Earth Abides (2024) s01e03 Episode Script

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Previously, on Earth Abides.
[BRAKES SCREECHING]
"Lucky" it fuckin' is.
[SNIFFING]
I don't know what the
hell we're gonna do,
but at least we're gonna do it together.
- [LUCKY BARKING]
- [RATS SKITTERING]
[ISH] Lucky?
[LUCKY WHINING]
[TAPE RIPPING]
[TENDER MUSIC PLAYING]
How can we protect a child?
[EMMA] We'll be okay.
I need you to believe in us. In this.
In a future!
Okay, here it comes.
No. Fuck the book!
I don't know what to
do if we fuck the book!
Ish! I will die, and so will our baby,
if you don't step up right now!
[CRYING OUT]
Come on, come on, come on!
[SCREAMING]
[INFANT CRYING]
[ISH] The humans are back.
Maybe civilization could rise again.
You putting that huge task
on these tiny shoulders?
[ISH] Not just hers. On mine. On ours.
[POIGNANT THEME RISING]
[CAN RATTLING]
[EMMA] We could look for others.
Help wouldn't be the
worst thing in the world.
[ISH] Others?
[PENSIVE PIANO PLAYING]
[CROWS CAWING]
[THUNDER CRASHING]
[SEAS RAGING]
[STRINGS AND VOICES JOIN PIANO]
[PIANO NOTE FADES]
[LONELY MUSIC PLAYING]
- [THUD]
- [TIRES SCRAPING]
[SEATBELT UNBUCKLING]
[MOUNTAIN LION MOANING]
[FRUSTRATED SIGH]
[RUMMAGING IN TRUCK]
[DOOR CLOSING]
[HE SIGHS]
[COCKING PISTOL]
[TWIG SNAPPING]
Hey!
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Hey. Hey!
Wait!
[MUSIC SLOWING]
[ISH] Hey!
Hey, wait up!
Hey, wait, wait, wait!
[ISH] Hey. Hey! Stop.
Hey, hey! I'm not gonna hurt you!
I'm not gonna hurt you.
- [SHRIEKING]
- Hey, stop. Stop.
Stop. Hey, hey! Stop.
Stop. Stop. I'm not
gonna hurt you, I swear.
I won't lay a hand.
Understand, the only reason
I was gonna shoot the lion
is for mercy's sake.
Are your parents nearby?
Are you hungry?
I have, uh. apples on the truck.
Fresh fruit. Um.
I'm a father.
I have two children,
a son and a daughter.
We live with another couple.
They're wonderful people.
I can bring you to our home,
but only if you don't have one.
At least let me take a
look at that cut, okay?
- [SHRIEKING]
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Whoa. Okay. Okay.
Here's what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna walk back up that road, okay?
And I'll wait in the truck,
right where I saw you.
I'll keep the engine running,
and if you want food
or a-a place to stay.
I'll be there.
The choice is yours. Obviously.
You understand what I'm saying?
[SIGHING] Shit.
Fuck.
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
[DOOR CLOSING]
[EXHALING TENSELY]
Come on.
Come on, come on, come on, come on.
Hi!
It's fresh.
Can you catch it?
[APPLE CRUNCHING]
[FOOTSTEPS RECEDING]
[LIGHT THUMP]
[CHUCKLING SOFTLY]
Okay. Hang on.
[STARTING THE ENGINE]
[EMMA] How old do you think she is?
Older than 10, younger than 15?
What was her name?
[ISH] She didn't volunteer.
In fact, she hasn't really
said anything at all.
[LUCKY BARKING]
[ALEX] Daddy, watch me!
[PLAYING]
[ISH] That's brilliant, Alex.
[EMMA] Let's go.
Oh, my goodness! Oh!
Let's go. Go see the new girl. Hmm?
[EMMA] I just want to.
make sure we're not taking
her away from her own.
Oh!
Hey there!
[ISH] This is my wife, Emma,
and these are my children,
Alex and Heather.
What's your name? I'm
Heather. "Heather Bo-beather."
[EMMA] It's okay, sweetie.
She just needs time.
[HEATHER] Well, let's get this one.
But I need to get those baskets
off of this truck and into the house.
How's that sound?
[BASKET SCRAPING TRUCK BED]
Awesome. Let's get it.
All right, worker bee.
You gonna get the apples?
- Let's get it.
- Yeah?
I'm doing this one!
