Wayward (2025) s01e01 Episode Script

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[CROAKING OF TOADS ECHOING]
[DISTANT RUSTLING]
[GRUNTING]
[UNSETTLING MUSIC RISES]
[PANTING]
[SIRENS BLARING]
[WOMAN ON PA] You're lying on your
back, crying out for your mother.
- [GUY GROANING]
- [WOMAN] She is standing, facing the wall.
She has her back to you.
A bell rings.
- Your mother turns to face you.
- [MAN] Hey! Whoa! Get back!
[CRYING OUT]
[STAFF SHOUTING IN DISTANCE]
[WOMAN 1] In her mouth is a door.
[MAN] Go! Go!
- Come on, man! Let's go!
- [WOMAN 2 SHOUTING]
[MAN] Hey!
- [WOMAN 2] Stop right there!
- [MAN] Go! Go!
[GUARDS SHOUTING]
[INTENSE MUSIC SUBSIDES]
[WOMAN 2] Shit!
[BLEAK, OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
[WOMAN 1] You're lying on your
back, crying out for your mother.
[GUY GROANS]
[WOMAN] She is standing,
facing the wall.
She has her back to you.
- A bell rings.
- [HIGH-PITCHED RING]
[WOMAN] Your mother turns
to face you. She is silent,
but her mouth is open wide.
In her mouth is a door.
[SCREAM ECHOES]
- [SCHOOL BELL RINGS]
- Ticking away the moments ♪
[GIRL 1] I can't believe this
song came out 30 years ago.
[GIRL 2] We were born
in the wrong era, dude.
$11.76. We're rich!
Dude, when we move to Vancouver,
we won't even need money.
'Kay? We'll be livin' off the
grid. We can grow whatever we need.
Shit. We should live by a river,
and then we can irrigate the land.
Irrigate the land?
Dude, I got 13% on my
English essay last term.
I'm too dumb to irrigate the land.
You are not dumb, Abbie. It's
called dyslexia. Look it up.
I can't look it up.
I'm fuckin' dyslexic!
[BOTH LAUGH]
My dad called me a
parasite the other day.
- What?!
- A parasite. I know, right?
- [ABBIE SIGHS SADLY]
- Abbie, that's really messed up.
[PINK FLOYD'S "TIME" CONTINUES]
[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]
[BOTH] Shit.
- Go, go, go!
- We gotta go!
We need to do the honors.
[BOTH] John, Paul, George,
Ringo. We honor you.
[ABBIE] Whoo!
[BOTH PANTING]
I thought you blocked the door.
You thought wrong. I did not!
Oh shit!
My God, I can't run when I have to pee!
[INDISTINCT CHATTER BELOW]
- Oh, that's Claire! Claire, up here!
- Claire, hey!
- [CLAIRE] Sorry, guys.
- [ABBIE] We're stuck!
Can you open the fire escape door?
Mr. Turner's looking for
you, Leila. They announced it.
Okay, the bell just went.
We're like two minutes late.
That was the lunch bell, you lab rats.
- [QUIETLY] Shit.
- It was?
Here.
[FLIES BUZZING]
[CLAIRE GRUNTING]
- You're welcome.
- You're kidding me, right?
Mwah.
[ABBIE] Thank you.
[LEILA] Ready?
[BOTH] Now!
- [BOTH GROAN]
- [LEILA COUGHS]
Do I look stoned?
Very. Say you have hay fever.
[LEILA CHUCKLES]
Leila. Hi.
I have hay fever.
Come on in.
No, no, no. Abbie, not you.
You should get to class.
You've missed 12 classes this
term alone, Leila. Twelve.
And when you do show up,
you're not exactly all there.
Do you know what I mean by that?
Look, the whole faculty knows
that you've had a
difficult couple of years.
That's why I'm on your side, kiddo.
You stopped going to the grief
counselor the school found for you?
Her office smelled like stale Cheerios.
So now, what? Just gonna
rough it out? Alone?
I'm not alone.
- I have Abbie.
- Right.
[CLEARS THROAT] Let's talk about Abbie.
She's my best friend.
We'd die for each other.
She's my lifeblood. What about her?
Well, sometimes when we're drowning,
we, uh, grab onto another
person like a life raft.
And we might not mean to,
but we end up dragging that
person right down with us.
I wanna talk to you
about a possible solution.
