Lazareth (2024) Movie Script
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
LEE: Maeve, Imogen.
It's time for a story.
Shall we begin?
[CROW CAWING]
[]
LEE: Once upon a time...
there was a before and an after.
[WATER FLOWING]
LEE: Before the virus,
the world was very vast...
and people lived
in cities and towns.
And they filled their days
with mindless distractions.
And they falsely believed
that they were in
control of nature.
And then the virus came
and the world shrank.
It was when the train stopped
running that everyone fled
those cities and
towns and lawlessness
and decay prevailed
and nature showed them
who they really were.
And now they survive
on what little they can find.
Lazareth is our home
and we must protect it.
THE TRAVELER: I'm not sick!
Back away!
THE TRAVELER: I've been
separated from my family.
[PANTING]
THE TRAVELER: Just
looking for a little food.
Can you spare something?
I can't spare much.
Well, I'll try to help.
Stay where you are.
[GUN CLICKS]
You're infected!
- No, no, no.
- Back up!
THE TRAVELER:
I'm not sick! I promise!
LEE: I said back up!
[GUN FIRES]
[screams]
[gasps]
[BODY THUDS]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[panting]
[RAINING]
[panting]
[ENGINE REVVING IN BACKGROUND]
[man screams in background]
[indistinct chatter
in background]
[CROW CAWING]
[]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[grunting]
No!
[grunting]
- Get off me!
- [LAUGHS]
What? You don't like losing?
Come on, you're
good at everything.
Give me this one thing.
Okay.
Goldenseal,
bloodroot, may apple.
No, ginseng.
Get the ginseng.
Don't come back empty-handed.
What about you?
[laughs]
Imogen!
- [laughs]
- [indistinct speech]
Imogen!
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[WATER SPLASHES]
[grunting]
[man groans]
[MAN PANTS]
[]
[pants]
Imogen!
[]
Imogen!
Imogen!
[indistinct speech]
[ENGINE WHIRRING]
LEE: Shit!
That's it.
This truck is not
starting again.
I didn't get kerosene.
I didn't think I'd
make it that far,
but I took everything I could.
IMOGEN: At least,
you made it back.
- Barely.
- MAEVE: How was town?
Burn them.
That bad?
[laughs]
Come on. I have to
show you something.
Where are we going?
Come on.
[]
Where are we going?
Just trust me.
Maeve, this is too far.
This is way too far.
MAEVE: Damn, Imogen.
Maeve. [laugh]
We aren't supposed
to go out that far.
No. I'm telling you.
You're gonna love it.
[MAEVE PANTING]
Down.
There was a man here before.
I'm gonna take a closer look.
Are you coming with me?
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
Stay where you are!
Are you alone?
Are you infected?
Are you infected?
Show us your test.
Show me your test.
All of it.
What... what is that?
Under your shirt, what is that?
Just a cut. I'm not infected.
IMOGEN: He's hurt.
I just need help.
Please.
MAEVE: Why are you here?
I just need somewhere safe.
To... to hide.
Please.
I'm in trouble.
One night.
Tomorrow you're gone.
Maeve, he could...
Maeve, he could die.
I know.
Are we gonna help him?
I don't know.
You're not gonna
tell Aunt Lee, are you?
Maeve?
- I don't know.
- Are we gonna help him?
[CUTLERY CLINKING]
[RAINING]
[girls laughs]
Put your hands outta your mouth.
Did you see his face?
- Yeah.
- He's so scared.
[laughs]
Shh, shh.
Maeve, there's a boy.
I know, but don't
say it out loud.
Are you afraid of the boy?
- No. I'm not afraid.
- He's probably very friendly.
Just sit.
He could probably
live here with us.
You know how we always
wanted to make a tree fort?
- Yeah.
- We could make him a tree fort.
He could stay
there during the day,
we don't have to tell Aunt Lee.
I don't think I want him there.
And by nighttime
if it gets cold,
he can come in here
and sleep with us.
Or he can sleep with me.
MAEVE: I've already made
a list of everything we need.
LEE: What do we lack?
MAEVE: Wire, wire
cutters, cordage,
batteries, wood panels, propane.
- LEE: Wow.
- The list goes on.
Okay, I didn't get
much of anything at all.
I think it's obvious we need
to prioritize truck repair over
all else for this week.
All in favor?
So it was bad in town?
I do not relish the
thought of going back.
Is it the worst it's ever been?
Something like that's
hard to quantify, Maeve.
Well, were there empty shelves?
Not much of anything.
Were there people in town?
What does that have
to do with anything?
You don't know what
it's like to go into town.
You don't know...
Well, yes, because
you never tell us.
We're trying to
strategize, but we only...
I never tell you?
Do you want to know what
it's like going into town?
- MAEVE: Yes!
- Do you want to know what I see?
- MAEVE: Yes!
- I'll tell you what I see.
A gang of hooligans on the side
of the road tormenting a woman.
Would you like to see
that for yourself, Maeve?
I spare you things.
You stay here and
frolic in the woods, which
is the way it should be.
Now, conserving our
canned goods for winter.
That part is your
responsibility.
I do the rest. All in favor.
[CRICKET CHIRPING]
Is she asleep?
Yes.
- You sure?
- Yeah, take this.
Put it in the bag.
We're bringing him bread now?
He could be weak.
Maeve, don't be silly.
- Don't touch the bag.
- Keep your voice, just...
[sighs]
[blows]
[WOOD CREAKING]
[]
Hello?
Hello?
[SIGHS]
Hey.
Hey.
Oh.
Oh.
Maeve.
Oh no.
What?
He's lost so much blood.
Is he breathing?
Yeah, he's breathing. He
needs to come back with us.
- He has to.
- No.
No, Imogen... Imogen,
we can't. I'm sorry.
He needs stitches. Right now...
There's no way we
can get him past Lee.
And you know it.
Well, we'll keep
him in the cellar then.
- Just until he's healed.
- No, we can't...
- Maeve...
- Imogen, I'm sorry. We can't.
He's going to die if
we don't do anything.
You're okay with that?
I can't.
Fine, I'll do it myself then.
You're too much of a coward.
Oh.
Fine.
- Ready?
- Yeah.
1, 2.
- [grunts]
- Are you okay?
