The Librarians: The Next Chapter (2025) s02e07 Episode Script
And the Monkey's Paw
1
CONNOR: Lysa!
Lysa, slow down, man,
you're gonna break your neck.
Nope, no slowing down,
no can do. Come on.
I think someone's
been doing their cardio.
I am impressed,
Lysa, with the urgency
you are applying
to this mission.
Not to the mission. To that.
- To, the trees?
- LYSA: No, to the fog.
God, nothing good
ever happens in fog.
- [phone beeps]
- LYSA: No, come on.
Oh, okay.
Signal's stronger, up this way.
Meaning the monkey's paw
may be activating.
We have mere moments
to neutralize it.
Charlie, time to get the
monkey's paw neutralizing box,
- ready?
- CHARLIE: Does everyone have
their monkey's
paw-proof gloves on?
- ALL: On.
- Remember,
never touch
an active monkey's paw
- with ungloved hands, hmm?
- Uh-hmm.
[phone beeping]
Lysa, which way?
[music]
Lysa, I know you're
a fog-aphobic or whatever,
but I need you to focus.
[gasps] Sorry.
[beeping]
He's up there.
[beeping]
That was a big spike.
I don't like
the sound of that spike.
- What does it mean?
- It means we're too late.
It means I think
he's made his wish.
- Onwards!
- LYSA: Oh.
[music]
Please, don't.
Please, I beg of you.
Whatever has happened,
no matter how low
you are feeling,
please consider
what you are about to do.
What's the point?
It's the point of living.
What is your name,
my dear friend?
Josh. Josh O'Brennan.
Josh O'Brennan.
I am Vikram Chamberlain.
You asked me
what the point of living is.
Well, my dear friend, Josh,
I could wax lyrical
upon the subject
for hours upon hours,
something which
I am quite willing to do
if you'll allow me
to buy you a drink.
Drinks, plural.
The monkey's paw, Vik.
One finger down.
He's made a wish.
Yes, I see it.
I thought it would help.
The monkey's paw
will always trick you.
Subvert your desires.
Turn your dreams against you.
Drive you to the literal edge.
- You still with me, Lysa?
- Uh-huh. Yeah.
Just, uh, not looking
at the fog.
You see, my friend Lysa,
she's scared of fog,
something which
I wasn't aware of until today.
And yet here she is,
facing her fear.
Perhaps you'll allow us
to help you face your fear.
I wished for a better life.
And it didn't work.
And everything's still the same,
so I might as well jump.
- No. Don't.
- No, no, no.
The paw didn't work!
The paw never does!
Please, Josh, hand it to me.
Give me the paw
and step back over the ledge.
[music]
[sniffles] All right.
[exhales]
LYSA: Okay.
- [Josh grunts]
- [music]
[yelping]
[grunting]
VIKRAM: Help, help!
[grunting]
Pull us up.
[grunting]
VIKRAM: Excellent work, team.
I think I nearly died.
I think we all did.
Thanks, Lysa.
No, don't thank me.
It was Charlie.
She's freakishly
strong as always.
Just doing my job
and guarding my team.
I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to.
Think nothing of it, Josh,
for we are The Librarians.
- You work in a library?
- VIKRAM: Uh-hmm.
Josh, you said you wished
on the monkey's paw
for a better life.
Can you give me incredibly
specific details
on what you meant by that?
I know it's super personal,
but we really need
to try to unravel
your monkey's paw wish
before truly terrible
things start happening.
Well,
I hit rock bottom, I guess.
I lost my job.
It was a truly
awful job to begin with.
And then--and my apartment
because I couldn't pay the rent,
so my girlfriend left me.
And our daughter,
she's only five years old.
I haven't seen her in months.
My brother,
my last offender in the world,
we have this massive fight
about me being an awful dad.
And so--this is so--
and then there was no hope
- left in anything.
- [phone beeps]
- Guys?
- JOSH: And I--
I'm in this weird junkshop,
and I find this paw.
Guys,
I think something's coming.
[distant growl]
[music]
[indistinct chatter]
What?
[phone ringing]
[laughter]
How very interesting.
What the hell?
Bridge, where did
Were we, like, beamed up?
Uh, maybe, but--
guys, let's figure out
where we are.
Uh, okay.
[woman speaking
indistinctly on PA]
Great. Much more fog.
Josh, you still with us?
- You feeling okay?
- No.
Yeah, you're probably
gonna feel like that
a lot today,
so try to get used to it.
Wait, so Josh is still with us,
and we're all back together,
even though we got taken
by the impossible fog.
And now we can't get out
of this weird,
time-jumbled lodge place
because of more impossible fog.
- Connor, what are you thinking?
- I'm thinking
what if back there
on the bridge,
we all actually died?
[music]
LYSA: No. No, no.
Um, we can't be de
We simply can't be.
I mean,
if there is an afterlife,
we would be energy.
We'd be stardust.
It wouldn't be
as literal as this.
How do you know?
I mean, personally speaking,
I've never been dead before.
- So, is this purgatory? Limbo?
- Vikram.
Guys, Josh made
a wish on a monkey's paw.
This is gonna be that.
All right.
We're not dead. Probably.
Guys, I am, like, freaking out,
and you all seem very--
I'm gonna say analytical.
Oh, this is not our first
parallel reality.
So this library you work at
CHARLIE:
Connor, you're the historian.
This is all time-scrambled.
Can you take a look?
- Try to make sense of it all?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's fascinating.
You've got
a Marconi wireless radio
parked
by a Bluetooth smart speaker.
Okay.
That's almost a hundred years
of technological evolution
right there.
Josh, stay out of trouble.
And, uh, you two brainiacs,
go and--
We shall investigate the fog.
- CHARLIE: Uh-hmm.
- No.
Yes, together.
We will be fine. Hmm.
Stay here.
- So tell me. Lysa.
- No. Vikram.
- I was wondering.
- I don't wanna talk about it.
- Why fog?
- LYSA: I'm fine.
Just leave it alone, please.
- You're fine?
- Yes. I'm fine. [chuckles]
Hmm.
No, no, no, no, no.
Please don't open the door.
Sorry. I'm being irrational.
You're right.
We need to get out of here,
and we need to open the door.
So, open the door.
I won't ask again.
But I can listen
when you want to talk.
Now, I propose using
the Theseus Strategy.
We tie off a ball of twine
to this very door handle,
navigate the fog outside
using the twine to mark
the path back to safety.
[creature growling]
[panting]
Or, alternatively,
you don't do any of that.
[laughter]
Hey. Love your outfits.
Are you going
to a costume party?
Costume?
This is the latest style.
Of course it is. [laughs]
And, uh
- where are we?
- At the Ritz.
It's the snazziest joint
in New York.
Got you.
[music]
And, uh, you?
Dude, I'm here to watch
the moon landing.
[music]
[creature snarling]
- Hey.
- Hey.
- You delayed too?
- Delayed?
Your flight. I'm guessing
you're getting a flight
seeing as we're at the airport.
Yeah, of course.
That's where we are.
- You want another?
- Sure.
Two of
whatever she's having.
So
- where are you heading?
- Seattle.
You don't sound
too happy about it.
In Seattle, my life is bad.
Not in Seattle, my life is bad.
I guess I just haven't
figured out which bad is worse.
- I like Seattle.
- Good for you.
It's just everything else
in my life that's terrible.
Well, then you found
the right drinking buddy.
Tell me about your terrible.
It's a long list.
I guess I could trace it
back to my parents.
I know that's a cliché,
but in my case,
it also happens to be true.
My mom, she, uh
she ran off with--I don't know.
She didn't tell me.
And my dad, well
he really wanted a life that
didn't involve being a parent,
which I guess
I inherited from him because
I also happen
to be a terrible father.
And you?
All the same,
but worse.
