The Leftovers (2014–2017): Season 2, Episode 1 - Axis Mundi - full transcript
A town that seems to have no disappearances becomes a new Lourdes and attracts lots of tourists. But all may not be as rosy as it appears to be.
♪ Everybody is wondering ♪
♪ What and where they all came from ♪
♪ Everybody is worrying
'bout where they're gonna go ♪
♪ When the whole thing's done ♪
♪ But no one knows for certain ♪
♪ So it's all the same to me ♪
♪ Think I'll just
let the mystery be ♪
♪ Some say once gone,
you're gone forever ♪
♪ And some say you're
gonna come back ♪
♪ Some say you rest in
the arms of the Savior ♪
♪ If in sinful ways you lack ♪
♪ Some say that they're
coming back in a garden ♪
♪ Bunch of carrots
and little sweet peas ♪
♪ Think I'll just
let the mystery be ♪
♪ Everybody is wondering ♪
♪ What and where they all came from ♪
♪ Everybody is worrying
'bout where they're gonna go ♪
♪ When the whole thing's done ♪
♪ But no one knows for certain ♪
♪ So it's all the same to me ♪
♪ Think I'll just
let the mystery be ♪
♪ Think I'll just
let the mystery be ♪
[insects chirping]
[distant barking]
[snoring]
[distant howling]
[frogs croaking]
[urinating]
[bird screeches]
[rumbling]
[cries out]
[rocks clattering]
[groaning]
[thunder crashing]
[bird screeches]
[bird screeches]
[screeching]
- [snake rattling]
- [baby crying]
- [grunting]
- [crying continues]
- [snake hisses]
- [grunts]
[shouting]
[crying continues]
[gasping]
[groans]
[panting]
[baby crying]
[groans]
[wheezing]
[baby crying]
[wheezing]
[crying]
[gasping]
[gasping]
[bird screeches]
[gasps]
[fussing]
[crying]
[bird screeches]
[baby fussing]
Girl: One, two, three.
Girl #2: Oh, my God! What am I doing?
Girl: I can do this. I can do this.
[laughter]
- Ready? You ready? Ready?
- Go. Go. Go.
- Go!
- [girls chanting] Jump, jump, jump.
Jump, jump, jump, jump!
[music playing]
- Is it cold?
- It's amazing!
Come on, chickenshits.
- Wanna do it?
- Yeah.
[both scream]
Oh, my God! You bitch!
I'm a bitch?
[all shrieking]
You new?
Sorry?
Why are you sorry?
Oh, I wasn't. I didn't hear you.
What's your name?
Dr. Goodheart.
For real?
For real.
What's your first name?
Brian. What's yours?
Evie.
If I pee in here, it gonna
throw off your measurements?
Leave him alone. You're scaring him.
Shut up.
[girls giggling]
♪ Turn up, turn up,
turn up, turn up ♪
♪ Turn up, turn up, take control ♪
♪ Turn up, turn up, turn up... ♪
Bye, Dr. Goodheart.
Both: Bye, Dr. Goodheart.
♪ Turn up, turn up,
turn up, turn up ♪
♪ Turn up, take control ♪
♪ Turn up, turn up,
turn up, turn up ♪
♪ Turn it up and let it... ♪
- [music playing on car radio]
- [bird cawing]
- [girls laughing]
- Girl: Bye.
[laughs] Okay, bye.
How long you been waiting?
- Just a couple minutes.
- Mm-hmm.
Oh, good God, no! You're no fun.
Yeah, I know.
[laughs]
[music playing]
- They up?
- Just Mom.
- Hey, Mama.
- Hey, babe.
- How was the sleepover?
- Great.
Did you get any sleep?
- Evie: You want me to lie?
- Yes, I want you to lie.
- Did you take your meds?
- Yeah.
Sorry.
Erika: What about choir
practice? You have a ride?
Mm-hmm.
What?
Ah, wait for your father.
I'm starving. Where is he?
- Still in bed.
- Oh, Jesus.
Why does he always sleep in this late?
Erika: Stop eating the bacon.
[clock ticking]
John.
John.
Evie: It really is amazing.
- [kids laughing]
- Shh.
Are you serious?
[all laugh]
- What?
- Man, get out of bed.
You gonna eat that bacon?
Maybe.
Maybe?
Maybe.
And what are the factors
influencing your decision?
Leave his bacon alone.
Girl, if you made more, I wouldn't
have to prey upon my children.
If I made more, your heart'd stop.
You can have some of mine.
Thank you.
I got an hour before I run
my errands. You want to throw?
I have choir practice.
Maybe when I get back?
- [cricket chirps]
- Oh!
- You hear that?
- [cricket chirps]
Oh!
- That's it.
- Please, not again.
- Look, shh.
- You're never gonna find it.
- Shh, where was that?
- Michael: By the dishwasher, I think.
No, no, it's not by the dishwasher.
It sounded like it came
from the dishwasher.
- Erika: It's definitely not by the...
- Hey, if y'all keep talking...
I'm just saying it's
not by the dishwasher.
- Maybe it's in the ceiling.
- You're not gonna find it.
I'm gonna find it.
[cricket chirps]
[dog barking]
[chatter]
[vehicle beeping]
- [Spanish music playing]
- Michael: Hey.
I got eggs and bacon.
There's a letter in there.
I'll take care of it.
[man speaking on megaphone]
- Hey, how you doing, sir?
- I'm good, I'm good. I'm in 121.
Okay, yeah. You can go
ahead and set up over there.
- Okay, thank you.
- Thank you.
[man on megaphone] Just a reminder:
you're now required to check in
before you set up your stall.
- Man: That's for $5.
- How are you?
How y'all doing?
[man on megaphone] Just a reminder:
you're now required to check in
before you set your stalls up.
Folks, please make
sure your vendor number
is clear and visible at your stalls.
_
[man on megaphone] All
right, folks. Two minutes.
We have two minutes till the first load.
_
[rumbling]
[glass rattling]
Fucking frackers.
At least it adds to our mystique.
All right, first bus
coming in, everybody.
First bus coming in.
[honks horn]
[man on megaphone] All right, the
first bus coming in, everybody.
