01x05 - The Rope

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- I love you.
- I love you too.

Write out your nightmares
and they'll stop.

That's a good start.

I think staying here was a mistake.

Having buyer's remorse.

You have to move.

I know you can do it.

We need a better dynamic than
you not following my orders.

You'll be gone soon.

Oh, I don't scare that easily.

I'm dating.

I'm worried I'm getting too attached.

I heard about the dead ranger.

For a minute, I thought it was you.

Come on, let's pick up those knees.

Let's go.

One day we will be on time.

Crushing it, mama.

Use those powers for good, kid.

Copy that.

Oh, Jesus...

I think I'm gonna die.

How can you be so fast?

My body's my temple, a more.

- Maybe I'll become a ranger.
- Oh, yeah?

And you can stay home
and tend to my needs.

Girl...

Get a room, you dorks.

- I gotta get to work.
- Okay.

What? Gotta get to work?

She got a job?

A few weeks ago.

She said she called in a favor.

It's part-time.

We were really struggling,
so it's all good now.

- Nice.
- Oh, my God.

- Right on time.
- Firefighters.

I love fire suppression season.

Oh, really?

I don't know, man.

Dude, I'm telling you, this is perfect.

I hear what you're saying, but...

there's no such thing as a perfect crime.

No, no, I could pull it off.

I watch a lot of true crime docs, man.

Dude, you can't even
keep your drip torch

from getting clogged.

Ew...

Anna, it's Jesse.

I... can I come in?

I'm here to fix your sink?

Anna?

- Hey.
- Hey.

You guys seen Anna?

I'm supposed to fix her sink.

I don't know, like two days ago,

but I haven't seen her since.

Yeah, I've been off.

When's the last time
any of you locked your doors?

Never.

Hey!

You guys know where Ranger Pigeon is?

Hoping she turns up at your bar later.

Had a bit of fun with her last year,

and, hope she missed me.

Hey, ignore that guy.

Besides, you're the one
fixing Anna's sink.

Right?

Yeah!

Not at the moment.

Anna!

I once read about a kind of dungeon

called an oubliette.

A hidden hole with only one escape route

through a hatch in the top.

Often an unfathomable punishment.

Question is...

What the hell did I do?

Hi, Charlie.

Need some sawdust for the bar.

Jumbo bags are on back order,

but I got a couple 20s left.

Yeah? I'll take them both.

Any mail?

Any chance you can
take this back to Anna?

Found it waiting for me
with 40 bucks on top

when I open it.

The zip code's smudged,
so I can't send it.

I can take it back to her.

Okay, there you go.

Put sawdust on my tab.

- Pick it up before close.
- Sure.

- Thanks, Charlie.
- Later.

Headache, brain fog, nausea...

I got blackout drunk and fell
in this hole while hiking?

I don't smell like booze.

And I don't have wine mouth.

An accident while caving?

I wouldn't wear this gear to cave.

And I don't have any ropes on me.

I'm gonna have to free solo out.

I fell. I fell while hiking,

and now I have a concussion

and my bad shoulder's out

and I have no rope,
which means that I'm trapped.

I'm trapped and I can't even remember

how I got here.

What would Molly do?

Molly would tell me to stop
being a drama queen

and do the next most necessary thing.

This is gonna suck.

No Anna tonight?

I think she's just lying low.

Well, I tried to get a hold of her.

I'm starting to worry.

I get it, bro.

Anna ghosted me last year, too.

You gotta take what you can get

with that kind of woman, right?

Last round for them.

What? You mean us?

Yeah, you can finish
your drinks and get out.

What's your problem, man?

I mean, it's obvious
you can't handle Anna Pigeon.

Hey, maybe you should
let me handle her for you.

Oh, boy.

Hey, hey.

Hey!

Get them out of here,

and lay down some sawdust
to soak up this mess.

You heard him.

I'm going. Come on.

This is Anna Pigeon. Leave a message.

Hello? Can anyone hear me?

Is anyone out there?

There's gotta be something I can use

to get out of here.

Oh, yes, come on.

Come on, work.

Please work.

Well, my compass is toast.

Hope is the thing with feathers.

I could really use
some feathers right about now.

And a bottle of water.

I'm weak. I need food and water.

I've been in here a while.

At least a day.

Hey.

Hey!

Hello?

Hey, help!

Hey!

You can't leave me here. Please!

I didn't fall, and it wasn't an accident.

Someone put me here on purpose.

Enough Anna!

Our first place in the Heights
was about this size.

Though...

It had more natural light.

When I died, you couldn't
leave our apartment

for six weeks.

You wanted the walls
to close in and smother you.

I don't think this is what you meant.

I...

I must be losing it if you're here.

Hey, come on. I'm fun to have around.

When you were alive.

You being here now...

Maybe I'm going insane.

Maybe I'm dying.

Maybe both?

If Molly were here,
she'd know what to say.

She'd say my subconscious
conjured you up

to bring me comfort.

Third Man Syndrome. Right, right.

Man, Molly is so smart.

Very clever, Zachary.

Some as*h*le did this to you,

but you can't remember who or why.

