Wolf Pack (2023–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - From a Spark To a Flame - full transcript
- All right, Everett,
if your eyes are closed,
all you need to do is
concentrate on your breath.
- Sorry.
- You don't have to apologize.
Notice the sound. Let it go.
Come back to your breath.
- Maybe I should
take another Ativan.
I only had one so far.
- Did you run this morning?
- Three miles.
- Yoga?
- 20 minutes.
- Then you're doing
everything right.
- But what if I just
took a 1/4 of a pill?
- Everett, you know
what I'm gonna say.
I know, I know, I know.
I'm supposed to push
through the anxiety.
Tell myself it's not gonna last,
it's not gonna kill me.
And it's-it's
actually just evidence
of my body working
at peak condition.
But I'm pretty
sure peak condition
doesn't feel like there's
a giant fucking weight
crushing me, so can I please
just take another Ativan?
- Listen, I'm gonna
have to call you back.
They're evacuating my building.
You're not anywhere
near this fire, are you?
What is that?
Everett?
Are you still there?
Can you hear me?
What is that?
- Everett, can you see the fire?
Yeah. I can see it.
Connor... Hey, Connor,
why are we stopped?
Nobody knows.
Look at that shit out there.
If we have to run, I'm screwed.
- Everyone get
back in your seats.
You guys really aren't
supposed to be up
in the middle of the aisle.
Look at that car.
Huh?
Oh. See that car?
There's no one behind the wheel
like the driver
abandoned their car.
Maybe they're coming back.
- Maybe they didn't want to
burn to death in their car.
Wait, look.
I don't think he's coming back.
Oh, um, it's called
psychogenic tremor.
I've got-got anxiety.
- Doesn't everyone?
- Not like me.
It's from the school.
- You lose your phone?
- Oh, I don't have one.
- You don't have a phone?
- What's the text say?
- What, are you, like, not
allowed to have a phone?
- No. I just... I choose
not to. It's a thing.
You wouldn't get it.
What's the text say?
Classes are cancelled.
They're shutting down all
the schools near the fire.
Wait, why wouldn't I get it?
It's personal preference.
I don't have a phone,
no computer, no email.
Everyone's got a thing.
I've got a thing about phones
and you have a psychotic tremor.
It's psychogenic tremor.
What's the difference?
I'm not psychotic.
You sure about that?
- They're evacuating
Altadena and Eagle Rock.
- I live in Altadena.
- Did you say Eagle Rock?
Atwater Village, too.
- But they're doing
that to be safe, right?
It doesn't mean our houses
are actually burning down.
If they're saying evacuate,
I think they're pretty worried
about shit burning down.
- Hey, Phoebe, can I borrow
your phone for a sec?
I just need to send a
message to my brother.
For real?
You don't talk to
me for over a year
and now you want to
be friends again?
- No, I-I just want
to borrow your phone.
You're unbelievable.
- You need to open
the door right now.
- If I let all of you
run out into the street,
- I could lose my job.
- We could lose our lives.
I kind of think
that's more important
than your shitty
minimum wage job.
- Can you stop
recording me, please?
- Fuck no. This is
evidence for my parents
when they come pull my
dead body out of here.
- I'm trying to do
the right thing.
- So am I which I
why I'm posting this
so people know who killed
a bus full of high
school students.
What the fuck is your problem?
- What?
- Don't go out there, Austin.
Don't go out there.
- What is that?
- Move out of the way!
Back up. Back up. Back up!
Get out of the way!
Move, guys!
- Get out!
- Come on!
Go this way!
Just leave everything!
- Here. Here. Come on.
- Oh, thanks.
- Come on! Back to the bus.
- What?
There's something
out...
Austin? Austin!
Oh, fuck.
Holy shit.
- Run. Are you stupid? Run!
Shit, Diesel.
Seriously?
Every day? Every single day?
- There you are. I've
been trying to reach you.
Why can't you carry a cell phone
like a normal fucking teenager?
- If you want me to be a
normal fucking teenager,
why don't you try not
using the word "fucking"
when talking to your teenager.
- You should have been here
helping with your brother.
Danny? Danny, look at me.
Look.
- It's okay.
- Look, everyone's saying
the shelters are
filling up fast.
And there's no way I'm
paying for a hotel.
I'm going.
Jacket. Wet.
Don't worry. I'm okay.
Con...
Do you know
what kind of animal bit you?
I said do you know what
kind of animal bit you?
A wolf.
It was a wolf.
Let's go.
Let's go, let's go.
- Where's Danny?
- Shit.
Weren't you watching him?
- Stay here. I'll
take care of this.
- Christ's sake, Blake, we
don't have time for this.
- Where do you
think you're going?
- There.
- Come on. Let's go.
I said let's go.
Look there.
- You have to speak in
complete sentences, Danny.
Now let's go.
No. Look.
Let's go.
- Hey. Nice to see you a
little more lucid, Everett.
Well, we don't have
any burns from the fire
but you do have a
rather nasty bite
from an animal.
It did look quite a bit
worse when he came in, right?
- Maybe it was all the blood
and the wound wasn't that deep.
- Well, you're pretty
lucky, Everett.
There was quite an
accident on the highway.
Sounds like there were
a lot of car crashes
and animals running everywhere.
- The ram...
- Bighorn sheep. Horses too.
A few stables burned down
and sent them all
running to the hills.
Hey, I want you to relax, okay?
The worst is over.
- So what about
your other friends?
