okay?
-No, it's kind of my, um...
-What?
-What'd you say?
-[sighs]
-[object clatters]
-Nothing. It's my...
...lights.
-[Ellis] Are you okay?
-[switch clicks]
[sighs] Yeah,
the lights aren't turning on.
-Lights. [sighs]
-[Ellis] Baby, what is it?
[Lucy]
Nothing. It's, um...
[muttering indistinctly] Lights!
[all]
Surprise!
-[laughter]
-[Roger] Oh, look at that face!
-[indistinct chatter]
-[laughter]
-Um, you scared the shit
out of me.
-Mission accomplished.
Come on, you thought I was
gonna forget your birthday?
I mean, it wouldn't be
the first time.
Okay, that was extenuating
-circumstance--
-Quit hogging her!
Hi!
Oh, my goodness, you were--
Are you in on this?
-Yes. Me and Ellis
have been scheming.
-[Lucy] Oh, when?
-You know, just, like,
leading up to this.
-Okay.
-[Roger] What's up, girlfriend?
-Hi.
-How are ya?
-I'm good. How are you?
-Hi.
-[Gil] So good to see you.
-Good to see you too.
-[sighs]
Oh, my-- oh, my God, do you...
-Hm?
-[Gil] Do you feel this?
-What?
-Ooh! Oh, my gosh.
-You see it, don't you?
-[Roger] Yeah.
You're glowing. You--
Oh, my gosh. Are you,
-are you expecting? She's ex--
-What?
[Gil]
Yes, you're right.
Your oven is pregnant
with the most delicious
marionberry birthday pie
-anyone's ever baked. [laughs]
-[Roger] Sorry, sorry.
-The worst, the corniest jokes
I have ever heard.
-Everybody-- No, no, no, no.
-He had-- It was--
-[Lucy] Billy.
-Hi.
-[Billy] Hi. [chuckles]
-[both laughing]
-[Billy chuckles] Hi!
-[Lucy] Hi!
-Hi, beautiful. Hi. How are you?
-Hi!
-I am so happy you're here.
No. Oh, of course.
I wouldn't miss it
for the world.
-You need to come visit more.
-[others chattering]
I know. My therapist keeps
telling me that.
You're still seeing a therapist?
-Sometimes. Yeah.
-Hm.
-Um, how's Mom?
-Oh, she's great.
She's doing really, really well.
-I--
-[Hazel] Happy birthday.
[chuckles]
-So sorry to interrupt.
-How are you?
-Happy birthday!
-Couple! So stylish.
Wow, guys, I am so happy
to see you both.
-Yeah, it's been too long.
It's been too long.
-It's been way too long.
-Um, you've been off
saving the world?
-[Leo] No.
-Don't make his head
any bigger than it already is.
-[laughter]
Are we even allowed to sit here?
-This place is immaculate.
-I know. It's so clean.
-Does Lucy even live here?
-[Leo] So, Ellis then must be
keeping a pretty tight grip
on you, huh?
I keep her chained to
the kitchen most of the time.
-[all] Oh!
-Don't love that.
-It's a joke.
I'm joking, obviously.
-It's not funny.
Right, 'cause, uh, 'cause Ellis
just loves eating PB&J
every night for dinner.
-Uh, yeah, he does, actually.
I make pretty good bread.
-Yeah, that's true.
-I don't mind it.
-[Lucy] With gourmet jelly.
It's a great PB&J.
I'm-- Okay, I take it back.
-No, it's very good.
-I mean, this is exactly
why you need me to come over,
-so I can
cook you actual food...
-[Leo] It's okay.
-...and you're not eating
PB&Js every day.
-Hey, I'm not a bad cook.
[Hazel]
But you're not a great cook.
-He's a good cook.
-I mean--
-You're a good cook.
-Gil is a good cook.
Is Gil a great cook?
-Yes. Yes, he is. How dare you?
-[Lucy] Yes.
-All right. Come on over.
-[laughter]
-We'll have an executive chef
in our kitchen.
-[Lucy] Yes!
-I, I would love that.
-Whenever you want.
Hazel was telling me that
you grew up in this house.
-Is that right?
-Yeah, I did, actually.
But I'm not really sure
how we ended up back here.
-We just did.
-Uh, but Chrissy was here
almost every day, right?
-It's true.
-Annoying me
was her favorite pastime.
It's just because you're so
irresistibly annoyable.
-[laughter]
-That's not even partially true.
Yeah, it's still true and
it's still my favorite thing.
-Am I really that bad?
-[Lucy] Yeah.
-[Hazel] Yeah.
-It's crazy.
-[Roger] That is true.
-I love it.
-Oh, okay, well.
-[Hazel] Well, I love it.
-The house is beautiful. Yeah.
-Thanks. It's kind of a wreck
right now.
A mess? You--
This, this is not a mess.
-No, this is great. It's down--
-This is beautiful.
You're lucky.
-I mean, look at this.
-Lucky to have friends
who remember to bring wine!
-That's true!
-Yes!
-[Chrissy] Whoo!
-Uh, let's do a toast.
-A toast!
-Yeah, okay.
-[Ellis] Let's do a toast.
-To the end of the world.
-Jesus, Roger.
-[Hazel] Oh, my God.
-[cross-talk]
-Not funny. It's not funny.
-Don't snap your cap.
Who's got the corkscrew?
-I will snap my cap.
Someone find the corkscrew,
all right? I've done my job.
Gil, do you wanna go help me
in the kitchen?
-[Gil] Sure.
-[Lucy] Thanks. Thank you.
-[indistinct chatter]
-[Gil] You okay?
-[Lucy] Um, yeah, I'm fine.
-[Gil] What is that?
Um, this was mine
when I was a kid.
[chuckles]
I used to love this guy.
[Gil]
Feeling bit sentimental,
are we?
-Not really.
-[indistinct chatter]
Where did you come from?
[Hazel]
Looks like he needs
an eye patch. [clicks tongue]
-You getting glasses?
-[Gil] Oh.
-Yeah, yeah. Sorry.
-[Ellis] Yeah, let's go.
[overlapping chatter]
[Gil]
If I'm not mistaken, you have
a recital coming up, don't you?
Yeah, um, I do. But actually,
did you guys see that thing
that was up in the sky?
-What thing?
-[glasses clinking]
I don't know, it was like
this... [smacks lips] thing.
It was right outside.
It had, like, a weird
red and green glow.
-Sounds like an orbital, maybe?
-Uh, it was just hanging there.
[Gil]
Orbitals can sometimes
be super slow.
And I can only carry
four of these, so...
-[Ellis] Yeah,
I got the other four.
-[glasses clinking]
Uh, you don't think it's some
Rurik spy thing, do you?
Uh, if it was a spy thing,
you probably
wouldn't see it, right?
I guess.
Uh, corkscrew in the drawer.
-[objects clattering]
-[thuds]
-[pops]
-I feel like that took way
longer than it needed to.
-[Hazel] All right.
That's right.
-Whining for wine.
-Smells good.
-[Chrissy] Yeah.
-[indistinct chatter]
-[laughter]
[overlapping chatter]
To my best friend,
for as long as I can remember.
-[Roger] Happy birthday, Lucy.
-[Gil] Cheers.
-Happy birthday. We love you.
-[overlapping chatter]
-Happy birthday, Lucy Williams.
-[glasses clink]
Thanks.
Um, wow, this is so great.
Um, today was just like a...
-Today was a blur. [chuckles]
-[Chrissy] Yeah.
Why, some geezer spit at you?
-Wow, "geezer"?
-No, I'm serious, though.
So, I knew this nurse
who worked at this geezer house.
-A "geezer house"?
-[Roger] Yeah. Sorry.
-Geezer lodge.
-[laughter]
-[Roger chuckles]
There was this--
-[Gil] It's the worst.
[Roger]
Anyways,
there was this old fathead.
He would spit on him every day.
I, I mean, every day.
-That is so gross!
-Oh, Roger.
-[Roger] It's unbelievable.
-Just never change, okay?
I love you just the way you are.
All I'm saying is, it must be
difficult to work at a place
with a bunch of dying
old people, right?
-It was sweet for a second.
-Luckily... [chuckles]
Lucy is just a secretary,
so she doesn't have to work
with the geezers. [chuckles]
No, they know how to complain
at the front desk.
See? And they probably
spit on you, right?
-[Gil] Roger, stop being an ass.
-[Lucy] Not yet. [laughs]
I keep telling Lucy she should,
uh, become a nurse, though.
-So I can get spit on
by old people?
-Yeah, of course.
-No, no, because you
would be so good at it.
-[laughs]
-[Hazel] Yeah.
-And if anything
happened to you,
you'd be able to tell me
how to save you.
Okay, your, your logic here
is a little baffling to me.
Yeah. Why don't you
just become a nurse?
-Because I already
have a career.
-Oh, okay.
[Ellis]
Point is, you can't die
before me, okay?
I, I don't think I could--
[snorts] I couldn't handle it.
-Even if we're old?
-Yeah, even if we're old.
And no... [smacks lips, inhales]
that would be too much.
-Off-limits, all right?
-Deal.
-Yeah. Mm. [kisses]
-[Hazel] So sweet.
-Get a room, you guys.
-Hey, it's cute!
-We live here.
-[laughing] Yeah.
-A large window so I can watch.
-[laughter]
-[Ellis] Like I said, no filter.
-We--
I mean, you guys will
-probably upload at that point.
-[Ellis] Hear, hear.
-[overlapping chatter]
-[Chrissy] No!
-No.
-[Chrissy] No way!
-We're not talking about this.
-I just want
a nice, peaceful
transition to the afterlife.
No endless simulacrum for me.
-[Lucy] Yeah, no, thank you.
-[Hazel] No, we're not talking
-about this.
-[Leo] Just, just hear me out.
I mean, imagine in old age,
when your... [inhales] body
starts to shut down,
imagine getting
a dementia diagnosis.
-[Roger] Right.
-I mean,
when push comes to shove,
why wouldn't you
wanna preserve...
-[Chrissy] I could not
want anything less.
-...what you have left instead
of going through
all of that suffering
-right at the end of life?
-No, the way
they have to just...
-[Leo] No, everyone from--
-Like, smash your brain
to do it,
-it's, it's horrific.
It's inhumane.
-[Leo] Well,
-birth is, is horrific.
-Exactly.
Nobody that reports back
from Central--
They all like it.
Nobody is unhappy.
No, no, that-- but that's not
them reporting back.
It's just some, like,
weird algorithmic...
-No, it is-- You can-- I mean...
-...sequence of electrons.
...obviously, we,
we can't know for sure,
but it seems like them,
it feels like them.
Have you read-- I mean,
do you know anyone who's--
It's just some, like, electrons
that are trying to imitate
what they are.
If you think about it, though--
If you think about it...
-what is thought besides, like,
a random firing of electrons?
-[overlapping chatter]
[Ellis]
This may be at least directed
by your choice, right?
You're choosing how you wanna
go forward, whether, whether--
-And so maybe it, its depth of--
-[Roger] Oh,
it's wishful thinking.
-[Gil] ...random firings
of, like--
-I mean, looking forward
to want a peaceful transition
into the afterlife
-sounds like
wishful thinking to me.
-"Wishful thinking"?
-This sounds like technology.
This is progress.
-It is what all of human history
-has done before us.
I would rather take a chance...
-Oh, sure.
-...on that than...
-[Ellis] Yeah, absolutely.
-We're, uh, transcending this--
-...try and do something--
[Roger]
You don't just mortal question,
you choose how you die.
-[Leo] I don't,
I don't necessarily think...
-[overlapping chatter]
...children should be uploading,
but I mean, at the end of life,
you can have the best
of both worlds.
You know, you live a long,
full, happy life.
And then, when,
when you're ready to go,
-you can continue, like--
-[Hazel] Why would--
What are you saying?
[Ellis]
I just don't think it's you.
[Gil]
As long as Billy is still alive,
then we don't have to worry
-about somebody
taking care of Lucy.
-[Ellis] That's true.
-How about that?
-[Roger] Good. There you go.
-That's true.
-He's still taking care
of your mom, right, Luce?
Um, yeah. They're best friends.
Guilty as charged.
[Ellis]
And we are all here
to take care of you.
-That's sweet.
-Well, drink to that.
-[Lucy] Um, yeah,
like I was saying earlier...
-[indistinct chatter]
...this is so great.
I, um... Yeah, it's just nice
to get a breather, right?
With all this Rurik stuff
in the news, the escalation...
[inhales]
...we really don't know
what's gonna happen tomorrow.
Like, we don't know
what we're gonna wake up to.
Like, what the world is gonna be
like, and... [inhales deeply]
[exhales sharply] It just--
it feels so powerless.
Like, I just-- I feel like
there's nothing
that I can do about it
except for just, like, sit
and wait, and... [inhales]
Gosh, I'm, I'm really sorry.
I didn't mean to
-bring the vibe down.
It's just--
-[Roger] No, Luce.
-No.
-[Chrissy] It's totally fine.
It's... [chuckles]
nice to know that, um,
I have you guys and that, um,
whatever's gonna come,
that we don't have to
endure it alone, so...
Jeez. Um...
I know it's a long drive
for you guys, so thank you.
We're happy to be here.
-[Gil] Totally worth it for you.
-Worth every mile. Come on.
-[Gil] Yeah. Of course.
-Thanks.
Guys, how long has it been
since we've all been in the room
-together like this?
-Too long.
Not since before
Lucy's dad died, right?
May he forever rot in hell.
-[softly] Ellis.
-[smacks lips] Just sayin'.
No, he's right.
Um, he was a piece of work.
-Yeah.
-Think it might've been
at our wedding?
[Chrissy]
No, Ellis wasn't there.
Oh, yeah.
-I was dating, um--
-That asshole. Yep.
-You were still dating him.
-[Gil] Oh, that dude.
That's him. That asshole.
That's his name.
"Him"? Uh, I'm sorry, Luce.
-I, I didn't mean
to bring him up.
-No, it's fine.
I just-- I don't remember
what was his name.
Oh, we don't remember his name.
No!
-The less said about him,
the better.
-[Roger] It's probably good.
-It's good.
-Okay, yeah, you're right.
We hate him.
Yep. Jeez.
All the wonderful guys
that I've dated, right?
Oh, God, one after another.
Until I met you, of course.
Um, thanks to you guys.
I probably wouldn't have made it
out otherwise, so thanks.
-[Gil] Mm.
-And your mom, of course.
[slow jazz music
playing over speakers]
-Right. Yeah, my mom.
-She's a saint.
-[Roger] Yeah. She's awesome.
-I know. I love her.
[Lucy]
Yeah, she's, um, she's great.
Um, um, right.
But that-- This is so nice.
Um, uh, this is the happiest
I've felt in a while,
so thanks, guys. But seriously,
-you scared the hell out of me.
-[laughter]
-We did? Yes! Oh!
-[Ellis] Good.
[overlapping chatter]
I told you, you guys, you were
gonna screw up the lights.
-[Gil] That wasn't--
-I told you-- No, this was you.
-You can't put that on us.
-No, it's definitely not us.
That was definitely not us.
Because you messed
with the electrical.
-Come on!
-[Chrissy] Ew!
-Shit.
-[Ellis] Not what we had in mind
when we said "kill the lights."
[overlapping chatter]
Hey, you promised.
Unless it's an emergency.
Hey, careful!
Off to save
the solar system, huh?
Funny.
Terrence, what's happening?
-You can't be serious.
-Is everything okay?
Yeah, it's fine.
-It's fine.
