Wayward (2025) s01e04 Episode Script
Mud
1
[TENSE MUSIC PULSING]
[ALEX] Okay, what is "booby juice"?
Booty juice. It's when they
stab you in the ass with a tranq.
It's gotta be, like,
anti-constitutional, right?
Not if a person's violent
and needs to be subdued.
[SIGHS] Man, you're such a cop.
[RECORDING IN FRENCH]
Where is Robert's car?
[IN FRENCH] It's nice weather.
been doing some digging,
and from a legal standpoint, the
school is technically your guardian,
so they do legally have a right
To what? Torture our
brains? To starve us?
- They're starving you?
- Dude, all of the food is brown.
And they don't give you
ketchup with Tater Tots.
Like, I don't know.
I can't eat them dry.
[SIGHS]
[RECORDING] I want to go.
[IN FRENCH] I want to go.
[IN FRENCH] I need.
dude. And I know you felt it too.
[INHALES SHARPLY] Okay.
All right. Do you know
a student named Riley?
Yeah. Yeah, everyone's heard of
him. So So he really escaped?
Yeah, he did. Um
But there was a notebook
missing from his belongings,
so I I think there might
have been something in there.
He told me he wrote everything down,
so some proof of abuse or injury.
Yeah. I'll find it, I swear.
[ALEX] Don't put yourself
in any danger, okay?
It's just if you happen to see it
- [LAURA] Who are you talking to?
- Hi.
Um, my myself.
How are you?
Alex, who was that?
[ABBIE] Hello?
Hello?
[RECORDING] Okay, no problem.
[IN FRENCH] Okay, no problem.
- [DOOR SQUEAKS]
- [DRAIN GURGLING]
[GRUNTS]
- [DRAMATIC STINGER]
- You shouldn't be out of bed.
Oh, but my my butt's leaking lava.
Did you go in the drain?
[RECORDING] That means.
[IN FRENCH] That means.
- I don't know the word.
Hey, are you, um, learning French?
[RECORDING IN FRENCH]
I don't know the word.
you been there? France?
[RECORDING] Very well.
Nah, I don't even have a passport,
but my fiancé's from Paris,
so I wanna do our vows in French.
That's so sweet, Mule.
I bet she'll love that.
He.
[IN FRENCH] Good night.
Next time, if you don't get permission,
just shit in your pants, okay?
Get back to bed.
[IN FRENCH] I'm hungry.
[IN FRENCH] I like French.
the school you're not telling me?
I'm sorry. I'm trying to process you
secretly talking to a teenage girl
on a walkie-talkie in
the middle of the night.
But she's a child, and
she looked terrified.
It was exactly like Riley.
I just I said that I would
hear her out. I would talk to her.
You don't know her. You don't know
what treatment she needs. [SIGHS]
Alex, you could lose
your job over this again.
I can't just look away
because you think Evelyn is
this great, visionary thinker.
That is not what I am saying.
There's a right way and
a wrong way to do things.
And you hid this from
me because it's sketchy.
[SIGHS] Okay. Okay. I'm sorry.
I feel like I'm doing everything
I can to make it work here,
and you're just risking it all.
I'm sorry.
Yeah. You mentioned
that. I'm going to bed.
- ["IN THE PINES" PLAYING, DISTORTED]
- In the pines, in the pines ♪
Where the sun never ever shines ♪
Shivered where the cold winds blow ♪
[SHUDDERING]
[ON SPEAKER] In the pines ♪
In the pines ♪
- [MUTTERS INDISTINCTLY]
- [DOOR UNLOCKS]
[RABBIT] Morning, Leila.
I see you weren't able
to get the door open.
Little girl ♪
I'd like to see you open it.
- Where'd you stay last night? ♪
- [RABBIT] Come with me.
Not even ♪
[COUNTRY SONG ENDS]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[LOCK BEEPS]
[RABBIT] As of this moment,
both of you are in the mud.
It's the place we return when
we've forgotten our purpose.
You and Ello will move these rocks
from this side of the yard
to that side of the yard.
What's she doing here?
She didn't do anything.
Ello's your roommate.
You answer for each other.
Your triumphs are hers
but also your failures.
That was the hardest lesson I
had to learn when I was a student.
What did Evelyn do to
make you her bitch, Rabbit?
And what's your real name?
Roberta?
Rita?
Maybe she's a Ruth.
This whole show you put on
makes you look desperate.
Yeah, know what? Maybe I should
just go with the flow like you.
Maybe I could even get a cool nickname,
like Gopher or Centipede or Rat.
[INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING]
[SIGHS]
Okay, um, uh
You guys don't have to do
this. I'm not hiding anything.
Except the Except the
profundity of my maverick spirit!
Why'd they tear your room apart?
Uh, why do you ask?
Well, maybe they were
looking for something.
Like Riley's notebook, perhaps?
I don't know where the notebook is.
- [RABBIT] Empty it all.
- I
But if anyone would know
where to look, it's me.
[DUCK] Did he check over there?
Riley was my best friend.
And there's one spot it could be,
but it's gonna be
pretty hard to get there.
We're gonna need to, like
work together or something.
I work alone.
Alone, but, like, glued to Leila.
If you mess me around,
you'll lose the only person
that lets you talk about Dragon Ball Z.
I wouldn't lie about Riley.
Partners?
Partners.
Okay, so, Riley was
a real, uh, epicurean.
What does this have to
do with the notebook?
Riley worked in the kitchen, so
if the notebook's not in our dorm,
it's gotta be there.
You have to be on dish
duty to get in, right?
Mule manages the kitchen.
She sticks to her favorites.
[SIGHS] Kendall's been
applying for over a year.
Pas de problème. Je suis Canadienne.
[THUNDER RUMBLES]
- [ALEX] I'm really sorry about last night.
- [LAURA] It's fine.
[ALEX SIGHS]
- [THUNDER RUMBLING]
- [PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]
[ICE-CREAM TRUCK JINGLE PLAYING]
[ALEX] This'll be nice.
I'm gonna integrate into the
community. I'll get it. I'll get it.
- I got it.
- No. No, I got it. Please.
- I got it.
- No, come on, please.
I think there's a trick to it.
- A screw or something, but
- You just
- I'm gonna brace it. Great.
- Open it and flip it.
- Okay, so I brace.
- Like And f
[LAUGHS] No, no.
Alex! Alex!
- [ALEX] I know.
- You flip it from the bottom.
