[music]
[sea shanty music]
[orchestral music] [typing]
[typing]
[clock ticking]
[water boiling]
[orchestral music]
[cutting potatoes]
[orchestral music]
[water boiling]
[orchestral music]
[typing]
[orchestral music]
[silverware clanging]
[silverware clanging]
[silverware clanging]
[clock ticking]
[impact]
[emotional piano music]
NARRATION: How could I
ever forget that fateful day?
NARRATION: The day when
my once flourishing primrose.
NARRATION: Wilted in the light,
NARRATION: An umbrella'd
of the vase where it once.
NARRATION: Stood so pert and upright.
NARRATION: I washed
helplessly as each pedal drifted.
NARRATION: Down in time lapse procession.
NARRATION: Collectively
gathering in masses,
NARRATION: Like statuated Pompeian ashes,
NARRATION: Before turning to dust.
[emotional piano music]
NARRATION: And
decomposing before my very eyes.
[emotional orchestral music]
NARRATION: To think, all
the love and nurturing that.
NARRATION: I had put into those flowers,
NARRATION: And they just wilt away.
[emotional orchestral music]
NARRATION: Just like
everything else in life.
[emotional orchestral music]
[voices in head] Everything
you f*cking take care of
[voices in head] on
this f*cking planet dies.
[emotional orchestral music]
NARRATION: To the casual
observer, it may seem a bit irrational.
NARRATION: To harbor such emotions for.
NARRATION: A cruel and unyielding.
NARRATION: Natural cycle of life.
[emotional orchestral music]
NARRATION: When it comes
to the simplest joys of life,
NARRATION: it's a harsh reminder.
NARRATION: No matter how much we water.
NARRATION: And feed and nurture and love.
[emotional orchestral music]
NARRATION: That nothing lasts forever.
[echoing] Forever.
[impact sound]
[suspenseful music]
[door knock]
[Elizabeth] Is everything okay, Caleb?
[room ambiance]
[emotional piano music]
NARRATION: What defines okay?
NARRATION: For my
wife Elizabeth, okay meant.
NARRATION: Forgetting
past traumas and moving on.
[emotional piano music]
NARRATION: However, for
me, okay came in intervals.
[emotional piano music]
NARRATION: A drag of my cigarette.
[emotional piano music]
NARRATION: A swig of my whiskey.
[emotional piano music]
NARRATION: For me, okay was only...
Temporary.
[door knock]
[emotional music]
[inhales cigarette]
[chair creaks]
[exhales ]
What do you want?
[door opens] Caleb, dinner's ready.
Have you heard me calling for you?
[awkward silence]
Everything's already
set up in the dining room.
It's getting cold.
[door closes]
[opera music]
[pouring wine]
[plates and silverware clang]
[opera music]
[plates and silverware clang]
[opera music]
[plates and silverware clang]
Extra gravy?
[opera music]
Please.
[opera music]
[plates and silverware clang]
[loud chewing]
[plate scraping]
[opera music]
[chewing]
You undercooked the carrots, again.
[opera music]
[loud drinking sound]
[sets glass hard on table]
[plates and silverware clang]
Contrary to what you may
think, I'm sad they're dead.
[voices in head] I'm glad there dead.
[opera music]
[ears ringing]
What did you just say?
What... did... you... just... say?
What did you just say?
[glass shatters] [music stops]
f*ck.
I said... contrary to what you may think,
I'm sad they're dead.
[opera record starts and begins to skip]
I know how much you cared for them.
[skipping record]
[heavy sigh]
f*ck!
[slams table] [record stops]
[awkward silence]
[slams down shard of glass]
[awkward silence]
[tense music]
[creepy rattling]
[tense music]
[wipes hands]
[heavy breathing]
[awkward silence]
Look... what the f*ck you made me do now?
Look at it!
[awkward silence]
[exhales]
[potatoes hit plate]
[sighs]
[wipes hands]
I'll go get another
bottle from the kitchen.
[chair slides]
[footsteps]
[tense silence]
[chair creaks]
These f*cking carrots.
[flask hits table]
Always have to under cook them.
This f*cking mess.
[flask opening]
[table slam]
[echoes in mind] They're
dead. They're dead.
[echoes in mind] Caleb,
I'm glad they're dead.
[echoes in mind] They're
dead. They're dead.
[echoes in mind] Caleb,
I'm glad they're dead.
[echoes in mind] I know
how much you cared for them.
[echoes in mind] Caleb,
I'm glad they're dead.
[intense music]
f*cking b*tch. [Slam sound]
[opening wine bottle]
[door slams]
[cork pops]
[eerie music] [footsteps]
[bottle-opener hits counter]
[eerie music] [footsteps]
[pan rattles]
[eerie music]
Caleb, no!
[eerie music]
[metal scraping]
[metal scraping]
[foot slides]
[bottle-opener hits floor]
[eerie music]
Caleb, no!
[doorknob jiggling]
[eerie music]
I'm sorry you hurt your hand.
[laughter]
Awe... you didn't like my carrots?
Will you shut up?
[LAUGHTER]
Awe... and my gravy was too thick?
You're just a f*cking drunk.
Get out of my f*cking head.
And a pathetic excuse for a writer.
And even more pathetic excuse for a man!
[laughter]
Shut you're f*cking mouth!
Elizabeth, I swear to f*cking God!
[laughter]
[impact sound]
[body thud]
[creepy music]
[laughter]
[echoing laughter]
[footsteps]
[chair creaks]
[pouring wine]
[laughter]
[bottle on table]
Ah, sh*t.
[laughter]
[glass on table]
[chair creaks]
[sighs]
[awkward silence]
[sighs]
Haven't you had enough?
[awkward silence]
[glass slams on table]
[awkward silence]
[flask rattles]
[awkward silence]
I have some work to do.
May I be excused?
[awkward silence]
[chair slides]
[awkward silence]
[laughter]
Who's the pathetic one now?
[eerie music]
[THUNDER]
[inhales]
[exhales]
[crickets chirping]
[drinking]
[crickets chirping]
[drinking]
[crickets chirping]
[inhales]
[exhales]
[crickets chirping]
[inhales]
[exhales]
[cigarette extinguishes]
[bottle slams]
[thunder]
[crickets chirping]
[thunder]
[crickets chirping]
[thunder]
[coughing]
[thunder]
[coughing]
[COUGHING]
[distant thunder]
[bottle rolls ]
[thunder]
[bottle thud]
[coughing]
[distant thunder]
[flowers rustle]
[thunder]
[flowers rustle]
[thunder]
[THUNDER]
[coughing]
[thunder]
[thunder]
[rain storm]
[coughing]
[coughing]
[thunder]
[NARRATION] Exhausted by
the hostility of a self-inflicted w*r.
[NARRATION] I slumped beside
the heaping mound of primrose.
[NARRATION] Which blanketed
the floors as infertile compost.
[NARRATION] Myself included.
[NARRATION] Nightfall, predictably,
[NARRATION] and most indolently,
[NARRATION] began to
varnish in the totemic walls.
[NARRATION] to which I
had so unwillingly inherited.
[NARRATION] from my forefathers.
[NARRATION] And it
was there, where I laid
[NARRATION] a silent observer.
[NARRATION] I tried my best
to find a comfortable position.