And I want you to be as
open-minded as you can be.
- What the hell is this?
- It's a school.
A therapeutic school.
[TAKES A DEEP BREATH]
And I think it might be a good fit.
I've spoken to them, and they
would be thrilled to have you.
And, good news alert,
your mom's on board too.
[BRIGHT MUSIC PLAYING ON TV]
In the hills and valleys of
beautiful, verdant Vermont,
there is a place.
A place where your teenager
can grow and thrive.
- At Tall Pines Academy.
- Wait, Vermont?
- Like, America?
- Land of the free.
My name is Evelyn Wade.
I'm an author, a life coach,
and the lead youth counselor
here at Tall Pines Academy.
We use groundbreaking
therapeutic techniques,
rigorous academics,
and a transcendent
connection with nature
to solve the problem of adolescence.
"The problem of adolescence"?
There's no mathematical way for
you to turn the year around, Leila.
We just gotta accept that.
No, I'm gonna turn it around, okay?
I'm gonna do good on my finals.
I won't miss any more classes.
Leila, sometimes parents let their
children fall through the cracks.
So someone else has to be
there to gather them up.
[UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYS]
[CLAPS] Okay! Let's get
you back to class, kiddo.
Promise me that you're gonna get
excited about this opportunity.
Because this train has
already left the station.
[WEEZER'S "SAY IT AIN'T SO" PLAYING]
[BIRDS CALLING]
Oh yeah ♪
[DOG WHINES]
Well, this is just so
- Normal?
- [SCOFFS] It's so normal.
- [WOMAN] Well, what were you expecting?
- [MAN] I don't know.
You said this place was like
a progressive, intentional
community, so
I don't know.
- Maybe yurts or something? Farms?
- [LAUGHS]
The bottle is ready to blow ♪
[WOMAN SIGHS DEEPLY]
You okay, Laura?
- Say it ain't so ♪
- Yeah.
[SCOFFS] It just
smells exactly the same.
Is a heartbreaker ♪
Say it ain't so ♪
- My love is a ♪
- ['90S ALT-ROCK SONG ENDS]
[BIRDS SINGING]
[DOG WHINES]
When it went up for auction,
Evelyn said she got it for a song.
Yeah, but still, we
have to pay her rent.
This is insane.
You can try, but she won't take it.
Why don't we see what it's
like inside? We might hate it.
[CHUCKLES]
[TOAD CROAKING]
[LIGHT, DREAMY MUSIC PLAYING]
[DOG BARKS]
[EXHALES SHARPLY] Oh my God.
- What is happening?
- [LAUGHS]
This is insane.
Oh my God. I mean
You know, we'll get our own
stuff. We'll make it ours.
[SIGHS]
There's no doors.
- [LAURA] Good. I hate doors.
- [CHUCKLES]
[LAURA] Alex, come up here.
- [ALEX SIGHS]
- We can make this the nursery.
We can put the crib over here.
Change table over here.
What else do babies need? PlayStation?
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
[SOFTLY] Oh man.
[SIGHS DEEPLY]
I I don't think I ever
thought that I could have this.
- Like, I don't think I imagined
- Hey.
We deserve this.
It's just like, movin'
back to your tiny hometown
wasn't exactly our plan, really that
I know that I said that I would
set us up and keep us safe
Alex, this is not a failure.
Detroit was a shithole.
There was nothing
there for us. We tried.
This is a second chance.
[SIGHS]
- [ALEX] We should unpack.
- [LAURA] Mm. Yeah, we should.
[TENDER MUSIC FADES]
So, you're not suspended?
Leila! [SCOFFS] Come
on. What did he say?
Um, no, it's fine.
He just wanted me to go
back to that grief counselor.
[SCOFFS] Man, why is everyone
so mad at us all the time?
- They're obsessed with us!
- Right?
Honestly, I wish that
your parents and my mom
would just get stoned with us.
Then they would see
we're actually so jokes.
So jokes and so kind.
- [GIGGLES]
- Dude, I forgot to tell you.
Kyle said he can get us shrooms
tomorrow after he gets paid.
- Mm.Yeah. Nah, I'm good.
- Mm.
Okay, why don't you like Kyle?
I barely know him.
He never hangs out. And he's old, bro!
When you were born, he was probably
already a manager at McDonald's.
