Ouija: A New Beginning (2025) Movie Script
Because the genuineness
of your faith being much more precious
than gold that parishes though it be.
- Can't take any more of this.
Are you girls hungry? Earbuds.
- What?
- Can you get your sister's attention, please?
- Avery?
Hey, stupid!
- What? Were you talking to me?
I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you.
I was reading about rainbow and scotching
at this party and it's especially super funny
because there's just... Yeah, I don't care.
Mom wants to talk to you.
- What's up?
- Are you girls hungry?
- Well, yeah, but...
- There are some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
in the cooler.
- Oh, then no.
- I'll have one.
- Grab me one too. Are there any sodas left?
- No sodas.
That sucks.
- There you go. - Did you take a bite out
of this already, gross.
- Get that out of my face.
- Eat it.
- No, stop.
- Eat it.
- Seriously, you freak. You need to stop.
- Eat it.
- I'm warning you.
- Eat it!
- Mom!
- Stop! I'm trying to drive, god.
- That's it.
- I'm Brad. How're you guys doin' over here?
Can I grab you guys anything else at all?
- No, we're okay. - You guys are good?
- Yeah. - Awesome.
- Thank you.
- I broke up with Wyatt.
- Why? You guys were so cute together.
- We were but...
- Why would you do that?
- It's not like I'm ever gonna see him again.
- Wow. You're not even gonna try?
- Shut up, Avery.
You literally make friends wherever we go.
The one time, the one time I get a boyfriend, we move.
- Maybe try being nice to people.
- Maybe you should try shoving your finger up your ass.
- Don't talk to her that way. You guys are sisters.
You're supposed to love each other.
- Love you, Sis.
- Back at ya in stereo.
- Wait, can you hear that? Let me turn it up.
- Look, I found a bird. - Can you two please stop?
- Why do we even have to move again?
I thought we were gonna stay in Fresno.
Nothing even happened.
- You know why.
- I don't though.
- I'm not having this conversation right now.
I am exhausted and we still
have a long drive ahead of us.
So I need both of you to stop now.
- I don't even know Grandpa.
I literally have never met him before
and all I know is that he's rich
and you don't talk about him.
- That's true.
- Okay. He's my stepdad.
You met him once when you were a baby.
I don't really know him that well,
but he's been generous enough to let us house sit just
for the next month or so till I figure out
what we're gonna do, so.
- Great.
- You guys are both going to school.
- What? Why?
- I've already registered you both. You're graduating.
And to do that, you have to go.
End of conversation.
- Look, Penny, you could find someone new.
- Maybe you'll get ass crabs.
- Oh my God. Penny, stop.
Ass crabs, kidding me?
Just try to be nice to your sister. Okay?
I get it. We had to move.
It sucks. I'm sorry.
But don't take it out on your sister. It is not her fault.
It's mine. I'm only trying to protect you.
I'm trying to keep you safe.
- By constantly moving.
- Yes. We have to keep moving, we have to.
- You know, as soon as I turn 18, I'm out of here.
I'm never coming back.
I'm gonna move to LA, get my own house,
and I'm never moving again, ever.
- You're staying with me.
- Can I come with you when you go to LA?
I'm gonna be an actress.
- Sure.
- Avery, you're 16 years old.
You are not moving to LA. LA is full of crazy people.
- But... No! I said no.
- Hey, girls, can I get you anything else, dessert maybe?
- No, we're okay.
- All right, if you change your mind, just let me know.
No rush on that bill.
- Thanks.
Fuck, we're we're all gonna need
to split something next time.
All right, you guys. Let's get going, okay?
We have to get to the house before Roger leaves
in the morning so he can give this the keys.
It's a big beautiful house.
There's a swamp.
We have the place all to ourselves.
It'll be like a mini vacation. Okay?
It'll be fun.
You, cut it out.
God.
- Hey, Dad.
- You okay?
- Yeah.
- Oh my God.
Whoa.
I need you to be nice.
Roger's being very kind letting us stay here.
Don't fuck it up. We don't have anywhere else to go.
- Where are we going?
- I don't know.
Can we just make the most of this for now?
Can you do that for me, please?
- Sure.
- Okay, good, smile.
And fix your hair.
- It's okay.
- Molly.
- Oh hey, Roger. How are ya?
- I'm fine.
- Us too.
- These must be the granddaughters I don't know.
- Yes, this is Avery.
- Hi. - Hello.
- And this is Penelope.
You actually met her when she was just a little baby.
We visited before John's
accident. I dunno if you remember.
- I remember. Hello, Penelope.
- Hey.
- Your house is amazing. Like crazy amazing.
- Yes. Well, thank you.
Would you like to see the inside?
Please, come in. Take your shoes off.
- I really appreciate you doing this.
- Well, I promised your mother on her death bed
that I'd keep an eye on you, so here we are.
- Yeah, I know, but you didn't have
to let us stay here.
To be honest, we didn't really have anywhere else to go.
It's been really hard since John died, so, thank you.
- Of course. Now come on in and meet Sandy.
- Who's Sandy?
- My wife.
Sandy, Honey, come here.
This is my stepdaughter, Molly,
and her two children, Avery and Penelope.
They're going to house sit for us while we're in Europe.
- It's just Penny.
- It's so good to finally meet you.
Roger's told me so much about you.
- Has he?
- Well, not actually,
but I know who you are
and that's what's important.
Any family of Roger's is family of mine.
- Well, we leave for the airport in the morning, early.
You probably won't see us. You have our itinerary.
- Yeah, it's in my email.
- Perfect. We'll be gone just about a month.
- Perfect. Thank you.
We'll have something figured out by then.
We'll be no trouble at all.
- Do you need help bringing in your luggage?
- Yeah, that would be great.
- Fine. Give me a moment to put on some shoes.
- Well, while Roger grabs his shoes
and helps your mother with a luggage,
do you girls want to go see your rooms?
- Heck yeah. - Okay. Great.
Follow me.
- Go ahead, Girls.
- So there's three bedrooms upstairs
and I have them all ready for you.
We really weren't expecting company,
but you'll have full run of the place,
so please just make yourself at home.
- I forgot to mention on the phone
that we've been having power issues lately.
All the damn new construction on the island.
There are emergency candles in the kitchen.
Is that everything?
- Mostly.
- Oh, and I left some money on the kitchen counter
in case you girls wanna order a pizza or something.
- That's nice, Roger, but I'm not a babysitter.
- No, clearly not.
- Uhp, grass.
- I miss you, Dad.
- Hey, you've got school tomorrow. I'll drive you.
- I can walk.
- You don't even know where it is. Just let me drive you.
- Why? You embarrass me enough.
Fine, walk. Whatever, I don't care.
Just make sure you take your sister with you.
Ave, you've got school
tomorrow. You go with your sister.
- You good?
- Yeah.
- You know, if anyone's mean to you-
- I know. Just find you, and you'll deal with it.
- Okay, let's do this.
You're so stupid.
I know.
- Do you guys wanna come
over to my house later and skate?
- Yes. - Yeah.
- That is literally so fun. You can't skate?
My God, that is literally so lame.
- What are you looking at?
- Hey, she asked you a question.
What are you looking at?
- Nothing, apparently.
- What is that supposed to mean?
- Yeah. Come on, Queen.
Speak up. - Here's an idea.
Mind your own fucking business. Radical concept, huh?
- Well, well, if it isn't the school freak, Harper Cox.
- More like Harper Cock.
- Boys aren't really my thing.
You know I can curse you both. Right?
Make your tits fall off, some zits, or lip herpes.
Great big blistery big ones full of puffs, right?
- Sus. - Yeah. Knock it off.
- Or what? What are you gonna do?
Call me names never heard before?
Jump me in the bathroom and beat me up?
Make up about me and spread it around the school?
Call me a witch?
Go for it. See what happens.
Whatever. Come on, Leah.
- You good?
- Yeah.
- Ignore them.
They watched "Mean Girls" with the moms
who thought it was a how-to video.
New here. Right?
- What gave it away?
- What didn't?
- Right.
Also in the book,
they're like already like the thing, so like...
- Are you ready?
- I'm actually gonna hang out with my new friends.
We're going to Mia's house. Can you tell mom?
- You made friends already?
- Yeah.
- What the actual fuck, Avery.
- What?
- Nothing. Have fun.
Just call me if you need anything, I guess.
- Okay.
- Hey there, see anything you're interested in,
just gimme a yell.
Everything must go.
- Thanks. - Mm-hmm.
- Hey, how much is this?
