Confinement (2026)

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-(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

-(CRICKETS CHITTERING)

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

MICHAEL: Caroline,

open this door and let me in.

-(BABY CRYING)

-You are not taking my baby.

MICHAEL: It's a monster.

I will f*cking sh**t you!

-MICHAEL: Trust me, it's what must be done.

-(BREATHES SHAKILY)

You have to give up the baby.

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

Michael!

-(MICHAEL GROANS)

-(LOUD THUDDING)

I'm coming out.

I will sh**t anyone

who comes near me!

(MUSIC INTENSIFIES)

(BABY COOS)

(DOOR OPENS, CREAKS)

(BABY COOS)

CAROLINE: Michael!

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

Michael!

(SOBS)

(BABY CRYING)

(SOBS, BREATHES HEAVILY)

Do you believe now?

-(BABY CONTINUES CRYING)

-(MUSIC RISES)

-(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

-(BIRDS CHIRPING)

IAN: How's it look now?

-(WATER GUSHES)

-(FAUCET SQUEAKS)

Yeah,

if we bathed our baby in this,

people will come and take it.

(CHUCKLES)

(METAL RATTLING IN DISTANCE)

IAN: Stella? Try it again.

-(FAUCET SQUEAKS)

-(WATER GUSHES)

It's still hell's bathwater.

Oh! Oh no, it's clearing.

(SIGHS)

-Ah!

-Look at that.

(CHUCKLES)

It almost looks like

water's supposed to.

I think this technically

makes me a plumber.

How many YouTube videos

did you have to watch

to learn that?

Just one.

And five more.

-(CHUCKLES)

-(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

These are great.

I'm not sure

what I wanna do over the crib.

Maybe we can go

into the countryside

when the leaves turn,

get some pictures.

Yeah? It's a date.

Speaking of dates, uh,

the shower's a month away,

and you still haven't touched

your stack of invitations.

(SIGHS) Construction guys

aren't that into parties

where the food is miniaturized.

Pizza for dinner? I'm starving.

Oh, smooth, smooth deflection.

You said "pizza"

and my whole world

became cheese and pepperoni.

IAN: Mm.

I'm not talking

about your work mates,

and you know it.

Your family's about to get

a new member.

If a baby isn't reason enough

to reach out

after all these years--

The last thing

that we want is my family

anywhere near this kid's life.

It's best for everyone,

trust me.

Are you ever gonna tell me

what your issue is with them?

Hey, do you mind

putting the order in,

so it's here when I get back?

-What are you in the mood for?

-Ah. I don't know. Surprise me.

(INHALES SHARPLY) Oh. Oh.

Someone's doing somersaults.

Come here, feel.

(INTRICATE MUSIC PLAYING)

Ian.

(BREATHES NERVOUSLY)

Makes it all feel...

very real.

Ian?

Babe, what's wrong?

(NERVOUS CHUCKLE)

Nothing. I... I should go.

I need to drop this gear off

before they shut the place.

Let the water run

for another 20 minutes

and then turn it off, okay?

(DOOR OPENING)

-(THUNDER RUMBLING)

-(RAIN PATTERS)

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

STELLA: Can you say something?

Are you sure?

I had a vasectomy,

for God's sake.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(GRUNTS)

(RAIN PATTERS)

STELLA: Ian. Babe, what's wrong?

Are you gonna tell me

what your issue is with them?

(SCREAMS)

-(TIRES SCREECH)

-(CAR CRASHES)

(THUNDERING RUMBLING)

(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)

(SIREN WAILING)

(MUSIC FADES)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE)

(GRAVEL CRUNCHING)

(APPLE THUDS)

CAROLINE:

Let me help you with that.

Um, thank you.

-Sorry, do we--

-Know each other?

No, not yet,

but I am hoping to change that.

I'm Caroline Cadell.

-Ian's mother.

-(INTRICATE MUSIC PLAYING)

If now isn't a good time,

I can--

-No, no, come in please.

-(KEYS JANGLING)

(DOOR OPENING)

(DOOR CLOSES)

It's a lovely house.

It's got good ...

bones.

We were gonna fix it up.

We were gonna do

a lot of things.

Oh, sorry, can I get you

something to drink?

(MUSIC FADES)

-Uh, yes, a glass of water.

-Okay.

In other circumstances,

I'd say we both deserve

a shot of whiskey.

(CHUCKLES)

Let's, uh, go outside.

-Oh, yeah. Let me help you with that.

-Oh, thank you.

Yeah, please, you must sit down.

Your feet must be screaming.

-(STELLA CHUCKLES)

-Mine swelled worse with every pregnancy.

(DOOR CLOSES)

You're probably wondering

how I found you.

Imagining some sleazy

private investigator

who's... (CHUCKLES)

...following your every move.

(REFLECTIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

(GLASS CLINK)

But the truth is...

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

...we stopped looking for Ian

a long time ago.

Yeah, when he decided to leave.

I can't change it now.

All those arguments

that I practiced in my head,

they're completely useless.

(SIGHS)

But you are here.

And I would love

to get to know you.

The woman that my son loved.

How did you know that he...

My son-in-law, he stumbled

across the obit online.

Ian, of course, had changed

his last name to Clark.

But then there was the photo.

He looked so handsome.

And happy.

I took that photo

on our honeymoon.

I wanted to contact you.

But I never knew

Ian's old last name.

Yes, I'm sure

he hid his past very well.

(GLASS THUDS)

(INHALES SHARPLY) Was the, um...

was the funeral nice? (CHUCKLES)

It was a small service,

just a few friends.

Your family didn't go?

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

It was just my mom

and I growing up.

Well, she died

when I was in college.

So, you're all alone?

Is it a boy or a girl?

We didn't want to know.

(SNIFFLES)

We thought it would be

a nice surprise.

Yes, well, babies come

with enough surprises.

Stella...

my children are all coming to

the summer cottage this weekend.

And I would love it...

if you would join us.

-If it's a family thing, I... I...

-(PAPER TEARING)

You have the last piece

of my son inside you.

That makes you family.

Please.

(UPLIFTING MUSIC PLAYING)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(BELL TOLLING)

(ENGINE REVVING)

Cottage? (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

If you say so.

(GRAVEL CRUNCHING)

(PANTS)

Whoa, okay.

(GRAVEL CRUNCHING SOFTLY)

(MUSIC FADES)

(DOOR KNOCKING)

(SHARP EXHALE)

STELLA: Oh. Do you want me

to pee in your bushes?

(DOOR HANDLE RATTLES)

-Hello.

-(DOOR CREAKS)

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING

OVER STEREO IN DISTANCE)

Hello. Anyone home?

LAKE: I can't believe

we're having

this conversation again.

FELIX: What do you mean again?

LAKE: What do I mean?

Fifty grand, down the drain!

FELIX: We agreed

I can spend as I see fit.

