"(WIND WHOOSHING)" "(RADIO STATIC BUZZING)" "Beautiful spot, right?" "Amazing." "You know what formed all this stuff, right?" "No." "Volcanoes, earthquakes, storms." "Violent shit." "Did you know that there's an entire city beneath the canyon?" "Did you know that?" "Isn't it amazing how fast kids grow up?" "It's like, one day they're in diapers and next they're debating you on politics and music." "What?" "Andrew is debating you on politics and music?" "(CHUCKLES)" "I'm impressed." "I'm using the word "debate"" "very loosely there." "Here we go, ladies." "Time to strap on a feedbag." "GARY:" "Yeah, chow time." "And every good meal needs a little booze." "Bronn?" "I'm sorry." "No, I'm sorry." "BRONNY:" "No, no, no." "It's okay." "I got a soda around here somewhere." "God bless you." "I don't know how you can do it." "I mean, I need the booze, if only to deal with this one." "Hey!" "Hey." "You know, you're gonna have to do a lot of sucking up after that comment." "Sucking up?" "Magic fingers on the footsies?" "Foot massage." "Come on, babe." "That's fine." "Not now." "Come on!" "Come on!" "(LAUGHING) Gary, come on!" "One foot massage before we eat." "Come on!" "JOY:" "Gary, come on!" "GARY:" "Come here!" "Hey!" "Where the hell you going?" "Just going up the trail." "I can see where it ends from right here." "Did you ask Steph and Michael if they want to join ya?" "I'll go." "Keep an eye on him, okay?" "You don't have to say it every time." "PETER:" "My turn?" "Hey, no running, okay?" "You twist an ankle out here and we don't find ya, you're gonna have to drink your own piss and survive inside an animal carcass." "Gary!" "What?" "Like Bear Grylls, honey, that badass on TV." "What is wrong with men that they're obsessed with this crappy show?" "Really?" "I mean, that show gave us our mad skills." "Yeah, I mean, we're, kind of, the American version of Man vs. Wild." "Yeah." "We stayed in hotel rooms for most of the vacation." "We were camping for, like, four nights?" "Three?" "Three?" "GARY:" "Sure." "I know that." "Two and a half?" "Two and a half." "(BOTH LAUGHING)" "Doesn't matter." "Look." "If we ever were stranded, say, near the wilderness..." "We would handle it." "Yeah." "Boom." "JOY: (LAUGHING) Oh!" "PETER:" "Whose turn is it?" "GARY:" "You." "PETER:" "You distracted us." "Bet there's all kinds of creepy old shit in this place." "The only shit in this place is spilling out of your mouth." "(LAUGHS) Whoa!" "Hey, Mikey, do you know how hardcore your sister is?" "Guess not, huh?" "Hey, he's smarter than you." "He just sees different, that's all." "What's he see then?" "Nobody really knows, but he's on a whole different level to the rest of us." "ANDREW:" "Meaning what?" "For one thing, he's not afraid of the things that scare most kids." "Let's find out." "Don't be a jerk, Andrew." "It's okay." "Hey, Mikey." "Mikey." "Did you know the Indians that used to live around here thought this place was haunted?" "Legend says, that the guardians of their spirit world lived in the rocks and the trees, and that one day they're gonna come back into our world." "And when they do, it means the whole world's gonna end." "Really?" "Yeah." "(GASPS) They're right behind you!" "Guess that didn't work out, moron." "Look, I didn't mean anything by it." "Mikey knows that." "Here." "You've had your eye on this all day." "You can have it." "Hey, there's some kind of lookout up here." "Come on." "Come on, Mikey." "No." "Mikey." "(SIGHS) All right, just stay put, okay?" "Don't move." "(WIND HOWLING)" "(SHUTTER CLICKING)" "(DISTANT LAUGHTER)" "PETER:" "Gary!" "What's up?" "GARY:" "There you are." "Where'd you go, guys?" "We were just..." "I was looking for this guy." "(LAUGHING)" "PETER:" "I was lost." "JOY:" "He was lost." "I found him." "(LAUGHTER AND CHATTER ECHOING)" "BRONNY:" "Mikey!" "Mikey!" "(THUNDER RUMBLING)" "(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)" "(GIGGLING)" "(BOTH GASPING)" "(BIRDS CHIRPING)" "(DOG BARKING)" "(DOOR JARRING)" "Uh, Mikey." "Just a minute, buddy." "(SIGHS)" "(DOG CONTINUES BARKING)" "What?" "Oh, my God." "What is up with that dog lately?" "STEPHANIE:" "Michael!" "Uh..." "Honey, not now, okay?" "No?" "Really?" "Yeah." "STEPHANIE:" "I wanna talk to you." "(GROANS) Yeah." "Don't go." "Kids are up." "(SIGHS)" "(DOG CONTINUES BARKING)" "(FAINT THUD)" "(SNIFFING)" "Mikey." "Hey, I told