- Two bucks.
- Oh, hey, I like your hair.
Okay. Are you all right?
- She wants me to hurt Liam.
- She want... She wants what?
- Oh my God.
Sweetie, are you okay?
Did you hurt yourself?
- I'm fine. I just tripped on this dumb box.
- Oh.
- I thought I saw...
Nevermind. I just tripped, that's all.
- Are you sure you're okay?
- Yeah. I'm just stupid.
- Lemme help you with this. I...
- You're not stupid.
Maybe a little clumsy but...
Here, why don't you...
Ah, here, take this. No charge.
Right. You're not a kid.
Well, tell you what.
Look around and if you find something you like,
it's all yours.
Everything must go, right?
- Right.
- That one of those Ouija things?
- Yeah. You want it?
It belong to the kids who lived here.
You could talk to the dead with it. That's fun, right?
Like a seance or something.
- Sure.
- Oh, um, here.
This goes with it.
You just kinda, ooh.
- Yeah, I have a TV.
I know how that works. Thanks.
- Well I'm gonna go help these folks.
Hi there. See anything you like, just gimme a yelp.
Everything must go.
We have something for everyone,
Padre. Take a look around.
Make me an offer.
- Thank you.
- Oh, hey kiddo.
- Hey.
- How was your first day of school?
- It was like every other first day of school this year.
- Was that a dig? It sounded like a dig.
Where's your sister?
- She's with her new friends.
- Didn't you make any new friends?
- You're thinking of Avery again:
the cute funny one that everybody likes
and wants to be friends with.
I'm the other one.
- That's not true.
You're cute and funny sometimes.
So I attempted to make some Chicken Cacciatore
but it's an epic fail.
What do you say we order some pizza?
- You were gonna make Chicken Cacciatore, you?
- Yeah. I like the way the word Cacciatore sounds.
Anyway, Roger left us some cash for pizza
and I found coupons online
for a place up the road.
Does that sound good?
- Sure, that's fine.
As long as it's not Take n Bake. That never tastes good.
- Okay, deal, do you have any homework?
- Yeah, but I'm not gonna do it.
- Fucking kid.
Nope.
Nope, don't care.
Dad?
Dad, are you here?
Does this stupid thing even work?
I call unto the underworld
to, I dunno.
Do whatever you do.
Anybody there?
Done.
Hey, can you stop stuffing
your fat fuckin' mouth
for one second and pay attention to me?
You big fuckin' Twinkie?
It really hurts my feelings
when you make fun of my weight.
You know I have a condition. - Stop your cryin'.
- All right. Don't freak out.
Roger said something like this might happen.
They're doing construction on the island.
So I think I saw some candles somewhere.
- What?
- It's spooky.
- You're so dumb.
- You're dumber.
Well, you're dumber than dumb.
- You're the dumberest.
- Not even a word.
Those aren't even real candles.
Yeah, maybe you won't burn down
the house this time.
- That was Avery's fault.
- Was not.
Okay. Doesn't matter who burned the house down.
Here. - It was Avery.
- Take some of these and spread 'em out in your room
and stuff in case this happens again.
Jesus. These things...
- Loser.
- Ah, I can't do it.
Okay, we got two at least.
There we go.
Dinner by candlelight.
Classy as fuck. Am I right?
Mom said fuck.
- What's so funny about that?
- Avery, we're over here.
- Awesome.
- Okay, so kiss, marry, kill Jake, Luke, Evan.
- Okay, kill Kevin.
- Kevin? - Kevin?
- Are you kidding me?
- Oh my God. - That is not funny.
- Jake's the reason I can't take blondes anymore.
- Don't forget. - Be nice girls.
- See you tomorrow. - See ya.
- Okay.
- You're a witch, right?
- Everyone says so.
Why, you want me to, like,
curse someone or something?
'Cause like I don't really-
- I got one of those Ouija things.
- Oh, witch board. That's what they used to be called.
Also talking boards, spirit boards-
- Right. Okay, well, I think mine's just a Ouija board.
- Cool.
- And I think they take two people.
- Usually.
- And I don't have any friends.
- Really, with your sparkling personality?
- Whatever, so do you wanna come by my house
after school and we can talk to dead people?
- You're weird, I like you.
- Is that a yes?
- Sure. I love talking to dead people. Know any?
- My dad.
- Oh. Sorry.
- It's okay, he died when I was little
and I don't know, I just thought, I dunno.
- It's cool. - Okay.
Just tell my mom that we're doing homework.
- Why?
- Because she's my mom.
- Girls.
- Just getting a tampon.
- Fine, just hurry up and get to class.
Do you need a hall pass?
- That'd be great, Mr. B. Thank you.
See you after school, fellow weirdo.
- Oh my God.
Oh my God. Hey.
Yeah. Hey, there's a body.
Some kid, I don't know.
I'm on a trail.
Yeah, I don't know where I'm at. It's a trail.
- Nice car.
- Thanks. My dad got it for me.
It was either this or actually spending time with me.
Hop in.
- The place before last, there was something similar.
- Mom?
Mom, what's going on?
- Honey, it's okay.
Just, I guess we had a visitor last night.
I don't know.
- This is the sheriff.
- Hayes, Charlotte Hayes.
I'm the sheriff on the island here.
But you can call me Charlie. Everybody does.
You girls hear anything strange?
Anything Keep you awake last night?
- That one's not my kid.
- I'm Harper. Hey.
- She's a witch. - Alleged.
- Hey, where is your sister anyway?
- With her friends. I don't know.
- Call her. Tell her she needs to come home now.
- Why? What's going on?
- Somebody nailed a dead cat to your wall.
- I saw it on my rounds this afternoon.
- What? Why would somebody do that?
- I called the police and I spoke with Mr. Stuwell here.
- Carp. - Carp.
So Carp knocked on the door
and said we should call the sheriff,
so she came right over.
He was kind enough to clean up the mess.
- No biggie, I'ma just bury it out back
of my place with the other bodies.
- Look, it's probably nothing.
You know, it could've been a coyote.
We get them a lot out here.
- Coyote with nails. What's next?
A hamster with dynamite?
A gerbil with a machete?
- Shut up, Carp. You know what I meant.
All right, you see anything else, you hear anything,
I want you to give me a call, all right?
Now I've gotta get back to the station.
- Absolutely. Thank you.
- All right, you girls, please stay safe.
Carp?
- Yep.
- You know the drill.
- See something, say something, observe and report.
I'm all over it.
I'ma make extra patrols the next couple days
just in case I see any cute
little animals with power tools.
- All right. You guys have a good night.
- You, call your sister and tell her to come home now.
You heard what the sheriff
said. It's not safe out there.
- But...
- No buts. Do as you're told, Penny.
So there's something you should probably know.
We have had some issues.
Whatever you need
There you go. And lock the doors.
- So that was fun.
- Yeah.
- Who do you think did it?
- I mean, you don't really buy
the whole coyote thing, do you?
- No. I don't know.
My mom's probably being paranoid. Like she always is.
Like one time someone nailed a bunch
of dead birds on our doors when we lived in Arizona.
Ugh, we moved the next morning.
- That sucks.
Crap just seems to follow her.
- Speaking of weird, break out the Ouija.
This looks really ancient. Where'd you even get it?
- Yard sale.
- The one up on Kilhenny Street?
- I think so, yeah, why?
- Freaky, that's where that old lady died
and the two kids went missing.
Well, one's still missing.
- What? Stop.
- Yeah, total mystery.
The neighbors heard screaming
and they found her all butchered in the kitchen.
She had a couple kids, but
nobody knows where they went.
The house was all locked up from the inside,
so they just disappeared.
- Bullshit.
- Yeah, true story.
Really, the dad probably took 'em.
They were going through a divorce and, well, you know.
You ever watch "Red-Handed," that murder TV show?
I love that shit. It's always
the husband, almost always.
- Well, did you know them?
- No, everybody at school was talking about it.
Nothing exciting ever happens here.
So should we try it out or what?
- Yeah. Okay.
Atmosphere, right?
- Sure. You go, spooky girl.
I've never actually, you know, done this, have you?
- By myself, but it didn't work.
- Okay, well...
- What are you doing?
- Are you fucking kidding me? Get outta my room!
- Is that a Ouija?
Are you playing? Can I play?
- Well, Avery, we are about to try it out
before you walked into my room without knocking!
- Hi, I'm Avery. What's your name?
- Harper.
- Are you a witch?
- I've been accused.
- Cool, so can I play?
