[Boyd] Previously onFrom...
[Sara] I hear their voices.
Sara, just tell me what you did.
- [Sara] I left the door open. - [weeping]
[Khatri] I have Sara tied up in the basement of the church.
Tell me you're joking.
That girl may be the key to unlocking all this.
That girl may be the way we all go home.
Let's take a walk.
[Elgin] We have to turn around!
We can't be here! Stop the bus!
Everyone lease return to your seats!
Bad things are gonna happen if--
[vomits]
[exclaiming in disgust]
Stop the goddamn bus!
Everyone on, right now.
You're gonna get people killed, you realize that?
[man on radio] Hello?
Where are you?
Is this Jim?
Your wife shouldn't be digging that hole, Jim.
[gasps]
- [bulbs shattering] - [screaming]
[Martin] You ever wonder if Abby was right?
What if it's all just a dream?
[gasps]
- [blade cuts] - Aah!
My blood is your blood now.
[Victor] Who was in my room?
- Sorry? - Someone was in my room,
and they took something.
Uh, I think I saw Jade
and the Matthews boy up here last night.
You are not listening to me.
No, I am listening,
and I'm telling you to fuck off.
Residents don't carry guns. That's the rule.
Well, uh, rules change.
The wires aren't connected to anything.
They were just dangling from the ceiling.
Tabitha, we have so much to talk about.
[Tabitha] I saw something that wasn't there.
What?
I saw two children
standing in the middle of the road staring at me.
Hello? Someone down here?
[gasps]
Hi, Kenny.
[Kristi] And right through here we have the common area.
And downstairs you'll have a nice big room all to yourself.
Come on in.
No.
I don't like it here.
It's too sunny.
I-I want to go home.
No, no, Dad. It's okay, look.
Um, this place is really nice.
And, look, there's a perfect little spot here
for us to play chess.
We stay here together?
I'll give you folks a few minutes, okay?
- Thanks. - Yeah.
Look, Dad.
Mom and I are gonna be right down the street.
You know? And we'll come here every single day.
But it's really, really important for you
to be somewhere where you can't open the door at night.
Dad, what happened last night...
It's safer this way.
No.
I go home now.
[speaking in Cantonese]
Uh, I'll go get the rest of the stuff.
[breathing shakily]
[Boyd] Kenny.
Sheriff Boyd, hey.
Everything all right?
Yeah, we were just, uh, we're getting my dad settled in.
I heard you had a scare last night.
Those things were knocking on the door, they're--
He was convinced that, uh,
that his brothers were outside.
Right.
My mom tried to stop him but, uh, he-- he pushed her.
It was, uh...
Yeah, man, it's--
It's hard.
First time seeing your parents struggle, huh?
Yeah.
You know, this place...
...there's not a lot holding it together.
You know, everyone is scared and confused,
but a thing I learned in the army,
it always helps to have people to look to--
people who seem like they know what the hell they're doing.
That's really all I'm trying to do here.
Seems like you're doing a really good job.
I could use some help.
Wouldn't mind having a deputy watching my six.
What do you say?
You think?
I think, right?
Uh, yeah.
I mean--
[panting]
Sheriff Boyd!
I have to show you something.
Can it wait? I gotta--
No, no, no.
Um, I have-- I have to show you now.
["Que Sera, Sera [Whatever Will Be, Will Be]" plays]
♪ When I was just a little boy♪
♪ I asked my father♪
♪ "What will I be?"♪
♪ "Will I be handsome?"♪
♪ "Will I be rich?"♪
♪ Here's what he said to me♪
♪ Que sera sera♪
♪ Whatever will be will be♪
♪ The future's not ours to see♪
♪ Que sera sera♪
♪ What will be will be ♪
♪ Now I have children of my own♪
♪ They ask their father♪
♪ "What will I be?"♪
♪ "Will I be pretty?"♪
♪ "Will I be rich?"♪
♪ I tell them tenderly♪
♪ Que sera sera♪
♪ Whatever will be will be♪
♪ The future's not ours to see♪
♪ Que sera sera♪
♪ What will be will be♪
♪ Que sera sera♪
[song continues to play]
Hey, I was gonna make some tea.
