Nancy Drew (2019–…): Season 3, Episode 4 - The Demon of Piper Beach - full transcript

♪

Nancy, are you all right?

Yeah.

Sorry. I'm just
really tired.

Well, if you weren't,
I'd be worried.

You came face-to-face
with a serial killer yesterday,

and you've been here all night
giving a statement.

They said that you
wanted to talk to me.
I can't stop thinking

about the last thing
Trott said to me.

I'm a part of
something much bigger.

You'll never understand.



"I'm a part
of something much bigger."

I mean,
that has to mean something.

Don't let him
get into your head.

You put a killer behind bars.

You did something extraordinary.

Okay.

Hey, I, um...

Uh, I was hoping to-to check in
with Agent Park?

Oh, uh, he's still in Portland
doing the transfer paperwork.
Oh.

Um... Thank you.

Yes, it is a problem.
A big problem.

Look at this.

How are my customers
supposed to eat at that table

with a bike there?



It's an eyesore,

and it's costing me money
every minute.

And I know
it has something to do

with that youth whatever
across the street.

I know the owner of
the Youth Center.

And as the community liaison,
I can talk to him

about giving your café
a little more...

Respect?

Space.

And don't forget to talk to him
about the loitering, as well.

Yep. Got it.
Thank you.

I'm on it.
I'll see you later.
Great.

Oh, whee! Something
smells amazing.

Ah, ah, ah, ah.

I have a working lunch.
A working lunch

that, what, requires your
famous pasta primavera?
Yes. Uh-huh.

Wait.
What are...?

Are you... Are you
wearing aftershave?

Okay.

Okay, what exactly
are you working on?

You should be working
on the chore wheel.

I believe you
have trash duty.

Uh, floors,
and they're swept. Check it.

Now you can tell Nancy
that I'm getting better

at what she assigned me.

Actually,
how about you tell her yourself

over at the Youth Center.
It's the grand opening.

Go support Nick,

and then you and Nancy
can come back at 2:00 p.m.

or anytime after 2:00.

Hello.

Hello.

Working lunch? Yeah.

Come in. Please.
Okay.

♪ This round,
I'm taking my time ♪

♪ Taking my time,
taking my time, yeah ♪

♪ Take charge, yeah,
I'm repping my style ♪

♪ Repping my style,
repping my style, yeah ♪

♪ Feel woozy from head to toe

♪ Letting everyone know
I'm a rebel and a fighter ♪

♪ This time,
I'm taking my time ♪

♪ Taking my time,
taking my time, yeah ♪

♪ So, hold on...

You guys good?

Uh, you-you...
you need anything, or...?

Unbelievable.

Yeah, I know, I know. Okay?

I'll stop
being a helicopter.

It's just, you know,
it's first-day nerves.

No. No, not you. This.

Is that...?

My biological father

sending me a random
friend request?

Yeah, it-it sure is.

But you haven't spoken to him
in, what, 17 years?

Yeah, which is why I
should probably expect

a random friend request
from, what, Jesse's dad

or-or Ted's next? I mean,
where does this madness end?

Okay, okay.
You want to talk about it?

I just did.

My mom sends her regards.

Where is everyone?
Did I get the date wrong?

Thought today
was opening day.

Oh, no. It is.

Okay, snacks, right?

You know, just in case.

I mean, no pressure.

♪ So, hold on

♪ Things are moving

♪ I know...

These are solid.

They're kosher, too.

Ooh, it's time
to open up The Claw.

You're driving. Come on.
Okay.

Hey.
Yeah.

Congrats. This is great.

Thank you. Thank you.

See you.
Happy opening day!

Thanks.
Uh, quick question.

Have you considered
getting a bike rack out front?

There's been a complaint

from the owner of the
café across the street.

Jake says he's losing business.
Oh, wow.

This place looks amazing.

Thank you.
Hi.

Hi.
What are you doing here?

What am I doing? I'm
here to support Nick,

hang out with you.

You know, spend some
time with my daughter

outside of the
house, right?

At least until 2:00 p.m.

That's specific.

Oh, wow. Those
Ace's mom's cookies? Solid.

What's up, you guys? Mmm.
Actually,

I do need a little help
with their paperwork

if you don't mind.
No, not at all.

I am in as long as
there's caffeine

'cause I've been up
since yesterday.