you not to leave the tap running in the kitchen." "Mikey?" "Hey, come on." "Let's get some breakfast." "Jenny did it." "Jenny?" "Who's Jenny?" "She's my new friend." "Oh, that's nice." "Where's Jenny?" "In the wall." "Well, maybe Jenny's hungry, too." "Come on." "(KNOCK ON DOOR)" "BRONNY:" "Steph." "You in there?" "Mom!" "What the hell?" "Did you burn something in the kitchen?" "Close the frickin' door!" "(DOOR SLAMS) (SHOUTING) Jesus H.!" "Mikey, I told you not to do this." "(EXHALES)" "What is that smell?" "Putrid." "Hey, buddy, do me a favor and listen to Mommy today, okay?" "Hey, family." "PETER:" "Hey." "Breakfast, Stephanie." "Later." "No bags on the table, Mikey." "Remember?" "(GRUNTING)" "BRONNY:" "No, no, no, no." "Okay." "Okay." "That's like his new thing." "He's very attached." "(PANTING)" "Okay." "No one's gonna touch your backpack." "Okay, buddy?" "Ugh!" "Babe, what's that smell?" "I don't know." "I think it's the trash." "Can you take it on your way out?" "Yup." "I'm late as it is, but okay." "Maybe open a window, okay?" "Okay." "See you later." "Gotta go." "Gotta go." "Gotta go." "BRONNY:" "Love you." "Go." "Go." "Go." "Gotta go." "(SIGHS)" "MIKEY:" "Gotta go." "Go." "Just you and me again, Mikey, huh?" "Five, six, seven, eight," "nine, ten." "Hmm." "(SMACKS LIPS) If I were Mikey, where would I hide?" "Boo!" "(BRONNY YELPS)" "(BOTH LAUGHING)" "(MUZAK PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS)" "(BABY CRYING)" "(SOFTLY) Mikey." "Michael, you trying to give me a heart attack?" "What is it?" ""Bon Voyage"?" "Well, no one's going anywhere, but you can have one." "Come on." "Okay, two balloons, then." "Come on." "Come on, mister greedy pants." "(KEYBOARD CLACKING)" "(SOFT THUDDING)" "(ATTIC DOOR OPENING)" "(CREAKING)" "(CLICKING)" "(SIGHS)" "(THUD, CLATTERING)" "(GASPS)" "Michael!" "What the hell are you doing up here?" "You scared me half to death." "How did you get up here?" "Jenny showed me a way." "Jenny..." "When I meet this Jenny, I'm gonna have a word with her." "Now, come on." "Don't forget our safety in the... (ELECTRICITY CRACKLES) (YELPS)" "(PANTING)" "Sweetie, come on." "Let's just get out of here." "Come on." "SIMON:" "These are the new offices." "The old offices, you would not have enjoyed that." "Now the only other important person you need to meet..." "Well, not as important as me, but I want you to meet Peter Taylor." "He's one of our top designers and a great guy." "You're gonna like him." "I know you're doing..." "Peter!" "All right, I gotta call you right back, okay?" "Peter, say hello to Sammy." "New member of the team." "She can help you on the Foster project." "Hi." "She's a graduate, so she can help you with whatever you need." "Design and drafting and project coordination," "CAD rendering, whatever you need." "All right, you guys talk." "(MOUTHING INDISTINCTLY)" "Welcome to the firm." "Thank you, Mr. Taylor." "It's a pleasure to meet you, finally." "Sorry, I'm a huge fan of your work." "You came to my college last year and did some lectures on modern design theory." "Very fascinating." "Thank you." "I'm just thrilled to know that anybody actually attended one of my lectures." "(BOTH LAUGHING)" "(DOG BARKING)" "Hey." "How was your day?" "It was fine." "(SIGHS) (DOOR OPENING)" "PETER:" "Hey." "(SIGHS) You're late again." "Hardly see you these days." "Yeah." "I'm just super busy at work." "I told you, this project is like the biggest thing we've ever done." "It's killing me." "Yeah." "Well, can you put the vegetables on?" "I've got a pile of work to do here myself." "Yeah, I'll do whatever you want as soon as I get back from a run." "Well, don't bother then." "I'll do it." "It's just a quick jog around the block." "Twenty minutes max, okay?" "(DOG CONTINUES BARKING)" "What is up with that dog?" "(SIGHS)" "PETER:" "Yeah, she..." "She's..." "She's not like that." "She doesn't..." "She..." "I don't know." "She doesn't enjoy it." "Mmm-mmm." "I don't know." "My birthday?" "(CHUCKLES)" "Yeah, look, I would if I could, but I told you how things are right now." "It's just nuts with work and, um..." "Yeah, I can't get out." "Tell me about it. (CHUCKLES) All right." "(SHOWER RUNNING)" "(CLATTERING)" "(SHOWER STOPS)" "Michael, were you in the bathroom just now?" "Come on, answer me!" "Stop hiding in this stupid place!" "Michael, if you don't answer me," "I'm