[LAUGHS] He's 26, not 70.
Well, same difference.
[LEILA] If we're not outta
here by the time we're 20,
will you rob a bank with me?
[ABBIE] As long as we
get to wear cool masks.
- [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
- [GIRLS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
[ABBIE] I don't see color in
my dreams. Is that strange?
[LEILA] I see nothing
but fucked-up things.
Have you eaten more
than a Twizzler today?
Nope. Nothin' in the fridge.
Oh, so Eli? Fully horny for you.
- He told Erica, and she told me.
- Really?
Eli? No, whatever, man. I'm
not really vibing anyone.
I'm just kinda, like,
developing my spirit.
And when I come out of my
cocoon, I shall meet my Bob Dylan.
- You can still get laid in a cocoon.
- [LAUGHS]
Charming.
- Hi, Dad.
- Hi, Brian.
You must have worked
up an appetite today
during the 40 minutes you were in class.
Mr. Turner called.
- Do you know how hard I work, Abbie?
- No.
- That Brie's not cheap.
- You can have the Brie back.
It's not about the Brie. Carla!
You want a snack? We
have Brie in the fridge.
No, Carla, that's not what [SIGHS]
Leila, we need to have a family talk.
What? Leila is family, and we
have to study for finals together.
Claire! Claire!
Come here, please.
- Will you study with Abbie tonight?
- I'm not her social worker, Dad.
- Where's the Brie?
- We should've bought more.
Okay, Leila, out!
Out!
- [CLAIRE] Can I go now?
- Go!
What are we supposed to do, Abbie?
You're gonna fail the year. For what?
To follow around some criminal?
What? She's not a criminal.
Oh, really?
What do you know about
the night her sister died?
[ABBIE] Dad.
I told you, she had
nothing to do with it.
[BRIAN] So she says. Nobody's
fooled. She's a crackhead, Abbie.
[ABBIE] What? We don't
even touch the hard drugs.
If it's from the ground, it's
sound. That's the rule, Dad.
I trust her, okay?
If you fail these finals,
we are taking drastic action.
You hear me?!
We'll continue this conversation later.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC BUILDING]
[REPORTER ON TV] has made
their lives a living hell.
- They live in terror of their daughter.
- [LEILA] Hey. How was your day?
[REPORTER] Drinking, drugs
- Joyriding, shoplifting
- Mom?
One of these girls is just 13.
Cool, I'm just gonna go to bed.
- And is addicted to marijuana.
- My day was good, thanks. How was yours?
[REPORTER] In 2001, she was
suspended for smoking pot
[PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]
[SIZZLING]
[UNSETTLING MUSIC SUBSIDES]
- [SCOFFS]
- It's too big.
- [LAUGHS]
- It's too big?
I feel like I look like a clown.
Wait, you got eggs?
[LAURA] They were on the
porch when I let Toast out.
Look, the whole basket.
[ALEX] Really?
What, like just sitting
there? Who left them?
[LAURA] Someone in the community.
Uh, okay, and do we
have to pay for them?
Okay. You'll have to get used to people
being thoughtful for the sake of it.
[ALEX SIGHS]
[CLEARS THROAT]
I decorated.
It looks so alien.
What is that, an arm or a tail?
That's his face, Laura.
And I think he looks
very humble and brave.
Oh shit. Okay, I gotta
go. Bye. I'll call you.
- I'll call you later.
- No, don't go away.
I hate it when you leave me alone.
I gotta go.
I'm sorry. It's agony, but I gotta go.
I hope they don't pair me up
with some territorial dinosaur.
- Oh.
- [MAN] Mornin'.
Didn't mean to startle you.
Just thought I'd swing
by and pick you up.
Dwayne Andrews. I'm
your new partner here.
I'm Alex, hi. Nice to
meet you. Thanks so much.
- Thank you.
- Laura, come here, kiddo.
- Oh, Dwayne.
- [LAUGHS HAPPILY]
- It's great to see you.
- It is good to have you back.
And this, I mean, come on.
I I can't believe it. I really can't.
[CHUCKLES]
So, you guys you guys old pals?
Yeah, of course. This is Tall Pines.
Right.
- Let's get to work. [CHUCKLES]
- All right, let's do it.
Have fun.
- [ALEX] Thanks for the coffee.
- [DWAYNE] Yeah, no problem.
