1 00:00:10,344 --> 00:00:12,638 [Dean] Who are you? Come here! 2 00:00:12,722 --> 00:00:13,765 -Dean! -Stop! 3 00:00:13,848 --> 00:00:15,516 Wait! He may have a gun! 4 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:16,726 [Dean] Who are you? 5 00:00:16,809 --> 00:00:18,227 -[Nora] Dean, wait! -Come here! 6 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:20,772 -[Nora] Oh, my God! -[Dean] Hey! 7 00:00:21,355 --> 00:00:22,190 Hey! 8 00:00:22,857 --> 00:00:23,733 [grunts] 9 00:00:24,692 --> 00:00:25,568 Hey! 10 00:00:30,782 --> 00:00:31,991 Holy shit! 11 00:00:32,075 --> 00:00:33,284 [Dean] What the fuck is this? 12 00:00:33,367 --> 00:00:34,285 [clanging] 13 00:00:34,368 --> 00:00:36,496 Hey! Hey! 14 00:00:36,579 --> 00:00:39,207 Come back! Stop! 15 00:00:39,290 --> 00:00:40,291 Where is he? 16 00:00:40,374 --> 00:00:41,375 [Nora] I can't see him. 17 00:00:41,459 --> 00:00:42,627 [Dean] Where the fuck is he? 18 00:00:42,710 --> 00:00:44,587 No! 19 00:00:45,588 --> 00:00:47,882 Hey! 20 00:00:47,965 --> 00:00:49,425 [doorbell buzzes] 21 00:00:52,178 --> 00:00:53,346 They're on to us. 22 00:00:57,725 --> 00:00:59,143 What brings you here today? 23 00:00:59,227 --> 00:01:03,022 -There is a hidden door in our basement. -[Dean] It leads to these tunnels. 24 00:01:03,106 --> 00:01:04,982 And we found this guy down there. 25 00:01:05,066 --> 00:01:08,194 And so we chased after him, and he just disappeared. 26 00:01:08,277 --> 00:01:10,947 So, based on your recent blowup at the country club, 27 00:01:11,489 --> 00:01:13,616 that means you think it was me in this tunnel, right? 28 00:01:13,699 --> 00:01:17,036 Because you said I was behind all of this, along with Karen. 29 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:21,415 And you think that we were trying to scare you into selling your house? 30 00:01:21,499 --> 00:01:23,793 What happened to your John Graff theory, Dean? 31 00:01:23,876 --> 00:01:24,919 Oh, I remember! 32 00:01:25,002 --> 00:01:28,714 You said I am covering up the John Graff murders. 33 00:01:28,798 --> 00:01:30,633 You said it in front of everybody. 34 00:01:30,716 --> 00:01:32,844 Maybe John Graff and I are in it together. 35 00:01:32,927 --> 00:01:34,053 All we're saying is, 36 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:38,266 there's been a way into our house this whole time and we looked online. 37 00:01:38,349 --> 00:01:41,727 Bootleggers used to use those tunnels during prohibition, right? 38 00:01:41,811 --> 00:01:43,980 There's a cot down there. There's even food. 39 00:01:44,063 --> 00:01:46,899 Whoever this is, clearly they've been sleeping down there. 40 00:01:46,983 --> 00:01:49,485 Or multiple people. Me and John Graff. 41 00:01:49,569 --> 00:01:52,655 It could be any number of people and that's why we're here. 42 00:01:52,738 --> 00:01:57,034 To ask for help from someone you still suspect could be behind all of it. 43 00:01:57,118 --> 00:01:58,202 [Dean] You know what? 44 00:01:58,286 --> 00:02:01,789 It's still entirely plausible that you and Karen are involved in this. 45 00:02:01,873 --> 00:02:04,792 And you can really step it up by getting a search warrant. 46 00:02:04,876 --> 00:02:07,420 And help yourself a little, at least in our eyes, 47 00:02:07,503 --> 00:02:10,923 so we could take you off our list of prime suspects. 48 00:02:13,217 --> 00:02:18,681 Okay, so to prove my innocence, what exactly would you like me to do? 49 00:02:19,807 --> 00:02:20,641 Okay. 50 00:02:20,725 --> 00:02:25,104 Uh… Okay, well, I've already boarded up the entrance, right? 51 00:02:25,188 --> 00:02:27,148 I still think you should get in there, 52 00:02:27,231 --> 00:02:28,816 into those tunnels, because… 53 00:02:28,900 --> 00:02:31,569 Maybe even a team of guys, see where the tunnels lead? 54 00:02:31,652 --> 00:02:34,488 -'Cause this place is like a maze. -They're everywhere. 55 00:02:34,572 --> 00:02:36,449 So, I'm talking Mitch and Mo's house, 56 00:02:36,532 --> 00:02:38,784 -definitely the Winslow house… -The Winslows. 57 00:02:38,868 --> 00:02:40,828 I get it. I get what you're saying. 58 00:02:40,912 --> 00:02:43,831 Yeah, so here's what I'm going to do… 59 00:02:46,918 --> 00:02:49,670 Absolutely fucking nothing. 60 00:02:50,379 --> 00:02:51,297 -What? -Excuse me? 61 00:02:51,380 --> 00:02:53,966 You heard me. You think I'll lift a finger for you? 62 00:02:54,050 --> 00:02:55,051 After what you did? 63 00:02:55,134 --> 00:02:57,678 Accosting me and my lady in public… 64 00:02:58,888 --> 00:03:00,014 Accusing me! 65 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:01,891 The arrogance of you two! 66 00:03:01,974 --> 00:03:03,017 It's unbelievable. 67 00:03:03,100 --> 00:03:05,645 -You have a duty here. -You can't turn a blind eye. 68 00:03:05,728 --> 00:03:06,854 Well, watch me. 69 00:03:06,938 --> 00:03:09,941 I'm gonna fucking ignore the shit out of you two. 70 00:03:10,024 --> 00:03:12,276 -You're on your own. I'm done. -I'll go to the FBI. 71 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:14,111 What office? Newark? 72 00:03:15,112 --> 00:03:17,073 I'll call ahead. Tell 'em you're coming. 73 00:03:17,156 --> 00:03:18,491 Those guys are my buddies. 74 00:03:18,574 --> 00:03:20,993 I'm going deer hunting with two of them this weekend. 75 00:03:21,577 --> 00:03:24,163 And then I'm coming after you, you piece of shit. 76 00:03:24,247 --> 00:03:28,501 I have a reliable source saying that you wrote at least one of those letters. 77 00:03:28,584 --> 00:03:29,710 No, I didn't! 78 00:03:29,794 --> 00:03:31,128 -That's not true. -[Dean] What? 79 00:03:31,212 --> 00:03:33,839 -Why would I do that? -It's a lot of house, isn't it? 80 00:03:33,923 --> 00:03:36,759 You're in over your head. You needed out. 81 00:03:36,842 --> 00:03:39,595 You know that filing false police reports is a felony? 82 00:03:39,679 --> 00:03:41,222 A year and a half in prison. 83 00:03:41,305 --> 00:03:43,516 And how many of those have you filed with us? 84 00:03:43,599 --> 00:03:46,310 Half a dozen? You're looking at ten years in prison. 85 00:03:46,394 --> 00:03:48,145 -Hold on. -You know what it's called 86 00:03:48,229 --> 00:03:52,066 when you threaten someone and it causes that person to evacuate a building, 87 00:03:52,149 --> 00:03:53,526 in this case, your family? 88 00:03:53,609 --> 00:03:55,361 It's called a terroristic threat. 89 00:03:55,444 --> 00:03:56,529 This is bullshit. 90 00:03:56,612 --> 00:03:58,364 [Cumberland] Finally, we agree on something. 91 00:03:58,447 --> 00:04:01,158 Ever since you dragged your uptight ass in here, 92 00:04:01,242 --> 00:04:04,412 we've been drowning in bullshit, because it's the only thing 93 00:04:04,495 --> 00:04:07,081 that makes its way out of your mouth, Mr. Brannock. 94 00:04:07,164 --> 00:04:11,460 So why don't you and your lovely wife kindly get the fuck out of my office? 95 00:04:18,342 --> 00:04:21,470 I don't know how he found out, but it wasn't me who told him. 96 00:04:25,474 --> 00:04:28,644 I didn't tell Chamberland about Dean writing one of the letters. 97 00:04:28,728 --> 00:04:30,354 That's the God's honest truth. 