Yaga (2026) s01e03 Episode Script

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Dr. Hargrove,
do you know Henry Park?
I suggest you look at Pam,
or Logan Casey.
The three of them,
they're always attached at the hip.
We don't do drugs.
Henry's phone pinged
from around here.
Looks like
we're going to a party.
Do you want a taste?
Keep going.
- Oh, my God!
- Henry, wait!
Logan?
Are you having
a nice time, Detective?
A witch isn't born.
She begins.
I was alone when he came,
a dog searching for shelter.
He slept by the fire,
but he was cold,
so he came to my bed.
"To be warm," he said,
but he wanted something else.
Henry?
Oh, Christ.
Henry. He's got blue eyes.
Rapp!
Look alive!
It's Logan Casey. We just I.D.'d him.
Try to keep up.
You came to the party
last night because…
- I told you, we were just…
- No, I want to hear it from him.
- The trace on his phone.
- Hey! Listen!
My missing persons case
just turned into a murder
of his look-alike roommate.
The Parks
are gonna fuckin' lose it,
so I'm gonna need a little more
from you here.
Do we know he was murdered?
Do we know the cause of death?
Forensics will be here soon,
but this is just a hunch.
I'm guessing
he didn't castrate himself,
so, yeah, let's go with murder.
What do you got?
We saw Logan earlier
having sex in Henry's bed
with a girl
with a bird mask on, wings,
and we couldn't find her,
so we chased him through the party,
got separated,
Logan pushed me.
I ran into his room,
followed him in,
he was gone, then about a few hours later,
we found the body.
Go, Billy.
O-Okay, right.
So, there's a window open
in what looks like Logan's room
on the second floor
of the house,
and, uh, blood
on the carpet by it.
Like, a… like a lot of blood.
Maybe from the…
You okay, Billy?
Yeah, yeah, no, I…
Logan was just a few years
behind me in school, so…
Okay, well, buckle up, Billy,
'cause now, you gotta get testimony
from all these
wasted teenagers. Right?
Yeah.
And make sure you talk to the staff,
and maybe the maid,
and Geena Sandeson.
She catered the party. Go!
When you were running around,
did you see anything or anyone
out of the ordinary?
Yeah, the Bone Professor
was there, in the trees.
Here, there was, like, a bird…
…on fire.
You fuckin' high, man?
'Kay, Carson. Take him home.
You both look like shit.
- I'm good to stay.
- It wasn't a suggestion.
Yes, ma'am.
You need to find Henry
and look into the roommate.
- I understand.
- I didn't know he had a roommate.
- Yes, ma'am.
- Did you even know about this?
No, ma'am, he never
mentioned a roommate.
We're coming to Whittock.
You're not handling this.
I am handling it, so I really don't think
there's any reason to…
- This isn't a debate. See you soon.
- Yes, ma'am.
I'll see you soon. Night.
They're coming to Whittock.
They'll be on
the next flight from Japan.
Fuck!
Shit. Jesus. Let me help.
Fuck.
Is this you with the Parks?
When I was 14, and that's my dad.
He worked for 'em too.
And don't let him fool ya,
he looks like a sweet old grandpa,
but he was
a vicious son of a bitch.
- Bet he taught you everything you know.
- Oh, he tried to. Yeah.
Loved Henry like a son.
You said you saw
that professor at the party?
Yeah, but, like, I was high.
I don't even know if that was real.
And when Logan…
Fuck, I really thought
that was Henry.
I really thought
Henry was dead.
Logan is dead.
That's real, and now
we have to deal with that.
Well, yeah, you do.
Logan's your problem.
I gotta find Henry.
Don't you think
they're related?
- Logan and Henry? No, I don't…
- I mean the cases.
I'm just saying…
we should help each other.
Are you okay?
Yeah. Logan pushed me,
but I'm fine.
But are you okay?
I'm really sad.
For the town, for Logan's mom.
She's had a really hard time.
He was a good kid, and we don't get
murders in Whittock.
Cheer up. Maybe he did castrate himself
and it was a suicide.
- Shut up. Not funny.
- You shut up.
- Okay, rom-com.
- I'm sorry.
I just wouldn't
wanna take advantage of you.
- Yeah, totally.
- Just joking.
I'm just saying I think
we should work together.
Idiot.
Fuck.
Morning.
- Sorry. I was just…
- No, that's all right.
I don't love people
going through my stuff.
Sorry.
- We gotta go hear from Forensics.
- Shit!
You should shower.
- Stop scratching that bite.
- Anything else, Mom?
For sure.
Rapp?
This is Forensic Specialist Jaqueline
Conrad from the Vancouver PD.
"Jake," please.
- Jake.
- Fran.
Fran?
- Excuse me.
- I'm sorry.
Here is what we know so far.
Cause of death,
abdominal stab wound
causing liver laceration
from penetrating trauma.
Would've bled out
within minutes.
Time of death, approximately
between 3:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m.
His neck was broken,
likely from a fall,
and, as you know,
he was castrated.
His penis was severed cleanly
by something very sharp pre-mortem.
Toxicology reports show trace amounts
of hallucinogens in his system,
and his oxytocin levels indicate
that he had recently ejaculated.
