[Lisa coughing]
[cat purring]
[breathing heavily]
Okay.
So now what?
Do you wanna hold it?
What I do is a custom job for each of my clients.
I am cooking with the grease that's already inside you.
Now, it's not gonna be easy.
It may get a little fucked up.
But the good news is, it'll only get as fucked up as you are.
So you're really gonna have to trust me.
I need to get you to open up to the spirit worlds.
The more things that I know about you, the better I can do that.
Like what things?
Like, is your father alive?
Yes.
What about your mother?
I don't know.
You don't know if your mom's alive?
No. She left when I was a baby.
[clicks tongue]
-Did she breastfeed you? -I don't know.
You don't remember her?
-Do you dream about her? -I don't know what she looks like.
I've never seen her face.
Even in dreams.
Hmm.
I don't wanna talk about my mother.
Fair enough.
At what age did you lose your virginity?
Sixteen.
What was his name?
Isabel.
Are we done with the questions?
My throat is killing me.
[footsteps approaching]
[biker grunting]
[Boro] Rainforest berry and vanilla. It’ll soothe your throat.
[Lisa] Guaraná.
I used to drink this as a kid.
[Boro] In Brazil?
[mysterious music playing]
Let's talk about the man.
Lou Burke.
[sniffs] He's got a lot of fucking nerve.
And money.
Talk to me about his betrayal.
[tapping]
[Lou] What do you think of her?
I mean, she's a rare bird, you know? I don't know.
No. Not Lisa Nova.
I mean what do you think of the act--? This girl? The actress?
[gasps]
[Roy] I mean, yeah, raw talent there too.
I think she's electric.
[snorting]
[exhales] Like you before you got big.
-Before? -[clears throat]
[sighs]
[sniffs]
[actress whimpering]
Roy, you ever think about where you'd live if you were homeless?
You got three houses, Lou. I don't think I'd worry about being homeless.
[Lou] Sometimes I drive around.
And see the homeless people camped out and...
some of the places they choose seem counterintuitive.
You know I used to live outta my car when I first got here, right?
[sniffs] Want some?
[actress whimpering, gasping]
[screams]
I'm good.
You know, you could...
live out of a Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud if you do my next movie.
I'm adapting this thing.
[Roy] With Lisa?
[Lou] Well, you know--
[actress screaming]
Holy fuck.
What was that?
How'd she do that?
[Roy] Lou, you can't make this without her.
[Boro] Balche.
This will prepare you for the binding ritual tomorrow night.
It's the only thing you can eat or drink for 24 hours.
What's it do?
It just opens you up, makes you receptive to the spirits.
You got any rituals that don’t require guinea pig stew?
I have the poison toad, but, in good conscience,
I can't do that when it's too dangerous for a rookie.
[groans]
Lisa, you say you wanna set his life on fire.
Are you sure that's what you want?
That's what I want.
Good.
So the binding ritual.
-Binding ritual? -Mm-hm.
-Does that bind you to me? -[chuckling]
Hell no.
No. It connects you to Lou Burke.
That way I can go through you...
to hurt him.
Makes sense?
-Yes. -Good.
Okay. Taste.
Is that gonna make me sick?
No.
You may notice, as your energy shifts,
that people and things
might start reacting to you in an unusually intense way.
What do you mean things? What things?
Harmless things, mostly from the spirit world.
Just ignore them.
You have to eat every last bit of this or it won't work.
And be back by 11:00 tomorrow night.
And don't be late, because the balche only works once.
-Got it. -Good.
And I'm gonna need a photo of Lou and just a pinch of his pubic hair.
Pinch of pubes. Got it.
Okay. Good girl.
[cat mewling, purring]
Oh.
[purring]
[inhales]
[static crackling, buzzing]
[voices murmuring]
[intercom buzzing]
-Get out of my fucking way. -Hey!
[eerie voices whispering]
[whispering continues]
[Christine] I couldn't find him.
So I opened the door and he was masturbating.
Oh, you're here again.
How's the apartment?
Code, I need your help.
With what?
I'm putting a curse on Lou, and I need to get into his house and get some things,
and it needs to happen in the next 20 hours.
Can you help me?
Don't you think that might be bad for your career and your karma?
Karma isn't real.
-Babe, you ever do a curse on someone? -Don't really do those in our family.
Lis! What are you on?
It's the stew. It's got some funky shit in it.
It's for the curse.
-Are you gonna throw up? -I already did.
I don't know who could help you with your stew curse.
It's a bad idea anyway.
Code.
He took my movie.
And he fucking choked me.
Okay? He choked me.
You're a high-end drug dealer, babe. You must know someone.
Okay, I do know a couple of discreet dudes.
Joe and Lee.
You trust them?
No, they’re criminals. That’s what you’re asking for.
Yeah.
I don’t have their numbers,
but they usually eat breakfast at Mêiwèi De Ku Ndài.
Tasty Treats.
