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(BEEPING)
(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC)
(ARTILLERY FIRING)
(SHOUTING)
(PHONE RINGING)
(MUFFLED SPEAKING ON TELEVISION)
Sheriff Connell.
BROOKE: Ronnie?
Yeah, who's this?
BROOKE: It's Brooke.
Brooke?
BROOKE: Your sister-in-law.
(SOLEMN MUSIC)
Sweetie.
Is that your brother's wife?
Yeah.
You know you have to go.
I...
I don't do well.
(SNIFFLES)
(CLEARS THROAT)
(SHOUTS) (CLATTERING)
(SOLEMN MUSIC)
CHAPLAIN REYNOLDS: I know this is painful now,
as true loss always is,
but always remember what Lamentations verse two tells us.
That the lord does not abandon anyone forever.
Though he brings grief he also shows compassion
according to the greatness of his unfailing love.
(MILITARISTIC SHOUTING)
(RIFLES FIRING)
WOMAN: I don't see how that preacher
can even talk to her.
MAN: Her mama was crazy too.
Whole family.
Daddy's off in the pen.
MAN: I heard he's a communist spy.
- The way she runs around. - Not today.
(SIGHS)
For her to play the grieving widow...
It's disgusting, it's just disgusting.
MAN: Mary.
Ronnie?
Ronnie, is that you?
Oh!
I'm so glad you came.
I didn't think you were going to make it.
I owed that to him, and you.
I just, I haven't seen you in...
Five years.
Yeah.
Since Olivia.
Yeah, since that.
Are you staying?
Can you stay for a while?
A day, two maybe.
I don't know.
I could really use some family.
Can we still call ourselves that?
You're all the family I have left now.
And I think I'm all you've got left too.
Yeah.
CAPTAIN REYNOLDS: Excuse me Mrs. Connell,
the car's ready.
Okay.
Oh, Captain Reynolds, this is Patrick's brother Ronnie.
From Arkansas.
Nice to meet you sir.
- Sorry for your loss. - Thank you.
They're taking me back to the funeral home.
Could you follow us, please?
I'd really love to catch up with you.
Okay, okay.
Hey.
I'm proud of you.
I know this isn't easy but
you're where you need to be.
Mm, that boy is getting himself in a heap of trouble.
Everybody else has been in that trouble,
what makes him any different?
(CHUCKLES)
She just buried her husband
and he just buried his brother.
If you can't respect them
at least respect the dead, gentlemen.
What?
Everybody knows about her.
Yeah, but he's a chaplain, boy.
You gotta learn how to talk around certain folks.
Alright, get inside, we got work to do.
(SIGHS)
(GENTLE MUSIC)
You're coming in, and that's not a question,
but you'll have to excuse my mess.
Are you sure?
I mean, you know if other people are stopping by, I...
No one's stopping by, Ronnie.
I mean, like old women and casseroles
or whatever they do?
Ronnie.
No one's stopping by.
They all think I'm crazy.
Brooke.
No, it's true.
I don't blame 'em for it.
Everybody around here knows.
Mama went crazy and killed Daddy
and my husband kept going away to the desert
just to stay away from me.
It's no big secret, Ronnie.
This town has been talking about me
since I was a kid.
Listen, let's...
Let's get you inside, it's been a long, trying day.
I think you could use some rest.
I'm glad you're here.
Better?
Yeah.
Just needed to take something for my head.
Are you hungry or anything?
You know about earlier, I didn't...
I didn't know about all that stuff with your mom and dad.
Hmm.
Patrick never told you?
No, I mean, he said you'd been on your own
since you were a kid but he never got specific.
Since I was 15.
Well we knew your dad had died
and something happened to your mom too but
we didn't ask for details.
Really wasn't our place.
Patrick was always so scared
of what you'd think of him.
Sure had a strange way of showing it.
But I guess now's not the time for all that.
What happened?
Between you two?
He used to look up to you and then after Olivia...
Nothing.
Well I had a real hard time back then, and after.
You know Pat didn't know when to quit pushing.
He said some things and I said some things
I wish I wouldn't have.
And you know Pat, he took it to heart.
When you weren't there for him to talk to, he changed.
Completely.
He was just so
angry all the time.
All he wanted to do was fight.
At home, in his unit, when he was out.
That's why he kept going back.
I didn't realize things had gotten that bad.
He wouldn't look at me.
Wouldn't touch me.
And this house.
This blasted house!
(CRYING)
Jesus!
He would never lift a finger to fix anything around here.
You have no idea how many times I've wanted to leave.
But I have nowhere to go.
(SIGHS)
(CRYING)
Help her, Ronnie.
Hey let me fix it up.
What?
The house, I can do a few things with it.
Ronnie.
No, I'm serious.
He should have already taken care of this for you
and maybe already would have if...
But at least we can do this.
You don't have to.
I know.
