01x06 - After Party

[bunniefuu]

♪ MTV ♪

Did they find the cop?

[SCREAMING]

All Ramsey saw was
the blood on the tree.

And no one's found his body.

Careful.

- Are those...
- Bodies.

Who put them down there?

An incredibly powerful
supernatural predator,

part human, part wolf.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

It's there.

It's right there. [BREATHING HEAVILY]

- Right where?
- [WHISPERS] The pool.

There's nothing in the pool.

It's not in the pool anymore.
It's right outside it.

- Where?
- The wall.

Look at the stone wall
around the hot tub.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

I don't see sh*t.

- I do.
- Where?

You see the Buddha? Right behind it.

♪ ♪

[ALL GASP]

- Oh, sh*t.
- [GASPING]

[FRIGHTENED WHISPERING]

What the f*ck was that?

I told you it's out there.

- There's something out there.
- No, no.

It's just a possum, okay?

Stop trying to scare
the sh*t out of everyone.

- It wasn't a possum.
- It had dark fur,

and its eyes were reflecting the light.

Yeah, I think I know what a
g*dd*mn possum looks like, Phoebe.

Everything's spinning.

I think I need...

I think I need some air.

[EERIE MUSICAL FLOURISH]

Don't.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Maybe we should all
get away from the doors.

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT MURMURING]

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

Are you okay?

I can't...

remember my name.

Okay, how much did you take?

I can't remember.

It's okay.

It's just the shrooms.

I can't remember my name.

It'll wear off.

Blake, turn the light off.

[EERIE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

f*ck this.

I'm leaving.

Go for it.

Nobody here knows you anyways.

[EXHALES SHAKILY]

♪ ♪

I think I'm still feeling the shrooms.

Probably shouldn't drive.

We took an Uber.

Can you shut the f*ck up, please?

I need to lie down.

[GASPS] Tia.

Is the possum going to k*ll us?

- No.
- It's not a f*cking possum!

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

He saw it, too.

Stop it.

You're scaring everyone, assh*le.

♪ ♪

They should be scared.

♪ ♪

Okay, just keep the doors locked.

Everyone stay inside.

Because whatever's out there,

it's the same thing
we saw on the freeway

during the fire.

♪ ♪

Tell him.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[WOLF GROWLING]

♪ ♪

[ENGINE RUNNING]

I waited ten minutes for
that guard to come back.

Still couldn't find the key.

Don't worry. We can go back later.

Jang found something in Cyrus's room.

I think you need to get over here.

- On my way.
- [PHONE BEEPS]

[EERIE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

When we were on that bus,

when all the animals came
running out of the woods,

it wasn't just because they
were scared of the fire.

They were scared of something else.

Austin saw it first.

He tried to warn me.

It has dark fur, black and brown.

If it stood to its full
height, it'd be over seven foot,

at least pounds.

The fire drove it out of the woods.

Now it's here in the city.

[TENSE MUSIC]

It k*lled Connor.

What?

I thought Connor was just missing.

He's missing 'cause they
never found his body.

It k*lled a cop.

It k*lled my nurse and a doctor.

It's k*lling people every night.

Say it.

♪ ♪

Say what it is.

Everett.

♪ ♪

Say it.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

♪ ♪

It was a bear.

A black bear.

You f*cking liar!

You piece of sh*t!

God, you lying prick!
Get the f*ck off me!

Hey, hey. Jesus.

- Calm down.
- [BREATHING HEAVILY]

Oh, yeah, everyone look at
me like I'm crazy, right!

I know what I saw.

And when it's standing
right in front of you,

about to rip your f*cking head off,

you'll know it, too.

[PANTING]

♪ ♪

f*ck you all.

I hope it kills every
f*cking one of you.

Wait.

What happened to the other guy?

Who?

The blond-haired kid,
the really quiet one.

- Where did he go?
- Who are you talking about?

The guy who was
standing right behind me.

He was really high.

He could barely remember his name.

That's not high. That's brain damage.

No, he was right here.

What if he went outside?

Did he come here with your drug dealer?

I'm not a drug dealer.

More of a facilitator.

He's probably one of Tia's friends.

I'll go out and find him.

Anyone wanna facilitate me?

What about the bear?

There's no f*cking bear out there.

♪ ♪

I'm coming with you.

To protect me from the rabid bear?

If you get k*lled, how are
we supposed to go on a date?

♪ ♪

Why did you lie?

[QUIETLY] I thought...

I thought you were gonna
tell them all the truth.

I couldn't.

You did it for the pack.

They can't know what we are.

It's your secret now, too.

