Outcast (2016–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - A Darkness Surrounds Him - full transcript

(theme music playing)
(boy breathing deeply)
(crunch)
(women arguing)
WOMAN:
I'm not letting you drive
six counties over
with somebody
I don't even know!
...for stealing
his daddy's car, what,
six damn months ago?
GIRL:
That's not what happened.
And he didn't mean
to steal it.
Mindy, I raised you
better than this
for you to be giving me
this bullshit right now.
His dad--
You are 16 years old!
Yeah, I'm older than you were
when you got pregnant!
That does not make it okay
for you to run wild!
If anything,
it means the opposite!
Mindy Prairie Austin,
can't you see I'm trying
to protect you?
Oh, protect me from what?
It's a concert!
Six of us are gonna be there.
What's gonna happen?
The answer is no.
Do you have any clue
what this means to me?
What this could do?
All my friends are going!
Let's not get
overly dramatic, dear.
If you want to hang around
and be with your friends
some other day when
you don't have to drive
a hundred miles
outside of town--
You know,
I could have lied!
You will not be
going out forever!
(arguing continues)
Why don't you go
to your room?
I am sick of this!
Mom, you can't just yell at me
every time you feel like it.
(arguing continues)
I could've just said
I was going to Sarah's
and you'd have never known.
You think about that?
Don't I get any credit
for that?
Great job.
I am so proud of you.
You're still not goin'.
I hate you!
(crunching)
Joshua, put away the chips.
You already had dinner.
(crunching)
Joshua.
(screams)
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♪ He put his arms
around her shoulder ♪
♪ And with a voice
that sounded older ♪
♪ He said, "Mom, I got
something on my mind" ♪
POLICEMAN (on radio):
Attention all cars.
We have a possible 503
in progress at Main and Park.
Anyone in the area,
please respond.
The boys will get it.
Where you at with the new
playground equipment?
ANDERSON:
Don't try to distract me.
It's going well.
Thanks for comin'
to the potluck.
A little of that makes
a little of this okay, right?
Isn't that how it work?
Whatever your motives.
There would've been
something missing
without the chief's chili.
Yeah... heartburn.
The point is,
we are almost
to our fund-raising goal
and you two fine
public servants are
about to put us
over the top.
I'm gonna make sure
there's a little plaque
with your names
on the teeter-totter
in honor of this
generous contribution.
Lord willing.
Ogden, you get a read on that?
Does it mean
he's got a terrible hand
and needs help
or he's got a great hand
and is bluffing?
There's your answer. Fold.
I ain't so sure.
Much as I hate
to disappoint them kids,
I think I'm gonna make
you show me them cards.
All right then.
Call, raise, whichever.
Just quit wasting time
and give me my damn money.
This better be life
or death, Florence.
It's Mrs. Austin.
Says it's urgent.
I'm out.
Past time to call it
a night, anyway.
Wife is going to
be pissed, so...
No, come on.
That...
That... that can wait.
I'm gonna hit
your little boys' room
on my way out.
Fine.
Just don't forget to
open a window this time.
(laughs)
(sighs)
Shit.
(door closes)
What can I do
for you, Betsy?
(sighs)
Reverend...
it's Joshua.
You have to help him.
(sighs)
What is it?
It's just like you've been
talking about on Sundays.
Like the Conners boy
and Miss Martindale.
You sure?
I mean, there's a--
there's a lot of things--
I'm sure.
(dog barking)
(birds cawing)
♪ ♪
(knocking)
(knocking continues)
(knocking continues)
WOMAN:
Kyle!
(knocking continues)
Kyle!
(knocking continues)
(knocking continues)
WOMAN:
Kyle, come on!
(knocking continues)
(bang on door)
Kyle, you asshole!
I can see you!
(doorknob rattles)
Let me in!
You know I'll stay here
all goddamn day if I have to.
(knocking continues)
Please go.
And leave your sorry ass
all alone?
Not a chance.
You can't be here.
It's worse than I thought.
How long has it been
since you ate a vegetable?
Do you even remember
solid poop?
This isn't healthy.
Why are you here?
I'm checking in
on you, shithead.
Because I care about you.
You know people
do that, right?
Care about other people?
Things are that dull with
your real family then, huh?
I'm not even
going there with you.
Why didn't you call me
when you ran out of food?
Were you out
of minutes or somethin'?
I lost that phone.
Is this you
punishing yourself?