[NARRATION] in which to rest.
[NARRATION] but...
[NARRATION] the relentless
crepitation of the blackened petals.
[NARRATION] further frenzied my thoughts.
[NARRATION] and stifled
any attempt at finding solace.
[NARRATION] A solace which
was as fleeting as my sobriety.
[NARRATION] And it was there,
in the recess of my minds ether.
[NARRATION] where I had come face to face.
[NARRATION] with that which haunts me.
[eerie piano]
[GHOSTLY VOICE] Daddy! Daddy!
[GHOSTLY VOICE] Daddy! Daddy!
[eerie piano]
[GHOSTLY VOICE] Don't worry, Daddy.
[GHOSTLY VOICE] Everything will be okay.
[eerie piano]
[thunder]
[intense music builds]
YOU k*lled ME!
Baby girl. Don't.
No. Daddy didn't mean it.
Baby girl... come back to Daddy.
[intense music]
Annie, don't go! Please!
[intense music]
No. Please don't go. Come back.
[THUNDER]
Why don't you visit me?
I'm scared.
Don't you love me?
Daddy didn't... It wasn't me.
It wasn't...
It wasn't...
[thunder]
[screaming] It wasn't me!
[birds chirping]
[birds chirping]
[breathing]
[birds chirping]
[sighs]
[Axes chop in distance]
[birds chirping]
(door knocking)
Caleb!
I'm up!
For the love of f*cking God, I'm up.
[work trucks in distance]
There's that g*dd*mn noise again.
[work trucks in distance]
[outside ambiance]
(knocking)
Caleb!
For the love of God, would you give me
five f*cking minutes?
[outside ambiance]
f*ck.
[outside ambiance]
[birds chirping]
[screen-door opens]
(door slams shut)
[chainsaws in distance]
f*ck.
[eerie music]
Come on, girl!
[whistles]
- Dakota!
Come on.
Let's go outside.
Come on. [Door slams shut]
[door opens]
[dog panting]
[eerie music]
[eerie impact sound]
[eerie music]
[SIGHS]
[eerie music]
God f*cking damn it!
[eerie music]
[leaves rustle]
[eerie music]
[branch hitting woodpile]
[eerie music]
[SIGHS]
[eerie music]
[eerie music stops]
(dog barking)
(dog barking)
[flask opens]
[dog barking]
(axe chopping)
[chainsaws in distance]
[axe chopping in distance]
[chainsaws in distance]
[birds chirping]
[cigarette case closes]
[chainsaws in distance]
[lighter flick]
[chainsaw in distance]
(wind-chime rings)
[eerie music]
[voices in head] Elizabeth.
[eerie music]
[voices in head] How many
times have I asked you to call
[voices in head] somebody
about these branches?
[voices in head] Huh?
[voices in head] How many times?
[voices in head] Hundreds?
[voices in head] They need to go.
[voices in head] One of these
days, with one of these old
[voices in head] f*cking
trees, they're gonna come
[voices in head] crashing
right through our f*cking house.
[voices in head] Is that what you want?
[voices in head] Huh?
[voices in head] Or is it?
[ Voices in head]Caleb, we don't have the
[voices in head] money to call somebody.
[voices in head] What do you
mean we don't have the money?
[voices in head] What the
f*ck have you done with the
[voices in head] checks
that I've given you?
[voices in head] What checks?
[voices in head] There's no checks.
[voices in head] The f*cking
checks that I have given you?
[voices in head] Where is the money?
[voices in head] What have
you done with the f*cking
[voices in head] checks
that I've given you?
[voices in head] Caleb, you
haven't given me any checks.
[voices in head] Have you
talked to your publisher lately?
[voices in head] You know, I hate going
[voices in head] into the f*cking city
[voices in head] and
dealing with those arrogant,
[voices in head] d*uche bag,
[voices in head] Manhattanite
f*cking publishers.
[flask opens]
[voices in head] f*cking
critiquing my work.
[voices in head] They're f*cking suits and
[voices in head] they're
critiquing my work!
[voices in head] They don't know what's
[voices in head] inside my f*cking head!
[voices in head] How the f*ck can they
[voices in head] tell me what to write?
[intense music]
[voices in head] Caleb, how
can you be a broker yourself
[voices in head] because
you need the money?
[eerie impact sound]
[dogs barking in distance]
[exhales]
[intense music]
[impact sound]
[Jazz music]
[exhales]
[jazz music]
[exhales]
[whistles] Come here, girl. Come here.
Come here.
Daddy have something for you?
Being a good girl?
[dog licking face]
[jazz music]
[drinking] [dog whimpers]
[pans sizzling]
[Jazz music in distance]
[dog whimpers]
[sighs]
[pot rattling]
[study door opens / closes]
[pan sizzling]
[oven door creaks]
[water running / stops]
[jazz music in distance]
[pots rattling in distance]
[sizzling]
[pot scraping]
[pan sizzles]
[impact sound]
[pot rattle]
Did you, ah
did you make homemade bread, too?
Of course.
Have you ever known me
not to make homemade bread
with Sunday's Colcannon?
Smells good.
You know, I'm sorry that
I snapped at you earlier.
[pot rattles]
[sizzling]
[pot rattles]
Jesus, Caleb, look
what you've made me do.
[pan sizzling]
[Caleb sighs]
[pan sizzling]
[awkward silence]
[sighs]
Christ.
That was not my fault, Elizabeth.
[dicing onions ]
[pan sizzling]
[sighs]
[pan sizzling]
Is it me or is there something a bit off
about our new neighbor?
Have you noticed that?
I think she seems nice.
[pan sizzling]
[sighs]
- Yeah.
Of course you would.
You don't, ah
notice anything strange about her?
She seems...
I don't know, she seems a bit off.
Every time I drive past her, wave to her,
she, something just seems off.
You know, some people
just like their privacy, Caleb.
You should know that
better than anyone else.
I don't know, I
just don't trust somebody
that doesn't look me in the eyes when
they're talking to you.
[dicing onions]
Maybe it's just me, maybe
I'm, maybe it's just me.
[dicing]
[sighs]
[dicing onions]
[pan sizzling]
[dramatic music]
What do you think you're f*cking doing?
What are you doing?
Caleb, I'm making dinner.
You know what you did?
I truly, I don't, I don't know.
Shut your f*cking mouth.
Shut your filthy f*cking mouth.
[dramatic music]
[ghostly voice]
- Daddy, why do you always let her
[ghostly voice] speak to you like that?
[ghostly voice]
- You need to make her pay.
[ghostly voice]
- She just treated you long enough.
Ah, f*ck!
[heavy breathing]
Why?
Why do you do this to me?
You cold f*cking b*tch.
Why?
[stabs cutting board] Why, why, why, why?
f*ck!
f*cking b*tch!
(thunder rumbling)
NARRATION: To better understand my profound.
NARRATION: Frustration with my wife,
NARRATION: One must first better.
NARRATION: Understand Elizabeth,
NARRATION: A woman
of great emotional fortitude,
NARRATION: A trait which I envied,
NARRATION: Although I did not admire.
NARRATION: Elizabeth was.
NARRATION: Headstrong and self-assured,
NARRATION: Detached
from impassioned servitude,
NARRATION: A stark contrast to my.