Fine.
- So what are we summoning, a ghost or something,
a demon, a dead kid. - I'm Trying to contact Dad.
- Oh.
- Hello?
- Hey, Lila, it's Aunt Molly. How are you?
- I'm all right.
Where are you guys?
- We're up in Washington at Roger's place.
Is your mom around?
- Yeah.
- Can I talk to her?
- Sure.
Mom!
- Hello?
- Hey, Sis. You got a minute?
- I can't loan you anymore money, Molly.
- That's not why I called.
I think it's happening again.
Do you think maybe we could stay with you just
for like a week or so until I
figure something else out?
- I'm sorry, Molly. I am.
But we can't have that drama here.
The girls don't understand
- Your kids, yeah, well about my daughters?
Don't they deserve to be safe too?
- Are you even taking your meds anymore?
- I don't need that fucking medication.
What I need is for my daughters to be safe.
We need somewhere to go. Why can't you understand that?
- Look, you're my sister and I love you.
I always will, but you can't come here again.
And that's final, I'm sorry.
- You'll be okay.
- Dad, we miss you and
I just wanna talk to you like we used to.
Are you here?
- You have to call on the spirit of the Ouija,
like open yourself up to it or something first.
- Okay, spirit world,
I open myself up to you
so that we can communicate.
You did that!
- I didn't. I swear!
- Penny, look.
- Did you? - No.
- You don't have to do anymore.
It's okay, there's nobody there.
I just have to keep moving.
He can't find us if we keep moving.
- What's happening?
- I don't know. I didn't ask anything.
Hell hurts.
It hurts, Dad, can we help you?
Dad, I dunno how to help you.
You have to tell us what to do, what hurts?
- It smells.
- There's somebody in the corner.
- Mom!
- Ambulance is on the way to the hospital again.
Do you wanna tell me what happened?
- It's okay, Penny. Go ahead.
- She just, I don't know.
We didn't see her and then...
- She must've snuck in.
I, I probably...
I probably didn't close the door when I came in.
- The door was left open when I checked it.
- All right, so that could explain how she got in.
Ever talk to her?
Did she ever say anything?
- No.
- She's that missing girl, right?
- Yeah. Looks like it.
- She's been missing for, like, what, three months?
- Look, I know you folks have had quite the day:
the dead cat, the missing girl turning up,
so I'm gonna ask Carp to stay close by.
- Thank you. I appreciate that.
- You know, just in case.
- I think we better get going.
I just have to figure out where we're gonna stay.
- Okay. Might be a smart move.
- But we just got here.
- I know, Avery.
- What's really going on?
- Not now.
- Yes, now, I'm tired of keeping on moving.
We literally just got here. Avery's right.
I don't wanna move anymore. I'm sick of it.
You can't keep doing this to us, Mom.
It's just, it's not fair.
- Okay. That's it.
I've had enough of your attitudes.
Both of you get inside.
- What are you not telling us?
- Nothing. Now go inside now.
- No.
- Did you just say no?
- I fucking hate you!
- Oh yeah, well, I fucking hate you too!
- I'm gonna go.
- What is wrong with you?
- I don't know what got into me.
I don't usually talk to her that way.
- You're gonna have to tell them.
- No.
- I can protect them.
- Can you?
Do you have somewhere you can go?
- No.
- Well, maybe you should consider
going to a shelter for the night.
- No, no. No shelters.
Shelters aren't safe for young girls.
There's too many predators.
I already learned that one the hard way.
It's better I keep them here where I can protect them.
- I miss Dad.
- Me too.
- Remember when he used to read the books to us?
You know, you got that from him, books.
He always had one in his hand, remember?
- Yeah. Kind of.
I kind of remember him.
Like I remember the memory of him,
but not actually him, if that makes sense.
- Yeah.
- What if it wasn't him?
- You know it was him.
- Yeah, but what if it wasn't?
- How would you even say that, Avery?
You were sitting right there. Right there!
You heard him!
- I moved it.
- What?
- I thought it'd be funny, in the beginning, I made a joke,
but I swear I only moved it in the beginning.
I swear, Penny, I didn't move it after that.
- Get out!
- You, I just trying to scare you guys.
You guys were so serious and I'm sorry, Penny.
- It wasn't funny.
Get out. I mean it, now!
- I said I'm sorry.
- You're ugly, get out!
- Fine!
- Penny, Honey, are you okay?
I'm fine!
- Why don't you come downstairs? I made dinner.
I'm not hungry.
- Please, Penny.
No, just leave me alone.
- Okay, well, I'll fix you a plate and put it in the fridge.
- Dad, I need you.
Here now.
I'm just tired of being alone, you know?
Mom got all weird as soon
as you died and Avery,
we're just not as close as we used to be.
I don't know how that happened.
I'm not alone.
With you, you're with me?
Is that what you're trying to say?
That you're here and I'm not alone?
Inside, I don't understand.
What do you mean?
You.
let me, you let me...
You let me what? I don't under...
Hurts? I know it hurts, Dad, I'm sorry.
I'd take your place if I could.
I miss you so much and...
Let me... Dad, I don't understand.
Do you need help or do you need me to help you or...
Let inside, let you inside?
Okay.
Dad?
You're, you're, you're not my dad.
- Let's go, Penny. You're gonna be late for school.
- I don't know what she's doing.
- Morning, sunshine.
- Did you dye your hair?
- Have a good day, unbelievable.
- Hey, Mrs. Z. - Are you all studied up
for that English test?
Yeah, we got this.
Glad.
- Are you still mad at me?
- Yes.
- But you still love me, right?
- Of course we do.
- Hey.
- Hey. - New hair?
- Apparently.
- You all right?
- Yeah.
- 'Cause that Ouija thing kinda freaked me out.
And that girl? - You guys have a Ouija?
- Somebody talking to you?
- What are you doing?
- Making friends.
What? You got something to say?
Go ahead. We're waiting.
- What's your problem?
- I don't have a problem.
I'm just trying to get through
my day-to-day shitty life.
It's hard. You know what makes it harder?
People like you.
Now go away or else.
- Or else what?
- Or else?
- This isn't over.
- So what do you say? Come to my house, play some Ouija?
Maybe get a pizza or do some
seance, talk some dead people.
I don't know.
- What the actual fuck was that?
- What?
- You know what.
- I was just trying to scare them.
I didn't mean anything by it. Come on.
Come over for later. Let's play.
- Okay.
- Really, girls, well?
- Just getting a tampon,
- Both of you.
- Yeah.
- Lemme guess, you need another hall pass.
- It is like you read my mind, Mr. B.
Thank you. Get you one, freak.
- Thanks for coming in, Avery.
I am Judy, the school counselor.
- Hi.
- Hi, so this is really informal.
Well, I'd just like to check in
with new students at the beginning.
See how they're fitting in,
and especially in cases like yours.
- What do you mean?
- Well, just with what happened with your father.
- Hey.
- Is your sister single?
- Fuck you.
- So, class, here's something
I want you all to think about.
"The Telltale Heart," for instance,
this is not just a simple story about murder.
You see, Po's mastery using metaphor
in "Pose" was just a remarkable-
Test next week, study up.
Honey, you all right?
You better get rolling.
You'll be late for your next class.
If you need someone to talk to...
- Shauna, if you need to talk,
Ms. Cho's office is always open
and grief counselors will be here later today
to meet with students.
Harper, if you need to talk-
- Fuck off. - Okay.
- What's going on?
- You didn't hear?
That girl, the one in your room,
Olivia Campos, she died.
- What? - Yeah, it's all over.
She had a seizure in the hospital and I...
- But... I know, right?
She was in your room like right before she died.
- Creepy. Huh?
- Girls, death can sometimes be a shock.
If you need to talk,
I'm here. - Come on, let's go.
- What'd you guys do?
- What are you talking about?
- You know.
- Do I though?
- You're a witch.
- Jesus Christ, this again?
Are you kidding me right now?
- Stop the crap, Harper.
Everyone knows what you are.
- Horny, single, bored, what?
- Witch.
- Did you curse her? Confess.
- You're outta your goddam minds. Leave me alone.
- Or what?
- What are you, like her minion?
- Seriously, back off.
- Bleed.
- Oh my god, girls.
Quick, somebody get the nurse!
- Oh my god! - Oh my god!
- Where's your sister?
- I don't know. It's not like I'm her mother.
- How many times do I have to tell you guys
to stay together?
Come on, let's go up to my room.
- Hey, Avery. Are you okay?
Oh, good. Okay.