-[glass clatters]
You sure?
-We, uh...
-[clatters]
-...we all gonna die?
-[Ellis] Roger.
It was just a phone call.
[Gil]
He does work for
the Ministry of Defense, so...
[Ellis]
I know who he works for, Gil.
There's a lot of people
that work for
the Ministry of Defense.
[Hazel]
He knows things.
He can't tell me even,
of course, but...
...with the escalation
and everything,
they are assigning him to Titan.
-[Gil] Wow.
-[Roger] Titan?
-[Gil] Yeah.
-Really?
-[Gil] Titan?
-Mm-hm. Yeah.
-[Roger] Really?
-I mean, he doesn't have to go.
It's all remote.
He stays planetside.
[scoffs] Yeah, like
that's gonna be any safer.
-[Gil] Roger.
-[Roger] What?
It's not like any of us
have been living
under a rock this week.
Okay? If the Duke
pulls the trigger,
the Rurik are gonna hit a lot
more places than just Titan.
-It's not gonna be pretty.
-It's just scare tactics, Roger.
-[Roger] "Scare tactics"?
-Yeah.
Well, it's working.
People are freaked out.
-I'm freaked out!
-Right. But do you have to
talk about it tonight?
-No. Sorry, Luce.
-[Gil] Thank you.
-No, it's fine.
-We just worked so hard
-to get everyone together,
you know?
-Yeah,
why you always gotta be
such a dick, Roger?
Oh, come on.
You know, like, you know
I'm not the bad guy here.
-[Hazel] You had to bring it up.
-Okay? We've been dealing
with this nonsense
-for the past couple years.
-Right.
-[overlapping conversations]
-Guys.
And it's just all
coming to, like,
-a head right now.
-Okay, guys. Guys! Hey!
It's fine, okay? It's fine.
Leo says the escalation--
The, the Duke,
it's all empty threats.
It's all scare tactics,
like you say.
-It's all for show. So...
-[Ellis] Yeah, exactly.
[chuckles] Everything's fine.
We're all gonna be fine.
It's okay.
[clock ticking]
It's fine.
-[glass thuds]
-[smacks lips] I'm gonna...
-...I'm gonna check the pie.
-You know, I'm gonna help you.
-I'm gonna set the table.
Rodge, you wanna help me?
-Sure.
-[Ellis] Just relax.
It's your birthday.
-Can I help?
-Please don't make me stay here.
-Relax! You don't have to worry
about anything, okay?
It's your birthday! Come on.
-Enjoy yourself.
-[sighs]
[inaudible dialogue]
[Billy]
You're worried.
I don't know.
Should I be?
[Joe muffled]
No, get out to work.
I don't care.
[continues indistinctly]
We'll be fine.
Is there anything else?
Hey, it's me.
[chuckles softly]
[breathes deeply]
When I say that... [chuckles]
today was a blur...
...it's weird, but I...
I can't really remember
anything about my day.
That's strange.
It's gonna sound crazy...
[inhales]
...but... [exhales]
it's almost like
I was here before I got here.
Sounds like a dream.
Things like that happen.
It's a stressful day,
and your flesh brain didn't
store it very well. [snickers]
[snickers]
-Yeah, maybe.
-Dreaming and remembering,
they're essentially
the same thing.
-Do you know that?
-Mm-mm.
Every time you remember
something, you're not really
remembering the event itself.
You're recreating your last
memory you have of the event.
So, the more times
you remember something,
the more distorted it becomes.
-It's kind of like
a copy of a copy.
-Yeah, exactly.
-Okay.
-And the really old memories,
they're like a copy of a copy,
-of a copy of a copy.
-Copy of a copy of a copy.
-Of many copies. Exactly.
-Yeah.
But the information
is always there.
So, things you forgot
or that you'd like to forget.
Given the opportunity,
they'll come sneaking
through the cracks.
-That's terrifying.
-Mm.
And dreams,
they're doing the same thing.
Your mind re-imagining,
recreating
billions of memories
and presenting them anew.
All those copies,
plus the copies you made
before you went to sleep.
What do you dream about, Billy?
-Whatever I like. [snickers]
-[chuckles]
Are you gonna play
for us tonight?
Oh, no. Nobody wants me
to play for them. [chuckles]
-[grunts]
-Billy, are you okay?
-Hey, are you okay?
-[inhales] Yeah.
I'm fine. Just a little misfire.
[chuckles]
[woman weakly]
Lucy?
Lucy!
-Billy, will you--
-I'll go see what she needs.
-[grunts softly]
-[low suspenseful music]
[rustling]
[Robert]
Hey.
[exhales] Your mom okay?
Um, yeah.
Billy's gone to check on her.
Sorry if we were being
too loud in there.
-[chuckles] It's okay.
She's used to it.
-Okay.
Well, I gotta go to the whiz
palace. Down the hall, right?
Yeah, but, uh,
we're remodeling that one.
Let me, let me take you
to the one downstairs.
-We're remodeling?
-Yeah.
Yeah, that guy started this
morning after you left for work.
-They came this morning?
-Yeah.
Yeah, we scheduled it
a few weeks ago.
[Lucy]
We did? [snickers]
[Ellis]
Don't you remember?
-Um...
-Sorry to butt in, but, uh...
[chuckling] I'm gonna start
unleashing poomers
-if I don't get
to the bathroom real quick.
-[Hazel] Ugh!
-[Gil] Roger,
you're such a toddler.
-Oh, come on, you love it.
-[Hazel] No!
-It's for your own good,
believe me.
-[Ellis] Come on. Come on.
-[Hazel] Please.
[footsteps thudding]
[clock ticking]
[sighs softly]
[clatters]
[sighs softly]
[playing melodic tune]
[playing off-key tune]
[stops playing]
[playing melodic tune]
[off-key tune]
[clatters, thuds]
[Lucy]
Guys?
[soft clattering]
Ellis?
[thuds softly]
[thuds]
Hey, guys?
Hey.
-[eerie sting]
-[gasps]
-Lucy, what-- what's wrong?
What's wrong?
-There's something in the oven.
-There's something.
Don't-- No, don't, Ellis. Don't.
-[Gil] Ah, that's great.
There's something wrong
with the pie?
[Gil]
I was gonna check it on that.
-How's it lookin'?
-[Hazel] Okay.
-[Gil grunts]
-Maybe a little burnt.
-[Gil] Oh, man.
-[Chrissy] Not bad.
-[Ellis] It's okay.
-[Hazel chuckles]
-[Chrissy] Hey,
it still smells good.
-Yeah, smells amazing, Gil.
Happy birthday to you--
What is this? I thought
you were kidding about the pie.
-No, it is a pie.
-No, there's gotta be a cake.
-[Ellis] Lucy hates cake.
-[Gil] Marionberry pie.
-Since when?
-I love a pie.
-Oh, you're a monster.
-Come on. How did you forget?
-Pie is great.
-[Roger] Well, uh, yes,
we all love pies,
we all love cakes,
but this is birthday time.
No, in the hierarchy
of baked confectioneries...
[Hazel]
Yeah, I mean, oh, pie.
-...pie is way better than cake.
-[Hazel] Sorry, I love a pie.
[Gil]
Is everything okay, Luce?
[sighs softly] I'm fine.
[Ellis]
Uh, migraine?
You need some meds?
No, I said I am fine.
Happy birthday
-To you
-[others] To you
-Lights.
-[all] Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday, dear Lucy
Happy birthday to you
[low tense music]
Make a wish.
[clock ticking]
Come on,
quit spoiling the party.
[breathing deeply]
[Ellis]
Lights.
-Hey, are you okay?
-Mm-hm.
Everybody's worried about you.
Yeah, I just need a minute.
Okay. [inhales]
Um... [smacks lips]
...you know, we, we put
a lot of effort into this.
Everybody did.
Your friends all made the drive.
-Chrissy took work off.
-[inhales] I know. I'm sorry.
You don't have to be sorry.
-It's just-- [inhales]
-No, I do.
You know, I'm sorry. I...
[breathing deeply]
You guys, you really did
all of this for me
-and... [chuckles] I'm
ruining it. Like always, I'm--
-No.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
You're not ruining anything.
We just want you to be happy.
-I know.
-You've had a long, hard day.
The oven was smokey,
your eyes played tricks on you.
That's, that's totally normal.
What's gotten into you?
-I don't know.
-Hey, everything's fine, okay?
You're totally safe.
-Yeah?
-[Ellis] Yeah.
-Okay.
-[Ellis] Yeah.
Hey, come here.
[Lucy exhales]
-[Ellis] I love you, okay?
-I love you too.
Are we okay?
-What are you talking about?
-[chuckles nervously]
[sniffles]
Never mind. I'm sorry.
-[chuckles]
-Okay.
[inhales] Well, hey,
why don't we go eat some pie?
You guys go ahead.
I'm just gonna go--
-No, come on, Luce. Luce.
-No, really,
-I'm gonna go lay down, okay?
-Why don't you lay on the couch?
-I don't really wanna lay
on the couch.
-No, it's really messy
-back there.
-Ellis. Ellis, I just--
-[Ellis] Oh!
-[Lucy] Shit.
-[clatters]
-Ellis, please.
[Ellis clicks tongue]
Okay.
Okay.
[clatters]
[woman coughing]
[woman crying]
[woman groaning]
[rustling]
[Billy]
Lucy.
What did you do?
I broke it.
Your mother's vase.
I know. I'm sorry.
It's all right.
It's just a thing.
And things don't matter
in the end.
Um, is Mom okay?
[clatters]
Of course.
I thought I heard her.
She's been having nightmares.
Poor thing.
But I've been keeping track
of her vitals, and she's fine.
Okay.
-[sighs wearily]
-Can I tell you a secret?
[softly]
She never liked this anyway.
It came from your father.
-Did you know?
-No.
[Billy]
Mm.
I swear I remember her
throwing this at him.
I thought it, um, smashed
against the wall and shattered.
That's obviously not possible.
I guess not.
-[clatters]
-[Billy sniffs]
-[clatters]
-I'm just gonna go get a bin.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
Go enjoy your party.
You let me do it.
Doctor's orders.
Okay.
[Chrissy]
So, we come around the corner
in our little mining cart
and the animatronic wicked witch
slides out holding the apple,
you know?
-[Gil chuckles]
-[Chrissy] You know?
And I don't know
what comes over her,
but she just reaches out.
-[laughter]
-[Roger] She's feeling it.
She's feeling it.
-[Chrissy] She's in it.
-[Roger] I don't blame her.
It's tempting.
I mean, it's a shiny apple.
But I'm looking at her,
confused, as she's reaching out.
-She's practically touching it.
She's very, very close.
-[Gil] Yeah. [chuckles]
-[Roger chuckles]
-Too close, one could argue.
-And then the lights come on.
-[Chrissy] Yes.
-[Roger] No. No.
-Yes. The ride stops,
the lights come on.
-[Roger] He broke it.
-[Chrissy] Someone comes in
over the intercom.
-[Gil] Oh, my God. No.
-[snaps fingers] Immediately!
Right away.
Oh, my God.
You gotta be kidding me.
And the magic is over
by that point.
Like, it is not fun anymore.
I mean, was there any magic
to begin with? I mean, come on.
-[Hazel laughing]
-Yes! We were in this
spooky, Haunted Forest,
and now we were
in a shitty warehouse
-with fluorescent lighting,
tacky murals on the walls.
-Everyone else?
-[Gil laughs]
-[overlapping chatter]
-Okay, I'm not--
-[Gil] I still have fond
memories of that place.
I have mad respect
for the Haunted Forest, okay,
but when you turn on the lights,
it's just a bunch of tacky
murals on the wall.
Wait. So, wh-- what,
what did you do?
So, they start coming around
and escorting people
off the ride.
-No.
-Mm-hm. But they get to us
and they're, like, "Not you.
You two stay right there."
-[laughter]
-No way.
-"You have to stay put."
-Everyone else?
I'm not kidding.
Can you imagine?
-[Ellis] Are you serious?
-[Roger] No way!
-[Ellis] Are you serious?
-[Gil] What happened next?
Well, they, they take us off
and they give us a huge lecture
-for, like, a half hour.
-[Roger] Oh, thank you.
-I'm so glad they did that.
-[Hazel laughs]
-[Roger] Oh, you just have
to see that one.
-[Chrissy] Roger.
-[Ellis] Right, Luce?
-Uh, yeah.
They, uh, kicked us out
for the rest of the day.
-[Gil laughing] Oh, no.
-Yes, they did.
-Well, you deserve it. [laughs]
-[Chrissy] I was
completely humiliated.
-[Roger] As you should be. Yeah.
-[laughter]
-Punks.
-But in the 30-plus years
that I have known Lucy,
that was the worst thing
that she has ever done.
-[Roger] I'll drink to that.
-[Chrissy] Cheers!
Such an angel.
I should be surprised,
but I'm not.
And when your mom picked us up,
you were still crying,
so she took us to get ice cream.
-That woman is a saint,
by the way.
-Yeah.
-[Chrissy] Yeah.
-I just love her.
[Roger] So, Hazel,
when's your boy be get back?
-Mm. Three months.
-[Chrissy] Three months? Jeez!
How long are they keeping him
up there?
Uh, he's on rotation,
so he's six months
off-world on base,
-and then six months planetside.
-[sighs heavily]
[Ellis]
He's on, uh, Titan?
-[Hazel] Titan, yeah.
-[Roger] And Titan was the best
of all the gods.
Titan. Titan, that's, uh,
that's on Neptune.
-[Hazel] Saturn.
-Oh.
Saturn is Titan.
Neptune is Triton.
You can remember because
Neptune holds a trident.
-[Hazel] You mean a Triton.
-Saturn's one of the Titans.
-And also, we don't have
any colonies on Triton.
-[Ellis] Right.
Well, this would be a hell
of a lot easier to remember
-if I wasn't drunk.
-[laughter]
[Gil]
Come on, like,
Titan, Triton, it's--
You can't blame me
for getting it mixed up.
I can. Titan, like titanic.
Massive, huge, enormous.
-Triton, like, three points.
-[laughter]
-[Hazel] That's a trident.
-Completely different etymology.
You should be ashamed
of yourself.
Oh, we have an etymologist
at the table.
I have a word for you,
Mr. Etymologist.
-[Roger] All right.
-Pedantic. Do you know
what that means?
-[laughter]
-[Gil] Very condescending,
but it was actually
very helpful, so thank you.
[Roger]
All my helpful stuff
is condescending.
-Um, sorry. Who are we
talking about?
-[Gil] What?
I was just-- Like, just now,
who are we talking about?
-Leo.
-"Leo"?
Hazel's husband?
One of your best friends.
Ringing any bells?
-[Gil] Yeah.
-[Roger] How about a little...
[makes eerie whooshing sound]
Is he not coming back?
[Roger chuckles]
Yeah, in three months,
from Triton.
-No, it's Titan.
-I'm-- It's, uh--
That's what I said,
-Titan.
-No, I mean tonight.
-[Hazel] What?
-Well, he was here.
[Ellis]
What are you talking about?
[haunting ethereal vocalization]
[chuckles awkwardly]
He was here at the party.
He just said,
"I'll take a phone call."
And then what,
he never came back? [chuckles]
[Lucy sighs]
[chuckles softly] Well, I mean,
he said the call was important.
-He was on the phone
with someone...
-[Ellis] No, Lucy,
-he's been off-world
for three months.
-...and he sounded really--
No.
No.
No. He was here.
You were upset with him
for taking the call.
-[Ellis] Luce, come on,
this is not funny.