Yeah. [indistinct speech]
[grunts]
1,2,3!
[grunting]
Watch his head.
[gasps]
Hold this and hold him steady.
[WOOD CREAKING]
[STEPS REACHING]
[shushing]
[blows]
What do we do?
You tell me. This was your idea.
Wait, wait.
We are supposed
to protect Lazareth.
[FIRE CRACKLING]
[sniffles]
Imogen was the
one who wanted to...
Don't Imogen me!
You lied to me.
Listen to me, what you
have done is very dangerous.
[SIGHS]
This is what we are gonna do.
We're gonna take
him back to the woods
where you found him.
We're gonna leave him there.
And we're gonna hope
and pray that you did not just
expose Lazareth.
I just think that it's
our responsibility
to take care of him.
At least, until he's healed.
Please.
Lazareth is for us.
I cannot risk our safety.
It makes no sense to
put him back out there.
Think, Aunt Lee.
I found him dangerously
close to Lazareth already.
Is he not more
of a risk out there
than he is here?
I think you're scared.
- And I don't
think you're - I've...
thinking straight.
We can watch him here.
We can get information
from him here.
Protect ourselves
from the inside.
You taught us that
our voices were equal.
[sighs]
I propose we let him rest.
All in favor?
[STEPS FALLING]
[WATER FLOWING]
[RAINING]
[]
[WITTLE WHISTLES]
[BANGING FLOOR]
[screams]
OWEN: Help me! Please!
Hello!
Somebody help!
[screams]
[grunting]
We saved your life.
But I'm not afraid to
end it if you try anything.
[grunting]
Our house.
Our rules.
[groans, pants]
What happened to me?
We stitched you up.
Here.
Gargle this.
It's just a little bit of
hot water and salt.
- Drink it.
- For your mouth.
Now!
[slurps]
What's your name?
[spits]
Owen.
Owen.
I found you.
I stopped you from dying.
I've given you shelter.
We bring you food.
And you sneak up on me.
I just need to stay here now.
I can't go out there.
If I let you stay,
in return you have
to promise not to
tell a single person
where we are.
I don't know where I am.
I don't have
anyone left to tell.
Promise!
I promise.
Give him his food.
Now, Imogen!
Here.
Go.
Come on.
You stink.
[DOOR CLOSES]
- [WATER FLOWING]
- [BIRDS CHIRPING]
[]
Hey.
[gasps]
[indistinct singing]
What are you doing?
You're lurking.
Why are you dressed?
It's not supper.
You're meant to be
working on the truck.
Are you alright?
[Imogen hums]
Ruby's dead.
Do you mean the chicken?
Oh no.
Poor little thing.
How can you sit
there and pretend like
you don't know what this means?
'Cause I don't
know what it means.
What, Maeve?
Chicken for dinner?
LEE: Thank you, Lazareth.
MAEVE: Thank you, Lazareth.
IMOGEN: Thank you, Lazareth.
LEE: Any progress on the truck?
No.
What were you doing all day?
[BANGING ON FLOOR]
[]
[CRICKET CHIRPING]
[WOOD CREAKING]
[DOOR OPENS]
[]
[gasps]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
LEE: I was just
checking your wound.
No, don't touch it.
My girls have never
been to the outside.
Maeve and Imogen don't
know much about life.
And I refuse to
let them be hurt.
Lazareth is their sanctuary.
We all need a sanctuary.
[SIGHS]
- [WATER FLOWING]
- [BIRDS CHIRPING]
What is this?
[chuckles]
It's just water, dummy.
MAEVE: Give me your clothes.
You reek, Owen.
Do you want your
wound to get infected?
I can clean myself.
MAEVE: Clearly not.
There are seven
tenets of Lazareth.
One of them being cleanliness.
Thank you.
[winces]
Can I?
[Owen winces]
There's cleanliness.
And there's courage.
Grace.
MAEVE: I keep having that dream.
Where I'm drowning.
I had it last night.
And Imogen was there
and you were there.
But you were too far,
so you couldn't hear me.
And Imogen
thought I was playing.
And I went down,
and down, and down...
Dwelling on it makes it worse.
You always listen
to Imogen's dreams.
Oh, honey.
It won't mend itself.
Keeping an eye on
your sister, aren't you?
Yes.
She hasn't been alone with him.
Good.
I was thinking that when
we do get the truck fixed,
I'd like to come out of
town with you next time.
I should know the
protocols for getting supplies.
Just in case.
In case of what?
Mm.
Just in case.
[CRICKET CHIRPING]
[SIGHS]
[OWL HOOTING]
IMOGEN: Is it better here?
Or is it better out there?
OWEN: It's different.
IMOGEN: It's different?
OWEN: Yeah.
IMOGEN: Can I ask you something?
OWEN: Yeah.
Has a woman ever
taken you inside?
- Inside?
- IMOGEN: Mm.
Of her body, other than inside
of your mother's womb.
You mean have sex?
What do you think?
IMOGEN: I sometimes
think about leaving Lazareth.
[]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[pants]
[HENS CLUCKING]
Imogen!
Imogen!
Look!
What?
Look at what you did!
IMOGEN: What?
Tell me this isn't a sign!
You think you can
hide from me? You can't.
It's what you've done with him.
- What is it? What's wrong?
- No, I know.
You know what?
- What's going on?
- What's he doing up here?
IMOGEN: What are you talking...
MAEVE: What's he doing
up here? I'm not talking to you.
What are you doing up
here? Can you speak?
Or do you just take up space?
You reek and you're filthy.
And you've made
this place dirty.
And he's made of you dirty.
[chuckles]
- Oh, Maeve.
- You think that's funny?
Oh, Maeve!
- What?
- I didn't see it before.
Why are you tormenting me?
It's envy.
You're envious.
That's okay.
[laughs]
[grunts]
[Imogen spits]
[grunting]
[screams]
[WATER FLOWING]
[screaming, grunting]
Imogen! Imogen!
No! Stop it!
Stop this right now!
Stop it!
Listen! Listen! Listen!
- What?
- Listen.
- What is it?
- Listen.
[indistinct shouting
in background]
What is that?
We've to hide.
Now.
Now! Now, go.
