Gosh, it's kind of cold out here.
♪ Dashing through the snow ♪
♪ In a one-horse open sleigh ♪
♪ O'er the fields we go ♪
♪ Laughing all the way ♪
♪ Bells on bobtails ring ♪
♪ Making spirits bright ♪
♪ What fun it is to laugh and sing ♪
♪ A sleighing song tonight ♪
♪ Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells ♪
♪ Jingle all the way ♪
♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh ♪
♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪
♪ Jingle all the way ♪
♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh ♪
♪ A day or two ago ♪
♪ I thought I'd take a ride ♪
♪ And soon, Miss Fanny Bright ♪
♪ Was seated by my side ♪
♪ The horse was lean and lank ♪
♪ Misfortune seemed his lot ♪
♪ He got into a drifted bank and then we got upsot ♪
♪ Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells ♪
♪ Jingle all the way ♪
♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh ♪
♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪
♪ Jingle all the way ♪
♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh ♪
♪ Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells ♪
♪ Jingle all the way ♪
♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride ♪
♪ In a one-horse open sleigh, hey ♪
♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪
♪ Jingle all the way ♪
♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh ♪
♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride ♪
♪ In a one-horse open sleigh ♪
Wasn't our appointment at 11?
Uh, yeah. And it's quarter after.
Okay. I'm going to call her.
Yeah, well, uh, there's no cell reception
in the middle of town.
Guess I'm not going to call her then.
Oh! That's her.
She has a sign.
-Hi! -I am so sorry I'm late.
Oh, you wouldn't believe it. My car's broken down.
It's a new car. Twice in the past two weeks.
Oh, no. I'm so sorry to hear.
-I'm Ellen. -I'm Kimberly.
And this is my husband, Bill.
- Pleasure. - Very nice to meet you.
Is the cell reception this bad everywhere?
I'm afraid so, yeah.
Well, why don't you hop in our car?
There's three resorts within about 45 minutes of here.
It offers skiing, snowboarding, sledding, tubing.
-Bill's an avid snowboarder. -Yeah.
On the map, the resorts look closer.
It's on the other side.
We past the turn up there on the left.
Um, it's maybe five miles as the crow flies,
but the cabin is up here on Black Balsam Knob,
Oh, secluded.
The cabin sits on 98 forest filled acres.
No nosy neighbors.
The price includes the acreage, the cabin,
and there's a couple outbuildings
on the property as well.
-All of it? -All of it.
And the stuffed animals?
It-- that is kind of a sore spot.
I asked the man that lives there to put some of them away,
but he's a taxidermist
and apparently very proud of his works.
That just seems, uh, so counterproductive
if you're trying to sell your house.
He's not the one selling it. It's a-- it's a trust sale.
Um, so it's been so challenging getting anything done
in any sort of traditional sense.
A trust sale. Oh, I didn't see that.
You know what, that is-- it's just kind of a long story.
But the woman that lived there for many years,
she did-- she passed away.
Not again.
Oh, God.
God, that's another 100 bucks out the window.
Like I don't have a key.
It feels like
we're a million miles from civilization.
Ah, it feels like a million miles,
but we're only five!
Guys, wait till you see the property.
Oh, my God.-
It's a real fixer upper.
-Shh, shh. -Okay.
So you know, the new owners could maybe trim some trees,
a fresh coat of paint.
This house has great bones.
It just-- it hasn't been updated, ever.
So, come on, let's go check it out.
I feel like now would be a good time
to mention something.
This listing has been-- it's been a bit tricky.
Martha and her son, Wes,
had, um, a difficult relationship.
She was apparently fed up with his freeloading,
and so instead of deeding everything to him,
she's basically selling it out from under him.
So he's getting kicked out?
Mm-hmm.
Why are you telling us this?
The longer the house doesn't sell,
the longer he can live here.
Don't expect the house to be staged
with sugar cookies and classical music.
Hello.
It's Kimberly from Mountaintop Reality.
We're here for the showing.
Well, I did say not to expect sugar cookies, right?
I'm going to go check the power.
-What a mess. -Really?
Oh, my God!
- Wesley Goins! - Holy Jesus!
Oh, okay. I don't know what I just saw.
-Watch your-- -Owner's son, right?
Uh, yeah, I'm sorry,
he must have forgotten about this showing.
This is worth the price of admission.
