The Changeling (2023) s01e03 Episode Script

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[BABY CRYING IN DISTANCE]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[GRUNTING]
Emma! Emma!
[GRUNTS, COUGHING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY, GRUNTS]
[GRUNTS]
[WHIMPERS]
Just Just don't
Just don't hurt the baby.
[WHISTLING]
[BREATHES HEAVILY] Just let my son go.
[VICTOR LAVALLE] "Just let my son go."
He was surprised those
were the words he meant,
surprised because a person
never knows how they will react
in the worst of moments.
Each of us hopes to be brave
but how often do we get
the chance to find out?
In this moment, the thing
he was willing to beg for
was the life of his son.
[WHISTLING]
Okay, okay, okay, okay. I'll die.
I'll die. [INHALING SHARPLY] I will.
Just please put please
put Brian in the hallway.
[GRUNTING]
Please. [BREATHING HEAVILY]
[BABY CRYING]
[GRUNTING]
I am the god Apollo!
I bring the power of the sun!
[GRUNTS] Emma, I know
it's been hard for you.
You've been so broken.
And I haven't helped. I
know. I only made it worse.
[PANTING] But you're
not alone in this, Emma.
You remember what
what Kim told you, right?
It happens to mothers all the time.
Emma, you're not the only one.
Emma! Emma, I can hear him
screaming. He sounds healthy.
There's nothing done that
can't be fixed. Please.
[GRUNTING, STAMMERS] Okay.
[BREATHING HEAVILY, COUGHS]
You [BREATHES HEAVILY] You're
Emma. You're the mother of Brian.
The sister of Kim. The
best friend of Michelle.
The girl from Boones Mill. My wife.
[PANTING] Emma would
never hurt her only child.
Emma!
[GRUNTS]
[GROANS, INHALES SHARPLY]
[GRUNTING]
[STRAINING] Don't hurt Brian.
Don't hurt the baby.
It's not a baby.
[LAVALLE] Recovery.
Defined as the regaining of
something lost or taken away.
Recovery of a zygomatic
orbital fracture.
Reconstructed.
Recovered.
[LAVALLE] Bodies recover. But
what about the person? The soul?
How long to regain what
has been lost or taken away?
A son. A wife. A marriage.
Three lives.
What surgery, what ointment
could aid in their recovery?
[BABY COOS]
[PEOPLE CHATTERING]
[IMOGEN'S PARENT] Hey. [MUTTERING]
- [SOFTLY] Over here. Come on.
- [BABY FUSSING]
You shouldn't be here.
What?
Wait. What? Are Are you mad at me?
No, hey, no one's angry.
- I'm angry.
- What
I'm angry you came around our kids.
- [BABY CRYING]
- O-Okay. Hold on. I-I, uh
I-I don't I would
never hurt your children.
- You went in there with a gun.
- I know. I know. But, look, I
The reason why I did that was because
Hey, man, look [STAMMERS]
I can't tell you how
sorry we are about Brian.
[IMOGEN'S PARENT] But we just don't
feel comfortable with you here.
We're just trying to be good dads.
I was too.
- Hey, look
- I was too.
I was too.
[TAPS STICK]
[CARETAKER] You can't
sleep here. You hear me?
Get up.
- How did you get into this building?
- [GROANS]
- [GRUNTS]
- It's you.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[APOLLO] Fabian. [GRUNTS]
[FABIAN] Wow. They did a
real good job on your eye.
When I found you, it was all
[SIGHS]
not good.
I-I've seen your mom around
here while you was locked up.
She cleaned up your place
after the cops trashed it.
You got out fast.
- [APOLLO BREATHING HEAVILY] Yeah.
- Three months.
Well, my mother used
to work for a lawyer.
He knew the prosecutor and the judge.
[GRUNTS, SIGHS]
[SIGHS] Good mothers are a gift.
[CHUCKLES]
Sorry. I-I didn't mean Sorry.
