01x05 - Quoquo Modo Necessarium

[bunniefuu]

- [NAOMI SHOUTS]
- [GROANS]

[NAOMI] I believe
your son was on something.

[MR. ANDREWS] My boy was
getting back on track.

He even started going to NA.

[JASON] You may have noticed
that tonight's group

was sparsely attended?

Dealers like to set up shop
outside of meetings.

[FRANK] Three months.

I haven't had a drink, much less a drug.
I am clean.

What do you know about this drug?

[FRANK] A couple of weeks ago,
I was coming out

of an AA meeting, and this guy asked me

if I wanted to make some money.

He's just a middleman,
but I heard him talking about

some woman who's in charge

- of this whole thing.
- What woman?

[ISAIAH] You walk barefoot in the snow,

your eyes glow,
you're super fast and strong.

What are you?

[ELEANOR] If I tell you something,

you have to promise
you won't tell anyone.

Your sister just had a big breakthrough.

You're gonna be feeling better
in no time.

[CLAIRE] Thank you
for getting his hopes up.

I really appreciate the guarantee.

[MATTHEW] You're not your dad.

I've seen you do in weeks
what he couldn't do in years.

I'll bet on you.

[SLOW, DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[KNOCKING]

[MATTHEW] What are you doing here, sir?

- I drive for a living.
- [MATTHEW] A chauffeur?

I'm thinking you need
to find out who owns that car,

and if that man was lying to me.

Yes, sir.

Please, let him go.

He's got nothing to do with this.

[ROLAND] And when
he helped you move a body?

Oh, f*ck.

[ROLAND] You're gonna
tell me who you are,

why you lied to my boss

or after I k*ll you,
I'm gonna k*ll your friend.

[QUIET, TENSE MUSIC]

Start talking.

[PANTING] Okay, okay.

The body in the duffle bag.

Yes.

[ROLAND] That was my dealer?

[EXHALES]

I'm not gonna ask again.

- Yes.
- [ROLAND] You k*lled him?

Yes.

Why?

[PANTING]

[ZEKE] This is going nowhere.

Because I needed his blood.

Do you know what's in your drug?

Do you know why people who
take it cannot go in the sun?

Why their eyes glow in the dark?

You-you-you don't, do you?

I need to talk to the person in charge.

You're dictating terms?

I'm asking, please.

[STAMMERS] The person
responsible for this drug,

is that your boss,
or-or is it the woman?

What did you just say?

Your dealer said
there was a woman in charge.

[ROLAND] What else did he tell you?

Nothing.

- What else did he tell you?
- Easy, brother...

[GRUNTING]

[INTENSE, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[GROANING]

- [SHOUTS]
- [GLASS SHATTERING]

[PANTING]

[SLOW, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[SLOW, SOMBER MUSIC]

[WHISPERING] You're a vampire?

But you don't have fangs.

[ELEANOR] They only come out
when I need them.

But I've never bitten anyone.

You said you drink blood.

From people?

- Do you k*ll them?
- I've never k*lled anyone.

Then how do you get the blood?

You can't ask me that.

- Why?
- You just can't.

[DOOR OPENS NEARBY]

You have to go, now.

You're not gonna tell her, are you?

- I don't know.
- Isaiah.

Get out of here now.

[TENSE, INTRIGUING MUSIC]

[GENTLE, WISTFUL MUSIC]

- You all right?
- [PANTING]

[SLOW, DRAMATIC MUSIC]

He's dead?

Okay, all right.

[PANTING]

Stay here, okay?

- [DANIELLE] Hey.
- [EXCLAIMS]

[CHUCKLING] I thought I was
the only one here.

Chef! Uh... No, no, no.
Me and Zeke are...

- Shutting it down?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So... you can go.
We'll take care of everything.

I don't mind.

No, really, uh...

It's the least I can do after
all you did for me tonight.

It was a beautiful night, wasn't it?

Oh.

All right. Let me just say bye
to Zeke before I leave.

No, no, no! He's... [BLOWS RASPBERRY]

Of course he is.

Lightweight.

[SLOW, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[DOOR OPENS]

What the f*ck are you doing?

No!

