Oblivium (2025)

[bunniefuu]

[footsteps]

[woman breathing]

[woman]

Don't look away.

Don't turn your back.

Don't close your eyes,

not even for a second.

Blink and you'll miss it.

Don't forget.

No matter what happens,

don't forget us.



[waves crashing]

[seagulls calling]

Where am I?



[whooshes]



[people laughing]

[whooshes]



[vocalizing]

[vocalizing continues]

[gasps]

[thuds]



[woman panting]

What happened?

Is there something there?

No, I don't think so.

Then why are you panting?

Yeah, you were running.

No, I-- I wanted

to tell you something.

Now what did I want to tell you?

Calm down. It's not a big deal.

You'll remember later, just--



[machines beeping]

[woman] Sky?

My grandpa

used to always say

that stories are where memories

go to be forgotten.

Geez, I'm acting like

he's already dead.

[woman]

Sky, this can wait.

-I don't want

to be insensitive.

-You're not.

I promised we'd do this.

Let's go.

Hello.

My name is Liz Oswald,

nursing student

at New York University.

Um, for my thesis,

I am doing a real life

analysis

of the experiences

of an Alzheimer's patient.

This film is just as much

an exploration

into the effects the disease

has on the patient's families.

Introduce yourself and then

tell the story of your family.

Okay. Um...

I'm Sky Song.

I'm 21 years old.

Art student

at New York University.

[Liz]

Tell us a bit

about your family.

How long has your

grandmother had Alzheimer's?

No siblings.

I grew up

in Holloway, California.

But I live in New York now.

[Liz]

Is your grandmother aware

that your grandfather is ill

in the hospital currently?

Well, my parents

live abroad and--

[Liz]

Sky, talk about

your grandmother, please.

[alarm beeping]

[machines beeping rapidly]

Someone get a doctor!

[Liz]

I got it.

[nurse]

Fluctuations are normal,

given his state.

Is he in any pain?

He's heavily sedated,

and he's going to be out

all through the night.

If anything should happen,

we'll be alerted.



[Sky]

How do you turn

this damn thing off?

What the...

-Don't leave her alone!

-Grandpa.

Claire!

Claire! She needs you.

She sees the dead,

but she forgets.

Don't forget the dead.

Okay, let's just calm down.

-Let's get a doctor.

-You-- no, you'll--

You'll see them, too,

but you'll forget.

-What do you mean?

-Listen!

Look beneath

the flower po--

-[mutters, indistinct]

-Grandpa.

Grandpa, are you okay?

Grandpa!

[priest]

The Lord is my shepherd,

I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down

in green pastures.

He leadeth me beside

the still waters.

He restoreth...

[Liz]

The passing of Walter Song

was very difficult on Sky.

But she's glad we were able

to make it from New York

in time to see him.

I will fear no evil...

[Liz]

Our subject, Claire Song,

isn't present

at the funeral.

[priest]

Thou preparest a table...

[Liz]

No one from the family

has told her

of her husband's death.

[priest]

...my head with oil;

my cup...

[Liz]

With her condition...

[priest]

Surely goodness and mercy

shall follow me...

[Liz]

...it's not yet clear

whether she'd be able to

comprehend the situation.

[priest]

Ye everlasting doors,

and the King of glory

shall come in.

Who is this King of glory?

The Lord of Hosts.

He is the King of glory.



[elevator door opens]



[water running]

[Liz]

This is a family photo album

I got at the funeral.

Brought it back to the hotel.

Sky, her grandfather, Walter

and her grandmother,

Claire.

Looks like they did everything

together.

That's Adrian, Sky's cousin

and grandson to Claire.

He's a neuro... neurologist.

[laughing]

Oh, my God!

That hair!

[lauging]

[Sky]

What are you doing?

[Liz]

What?

Uh, nothing.

Re--research.

I was originally planning

on just interviewing Sky

and her parents,

but nothing would be better

than to experience

an Alzheimer's patient

firsthand.

I-I do have mixed feelings

about this.

I'm going to need

to be sensitive,

which... [sighs]

...I'm realizing now

is going to be near impossible.

-[doorbell rings]

-[chuckles] So.

Some of grandpa's stuff.

Figured your parents

want to see it.

Glad you're still here.

And what does that mean?

Uh, I'm driving up to Grandma's

tonight, so have a safe flight.

I'm actually not flying back.

I'm going to go

to Grandma's, too.

-Seriously?

-Uh-huh.

Why?

Sky, you're a smart girl--

Okay, anything else you say

will be offensive.

She needs a professional

with her.

We are literally going

to visit her

-at the nursing home.

-She's not at the nursing home.

She went back

to her house.

Yeah, you're not here.

You wouldn't know.