[CLEARS THROAT]
What made you come there?
T-To the apartment that day.
Number 47 said there was a
an odor.
Never smelled nothing like it.
A smell.
Door was unlocked.
It was real hot inside.
I found you first.
I thought you was dead. For real.
Then I
Then I, uh
Then I went to the back.
- Found the baby. I saw the baby.
- What did you s What
Did sh Did she, uh
I said a prayer for him right there.
And every week since at church.
[BREATHES SHAKILY]
[CLEARS THROAT] Thank you.
Thank Thank you for that.
I say a prayer for you too.
I gotta go.
[TYPEWRITERS CLACKING]
Good afternoon, ladies.
The way he looks at you.
He's persistent.
That means "relentless."
[TYPEWRITERS CLACKING]
Thank you. Thank you, Mrs. Ortiz.
You're welcome, Mrs.
Lillian. He's such a good boy.
Mmm. [GRUNTS] Thank you.
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
My sweet boy.
My sweet boy.
- Uh-oh.
- Uh-oh.
The Police?
Every little thing she does is magic.
[COWORKER LAUGHS]
- [KNOCKING ON DOOR]
- Come.
How's the boy?
You're saying no.
- I do appreciate everyth
- Keep 'em.
I'm sorry.
I need you to work
Saturdays from now on.
I can't.
That's impossible.
You know I have Apollo.
Saturday, 9 a.m. sharp.
[LILLIAN] Please, I'm
begging you, Mrs. Ortiz.
I am so sorry. I always
see my mother on Saturdays.
[SIGHS DEEPLY]
[SIGHS]
You are asking me to
leave a little boy alone.
- [CHARLES] Of course, you're the victim.
- I have no one.
Punish me another way.
I need this job. I
You can leave at lunch.
[INHALES SHAKILY]
A half day, then.
Yes.
A half day.
[CARTOON PLAYING ON TV]
Okay, Apollo
Mommy's going to go
out for a short while,
but I'll be right back, okay?
I'll let you watch
the TV the entire time.
Good deal?
[KISSING]
[INHALES SHARPLY]
Hey.
[KISSING] Okay.
[SIGHS]
[INHALES SHARPLY, SIGHS]
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
[SIGHS, INHALES SHARPLY]
[ATTENDEE] It just seems so unfair.
That's the part I can't get
[GROUP LEADER] We've
already begun. Come on in.
Welcome to The Survivors.
[APOLLO] Oh, uh, yeah,
I've got this, uh, attendance
sheet thing that I need you to sign.
- I'm supposed to
- Oh, why don't you have a seat?
Right over there.
I'm sorry, Vivian, you were sharing.
It's a [CLEARING THROAT]
It's a slippery slope.
Anything can set me off. [CHUCKLES]
Yesterday the washing
machine stopped working and
[BREATHING SHAKILY, SNIFFLES]
and it broke me.
Because I realized
he's the one who mended
the broken things.
- Thank you, Vivian. Thank you.
- [ATTENDEES] Thank you.
- Um, thank you.
- [ATTENDEE 2] Hi, I'm Julian.
- [GROUP LEADER] Hi, Julian.
- [ATTENDEES] Hi, Julian.
Man, y'all know my story, but,
uh, I'ma share for the newcomer.
Phone-texting, car rolls
into an intersection,
smashed by a moving truck.
Not a truck that was
moving, it was moving,
but a moving truck
that you move homes in.
Fiancé died on impact. Boom.
Big, fat fucking fuck.
Still got this wedding ring on.
Oh.
Sorry. Sorry.
[GROUP LEADER] That-That's fine.
It's good. Please.
It's not a baby.
My, uh [CLEARS THROAT]
She was a librarian.
[JULIAN] Saw that on the news.
Oh, well, I'm glad you said
something before I sat down then.
Yeah, I guess I was dealing with
a few things of my own, aight?
[LAUGHING]
[CHUCKLING, SNORTING]
[CLEARS THROAT] Right.