-[Lucy] No, and you were talking
about Titan,
and how it was a target,
and how it was gonna
get attacked, and--
What the hell, Lucy?
You remember, right?
-Leo was here.
-Um...
-He was here.
-[cutlery clinking]
Ellis, he was here. Leo was...
Billy?
-Billy?
-[growls]
-Billy?
-[Billy] What-- what's wrong?
[low tense music]
Um, I don't know.
-I think I forgot something
in my car.
-Luce. No, no, no.
-Tell me what it is.
I can go get it.
-I'm just gonna--
Luce, settle down.
Like, have some pie.
-[wet squelching]
-[shrieks]
[Lucy crying] No!
[high-pitched
spectral screaming]
[Ellis]
Lucy! Lucy! Lucy, are you okay?
Easy. Lucy! Lucy! Lucy!
Hey, hey.
-Lucy.
-She needs her medication.
-Ellis.
-In the master bedroom.
-Go get it. Now. Now, now!
-[Ellis] Lucy. Lucy.
Lucy. She's barely breathing.
Lucy, please!
-Roger, come here.
-She's barely breathing.
-Hold her still.
-Is this it? Is this it?
Billy, what are you giving her?
Billy, what are you giving her?
[coughs, gasps]
[Ellis]
It's okay, baby.
It's okay, baby. I'm right here.
-[groaning]
-I'm right here!
Oh, no. No!
-No! [screaming] No!
-[music continues]
-[squelching]
-[screams]
[continues screaming]
Billy! No! [screaming]
[Billy speaking indistinctly]
-[Ellis] Just at the base
of the skull?
-[Billy] Yes. Just a moment.
[Ellis]
Killed it, right?
It's all right, Luce.
It's all right.
You're doing okay? We love you.
-We love you and we want you
to be happy, okay?
-[Billy] It's very simple.
It'll be a moment of pain.
-[whimpering] Oh, Ellis.
-[Billy speaking indistinctly]
-[Lucy sobbing]
-No matter
how long she screams...
-[continues indistinctly]
-[Ellis] Of course.
[weakly] Ellis,
what's happening?
We're gonna make everything
all right, okay?
I'm here for you.
Anything you need.
[Billy speaking indistinctly]
-[grunts]
-[weakly] I don't want this.
We'll take care of you, Luce.
-[Ellis] You ready?
-[Billy] Yes.
[Ellis]
Okay. Just don't worry
about anything. [echoes]
This is gonna be over soon.
You're gonna be happy. [echoes]
We're gonna be happy together.
[echoes]
[device chirping]
-[object clatters]
-All right.
Ellis, please, no.
[crying] No. What are you doing?
[low tense music]
[gasps] I need to get up.
[gasps, cries] No! No!
No! No, Ellis!
[demon snarling]
No! No!
[speaks indistinctly] No!
-[crying] What are you doing?
-Just relax. Okay, let go.
-[Lucy] What are you doing?
I don't want--
-[Ellis] It's gonna be okay.
-[suspenseful music]
-[speaking indistinctly]
[Ellis]
It's all right, Luce.
It's all right.
[eerie dramatic music]
[car alarm chirps]
[phone line warbling]
[door creaking open]
-Lights.
-[door creaking]
-[door closes]
-[warbling continues]
[clatters]
-[clatters]
-Lights.
-[switch clicks]
-Oh, you've gotta be kidding me.
-[Ellis on voicemail]
Hi, this is Ellis MacIntyre.
-[sighs]
-Lights.
-I'm sorry
you didn't reach me,
-but leave a phone number
and I'll call you back.
-[gasps]
[all]
Surprise!
-[laughter]
-[Roger] Look at that face.
-Oh, man.
-You scared the shit out of me.
-Mission accomplished.
-No. I thought I saw--
-What? Did you think I'd forget?
-[laughter]
Well, it wouldn't be
the first time.
[Chrissy]
Quit hogging her!
-[Ellis laughs]
-Mwah! Mwah!
[Roger]
What's up, birthday girl?
How are ya?
[Gil]
Happy birthday!
So good to see you!
Speaking of seeing you, do you--
You see this, don't you?
-[Roger] Oh, yeah, yeah. I s--
You're expecting.
-[Gil] You see it?
Why didn't you tell
you're expecting?
Your oven is pregnant
with the most delicious
marionberry pie
that anyone has ever made.
-That was a really stupid joke.
-Oh.
-[Roger] Oh, no.
-I'm sorry. God, I'm sorry.
-[sighs] Hey.
-Lucy, hi.
Happy birthday, beautiful. Hey.
-You should come visit
your mom and me.
-[others chatter]
I know.
I mean, is she okay?
Yeah, of course.
She loves it out there.
She's doing great.
She's just having a great time
outside of the city.
-Are you okay? What's wrong?
You're shaking.
-No, I don't know. I don't...
No, I don't think
I'm okay, Billy.
-Can I get a checkup?
I don't feel good.
-[Hazel] Happy birthday!
-Hi! Hi!
-Hi.
-Um, how are you?
-Oh, you know... [chuckles]
holding up.
-That's good. Um, wait.
Holding up for what? Wha--
-Oh,
-you know, with Leo on Titan,
it hasn't exactly been--
-Why is Leo on Titan?
-Why is Leo on Titan?
-Oh, no. Oh, no, it's fine.
-No, it's not fine.
It's not fine.
-It's fine--
-It's really dangerous.
Titan's a target.
-It's dangerous?
Everyone was talking about--
Everyone was talking
that Titan was a target.
-It's dangerous.
-Are you okay, Luce?
[crying] No, I'm not okay.
Billy, can I have a checkup?
-Absolutely. Let's go.
-[Lucy] I'm not okay. [sobbing]
[Billy]
Come on, let's go. Lie down.
[Lucy sobbing]
[Billy]
It's all right. It's okay.
Breathe in for me.
Breathe in deep.
Yeah. That's it.
-And breathe out.
-[exhales gently]
Turn for me, please.
That's it. It's all right.
-Deep breath.
-[inhales deeply]
Must be nice to have a synth
take care of you
-your whole life, huh?
-It's not my whole life.
Hey, Billy, how much does
one of you run for?
More than you can afford, Roger.
Oh, ouch. [scoffs]
It's lucky for us,
or we'd all be out of a job.
[Gil]
I didn't know, uh,
your folks were loaded, Luce.
-I wasn't purchased.
-Billy was assigned to us.
[Billy]
Mm. After your father left.
-My calling.
-So, does Ellis get to boss you
around now too? [chuckles]
-You gotta take orders
from this bozo?
-[Hazel chuckles]
Well, Ellis is part
of the family now,
so, of course.
Happy to serve.
Won't deny it. When Billy's
around, I feel like a king.
It's pretty great.
[chuckles]
[smacks lips] Okay, Luce.
-You're all right.
-Yeah?
Mm-hm. Adrenaline.
Some stress hormones,
but you're all right.
What I need from you
is to relax tonight.
-Okay.
-Doctor's orders.
-[gasps]
-[groans]
-[whooshes]
-Billy, are you okay?
Yeah, I'm fine. Just a misfire.
[laughter]
And lucky to have friends
who remembered to bring wine!
-Hey, there we go.
-[overlapping chatter]
Okay. Jeez.
Don't snap your caps.
Luce, where's your corkscrew?
-I gotta--
-Yeah, I'll show you. Um, yeah.
-Got it.
-[Billy] Right.
[clock ticking]
-[Gil] You got this?
-[Roger] Yeah.
Um, so how long have you
known that Leo's on Titan?
How long? I guess about a month
before he left.
-Why didn't she tell me?
-She didn't tell you?
Mm-mm.
No, not until just right now.
But he'll be okay, right?
Leo will be okay?
-Leo? Yeah. Yeah. Of course.
-Yeah.
[glasses clinking]
[sighs softly]
[rustling]
[Ellis]
What the hell?
Um, I was just
looking for something.
Okay.
Well, come on.
Quit, uh, spoiling the party.
-Why do you say stuff like that?
-What?
You always say stuff like that.
Always, like, making little
jabs at everyone.
-Lucy, come on. It was a joke.
-Was it?
Really? [scoffs]
You really think I would
say something like that?
-Yeah, you just did.
You know, it's fine. It's fine.
-No, no, no, no, no, no.
You can't just say something
like that and then walk away.
Just-- Why do you do this?
-Do what?
-Just blow everything up.
Our friends are here.
-We don't--
-No, I am not blowing things up.
You couldn't take a joke,
and our friends are here
trying to make things nice
for you,
and now we're fighting
because you're accusing me
of something I didn't do!
Ellis, sometimes
you sound like my dad.
What?
-No, I'm sorry.
No, no, no. I'm sorry.
-What did you say to me?
No, you do not say that to me!
You will never compare me
to him, ever!
Do you hear me?
I'm sorry.
It's okay. All right, it's okay.
Hey, come here.
I love you, Luce.
Love you too.
[Ellis]
Oh-oh!
[Hazel]
What's that, Luce?
Luce?
I don't know. I can't remember.
You showed me that little guy
earlier tonight, remember?
-I did?
-You said you brought him down
'cause you were
feeling sentimental. [chuckles]
Billy, is my mom okay?
What?
Of course.
[clock ticking]
-[shatters]
-[eerie music]
[woman]
Lucy.
[clock stops ticking]
[crackling]
Lucy.
[whooshes]
[ominous sting]
[suspenseful music]
[eerie music]
[music continues]
[inaudible dialogue]
[muffled thudding]
[muffled sobbing]
[muffled thudding]
[muffled sobbing]
[woman crying]
[woman chokes]
[woman coughs]
[woman chokes, gasps]
-[demon groans]
-[woman chokes, cries]
-[bone crushing]
-[woman screams]
[music fades]
[Billy]
Lucy?
[clock ticking]
Lucy.
Do you want your pills?
-My what?
-You said you were feeling
a migraine might be coming on.
Right.
Yeah, my, my head's
kinda killing me.
-I'll go get them.
-Thank you, Billy.
-Wait. Wait, Billy?
-[Billy] Yes?
Where is my mom?
Uh, at home, in her apartment.
-Is she okay?
-[Billy] Yeah, of course. Why?
Never mind.
Thanks, Billy.
[rustling]
Hey, I gotta use
the whizz palace.
It's down the hall, right?
Yeah, but...
we're renovating it.
[Ellis]
Yeah, I'll take you
to the one downstairs.
It's kind of a madhouse
down there.
[Roger]
Okay, let's hurry up
'cause I'm gonna start
unleashing poomers on y'all
if I don't get
to the bathroom quick.
[Gil]
Roger, you're such a toddler.
-[Hazel] That is disgusting.
-[Chrissy] No!
-[Hazel laughs]
-[Ellis] Down here.
[sighs]
[clock ticking]
[sighs]
[Billy]
Lucy?
What are you doing in here?
Go eat some pie.
Okay.
-[pills rattling]
-Thanks, Billy. [sighs]
[Chrissy]
So, we're at that
kitschy old amusement park
connected to the old Saltair.
-Oh, hey.
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
-I know. I love that place.
-I still do.
-[Chrissy] So, we're there,
and we're, like--
What, Luce, like, 11?
-Uh, 12. Mm-hm.
-Twelve, which, yeah,
is getting a little old
-for the Haunted Forest ride.
-[laughter]
-[Gil] Do you remember...
-Never too old.
...that weird-ass animatronic
bird that was out front?
-[Roger] Totally. Totally.
-[Hazel] And the witch.
-[Gil] Oh, yeah!
-[Hazel] The witch!
-Sixty-kilo witch!
-[Roger] Terrifying.
Oh, my gosh.
-Exactly!
-[Roger] So terrifying.
-Creepy. Genuinely creepy.
-My nightmares come to life.
-[Ellis laughs] Yeah.
-But Luce insists,
so we go, right?
And she is... she's entranced.
It's-- The lights are off.
The fog, everything.
She's in a completely
different world.
Aw, so cute. So tender.
Bless her heart.
-[laughter]
-So, we come around the corner
in our little mining cart
-and that crazy witch pops out
holding the apple, right?
-She does, yeah.
And Luce, she just reaches out.
Wait, Chrissy, no, you're,
you're telling it wrong.
-[Chrissy] Excuse me?
-I mean,
you're the one who tried
to take the apple off the ride.
You're the one
who got us in trouble.
-[Ellis] Is that true?
-Yeah.
-Conflict.
-What?
-It's what I remember.
-Well, that's not what happened.
-Okay, but it's what I remember.
-That's not what happened.
-How do you know?
-What do you mean,
how do I know?
-I know because I know.
-Are you trying to tell Lucy
she's wrong?
-On her birthday?
-[Chrissy] I'm not saying
that she's wrong.
I'm saying I think
she's remembering it wrong.
-But you're not.
-I was there.
-[Roger] So was she.
-[Gil] The way I see it
is both of you are correct
'cause perception is reality,
and everything that we see,
that we feel, that we--
The, the stuff that we remember,
that is reality
to us individually.
And that's... [inhales] really
the only reality that, that--
-that's what's real,
right? Like--
-[Roger] Gil. Gil.
[chuckles] Gil, Gil, that is
such solipsistic nonsense.
I mean... [hesitates] just
because we don't have access
-to objective reality...
-[Gil] No, that's--
...doesn't mean that
there's no reality. We each have
-our own separate realities.
-No, that's not what I'm saying.
That's not--
-[speaks indistinctly]
-What I'm trying to say is that
the individual experiences
that we have
are the only realities
that we can experience.
Okay, if I punch you
in the face, that's reality.
-[scattered laughter]
-Lucy is right.
[faint music
playing over speakers]
She told me Chrissy got them
into trouble that day.
-Ah, there you go.
-A synth never forgets.
[Roger]
That's true. Nothing ever slips
through your cracks, does it?
-True.
-Not usually.
Unless she lied to you.
Synths still can't detect lies.
-Go to hell, Chrissy.
-Hey, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa! Jeez.
Let's just relax.
Pretend we all like each other.
[lights crackling]
[Roger]
She is a saint, that woman.
-[Ellis] Yeah, she is.
-[Gil] Oh, yeah, absolutely.
-[Ellis] She is.
-[Gil] Absolutely.
-Who are you talking about?
-Your mom.
Why are you talking
about my mom?
[scoffs] Uh... Well, I mean,
Chrissy was just...
She, she took you guys out
to get ice cream.
[Lucy]
My mom took us to get ice cream?
Yeah, after we got kicked off
the ride. Remember?
[chuckling nervously] No.
My mom didn't pick us up.
My mom wasn't there.
Lucy, just relax.
Let it go, okay?
-She was there.
-[overlapping chatter]
No, my mom wasn't there.
No, no, no, no, no.
Lucy, you're c--
you're confused.
-I'm not confused.
-Are you okay, Lucy?
Are you feeling okay?
-Just eat some pie, Lucy.
-I don't want any pie.
I don't want any pie.
[clock ticking]
[sighs] Billy, where is my mom?
Home, at her apartment.
What apartment?
Her new apartment. Downtown.
She misses you very much.
And you should come
visit her sometime.
-No.
-What do you mean, "no"?
-[Chrissy] Luce.
-[crying] No, no, no, no.
[inhales]
-My mom is not
in an apartment downtown.
-No. Lucy,
-Lucy, baby,
you're acting ridiculous.
-No, she's not. My mom--
No, my mom is not
in an apartment downtown.
[inhales deeply]
My mom is, my mom is dead.
[breathing shakily]
My mom is dead.
He-- B-- Billy, he killed her.
[sobbing] Billy, he killed her.
