The Dark Place (2014) - full transcript

The Dark Place (2014)

Most people...

Most people wish they could
remember everything.

Me?

I just wish
I could forget...

Anything...

Anything at all.

( Music )

No, no, no, but
recovering asshole

is a very fair
term for me.

-Recovering?
-Okay, ha, ha.



I'm trying to be better.

I'm not nearly as
impulsive as I used to be.

I am kinder
and gentler.

-Humbler?
-Yeah, that too.

It's a careful balance
of all those things

that made me fall for
you in the first place.

-I recall you tripped.
-I recall you tripped me.

Exactly.
Impulsive asshole-ishness.

Which you now
recovered from.

Umm... right. Yeah.

I can see how this
could maybe be a problem.

-Ray?
-Not impulsive.

I just don't care.

Unlike you, I'm taking it
apart like it was yours.



Broken things force
me to fix them...

Cars,
jukeboxes, you.

Ha, ha, ha, ha.

I have a fixing
problem, okay?

You hav an
asshole-ishness problem.

I think I got
the better deal.

(In foreign language)

Accent is better, but it
still doesn't sound flemish yet.

-What does it sound like?
-Dutch.

Ooh.

You and the Dutch need
to get over this rivalry.

As far as we're concerned,
you both produce two
wonderful things...

Chocolates and pot.

We, Americans, do not
care who produces what.

You know what?

If you both could
pull together and make a
product that has both of them,

we'd really appreciate
that. You could call it, um...

Cholliand or belginand

nethertuleh
euro tasting.

I'm thinking, no.

Fine. Be difficult.
Continue to try to fix that,

but you're never
gonna get it to work.

How would you know?

The only thing
you fix is coffee,

and you break that.

I just do.

( Music )

Oh, right.

What?

Not fair relying on
your super majestic...

Hyperthymesia mind
like a camcorder.

While I don't always
know what I've seen,

I do know that I've
seen you try to fix

six of these
in the last 18 months.

-Uh-huh.
-And, yeah, you've
never gotten it to work.

You know what?
Seven is not your
lucky number.

Uh-huh.

( Music )

So when is your
mother expecting US?

I would like to
make it to her, uh,

what did you call it,
witch cave before dark?

You did call her, right?

Maybe... not.

I may need to reconsider
how amusing I find you.

Anyways, the phone's dead.
Let me borrow yours.

It's in
the car charging.

Well, they have to have
one around here somewhere.

Um, should I ask my
mother to buy you some
tulips for our arrival?

The Netherlands,
tulip people, Belgium,
normal people.

Accent still sucks.

Hey, do you guys
have a phone?

Yes.

Are you going
to let me use it?

No.

Well, you're a deceptively
intelligent man.

Yes.

Buck? I need you
to get that stuff
from the sub zero

so I can talk to the
delivery guys, okay?

Okay.

Buck? Now!

Men!

Pigs.

Hey, you love bacon,
so what can you do, right?

Dial 9 for the line,
bacon boy.

( Dials phone )
( Phone ringing )

Don't pick up.
Don't pick up.

Hello? Hello?

-There's nothing you can do.
-You're such a skank.

You have no idea what
you're fucking talking about!

You're only pawn!
You're a pawn!

Look, I have it!

Hey, hey, hey.
Are you okay?

( Car screeching )

We could have waited
for the sheriff.

I didn't want
to get involved.

You ran after a thug
who beat up a woman.

Yeah. I didn't want
to get more involved.

You did a good thing
back there.

Hey, would you mind
looking for a little road?

I always tend
to miss it.

-Like that one?
-Oh, shit.

( Car screeching )

What the fuck?

Who was that?

( Music )

Wow.
Not bad for a witch cave

looks more impressive
than it is.

-Like you.
-Ha, ha, ha.

( Music )

She'll be happy
to see you.

Maybe.

I thought you said
this place was dark,
gloomy and falling apart.

It's time for you
to get a...

Put me down!

Yeah. Mostly.
Come on.

( Indiscreet chatter )

Hey,
where's your room?

Uh, down here.

Has an attached bathroom.

Pissed my brother off
to no end.

He get over it?

Yeah, by dying.

-Call the cops!
-Who the hell are you?

-Who the fuck are you?
-I live here!

-I fucking live here!
-Enough!

-Mother!
-Hello, Keegan.

Ahh.

And who are
these people?

This is Adrian bishop,
my husband.

This is my son, Jake,
who you just attacked.

I didn't attack.

Husband?

( Music )

Mother,
you don't do romance.

Well, I at least
romanced once each for
you and your brother.

Oh, god.

Here. This will help with
the swelling, sweetie.

Wasn't that
always my worry?

It was a long time ago.

I'm sorry about Jake.

He's very protective.

Of his... his mom?

I didn't think it proper for him
to call me Celeste or Ms. Dark.

He lost his so young.

You should've told me.

How?

Last time you appeared
here unannounced,

disheveled and high
was two years ago.

Uh, how did you,
uh, meet, um... ?

-Adrian.
-Adrian?

On a cruise
last summer.

A cruise?
Mother.

You do not cruise.

Ernesto recommended it.

I think you two played
together in high school.

Anyway, best
lawyer I ever hired.

-Ernie is your lawyer?
-Yes.

Okay, and we didn't
play in high school.

Well... after he
computerized my records,

he did a wonderful job
of setting up the ipo.

Okay.
Hold on.

Um, stepbrother,
Ernie lawyer,

and you're doing
an ipo, right?

After the winery
was doing so well,

I took a suggestion,
and I went on a cruise.

And I met Adrian.

We were married
six months ago.

