02x06 - The Hollow Girl

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- Are we home?
- I think so.

I wanted a family, so that's
what the house made for me.

Jules, he's in the house.

You're not supposed to be here!

- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
- You followed us out?

Don't you want to find some way

where we can still be a family?

Well, there's a
guaranteed way to get him

back inside the House.

It's if you go with him.

I'm not stepping foot
back in that place.

Margot!

No, Margot, please don't go!
Don't go!

You're starving.

I can wait another day.

It's been long enough.

It's okay. I wrote it down.

There was this lake that we
would go to in the summer.

And when the light
started to go away,

we would walk out
into this big field,

and we would look for UFOs.

And you would say,
"It's getting dark.

It's time to go home."

You picked up an apple and said,

if ever an apple just like this

"rolls out of the lake,
"don't take a bite.

The fish might be
fishing for us."

What was that?

A few afternoons.

Hey. You were looking for me?

Yeah. You've been going
on a lot of walks lately.

Yeah. I was just trying
to clear my head.

You know they're suffering.
It's not fair.

Well, I don't have anything
left to feed them.

I already gave them everything
I don't want to remember.

I just got so dizzy.

What?

What?

Wait... that wasn't
there before.

The world just
rearranged itself.

So, the house showed
up somewhere new?

Somewhere they speak French.

How'd you hear about this place?

My friends came last year.

Everybody's like, "It'll
change your life!"

Hey, Jules.

You can relax.

It's not gonna come
while you're with me.

Whatever it is, it likes to
get you alone, doesn't it?

Yeah. I figured it might've
starved to death by now.

No. They don't starve to death.

Not while their food
source is still out there.

They just hungrier and hungrier.

- You have to be careful.
- Wait.

- I'm just trying to help you.
- Don't.

Whatever it is... Don't.

Whatever it is,

it hasn't eaten in so long
that if it does get you...

it's gonna take everything.

So, just...

just keep your eyes
open, all right?

Mm-hmm.

Wait. This... this
wasn't on the way

from the No-End House
to Margot's last time.

Yeah, well, it is now,

'cause everything
got changed around.

It's only a couple blocks away.

It's a little close for comfort...
believe me...

but I... you know,
not really my call.

What?

What you don't understand is
that this house is an organism.

It has instincts.

It has an appetite.

It has a will to survive.

And the more I understand it,

the more I admire it.

I wish you would, too.

What is that? A sales pitch?

You sound psychotic, okay?

And I'm not buying

whatever it is that
you're selling.

I came here to get Margot out,

and that is exactly
what I am going to do,

so f*ck you, and f*ck the House!

Now take me to her.

All right.

Another walk?

Yeah. Everything's
different now.

You hungry?

I was thinking about something.

Yeah?

We should close the door.

What do you mean?

Well, to the House.

Popped up somewhere new out
there to lure people in,

and... lock the door, or bar
it, or set the house on fire.

Whatever this thing is, it's...

it's evolved into
it, so I just...

I... I don't know if
it's gonna be that easy.

But what if it is? We
should at least try

so people don't come in and...
No!

No.

m*therf*cker.

Come here.

Come closer.

Come closer.

Touch her.

What are you?

Some psychological tumor?

What does it matter?

I'm not the same person.

Hey, um, just tried you
a couple times already.

Just wanted to see how
orientation is going.

I just really need
you right now,

so if you could give me a call...
Margot?

Touch me.

Just call me, Jules! Hey, uh...

I know you want to, so I'm
giving you permission

to run away... you're
really f*cking good at it!

Touch me.

I'm sure you're busy with
your new life or whatever.

Give me a call. I
know you want to,

so I'm giving you
permission to run away!

You're really
f*cking good at it!

- Give me a call.
- Jules.

Jules?

Hey.

What are you doing?

I'm still thinking about
closing the door.

You know what I think?

What?

I think you care
about other people

more than you care
about yourself.

Trust me.

I know you.

I can see the real you.

You can always count
on one thing...

As long as you're
here, I will always,

always be there for you.

Come on. Let's go inside.

Let me out!

Is Seth coming back soon?

John?

Yes?

Listen. Margot's got this
really crazy idea in her head.

I'm a little worried.

Is it crazy?

I just don't think it's a
good idea to do anything

here that, you know, could
upset the ecosystem.

