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(EERIE MUSIC)
RADIO ANNOUNCER: The National Broadcasting Company
presents the Adventures of the...
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The nationally popular characters are...
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Adam Gene invites you to join them each week.
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(YELLING)
(TIRES SQUEALING)
(EERIE MUSIC)
It's not real.
(SPOOKY MUSIC)
(CAR HONKING)
Having some trouble, miss?
No.
It's nothing, really.
I'm gonna be on my way.
Right now, actually.
(CAR ENGINE PUTTERING)
Doesn't sound like nothing.
Let me take a look.
No.
You really don't...
have to.
(FOREBODING MUSIC)
I wasn't gonna do anything, miss.
Just trying to be a good Samaritan.
Why don't you pop the hood?
See what I can do.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
Have a nice day.
(EERIE MUSIC)
Well.
"Down went Alice.
"Everyone's considering how in the world
"she would get out.
"Down. Down. Down.
"Would the fall ever come to an end?
"And here Alice began to get rather sleepy
"and went on saying to herself,
"in a dreamy sort of way,
"Down. Down. Down.
"Thump. Thump.
"Down, she came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves,
"and the fall was over."
Need some help, ma'am?
I don't know much about cars.
That's never given me trouble until now.
Why don't you hop in, I'll give you a ride.
I live in a town about five miles up here.
Take you to a mechanic.
Hook you up with a tow.
Well.
I don't really know if I wanna leave my car.
Okay.
Just stay our here all by your lonesome
and see how that goes.
Come on, hop in.
I'll give you a ride.
WOMAN: You're a farmer?
MAN: No, I cook and clean at the diner in town.
I do a little of everything, actually.
Manager of sorts.
Name's Victor, by the way.
WOMAN: Abigail.
VICTOR: So are you going to the hunt tonight?
It's become quite the legacy around here.
Ah, no.
All right, here is the Atlantis Inn.
Shouldn't be too difficult to get a room.
I'm not staying the night.
Look, Abigail,
things kind of move at a little bit of
a different pace around here
so just keep that in mind, okay?
Okay.
Well, welcome to downtown Ocean City.
Right here is the diner.
That's where you can find me.
If you need any toiletries,
they're over here at the pharmacy.
The events are gonna be held at the factory tonight.
Ocean City?
I know, we're nowhere near an ocean,
but call it wishful thinking.
You're gonna like it here.
And here we are.
Thanks for the ride.
Sure.
It was a pleasure.
Look, maybe I'll see you at the hunt tonight.
Or stop by the diner and I'll...
make you something to eat.
Hello?
(BELL RINGING)
Hello?
(BELL RINGING)
Hello?
I need a tow.
(RINGING)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
You've got to be kidding me.
Deep breaths.
(KNOCKING)
Just a minute.
(POUNDING)
What are you doing in here?
Well, it's a bathroom.
What's in the bag?
My wallet.
Tissues.
What're you doing here?
My car.
The engine.
I was looking...
Okay, look,
I just can't be too careful seeing somebody I don't know.
Out-of-towner, like yourself.
Sorry.
I was just looking for someone to help me get my car towed.
Where'd it break down?
On State Road 15.
About five miles...
Come back in a few hours.
I'll get it taken care of.
(EERIE MUSIC)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
I put you in your normal room.
Things have been slow lately.
Even with the event tonight,
it should be a relatively quiet weekend for you.
Let's hope so.
Oh, a new face.
It's refreshing.
First time in Ocean City?
Oh, who am I kidding?
Of course it is.
We don't get many visitors these days.
I'm just passing through.
Oh, well you picked a heck of a day for that.
Tonight is the hunt.
The hunt?
Yes, I've heard.
I don't think I'll be going.
Why did you do that?
It's what we do here.
Guest pictures.
Like our own version of a guest book.
You're gonna like it here.
(ELECTRONIC BUZZING)
So I've been told.
(MUFFLED BUZZING)
Miss, are you okay?
One room.
Oh, of course.
How many nights?
One.
Great, I'll just need a credit card to put on file.
We're not planning on booking up.
You're welcome to stay as long as you'd like.
(ELECTRICAL BUZZING)
Miss?
You'll be in room 201.
