Mulgarath consumes.
If he gets the Field Guide,
he'll use the information to kill everyone.
We need Thimbletack to help us stop Mulgarath,
find the pages, and save everyone.
You can't trust these creatures.
The book can be really awful when they want.
I think you're pretty great.
Oh, my God. You okay?
You really care, don't you?
You're doing everything you can to help.
I just want to make this town better.
I've done everything right. I-I have plans.
Your toughest opponent, Mallory Grace,
will always be Mallory Grace.
Keep her on a string.
Be brutal.
We must be ready for the coming fight.
I heard you and Valentina talking
about some plan for me.
Valentina won't let me tell you.
I had to leave everything I loved. Okay? My friends,
our house, Dad.
I stand up for you
all the time. I tell people
that you're nice and that you're just misunderstood,
but everybody's right about you,
Jared, okay? You're awful,
- you're cruel, and you're crazy! - Shut up. Shut up!
Simon, I'm s-- I'm so sorry.
I didn't...
We have a guest.
Simon.
Perfect timing.
I just made dinner.
Meat pies. Mmm.
Good Morning Henson with Chip Williams.
In this hour, the search for missing reiki
and Pilates instructor Stacy Varnow continues.
20 cases of people fallingasleep who won't wake up.
What one ER doctor wants you
to know if you finda loved one napping.
And brace yourself
as an electrical storm pounds the entire Midwest
causing massive travel delaysfor the next 48 hours.
Simon?
Simon!
Mom, Simon's gone.
What? -JARED: I think he left last night.
My hoodie's gone, and his phone's still here.
Are you listening to me?
He probably got up early
to go out and catch frogs in the rain.
We got in a really awful fight yesterday,
and I...
I punched him.
Jared.
What're we mad at Jared about now?
Simon ran away,
or he was abducted,
or maybe he caught that sleeping sickness
like Emiko and the others.
Simon wasn't abducted, okay?
If he did leave, he would've left a note
because Simon is responsible and cautious and considerate.
See?
He probably just forgot his keys.
-Oh. Good morning. -Hi.
Come in, please.
So sorry to come over so early,
but, uh,
Calliope is missing.
She left her cell phone at home.
I was just wondering if there might be a chance
she'd be here with Simon.
No. We can't find Simon either.
- Oh. -Let me take your coat. You're sopping wet.
New York City is now boardingat Terminal C.
I don't know if we should do this.
Okay? Everyone will be super worried.
You want to see your dad in New York.
I should've just called him.
He hasn't answered your last ten million calls or texts.
Yeah, well, he's busy rehearsing his play.
It was a mistake to leave our phones.
They'd find us if we had them.
We're gonna be in so much trouble.
Simon Grace,
have you ever, in your entire life,
actually been grounded?
I lost my retainer once.
How can you know who you are
if you only ever do what you're told?
It's always about what your family wants.
Jared.
When is it your turn?
I need my dad, okay? 'Cause this is the longest
I've ever gone without seeing him.
He'll know what to do next 'cause, honestly,
at this point, I'm...
I'm lost.
Creatures and-and-and the Field Guide,
and Lucinda said Mulgarath was gonna eat everyone.
I don't know who I can trust.
Your brother punched you.
You came to me because I've been a friend.
You can trust me.
Come on, we have tickets back to Henson tonight.
It's just one day.
Why do you care so much about me going to see my dad?
I'm trying to help my friend.
Come on.
Are you coming or not?
Jared, hey.
Okay, I think Simon was taken by fairies.
You know, it's super messed up
to make fun of me like this right now.
I saw one of them from Spiderwick's Field Guide.
Bree talked to it.
I told you not to go in the attic,
especially when he's in here.
I'm telling you,
Bree and Valentina
know something about this.
I'm trying to help you.
You've never, in the history of ever,
gave one crap about helping me.
So, Jennifer Miller with the adult braces
saw Simon and Calliope get on a bus to New York,
but the bus company can't say
if they're even on the stupid bus.
Okay, call Dad.
He's not calling me back, like always.
I can try,
but the storm's doing something to my phone.
