Channel Zero (2016–…): Season 4, Episode 1 - Ashes on My Pillow - full transcript

That's every room.

Oh.

Now it's our house.

What do you think?
Guest bedroom?

For now.

Here you go, Mrs. Hodgson.

To home.

To home.

Which one is unagi again? Eel?

Mmm, oh, my God.

Mmm. Remind me, okay?



Mmm-hmm.

Out front we got,
um, climbing roses?

No roses. No roses?

No, I don't like roses.

You don't like roses?

That is new information
to me. Never knew that.

Roses are lazy and dishonest.

Dishonest?

Mmm, pretty flower.

And then a minute
later, you're bleeding.

Okay, or, you
know, you could, like,

pick it carefully and
maybe you won't bleed.

Plus it's like, "Oh, look at me.

"I'm a rose."



Well, then, you can
put in whatever you want

once we get done
with the renovation.

I have this image of the house
collapsing in a cloud of dust.

No.

See, Dad,

he knew he was gonna
raise a family here.

So, put a lot of
work into this place.

Style is from the '80s.

Well, your mom
gave us the house.

So, you know, let's not look
a gift house in the mouth.

I'm just saying, as far
as wedding presents go,

you can't do much
better than a house.

Yeah, 'cause this one

has strong bones.

You know I have unagi breath.

I love unagi breath.

Is that the basement?

Hey.

Watch your step.

When your mom said she'd
left a couple of things down here,

I thought she meant,
like, a box or two.

Watch out for spiders.

This is amazing.

Oh, no.

Jeez.

I found your second
grade report card.

Yeah? Mmm-hmm.

"B" in language arts.

I'm proud of that.

Oh, there's so
much good stuff here.

Hmm.

I found a picture of us.

Wha...

What is happening? What?

What is hap... Where
did you come from?

Oh, my God. Hey!

How did that dog just
get in? Oh, my God.

Babe, did we just get
a dog? Uh, I don't...

I'm gonna name him Unagi.

Unagi! Wait, wait, wait.

I like big dogs, baby.
Unagi, where are you?

Can't be seen
walking that little thing.

Where did you go? There you are.

Oh, my God.

Hi.

Oh, God.

You know, when I was a
kid, I had a stuffed toy animal

who looked just like this.

I left it somewhere when I was,
like, five and I never saw it again.

Mmm, that's so sad.

Oh, my bad.

Oh, yeah? That's how you feel?

That was an accident.

Oh, yeah? You wanna...

You wanna start
something you can't finish?

No, I'm not trying
to start anything.

Is that what you're
gonna do? Jill, Jill.

Hey, you... You...

Stop it!

Who's gonna take that
dog for a walk, huh?

Okay.

Yeah, you laugh. Uh-huh.

Thanks, babe.

All right.

I think you guys are
having too much fun in there.

We should start a band.

Uh, uh, uh, uh. Back it up.

Every blow is devastating.

Yo, this is the wrong room.

What? I'm just kidding.

So you were best friends
since you were kids?

I love it. It's so romantic.

So was meeting on Tinder.

So what was it like when
you saw each other again?

I don't know. What can I say?
It was this immediate thing.

Mmm-hmm.

And eventually I convinced
her to move back here.

It's true.

I never thought I was gonna
come back to this place.

Tom, is it weird living in the
same house that you grew up in?

Uh, yes.

So, um, for example, like,
Jill found this trunk downstairs

just full of old stuff
from when I was a kid.

Like, spelling tests
and shit like that.

Oh, did you notice that one
of yours was down there?

Mmm. Okay.

Oh, my goodness.

She used to draw these stories,

like, these made-up
characters or whatnot,

and there was this
one guy, he was what?

He was a juggler or something?

Um, what was his name?

It was like, uh,
Pretzel... Pretzel Man.

Or, like, Pretzel Pete,
or something like that.

And Pretzel Pete,
this guy could just bend

into these positions
and just, like, leg...

No, okay, I had
gone to the circus,

and I had seen
this contortionist.

And I just made up this
contortionist clown guy

and drew him in these little
stories that I would write.

Pretzel Jack. Pretzel Jack.

That was his name.

Anyway, Pretzel Jack.

Ladies wear to
register 14, please.

Ladies wear, register 14.

Hey.

Hey.

All right.

So, what do you wanna
do about food, huh?

Should we order something?

What's the matter?

Jill.

Who was that woman?

What woman?

At the store.

Okay, uh, her
name's Sarah Winters.

She and her husband,
they live out in Mayor Hill,

and we redid their
master bedroom.

I guess she wasn't happy.

Did you sleep with
her or something?

Don't, okay?
Let's... Let's just not.

Did you?

Just answer me.

Tom.

I'm not your father.

I'm not gonna do what he did.

Even if I had slept
with her, for the record,

that would have been,
like, way in the past.

So, I mean, look, you
can look her up, okay?

You can call her.
You can confirm.

We did some work for
her. She wasn't happy.

You wanna call her?

I'm sorry.

No, I shouldn't have snapped.

I love you.

I trust you.

I really love you. Mmm.

I love you, too.

Hey, Jill?

What's up?