Do you know anybody who
made it here to the hospital
from the highway?
Uh, everybody ran.
Th-there was one. Blake.
- He a friend of yours?
- She. And no.
Not-not really. I mean,
most of my friends
- are online.
- Mm. Okay.
Well, don't worry, kiddo.
We called your parents.
- My parents?
They're coming here?
- That's what happens
when we call the parents.
And they're usually pretty happy
- to know that you're okay.
- No, no. Not my parents.
- I'm sure everything
will be fine.
Okay.
Hey, the phone's ringing.
The phone?
Um, hello?
Get out of the hospital.
- Who is this?
- Leave the hospital now.
- Grab your things and go.
- What? Why?
It's going to find you.
It's going to keep
coming, Everett.
How do you know my name?
- It can't move as
easily in daylight.
But it will move and
it will come for you.
Why is this happening to me?
You were bitten.
It has to find you before
the next full moon.
What does it want?
To kill you...
before the full moon.
- There he is. Jesus, Everett,
what were you thinking?
Ev!
Dad, how far is the shelter?
- Two miles. May
as well be 200.
Never gonna get
through this traffic.
Maybe we should get a hotel.
- Can't afford a hotel.
- Okay, a motel.
- We can't afford a camping
tent right now, Blake.
- Danny, here, take
your fidget cube.
Look, I've got some cash.
I can help pay for a motel.
- Could you stop kicking
my goddamn seat, Danny?
- There's a motel 1/2
a mile down Verdugo.
It's $40 a night.
- How exactly would
you know that?
You really want to know?
Forget I asked.
- How about I give
you two options,
you tell me which
one you like better.
Option A, I fucked a
guy there one night.
- Do not do this
in front of Danny.
Option B...
I used my fake ID to
get Danny and I a room
when you and mom were
fighting for six hours
and didn't even
notice we were gone.
And still didn't
noticed after she left
and you got drunk.
When we got back in the morning,
you also didn't notice
because you were passed
out and hungover.
I'll take
option A, thanks.
- How about you just
take us to the motel?
Fuck this.
- Hey! Hey, what
are you doing, man?
- Everett, I want you
to take a sip of this.
It has electrolytes.
- I'm okay. I just
got lightheaded.
You really should have stayed
and waited for the
emergency responders.
- Come on, Kendra.
Ease up on him.
It's called hyperbole.
If my son can exaggerate
a minor scratch
into a mortal wound, then I
get to embellish a little too.
- It's not a minor scratch.
- Nothing's minor with you.
- Did they even show
you? Did you look at it?
Here. Look.
- Oh, for God's sake, Everett.
That's not even gonna scar.
- You can't see it.
- I can see it fine.
Ask your father.
- Oh, I don't know, Ev.
Maybe a little scar.
- Wait, there's a
girl. She got bit too.
The same thing's probably
happening to her.
- What girl?
- You met a girl?
No. I mean, like, I know her.
We have a couple
classes together.
Her name's Blake.
We should find her.
- We need to get out of here.
- No, no, no.
- Lie down.
- No, you're right.
You're right. It's just
a scratch. I'm fine.
- No, no, no. Come on, Ev.
You passed out twice.
They have to monitor you.
- You're not going anywhere.
- No, we need to get
out of here before night,
before it gets too dark.
It already is night.
- They gave you a sedative.
- What?
You've been out a long time.
Go.
L.A. highway...
- Between victims in a
violent and deadly scene.
- Want to help me, please?
- Danny, come on.
- We don't have...
- Let's settle, okay?
- The exact numbers, but
our sources have confirmed
there have been multiple deaths
from animal attacks
apparently as a direct
result of the wildfires.
Authorities are warning citizens
to be on the lookout
for bears, coyotes,
and other animals driven
out of their dens.
Many of them are simply
scared and injured.
But as we all know,
fear and pain...
Fear and pain.
- Can result in
lethal consequences.
Okay, if we lose the house,
if it all burns down, where
are we supposed to go?
Is there a government
program for that?
Uh, who can I call?
I-I've got two kids here.
I've got a young child
with autism, okay?
What? No I can't hold.
Yeah, thank you too.
Um, okay.
Uh, listen, I-I think
maybe I should take
you guys to your mom's.
Uh, though I'm pretty sure
she won't pick up if I call.
- We're not going to Mom's.
- How about if you call?
She'll pick up if...
If she sees it's
you, she'll pick up.
She's not gonna know it's me.
Oh, right. No phone.
- Stop it.
- Skin.
- Use complete sentences
like we talked about.
I can't respond unless
you help me understand.
- Your skin.
- No.
Don't you think I know
how bad my skin looks?
Danny, stop.
Your skin.
- I can't believe how
tall the flames...
- I gotta run.
- Where the hell are you going?
- I'm coming right back.
- Blake, wait.
- The highway?
What's going on?
I've been a piece of shit.
I know.
Give me a break, please?
Everything's falling apart
and I-I don't know what to do.
I'm just looking
for a little help
so I can take care of
you and Danny, all right?
- I can take care of myself.
- Yeah, I know.
I know. And you can
take care of Danny too.
Better than I ever can.
Please, just help me out.
Okay?
I'll be right back.
Whoo!
Show me again!
Did you like my set?
- Yeah, I did. Especially
that last track.
I can't believe you
used an actual 2-2-4
- instead of a plugin.
- How'd you hear that?
I hear a lot of things.
- You some type of music
prodigy or something?