Take a fucking shower already.
Okay.
I appreciate your judgment,
really do,
but you can quit
making me your mission.
I'm doing just fine.
You don't owe me anything.
Bullshit you're fine.
Look at this place.
Maybe your little savings
account will last forever.
(squeaking)
You still haven't had
the water turned on.
I don't need it.
And bullshit
I don't owe you anything.
You know better.
It's my home, Megan.
Please let me
get you some food.
Let me get you
out of here...
at least for an hour.
Maybe you'll luck out
and the place will burn down
while we're gone.
One hour?
Then you'll leave me alone?
All right.
I'll meet you
out front-- Don't.
I'll meet you out front
in five minutes.
♪ ♪
(heavy breathing)
(breathing heavily)
(sniffing)
(screams)
(screams)
(grunts)
(door slams)
(doorknob rattling)
(pounding)
(knocking)
Morning, Reverend.
It is a fine one.
Any change?
I'm afraid not.
Thank you.
I got donuts too.
But I'm afraid
they didn't survive
the drive over.
Is he awake?
I brought him
some food this morning,
but I don't know
if he ate it.
He scares me.
The Lord would never
abandon one of his children.
And neither would I.
Now...
let's see about your boy.
♪ ♪
They really do need to get
more organic produce here.
The selection is pathetic.
Organic shredded wheat.
High in fiber.
Poops be solid.
You shouldn't have
brought me here.
I don't know what I ever did
to make you hate me so much.
I don't hate you, Megan.
Then why do you avoid me
like the plague?
If I get you this,
you'll call me next time
you need something...
and not the one
person on Earth
you're not supposed to call?
(sighs)
Do your 12-year-old students
notice your condescending tone
or is that just me?
Pretty much just you.
I don't want you to
get in trouble again.
Is that so wrong?
I won't call her.
Soup preference?
Ech.
(murmuring voices)
WOMAN:
Kyle Barnes is here.
That must be a sign,
I tell you.
Kyle Barnes?
Uh, yeah.
We went to church
with your mother, Kyle.
Do you remember me?
Florence Hall?
Uh... okay.
It's been a long time.
It's good to see you.
And you too, dear.
Haven't seen you in church
in a long time.
You really should
attend a sermon.
Yeah.
I'll try.
We're asking everyone in Rome
to pray for the Austin boy.
Hm.
You know the family?
Uh, I don't. No.
Their son, Joshua,
bright boy.
He's fallen prey
to dark forces.
It's like what happened
to your poor mother
all over again.
It is such a shame.
So terrible.
And so soon
after the Conners family.
Reverend Anderson
has been visiting
little Joshua all week.
Can you keep him
in your thoughts and prayers?
Yeah.
I can do that. Sure.
You were always
such a sweet boy.
We should be going, Flo.
I hope I'll see you
soon at the service.
I'll try.
Great.
Thank you.
Are they kidding
with that fucking nonsense?
"Dark forces"?
Please.
Your mother was sick,
and some people
in this backwards town
are crazy.
Kyle?
(crashing and screaming)
(screams)
REVEREND ANDERSON:
Come on!
Come on! Come on!
Come out and face me, coward!
(screams)
In the name of Jesus,
I command you to
release this child!
You're hurting him!
Go downstairs!
Look into my eyes
and see the power
I hold over you.
The power given to me
by the Almighty God our Lord.
No... power.
You don't belong here.
In the name of Jesus,
I cast you out!
(screams)
Oh my God.
Oil of the spirit
and the holy water
of the cleansing of God...
(screams)
Joshua!
Baby, wake up.
Betsy, get out!
Just wake up, baby.
Get the fuck out!
(grunts)
Oh!
(grunts)
(screams)
Oh!
Heavenly Father,
please grant me the strength
to overcome this evil
I now face!
Allow me to
drive this demon out
Joshua!
so that his body can be
filled with the Holy Ghost
and put back
upon a path to your glory!
(screams)
KYLE: Appreciate this.
MEGAN: The hell?
Is that gratitude?
(laughs)
Shut up.
MAN (over radio):
Your father was
a coal miner.
Your grandfather
was a coal miner.
This boy those women
are talking about...
you hear anything?
Don't go down that road again.
I remember when
you first moved in,
before Mom
and Dad adopted you.
You thought there were demons
hiding in every shadow.
And Anderson really filled
your head with some bullshit.