[TOAST WHINES]
[EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]
So, Dwayne, how long
you been with the force?
[CHUCKLES]
The force?
Yeah, maybe don't use that
word around the station,
'cause the guys will rib you.
Ah, it's pretty quiet around here, man.
You know, we get the odd
domestic, that kind of thing,
but it's not like we go bulldozin'
around, kickin' down doors.
It's a small town.
Got it. [SIGHS]
But not a small-town
mentality, if you're worried.
Tall Pines is actually
a pretty liberal place.
A lot of draft dodgers came
here in the '60s and '70s.
You know, curious-minded people.
So, you and Laura won't get any stick.
You'll be one of the guys.
Thank you.
- That means a lot.
- Mm.
So, uh the chief told me
about what went down in Detroit.
Yeah, I wanted to, um to
That was a high-stress situation,
and my response was not ideal,
but by no means excessive force.
- I'm glad you brought it up, because
- Hey, hey, hey.
You don't gotta explain yourself to me.
You seem like a good dude, doin'
the job for the right reasons.
Your colleagues should've backed you up.
Yeah.
I guess they didn't see me
as part of the brotherhood.
Yeah, well, screw 'em.
Brotherhood's a state of mind.
[CHUCKLES] Yeah. I like that.
Listen, I just hope you're not bored.
[CHUCKLES] Because not a
whole lot happens around here.
Oh shit!
- Please, help me!
- [ALEX] Oh, Jesus!
[GUY PANTING] Help me.
- Whoa. Jesus, you all right?
- Please.
- We could have hit you there.
- I need a phone or something.
- Please.
- [ALEX] Okay. Off the road.
Please. Please help me. I can't go back.
- Okay, slow down.
- I've been running. I can't go back!
Let's start with your
name. How 'bout that?
My name is Alex Dempsey. This
is my partner, Dwayne Andrews.
Why don't you have a seat? Have a seat.
[DWAYNE] Mornin', son.
Where you coming from
with bare feet, huh?
[GUY CRYING]
It's okay. Here you go.
Jesus.
[SHAKILY] Where am I right
now? How far did I make it?
You're in Tall Pines.
[TENSE MUSIC RISES]
- [GROANS]
- Whoa! Hey, we just want to talk!
Hey!
Stop running!
- [ALEX GROANS]
- [TENSE MUSIC FADES]
I lost him.
We gotta get you a uniform that fits.
- [SCOFFS]
- [SOFTLY] Yeah.
- [SCHOOL BELL RINGS]
- [CHATTER]
I suppose you didn't
just run out for that.
No.
[WOMAN] Damn, I hate being
a foregone conclusion.
Hey, what does The Thomas Crown Affair
have to do with Canadian history?
[GROANS] I'm in deep shit.
At least you don't have
Turner scheming against you.
- What do you mean about scheming?
- [GUY] Hi, Abbie.
- Hey.
- Hi, Eli.
Just studying, thank you.
[ELI] Sure.
Ah, standardized testing's, like, evil.
Think about all the trees that
have to die for the paper alone.
I saw them printing out science exams,
and I was like, "This is carnage."
"These trees have families."
Abbie, what are you
doing tomorrow night?
Uh, hanging out with you.
- Break into school with me.
- What?
We have to memorize like
a year's worth of science.
Eli, you said you saw
the exams being printed?
Yeah, I saw them in the staff
room when I went to get a Band-Aid
for the blister on my bunion.
We break into school at night,
steal the exams from the staff
room, memorize the answers
Okay, but how do we break in?
We convince Eli to hide in one
of the lockers after school.
But then, dude, you'll ace the exams.
Okay. We'll both ace the exams, right?
Mr. Turner was talking
about this school in Vermont.
It's like a therapy school or something.
And he said the wheels are in motion.
What? Vermont? No.
I know, right? I may
not have a choice, dude.
I've heard about these schools.
- They take you.
- [ABBIE] No. Stop.
You're gonna ace the exams, and
then they can't send you away, right?
Yeah.
Yeah. Okay.
- [PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]
- [HORN BEEPS]
- [DWAYNE] Hey, Chief.
- [CHIEF] Alex.
- Nice to meet in person.
- Good to meet you as well.
Walter Bartell. I hear you
had quite the first day.
Yeah, quite the first day. Um
Sir, we have a minor, unidentified.
