Into the Dark (2018–…): Season 2, Episode 2 - Pilgrim - full transcript
A woman invites re-enactors to produce an authentic first Thanksgiving for her family and friends. However, things take an unexpected turn when the actors refuse to break character.
(suspenseful music)
♪
(dramatic music)
♪
WOMAN'S VOICE: You don't
appreciate anything I do!
SHANE:
What are you talking about?
(echoed, tense exchange)
(glass shattering)
WOMAN'S VOICE: I can't do
this I can't do this anymore.
SHANE: Good! I don't care!
WOMAN'S VOICE: So you don't
care, that's it?
(eerie music)
♪
WOMAN'S VOICE:
Happy Thanksgiving!
CODY: Mom, please don't leave!
♪
SHANE, VOICE ECHOING:
You mean to tell me
that you made this
construction paper turkey?
You did it?
TATE, VOICE ECHOING:
Mm hm, uh huh.
[chuckling]
Well, I gotta hand it to you.
That is hands down
the finest
construction paper turkey
that I have ever seen.
ANNA:
Has anybody ever told you
you are a very smart
little boy?
♪
Oh, hon, I wanted
to ask you about, uh...
The Home Harvest Festival?
Thank you. So we're
going to be having
some folks join us
for Thanksgiving?
Should be fun.
ANNA:
Yes. We are all booked for
the Thanksgiving experience.
SHANE:
Mm.
ANNA: They're going to
send somebody out here
and they're going to
make us a big dinner,
teach us how they did
things in the olden days.
Like in the olden days?
ANNA:
Mm hm.
What does that even mean?
It means that
it will be just like
the first Thanksgiving,
with a lot of food
and sharing.
Oh, great.
Let's honor the
whitewashed history
of the Native American
genocide like,
that's exactly how
I want to spend my break,
thank you.
Right, Cody, well, you
could try to think of this
as a fun and creative way
of getting back to basics.
Celebrating the true
and important meaning
of the holiday by
spending quality time
together as a family,
which we can all do
more of, right, babe?
SHANE: Mm!
ANNA: And maybe this is what
finally brings us together.
CODY: I doubt that, Anna.
SHANE: Cody...
Fine.
I still think
it's weird, though.
And I don't need
a history lesson
from these people.
ANNA: Mm hm.
SHANE:
Speaking of, how was your last
day of school before the break?
Did you also make
paper turkeys?
(Cody scoffs)
Well, that would require
actually going to class.
♪
SHANE:
Uh...what?
ANNA: Check your messages.
They said that you cut.
♪
It's not that
big of a deal.
SHANE:
Uh, me paying 65K a year
for you to be
skipping class,
yeah, that's I'd say
it's a pretty big deal.
Then don't pay it,
I didn't ask to go there.
It doesn't work that way.
Then how exactly
does it work, Anna?
Because I'm pretty sure
there's a ton of other things
we're wasting our money on.
Oh! Like this Harvest Festival.
It is not the same, your
education is important to me...
Ladies, come on,
enough, please, enough.
Can we just, um...
what do you say we break
the wishbone, hm?
Wishbone?
Yeah.
See, when you're finished
eating a bird,
you grab the wishbone,
here it is.
Two people make a wish,
you pull it apart,
whoever gets
the larger half,
your wish comes true.
Want to try?
Yeah?
Cody, how about you?
Sure.
SHANE: Yeah.
Why don't you
make it a good one?
♪
Oh, I will.
♪
I wish this whole thing would
backfire in her stupid face.
TATE: Ready?
Mm hm.
One, two, three!
(snap)
SINGERS:
♪ Thanks we give ♪
♪ O thanks to thee ♪
♪ For all that
is before us ♪
♪ Thanks we give,
O thanks to thee... ♪♪
(squelch of knife into flesh)
(turkey gobbles)
(ominous music)
♪
CHILD #1:
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving!
TEEN:
Mm!
Turkey and dressing
and pie and cake...
CHILD #1: I can hardly wait!
CHILD #2: Me too!
MAN: Turkey or no turkey,
we've still got all
the freedoms and privileges
the Pilgrims gave us.
It's easy to lose sight of
what Thanksgiving really means.
CHILD #1:
I am thankful for getting
plenty to eat all the time,
with extras that count,
like cookies and milk
after school.
MAN:
We'll be one family in America
that will really have
a Thanksgiving dinner.
I've got so many things
to be thankful for.
CHILD #1:
After all, isn't that what
Thanksgiving's for?
WOMAN: I'm thankful that
when my neighbor drops in
to borrow a cup of flour,
we've got the right to talk
about anything we want to.
♪
TEEN: I am thankful for
growing up in America.
♪
MAN:
I am thankful for this house.
It may need a coat of paint,
it has a mortgage,
but it's ours,
and I'm thankful
for my newspaper.
Just a few cents' worth
of printer's ink and paper.
WOMAN:
And I'm thankful
for all the things
our American system
makes possible.
♪
MAN: We are truly
and humbly thankful.
Amen.
♪
CHILD #1: Families are
still important in America.
♪
(insects chirring)
(door closes)
Hello?
Tate?
(knocking,
knock in response)
Tate?
(door closes)
Tate?
(knocking,
knock in response)
There's no way that Tate
is hiding in this room.
(knock)
(Cody mock gasps)
Tate couldn't possibly
be hiding in...here!
(Tate giggles)
You found me.
CODY: Of course I found you,
I always find you.
And liftoff!
All right, come on,
it's time for bed.
All right.
G'night, bud.
Goodnight!
Cody?
Hm?
I hope your wish comes true.
Thank you.
Goodnight.
Goodnight.
(door closes)
DISTORTED MALE VOICE: Cody,
I hope your wish comes true.
(dramatic tone)
(music, chatter)
Ladies.
Anna, you have
outdone yourself again.
GINA: Everything is just
stunning, as always.
I don't know how
you keep it so pristine
with two kids.
ANNA: Oh, well,
tell that to Shane.
I think he thinks this house
magically resets itself
and makes us dinner every night.
GINA: Well, maybe that
Thanksgiving thing
you signed up for
will do some good.
DIANE: Oh yes, so
tell us all about that.
You're having Pilgrims here?
(laughing)
This is amazing,
how did you find this?
I saw an ad that said
something along the lines of,
"Does your family spend
more time on their cell phones
than they do
with each other?
Is your family disconnected?
Do your kids take for
granted all that you do,"
so on and so forth,
but they got great reviews.
And all these families
are just raving about
how close they were
after the experience.
What are they going to do?
Oh oh no, it's
a full reenactment
of the first Thanksgiving.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah,
no, they bring food
and decorations and the whole
family does it together, yeah.
Okay, this is
such a great idea.
I know.
I really hope this works.
(snakelike rattle)
(dark music)
The fuck is this shit?
SHANE: Cody...
[exaggeratedly precise]
The heck is this shit?
SHANE:
Well, we are hosting
the neighborhood
HOA meeting today.
CODY: The Stepford Wives?
SHANE:
Yeah. Yeah, your mother...
(clears throat) Anna,
she sent out a reminder
in the family group chat,
didn't you read it?
(Cody chuckles)
Are you insane?
[as though fighting to speak]
Yeah, well, believe me,
there's other things
I'd rather be doing too.
♪
Oh.
Oh!
(glass shatters)
Great.
Shit.
DIANE: [whispering]
So that's like no excuse
for why she spends so much
time on social media.
GINA:
Uh, yeah. Maybe she should
just quit Facebook
if she wants to spend
more time with her family.
(giggling)
DIANE: But then,
how would we get to see
how perfect her life is?
(Gina scoffs)
I mean, his first wife,
she didn't try so hard.
[voice echoing]
This is pathetic.
GINA, VOICE ECHOING:
It's just so misguided.
Cody's never going
to accept her,
no matter what she does.
I mean, Pilgrims?!
(laughing)
DIANE:
We'd better get back in there.
(doorbell rings)
ANNA: Katherine, hi!
Oh, finally you're here,
oh, thank God, okay.
Did you bring
the casserole, or
Oh, I'm so sorry, Anna,
I worked late last night,
I completely forgot, I can
run out and get something.
ANNA:
I have a trayful of crullers
in the dining room
that desperately need
to be rearranged, so...
Why do they need
to be rearranged?
Because I have so many
hungry people here!
Actually, I think you are
the last people to arrive,
so we can actually get started.
Fast!
(claps her hands)
Hop like a bunny, go, go.
(snorting chuckle)
What are you doing here?
Did housekeeping
take the day off?
CODY: Kill me now,
like actually.
And let you get out
of doing all this?
Uh uh.
Besides, a few glasses
of white wine,
you're going
to fit right in.
Oh yeah, right,
I'm never going to fit in.
This is like the
country club hellscape, okay?
I can smell ranch
from my bedroom.
What?
Anyway...
Thank you for saving me.
Mm hm.
No problem.
My mom, she needed
to get out of the house.
She's been tripping lately.
How long since
her last cigarette?
Cigarette, like, two weeks,
but since she's had
a panic attack, uh...
Yeah.
What are you doing?
What?
My parents would kill me
if they saw that!
They're always
freaking out, though.
(heavy knocking)
(eerie music)
(door creaking)
How do you do?
CODY: What?
No fucking way.
Is this the Barker residence?
You're the
Thanksgiving reenactors.
You're early.
I wasn't, uh...
you weren't supposed to...
Well, we needed time
to settle in and prepare
after such a long journey.
I'm sorry, I'm being
rude, I'm being rude.
Please come in, come in!
Hi.
(eerie traditional music)
♪
Oh, okay...all right, okay.
(Anna laughs nervously)
Thank you. Um...
we have refreshments
This shit is amazing.
ANNA:
And you're in costume,
of course!
I would never wear
just my wash frock
to such an occasion.
ANNA:
Well, you look wonderful.
Um, everybody, these
these are our guests.
(greetings, giggling)
I'm Ethan,
and this here is Patience.
ANNA: And this is
my daughter, Cody.
[under her breath]
Fucking fuck.
♪
[sighing deeply]
Hi.
♪
Uh nope, none of that,
I'mgood, thanks.
ANNA:
Cody...
Be polite.
ETHAN: A real firebrand,
this one.
Well, I look forward
to getting to know you
over the coming days.
The coming days?
I thought this was just
a Thanksgiving dinner.
ANNA:
Well, uh...
things are a little
different with the plan,
but it looks like Ethan
will be staying with us
for a few days.
CODY: Staying?
Like staying, staying,
in the house?
Yes, of course, in the house,
where else would he stay?
Um, a motel comes to mind.
We don't know them.
♪
Cody, this is going to be fun
for the whole family, okay?
So could you just please
be helpful to me
and go set up
the guestroom?
Okay? Thank you.
♪
(snapping photos)
♪
And, Katherine, I was
going to tell you later,
but since they're here now,
Patience is going to be making
your Thanksgiving dinner too.
(group marvels)
She's going to do everything,
isn't that great?
Live in help!
Live in?
ANNA: Yeah.
So she's staying with us,
or...
ETHAN:
It's not every day that one
receives a gift
that is so generous.
KATHERINE: Um, I just don't
know if I can really...