NARRATION: Deeply embedded insecurities.
NARRATION: That craved a love.
NARRATION: That by fate or by hand,
NARRATION: She could never provide.
[thunder rumbling]
[Jazz music]
All those good days gone away
What was gold turned gray
Just a lonesome
Tried to call you
I just couldn't
Maybe someday soon
[typing]
[typing]
[jazz music]
[thunder rumbling]
[suspense music]
Well I see a different day
[thunder rumbling]
[suspense music]
Blue skies on the way [knocking]
[knocking]
Just a minute.
[knocking]
[footsteps]
[rainstorm]
[squeaky door opens / closes]
I hope that I'm not interrupting.
[rainstorm]
I'm sorry, but we're not
interested in whatever it is
- that's you're selling.
- Please, I'm not
selling anything.
Actually, I have a package for you.
It was delivered to my house by mistake.
The postal service
around here is dreadful.
I'm Amanda, your next door neighbor.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
Please forgive me, I
didn't recognize you.
[thunder]
Sorry it's so wet.
[door creaks]
I didn't open it, I swear.
[rainstorm]
Are you all right?
You look like you've been crying.
[rainstorm]
[awkward silence]
Yeah, everything's fine.
Damn, onions.
I was cooking supper, Colcannon.
The onions get me every time.
[thunder]
I won't keep you, I
just wanted to stop by.
And, oh God, I don't mean to pry.
I just wanted to make
sure that you're all right.
[rainstorm]
Have I given you cause for concern?
I'm not a nosy neighbor, I swear.
It's just that, last night,
actually, on quite a few nights,
I overheard some very loud shouting.
I thought that you might be in distress.
Shouting?
There was no shouting here.
No, I'm certain it was
coming from your house.
[rainstorm]
You know, my husband's an author,
and when he writes, he likes to reenact
and read his stories out loud.
That must be what you heard.
[rainstorm]
Yes, that must be what I heard.
I'm so sorry about that.
[thunder]
Listen, I really gotta go.
It was nice to meet you.
I'm sure that everything's all right.
I'm a social worker.
Here's my card.
[rainstorm]
If you ever need anything,
even just a talk, I can help.
I'll be fine, but...
Thank you.
[rainstorm]
[screen door shuts]
[rainstorm]
[door opens / closes]
[typing in the distance]
[Jazz music]
[typing in the distance]
[jazz music]
[radio announcer]
- The National Weather
[radio announcer] Service
enough in Upton New York
[radio announcer] has issued a severe
[radio announcer] thunderstorm warning for
[radio announcer] Fairfield
County in Southern Connecticut,
[radio announcer] Queens
County in southeast New York,
[radio announcer] Nassau
County in southeast New York,
[radio announcer] the Siac
County in northeast New Jersey,
[radio announcer] Union
County in northeast New Jersey,
[radio announcer] Manhattan
in southeast New York,
[radio announcer] Bronx
County in southeast New York,
[radio announcer] Westchester
County in southeast New York,
[radio announcer] Bergen
County in northeast New Jersey,
[radio announcer] Caleb!
[radio announcer]
- In northeast New Jersey,
[radio announcer] Staten
Island in southeast New York,
[radio announcer] Hudson
County in northeast New Jersey,
[radio announcer] Brooklyn
in southeast New York,
[radio announcer] Rockland
County in southeast New York,
[radio announcer] Putnam
County in southeast New York.
Caleb!
Dinner's ready!
[radio announcer]
- In southeast New York.
[radio shuts off]
(rolling thunder)
[study door opens / closes]
[rolling thunder]
[pouring wine]
[bottle on table]
[drinking]
[awkward silence]
[cutting food]
[thunder]
So who was at the door?
[awkward silence]
(fork clanging on plate)
The door?
No, no one was at the door.
I thought I heard somebody at the door.
[rolling thunder]
Some lady stopped by about an hour ago
and invited us to a community gathering
the church is having.
I completely forgot.
[rolling thunder]
Church.
[rolling thunder]
Church.
[drinking]
[sighs]
[sighs]
I politely declined, Caleb.
I hope you told her
there's no redemption here.
The Holy Ghost.
[laughs]
He left us a long time ago, didn't he?
[thunder]
I know you don't
believe in that stuff, Caleb.
[rolling thunder]
Believe?
Hmm.
[drinking]
[glass on table]
[awkward silence]
You mean stuff like salvation,
false prophets, resurrections,
ghosts.
(laughing)
[sighs]
Well, you know what?
Ghosts...
Well, maybe I do believe in them now.
Oh, do you now, Caleb?
Since when?
[awkward silence]
[inhales]
[awkward silence]
[drinking]
[glass on table]
[deep breath]
Since last night.
[inhaling / exhaling]
[drinking]
I, I am.
I saw her.
I saw her last night.
Saw who?
[pours another drink]
Who the f*ck do you
think I saw last night?
I saw her.
I saw Annie.
[awkward silence]
Annie?
[rainstorm]
Our Annie?
[awkward silence]
Yes, our Annie.
[glass on table]
Who else did you think I would have seen
in one of my f*cking dreams?
It certainly was a vision of god.
(thunder rumbling)
(clanging)
[rolling thunder]
Did she say anything to you?
Something's are better
left unsaid, Elizabeth.
Trust me.
[awkward silence]
Something's are better left unsaid?
How can you say that?
Do you really
wanna know what she said?
[awkward silence]
She said
that Mommy k*lled me.
She asked me, why did Mommy not want me?
Why did Mommy not protect me?
And why did Mommy k*ll her?
[suspense music]
And you know what?
[suspense music]
-[sobbing]
They're all good questions.
[suspense music]
-[sobbing]
[pours another drink]
They're questions that I have
been asking myself.
Every single minute of
my now tormented life.
(thunder rumbling)
[clapping]
Bravo, Elizabeth.
Bravo.
After all these years,
I finally get some
f*cking emotion out of you.
[awkward silence]
Come on.
Let's have at it.[Chair slides back]
[thunder rumbling]
[eerie music]
[eerie music]
[heavy breathing]
[drinking]
[eerie music]
[smoking]
[eerie music]
[box opening]
[eerie music]
[box closes]
[eerie music]
[smoking]
[drinking]
[phone rings]
[phone rings]
[eerie music]
[phone rings]
[eerie music]
[answers phone]
I've read your f*cking
letter word for word.
And this is how you treat me.
[eerie music]
All the f*cking money I made you.
And your wife and your
family and your f*cking company.
And you're just gonna
send me a f*cking letter.
And f*cking ruin everything.
Oh, what else can you f*cking do to me.
Paul? What else can
f*cking life do to me Paul?
All that sh*t that you
f*cking pissed in my f*cking ear.
[eerie music] [door creaks]
You don't even deserve me. You know what?
You don't. You don't deserve
me. I'll go somewhere else.
[eerie music] [door creaks shut]
I'm Caleb f*cking McCallum.
Don't you f*cking forget it.
[light switch]
[eerie music] [door creaks open]
I gave you 12 f*cking years
of my life. 12 f*cking years.
[eerie music]
And you sent me a f*cking letter.
[eerie music]
You're gonna f*cking regret this
decision. I f*cking promise you.