What? So she's alone?

She had a caretaker

stay with her.

He quit yesterday.

I'm going to find somebody else.

Why did the caretaker quit?

Again, you're not here.

Fine, I will stay with her,

and we will go find

someone else--

While I find someone else,

as her doctor, I--

And who are you

to be making these decisions?

Who do I have to be?

What is going on here exactly?

I don't know.

You tell me, Doctor.

Why do you care so much

that I go or not?

Are you doing this

just to spite me?

Okay, well...

just remember that

the Claire that you recall

is not the same person anymore.

-I know.

-No, you know you don't.

You may as well

be visiting a stranger.

[Liz]

Sky, can we go eat?

[grunts]

Uh...

Oh, yikes.

I don't know

if I touched it or not.

So I'm really trying to make

a difference with this project.

At any time...

six-- over six million

Americans

are afflicted

with Alzheimer's disease.

[Sky]

Right.

There's not enough focus on...

the patients...

[indistinct]

Liz, you haven't even asked

one single question.

-Can you please just--

-Alzheimer's affects women

more than it affects men

I mean,

what if I was able

to break new ground

in this field? I mean,

can you imagine how inspiring

that would be for young girls

around the world?

Speak even plainer.



I think

there's an opportunity for us

to explore your grandmother's

situation firsthand,

if you let me film her.

-I am here to support you

100 percent.

-So much for speaking plainly.

Or I could just leave

a camera rolling,

and I would keep-- we would

keep our distance. I promise.

-Liz, the last thing you've

ever done in your life

-I promise.

is keep your distance.

Distance is relative.

[drumsticks tapping]

[upbeat Christmas music

playing]

[Liz] Sky wears yoga pants

because she thinks

it burns calories.

[Liz chuckles]

So, um...

Could you tell me

what you and Adrian

were so calmly discussing?

Well...

my parents traveled for work.

His parents got divorced.

His dad ended up moving

to Spain after the divorce,

so, the only person

that was there was my Grandma.

She basically raised us

as siblings.

But...

things change.

Yea.

Things do that.

What was he saying

about your Grandma earlier?

She shouldn't be alone.

Aw, Sky, that's incredible.

Who is it?

She shouldn't be alone.

So irresponsible.

[Christmas music]

It says I'm "The Scream"

By the way, Liz,

you only get

one bathroom break.

[engine starts]

-[Christmas music playing over

radio]

[Liz]

All right, for the viewers,

We are on our way

to Holloway, California.

Sky made me sign a contract

saying that

I would not get too close

to her grandmother.

-So...

-Okay, I made you promise

that you'd be sensitive

to her condition.

[crickets chirping]

We're about an hour and a half

away from my Grandma's.

Liz is...

gracefully asleep.

So here is the nursing home

that my Grandma used to stay at

before she went back

to her house.



Liz, wake up.

Liz!

-[objects clashing]

-[Liz] What! What

what happened?

[Sky breathing heavily]

Nothing. Nothing.

So why did you just...

[mumbles, indistinct]

Did I scream?

Yes.

[Liz]

We are now entering the

town of Holloway, California,

named after Louise Holloway,

one of the few West Coast

women accused of witchcraft.

That's right.

It wasn't just in Salem.

Early 1700s,

Louise Holloway was tried

and k*lled.

Can we guess why, Sky?

Hm?

Math.

She was a brilliant

mathematician.

You know, Euler's formula?

He stole it from her.

So they called her a witch,

chained a rock around her waist

and tossed her in a lake.

Oh, yeah.

That's the story they told us

when we were younger

about a witch who drowned

in the lake behind

my grandmother's house.

Me and Adrian

used to dare each other

to go swimming there at night

and look for her body.

Crazy stuff, folks.

It's up here.

And the adventure begins.

[sighs]



Shall we?

[Liz]

No key.

She kept losing them.

I'm going to go find a place

to plug in my camera.

Grandma?

Grandma?

Looks like your Grandma's

caretaker left her file.

Medications, injections,

MRI scans.

I'll handle this stuff.

You handle dinner.

Don't you think we should

wait for my Grandma to eat?

Your Grandma could be

asleep until tomorrow.

I'm not not eating

until tomorrow.

Looks like your Grandma was

getting pretty violent.

That's why she was kicked

out of the facility.

Doesn't say anything about

why her caretaker left, though.

Raj Anand.

This guy went to Johns Hopkins.

3.9 GPA, Jesus.

Look at his skin.

Wonder what kind of moisturizer

he uses.

Sky, do you need help with that?

No, I got it.

Come on, let me help you.

I got it.

Sky, you're gonna burst

a blood vessel--

I said I got it!

Are you making dinner or

cleaning up the kitchen?