Oh, Katherine, Katherine,
you need this, right?
You don't need to do
anything else this year, right?
Just kick back,
have a glass of wine,
take a shower.
PATIENCE: I know many
forms of relaxation,
such as reciting my
favorite Bible passages.
Or lovingly darning
my family's socks.
Oh, yeah, that, um...
sounds great, Anna.
Thanks for...
thanks for thinking of me.
Great, great.
(ominous music)
♪
(muffled speech, laughter)
♪
ETHAN: And the waters
were so rough, he, uh,
he was sick
in his own buckle hat.
CODY: Oh God, I just
love Mayflower jokes!
Can't get enough.
Thank you, Ethan,
for the enthralling story
of the high seas.
Stop that.
ETHAN: Well, the voyage to
the Americas was harrowing.
A little levity was
all that kept us sane.
That, and the promise
of building a new life
with our families.
♪
That is exactly what
you all have done here.
♪
You've built a new life.
You must all be so grateful.
We are.
What do you mean, exactly?
Well, little Tate here is
your half brother, I presume?
Yep. Lost the other
half in the accident.
♪
Oh, and his jokes are funny?
Are you serious?
ETHAN: It's quite all right.
Where would I find
the chamber pot?
ANNA:
Oh, yes, follow me.
Jesus, Cody,
give it a rest.
Am I the only one
who actually thinks
this is ridiculous?
There is a grown man
in our house
pretending to be a Pilgrim.
Yeah, okay, I know, I know,
it's a little weird, all right?
But they're harmless.
And Anna, she's very
invested in this.
CODY: Dad, they haven't
broken character once.
That's beyond weird!
SHANE: This is important to her,
all right?
She has been very excited
putting this whole thing
together, so can you please
show a little bit of respect?
It's not so bad.
I like Ethan.
SHANE:
See? Tate likes Ethan.
Tate likes eating glue.
No I do not.
Yeah you do.
That's not helping.
TATE: Yeah.
I haven't eaten glue
since I was little.
SHANE:
Okay, can we just...
little break, please,
just quiet?
CODY:
Oh, I'm sorry, we distracting
you from your tablet?
I'm watching
the foreign markets.
And that has to
happen right now?
SHANE: Yes, because this
house and your cell phone,
they don't pay for themselves.
Okay, okay, yeah,
you know, we don't want
to interrupt Dad,
right, Tate?
Never.
All right.
ANNA: Okay, what'd we miss?
Hey, uh, well,
we were just discussing
all the Thanksgiving memories
that we're going to create
this year.
Oh really?
That's nice.
Well, Thanksgiving
symbolizes coming together,
understanding
and being grateful
for what one has.
When we first arrived
at Plymouth Rock
and were greeted
by the Indians...
First Nation Tribes.
♪
ETHAN:
...they taught us their ways.
Farming, the local animals,
harvesting the crops,
and we in return taught them
our Old World traditions,
and we gave them
so many things
for which they were
very grateful.
♪
CODY: Yeah. Um,
speaking of reenactors,
can I go to Rachel's
for dinner tomorrow?
They're hosting a Nazi.
(silverware clinks)
Cody?
That's not...that's not...
CODY:
Sounds ridiculous, right?
We don't talk about Nazis.
(eerie music)
♪
(noise outside door)
♪
(door closes)
♪
CODY:
Shit!
You scared the shit out of me.
I'm sorry, I told you I was
going to come over, though.
Get your ass in here
before anybody sees.
Sorry I'm a little jumpy.
That's supposed to help.
It's not working.
♪
Oh! Nice. Does Anna know?
[sharply laughing]
No, she thinks I'm
finally embracing Jesus.
Hallelujah!
Do you think it's drugs?
Do I think what's drugs?
Cody.
Her attitude,
her distance.
You know how she gets
around this time of year.
Mm hm.
Can't blame her.
She has her process.
So how's your
new houseguest?
Oh, she's fine.
She won't stop
hemming our clothes,
but I guess that's helpful.
(chuckling)
How about yours?
He's so annoying.
It's like there's something
seriously off with that guy.
Well, the man does dress up
like a Pilgrim for a living, so.
Well, it's not just that.
I get a really
bad vibe from him.
We don't even know
where they came from.
ANNA: I feel like she's
trying to make me out
to be this evil stepmother.
You know, like
it's a fairytale.
Mm.
♪
ANNA:
Shane?
Hm.
Can you be honest with me?
♪
Do you think she blames me?
CODY: Anna said that she
found them on Facebook,
but there's nothing.
I mean, is it really
that surprising
that a group of 1500s wannabes
don't have a website?
Everything has a website!
She said that she
found them online.
Okay.
Are you sure that
you're not just trying
to find reasons to hate on him
because it was Anna's idea?
What?
Huh? Nothing, nothing,
I was...
I'm upset
because they're weird
and they don't belong
in our home,
not because of Anna.
Yeah, yeah, no, of course.
I mean, look, in a few days,
the Pilgrims are
going to be gone, okay,
and everything will
go back to normal.
(Cody sighs)
So relax and try
to have some fun.
SHANE:
Hon, no.
Look, she's just trying
to find somewhere
to place the pain.
Maybe I should have done
things a little differently
with her mother,
I don't know.
If anything,
she blames me.
♪
Besides, you know
in a year from now,
you're going to be
out of here anyways.
Okay.
So let's just chill.
I am chill!
FINN: Could you please define
the word "chill" for me,
because this is
definitely not chill.
I am chill!
♪
(distant thud)
Did you hear that?
Mm...no.
Tate?
There's nobody out there!
Move!
There's nobody...
CODY:
I'll be back.
Yeah, you're totally chill.
Shut up.
FINN:
God.
(door closes)
CODY:
Tate?
It's past your...
bedtime.
(ominous tone)
Ah, 'tis Cody.
What are you doing in here?
I was just telling
Tate a bedtime story
about us building
our first dwellings
upon arrival
in the New World.
CODY: Right. Tate,
it's bedtime, bud.
Cody is correct.
'Tis the time
of your slumber.
The morrow brings us
a grand day.
Goodnight.
[ominously echoed]
Cody...
thank you for opening
your home to me.
Yeah, whatever, it's all good.
ETHAN: No, the Bible tells us
practice gratitude.
And it is of utmost
importance to me
that you know how
truly thankful I am
for your generosity.
Noted.
ETHAN: I know how difficult
Thanksgiving must be for you.
Lady Anna mentioned
that your mother left
on Thanksgiving.
♪
(exclaims)
The truth is...
it's a difficult time
of year for me too.
♪
I I had a family once.
I'm sorry I didn't know.
ETHAN: I just want to spend
what time I have
trying to give families
the opportunity to see
all that they truly have.
♪
FINN:
Well?
What happened?
I wish you could stay over.
Oh?
Mm hm.
(insects buzzing)
PATIENCE:
Are you all right, dear?
KATHERINE:
Oh, yeah, I'm just...
having a little difficulty
with withdrawal.
(lighter flicks, insects buzz)
PATIENCE:
The curse of the tobacco plant.
Focusing on one's
household duties
always eases me.
KATHERINE: Well, maybe if
I had a nicer house...
PATIENCE:
This is an herbal brew
that will help you relax,
family recipe.
You'll finally get
a good night's sleep.
That's really nice of you.
PATIENCE:
It's nothing.
KATHERINE:
Yeah, I don't
know the last time
anyone did anything for me.
Finn, he's sweet, but, um,
he's just been, you know,
in his own world as of late.
Teenagers.
You give him so much.
KATHERINE: He gives me
nothing but grief.
PATIENCE:
It is a difficult age.
Yeah.
But that is no excuse.
He should give back.
Oh, no, no, I mean,
I don't...I don't blame him,
I wasn't really
a shining example
at his age, just...
What do you mean?
I kind of was
the partying type.
You know what I mean.
I don't.
So how long have you, um,
been involved in theater?
(water runs in sink)
Theater?
Yeah. The acting troupe
and Pilgrim ing?
Ethan!
It all started with Ethan.
Oh.
His childhood was cruel.
His mother passed
during childbirth,
which was bad enough.
But his father...
(scream of tea kettle whistle)
Ethan was able to take his pain
and find value in life
where few others
would be able to.
I mean, that's inspiring.
I mean, sometimes life,
you know, just sucks.
♪
But you have all of this.
I mean...
PATIENCE: You have shelter
and all the food
you could eat.
It is quite miraculous.
♪
Ethan teaches us
to appreciate,
because he knows what it means
to have nothing at all.
Well, I am a, uh,
glass half empty type, so...
good luck with me.
PATIENCE: Ethan changed
everything for me.
And he will for you too.
♪
(mysterious twinkling)
♪
(children eerily vocalizing)
♪
What the fuck?
(exclaims)
♪
(snapping photos)
♪
You've got to be
fucking kidding me.
Great.
(echoed conversation, laughter)
♪
Hi.
Oh, hey, Cody,
how was school?
Well, hello there, Miss Cody.
What are you guys doing?
Oh, Ethan's helping me
replace all of the lightbulbs
with candles and lanterns.
Isn't that great?
Why?
To make the house
more authentic
for Ethan's time period.
For his time period?
I can't thank you enough
for being so understanding.
TATE:
Cody, look what we got!
♪
What's all this?
We went berry picking,
just like the Indians and
the Pilgrims did together.
Not quite sure
that's how it went, bud.
Patience is going to show us
how to make this into a pie.
CODY:
Oh, really?
Careful, Tate!
Not the ones
with the green stems!
Those are the
Jerusalem cherries.
They're very poisonous.
CODY: Well, where did
you go to pick berries?
I don't know of any
poisonous berries
growing around here.
ETHAN: When one hunts and
gathers for your own sustenance,
one quickly learns
the ways of the land.
Wow. That's fascinating.
Well, did you all go?
No. Ethan was there.
Anna, you didn't go?
ANNA:
Cody, it's fine.
Look, he had a blast,
he came back in one piece,
and he learned
a valuable lesson.
(ominous music)
♪
Yeah, whatever, yo, I'm out.
ANNA:
Uh uh uh uh, wait, wait, wait.
I want your cell phone.
In keeping with the
authenticity of the time period,
I will be taking
your cell phone.
It was Ethan's idea.
TATE: Just like
the first Thanksgiving!
ETHAN:
Yes it is, young Tate.
Yes it is.
Tate, cover your ears, please.
Are you shitting me?
Cell phone. Now.
What the hell?
And I'll be taking
your laptop as well.
I need my laptop
for school.
ANNA: You're on break,
I think you'll survive.
TATE:
Just like the Pilgrims.
They had to teach each other
how to live on corn, turkey,
and cranberry sauce
to survive the harsh winter.
Right, Mr. Ethan?
Very good, young Tate.
You're such a fast learner.
♪
It's for the family, Miss Cody.
Don't be cross.
You'll be glad,
in the end.
♪
Yeah, this is all ridiculous.
♪
I am sorry, Ethan.
I do not know what
has gotten into her.
♪
Found something?
(ominous tone)
TATE:
A crow.
Think it's sick.
The ants are trying to get it.
And you're protecting it.
