01x05 - Shadow Ridge

[bunniefuu]

[NAOMI] Last time on Naomi...

You said that you adopted me
someplace on the East Coast.

But you really found me here.

If this UFO hunt is important
to you, it's important to us.

Hope I'm not interrupting.

Who are you? What do you want?

I'm here to take you back. Earth- .

[DEE] I believe he was a bounty hunter.

His arrival might be tied to
the emergence of your powers.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

This Q is for Qyeala.

What does it mean?

It's the name of the one I loved.

Does this mean you figured out
what you really want?

[NAOMI] Yeah.

Favorite ice cream?

Easy. Mint chocolate chip.

What?

No. It tastes like toothpaste.

- Yeah, it kind of does.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]

Favorite place you've lived?

Tokyo. Definitely. I love
the people and the food.

That's where I got
my first Superman comic.

It's also where you first
learned how to skateboard.

How do you know that?

I'm a good listener?

Are you sure you're not a stalker?

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

Uh, favorite place you've lived?

Oh, that's tough.

Seoul was dope, but I think
Germany is my favorite.

When my mom was on leave,

we would take these
weekend trips all over Europe.

France, Switzerland, Spain.

I've always wanted to go to Spain.

Oh, we'll go some day.

To Spain?

Damn, Nathan.

- Save something for the second date.
- [CHUCKLES]

So where to next?

Let me tell you why you're here.

You're here because you know something.

What you know, you can't
explain, but you feel it.

You felt it your entire life.

That there's something
wrong with the world.

You don't know what
it is, but it's there.

Like a splinter in your mind
driving you mad.

It is this feeling that
has brought you to me.

[DEE] Meditation is not about
controlling your thoughts.

Even if those thoughts are painful,

[ECHOING] do not fight them.

Why be a sheep when you can be a wolf?

- [HEART b*ating]
- [SIGHS]

[GROANS]

[SIGHS]

[NAOMI] I spent my whole life
imagining my birth parents.

But you both knew this whole time.

[DEE] There are two ways
to deal with fear.

You fight it or you face it.

I'm not going anywhere with you.

Afraid you don't have a choice.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[GASPS]

Congratulations.

You just completed
your first meditation practice.

How long was that?

Ten minutes.

Felt like ten years.

That's completely normal.

Being alone with your
thoughts, can be difficult.

It takes practice.

I think I prefer boxing.

[CHUCKLES]

So do I.

Kept having all these thoughts,

memories...

I couldn't stop them.

You shouldn't try to.

That is the point of meditation.

I've also been having some dreams.

What kind of dreams?

I'm back on the soccer field,
with the bounty hunter.

And he's coming towards me
and I-I try to run, but I can't.

He just keeps coming closer and closer.

But in my dream,

you don't show up.

You had a traumatic experience.

Fear is a very powerful emotion.

I've never been that scared before.

[SIGHS]

It will get better.

I promise.

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ Swagging everywhere that I go ♪

♪ This is the way
we're gonna be serving ♪

Meditation is no joke.

Who would've guessed you'd be
so emotionally involved.

I'm really looking forward to
just getting away from everything

for a weekend at Shadow Ridge.

[ANNABELLE] I'd hoped
your leadership retreat

would involve less camping
and more glamping.

I love camping.

The trees, the lake,

and at night, you can see
thousands of stars.

Babe, I've never seen someone so happy

about a week with bears
and no cell phone service.

This weekend is about fun.

No bounty hunters, no powers.

I can just be a normal teenager.

I'm not sure it works like that.

[BOY] What's up, Nathan?

I can't believe you kissed Nathan.

I'm so loving this strong
female lead for you.

[LAUGHS] I've been thinking
about our first date

when we watched The Matrix.

It's like you never broke up.

He wants to ride together on the way up.

I am so shipping this.

Miss McDuffie, Miss Peters,
you're both in jeep number six.

There's assigned seating?

True leadership requires
getting out of your comfort zone.

["CHAOS" PLAYING]

Hey, jeep buddy.

Twist.

I got this.

Oh, thanks, Anthony.

