1. No live organism
can continue to exist sanelyCopy !req
2. under conditions of absolute reality.Copy !req
3. Even larks and katydids
are supposed by some to dream.Copy !req
4. Hill House, not sane...Copy !req
5. stood by itself against its hills
holding darkness within.Copy !req
6. It had stood so for a hundred years
before my family moved in...Copy !req
7. and might stand a hundred more.Copy !req
8. Within, walls stood upright,Copy !req
9. bricks met neatly,Copy !req
10. floors were firm.Copy !req
11. Silence lay steadily against the wood
and stone of Hill House.Copy !req
12. And whatever walked there...Copy !req
13. walked alone.Copy !req
14. It's okay, Theo. Go back to bed.Copy !req
15. Should I wake up Mom and Dad?Copy !req
16. I've got it.Copy !req
17. You okay, Nellie?Copy !req
18. You scared?Copy !req
19. That's okay.Copy !req
20. I get scared too sometimes.Copy !req
21. Why are you awake, Luke?Copy !req
22. 'Cause Nellie's awake.Copy !req
23. What was it?Copy !req
24. The Bent-Neck Lady.Copy !req
25. Oh, her again?Copy !req
26. Where was she?Copy !req
27. Oh, boy.Copy !req
28. Guess we better take a look.Copy !req
29. Here, huh?Copy !req
30. Your big brother must have
scared her away.Copy !req
31. Big brothers are good like that.Copy !req
32. What if she's hiding?Copy !req
33. She's long gone.Copy !req
34. I guess everybody
can go back to bed now.Copy !req
35. There you go.Copy !req
36. You remember what
we talked about before?Copy !req
37. About our dreams?Copy !req
38. They can spill.Copy !req
39. That's right.Copy !req
40. Yeah,Copy !req
41. just like a cup of water can spill
sometimes.Copy !req
42. But kids' dreams are special.Copy !req
43. - They're like...
An ocean.Copy !req
44. - An ocean.
- That's right.Copy !req
45. And the big dreams... can spill out sometimes.Copy !req
46. Back to bed, Stevie.Copy !req
47. Now, I know that Bent-Neck Lady
is really scary.Copy !req
48. But that's all she is.Copy !req
49. She's just a little spill.Copy !req
50. How long do we have to live here, Daddy?Copy !req
51. Well,Copy !req
52. your mother and I,
we have to finish fixing this house,Copy !req
53. and then someone has to buy it.Copy !req
54. Then we can go?Copy !req
55. Yep, and then we can go,
just like the last house.Copy !req
56. Now, you get back to sleep,
both of you.Copy !req
57. I love you, sweetie.Copy !req
58. Sweet dreams. Dancing in the Red Room.Copy !req
59. Dancing in the Red Room.Copy !req
60. You're dreaming, Shirl.Copy !req
61. The pandas aren't dreaming.Copy !req
62. Pandas, huh?Copy !req
63. Pandas don't eat macaroni.Copy !req
64. Noted.Copy !req
65. - Hmm.Copy !req
66. Everyone alive?Copy !req
67. - Nellie had a nightmare.Copy !req
68. And Shirley is sleep talking again.Copy !req
69. Anything good?Copy !req
70. - Pandas don't like macaroni, Liv.