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

[EERIE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Oh!

Sorry.

You're not sorry.

Why do you hate me so much?

I don't hate you.

You ghosted me.

You went completely off the grid.

No phone, no texts, no email.

It's like you don't even exist.

You don't have to have all
that sh*t to be a person.

I exist.

But I don't,

not to you.

You can't even tell me why.

[SOFT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

About a year ago, my dad
came to me with my mom's phone

and asked me to unlock it.

I told him I didn't know her password.

But he knew I was lying.

So I unlock it.

And I watch him find all these messages

from some guy named Rob.

Your mom was cheating on him?

He screams at her,

shoves the phone in her face,

keeps screaming at her
until she starts crying

and tells him everything.

Then what happened?

The neighbors call the police.

Social services took Danny for a week.

I was put in a foster home.

My whole life turned to complete sh*t...

All because of a f*cking phone.

Why didn't you tell me?

Because I didn't tell anyone.

[SIREN WAILS]

Who called the cops?

They just got there.

I told them we're about a mile out.

If you go in armed into a house

full of inebriated teenagers,

try to remember my
teenagers are in there, too.

You're carrying, aren't you?

Requirement of the job.

What about the one at your back?

[TENSE MUSICAL FLOURISH]

Personal.

♪ ♪

We're looking for Cyrus Nix.

Why?

Is he on the premises?

You got a warrant?

Your eyes are pretty
dilated there, young lady.

Have you been smoking or
consuming illicit substances?

No, just needles.

We like to share dirty needles.

[CAR DOOR SHUTS]

Blake, tell Harlan and Luna to come out.

You're all going home.

Cyrus Nix, we need you
to step outside right now.

- It's here.
- What?

It's on the grounds,
outside in the backyard.

It's here.

[SOFT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

We should go back.

Well, what about the guy?

He's probably passed out
in the house somewhere.

You really think there's
something out here?

I think we should go back.

Okay. One thing first.

♪ ♪

[BRUSH RUSTLING]

♪ ♪

All right, we can go back.

One sec.

Now we can go.

You know, this is gonna be a problem.

- What do you mean?
- You and me.

I mean, if you really like me...

Oh, my God, it's not a problem.

[SCOFFS] Your friends don't like me.

Who cares?

They're not going to accept
me as part of your pack.

Our what?

Your group. Your little clique.

- Whatever you wanna call it.
- Our pack.

Yeah, I think they kind of see me as...

a thr*at?

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Cyrus... get back.

[WEREWOLF SNARLS]

What the f*ck is that?

- [g*n CLICKS]
- Don't move.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

♪ ♪

You see it?

I see it. Harlan...

run.

[g*nsh*t]

♪ ♪

What was that?

Garrett, wait!

♪ ♪

Cyrus Nix.

Cyrus Nix, come on out!

- We know you're here!
- [PHONE DINGS]

_

[g*nshots]

Those were warning sh*ts.

[TENSE MUSIC]

I'm not here to hurt you.

Not if I don't have to.

I know you can hear me.

I don't know how much
you can understand.

But you get the general
idea of what I'm saying.

I'm not afraid of you.

But you know that.

You hear the steadiness of my heart.

My voice is calm.

No scent of fear.

But if you come at me,

don't think I won't defend myself.

[HEAVY FOOTFALLS]

[WEREWOLF SNARLS]

I can help you.

You don't have to stay like this.

I can bring you back.

I can help you control this.

Let me help you.

[DISTORTED VOICE] Help me.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Wait! Stay back!

[WEREWOLF SNARLS]

[HEAVY FOOTFALLS]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[WEREWOLF SNARLS]

♪ ♪

[WEREWOLF ROARS]

♪ ♪

[WEREWOLF SHRIEKS]

[RECEDING FOOTFALLS]

Let's go, back in the house.

Somebody get that girl a glass of water.

Jesus.

What the hell was that?

You didn't see it?

See what?

Garrett?

I think I winged it.

Winged what?

Mine were warning sh*ts.

I was just trying to scare it.

Scare what?

Ursus americanus californiensis.

[TENSE MUSIC]

A bear?

♪ ♪

California black bear.

It was dark. I couldn't see much.

That thing was big.

And it was really angry.

My sh*ts scared it off,
but probably not for long.

Wait, you saw a bear?

The fire has driven out
all sorts of animals.

There have been multiple sightings.

All of you need to be more careful.

Now, everyone, inside.

This party is over.

Someone put out the damn fires.

♪ ♪

Where's Harlan?

Where do you think he took Cyrus?

I don't know.

