02x05 - The Damage

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- Ready to go home?
- You have no idea.

Anything happens to her,

I'm gonna k*ll you.

I'm not who you think I am.

What are you?

Seth.

My dad d*ed. He k*lled himself.

- You're one of them.
- No. We know him.

He's not real. He
k*lled the real JT.

I never want to see you hurt.

Seth can't come. He lives here.

You guys go without me.

- Are we home?
- I think so.

And I'm not going
anywhere this time.

What?

Jules?

Sorry.

It's just...

Oh, God.

Did that just happen?

Yeah, it happened.

Past tense.

I just want to go home.

God, I am not ready
to do that yet.

I don't even...

I mean, I don't even know
what they look like.

The House took it all.

Who are you?

Girls, go inside.

Okay.

Margot, it's been three days.

Do you know how scary it is for
you to disappear like that

when it's just the two of us?

I'm sorry. I didn't know
we'd be gone so long.

I wish I knew you
the way he did.

What does that mean?

Mom?

I want to get to
know you better.

Yeah, I want to get to
know you better, too, Mom.

There's something I haven't
told you about your dad.

Okay. What are you
talking about?

The business was underwater,

and we were gonna lose the house

and your college money.

He felt that he was failing us.

And then suddenly he was dead,

and because... because
it was an accident,

we got the insurance payoff.

We got to keep the house.

Do you understand?

You knew?

Well, I knew him.

I am sure he did it for us.

Are you okay?

Come here. You ready?

We're gonna go under the water.

We're gonna go under the
water together. Ready?

Okay. One, two, three.

I'm sorry. I wish I knew
what to say to help.

Honestly, all this
time, I thought

knowing why would lift this
big weight off my shoulders,

and I just feel like it's
another thing I have to carry.

I just don't know how much
longer I can carry it all.

Last summer, after he d*ed...

It was like watching my friend
get att*cked by a beast.

I mean, you radiated pain,

and it scared the
sh*t out of me.

And I just...

I don't know. I just
backed up, man.

I left you behind.

I guess I was afraid that
you would need too much.

But I'm here now.

And I want to help you
carry whatever it is

that you have to carry.

No, no.

Ow!

Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!

Oh, God.

I love you.

I love you.

Shh. Calm down.
Jules, calm down.

Jules. Stop, Jules. Stop it.

He's in the house.

You're not supposed to be here!

I... I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry!

You followed us out?

I won't do anything.
I won't do anything.

Well, you just did something!

I can't help myself!

I'm sorry. I'm okay.

I'm okay. We're... I'm okay now.

I'm okay now.

Let's just talk, okay?

We can just talk. We can talk.

I can do it.

I can control my hunger.

You saw it in the cornfield.

Yeah. You still
followed us here.

There are other strategies.

Can you not sit there?
You d*ed on that couch.

Don't you want to find some way

where we can still be a family?

Not if you have to feed on me.

Well, we can work out a system.

- A system?
- Yes.

Look. You can't stay here, okay?

Look, Martian, please.

Don't call me that.
You have to go.

You can't just send him out.
He's just gonna come back again

- when he's hungry.
- You think he should stay here?

I don't think sending him into
the backyard is a solution.

We should call the police.

What are they gonna do?
Arrest him?

I... I can't do anything with
you here right now, okay?

Just go to the basement.

- What?
- Just go to the basement!

No.

What are you doing?

Go to the basement.

Go to the basement!

- Don't.
- Margot.

Go to the basement!

- Go to the basement!
- Margot, don't!

- Just go to the basement!
- Stop!

- Margot!
- Make her stop.

Go to the f*cking basement!

Okay!

I'll go.

- Are you going?
- Yes, I'm going. I'm going.

Can't keep me in here
forever, Margot.

Jules, it's okay if you go.

What?

We're not in the
House anymore, so...

Wh... you think I'm gonna
leave you here with him?

Look. Seth followed
us out to help us.

