[ominous music]
[ominous music continues]
[ominous music builds and fades]
[Abby sighs]
[Jonah] No, no, it is not okay.
We are not fine, Beth!
Look at me!
You think what she's doing is normal?
She's been in her room for weeks.
I'm the only one in this place
who's trying to talk to her!
["Bask in the Spoils" by Endorphins Lost]
-We'll run through it, so. -[pen scratches]
Talked to Michael,
and the folks over there can help me.
This is what's best.
Will you listen to me?
'Cause you know whatever's going on isn't helping anyone.
[Beth] I'm not.
-[Jonah] Where are you going? -[Beth] I'm not going.
You don't understand me.
[Jonah] Stop! Oh, come on, Jesus Christ!
["Bask in the Spoils" by Endorphins Lost continues]
[fades into foreboding music]
[footsteps rustle]
[door lock clicks]
[door thuds]
[Abby pants]
[footsteps rustle]
[footsteps clang]
[kayak scrapes]
[water sloshes]
[foreboding music continues]
[water continues to slosh]
[foreboding music continues]
[kayak clacks]
[footsteps plod]
[water sloshes]
[footsteps rustle]
[dry leaves rustle]
[distant raven caws]
[birds chirp]
[twigs snap]
[foreboding music continues]
[shoes scrapes]
[foreboding music continues]
[bag rustles]
[bag zips]
[bag thuds]
[birds chirp]
[foreboding music continues]
[Abby breathes heavily]
[rope creaks]
[Abby groans]
[raven caws]
[Abby continues to groan]
[birds chirp]
[soft depressing music]
[soft depressing music continues]
[Actor 1] It was, wasn't it?
[Actor 2] Sometimes the smallest things mean the most.
[grand music]
[Reporter] The search for 14-year-old Abby Carter
continues here at Lake Phillips
and the surrounding area.
She was last seen by her family
the afternoon of November 25th,
where she disappeared from her property without a trace.
-[Jonah] Turn it off, Galen. -[Reporter] Neighbors and
friends are are helping with the search,
but so far, no new evidence has turned up.
Galen, let's go.
[News Reporter] The Carter Family is asking anyone
who would like to assist in the search--
[Jonah] Heavenly Father, please bless the search
for our beloved Abby.
We know that all good comes from You,
and that You're all powerful,
and we humbly ask that You bring her home
to us safe and sound.
Amen.
[Search Party] Amen.
[Searcher 1] Abby!
-[Searcher] Abby! -[Searcher] Abby!
I don't think Abby's here either.
-Won't know unless we look. -[Searcher] Abby!
[Searcher 2] Abby!
[Searcher 1] Abby!
[Searcher 2] Abby!
Why doesn't Mom ever come out?
-She should be helping. -[Searcher] Abby!
[melancholic music]
[Galen sighs]
[Beth breathes heavily]
[melancholic music continues]
[Beth continues to breathe heavily]
[melancholic music continues]
[Beth pants]
[flesh squelches]
[Beth continues to pant]
[melancholic music continues]
[Beth sighs]
[paper rustles]
Give me a call Monday morning and I'll pick you up.
Uh, it's $150 in cash the end of the day.
Not easy work, so get some sleep, all right?
Thank you, Jonah.
-Yeah. -God bless you.
See you Monday.
[footsteps rustle]
[car doors thud]
[Jonah sighs]
[Jonah] Praise You.
Praise You.
Thank You for giving us wisdom
for we ask for wisdom,
all other things will follow.
[Jonah grunts]
[Jonah mutters in foreign language]
[depressing music]
[scraper scraping]
[fingers rustle]
[footsteps plod]
[Jonah] That one kinda reminds me of the stuff you used to do.
[scraper scrapes]
I made some lunch if you wanna join me.
Uh-huh.
Is that a yes?
I mean, no, I'm okay.
You know, the new one in the living room?
It's a Jodas, it's just a print.