No. I just know what I like.
How old are you, anyway?
Don't worry.
I'm not, like, high
school or anything.
Follow me.
- ♪ Just want to
be closer to you ♪
♪ Just want to be
closer to you ♪
♪ Just want to be
closer to you ♪
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ Yeah, it's like whoa ♪
♪ So, like, whoa ♪
♪ Just popped her kidney I
bought a million options ♪
♪ Of the stock and I
stopped doing the green ♪
♪ Man, I rock arenas,
bringing the peace ♪
♪ I'm bumping that
Pac in the car ♪
♪ Pretending I got
all the eyes on me ♪
♪ Got a bad baby and
she's independent ♪
♪ Too many people
older than me ♪
♪ That's seeking attention ♪
♪ When they warned me
about the goofies, man ♪
♪ I should have listened ♪
She a friend of yours?
No. She's my sister.
- He looked nice.
What's his name?
Fuck off.
- Is that his
first or last name?
- Look, he doesn't know
my name either, all right?
- Dad isn't responding to texts.
So?
- So I think he
might be missing.
He's a park ranger.
They don't go missing in
the middle of the woods.
It doesn't feel right.
- Come on, Luna. You
know what happens.
Sometime tomorrow
he's gonna come
stumbling through the front door
covered in ash and fall
asleep on the couch.
And then he's gonna wake up
coughing like he's got pneumonia
and go and do it again.
Look, can you just let it go?
It's Friday night.
This party only
happens once a month.
- He's our father.
- Yeah, but not our real one.
- I didn't say that.
- Yeah, you kind of did.
Look, are you gonna
help me find him or not?
Fine. I'll find him myself.
My sense of smell is
better tonight anyway.
Hey, wait.
Wait!
- How much better?
- A lot. Why?
- My hearing is turned up to 10.
It's never been this good.
Not even on a full moon.
Same with me.
But the full moon isn't
for another two nights.
- How many times
did you text Dad?
I don't know. A lot.
- If we went out
there, do you think
you'd be able to smell
anything besides smoke?
Yeah, that's why I need you.
I need your hearing.
- You know what a fire
that big sounds like?
Like a jet engine throttling up.
They found his truck.
But not him?
You the head nurse?
No, but I can try to help.
- Do you actually know anything
or are you gonna waste my time?
- I'm Investigator
Ramsey with the LAFD.
And this blunt
instrument of the LAPD
is Officer Jang.
We're part of a joint taskforce
investigating the wildfires.
We're looking for anyone
who came in recently
that was injured on the
freeway this morning.
Especially the kids who
were on that school bus.
Yeah, we got one of them.
Walked in on his own.
Lang. Everett Lang.
- Why would the police
want to talk to him?
It's not just the police.
It's an investigator
from the fire department.
You know what that means, right?
Arson.
Middleton Road.
What? You're not gonna bark?
Come. Come on.
All this time we could
have been friends, huh?
- How bad is it?
- It's not great.
We think it might
have been caught
in stampede that went
through the freeway
this morning.
Whether your dad was
actually in the truck
is anyone's guess.
Remember, it probably
looks worse than it is.
These animals were
scared and desperate.
Most of them were on fire
when they came out of the woods.
What kind of animals?
- Bears, big horns,
mountain lions.
What about wolves?
A wolf couldn't have done that.
Whoa!
- What the fuck
are you doing here?
- Looking for you.
- Why?
- Because we need to talk
and you don't have a phone.
I don't have a phone
'cause I don't need to
talk to people like you.
Oh, shit. Your house.
This is your house, isn't it?
Well,
this was my house.
- There are fires every year.
- Not like this one.
You heard what they
said on the news.
This is the worst
fire in 18 years.
Just like the one
when Garrett found us.
What if this time he
found someone else?
Our real father.
It's what
you wanted, right?
Like you don't?
- I don't want someone
who abandoned us
- 18 years ago.
- But you're the one
always saying you don't feel
like you've found your pack.
Like, no one gets us and
that all you've ever wanted
is to find someone like you.
Well, now's your chance, Luna.
If he's come back,
if he's really still alive,
and...
And if he did that...
Then he's coming for both of us.
Sorry you lost everything.
I don't care.
It doesn't mean anything.
- Nothing? Like,
not even one thing?
Nope.
It's my brother
who's gonna care.
- He's, um... He's
got Asperger's, right?
- No one has Asperger's anymore.
It all falls under ASD,
Autism Spectrum Disorder.
As long as he sticks
to his rituals,
he's actually pretty
high-functioning.
What rituals?
Anytime he walks into a room,
if there's a TV, he
has to turn it on
to make sure it works.
And it has to be
playing the news.
- Well, what if it's not?
- He gets anxious.
Then he has a meltdown...
Screaming, crying.
Sometimes he hits himself.
- How come you didn't
go to the hospital?
How come you didn't stay?
- Someone called me
and told me to leave.
He said it was gonna
try and kill me again.
And it had to do it
before the next full moon.
- You should definitely
go back to the hospital.
Probably a psychiatric hospital.
No. I know what I saw.
People died and it
wasn't because of a fire.
Our bus driver was one of them.
- Renata.
- Who?
- Our bus driver.
Her name was Renata.
Look.
- You see that?
- See what?
Everyone who looks at
it says it's healing
and it probably won't even scar.
That's not what you see, is it?
- Look.
- I see it.
No, no, no. Not the bite.
Holy shit.