It's around the banister at the top of the stairs.
I practically live here.
So if you need anything, you know where to find me.
(ELECTRICAL BUZZING)
And up and down.
Okay, eight more.
(FUNKY MUSIC)
Keep breathing.
Five.
Four more.
Three more.
(PHONE RINGING)
Straighten your legs out in front.
You got David.
ABIGAIL: It's me.
Hey!
I was beginning to wonder if everything was all right.
You missed our early afternoon call.
ABIGAIL: I wasn't near a phone.
It's been one of those days.
I had an attack and I'm out of pills.
I knew I should've refilled...
Slow down, slow down.
Have you been practicing the breathing?
Yes, I have been practicing the breathing.
That's not the problem.
I'm hearing things.
I think I'm hallucinating, David.
I dreamed I hit some woman on a back road
and now I'm stuck on the bumfuck town
and I just want to go home.
And you know, if you hadn't forced me to leave early,
then I...
Nobody forced you to do anything, Abigail.
In light of the circumstances,
you need these extra few days.
Time to clear your head.
Next week's gonna be a tough one.
Where'd you end up going?
ABIGAIL: My car broke down.
I'm in Ocean City waiting for it to be fixed.
Is that up by Black Creek?
ABIGAIL: Maybe, sure.
I really don't know.
This wasn't part of the plan.
I was supposed to reach my hometown tonight,
relax up there, you know?
You're definitely out of your element,
but it's not necessarily a bad thing.
ABIGAIL: Not a bad thing?
Deep breaths.
(INHALING AND EXHALING)
Listen,
can you send a prescription over to the pharmacy here?
Please?
I need it.
DAVID: Only if your breathe.
You'll get through this, Abigail.
Okay.
I promise I'll do the breathing.
DAVID: Let's talk soon.
Be safe.
(INHALING AND EXHALING)
(THUDDING)
(TOOTH BRUSHING)
Typically you knock before entering.
This is a shared bathroom.
By the way, what was that noise you were making?
You sound like a vacuum cleaner.
Sorry.
It was deep breathing.
My psychiatrist asks me to do it.
(EERIE MUSIC)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
Do all the stores close this early?
Not always.
But tonight's special.
Are you going to the hunt?
No.
What have I told you girls about talking to strangers?
Out.
And shame on you.
I just asked her a question.
Thank you so much.
I really.
Oh, I'll get it up and running.
Oh.
Sorry about earlier.
It was nothing personal.
It's gonna take a few days.
Took a look at your car before I towed it.
You need a few parts.
Okay.
Whatever.
Parts we don't have.
What's a few days?
I really need to leave tomorrow.
I have somewhere important to be.
Well,
really it's nothing personal.
I'll order the parts.
Probably get here by Monday.
Monday's a long time for something.
You know, I was just trying to be kind.
I saw a pretty chick.
A damsel in distress, if you will.
I just wanted to help.
It was very sweet.
But you had other ideas in that head of yours.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
I'll fix your car.
Find you when we're finished.
There's only so many places you can hide in this town.
I'm really glad you decided to come.
It's gonna be a blast.
Are you sure you don't want the mask?
What is this place?
It was an old manufacturing factory.
It shut down years ago.
That's when everybody left.
And the hunt?
What have I gotten myself into?
(EXCITING BEAT MUSIC)
Have fun, Abigail.
It's Abigail, right?
Yeah.
I don't remember giving you my name.
You didn't.
You'll learn pretty quickly I know
all about everything and everybody in this town.
Well I'm glad you could make it.
Nothing quite compares to the tradition of the hunt.
I hear your car got towed to the shop.
That's a step in the right direction.
WOMAN: Sheriff, I've been looking for you.
Excuse me, Abigail.
I just wanted to say,
I know this weekend is tough for you,
but my family is keeping you in our thoughts.
I really appreciate that.
How long has it been since your wife got...
Could you excuse me, please?
(EXCITING BEAT MUSIC)
Hey.
Hey, look who it is,
in the flesh.
That your outfit?
Yeah.
I didn't realize I would be the only one without one.
Well.
Now, you're not the only one.
Wanna get a drink at the bar?
I actually think I'm gonna head out soon.
Come on.
The hunt hasn't even started yet.