First bus coming in.
[chatter]
- Thank you, Lord.
- Jesus.
- Woman: Thank you, Jesus.
- Woman #2: Thank Jesus.
Woman: Hallelujah. Thank you, God.
- [speaks German]
- How much?
It's whatever you want to give.
[speaking German]
[chuckles]
[speaking German]
This is a test?
No.
[speaking German]
Your water, will it make us safe?
It's just a souvenir.
[speaks German]
Church service is just
past the 18 marker.
Services are an hour
before the last bus leaves.
[both speaking German]
God bless you.
[chattering]
- Woman: Hey!
- Man: There's a line.
- Man #2: People are waiting here.
- I'll just be a minute.
How much is it?
Man: It's $140, if you don't mind.
[crying]
Hey, John.
Isaac.
Uh, didn't mean to interrupt.
Oh, no, it's all right.
We were just finishing up.
It's all right.
And you remember, just after
Thanksgiving, all right?
Thank you, Mr. Rainey.
Oh, oh...
- [woman crying]
- [door opens]
You thirsty? I got lemonade.
Uh, sounds good. Thanks.
Big line.
Seems like business is doing good.
I-I hear you're renting
out your top floor.
Yeah, I filled all the
paperwork out with park services
and they said okay.
Well, if this is gonna
be a two-family residence,
fire code says upstairs
needs a separate entrance
and its own exterior stairwell.
Oh, uh, yeah,
I can get all that done.
I just need a couple weeks.
Oh, no problem. As long as it happens.
So, uh, let's do this.
Sorry?
Your... your thing.
Can you do me?
Oh, you want a reading?
Yeah, a reading.
Okay. Yeah, sure.
Uh, you a lefty or righty?
All right.
Okay, try and focus all your
energy into your hand and...
rest your palm down into the paint
and then press down as hard
as you can on this here paper.
Yup.
Like that.
- Good?
- Yeah, yeah.
- You can lift it.
- Okay.
- Yeah. Got some Wet-Naps there.
- Thank you.
- Paper towel.
- It's a little messy.
[blow-dryer humming]
All right.
- You got a good one.
- Oh, good.
[exhales]
[sighs]
You got a birthday coming up?
Yeah, day after tomorrow.
Oh, happy birthday.
- Thanks.
- Yeah.
[exhales]
What?
- Nothing.
- No, come on.
- What?
- Uh, nothing, man.
- I'm not getting anything off you.
- Tell me.
Something bad is gonna happen.
To you.
Well, shit, Isaac.
That is not ideal.
- [glasses clatter]
- Look, I know why you're here, John.
Yeah, listen, you and me
have known each other
since the third grade, huh?
Now, in all those times,
you've never once mentioned
to me that you had superpowers.
I don't have superpowers.
Well, magic powers.
Come on, man.
It's just the two of us talking.
You and me.
Now, this...
it's all bullshit, right?
[sighs]
I don't know what you
want me to tell you.
I want you to tell me the truth.
John, what I do...
is real.
Ah, well...
I got to respect that.
Oh, and...
how much do I owe you?
- No, man, it's on the house.
- No, no.
60 enough?
Hey, John.
Be careful.
[chuckles] Yeah, I sure will.
[piano playing]
♪ Broken hearts and shattered lives ♪
♪ Like wreckage on the ground ♪
♪ The memories of those poor souls ♪
♪ Who were lost but never found ♪
♪ They shook their fists
and cursed the skies ♪
♪ Demanding explanations ♪
♪ No answers came,
no soothing words ♪
♪ Just silence and frustration ♪
♪ But in Jarden town
the sun shone bright ♪
♪ A miracle ♪
♪ The light of love poured down ♪
♪ It's a miracle ♪
♪ Our hearts are pure,
we knew for sure ♪
♪ A miracle ♪
♪ That God had spared our town ♪
[birds chirping]
Ooh!
Knock, knock.
What?
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Broken pencil.
Broken pencil who?
Never mind. It's pointless.
[train whistle blows]
[laughing]
Come on.
Gentlemen.
- It's three.
- Two and a half.
- Two.
- Three.
Five.
Jesus, John.
What?
Five?
He's selling a lie and
folks are buying it.
It's a five.
Whoa, whoa. Hold up.
- Leave the house, Isaac.
- Isaac: Hold up. What are you doing?
Kitchen's over there. Gas stove.
Whoa, whoa, hey, hey! What are you doing?
John, hold on. John, hold
on. I don't understand.
Oh, you understand.
Okay, okay, what do you want to hear?
This is not real. Okay?
This is all bullshit.
Please. You don't have to do this.
Please, John. Brother, don't do this.
Fuck you, man.
Nah, I ain't leaving.
I'm not leaving my house.
You're gonna have to kill me.
I'm not leaving.
[coughing]
You're gonna need stitches.
I can do it myself or I can refer you
to a plastic surgeon in Austin.
I was born here.
I have a right to be here.
When did he start burning
people's houses down?
Tonight.
You were who you said you were,
you should have seen it coming.
Yeah, well, you tell your husband
I meant what I said.
Ain't no avoiding it.
Avoiding what?
[high-pitched whining]
[clock ticking]
- [clock ticking louder]
- [high-pitched whining stops]
[John snoring]
[panting]
[bird chirping]
- What are you doing?
- Shh!
[cricket chirps]
Must be under something.
- You're not gonna find it.
- No, I am gonna find it.
Well, at least it got you out of bed.
[chuckles] I got out of bed...
so I could join y'all for church.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm, what?
- [cricket chirps]
- God damn it!
Michael: A reading from Thessalonians.
"Now we ask you, brothers,
to give recognition to
those who labor among you
and lead you in the
Lord and admonish you."
Congregation: Yes. Yes.
"And regard them very highly in love
because of their work.
Be at peace among yourselves."
Yes. Yes.
- "Comfort the discouraged."
- Yes!
- "Help the weak."
- Yes!
- "Be patient with everyone."
- All right.
"See to it that no one repays
evil for evil to anyone.
But always pursue what is good."
- Yes!
- That's right.
"For one another and for all."
- Yes!