Man, no.

- Listen.
- No.

Zeke, listen to me.

This guy was gonna k*ll us both.

You saved our lives.

And not only ours.

Ellie would've had to feed
in a few days.

You saved that person's life, too.

Don't you get that we're dead?

- No, we're not.
- Oh,

when his people figure out
what happened, I'm dead.

- They won't figure it out.
- You're dead!

They won't figure it out! Now listen.

This sh*t's not coming back
at you, or me.

I promise.

How you figure that?

'Cause this is not
my first time doing this.

I'm gonna make all this
look right, okay?

All I want from you is to do
exactly what I say.

His car must be parked
around here somewhere.

It can't stay here.

Okay? I need you to find it
and pull it out back.

Go on. Go.

Mm.

[PULSING, TENSE MUSIC]

[PHONE CLICKS]

Thanks again for watching Isaiah.

Oh.

Don't forget this.

- Look, I'm an assh*le.
- No, I wasn't trying to be

- passive-aggressive, but...
- I know, but you were right.

And if your instinct tells you
there's more to this case than...

My instinct says that
what happened in those sewers

was just the beginning.

There's something new out there.

Something... big.

I think Frank might be mixed up in it.

[BEN] You know where he is?

Last time I spoke to him,
he said he'd gotten an apartment.

Shouldn't be too hard
to track down the lease.

[PHONE CHIRPS]

[SIGHS]

[GENTLE, WISTFUL MUSIC]

[LIQUID FLOWING]

[LIQUID DRIPPING]

Oh. [MUTTERS]

Ah.

[ZEKE] Car is parked out back.

Jesus f*cking Christ.

Set the timer on your phone
to minutes.

Why?

That's how long you got.

[MARK GRUNTS]

Yeah.

I'll meet you at my place
in a few hours.

Go!

[SLOW, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[SOFT, RHYTHMIC BEEPING]

[CLAIRE SIGHS]

How'd it go?

You did good.

Yeah?

[CHILD-LIKE VOICE] Did Claire-Bear

put Humpty-Dumpty back together again?

No. What did I say about the voice?

Am I really gonna look like me again?

[SIGHS]

It's too soon to know anything...

but this part went really well.

Now your only job is to rest, okay?

Yeah. You, too.

[SLOW, DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[SIGHS]

I don't know if you're asleep.

But you don't have to be scared of me.

I promise you don't.

[TAPPING AND SCRAPING FINGER ON WALL]

[PANTING]

[SCRAPING AND TAPPING CONTINUE]

[SLOW, EERIE MUSIC]

[DOOR SQUEAKS OPEN]

[DOOR CLOSES]

Dad, there's something I need to...

Uncle Zeke?

Where's Dad?

What's going on?

What are you doing?!

Your father said you need to drink this.

- No!
- Eleanor.

No. I'm not hungry.

Well, you will be in a few days.

Not for at least a week, maybe two.

[SIGHS]

Please, sweetheart.

- It's about to go bad.
- I don't care.

- Eleanor...
- I don't care!

Eleanor, drink the g*dd*mn blood!

[SLOW, HAUNTING MUSIC]

Yeah, come in.

- Hi.
- Hey.

- How's Peter feeling?
- Um, he's okay, I think.

You? Are you feeling
any aftereffects from the...?

No. I feel good. Clear.

What's wrong?

Did you know my dad
had put a lien on the house?

Yeah.

- You knew?
- No, it's fine, Claire.

He set everything up before he d*ed.

He said as long as we keep making
monthly payments, we're good.

[SCOFFS] Well,
in a shocking turn of events,

my father was full of sh*t.

Either we pay what's owed on the house,
in full, or we have to sell it.

What? No, this can't be right.

If I lose the house, I lose the lab.

If I lose the lab, I lose
any hope at curing... Peter.

Hey, don't even go there.
You haven't slept in days.

Go get some rest, let me...
get into this,

and we'll talk about it first
thing in the morning, okay?

[SIGHS]

f*ck.

[DOGS BARKING IN DISTANCE]

[PHONE CHIMES]

[TENSE MUSIC]

sh*t. [GROANS]

[GRUNTING]

[PULSING, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[EXHALES]

[KNOCKING]

[ZEKE] Eleanor?