Where are you?
That's like an hour away.
No, just stay where you are. I'll come get you, fuck.
I'm going to get your sister. Keep the doors locked.
- So who should we contact?
- How about Penny?
- Very funny.
- I'm serious. Come on.
Penelope, are you there?
Penny, we call out to you.
Help, you need help?
- Not me, what's that mean?
- She's inside.
- You're being dumb. I'm gonna go.
- All right. All right, sorry.
Just come on, one more time.
- Fine.
What?
- Nothing.
Okay, well, are you playing or not?
- Don't slam the fucking door on me.
Avery, I'm only trying to keep you girls safe.
I wish you could just see things from my perspective.
- Safe from what? Exactly, Mom.
I was with my friends.
Completely safe. You freaked
out on them and embarrassed me.
- There is a child killer on the loose. Okay?
You heard what the sheriff said today.
I have to keep you close.
It's the only way I can protect you.
There are monsters in this world, and I'm trying.
I'm trying, I'm trying to protect you girls.
Okay, please, honey, please just stick with me, okay?
I'm just trying to keep my babies safe.
- We're not babies anymore.
- Okay, okay, I get it.
You guys are all grown up. That's fine.
But just stick with me through this, okay? Please.
- Penny's leaving in a couple of months
and I'm going with her.
- Absolutely not.
- Yeah, I am.
You can't stop us.
- Oh, yeah? Watch me.
- What's that supposed to mean?
- Exactly what it sounds like.
- What happened to dad?
- What?
- Dad, what really happened to Dad?
- You know exactly what happened.
- The school counselor called me in today.
She wanted to see how I was fitting in.
Do you know what she said, huh?
- What did she have to say?
- She said that you told her
that dad had cancer and died.
That's not what you told us. So what really happened?
- You know exactly what happened.
- No, I don't.
All I know is what you told me.
And like an idiot, I believed you because you're my mom
and I'm supposed to be able to trust you.
- He's not even dead, is he?
- Of course he's dead.
- He had a heart attack. I told you this already.
- You told us he died in a car accident.
- I did?
- Yeah, you did.
- Well, that's because he had the heart attack
before he had the car accident.
- Jesus Christ, Mom.
Don't, just don't.
What else are you lying about, huh?
- It's not like that, Avery.
I'm only trying to keep you safe, that's all.
I'm your mother and it's my job.
- I am getting Penny and we are leaving.
I talked to Aunt Sharon. She said she spoke to him.
I wanna see Dad. I wanna go home!
- No!
Are fucking you kidding me? Fuck!
What the fuck am I gonna do?
Why can't you just leave us alone?
Leave us alone!
- Sheriff Hayes.
- Sheriff, it's Molly Price.
Somebody slashed my tire.
Did you hear what I said?
Some psycho came to my home and slashed my tire.
I need you to come here and talk to the girls.
Tell them they need to stay home. It isn't safe.
They'll listen to you.
- I hear you, Ms. Price.
And actually, I'm glad you called.
Are you and the girls at home right now?
- Yes, they're both here.
- All right, I'm gonna come by and file a report.
I need you to stay there.
- Of course, please hurry.
He could come back.
I don't want him to hurt my girls.
- Just stay there.
Is she dangerous?
- I don't know. Depends on if she's taking her medicine.
I mean, she gets obsessive over things
and she gets fixated on things, but I don't know, maybe.
- She said you abused her.
That you were harassing them, stalking them.
Any of that true?
- How could it be?
All right, I didn't know where they were until just now.
- I'm an idiot.
It's just such a common story.
I didn't even question it.
- Yeah, well, truth's right here.
Okay, I mean, Molly has always struggled a bit,
but after Avery was born,
she suffered a postpartum psychotic break.
And it was bad.
- How bad?
- She tried to drown Avery.
I mean, the court's awarded me full custody,
but they gave her supervised visitations
despite my protests.
And it was one of those visits
where she took the girls and ran.
And I've been looking for 'em ever since.
And I almost gave up.
- How did you find them?
- Molly's sister Sharon called me
and she told me where they were,
and so I got here as fast as I could.
- All right, I'm gonna call CPS.
- Hey, Quinn, yeah.
It's Charlie here at the Sheriff's station.
Yeah. I've got...
I've got a couple of girls
that are possibly in trouble.
- Hey.
- Where's Harper? Her car's still here
- No idea.
- Whatever. We need to talk about Mom.
Dad's not dead, Penny.
She lied to us. She lied about everything.
We have to go. We have to leave like now, Dad's alive.
- I know.
- What? What do you mean you know?
- Asarah told me.
- Who's Asarah?
- That's just it.
I don't really know.
A witch, I think.
Or she was.
I let her in.
It came for her in the night.
They dragged her from her home
and they burned her alive where she lay.
She burns, Avery.
She burns in the fire.
- What the hell are you talking about, Penny?
Let's just go. Come on.
- I've got her locked up for the moment,
but I can feel her.
She's in my head, Avery.
She wants to be me, but I can feel her.
She's getting stronger.
Scratching, scratching,
scratching, scratching, scratching.
- You're not funny.
Let's just go. Please.
- I just didn't wanna be alone anymore.
- You're not alone, dummy.
You got me.
- I don't deserve you.
- I know
- Butt head.
- I know that too. No, let's just go.
Let's get her suitcases and go.
- What about mom?
- Fuck mom. She lied to us, Penny.
This, like all of this is
bullshit. I talked to Aunt Sharon.
Mom's been lying to us about everything.
Dad's been looking for us for years. Let's just go.
- Sheriff, he has a knife.
He's gonna hurt the girls. Hurry!
- Where do you girls think you're going?
- Mom, stop. What are you doing?
- Something I should have done a long time ago, Honey.
I'm keeping you safe.
- Penny, Penny, come on. Run!
- You folks all right?
Hey there, it's Carp.
I'm coming to check on you.
The power went out on the whole island. Hello?
Oh Hell no.
- Avery, Honey, it's Mommy.
Let me in.
Come on, Avery.
I promise no more running around.
No more having to move.
Just let me in, and we could put an end to it.
You'll be safe forever.
Open the fucking door now!
I don't have time for your games.
I am trying to save you.
Why is that so hard to understand?
- Penelope, Avery. - No!
You're gonna stay here.
We'll go in and get the girls and bring them out. Okay?
- No, I'm going in now. - No.
- My girls are in there.
- No, you listen to me!
Stay sharp. Go around back.
- Yes, ma'am. - You stay here.
Sheriff's Department!
Damn it, Carp.
- Show yourself!
- You must be Penny. Are you all right?
I'm with the sheriff's department. Did you see anybody?
Is there anybody else there?
- No. It's just us.
- All right. All right, come on.
Let's get you inside.
Help, help. I'm in here!
- Girls, fuck!
Penny, Avery?
- Dad.
It's okay. I'm here, you're safe.
You're safe. I'm so sorry.
Honey, I'm so sorry.
It's okay. - It's over.
I'm so sorry. - We got 'em.
Yeah, I've got the other, I've got the girl.
There's no signs of Mom.
- It's okay.
Yeah, looks like their mother killed Carp
and another woman before we can get here.
- My God. Those poor kids.
- Yeah.
- Pretty girl.
- Yeah. Well, she used to be.
- Good, Mam. We're all done here.
- The ambulance is on the way, sweetie. Just sit tight.
- Hey, how you doin', Avery?
- Well, other than the fact that I have
to be in therapy for the rest of my life,
I'm doing okay.
- Well, me too.
But I'm glad you're home.
Right? We have a lot to catch up on.
And we've got a lot of time to make up for. All right?
Hey, it's gonna be okay, kiddo. Okay?
- I know. - All right.
Finish unpacking. I'll see you downstairs, okay?
- How's she doing?
- She's okay. She's a tough kid.
You know, she's resilient.
And the therapist said it's just gonna take some time.
- Well, I'm here for the duration
no matter what they need.
You sure you're up for this?
Yeah. I knew this was a possibility.
I've known it since we got married.
- I know, I just, you know,
I just can't help but feel like maybe-
- John?
Yeah?
- Just be yourself.
It'll take time for us to get into a rhythm,
but I mean it, we've got this.
- Right, yeah, okay.
I'm gonna go check on Penny real quick. Okay?
- Okay. Dinner in 20. - Awesome. Thank you.
Penny, are you okay?
- Hey. - Hey yourself.
How do you like your room?
- I like it.
- Good.
- Okay.
- Hey, dinner's ready in about 20 minutes.