- Hmm.Copy !req
71. Luke?Copy !req
72. Carl was driving on Rural 86
during the storm.Copy !req
73. Do you remember that storm?Copy !req
74. Of course not, you were in L.A.
It was a bad one.Copy !req
75. It was cats and dogs,
the worst I'd seen in ten years.Copy !req
76. He was up in the boons
when he lost control of the car.Copy !req
77. He went over a guardrail
and went down a ravine.Copy !req
78. The car flipped over
and you couldn't see it from the road,Copy !req
79. especially because of the rain.Copy !req
80. He was hanging there
the whole time.Copy !req
81. Hours.Copy !req
82. Upside-down, tangled up in his seat belt.Copy !req
83. They said he could reach the horn,
but...Copy !req
84. he couldn't press it for long 'cause,
you see, his arm was broken.Copy !req
85. And that's how he died.Copy !req
86. Upside-down, pressing on that horn
for as long as he could stand to.Copy !req
87. So when did it start?Copy !req
88. The night after he died.Copy !req
89. It started with drops of water.Copy !req
90. Like raindrops...Copy !req
91. falling onto my face.Copy !req
92. I started to hear a car horn.Copy !req
93. Short bursts.Copy !req
94. Distant, I think, but close enough
to wake me,Copy !req
95. and then, finally—Copy !req
96. now, this was right after
the funeral itself.Copy !req
97. This was the night after the burial,
you see.Copy !req
98. I felt the water...Copy !req
99. on my cheeks,Copy !req
100. and I heard the car horn,Copy !req
101. and then I looked up
at the ceiling...Copy !req
102. And there he was...Copy !req
103. hanging there...Copy !req
104. upside-down.Copy !req
105. I could— I could see the water...Copy !req
106. dripping off of his hair,Copy !req
107. and his face was a...Copy !req
108. a deep purple,
like the blood had all just...Copy !req
109. pooled into his cheeks.Copy !req
110. It's funny, you'd think you'd scream
after seeing something like that,Copy !req
111. but you don't.Copy !req
112. You just stare.Copy !req
113. You just stare at it like you're an idiot.Copy !req
114. And then his mouth fell open,Copy !req
115. but it wasn't a scream.Copy !req
116. It was a car horn...Copy !req
117. coming from his mouth...Copy !req
118. so loud.Copy !req
119. So loud that I fell off the bed.Copy !req
120. And then I screamed.Copy !req
121. I screamed because I hit the floor
and it startled me,Copy !req
122. and it was like I only just remembered,
"Oh, right.Copy !req
123. I can scream.Copy !req
124. I should probably scream."
And I screamed, all right.Copy !req
125. And I ran,
and I tripped in the hallway,Copy !req
126. and I looked back and he wasn't there,
and then I laid there and I cried.Copy !req
127. And that was the last time
I've slept in that room.Copy !req
128. That's a very interesting story.
Mrs. Walker.Copy !req
129. Irene. Irene...Copy !req
130. This is what I'd like to do.Copy !req
131. I'd like to look around your house.Copy !req
132. I'd like to set up some equipment.Copy !req
133. I'd also like to sleep
in that room tonight.Copy !req
134. Goodness.Copy !req
135. I'll be fine.Copy !req
136. I can't promise I'll include your story
in my book.Copy !req
137. - Of course.
- But it's possible.Copy !req
138. And I thank you for sharing it with me.Copy !req
139. I'm sorry, I should have told you
I'm a fan.Copy !req
140. That's my favorite, the first one.Copy !req
141. "Silence lay steadily against
the wood and stone at Hill HouseCopy !req
142. and whatever walked there
walked alone."Copy !req
143. I can't imagine what it was like
living there.Copy !req
144. The most famous haunted house
in America.Copy !req
145. In fairness,Copy !req
146. it wasn't famous when we moved in.Copy !req
147. And besides, you've got me beat.Copy !req
148. What do you mean?Copy !req
149. I mean, if you actually saw your husband
hanging upside-down over your bed,Copy !req
150. you've seen more than I ever have.Copy !req
151. I've never seen a ghost.Copy !req
152. - But your books.
- Ah, not in Arlington.Copy !req
153. Danvers, Alcatraz,Copy !req
154. on the Queen Mary
or in Williamsburg.Copy !req
155. And not in Hill House.Copy !req
156. The way you write,
I just assumed—Copy !req
157. Other people's stories.
People like you, Irene.Copy !req
158. I give them the right voice, that's all.Copy !req
159. Well...Copy !req
160. I hope tonight is a game-changer
for you.Copy !req
161. - How so?
- Maybe my CarlCopy !req
162. will finally give you
a story of your own.Copy !req
163. You were one of his favorite writers,
so maybe...Copy !req
164. that's the reason... for all this.Copy !req
165. You know, I can tell you one thing
about Hill HouseCopy !req
166. that isn't in the book.Copy !req
167. Yes, please.Copy !req
168. All those years trying to understand
what happened in that house,Copy !req
169. you know what I never found?Copy !req
170. A reason.Copy !req
171. So, don't expect one.Copy !req
172. How are your brother and sisters doing,
I wondered, since the book?Copy !req
173. How are they doing these days?Copy !req
174. You know who I wish
would write a book?Copy !req
175. Your dad.Copy !req
176. Just tonight.Copy !req
177. Won't you miss your brother?Copy !req
178. I'd rather sleep here,Copy !req
179. in case she comes back.Copy !req
180. Alright.Copy !req
181. Just tonight then.Copy !req
182. I'll stay with her a bit.Copy !req
183. Goodnight.Copy !req
184. Hey, will you grab her blanket?Copy !req
185. - Yeah.
- Thanks.Copy !req
186. I'm sorry. Uh...Copy !req
187. So...Copy !req
188. Are you saying you'd prefer
not to do a viewing?Copy !req
189. No.Copy !req
190. We want to. It's not that.Copy !req
191. It's part of your mother's pre-need,
so, it's already taken care of.Copy !req
192. And we want to.Copy !req
193. It's Max.Copy !req
194. - I think he's just a little, um...