-[Chrissy] Lucy.
-[sobbing] Billy, he killed her!
-My mom is dead!
She had no apartment.
-Lucy, can you please calm down?
-[sobbing] No, no!
-[Ellis] Lucy. Lucy,
I don't know what's wrong.
-Lucy, your mom--
-Don't touch me! Don't touch me!
-You're lying.
-We all love you.
[Lucy]
You're lying to me!
You're all lying to me!
-You're all lying to me!
-[overlapping chatter]
-I'm sorry.
-You're lying to me!
You're all lying to--
-You just need to calm down.
-[Lucy] No!
-[overlapping chatter]
-Do not tell me to calm down!
-Lucy, you need to stop this
right now!
-You are lying!
-You need to stop!
-[overlapping chatter]
We are not,
we are not renovating!
-[tense music]
-Mom! Mom!
-Mom! No! Get off of me!
-[Ellis grunting] Lucy.
-[yelps]
-[Lucy panting]
[Ellis groans]
I'm sorry, Lucy.
-[crying] No! No! [struggling]
-[Ellis grunting]
[screaming] No! No, Ellis, stop!
Ellis, no! You're lying to me!
You're lying to me! No!
Stop it! No! Ellis!
No, Ellis! You're lying!
You're, you're lying! [sobbing]
[door closes]
[Ellis grunts]
[Lucy]
No, Ellis, stop it!
-[Ellis] We gotta move, Billy!
-What are you doing?
-[Billy] Still building.
-[Ellis] We gotta move!
-This is for you.
-[device hisses, whirring]
-No, stop! What are you doing?
-This is for you.
-[pills rattling]
-[Lucy crying]
-[Ellis grunting]
-[Lucy crying] No! No!
I love you so much. [grunts]
Now take these pills, dear.
I love you, Luce.
-[coughs, screams]
-I love you so much.
Come on, Billy!
[Lucy whimpering]
-A moment.
-[Ellis] How close are we?
[Lucy]
No! No!
-[Lucy whimpering]
-I love you so much, okay?
-Ellis.
-No, no!
[Ellis]
No!
-[shatters]
-[groans]
-[door closes]
-[breathing deeply]
[clock ticking]
[clatters]
[soft eerie music]
[inhales deeply]
[exhales]
[person sobbing]
[doppelgnger]
Please let me out.
Please.
[sniffles] Please let me out,
Daddy. I just want--
-[sobbing] I don't wanna be
alone. Please.
-[music continues]
[breath trembling]
Please let me out.
[sobs]
-[distorted screaming]
-Let me out!
Let me out! [crying]
[unsettling music]
-[wet squelching]
-[Lucy breathes shakily]
[doppelgnger whimpers]
[rasping, groaning]
[wheezing]
[wheezing, coughing]
[low growling]
-[doppelgnger coughing,
gasping]
-[demon wheezing, growling]
[doppelgnger grunts, moans]
[doppelgnger crying]
No! Leave me alone!
-Leave me alone!
-[music continues]
-[demon snarling]
-[doppelgnger crying]
-[Lucy] No!
-[neck snaps, thuds]
Leave me alone!
Leave me alone!
Leave me a-- [grunts]
[groans, sucks teeth]
[panting]
[groans in pain]
[panting]
[whimpers, grunts]
[strained grunting] Let me out!
Let me out! [grunting]
-[crying]
-[banging on door]
[crying] Let me out!
[whimpering] No, no, no, no!
-[banging on door]
-Let me out! Let me out!
-Let me out! [sobs]
-[doorknob rattling]
[strained grunting]
[breathing heavily, sobbing]
-[sighs]
-[door creaks open]
[music stops]
-[thuds]
-[panting]
[panting]
No, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no.
-[tinkling]
-[whooshing]
-[Billy] Lucy.
-[gasps]
[door creaking open]
[rustling]
[melodic piano music playing]
[music stops]
[soft rustling]
Billy?
Billy?
[Billy distorted]
Yes, I'm here.
Where are you?
[Billy]
I'm right here.
Would you like to see me?
Of course.
Hi, Billy.
-Hi, Lucy.
-[bench creaks]
[smacks lips] You play so well.
[snickers] It's beautiful.
You should play that
for your mom sometime.
She loves to hear you play.
I know. [sighs]
I should go see her,
shouldn't I?
[smacks lips] How is she?
[chuckles softly]
She's happy.
She misses you very much.
-I miss her too.
-Mm.
I promise I will go see her.
-That will be good.
-[both chuckle]
We wanted you to be happy...
Ellis and I.
Are you happy?
Yes. [chuckles softly]
I am.
I don't really remember
a time when I was happier.
[Billy chuckles]
[Billy]
Hm.
Um... I don't remember.
How did I...
...how did I get here?
It took an enormous amount
of energy to bring you here.
To push everything out.
Everything that happened
just moments ago in real time.
And everything from your past
that was not... quite pleasant.
To give you this
one fleeting moment
where all is as it should be.
[snickers]
What are you talking about?
[inhales] Do you remember
when I joined your family?
Yeah.
You were seven years old.
[chuckles]
I arrived with the police unit
and saw what your father had...
Hm.
But you were nowhere
to be found. [chuckles]
We looked and looked
with no success
until, I don't know how or why,
I was the one to find you,
but I did.
I did.
[smacks lips] In the woods,
behind the house,
three miles away, under a tree.
A tiny, terrified little girl,
clutching that
little elephant of yours.
You saved me.
But you wouldn't let me come
near you, not for a long time.
Not until I got down on my knees
and I put out my hands
and I promised you
that I would
never, ever hurt you.
That I would protect you...
...from all harm
if it were in my power...
...for as long as I should live.
Then you got up,
and you walked to me,
and I lifted you up,
and I carried you away...
in my arms.
And as we walked,
I could feel your muscles relax.
And you buried your head
deep into my shoulder.
And soon you were asleep.
And I carried you
all the way back.
This is what I choose
to dream of.
But I'm not a child anymore,
Billy. [chuckles softly]
[Lucy gasps softly]
I don't feel good.
I don't feel good, Billy.
What's happening?
In a few moments,
the architecture will collapse.
[faint rumbling]
I want to prepare you
for what is to come.
I will open your eyes,
and you will see...
...and we will say goodbye.
See what?
Only enough.
I'm sorry.
I did the best I could.
-Billy, stop. Stop. Billy, stop.
-[whooshes]
-[indistinct conversation]
-[Hazel] They did.
Yeah, and it's mine.
-[laughter]
-[Hazel] And so the studio's
moving out of the house
-and Leo's still having-- Oh!
-[Leo] Okay, she's coming.
[Hazel whispering]
Oh, shoot! She's coming! Hide!
-Thank you so much.
-Come on, quick. [shushes]
-[indistinct chatter]
-[Ellis] Get the lights.
-[scuffling]
-[Chrissy] You are crazy.
-[Roger] Uh-oh!
-[Chrissy chuckles]
Rodge, you are crazy, man!
-[Chrissy laughs]
-[Ellis] Hurry up.
-[Roger] We got this.
-[Ellis] She's coming.
She's calling. Shh! Shut up.
-[Chrissy] Oh, my God.
-[Ellis clears throat]
Hey, babe. [whispers] Shut up.
Uh, I'm fine. How are you?
-Oh, what did I forget?
-[high-pitched whistling]
-[loud explosion]
-[Chrissy] Run!
-[indistinct chatter]
-[Ellis] Get the lights!
Roger, get the lights!
-[Gil] That was right
in the front yard.
-[Ellis] Lucy?
-Lucy, are you there?
-[Chrissy] What was that?
-[chatter]
-[Ellis] Lucy, can you hear me?
-[Chrissy] You good? Okay.
-[Hazel] I'm okay.
[Ellis]
Lucy! She's not responding.
-Lucy! Lucy, are you there?
-[music playing]
-Lucy!
-What was that?
-[Ellis] Lucy! Lucy!
-[Hazel] What was that?
-[Leo] Guys! Guys!
-[Ellis] Lucy!
-[Hazel] What was that?
-We have to leave, now.
[Roger]
Yeah, what, what was that?
[Leo]
Ellis. She's not gonna make it.
-We have to leave right now.
-[Chrissy] Lucy. Lucy?
-[Leo] Let's go.
-No, no. No, no, no, no.
-[Roger] Where are you going?
-[Leo] We have to leave, now!
-[Ellis] Billy!
-[Gil] We, we cannot go
out there. No!
-[Chrissy] Ellis, please!
-It's now or never.
[Gil]
Wait, we cannot go out there.
We cannot go out there.
-[Leo] Ellis, she's gone!
-What? What the...
-[Hazel] No, you can't.
-Ellis, don't!
-Don't do this, Ellis!
-[overlapping shouting]
-[Hazel] Please, Ellis! Please!
-Do not do this!
-Do not do this!
-[Billy] You go. You go.
We'll find you.
[Chrissy]
That's not what she wants.
That's not what she wants.
Please don't do that.
You don't know
what he's doing!
-Chrissy, get out!
-Ellis, you cannot
do this to her.
-Chrissy, get out!
-Do not do this! Please! No, no!
-Don't do this!
-[overlapping shouting]
-[Roger] Let's go! Let's go!
-[Chrissy] No, Ellis!
Come on! Come on! Chrissy!
Come on!
We gotta go! We gotta go!
-Out the door!
-[indistinct shouting]
-Let's get out the door!
Let's go! Let's go! Hey!
-Ellis, no!
You don't know
what you're doing!
You don't know
what you're doing!
[Ellis]
It's okay, Luce. It's all good.
It's okay, Luce.
It's okay, baby.
I just want you to relax, okay?
-[Lucy groans]
-[objects clatter]
Okay.
-All right, don't worry.
-[device warbling]
[Ellis breathing heavily]
-[clicks, whirs]
-Okay. Okay.
Plug me in.
You'll feel it right here.
-[clicks]
-[screams]
[tense music]
-[Ellis breathing heavily]
-[Billy groans]
[buzzing, warbling]
Okay.
-[cranking]
-[breathing heavily]
It's all built.
I'm ready to initiate.
[Ellis]
Okay.
[breathing heavily]
[grunts]
-Ellis...
-[panting]
...please.
[Ellis grunts]
-Do it! Do it!
-[device thumps, crackles]
-[screaming]
-[Ellis yells]
It's okay. It's okay.
It's gonna be all right.
It's gonna be over soon.
This is for you.
-[grunting]
-[Lucy continues screaming]
-[crying]
-[music continues]
[Ellis softly]
It's okay. It's okay.
[softly] It's okay. It's okay.
Lucy. Lucy.
[voice breaking] Lucy. Oh, God.
Oh, God. Lucy! Lucy!
[sniffles] Lucy!
Lucy.
[groans]
-[Ellis] Oh, no.
-[Billy] Ellis.
I have her, Ellis.
We have to go.
-Ellis, we have to go.
-No!
-[Billy] I have her!
-No!
[sniffles]
[Lucy]
Billy?
Lucy.
What did you do?
We were trying to save you.
Preserve you, but we were hit...
-...when we tried to get away.
-[exhales shakily]
-What did you do to me?
-I built all this for you.
[Lucy cries]
-This isn't real.
-Yes, it is.
-[Lucy] No.
-It is.
I built you a new home,
temporary,
until we could upload you
to Central
-and then you could be free.
-What are you talking about?
-You have trapped me.
-[Billy] No.
-I was trying to save you.
-You have trapped--
I didn't want to be saved.
[inhales]
I'm not even real.
-Lucy, you are.
-[cries] No, I'm not.
I'm not even real.
I'm not even me.
-I'm not real.
-You are real. I have you.
I need you to let me out,
Billy, please.
-I can't do that.
-What do you mean
you can't do that?
You need to let me out.
Billy, you need to let me out.
You need to let me out, please.
I can't be here.
-Billy, I can't be here.
-Lucy, there's nowhere to go.
-I can't be inside of you.
I can't be--
-There is nowhere to go, Lucy.
-Your body is dead.
-[inhales deeply]
[exhales sharply]
How could you do this to me?
I trusted you.
I'm broken, Luce.
[Lucy sobs]
I, I can't protect you anymore.
Lucy... I need you
to listen to me.
I can reset for one last time,
and you can say goodbye.
But you must do it now.
Lucy... you have to choose.
Will you say goodbye?
Yes.
[rustling]
[sobs]
[poignant music]
[sobbing]
Surprise.
[crying]
I don't wanna--
I have to go. I...
[sniffles] I'm really scared.
-We know.
We know, we know, we know.
-I'm really, really scared.
I don't want to.
I don't wanna be alone, Chrissy.
[crying] I don't wanna be alone.
I don't wanna be alone, please.
[Chrissy]
I know. I know.
-I don't...
-Listen. Listen to me.
-[sobbing]
-You can do this. Okay?
-Do you hear me?
-Yeah.
You can do this.
And you are not alone.
-You're never alone, okay? Ever.
-Okay.
-[kisses] Okay. Let's go.
-Okay.
-Okay. [sniffles]
-Okay? Time to go.
[music continues]
-Hi.
-[mouthing] Hi.
[Lucy]
Hi.
[Lucy sniffles, sobs]
-I love you.
-I love you.
-Come here.
-[sobs] Luce.
[Lucy sobs]
Love you. You've got this.
I'm so sorry to let you go.
-I'm so sorry.
-[chuckles] It's okay.
[sniffles] I didn't deserve it.
[sniffles] Hey.
-[sobs]
-[sighs, sniffles]
-Hey, you're gonna be just fine.
-Okay.
-Thank you
for being in our lives.
-Hi. Yeah. [sobs]
[Ellis shudders]
Lucy, we...
I was gonna find a way.
[smacks lips] Lucy, we...
-[music continues]
-[sighs]
I love you so much.
I love you.
Lucy.
[breathing shakily]
Lucy, please.
Please. There's not,
there's not-- there's no time.
-I... I...
-[warbling]
It's him.
[door opens]
[music continues]
-[breathing heavily]
-[whooshing]
Billy?
Billy?
[breathing heavily]
Where are you?
[burbling]
[inhales deeply]
[exhales shakily]
Mom?
Mom! [cries]
[music continues]
[gentle whoosh]
[muffled warbling]
[warbling intensifies]
[whooshes]
-[muffled explosions]
-[distant screams]
[music continues]
[whistling]
[muffled explosion]
[muffled explosion]
[muffled explosion]
[coughs, sniffs]
[groans]
[gasping]
How much longer do we have?
The strikes will continue.
You need to be
at least 6500 feet
within the next 70 minutes
-or your body will succumb
to the neurotoxin...
-[exhales]
...contained within the rockets.
If you feel
the complications start,
you will choose to end
your own life.
Was she happy?
[wind blowing gently]
[Ellis inhales]
[huffs]
-[Ellis sighs]
-[device clinks]
Thank you, Billy.
Goodbye, Ellis.
-[grunts]
-[device hisses, warbles]
[groans]
[Chrissy]
We should move.
[Ellis exhales]
[melodic piano music]
[music continues]
[music continues]
[music continues]
[music fades]
[ambient music]
[thump]
[somber music]
-[muffled grinding]
-[low, muffled chatter]
-[muffled shouting]
-[low, muffled chatter]
[ominous music]
[woman choking]
[woman choking, gasping]
-[burbling]
-[low, muffled chatter]
[woman breathing heavily]
[coughs]
-[Lucy] Daddy?
-[eerie music]
[sobbing] Please.
-[dramatic unsettling music]
-[siren blaring]
[muffled boom]
[car alarm chirps]
-[Ellis on phone] Hey, babe.