- Hallelujah!
This is the word of the Lord.
Yes!
We are the 9,261.
We are spared.
All: We are spared.
- And for that, we are grateful.
- All: Amen!
Thank you, Michael.
Just a reminder for y'all,
I'm up in Austin this
week getting my surgery.
So if you are so inclined,
ask of the Lord for competent doctors.
Yes!
And a powerful anesthesia.
[applause]
So I'll miss a few sermons.
But just like my hip, y'all
will get a great replacement.
- All right.
- That's right.
Met him doing some missionary
work down in Brazil.
- He don't know our style...
- That's all right.
...but he knows the Good Book.
Amen, amen.
Better than most.
Certainly better than me.
My friend Matt Jamison.
[applause]
Thank you, Reverend Massey.
I'm so grateful for your kindness
and for letting me be here.
I haven't had the pleasure
of meeting most of you yet.
We've... My wife Mary and I
have only been here for a month or so.
Well, I'm a man of faith.
Amen!
But when I heard about this place,
when I heard about what happened here,
I'd be lying if I told
you I understood it.
Yes, yes.
But I understand it now.
[applause]
Because you've shared your home with me,
I want to share with you
what has happened to us,
to Mary,
who I was told by countless
doctors would never recover.
Thank you, Matt.
We all know what a truly
special place we've got here.
Yes!
Massey: And I know I speak
for everyone here when I say,
welcome, brother.
- Welcome!
- Welcome, sister.
- Praise Jesus.
- Amen!
Now let us bow our heads for a
reading from the Gospel of Luke.
- So nice to have you.
- Thank you.
- Matt: Hi.
- Massey: Thank you, sir. Thank you.
John. So nice to see
your face in there today.
What you talking about,
now? Come on, now, Calvin.
You're gonna make the new reverend
here think I never come to church.
[both laugh]
- John Murphy.
- John, nice to meet you.
Matt Jamison, my wife Mary.
A pleasure, Mary.
Welcome to Jarden.
Now, where you two in from?
Mapleton, New York. It's
just outside the city.
- New York City.
- Ah, figured.
- [laughs]
- Yeah.
- So what were you gonna say up there?
- I'm sorry?
Well, right before
Calvin here cut you off.
Seemed like you were about to
share something about your wife.
Oh. [chuckles]
I was just gonna say that I felt a burden
lift off of us when we came to your town.
For the first time in a
long time, we feel safe.
Well, there's no place
in the world safer.
- Y'all take care.
- Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.
- [music playing]
- [music continues]
- [chattering]
Sorry, I asked for the
bacon on a separate plate.
You got it. I'll bring
that right back for you.
Every time.
Well, it wouldn't be every time
if they'd listen, sweetheart.
"See to it that no one repays
evil for evil to anyone."
Any particular reason
you picked that one?
I didn't pick it.
Readings are predetermined.
What is a Thessalonian anyway?
Someone from Thessalonia.
From Arkansas, right?
[all laugh]
Bacon and eggs separated.
Appreciate it.
[goat bleats]
Jerry, come on.
[goat bleats]
Jerry, please.
Do you have to...
[goat thuds]
[clicks]
Sorry, folks.
Enrique.
[music playing on TV]
Narrator: "Perfect Strangers"
star Mark Linn-Baker
departed on October 14, 2012,
but "Hard 10" tracked him
down to this sleepy village
in the Chihuahua province of Mexico.
Woman: We know you didn't depart, Mark.
Why'd you fake your departure?
No comprende. No comprende.
Woman: We know it's you, Mark.
Mark: No Mark. No Mark esta.
Woman: Mark, tell us why
you did it. Tell us why.
Damn! Damn it!
Narrator #2 on TV: They're gone,
but so much of them is still here.
[music playing]
You've tried to move on,
tried to live a normal life,
but cannot let go because
you haven't known how.
[continues indistinctly]
[spoon rattling]
- Michael: Hey.
- [gasps]
Uh...
my spoon got stuck in
the garbage disposal.
I'm going for a ride.
Other people feed him, you know.
He likes Mom's cooking.
Back by 10:00.
Be safe.
[door opens]
- [cricket chirps]
- [door closes]
- You mail the letter?
- Uh-huh.
Good night.
Man: Get off me! Hey,
we just missed the bus.
Officer: Sure, you did. Head down, sir.
- Ma'am, calm down.
- You can't keep us out.
- Calm down, ma'am.
- Fuck you, man. This is fucking America.
- [Taser crackles]
- Ah!
Man: You can't keep people out, man.
You're not so special. Fuck
your fucking wristbands!
[TV playing]
Hello.
Hi.
You want to pray?
Okay.
[vehicle approaches]
[music playing]
- What's that?
- It's a pie.
- Where'd it come from?
- It was on the porch.
Is it for your birthday?
- I don't know.
- There wasn't a note?
- Just a pie.
- Hmm.
- What kind is it?
- Apple, I think.
- Looks homemade.
- Mm-hmm.
You think someone's trying to poison you?
[laughs] Look at your face.
[laughs]
You know someone just
moved in the Dunbar house.
- A family.
- Just now?
Mm-hmm. Seem nice.
I think we ought to invite
them over for dinner tonight.
You're gonna work on your birthday?
Just being neighborly.
- Hi.
- Hey.
Saw you moving in. I'm John Murphy.
We're right next door.
Here. Welcome.
Oh, thanks. That's so nice. I'm Nora.
Well, I see you got your hands full.
No problem. I got her. Did
you bake this yourself, John?
No, ma'am, I did not.
And who's this?
This is Lily. Say hello
to Mr. Murphy, Lily.
- [coos]
- Hey, Lily.
[banging]
Is everything all right in there?
Fine, we're just moving
in. You know, chaos.
Of course. Well, I'll leave you to it.
Just wanted to invite
you all over tonight.
Having a little barbecue for my birthday.
That's so... We don't want
to crash your birthday.
No, no pressure. Just drop by if you can.
Thank you.
- Bye-bye.
- Bye, Lily.
You ask them if they eat meat?
I told them it was a barbecue.
If they don't eat meat, that would
have been the time to tell me.
