Castle Rock (2018–…): Season 2, Episode 2 - New Jerusalem - full transcript

Wha... what on Earth?

Christmas!

No. No, no, no, no, no.

Mom!

Are you okay?

Oh, my God, what happened?

Have you seen my necklace?

What? No.

Were you in another accident?

M... Mom, you're all bloody.

Things have changed.
We can't stay here.



What?

Mom, slow down a moment.
What happened?

You sa... you said
we could stay here.

I know, little love,
but this place...

It isn't the Laughing Place.
I know.

No.

But Mom, please.
I like it here.

Joy, I cannot,
in good conscience,

allow my daughter
to stay in a place like this.

You promised!

You can't just go back
on your promise like that.

Joy.

You listen to me, now.

When the person
who loves you most and best



in this filthy world
asks you to trust them,

then you listen
to that person, Joy,

because that person
has fought for you

and that person knows
what danger is, Joy,

in a way that you don't!

And I pray that you never will!

Joy!

Joy!

...and the crowd is loving it.

It's the bottom of...

- I got this, Julie.
- Thanks, Dr. H.

No problem.

Oh, hello.

Hi.

What are you doing here?

You gonna
give me my poison today?

Hey. Hey, hey. What's wrong?

It's Ace.

What's up?

He threw a Molotov cocktail
through the window of our house.

It's a hard hit!

- ...fuckin' kill him.
- Pop!

Pop. No, wait. Listen to me.

- Is Abdi okay?
- He's fine.

Sit down.
We gotta talk about this.

What's Abdi gonna do?

Honestly?
I don't know.

Tell Abdi to fucking sit tight.

It's for me to sort out.
My mess to clean up.

Tell Abdi,
"Lay low. Do nothing."

Hey, dipshit.

You'd better be sick or dead.
I shit you not.

Hey, asshole.

Hey, you were supposed
to meet me at...

Jesus.

Bobby, come here.

Come here.

- Pop.
- Chris?

Yeah, it's me.

The fuck?
What... what's going on?

Where the fuck is Ace?

No clue. Not here.

He didn't feed Bobby Orr. He was
supposed to meet me at the Bonsaint's.

Wait. That fuckwit
left his phone at home?

- Yeah.
- H'bout the truck?

It's still here.

Call me if you see him.

Come here, Bobby.

I know, babe.

Hang on. Hang on.

Hang on.

Hang on, Bobby.

Bobby. Bobby.

You always do this,
and I'm tired of it!

Joy, I told
you to pack up your stuff right now!

I'm not going anywhere.

Get back here, little lady!

Where do you think you're going?

I'm going to my friend's house.

Oh, no, you're not!

Sorry, Ms. Ingalls. She's...

- Joy!
- I'm not leaving!

The Army went to
Somalia to help feed the hungry,

to sweep away the bad guys
with the guns,

to... to free the people.

But things don't always go
the way we hope, do they?

- For any of us.

And they sure didn't over there.

So all we can do now
is to extend a hand...

in both directions.

Remember Romans:

"We are all
each other's brothers."

Well, no one here
has been more of a brother

than Pop Merrill.

When he found out
what happened in your country,

he insisted we help find you
a new home here in Maine.

And today,
I am happy to announce

Pop's offered spaces
in his warehouse on Pine

to any refugees looking
to open their own business.

Pop.

You spent most of the
budget on those ugly-ass witch scarecrows

that caused that damn car crash.

Now you want us to give more
for a parade?

To celebrate the
original founders of this town.

You all elected a new council to
bring Castle Rock back to life.

- You ran unopposed.
- Pop.

Okay, um, this town has
as much history...

Ace been around?

- A few days ago, maybe.
- Sure, we've had our dark moments.

But who hasn't?

We can use our past to help
get started on our future.

For example,
do you all have any idea

what kind of Boston dollars Salem,
Mass pulls in from all the witch groupies?

We had our own witches right
here in Castle Rock, people.

They were Satanists,

not witches.

Made a bad deal with
the wrong hombre, those folks,

and they burned for it.

We've been making bad deals with the
wrong fella for a long, long time.

Pop, you okay?

Call me if you see Ace.

Get the fuck out of my way.

