02x01 - Axis Mundi

[bunniefuu]

♪ Everybody is wondering ♪
♪ What and where they all came from ♪
♪ Everybody is worrying 'bout where they're gonna go ♪
♪ When the whole thing's done ♪
♪ But no one knows for certain ♪
♪ So it's all the same to me ♪
♪ Think I'll just let the mystery be ♪
♪ Some say once gone, you're gone forever ♪
♪ And some say you're gonna come back ♪
♪ Some say you rest in the arms of the Savior ♪
♪ If in sinful ways you lack ♪
♪ Some say that they're coming back in a garden ♪
♪ Bunch of carrots and little sweet peas ♪
♪ Think I'll just let the mystery be ♪
♪ Everybody is wondering ♪
♪ What and where they all came from ♪
♪ Everybody is worrying 'bout where they're gonna go ♪
♪ When the whole thing's done ♪
♪ But no one knows for certain ♪
♪ So it's all the same to me ♪
♪ Think I'll just let the mystery be ♪
♪ Think I'll just let the mystery be ♪

[insects chirping]

[distant barking]

[snoring]

[distant howling]

[frogs croaking]

[urinating]

[bird screeches]

[rumbling]

[cries out]

[rocks clattering]

[groaning]

[thunder crashing]

[bird screeches]

[bird screeches]

[screeching]

[snake rattling]

[baby crying]

[grunting]

[crying continues]

[snake hisses]

[grunts]

[shouting]

[crying continues]

[gasping]

[groans]

[panting]

[baby crying]

[groans]

[wheezing]

[baby crying]

[wheezing]

[crying]

[gasping]

[gasping]

[bird screeches]

[gasps]

[fussing]

[crying]

[bird screeches]

[baby fussing]

Girl: One, two, three.

Girl #2: Oh, my God! What am I doing?

Girl: I can do this. I can do this.

[laughter]

Ready? You ready? Ready?

Go. Go. Go.

Go!

[girls chanting] Jump, jump, jump.

Jump, jump, jump, jump!

[music playing]

Is it cold?

It's amazing!

Come on, chickenshits.

Wanna do it?

Yeah.

[both scream]

Oh, my God! You bitch!

I'm a bitch?

[all shrieking]

You new?

Sorry?

Why are you sorry?

Oh, I wasn't. I didn't hear you.

What's your name?

Dr. Goodheart.

For real?

For real.

What's your first name?

Brian. What's yours?

Evie.

If I pee in here, it gonna throw off your measurements?

Leave him alone. You're scaring him.

Shut up.

[girls giggling]

♪ Turn up, turn up, turn up, turn up ♪
♪ Turn up, turn up, take control ♪
♪ Turn up, turn up, turn up... ♪

Bye, Dr. Goodheart.

Both: Bye, Dr. Goodheart.

♪ Turn up, turn up, turn up, turn up ♪
♪ Turn up, take control ♪
♪ Turn up, turn up, turn up, turn up ♪
♪ Turn it up and let it... ♪

[music playing on car radio]

[bird cawing]

[girls laughing]

Girl: Bye.

[laughs] Okay, bye.

How long you been waiting?

Just a couple minutes.

Mm-hmm.

Oh, good God, no! You're no fun.

Yeah, I know.

[laughs]

[music playing]

They up?

Just Mom.

Hey, Mama.

Hey, babe.

How was the sleepover?

Great.

Did you get any sleep?

Evie: You want me to lie?

Yes, I want you to lie.

Did you take your meds?

Yeah.

Sorry.

Erika: What about choir practice? You have a ride?

Mm-hmm.

What?

Ah, wait for your father.

I'm starving. Where is he?

Still in bed.

Oh, Jesus.

Why does he always sleep in this late?

Erika: Stop eating the bacon.

[clock ticking]

John.

John.

Evie: It really is amazing.

[kids laughing]

Shh.

Are you serious?

[all laugh]

What?

Man, get out of bed.