Fifteen, maybe 16, possibly in danger.
Yeah, Riley Warren.
I talked to his foster
parents. They're good people.
This isn't the first
time this has happened.
Okay, you know this kid?
I checked in with Evelyn Wade.
She runs the academy here.
There's a lot of troubled
young people up there.
Evelyn says that Riley's
about as troubled as they come.
All right. Mm-hmm.
She's gonna come in tomorrow,
fill us in on his background.
In the meantime, we're gonna keep
searching the surrounding area.
He's not gonna get far.
These woods are impenetrable,
and we're in the middle of
nowhere, so don't you worry.
- He's gonna turn up.
- [ALEX] Yeah.
They always do when they get hungry.
Oh! Let me introduce you to
everybody. Hey, everyone gather around.
This is Alex Dempsey.
I want you to make, um,
him feel very welcome.
Thank you. Good to meet
you. Good to meet you. Hi.
Officer Terry Wilson.
Um, I'll give you a tour of the snacks.
We have a fantastic selection of nuts.
- Oh, great.
- It's very good.
Great. Sorry, now?
- [TERRY] Yeah.
- [QUIETLY] 'Kay.
You should have seen the look
on this kid's face, Laura.
He was terrified.
Then I lost him.
Well, the school lost him first.
Hey.
When you went to the
academy, how intense was it?
Like, I know it's a reform
school, but was it really bad?
I fucking hated it at first.
But mostly because it was keeping me
from making out with
drug dealers in cars.
After my parents abandoned
me there it saved my life.
Well, I'm gonna find out
more about it tomorrow.
'Cause guess who's
coming into the station.
- You're gonna meet Evelyn?
- Yes.
I didn't want to meet
her like this. I
I'm gonna invite her for
dinner. I should, right?
We owe this woman
like a million dinners.
Trust me, she'll cash
those in. [CHUCKLES]
She likes to be involved. You know?
She's brilliant,
but she's also a lot.
She can kinda see right through you.
You're like that.
You can see through people.
But if I can be methodical about this,
if I can find out the
kid's background
- I can get in his head, I can find him.
- Alex.
Can you not do the thing you always do?
- Which is what?
- Fixate.
- Yeah. Yeah.
- A lot of people are looking for him.
No, I know. Yeah, you're right.
So, let's try and relax tonight.
I'd love that. I mean, I am relaxed.
I'm relaxed.
Are you relaxed? Ow!
Oh my God, are you okay?
[GROANS]
[ALEX] Where's the dog? Toast,
come in here. Help clean this up.
Toast!
Toast?
Toast!
[TOAST WHINING]
[ALEX] Laura, what
does this door lead to?
[LAURA] Uh, basement?
But I haven't gone down
there yet, because fuck that.
Are you gonna open it?
[QUIETLY] Mm-mm. Okay.
[DOOR CREAKS]
[LIGHT SWITCH CLICKS]
[ALEX SIGHS]
You're the hot young detective.
- I'm gonna stay here with our guard dog.
- I'm just a deputy.
I'm a hot young deputy.
Okay
[TOAST WHINES]
[ALEX] It's massive.
I found all the doors.
[TOAST WHINES]
[ALEX] Laura, come down
here. You have to see this.
[TOAST WHIMPERS]
[ALEX] Okay, where does this door lead?
Open it.
I changed my mind. Don't open it.
Wait. It's painted
on. It's not even real.
What does that say?
"Ponder" or something?
Well, why would somebody
[EVELYN HUMMING "IN THE
PINES" BY THE KOSSOY SISTERS]
[BICYCLE BELL RINGS]
[EVELYN CONTINUES HUMMING]
[EERIE TUNE PLAYING]
[ALEX CLEARS THROAT]
- Evelyn. Hi, I'm
- Alex Dempsey. How are you?
I'm really well. It's
nice to finally meet you.
I thought I'd try and grab you
before the rest of the guys
Because you are a thoughtful
person. I knew you would be.
- Thank you.
- Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Well, I wanted to thank you for
everything you've coordinated.
- The house and the move. Laura
- I'd love dinner.
- Should we make a plan? Get the basket?
- Please
Oh, that was you.
Yeah, great. Thank you.
Evelyn. Thank you for taking
the time. We are ready for you.
Is it Friday? Should we say tomorrow?
- Yeah. Perfect.
- It's decided.