You know what I mean?

No, not really.

I'm worried that she's gonna
try and do something stupid

like burn the house
down or something.

I... I... and, you know,
that doesn't work.

I've seen people try it.

Keeping other people from
getting trapped in here

sounds like a pretty
good idea to me.

Well, no, it's not.

I mean, if the
House doesn't eat,

then... I don't know.

It might die.

And you... you're a
part of the House,

so I'm just trying
to look out for you.

I'm gonna die anyway.

Margot's gonna get hollowed out,

so she might as well be dead.

As for you,

well, we all have to make
sacrifices, now, don't we?

Do you remember me?

Yeah. You're literally the
last thing I'd ever forget.

What happened?

I'm here to take you home.

Margot?

What?

Um, well, it's not that easy.

Yes, Margot. Yes, it is.

Come on. Let's go.

And we got to go now.

No, Jules. I live here.

I... I would have to...

What? Tell them? No.

This is a prison break, Margot.

Look. I don't
remember out there.

I mean, I know it exists,

but it's just this
big, dark thing.

I remember you, and I remember
the two people in this house.

Margot, I have to
show you something.

Okay. What?

Come on.

Come on.

No. Come on. Let's go.

Margot?

Margot!

What are we doing here?

There's something you
need to know about Seth.

Who's here?

Who are you?

She's another you.
Seth brought her here,

and he let the House
hollow her out.

How long has she
been in the House?

She doesn't even know she's
in the No-End House anymore.

What are you guys talking about?

Is Seth coming back soon?

Pretty soon, you'll be
just as hollow as she is.

And then he'll replace you, too.

Hey.

Margot, are you gonna
come home now?

You're coming with
me now, right?

Right?

Let's go.

Let's go!

All right. I know
what I have to do.

You're gonna wait here.

Okay? Okay.

Wait. Where are you going?

Wait here.

Hey.

Hey.

- I thought...
- You thought what?

What's going on?

You tell me.

Oh, you're gonna have to be a
little more helpful than that.

Who lives here?

You met her?

I met something that
used to be a person.

We came in in the same group.

She didn't last very long.
She was young.

There's less memories to steal.

I swear to God, Margot,

I just come to check
on her sometimes.

So, you came in together.

Margot, look at you.
You're all worried.

Your dad and I want
you to come home.

Remember, as long
as you're here...

I'll be there for you.

I promise, Martian.

Don't touch me!

Seth?

Seth?

Are you all right?

You're here for Margot.

That's right.

And you think that if
I'm out of the way,

that it'll be easier for you
to get her to go with you.

You're right.

Do it.

I know what I am.

And I have no problem
with not existing.

I guess I haven't
been totally honest.

Seth, these are people...

Like me, that went
into that house

and never came out.

You know, sometimes...

sometimes I think
you don't recognize

how special this place is.

Yeah, maybe I keep forgetting.

You know, honestly, I
feel like I'm seeing you

for the first time, and you're
not who I thought you were.

No. Don't say that.

I'm what I always
told you I was.

I'm someone that has
never belonged anywhere

until this place took me in,

and it saved me.

It's one thing for you to
figure out how to live here,

and it's another thing for
you to take other people

and feed them to a
house every year.

A house?

God! I keep waiting

for one of you to understand

how magnificent this place is!

All the gifts that
it can give you!

Because memory is a disease!

And then this house is the cure!

How can you not see that?

But if you don't
want to use it...

Maybe you're not who
I thought you were.

Maybe you are just
like everybody else.

Disappointing.

Well, if memory's a
disease, then what's love?

An infection?

I did love you.

I still do love you.

I just loved them first.

Yeah, until the House
turned them into husks

and put them back
in their boxes.

All right. Well, I'm
not a serial k*ller.

I'm just a serial monogamist.

They're not mutually exclusive.

Grow up, Margot.

You're not some
helpless little girl.

No, I'm not.

Margot, come on.

Margot.

Let's go home.

Margot! Margot!

Margot!

Oh! No! No! No!

No, Margot! No!

Margot, no!

No! Please! Margot!

Margot, no!

No! No!

- No! No!
- Shh, shh, shh.

- No! No!
- Shh, shh.

No. No.

Thank you.

I wanted to protect you.

I know.

You ready to go?

Yeah, I'm ready.