02x05 - Six Feet Deep

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Previously on Beyond...

You have no idea why
I called you up here today.

Shoemacher.

I keep having visions,

and I don't know what they mean.

Hey, taxi!

Fort Reed, Kansas.

You'll never guess who I saw yesterday.

Charlie?

What do you want?

What do I... want? I...

My mom said you were in Fort Reed.

Yep. The lovely Dew Drop Inn.

You weren't gonna tell me?

Nope.

Oh! Wait a sec.

Keys to your truck.

It's in the parking lot.
I washed it a few days ago,

but it's dirty again.

- You had my truck?
- Who did you think had it?

I'm a little busy,
so I'll see you later.

Whoa! Hey, Charlie. What is up with you?

Look, I didn't know what
happened to you after the cabin.

I didn't know if you were alive or dead.

I'm not dead. Clearly, I'm fine.

What are you doing in Fort Reed?

Why were you buying a g*n?

What's goin' on out there?

Who's this?

You want me to take care of him for you?

"Take care of me"? Who are you?

You know what? You need
to go. You need to go.

What? Like, leave?

- Now?
- Leave. Go back to whatever

trailer park or mechanical
bull is expecting you.

- Whoa. Hey!
- Go.

I'll call you!

- Who was that?
- That was Randy.

He's local.

Look, Holden, it's really sweet
you looked me up and all,

and hey, our little road trip was fun.

I mean, before the sh**ting started,

I had a legit good time
with you, Holden.

Yeah, and I had a great time
with you too, but...

But it was a giant mistake

to look you up in the first place.

And if you haven't
realized that already,

you will.

Charlie, wait! I...

Just go, Holden.

I'm not leaving, okay?

- I'm gonna stay!
- Please...

Charlie! I'll stay here
all night if I have to.

- just go.
- Charlie!

Open the door.

Hello?

Are you serious?

Fixing the machine is the
only way to keep the Realm safe.

Safe from what?

Frost didn't make it out
with me and Holden.

It's not just about your father.

There will always be others
who wish to corrupt it.

It corrupted me.

I made so many mistakes.

I lied to you.

You had your reasons.

I lied to others.

I lied to myself.

The Realm's power over me...

I wasn't strong enough to resist it.

I never wanted that for you.

Maybe it's time we put
the Realm aside...

and tried living in the real world.

I wish it were that easy.

Holden!

Holden!

Dude.

Gotta say I'm a little nervous.

My paperwork's all in order, no?

Your assets have been
transferred to Hollow Sky.

Thank you for your
extremely generous donation.

That's what the Brave
New World looks like, huh?

I've dreamt of this day.

Seeing my Lara again.

Yeah, I-I don't even know
what I'm gonna say to her.

I wrote a few things down,
but I-I don't know...

The paper won't make the trip anyway.

The body remains.

Only your consciousness
is transported to the Bridge.

Besides...

you already know what to say to her.

It's all right here.

Shall we?

Right this way, sir.

Please have a seat.

I'm just going to be placing
this on your head.

Relax.

And look into the lights.

You, uh, come here often?

And remember the Beast was given a mouth

to utter proud words and
blasphemies and to exercise...

So, you've been having these nightmares?

Ever since I came out of the coma.

I always wind up in the woods
near where I crashed my bike.

These visions or whatever...

they've been getting worse ever since

we were at Hollow Sky with Frost.

When you went into the Matrix?

Just feeling I broke something
when I was in there.

Broke something? Like what?

That's what I'm trying to find out.

So, um...

what's with the compass?

Jack Sparrow have a yard sale?

The compass is connected to the Realm.

It used to just spin around.

I though it was busted,
but after Hollow Sky...

it just started pointing one direction.

I don't know. Maybe it's like
a weird magnetic thing.

Because, like, compasses work
off the Earth's magnetic field.

- I know how magnets work, Luke.
- So maybe it's like buried treasure.

It's not treasure, all right?
My nightmares are trying

to... tell me... something.