LAKE: You know,

spending and squandering

-are not the same thing!

-FELIX: It's my money, Lake.

-Your allowance, you mean.

-FELIX: We agreed not to use that word.

-You agreed not to use it.

-Look, you don't know,

-the investment might still pay off.

-Like all your other investments?

FELIX:

If you really wanna use booze

as an excuse

for being a b*tch, sweetie,

you should really try

and drink it first.

Or maybe I should

just dump it on the floor.

I mean, that's

what gets you off, isn't it?

Wasting my money.

Oh, what's this,

about 20 quid's worth?

-Shall I make it a double, hmm?

-(STELLA CLEARS THROAT)

Sorry. I'm... I'm so sorry.

I... I did knock,

but no one answered,

and I...

I really need the bathroom.

-I'm Stella.

-Yeah, yeah, we know. We all Googled you.

Nice LinkedIn pic.

-So, you do know what a job site is?

-Chew glass.

How about I pour this on my feet

and you lap it up like a puppy?

Oh, please don't get

any whiskey on the oriental.

You can still say that

about rugs, I hope. Hello.

Save the casual racism

for dinner, shall we, Mother?

She has to pee.

(BREATHES DEEPLY) Yeah.

-Curse of pregnancy. (CHUCKLES)

-Yes, one of them.

It's just down the hall

on the left.

Okay.

Are you serious?

-LAKE: What?

-Keep it together.

(TOILET FLUSHING)

(GASPS) Oh.

(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)

The water was smooth as silk.

Weatherman said

it was gonna be scorching today.

-Shows what they know.

-You must be freezing.

Cold is good for the soul,

and you can withstand anything

if you put your mind to it.

I used to tell Ian that

when he had the

night terrors as a boy.

Did he ever grow out of them?

Perhaps, you...

perhaps, you should go

and get ready for dinner.

-(QUIRKY MUSIC PLAYING)

-You're worried she'll run,

screaming at the sight

of my nylon-clad bosom.

She looks tougher than that.

CAROLINE: She's a bit of

a character, Grandma Odette.

-The children call her Granno.

-Your mother?

My late husband's.

Come with me.

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

(PANTING)

I've put you in Ian's old room.

(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

It's a bit further

away than the others,

but I thought you might

like that, the privacy.

Oh, and it has an en suite.

I should get you

some fresh towels.

It's the help's week off.

Most of his things

have been put away in boxes now.

Rugby trophies... (CHUCKLES)

...those awful band posters,

video games.

Other things that I just

couldn't bear to put away.

(SIGHS)

No matter

what he told you, Stella.

It wasn't all bad.

It's happy memories.

Good times.

Families are complicated.

Dinner's at 7:00.

(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

-FELIX: How's that drink, Granno?

-(CUTLERY CLINKING)

-GRANNO: Mm. It's nice.

-(LAKE CHUCKLES)

GRANNO: I don't usually

like things with lemon,

-but this is okay.

-(LAKE CHUCKLES)

CAROLINE:

Has anybody heard from him?

I mean we've got time,

but we've just gotta make sure

that Stella

doesn't get suspicious.

LAKE: I hope

things stay on schedule.

-I really can't be away from the firm forever.

-(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)

You work too much.

It's affecting your complexion.

Thanks, Granno.

Felix takes enough time off

for the both of us,

-don't you, darling?

-Did you want bitters in your tonic,

or do you just produce

them naturally?

-(KISSES)

-Felix!

Cadell babies come early,

and she does look close.

LAKE: I wouldn't worry.

Ian always did go

for the Pollyannas.

-h*, h*, h*, h*, h*. Merry Christmas!

-(QUIRKY MUSIC PLAYING)

(SIGHS) It's summer, darling.

Well, Santa spent

the Lord's b-day

with a raging hangover,

but he's here now.

-(PLASTIC BAG CRUMPLES)

-Sister of mine, present for thee.

(OBJECTS CLATTERING)

-(GRANNO LAUGHS)

-(GASPS)

Is this new or did you

try it out for me?

-Oh, aren't you hysterical? Mwah, mwah.

-(BLOWS KISSES)

BUNNY: And what

have we got for Felix?

It's an old bottle of scotch.

Half empty, but you're used

to living off Lake's scraps, eh?

(LAUGHS)

GRANNO: Oh, it's so good

to have our Benjamin Bunny back.

-BUNNY: No, stop.

-(GRANNO CHUCKLES)

BUNNY: And last but not least.

Oh, what to get

for the delicate flower

who ejected me from her loins?

-Hmm.

-Oh, thank you.

Finally, something to beat

some common sense

into the lot of you.

BUNNY: So,

where's the baby mama?

-I... I'm here.

-(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

You? You're my brother's

pregnant widow.

Huh. I'm afraid

Santa forgot your gift.

It's okay.

Hang on.

BUNNY: Ian gave it to me

when I passed my A levels.

Take it, I insist.

Thank you.

Well, who wants sea bass?

-Oh, me. Me, me, please.

-LAKE: Yes.

-FELIX: I am starving.

-(LIVELY MUSIC PLAYING)

-FELIX: 20K. 20K, and in three weeks, four weeks.

-(INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES)

(MUSIC FADES)

So, where are you from, Stella?

I grew up in Ilford, in Essex.

Oh, dear.

More chocolate silk pie, dear?

No, thank you.

I couldn't eat another bite, um.

I should

probably call it a night.

Uh, it's been

a really long day and,

well, I shot

a fifth birthday party

at a Gymboree,

just to make some extra cash.

-I have about 100 photos to edit.

-What the f*ck's a Gymboree?

I've got a confession

to make, Stella.

-I saw you earlier listening out in the hallway.

-(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

So, I know that you know

that we're hiding something.

-I wasn't--

-CAROLINE: Relax.

It's not as if a baby shower

is the secret of the century.

-(GASPS)

-(CAROLINE LAUGHS)

(SIGHS, CHUCKLES)

Oh, you...

Wow, you don't...

you don't have to do that.

Oh, no, we must celebrate you

and the little one.

It's just going to be

a family affair.

Very quiet. Low-key.

(CHUCKLES)

-(BIRDS CHIRPING)

-(INTRICATE MUSIC PLAYING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)

Champagne is meant

to served immediately!

This is f*cking warm! Go fix it.

MRS. DEREK:

I was just telling Derek,

it's great having an excuse

for us all to get together.

-Are you planning on eating the placenta?

-(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)

You look lovely.

Absolutely glowing.

DEREK: Don't be afraid of labor.

That's the easy part.

It's raising them that's hard.

-Think happy thoughts.

-(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)

-(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

-(MUSIC INTENSIFIES)

(CAMERA CLATTERING)

(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING

OVER SPEAKER)

-Do you mind pouring me one of those?

-(DRINK POURING)

Sure. (CHUCKLES)

-They threw me one last month.