My dad's not around.
My mom's
a total head-case, so
I fill my life
with inappropriate men,
including the man in Seattle,
who I think hates me.
But then I think
I probably hate him too.
So why go back to him?
Because hate is still something.
[man speaking
indistinctly on PA]
[creature snarling]
Hey, did you see that?
See what?
Ugh, they never
announcing this flight.
And I've got
no reception in here
and it's a brand-new phone.
So this time-jumbled look
isn't just aesthetic.
So when are we?
All time, no time. I don't know.
I found the first edition
Harry Potter from 2007
that was at least 50 years old
and an original 1959
Barbie doll that was brand new.
Same with the people.
They all think
they're from different places
at different times.
Like they can see each other,
but they can't see each other.
Those soldiers
think it's World War II
and they're awaiting orders
in a hotel in Normandy.
And they're chatting
to that kid, Greg,
who thinks it's 2009
and he's waiting
for his friends at a mall.
The only thing
that links them all
is a last name
that keeps popping up.
- O'Brennan.
- VIKRAM: O'Brennan.
Isn't that Josh's name?
Hey, there is a giant
leg thing outside
and I mean,
are we like cool with that?
Josh, do you recognize
any of the people in this bar?
- Look carefully.
- They're all called O'Brennan.
How would I know
a World War II soldier?
How old do you think I--
wait.
No. I--
he looks like--
that's my grandfather,
Colin O'Brennan,
that's my dad's dad.
I know him from photos.
And the 1920s party girl,
I didn't recognize her in color,
but that's his mother.
That's Nora O'Brennan.
That's my great grandmother.
The boy,
his name's Greg O'Brennan.
Greg?
That's my brother.
That's my older brother
back when he was like 15.
But how?
Okay.
So this is the monkey paw wish?
Josh wished for a better life,
and he got, what,
a family reunion?
I'll take it.
At least we're not dead.
- Oh, a win's a win.
- That's right.
Josh, is there anyone here
you don't recognize?
Yeah, I mean, the couple
eating at the restaurant
and, um, the girl earlier
at the bar that I was--
wait.
[music]
[indistinct chatter]
Excuse me.
Is your name Amy?
Yeah. How did you know?
- Amy O'Brennan?
- Amy Scott.
O'Brennan's, my dad's name.
I never use it.
That phone.
She's from the future.
She's my five-year-old daughter,
all grown up.
[music]
Lysa, what is it?
- Lysa?
- I
What's wrong?
Please speak to me.
They're dead.
They died.
VIKRAM: Lysa. Who died?
They're my parents.
They.
- They're so young.
- Oh, Lysa.
How you must be feeling?
Is this real?
Are they really here?
Perhaps you should talk to them.
No, I can't.
I mean, what would I say?
They're not just
two random people.
They're my mom and dad.
Excuse me. Hello. Hi.
- Me?
- Yeah.
Can you just, for one second,
- please explain to my husband--
- Oh, no, no, no.
Please don't start dragging
the waitress in this.
- Why not?
- Come on. Oh, I'm so sorry.
Why not? I used to be a waitress
and one of the key skills
of the job
is to give and understand
clear directions, right?
- Right.
- I guess.
Then who better to arbitrate?
Arbitrate? Do you hear yourself?
Excuse me,
miss, what's your name?
- Lysa.
- Oh, our daughter's name.
- Hmm.
- Perfect.
Lysa, if I were to tell you
to take the third left,
- would you go for--
- LUC: No, no, no.
You're not explaining it right,
you're already passing
a left turning.
Like, to be clear,
in this scenario,
there is a left turning
directly to your left.
No. And I said
take the third left,
which is the left turning
you are just passing plus three.
No, that would be
the fourth left.
The left turning you are passing
is the first left.
So the third left
is two on from that?
No. You don't count
the first left. I do.
Would you have by any chance
gotten lost upon the road?
We're lost
because he doesn't know
his third turning
from his fourth.
No, we're lost
because she doesn't know
her second turning
from her third.
- Which of us is right?
- Which of us is right?
Uh, I--
oh, he's wrong.
You always do that
when you're stressed
or you know you've screwed up.
How did you know
about my lucky quarter?
Which is so lucky,
it only got us lost
10 times today already.
Oh, we found us
this beautiful restaurant
full of birds.
I've forgotten how much
they used to do this.
- Bicker.
- Hmm.
Bickering
is their love language,
reminds me
of Anya myself a little,
which would make sense
as I am your father's
great, great, great grandfather.
LUC: Excuse me, Lysa.
Have we met before? It's just--
I don't know.
You seem very familiar.
JILL: Yeah. And she knew
about your lucky quarter.
Well, Hey, relax Jill.
I'm not having an affair.
- I never said you were.
- No. Uh, no.
The reason that I seem
familiar is because,
- well, I'm--
- [laughs]
Excuse us.
Problem with the staff.
Need to have ourselves
an emergency team meeting.
Which would make me the manager,
which of course I am.
Enjoy the birds.
[Lysa grunts]
You cannot tell them
who you are.
They have been taken out
of their proper time.
And once they return to it,
if you give them any
foreknowledge, if you give--
But there are things
that I need them to hear.
- Like what?
- Like--
they didn't like me, okay?
They couldn't stand
to be around me.
That is why they sent me
to boarding school.
But this is my second chance.
I can show them that I am
someone worth being proud of.
Of course they are proud of you.
They weren't. They aren't.
Lysa, even if that's true,
which I'm sure it is not,
what is the good
in telling them?
You cannot change
the fact that they died.
But you want to, don't you?
You want to change the past.
I of all people
recognize that expression.
I can warn them.
I can save them.
No, they have their destiny.
I can save them.
I can save them from the fog.
- The fog?
- Vikram, you did everything
to change the past
to suit yourself.
How can you deny me
the same chance?
You're telling me that if Anya
was sitting over there,
you wouldn't go to her
and tell her everything
you didn't get
the chance to say.
That is not the right question.
Lysa, you are allowing
your emotions to impede
your critical faculties.
Oh, am I? So what
is the right question, Vikram?
How are they here?
You are not related
to Josh, are you?
So all this cannot
be a part of his wish.
Yes, not.
And the only person
who would wish
your parents would be alive is--
Me.
Lysa, when you touch
the monkey's paw--
let me see your gloves.
A rip.
So, tell me about your parents.
It's really
not that interesting.
It's not like they--
- hey, are you okay?
- I'm fine.
- Only you look a little--
- I'm
just a nervous flyer,
you know, so, um
talk. Take my mind off things.
Sure. That's what you want.
Okay. So
my mom's a psycho,
although not entirely her fault
since my dad--
he killed himself
when I was five.
Jumped off a bridge.
And that pretty much screwed
her up and screwed me up,
and screwed up
a whole lot of other stuff,
which apparently he was really
good at doing when he was alive.
So, classic dad, I guess.
Oh,
sounds like maybe you were
better off without him.
No.
The worst thing
he ever did was
die and abandoned me.
That's your mom and dad?
That's wild.
I can't have wished on the paw.
Even if I touched it,
I didn't make an "I wish."
And there are rules, right?
There are rules, so
There is still much
about the monkey's paw
we do not understand.
If I wished on paw,
I would've felt it, okay?
I would've felt it.
Two fingers down,
two wishes made.
Lysa, you wished
your parents into being here.
There's somehow you did.
The monkey's paw wish should
always turns on you, right?
It always punishes you somehow.
How is this gonna punish me?
[creature growling]
[music]
[thudding]
I know what I'm doing.
- VIKRAM: Go! Go, go.
- [grunts]
Okay. We need to get you
out of here. Just hurry.
[screams]
Okay. Yeah, no,
let's just stay and chat.
- Come on.
- I hate spiders!
CHARLIE: Come on.