TATE: Yes.
What a kind boy you are.
Such a selfless act
deserves a reward.
♪
[excitedly]
Candy?
Would you like it?
TATE: Yes.
Yes...
TATE: Please.
♪
Can I have another?
Candy is a treat
and meant to be savored.
(Ethan laughs)
♪
(ghostly cawing)
Have you ever heard the story
of the crow and the bird?
No.
ETHAN: One day,
a crow found a piece
of meat on the ground,
and while he sat there
eating his meat,
the crow saw a fellow bird
carrying a dead mouse.
So the crow chose
to go after the bird,
but the bird was much faster,
and the crow
couldn't catch it.
♪
Now at last,
the crow gave up
and he flew back to the spot
where he had left the meat.
But when he got to the spot,
his meat was gone.
Someone had stolen it.
Now, young Tate,
what did the crow have
at the beginning
of the story?
Meat?
And by the end?
He had nothing.
And why?
Because he wanted the mouse.
Correct.
He didn't appreciate
what he had.
He wanted more.
♪
TATE: Does this mean
I can't have any more candy?
What would it mean
if it does?
TATE:
Then...
at least I got one piece.
See that?
I didn't have to take
everything away from this one
to teach him, did I?
♪
Very good, very good.
♪
Be grateful for what one has.
Now, run along
inside the house.
I'll clean up out here.
♪
(music turns dark)
(gasping)
♪
(car approaching)
(ominous tone)
(keys jangle)
FINN:
Hey, Mom, I'm home!
♪
(buzz of music in earbuds)
(ominous tone)
♪
The hell?
(ghostly giggle)
CODY: Tate!
FINN: Mom?
Mom!
♪
(thudding)
♪
CODY:
Tate?
♪
Tate.
♪
(children eerily vocalizing)
♪
(thudding)
♪
(ghostly giggle)
♪
(children eerily vocalizing)
♪
(thudding)
♪
(thudding)
♪
Mom! Mom, Mom!
♪
TATE, ETHAN: "The one who
offers Thanksgiving
as his sacrifice
glorifies me."
TATE: "I will show
the vacation of God."
Salvation of God.
Miss Cody.
Go play inside, Tate.
Why don't we play
hide and seek?
You go find
your best hiding spot
and I will find you!
My best hiding spot?
Then how will you
be able to find me?
I always do!
Promise.
(knocking)
All right, go ahead.
♪
You're pushing your religion
onto an eight year old?
I'm surprised you
take issue with it.
I thought you were a
(knocks) proper Christian.
What made you think that?
The crucifix
in your desk drawer.
You've been in my room?
I've heard voices
and noises in there,
late at night.
You have no idea
what you're talking about.
It is difficult for you
to show respect.
One cannot respect that which
one does not appreciate.
Not me,
not your parents,
not even thyself.
♪
But you will learn
to appreciate.
♪
(Shane laughs)
Dad? Hey, Dad?
SHANE: What? Hey.
(laughing)
CODY: Dad...
Cody, come in here.
I want you to meet some people.
These are friends of Ethan's.
Gentlemen, this is
my daughter Cody.
And get this, they're gonna
help me rebuild the garage.
Yeah, I'll be able to
move my office out there,
I'll be out of your way,
I'll be out of Anna's way.
I mean, guys, I can't
thank you enough, thank you.
CODY: Dad, I really
think we should just
SHANE: Thank you so much.
CODY: Dad!
It'll be our pleasure.
So it looks like we'll be seeing
a bit more of each other then.
So if you'll excuse us,
we do have a bit of
important business to discuss.
Yeah, only a couple minutes,
couple minutes, we're good.
CODY: But
SHANE: It's fine.
I gotta talk to these
guys about the garage.
I'm thinking about
putting a bar up there.
What do you guys think?
PILGRIM: Agreed.
SHANE: I'm also thinking
about not telling
(door slams shut)
WOMAN'S VOICE: You don't
appreciate anything I do.
SHANE:
No, what are you talking about?
(mixed voices echoing)
(glass shattering)
WOMAN'S VOICE:
I can't do this anymore!
Not anymore with you!
MAN'S VOICE:
Good, good, I don't care!
(mixed voices echoing)
(screams echoing)
[aggressively]
Happy Thanksgiving!
(gasping)
(knocking at door)
CODY:
Oh, great, what do you want?
What's wrong?
(tense music)
ANNA:
Um, look,
I don't really know
how to tell you this,
but...you know how Katherine,
she has a bit of
a troubled past?
♪
CODY: Uh huh.
ANNA: Um...
I think she fell off the wagon.
What, she drunk or something?
PATIENCE:
A "bender," she called it.
She left and took Finn with her.
What?
They went out last night,
never came back.
Katherine hasn't
been doing well.
What are you talking about?
Finn would've told me, and...
why are your bags here?
Patience...doesn't feel
safe staying at the house,
especially with no one there,
so I invited her
to stay with us.
Are you serious?
It's times like these
that we must come together
and help one another.
It is the true meaning
of Thanksgiving.
Perhaps I can make you something
special for your generosity.
No, thank you,
you've done enough.
Cody, don't be rude.
This doesn't make
any sense, okay?
And Finn would've told me.
Anna, this doesn't feel right.
♪
It doesn't feel safe.
♪
Yeah, um...
♪
Look, I'm sorry.
CODY:
Wow, really?
(Cody scoffs)
(keys jingling)
♪
[whispering]
What the fuck?
(door opening)
(door closing)
♪
(ethereal music)
♪
ETHAN:
My children.
♪
Let us pray.
(whispering prayers)
♪
(shucks corn loudly)
♪
Are you all right, Anna?
(chopping loudly)
(tense music)
Preparing Thanksgiving dinner
should be a joyous event.
You've barely spoken a word.
♪
Yeah, just, uh,
I just can't
understand Katherine.
And poor Finn.
♪
We heard about that.
Such a tragedy.
If only she was happy
with what she had.
I I'm sorry,
what did you say your name was?
If only she was stronger,
like Ethan.
What do you mean?
♪
God always exacts His will
on those that do not listen.
♪
Um...
She should be
seen as a warning.
♪
ANNA:
You know what, excuse me.
I have to...go find my husband.
♪
(floorboards creaking)
(hammering)
♪
What is that?
(pilgrim grumbling)
Uh, okay.
♪
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Excuse me, be careful with that!
♪
(mellow music)
♪
(hammering)
♪
Excuse me, what
are you building?
It's for the feast.
Who are you?
I'm the builder.
You...
♪
Tate?
♪
Hey, Tate, where are you, baby?
Are you looking for
something, Lady Anna?
Yeah, where's Tate?
Oh, I'm sure young Tate
is safely in his room.
♪
Well, I need to see
him, so, excuse me.
(tense music)
♪
(hammering)
♪
Tate? Ta
♪
Tate, no more games.
Where are you?
Tate?
♪
Shane?
SHANE: Hmm?
I can't find Tate.
What? Uh, you're right,
he's probably outside or...
Can you please
help me find him?
Have you seen what
they've done to the house?
Honey, it's just
a bunch of decorations.
ANNA: Have you not seen
what they've done?
SHANE: The kids are
probably hiding because
they don't want to help.
Oh my God, put that
freaking thing down!
We need your help,
can you please help me?
All right!
Should've listened to Cody.
We never should've trusted them.
I was just too consumed
with my own bullshit
to see what was
happening to Katherine.
I'm not gonna let
that happen to us.
We need to do something
about this now
PATIENCE:
Do what, dear?
Jesus!
ANNA: Nothing, um,
how's dinner coming?
We're out of rosemary,
and we were wondering
if you wouldn't mind
running to the store
to grab more.
ANNA:
Yeah, I...
think that, um...
You know what?
Yeah, that's a good idea,
we'll, uh, we'll grab the kids
and we'll all go to the store.
SHANE: Together.
ANNA: Make it a family affair.
ETHAN: No need.
The little one and the girl
can stay here with us.
Thanks, uh, but we're gonna...
Find them.
...find find the kids.
Where where are they?
Oh, they're just fine.
♪
Right, but where are they?
As he said, they're
both perfectly safe.
♪
[whispering]
Do something.
Uh...
Yeah, I'm I'm
gonna find my kids.
What are you afraid of, Shane?
(music intensifying)
(footsteps approaching)
♪
It's just Thanksgiving.
♪
(door opening)
(rattling)
Finn?
Katherine?
(ominous music)
♪
Hello?
♪
(intense music)
Oh my God!
♪
(dark music)
♪
Appreciation.
Gratitude.
Family.
It's what holds us
together as a community,
and you have taken
it all for granted.
♪
Luckily, we are here
to guide you,
to show you what you had.
You're insane.
People will hear.
Exactly.
(whips, Anna whimpering)
(Shane breathing heavily)
You have a wonderful family.
Please, don't, please.
ETHAN:
Yet you are focused
on your electronic
windows to nowhere.
(grunting, shattering)
You will rue the day
that you didn't see
what was right in front of you.
(whips)
ANNA:
No, stop!
Stop it!
You'll be thankful!
(blood dripping)
Jesus Christ, you're animals!
ETHAN: That's quite enough
of your blasphemy!
(fire crackling)
(children eerily vocalizing)
(unsettling music)
♪
(sizzling)
(Anna screaming)
♪
(laughing menacingly)
(whipping)
(laughing)
(screaming)
♪
Yes, I please thee.
(panting)
(dark music)
CODY:
Shit.
♪
(dishes clinking)
♪
(rustling)
♪
Dad?
♪
Dad, Dad, Dad!
SHANE:
Cody...
(mumbling)
ANNA:
Cody, Cody, where's Tate?
He's gotta be inside,
we gotta hurry.
(clattering)
Okay.
Shit.
It's fine.
All right, you okay?
Here.
You okay?
SHANE:
Cody, look out!
(grunting)
(smacking, grunting)
(dramatic music)
(screaming)
(smacks)
(grunting)
♪
(kicking, punching)
♪
(screaming)
(smacks)
(breathing heavily)
(pilgrim groaning)
(whimpering)
CODY: Shit!
SHANE: Grab whatever you can.
♪
(smacking, blood splattering)
♪
(panting)
Did we just murder?
As a family?
We've gotta hide the
body before they see us.
ANNA:
Let's go get Tate.
Okay, let's
let's pull, come on.
Come on.
(light music)
♪
You go next door.
you get some help,
call the police.
I'm not leaving you!
We can't just charge in there,
there's too many of them!
I know, but, Shane,
they have our baby in there!
(indiscernible arguing)
This is good.
I know a way we can sneak in.
♪
Come on.
You climb up there.
My window's unlocked,
you can get right in.
ANNA: Okay.
CODY: Go get him.
♪
Cody...
CODY:
Dad.
♪
Go, go find him.
SHANE:
I'm sorry.
CODY:
Okay, go on then. Go, go.
♪
SHANE:
Come on, you got this.
No shit I got this.
♪
(dark music)
♪
(music intensifying)
CODY:
Shit.
♪
(screams)
SHANE:
See, hon?
I told you this was
gonna be a piece of cake.
(stabs)
(muffled screaming)
(shushing)
Brother Shane,
that which you do not value
will be taken away.