Hey, Nick?
Yeah.

Um, someone defaced the bathroom

with some odd graffiti.

Also, the lights
don't work.

Oh.
Yeah.

Okay.

Well, I'll clean it up.

And then I'll, uh,
have a talk with the kids

about, uh, creative outlets,
right?

Bet I can make it
a-a learning opportunity.

Love it. Yes. Yeah.
Right? Yeah.

Oh.

It's completely shameless.

I don't know. I think Jake's
being a little sensitive.

It's a public sidewalk.

People can park their bikes.
Hello? I meant this
friend request.

I don't get it. Why now?

This sperm donor has never tried

to have a relationship
with me before.

Is there any chance
that your dad found out

about your upcoming nuptials?
No.

Victoria
would never tell him anything,

and I haven't posted
anything online. I...

Oh, the Fan Fan website.

Ted.

Ted blogged about the proposal.

Is nothing sacred anymore?

Ooh.

Can I have one of these?
Sure could use a sugar hit.
Oh.

Oh, you know what? I was gonna
drop these off for someone.

But...

But what?

But the chocolate melted.

Yeah. It's gross. You
don't want to eat them.

Get you a granola bar.

Gross.

We still don't know
anything more

than what your client
has told us:

that the tags are codes
for time and location

of meeting place.

Okay. And, um...

You haven't been able
to figure out

what the meetings are about?

Uh, I mean, we think
it's drug deals.

Now that your client
has gone AWOL

after talks of
possible immunity...

I've left Asher
a number of messages

telling him how detrimental
his actions were.

I haven't been able
to track him down. Yet.
Well,

I think we found
out where he was

the night we were
supposed to meet.

So, Asher was
caught on camera

walking into an old cannery,
uh, two nights ago.

Problem is he walked in,
but he never came out.

Building's empty now.

And this is the...

security footage?
Yeah.

It's a-a five-block
radius of the cannery,

uh, the night
he went missing.

Okay.

So, I've been meaning to scan

through
all of this stuff myself,

but now that I've been pulled
to the Trott case,

I could really use
a second pair of eyes?
Of course.

I can take a look.

Perfect.
See if I spot

any of Asher's
known associates.

Amazing.

Oh, my God.

Thanks.Hmm.

First the lights and now...

♪

♪

I'm a part
of something much bigger.

You'll never understand.

What the hell?

♪

What is your problem? You
just stole that woman's coffee

and threw it at my head.

Oh, no. I'm, um, I'm so sorry.

I, uh, I don't know

how I got here,
and I've been sleepwalking.
Look,

we all have crazy dreams,

but you know
what we're not doing?

Throwing beverages
at people, okay?

Leave. Now.

Sorry.

See? Better than drawing on
the bathroom wall, right?

I just had my second nightmare
of the day.

While seeing that exact image.

First at the station,

and then five minutes ago
at Jake's Café.

I see it in my dreams, too.

It's scary, but drawing
it makes me feel better.

And...

sorry about painting
your bathroom.

Hey, it's all good.
Mistakes happen, huh?

Hey, buddy.

How long you been seeing

that weird shape?

Okay.

It cannot be a coincidence

that four people are
hallucinating the same thing.

Yeah, in their dreams.
Uh, you know, I was thinking...

We should call Hannah.
See if she knows anything.

Hello? Uh, you know
I've been watching over

the Historical Society
while Hannah is away.

I can just dash over there
and find out everything I can

about the silhouette
from your nightmares.

You are welcome.

Ace!

What are you doing?

What is this?

That's something
I just hallucinated.

Any guesses

as to why I'm hallucinating
the same thing

the Youth Center kids
are drawing?

Well, it's the same thing
I just saw.

Before he went
sleepwalking.

Hey. Kwame

and Talia just told me that they
started having nightmares

about that thing three days ago.

They-they keep calling it
the Sandman.

Yeah, Bess said she
found something.

She wants us to
meet up with her.

Um, Ryan, can you hold down
the fort? Appreciate it.

No, wait, I-I don't r...
Uh, any...

Who wants more cookies?

It's not just happening
to Ace and Nancy.

Half dozen accounts are
tweeting about sleepwalking

in Horseshoe Bay. Look.

I recognize these names.

Yeah, these guys
were a year below me and George.