- You're not getting that one.
- You getting a bug?
Good job!
Them gas cars go faster.
[ISH] What? You got
that! Come on, tough boy.
What? What? Whaa!
[EMMA] I'll hold your apples for you.
[ALEX] This is too heavy.
Stay there as long as you need.
[ISH] She, uh.
can't or won't speak,
won't make eye contact,
and her scream is something
you don't want to hear twice.
Autism?
[ISH] I thought of that too, or
it could also be all the trauma. PTSD.
Maybe something else.
I don't know.
All I know is I wasn't
gonna leave her in the woods
with the lions and the bears.
We still need to go where you found her
and look for her people.
Where is she?
This mystery girl.
In the back of my pickup.
[PEACEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[LUCKY BARKING]
[MAURINE] I don't blame
the kids for staring.
I can't take my eyes off of her.
They've never been around another child.
Mm. Maybe she hasn't either.
- [LUCKY BARKING]
- Lucky! Come on. Let's go!
[EMMA] Ish, tomorrow, you
need to go look for her people.
[CHILDREN PLAYING]
[MAURINE] Hey, Lucky.
Hey. Good boy.
[DISTANT ROOSTER CROWING]
Good morning?
I have breakfast for you.
Hey.
[PLATE AND CUTLERY CRASHING]
Uh.
[LUCKY BARKING]
[SOFTLY] I've got scars too.
[TENDER MUSIC PLAYING]
From a long time ago.
when I was
a girl.
[MAURINE GASPING]
[SIGHING]
Hmm?
[WATER SPLASHING]
I came here as a stranger too.
I bet I can guess exactly
how you're feeling.
We were so tired from walking
that I just wanted to lie down.
and never get up.
Then maybe three minutes from giving up.
we saw a sign.
It was spray-painted on
a building, for anyone.
But somehow I knew.
that it was meant for me.
If you need me.
splash the water with your hand,
and I'll come back in to wash your hair.
If you like.
I'm just outside the door, okay?
[DOOR CLOSING]
[SOFT, HOPEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[WATER FIZZING LIGHTLY]
[FIZZING]
[MOODY MUSIC PLAYING]
[CROW SQUAWKING]
[CROWS CAWING IN DISTANCE]
[UNZIPPING PACK]
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
[QUIET GASP]
[FLIES BUZZING]
[ISH] Jorge?
[FLOORBOARDS CREAKING]
[FLIES BUZZING]
[ISH] Something fuckin'
bad happened here, Jorge.
[UNZIPPING]
This is your room and your bed now.
You can stay as long as you want.
Evie?
My name is Maurine.
and I I never liked it.
But "Evie" is beautiful.
I'll see you in the morning, okay?
Good night.
[EMMA] They're not sleeping,
but they're not fighting,
so that counts as a win.
[ISH] Em?
Maurine found a letter
in the girl's backpack.
From her mother.
"My daughter's name is Evie.
If you found this, I beg
to God you found her alive.
After we lost everything,
my husband decided to
take out his rage on Evie.
I tried to protect her.
I failed.
She has suffered
so much,
so much that she no
longer chooses to speak,
but no matter what he did to her
she survived."
[MAURINE SIGHS]
"I am dying.
There is nothing I can
do to protect her anymore.
So, if you find her alive,
please don't tell her 'no'.
Be her 'yes'."
Yes.
Yes.
Maurine?
With Evie here,
do you think you can
finally be happy?
Today
was a day I didn't think
I would ever have again.
You can tell me what happened, Maurine.
[SHAKY BREATH]
[EXHALING SOFTLY]
[JORGE SIGHING]
[PEACEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[ISH] Push, honey!
Push! Push! Push! Push!
[EMMA YELLING]
[INFANT CRYING]
[TENDERLY] Hi.
Shh, shh, shh, shh.
Hi, Joey.
What an entrance that was.
Someone's in a hurry.
I see those wondering eyes.
"Who thought this was
a good idea?" Right?
Welcome to the world, little Joey.
Or maybe it's gonna be yours.
[EMMA COOING]
So little.
[JOEY CRYING]
[ISH] I'm gonna tell
you everything tonight.
[JOEY FUSSING]
Everything I'm afraid of.
Everything you're gonna defeat.
I'm gonna say "I love you."
because I actually know
what that means now.