(slicing, Anna screaming)
(crashing, moaning)
(ethereal music)
♪
(blade ringing)
(footsteps echoing)
(Shane panting)
(slicing)
♪
"Then was the Scold herself
in a wheelbarrow brought,
and thus unto the cuckling stool
this ungracious scold did go."
♪
From where did she learn this...
churlish behavior,
this utter ingratitude
for her family?
(Anna whimpering)
(dark music)
(muffled scream)
♪
From you.
(slaps)
(Anna whimpering)
You are consumed with your image
and what you could have.
You have no idea what's
going on in your own home.
(Anna whimpering)
You are totally unaware
of all that you have.
(Anna whimpering)
(slapping)
CODY:
Stop, stop!
Please.
♪
Please is a request.
(Anna sobbing)
(wood creaking)
(muffled screaming)
♪
Scared yet?
[whispering]
Fuck you.
(muffled screaming)
(wood creaking)
♪
(breathing heavily)
♪
(Cody grunting)
(sobbing)
(Cody panting, grunting)
(intense music)
♪
(Cody grunting)
♪
(wood creaking)
(splashing)
(screaming)
(ethereal music)
♪
(splashing)
[screaming]
What do you want?
ETHAN:
Your gratitude, of course!
[screaming]
You have it! Fuck!
Not yet, but I will.
(wood creaking)
(mumbling)
(splashing)
(bubbling)
(splashing)
Are you grateful for all
we have bequeathed you?
[screaming]
I am!
ETHAN:
You had it all,
and yet you felt hollow!
So we'll take it away.
(splashing)
(dramatic music)
♪
[echoing]
For air!
For ground!
For time!
(ethereal music)
(sobbing)
♪
(splashing)
(gasping for air)
Are you grateful?
(coughing)
CODY:
Yes!
I'm grateful. I'm grateful.
(screaming)
(splashing)
(mumbling)
(dramatic music)
♪
(bubbling)
♪
(Anna sobbing)
♪
(chuckles)
(sobbing)
♪
(wood creaking)
(splashing)
ETHAN: [screaming, echoing]
Are...you...grateful?
♪
(coughing)
(water dripping into pool)
(ethereal music)
(wood creaking)
♪
(coughs)
♪
(whimpering)
♪
When people face death,
up close...
(shrill music)
...they really remember
what's important in their life.
We've given you a gift.
(fire crackling)
It's time to prepare the feast!
Yes.
(dark music)
You shuck the corn.
You mash the berries.
♪
ANNA:
We learned our lesson!
What else do you want from us?
What do I want?
What do I want?
♪
I want a Thanksgiving feast.
♪
With trimmings, silver,
meat.
♪
And a grateful family,
the most honest version
of the tradition.
So, you best get to shucking!
♪
(shucking)
CODY: Where's Dad?
They have him somewhere.
I don't know.
ETHAN:
You have never known
the cost of a full belly.
But you will.
Gratitude is on the menu,
and I shall have it
by order or force!
CODY:
You have our gratitude.
(light music)
We didn't value our lives here.
We don't deserve it.
We did forget.
(knife clinks)
♪
Dad provides for us,
and Anna, you take care of us.
♪
And together, you gave me Tate.
♪
You did your best for me,
and I didn't
appreciate any of it.
♪
I could only think
about getting out.
But not anymore.
♪
Yes.
Oh, Miss Cody, you are learning.
♪
You are grateful.
ANNA:
No, Cody, don't say that.
It's not your fault.
ETHAN:
Follow her lead, Lady Anna.
(whimpering)
Follow it.
No, no.
I never took them for granted.
I loved them!
♪
So you can judge me all you
want, but I did my fucking best!
♪
Then I reject you.
(whimpering)
Fetch me a large bowl
to catch the blood.
The truly beholden shall
appreciate the sacrifice.
Goodnight, Lady Anna.
ANNA:
No, no!
(Cody screams, stabs)
(playful music)
(echoed screaming)
SINGERS:
♪ Don't forget to thank us
and give us this bread ♪
♪ We break it with our family
and share this love instead ♪
♪ Look around the table
and hear what we say ♪
(flames bursting)
(unintelligible lyrics)
(echoed groaning)
♪
(knocking)
♪ Remember to be grateful
and be helpful ♪
(grunting)
Oh, my love.
My dear.
♪
(grunts, panting)
I'm fine.
♪
(light switch flicking)
♪
CODY:
Tate, come on, it's time to go.
I'm scared.
CODY: I know, I know.
TATE:
Remember the wishbone?
CODY:
From dinner the other night?
TATE:
What did you wish for?
♪
[screaming]
Find her!
♪
Shit.
(tense music)
♪
We can't leave
Mommy and Daddy.
Cody, think!
TATE:
What about Mommy and Daddy?
CODY:
New plan, it's very important
that you hide in here.
I need you to promise me
that you are not
gonna leave this spot.
Promise?
I promise.
CODY:
Okay, all right, I love you.
♪
[screaming]
Come on!
♪
(dark music)
♪
ETHAN:
Tell me,
what do you think
should happen now?
Your offspring seem to have...
vanished into the night,
abandoning you here,
after all you've done for them.
Do you still think you showed
them true gratitude now?
♪
In the olden days,
death was the sentence
for merely stealing
a loaf of bread.
♪
[feebly]
This isn't the olden days.
Oh, I wouldn't be so sure.
[singing]
History has a way
of repeating itself.
PILGRIM:
We got her.
(gasping)
Excellent.
Take a seat.
♪
And look, it's your
favorite place at the table.
♪
Where's Tate?
He got out, he's fine.
I just don't know where Dad is.
I don't know where he is.
ETHAN:
Oh, he'll be here!
We wouldn't want to start
without him now, would we?
Now...
(snaps fingers)
...bring out the feast.
♪
Cody...
♪
Your father didn't
appreciate you.
He used his work to
hide from his family.
Today,
your father will provide
for us all,
and we are all grateful!
(clapping)
CHOIR: ♪ I am grateful
for the things... ♪
(gasping)
CODY:
You son of a bitch!
(sobbing)
(choir music)
ETHAN:
Does it taste good?
(mumbling)
[shouting]
Does it taste good?
(muffled screaming)
♪
Come!
Let us feast!
(screaming)
[shouting]
Give thanks!
CHOIR: ♪ Because I'm grateful,
grateful, so grateful ♪
ANNA:
No, no, wait
(muffled screaming)
Mustn't spare the berries.
♪
(utensils clacking)
♪
(laughter)
♪
CHOIR:
♪ His gratefulness ♪
(unintelligible whispering)
(laughing)
(applause)
We should have a toast.
Fetch us more wine.
CHOIR: ♪ I am grateful
for the things... ♪
REVEREND: For the things
that You have done.
You look at Him and tell Him,
"Yes, I'm grateful."
CHOIR:
♪ Yes, I'm grateful for... ♪
REVEREND:
The victories that we've won.
(laughing)
Tell Him I could go on and on.
CHOIR:
♪ I could go on and on ♪
(dark music)
(wood creaking)
♪
WOMAN'S VOICE: You don't
appreciate anything I do.
SHANE:
What are you talking about?
WOMAN'S VOICE:
No, you're not listening to me!
(voices echoing)
CODY:
Mom, please don't leave me!
♪
[screaming]
Cody!
Aren't you listening to me?
I was telling you my story
about trout fishing
off of the Mayflower.
Trout are freshwater
fish, you idiot.
(laughing)
I just can't win with you.
What will it take
for you to show me
the proper respect?
(laughing)
♪
What will it take...
♪
...for you to get fucked?
(choking)
(dramatic music)
(spits out)
(groaning)
(head bangs)
(spitting blood)
♪
(slamming)
(spitting)
♪
(doors flying open)
(spewing blood)
♪
ETHAN:
The Jeru
The Jerusalem cherries.
♪
(Ethan's voice echoing)
Not the ones with
the green stems.
Those are the
Jerusalem cherries.
They're very poisonous.
♪
I hope you appreciate them.
(spewing blood)
♪
(gagging)
♪
(groaning)
♪
(retching)
♪
[screaming]
Patience!
♪
Evacuate thy self!
♪
(grim music)
(blood splattering)
(blood dripping)
(dramatic electronic music)
♪
CODY:
Tate, Tate!
Okay, it's okay, don't look.
Come and untie me, buddy,
it's okay, it's okay.
ANNA: Look at Cody, look at
Cody, look at Cody, baby.
CODY: You got it,
you got it, you got it.
ANNA:
Okay, there you go, all right.
CODY:
All right, there you go.
Thanks, bud, okay.
TATE [sobbing]:
Is that Daddy?
(choir music)
(vomiting)
CHOIR: ♪ Grateful, grateful,
grateful, grateful ♪
(falling)
♪
♪ It's flowing from my heart ♪
♪ Grateful, grateful,
grateful, grateful ♪
(moaning)
♪ Grateful, grateful ♪
♪ Grateful, grateful,
grateful, grateful ♪
(Ethan screams)
♪
(glass shattering)
♪
ANNA:
Look at Mommy, look at Mommy.
They're just being silly, okay?
(screaming)
(clattering)
(slamming)
(punching)
(slamming)
(kicks)
CHOIR:
♪ It's flowing from my heart ♪
♪ Flowing ♪
(clattering)
♪
(smacking, grunting)
♪
(screaming)
(clattering)
♪
(squelch of knife into flesh)
♪ His gratefulness ♪♪
(panting)
(applause)
♪
(dark music)
♪
(Ethan groans)
♪
(flames bellowing)
♪
Where you going, Sir Ethan?
(whimpering)
Where are you going?
♪
(groaning)
♪
ETHAN:
Jesus!
♪
Jesus!
That sounds like
blasphemy to me.
♪
ANNA:
Can't have that, now, can we?
Psycho ren faire wannabe.
(sizzling)
(screaming)
♪
(whacks)
That's for my husband!
(whacks)
That's for my children!
(whacks)
That's for my house!
♪
CODY:
Why did you do this to us?
[shouting]
Why did you do this?
(laughing)
♪
ETHAN:
To ma to make you grateful
for what you have.
(gasping for air)
And...aren't you?
♪
Isn't this what you wished for?
♪
Happy Thanksgiving.
♪
(music intensifying)
(screaming)
(slices)
(dark music)
♪
SINGER:
♪ I used to be a good girl ♪
(film projector whirring)
♪
♪ I used to go to church
about three times a day ♪
♪
♪ I used to brush my hair
and put cream on my face ♪
♪
♪ My cherry got bitter ♪
♪ But it tasted so nice ♪
♪
♪ Come on over ♪
♪ Let's get started ♪
♪ Everybody, it's
a costume party ♪
♪
♪ Let's be bad ♪
♪
♪ Let's start a fire
so the devil will know ♪
♪
♪ I've got the match,
bring the fuel, let's go ♪
♪
♪ My cherry tastes bitter ♪
♪ And it feels so nice, mmm ♪
♪ The lights go low,
the fire started ♪
♪ Everybody, it's
a black light party ♪
♪
♪ Let's be bad ♪♪
♪
(playful music)
♪
(dark music)
♪
(light music)
SINGER: ♪ Remember to be
grateful and be helpful ♪♪
♪
(dramatic music)
♪
WOMAN'S VOICE: You don't
appreciate anything I do!
