04x06 - Zoo

[bunniefuu]

Mrs. Durette plans to press charges,
pending an investigation.

Meanwhile, the gaping
sinkhole that opened up

in the th block of Spruce Street
suggests severe negligence

in one of Philadelphia's
most affluent neighborhoods.

Despite scrutiny from homeowners
who fear they may be displaced,

the mayor and the Streets Department
are in fact having talks

about a potential evacuation order

which could be issued
in the next few weeks.

ers make a big trade today.
We'll hear all about that from Todd.

Coming up after the break...

[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[LEANNE] It's time to wake up.

Jericho's party begins in an hour.

You should be downstairs
to greet your guests.

[DOROTHY SIGHS] They're not my guests.

And I will not be going down there.

Yes, you will.

You wouldn't want people to think
you're an uninvolved mother.

[BREATHES SHAKILY]

You are in over your head, Leanne.

No one's gonna set foot in this house
with that hole out there.

[LEANNE] Do I look worried?

This party will go ahead
with or without you.

But I'd really like you to be there.

It's a family event.

[SIGHS]

[SHEEP BLEATING]

Eight. Eight eyes.

Now, they've been known to give
humans the creepy-crawlies,

but they are harmless.

Only attacking if somebody
hurts them first.

- Wha... One more time?
- [SHEEP BLEATS]

Please, no.

[HANDLER] ♪ The itsy-bitsy spider
went up the waterspout ♪

♪ Down came the rain
and washed the spider out ♪

♪ Out came the sun
and dried up all the rain... ♪

♪ So, the itsy... ♪

I think you've had enough. Why
don't you go and make the rounds?

I don't take orders from you.

I work for her.

She's in charge of me.

This is pitiful.

Where are Dorothy's friends?
I've never seen these people before.

Leanne sends a day-before Evite
to a six-month-late birthday party,

right after an earthquake
splits the street in half.

- Can't imagine why nobody showed up.
- [BABY CRYING]

- Poor Dorothy. I bet she hates this.
- [SIGHS]

I hate this.

[SEAN] Did you need help
getting dressed?

No. [SIGHS]

I'm not giving Leanne the
satisfaction of dressing up.

Oh, God. We were so close, Sean.

We're never gonna get the opportunity
to blindside her like that again.

The cult probably gave up and went home.

Oh, I don't know.

[SIGHS]

They don't seem like the type
to easily quit.

I truly hope so.

Because every moment until then,

she's gonna rub it in my face
that I'm powerless in my own home.

[SCOFFS] A one-and-a-half birthday
party. What the f*ck is this?

She's punishing us, Sean, brutally.

There has to be some way to end this.

Julian. She listens to him.

He won't raise a hand against her.
We've lost him.

Maybe not.

There's a chance we could
get through to him.

Hi. Hi, everyone.

I just wanted to say a quick thank you

to you all for coming to celebrate
Jericho turning one and a half.

I know that it's been a tricky time.
[CHUCKLES]

Dorothy, this party is my gift to you.

Due to your hospitalization,

we weren't able to celebrate
Jericho turning one.

And I know that you've been busy
planning other things,

so I thought I'd handle
this one for you.

I know how much you love parties.

Look, I got you Dorothy from
The Wizard of Oz, your favorite movie.

[BREATHES DEEPLY]

A child needs stability.

He needs to be shown that he's loved.

- And Jericho is very, very loved.
- [BABY FUSSING]

[SHEEP BLEATS]

I'm sure that Jude the Animal Dude

has a couple more awesome
animals for everybody.

So, please enjoy this special day.

Oh, Julian. Get the hats.

Can you get the party hats?

- Thanks.
- Oh.

[GROANS, SIGHS]

[JUDE] Who's ready to see
some awesome creatures, huh?

Hats. Hats.

- [SEAN] What are you doing?
- Helping.

[SEAN] Julian, look
what she's done to you.

Look what she's done to us.
She's keeping our family hostage.

Lighten up, man. It's a birthday party.

Your ability to compartmentalize
is breathtaking.

Oh, yeah?

Maybe I should start reading the Bible

and inventing stories about
my nanny's magical powers.

That's a much more
rational form of escapism.

You know, I can't imagine
what this is doing to her.