Violet wants to know
when she can pick me up.
Well, you tell Violet
that you will text her
as soon as I authorize you to do so.
Nora: Hello!
Sorry, we rang the doorbell,
but nobody answered.
We're back here. Come on down.
It's Kevin. You're John, right?
Right. Right. This is Erika.
- Hi. Hi.
- Hi, Erika. How are you? Nice to meet you.
Evie, Michael, introduce yourselves.
- How you doing?
- Michael.
- I'm Nora.
- Nice to meet you.
- Hi.
- Hey.
- So are we early, or...
- No, right on time.
Oh, I thought this was a birthday party.
It is. We don't have any friends.
[laughing]
- Erika: Who is this?
- Nora: This is Lily.
Erika: Well, hello, Lily.
- [laughter, chattering]
- ♪ I don't need sunglasses ♪
♪ Ain't no sun without you, baby... ♪
- She's adorable.
- Thank you.
Is she adopted or did
your mom fuck a black dude?
Evie!
[laughs]
[laughs]
You don't need that anymore.
You guys bought the house, right?
Yeah, but they said that we should
leave them on for a couple weeks
so the park rangers don't
bother us or something.
Your daughter is good with a baby.
That's got to be nice.
Oh, she's not mine. She's Kevin's.
Oh, well, she's pretty.
So is he.
His secret is moisturizing.
[laughs]
So you have family around here?
- Sorry?
- In Jarden.
I figured someone must have
tipped you off about the house.
Real estate moves
pretty quick around here.
Oh, no, we were just in the
right place at the right time.
I have a brother, Matt Jamison.
He and his wife came out
here a couple months ago.
He's helping out in the
Baptist church. You know him?
I just met him yesterday. Small world.
Kevin: Cake looks good.
Well, she works the grill, I bake.
[laughs]
Now, what happened to your head?
I fell.
Can I... can I put
these in the fridge?
Absolutely.
You want one?
Uh, nah. I don't drink.
But help yourself.
Okay.
What?
What? What?
Oh, what were you looking at?
I was just looking at your
couch in the other room.
We had one just like it.
[can pops]
[laughter]
So I step on the carpet
and I feel this squish.
I walk around the corner
and trickling down the steps
like a fancy fountain is water,
- but in my house.
- [laughing]
So I'm walking up these steps.
And you know when you
feel like it's a bad idea,
but you do it anyway?
I open the bathroom door
and this wave comes out.
A little one, but a wave.
And this one is standing in the bathtub
with her arms out like Moses
and this one's up on the sink
trying his hardest not to get wet.
And he just looks at me
with this serious face
and goes, "Evie wanted to
know what would happen."
[laughing]
Gets funnier every time, Mama.
- Nora: How old were they?
- Five.
And they're lucky they made it to six.
That must have been fun to come home to.
Well, I was in prison.
Oh, yeah? Well, how
long were you there for?
Six years, 119 days.
[chuckles]
They think you're kidding.
Oh, sorry, no. I really was.
Travis County Unit.
Go ahead.
- Go ahead and ask.
- What?
What I did. It's what
everybody wants to know.
- Oh, that's none of our business.
- What'd you do?
Huh.
Attempted murder.
What happened?
Well, didn't try hard enough.
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
♪ Happy birthday, dear John ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
Shit.
Evie. Evie. Evie.
Come back, Evie.
Evie, come back.
Evie, come on, baby.
Evie, come back, baby.
- I went away?
- Mm-hmm.
Um, she has epilepsy.
This doesn't happen unless
she forgets to take her meds.
Sorry. I-I ruined your cake.
No, no, no, no. It's...
I burnt it anyway.
No.
The pie! They brought us a pie.
It's on the kitchen counter.
Will you run and get it?
Yep. Yeah, I'll grab it.
Do you have any more candles?
Uh... uh... let me check.
Babe, do we have any
more candles back there?
- ♪ You don't wanna, yeah... ♪
- [car horn honks]
Erika: Whenever you need
an extra pair of hands,
you just bring this beautiful thing over.
You'll be sorry you said that.
Thank you.
Thank you so much for having us.
Thank you for stopping by.
I'm looking forward to getting
to know you better, Kevin.
Yeah, me, too.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Uh, see you later.
[Evie laughs] Jesus.
Don't open it till I'm gone, okay?
Uh, why not?
Because it's the greatest
present you ever got
and I don't want you to make a scene.
[laughs]
Happy birthday, Daddy.
- Back by 11:00.
- Yeah.
Erika: Yeah.
[girls laugh]
Let's go, let's go.
- Bye, sweetheart.
- Evie: Bye.
Seat belt.
[girls laugh]
Let's go.
[rumbling]
John! John, wake up!
Holy... oh! Come on!
Let's go.
Give me your hand.
Come on, come on. Watch out.
Michael!
Over here.
Stay in the doorway.
Evie!
- [rumbling stops]
- [car alarms blaring]
Where is she?
[ringing]
Hey, it's Evie. I'm ignoring you,
but I appreciate your persistence.
[beeps]
Hey, it's 3:00 in the morning.
Call us right now.
- Now, did you text her?
- She's not responding.
Just call us, Evangeline.
We need to know where you are.
Hey. John Murphy.
Is Evie there with Taylor?
Taylor didn't come home either.
[phone rings]
Hello?
No, Mr. Trousdale. Violet's not here.
Yes, sir. Thanks.
- You sure?
- They swim out there sometimes.
- I don't know if they go out at night.
- You come with me.
You stay here in case she comes back.
She's never done this before.
She'll come home.
Let's go.
[music playing on car radio]
[ringing]
[phone buzzing]
Hey, it's Evie. I'm ignoring you,
but I appreciate your persistence.
[beeps]
Dad!
The water's gone.
[splashing]
_
Evie.
Evie!
Evie!
Evie!
Evie!
Evie!