Now, let me tell you what I know so
we can get on with finding our boy.
In we go.
Everyone, we are very
lucky to have Ms. Wade here
to give us insight into
Riley's state of mind. Ms. Wade?
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[MUNCHING]
[TAKES A DEEP BREATH]
Oh, how profoundly
disheartening all of this is.
Riley had been making
such wonderful progress
with us since his last upset.
He had friends. He was looking
forward to his graduation.
He was learning to play the flute.
And sadly, on Wednesday,
uh, there was an incident
between he and another student.
They were in a therapy
session with a staff member
when Riley attacked this boy.
We, of course, separated them,
and when we returned to
fetch him, he was gone.
Um, excuse me.
I'm sorry.
This incident happened
on the Wednesday night?
If he was missing on Wednesday,
were authorities notified?
Because we ran into
him on Thursday morning.
Officer Dempsey, Alex,
I am so grateful for
your attention to detail.
Well, if there was a minor missing
on Wednesday night, I'm wondering
The first time Riley ran away, we
called in the cavalry immediately.
We found him in a broom closet.
He'd been sniffing a bottle of bleach.
He likes enclosed places. I
believe it makes him feel safe.
That being said, if you do find him,
I urge you, approach with caution.
He came to us as a ward of the state,
and quite frankly, his foster
parents were scared of him.
We are his only hope now.
So, thank you all for your help.
[WALTER] Thank you for that,
Evelyn. Now, let's get out there.
We have a lot of volunteers
coming for the search.
All right, Terry, you coordinate
for the main road heading north.
Victor, you run the search for
the town heading east. Andrew
I make these from scratch. You're
gonna need your energy tonight.
- Oh, thank you.
- Good luck.
- Thanks.
- [SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
[MOZART'S PIANO SONATA
NO. 16 PLAYING ON PIANO]
[MAN] Oh boy. Mm!
Now, would you call
this a double cream Brie?
- Is that what this is?
- [BRIAN] Abigail!
You remember Bill from my work?
And this is his, uh, wife, Meg.
Yeah. Hey, Bill. What's up? I
I like the blazer, it's so gray.
Oh, thank you. Long
time no see, Abigail.
What are you up to these
days? Still saving the world?
Oh, wow. Meg, look at this. Look
A real flower child.
- Oh! Didn't think there were any left!
- [LAUGHS]
- Yeah.
- I thought they all died.
Abbie, could you help your dad
and me in the kitchen, please?
- [MEG] Nice to meet you.
- Nice to see you, Abigail.
- Oh, so nice to see you, Bill.
- [BILL] Mm.
Really.
Upstairs in the shower, then
back down to help with canapés.
I said I'd study at Leila's
tonight if that's cool.
Can't Claire help?
Claire's doing her piano
recital for the guests.
Go get changed, please. And just
try to resemble our daughter.
But I am your daughter.
[BRIAN CLEARS THROAT]
[BILL] Oh my gosh.
Well, stand back, everyone.
I told the janitor at Woodstock to
shower off the muck before dinner.
[BILL AND MEG LAUGH]
- [MEG] So funny.
- Go get changed.
You're bulging out.
[MEG AND BILL LAUGH]
When you had kids, what the fuck
did you imagine it would be like?
You're grounded. Give me your phone.
- These are delish.
- [CHUCKLES]
- [BILL] Thank you.
- Claire?
[MEG] So many different types.
Bill, how are your two doing?
Oh, wonderfully. Just wonderfully. Yeah.
Dustin is on his way to
McGill to study engineering.
What does Abigail want
to do when she graduates?
Um, she's mentioned stand-up comedy.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
- Huh. Stand-up?
- Yeah.
I read once that most
stand-ups are actual criminals.
Well, they have to start
with some sort of pain.
- It's hard business.
- Abigail!
Is it business? What?
- Is everything okay?
- [DOOR SLAMS]
- Everything is fine.
- [BRIAN] Abigail!
[MAN 1] Hey, Riley!
[WOMAN 1] Riley!
- [MAN 2] Riley!
- [MAN 3] Riley!
[EVELYN] Love you, Riley!
[WOMAN 2] Riley!
- [WOMAN 3] Riley!
- [WOMAN 2] Riley!
[ALEX] Hey, this many people show up
for a lost kid they don't even know?
[DWAYNE] It's what we do here.