[indistinct shouting
in background]
[]
[MOTORCYCLE ENGINE REVVING]
[gasps]
[shushes]
[takes deep breaths]
[indistinct chatter
in background]
SQUILLY: There's
a chicken out back?
MORIAN: We're not
here for that shit, Squilly!
SQUILLY: I think this is where
that crazy old fucking witch lives.
Yeah. And she's a fucking freak.
YOUNG WOMAN:
Oh, are you kidding me?
MORIAN: Squilly.
YOUNG WOMAN:
He's a fucking idiot.
SQUILLY: [indistinct SPEECH]
YOUNG WOMAN: Fuck you.
[take deep breaths]
[]
[STEPS REACHING]
MORIAN: Is it clear?
SQUILLY: It's clear.
[DOOR CREAKS]
Jesus fucking Christ!
They got food, Morian!
Fucking fresh food!
This place is ugly as fuck.
[FLOOR CREAKING]
[CUTLERY CLINKING]
[FLOOR CREAKING]
MORIAN: What you got there?
YOUNG WOMAN: Nothing special.
MORIAN: You sure about that?
YOUNG WOMAN: It's nothing.
MORIAN: You're lying to me.
I'm not.
MORIAN: I can
smell the lie on you.
And you know what happens
to people that lie to me.
But I can never hurt you.
[kisses]
That it?
Okay.
[winces]
[BREATHS HEAVILY]
[STEPS FALLING]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[CUTLERY CLINKING]
MORIAN: Fuck head.
SQUILLY: All his
shit's only 2 miles back,
we should try the
other direction.
MORIAN: Yeah, come
on. Come on, man.
[indistinct speech]
Don't lose my shit, fuck up.
YOUNG WOMAN:
Fuck this. We're out.
Let's go get this.
SQUILLY: Hey, I
just... [indistinct speech]
[grunts]
[indistinct shouting
in background]
[takes deep breaths]
They were looking for him.
[pants]
[grunts]
You knew them.
Look at these markings.
[screams]
IMOGEN: Stop! Stop!
You have the same
markings that they do.
- IMOGEN: Don't!
- LEE: Admit it!
You knew them!
They were here for you!
- He's lying!
- IMOGEN: He's not lying.
That's enough!
Admit it! Admit it!
- Admit it!
- OWEN: Yes!
Yes.
- Okay.
- What?
- OWEN: Okay.
- That's it.
- OWEN: No.
- It's time.
- OWEN: No, please. No, please -
What do you... what do you mean?
- Lee, what do you mean?
- LEE: Don't you yell at me!
No, you can't hurt him!
Please, Lee, he's a mechanic.
He can help us out.
He can fix the truck.
Stop!
They touched everything!
- They touched everything!
- You don't deserve...
You don't deserve the
protection you've been given here.
- You just take!
- [Owen screams]
And take! And take!
[screams]
MAEVE: We've been contaminated.
We've been contaminated!
I heard you!
And compromised Lazareth!
And we have nowhere else to go.
You remember that.
Get your kits.
[]
No, no, no!
Imogen, where's the music box?
Where's the music box?
[FIRE CRACKLING]
[CHIRPING]
They took the music box.
[ENGINE STARTS]
LEE: You earned
a spot at the table.
Are you going to thank me?
Thank you, ma'am.
Ma'am.
That's good.
Thank you, Lazareth.
MAEVE: Thank you, Lazareth.
Thank you, Lazareth.
Thank you, Lazareth.
LEE: Lazareth.
Lazareth.
We thank Lazareth, because
it sustains and protects us.
Gives us shelter, food...
- Water.
- Water.
And a home.
So you're leaving early then?
- First light.
- Mm.
[slurping]
Hungry?
Very.
Owen, where are your parents?
I don't know.
An orphan then.
I'm sorry?
You are an orphan.
[Imogen clears throat]
Lee, I don't... I don't...
How did they die?
The virus.
We were separated and
I never got to bury them.
Where did you go?
I ended up...
Ended up?
So passive.
We make choices.
All day long we make choices.
And at the end of the day,
we become our choices.
And you chose a bunch
of dishonest criminals.
Rapists.
Murderers.
And then you did
something so heinous
that now they're after you.
I did what I had
to do to survive.
And the choice I made
was to get away from it.
That was my choice.
Okay, I didn't have
a place like Lazareth.
I wasn't so lucky.
Luck?
You think this place is luck?
I worked the better
part of 20 years
to make Lazareth what it is
to keep it safe and protected.
I made sacrifices.
I know.
LEE: Oh, you do?
I know what you say.
Or don't say.
[]
[ENGINE STARTS]
[yawns]
[]
[CARS WHOOSHES]
[SIREN WAILING]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[TRAIN WHISTLING]
[taking deep breaths]
[SIREN WAILING]
[INDISTINCT LAUGHING,
CHATTERING IN DISTANCE]
[BEEPING]
[ENGINE STARTS]
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
WOMAN 3: Alright, I
know you stupid-asses fight.
I just need to say, nobody
is killing each other today.
Alright?
Alright, now
let's fucking fight!
- Let's do it!
- WOMAN 2: Let's do this!
- WOMAN 3: Come on, baby!
- WOMAN 2: Come on!
WOMAN 3: Come on, baby!
WOMAN 2: Get in there!
MAN 1: Is that all you got?
[indistinct shouting]
[cheering]
[ENGINE REVVING]
MAN 2: Look who we have here.
MAEVE: Excuse me.
I...
[]
You took that!
Give me the box please.
Belongs to her.
Here.
[grunts]
There's a boy staying
in that cabin with you.
MAEVE: I don't know
who you're talking about.
And I will find him.
LEE: Maeve!
How long has it been safe?
- How long?
- Maeve.
Maeve, it's okay, just breathe.
I didn't... I didn't think that
there would be streets, and...
and people just walking
around and they're fine.
You lied.
It's been like this before.
And then it comes roaring
back and before they know it,
it has spread.
I'm the one who comes to town.
I'm the one who sees it.
I'm the one who
protects you from this.
Protecting me from what?
When the first wave hit,
you know one
questions, one wonders.
Why me?
Why did I survive?
Why not someone more deserving?
Like your mother.
She was the one with two girls.
I watched everyone around me go.