I keep having these flashes of memory,

but I can't piece it all together.

I'm so thirsty, I can't even think.

My head's pounding.

Remember what they
told you in grief therapy

about trauma triggers?

Sounds, tastes, smells, textures.

They're all memory triggers.

What if I don't want to remember?

Anna, it's okay to
remember the bad stuff.

You have five minutes
to return this beach

to its natural splendor.

Or what?

I'm banning you from the park.

- Come on...
- Okay, okay, guys,

you heard the ranger. Come on, let's go.

Hi, hi.

Look, we have five days left
of our trip, okay?

Please don't bounce us. All right?

It won't-won't happen again.

Scout's honor, Ranger Pigeon.

My name's, J.P.

We're good?

No urinating within


No drinking on the beach.
No camping on the beach.

No disturbing others'
quiet enjoyment of the park.

Sorry, I didn't.

Sorry-sorry, what was that?

What was that last part?

I just didn't catch that last part.

Officer, was it?

I guess, one-one more time.

You are gonna pay for that.

Is it possible that little sh*t did this to me?

If he did, Anna,

you only have two days left
before they leave the park.

And I die in this hole.

Now why would Anna send
all this personal stuff

back to New York?

None of this makes sense.

Maybe because of her fight with Geoff.

They had a real blowout three days ago.

That's why she booked a week off work.

She finally got tired
and went back home to New York.

She wouldn't leave without
saying goodbye to me.

She definitely wouldn't leave

without saying goodbye to me either.

Anna doesn't really seem like
the goodbye party potluck type.

True.

Okay, but Anna's always
been there for me.

Whatever is happening,
I'm there for her, too.

Me too.

Starting a fire to signal for help.

So resourceful.

Geoff would have sent
a search party out by now.

He'll see the smoke.

You sure?

You sure that'll be enough, Anna?

You cannot smash
property of park guests.

He instigated it to get a rise out of me.

Congratulations.

You got outsmarted
by a drunk 23-year-old.

And now they're filing a complaint.

For what?

Destruction of property and harassment.

Okay, here.

Here's 50 bucks for the radio.

And as for the harassment,
they can shove it up their a*s.

Apologize.

You apologize, I can make this go away.

Over my dead body.

If you saw what they did
to the beach you would have...

Every day is something with you,

but today you are going to follow

the path of least resistance.

- I can't.
- I'm not asking.

Great. Then this conversation...

Enough, Anna.

I would take the rest of the week off.

If I bring it, I'll just use it

to hate-text Geoff.

No one's looking for me.

No one even knows I'm missing.

Zach?

All this because I broke your radio?

Say something!

I'm down here and I don't
even know what I did!

Oh, sh*t.

Anna?

All right, let's look around.

There's nothing up here.
Her closet's empty.

So are her drawers.

- What about her hiking gear?
- No, that's gone too.

But her fridge is full.

Fruits and vegetables.

I found this little guy.

Maybe she was packing to leave

and then went on a hike instead.

So you don't think she left for good?

She wouldn't leave all this stuff.

And him, too.

What about the box?

Someone wanted us to think
that Anna was packing

and leaving so we wouldn't look for her.

No bruising, no trauma.

What did that monster do to you?

He drugged the canteen and he cut me.

Why is he toying with you
instead of just...

I don't know.

I'm so thirsty, Zach.

A little drugged is better
than dying of dehydration.

You're not dying in this hole, Anna.

You're gonna do what you
need to do to survive.

Understand me?

Geoff, we need to send out
a search party for Anna.

Is this about the damn box?

Maybe she went back to New York.

You know this is
the fifth park Anna's worked at

in the last three years.

How long did you think
it was gonna last?

You're not listening.

There was somebody at Anna's house

packing up her stuff.

You need to get your head
out of your a*s

and go look for her.

Be careful who you model
yourself after, Zoey.

Hey, you're a good kid.

Where are you going?

Taking a sick day. I got cramps.

Hey, Frieda.

See if Anna put in for
a back country walk up permit.

And get the general store
on the phone, please.

Close the door.







A line for every passing minute.

One capful every 15 minutes.

Enough to keep me alive,

but not enough to knock me out.

I hope.

You're gonna get out of here.

So she took her trekking poles.

I'm guessing steep, uneven terrain,

- slippery sections.
- Belly River Trail.

- It's one of her favorites.
- Ready?

- Let's hit the road.
- Let's go.

Dolomite rock contains
magnesium carbonate,

also known as climbing chalk.

Maybe it'll help me
stay on this damn wall.

I'm so tired and wobbly.

I hope I can do this.

Take only memories,
leave only footprints.

Looking good, you two.

No, no, no, no, no.

g*dd*mn it! sh*t!

That was the monster.

Doubled back
and pushed you into the cave.

When he came out, he was frantic.

What do you think he was doing
down here in the first place?

I've been so busy looking up.

Anna.

What are you looking for?

Anna! Anna!

Anna?

Hello? Is anybody home?

Tent's empty. Maybe they have to go pee.

Is this blood?

It's blood and hair.

Still don't know if it's Anna's,

or if this is even her site.

Yeah, we do.

What if she's one of
the girls from the beach?