[eerie music]
[door creaks close]
[eerie music]
[ghostly voice] They
never did appreciate you.
[ghostly voice] No one appreciates
you daddy. No one but me.
[music box plays]
Annie?
[music box plays]
[ghostly voice] Why did you
let our flowers die, Daddy?
Hi.
[music box plays]
[ghostly voice] Can't
my primrose last forever?
Stay and talk to daddy. Come here.
[eerie music]
Come back.
[eerie music]
I miss you.
[sad orchestral music]
Annie, it's okay.
Daddy missed you. I miss you so much.
[sad orchestral music]
[ghostly voice]
- Everything will be okay, Daddy.
[sad orchestral music]
[ghostly voice] The
flowers look sad, daddy.
[ghostly voice] Why
do the flowers look sad?
[ghostly voice] Can't
my primrose last forever?
[sad orchestral music]
[ghostly voice]
- Everything you love is dead!
[ghostly voice] -How could you let me die?
[eerie music]
[ghostly voice] How could you let me die?
[sad orchestral music]
[smoking]
[slams glass]
[glass rattles]
[eerie music]
[crash in next room]
Don't you dare leave me again!
I'm fine.
[suspense music]
I'm fine.
[suspense music]
I'm fine. [Sighs]
[suspense music] [footsteps]
[suspense music]
[laughter]
- My boy, Caleb.
Oh, yeah.
Whoo!
That's some harsh stuff right there, buddy.
Remember that saying?
"Slow is the demise of
men who seeks it most."
Oh my god. You are
on track for that, pal.
[laughter]
Whoo! Come on, come on, go ahead. Have
another. Come on, have another.
It'll take the edge off.
[eerie music]
Wow!
Whoa, things have changed
since I last talked to you.
Things have changed, haven't they?
[eerie music]
Come on. We've had this talk before.
Look at me. Look at me.
[eerie music]
The cheap whiskey.
The cigarettes. It's sad.
You know, the Surgeon General these days
is saying that that's
sort of bad for your health.
[eerie music]
You're a mess. This isn't us. This was
never us. This was not our plan.
[eerie music]
I'm sorry.
We have two best sellers. What the heck
happened to us? What is this gibberish?
[eerie music]
Come on.
[eerie music]
I don't even know what
you're writing anymore.
Get a hold of yourself.
Pull yourself together. Eh.
[eerie music] [sigh]
I want to get angry with you
but I'm not going to.
[coughs]
Today, we're going to focus on you and I.
Making everything better
and getting out of here.
[eerie music]
You know, there are three options, Caleb.
[eerie music] [pours drink]
Option one is the hard way out. And no,
no, no, no, no. You
and I talked about that.
That's a bad option.
Option two is the easy way out.
Mm-hmm. You're thinking about it. I see
you. Yeah, you like option two.
[eerie music]
Option three is not a good option, Caleb.
That option, there's just
no way out of that option.
So I digress. You're not real.
[eerie music]
-Caleb. I can never be you.
-I'm real.
[laughing]
You can be me. I tried. I tried. I tried.
[suspense music]
[impact sound effect]
[suspense music]
[laughter]
[suspense music]
[coughs]
[suspense music]
[suspense music]
[clock ticking]
[suspense music]
[ghostly voice] Daddy!
[ghostly voice] Daddy. Daddy.
[doors pounding]
[eerie music]
[doors pounding]
[eerie music]
[doors pounding]
[eerie music]
[ghostly voice] The
flowers look sad, Daddy.
[ghostly voice] Why
do the flowers look sad?
[eerie music]
[ghostly scream]
YOU k*lled ME!
[intense music]
[doors slam]
[eerie music]
[wind howling]
[slam]
[eerie music]
[silence]
[water pouring]
[birds chirping outside]
[footsteps]
[metal clang]
[gas stove clicking]
[phone ringing]
[gas stove clicking]
[phone ringing]
[breathing]
[phone ringing]
Hello?
Oh, hi, Ma.
[dog barking in distance] [birds chirping]
Would you believe that
he said he was visited
by Annie last night?
[dog barking in distance] [birds chirping]
Yes, yes, I swear.
[dog barking]
[dog barking in distance] [birds chirping]
No surprise here.
I also heard him flying off the handle
at his publisher in a
drunken stupor last night.
I gave you 12 f*cking years of my life!
12 f*cking years!
[tense music] [dogs barking in distance]
And you send me a f*cking letter.
[dog barking in distance] [birds chirping]
Yeah, I know, Mom.
I know.
Yeah, I know, Mom.
[voices in head] You're
nothing but a washed-up author!
- Look, I'll be over later.
- [dog barks in distance]
I'm not sure if I can stay the week.
I have to see a friend first.
[eerie music] [dogs barking]
All right, bye.
(dog barking)
(tea kettle whistles)
[hangs up]
[tea kettle whistle]
[pouring] [footsteps in distance]
[suspense music]
[footsteps] [kettle on stove]
[footsteps]
[spoon clanging]
You wanna tell me who the
hell you were talking to?
[spoon clanging]
Jesus, Caleb.
Must you know everything?
Must I know everything?
[sighs]
[birds chirping outside]
Between that f*cking tea kettle,
and that g*dd*mn phone
ringing off the f*cking hook.
[sighs]
I'm working.
I need my f*cking rest.
I need my f*cking sleep.
I need to be able to concentrate.
So when you ask me if I,
I must know everything?
Yes, I must know everything!
[eerie music]
And would you look at this sh*t?
Another f*cking mess for me to clean up.
[sighs]
[eerie music]
[sighs]
[eerie music]
Must I know everything?
[eerie music]
What do you think?
Where are you going?
Are you deaf?
[suspense music]
I'm gonna go outside
and I'm gonna clean up this f*cking mess.
And when I get back,
I want f*cking peace and quiet.
Do you understand me?
[eerie music]
[sighing] [footsteps]
[door opens]
[eerie music]
(door slams)
[eerie music]
[birds chirping]
[forks scraping]
I had no idea that things were so bad
between the two of you.
You don't know the half of it.
If Caleb knew I was here right now,
[birds chirping outside]
I just don't even want to imagine it.
Caleb doesn't know
that you're here venting.
For all he knows,
you're having a girl's day,
drinking tea,
relaxing, enjoying yourself.
That's just it.
[fork scraping]
Caleb doesn't like me to.
[birds chirping outside]
He doesn't like you to what?
[birds chirping outside]
[drinking]
[birds chirping outside]
He doesn't like me talking
to others or socializing.
I can't even have a phone call
without him listening
in on the other end.
You want a f*cking divorce?
I heard every f*cking word you said.
After all we f*cking been through,
you're not getting a f*cking divorce.
God wouldn't want that now, would he?
[dramatic music]
I don't know what he overheard
or what he thought he overheard.
[dishes clanging]
Don't you stand up for yourself?
Well, I used to.
That only made it worse.
[fork scraping]
I've learned it's best
just to let Caleb have his fit
and storm off an hour later.
He doesn't remember it happened anyway.
Is that the only time that he has
violently attacked you?
[chewing]
[birds chirping outside]
I wish.
Once I went out to get the mail
and I accidentally
left the door slam shut
and it disturbed his work or so he said.