- Oh, okay.
- There.
Yeah, that's actually
that was a lot easier
than I thought it would be.
[SIGHS] You're welcome. [CHUCKLES]
I feel a little nervous.
I haven't seen so many
of these people in years.
We really arrived in town with a bang.
It's gonna be great.
I'm really good at
second first impressions.
- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
- And I excel at minor tasks.
Oh, yeah? What else?
- Um, I can make quiche.
- Oh!
I know all the lyrics to
the Fresh Prince theme song.
- Um, I'm a very generous lover.
- Mm-hmm.
Um [LAUGHS]
I'm gonna make a real effort today.
- I'm gonna talk to people and really
- [MAN] Laura.
Francis! Oh my God. I was
wondering when I would see you.
[FRANCIS] I can't believe
you came back. Can I hug you?
- What's the protocol with pregnant people?
- [LAURA] Yes! Yes!
- Oh my God. [LAUGHS]
- Look at you.
- Look at you.
- Oh, Francis, meet Alex.
- Hey. How you do
- Hey. Ah. Come here.
[ALL LAUGH]
I can't wait to tell you
embarrassing stories about your wife.
Oh, please, yeah, bring it on.
Francis and I were in the
same year at Tall Pines.
- We were real shitheads together.
- Oh!
Shitheads, really? Well,
what were you in for?
Ah, my parents said it
was 'cause I was a druggie,
but they were just hoping the
fresh air would turn me straight.
So, did Evelyn try to
therapy the gay away?
No.
She helped me be myself,
helped me find my people,
helped me break out of
my parents' old patterns.
- What does that mean when people say
- Can I get you to be my guinea pig?
[SIGHS] I would love to, but
I have to help my housemates
with their chili jam
stand at the other end.
Uh, you should come
if you're not mobbed.
[SOFTLY] Okay. Bye.
Do you want to follow him?
Maybe you could put a
tracer in his chili jam.
Uh, I was being normal.
- [LAURA SCOFFS]
- I think I was.
[SNIFFLES]
[EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]
- [THUNDER RUMBLING]
- [RAIN PATTERING ON ROOF]
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [MULE SNORING]
Bonjour, Mule.
Sleeping.
Oh, bonjour.
Je m'appelle Abbie.
Comment t'appelles tu ?
Are you speaking French?
- Yeah, I'm I'm Canadian, dude.
- So?
So So, I I mean, all
Canadians are fluent in French.
There's this TV show
that has this pineapple
that sings about Halloween.
He's like, "Téléf" Never mind.
I could help you get
ready for your wedding.
Je peux t'aider.
You'd really help me?
[SOFTLY] Yeah.
'Kay. Well, what's in it for you?
Just the thrill of sharing knowledge
in aid of the pursuit of love.
And And there's one other thing
[RORY] Are all Canadians
really fluent in French?
Absolutely not.
You pretty much heard
all the French I know.
["BAD 'N' RUIN" BY FACES PLAYING]
Mother, don't you
recognize your son? ♪
Ooh-hoo ♪
Comin' home ♪
[ABBIE] Riley's notebook
has to be here somewhere.
I'll be there in the mornin' ♪
If you'll have me back ♪
The rent up here is much too high ♪
For a room without a tap ♪
- A room without a tap ♪
- It's not here.
Okay, I need to find it today.
- [GRITTY ROCK SONG CUTS OUT]
- Well, lookee here. [CHUCKLES]
Well, we were just leaving.
Mm. Not until you tell me what
gross, filthy, perverted shit
the two of you were doing.
It smells really nasty in here.
- [SIGHS]
- Well, that's just the rotting food, so
Fine. You caught us. We were hooking up.
You're telling me this weasel
dick popped your cherry?
Oh, did you pop his cherry?
Oh, Rory!
Ooh, who's your daddy, Rory?
Oh, who's a good boy, Rory?
Oh, take that dick, Rory.
Oh, ah, I'm gonna cum, Rory. [MOANS]
Okay, stop. Stop. Stop it.
- [MOANS]
- Stop! Stop! I
We weren't hooking up, obviously.
[SCOFFS]
Abbie doesn't even like me like that.
And I also don't like her like
that is also what I'm saying.
- Yeah.
- Yep.
- Right.
- Yep. Right.
So if you two weren't
boning, what were you doing?
Rory
Uh, we were just looking for
something that belonged to Riley.
Just something that he hid.
Yeah, Rory knew him better than
anyone, so I thought he could help.
Rory and Riley.
Well, that makes less sense
than the two of you hooking up.
They They were best friends, dude.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[LAUGHS]
Oh shit!
Rory, that that
that's good, even for you.
[LAUGHS]
Who do you think gave
Rory that black eye?
Riley hated Rory.
I thought you were smart. [SCOFFS]
Oh, and, uh, besides, if you're
looking for that notebook of his,
Duck found it hours ago,
under the stove over there.
So everyone was right.
Fuck you.
- Whoa.
- [ABBIE] Liar!
[DOOR SLAMS]
[INHALES SHARPLY, SIGHS]
Sorry for the cockblock, dude.
[LEILA] Bruce Lee probably
had to move boulders
as part of his training.
They have no idea they're training me
to go on a revenge
kung-fu killing spree.
Pa! Pa! Pa! I mean, look at my biceps.
Say one more word, and I'll
literally peel off my own face.
Please don't. You've
got a really nice face.
You can hate me all you want, but
I am not the one doing this to you.
It's them. They want us
to turn on each other.
Whatever got them and sucked
the color out of their lives,
they want to do it to us.
- But we can fight it.
- Leila, it gets everyone.
It's called adulthood.
You're fighting a losing battle.
The best you can do is make the
transition as painless as possible.
Bullshit. Some people stay
badass. I mean, look at Bob Dylan.
Have you ever seen Dylan live?
- No.
- I saw him two years ago.
He didn't even play a harmonica.
He didn't introduce the band.
He just stood behind
a keyboard and sulked.
I'm telling you. It gets everyone.
[UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING]
[GRUNTS]
Look, it blows.
I hate watching kid
after kid get broken,
but at least I have a life here.
That's more than I had before.
Where were you before?
Nowhere. I was a junkie.
I was a little cockroach gargoyle.
I kept winding up in hospitals.
I know this is purgatory.
But purgatory is better than hell.
So pick up that rock,
keep your head down,
and just follow the fucking rules.
You want to get outta here?
That's how. Work the system.