Why did she do it?
What, y-you saw it too?
Did everybody see it?
Why did you do it?
[MOUTHING] I don't know. I
guess I lost my fucking mind.
The father, Apollo Kagwa,
was rushed to intensive care
after he was found
with extensive injuries.
Police are looking for Emma Valentine,
who is still unaccounted for.
Her blood located at the scene.
We're with the building
super, Fabian Vasquez,
who discovered the victims.
- [TV CLICKS OFF]
- [BREATHING SHAKILY]
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
- [GRUNTS, PANTS] Where is she?
- Oh, God.
- Where is she?
- [RECEPTIONIST] She's not here.
[PANTING] Tell me where
she is. I know she's here.
- [RECEPTIONIST] Apollo, no, no, n
- Where is she?
Don't hurt anyone!
- [PANTS] Tell me where she is.
- Don't hurt anyone.
- Apollo, you don't wanna do it.
- Where are the others?
- You don't wanna hurt anybody.
- Lead me to them now!
- [APOLLO] Open the door. Open it.
- Okay. All right.
- [APOLLO] Go. Go!
- Take it easy.
- Where's Emma? Where is she?
- I don't know.
- Just tell me where she is.
- I don't know.
[APOLLO] Where's Yurina?
Apollo?
- [SCREAMS] No! Don't shoot! Don't shoot!
- Don't scream. Stop.
- Stop! Stop! I'll shoot. I'll shoot.
- [COCKS GUN]
- [GUNSHOT]
- [PEDESTRIANS SCREAMING]
- [SCREAMS]
- [GRUNTS] Fuck!
[LIBRARIAN] Oh, my God. [CRYING]
Apollo, we're so sorry.
- [YURINA CRYING]
- Everyone's so sorry. Everyone's so sorry!
- [PANTS] Where is she?
- We don't know!
- We don't.
- [WHIMPERS] Please just let us go.
[APOLLO] Nothing makes sense.
[GRUNTS, BREATHES HEAVILY]
People don't just disappear.
They do.
She did.
Apollo, we don't know anything.
[LIBRARIAN] She was tired.
She was acting strange.
- No, don't tell me she was fucking tired.
- She kept saying that the baby
- She was tired? I'm tired too.
- No, don't hurt yourself, Apollo!
- I'm tired too! [CRIES]
- [RECEPTIONIST] It's okay.
[YURINA] I just want my mom.
[SOBBING]
Are you scared?
Yes! [PANTS] Yes.
[SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE]
Oh, no. Help me.
[SNIFFLES, CRYING]
[RECEPTIONIST] Okay. All right.
[SIRENS WAILING, APPROACHING]
I'm so sorry, Apollo. I'm so sorry.
[SIREN BLARES]
This can't This can't
be my life. [SNIFFLES]
They all testified on my behalf.
[CHUCKLES] It's crazy, right?
[SIGHS]
[VIVIAN] What if the librarians
had known where she was?
I would've killed her,
and myself.
- And anybody else who got in my way
- Okay, that's it.
Thank you so much,
everybody. Good session.
Good session, thank you.
Good to see you again, Tom.
[ATTENDEES CHATTERING]
[KEYS JINGLING]
[DOOR LOCK CLICKS]
[BREATHES SHAKILY, PANTING]
[SIGHS, SOBS]
[PANTING]
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
What now?
[KNOCKING]
[KNOCKING CONTINUES]
[KNOCKING]
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
[DISTORTED] Apollo.
Hope you're hungry.
- Thanks. I brought some wine too.
- Okay.
[DANA SIGHS] We're so glad you're here.
Hey, yo, Birdman of Alcatraz,
you see your mama yet?
Well, I'm still surprised
you live in a basement.
You know Patrice is
afraid of [CHUCKLES]
um, commitment.
- And then he met me. [CHUCKLES]
- Mm-hmm.
[SIGHS] Um, thank you.