Mother?
I think you've gone
completely insane.

( Laughs )

I'm entitled to a
little insanity at my age.

I love seeing you,
Keegan.

But are you
here for the usual?

Because I can't
do that anymore.

No, mother.

I am here
for your birthday.

I came home
for your birthday.

My birthday
was last month.

God, I need a drink.

You don't drink anymore.

Yeah. That's another
one of my problems.

Wait, we're,
uh, we're in here?

Yeah. Adrian said
this room is in the
best shape. Why?

Hey, you suck at basketball,
little brother!

Keegan?

Yeah. It's fine.

Hey, guys. Hope you're
settling in fine.

I'm a great doctor,
but I'm a shitty cook.

But I can boil water.

Yeah, whatever.

I appreciate it.
Thanks.

Look, this is not how I
wanted everyone to meet.

If you had only
said you were coming.

No, I'm sorry.
What's done is done.

I spoke with Jake,

and we're going to
try for something
different tomorrow.

-Fair enough?
-Sounds wonderful.

Keegan? I'm sorry.
He's having a mood.

Jake was the same way
when he lost his mom.

In Jake's defense,
he was 12.

Uh, Keegan's
big for his age.

Look, if I came
home to all this,

I may have myself
a mood or three,

so... again, apologies.
Wil, Keegan?

Good night.

What?
No cookies?

Hey, bro.
How's the head?

It, uh, it hurts.
How's yours?

Fine. You fight
like a kitten.

Yeah, but I um,
I fuck like a stallion,

so I've got
the better deal.

Jump in.
We'll race.

Yeah, no.
Um, I just ate,

so, you know,
the whole 30 minutes thing.

But uh, you know,
you uh, go ahead.

My dad said I
should be nicer to you.

So this is me.

Nicer.

I'm sorry.

Uh, I got you all...
I'm really sorry.

I got you all wet.
I didn't mean to.

It's fine.

Brothers?

Stepbrothers anyway?

Uh...

I'm going to find wil,
um, but uh,

yeah, don't, um
forget to moisturize.

Thank you.

( Humming )

I know that tune.

Your mom sings it.

Yeah,
it's her favorite.

She's really great.
You're lucky you got her.

( Laughs )
Yeah, I guess.

( Celeste) You have to feel it,
the way it moves.

As the glass is played,

swirled, and turned.

The light that touches,
strokes and dances,

illuminating the meniscus.

Where the glass stops
and then the beauty starts.

And then... just then
after you've drunk deeply

of all these pieces...

After you've let it
all reach and greet you

comes the last moment.

The best moment,
where you taste it
for the first time.

Wow.
That's wonderful.

I didn't know so
much went into tasting.

Hmm, and the making.

It's a craft,
a skill and a love.

( Laughs )

Mostly, I just think
we contribute to life.

No poem was ever
written by a water drinker.

( Laughs )

I'm sorry?

It was the first thing
Adrian ever said to me
on our cruise.

She was reading a wine
magazine, sipping Merlot,

and I sauntered up,
and I gave it my best shot.

All things considered,
I'd say a five.

You did get me to
have dinner with you.

I was the luckiest
man on the ship.

Just on the ship?

Maybe one
other place, too.

Uh-huh.

Well, there goes years
of therapy, mother.

-Hey, morning.
-Afternoon.

I, uh, came down to
see if I could help.

Flip flops?

Mother, there's nobody around.

Did you fix the cooler?

Alas, I'm afraid I
can only heal bodies
and cure illness.

Let me see.

What's going on?

Developing interest
around the vineyard.

Your mom thinks it'll be
even more busy tomorrow

when they open back up.

I don't understand what's
so valuable about this,

about this place
to investors.

Well, dark vineyards
is proud to be the
premiere supplier

and grower of fruit and
pulp for a variety of
the leading brands.

The ipo will provide
an infusion of capital
that will help US

further cement ourselves
as leaders in this ancient

and important industry.

Hmmm, should I clap?

No. You should
get up early and read

the initial public stock
offering documents.

I didn't know you could
just sell grapes like that.
It's fascinating.

Mother, you've impressed
wil and that is hard to do.

So, um, what can I do?

I think we've about
got everything covered.

There's nothing?

How about go get some
vintage from the wine cellar.

It'll look nice and
will be fun to share.

Ten bottles will work.

Manual labor, really?

Fine.

Adrian, if you
can't fix it,

don't blow yourself up.
( Laughs )

-Celeste, now...
-Here, let me help you.

( Beeping )

( Music )

Boo!

Hey, look Keegan,
I came out of the closet.

Hey, hey, you guys.

Hello!

Hello!

What the fuck happened?

The power went out.

No, inside.

Are you okay?

Yeah, yeah.
I think, ah.

Look at me.

Are you okay?

Yeah, yeah.
No. I'm fine.

Good.

Fuck! Ernie, what
the hell was that for?

You deserve
worse than that.

Just be glad I heard
you banging on that door
or you'd still be in there.

Thanks.

( Music )

So, lawyer?

Young, driven and
relieved. Awesome.

Yeah,
well mother's impressed.

And you?

Wondering what
happened to that shy,

quiet little kid that
I used to get high and
fuck around with

when we should've
been in school.

He grew up.

( Wil) It was just
a loose board.

You knock stuff around and then
a bottle hit you on the head.

( Keegan ) No. Someone hit me.
I know it.

I... I don't know it, but you
know, and the power went out.

Blown fuse.
There's a fault
somewhere in the line.

There's an old style
block as a backup.

At this rate, I'm gonna
need a new ice machine.