That's why I know it's the right thing to do.
I'll see what you got and we'll get what you don't.
A little paint here and there, pew,
we'll have it cleaned up in a week.
So you're staying a week now?
(LAUGHS)
Looks that way.
I feel like I'm imposing.
I thought we were family.
Oh!
(LIGHT MUSIC)
MAN: Have y'all seen Brooke?
MAN: I saw her last night, I was down there
sucking some suds.
MAN: I heard tell she's taken a new guy home every night.
MAN: Oh yeah, I went up there last night
told her to grab my suspenders and yank me hard.
(LAUGHS)
MAN: And she misunderstood you of course.
MAN: Well of course, you know a feller's gotta try.
MAN: Yeah well I heard she was out
at the bar last night.
MAN: Well you know they just buried him two days ago.
I hear tell his brother's staying out there
at her place.
Well that's just goddamn wrong.
You know the boy was a hero.
That's right.
Gentlemen.
Morning.
You keep up this rate
you're gonna buy me out of everything.
Yeah there's a lot of work to do over there.
How's it coming along?
Well that living room looks better.
That kitchen still needs some work but
you know, the things we do for family.
Don't I know.
My daughter's husband's been deployed for 14 months.
I'm always over there fixing something.
Where you staying at?
Are you gonna start with this too?
Man what difference does it matter where I stay?
She's family.
I didn't mean anything by that.
Just making conversation.
You know, ever since I got here
all I hear people say is bad things about her.
Whoa, I didn't mean anything by that.
Look, I feel for that girl, I do.
Everybody knows what's happened to her.
Girl's never had a chance.
Well that's all fine and good
but that don't account for the names
I've heard that girl called.
She reminds some of them
of things they don't want to remember.
And I don't understand how she's supposed to be
driving herself around town all night
when she doesn't even have a goddamn car!
You explain that to me?
It's a small town.
People say things.
Maybe the best thing would be a fresh start
somewhere else, maybe.
53.76.
Thanks.
Hey do you remember that first trailer we had,
the one with the leaky roof?
How could I forget?
God, we were just kids.
You remember the first time it happened?
You thought we busted the water bed.
Yeah well I had good reason to think that.
(SCOFFS)
Don't embarrass me, Ronnie.
Yeah, well at least I knew
what I was doing every weekend.
- Working on the house. - Working on the house.
God almighty.
And after all that work we did, they raised the rent.
I mean can you believe that?
Have you ever seen me so mad?
Yeah well I don't even wanna think about that.
Are you okay?
You still miss her.
It's okay, I understand.
When Patrick first deployed I'd just walk around
the house constantly talking to him.
It was like he was there.
Funny.
Those were some of the best conversations we ever had.
But it was different for you.
Olivia still loved you.
She was so in love with you.
What?
Every time I go out, I hear things about you.
And then I come back here and all I hear you say
is how bad life was with my brother.
It just seems like there's something you're not telling me.
Like what?
Like why you're out at the bar
with different guys all the time.
Are you serious?
And just how exactly would I do that?
Whoa now, listen Brooke.
I'm not the one accusing you.
I'm just telling you what I hear.
(CRYING)
Fu... (BANGS TABLE)
Shoot fire fuzzy.
Seriously?
Now when do these people think I do these things, huh?
I mean, I'm in bed by 10 o'clock every night
if I even make it that late.
(LAUGHS)
I know, I know, it's...
I shouldn't have said anything, okay?
What's so funny?
(LAUGHING)
Because it always sounds like you're fixing
to start some F-bomb tirade and instead you come up with,
well, shoot fire fuzzy.
I'm sorry.
I don't like to cuss, okay?
(SIGHS)
My mom never did.
Until she went crazy.
I mean, I don't care if anyone else does,
I just can't do it myself.
Maybe I am just crazy like my mother.
Brooke, you are not crazy.
Look at me.
You are not crazy.
Well they think I am!
I'm the crazy trollop down the block.
I'm so sick of this garbage, it's so ridiculous!
Listen, listen, calm down, okay?
Just forget I said anything.
I let these people get in my head
and that is not your fault.
That's mine.
Hey.
That is not your fault.
Okay?
Gotta fix the sink.
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
If that's what you wanna do, just ask her.
I just think it's the best thing for her.
Might be good for you too.
Do you have any idea how much I miss you?
(THUMPS)
Brooke?
- Looking for me? - Jesus,
you scared me to death.
Where were you?
(TENSE MUSIC)
Mm, I'm on your mind.
I like that you're thinking about me.
Okay, what are you talking about?
You know you want me.
Listen, I...
Why don't you go back to bed?
(LAUGHING)
Why don't you take me to bed?
I'll do things to you that haven't been done
in a very long time.
Okay, okay, it's time to knock it off.
This ain't funny anymore, let's...
Thank you.
Follow me.
I promise I'll be worth it.
The fuck was that?