- A little nervous about it?Copy !req
195. I'd say adamantly opposed.Copy !req
196. Sorry, excuse me.Copy !req
197. Hi, Max. I'm Shirley.Copy !req
198. Harris Funeral Home.Copy !req
199. I know this might be
a little weird for you,Copy !req
200. but I promise it's all normal.Copy !req
201. The reason Mommy and Daddy are hereCopy !req
202. is because it's important
to say goodbye to Grandma.Copy !req
203. A viewing is just a way
to do that, to...Copy !req
204. to see her one last time
and tell her you love her.Copy !req
205. I don't need to say goodbye.Copy !req
206. A lot of people feel that way at first,Copy !req
207. but then they feel much better
when they do.Copy !req
208. That's what Mommy said.Copy !req
209. But she was wrong.Copy !req
210. Grammy keeps sitting
on my bed at night...Copy !req
211. and touching my hair.Copy !req
212. She just stares at me.Copy !req
213. And her eyes must hurt.Copy !req
214. Why?Copy !req
215. Because she doesn't blink.Copy !req
216. It's Nell.
I need you to call me.Copy !req
217. It's hard to understand,
everything's so twisted...Copy !req
218. and it's hard to explain, but...Copy !req
219. I'm worried about Luke.Copy !req
220. Have you talked to him?Copy !req
221. Call me.Copy !req
222. It's here.Copy !req
223. It's great.Copy !req
224. Hi, this is Nell.
Please leave a message—Copy !req
225. I think you really nailed it.Copy !req
226. It really sends a message.Copy !req
227. We should put it on the website.
I think it'd work great in print, too.Copy !req
228. If people still read papers, that is.Copy !req
229. Oh... God.Copy !req
230. - This damn flue is a disaster.Copy !req
231. This is supposed to be the easy part.Copy !req
232. There's nothing easy
about this house.Copy !req
233. - You okay, Daddy?Copy !req
234. Just trying to fix a flue.
The house doesn't like it, I guess.Copy !req
235. Oh... Mr. Dudley found something for you.Copy !req
236. I don't know if this is going to work,
young lady.Copy !req
237. And I'm gonna need it back.Copy !req
238. I got it.Copy !req
239. Open it!Copy !req
240. Mr. Dudley says this is a master key,Copy !req
241. so, it's supposed to open any door
in the house.Copy !req
242. He's a weirdo.Copy !req
243. So is that lady.Copy !req
244. Daddy says they've been taking care
of this house for years and years,Copy !req
245. so, if anyone would know
where the key is...Copy !req
246. What do you think is in there?Copy !req
247. What if it's a cotton candy machine?Copy !req
248. That'd be something.Copy !req
249. Or a pony?Copy !req
250. Not a pony.Copy !req
251. This isn't working.Copy !req
252. It could be a pony.Copy !req
253. Something was moving.Copy !req
254. I saw the shadow under the door.Copy !req
255. This door's been locked for years
and years and years and years, so...Copy !req
256. if there's a pony
in there, it's dead.Copy !req
257. This one doesn't work either.Copy !req
258. Where's the friggin' key?Copy !req
259. - Don't say that word.
- You say it.Copy !req
260. The keys never work.Copy !req
261. Can't he just use that big hammer?Copy !req
262. We'll find the key.Copy !req
263. I want to see what's in there, too.Copy !req
264. Let's go see if Daddy has any more keys.Copy !req
265. Daddy! We need more keys!Copy !req
266. It's an emergency! I know you don't need me
to tell you this,Copy !req
267. but literally everything
is an emergency with Nell.Copy !req
268. I know, but she sounded rough.Copy !req
269. Shirl...Copy !req
270. Rougher than usual.Copy !req
271. She said it was about Luke.Copy !req
272. - Then call Luke.
I did.Copy !req
273. Straight to voicemail.Copy !req
274. Well, then he sold
his phone for cashCopy !req
275. or he's still in rehab,
which means we stay out of it.Copy !req
276. Look, I can't deal with this
right now. I'm working.Copy !req
277. Yeah?Copy !req
278. You working?Copy !req
279. That's right, Shirl.Copy !req
280. Something else you want to add?Copy !req
281. Fine, I'll just handle it,
shall I?Copy !req
282. That's why everybody dumps
their shit on me, isn't it, Steve?Copy !req
283. 'Cause I'm the oldest.
That's my job.Copy !req
284. - Oh, wait, that's you.
- Fine,Copy !req
285. I'll handle—Copy !req
286. - Jesus.