Everyone I loved.
And I kept waiting
for it to take me.
And sometimes I wanted it to.
And then I came to
believe that the reason
I stayed was to
take care of you girls.
So I said I'd keep you safe.
Maeve, Lazareth
is more than a place.
It is an idea.
It is a world within a world.
And I know you want
your freedom and you have
to understand freedom is in
here and freedom is an idea
and freedom is being free
from fear every time you
step outside.
And of course,
you're free to go.
Of course, you're free to go.
[sobbing]
Be whatever you want to be.
I would never
keep you from that.
Were you so unhappy there?
At Lazareth?
No.
[sniffling]
I loved it.
I do, too.
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[taking deep breaths]
[]
[groans]
Does it still hurt?
Yeah.
Who did that to you anyways?
The people I thought
were my family.
What, the people that...
that came to Lazareth?
The orphans.
They're not gonna
stop until they find me.
You can't just leave
that family the way I did.
Well, I'm your family now.
[]
IMOGEN: Maeve!
I thought you were
out collecting herbs!
Wait, did you?
[Imogen chuckles]
What was it like?
Imogen.
I hope I didn't catch anything.
LEE: Lazareth has
been compromised.
They'll be back.
When night falls,
they will be here.
LEE: Shepard's path
is how they'll approach.
They'll park where
they did last time.
I'll hide the truck, so
they think we've gone.
Maeve, you know your place.
Imogen, you know yours.
Girls, we have been
practicing for this.
But nobody does anything.
Do you hear me?
You do not make a move
until you hear Imogen's call.
Understood?
OWEN: They'll come late.
LEE: Tell me what
you love about her.
I'm sorry?
My Imogen.
I need to know.
OWEN: I saw her yesterday.
Out in the woods.
Looking at the world.
I've never seen
something so beautiful.
She's like a star.
Or light itself.
And it changed the
way I look at things.
Now you know.
IMOGEN: Know what?
What Lazareth can do.
[indistinct shouting
in distance]
[sighs]
Remember the plan.
[blows]
[]
[indistinct shouting
in background]
[taking deep breaths]
[indistinct shouting
in background]
[ENGINE REVVING]
[indistinct shouting
in background]
MORIAN: They're in there.
YOUNG WOMAN:
There's nobody in there.
The house is dark.
MORIAN: They're
in there somewhere.
[CRICKET CHIRPING]
[DOOR BREAKS]
[FLOOR CREAKING]
YOUNG WOMAN: Their truck is
gone. There's nobody fucking here.
[DOOR OPENS]
Told you to wait outside.
No one is here.
Be quiet!
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[FOOT FALLING]
[whistles]
[GUN CLINKS]
[Imogen whistles]
- [FIRES]
- [grunts]
[screams]
[grunts]
[screaming]
[grunting]
[screams]
DONNIE: What was that?
Squilly, open that door!
SQUILLY: It's locked!
YOUNG WOMAN:
Open the fucking door!
What are you
doing, open the door!
SQUILLY: I'm trying, I'm...
YOUNG WOMAN:
Hurry up, open the door!
DONNIE: Try the
top lock, try the top.
[BANGING DOOR]
Try the bolt, try the
bolt. [indistinct shouting]
YOUNG WOMAN: Let
me out of here, please!
DONNIE: Try... try to open it!
YOUNG WOMAN:
Donnie, open this door!
YOUNG WOMAN: [screams]
What are you doing? Open the door!
[Young woman screams]
SQUILLY: Open the door, open up!
[Young woman screaming]
[GUN FIRES]
[BODY THUDS]
- YOUNG WOMAN: Let me out!
- [BANGING ON DOOR]
Somebody let me out, please!
Help me! Help me! Let me out!
YOUNG WOMAN: Wait, no,
please, please, please, don't,
- no, please, please!
- No, I'm gonna shoot you.
No. Please.
- I won't tell...
- Why shouldn't I?
- Why shouldn't I?
- I won't tell anyone, I promise.
- I promise, I won't tell!
- Why shouldn't I?
YOUNG WOMAN: I won't
tell anyone, I promise. I swear.
Just please!
Please, I won't!
[Young woman sobbing]
I wouldn't.
Let him go.
MORIAN: Or what?
I'm taking him with us.
LEE: Back up!
- Run!
- Don't shoot.
Now, let's go!
Oh, you are the disease.
MORIAN: Is she gonna
put a hex on me, huh?
LEE: Back up!
Back up!
[Owen grunts]
- MAEVE: Drop it!
- LEE: Maeve!
- [grunts]
- LEE: Maeve, Maeve.
[grunting]
- [screams]
- [FIRING]
No!
[screaming]
- YOUNG WOMAN: Open the door!
- [screams]
MAEVE: Can you hear me?
Lee.
IMOGEN: Maeve! Owen!
Maeve!
MAEVE: Lee, please, look at me.
I feel scared.
- MAEVE: No, - I'm scared.
MAEVE: don't be...
don't be scared.
IMOGEN: It's okay, trust me.
We're here.
- We're here.
- Don't be scared.
Hey, you're okay.
My girls, your mother's
so proud of you.
You made me so happy.
Lee, Lee, no,
no, no, no, no, no.
Don't close your
eyes. Don't close...
IMOGEN: It's okay.
[sobs]
MAEVE: Uh, I need a kit.
Go get the kit. Go get the kit.
Hey. Please open your eyes.
Please open your eyes.
Open your eyes, please.
No, no, no, no, no.
[sobbing]
No!
Please
Please come back.
Please come back.
Okay. Okay, here you go.
[Maeve sobbing]
I got the kit.
Okay, come on,
Maeve. Maeve, come on.
We gotta try. We gotta
try, Maeve. Maeve.
Imogen, she's...
she's already gone. No.
[sobs]
Please come back.
[]
[WATER FLOWING]
[ENGINE RUNNING]
[indistinct lyrics]
This love was never yours
This love was
never yours to...
[RAINING]
[CAR DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[STEPS REACHING]
Hi.
MAEVE: I hear lunch is ready.
Yeah, how was it today?
Just awful.
Truly awful.
Well, I'm just glad
you're home safe.
Maeve?
Yes?
Nevermind.
Thank you, Lazareth.
Thank you, Lazareth.