You want some?
Are you okay?
Hey.
Yeah, I'm fine. [clears throat]
It happened again, didn't it?
You saw something.
I need you to watch Ethan for a minute.
I need to talk to your father.
Mom, you can tell me.
I know. I know.
Yes, it happened again.
I saw something, but, listen, I'm fine.
And you're fine, right?
- We're good. - Yeah.
I just need to talk to Daddy.
- Okay. - Okay.
I'll be right back.
Where's Mom going?
Uh, she--
Oh, Christ!
Are you people living here now?
Our house collapsed.
Well...[scoffs] at least you had one.
It's not my fault you broke it.
Hey, take it easy.
We finally get rid of those three smelly hippies
from Colony House and now we got you people!
Still wanna go see Victor?
Yeah.
When I came down earlier...
...she was here.
♪♪♪
Give us a minute, okay?
What?
I need to talk to her.
In private. Wait for me upstairs.
Please, Kenny.
I got this.
All right.
[footsteps receding]
[sighs]
I'm glad you're okay.
Yeah, that's debatable.
I got about a thousand questions for you.
What happened to you?
After you pushed me in that tree?
Where'd you go?
I followed right behind you.
And?
And then I was here.
So you--
You been here since the other night?
I didn't know what else to do.
Where did you go when you went through?
That's a...
How did you know?
How'd you know what that tree was?
A little boy told me.
He was standing up on the ridge, wearing all white.
He said that Nathan was right,
that we made this place angry,
but we'd be safe in the tree.
So, this little boy, that's one of the voices you hear.
No.
No, this was different.
- I think-- - Jesus.
I think he's trapped here like us,
that he wants to help, but he's not sure how.
No shit.
Look, I am glad you're back.
I am. I am.
But you being here,
that's a shitstorm waitin' to happen.
We need to figure out how to handle this.
You know what you have to do.
We're not talkin' about this.
Boyd, it was always going to end like this.
You knew that when you brought me out there.
There's no way I can ever live here again.
Hey.
Just sit tight, okay?
I gotta talk to Kenny.
Just sit tight.
Boyd?
You didn't tell Kenny,
'bout what happened that night at the clinic.
No.
♪♪♪
[door opens]
What is going on?
Look.
Now, I'm just gonna say this as plainly as I can.
Okay, Sara is uniquely
connected to this place.
Something here has communicated with her.
Communicated how?
She hears voices.
Ye-- I know, I know how it sounds.
Believe me. When Father Khatri came to me--
Father Khatri knew?
Father Khatri locked her up in the basement.
Apparently Nathan had come to him
earlier in the day, he was worried.
Thought she might do something to hurt someone.
So, Father Khatri questioned her,
and what he found proof of
is that something here is talking to her.
Using her like-- like--
A pawn.
He figured if something here is using her,
if she really is connected to this place,
then we can use that to understand
what this place actually is.
Okay, I don't-- So, what?
She's just been downstairs since Father Khatri died?
No.
I took her with me into the forest.
Jesus, I--
Look, hey, when push came to shove,
she's the reason I made it back.
That girl downstairs saved my life,
and I know, I know she did bad things.
Horrible things!
But this place, Kenny,
it can make you think you're doing them for good reasons.
She killed her own brother!
She tried to kill a 9-year-old kid!
Yes, I know!
Do you? Because you lied.
You lied to everyone!
You lied to me!
Yeah, okay, okay.
Okay, you're right.
And I know that what she did is unforgivable,
but, listen, when she killed those people--
People?
- [stammers] - It was just Nathan.
No, I mean, yeah.
She almost with the-- with Ethan--
You know what I'm talking about, right?
Kenny!
Boyd.
What's gonna happen when everyone finds out?
When Jim and Tabitha
and Ethan's whole family finds out?
Yeah, okay. Well...
- We'll handle it. - She's dangerous.
Boyd, she belongs in the Box.
Okay, well, she's not dangerous.
Not anymore.