- It's like free therapy, right? - Yeah.
Hey, you know what?
The last buyers paid for an inspection report
that basically says this house is in great shape.
Then why didn't they go through with the purchase?
Oh, they pulled out.
Um, their loan, didn't go through.
Oh, what's, uh, what's that down there?
Oh, that is the old carriage house.
It's filled with a lot of Wes's junk.
He's got a lot of stuff to clean up
before he sells this place.
I'll tell you what, if you guys buy this place,
I will pay for someone to come and clean up,
and clean up all of Wes's junk.
This would be so great for us to get away.
And especially wonderful for the holidays.
I know how much you want your turn
at holidays things and--
-and the inspection helps. -Yeah.
We don't have to pay someone to tell us that this is a trap.
It's not a trap.
There's just a couple things here and there
and she even said
there's nothing major that needs to be done.
Except the aesthetics, the taxidermy,
all that crap in the barn.
We can get $200 a night for this.
That's what she said.
So? So?
Well, what did you guys
think of the place?
This guy's not going to give us any trouble?
Absolutely not. He has no say in the matter.
Oh, it's exactly what we're looking for.
Yeah, as long as it doesn't come with Wes and all his dead stuff.
And-- and his party girls.
We'd be moved in by Christmas.
Oh, it's a lot of work.
The kids would love this place.
And think about how we've been wanting
to catch up with them.
Really catch up.
The kids are living their own lives now.
But I know how much making new memories together
means to you.
Us.
This place would allow us
to disconnect
from what doesn't matter...
and reconnect with everything that does.
And then you and I could have some time alone
finally,
before they arrive.
You had me at alone.
Okay.
If you take 20,000 off the listing price.
How about we go back to my office
and we talk about it?
Hi, Caitlin. How are you, sweetheart?
Good. Sutton's here.
-Oh, good. -Put him-- put him on speaker.
Uh, bad news.
We won't be doing the holidays this year at the beach.
What? Why not?
Because, we bought a pretty little...
cabin in the mountains!
Hello?
- Hello? - Hello? Caitlin?
-Can you hear me? -Okay. I didn't get that.
- What did you say? - Oh, there you are.
Okay, well, we'll try that again.
Um, so you guys are going to have to get used to
a little limited cell reception for a few days.
What?
Because we are buying
a pretty, little cabin in Banner Elk. Christmas!
♪ Christmas in the mountains! ♪
Dad, you're a little flat there.
Yeah, I mean,
it's going to be really beautiful.
Uh, uh, just a little updating. It's going to be amazing.
Unexpected but awesome.
- So awesome. - Yes. We were so excited!
We were going to wait and tell you when we saw you,
but we just had to tell you now.
I've been meaning to tell you,
the wrestling team is pushing to keep practicing
until really late this year.
I'm not certain when or if I'll be able to make it.
Oh, Sutton.
- I'll try. - Gosh--
Okay, um, you know, well just do what you can, honey.
We'll-- we'll see-- we just really want to see you, so...
we'll see you when we see you.
Wasn't all this junk supposed to be moved out by now?
Hmm. Yeah.
Okay, there's more crap here than when we viewed it.
Okay. Well.
What the hell? He hasn't moved out a thing.
I know, I'm gonna-- I'm going to call the realtor.
Crazy bastard.
Just abandoning all this stuff.
- Hi, Kim. It's Ellen. - Oh, hi, Ellen!
He hasn't packed a thing.
Hold it, bucko.
Welcome mi casa.
It's Spanish.
The closing was two days ago.
You and your belongings
are supposed to be out of here by now.
Okay? We're the new owners. We need you to vacate.
What do you mean?
It's my house. Always has been.
Where's your lady friend?
Oh, actually, uh, that's why I'm calling.
Bill and I are here at the cabin,
and it-- it looks like Wes hasn't moved out at all.
Okay, we purchased this house,
so the closing was two days ago.
You and your belongings
are supposed to be out of here by now.
Okay? We're the new owners. We need you to vacate.
Now.
-Now? -Now.
Hold on.
Huh.
-Oh, bucko. -Okay.
-My name is William. -William Bucko.
I don't think you know how things work around here.
This frontier land here.
The rules are a little...
...different.
Yeah.
Okay, well, how about this?
I'm going to call the police.
They do have police on your frontier, right?
I think I hear him inside.