I can't possibly understand
what possessed you to go
climbing on the bottles.

Uh, how about, "you go
down and get some vintage
from the wine cellar.

It'll look nice. It'll give
US something to share.

Ten bottles will work."

No. That doesn't sound like
something I would say.

( Chuckles )
I'm the funny one, mother.

You're the clumsy one.

Ernesto, I'm so glad
you were here,

though I didn't think
we had any paperwork
to sign until Monday?

Uh, no we don't.
Um, the server
connection died

so I just had to come
and get a new file.

Besides, I wanted to see
how things were going

with the talking
video camera.

Mother, congrats
on the ledger.

Awesome upgrade from the stone
tablets used when I was a kid.

You really didn't
have to walk me out.

Great reason to pump
you for information about
Keegan's younger days.

He doesn't really
talk about it.

Doesn't talk about
anything from before we met.

I have an idea.
How about we go
to the silo attic,

play spin the bottle and
do really tawdry things.

Let me guess.
It was like this?

But hot.
Time hasn't been kind.

I'm, uh, going to go
back and torture mother

unless you two want
to make out and give me
something to watch?

Thank you
for helping him.

-He's a lot to handle.
-He's an adventure.

My adventure.
I get frustrated, though.

There's still so much
of him locked away.

In the dark?

I was trying not
to use that word.

Yeah. I got lost
in that once.

It didn't end
well for me.

( Singing )

-Your mom's scent?
-Yeah. It's her favorite.

( Glass breaking )

Keegan. Jake.

No, he needs to be
arrested, Celeste.

I'll handle it.

My only concern is you.

I know what
you've been through,

and I can't just
sit by and let...

I'll handle it!

If it's too much, I will
take Jake, and we'll go.

I know. I know.

I'll handle it.
I'll handle it.

I hope he's
a man of his word.

You can stay the night.
But in the morning...

Mom, he's not good for you,
and Jake, he is slime. I'm...

Doing what you've
always done, Keegan.

This is how it starts.

Small, annoying, and then
you spiral out of control.

Mom?

I love you, Keegan.

Sometimes love isn't enough.

I hate this place.

You got it all to fit?

I'm constantly
dealing with baggage.

For the drive.

Hmmm. Did you get
this from you truck?

I don't own
a truck, bro,

but don't worry
I'll take great care of mom.

Come on, kee,
let's go.

Take care Mr. Bishop.

I think you'll be glad
to get away from here.

San Francisco
will be great.

You know, actually
I forgot that bottle
of 1982 in the house

the one for
your friends.

Um, would you mind
getting it for me?

My mom will know
where it is.

Sure.

-Mrs. Dark?
-Yes.

I'm sorry.
We, uh, forgot the...

Keegan!

Sorry.
My foot slipped.

No damn truck.

Well, it's nice of wil
to deal with the car repairs.

Yeah, it's fortunate
that I'm sleeping with him.

Adrian should have someone
out soon to fix the shack.

I was fortunate that
you are sleeping with him.

The yard will take
a bit of work, though.

Hell, I could sleep
with the gardner too.

Did you do this
out of anger?

As payback for
me not telling you
about the marriage?

Mom, I'm worried
about you.

I think you
might be in danger.

Oh, from you running
me over with a car?

Or maybe wood shards
from a crashed door.

I told you that I understand
that you see the world

differently from
other people.

Twenty two times.

The first was 15 years
eleven months two days ago,

ten years, three months,
twenty days ago.

Then, nine years,
nine months, four days ago

and then again
nine years, two months.

Keegan!

I told you also that it doesn't
mean that you see anything.

Nothing is wrong!
Believe me!

There is no one in my life
that could possibly hurt me!

Could possibly hurt US!
I mean, not any more.

-You don't understand, mom!
-Yes, I do!

I can see it!

How's the patient
and his worried mother?

Please tell me you're not
here to give me a sponge bath.

A bar of soap would be
great right about now.

Can I have a moment
with Keegan?

Man to man.
Doctor to patient.

Loathed to loather.

Are you sure you
don't want me to... ?

We'll be fine, Celeste.
Trust me.

You be nice or else.

So, is uh, is this point where
you try to Bury the hatchet

by you telling me
I'm being a jerk?

Are you being a jerk?

I'm not gonna play
psycho-babble games with you.

Plus, I don't think you're
qualified to analyze me.

How's this?
You're an uncannily
smart and perceptive guy.

Makes you different,
special, but also angry.

The result of sins
both real and imagined.

And it's no different
then what the kids
I used to work with

at the Preston
youth correctional
facility displayed.

It's just you are
far more fortunate

and can't see it.

How'd I do?

Oh, I'm cured.

( Laughs )

I had a stepdad,
too, Keegan.

And once I accepted that
he wasn't going anywhere,
things changed.

We're family.
We have to get along.

And if not for our sake,
then at least for your mother's.

My family doesn't
include psychopaths.

I don't follow.

Jake?

Ah, you think
Jake has a problem?

I've seen him
hurt people.

When? Who?
Tell me. I'm here.

This girl.

I don't know her name
or really who she is.

I see.

You have no
reason to believe me.

I know that,
but I promise you I do...

If there is a problem
with Jake, I will hear you.

I will help you.

I'm not your enemy.

Okay.

If I leave the room
without checking your vitals,

your mother will
objurgate me. That means...

To scold or rebuke harshly.
I'm intimate with both.

Fine, smarty pants.

Can you say it in French?

( Laughs )

Touche.

Please.

Breathe.

Again.

Good.
It's wonderful.

Even banged up you're
still in good shape.

Uh, any medicinal
allergies I should know about?