Hey. You seen Ace?

You ain't seen him?

Here's my weekly.

And, uh, as far as Ace goes,
he hasn't been around in a few days.

But if he comes this way,
I'll call you, Pop.

Get out of my way.

- You seen Ace?
- No.

Where's Ace?
I know you seen him.

Either of you seen Ace?

You try the church, Pop?

He's M-I-fucking-A.
Maybe even dead.

Do you think anyone here
knows anything about that?

No. Why would they?

♪ Certain things fresh
and certain things mish ♪

♪ I got my own sound,
I don't sound like the rest ♪

♪ And not long ago
I don't spoke English ♪

♪ My point is police pull me
over a lot ♪

♪ They wonder what kind
of rap sheet I got ♪

Yeah, rake?

It's time to go.

Anne?

What happened?
Dr. H, this is Joy.

- Hi.
- Hi, Joy. I'm Nadia.

What happened here?

It's a reinjury.

Burst stitches and shredding.

And she needs a tetanus booster.

It's been a few years.
Okay.

It frickin' hurts.

- Go ahead and get her prepped.
- I will.

Appreciate it, Doc.

I... I don't need you
in there.

But I wanna come, love.

Stay in the waiting room.

She's 16, right?

So technically, she can ask
for her privacy.

- No, I think...
- Don't worry.

I'll take care of her.

We got this.

I feel weird.

It's the anesthetic.

Have you ever had
pain medicine like...

at the dentist?

My mom cleans my teeth.

Her mom was a...
what's it called?

A hygienist?

Who did these stitches, Joy?

My mom did them.

Like, at home?

So you and your mom,
you've moved around a lot?

Yeah. Nurses have to,
or else they lose their license.

Did your mom tell you that?

Joy?

Just so you know,

anything you tell me
is completely confidential.

I want a fudge sundae.

Shh.

Here's their IOM.

Lost their mom in the war.

Managed to get here
by themselves.

It's wonderful
what you're doing, Mr. Merrill.

Fostering is such a gift.

It's called
"vanilla milkshake."

No, no, no. Trust me. Try it.

Trust me. It's good.

Try.

Wait a second.
Wait, whoa, whoa, whoa.

You just told her she's not
gonna like it, didn't you?

You got a future
in business, son.

Ace. Chris. Get in here.

Where's my fucking milkshake?

As soon as I find Ace,

I'm getting that piece of shit
put away this time.

- Chris, just...
- I'm serious. This is insane.

Pop's not gonna
get straight cops involved.

His, maybe.
But you know the rules.

- Well, fuck Pop's rules.
- Yeah?

Are you okay?

I guess.

Did you get my message
the other night?

Sorry about that.

I had a few at the Tiger
and was just thinking...

Um, you know, with Abdi
and all this,

I don't think
that it's a, uh, good idea.

No, no. Right.
Of course.

Let me know
if Ace ends up in the ER.

Or the morgue.

Go get them out.

Security!

Time to get the fuck out!

I know you've been trespassing
in our land!

Surprise, mo...

What the fuck?

Hear you were fucking with
my tenants at the mall, huh?

- Just looking for Ace.
- Those are his tenants now.

Half of those folks been
in a shooting war... a real one...

And every goddamn one
of those stalls

at that bazaar has got
a gat under the counter.

You ready for war, tough guy?

Appreciate the advice,
but we don't work for you.

Cut it out now,

before you fuck something
that can't be un-fucked.

Here's something fucked, Pop:

over at Ace's mall, people say
Abdi's been shit-talking.

About what?

Retaliation for the fire.

Killing your fucking nephew.

Fuckwits have no idea
what you're getting into.

Hey, feel better, Pop.
We're all pulling for you.

This is Abdi.
Leave a message.

Abdi, it's me.

I gotta talk to you.
It's important.

Search "nurse" and "license"...

and "job" and "term."

You're dripping.

Search "Anne Ingalls."

Search "Anne I-N-G-A-L-L-S,"

end quote.

Where's my daughter?

We needed more space
for the blood drive.

Dr. H moved her.
Where?

Ms. Ingalls?

You know my nephew.

John? Ace?

Manages the Stargazer.