Stop trying to be Jack Nicholson.
There's no other way.
[GRUNTS]
Is Jack Nicholson that old
guy from As Good As It Gets?
[CHUCKLE SOFTLY]
- [EXCITED CHATTER]
- [UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING]
[CROAKS LOUDLY]
These are great.
Actually, do you have
any, um, baby blankets?
Or, like, hats for babies that
keep their little ears warm?
Well, I've never made 'em that small.
But I guess pretty
soon, I'll have to learn.
I'll make you a hat for the little
tyke and drop it by the farmhouse.
[LAUGHS NERVOUSLY]
[UNSETTLING MUSIC SWELLS]
Hi. Um, can I help you?
[SOBS] Hello, perfect little baby.
- I love you already.
- [FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]
Harper? Let her go.
- Are you all right?
- [HARPER] Hello.
I'm okay. Hey.
It's okay.
I understand.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [GUY 1] Oh, nice!
- [ALEX] Afternoon.
Do you guys have a permit
to be tagging this building?
Uh, yeah, of course. City
council asked us to do it.
It's part of the town-wide
beautification initiative.
- Is this a permit?
- [GUY 2] Yeah.
- Do you want to help out, Officer Dempsey?
- [SCOFFS] How do you know my name?
Oh, wait a second. No, I
I recognize you. Yeah. Yeah.
You're, uh Donny.
Yeah. You're, uh, Dwayne Andrews's
son. Yeah, he's my partner, so
Uh, he's not my dad.
I'm just his graduate.
His graduate?
Yeah, after the academy,
I was placed with Andrews.
Sorry, the way he talks
about you, I really
I thought he was your father.
- He really
- I'm lucky I landed with him.
He's the chillest. [CHUCKLES]
- Yeah, he is very chill.
- [UNSETTLING MUSIC RISES]
[HARPER CONTINUES CRYING]
[LAURA] Lie down.
Close your eyes.
[ALEX] Are you guys all graduates?
And do you ever, uh, hang out
with kids that didn't
go to Tall Pines Academy?
What do you mean?
Kids that grew up here?
Local kids that went to
normal schools. Local kids?
Local kids
What local kids?
[UNSETTLING MUSIC BUILDING]
[DISTANT APPLAUSE]
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
[CHEERING]
[ICE-CREAM TRUCK JINGLE PLAYING]
[HARPER SOBBING]
[SOFTLY] You are safe.
- Breathe into my hands.
- [UNSETTLING MUSIC SUBSIDES]
- [EXHALES]
- [LAURA] Shh.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
You're on cleaning
duty, not staring duty.
Don't even think about
talking to her, Abbie.
Unless you want to
end up in the mud too.
Just pretend like
she's dead or something.
Thank you so much, Stacey.
That's really helpful advice.
[STACEY] I want you to thrive.
I just hope Rabbit's okay. I know
it hurts her so much to punish.
She prefers to reward.
You should've seen her face light
up when she told me about my rewar
I've said too much.
What reward?
I'm not allowed to tell you.
But I guess, technically,
if I was talking to myself
and you overheard me,
then it wouldn't count.
'Kay.
I have been selected for a
special therapy called the Leap.
It's the highest honor
for a Tall Pines student.
Secret level.
Okay, but what is it?
Something totally amazing.
Yeah, but what?
Something that will unlock total health.
You don't know what the Leap is.
No, I do not, but I I know
that it'll make me better.
Ever since I was little, I
thought that if I was clean enough
or perfect enough, then
I'd finally get adopted.
And the Leap will finally make me clean.
[SIGHS]
I'll finally get to settle, and it'll
it'll be like it never happened.
Congrats, dude.
You should get used
to being without her.
It might be the best
thing that happened.
Come on. It's dinnertime. We
get extra milk on Saturdays.
It's gonna be a perfect day! ♪
[RABBIT] Dinnertime!
Oh, just you, Leila.
Ello, will you move those rocks
back to their original position?
Alone.
And, Leila, after you eat, Evelyn
would like to see you for a catch-up.
[INHALES SHARPLY]
Thanks, Rabbit. Got it.
Just play their game. Okay?
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[LOCK BEEPS, CLICKS]
[TENSE MUSIC FADES]
[RORY] Can I just explain myself?
I know you're not talking to
me, like, ever again, maybe.
So maybe you could just listen.
Okay. Uh, I was not Riley's best
friend. I was nothing to him.
No matter how hard I
tried, he just ignored me.
And then one day, he he
publicly beat the crap out of me.
And he was screaming all this stuff
about how he he didn't want
to jump or or something.
And then he messed up my face.
I don't know what I did to deserve that.
But I probably did something
because I always do something.
And then he escaped the next day.
[SIGHS] So, yeah.
Riley hated me, just
like everyone else here.
And I didn't want to
tell you, so I lied.
And that's it. And I'm done.
Bye.
What phase was Riley in?
Are you talking to me?
Oh my God. Uh Okay. Well,
he was Ascend. Highest level.
Holy shit.
He didn't say "jump." He
said "Leap," didn't he?
Yeah, "Leap." That's it.
Yeah. He was gonna Leap.
What he was scared of.
That's why he ran away.
Where are they taking Stacey?
Stacey? I I don't know.
I I saw them walking
towards the stairwell.
I need to get into that cage, Rory.
Can you help me distract Oatmeal Beth?
Hell yeah, I can.
[ENERGETIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[GRUNTING]
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [RORY SIGHS]
[STOMACH RUMBLING]
What do you require, boy?
[RORY GRUNTS]
[STUDENTS CLAMORING]
[BETH SPLUTTERS, WHINES]
Get it off! Get it off me!
- ["IN THE PINES" PLAYING BELOW]
- Little girl, little girl ♪
Where'd you sleep last night ♪
[EVELYN] She is
standing, facing the wall.
She has her back to you.
A bell rings.
Your mother turns to face you.
She is silent, but
her mouth is open wide.
In her mouth is a door.
A bell rings.
- But this time, Stacey, you stand.
- [EERIE MUSIC RISES]
You stand.
- You turn your back on your mother.
- [GROANING]
You turn your back on your father.
On everybody who has ever abandoned you!
If they don't help you,
you will help yourself!
You will not be silent!
- Open your mouth wide!
- [SCREAMS]
Inside your mouth is a door!
Open it, Stacey!
- Open it!