In all the hurry,
nothing got put on the chart.

Um, cheese,
cherries and opiates,

all except oxycontin.

Process of elimination.

I'm glad you
pointed it out.

No medical bracelet
or the like?

No. I could never find one
that would match my eyes.

Provided nothing
new turns up, we'll
release you tomorrow.

Sleep tight.

Ciao.

Oh, yeah.

You really fucked
the other side up.

No, I didn't.
My personal idiot did.

You sure you want
to do that here?

It's a good a place
as any place else.

Yeah, I'm gonna say the, um,
motor mount is probably gonna

set you back a
couple days at least.

I figured.

The control arm and the wheel
bearings are probably wrecked.

If the bushings could
talk, they'd have pretty
sharp words for me, too.

You know something
about cars, huh?

A little.

You just don't know
anything about people.

Keegan dark's
your idiot?

Uh, yeah.
Is that a problem?

Just for you.

You can't turn a sports
car into a pickup truck.

You can't turn a
bike into a bear.

And you sure as hell
can't turn a fuck up
like Keegan dark

into anything, but
the shit he always was.

Okay.

The bride is the long time
owner of dark vineyards

which has recently
seen explosive growth

or increase in distribution
online wine sales...

( Wil )and prodigal jerks
returning to where
they aren't wanted.

What is today's pet therapy?
Angry midget chihuahua?

In case you have
any more accidents.

Um, no I wasn't
planning on it.

What are you
doing here, Jake?

We're bros, remember?

One big happy family.

I'm just seeing
how my bro was doing.

It's what
my dad wants.

It's what
your mom wants.

You stay away
from my mother.

Why?
She likes me.

I don't wreck cars.

I don't kill people...

Shut the fuck.

Pain killers are murder
on the sense of balance.

At the end of the day,
as far as everyone
else is concerned,

I'm nice,
sweet, lovable.

But mostly I'm not you.

Be safe, bro.

It's just you
and me today.

Keegan texted
from the hospital.

He's not
enjoying it. Good.

Hmmm.

Well, you know?

I'm always amazed
when I think of the
thousands of years

of hope and effort behind
the seeds that Keegan's

great grandfather
planted here.

Then when you take these,
make them into wine...

We're drinking time.

Maybe even love.

Confession.
I'm obsessed with that broken
sprinkler in the fields.

-But that's been broken for...
-It's weird, I know,

especially after
the beautiful thing
you just said.

But, I can't seem to
figure out if I have
to fix a problem

with a broken spring
or just bad pressure
in the line,

and it's driving me nuts.

You have met
my son, right?

You have a thing?

It's endearing, wil.

-A thing?
-Yes. Keegan has a thing?

You have a thing.

Probably why he
lets you in so close.

I'm not sure he does.

He hasn't told me about
you until last week.

Well, he used to introduce
me as the maid.

( Laughs )
Yes, and I can't
clean worth a damn.

He knows that. I mean,
dusting? Forget it.

Laundry?
Ah, mystery.

But, I can shoot a pistol,

and I have often
considered doing
that to my washer.

( Laughs ) I didn't
expect you to be
funny like Keegan.

No one ever does,
especially Keegan.

Wil, don't kill yourself
trying to fix Keegan.

I've tried
again and again.

Hope and effort.
Right?

Good lunch?

Um, bummed I couldn't
get the filet mignon.

Well, your health
plan doesn't really
cover that, Mr. Dark.

Um... typical. Does
it cover foot massage?

Oh yeah,
sometimes that... Mr. Dark?

Are you okay?

Calm down.
Calm down.

-What's going on?
-He just started spazzing out!

( Grunts )

Allergy to opiates.

It's not in his chart.

But wouldn't incompetence
better explain it?

I had just told Adrian
about my allergy.

He asked me about
severe allergies.

I don't know about
here but in antwerp,

doctors actually ask
those kind of questions.

Oh, and they give you a piece
of Belgium chocolate, right?

Only on Tuesdays.

So, is it Jake or Adrian
who is after you?

Do you believe me
or not?

I want to believe you.

I know you're scared, but
are you sure this entire Jake,

Adrian thing isn't
just in your head?

Everything's in my head.

( Music )

-What are we doing?
-Just contemplating murder.

Your wit isn't that sharp.
What are we doing?

-I'm following Jake.
-Why?

-Because you said to.
-I'm pretty sure I didn't.

Um, are you sure
this whole Jake,

Adrian thing isn't
just in your head?

I'm pretty sure this
isn't me being in my head.

Even in the states,
I think stalking is
rather mental.

Go back to the house.

No. Wherever
you go, I go.

Shhh.

Are you sure
he went in here?

I would be more certain
if you know you hadn't
distracted me.

It doesn't look like
anyone's been here
in a long time.

Yeah, it's suspicious, right?

I reserve a biting
devastating answer for a
future moment of my choosing.

Come on.

Are you sure about this?

-Stay here if you want.
-No.

You know how much
I love getting down on
my knees for you.

What do you see?

It's dark.

Grandfather ran this
place around the clock.

Economics forced
my father to slow it.

And then mother
shuttered it completely
shortly after he...

She closed it.

How did your dad die?

What would Jake want
in a place like this?

Pw.

-What?
-Pw and aw?

Pre-wil, after-wil?
Everything before we met.

Your mom, your dad,
your dead brother you
won't talk about.

That's pw.

Now aw, you love
talking about that.

We'll cover more
ground if we split up.

Wa.

Wrong fucking answer.

Ammonia.

Hey, bro.
How's it hanging.

Mom's not gonna like it
if we don't play nice.