You gonna eat that bacon?

Maybe.

Maybe?

Maybe.

And what are the factors influencing your decision?

Leave his bacon alone.

Girl, if you made more, I wouldn't have to prey upon my children.

If I made more, your heart'd stop.

You can have some of mine.

Thank you.

I got an hour before I run my errands. You want to throw?

I have choir practice. Maybe when I get back?

[cricket chirps]

Oh!

You hear that?

[cricket chirps]

Oh!

That's it.

Please, not again.

Look, shh.

You're never gonna find it.

Shh, where was that?

Michael: By the dishwasher, I think.

No, no, it's not by the dishwasher.

It sounded like it came from the dishwasher.

Erika: It's definitely not by the...

Hey, if y'all keep talking...

I'm just saying it's not by the dishwasher.

Maybe it's in the ceiling.

You're not gonna find it.

I'm gonna find it.

[cricket chirps]

[dog barking]

[chatter]

[vehicle beeping]

[Spanish music playing]

Michael: Hey.

I got eggs and bacon.

There's a letter in there.

I'll take care of it.

[man speaking on megaphone]

Hey, how you doing, sir?

I'm good, I'm good. I'm in 121.

Okay, yeah. You can go ahead and set up over there.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you.

[man on megaphone] Just a reminder: you're now required to check in before you set up your stall.

Man: That's for $5.

How are you?

How y'all doing?

[man on megaphone] Just a reminder: you're now required to check in before you set your stalls up.

Folks, please make sure your vendor number is clear and visible at your stalls.

[man on megaphone] All right, folks. Two minutes.

We have two minutes till the first load.

[rumbling]

[glass rattling]

f*cking frackers.

At least it adds to our mystique.

All right, first bus coming in, everybody.

First bus coming in.

[honks horn]

[man on megaphone] All right, the first bus coming in, everybody.

First bus coming in.

[chatter]

Thank you, Lord.

Jesus.

Woman: Thank you, Jesus.

Woman #2: Thank Jesus.

Woman: Hallelujah. Thank you, God.

[speaks German]

How much?

It's whatever you want to give.

[speaking German]

[chuckles]

[speaking German]

This is a test?

No.

[speaking German]

Your water, will it make us safe?

It's just a souvenir.

[speaks German]

Church service is just past the 18 marker.

Services are an hour before the last bus leaves.

[both speaking German]

God bless you.

[chattering]

Woman: Hey!

Man: There's a line.

Man #2: People are waiting here.

I'll just be a minute.

How much is it?

Man: It's $140, if you don't mind.

[crying]

Hey, John.

Isaac.

Uh, didn't mean to interrupt.

Oh, no, it's all right. We were just finishing up.

It's all right.

And you remember, just after Thanksgiving, all right?

Thank you, Mr. Rainey.

Oh, oh...

[woman crying]

[door opens]

You thirsty? I got lemonade.

Uh, sounds good. Thanks.

Big line.

Seems like business is doing good.

I-I hear you're renting out your top floor.

Yeah, I filled all the paperwork out with park services and they said okay.

Well, if this is gonna be a two-family residence, fire code says upstairs needs a separate entrance and its own exterior stairwell.

Oh, uh, yeah, I can get all that done.

I just need a couple weeks.

Oh, no problem. As long as it happens.

So, uh, let's do this.

Sorry?

Your... your thing.

Can you do me?

Oh, you want a reading?

Yeah, a reading.

Okay. Yeah, sure.

Uh, you a lefty or righty?

All right.

Okay, try and focus all your energy into your hand and... rest your palm down into the paint and then press down as hard as you can on this here paper.

Yup.

Like that.

Good?

Yeah, yeah.

You can lift it.

Okay.

Yeah. Got some Wet-Naps there.

Thank you.

Paper towel.

It's a little messy.

[blow-dryer humming]

All right.

You got a good one.

Oh, good.

[exhales]

[sighs]

You got a birthday coming up?

Yeah, day after tomorrow.