It's just chicken.
For going to the funeral.
I mean, it just means so much when
Mm-hmm. Did you see your mama yet?
[CLEARS THROAT]
- No, not yet.
- Apollo
Hey, but, look Listen.
I got something for you.
Take a look at this.
To Kill a Mockingbird?
Shit. [CHUCKLES]
Where'd you Found an
estate sale at Rikers Island?
Uh, appraiser, he sent me
a text. It's the real deal.
It's got the certificates
and everything.
Um, an-and check the title page.
[PATRICE] This is some
life-changing shit right here.
[CHUCKLES] Where'd
you say you found this?
Doesn't matter.
I found it, and I want you to have it.
[CHUCKLES] Oh, I can't
I was gonna get a house for me,
Emma, Brian, but it's not happening.
So, uh, you can take it
and, uh, keep the money.
I don't need the money. I
don't really need anything.
- I just
- [DANA] Hey.
We'll take it.
[SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
[PATRICE] You know why we're friends?
- 'Cause I'm a better bookseller than you.
- [CHUCKLES]
And I taught you everything you know.
[LAUGHING]
- Hey, even you don't believe that.
- [CHUCKLES]
First time we met was at, uh,
Rich Chalfin's book buyers' drinks.
I told you I just got back
from Iraq. Know what you said?
[SNIFFS]
- Book sale.
- Yeah.
Philadelphia. Hurry up, get there.
None of that "thank you for
your service" shit, you know?
You didn't ask me how
many people did I kill.
You didn't You didn't give a fuck.
[CHUCKLES]
That's when I knew you're a dude
I can be normal with, you know?
Not Not a vet.
Just Patrice.
So [CLEARS THROAT, SNIFFS]
I'm breaking protocol
and talking with you
as straight as I ever have.
Okay.
If you kill yourself tonight,
I'm gonna soak that valuable
fuckin' book in the toilet.
I'm gonna piss on it and worse.
I will ruin that book.
What are you talking about?
I've seen that look before.
- Wh-What look?
- The one staring at me right now.
I have seen that look, and I know.
All right, good night.
I know!
You're a book man, right?
Well, tonight, I'm gonna
put that book online.
And if you're not around,
you will never know how much
somebody would pay for it.
You'll never know.
[INHALES SHARPLY]
You motherfucker.
[CHUCKLES]
My man. I'll call you as
soon as I hear about it.
You be alive to pick up.
I love you, man. Night.
- [LILLIAN SIGHS]
- [CARTOONS PLAYING ON TV]
[SIGHS]
[KISSES] I'm so proud of you.
Okay.
[KISSING]
[SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
[BREATHING SHARPLY]
[KISSING]
[SIGHS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[CLATTERING]
Emma?
[KETTLE WHISTLING]
- [LILLIAN] Hello?
- [GASPS] Mom. [SIGHS]
I'm making tea.
[SIGHS] In the middle of the night?
It's 12:20.
How was dinner with Dana and Patrice?
Oh. Dana called you.
I was surprised to hear you'd
seen them before me. Your mother.
Are you guilting me right now?
Do you feel guilty, mmm?
You hungry?
[GROANS] No, I ate
with Patrice and Dana.
You didn't eat it.
What, did they tell you how
many times I used the restroom?
Two.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Uh, thanks, Mom. For coming
here. It's good to see you.
For cleaning and, um, just everything.
[SIGHS]
Um, you probably want
to get some sleep, mmm?
I do too.
[SIGHS]
Look how many nights ♪
We hug up tight, tight, tight ♪
All we ever know is love and peace ♪
Tomorrow morning, I want you
to come to Port Washington.
See Brian's grave.
I'm not ready.
I want to tell you a story.
- I don't wanna hear one of your stories.
- Oh.
It's just always so sad.
[STAMMERS] Arthur got shot,
and the Ugandan dictatorship.
And you fled here.
And immigrants make the US
great. They make it what it is.