Ladies and gentlemen.
Welcome to the 14th annual Ocean City Hunt.
I'm very excited this year
because we are going to be hunting
for Neptune's Trident.
But remember, this is a team event,
so make sure to grab your mate.
Go.
So what exactly is the hunt, Victor?
It's something we do every year.
We search for an oceanic themed item.
It's kinda like a scavenger hunt.
Okay, I'm definitely leaving now.
No, come on.
I don't have a partner.
I need you.
Please.
Fine.
Plus, I came prepared.
Not my first time.
(FOREBODING MUSIC)
So how you liking Ocean City?
Must I answer that?
No.
But I am curious.
What brings you this direction?
Where were you going?
I don't want to talk about that.
(EERIE MUSIC)
Victor?
This isn't funny.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
Tonight.
We leave tonight.
Say you'll come with me.
(ELECTRICAL BUZZING)
Abigail?
That wasn't funny, Victor.
I don't appreciate you leaving me.
I didn't leave you.
You ran off.
I've been here the whole time.
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
Can I ask you a question?
What happened to the Sheriff's wife?
What?
You heard me.
The sheriff's wife.
She disappeared like four years ago.
It's kind of a sore subject around here.
Leave that one alone.
(FACTORY WHISTLE BLOWING)
Someone else found the trident again.
Ready to go?
(FOREBODING MUSIC)
"The sea was wet, as wet could be.
"The sands were dry as dry.
"You could not see a cloud
"because no cloud was in the sky.
"No birds were flying overhead.
"There were no birds to fly.
"In Wonderland they lie,
"dreaming as the days go by.
"Dreaming as the summer die."
(EERIE MUSIC)
(DOOR RUSTLING)
(DOOR BANGING)
(DOOR JIGGLING)
Go away!
Stop!
Just stop!
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(INTENSE MUSIC)
(GASPING)
That isn't funny.
What do you want?
(HAUNTING MUSIC)
(GHOSTLY WHISPERING)
Hey!
(LAUGHING)
Were you looking for me?
You found me.
No going in here.
Did you have fun at the hunt?
I didn't see you at closing ceremonies.
Why are the lights out?
You're very to the point.
(GIGGLING)
I like that about you.
The building's old.
I guess you could say it has a life of its own.
The lights flick on and off.
I just checked the generator.
Should be up and running any...
(LAUGHING)
Any second now.
Would you look at that?
I'm going back to bed.
Well, sleep tight.
Don't let the bedbugs bite.
Just kidding.
We don't have bedbugs here.
(PHONE RINGING)
(GROANING)
Hello?
(HEAVY BREATHING)
Who is this?
WOMAN: It's freezing.
Please, help.
Look, I don't have time for.
(COUGHING)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(SHOWER WATER POURING)
Well, well, well.
Look who decided to try my cooking.
It's not like I had any choice.
You're the only joint in town.
That's true.
But I hear that the pharmacy has a mean
chocolate chip ice cream.
Ice cream for breakfast?
Well, I was gonna head there anyway.
Wait,
I'm bluffing.
Take a seat.
Meal's on the house.
Here you go.
I don't generally like people watching me eat.
You don't generally like a lot of things, do you?
There's a man staying at the hotel.
He's really tall and pale.
I saw him at the hunt last night.
A tall, pale man.
Are you feeling okay?
Sorry.
He just gives me the skeevies.
The skeevies?
I don't know.
He made all this noise last night,
trying to get my attention.
Asked me to follow him.
It was like he was trying to tell me something.
Sounds crazy, I know.
How's the car?
Not exactly sure why I'm asking that.
I know that nothing around here gets fixed.
Quickly, yeah.
Looks like I'm gonna be here for a few days.
A few days?
Waiting for parts to arrive.
Well,
if that's the case,
then we should go out tonight.
What?
Yeah.
That wasn't.
Come on.
You and me.
Tonight.
Look, I promise not to drag you around
any abandoned buildings or anything, okay?
Plus, you have absolutely nothing better to do in this town.
I don't?
And maybe you owe me a little bit?
Maybe?
For the car ride.
I kinda feel like you owe me for last night.
Well, let me make it up to you then.
Okay.
Okay?