I... wait. Wait a minute.

Okay.

Well, what's Willa's take?

I don't know. She says it's guilt or...

paranoia or...

guilt about being paranoid.

You know, all she wanted me
to do was remember,

and now she wants to act
like it's over and done with.

I don't know. She's going
through a lot, dude.

Finding out that psycho's her dad,

and then thinking her mom's
stuck in that place, like...

She told you that?

Yeah, no, or you did. I don't know.

So where you're standing, that's where
the compass is telling you to go?

Uh, yeah. I guess so.

Well, one, do you feel
more, like, powers-y?

- Ow.
- Hey.

Okay, great.

Luke, you don't have to do anything.

Okay? I don't need your help.

I want to help.

I'm out here at dawn, aren't I?

Okay, Luke.

Okay, great. Well, you, uh...

you let me know when
you've cracked the case.

Holden?

Look!

Whoa! Wait. Wait a minute.

Is that a...

- Is that a rope?
- Yeah!

That's buried deep.

Maybe it's attached to something
buried even deeper.

Treasure.

See?

We need shovels.

Luke! Come on, we need shovels!

Come on!

Well, I got something on Shoemacher.

Richard invites me over to the house.

Thought you and Rich were friends.

More than friends, Ramon.

He was my mentor.

If it wasn't for Richard,
I'd be dead or in jail.

I have purpose in my life
because of Richard.

It was a case of me or him.

For a second there,
I thought it was gonna be me.

And yet, here I stand.

You want the legs or the head?

Oh.

Rats!

All right.

Ah.

Willa?

Willa?

Was, uh, Dad pretty upset when you quit?

He was disappointed.

You and him working together...

I haven't seen him
that excited since, like, ever.

You know, or maybe coaching
your Little League.

He loved Little League.

Yeah, he used to yell at all the umps...
and the coaches.

- On his own team.
- Yeah.

Yeah, I remember how totally gutted
he was when you quit that.

- This is different.
- You crushed him.

I just wish I could tell him the truth.

- Which you can't.
- I know! I...

hate lying to him.

Like I hated lying to you.

All I'm saying, man,
is you got these powers.

Might as well use 'em.

Use them?

I'm headed into the woods
to dig up a buried rope

because of my nightmares
and some stupid compass.

We're headed into the woods.

Technically, there's two of us.

Not that you'd ever return the favor.

What's that supposed to mean?

You obviously didn't notice
the little souvenir I got

from helping out Riley.

Whoa, wait. The guy who stole
Riley's pills punched you?

What did you think happened?

That I ran into a wall sleepwalking?

I told you to stay away from Riley.

I asked for your help.

You didn't want to help,

- so I dealt with it.
- You call that dealing with it?

I'm just saying that you could've
used your powers to scare him.

But apparently, that's
just for cheating at pool

and destroying Dad's workplace.

I'm not a circus animal!
They're not magic tricks!

How do you even know what they are
when all you do is whine about them?

I'm not whining about them!
I just can't control them,

or know when they're gonna kick in,
or who's gonna get hurt

- because of them.
- Whining.

So who do you think buried it?

Huh?

Somebody had to bury the rope.

It's not like it just
sprung up from the Realm.

Wait.

Is the Realm down there?

Yeah.

And the rope is connected to China.

Looks good to me, boss.

When it comes to burying a body,
how deep should the hole be?

Oh, it's six feet, no?

That's right, and this hole,
you reckon, is six feet deep?

Want to get back inside for me?

Should I, uh... lay down?

No, standing's good.

How tall are you, Ramon?

Between 5'5, 5'9 depending on the shoes.

So the hole seems good?

Pretty much.

Hey, you wanna go deeper,
we can go deeper, no problem.

Shame it had to come to this.

We prepared for a future without Frost.

But she's corrupted his ideals.

It's like she was waiting
for him to be gone

to turn it into an afterlife ATM.

She tried to have you k*lled.