My messages aren't sending.
Dr. Brauer suggested I deactivate your phone
for hitting Simon, and I agreed.
Temporary punishment.
Are you serious? -HELEN: Yes, I am.
Where is he?
Where's Dr. Brauer?
He thought it would be helpful to take a look
at the Spiderwick pages you found,
so I asked Mallory to go get them.
I had five pages.
This is only one of them.
I left the rest in the parlor.
You can keep that one.
Fairies are judgey little narcissists,
but these, these are very helpful.
Good lad. I knew I could count on you.
You made Calliope take Simon
so you could worm your way in here.
I came in through the front door.
And those two absconded of their own accord.
I had nothing to do with it.
But you are right about one thing,
I could not resist this opportunity to plunder.
You got the pages. Go.
In this weather? I'd catch my death.
You want something more.
I'm an ogre. I want everything more.
I've seen you in here looking for something.
There's another page in the house,
and you need it in order to eat everyone.
Yeah, well, I'm not gonna help you find it.
Who ever said I wanted your help?
I'm not gonna leave your mother in this time of crisis.
She needs me.
And, Jared,
I really,
really need her.
What are you?
Wh-When we got on the bus, I looked at you,
but then I saw the bus driver, and then you were you again.
Jared told me he saw the same thing with Lucinda.
So, just what kind of creature are you?
Please don't make me say.
Why not?
'Cause you won't like me anymore.
Magical creatures can't lie.
It's stupid annoying, and I hate it.
I can never do poker.
If you ask me, I have to tell you the truth.
What are you, Calliope?
A fetch.
A living portent of death.
I sense when people are gonna die.
So, like, you know when I'll die?
More like I feel death when it's near.
Death feeds me.
Sometimes, I can control my transformations.
Other times, I can't.
He's going to die?
It's a glamour spell.
I can look like a person who is
about to die or is dead.
A warning about their impending end.
Fairies. Humans.
Everyone is afraid of me.
Everyone except Mulgarath.
I won't be afraid.
My brother is missing,
and, yesterday, I saw Bree save a fairy,
which I think-- no, you know what, I know--
you know something about.
Bree said that you wouldn't let her
tell me what the hell is going on,
so I came to ask you.
- What the hell is going on? - Come inside.
You need a good steam or you'll get sick.
Answer the question.
The fairies didn't take Simon.
So, everything Jared and Simon
have been talking about, that's for real?
I know it's hard.
Learning everything isn't what you thought.
I'm not scared.
No. You're terrified.
Tell me the truth.
I'll make you a deal.
You score a point on me in a duel,
and I will reveal everything
you want to know, or...
I can help you forget what you've already learned.
One breath of this steam,
and you will forget
ever seeing the fairy
and everything that comes with that.
And for that sacrifice...
...I will make your every wish come true.
Happily ever after.
What are you?
Make your choice
- and find out. -
Thimbletack.
Thimbletack!
I know you're here. You said you're afraid to leave.
All of Spiderwick is your cage.
If I could ask anyone else for help I would.
I can't talk to Hatcher because I'm grounded,
and Emiko has that sleeping sickness thing,
and Mallory has always hated me,
and Simon is...
gone,
but Mulgarath is in the house.
I think he's gonna manipulate my mom
to find another page from the Field Guide.
We can't let him get it.
Please. -HELEN: Hey.
Has anyone seen my keys?
I need to go to the airport, and the plane's leaving soon,
and I can't find my dumb keys.
Helen, I know this is stressful, but I'm sure they're fine.
Detroit, Grand Rapids,
and Lansing airports are all shut down
because of the storm, but I have a ticket to New York
on standby in South Bend. That's where I'm going.
I'll check the kitchen.
Sometimes you put your keys there.
Thank you.
That's a, that's a five-hour drive
in the wrong direction for a maybe.
I have to do something.
My son ran away, and I don't know what's going on.
I-I've just been so distracted
by the divorce and the move and Lucinda's death.
I just never thought I'd ever have to worry about him.
I know. I just don't think you're gonna find the answers
to why Simon ran away at the Sbarro at terminal six.