( Grunts )

She's definitely
not gonna like that.

Why are you
following me?

I'm just researching
psychopaths.

Keegan!

Your boyfriend sure
is accident prone.

It was just a
friendly conversation.

It didn't look like it was
a friendly conversation.

It was nothing.
You were mistaken.
Really. It was fine.

Keegan, don't make US...
Will you just level with me?

I'm trying to
fucking help you.

( Celeste )keegan?

Hey, look.
I don't need any.

I'm gonna go see what
my mother wants. Okay?

I'll be done
in a second.

( Sighs )

Between you and father,
I count 42 times that
I've been summoned

in here to stand
quietly just like now.

You know, you could use your
computer to do your accounting?

Would you like some tea?

No, and you are still
scaring me, mother.

The lighting,
brings out my fangs.

Um, your jokes are, uh...

Good? The operative
word is good.

Just nod your
head and agree.

When I left here, Celeste dark
could not run a business

and take a trip,
get married

or even tell a joke.

You've changed.

A lot.

Maybe you have, too.

Maybe we both have.

And maybe
I should've seen that.

Do you have, um,
did you get...

-Keegan?
-Mom, please.

Don't make nice if
you're just gonna
kick me out again.

Keegan,
I want you to stay.

Okay?

In the morning,
we'll go to breakfast.

You and me.

And you can
tell me everything.

I'd like that.

Good.

Get some sleep.

Do you want me
to tuck you in?

Mother, I, uh, sleep naked.
People will talk.

Something strange
just happened.

Do you love me?

What?

It's a simple question.

Do you love me?

Why would you
think that I don't?

I blew you away.

You don't tell
me things, Keegan.

You push me away
then you pull me close.

I never see all of you.

Why don't you
trust me more?

I really want
to know you, kee.

I love you.

I love you.
I want to know everything!

Tell me, Keegan!
Tell me!

I can fix this.

I can.

I gave you
what you wanted.

You fucked me
to shut me up.

You fucked me!

Give me one reason
to stay.

If you can't by
morning, I'm gone.

I'm tired of secrets.

Wil...

( Music )

Stupid kid!

Why the hell
was he back there?

Dumb shit was
taking something!

Drive faster!

Get the rope!

( Crash )

Ahhh!

Ahhhh!

Keegan! Keegan!

Wake up, Keegan!
Wake up!

Get off me!
What are you doing?

Something's happened.

But her eyes are open.

It's part of the
trauma... tumor.

And this is the
way you found her?

Yeah, unresponsive
to everything.

And, uh, tell me
again about the night.

I know it's hard.

Uh, came into
the living room,

and she was just laying
there on the couch.

Like she was taking
a nap, but uh...

-She wasn't?
-No.

She was unresponsive
so I called 911.

( Officer )right, and we still
don't know what caused this?

( Adrian )no.
Nothing's come back.

( Officer )oh.
So you did blood work?

When do you get the
results of that back?

We need to send them
to the crime lab.

You promised.

( Phone ) Hi. You have reached
the engineering services.

Please leave a message.
Thank you.

Hey, it's me.

Um, I could really
use you right now,

so uh,
please don't leave me.

Sucks not having anyone
to sing with, huh bro?

-What did you do to her?
-That's enough!

That is enough!

I didn't know you
loved me so much.

-Go home, Mr. Dark.
-How? We live in the same house.

Find a new one!

You want me to
follow him, sheriff?

I want you to pick a
restaurant for lunch

and then I want
you to tell me

every little bit of gossip you
can about the dark family

starting with that one.

Zero, six.

One, zero, six.

It's kind of far from
the vending machines,

but that's not a problem unless
you have a midnight craving.

Do you have midnight cravings?

-Yeah.
-Yeah, me too.

You want your key?

By morning, I'm gone.

By morning, I'm gone.

This is how it starts.

Ahhh! Shut up!

No, I don't like it either.

But, I was facing huge
penalties on the renovation.

I just had to move
forward with this.

That's an antique.
Package it better, please.

Thank you.
Kee, may I call you that?

There's a very real
chance that she will
never wake up.

She may stay in her coma
for the rest of her life.

Look at this.

I had the architect
redesign the unused
servant's quarters

up in the loft.

I'm creating a
private nursing
facility for Celeste.

No institutions for her.

Jakey, that's got to
be murder on your back!

Please be careful!

Yeah,
but she's my mother.

But he's her
husband and a doctor.

And no one,
not even the priest

is to see her without
Dr. Bishop's permission.

You're welcome to wait
with your brother until
Dr. Bishop gets here.

( Music )

Wouldn't my office
have worked better?

I'm, uh, kind of having
some car troubles right now.

Plus, they're not in. So...

Ahhh, Dr. Bishop
and his son?

Yeah. The home
renovators from hell.

Renovation isn't
a crime usually.

Yeah, well it's not
just the renovation.

It's the money.

It's the stock offering.

It's the fact that I can't
see my own mother without
their permission.

Not a crime.

Yeah, but they're pushing
me out of my own life.

Didn't you do that
a long time ago?

You really should've
come down to my office.

It's a nice office.
Good place to talk.

I even put curtains up.
Made 'em myself.

Female touch I bring
to the job, though,

I am a little worried one day
I'll have to punch someone

to remind them that
though I'm beautiful,
I'm still the boss.

( Laughs )
I have that problem too.

Um, so you...
You don't believe me?

That Adrian and/or Jake
are out to get your estate?

Nah.
I just don't see it.

I do.

With that perfect memory,
hyperthymestic thing of yours?
I looked it up.

Yay for the Internet, huh?