[ISH] I'm gonna warn you about
how disappointed you'll be,
but how disappointment is only one train
hiding the train of joy and
wonder that is on its way.
A poet named Kenneth Koch wrote that,
and it saved my life one
night a thousand years ago.
But this is the thing
I'm surest of, Joey,
you're gonna teach me
more than all the things
I've learned so far,
and I will never, ever let you down.
[BELL CLANGING]
[GASPING]
[CHILDREN] What's going on? What's that?
[GASPING]
[JOEY CRYING]
Make sure all the kids are inside.
- Okay, no, no, no.
- [EMMA] Here you go, Auntie Maurine.
[PANTING]
- Let's go inside.
- Okay, go, go, go.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[JORGE] Everybody inside.
Maurine is going to teach you a game.
Yeah, go, up. Ya regreso.
[EMMA] Which alarm?
Garden side, west. Saw
company behind the tree.
[JORGE] I'll be back.
[EMMA LOADING GUN]
[JORGE] It's Evie's family.
come to take her.
[MUSIC GROWS FOREBODING]
[TWIG SNAPPING]
[WOMAN] Don't fucking do it.
[EMMA] Put it down.
No one's gonna shoot.
[RUSTLING]
Molly, it's okay! We're sorry!
We just didn't want
you to shoot our boy.
Rifle down.
I'll do the same.
[CROWS CAWING IN DISTANCE]
Raif!
Come here, baby.
Are you okay?
I'm Molly.
He's Ezra.
And that's Jean.
I'm sorry for aiming at you,
but I was scared you'd shoot Raif.
He's your son?
No, he's my son. Mine and Ezra's.
And mine now, too.
[JEAN] Yes.
Stepmom.
Look. We don't want anything.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Everyone wants something.
[KIDS LAUGHING] I'm coming!
[JORGE] Ten cuidado.
[RAIF] Let's go!
[MAURINE] The girl in the living room?
Are you here because of her?
We don't know her.
All we know anymore is us.
We just made the trip
from Ashland, Oregon.
That's a long way to come.
[JEAN] We just started traveling.
We only stopped here
because we saw the sign.
[MOLLY] I was a resident surgeon
at UW Medicine in Seattle.
until there was no one left to treat.
I went south to find survivors.
Found Ezra and Jean in Ashland.
Why do you look so familiar?
[EZRA] You remember Jean Straw?
"Twin Blades," "House of Hope."
"Shoot Out The Sun."
[GASPING] That's it!
I loved your music!
Yeah, thanks.
I, uh, I had a ride, made a few records.
seems kind of absurd now.
And you two knew each other before?
I ran a club that, uh, Jean played at
in her early days,
and, uh, we were friends who
became more.
[ISH] Why'd you leave?
Uh, Ashland?
Yeah, why did you leave Ashland?
[MOLLY] The flu.
It ran through the last
of our group like
bubonic plague.
We were the four youngest,
and the only survivors.
You are family?
Only survivors?
Yeah, something about
us seems hard to kill.
[JEAN] Hey. Hey.
I need to go to sleep now, Mommy.
Okay, baby. We're going soon.
There's a place next door.
[MOLLY] If that's okay with you, Ish?
A grizzly took out three
layers of sheetrock, so
[EMMA] "Grizzlies tore into."
It's on the second floor.
When's the last grizzly
you saw take the stairs?
It's open to the elements,
is all I'm saying.
We've been open to the
elements for months.
Some heavy limbs did the damage.
We can get a few storms, here and there.
We just never fix it,
'cause it's been a while
since we've had guests.
Jorge and I will take them over.
[JORGE] Por supuesto. Yes. We will.
Ish? We got this.
Come on.
[MAURINE] It's not as
bad as he made it seem.
[FOOTSTEPS RECEDING]
The sign.
Seven years, and the sign's still there.
[BRUSHING TEETH]
Heather will finally have
someone her age to play with.
We don't know that they're staying,
just like we don't know that that rifle
is the only weapon they have.
Ish, come on. This is what we do.
It's a bad idea.
You said Jorge and
Maurine were a bad idea,
and he has handy-manned
us through more shit.
[ISH] We got lucky,
and we don't know enough
about these people.
We can't just leave our
doors wide open for them.
I know Jean Straw.
Heard her music. Have you?
No.
[EMMA] Man, it was so nice to see
how happy the connection made Maurine.
Connection is a good thing.
I wasn't busy looking at the connection.