gonna mess up all your stuff." "One, two..." "I wasn't in your bathroom." "Jenny was in your bathroom!" "There is no Jenny!" "There is a Jenny!" "Don't you get it?" "You freakin' made her up!" "I didn't make her up!" "(BOTH SCREAMING)" "Stephanie!" "Get out of here and go to your room now!" "(MIKEY SOBBING)" "One..." "You okay?" "Two, three..." "One, two... (KNOCKS ON DOOR)" "(DOOR OPENS)" "Get the hell out." "Hey, watch it." "I thought you were asleep." "The light's on." "That's usually a hint I'm not." "(SIGHS)" "Why do you provoke him, Steph?" "Why do I get blamed for everything in this family?" "Honey, you know that's not true." "It is." "You and Mom, we never talk about anything." "We never talk about him." "We never talk about how he affects all of us." "We do." "We do." "We talk about..." "No, you and Mom just ignore it." "We never talk about the creepy stuff he does." "It's getting creepier and creepier and you just let him get away with it." "Sweetie, here's the thing..." "I've got to study." "I've got to study." "(DOOR CLOSES)" "(SOFT THUDDING)" "(THUDDING CONTINUES)" "(SIGHS)" "Michael." "(THUDDING CONTINUES)" "(GASPS)" "(DOG BARKING)" "(GROANS)" "(CLEARS THROAT)" "Hey, sweetie, what're you doing?" "I kept hearing weird noises last night." "Freaked myself out, so I came in here." "(SIGHS)" "What kind of noises?" "Can you tell Michael to stay out of my room?" "He keeps leaving dirty hand marks everywhere." "(BARKING)" "Hey, big guy." "(SNARLING)" "Something's bugging you, huh?" "(DOG WHINING)" "Hey, Jeff." "I was just seeing what was up with your dog." "What you got, a new cat over there or something?" "No, Jeff, we don't have a new cat." "We don't have a bird or a fish or a gerbil." "We have no pets." "(GROWLING)" "Maybe it's time to take yours to the vet?" "Yeah, let me, uh, get right on that, huh?" "(SOFTLY) Asshole." "(SNIFFS)" "(DOG CONTINUES BARKING)" "(DOOR OPENS)" "Hey." "(SIGHS)" "(RETCHING)" "(COUGHS)" "Get out!" "Get out!" "(CAWING)" "What the hell?" "Shoo!" "Get out of here!" "STEPHANIE: (SHOUTING) Get out!" "Get out!" "Get out!" "I'm trying to help!" "I'm trying to help!" "I'm trying to help you!" "Peter!" "I hate you!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Whoa!" "Whoa!" "Whoa!" "I hate you!" "She's sick!" "You're a bitch!" "She's sick!" "She's so sick!" "I hate you!" "Evil, bitch!" "(SCREAMING) No!" "She eats and then she comes in here and she throws it up." "She's so sick." "(COUGHS, PANTING)" "Honey..." "I'm sorry, Dad." "I know." "It's okay." "Come here, come here." "I'm sorry, Dad." "No, no, no." "(HUSHING)" "Can I go for my driving test soon?" "A promise is a promise in this family, right?" "You know your mom and me are not the enemy, right?" "We just want you to get healthy and happy and strong." "Get through this crap and put it all behind you." "We only want you better, sweetheart." "Okay." "(KNOCKS ON DOOR)" "(LAUGHING)" "Look at you!" "Look how you've grown." "Say hi." "TV, TV, TV, TV, TV, TV." "Okay." "Okay!" "Hiya, honey." "All right, well." "Thanks for taking him on such short notice, Mom." "Stephanie is not feeling so hot so we just need to spend a little bit of time with her, alone." "Okay, but any time, darling." "You know that." "All right." "Well, I gotta go." "Okay." "So, I'll see you tonight." "All right, don't worry." "Thanks, Mom!" "Okay." "Bye!" "Bye." "Okay, mister." "How about peanut butter and jelly?" "I think it's time that we went and watched your favorite television show." "Okay?" "I'm just gonna finish up in here." "(KEENSY MEWING)" "And Keensy can keep you company." "(KEENSY YOWLS)" "Keensy!" "What's gotten into you?" "(KEENSY GROWLING)" "(KEENSY HISSING)" "Uh..." "Michael, maybe you just better leave him alone today, honey." "(GASPS)" "(SCREAMING)" "(KEENSY GROWLING)" "Mikey!" "(GASPS)" "Bronny, where's your mom?" "She's upstairs in observation." "Mr. Taylor, I'm Dr. Jones." "What happened?" "Your wife's mother, she said that somehow a snake got into the house." "A..." "By the time the paramedics got there, it was gone." "But she was obviously distressed, so we gave her something to calm her down." "She said that she was hearing strange noises in the room with him, but when she got there he was alone." "Um, Mr. Taylor, your son was trying to kill her cat." "No." "No, no, no." "That's not right." "(STAMMERS) He would never do