Okay, would you still be saying this
if it was Ellis that she almost killed?
She's not goin' in the Box.
If we really wanna figure this out--
Hey, she's not going in the goddamn Box, okay!?
No one else is going in-- into the fucking Box!
Oh, okay.
I, uh... I-I-I need some air.
I gotta...
Boyd!
Boyd.
I can't--
Boyd! Boyd! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey!
Hey! You okay?
Guys, come on!
- [gasps] - [Kenny] Jeez!
[indistinct talking]
Hey.
Hey, slow down.
Not too long, okay?
Okay.
Hey, you.
Guess it's laundry day?
I'm just trying to get things back to some sense of normal.
I never got to congratulate you on the engagement.
- Oh. - I'm really happy for you guys.
Well, in that case, maybe you'd consider
being one of my bridesmaids.
What?
Ellis doesn't wanna wait.
We're gonna--
We're getting married here.
Oh my God. Seriously?
Right?
But I mean, it's--
Well, I would be honored to be one of your bridesmaids.
Why, thank you kindly.
[both giggling]
I saw the new guy outside.
Elgin, yeah, he's, uh--
I think he's having a rough time.
Maybe I could talk to him?
Really?
Yeah.
It was nice having people do it for me.
[knocking]
Hi.
What do you want?
I was worried about you.
I'm glad you're okay.
Well, I'm not very happy with you.
Can I come in?
I don't know.
Are you gonna steal anything else?
I told him not to.
I said you wouldn't like it.
Well, you should've said it louder.
My mom said you helped her.
Out in the forest.
She's a nice lady.
You're lucky to have a mom like that.
What are you drawing?
New stuff.
What kind of new stuff?
Things we saw.
You and my mom?
Yeah. Yeah.
Where did you guys go?
You should go now,
'cause I'm pretty busy.
Well...
Please just go!
I found these in the storage closet.
I thought you might like them.
I'm sorry I made you mad.
Okay.
Bye.
[indistinct chatter]
Hey.
You're Elgin, right?
Yeah. Julie?
Yeah.
How's your dad?
Uh, he's pretty beat up.
Kristi, the doctor, she's trying to get him
to take it easy for a bit.
You been here a while?
Uh, not that long.
Kinda feels like a lifetime.
Look, I know you probably have
tons of people telling you they're here if you wanna talk,
but I'm around if you wanna talk.
Believe it or not, it actually helps.
[door opens]
I appreciate that.
Hey, what's going on? I thought you--
I wanna go home.
Okay, well, ca--
I think that's my cue.
It was nice meeting you.
Likewise.
Hey!
Ethan, wait up.
Good.
And then we'll do the other hand.
I'm telling you, I'm fine.
I'm just tired, that's all.
Oh, given your vast medical training
I guess there's nothing to worry about, then.
Now press up as hard as you can.
[grunts]
Good.
What about spider bites?
I got spiders on me when I was out in the forest.
Uh, yeah. Let me take a look.
Let's see.
- There's one here. - Okay.
And then there's...
They don't look swollen or inflamed, which is good.
Uh, but do you wanna tell me about this?
What? It's nothing. I just--
Boyd!
I just scratched it on a tree branch.
It's, um... it's not infected,
but keep it clean, okay?
Yes, ma'am.
Those tremors, have they gotten any worse?
They come and go. I'm dealing with it.
Have you noticed any symptoms other than the shaking?
Such as?
Visual impairment, muscle stiffness--
- Nope. - Depression?
Kristi, everybody here is depressed.
[exhales a chuckle]
You know, I remember my-- my dad, he got--
It started to mess with his mind at the end.
Yeah, I don't think that's anything that you need
to be worrying about right now.
Cognitive impairment with Parkinson's
doesn't happen until way down the line, if at all.
Why? Is there something?
No. Just-- Just curious.
I'm telling you, I'm fine.
Fine.
Okay, but you need to rest, okay?
In your condition, you can't afford to be
putting any extra stress on your body right now.
[laughing]
Boyd, what's going on?
[laughing] Nothing! I'm sorry.