I was too busy looking at Jean Straw
twiddle with her rings
like she stole them.
- Stole them?
- Yeah, it looked like
she was jonesing for something.
Jonesing? Really?
How did you become an old man overnight?
Not every musician is a junkie.
And not every geologist
is a bad judge of people.
Say she relapses.
She's a mother.
Who takes care of her child?
The other two in the relationship.
And since you're playing
a game of Survivor,
one of them is a doctor.
which is a luxury
we've never had before.
[ISH] Okay, what about Ezra?
- What about him?
- A club promoter?
Or club owner, whatever he said?
The guy's a tool.
That's not fair. He's nice.
And funny.
What, funnier than me?
Wait. Are you jealous?
- Oh, stop.
- Oh, my God!
Oh, I never thought I'd see the day.
Jealous with only 10
people left on Earth.
- Stop. That's not even funny.
- Come on, admit it.
You can't close us off to other people.
It's not just up to you.
You're right.
Because someone spraypainted our address
on the side of a building.
Em.
I'm just saying I have a feeling
those people should not stay.
[SIGHING]
[SIGHING AGAIN]
I love that you keep us safe.
But we're trying to build a world
our kids will want to grow up in.
We need bridges, not walls.
[WIND WHISTLING]
[JEAN SIGHING]
He passed right out right away.
I thought Ish was joking
about the hole in the wall.
[EZRA] He didn't seem
like much of a joker.
In fact.
he seemed like a dick.
[JEAN LAUGHING]
All men think other men are dicks
until they become best friends, babe.
I don't need a best friend,
just somewhere to fall asleep.
Ohh! I'm so tired.
I wouldn't mind being eaten by a bear.
[EZRA LAUGHING]
[MOLLY] I hear you don't feel a thing.
[ALL CHUCKLING]
Do you think he'll let us stay?
Well, looking at Emma.
I don't think it's really up to him.
[EZRA] Hmm.
[LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING]
[JEAN] Love to bring Raif.
He's a great sidekick.
[ISH] No. Kids under
12 have to stay back.
[EMMA] We'd love to have Raif.
There's only a thousand things
Heather wants to show him.
[ISH] Okay, here's how it's gonna go.
We haven't been in this
area for several months,
so we have no idea
what's waiting for us.
We're gonna move in pairs.
You pick a partner, you stick together.
If you notice anything
even remotely dangerous,
you get out of there safely,
you contact Jorge or me.
We got four more mouths to feed,
so focus on canned goods.
If it's not foods,
we like detergent,
sponges, solar batteries.
Once your bag is full,
come back to the vehicle,
wait for everyone else to return.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
Yeah. All right. Is that everything?
There's like 30
different kinds of animals
that would love to make you dinner.
Try to make 'em dinner first.
I'll make you dinner.
[ISH] You don't take this seriously,
you might not be able to.
Let's go.
[MOLLY] Is it okay if I
pick up medical supplies?
There's nothing at the CVS or Walgreens,
and the hospital was
cleared out years ago.
- But at some point, I
- There's literally nothing,
and we can't afford to waste time.
- Come on.
- [ENGINE STARTING]
[ISH] In and out. No more
than 20 minutes, okay?
- You stick with your partner.
- 20 minutes.
[EZRA] Holy shit!
[MOLLY] Are you sure about this?
[ISH] Just keep your
distance, and we'll be fine.
[BUFFALO LOWING]
This, uh, Berkeley or Buffalo?
- [ISH SIGHING]
- [BUFFALO RUMBLING]
[ISH] Roger won't hurt you.
[EZRA] Roger? Really?
[ISH] He's been here since the start.
What? You said pick a partner.
Try not to be so annoying.
[ROGER GRUMBLING]
[WINGS FLUTTERING]
So
what's "Ish" short for?
Not allowed to say "Ish."
[ISH] Isherwood.
[EZRA] Isherwood? [CHUCKLING]
That's a heavy handle to lay on a kid.
[ISH] Yeah, well, "Ezra"
hasn't been a chart-topper
since Biblical days.
[EZRA] Two parents who believed.
And a son who doesn't.
Well, parents can't pass
on faith, only fears.
You say that like it's a good thing.
Well, fear
it's a better teacher.
[CANS FALLING INTO BAG]
[UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING]
[CAT MEOWING]
Owning nightclubs
allowed me to meet people
at their most extreme,
which turned out to be pretty
good practice for the end times.