- [SCREAMING]
[SOUNDS DISTORT]
[TERRIFIED SCREAM ECHOES, FADES]
[DOOR OPENS]
Alex?
I kept calling you. You
disappeared on me. What happened?
I know. Okay, so you know,
uh, since we got here,
I've been feeling like something
is off about this place, right?
But because you don't
think to look for them.
'Cause you don't notice
an absence of something.
But there are no playgrounds here.
They turned the only school
into a police station.
I checked the birth records, Laura.
There's no children in this town.
[TOADS CROAKING]
I I wanted to find a
way to talk to you about it.
And I know it sounds so bizarre.
Wait
You knew?
- This wh
- [UNSETTLING MUSIC RISES]
Oh my God.
I think I'm gonna throw up. Oh fuck.
Alex, I only found out
about it after I graduated.
What, 15 years ago?
So, what is it? Like a like
a rule in the town? No kids?
- Like, a law? Why?
- No. No. It's
It's a part of the ethos of
this place since the '70s.
There were these old hippies
who thought if they put their resources
into helping kids from the school,
instead of having kids of their own,
they could make the world better.
Why didn't you talk to me?
It makes sense to me
as an intellectual idea.
You lied to me.
But it doesn't matter
because it's all changing.
I wouldn't have come back if it
wasn't. The whole place is evolving.
What does that mean?
Evelyn said they're gonna have kids.
Our baby might be the first, but
soon, it'll be like any other town.
Only, it'll be it'll
be better. It'll be safer.
- Alex, listen to me.
- I thought I was losing my mind.
Why didn't you talk to me?
I don't know. I
You don't know?
[LAURA SIGHS]
Well, because she said it
would be too much for you
to process all at once.
Evelyn?
[SCOFFS] Yeah, okay.
Alex, I fucked up. I don't
know why I always listen to her.
Alex, where are you going?
- [ALEX] I don't know.
- Alex!
[UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING]
[EERIE MUSIC FADES]
You know, um
Before I came here, I hadn't left
my parents' basement in 18 months.
But now
I feel so strong and virile.
You just you have
to look at it like
We are so lucky to to be here
in nature.
Okay?
[QUIETLY] All right.
[CLEARS THROAT]
[DOOR SQUEAKS OPEN]
Oh, Leila. Come on in.
Shut the door.
Have a seat.
Your hands.
If you don't mind.
Mm.
You've had a hell of a
day. What about your night?
Did you find time to
reflect in the Mirror Room?
Well, it was kind of hard to think
with your voice swaddling my brain.
But I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have broken the rules.
That was inconsiderate of me.
Tell me about your sister.
It's not gonna work.
Okay, I've done this shit. Sorry.
Therapists, shrinks, and
I know it wasn't my fault.
Guilt is a typical response to trauma.
Burdening myself with
shame. Blah, blah, blah.
Well, you kept mumbling
her name all night.
Why does everyone want me
to keep talking about her?
She's not even alive anymore.
Do you think you two
were good for each other?
She was my sister.
Have you ever heard the term
"identified patient," Leila?
That's the person in a
family who holds the pain.
And that pain continues until
someone's brave enough to feel it.
I think that someone is you.
Jess?
That's her name? Jess?
She was a Roman candle.
And you shambled after
her, chasing her love.
I see you do it with Abbie too.
No. No, you're trying to mess
with me, and it's not gonna work.
I think that's enough for today.
- I I'm sorry.
- Thank you.
You can go back to your dorm now.
[GASPS] Um
Thank you.
For my hands.
Your soap smells really nice.
Oh, that's a lovely compliment.
I'll accept it. Good night, Leila.
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
[WALKIE-TALKIE BEEPS]
[DOOR OPENS]
[TOAST WHINES]
[LAURA SIGHS]
I'm sorry.
[SOMBER MUSIC FADES]
If he leaves, I'll leave with him.
I'll make a tea.
[TOADS CROAKING OUTSIDE]
Of course, you have to
do what you feel is right.
But please remember, I can't
protect you if you leave here.
Protect me from what?
Alex benefited from our close community
when we handled Riley's death
so swiftly and supportively.
And if he were to leave, we would
have to pass on a detailed report
to any future employer.
And given his past
When you make a mess, I am
always here to help clean it up.
- [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
- [SOFTLY] Here.
You've had a rotten day.
[ABBIE] Hello?
- [WALKIE-TALKIE BEEPS]
- Abbie? Yeah, I'm here.
Okay, I couldn't find Riley's notebook,
but I figured out what he was scared of.
They have this crazy
therapy called the Leap.
[ALEX] "The Leap"?
Riley must've known it was
gonna happen. That's why he ran.
All right. I'm gonna look into it.
You did a good job, Abbie.
What? What about getting us out of here?
There's gotta be a way. If
Riley escaped, it's possible.
We just have to figure
out how he did it, right?
[ALEX] No, you have to stay put, Abbie.
It's too dangerous. Just trust me, okay?
What? Screw that! Sit and wait
to get "Leaped" or whatever?
No, no. If Riley made it
out, we wanna do it too.
- [WALKIE-TALKIE BEEPS]
- No, Riley's dead.
He's dead, Abbie. He
[ALEX SIGHS]
[EXHALES] Abbie?
[UNDER BREATH] Fuck.
Riley died trying to escape.
It's awful, and I'm
sorry to have to tell you,
but I really need you to be safe.
It's not just the school. There's a
Please don't tell anybody about Riley,
or they're gonna know
we've been speaking.
Yeah. I wouldn't tell anyway.
Believing in Riley is the only thing
keeping half of these kids sane.
We'll talk again. Okay, Abbie?
[WALKIE-TALKIE BEEPS]
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
[TENSE MUSIC FADES]
[SWEETLY] Sweet dreams.
["ORIGIN: Orphan" by The
Hidden Cameras playing]
[HAUNTING INDIE POP CONTINUES]
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
[ALEX] Laura?
Laura!
Laura!
Who in the world put me here ♪
To be all on my own ♪
[ALEX] Laura!
Laura!
Laura?
Who in the world would be
here if he wasn't a whore? ♪
Laura?
[TOADS CROAKING]
A whore when he sleeps ♪
- A whore when he dreams ♪
- [MUTTERING]
Who would I be ♪
- Alex! I don't wanna go! Alex!
- [BELL RINGS]
- Alex!
- You're okay.
[LAURA] Alex!