(KNOCKS)
Hey.
What's up?
You okay?
Yeah.
(YAWNS)
Why?
I just wonder if you wanna explain to me
what all that was about last night.
What was all what about?
(LAUGHS)
You seriously don't remember?
Do you sleepwalk?
It doesn't matter.
Listen, I wanna talk to you about something else anyway.
You know we pretty much got everything patched up
around here that we can, so I think maybe
you oughta put it up for sale
and move back to Arkansas with me.
(SIGHS)
Look, I have plenty of room for you at the house
and you know you're always talking about a fresh start.
Maybe this is it.
Ronnie.
I can't.
(SIGHS)
It's very sweet of you, but I can't impose on you that much.
You're not imposing.
You're family, remember?
And I should have been checking on you all along.
It's too much.
(SIGHS)
Look.
I don't have to leave for another couple of days so just,
just think about it.
Okay?
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
You know.
I used to go to the beach when things got difficult.
I'd just stare out at the water
and suddenly everything became clear.
Let's go to the beach.
I haven't been in forever.
It's less than a half an hour away.
(LIGHT MUSIC)
(WAVES WASHING)
(MURMURING)
My grandpa used to cook for the merchant marines
but they wouldn't let him in the navy
on account of a bad back.
You know what, I know the military fascinated Patrick.
I thought about it, I just,
I never wanted to be that far away.
You loved her so much.
RONNIE: Still do.
You calm me, Ronnie.
I really like having you around.
Well you're okay in my book too.
(YAWNS)
Come on, let's get you back
before you're so tired you can't walk.
Thanks.
Are you sure you don't need anything from the store?
No.
Okay.
Something's up.
I mean I feel it.
She does not need to be left alone.
He's talking to her right now.
He shouldn't be left alone.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(BELL RINGS)
MAN: There she is.
WOMAN: She oughta be ashamed of herself, his own brother.
WOMAN: With everyone, every man in town.
MAN: Probably the women too.
WOMAN: With her husband still warm in the ground.
Are you okay?
(STARTS)
(VOICES WARPING) Are you okay?
(BELL RINGS)
(CRYING)
I hate it here, I hate it!
What happened?
Nothing.
Everything.
I wanna go.
Okay, well start figuring out
what to get together.
No, now.
I'm so ready to get out of this piece of trash town.
You were right, you were so right.
Let's go, let's just go.
Can we pack now?
Yeah, sure.
Oh, just one more thing.
Oh, whoa!
(GENTLE MUSIC)
So it's not like we didn't have good times together.
He just fell apart.
I can't help but blame myself, I...
I should have been there more.
Don't blame yourself.
Big brothers aren't supposed to freak out.
I freaked out.
Well you're not freaking out now, Ronnie.
Brooke, I need to ask you about something.
And maybe it's nothing at all but
I can't get it out of my head.
Yeah, what about?
That night in Hardyville.
Like I said, maybe you were just sleepwalking but you,
you came out of your room in this
really sexy little dress and really came on to me.
I did what?
Is this what you were talking about?
Oh Ronnie I would never!
I know, I know.
That's what's weird.
It was like you were someone else entirely.
But your eyes, they...
My eyes.
Completely dilated like you was...
Just as black as could be!
Stop the car.
What?
BROOKE: I said stop the car, stop the car, now!
RONNIE: Brooke, wait a minute, let me get it.
BROOKE: I said now!
Hang on a minute, god!
(CRYING)
Brooke!
Brooke, what did I say?
You have no right to torture me like that.
Right now, right after all of this.
Right after we leave?
Why the fudge would you wanna do this to me?
Look, I don't know what I did.
All I know is you just went from zero to 60.
(BANGS) Brooke!
My eyes, Ronnie!
They were black you said.
You've been talking to those people in town, haven't you?
You believe them, don't you?
That I'm just like she was.
Like who, who is she?
Listen, calm down and tell me what the hell
you're talking about.
My mother, Ronnie!
Her eyes were black.
They say her eyes were black before she killed my father.
I had no idea.
Sure you did.
I bet your wife told you
in some imaginary conversation, huh?
What?
Yeah.
You wanna make me feel like I'm crazy.
Well I'm not the one who's having conversations
in broad daylight with someone that's not even there.
Ha, so who's crazy now?
Your wife is dead, Ronnie.
Dead like my husband.
Dead like your brother.
So don't try to make me think that I'm crazy
you sad motherfucker.
(TENSE MUSIC)
What in the heck are those guys selling?
RONNIE: Oh, those are the Tiptons.
Whatever they're selling you don't wanna buy.
Well boss, you did manage to find your way back home.
Rayland.
Didn't expect to see you til tomorrow probably.
How's everything been around here?
You kidding?
Quiet as always.
Couple drunks is all.
Nothing I can't handle.
That's my sister-in-law.
She got a name or is it just sister-in-law?