Yeah, we need to put that somewhere else, please.
What's wrong with it?
Mm, it's, it's just--
[scraper scrapes]
You can always go back to painting again.
Thought you enjoyed that.
[fingers rustle]
Look, I know this is really difficult
right now, but uh,
maybe for the sake of our sanity
and for, uh, for Galen,
-we could just-- -Jonah, I'm working.
Another time.
[scraper scrapes]
["Stone Man" by Endorphins Lost]
[Isra] Galen?
Galen!
Sorry, I didn't mean to sneak up on you.
I just heard about Abby.
Uh, how are you?
Okay, I guess.
I forgot his name.
Yaz, he's inquisitive.
Anyway, if you ever need anything,
I'm just a door knock away.
[Jonah] Galen!
We're leaving in two minutes.
[Galen] I gotta get ready for church.
Two times a week family.
Three actually.
[Jonah] Galen!
Come on, Yaz, come on.
[notebook rustles]
[Galen sighs]
[footsteps plod]
[foreboding music]
[jacket rustles]
[footsteps plod]
[foreboding music continues]
[binoculars clack]
[Galen] Dad!
[footsteps plod]
[distant raven caws]
[boat scrapes]
[water splashes]
[boat engine revs]
[foreboding music continues]
[Jonah sighs]
[truck door thuds]
[boat engine rumbles]
[distant raven caws]
[foreboding music continues]
[Jonah] Galen!
Galen!
[boat engine rumbles]
[foreboding music continues]
[water sloshes]
[footsteps clang]
[boat scrapes]
[puzzling music]
[footsteps rustle]
[distant raven caws]
Abby!
[footsteps continue to rustle]
[puzzling music continues]
[twigs snap]
[shoe rustles]
[raven caws]
[puzzling music continues]
[raven caws]
[puzzling music continues]
[rope creaks]
[puzzling music intensifies]
[rope snaps]
[Galen groans]
[Galen pants]
Oh!
[Galen continues to pant]
[eerie music]
[eerie music continues]
[Galen groans]
[foreboding music]
[dry leaves rustle]
[boat engine chugs]
[thunder rumbles]
[rain patters]
[foreboding music continues]
[Jonah] You gonna tell me what really happened?
-I'm not lying. -[wipers flap]
I thought I saw Abby,
and I went out there to check it out.
[Jonah] Didn't bother to tell anyone, though.
Well, you would've just thought I was making it
up to skip church.
[rain continues to patter]
Sorry.
Like having a 6-year-old all over again.
Dad, someone is on the island.
[Jonah] Oh, you probably saw a vagrant or something.
Yeah, it's private property too.
You can't just go stomping
-around out there. -[Galen] What if Abby's
been there?
[Jonah] The police searched there already, she's not!
We won't know unless we look, will we?
[wipers continue to flap]
We'll find her, all right?
We got a lot of ground to cover,
and we don't wanna retrace our steps.
[rain continues to patter]
[truck doors thud]
[rain continues to patter]
[light switch clicks]
[Jonah] How'd this get here?
[Galen] Sorry, I, I forgot.
[bible thuds]
You believe in apparitions?
What?
[Galen] I hear stories about that island, um.
What if it was her ghost trying to tell me something?
[Jonah sighs]
I looked it up.
Missing people are almost never found alive.
Abby's still alive.
Don't talk like that, Son.
Get some shut-eye.
[door thuds]
[paper rustles]
[luggage bags thuds]
[truck tailgate thuds]
[truck door thuds]
[truck engine revs]
[Detective Powell knocks]
[Galen gasps]
[door lock clicks]
Hi, your parents' home?
I'm Detective Powell with the Lake Phillip County Sheriff.
Your parents are Jonah and Beth?
I've just been assigned to Abby's missing person's case.
Did you find her?
[Powell] No, I'm just here for a follow-up.
Would you mind going to get your mom for me?