Ellen, can you hear me? I'm really sor--
- Ellen. - Hi.
So, uh...
what's going on?
Welcome to my home, ma'am.
Okay.
Wes.
I know this must be very difficult for you, um...
sometimes life throws you a curveball.
Curveball?
Oh, uh, yeah, it's just a-- it's just a saying.
She's a keeper.
I was born in this house.
My papa was born in this house too.
His papa,
he cut down trees outside.
Brought 'em inside and did this to them.
- Uh-huh. - He made the house.
Oh, I understand.
Well, I don't think you do, because I'm not done.
Okay, well,
I think I have to call the police, so just excuse me.
Well I'll be.
This is exactly what you said, Billy Bucko.
Y'all two make a great couple. I just threw up in my mouth.
Yeah, I think we can figure this out.
Oh?
And what, pray tell, mi amour,
say we're going to figure out exactly?
-That's French. -Uh.
See that rifle there?
That-- that rifle?
My grandpa gave me this rifle.
Christmas morning.
I just turned six.
I shot my first 12 point buck with this rifle.
And them fields, y'all passed on the way in...
fed my whole family all winter.
They were so proud of me.
Why don't you take it?
Listen, I don't want your gun.
Oh, no?
You won't take it?
Why?
You're taking everything else
my family's worked so hard to build.
Why? Is this not good enough for you?
Maybe Momma Bear was right.
Maybe this is the end.
My Momma Bear, she tells me everything.
There ain't no life left in life.
- Oh! - There's no point in going on.
- Wes! - Put the gun down, okay?
Um...
-Wes. -Please. Wait, wait, wait.
Are you going to leave?
Will you leave and never come back?
Mr. Goins, please don't do that! Please stop.
Stop. Please. Please.
- Sheriff's department. - No, no, no, no, no!
- Oh, no way! - Stop, stop, stop, stop!
- No, no! - Oh, my God!
Sheriff's department!
- Oh! - Turn around!
Put your hands behind your back.
Uh. I'm tryin'. I'm tryin'.
13-11, 13-11 Come in.
Hi.
Hey!
What you got? What you got, Deputy?
Woo, woo, woo!
-Wes, what are you doing? -I'm doing nothing. Nothing!
Sheriff, I wasn't doin' nothing but minding my own business.
And-- and him. And her.
They came up into my house, strolling in like them--
like the house belongs to them.
Wes, it does belong to them. They bought it fair and square.
-They got a deed to prove it. -A deed don't mean nothing.
It means everything, Wes.
Did he point that rifle at one of you?
Uh, no, not really.
Hey, Wes, I'm taking you in for trespassing.
Easy, Barney.
My bed's still warm for you.
- Don't get too cozy, bucko! - Wes!
Let's go. Let's go.
Turn around. Let's go. Watch your head.
Behave yourself.
Well, that settles it,
so by the time you guys come back,
-his stuff will be gone. -And if it's not?
Throw it away. Hey, make a bonfire.
Do whatever you want to.
-We can do that? -Yeah, of course.
Under the law, anything he abandons is yours.
He's quite the handful, huh?
He always manages to scare the heck out of everyone,
but he's never actually hurt anybody.
-Oh. -What is his story?
From what I hear, he grew up in this house.
It's all he's ever known.
His family has lived here for several generations.
He probably doesn't have anywhere else to go.
I mean, why is he, uh--
I don't know. Single mom.
Up here in the mountains, by themselves.
And the mom, what was she like?
You know, I only met her once about a year ago.
She came to bail Wes out of jail
not long after I took this job.
She showed up at a little league game
with a freshly killed raccoon.
Jesus.
Why didn't his mom leave him this house?
I don't know. People do crazy things.
So, do you think this will be the end of it?
If he's smart, it will.
Look...
you guys take my card...
and if he shows up again, you call me.
-Okay. -Thanks, Sheriff.
That should be the last time you see Wes Goins, okay?
So, are you guys planning on
making Banner Elk your home?
No, it's just a weekend retreat
We live full time at the beach.
Must be nice.
Toes in the sand in the morning and, uh, skiing in the evening.
- Oh. - That's the plan.
Well, welcome to Banner Elk and Black Balsam here.
I think you'll like it no matter
how much time you spend.
You might want to get your locks changed.
I'm beginning to think that this was a bad idea.
Um, it wasn't a great start.