[]
[]
[]
LEE: Maeve, Imogen.
It's time for a story.
Shall we begin?
[CROW CAWING]
[]
LEE: Once upon a time...
there was a before and an after.
[WATER FLOWING]
LEE: Before the virus,
the world was very vast...
and people lived
in cities and towns.
And they filled their days
with mindless distractions.
And they falsely believed
that they were in
control of nature.
And then the virus came
and the world shrank.
It was when the train stopped
running that everyone fled
those cities and
towns and lawlessness
and decay prevailed
and nature showed them
who they really were.
And now they survive
on what little they can find.
Lazareth is our home
and we must protect it.
THE TRAVELER: I'm not sick!
Back away!
THE TRAVELER: I've been
separated from my family.
[PANTING]
THE TRAVELER: Just
looking for a little food.
Can you spare something?
I can't spare much.
Well, I'll try to help.
Stay where you are.
[GUN CLICKS]
You're infected!
- No, no, no.
- Back up!
THE TRAVELER:
I'm not sick! I promise!
LEE: I said back up!
[GUN FIRES]
[screams]
[gasps]
[BODY THUDS]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[panting]
[RAINING]
[panting]
[ENGINE REVVING IN BACKGROUND]
[man screams in background]
[indistinct chatter
in background]
[CROW CAWING]
[]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[grunting]
No!
[grunting]
- Get off me!
- [LAUGHS]
What? You don't like losing?
Come on, you're
good at everything.
Give me this one thing.
Okay.
Goldenseal,
bloodroot, may apple.
No, ginseng.
Get the ginseng.
Don't come back empty-handed.
What about you?
[laughs]
Imogen!
- [laughs]
- [indistinct speech]
Imogen!
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[WATER SPLASHES]
[grunting]
[man groans]
[MAN PANTS]
[]
[pants]
Imogen!
[]
Imogen!
Imogen!
[indistinct speech]
[ENGINE WHIRRING]
LEE: Shit!
That's it.
This truck is not
starting again.
I didn't get kerosene.
I didn't think I'd
make it that far,
but I took everything I could.
IMOGEN: At least,
you made it back.
- Barely.
- MAEVE: How was town?
Burn them.
That bad?
[laughs]
Come on. I have to
show you something.
Where are we going?
Come on.
[]
Where are we going?
Just trust me.
Maeve, this is too far.
This is way too far.
MAEVE: Damn, Imogen.
Maeve. [laugh]
We aren't supposed
to go out that far.
No. I'm telling you.
You're gonna love it.
[MAEVE PANTING]
Down.
There was a man here before.
I'm gonna take a closer look.
Are you coming with me?
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
Stay where you are!
Are you alone?
Are you infected?
Are you infected?
Show us your test.
Show me your test.
All of it.
What... what is that?
Under your shirt, what is that?
Just a cut. I'm not infected.
IMOGEN: He's hurt.
I just need help.
Please.
MAEVE: Why are you here?
I just need somewhere safe.
To... to hide.
Please.
I'm in trouble.
One night.
Tomorrow you're gone.
Maeve, he could...
Maeve, he could die.
I know.
Are we gonna help him?
I don't know.
You're not gonna
tell Aunt Lee, are you?
Maeve?
- I don't know.
- Are we gonna help him?
[CUTLERY CLINKING]
[RAINING]
[girls laughs]
Put your hands outta your mouth.
Did you see his face?
- Yeah.
- He's so scared.
[laughs]
Shh, shh.
Maeve, there's a boy.
I know, but don't
say it out loud.
Are you afraid of the boy?
- No. I'm not afraid.
- He's probably very friendly.
Just sit.
He could probably
live here with us.
You know how we always
wanted to make a tree fort?
- Yeah.
- We could make him a tree fort.
He could stay
there during the day,
we don't have to tell Aunt Lee.
I don't think I want him there.
And by nighttime
if it gets cold,
he can come in here
and sleep with us.
Or he can sleep with me.
MAEVE: I've already made
a list of everything we need.
LEE: What do we lack?
MAEVE: Wire, wire
cutters, cordage,
batteries, wood panels, propane.
- LEE: Wow.
- The list goes on.
Okay, I didn't get
much of anything at all.
I think it's obvious we need
to prioritize truck repair over
all else for this week.
All in favor?
So it was bad in town?
I do not relish the
thought of going back.
Is it the worst it's ever been?
Something like that's
hard to quantify, Maeve.
Well, were there empty shelves?
Not much of anything.
Were there people in town?
What does that have
to do with anything?
You don't know what
it's like to go into town.
You don't know...
Well, yes, because
you never tell us.
We're trying to
strategize, but we only...
I never tell you?
Do you want to know what
it's like going into town?
- MAEVE: Yes!
- Do you want to know what I see?
- MAEVE: Yes!
- I'll tell you what I see.
A gang of hooligans on the side
of the road tormenting a woman.
Would you like to see
that for yourself, Maeve?
I spare you things.
You stay here and
frolic in the woods, which
is the way it should be.
Now, conserving our
canned goods for winter.
That part is your
responsibility.
I do the rest. All in favor.
[CRICKET CHIRPING]
Is she asleep?
Yes.
- You sure?
- Yeah, take this.
Put it in the bag.
We're bringing him bread now?
He could be weak.
Maeve, don't be silly.
- Don't touch the bag.
- Keep your voice, just...
[sighs]
[blows]
[WOOD CREAKING]
[]
Hello?
Hello?
[SIGHS]
Hey.
Hey.
Oh.
Oh.
Maeve.
Oh no.
What?
He's lost so much blood.
Is he breathing?
Yeah, he's breathing. He
needs to come back with us.
- He has to.
- No.
No, Imogen... Imogen,
we can't. I'm sorry.
He needs stitches. Right now...
There's no way we
can get him past Lee.
And you know it.
Well, we'll keep
him in the cellar then.
- Just until he's healed.
- No, we can't...
- Maeve...
- Imogen, I'm sorry. We can't.
He's going to die if
we don't do anything.
You're okay with that?
I can't.
Fine, I'll do it myself then.
You're too much of a coward.
Oh.
Fine.
- Ready?
- Yeah.
1, 2.
- [grunts]
- Are you okay?