Until the storm passes, you won't get to New York.
Does Simon have a journal? Maybe that could help.
No, no, he doesn't journal. I would've seen it.
Well, wouldn't be a secret if you did.
In my professional experience,
if you want to know why he left, try to find an answer here.
I found 'em, found 'em.
You're right. Storm is only getting worse.
Maybe I should stay here and look for Simon's journal,
so I really know what's going on.
What? Mom, Mom, no.
No, no, no, no. He-He's using you.
He's a monster.
- Please, Jared, not now. -JARED: Here,
look through this.
All right? Come on. Just-just-just look.
-I... I... -Ow.
Hey, hey, hey. You okay?
Mom, I'm sorry. I didn't... It was an accident, all right?
Enough with the monster stuff, okay, Jared?
Please, stop.
Okay, Helen, I'm used to this, okay?
No judgment or contradiction, remember?
Now, if it'll make Jared feel better,
take a look through the stone.
-Okay? -Okay.
See?
See what?
It's just him.
What're you talking about?
How did you do that?
How did he do what?
Come on, Helen, let's look for Simon's journal together.
Mom, wait.
Hey, Captain Dumb-Dumb.
Yeah, look, I don't like you at all.
You're not very bright,
you got a super sad haircut, and you have the worst,
worst taste in music.
But Lucinda wanted me to help you,
so fine.
Mulgarath wants Spiderwick's page on dragons.
It's hidden here in the house.
-Dragons? -Duh.
He needs it to finish growing those nasties from their seed.
These dragons, they release a poison,
and that's why people are going all beddy-bye.
But if the entire town's sleeping...
Then Henson becomes prime for eating.
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Okay, we are going to have so much fun with my dad.
All right, we could hit up the best
dollar cheese sandwich for lunch
and the second best dollar cheese sandwich
for second lunch.
You're lactose-intolerant.
I mean, yeah, but it's worth the cheddar sweats.
Then he could sneak us
into any show you want.
All right, he knows every stage manager.
You really love your dad.
Are they... Does it look all right? Are they straight?
Whatever, derivative.
Hi. Um, sorry to interrupt.
I'm Richard Grace's son.
Do you know if he's around here somewhere?
Uh, Richard Grace?
He's playing Lysander.
Layne Morgan is Lysander.
Wait, no, I know Richard.
Uh, Zoe Tibou's friend's friend. He drives that mustard Vespa.
Oh, yeah, Richard Grace.
He was never in this play.
Simon. Simon, wait.
He lied. For months, he lied to me.
I have the receipts on my phone,
which I know we should've taken
because what the hell are we gonna do now?
Go to his apartment, talk to him.
No, he'll just lie again.
I know someone.
An old friend.
He can tell you why your father lied.
But I-I thought this was your first time in New York.
There's a lot you don't know about me.
Magical creatures are everywhere.
Not just in forests and glades.
We're hiding all around you.
Even here.
Okay, this door
leads to the dragon page.
It's magic.
Except I don't, I don't know how it works.
A nazar.
Told you! Told you!
Here be dragons. Dragons, Jared.
It's coming back to me now. We're on the right path.
Keep turning the lock. Keep... Yes!
Watch. -JARED: Whoa.
Stop gawking and go.
You got to get to that page before Mulgarath does.
It should be right on the other side of that door now.
Now go.
Whoops. My bad.
Mom?
Hi.
Um, I...
I was, uh, looking for Simon's journal and...
found this present.
My birthday's not for a month.
Simon got it.
Yeah, he, uh, he always plans ahead.
You know, thoughtful.
I am so sorry
for ever making you feel like you're not as good as Simon
or that any of this is your fault.
I was...
emotional.
And I don't think I'm being a very good adult right now.
Hey.
I don't think I'm being a very good kid right now.
When I was a kid,
your grandma used to lose it
when I played pretend with Aunt Lucinda.
She was so worried that I would turn out
like Lucinda and Arthur.
You know, talking fairy and all.
Back then, I...
I thought she was just being cruel.
But Lucinda said
it's because
kids and adults just
vibrate on different wavelengths.