SHANE:
What are you talking about?
(echoed, tense exchange)
(glass shattering)
WOMAN'S VOICE: I can't do
this I can't do this anymore.
SHANE: Good! I don't care!
WOMAN'S VOICE: So you don't
care, that's it?
(eerie music)
♪
WOMAN'S VOICE:
Happy Thanksgiving!
CODY: Mom, please don't leave!
♪
SHANE, VOICE ECHOING:
You mean to tell me
that you made this
construction paper turkey?
You did it?
TATE, VOICE ECHOING:
Mm hm, uh huh.
[chuckling]
Well, I gotta hand it to you.
That is hands down
the finest
construction paper turkey
that I have ever seen.
ANNA:
Has anybody ever told you
you are a very smart
little boy?
♪
Oh, hon, I wanted
to ask you about, uh...
The Home Harvest Festival?
Thank you. So we're
going to be having
some folks join us
for Thanksgiving?
Should be fun.
ANNA:
Yes. We are all booked for
the Thanksgiving experience.
SHANE:
Mm.
ANNA: They're going to
send somebody out here
and they're going to
make us a big dinner,
teach us how they did
things in the olden days.
Like in the olden days?
ANNA:
Mm hm.
What does that even mean?
It means that
it will be just like
the first Thanksgiving,
with a lot of food
and sharing.
Oh, great.
Let's honor the
whitewashed history
of the Native American
genocide like,
that's exactly how
I want to spend my break,
thank you.
Right, Cody, well, you
could try to think of this
as a fun and creative way
of getting back to basics.
Celebrating the true
and important meaning
of the holiday by
spending quality time
together as a family,
which we can all do
more of, right, babe?
SHANE: Mm!
ANNA: And maybe this is what
finally brings us together.
CODY: I doubt that, Anna.
SHANE: Cody...
Fine.
I still think
it's weird, though.
And I don't need
a history lesson
from these people.
ANNA: Mm hm.
SHANE:
Speaking of, how was your last
day of school before the break?
Did you also make
paper turkeys?
(Cody scoffs)
Well, that would require
actually going to class.
♪
SHANE:
Uh...what?
ANNA: Check your messages.
They said that you cut.
♪
It's not that
big of a deal.
SHANE:
Uh, me paying 65K a year
for you to be
skipping class,
yeah, that's I'd say
it's a pretty big deal.
Then don't pay it,
I didn't ask to go there.
It doesn't work that way.
Then how exactly
does it work, Anna?
Because I'm pretty sure
there's a ton of other things
we're wasting our money on.
Oh! Like this Harvest Festival.
It is not the same, your
education is important to me...
Ladies, come on,
enough, please, enough.
Can we just, um...
what do you say we break
the wishbone, hm?
Wishbone?
Yeah.
See, when you're finished
eating a bird,
you grab the wishbone,
here it is.
Two people make a wish,
you pull it apart,
whoever gets
the larger half,
your wish comes true.
Want to try?
Yeah?
Cody, how about you?
Sure.
SHANE: Yeah.
Why don't you
make it a good one?
♪
Oh, I will.
♪
I wish this whole thing would
backfire in her stupid face.
TATE: Ready?
Mm hm.
One, two, three!
(snap)
SINGERS:
♪ Thanks we give ♪
♪ O thanks to thee ♪
♪ For all that
is before us ♪
♪ Thanks we give,
O thanks to thee... ♪♪
(squelch of knife into flesh)
(turkey gobbles)
(ominous music)
♪
CHILD #1:
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving!
TEEN:
Mm!
Turkey and dressing
and pie and cake...
CHILD #1: I can hardly wait!
CHILD #2: Me too!
MAN: Turkey or no turkey,
we've still got all
the freedoms and privileges
the Pilgrims gave us.
It's easy to lose sight of
what Thanksgiving really means.
CHILD #1:
I am thankful for getting
plenty to eat all the time,
with extras that count,
like cookies and milk
after school.
MAN:
We'll be one family in America
that will really have
a Thanksgiving dinner.
I've got so many things
to be thankful for.
CHILD #1:
After all, isn't that what
Thanksgiving's for?
WOMAN: I'm thankful that
when my neighbor drops in
to borrow a cup of flour,
we've got the right to talk
about anything we want to.
♪
TEEN: I am thankful for
growing up in America.
♪
MAN:
I am thankful for this house.
It may need a coat of paint,
it has a mortgage,
but it's ours,
and I'm thankful
for my newspaper.
Just a few cents' worth
of printer's ink and paper.
WOMAN:
And I'm thankful
for all the things
our American system
makes possible.
♪
MAN: We are truly
and humbly thankful.
Amen.
♪
CHILD #1: Families are
still important in America.
♪
(insects chirring)
(door closes)
Hello?
Tate?
(knocking,
knock in response)
Tate?
(door closes)
Tate?
(knocking,
knock in response)
There's no way that Tate
is hiding in this room.
(knock)
(Cody mock gasps)
Tate couldn't possibly
be hiding in...here!
(Tate giggles)
You found me.
CODY: Of course I found you,
I always find you.
And liftoff!
All right, come on,
it's time for bed.
All right.
G'night, bud.
Goodnight!
Cody?
Hm?
I hope your wish comes true.
Thank you.
Goodnight.
Goodnight.
(door closes)
DISTORTED MALE VOICE: Cody,
I hope your wish comes true.
(dramatic tone)
(music, chatter)
Ladies.
Anna, you have
outdone yourself again.
GINA: Everything is just
stunning, as always.
I don't know how
you keep it so pristine
with two kids.
ANNA: Oh, well,
tell that to Shane.
I think he thinks this house
magically resets itself
and makes us dinner every night.
GINA: Well, maybe that
Thanksgiving thing
you signed up for
will do some good.
DIANE: Oh yes, so
tell us all about that.
You're having Pilgrims here?
(laughing)
This is amazing,
how did you find this?
I saw an ad that said
something along the lines of,
"Does your family spend
more time on their cell phones
than they do
with each other?
Is your family disconnected?
Do your kids take for
granted all that you do,"
so on and so forth,
but they got great reviews.
And all these families
are just raving about
how close they were
after the experience.
What are they going to do?
Oh oh no, it's
a full reenactment
of the first Thanksgiving.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah,
no, they bring food
and decorations and the whole
family does it together, yeah.
Okay, this is
such a great idea.
I know.
I really hope this works.
(snakelike rattle)
(dark music)
The fuck is this shit?
SHANE: Cody...
[exaggeratedly precise]
The heck is this shit?
SHANE:
Well, we are hosting
the neighborhood
HOA meeting today.
CODY: The Stepford Wives?
SHANE:
Yeah. Yeah, your mother...
(clears throat) Anna,
she sent out a reminder
in the family group chat,
didn't you read it?
(Cody chuckles)
Are you insane?
[as though fighting to speak]
Yeah, well, believe me,
there's other things
I'd rather be doing too.
♪
Oh.
Oh!
(glass shatters)
Great.
Shit.
DIANE: [whispering]
So that's like no excuse
for why she spends so much
time on social media.
GINA:
Uh, yeah. Maybe she should
just quit Facebook
if she wants to spend
more time with her family.
(giggling)
DIANE: But then,
how would we get to see
how perfect her life is?
(Gina scoffs)
I mean, his first wife,
she didn't try so hard.
[voice echoing]
This is pathetic.
GINA, VOICE ECHOING:
It's just so misguided.
Cody's never going
to accept her,
no matter what she does.
I mean, Pilgrims?!
(laughing)
DIANE:
We'd better get back in there.
(doorbell rings)
ANNA: Katherine, hi!
Oh, finally you're here,
oh, thank God, okay.
Did you bring
the casserole, or
Oh, I'm so sorry, Anna,
I worked late last night,
I completely forgot, I can
run out and get something.
ANNA:
I have a trayful of crullers
in the dining room
that desperately need
to be rearranged, so...
Why do they need
to be rearranged?
Because I have so many
hungry people here!
Actually, I think you are
the last people to arrive,
so we can actually get started.
Fast!
(claps her hands)
Hop like a bunny, go, go.
(snorting chuckle)
What are you doing here?
Did housekeeping
take the day off?
CODY: Kill me now,
like actually.
And let you get out
of doing all this?
Uh uh.
Besides, a few glasses
of white wine,
you're going
to fit right in.
Oh yeah, right,
I'm never going to fit in.
This is like the
country club hellscape, okay?
I can smell ranch
from my bedroom.
What?
Anyway...
Thank you for saving me.
Mm hm.
No problem.
My mom, she needed
to get out of the house.
She's been tripping lately.
How long since
her last cigarette?
Cigarette, like, two weeks,
but since she's had
a panic attack, uh...
Yeah.
What are you doing?
What?
My parents would kill me
if they saw that!
They're always
freaking out, though.
(heavy knocking)
(eerie music)
(door creaking)
How do you do?
CODY: What?
No fucking way.
Is this the Barker residence?
You're the
Thanksgiving reenactors.
You're early.
I wasn't, uh...
you weren't supposed to...
Well, we needed time
to settle in and prepare
after such a long journey.
I'm sorry, I'm being
rude, I'm being rude.
Please come in, come in!
Hi.
(eerie traditional music)
♪
Oh, okay...all right, okay.
(Anna laughs nervously)
Thank you. Um...
we have refreshments
This shit is amazing.
ANNA:
And you're in costume,
of course!
I would never wear
just my wash frock
to such an occasion.
ANNA:
Well, you look wonderful.
Um, everybody, these
these are our guests.
(greetings, giggling)
I'm Ethan,
and this here is Patience.
ANNA: And this is
my daughter, Cody.
[under her breath]
Fucking fuck.
♪
[sighing deeply]
Hi.
♪
Uh nope, none of that,
I'mgood, thanks.
ANNA:
Cody...
Be polite.
ETHAN: A real firebrand,
this one.
Well, I look forward
to getting to know you
over the coming days.
The coming days?
I thought this was just
a Thanksgiving dinner.
ANNA:
Well, uh...
things are a little
different with the plan,
but it looks like Ethan
will be staying with us
for a few days.
CODY: Staying?
Like staying, staying,
in the house?
Yes, of course, in the house,
where else would he stay?
Um, a motel comes to mind.
We don't know them.
♪
Cody, this is going to be fun
for the whole family, okay?
So could you just please
be helpful to me
and go set up
the guestroom?
Okay? Thank you.
♪
(snapping photos)
♪
And, Katherine, I was
going to tell you later,
but since they're here now,
Patience is going to be making
your Thanksgiving dinner too.
(group marvels)
She's going to do everything,
isn't that great?
Live in help!
Live in?
ANNA: Yeah.
So she's staying with us,
or...
ETHAN:
It's not every day that one
receives a gift
that is so generous.
KATHERINE: Um, I just don't
know if I can really...
Oh, Katherine, Katherine,
you need this, right?
You don't need to do
anything else this year, right?