[clock ticking]
[cricket chirps]
[music playing]
♪ Don't try to cross that river ♪
♪ That you cannot see ♪
♪ Don't try to tunnel
through that mountain ♪
♪ That may not be ♪
♪ Don't try to bear that burden ♪
♪ That would bring you sorrow ♪
♪ Just let tomorrow be
until tomorrow ♪
♪ Just let tomorrow be
until tomorrow ♪
♪ What and where they all came from ♪
♪ Everybody is worrying
'bout where they're gonna go ♪
♪ When the whole thing's done ♪
♪ But no one knows for certain ♪
♪ So it's all the same to me ♪
♪ Think I'll just
let the mystery be ♪
♪ Some say once gone,
you're gone forever ♪
♪ And some say you're
gonna come back ♪
♪ Some say you rest in
the arms of the Savior ♪
♪ If in sinful ways you lack ♪
♪ Some say that they're
coming back in a garden ♪
♪ Bunch of carrots
and little sweet peas ♪
♪ Think I'll just
let the mystery be ♪
♪ Everybody is wondering ♪
♪ What and where they all came from ♪
♪ Everybody is worrying
'bout where they're gonna go ♪
♪ When the whole thing's done ♪
♪ But no one knows for certain ♪
♪ So it's all the same to me ♪
♪ Think I'll just
let the mystery be ♪
♪ Think I'll just
let the mystery be ♪
[insects chirping]
[distant barking]
[snoring]
[distant howling]
[frogs croaking]
[urinating]
[bird screeches]
[rumbling]
[cries out]
[rocks clattering]
[groaning]
[thunder crashing]
[bird screeches]
[bird screeches]
[screeching]
- [snake rattling]
- [baby crying]
- [grunting]
- [crying continues]
- [snake hisses]
- [grunts]
[shouting]
[crying continues]
[gasping]
[groans]
[panting]
[baby crying]
[groans]
[wheezing]
[baby crying]
[wheezing]
[crying]
[gasping]
[gasping]
[bird screeches]
[gasps]
[fussing]
[crying]
[bird screeches]
[baby fussing]
Girl: One, two, three.
Girl #2: Oh, my God! What am I doing?
Girl: I can do this. I can do this.
[laughter]
- Ready? You ready? Ready?
- Go. Go. Go.
- Go!
- [girls chanting] Jump, jump, jump.
Jump, jump, jump, jump!
[music playing]
- Is it cold?
- It's amazing!
Come on, chickenshits.
- Wanna do it?
- Yeah.
[both scream]
Oh, my God! You bitch!
I'm a bitch?
[all shrieking]
You new?
Sorry?
Why are you sorry?
Oh, I wasn't. I didn't hear you.
What's your name?
Dr. Goodheart.
For real?
For real.
What's your first name?
Brian. What's yours?
Evie.
If I pee in here, it gonna
throw off your measurements?
Leave him alone. You're scaring him.
Shut up.
[girls giggling]
♪ Turn up, turn up,
turn up, turn up ♪
♪ Turn up, turn up, take control ♪
♪ Turn up, turn up, turn up... ♪
Bye, Dr. Goodheart.
Both: Bye, Dr. Goodheart.
♪ Turn up, turn up,
turn up, turn up ♪
♪ Turn up, take control ♪
♪ Turn up, turn up,
turn up, turn up ♪
♪ Turn it up and let it... ♪
- [music playing on car radio]
- [bird cawing]
- [girls laughing]
- Girl: Bye.
[laughs] Okay, bye.
How long you been waiting?
- Just a couple minutes.
- Mm-hmm.
Oh, good God, no! You're no fun.
Yeah, I know.
[laughs]
[music playing]
- They up?
- Just Mom.
- Hey, Mama.
- Hey, babe.
- How was the sleepover?
- Great.
Did you get any sleep?
- Evie: You want me to lie?
- Yes, I want you to lie.
- Did you take your meds?
- Yeah.
Sorry.
Erika: What about choir
practice? You have a ride?
Mm-hmm.
What?
Ah, wait for your father.
I'm starving. Where is he?
- Still in bed.
- Oh, Jesus.
Why does he always sleep in this late?
Erika: Stop eating the bacon.
[clock ticking]
John.
John.
Evie: It really is amazing.
- [kids laughing]
- Shh.
Are you serious?
[all laugh]
- What?
- Man, get out of bed.
You gonna eat that bacon?
Maybe.
Maybe?
Maybe.
And what are the factors
influencing your decision?
Leave his bacon alone.
Girl, if you made more, I wouldn't
have to prey upon my children.
If I made more, your heart'd stop.
You can have some of mine.
Thank you.
I got an hour before I run
my errands. You want to throw?
I have choir practice.
Maybe when I get back?
- [cricket chirps]
- Oh!
- You hear that?
- [cricket chirps]
Oh!
- That's it.
- Please, not again.
- Look, shh.
- You're never gonna find it.
- Shh, where was that?
- Michael: By the dishwasher, I think.
No, no, it's not by the dishwasher.
It sounded like it came
from the dishwasher.
- Erika: It's definitely not by the...
- Hey, if y'all keep talking...
I'm just saying it's
not by the dishwasher.
- Maybe it's in the ceiling.
- You're not gonna find it.
I'm gonna find it.
[cricket chirps]
[dog barking]
[chatter]
[vehicle beeping]
- [Spanish music playing]
- Michael: Hey.
I got eggs and bacon.
There's a letter in there.
I'll take care of it.
[man speaking on megaphone]
- Hey, how you doing, sir?
- I'm good, I'm good. I'm in 121.
Okay, yeah. You can go
ahead and set up over there.
- Okay, thank you.
- Thank you.
[man on megaphone] Just a reminder:
you're now required to check in
before you set up your stall.
- Man: That's for $5.
- How are you?
How y'all doing?
[man on megaphone] Just a reminder:
you're now required to check in
before you set your stalls up.
Folks, please make
sure your vendor number
is clear and visible at your stalls.
_
[man on megaphone] All
right, folks. Two minutes.
We have two minutes till the first load.
_
[rumbling]
[glass rattling]
Fucking frackers.
At least it adds to our mystique.
All right, first bus
coming in, everybody.
First bus coming in.
[honks horn]
[man on megaphone] All right, the
first bus coming in, everybody.
First bus coming in.
[chatter]
- Thank you, Lord.
- Jesus.