You and I want to understand each other,
but, sometimes, it just feels so impossible
because we see each other
through such different eyes.
And I don't have a solution
other than to just keep trying.
- And I will. -
Because I love you.
Come here.
No.
No, no, Mom, I... I-I can explain...
It's fine.
Thank you for the robe.
Mom. Mom.
Hey, show yourself, you little boggart.
Hey!
- My mom is off-limits. - No.
You could've hurt her.
She's on team Mulgarath.
She's the enemy,
and enemies get dead.
Seriously?
I mean, why are you such a homicidal
trash-hole all the time?
Because I've been alone for 946 trillion minutes
and counting.
And when I heard that front door open, I thought,
finally, after all this time, Lucinda
and Arthur were home.
You and Lucinda have matching friendship bracelets.
Yeah. One day, we're playing Yahtzee,
and the next...
poof. I mean, even thinking about it now
makes me all...
and ki-yah and...
Why do you think I'm a boggart instead of a brownie?
You get it, right? You're the same.
I am nothing like you.
A word of advice, from this boggart's point of view,
the people you love
will always leave you.
I don't get it. I mean, I can't score a single point.
I'm not even close.
It took me two years
to figure out how to beat Valentina.
No matter how fast I made my lunge
or how strong my stance,
I couldn't win.
And the worst part wasn't the losing,
it was the feeling I wasn't good enough.
Two years of self-doubt.
I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
You don't think I can win.
Not in a day.
You know, maybe forgetting
isn't so bad in comparison to the pain.
What's your deal?
You're mean and then nice.
You lie and then admit you lied.
You seem like you're trying to help,
but then you shred me.
I'm trying to be your friend.
I don't need a friend.
I need to help Simon and my family.
Pret, allez. En garde.
I don't understand.
What are we doing in Chinatown?
This is a pit stop.
Wait, do you speak Chinese?
What else don't I know about you?
Calliope, what are you doing? Stop.
- Come here. -Stop, stop, stop. - What are you doing?
I have cash. I'll pay for it.
No, we'll need that, too, for the offering.
What? What offering?
- Come on. Let's go. -What? What offering?!
Where's Zao?
Okay, um...
To see my friend, you need to have The Sight.
- So... -The Sight?
I have a seeing stone at home.
You should've mentioned that then.
-Okay. -Okay,
just put on the glasses, but don't look at me.
I don't want you to see my face.
Look, I told you that I'm not afraid.
Simon, promise me.
I promise.
Whoa...
It's so awesome.
Hey!
Cash. Now.
Oh, yeah.
Um, this is all the money that we have.
Favors aren't free.
Who is this Zao?
He is a liar, a con artist,
and a kitchen god.
Meaning he's a dope chef?
Meaning he's a kitchen god.
Zao knows all the local hot goss--
even about your dad.
Most people bribe Zao to keep his mouth shut,
but if you pay him enough, you can pry it open.
What is he saying?
Did you ask about my dad?
If he's not gonna help us, let's just go.
- Come on. -Kid, she didn't come here
to help you find the truth about your daddy.
She's using you.
And after she's sucked you dry, she'll move onto the next mark.
The world would be a better place
without this corpse sniffer.
I know some Williamsburg foodies
who'd pay top dollar for roasted fetch
in orange sauce
and Xiao Long Bao stuffed with sapling boy.
Simon, get out of here!
Now!
I'll cut you up into little pieces, fetch!
You pushed yourself too hard. It was reckless and sloppy.
You could be concussed.
Breathe this.
Is it gonna make me forget?
It's medicine.
It'll give you exactly what you need to heal.
Simon?!
Oh, I think I'm concussed.
No, you...
you can't be concussed if I'm hallucinating.
We aren't both delusional.
What's my favorite ice cream?
Trick question. You hate ice cream.
Food shouldn't be cold.
What is going on in there? Are you seriously in New York?
Yes. I had to see Dad, and now, a kitchen god is putting me
and Calliope on a hipster tasting menu.
And I don't know what to do. And I'm in this bathroom.
I just-- Can you help me, please?