[growling]
- Moon landing.
- One small step for man.
People, please move away
from the giant spider.
LYSA: Go, go, go.
This way, this way!
CHARLIE: Everybody evacuate.
- Go, go!
- LYSA: Go, go, go, go.
Ladies gentlemen, please
exit in an orderly manner!
JOSH: Greg!
[roaring]
Greg! Run!
Soldiers, Nazi aircraft
attacking opposition.
Take aim.
- Fire!
- [gunfire]
A theater?
None of this place makes sense.
Hey, hey.
Are you okay? Are you hurt?
There is no need worry.
No, I just need
to make sure, okay?
You're fine? You're okay?
- LUC: Yeah. I just have no
- LYSA: Okay.
Everyone quiet. Okay.
Shh.
[low growl]
[thudding]
[music]
It's coming around us.
It's looking for another way in.
[music]
[loud thudding]
Let's barricade the doors.
Help me.
Okay. Try this. Try this.
- Here.
- Okay.
- CHARLIE: Wedge that in.
- Is it gone?
That would be so lucky.
LUC: Oh, my God.
I mean that thing was--
like what was that?
I know. I know. It's okay.
Uh, I promise
we're gonna get you out of here.
- What? What is it?
- Nothing. It's just
something about
how certain you are.
It's reminding me
of our daughter.
Huh. That's weird.
Come on.
Let's get you busy, okay?
- Okay.
- Yeah.
Wait.
I think I know this place.
I came here on a school trip
once but that was decades ago.
And yet still stuck
in your memory.
Could it be
it is not only the people
to whom you are connected
but the building itself?
The lobby did remind me
of a place
my uncle used to take us to
and the restaurant
is just like the one
my brother used to work in
with all the birds.
Okay. So all this
is made of Josh's memories?
You said you hated spiders.
Are you saying that thing
came out of my head?
Just as the fog
came from Lysa's.
You guys are crazy.
And I need a drink.
Hey, what happened to the box?
It must have been
when I dropped it.
The base has come loose.
Connor, let me see that.
Hidden writing. What is it?
The box was specifically
provided by The Library
for containing the Monkey's Paw.
Perhaps
this concealed inscription
holds some secret
of the Paw's working.
So let's translate it.
Early Sumerian, I think.
No, no, no.
What am I talking about?
Clearly late Byzantine, duh.
[rumbling]
Whatever it is,
translate it quick.
[music]
You guys holding up okay?
Ah, I've been better.
Please stop doing that.
- It calms my nerves.
- It's getting on mine.
Will you stop bickering?
God, I just don't remember it
being as bad as this.
I mean, sorry, you just
remind me of my parents is all.
Hmm.
So you said you had a daughter.
- LUC: Hmm.
- What's she like?
Lysa? Ah, she's
terrifyingly intelligent.
- Scarily smart.
- Yeah.
She takes after my great,
great, great grandfather,
or at least that's what
my grandmother said.
Yeah. She's not at all like us.
I mean,
we try to understand her.
But she's just like this comet,
you know,
and we're stuck here on Earth.
Sounds like
she's difficult to like.
Oh, no, she's wonderful.
Funny and exciting
and unexpected.
And her smile,
it just lights up the room.
LUC: Hmm.
But you said
you didn't understand her.
We don't. But if you only loved
the things you understood
Then no one
would ever have children
or toaster ovens.
JILL: That's why we sent her
away to boarding school
because of the gifted
student program.
We knew she'd flourished there.
Get everything
that we can't give her.
- And we miss her so much.
- Oh.
But I guess it would be selfish
to hold her back, right?
Why don't you go visit her?
JILL:
The school asked us not to.
Lysa's been having problem
settling in
and they said that if we kept
turning up to hold her hand
Then we'd only make
things worse.
Yeah.
I didn't know that.
JILL: Why would you?
We just met.
Yeah. So actually,
how did you know
that we haven't been
to visit her?
Before today, I mean.
Uh, today?
- Uh-hmm.
- Uh-hmm.
You're gonna visit her today?
We--uh, sorry, what is the date?
What is today's date?
Uh, April 17th.
No.
No, no.
We all got it wrong about
how the Monkey's Paw works.
It doesn't grant wishes.
It grants needs.
Difference between what you want
and what you need can be huge.
Hence the apparent
cruelty of the Paw.
So in the original
Monkey's Paw story,
this couple wishes
for 200 pounds,
which was a fortune back then.
And then their son is killed
and they get 200 pounds
in compensation.
You could read that
as showing the Paw
to have a viciously
cruel sense of irony.
But only if you think
it grants wishes.
See, what the couple wanted
was money.
But what they needed
was to appreciate their son,
which thanks to the Paw,
they did.
By losing him forever?
The Paw is not kind
in the lessons it teaches.
There must have been a need
in Lysa so powerful
that the Paw latched onto it
when she touched it.
- LYSA: Please, please, just wait.
- I'm sorry.
- Wait, five more minutes.
- We need to go.
JILL: No, we need to go.
- Sorry.
- Just please--
Well, it's no safer in here.
We have to get the car.
We have to get to our daughter.
I'm sorry. Goodbye.
Oh, no, no.
You can't, you can't.
Stop. Oh, God.
Lysa, stop.
You have to let them go.
No. Stop.
- VIKRAM: Lysa.
- I can save them.
Lysa?
Luc?
Can you hear me?
No.
Mom?
Dad?
[creature growls]
VIKRAM: Lysa?
We gotta go after her.
No, I will go. You stay.
- CHARLIE: But Vikram--
- These people need
defending from the spider demon.
And what if it follows you out?
It won't.
The spider was Josh's fear,
not Lysa's.
Lysa's fear
is the creature in the fog
with the shining eyes.
Something the Monkey's Paw
has determined she needs,
if not something she wants.
What?
Good luck.
[music]
Lysa.
Lysa!
[soft growl]
[music]
Lysa, what is this fear?
What is this need?
LYSA: Mom?
Dad?
It's me. It's Lysa.
Oh, please be okay.
Please don't be--
[creature growling]
[thudding]
[spider demon growling]
Vikram's right.
It won't follow him.
It's only after Josh.
Wait, I'm sorry.
Why is it only after me?
CONNOR: Something to do
with your need.
The Paw, it grants needs,
not wishes.
You wished for a better life,
but that's not
what it's gonna give you.
You need to figure out
what your need is.
That's what the Paw
will make happen.
I don't need to be chased
by a giant spider.
So think.
Uh, look around this room.
All your assorted relations
from across time
and the Monkey's Paw
brought them here.
Why?
Do you think the giant
spider's after them too?
I mean, it attacked
Greg back there.
Until you saved him,
which is actually pretty brave,
I thought.
Well, I mean, he's my brother
and, um, he saved my life once.
So, you know?
What--tell us about that.
He was the same age he is here.
We were swimming.
And I got caught
in an inner tube.
Flipped me, nearly drowned me
until he dragged me out of it.
Is there anyone else here
who saved your life
or maybe gave you your life?
My great-grandmother,
she moved from Ireland
to America in the 1910s,
risked everything to give
her family a better life.
And my grandfather, he fought
and died in World War II
for, like, everyone.
And my uncle, the hippie,
used to take me on holidays
after my mom left to, like,
cheer us up, and--wait.
They all did something,
gave something that made me me.
That's it.
I thought I'd been alone
for so long, but I'm not.
I've got my brother
and my family,
my daughter,
people who care for me.
And what I need is to show them
that I'm not gonna take
this life
they gave me for granted.
And then we'll all
be free of this.
Hey, everyone.
[rumbling]
[spider demon growling]
Hello?
Luc?
Jill? Can you hear me?
[music]
LUC: The third left
is two on from that.
JILL: No, you don't count
the first left.
LUC: No. You don't count
the first left, I do.