-[Lucy] Hey. How's it going?
[Ellis]
Pretty good.
How are you doing?
[Lucy]
I'm fine.
Um, did we have
any plans tonight?
-[Ellis sighs]
What did I forget?
-[Lucy] No, I'm not...
I'm just asking.
-[Ellis] Um... well,
I'm feeling kinda tired.
-[Lucy] Okay.
[door creaking open]
Lights.
[Ellis]
Is that okay?
-No, it's kind of my, um...
-What?
-What'd you say?
-[sighs]
-[object clatters]
-Nothing. It's my...
...lights.
-[Ellis] Are you okay?
-[switch clicks]
[sighs] Yeah,
the lights aren't turning on.
-Lights. [sighs]
-[Ellis] Baby, what is it?
[Lucy]
Nothing. It's, um...
[muttering indistinctly] Lights!
[all]
Surprise!
-[laughter]
-[Roger] Oh, look at that face!
-[indistinct chatter]
-[laughter]
-Um, you scared the shit
out of me.
-Mission accomplished.
Come on, you thought I was
gonna forget your birthday?
I mean, it wouldn't be
the first time.
Okay, that was extenuating
-circumstance--
-Quit hogging her!
Hi!
Oh, my goodness, you were--
Are you in on this?
-Yes. Me and Ellis
have been scheming.
-[Lucy] Oh, when?
-You know, just, like,
leading up to this.
-Okay.
-[Roger] What's up, girlfriend?
-Hi.
-How are ya?
-I'm good. How are you?
-Hi.
-[Gil] So good to see you.
-Good to see you too.
-[sighs]
Oh, my-- oh, my God, do you...
-Hm?
-[Gil] Do you feel this?
-What?
-Ooh! Oh, my gosh.
-You see it, don't you?
-[Roger] Yeah.
You're glowing. You--
Oh, my gosh. Are you,
-are you expecting? She's ex--
-What?
[Gil]
Yes, you're right.
Your oven is pregnant
with the most delicious
marionberry birthday pie
-anyone's ever baked. [laughs]
-[Roger] Sorry, sorry.
-The worst, the corniest jokes
I have ever heard.
-Everybody-- No, no, no, no.
-He had-- It was--
-[Lucy] Billy.
-Hi.
-[Billy] Hi. [chuckles]
-[both laughing]
-[Billy chuckles] Hi!
-[Lucy] Hi!
-Hi, beautiful. Hi. How are you?
-Hi!
-I am so happy you're here.
No. Oh, of course.
I wouldn't miss it
for the world.
-You need to come visit more.
-[others chattering]
I know. My therapist keeps
telling me that.
You're still seeing a therapist?
-Sometimes. Yeah.
-Hm.
-Um, how's Mom?
-Oh, she's great.
She's doing really, really well.
-I--
-[Hazel] Happy birthday.
[chuckles]
-So sorry to interrupt.
-How are you?
-Happy birthday!
-Couple! So stylish.
Wow, guys, I am so happy
to see you both.
-Yeah, it's been too long.
It's been too long.
-It's been way too long.
-Um, you've been off
saving the world?
-[Leo] No.
-Don't make his head
any bigger than it already is.
-[laughter]
Are we even allowed to sit here?
-This place is immaculate.
-I know. It's so clean.
-Does Lucy even live here?
-[Leo] So, Ellis then must be
keeping a pretty tight grip
on you, huh?
I keep her chained to
the kitchen most of the time.
-[all] Oh!
-Don't love that.
-It's a joke.
I'm joking, obviously.
-It's not funny.
Right, 'cause, uh, 'cause Ellis
just loves eating PB&J
every night for dinner.
-Uh, yeah, he does, actually.
I make pretty good bread.
-Yeah, that's true.
-I don't mind it.
-[Lucy] With gourmet jelly.
It's a great PB&J.
I'm-- Okay, I take it back.
-No, it's very good.
-I mean, this is exactly
why you need me to come over,
-so I can
cook you actual food...
-[Leo] It's okay.
-...and you're not eating
PB&Js every day.
-Hey, I'm not a bad cook.
[Hazel]
But you're not a great cook.
-He's a good cook.
-I mean--
-You're a good cook.
-Gil is a good cook.
Is Gil a great cook?
-Yes. Yes, he is. How dare you?
-[Lucy] Yes.
-All right. Come on over.
-[laughter]
-We'll have an executive chef
in our kitchen.
-[Lucy] Yes!
-I, I would love that.
-Whenever you want.
Hazel was telling me that
you grew up in this house.
-Is that right?
-Yeah, I did, actually.
But I'm not really sure
how we ended up back here.
-We just did.
-Uh, but Chrissy was here
almost every day, right?
-It's true.
-Annoying me
was her favorite pastime.
It's just because you're so
irresistibly annoyable.
-[laughter]
-That's not even partially true.
Yeah, it's still true and
it's still my favorite thing.
-Am I really that bad?
-[Lucy] Yeah.
-[Hazel] Yeah.
-It's crazy.
-[Roger] That is true.
-I love it.
-Oh, okay, well.
-[Hazel] Well, I love it.
-The house is beautiful. Yeah.
-Thanks. It's kind of a wreck
right now.
A mess? You--
This, this is not a mess.
-No, this is great. It's down--
-This is beautiful.
You're lucky.
-I mean, look at this.
-Lucky to have friends
who remember to bring wine!
-That's true!
-Yes!
-[Chrissy] Whoo!
-Uh, let's do a toast.
-A toast!
-Yeah, okay.
-[Ellis] Let's do a toast.
-To the end of the world.
-Jesus, Roger.
-[Hazel] Oh, my God.
-[cross-talk]
-Not funny. It's not funny.
-Don't snap your cap.
Who's got the corkscrew?
-I will snap my cap.
Someone find the corkscrew,
all right? I've done my job.
Gil, do you wanna go help me
in the kitchen?
-[Gil] Sure.
-[Lucy] Thanks. Thank you.
-[indistinct chatter]
-[Gil] You okay?
-[Lucy] Um, yeah, I'm fine.
-[Gil] What is that?
Um, this was mine
when I was a kid.
[chuckles]
I used to love this guy.
[Gil]
Feeling bit sentimental,
are we?
-Not really.
-[indistinct chatter]
Where did you come from?
[Hazel]
Looks like he needs
an eye patch. [clicks tongue]
-You getting glasses?
-[Gil] Oh.
-Yeah, yeah. Sorry.
-[Ellis] Yeah, let's go.
[overlapping chatter]
[Gil]
If I'm not mistaken, you have
a recital coming up, don't you?
Yeah, um, I do. But actually,
did you guys see that thing
that was up in the sky?
-What thing?
-[glasses clinking]
I don't know, it was like
this... [smacks lips] thing.
It was right outside.
It had, like, a weird
red and green glow.
-Sounds like an orbital, maybe?
-Uh, it was just hanging there.
[Gil]
Orbitals can sometimes
be super slow.
And I can only carry
four of these, so...
-[Ellis] Yeah,
I got the other four.
-[glasses clinking]
Uh, you don't think it's some
Rurik spy thing, do you?
Uh, if it was a spy thing,
you probably
wouldn't see it, right?
I guess.
Uh, corkscrew in the drawer.
-[objects clattering]
-[thuds]
-[pops]
-I feel like that took way
longer than it needed to.
-[Hazel] All right.
That's right.
-Whining for wine.
-Smells good.
-[Chrissy] Yeah.
-[indistinct chatter]
-[laughter]
[overlapping chatter]
To my best friend,
for as long as I can remember.
-[Roger] Happy birthday, Lucy.
-[Gil] Cheers.
-Happy birthday. We love you.
-[overlapping chatter]
-Happy birthday, Lucy Williams.
-[glasses clink]
Thanks.
Um, wow, this is so great.
Um, today was just like a...
-Today was a blur. [chuckles]
-[Chrissy] Yeah.
Why, some geezer spit at you?
-Wow, "geezer"?
-No, I'm serious, though.
So, I knew this nurse
who worked at this geezer house.
-A "geezer house"?
-[Roger] Yeah. Sorry.
-Geezer lodge.
-[laughter]
-[Roger chuckles]
There was this--
-[Gil] It's the worst.
[Roger]
Anyways,
there was this old fathead.
He would spit on him every day.
I, I mean, every day.
-That is so gross!
-Oh, Roger.
-[Roger] It's unbelievable.
-Just never change, okay?
I love you just the way you are.
All I'm saying is, it must be
difficult to work at a place
with a bunch of dying
old people, right?
-It was sweet for a second.
-Luckily... [chuckles]
Lucy is just a secretary,
so she doesn't have to work
with the geezers. [chuckles]
No, they know how to complain
at the front desk.
See? And they probably
spit on you, right?
-[Gil] Roger, stop being an ass.
-[Lucy] Not yet. [laughs]
I keep telling Lucy she should,
uh, become a nurse, though.
-So I can get spit on
by old people?
-Yeah, of course.
-No, no, because you
would be so good at it.
-[laughs]
-[Hazel] Yeah.
-And if anything
happened to you,
you'd be able to tell me
how to save you.
Okay, your, your logic here
is a little baffling to me.
Yeah. Why don't you
just become a nurse?
-Because I already
have a career.
-Oh, okay.
[Ellis]
Point is, you can't die
before me, okay?
I, I don't think I could--
[snorts] I couldn't handle it.
-Even if we're old?
-Yeah, even if we're old.
And no... [smacks lips, inhales]
that would be too much.
-Off-limits, all right?
-Deal.
-Yeah. Mm. [kisses]
-[Hazel] So sweet.
-Get a room, you guys.
-Hey, it's cute!
-We live here.
-[laughing] Yeah.
-A large window so I can watch.
-[laughter]
-[Ellis] Like I said, no filter.
-We--
I mean, you guys will
-probably upload at that point.
-[Ellis] Hear, hear.
-[overlapping chatter]
-[Chrissy] No!
-No.
-[Chrissy] No way!
-We're not talking about this.
-I just want
a nice, peaceful
transition to the afterlife.
No endless simulacrum for me.
-[Lucy] Yeah, no, thank you.
-[Hazel] No, we're not talking
-about this.
-[Leo] Just, just hear me out.
I mean, imagine in old age,
when your... [inhales] body
starts to shut down,
imagine getting
a dementia diagnosis.
-[Roger] Right.
-I mean,
when push comes to shove,
why wouldn't you
wanna preserve...
-[Chrissy] I could not
want anything less.
-...what you have left instead
of going through
all of that suffering
-right at the end of life?
-No, the way
they have to just...
-[Leo] No, everyone from--
-Like, smash your brain
to do it,
-it's, it's horrific.
It's inhumane.
-[Leo] Well,
-birth is, is horrific.
-Exactly.
Nobody that reports back
from Central--
They all like it.
Nobody is unhappy.
No, no, that-- but that's not
them reporting back.
It's just some, like,
weird algorithmic...
-No, it is-- You can-- I mean...
-...sequence of electrons.
...obviously, we,
we can't know for sure,
but it seems like them,
it feels like them.
Have you read-- I mean,
do you know anyone who's--
It's just some, like, electrons
that are trying to imitate
what they are.
If you think about it, though--
If you think about it...
-what is thought besides, like,
a random firing of electrons?
-[overlapping chatter]
[Ellis]
This may be at least directed
by your choice, right?
You're choosing how you wanna
go forward, whether, whether--
-And so maybe it, its depth of--
-[Roger] Oh,
it's wishful thinking.
-[Gil] ...random firings
of, like--
-I mean, looking forward
to want a peaceful transition
into the afterlife
-sounds like
wishful thinking to me.
-"Wishful thinking"?
-This sounds like technology.
This is progress.
-It is what all of human history
-has done before us.
I would rather take a chance...
-Oh, sure.
-...on that than...
-[Ellis] Yeah, absolutely.
-We're, uh, transcending this--
-...try and do something--
[Roger]
You don't just mortal question,
you choose how you die.
-[Leo] I don't,
I don't necessarily think...
-[overlapping chatter]
...children should be uploading,
but I mean, at the end of life,
you can have the best
of both worlds.
You know, you live a long,
full, happy life.
And then, when,
when you're ready to go,
-you can continue, like--
-[Hazel] Why would--
What are you saying?
[Ellis]
I just don't think it's you.
[Gil]
As long as Billy is still alive,
then we don't have to worry
-about somebody
taking care of Lucy.
-[Ellis] That's true.
-How about that?
-[Roger] Good. There you go.
-That's true.
-He's still taking care
of your mom, right, Luce?
Um, yeah. They're best friends.
Guilty as charged.
[Ellis]
And we are all here
to take care of you.
-That's sweet.
-Well, drink to that.
-[Lucy] Um, yeah,
like I was saying earlier...
-[indistinct chatter]
...this is so great.
I, um... Yeah, it's just nice
to get a breather, right?
With all this Rurik stuff
in the news, the escalation...
[inhales]
...we really don't know
what's gonna happen tomorrow.
Like, we don't know
what we're gonna wake up to.
Like, what the world is gonna be
like, and... [inhales deeply]
[exhales sharply] It just--
it feels so powerless.
Like, I just-- I feel like
there's nothing
that I can do about it
except for just, like, sit
and wait, and... [inhales]
Gosh, I'm, I'm really sorry.
I didn't mean to
-bring the vibe down.
It's just--
-[Roger] No, Luce.
-No.
-[Chrissy] It's totally fine.
It's... [chuckles]
nice to know that, um,
I have you guys and that, um,
whatever's gonna come,
that we don't have to
endure it alone, so...
Jeez. Um...
I know it's a long drive
for you guys, so thank you.
We're happy to be here.
-[Gil] Totally worth it for you.
-Worth every mile. Come on.
-[Gil] Yeah. Of course.
-Thanks.
Guys, how long has it been
since we've all been in the room
-together like this?
-Too long.
Not since before
Lucy's dad died, right?
May he forever rot in hell.
-[softly] Ellis.
-[smacks lips] Just sayin'.
No, he's right.
Um, he was a piece of work.
-Yeah.
-Think it might've been
at our wedding?
[Chrissy]
No, Ellis wasn't there.
Oh, yeah.
-I was dating, um--
-That asshole. Yep.
-You were still dating him.
-[Gil] Oh, that dude.
That's him. That asshole.
That's his name.
"Him"? Uh, I'm sorry, Luce.
-I, I didn't mean
to bring him up.
-No, it's fine.
I just-- I don't remember
what was his name.
Oh, we don't remember his name.
No!
-The less said about him,
the better.
-[Roger] It's probably good.
-It's good.
-Okay, yeah, you're right.
We hate him.
Yep. Jeez.
All the wonderful guys
that I've dated, right?
Oh, God, one after another.
Until I met you, of course.
Um, thanks to you guys.
I probably wouldn't have made it
out otherwise, so thanks.
-[Gil] Mm.
-And your mom, of course.
[slow jazz music
playing over speakers]
-Right. Yeah, my mom.
-She's a saint.
-[Roger] Yeah. She's awesome.
-I know. I love her.
[Lucy]
Yeah, she's, um, she's great.
Um, um, right.
But that-- This is so nice.
Um, uh, this is the happiest
I've felt in a while,
so thanks, guys. But seriously,
-you scared the hell out of me.
-[laughter]
-We did? Yes! Oh!
-[Ellis] Good.
[overlapping chatter]
I told you, you guys, you were
gonna screw up the lights.
-[Gil] That wasn't--
-I told you-- No, this was you.
-You can't put that on us.