Elizabeth, must you
slam that f*cking door
every single time you come in and out.
You know I'm f*cking working.
I've asked you time and time again
not to slam that f*cking door.
Gently close it f*cking
gently I'm f*cking working
and you are in and out, in and out,
in and f*cking out
every single f*cking time.
I can't believe you're still with him.
I would never let a
man degrade me that way.
Are you going to leave him?
I can't say.
I thought of it sure, but
[emotional music]
It's just not that easy.
Well, Elizabeth,
you know that sometimes
making the most difficult
decision is for the best.
[emotional music]
May I get you another cup of tea?
[emotional music]
No thank you, appreciate that
but I really gotta get going.
[emotional music]
You should know.
I'm always here for you,
anytime you wanna talk.
I appreciate that but I think I've
already said too much.
But thank you.
[emotional music]
Please don't get up, I can see myself out.
Are you sure?
Yeah, I'm sure.
Lord only knows what I'm
in for when I get home.
[emotional music]
(footsteps leaving)
[door opens]
(door slams shut)
[crickets chirping]
[dramatic music]
[trunk opens]
[dramatic music]
[cigarette crackles]
[dramatic music]
[exhales smoke]
[crickets chirping]
[footsteps]
[dramatic music]
[sighs]
[dramatic music]
[exhales]
[dramatic music]
[flask opening]
[dramatic music]
[drinking]
[drinking]
[sighs]
[drinking]
[drinking]
[crickets chirping]
[dramatic music]
NARRATION: Over the years, most of.
NARRATION: The trees on our property.
NARRATION: Have become lifeless.
[suspense music]
NARRATION: Much like its inhabitants.
[car pulls up to house]
[engine shuts off]
[dog barking inside house]
[car door opens]
[dog barking inside house]
[car door closes]
NARRATION: It would be
tragic if one of these limbs.
NARRATION: Happened to fall upon Elizabeth.
NARRATION: Her pale petite frame.
NARRATION: Would never stand a chance.
NARRATION: With as remote as we are,
NARRATION: It would
simply be an unfortunate but.
NARRATION: Cruel act of nature.
[house door closes]
NARRATION: Looks like I got an ax to grind.
[dramatic music]
[grunting]
[grunting]
[grunting]
[grunting]
[grunting]
[dramatic music]
[grunting]
[grunting]
[dramatic music]
[coughing]
[laughs]
[dramatic music]
[grunting]
[dramatic music]
[grunting]
[dramatic music]
[grunting]
[grunting]
[grunting]
[dramatic music]
[grunting]
[dramatic music]
[heavy breathing]
[dramatic music]
[angelic choir]
[water running]
(dramatic music)
[water running]
[creepy music] [water running]
[hands squeak on glass]
[creepy music] [water running]
[voices in head] I'm glad they're dead.
[inaudible whispering]
[creepy music] [water running]
[water shuts off] [dramatic music]
[water dripping]
[dramatic impact]
Elizabeth!
[water dripping]
[dramatic impact]
[dramatic music]
Elizabeth!
[dramatic music]
[door opens]
Elizabeth! [Door closes]
[dramatic music]
Elizabeth!
[dramatic music]
Elizabeth!
[dramatic music]
NARRATION: That night, I
became immeasurably infused.
NARRATION: By a
deeply internal disquietude.
NARRATION: Partially in part to the drink.
NARRATION: But largely in
part to my need for retrospection.
[dog whimpers]
NARRATION: Regardless of how uncomfortable.
NARRATION: The conclusion may be,
NARRATION: It needed to be done.
[phone ringing]
[dog growls]
Where
are you, woman?
[dog barks]
[phone ringing]
Elizabeth!
[phone ringing]
[silverware clanging]
[phone ringing]
[phone ringing]
Elizabeth, if you're
here, answer the phone
please. [Dog barks in background]
[phone ringing]
[fork scrapes plate]
[phone ringing]
[phone ringing]
[phone ringing]
Elizabeth!
[phone ringing]
[phone ringing]
[silverware hits plate]
Answer the g*dd*mn phone!
[dog barks in background]
[phone ringing]
[phone ringing]
[phone picks up]
Hello?
f*cking answer me.
Hello!
[phone hangs up]
(sighs)
[footsteps]
NARRATION: I began to think of Elizabeth.
NARRATION: I wondered where she went and.
NARRATION: When or if
she would return. [Dog growls]
NARRATION: I wondered why I hadn't.
NARRATION: Even noticed that she had left.
NARRATION: And I questioned why I.
NARRATION: Couldn't be
bothered to care. [Dog barks]
[silverware scrapes]
NARRATION: But my immediate problems.
NARRATION: Were the least of my concerns.
[dog barks]
NARRATION: Everything that I have come to.
NARRATION: Face is in direct correlation.
NARRATION: To the tragic events.
NARRATION: Which occurred years prior.
Hey, Kota girl.
Kota. [Whistles]
Kota.
Kota, you want a treat?
Come on.
[dog whimpering]
NARRATION: Despite the fact that.
NARRATION: Elizabeth never wanted children,
NARRATION: She knew how much it.
NARRATION: Meant to me to have a family.
NARRATION: And to be a father.
NARRATION: And she was
willing to become the mother.
NARRATION: She never desired to be.
[phone ringing]
[phone ringing]
- Hello.
Who is this?
[phone hangs up]
[ominous music]
(ominous music)
NARRATION: Sadly, you can give birth.
NARRATION: And still never be a mother.
[glass shattering]
[ominous music]
(gasping)
(dog whimpering)
There's my girl.
There you are.
Hi, you being a good girl?
Yeah.
Come here.
Come on. [Dog barks]
See, I got a treat for ya. [Dog barks]
Come here. [Dog barks]
(dog barking)
What's wrong? [Dog growls]
You don't like mommy's
slop either? [Dog growls]
[dog barks]
I don't blame ya. [Dog whimpers]
Yeah, you're being a good girl.
What? [Dog whimpers]
You wanna go outside?
You wanna go outside? [Dog growls]
Yes.
I think daddy needs some
fresh air too. [Dog barks]
That's my girl.
(dog whimpering)
Come on.
[ominous music]
[ominous impact]
[crickets chirping]
[smoking]
[ominous music] [leaves crunch]
[crickets chirping]
[door-knob jiggling]
[crickets chirping]
[ominous music] [flask closes]
[ominous music] [footsteps]
[crickets chirping] [flask opens]
[crickets chirping]
[ominous music]
[door creaking]
[crickets chirping]
[ominous music]
[paper crinkles]
[ominous music]
Come on, girl.
Come on.
(whistling)
[ominous music]
Let's go.
[ominous music]
[drawer opens]
[ominous music]
[drawer closes]
[ominous music] [crickets chirping]
[spits]
[ominous music] [crickets chirping]
[door creaking]
[ominous music]
[door creaks]
[ominous music]
[door slamming]
[backdoor opens]
Come on, girl.
Come on, girl, get inside.
[door locking]
[inhaling]
[slurring] Come here, Dakota.
[dog whimpering]
Where's your mother?
[growling]
[barking]
[wind-up toy music]
[whimpering]
[wind-up toy music]
[growling]
[toys laughing and chattering]
You want treatsy-treats, huh? [Dog barking]
Yes, you do. [Dog barking]
Okay, daddy gets you,
treatsy-treat. [Dog barking]
You gonna sit?
