03x05 - The Red Door

[bunniefuu]

I just wanna find my
sister, take her home

- Where is she?
- She's at the house.

What is this place?

The Summer House.

Our little plantation

on top of the food chain.

If you don't eat enough protein,

the body just starts
to eat itself.

- What's in there?
- Bootleggers built the house.

There's old tunnels, but
they're boarded up.

What was that?

It's your disease.

The evolution of your madness.

It'll heal itself and grow back.

It needs to be extracted.

If it comes down to his own son

and a family of monsters,

- he's got my back.
- Damn idiot.

How could you be so stupid?

Whose side are you on?

Ohh.

Let's toast to the family.

To family.

It's time to face
the music, Chief.

I used to go sing in a
choir in this church

when I was very young.

Nice to meet you, Zoey.

Then my voice changed. They
kicked me out of class.

Let's take a walk.

Open... wide.

Joseph.

You're wasting time.

If we don't deliver
the little girl

by midnight tomorrow,

- he won't be merciful.
- Shh.

I hear a heartbeat.

Joseph, that is not the child

you should be worried about.

Will you stop nagging me?
I'll find her.

And if you can't?

We promised the little girl.

We marked the little girl.

We must deliver the little girl.

It kicked me.

Oh! You think
you're untouchable.

But we're running out of time.

He'll be the end of us.

You and your father,
you believe in family.

Where is he, Chief?

I believe in family too.

Family and justice.

Where is my brother?

My son... he'd made
a horrible mistake.

He k*lled your brother.

But he paid the price.

I did what I had to do,
family for family.

So... we could tie it off here.

Stop any further bloodshed.

There are two bodies
in that hole.

Go, look.

Did you forget how to count?

What?

No, I... You... you
gotta believe me.

I-I... I took care of it.

Children smell his blood.

They'll find him.

You know, my brother

was only a couple
years older than you

when he disappeared.

Oh, yeah. Hmm.

I built my life around him.

Oh, he did his part, you know?

I mean, every once in a while,

he got himself cleaned up,

got a good job, went out
and did it, you know?

Jesus.

His two feet would never
walk in the same direction.

He would backslide every time.

Decade of that, man.

So during the last time,

when was living with me,

oh, my God, we had a fight.

It was one of those
big fights, you know?

Where you, like,
say all the things

that you should never say
to anybody that you love.

And... he spat at me.

My own brother.

I got all up in his face,
and I shook my finger,

and I said, "Man, you need
to correct your mind."

And... he bit me.

He bit... top of my
finger clean off

and he swallowed it.

After...

After he disappeared,
I realized...

I was relieved.

A person can only give so much.

And then they got nothing
left to go around.

Hey!

You in there?

You know where you are?

You know who I am?

You're gonna be a
little bit groggy.

Stay still.

Luckily, our girls have
a nasty habit, so...

you're feeling a
little less pain.

Where were you?

There is something
else in this house.

What?

I saw something.

Not one of them.

It's something worse.

I mean, I... I think
maybe it's, uh...

what they pray to.

What are you talking about?

There was a door. Not
like any other doors.

It was a red door.

And I could feel the air
around it just trembling,

like... like...
like a boiler room.

I thought it might
be a way downstairs,

but when I got close,

it, like, repelled me.

Come on, we have to
get out of here.

We have to find a way
out of here, let's go.

- Come on.
- No.

That's easy for you to say.

He hasn't told you
what you'll become.

Afterwards, I mean.

You will be... very...
very... hungry.

Anything is better
than going insane.

I feel like I am
catching on fire

in slow motion.

Zo... our entire lives,

we have been on the edge
of something terrible.

Don't you just, for
once in your life,

just wanna be taken care of?

Protected?

That is like saying
you are so scared

of being d*sfigured...

that you have decided to let
someone cut your face off.

I think I am here for a reason.

I think things
happen for a reason.

I am going to go
find us a door...

that leads downstairs.

Ugh!

Oh. Is it...

Huh!

Who the hell are you?

I'm a gardener.

Is that who I am or what I do?

So you like questions?

I like riddles.

Do you know what's
behind that red door...

and why it will not
let me through it?

That's not a riddle.

Okay, um...

How... how about this? Um...

I'm... I'm not a Peach, a...
a fly,

yet I get past the red door.

What am I?

A child.

Thank you.

Izzy?

Can you get me home?

You have to hide just
a little bit longer.

Okay?

And up.

Now, I'm doing the lifting.

Go Luke!

Ah, not too much. Not too much.