No, the left turning you are
passing is the first left.
So the third left
is two on from that.
No, you don't count
the first left.
No. You don't count
the first left, I do.
Oh, Mom, Dad, I'm so worried.
I thought
you got in the car and I--
No, still can't find it.
Wait, did you just call me mom?
Did you call him dad?
Oh, God. I--okay,
I know I'm not
supposed to do this,
but screw it.
Screw the rules.
Look at this.
What is my name?
What does it say?
Lysa Marie Pascal.
You got the exact same name
as our daughter.
Yeah. And the birth date. Look.
It's the same birthday too,
but that's only 15 years ago.
That can't be right.
You're older than 15.
It's a fake, it's a trick.
What's your angle?
What are you up to?
I am trying
to tell you the truth.
Today, you are driving to see
your daughter at her school
for the first time
because she says she's sick.
Am I right?
And how did you know she's sick?
Because she's not.
She's lonely
and she hates her school.
And she misses you.
And that is why she invented
a fever to get you to visit her.
No, our daughter
wouldn't lie to us.
Yes, she would.
Because she thinks
that you don't like her.
And she thinks that is why
you sent her away.
And she thinks
you literally cannot stand
to be in the same room as her.
And you wanna know
how I know that?
Because I am her.
I am your daughter
15 years in the future.
And I am here to stop you
from getting in that car.
Because if you get in that car,
you will drive into the fog
and you will die.
And I can't let that
happen again,
not to me, not to her.
Okay. Look at my phone. Right?
Look at this technology.
It is years ahead of yours.
And in this photo,
I keep of you in my wallet.
Okay? Mom, you are wearing
the same blouse.
And look how old it is.
I mean what,
it was taken for you
a couple of months ago,
but I just--hmm.
Just look at me please.
Just look at me.
Just look at me.
Just--can't you see me please?
I saw a painting once
in a castle
of my
great-great-great-grandmother.
Yeah.
You look just like her.
What did we get Lysa
last Christmas?
A circuit board
and a solder iron.
And what's her favorite
childhood treat?
Daisy Belle sandwiches
with honey.
Just like the guy in the book.
And when she was growing up,
what did she wanna be?
A hedgehog.
Oh, my God.
It's you.
- Yeah.
- I can't believe it.
It's really you.
You think we don't like you?
Lysa, we love you.
Everything we did
was because we love you.
No, no, no.
I understand that now. I just--
this is why you need to stay
out of the fog, okay?
Because if you stay
out of the fog,
we get a second chance.
Okay? You just--
you just have to promise me
you won't get in the car.
- We won't. We promise.
- You promise?
- Yeah, we promise.
- Okay.
- I swear.
- Okay.
[music]
No. No, no, no.
Mom?
Dad?
[tires screeching]
[crash]
It's too strong,
we can't hold it.
[grunts] Josh, help us.
I'm not strong enough.
I'm useless. I always have been.
Josh, we need you.
Wait.
Josh's need.
He has to face it alone.
Josh,
what is your greatest fear?
Forget about the spider.
I mean, deep down in here.
Getting it wrong again.
Screwing it up again.
Hurting the people I love again.
You wish for a better life,
but what you need
is to make this life work.
Josh, you need to face
your fear of failure.
JOSH: Is that what it is?
The spider is--it's my fear?
And Charlie's right, Josh.
You need to defeat the spider
and you need to do it alone.
I'm not brave enough.
- Josh
- Come on.
you saved your brother
from the spider already.
Okay. You're brave.
CONNOR: Damn it.
[music]
[Connor straining]
[spider growling]
[music]
Open the door.
[horn blaring]
[engine cranking]
[smoke hissing]
No.
No.
No, I'm too late.
[sobs] No.
[sobbing] No.
Your greatest fear.
I am so sorry.
I thought I could save them.
No, I
I know, I know.
I heard everything.
And your fear with the fog,
I understand it now.
LUC: No, the left turning
you were passing
is the first left, so
JILL: You don't count
the first left.
LUC: No,
you don't count the first left.
I do.
JILL: No, you don't count
the first left.
Time is looping.
Because you have not yet
broken the pause grip.
The first left,
so the third left is two
You did what you wanted to do,
not what you needed to do.
No.
I can't save them?
That is not your true need.
Well, then what is? I
As someone who missed
the deaths of everyone
they ever loved,
the thing that hurt me the most
was never getting
to say goodbye.
I'm not ready for this.
Lysa, no one ever is.
[exhales deeply] Okay.
LUC: No, the left turning
you were passing
is the first left.
So the third left
is two on from that.
JILL: No, you don't count
the first left.
LUC: No,
you don't count the first left.
- I do.
- JILL: That's what got us lost.
Hi. Sorry.
Um, it's Lysa,
the waitress from the lodge.
- You remember me?
- LUC: Of course we do.
Yeah.
You got the same name
as our daughter.
Yeah, that's me.
- Did you enjoy your lunch?
- That was very nice.
- Thank you.
- Great.
Great.
I just wanted to say, uh,
you mentioned that your daughter
was struggling
to settle in at school.
Uh, well, my parents sent me
away to boarding school too.
And at the time,
I was really angry
because I didn't understand
that they sent me away
because they love me.
And I really needed
to understand that.
And now I do.
So thank you for that.
And also,
you mentioned she was sick
and I was just wondering,
what would you do
if you got there
and you found out
that she was just
faking it the whole time?
Why would she fake it?
I don't know. Attention maybe.
Well, it just goes to show
how much she loves us.
Can't be mad at her
for that, can we?
And she loves you so much.
I mean, I'm--
I imagine that's how she feels.
Oh, we love her
and we're so proud of her.
Prouder than she'll ever know.
No, I think she knows.
JILL: Luc, do you have a tip?
- A tip?
- Yeah. It was a nice lunch.
- Give her a tip.
- Oh, I don't have any, uh
- No, it's fine.
- Oh, here.
But this is your lucky quarter.
Yeah, well I've had
my fair share of luck already.
My beautiful wife,
our genius daughter.
I want you to have it.
Thank you so much.
Well, goodbye.
LUC: Yeah. Goodbye.
And good luck.
Yeah, goodbye.
And thank you
for everything.
[music]
[Josh grunts]
Wait, where is it?
I was ready to fight it.
CHARLIE: I think
being ready was the fight.
You had to face your fear
and you did.
So you won.
I beat it? I really beat it?
- Mm-hmm.
- And this is your reward.
- Chance for a better life.
- No, the same life.
But I'm gonna live it better.
I can't thank you enough.
I mean, all of you, Vikram,
if you hadn't talked me down
off that ledge
and Lysa and Connor,
the way you work stuff out,
and Charlie, you're like
the bravest person I ever met.
Sorry. I'm just--
in my life,
I'm not used to people
being so nice to me.
And for that, I am truly sorry.
But I am hopeful, Josh,
that the future
will treat you better
than the past.
Thanks.
Lysa, you okay?
What happened with your parents?
- I got to say goodbye.
- Is that good?
It's not
what I wished for, but yeah.
No, it was pretty great.
[phone buzzing]
It's my brother.
I haven't talked to him
in months.
What are
you talking about, Josh?
You literally saved his life
like half an hour ago.
Take the call.
Greg. Hey.
Uh, yeah, a long time.
No. Yeah, I know, I know.
I know,
I've been a terrible dad.
But I'm coming.
I'm coming to see Amy.
Coming to see all of you.
Hmm, the fog has finally lifted.
- Yes, it has.
- Hmm.
And what did we learn today?
Oh, always check your gloves.
Always check your gloves.
[music]
But of course
the real mystery
is what happened
to the rest of the monkey.
Hmm.
[music]
LYSA: Don't give him the sword.
Oh, my God, Charlie.
- [laughter]
- LYSA: Connor, no.