I mean, do we really want the kids coming up here?
I don't want that Wes guy showing up.
What-- Wes is in jail.
God, have a little empathy, Bill.
You don't think I have empathy?
The hundreds of patients that I treat each year.
No, you-- you care about your patients.
But not the common man, is that what you're saying?
No, I-- Wes just lost his mom.
And-- and his house.
He lost everything, so he's--
he's acting out, he's trying to hold on.
But he-- didn't you hear how he talked to the sheriff?
With absolutely no regard for anything.
Well, all I heard is that they said he's harmless.
I don't remember harmless. I remember change the locks.
Okay, I know you had that one patient
went back when you got it--
No, don't-- don't turn this into--
I'm just saying that out of 500 cases,
you have one psycho.
The guy was sick, he should have been committed
when he first came in.
If he had been, I would have--
I know, then you-- you could have saved
-the neighbor's dog. -That was just the beginning.
Okay, that man had every indicator
to suggest that he would turn to something far worse.
I understand that he was a sicko.
He was a dog killer.
He was a sicko dog killer.
But, out of 500 cases...
one?
People were crazy.
I know.
But we don't have a dog.
-And we don't have that man. -We have a Wes.
He was just trying to scare us. Bill, we have this house.
He's going to go away.
Don't worry.
Well, let's throw his bed out tomorrow.
No, we promised he could come get his things.
I feel violated.
You locked the door, right?
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God. Bill.
You have got to be kidding me.
I can't believe this.
He hasn't done a damn thing. That's it.
Everything is going today.
Oh, I-- I don't think we can do that.
No, we have every right. You heard the sheriff.
Please leave your message.
Kim, hi, it's, uh, Ellen.
Bill and I are at the house, and Wes's stuff is--
is all still here.
So, I think it's about time we take you up on your offer
to take his things out of here, please.
ASAP? Call us back.
- Are you coming? - Yes. Crap.
Oh, I love these cool mountain nights,
I slept better than I have in a while.
- Hmm. - How about you?
It's too quiet up here.
Oh, my gosh. So funny.
I, uh, I was up all night last night,
I had a busy brain.
Look, I'm going into town to pick up some stuff.
Can I get you anything?
Oh, oh, oh, I meant to tell you.
Would you please get me some holiday coffee?
The kids can't come and just have regular coffee.
It's Christmas.
Bill!
You-- you scared the daylights out of me.
-Wasn't that fun? -No, it wasn't.
- Cheers. - Ah, cheers.
So, did we get everything done?
Yeah, everything I think we could possibly do.
Oh, this is the last night until the Christmas.
Before the little kiddos arrive.
You know I like this place, right?
Uh, yeah.
But if I'm being honest...
-I feel exposed. -Exposed?
Maybe that's a bad choice of words, it...
feels like we're being watched.
And I know that sounds paranoid.
You're still spooked by Wes.
I look out this window, you know what I see?
Nothing. I see nothing. Blackness.
-But anybody out there-- -No one's out there.
I can't shake this feeling, all right?
-This Wes character-- -Long gone.
Maybe. I don't know.
Our kids are driving up here and I just want to take a second
to think about this.
Wes' things have been gone for weeks.
He doesn't even try to contact us or--
Okay, and now Sutton and our little girl
-are coming up here. -She's not a little girl.
She's my little girl.
Our little girl.
I just think we need some distance from him.
All right, Mr. Grinch.
Would you like to cancel Christmas?
No.
Thought, we came here to reconnect
-and get to know our kids again. -We know the kids.
Let's just pack up all this stuff and go to the beach
where it's warm.
Christmas is about being together, right?
Mm-hmm.
Not about the mountains or the beach
or any of this stuff.
You're dead set on this, aren't you?
I just don't like this. Not one bit.
The way he looked at you.
Oh, I wish you'd look at me like that.
Okay. I'm kidding.
All right, what do you want to do?
Let's call the kids
and tell them to meet us at that...
lovely little motel on the way into town.
Oh, okay, the one with the pasta,
the garlic, and the butter and the--
Okay, so that's what this is about.
Tell me, how did he look at me?
"Don't get too comfy."
No, wait, wait, he said cozy.
-Oh, that's right. -Okay, do it again.
"Don't get too cozy, bucko."
You sounded like him there.
My bed's still warm for you.