Rayland, ma'am.
Sheriff's Deputy Hall.
Brooke.
My name's Brooke.
It's good to meet you, Brooke.
That's my brother's wife.
Now she's gonna be staying here a while
until she gets settled.
Help me watch out for her.
I follow you.
I can keep my eye on her.
I'm not quite sure you do follow me.
That is the widow of my dead brother, you understand?
So I need you to be, well, a little less you.
Now you follow?
I follow you, Sheriff, I can do that.
I appreciate it.
Gonna be in the office tomorrow?
Yeah, tomorrow.
Well, glad y'all made it back.
Be seeing you tomorrow.
Brooke, it's good to meet you.
That stuff on the road, it's behind us.
But the next time you go from saint to sinner
on me in a flash I can not promise you it'll end so pretty.
That's not a threat, 'cause I don't do those.
That's just the way it is.
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
I love it here.
I love the view.
Yeah, well you should see it from here.
I just love you so much.
I don't ever wanna lose this.
You never will.
I was out of line, I'm really sorry.
I should have never called you that name.
Don't worry about it.
I know things have been stressful, it's okay.
No, it's really not.
I had no right to say that to you
when you've been nothing but helpful to me.
You know it's none of my business
if you still need Olivia in your life.
You know this used to be our room, me and Liv.
Don't think I've really been in here
since I took all the pictures down.
Who takes care of you?
You take care of everyone else
but who takes care of you?
That's why you still see her, isn't it?
Just can't let her go.
She's right there.
You're a good man, Ronnie Connell.
(WHOOSHES)
Do you see her now?
You didn't see that?
See what?
No Ronnie, I don't see Olivia.
(SCOFFS)
I didn't either.
It was something red like a mist or a smoke.
It was right there!
You didn't see it?
Come right out of the chest
went right into the wall.
You just drove all night after being up all day.
You're exhausted and your eyes
are playing tricks on you, that's all.
Brooke, my eyes are not allowed to play tricks on me,
I am trained for this, I know what I saw.
And I saw something come out of this chest
and go right into that wall.
Ronnie.
Come on.
We've been through enough already.
I can unpack all this later.
(SIGHS)
How about I try to find you something to eat?
Just give me a chance.
I wanna do for you what you've done for me.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
I gotta talk to the sheriff.
I need to talk to him right now
about that goddamn girl.
- Y'all we got a problem here! - Hey.
Get out of my way you little bitch!
Tommy Williams you settle down right now.
Don't come in here telling us how to do our job.
See this badge, son?
I do not give a shit about your badge, Rayland Hall.
I whupped your ass in high school
and these boots are still
a pair of ass-kicking motherfuckers.
Tommy, you look at me.
Tommy, me.
(SNAPPING)
Tommy!
You come with me right now.
What you huffing and puffing for?
You ain't gonna do shit.
Tommy, shut it!
Now go with me now!
You stay right here and don't you say a word
to the sheriff, do you hear me?
Yes ma'am.
What is going on out here?
Oh it's nothing.
Angela said she'd be back in just a minute.
Well that's great but who's doing all the yelling?
No big deal, man.
Female stuff.
This time and only this time
and only for you, Miss Angela.
That's the fourth fellow that's been here
to have something to say about that girl.
You know I met her last week,
didn't seem to be nothing wrong with her though.
I can't keep hiding this from him, Rayland.
This is not a big town.
People will talk around here.
He's just been through so much though
with his brother dying and there are folks that say
he still talks to that dead wife of his.
Have some respect.
Why do you have to bring that up?
Besides, he doesn't need to know yet.
Doesn't need to know what yet?
You know why don't you just do me a favor
and tell me what I'm not supposed to know?
It makes us easier on all of us.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
It all seems to happen down at The Easy Speaker.
They all seem to describe somebody
that looks like your sister-in-law.
I heard she's down there almost every night
looking to pick somebody up.
I just didn't wanna upset you.
RAYLAND: Me neither, man.
The girl has been through so much,
maybe people are exaggerating.
Yeah Sheriff, you know how people are around here.
They just don't know when to shut up.
ANGELA: Ronnie, I just didn't want you to be hurt.
That's enough.
(BANGS)
Brooke, where are you?
BROOKE: In the kitchen.
You're gonna have to tell me what's really going on here.
I'm making some sweet tea.
That's not what I mean and you know it.
I wanna know why all these guys
keep coming down to the sheriff's desk
saying you're trying to pick 'em up
the night before at The Easy Speaker.
What's The Easy Speaker?
Don't play dumb with me!
You forget I do this for a living?
I seriously don't know
what you're talking about, Sheriff.
Really?
Then explain to me why we've had half a dozen guys
say that you've come onto them at the bar
and then when they go off to screw you
they suddenly forget what happened.
What are you slipping 'em?
Is this about money?
Why, why are you saying this to me right now?