It's just all sad.
[INHALES DEEPLY] I wanted to
tell you a different story.
Who are you, man?
Not a husband.
Not a dad. [SWALLOWS]
[INHALES DEEPLY] Who the fuck are you?
[INSECT BUZZING]
[MUFFLED POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
[ECHOING INDISTINCT CRIME SCENE CHATTER]
[OFFICER 1] We got photos in here,
so we can send that to forensics.
[OFFICER 2] Okay. I understand.
Get everybody clear
of this room, please.
- [OFFICER 3] Everyone, clear out.
- [OFFICER 2] Did you get a shot of that?
- [EMMA GROANING]
- [BABY CRYING]
- [CHUCKLING] It's a boy.
- [EMMA] A boy?
- Sh-Should we name him Brian?
- [EMMA BREATHING HEAVILY] Yeah.
- [LIGHT SWITCH CLICKS]
- [GASPS]
I'm sorry.
[SIGHS, PANTS]
I woke up with the worst
feeling you disappeared.
[SIGHS] I was just thinking about, um
[SWALLOWS] thinking
about when he was born.
[LILLIAN SIGHS]
He was You know, when
he first He's come out.
- [INHALES DEEPLY]
- [LILLIAN] A slow time.
When you exist in two worlds at once.
Reality and eternity.
Here and there.
How did I lose her?
What happened?
[INSECT BUZZING]
[THUDS]
I told myself I was gonna read
him this book every single night.
- [THUDS]
- [BUZZING STOPS]
[SIGHS] But I, uh I didn't.
[STAMMERS] I didn't have time.
You're coming with me.
What did you just say?
[STAMMERS] Those were
my last words to Brian.
Why would you say that to him?
[SIGHS] Right after he was born,
I started having the dreams again.
Why didn't you tell me?
[SIGHS DEEPLY] It's just
this nightmare, all right?
I have something I have to tell you.
What?
Mom. Mom.
- [FAUCET CREAKS]
- [WATER RUNNING]
[LILLIAN] Lubbick, Weiss and Blackwood.
They had a very good dental plan.
What could I do? I
asked everyone I knew.
Finally, I left you at home.
I went to work.
You were four.
So, you left me at home on a Saturday.
Many Saturdays.
You were so good. It worked well.
But But then things changed.
I'm coming for you!
[SCREAMS, WHIMPERING]
- It's okay. It's okay.
- Daddy came to me.
- It's just a dream. It's just a dream.
- Why didn't he take me with him?
[SIGHS] You can go back to sleep, honey.
Look how many nights ♪
We hug up tight, tight, tight ♪
All we ever know is love and peace ♪
I asked you what day
your daddy had come.
"Cartoon day," is what you said.
So, wait, wait, wait.
W-What you're telling me is my
dad was actually at the apartment?
Yes.
And that wasn't
Those weren't dream
Those were memories.
They weren't dreams.
[INHALES DEEPLY] Yes.
So, what happened?
I got back in time. Found
him there. Sent him away.
Why?
I had filed for divorce.
Apollo. Apollo.
[APOLLO SIGHS]
- I
- Why did you want a divorce?
He was a good man.
A real romantic. Fun.
But marriage is a day-to-day,
and a person like your dad,
- not so good with slow and steady.
- What does that even mean?
Is there food in the fridge? Is
the bed made? Are the bills paid?
I had to put you in day
care at two months old,
so I could go back to work.
Do you know what it feels like
to hand over a
two-month-old to strangers?
Probably better than leaving
a four-year-old alone.
I had to leave him to keep afloat.
So, he didn't abandon us?
Wow.
So, I become a father,
I'm doing all the things a father
does or what I think a father does.
- I'm making shit up as I go.
- Apollo.
Just making things up badly, by the way.
- Apollo.
- And look how the fuck it turned out, Mom!
All because of, fucking, some
decision you made over 30 years ago.
I tried my best. That's all I could do.