Can't rely on you for anything.

Liz, are you serious?

[muffled screams]

Stay here.

-What did I just say?

-I'll just stay behind--

She doesn't know you.

She won't know you either.

Liz, please.

Just stay here.

I'm not a dog.

Here, take the camera.

So rude.

Grandma?





Get out of my house.

Get out.

Grandma?

You're not supposed to be here.

You'll lose yourself.

Get out.

No!

[gasps]

Oh, my God.

[water running]

Jesus.

What's your Wifi password here?

What? You can't last one night

without your stalking?

I have to decompress at night.

Okay?

I do that by scrolling through

social media and hating people.

Sounds super healthy.

The hate keeps me warm.

Liz, don't be shallow.

You can't pull it off.

Just go to sleep.

Liz, where's my tea?

You weren't drinking tea.



[door lock clicks]



Ugh.

Liz said that this film

is as much about me

as it is about Claire.

Um... Well...

I paint every day.

Sometimes when I'm trying

to draw from memory,

I just close my eyes,

recreate the surroundings,

and then I remember.

[Claire]

I don't want to!

I don't want to!

I won't!

No, you can't.

You burn in hell!

Grandma?

Who are you talking to?

Talking?

Nobody.

Where's Walter?

Not here right now.

Are you hungry?

We can go inside.

I can make you

some french toast.

You love that.

Where did you come from?

Grandma, it's me.

It's Sky.

Grandma, it's me.

It's Sky.

Come on, let's go inside

and make some french toast.

Why do we talk out loud

when we're alone?

Because we know we're not.

Chase the dead

and you'll lose yourself.

Chase the dead

and you'll lose yourself.

[woman]

Uh-huh, I'll have him

send it over. Yes.

Hi.

I'm looking for

Dr. Song?

He is--

Are you a patient of his?

Um...

-I'm a relative.

-Oh.

-Let me ping him for you.

-Thank you.

What are you doing?

I really have to pee.

Why don't you go pee?

Can you hold this stuff

really quickly?

No, go put it down.

[sighs]

-[doctor] Hey.

-[nurse] Hey.

[doctor]

What's the status on 280?

[nurse]

We, uh, just lost her

a half hour ago.

[doctor]

Jesus, what happened?

[nurse]

I guess

she was a YouTube vlogger.

She tried to cut out

her own larynx.

[doctor]

That's the third bullying one

this month.

Look...

[sighs]

[camera clicks]

[woman, indistinct]

Adrian.

-Hey.

-[Sky] Hey.

Um, this is my friend.

I remember her.

[Liz]

Oh. [chuckles] Uh...

I've been Liz Oswald,

nursing student at NYU.

Nice to meet you.

Oh, I'm sorry

about your grandpa.

So what's going on?

Uh, can we go talk somewhere?

Yeah.



[Sky]

We found these MRI scans

in the file

left from the last nurse.

I figured you could read them?

PET.

Do what?

Positron emission tomography.

Uses a chemical tracer.

Wow, you're really smart.

The hippocampus is diminished.

Smaller than it should be.

Leads to cognitive impairment.

So, textbook Alzheimer's.

[sighs]

So, what type of symptoms can

a person normally expect to see?

No, there's--

there's no expecting, okay?

It could be anything.

Aphasia, for example,

understanding language, uh,

speaking, reading, writing.

Agnosia,

deteriorating perception,

bumping into things,

not recognizing people.

Adrian...

Apraxia,

basic motor skills,

walking, standing,

sitting down, getting dressed.

[Adrian] Catastrophic reactions

to minor-

[Sky] Okay! We get it!

This isn't a g*dd*mn flu.

You can't expect reactions.

You can't expect anything.

And you guys can't help.

She needs professional

treatment.

What about, um, hallucinations?

Paranoia, maybe,

that, you know,

someone's out to get you.

Or delusions,

like your spouse

is in love with someone else.

I'm not saying hallucinations

are impossible.

They're just very rare.

Well, she's definitely seeing

something.

And every time I try to snap her

out of it, she ends up

forgetting.

As if she's completely forgot

whoever or whatever

she was talking to.

Yeah.

I'm sorry.

Was that your

complete medical diagnosis?

-Yeah?

-[Adrian] Look,

this isn't a surprise

to anybody.

There was a mental digression.

We all saw it happen.

And Claire wasn't exactly

helping prevent

-any of this from happening--

-You can't prevent it!

There's no cure for Alzheimer's.

Right.

But, unlike Claire, you can

do certain things

-to try to inhibit--

-Don't!

[Liz]

No, no, no, wait.

Inhibit it how?

Look, there's--there's something

called amyloid beta plaques.

They're like toxins

that build up in the brain.

That buildup

is what causes Alzheimer's.