Hey, can you come
down here for a second?

Actually, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait, wait, okay.

Don't come down yet.

Just picture the
far wall down here.

Okay.

You got it?

Got it.

Describe it for me.

It's just a wall.

But what else? I
mean, what's on it?

Nothing.

You sure?

Is there a picture on it?

I mean, like, is there
a... Is there a window?

Is there, uh,
maybe, like, a door?

There's no window or door.

Okay, come, come, come.

Come down here.

I just... I don't get it.

I don't remember any door here.

Yeah.

Yeah, I grew up in this house,

and I don't even
remember a door.

Why would I never notice this?

There's no keyhole.

There's no air coming through.

This thing is solid.

So, where do...
Where does it go?

Beats me.

Okay.

My mom's never
seen this door, either.

This really freaks me out.

I don't know. Maybe it's, uh...

Maybe it's that
Berenstain Bears thing.

You know, with a
different spelling?

Or, like, that movie
Shazaam with Sinbad

that everyone swears existed?

I don't... I don't know.

What the fuck!

Yeah, man.

Screws are hidden.
Can't remove the hinges.

It's not some
weird memory thing.

There was no door.
Now there's a door.

Jason, you understand
that's, uh, impossible, right?

Come on. We all remember.

Did your dad build that door
in that wall in your basement?

Do you believe that?

So somebody snuck into our
house in the middle of the night

and installed a door?

I didn't say that.

I just said what
I'm sure about it.

There was no door.

What... Do we call the cops?

"Yes, Officer, I have a
door in my basement."

No.

Now we open it.

You could hear it's hollow.

There's a space or a passage
or something behind there.

Yeah, yeah.

You go again.

It's not working.

You're drunk, dude.

I have an idea.

What...

Try further down.

Down by the knob.

Down here? Yeah.

I already tried this.

Watch your hand, babe.

What the fuck,
Jason? Oh, my God.

Hey, no.

It's an enclosed space.
What are you doing?

Go by the stairs.

Cover your ears.

Oh, my God.

Jason, no.

You want it open or not?

Just cover your ears.

Going again.

Okay, okay! All right, stop!

Jason, stop!

Fuck!

All right. Baby, you okay?

My head.

Here, take this.

Oh, God. Jeez.

Fuck, Jason.

Oh, man.

Guys.

Did the trick.

Wait, Jill, Jill,
let me go first.

Why are you reloading?

You don't know
what's down there.

What the fuck?

Another one?

Hey, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait, wait.

Great, this one's
locked, too, so...

Go back up the stairs a little.

No, Jason, do not fire
that thing down here.

Okay. Are you
fucking kidding me?

Jesus Christ, man.

Okay, how far did we go?

We went, what, sideways
about 45 feet, something like that?

Yeah, mmm-hmm.

About halfway to the
neighbor's house, right?

You know who lives there?

O'Connells used to live there.

Let's go knock on their door.

Yeah, you get
rid of the shotgun.

Yeah, of course I'm gonna
get rid of the shotgun.

I'm not a maniac.

Come on, Jill.

I hope we're not waking them up.

Hey. Hey.

What's up, man? Sorry if
we're waking you up or anything.

Hi.

Uh, we live next
door. Yeah, yeah.

I, uh, I saw you
earlier in the yard.

Right.

Everything okay?

Um... Yeah.

Yeah, we just have
kind of a weird question.

You do know it's
midnight, right?

'Cause this kind of feels
like the start of a horror movie.

Well, this is gonna sound funny.

Um... Can we see your basement?

So much for that theory.

Is this all your stuff?

Uh, no, it, um, belongs to the
people I'm renting from, I guess.

The O'Connells?

Yeah, yeah.

The O'Connells?
They're still alive?

God, 20 years ago,
they were already old.

Yeah, I've never met them.

I guess they're in Florida.

Okay, okay.

You come here,
um, for work or...

Uh, no, I'm actually,
I'm working on my PhD.

You know, it's funny,
in Jungian psychology,

doors are kind of a thing.

This whole deal with your
basement is fascinating.

I'd love to come over and
maybe check it out sometime.

Sure, yeah. Sometime.

Uh, hey, sorry to
bother you so late.

We're gonna... Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Uh, no worries.

Um, let me know
if you get it open.

I'm curious now.

Um, thanks.

Bye.

Okay.

"A" for effort.

What about this door
makes you feel so unsafe?

That it's there.

But don't you think the
most obvious explanation

is that Tom's father
built a storage area

under the house.
Maybe a wine cellar?

It's not a wine cellar.

It goes too deep.

Well, last time we were talking
about your... Your parents.

Wanna get back into that?

I don't know.

I mean, that's why you
first came here, right?

Trust issues.

There's something else.

Tom made some phone calls.

Uh-huh. To?

I don't know.
They're all at night.

And then the other day, I
saw him arguing with a woman

I don't know.

It felt personal.

So do you think
that's who he's calling?

Uh, why don't you ask him?

Look, I know these
things are not easy.

There's...

There's no training.

I mean, when we're in love,

we're basically trusting amateurs
to do heart surgery on us, right?