This girl was
in Ace's class, I think.

Uh, so, the-the haunting
is escalating.

It went from children's
nightmares to...

To do what? Gain strength?

When it's strong
enough, it...It jumps to teens.

New food group.

And now that it's stronger,
it's affecting them differently,

Has anyone ever seen
the silhouette before?

Yes. So, I have here...

So, the Indigenous artisans
drew the image on pottery

that they would then fill
with sand from Piper Beach.

These-these pots
acted as dream catchers.

Piper Beach? Like
we do every year

at the town carnival?
What's this got to do
with the town carnival?

The carnival
has an opening ceremony

where families go down
to Piper Beach and collect sand.
Yeah.

That you decorate
at the arts and crafts booth.

You just make
little jars of sand.

I used to dye my sand black.
Almost every kid

in Horseshoe Bay
has one by their bed.

Except for this year
because three days ago,

Matthew Burke's corpse stopped
the carnival from opening.

Y'all have some crazy rituals.

Well, just wait
till next month.
What happens next month?

You'll see.

Hold on, when-when
did the town carnival start?

1836.

So, I think...

Yeah, here. So,

in the autumn of 1835,

22 adults from Horseshoe Bay

disappeared from their homes
in the middle of the night.

And then most of their bodies
were found weeks later,

washed up onshore.

Old-timey sleepwalking
that led to the founding

of the town carnival.
Okay.

So, all we have to do is
get some sand from Piper Beach,

make dream catchers,

and then we can hand them out

to the locals tomorrow morning.
I don't know.

Three days ago
was a full moon,

and we know that, uh,
the lunar cycle

plays a huge role
in rituals, so...
Well,

you might be right,
but are we supposed to wait

until the next full moon
to find out?

Because people
are sleepwalking,

and somebody's gonna get
into some serious trouble

if we don't
stop this now, so...

I'm making the call.

We're going to Piper Beach.

Just...

Hey.

You made primavera?

I did.

What was the occasion?

No occasion. Just...

Delicious.

How was your day?
Good.

Boring.

How was your day?

Uh, good.

I gave my statement

to the D.A. this morning
about Trott.

I thought
I might've missed something,

but the D.A. said
that I was overthinking it.

You? Never.

D.A. Jean Rosario.

Yeah. I heard she was
prosecuting Trott.

Mm.
You look exhausted.

You should get some rest.

Mm.

If I didn't say so earlier,

I am so proud of you.

You created
a safe space for kids.

And you know what?

What?
I bet you

those three kids...Mm-hmm.

...are gonna go tell
all their friends.
Mm-hmm.

And then five whole kids

are gonna be
at the Youth Center tomorrow.
Oh, man, five?

Five.
How will I manage
five kids?

I mean, I can help you.

♪

Yeah?

♪ Sweet wine...

Ace, what are
you doing here?

I almost died today.

And, uh, I know that I've had
close calls before, but...

this was different
because I'm not afraid anymore.

Not afraid of what? Dying?

♪ My body

Doing this.

♪ Shakes

♪ As you take your bow

♪ Unbind these tied hands

♪ Watch me hit the ground

♪ Crash down, crash down, down

♪ Can you feel it now?

I'm a part
of something much bigger.

You'll never understand.

And then I'll ask, "Does anyone
object to this union?

Speak now
or forever hold your peace."

Why would anyone
want to marry you?

I didn't even want
to stick around to raise you.

Nick is only doing
this because you're
going to die soon.

Shut up, Dad! Just shut up!

The Women in White.

♪ Love blinds...

No. Please!

No. No, wait. Wait! Please!

I'm supposed to be here! Please!

♪

♪ Like a waterfall

♪ Crash down...

This was all for nothing.

♪ Can you feel it now?

♪ Crash down...

Hey!

Someone! Anyone!

Hey, help! Let me out!
♪ Crash down, down

♪ Crash down...

♪

Hey.

Hey.

Oh.

♪ Like a waterfall...

Did I do this?

♪ Can you feel it?

♪ Can
you feel it? ♪

Oh, my God.

Ace?

♪

Nick.
Wake up. Nick!

Nick!

Oh!

Nancy?

Everyone answered
except for you.

You doused yourself
in acetone.

We all tried
to get ourselves killed.

It's getting worse.

