Being Human (2011–2014): Season 2, Episode 1 - Turn This Mother Out - full transcript

Last season on Being Human...

(Growling)

Once a month, I'm a killer.

I've been trying
to be clean for a decade.

- Are you serious?
- About what?

Being normal?

I'm Sally. Hi!
A door?

The portal that
takes you beyond

when it's time to mosey.

Don't miss it 'cause of me.

I'm stuck here.



- This is your secret?
- Aaah!

Josh?

There's no cure.

And just a scratch was enough.

You are the leader now.

She wants to meet you.

So I guess we should've
started slower

with the whole
being-normal thing, huh?

(Honking)

♪ I've been waiting ♪

♪ Waiting and wishing♪

♪ Lying and cheating ♪

♪ Hoping you'll come
alive for me tonight, babe ♪

♪ Hope I come alive ♪



(Grunting)

Aw!

I can't do this, man!

No, you can. It just takes
a little getting use to.

(Siren in distance)

So much killing.

With the cleanup crews
and the system,

we are all at risk of exposure.

What do you want us to do?
We're feeling all alone.

I'm trying to help with that.

Really? 'Cause
none of us know

what the hell
we're doing out here.

Tommy, I've only been
at this a few weeks!

Nobody comes into
this world alone.

That's what Bishop told us,

right before you killed him.

for what?

For this?

You gotta step up, man.

You gotta step up
and make this right.

I can get you more of this.

Look, you know
where I work, right?

- Yeah.
- Come by tomorrow.

I'll see what I can do.

Who's she?

What?

I keep hearing:
"She's coming.

"She's coming."

What the hell does that mean?

I'll tell you tomorrow.

"Freedom" is just pretty way

of saying that you've gone
off the grid.

For better or for worse,
you're out of options.

But we call it "Freedom"
We write songs about it.

You probably crank them
in your car,

and never thought about it
much.

Some people think
it's exhilarating

not having your future
mapped out.

Others start to drown
in all that nothing.

Maybe you'll enjoy for a moment

the purity of doing
what you want, when you want.

Beer for breakfast,
sex in the afternoon.

But obligations sneak up...

duty, moral code.

Some of us are wired to put
ourselves back into cages.

Freedom is just that moment of
calm before the dread sets in.

(Man talking, indistinct)

Aidan, we need blood.

We need the blood.

Aidan, please!

I need my blood.

(All talking)

It's OK.
Just don't...

Because no matter what
you freed yourself from,

you only get so far
down the open road,

car windows down,
music blasting,

before you're forced
to take a turn,

make a choice

and sentence yourself
to the next adventure.

(Sighing)

Hmm...

Hmm...

(Birds chirping)

You OK?

Yeah, I just...

(Sighing)

Yeah, right,
and the doctor said...

She said 4 weeks.

Four weeks.

And yeah, it's...

It's been about a month
since that night...

so I should be fine.

Oh, I missed your skin.

Uh...

You can't miss that.

I missed all of it.

(Moaning)

(Chuckling)

You are a morning person!

Yeah, yeah. I know.
I'm-- I'm sorry.

It's the wolf.
It's, um...

If I may refer to it
in the 3rd person.

I just get a little...

So I see.

Yeah.

What else do you feel?

What's it like?

Nora, you saw it.

Yeah, I know, I know,
but we haven't talked about it.

We haven't talked
about any of it.

(Sighing)

OK, um...

The couple days before, uh...

your senses get heightened.

It's like after a rainstorm.

The wind changes direction
and you notice things.

And taste is like...

First I want a burger
and then I'm like:

"Screw the frickin' burger.

"I want a mound
of raw steak."

(Sighing)

Not a mound, but...

You don't have to do this.

You don't have to take
all this on right now.

I mean, the whole point
of this was not to do this.

The point of what?

An apartment.

A job, um...

a girlfriend who's
too good for me.

(Chuckling)

Normalcy.

That's the whole point.

(Breathing unevenly)

(Grunting)

Sally, how 'bout I--

- I can do it!
- Or your way's good.

Ah!

(Sighing)

How important is it really
that the blood is warm?

He had a rough night.
I'll just--

So, there were an unusual amount
of tweaky-looking vampires

scuffling around
the doorstep last night.