All you know for sure is
you witnessed someone

covering up a m*rder,
and you got tossed down here

to shut you up.

Those guys said they come to the beach

every year to climb.

The spatial behavior of violent criminals

shows they're drawn
to hiding their crimes

in places they're familiar with.

What happened to you?

How did a stage manager
turn into someone

who knows what spatial
behavior means?

Things change when
your husband gets m*rder*d.

You develop new interests.

Any of these beach bros seem capable

of murdering one of their friends?

Anyone's capable of anything
under the wrong circumstances.

Your lips are cracked and blistered.

You need to drink.

Drugged water is better than no water.

I've stopped counting the time.

I'm going by feel now.

When this water runs out...

I'm screwed.

Oh!

I thought you were a bear.

I'm a pigeon, actually.

- Anna Pigeon. Hey.
- I'm Kay.

I would get up, but I twisted
my ankle on a tree root

- setting up camp.
- Oh...

I'm an off duty ranger.

Can I take a look at it,
make sure it's nothing serious?

Yeah, sure.

Thank you.

My best friends are
coming up from Washington,

and I will never live it down
if we have to cancel camping

because I had an oopsie.

Okay, on a scale of one to ten,

how much does this hurt?

Zero compared to my pride.

It's just a level one sprain.

Very minor, but...

- I'll give you that.
- Thanks.

Ice it for 20 minutes,
and then just make sure

- you keep it...
- Keep it elevated.

I know the drill.

All right.

If it gets worse tomorrow,
go to the doctor, okay?

Fine, but I'll be sending
you a therapy bill.

Deal.

Take these. They'll help you get around.

Thanks.

Just drop them off at the visitor center

- on your way out.
- You're a full service ranger.

I'm glad I met you when I did.

- Take care.
- Yeah.

Thanks.

It's her tensor bandage.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

I should have stayed with you.

I should have waited
'til your friends got there.

I'm so sorry.

But this is what you do.

What?

You leave.

When we need you the most,
this is what you do.

- You left me all alone.
- I know.

I know, I know...

I shouldn't have drank so much.

I should have locked the damn door.

I'm sorry.

This is your fault, Anna.

You're drunk, Anna.

Why weren't you there to protect me?

You didn't even notice I was dead!

Whatever happens to you now,
you deserve it.

Leave me alone!

No... please.

Zach, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. Please come back.

I didn't mean it.

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

Damn it, Anna!

Damn it, Anna,
you can't just give up on life

and go live in the forest.

- Some parks are in the desert.
- Don't be snippy with me.

And don't think that bringing me
to a public place

is gonna stop me from
telling you exactly how I feel.

Go on, then.

I watched your grief
swallow you for a whole year.

I was the one that was on suicide watch.

I was the one that forced you to eat

and forced you to
get out of your apartment,

to remember that there
is life outside out here,

still worth living.

That's where you're wrong, Molly.

Nothing out here
is better than what I had

in that apartment with Zach.

So you're gonna be a park ranger

and everything's gonna...
be fixed then, right?

- You really don't get it.
- No.

No, I really don't.

I don't want to start over!
I want to disappear.

I guess I got my wish, Molly...

But I was wrong.

I don't wanna disappear...

I wanna live.

Everyone knows their assignment.

- Yeah.
- Get to it.

This guy?

- Hey.
- Hey.

Hear you had a little dust up
at the bar over Anna?

- Yeah, so?
- Timing seems suspicious.

Hang on.

I've been working my a*s off
trying to keep this park

from going up in smoke.

I didn't mess with Anna.

We were in the air
when she went missing.

Yeah, I'm sure you got record of that.

Yeah, we got record of that.

Tell them to call the number
if they see Anna

or any sign of her.

Please stress that
they're not supposed to

put themselves in danger for any reason.

Jesse, take the sat phone, okay?

Whoa! What kind of danger?

Did someone do something to Anna?

Should we be locking our doors?

Hey, baby, everything is okay.

- You're safe. I'm here, okay?
- I don't feel safe.

- Manny, if some...
- Shh!

If something bad happened to her...

- any one of us could be next.
- I know.

But we have three hours of daylight left,

and we need to find Anna, okay?

Can we talk about this later?

- Okay?
- But I don't feel safe.

One thing I learned from
working in theater

is that the mind is too impatient

to wait for a full report.

Our brains make snap decisions
based on what we perceive.

When the monster looks down here

and sees the things he left for me

but doesn't see me,
he'll believe I'm passed out

in a shadowy corner of the cave.

Audiences are less interested
in the seen

than in the unseen.

Open doors are dull.

Those partially ajar are captivating.

When the curtain rises
on an empty stage,

all eyes turn towards
the entrance most likely

to spew forth the expected players.

And that's when you've got 'em
right where you want 'em.

Come and get me.

Team one will head to
Belly River from here.

Team two will drive to the trail head.

Civilians, please stay close
to your ranger escorts.

We do not know who
or what is out there.

- We got a scent.
- Everybody stay behind the dog.

Do not contaminate the trace.

- Hey, what did I just say?
- I'll be back.

Anna!

I got the son of a b*tch.