[Connor chuckles]
[music]
CONNOR: Lysa!
Lysa, slow down, man,
you're gonna break your neck.
Nope, no slowing down,
no can do. Come on.
I think someone's
been doing their cardio.
I am impressed,
Lysa, with the urgency
you are applying
to this mission.
Not to the mission. To that.
- To, the trees?
- LYSA: No, to the fog.
God, nothing good
ever happens in fog.
- [phone beeps]
- LYSA: No, come on.
Oh, okay.
Signal's stronger, up this way.
Meaning the monkey's paw
may be activating.
We have mere moments
to neutralize it.
Charlie, time to get the
monkey's paw neutralizing box,
- ready?
- CHARLIE: Does everyone have
their monkey's
paw-proof gloves on?
- ALL: On.
- Remember,
never touch
an active monkey's paw
- with ungloved hands, hmm?
- Uh-hmm.
[phone beeping]
Lysa, which way?
[music]
Lysa, I know you're
a fog-aphobic or whatever,
but I need you to focus.
[gasps] Sorry.
[beeping]
He's up there.
[beeping]
That was a big spike.
I don't like
the sound of that spike.
- What does it mean?
- It means we're too late.
It means I think
he's made his wish.
- Onwards!
- LYSA: Oh.
[music]
Please, don't.
Please, I beg of you.
Whatever has happened,
no matter how low
you are feeling,
please consider
what you are about to do.
What's the point?
It's the point of living.
What is your name,
my dear friend?
Josh. Josh O'Brennan.
Josh O'Brennan.
I am Vikram Chamberlain.
You asked me
what the point of living is.
Well, my dear friend, Josh,
I could wax lyrical
upon the subject
for hours upon hours,
something which
I am quite willing to do
if you'll allow me
to buy you a drink.
Drinks, plural.
The monkey's paw, Vik.
One finger down.
He's made a wish.
Yes, I see it.
I thought it would help.
The monkey's paw
will always trick you.
Subvert your desires.
Turn your dreams against you.
Drive you to the literal edge.
- You still with me, Lysa?
- Uh-huh. Yeah.
Just, uh, not looking
at the fog.
You see, my friend Lysa,
she's scared of fog,
something which
I wasn't aware of until today.
And yet here she is,
facing her fear.
Perhaps you'll allow us
to help you face your fear.
I wished for a better life.
And it didn't work.
And everything's still the same,
so I might as well jump.
- No. Don't.
- No, no, no.
The paw didn't work!
The paw never does!
Please, Josh, hand it to me.
Give me the paw
and step back over the ledge.
[music]
[sniffles] All right.
[exhales]
LYSA: Okay.
- [Josh grunts]
- [music]
[yelping]
[grunting]
VIKRAM: Help, help!
[grunting]
Pull us up.
[grunting]
VIKRAM: Excellent work, team.
I think I nearly died.
I think we all did.
Thanks, Lysa.
No, don't thank me.
It was Charlie.
She's freakishly
strong as always.
Just doing my job
and guarding my team.
I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to.
Think nothing of it, Josh,
for we are The Librarians.
- You work in a library?
- VIKRAM: Uh-hmm.
Josh, you said you wished
on the monkey's paw
for a better life.
Can you give me incredibly
specific details
on what you meant by that?
I know it's super personal,
but we really need
to try to unravel
your monkey's paw wish
before truly terrible
things start happening.
Well,
I hit rock bottom, I guess.
I lost my job.
It was a truly
awful job to begin with.
And then--and my apartment
because I couldn't pay the rent,
so my girlfriend left me.
And our daughter,
she's only five years old.
I haven't seen her in months.
My brother,
my last offender in the world,
we have this massive fight
about me being an awful dad.
And so--this is so--
and then there was no hope
- left in anything.
- [phone beeps]
- Guys?
- JOSH: And I--
I'm in this weird junkshop,
and I find this paw.
Guys,
I think something's coming.
[distant growl]
[music]
[indistinct chatter]
What?
[phone ringing]
[laughter]
How very interesting.
What the hell?
Bridge, where did
Were we, like, beamed up?
Uh, maybe, but--
guys, let's figure out
where we are.
Uh, okay.
[woman speaking
indistinctly on PA]
Great. Much more fog.
Josh, you still with us?
- You feeling okay?
- No.
Yeah, you're probably
gonna feel like that
a lot today,
so try to get used to it.
Wait, so Josh is still with us,
and we're all back together,
even though we got taken
by the impossible fog.
And now we can't get out
of this weird,
time-jumbled lodge place
because of more impossible fog.
- Connor, what are you thinking?
- I'm thinking
what if back there
on the bridge,
we all actually died?
[music]
LYSA: No. No, no.
Um, we can't be de
We simply can't be.
I mean,
if there is an afterlife,
we would be energy.
We'd be stardust.
It wouldn't be
as literal as this.
How do you know?
I mean, personally speaking,
I've never been dead before.
- So, is this purgatory? Limbo?
- Vikram.
Guys, Josh made
a wish on a monkey's paw.
This is gonna be that.
All right.
We're not dead. Probably.
Guys, I am, like, freaking out,
and you all seem very--
I'm gonna say analytical.
Oh, this is not our first
parallel reality.
So this library you work at
CHARLIE:
Connor, you're the historian.
This is all time-scrambled.
Can you take a look?
- Try to make sense of it all?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's fascinating.
You've got
a Marconi wireless radio
parked
by a Bluetooth smart speaker.
Okay.
That's almost a hundred years
of technological evolution
right there.
Josh, stay out of trouble.
And, uh, you two brainiacs,
go and--
We shall investigate the fog.
- CHARLIE: Uh-hmm.
- No.
Yes, together.
We will be fine. Hmm.
Stay here.
- So tell me. Lysa.
- No. Vikram.
- I was wondering.
- I don't wanna talk about it.
- Why fog?
- LYSA: I'm fine.
Just leave it alone, please.
- You're fine?
- Yes. I'm fine. [chuckles]
Hmm.
No, no, no, no, no.
Please don't open the door.
Sorry. I'm being irrational.
You're right.
We need to get out of here,
and we need to open the door.
So, open the door.
I won't ask again.
But I can listen
when you want to talk.
Now, I propose using
the Theseus Strategy.
We tie off a ball of twine
to this very door handle,
navigate the fog outside
using the twine to mark
the path back to safety.
[creature growling]
[panting]
Or, alternatively,
you don't do any of that.
[laughter]
Hey. Love your outfits.
Are you going
to a costume party?
Costume?
This is the latest style.
Of course it is. [laughs]
And, uh
- where are we?
- At the Ritz.
It's the snazziest joint
in New York.
Got you.
[music]
And, uh, you?
Dude, I'm here to watch
the moon landing.
[music]
[creature snarling]
- Hey.
- Hey.
- You delayed too?
- Delayed?
Your flight. I'm guessing
you're getting a flight
seeing as we're at the airport.
Yeah, of course.
That's where we are.
- You want another?
- Sure.
Two of
whatever she's having.
So
- where are you heading?
- Seattle.
You don't sound
too happy about it.
In Seattle, my life is bad.
Not in Seattle, my life is bad.
I guess I just haven't
figured out which bad is worse.
- I like Seattle.
- Good for you.
It's just everything else
in my life that's terrible.
Well, then you found
the right drinking buddy.
Tell me about your terrible.
It's a long list.
I guess I could trace it
back to my parents.
I know that's a cliché,
but in my case,
it also happens to be true.
My mom, she, uh
she ran off with--I don't know.
She didn't tell me.
And my dad, well
he really wanted a life that
didn't involve being a parent,
which I guess
I inherited from him because
I also happen
to be a terrible father.
And you?
All the same,
but worse.
My dad's not around.