Just kick back,
have a glass of wine,
take a shower.
PATIENCE: I know many
forms of relaxation,
such as reciting my
favorite Bible passages.
Or lovingly darning
my family's socks.
Oh, yeah, that, um...
sounds great, Anna.
Thanks for...
thanks for thinking of me.
Great, great.
(ominous music)
♪
(muffled speech, laughter)
♪
ETHAN: And the waters
were so rough, he, uh,
he was sick
in his own buckle hat.
CODY: Oh God, I just
love Mayflower jokes!
Can't get enough.
Thank you, Ethan,
for the enthralling story
of the high seas.
Stop that.
ETHAN: Well, the voyage to
the Americas was harrowing.
A little levity was
all that kept us sane.
That, and the promise
of building a new life
with our families.
♪
That is exactly what
you all have done here.
♪
You've built a new life.
You must all be so grateful.
We are.
What do you mean, exactly?
Well, little Tate here is
your half brother, I presume?
Yep. Lost the other
half in the accident.
♪
Oh, and his jokes are funny?
Are you serious?
ETHAN: It's quite all right.
Where would I find
the chamber pot?
ANNA:
Oh, yes, follow me.
Jesus, Cody,
give it a rest.
Am I the only one
who actually thinks
this is ridiculous?
There is a grown man
in our house
pretending to be a Pilgrim.
Yeah, okay, I know, I know,
it's a little weird, all right?
But they're harmless.
And Anna, she's very
invested in this.
CODY: Dad, they haven't
broken character once.
That's beyond weird!
SHANE: This is important to her,
all right?
She has been very excited
putting this whole thing
together, so can you please
show a little bit of respect?
It's not so bad.
I like Ethan.
SHANE:
See? Tate likes Ethan.
Tate likes eating glue.
No I do not.
Yeah you do.
That's not helping.
TATE: Yeah.
I haven't eaten glue
since I was little.
SHANE:
Okay, can we just...
little break, please,
just quiet?
CODY:
Oh, I'm sorry, we distracting
you from your tablet?
I'm watching
the foreign markets.
And that has to
happen right now?
SHANE: Yes, because this
house and your cell phone,
they don't pay for themselves.
Okay, okay, yeah,
you know, we don't want
to interrupt Dad,
right, Tate?
Never.
All right.
ANNA: Okay, what'd we miss?
Hey, uh, well,
we were just discussing
all the Thanksgiving memories
that we're going to create
this year.
Oh really?
That's nice.
Well, Thanksgiving
symbolizes coming together,
understanding
and being grateful
for what one has.
When we first arrived
at Plymouth Rock
and were greeted
by the Indians...
First Nation Tribes.
♪
ETHAN:
...they taught us their ways.
Farming, the local animals,
harvesting the crops,
and we in return taught them
our Old World traditions,
and we gave them
so many things
for which they were
very grateful.
♪
CODY: Yeah. Um,
speaking of reenactors,
can I go to Rachel's
for dinner tomorrow?
They're hosting a Nazi.
(silverware clinks)
Cody?
That's not...that's not...
CODY:
Sounds ridiculous, right?
We don't talk about Nazis.
(eerie music)
♪
(noise outside door)
♪
(door closes)
♪
CODY:
Shit!
You scared the shit out of me.
I'm sorry, I told you I was
going to come over, though.
Get your ass in here
before anybody sees.
Sorry I'm a little jumpy.
That's supposed to help.
It's not working.
♪
Oh! Nice. Does Anna know?
[sharply laughing]
No, she thinks I'm
finally embracing Jesus.
Hallelujah!
Do you think it's drugs?
Do I think what's drugs?
Cody.
Her attitude,
her distance.
You know how she gets
around this time of year.
Mm hm.
Can't blame her.
She has her process.
So how's your
new houseguest?
Oh, she's fine.
She won't stop
hemming our clothes,
but I guess that's helpful.
(chuckling)
How about yours?
He's so annoying.
It's like there's something
seriously off with that guy.
Well, the man does dress up
like a Pilgrim for a living, so.
Well, it's not just that.
I get a really
bad vibe from him.
We don't even know
where they came from.
ANNA: I feel like she's
trying to make me out
to be this evil stepmother.
You know, like
it's a fairytale.
Mm.
♪
ANNA:
Shane?
Hm.
Can you be honest with me?
♪
Do you think she blames me?
CODY: Anna said that she
found them on Facebook,
but there's nothing.
I mean, is it really
that surprising
that a group of 1500s wannabes
don't have a website?
Everything has a website!
She said that she
found them online.
Okay.
Are you sure that
you're not just trying
to find reasons to hate on him
because it was Anna's idea?
What?
Huh? Nothing, nothing,
I was...
I'm upset
because they're weird
and they don't belong
in our home,
not because of Anna.
Yeah, yeah, no, of course.
I mean, look, in a few days,
the Pilgrims are
going to be gone, okay,
and everything will
go back to normal.
(Cody sighs)
So relax and try
to have some fun.
SHANE:
Hon, no.
Look, she's just trying
to find somewhere
to place the pain.
Maybe I should have done
things a little differently
with her mother,
I don't know.
If anything,
she blames me.
♪
Besides, you know
in a year from now,
you're going to be
out of here anyways.
Okay.
So let's just chill.
I am chill!
FINN: Could you please define
the word "chill" for me,
because this is
definitely not chill.
I am chill!
♪
(distant thud)
Did you hear that?
Mm...no.
Tate?
There's nobody out there!
Move!
There's nobody...
CODY:
I'll be back.
Yeah, you're totally chill.
Shut up.
FINN:
God.
(door closes)
CODY:
Tate?
It's past your...
bedtime.
(ominous tone)
Ah, 'tis Cody.
What are you doing in here?
I was just telling
Tate a bedtime story
about us building
our first dwellings
upon arrival
in the New World.
CODY: Right. Tate,
it's bedtime, bud.
Cody is correct.
'Tis the time
of your slumber.
The morrow brings us
a grand day.
Goodnight.
[ominously echoed]
Cody...
thank you for opening
your home to me.
Yeah, whatever, it's all good.
ETHAN: No, the Bible tells us
practice gratitude.
And it is of utmost
importance to me
that you know how
truly thankful I am
for your generosity.
Noted.
ETHAN: I know how difficult
Thanksgiving must be for you.
Lady Anna mentioned
that your mother left
on Thanksgiving.
♪
(exclaims)
The truth is...
it's a difficult time
of year for me too.
♪
I I had a family once.
I'm sorry I didn't know.
ETHAN: I just want to spend
what time I have
trying to give families
the opportunity to see
all that they truly have.
♪
FINN:
Well?
What happened?
I wish you could stay over.
Oh?
Mm hm.
(insects buzzing)
PATIENCE:
Are you all right, dear?
KATHERINE:
Oh, yeah, I'm just...
having a little difficulty
with withdrawal.
(lighter flicks, insects buzz)
PATIENCE:
The curse of the tobacco plant.
Focusing on one's
household duties
always eases me.
KATHERINE: Well, maybe if
I had a nicer house...
PATIENCE:
This is an herbal brew
that will help you relax,
family recipe.
You'll finally get
a good night's sleep.
That's really nice of you.
PATIENCE:
It's nothing.
KATHERINE:
Yeah, I don't
know the last time
anyone did anything for me.
Finn, he's sweet, but, um,
he's just been, you know,
in his own world as of late.
Teenagers.
You give him so much.
KATHERINE: He gives me
nothing but grief.
PATIENCE:
It is a difficult age.
Yeah.
But that is no excuse.
He should give back.
Oh, no, no, I mean,
I don't...I don't blame him,
I wasn't really
a shining example
at his age, just...
What do you mean?
I kind of was
the partying type.
You know what I mean.
I don't.
So how long have you, um,
been involved in theater?
(water runs in sink)
Theater?
Yeah. The acting troupe
and Pilgrim ing?
Ethan!
It all started with Ethan.
Oh.
His childhood was cruel.
His mother passed
during childbirth,
which was bad enough.
But his father...
(scream of tea kettle whistle)
Ethan was able to take his pain
and find value in life
where few others
would be able to.
I mean, that's inspiring.
I mean, sometimes life,
you know, just sucks.
♪
But you have all of this.
I mean...
PATIENCE: You have shelter
and all the food
you could eat.
It is quite miraculous.
♪
Ethan teaches us
to appreciate,
because he knows what it means
to have nothing at all.
Well, I am a, uh,
glass half empty type, so...
good luck with me.
PATIENCE: Ethan changed
everything for me.
And he will for you too.
♪
(mysterious twinkling)
♪
(children eerily vocalizing)
♪
What the fuck?
(exclaims)
♪
(snapping photos)
♪
You've got to be
fucking kidding me.
Great.
(echoed conversation, laughter)
♪
Hi.
Oh, hey, Cody,
how was school?
Well, hello there, Miss Cody.
What are you guys doing?
Oh, Ethan's helping me
replace all of the lightbulbs
with candles and lanterns.
Isn't that great?
Why?
To make the house
more authentic
for Ethan's time period.
For his time period?
I can't thank you enough
for being so understanding.
TATE:
Cody, look what we got!
♪
What's all this?
We went berry picking,
just like the Indians and
the Pilgrims did together.
Not quite sure
that's how it went, bud.
Patience is going to show us
how to make this into a pie.
CODY:
Oh, really?
Careful, Tate!
Not the ones
with the green stems!
Those are the
Jerusalem cherries.
They're very poisonous.
CODY: Well, where did
you go to pick berries?
I don't know of any
poisonous berries
growing around here.
ETHAN: When one hunts and
gathers for your own sustenance,
one quickly learns
the ways of the land.
Wow. That's fascinating.
Well, did you all go?
No. Ethan was there.
Anna, you didn't go?
ANNA:
Cody, it's fine.
Look, he had a blast,
he came back in one piece,
and he learned
a valuable lesson.
(ominous music)
♪
Yeah, whatever, yo, I'm out.
ANNA:
Uh uh uh uh, wait, wait, wait.
I want your cell phone.
In keeping with the
authenticity of the time period,
I will be taking
your cell phone.
It was Ethan's idea.
TATE: Just like
the first Thanksgiving!
ETHAN:
Yes it is, young Tate.
Yes it is.
Tate, cover your ears, please.
Are you shitting me?
Cell phone. Now.
What the hell?
And I'll be taking
your laptop as well.
I need my laptop
for school.
ANNA: You're on break,
I think you'll survive.
TATE:
Just like the Pilgrims.
They had to teach each other
how to live on corn, turkey,
and cranberry sauce
to survive the harsh winter.
Right, Mr. Ethan?
Very good, young Tate.
You're such a fast learner.
♪
It's for the family, Miss Cody.
Don't be cross.
You'll be glad,
in the end.
♪
Yeah, this is all ridiculous.
♪
I am sorry, Ethan.
I do not know what
has gotten into her.
♪
Found something?
(ominous tone)
TATE:
A crow.
Think it's sick.
The ants are trying to get it.
And you're protecting it.
TATE: Yes.
What a kind boy you are.
Such a selfless act
deserves a reward.
♪
[excitedly]
Candy?