Okay, so what do you do?

You flush out the toxins,

right? You exercise.

That makes blood run through,

flushing out the toxins.

You get good sleep,

that regulates the blood flow,

flushing out the toxins.

You read

or learn something new,

makes the brain more elastic,

flushes out toxins.

Okay? That's science.

That's how it works.

Claire never did

any of these things.

She never cracked a book

Grandma read every night.

Yeah, the Bible.

Book she'd memorized.

You want to give your brain

exercise,

you have to give it

new information.

You don't always have a choice

to what happens to you.

Right. But Claire had a choice.

And she chose to depend on

grandpa for every single thing.

Don't.

Preventable or not,

you still take care of family.

I'm her freaking doctor.

You keep telling yourself that.

I may have left Adrian.

But you're a g*dd*mn coward.

Sky.

How do you figure?

There are more ways than one

for you to abandon a person.

In your case,

you hide behind the whole

doctor thing so you don't

get emotionally involved

She should mean a lot more

than a patient to you.

Can I say something?

I have no idea

why you're here.

People make mistakes.

Sorry.

Hey! Hey, wait up.

What's wrong with you?

Are you okay?

I'm fine.

You don't seem fine.

Liz. I'm fine.

What? What are you doing?

I'm trying to get

a shot of you leaving--

Why do you have that out?

I need this--

-[metal clanks]

-[crying sound]

[crying sound]

Hey.

[crying sound intensifies]

[Liz]

Are you okay?

Can we get some help

over here?

Anyone?

Hey, hey,

are--are you with someone?

Are--are you--

[gasps]



[Liz screams]

[thuds]



[Liz]

Jesus! Here it is!

I must have dropped it.

Can you believe that?

[Sky]

Whatever,

let's get out of here.

[muffled TV sound]

I swear...

a circular food served

in a square box

cut into triangles.

It just absolutely brilliant.

You know your shapes.

I'll give you that much.

[muffled TV sound]

Did you hear that?

She's just watching TV upstairs.

Sky. Relax, okay?

It's just the TV.

-It's not the TV.

-No? Why not?

Because there's no TV

upstairs.

[ticking sound]

[sinister noise]

We should call the police.

[sinister yell]



[Liz]

Sky...

No, what was that?

Sky. What are you doing?

Grandma, what is going on?

Hey!

-[screams]

-[gasps]

Get out of my house!

I'll call the police!

Leave!

You okay?

Of course I'm okay.

Do you think it's still

safe for us to be here?

I'm a lot less concerned

for our safety

and more concerned

on who we heard upstairs.

Maybe it's just the neighbors.

It's not the neighbors.



[soft sinister voice]

[sighs]

[crickets chirping

in distance]





We say hello.

Yeah I'm just surprised

to see you.

Is there a problem?

No I'm--I'm just off today

and...

there is this festival going on,

Totally your speed--

We're in.

We need to get out

of this house.

Someone's got a case

of the Mondays.

It's Thursday, you idiot.

So you guys down ?

["Now I think I know"

by Daniel Siletzky playing]

Oh, uh... Hey.

Excuse me.

We're doing a film

on Alzheimer's.

Would you mind if I ask

you a couple of questions?

Do you happen to know

anyone who has Alzheimer's?

Um, my experience

with Alzheimer's

is a little removed.

But my great grandpa has it.

How did it affect you,

knowing that?

But it does worry me

a little bit.

Why is that?

Just in case it's genetic.

[Adrian]

I think you mean hereditary.

-Genetic is a little bit

different.

-Adrian!

So my experience

with Alzheimer's are

with my grandfather.

He eventually stops

recognizing all of us.

My experience with Alzheimer's

is that it's really dreadful.

One's personality,

one's character

are formulated

by one's memories.

If they lose their memories,

they lose themselves.

So, do either one of you have

an experience with Alzheimer's?

Yeah, it's the skin disease,

right?

No, man,

it's not the skin disease.

-Yeah.

-No.

Alzheimer's is

when your brain goes off.

You can't think

anymore.

Kim Kardashian has it.

Kim K has it.

Why does she--

How does she have it?

On her legs and stuff.



[Adrian]

Can I get a vanilla, too?

[background chatter]



Before cars existed,

countries used to use ships

to trade with each other.

And sometimes they would, like,

you know, get stuck in the ice,

so they'd have to

get in little boats,

sail out and...

break the ice.

And on that note.

Adrian, what was sky like

as a kid?

Honestly? Not much different

than she is now.

So she wasn't like

a crazy trouble maker

or anything like that?

That's exactly how she

was.

I'm sorry, was I the one

with a permanent seat

in the principal's office?

Really?

It was a few years

of acting out.