- Tea?Copy !req
287. Sure. Thank you.Copy !req
288. So does this stuff, you know...Copy !req
289. capture the supernatural?Copy !req
290. Don't believe in that word.Copy !req
291. Which side of the bed do you sleep on?Copy !req
292. I'm talking about the word itself.
"Supernatural."Copy !req
293. There's natural phenomena
that we understandCopy !req
294. and there's natural phenomena
that we don't.Copy !req
295. Primitive humans used to die of fright
during an eclipse.Copy !req
296. They had no idea what it was.Copy !req
297. The eye of an angry god.Copy !req
298. An evil spirit.Copy !req
299. Nothing supernatural about it, though.Copy !req
300. Once we understood what it was,Copy !req
301. well, it was just natural.Copy !req
302. I prefer "preternatural."Copy !req
303. Natural phenomena that we don't
quite understand yet.Copy !req
304. So does it capture that?Copy !req
305. Huh.Copy !req
306. Uh, no, no message.
Just wanted to see if he was there.Copy !req
307. What was your name again?Copy !req
308. Thanks, Paige.Copy !req
309. Hi, this is Nell.
Please leave a message after the beep.Copy !req
310. It's Steve.
Sorry I missed your call.Copy !req
311. I talked to Shirley.Copy !req
312. I know you're worried about Luke,Copy !req
313. but I called his rehab center
and he's fine.Copy !req
314. He actually got his 90-day chip today,
if you can believe that.Copy !req
315. I'll be around tomorrow
if you still need to chat.Copy !req
316. I hope you're well, Nellie.Copy !req
317. I mean that.Copy !req
318. Hi.Copy !req
319. Theodora.Copy !req
320. Jesus.Copy !req
321. Where'd you come from?Copy !req
322. So what's your story?Copy !req
323. What do you mean?Copy !req
324. I mean, who are you?Copy !req
325. What do you do?Copy !req
326. Where are you from?Copy !req
327. You live in a funeral home.Copy !req
328. I'm here for grad school.Copy !req
329. Ah, Sociology.Copy !req
330. I mean, the program's brutal, but...Copy !req
331. I love Boston, man.
It's such a great town.Copy !req
332. What's that about?Copy !req
333. I'm just kind of a germophobe.Copy !req
334. That's okay. None taken.Copy !req
335. That was really good.Copy !req
336. Yeah, you're damn right.Copy !req
337. I have to work tomorrow.Copy !req
338. Oh.Copy !req
339. Early.Copy !req
340. Oh. 'Kay.Copy !req
341. Was it something I said?Copy !req
342. No. We just did what
we came here to do, yeah?Copy !req
343. Okay, then.Copy !req
344. Hi.Copy !req
345. I know you normally prefer
the company of cold stiffs.Copy !req
346. Don't be so hard on yourself.Copy !req
347. I got beer.Copy !req
348. New friend?Copy !req
349. - She coming back?
- No.Copy !req
350. I mean, she's sweet enough,Copy !req
351. but, pile of issues.Copy !req
352. I just don't think you can really know
so much after such a quick encounter.Copy !req
353. Who's saying it's quick?
I'm a giver.Copy !req
354. You're like a guy.Copy !req
355. You're worse than a guy,
you're like a frat guy.Copy !req
356. When I said you could live here,
I wasn't expecting the pussy parade.Copy !req
357. Nell called me today.Copy !req
358. Ah.Copy !req
359. She sounded bad.Copy !req
360. - Yeah, 'cause it sucks to be Nell.
- She call you?Copy !req
361. No.Copy !req
362. Course not.Copy !req
363. We still haven't talked since L.A.Copy !req
364. - Theo.