The idea that anybody here could avoid
putting extra stress on anything is just--
[laughing] I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
[laughing]
This is great.
Uh, not a good idea. Okay.
- Just sit, okay? - Come on!
[indistinct chatter]
[speaking in Cantonese]
[door slams]
For fuck's sake, there's literally nowhere
in this town I can be alone.
Wait a second. You're the bus driver, right?
I'm sorry. It's been a long day.
Stay as long as you want, all right?
I'm just gonna...
That boy.
He said to me, "Turn around."
He begged me.
I didn't listen.
When?
What?
When did he ask you to turn the bus around?
Was it before or after you saw the tree?
After.
Oh, well, then you were already screwed.
Apparently, it's once you see the tree,
that's when everything, you know.
[blows raspberry]
Yeah, I wouldn't spend too much time
kicking yourself for that part.
Those people.
They got on my bus.
It was my job to get them where they were going.
All right, tell me something.
Does your pity party come with music? Hm?
Will you be serving finger sandwiches?
Look, it's not your fault!
Okay?
I mean, if you wanna feel like shit, fine,
but feel like shit 'cause yourlife is fucked.
Don't carry around a bunch of guilt thinking
that you ruined anybody else's.
Besides, no offense...
...they were riding a bus.
Their lives couldn't have been that great to begin with.
It was a bad joke. Sorry.
[laughing]
You know I wasn't even supposed to be driving that day?
I took that job to pay for my degree.
Last month I finally paid off my tuition.
I was all set to hand in my notice and I thought,
why not stay a few extra weeks?
Put aside something extra so I can treat myself.
Take a little trip and celebrate.
I deserve a little reward, right?
Is this what I deserve?
I sold my company right before I got here.
Finally achieved the one thing I worked my whole life for.
To getting what we deserve.
Mm.
[groans]
Ah, it doesn't get easier.
Yeah.
Jim?
[rustling]
Hi.
Hey.
I'm sorry, I didn't hear you come in.
Who are you?
I'm Marielle. I was on the bus.
Oh.
Don't worry, I'm a nurse.
I was just helping Kristi inventory the supplies.
Um, I'm looking for my husband?
Jim?
He left a little while ago.
Thank you.
[indistinct chatter]
This go other storage.
Okay.
Jim.
What are you doing, honey? You should be resting.
We need to talk.
Okay.
Over here.
[Tian-Chen] Take, take more. Take more. Yeah.
Jesus.
[chuckles]
I laid down there all night thinking I was gonna die,
and I just kept asking myself "why?"
Why did that road lead us here?
What the fuck is the point of all of this?
[Randall] Whoa, whoa, whoa, you can't just take this stuff!
It doesn't belong to you!
Hey! You go! Now!
Fucking people.
Fucking vultures.
Did you know Kristi's fiancée was on that bus?
What?
Yeah.
And what you said about the wires not being connected?
That's not possible.
No, no, I'm telling you--
Oh, no, it's not that. I know, I believe you.
It's just that there is no way that...
When we build a new rollercoaster,
we design it to do things that seem impossible,
because the more impossible it seems,
the stronger the reaction you get from the people riding it.
I know how this sounds, but what if...
...what if all this was designed just to see how we react?
I mean, what if this is all some kind of fucked-up experiment?
The radio worked.
No.
We made contact with someone.
So, then why is everybody just standing--
'Cause they don't know.
Right as the storm was coming in,
just as we were about to wrap things up,
I heard a voice. A man.
That's why I came running back here.
He-he warned me, Tabitha.
Or threatened me. I don't know which,
but he knew my name,
and he said you shouldn't be digging,
and then just like that, our house collapsed.
You think someone's watching us?
All I know is--
- [grunts] - Honey.
All I know is
someone got on the other end of that radio
and they talked to me.
[Tian-Chen] Over there.
Did anyone else hear it?
The voice on the radio?
[exhales]
It's your move, Boyd...
but I gotta say...
your options don't look great.
This ain't real.
You're not here.
You wanna talk about what can and can't be real?
That's the part you wanna focus on?
Yeah, I don't know.