I can see my abs.
Can you see my abs?
Yeah. Congratulations.
- I look like I put on
ten pounds of muscle.
- You want me to
take a progress pic?
- No, no, no. I mean
I look like I put on
ten pounds of muscle
in the last two hours.
Wait, your skin.
Look at your skin.
You used to have
acne scars, right?
- Whatever's going on
with you, I can't help.
I have my own shit to deal with.
You and me, we're not in
this together, all right?
- I'm-I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have
said it like that.
Go!
Ahh!
Other way.
For fuck's
sake, just go!
What, you hear something?
Just the fire.
Do you smell something?
It's gonna be okay.
He knows how to
survive a wildfire.
- I'm not worried
about the fire.
This is Garrett Briggs.
I'm a Los Angeles park ranger.
This is a message for my
kids, Harlan and Luna.
Hey, guys.
I don't know if I'm gonna
make it out of here.
And if I don't,
I wanted to make sure
there's a message.
You know I love you.
But there's been things...
a lot of things I haven't said.
Luna, I want you to know
that things are gonna change,
all right?
I know you haven't made
the kind of friends
you were hoping to find
the last few years.
I know how lonely
you feel sometimes.
But I don't want you to
worry about high school.
I promise you, you'll
find your people.
You'll find your pack.
Harlan, look...
I know all we do
right now is argue.
And I'm sorry I couldn't
figure out how to fix that.
Do me a favor and remember
when... when things were good
between us.
Remember all the books
we read together.
Same ones over and over.
Remember that I took you
to every R-rated horror
movie you ever wanted to see
even though you were only ten...
And I was the one who
ended up having nightmares.
Remember that I love you...
even though I'm not your...
Even though you don't
see me as your real...
Fuck.
Come on, Garrett.
Come on.
Get up, you asshole.
They need you.
They need you.
- Are you... are
you okay, Blake?
- What the fuck was that?
What's happening to us?
What-what's happening to me?
- Just... you just
try to breathe, okay?
- What, like I'm having a
panic attack or something?
- Probably an anxiety attack.
- What's the difference?
- There's a
difference, trust me.
- No, no, no, no. I
don't get anxiety attacks
or panic attacks or whatever
the fuck this is, okay?
I'm just... I'm freaking out.
You know, sometimes
people freak out.
- Yeah. They also
have anxiety attacks.
Just try and breathe
in to seven and then out to 11.
Try shutting the fuck up.
- No, you could
try Lion's Breath.
- What the fuck
is Lion's Breath?
- It's-it's yoga.
It's Simhasana.
It-it can ease anxiety
and reduce panic attacks.
Yoga? You want me to do yoga?
- No. Just the breathing.
Just the breath.
- Try it with me.
- No.
- Try it!
- Fuck you.
- Listen, you open
your eyes wide,
stick your tongue out,
keep saying "Hah"
with as much energy
and force as possible.
- I c... I ca...
I can't breathe.
- No, you can do
it. Just do it once.
- I can't breathe.
- You can do it. Just once.
Just once. Okay?
I'll do it with you.
Look at me. Blake.
Eyes wide.
Tongue out.
One, two... both: Hah!
Okay. Do it again.
Hah!
Did it work? Even a little?
You feel calmer?
I don't know. Maybe.
A little. Yeah.
I should probably teach
my brother how to do that.
I have to go.
My father and brother
have no idea where I am.
- Wait, we need to
figure this out.
You think that thing just
showing up at your house
was a coincidence?
- Wherever you go, I guarantee
it shows up there too.
You want to lead
it right to them?
- It was an animal.
- That wasn't an animal.
It was just a stupid animal.
It doesn't know what
motel I'm staying at.
We were bitten.
I know what it was. You do too.
- I don't.
- You do.
- No, I don't.
- Yes. You do.
- Everett, this
is Kristin Ramsey.
I'm in investigator
with the LAFD.
Everett, can you hear me?
It's okay.
You don't have to talk to
me if you don't want to.
But I would like you
to listen for a moment.
I know you're shaken up
by what happened today.
You went through something
pretty terrifying.
You saw people die.
But I need your help, Everett.
I need you to help me figure out
who's responsible for the deaths
of several people.
That includes some
of your friends
who were on that school bus.
You're gonna hear that
the police suspect arson.
But that's only
part of the truth.
Because it's not
just a suspicion.
I know for certain this
fire was caused by arson.
I can tell you I'm certain
of one other thing.
The arsonist is a teenager.
Might even be someone
you go to school with.
In fact, it's quite possible
this teenager was on
that bus with you.
Do you understand that, Everett?
The arsonist I'm looking for
might have been sitting
right next to you,
watching the fire
from the windows...
Watching people burn to death.
A student. Teenager.
Just like you.
- Luna?
- Everett?
- They're the twins from
school, Harlan and Luna.
What are you doing out here?
What are you doing out here?
- You seeing this?
- Yeah, I see it.
- Your eyes are glowing.
- So are yours.
This never happens to us.
- What never happens?
- Any of this.
But it's happening now.
- What? What's happening?
- Luna, stop.
- Tell us.
- We don't even know them.
Why is this happening?
Because we're all here.
All together...
under the moon.
Something bit you.
- Don't say it.
- You're like us now.
Don't.
Just like us.
Werewolves.
I just wanna know one thing.
Did something bite you?
You're not safe.
- You saw what he did
to Garrett's truck.
What do you think
he's gonna be like
on the night of a full moon?