Don't get too cozy, bucko.
Hey, Sutton, it's Dad.
Uh, look, we're having some, uh, electrical issues
at the house.
Uh, we're thinking about moving everything
to a little motel in town.
Would you give me a call? Thanks.
Hey, Caity-bell, it's Dad.
Uh, I just tried calling your brother,
look, uh, we're having some issues at the house.
We're thinking about moving everything into town.
Would you give me a call when you get a chance?
Thanks. Love you.
Dad! - Oh, my gosh, honey!
What's with the poker?
Uh, we're just, uh, starting a fire.
Angel!
Aw!
Oh, I'm so glad you're here!
This place looks incredible, guys.
- Wow. - Oh, yeah.
We'll be working on it 'til next Christmas.
I heard you had electrical problems.
Oh, yeah. No, don't worry about it.
- No, I got it, Dad. - No, Sutton, really.
- It's not a problem. - Sutton, hang on a sec.
Does he have to lose weight for wrestling?
-Sutton, you're a genius. -Wow.
Wow, you guys haven't done anything like this
since we were little kids.
Uh, Dad?
-Yeah? -Are you guys going through
some kind of a crisis or something?
Sort of. Yeah.
What crisis?
Uh, why don't you guys, uh,
gather your stuff and go upstairs.
Bedrooms are up there. First one up gets to choose.
You can put the poker down now, Dad.
Oh, yeah.
Drink?
Ah, sure. Thanks.
Cheers, Dad.
When we were kids, Dad would take us
on trips like this, you know, all the time.
Well, I must've just busied up your lives, then?
No, Mom, I didn't mean it like that.
Oh, that's okay.
Feels like I've barely talked to either one of you
since I started college.
Yeah, well, school has been a priority.
Yeah.
It's just, I hate how much our family's drifted apart.
Yeah, I do know.
Yeah.
I guess that's normal, right?
I mean, kids grow up,
start their own lives and all that, I mean.
Mm-hmm.
It'd be weird if things stayed the same.
-Yeah. -Life's gotta go on.
When your dad can stop calling you a little girl.
- Oh, my gosh. Please. - Oh!
Do me a favor, hun? Can you close those curtains?
Your dad doesn't like them open at night.
Sutton, grab the tree topper, will you?
Yeah, for sure.
She gets a little more worn every year.
Don't we all?
What's with the creepy squirrel?
- What? - Up there.
I thought we got rid of all those.
What do you mean there were more?
Oh, yeah, there were a few of them.
They were the previous resident's.
We have chicken baking and some Christmas coffee,
- if you want to go get some. - Um, yeah, thank you.
Mm-hmm.
Oh, shit.
No, I do not need an extended warranty.
-The tree looks great, Dad. -Thank you, sweetie.
You remember the year that we put the tree up
but we decided that we would not decorate it
until the next day.
It's the same story every year.
Oh, Sutton, you must have been about,
oh, eight years old, you so wanted to impress us.
You were determined
to decorate the tree by yourself.
I think you put every Christmas decoration that we owned
on that tree.
And the big reveal was finding you...
under the tree after it had fallen over on you.
That story never gets old.
Okay, moving on.
How much property
-do y'all have? -You wanna see?
What's in there?
Ah, you know,
really haven't had a chance to check it out.
Come on.
Wow.
Man, this guy left a lot of crap behind.
This guy?
The guy who used to live here.
The guy you bought the place from?
We didn't actually buy it from him.
Mother passed away and--
She didn't leave it to her son?
- That's cold. - Yeah, tell me about it.
Jesus.
That's not creepy.
-Hey, careful. Watch yourself. -Yeah.
Shit.
- What is it? - I don't know.
It looks like some kind of mannequin.
You think it's like, uh...
a homemade sex doll?
How would you know? I don't want to know.
What do you think it's made of?
I don't know. It looks like paper-mâché.
Whoa!
Mom! What happened?
Um, I-- I-- Careful. Careful.
I-- I was-- I was just standing here
and saw that.
That's the holiday plate for the chicken.
Is everyone all right?
How'd that thing get up there?
Oh, that thing didn't hang itself, right?
-It's Wes Goins. -Who's Wes Goins?
-Bill. -Mom, Dad. Who's Wes Goins?
He's the man who used to live here.
-What happened to him? -He was in jail or gone.
His mother died and didn't leave him the house.