Wanna know two things
that eat away at a marriage?

Secrets and distrust.
They feed off one another.

You keep secrets, your
partner distrusts you.

So you keep even more secrets.

You cannot let suspicion fester.

You gotta discuss it.

Then it looks like I'm
going over the phone bill.

Well, you are.

What do you wanna do?

I want to call the number.

Mmm.

Do you love your husband?

I love him very much.

But?

Just because you love somebody
doesn't mean you really know them.

Jillian, your parents'
marriage was an anomaly,

and it does not have to
cast a shadow over yours.

Hey. Hey.

Where are you going?

I gotta run by
Jason's real quick.

Okay.

Be back in a little bit. Okay.

Love you.

Shit.

Come on.

Come on.

Must have found an open
window, unlocked door.

No, he didn't break in.

He was already inside the house.

Now, for what it's
worth, uh, I'd be surprised

if that situation in your
basement is up to code.

Hey, can you at
least leave a car here?

You know, keep
an eye on the place?

Yeah, we can
do that for tonight.

I don't think he's
gonna be back.

You want to feel better,
get an alarm system.

ADT, Frontpoint.

Hey. Sorry about this.

They take anything?

No.

That's good.

You mind if I ask
you a question?

Go ahead.

Do you believe that some things,

you know, people or
places, are just special?

I don't mean supernatural,
but, you know,

neuroscientists,
quantum physicists,

they'll get there eventually.

But not yet.

Um, does this have
something to do with our house?

I'm sorry. I didn't
mean to weird you out.

Really, I do that sometimes.

No.

I'm gonna let you go. I'm sorry.

I hope this all gets,
you know, sorted out.

You wanna go to a hotel?

This is our house.

Okay.

Hello, Jill?

Oh, sorry.

Tell her I'll get some new
samples for her tomorrow.

You sure you're okay?

Yeah, uh, I'll see you
when you get home.

Okay. I love you.

Love you.

Hello?

Hello?

Who is this?

Is this Sarah Winters?

Yeah. Who is this?

This is Tom Hodgson's wife.

Tell him to stay away from me.

I don't want to get a
restraining order, but I will.

Jill? Hey.

What's going on?

You tell me.

You're the one
sitting in the dark.

Talk to me.

I called Sarah Winters.

What?

You were involved
with this woman?

And you're still pursuing her?

No.

You called her five
times in three days.

I'm not pursuing her.

Why you combing
through the phone bill?

Clearly I need to.

No. No, you don't.

This is just like when
we started dating.

Everything's sinister.
Nothing's what it seems.

It's always some big secret.

It doesn't take a
genius to figure out that

your anxiety now is coming
from moving back here.

I'm not the source of it.

I thought we were
done with this.

Where are you going?

I just need some time to think.

I'll call you in a couple hours.

Two nights in a
row, huh? Come in.

What's going on?

Hey.

Um, is this a bad time?

Do you have someone here?

No, come in.

He just pounded on his
head over and over again.

You want a beer?

Uh, no, thanks.

Uh, I need to talk
to you about Tom.

What's going on?

I know he's your friend.

And that's why I'm asking you, because
maybe you know him better than I do.

And I wanna think you're
a decent enough person,

you're not gonna lie to me about
something as important as this.

Is he cheating on me?

No.

Why would he sneak out
to a house in Byrd Park

and not tell me about it?

I have no idea.

Who's Sarah Winters?

What was that?

Well, something must have fell.

Hey, I don't know any
house in Byrd Park.

Maybe just ask him about that.

But bring it down a notch.

'Cause nothing's
going on with Tom.

Okay?

If nothing's going on, then
why do I feel so fucking sure

something's going on?

Do you really want
me to answer that?

What does that mean?

You can't blame him for something
crazy your dad did 20 years ago.

Don't gaslight me.

How am I gaslighting you?

By making me think
it's all in my head. Don't.

Your level of suspicion
is in your head.

It's from you.

The call is coming from
inside the house, baby.

What? Did I make up a
phone bill with a bunch of calls?

Did that just jump out of my
head and land in the mailbox?

You need to be talking
to him about this, not me.

Well, maybe I did and maybe
he walked off like a coward.

Tom is not a coward.
Your dad was a coward.

Don't get confused.

Don't talk about my dad.

Okay? Okay, well,
I'm just saying,

you're talking
about my best friend.

Maybe it was his
bad luck to fall for you.

'Cause what you really need is
somebody who's as fucked up as you.

What is that supposed to mean?

Maybe he's too good for you.

Like who? Like you?

No.

In what world would I be coming on to
you right now? Are you fucking kidding me?

I can't tell if you're
protecting him,

or you're going behind
his back, or both.

But you're doing
exactly what he does.

You're trying to make me
doubt myself, and I'm sick of it!

You are actually crazy.

Honestly, I feel bad for you,

'cause it's kinda
not your fault.

No, no. What happened back
then didn't make me crazy.

It made me cautious,
and I'm grateful for that.

When I said the name,
Sarah Winters, I saw you react.

React? I don't know
any Sarah Winters.

Stop lying to me!

You came here with your
mind already made up.

What the fuck!

Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!