- Glad we could
catch you this time.
if your eyes are closed,
all you need to do is
concentrate on your breath.
- Sorry.
- You don't have to apologize.
Notice the sound. Let it go.
Come back to your breath.
- Maybe I should
take another Ativan.
I only had one so far.
- Did you run this morning?
- Three miles.
- Yoga?
- 20 minutes.
- Then you're doing
everything right.
- But what if I just
took a 1/4 of a pill?
- Everett, you know
what I'm gonna say.
I know, I know, I know.
I'm supposed to push
through the anxiety.
Tell myself it's not gonna last,
it's not gonna kill me.
And it's-it's
actually just evidence
of my body working
at peak condition.
But I'm pretty
sure peak condition
doesn't feel like there's
a giant fucking weight
crushing me, so can I please
just take another Ativan?
- Listen, I'm gonna
have to call you back.
They're evacuating my building.
You're not anywhere
near this fire, are you?
What is that?
Everett?
Are you still there?
Can you hear me?
What is that?
- Everett, can you see the fire?
Yeah. I can see it.
Connor... Hey, Connor,
why are we stopped?
Nobody knows.
Look at that shit out there.
If we have to run, I'm screwed.
- Everyone get
back in your seats.
You guys really aren't
supposed to be up
in the middle of the aisle.
Look at that car.
Huh?
Oh. See that car?
There's no one behind the wheel
like the driver
abandoned their car.
Maybe they're coming back.
- Maybe they didn't want to
burn to death in their car.
Wait, look.
I don't think he's coming back.
Oh, um, it's called
psychogenic tremor.
I've got-got anxiety.
- Doesn't everyone?
- Not like me.
It's from the school.
- You lose your phone?
- Oh, I don't have one.
- You don't have a phone?
- What's the text say?
- What, are you, like, not
allowed to have a phone?
- No. I just... I choose
not to. It's a thing.
You wouldn't get it.
What's the text say?
Classes are cancelled.
They're shutting down all
the schools near the fire.
Wait, why wouldn't I get it?
It's personal preference.
I don't have a phone,
no computer, no email.
Everyone's got a thing.
I've got a thing about phones
and you have a psychotic tremor.
It's psychogenic tremor.
What's the difference?
I'm not psychotic.
You sure about that?
- They're evacuating
Altadena and Eagle Rock.
- I live in Altadena.
- Did you say Eagle Rock?
Atwater Village, too.
- But they're doing
that to be safe, right?
It doesn't mean our houses
are actually burning down.
If they're saying evacuate,
I think they're pretty worried
about shit burning down.
- Hey, Phoebe, can I borrow
your phone for a sec?
I just need to send a
message to my brother.
For real?
You don't talk to
me for over a year
and now you want to
be friends again?
- No, I-I just want
to borrow your phone.
You're unbelievable.
- You need to open
the door right now.
- If I let all of you
run out into the street,
- I could lose my job.
- We could lose our lives.
I kind of think
that's more important
than your shitty
minimum wage job.
- Can you stop
recording me, please?
- Fuck no. This is
evidence for my parents
when they come pull my
dead body out of here.
- I'm trying to do
the right thing.
- So am I which I
why I'm posting this
so people know who killed
a bus full of high
school students.
What the fuck is your problem?
- What?
- Don't go out there, Austin.
Don't go out there.
- What is that?
- Move out of the way!
Back up. Back up. Back up!
Get out of the way!
Move, guys!
- Get out!
- Come on!
Go this way!
Just leave everything!
- Here. Here. Come on.
- Oh, thanks.
- Come on! Back to the bus.
- What?
There's something
out...
Austin? Austin!
Oh, fuck.
Holy shit.
- Run. Are you stupid? Run!
Shit, Diesel.
Seriously?
Every day? Every single day?
- There you are. I've
been trying to reach you.
Why can't you carry a cell phone
like a normal fucking teenager?
- If you want me to be a
normal fucking teenager,
why don't you try not
using the word "fucking"
when talking to your teenager.
- You should have been here
helping with your brother.
Danny? Danny, look at me.
Look.
- It's okay.
- Look, everyone's saying
the shelters are
filling up fast.
And there's no way I'm
paying for a hotel.
I'm going.
Jacket. Wet.
Don't worry. I'm okay.
Con...
Do you know
what kind of animal bit you?
I said do you know what
kind of animal bit you?
A wolf.
It was a wolf.
Let's go.
Let's go, let's go.
- Where's Danny?
- Shit.
Weren't you watching him?
- Stay here. I'll
take care of this.
- Christ's sake, Blake, we
don't have time for this.
- Where do you
think you're going?
- There.
- Come on. Let's go.
I said let's go.
Look there.
- You have to speak in
complete sentences, Danny.
Now let's go.
No. Look.
Let's go.
- Hey. Nice to see you a
little more lucid, Everett.
Well, we don't have
any burns from the fire
but you do have a
rather nasty bite
from an animal.
It did look quite a bit
worse when he came in, right?
- Maybe it was all the blood
and the wound wasn't that deep.
- Well, you're pretty
lucky, Everett.
There was quite an
accident on the highway.
Sounds like there were
a lot of car crashes
and animals running everywhere.
- The ram...
- Bighorn sheep. Horses too.
A few stables burned down
and sent them all
running to the hills.
Hey, I want you to relax, okay?
The worst is over.
- So what about
your other friends?
Do you know anybody who
made it here to the hospital
from the highway?