I don't think it's the end of times.
I think it's the beginning.
[EZRA SCOFFS IN AMUSEMENT]
"And in the beginning, God said,
'Let there be Gael's Gourmet Grocery'."
I think you would do well in nightclubs.
The music's so loud,
nobody can hear what you're saying.
[EZRA LAUGHING]
[DOOR RUMBLING OPEN]
[DOOR THUDS CLOSED]
[FOOTSTEPS ECHOING SOFTLY]
[UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING]
[MOLLY'S BREATH SHAKING]
[EZRA] Club life's not all bad.
I once did coke with the guy
who came up with "No
one out-Pizzas the Hut."
Ted was a great guy.
It's too bad he's gone.
Well, it's too bad everyone's gone.
[SETTING BOTTLE DOWN]
[SIGHING]
[EXHALING]
[CHUCKLING]
[RUMMAGING]
[SIGHING]
[ISH] We have to head back.
Oh [CHUCKLES]
[GRUNTING]
Oh, wow.
I, uh, found something in your size.
[CHUCKLING]
Yeah?
[TENDER MUSIC PLAYING]
[ISH] Hey, Jean? Where's Molly?
- I told her to stay with you.
- Yeah, Molly can take care of herself, Ish.
[LOCKED DOOR RATTLING]
[LOCKED DOOR RATTLING]
[GROWLING]
[QUIET GASP]
[GROWLING]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[SNARLING AND GROWLING]
[BARKING MENACINGLY]
[BARKING CONTINUING]
[GROWLING]
[BARKING]
[CLICK]
- [YELPING AND WHINING]
- [MOLLY SCREAMING]
[GASPING]
[MUTTERING]
[LOCKED DOOR RATTLING]
[GASPING]
[BANGING]
[HANDLE SNAPPING]
[DOOR OPENING]
[CHUCKLING]
We have a system. Timing.
We can't be looking for her after dark.
[WHEEZING] Hey, guys!
[GRUNTING] A little help?
[MOLLY PANTING]
[ISH] Molly.
We have rules.
You go off on your own, the
whole system breaks down.
Well, you said essential items, right?
For me, medical supplies are.
You didn't listen.
I know. I'm sorry.
I knew you were right about the CVS,
but I also knew you might
be wrong about the hospital.
Hospitals keep two locked rooms.
in case one gets robbed by junkies,
they have everything they
need in a back-up cache.
It was worth checking out. I'm sorry.
Did you at least find
one or two more bottles?
How about 200?
It was the right move, Ish.
even if it was the wrong move.
You can't tell me you've
never done the same.
Come on.
Let's go.
[ISH] They came like invaders,
without warning.
- [ENGINE STARTING]
- [DOORS CLOSING]
Without the humble tenderness
that Jorge and Maurine came with.
Everything about me
says to send them away.
- [PANTING]
- Hey, boy.
[ISH] But Emma, as usual,
sees things I don't see.
What do you think of
the new people, hmm?
[ISH] Friendship and community.
I'm starting to yearn
again for the feeling
I had when I was alone.
[EZRA] I kinda saw this laying around,
thought maybe
- [CHUCKLING]
- Oh
[EZRA] you'd show me how to tune it.
I'm gonna kill you.
[EZRA] All right. Can
I have one last song?
[LAUGHTER]
[MOLLY] Jean, you gonna do it?
- She's incredible, just
- Shh, shh, shh.
Ahem.
[STRUMMING]
I see trees of green ♪
Red roses too ♪
Yes!
I see them bloom ♪
For me and you ♪
And I think to myself ♪
What a wonderful world ♪
I see skies of blue ♪
And clouds of white ♪
The bright, blessed days ♪
The dark, sacred nights ♪
And I think to myself ♪
Come on!
What a wonderful world ♪
[CHUCKLING]
The colors of the rainbow ♪
So pretty in the sky ♪
- Incredible.
- Yeah.
Are also on the faces ♪
Of people walking by ♪
I see friends shaking hands ♪
Saying "How do you do?" ♪
Woo!
They're really saying ♪
"I love you" ♪
I like!
- Come on, girl.
- Babies cry ♪
I watch them grow ♪
They'll learn much more ♪
Than I'll ever know ♪
And I think to myself ♪
- [ISH] Woo!
- Yep!