- Cool.
- It has begun.
of your faith being much more precious
than gold that parishes though it be.
- Can't take any more of this.
Are you girls hungry? Earbuds.
- What?
- Can you get your sister's attention, please?
- Avery?
Hey, stupid!
- What? Were you talking to me?
I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you.
I was reading about rainbow and scotching
at this party and it's especially super funny
because there's just... Yeah, I don't care.
Mom wants to talk to you.
- What's up?
- Are you girls hungry?
- Well, yeah, but...
- There are some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
in the cooler.
- Oh, then no.
- I'll have one.
- Grab me one too. Are there any sodas left?
- No sodas.
That sucks.
- There you go. - Did you take a bite out
of this already, gross.
- Get that out of my face.
- Eat it.
- No, stop.
- Eat it.
- Seriously, you freak. You need to stop.
- Eat it.
- I'm warning you.
- Eat it!
- Mom!
- Stop! I'm trying to drive, god.
- That's it.
- I'm Brad. How're you guys doin' over here?
Can I grab you guys anything else at all?
- No, we're okay. - You guys are good?
- Yeah. - Awesome.
- Thank you.
- I broke up with Wyatt.
- Why? You guys were so cute together.
- We were but...
- Why would you do that?
- It's not like I'm ever gonna see him again.
- Wow. You're not even gonna try?
- Shut up, Avery.
You literally make friends wherever we go.
The one time, the one time I get a boyfriend, we move.
- Maybe try being nice to people.
- Maybe you should try shoving your finger up your ass.
- Don't talk to her that way. You guys are sisters.
You're supposed to love each other.
- Love you, Sis.
- Back at ya in stereo.
- Wait, can you hear that? Let me turn it up.
- Look, I found a bird. - Can you two please stop?
- Why do we even have to move again?
I thought we were gonna stay in Fresno.
Nothing even happened.
- You know why.
- I don't though.
- I'm not having this conversation right now.
I am exhausted and we still
have a long drive ahead of us.
So I need both of you to stop now.
- I don't even know Grandpa.
I literally have never met him before
and all I know is that he's rich
and you don't talk about him.
- That's true.
- Okay. He's my stepdad.
You met him once when you were a baby.
I don't really know him that well,
but he's been generous enough to let us house sit just
for the next month or so till I figure out
what we're gonna do, so.
- Great.
- You guys are both going to school.
- What? Why?
- I've already registered you both. You're graduating.
And to do that, you have to go.
End of conversation.
- Look, Penny, you could find someone new.
- Maybe you'll get ass crabs.
- Oh my God. Penny, stop.
Ass crabs, kidding me?
Just try to be nice to your sister. Okay?
I get it. We had to move.
It sucks. I'm sorry.
But don't take it out on your sister. It is not her fault.
It's mine. I'm only trying to protect you.
I'm trying to keep you safe.
- By constantly moving.
- Yes. We have to keep moving, we have to.
- You know, as soon as I turn 18, I'm out of here.
I'm never coming back.
I'm gonna move to LA, get my own house,
and I'm never moving again, ever.
- You're staying with me.
- Can I come with you when you go to LA?
I'm gonna be an actress.
- Sure.
- Avery, you're 16 years old.
You are not moving to LA. LA is full of crazy people.
- But... No! I said no.
- Hey, girls, can I get you anything else, dessert maybe?
- No, we're okay.
- All right, if you change your mind, just let me know.
No rush on that bill.
- Thanks.
Fuck, we're we're all gonna need
to split something next time.
All right, you guys. Let's get going, okay?
We have to get to the house before Roger leaves
in the morning so he can give this the keys.
It's a big beautiful house.
There's a swamp.
We have the place all to ourselves.
It'll be like a mini vacation. Okay?
It'll be fun.
You, cut it out.
God.
- Hey, Dad.
- You okay?
- Yeah.
- Oh my God.
Whoa.
I need you to be nice.
Roger's being very kind letting us stay here.
Don't fuck it up. We don't have anywhere else to go.
- Where are we going?
- I don't know.
Can we just make the most of this for now?
Can you do that for me, please?
- Sure.
- Okay, good, smile.
And fix your hair.
- It's okay.
- Molly.
- Oh hey, Roger. How are ya?
- I'm fine.
- Us too.
- These must be the granddaughters I don't know.
- Yes, this is Avery.
- Hi. - Hello.
- And this is Penelope.
You actually met her when she was just a little baby.
We visited before John's
accident. I dunno if you remember.
- I remember. Hello, Penelope.
- Hey.
- Your house is amazing. Like crazy amazing.
- Yes. Well, thank you.
Would you like to see the inside?
Please, come in. Take your shoes off.
- I really appreciate you doing this.
- Well, I promised your mother on her death bed
that I'd keep an eye on you, so here we are.
- Yeah, I know, but you didn't have
to let us stay here.
To be honest, we didn't really have anywhere else to go.
It's been really hard since John died, so, thank you.
- Of course. Now come on in and meet Sandy.
- Who's Sandy?
- My wife.
Sandy, Honey, come here.
This is my stepdaughter, Molly,
and her two children, Avery and Penelope.
They're going to house sit for us while we're in Europe.
- It's just Penny.
- It's so good to finally meet you.
Roger's told me so much about you.
- Has he?
- Well, not actually,
but I know who you are
and that's what's important.
Any family of Roger's is family of mine.
- Well, we leave for the airport in the morning, early.
You probably won't see us. You have our itinerary.
- Yeah, it's in my email.
- Perfect. We'll be gone just about a month.
- Perfect. Thank you.
We'll have something figured out by then.
We'll be no trouble at all.
- Do you need help bringing in your luggage?
- Yeah, that would be great.
- Fine. Give me a moment to put on some shoes.
- Well, while Roger grabs his shoes
and helps your mother with a luggage,
do you girls want to go see your rooms?
- Heck yeah. - Okay. Great.
Follow me.
- Go ahead, Girls.
- So there's three bedrooms upstairs
and I have them all ready for you.
We really weren't expecting company,
but you'll have full run of the place,
so please just make yourself at home.
- I forgot to mention on the phone
that we've been having power issues lately.
All the damn new construction on the island.
There are emergency candles in the kitchen.
Is that everything?
- Mostly.
- Oh, and I left some money on the kitchen counter
in case you girls wanna order a pizza or something.
- That's nice, Roger, but I'm not a babysitter.
- No, clearly not.
- Uhp, grass.
- I miss you, Dad.
- Hey, you've got school tomorrow. I'll drive you.
- I can walk.
- You don't even know where it is. Just let me drive you.
- Why? You embarrass me enough.
Fine, walk. Whatever, I don't care.
Just make sure you take your sister with you.
Ave, you've got school
tomorrow. You go with your sister.
- You good?
- Yeah.
- You know, if anyone's mean to you-
- I know. Just find you, and you'll deal with it.
- Okay, let's do this.
You're so stupid.
I know.
- Do you guys wanna come
over to my house later and skate?
- Yes. - Yeah.
- That is literally so fun. You can't skate?
My God, that is literally so lame.
- What are you looking at?
- Hey, she asked you a question.
What are you looking at?
- Nothing, apparently.
- What is that supposed to mean?
- Yeah. Come on, Queen.
Speak up. - Here's an idea.
Mind your own fucking business. Radical concept, huh?
- Well, well, if it isn't the school freak, Harper Cox.
- More like Harper Cock.
- Boys aren't really my thing.
You know I can curse you both. Right?
Make your tits fall off, some zits, or lip herpes.
Great big blistery big ones full of puffs, right?
- Sus. - Yeah. Knock it off.
- Or what? What are you gonna do?
Call me names never heard before?
Jump me in the bathroom and beat me up?
Make up about me and spread it around the school?
Call me a witch?
Go for it. See what happens.
Whatever. Come on, Leah.
- You good?
- Yeah.
- Ignore them.
They watched "Mean Girls" with the moms
who thought it was a how-to video.
New here. Right?
- What gave it away?
- What didn't?
- Right.
Also in the book,
they're like already like the thing, so like...
- Are you ready?
- I'm actually gonna hang out with my new friends.
We're going to Mia's house. Can you tell mom?
- You made friends already?
- Yeah.
- What the actual fuck, Avery.
- What?
- Nothing. Have fun.
Just call me if you need anything, I guess.
- Okay.
- Hey there, see anything you're interested in,
just gimme a yell.
Everything must go.
- Thanks. - Mm-hmm.
- Hey, how much is this?
- Two bucks.
