01x08 - Lisey's Story

Episode transcripts for the TV show "Lisey's Story". Aired: June 4, 2021 to present.*
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Series follows a widow that is the object of a dangerous stalker, obsessed with her husband's job.
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01x08 - Lisey's Story

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[GRUNTS, SIGHS]

Did he take her?

No. She took him.

Well... [SIGHS] for how long?

I mean... When... When
is she coming back?

She might not come back.
You know that, don't you?

No, I don't. I don't know anything,
so stop freaking me out, okay?

Well, you already are freaking out.

All we can do is wait.

[GRUNTS] I liked you better when
you were catatonic. I really did.

Oh, well, that's a really
shitty thing to say.

All right. I'm... I'm getting
the lights on. Are you okay?

No!

Lisey?

[PANTING]

Lisey?

[WHIMPERS] Lisey.

[SIGHS]

[GASPS]

- [LOW GROWL]
- [FOOTSTEPS THUDDING]

This way.

- [FOOTSTEPS THUDDING]
- [LISEY] This way.

[PEOPLE SCREAMING]

[LONG BOY GROWLING]

- [THUMPING FOOTSTEP]
- [LONG BOY GROWLING]

[LISEY] Come on.

[RUMBLING]

[LOW GROWL]

[ROARING]

[LOW GROWL]

[BREATHES RAPIDLY]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTING, YELLING]

- [GRUNTING]
- [SCREAMS]

[GRUNTING]

- [GRUNTS]
- [SCREAMS]

- [GRUNTS]
- [GROANS]

- [BONES CRUNCHING]
- [WHIMPERING]

[WHIMPERING]

[SCREAMING]

[SCREAMING CONTINUES]

[SCREAMING CONTINUES]

- [SCREAMS]
- [GROWLS]

[SCREAMS]

[GRUNTS]

- Look at me!
- [SCREAMS]

[YELLS]

- [LISEY GRUNTS]
- [JIM SCREAMS]

[LISEY WHIMPERING]

[JIM] What did you do to me?

What did you do to me, you bitch?

[WOMAN SINGING OPERA]

[SINGING CONTINUES]

I am the son of Scott Landon.

I am the prophet.

I am the lighthouse.

[SINGING CONTINUES]

Beam me up, Scotty.

[SCREAMING]

[SCREAMING CONTINUES]

[SCREAMS, GRUNTS]

[SCREAMING]

[SCREAMING CONTINUES]

[GROANS]

[SINGING CONTINUES]

[JIM SCREAMING, GROANING]

[SCREAMING]

[SCREAMS]

- [FLESH RIPPING]
- [SCREAMING]

- [GROWLING]
- [SINGING STOPS]

[WATER RUNNING]

[WATER STOPS]

[AMANDA] Oh, Lisey.

- [DARLA] Lisey, sweetie.
- [AMANDA] Oh, hey.

- Oh, God.
- God, Lisey. We were so scared.

[SIGHS]

- Are you all right?
- Yes. And he's gone.

- Are you sure?
- Yes.

Good.

You lied about the g*n.

Yeah, I did. Do you wanna
get into that now?

No.

All right.

You were never here.
You understand that?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

Scott was there for you,
guiding you all along, wasn't he?

He was.

[SIGHS]

[SIGHS]

[GRUNTS]

[LISEY] Oh, Dan.

Oh.

I'm so sorry.

[CAR DOOR CLOSES]

[WATER SPLASHES]

[WATER SPLASHES]

[LINE RINGING]

[PHONE RINGS]

Cleaves Mills Police.
Officer Rory Hall speaking.

[LISEY] Hi, it's Lisa Landon.

Something terrible has happened.

- Are you all right, Mrs. Landon?
- No, I'm all right.

Um, I just came out to check
for storm damage and, um...

I need you to come out here, right away.

Yeah, of course.

Yeah. Thank you.

- All right. We're on our way.
- Okay.

Lisey. A word?

[LISEY] Sure.

We'll meet you at the diner?

You want some pie?

- Blueberry?
- Mm-hmm.

First time in front of the grand jury?

Yeah. [SIGHS]

Intimidating?

Not really. They just wanted to know

how I found Officer Beckman,
and I told them.

You came out to check storm damage.

Exactly. Can I help you
with anything else?

You never asked.

What's that?

About Jim Dooley.

Ah, yeah. They find him?

Nope. Found the truck he was driving.

But as for him, no sign.

Maybe he got scared after
he sh*t Dan and ran away.

On foot? You think so?

You got something on your mind, Craig?

Well...

Dan Beckman was a good
officer and a good friend.

Dooley sh*t him down like a dog.