- Don't.Copy !req
365. I'm just waiting for an apology.Copy !req
366. I'm drawing boundaries,Copy !req
367. which is something
you might want to look into.Copy !req
368. What's wrong with her?Copy !req
369. I don't know.Copy !req
370. You never really will.Copy !req
371. One foot in crazy
and the other on a banana peel.Copy !req
372. Her whole life.Copy !req
373. Boundaries.Copy !req
374. She said it was about Luke.Copy !req
375. I don't know,
something about itCopy !req
376. scared me.Copy !req
377. Luke will show up...Copy !req
378. when he needs money.Copy !req
379. I just keep thinking...Copy !req
380. what if he doesn't?Copy !req
381. Or if he does, it'll be the last time
I ever see him.Copy !req
382. Boundaries.Copy !req
383. Maybe a brick wall
when it comes to Luke.Copy !req
384. Ah.Copy !req
385. Nell?Copy !req
386. Daddy.Copy !req
387. Honey, are you okay?
What time is it?Copy !req
388. Do you remember the Bent-Neck Lady?Copy !req
389. Yes.Copy !req
390. She's back.Copy !req
391. Okay. Okay.Copy !req
392. Nell? Where are you?Copy !req
393. I'm at home.Copy !req
394. In bed.Copy !req
395. I want you to go
to Steve and Leigh's.Copy !req
396. I— I'm going to drive to Orlando
and...Copy !req
397. and get a flight to L.A.Copy !req
398. You— Steve's closest.
You go to him.Copy !req
399. Okay, now, I'll see—
I'll see you there tomorrow.Copy !req
400. Okay.Copy !req
401. I love you, Daddy.Copy !req
402. Are you...Copy !req
403. okay? I'm fine.Copy !req
404. I'm sorry to wake you.Copy !req
405. Good night, Daddy.Copy !req
406. I don't know. She wouldn't—Copy !req
407. Yeah, I'm going.Copy !req
408. I'm going.Copy !req
409. Get up.Copy !req
410. - Stevie, get up.
- Dad?Copy !req
411. - What's going on?
- Get up.Copy !req
412. - We gotta get out of here right now.
- Why?Copy !req
413. - What's going on?
- Quietly, quietly.Copy !req
414. - My shoes.
- Shh.Copy !req
415. Shh.Copy !req
416. We're gonna run.Copy !req
417. Dad, what's going on?
Quiet.Copy !req
418. I'm gonna carry you.Copy !req
419. Dad, I—Copy !req
420. You keep your eyes closed
no matter what you hear.Copy !req
421. You don't open them.Copy !req
422. You promise?Copy !req
423. - I... I...
- Do you promise?Copy !req
424. I promise.Copy !req
425. You keep your eyes closed
no matter what.Copy !req
426. You keep them closed.Copy !req
427. Okay. Okay.Copy !req
428. Okay.Copy !req
429. Eyes closed.Copy !req
430. Get back in the car!Copy !req
431. I saw Abigail in the window!Copy !req
432. She was in the window!Copy !req
433. What's happening?
Where's Mommy? Where's Mom?Copy !req
434. I thought I saw her upstairs!Copy !req
435. That's not Mom.Copy !req
436. What about Mom?Copy !req
437. Dad! We can't leave Mom!Copy !req
438. Dad!Copy !req
439. Dad. Dad.Copy !req
440. Dad, I told you,
there's no reason you and I need to talk.Copy !req
441. You don't just get to call me
and tell me what to do.Copy !req
442. You're closest and your sister needs you.Copy !req
443. You get home and you stay with her.Copy !req
444. Keep your eye on her.
Don't let her out of your sight.Copy !req
445. - Dad, I'm not even—
- I'll see you there. I'll meet you there.Copy !req
446. Living at home right now.Copy !req
447. Nellie's in the Red Room.Copy !req
448. There used to be a stop sign there
until recently, yes?Copy !req
449. I don't know.Copy !req
450. I think so.Copy !req
451. There's a pole there, see?
But no sign.Copy !req
452. Kids take 'em for their dorm rooms.Copy !req
453. It's a moderately trafficked area.Copy !req
454. A four-way stop without a sign is bound
to have a few near misses.Copy !req
455. You slept better with your husband
in bed, right?Copy !req
456. Of course.Copy !req
457. You're probably just noticing
the car horns nowCopy !req
458. because you're not sleeping as well.
Things you used to sleep through.Copy !req
459. The water.Copy !req
460. There was a big storm the night he died.Copy !req
461. One of the biggest you've seen
in a long time.Copy !req
462. Yes.Copy !req
463. There's a leak in your roof.Copy !req
464. You just didn't notice the water damage
because of all the paneling.Copy !req
465. It was only drizzling last night
and I even got a few drips.Copy !req
466. You might want to get that looked at.
Water damage is no joke.Copy !req
467. Happens all the time, Irene.Copy !req
468. And the man I saw hanging
from my ceiling?Copy !req
469. The mind...Copy !req
470. It is a powerful thing, ma'am.Copy !req
471. Especially the grieving mind.Copy !req
472. I know what I saw.Copy !req
473. The water and the car horns...Copy !req
474. you'd be picturing how he died
as much as you wouldn't want to.Copy !req
475. - I saw him.
- When you push that stuff down...Copy !req
476. it comes out at night.