What are you gonna do?

Well, the way I see it, I can run...

or put a b*llet in her head.

I'm not gonna run.

Yes? Can I help you?

Good morning.

Is that your automobile?

The Cutlass? Well, yeah.

My car's not operable.

Could I call a tow truck?

Is it a long distance call?

No. I don't think so.

Perhaps I could have
a glass of water as well?

I suppose so.

Oh, I have a "No shoes
in the house" rule...

if you don't mind.

Don't mind at all.

You think if Mom and Ian broke up,

she wants to get back together with Dad?

Dude, this isn't "The Parent Trap."

They were arguing the whole
time you were asleep.

How bad did it get?

Bad. Dad kinda checked out...

and Mom found Jesus

and then found Ian.

No, but I'd rather them be happy,

even if it's not with each other.

God, that's corny.

Did you just drink all the water, dude?

I was the one that brought the thermos.

I... I thought we were sharing.

Yeah, well, you slobbering
over the spout,

I let that go, but you didn't have
to drink all the water.

- Sorry.
- Move.

What's that?

It's a freezer.

How do you... how do you know that?

Because I've seen this before.

I've seen this freezer.

You mean, in your nightmares?

And my waking freak-outs.

Hold up, what do you mean
"waking freak-outs"?

Yeah, at work,

my computer started bleeding

and my desk became this freezer.

So, right, you've been...

seeing this stuff in, like,
your normal, every day life?

There's nothing normal about this.

Okay, hold... okay, just... just...

just hold up, hold up, hold up.

Holden, Holden, Holden!

Let's just take a b*at.

Okay?

Now maybe there's just a...

a logical explanation for all this.

What kind of logical explanation, Luke?

I don't know.
You've been trying to figure out

what this all means,
but now you seem like...

I don't know, disappointed
that we just found something.

Don't you get it?

It means I'm not crazy!

Okay, dude, I'm seriously
confused. Like...

do you want to be crazy or not crazy?

Luke, this isn't a joke, okay?

Something bad is going to happen.

- How do you know that?
- Because I've seen it!

I had a nightmare.

And your face was...

covered in these maggots.

Okay, and the house caught on fire

with you, Mom, and Dad inside of it.

You've been having visions of us dying?

Okay, it wasn't just the house.

It was like the whole world
was on fire...

because of what I did.

Hey, hey. Dude, it's not your fault.

No, you don't know that, okay?

This is why I wanted a normal life!

But now, I...

the job is gone, whatever I had with
Willa is screwed up,

and my own brother...

wants me to use my super powers

- to help him get laid by a girl...
- Wait.

- who screwed him over twice!
- Whoa, whoa.

Whoa. Hey, I'm...

I'm not the one at fault here either.

I didn't bury this freezer.

I know, but you wanted me
to follow the superhero path.

Well, that path doesn't lead to fighting
bad guys and saving people.

It leads to a...

freezer in the woods,

and I don't know what any of it means.

Only it means that I'm not crazy,

- and that's what's even more crazy.
- Holden. Holden, it's okay.

Cause I don't know any of it!

Holden, it's okay! We can
figure this out.

How are we gonna figure this out, Luke?
Are you gonna fix it a cappuccino?

You know what?

I came out here to help you,

- because I care.
- No, Luke, it...

that's not what I meant.

No, I'm hearing you loud and clear,
man. I gotta be at work.

Cappuccinos to make.

Luke, come on.

I didn't mean it.

Mmm.

It's apple butter.

My nephew buys it at the Amish store.

- It's delicious.
- Mm.

Could I borrow your vehicle?

My Cutlass? No.

I use it to go into town once a week,

and to Doris Hoover's
for bridge on Tuesdays.

So you say you're
on the way to Fort Reed?

Yes.

To visit Holden Matthews.

What's so special about this
Holden Matthews fella?

Everything is special about Holden.

Holden stands in the way of destiny.

You mean to do that boy harm, don't you?