Oh. So that's why this place was a steal.
Do you think he's here,
or could that have been up there the whole time?
No. No, that-- I'm sure that was there,
and I just-- I just didn't see it.
You know, I'm gonna take a look around.
I'll come with you.
Uh, grab the flashlights.
So, what's the deal?
What do you mean, what's the deal?
This guy, he can't just hang out
and scare people.
Did you guys call the police?
-Yeah, we called the sheriff. -What did he do?
I heard he put him in jail.
give us a call.
-Okay. -What's going on with you?
You're... really distant since you got here.
-I'm fine.
No. Um....
Dad.
I didn't make the team.
And...
honestly, I...
I didn't even try.
I don't think I...
want this anymore.
My new car broke down twice in the past two weeks.
Don't you.
Bill, I wish you'd look at me like that.
Merry Christmas Eve, Billy.
Merry Christmas.
Looks like you need this.
Thank you.
- Trouble sleeping? - Yeah. I, uh...
I had this weird dream last night.
It was more a nightmare, really, of this-- this--
...mannequin that Sutton and I found in the barn.
You saw it too?
Yeah, it wasn't like your everyday store mannequin.
It was different.
What was it?
Well, you didn't mention to me
that you found a mannequin.
Oh, it was just something
that was stuffed out in the barn out back.
Oh.
I-- I wasn't gonna mention it.
It--
it was made of this...
uh, papier-mâché.
I don't know.
It was just...
...something about it just seemed wrong.
Well, if it had anything to do with Wes,
it makes sense why it would seem wrong.
Honey, you just gotta forget about it.
He hasn't contacted us in weeks.
Yeah.
You're probably right.
Dad.
I don't think I... want this anymore.
When we were kids, dad would take us on trips
like this, you know, all the time.
I hate how much our family has drifted apart.
Are you going to leave,
and never come back?
Pa gave me this rifle.
Will you leave and never come back?
Oh.
Oh, great. More surprises.
You know, sometimes you can just change one number--
I'll go get something.
- I just got a flashlight. - Oh, okay.
Oh, my God.
-Okay. -Hold this.
- Holy! - Got it?
Uh, yeah.
Hey. Go, go, go, go.
Bill!
- What is it? - It's dark.
Bill?
- What the-- - I found these.
- That's it? - Yeah.
- Bunch of journals. - Oh.
Wow. These documents are really old.
This looks like a charter.
- Charter? - Yeah.
For land or something.
It says "Goins" on it.
His family's been here a long, long time.
Who did these?
I don't know. I don't like this.
Goins' family has
a couple of loose branches in his family tree.
Yeah. I'm gonna throw all this crap away.
I'm sorry, sir.
- Oh. - I'm sorry.
Oh, you got me good.
- Oh, no. - Blood there.
Well, ma'am, I'm sorry too.
I-- I-- I didn't mean to walk up on you like that.
I just noticed you out here.
You must have stumbled out on my property
from-- from wherever it was you came from.
Are you okay?
I reckon I will be.
I mean, you should be careful with that thing, though.
You know what I heard just the other day?
I heard the chances of you getting hurt
in altercation go much higher if you're carrying a weapon.
- Hmm. - Isn't that crazy?
Just about bowled me backwards when I heard that.
-I should get back. -Yeah.
- Back to your family. - Yeah.
Your stepmom, dad, or something like that?
How did you know?
Stepmom?
-Yes. -Oh, I'll be! I got it right.
Just a guess.
That's so common nowadays.
Wow. But she's still your mama.
Yeah. Uh, I need to go.
Look after her.
-Mamas are special. -Mm-hmm.
They're light in a dark, dark world.
Now, don't get too cozy up here on the ridge.
Sorry, sir.
Where is the mannequin?
Where's your sister? She's been gone a long time.
I-- I don't know. I haven't seen her.
Where were you?
Why didn't you tell me where you were going?
I went for a walk, but I-- I think
I might have gotten lost or something.
-You all right? -Oh, my God!
-You had gotten lost! -Yeah.
When I was out there, I heard a branch crack,
and I whipped around, and this guy...
he was, like, right there.
-What do you mean this guy? -Just some hunter.
Said I must have been lost on his property.
But he-- he said I wasn't safe
and I shouldn't get too cozy out there.
- That's weird. - Yeah.
I-- I am gonna go change.