That her husband has gone completely

batshit delusional in her time of need.

Are you kidding me?
You're saying this to me

when you're f*cking the person
actively destroying your sister?

You're f*cking delusional.

[LEANNE] Julian!

Go, brother.

Excuse me, miss.

- Have you seen a silly man made of straw?
- [GROANS]

I seem to have lost him somewhere
along the yellow brick road.

[SIGHS] Not now, please.

Fine.

Your party kinda blows.

[EXHALES DEEPLY] It's not my party.

[SIGHS]

[JUDE] Does anyone know
what sound a snake makes?

[HISSING]

[JUDE] That's right.

We're going to pet Rosie now.

Be very gentle.

We're gonna use two fingers
and go down her scales.

Just like this, see?

- Now...
- Oh.

... anyone here brave enough
to give her a touch?

[GASPS, CHUCKLES]

[JUDE] So in the wild,
Rosie eats mostly birds.

[HISSES]

- [GASPS]
- Ah. I'm sorry.

[STAMMERS] She's a bit overtired.

- It is, uh... It is day after all.
- [LEANNE GRUNTS]

[WHISPERS] Sorry.

Uh, everybody say goodbye to Rosie, huh?

Come on. Come.

- Jude the Animal Dude?
- Hmm?

Control your animals, or I'll have
Sean put them on the grill.

[BABY CRYING]

[LEANNE] I'm going to get a
new dress. I'll be right back.

[FOOTSTEPS]

[BABY CRYING]

[CRYING CONTINUES]

[GASPS]

[CRYING CONTINUES]

You.

I should have known...

[MUFFLED SCREAMING]

[GRUNTING, STRAINING]

[SCREAMING]

[GROANS]

[PANTING]

Oil. Now.

[PANTING]

They send three of you
just to k*ll one little girl,

when you couldn't do it
yourself the first time.

Do you believe that God still loves you?

We will be the saviors of good.

You'll be martyrs when
we burn your bodies.

- That's enough.
- [PANTING]

[NEIGHBOR] I can't feel my leg.

- Willow, you need to get the Kn*fe.
- [BABY CRYING]

[GASPS] No, we're just
supposed to mark her.

No, we have to finish her now.
She's too volatile.

- Where's the rag?
- [WILLOW GROANS]

- Uh, I have it.
- Come here. Give it.

Will you shut that baby up?

- [GRUNTS]
- Ash!

[PANTING, GRUNTS]

- [CRYING CONTINUES]
- [STRAINS]

- [BABY WHIMPERING]
- [WHIMPERING]

- [SCREAMING]
- [BABY CRYING]

[SHUSHES]

[LINE RINGING]

[LOU] Hello?

- Lou.
- [LOU] Yeah.

There's three of them on the third floor

and a baby.

Bring the others and take care of it.

[LOU] We're on it.

[JUDE] And they're actually very clean.

They only roll around in the mud
so they can stay cool, because...

Any guesses?

They can't sweat much.

So... And the pink ones,
they use dirt as suntan lotion

so they don't get sunburned.

Isn't that smart?

What do you think?

- Hey look, you got a piggy hat.
- [JULIAN] Hat?

[JUDE] Should we put the hat on Piggy?

I'm not wearing that.

[JULIAN] Great, you hate me
too. [CLEARS THROAT]

I could never hate you.

You know that.

You are family, which
means I support you

even in the midst of the most idiotic

and destructive phase of your life.

- Even if it's at my expense.
- Yeah, I totally feel supported.

I am the one who needs support, Julian.

Leanne is waging w*r on my entire life,

and you're on the opposing side.

I'm not on anyone's side.

Okay, I just feel bad for her.

- [SCOFFS]
- She's not had it easy, Dottie, okay?

Her mom was really sh*t to her.

Forced her into pageants,

made her feel like
she wasn't worth loving.

She sees how you are with Jericho.
She's never had that.

You have no idea.

I covered a pageant circuit
once in my first year.

Some very cruel mothers.

[JULIAN] Then you get it.
Leanne is like those kids.

Mmm.

[JULIAN] So... [SIGHS]

... cow or pig?