Grandma was on a first

name basis

with the superintendent

for bailing him out.

[Liz laughing]

[door creaks]

Grandma.

Come sit.

Grandma, are you hungry?

You haven't eaten

since yesterday.

Yesterday?

Yesterday.

What happened yesterday?

Do you remember something

that happened?

Yesterday...

On the stair...

I met a man who wasn't there.

He wasn't there again today.

I wish...

I wish he'd go away.

Grandma...

Hey, so...

Did Grandma or Grandpa

ever say anything to you

about flowers by chance?

I mean there's flowers

in the front and the back.

They never mentioned them.

Why?

Nothing.

She's just really different now.

No.

She's not the same person.

Aw, look at you two.

Actually talking

like real people.

Water under the dam, huh?

Under the bridge?

It's both, right?

Under the bridge. Over the dam.

Can't be both.

Thank you, Liz.

I'm going to check on Grandma.

You guys are going to be okay.

Merry Christmas, huh?

[door closes]



[beeping sound]

[grandpa]

Listen!

Look beneath the--the--

-the--the--

-Grandpa.

-[wheezes]

-[Sky, indistinct]

[gasps]

[panting]

My experience with Alzheimer's

is with my grandmother

Claire Song.

She was my best friend,

but now I don't recognize her.

I'm not afraid of dying.

It seems...

Doesn't make sense

to be afraid of something

that's inevitable.

But...

absolutely horrified,

terrified of getting sick,

losing my mind.

All of my memories.

I'm not afraid of death.

I'm afraid of growing old.

That's what Alzheimer's

has done to me.

[grunting]

I don't even know

what we're supposed

to be looking for?

How about we look for a shovel?

-Liz?

-Yeah?

Shut up.

I'm going to go see what

we can find in the garage.

[child laughing]

[crow cawing]

[child laughing]

What's he doing?

He's gonna get hit.

[crows cawing]

Hello?

You shouldn't be running

in the street.

It's not safe.

[in deep, croaky voice]

I told you.

[Liz gasps]

I told you,

don't run in the street

Now look what happened.



[whispers]

Behind you.

[engine revving]

[Sky screams]

[Liz]

Sky?

[footsteps running]

Sky, what happened?

Sky!

[female dispatcher]

911 emergency response.

Are you hurt?

What's your emergency?

[Liz]

Sky, are you on the phone

with the police right now?

-[Sky] Sorry.

-[dispatcher] Miss?

[Sky]

This was a mistake call.

[Liz]

What is going on

with you?

[Sky]

Liz, I definitely

saw something.

I don't understand that.

There's gaps in my memory.

I don't remember

calling the police,

but I swear I saw something.

Saw what?

I don't know, but

something's not right.

I feel like I'm going crazy.

I gotta go.

Where are you going?

Raja Anand.

[level crossing signals]

I just-- I don't think

my grandma's caretaker

just quit.

Something had to have happened.

Something like what?

I'm not sure,

but it can't be a coincidence.

I mean, I'm around my Grandma

and suddenly I just have

memory gaps?

So it's about being around your

grandma?

Why aren't I

having memory problem?

Would you remember if you did?

[train horn]

For the record, let me just

say again, I don't think

this is a good idea.

Noted.

This is the address.

Come on.

Sky, I think we should go.

[Raj] Who is

Mr. Anand, this is Sky Song.

Can we talk for a little bit?

Are--are--are you

with pest control?

No, sir.

We just wanna ask you

about your work.

Seems pleasant.

W--wait. Where is it?

Where the hell--

where the hell was it?

Where'd that damn thing

go?

It--it was right here.

I-I swear to God.

[classical music]

Sit.

This guy went to Johns Hopkins?

Mr. Anand.

Raj.

Raj, um,

you work at Crescent Hospital.

You're a caretaker there,

correct?

Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm.

Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm.

Mhm. Mhm.

But you don't anymore.

[clears throat]

Anyone see my smokes?

I can't find them

anywhere!

[phone ringing]

Who is it?

Adrian.

Shouldn't you pick that up?

I can't deal with him right now.

Do you think we should go?

No, I'm not leaving

without at least getting

some answers.

Raj!

You nursed my Grandma,

Claire Song.

Do you remember her?

Sky.

Raj, what happened to you?

Why did you leave Claire?

You need to leave now.

Raj, I'm sorry, I didn't mean--

Get out!



It's not a good time.

We need to talk.

Is that Grandma's file?

What are these?

Oh, I found those

in the garage.

Uh...

Thought that'd be interesting

to include in her file

since she drew.

What's the problem?

So you remember

how I used to

scatter ashes

with Grandpa during

some of my summers?

So one summer, this family comes

in and they bring their dead

mom.

Except she hasn't been

cremated yet.