Oh, happy birthday.

Thanks.

Yeah.

[exhales]

What?

Nothing.

No, come on.

What?

Uh, nothing, man.

I'm not getting anything off you.

Tell me.

Something bad is gonna happen.

To you.

Well, sh*t, Isaac.

That is not ideal.

[glasses clatter]

Look, I know why you're here, John.

Yeah, listen, you and me have known each other since the third grade, huh?

Now, in all those times, you've never once mentioned to me that you had superpowers.

I don't have superpowers.

Well, magic powers.

Come on, man.

It's just the two of us talking.

You and me.

Now, this... it's all bullshit, right?

[sighs]

I don't know what you want me to tell you.

I want you to tell me the truth.

John, what I do... is real.

Ah, well...

I got to respect that.

Oh, and... how much do I owe you?

No, man, it's on the house.

No, no.

60 enough?

Hey, John.

Be careful.

[chuckles] Yeah, I sure will.

[piano playing]

♪ Broken hearts and shattered lives ♪
♪ Like wreckage on the ground ♪
♪ The memories of those poor souls ♪
♪ Who were lost but never found ♪
♪ They shook their fists and cursed the skies ♪
♪ Demanding explanations ♪
♪ No answers came, no soothing words ♪
♪ Just silence and frustration ♪
♪ But in Jarden town the sun shone bright ♪
♪ A miracle ♪
♪ The light of love poured down ♪
♪ It's a miracle ♪
♪ Our hearts are pure, we knew for sure ♪
♪ A miracle ♪
♪ That God had spared our town ♪

[birds chirping]

Ooh!

Knock, knock.

What?

Knock, knock.

Who's there?

Broken pencil.

Broken pencil who?

Never mind. It's pointless.

[train whistle blows]

[laughing]

Come on.

Gentlemen.

It's three.

Two and a half.

Two.

Three.

Five.

Jesus, John.

What?

Five?

He's selling a lie and folks are buying it.

It's a five.

Whoa, whoa. Hold up.

Leave the house, Isaac.

Isaac: Hold up. What are you doing?

Kitchen's over there. Gas stove.

Whoa, whoa, hey, hey! What are you doing?

John, hold on. John, hold on. I don't understand.

Oh, you understand.

Okay, okay, what do you want to hear?

This is not real. Okay? This is all bullshit.

Please. You don't have to do this.

Please, John. Brother, don't do this.

f*ck you, man.

Nah, I ain't leaving. I'm not leaving my house.

You're gonna have to k*ll me.

I'm not leaving.

[coughing]

You're gonna need stitches.

I can do it myself or I can refer you to a plastic surgeon in Austin.

I was born here.

I have a right to be here.

When did he start burning people's houses down?

Tonight.

You were who you said you were, you should have seen it coming.

Yeah, well, you tell your husband I meant what I said.

Ain't no avoiding it.

Avoiding what?

[high-pitched whining]

[clock ticking]

[clock ticking louder]

[high-pitched whining stops]

[John snoring]

[panting]

[bird chirping]

What are you doing?

Shh!

[cricket chirps]

Must be under something.

You're not gonna find it.

No, I am gonna find it.

Well, at least it got you out of bed.

[chuckles] I got out of bed... so I could join y'all for church.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm, what?

[cricket chirps]

God damn it!

Michael: A reading from Thessalonians.

"Now we ask you, brothers, to give recognition to those who labor among you and lead you in the Lord and admonish you."

Congregation: Yes. Yes.

"And regard them very highly in love because of their work.

Be at peace among yourselves."

Yes. Yes.

"Comfort the discouraged."

Yes!

"Help the weak."

Yes!

"Be patient with everyone."

All right.

"See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone.

But always pursue what is good."

Yes!

That's right.

"For one another and for all."

Yes!

Hallelujah!

This is the word of the Lord.

Yes!

We are the 9,261.

We are spared.

All: We are spared.

And for that, we are grateful.