He had to take him back
to your house, right?

[SIGHS] Only if he wants
Garrett to find him.

Is he gonna tell us where he is?

I don't know.

He's not answering any of my texts.

Maybe you should try texting him.

Funny.

I'm sorry. I didn't...
I didn't mean that.

Yeah, you did.

It's okay.

What if the werewolf k*lled that kid?

Cyrus?

No, the blond-haired kid, the quiet one.

If he did, they won't find a body.

Because no one's ever found a body.

Maybe the voice on the phone was wrong.

Maybe it doesn't k*ll every night.

The night's not over.

Don't.

You can see the light from the house.

I don't want Garrett
knowing you're here.

What about Luna?

She'll know.

Okay.

Where are the horses?

We haven't had them in a long time.

Ah, just fugitive arson suspects?

I'm gonna ask you something,

and I need you to tell me the truth.

Okay.

Why is your phone set to no caller ID?

Because I blocked my number.

Why?

Why do you care?

You gotta tell me right now.

Why did you block your number?

What is this about?

Tell me why you blocked your number.

I started getting calls
from a blocked number.

You blocked your number
because you were getting calls

from a blocked number.

Yeah.

I mean, all it said was "No Caller ID."

Well, what did they say on the call?

[SIGHS] It was some guy
asking about my father.

He said he knew what really happened

and how my father really d*ed.

Did he tell you?

No, I told him I know how my dad d*ed.

He b*rned to death in a wildfire.

What did the voice sound like?

Like a guy?

That's it?

There's nothing else?

My dad d*ed in a fire.

I... I never met him.

All I've got is a lighter.

That's it. I'm not an arsonist.

Say that again.

[HEART b*ating]

I'm not an arsonist.

Say it again.

Why are you doing this?

[HEART b*ating STEADILY]

Say it.

I'm not an arsonist.

[HEARTBEAT STAYS STEADY]

Got a minute?

How was your, um...

ah, what are you guys calling it, a...

kickstand?

Kickback.

Right, right.

Maybe I was just getting it
confused with a keg stand.

We used to do those back in college.

I was pretty good at them actually.

Are you gonna tell Mom?

No.

Don't worry.

It's between us.

You okay, Dad?

I was gonna ask you the same thing.

Any recent panic att*cks?

No, not today.

Not even yesterday.

That's good to hear...

especially since you haven't
been taking your medication.

Yes, I have.

No, you haven't.

Not for a week.

I still count your pills.

You're not feeling any side effects?

I don't think so.

Night sweats?

Brain zaps?

No, actually.

Maybe I don't need them anymore.

[SOFTLY] Maybe I'm changing.

Have a look at all this.

It's a lot of pills, I know.

DHEA to boost my testosterone.

Vitamin K because my vitamin D is low.

Metformin to keep my blood sugar down.

Probiotics, prebiotics.

[SOFTLY SCOFFS] They
each serve a purpose.

Especially this one.

But you know what this one's for.

I keep taking it,

everything is fine.

Go a week without it,
probably still fine.

Eventually...

well, you remember what happens.

Yeah.

I remember.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

You need to keep taking
your medication, Everett,

even on your good days.

[SOFTLY SCOFFS]

♪ ♪

[SOFT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

I was gonna call you,

but...

I know.

Yeah.

♪ ♪

You wanna know why I don't have a phone?

I'll tell you if you really wanna know.

You don't have to tell me anything.

I'll get a phone if you want me to.

I don't need a phone to find you.

[SOFTLY CHUCKLES]

[SOFT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

f*cking ruin her.

[CHUCKLES] Shut up and go to sleep.

♪ ♪

[WATER BUBBLING]

[EERIE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[WEREWOLF SNARLS]

[RAIN PATTERING]

[THUNDER RUMBLES]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[SKIN SQUEAKING AGAINST GLASS]

[MUSIC SHARPENS]

♪ ♪

Kids all right?

Luna's asleep.

Harlan came back pretty drunk.

Found him passed out in his bathroom.

Alone?

Harlan doesn't date.

He also doesn't harbor fugitives,

if that's what you're asking.

Last time I saw him, he was with Cyrus.

You want me to wake him up?

No.

Let him sleep it off.

You can bring him to me in the morning.

It's not every day you get
chased through the woods

by a bear.

I'm gonna go check on Luna again.

♪ ♪

[EXHALES DEEPLY]

Did you get a good look at it?

Not really.

It was pretty dark.

You?

Enough to get a sh*t off.

Is there something you wanna tell me?

This thing is dangerous.

Of course it is.

It's a wild animal.