I got a little mystery boy
sending people through magic trees in the forest,
my hand's not shaking anymore,
but now I got fucking worms underneath my skin.
So, yeah, yeah, maybe that's the part we should talk about!
Or... how 'bout we talk about what's really on your mind?
How exactly are you gonna tell Kenny that Sara killed his dad?
She didn't kill him.
She opened the door. Potato, pot-ah-to.
You think Kenny's gonna be interested
in the minutiae of exactly what happened?
Let me ask you something.
What benefit is there in Kenny knowing?
That you lied to him. You betrayed him.
- I didn't-- - You found out the truth
about how his father died. You not only spared the life
of the person responsible, you gave her your trust,
your friendship.
All this was your fuckin' idea!
Oh, come on, Boyd. Really?
It's poor form to blame the dead.
He'll understand.
I did what I had to do.
She was valuable!
She-- She may still be valuable!
Oh, yeah, she may very well be of value.
Which is why you need to keep your fucking mouth shut.
I mean, of what value is the truth to Kenny right now?
What, you think he's gonna be better off once he finds out?
Or will you simply be relieving the burden of your own guilt?
Oh, man.
Somehow you being dead made you more of an asshole.
Leaders sometimes have to make tough decisions, Boyd.
You of all people know this.
What, you wanna be everyone's friend?
Go be the new bartender. Apparently there's a vacancy.
But if you wanna lead these people home,
sometimes you have to make a shitty decision.
I tried telling you this before, you didn't listen.
Listen to me now.
I'm not gonna lie to him.
What was that thing Ellis said?
'Bout that thing that everyone holds onto?
That's what you are to Kenny now.
You're the father Kenny no longer has.
What do you think happens when you take that away?
Broken people don't survive here, Boyd.
It's not a good time, Jim.
You know why I'm here.
To thank me for looking after your kids
when you ran off like an asshole?
We need to talk about how we're gonna handle this.
Handle what?
You heard the voice on the radio.
I know you did.
Get the fuck in here.
I'm gonna put this as delicately as possible.
How fucking stupid are you?
What?
You wanna know if I heard something?
Yeah, I heard it.
I heard some spooky motherfucker
warn you about your wife
20 minutes before your house collapsed.
That means that there are people out there who can see us.
And what part of you thinks that that's a good sign?
Do you realize what happened here after you ran off?
The fucking lights exploded.
One of my people almost went blind.
If there really are people watching us,
they sure as shit aren't helping us.
What do you think they'll do if they find out
we know about them? Huh?
And that's assuming it was actually a person
on the other end of the line.
There are things around here that walk
and talk just like us,
until they walk up to you and rip your fucking guts out.
How do you know it wasn't one of them?
- I-- - I am not saying ignore it.
But you already got people's hopes up
with your goddamn tower.
All the more reason--
To keep our fucking mouths shut.
Until we know more.
Where's the radio?
What?
What happened to the radio?
[exhales]
It's in the back.
It got a little busted up during the storm.
All right.
Do me a favor and don't do anything until I tell you--
[Randall] Hey! What the fuck are you doing?
Oh, fuck.
- [man] Hey, calm down. - Fuck!
Don't tell me to fucking calm down!
[grunting]
You don't touch my shit!
Understand me?
Hey. What's going on?
He went through my bag.
[scoffs] Are you fucking kidding me?
Okay, look, if this is gonna work, you're gonna--
Enough! All right? Enough!
Now, this only works if he stays out of my shit. Period.
We have a way of doing things here.
That's good for you.
I got a way of doing things, too.
You touch my stuff,
I will smack the fucking shit outta you.
We clear?
Good.
Boyd said you saved his life.
It-- it wasn't me, it was, um...
It's hard to explain.
- [clears throat] - He said you hear voices.
He said that that's why you tried to kill Ethan,
and how you ended up killing Nathan.
How does a voice inside your head
convince you to do something like that?
I mean, wouldn't your first thought be
that you're losing your mind
or that maybe it was a bad idea?
You don't understand.
So help me understand.
Because I really wanna believe
that Boyd is right about you.