98 00:04:30,980 --> 00:04:33,566 Maybe it was the handwriting expert who told him. 99 00:04:33,649 --> 00:04:37,445 I told him to keep it to himself, but I didn't know the guy all that well. 100 00:04:37,528 --> 00:04:39,989 But it wasn't me. I don't know how else to say it, 101 00:04:40,072 --> 00:04:42,199 but you're gonna have to trust me on that. 102 00:04:46,704 --> 00:04:47,538 [sighs] 103 00:04:48,289 --> 00:04:51,083 Look, I know you've had your suspicions about me. 104 00:04:51,584 --> 00:04:53,169 You met me through Chamberland, 105 00:04:53,252 --> 00:04:55,421 who is now someone you no longer trust, 106 00:04:56,213 --> 00:04:59,383 but I have no motive to harm you. 107 00:05:01,093 --> 00:05:03,346 And I don't have long left, do you understand? 108 00:05:04,930 --> 00:05:10,603 This case keeps me up at night and I will not rest until it is solved. 109 00:05:10,686 --> 00:05:14,815 I should be spending time with my daughter and my granddaughter, 110 00:05:14,899 --> 00:05:18,819 but I am sitting right here, with you, trying to solve this case. 111 00:05:18,903 --> 00:05:20,404 And I'll tell you right now, 112 00:05:21,030 --> 00:05:23,949 I will solve this case with or without you. 113 00:05:24,700 --> 00:05:27,370 -So, Dean, please sit down… -[Dean sighs] 114 00:05:27,453 --> 00:05:29,580 …so I can tell you both what I have found. 115 00:05:31,999 --> 00:05:34,293 Fine. Okay, go ahead. 116 00:05:34,377 --> 00:05:37,254 Look, I get it. You are both under a lot of pressure. 117 00:05:37,338 --> 00:05:38,506 We've got to solve this 118 00:05:38,589 --> 00:05:41,717 before the Westfield Police Department pins it all on you. 119 00:05:41,801 --> 00:05:43,427 I feel like I'm losing it here. 120 00:05:43,511 --> 00:05:46,597 Every time I go over it in my head, I land on somebody else! 121 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:50,351 You know, like… like now, I'm pretty positive that it's Karen, right? 122 00:05:50,434 --> 00:05:54,021 Except the police department, they have to be in on it too, right? 123 00:05:54,105 --> 00:05:57,191 Or is it Mitch and Mo with this cult thing? 124 00:05:57,274 --> 00:05:59,193 Maybe Andrew Pierce isn't crazy. 125 00:05:59,276 --> 00:06:00,986 Or is it someone else entirely? 126 00:06:01,570 --> 00:06:02,613 What? 127 00:06:02,696 --> 00:06:06,075 Because I followed your daughter's lead on that Roger Kaplan fellow. 128 00:06:06,158 --> 00:06:08,160 And I like him for this. 129 00:06:08,244 --> 00:06:09,578 -I like him a lot. -Why? 130 00:06:11,247 --> 00:06:12,248 The ex-wife. 131 00:06:12,998 --> 00:06:16,335 In a case like this, if the divorce was messy, then brilliant. 132 00:06:16,419 --> 00:06:18,170 -That means she'll sing. -[doorbell rings] 133 00:06:18,254 --> 00:06:22,007 [Theodora] And, oh, has Roger Kaplan's ex-wife got a set of pipes. 134 00:06:22,091 --> 00:06:24,385 -Yes? -Are you Trish Kaplan? 135 00:06:24,468 --> 00:06:26,345 No. I used to be. 136 00:06:26,429 --> 00:06:28,639 [Theodora] She and Roger divorced 25 years ago. 137 00:06:28,722 --> 00:06:30,850 He left her for a former student of his. 138 00:06:30,933 --> 00:06:33,102 Roger and I, you know, were divorced for… 139 00:06:33,185 --> 00:06:35,980 [Theodora] We weren't talking ten minutes before she dropped this. 140 00:06:36,063 --> 00:06:39,442 If someone's writing strange letters about a house 141 00:06:39,525 --> 00:06:43,154 and calling themselves The Watcher… [chuckles] 142 00:06:43,237 --> 00:06:45,072 …it's definitely Roger. 143 00:06:45,156 --> 00:06:47,491 -Holy shit. -That's exactly what I said. 144 00:06:47,575 --> 00:06:48,617 Holy shit! 145 00:06:48,701 --> 00:06:50,703 She then told me his whole life story. 146 00:06:50,786 --> 00:06:53,497 Roger grew up on the other side of the tracks. 147 00:06:53,581 --> 00:06:56,709 [Theodora] He lived in a tiny apartment with his mother, who was divorced. 148 00:06:56,792 --> 00:07:00,212 Now, back then, in the 1950s, this was a big deal. 149 00:07:00,296 --> 00:07:01,964 It was shameful, 150 00:07:02,715 --> 00:07:06,260 but Roger had friends from the rich side of town. 151 00:07:06,343 --> 00:07:09,513 Wow. Look at those Cedar shakes! 152 00:07:10,181 --> 00:07:12,141 Is that a Widow's walk? 153 00:07:12,224 --> 00:07:14,435 I can't believe you actually live here. 154 00:07:14,977 --> 00:07:16,270 This is unbelievable! 155 00:07:16,353 --> 00:07:18,481 Yours wasn't the only house he was obsessed with. 156 00:07:18,564 --> 00:07:22,359 There was another one, 55 Oak Terrace, where another boy he knew lived. 157 00:07:23,611 --> 00:07:26,947 -[boy] Why do you look at our house? -I just like it, that's all. 158 00:07:27,031 --> 00:07:28,991 So are you coming in to play or what? 159 00:07:29,074 --> 00:07:29,909 [Roger] Yeah! 160 00:07:29,992 --> 00:07:31,285 This is really bizarre. 161 00:07:31,368 --> 00:07:32,703 [Theodora] Is it though? 162 00:07:32,786 --> 00:07:36,165 He was a poor kid from a broken family. 163 00:07:36,248 --> 00:07:40,252 And here he sees his friends, no different from him, 164 00:07:41,253 --> 00:07:43,172 living in these mansions, 165 00:07:43,255 --> 00:07:46,509 that would have seemed like Shangri-la to him. 166 00:07:47,176 --> 00:07:51,096 So he grew up wanting to be an architect, 167 00:07:51,180 --> 00:07:53,474 go to architecture school… But he couldn't afford it. 168 00:07:53,557 --> 00:07:56,352 He was poor. So, instead, he goes to community college. 169 00:07:56,435 --> 00:07:57,770 Does night classes at Rutgers, 170 00:07:57,853 --> 00:08:01,440 and then gets a job teaching English at Westfield High. 171 00:08:01,524 --> 00:08:02,775 Ellie's school. 172 00:08:02,858 --> 00:08:04,860 That same year, he marries Trish. 173 00:08:04,944 --> 00:08:06,445 She said they were very happy. 174 00:08:06,529 --> 00:08:09,240 She couldn't have children, but he didn't seem to mind. 175 00:08:09,323 --> 00:08:12,910 It gave them time to go on these driving tours, 176 00:08:12,993 --> 00:08:16,413 up and down the East Coast, looking at houses he loved. 177 00:08:17,957 --> 00:08:19,083 [Roger] There it is. 178 00:08:19,708 --> 00:08:22,586 Look at that! It's even more beautiful in person. 179 00:08:22,670 --> 00:08:25,714 [Trish] You think we could live in a house like this someday? 180 00:08:25,798 --> 00:08:26,966 [Roger] You never know. 181 00:08:27,925 --> 00:08:30,010 But I won't be buying just any old house. 182 00:08:30,094 --> 00:08:32,054 It'd have to be a house I really love. 183 00:08:33,222 --> 00:08:34,598 One for my collection. 184 00:08:34,682 --> 00:08:38,727 But then one day, 89 Maple Grove Lane came on the market. 185 00:08:38,811 --> 00:08:40,896 -It's beautiful. -Truly exquisite. 186 00:08:40,980 --> 00:08:42,815 -These archways… -It's great. 187 00:08:42,898 --> 00:08:46,151 See, this is what you don't understand. I have to have this house. 188 00:08:46,235 --> 00:08:47,069 Honey… 189 00:08:47,152 --> 00:08:49,321 Well, Roger, there are three offers already, 190 00:08:49,405 --> 00:08:51,824 and all I can say is that yours is not the highest. 191 00:08:52,825 --> 00:08:56,161 But you know what? There is something you could do. 192 00:08:56,245 --> 00:08:58,747 [Trish] The agent told him to write a letter to the sellers, 193 00:08:58,831 --> 00:09:00,583 tell them how much he loved the house, 194 00:09:00,666 --> 00:09:03,377 how much it meant to him ever since he was a child, 195 00:09:03,460 --> 00:09:06,130 that he would take better care of it than the other buyers, 196 00:09:06,213 --> 00:09:08,299 even though our offer wasn't as high. 197 00:09:08,382 --> 00:09:11,176 Yeah, a lot of people do that nowadays. 