Uh, everybody ran.
Th-there was one. Blake.
- He a friend of yours?
- She. And no.
Not-not really. I mean,
most of my friends
- are online.
- Mm. Okay.
Well, don't worry, kiddo.
We called your parents.
- My parents?
They're coming here?
- That's what happens
when we call the parents.
And they're usually pretty happy
- to know that you're okay.
- No, no. Not my parents.
- I'm sure everything
will be fine.
Okay.
Hey, the phone's ringing.
The phone?
Um, hello?
Get out of the hospital.
- Who is this?
- Leave the hospital now.
- Grab your things and go.
- What? Why?
It's going to find you.
It's going to keep
coming, Everett.
How do you know my name?
- It can't move as
easily in daylight.
But it will move and
it will come for you.
Why is this happening to me?
You were bitten.
It has to find you before
the next full moon.
What does it want?
To kill you...
before the full moon.
- There he is. Jesus, Everett,
what were you thinking?
Ev!
Dad, how far is the shelter?
- Two miles. May
as well be 200.
Never gonna get
through this traffic.
Maybe we should get a hotel.
- Can't afford a hotel.
- Okay, a motel.
- We can't afford a camping
tent right now, Blake.
- Danny, here, take
your fidget cube.
Look, I've got some cash.
I can help pay for a motel.
- Could you stop kicking
my goddamn seat, Danny?
- There's a motel 1/2
a mile down Verdugo.
It's $40 a night.
- How exactly would
you know that?
You really want to know?
Forget I asked.
- How about I give
you two options,
you tell me which
one you like better.
Option A, I fucked a
guy there one night.
- Do not do this
in front of Danny.
Option B...
I used my fake ID to
get Danny and I a room
when you and mom were
fighting for six hours
and didn't even
notice we were gone.
And still didn't
noticed after she left
and you got drunk.
When we got back in the morning,
you also didn't notice
because you were passed
out and hungover.
I'll take
option A, thanks.
- How about you just
take us to the motel?
Fuck this.
- Hey! Hey, what
are you doing, man?
- Everett, I want you
to take a sip of this.
It has electrolytes.
- I'm okay. I just
got lightheaded.
You really should have stayed
and waited for the
emergency responders.
- Come on, Kendra.
Ease up on him.
It's called hyperbole.
If my son can exaggerate
a minor scratch
into a mortal wound, then I
get to embellish a little too.
- It's not a minor scratch.
- Nothing's minor with you.
- Did they even show
you? Did you look at it?
Here. Look.
- Oh, for God's sake, Everett.
That's not even gonna scar.
- You can't see it.
- I can see it fine.
Ask your father.
- Oh, I don't know, Ev.
Maybe a little scar.
- Wait, there's a
girl. She got bit too.
The same thing's probably
happening to her.
- What girl?
- You met a girl?
No. I mean, like, I know her.
We have a couple
classes together.
Her name's Blake.
We should find her.
- We need to get out of here.
- No, no, no.
- Lie down.
- No, you're right.
You're right. It's just
a scratch. I'm fine.
- No, no, no. Come on, Ev.
You passed out twice.
They have to monitor you.
- You're not going anywhere.
- No, we need to get
out of here before night,
before it gets too dark.
It already is night.
- They gave you a sedative.
- What?
You've been out a long time.
Go.
L.A. highway...
- Between victims in a
violent and deadly scene.
- Want to help me, please?
- Danny, come on.
- We don't have...
- Let's settle, okay?
- The exact numbers, but
our sources have confirmed
there have been multiple deaths
from animal attacks
apparently as a direct
result of the wildfires.
Authorities are warning citizens
to be on the lookout
for bears, coyotes,
and other animals driven
out of their dens.
Many of them are simply
scared and injured.
But as we all know,
fear and pain...
Fear and pain.
- Can result in
lethal consequences.
Okay, if we lose the house,
if it all burns down, where
are we supposed to go?
Is there a government
program for that?
Uh, who can I call?
I-I've got two kids here.
I've got a young child
with autism, okay?
What? No I can't hold.
Yeah, thank you too.
Um, okay.
Uh, listen, I-I think
maybe I should take
you guys to your mom's.
Uh, though I'm pretty sure
she won't pick up if I call.
- We're not going to Mom's.
- How about if you call?
She'll pick up if...
If she sees it's
you, she'll pick up.
She's not gonna know it's me.
Oh, right. No phone.
- Stop it.
- Skin.
- Use complete sentences
like we talked about.
I can't respond unless
you help me understand.
- Your skin.
- No.
Don't you think I know
how bad my skin looks?
Danny, stop.
Your skin.
- I can't believe how
tall the flames...
- I gotta run.
- Where the hell are you going?
- I'm coming right back.
- Blake, wait.
- The highway?
What's going on?
I've been a piece of shit.
I know.
Give me a break, please?
Everything's falling apart
and I-I don't know what to do.
I'm just looking
for a little help
so I can take care of
you and Danny, all right?
- I can take care of myself.
- Yeah, I know.
I know. And you can
take care of Danny too.
Better than I ever can.
Please, just help me out.
Okay?
I'll be right back.
Whoo!
Show me again!
Did you like my set?
- Yeah, I did. Especially
that last track.
I can't believe you
used an actual 2-2-4
- instead of a plugin.
- How'd you hear that?
I hear a lot of things.
- You some type of music
prodigy or something?
No. I just know what I like.