My mom's
a total head-case, so
I fill my life
with inappropriate men,
including the man in Seattle,
who I think hates me.
But then I think
I probably hate him too.
So why go back to him?
Because hate is still something.
[man speaking
indistinctly on PA]
[creature snarling]
Hey, did you see that?
See what?
Ugh, they never
announcing this flight.
And I've got
no reception in here
and it's a brand-new phone.
So this time-jumbled look
isn't just aesthetic.
So when are we?
All time, no time. I don't know.
I found the first edition
Harry Potter from 2007
that was at least 50 years old
and an original 1959
Barbie doll that was brand new.
Same with the people.
They all think
they're from different places
at different times.
Like they can see each other,
but they can't see each other.
Those soldiers
think it's World War II
and they're awaiting orders
in a hotel in Normandy.
And they're chatting
to that kid, Greg,
who thinks it's 2009
and he's waiting
for his friends at a mall.
The only thing
that links them all
is a last name
that keeps popping up.
- O'Brennan.
- VIKRAM: O'Brennan.
Isn't that Josh's name?
Hey, there is a giant
leg thing outside
and I mean,
are we like cool with that?
Josh, do you recognize
any of the people in this bar?
- Look carefully.
- They're all called O'Brennan.
How would I know
a World War II soldier?
How old do you think I--
wait.
No. I--
he looks like--
that's my grandfather,
Colin O'Brennan,
that's my dad's dad.
I know him from photos.
And the 1920s party girl,
I didn't recognize her in color,
but that's his mother.
That's Nora O'Brennan.
That's my great grandmother.
The boy,
his name's Greg O'Brennan.
Greg?
That's my brother.
That's my older brother
back when he was like 15.
But how?
Okay.
So this is the monkey paw wish?
Josh wished for a better life,
and he got, what,
a family reunion?
I'll take it.
At least we're not dead.
- Oh, a win's a win.
- That's right.
Josh, is there anyone here
you don't recognize?
Yeah, I mean, the couple
eating at the restaurant
and, um, the girl earlier
at the bar that I was--
wait.
[music]
[indistinct chatter]
Excuse me.
Is your name Amy?
Yeah. How did you know?
- Amy O'Brennan?
- Amy Scott.
O'Brennan's, my dad's name.
I never use it.
That phone.
She's from the future.
She's my five-year-old daughter,
all grown up.
[music]
Lysa, what is it?
- Lysa?
- I
What's wrong?
Please speak to me.
They're dead.
They died.
VIKRAM: Lysa. Who died?
They're my parents.
They.
- They're so young.
- Oh, Lysa.
How you must be feeling?
Is this real?
Are they really here?
Perhaps you should talk to them.
No, I can't.
I mean, what would I say?
They're not just
two random people.
They're my mom and dad.
Excuse me. Hello. Hi.
- Me?
- Yeah.
Can you just, for one second,
- please explain to my husband--
- Oh, no, no, no.
Please don't start dragging
the waitress in this.
- Why not?
- Come on. Oh, I'm so sorry.
Why not? I used to be a waitress
and one of the key skills
of the job
is to give and understand
clear directions, right?
- Right.
- I guess.
Then who better to arbitrate?
Arbitrate? Do you hear yourself?
Excuse me,
miss, what's your name?
- Lysa.
- Oh, our daughter's name.
- Hmm.
- Perfect.
Lysa, if I were to tell you
to take the third left,
- would you go for--
- LUC: No, no, no.
You're not explaining it right,
you're already passing
a left turning.
Like, to be clear,
in this scenario,
there is a left turning
directly to your left.
No. And I said
take the third left,
which is the left turning
you are just passing plus three.
No, that would be
the fourth left.
The left turning you are passing
is the first left.
So the third left
is two on from that?
No. You don't count
the first left. I do.
Would you have by any chance
gotten lost upon the road?
We're lost
because he doesn't know
his third turning
from his fourth.
No, we're lost
because she doesn't know
her second turning
from her third.
- Which of us is right?
- Which of us is right?
Uh, I--
oh, he's wrong.
You always do that
when you're stressed
or you know you've screwed up.
How did you know
about my lucky quarter?
Which is so lucky,
it only got us lost
10 times today already.
Oh, we found us
this beautiful restaurant
full of birds.
I've forgotten how much
they used to do this.
- Bicker.
- Hmm.
Bickering
is their love language,
reminds me
of Anya myself a little,
which would make sense
as I am your father's
great, great, great grandfather.
LUC: Excuse me, Lysa.
Have we met before? It's just--
I don't know.
You seem very familiar.
JILL: Yeah. And she knew
about your lucky quarter.
Well, Hey, relax Jill.
I'm not having an affair.
- I never said you were.
- No. Uh, no.
The reason that I seem
familiar is because,
- well, I'm--
- [laughs]
Excuse us.
Problem with the staff.
Need to have ourselves
an emergency team meeting.
Which would make me the manager,
which of course I am.
Enjoy the birds.
[Lysa grunts]
You cannot tell them
who you are.
They have been taken out
of their proper time.
And once they return to it,
if you give them any
foreknowledge, if you give--
But there are things
that I need them to hear.
- Like what?
- Like--
they didn't like me, okay?
They couldn't stand
to be around me.
That is why they sent me
to boarding school.
But this is my second chance.
I can show them that I am
someone worth being proud of.
Of course they are proud of you.
They weren't. They aren't.
Lysa, even if that's true,
which I'm sure it is not,
what is the good
in telling them?
You cannot change
the fact that they died.
But you want to, don't you?
You want to change the past.
I of all people
recognize that expression.
I can warn them.
I can save them.
No, they have their destiny.
I can save them.
I can save them from the fog.
- The fog?
- Vikram, you did everything
to change the past
to suit yourself.
How can you deny me
the same chance?
You're telling me that if Anya
was sitting over there,
you wouldn't go to her
and tell her everything
you didn't get
the chance to say.
That is not the right question.
Lysa, you are allowing
your emotions to impede
your critical faculties.
Oh, am I? So what
is the right question, Vikram?
How are they here?
You are not related
to Josh, are you?
So all this cannot
be a part of his wish.
Yes, not.
And the only person
who would wish
your parents would be alive is--
Me.
Lysa, when you touch
the monkey's paw--
let me see your gloves.
A rip.
So, tell me about your parents.
It's really
not that interesting.
It's not like they--
- hey, are you okay?
- I'm fine.
- Only you look a little--
- I'm
just a nervous flyer,
you know, so, um
talk. Take my mind off things.
Sure. That's what you want.
Okay. So
my mom's a psycho,
although not entirely her fault
since my dad--
he killed himself
when I was five.
Jumped off a bridge.
And that pretty much screwed
her up and screwed me up,
and screwed up
a whole lot of other stuff,
which apparently he was really
good at doing when he was alive.
So, classic dad, I guess.
Oh,
sounds like maybe you were
better off without him.
No.
The worst thing
he ever did was
die and abandoned me.
That's your mom and dad?
That's wild.
I can't have wished on the paw.
Even if I touched it,
I didn't make an "I wish."
And there are rules, right?
There are rules, so
There is still much
about the monkey's paw
we do not understand.
If I wished on paw,
I would've felt it, okay?
I would've felt it.
Two fingers down,
two wishes made.
Lysa, you wished
your parents into being here.
There's somehow you did.
The monkey's paw wish should
always turns on you, right?
It always punishes you somehow.
How is this gonna punish me?
[creature growling]
[music]
[thudding]
I know what I'm doing.
- VIKRAM: Go! Go, go.
- [grunts]
Okay. We need to get you
out of here. Just hurry.
[screams]
Okay. Yeah, no,
let's just stay and chat.
- Come on.
- I hate spiders!
CHARLIE: Come on.
[growling]
- Moon landing.
- One small step for man.