198 00:09:11,260 --> 00:09:12,845 Well, they didn't back then. 199 00:09:13,554 --> 00:09:17,224 So, Roger sat down at the typewriter… 200 00:09:17,308 --> 00:09:19,935 [Roger] Dear owners of 89 Maple Grove Lane. 201 00:09:20,019 --> 00:09:22,730 I have loved your house for over 35 years now. 202 00:09:22,813 --> 00:09:24,315 Ever since I was a little boy, 203 00:09:24,398 --> 00:09:27,985 your home gave me comfort from afar, something I could dream about. 204 00:09:28,068 --> 00:09:31,363 And now it seems that little boy's dream might actually come true. 205 00:09:31,447 --> 00:09:32,823 And guess what happened. 206 00:09:32,906 --> 00:09:36,368 -They went with a higher offer. -Because that's what always happens. 207 00:09:36,452 --> 00:09:39,872 Roger was… devastated. 208 00:09:40,581 --> 00:09:42,708 I'd never seen him cry like that. 209 00:09:42,791 --> 00:09:45,002 Roger wasn't that upset when his mother died. 210 00:09:46,170 --> 00:09:50,174 That's when he got the idea for the lesson. 211 00:09:50,257 --> 00:09:55,179 Started small, just a few kids in a creative writing club. 212 00:09:55,262 --> 00:09:58,349 But then after ten years, it became a sensation. 213 00:09:58,432 --> 00:09:59,600 Ode to a House. 214 00:10:01,518 --> 00:10:02,770 Your next assignment 215 00:10:04,063 --> 00:10:06,231 is to find a house that you love 216 00:10:06,774 --> 00:10:08,609 and to write a love letter to it. 217 00:10:08,692 --> 00:10:11,278 Be descriptive. Be imaginative. 218 00:10:11,362 --> 00:10:14,657 What is it that you admire about this house? 219 00:10:14,740 --> 00:10:17,493 What would it feel like to live in this house? 220 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:20,454 Now it can be as long or as short as you like. 221 00:10:20,537 --> 00:10:22,373 You'll be graded on sincerity. 222 00:10:22,456 --> 00:10:24,500 One copy comes to me 223 00:10:24,583 --> 00:10:26,960 and the other copy is sent to the house. 224 00:10:27,044 --> 00:10:28,420 And don't sign your name. 225 00:10:29,338 --> 00:10:32,424 You'll write much more freely knowing that it's anonymous. 226 00:10:32,508 --> 00:10:35,636 No one will read these except for the homeowners and me. 227 00:10:35,719 --> 00:10:37,137 Any questions? 228 00:10:37,221 --> 00:10:38,222 Yes, Miko. 229 00:10:38,972 --> 00:10:40,808 Can it be to your own house? 230 00:10:40,891 --> 00:10:43,727 Absolutely not. It has to be someone else's house. 231 00:10:44,645 --> 00:10:45,562 Good question. 232 00:10:46,605 --> 00:10:48,565 All right, have fun. 233 00:10:48,649 --> 00:10:49,608 [school bell rings] 234 00:10:49,692 --> 00:10:52,069 [student 1] Dear 901 Folsom Bridge Drive. 235 00:10:52,152 --> 00:10:54,071 I think your house is rad. 236 00:10:54,154 --> 00:10:56,657 I love the way the windows look like the house's eyes, 237 00:10:56,740 --> 00:10:58,867 and the front door like the house's mouth. 238 00:10:59,535 --> 00:11:02,496 I wonder when the house was built. Probably 100 years ago… 239 00:11:02,579 --> 00:11:06,750 [Miko] If a home is one's castle, then you, 452 Bolingbroke, 240 00:11:06,834 --> 00:11:11,922 are the most dazzling manor in which any king or queen could ever reside, 241 00:11:12,005 --> 00:11:14,550 you are truly a magical abode. 242 00:11:14,633 --> 00:11:16,635 What a joy you must be to your owners. 243 00:11:16,719 --> 00:11:18,137 [student 2] If I were to move, 244 00:11:18,220 --> 00:11:20,639 it would definitely be you, 84 Oriole Road. 245 00:11:20,723 --> 00:11:23,767 The ivy up your front looks cool, almost like a sweater. 246 00:11:23,851 --> 00:11:26,395 This lesson was, like, a smash hit, 247 00:11:26,478 --> 00:11:28,939 and he did it every year until he retired. 248 00:11:29,022 --> 00:11:30,315 -Thirty years. -Wow. 249 00:11:30,399 --> 00:11:33,694 And this lesson became bigger than him, really. 250 00:11:33,777 --> 00:11:36,196 That's why they had that Facebook group about it. 251 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:38,574 And his kids just loved it. 252 00:11:38,657 --> 00:11:40,993 And that included Miko, 253 00:11:42,244 --> 00:11:44,538 the one he ended up marrying. 254 00:11:46,790 --> 00:11:48,959 Total bitch, by the way. [sighs] 255 00:11:49,042 --> 00:11:52,421 But remember the other house Roger loved as a little boy? 256 00:11:52,504 --> 00:11:53,922 55 Oak Terrace. 257 00:11:54,006 --> 00:11:57,134 That house started getting letters. 258 00:12:03,432 --> 00:12:06,810 Roger's friend, the boy who used to live there, had grown and moved away. 259 00:12:06,894 --> 00:12:10,898 His sister now lived there, Carol Flanagan, 260 00:12:10,981 --> 00:12:13,859 and her son had taken Roger's English class. 261 00:12:13,942 --> 00:12:16,361 So when a letter showed up in the mailbox, 262 00:12:16,445 --> 00:12:19,782 she knew what an Ode to a House was. 263 00:12:20,365 --> 00:12:22,409 [Roger] Dear 55 Oak Terrace. 264 00:12:22,493 --> 00:12:23,786 Hello, old friend. 265 00:12:23,869 --> 00:12:25,037 It's been way too long 266 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:28,707 and I thought I ought to write. How I admire you, old house. 267 00:12:28,791 --> 00:12:30,334 Your delicious wainscoting. 268 00:12:30,417 --> 00:12:34,588 Those resplendent stained glass panels at the second floor landing. 269 00:12:34,671 --> 00:12:39,009 What a glorious treasure you are, a magnificent jewel box. 270 00:12:39,092 --> 00:12:40,093 Hi, Mom. 271 00:12:40,177 --> 00:12:41,011 Danny! 272 00:12:41,553 --> 00:12:44,890 When you had Mr. Kaplan, did he ever talk about our house? 273 00:12:44,973 --> 00:12:45,933 I don't think so. 274 00:12:47,976 --> 00:12:48,811 Huh. 275 00:12:49,603 --> 00:12:54,983 They got a letter once a year for the next ten years. 276 00:12:55,067 --> 00:12:56,568 [Roger] Dear 55 Oak Terrace. 277 00:12:56,652 --> 00:12:59,071 I see that old oak out back had to be trimmed… 278 00:12:59,154 --> 00:13:02,533 Why on Earth would someone reshingle that magnificent roof of yours? 279 00:13:02,616 --> 00:13:06,119 You wouldn't dare replace that old furnace in the basement, would you? 280 00:13:06,203 --> 00:13:09,164 One year, they get a letter and it's different. 281 00:13:10,791 --> 00:13:12,751 It was dark. 282 00:13:12,835 --> 00:13:16,421 [Roger] Dear 55 Oak Terrace. Why don't you ever write me back? 283 00:13:16,505 --> 00:13:19,216 I've spent so much of my life loving you, admiring you, 284 00:13:19,299 --> 00:13:21,510 and what do I get in return? Nothing. 285 00:13:21,593 --> 00:13:24,012 I've given you my love, my longing. 286 00:13:24,096 --> 00:13:26,139 What is it that you want then? My anger? 287 00:13:26,682 --> 00:13:29,434 I promise, you don't want that. 288 00:13:29,518 --> 00:13:32,354 You'd be very sorry to know what that looks like. 289 00:13:32,437 --> 00:13:34,523 And then a week later, 290 00:13:34,606 --> 00:13:40,112 she gets another letter from someone calling themselves The Watcher. 291 00:13:42,656 --> 00:13:46,952 [The Watcher] Dear Mrs. Flanagan, I've devoted so much time to you. 292 00:13:47,035 --> 00:13:49,913 I watch your house and keep you safe. 293 00:13:49,997 --> 00:13:51,915 I've admired your family 294 00:13:51,999 --> 00:13:55,085 and have only ever wanted what's best for it. 295 00:13:55,168 --> 00:13:59,131 I sat and watched you pridefully parade around your good fortune. 296 00:13:59,214 --> 00:14:01,341 You have turned the house against you. 297 00:14:01,425 --> 00:14:07,514 55 Oak Terrace has already rejected you and your insolent preening. 