that." "Hey, how you doing, buddy?" "Okay?" "Just let me know if you have any questions." "Okay." "Thank you." "PETER:" "We're in the hospital." "The hospital." "(SOFT THUDDING)" "(THUDS, CLATTERS)" "If I were Mikey, where would I hide?" "(GASPS)" "(FIRE ALARM BLARING)" "(EXCLAIMS)" "(GASPS)" "Oh, Michael!" "(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)" "Michael!" "Hey!" "Peter!" "Get down from there!" "Sweetie, getting..." "This has gone far enough." "He's got to learn." "Mikey!" "Look, getting angry doesn't help." "He's got to learn." "Come on!" "Sweetie, nobody got hurt." "This time." "Calm down." "You're scaring him." "He's scaring me." "Look, I..." "I can handle the counting." "I can handle the forts in the living room." "The damn toys, I never get tired of stepping on them." "But I draw the line at starting fires." "He's getting dangerous." "Why can't you see that?" "Sweet..." "I'm not... (SIGHS)" "Mikey." "(INDISTINCT NOISES)" "(THUDDING)" "PETER: (SOFTLY) What?" "Come on, guys." "(DOG BARKING)" "(LINE RINGING)" "SAMMY:" "Hello?" "Sammy." "Hey, it's Pete." "Hey!" "I'm really, uh, sorry to call you so late." "Oh, that's fine." "No problem." "Is everything okay?" "Yeah, yeah." "I was just running through this latest round of designs that just came in." "They're an absolute mess and I think I'm gonna need some one-on-one help to make this deadline." "I was just wondering if there's any chance at all that you would be willing to work late for a couple of nights or maybe even over the weekend?" "Yeah." "Whatever I can do to help you." "Great, see you tomorrow." "(GARAGE DOOR OPENING)" "(DOOR CREAKING OPEN)" "(TV SWITCHES ON)" "Open fire!" "(SIGHS)" "(SOFT THUDDING)" "(WATER DRIPPING)" "(LOUD THUD)" "Honey, uh, I'll tell you it's lucky you caught it when you did because the damage is mostly superficial." "I can just paint over it when I get the time." "I can fix it." "(CHUCKLES) You know I'm very good with my hands." "I'm being serious, Peter." "How do you think he did it?" "I don't know." "It's just an accident, I guess." "He's playing around, suddenly the room's on fire." "That's not what I mean." "How did he get the matches in the first place?" "They're in the cupboard above the refrigerator." "Uh..." "Maybe we left them out." "I don't know." "Stephanie?" "Okay." "Wait, wait." "Hang on." "Hang on." "I'm listening." "What I'm trying to say is do you think this has something to do with us as parents?" "Hold on." "Please." "Let's not start blaming ourselves." "All right?" "Kids are affected by the problems and emotions of their parents." "You heard Dr. Mitchell." "Right, and the very, very expensive specialist is never wrong about these things." "You're not hearing me, Peter." "What I'm trying to say is..." "Yeah?" "I think there's something else in the house." "Hold on." "Please." "Let's not start..." "I mean, how do you explain the matches?" "How do you explain the smells?" "How do you explain the weird noises?" "It's not ghosts, honey." "It's just Michael's autism manifesting itself in a new way." "Stop being a jerk and listen." "Stephanie said she heard something, too." "Peter, maybe there is something here." "And I don't know." "Maybe it's some kind of karma." "Karma?" "Karma for what?" "Bad things that we've done?" "Come on, honey." "You don't really believe that crap?" "Do ya?" "Will you please, please open your eyes for once?" "Wait, Bronny." "Bronny." "Bronny." "(WATER SPLASHES)" "(KEYBOARD CLACKING)" "NARRATOR:" "The Anasazi were an ancient culture that lived in the Colorado Plateau." "No one knows why they built their fortified cities." "But we do know that their entire civilization ended suddenly when they abandoned their homes." "Some have speculated that the nature spirits worshipped by the Anasazi became destructive demons when the community ceased to maintain their sacred laws." "These beings appeared in the form of a coyote, snake, crow, buffalo and wolf." "They terrorized the population." "Often appearing to children before taking them away forever." "Knock, knock." "Oh, no!" "Don't do it to me." "No, no more." "These are ready for you to review." "I will have the rest later tonight." "(CHUCKLES)" "(GROANS)" "Is it always like this?" "Yes." "Actually, this is the average level of panic and confusion that makes this place so great." "(CHUCKLING)" "Um..." "Maybe, when this