Would you like it?
TATE: Yes.
Yes...
TATE: Please.
♪
Can I have another?
Candy is a treat
and meant to be savored.
(Ethan laughs)
♪
(ghostly cawing)
Have you ever heard the story
of the crow and the bird?
No.
ETHAN: One day,
a crow found a piece
of meat on the ground,
and while he sat there
eating his meat,
the crow saw a fellow bird
carrying a dead mouse.
So the crow chose
to go after the bird,
but the bird was much faster,
and the crow
couldn't catch it.
♪
Now at last,
the crow gave up
and he flew back to the spot
where he had left the meat.
But when he got to the spot,
his meat was gone.
Someone had stolen it.
Now, young Tate,
what did the crow have
at the beginning
of the story?
Meat?
And by the end?
He had nothing.
And why?
Because he wanted the mouse.
Correct.
He didn't appreciate
what he had.
He wanted more.
♪
TATE: Does this mean
I can't have any more candy?
What would it mean
if it does?
TATE:
Then...
at least I got one piece.
See that?
I didn't have to take
everything away from this one
to teach him, did I?
♪
Very good, very good.
♪
Be grateful for what one has.
Now, run along
inside the house.
I'll clean up out here.
♪
(music turns dark)
(gasping)
♪
(car approaching)
(ominous tone)
(keys jangle)
FINN:
Hey, Mom, I'm home!
♪
(buzz of music in earbuds)
(ominous tone)
♪
The hell?
(ghostly giggle)
CODY: Tate!
FINN: Mom?
Mom!
♪
(thudding)
♪
CODY:
Tate?
♪
Tate.
♪
(children eerily vocalizing)
♪
(thudding)
♪
(ghostly giggle)
♪
(children eerily vocalizing)
♪
(thudding)
♪
(thudding)
♪
Mom! Mom, Mom!
♪
TATE, ETHAN: "The one who
offers Thanksgiving
as his sacrifice
glorifies me."
TATE: "I will show
the vacation of God."
Salvation of God.
Miss Cody.
Go play inside, Tate.
Why don't we play
hide and seek?
You go find
your best hiding spot
and I will find you!
My best hiding spot?
Then how will you
be able to find me?
I always do!
Promise.
(knocking)
All right, go ahead.
♪
You're pushing your religion
onto an eight year old?
I'm surprised you
take issue with it.
I thought you were a
(knocks) proper Christian.
What made you think that?
The crucifix
in your desk drawer.
You've been in my room?
I've heard voices
and noises in there,
late at night.
You have no idea
what you're talking about.
It is difficult for you
to show respect.
One cannot respect that which
one does not appreciate.
Not me,
not your parents,
not even thyself.
♪
But you will learn
to appreciate.
♪
(Shane laughs)
Dad? Hey, Dad?
SHANE: What? Hey.
(laughing)
CODY: Dad...
Cody, come in here.
I want you to meet some people.
These are friends of Ethan's.
Gentlemen, this is
my daughter Cody.
And get this, they're gonna
help me rebuild the garage.
Yeah, I'll be able to
move my office out there,
I'll be out of your way,
I'll be out of Anna's way.
I mean, guys, I can't
thank you enough, thank you.
CODY: Dad, I really
think we should just
SHANE: Thank you so much.
CODY: Dad!
It'll be our pleasure.
So it looks like we'll be seeing
a bit more of each other then.
So if you'll excuse us,
we do have a bit of
important business to discuss.
Yeah, only a couple minutes,
couple minutes, we're good.
CODY: But
SHANE: It's fine.
I gotta talk to these
guys about the garage.
I'm thinking about
putting a bar up there.
What do you guys think?
PILGRIM: Agreed.
SHANE: I'm also thinking
about not telling
(door slams shut)
WOMAN'S VOICE: You don't
appreciate anything I do.
SHANE:
No, what are you talking about?
(mixed voices echoing)
(glass shattering)
WOMAN'S VOICE:
I can't do this anymore!
Not anymore with you!
MAN'S VOICE:
Good, good, I don't care!
(mixed voices echoing)
(screams echoing)
[aggressively]
Happy Thanksgiving!
(gasping)
(knocking at door)
CODY:
Oh, great, what do you want?
What's wrong?
(tense music)
ANNA:
Um, look,
I don't really know
how to tell you this,
but...you know how Katherine,
she has a bit of
a troubled past?
♪
CODY: Uh huh.
ANNA: Um...
I think she fell off the wagon.
What, she drunk or something?
PATIENCE:
A "bender," she called it.
She left and took Finn with her.
What?
They went out last night,
never came back.
Katherine hasn't
been doing well.
What are you talking about?
Finn would've told me, and...
why are your bags here?
Patience...doesn't feel
safe staying at the house,
especially with no one there,
so I invited her
to stay with us.
Are you serious?
It's times like these
that we must come together
and help one another.
It is the true meaning
of Thanksgiving.
Perhaps I can make you something
special for your generosity.
No, thank you,
you've done enough.
Cody, don't be rude.
This doesn't make
any sense, okay?
And Finn would've told me.
Anna, this doesn't feel right.
♪
It doesn't feel safe.
♪
Yeah, um...
♪
Look, I'm sorry.
CODY:
Wow, really?
(Cody scoffs)
(keys jingling)
♪
[whispering]
What the fuck?
(door opening)
(door closing)
♪
(ethereal music)
♪
ETHAN:
My children.
♪
Let us pray.
(whispering prayers)
♪
(shucks corn loudly)
♪
Are you all right, Anna?
(chopping loudly)
(tense music)
Preparing Thanksgiving dinner
should be a joyous event.
You've barely spoken a word.
♪
Yeah, just, uh,
I just can't
understand Katherine.
And poor Finn.
♪
We heard about that.
Such a tragedy.
If only she was happy
with what she had.
I I'm sorry,
what did you say your name was?
If only she was stronger,
like Ethan.
What do you mean?
♪
God always exacts His will
on those that do not listen.
♪
Um...
She should be
seen as a warning.
♪
ANNA:
You know what, excuse me.
I have to...go find my husband.
♪
(floorboards creaking)
(hammering)
♪
What is that?
(pilgrim grumbling)
Uh, okay.
♪
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Excuse me, be careful with that!
♪
(mellow music)
♪
(hammering)
♪
Excuse me, what
are you building?
It's for the feast.
Who are you?
I'm the builder.
You...
♪
Tate?
♪
Hey, Tate, where are you, baby?
Are you looking for
something, Lady Anna?
Yeah, where's Tate?
Oh, I'm sure young Tate
is safely in his room.
♪
Well, I need to see
him, so, excuse me.
(tense music)
♪
(hammering)
♪
Tate? Ta
♪
Tate, no more games.
Where are you?
Tate?
♪
Shane?
SHANE: Hmm?
I can't find Tate.
What? Uh, you're right,
he's probably outside or...
Can you please
help me find him?
Have you seen what
they've done to the house?
Honey, it's just
a bunch of decorations.
ANNA: Have you not seen
what they've done?
SHANE: The kids are
probably hiding because
they don't want to help.
Oh my God, put that
freaking thing down!
We need your help,
can you please help me?
All right!
Should've listened to Cody.
We never should've trusted them.
I was just too consumed
with my own bullshit
to see what was
happening to Katherine.
I'm not gonna let
that happen to us.
We need to do something
about this now
PATIENCE:
Do what, dear?
Jesus!
ANNA: Nothing, um,
how's dinner coming?
We're out of rosemary,
and we were wondering
if you wouldn't mind
running to the store
to grab more.
ANNA:
Yeah, I...
think that, um...
You know what?
Yeah, that's a good idea,
we'll, uh, we'll grab the kids
and we'll all go to the store.
SHANE: Together.
ANNA: Make it a family affair.
ETHAN: No need.
The little one and the girl
can stay here with us.
Thanks, uh, but we're gonna...
Find them.
...find find the kids.
Where where are they?
Oh, they're just fine.
♪
Right, but where are they?
As he said, they're
both perfectly safe.
♪
[whispering]
Do something.
Uh...
Yeah, I'm I'm
gonna find my kids.
What are you afraid of, Shane?
(music intensifying)
(footsteps approaching)
♪
It's just Thanksgiving.
♪
(door opening)
(rattling)
Finn?
Katherine?
(ominous music)
♪
Hello?
♪
(intense music)
Oh my God!
♪
(dark music)
♪
Appreciation.
Gratitude.
Family.
It's what holds us
together as a community,
and you have taken
it all for granted.
♪
Luckily, we are here
to guide you,
to show you what you had.
You're insane.
People will hear.
Exactly.
(whips, Anna whimpering)
(Shane breathing heavily)
You have a wonderful family.
Please, don't, please.
ETHAN:
Yet you are focused
on your electronic
windows to nowhere.
(grunting, shattering)
You will rue the day
that you didn't see
what was right in front of you.
(whips)
ANNA:
No, stop!
Stop it!
You'll be thankful!
(blood dripping)
Jesus Christ, you're animals!
ETHAN: That's quite enough
of your blasphemy!
(fire crackling)
(children eerily vocalizing)
(unsettling music)
♪
(sizzling)
(Anna screaming)
♪
(laughing menacingly)
(whipping)
(laughing)
(screaming)
♪
Yes, I please thee.
(panting)
(dark music)
CODY:
Shit.
♪
(dishes clinking)
♪
(rustling)
♪
Dad?
♪
Dad, Dad, Dad!
SHANE:
Cody...
(mumbling)
ANNA:
Cody, Cody, where's Tate?
He's gotta be inside,
we gotta hurry.
(clattering)
Okay.
Shit.
It's fine.
All right, you okay?
Here.
You okay?
SHANE:
Cody, look out!
(grunting)
(smacking, grunting)
(dramatic music)
(screaming)
(smacks)
(grunting)
♪
(kicking, punching)
♪
(screaming)
(smacks)
(breathing heavily)
(pilgrim groaning)
(whimpering)
CODY: Shit!
SHANE: Grab whatever you can.
♪
(smacking, blood splattering)
♪
(panting)
Did we just murder?
As a family?
We've gotta hide the
body before they see us.
ANNA:
Let's go get Tate.
Okay, let's
let's pull, come on.
Come on.
(light music)
♪
You go next door.
you get some help,
call the police.
I'm not leaving you!
We can't just charge in there,
there's too many of them!
I know, but, Shane,
they have our baby in there!
(indiscernible arguing)
This is good.
I know a way we can sneak in.
♪
Come on.
You climb up there.
My window's unlocked,
you can get right in.
ANNA: Okay.
CODY: Go get him.
♪
Cody...
CODY:
Dad.
♪
Go, go find him.
SHANE:
I'm sorry.
CODY:
Okay, go on then. Go, go.
♪
SHANE:
Come on, you got this.
No shit I got this.
♪
(dark music)
♪
(music intensifying)
CODY:
Shit.
♪
(screams)
SHANE:
See, hon?
I told you this was
gonna be a piece of cake.
(stabs)
(muffled screaming)
(shushing)
Brother Shane,
that which you do not value
will be taken away.