[ETHEREAL INDIE POP CONTINUES]
[MYSTERIOUS INDIE POP FADES]
[TENSE MUSIC PULSING]
[ALEX] Okay, what is "booby juice"?
Booty juice. It's when they
stab you in the ass with a tranq.
It's gotta be, like,
anti-constitutional, right?
Not if a person's violent
and needs to be subdued.
[SIGHS] Man, you're such a cop.
[RECORDING IN FRENCH]
Where is Robert's car?
[IN FRENCH] It's nice weather.
been doing some digging,
and from a legal standpoint, the
school is technically your guardian,
so they do legally have a right
To what? Torture our
brains? To starve us?
- They're starving you?
- Dude, all of the food is brown.
And they don't give you
ketchup with Tater Tots.
Like, I don't know.
I can't eat them dry.
[SIGHS]
[RECORDING] I want to go.
[IN FRENCH] I want to go.
[IN FRENCH] I need.
dude. And I know you felt it too.
[INHALES SHARPLY] Okay.
All right. Do you know
a student named Riley?
Yeah. Yeah, everyone's heard of
him. So So he really escaped?
Yeah, he did. Um
But there was a notebook
missing from his belongings,
so I I think there might
have been something in there.
He told me he wrote everything down,
so some proof of abuse or injury.
Yeah. I'll find it, I swear.
[ALEX] Don't put yourself
in any danger, okay?
It's just if you happen to see it
- [LAURA] Who are you talking to?
- Hi.
Um, my myself.
How are you?
Alex, who was that?
[ABBIE] Hello?
Hello?
[RECORDING] Okay, no problem.
[IN FRENCH] Okay, no problem.
- [DOOR SQUEAKS]
- [DRAIN GURGLING]
[GRUNTS]
- [DRAMATIC STINGER]
- You shouldn't be out of bed.
Oh, but my my butt's leaking lava.
Did you go in the drain?
[RECORDING] That means.
[IN FRENCH] That means.
- I don't know the word.
Hey, are you, um, learning French?
[RECORDING IN FRENCH]
I don't know the word.
you been there? France?
[RECORDING] Very well.
Nah, I don't even have a passport,
but my fiancé's from Paris,
so I wanna do our vows in French.
That's so sweet, Mule.
I bet she'll love that.
He.
[IN FRENCH] Good night.
Next time, if you don't get permission,
just shit in your pants, okay?
Get back to bed.
[IN FRENCH] I'm hungry.
[IN FRENCH] I like French.
the school you're not telling me?
I'm sorry. I'm trying to process you
secretly talking to a teenage girl
on a walkie-talkie in
the middle of the night.
But she's a child, and
she looked terrified.
It was exactly like Riley.
I just I said that I would
hear her out. I would talk to her.
You don't know her. You don't know
what treatment she needs. [SIGHS]
Alex, you could lose
your job over this again.
I can't just look away
because you think Evelyn is
this great, visionary thinker.
That is not what I am saying.
There's a right way and
a wrong way to do things.
And you hid this from
me because it's sketchy.
[SIGHS] Okay. Okay. I'm sorry.
I feel like I'm doing everything
I can to make it work here,
and you're just risking it all.
I'm sorry.
Yeah. You mentioned
that. I'm going to bed.
- ["IN THE PINES" PLAYING, DISTORTED]
- In the pines, in the pines ♪
Where the sun never ever shines ♪
Shivered where the cold winds blow ♪
[SHUDDERING]
[ON SPEAKER] In the pines ♪
In the pines ♪
- [MUTTERS INDISTINCTLY]
- [DOOR UNLOCKS]
[RABBIT] Morning, Leila.
I see you weren't able
to get the door open.
Little girl ♪
I'd like to see you open it.
- Where'd you stay last night? ♪
- [RABBIT] Come with me.
Not even ♪
[COUNTRY SONG ENDS]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[LOCK BEEPS]
[RABBIT] As of this moment,
both of you are in the mud.
It's the place we return when
we've forgotten our purpose.
You and Ello will move these rocks
from this side of the yard
to that side of the yard.
What's she doing here?
She didn't do anything.
Ello's your roommate.
You answer for each other.
Your triumphs are hers
but also your failures.
That was the hardest lesson I
had to learn when I was a student.
What did Evelyn do to
make you her bitch, Rabbit?
And what's your real name?
Roberta?
Rita?
Maybe she's a Ruth.
This whole show you put on
makes you look desperate.
Yeah, know what? Maybe I should
just go with the flow like you.
Maybe I could even get a cool nickname,
like Gopher or Centipede or Rat.
[INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING]
[SIGHS]
Okay, um, uh
You guys don't have to do
this. I'm not hiding anything.
Except the Except the
profundity of my maverick spirit!
Why'd they tear your room apart?
Uh, why do you ask?
Well, maybe they were
looking for something.
Like Riley's notebook, perhaps?
I don't know where the notebook is.
- [RABBIT] Empty it all.
- I
But if anyone would know
where to look, it's me.
[DUCK] Did he check over there?
Riley was my best friend.
And there's one spot it could be,
but it's gonna be
pretty hard to get there.
We're gonna need to, like
work together or something.
I work alone.
Alone, but, like, glued to Leila.
If you mess me around,
you'll lose the only person
that lets you talk about Dragon Ball Z.
I wouldn't lie about Riley.
Partners?
Partners.
Okay, so, Riley was
a real, uh, epicurean.
What does this have to
do with the notebook?
Riley worked in the kitchen, so
if the notebook's not in our dorm,
it's gotta be there.
You have to be on dish
duty to get in, right?
Mule manages the kitchen.
She sticks to her favorites.
[SIGHS] Kendall's been
applying for over a year.
Pas de problème. Je suis Canadienne.
[THUNDER RUMBLES]
- [ALEX] I'm really sorry about last night.
- [LAURA] It's fine.
[ALEX SIGHS]
- [THUNDER RUMBLING]
- [PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]
[ICE-CREAM TRUCK JINGLE PLAYING]
[ALEX] This'll be nice.
I'm gonna integrate into the
community. I'll get it. I'll get it.
- I got it.
- No. No, I got it. Please.
- I got it.
- No, come on, please.
I think there's a trick to it.
- A screw or something, but
- You just
- I'm gonna brace it. Great.
- Open it and flip it.
- Okay, so I brace.
- Like And f
[LAUGHS] No, no.
Alex! Alex!
- [ALEX] I know.
- You flip it from the bottom.
- Oh, okay.