298 00:14:07,598 --> 00:14:11,351 Is your greed the real reason you couldn't keep your family together? 299 00:14:11,894 --> 00:14:15,981 Trish, how do you know all this about Carol Flanagan? 300 00:14:16,064 --> 00:14:18,984 Because she showed up right on my doorstep the next day. 301 00:14:19,067 --> 00:14:19,902 Hello? 302 00:14:19,985 --> 00:14:23,572 She handed me those last two letters, the ones that came a week apart. 303 00:14:23,655 --> 00:14:26,283 Can you please just verify if that's your ex-husband? 304 00:14:26,366 --> 00:14:29,202 Carol, these are definitely from Roger. 305 00:14:29,286 --> 00:14:31,997 What did she do? Why didn't she go to the police? 306 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:35,167 Oh, she did. Said they were of no help. 307 00:14:35,250 --> 00:14:37,002 -Just weren't that interested. -Hmm. 308 00:14:37,085 --> 00:14:37,961 Sounds familiar. 309 00:14:38,045 --> 00:14:42,799 I say the three of us walk over to 55 Oak Terrace 310 00:14:42,883 --> 00:14:45,010 and talk to Carol Flanagan ourselves. 311 00:14:45,093 --> 00:14:45,928 [doorbell rings] 312 00:14:46,011 --> 00:14:47,429 [Carol] It's a nice old house. 313 00:14:47,512 --> 00:14:49,932 I'm surprised it didn't get more letters over the years. 314 00:14:50,015 --> 00:14:51,058 -Come on in! -Wow! 315 00:14:51,141 --> 00:14:53,560 -My God, this is stunning! -[chuckles] Thank you. 316 00:14:54,394 --> 00:14:55,520 Have a look around. 317 00:14:55,604 --> 00:14:58,398 I inherited it from my parents when they died. 318 00:14:58,482 --> 00:15:01,193 My brother, Dave, who was Roger's childhood friend, 319 00:15:01,276 --> 00:15:02,736 he didn't want it. 320 00:15:02,819 --> 00:15:05,072 Thought it was too much house for one person. 321 00:15:05,155 --> 00:15:06,490 I'm divorced. 322 00:15:06,573 --> 00:15:08,951 My son is in Nashville. My daughter's in grad school. 323 00:15:09,034 --> 00:15:10,786 Rutgers, though, so she's close by. 324 00:15:10,869 --> 00:15:12,204 Come in, please. Sit down. 325 00:15:12,746 --> 00:15:14,748 -Make yourselves comfortable. -[Dean] Thank you! 326 00:15:14,831 --> 00:15:15,707 Gorgeous! 327 00:15:16,416 --> 00:15:17,751 [Theodora] Just beautiful. 328 00:15:19,211 --> 00:15:21,672 So how did you track me down? 329 00:15:21,755 --> 00:15:23,423 -Facebook page? -[Dean sighs] 330 00:15:23,507 --> 00:15:25,634 I posted a few things there over the years. 331 00:15:25,717 --> 00:15:27,302 Those people freaking hate me. 332 00:15:27,386 --> 00:15:30,931 We heard your story from Roger Kaplan's ex-wife, Trish. 333 00:15:31,682 --> 00:15:33,725 Look at the ornamental work on the plaster. 334 00:15:33,809 --> 00:15:34,977 -Amazing. -[Nora] Gorgeous. 335 00:15:35,060 --> 00:15:36,645 -[Carol] That's funny. -What? 336 00:15:36,728 --> 00:15:38,897 You sound just like Roger Kaplan. 337 00:15:38,981 --> 00:15:42,526 I mean, he referenced things like that in the letters, details, 338 00:15:42,609 --> 00:15:44,736 things I only would have heard him mention. 339 00:15:44,820 --> 00:15:47,531 [Roger] Look at these newel posts! They're beautiful! 340 00:15:47,614 --> 00:15:49,491 Do you know the name of the woodworker? 341 00:15:50,617 --> 00:15:54,871 These coffered walls are just delicious! 342 00:15:54,955 --> 00:15:56,999 [Carol] He was such an odd little kid. 343 00:15:57,082 --> 00:16:00,627 But my children took his class and they just loved him. 344 00:16:00,711 --> 00:16:03,046 The last letter you got, the one from The Watcher… 345 00:16:03,130 --> 00:16:05,590 Did you have that handy? Can we have a look at it? 346 00:16:05,674 --> 00:16:06,591 Yeah. 347 00:16:09,761 --> 00:16:10,721 Here you go. 348 00:16:16,101 --> 00:16:18,478 [Dean] Just like the letters we've been getting. 349 00:16:18,562 --> 00:16:21,189 I mean, it's the same writing style, same typeface, 350 00:16:21,273 --> 00:16:22,649 even the same paper stock. 351 00:16:22,733 --> 00:16:25,277 Yeah, but are we sure this is Roger Kaplan? 352 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:29,865 These Ode to a House letters… They definitely sound like him, 353 00:16:29,948 --> 00:16:33,493 but, then, when The Watcher writes, it's different. Don't you think? 354 00:16:34,453 --> 00:16:37,205 Nora's right. Roger writes to the house. 355 00:16:37,289 --> 00:16:41,543 The Watcher… He, she, they, write to the homeowner. 356 00:16:41,626 --> 00:16:42,836 [Dean] Good point. 357 00:16:42,919 --> 00:16:44,337 That's what the police said. 358 00:16:45,380 --> 00:16:48,383 Said there was no way of knowing if they were the same person. 359 00:16:48,467 --> 00:16:50,177 And you're certain it was? 360 00:16:50,260 --> 00:16:53,847 The letter from The Watcher arrived when it became public knowledge 361 00:16:53,930 --> 00:16:56,933 that my husband had moved out and we were getting a divorce. 362 00:16:57,017 --> 00:17:00,645 Roger wanted to scare me out of this house so he could buy it. 363 00:17:01,188 --> 00:17:02,314 It's as clear as day. 364 00:17:02,397 --> 00:17:03,857 But you were never scared. 365 00:17:03,940 --> 00:17:05,108 [Carol] What? Of Roger? 366 00:17:05,192 --> 00:17:08,278 The guy who was petrified of the coal furnace downstairs 367 00:17:08,361 --> 00:17:09,279 when he was ten? 368 00:17:09,863 --> 00:17:10,697 No. 369 00:17:12,324 --> 00:17:13,325 There was one time… 370 00:17:15,368 --> 00:17:18,538 after that Watcher letter came and I went to the cops, 371 00:17:19,081 --> 00:17:21,458 and it was clear they were not going to help me. 372 00:17:22,209 --> 00:17:25,045 Well, one night I… I was headed to bed… 373 00:17:28,673 --> 00:17:30,383 Someone was watching me. 374 00:17:33,678 --> 00:17:35,430 Roger Kaplan! 375 00:17:36,098 --> 00:17:38,225 You wimpy motherfucker! 376 00:17:38,850 --> 00:17:42,270 I keep my kitchen knives nice and sharp! 377 00:17:42,354 --> 00:17:45,565 If you ever so much as set foot on this property again, 378 00:17:45,649 --> 00:17:48,401 I will slice your tiny balls! 379 00:17:49,611 --> 00:17:50,570 You get it? 380 00:17:51,571 --> 00:17:52,614 You hear me? 381 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:56,868 But after that, nothing. 382 00:17:56,952 --> 00:17:58,245 It was 12, 13 years ago. 383 00:17:58,787 --> 00:18:01,414 For whatever reason, Roger Kaplan, 384 00:18:01,498 --> 00:18:04,835 or The Watcher, decided to leave me alone. 385 00:18:08,463 --> 00:18:11,216 -Can I see the letter you got? -Yeah, of course, yeah. 386 00:18:18,890 --> 00:18:20,016 [scoffs] 387 00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:22,435 Yeah, this is him. 388 00:18:22,978 --> 00:18:26,356 "Have you found what's in the walls?" Fucking Roger. 389 00:18:27,023 --> 00:18:28,525 Miserable little pussy. 390 00:18:29,693 --> 00:18:32,112 We should go there now. We know where he lives. 391 00:18:32,195 --> 00:18:34,698 -Let's just hold a beat. -What're we waiting for? 392 00:18:34,781 --> 00:18:36,658 -You have to think this through. -Hon! 393 00:18:36,741 --> 00:18:39,161 You can't just go to his house and accuse him. 394 00:18:39,244 --> 00:18:41,329 -He'll slam the door in your face. -[Nora] Exactly. 395 00:18:41,413 --> 00:18:44,374 And we haven't got the support of the police, if you recall. 396 00:18:44,457 --> 00:18:46,209 Then how the hell do we catch him? 397 00:18:47,794 --> 00:18:49,671 I don't know. 398 00:18:50,922 --> 00:18:52,674 But we'll figure it out. Come on. 399 00:18:53,842 --> 00:18:54,676 [car beeps] 400 00:19:03,059 --> 00:19:04,853 [Dean] Hey, I just had a thought. 