How? I'm in Henson!
Just tell me what to do.
Look, you're the bravest fighter I know.
I'm not even a little bit.
You won state when you were down 14 to five.
I know you're a warrior.
Okay, um, you have to take him by surprise.
You make him think that he has you on the ropes and then...
you smash his stupid face in
as hard as you can and run.
I can't do that. I'm not like you.
Of course you can.
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Simon! Simon!
■ ■
Bravery is overrated.
Adrenaline sours the meat.
You have to take himby surprise.
Hey, come on. Let's go, come on!
You were incredible back there.
I thought you said you can't lie.
I never lied to you.
You said that you wanted to help me.
-I do. -No.
You just want to help yourself more.
It's not a lie if it's an omission.
Then what else were you omitting?
What did you want from Zao?
Listen, I just need somebody to tell me the damn truth.
You saw me as someone else.
Who?
You're a portent of death.
So, that means that...?
Calliope, is my brother going to die?
Yes.
It wasn't Jared.
It was you.
You burnt Spiderwick's page that day.
No, I don't know...
I trusted you!
I'm trying to help you.
I really am.
You've no clue what it means to be me.
To be hated by everyone!
You know what? Add me to the list, okay?
■ ■
Hey.
Hey. I'm-I'm not hungry, thanks.
Look, stop texting Richard and checking every weather app
and texting Richard.
Self-care is not selfish.
Try your soup.
Mmm. Mmm!
- I do know my way around a kitchen. -Wow.
It's nice to have someone around who can actually cook.
Mom, I found Simon's journal.
Oh! -He put notes in the margin.
You can read it on your way to the airport.
This is just his book on insects.
Can I take a look at this?
Oh, yeah. Okay.
I've been thinking about Lucinda all day,
and I have a vague memory of Lucinda
opening the front door and it wasn't the foyer,
but a pantry of ambrosia.
Fairy food.
- Hmm. -With all the strange hidden passages
that Spiderwick built,
maybe Simon found it and his journal is there.
Is that a dragon?
- How interesting... -Oh, that's weird.
The key can keep turning.
Right. I remember.
The wings have to move
into three different positions to open it.
Hey, she's gonna ruin everything.
I told you I should have killed her.
Mom. Mom!
Don't forget about Simon.
You should go to New York right now.
I think we should stick with the plan.
Keep looking for Simon's real journal.
We're so close.
I can feel it.
It's your father. Finally.
Excuse me.
Nice try.
That page is going to be mine.
I've been trying you all day.
Where have you been?
What's so important
that you can'tpick up your phone?
It's a secret.
This director, he keeps calling himself an auteur
and won't let us have our phones on set.
Not that I could use it anyway
with all these... prosthetics he's got on me.
Richard,
Simon is missing.-Are you sure it's not...
some Jared prank?
I have been dying here,
stuck in Michigan because of a storm,
and you think this is a joke?
I'm just saying that Simon is not Jared, you know?
Simon wouldn't order the kids meal at Sweet Chick
when he was 11 'cause the menu said ten and under.
He is sweet and kind.
And he's needy and scared.
He wouldn't cross the street without me sending him
three thumbs-up emojis.
No teenager texts their father this much.
Because I miss you.
- I thought you missed me, too. - Simon?
Simon, are you okay?
He's safe. Come here.
What the hell are you wearing?
It's for my job.
Your job that's notMidsummer Night's Dream
that you were never cast in?
Your job that I found out about from Cesar?
Your super knows more about you than I do.
Richard,
you have to tell him the truth.
Wait, you knew about this, Mom?
It wasn't my choice.
Why would you lie about being cast in a play
instead of this horror movie?
I just got this gig last week.
That wasn't his question, Richard.
You just want me to be the bad guy.
This isn't about us!
Shut up, okay? The both of you!
Why? Why would you lie to me?
I lied because I needed an excuse not to go to Michigan.
Okay?
You're very lucky to have your mother.
Her love and her patience have no limit.
But parenting is not my... I'm not, I'm not built for it.
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You don't want to be with me?
There's all kinds of dads, Simon.