Okay.
All right.
I will let you eat
and I will
call you about it later
to set it up.
You can't keep doing this.
I told you last year.
This is not going to become a tradition.
You aren't welcome here.
I'm not hurting anyone.
SHERIFF: Don't make this any harder than it needs to be.
(QUIET BEAT MUSIC)
(WOMAN YELLING)
WOMAN: Damn it!
Are you okay?
I heard a scream.
Yes.
The top of my paint came off in my bag.
It spilled all over.
(GROANING)
Rule number one.
Always check the caps twice.
I didn't mean to scare you.
Don't go.
I'm just gonna go wash my hands.
Stay there.
I didn't catch your name.
Abigail.
(WATER RUNNING)
All right.
Violet Porter.
Come on, don't be shy.
What are you doing in Ocean City, Abigail?
Visiting.
Strange place to visit.
I could say the same about you.
I would tell you that I'm from here.
Born and raised in the town that wishes it were on a coast.
I'm back here to do some painting,
if you haven't figured that out.
(COUGHING)
I've got some matters to attend to,
but I'm gonna be painting outside tomorrow.
You should join me.
You'll still be in town?
Unfortunately.
See you then.
(ELECTRICAL BUZZING)
(INTENSE MUSIC)
Hello?
(RUSTLING)
(EERIE MUSIC)
Morning sunshine!
The boss likes me to scrub the tubs over and over.
Got to make them spick and span.
You have got to stop popping up everywhere I go.
Hey.
Why don't you try some of that obnoxious breathing?
(PHONE RINGING)
This is David Dickinson.
With whom am I speaking?
ABIGAIL: Save me.
Oh, my favorite client.
How's the beach?
I don't know how anybody could live here.
DAVID: It can't be that bad.
Make the best of the situation.
It's all you can do.
It's one of those towns, David.
You know, where the only way
that they can get people to stop by
is putting up signs on the interstate
promising ATMs
or large bathrooms.
DAVID: Money and crap.
They make the world go around.
I think I'm losing it, David.
I keep seeing this man.
That's fantastic.
Glad to hear you're dating someone again.
What's he do?
No, not like seeing a man.
I don't know if he's real.
I'm telling you, David,
I think I'm hallucinating.
DAVID: It's probably just all the stress
you got in your life right now.
You taking your pills?
Yes.
DAVID: Keep at it.
You'll make it through this.
Remember where you were just last week.
(PHONE DIAL TONE)
(PHONE RINGING)
Listen, whoever you are, stop.
Don't call again.
VICTOR: Well, hello to you too.
It's Victor.
Oh.
I thought you were someone else.
No, it's Victor.
Just victor.
I'm calling about tonight.
You are quite the cook.
Thanks.
It's always been a passion.
No, I mean, you're really good.
It was really nice to have some help
in the kitchen this time.
Have you thought about
going somewhere else to pursue this?
Thought about it.
I don't know.
If the right situation arose,
I guess I'd look into it.
I'd really like to own my own place.
Be my own boss.
The talent is there.
So what about you?
What are you doing here, Abigail?
I guess you could say I'm on leave.
Boss mandated leave.
I'm an assistant professor
at a literature department down south.
Oh, so your book knowledge far surpasses mine?
It's possible.
(SOMBER MUSIC)
Boss mandated leave?
What's that all about?
My mother recently passed away.
Abigail, I'm so sorry.
I didn't...
You know, my dad passed away.
I spend as much time with my mom as I can.
Were you two close?
She was my best friend.
Her funeral is next week.
That's where I'm traveling to.
If my damn car ever gets fixed.
Hey.
It gets better.
(SOMBER MUSIC)
Will you excuse me for just a minute?
(COUGHING)
(BANGING)
(EERIE WHISPERING)
Having a little party in here?
Just finishing up dinner.
Abigail, trespassing is a serious offense.
I'm not trespassing.
I'm here with Victor. (PHONE RINGING)
Hello? (SHIVERING BREATHING)
Why don't you and I go down to the station
and have ourselves a little chat?
No.
Victor will be right back.
Hello?
WOMAN: Help.
Who is this?
WOMAN: Help me.
I don't know who you thin you're fooling.