- There.
Yeah, that's actually
that was a lot easier
than I thought it would be.
[SIGHS] You're welcome. [CHUCKLES]
I feel a little nervous.
I haven't seen so many
of these people in years.
We really arrived in town with a bang.
It's gonna be great.
I'm really good at
second first impressions.
- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
- And I excel at minor tasks.
Oh, yeah? What else?
- Um, I can make quiche.
- Oh!
I know all the lyrics to
the Fresh Prince theme song.
- Um, I'm a very generous lover.
- Mm-hmm.
Um [LAUGHS]
I'm gonna make a real effort today.
- I'm gonna talk to people and really
- [MAN] Laura.
Francis! Oh my God. I was
wondering when I would see you.
[FRANCIS] I can't believe
you came back. Can I hug you?
- What's the protocol with pregnant people?
- [LAURA] Yes! Yes!
- Oh my God. [LAUGHS]
- Look at you.
- Look at you.
- Oh, Francis, meet Alex.
- Hey. How you do
- Hey. Ah. Come here.
[ALL LAUGH]
I can't wait to tell you
embarrassing stories about your wife.
Oh, please, yeah, bring it on.
Francis and I were in the
same year at Tall Pines.
- We were real shitheads together.
- Oh!
Shitheads, really? Well,
what were you in for?
Ah, my parents said it
was 'cause I was a druggie,
but they were just hoping the
fresh air would turn me straight.
So, did Evelyn try to
therapy the gay away?
No.
She helped me be myself,
helped me find my people,
helped me break out of
my parents' old patterns.
- What does that mean when people say
- Can I get you to be my guinea pig?
[SIGHS] I would love to, but
I have to help my housemates
with their chili jam
stand at the other end.
Uh, you should come
if you're not mobbed.
[SOFTLY] Okay. Bye.
Do you want to follow him?
Maybe you could put a
tracer in his chili jam.
Uh, I was being normal.
- [LAURA SCOFFS]
- I think I was.
[SNIFFLES]
[EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]
- [THUNDER RUMBLING]
- [RAIN PATTERING ON ROOF]
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [MULE SNORING]
Bonjour, Mule.
Sleeping.
Oh, bonjour.
Je m'appelle Abbie.
Comment t'appelles tu ?
Are you speaking French?
- Yeah, I'm I'm Canadian, dude.
- So?
So So, I I mean, all
Canadians are fluent in French.
There's this TV show
that has this pineapple
that sings about Halloween.
He's like, "Téléf" Never mind.
I could help you get
ready for your wedding.
Je peux t'aider.
You'd really help me?
[SOFTLY] Yeah.
'Kay. Well, what's in it for you?
Just the thrill of sharing knowledge
in aid of the pursuit of love.
And And there's one other thing
[RORY] Are all Canadians
really fluent in French?
Absolutely not.
You pretty much heard
all the French I know.
["BAD 'N' RUIN" BY FACES PLAYING]
Mother, don't you
recognize your son? ♪
Ooh-hoo ♪
Comin' home ♪
[ABBIE] Riley's notebook
has to be here somewhere.
I'll be there in the mornin' ♪
If you'll have me back ♪
The rent up here is much too high ♪
For a room without a tap ♪
- A room without a tap ♪
- It's not here.
Okay, I need to find it today.
- [GRITTY ROCK SONG CUTS OUT]
- Well, lookee here. [CHUCKLES]
Well, we were just leaving.
Mm. Not until you tell me what
gross, filthy, perverted shit
the two of you were doing.
It smells really nasty in here.
- [SIGHS]
- Well, that's just the rotting food, so
Fine. You caught us. We were hooking up.
You're telling me this weasel
dick popped your cherry?
Oh, did you pop his cherry?
Oh, Rory!
Ooh, who's your daddy, Rory?
Oh, who's a good boy, Rory?
Oh, take that dick, Rory.
Oh, ah, I'm gonna cum, Rory. [MOANS]
Okay, stop. Stop. Stop it.
- [MOANS]
- Stop! Stop! I
We weren't hooking up, obviously.
[SCOFFS]
Abbie doesn't even like me like that.
And I also don't like her like
that is also what I'm saying.
- Yeah.
- Yep.
- Right.
- Yep. Right.
So if you two weren't
boning, what were you doing?
Rory
Uh, we were just looking for
something that belonged to Riley.
Just something that he hid.
Yeah, Rory knew him better than
anyone, so I thought he could help.
Rory and Riley.
Well, that makes less sense
than the two of you hooking up.
They They were best friends, dude.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[LAUGHS]
Oh shit!
Rory, that that
that's good, even for you.
[LAUGHS]
Who do you think gave
Rory that black eye?
Riley hated Rory.
I thought you were smart. [SCOFFS]
Oh, and, uh, besides, if you're
looking for that notebook of his,
Duck found it hours ago,
under the stove over there.
So everyone was right.
Fuck you.
- Whoa.
- [ABBIE] Liar!
[DOOR SLAMS]
[INHALES SHARPLY, SIGHS]
Sorry for the cockblock, dude.
[LEILA] Bruce Lee probably
had to move boulders
as part of his training.
They have no idea they're training me
to go on a revenge
kung-fu killing spree.
Pa! Pa! Pa! I mean, look at my biceps.
Say one more word, and I'll
literally peel off my own face.
Please don't. You've
got a really nice face.
You can hate me all you want, but
I am not the one doing this to you.
It's them. They want us
to turn on each other.
Whatever got them and sucked
the color out of their lives,
they want to do it to us.
- But we can fight it.
- Leila, it gets everyone.
It's called adulthood.
You're fighting a losing battle.
The best you can do is make the
transition as painless as possible.
Bullshit. Some people stay
badass. I mean, look at Bob Dylan.
Have you ever seen Dylan live?
- No.
- I saw him two years ago.
He didn't even play a harmonica.
He didn't introduce the band.
He just stood behind
a keyboard and sulked.
I'm telling you. It gets everyone.
[UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING]
[GRUNTS]
Look, it blows.
I hate watching kid
after kid get broken,
but at least I have a life here.
That's more than I had before.
Where were you before?
Nowhere. I was a junkie.
I was a little cockroach gargoyle.
I kept winding up in hospitals.
I know this is purgatory.
But purgatory is better than hell.
So pick up that rock,
keep your head down,
and just follow the fucking rules.
You want to get outta here?
That's how. Work the system.