Family said

it was too expensive.

So in comes this corpse.

So we cremate her.

Actually, her bag of ashes

is still in the garage

till this day.

And... uh...

It wasn't the best sight.

The lady found out

that her husband

was cheating on her.

So she decides the best way

to move on with her life

is to burn him alive.

So she does, and she gets part

of her face burnt off

before she suffocates

to death.

Um...

I was ten years old.

And...

that lady with half

of her face burnt off,

charred skin peeling.

It stayed with me

every single day.



Adrian, I am so sorry.

That is horrible you

had to go through that.

I wanted to.

I insisted on it, actually.

I-- um...

felt that I owed my Gransmother.

So... Grandma drew her.

She's probably affected

by the corpse, same as you.

I mean, she's an artist.

That's how she expresses

herself.

No, Grandma never saw her.

No one saw her

but me and grandpa.

But what--what do you mean?

No one saw the burnt woman.

But someone knew all about her.

The only person I told

as a young kid.

The only person I trusted.

You, Sky.

I told you all about it.

Sky, you knew about this?

Sky, you mentioned something

about Grandma

seeing hallucinations?

Yeah, I mean, she talks to them,

and every time I try to snap

her out of it, she...

Wait, why are you asking?

Do you ever see anything?

You gotta be kidding me.

Adrian, are you saying

that Sky can be at risk

of A--

At risk?

Are you serious, Liz?

Sky, calm down.

You called the cops and then

you couldn't remember...

You called the police?

[Liz, indistinct]

It was Grandma, obviously.

Was it?

[Sky]

Who the hell else

would it be?

Adrian, this isn't me, okay?

Seems to only be you.

Yeah, well,

what about Raj Anand?

How do you know Raj?

We, uh, went to see him today.

Yeah, and he's mentally insane.

And that's what happen

when you live in this house.

Okay, so I picked

the wrong caretaker.

Okay, that's on me.

But I doubt it's because

Grandma's Alzheimer's

is contagious.

That's not what anyone's saying.

Sky, you're my cousin

and I'm concerned for you.

I think maybe

you should be seen.

Don't talk to me like

I'm other people, ever.

[sighs]

[door creaks]

[breathing heavily]

[exhales]

[door creaks]

[breathing heavily]



[bed springs creaking]

[loud grunting]

[bed springs creaking

[panting]



[panting]



[music stops]

I think Grandpa saw them.

And Grandma sees them now.

[clock ticking]

And I think we're seeing them,

too.

We, like,

am I seeing them?

Sky, honey, what do you mean?

We're seeing them, but we

forget.

Like, our minds can't

hold on to their memory.

Just us?

So, like, this phenomenon

just lives in this family?

What about Liz?

No, it's not just us.

And I think we've all seen them

before.

Just more around Grandma and

Grandpa.

Why?

I don't know.

We all just started

experiencing this

this week.

No, we've always seen

them.

As long as there has been

something in the corner

of your eye, or...

creaking on the floorboards

or breathing down your neck.



It's like

when you pass by a door

and you think, you--you

swear it, you swear

you saw someone,

and when you go back,

no one's there.

Or when you walk into a room

and...

you completely forget

why you were there

in the first place.

You swear you feel like

someone is standing

right behind you.

Adrian, listen.

What exactly is it

you think we're seeing?



[Sky screams]

[Liz gasps]

Oh, my God.

[Adrian]

Jesus.

I-I think we just saw it.

Okay. What's going on?

We just saw a ghost.

I feel so strange.

Why do I feel so strange?

Maybe because

you're trying to k*ll me.

[Sky]

Oh, my God.

[thud]

-[Liz] Sky...

-What are you doing?

What the hell?

I didn't do this.

I didn't even grab the knife.

Why are you holding

a knife to me?

Adrian, you know

you felt something too.

-Sky--

-We saw one, Adrian.

Every time someone says

you look like

you'd seen a ghost,

we just saw one.

It's literally why

we're doing all these things.

Got it. I-I get it, okay?

I really do.

You do?

First we lost Grandpa.

I know how much he meant to you.

And Grandma has Alzheimer's.

We know

we're going to lose her too.

But this isn't the solution.

That's not what's happening.

It all makes sense.

Don't forget the dead.

First you abandoned your family

because you couldn't fix it.

[mumbling, indistinct]

...it's like every time you---

Grandpa died. You feel guilty.

-So you're overcompensating...

-You forget, and you lose

your memory.

...with Grandma

before she dies too.

And you're creating

this whole delusion.

-Why--why are you saying this?

-Because no one wants to be

reminded of death, Sky.

[Adrian] You don't realize it,

but it's the ultimate dread

behind everything we fear.