- Woman: Thank you, Jesus.
- Woman #2: Thank Jesus.
Woman: Hallelujah. Thank you, God.
- [speaks German]
- How much?
It's whatever you want to give.
[speaking German]
[chuckles]
[speaking German]
This is a test?
No.
[speaking German]
Your water, will it make us safe?
It's just a souvenir.
[speaks German]
Church service is just
past the 18 marker.
Services are an hour
before the last bus leaves.
[both speaking German]
God bless you.
[chattering]
- Woman: Hey!
- Man: There's a line.
- Man #2: People are waiting here.
- I'll just be a minute.
How much is it?
Man: It's $140, if you don't mind.
[crying]
Hey, John.
Isaac.
Uh, didn't mean to interrupt.
Oh, no, it's all right.
We were just finishing up.
It's all right.
And you remember, just after
Thanksgiving, all right?
Thank you, Mr. Rainey.
Oh, oh...
- [woman crying]
- [door opens]
You thirsty? I got lemonade.
Uh, sounds good. Thanks.
Big line.
Seems like business is doing good.
I-I hear you're renting
out your top floor.
Yeah, I filled all the
paperwork out with park services
and they said okay.
Well, if this is gonna
be a two-family residence,
fire code says upstairs
needs a separate entrance
and its own exterior stairwell.
Oh, uh, yeah,
I can get all that done.
I just need a couple weeks.
Oh, no problem. As long as it happens.
So, uh, let's do this.
Sorry?
Your... your thing.
Can you do me?
Oh, you want a reading?
Yeah, a reading.
Okay. Yeah, sure.
Uh, you a lefty or righty?
All right.
Okay, try and focus all your
energy into your hand and...
rest your palm down into the paint
and then press down as hard
as you can on this here paper.
Yup.
Like that.
- Good?
- Yeah, yeah.
- You can lift it.
- Okay.
- Yeah. Got some Wet-Naps there.
- Thank you.
- Paper towel.
- It's a little messy.
[blow-dryer humming]
All right.
- You got a good one.
- Oh, good.
[exhales]
[sighs]
You got a birthday coming up?
Yeah, day after tomorrow.
Oh, happy birthday.
- Thanks.
- Yeah.
[exhales]
What?
- Nothing.
- No, come on.
- What?
- Uh, nothing, man.
- I'm not getting anything off you.
- Tell me.
Something bad is gonna happen.
To you.
Well, shit, Isaac.
That is not ideal.
- [glasses clatter]
- Look, I know why you're here, John.
Yeah, listen, you and me
have known each other
since the third grade, huh?
Now, in all those times,
you've never once mentioned
to me that you had superpowers.
I don't have superpowers.
Well, magic powers.
Come on, man.
It's just the two of us talking.
You and me.
Now, this...
it's all bullshit, right?
[sighs]
I don't know what you
want me to tell you.
I want you to tell me the truth.
John, what I do...
is real.
Ah, well...
I got to respect that.
Oh, and...
how much do I owe you?
- No, man, it's on the house.
- No, no.
60 enough?
Hey, John.
Be careful.
[chuckles] Yeah, I sure will.
[piano playing]
♪ Broken hearts and shattered lives ♪
♪ Like wreckage on the ground ♪
♪ The memories of those poor souls ♪
♪ Who were lost but never found ♪
♪ They shook their fists
and cursed the skies ♪
♪ Demanding explanations ♪
♪ No answers came,
no soothing words ♪
♪ Just silence and frustration ♪
♪ But in Jarden town
the sun shone bright ♪
♪ A miracle ♪
♪ The light of love poured down ♪
♪ It's a miracle ♪
♪ Our hearts are pure,
we knew for sure ♪
♪ A miracle ♪
♪ That God had spared our town ♪
[birds chirping]
Ooh!
Knock, knock.
What?
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Broken pencil.
Broken pencil who?
Never mind. It's pointless.
[train whistle blows]
[laughing]
Come on.
Gentlemen.
- It's three.
- Two and a half.
- Two.
- Three.
Five.
Jesus, John.
What?
Five?
He's selling a lie and
folks are buying it.
It's a five.
Whoa, whoa. Hold up.
- Leave the house, Isaac.
- Isaac: Hold up. What are you doing?
Kitchen's over there. Gas stove.
Whoa, whoa, hey, hey! What are you doing?
John, hold on. John, hold
on. I don't understand.
Oh, you understand.
Okay, okay, what do you want to hear?
This is not real. Okay?
This is all bullshit.
Please. You don't have to do this.
Please, John. Brother, don't do this.
Fuck you, man.
Nah, I ain't leaving.
I'm not leaving my house.
You're gonna have to kill me.
I'm not leaving.
[coughing]
You're gonna need stitches.
I can do it myself or I can refer you
to a plastic surgeon in Austin.
I was born here.
I have a right to be here.
When did he start burning
people's houses down?
Tonight.
You were who you said you were,
you should have seen it coming.
Yeah, well, you tell your husband
I meant what I said.
Ain't no avoiding it.
Avoiding what?
[high-pitched whining]
[clock ticking]
- [clock ticking louder]
- [high-pitched whining stops]
[John snoring]
[panting]
[bird chirping]
- What are you doing?
- Shh!
[cricket chirps]
Must be under something.
- You're not gonna find it.
- No, I am gonna find it.
Well, at least it got you out of bed.
[chuckles] I got out of bed...
so I could join y'all for church.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm, what?
- [cricket chirps]
- God damn it!
Michael: A reading from Thessalonians.
"Now we ask you, brothers,
to give recognition to
those who labor among you
and lead you in the
Lord and admonish you."
Congregation: Yes. Yes.
"And regard them very highly in love
because of their work.
Be at peace among yourselves."
Yes. Yes.
- "Comfort the discouraged."
- Yes!
- "Help the weak."
- Yes!
- "Be patient with everyone."
- All right.
"See to it that no one repays
evil for evil to anyone.
But always pursue what is good."
- Yes!
- That's right.
"For one another and for all."
- Yes!
- Hallelujah!
This is the word of the Lord.
Yes!
We are the 9,261.
We are spared.
All: We are spared.