I just wanted to say I'm sorry.

I had no right to snap at you.

It wasn't even about you.

I am really sorry, kiddo.

Did you k*ll them?

The person whose blood...?

I'm sorry, too.

[QUIETLY] Hey.

It's not your fault.

Okay?

Hey.

You know what I was just thinking about?

I was thinking about
when your mom and dad

would have to work and they'd
ask me to look after you.

[CHUCKLES]

Remember how we used
to stay up super late?

[CHUCKLES]

And you'd make me watch
those horror movies.

Oh, well, I thought you liked 'em.

I liked hanging out with you.

- You still watch 'em?
- Horror movies?

- Yeah.
- No...

I'm more of a rom-com man these days.

Speaking of, how's your little friend?

Eh, eh, eh... I was just teasing.

I told him, Uncle Zeke.

What?

I told him what I am.

- Isn't his mom the...
- Yeah.

- Sweetheart...
- I know.

He was about to figure it out,

but that's not why I told him.

I just thought he'd still
like me, even if he knew.

[SLOW, TRANQUIL MUSIC]

[ZEKE SIGHS]

[PHONE CHIMING]

[WINDOW SLIDING OPEN]

[FOOTFALLS APPROACH]

[ELEANOR] Isaiah?

[ISAIAH GRUNTS]

Isaiah?

[GROANS]

[GROWLS]

[PANTING]

[TYPING]

[NAOMI] Earth to Isaiah.

You want to take a break
from texting Eleanor and talk to me?

I'm not texting Eleanor.

[SIGHS]

I'm texting Dad.

You heard from Dad?

He hasn't texted me back.

Was there a... reason
you were texting him?

I just wanted to talk to him
about something.

It's about Eleanor?

Oh.

She told me something...

and now I don't know what to do.

You want to tell me what she said?

[SIGHS]

Let me start with Dad,

and if he doesn't write me back,
I'll tell you then.

[GENTLE, INTRIGUING MUSIC]

[EXHALING SLOWLY]

[MATTHEW] You're a light sleeper.

I may have a solution to our problem.

Get the f*ck out of my room.

- Meet me downstairs?
- Now.

I'll make us coffee.

[SIGHS]

[KEYS JINGLING]

Well?

- Is Ellie...?
- Asleep, I think.

And you got here in time

- for her to...
- Yeah.

Great.

[SIGHS]

[GRUNTS]

[EXHALES]

So?

What?

Are we good?

I hope so.

What the f*ck does that mean?

It means, if people don't break
down the door and k*ll us...

we're probably good.

No. No, no, no, no, no.

I'm gonna need
a little better than that.

[SIGHS]

I made it look like this guy
left the restaurant

and d*ed another way.

So long as his people believe that...

Yeah, but how did you
make it look like he d*ed?

- You don't want to know.
- Yeah, I believe I do.

No, brother.

You really don't.

Look, I'm exhausted
and I know you are, too.

[SIGHS]

You take my room, I'll crash out here.

You know...

I keep replaying something in my head.

When you told that guy about the drug...

...how people's eyes glow in the dark...

...he had no idea what
you were talking about.

What's your point?

You made me think that you'd for sure

found another creature like Eleanor.

That a cure was just around the corner.

- Zeke...
- And I was wondering

if I just threw away my life
for f*cking nothing.

[SLOW, DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

If you find him, tell him
rent is four days late.

Yes, ma'am. We'll just be a moment.

Oh, God.

He hasn't been here for a while.

He certainly didn't pack
as if he was planning to go somewhere.

No...

[GENTLE, WISTFUL MUSIC]

You know his password?

Got to be Isaiah's birthday.

[COMPUTER CHIRPS]

Try yours.

[COMPUTER CHIMES]

Says here his phone went offline...

What?

The night he came over for dinner.

It's the last time I saw him.

It say where it went offline?

[MATTHEW] It's my favorite
room in the house.

I know it's just
the coat of paint, but...

[SIGHS] it's like you're
in a different world.

You want to talk about paint,
or you want to talk about your plan?