I'm just worried
about that boy.
Yeah, well, not much
you can do there.
Hey!
You lost?
If you're gonna
backseat drive,
climb in
the back fuckin' seat.
Where are you taking me?
Come on! You've never
even seen the new house!
Oh, my...
It's been two years!
Damn it, Megan! No!
I know you don't want
me around your daughter.
Your husband hates me.
Please.
A nice dinner
will be good for you.
You can shower
with actual hot water.
I'll give you some
of Mark's old clothes.
Oh, God.
Holly loves you.
You don't hate us enough
to jump from a moving car.
I'll take that as a win.
Uh, Megan brought me over
against my will.
Honest.
Look, Mark,
I'm the only person
who wants me here
less than you do.
Believe me, man.
You know how she is.
Do I ever.
MEGAN:
Honey, is that you?
Yep.
Nice shirt.
Hey, doodlebug.
Uncle Kyle is here.
Yeah, I know that.
I saw him with my own eyes.
Listen, sweetie, can you go
on up to your room?
Need to talk to your mama.
Go on. Scoot.
Now, Holly.
Yes, ma'am.
Megan, why?
Come on. You know
how I feel about this.
It's just one
goddamn dinner, okay?
Do you really think
he's stable?
I mean, you can't tell me
that you feel safe
around him.
You think it's a good idea to
bring him around our daughter?
Well, he's in there,
she's in here.
Oh, okay.
So, he's just gonna
eat in there alone?
That's not gonna be awkward?
Look...
I know what he did for you
when you were younger...
and we can never
thank him enough for that.
But he took a turn
when he got older, okay?
You can't ignore that!
How can you be okay
with him being here
after what he did?
He made a mistake
and he did a horrible,
unforgivable thing, and...
(whispers)
damn it, he's paid for that.
It's ruined his life,
and I'm gonna be here
for him.
What?
You think
he's gonna attack Holly
over the dinner table?
It's just dinner,
just one night.
He's not gonna hurt anybody.
Please, Mark.
Please let me do
something nice for him.
He's got nothin'.
Hey.
Uh...
You remember me, right?
I'm-- I'm your mama's brother.
You hurt your little girl,
and now you're not
her daddy anymore.
(voice breaking)
That's not...
(door opens, closes)
What is it, honey?
Uncle Kyle left.
Shit. Kyle!
Why would he leave?
(sighs)
Why look a gift horse
in the mouth?
Asshole.
I'm sure he's fine.
We need to get a patrol car,
have 'em pick him up,
drive him home?
Let him walk.
All he ever wants
is to be alone.
(dog barking)
(car engine starting)
(car driving away)
(beep)
(line ringing)
(vibrating)
Hello?
Kyle, is that you?
(beep)
(door opens)
Amber, honey, come inside!
(beep)
(thunder rumbling)
MAN (on TV):
Temperatures are expected
to drop tonight
with scattered showers
throughout the afternoon
and into tomorrow.
We should see
some sunshine here...
Howdy.
Offer still good
to borrow your car?
Sure.
(dogs barking)
(door unlocking)
Yeah?
Uh...
I heard about your boy, and...
um...
Reverend Anderson, is he here?
Hold on.
Kyle Barnes.
This is a surprise.
Yeah, I know, Reverend.
It's, uh, been a long time.
I didn't know
you were in town.
Yeah, um...
back about five months now.
I wish we were seeing
each other
under different circumstances,
but I'm glad you're here.
Okay.
Uh...
Hold on, Reverend.
I didn't come
to see the boy.
Not to help, at least.
I came 'cause...
I don't really know.
Sure you do.
What you think I did,
I assure you, I didn't.
ANDERSON:
Uh-huh.
Doctors think
you should be in therapy,
but we know what this is.
We don't know anything.
Whatever you think
happened to your mother,
it was you who stopped it.
My mother was sick.
I don't know
much else about it.
I was just a kid.
These things are everywhere.
They're all around us.
Now, you've been gone
a long time.
You have no idea
how bad it's gotten.
And you might not believe it,
but that doesn't make it
any less true.
Why don't we stick
to what we know
before we start
blaming the bogeyman again?
JOSHUA: (breathing heavily)
(breathing heavily)
(muttering)
He's showing signs
of very animal-like behavior,
which is common.
(heavy breathing stops)
(rasping)
I know you.
You think so, huh?
When's the last time
you went to school, Joshua?