- Oh, hey, I like your hair.
Okay. Are you all right?
- She wants me to hurt Liam.
- She want... She wants what?
- Oh my God.
Sweetie, are you okay?
Did you hurt yourself?
- I'm fine. I just tripped on this dumb box.
- Oh.
- I thought I saw...
Nevermind. I just tripped, that's all.
- Are you sure you're okay?
- Yeah. I'm just stupid.
- Lemme help you with this. I...
- You're not stupid.
Maybe a little clumsy but...
Here, why don't you...
Ah, here, take this. No charge.
Right. You're not a kid.
Well, tell you what.
Look around and if you find something you like,
it's all yours.
Everything must go, right?
- Right.
- That one of those Ouija things?
- Yeah. You want it?
It belong to the kids who lived here.
You could talk to the dead with it. That's fun, right?
Like a seance or something.
- Sure.
- Oh, um, here.
This goes with it.
You just kinda, ooh.
- Yeah, I have a TV.
I know how that works. Thanks.
- Well I'm gonna go help these folks.
Hi there. See anything you like, just gimme a yelp.
Everything must go.
We have something for everyone,
Padre. Take a look around.
Make me an offer.
- Thank you.
- Oh, hey kiddo.
- Hey.
- How was your first day of school?
- It was like every other first day of school this year.
- Was that a dig? It sounded like a dig.
Where's your sister?
- She's with her new friends.
- Didn't you make any new friends?
- You're thinking of Avery again:
the cute funny one that everybody likes
and wants to be friends with.
I'm the other one.
- That's not true.
You're cute and funny sometimes.
So I attempted to make some Chicken Cacciatore
but it's an epic fail.
What do you say we order some pizza?
- You were gonna make Chicken Cacciatore, you?
- Yeah. I like the way the word Cacciatore sounds.
Anyway, Roger left us some cash for pizza
and I found coupons online
for a place up the road.
Does that sound good?
- Sure, that's fine.
As long as it's not Take n Bake. That never tastes good.
- Okay, deal, do you have any homework?
- Yeah, but I'm not gonna do it.
- Fucking kid.
Nope.
Nope, don't care.
Dad?
Dad, are you here?
Does this stupid thing even work?
I call unto the underworld
to, I dunno.
Do whatever you do.
Anybody there?
Done.
Hey, can you stop stuffing
your fat fuckin' mouth
for one second and pay attention to me?
You big fuckin' Twinkie?
It really hurts my feelings
when you make fun of my weight.
You know I have a condition. - Stop your cryin'.
- All right. Don't freak out.
Roger said something like this might happen.
They're doing construction on the island.
So I think I saw some candles somewhere.
- What?
- It's spooky.
- You're so dumb.
- You're dumber.
Well, you're dumber than dumb.
- You're the dumberest.
- Not even a word.
Those aren't even real candles.
Yeah, maybe you won't burn down
the house this time.
- That was Avery's fault.
- Was not.
Okay. Doesn't matter who burned the house down.
Here. - It was Avery.
- Take some of these and spread 'em out in your room
and stuff in case this happens again.
Jesus. These things...
- Loser.
- Ah, I can't do it.
Okay, we got two at least.
There we go.
Dinner by candlelight.
Classy as fuck. Am I right?
Mom said fuck.
- What's so funny about that?
- Avery, we're over here.
- Awesome.
- Okay, so kiss, marry, kill Jake, Luke, Evan.
- Okay, kill Kevin.
- Kevin? - Kevin?
- Are you kidding me?
- Oh my God. - That is not funny.
- Jake's the reason I can't take blondes anymore.
- Don't forget. - Be nice girls.
- See you tomorrow. - See ya.
- Okay.
- You're a witch, right?
- Everyone says so.
Why, you want me to, like,
curse someone or something?
'Cause like I don't really-
- I got one of those Ouija things.
- Oh, witch board. That's what they used to be called.
Also talking boards, spirit boards-
- Right. Okay, well, I think mine's just a Ouija board.
- Cool.
- And I think they take two people.
- Usually.
- And I don't have any friends.
- Really, with your sparkling personality?
- Whatever, so do you wanna come by my house
after school and we can talk to dead people?
- You're weird, I like you.
- Is that a yes?
- Sure. I love talking to dead people. Know any?
- My dad.
- Oh. Sorry.
- It's okay, he died when I was little
and I don't know, I just thought, I dunno.
- It's cool. - Okay.
Just tell my mom that we're doing homework.
- Why?
- Because she's my mom.
- Girls.
- Just getting a tampon.
- Fine, just hurry up and get to class.
Do you need a hall pass?
- That'd be great, Mr. B. Thank you.
See you after school, fellow weirdo.
- Oh my God.
Oh my God. Hey.
Yeah. Hey, there's a body.
Some kid, I don't know.
I'm on a trail.
Yeah, I don't know where I'm at. It's a trail.
- Nice car.
- Thanks. My dad got it for me.
It was either this or actually spending time with me.
Hop in.
- The place before last, there was something similar.
- Mom?
Mom, what's going on?
- Honey, it's okay.
Just, I guess we had a visitor last night.
I don't know.
- This is the sheriff.
- Hayes, Charlotte Hayes.
I'm the sheriff on the island here.
But you can call me Charlie. Everybody does.
You girls hear anything strange?
Anything Keep you awake last night?
- That one's not my kid.
- I'm Harper. Hey.
- She's a witch. - Alleged.
- Hey, where is your sister anyway?
- With her friends. I don't know.
- Call her. Tell her she needs to come home now.
- Why? What's going on?
- Somebody nailed a dead cat to your wall.
- I saw it on my rounds this afternoon.
- What? Why would somebody do that?
- I called the police and I spoke with Mr. Stuwell here.
- Carp. - Carp.
So Carp knocked on the door
and said we should call the sheriff,
so she came right over.
He was kind enough to clean up the mess.
- No biggie, I'ma just bury it out back
of my place with the other bodies.
- Look, it's probably nothing.
You know, it could've been a coyote.
We get them a lot out here.
- Coyote with nails. What's next?
A hamster with dynamite?
A gerbil with a machete?
- Shut up, Carp. You know what I meant.
All right, you see anything else, you hear anything,
I want you to give me a call, all right?
Now I've gotta get back to the station.
- Absolutely. Thank you.
- All right, you girls, please stay safe.
Carp?
- Yep.
- You know the drill.
- See something, say something, observe and report.
I'm all over it.
I'ma make extra patrols the next couple days
just in case I see any cute
little animals with power tools.
- All right. You guys have a good night.
- You, call your sister and tell her to come home now.
You heard what the sheriff
said. It's not safe out there.
- But...
- No buts. Do as you're told, Penny.
So there's something you should probably know.
We have had some issues.
Whatever you need
There you go. And lock the doors.
- So that was fun.
- Yeah.
- Who do you think did it?
- I mean, you don't really buy
the whole coyote thing, do you?
- No. I don't know.
My mom's probably being paranoid. Like she always is.
Like one time someone nailed a bunch
of dead birds on our doors when we lived in Arizona.
Ugh, we moved the next morning.
- That sucks.
Crap just seems to follow her.
- Speaking of weird, break out the Ouija.
This looks really ancient. Where'd you even get it?
- Yard sale.
- The one up on Kilhenny Street?
- I think so, yeah, why?
- Freaky, that's where that old lady died
and the two kids went missing.
Well, one's still missing.
- What? Stop.
- Yeah, total mystery.
The neighbors heard screaming
and they found her all butchered in the kitchen.
She had a couple kids, but
nobody knows where they went.
The house was all locked up from the inside,
so they just disappeared.
- Bullshit.
- Yeah, true story.
Really, the dad probably took 'em.
They were going through a divorce and, well, you know.
You ever watch "Red-Handed," that murder TV show?
I love that shit. It's always
the husband, almost always.
- Well, did you know them?
- No, everybody at school was talking about it.
Nothing exciting ever happens here.
So should we try it out or what?
- Yeah. Okay.
Atmosphere, right?
- Sure. You go, spooky girl.
I've never actually, you know, done this, have you?
- By myself, but it didn't work.
- Okay, well...
- What are you doing?
- Are you fucking kidding me? Get outta my room!
- Is that a Ouija?
Are you playing? Can I play?
- Well, Avery, we are about to try it out
before you walked into my room without knocking!
- Hi, I'm Avery. What's your name?
- Harper.
- Are you a witch?
- I've been accused.
- Cool, so can I play?
Fine.