[barking]
You gonna sit?
[barking]
[gasping]
You better sit if you
want a treatsy-treat. [Dog barking]
You better sit like a little good dog.
- (falling object upstairs)
[ominous music]
Who's that?
Is that mommy?
[ominous music]
Who's that?
[ominous music]
Hey, honey, can you
come here for a minute?
[ominous music]
Elizabeth.
[ominous music]
Hey, do you know where
the dog's treats are?
[ominous music]
[cabinet opens]
Where the f*ck are they?
[ominous music]
What the f*ck is this doing down here?
[ominous music]
[clippers hitting counter]
[ominous music]
Elizabeth, where are the g*dd*mn treats?
[ominous music]
[door creaks open]
[ominous music]
What are you doing in my house?
I asked you a question.
[ominous music]
What are you doing in my house?
Answer me.
I was just dropping something off.
[sighs]
[door creaks shut]
[footsteps]
[clippers hit door]
So you're telling me,
you needed to drop
something off? [Dog whimpers]
No.
In my daughter's bedroom. [Dog whimpers]
Not exactly.
Not exactly.
Listen to me.
Nobody goes up there. [Sobbing]
Nobody goes up there. [Dog growls]
[dog growling]
[barking]
But me!
But me! [Echoing]
But me! [Echoing]
[ominous music]
[lighter flicks]
NARRATION: Overwrought
with rage by the boldness.
NARRATION: Of Amanda's uninvited incursion,
NARRATION: I couldn't be bothered.
NARRATION: To waste another minute.
NARRATION: Ruminating on such.
NARRATION: Inconsequential matters.
NARRATION: For I couldn't help but to think.
NARRATION: That my erratic.
NARRATION: Outburst may have played a hand.
NARRATION: In Elizabeth's.
NARRATION: Unforeseen and abrupt departure.
NARRATION: An asservation
which juried my conscience.
NARRATION: As a witness to.
NARRATION: Reflect upon my malefactions.
NARRATION: In both
my personal [choir music]
NARRATION: And
professional life. [Choir music]
NARRATION: It will be
revealed with fire, [choir music]
NARRATION: And the
fire will test the [choir music]
NARRATION: Quality of each person's work.
[choir music]
NARRATION: An incendiary
revelation [choir music]
NARRATION: Which only further [choir music]
NARRATION: Disparage my
worth as a man. [Choir music]
NARRATION: For I have eaten
ashes like bread [choir music]
NARRATION: And mingled my
drink with weeping [choir music]
NARRATION: At the
banquet of my [choir music]
NARRATION: Own
insufferable demise. [Choir music]
NARRATION: And I reflected
back upon myself [choir music]
NARRATION: The vision
of a man who [choir music]
NARRATION: Once, in
part or in whole, [choir music]
NARRATION: Stood on the
shoulders of giants, [choir music]
NARRATION: A man unrecognizable
even to myself. [Choir music]
NARRATION: But no matter how
fitting the passage, [choir music]
NARRATION: I denounced such
fabled teachings [choir music]
NARRATION: And spat
them back in the [choir music]
NARRATION: Face of their
pious orators [choir music]
NARRATION: Who lie
perched upon [choir music]
NARRATION: Their
self-righteous pulpit, [choir music]
NARRATION: Judging
men like myself [choir music]
NARRATION: As heretics
and heathens. [Choir music]
NARRATION: A judgment
cast forth [choir music]
NARRATION: Even by
my own wife. [Choir music]
[church choir]
Is this your salvation?
Was it her salvation?
Answer me!
Day after day you read
this f*cking nonsense.
Does it make you
f*cking sleep better at night?
Does it do anything to help her?
[flask opens]
[church choir]
Is it gonna bring her back?
Is she in a better place?
Is she in a f*cking better place?
If she is, just
maybe, just f*cking maybe,
maybe you should f*cking join her!
[church choir]
This makes me feel f*cking better.
Maybe you should
f*cking try it for yourself.
[choir] [intense music]
[coughing]
[ominous music]
NARRATION: Though
your sins are like scarlet,
NARRATION: They shall be as white as snow.
- Joy To The World
NARRATION: However, since
her passing, Joy To The World
NARRATION: Never
more a purity I would know.
Joy To The World
NARRATION: All innocence had
been lost, Joy To The World
NARRATION: And even the most joyous
of occasions Joy To The World
NARRATION: Soiled by mourning and resent.
- Joy To The World
- What do you think of the tree, Caleb?
- Joy To The World
Isn't it beautiful? Joy To The World
Yeah, it's, uh... Joy To The World
Looks like a f*cking winter wonderland.
- Joy To The World
Joy To The World
I don't hate it. Joy To The World
But I... Joy To The World
I still don't get... Joy To The World
how we live in the middle.
- Joy To The World
of the Catskill Mountains,
Joy To The World
and you want an artificial tree.
- Joy To The World
Joy To The World
- I think it's pretty.
- Joy To The World
Thank you for getting it from me, Caleb.
- Joy To The World
- It's growing on me.
- Joy To The World
I forgot. Joy To The World
The carolers are on the radio tonight.
- Joy To The World
Joy To The World
(radio-station changes)
Oh come, all ye faithful
Joyful and triumphant
Oh Come ye, oh come, ye
to Bethlehem
Come, let me hold him
born the king of angels
Oh Come, let us adore him
Come on, Caleb. Get a
little Christmas spirit.
Oh Come, let us adore him
That was her, uh
that was her favorite ornament.
Christ, the lord
Yes, it was.
She loved the legend of the
Christmas spider, didn't she?
Light of light
She did.
Lo, He abhors not the Virgin's womb
Yes, she did.
Very God, Begotten
We must be careful.
Stay close to me.
And we will be all right.
Oh Come, ley us adore him
It's not all right.
Not if it's all right.
This is all, all wrong.
Christmas commercial
f*cking tree. [Merry Christmas]
[radio broadcaster] New
York's Christmas station.
These thick f*cking
presents, f*cking cards.
This g*dd*mn f*cking music.
This is all f*cking wrong.
- [hold your breath. Make a wish]
We should not be sitting
here f*cking [Count to three]
celebrating this f*cking bullshit.
You prancing around in your little
f*cking dress with your f*cking bow.
Like none of it ever
f*cking happened.
I don't know how you do it, Elizabeth.
I really f*cking don't.
[radio commercial] - I love
this Christmasy time of the year
I will tell you one thing?
I'm not gonna f*cking partake in this
f*cking bullshit anymore.
Christmas commercial
-It's practically here.
Christmas commercial
- Ladies and gentlemen...
Santa Claus isn't
coming to this f*cking house again.
Again.
[Christmas commercial]
Children count down 32-1
[Christmas commercial] - Christmas
celebrations are happening right
[Christmas commercial]
now across the tri-state area.
[Christmas commercial]
Christmas lights are
[Christmas commercial]
flying off the shelves.
[Christmas commercial] - It's
that time of year, here in New York city.
[door slams]
[eerie music]
[body thud]
[ominous music]
Mom, I think he's gonna k*ll me.
[ominous music]
What's going on? Oh my God, Mom, I think
he's really gonna do it.