At least.
At least what?
Just seems better to die
after an orgasm, you know?
Anyway, fingernail scrapings show
fresh biological material
containing as-of-yet unidentified
human DNA,
so maybe he put up
a bit of a fight.
Right.
After Logan pushed me,
I swear I saw him
run back into his room,
but when I got inside,
he wasn't there.
Why would he do that
if he knew there was no way out?
So you're saying
he, what, disappeared?
No, I just…
From the crime scene,
we can tell that he was stabbed
and mutilated upstairs in his room.
He was pushed out the window.
He was dragged to the water.
So we could be looking
for two people.
Is it possible someone killed him,
mistaking him for Henry?
Or maybe it was a warning?
- Not much of a warning, if he's dead.
- A warning for someone else.
- Maybe for Henry?
- Or Mr. Park.
And we can't rule out
that Henry might've done this.
Please. Why would he castrate
his own best friend?
Maybe they weren't really
best friends.
I mean, you didn't even know
they were roommates.
And this broke off
inside Logan.
We dusted it for prints,
but didn't get any matches.
- And that stone? It's obsidian.
- Is that piece bone?
Yep. Human bone.
Human?
What are these markings here?
That kind of stuff is outside of
my area of expertise.
Come on,
you always have an opinion.
Well, this thing is old,
could be ancient.
Lucky for us, we have an honest-to-God
bone expert here in Whittock.
She's working at the university.
We reached out first thing,
and she's offered to help us.
It looks to be Aztec.
Maybe 14th
to early 16th century.
Bone and obsidian tools
were fairly common.
- What do the markings mean?
- These are connected to Aztec deities.
The symbols are commonly associated
with sexual desire, fertility,
so if I had to, I would say
that it's a ceremonial midwife's
sacrificial knife.
- They sacrificed the midwives?
- No. Midwives were worshipped.
Labor was considered a battle,
and women who died in childbirth
were honored as fallen heroes.
Sorry, I thought you taught
about bone beasts or something?
Officer Carson, was it?
Anthropology is a very vast
and complex study
that knows no bounds.
So would it have been used
to cut off a cock and balls?
Sorry. A penis and testicles?
Not that I'm aware of,
but I suppose
it would work in a pinch.
Where would somebody
get somethin' like that?
Hard to say.
Museum? Private collection?
- Internet?
- No, you're not buying this on Amazon.
It would be very expensive.
What if that's what Henry bought
on the mainland, the Aztec knife?
I've known Henry
a very long time.
He's never spoken
about anything Aztec at all.
But it is possible.
It could belong
to anybody at the party.
Jake said no prints, right?
I think that I have offered
everything that I can, so…
Yeah. You've been very, very helpful.
Thanks for coming in.
You're so welcome.
Yes, thank you for your incredibly vast
and complex expertise.
Oh, you are
so welcome, Sergeant.
Detective, would you mind
walking me out?
- Love to.
- Thank you.
I was looking for the podcast you did
with Henry. What was it called?
- I don't think it had a name.
- Oh, weird.
But even when
I search your name or his,
no podcasts are coming up.
What'd you guys talk about?
Eating bones, and eventually,
a witch named Baba Yaga.
Wait. The one from John Wick?
What's John Wick?
Ah, it's such a great movie.
Okay, hang on.
"In Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga
is a supernatural being,
or one of a trio.
Appears as a deformed
and ugly old woman,
flies in a mortar,
wields a pest-el."
- Pestle.
- "Pestle," thank you.
So, what? She lives in a chicken hut
and eats kids?
No. No, just their bones.
And only if
they're very, very naughty.
And he interviewed you
about this why?
Because I teach about bones?
Just listen to it.
Well, like I said,
I can't find it.
It's always nice
to see you, Detective.
I'll be back in a bit. I'm gonna go talk
to Logan's mom. She's at church.
Should I come with?
Maybe I can dig something out of her.
No. I just don't think
she'll wanna talk
to someone who works
for the Parks right now.
Plus, Logan's not your problem.
Bye.
When Logie met Henry,
he just got swept up in it all.
That family!
I knew Dora Park
when she was Doreen.
She's a gold-digging snake.
Should've listened
to my instincts.
But Henry invited him
to move in.
And you've seen our house.
How could I say no?
But Logie was different
living there.
Different how?
He was changing himself.
Looking more and more
like Henry.
You saw him.
He changed his hair,
he started working out
all the time.
And he stopped visiting.
He was always too busy
going on weekend trips.
And I know he was
spending time with Pam again,
after everything
that girl put him through,
the way
she pressured him to…
Pam Russell?
Pressured him to do what?
My Logie
was a good Christian boy.
That's how
I tried to raise him, anyway.
Then a few months ago,
Geena Sandeson told me
that Logan and Henry bought one
of her laying hens off of her.
Paid her $100.
Joked they were
gonna sacrifice it.
Then, every day,
I'd see that thing
growing in him,
that thing
getting bigger, and thicker,
and darker, and pulling him further
and further away from God
and closer and closer
to the Devil.
It runs in the family.
It's in the blood.