(LAUGHS)
I'm home, here, every night, and you see that.
These are the same stories they said back home.
I'll tell you this.
The truth'll come out, Brooke.
It always does.
Now if you're doing something
then god damnit, stop it!
If you're not, then help me understand.
'Cause I don't.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
Me too.
(MUFFLED SPEAKING ON TELEVISION)
I just don't know who or what to believe anymore.
I wish there was something I could do.
(GLASS CLATTERS)
(SULTRY ROCK MUSIC)
RONNIE: Oh my god, is this really happening?
Yes Ronnie.
(STARTS)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(SIGHS)
(COUGHS)
(PHONE RINGING)
Hello?
RAYLAND: Sheriff, you've gotta get down
to The Easy Speaker right now.
We got trouble brewing.
Great, yep, on my way.
Sorry to call you Sheriff
but she's in there doing her thing.
Who?
Who do you think?
- Brooke? - Yes sir.
No way, I just saw her tucked in her bed.
Yes sir, I just stopped in,
it's the first thing I saw when I went through the doors
and came right out, called you.
Go see for yourself.
(COUNTRY ROCK MUSIC)
♪ True love and all ♪
♪ That I can run to ♪
How did you get here?
I just saw you asleep in your bed.
Mm, Sheriff.
I like a man who knows how to take control.
Stop it, get ahold of yourself!
Oh, come on.
It's not like you've never thought about me before.
Do you have any idea how good I am?
I could slide this tight little slit
right down your shaft until you...
Stop it, and I'm not gonna say it again.
You've got to pull yourself together.
We're outta here now, come on.
Okay.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry, Ronnie.
I'll go home now.
Just let me go potty first, please?
Okay, come on.
You watch her.
And you don't buy into anything she says,
you hear me?
- Not a word. - Yes sir, Sheriff.
Rayland, Rayland Hall.
You gonna buy me a drink?
I can't right now Paula, I'm working.
What are you doing out of uniform?
Gotta keep my eye on somebody right now.
So, you don't wanna keep your eye on me?
Come on Paula, it's girls' night.
Okay.
She keeps coming around here
doing what you saw tonight.
And that's bad for business.
I would have called you, Sheriff,
but it's hard to tell a man when his family
ain't doing right.
I understand Charles, I do.
And I'm not mad, I just...
I need you to keep this quiet for me tonight.
Let me deal with this at home, okay?
Alright, alright, alright,
that's fine with me, Sheriff.
Just as long as you keep her away from here I'm good.
Just know this ain't the first time this has happened.
I understand, I understand.
I'll take care of it, Charles, you have my word.
- Okay. - Thanks.
Alright.
♪ As simple as can be ♪
Everything alright?
Yeah, it just don't make no sense man.
I just saw her at...
Where is she?
In the bathroom.
Then why are you over here?
God damnit, Rayland!
Empty!
It's empty, Rayland!
Sheriff, Ronnie!
Sheriff, please calm down.
Sheriff, you know we'll find her man, I'm sorry.
Just don't do something you're gonna regret.
Sheriff!
Get your ass up and tell me what all that was about.
What?
Are you crazy?
I wanna know what the hell just happened
and I wanna know now.
Has he lost his mind?
Why are you waking me up like this?
Get out of the fucking bed!
Damnit Rayland!
Sorry Sheriff.
Get dressed and get to the kitchen.
And you better bring some answers.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
I don't know anything about it Ronnie, I swear.
We know what we saw, Brooke.
I mean we can all go back down there
but they're gonna tell you the same thing.
Why is this happening to me?
Come on, Brooke.
I mean, I saw you with my own two eyes.
Jesus Christ, you were crawling all over me!
And I'm not crazy.
(CRYING)
Sheriff, can I talk to you for a second?
Well?
What she just said.
About not being crazy.
I'm thinking maybe she is.
I mean, you said there were problems with her mama.
Maybe either that or she was sleepwalking or something.
But her eyes.
They were jet black.
What did you say?
It was like you were doing that sleepwalking thing again.
Yeah you were wearing this red, skintight dress
with some sort of ruffles or something.
I mean, you did look hot but...
Yeah, your eyes.
Wait.
My eyes were black and I was wearing a slinky
- red ruffly dress? - Exactly.
And everyone in that bar saw you.
I mean, I'd really hate to admit this
but maybe Rayland's right.
I told you about the eyes.
But that dress...
That sounds like the dress that my mom was wearing
the night that she killed Daddy.
I keep that dress locked in that trunk
so it will never see the light of day.
Why?
(CRYING)
Maybe you should go.
I got this.
Yes sir, Sheriff.
Let me know if you need anything.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
MAN: What do you think,
you wanna go hang out with us then?
WOMAN: Wanna hang out?
WOMAN: I think we're...
(MUFFLED SPEAKING ON TELEVISION)
(SIGHS)
We ever gonna talk again?