You couldn't help it.Copy !req
477. When I said I've never seen a ghost,
that's not exactly true.Copy !req
478. I've seen a lot of ghosts.Copy !req
479. Just not the way you think.Copy !req
480. A ghost can be a lot of things.Copy !req
481. A memory, a daydream, a secret.Copy !req
482. Grief, anger, guilt.Copy !req
483. But in my experience...Copy !req
484. most times they're just
what we want to see.Copy !req
485. Why would I want to see
my Carl like that?Copy !req
486. Because it's better
than never seeing him again.Copy !req
487. Most times a ghost is a wish.Copy !req
488. Thank you for doing that.Copy !req
489. Carl would have loved it.Copy !req
490. My pleasure.Copy !req
491. The fuck, Steve?Copy !req
492. - You didn't like it.
- No, I didn't like it.Copy !req
493. What's going on?Copy !req
494. My brother just raped the family
is what's going on.Copy !req
495. Hang on.Copy !req
496. Look, I get that things haven't exactly
been going well with your writingCopy !req
497. and when you said you wanted to do
a book about the house,Copy !req
498. I understood that, but this is—Copy !req
499. I sent you guys the manuscript
in case you had any objections.Copy !req
500. - I didn't have to do that.
- Of course we object. I object, Steve!Copy !req
501. - Let's calm down a bit.
- You be calm, Leigh.Copy !req
502. It's not your name in here.Copy !req
503. It's not your family.Copy !req
504. Hey, it is my family.Copy !req
505. You weren't there.Copy !req
506. Nell, Luke, Theo,
they were just kids,Copy !req
507. the things they told you in confidence.Copy !req
508. - It's clear that they were kids.
- You make Mom sound fucking crazy.Copy !req
509. - Oh, Mom wasn't crazy?
- And the Dudleys and Dad?Copy !req
510. This is the worst of the bullshit,
worse than the tabloids.Copy !req
511. Dad had every opportunity
to set that straight.Copy !req
512. What am I supposed to write?
He said it was haunted.Copy !req
513. - Those are his words.
- He was a wreck.Copy !req
514. - He just lost his wife.
- And he hasn't said shit since.Copy !req
515. Does he talk to you, Shirl?
Did he tell you what happened that night?Copy !req
516. Because all I've got
are those tabloid quotes.Copy !req
517. He refuses to tell us anything else.Copy !req
518. He believed it, Steve.Copy !req
519. When he said those things,
he believed them.Copy !req
520. In the moment, at least,
and you never did.Copy !req
521. Neither did you.Copy !req
522. And now you're digging up that stuff?
For a buck?Copy !req
523. So you can stop living off credit
for a change?Copy !req
524. - "A buck"?
- Look, I can tell that you're upset,Copy !req
525. - but Steve had every right—
- A buck?Copy !req
526. Do you know how much
they're offering on the advance?Copy !req
527. We can buy a house, we can move to L.A.
We can...Copy !req
528. I need to start a real life,
for my own family.Copy !req
529. We're your family, Steve.Copy !req
530. - What you're doing to Mom—
- Mom was mentally ill.Copy !req
531. It's a fact.Copy !req
532. I'll be damned if the apple
didn't fall too far from...Copy !req
533. I'm— I'm sorry.Copy !req
534. Wow.Copy !req
535. I'm— I'm sorry, that wasn't—Copy !req
536. Wow.Copy !req
537. Nobody's buying the novels, Shirl.Copy !req
538. You sent me the book.Copy !req
539. Now you know what I think.Copy !req
540. You publish this,
you know what it costs.Copy !req
541. You know what it costs.Copy !req
542. I'll write your story.Copy !req
543. It's a good story.Copy !req
544. I researched your house.Copy !req
545. Did you know it was used as a hospice
briefly in the '60s?Copy !req
546. I didn't.Copy !req
547. I'd like to talk to you some
more about your marriage,Copy !req
548. and get some background on Carl,
who he was...Copy !req
549. who you both were.Copy !req
550. That's what matters, really.Copy !req
551. I'll need to take some liberties.Copy !req
552. I always do.Copy !req
553. But I promise to be respectful.Copy !req
554. He was a fan.Copy !req
555. I'll do it in a way
he would have really liked.Copy !req
556. You really didn't see anything.Copy !req
557. They didn't see anything. That's not the point.Copy !req
558. My kids don't take
the stand, Ross.Copy !req
559. I had my eyes closed when we left.Copy !req
560. You don't say anything, Stevie.Copy !req
561. - No one else can corroborate your story.