And I hate to say it but from what I could tell,
you were about to get into the register.
I was getting a napkin.
You are clearly delusional.
Come on little miss, hands behind your back.
No!
No, let me go!
Let go of me.
Let go of me!
Sheriff Lee?
What's going on in here?
Abigail, are you okay?
I just caught her trying to get...
He thinks that I broke in
and was stealing from the register.
She's here with me.
Well, my mistake.
My deepest apologies.
Kitchen's closed for the night?
Yeah, I'm afraid so.
Even to a regular?
I was just coming by...
Sheriff, I'd be happy to cook you a meal anytime.
Not tonight.
You two enjoy yourselves.
VICTOR: Whole family's a little off.
There's more of them?
VICTOR: Well, yeah.
Ice cream?
Sure.
I know you know Jimmy.
The town mechanic.
He's Kurt's boy.
You know, I try to be patient with the two of them
in light of what happened, but...
(ELECTRIC BUZZING)
Brain freeze?
No.
(RINGING)
Abigail?
You okay?
I'm so cold.
I wasn't gonna say anything.
I have to go back. I'm not feeling well.
Okay. All right.
Come on.
(COUGHING)
Here you go, Abigail.
This should keep you nice and warm and snug.
Of course, if you need anything,
I'll be in the other room,
but it seems like you're in the hands of a
strong,
capable,
handsome...
I'm fine.
(EERIE WHISPERING)
I think I'm okay, actually.
Why don't you just try and get some rest?
(FOREBODING MUSIC)
(GROANING)
Check the cellar.
(GASPING)
Well, I'm glad you could pencil me in
to your busy schedule.
(COUGHING)
Wow.
You really could use some sun.
You said you're from Ocean City?
Born and raised.
You know the Lee's?
I heard you talking with Kurt the other day.
Let's talk.
Oh, this is the better time to be here.
The green.
The flowers.
All this life.
Tess likes to take warm walks together.
Venturing through the countryside.
(EERIE MUSIC)
What do you know?
I know she was Kurt's wife.
I know she went missing.
Is that what they're calling it?
Tess was a close friend from childhood.
She was the kind of person I had to keep in touch with,
even when I moved to the city.
I come back here this time every year
in honor of her disappearance.
(COUGHING)
Do you think she was murdered?
Well,
I really can't say.
That's a tough one.
But there's one thing that I've learned at my age
and that nothing ever is as it seems.
Tess was a volunteer nurse.
She was a social butterfly.
She cared about everybody.
She wouldn't hurt a soul.
What are you after?
I have this connection with Tess.
I can feel it.
I do miss her.
You let me know if you find anything out, okay?
Of course.
You said Tess was a volunteer?
At a hospital?
No, at the old folk's home.
Right down the street.
(EERIE MUSIC)
(COUGHING)
(SPOOKY MUSIC)
Brought your favorite, mom.
I saw her.
Are you hungry?
It's chocolate pudding.
I saw her again.
This time in the hallway.
Mom, we've been through this before.
You remember what the doctor said.
No.
What is it?
Abigail?
(COUGHING)
Abigail?
Hey.
(COUGHING)
What are you doing here?
Just was in the neighborhood.
Abigail, what are you doing here?
Really?
Really.
I was looking for information on Tess Lee.
That' a little out of the blue.
Did you know her, Victor?
Yeah, but I mean not personally.
She worked here.
You obviously figured that out.
But I told you,
she's kind of a sore subject in this town.
Why?
Because people don't just disappear here, okay?
And this is not the weekend to be doing this.
Why?
Because.
She disappeared the weekend of the hunt.
Can we please just talk about this later?
Yeah. Bye.
(EERIE WHISPERING)
(ICE CRACKLING)
Jimmy?
Parts aren't here.
Won't be for another few days.
That's no way to speak to a customer.
I need my car fixed.
Now.
You're free to fill out a complaint form in the office.
I take them real serious.
I wanted to ask you about your mother.
She went missing four years ago.
This weekend, exactly.
If I heard that right.
Don't poke the bear, miss.
Her name was Tess?
Tess Lee?
Don't you say her name, you pasty little bitch.
It's curiosity more than.
It's hard to imagine the wife of the sheriff going missing.