How old are you, anyway?
Don't worry.
I'm not, like, high
school or anything.
Follow me.
- ♪ Just want to
be closer to you ♪
♪ Just want to be
closer to you ♪
♪ Just want to be
closer to you ♪
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ Yeah, it's like whoa ♪
♪ So, like, whoa ♪
♪ Just popped her kidney I
bought a million options ♪
♪ Of the stock and I
stopped doing the green ♪
♪ Man, I rock arenas,
bringing the peace ♪
♪ I'm bumping that
Pac in the car ♪
♪ Pretending I got
all the eyes on me ♪
♪ Got a bad baby and
she's independent ♪
♪ Too many people
older than me ♪
♪ That's seeking attention ♪
♪ When they warned me
about the goofies, man ♪
♪ I should have listened ♪
She a friend of yours?
No. She's my sister.
- He looked nice.
What's his name?
Fuck off.
- Is that his
first or last name?
- Look, he doesn't know
my name either, all right?
- Dad isn't responding to texts.
So?
- So I think he
might be missing.
He's a park ranger.
They don't go missing in
the middle of the woods.
It doesn't feel right.
- Come on, Luna. You
know what happens.
Sometime tomorrow
he's gonna come
stumbling through the front door
covered in ash and fall
asleep on the couch.
And then he's gonna wake up
coughing like he's got pneumonia
and go and do it again.
Look, can you just let it go?
It's Friday night.
This party only
happens once a month.
- He's our father.
- Yeah, but not our real one.
- I didn't say that.
- Yeah, you kind of did.
Look, are you gonna
help me find him or not?
Fine. I'll find him myself.
My sense of smell is
better tonight anyway.
Hey, wait.
Wait!
- How much better?
- A lot. Why?
- My hearing is turned up to 10.
It's never been this good.
Not even on a full moon.
Same with me.
But the full moon isn't
for another two nights.
- How many times
did you text Dad?
I don't know. A lot.
- If we went out
there, do you think
you'd be able to smell
anything besides smoke?
Yeah, that's why I need you.
I need your hearing.
- You know what a fire
that big sounds like?
Like a jet engine throttling up.
They found his truck.
But not him?
You the head nurse?
No, but I can try to help.
- Do you actually know anything
or are you gonna waste my time?
- I'm Investigator
Ramsey with the LAFD.
And this blunt
instrument of the LAPD
is Officer Jang.
We're part of a joint taskforce
investigating the wildfires.
We're looking for anyone
who came in recently
that was injured on the
freeway this morning.
Especially the kids who
were on that school bus.
Yeah, we got one of them.
Walked in on his own.
Lang. Everett Lang.
- Why would the police
want to talk to him?
It's not just the police.
It's an investigator
from the fire department.
You know what that means, right?
Arson.
Middleton Road.
What? You're not gonna bark?
Come. Come on.
All this time we could
have been friends, huh?
- How bad is it?
- It's not great.
We think it might
have been caught
in stampede that went
through the freeway
this morning.
Whether your dad was
actually in the truck
is anyone's guess.
Remember, it probably
looks worse than it is.
These animals were
scared and desperate.
Most of them were on fire
when they came out of the woods.
What kind of animals?
- Bears, big horns,
mountain lions.
What about wolves?
A wolf couldn't have done that.
Whoa!
- What the fuck
are you doing here?
- Looking for you.
- Why?
- Because we need to talk
and you don't have a phone.
I don't have a phone
'cause I don't need to
talk to people like you.
Oh, shit. Your house.
This is your house, isn't it?
Well,
this was my house.
- There are fires every year.
- Not like this one.
You heard what they
said on the news.
This is the worst
fire in 18 years.
Just like the one
when Garrett found us.
What if this time he
found someone else?
Our real father.
It's what
you wanted, right?
Like you don't?
- I don't want someone
who abandoned us
- 18 years ago.
- But you're the one
always saying you don't feel
like you've found your pack.
Like, no one gets us and
that all you've ever wanted
is to find someone like you.
Well, now's your chance, Luna.
If he's come back,
if he's really still alive,
and...
And if he did that...
Then he's coming for both of us.
Sorry you lost everything.
I don't care.
It doesn't mean anything.
- Nothing? Like,
not even one thing?
Nope.
It's my brother
who's gonna care.
- He's, um... He's
got Asperger's, right?
- No one has Asperger's anymore.
It all falls under ASD,
Autism Spectrum Disorder.
As long as he sticks
to his rituals,
he's actually pretty
high-functioning.
What rituals?
Anytime he walks into a room,
if there's a TV, he
has to turn it on
to make sure it works.
And it has to be
playing the news.
- Well, what if it's not?
- He gets anxious.
Then he has a meltdown...
Screaming, crying.
Sometimes he hits himself.
- How come you didn't
go to the hospital?
How come you didn't stay?
- Someone called me
and told me to leave.
He said it was gonna
try and kill me again.
And it had to do it
before the next full moon.
- You should definitely
go back to the hospital.
Probably a psychiatric hospital.
No. I know what I saw.
People died and it
wasn't because of a fire.
Our bus driver was one of them.
- Renata.
- Who?
- Our bus driver.
Her name was Renata.
Look.
- You see that?
- See what?
Everyone who looks at
it says it's healing
and it probably won't even scar.
That's not what you see, is it?
- Look.
- I see it.
No, no, no. Not the bite.
Holy shit.
I can see my abs.
Can you see my abs?