More people are tweeting
about sleepwalking.

Someone's in the hospital.
A broken arm.

H-How are you
so awake right now?

Adrenaline. I feel like
I could run a marathon.

Ah.

And some of these sleepwalkers
are older than we are.

And the sleepwalking events
are getting worse.

The Sandman
wants to hurt us,

which means
if we don't stop this soon,

every adult in town,
whatever their age,

is gonna start sleepwalking
to their deaths.

Okay. So, what do we do?

Do we keep everybody awake
until the next full moon

and then do
the sand ritual then?

For us,

coffee, at least.

Anything to stop me from
having that nightmare again.

I mean, I-I was just facing
the ultimate villain.

Just a random figment
of my imagination.

Hey, what was your,
um, dream about?
I, uh...

hurt somebody.

What about yours?
Uh...

I just, uh...

I think my subconscious
was trying to tell me

there are instincts
that I haven't followed.

About Trott.

Okay, I feel
like I saw something

in the Women in White's journal
a-about a sleep charm.

Maybe-maybe Temperance

could...No. No. If you ask
Temperance for help,

it's gonna be a price.

She only does something
if it's gonna benefit her.

Okay. So,
what if it benefits us, too?

Yeah, for all we know,
Temperance

could be
behind what's happening.

Uh, well,
she's not that bad of a person.

Oh, please. You
don't even know her.
Yes,

I do, actually.
Okay.

I've been visiting Temperance
a little bit.

You what?

Over the past few days.

Why?

She's not your friend, Bess.
Don't let her fool you.
At least

Temperance takes me seriously

and doesn't dismiss
my ideas and opinions.

She's even helping me become
a Woman in White.

Those don't exist anymore.

Yeah, Bess, that's
like me saying

I want to become a Pilgrim.

Like...

You know what? Forget it.

You know what?
You're too busy making the calls

to listen to anyone, anyway.

And you lot...

Don't know why I even bother.
Bess.

Okay. So, all we
need to do is figure out...

George.

Hey.

...and how to stop it.
Stay with me.

Okay, we need to set alarms
on our phones to stay awake.

And we should lock the doors
in case we do fall asleep.

I can do you one better.

Dad's a cop.

Well, cool.

What do we think

is crucial about Piper Beach
with the dream catchers?

I mean, there...
there appear to be

a number of, uh, coastal tribes

that dealt with sand rituals

or-or stories about spirits
made out of particles of sand.

I still feel
like we're missing something.

What do you think, Ace?

I'm part

of something much bigger.

I'm part
of something much bigger!

Okay, just so you all know,

you were wrong about Temperance.

She helped me find
the sleep charm that...

Oh, dear. Oh, no. Oh, no.

Hey, Nancy?
Nancy, can you hear me?

You have to wake up!

Oh, yes.

I am so sorry.

I just really need to know
what you guys were up to

before the handcuffs
and the sleeping.

And I won't
go through your texts.

Unless...

No, no, I promise. I promise.

Okay.

Coastal tribes believed
the entity was originally

created from particles of sand
at Piper Beach.

Hence the name, I suppose.

I'm not done with you yet.

I kicked you out of my car.

I'm not a part of your crimes.

You are now.

Oh, no. Oh, no.

Oh, my God.

The Sandman is getting stronger.

Ace, Ace,
you need to wake up. Ace.

Gosh, Ace, please.

Come on, Ryan.
Pick up the phone.

Oh, gosh.

George Li-Yun Fan

also leaves behind
her loving father,

Edwin George Chen.

He was not a loving father!

I would've been.
If you had let me.

But now it's too late.

Wait! Wait!

What are you doing?!

Stop! Stop, I'm not dead!

Please! I can't move!

I can't breathe!

George! George,
can you hear me?

George, you need
to wake up. Please.

Nick!

Kwame? Talia?

Nick! Help us!
Nick! Nick!

Please help us.
Please!

Hey, hang on. I'm coming!

Nick, hurry!
We're scared.

Hang on! I'm coming!

Bess! Hey. I got here
as soon as I could.

Oh, my God, Nancy.

Nancy, you got to wake up.
No, hey, they're trapped
in their nightmares.

What the hell is
going on here?

The more power
the Sandman gains,

the thinner the veil
between the dream world

and the real world becomes.
What are you saying?