- And for that, we are grateful.
- All: Amen!
Thank you, Michael.
Just a reminder for y'all,
I'm up in Austin this
week getting my surgery.
So if you are so inclined,
ask of the Lord for competent doctors.
Yes!
And a powerful anesthesia.
[applause]
So I'll miss a few sermons.
But just like my hip, y'all
will get a great replacement.
- All right.
- That's right.
Met him doing some missionary
work down in Brazil.
- He don't know our style...
- That's all right.
...but he knows the Good Book.
Amen, amen.
Better than most.
Certainly better than me.
My friend Matt Jamison.
[applause]
Thank you, Reverend Massey.
I'm so grateful for your kindness
and for letting me be here.
I haven't had the pleasure
of meeting most of you yet.
We've... My wife Mary and I
have only been here for a month or so.
Well, I'm a man of faith.
Amen!
But when I heard about this place,
when I heard about what happened here,
I'd be lying if I told
you I understood it.
Yes, yes.
But I understand it now.
[applause]
Because you've shared your home with me,
I want to share with you
what has happened to us,
to Mary,
who I was told by countless
doctors would never recover.
Thank you, Matt.
We all know what a truly
special place we've got here.
Yes!
Massey: And I know I speak
for everyone here when I say,
welcome, brother.
- Welcome!
- Welcome, sister.
- Praise Jesus.
- Amen!
Now let us bow our heads for a
reading from the Gospel of Luke.
- So nice to have you.
- Thank you.
- Matt: Hi.
- Massey: Thank you, sir. Thank you.
John. So nice to see
your face in there today.
What you talking about,
now? Come on, now, Calvin.
You're gonna make the new reverend
here think I never come to church.
[both laugh]
- John Murphy.
- John, nice to meet you.
Matt Jamison, my wife Mary.
A pleasure, Mary.
Welcome to Jarden.
Now, where you two in from?
Mapleton, New York. It's
just outside the city.
- New York City.
- Ah, figured.
- [laughs]
- Yeah.
- So what were you gonna say up there?
- I'm sorry?
Well, right before
Calvin here cut you off.
Seemed like you were about to
share something about your wife.
Oh. [chuckles]
I was just gonna say that I felt a burden
lift off of us when we came to your town.
For the first time in a
long time, we feel safe.
Well, there's no place
in the world safer.
- Y'all take care.
- Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.
- [music playing]
- [music continues]
- [chattering]
Sorry, I asked for the
bacon on a separate plate.
You got it. I'll bring
that right back for you.
Every time.
Well, it wouldn't be every time
if they'd listen, sweetheart.
"See to it that no one repays
evil for evil to anyone."
Any particular reason
you picked that one?
I didn't pick it.
Readings are predetermined.
What is a Thessalonian anyway?
Someone from Thessalonia.
From Arkansas, right?
[all laugh]
Bacon and eggs separated.
Appreciate it.
[goat bleats]
Jerry, come on.
[goat bleats]
Jerry, please.
Do you have to...
[goat thuds]
[clicks]
Sorry, folks.
Enrique.
[music playing on TV]
Narrator: "Perfect Strangers"
star Mark Linn-Baker
departed on October 14, 2012,
but "Hard 10" tracked him
down to this sleepy village
in the Chihuahua province of Mexico.
Woman: We know you didn't depart, Mark.
Why'd you fake your departure?
No comprende. No comprende.
Woman: We know it's you, Mark.
Mark: No Mark. No Mark esta.
Woman: Mark, tell us why
you did it. Tell us why.
Damn! Damn it!
Narrator #2 on TV: They're gone,
but so much of them is still here.
[music playing]
You've tried to move on,
tried to live a normal life,
but cannot let go because
you haven't known how.
[continues indistinctly]
[spoon rattling]
- Michael: Hey.
- [gasps]
Uh...
my spoon got stuck in
the garbage disposal.
I'm going for a ride.
Other people feed him, you know.
He likes Mom's cooking.
Back by 10:00.
Be safe.
[door opens]
- [cricket chirps]
- [door closes]
- You mail the letter?
- Uh-huh.
Good night.
Man: Get off me! Hey,
we just missed the bus.
Officer: Sure, you did. Head down, sir.
- Ma'am, calm down.
- You can't keep us out.
- Calm down, ma'am.
- Fuck you, man. This is fucking America.
- [Taser crackles]
- Ah!
Man: You can't keep people out, man.
You're not so special. Fuck
your fucking wristbands!
[TV playing]
Hello.
Hi.
You want to pray?
Okay.
[vehicle approaches]
[music playing]
- What's that?
- It's a pie.
- Where'd it come from?
- It was on the porch.
Is it for your birthday?
- I don't know.
- There wasn't a note?
- Just a pie.
- Hmm.
- What kind is it?
- Apple, I think.
- Looks homemade.
- Mm-hmm.
You think someone's trying to poison you?
[laughs] Look at your face.
[laughs]
You know someone just
moved in the Dunbar house.
- A family.
- Just now?
Mm-hmm. Seem nice.
I think we ought to invite
them over for dinner tonight.
You're gonna work on your birthday?
Just being neighborly.
- Hi.
- Hey.
Saw you moving in. I'm John Murphy.
We're right next door.
Here. Welcome.
Oh, thanks. That's so nice. I'm Nora.
Well, I see you got your hands full.
No problem. I got her. Did
you bake this yourself, John?
No, ma'am, I did not.
And who's this?
This is Lily. Say hello
to Mr. Murphy, Lily.
- [coos]
- Hey, Lily.
[banging]
Is everything all right in there?
Fine, we're just moving
in. You know, chaos.
Of course. Well, I'll leave you to it.
Just wanted to invite
you all over tonight.
Having a little barbecue for my birthday.
That's so... We don't want
to crash your birthday.
No, no pressure. Just drop by if you can.
Thank you.
- Bye-bye.
- Bye, Lily.
You ask them if they eat meat?
I told them it was a barbecue.
If they don't eat meat, that would
have been the time to tell me.
Violet wants to know
when she can pick me up.
Well, you tell Violet
that you will text her
as soon as I authorize you to do so.