All: Amen!

Thank you, Michael.

Just a reminder for y'all, I'm up in Austin this week getting my surgery.

So if you are so inclined, ask of the Lord for competent doctors.

Yes!

And a powerful anesthesia.

[applause]

So I'll miss a few sermons.

But just like my hip, y'all will get a great replacement.

All right.

That's right.

Met him doing some missionary work down in Brazil.

He don't know our style...

That's all right.

...but he knows the Good Book.

Amen, amen.

Better than most.

Certainly better than me.

My friend Matt Jamison.

[applause]

Thank you, Reverend Massey.

I'm so grateful for your kindness and for letting me be here.

I haven't had the pleasure of meeting most of you yet.

We've... My wife Mary and I have only been here for a month or so.

Well, I'm a man of faith.

Amen!

But when I heard about this place, when I heard about what happened here, I'd be lying if I told you I understood it.

Yes, yes.

But I understand it now.

[applause]

Because you've shared your home with me, I want to share with you what has happened to us, to Mary, who I was told by countless doctors would never recover.

Thank you, Matt.

We all know what a truly special place we've got here.

Yes!

Massey: And I know I speak for everyone here when I say, welcome, brother.

Welcome!

Welcome, sister.

Praise Jesus.

Amen!

Now let us bow our heads for a reading from the Gospel of Luke.

So nice to have you.

Thank you.

Matt: Hi.

Massey: Thank you, sir. Thank you.

John. So nice to see your face in there today.

What you talking about, now? Come on, now, Calvin.

You're gonna make the new reverend here think I never come to church.

[both laugh]

John Murphy.

John, nice to meet you.

Matt Jamison, my wife Mary.

A pleasure, Mary.

Welcome to Jarden.

Now, where you two in from?

Mapleton, New York. It's just outside the city.

New York City.

Ah, figured.

[laughs]

Yeah.

So what were you gonna say up there?

I'm sorry?

Well, right before Calvin here cut you off.

Seemed like you were about to share something about your wife.

Oh. [chuckles]

I was just gonna say that I felt a burden lift off of us when we came to your town.

For the first time in a long time, we feel safe.

Well, there's no place in the world safer.

Y'all take care.

Thank you.

Mm-hmm.

[music playing]

[music continues]

[chattering]

Sorry, I asked for the bacon on a separate plate.

You got it. I'll bring that right back for you.

Every time.

Well, it wouldn't be every time if they'd listen, sweetheart.

"See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone."

Any particular reason you picked that one?

I didn't pick it. Readings are predetermined.

What is a Thessalonian anyway?

Someone from Thessalonia.

From Arkansas, right?

[all laugh]

Bacon and eggs separated.

Appreciate it.

[goat bleats]

Jerry, come on.

[goat bleats]

Jerry, please. Do you have to...

[goat thuds]

[clicks]

Sorry, folks.

Enrique.

[music playing on TV]

Narrator: "Perfect Strangers" star Mark Linn-Baker departed on October 14, 2012, but "Hard 10" tracked him down to this sleepy village in the Chihuahua province of Mexico.

Woman: We know you didn't depart, Mark.

Why'd you fake your departure?

No comprende. No comprende.

Woman: We know it's you, Mark.

Mark: No Mark. No Mark esta.

Woman: Mark, tell us why you did it. Tell us why.

Damn! Damn it!

Narrator #2 on TV: They're gone, but so much of them is still here.

[music playing]

You've tried to move on, tried to live a normal life, but cannot let go because you haven't known how.

[continues indistinctly]

[spoon rattling]

Michael: Hey.

[gasps]

Uh... my spoon got stuck in the garbage disposal.

I'm going for a ride.

Other people feed him, you know.

He likes Mom's cooking.

Back by 10:00.

Be safe.

[door opens]

[cricket chirps]

[door closes]

You mail the letter?

Uh-huh.

Good night.

Man: Get off me! Hey, we just missed the bus.

Officer: Sure, you did. Head down, sir.