A little more wild than most.

It might have been dark,

but I know what I saw.

It was an animal with fur, claws,

teeth, and eyes,

like every other big,
dumb animal out there.

That's all it is, Garrett.

But if you want, we can
call in a sketch artist.

You can add another picture
of your own to my wall.

No, you're right.

Just an animal.

And like every other animal
in those woods, we can hunt it,

and we can k*ll it.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

So the guy on the phone,

the same one who's been calling us

from a No Caller ID, says
he knows how your father

really d*ed years ago.

What did he tell you?

We didn't get that far.
I blocked his number.

He's not the first person
to try and f*ck with me.

What do you mean?

Well, they never
actually found the bodies.

And you know what happens when
they don't find the bodies?

Conspiracy theories.

I've had crazy assholes
calling me for years,

telling me sh*t like
aliens abducted my dad

and the rest of the crew,

or they're all still alive

and being used in a
government experiment.

Okay, so there's no one who knows

what really happened to your dad.

Like, not one real witness to the fire.

There's this one guy, Malcolm.

He was in the hotshot
crew with the rest of them.

Wait.

Someone survived?

He works at a hospital. I
think he's, like, an orderly.

But I wouldn't talk
to him if I were you.

What did he say?

He said that the fire didn't k*ll my dad

and the rest of the hotshot crew.

What did?

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

A wolf.

I just think that...

- We'll find out.
- Let's figure it out.

Phoebe Caldwell never
made it home last night.

Well, that's funny, because apparently,

Harlan Briggs took off this morning

and didn't tell his
father where he was going.

What do you mean, "never made it home?"

Is she missing?

Just like your son and Cyrus Nix.

Lot of missing kids.

Mine is not missing.

I told you, Harlan and I are
working through some issues.

Oh, you mean him hanging out

with our number-one arson suspect?

Or going to a party with
a girl who's now missing?

Or how about Officer Trent
Miller's car being found

right around the corner of your house

the night he went missing?

Harlan doesn't know where Cyrus is.

Are you % on that?

He doesn't know.

Gentlemen, can we try and remember

that we're all on the same team here?

I have no doubt that Mr. Briggs will do

everything in his power
to help us find Cyrus Nix.

Isn't that right?

Of course.

Good.

Great.

I knew we were gonna be friends.

Good friends.

The best.

I don't know what you're talking about.

A crew d*ed in a fire.

I know it might sound crazy,

but sometimes, it
happens to firefighters.

We heard that you told
people it was something else.

I'm telling you right
now it was a wildfire.

Cyrus Nix told us you
had a different story.

Remember him?

Nix's father was a d*ck,

but a good firefighter.

I remember telling
his kid he was a hero.

That's what you tell a kid
who never met his father.

So you didn't tell him that a
wolf k*lled the hotshot crew?

Nope. Never said that.

What kind of wolf was it?

How about all you f*ck
off and let me do my job?

Was it a gray wolf?

Timber wolf?

I said f*ck off.

Werewolf.

[EERIE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

How old was she? Phoebe?

.

I need to tell the kids what I know.

Not yet.

I mean, Jesus, Garrett.

We don't even know if silver b*ll*ts

can actually k*ll a werewolf.

These things gonna work?

They work.

Wait, did you hit it last night?

I winged it.

Silver b*ll*ts had an effect.

It only lasted for a moment, but...

it definitely had an effect.

Garrett, what did you see?

♪ ♪

Something that changes everything.

Don't worry.

This wing's been closed for months.

Six of us splintered off from
the rest of the hotshot crew

when fire was spotted
outside the containment line.

We tried to get it under control,

but it was moving too fast.

The wind shifted,

drastically reduced our chances to get

back to the safety zone.

So we kept going.

The canyon walls closed in.

There was only one path out.

Something stopped you.

A gray wolf.

Largest one I've ever seen.

- What did it do?
- [DISTANT HOWLING]

Stood there,

watching us,

baring its teeth at us.

The fire was right behind us.

We could feel the heat at our backs.

Path to the ridge and the only
way out was behind that wolf.

What happened?

Rinzler... I think it was him.

He threw a rock at it,

tried to scare it off.

[LIGHTLY SCOFFS] All that
did was make the wolf angrier.

It wasn't letting any of us get through.

Didn't you carry axes?

Yeah.

Some of us also carried handguns.

I fired off a couple rounds to scare it,

but... the thing didn't even flinch.

So I fired the next rounds into its hide

and dropped that fucker to the ground.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

But you didn't k*ll it.

Did you?

No.

The wolf went down
and got right back up.