♪ Make you a million and
make you a hunnid' more ♪

♪ Boy, for real, boy ♪

♪ Starin' at fate ♪

♪ I'm in the lead
and I'm breakin' away ♪

♪ She want me now
but I'm makin' her wait ♪

♪ I'm at the table a thousand a plate ♪

♪ How you gon' tell me
this isn't a date? ♪

♪ I'm down the street
from the Denzel estate ♪

- Hi.
- Hi.

Hi.

You think this place has
mint chip ice-cream?

If not, I want my money back.

Welcome Porta Swango Juniors...

[ALL] To camp Shadow Ridge.

[DIRECTOR RICHARD] You have
been chosen to visit Shadow Ridge

because you are the leaders of tomorrow.

Now how about we show you all around?

Whoo! Right this way.

♪ Everybody 'round me elevated,
yeah, I'm guessin'... ♪

[DIRECTOR RICHARD] Our main
cabin is home base for the camp.

Every morning starts there
with breakfast.

Also, sorry to disappoint,

but we do not have a
co-ed dorm situation.

Boys on one side, girls on the other,

chaperones in between.

The only tweets you'll
be getting this weekend

- will be from actual birds.
- [LAUGHS]

All of this leading up
to our final night of camp,

where we'll all head off into the woods

to pitch our tents for a
true camping experience.

And, as always, there's the fire
pit for s'mores under the stars.

[COUNSELOR MARY] The cabins
you'll be sleeping in tonight

were built over a hundred
years ago to house the loggers

who worked in these woods.

Including one who spent
only one season here,

we like to call him...

- Moonshine Jimmy.
- [SPOOKY VOICE] Moonshine Jimmy.

Hey, no spoilers.

Now, Jimmy, he liked to drink.

He even brewed his own moonshine.

But one fateful night,
a night very much,

like this one.

Jimmy started drinking and didn't
stop until he'd lost his mind.

Some people think Jimmy's
moonshine batch was bad.

Others say he was so drunk,

he thought he was felling trees.

All we know for sure

is that once his moonshine was gone,

Jimmy picked up his Axe,

and slaughtered every
single logger at the camp!

Classic!

Moonshine Jimmy's spirit
never left these woods.

Once the moon is up,
you can still hear him,

wandering...

[FOOTSTEPS RUSTLING]

Did you hear that?

So late at night,

if you hear footsteps,

there's only one thing you can do.

- [YELLS]
- [ALL SCREAM]

[COUNSELOR JEFF LAUGHING]

[GIRL] Oh, my God.

Wow. out of ten. Would
be scared to death again.

[CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY]

[COMMANDER STEEL] Dr. McDuffie,

It's a pleasure to finally meet you.

Pleasure's all mine, sir.

So you're the one to thank
for all those dinners alone.

Don't tell Greg. I sometimes enjoy them.

[ALL CHUCKLING]

I've called you in here

because you are the best at what you do.

My team recovered an artifact.

I believe the markings etched
onto it are an unknown language.

I've never seen glyphs like this.

[COMMANDER STEEL]
I'd be shocked if you had.

We believe they are
extraterrestrial in origin.

You mean aliens?

Now you know why I've kept
your husband so busy lately.

I haven't seen this image
in our archives, sir.

That's because we recently
discovered the artifact.

- [OWL HOOTING]
- [CRICKETS CHIRPING]

- [SIGHS]
- [CHUCKLING] I didn't scare you, did I?

Nah, uh...

I just thought girls were supposed
to be in the girl's cabin.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

[CLEARS THROAT] I was, uh,
kind of hoping we could talk,

like, for real.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, sure.
Is everything okay?

It's great,

[CHUCKLES] the kiss, hanging out,

all of it.

That's the problem.

That doesn't sound like a problem.

Everything was great last time, too.

And you kind of just broke up with me,

and I never understood why.

- [LEAVES RUSTLING]
- [PANTING IN DISTANCE]

Nathan, someone's coming.

Anthony?

[PANTING]

Are you okay? What happened?

I saw... I saw Moonshine Jimmy. [GRUNTS]

- Hi.
- Hi, Naomi.

[SIGHS]

[THERMOMETER BEEPING]

How are you feeling?

Better.