If they get hurt or they die
in their dreams,

they die in real life, too?
Technically,

yes. But it also means

that if we can find a way
to kill the Sandman

in the dream world
and the real world,

then we can kill the Sandman
forever.

Now, a new friend of mine

helped me find
this sleep charm,

which allows the holder
to go into anyone's dream.

I was hoping the group
would help me find a way

to use this against the Sandman,
but they are otherwise occupied.

Okay, but you got me. You got
me. We can do this, right?

You and me? Okay.
Let me think.

Oh, wait. Okay, Kwame.

Kwame told me that when-when
he got attacked in his dream,

he thought of a-a flamingo,

and it-it appeared in his hand
all of a sudden, so he used it

as a baseball bat, and he...

he whacked the Sandman
to the sun.

That was actually kind of cool,
right? But my point is is that

he killed the Sandman
in his dream.

But not in the real world.

Although,

if I perform the sleep
charm and lucid dream,

you know, to take control of
what is happening in my dream,

then I can save our people

and manifest a way
to kill the Sandman

while the veil is
still thin and then...

and then destroy it forever.
Yeah.

Wait, you lost me at "lucid."

It's an ancestral skill. My
friend says I'm up to the task.

Okay, so, she wrote down
instructions for me.

"Envision it. See
it. Create it.

"Start with belief.

The rest will follow."

Okay. Take George's
crowbar to Piper Beach.

Plant it into the sand
next to the twisted driftwood.

I'm gonna send you
a photo of it.

It's where we collected the sand
for the dream catchers.

Okay. And the crowbar
is gonna do what?

Act as a lightning rod.
The Sandman was believed

to have been created
from the sand at Piper Beach.

Oh, hence the name.
That's tight.

That's what I said!
Yeah!

Anyway,

we're gonna turn
the Sandman's particles

into glass using lightning.

I just wish I wasn't so wired
so I could fall asleep.

Oh! Oh, wait. Wait, wait,
wait, wait. Here. Take these.

They're melatonin gummies.
Yeah, Carson gave them to me.

He was trying to get me to not
have late-night video games

so I'd do more on my chore
wheel, but you know what? I...

Can you just go?
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
For sure. We got this.

Get on the Bess bus
if you want to live, Nancy.

Come on, Nancy!
Come on, Nancy, get on this bus.

Get on the bus, come on!

Come on!
Come on!

Come on! Come on!

Has anyone asked Bess
how she's doing this?

She seems focused.

Best not to disturb her.

Focused or angry?

Focused andangry.
She's fangry.

I can hear you.
How?

It's my dream. I can
do whatever I want.

And know what? You're all really
loud whisperers, by the way.

I've been meaning to tell
you that for a while,

but didn't want to
hurt your feelings

'cause I'm a nice person.

And we love you for it.
Oh, really?

Now that I'm saving
all your asses,

you all love me.
But do you respect me?

Shouldn't you be...
You know, Nancy,
you're the hero

of Horseshoe Bay. You caught
a freaking serial killer.

But even a hero
misjudges sometimes.

Seriously, Bess, the road.

Also, I've been studying

and researching
and-and learning a lot,

and that's why
you're all not dead right now.

You're absolutely right.
Can I just...

Don't touch my wheel.

You people
really have no imagination.

I've got this under control.

We're gonna end the Sandman,
so buckle up.

Th-There's no seat belts.
Fine.

There are now.

Okay, then.

Come on, Bess.

Come on.

Follow me.

Now we lure it.

Not this time.

This is my dream.

Bess!

Fix it, Dream Queen!

Come on, Bess!
Oh!
Bess!

We're trapped!

Come on, Bess!
You can do it, Bess!

Come on, Bess!

Come on, Bess!
Come on, you can do it!

You can do it!
Come on, Bess!

Envision it.

See it.

Create it.

Now!

♪

Yes, Bess!

Ow.

You okay?

Does anybody remember
where we put the key?

Hey, Bess, you have every
right to be angry with us.

Okay, I'm not angry.

I'm just disappointed and hurt.

You deserve more
from your friends.

Yeah, w-we should
have listened to you.

Especially me.

Hey, we're really sorry.

Do you think you can forgive us?

Oh, that depends.