- [CHUCKLES]
- [SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]

- [LAUGHS] Aw.
- [CHUCKLES]

[GASPS]

[BEV] We photocopied some
of Jericho's first baby photos

so you could remember
all those wonderful moments.

[BEV] Aw. [CHUCKLES]

[BOBBIE CHUCKLES]

- Aw.
- [BEV LAUGHS]

- Thank you.
- [BOBBIE] You're welcome.

This is so beautiful. [CHUCKLES]

Julian, it's cake time.

It's very sweet, but
the Evite said no gifts.

We already have everything that we need.

Oh, don't be silly.

Jericho's aunties could never
show up empty-handed.

Okay. Let's put away the goat.

- Time for a new activity soon.
- [GOAT BLEATS]

Okay, okay.

- Okay, everybody say bye-bye to Leonard.
- [GOAT BLEATS]

Okay, we're good, we're good.
Okay. It's okay.

- It's... Come on.
- [GOAT GRUNTS]

- Julian, what are you doing?
- Have you seen the candles?

Can't find the f*cking candles.

No, I checked that one. I've checked
every box. They're not in there.

- [SIGHS]
- Did you order candles?

You must have missed them, okay?
Yes, I ordered candles.

- We have candles.
- It's fine.

- Just take it out without them, okay?
- [DOOR BANGS]

[GOAT BLEATS]

[BLEATING CONTINUES]

[DOOR BANGS]

f*ck.

[BLEATING CONTINUES]

[JULIAN] f*ck. [GRUNTS]

Easy, easy.

- Whoa. Whoa. Oh. Come on. Oh. Come on.
- [GRUNTING] Come on. Come on.

- [HANDLER] Come on. [SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]
- Pick it up, Julian.

[BOTH SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

Bring it outside. Quickly.

[GRUNTS]

Oh, f*ck.

- [SIGHS]
- You see what I'm getting at?

Oh, what, the f*cking goat?

Yes, the f*cking goat.

Julian, how are you so blind?

Can you just leave me alone?

I'm trying to save
your son's birthday party.

My dead son's birthday party.

[SIGHS] Whatever. The kid's.

Oh, I get it.

You're terrified of being
alone with yourself.

So Leanne tells you what to do

and holds your hand
through the incessant misery

so you don't have to be a
functioning human like the rest of us.

But I'm begging you,
please, be rational.

[LEANNE] Julian.

Okay, everyone, we're getting very close

to a very, very exciting time.

And... The cake is here,
so everyone's going to sing now.

What, no candles?

♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

♪ Happy birthday, dear... ♪

[LEANNE] Sing.

♪ Jericho ♪

- ♪ Happy... ♪
- [GROWLS]

[SCREAMS]

[GRUNTS]

[GUESTS SCREAMING]

[HISSING]

[JUDE] I got him, I got him.

- Sweetie, are you okay?
- Yeah, I'm fine.

[STAMMERS] This might get infected.

I have some hydrogen peroxide
in my apartment, so... [STAMMERS]

I said I'm fine.

Hey, don't be a hero. [CHUCKLES]
Come on. You come with me.

[BABY CRYING]

- No! [SCREAMING]
- [SHEEP BLEATING]

Hold on to the rail, okay?

Oh, sweetie.

Here, let's elevate your leg. [GROANS]

[INHALES SHARPLY] That dog
really got you, didn't he?

I just wanted to do something
nice for my family.

Of course.

Aw. Well, you just relax.

So lean back.

I'm gonna grab this peroxide
and bandages,

and I'll get you all cleaned up
and back to the party.

So just hold still for a minute.

Now, this might sting a little.

[GASPS]

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

[BEV] Sweetie, you need to sit down.

How do you explain
what's happening out there?

- [JULIAN] Oh, boy. Here we go.
- Oh, what, you think that's normal?

Can you just give the drama a rest?

Why don't you stop forcing
your bullshit down my throat

and take a look at your f*cking self?

What's that supposed to mean?

You'd rather indulge in your
f*cking absurd magical thinking

than simply take accountability.

Your faith absolves you of your guilt.

Oh, you're so smart, aren't you?

Oh, please. It's Psych .

You went to California, Sean.

You chose food and glory
over your family.

Deal with it.

You're an assh*le and a hypocrite.

Did you just hit me?