-(DRINK POURING)

Felt like someone ran me over,

and then dropped presents

on top of my body. (CHUCKLES)

-Yeah.

-(GLASSES CLINK)

I'm Rose. Henry's wife.

He and Ian were cousins.

Twice removed or something.

My condolences, by the way.

I can't imagine going

through this alone.

-Listen, when they tell you anything about--

-Rose, come here.

I'm being summoned.

Um, maybe we will talk again?

Oh, and don't worry

about the insect.

-It doesn't bite or anything.

-HENRY: Rose.

ROSE: Coming, darling.

Insect? What?

-(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

-(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

No offense, but...

you're going to be too heavy

for me to carry inside

if you do decide

to go into labor.

Uh, this one's got me running

about a million degrees,

so the cold water feels nice.

So I'm not the only one

that needed a breather.

(WATER RIPPLING)

I can't believe

how many people came.

-They don't even know me.

-Our family's a little weird,

but you might have

sussed that already.

But they mean well.

Come on.

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

-STELLA: Please?

No. Okay.

Let me get my glasses.

One second.

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)

STELLA: Nice. One more?

-(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)

-STELLA: Yes.

I think this is

my better side anyway.

(CHUCKLES)

You want a pound's worth

of free advice?

Thought the going rate

was a penny.

Yeah, well, mine's worth more.

Whatever's going to happen...

let it.

Fighting just makes it worse.

Oh, case in point.

It's time.

Come on in.

-This tradition has been in the family for generations.

-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Granno's done it, I've done it,

and now, it's your turn.

Just now, lie down here.

-STELLA: Really?

-CAROLINE: Mm.

(GUESTS SHUSHING)

It's nothing to be scared of.

It's just a little insect

that we're going to drop

on your belly,

and it'll land

on its back or its feet.

So, one way means a boy,

the other means a girl.

-Which is which?

-GRANNO: Hello!

-(GUESTS APPLAUD)

-(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

Are you ready?

(ALL EXCLAIM)

(INDISTINCT WHISPERING)

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING

OVER SPEAKERS)

Oh, I just wish

I could convince you

to stay with us longer.

I have to get back tomorrow.

I'm so behind with work.

Of course.

But I'll visit

when the baby comes.

How about a nightcap?

A virgin one

for the mama-to-be, naturally.

(CHUCKLES)

I hope you felt showered

by Cadell love today.

-Granno.

-Thank you.

CAROLINE: May this baby

be everything that we hope,

nothing more,

nothing less. Cheers.

-Cheers.

-Cheers.

-GUESTS: Cheers.

-Cheers.

(SLURPS SOFTLY, GULPS)

-Thank you, darling.

-My pleasure.

You've all been so generous.

I could never have afforded

most of those things on my own,

so thank you.

Well, if that's your way

of asking if we're going to fund

the baby going

forward, then... (LAUGHS)

-No, I would never ex--

-Oh darling, I'm just teasing.

Though you probably should.

And we are happy to help.

It's not always easy marrying

into the Cadell family,

but trust me,

we take care of our own.

That's very kind.

Okay.

(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)

(ECHOING) I think I stood up

too quickly. (CHUCKLES)

Uh, thank you

again for everything.

Good night, everyone.

(MUSIC DISTORTS)

(ECHOING) Good luck.

(ECHOING) You too.

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

-(GROANS, BREATHES SHAKILY)

-Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.

Hey. It's okay.

I need some help here!

You have Ian's nose.

DEREK: Pre-eclampsia.

Your pressure's off the charts.

Couple that

with the loss of balance.

What does that mean?

Is the baby--

DEREK: Oh, completely fine.

(SIGHS) I... I should probably

go to a hospital.

Well, all they'd do

is run the same tests I did.

I mean, the best prescription

for pre-eclampsia

is complete rest.

Luckily, you only have

a short time till you deliver.

Derek is the top OB-GYN

in the country.

DEREK: You can get up

to go to the bathroom,

uh, shower once a day,

walk a little.

Apart from that,

you take it easy.

No cooking, no cleaning,

no strenuous exercise.

Well, I... I live alone.

Well, the last thing

we want to see is for you

to have a similar episode

on a long drive.

It could be fatal.

We could take care of her here.

I... I can't ask you to do that.

Oh, Stella,

I know that you wanna be home

where things are familiar,

but we've got to listen

to Derek.

We can be your home,

your family.

This is the last thing

that I will ever get to do

for my son.

Please, will you stay?

(REFLECTIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY) Okay.

(SIGHS)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)

-(WATER GUSHING)

-(REFLECTIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

(DOOR OPENING)

CAROLINE: Stella.

Stella.

Oh! (CHUCKLES) There you are.

-Oh, Derek said it was okay to...

-Yes, no, of course.

Um, I was just wondering

if you felt like going out,

taking a walk,

getting some fresh air?

Mm. Okay.

Great.

-I'll finish. (CHUCKLES)

-Yes.

CAROLINE: So,

you've got your phone,

you've got your laptop,

extra pillows.

Is there anything else

I can get for you?

Can you get this baby

out of me faster?

-(CHUCKLES)

-No. No, no, you must never wish for that.

I mean, what if something were

to go wrong,

and then this would be

the only time

that you had with her?

It'd be irreplaceable.

Her?

-(BIRDS CHIRPING)

-(SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)

Oh.

I don't suppose that, um...

Ian told you that I lost a baby.

I-- After Bunny.

She was, um, she was stillborn

and the only time

I got to spend with her

was when she was inside me.

Caroline, I'm so sorry.

It was a long time ago.

(SIGHS)

But you guys really didn't need

to go to all this trouble.

It's what families do.

Mm. My mom

was more of a "get drunk

-and miss my dance recital" type.

-Oh, no. (CHUCKLES)

Well, you know what they say,

you can't pick your family,

but you can pick your in-laws.

-Usually.

-(CHUCKLES)

And you, my dear, have...

very overprotective ones.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

Sit, darling.

STELLA:

Can I ask you a question?

CAROLINE: Mm?

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

Why did Ian leave home?

(SIGHS) He was in love.

She was wrong for the family,

and everyone could see that.

I'm not sure I understand.

The Cadells

are a very old family.

Some people might say

that we're set in our ways.

There definitely are

one or two requirements

that need to be met.

It's about character.

And to be a part of this family,

you might be...

called upon

to meet one or two...

obligations.

Ian struggled with that.

And if Ian had...

brought me home.

CAROLINE:

If Ian had brought you home...

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

I'd have said...

that he brought someone home

who was strong enough

to do what needed to be done.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING

OVER RADIO)

-(MUSIC FADES)

-(PEN SCRIBBLES)

-(SIGH)

-(CELL PHONE BUZZES)

-(CELL PHONE BEEPS)

-Hello.

REBECCA: (OVER CELL PHONE)

Hi, this is Rebecca

from Dr. Wilkinson's office.