-No, it's definitely not us.
That was definitely not us.
Because you messed
with the electrical.
-Come on!
-[Chrissy] Ew!
-Shit.
-[Ellis] Not what we had in mind
when we said "kill the lights."
[overlapping chatter]
Hey, you promised.
Unless it's an emergency.
Hey, careful!
Off to save
the solar system, huh?
Funny.
Terrence, what's happening?
-You can't be serious.
-Is everything okay?
Yeah, it's fine.
-It's fine.
-[glass clatters]
You sure?
-We, uh...
-[clatters]
-...we all gonna die?
-[Ellis] Roger.
It was just a phone call.
[Gil]
He does work for
the Ministry of Defense, so...
[Ellis]
I know who he works for, Gil.
There's a lot of people
that work for
the Ministry of Defense.
[Hazel]
He knows things.
He can't tell me even,
of course, but...
...with the escalation
and everything,
they are assigning him to Titan.
-[Gil] Wow.
-[Roger] Titan?
-[Gil] Yeah.
-Really?
-[Gil] Titan?
-Mm-hm. Yeah.
-[Roger] Really?
-I mean, he doesn't have to go.
It's all remote.
He stays planetside.
[scoffs] Yeah, like
that's gonna be any safer.
-[Gil] Roger.
-[Roger] What?
It's not like any of us
have been living
under a rock this week.
Okay? If the Duke
pulls the trigger,
the Rurik are gonna hit a lot
more places than just Titan.
-It's not gonna be pretty.
-It's just scare tactics, Roger.
-[Roger] "Scare tactics"?
-Yeah.
Well, it's working.
People are freaked out.
-I'm freaked out!
-Right. But do you have to
talk about it tonight?
-No. Sorry, Luce.
-[Gil] Thank you.
-No, it's fine.
-We just worked so hard
-to get everyone together,
you know?
-Yeah,
why you always gotta be
such a dick, Roger?
Oh, come on.
You know, like, you know
I'm not the bad guy here.
-[Hazel] You had to bring it up.
-Okay? We've been dealing
with this nonsense
-for the past couple years.
-Right.
-[overlapping conversations]
-Guys.
And it's just all
coming to, like,
-a head right now.
-Okay, guys. Guys! Hey!
It's fine, okay? It's fine.
Leo says the escalation--
The, the Duke,
it's all empty threats.
It's all scare tactics,
like you say.
-It's all for show. So...
-[Ellis] Yeah, exactly.
[chuckles] Everything's fine.
We're all gonna be fine.
It's okay.
[clock ticking]
It's fine.
-[glass thuds]
-[smacks lips] I'm gonna...
-...I'm gonna check the pie.
-You know, I'm gonna help you.
-I'm gonna set the table.
Rodge, you wanna help me?
-Sure.
-[Ellis] Just relax.
It's your birthday.
-Can I help?
-Please don't make me stay here.
-Relax! You don't have to worry
about anything, okay?
It's your birthday! Come on.
-Enjoy yourself.
-[sighs]
[inaudible dialogue]
[Billy]
You're worried.
I don't know.
Should I be?
[Joe muffled]
No, get out to work.
I don't care.
[continues indistinctly]
We'll be fine.
Is there anything else?
Hey, it's me.
[chuckles softly]
[breathes deeply]
When I say that... [chuckles]
today was a blur...
...it's weird, but I...
I can't really remember
anything about my day.
That's strange.
It's gonna sound crazy...
[inhales]
...but... [exhales]
it's almost like
I was here before I got here.
Sounds like a dream.
Things like that happen.
It's a stressful day,
and your flesh brain didn't
store it very well. [snickers]
[snickers]
-Yeah, maybe.
-Dreaming and remembering,
they're essentially
the same thing.
-Do you know that?
-Mm-mm.
Every time you remember
something, you're not really
remembering the event itself.
You're recreating your last
memory you have of the event.
So, the more times
you remember something,
the more distorted it becomes.
-It's kind of like
a copy of a copy.
-Yeah, exactly.
-Okay.
-And the really old memories,
they're like a copy of a copy,
-of a copy of a copy.
-Copy of a copy of a copy.
-Of many copies. Exactly.
-Yeah.
But the information
is always there.
So, things you forgot
or that you'd like to forget.
Given the opportunity,
they'll come sneaking
through the cracks.
-That's terrifying.
-Mm.
And dreams,
they're doing the same thing.
Your mind re-imagining,
recreating
billions of memories
and presenting them anew.
All those copies,
plus the copies you made
before you went to sleep.
What do you dream about, Billy?
-Whatever I like. [snickers]
-[chuckles]
Are you gonna play
for us tonight?
Oh, no. Nobody wants me
to play for them. [chuckles]
-[grunts]
-Billy, are you okay?
-Hey, are you okay?
-[inhales] Yeah.
I'm fine. Just a little misfire.
[chuckles]
[woman weakly]
Lucy?
Lucy!
-Billy, will you--
-I'll go see what she needs.
-[grunts softly]
-[low suspenseful music]
[rustling]
[Robert]
Hey.
[exhales] Your mom okay?
Um, yeah.
Billy's gone to check on her.
Sorry if we were being
too loud in there.
-[chuckles] It's okay.
She's used to it.
-Okay.
Well, I gotta go to the whiz
palace. Down the hall, right?
Yeah, but, uh,
we're remodeling that one.
Let me, let me take you
to the one downstairs.
-We're remodeling?
-Yeah.
Yeah, that guy started this
morning after you left for work.
-They came this morning?
-Yeah.
Yeah, we scheduled it
a few weeks ago.
[Lucy]
We did? [snickers]
[Ellis]
Don't you remember?
-Um...
-Sorry to butt in, but, uh...
[chuckling] I'm gonna start
unleashing poomers
-if I don't get
to the bathroom real quick.
-[Hazel] Ugh!
-[Gil] Roger,
you're such a toddler.
-Oh, come on, you love it.
-[Hazel] No!
-It's for your own good,
believe me.
-[Ellis] Come on. Come on.
-[Hazel] Please.
[footsteps thudding]
[clock ticking]
[sighs softly]
[clatters]
[sighs softly]
[playing melodic tune]
[playing off-key tune]
[stops playing]
[playing melodic tune]
[off-key tune]
[clatters, thuds]
[Lucy]
Guys?
[soft clattering]
Ellis?
[thuds softly]
[thuds]
Hey, guys?
Hey.
-[eerie sting]
-[gasps]
-Lucy, what-- what's wrong?
What's wrong?
-There's something in the oven.
-There's something.
Don't-- No, don't, Ellis. Don't.
-[Gil] Ah, that's great.
There's something wrong
with the pie?
[Gil]
I was gonna check it on that.
-How's it lookin'?
-[Hazel] Okay.
-[Gil grunts]
-Maybe a little burnt.
-[Gil] Oh, man.
-[Chrissy] Not bad.
-[Ellis] It's okay.
-[Hazel chuckles]
-[Chrissy] Hey,
it still smells good.
-Yeah, smells amazing, Gil.
Happy birthday to you--
What is this? I thought
you were kidding about the pie.
-No, it is a pie.
-No, there's gotta be a cake.
-[Ellis] Lucy hates cake.
-[Gil] Marionberry pie.
-Since when?
-I love a pie.
-Oh, you're a monster.
-Come on. How did you forget?
-Pie is great.
-[Roger] Well, uh, yes,
we all love pies,
we all love cakes,
but this is birthday time.
No, in the hierarchy
of baked confectioneries...
[Hazel]
Yeah, I mean, oh, pie.
-...pie is way better than cake.
-[Hazel] Sorry, I love a pie.
[Gil]
Is everything okay, Luce?
[sighs softly] I'm fine.
[Ellis]
Uh, migraine?
You need some meds?
No, I said I am fine.
Happy birthday
-To you
-[others] To you
-Lights.
-[all] Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday, dear Lucy
Happy birthday to you
[low tense music]
Make a wish.
[clock ticking]
Come on,
quit spoiling the party.
[breathing deeply]
[Ellis]
Lights.
-Hey, are you okay?
-Mm-hm.
Everybody's worried about you.
Yeah, I just need a minute.
Okay. [inhales]
Um... [smacks lips]
...you know, we, we put
a lot of effort into this.
Everybody did.
Your friends all made the drive.
-Chrissy took work off.
-[inhales] I know. I'm sorry.
You don't have to be sorry.
-It's just-- [inhales]
-No, I do.
You know, I'm sorry. I...
[breathing deeply]
You guys, you really did
all of this for me
-and... [chuckles] I'm
ruining it. Like always, I'm--
-No.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
You're not ruining anything.
We just want you to be happy.
-I know.
-You've had a long, hard day.
The oven was smokey,
your eyes played tricks on you.
That's, that's totally normal.
What's gotten into you?
-I don't know.
-Hey, everything's fine, okay?
You're totally safe.
-Yeah?
-[Ellis] Yeah.
-Okay.
-[Ellis] Yeah.
Hey, come here.
[Lucy exhales]
-[Ellis] I love you, okay?
-I love you too.
Are we okay?
-What are you talking about?
-[chuckles nervously]
[sniffles]
Never mind. I'm sorry.
-[chuckles]
-Okay.
[inhales] Well, hey,
why don't we go eat some pie?
You guys go ahead.
I'm just gonna go--
-No, come on, Luce. Luce.
-No, really,
-I'm gonna go lay down, okay?
-Why don't you lay on the couch?
-I don't really wanna lay
on the couch.
-No, it's really messy
-back there.
-Ellis. Ellis, I just--
-[Ellis] Oh!
-[Lucy] Shit.
-[clatters]
-Ellis, please.
[Ellis clicks tongue]
Okay.
Okay.
[clatters]
[woman coughing]
[woman crying]
[woman groaning]
[rustling]
[Billy]
Lucy.
What did you do?
I broke it.
Your mother's vase.
I know. I'm sorry.
It's all right.
It's just a thing.
And things don't matter
in the end.
Um, is Mom okay?
[clatters]
Of course.
I thought I heard her.
She's been having nightmares.
Poor thing.
But I've been keeping track
of her vitals, and she's fine.
Okay.
-[sighs wearily]
-Can I tell you a secret?
[softly]
She never liked this anyway.
It came from your father.
-Did you know?
-No.
[Billy]
Mm.
I swear I remember her
throwing this at him.
I thought it, um, smashed
against the wall and shattered.
That's obviously not possible.
I guess not.
-[clatters]
-[Billy sniffs]
-[clatters]
-I'm just gonna go get a bin.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
Go enjoy your party.
You let me do it.
Doctor's orders.
Okay.
[Chrissy]
So, we come around the corner
in our little mining cart
and the animatronic wicked witch
slides out holding the apple,
you know?
-[Gil chuckles]
-[Chrissy] You know?
And I don't know
what comes over her,
but she just reaches out.
-[laughter]
-[Roger] She's feeling it.
She's feeling it.
-[Chrissy] She's in it.
-[Roger] I don't blame her.
It's tempting.
I mean, it's a shiny apple.
But I'm looking at her,
confused, as she's reaching out.
-She's practically touching it.
She's very, very close.
-[Gil] Yeah. [chuckles]
-[Roger chuckles]
-Too close, one could argue.
-And then the lights come on.
-[Chrissy] Yes.
-[Roger] No. No.
-Yes. The ride stops,
the lights come on.
-[Roger] He broke it.
-[Chrissy] Someone comes in
over the intercom.
-[Gil] Oh, my God. No.
-[snaps fingers] Immediately!
Right away.
Oh, my God.
You gotta be kidding me.
And the magic is over
by that point.
Like, it is not fun anymore.
I mean, was there any magic
to begin with? I mean, come on.
-[Hazel laughing]
-Yes! We were in this
spooky, Haunted Forest,
and now we were
in a shitty warehouse
-with fluorescent lighting,
tacky murals on the walls.
-Everyone else?
-[Gil laughs]
-[overlapping chatter]
-Okay, I'm not--
-[Gil] I still have fond
memories of that place.
I have mad respect
for the Haunted Forest, okay,
but when you turn on the lights,
it's just a bunch of tacky
murals on the wall.
Wait. So, wh-- what,
what did you do?
So, they start coming around
and escorting people
off the ride.
-No.
-Mm-hm. But they get to us
and they're, like, "Not you.
You two stay right there."
-[laughter]
-No way.
-"You have to stay put."
-Everyone else?
I'm not kidding.
Can you imagine?
-[Ellis] Are you serious?
-[Roger] No way!
-[Ellis] Are you serious?
-[Gil] What happened next?
Well, they, they take us off
and they give us a huge lecture
-for, like, a half hour.
-[Roger] Oh, thank you.
-I'm so glad they did that.
-[Hazel laughs]
-[Roger] Oh, you just have
to see that one.
-[Chrissy] Roger.
-[Ellis] Right, Luce?
-Uh, yeah.
They, uh, kicked us out
for the rest of the day.
-[Gil laughing] Oh, no.
-Yes, they did.
-Well, you deserve it. [laughs]
-[Chrissy] I was
completely humiliated.
-[Roger] As you should be. Yeah.
-[laughter]
-Punks.
-But in the 30-plus years
that I have known Lucy,
that was the worst thing
that she has ever done.
-[Roger] I'll drink to that.
-[Chrissy] Cheers!
Such an angel.
I should be surprised,
but I'm not.
And when your mom picked us up,
you were still crying,
so she took us to get ice cream.
-That woman is a saint,
by the way.
-Yeah.
-[Chrissy] Yeah.
-I just love her.
[Roger] So, Hazel,
when's your boy be get back?
-Mm. Three months.
-[Chrissy] Three months? Jeez!
How long are they keeping him
up there?
Uh, he's on rotation,
so he's six months
off-world on base,
-and then six months planetside.
-[sighs heavily]
[Ellis]
He's on, uh, Titan?
-[Hazel] Titan, yeah.
-[Roger] And Titan was the best
of all the gods.
Titan. Titan, that's, uh,
that's on Neptune.
-[Hazel] Saturn.
-Oh.
Saturn is Titan.
Neptune is Triton.
You can remember because
Neptune holds a trident.
-[Hazel] You mean a Triton.
-Saturn's one of the Titans.
-And also, we don't have
any colonies on Triton.
-[Ellis] Right.
Well, this would be a hell
of a lot easier to remember
-if I wasn't drunk.
-[laughter]
[Gil]
Come on, like,
Titan, Triton, it's--
You can't blame me
for getting it mixed up.
I can. Titan, like titanic.
Massive, huge, enormous.
-Triton, like, three points.
-[laughter]
-[Hazel] That's a trident.
-Completely different etymology.
You should be ashamed
of yourself.
Oh, we have an etymologist
at the table.
I have a word for you,
Mr. Etymologist.
-[Roger] All right.
-Pedantic. Do you know
what that means?
-[laughter]
-[Gil] Very condescending,
but it was actually
very helpful, so thank you.
[Roger]
All my helpful stuff
is condescending.
-Um, sorry. Who are we
talking about?
-[Gil] What?
I was just-- Like, just now,
who are we talking about?
-Leo.
-"Leo"?
Hazel's husband?
One of your best friends.
Ringing any bells?
-[Gil] Yeah.
-[Roger] How about a little...
[makes eerie whooshing sound]
Is he not coming back?
[Roger chuckles]
Yeah, in three months,
from Triton.
-No, it's Titan.
-I'm-- It's, uh--
That's what I said,
-Titan.
-No, I mean tonight.
-[Hazel] What?
-Well, he was here.
[Ellis]
What are you talking about?