And I took care of them.
It's temporary.

A month is a little long
to be temporary.

Do you want coffee?
I can pour coffee.

I do want coffee, Sally,
but I want it in my mug.

(Muttering)

I'm sorry, sorry.

So, I thought
you killing Bishop

was wiping the slate clean.

Yeah, well, because
I killed Bishop,

it's my responsibility
to control the chaos.

Because...

What? You want one of the
doorstep tweakers doing it?

I want to contain this,
survive this quietly,

and the least I can do
is set an example

of what I do believe which
is normalcy, civility,

living our lives
without taking others'.

(Cup breaking)

Sorry.

(Sighing)

(Groans)

Nice work.

Look, Josh, Mother's coming
to meet with me.

So, that is happening?

Because it's been weeks
since we heard anything,

and I was just thinking maybe

she was on a cruise
in, like, Alaska.

It's really nice
this time of year.

When you live forever,
a few weeks is nothing.

Look, when Mother gets here,

she will determine the
proper order and that's that

and not even the council
can go against her word.

It's all good!

If there could be a lot less

"Mother will determine
the proper blah, blah, blah"

and-- and floating, broken coffee
mugs when Nora comes down here,

that would be awesome.

OK, come one.
I mean, she knows I'm here.

She saw Aidan not die.

She saw you wolf out.

You know, in the words
of Don Aidan,

it's all good.

No, it's not.

Is Sally here?

She is.

What's that? I found it in
the bathroom trash can.

Her high-school
reunion is today.

Does she even know?

Yes, she knows.

She found it in the mail,

and expended a lot of energy
trying to hide it in the tras.

But thanks, Nora!

So you're not going?

What's the point?

- Oh!
- Yeah.

She's wondering
why she should go.

Oh! You have to go.

It's like going to
your own funeral,

only way... better.

OK, reunions are all
about proving your success.

Right? What am I proving?

That I can sometimes
hold a spoon?

I can't.
I can't.

Too depressing.
Can't do it.

She has very
valid reservations.

Well, she--

You will only be seen
in the best light.

Everyone there will
be talking about you.

"She was so young,
so beautiful."

Oh, come on.

It's true.

Well, I gotta go
look at my hair.

You can't change your hair.

I can still look at it!

Sally, I promise you
that you're way better off

than everyone who's gonna be
starving themselves this week.

Am I right, girlfriend?

She's gone, isn't she?
Yeah.

She's considering her hair.

Right.

Hey, so, we should get to work.

Nora, you wanna...

I'm not on till 1:00.

That's right.

Bye.
Bye.

See you before I turn.

I'll see you soon.

(Sighing)

(Scoffing)

(Breathing unevenly)

(Siren)

OK, Mr. Sims, showtime!

The changing of the linens.

Mr. Sims?

Oh my god!

(Panting)

I know you.

You live with Aidan.

You should probably
page him, stat.

Oh, would you mind--
Uh, could you--

Standing watch?
Be your lookout?

I don't know, sure!
Why would I-- Why would I mind?

I woke up this morning
with such a void in my life,

I am "jonesing" to be
an accessory to murder.

Let's do this.

(Sighing)

I'm so sorry.

I came to meet you.

I was walking down
the hall. It's just--

It's this place.

It's everywhere.

No, it's OK.
I know.

(Groaning)

You idiot!
I was trying to help you.

I was starving!

I couldn't wait for that
bag piss you call food!

What's the point of
staying in the shadows

and keeping a low profile

when she's just gonna
kill us anyway?

What?

"The culling." That's
what they're calling it.

Bishop built up
his illegal army

and Mother's just
gonna kill us all

to protect the other families

or some other
vampire political crap.

Listen, I cannot die again.

You hear me?
I can't.

And you're not gonna.

Look, I told you...

I'm doing everything
that I can.

(Woman):
Adele, come here!

(Talking, indistinct)

Every time I start
getting weepy,

I remember Van Hogan "pantsing"
me in the cafeteria.

Yeah, and then I remember
high school sucked.

Stevie Atkins?
Oh my god!

Ha! I thought--
I thought you were--

You thought I was dead?
Good, we're gonna go with that.