They think it was allergies, but,

uh, it was definitely not allergies.

What happened out there?

I don't really remember.

I was reading in this book
about how you can apparently

see Venus on really clear nights.

So I snuck out.

Uh, I was hoping to get
a better view from the peak

and then, I heard something or someone,

and then I saw this light.

Like the... the rocks and the trees,

- were glowing blue.
- Like bioluminescence?

No, I wasn't near any water.

Plus the color was all wrong.

But the... But the weirdest thing
was that whatever it was,

it made me feel dizzy.

I got turned around and that's
when I saw you and Nathan.

Who could have been out there?

That's what I'm going to find out.

And I was hoping that you might help me.

Of course, I'll help.

- I'm in.
- Yeah?

Yeah.

A ghost hunt? In the woods?

I thought we were going canoeing later?

We will.

You don't have to
help with this, Nathan,

and we can catch up later.

No, I'm totally in.

There's plenty of time for canoes.

So where do we start?

Anthony said he overheard
one of the nurses

saying something like this
has happened here before.

So we're in a sequel.

Great.

There's always way more death
than the original.

[GIRLS SQUEALING]

My goodness, ladies,

I've had my actual water break
and didn't scream like that.

They're probably just on edge
from what happened to Anthony.

It's not like that's
happened before, right?

No. Well, not to a camper.

[NATHAN] So it happened
to someone on staff.

You know, I did hear about a part timer,

but that was before my time here.

- How long ago was that?
- About six months ago.

She was a researcher who
used the camp as a home base.

- Kind of a loner.
- [NAOMI] Hmm.

- What was their name?
- Belinda. It's a sad story.

That's how I knew you had allergies.

- Same thing happened to her.
- [COUNSELOR BRENT] No way it was allergies.

She had a mental break for sure.

Left one day, never came back.

[COUNSELOR SUSAN] She was
always out there in the forest alone.

That's what isolation
will do to the human psyche.

I'm not supposed to say this,
but I think it's a cover up.

They know Moonshine Jimmy's real.

That's why no one goes
to her cabin anymore.

And where, exactly, is her cabin?

It's just outside of camp.

Now don't you wait too long
before you come back and see me.

Have a good day.

I used to have a bike like this.

When I lived overseas.

How much?

It's not for sale.

[SHOP BELL CHIMING]

You could've been more discreet.

And you could have told me about
your visit from the bounty hunter.

I didn't realize I had to check in
with you about my movements.

You do when it concerns Naomi.

None of this would have happened

had you just stayed away from her.

Naomi came to me.

She was gonna learn
the truth eventually.

We had a deal.

You broke it.

Don't come back here.

Bounty hunter is still here.

He disappeared after our fight,
but now he's back.

I can sense him.

You are gonna help me stop him.

Why would I do that?

Because he knows about the both of us,

and he will not keep that to himself.

[ANTHONY] Belinda's cabin
should be up ahead.

This is like a real life Blair Witch

or The Witch or no,
wait, Friday the th.

I don't know if I'm excited
or terrified.

Doesn't everyone die in those movies?

No comment.

Sorry we haven't gotten
a chance to talk.

Really?

Because it feels like you might
be avoiding me.

I'm not.

I'm just helping out a friend.

There it is.

[ANNABELLE] FYI,
this is the part of the movie

where people start yelling
at the characters to turn back.

Do you guys smell that?

- Smells like...
- Cookies?

What is this place?

Someone must have taken over
the cabin after Belinda left.

I was not expecting this.

Somehow it's even creepier.

[NAOMI GASPS] A camcorder.

The battery's dead.

Guys, check this out.

That's what I saw in the woods.

- [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
- [HEAVY BREATHING]

We need to go.

Someone's coming, hurry!

Director Richard.

These are delicious.

♪ We gonna have a little bit of fun ♪

♪ We gonna have a little bit of fun ♪

I can't believe Director Richard
put us on chore duty

even after I called him a cookie wizard.

Who knew he'd be so into stress baking?

Ew, how does peanut butter
get under the table?

Teenagers are animals.

[SIGHS]

Hey, want to give us a hand, townie?

Since you're the reason
we're here in the first place.

No one twisted your arm.