While you were sleeping,
I ran the numbers.

Even if we scale up operations,
there's no way

we can make the money we need
selling your dad's painkiller.

It only fetches a buck an mg.

At the end of the day,
it's just a common street drug.

Jesus Christ.

- Now hear me out.
- No. No, no.

I don't think I will, because...

I-I think it's obvious you're about to

suggest we sell my painkiller instead.

Give me seconds to make my case.

I'll give you ten.

We can save the house.

And you can keep working
so you can save Peter.

How do you...

[SCOFFS] Why do you think my drug's
gonna bring in so much more money?

Because I took it.

All I'm saying is, we try.

Just roll it out, you know?
You don't even have to be involved.

I don't have to...?

I'd be making it.

And me and my crew
would take it from there.

That's how it worked with your dad.

That's the f*cking point.

I do this, and I'm no better than him.

I'd be no better than him.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[PHONE CHIMING]

[FRANK] Yo, this is Frank.

- You know what to do.
- [BEEPS]

Why can't you pick up your phone?

Call me back, Dad.

Please?

[MANNY] Yeah, Dad. Call me back.

[SCOFFS] Did Daddy run off on you again?

What did you say?

You heard me, bitch.

- Say it again.
- Step back, little man.

- Say it!
- Last warning.

Hey, leave his bitch ass alone.

He's not even worth it.

Yo. Why you giving him a pass?

I'm not... I-I'm just hungry.

Come on, let's get a snack or something.

You lucky, little man.

[ISAIAH] What happened to your hand?

[JEREMIAH] Your dumb ass just noticed?

He's been wearing a cast like two weeks.

[ABEL] Come on.

Let's go.

[PHONE CHIMES]

[CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC]

- [ELEANOR] Dad?
- [GASPS]

Sorry.

[SIGHS]

I thought you were sleeping.

I didn't know you still prayed.

Once we stopped going
to church, I figured...

Did you need something?

Were you praying Uncle Zeke was wrong?

What?

I heard what he said about the drug.

That he might have thrown
his life away for nothing.

Is he right?

Is there really nothing here?

I don't know.

Well, could we find out?

Dad, I don't want to be
a monster anymore.

That is not what you are.

Then there has to be some way
we can figure out if this is real.

What?

- What?
- [CLICKS TONGUE] Nothing.

- Dad.
- [SIGHS]

There is...

maybe a place I could go, but...

- it's too dangerous.
- Why?

It's guarded.

Last time I went,
they-they saw me right away.

If me or Zeke get within a block

of this place, we'd get caught.

I wouldn't.

No...

- Dad?
- No.

I'm twice as strong and sneaky
as the two of you combined.

- No. I'm not risking your life.
- Uncle Zeke risked his.

And you risk yours every day
trying to save mine.

I'm tired of everyone else I love

sacrificing themselves
while I do nothing!

[CLICKS TONGUE]

[QUIETLY] Honey.

Okay.

Okay.

[PLAINTIVE MUSIC]

Hey.

Peter asked to see you.

- Is he okay?
- Yeah.

Uh, he's pretty sure
a fresh piece of skin

just grew back on his arm.

It wouldn't happen that fast.

Well, you better not tell him that.

He's convinced now it'll all
grow back in like a week.

No, it'll take at least a couple
months for it to be healed.

Claire, I know it's not my place, but,

I don't know, maybe let him have this.

[SIGHS] I'm sorry I upset you earlier.
That wasn't my intention.

I know it wasn't.

If we lose the house, we lose the house.

You know?

We'll figure it out.

What was it like?

When you took my drug...

...what did it feel like?

I... I don't know,

words aren't really my, uh...

[SIGHS]

I had this CO once.

He used to say,

"There are two things that'll
make a man confess his sins...

God and pain.

And not everyone believes in God,

but everyone believes in pain."

When I took your drug...

...it was like I knew

that nothing or no one
could ever hurt me.

[SLOW, PLAINTIVE MUSIC]

I can't become my father.

I can't.

I understand.

So if we do this...

I won't sit idly by.

Show me how it works.

No active cameras in the building.

There's a couple on the street outside,
but check this out.