Nice gift to have.

Don't miss a detail.
Hard to trip you up.

Keeps you one or two steps
ahead of everyone else.

Plus, I never forget
birthdays, and I kill in Vegas.
What's your point?

You could construct
a perfect crime with it.

It's much easier just to
be the perfect asshole.

You could, say, have your father
and brother race a teenage you

to the hospital on
a fake drug overdose.

If you used that brain of yours
to set everything up right,

you could crash the car.
Make it look like an accident.

US mere mortals
would never know.

Yeah. My father and my
brother, they did die in
a car accident.

They died. You lived.

My predecessor sent every
kid who even smelled a
drug to state juvie.

They were still
using the castle.

You skated.

You got rehab.

You got a nice trust fund.

Yeah, and you are nuts.

And your mother is in the
hospital on the verge of death,

leaving you with more money.

Every time you're around,
kid, something bad happens
and you get...

But Adrian and Jake
benefit this time,
sheriff. Not me.

That gives me more reason
not to let you near 'em,
huh Keegan?

What the fuck are you
doing with my money?

Ernie?

The cops are threatening
the castle if I don't talk.

-We bought it together.
-For the party.

So you shouldn't
have used it at home.

You look terrible.

-I've been in a car accident.
-No.

There's something else.

I should've just died.

I'm glad you didn't.

-Ow.
-Sorry.

I'll tell the cops.
I promise.

Sorry.
The door was open?

Wide open. I wanted to
write you a note, but
I couldn't find a pen.

Yeah, well. Rooms
with pens cost extra.

So, where's
your boyfriend?

I ran him off.

You know me.

I guess that smile,
a sharp tongue
and a big dick

can only get
ya so far, huh?

It got you through
law school...

In spite of me.

Actually, that was
hard work, luck and not
relying on arrogant

rich kids to
do anything for me.

Like I said, I just
wanted to see how
your mom was doing.

The ipo is
still on track.

Things will be fine for
her when she gets better.

-If...
-She will.

Thanks.

Did you ever love me?

( Music )

Hey, um, that waitress,
the one that I helped

who was hit by the guy
in the red truck?

Do you know
where she is?

Yep.

But you're not
gonna tell me?

Asshole.

6v39803.

Son of a bitch.

Why shouldn't I kill
you now and then
claim self defense?

Because I'm too
pretty to kill.

I wouldn't bet on that.

You're bacon boy.

Yeah, also known as bacon,
lettuce and tomato boy

or peanut butter
and bacon boy.

You tried to help me.

Why?

I have a thing
about women being hit.

Bad memories.

So you don't
work for Jake?

He's my stepbrother.

You're that guy.

You know, he's
gonna kill you, right?

Yeah.
I got that.

Maybe you
could untie me

and tell me
a little more

about his
murderess impulses.

You know, he was nice
once, in high school.

At least to me.

He loved me not
like the other girls.

Then he got in trouble,
and he went away.

And when he came
back in the castle,

he wasn't nice
to me anymore.

You're, uh, not worried
that he's gonna try and
hurt you again?

I've got insurance.

What kind of insurance?

Uh, could you tell me
anything about his father?

Father.
He had so many fathers.

Fathers and
their fingers.

When he went
to the castle,

he learned how to use
his fists, so I ran away.

I ran far away.

But his voice,
his smile just...

He told me had this
idea about money so
I came back for him.

And he said it was
just gonna be you and me.

And it will be once
all of this is over.

And there won't
be any more fists.

Look,
I need your help.

And I promise I
won't use my fists.

I need you to tell the
sheriff everything you know.

I told you.
He's not gonna kill me.

I have insurance.
And you should
get some, too.

Insurance?

That's what was in
that envelope that day.

That's why
Jake hit you.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

-Hey!
-Whoa.

What kind of insurance was
in one of these envelopes?

You should leave.

Oh, or should I tell
the police about the
fake dark vineyard's

wine in your hand.

Ooh, I can still
smell the ammonia
that you used

to get this label off
a real bottle.

And the wine...

Uh, yeah, shitty stuff.
It's fake.

And selling it to
the public he did is a crime.

I'll just tell the cops
that Jake gave it to me,
which is the truth.

And uh, what about
the truck registered
in your name?

He made me.

Yeah, okay.
I, uh... I'm starting to
see what Jake was doing.

Steal a few bottles of good
wine, for those who'd know it,

fake the rest
for those who don't,

and sell them through a
middle woman for pure profit.

Hide the theft.

Clobber anybody
that gets in the way.

There's a certain, uh,
dumb directness to it.

It's so very Jake.

But there's more,
isn't there?

Now, to be honest, i'm
really bad with threats,

but um, I'm gonna try.

You tell me what was
in that envelope

or I tell Jake that
you betrayed him.

Give it back!

These aren't supposed to
be out until next week.

You shouldn't have this.

Finally, something
for me to show him.

He's got tons of
those in his leather bag.

When I showed him
the copy of that one,

he was real pissed.

He's gonna be rich,
and he's gonna make
me rich, too

so I don't tell anyone.

And you're not gonna
tell anyone either.

Give it back, bacon boy!
I'm serious!

Whoa now.

That's an awfully big gun
for such a little girl.

Not that little.

Don't!

( Shower )

( Moaning )

( Phone ringing )

What? Now?

What is it?

Keegan's here.

-Wait, how was it?
-It was great.

Uh, there's this local
band and he showed me
this awesome...

I came here to get you.

I came here
irrationally, stupidly,

impulsively just like you
and everyone always says I am.

But I don't know what to do.

I don't even know
where to go.