You know what I mean.

I gotta say, I'm surprised
you're haunting high school.

Why? 'Cause I killed
myself to get out of here?

- Yes.
- It's compulsively interesting.

And plus, they totally
glamourize my suicide.

It's a great message
for the kids.

Right, well, how pissed are you

that I'm stealing the
spotlight this year?

Murdered, my friend,
by my fiancé.

- Wow, that-- That's cold.
- Mm-hmm.

You know who bit it
a few months ago?

- Who?
- Diane Alcott.

Hmm!

What, she like, uh,

she get crushed under the
weight of her pageant tiara?

Did her lustrous hair
smother her in her sleep?

Did her boobs creep up

and, you know, punch her
in the face or something, hmm?

Malaria.

She was a Goodwill
Ambassador in Africa.

Malaria.

Well, that's just stupid.
They have drugs for that.

Look, you don't
have to do this.

You don't have to do this.

Excuse me.

I thought you said that there
were people that were vampires

that you could call
who clean stuff like this up,

like the Merry Maids who
help make gunk disappear.

Yeah. There are.

There were,
but when I killed Bishop,

the institutions, the levers
that he used to control,

this is all fractured now
and now it's all on me.

I didn't ask for it.

I don't want it,
but there it is.

I have to make it disappear.

But I have Nora.

And med school.

I know.

It's just too many things

I'm trying to accomplish
that don't involve--

- I know.

It's OK.

(EKG monitor beeping)

(♪ Woman singing pop ballad
on stereo ♪)

Wow, Brian,
what happened to you?

Here's the problem
with reunions:

You have the girls
who look better.

You have the guys
who look worse,

but the girls remember
them as they used to be.

Next, she's calling her friend

to pick her up
in front of his hotel

after they've just had awkward,
half-chub reunion sex,

and all does not end well.

You know, you are far
too wise to look this young.

(♪ Woman singing
Knockin' on Heaven's Door ♪)

(Woman shushing)

- Oh, here we go.
- Ah!

(All exclaiming)

Stevie!

Classic.

(All exclaiming)

Sally!

She's so beautiful!

I miss her so much.

Me too.

(All exclaiming)

Oh, come on.

Bitter much?

Please.

I just never saw the point
in Diane Alcott.

Yeah, what is the point in a
body like that anyway? Honestly!

You've liked her?

Isn't it sweet?

It's amazing how you
can touch someone's life

without ever really
knowing them, right?

Yeah...

Did you guys go here too?

We were in your class.

But I killed
myself in junior year,

so it's cool if you
don't re-- remember me.

Junior year was
pretty stressful.

Well, I'm Diane.

(Sighing)

Hegeman.

I wasn't expecting you.

Of course we're all here.

The council?

When you told me
that she wanted to see me,

I guess I was expecting more
of a dialogue, a discussion,

not a spectacle.

Validation. She's here
to give you Boston.

This is the traditional way.

I just--

Things haven't exactly gone
smoothly over the last month.

I have questions.

No, you don't.
You have only answers.

When she asks you
to accept, you say yes.

That is all you say.
That is all that is ever said.

Tradition, Aidan.

(Footsteps)

My condolences.

Bishop.

I know you two were close.

Thank you.

Do you speak on behalf
of the council, Hegeman?

Only to reiterate that
Aidan has our full backing.

Along with yours, it would,
we believe, confer upon him

the upmost legitimacy
in Boston.

Hmm...

And Hegeman...

Please, sit.

Those that Bishop turned,
the illegitimate ones,

what is to become of them?

All that they deserve, Mother.

They were turned in blatant
violation of our agreement.

Naturally, they will be culled.

And you, Aidan.

Do you feel the same
about Bishop's orphans?

I think...

I think many are
confused, scared,

not sure what they did
to be singled out.

Your recommendation?

Mercy.

We must be careful not to paint
them with the same brush

that we've painted Bishop with.

It was his ambition
that was the enemy,

not those he turned,

many of which could prove
extremely useful.

No. They'll be culled.

We've gathered here to confirm
the best vampire to lead Boston.

And so we shall.

That person is my daughter.

And she's...

Is she well?

Very.

I think what he means is...