Oh... no, I don't believe
I've ever m...

Let's save some time
and cut through the bullshit.

Language.

He went to your cabin
last night.

I don't know
what you're insinuating...

I'm not insinuating.
I'm telling.

My nephew's missing.

And his dog,

who has considerably
better sense than him...

When I let him out
this afternoon,

he went right to your door.

Weird, right?

But the thing
that confuses me most is...

you're paid up for another week,

yet your bags are all packed.

Hmm?

He said he'd kill us.

He came to me.

He had done something.

Something about a fire...

In Salem's Lot.

He said my daughter...

He said she'd seen something
that she shouldn't'a.

But Joy hadn't seen
anything, I said.

But he did not want
to take no...

He... he seems like the kind of
man, doesn't like to hear "no,"

especially not from a woman.

I thought he was gonna hurt us.

Or worse.

It's all right. Go on.

Thank goodness he didn't stay.

What do you mean?

A car came
into the parking lot, and...

And your nephew saw it
and he... he left my cabin

and he ran off into the woods.

And then a man got out
of the car

and he started
following your nephew

and I'm...
I'm pretty sure that...

that he had a gun.

What man?

N... no, I don't... I don't want
to get anybody in trouble.

You know, I... I just...
What man?

I am not a racist, Mr. Merrill,

so I don't want
to cast aspersions

based on, you know, skin color.

Was he yea big...

Or yea big?

This shit makes the office
smell like a skunk's asshole.

What kind of asshole
does your pipe smell like?

George Washington's asshole.

So, the new tea lady
still making trouble?

Uh-uh.

She decided that being a problem
was too much of a problem.

Mm. They're very tough
people, but...

but you're good
with the skinnies.

I'm good with everybody, Pop.

The point is, son...

it's gonna be yours.

Hmm?

The mall.

Not just collections.
The title.

The whole nut.

Your people, your milk cow.

And there's something else.
Listen...

you and your sister...

you're as much family to me
as the boys.

And I was thinking,
if it's something you want,

we should talk about adoption.

Officially, you know.

Make things easier
down the line.

Of course, if... if you're happy
with the way things are,

you know, you're grown.

So... it's just more for the
business side of things, you know.

So it's just business?

Always.

So...

deal?

Uh, I have to talk to Nadia,

but I guess
it could be all right.

All right.
All right.

- Yeah.
- That's good news.

You look like shit.

What the fuck do you want, Pop?

What happened to Ace?

Where is he?

Mm.

Fuckin' be coy with me...
Where'd you dump the body?

- Something funny?

Yes. This big show.

Cops. Ooh.

What's all this bullshit,
old man?

You're not gonna hurt me.

You're gonna let me go
right now,

or I'm gonna tell Nadia
the truth about you.

We both know
you can't have that.

Who said I did that to Ace?

- Eyewitness.
- "Eyewitness"?

Bullshit.

Did they also eyewitness him
firebombing my house?

So you tailed him
to the Stargazer,

then you finally gave him
what he deserved.

Tell me where
you put the fucking body.

Talk, talk, talk, talk.

You wanna torture someone,
you torture them.

You wanna kill them, kill them.

I thought you already knew that
from the army.

If I had you tied up...

we wouldn't be talking now.

I believe you about that, Abdi.

You're such
a fucking hypocrite, Pop.

You hope I killed him 'cause
then we'll be even, fair.

Just business.

But we will never be
just business,

and we will never be
a family either.

Still not a dog lover?

Keep that fucking thing away.

Bobby Orr here has got
a nose for Ace.

Always did.

Let's see what he has to say.

What the fuck, Pop?

- Where's the fucking body?
- I don't know!

Where's the fucking body?

Fuck you, old man!

Where the fuck is Ace?

Where's the body, Abdi?

Where the fuck is Ace?

Pop!

Pop!

Pop!

Everything I do,

I do because
I have to protect you...

which is why
we have to leave now.

I'm sorry that I said
that we could stay...

We're running
from something, aren't we?

Is it police?

Did you do something, Mom?

I don't know what
you're insinuating, b...

There's nothing about either
one of us online anywhere.

It's like we don't even exist.

You broke the rules,
little lady!