Your mother-in-law

called earlier,

and she wanted me

to let you know

she spoke with Dr. Cadell.

Uh, does Dr. Wilkinson

wanna see me?

REBECCA: Oh, no need.

She concurs with Dr. Cadell

that bed rest

is the right course,

and recommends

you have your baby there.

If that's what's best

for the baby.

REBECCA: Mm-hmm.

Have a nice day, my lover.

Bye.

-(CELL PHONE BEEPS)

-(SIGHS)

(DOOR KNOCKING)

-(DOOR CREAKING, OPENING)

-You must be starved.

Pretty much always.

There.

Oh, is that garlic?

Nature's purifier.

Keeps toxins

and other nasties out.

It quite potent.

I think I'll just

stick with toast.

You need protein, dear.

And garlic helps

lower blood pressure.

We want mommy

and baby healthy, don't we?

Okay.

Little stuffy in here. No.

Ah.

Now.

What are those?

Lucky charms.

Ian's grandfather,

my late husband,

brought them back from Sudan.

Gave them to me

on our first anniversary.

(SKEPTICAL MUSIC PLAYING)

Now then.

(CHUCKLES)

Ta-da.

Get up, get up.

Is that for me?

Shall we see if it fits?

-I'm... I'm fine, thank you.

-Arms up.

There. Off.

This way round.

And...

there.

Oh, you look lovely.

I wore that gown

for the last weeks

of both my pregnancies,

and both my babies

were healthy and beautiful.

It's nice and cool, isn't it?

(SIGHS)

(CRICKETS CHIRPING INDISTINCTLY)

-(WOOD CREAKING)

-(METAL CLACKING)

-(SHUSHES)

-(SIGHS)

What are you doing in here?

Sorry, I know one of these

is loose as a wh*re's drawers.

(STELLA SIGHING)

BUNNY: Ah, there it is. Yes.

Do cigarettes go bad,

or are they like Twiglets?

It's the middle

of the night, Bunny.

I couldn't sleep.

I get lonely.

You know, it's a shame

you can't order people

like you can pizzas.

Yeah, Domino's, hi.

Yeah, it's Bunny.

I would like to order

a rugged brunette,

six feet, eight inches.

Oh, no. Those are two

separate measurements.

(CHUCKLES)

Dear old mom threatened

to send me to boarding school

if she caught me smoking again,

so Ian let me store a stash

in one of his hidey-holes.

-Did Ian say anything about me?

-That you were his best friend.

That when you were kids,

he couldn't say your name right,

-so Benny became Bunny.

-Mm.

If I could go back, I would...

blow a pack of Marlboros

in her face,

let her send me

as far away as possible.

Was it really that bad

growing up in this family?

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

Not if you toed the party line.

-(LIGHTER FLICKING)

-f*cking...

Well, I guess

your mother has high standards.

(CHUCKLES)

Like with that girlfriend

Ian brought home.

Please, please.

No, Ian would have

brought back a clan member

before he'd

subject a girl to this.

But your mom said he did.

Did she?

Oh, well, I'm sure she's right.

Always is.

(MUSIC CONCLUDES)

Breakfast time.

The most important

meal of the day.

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

Oh, I... I don't

usually do salmon

first thing in the morning.

Fish wards off the evil eye.

And the food isn't just for you,

it's to protect

that little one inside you.

Um, no, really. I... I...

Being a mom means

putting aside your own needs

-for the sake of others.

-No, really.

GRANNO: Well...

if you aren't willing to eat

what the baby needs,

maybe you're just not hungry.

We'll try again later.

(SIGHS SHAKILY)

(MUSIC CONCLUDES)

(DOOR KNOCKING)

LAKE: Stella?

Darling, you decent?

Yeah, come in.

(SHUSHES)

Double cheeseburger and fries.

Granno means well.

She just gets a little hardcore

with this woo-woo business.

Too many wellness podcasts

or something.

Mm. You're a lifesaver.

God, these things are hideous.

I bet

they're giving you nightmares.

-It's fine. (CHUCKLES)

-LAKE: You're sweet.

Going to have to suppress

that urge

if you want to survive

in this family, though.

Ugh.

You don't have to do that.

And you didn't

have to get me food.

What's it like?

What? Being pregnant?

Having life growing inside you,

feeling it turn, kick.

It's weird.

-Weird?

-STELLA: It's, uh...

Ooh.

Hello. Do you wanna feel?

(EXCLAIMS)

(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

STELLA: Oh. Oh.

Okay. (CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)

So, that's what it's like?

No, don't move.

I'm just processing.

(PAPER CRUMPLING)

Feeding her crap.

Doesn't take a genius

to figure out why.

Oh, I'm just being nice

to the preggo.

Yeah, for the last few days

you've been saying

Granno's old wives' tales

are crazy talk.

What's gonna happen

is gonna happen.

Can't change that.

Funny there are no

old husband tales.

Guess everybody knows

they're useless.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

Maybe it is all dumb luck,

I don't know,

but I am sick of waiting.

I like you like this,

viciously optimistic.

And I like it

when you're not being a--

(GASPS, CHUCKLES)

Once it's finally safe

for us to try...

I'll f*ck you so fast

your uterus will spin.

(INTIMATE BREATHING)

-Maybe I'll put two in there.

-Oh, f*ck that's hot.

(LAKE MOANS)

-I f*cking love you.

-(SLAPS)

Come and I'll cut your d*ck off.

(MOANING CONTINUES)

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

(FAINT SOBS)

(SOBBING CONTINUES)

CAROLINE: No. No.

You won't take my baby.

No. No.

No. You won't take my baby. No.

No. No.

(SOBS) No.

No. (SOBS)

(BABY CRYING)

You will not take my baby.

Caroline.

You're not taking my baby.

You're not taking my baby.

You are not taking my baby.

(WHIMPERS)

Mom. Oh, God!

-Hey. Hey.

-(CAROLINE SCREAMS)

LAKE: (SHUSHES) It's okay.

(SHUSHES)

Your babies are right here.

CAROLINE: No, don't take it.

What's going on?

It's your mom.

She's sleepwalking again.

Okay. It's okay.

It's okay. It's okay.

We're here. We're here.

(CAROLINE SOBS)

GRANNO: Caroline.

-(GASPS)

-(MUSIC CONCLUDES)

CAROLINE:

Was I sleepwalking again?

Did I do it again?

-I'm so sorry.

-(BUNNY SHUSHING)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(TILE CLANKING)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

(DOOR CLOSING, LOCKING)

If the wind changes,

you'll stay like that, Granno.

-(LAUGHS MISCHIEVOUSLY)

-(GRANNO CHUCKLES)

It's 10:00 a.m.

I know.

We're starting late today.

(GRANNO SIGHING)

-What's she doing?

-I have no idea.

STELLA: Ian.

Lake. Benjamin.

The stillborn baby.

Stillborn baby.