If something happened
to the man who did that,

I wouldn't exactly cry
myself to sleep at night.

Would you, Lisey?

Absolutely not.

Maybe he's dead.

Maybe he is.

If he is, I suppose someone will
eventually stumble on the body.

I don't think they will.

No?

Just a feeling.

Is there something
you're not telling me?

Yeah.

Go on and get your pie.

Enjoy it.

Have a good time with your sisters.

Thanks.

[LISEY] I'm on a bool hunt.

Grief is the bool hunt.

[SCOTT] You solve all the riddles...

find all the clues...

then you get a prize.

[AMANDA] I do remember one thing.

Something Scott said.

It was something about a story.
It was Lisey's story, he said.

My prize is learning how to be alone.

This is it, Mrs. Landon.
You want a last look?

Uh, no. I trust you.

I'm sure you've done a good job.

Well, his papers will have
a good home at the Fogler.

Yeah, I'm sure they will. I'm sure.

I've read all of your husband's
books, Mrs. Landon.

Relics, five times. He got me
through a tough year in my life.

I'm very sorry for your loss, ma'am.

[LISEY] Thanks.

[ENGINE STARTS]

I need you to tell me
about the shrouded ones.

[SIGHS]

Because they're not catatonic, are they?

And they're not in comas.

And they're not in the bad.

And they're not gone.

They're dead.

Most of them go on.

But some of them, they stay.

They hold on, at least
for a little while.

[SNIFFLES]

- [SNIFFLES]
- [AMANDA] I know.

[SIGHS, SNIFFLES]

I understand. It's okay. It's okay.

[SNIFFLES, SIGHS]

[SNIFFLES]

- This is Darla. Please leave a message.
- [BEEPS]

Hey, sister.

I'm leaving a message now

because I know you always turn your
phone off when you do your yoga.

Anyway, um, I have to go.

Maybe Amanda filled you
in already. I don't know.

But I'll be back. I mean, I hope I will.

Um, if something happens
with Amanda, though,

just, you know, get her
back on track. Okay?

I know you will. I can count
on you. [CHUCKLES]

Um... look, I-I don't mean to worry you.

I mean, maybe I have already. I'm sorry.

I love you.

I love you both.

[AMANDA] Lisey's story, he said.

But he never dedicated
a book to you, did he?

They were all for me.

[LONG BOY ROARING]

- [SCOTT] Once upon a time, Lisey...
- [LISEY] Once upon a time, Lisey...

there were two brothers
living on an isolated farm


in Pennsylvania.

[SCOTT] One year, in the autumn,
the older brother got in the bad.


Which is to say, he became homicidal.

[SIGHS]

[SCOTT] So the boy's
father had to k*ll him.


[SNIFFLES]

[SCOTT] The younger brother buried
him away on an enchanted hillside.


And life on the isolated farm went on.

But by November...

[FATHER] Where's my sandwich?

[YOUNG SCOTT]
Coming, Daddy. It's coming.

[SCOTT] It wasn't much of a
life for the two that were left.


America is going to hell,
brothers and sisters.


The entire world is going to hell.
You see it everywhere you go.


Golden calf and the
sound of the pagan flute.


Where's my g*dd*mn f*cking sandwich?

I swear to God.
If you don't get over here

and give me my g*dd*mn sandwich...

[MAN ON TV] ... what's
the way home? Jesus!


[AUDIENCE] Jesus!

[MAN ON TV] But there's
only true path to heaven.


I am the way. I am the
truth. I am the light!


[MAN SIGHS]

[MAN ON TV] And there is a way forward,

there's a way to get over,
but you have to give over.


You have to give over on the gambling.

There's mold on it.
That's mold. You see it?

Oh, yeah. Um, I could go down
to Mulie's and get a fresh loaf.

Uh, there's money in the can.

[SNIFFLES]

You eat it.

Daddy.

"Daddy," what? I said you eat it.

Just a little mold.

Eat it, I said! Eat it! Eat it!

[PLATE CLATTERS ON TABLE]

Chew it up. No! Don't you...
Don't you dare. Now swallow it.

If you puke that up,
I'll make you eat it again.

Swallow it.

[SWALLOWS]

[MAN ON TV] Now imagine
that it's not just your hands,


it's your entire body.

You're down there
screaming, "Let me go!"


Good.

All right, now get out
of here. I don't...

[DISTANT SCREAMING]

You hear that?

Um...

Don't f*ck with me right now.
I know you hear that.

Y-Yes, Daddy.

- You hear that?
- Yes, Daddy.

- You know who that is?
- No.

It's Paul.