- That's right.Copy !req
562. The judge hears about packing five kids
into your car at three in the morning,Copy !req
563. they're going to wonder why
they aren't hearing from those kids.Copy !req
564. The media is already piling on.Copy !req
565. If we don't give 'em someone
else to write about,Copy !req
566. it's going to be more and more this.Copy !req
567. It's tabloids.Copy !req
568. - It's just tabloids
- It's Family Court.Copy !req
569. This stuff doesn't help
in a custody hearing.Copy !req
570. They never filed charges.
I was never placed under arrest.Copy !req
571. HAUNTED HOUSE?Copy !req
572. It was a suicide.Copy !req
573. They confirmed it.
It doesn't matter.Copy !req
574. They got this off your statement
to the police!Copy !req
575. I wasn't thinking clearly that night.
We just lean on that.Copy !req
576. - We can't un-ring this bell.
- Fine, they can rip me to pieces,Copy !req
577. but they don't get to take bites
out of the kids.Copy !req
578. It'd go a long way if
you'd let the press near the house.Copy !req
579. Hell, they'll pay you.Copy !req
580. They'll pay you to walk the grounds,
take some pictures.Copy !req
581. No one goes near the house.Copy !req
582. Just the police.Copy !req
583. No one else has to.Copy !req
584. Then sell it.
You need the money, Hugh.Copy !req
585. No.Copy !req
586. You're saying you want to keep the house
your wife just died in?Copy !req
587. You have any idea how that looks?Copy !req
588. I want the gates...Copy !req
589. and the doors kept locked at all times,
and I want to knowCopy !req
590. every day that it's empty.Copy !req
591. No gardeners.Copy !req
592. No staff.Copy !req
593. Except for the Dudleys.Copy !req
594. The Dudleys stay on.Copy !req
595. That doesn't make
any sense.Copy !req
596. The Dudleys stay on
and it sits there and rots.Copy !req
597. I'm sorry you had to hear that.Copy !req
598. If you lose? I won't.Copy !req
599. If you do, though?Copy !req
600. Do we really have to go live
with Aunt Janet?Copy !req
601. Hello. Hey.Copy !req
602. What do you want?Copy !req
603. So my sister...Copy !req
604. There's something up with Nell. She may show up at the house today.Copy !req
605. The house, yeah.Copy !req
606. Why?Copy !req
607. My dad told her to.Copy !req
608. I didn't get a chance to tell him, it's...Copy !req
609. But I'm sorry,
you can just point her to me.Copy !req
610. Is that all?Copy !req
611. Maybe I can come by
and we can talk about this some more.Copy !req
612. You know what you'd have to say.
You tell me.Copy !req
613. Is there any point?Copy !req
614. Hello, young man.Copy !req
615. What are you doing?Copy !req
616. Arranging the china
and some of the flatware,Copy !req
617. so that your father can sell them.Copy !req
618. These are valuable.Copy !req
619. Dad says you and Mr. Dudley
come with the house.Copy !req
620. Houses like this one require a staff.Copy !req
621. Why don't you live here?Copy !req
622. We live close by.Copy !req
623. At the edge of the property,
through the woods,Copy !req
624. right by town.Copy !req
625. But there are so many rooms.Copy !req
626. The staff hasn't lived on the grounds
since 1948.Copy !req
627. So the people that lived here
before us...Copy !req
628. The Hills.Copy !req
629. So they were all alone?Copy !req
630. Oh, yes.Copy !req
631. No one would live nearer than town.
No one will come any nearer than that.Copy !req
632. So, yes.Copy !req
633. They lived all alone.Copy !req
634. In the night.Copy !req
635. In the dark.Copy !req
636. Well, they didn't seem to be too scared.Copy !req
637. My dad found a bunch of stuff
in the parlor.Copy !req
638. Tarot cards and Ouija boards
and all that.Copy !req
639. So, something tells me they weren't
too scared of the dark.Copy !req
640. I see.Copy !req
641. And you know what those things do,
don't you?Copy !req
642. They're parlor games.Copy !req
643. People use them
to scare themselves.Copy !req
644. This is the problem
with schools these days.Copy !req
645. They teach you the secular world,Copy !req
646. smother you in science.Copy !req
647. And science isn't an exact science,
you know.Copy !req
648. The world is dark, young man,Copy !req
649. and the only light is the light
of the Lord Jesus Christ.Copy !req
650. We need his light in the night.Copy !req
651. In the dark.Copy !req
652. Do you know the Gospels, young man?Copy !req
653. He does.Copy !req
654. Hugh and I decided
when Steve was little.Copy !req
655. See, we knew that throughout his life
he'd be exposedCopy !req
656. to all sorts of ideas and beliefs,Copy !req
657. that there'd be all sorts of people
who'd tell him they had the answers.Copy !req
658. I'm sorry, I meant no offense.Copy !req
659. So yes, he knows the Gospels.Copy !req
660. He's also familiar with the Talmud.Copy !req
661. The Tao Te Ching, the Torah, the Koran,
Greek mythology.Copy !req
662. And he reads a lot of Carl Sagan,
Shakespeare.Copy !req
663. Why is that, honey?Copy !req
664. "Because there are more things
in Heaven and Earth, Horatio..."Copy !req
665. "... than are dreamt of
in your philosophy."Copy !req
666. Very good, ma'am.Copy !req
667. Well, I don't suppose
either of you have seen Luke.Copy !req
668. Not recently.Copy !req
669. I assume you tried
the treehouse?Copy !req
670. Very funny, mister.Copy !req
671. Mom's looking for you.Copy !req
672. Trying every closet.Copy !req
673. It never occurs to her
you'll be in your treehouse.Copy !req
674. You know, the one Dad built for you?Copy !req
675. I don't want to go in yet.Copy !req
676. I don't like it inside.Copy !req
677. No rush, my man.Copy !req
678. - What you making?