Alice…
what happened to Logan's father?
Was it Mr. Park?
I should've done more.
There is nothing more
you could've done.
I'm his mother!
I'm his mother.
We…
Boys…
men…
they need to be protected
from their base nature.
We need to protect them
from themselves.
Rapp!
You're a liar.
You said you only dabbled.
But you're fast.
- You were trying to catch me?
- I didn't know it was you.
Next time,
I'd try a little harder.
Jesus.
- Hey.
- How'd it go with the mom?
You know, really hard.
Hey, do you think there's a chance
that Logan and Henry are…
Gay? No, I don't think so.
I mean, I know Henry loves the ladies,
but maybe Logan plays for your team.
My team?
Oh, well, I guess, yeah,
you play for both teams, don't ya?
'Cause I know about Jake,
and I bet you already jumped her bones,
like I know you want to jump mine.
No, I do not want
to jump your bones.
- Oh yeah?
- My sex life is none of your business.
Yeah, you keep telling yourself that.
Listen…
No, you listen. We need to go back
to Henry's house, okay?
There's something up
with Logan's room.
Yeah, okay.
Can you pick me up at the motel?
I'll be there in ten.
Power's off.
This place gives me the creeps.
Looks like
it's the maid's day off.
I had Logan up there.
Should've held on.
That's not your fault.
I know, but thanks.
Kinky!
Actually brought my own.
So, what we're looking for…
Well, you said Logan ran in here
and disappeared, right?
Well, maybe there's something in here
that shows us where the hell he went.
Why would Logan have
a picture of Henry's mom?
- Weird.
- Little perv.
Hey, you believe in God?
No, but I think anyone who does
has to have a solid sense of humor.
Devil's got
the best punchlines.
Let's play the Quiet Game.
Okay.
This is where Logan was stabbed,
and then…
Logan's a big guy.
Would've been heavy
to drag his dead weight.
Oh, for sure!
Eckert's right,
it's probably two people.
This was
in his medicine cabinet.
That's the same powder
as in Henry's room.
Also looks like that stuff your little
fairy friend gave you at the party.
So maybe Logan
was drugging Henry?
Where have I seen that before?
- God. It's gonna kill me.
- A lot of pictures of hot dudes.
You might be right
about his team,
though we did see him
having sex with a woman.
Yeah, but there's something
else going on here.
Maybe our friend Logan is into
something a little more sinister.
Satanic, even.
Like what?
I don't know.
Maybe, like, using
Dark Solstice energy to steal
Henry's soul or something?
Do go on.
Or, I mean, okay, this is reaching,
but, like, what if he wanted to, like,
become Henry?
Replace him?
You know, step into his life?
Dude!
Logan said it was a private joke.
Yeah. Didn't Logan's mom also say
that they bought a chicken from Geena,
and they were gonna use it
for some sacrifice?
That sounds
pretty Satanic to me.
I just don't understand
why he would come back into this room.
There's absolutely no way out.
He must've jumped
out of the window.
Nah, he would've
broken both of his legs.
Unless…
maybe he never left.
See those scratches?
No fucking way.
Rich people love spy shit.
- Why do the lights work in here?
- I don't know.
- Maybe it's battery?
- Creepy.
Holy shit!
See if there's one in there.
Try rewinding it.
These are all dated.
Check one-two. Check one-two.
- Logan?
- Yeah, come in.
Lock the door behind you.
You remember what I want, right?
You said you'd only call me…
Yes, sorry.
I just forgot for a second.
Then what's my name?
What's my name?
- Henry.
- Get against the wall.
- Is this from last night?
- Should I take my wings off?
I said get against the wall.
And no. Leave them on.
I'm gonna
check Henry's room.
- Come over here.
- Come over here what?
Come over here, Henry.
Oh, shit.
Hello?
Testing 1-2-3,
this thing on?
Hello?
Anybody hearing me in there?
Hello, hello, hello?
- Hey.
- Where are you?
I'm near Henry's bed.
I found this, like,
I don't know, nanny cam,
but it's a microphone.
Your voice started
an automatic recording in here.
I think Logan's recording
Henry's bedroom.
So, what, he would listen
to Henry having sex
from his little jerk-off dungeon?
We got ourselves a pervert.
Put your phone on speaker
and-and just keep that tape rolling.
Yeah.
- Yes! Logan!
- No. No! Don't call me that!
You're not supposed to do that!
Sorry.
Tell me to keep going!
Oh, keep going.
Keep going…
- Does that sound like…
- Say my name! Fucking say it!
- Oh, my god! You're so fucked.
- Pam! What's my name?
Did you hear that?
He just said "Pam."
Pam?
Logan was having sex
with Pam Russell last night.
We need to bring Pam in.
Henry!
Oh, my God!
And that's us coming in.
Rapp?
Rapp!
Hello? Are you still there?
Rapp! Hey!
What's happening?
He came to my bed,
and he was strong…
But later, when he slept…
Get in here!
You're gonna wanna see this!
…I showed him
I could be strong too.
I used the hammer.
Then he was poof! Gone.
Dust for the chickens
in the woods…
But I wasn't alone anymore.