Yeah. [indistinct speech]
[grunts]
1,2,3!
[grunting]
Watch his head.
[gasps]
Hold this and hold him steady.
[WOOD CREAKING]
[STEPS REACHING]
[shushing]
[blows]
What do we do?
You tell me. This was your idea.
Wait, wait.
We are supposed
to protect Lazareth.
[FIRE CRACKLING]
[sniffles]
Imogen was the
one who wanted to...
Don't Imogen me!
You lied to me.
Listen to me, what you
have done is very dangerous.
[SIGHS]
This is what we are gonna do.
We're gonna take
him back to the woods
where you found him.
We're gonna leave him there.
And we're gonna hope
and pray that you did not just
expose Lazareth.
I just think that it's
our responsibility
to take care of him.
At least, until he's healed.
Please.
Lazareth is for us.
I cannot risk our safety.
It makes no sense to
put him back out there.
Think, Aunt Lee.
I found him dangerously
close to Lazareth already.
Is he not more
of a risk out there
than he is here?
I think you're scared.
- And I don't
think you're - I've...
thinking straight.
We can watch him here.
We can get information
from him here.
Protect ourselves
from the inside.
You taught us that
our voices were equal.
[sighs]
I propose we let him rest.
All in favor?
[STEPS FALLING]
[WATER FLOWING]
[RAINING]
[]
[WITTLE WHISTLES]
[BANGING FLOOR]
[screams]
OWEN: Help me! Please!
Hello!
Somebody help!
[screams]
[grunting]
We saved your life.
But I'm not afraid to
end it if you try anything.
[grunting]
Our house.
Our rules.
[groans, pants]
What happened to me?
We stitched you up.
Here.
Gargle this.
It's just a little bit of
hot water and salt.
- Drink it.
- For your mouth.
Now!
[slurps]
What's your name?
[spits]
Owen.
Owen.
I found you.
I stopped you from dying.
I've given you shelter.
We bring you food.
And you sneak up on me.
I just need to stay here now.
I can't go out there.
If I let you stay,
in return you have
to promise not to
tell a single person
where we are.
I don't know where I am.
I don't have
anyone left to tell.
Promise!
I promise.
Give him his food.
Now, Imogen!
Here.
Go.
Come on.
You stink.
[DOOR CLOSES]
- [WATER FLOWING]
- [BIRDS CHIRPING]
[]
Hey.
[gasps]
[indistinct singing]
What are you doing?
You're lurking.
Why are you dressed?
It's not supper.
You're meant to be
working on the truck.
Are you alright?
[Imogen hums]
Ruby's dead.
Do you mean the chicken?
Oh no.
Poor little thing.
How can you sit
there and pretend like
you don't know what this means?
'Cause I don't
know what it means.
What, Maeve?
Chicken for dinner?
LEE: Thank you, Lazareth.
MAEVE: Thank you, Lazareth.
IMOGEN: Thank you, Lazareth.
LEE: Any progress on the truck?
No.
What were you doing all day?
[BANGING ON FLOOR]
[]
[CRICKET CHIRPING]
[WOOD CREAKING]
[DOOR OPENS]
[]
[gasps]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
LEE: I was just
checking your wound.
No, don't touch it.
My girls have never
been to the outside.
Maeve and Imogen don't
know much about life.
And I refuse to
let them be hurt.
Lazareth is their sanctuary.
We all need a sanctuary.
[SIGHS]
- [WATER FLOWING]
- [BIRDS CHIRPING]
What is this?
[chuckles]
It's just water, dummy.
MAEVE: Give me your clothes.
You reek, Owen.
Do you want your
wound to get infected?
I can clean myself.
MAEVE: Clearly not.
There are seven
tenets of Lazareth.
One of them being cleanliness.
Thank you.
[winces]
Can I?
[Owen winces]
There's cleanliness.
And there's courage.
Grace.
MAEVE: I keep having that dream.
Where I'm drowning.
I had it last night.
And Imogen was there
and you were there.
But you were too far,
so you couldn't hear me.
And Imogen
thought I was playing.
And I went down,
and down, and down...
Dwelling on it makes it worse.
You always listen
to Imogen's dreams.
Oh, honey.
It won't mend itself.
Keeping an eye on
your sister, aren't you?
Yes.
She hasn't been alone with him.
Good.
I was thinking that when
we do get the truck fixed,
I'd like to come out of
town with you next time.
I should know the
protocols for getting supplies.
Just in case.
In case of what?
Mm.
Just in case.
[CRICKET CHIRPING]
[SIGHS]
[OWL HOOTING]
IMOGEN: Is it better here?
Or is it better out there?
OWEN: It's different.
IMOGEN: It's different?
OWEN: Yeah.
IMOGEN: Can I ask you something?
OWEN: Yeah.
Has a woman ever
taken you inside?
- Inside?
- IMOGEN: Mm.
Of her body, other than inside
of your mother's womb.
You mean have sex?
What do you think?
IMOGEN: I sometimes
think about leaving Lazareth.
[]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[pants]
[HENS CLUCKING]
Imogen!
Imogen!
Look!
What?
Look at what you did!
IMOGEN: What?
Tell me this isn't a sign!
You think you can
hide from me? You can't.
It's what you've done with him.
- What is it? What's wrong?
- No, I know.
You know what?
- What's going on?
- What's he doing up here?
IMOGEN: What are you talking...
MAEVE: What's he doing
up here? I'm not talking to you.
What are you doing up
here? Can you speak?
Or do you just take up space?
You reek and you're filthy.
And you've made
this place dirty.
And he's made of you dirty.
[chuckles]
- Oh, Maeve.
- You think that's funny?
Oh, Maeve!
- What?
- I didn't see it before.
Why are you tormenting me?
It's envy.
You're envious.
That's okay.
[laughs]
[grunts]
[Imogen spits]
[grunting]
[screams]
[WATER FLOWING]
[screaming, grunting]
Imogen! Imogen!
No! Stop it!
Stop this right now!
Stop it!
Listen! Listen! Listen!
- What?
- Listen.
- What is it?
- Listen.
[indistinct shouting
in background]
What is that?
We've to hide.
Now.
Now! Now, go.