[haunting ethereal vocalization]
[chuckles awkwardly]
He was here at the party.
He just said,
"I'll take a phone call."
And then what,
he never came back? [chuckles]
[Lucy sighs]
[chuckles softly] Well, I mean,
he said the call was important.
-He was on the phone
with someone...
-[Ellis] No, Lucy,
-he's been off-world
for three months.
-...and he sounded really--
No.
No.
No. He was here.
You were upset with him
for taking the call.
-[Ellis] Luce, come on,
this is not funny.
-[Lucy] No, and you were talking
about Titan,
and how it was a target,
and how it was gonna
get attacked, and--
What the hell, Lucy?
You remember, right?
-Leo was here.
-Um...
-He was here.
-[cutlery clinking]
Ellis, he was here. Leo was...
Billy?
-Billy?
-[growls]
-Billy?
-[Billy] What-- what's wrong?
[low tense music]
Um, I don't know.
-I think I forgot something
in my car.
-Luce. No, no, no.
-Tell me what it is.
I can go get it.
-I'm just gonna--
Luce, settle down.
Like, have some pie.
-[wet squelching]
-[shrieks]
[Lucy crying] No!
[high-pitched
spectral screaming]
[Ellis]
Lucy! Lucy! Lucy, are you okay?
Easy. Lucy! Lucy! Lucy!
Hey, hey.
-Lucy.
-She needs her medication.
-Ellis.
-In the master bedroom.
-Go get it. Now. Now, now!
-[Ellis] Lucy. Lucy.
Lucy. She's barely breathing.
Lucy, please!
-Roger, come here.
-She's barely breathing.
-Hold her still.
-Is this it? Is this it?
Billy, what are you giving her?
Billy, what are you giving her?
[coughs, gasps]
[Ellis]
It's okay, baby.
It's okay, baby. I'm right here.
-[groaning]
-I'm right here!
Oh, no. No!
-No! [screaming] No!
-[music continues]
-[squelching]
-[screams]
[continues screaming]
Billy! No! [screaming]
[Billy speaking indistinctly]
-[Ellis] Just at the base
of the skull?
-[Billy] Yes. Just a moment.
[Ellis]
Killed it, right?
It's all right, Luce.
It's all right.
You're doing okay? We love you.
-We love you and we want you
to be happy, okay?
-[Billy] It's very simple.
It'll be a moment of pain.
-[whimpering] Oh, Ellis.
-[Billy speaking indistinctly]
-[Lucy sobbing]
-No matter
how long she screams...
-[continues indistinctly]
-[Ellis] Of course.
[weakly] Ellis,
what's happening?
We're gonna make everything
all right, okay?
I'm here for you.
Anything you need.
[Billy speaking indistinctly]
-[grunts]
-[weakly] I don't want this.
We'll take care of you, Luce.
-[Ellis] You ready?
-[Billy] Yes.
[Ellis]
Okay. Just don't worry
about anything. [echoes]
This is gonna be over soon.
You're gonna be happy. [echoes]
We're gonna be happy together.
[echoes]
[device chirping]
-[object clatters]
-All right.
Ellis, please, no.
[crying] No. What are you doing?
[low tense music]
[gasps] I need to get up.
[gasps, cries] No! No!
No! No, Ellis!
[demon snarling]
No! No!
[speaks indistinctly] No!
-[crying] What are you doing?
-Just relax. Okay, let go.
-[Lucy] What are you doing?
I don't want--
-[Ellis] It's gonna be okay.
-[suspenseful music]
-[speaking indistinctly]
[Ellis]
It's all right, Luce.
It's all right.
[eerie dramatic music]
[car alarm chirps]
[phone line warbling]
[door creaking open]
-Lights.
-[door creaking]
-[door closes]
-[warbling continues]
[clatters]
-[clatters]
-Lights.
-[switch clicks]
-Oh, you've gotta be kidding me.
-[Ellis on voicemail]
Hi, this is Ellis MacIntyre.
-[sighs]
-Lights.
-I'm sorry
you didn't reach me,
-but leave a phone number
and I'll call you back.
-[gasps]
[all]
Surprise!
-[laughter]
-[Roger] Look at that face.
-Oh, man.
-You scared the shit out of me.
-Mission accomplished.
-No. I thought I saw--
-What? Did you think I'd forget?
-[laughter]
Well, it wouldn't be
the first time.
[Chrissy]
Quit hogging her!
-[Ellis laughs]
-Mwah! Mwah!
[Roger]
What's up, birthday girl?
How are ya?
[Gil]
Happy birthday!
So good to see you!
Speaking of seeing you, do you--
You see this, don't you?
-[Roger] Oh, yeah, yeah. I s--
You're expecting.
-[Gil] You see it?
Why didn't you tell
you're expecting?
Your oven is pregnant
with the most delicious
marionberry pie
that anyone has ever made.
-That was a really stupid joke.
-Oh.
-[Roger] Oh, no.
-I'm sorry. God, I'm sorry.
-[sighs] Hey.
-Lucy, hi.
Happy birthday, beautiful. Hey.
-You should come visit
your mom and me.
-[others chatter]
I know.
I mean, is she okay?
Yeah, of course.
She loves it out there.
She's doing great.
She's just having a great time
outside of the city.
-Are you okay? What's wrong?
You're shaking.
-No, I don't know. I don't...
No, I don't think
I'm okay, Billy.
-Can I get a checkup?
I don't feel good.
-[Hazel] Happy birthday!
-Hi! Hi!
-Hi.
-Um, how are you?
-Oh, you know... [chuckles]
holding up.
-That's good. Um, wait.
Holding up for what? Wha--
-Oh,
-you know, with Leo on Titan,
it hasn't exactly been--
-Why is Leo on Titan?
-Why is Leo on Titan?
-Oh, no. Oh, no, it's fine.
-No, it's not fine.
It's not fine.
-It's fine--
-It's really dangerous.
Titan's a target.
-It's dangerous?
Everyone was talking about--
Everyone was talking
that Titan was a target.
-It's dangerous.
-Are you okay, Luce?
[crying] No, I'm not okay.
Billy, can I have a checkup?
-Absolutely. Let's go.
-[Lucy] I'm not okay. [sobbing]
[Billy]
Come on, let's go. Lie down.
[Lucy sobbing]
[Billy]
It's all right. It's okay.
Breathe in for me.
Breathe in deep.
Yeah. That's it.
-And breathe out.
-[exhales gently]
Turn for me, please.
That's it. It's all right.
-Deep breath.
-[inhales deeply]
Must be nice to have a synth
take care of you
-your whole life, huh?
-It's not my whole life.
Hey, Billy, how much does
one of you run for?
More than you can afford, Roger.
Oh, ouch. [scoffs]
It's lucky for us,
or we'd all be out of a job.
[Gil]
I didn't know, uh,
your folks were loaded, Luce.
-I wasn't purchased.
-Billy was assigned to us.
[Billy]
Mm. After your father left.
-My calling.
-So, does Ellis get to boss you
around now too? [chuckles]
-You gotta take orders
from this bozo?
-[Hazel chuckles]
Well, Ellis is part
of the family now,
so, of course.
Happy to serve.
Won't deny it. When Billy's
around, I feel like a king.
It's pretty great.
[chuckles]
[smacks lips] Okay, Luce.
-You're all right.
-Yeah?
Mm-hm. Adrenaline.
Some stress hormones,
but you're all right.
What I need from you
is to relax tonight.
-Okay.
-Doctor's orders.
-[gasps]
-[groans]
-[whooshes]
-Billy, are you okay?
Yeah, I'm fine. Just a misfire.
[laughter]
And lucky to have friends
who remembered to bring wine!
-Hey, there we go.
-[overlapping chatter]
Okay. Jeez.
Don't snap your caps.
Luce, where's your corkscrew?
-I gotta--
-Yeah, I'll show you. Um, yeah.
-Got it.
-[Billy] Right.
[clock ticking]
-[Gil] You got this?
-[Roger] Yeah.
Um, so how long have you
known that Leo's on Titan?
How long? I guess about a month
before he left.
-Why didn't she tell me?
-She didn't tell you?
Mm-mm.
No, not until just right now.
But he'll be okay, right?
Leo will be okay?
-Leo? Yeah. Yeah. Of course.
-Yeah.
[glasses clinking]
[sighs softly]
[rustling]
[Ellis]
What the hell?
Um, I was just
looking for something.
Okay.
Well, come on.
Quit, uh, spoiling the party.
-Why do you say stuff like that?
-What?
You always say stuff like that.
Always, like, making little
jabs at everyone.
-Lucy, come on. It was a joke.
-Was it?
Really? [scoffs]
You really think I would
say something like that?
-Yeah, you just did.
You know, it's fine. It's fine.
-No, no, no, no, no, no.
You can't just say something
like that and then walk away.
Just-- Why do you do this?
-Do what?
-Just blow everything up.
Our friends are here.
-We don't--
-No, I am not blowing things up.
You couldn't take a joke,
and our friends are here
trying to make things nice
for you,
and now we're fighting
because you're accusing me
of something I didn't do!
Ellis, sometimes
you sound like my dad.
What?
-No, I'm sorry.
No, no, no. I'm sorry.
-What did you say to me?
No, you do not say that to me!
You will never compare me
to him, ever!
Do you hear me?
I'm sorry.
It's okay. All right, it's okay.
Hey, come here.
I love you, Luce.
Love you too.
[Ellis]
Oh-oh!
[Hazel]
What's that, Luce?
Luce?
I don't know. I can't remember.
You showed me that little guy
earlier tonight, remember?
-I did?
-You said you brought him down
'cause you were
feeling sentimental. [chuckles]
Billy, is my mom okay?
What?
Of course.
[clock ticking]
-[shatters]
-[eerie music]
[woman]
Lucy.
[clock stops ticking]
[crackling]
Lucy.
[whooshes]
[ominous sting]
[suspenseful music]
[eerie music]
[music continues]
[inaudible dialogue]
[muffled thudding]
[muffled sobbing]
[muffled thudding]
[muffled sobbing]
[woman crying]
[woman chokes]
[woman coughs]
[woman chokes, gasps]
-[demon groans]
-[woman chokes, cries]
-[bone crushing]
-[woman screams]
[music fades]
[Billy]
Lucy?
[clock ticking]
Lucy.
Do you want your pills?
-My what?
-You said you were feeling
a migraine might be coming on.
Right.
Yeah, my, my head's
kinda killing me.
-I'll go get them.
-Thank you, Billy.
-Wait. Wait, Billy?
-[Billy] Yes?
Where is my mom?
Uh, at home, in her apartment.
-Is she okay?
-[Billy] Yeah, of course. Why?
Never mind.
Thanks, Billy.
[rustling]
Hey, I gotta use
the whizz palace.
It's down the hall, right?
Yeah, but...
we're renovating it.
[Ellis]
Yeah, I'll take you
to the one downstairs.
It's kind of a madhouse
down there.
[Roger]
Okay, let's hurry up
'cause I'm gonna start
unleashing poomers on y'all
if I don't get
to the bathroom quick.
[Gil]
Roger, you're such a toddler.
-[Hazel] That is disgusting.
-[Chrissy] No!
-[Hazel laughs]
-[Ellis] Down here.
[sighs]
[clock ticking]
[sighs]
[Billy]
Lucy?
What are you doing in here?
Go eat some pie.
Okay.
-[pills rattling]
-Thanks, Billy. [sighs]
[Chrissy]
So, we're at that
kitschy old amusement park
connected to the old Saltair.
-Oh, hey.
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
-I know. I love that place.
-I still do.
-[Chrissy] So, we're there,
and we're, like--
What, Luce, like, 11?
-Uh, 12. Mm-hm.
-Twelve, which, yeah,
is getting a little old
-for the Haunted Forest ride.
-[laughter]
-[Gil] Do you remember...
-Never too old.
...that weird-ass animatronic
bird that was out front?
-[Roger] Totally. Totally.
-[Hazel] And the witch.
-[Gil] Oh, yeah!
-[Hazel] The witch!
-Sixty-kilo witch!
-[Roger] Terrifying.
Oh, my gosh.
-Exactly!
-[Roger] So terrifying.
-Creepy. Genuinely creepy.
-My nightmares come to life.
-[Ellis laughs] Yeah.
-But Luce insists,
so we go, right?
And she is... she's entranced.
It's-- The lights are off.
The fog, everything.
She's in a completely
different world.
Aw, so cute. So tender.
Bless her heart.
-[laughter]
-So, we come around the corner
in our little mining cart
-and that crazy witch pops out
holding the apple, right?
-She does, yeah.
And Luce, she just reaches out.
Wait, Chrissy, no, you're,
you're telling it wrong.
-[Chrissy] Excuse me?
-I mean,
you're the one who tried
to take the apple off the ride.
You're the one
who got us in trouble.
-[Ellis] Is that true?
-Yeah.
-Conflict.
-What?
-It's what I remember.
-Well, that's not what happened.
-Okay, but it's what I remember.
-That's not what happened.
-How do you know?
-What do you mean,
how do I know?
-I know because I know.
-Are you trying to tell Lucy
she's wrong?
-On her birthday?
-[Chrissy] I'm not saying
that she's wrong.
I'm saying I think
she's remembering it wrong.
-But you're not.
-I was there.
-[Roger] So was she.
-[Gil] The way I see it
is both of you are correct
'cause perception is reality,
and everything that we see,
that we feel, that we--
The, the stuff that we remember,
that is reality
to us individually.
And that's... [inhales] really
the only reality that, that--
-that's what's real,
right? Like--
-[Roger] Gil. Gil.
[chuckles] Gil, Gil, that is
such solipsistic nonsense.
I mean... [hesitates] just
because we don't have access
-to objective reality...
-[Gil] No, that's--
...doesn't mean that
there's no reality. We each have
-our own separate realities.
-No, that's not what I'm saying.
That's not--
-[speaks indistinctly]
-What I'm trying to say is that
the individual experiences
that we have
are the only realities
that we can experience.
Okay, if I punch you
in the face, that's reality.
-[scattered laughter]
-Lucy is right.
[faint music
playing over speakers]
She told me Chrissy got them
into trouble that day.
-Ah, there you go.
-A synth never forgets.
[Roger]
That's true. Nothing ever slips
through your cracks, does it?
-True.
-Not usually.
Unless she lied to you.
Synths still can't detect lies.
-Go to hell, Chrissy.
-Hey, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa! Jeez.
Let's just relax.
Pretend we all like each other.
[lights crackling]
[Roger]
She is a saint, that woman.
-[Ellis] Yeah, she is.
-[Gil] Oh, yeah, absolutely.
-[Ellis] She is.
-[Gil] Absolutely.
-Who are you talking about?
-Your mom.
Why are you talking
about my mom?
[scoffs] Uh... Well, I mean,
Chrissy was just...
She, she took you guys out
to get ice cream.
[Lucy]
My mom took us to get ice cream?
Yeah, after we got kicked off
the ride. Remember?
[chuckling nervously] No.
My mom didn't pick us up.
My mom wasn't there.
Lucy, just relax.
Let it go, okay?
-She was there.
-[overlapping chatter]
No, my mom wasn't there.
No, no, no, no, no.
Lucy, you're c--
you're confused.
-I'm not confused.
-Are you okay, Lucy?
Are you feeling okay?
-Just eat some pie, Lucy.
-I don't want any pie.
I don't want any pie.
[clock ticking]
[sighs] Billy, where is my mom?
Home, at her apartment.
What apartment?
Her new apartment. Downtown.
She misses you very much.
And you should come
visit her sometime.