Both were flipped to face
the wall a few weeks back.

- At the same time?
- Kind of like what happens...

When dr*gs are being dealt.

And no one wants to get caught.

Okay, so...

[SIGHS]

Let's assume it's this
new drug we're chasing.

Whether Frank was dealing or using,
hard to say, but...

something went south
and he got brought back here.

We know he was here.

We don't know he was brought here.

Well... [SCOFFS] his phone
went abruptly offline,

and no one chooses to end up
in a place like this.

- Ben?
- Yeah?

This is a sad place to die.

Just... before you...

Let's get a team in,
confirm he really was here,

- and if so...
- Yeah, you can try.

...if someone else was here with...

But the Realtor who let us in

said she's been showing
this place for weeks.

The odds of finding useful DNA...

[INTRIGUING MUSIC]

What is it?

This is it?

[MATTHEW] Looks abandoned, right?

We take security very seriously.

- [TYPING]
- [PHONE WHOOSHES]

The men who work for you,
they're soldiers from your unit?

They're good men, Claire.

- They know about Peter?
- Absolutely not.

That's a secret I'll take to my grave.

Well, now they'll know about me.

Hey, any one of those guys
would take a b*llet

before they betrayed you.

Why?

'Cause they're my brothers.
That's what family is.

At least what it should be.

Slow, intriguing music

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

[ELEANOR] Is Uncle Zeke...?

Getting dressed.

He'll be ready soon.

He knows he doesn't have to come, right?

[SCOFFS] I believe his exact words were,

"There's no g*dd*mn way

I'm staying home while Eleanor
is risking her life."

- [ELEANOR SIGHS]
- Unless, of course,

you change your mind.

It's not too late.

I don't go to church anymore...

because it reminds me too much of Mom.

But I still pray every day.

[SCOFFS] I'm not sure
He always listens, but...

...tonight...

I'll take all the protection we can get.

Will you pray with me?

Slow, contemplative music

I thought this one seems appropriate.

It's from Jeremiah.

"For I know the plans..."

"For I know the plans I have
for you, declares the Lord.

Plans to prosper you
and not to harm you."

"Plans to give you hope and a future."

- Amen.
- Amen.

You're not eating.

You want to talk about Eleanor?

This morning you said
she told you something

and you don't know what to do.

Did she tell you she likes you?

She said she hopes I know
how much she likes me.

- Mom?
- Mm-hmm?

Is it okay to like someone back
even if they lied to you?

Well, I, um...

I guess it depends on the lie.

Like... with Dad.

What?

He lied to you when he said
that he wasn't drinking,

so you threw him out the house.

Baby...

And he lied when he said
that he loves me.

- That was not a lie.
- I've texted him

like ten times
and he hasn't wrote me back.

And he didn't even come
to my talent show

when he promised that he would.

Sweetheart, I... [SIGHS]

gentle, tranquil music

The reason Dad hasn't texted you back...

it's not because he doesn't love you.

Then, why?

The night Dad came to dinner?

I think something
may have happened to him

later that night.

Something bad?

I think so.

Is he...

...dead?

I don't know.

But what I do know

is that your dad loved you
with every molecule in his body.

[MARK] This is as close as we should go.

[EXHALES]

You sure you know where to go?

It's behind this building.

Okay.

So, listen, if anything feels off,

just come right back, okay?

Okay.

- Be careful, please.
- I will.

Dad, it's gonna be okay.

[SIGHS] Hope and a future, right?

[ZEKE] Holy...

Listen,

I really believe you're gonna be okay.

But just to be safe,

you may want to lay low
for a couple of weeks.

Maybe get out of town?

[CLICKS TONGUE]
I was thinking the same thing.

- I'm sorry.
- For?

For dragging you back into our mess.

Mm.

[SIGHS] Yeah, I'm sorry, too.

In the past hours,
I've gotten a real sense

of what the last ten years
must have been for you.

That's a heavy weight to carry alone.

[PHONE VIBRATES]

- [ELEANOR] Dad.
- Yes, Ellie. Are you okay?

I don't think I'm at the right place.

I'm at the gate, but I don't see...