- No, Daddy.
- Yeah, it is.

- It's just rats or the wind.
- You know it's...

It's not a f*cking rat,
and it's not the wind.

Don't lie to me. It's Paul.

You told me you were gonna bury him.

Did you bury him?

Yes.

- Deep?
- Yes.

All right, all right, all right.
Okay, okay. All right.

Get the f*ck out of here. [SNIFFLES]

- [MAN ON TV] Can I get a hallelujah?
- [AUDIENCE] Hallelujah!

- Can I get an amen?
- Amen!


Can I get a hallelujah?

Are you going back to work pretty soon?

What, are you writing a book?

[YOUNG SCOTT] No.

No, I'm not going back to work.

I'm never going back to
work. Okay? I'm not.

I guess that's your business.
I'll just go down to the store.

Scooter.

Scooter, buddy, come here.

You remember when you
jumped off of that barn?

You were brave that day, son.

- Yes, Daddy.
- Got to be brave.

Because whatever that
is, if it's the, uh,

wind or if it's, uh, a... a rat

or if it's a ghost or... Paul...

I'm not gonna let them hurt you no more.

I'm not gonna hurt you no more, okay?

Yes.

But you got to be brave.

I will.

This is your time.

I know, Daddy.

Come on, leave me alone. [MUMBLING]

- m*therf*ckers!
- [POUNDING]

- [MAN INDISTINCTLY]
- [POUNDING]

[SCOTT] It went on like that for,
I don't know, another week. Two.


And then one morning,
around nine o'clock...


Daddy, what is that?

[SIGHS] It's a f*cking car, Scooter.

What does it sound like?

I think it sounds like I'm f*cked.
It's over. They know everything.

They're coming for me.
That's what's going on.

It's f*cking Frank.

Damn Frank, always getting
into people's business.

- What is he doing here?
- Daddy, don't sh**t him.

Come here.

You don't want me to sh**t him?

You like reading these
g*dd*mn books? Huh?

You like reading them? You better
make up a good story. You better.

- [YOUNG SCOTT] Shh.
- [KNOCKING]

[YOUNG SCOTT] I will get rid of him.

[MAN] You do it.

Hello, son. You must be
one of Sparky's boys.

Yes, sir. Sure am.

I'm Frank Halsey, from the
mill. Head of personnel.

Nice to meet you, sir. I'm Scott.

We're kind of missing your father.

His apprentice can't even change
a light bulb without a...

an instruction manual.

He didn't call you from Philly?

Uh, no, son, he sure didn't.


Well, um, he's worried about his sister.

She's got the disease that
k*lled the famous ball player.

From the Yankees.

You know, Lou Gehrig.

Oh, she's got that?

Aw. That's a shame.

I, uh, I didn't even
know he had a sister.

Huh.

Who's watching out for
you and your brother?

Um, Miss Cole, f-from down the road.

She comes by every day.

Besides, Paul knows four different
ways to make meat loaf.

[CHUCKLES] Four, huh?

I'll have to get him to teach my wife.

When's Sparky coming back, do you think?

[YOUNG SCOTT] I-I-I'm not sure.

She can't walk anymore.

And, uh, she breathes like this.

[IMITATES STRAINED BREATHING]

Oh, shi... sh-shin guard, uh.

That's about the worst
thing I've ever heard of.

[YOUNG SCOTT] Yeah.

[FRANK SIGHS]

Well, when he calls in, you get
him to give me a jingle, all right?

[YOUNG SCOTT SIGHS] Yes, sir.

- Sure will.
- We'll make a plan.

The company can't afford to lose
a fine electrician like Al Landon.

So, before I go...

Here. Go on, take it.

It's from me to you.

And here's one for your brother.

[SCOTT] All at once, Lisey,
the strangest thing happened.


I wished my daddy would k*ll him.

- Thank you.
- Don't mention it.

You just, uh, get him to give me a call.

- All right?
- Yes, sir.

All right.

Listen, I'm very proud of you.

But it's over, Scoot. I'm going
down. He won't be the last.

One of us is gonna die
on this farm, Scoot.

You know it and I know it.

Which one of us is it
gonna be? Me or you?

I don't know, Daddy.

[SNIFFLES]

I made you a bool hunt.

Just like Paul used to do.

Find a clue, get a prize.

Let's see which one it's gonna be.

[SCOTT] Some of them were clues

from the best bool hunt Paul ever made.

Now get the f*ck out of here.

[SPARKY] You can't... you
can't k*ll a ghost, you know?


You can't k*ll a ghost.

[INHALES]

[SIGHS]

I'm sorry, Scotty.

[SPARKY] I'm so sorry.