Joe and Lee.
All right.
I love you.
Sweater.
I need cash.
Thank you.
[door opens, slams]
-[indistinct chatter] -[phones ringing]
Hey. This is good.
Hi. Code said you might be available to do something for me.
I've got money.
Oh, yeah?
-What kind of something? -You mind if I sit?
I need to get into a house.
-[man] What is that? -That's my lunch. Don't worry about it.
-You a cop? -No, I'm a friend of Code's.
Right. [clears throat]
Code.
You seem like an interesting chick, but we don’t do B&Es.
No. I need you to talk your way in and distract a housekeeper.
Doesn’t sound like rocket surgery.
I just need a couple minutes by myself to gather some things that belong to me.
I can do 50 bucks for each of you.
-When? -How about right now?
Okay.
-You good? -Yeah, I'm fucking great.
-It's just the housekeeper here, right? -Yep.
Get out of sight.
[knocking on door]
[sniffs]
-Can I help you? -We're with La Migra.
We got reports, need to take a look around, ask a few questions.
Can I see that again? Excuse me, excuse me, can I see that again?
Yeah. Let's go.
I need to call Mr. Burke.
-I need to call Mr. Burke! -Mm-hm.
I need to call Mr.--
Hey!
Oh, yeah. Look at this. Mr. Oscar.
Don't touch anything!
[eerie voices whispering]
You smug fuck.
[whispering continues]
[snarling]
-What are you doing? -[Lisa] Mm...
Hi, Jonathan.
Is this your art?
I like it.
Yeah.
So my mom's probably gonna be home soon.
And we usually kind of go out of our way
to make sure she doesn't run into any of Dad's protégés.
Just out of respect for Mom, you know? And concern for your safety.
Yeah, I'm actually not fucking your dad.
I'm putting a curse on him, and I need some of his pubic hairs.
[laughing]
Oh, man. That's perfect.
That's dope. That's awesome.
His bedroom's right over there. He sleeps on the right if you're facing it.
-Thanks. -Yeah. No worries.
I hate my dad.
[tense music playing]
-[Lisa] What are you doing? -Housekeeper called the cops. Let's go.
-I don't have what I need. -[man] James!
-Your problem. -Why did he call you James?
-I thought your name was Lee? -No.
-Then who is that? -My uncle.
-He's your uncle? -Will you guys shut up?
I'm trying to get some sleep here.
-Do you even know who Code is? -Never even heard of him.
-Why did you do this? Who are you? -50 bucks is 50 bucks.
-What do you care? -Fuck you.
-What? -James, let's roll! Now!
[door closes]
Pubic hair, pubic hair.
[eerie voices whispering]
[tense music playing]
[audio distorting, echoing]
[heartbeat thumping]
[distorted radio chatter]
[heartbeat intensifying]
[grunts]
Bitch, you better pay to look.
[woman 1] Hey.
[giggling]
Did you get that from the lady in the jaguar house?
You know Boro?
No. I just heard of her.
I heard she pulls the tattoos up from the inside, from the bone.
Hey. Shut the fuck up.
Both of you!
What else do you know about her?
She's for real.
For real how?
Bad shit happens to people that get into debt with her.
Real bad shit.
What the fuck is up with you, huh?
What?
-I'm not doing anything. -[woman 2] Yeah.
What's your problem?
[woman 3] You got a real weird vibe.
[scoffs]
And I can feel... you fucking looking at me!
-I'm not fucking looking at you. -Real weird. Like, you don't have a smell,
but you stink, anyways.
You want to get beat, huh?
Don't look at me.
Don't think about looking at me.
Don't think about thinking about me! Huh?
You need to chill the fuck down.
[gagging]
[gagging continues]
[retching]
[gasping]
[mewling, purring]
This bitch just puked a cat!
[continues purring]
[mysterious music playing]
[laughs weakly]
[guard] Lisa Nova.
You made bail.
-What's your name? -Thelma.
Uh...
-There you go. -Thank you.
-Hey, wait! -[elevator bell dings]
[Roy] Lisa Nova, wait!
Shit.
Lisa Nova.
It's Roy.
-Hardaway. -I remember.
You bail me out of jail?
Why?
It's almost Christmas.
You need a ride?
No, thank you, Santa.
Are you sure? I assume... you didn't drive here yourself.
I'm not gonna fuck you 'cause you bailed me out.
Believe it or not, I actually don't have to come to central booking to get laid.
I came because Lou showed me your movie last night.
I've never seen a student film like that before.
It's fucking incredible.
So I guess you can say that it's your mind I wanna fuck.
That's so stupid. [laughs]
Lisa, I don't want you to date me. I want you to direct me.
But my agent told me that Lou kicked you off your movie. Is that true?
You know what, I will take that ride.
It's this way.
His pubic hair, really?
Really.
So when you put a curse on someone, you really commit, huh?
What's the point of doing something halfway?
That's what my dad used to say.