Are you all
gonna stop underestimating

my knowledge of the occult
and supernatural

and actually take my ideas
and opinions seriously?

As much as anyone else's,
even Nancy's?

Of course.
100%.
I'll think about it.

And respect my decision

to assemble the next generation
of Women in White.

I know in the past they stood
for some not-so-great things,

but at their core,
the Women in White

are about owning and-and
harnessing their power.

That's what I believe
my calling is,

and that's what
I intend to do.

Then that is
what we will respect.

I mean, I don't know. If she
starts wearing buckled shoes,

I'm playing
the Pilgrim card.

Oh, yada ya.
Okay.

You're gonna be
an amazing Woman in White.

Thank you.

Hey. Nick, I, um, I
forgot to give this back to you.

Why don't you
hang on to it.

Kids said they
really liked you.

They did?

Why?

Well, you were great with them.
Attentive,

curious, uplifting.

They're thinking of me
as a supervisor,

but they see you as a peer.

In a good way.

You're from
a very different background,

but you know what it's like
to not have a stable homelife.

These kids could really benefit

from spending some time
with you.

Maybe

that could go both ways?

They-they really said
that they like me?

I'll see you Monday, 9:00 a.m.

Okay.

Hey, Jesse.

Thank you for taking Ted
to her trumpet lesson.

Charlie
is still at her sleepover,

but Emma's mom said she'll
bring her home after lunch.

I told Nick
that I was running an errand,

but it's something that I want
to deal with by myself,

so it's your job
to sub in at The Claw.

I'll explain later, okay?

You got this. You got this.

All right, George.

Come on, girl.
You got ten years left to live.

It is time to face your demons.

Edwin George Chen.

Can we talk
about this friend request?

You want to tell me

where you were all night?

You want to tell me why the
primavera you made yesterday

was missing your usual
measure of garlic?

Garlic breath
isn't great for business.

Are lunch dates with D.A.
Rosario good for business?

I could smell her perfume.

If you want to
date somebody,

you don't have to
hide it from me.

Not like you could, anyway.

Just like I couldn't hide this
from you.

I've been having
nightmares about Trott.

He told me he's part of
something much bigger,

something I would
never understand.

So, I've been looking at these
articles going back to 2014.

And I just--
I can't figure it out.

What am I missing? Wh-Wh...

What is he a part of
that I don't understand?

Well...

Why don't we start with
what you do understand.

Okay. Um... I know he has

three fingers on one hand

because
of a self-inflicted accident.

I know his license plate number.

I know that he drives a van,

which was probably used
to transport Dustin Yates' body

from the kill site
to my car.

Which wouldn't be
the first time

that he used a van to dump
a victim's body. Look.

His tire tracks were found at
every Frozen Heart crime scene.

Except the town carnival.

Trott couldn't have fit his van
into the corn maze.

He would have had to carry
Matthew Burke's body

into the maze.Which wouldn't fit
his "in and out" M.O.

Plus, Matthew Burke's heart

was completely removed
from his body,

and Dustin's chest cavity
still had remnants of his heart.

Two different M.O.s
could mean...

Two different killers.

Trott said he was a part
of something much bigger

because he's not the only killer

in Horseshoe Bay.

Be careful, please.

Oh. Hello.
Hey.

Wh-What are you doing here?
Oh.

I called him.

Oh, okay. Bye.

Bye.

♪ Can we wait...

Should have this
depixelated and enhanced

in about 43 seconds,
give or take.

How are you not
a tech billionaire?

Who says I'm not?

♪ Finally...

What exactly are
we looking for?

Known associates of a
client of mine. D.A. thinks

he got cold feet
and took off

before she could get him
to turn state's evidence.

He was last seen
walking into a cannery.

The one on Harlowe Street?
Yeah.

Two nights ago.

Where's your client now?
I wish I knew.

Asher's never gone M.I.A.
this long with me before.

I'm hoping
this surveillance footage

explains his disappearance.

I promised Jean I would take
a look, see if I can find

any faces or cars
that might be able

to point her
in the right...

I can explain.

D.A. Rosario,

Trott killed Dustin Yates

but not Matthew Burke. There
has to be another killer.

I know.
Trott has been in custody

ever since he was arrested
in Portland.

Another murder was just reported
with the same M.O.

Where did they
find the body?
In front of Jake's Café.

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