(SIGHS HEAVILY)

Another stillborn baby.

I only need 10K.

Make an OnlyFans.

They've probably

never seen ba*ls that small.

Oh. (CHUCKLES SARCASTICALLY)

What's going on in here?

FELIX: Baby mama drama.

This looks bad. Is it bad?

Where did she get

the phone from?

LAKE: We could make

her a sleepy drink,

take the phone away

while she's passed out.

Maybe some tea, lemonade.

Bunny, what's the best way

of hiding the taste of roofies?

I don't know.

What do you use on Felix?

(EXHALES SHARPLY)

What did you drug her with

at the shower?

I don't think she's gonna go

for a midday mocktail.

I mean, if we knock her out,

she's gonna be a tad suspicious

when she wakes up

and everything's gone.

INFLUENCER: And so for today's

super stealth life hack,

we're gonna revive a phone

with no charger.

The red wire is for positive,

and the black is for negative.

So you just

line each of the wires up

with the charging points,

and you'll find that it...

Stop it.

Just stop it, stop it...

-No, this is the max. Hey.

-...stop it.

No, no, no. Don't, don't,

don't, don't, don't, don't.

Granno. No, no, no, let's

just bring this down, okay?

You're so extra.

INFLUENCER: Wires--

(LAPTOP KEYS CLACKING RAPIDLY)

Oh!

And like that, poof, it's gone.

(EXHALES SHARPLY)

(EXHALES SHARPLY)

(CELL PHONE CHIMES)

(EXHALES)

(CHUCKLES)

(SOBS)

(CONTINUES TO SOB)

IAN: Explain it to me again.

CAROLINE: Oh, Ian,

what else do you want me to say?

IAN: I remember the night

that she was born.

I remember waking up

and going down the hall

into the nursery,

and you were standing

over her cot,

strangling her.

You were crying and...

CAROLINE: You were a child.

You couldn't possibly remember--

IAN: And Granno

was shouting at you

to do it faster, squeeze harder.

I remember it all.

CAROLINE: You just

don't want to believe me.

I want you to tell me

the real reason

that you k*lled my baby sister.

CAROLINE: So you prefer

to think of us as psychopathic,

-random baby murderers?

-Not random.

One child each generation.

(THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING)

(SHARP EXHALE)

(BREATHES HEAVILY, SNIFFLES)

(DOOR SQUEAKING)

(EXHALING SHARPLY)

(DOOR CLOSING)

(FAINT BREATHING)

I was just looking for you.

Were you?

Yeah, I wanted

to borrow a cardigan.

I was gonna get some fresh air.

Go back to your room, Stella.

Take her back to bed.

No. Hey. Get... Get off.

FELIX: Come on.

(STELLA GRUNTING)

LAKE: Come on,

you stupid b*tch.

(STELLA GRUNTING)

Bunny, do something.

Grab her legs, for f*ck's sake.

(HITS)

-b*tch.

-f*ck you! (GRUNTS)

You stop

or I will tie you to the bed.

There are people

that know I'm here.

The doctor at the health clinic.

Oh, that was me.

Sorry, my lover.

Hi, this is Rebecca

from Dr. Wilkinson's office.

Your mother-in-law called,

and the doctor

agrees with Dr. Cadell.

Leave us.

-I need a moment.

-(MUSIC CONCLUDES)

(STELLA BREATHING HEAVILY)

(DOOR CLOSING)

We're not monsters, Stella.

We don't want to hurt you.

You k*lled your own child.

Yes, sadly.

And I will k*ll yours

if I have to.

(BREATHES NERVOUSLY)

No, Stella,

you deserve the truth.

What we know of it anyway.

I'm not sure anybody can really

remember the details anymore.

(SIGHS) But the story goes,

hundreds of years ago...

a Cadell ancestor took the baby

of a pagan girl

who was camping on the property,

and then they wanted

to raise this wretched creature

in the light of Jesus

and blah, blah, blah.

And then her family retaliated,

and they put a curse

on the Cadell family.

(WHISPER OF THE CURSE)

And the curse was

that once a generation...

a baby would be born...

that was pure evil.

And if that baby

was allowed to live,

death would follow it

everywhere it went...

until the whole

of civilization...

was wiped out.

Yes. I do know how that sounds.

Yeah, well,

that's very comforting.

I was in the bedroom

down the hallway

when Granno

first told me that story.

(EXHALING SHARPLY)

Yeah, I mean, I thought

they were all completely crazy.

I mean, what a ridiculous tale.

(CHUCKLES) Yeah.

And then...

you know, I had Lake

and Ian and Bunny,

and they were all

perfectly normal.

Well, at least

I thought they were.

My husband Michael

wanted to stop there...

but I had this dream...

of this perfect little family.

Two little girls,

two little boys.

You see, only someone

in the Cadell bloodline

can actually see

what the baby is.

So when they told me.

When they told me what she was.

I didn't believe them...

because to me she looked...

she looked perfect.

And so I fought,

I fought to keep

my newborn baby alive,

and I did it. I... I...

I did it for six hours.

And in that short

period of time...

my husband got a knife,

went into the bathroom

and hacked his own throat out.

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

That's when I realized

they were telling me the truth.

That my own stubbornness...

had k*lled my husband.

The man I loved.

So some demented

folktale from centuries ago

made you baby K*llers?

I am so sorry

that happened to you, Caroline.

But it doesn't mean

your baby was...

Yes, it does, Stella,

because I didn't listen.

And it doesn't matter

what you saw on Ian's phone

because he clearly

believed it, too,

or at least he couldn't

prove otherwise.

He didn't want a baby, Stella.

Don't you get it? He was scared.

He watched his own mother

strangle his baby sister

to death.

He was trying to protect you

from ever having

to make that choice.

And then you told him

you were pregnant.

And clearly...

he couldn't handle

the possibilities.

No.

Listen to me.

If your baby is normal,

I will let you leave here

safe and sound...

and I will give you enough money

to live a comfortable life.

I promise.

And if it's not a normal baby?

Ian would never forgive you.

Yes.

Actually, I think

he would, Stella.

(STELLA SOBBING)

(DOOR CLOSING, LOCKING)

(CONTINUES TO SOB)

(EXHALES THROUGH MOUTH)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

(SCREAMING) No.

(OBJECTS SHATTERING)

(SCREAMS)

Well, she'll have to accept it

sooner or later.

There hasn't been one

in over 30 years.

It's got to be her.

-Not necessarily.

-(MUSIC CONCLUDES)

Another fetus there is.

-Cousin Rose?

-Mm.

I don't know.

I think she's too dull

to squeeze out a demon.

-(CELL PHONE BUZZING)

-Oh.

Well, we'll know soon enough.

According to

the Cadell family text,

her water's just broke.

(DOOR UNLOCKING)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

FELIX: Okay.

You be nice...

I'll be nice.

(SIGHING)

Stella.