Pretty cool
getting to skip out
on school like this,
isn't it?
(normal voice)
I like school.
I miss my friends.
Well, I'm sure
they miss you too, bud.
Why don't you stop all this,
so things can go
back to normal?
You're scaring your mom.
You're wasting
this man's time.
Stop pretending, Joshua.
He-- he hasn't been
speaking like this before.
This is new.
(rasping)
You're all grown up.
You barely even fit
in that pantry now.
What?
Padlock on the door.
You used to draw pictures
on the walls.
Don't you remember?
You're talking nonsense.
I know you, Kyle Barnes.
What do you know, huh?
Got any idea what
you're talking about
with all that?
You're just a damn kid.
You don't know shit.
Kyle, just--
Sorry. I-- I'm sorry.
We all know what we know.
Why don't you tell me
what you know then, huh?
Come on, kid.
Why don't you say something
that makes one goddamn
bit of sense?
Right now!
Just keep your distance.
He's playing games with us.
ANDERSON: Sit down.
I'll light the sage.
This-- this should calm him.
Just, uh...
give it a few moments
to-- to fill the room.
So long have we tried
to find you, Outcast.
Too long have you
hidden your light from us.
Now you heed this.
In the name of the Father,
Dull. Making us search
the Son, and the Holy Ghost--
through the darkness.
(clattering)
JOSHUA: (screams)
(growling)
(groaning)
(grunting)
JOSHUA: (screams)
(coughing)
(panting)
KYLE: (coughs)
(coughs)
Here.
(growling)
Here.
No.
He ever try to do
that to you?
What about what
he was saying in there?
Any of that make sense?
About him... knowing me?
Demons are tricksters.
They want you
to be more scared
of them than you need to.
With the power
of God on our side,
we got nothing to fear.
"The power of God?"
You think your mother
and Joshua are the only ones?
There's a house like this one
in every town,
in every country
of this whole wide world.
And you go
into those houses?
Yes, I do.
Well,
what makes you think
you can do anything
about that?
You want my advice?
Run.
While you still
got something left.
There was a time
I might have taken
that advice.
You know,
I wasn't always the, uh...
the gung-ho holy warrior
you see before you.
I served God,
tended my flock...
but I questioned.
Then I went into your house...
and I saw the devil was real.
And I didn't
question anymore.
My path was clear.
I don't believe
it's a coincidence
that you set
me upon that path,
and here you are,
walkin' it yourself,
facing all this again.
And I don't believe
you're gonna run.
(sighs)
(engine revving)
Hey, Caleb.
Working late?
Yeah. (grunts)
This railing was loose.
Didn't want any
of our old folks
taking a tumble.
Thank you kindly.
I also noticed
your screen door is
coming of its hinges.
Might want to get you
a new one before we paint.
Paint?
I think we can hold off
for another year.
Money'd be better spent
on more important things
than a pretty house.
Let me just show you.
(boy laughs)
(laughs)
Damn.
Yep.
Maybe we could
put up a fence.
No.
No, they'd
only climb it.
Hm...
You know what?
Leave it.
You sure?
Yeah.
Yeah, let 'em
have their fun.
We can turn
the other cheek.
Mmm.
(chuckles)
(sighs)
♪ ♪
WOMAN:
Visiting hours
are ending, honey.
Yeah, uh...
I was just leavin'.
Aah!
No!
(grunts)
(screaming)
(sizzles)
(screams)
(clattering)
(clattering)
(screams)
(clattering, shattering)
Thanks.
Uh, sorry,
I had it all day.
I got some stew
going inside
if you haven't had dinner.
Yeah, sure.
That sounds good.
Elise, I'm sure
you don't remember her, but...
she died
a year ago this week.
I'm sorry.
I didn't know.
(sighs)
We were married
longer than we weren't.
Alone just don't...
feel right.
It gets scarier when it does.
I never spent a day
away from her.
Barely got through
a conversation
without her help.
Don't expect you to know
what it's like to lose that.
Uh, Allison was a...
Well, I started out
just wanting to look at her.
And then all I ever wanted
to do was listen to her.
But, um, you know, I...
I think she's the only person
who has ever...
truly known me.
I'm sorry for your loss.
Oh, she... She didn't die.
We just, uh...
It didn't work.
Elise...
she would want me to tell you
how sorry I am.
We knew
what was happenin'.
Found you hiding
under our porch often enough.