project is done, you and I could get some coffee and talk about what the rest of the year is going to look like." "Maybe I can take some work off your plate?" "Maybe we can even get a drink or..." "Yeah, I appreciate that, Sammy." "But I think maybe it would be better if we just catch up at the regular staff meetings." "Uh, that way nobody is gonna miss any of our brilliant ideas." "Yeah." "Yeah." "Yes." "Yeah." "Okay." "(DOOR OPENS)" "(DOOR CLOSES)" "(EXHALING)" "(KEYBOARD CLACKING)" "NARRATOR:" "They terrorized the population." "Often appearing to children before taking them away forever." "This event was known..." "SIMON:" "What do you think you're doing?" "Oh, shit." "(CHUCKLING)" "Jesus Christ." "What is up with you?" "You're, like, a little edgy these days." "Really?" "I'm fine." "To be honest with you, chief, uh, judging from your work, you're not." "Your whole team is down 10%." "So, my question is, what's the deal?" "Simon, you gotta trust me, okay?" "Now that you know how tricky this one is and we will catch up in the homestretch like always." "I promise you, no problem." "Mmm." "Well, listen..." "That is why you are the man around here." "Give me something." "You got stellar capacity." "You've always had stellar capacity." "I'm gonna see you for dinner, right?" "Yup." "All right, baby." "Hey, can you stay here a sec, hon?" "(REGISTER BEEPING)" "Looks like a hell of a party." "Okay, you know to call me if there's any problems with Michael." "Yeah, I know." "You can just call me, anyway." "You know that." "(CHUCKLES) Yeah, I know that." "I'm serious." "No." "You don't need it." "I like it." "Thanks." "You're beautiful because you..." "We gotta go, we gotta go." "Sweetie, can I just stay and you go?" "Just call them and tell them I'm sick." "We cannot reschedule them." "You know what he's like." "Let's just go." "We'll get it over with and come right back." "Okay?" "Bye." "Are you sure you're gonna be okay?" "Yes." "I'm sure." "I am sure." "Where's my dress?" "What's wrong with that?" "Simon will love it." "You sure we can't split it?" "Hey, put your money away." "You'll pay for it later." "It's on us." "I did reach." "You saw me reach, right?" "(ALL LAUGHING)" "Next time you bet your ass it's on you." "Oh, Bronny, I need to tell you about this fascinating lecture I went to the other day..." "Saw this guy on the Internet." "This is what he does." "This guy on the Internet..." "Honey, can I talk?" "He charges women whose husbands have too much money to stare at them." "That's what they do." "No." "Seriously?" "Yeah, right?" "I told you they stare at women." "They go..." ""Okay, here's $1,000." Yeah, that's all he does." "So, who spoke at this event?" "Oh, this amazing woman." "She's a psychic and a spiritual healer." "Her lecture was on ancient Hopi prophecy." "Do you know anything about..." "That's funny you mention prophecy." "I just had a prophecy." "Oh, hold on a second." "In this prophecy," "Petey and I go to the bar and we drink more alcohol." "And look, it's coming true!" "(LAUGHING)" "(MUSIC PLAYING OVER EARBUDS)" "(SOFT THUDDING)" "(MIKEY CHUCKLES)" "Okay." "Side conference." "Tell me what's going on with your little special project." ""Special project"?" "Sammy." "I'm not..." "I'm afraid that project is going to die in RD." "Oh, no, no, no, no, no." "I gave it to you." "I teed it up perfectly." "Are you kidding me?" "I put it right in your hands and you kick it out of bounds like that." "I used to look up to you." "You used to be my hero." "Why?" "People change." "You're breakin' my heart, Fredo." "Breakin' my heart." "It was about her cleansing ceremonies that she would perform." "We're back." "And..." "Hi, guys." "And you know, our son was sick a few years back and she..." "Okay, sweetie." "WENDY:" "What?" "Well, it's interesting, actually, Simon." "Stephanie's been having issues and Michael's been acting strangely, even for Michael and..." "I'm thinking we should probably hit the road, right?" "I think it's got something to do with our house." "Let's talk about this later, shall we?" "Okay. (SIMON LAUGHING)" "With the house?" "You got goblins and fairies up in the attic?" "What do you got?" "These guys aren't interested in our little soap opera." "Thank you so much for dinner." "Honey, I think we probably should hit it." "Okay." "Let's go." "Yeah, thanks." "This was