Nora: Hello!
Sorry, we rang the doorbell,
but nobody answered.
We're back here. Come on down.
It's Kevin. You're John, right?
Right. Right. This is Erika.
- Hi. Hi.
- Hi, Erika. How are you? Nice to meet you.
Evie, Michael, introduce yourselves.
- How you doing?
- Michael.
- I'm Nora.
- Nice to meet you.
- Hi.
- Hey.
- So are we early, or...
- No, right on time.
Oh, I thought this was a birthday party.
It is. We don't have any friends.
[laughing]
- Erika: Who is this?
- Nora: This is Lily.
Erika: Well, hello, Lily.
- [laughter, chattering]
- ♪ I don't need sunglasses ♪
♪ Ain't no sun without you, baby... ♪
- She's adorable.
- Thank you.
Is she adopted or did
your mom fuck a black dude?
Evie!
[laughs]
[laughs]
You don't need that anymore.
You guys bought the house, right?
Yeah, but they said that we should
leave them on for a couple weeks
so the park rangers don't
bother us or something.
Your daughter is good with a baby.
That's got to be nice.
Oh, she's not mine. She's Kevin's.
Oh, well, she's pretty.
So is he.
His secret is moisturizing.
[laughs]
So you have family around here?
- Sorry?
- In Jarden.
I figured someone must have
tipped you off about the house.
Real estate moves
pretty quick around here.
Oh, no, we were just in the
right place at the right time.
I have a brother, Matt Jamison.
He and his wife came out
here a couple months ago.
He's helping out in the
Baptist church. You know him?
I just met him yesterday. Small world.
Kevin: Cake looks good.
Well, she works the grill, I bake.
[laughs]
Now, what happened to your head?
I fell.
Can I... can I put
these in the fridge?
Absolutely.
You want one?
Uh, nah. I don't drink.
But help yourself.
Okay.
What?
What? What?
Oh, what were you looking at?
I was just looking at your
couch in the other room.
We had one just like it.
[can pops]
[laughter]
So I step on the carpet
and I feel this squish.
I walk around the corner
and trickling down the steps
like a fancy fountain is water,
- but in my house.
- [laughing]
So I'm walking up these steps.
And you know when you
feel like it's a bad idea,
but you do it anyway?
I open the bathroom door
and this wave comes out.
A little one, but a wave.
And this one is standing in the bathtub
with her arms out like Moses
and this one's up on the sink
trying his hardest not to get wet.
And he just looks at me
with this serious face
and goes, "Evie wanted to
know what would happen."
[laughing]
Gets funnier every time, Mama.
- Nora: How old were they?
- Five.
And they're lucky they made it to six.
That must have been fun to come home to.
Well, I was in prison.
Oh, yeah? Well, how
long were you there for?
Six years, 119 days.
[chuckles]
They think you're kidding.
Oh, sorry, no. I really was.
Travis County Unit.
Go ahead.
- Go ahead and ask.
- What?
What I did. It's what
everybody wants to know.
- Oh, that's none of our business.
- What'd you do?
Huh.
Attempted murder.
What happened?
Well, didn't try hard enough.
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
♪ Happy birthday, dear John ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
Shit.
Evie. Evie. Evie.
Come back, Evie.
Evie, come back.
Evie, come on, baby.
Evie, come back, baby.
- I went away?
- Mm-hmm.
Um, she has epilepsy.
This doesn't happen unless
she forgets to take her meds.
Sorry. I-I ruined your cake.
No, no, no, no. It's...
I burnt it anyway.
No.
The pie! They brought us a pie.
It's on the kitchen counter.
Will you run and get it?
Yep. Yeah, I'll grab it.
Do you have any more candles?
Uh... uh... let me check.
Babe, do we have any
more candles back there?
- ♪ You don't wanna, yeah... ♪
- [car horn honks]
Erika: Whenever you need
an extra pair of hands,
you just bring this beautiful thing over.
You'll be sorry you said that.
Thank you.
Thank you so much for having us.
Thank you for stopping by.
I'm looking forward to getting
to know you better, Kevin.
Yeah, me, too.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Uh, see you later.
[Evie laughs] Jesus.
Don't open it till I'm gone, okay?
Uh, why not?
Because it's the greatest
present you ever got
and I don't want you to make a scene.
[laughs]
Happy birthday, Daddy.
- Back by 11:00.
- Yeah.
Erika: Yeah.
[girls laugh]
Let's go, let's go.
- Bye, sweetheart.
- Evie: Bye.
Seat belt.
[girls laugh]
Let's go.
[rumbling]
John! John, wake up!
Holy... oh! Come on!
Let's go.
Give me your hand.
Come on, come on. Watch out.
Michael!
Over here.
Stay in the doorway.
Evie!
- [rumbling stops]
- [car alarms blaring]
Where is she?
[ringing]
Hey, it's Evie. I'm ignoring you,
but I appreciate your persistence.
[beeps]
Hey, it's 3:00 in the morning.
Call us right now.
- Now, did you text her?
- She's not responding.
Just call us, Evangeline.
We need to know where you are.
Hey. John Murphy.
Is Evie there with Taylor?
Taylor didn't come home either.
[phone rings]
Hello?
No, Mr. Trousdale. Violet's not here.
Yes, sir. Thanks.
- You sure?
- They swim out there sometimes.
- I don't know if they go out at night.
- You come with me.
You stay here in case she comes back.
She's never done this before.
She'll come home.
Let's go.
[music playing on car radio]
[ringing]
[phone buzzing]
Hey, it's Evie. I'm ignoring you,
but I appreciate your persistence.
[beeps]
Dad!
The water's gone.
[splashing]
_
Evie.
Evie!
Evie!
Evie!
Evie!
Evie!
[clock ticking]
[cricket chirps]
[music playing]
♪ Don't try to cross that river ♪
♪ That you cannot see ♪
♪ Don't try to tunnel
through that mountain ♪
♪ That may not be ♪
♪ Don't try to bear that burden ♪
♪ That would bring you sorrow ♪
♪ Just let tomorrow be
until tomorrow ♪
♪ Just let tomorrow be
until tomorrow ♪