I'm gonna go get dressed.
Where's your dad?
- Where's your dad? - I'll look outside.
Sutton, don't go far.
That's weird.
Dad?
Dad, you out here?
Dad?
Uh, mom wants you inside.
Uh, she's freaking out about something.
Caitlin ran into some dude.
-I-- I don't know. -What dude?
- Mom? - What?
Are you washing my sheets?
And Sutton put that squirrel thing in my room again.
Are you okay?
-Bill, Bill. -Yeah.
All right. We're gonna get out of here.
Go pack your stuff.
We're gonna be out in 30 minutes. Okay?
Now! Let's go. Come on. Chop-chop.
Okay.
Gone in 30 minutes. Let's go.
We should just go.
This guy is playing games to scare us,
and I don't care to play his game anymore.
-Hey, do you have the fob? -No.
Ah, shit!
One of my hoses must have frozen overnight.
-I-- I can't-- -Well, you can pile
into our car.
We-- we left the fob in the kitchen.
All right.
- Whoa, slow down. There we go. - There you go.
Let's go.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
- What? - What?
Ours isn't working either.
- Nothing. It's dead. - What-- what?
Did you-- did you charge it?
Yes, I charged it. It's fully charged.
Okay. Well, forget about how it happened,
and what are we going to do about it?
We call AAA, we'll be on the road in no time.
Let's go inside.
Oh, come on.
Okay. Um, oh...
it's the last one.
To Caitlin from Santa.
Mom, earbuds?
My gosh, it's exactly what I wanted.
Thank you. Thank you so much.
Sutton, it looks like it's the new version.
You can borrow it if you want.
Hello, Mountainside Towing.
Hello, this is William Roth.
I called several hours ago about my two cars that won't start.
We sent a truck up there, but they were told
they were no longer needed.
I don't know who your driver spoke with,
but that makes no sense, we're all here together.
Who did he meet with?
I'm not sure, sir. I'm just a dispatcher.
Okay. What...
...whatever happened, can you please send them again?
Let me confirm, are you on the Goins property
-on Black Balsam? -The old Goins property, yes.
Please come quick. Thank you.
Hey, do you guys want some Christmas coffee?
- I'll take a cup. - Okay. Sutton?
- Uh, yeah. - Okay.
You know, I'm gonna go check the car.
I'm getting tired of sitting around
- not doing anything. - Hmm.
Tell me about it.
Tell you what, I'm gonna jog up
to the gas station down the road.
I'll find a new hose, just somebody
or something to help get the car running.
Sutton, it's like five miles away.
It's dark, and it--
-just wait till the morning. -It's about, what,
40 minutes there, 40 back?
We need to get these cars back on the road.
-At least one of them. -Take a flashlight.
I got one. I'll call from the gas station.
Okay.
Well, ah, Sutton, you're hand sucked anyway.
Okay. This was no coincidence.
-There were wires cut in my car. -What?
Where is everyone?
We're getting out of here now.
- We're gonna walk down together. - No.
I-- I don't think that we should walk outside
-in the dark. -Are you serious?
I mean, do you still think this is an accident,
-some kind of coincidence? -No. I--
Both of our cars have been tampered with.
AAA is mysteriously absent
because someone keeps shooing them off,
and Caitlin saw him on her walk.
I know. I know. I just--
Wes has us stranded.
No, I just think we need to calm--
calm down, not flip out.
Trust me when I tell you, this guy is capable of anything.
- Dad. - I know-- I know that.
-And I'm-- -Mom.
What-- what are you trying to say?
- Dad! - I'm sorry!
Mom, Dad...
Sutton's out there.
I'll check the circuit breaker.
I'll go check the meter.
I'll call the sheriff.
Damn it.
Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, God. Okay.
Wes!
Did you find the sheriff's card?
No. What happened to the circuit breaker?
-It's not working. -Did you try the main--
-the main one? -Yes. Yes. I tried the main one.
-What-- what? -We need to leave here now.
Find something,
anything you can use as a weapon.
Damn it.
No.
Caitlin, just--
Lock the doors and windows.
Oh, my God.
Sutton's out there.
He has no idea what's happening.
We can't leave him out there alone.
He probably doesn't have any service.
- 911. - We have a guy outside our house
and we need your help immediately.
According to our system
- you're near Black Balsam? - Yes.