Oh my God, Mom!
[footsteps running]
[door opens]
[ominous music]
Mom, come quick.
[ominous music]
[door slams]
[phone off the hook]
[pounding buttons]
[dial tone] [ominous music]
(SCREAMING)
NARRATION: The
following morning I awoke in a.
NARRATION: Semi-besotted stupor,
NARRATION: Disoriented and perplexed,
NARRATION: As to how I
traversed from the spot where.
NARRATION: The
governess drink first laid me.
[somber music]
NARRATION: But despite my weary.
NARRATION: And beleaguered vessel,
NARRATION: My senses
were keen to the fact that.
NARRATION: Elizabeth had not returned.
[somber music]
NARRATION: And I knew that I had no.
NARRATION: Choice but to look for her.
[intense music]
Elizabeth!
[intense music]
Where are you woman?
Where the f*ck are you?
[intense music]
[intense music]
Elizabeth!
[intense music]
[emotional music]
[intense music]
Elizabeth!
[intense music]
Elizabeth!
[intense music]
[intense music]
Elizabeth!
[intense music]
Elizabeth!
[intense music]
[emotional music]
[coin drops into phone]
[suspense music]
[buttons beeping]
[buttons beeping]
[buttons beeping]
[buttons beeping]
[eerie music]
[phone ringing]
Pick up the phone, Elizabeth.
[eerie music]
[phone ringing]
From the Office of.
Stoic Bard Publishing,
would this letter we inform
you that as of this moment,
you will no longer be
employed by our company.
Specifically, we refer to public
intoxication at your
recent book signings,
which reflected poorly on
the company's professionalism.
[phone slams]
[eerie music]
[emotional music]
[door slams]
[footsteps]
[emotional music]
[whistling]
[door-knob rattles]
[knocking]
Oh, pumpkin!
Daddy's home!
[knocking]
[emotional music]
NARRATION: Upon returning,
I found solace in knowing.
NARRATION: That Elizabeth had not.
NARRATION: Taken her life at the bridge.
NARRATION: However,
I could not help but feel a.
NARRATION: Sense of overwhelming resent.
NARRATION: At the secret she had.
NARRATION: Been keeping from me.
[emotional music]
NARRATION: But also a
sense of self-loathing from.
NARRATION: Those which I had kept from her.
[emotional music]
NARRATION: Pandora's
box had indeed been opened.
NARRATION: And as I stand here at the.
NARRATION: Crossroads of the three options.
NARRATION: Which I had
presented myself earlier,
NARRATION: My decision
became crystal clear.
Elizabeth!
Come out, come out, wherever you are!
[emotional music]
Elizabeth!
Get in here!
Now!
[emotional music]
[door creaks open]
I know your home, pumpkin.
[emotional music]
[door creaks]
[emotional music]
Yes?
Caleb?
(emotional music)
[suspense music]
Get in here.
[suspense music]
[door creaks]
[suspense music]
You must take me for a fool, don't you?
[suspense music]
For weeks and for months now, we've been
talking about money.
The lack there of money.
Where's all the f*cking money?
Huh, Elizabeth?
Because this is a sh*t ton of money.
[maniacal laughter]
My goodness!
Your mommy's been
stashing away some serious cash.
You've got it all wrong.
Mother sent me the money.
She knows how we're struggling.
[maniacal laughter]
You're a sick, ill mother.
She's been sending
you cigarettes and cash.
Like you're some sort
of f*cking prisoner.
[tense music]
Did she send you a passport, too?
Oh! A passport as well?
A passport as well?
Man!
Barb's a little bit more
resourceful than we
gave her credit for, Caleb.
Caleb, I don't know what to say.
[tense music]
Cat's got her tongue now.
This should be a doozy.
The passport so I can
take my mom to see...
Stop f*cking lying to me!
For groundbreaking cancer treatment.
How dumb does she think we are, Caleb?
After all I've done for you,
This is what I find hiding in the bottom
of your f*cking closet.
[tense music]
And this...
Oh h*! That's the
smoking g*n right there, Caleb.
Oh my goodness.
Caleb, you have it all wrong.
I would never f*cking hurt you!
I would f*cking k*ll
myself before I hurt you!
Caleb, you're sick. You need help.
She's got a point.
You have been acting a little cuckoo.
You have oppressed memories.
You both agree on that, right?
You don't remember what happened.
Ha! That is a lie! We can
find you a doctor, Caleb,
and maybe get you the help that you need.
Because until you come to grips with the
fact that you k*lled Annie...
LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA
Not listening!
- You're never going to get better.
I would never hurt her.
Don't listen to her, Caleb.
I've never hurt her.
[tense music]
I mean, Jesus Christ, Caleb,
you still think your dog Dakota's alive?
That's a f*cking lie too!
f*cking lie too! f*cking lie too!
You know, that day...
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
The day that Annie died...
I see what she's doing.
That's what she's doing.
I was out in the garden, elbow deep.
She's trying to f*cking break us up.
And she came out to me,
and she asked me to make her lunch.
Mommy, are you going to be done soon?
I'm hungry.
I thought I told you to
eat before I came out here.
And then...
[birds chirping]
Well, that's not my problem now, is it?
[tense music]
And I sent her to you,
but you were too busy too.
You didn't want to deal with her.
Daddy, can you make me a cheese sandwich?
Sweetie, where is your mother?
Haven't I told you that I'm working?
But you were in here
writing and drunk as usual.
(dramatic music)
So drunk you couldn't
even work the stove.
[tense music]
(igniting gas stove)
[tense music]
g*dd*mn it!
Caleb, you're the one that
left the gas on, not Annie.
We're not listening!
We can't hear you!
Don't listen to her, Caleb!
Go ahead. Have another drink.
After all, that is what you do best.
More lies.
Clearly, clearly I'm losing you.
And it's your fault our daughter's dead.
I've done all I could for you.
Not mine.
[tense music]
I've had it.
Day after day...
I've had it with you.
I've had these conversations.
I've had it with this marriage.
And we knew where this was...
And I've had it with
your drunken craziness.
And you're just going to let her poison
your brain like this.
Your brain like this.
I would never hurt her.
[tense music]
It's a f*cking shame.
It really is a f*cking shame.
[tense music]
If it was me, then
I want be with her.
Caleb, knock it off. Put the g*n down.
I see where this is heading.
Would you like to join us, Liz?
[dramatic music]
Get off the g*n.
Get off the g*n.
[dramatic music]
Get off of it.
Give it to me.
[g*nsh*t]
[table crash]
[dramatic music]
[door opens]
[phone ringing]
[door creaks]
[phone ringing]
[footsteps]
[answering machine] Hi, you've reached the
[answering machine]
McCallums. This is Caleb.
[answering machine] And this is Elizabeth.
[answering machine]
And this is Annie. Leave
[answering machine] message after the beep.
[answering machine beep]
Hey, Liz.
[coughing]
It's your mom.
So great seeing you.
Give me a call when you get a chance.
[coughing]
Okay, bye.
Come on, kitties!
Oh, kitties!
Kitties! Who wants a treat? [Shakes food]
[dramatic music]
[shaking food] [meowing]
[dramatic music] [inaudible voices in head]
[muffled voices] [ghostly wind]
[dogs barking]
[ghostly voice] Daddy!