Yeah. Congratulations.
- I look like I put on
ten pounds of muscle.
- You want me to
take a progress pic?
- No, no, no. I mean
I look like I put on
ten pounds of muscle
in the last two hours.
Wait, your skin.
Look at your skin.
You used to have
acne scars, right?
- Whatever's going on
with you, I can't help.
I have my own shit to deal with.
You and me, we're not in
this together, all right?
- I'm-I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have
said it like that.
Go!
Ahh!
Other way.
For fuck's
sake, just go!
What, you hear something?
Just the fire.
Do you smell something?
It's gonna be okay.
He knows how to
survive a wildfire.
- I'm not worried
about the fire.
This is Garrett Briggs.
I'm a Los Angeles park ranger.
This is a message for my
kids, Harlan and Luna.
Hey, guys.
I don't know if I'm gonna
make it out of here.
And if I don't,
I wanted to make sure
there's a message.
You know I love you.
But there's been things...
a lot of things I haven't said.
Luna, I want you to know
that things are gonna change,
all right?
I know you haven't made
the kind of friends
you were hoping to find
the last few years.
I know how lonely
you feel sometimes.
But I don't want you to
worry about high school.
I promise you, you'll
find your people.
You'll find your pack.
Harlan, look...
I know all we do
right now is argue.
And I'm sorry I couldn't
figure out how to fix that.
Do me a favor and remember
when... when things were good
between us.
Remember all the books
we read together.
Same ones over and over.
Remember that I took you
to every R-rated horror
movie you ever wanted to see
even though you were only ten...
And I was the one who
ended up having nightmares.
Remember that I love you...
even though I'm not your...
Even though you don't
see me as your real...
Fuck.
Come on, Garrett.
Come on.
Get up, you asshole.
They need you.
They need you.
- Are you... are
you okay, Blake?
- What the fuck was that?
What's happening to us?
What-what's happening to me?
- Just... you just
try to breathe, okay?
- What, like I'm having a
panic attack or something?
- Probably an anxiety attack.
- What's the difference?
- There's a
difference, trust me.
- No, no, no, no. I
don't get anxiety attacks
or panic attacks or whatever
the fuck this is, okay?
I'm just... I'm freaking out.
You know, sometimes
people freak out.
- Yeah. They also
have anxiety attacks.
Just try and breathe
in to seven and then out to 11.
Try shutting the fuck up.
- No, you could
try Lion's Breath.
- What the fuck
is Lion's Breath?
- It's-it's yoga.
It's Simhasana.
It-it can ease anxiety
and reduce panic attacks.
Yoga? You want me to do yoga?
- No. Just the breathing.
Just the breath.
- Try it with me.
- No.
- Try it!
- Fuck you.
- Listen, you open
your eyes wide,
stick your tongue out,
keep saying "Hah"
with as much energy
and force as possible.
- I c... I ca...
I can't breathe.
- No, you can do
it. Just do it once.
- I can't breathe.
- You can do it. Just once.
Just once. Okay?
I'll do it with you.
Look at me. Blake.
Eyes wide.
Tongue out.
One, two... both: Hah!
Okay. Do it again.
Hah!
Did it work? Even a little?
You feel calmer?
I don't know. Maybe.
A little. Yeah.
I should probably teach
my brother how to do that.
I have to go.
My father and brother
have no idea where I am.
- Wait, we need to
figure this out.
You think that thing just
showing up at your house
was a coincidence?
- Wherever you go, I guarantee
it shows up there too.
You want to lead
it right to them?
- It was an animal.
- That wasn't an animal.
It was just a stupid animal.
It doesn't know what
motel I'm staying at.
We were bitten.
I know what it was. You do too.
- I don't.
- You do.
- No, I don't.
- Yes. You do.
- Everett, this
is Kristin Ramsey.
I'm in investigator
with the LAFD.
Everett, can you hear me?
It's okay.
You don't have to talk to
me if you don't want to.
But I would like you
to listen for a moment.
I know you're shaken up
by what happened today.
You went through something
pretty terrifying.
You saw people die.
But I need your help, Everett.
I need you to help me figure out
who's responsible for the deaths
of several people.
That includes some
of your friends
who were on that school bus.
You're gonna hear that
the police suspect arson.
But that's only
part of the truth.
Because it's not
just a suspicion.
I know for certain this
fire was caused by arson.
I can tell you I'm certain
of one other thing.
The arsonist is a teenager.
Might even be someone
you go to school with.
In fact, it's quite possible
this teenager was on
that bus with you.
Do you understand that, Everett?
The arsonist I'm looking for
might have been sitting
right next to you,
watching the fire
from the windows...
Watching people burn to death.
A student. Teenager.
Just like you.
- Luna?
- Everett?
- They're the twins from
school, Harlan and Luna.
What are you doing out here?
What are you doing out here?
- You seeing this?
- Yeah, I see it.
- Your eyes are glowing.
- So are yours.
This never happens to us.
- What never happens?
- Any of this.
But it's happening now.
- What? What's happening?
- Luna, stop.
- Tell us.
- We don't even know them.
Why is this happening?
Because we're all here.
All together...
under the moon.
Something bit you.
- Don't say it.
- You're like us now.
Don't.
Just like us.
Werewolves.
I just wanna know one thing.
Did something bite you?
You're not safe.
- You saw what he did
to Garrett's truck.
What do you think
he's gonna be like
on the night of a full moon?
- Glad we could
catch you this time.