I wanna back him up,
but people are gonna freak out when they find out about you.
And that doesn't just hurt you. That hurts Boyd.
You understand?
And I cannot let that happen.
So, help me.
Please.
Sara, I always thought of you as a friend.
And my mom... my mom adores you.
My mom always thought of you as, like,
the daughter that she never had.
Convince me that you don't deserve to go in the Box.
I can't.
Do you think I want this?
Boyd gave me a chance...
that I didn't deserve.
I'm grateful to him for that.
I'm glad I got to help.
But now I'm back.
And I have done things I can't undo.
We can help!
We can help make people understand.
You know, we can do that.
Sara, this town is so hard on everyone,
and I know you thought that you found a way to...
I know that it was horrible,
I know that it was unforgivable,
but if we can make people understand
why you did the things that you did,
- maybe we could, you know-- - Kenny!
Stop.
There's something I need to tell you.
[indistinct chatter]
You okay?
I heard about the fight.
He'll come around. They always do.
[exhales] Not this one.
I know his type.
Everything's a personal attack, a goddamn battle.
Well, maybe...
Maybe we change the rules a little bit.
Just ease up on the communal sharing. Maybe we--
Maybe we just give him a whole wing of the goddamn house!
That's not what I mean.
I mean, it doesn't help--
Oh, fuck this!
Whoa, what are you doing?
I'm gonna have a chat with our little friend.
Donna!
Get up.
What?
Get your shit.
You don't like the rules here, you can live somewhere else.
Get the fuck out of here.
- Jesus! - [people gasping]
Get the fuck up!
Okay.
You wanna tell me where we're going?
You'll see.
Come on.
- Come on! - I'm coming.
Well, I don't want people staring at it
when they're eatin'.
Can't say I blame you.
Welcome to your new home.
What?
Hop on up.
[scoffs]
[exhales]
[grunts]
Now, this here is the talisman from the Matthews house.
They won't be needing it anymore.
What you're gonna wanna do is hang it on the window.
And you wanna make damn sure it stays there,
because if it falls down at any point during the night
and one of those things gets inside,
it won't matter if you have a dozen of those.
If they're on the floor at that point, they're just rocks.
You done swinging your dick around?
You made your point.
No.
No, see, I don't think I have.
You don't want anyone looking through your shit, fine,
but I'll be motherfucked if I let you hurt
any more of my people. You understand that?
[laughing] You really don't get what's happening here.
Even after everything you've seen,
you still can't process the fact that this is actually real.
Now, seeing as you don't strike me as
the brightest of fucking bulbs,
I'm gonna bet that it takes you longer than most.
So now you get to live here.
No shades on the window.
You get to see everything that's happening.
Every night those things come.
There really is no way out.
Best of luck.
[woman] Excuse me?
Sheriff Boyd, right?
Yeah, sorry, I don't, uh--
Tillie.
Tillie. Hi.
- Hi, yeah. - Hi.
I was on the bus.
Yeah.
This, uh, wasn't exactly my preferred destination.
[chuckles]
I understand you yourself had a bit of an adventure.
Yeah, I did. I'm sorry. You'll have to excuse me.
I need to go speak with my deputy.
You won't find him in there.
I just saw him heading towards that medical building.
I, uh...
...went to look for you at the church.
You know, before we came here...
...I don't think I ever once remember seeing my mom cry.
I'd see her mad. I'd see her stubborn.
I'd see her frustrated.
And now every single night...
...I hear her sobbing in her room,
because she's convinced that it was her fault...
that if she had been here with my dad...
that he wouldn't have gotten out of the basement...
...and he wouldn't have opened the door to let those things in.
But he didn't open the door, did he?
No.
You knew.
I found out the night before I left.
Kenny--
Don't. Don't fucking touch me!
I was going to tell you.
When exactly were you planning on telling me?
She's going in the Box.
No.
She's going in the fucking Box!
Kenny--
She killed my dad!
They tore him to pieces and you knew!
You fucking knew!
Kenny, please, Kenny.
Li--
[badge clatters]
You watch your own fucking six.
♪♪♪