- [MAN 4] We're all here for you, Riley!
- [MAN 5] Come on out.
- [MAN 6] Riley!
- [WOMAN 3] Riley!
[MAN 7] Riley, we're here.
[MAN 8] Can you hear me, Riley?
[MAN 9] Riley!
- [WOMAN 4] Riley!
- [MAN 10] Riley!
Didn't Evelyn say that
he liked small spaces?
Yeah, but he'd be headed away from town.
- [MAN 10] Riley!
- [DWAYNE] Riley!
[WOMAN 5] Riley!
[DWAYNE] Come on, Riley!
- [MAN 5] We love you, Riley!
- [WOMAN 6] Riley!
- [SIGHS]
- [WOMAN 7] Riley!
[NEARBY RUSTLING]
[DISTANT SHOUTING]
[ALEX] Riley?
If you can hear me,
my my name is Alex.
I know that, right now, you
don't know who you can trust.
I really understand that
feeling, but I just
I really want to help.
[SIGHS]
In case you're hungry.
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
[RUSTLING]
[EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]
Did you find him?
No.
- There's still no stubble.
- [MUSIC FADES]
Yeah, I know.
Maybe I should up my dose.
Bet you never imagined
the father of your kid
looking like Macaulay
Culkin in Home Alone.
Alex, everything I ever imagined,
you blew it right out of the water.
[WHISPERS] Come on.
[LEILA] Eli!
Eli!
[ABBIE] I told you he
wouldn't show, dude.
[ELI EXHALES]
I can't believe nobody
found me in the locker.
[ABBIE CHUCKLES]
- [LEILA] I say we dose now.
- [ELI LAUGHS]
You brought mushrooms?
Yeah, Kyle got them for me.
Okay, but we have a mission to complete.
This is no time for shenanigans.
[LEILA] Mm!
- [ABBIE GASPS]
- It's done now.
I don't want to trip alone.
- Fuck it.
- [ELI] Yeah.
[GROUP LAUGHING]
- [EXCLAIMING]
- ["GET FREE" BY THE VINES PLAYING]
I'm gonna get free ♪
[LAUGHING] We're on drugs!
I'm gonna get free ♪
Ride into the sun ♪
[ABBIE] Oh my God! Leila, I think
- [LAUGHING]
- She never loved me ♪
Why should anyone? ♪
When it's pretty time ♪
[ELI] Jackpot!
The science exam.
- [GIRLS GASP]
- Oh man! We did it.
We have to, like, Rain Man this shit.
- Okay. Oh, the words are slightly moving.
- Ooh.
Kind of kind of
curling like little vines.
[IN ROBOTIC VOICE] I am the copy man.
- Come here, come here, come here ♪
- Move out of California ♪
- [LEILA] Hey, dude?
- Yeah?
[REBELLIOUS GARAGE ROCK ANTHEM FADES]
Do you ever think that you'd
be better off without me?
What? Don't even say th
Don't even think that.
There's nothing wrong with you.
[BLOWS RASPBERRY, CHUCKLES]
What if there is, though?
I mean, sure, you self-destruct,
but, like, who can blame you?
I mean I mean, your sister died,
like, right in front of your eyeballs.
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
- Uh, hey, buddy.
- [ABBIE] Yeah?
I gotta go.
What? You can't leave.
Yeah, Kyle's parked outside.
I'm sorry. He's being emo.
No matter what happens,
you're gonna do great.
[ABBIE CHUCKLES]
[BOTH GIGGLE]
[ABBIE] Hey, see you tomorrow.
- Peace and love?
- Peace and love.
[KISSES, EXHALES]
[ABBIE GIGGLES]
I'm gonna remember this night forever.
[ABBIE CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
[LEILA SIGHS]
["FREE BIRD" BY LYNYRD
SKYNYRD PLAYING ON HEADPHONES]
Tomorrow ♪
Would you still remember me? ♪
For I must be traveling on now ♪
'Cause there's too many
places I've got to see ♪
Abbie?
Abbie.
Hey.
[GASPS]
Whoa. [LAUGHS]
Claire, that's so nice.
Uh, peace, dude, okay?
Hmm?
I love you so much.
[SIGHS]
And this bird you cannot change ♪
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
[DOOR SQUEAKS OPEN]
- [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
- [SCREAMS]
Help me!