[indistinct shouting
in background]
[]
[MOTORCYCLE ENGINE REVVING]
[gasps]
[shushes]
[takes deep breaths]
[indistinct chatter
in background]
SQUILLY: There's
a chicken out back?
MORIAN: We're not
here for that shit, Squilly!
SQUILLY: I think this is where
that crazy old fucking witch lives.
Yeah. And she's a fucking freak.
YOUNG WOMAN:
Oh, are you kidding me?
MORIAN: Squilly.
YOUNG WOMAN:
He's a fucking idiot.
SQUILLY: [indistinct SPEECH]
YOUNG WOMAN: Fuck you.
[take deep breaths]
[]
[STEPS REACHING]
MORIAN: Is it clear?
SQUILLY: It's clear.
[DOOR CREAKS]
Jesus fucking Christ!
They got food, Morian!
Fucking fresh food!
This place is ugly as fuck.
[FLOOR CREAKING]
[CUTLERY CLINKING]
[FLOOR CREAKING]
MORIAN: What you got there?
YOUNG WOMAN: Nothing special.
MORIAN: You sure about that?
YOUNG WOMAN: It's nothing.
MORIAN: You're lying to me.
I'm not.
MORIAN: I can
smell the lie on you.
And you know what happens
to people that lie to me.
But I can never hurt you.
[kisses]
That it?
Okay.
[winces]
[BREATHS HEAVILY]
[STEPS FALLING]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[CUTLERY CLINKING]
MORIAN: Fuck head.
SQUILLY: All his
shit's only 2 miles back,
we should try the
other direction.
MORIAN: Yeah, come
on. Come on, man.
[indistinct speech]
Don't lose my shit, fuck up.
YOUNG WOMAN:
Fuck this. We're out.
Let's go get this.
SQUILLY: Hey, I
just... [indistinct speech]
[grunts]
[indistinct shouting
in background]
[takes deep breaths]
They were looking for him.
[pants]
[grunts]
You knew them.
Look at these markings.
[screams]
IMOGEN: Stop! Stop!
You have the same
markings that they do.
- IMOGEN: Don't!
- LEE: Admit it!
You knew them!
They were here for you!
- He's lying!
- IMOGEN: He's not lying.
That's enough!
Admit it! Admit it!
- Admit it!
- OWEN: Yes!
Yes.
- Okay.
- What?
- OWEN: Okay.
- That's it.
- OWEN: No.
- It's time.
- OWEN: No, please. No, please -
What do you... what do you mean?
- Lee, what do you mean?
- LEE: Don't you yell at me!
No, you can't hurt him!
Please, Lee, he's a mechanic.
He can help us out.
He can fix the truck.
Stop!
They touched everything!
- They touched everything!
- You don't deserve...
You don't deserve the
protection you've been given here.
- You just take!
- [Owen screams]
And take! And take!
[screams]
MAEVE: We've been contaminated.
We've been contaminated!
I heard you!
And compromised Lazareth!
And we have nowhere else to go.
You remember that.
Get your kits.
[]
No, no, no!
Imogen, where's the music box?
Where's the music box?
[FIRE CRACKLING]
[CHIRPING]
They took the music box.
[ENGINE STARTS]
LEE: You earned
a spot at the table.
Are you going to thank me?
Thank you, ma'am.
Ma'am.
That's good.
Thank you, Lazareth.
MAEVE: Thank you, Lazareth.
Thank you, Lazareth.
Thank you, Lazareth.
LEE: Lazareth.
Lazareth.
We thank Lazareth, because
it sustains and protects us.
Gives us shelter, food...
- Water.
- Water.
And a home.
So you're leaving early then?
- First light.
- Mm.
[slurping]
Hungry?
Very.
Owen, where are your parents?
I don't know.
An orphan then.
I'm sorry?
You are an orphan.
[Imogen clears throat]
Lee, I don't... I don't...
How did they die?
The virus.
We were separated and
I never got to bury them.
Where did you go?
I ended up...
Ended up?
So passive.
We make choices.
All day long we make choices.
And at the end of the day,
we become our choices.
And you chose a bunch
of dishonest criminals.
Rapists.
Murderers.
And then you did
something so heinous
that now they're after you.
I did what I had
to do to survive.
And the choice I made
was to get away from it.
That was my choice.
Okay, I didn't have
a place like Lazareth.
I wasn't so lucky.
Luck?
You think this place is luck?
I worked the better
part of 20 years
to make Lazareth what it is
to keep it safe and protected.
I made sacrifices.
I know.
LEE: Oh, you do?
I know what you say.
Or don't say.
[]
[ENGINE STARTS]
[yawns]
[]
[CARS WHOOSHES]
[SIREN WAILING]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[TRAIN WHISTLING]
[taking deep breaths]
[SIREN WAILING]
[INDISTINCT LAUGHING,
CHATTERING IN DISTANCE]
[BEEPING]
[ENGINE STARTS]
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
WOMAN 3: Alright, I
know you stupid-asses fight.
I just need to say, nobody
is killing each other today.
Alright?
Alright, now
let's fucking fight!
- Let's do it!
- WOMAN 2: Let's do this!
- WOMAN 3: Come on, baby!
- WOMAN 2: Come on!
WOMAN 3: Come on, baby!
WOMAN 2: Get in there!
MAN 1: Is that all you got?
[indistinct shouting]
[cheering]
[ENGINE REVVING]
MAN 2: Look who we have here.
MAEVE: Excuse me.
I...
[]
You took that!
Give me the box please.
Belongs to her.
Here.
[grunts]
There's a boy staying
in that cabin with you.
MAEVE: I don't know
who you're talking about.
And I will find him.
LEE: Maeve!
How long has it been safe?
- How long?
- Maeve.
Maeve, it's okay, just breathe.
I didn't... I didn't think that
there would be streets, and...
and people just walking
around and they're fine.
You lied.
It's been like this before.
And then it comes roaring
back and before they know it,
it has spread.
I'm the one who comes to town.
I'm the one who sees it.
I'm the one who
protects you from this.
Protecting me from what?
When the first wave hit,
you know one
questions, one wonders.
Why me?
Why did I survive?
Why not someone more deserving?
Like your mother.
She was the one with two girls.
I watched everyone around me go.
Everyone I loved.