[chuckles] That's nice.
Best I ever got out of my dad was, "Don't change the channel, fuckface."
Fuckface?
Yeah, it was kind of my nickname.
Except after half a bottle of Cabin Still, he'd start calling me "Killer."
So he'd call you the less hostile name when he was drunk?
Yeah, he used to say that I killed my twin sister.
-Did you? -[clicks tongue]
I... [chuckles]
Well, you grow up on a farm, you start driving young.
Even 14 years old, I liked to drive fucking fast, so...
I was in my dad's truck,
going down this country road 80, 85, and hit an embankment.
I flipped it, and I walked away without a scratch, but my sister didn't.
She went through the windshield and was almost completely decapitated.
And there was this moment where...
we were flipping through the air where time kind of stopped.
And it was...
peaceful.
[starts engine]
You know I die in all my movies?
Nobody ever notices that.
["Fuzzy" playing]
♪ Bring me home ♪
♪ To this house of many days ♪
♪ Just lay me on the floor ♪
What was her name?
Your sister?
Alice.
♪ You know I love it more and more ♪
Thanks for the ride.
♪ Than before I ran away ♪
[Roy] Hey.
If you want my advice?
Forget about Lou and the curse and all that shit. It's not worth it.
Well, I didn't get the pubic hair.
And I'm pretty much out of time, so...
It's probably for the best.
Guys like that, they destroy themselves eventually.
Says the guy with a death wish.
Oh, I got it under control.
I walk the line.
Okay, Johnny.
♪ For both of us ♪
Bye.
[door unlocks]
[footsteps approaching]
[lighter clicks]
What the fuck are you doing here?
Well, you break into my place, I break into yours.
It's what we do. Apparently.
Oh, sorry. You've met Ralph and James, right?
Yeah. Tried to sell my Oscar to a pawnshop.
Anyway, long story short, forgiveness, fast friends, et cetera, et cetera.
Now they work for me.
We're not gonna stay long. I just--
I feel like we got off on the wrong foot.
Hear you're putting a curse on me?
That right?
And you need some of my... [chuckles] pubic hair. Is that true?
Kinky. Yeah.
Well, um... [clears throat]
I'm here to patch things up.
[clears throat]
Bottom line...
surviving this business, is kind of like surfing, right?
Sometimes, it's smooth. Sometimes, it's rough.
And my job is to find the right wave and the right board
and ride that fucker to glory.
So in this tortured metaphor, I'm the surfboard you ride?
No, Lisa, nobody's riding on anybody.
I'm in the middle of making amends.
When we first met...
[sighs] ...we were a team.
And we paddled out there together, but I could sense you weren't ready.
There's no shame in it.
I mean, nobody gets up on their first ride.
What's important is that you keep trying.
So...
what's it gonna take to get you back out there?
[clicks tongue]
Okay.
You want some pubes?
[unzips]
Well, come get them.
[grunts]
Great.
Good luck with that curse.
We're even.
[Lisa] Thirty minutes.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Lisa] Hello? Boro?
Why is it so fucking dark in here?
I can't even see anything.
[Boro] Follow my voice.
I drank your stew!
So, I'm high as fuck.
I got the pubes from Lou, I got a picture of him.
Stop fucking around.
[match strikes]
Ten minutes to spare.
I wasn't sure you'd make it.
That's not the kitten I threw up yesterday, is it?
They grow so fast.
What's the deal with the kittens?
I puked up another one. Is that gonna keep happening?
Well, normally, I would have you pay in cash,
but this isn't really a normal situation, is it?
You want me to pay you in kittens?
You won't miss them.
But what do you want with them?
Come.
[cat meows]
Sit.
Give me the stuff.
When this is done, will all the weird shit stop?
What weird shit?
I've been seeing something.
All day.
One of those things you told me about from the spirit world.
And it did not seem harmless to me.
It is.
They get curious, and then they go away.
Okay.
So is that it?
Not yet.
Good. Drink.
What is it?
Medicine. Sort of.
Yeah, but what's it made out of?
Just a bunch of shit.
Don't worry, it's a totally natural blend.
Good. Now...
Now you need to think about Lou.
Go back inside him.
Into his house.
What was in that?
[groaning]
Pretty soon, you won't be able to move.
Just let it happen.
[Lou] You're fucking nothing!
Let the connection form.
Don't fight it.
Let it happen.
Just a meaningless fucking... void!
[Lisa grunts]
[gasping]
Some--
Something--
It's here.
Something's here!
[sobbing, groaning]
[gasps]
-I got you. Okay. -What the fuck was that?!
-Be calm. -Ooh.
Calm down. Calm down.
I have you. I have you.
I have you.
[panting]
So is that it?
Has it started?
You and Lou are connected.
Now we punish him.
This is a housewarming gift.
Oh...
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Let's get him.
[mysterious music playing]
[cat growls]
[inhales deeply]
[dramatic music playing]