And when someone close to you

dies, you sit down

and you really think about it.

But it makes you realize

that there is no escape.

It's going to happen.

And it scares all of us.

But this isn't the solution

To--to believe that you can

come back is just wrong.

We studied cases of early onset

Alzheimer's, but even then,

the patients...

were in their thirties.

And I don't--

I don't know--

I don't know if that's

what's happening to Sky now.



Liz, are you--

are you seeing these?

I don't think so.

Those weren't with

the ones in the garage.

What about this one?

Mm-hmm.

Where did these come from?

They weren't here before.

I mean, you--

There's no possible way

you don't know

what's going on right now.

I mean,

we're literally missing time.

Sky.



Sky.

Sky!

I think it's really important

that we listen to

what Adrian has to say, okay?

If we catch this early

enough, then it's possible-

When people say you look like

you've just a ghost,

it's because we just did

downstairs.

Sky, I...

I-- um...

I just-- I don't know.

I don't know how to help you

anymore.

Well, it's not like

you've been

that big of a help anyway.

Liz, look at me!



Who-who are you?

[panting]

[In Liz's voice] You are not

seeing the dead.

[In Liz's voice]

Sky, what is going on with you?

Are you okay?



[Liz groans]

[Adrian]

So it was Liz,

but looked like someone else?

No, I-I don't know

if it was Liz.

Oh, it was me, love.

I have the bump

on the back of my head

to prove it.

And just for the record here,

you're still convinced

this is because you're seeing

ghosts.

And then we are forgetting.

You remember seeing Liz.

Hey, that was different.

This time the ghost...

was inside her.

Jesus.

Where'd you find these?

Right here.

Right next to my bed.

So you drew them?

I don't remember drawing them.

but yes, I drew the ghost,

like, to remind us

like a warning.

Just like downstairs.

Don't forget the dead.

Why are you being like this?

Hey, I have no problem admitting

that there are things

that happen

that we can't explain.

That is enough, Adrian.

-But right here, now,

-What are you talking about?

there's a very sick old lady

that is seeing things

that don't exist.

Stop talking to me like that.

Like what?

[Sky]

Like I'm a patient

that needs a doctor.

And her granddaughter

who shares her blood

is also seeing thing.

And you want me to jump

to the conclusion

that there are ghosts?



Where's my cousin?

He's been right here.

[Sky scoffs]

Where have you been?

Wait a minute.

Can we test your theory?

[sighs]

Yes.

How do we do that?

I have an idea.

[clicks]

Nice TV.

All right, so w--where am I

pulling up?

Like when?

I don't know.

When did you feel odd?

[Sky]

There was outside, in the front.

Sky?

We play this

and we find nothing.

I'll drop it.

And you'll leave.

[sped-up playback noise]

I'm gonna go see

what we can find in the garage.

[static noise]

I don't--

I don't know what's going on.

Okay, when else?

So here is the nursing home

that my Grandma used to stay at

before she went back

to her house.

Adrian.

How many more times

do you have to see?

Adrian.

Okay, let's be pragmatic.

Logically speaking,

this can't be a coincidence.

Logically speaking, no...

but still, people see

what they want to see.

That's exactly my point.

Okay.



If we're seeing things

but we're forgetting,

problem of how do we remember

what we're forgettin

It... it would mean that we have

pockets of time missing.

But we have to test your theory.

And how do you plan

on doing that?

Carefully.

We see anything remotely

strange, we call each other.

But if you look away from it,

you'll forget.

Then we don't look away.

We leave voicemails,

detailed voicemails

of everything that we've seen.

But how are we supposed to leave

voicemails if you don't

know we'll have enough time?

I'm open to other ideas.

-How are we...

-[phone dings]

[Liz over phone]

Oh my God! Oh my God!

[Adrian over phone]

Shh! Quiet.

[Sky on phone]

She's right outside.

[Liz on phone, indistinct]

[Adrian on phone]

Sky, when we hang up

the call, touch my shoulder.

[Adrian on phone]

Just do it...

[unintelligible,

struggled speech]

[female voice]

I'm sorry, I can't speak now...

[sinister laughs]

[sinister laugh continues]

I... I don't understand.

[mumbles]

-Adrian...

-Hang on.

Just give me a second.

-Adrian, come on--

-Hang on, please!

This has this, like,

post hypnotic suggestion

that what we see, when we see

them, they can make us

do things.

But if the ghosts

are all about control,

why would they want that?

Maybe it's just that.

To control us.

To make us do things,

to remind us.

Remind us of what?

Nobody wants to be forgotten

even after they're dead.



[faint sobbing]

[scraping sounds with chain]

[Sky breathing heavily]

[Adrian]

Turn the lights off. Quickly.

Quickly.