My dad was not a good guy.
You know, nowadays we might call him abusive.
Maybe I'm the dad that's good for texting memes.
I'm not needy.
And I'm not scared.
I came all the way to New York to see you.
I ran away from home.
Okay? I-I stole sunglasses. And-and oranges.
I got into a fight with a god and I won.
All right? You don't know me. Dad, you've never known me.
I'm-I'm like a picture hanging on the wall
that you walk by every day and just because I'm smiling
you think that I'm all right. Well, I'm not all right!
I have done everything
to make you happy and proud,
and you let him lie to me?
You know what? I don't need either of you
or this stupid family anymore!
Simon.
Simon?
Richard?
I want to forget.
It's an honorable choice.
But I don't want to forget what I know about magic.
I don't care
if I can't score a point on you.
I don't even care if you don't tell me the truth.
This morning,
I wanted to find Simon so badly, and Jared said...
You've never, in the history of ever,
gave one crap about helping me.
And I was determined to prove him wrong.
And then, incredibly...
And I couldn't do anything for him.
And I pray, I pray he's okay, but...
But Jared was right.
I haven't been there for my brothers,
for my family.
And I-I remember
the exact moment it started.
I finally made state championships.
I was down 14 to five.
It was...
It was humiliating.
And when I looked into the stands,
my parents were gone.
Jared was having a meltdown,
so they took him outside.
I wanted to make them regret
leaving me when I needed them.
And I did. I won.
And I lost.
And I've been pulling away from them ever since.
You just can't wait to get away from us, huh?
And I hate that feeling.
I hate how I feel.
So, can you make me forget that feeling?
Can you make that hate go away
so that I can help my brothers and be there for my family?
Can you make me better?
Point Mallory.
I will tell you everything.
Also, you should know, Simon is safe.
You okay, kid?
Yeah. Yeah, uh...
-Thanks for the phone. -Yeah.
Hey, watch out!
You saved my life.
Is Jared going to die?
I think...
I think I just saved that bus driver's life.
If I can save his,I can save Jared's.
Calliope, please,
help me save my brother.
I want you to look at me.
To see who I really am.
Then tell me if you still want my help.
I think you're beautiful.
Liar.
Can I trust you?
No.
But I want you to try.
All right.
You should give a smile. It's a, it's a happy ending.
Don't-don't beat yourself up too much.
No. I have Jared to do that for me.
Yeah, he is, uh, he is a handful.
Spiderwick's dragon page.
Even I have to admit
he's formidable.
You say that likehe's your enemy.
No, no, uh...
I mean, it is contentious,
- but that doesn't mean I don't respect him. -Mm.
And that's entirely because of you.
You are a wonderful parent.
All your kids, really.
Simon's curiosity.
Mallory's courage.
They're all quite special.
You know, I don't think I've ever heard Richard
-compliment his kids. -Mm.
You're everything he isn't.
Low bar.
No, I've never met a therapist like you,
or anyone really.
- You're smart. -
Dedicated. Invested.
Mm.
Looking all day around here
for a needle in a stack of needles.
Well...
believe me, I, uh,
I wanted to find it.
I'm so glad we came here.
And...
I couldn't do this without you.
Thank you.
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I'm sorry, Jared.
It's not just this boggart's point of view.
The people you love will...
will always leave you.
■Do you see it too? ■
■I don't know what to do ■
■Call me on the telephone ■
■Because I'm feeling all alone ■
■So where do you want to go? ■
■We can hit the road ■
■We canhit the road ■
■We'll find the sun out there ■
■No need to run out there ■
■Another fire, I'm not afraid ■
■To see new worlds come off the page ■
■I'm not a hero but I can see ■
■There's something specialin you and me ■
■There's something magic in the sky ■
■And no one gets it like you do ■
■There's something magic in your eyes ■
■And no one gets me like you do ■
■Ooh ■
■Ooh-ooh ■
■There's something magic in the sky ■
■There's something magic in your eyes ■
■There's something magic in the sky ■
■And no one gets it like you do ■
■There's something magic in your eyes ■
■And no one gets me like you do. ■
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