- So what are we summoning, a ghost or something,
a demon, a dead kid. - I'm Trying to contact Dad.
- Oh.
- Hello?
- Hey, Lila, it's Aunt Molly. How are you?
- I'm all right.
Where are you guys?
- We're up in Washington at Roger's place.
Is your mom around?
- Yeah.
- Can I talk to her?
- Sure.
Mom!
- Hello?
- Hey, Sis. You got a minute?
- I can't loan you anymore money, Molly.
- That's not why I called.
I think it's happening again.
Do you think maybe we could stay with you just
for like a week or so until I
figure something else out?
- I'm sorry, Molly. I am.
But we can't have that drama here.
The girls don't understand
- Your kids, yeah, well about my daughters?
Don't they deserve to be safe too?
- Are you even taking your meds anymore?
- I don't need that fucking medication.
What I need is for my daughters to be safe.
We need somewhere to go. Why can't you understand that?
- Look, you're my sister and I love you.
I always will, but you can't come here again.
And that's final, I'm sorry.
- You'll be okay.
- Dad, we miss you and
I just wanna talk to you like we used to.
Are you here?
- You have to call on the spirit of the Ouija,
like open yourself up to it or something first.
- Okay, spirit world,
I open myself up to you
so that we can communicate.
You did that!
- I didn't. I swear!
- Penny, look.
- Did you? - No.
- You don't have to do anymore.
It's okay, there's nobody there.
I just have to keep moving.
He can't find us if we keep moving.
- What's happening?
- I don't know. I didn't ask anything.
Hell hurts.
It hurts, Dad, can we help you?
Dad, I dunno how to help you.
You have to tell us what to do, what hurts?
- It smells.
- There's somebody in the corner.
- Mom!
- Ambulance is on the way to the hospital again.
Do you wanna tell me what happened?
- It's okay, Penny. Go ahead.
- She just, I don't know.
We didn't see her and then...
- She must've snuck in.
I, I probably...
I probably didn't close the door when I came in.
- The door was left open when I checked it.
- All right, so that could explain how she got in.
Ever talk to her?
Did she ever say anything?
- No.
- She's that missing girl, right?
- Yeah. Looks like it.
- She's been missing for, like, what, three months?
- Look, I know you folks have had quite the day:
the dead cat, the missing girl turning up,
so I'm gonna ask Carp to stay close by.
- Thank you. I appreciate that.
- You know, just in case.
- I think we better get going.
I just have to figure out where we're gonna stay.
- Okay. Might be a smart move.
- But we just got here.
- I know, Avery.
- What's really going on?
- Not now.
- Yes, now, I'm tired of keeping on moving.
We literally just got here. Avery's right.
I don't wanna move anymore. I'm sick of it.
You can't keep doing this to us, Mom.
It's just, it's not fair.
- Okay. That's it.
I've had enough of your attitudes.
Both of you get inside.
- What are you not telling us?
- Nothing. Now go inside now.
- No.
- Did you just say no?
- I fucking hate you!
- Oh yeah, well, I fucking hate you too!
- I'm gonna go.
- What is wrong with you?
- I don't know what got into me.
I don't usually talk to her that way.
- You're gonna have to tell them.
- No.
- I can protect them.
- Can you?
Do you have somewhere you can go?
- No.
- Well, maybe you should consider
going to a shelter for the night.
- No, no. No shelters.
Shelters aren't safe for young girls.
There's too many predators.
I already learned that one the hard way.
It's better I keep them here where I can protect them.
- I miss Dad.
- Me too.
- Remember when he used to read the books to us?
You know, you got that from him, books.
He always had one in his hand, remember?
- Yeah. Kind of.
I kind of remember him.
Like I remember the memory of him,
but not actually him, if that makes sense.
- Yeah.
- What if it wasn't him?
- You know it was him.
- Yeah, but what if it wasn't?
- How would you even say that, Avery?
You were sitting right there. Right there!
You heard him!
- I moved it.
- What?
- I thought it'd be funny, in the beginning, I made a joke,
but I swear I only moved it in the beginning.
I swear, Penny, I didn't move it after that.
- Get out!
- You, I just trying to scare you guys.
You guys were so serious and I'm sorry, Penny.
- It wasn't funny.
Get out. I mean it, now!
- I said I'm sorry.
- You're ugly, get out!
- Fine!
- Penny, Honey, are you okay?
I'm fine!
- Why don't you come downstairs? I made dinner.
I'm not hungry.
- Please, Penny.
No, just leave me alone.
- Okay, well, I'll fix you a plate and put it in the fridge.
- Dad, I need you.
Here now.
I'm just tired of being alone, you know?
Mom got all weird as soon
as you died and Avery,
we're just not as close as we used to be.
I don't know how that happened.
I'm not alone.
With you, you're with me?
Is that what you're trying to say?
That you're here and I'm not alone?
Inside, I don't understand.
What do you mean?
You.
let me, you let me...
You let me what? I don't under...
Hurts? I know it hurts, Dad, I'm sorry.
I'd take your place if I could.
I miss you so much and...
Let me... Dad, I don't understand.
Do you need help or do you need me to help you or...
Let inside, let you inside?
Okay.
Dad?
You're, you're, you're not my dad.
- Let's go, Penny. You're gonna be late for school.
- I don't know what she's doing.
- Morning, sunshine.
- Did you dye your hair?
- Have a good day, unbelievable.
- Hey, Mrs. Z. - Are you all studied up
for that English test?
Yeah, we got this.
Glad.
- Are you still mad at me?
- Yes.
- But you still love me, right?
- Of course we do.
- Hey.
- Hey. - New hair?
- Apparently.
- You all right?
- Yeah.
- 'Cause that Ouija thing kinda freaked me out.
And that girl? - You guys have a Ouija?
- Somebody talking to you?
- What are you doing?
- Making friends.
What? You got something to say?
Go ahead. We're waiting.
- What's your problem?
- I don't have a problem.
I'm just trying to get through
my day-to-day shitty life.
It's hard. You know what makes it harder?
People like you.
Now go away or else.
- Or else what?
- Or else?
- This isn't over.
- So what do you say? Come to my house, play some Ouija?
Maybe get a pizza or do some
seance, talk some dead people.
I don't know.
- What the actual fuck was that?
- What?
- You know what.
- I was just trying to scare them.
I didn't mean anything by it. Come on.
Come over for later. Let's play.
- Okay.
- Really, girls, well?
- Just getting a tampon,
- Both of you.
- Yeah.
- Lemme guess, you need another hall pass.
- It is like you read my mind, Mr. B.
Thank you. Get you one, freak.
- Thanks for coming in, Avery.
I am Judy, the school counselor.
- Hi.
- Hi, so this is really informal.
Well, I'd just like to check in
with new students at the beginning.
See how they're fitting in,
and especially in cases like yours.
- What do you mean?
- Well, just with what happened with your father.
- Hey.
- Is your sister single?
- Fuck you.
- So, class, here's something
I want you all to think about.
"The Telltale Heart," for instance,
this is not just a simple story about murder.
You see, Po's mastery using metaphor
in "Pose" was just a remarkable-
Test next week, study up.
Honey, you all right?
You better get rolling.
You'll be late for your next class.
If you need someone to talk to...
- Shauna, if you need to talk,
Ms. Cho's office is always open
and grief counselors will be here later today
to meet with students.
Harper, if you need to talk-
- Fuck off. - Okay.
- What's going on?
- You didn't hear?
That girl, the one in your room,
Olivia Campos, she died.
- What? - Yeah, it's all over.
She had a seizure in the hospital and I...
- But... I know, right?
She was in your room like right before she died.
- Creepy. Huh?
- Girls, death can sometimes be a shock.
If you need to talk,
I'm here. - Come on, let's go.
- What'd you guys do?
- What are you talking about?
- You know.
- Do I though?
- You're a witch.
- Jesus Christ, this again?
Are you kidding me right now?
- Stop the crap, Harper.
Everyone knows what you are.
- Horny, single, bored, what?
- Witch.
- Did you curse her? Confess.
- You're outta your goddam minds. Leave me alone.
- Or what?
- What are you, like her minion?
- Seriously, back off.
- Bleed.
- Oh my god, girls.
Quick, somebody get the nurse!
- Oh my god! - Oh my god!
- Where's your sister?
- I don't know. It's not like I'm her mother.
- How many times do I have to tell you guys
to stay together?
Come on, let's go up to my room.
- Hey, Avery. Are you okay?
Oh, good. Okay.
Where are you?
That's like an hour away.