amazing." "WENDY:" "Yeah." "(SIGHS)" "What are you so angry about?" "What do you think?" "I embarrassed you in front of Simon?" "He's disgusting with Wendy." "He bulldozes through every conversation as if it just doesn't matter if he's not the one talking." "Honestly, he is unbearable." "That may be true." "It is true." "But he's my unbearable boss who is now going to tell the entire goddamn office that my wife can't get through a single dinner without bringing up our personal family problems." "Thanks for dragging me along." "(CAR DOOR SHUTS)" "(MUSIC BLARING OVER EARBUDS)" "Steph, where's Michael?" "Mikey?" "Mikey?" "(DEEP SIGH)" "(SOFT THUDDING)" "(GASPS)" "(PANTING)" "(SIGHS)" "Mikey." "Honey." "Sweetie, I told you not to play in here until we clean it up." "Sweetie, don't put your hands in this, honey." "You're leaving marks all over the house." "(SCREAMING)" "Hey." "PETER:" "Open up, buddy." "There you go." "(SIGHS)" "I think he's gonna be okay for a night." "I'll just take him to the doctor in the morning." "You okay, big Mike?" "Whatcha thinking about, sweetie?" "The blue star." "It's close now." "What are you talking about?" "His shirt's all dirty." "Can you take him upstairs and change him?" "STEPHANIE:" "Let's get changed." "I told you we shouldn't have left them here alone." "Yeah, I know." "I know." "You were right." "You're absolutely right." "(SOFT THUDDING)" "(THUDDING CONTINUES)" "(WHISPERS) Peter." "MIKEY:" "One, two, three." "One, two, three." "One, two, three." "One, two, three." "One, one, one, one." "Two, two..." "(GASPS)" "MIKEY: (CONTINUES) One, two, three, four..." "One, two, three, four." "One, two, three, four." "One, two, three, four." "One, two, three..." "One, two, three." "Mikey." "One, one..." "Who are you talking to, honey?" "The Sky People." "They want us to come and live with them now." "Our time here is over." "The Sky People..." "Where are they?" "They're right behind you." "No!" "(SOFT THUDDING)" "(GROWLING)" "(SCREAMING)" "Stephanie!" "BRONNY:" "Stephanie!" "Oh, my God." "Stay with her!" "Stephie!" "Oh, my God!" "Are you okay?" "(BRONNY SHUSHING)" "(DOG BARKING)" "Jeff!" "Your dog just attacked my daughter!" "PETER:" "Unbelievable." "They said they have to wait for somebody to become available before they could even admit her, maybe 20 minutes." "All the doors were locked." "Front and back." "I locked them." "Well, then, somebody must have the key." "That's the only explanation." "I'll get the locks changed tomorrow and I'll look at the rest of the doors and windows while we're at it." "I don't know... (SIGHS)" "We're gonna be all right." "(SIGHS)" "Peter, Mikey was in her room." "(EXPLOSIONS)" "(DOG WHINING)" "Jeff, look..." "Crow." "Wolf." "Snake." "Buffalo." "Coyote." "I know it's been rough between us, but we do need to talk." "Things have gotten a little screwed up around here for all of us." ""A little screwed up."" "You didn't notice when Stephanie's moods changed and her weight dropped, and your son's behavior went spiraling out of control," "but now you want to talk." "Hmm." "So I don't notice things." "Okay." "And that's not what you think." "Really?" "How can that possibly not be what I think?" "Yeah, fuck you, Peter!" "You don't understand anything." "My God." "What's happening to us?" "Why did you do it, Peter?" "Were you bored with me?" "Did you just not want your life with us anymore?" "Jesus, you're bringing this up now?" "The affair didn't mean anything." "And it's not who I am anymore." "Well, I'm still who I am." "And it meant something to me." "Well, like I said, I'm sorry." "Yeah." "Sometimes being sorry isn't enough." "Petey!" "Shit." "What're you doing here?" "I didn't see you in the office." "What are you, a ninja these days?" "Just sneaking in to grab some work to finish at home." "Listen, um..." "I'm gonna need to..." "I'm gonna need some time off." "'Cause things have just gotten worse with the kids, and I just..." "I just got to take care of it." "Yeah, okay." "Okay." "Sure." "Listen." "Uh..." "You know the other night I was giving Wendy a lot of crap about all that airy-fairy stuff that she's into," "but, um, the truth is, years back, our little guy was, like, three or four and he got sick." "He got, like, sick." "Like we thought we were going to lose him, sick." "So we took him to all kinds of doctors and specialists and nobody knew