You should've been there,
Julian! She called you.

But we're not ready
to talk about that, are we?

And we'll never be ready,
because you can't handle real life.

One inconvenience and
you fall off the wagon.

Look at yourself.

You're an addict with no life.

You're a f*cking old man
with a teenage girlfriend

who you're so obsessed with,
you're destroying your f*cking family!

You're a f*cking loser, man.

- [GRUNTS]
- [GRUNTS, BREATHING HEAVILY]

f*cking kidding me?

["FUNKYTOWN" PLAYING]

[GRUNTS]

- [cr*ck]
- [BEV GROANS]

- [cr*ck]
- [BEV GROANS]

- [cr*ck]
- [BEV GRUNTS]

- [cr*ck]
- [BEV GROANS]

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

[SHOUTS]

[SIGHS]

[PANTING]

This is the part where I
really let myself have it.

I just don't understand why you
deserve all this extravagance.

I don't understand

why you get to be reunited with him!

You have become a symbol of vice

and darkness.

But today, God gives us
the lesson of humility.

[CHUCKLES]

You think you are in control, sweetie,

but you are not!

But it's not our place to understand.

It's our place to serve.

[GROANS]

[GRUNTING]

- f*cking coward!
- You insufferable prick!

[COUGHING]

[COUGHING]

[PANTING]

[COUGHS] It's... Think it's
coming from the basement.

[COUGHING]

Someone's lit a fire.

Julian, let it happen!

Julian, wait, stop!

- Let it happen!
- I'm not letting her die!

Julian, don't do this! Julian!

[GROANS] Leanne!

[MUSIC PLAYING IN DISTANCE]

Leanne!

[GRUNTS]

[MUSIC ENDS]

[BEV GROANING]

[CHOKING, COUGHING]

[SEAN PANTING] What happened?

Call .

[LEANNE BREATHING HEAVILY]

[LAUGHING]

[LINE RINGING]

- [LAUGHING CONTINUES]
- [OPERATOR] , what's your emergency?

[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

[SIREN WAILING]

[DOOR CLOSES]

I had no idea, I swear.

I've known her for years.

I couldn't possibly have imagined
that she was from a cult.

[SIGHS]

I'm ashamed I didn't see it.

No, no, it doesn't matter.

[SIGHS]

You two have been so kind to me.

I needed that.

- You've made incredible progress, Dorothy.
- [CHUCKLES]

You're one of the fiercest
patients I've ever had,

but I do think it's time that
I conclude my time here.

I understand.

[SEAN] We had a cult member
living in our house.

They still couldn't get her.

But did you see Bev's face, Julian?

That's not normal.

[JULIAN] You're right.

I don't know if we can go on like this.

I shouldn't have said
those things to you, man.

[SIGHS] I shouldn't have slapped you.

We're brothers.

You know, I could've taken you
if it wasn't for the smoke.

Sure.

We weren't there for Dorothy
when she needed us.

We hid everything from her.

Doesn't have to be this way.

[LEANNE] You coming in, Juju?

And I don't mean to overstep.

[DOROTHY] What?

Leanne's infatuation with you is deep.

I think she's deluded herself
into believing

that you two are divinely linked.

In a sense, it's her new religion.
[BREATHES DEEPLY]

I know you feel trapped,

but, Dorothy, broken people will fight

for their faith with
everything they have.

Obsessions like this are fundamental

and oftentimes born in early childhood.

[SIGHS]

Truthfully, I think she'd
rather die than let you go.

[GROANS]

[SIGHS]

[GRUNTS]

[SIGHS]

[GROANS]

[GROANS]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

- [DOROTHY] And what's your name?
- [CHILD] Chloe.

[DOROTHY] Chloe. Well,
best of luck to you, Chloe.

Uh, of course we have to thank
all the moms and the aunts,

who traveled from far away
to be with their daughters today,

stitching dresses, painting faces.

I think we have time
to meet one more contestant

who's down here on the end,
twiddling her thumbs.

- What's your name, pretty lady?
- Leanne.

[DOROTHY] Leanne, very nice to
meet you. Where were you born?

[LEANNE] Wisconsin.

Well, why don't you give a big smile
and look right into that lens

for everybody at home in Wisconsin?