And I kept waiting
for it to take me.
And sometimes I wanted it to.
And then I came to
believe that the reason
I stayed was to
take care of you girls.
So I said I'd keep you safe.
Maeve, Lazareth
is more than a place.
It is an idea.
It is a world within a world.
And I know you want
your freedom and you have
to understand freedom is in
here and freedom is an idea
and freedom is being free
from fear every time you
step outside.
And of course,
you're free to go.
Of course, you're free to go.
[sobbing]
Be whatever you want to be.
I would never
keep you from that.
Were you so unhappy there?
At Lazareth?
No.
[sniffling]
I loved it.
I do, too.
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[taking deep breaths]
[]
[groans]
Does it still hurt?
Yeah.
Who did that to you anyways?
The people I thought
were my family.
What, the people that...
that came to Lazareth?
The orphans.
They're not gonna
stop until they find me.
You can't just leave
that family the way I did.
Well, I'm your family now.
[]
IMOGEN: Maeve!
I thought you were
out collecting herbs!
Wait, did you?
[Imogen chuckles]
What was it like?
Imogen.
I hope I didn't catch anything.
LEE: Lazareth has
been compromised.
They'll be back.
When night falls,
they will be here.
LEE: Shepard's path
is how they'll approach.
They'll park where
they did last time.
I'll hide the truck, so
they think we've gone.
Maeve, you know your place.
Imogen, you know yours.
Girls, we have been
practicing for this.
But nobody does anything.
Do you hear me?
You do not make a move
until you hear Imogen's call.
Understood?
OWEN: They'll come late.
LEE: Tell me what
you love about her.
I'm sorry?
My Imogen.
I need to know.
OWEN: I saw her yesterday.
Out in the woods.
Looking at the world.
I've never seen
something so beautiful.
She's like a star.
Or light itself.
And it changed the
way I look at things.
Now you know.
IMOGEN: Know what?
What Lazareth can do.
[indistinct shouting
in distance]
[sighs]
Remember the plan.
[blows]
[]
[indistinct shouting
in background]
[taking deep breaths]
[indistinct shouting
in background]
[ENGINE REVVING]
[indistinct shouting
in background]
MORIAN: They're in there.
YOUNG WOMAN:
There's nobody in there.
The house is dark.
MORIAN: They're
in there somewhere.
[CRICKET CHIRPING]
[DOOR BREAKS]
[FLOOR CREAKING]
YOUNG WOMAN: Their truck is
gone. There's nobody fucking here.
[DOOR OPENS]
Told you to wait outside.
No one is here.
Be quiet!
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[FOOT FALLING]
[whistles]
[GUN CLINKS]
[Imogen whistles]
- [FIRES]
- [grunts]
[screams]
[grunts]
[screaming]
[grunting]
[screams]
DONNIE: What was that?
Squilly, open that door!
SQUILLY: It's locked!
YOUNG WOMAN:
Open the fucking door!
What are you
doing, open the door!
SQUILLY: I'm trying, I'm...
YOUNG WOMAN:
Hurry up, open the door!
DONNIE: Try the
top lock, try the top.
[BANGING DOOR]
Try the bolt, try the
bolt. [indistinct shouting]
YOUNG WOMAN: Let
me out of here, please!
DONNIE: Try... try to open it!
YOUNG WOMAN:
Donnie, open this door!
YOUNG WOMAN: [screams]
What are you doing? Open the door!
[Young woman screams]
SQUILLY: Open the door, open up!
[Young woman screaming]
[GUN FIRES]
[BODY THUDS]
- YOUNG WOMAN: Let me out!
- [BANGING ON DOOR]
Somebody let me out, please!
Help me! Help me! Let me out!
YOUNG WOMAN: Wait, no,
please, please, please, don't,
- no, please, please!
- No, I'm gonna shoot you.
No. Please.
- I won't tell...
- Why shouldn't I?
- Why shouldn't I?
- I won't tell anyone, I promise.
- I promise, I won't tell!
- Why shouldn't I?
YOUNG WOMAN: I won't
tell anyone, I promise. I swear.
Just please!
Please, I won't!
[Young woman sobbing]
I wouldn't.
Let him go.
MORIAN: Or what?
I'm taking him with us.
LEE: Back up!
- Run!
- Don't shoot.
Now, let's go!
Oh, you are the disease.
MORIAN: Is she gonna
put a hex on me, huh?
LEE: Back up!
Back up!
[Owen grunts]
- MAEVE: Drop it!
- LEE: Maeve!
- [grunts]
- LEE: Maeve, Maeve.
[grunting]
- [screams]
- [FIRING]
No!
[screaming]
- YOUNG WOMAN: Open the door!
- [screams]
MAEVE: Can you hear me?
Lee.
IMOGEN: Maeve! Owen!
Maeve!
MAEVE: Lee, please, look at me.
I feel scared.
- MAEVE: No, - I'm scared.
MAEVE: don't be...
don't be scared.
IMOGEN: It's okay, trust me.
We're here.
- We're here.
- Don't be scared.
Hey, you're okay.
My girls, your mother's
so proud of you.
You made me so happy.
Lee, Lee, no,
no, no, no, no, no.
Don't close your
eyes. Don't close...
IMOGEN: It's okay.
[sobs]
MAEVE: Uh, I need a kit.
Go get the kit. Go get the kit.
Hey. Please open your eyes.
Please open your eyes.
Open your eyes, please.
No, no, no, no, no.
[sobbing]
No!
Please
Please come back.
Please come back.
Okay. Okay, here you go.
[Maeve sobbing]
I got the kit.
Okay, come on,
Maeve. Maeve, come on.
We gotta try. We gotta
try, Maeve. Maeve.
Imogen, she's...
she's already gone. No.
[sobs]
Please come back.
[]
[WATER FLOWING]
[ENGINE RUNNING]
[indistinct lyrics]
This love was never yours
This love was
never yours to...
[RAINING]
[CAR DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[STEPS REACHING]
Hi.
MAEVE: I hear lunch is ready.
Yeah, how was it today?
Just awful.
Truly awful.
Well, I'm just glad
you're home safe.
Maeve?
Yes?
Nevermind.
Thank you, Lazareth.
Thank you, Lazareth.
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