Guys, chill.

Let's just finish this and then
we can get back to Belinda.

Back to Belinda?

We're in trouble.

I thought we were done
with the ghost hunt.

You know, I think I saw an
old charger in the science cabin,

it might be for that camcorder.

I remember because I was
like, "Whoa, vintage".

- I think I'm gonna go get it.
- Yeah, I'll come with you.

- [DOGS BARKING]
- [BIRDS CHIRPING]

How did they even find Naomi's rock?

You said you went there alone.

They must have done a sweep
of the area after I left.

You know what this means?

We can't jump to conclusions.

If Steel suspected us, he wouldn't
have called you in to help.

Unless it's a test.

So you lie about the translations.

They still have the rock.
They'll analyze it.

It won't take them long to realize
it's not a material found on Earth.

We don't have many options here.

We could leave.

We've done it before.

That was different.

Naomi's in more danger
than ever, you know that.

If we leave now, it'll look like
we have something to hide.

We do have something to hide.
Our daughter.

I have to leave the service.
I won't be able to protect her.

Is that really what's best for us?

I know you're scared.

We have to do something.

I know.

We'll protect her.

No matter what it takes.

[SHOP BELL CHIMING]

[COUNSELOR SUSAN] Oh! Hello.

I wasn't expecting
any visitors. [CHUCKLES]

Science usually loses out
to the rock wall and zip line.

Actually, we're here on trash duty.

Oh, okay.

Uh, but we were wondering...

Do... Do bears actually like honey

or is that more like
a rabbit-and-carrots-type lie?

Oh, they actually do.

Both brown and black bears
will raid beehives.

- That's pretty dope.
- Right?

Do you happen to have any, uh,

bear fossils that we could check out?

Of course! I'll be right back.

It's right there.

So, not to pry...

Okay, I'm gonna pry.

You were pretty quick
to volunteer for trash duty.

Yeah, well, this weekend isn't
exactly going the way I planned.

You didn't have ghost hunt on your
Camp Shadow Ridge bingo card?

[CHUCKLES]

This is because of Anthony.

Actually, it's not.

So it's about Naomi.

- Something to do with our many activities?
- No...

Well, kind of.

I thought things were
going well between you.

They are. It's just...

Naomi is always doing a bunch of things.

That's cool.

I love that about her.

I just want her to talk to me
about some of those things.

You know, for real. Like...

why she broke up with me the first time.

Take it from someone
who knows her very well.

Naomi doesn't do things lightly.

She chose you.

She kissed you.

That means something.

Belinda was keeping tabs on
every single plant in these woods.

Well, she was a naturalist,
so that makes sense.

This doesn't.

- See, this is a schematic of Shadow Ridge.
- Mmm-hmm.

This big circled area,
that's the main cabin.

Apparently they excavated the
area below it three years ago,

and it looks like they built some
kind of a room underneath it.

But why would they do that?

And what does it have to do
with plants and that blue glowing?

Um...

I should tell you

that Nathan and I,
we've been talking again,

and I really don't want
to make this weird...

I know you kissed him.

Everybody knows. It's high school.

- I really didn't want this to be weird.
- It's not weird.

I know you and Nathan
have been a thing for a minute.

Um...

But you should know,

he's not the only thing out there.

[DEE] Jaeger is here.

He's not moved which
means he's probably hurt.

So we let him bleed out.

He will not leave without
coming after Naomi again.

We have to find out who sent him.

You're not doing this for Naomi.

A Thanagarian w*r criminal would
be of high value to a bounty hunter.

Your people aren't exactly known
for showing mercy to deserters.

That's not who I am anymore.

What I don't understand is
why are you still here?

You can leave Port Oswego
and hide somewhere else.

There are thousands of planets.

And you speak of being royalty.

Isn't this planet beneath you?

Bounty hunters, they carry a device.

A record of their targets.

That's what we need from him.

And then what?

There are other ways.

This planet's made you soft.

Did you guys know panda bears
have an extra bone just for eating?

Camera's ready.

[CAMCORDER BEEPS]

[ANNABELLE CHUCKLES] This couldn't
possibly get any more Blair Witch.