Okay, I'm gonna have to transfer you
to the local sheriff.
We don't have 911 services. Hold on.
Please, the local sheriff.
Okay.
Hello, ma'am.
- What? - Sorry,
I'm not able to get anyone on the phone down there.
I can try to get a state trooper if you hold on.
Did you call in a state trooper-- trooper?
No. We don't have time for this.
You guys stay here and stay on the phone
- until we can get some help. - Wait.
I'm gonna go get Sutton.
Wait, wait. Is that the best idea?
- Yeah. - No.
Okay. No. Wait, no, no.
-There has to be a better idea. -Okay.
- I'm open to suggestions. - Um--
- Ma'am? - Wait. Yes. Yes.
There has to be another way.
Are you still there?
- Wait-- Yes. - Caitlin, don't open the door
under any circumstances.
Please be careful.
Keep the doors closed.
-I love you both. -Wait, Dad.
Ma'am, is that you again?
- Yes. - Ma'am?
Yes.-
Yes!
What's wrong with you?
Oh, my God.
No! No!
Sutton! Sutton!
Jesus.
No! No!
Sutton! Oh, God, no! Sutton!
Sutton!
Oh, God, please, no!
And I hate how much our family has drifted apart.
Yeah. Back to your family.
They're light in a dark, dark world.
I love you both.
I'll be right back.
What? What do you-- Caitlin!
Shit!
Get--
- Okay. - Don't do that again.
- I know. - Stay here.
Okay. Go. Go.
Oh, God. Come on.
Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on.
Oh, my God.
Sheriff! Sheriff!
Look, I'm on the other side
of the mountain but on my way.
Stay tight. I shouldn't be more than 30, 45 minutes.
No, 40? Please! Sutton, Bill--
- Oh, my God! - Mom, Mom!
30 minutes? How can we--
- Sheriff? - Mom.
- Mom, come look at this. - What?
Come. These are all missing persons cases.
Wes. I mean, why would these be here?
I've already seen this.
-I don't know what-- -No, no, look,
these all tie together to-- I think Wes did this.
That's him.
Oh, my God.
This is the girl that I saw the first day we were here.
I think dad was right.
He's hunting us.
He's here.
Sheriff Benson.
Sheriff. Sheriff, this is-- this is Caitlin Roth.
- Caitlin? - We found,
uh, clippings on-- on Wes--
Did you say you found your father and brother?
No. Hello? Sheriff, yeah.
I said we found clippings on Wes-- Sheriff?
Hello? Damn it!
What do we do?
No!
Dad! No!
Oh, God! What is it?
Come, come, come.
No, wait--
he's coming.
We shouldn't have left Dad.
We should have stopped.
Look for something that we can use against him.
Okay.
Are you all right?
I got it, I got it, I got it.
Come on.
Okay. Come on. Come on. Come on.
Give me your hand.
- Get it out! - I'm trying!
-I'm trying! -Get it out!
I'm trying! I'm trying! He's coming.
He's coming.
- Run! - No, no, no.
-Never. No, I'm not. -He already got me.
There's no reason he should get you too.
-No, I'm-- no. -Don't let this fucker win.
Run.
I love you.
Fuck!
Damn. That's cold.
Me and my mama, we don't always get along but...
she would never do me like that, ever.
Mom, I think I can get it.
I can get it. Ready? Ready.
I've just about had enough
of all your shit
coming in my life, in my home.
Your name may be on paperwork downtown
in the courthouse but it's my house.
That house has been in my family for generations.
Our blood is in the walls.
Fuck you!
Mama don't like you.
You mother is dead, Wes.
Oh, no she ain't.
Wesley Goins...
You son of a bitch.
Bill!
-I'm sorry. -Jesus.
You're gonna like this family.
You guys are gonna like being part of my family.
We're non-traditional too.
No! Wes, no!
No! No!
No! You're a monster.
I'm gonna f--
Sheriff's Department.
Sheriff Department.
23 Central.
I need all units this location--
Put a photo out on Wesley Goins.
Lock up the county.
I'm so sorry.
All inbound units, we're looking for
a multiple murder suspect.
White male, approximately five foot, ten inches,
40 years old.
Guys, it's Wes Goins.
All units clear the channel
for officers on scene only.
I told them not to get too cozy, mama.
But I didn't ever want them to leave.
I'm sorry.