[voices in head] Well, I
guess this is goodbye.
[ghostly voice] Daddy?
[voices in head] And it breaks my heart.
[voices in head] See you
on the other side, buddy,
[muffled voices]
[ghostly voice] Everything
will be okay, Daddy.
[ghostly voices] Now you
can be free. Just like me.
[muffled voices]
[door creaks shut]
[muffled voices]
[g*n shot]
[body hits floor]
[muffled voices]
[suspense music]
[]door creaks open
[suspense music]
[pushing phone buttons]
[suspense music]
Amanda.
I need you to come quick.
I k*lled, Caleb.
[suspense music]
Okay.
[suspense music]
[phone disconnected]
[operator] If you'd like to make a call,
[operator] please hang up and try again.
[operator] If you need help, hang up
[operator] and then dial your operator.
[impact sound]
[suspense music]
(dogs barking)
[suspense music]
[reflecting back] Get off the
g*n, Elizabeth. Get off of it.
[reflecting back] Give me the g*dd*mn g*n.
[reflecting back] Get off of it.
Give me the f*cking g*n.
[reflecting back] Give me the f*cking g*n.
[suspense music] (loud car pulls up)
[dog barking]
Oh my God, Elizabeth! Are you okay?
You're bleeding!
[dogs bark]
Yes, I'm fine.
I think you just grazed me.
What about Caleb?
[suspense music]
Uh... I think I... k*lled Caleb.
Are you sure?
[suspense music]
(leaves rustling)
[suspense music]
(door slams)
[suspense music]
[suspense music]
[suspense music]
[car starts]
(car engine revs)
(car engine revs)
(car engine revs)
(car engine revs)
rock music
(car engine revs)
rock music
rock music
Just a memory
Maybe you'll save me?
Become the twisted mirror
to my vanity
Your voice is sulfur
Words that burn right through
Just watch me shudder
without a show to offer you
I'm nothing
We're going to die here
so why 'ya tryin'?
It's just your nature
No exit for a traitor
We've reached the end now
Forever locked inside this room
And I'm condemned to
listen and confide in you
We've reached the end here
and I don't care enough to lie
I'm not pretending
that it would matter if you die
You're nothing
We're going to die here
so why 'ya tryin'?
It's just your nature
No exit for a traitor
We're going to die here
so why 'ya tryin'?
It's just your nature
No exit for a traitor
We're only here to play out our parts
Just keep your little flame in the dark
Existing is a tear in your heart
You'll see defeat in
everything you start
rock music
Everything you start
rock music
rock music
We're gonna die here
We're gonna die here
We're gonna die here
It's just your nature
No exit for a traitor
[car shuts off] [car door opens]
[ominous music]
[leaves rustling]
Amanda, I'm confused.
Why have we stopped here?
[ominous music]
Well, Elizabeth, you know we can't cross
the border with that now, can we?
[ominous music]
After all, you did make quite a mess.
[ominous music]
No one will find it here.
Let me see it.
[ominous music]
[g*n hammer clicking]
[ominous music]
[crickets chirping]
[ominous music]
[ominous music]
[eerie wind]
If there's one thing that
really gets under my skin,
it's people who have it
all, yet never realize it.
Excuse me, I don't understand.
Don't play innocent with me. You know
exactly what I mean.
[ominous music]
You had it all. A house.
[ominous music]
A daughter. A loving husband.
A loving husband, mind
you, with a brilliant mind.
Yet, did you ever give him
the credit that he deserved?
[train whistle in distance]
No! No! Not ever! Not once!
[train whistle in distance]
All you cared about was the
money, or the lack thereof.
[train in distance]
[leaves crunching]
I understood him from
the first moment I met him.
From the first book that I read.
He was exceptional.
You know, some people
would k*ll to be with him.
What are you doing?
[train whistle in distance]
[train whistle]
[ominous music]
[coughing blood]
Why did you do this?
I thought you were my friend.
[laughing]
[ominous music]
Oh, Elizabeth.
I just needed to find out if
everything [train whistle in distance]
that Caleb told me was true.
To see if he was
really going to leave you.
And that he really loves me.
[ominous music]
Not you.
[ominous music]
(owl hooting)
[crickets chirping]
[reveal sound]
(coughing)
[ominous music]
Hello, darling.
Hi, my love.
[ominous music]
[clapping]
Bravo.
[train whistle]
Well, Elizabeth.
You always said my endings were a little
bit too predictable.
[ominous music]
Well, this is just one ending that you
didn't see coming now.
Did you?
[coughing]
[intense music]
[intense music]
This is your story, love. You finish it.
(intense music)
Till death do us part?
No.
I don't think you'll
be needing this anymore.
[intense music]
Okay, Caleb. It's perfect.
Elizabeth, you have
taken everything from me.
And Amanda
is going to give it all back.
[crickets chirping]
Everything. You have
taken everything from me.
[crickets chirping]
[stabbing sounds]
[train in distance]
I guess now
maybe you'll finally figure out if Annie
is in a better place.
[heavy breathing]
[crickets chirping]
Take it.
[crickets chirping]
[train in distance]
Come on, darling. Let's go.
[eerie music]
[car door opens / closes]
[eerie music]
[impact sound]
80s Goth music
[car speeds off]
On the threshold
of no mans land
[80s Goth music]
The human in a tin can
[80s Goth music]
They are waving
Can you see them now?
Ooooh
All their hopes and dreams
are with you now
Ooooh
Face to face
was it a mistake?
[80s Goth music]
Face to face
was it a mistake?
[80s Goth music]
[radio disc-jockey] Happy
Halloween, you're listening to 96.5
[radio disc-jockey] WSFB,
The Kevin Loberman Show.
[radio disc-jockey]
Remember, folks, if you're out
[radio disc-jockey]
trick-or-treating, check that candy for
[radio disc-jockey] razor
blades and cyanide and
[radio disc-jockey] all
that other scary stuff.
[radio disc-jockey] Remember,
not all monsters wear masks.
[radio disc-jockey] We're taking
your requests from now until
[radio disc-jockey] the
witching hour on 96.5 WSFB.
[radio disc-jockey] Before
we get into tonight's show, our
[radio disc-jockey] station
manager has just informed me
[radio disc-jockey] of
some late-breaking news.
[radio disc-jockey] New
York State Police have just
discovered the body of a Caucasian female
in a densely wooded area
of the Catskill Mountains.
The body was discovered by several
passing hikers just south
of the Kaaterskill Falls.
[radio disc-jockey] Although
state police cannot determine
[radio disc-jockey] the
victim's identity until an official
coroner's examination has been conducted,
[radio disc-jockey] the body
is believed to be the wife of
[radio disc-jockey] once famed and
[radio disc-jockey] best-selling
author Caleb McCallum.
[radio disc-jockey] Foul
play is suspected, and Caleb
[radio disc-jockey] McCallum is believed to
(radio disc-jockey)
be a person of interest.
State police are asking for the public's
[radio disc-jockey] help
in locating McCallum,
[radio disc-jockey] who
is wanted for questioning.
[radio disc-jockey] And now, back to our
[radio disc-jockey] originally
scheduled programming.
[music begins to swell]
80s music
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