You didn't sign up for this.

Your family's waiting, so...
I'm staying.

Margot!

Margot!

Can't keep me down
here forever, Margot!

You can't keep me down
here forever, Margot!

There's a guaranteed way to get
him back inside the House...

it's if you go with him.

- What? No.
- Yeah, no.

I mean, the only way he goes
back inside and stays there is

if you lead him in.

No. I'm not stepping
foot back in that place.

Well, maybe you can...

go in and then get out again,
and barricade the door.

I don't know.

But what if I can't?
What if I go in,

and then I get trapped
and I can't get out?

Look, there's no way that he's
going back of his own free will.

And pretty soon, the House
will go away for another year,

and then... he's stuck here.

Margot, what do you want to do?

Margot!

I don't know.

I'm gonna get rid of him.

What do you mean,
like, k*ll him?

Margot, how?

I don't know.

I mean, I'd need help.

I'm... I'm sorry. Are you
asking me to help you k*ll him?

Margot!

Margot, I'm guessing
it's a lot harder

than you think it is.

I don't know if I can
k*ll someone either.

Yeah, well, she's not going
back inside the House.

Look, I obviously have
my point of view,

but there's a way to
make a life in there.

Yeah, a short and very
absent-minded one.

The House doesn't want
us to k*ll the things

that it uses to prey on us.

I wanted a family...

so that's what the
House made for me.

You mean the family in the cage?

Yeah, and I couldn't k*ll them.

I locked them up
to protect myself.

Is that what I think it is?

Is it following us? Does
it know we're here?

What the f*ck?

Wait, where are you going?

Jules!

Just call him, Jules.

She left.

What's that?

Uh, his pills.

The ones that he used?

You kept them?

Yeah. Um...

I don't know... I figured it
would be easier than a Kn*fe.

Yeah. Definitely
more appropriate.

God. I don't know if I can.

It's not the real him.
You know that.

Yeah, I know in my
head, but it's...

it's my memories. It's
everything I hung onto.

Yeah, I... I know what
it's like to be alone.

Believe me.

I don't know if I
can do it if the...

if the result is him
not existing anymore.

I don't think I can bring
myself to k*ll him.

Well, I can do that for you.

You still hungry?

Thank you for reconsidering.

Margot wanted to talk.

You're obviously more
capable of thinking clearly

once you eat.

Can I hold it?

I just want to know what
my memories feel like.

Can you tell me about it?

I don't remember.

We were camping. It was
late in the summer.

You could hear the river
through the trees.

You were turning over rocks,

and you saw something
moving in the shallows.

It was newly born, half-dead,
clinging to a branch.

We took it home, nursed
it back to health,

and then you started waking
up with your eyes stuck shut.

Turns out you were
allergic to him.

We found a good family.

For years after, you would say,

"I wonder what Moose
is doing now."

Moose?

You named it after the river.

I'm sorry.

What?

Maybe you should leave.

What did you do?

She didn't do anything. I
crushed up your pills.

Margot.

Margot, you...

I mean, you said it was fast
and you didn't feel any pain.

Ugh!

Hey. Hey, hey.

It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.

It's okay.

It's over.

I can't right now.

We don't have much time to
get him back to the House

before it disappears.

Mom?

Um, let's just go outside
for a second, okay?

- And I'll talk to you out there.
- Who are you?

Just... Mom. Mom. Please,
let's go outside.

- Margot! Margot, stop it!
- I'll explain everything.

Ow. Mom!

Ugh!

- Margot!
- Oh! Ohh!

Margot!

No! No! No!

No! No! No! No!

No! No! Aah! No!

No! No! No!

Stop! Stop! Stop!
No, please, no!

No, Father! Please! I'll go!

I'll go!

Please don't hurt him!
I'll go back!

I'll go back. I'll go with you.

You're safe.

Of course, ma'am. We're
gonna do all we can.

Are there any other details?

Have you tried calling her?

No!