What a wonderful world ♪
[JORGE] Keep going.
Hey ♪
And I think to myself ♪
What a wonderful ♪
- World ♪
- Wow!
- [CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]
- [EMMA]You were amazing.
Beautiful! Beautiful!
- Too good.
- Bravo.
- Wow! Wow.
- Yes!
I went to open-mic
night a few times a week,
but I never had the
guts to get up, so, uh
this is the first joke I ever wrote.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- Ahem.
- Here we go.
Why is it
that when you open up
a bag of cotton balls
there isn't a giant pill on top?
- Why?
- Oh.
[IMITATING SAD TROMBONE]
- Wait
- That's the joke.
Wait, I thought that was the setup!
- Aw, come on.
- That that's the punchline?
[EZRA] All right, you're
a terrible audience.
Remember to tip your waitress.
I'll be here all week.
Thank you, good night.
- All right.
- [SMATTERING OF APPLAUSE]
[JEAN] Good night!
Say good night to your mom, son.
- Good night.
- He's just totally done.
Just take a look Good night.
- See you upstairs.
- Yep.
[FOOTSTEPS RECEDING]
Uh, I'll be up in a minute.
Good night.
When I was eight years old,
my father moved us from Caracas
to a tiny rural village called Guajabal.
The village had crazy,
illuminated people.
I would listen to
superstitions, legends, fables.
and I fell in love
with the surreal atmosphere
in which people lived.
- Why are you ?
- I think Evie's experiencing
life with us this way.
And the one true blessing she found
is you.
[CHUCKLING SOFTLY]
[CUPBOARD DOOR CLOSING]
[CORK POPPING]
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
[GULPING]
[DRINKING]
[GASPING]
[SOBBING]
[LAUGHING]
[BANGING]
[BANGING]
[BANGING]
[GASPING]
[RETCHING]
[GRUNTING AND GASPING]
[SIGHING]
[WATER SPLASHING]
[TURNING FAUCET OFF]
[SIGHING]
I'm sorry, Molly.
I can't be a mother again.
It's too fuckin' hard.
Jeanie, what do you mean, "again"?
I'm late. I'm so fuckin' late.
[SIGHING]
[MOLLY] You think you
can drink a baby away?
I have to! Molly.
I can't feel this void again.
I can't
Jesus.
What void, Jeanie?
[JEAN] The one where I'm supposed to be,
and everything
everything just falls in.
I am the black hole.
I am the void.
Don't you remember our promise to you?
When you fall
[JEAN SOBBING]
Ezra and I are your trampoline.
Oh! [SOBBING]
Please don't tell, Ezra.
He won't understand.
[SIGHING]
Okay. Okay.
Okay.
Hey?
It's just you and me
and the baby.
We'll just leave it there, okay?
[ROOSTER CROWING]
Migrant farmers, ready
to be exploited, sir.
- Ugh.
- Come on.
You even think about the stuff
that comes out of your mouth?
Only when it's too late.
All right. Ready?
One, two, three.
Pssh! Ooh!
Oh.
Bye!
[GIGGLING]
- Ow!
- Today, let's just do the day.
A wise man who listens to his wife.
Sometimes I feel like
I just sound crazy.
Most of the time,
you sound like our fearless leader,
which is why
I am presenting you
with this.
I found it on our shopping
trip, and I thought,
el jefe's walking around with
that little rock pick-hammer,
I think he needs
something else that says
"order in the court."
[CAR DOOR CLOSING]
This is more for smashing
than finding rocks, but
Yeah.
Sometimes I feel like my whole
life is a dream within a dream.
Well, at least in this dream,
you have a bigger hammer.
[HORN HONKING]
You this funny in Spanish?
I promise you, no.
[ISH LAUGHING]
"Jefe."
["BRAND NEW DAY" PLAYING]
It's a brand-new day ♪
The sun is shining ♪
It's a brand-new day ♪
For the first time in
such a long, long time ♪
I know ♪
I'll be okay ♪
[INFANT FUSSING]
This cycle never ends ♪
You gotta fall ♪
In order to mend ♪
[FUSSING]
- Mama Maurine.
- [JORGE] Sh, sh, sh.
It's a brand-new day ♪
[EMMA] I can give you some pointers
Yeah, I can help with this
It's a brand-new day ♪
Give me that miss to me
- [BABY FUSSING]
- [EMMA] I got you, honey.