Unless.
Unless what?
Now I don't know what you think you're insinuating.
Oh, big word.
You just keep out of it.
You walk in here, prance around like you own the place.
Well you don't know the half of it.
So fuck off.
Fix my car.
Until then,
we'll see what I dig up.
(FOREBODING MUSIC)
You know, this isn't exactly what I had in mind
for a date.
I needed your help.
And I told you.
This is a sensitive subject here.
And it's completely irrelevant, might I add.
Your car is going to be fixed soon and then you can go.
Why spend your last couple days playing detective?
(EERIE MUSIC)
And what are those?
They're supposed to help with anxiety.
Am I making you anxious?
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
This is it.
This is what I'm looking for.
"Ohio man found dead at Atlantis Inn."
This is the same weekend Tess went missing.
"Richard Collins, 62, of Cleveland, Ohio
"was found dead in room 202 of the Atlantis Inn."
Right here, in Ocean City.
Yeah, it also says there was no foul play suspected
and that Richard Collin, in fact, died of a stroke.
The two are not related.
You don't find it strange that a man died
that same weekend Tess went missing?
No.
I don't know how.
The man I keep seeing has to be connected.
(MENACING MUSIC)
Abigail.
People die all the time.
That's something we have to accept.
I'm sorry.
I know that's hard.
(MENACING MUSIC)
Can we get out of here?
Like go get a drink or something?
(JAZZ MUSIC)
I wanna talk to this guy.
The Pale Man?
I don't think that's gonna be possible.
Why not?
Let's get out of here.
What?
Let's just go.
Why?
Howdy, pretty boy.
Hey, Reese.
I didn't know you were working here.
You guys enjoy your night.
You can go when I say you can go.
Lighten up, you just got here.
We're having a party, boys, come on.
Pretty little thing.
Jimmy said you got yourself a girlfriend.
Must feel good to put some hair on that sack of yours.
And you, dating the fry cook.
I think your food may be the best thing
since that drive-thru opened up a town over.
Personally, I'd rather starve to death
than have food poisoning.
Victor!
Let go of me.
Wrong move, fella,
but exactly what I was looking for.
(SHATTERING)
Whoa, Reese.
Okay, that was my mistake.
All right?
She has nothing to do with this.
She's got nothing to do with this?
She's done more than she can could even realize.
Hey, I got an idea.
You and me.
Winner takes the broad.
(INTENSE MUSIC)
GUY: Kick his ass.
Stop it!
Stop!
Let us go!
(YELLING)
(INTENSE MUSIC)
Pick him up for me.
Not so tough now, are you?
(GROANING)
Let go of me!
Let go!
All right, all right.
That's enough.
Get out of here.
You okay?
Want me to take you to the hospital?
No, I'll be all right.
KURT: Boys will be boys.
You're going after them, right?
Yeah, I know where they live.
They'll get reprimanded.
You better go get that cleaned up.
Here.
This one's colder.
You've gotta do something.
No, it's okay.
No, it's not.
Look.
All I care about is that you're safe.
(MOANING)
Victor.
What?
I'm sorry.
My mind is elsewhere.
I can't stop thinking about.
The what?
The Pale Man?
Tess Lee?
I just got my ass beat for you, Abigail.
For me?
Yeah, look at me.
Okay, I told you to leave it alone.
You couldn't do it.
I can't.
I can't explain it.
I'm drawn to this.
I have to figure it out.
Now I know where your priorities lie.
Have fun with your adventures, Nancy Drew.
(COUGHING)
(MENACING MUSIC)
(GASPING)
I wanted to ask you some questions.
Can we talk?
Who were you with that night of the hunt?
(EERIE MUSIC)
(GASPING)
Who are you?
What's your name?
Did you know Tess Lee?
Where's the fire?
Where did the man go?
What man?
The other guest.
You and Violet are the only guests.
That isn't possible.
There's a man staying here.
He keeps changing rooms.
Are you okay, Abigail?
There isn't anyone else here.
(GASPING)
He isn't real.
(EERIE MUSIC)
(INTENSE MUSIC)
(MOANING)
(CRYING)
(GASPING)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(SNORING)
(MUMBLING)
(FOREBODING MUSIC)
(COUGHING)
(DIAL TONE BUZZING)
(PHONE RINGING)
DAVID: Hello?