People, please move away
from the giant spider.
LYSA: Go, go, go.
This way, this way!
CHARLIE: Everybody evacuate.
- Go, go!
- LYSA: Go, go, go, go.
Ladies gentlemen, please
exit in an orderly manner!
JOSH: Greg!
[roaring]
Greg! Run!
Soldiers, Nazi aircraft
attacking opposition.
Take aim.
- Fire!
- [gunfire]
A theater?
None of this place makes sense.
Hey, hey.
Are you okay? Are you hurt?
There is no need worry.
No, I just need
to make sure, okay?
You're fine? You're okay?
- LUC: Yeah. I just have no
- LYSA: Okay.
Everyone quiet. Okay.
Shh.
[low growl]
[thudding]
[music]
It's coming around us.
It's looking for another way in.
[music]
[loud thudding]
Let's barricade the doors.
Help me.
Okay. Try this. Try this.
- Here.
- Okay.
- CHARLIE: Wedge that in.
- Is it gone?
That would be so lucky.
LUC: Oh, my God.
I mean that thing was--
like what was that?
I know. I know. It's okay.
Uh, I promise
we're gonna get you out of here.
- What? What is it?
- Nothing. It's just
something about
how certain you are.
It's reminding me
of our daughter.
Huh. That's weird.
Come on.
Let's get you busy, okay?
- Okay.
- Yeah.
Wait.
I think I know this place.
I came here on a school trip
once but that was decades ago.
And yet still stuck
in your memory.
Could it be
it is not only the people
to whom you are connected
but the building itself?
The lobby did remind me
of a place
my uncle used to take us to
and the restaurant
is just like the one
my brother used to work in
with all the birds.
Okay. So all this
is made of Josh's memories?
You said you hated spiders.
Are you saying that thing
came out of my head?
Just as the fog
came from Lysa's.
You guys are crazy.
And I need a drink.
Hey, what happened to the box?
It must have been
when I dropped it.
The base has come loose.
Connor, let me see that.
Hidden writing. What is it?
The box was specifically
provided by The Library
for containing the Monkey's Paw.
Perhaps
this concealed inscription
holds some secret
of the Paw's working.
So let's translate it.
Early Sumerian, I think.
No, no, no.
What am I talking about?
Clearly late Byzantine, duh.
[rumbling]
Whatever it is,
translate it quick.
[music]
You guys holding up okay?
Ah, I've been better.
Please stop doing that.
- It calms my nerves.
- It's getting on mine.
Will you stop bickering?
God, I just don't remember it
being as bad as this.
I mean, sorry, you just
remind me of my parents is all.
Hmm.
So you said you had a daughter.
- LUC: Hmm.
- What's she like?
Lysa? Ah, she's
terrifyingly intelligent.
- Scarily smart.
- Yeah.
She takes after my great,
great, great grandfather,
or at least that's what
my grandmother said.
Yeah. She's not at all like us.
I mean,
we try to understand her.
But she's just like this comet,
you know,
and we're stuck here on Earth.
Sounds like
she's difficult to like.
Oh, no, she's wonderful.
Funny and exciting
and unexpected.
And her smile,
it just lights up the room.
LUC: Hmm.
But you said
you didn't understand her.
We don't. But if you only loved
the things you understood
Then no one
would ever have children
or toaster ovens.
JILL: That's why we sent her
away to boarding school
because of the gifted
student program.
We knew she'd flourished there.
Get everything
that we can't give her.
- And we miss her so much.
- Oh.
But I guess it would be selfish
to hold her back, right?
Why don't you go visit her?
JILL:
The school asked us not to.
Lysa's been having problem
settling in
and they said that if we kept
turning up to hold her hand
Then we'd only make
things worse.
Yeah.
I didn't know that.
JILL: Why would you?
We just met.
Yeah. So actually,
how did you know
that we haven't been
to visit her?
Before today, I mean.
Uh, today?
- Uh-hmm.
- Uh-hmm.
You're gonna visit her today?
We--uh, sorry, what is the date?
What is today's date?
Uh, April 17th.
No.
No, no.
We all got it wrong about
how the Monkey's Paw works.
It doesn't grant wishes.
It grants needs.
Difference between what you want
and what you need can be huge.
Hence the apparent
cruelty of the Paw.
So in the original
Monkey's Paw story,
this couple wishes
for 200 pounds,
which was a fortune back then.
And then their son is killed
and they get 200 pounds
in compensation.
You could read that
as showing the Paw
to have a viciously
cruel sense of irony.
But only if you think
it grants wishes.
See, what the couple wanted
was money.
But what they needed
was to appreciate their son,
which thanks to the Paw,
they did.
By losing him forever?
The Paw is not kind
in the lessons it teaches.
There must have been a need
in Lysa so powerful
that the Paw latched onto it
when she touched it.
- LYSA: Please, please, just wait.
- I'm sorry.
- Wait, five more minutes.
- We need to go.
JILL: No, we need to go.
- Sorry.
- Just please--
Well, it's no safer in here.
We have to get the car.
We have to get to our daughter.
I'm sorry. Goodbye.
Oh, no, no.
You can't, you can't.
Stop. Oh, God.
Lysa, stop.
You have to let them go.
No. Stop.
- VIKRAM: Lysa.
- I can save them.
Lysa?
Luc?
Can you hear me?
No.
Mom?
Dad?
[creature growls]
VIKRAM: Lysa?
We gotta go after her.
No, I will go. You stay.
- CHARLIE: But Vikram--
- These people need
defending from the spider demon.
And what if it follows you out?
It won't.
The spider was Josh's fear,
not Lysa's.
Lysa's fear
is the creature in the fog
with the shining eyes.
Something the Monkey's Paw
has determined she needs,
if not something she wants.
What?
Good luck.
[music]
Lysa.
Lysa!
[soft growl]
[music]
Lysa, what is this fear?
What is this need?
LYSA: Mom?
Dad?
It's me. It's Lysa.
Oh, please be okay.
Please don't be--
[creature growling]
[thudding]
[spider demon growling]
Vikram's right.
It won't follow him.
It's only after Josh.
Wait, I'm sorry.
Why is it only after me?
CONNOR: Something to do
with your need.
The Paw, it grants needs,
not wishes.
You wished for a better life,
but that's not
what it's gonna give you.
You need to figure out
what your need is.
That's what the Paw
will make happen.
I don't need to be chased
by a giant spider.
So think.
Uh, look around this room.
All your assorted relations
from across time
and the Monkey's Paw
brought them here.
Why?
Do you think the giant
spider's after them too?
I mean, it attacked
Greg back there.
Until you saved him,
which is actually pretty brave,
I thought.
Well, I mean, he's my brother
and, um, he saved my life once.
So, you know?
What--tell us about that.
He was the same age he is here.
We were swimming.
And I got caught
in an inner tube.
Flipped me, nearly drowned me
until he dragged me out of it.
Is there anyone else here
who saved your life
or maybe gave you your life?
My great-grandmother,
she moved from Ireland
to America in the 1910s,
risked everything to give
her family a better life.
And my grandfather, he fought
and died in World War II
for, like, everyone.
And my uncle, the hippie,
used to take me on holidays
after my mom left to, like,
cheer us up, and--wait.
They all did something,
gave something that made me me.
That's it.
I thought I'd been alone
for so long, but I'm not.
I've got my brother
and my family,
my daughter,
people who care for me.
And what I need is to show them
that I'm not gonna take
this life
they gave me for granted.
And then we'll all
be free of this.
Hey, everyone.
[rumbling]
[spider demon growling]
Hello?
Luc?
Jill? Can you hear me?
[music]
LUC: The third left
is two on from that.
JILL: No, you don't count
the first left.
LUC: No. You don't count
the first left, I do.
No, the left turning you are
passing is the first left.