Please! Please!
No! No!
- God!
- [MAN GRUNTS]
Oh! [SCREAMING]
Help me!
Please! Please help me! God!
No! Mom!
Mommy! [SOBBING]
[MUSIC DIES DOWN]
[CRYING SOFTLY]
[GASPS]
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
[TOADS CROAKING]
- [LOUD CLATTERING DOWNSTAIRS]
- [TOAST WHINES]
[ALEX GASPS]
[WHISPERING] Laura. Laura.
There's someone in the house.
- What? Are you sure?
- Shh.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[ALEX] Stay here.
- [GRUNTING]
- I'm a police officer! I'm armed!
- [HUSHING]
- [TOAST WHINING]
Let me see your hands!
- [BREATHING SHAKILY]
- [TENSE MUSIC SWELLS]
[ALEX] Okay. Riley?
Okay, stand up.
Keep your hands up.
Okay.
Okay. I don't wanna hurt you.
- Do you wanna hurt me?
- No.
That's good. That's really good.
I'm gonna put my gun down. Okay?
[SOFTLY] Okay.
[ALEX] I'm gonna put it right here.
Okay. [EXHALES]
- Okay.
- Are you alone?
Yeah. Yeah, I'm alone.
It's just me and you,
and we're just talking.
Promise me you're not gonna take me.
- Take you?
- [RILEY] Promise me.
Please promise you're
not gonna take me back.
[ALEX] I promise. I promise.
I'm not gonna take you anywhere.
I wanna talk to you. I wanna help.
They're They're not
what they say they are.
I'm losin' it, man. I'm
I'm losing it. [GROANS]
- I'm losing it.
- Whoa. Okay, who's "they"?
I heard you I heard you
hurt somebody at your school.
- You got angry. People get angry.
- It's not a school.
- Who the hell is that?!
- [TENSE MUSIC SWELLS]
[ALEX] Whoa, that's my
wife. Calm down. Hey!
- That's my wife. That's Laura.
- [RILEY] You said you were alone!
- You can talk to us. Put the knife down.
- Stop that.
[ALEX] Riley! Calm down!
- Stop! Stop mumbling! Stop!
- Put it down!
Stop! Stop saying that!
- Stop mumbling! Stop!
- [BARKING]
Stop that! I'm not going back
there! I'm not going back!
- [LAURA] Alex!
- Put it down!
[BOTH GRUNTING]
- [LAURA SCREAMS, GASPS]
- [KNIFE SLASHES]
[BOTH BREATHING SHAKILY]
- [RILEY GROANS]
- [QUIETLY] Oh shit. Oh fuck.
- [RILEY GRUNTS]
- Oh. Oh my God. Oh my God.
Laura, get something
to stop the bleeding.
Go! Go, call 911!
Oh fuck. Oh, why did you do that?
I wrote everything down.
No. No, don't talk. Just
breathe. Just breathe.
I'm not bad. I'm not bad.
- [ALEX] All right.
- I'm not.
- [CRYING]
- [RILEY] I swear I'm not.
[ALEX] That's okay. Oh,
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
[RILEY GRUNTS]
She's She's one of them.
Who? One of who? One of who is ?
- One of who?
- Your wife.
- [RILEY SHUDDERS, GRUNTS]
- [ALEX] Oh
[GASPS, BREATHING SHAKILY]
[INTENSE MUSIC BUILDING]
[CLATTERING]
[MAN] Watch your head.
[ABBIE PANTING]
[MAN] Right this way.
[GASPS]
Welcome to Tall Pines.
We think you'll be very happy here.
[TOADS CROAKING]
["(DON'T FEAR) THE REAPER"
BY BLUE ÖYSTER CULT PLAYING]
All our times have come ♪
Here, but now they're gone ♪
Seasons don't fear the reaper ♪
Nor do the wind,
the sun, or the rain ♪
We can be like they are ♪
- Come on, baby ♪
- Don't fear the reaper ♪
Baby, take my hand ♪
- Don't fear the reaper ♪
- We'll be able to fly ♪
- Don't fear the reaper ♪
- Baby, I'm your man ♪
La, la, la, la, la ♪
La, la, la, la, la ♪
[COWBELL INTENSIFIES]
Valentine is done ♪
Here, but now they're gone ♪
[CLASSIC ROCK SONG FADES]