Stop trying to be Jack Nicholson.
There's no other way.
[GRUNTS]
Is Jack Nicholson that old
guy from As Good As It Gets?
[CHUCKLE SOFTLY]
- [EXCITED CHATTER]
- [UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING]
[CROAKS LOUDLY]
These are great.
Actually, do you have
any, um, baby blankets?
Or, like, hats for babies that
keep their little ears warm?
Well, I've never made 'em that small.
But I guess pretty
soon, I'll have to learn.
I'll make you a hat for the little
tyke and drop it by the farmhouse.
[LAUGHS NERVOUSLY]
[UNSETTLING MUSIC SWELLS]
Hi. Um, can I help you?
[SOBS] Hello, perfect little baby.
- I love you already.
- [FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]
Harper? Let her go.
- Are you all right?
- [HARPER] Hello.
I'm okay. Hey.
It's okay.
I understand.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [GUY 1] Oh, nice!
- [ALEX] Afternoon.
Do you guys have a permit
to be tagging this building?
Uh, yeah, of course. City
council asked us to do it.
It's part of the town-wide
beautification initiative.
- Is this a permit?
- [GUY 2] Yeah.
- Do you want to help out, Officer Dempsey?
- [SCOFFS] How do you know my name?
Oh, wait a second. No, I
I recognize you. Yeah. Yeah.
You're, uh Donny.
Yeah. You're, uh, Dwayne Andrews's
son. Yeah, he's my partner, so
Uh, he's not my dad.
I'm just his graduate.
His graduate?
Yeah, after the academy,
I was placed with Andrews.
Sorry, the way he talks
about you, I really
I thought he was your father.
- He really
- I'm lucky I landed with him.
He's the chillest. [CHUCKLES]
- Yeah, he is very chill.
- [UNSETTLING MUSIC RISES]
[HARPER CONTINUES CRYING]
[LAURA] Lie down.
Close your eyes.
[ALEX] Are you guys all graduates?
And do you ever, uh, hang out
with kids that didn't
go to Tall Pines Academy?
What do you mean?
Kids that grew up here?
Local kids that went to
normal schools. Local kids?
Local kids
What local kids?
[UNSETTLING MUSIC BUILDING]
[DISTANT APPLAUSE]
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
[CHEERING]
[ICE-CREAM TRUCK JINGLE PLAYING]
[HARPER SOBBING]
[SOFTLY] You are safe.
- Breathe into my hands.
- [UNSETTLING MUSIC SUBSIDES]
- [EXHALES]
- [LAURA] Shh.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
You're on cleaning
duty, not staring duty.
Don't even think about
talking to her, Abbie.
Unless you want to
end up in the mud too.
Just pretend like
she's dead or something.
Thank you so much, Stacey.
That's really helpful advice.
[STACEY] I want you to thrive.
I just hope Rabbit's okay. I know
it hurts her so much to punish.
She prefers to reward.
You should've seen her face light
up when she told me about my rewar
I've said too much.
What reward?
I'm not allowed to tell you.
But I guess, technically,
if I was talking to myself
and you overheard me,
then it wouldn't count.
'Kay.
I have been selected for a
special therapy called the Leap.
It's the highest honor
for a Tall Pines student.
Secret level.
Okay, but what is it?
Something totally amazing.
Yeah, but what?
Something that will unlock total health.
You don't know what the Leap is.
No, I do not, but I I know
that it'll make me better.
Ever since I was little, I
thought that if I was clean enough
or perfect enough, then
I'd finally get adopted.
And the Leap will finally make me clean.
[SIGHS]
I'll finally get to settle, and it'll
it'll be like it never happened.
Congrats, dude.
You should get used
to being without her.
It might be the best
thing that happened.
Come on. It's dinnertime. We
get extra milk on Saturdays.
It's gonna be a perfect day! ♪
[RABBIT] Dinnertime!
Oh, just you, Leila.
Ello, will you move those rocks
back to their original position?
Alone.
And, Leila, after you eat, Evelyn
would like to see you for a catch-up.
[INHALES SHARPLY]
Thanks, Rabbit. Got it.
Just play their game. Okay?
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[LOCK BEEPS, CLICKS]
[TENSE MUSIC FADES]
[RORY] Can I just explain myself?
I know you're not talking to
me, like, ever again, maybe.
So maybe you could just listen.
Okay. Uh, I was not Riley's best
friend. I was nothing to him.
No matter how hard I
tried, he just ignored me.
And then one day, he he
publicly beat the crap out of me.
And he was screaming all this stuff
about how he he didn't want
to jump or or something.
And then he messed up my face.
I don't know what I did to deserve that.
But I probably did something
because I always do something.
And then he escaped the next day.
[SIGHS] So, yeah.
Riley hated me, just
like everyone else here.
And I didn't want to
tell you, so I lied.
And that's it. And I'm done.
Bye.
What phase was Riley in?
Are you talking to me?
Oh my God. Uh Okay. Well,
he was Ascend. Highest level.
Holy shit.
He didn't say "jump." He
said "Leap," didn't he?
Yeah, "Leap." That's it.
Yeah. He was gonna Leap.
What he was scared of.
That's why he ran away.
Where are they taking Stacey?
Stacey? I I don't know.
I I saw them walking
towards the stairwell.
I need to get into that cage, Rory.
Can you help me distract Oatmeal Beth?
Hell yeah, I can.
[ENERGETIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[GRUNTING]
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [RORY SIGHS]
[STOMACH RUMBLING]
What do you require, boy?
[RORY GRUNTS]
[STUDENTS CLAMORING]
[BETH SPLUTTERS, WHINES]
Get it off! Get it off me!
- ["IN THE PINES" PLAYING BELOW]
- Little girl, little girl ♪
Where'd you sleep last night ♪
[EVELYN] She is
standing, facing the wall.
She has her back to you.
A bell rings.
Your mother turns to face you.
She is silent, but
her mouth is open wide.
In her mouth is a door.
A bell rings.
- But this time, Stacey, you stand.
- [EERIE MUSIC RISES]
You stand.
- You turn your back on your mother.
- [GROANING]
You turn your back on your father.
On everybody who has ever abandoned you!
If they don't help you,
you will help yourself!
You will not be silent!
- Open your mouth wide!
- [SCREAMS]
Inside your mouth is a door!
Open it, Stacey!
- Open it!
- [SCREAMING]
[SOUNDS DISTORT]
[TERRIFIED SCREAM ECHOES, FADES]
[DOOR OPENS]
Alex?