I signed the Cadell

confidentiality clause

on my wedding night.

They said you might

have to m*rder a baby,

and you still said, "I do"?

To be fair, the NDA came

with a million-pound payout, so.

So it's just

about money for you?

I've been poor,

and I've been rich,

and I won't be ashamed

for having a preference.

You can't really believe--

Lake believes.

Yeah, but she's f*cking crazy.

-(SLAP)

-(STELLA GRUNTING)

That's my f*cking wife.

She needs me...

and I'll always

be there for her.

STELLA: Does she? Need you?

(DEBRIS CRUNCHING)

(GLASS SHATTERING)

Oh, I forgot.

Granno said

I could make you an offer.

A compensation package of sorts

for eating your meal

like a good girl.

You can have

someone new to talk to.

Hmm? Interested?

Oh, whatever. Just make up

your mind. Let us know.

(DOOR CLOSING, LOCKING)

(SOBS)

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

(ROSE GRUNTING)

Ian never wanted me

to meet his family,

and now I know why.

You know, he would k*ll them

before he let them hurt me

or our baby.

How can anyone

believe this crazy story

about pagan curses?

It's not just a story to them.

Do you remember there was

an old woman at your shower?

She had a patch on one eye.

Well, let me guess,

a baby gouged it out.

She did it herself.

-(SCOFFS)

-ROSE: (OVER SCREEN) The night her baby was born,

she tried to run away with it.

They found her in a motorway

service station ten miles away,

and she used a plastic spoon.

STELLA: So they say.

So they say.

(ROSE BREATHES HEAVILY)

You tried to tell me

at the shower, didn't you?

Have they convinced you, Rose?

Do you really believe them?

Listen to me. Look at me.

There is nothing wrong

with either of our babies.

We have to stick together.

Help the other

if the opportunity

presents itself.

Okay?

Okay.

(SCREAMS) Help!

Somebody help me.

What is it? You okay?

I think there's something wrong

with the baby.

I need to go to hospital.

Stella, I can't.

Bunny, my baby could be dying.

Please.

-What's happening?

-Mum, she's f*cking bleeding.

Look. Look, look.

f*cking look, look, look.

Okay, are you in pain?

I read something

in the baby book,

something about

a placenta previa.

Caroline, I really think

I need to go to the hospital.

Yeah, that is a possibility.

Let's, uh...

(CONTINUES GROANING)

Another possibility

is that you cut yourself

and smeared the blood.

Go, Bunny, go!

(STELLA SCREAMING)

(STELLA SCREAMING INDISTINCTLY)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

(SIGHS)

Lamb stew.

We just tied

a pregnant woman to a bed.

Couldn't we at least

give her a pizza?

Lambs have been a symbol

of purity and protection

for thousands of years.

Hand me that garlic.

We're not trying to t*rture her.

That's what my Michael

said to me about you.

How did that end?

This isn't t*rture.

t*rture is

what you went through,

laboring for hours

only to give birth to a monster.

Losing your husband, my son,

because you weren't

strong enough

to put an end

to the wretched thing

when it first drew breath.

If a little t*rture could have

spared you that fate...

how much would you

have happily endured?

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

The real tragedy of all this

is I'm really a fantastic cook.

When all this is over,

I'll serve you my duck confit

with Sarladaise potatoes.

When this is over,

you'll be in a cell...

along with the rest

of your lunatic family.

Seventy-odd years ago,

when her baby was born wrong,

my own mother

didn't wail and whine, "Why me?"

She carried the creature

to the bathtub

and did what needed to be done.

She sounds like

a regular psychopath.

(CUTLERY CLANKING)

Open wide.

I see.

Well, if you still refuse

to eat the food

I have so lovingly prepared

to protect your child...

there are other ways.

The demons that worm their ways

into our babies

like things to be warm.

One way we can protect ourselves

is to make our bodies

as inhospitable as possible.

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

(WINDOWS OPENING)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

Please. Please don't do this.

GRANNO: It's nothing

compared to the pain

of losing a child.

(GROANS)

Cold is what you need

to protect your baby.

Ian's child.

My first and possibly

only great-grandchild.

It's not Ian's baby.

I had an affair. It's not his.

She's lying.

No! No, I'm not. I swear!

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

It's what we fought about

the night he died.

Oh, Stella,

I see the pain in your eyes

when you talk about him.

You didn't cheat on my son.

You loved him,

like I loved his father.

-(SOBS)

-(INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING)

(ROSE SCREAMS)

(PANTS) It's too hard I can't.

-DEREK: Nearly there.

-ROSE: Oh, God.

-DEREK: Push again.

-(ROSE GROANS, STRAINS)

-DEREK: I can see the head.

-(ROSE PANTS) Oh, come out!

DEREK: Keep pushing.

A big one now.

(ROSE SCREAMS)

-(BABY CRYING)

-(ROSE PANTS)

Oh, God.

-(SOBS)

-(BABY CRYING)

Is my baby normal?

Just tell me. (PANTS)

Henry!

(SOBS) Is he? Is he?

-Look at him.

-(BABY CRYING)

(GASPS)

Have you ever seen

such a beautiful boy?

ROSE: Oh, my God. (SOBS)

BUNNY: Congrats, Henry.

Doesn't mean anything.

Stella could still have

a normal baby.

It means

the interventions worked.

The food, and the cold,

and the lucky charms,

they protected Rose's baby,

and they'll work

for our baby too.

(GROANS, SNIFFLES)

Lake.

Blimey. Overreact much?

(BABY COOS)

-(CRIES)

-(ROBS)

Bunny.

ROSE: Hi.

(SOBS)

(DOOR CLOSES, LOCKS)

I have been waiting

my whole life.

She's 20-f*cking-three.

Oh, sweetheart,

she's a fertile myrtle.

What do you wanna bet

that Rose is pregnant again

this time next year?

-And maybe that'll be the one.

-Newsflash, Mother,

I'm running out of time.

If Stella isn't carrying it,

then that is it for me.

Boo-hoo,

your eggs are drying up.

That's our brother's wife.

Ian's kid, upstairs.

Do you even care?

You know what?

I don't think you get a vote.

A vote? What about reality?

Would it k*ll you to f*ck

a few online crazy slags?

Spit out a few random sprogs

just to level the odds a bit?

BUNNY: Okay. Just FYI, uh,

only Nazis and the elderly

use online dating sites.

Also, not a big fan

-of the lady parts.

-Oh, please.

You can just take one

for the team, as the Yanks say.

-Did you really just say that to me?

--I did, actually. Yes, I did.

We don't do this.

This is not who we are.

(SCOFFS) Yeah, no,

we're one big happy family.

Hard to believe Ian legged it.

Well, I think

we should roll the dice.

I'd risk it to have a little

version of us running around.

Can you get out

of my f*cking face?

I actually cannot stand

to look at you.