Are you sure it wouldn't be
too much for her,

asking her to return
to this place?

Boston?

Here, this hotel.

One wonders if the memories
of what she did...

might be too overwhelming.

This is exactly where
she needs to be.

And she will have the best
of stewards to guide her.

Aidan.

Excuse me?

You will be
my daughter's second.

You will answer her every
question, her every need.

You will stand behind her

as she brings Boston fully
under her control.

In return,

I will overlook
your peccadilloes, your heresy,

and upon her success,

I would be willing to grant you
true release from all this.

Is that something
that would interest you?

Freedom?

(Sighing)

Is that your secret?

I'm sorry?

You're skinny because
you eat raw meat?

What the hell diet is that?

Um, it's actually
a "paleo" thing.

Have you heard of those guys?

You know, you eat like cavemen,

run like you're being
chased by a dinosaur.

Yeah, it's-- it's
a lot of raw meat.

And, uh, bamboo...

I know I'm a nurse,

but wouldn't diet pills
be so much easier?

(Sighing)

I know.

This is disgusting.

Can I have a chip?

Ha! Thank God!
You're human.

(Laughing)

Yeah.

Mmm!

Do you ever regret ending it

before you knew
what was gonna happen?

You were 16.

I didn't really
think it through.

I mean, I did, enough
to get the pills, but...

You know, part of me
always thought, you know:

"Someone's gonna stop me.
This can't actually work."

Oh, Stevie.

And what about your door?

Moving on? I mean, that's
something to look forward to.

Yeah, maybe for you.

It's kind of a known known,

if you off yourself, no door.

Tell me about it.

I saw my door.

Missed it.

What happened?

You know, life, afterlife...

Yeah.

You ever try sleeping,

just block it out?

Ha! I wish.

Wait...

Can we even do that?

We can if we want to.

I mean, it just kind of helps
speed up the endless nothing,

and I actually dream,

and the dreams are great.

It's kind of like living,

except everything
turns out right.

(Sniffs)

Things can still
turn out right for you.

Trying to get a party started?

No, not me.

Diane Alcott.

(Birds chirping)

(Siren)

Hey.

Hi.

(Clearing throat)

So...

What time do you actually...

turn?

Why are you asking?

Well, I wanna pick you up.

I'll take you to the woods.

It's good, right?
That I should be with you?

So what time?

Yeah, let's not do that.

Excuse me?

I just don't think it's, um...

I've seen it!

Wasn't that what
you were scared of?

It's out there, Josh.
We're past that.

We're not past it.
It's all we ever talk about.

No, actually, we've talked
about anything else

for the last 30 days.

Only this morning did I start
asking you questions,

really, y, about this.

Yeah, and you saw it.
You've seen it.

So what else do
you want to know?

I wanna know how you feel,

if you're scared, if--

I don't know.
If you like it.

Of course I don't like it.

I just wanna know you.

You do!

I'm sorry.

You know the version of me
that I wanted you to know.

And now, unfortunately,
you know the rest.

I'm just gonna
go alone tonight.

OK? We can talk
about all this later.

Sure.

Let's put it off
for another month.

Nora, please. Nora!

We've known each other
far too long, Hegeman.

Far too long.

Maybe you can tell me, then,

why is it the young never
seem to want what we want?

Your daughter
will succeed, Mother,

in time.

You blame yourself far too much
for her shortcomings.

You're wrong.

It's always the mother's fault.

A vampire whose only wish is
to forsake all vampires.

(Scoffing)

How did the Aidan I knew
80 years ago become that...

a heretic?

He cannot fail.

My daughter cannot fail.

Not again.

We must help him, Hegeman,

you and I.

No folly, no distractions,

no wolf.

(Clearing throat)

You've been a little
bit hard on me.

Really?

Yeah, a little bit.

Well...

OK, not a ton.

Just a pinch.

We made a deal.

I know, and it is the most
important thing in my life.

(Scoffing)

She's asked me to
help lead Boston.

Mother?

Am I supposed to be clutching
my pearls in shock?

'Cause I'm not shocked.

I know. I'm just
telling you, because...

in order to be free,

really and truly free,

I'm gonna have to do this.

There's a good chance
that I will become...

something...

that you would not recognize.