October rd.

Spoke too soon.

I'm in Gulch Springs tonight.
Taking samples as usual.

Came across the glowing again.

Even more unusual,
the closer I get to the glow,

the stranger I feel.
Like I'm disoriented.

Somebody there?

[GASPS]

[BELINDA PANTING]

The glowing is some kind of a substance.

Probably a chemical.

They're using it to mess with
the ecosystem in the forest.

- [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
- [PANTING]

- What are you doing here?
- [STATIC]

- [ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]
- [GASPS]

[PANTING]

Take two steps to your left.

Okay, now one big step forward.

Camping, eggs, and the rain.
[SARCASTICALLY] Yay.

[CHUCKLES] You're
doing great, Annabelle.

We need a plan.

To do what?

Find out whatever is really
going on in the woods.

Belinda was clearly onto something.

Plus she knew the person in the video,

which means it was probably
one of the counselors.

Ooh, camp conspiracy!

We don't know that for sure.

Wait, Nathan, stop,
take one big step back.

[NATHAN SIGHS]

Did we just fail team building?

We should go to the main cabin tonight

while everyone else is away.

See if we can find some kind of proof.

Or we could just act like normal
teenagers and call the police.

Yeah.

Naomi, you're with me, right?

I don't know.

This is serious stuff.

If someone is really trying to
do something bad at the camp,

it could be dangerous.

[LAUGHS] That's never
stopped you before.

We just watched a woman
get chased through the woods.

It's not exactly the same
thing as trespassing.

Once we get home,
we can call the police.

I thought we were in this together.

I guess I was wrong.

[JENNIFER] I don't know
about this, Greg.

There are no cameras in the secure lab,

so once we're in, we'll be fine.

- But we should hurry.
- [READER BEEPS]

Lieutenant Ramirez.

Major McDuffie.

Pardon me, but what are you doing here?

I'm Dr. McDuffie.

I'm the linguist on base.

Commander Steel asked me
to work on the translation.

Is there something I can
help you with, ma'am?

I was hoping to ask you some questions

about the properties of the artifact

to guide my work.

Um, material analysis
is still pending, so...

Any help you could provide would
be really valuable, Lieutenant.

Of course. Uh, yeah.

Let me show you what
I've been working on, doctor.

So I'm having a hard time... [SIGHS]

determining the nature
of... of the rock.

I have never seen
anything like it before.

- Um...
- Any theories about the age of the artifact?

I would love to get even
a general idea of time period.

Thermoluminescence test results
won't be available...

until tomorrow.

What about the composition?

Oh, I'm not prepared to speculate.

I'm sorry.

What does that have
to do with your work?

This has been very helpful.

We'll get out of your way.

Thank you for your time.

Major.

[WOLF HOWLING]

[SIGHS] I really miss my bed.

The only thing nature
is reconnecting me to

is my love of memory foam.

At least we're not getting chased
through the woods like Belinda.

We made the right decision
to stay out of it, right?

Oh, absolutely.

It was a really bad idea.

Do you want me
to keep agreeing with you?

You think I should be
looking into the cover up?

I think you think you should be
looking into the cover up.

Are you trying to inception me?

You agreed that it'd be too dangerous.

For me. For Anthony. For Nathan.

Maybe not for someone with powers.

[SIGHS]

My powers didn't do very much good

last time against the bounty hunter.

What if Dee hadn't shown up when he did?

That's like asking
what if the sky wasn't blue

or what if Harry Styles
didn't rule the world?

It's just not in the realm
of possibility.

Fear is a new look on you.

That fight just really messed me up.

I know.

But I'm not just talking about
the bounty hunter.

I'm talking about
a certain soccer player.

He says you won't be real with him.

Wait, you're my best friend.

- You're obligated to take my side.
- [CHUCKLES]

It's not like I can be real
with him about who I am.

Maybe not.

But you can be real with
him about other things.

The only thing to fear is fear itself.

And also snakes.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

- [DOOR SLAMS]
- [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

[JAEGER GRUNTS]

You...

[GROANING]

I'm here with a one-time offer.

I let you stay on this planet
until you heal.

- You give me your list.
- [CHUCKLES]

You Thanagarians are all the same.