401 00:19:04,936 --> 00:19:06,563 We know where he lives, right? 402 00:19:06,646 --> 00:19:07,898 But if we scare him, 403 00:19:07,981 --> 00:19:10,650 he can run back inside and never come back out again. 404 00:19:10,734 --> 00:19:11,693 But if we wait for him… 405 00:19:11,776 --> 00:19:15,280 We can catch him in a public place. That's exactly what I was thinking. 406 00:19:15,363 --> 00:19:17,782 -Really? Ah, you're so fuckin' hot. -[Nora gasps] 407 00:19:19,034 --> 00:19:19,993 Okay, just… 408 00:19:20,785 --> 00:19:21,620 Whoo! 409 00:19:27,834 --> 00:19:28,710 [Nora] This one here? 410 00:19:29,461 --> 00:19:30,295 [Dean] Yeah. 411 00:19:30,378 --> 00:19:31,963 That's a nice house. 412 00:19:32,505 --> 00:19:34,549 My God, what's he so pissed off about? 413 00:19:34,633 --> 00:19:35,842 This place is fine. 414 00:19:37,594 --> 00:19:38,511 Wait, look! 415 00:19:39,554 --> 00:19:40,722 Is that them? 416 00:19:40,805 --> 00:19:41,806 I think so. 417 00:19:43,016 --> 00:19:44,017 Oh, shit. 418 00:19:44,100 --> 00:19:46,228 They're getting in their car. Hide. 419 00:19:49,940 --> 00:19:52,025 [car starts, drives off] 420 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:54,194 Okay. 421 00:19:56,947 --> 00:19:57,906 Psst. 422 00:19:59,199 --> 00:20:00,533 Aisle three. 423 00:20:18,426 --> 00:20:19,886 Who's Alison Roman? 424 00:20:19,970 --> 00:20:21,805 YouTuber. She's brilliant. 425 00:20:21,888 --> 00:20:24,182 Amazing cook. I wanna be her. 426 00:20:24,266 --> 00:20:25,684 [Roger] Harissa paste… 427 00:20:25,767 --> 00:20:28,270 -[Miko] We need that for the bean stew. -[Roger] Okay. 428 00:20:28,353 --> 00:20:30,939 [Miko] Um… What else do we need? We need… 429 00:20:31,022 --> 00:20:35,777 -Bagels. -Bagel and should we get some bread? 430 00:20:36,361 --> 00:20:37,195 [Roger] Yes! 431 00:20:37,279 --> 00:20:39,406 [Miko] Yes! Butter? 432 00:20:39,489 --> 00:20:40,865 [mouthing] Go! Follow! 433 00:20:51,001 --> 00:20:52,419 We could get some… 434 00:20:52,502 --> 00:20:55,630 -Maybe we could get toasted-- -[Dean] Oh! 435 00:20:56,131 --> 00:20:58,550 Hi. Are you Roger Kaplan? 436 00:20:59,676 --> 00:21:01,928 Yeah. You are? 437 00:21:02,012 --> 00:21:04,389 I'm Dean Brannock. You probably know that. 438 00:21:04,472 --> 00:21:06,516 Hello, I'm Nora… Brannock. 439 00:21:06,599 --> 00:21:08,685 I'm sorry. Do… [scoffs] Do we know you? 440 00:21:08,768 --> 00:21:11,771 We live at 657 Boulevard. Do you know that house? 441 00:21:11,855 --> 00:21:13,898 Well, as a matter of fact, we do, yes. 442 00:21:13,982 --> 00:21:16,609 We've been getting some strange letters at the house. 443 00:21:17,527 --> 00:21:20,196 Know anything about that? I know you like writing letters. 444 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:21,906 "Ode to a House" and all that. 445 00:21:21,990 --> 00:21:23,908 Yeah, that's one of my lessons. 446 00:21:23,992 --> 00:21:24,909 Leave us alone. 447 00:21:24,993 --> 00:21:26,286 We'll leave you alone. 448 00:21:26,369 --> 00:21:29,080 As soon as you leave us the fuck alone. How about that? 449 00:21:29,956 --> 00:21:30,790 Um… 450 00:21:31,416 --> 00:21:36,171 All I've ever wanted to do is inspire my students about architecture. 451 00:21:36,254 --> 00:21:39,549 Now, if you got a letter and you didn't like it, 452 00:21:39,632 --> 00:21:41,009 that's really not my fault. 453 00:21:41,092 --> 00:21:43,553 Do you know your husband calls himself The Watcher? 454 00:21:43,636 --> 00:21:47,098 He knows how to get in our house, as he used to play there as a kid. 455 00:21:47,182 --> 00:21:49,142 I have no idea what you're talking about, 456 00:21:49,225 --> 00:21:51,644 and I've never seen either one of you in my life. 457 00:21:51,728 --> 00:21:53,188 You see, now that's bullshit! 458 00:21:53,271 --> 00:21:56,566 Because I saw you in the tunnels under our house two nights ago! 459 00:21:56,649 --> 00:21:59,611 You were at the open house, Mr. Kaplan. I saw you there. 460 00:21:59,694 --> 00:22:01,780 Yes. That's what people do. 461 00:22:01,863 --> 00:22:03,656 They go to an open house. 462 00:22:03,740 --> 00:22:05,700 What about sending threatening letters? 463 00:22:06,201 --> 00:22:07,410 Do people do that too? 464 00:22:07,952 --> 00:22:11,414 Get the new owners to sell at a loss, so you can buy the house? 465 00:22:11,498 --> 00:22:13,708 You think I can afford to buy your house? 466 00:22:13,792 --> 00:22:16,127 I'm a retired public school teacher. 467 00:22:17,337 --> 00:22:19,172 I went to that open house 468 00:22:19,255 --> 00:22:21,800 because it used to belong to my childhood friend. 469 00:22:22,467 --> 00:22:26,930 He died recently and that's why I wanted to see the house. 470 00:22:28,139 --> 00:22:32,143 Now, if you've got a problem with that, why don't you call the fucking cops? 471 00:22:37,607 --> 00:22:38,650 [Miko] What was that? 472 00:22:38,733 --> 00:22:40,693 [Roger] No idea. Never seen them in my life. 473 00:22:40,777 --> 00:22:41,861 [Miko] They're crazy! 474 00:22:54,791 --> 00:22:55,917 [keys clattering] 475 00:22:57,585 --> 00:22:58,461 Hey, buddy. 476 00:23:00,505 --> 00:23:01,798 No fucking way. 477 00:23:03,258 --> 00:23:04,092 Nora! 478 00:23:05,343 --> 00:23:06,803 Are you fucking kidding? 479 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,681 Oh, God. Stay there! 480 00:23:15,895 --> 00:23:17,272 What the hell are you doing? 481 00:23:17,355 --> 00:23:19,524 You accused me of watching you. 482 00:23:20,358 --> 00:23:23,153 So I'm making sure that your dream comes true. 483 00:23:23,236 --> 00:23:24,529 -Jesus! -Get the fuck outta here. 484 00:23:24,612 --> 00:23:27,866 You have made yourself a very powerful enemy, you know that? 485 00:23:28,658 --> 00:23:29,534 Both of you. 486 00:23:30,618 --> 00:23:34,831 Cornering me like that in public, in front of my wife? 487 00:23:34,914 --> 00:23:37,709 She couldn't even enjoy her glass of wine last night. 488 00:23:37,792 --> 00:23:39,294 Please, Mr. Kaplan, calm down. 489 00:23:39,377 --> 00:23:40,753 Don't tell me to calm down! 490 00:23:40,837 --> 00:23:42,964 I am your worst nightmare come true. 491 00:23:43,047 --> 00:23:46,426 You'll never belong in this town and I'm going to make sure of it, 492 00:23:46,509 --> 00:23:48,136 you rich sacks of shit. 493 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:52,223 You think living in a house like this means that you can do anything, 494 00:23:52,307 --> 00:23:53,683 say anything that you want? 495 00:23:53,766 --> 00:23:54,642 No, you can't. 496 00:23:54,726 --> 00:23:55,977 Not as long as I'm around 497 00:23:56,060 --> 00:23:59,522 because I'm going to be standing right here all day every day. 498 00:23:59,606 --> 00:24:01,900 And there's nothing you can do about it 499 00:24:01,983 --> 00:24:05,278 because this is public property and it's a free goddamn country! 500 00:24:05,361 --> 00:24:07,572 -[Nora] Let's go. -I won't let him fuck with us. 501 00:24:07,655 --> 00:24:10,033 Yeah, go ahead. I'll keep your house company. 502 00:24:10,116 --> 00:24:10,950 Go ahead! 503 00:24:11,034 --> 00:24:12,368 -What the fuck. -[Nora] Let's go. 504 00:24:12,452 --> 00:24:15,246 [Roger] I'm not going anywhere. I'll be right here. That's right. 505 00:24:15,330 --> 00:24:17,707 Your house knows me, your house likes me, 506 00:24:17,790 --> 00:24:20,752 your house wishes that I was living in it instead of you. 507 00:24:20,835 --> 00:24:21,794 That's right. 