No. No, no, no. Not at the gate.

No. Get away from there.

Hang on. Stay here, please.

Have the car ready!

Ellie?

Oh, my God.

Ellie? Oh, God. Are you okay?

Yeah, but, Dad, there's nothing here.

What? No, but...

[PANTING]

Where...? There were...

- There were cameras.
- What?

There were cameras.

[STAMMERS] And guys with g*ns.

With as*ault r*fles.

They were guarding the place.

Guarding what?

[PULSING, TENSE MUSIC]

No.

No, no, no, no. What...?

[STAMMERS] It doesn't make any sense.

I... It was,

it was like a fortress in here!

There's got to be something.

[DOOR SQUEAKING]

Impossible.

Dad, it doesn't look like
anyone's been here for...

No, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no.

There were people here,

Ellie. [PANTING]

They were... protecting
something or someone.

There was something here.

[SIGHS]

There was something here.

_

[SLOW, DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Oh, my God.

This is like a legitimate
f*cking laboratory.

What did you expect?

Afternoon, sir.

Claire, this is Roland.
He's my second in command.

Nice to meet you, ma'am.

Roland's in charge of recruitment.

[CLAIRE] Recruitment?

I manage the low-level dealers.

They'd be selling
your product on the street,

but they'd never know you exist.

They report directly to me and my men.

[MATTHEW] Yeah. That is...

assuming you really want to do this.

Let's get started.

[EXHALES]

Thanks again for this. [CHUCKLES]

Well, you earned it, brother.

But don't forget how you earned it.

[BOTH] One day at a time.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

- You corny as f*ck, brother.
- Home safe, all right?

Yes, sir.

Hey, man, you got a second?

Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you.

I just wondered if we could talk.

Nah, sorry. I'm in a rush.

Cool, I'll walk with you.

I just wanted to talk to you
about this new product I'm...

No, I know what the f*ck you're doing.

Whatever it is you're selling,
the answer's no, all right?

- I'm clean.
- Cool, man.

But I ain't selling,
I'm offering you a job.

I mean, unless you don't need the money.

[PULSING, DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[MARK] Excuse me?

- Hi.
- Can I help you?

Uh, yeah. Um...

I'm interested in what...
what you're selling.

What would that be?

I heard there's something new out there?

Something strong?

[GENTLE, OPTIMISTIC MUSIC]

[CLAIRE] Checking yourself out
in the mirror again?

You know, if I had known
how vain you'd become,

I might not have healed you.

What?

Claire?

Jesus Christ.

Seriously, with
the sneaking up on people?

Could you give us a second, Pete?

What is it?

- [DOOR CLOSES]
- What?

Roland's body was found today.

In a sewer.

What?

We think he might have been
att*cked by users.

You're sure?

As sure as we can be.
There wasn't much of him left.

[SLOW, DRAMATIC MUSIC]

I'm so sorry.

And listen, apparently, he had some
product on him when he was found.

Is that gonna be a problem?

I don't think so, but we ghosted
the warehouse just to be safe.

Dad, it doesn't look like
anyone's been here for...

No, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no.

There were people here,

Ellie. [PANTING]

They were protecting something.

Or someone.

There was... something here.

[SIGHS]

There was something here.

Okay.

I didn't imagine it.

I'm saying, "Okay."

The drug is real.

I believe that.

And now...

we're in this together.

[PHONE VIBRATING]

Hey, Ben. What's up?

[BEN] I'm sorry to call so late.

And, um, I'm sorry to deliver bad news.

The prints on the coin matched Frank's.

I'm sorry, Naomi.

Look, stop saying "I'm sorry."
I knew they would.

Listen, there was
a second set of prints.

- What?
- On the coin.

It'll take a while to run it
against the database,

but maybe we can find out
who was with Frank

when he disappeared.

Okay.

Good.

[SIGHS DEEPLY]

[GENTLE, WISTFUL MUSIC]

[PHONE VIBRATES]

[KNOCKING ON WINDOW]

[WINDOW SLIDES OPEN]

[SLOW, PLAINTIVE MUSIC]

[SNIFFLES]

[QUIETLY] It's okay.

[SHUDDERING]