If either of you says
visiting hours are over,
Mr. Dark, I will sue.

You can't send her home.

I just told you after the
ipo, he is gonna kill her.

They're gonna kill her.

That is exactly what
I've been dealing with.

Since he's got here,
he's unbalanced, paranoid.

You're acting like...
Fuck you.

You have no idea the
kind of issues that's
going to cause.

Delusional!
We're his sex fantasies...

Okay.
Everybody out!

Please!

Keegan! Not you!

Her death
will be your fault.

And your gain.

If I wanted to kill
her, don't you think I
would've already tried?

I do think
you already tried.

Nelson.

You ever read a
medical book, Keegan?

Yeah, I researched autoerotic
asphyxiation when I was 13.

That went over
well with the maid.

Those are calcium blockers.
In large enough doses,

they can cause the kind of
coma your mother is in.

Well, Adrian is a doctor.

And Adrian would know how
to do that kind of stuff!

So would someone
with your memory,

and these were
found in your car.

Skip, the mechanic,
is real thorough.

Yeah, well they
could've been planted.

They could've been
there all along.

Guess which
is more likely?

Finally,
I got the last word.

I think you need to come down
to my office and wait for the

medical report on your
mother's blood to come back in.

It'll be fun.
I have brownies.
Made 'em myself.

Like I said, female touch.

Would you mind if we
stopped and got some
ice cream on the way?

You better not be leading
me on a wild goose chase,
Keegan dark.

Hey, Wendy, it's Keegan.
It's bacon boy.

Look, I'm really sorry
that I burned your...

I suppose this just looks
worse than it is, right?

Oh, no, no,
no, no, no!

I led you here. You can't
think I had something to
do with this.

You are just way
too much work, kid.

You obviously should've
been spanked more as a child.

( Buzzing )

Sorry.

Oh, look.

I really,
really need your help.

Certificate number

zq030452.

-It doesn't come up.
-That's the number.

There's no record
of it being sold.

But if Jake is
so well connected,
they may have hidden it.

I don't know without
seeing it. I can't...

-Well, I can see it...
-But I can't.

So you're just gonna what?
Give up?

After the offering is concluded,
there might be a way.

She'll be dead by then.
Me too.

I know a way to
get you out of town.

Can your boyfriend help?

No, he's gone.

Sucks when people
you love betray you, huh?

-Do you still hate me?
-I do.

Or, I did.

I don't know.

I believed in you.

I still believed in
you after my trial.

I still believed in you when
I was sentenced to the Preston
youth correctional facility.

I still believed
when I saw that place,

the castle looming
ahead of me.

Still believed the
first time I was beaten.

I hated you after that.

-I'm sorry.
-You fuck up, Keegan.

Bad, but so did I.

Somebody pointed that out to
me, and the system helped me.

Now here I am able
to help you.

Funny, right?

Go wash up.

I'll keep working on this.

I still hate you.

They were still
using the castle down
in Preston back then.

Cops are threatening me with
castle if I don't tell 'em.

He was at the castle.

I still believed, and I got
sentenced to the Preston
youth correctional facility.

The kids I used to work
with at the Preston youth
correctional facility.

Preston youth
correctional facility.

-Castle.
-Castle.

Preston youth
correctional facility.

Castle.

Hey, wake up.

I'm gonna get
my life back.

I think it's
a good plan.

-It's kind of rash.
-Works for me.

-I can't kill anyone, though.
-I can.

I'm not that
stupid kid anymore.

Come on.

( Ringing )

Hello, Jake.

Is your...
Is Adrian here?

Ahh, sheriff?

I wasn't expecting you.

With all the financial
wonderment of tomorrow,

my son and I
were celebrating
a little bit early.

Your son died
ten years ago.

Found that out from
a new tip on the tip line.

He had his mother's last name,
so it was hard to track

but surprise, there it was.

Now, I wonder what other
surprises are lurking about.

Stall them!

I have to find my mother.
Just stall them.

( Music )

That's far enough, kiddo!

She demanded
to come down.

Since I don't know
what anyone here
is actually up to,

let's just have
you step away from
your mommy, okay?

Look, I need to see her.
Okay?

No. Don't.

Shoot him!
He's right there!

Oh my god!

Oh my god!
I thought you left.

I never left!

I was tied up
this entire time.

Did Jake do this?

No.

( Gunshot )

Oh my!

I told you I hate you.

-You didn't have to do that.
-You knew?

-I guess.
-About all three of US?

All three?
Oh, hot!

So, wait, all of this
was because of a mistake

that I made
what years ago?

You made a little more
than just a mistake.

At first I just came for the
money and then I saw your face.

Our plan was gut the
company and then get out.

And then I realized
that I could hurt you.

How much did
you figure out?

Most of it.

I realized that I heard
the words Preston

and the castle 7 times
with four different people,

and it all intersected
with you.

You hit me while cleaning
up Jake's skimming of the
wine bottles.

You broke into my room
to see how much I knew,

killed Wendy shortly
after following me there.

Destroyed Celeste's ledger
because that in my brain are

the only two things to
contradict the computer records

that you forged, and you
planted the drugs that framed
me for my mother's coma.

Actually that was me.

You?

I was busy.
There was a lot to do.

Fine, fine. Jake planted
the drugs that framed me
for my mother's coma.

-Happy?
-Yeah.

-Yep.
-And me?

What did I do to you?

You love him.

You should've
let me kill him!

You got mad when I tried
to do it at the hospital.

You had to sleep with
him? One last time!

-You slept with Ernie?
-If you didn't have
shower time with Jake,

you could've caught him.

-You left.
-He had needs.