I kept calling you. You
disappeared on me. What happened?
I know. Okay, so you know,
uh, since we got here,
I've been feeling like something
is off about this place, right?
But because you don't
think to look for them.
'Cause you don't notice
an absence of something.
But there are no playgrounds here.
They turned the only school
into a police station.
I checked the birth records, Laura.
There's no children in this town.
[TOADS CROAKING]
I I wanted to find a
way to talk to you about it.
And I know it sounds so bizarre.
Wait
You knew?
- This wh
- [UNSETTLING MUSIC RISES]
Oh my God.
I think I'm gonna throw up. Oh fuck.
Alex, I only found out
about it after I graduated.
What, 15 years ago?
So, what is it? Like a like
a rule in the town? No kids?
- Like, a law? Why?
- No. No. It's
It's a part of the ethos of
this place since the '70s.
There were these old hippies
who thought if they put their resources
into helping kids from the school,
instead of having kids of their own,
they could make the world better.
Why didn't you talk to me?
It makes sense to me
as an intellectual idea.
You lied to me.
But it doesn't matter
because it's all changing.
I wouldn't have come back if it
wasn't. The whole place is evolving.
What does that mean?
Evelyn said they're gonna have kids.
Our baby might be the first, but
soon, it'll be like any other town.
Only, it'll be it'll
be better. It'll be safer.
- Alex, listen to me.
- I thought I was losing my mind.
Why didn't you talk to me?
I don't know. I
You don't know?
[LAURA SIGHS]
Well, because she said it
would be too much for you
to process all at once.
Evelyn?
[SCOFFS] Yeah, okay.
Alex, I fucked up. I don't
know why I always listen to her.
Alex, where are you going?
- [ALEX] I don't know.
- Alex!
[UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING]
[EERIE MUSIC FADES]
You know, um
Before I came here, I hadn't left
my parents' basement in 18 months.
But now
I feel so strong and virile.
You just you have
to look at it like
We are so lucky to to be here
in nature.
Okay?
[QUIETLY] All right.
[CLEARS THROAT]
[DOOR SQUEAKS OPEN]
Oh, Leila. Come on in.
Shut the door.
Have a seat.
Your hands.
If you don't mind.
Mm.
You've had a hell of a
day. What about your night?
Did you find time to
reflect in the Mirror Room?
Well, it was kind of hard to think
with your voice swaddling my brain.
But I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have broken the rules.
That was inconsiderate of me.
Tell me about your sister.
It's not gonna work.
Okay, I've done this shit. Sorry.
Therapists, shrinks, and
I know it wasn't my fault.
Guilt is a typical response to trauma.
Burdening myself with
shame. Blah, blah, blah.
Well, you kept mumbling
her name all night.
Why does everyone want me
to keep talking about her?
She's not even alive anymore.
Do you think you two
were good for each other?
She was my sister.
Have you ever heard the term
"identified patient," Leila?
That's the person in a
family who holds the pain.
And that pain continues until
someone's brave enough to feel it.
I think that someone is you.
Jess?
That's her name? Jess?
She was a Roman candle.
And you shambled after
her, chasing her love.
I see you do it with Abbie too.
No. No, you're trying to mess
with me, and it's not gonna work.
I think that's enough for today.
- I I'm sorry.
- Thank you.
You can go back to your dorm now.
[GASPS] Um
Thank you.
For my hands.
Your soap smells really nice.
Oh, that's a lovely compliment.
I'll accept it. Good night, Leila.
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
[WALKIE-TALKIE BEEPS]
[DOOR OPENS]
[TOAST WHINES]
[LAURA SIGHS]
I'm sorry.
[SOMBER MUSIC FADES]
If he leaves, I'll leave with him.
I'll make a tea.
[TOADS CROAKING OUTSIDE]
Of course, you have to
do what you feel is right.
But please remember, I can't
protect you if you leave here.
Protect me from what?
Alex benefited from our close community
when we handled Riley's death
so swiftly and supportively.
And if he were to leave, we would
have to pass on a detailed report
to any future employer.
And given his past
When you make a mess, I am
always here to help clean it up.
- [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
- [SOFTLY] Here.
You've had a rotten day.
[ABBIE] Hello?
- [WALKIE-TALKIE BEEPS]
- Abbie? Yeah, I'm here.
Okay, I couldn't find Riley's notebook,
but I figured out what he was scared of.
They have this crazy
therapy called the Leap.
[ALEX] "The Leap"?
Riley must've known it was
gonna happen. That's why he ran.
All right. I'm gonna look into it.
You did a good job, Abbie.
What? What about getting us out of here?
There's gotta be a way. If
Riley escaped, it's possible.
We just have to figure
out how he did it, right?
[ALEX] No, you have to stay put, Abbie.
It's too dangerous. Just trust me, okay?
What? Screw that! Sit and wait
to get "Leaped" or whatever?
No, no. If Riley made it
out, we wanna do it too.
- [WALKIE-TALKIE BEEPS]
- No, Riley's dead.
He's dead, Abbie. He
[ALEX SIGHS]
[EXHALES] Abbie?
[UNDER BREATH] Fuck.
Riley died trying to escape.
It's awful, and I'm
sorry to have to tell you,
but I really need you to be safe.
It's not just the school. There's a
Please don't tell anybody about Riley,
or they're gonna know
we've been speaking.
Yeah. I wouldn't tell anyway.
Believing in Riley is the only thing
keeping half of these kids sane.
We'll talk again. Okay, Abbie?
[WALKIE-TALKIE BEEPS]
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
[TENSE MUSIC FADES]
[SWEETLY] Sweet dreams.
["ORIGIN: Orphan" by The
Hidden Cameras playing]
[HAUNTING INDIE POP CONTINUES]
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
[ALEX] Laura?
Laura!
Laura!
Who in the world put me here ♪
To be all on my own ♪
[ALEX] Laura!
Laura!
Laura?
Who in the world would be
here if he wasn't a whore? ♪
Laura?
[TOADS CROAKING]
A whore when he sleeps ♪
- A whore when he dreams ♪
- [MUTTERING]
Who would I be ♪
- Alex! I don't wanna go! Alex!
- [BELL RINGS]
- Alex!
- You're okay.
[LAURA] Alex!
[ETHEREAL INDIE POP CONTINUES]
[MYSTERIOUS INDIE POP FADES]