[SNIFFLES] Oh, God. [SNIFFLES]

[SOBS]

[GRUNTING]

- [GRUNTS]
- [GLASS SHATTERING]

[SIGHS]

[SIGHS, SNIFFLES]

[GRUNTS]

[YOUNG SCOTT BREATHING HEAVILY]

[GAGS]

[SPARKY GAGS]

[SCOTT] I tried to take him, Lisey.

The way I took Paul.
It was what he wanted.


I tried and tried, but I couldn't.

[TRACTOR ENGINE]

[BANGS ON FLOOR]

[WATER SPLASHES]

[SCOTT] The next day, I went
down to Mulie's store and said,


"My daddy took my big brother,
and I guess they up and left me."


Old Mulie took me to the county sheriff,

and the sheriff took
me to child welfare.


I thought they'd ask questions
and they'd find him,


but they never did.

You were the only one
who knew me, babyluv.


The one who gave me light
and knew my darkness.


Now you know the last part of the story.

And telling it has set me free.

You've been the anchor that
has held me in this world,


our world, for so long.

You were always saving me, Lisey.

So I left you a bool hunt
so you could save Amanda


and in case someone like Cole,

another Deep Space Cowboy,
should come after you.


But mostly, I left it so you
could remember and go on.


- That's your real prize.
- "That's your real prize."

[SNIFFLES]

[SCOTT] And now that you have
all of me, I know you can.


Kisses.

At least a thousand.

And, Lisey...

I love you.

I love you too, Scott.

I love you too.

[SIGHS]

[PEOPLE SCREAMING]

[SCREAMING CONTINUES]

[LOW GROWL]

I need to see him one more time.

Oh, God.

Keep this.

[GROWLS]

[PEOPLE SCREAMING]

[THUMPING FOOTSTEPS]

[LISEY] Scott.

Scott.

Baby.

Babyluv.

Hmm.

[SCOTT] When the door
closes, we're eye to eye.


It's just you and me, Lisey.

I love you.

I love you.

[SCOTT] What do you think, babyluv?

Will we marry?

Babyluv thinks it's a plan. [CHUCKLES]

[MAN] You may kiss the bride.

[SCOTT] Stories are all I had.

But now I have you.

You're every story.

You're my heart, kiddo.

This is our time now.

You and me.

We can make our own world.

[SCOTT] Lisey.

I love you.

[SIGHS]

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

[ALL YELLING] Boyfriends and gold!

Boyfriends and gold! Pirates and gold!

Boyfriends and gold!
Boyfriends and gold!

Boyfriends and gold!
Boyfriends and gold!

[YOUNG LISEY SQUEALS, CHUCKLES]

- [GOOD MA] Girls, come here.
- [YOUNG AMANDA] Good Ma!

- [YOUNG DARLA] Dandy Dave!
- [DAVE] Hey, girls.

We built this in the garage
for you. I hope you like it.


[YOUNG AMANDA, YOUNG DARLA,
YOUNG LISEY] Yeah!

[YOUNG DARLA SQUEALS]

[YOUNG AMANDA, YOUNG DARLA,
YOUNG LISEY] It's the Hollyhocks!

It's the Hollyhocks!

[SQUEALING, LAUGHING]

- You guys are like real sailors.
- Thanks!

- Love you, Daddy.
- Thank you!

It's the Hollyhocks!
It's the Hollyhocks!

[GIGGLES]

[YOUNG DARLA] I can't
believe you built this!

- [DAVE] Amanda! Lisey! Look at me.
- [CHUCKLES]

Careful. Looks like there's
a sea monster up there.

[SQUEALING AND YELLING]

Pirates and gold! Pirates and gold!

I love the Hollyhocks, Daddy!

[DAVE] You guys a lot of gold?

We've got an entire treasure chest.

[YOUNG DARLA] There's a sea monster,

but me and Lisey and
Amanda got through it.

- [DAVE] Cheers to the Hollyhocks, girls.
- [YOUNG DARLA] Cheers, Lisey.

Cheers.

What are you doing here?

[DARLA] We've been here
all day. Are you okay?

Yes. I'm okay.

[AMANDA] Is Scott still there?

No, he's gone now.

But I'm not.

Do you wanna get something to eat?

[DARLA] Sure.

We could go to Debbie's for dinner.

- Debbie's again?
- Why not?

[AMANDA] Okay.

- I'll be there in a minute.
- [DARLA] Okay.

I'll be okay.

[SQUEAKS]

[SQUEAKS]

[SQUEAKS]

[SQUEAKS]

- [SQUEAKS]
- [CLICKS]
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