I'm not crazy, Ronnie.
I didn't say you were, Brooke.
The other night took everything out of me.
I don't know what to do.
I don't know either.
I mean it's not like I'm a doctor.
But you know if you wanna see one just to talk.
I don't wanna see a doctor.
No?
Okay, I won't push you.
You wanna do me a favor?
What?
I've got a lot of stuff I need to do around here.
I was wondering maybe if you wanted to take the truck
and make a run to the store for us.
I mean, I got a list there in the kitchen.
Yeah, sure.
Where are your keys?
Thank you.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
Keep it together, Brookie.
Keep it together.
(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC)
I hate to spy on her Liv
but I don't know what else to do.
Ronnie.
You're trying to protect her from herself.
Your heart's in the right place.
Baby, you're a good man.
You're doing the only thing you can to save her.
I know but it just doesn't seem right,
spying on family.
I love you.
And I always will.
Don't forget that.
I never will, you know that.
Ronnie.
I want you to know how thankful I am for you.
I don't have anyone.
I guess I never even really had a husband
but at least I could tell myself
that I wasn't alone.
I married him and isolated myself off
from the rest of the world.
I was just Mrs. Patrick Connell.
I'm sorry I was hard on you.
I'm scared.
I think there's something wrong with me.
Come here, it's okay, it's gonna be okay.
I think I need to talk to someone.
I think you're right.
Oh, can we still do that?
RONNIE: Yeah.
Absolutely.
I'll call Dr. Schmidt today.
I don't like this, Ronnie.
I know.
Just keep watching.
Sheriff I'm serious, man.
Something ain't right here.
It's like a demon or something.
And how is this not an invasion of privacy?
You know I seen something like this
at the movies I took Paula Wilcox to last week.
It was about these kids,
they were camping down by this lake...
Jesus Christ Rayland, calm down!
And no, this is my house.
(SIGHS)
So Ang, you got any ideas?
I know you don't wanna hear this
but I think you need to go see Lucien Tipton.
You mean that crazy old blind man
that lives out in the middle of nowhere?
He's not crazy, he's gifted!
I trust him and you should too.
That whole family is crazy and he is one rude
son of a bitch.
Now I took your advice on him before, Ang.
Oh, don't I know it.
RONNIE: Yeah, so you remember how that turned out.
How what worked out?
What the hell are y'all talking about?
He just had some rude things to say to the sheriff,
- that's all. - That's all?
No, he said Olivia would never make it to heaven.
He said he wasn't quite sure which way she'd wind up
until she let go.
Let go?
She's dead!
Rayland!
Either way, you wanna get to the bottom of this,
he's your man.
(LIGHT MUSIC)
Sheriff Connell, he's ready for you,
you can head on back.
It'll be just a few more minutes.
WOMAN: But I've already been waiting
for like an hour.
It'll be just a few more minutes.
I've seen people hours away from dying
somehow miraculously just get better.
Can't explain it.
And I played racquetball with a guy once
for two hours straight
to then just see him keel over in the locker room.
I've also had good friends
who never dealt with the loss of a spouse.
Look, I know where you're going with that,
and I appreciate your concern,
but I am telling you this is not about me.
So be it.
I'll meet with her if you want me to,
but I'm not sure how much help I could be.
(CHAIR CREAKS)
The way you describe this Ronnie
this may be out of my field.
Well then who can she see?
You mean like a psychiatrist?
You may not like this.
Oh, don't say Lucien Tipton.
Jesus Christ Doc, not you too!
Look he's no doctor, that's for sure,
and that whole family honestly gives me the creeps.
But I've seen him know the answers
to things that I cannot explain.
I would rather she saw you.
That's fine too, whatever you need.
You know I'm glad to help.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
No you did right.
I need to know this stuff
even if I don't wanna hear it.
It's like I just can't put my finger on it.
I never seen nothing like it,
it's like she's a magnet to these guys.
I'm working on it Charles, I swear.
I just...
(SIGHS)
I need a little bit more patience
and I will get it handled.
Alright.
Alright, I'll stick with you Sheriff
but I can't much longer 'cause she's about to drive
all my business away.
I mean these guys are scared.
They wanna come in, get drunk, get laid, that's it.
They don't wanna end up in a hospital bed
with no memory.
I understand.
Thanks Charles.
Don't say nothing 'cause I know what you wanna say.
ANGELA: Rayland, don't go in there right now, Rayland.
Sarah Mitchell.
Lives in those duplexes down by the lake.
Guess I been talking to her for, I dunno, a week or so.
Anyway I told her I'd take her out for a night of
dinner and dancing at the casino but
(SIGHS)
all she ever talks about is wanting to go
ride in the patrol car so I was thinking,
I mean, if you didn't have a problem with it,
maybe I could let her ride along with me?
I mean, I'd keep her safe and everything
just as long as you didn't have any issue with...