508 00:24:21,878 --> 00:24:24,339 And I probably will before you know it. 509 00:24:24,422 --> 00:24:25,882 -Go on! -[Nora] Kids! 510 00:24:26,674 --> 00:24:28,426 Come on! You'll be late for school! 511 00:24:29,052 --> 00:24:30,178 I'm The Watcher. 512 00:24:30,261 --> 00:24:31,638 [door opens, shuts] 513 00:24:31,721 --> 00:24:34,599 [Pearl] Mr. Secretary, would you begin by reading aloud 514 00:24:34,682 --> 00:24:38,311 the minutes of the last meeting of the Westfield Preservation Society? 515 00:24:38,895 --> 00:24:44,442 Our efforts to block removal of the Summit Avenue chinquapin limb, 516 00:24:44,526 --> 00:24:50,073 falsely accused of encroaching within four feet of a telephone wire, 517 00:24:50,573 --> 00:24:52,534 have not been in vain. 518 00:24:52,617 --> 00:24:56,579 The city has agreed that the chinquapin won't be touched 519 00:24:57,330 --> 00:24:59,290 for at least 15 years. 520 00:25:00,375 --> 00:25:03,378 Truly a stunning success. 521 00:25:03,461 --> 00:25:06,506 And now our vice president has an update 522 00:25:06,589 --> 00:25:09,551 on the tragedy unfolding at Spruce and Windsor. 523 00:25:09,634 --> 00:25:13,972 By virtue of my discreet methods of movement, 524 00:25:14,055 --> 00:25:17,308 I can confirm, to this body, its worst suspicions 525 00:25:17,392 --> 00:25:19,894 about the renovation at the northwest corner 526 00:25:19,978 --> 00:25:21,437 of Spruce and Windsor. 527 00:25:22,647 --> 00:25:28,444 An out-of-town designer purchased and was preparing to install brand-new, 528 00:25:28,528 --> 00:25:31,823 six-by-six windows, replacing the original double-hung, 529 00:25:31,906 --> 00:25:34,617 and architecturally proper, four-over-fours. 530 00:25:34,701 --> 00:25:37,412 I went over there with a hammer and I smashed them. 531 00:25:38,037 --> 00:25:40,748 I smashed every pane in every window. 532 00:25:40,832 --> 00:25:45,670 Six-by-six windows on a Queen Anne is a travesty! 533 00:25:47,046 --> 00:25:49,048 Windows are the eyes of a home. 534 00:25:49,716 --> 00:25:52,427 How long have I been a member of this group? 535 00:25:53,428 --> 00:25:55,346 Five, six years? 536 00:25:56,222 --> 00:25:57,140 Decade? 537 00:25:58,558 --> 00:25:59,559 Lost count. 538 00:26:01,561 --> 00:26:03,062 When did it start happening? 539 00:26:03,688 --> 00:26:04,897 All the change? 540 00:26:06,107 --> 00:26:11,195 This compulsion to pervert the very things that surround us, 541 00:26:11,988 --> 00:26:13,698 that do not need changing. 542 00:26:15,575 --> 00:26:17,368 Was it the computer? 543 00:26:17,452 --> 00:26:23,791 Was it when we removed the human soul and put a machine in its place? 544 00:26:24,375 --> 00:26:25,418 [sighs softly] 545 00:26:25,501 --> 00:26:29,213 I don't know. I don't know, but it is maddening. 546 00:26:29,797 --> 00:26:31,049 The banality of it. 547 00:26:31,758 --> 00:26:35,470 To stand there, while 3,000 years of culture 548 00:26:35,553 --> 00:26:39,766 are just flushed down the toilet as if there's nothing to be done about it. 549 00:26:43,144 --> 00:26:45,021 I say there is something to be done. 550 00:26:46,272 --> 00:26:48,483 We must muster up the courage to say, 551 00:26:49,067 --> 00:26:52,779 "No, I do not consent to this." 552 00:26:55,323 --> 00:26:58,326 That's the voice that will echo the loudest. That is the cry… 553 00:26:59,911 --> 00:27:02,288 that will reverberate through generations. 554 00:27:02,372 --> 00:27:03,623 [doorbell rings] 555 00:27:04,624 --> 00:27:05,792 [knocking at door] 556 00:27:07,085 --> 00:27:08,086 Hide. 557 00:27:08,169 --> 00:27:09,253 [knocking continues] 558 00:27:12,423 --> 00:27:13,257 [inhales] 559 00:27:13,341 --> 00:27:14,384 -[Pearl] Mr. Brannock! -Hi! 560 00:27:14,467 --> 00:27:15,426 Can I help you? 561 00:27:15,510 --> 00:27:17,053 [Dean] Yes, actually, you can. 562 00:27:17,136 --> 00:27:19,972 Turns out the police are no longer cooperating with us. 563 00:27:20,056 --> 00:27:21,140 Long story. 564 00:27:21,224 --> 00:27:24,310 But the fact of the matter is that someone's been getting into our house 565 00:27:24,394 --> 00:27:25,645 through these tunnels, 566 00:27:25,728 --> 00:27:27,105 and it's my belief that 567 00:27:27,188 --> 00:27:30,316 the tunnels lead directly to one of these neighboring houses. 568 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:33,986 I need to get into your house to make sure the tunnel doesn't lead here. 569 00:27:34,070 --> 00:27:36,572 Look in the closets, the basement… Well, the whole house. 570 00:27:36,656 --> 00:27:38,282 Do you have a search warrant? 571 00:27:38,366 --> 00:27:40,410 No, I just said the police aren't helping us. 572 00:27:40,493 --> 00:27:42,662 Then I don't see how I can help you either. 573 00:27:42,745 --> 00:27:45,623 You know, just, legally, my hands are tied. 574 00:27:45,707 --> 00:27:46,833 Oh, come on! 575 00:27:47,417 --> 00:27:51,713 Mr. Brannock, has anyone told you you're not looking well? 576 00:27:51,796 --> 00:27:56,175 Those dark circles under your eyes, that's adrenal stress. 577 00:27:56,259 --> 00:27:59,053 I would offer you some freshly pressed cod liver oil, 578 00:27:59,137 --> 00:28:02,890 but at this point I don't see what good it would do. 579 00:28:02,974 --> 00:28:05,226 Hi, Jasper! Hey, buddy! 580 00:28:05,309 --> 00:28:07,937 Hey, is there tunnel under your house? 581 00:28:08,020 --> 00:28:12,400 Maybe you use it to sneak into our house, play with that dumbwaiter you love? 582 00:28:12,483 --> 00:28:17,113 That horrible renovation must have pushed you right over the edge. 583 00:28:17,196 --> 00:28:19,741 -Butcher block countertops? -Yeah. 584 00:28:19,824 --> 00:28:22,368 Are you turning your house into a delicatessen? 585 00:28:22,452 --> 00:28:25,329 I've never seen anyone spend so much money 586 00:28:25,413 --> 00:28:28,040 to make a house look so awful. 587 00:28:28,124 --> 00:28:29,625 You must lie awake at night 588 00:28:29,709 --> 00:28:35,339 regretting the horrors you have visited upon that poor, beautiful home. 589 00:28:35,423 --> 00:28:36,340 [man sneezes] 590 00:28:38,050 --> 00:28:38,926 Who just sneezed? 591 00:28:39,594 --> 00:28:40,428 Jasper? 592 00:28:40,511 --> 00:28:42,597 I can see Jasper from here, you lying… 593 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:44,265 Hey! Hey! 594 00:28:45,683 --> 00:28:46,517 Hey! 595 00:28:48,311 --> 00:28:49,145 Fuck. 596 00:28:50,021 --> 00:28:53,733 How dare you! 597 00:28:58,821 --> 00:29:02,408 You're terrible neighbors! 598 00:29:02,492 --> 00:29:04,118 [frenzied jazz music playing] 599 00:29:12,460 --> 00:29:13,294 [alarm beeps] 600 00:29:25,681 --> 00:29:26,682 [groans] 601 00:29:47,954 --> 00:29:48,871 [Nora] Dean! 602 00:29:56,671 --> 00:29:57,588 Nora? 603 00:29:57,672 --> 00:29:59,131 [breathing heavily] 604 00:30:00,341 --> 00:30:01,300 [door opens] 605 00:30:01,884 --> 00:30:04,720 Nora! Where are you? 606 00:30:07,473 --> 00:30:08,349 Nora! 607 00:30:12,645 --> 00:30:13,729 [Roger] Mr. Brannock. 608 00:30:14,856 --> 00:30:16,399 Daddy, he has a gun. 609 00:30:16,899 --> 00:30:19,610 Do I? Or is it just a finger in my pocket? 610 00:30:19,694 --> 00:30:20,945 -Let him go. -[Nora] Dean! 611 00:30:21,028 --> 00:30:22,363 -[Ellie] Do what he says! -What? 612 00:30:22,446 --> 00:30:24,699 [Roger] Your wife and daughter are in the basement. 613 00:30:24,782 --> 00:30:26,450 I'll show them something later. 