-No.
-What do you mean, "no"?
-[Chrissy] Luce.
-[crying] No, no, no, no.
[inhales]
-My mom is not
in an apartment downtown.
-No. Lucy,
-Lucy, baby,
you're acting ridiculous.
-No, she's not. My mom--
No, my mom is not
in an apartment downtown.
[inhales deeply]
My mom is, my mom is dead.
[breathing shakily]
My mom is dead.
He-- B-- Billy, he killed her.
[sobbing] Billy, he killed her.
-[Chrissy] Lucy.
-[sobbing] Billy, he killed her!
-My mom is dead!
She had no apartment.
-Lucy, can you please calm down?
-[sobbing] No, no!
-[Ellis] Lucy. Lucy,
I don't know what's wrong.
-Lucy, your mom--
-Don't touch me! Don't touch me!
-You're lying.
-We all love you.
[Lucy]
You're lying to me!
You're all lying to me!
-You're all lying to me!
-[overlapping chatter]
-I'm sorry.
-You're lying to me!
You're all lying to--
-You just need to calm down.
-[Lucy] No!
-[overlapping chatter]
-Do not tell me to calm down!
-Lucy, you need to stop this
right now!
-You are lying!
-You need to stop!
-[overlapping chatter]
We are not,
we are not renovating!
-[tense music]
-Mom! Mom!
-Mom! No! Get off of me!
-[Ellis grunting] Lucy.
-[yelps]
-[Lucy panting]
[Ellis groans]
I'm sorry, Lucy.
-[crying] No! No! [struggling]
-[Ellis grunting]
[screaming] No! No, Ellis, stop!
Ellis, no! You're lying to me!
You're lying to me! No!
Stop it! No! Ellis!
No, Ellis! You're lying!
You're, you're lying! [sobbing]
[door closes]
[Ellis grunts]
[Lucy]
No, Ellis, stop it!
-[Ellis] We gotta move, Billy!
-What are you doing?
-[Billy] Still building.
-[Ellis] We gotta move!
-This is for you.
-[device hisses, whirring]
-No, stop! What are you doing?
-This is for you.
-[pills rattling]
-[Lucy crying]
-[Ellis grunting]
-[Lucy crying] No! No!
I love you so much. [grunts]
Now take these pills, dear.
I love you, Luce.
-[coughs, screams]
-I love you so much.
Come on, Billy!
[Lucy whimpering]
-A moment.
-[Ellis] How close are we?
[Lucy]
No! No!
-[Lucy whimpering]
-I love you so much, okay?
-Ellis.
-No, no!
[Ellis]
No!
-[shatters]
-[groans]
-[door closes]
-[breathing deeply]
[clock ticking]
[clatters]
[soft eerie music]
[inhales deeply]
[exhales]
[person sobbing]
[doppelgnger]
Please let me out.
Please.
[sniffles] Please let me out,
Daddy. I just want--
-[sobbing] I don't wanna be
alone. Please.
-[music continues]
[breath trembling]
Please let me out.
[sobs]
-[distorted screaming]
-Let me out!
Let me out! [crying]
[unsettling music]
-[wet squelching]
-[Lucy breathes shakily]
[doppelgnger whimpers]
[rasping, groaning]
[wheezing]
[wheezing, coughing]
[low growling]
-[doppelgnger coughing,
gasping]
-[demon wheezing, growling]
[doppelgnger grunts, moans]
[doppelgnger crying]
No! Leave me alone!
-Leave me alone!
-[music continues]
-[demon snarling]
-[doppelgnger crying]
-[Lucy] No!
-[neck snaps, thuds]
Leave me alone!
Leave me alone!
Leave me a-- [grunts]
[groans, sucks teeth]
[panting]
[groans in pain]
[panting]
[whimpers, grunts]
[strained grunting] Let me out!
Let me out! [grunting]
-[crying]
-[banging on door]
[crying] Let me out!
[whimpering] No, no, no, no!
-[banging on door]
-Let me out! Let me out!
-Let me out! [sobs]
-[doorknob rattling]
[strained grunting]
[breathing heavily, sobbing]
-[sighs]
-[door creaks open]
[music stops]
-[thuds]
-[panting]
[panting]
No, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no.
-[tinkling]
-[whooshing]
-[Billy] Lucy.
-[gasps]
[door creaking open]
[rustling]
[melodic piano music playing]
[music stops]
[soft rustling]
Billy?
Billy?
[Billy distorted]
Yes, I'm here.
Where are you?
[Billy]
I'm right here.
Would you like to see me?
Of course.
Hi, Billy.
-Hi, Lucy.
-[bench creaks]
[smacks lips] You play so well.
[snickers] It's beautiful.
You should play that
for your mom sometime.
She loves to hear you play.
I know. [sighs]
I should go see her,
shouldn't I?
[smacks lips] How is she?
[chuckles softly]
She's happy.
She misses you very much.
-I miss her too.
-Mm.
I promise I will go see her.
-That will be good.
-[both chuckle]
We wanted you to be happy...
Ellis and I.
Are you happy?
Yes. [chuckles softly]
I am.
I don't really remember
a time when I was happier.
[Billy chuckles]
[Billy]
Hm.
Um... I don't remember.
How did I...
...how did I get here?
It took an enormous amount
of energy to bring you here.
To push everything out.
Everything that happened
just moments ago in real time.
And everything from your past
that was not... quite pleasant.
To give you this
one fleeting moment
where all is as it should be.
[snickers]
What are you talking about?
[inhales] Do you remember
when I joined your family?
Yeah.
You were seven years old.
[chuckles]
I arrived with the police unit
and saw what your father had...
Hm.
But you were nowhere
to be found. [chuckles]
We looked and looked
with no success
until, I don't know how or why,
I was the one to find you,
but I did.
I did.
[smacks lips] In the woods,
behind the house,
three miles away, under a tree.
A tiny, terrified little girl,
clutching that
little elephant of yours.
You saved me.
But you wouldn't let me come
near you, not for a long time.
Not until I got down on my knees
and I put out my hands
and I promised you
that I would
never, ever hurt you.
That I would protect you...
...from all harm
if it were in my power...
...for as long as I should live.
Then you got up,
and you walked to me,
and I lifted you up,
and I carried you away...
in my arms.
And as we walked,
I could feel your muscles relax.
And you buried your head
deep into my shoulder.
And soon you were asleep.
And I carried you
all the way back.
This is what I choose
to dream of.
But I'm not a child anymore,
Billy. [chuckles softly]
[Lucy gasps softly]
I don't feel good.
I don't feel good, Billy.
What's happening?
In a few moments,
the architecture will collapse.
[faint rumbling]
I want to prepare you
for what is to come.
I will open your eyes,
and you will see...
...and we will say goodbye.
See what?
Only enough.
I'm sorry.
I did the best I could.
-Billy, stop. Stop. Billy, stop.
-[whooshes]
-[indistinct conversation]
-[Hazel] They did.
Yeah, and it's mine.
-[laughter]
-[Hazel] And so the studio's
moving out of the house
-and Leo's still having-- Oh!
-[Leo] Okay, she's coming.
[Hazel whispering]
Oh, shoot! She's coming! Hide!
-Thank you so much.
-Come on, quick. [shushes]
-[indistinct chatter]
-[Ellis] Get the lights.
-[scuffling]
-[Chrissy] You are crazy.
-[Roger] Uh-oh!
-[Chrissy chuckles]
Rodge, you are crazy, man!
-[Chrissy laughs]
-[Ellis] Hurry up.
-[Roger] We got this.
-[Ellis] She's coming.
She's calling. Shh! Shut up.
-[Chrissy] Oh, my God.
-[Ellis clears throat]
Hey, babe. [whispers] Shut up.
Uh, I'm fine. How are you?
-Oh, what did I forget?
-[high-pitched whistling]
-[loud explosion]
-[Chrissy] Run!
-[indistinct chatter]
-[Ellis] Get the lights!
Roger, get the lights!
-[Gil] That was right
in the front yard.
-[Ellis] Lucy?
-Lucy, are you there?
-[Chrissy] What was that?
-[chatter]
-[Ellis] Lucy, can you hear me?
-[Chrissy] You good? Okay.
-[Hazel] I'm okay.
[Ellis]
Lucy! She's not responding.
-Lucy! Lucy, are you there?
-[music playing]
-Lucy!
-What was that?
-[Ellis] Lucy! Lucy!
-[Hazel] What was that?
-[Leo] Guys! Guys!
-[Ellis] Lucy!
-[Hazel] What was that?
-We have to leave, now.
[Roger]
Yeah, what, what was that?
[Leo]
Ellis. She's not gonna make it.
-We have to leave right now.
-[Chrissy] Lucy. Lucy?
-[Leo] Let's go.
-No, no. No, no, no, no.
-[Roger] Where are you going?
-[Leo] We have to leave, now!
-[Ellis] Billy!
-[Gil] We, we cannot go
out there. No!
-[Chrissy] Ellis, please!
-It's now or never.
[Gil]
Wait, we cannot go out there.
We cannot go out there.
-[Leo] Ellis, she's gone!
-What? What the...
-[Hazel] No, you can't.
-Ellis, don't!
-Don't do this, Ellis!
-[overlapping shouting]
-[Hazel] Please, Ellis! Please!
-Do not do this!
-Do not do this!
-[Billy] You go. You go.
We'll find you.
[Chrissy]
That's not what she wants.
That's not what she wants.
Please don't do that.
You don't know
what he's doing!
-Chrissy, get out!
-Ellis, you cannot
do this to her.
-Chrissy, get out!
-Do not do this! Please! No, no!
-Don't do this!
-[overlapping shouting]
-[Roger] Let's go! Let's go!
-[Chrissy] No, Ellis!
Come on! Come on! Chrissy!
Come on!
We gotta go! We gotta go!
-Out the door!
-[indistinct shouting]
-Let's get out the door!
Let's go! Let's go! Hey!
-Ellis, no!
You don't know
what you're doing!
You don't know
what you're doing!
[Ellis]
It's okay, Luce. It's all good.
It's okay, Luce.
It's okay, baby.
I just want you to relax, okay?
-[Lucy groans]
-[objects clatter]
Okay.
-All right, don't worry.
-[device warbling]
[Ellis breathing heavily]
-[clicks, whirs]
-Okay. Okay.
Plug me in.
You'll feel it right here.
-[clicks]
-[screams]
[tense music]
-[Ellis breathing heavily]
-[Billy groans]
[buzzing, warbling]
Okay.
-[cranking]
-[breathing heavily]
It's all built.
I'm ready to initiate.
[Ellis]
Okay.
[breathing heavily]
[grunts]
-Ellis...
-[panting]
...please.
[Ellis grunts]
-Do it! Do it!
-[device thumps, crackles]
-[screaming]
-[Ellis yells]
It's okay. It's okay.
It's gonna be all right.
It's gonna be over soon.
This is for you.
-[grunting]
-[Lucy continues screaming]
-[crying]
-[music continues]
[Ellis softly]
It's okay. It's okay.
[softly] It's okay. It's okay.
Lucy. Lucy.
[voice breaking] Lucy. Oh, God.
Oh, God. Lucy! Lucy!
[sniffles] Lucy!
Lucy.
[groans]
-[Ellis] Oh, no.
-[Billy] Ellis.
I have her, Ellis.
We have to go.
-Ellis, we have to go.
-No!
-[Billy] I have her!
-No!
[sniffles]
[Lucy]
Billy?
Lucy.
What did you do?
We were trying to save you.
Preserve you, but we were hit...
-...when we tried to get away.
-[exhales shakily]
-What did you do to me?
-I built all this for you.
[Lucy cries]
-This isn't real.
-Yes, it is.
-[Lucy] No.
-It is.
I built you a new home,
temporary,
until we could upload you
to Central
-and then you could be free.
-What are you talking about?
-You have trapped me.
-[Billy] No.
-I was trying to save you.
-You have trapped--
I didn't want to be saved.
[inhales]
I'm not even real.
-Lucy, you are.
-[cries] No, I'm not.
I'm not even real.
I'm not even me.
-I'm not real.
-You are real. I have you.
I need you to let me out,
Billy, please.
-I can't do that.
-What do you mean
you can't do that?
You need to let me out.
Billy, you need to let me out.
You need to let me out, please.
I can't be here.
-Billy, I can't be here.
-Lucy, there's nowhere to go.
-I can't be inside of you.
I can't be--
-There is nowhere to go, Lucy.
-Your body is dead.
-[inhales deeply]
[exhales sharply]
How could you do this to me?
I trusted you.
I'm broken, Luce.
[Lucy sobs]
I, I can't protect you anymore.
Lucy... I need you
to listen to me.
I can reset for one last time,
and you can say goodbye.
But you must do it now.
Lucy... you have to choose.
Will you say goodbye?
Yes.
[rustling]
[sobs]
[poignant music]
[sobbing]
Surprise.
[crying]
I don't wanna--
I have to go. I...
[sniffles] I'm really scared.
-We know.
We know, we know, we know.
-I'm really, really scared.
I don't want to.
I don't wanna be alone, Chrissy.
[crying] I don't wanna be alone.
I don't wanna be alone, please.
[Chrissy]
I know. I know.
-I don't...
-Listen. Listen to me.
-[sobbing]
-You can do this. Okay?
-Do you hear me?
-Yeah.
You can do this.
And you are not alone.
-You're never alone, okay? Ever.
-Okay.
-[kisses] Okay. Let's go.
-Okay.
-Okay. [sniffles]
-Okay? Time to go.
[music continues]
-Hi.
-[mouthing] Hi.
[Lucy]
Hi.
[Lucy sniffles, sobs]
-I love you.
-I love you.
-Come here.
-[sobs] Luce.
[Lucy sobs]
Love you. You've got this.
I'm so sorry to let you go.
-I'm so sorry.
-[chuckles] It's okay.
[sniffles] I didn't deserve it.
[sniffles] Hey.
-[sobs]
-[sighs, sniffles]
-Hey, you're gonna be just fine.
-Okay.
-Thank you
for being in our lives.
-Hi. Yeah. [sobs]
[Ellis shudders]
Lucy, we...
I was gonna find a way.
[smacks lips] Lucy, we...
-[music continues]
-[sighs]
I love you so much.
I love you.
Lucy.
[breathing shakily]
Lucy, please.
Please. There's not,
there's not-- there's no time.
-I... I...
-[warbling]
It's him.
[door opens]
[music continues]
-[breathing heavily]
-[whooshing]
Billy?
Billy?
[breathing heavily]
Where are you?
[burbling]
[inhales deeply]
[exhales shakily]
Mom?
Mom! [cries]
[music continues]
[gentle whoosh]
[muffled warbling]
[warbling intensifies]
[whooshes]
-[muffled explosions]
-[distant screams]
[music continues]
[whistling]
[muffled explosion]
[muffled explosion]
[muffled explosion]
[coughs, sniffs]
[groans]
[gasping]
How much longer do we have?
The strikes will continue.
You need to be
at least 6500 feet
within the next 70 minutes
-or your body will succumb
to the neurotoxin...
-[exhales]
...contained within the rockets.
If you feel
the complications start,
you will choose to end
your own life.
Was she happy?
[wind blowing gently]
[Ellis inhales]
[huffs]
-[Ellis sighs]
-[device clinks]
Thank you, Billy.
Goodbye, Ellis.
-[grunts]
-[device hisses, warbles]
[groans]
[Chrissy]
We should move.
[Ellis exhales]
[melodic piano music]
[music continues]
[music continues]
[music continues]
[music fades]