Ma'am, calm down.

You can't keep us out.

Calm down, ma'am.

f*ck you, man. This is f*cking America.

[Taser crackles]

Ah!

Man: You can't keep people out, man.

You're not so special. f*ck your f*cking wristbands!

[TV playing]

Hello.

Hi.

You want to pray?

Okay.

[vehicle approaches]

[music playing]

What's that?

It's a pie.

Where'd it come from?

It was on the porch.

Is it for your birthday?

I don't know.

There wasn't a note?

Just a pie.

Hmm.

What kind is it?

Apple, I think.

Looks homemade.

Mm-hmm.

You think someone's trying to poison you?

[laughs] Look at your face.

[laughs]

You know someone just moved in the Dunbar house.

A family.

Just now?

Mm-hmm. Seem nice.

I think we ought to invite them over for dinner tonight.

You're gonna work on your birthday?

Just being neighborly.

Hi.

Hey.

Saw you moving in. I'm John Murphy.

We're right next door.

Here. Welcome.

Oh, thanks. That's so nice. I'm Nora.

Well, I see you got your hands full.

No problem. I got her. Did you bake this yourself, John?

No, ma'am, I did not.

And who's this?

This is Lily. Say hello to Mr. Murphy, Lily.

[coos]

Hey, Lily.

[banging]

Is everything all right in there?

Fine, we're just moving in. You know, chaos.

Of course. Well, I'll leave you to it.

Just wanted to invite you all over tonight.

Having a little barbecue for my birthday.

That's so... We don't want to crash your birthday.

No, no pressure. Just drop by if you can.

Thank you.

Bye-bye.

Bye, Lily.

You ask them if they eat meat?

I told them it was a barbecue.

If they don't eat meat, that would have been the time to tell me.

Violet wants to know when she can pick me up.

Well, you tell Violet that you will text her as soon as I authorize you to do so.

Nora: Hello!

Sorry, we rang the doorbell, but nobody answered.

We're back here. Come on down.

It's Kevin. You're John, right?

Right. Right. This is Erika.

Hi. Hi.

Hi, Erika. How are you? Nice to meet you.

Evie, Michael, introduce yourselves.

How you doing?

Michael.

I'm Nora.

Nice to meet you.

Hi.

Hey.

So are we early, or...

No, right on time.

Oh, I thought this was a birthday party.

It is. We don't have any friends.

[laughing]

Erika: Who is this?

Nora: This is Lily.

Erika: Well, hello, Lily.

[laughter, chattering]

♪ I don't need sunglasses ♪

♪ Ain't no sun without you, baby... ♪

She's adorable.

Thank you.

Is she adopted or did your mom f*ck a black dude?

Evie!

[laughs]

[laughs]

You don't need that anymore.

You guys bought the house, right?

Yeah, but they said that we should leave them on for a couple weeks so the park rangers don't bother us or something.

Your daughter is good with a baby.

That's got to be nice.

Oh, she's not mine. She's Kevin's.

Oh, well, she's pretty.

So is he.

His secret is moisturizing.

[laughs]

So you have family around here?

Sorry?

In Jarden.

I figured someone must have tipped you off about the house.

Real estate moves pretty quick around here.

Oh, no, we were just in the right place at the right time.

I have a brother, Matt Jamison.

He and his wife came out here a couple months ago.

He's helping out in the Baptist church. You know him?

I just met him yesterday. Small world.

Kevin: Cake looks good.

Well, she works the grill, I bake.

[laughs]

Now, what happened to your head?

I fell.

Can I... can I put these in the fridge?

Absolutely.

You want one?

Uh, nah. I don't drink.

But help yourself.

Okay.

What?

What? What?

Oh, what were you looking at?

I was just looking at your couch in the other room.

We had one just like it.

[can pops]

[laughter]

So I step on the carpet and I feel this squish.

I walk around the corner and trickling down the steps like a fancy fountain is water, but in my house.