Mom, why couldn't you just
let him be a part of my life?
I don't understand.
He could have been babysitting
me those Saturdays. Huh?
You guys didn't even have
to talk to each other.
I mean, I had plenty of friends
who had families like that,
- and I envied them every single day!
- I couldn't do that. [BREATHES SHAKILY]
I felt like a monster.
Like something was wrong with me.
How could you ever think that?
Because my dad left me
and didn't say a word.
What else was I supposed to think
other than that I was a disappointment,
or or something was wrong.
And it's all based on the choice
that you made that was good for you!
Here's the address to Nassau Knolls.
[INHALES DEEPLY] You
should go to Brian's grave.
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[BELLS CHIMING]
- [CHURCHGOER] Thank you, Father.
- [PRIEST] Take care of yourself.
[APOLLO] Father Hagen?
You can call me Jim.
Did you have any trouble finding us?
No, it was fine. I
live around the corner.
- Listen, I
- Can we just
So, um, this is where I confess,
I know who you are.
Your wife, Emma, came here to
plan a baptism for your son.
She seemed to be having troubles,
but I could never have guessed that
- I-I would have tried to have helped if
- Listen, listen.
- It's not your fault. Okay?
- [INHALES DEEPLY]
I just got this thing I need
you to sign for my parole.
[BREATHES HEAVILY]
Yeah, I'll be happy to, but why
don't we do it after the meeting?
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
[ATTENDEES CHATTERING]
[GROUP LEADER] I'd like to
welcome all the newcomers.
I'm happy you were able to find us. Yes.
I found you on the message board.
Oh, that's great.
Uh, have you become a member or a fan?
I'm a fan.
[GROUP LEADER] That's
great, Julian. I'm a fan too.
Oh, I'm Alice, by the way.
I forgot to introduce myself.
- [CHUCKLES] And
- [ATTENDEES] Hi, Alice.
And we're gonna go ah Uh,
sir? No phones during the meeting.
Sorry, I I just figured
I'd become a fan right now.
There. Sorry.
[CLICKS TONGUE] Okay, why
don't we go around the room
and introduce ourselves?
You don't have to speak
if you don't want to,
but we'd love to get to know you.
If you're here, then
you're a survivor too.
My father used to read
me, uh, stories at night.
Thanks, Apollo. But first,
let's go around and
- "A baby is a dream made real."
- [ALICE] Okay.
"But a dream is a
fairy's favorite meal."
[BREATHES SHAKILY, STAMMERS]
"There at the window they
watched as it sleeped.
- A child's"
- [CELL PHONE BUZZING]
Why would he read you that?
That sounds frightening.
I saw my daughter in the computer.
I turned
- [PHONE THUDS]
- [APOLLO STAMMERS, CLEARS THROAT]
[ATTENDEE] I turned on my
laptop and there she was.
My baby girl. Just a picture of her,
out at the park with her grandparents.
[BREATHES SHAKILY] But
who took the picture?
[FATHER HAGEN] I opened my Gmail account
and there was an ad and it said,
"Jim, we think you deserve
a vacation in Costa Rica."
And I wondered how is it that they
know that I liked to be called Jim.
Because my given name
is Francis. [CHUCKLES]
Huh.
[STAMMERS]
The photo is from an apartment window.
[BREATHES SHAKILY, SNIFFS]
Who would take a picture
of my child from up there?
[SNIFFS] There were other pictures.
Other places. Other days.
There's texts and
emails, but [SNIFFS]
every time I tried to show one
to Gary, they were gone. Deleted.
Who could do that?
I had the sense to hit print
as soon as I saw this one.
It's the only proof I got.
But when I looked at it long
enough, I noticed something else.
That girl in the photo.
That is not my daughter.
That is not Monique.
I told Gary all this, and do
you know what he said to me?
He told me to go on medication.
[APOLLO GRUNTING]
[ATTENDEE] I knew I
had to find my own help.