And then we opened fire.

♪ ♪

That animal must have
taken to rounds.

♪ ♪

It went down and just
kept getting back up.

And Nix, Cyrus's dad, he finally managed

to put a b*llet right between its eyes.

When we came over to push
the body out of the way, we...

[SIGHS] Saw the thing
was still breathing.

We dragged it as close to
the fire line as we could,

watched the flames take over.

That's when it d*ed?

No.

That's when it changed.

♪ ♪

The fire changed it?

Transformed it.

At first, we thought we were
seeing a trick of the light...

Till we saw its arms grow longer.

Snout extended.

The wolf started to
stand up on its hind legs,

which, all of a sudden,
were twice as long.

You could see muscles
pushing through the fur.

And the fur itself didn't burn.

Grew and darkened.

And the eyes.

The eyes started to glow.

You saying the fire
turned the wolf into...

A werewolf.

Maybe the fire took it
from one shape to another.

'Cause the next thing we
saw, a -foot oak tree

came crashing down on it.

The whole ridge collapsed.

Everything got swallowed up by the fire.

It was gone.

But then who k*lled the hotshot crew?

[SIGHS]

That wasn't the only
wolf we saw in the woods.

Did you start those fires?

No.

Don't say it to the
ground. Say it to me.

Look at me, Cyrus.

Did you start the fires?

No.

I believe you.

But there are some people who don't.

You're gonna have to convince them.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

The wolf was protecting its pack.

That's why it didn't let you

and the rest of the
crew through the trail.

Right.

Where was the rest of the pack?

Did you see the cubs?

Did you see where they were hidden?

No.

No cubs.

But we saw the mate.

You sh**t that one, too?

We couldn't.

We were out of b*ll*ts.

The strange thing is,

I think the animal
knew it, too, because...

it came right for us.

You ran.

You're g*dd*mn right I did.

You didn't see it k*ll the others?

No.

I only heard it.

[ECHOES OF SNARLING, MEN SCREAMING]

Wait, hold up.

Garrett found you in that
same fire years ago.

Yeah, we know.

The hotshot crew k*lled your mother,

but your father k*lled the crew.

And then, like, ten years later,

you're in the middle of the woods,

and you see your father.

But he was a wolf.

Until this fire.

The guy calling us.

The voice on the phone.

He knows all about werewolves.

If he's the arsonist,
then he probably knows

what fire does to a werewolf.

That it turns the wolf into a monster.

What if that's why he set the fire:

not just to draw the
wolf out of the woods,

but to change it?

To transform it into the werewolf

k*lling everyone right now.

Into the werewolf that bit us.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

♪ ♪

The light's on.

♪ ♪

Where is he?

- Harlan...
- What the f*ck did you do?

Only what I had to.

You told them he was here.
You let her arrest him?

That thing is out there,
k*lling your friends.

Right now, Cyrus is
probably safer with Ramsey.

In jail.

In a juvenile detention center.

Then in court, where he'll get

a chance to explain
his side of the story.

You f*ck!

You f*cking piece of sh*t!

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[LOW SNARLING]

♪ ♪

[ROARS]

[SNARLING HEIGHTENS, HISSING]

♪ ♪

[g*n COCKS]

Prisha!

You think now's a good time to tell them

I know their secret?

Harlan Briggs, look at me.

[SNAPS]

Harlan!

Remember yourself.

[SNARLING CONTINUES]

Harlan.

Remember.

Harlan!

[SNARLING ABRUPTLY CEASES]

[SHAKY BREATHING]

[QUIETLY] How?

How did you do that?

I did the same thing when
you k*lled your horse.

There's an old myth.

Call a werewolf by its given name,

and it might remember who it is.

Harlan.

You know who you are.

You're my son.

I'm sorry.

The wolf you saw in the woods as a boy

and the thing you saw last night?

It's not your father.

[WEREWOLF SNARLS]

[WEREWOLF SHRIEKS]

♪ ♪

[WEREWOLF SNARLS]

[RECEDING FOOTFALLS]

Blonde hair.

Pale skin.

Same age as us, right?

He couldn't remember his name.

Who?

His name...

Everett?

His name is Baron.

What?

His name is Baron.

How do you know that?

I have no idea.

But that was him.

The quiet kid at Tia's.

The one no one saw.

No one but me.

He's not your father.

But he's part of the pack.

Our brother.

Baron.

[INTRIGUING MUSIC]

I saw a wolf go into the fire.

I saw something else come out.

He'll k*ll them all, and
then he'll come for you.

What are you not telling me?

Let's catch a werewolf.