We need each other,

Lake. (CHUCKLES)

LAKE: I never needed you, Felix.

I like that you follow me around

like a little lost

pathetic puppy,

but honestly,

if you disappeared tomorrow,

I would go to the pound,

and I would get another one.

HENRY: So proud of you both.

Let me grab a shower

and I'll bring you

something to eat.

Love, do you mind?

Oh, right. Yeah.

-(ROSE SIGHS)

-Hold on, darling. Sorry.

-(SIGHS)

-I know.

ROSE: Oh, thank you.

Hi, bubba. Ah.

Rose! (BREATHES SHAKILY)

You can get to a phone now.

(SOBS) Pl... Please.

You... You ha...

You have to help me.

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

Call... Call the police

to help me.

You... You can help

get me out.

Please help. Call them.

Please. Rose. Ro...

(STELLA GASPS)

(SCREAMS) No!

No! (SOBS)

No! (SOBS) Get me out!

(CROW CAWS)

(DOOR UNLOCKS)

Thought you might like a wash.

Here we go.

You tell me if...

if the water's warm enough.

Doesn't matter.

CAROLINE: Ah, I see.

The nihilistic phase.

I remember that.

Why keep going?

If the family's cursed,

why keep having babies?

I'd say within

the last 100 years,

the children have regularly

survived to adulthood.

I mean,

the human need to procreate,

it's profound...

even when your children grow up

and... break your heart.

There's no such thing

as a happy family, Stella.

Not really.

Every family's screwed up

one way or the other.

I mean, look at your own mother.

She took liquor

over her own daughter.

My husband's family...

(SIGHS)

...it's a less common problem,

but trust me,

it all comes out in the wash.

(STRAINS)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

(GROANS, GASPS)

(GROANS)

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

Help me.

Uh, I'll get Granno.

(GROANS, BREATHES HEAVILY)

(GROANS)

Where's your brother?

He went for a walk.

Well, can you find him?

We need him here.

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

(GRUNTS)

If you want to keep the entity

from taking root inside you,

we have to make your body

as inhospitable as possible.

A place of unbearable pain.

(GRUNTS)

That's already happening.

Oh, child,

there's always more pain.

(SOBS)

-Now...

-(GASPS)

...Ian's granddad

had this made

for our second anniversary

to ward off the evil.

(CHAIN RATTLES)

It's heavy.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

Can you pass me Ian's pen?

I just wanna

feel him close to me.

If it helps.

(GRUNTS, EXHALES SHARPLY)

All this will be over soon.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

GRANNO: Now.

(GROANS)

GRANNO: Ah.

(CHAIN RATTLES)

-(SOBS)

-GRANNO: Ah.

(STELLA GROANS)

GRANNO: Now,

are you ready?

-(GROANS)

-Ah.

-(STELLA SCREAMS)

-GRANNO: Ah!

Ooh!

And you're...

(SCREAMS)

-...good!

-(STELLA CRIES)

GRANNO: And

more!

(GROANS)

Good.

-More.

-(SCREAMS)

GRANNO: Good.

And more.

Good girl.

-(SCREAMS, WHIMPERS)

-GRANNO: More?

(STELLA SCREAMS)

More?

(GRUNTS)

-(SOBS)

-(GRANNO GROANS)

(PANTS)

(GRANNO GRUNTS, GASPS)

(GASPS, GRUNTS)

(GROANS)

(GRUNTS, GASPS)

(GROANS, STRAINS)

(GRANNO THUDS)

(MUSIC CONCLUDES)

(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)

(COMPUTER BEEPS)

(SNIFFLES)

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

LAKE: Oh, no. This is on.

This is on. Good.

Did you find him?

He's on his way up.

-CAROLINE: Where's Felix?

-LAKE: Why?

You need someone to stand around

and be useless?

How do I turn

this heart monitor on?

Where's the manual

to this thing?

Is that working?

Oh, I don't think it is.

LAKE: Well, we need to know.

I couldn't work it.

I can't even work this.

When was the last time

I turned on a heart monitor?

-(DOOR OPENS)

-BUNNY: Mother?

Mother!

(EXHALES SHARPLY)

Bunny, I thought

I told you not to leave.

BUNNY:

I can't t do this anymore.

-CAROLINE: Can't do what then?

-BUNNY: This!

This! I can't do this anymore!

Bunny, this is our lot in life.

You can't let your emotions

get the best of you right now.

BUNNY: There's not much chance

of that with you!

Darling, you smell

like a distillery.

Was this really

the time to be drinking?

BUNNY: Yes! Actually, yes.

CAROLINE: Okay. Go.

Go get yourself cleaned up

right now.

I need you in the birthing room.

Go! Clean yourself up! Now!

(DOOR OPENS)

(BUNNY MUTTERING)

(BREATHES HEAVILY, SNIFFLES)

(GROANS)

(INHALES SHARPLY, GROANS)

(SNIFFLES)

(GROANS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

LAKE: Is it even plugged in?

She can literally

give birth at any second.

This is so stressful.

Where is the blood monitor?

(INHALES SHARPLY)

(GRUNTS, SNIFFLES)

LAKE: (SCREAMS) She's...

-Oh, God!

-BUNNY: What's going on?

(GROANS)

LAKE: Granno! She's dead!

CAROLINE: Lake! Get the g*n.

She can't have gone far.

(STELLA PANTS)

(GRUNTS)

She's down here!

(STELLA GROANS, GASPS)

She was a sweet, old lady.

I guess I missed

that part of her. (GASPS)

Let's get her up

to the birthing room right now.

No, the baby is coming now!

(GASPS)

Okay, let's...

let's put her down.

-We need to put her down somewhere.

--Put her on the table!

-(GROANS)

-Yeah.

-Were you gonna help or what?

-Well, let's get her comfortable.

-She's in f*cking pain, all right?

-LAKE: Good!

-BUNNY: f*ck off!

-(GROANS)

(GASPS, GRUNTS)

Down, down, down,

down, down, down, down.

-(GROANS)

-Okay. There.

How far away is Cousin Derek?

I... I don't...

At least two hours away.

Okay, well, you just get

some towels or something.

Be useful for once. Please!

-Oh! Me be--

-f*ck off!

-Oh, well, that's fine.

-It's okay.

STELLA: You have to

get me out of here.

Please. You don't have to listen

to what she says.

-You have to. please.

-I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

-Please, you don't have to listen to her!

-I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry!

I can't. I can't.

Bunny, go. Go wash your hands.

-(GROANS)

-Wait. You're joking!

I'm not delivering

this f*cking baby!

Go and wash your hands!

Oh, yes,

I think she is fully dilated.

I can see the top

of the head, so, yes.

Yep, she's having one right now.

-(EXHALES SHARPLY)

-CAROLINE: Bunny!

Bunny!

(GROANS)

Okay, So you have to

take the head out gently.

You don't pull,

you just cradle it.