614 00:30:26,534 --> 00:30:28,661 -What do you want? -[Roger] What do I want? 615 00:30:28,744 --> 00:30:30,413 You know. I want your house. 616 00:30:30,496 --> 00:30:32,123 Okay, fine, you can have it. 617 00:30:33,499 --> 00:30:34,625 [Roger exclaiming] 618 00:30:34,709 --> 00:30:37,003 -Am I losing your attention there? -No. 619 00:30:37,086 --> 00:30:40,423 You thinking about a knife? This is not gonna end well. 620 00:30:41,007 --> 00:30:42,633 -Dad. -No. 621 00:30:42,717 --> 00:30:43,968 [Nora] Do what he says! 622 00:30:44,051 --> 00:30:45,303 [Dean] I am! I will! 623 00:30:45,386 --> 00:30:46,971 Okay, okay, okay. 624 00:30:47,471 --> 00:30:49,932 You don't have to do this. You're in control here. 625 00:30:50,016 --> 00:30:51,475 I'll give you whatever you want. 626 00:30:51,559 --> 00:30:53,394 What if I want more than your house? 627 00:30:53,477 --> 00:30:54,812 [Dean] What are you doing? 628 00:30:54,896 --> 00:30:57,064 -Dad. -Okay, no! 629 00:30:57,148 --> 00:30:59,734 No! 630 00:30:59,817 --> 00:31:01,777 -Dean, what's happening? -No! 631 00:31:01,861 --> 00:31:05,573 -[Nora] Dean, it's okay. You're okay. -[Dean] No! 632 00:31:05,656 --> 00:31:06,991 [Nora] You're okay, honey. 633 00:31:12,705 --> 00:31:13,706 [door closes] 634 00:31:22,924 --> 00:31:24,383 How are you feeling? 635 00:31:24,467 --> 00:31:26,928 Feeling better. This helps. 636 00:31:28,512 --> 00:31:29,847 How was drop-off? 637 00:31:29,931 --> 00:31:31,891 [sighs] It was fine. 638 00:31:39,774 --> 00:31:40,608 Hon… 639 00:31:42,443 --> 00:31:44,362 You need to see someone about this. 640 00:31:44,445 --> 00:31:46,405 Oh, I know. I know. 641 00:31:47,949 --> 00:31:50,368 -You know it was just a bad dream. -Babe… 642 00:31:52,912 --> 00:31:56,415 It's 9:00 a.m. on a Tuesday morning and you're drinking scotch. 643 00:31:57,375 --> 00:31:59,752 We need to get out of here permanently, 644 00:31:59,835 --> 00:32:02,880 for the sake of the kids, the sake of our family. 645 00:32:04,590 --> 00:32:08,094 Okay? We need to sell this house. 646 00:32:10,096 --> 00:32:11,389 I agree. [crying] 647 00:32:14,308 --> 00:32:15,267 I agree. 648 00:32:17,228 --> 00:32:18,104 Oh, honey. 649 00:32:18,938 --> 00:32:21,232 [crying continues] 650 00:32:34,870 --> 00:32:35,705 [groans] 651 00:32:45,047 --> 00:32:47,299 That's it. That's how you did it. 652 00:32:56,225 --> 00:32:58,144 You're getting in from her house! 653 00:32:58,227 --> 00:33:00,062 I knew it! It makes perfect sense. 654 00:33:00,146 --> 00:33:03,482 And you… I'll find out where that little door is, or whatever, 655 00:33:03,566 --> 00:33:07,069 and you'll know when I do because I'll start showing up in your living room. 656 00:33:07,153 --> 00:33:08,279 What are you talking about? 657 00:33:08,362 --> 00:33:10,656 Don't act like I'm the crazy one here, okay? 658 00:33:10,740 --> 00:33:13,242 I thought Andrew Pierce sounded crazy, 659 00:33:13,325 --> 00:33:15,036 but I think Andrew Pierce might be 660 00:33:15,119 --> 00:33:17,371 the sanest fucking person that's lived in this town. 661 00:33:17,455 --> 00:33:19,790 I was talking to Mr. Kaplan about my son. 662 00:33:19,874 --> 00:33:21,292 He is his favorite teacher. 663 00:33:21,375 --> 00:33:23,711 I'm sure that's what you were talking about. 664 00:33:23,794 --> 00:33:26,172 And you, sir, I got to say, 665 00:33:26,255 --> 00:33:29,383 I wouldn't have put you for a blood cult, kind of guy. 666 00:33:29,467 --> 00:33:32,094 Okay, here we go with the blood cult again. 667 00:33:32,178 --> 00:33:34,346 Kinky town, Westfield. Who knew? 668 00:33:34,430 --> 00:33:37,058 That's what we were discussing. Ways to what? 669 00:33:37,141 --> 00:33:39,185 -Kidnap children and drink their blood. -What? 670 00:33:39,268 --> 00:33:40,853 Because we're lizard people. 671 00:33:40,936 --> 00:33:43,522 We love blood orgies. That makes a lot of fucking sense. 672 00:33:43,606 --> 00:33:46,859 [Roger] Know what your problem is with your paranoid suspicions? 673 00:33:46,942 --> 00:33:48,027 The danger to it? 674 00:33:48,652 --> 00:33:52,114 My wife is now talking to me about separation because of you. 675 00:33:52,198 --> 00:33:53,407 Sounds like a smart woman. 676 00:33:53,491 --> 00:33:56,368 No, because of all of this bullshit you've come up with, 677 00:33:56,452 --> 00:33:58,579 she thinks I've got other secrets from her. 678 00:33:58,662 --> 00:34:01,499 So congratulations on ruining my fucking marriage! 679 00:34:03,042 --> 00:34:04,251 You know what, pal? 680 00:34:04,335 --> 00:34:07,338 Congratulations to you, because you win! 681 00:34:07,421 --> 00:34:08,422 We're listing the house. 682 00:34:08,506 --> 00:34:10,299 So either one of you now can buy it 683 00:34:10,382 --> 00:34:11,842 and turn it into a fucking 684 00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:14,720 cult meeting house, or whatever. 685 00:34:15,387 --> 00:34:18,057 Well, hallelujah! You hear that, Roger? 686 00:34:18,140 --> 00:34:20,893 For our blood cult meetings! For our blood cult… 687 00:34:20,976 --> 00:34:23,187 I can't wait to tell the other cult members 688 00:34:23,270 --> 00:34:25,773 and then we'll spread the word on QAnon! 689 00:34:25,856 --> 00:34:27,441 That makes a lot of sense. 690 00:34:27,525 --> 00:34:28,859 You are fucking crazy! 691 00:34:28,943 --> 00:34:31,028 Your wife too! Good riddance! 692 00:34:31,112 --> 00:34:33,906 Don't let the door hit you on the way out, motherfucker! 693 00:34:37,159 --> 00:34:39,495 [grunts] Little help here! Okay. 694 00:34:39,578 --> 00:34:42,581 [Ellie] Sorry, we kind of overordered. Got a bunch of stuff. 695 00:34:42,665 --> 00:34:44,834 Yeah, right. All right. Thank you. 696 00:34:44,917 --> 00:34:47,086 -[Dakota] Let me get that for you. -[Dean] Ah… 697 00:34:47,169 --> 00:34:49,130 Thanks. Hey, hey, hey. 698 00:34:49,713 --> 00:34:50,673 -[Dean] Uh… -Yeah? 699 00:34:51,841 --> 00:34:53,384 Thanks for coming for dinner. 700 00:34:53,968 --> 00:34:55,386 -Thanks for having me. -Okay. 701 00:34:57,221 --> 00:35:01,642 Look, you and I, we got off on the wrong foot, didn't we? 702 00:35:01,725 --> 00:35:02,977 That's my fault. 703 00:35:04,228 --> 00:35:06,480 So, sorry about that. 704 00:35:07,648 --> 00:35:08,482 It's just… 705 00:35:09,275 --> 00:35:11,110 You know, having a daughter, it's… 706 00:35:12,778 --> 00:35:14,196 it's hard, you know? 707 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:15,197 I'm sorry. 708 00:35:16,073 --> 00:35:17,825 Okay. Let's go have some wine. 709 00:35:22,663 --> 00:35:24,123 Dean, easy! 710 00:35:24,206 --> 00:35:27,042 What do you mean? He's 19 years old. Haven't you been to France? 711 00:35:27,126 --> 00:35:29,628 People start drinking when they're, like, children. 712 00:35:29,712 --> 00:35:30,754 Yeah. 713 00:35:30,838 --> 00:35:32,673 You're good. Make sure you smell it. 714 00:35:32,756 --> 00:35:34,758 -Smell it? -Mm-hmm. That's the bouquet. 715 00:35:34,842 --> 00:35:36,343 Yeah, good, now drink it! 716 00:35:37,720 --> 00:35:38,554 Huh? 717 00:35:39,346 --> 00:35:41,015 -It's very good. -Good stuff, isn't it? 718 00:35:41,098 --> 00:35:41,974 [scoffs] 719 00:35:42,057 --> 00:35:44,185 -Wow. -What's wrong with you? 720 00:35:44,935 --> 00:35:46,187 Me? What do you mean? 721 00:35:46,270 --> 00:35:48,189 You're, like, acting nice again. 