01x04 - Rose390

[bunniefuu]

Come on, girls, come on.

Oh, my God,

I am being triggered right now.

This house is a lot like
the one I grew up in.

My mother used to make me do
the screwdriver test every week.

- The what?
- Screwdriver test.

If you can't push a six-inch
screwdriver into the lawn,

you are not watering it enough.

So what are we looking at?

A psychological assessment.

And a spiritual one.

Seeing if it can be
dealt with with therapy.

- Hi.
- Hi.

- Are your parents home?
- Are you here for my brother?

- We are.
- Mom, Dad!

Hi. Thank you so much for coming.

Um, I'm Tom McCrystal. This is Olive.

- Hey, Olive.
- Uh, come on in, please.

Can I get you anything?

Water? Coffee? Fruit snacks?

We're fairly well-stocked.

Huh. What kind of fruit snacks?

We're fine, thank you.

But we'd love to meet
Eric if that's all right.

This way.

Okay.

Oh, uh,

so, sometimes we need
to sleep in the same room

so that we can lock the door.

- I see.
- Yeah.

Eric?

Eric.

Yes?

It's time for the appointment

we talked about yesterday.

Um, we'll stay out here.

He gets a little agitated

when he sees the baby.

So you're here to evaluate me?

Well, we're here to talk.

I'm David Acosta.

I'm Kristen Bouchard. Hi.

Hi, I'm Ben.

I don't have chairs, but
we can sit on the floor.

Do you know why your
parents called us here, Eric?

Yeah.

Can you tell us what
happened with your big sister?

I bit her.

Really hard.

She was bleeding a lot.

And she cried.

And why did you bite your sister?

Because I wanted to.

Did something happen
that made you want to?

Can you tell us?

We were watching Steven Universe

and she kept laughing
and I wanted her to stop.

It was too loud.

I told her to stop, but she didn't.

But you don't laugh when you hurt.

So you knew you were
hurting her when you bit her?

And how did you feel

when you were doing that to your sister?

Did you...

like hurting her?

Eric, look at me.

Did you like hurting her?

Mm-hmm.

And what is it you
liked about hurting her?

I don't know.

It's kind of like watching
a story I made on my own.

Like, at school,

there's this kid in my class
that I'm always stuck next to.

Because my last name's McCrystal,

and his last name's McCray.

So, on our last field
trip to Grand Central,

we played dare or dare.

And I made him jump
onto the train tracks

and count to 42 before he could get up.

But then one of our teachers

grabbed him before the train came.

Did you want him to
get hit by the train?

Even though that could have

hurt him really badly, or even k*ll him?

I guess.

You got good taste in comics.

You ever read any of the
Ochre 7 collection?

- No.
- It's a story about immortal kids

who play hide-and-seek through time.

I'm surprised you
haven't read any of it.

In volume four, Simona
dares Patrick to jump onto

the railroad tracks and count
to 42 before he can get off.

Maybe I did read that one and forgot.

Eric was...

was loving and caring.

He was totally different.

And then...

When did he change?

Two years ago.

It snuck up on us. A-a
tantrum here, a fib there.

- Are you a mother?
- Yes.

You know how you just
write it off as kid stuff.

Then it accumulates, and now

it's a struggle to remember who he was.

What about the, uh, locks on
the cupboards and the fridge?

He tried to poison us.

- Why?
- He said he was doing

an experiment, and he wanted
to see how long it would take us

to feel the liquid bleach in the milk.

Luckily we had a nanny
cam that saw what he did.

Have you had him
psychologically evaluated?

12 times.

But the psychologists don't agree.

Any medications?

Uh, antidepressants, ADHD,

O.D.D.

- 23 separate protocols.
- Yeah,

and some have worked for a time,
but then he outgrows them.

He's been institutionalized twice.

And the police were sent
to his school three times.

These are the police reports.

I hate to suggest this,

- but there are federal programs.
- _

Yes, and they took Eric for a week

before they asked us
to come pick him up.

They're supposed to take everybody,

but they won't take Eric.

I mean, we've been
at this for two years.

And we're just...

God, I didn't want to do this.

We just need someone to help us.

We're not very good Catholics.

But Eric has something inside him.

A demon.

I never thought that I would say that.

But I believe it now.

Something changed Eric two years
ago, and it wants to k*ll us.

And that is why we need your help.

This is a nightmare.

We have to get our own psych eval

before I can request any Church action.

Yeah, I'll get on it.

Guys, there's a chance
this is environmental.

Okay? The oldest daughter, she
had a greenish tint in her hair.

That's from acidity.

There's oxidized metal
particles in the water.

That is like copper piping.

Okay? And they moved here two years ago.

That's when the kid
started to act differently.

It's possible.

Overexposure to copper can
cause psychiatric symptoms.

You look into it, and we'll get
our own psych eval with Eric.

- Great.
- Ben.

Could you check my house
for metal corrosion?

Yeah, your kids psychos?

Mom, we're home.

- Mom, I'm so hungry.
- Mom!