-(SOBS, WHIMPERS)

-BUNNY: Oh, my God.

Keep pushing, Stella.

Keep pushing.

(GROANS, SOBS)

Oh, sh*t,

is this really happening?

BUNNY: You're doing really

f*cking well, uh, I think.

Or I can't tell. I can't tell.

-CAROLINE: Keep pushing, Stella.

-(GROANS)

Um, no, no, I ca... I can't.

No! Please!

Please don't leave me.

-Please don't.

-I'm sorry. I'm really sorry.

-I'm sorry.

-CAROLINE: Benjamin, no!

-Get the f*ck off me!

-CAROLINE: No!

-Lake, get in there.

-No. f*ck that.

I am not a Cadell!

I am not of the bloodline!

I cannot do this!

I swear to God, I'm going

to vomit all over this kid.

It's coming!

-It's coming! It's coming! Push!

-(GROANS)

-It's coming. Push, push!

-(SCREAMS)

Push!

-(SOBS)

-LAKE: That's it!

(GASPS, BREATHING HEAVILY)

(BABY CRIES)

(SOBS)

-(BABY CRIES)

-What is it?

What is it? What is it?

What is it?

It's fine. She's fine.

-No. She's just like Rose's baby.

-CAROLINE: I'm sorry.

-I'm sorry, Stella.

-No.

-I'm sorry. Cut the cord, Lake.

-(BABY CRIES)

That's your niece.

That's Ian's...

It's Ian's daughter!

It's Ian's daughter! (SOBS)

No, don't. What are you doing?

She's just a baby.

Why can't you see

she's a normal baby?

Please. She's...

she's a normal baby.

Is it really? Are you sure?

I can't even describe it.

I'm so sorry, Stella.

I'm sorry, but she...

she is. Maybe...

maybe you should do it yourself.

Give yourself closure.

Is that what you felt when

you strangled your own baby?

Closure?

Oh, she won't do it, Mum.

She doesn't believe.

-But it is her baby.

-No, she can't see what it really is.

-Neither of you can see it.

-But it's her baby!

-Just f*cking k*ll it!

-Quiet!

This is insanity!

This is some sheer psychosis.

There is nothing wrong

with my baby!

Yes. Stella, there is.

You're just f*cked in the head

because you k*lled

your own daughter!

And you want me to do the same

so you feel justified.

I did what needed to be done.

Bullshit! You're full of sh*t!

We're gonna pour some whiskey.

We're gonna save the world

from going to hell

for the next 20 years,

and then I will f*ck

my very dumb husband, okay?

-(BABY CRIES)

-(GASPS)

No! No! Stop! Stop! Stop!

Stop. (SOBS)

I'll do it.

It sh... it should be me.

-(SOBS) I'm... I'm her mother.

-(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

STELLA: I'll do it. (SNIFFLES)

You s... you said it.

It's closure. It's closure.

Let her do it.

Don't f*cking touch me.

Are you okay?

I'm not f*cking okay, Caroline.

(BABY CRIES)

No!

Get the f*ck away from my baby.

Stella, don't do this.

Ian was afraid of this.

He knew that something

could go wrong with the baby.

Why do you think he took

the coward's way out?

He wouldn't.

Oh, don't tell me

it didn't occur to you

-that's why he crashed his truck.

-No!

CAROLINE: Stella, he was weak!

You're strong.

You can finish this!

I'll finish your daughter

if you don't get

the f*ck away from my baby!

Try me.

CAROLINE: Oh, God.

-(GASPS)

-Oh, sh*t.

Felix, get the g*n from her.

Yeah, I don't think so.

What?

I've made a decision,

or rather I've come

to a realization.

Felix, get the f*cking g*n!

You are a small-hearted shrew

who is incapable of love

and unworthy of it.

No allowance is worth

sharing your bed!

-Oh, you're a f*cking moron.

-See, this is what I'm talking about.

-You never respected me.

-Now is not the time!

Shut the f*ck up!

You enable her.

I'm so done

with this whole f*cking family.

Felix, listen to me. It's over.

Her baby's the one

with the curse.

We can finally get pregnant now.

FELIX: Lake, Lake, Lake,

any child that comes out

of your womb

is guaranteed to be cursed,

so I think

I'm gonna have to pass.

Goodbye.

Congratulations,

your baby looks like an angel.

(GRUNTS)

(GRUNTS)

(g*nsh*t)

(BOTH GRUNT)

(SCREAMS, GROANS)

That's how it feels.

(BREATHES HEAVILY, GRUNTS)

-(MUSIC CONCLUDES)

-(BABY CRIES)

(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

-(LOVINGLY) Oh, no. (SHUSHES)

-(BABY CRIES)

Oh...

-(BABY CRIES)

-(SOBS)

(SHUSHES)

(SNIFFLES)

(SOBS)

(BABY COOS)

(CAR LOCK BEEPS)

-(THUNDER RUMBLING)

-(BABY COOS)

(CRIES)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(GRUNTS)

(GROAN)

(STELLA GASPS)

(GASPS)

Let her go!

CAROLINE: Bunny?

Just look at yourself!

This is insane!

You, Granno, this entire family!

You... you... you ruined

all of our f*cking lives

-with this bullshit!

-Bunny, this is real!

-This is real, Bunny!

-Mum. Mum!

No, no, no, no, no, no!

(MUSIC CONCLUDES)

(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

Are you okay?

Not really.

But she is.

(BABY COOS)

Your niece, she's perfect.

(SOBS)

The rest of the Cadell clan

will come looking for you.

For... for the baby.

And there's enough jewelry,

cash in the house for you...

for you... for you both.

You... you can disappear.

There's a safe

in the family study.

I left it open for you.

Come with us.

I can't.

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

Well, you should

at least meet her first.

-(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

-(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(BABY COOS)

(MUSIC CONCLUDES)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

What?

Go stand over there.

-STELLA: Bunny, what--

-Go and stand over there!

-That's my baby!

-No, that's not a baby.

That... That's... Oh, my God.

My family was right! It's real.

It's so f*cking real.

-(g*n c*ck)

-Mum was right. It's f*cking real! (GRUNTS)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

-(GASPS)

-You'll never make it on your own!

-(SCREAMS)

-(GASPS)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

-(CRICKETS CHIRPING)

-(MUSIC FADES)

-(BABY CRIES)

-(SHUSHES)

(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

(BABY CRIES)

(MUSIC FADES)

(INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING)

(SIGHS)

(CAR ENGINE STARTS)

I hope you enjoyed

your stay with us.

Please come again.

I will. Thank you.

(BABY CRIES)

Oh, if I may say,

you have a beautiful baby.

(BABY COOS)

(MUSIC FADES)

-(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)

-(WHISPER OF THE CURSE)

(BABY COOS)

(MUSIC FADES)

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC FADES)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC FADES)

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC FADES)

(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC CONCLUDES)