Guys, we have to get out

of here now!

Where... where is?

[whooshes]

Wait, wait,

what's happening?

What's happening?

We were leaving, but...

Why I can't remember?

Goddamnit!

Sjy, were you drawing?

Adrian, this is going to

keep happening.

We're going to keep forgetting

Uh, I think, guys,

we have to

keep repeating it.

Repeating what?

There is a ghost.

I'm seeing a ghost.

Don't forget

we are seeing ghosts.

Guys, to the door.

We have to leave right now.

Don't forget the dead.

Don't forget the dead.

Let's go, [indistinct]

What are you guys talking about?

There are three ghosts.

Three of them.

There's the pilgrim ghost.

[voice singing

song of the pilgrims]

[singing continues]

[pilgrim ghost]

If I would confess,

I would save my life!

[door slams]

Come on...

Save me.

I am wholly innocent.

God knows I am innocent.

I can deny all accusations

of wicked

Please, please save me.

It's Louise Holloway.

Don't forget me!

Adrian!

Your name is Louise Holloway.

You were wrongfully accused

of [stuttering] witchcraft

and you were wrongfully

m*rder*d.

The city is named after you.

You were not forgotten.

[Liz grasping for air]

[Liz sobs]

[screaming]

[sobbing, laughing]

You two go.

I gotta go get grandma.

Are you serious?

Adrian, she's in danger.

I can't leave here up there.

Come on! We have to go!

Just go-- just go to the car,

I'll be right there.

[Liz sobbing]

[teeth ticking sounds]

Leave me alone!

[engine sputtering]

[breathing heavily]

[sighs]



Sky!

We came after

What the hell happened?

I don't know.

You said

you were getting Grandma.

We--we can't get out.

We're trapped.

We're not trapped, Sky.

You never left.

I was just driving.

You know what?

I'll prove it to you.

Stay here.

[waves crashing]

[Adrian]

What happened?

What-- [stuttering]

what happened?

Nothing happened.

I-I-I-I was running

in the middle of the street.

You never moved.

Look, we need to stay together,

you guys, okay?

It's not a good idea

for us to split up.

We should--

Adrian!

Sky!

Sky! Sky! Sky, please.

I can't-- I can't be--

I can't be alone.

I can't be alone.

I can't--I can't be alone.

[breathing heavily]



[doorknob rattles]



Grandma?

Hi.

Grandma, we have to get out

of here. We have to leave.

It's not safe.

We have to find a way out.

I've tried, sweetheart.

I've tried for so long,

but there is no way out.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry I left you.

Sky, you can't blame yourself.

It was difficult.

Of course it was.

And I never wanted to,

not even for a minute.

But when you got sick

and all of a sudden,

you stopped remembering and--

Wait, Grandma,

what is happening here?

How are you remembering this?

I don't have to run anymore.

No, no, no, no, no!

No! No!

[Sky sobs]

[crickets chirping

in distance]

[chains clinking]

[Louis]

I have not been impure.

I did not make

contracts with Satan...

[indistinct]

I-I [stuttering] I know. I know.

I'm just a woman

with mind and soul.

I am a woman of mind and soul.

[Liz sobbing]

[Liz screams]

[grunts]

[screams]

You need to go now.

But you're gone.

And I'm gonna forget.

Finally, I'm with you

after all these years.

And then,

right when I turn my back,

I'm just gonna forget

everything.

Take Adrian.

Take your friend and go.

After all these years,

you're still thinking about us.

I have a duty of care.

Look beneath the flowers.

Beneath the flowers.

I need you to go now.

I can't--I can't leave.

Close your eyes.

Sometimes you have to close

your eyes to really see.

Go now.

I don't wanna go,

I just got you back.

You don't have me, sweetheart.

Go.

Don't forget the dead,

Sky.

Don't forget the dead.

[teeth ticking sound]



They can't catch you now.

You're safe, child.

Be at peace.

Don't forget the dead.

Don't forget the dead.



[muffled screams]





It's hard.

I don't know where to start,

or where to end, I guess.

Claire Song passed away

nearly a month ago.

While we got some insight into

how she lived and suffered,

the effects on her family

are perhaps...

ongoing.

It's possible that they

never really go away.

We all left the house

feeling unsettled.

Some days we felt depressed

or scared.

It's hard to remember it all.

Not sure why.

All in all, we left

with a lot more questions

than answers.

If there is an effect,

one we can't fully describe,

that we've all somehow...

changed

We still don't know

everything about Alzheimer's.

Causes, prevention.

Still a lot to learn.

But what I do know is that...

when we forget the dead,

we lose a part of ourselves.

So...

If I can leave you

with one thing...

Don't forget the dead.



[kid shouting]

Sky.