722 00:35:48,272 --> 00:35:50,900 Oh, come on. I've always been nice. 723 00:35:50,983 --> 00:35:53,152 No, you haven't always been nice. This is… 724 00:35:53,736 --> 00:35:55,905 I'm not stupid. I know something's going on. 725 00:35:59,033 --> 00:36:01,327 You wanna tell them? 726 00:36:01,410 --> 00:36:02,828 Tell us what? 727 00:36:04,496 --> 00:36:06,957 We are going to officially sell the house. 728 00:36:07,041 --> 00:36:08,542 -[Carter] What? -Wait, really? 729 00:36:09,210 --> 00:36:10,711 -Yeah. -Why didn't you ask us first? 730 00:36:10,794 --> 00:36:11,962 But I like it here! 731 00:36:12,046 --> 00:36:13,839 -[Carter] You don't! -[Ellie] I do! 732 00:36:13,923 --> 00:36:15,841 -[Carter] You didn't at first! -[Ellie] What? 733 00:36:15,925 --> 00:36:17,176 [somber music playing] 734 00:36:18,802 --> 00:36:21,263 3.5 million in cash? 735 00:36:21,347 --> 00:36:22,848 -Ten-day escrow. -Wow! 736 00:36:22,932 --> 00:36:26,352 We got the call yesterday from our new real estate agent, Bruce. 737 00:36:26,435 --> 00:36:29,313 And yeah, we accepted the offer last night. 738 00:36:29,396 --> 00:36:32,316 Yeah. That's 300 over asking, which is more than we even hoped. 739 00:36:32,399 --> 00:36:37,655 Plus that covers the renovations and even the tiniest bit of profit! 740 00:36:37,738 --> 00:36:40,741 So this story has a happy ending after all. 741 00:36:44,078 --> 00:36:45,746 Oh, God, I'm sorry. 742 00:36:45,829 --> 00:36:47,373 That just sounded so vulgar, 743 00:36:47,456 --> 00:36:53,045 talking about what we made on a house versus what's going on in real life. 744 00:36:53,128 --> 00:36:54,838 Actual important things. 745 00:36:54,922 --> 00:36:56,257 Like cancer? 746 00:36:56,340 --> 00:36:57,466 [Nora] Yes. 747 00:36:57,549 --> 00:37:02,054 You just look so healthy and I sometimes forget. 748 00:37:05,641 --> 00:37:06,809 How are you? 749 00:37:12,898 --> 00:37:15,317 I have been accepted into a trial 750 00:37:15,401 --> 00:37:18,696 for an experimental cancer treatment up at Lenox Hill. 751 00:37:18,779 --> 00:37:20,656 -That's wonderful! -[Theodora laughs] 752 00:37:20,739 --> 00:37:24,034 Hey, Theodora, that's… Wow, that's great. 753 00:37:24,118 --> 00:37:25,160 That's great. 754 00:37:27,663 --> 00:37:31,333 I'm sorry. Can we just look at the suspect board? Just one last time? 755 00:37:31,417 --> 00:37:32,668 -Dean! -[Dean] No, please. 756 00:37:32,751 --> 00:37:34,628 One more time, then I'll put the board away. 757 00:37:34,712 --> 00:37:36,964 -Once again, here are the prime suspects. -[chuckling] 758 00:37:37,047 --> 00:37:37,923 Yes. 759 00:37:38,007 --> 00:37:39,925 Now, there's the weirdo, Roger Kaplan. 760 00:37:40,509 --> 00:37:43,470 I still like good old Roger for this. 761 00:37:43,554 --> 00:37:46,432 But then, there are the Winslows. 762 00:37:46,515 --> 00:37:49,935 And what about these batshit lunatics? 763 00:37:50,519 --> 00:37:53,147 All right, Andrew Pierce said that 764 00:37:53,230 --> 00:37:56,734 they were some kind of satanic vampires or something, right? 765 00:37:57,776 --> 00:38:02,865 I just don't see what their motivation is to terrorize you like that. 766 00:38:02,948 --> 00:38:04,199 [Dean] Well, that leaves… 767 00:38:05,534 --> 00:38:06,994 our good friend John Graff. 768 00:38:07,077 --> 00:38:09,621 Which neither one of you have ever been serious 769 00:38:09,705 --> 00:38:11,290 about entertaining him as a suspect. 770 00:38:11,373 --> 00:38:15,252 Because, Dean, why would you commit the perfect crime, 771 00:38:15,336 --> 00:38:17,629 disappear for two decades, 772 00:38:17,713 --> 00:38:21,884 then come back into town just to torment you? 773 00:38:21,967 --> 00:38:23,552 But that's what he did, right? 774 00:38:23,635 --> 00:38:25,763 I go downstairs, there he is in the kitchen 775 00:38:25,846 --> 00:38:28,057 and, next thing, I'm in a conversation with the guy 776 00:38:28,140 --> 00:38:31,226 in which he practically admits to murdering his daughter here! 777 00:38:31,310 --> 00:38:33,312 No, you had a conversation with someone 778 00:38:33,395 --> 00:38:37,107 who probably wanted you to think he was John Graff. And it worked. 779 00:38:37,691 --> 00:38:40,527 -See, for us, John Graff is just a name. -[sighs wearily] 780 00:38:40,611 --> 00:38:44,573 You have a face in your head and you're obsessing on it, day after day. 781 00:38:44,656 --> 00:38:46,617 Maybe it was motive for somebody else. 782 00:38:46,700 --> 00:38:50,788 [laughing] I can't! Please, God, please, make it stop! 783 00:38:50,871 --> 00:38:53,499 I mean, come on, we sold the house! 784 00:38:53,582 --> 00:38:54,958 You're absolutely right. 785 00:38:55,042 --> 00:38:56,877 I'm not looking at that board again. 786 00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:58,003 [line ringing] 787 00:38:58,087 --> 00:38:58,921 [Nora] It's Bruce. 788 00:38:59,004 --> 00:39:00,089 [phone beeps] 789 00:39:00,172 --> 00:39:02,007 Hey, Bruce. Yeah. 790 00:39:03,884 --> 00:39:04,718 What? 791 00:39:04,802 --> 00:39:06,553 -What? -[Nora] They can't do that! 792 00:39:09,348 --> 00:39:10,224 Okay. 793 00:39:10,974 --> 00:39:12,309 What is it? What happened? 794 00:39:13,936 --> 00:39:15,062 They pulled the offer. 795 00:39:15,687 --> 00:39:16,688 What? Why? 796 00:39:16,772 --> 00:39:19,441 [Nora] "House from Hell." That's fantastic. 797 00:39:19,525 --> 00:39:21,860 "A New Jersey family is desperate to flee 798 00:39:21,944 --> 00:39:23,612 what they thought was their dream home, 799 00:39:23,695 --> 00:39:26,657 in upscale Westfield, after receiving anonymous letters, 800 00:39:26,740 --> 00:39:29,410 that hint at satanic rituals and mass murders, 801 00:39:29,493 --> 00:39:31,995 as part of the home's secret past." 802 00:39:32,079 --> 00:39:34,289 "The owners maintain that a satanic cabal 803 00:39:34,373 --> 00:39:37,126 uses the 100-year-old home as a meeting place 804 00:39:37,209 --> 00:39:42,297 and can enter the home at will via a series of secret passageways." 805 00:39:42,381 --> 00:39:43,215 Fuck! 806 00:39:45,509 --> 00:39:48,637 You did this. This is you, right? 807 00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:51,432 [whispering] Oh, wow, what an astonishing feat of deduction, 808 00:39:51,515 --> 00:39:53,851 seeing as how I told you I was gonna do it! 809 00:39:53,934 --> 00:39:56,019 [speaking normally] Why? I thought we were friends. 810 00:39:56,103 --> 00:39:57,771 I thought we were friends too, cunt! 811 00:39:57,855 --> 00:39:59,773 Until you made all those accusations, 812 00:39:59,857 --> 00:40:03,026 storming into the country club, in front of everybody, 813 00:40:03,110 --> 00:40:07,197 and saying that I broke into your house and that I killed your son's muskrat. 814 00:40:07,281 --> 00:40:10,576 The club has now suspended my membership, pending review. 815 00:40:10,659 --> 00:40:13,328 We are selling this house, okay? 816 00:40:13,412 --> 00:40:15,122 So why do you have to screw it up 817 00:40:15,205 --> 00:40:17,499 when we're actually trying to leave? 818 00:40:17,583 --> 00:40:19,710 Because you don't deserve to make a profit. 819 00:40:19,793 --> 00:40:21,044 You don't deserve it! 820 00:40:21,128 --> 00:40:23,046 You deserve to lose your shirts! 821 00:40:23,714 --> 00:40:25,048 Fuck you, Karen. 822 00:40:27,718 --> 00:40:28,844 No, fuck you. 823 00:40:28,927 --> 00:40:30,554 Fuck you! Because guess what? 824 00:40:31,096 --> 00:40:33,140 -Payback's a bitch! -[door opens, shuts] 825 00:41:12,638 --> 00:41:13,680 [door locks] 826 00:41:14,723 --> 00:41:16,391 [closing theme music playing]