He opened a portal to another world.

I come from that world.

I was born of fire and darkness.

I'm the first of many
who will walk upon this Earth.

When we're done,

nothing you know will remain.

I'm not afraid of death, young man.

Those awaiting Fields of Elysium
won't escape what's coming.

This world, the world I came from,

the hereafter you speak of,

it'll all be engulfed in flames.

We will destroy everything.

And then we'll rebuild per our design.

Now...

about those car keys.

Here.

It's a Cafe Americano.
I know you don't take it black,

so I added a touch of almond milk.

Okay.

Blech! God! It's so terrible.

I think the almond milk
actually makes it worse.

Well, good thing I brought your usual.

- Yay!
- I will find a coffee drink you like.

Mark my words.

Is that a black eye?

Yeah, you noticed.

What? You got into a fight?

Yeah, you should see
the other dude's fist.

I was helping out a friend.

Long story short, Riley lied to me,

and I got stupidly involved,

and now I owe this
Jay guy, like, $2,000.

Wait. You owe Jay $2,000?

Riley's debt is now my debt.

Yadda, yadda, yadda.

That doesn't seem fair.

So, um...

what's with the spirals?

Something on your mind?

- No.
- Hmm.

You know, my Religion 101
teacher said that

spirals represent the journey of life.

You know, they remind us
of where we've been,

and where we want to go.

Wow. That, um... that's really deep.

Super deep.

And it sort of, uh, totally makes sense.

I think.

Um, it's Arthur.

I thought he was getting better,

and then I get this frantic phone call.

He thinks somebody broke into the house.

"Thinks somebody broke into the house"?

He's been confused.

Called me Celeste,
my mother, last night.

And, um, not for the first time.

I'm sorry. That must be hard.

Speak of the devil.

I gotta go deal with the
thing and the...

And the money, Lebowski.

I'm sorry.

Here.

Attach the grapple to the chains.

Maybe dig out a little incline.

Then we should be able
to pull it out, no problem.

Okay. Great.

No, not "okay, great."

I don't get why this icebox
is in the ground.

I've been having these visions...

And nightmares. Yeah, I got that.

I think it's connected to something

I did in the Realm

when I went in there to save Willa.

Every time you mention The Realm,

my brain scrambles.

Think this is Hollow Sky or...

Possibly.

Whatever it is, I need
to figure it out before...

people get hurt.

What do you mean, "people get hurt"?

That's what I saw.

Terrible things happened...

or will happen. I hope I'm wrong.

I saw you flip a car
and stop a hail of b*ll*ts.

Can't you lift this icebox
out of the ground with your mind

and save us some trouble?

Man, maybe I am a circus animal.

And besides, I've tried.

Repeatedly.

Hey, what's that?

- What's what?
- Right by your foot.

Right there, man.

"Property of Edgar L. Abbot."

Who's Edgar L. Abbot?

I don't know.

Maybe he'll have a key for this padlock.

We could try and pick it.

- Yeah.
- I might have something in the truck.

Hello?

Whoa! Are you okay?

- What happened?
- You grabbed the padlock

and you wouldn't let go.

Where the hell were you, Matthews?

I saw the Realm, I think, but...

What the hell's inside this freezer?

Whatever it is...

I'm pretty sure
we don't want any part of it.

Evening, Diane.

God, Ian. You startled me.

Lucky for me, you don't
carry pepper spray.

So, I, uh, had a Hollow Sky
deal in Wichita.

It is growing like wildfire.

Any luck in, um, getting me a tour

of Hollow Sky headquarters?

Working on it.

Oh, and speaking of,
well, Helping Hands, anyway,

you will not believe who crashed

our church basement meeting
night before last.

Jeff McArdle.

Jeff McArdle?

Yeah. He was with Christine.

Maybe his intentions are pure,

but after the incident in my office...

I'll talk to Jeff and...
and see where his head's at.

Ah, it's okay.

If he's there for Christine,

who am I to question his motives?