anything." "Nothing helped." "So, a friend of our friend..." "He tells us about this healer." "That's what she does." "She heals." "She's like wind spirits and water spirits..." "Believe me, if I told you the crazy shit she was telling us about, you'd laugh." "She tells us what to do, and we do it." "Everything she says, we do it to the letter." "We do what she says." "A week later, he's better." "There's like life in his eyes again, and then four weeks later, he's playing baseball." "So, is that a miracle?" "I don't know what you call it." "Tell Bronny to call Wendy." "She'll tell her more about it." "But you've got to call this woman, I'm telling ya." "Sometimes the answer you're looking for is gonna come from someplace you're not looking." "Anyway, you get back, all right?" "I need you, hombre." "Need you in there." "Call her." "(CAR ALARM CHIRPS)" "(KEYBOARD CLACKING)" "NARRATOR:" "They terrorized the population." "Often appearing to children before taking them away forever." "This event was known as the darkness, and began with an infestation of these shadow-like beings." "They would then torment their victims until madness or painful death followed." "As a desperate last resort, the Anasazi priests trapped the demons inside the ritual stones they used to communicate with the beings." "They then hid them deep within the caves that surrounded their homes." "If the stones were removed, the demons would be freed." "Leading to the darkness descending once more." "Ancient writings revealed that this curse could only be lifted by returning the stones to their original resting place." "And only by one among them who had no fear." "There have been many cases of people who claimed to have located these stones dying mysteriously." "Once happy friends and families turned on each other, and random accidents brought death and disaster." "WAITRESS:" "Here you go." "Have a great night." "Okay." "Thanks, you too." "(MUSIC PLAYING OVER HEADPHONES)" "(CHUCKLES)" "(CRACKLING)" "Jenny?" "(CREAKING)" "Hey!" "Who's up there?" "(CRACKLING CONTINUES)" "Jenny, is that you?" "(MUSIC PLAYING OVER EARBUDS)" "(HIGH-PITCHED SQUEAL)" "(SLOSHING)" "(CLATTERING) (SHUDDERING)" "(CREAKING)" "(SQUELCHING)" "(SLUSHING) (GASPING)" "(CHOKING)" "(SNARLING)" "(GASPS)" "(PANTING)" "Oh, my God." "What the hell is that?" "(GASPING)" "(SOBBING)" "Stephanie, come on." "(WHIMPERING)" "Okay, it's okay." "Sit right here." "No, no, no, no!" "Dad, don't leave me!" "It's okay." "I'm gonna get you." "It's okay." "I'm gonna be right back." "(SHOUTING) Mikey!" "Mikey!" "Open the door!" "Michael, come on." "Open the door!" "Come on, open the goddamn door!" "Michael, open the door!" "(BANGING)" "(STEPHANIE SHRIEKS)" "(GROANS) (ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)" "Peter!" "(CRACKLING CONTINUES)" "(KEYBOARD CLACKING)" "Hi." "I'd like a room, please." "(SIGHS)" "Sure." "(SIGHS)" "Well, it's a weeknight so you're in luck." "But the only room available is the presidential suite." "We'll take it." "Sure." "Any bags, sir?" "(SIGHS)" "What are you looking for?" "They have one in every hotel room I've ever stayed in." "A Bible?" "Huh?" "(SIGHS)" "I'm so tired." "I think I'm going to pass out." "They took Bibles out of most hotel rooms a while ago." "Oh, yeah?" "Why?" "I don't know." "Apparently some people felt it was discriminatory to have just one religion represented." "(LAUGHING)" "Jesus." "Not anymore." "(SIGHS)" "You know, I was thinking about us the other day." "I was thinking about how we first met." "I admired you so much." "And when I saw you, it was just..." "It still is..." "Just love." "(SIGHS)" "We deserve a happy ending, Peter." "(SIGHS) I forgive you." "Hey, you know we could beat this together." "Do you like it?" "(CELL PHONE CHIMES)" "(DOORBELL RINGING)" "(SIGHS) Hi, Bronn." "Yeah, come in." "Come in." "To be honest, I've never experienced anything like this, so I'm just not quite sure how to deal." "That's just it." "I mean, few people do." "Some people don't even believe, but I can tell you everything changes pretty fast when someone has a firsthand encounter." "I, uh, have Teresa's number." "(SIGHS)" "Look, I know you're upset, but don't worry." "Just give her a call." "She's very good." "The world is filled with things that we simply can't explain, Bronn." "It's just easier for most people to focus on the things we can." "But