No, just stay where you are. I'll come get you, fuck.
I'm going to get your sister. Keep the doors locked.
- So who should we contact?
- How about Penny?
- Very funny.
- I'm serious. Come on.
Penelope, are you there?
Penny, we call out to you.
Help, you need help?
- Not me, what's that mean?
- She's inside.
- You're being dumb. I'm gonna go.
- All right. All right, sorry.
Just come on, one more time.
- Fine.
What?
- Nothing.
Okay, well, are you playing or not?
- Don't slam the fucking door on me.
Avery, I'm only trying to keep you girls safe.
I wish you could just see things from my perspective.
- Safe from what? Exactly, Mom.
I was with my friends.
Completely safe. You freaked
out on them and embarrassed me.
- There is a child killer on the loose. Okay?
You heard what the sheriff said today.
I have to keep you close.
It's the only way I can protect you.
There are monsters in this world, and I'm trying.
I'm trying, I'm trying to protect you girls.
Okay, please, honey, please just stick with me, okay?
I'm just trying to keep my babies safe.
- We're not babies anymore.
- Okay, okay, I get it.
You guys are all grown up. That's fine.
But just stick with me through this, okay? Please.
- Penny's leaving in a couple of months
and I'm going with her.
- Absolutely not.
- Yeah, I am.
You can't stop us.
- Oh, yeah? Watch me.
- What's that supposed to mean?
- Exactly what it sounds like.
- What happened to dad?
- What?
- Dad, what really happened to Dad?
- You know exactly what happened.
- The school counselor called me in today.
She wanted to see how I was fitting in.
Do you know what she said, huh?
- What did she have to say?
- She said that you told her
that dad had cancer and died.
That's not what you told us. So what really happened?
- You know exactly what happened.
- No, I don't.
All I know is what you told me.
And like an idiot, I believed you because you're my mom
and I'm supposed to be able to trust you.
- He's not even dead, is he?
- Of course he's dead.
- He had a heart attack. I told you this already.
- You told us he died in a car accident.
- I did?
- Yeah, you did.
- Well, that's because he had the heart attack
before he had the car accident.
- Jesus Christ, Mom.
Don't, just don't.
What else are you lying about, huh?
- It's not like that, Avery.
I'm only trying to keep you safe, that's all.
I'm your mother and it's my job.
- I am getting Penny and we are leaving.
I talked to Aunt Sharon. She said she spoke to him.
I wanna see Dad. I wanna go home!
- No!
Are fucking you kidding me? Fuck!
What the fuck am I gonna do?
Why can't you just leave us alone?
Leave us alone!
- Sheriff Hayes.
- Sheriff, it's Molly Price.
Somebody slashed my tire.
Did you hear what I said?
Some psycho came to my home and slashed my tire.
I need you to come here and talk to the girls.
Tell them they need to stay home. It isn't safe.
They'll listen to you.
- I hear you, Ms. Price.
And actually, I'm glad you called.
Are you and the girls at home right now?
- Yes, they're both here.
- All right, I'm gonna come by and file a report.
I need you to stay there.
- Of course, please hurry.
He could come back.
I don't want him to hurt my girls.
- Just stay there.
Is she dangerous?
- I don't know. Depends on if she's taking her medicine.
I mean, she gets obsessive over things
and she gets fixated on things, but I don't know, maybe.
- She said you abused her.
That you were harassing them, stalking them.
Any of that true?
- How could it be?
All right, I didn't know where they were until just now.
- I'm an idiot.
It's just such a common story.
I didn't even question it.
- Yeah, well, truth's right here.
Okay, I mean, Molly has always struggled a bit,
but after Avery was born,
she suffered a postpartum psychotic break.
And it was bad.
- How bad?
- She tried to drown Avery.
I mean, the court's awarded me full custody,
but they gave her supervised visitations
despite my protests.
And it was one of those visits
where she took the girls and ran.
And I've been looking for 'em ever since.
And I almost gave up.
- How did you find them?
- Molly's sister Sharon called me
and she told me where they were,
and so I got here as fast as I could.
- All right, I'm gonna call CPS.
- Hey, Quinn, yeah.
It's Charlie here at the Sheriff's station.
Yeah. I've got...
I've got a couple of girls
that are possibly in trouble.
- Hey.
- Where's Harper? Her car's still here
- No idea.
- Whatever. We need to talk about Mom.
Dad's not dead, Penny.
She lied to us. She lied about everything.
We have to go. We have to leave like now, Dad's alive.
- I know.
- What? What do you mean you know?
- Asarah told me.
- Who's Asarah?
- That's just it.
I don't really know.
A witch, I think.
Or she was.
I let her in.
It came for her in the night.
They dragged her from her home
and they burned her alive where she lay.
She burns, Avery.
She burns in the fire.
- What the hell are you talking about, Penny?
Let's just go. Come on.
- I've got her locked up for the moment,
but I can feel her.
She's in my head, Avery.
She wants to be me, but I can feel her.
She's getting stronger.
Scratching, scratching,
scratching, scratching, scratching.
- You're not funny.
Let's just go. Please.
- I just didn't wanna be alone anymore.
- You're not alone, dummy.
You got me.
- I don't deserve you.
- I know
- Butt head.
- I know that too. No, let's just go.
Let's get her suitcases and go.
- What about mom?
- Fuck mom. She lied to us, Penny.
This, like all of this is
bullshit. I talked to Aunt Sharon.
Mom's been lying to us about everything.
Dad's been looking for us for years. Let's just go.
- Sheriff, he has a knife.
He's gonna hurt the girls. Hurry!
- Where do you girls think you're going?
- Mom, stop. What are you doing?
- Something I should have done a long time ago, Honey.
I'm keeping you safe.
- Penny, Penny, come on. Run!
- You folks all right?
Hey there, it's Carp.
I'm coming to check on you.
The power went out on the whole island. Hello?
Oh Hell no.
- Avery, Honey, it's Mommy.
Let me in.
Come on, Avery.
I promise no more running around.
No more having to move.
Just let me in, and we could put an end to it.
You'll be safe forever.
Open the fucking door now!
I don't have time for your games.
I am trying to save you.
Why is that so hard to understand?
- Penelope, Avery. - No!
You're gonna stay here.
We'll go in and get the girls and bring them out. Okay?
- No, I'm going in now. - No.
- My girls are in there.
- No, you listen to me!
Stay sharp. Go around back.
- Yes, ma'am. - You stay here.
Sheriff's Department!
Damn it, Carp.
- Show yourself!
- You must be Penny. Are you all right?
I'm with the sheriff's department. Did you see anybody?
Is there anybody else there?
- No. It's just us.
- All right. All right, come on.
Let's get you inside.
Help, help. I'm in here!
- Girls, fuck!
Penny, Avery?
- Dad.
It's okay. I'm here, you're safe.
You're safe. I'm so sorry.
Honey, I'm so sorry.
It's okay. - It's over.
I'm so sorry. - We got 'em.
Yeah, I've got the other, I've got the girl.
There's no signs of Mom.
- It's okay.
Yeah, looks like their mother killed Carp
and another woman before we can get here.
- My God. Those poor kids.
- Yeah.
- Pretty girl.
- Yeah. Well, she used to be.
- Good, Mam. We're all done here.
- The ambulance is on the way, sweetie. Just sit tight.
- Hey, how you doin', Avery?
- Well, other than the fact that I have
to be in therapy for the rest of my life,
I'm doing okay.
- Well, me too.
But I'm glad you're home.
Right? We have a lot to catch up on.
And we've got a lot of time to make up for. All right?
Hey, it's gonna be okay, kiddo. Okay?
- I know. - All right.
Finish unpacking. I'll see you downstairs, okay?
- How's she doing?
- She's okay. She's a tough kid.
You know, she's resilient.
And the therapist said it's just gonna take some time.
- Well, I'm here for the duration
no matter what they need.
You sure you're up for this?
Yeah. I knew this was a possibility.
I've known it since we got married.
- I know, I just, you know,
I just can't help but feel like maybe-
- John?
Yeah?
- Just be yourself.
It'll take time for us to get into a rhythm,
but I mean it, we've got this.
- Right, yeah, okay.
I'm gonna go check on Penny real quick. Okay?
- Okay. Dinner in 20. - Awesome. Thank you.
Penny, are you okay?
- Hey. - Hey yourself.
How do you like your room?
- I like it.
- Good.
- Okay.
- Hey, dinner's ready in about 20 minutes.
- Cool.
- It has begun.