We didn't realize
how bad it was.
All of that racket,
it sounded like... discipline.
It haunted us both.
Uh...
It was a long time ago,
you know?
Don't mean it's okay.
Kyle?
Any time you see
a light on,
you come by.
I'm here...
for whatever you need.
Thanks for the ride.
My neighbor's a good guy.
I don't wanna borrow his car
two days in a row.
Sorry about the mess.
Just throw them in the back.
It's for the kids
in the hospital.
Folks think being a preacher
is a Sunday job.
I spend more time
in this little old beater
than I do in the pulpit.
Click it or ticket.
Oh.
(car engine starts)
That your son?
Yeah.
Matthew.
You know, I could always
use a hand delivering meals
if you got the time.
No. I'm... not good
around people.
Really?
You holed up in that house
five months in town
without showing your face.
Is that because what happened
to your mother?
You think you caused it?
You weren't around Joshua.
It still happened to him.
What if you're punishing
yourself for no reason?
What if I'm right?
Then why are you coming
with me?
To find answers.
Is that why
you came back to Rome?
I heard you had a family.
Things were going
good for you.
Maybe I just missed the house.
(heavy breathing)
(bones cracking)
(footsteps approach)
I read scripture to him.
It didn't do anything.
Holy water
irritated him severely,
but had no long-term effect.
(growls)
Will you pray with me?
You are very brave to return.
He doesn't like
the light.
My mother didn't either.
(screams)
That day with her,
it was the same.
(growls)
Why don't you
like light, Joshua?
(growls)
Think back on that day.
What else did you do?
I hit her.
She attacked me, and...
I'd had enough.
She'd done it
many times before.
This time, I fought back.
It seemed to...
hurt her.
More than it should've.
Just help me get him
into the light.
Don't touch me!
Don't touch me!
Come on. Don't think
about your mother!
Think about the boy! Come on!
No! (screams)
You're leaning on
my last nerve, boy!
No! No!
You're unwelcome here!
You do not belong here!
(screams)
In the name of God,
I cast you out,
no matter how long it takes!
(screams)
(screams)
(grunts)
(grunts)
Stronger than Allison.
(shouts)
(growling)
(stammers)
(growls)
(yelps)
(screams)
(screams)
Kyle!
What do you want from me?
(grunts)
Kyle!
You gotta stop it!
Why won't you leave me alone?
(screams)
(screams)
(sizzling)
(groans, sputters)
(sizzling)
(screams)
(panting)
The great merge...
cannot be stopped.
(yelps)
(panting)
(coughing)
(door opens)
Mama?
(police radio chatter)
(chattering)
(police radio chatter)
(indistinct conversation)
You're free to go.
What?
Chief, you can't be serious.
Nothing happened here,
Officer Holter.
The mother's saying it's just
one big misunderstanding.
What?
Look, just because you're
friends with the preacher--
It doesn't matter
what we think happened.
You can drag him into town,
file all the paperwork
you want.
The fact is,
the mother refuses
to press charges.
There's nothing more
for us to do here.
Let's wrap this up.
(handcuffs clicking)
After everything
Megan's done for you...
Come on.
Take you home.
Did you get the answers
you were looking for?
Some.
I've seen a lot.
Thought I'd seen
the worst suffering
a man could imagine,
but that was...
I've never seen anything
like that before.
That what it was like
with your mother in the end?
Different with her.
It wasn't like that
with my wife either.
I always thought it was
something I did to them.
Now I know
it's something else.
It's still because of me.
Seems like they've been
coming after me my whole life.
(engine starts)
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
(clattering, shattering)
ALLISON: (screams)
Allison!
(screams)
Allison!
(grunts)
Amber!
Come on.
Breathe, baby girl!
(coughs)
ALLISON: (breathing heavily)
(low growling)
No.
Allison, no.
(scream echoes)
♪ ♪
(whispers)
Come and get me.
♪ ♪
♪ Movement,
no movement ♪
♪ Just a falling bird ♪
♪ Cold as it hits ♪
♪ The bleeding ground ♪
♪ He lived and died ♪
♪ Catch sight ♪
♪ Cover me with earth ♪
♪ Draped in black ♪
♪ Static white sound ♪
♪ A day without substance ♪
♪ A change of thought ♪
♪ An atmosphere
that rots with time ♪
♪ Colors that flicker
in water ♪
♪ A short term effect ♪