I found it with the mothers.
The Wise Ones.
Cal told me how to get my daughter back.
Cal told me what to do.
I just don't know if I can do it.
That woman's gonna kill her baby!
[BREATHES SHAKILY] She's
going to kill her baby
and if you don't do anything
to stop it right now,
- you can't say you didn't know this time.
- It is not a baby!
- It is not a baby! It's not a baby.
- [ALICE] Okay. Okay, calm down.
- Apollo A-Apollo, wait.
- [ATTENDEE] It's not a baby!
[PANTING] No!
[GROUP ATTENDEE] Hey, wait!
Shit. Shit.
[GROUP ATTENDEE] Hey!
Don't make me chase you!
It's not a baby.
It's not a baby.
It's not a baby!
[BREATHING SHAKILY] Man
[CHUCKLES] you're fast.
[PANTING] I'm out of shape.
[BREATHES SHAKILY] Hey, I'm
William. William Wheeler.
Patrice sent me. Patrice Green?
Hey, I want to buy the book.
Then buy the fucking book!
[PANTING] Just buy the book.
Why do you need me? [PANTING]
Gosh, man. [BREATHING
HEAVILY] I mean, wow.
Look, I'm sorry.
You know, Patrice told me to come here.
You should probably curse at him.
But
I really would like that book.
[POLICE SIREN WAILING]
They called the police.
It was a pretty bad scene in there.
Are you okay? You seem pretty shaken up.
Can I buy you dinner?
No.
But you can buy me a coffee.
[WILLIAM] I spent a while on the
phone with Patrice this morning.
He served in Iraq, you know.
[APOLLO] Yes.
Of course I thanked him for his service.
[APOLLO] Oh, he loves that.
This is a good doughnut.
Look, I'll be totally honest with you.
To Kill A Mockingbird, one of two
books I ever read for pleasure.
Tell me, would you? Tell
me where you found the book.
Tell me how it all came about.
Um, I found it in the seventh moldy box
in the bottom of a
basement in Riverdale.
[CHUCKLES] Imagine if you'd
given up after six boxes of crap.
Well, why would I do that?
I mean, I have a child and
Oh, I-I have two daughters.
Believe me, I understand.
Hey, can I show you a picture?
[ATTENDEE] That girl in the photo.
- [WILLIAM] Oh, darn it.
- [ATTENDEE] That is not my daughter.
- What is that? Hey! Hey!
- It's nothing.
[ATTENDEE] That is not Monique.
I told Gary all this, and do
you know what he said to me?
[WILLIAM] Look, I don't
know why I filmed that.
[ATTENDEE] He told me
to go on medication.
- I'm sorry, let me just delete it.
- No. No. Wait, wait.
I knew I had to find my own help
and I found it with the mothers.
[APOLLO] "The Mothers."
The Wise Ones.
Cal told me how to get my daughter back.
Cal told me what to do.
[SOBBING] I just don't
know if I can do it.
[STAMMERS]
Yeah, it's just a
silly habit. I'm sorry.
Really, I am.
But who's Cal?
I don't know. I don't
know. Um [SIGHS]
Then she said something
about the Wise Ones.
Do you know what that name is?
What that means?
I I've heard of that before. Huh?
- Oh.
- What?
It's from some book.
It says, uh,
"In the villages were invariably
found one or two 'Wise Ones.'"
Who are they? What does it
Who does it say they are?
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
[CHUCKLES]
"Wise ones."
"Witches."
[EMMA] They told me not
to go, but I didn't listen.
- [APOLLO] Of course you didn't.
- [EMMA CHUCKLES]
When it falls off my wrist,
those three wishes will come true.
Do not cut it.
[SPEAKS PORTUGUESE]
Yeah. Looks robust.
But I [SIGHS] am the god Apollo.
[LAVALLE] One must be so
careful what one wishes for.
[APOLLO] Emma, with me, all three
of your wishes will come true.
Witches.