(KNOCKS)
We just got a call from the quick clinic.
Male in his fifties short on breath.
And?
Someone found him in his car down the road
from The Easy Speaker.
Oh shit, she's at it again.
What'd they say, is he gonna be alright?
They said he'd be fine, Ronnie,
but do you have any idea how often
I get calls like this?
Everybody in this town is talking.
What do you expect me to do exactly, Ang?
Nail my windows shut?
Maybe chain her to the bed every night?
I don't know, what do you want?
I want you to go see Lucien Tipton.
And tell him what?
There's enough people out here
who already think I'm crazy.
Do you really think I want this getting out
and prove to them that I am?
Sheriff, man, we're just trying to help.
(SIGHS)
And how do we do that, Rayland?
How do we help her?
Hmm?
Do you have a clue how much sleep I've lost
since all this began?
My grandmother used to talk about the Tiptons.
Even way before Lucien was born
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
people always went to them
when there was something they didn't understand.
Who that is?
It's Ronnie Connell.
Sheriff, I ain't seen you in ages.
You ain't seen shit.
Thought you said you'd never come back.
Well maybe you're here about your wife again.
I'm not discussing that with you, Lucien.
Not tonight, not ever.
Well good, 'cause she still ain't where she need to be.
Still ain't cross over to the light.
Oh darky darky darky darky.
Lucien.
I need to talk to you about my sister-in-law.
Now I've seen things, things I can't explain.
Some sort of red mist going into her mouth.
Now I've done some searching around but
have you ever heard of such a thing?
That sound like a boo hag to me, boy.
You know about that?
Why hell yes, I know what that is.
I also know it ain't nowhere near Arkansas.
And we ain't nowhere near Georgia!
You lost, little chicken?
What does this have to do with Georgia?
Oh so you do know.
The Gullah son, the Gullah.
The boo hag haunts them Gullah folk down in South Carolina
and Georgia.
Wait, South Carolina?
She ride the skin of a Gullah.
Witch on a broomstick will get ya!
Can we take a walk, maybe get some privacy?
Leeallen!
Go on in the house, shut up a minute.
Me and the sheriff need to talk.
I've got video of that mist coming out
of the same spot every night.
I see see now.
She asleep when this happen?
Yeah, she was asleep.
Then that's it alright.
You done got the hag in your house.
You in a mess of trouble, Sheriff.
How do I kill it?
Ah you can't kill a hag.
Best you ever gonna do is run it off.
They a cousin of the vampire, son.
And you wanna know any more
that'll be $40 American.
(LAUGHING)
Go on Sheriff, pay up!
Man gotta eat!
Yes sir.
There's got to be another way.
Well, sure Sheriff, you could burn your house down
with everything in it right in the middle of the day.
Ooh, I do love a good barbecue.
That's the easy way, Sheriff.
Whatever you do, don't let the hag ride you.
(LAUGHING MANIACALLY)
Leeallen come take that possum off the stove.
If sheriff finds this...
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
What do I do here, Olivia?
I mean, I don't know what I'm doing, what I'm dealing with.
I don't even know if I can believe what I see
'cause I see you!
Ronnie, sweetheart.
No, I see you every day and I know in my heart
that you're dead.
I mean, you're gone!
But there you are.
You talk to me, you guide me, you protect me,
but you're not real.
And then I see something I know can't be real.
Other people see it too and tell me that it is.
Tell me what to do, Liv.
How?
Tell me how, 'cause I don't know.
Tell me what the fuck to do,
'cause I'm out of my mind here.
I'm losing it!
It's gone.
(SIGHS)
I don't wanna let you go,
but you have to tell me how I can help her
the way I couldn't help you.
Ronnie, you take care of that girl
and I'll take care of you.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(SIGHS)
- Hello? - Hey.
Get over here with all that stuff like I told you to.
It's time.
You can come to us now, Olivia Connell.
We ask for you to show yourself to us
so that we may help you pass to the great beyond.
Is she here?
Oh, she close.
Is he alright?
Relax little bird, that's just her way
of letting us know she's nearby.
We thank you for coming to us.
We mean you no harm
but we have a request to make of you.
Go ahead girl, talk to her.
I want you to leave Ronnie alone.
I want you to pass over
and let him move on with his life,
he needs closure from you.
No.
She say's you don't understand.
Ronnie need her guidance.
This is bullshit.
She's not even here.
And if she knows so much then why doesn't she know
this is, she's killing him?
And if she loves him so much
then why's she gonna let him die?
(LAUGHS)
I can't promise what they're gonna say,
I just get 'em here to talk to you.
You do still owe us the $80 you know.
I shouldn't have to pay for this!
This is useless!
Easy now little bird, you been coming here
too long for the same thing not to know how this works.
Ronnie's not gonna get any good out of this at all.
Ronnie you say.
You mean Sheriff Connell?