(slicing, Anna screaming)
(crashing, moaning)
(ethereal music)
♪
(blade ringing)
(footsteps echoing)
(Shane panting)
(slicing)
♪
"Then was the Scold herself
in a wheelbarrow brought,
and thus unto the cuckling stool
this ungracious scold did go."
♪
From where did she learn this...
churlish behavior,
this utter ingratitude
for her family?
(Anna whimpering)
(dark music)
(muffled scream)
♪
From you.
(slaps)
(Anna whimpering)
You are consumed with your image
and what you could have.
You have no idea what's
going on in your own home.
(Anna whimpering)
You are totally unaware
of all that you have.
(Anna whimpering)
(slapping)
CODY:
Stop, stop!
Please.
♪
Please is a request.
(Anna sobbing)
(wood creaking)
(muffled screaming)
♪
Scared yet?
[whispering]
Fuck you.
(muffled screaming)
(wood creaking)
♪
(breathing heavily)
♪
(Cody grunting)
(sobbing)
(Cody panting, grunting)
(intense music)
♪
(Cody grunting)
♪
(wood creaking)
(splashing)
(screaming)
(ethereal music)
♪
(splashing)
[screaming]
What do you want?
ETHAN:
Your gratitude, of course!
[screaming]
You have it! Fuck!
Not yet, but I will.
(wood creaking)
(mumbling)
(splashing)
(bubbling)
(splashing)
Are you grateful for all
we have bequeathed you?
[screaming]
I am!
ETHAN:
You had it all,
and yet you felt hollow!
So we'll take it away.
(splashing)
(dramatic music)
♪
[echoing]
For air!
For ground!
For time!
(ethereal music)
(sobbing)
♪
(splashing)
(gasping for air)
Are you grateful?
(coughing)
CODY:
Yes!
I'm grateful. I'm grateful.
(screaming)
(splashing)
(mumbling)
(dramatic music)
♪
(bubbling)
♪
(Anna sobbing)
♪
(chuckles)
(sobbing)
♪
(wood creaking)
(splashing)
ETHAN: [screaming, echoing]
Are...you...grateful?
♪
(coughing)
(water dripping into pool)
(ethereal music)
(wood creaking)
♪
(coughs)
♪
(whimpering)
♪
When people face death,
up close...
(shrill music)
...they really remember
what's important in their life.
We've given you a gift.
(fire crackling)
It's time to prepare the feast!
Yes.
(dark music)
You shuck the corn.
You mash the berries.
♪
ANNA:
We learned our lesson!
What else do you want from us?
What do I want?
What do I want?
♪
I want a Thanksgiving feast.
♪
With trimmings, silver,
meat.
♪
And a grateful family,
the most honest version
of the tradition.
So, you best get to shucking!
♪
(shucking)
CODY: Where's Dad?
They have him somewhere.
I don't know.
ETHAN:
You have never known
the cost of a full belly.
But you will.
Gratitude is on the menu,
and I shall have it
by order or force!
CODY:
You have our gratitude.
(light music)
We didn't value our lives here.
We don't deserve it.
We did forget.
(knife clinks)
♪
Dad provides for us,
and Anna, you take care of us.
♪
And together, you gave me Tate.
♪
You did your best for me,
and I didn't
appreciate any of it.
♪
I could only think
about getting out.
But not anymore.
♪
Yes.
Oh, Miss Cody, you are learning.
♪
You are grateful.
ANNA:
No, Cody, don't say that.
It's not your fault.
ETHAN:
Follow her lead, Lady Anna.
(whimpering)
Follow it.
No, no.
I never took them for granted.
I loved them!
♪
So you can judge me all you
want, but I did my fucking best!
♪
Then I reject you.
(whimpering)
Fetch me a large bowl
to catch the blood.
The truly beholden shall
appreciate the sacrifice.
Goodnight, Lady Anna.
ANNA:
No, no!
(Cody screams, stabs)
(playful music)
(echoed screaming)
SINGERS:
♪ Don't forget to thank us
and give us this bread ♪
♪ We break it with our family
and share this love instead ♪
♪ Look around the table
and hear what we say ♪
(flames bursting)
(unintelligible lyrics)
(echoed groaning)
♪
(knocking)
♪ Remember to be grateful
and be helpful ♪
(grunting)
Oh, my love.
My dear.
♪
(grunts, panting)
I'm fine.
♪
(light switch flicking)
♪
CODY:
Tate, come on, it's time to go.
I'm scared.
CODY: I know, I know.
TATE:
Remember the wishbone?
CODY:
From dinner the other night?
TATE:
What did you wish for?
♪
[screaming]
Find her!
♪
Shit.
(tense music)
♪
We can't leave
Mommy and Daddy.
Cody, think!
TATE:
What about Mommy and Daddy?
CODY:
New plan, it's very important
that you hide in here.
I need you to promise me
that you are not
gonna leave this spot.
Promise?
I promise.
CODY:
Okay, all right, I love you.
♪
[screaming]
Come on!
♪
(dark music)
♪
ETHAN:
Tell me,
what do you think
should happen now?
Your offspring seem to have...
vanished into the night,
abandoning you here,
after all you've done for them.
Do you still think you showed
them true gratitude now?
♪
In the olden days,
death was the sentence
for merely stealing
a loaf of bread.
♪
[feebly]
This isn't the olden days.
Oh, I wouldn't be so sure.
[singing]
History has a way
of repeating itself.
PILGRIM:
We got her.
(gasping)
Excellent.
Take a seat.
♪
And look, it's your
favorite place at the table.
♪
Where's Tate?
He got out, he's fine.
I just don't know where Dad is.
I don't know where he is.
ETHAN:
Oh, he'll be here!
We wouldn't want to start
without him now, would we?
Now...
(snaps fingers)
...bring out the feast.
♪
Cody...
♪
Your father didn't
appreciate you.
He used his work to
hide from his family.
Today,
your father will provide
for us all,
and we are all grateful!
(clapping)
CHOIR: ♪ I am grateful
for the things... ♪
(gasping)
CODY:
You son of a bitch!
(sobbing)
(choir music)
ETHAN:
Does it taste good?
(mumbling)
[shouting]
Does it taste good?
(muffled screaming)
♪
Come!
Let us feast!
(screaming)
[shouting]
Give thanks!
CHOIR: ♪ Because I'm grateful,
grateful, so grateful ♪
ANNA:
No, no, wait
(muffled screaming)
Mustn't spare the berries.
♪
(utensils clacking)
♪
(laughter)
♪
CHOIR:
♪ His gratefulness ♪
(unintelligible whispering)
(laughing)
(applause)
We should have a toast.
Fetch us more wine.
CHOIR: ♪ I am grateful
for the things... ♪
REVEREND: For the things
that You have done.
You look at Him and tell Him,
"Yes, I'm grateful."
CHOIR:
♪ Yes, I'm grateful for... ♪
REVEREND:
The victories that we've won.
(laughing)
Tell Him I could go on and on.
CHOIR:
♪ I could go on and on ♪
(dark music)
(wood creaking)
♪
WOMAN'S VOICE: You don't
appreciate anything I do.
SHANE:
What are you talking about?
WOMAN'S VOICE:
No, you're not listening to me!
(voices echoing)
CODY:
Mom, please don't leave me!
♪
[screaming]
Cody!
Aren't you listening to me?
I was telling you my story
about trout fishing
off of the Mayflower.
Trout are freshwater
fish, you idiot.
(laughing)
I just can't win with you.
What will it take
for you to show me
the proper respect?
(laughing)
♪
What will it take...
♪
...for you to get fucked?
(choking)
(dramatic music)
(spits out)
(groaning)
(head bangs)
(spitting blood)
♪
(slamming)
(spitting)
♪
(doors flying open)
(spewing blood)
♪
ETHAN:
The Jeru
The Jerusalem cherries.
♪
(Ethan's voice echoing)
Not the ones with
the green stems.
Those are the
Jerusalem cherries.
They're very poisonous.
♪
I hope you appreciate them.
(spewing blood)
♪
(gagging)
♪
(groaning)
♪
(retching)
♪
[screaming]
Patience!
♪
Evacuate thy self!
♪
(grim music)
(blood splattering)
(blood dripping)
(dramatic electronic music)
♪
CODY:
Tate, Tate!
Okay, it's okay, don't look.
Come and untie me, buddy,
it's okay, it's okay.
ANNA: Look at Cody, look at
Cody, look at Cody, baby.
CODY: You got it,
you got it, you got it.
ANNA:
Okay, there you go, all right.
CODY:
All right, there you go.
Thanks, bud, okay.
TATE [sobbing]:
Is that Daddy?
(choir music)
(vomiting)
CHOIR: ♪ Grateful, grateful,
grateful, grateful ♪
(falling)
♪
♪ It's flowing from my heart ♪
♪ Grateful, grateful,
grateful, grateful ♪
(moaning)
♪ Grateful, grateful ♪
♪ Grateful, grateful,
grateful, grateful ♪
(Ethan screams)
♪
(glass shattering)
♪
ANNA:
Look at Mommy, look at Mommy.
They're just being silly, okay?
(screaming)
(clattering)
(slamming)
(punching)
(slamming)
(kicks)
CHOIR:
♪ It's flowing from my heart ♪
♪ Flowing ♪
(clattering)
♪
(smacking, grunting)
♪
(screaming)
(clattering)
♪
(squelch of knife into flesh)
♪ His gratefulness ♪♪
(panting)
(applause)
♪
(dark music)
♪
(Ethan groans)
♪
(flames bellowing)
♪
Where you going, Sir Ethan?
(whimpering)
Where are you going?
♪
(groaning)
♪
ETHAN:
Jesus!
♪
Jesus!
That sounds like
blasphemy to me.
♪
ANNA:
Can't have that, now, can we?
Psycho ren faire wannabe.
(sizzling)
(screaming)
♪
(whacks)
That's for my husband!
(whacks)
That's for my children!
(whacks)
That's for my house!
♪
CODY:
Why did you do this to us?
[shouting]
Why did you do this?
(laughing)
♪
ETHAN:
To ma to make you grateful
for what you have.
(gasping for air)
And...aren't you?
♪
Isn't this what you wished for?
♪
Happy Thanksgiving.
♪
(music intensifying)
(screaming)
(slices)
(dark music)
♪
SINGER:
♪ I used to be a good girl ♪
(film projector whirring)
♪
♪ I used to go to church
about three times a day ♪
♪
♪ I used to brush my hair
and put cream on my face ♪
♪
♪ My cherry got bitter ♪
♪ But it tasted so nice ♪
♪
♪ Come on over ♪
♪ Let's get started ♪
♪ Everybody, it's
a costume party ♪
♪
♪ Let's be bad ♪
♪
♪ Let's start a fire
so the devil will know ♪
♪
♪ I've got the match,
bring the fuel, let's go ♪
♪
♪ My cherry tastes bitter ♪
♪ And it feels so nice, mmm ♪
♪ The lights go low,
the fire started ♪
♪ Everybody, it's
a black light party ♪
♪
♪ Let's be bad ♪♪
♪
(playful music)
♪
(dark music)
♪
(light music)
SINGER: ♪ Remember to be
grateful and be helpful ♪♪