My stomach is literally k*lling me.

- Mom, we're home!
- Mom, where are you?!

- Where's Mom?
- Hey, quiet. No, no, no.

Hey, hey, hey. Quiet, quiet.

What is this?

Good, I have your attention.

All right, now listen very carefully.

Your mother's still at work, and
I've got a pair of eights. See?

- Mm-hmm.
- There are Pop-Tarts in the kitchen.

And since I can't remember
any of your birthdays, these.

- Oh, my gosh!
- No, let go!

My birthday's the closest!

Good, good... no, no, no.
Don't-don't thank me.

Thank you so much, Grandma. Open it.

Now, listen, if you can't keep
quiet, I'm taking them away.

I want to hold it.

Oh, my gosh, I know what these are.

Augmented reality goggles.

There's a girl at school who has them.

- Grandma, these are great.
- I know.

Now, everybody, kiss me on
my cheek and then go play.

Okay? But please don't k*ll anyone.

- No k*lling.
- Mwah!

_

- Okay, we can try World Trip,

- Block the Blocks,

- Bunny Hopp...
- The Haunted Girl.

The Haunted Girl!
The Haunted Girl!

_

- Let us see. We want to see.
- _

We just put them on, we're all sharing.

- Stop it!
- Why does sharing mean

you guys get to go first?

'Cause we're the oldest.

- Whoa, what do we do now?

- Grandma said it was all right


- to use them, so I think it's okay.


- Why, what does it say?


- Nothing, just if we're old enough.

- What's it say now?


- It's asking if we're pregnant.


- What?
- Well, we're not, so...

Whoa.

Oh, my God.

- What, what is it?
- Let me have it.

It's so weird.

It's just our room,
but there are spiderwebs

and... and spiders! There are spiders.

What? Where?

- We want to see.
- No, just wait, just wait, wait.

Oh, my God.

It's our turn, it's been
five minutes! Come on!

- Let us try.
- Wait-wait-wait-wait-wait-wait, no, no, no, no.

_

- Wait, should we?
- Yes.

- What?
- It wants us to turn out the lights.

Oh, my God!

- What is it?
- A spider,

- in the hall.
- Giant.

- Massive.
- I think it's my turn.

- It's our turn!
- Wait, wait, wait.

- Stop it, stop it, Laura.
- Can I have it?

- Stop it right now.
- Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop,

- stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
- This is insane.

It's so real, so real.

So real.

- Should we?
- _

It's just our bathroom.

Close it!

- Oh, my gosh! Oh, ew!
- He's coming, he's coming...

- Close it quickly!
- He's coming, he's coming...

- Close it, close it! Close it!
- He's coming, he's coming,

- he's coming.
- Close it!

What?

- It's our turn now.
- Hold this.

I'll help you. Okay. Just
know that none of this is real.

So is it a game, or what? What do I do?

I don't know. We didn't get far enough.

Just don't get scared.

This isn't scary. I don't see anything.

- Open the bathroom door.
- _

Just know that it's not real.

- Don't get scared.
- Go on.

It's fine, Laura, you can do it.

Come on.

What? It's just our bathroom.

You don't see it? The guy
with the butcher Kn*fe?

- He was just there.
- Yeah.

- No.
- He was right there a second ago.

- No. There's nothing.
- Seriously?

- You guys were making it all up!
- No, we weren't.

- It was right there!
- Yes, you were!

- You think we'd lie about this stuff?
- Look!

There's nothing here!

Yeah. I think these are
broken. They don't work.

They're not broken,
just wait one second.

- Just look around...
- What are we supposed to see?

Something scary.

What? Did you hear something?

What is it?

Uh-huh.

Do you see something?

What is it?

What is it? What do you see?

- What do you see?
- What is it?

Lexis, you're okay! Lexis, you're okay!

What is it?

Lexis, Lexis, Lexis, Lexis, you're okay.

What do you see?

Laura, there's nothing,
okay? There's nothing.

It's all fake, okay?
There's nothing there.

Laura, there's nothing.

Laura, where are you going?

Laura, where are you going? Laura!

What's going on?

What are these? Where'd you get 'em?

Honey, are you okay?

I-I got 'em as a communal gift.

- I thought they'd like 'em.
- Switch to Bunny Hopp.

They're-they're cool.
You should try them on.

- Yeah, look, Mom. Take a look.
- They're super cool.

Sweetheart, what's the matter?

See, it's-it's like Pokémon Go.

- You just hunt bunnies.
- Yeah, they're fun.

See?

Then, why was your sister screaming?

- She's a little baby.
- Shut up!

Because she doesn't
like whacking bunnies

- on the head.
- Okay, here's the deal.

You can play with these,
but not on the stairs

and only after you do
your homework, okay?

- Okay, we'll start our homework right now.
- Come on, guys.

- I'm not scared anymore.
- Good.

- All right, dinner. Let's go.
- Good, honey. Let's go. Dinner.

- Mom, what's for dinner?
- Um, we are going to have...

It's Grandma's special.