Okay, okay.

Yeah, he did this to you.

He missed your artery,
or you'd be dead.

- Nicked you real good.
- Ah...

No, don't try.

And, hey, look.

Oh.

Sit. Stay. Don't
move, don't move.

Okay.

Now we're gonna
practice standing up.

Ready? Down.

Go down.

Down. Down.

Down. There we go.

Stay with me. All right.

Stay with me. There you go.

I'm gonna put you down.

Okay, easy.

There's a way out.
The bootleg tunnel.

Okay, just hang on for me.

Nice move.

Hi, Alice.

Come join us.

What's on your mind?

It's about Izzy.

She came back?

I had that feeling she'd
have come to you.

Will you take me to her?

What will you do...

Alice, we don't eat children.

We'll send her home,
and then I'll fix you.

Where is she?

I'll show you.

Good girl.

Come on, sugar plum.

I can't wait for you
to see where I live.

I got a couple of kids your age.

I think you're all gonna
get along so swell.

You wanna feel my belly?

Go on.

He kicked for you.

Aw, presh. Come on.

Hey, you ain't got
nothing to be scared of.

Okay?

Hey, let's go home.

Yeah.

Right through that
pretty, red door.

Uh!

Luke?

Are you here to finish
what you started?

He came to you...

- for help.
- I found him

where you left him for dead.

You brought back the head.

Evidence.

I came to set right what I did.

- I'll take it from here.
- Like hell you will.

I... I wanted to make it quick.

I was afraid of what
they'd do to you.

Father of the year.

This ain't the mob, son.

You can't just go to the...
The Feds for help.

I panicked.

Now?

Now we're both marked.

Now we get the hell out of here

and figure out our next move.

I took care of them.

He means they're not dead.

They'll get back up.

He means we have to
cut off their heads.

Are you with us or them?

Let's get started.

They're looking for a kid.

They need her for something.

Yeah, but it's not
what you think.

Izzy was lost up here,
but I found her.

And they let her go.

A... are you sure about that?

Zoey...

It's like... I'm in
this burning building,

and I could either be
b*rned alive or jump.

And I don't know what's
gonna happen when I jump,

but I know that there's someone
down there to catch me.

It's time to go.

Go put on your dress.

Okay.

Open.

Uh!

Got you.

There.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah. Oh, great, sweetie.

It's great, Grandma. It's great.

Oh.

It's all right. Okay.

Stay with me. It's
all right, right?

Right. It's okay. Run.

Aren't you coming?

I have to go back for my sister.

Go to your hiding place
and wait there, okay?

If I don't get there
before the sun comes up,

go to 421 Dulap Street.

421 Dulap Street.

- Say it.
- 421 Dulap Street.

Right. Okay, good.

Okay.

Go.

Alice.

Alice.

They didn't send her home.

They were going to
feed her to something.

Did you hear me?

I remember that feeling.

I felt the exact same
thing you're feeling.

Mm.

It's like you don't have
a care in the world.

You don't care about
anyone or anything.

They lied about Izzy.

I know.

Let's go.

Alice?

Alice.

Alice... please,
just wake up, Alice.

What are you doing?

I want to go back
to the way I was.

Now... we get the
hell out of here.

Anywhere but here.

He means, what about the
people who live here?

Remember that
babysitter you had?

You were six.

Carly or Christie or
something like that.

One day, she tells you,

you gotta eat all your food

'cause there's a
million starving kids

in other countries.

And about a week later,

the mailman comes
knocking on the door.

Says he keeps finding

leaky packages in the mailbox

addressed to "The
Starving Kids."

I had to sit you down.

And tell you, kid, you
can't save everyone.

Know what I'm saying?

I'm saying that
compartmentalization

is a psychological
survival skill.

You gotta take care
of those you know,

those you love.

Those you don't,

they're less of a priority.

You get me?

What did you make tonight, Mama?

I was thinking of
making a big casserole.

You poor thing.

You must be exhausted
after today.

And hungry.

In this place,

away from craziness and cruelty,

where family is precious,

we grow stronger welcoming
our adopted daughter...

Alice.

- To Alice.
- To Alice.

To Alice.

Mmm.

Mmm.

My, oh, my.

Come on, Alice.

Take a bite.

Mmm.

Oh!

Mmm.

Where's Zoey?

I think she left.

She did?

And she's all worked
up about Izzy.

You coming?

Wait.

God... I am your servant.

Don't be angry with us.

Please.

Wait!

I'll bring her back to you.

Your child we marked.

I promise you.