And when--

And if that happens...

Josh, I'm gonna need you
to somehow remind me...

what we started here.

And I always wanted to tell you

when we were both
back in high school

and I-- I guess it just never
really slipped out, you know.

And now you're here
and I do wanna tell you,

and as I said, you know,
we're here and...

Hey!

Oh! Hi!

Hi! I have news for you.
We're dead.

You're dead, and that pretty
much levels the playing field.

So don't write off
a guy like Stevie

just because he's not
cool enough.

Nobody's watching. You can
do whatever you want!

If I can do whatever I want,

then why are you forcing me
on Suicide Stevie?

I'm standing right here,
hearing everything.

You haven't been
dead that long,

so maybe you haven't gotten to
that soul-searching part yet,

so why don't
I save you some time?

You were shallow.
You were conceited.

You made the entire
cafeteria a killing field.

God, Stevie killed himself and
you don't even remember him?

Really, Diane? 'Cause I
remember you planning a memorial

just to get
votes for prom queen.

Seriously?

Life is easy
for people like you.

Death shouldn't be.

Wow!

Yeah.

You're right.

I was a terrible person.

OK...

I'm sorry I didn't
remember you.

The truth is, I was always
jealous of girls like you.

When I died, for my
last split-second.

I was thinking:
"Thank God!"

I can finally just relax!

I've been sucking
my stomach in for 15 years.

(Laughing)

Oh! Thank you!

Was that there before?

And there's your door.

My what?

She doesn't even
know what it is!

Come on.

(Car honking)

The car's up front.

Show yourselves.

What the hell
are you doing, Tommy?

We just need to talk to her.

A few seconds, Mother.

Please, that's all we need.
Not like this. Not here.

We didn't do anything, Aidan.

She can't just
slaughter us like cattle.

I told you I'd deal with it.

Then deal with it!

Join us...

and we'll all be free.

Don't do this.

(Hissing)

(Growling)

Aaah!

(Grunts)

(Panting)

Aidan...

(Grunting)

Go!

Come on.

Aaah!

Aaah!

(Groaning)

(Hissing)

(Gasps)

(Hissing)

Thanks for letting me do this.

Sure.

When I was a
freshman in college,

I woke up in some theater
major's apartment

with my clothes
across the room,

my hair still
smelling like vomit.

I'd puked in front of
the entire party, repeatedly,

while reciting "Stopping By
the Woods on a Snowy Evening"

just to prove
that I wasn't drunk.

(Chuckling)

The point is once you've
picked your naked way

across the theater geek's living
room in the cold light of day,

after a vodka binge--

It's not the same, Nora.

No, it's not the same thing.

But the reason that
I want to be here for you,

is that I don't want you
to feel alone in this.

You want to hold
my hair back while I vomit.

(Chuckling)

Yes.

Yeah, essentially.

(Chuckling)

I love you.

Now, seriously, please get as
far away from me as possible.

(Sighing)

(Owl hooting)

( Man vocalizing ) ♪

♪ Hold me ♪

♪ Memory ♪

♪ You see ♪

Guys?

♪ Where I'm going ♪

Capital.

♪ Give back all I had before ♪

♪ Moving ♪

♪ Escaping ♪

♪ Growing ♪

♪ Entropy that is ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Eclipsing into ♪

♪ All that I can't ignore ♪

(Breathing unevenly)

Whoa.

Guys, get your friggin'
asses down here!

This is incredible!

Hello?

(Wind blowing)

Aidan! Josh!
Family meeting!

Now, please!

Hello!

(Rumbling)

Who are you?

What do you want?

(Screaming)

Oh! Oh!

(Groaning)

(Screaming)

My little girl.

(Josh screaming in distance)

(Panting)

(Whispering):
Oh, thank you, thank you.

Thank you.

Oh!

(Engine starting)

(Sighing)

(Groaning)

No! No, Josh!

Josh! Josh!

(Creaking)

(Screaming)

(Screaming)

(Grunting)

(Screaming)

Josh!

(Screaming)

Josh!

Nora.

(Screaming in distance)

Josh!

Nora!

(Groaning)

(Gunshot)

(Josh groaning)

Aaah!

(Screaming)

(Gunshot)