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
Leeallen, you go and get the gun, do it now!
(WHOOPS)
How dare you even pretend that you care about him?
All you wanna do is ruin a good man's life.
Easy girl, you talking to a hag in there now.
Not for long.
Leeallen!
Hurry!
Get your ass out here, boy!
You know what I want, you creepy fuck.
(WHOOSHING)
(GROANING)
(WAILS)
Don't worry, you'll see him in a minute.
(WHOOSHES)
(GUN FIRES)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
LUCIEN: Thought she fuckin' him too.
Listen, that is my sister-in-law
we're talking about, Lucien.
That is the widow of my brother.
Well now.
If she taking their breath but not fucking 'em,
then you dealing with a great-grandma hag.
Oh she know all the tricks yeah.
You and that little girl is fucked.
How do I stop it?
I mean I've read that you can distract it
just by laying out a broom,
it'll stay up all night
just counting the straw.
Now you saw she come out the wall
same spot every night?
Yes.
Then you can catch her.
Either coming in or going out.
Just throw you a load of salt up in there
and run her off!
Course you wanna take care she don't escape
into your house.
You get a mad hag stuck in your house
(LAUGHING)
you might as well move on
'cause you gonna die for sure.
I'm desperate, Lucien.
That is the only reason I am here.
Tell me what to do.
You open your window, boy.
Chase her outside when she go crazy from the salt.
They just like their cousin.
Can't live in no damn daylight.
She'll find somewhere else to go.
And put you a ring of burning ash around the house,
you don't want her to come back inside.
Oh they hate that.
Can't stand the smell.
Own kind won't let her come back inside
once she pass through.
Good luck getting her out.
That is a trick.
Rayland!
Not yet.
You can't close off the circle
til it gets back inside.
What the hell difference does it make?
Because it won't cross the ash.
So when do you want me to do this part?
After Brooke gets back through her window.
Then we'll close it off.
Let's put the buckets back over by the bushes.
And that's where I want you to hide.
But you better be ready.
How do I know when to be ready?
I'm pretty sure you'll know.
Come on.
What the hell man?
(COUNTRY ROCK MUSIC)
And here is your change, fella.
♪ You walk around ♪
You best be careful out there tonight.
♪ Breaking heart after heart ♪
♪ Pretending like you don't care ♪
♪ I got news for you baby ♪
♪ So come and do what you don't like ♪
Calling the sheriff?
♪ And the payback you tell ♪
♪ And they're all coming one at a time ♪
- Nah. - Why not?
None of your damn business, that's why not.
You want another drink?
Yeah.
(MOANING SEXILY)
Do you know what I'm gonna do to you?
I'm gonna get on top of you.
I'm gonna lean the seat back.
(LAUGHING SOFTLY)
And I'm gonna take off your pants.
And then I'm gonna show you the best time of your life.
Oh hell yeah.
- Yeah you like that? - Uh huh.
Oh good.
Hey.
Or maybe...
Maybe what?
I should just get on top of this right now.
- You like that? - Mm hmm.
- Are you ready? - Mm hmm.
(WHOOSHING)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) (HEARTBEAT THUMPING)
Fuck me!
(SCREAMING)
Hurry boy, hurry!
(SCREAMING)
Brooke!
Take the duct tape off the wall
and put it across your mouth.
What?
Do it now and whatever you do, don't open your mouth.
(MUFFLED SCREAMING)
Fuck, fuck, shit, fuck.
Fuck.
(HEARTBEAT THUMPING)
(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC)
Sorry girl, I'm afraid that won't work on me.
See?
I don't even have a body.
But you can try.
Olivia?
Liv?
She's gone.
I saw her too.
She saved us.
I know.
(SCREAMS)
RAYLAND: Just can't believe Angela got mixed up
with old Lucien Tipton.
RONNIE: Yeah it's still hard for me to believe
that one myself.
Apparently she was out there more than we thought.
Best we can tell she strangled old Lucien and his brother
but not before he filled her belly full of lead.
Kinda tired of talking about that, Rayland.
Yes sir Sheriff, I just wanted you to know.
State police came in, they're gonna take the case over so...
Rayland.
When I say I'm tired of talking about it,
that's what I mean.
- Well hey. - Hey.
Well look who's awake.
He was just about to leave.
I was just about to leave.
(CHUCKLES)
Rayland.
Thank you.
Ronnie told me how you helped that night.
I just needed to say thank you.
Ah, it was nothing.
You're welcome, Brooke.
Sheriff.
Rayland.
(SIGHS)
You hungry?
I can fix you something.
How long was I asleep?
Oh, more than two days.
Don't worry, I kept a check on you.
I haven't left you, Brooke.
Of course you haven't.
You know, I don't know what we are or who we were.
I'm not sure I even know who I am.
But I know I'm where I need to be.
(HAUNTING MUSIC)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)