Hello?
Hey.
(COUGHING)
Is everything okay?
I didn't hear from you today.
ABIGAIL: I'm fine.
It's nothing to worry about.
Okay.
(CHILLING MUSIC)
Could those new pills that you prescribed me,
do they have any side affects?
Could they give me any weird symptoms?
No.
No, they're just made to mellow you out.
Just to relax you.
You're only taking two a day,
right?
Give or take.
Time is running out.
(GASPING)
I have to go, David.
(EERIE MUSIC)
(SQUEALING)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(GINGER SNORING)
(RINGING)
Abigail.
I was just inspecting this counter.
Okay, I was asleep.
Do you need something?
Who is that?
Tess Lee.
That's what I thought.
Thanks.
(FOREBODING MUSIC)
(COUGHING)
(EERIE MUSIC)
What?
(KNOCKING)
Violet?
Violet, I wanted to ask you about Tess.
I found something out last night.
(KNOCKING)
Violet?
Sorry to wake you.
Violet?
(INTENSE MUSIC)
Ginger!
Ginger, come quick!
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(MENACING MUSIC)
Well, they aren't certain until they do the autopsy,
but Sheriff Lee told me that the paramedics
think it was a stroke.
A stroke?
Excuse me.
Do you really want to continue staying here?
In light of everything?
I mean, I'm sure I could find you another place.
Yes.
I wanna stay.
Okay.
(RATTLING)
WOMAN: (VOICEOVER) Dearest Violet,
I've done something terrible.
I need your advice.
Something I thought I'd never do.
Love, as always. Tess Lee.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(GAGGING)
(CLICKING)
(THUDDING)
(BANGING)
(THUDDING)
(FLOOR CREAKING)
Did you kill Violet?
Who are you?
I saw a picture of you and Tess Lee.
Did you kill her?
(EERIE MUSIC)
(ELECTRONIC BUZZING)
Richard, what are you doing here?
You shouldn't have come.
I'm happy to see you.
Someone could see us.
I don't want to wait any longer.
I'm ready to take you with me.
We've talked about this.
If I go with you, he'll find us.
He won't take this lightly.
Tonight.
We'll leave tonight.
Say you'll go with me.
Yes.
Richard, I'll go with you.
(ELECTRICAL BUZZING)
You're Richard Collins?
Please, just talk to me.
Did you move me into my room?
What can I do to help?
(INTENSE MUSIC)
(KNOCKING)
Richard Collins.
Yes.
You son of a bitch.
No! No!
(INTENSE MUSIC)
No! No!
Don't!
(GROANING)
No! Stop!
(INTENSE MUSIC)
(MOANING)
You shoulda left when you still had time.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
It's me.
I need your help.
Long story short.
I was coming downstairs and I was bring a guest a blanket
and he was there and I wasn't expecting that
and we kind of had a little moment
where we locked eyes.
It was very exciting.
I kinda feel like there was some sort of
energy exchange.
Yeah and I don't really know what to make of it.
I'm hoping that he comes by again
and maybe we can see where...
(COUGHING)
You're awake!
I want you to hold on to these for me.
Just in case.
In case what?
I'm trusting you with this.
What's going on?
I'll see you later?
Hopefully.
(EERIE MUSIC)
(COUGHING)
I want to get a closer look.
No, Abigail.
He's home.
I have to know.
Abigail.
(SOMBER MUSIC)
(ABIGAIL COUGHING)
(ROOSTER CROWING)
Look in the cellar.
This is it, Victor.
There are bolt cutters in the barn.
Go get them.
(EXCITING TELEVISION MUSIC)
Abigail?
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
I'm not going in there.
Yes you are.
(MUFFLED TELEVISION BLARING)
Here.
MAN: (ON TELEVISION) All right. Come on.
Let's go. Let's go.
Hey, you.
(METAL CLANKING)
(MUFFLED TELEVISION MUSIC)
(COUGHING)
(SPOOKY TELEVISION MUSIC)
(FREEZER BUZZING)
(EERIE MUSIC)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
KURT: Where you going?
Hey, honey.
Nowhere.