Not to impose, but I wouldn't say no
to a cup of coffee...

or two.

It's too late for coffee,

and Holden should be home soon, so.

Ian, I know we're still
trying to figure out us.

Maybe we should get away for a weekend

and then we can really connect.

Sure.

We always talked about
going to the Hot Springs.

Yes, yes!

So, we'll set a date.

How's this weekend?

This weekend is, um...

- yes, okay.
- Great. Well, I look forward to it.

Goodnight, Diane.

Goodnight.

If this is where you say
something clever

before you k*ll me,

you can skip to the latter.

Though if you insist,

maybe "The shoe is on the other foot."

Sit.

I did come to k*ll you,
and you deserve it.

One good turn.

I shouldn't have called you a janitor.

Oh, you didn't mean that
as a compliment?

Richard's dead. That's on you.

Plus, there's the file folder
I got from your safe.

Plus, there's the cancer
that's eating you.

You're slipping, Tess.

Pull the trigger.

Your b*llet, my cancer.
What's the difference?

Cancer might not k*ll you.

Doctors say 43% chance of survival.

It's not zero.

Plan was, you walk in the room,
I sh**t, you're dead.

Trust me. You don't want those odds.

But then...

I found this on your desk.

Driving to Richard's house,

knowing he might k*ll me,
I wasn't scared. I was angry.

He tried to rob me of watching
my daughter grow up.

Whatever beef we have,
your child doesn't deserve that.

You have a wife. You'll have a kid soon.

Your life belongs to them.

Okay.

Where does that leave us?

The future of Hollow Sky's
too important to stand idly by.

And last we met, you offered me a say
in the decision-making.

I know you didn't mean it
at the time, but...

times have changed.

You wanna trade your g*n
for a suit and a tie,

- and a 401K?
- No.

I'll gladly continue doing
Hollow Sky's dirty work,

but from now on, it'll be on my terms.

And what are those terms?

Frost left big shoes to fill.

Maybe you need help filling them.

I meant financial terms.

It's not about money. Never has been.

I can make that deal.

If we're going to be partners,

there's something you should see.

You're Jay?

The kid ain't mine, yo.

I heard you have some outstanding
business with Luke Matthews.

And what's it to you...

Leather Barbie?

Whatever you think Luke owes you,

that debt's erased.

Understand?

Okay.

- Hey! I come bearing scones.
- Oh.

I notice you had
a proclivity for blueberry.

They were just gonna throw 'em out.

Well, thanks.

And you're right. I do have a
proclivity for, um, blueberries.

I mean...

So you know that guy
I was mentioning earlier?

What guy?

That guy with whom I had the
predatory business transaction?

Oh, um, yeah.

Jay? Why?

"Forget it, bro. We square."

So it worked itself out?

Maybe Riley did the right thing.

Yeah, I can guarantee
that is not the case.

Uh, yeah, anyway.

Enjoy the scones.

Do you want a cup of tea?

Uh, I'm not really a tea guy.

Not a tea guy?

I'm gonna find a tea you like.

Mark my words.

- Charlie, what are you...
- Shh.

Is he dead?

No.

Mr. Sheldrake is in a state
of suspended animation.

As you can see,
we monitor his brain activity.

Basically, the blood stops
flowing through the body.

Just enough to keep
the vital organs working,

till at which future point,
we can revive him.

You put him in a coma?

Cryogenic sleep is more accurate.

But when he went under, he thought he
was going to the Afterlife?

You lied to him.

We don't even know the Realm exists.

Frost knows!

Knew.

- He saw it.
- He thought he knew.

- It's an unproven hypothesis.
- He believed.

Hollow Sky was built on those beliefs.

Frost was selling something
he couldn't deliver.

And now all of Hollow Sky faithful

want to follow him
into the great beyond.

Then we have to fix the technology.

We have to manage the situation.

Right now, that means
finding a bigger place

to put all the bodies.

Welcome to management.