it doesn't make them any less real." "MIKEY:" "Whose truck is that, Dad?" "Someone to help, buddy." "Hi." "(SIGHS) Honey." "So this is Teresa and this is her granddaughter, Hi." "Gloria." "Nice to meet you." "Nice to meet you." "Steph, can you take Mikey, and just keep an eye on him as we..." "Yeah." "Okay." "Just give us a minute." "Thanks." "(THUNDER RUMBLING)" "(TERESA SPEAKING IN SPANISH)" "(CLEARS THROAT)" "My grandmother's English is not 100% so I'll help out, okay?" "(TERESA CONTINUES SPEAKING IN SPANISH)" "Is there anything new or strange someone has brought into the house?" "Uh..." "No, no, I don't..." "I don't think so." "Maybe you've been somewhere recently?" "Somewhere you've never been before?" "We went camping a few months ago." "Canyon De Chelly." "Grand Canyon." "Hiking." "That kind of thing." "It's a very important area." "It's the home of the Anasazi." "The people the Navajo Indians call the ancient ones." "It's said they communed with very powerful spirits." "Throwers and Forest Dwellers and Shadow Creatures." "And they had rituals to keep the ancient demons trapped in another dimension." "A place called the third world." "Yeah, yeah." "I read something about that." "That is why the Anasazi kept their rituals hidden so no one could open the doorways and let these beings cross into our world." "So you're saying that's real?" "(TERESA CONTINUES SPEAKING IN SPANISH)" "Hmm." "There are five demons that were mostly feared." "But their name cannot be spoken." "It's known that they manifest physically as a crow, a coyote, a snake, a buffalo or a wolf." "That's not their true form." "If all five spirits appear, it will be disastrous." "What do they want?" "They bring out the darkness within people, so their victims destroy themselves or destroy each other." "(TERESA CONTINUES SPEAKING IN SPANISH)" "What is she saying?" "She says we must hurry." "They won't stop until they get what they want." "We'll begin by performing a clearing of the house." "Closing any portals and banishing any dark spirits." "Dark forces exist everywhere." "Do you believe in any higher power?" "Not really." "Now would be a good time to start." "Aren't you going to need that?" "She's sensing older things at work here." "And the God you might be familiar with cannot help you now." "(BLOWTORCH HISSING)" "(CRACKLING) (THUNDER RUMBLING)" "(SPEAKING IN SPANISH)" "(THUNDER BREAKS)" "(CRACKLING)" "Stay close." "(CRACKLING CONTINUES)" "(SPEAKING IN SPANISH)" "(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING) (THUNDER BREAKING)" "PETER:" "Stay put." "Wait here." "We'll deal with it." "(CHANDELIER CLINKING)" "(THUDDING)" "(SPEAKING IN SPANISH)" "(SCREAMING)" "Oh, my God." "Are you okay?" "What's going on?" "Spirits will try to prevent us from clearing the house and keeping them out." "(SPEAKING IN SPANISH)" "(ALL SCREAMING)" "No, Daddy!" "Peter!" "Are you okay?" "They're getting stronger." "(BANGING ON DOOR) (GASPS)" "(GROWLING)" "(WHIMPERING)" "(WOOD BREAKING)" "(SHRIEKS)" "Mom, was that you?" "I'm right here." "Something brushed..." "They won't hurt us." "They're going to set us free." "(SCREAMING) Michael!" "No!" "BRONNY:" "You okay?" "(BOTH CHANTING IN SPANISH)" "(THUNDER BREAKS)" "(SILENCE)" "(GLORIA SPEAKING IN SPANISH)" "(BOTH PANTING)" "(CRACKLING)" "(CRACKLING)" "(WIND HOWLING)" "(THUNDER RUMBLING)" "GLORIA:" "Quickly, Grandmother." "(VOICE TREMBLES)" "(SCREAMS) No!" "(CHANTING)" "Oh, my God." "Teresa, are you okay?" "Is she okay?" "(PANTING)" "Where's Mikey?" "Mikey!" "BRONNY:" "What's happening?" "Mikey." "(SLAMS)" "(GROANS)" "Mikey!" "Mikey!" "Mikey, open up!" "Mikey!" "(SHOUTING) Mikey!" "Peter?" "Mikey?" "PETER: (SHOUTING) Mikey!" "BRONNY:" "Peter!" "Peter!" "(GASPS)" "BRONNY: (SHOUTING) Peter!" "(GRUNTING)" "Take me." "(GROWLING MENACINGLY)" "Take me." "Mikey." "Come here." "Come here." "Come here." "Come here, buddy." "Quick." "Come on." "Come on." "You get outta here." "Don't look back." "Peter!" "Peter!" "MIKEY:" "Dad!" "I'm not afraid, Dad!" "No!" "(SCREECHING)" "(GROANING)" "(SCREAMING)" "(SQUEALING)" "(SNARLS)" "(GRUNTS)" "PETER:" "No!" "(ROARING)" "STEPHANIE:" "Dad!" "Peter!" "BRONNY: (SHOUTING) Peter!" "Look at me." "Are you okay?" "Are you okay?" "It's all right." "It's all right." "It's over." "We're okay." "Sweetie, are you okay?" "And you, are you okay?" "(PANTING)" "(PLAYFUL GRUNTING)"