It's laundry night.
I figured after running around the factory.
Clean sheets and shirts.
Your favorite.
It's him.
You're leaving me for him?
Who?
Richard Collins.
That's his name, right?
Your lover?
It's a small town, Tess.
You can't keep a secret like that from me.
I didn't mean for it to happen like this.
We've been distant.
I saw you two at the hunt.
I thought it was just a one time thing.
Then I started thinking.
All those late night book clubs.
The need to go to far away groceries.
It makes sense now.
Kurt, you were never home.
Oh, it's my fault?
Do you love him?
You've cared more about your work than me for years.
That son of a bitch.
Please.
Spare him.
Stop talking!
(INTENSE MUSIC)
Stop!
Stop.
Please.
Stop.
(CRYING)
Tess?
She should've stopped.
I never intended to kill her.
But you did.
(COUGHING)
You shouldn't have come here.
Okay.
We'll leave and go right now.
We won't tell anyone, I swear.
Yeah, right.
You been watching too many movies.
(COUGHING)
Don't the good guys usually live?
Shut the fuck up.
I knew there was something about you, Abigail.
Snooping around.
Sticking your nose in where it doesn't belong.
You know the drill.
Tie her up.
(COUGHING)
Tight!
None of that leaving it loose
so she can get her arm free.
No, no, no, no.
Come on. Move away.
Farther.
(ABIGAIL YELLING)
Shut up.
(GUNSHOT BOOMING)
(MUFFLED RINGING)
(YELLING)
(ABIGAIL COUGHING)
Son of a bitch!
Get it over with.
Abigail.
You okay?
You better get her out of here.
Come on, just breathe.
Breathe.
Looks like I'm not the only one dying tonight, huh?
Shut up!
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
Put the gun down.
Jimmy?
Oh thank God.
But the gun down.
Jimmy, you don't understand.
Look in the freezer.
I promise, before you make any decisions.
Please.
Move back.
(COUGHING)
Do it!
Now, Jimmy.
Don't listen to them.
(COUGHING)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
You don't understand.
You told me she was missing.
For four years you've been telling me she was missing.
Said she would come back any day.
Son, let me explain.
(BOOMING)
(INTENSE MUSIC)
(CRYING)
Get her out of here!
(COUGHING)
(BEEPING)
You really should head home.
You've been here for days.
We'll call you if anything changes.
No, I don't wanna leave her side.
Are their any updates?
We haven't seen anything like this before.
The good news is that she's stable.
Please, go get yourself some food.
She'll be here when you get back.
(MONITOR BEEPING)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(ELECTRICAL FIZZING)
(FOREBODING MUSIC)
Thank you.
(MONITOR ALARMING)
RADIO ANNOUNCER: For those of you just now tuning in,
we've been keeping listeners up-to-date
with the developing story out of Ocean City.
A truly bizarre double homicide.
According to state trooper reports,
the town's sheriff allegedly killed his wife,
stuffed her in the family freezer.
(ELECTRIC BUZZING)
The investigation is ongoing.
For now, it seems there were no other witnesses.
I'm sorry, but there've been some complications.
This really isn't a good time.
You don't understand.
I need to see her.
(GASPING)
I didn't think that you were...
Everything's okay now.
I'm fine, really.
It's a miracle.
We could call it that.
(LAUGHING)
I brought your stuff.
And there's a bedside phone,
in case you need to make any phone calls.
I'm sure there's plenty of people waiting to hear from you.
Do you have my pills?
Yeah.
Flush them down the toilet.
Really?
(PHONE RINGING)
Hello?
PHONE OPERATOR: We have a David Dickinson for you.
Shall I transfer him through?
Ma'am?
(TOILET FLUSHING)
Ma'am?
Can you read to me?
Yeah.
Alice?
Start from where you left off?
"Have I gone mad? He asked.
"I'm afraid so.
"You're entirely bonkers, replied Alice.
"But I'll tell you a little secret.
"All the best people are.
(UPLIFTING MUSIC)
"Wake up, Alice, dear.
"Why, what a long sleep you've had.
"So Alice got up and ran off,
"thinking while she ran,
"as well she might.
"What a wonderful dream it had been."
(UPLIFTING MUSIC)