So arrogant.

You travel around the universe,

ravaging other planets,

under the guise of what?

Peacekeeping?

All you bring is w*r.

I suggest you take the deal.

I won't leave without my mark.

Last time did not end well for you.

It's bad luck.

This time it'll go better.

[ZUMBADO] I doubt that.

[JAEGER] Ah. [CHUCKLES]

You brought a friend.

Who sent you here?

I don't kiss and tell.

[JAEGER GROANING]

That wasn't so hard, was it?

[WOLF HOWLING]

[DEE] There are two ways
to deal with fear.

You fight it or you face it.

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

[WHISPERS] Face the fear. Face the fear.

Identify, acknowledge,
[EXHALES] release.

[CHAIN BREAKS]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

Naomi, what are you doing here?

What are you doing here?

I'm looking for proof.

So was I.

You need to go. It's dangerous.

You're here.

Come on.

What do you think they're hiding?

Maybe an experiment or a chemical.

That would explain your reaction.

[EXHALES]

[LOCK BREAKS]

I think I found something.

What the hell is dilustel?

[NAOMI] I don't know.

[CAMERA CLICKING]

That's the same writing as the disk.

[STRAINING]

[ANTHONY BREATHING HEAVILY]

Naomi, I don't feel so good.

Anthony?

It must be the dilustel.

Come on, let's get you out of here.

[ANTHONY] Yeah. [GRUNTING]

[NAOMI] It's locked.

[MAN] I had a feeling
someone would come.

You should have been more careful.

Counselor Jeff?

I wish you would've left
this alone, Naomi.

[VOICE DISTORTING] Moonshine Jimmy
was working just fine as a cover.

It scared people away
until you ruined it.

[ANTHONY GRUNTING]

Who are you?

This element works quickly on humans.

Not so much on people like me
or people like you it seems.

- [YELLS]
- [EXCLAIMS, GRUNTS]

Come on.

[GRUNTING]

I think Director Richard is going
to be doing a lot of stress baking.

How are you feeling?

Better.

What do you think Counselor
Jeff was doing with that?

I don't know.

You were pretty out of it.

Do you remember anything?

Not much.

I remember being down in the basement

and finding that blue rock thing.

And then we were upstairs.

It got really loud.

And then the next thing I remember
is waking up outside the cabin.

I like to approach
linguistics challenges

by comparing them to existing languages.

The markings on the rock,

are statistically similar
to written languages,

created by the ancient
peoples of Mesoamerica.

What does it mean?

The language on the artifact is ancient.

But it's not alien.

[CLICKS TONGUE]

The material analysis also
supports that conclusion.

I had really hoped that this
would be our breakthrough.

There will be others, Major.

Thank you for your work, doctor.

I understand why some people like camp,

but I am not one of those people.

You okay, babe?

Yeah.

I'm fine.

Goodbye, Camp Shadow Ridge.

May we never see you again.

[DOOR OPENS]

[DEE] I thought we were not
going to make a habit of this.

Is the bounty hunter gone?

I turned him over to Adam Blake.

He will take him to the Phantom Zone.

Did you find out who sent him?

Yes.

Do we need to be concerned?

You don't.

At least for now.

There is another name on the list

that will be of interest to you.

Qyeala.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

["TALK TALK" PLAYING]

[NAOMI] Hi.

Where's the screen?

No movie this time.

Just talking.

♪ My love for you
well, it's kind of insane ♪

I broke up with you before
because I was afraid.

♪ I couldn't complain about it... ♪

Afraid of getting hurt.

It was too real.

Then why did you kiss me?

Because I thought we could
just have all the fun parts.

But you were right.

We can't do that part forever.

So I wanted to tell you,

I'm still afraid.

♪ But I'm sick
of talk, talk, talking... ♪

But I'm more afraid of not trying.

[CHUCKLES]

♪ You should be walk, walk, walking ♪

♪ Walk, walk, walking with me ♪

So we're doing this?

The real version?

The real version.

Plus the kissing.

If you're still, I don't know,
into that part.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

♪ You should be walk, walk, walking ♪

♪ Walk, walk, walking with me ♪