[ISH] Congratulations, Papa.
I don't feel [SIGHING]
that I deserve this.
I don't even have the words in Spanish
to describe this woman.
Thank you for being our friend.
And part of our family.
[ISH EXHALES DEEPLY]
The world without end.
[WHINING]
[ISH] Don't feel like
getting off the couch?
You stay here, old buddy.
Happy birthday, dear Heather ♪
Happy birthday to you ♪
- Woo!
- Yay!
[LAUGHING AND CHEERING]
Yay, Heather Bo-beather!
Okay, take those out now.
It's cake time. It's cake time.
Okay.
Who wants cake?
[EMMA] Ish, can you please make sure he
- doesn't go for the world speed record?
- Joe-Joe!
I don't need him winding
up in Molly's infirmary.
Well, it's been pretty slow, Em.
I could use the work.
[JORGE] I'm having a déjà vu,
and I realize I haven't
had a birthday party
since I was 13-years old!
Aww. I'll make it up to you, honey.
When's your birthday?
I have no idea. [LAUGHING]
[LAUGHTER]
Oh, there you go.
There, it's beautiful.
Oh, my baby's 14.
Do you like the cake, Evie?
It's so good.
- Pew!
- [GIGGLING]
[LAUGHING]
[DISTANT THUNDER RUMBLING]
[ISH] I love that my favorite
place is your favorite place.
[JOEY] The library is the only place
that I can see how people used to live.
I want a full book report
on all of these by morning.
[GROANING] Brutal.
[THEY LAUGH]
[JOEY] I can't believe
all of this was real.
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
Tonight will be the 17th
straight moon with rain.
[WINDS RAGING]
[ISH] You're keeping track?
I like the moon, Dad.
And when I don't see it, I can tell.
[STORM RAGING]
This feels different.
It is.
[STORM RAGING]
- [WIND HOWLING]
- [THUNDER ROLLING]
Come on. Hustle.
[DOOR OPENING]
[JOEY] Mom, it is so crazy out there!
[ISH] Hoo! This storm's no joke.
Let's get a head count, just to be safe.
Well, Jorge and Maurine
and Kristian are safe.
Evie's in the studio.
Alex is in his room.
Molly, Ezra, and Jean
are with their kids.
Except me.
Oh, we always know where
you are, Raif. right next to Heather.
[STORM PUMMELING WALLS]
- [ISH] Wow.
- Our houses are strong.
They'll weather the storm.
- Hoo.
- Holy crap.
Uh where's Lucky?
I don't know.
Luck?
[EMMA] There you go.
[ISH] Lucky?
Let's check your room.
He's probably under the bed.
He hides there during a storm.
Lucky!
[ISH] Luck!
Luck!
Luck?
Come here, boy!
Luck!
Lucky!
Lucky!
[WIND HOWLING]
Lucky!
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
Lucky!
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
[QUIET GASP]
[ISH PANTING]
[CRYING OUT] Aah!
[ISH WAILING]
[GASPING]
[SIGHING]
[SOBBING]
[CRYING]
You always loved the
rain, didn't you, Luck?
[EMMA] Oh.
Oh, Lucky.
[BOTH WEEPING]
[ISH] You were my first friend.
[HAMMERING]
[JORGE] How did you
handle all those years
with that little hammer?
I was just waiting for a best
friend like you to come around.
Really? Best friend?
Well, it's not Ezra,
and calling Emma my best
friend's kinda cheating.
So by process of elimination.
Yep. Stuck with you.
Thank God.
I thought you didn't believe in God.
But you do. So you can thank him for me.
[HAMMERING]
Where is everyone?
They're all usually running
around when there's work to do.
Well, all I know is that Evie is
babysitting Joey up in the park.
I'm gonna give her a little break.
[JOEY] Vroom!
[IMITATING CARS RACING]
Vroom! Vroom.
Vroom.
[TWIGS SNAPPING]
[GROWLING]
Evie! Get Joey!
- [ROARING]
- [GASPING]
[SNARLING AND ROARING]
[HAMMER THUDDING]
[CRYING OUT]
[ROARING]
Gaah! [CRYING OUT]
[YELLING]
Gaah!
[ROARING]
Ahh!
[ISH PANTING]
[ROARING]
[EVIE] Ish!
Help! Someone help!
Please!
Please! Someone help!
Help me!
Help!
[CLOSING THEME PLAYING]