I was kidnapped.

You couldn't keep your
hands off me after we had
the house to ourselves!

-I didn't know that!
-You ran around saying...

Okay! Okay!

This is why we only have
sex when the three of US
are together.

-You had a four-gy?
-I didn't do anything
on purpose!

-Enough!
-Freeze! Drop your gun!

( Gunshot )

Run!

No. I'll distract him.
You get as far away
from here as you can!

Find help!
And I love you!

I'm not sure
I believe that.

Still not sure.

Jake, bring me Keegan.

Alive, Jake.

Jake?

Go, go get 'em!

He can't have gone far.

( Car alarm )
( Gunshots )

Ugh!

Come out.
Come out wherever you are.

I'm gonna shoot you.

You're not even
making this fun.

Shit!

I have the master
key, you moron!

This is Adrian!

He's gonna be the fall guy!
He's fucking Ernie!

I'm so looking
forward to this!

( Buzzing )

( Laughing )

Where is my mother?

Where is my mother?

Where is my mother?

I guess you should've
worn a helmet, bro!

( Music )

Which hand do you like
to Jack off with, Keegan?

I'm ambidextrous.
Why?

Move, move, move!

You know, my stepfather
had certain ideas about
correcting problems.

When my mother found that i'd
ruined expensive sheets with my

self-love she asked him to make
sure it never happened again.

Put your hand in
the disposal, Keegan.

Put a bullet in your
leg and still get your
hand in the drain.

Night after night,
he would wake me up.

He'd say, "I know you've
been doing it again."

He'd bring me downstairs
after the beatings,

after making me Jack off
with tiger balm.

He put my hand in the
drain just like this.

Put it in deeper, Keegan.

"Tonight's the night," he'd say,
and he'd reach for the switch.

I actually believed
he would do it.

But for all his terror,
he didn't have it in him
to flick the switch.

Unlike me.
( Screams )

Therapy? Are you
open to therapy?

-Yeah!
-Therapy helps people deal
with their anger issues!

Yeah, I'll go!

-Have you found Celeste?
-I don't know where she is.

-She's not upstairs.
-Upstairs.

Up, up,
you're beautiful!

The loft.
Come with me!

Mother!

Mother!
Celeste, can you hear me?

She can see you.

The drugs Adrian gave
her are wearing off.

She can see US.
She just can't respond yet.

It's got
to be terrifying.

So what now?
You kill her?

I'm not gonna kill
her, Keegan. You are.

I doubt that.

-Let him go!
-No.

I know what
it is to hate,

to hate the people
that you love

like this wooden shoe
wearing tulip muncher
does you.

Those are deductions.

Why did you
come home?

I came home
for her birthday.

Why did you
come home?

Like I said, I came
home for her birthday!

You have perfect
fucking memory!

You knew it wasn't
her birthday!

Yes.

So why?

After the accident,
I was in so much pain...

On the stairs
that night when
we were kids.

It was in your eyes.

Yes.

I didn't understand
it then, but I do now.

I see it every
time I think of you.

Betrayal!

-Hate!
-Yes.

Your father, dead.

Golden child,
brother dead.

You barely holding on.

You, terrified.

You terrified and
fighting for your life.

-Your mother...
-She leaned in.

She didn't think
that I was awake,

that I was recording,
but I was.

What did she say?

She said, "you should've died.
Not them!"

She hurt me,

so I hurt her again and again.

But it stops now!

Once and for all!

Kill her!

( Gunshot )

I did come home to end it.

I came home
to forgive her

and to ask her
to forgive me

because that's what people
who love each other do.

Something else
to hate you for.

Let him go!

Why?

If you can't shoot her,
then you certainly
can't shoot me.

I on the other hand
don't have that problem.

One more thing, Ernie.

Don't look up!

You're lucky I'm not
wearing wooden shoes!

Come on. Let's give
them some privacy.

( Grunting )

I hope mom isn't mad
at me for killing you.

( Gunshot )

I'm not your mother!

( Music )

Hey.

Hi.

You feeling any better?

It's amazing what a
chemically-induced coma

caused by a murderous
ex-husband, his psycho boy toy

and a bitter lawyer
can do for your health.

Um, I know
it's late, but...

Okay.

Vitis vinifera.

Supposedly, those are the
kind of seeds that started

wine making thousands
of years ago.

-Definitely not as valuable
as ours, but...
-They're beautiful.

They're beautiful.

Looks like somebody's
waiting for you.

I'll be back
in a little bit.
You gonna be okay?

Yeah. Yeah.

-Okay.
-Okay.

Keegan...

In the hospital.

I never should've said...

Honestly, mom.

I don't remember
what you said.

Nice car.

I'm working on it.

It's temperamental.
Dinged up.

Well passed it's prime
and not nearly as sexy
as it thinks it is.

It's classic.

I'm more likely to whack it
if it gets out of line again.

Fair enough.

You know, I did find a
reason to stay that night.

You.

I love you, too.

I know.

( Foreign language )

( Music )

¶ When you went away
it hurt so much to say

¶ sad music starts to play
I'm dying every day

¶ my heart don't make a sound
your memory's way too loud

¶ too overcast with clouds

¶ it's the beginning
of something bad

¶ it's driving me mad

¶ the love that I had
has now been taken away

¶ you left me in need
gets harder to breathe

¶ I'm starting to bleed and
there's no way to survive

¶ it's eating my soul
getting out of control

¶ they tell me that everything
will heal after time

¶ but I'm still sad
I'm still going mad

¶ it's the beginning
of something bad

¶ something bad

¶ something bad

¶ something bad