[laughing]

So I'm walking up these steps.

And you know when you feel like it's a bad idea, but you do it anyway?

I open the bathroom door and this wave comes out.

A little one, but a wave.

And this one is standing in the bathtub with her arms out like Moses and this one's up on the sink trying his hardest not to get wet.

And he just looks at me with this serious face and goes, "Evie wanted to know what would happen."

[laughing]

Gets funnier every time, Mama.

Nora: How old were they?

Five.

And they're lucky they made it to six.

That must have been fun to come home to.

Well, I was in prison.

Oh, yeah? Well, how long were you there for?

Six years, 119 days.

[chuckles]

They think you're kidding.

Oh, sorry, no. I really was.

Travis County Unit.

Go ahead.

Go ahead and ask.

What?

What I did. It's what everybody wants to know.

Oh, that's none of our business.

What'd you do?

Huh.

Attempted m*rder.

What happened?

Well, didn't try hard enough.

♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
♪ Happy birthday, dear John ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

sh*t.

Evie. Evie. Evie.

Come back, Evie.

Evie, come back.

Evie, come on, baby.

Evie, come back, baby.

I went away?

Mm-hmm.

Um, she has epilepsy.

This doesn't happen unless she forgets to take her meds.

Sorry. I-I ruined your cake.

No, no, no, no. It's... I burnt it anyway.

No.

The pie! They brought us a pie.

It's on the kitchen counter. Will you run and get it?

Yep. Yeah, I'll grab it.

Do you have any more candles?

Uh... uh... let me check.

Babe, do we have any more candles back there?

♪ You don't wanna, yeah... ♪

[car horn honks]

Erika: Whenever you need an extra pair of hands, you just bring this beautiful thing over.

You'll be sorry you said that.

Thank you.

Thank you so much for having us.

Thank you for stopping by.

I'm looking forward to getting to know you better, Kevin.

Yeah, me, too.

Bye.

Bye.

Uh, see you later.

[Evie laughs] Jesus.

Don't open it till I'm gone, okay?

Uh, why not?

Because it's the greatest present you ever got and I don't want you to make a scene.

[laughs]

Happy birthday, Daddy.

Back by 11:00.

Yeah.

Erika: Yeah.

[girls laugh]

Let's go, let's go.

Bye, sweetheart.

Evie: Bye.

Seat belt.

[girls laugh]

Let's go.

[rumbling]

John! John, wake up!

Holy... oh! Come on!

Let's go.

Give me your hand.

Come on, come on. Watch out.

Michael!

Over here.

Stay in the doorway.

Evie!

[rumbling stops]

[car alarms blaring]

Where is she?

[ringing]

Hey, it's Evie. I'm ignoring you, but I appreciate your persistence.

[beeps]

Hey, it's 3:00 in the morning.

Call us right now.

Now, did you text her?

She's not responding.

Just call us, Evangeline.

We need to know where you are.

Hey. John Murphy.

Is Evie there with Taylor?

Taylor didn't come home either.

[phone rings]

Hello?

No, Mr. Trousdale. Violet's not here.

Yes, sir. Thanks.

You sure?

They swim out there sometimes.

I don't know if they go out at night.

You come with me.

You stay here in case she comes back.

She's never done this before.

She'll come home.

Let's go.

[music playing on car radio]

[ringing]

[phone buzzing]

Hey, it's Evie. I'm ignoring you, but I appreciate your persistence.

[beeps]

Dad!

The water's gone.

[splashing]

Evie.

Evie!

Evie!

Evie!

Evie!

Evie!

[clock ticking]

[cricket chirps]

[music playing]

♪ Don't try to cross that river ♪
♪ That you cannot see ♪
♪ Don't try to tunnel through that mountain ♪
♪ That may not be ♪
♪ Don't try to bear that burden ♪
♪ That would bring you sorrow ♪
♪ Just let tomorrow be until tomorrow ♪
♪ Just let tomorrow be until tomorrow ♪