- A new sign.Copy !req
679. How do you spell "no girls allowed"?Copy !req
680. "N", "O"--Copy !req
681. I already got those.Copy !req
682. "G."Copy !req
683. I told you last time
that's a bad idea.Copy !req
684. What happened to your other sign?Copy !req
685. Theo ripped it.Copy !req
686. I'll bet.Copy !req
687. "I."Copy !req
688. Is this the family?Copy !req
689. Yep.
"R."Copy !req
690. Who's this?Copy !req
691. Some girl I saw by the woods.Copy !req
692. What's next?Copy !req
693. "L."Copy !req
694. You know, I used to have
imaginary friends, too.Copy !req
695. They go away
when you get bigger.Copy !req
696. "S."Copy !req
697. She's not imaginary.Copy !req
698. Okay, "no girls."Copy !req
699. Theo can't rip this one.
It's not allowed.Copy !req
700. I'll tell her.Copy !req
701. Will you hang out with me?Copy !req
702. - You want me to?
- Yeah.Copy !req
703. You can hang out all the time.Copy !req
704. We can draw together.Copy !req
705. No girls.Copy !req
706. Just Stevie and Luke.Copy !req
707. The cool kids.Copy !req
708. Where do you get the ideas
for these drawings?Copy !req
709. Fother mucker.Copy !req
710. Hey, Luke.Copy !req
711. Hey— Hey, Steve.Copy !req
712. Uh, this isn't what it looks like.Copy !req
713. I'm...Copy !req
714. Are you cold?Copy !req
715. Yeah.Copy !req
716. How'd you know where to find me?Copy !req
717. I...Copy !req
718. Tell you what,
I've got—Copy !req
719. Let me see.Copy !req
720. I've got 200 bucks here.Copy !req
721. You hand me that iPad,Copy !req
722. you can keep the cash
and sell that old camera.Copy !req
723. But, uh, I need the iPad.Copy !req
724. It stays here.Copy !req
725. I'm— I'm sorry.Copy !req
726. I know.Copy !req
727. You know, it really isn't
what you think.Copy !req
728. - Good.Copy !req
729. Here.Copy !req
730. Thanks.Copy !req
731. I needed a good scare.Copy !req
732. Leigh sent you here?Copy !req
733. I tried to tell Dad we're—
we're having some issues,Copy !req
734. but...Copy !req
735. Did you tell Luke where I live?Copy !req
736. Did you bring him here?Copy !req
737. You just stood there and watched him
loot me?Copy !req
738. Christ, Nell.Copy !req
739. So you hit up everybody,
dragged Luke out,Copy !req
740. made Dad hop on a plane.Copy !req
741. Fine.Copy !req
742. You got us all listening.
What do you want?Copy !req
743. What's so damn important, Nell?Copy !req
744. Shit, I didn't give him the address.Copy !req
745. Hey, I tried to tell you, we're—Copy !req
746. Steve—Copy !req
747. Dad?Copy !req
748. About Nell—Copy !req
749. I can't hear you.Copy !req
750. hear me?
I said it's about Nell.Copy !req
751. - I know, I just walked in and she's—
- Nell was lying.Copy !req
752. Shocking.Copy !req
753. She wasn't in L.A.
She was at the house, Steve.Copy !req
754. She was at the house.Copy !req
755. She—Copy !req
756. She's dead.Copy !req
757. Steve?Copy !req
758. Steve? You there?Copy !req
759. Steve?Copy !req
760. Steve?Copy !req
761. Steve?Copy !req
762. Steve?Copy !req
763. Steve?Copy !req
764. Steve, you there?Copy !req