So the third left
is two on from that.
No, you don't count
the first left.
No. You don't count
the first left, I do.
Oh, Mom, Dad, I'm so worried.
I thought
you got in the car and I--
No, still can't find it.
Wait, did you just call me mom?
Did you call him dad?
Oh, God. I--okay,
I know I'm not
supposed to do this,
but screw it.
Screw the rules.
Look at this.
What is my name?
What does it say?
Lysa Marie Pascal.
You got the exact same name
as our daughter.
Yeah. And the birth date. Look.
It's the same birthday too,
but that's only 15 years ago.
That can't be right.
You're older than 15.
It's a fake, it's a trick.
What's your angle?
What are you up to?
I am trying
to tell you the truth.
Today, you are driving to see
your daughter at her school
for the first time
because she says she's sick.
Am I right?
And how did you know she's sick?
Because she's not.
She's lonely
and she hates her school.
And she misses you.
And that is why she invented
a fever to get you to visit her.
No, our daughter
wouldn't lie to us.
Yes, she would.
Because she thinks
that you don't like her.
And she thinks that is why
you sent her away.
And she thinks
you literally cannot stand
to be in the same room as her.
And you wanna know
how I know that?
Because I am her.
I am your daughter
15 years in the future.
And I am here to stop you
from getting in that car.
Because if you get in that car,
you will drive into the fog
and you will die.
And I can't let that
happen again,
not to me, not to her.
Okay. Look at my phone. Right?
Look at this technology.
It is years ahead of yours.
And in this photo,
I keep of you in my wallet.
Okay? Mom, you are wearing
the same blouse.
And look how old it is.
I mean what,
it was taken for you
a couple of months ago,
but I just--hmm.
Just look at me please.
Just look at me.
Just look at me.
Just--can't you see me please?
I saw a painting once
in a castle
of my
great-great-great-grandmother.
Yeah.
You look just like her.
What did we get Lysa
last Christmas?
A circuit board
and a solder iron.
And what's her favorite
childhood treat?
Daisy Belle sandwiches
with honey.
Just like the guy in the book.
And when she was growing up,
what did she wanna be?
A hedgehog.
Oh, my God.
It's you.
- Yeah.
- I can't believe it.
It's really you.
You think we don't like you?
Lysa, we love you.
Everything we did
was because we love you.
No, no, no.
I understand that now. I just--
this is why you need to stay
out of the fog, okay?
Because if you stay
out of the fog,
we get a second chance.
Okay? You just--
you just have to promise me
you won't get in the car.
- We won't. We promise.
- You promise?
- Yeah, we promise.
- Okay.
- I swear.
- Okay.
[music]
No. No, no, no.
Mom?
Dad?
[tires screeching]
[crash]
It's too strong,
we can't hold it.
[grunts] Josh, help us.
I'm not strong enough.
I'm useless. I always have been.
Josh, we need you.
Wait.
Josh's need.
He has to face it alone.
Josh,
what is your greatest fear?
Forget about the spider.
I mean, deep down in here.
Getting it wrong again.
Screwing it up again.
Hurting the people I love again.
You wish for a better life,
but what you need
is to make this life work.
Josh, you need to face
your fear of failure.
JOSH: Is that what it is?
The spider is--it's my fear?
And Charlie's right, Josh.
You need to defeat the spider
and you need to do it alone.
I'm not brave enough.
- Josh
- Come on.
you saved your brother
from the spider already.
Okay. You're brave.
CONNOR: Damn it.
[music]
[Connor straining]
[spider growling]
[music]
Open the door.
[horn blaring]
[engine cranking]
[smoke hissing]
No.
No.
No, I'm too late.
[sobs] No.
[sobbing] No.
Your greatest fear.
I am so sorry.
I thought I could save them.
No, I
I know, I know.
I heard everything.
And your fear with the fog,
I understand it now.
LUC: No, the left turning
you were passing
is the first left, so
JILL: You don't count
the first left.
LUC: No,
you don't count the first left.
I do.
JILL: No, you don't count
the first left.
Time is looping.
Because you have not yet
broken the pause grip.
The first left,
so the third left is two
You did what you wanted to do,
not what you needed to do.
No.
I can't save them?
That is not your true need.
Well, then what is? I
As someone who missed
the deaths of everyone
they ever loved,
the thing that hurt me the most
was never getting
to say goodbye.
I'm not ready for this.
Lysa, no one ever is.
[exhales deeply] Okay.
LUC: No, the left turning
you were passing
is the first left.
So the third left
is two on from that.
JILL: No, you don't count
the first left.
LUC: No,
you don't count the first left.
- I do.
- JILL: That's what got us lost.
Hi. Sorry.
Um, it's Lysa,
the waitress from the lodge.
- You remember me?
- LUC: Of course we do.
Yeah.
You got the same name
as our daughter.
Yeah, that's me.
- Did you enjoy your lunch?
- That was very nice.
- Thank you.
- Great.
Great.
I just wanted to say, uh,
you mentioned that your daughter
was struggling
to settle in at school.
Uh, well, my parents sent me
away to boarding school too.
And at the time,
I was really angry
because I didn't understand
that they sent me away
because they love me.
And I really needed
to understand that.
And now I do.
So thank you for that.
And also,
you mentioned she was sick
and I was just wondering,
what would you do
if you got there
and you found out
that she was just
faking it the whole time?
Why would she fake it?
I don't know. Attention maybe.
Well, it just goes to show
how much she loves us.
Can't be mad at her
for that, can we?
And she loves you so much.
I mean, I'm--
I imagine that's how she feels.
Oh, we love her
and we're so proud of her.
Prouder than she'll ever know.
No, I think she knows.
JILL: Luc, do you have a tip?
- A tip?
- Yeah. It was a nice lunch.
- Give her a tip.
- Oh, I don't have any, uh
- No, it's fine.
- Oh, here.
But this is your lucky quarter.
Yeah, well I've had
my fair share of luck already.
My beautiful wife,
our genius daughter.
I want you to have it.
Thank you so much.
Well, goodbye.
LUC: Yeah. Goodbye.
And good luck.
Yeah, goodbye.
And thank you
for everything.
[music]
[Josh grunts]
Wait, where is it?
I was ready to fight it.
CHARLIE: I think
being ready was the fight.
You had to face your fear
and you did.
So you won.
I beat it? I really beat it?
- Mm-hmm.
- And this is your reward.
- Chance for a better life.
- No, the same life.
But I'm gonna live it better.
I can't thank you enough.
I mean, all of you, Vikram,
if you hadn't talked me down
off that ledge
and Lysa and Connor,
the way you work stuff out,
and Charlie, you're like
the bravest person I ever met.
Sorry. I'm just--
in my life,
I'm not used to people
being so nice to me.
And for that, I am truly sorry.
But I am hopeful, Josh,
that the future
will treat you better
than the past.
Thanks.
Lysa, you okay?
What happened with your parents?
- I got to say goodbye.
- Is that good?
It's not
what I wished for, but yeah.
No, it was pretty great.
[phone buzzing]
It's my brother.
I haven't talked to him
in months.
What are
you talking about, Josh?
You literally saved his life
like half an hour ago.
Take the call.
Greg. Hey.
Uh, yeah, a long time.
No. Yeah, I know, I know.
I know,
I've been a terrible dad.
But I'm coming.
I'm coming to see Amy.
Coming to see all of you.
Hmm, the fog has finally lifted.
- Yes, it has.
- Hmm.
And what did we learn today?
Oh, always check your gloves.
Always check your gloves.
[music]
But of course
the real mystery
is what happened
to the rest of the monkey.
Hmm.
[music]
LYSA: Don't give him the sword.
Oh, my God, Charlie.
- [laughter]
- LYSA: Connor, no.
[Connor chuckles]
[music]