Um, yeah, uh, sure. Come in.
[crutches clack]
[footsteps clop]
[Galen] She's, uh, not feeling well.
Uh, what's wrong?
Uh, I don't know.
Mind if I sit?
It's, uh, Galen, right?
And that cast looks new. Nasty fall?
I tripped.
Down the stairs?
So I hear you've been keeping the community searches going.
Where have y'all looked so far?
All over, we go out every night.
I'm surprised you haven't taken
your skiff in for the winter.
Won't that damage the motor?
I was out on the island looking for Abby.
I, I thought I saw her. [sighs]
I'm sorry. I, I haven't been completely honest with you.
That that's where, that's where this happened.
I promise I won't go out there again.
That's not why I'm here.
Curious though, uh, what made you think you saw her?
It's a ways away, ain't it?
It was someone.
Wishful thinking, I guess.
Well, she must have been convincing enough
for you to boat all the way out there?
Like, since you're being honest,
I'll be straightforward with you.
We were actually called here to do a welfare check.
And I, I'm new, so I don't know you or your parents yet,
but I am familiar with Abby's case.
And I hear there were a few disturbances
over the last year.
Yeah, maybe a few, I guess.
Okay, well, well, I'm just here to talk to y'all.
You know, believe it or not, there are people around here
who care about you and your sister's well-being.
Myself included.
[door clacks]
[Beth] Can I help you with something?
Ah, feeling better?
Who are you?
I am Detective Powell.
I was just chatting with your son.
[Beth] Is this about the island? He's a kid.
[Detective Powell] No, Mrs. Carter, I--
And what would you be doing speaking with him
without his parents anyway?
No, no, sorry, Mrs. Carter.
I, um, I'm new to Abby's case,
and I just figured I'd stop by and talk to y'all.
[chuckles] Now?
Early riser, my apologies.
[Beth] What happened to Detective Burton?
[Powell] Reassigned. I've taken his place.
[Beth] I see. Look, detective, I'm going to need--
[Powell] Uh, please call me Darlene.
[Beth] Why don't you tell me why you're really here
instead of just dialing.
We've received some calls.
I'm here to check on your son.
But after speaking with him,
nothing seems too out of the ordinary.
[Beth] Good, maybe just leave us be then.
Come back when you have some news
about our daughter.
Sorry for the disturbance.
I'll, uh, see you at the next
community search, I guess.
Or will I actually see you there?
I'll see myself out.
[floorboard creaks]
[footsteps plod]
[rain patters]
[phone rings]
[Isra knocks]
[Detective Powell sighs]
-[Phone] Detective Burton. -Yeah, uh, one second.
You need something?
Local sheriff?
I'm the one who called.
I'm their neighbor, my name is Isra.
[Detective Burton] Hello?
Uh, sorry, one more second.
Aside from maybe catching Mrs. Carter on a bad day,
everything seems fine to me.
Are you sure?
I really don't want to see--
Yeah, uh, we appreciate the call,
but maybe let's give 'em some leeway
right now, okay?
They deserve it.
Sorry, I'm here.
[car window whirs]
I hear chanting.
Burton, uh, I'll call you back.
What do you mean?
Speaking in tongues?
It's not another language.
It's frightening frankly.
Mr. Carter is extremely devout,
strict.
I really hate to think Galen
and Abby are exposed to this kind of environment.
You must have had some
kind of religious upbringing, right?
I can only assume that what the Holy God
then says about neighbors is pretty universal.
So let's find some sympathy for all of them.
Do me that solid, okay?
Have a good day.
[car window whirs]
[phone rings]
[Detective Burton] It's too early, pal.
I haven't had my coffee yet.
Yeah, I'm coming in a bit late today.
Might sound crazy, but I think I'm gonna try
that island one more time.
Mr. Carter's son said he thought he saw Abby out there.
[Detective Burton] No, we've been there.
Yeah, I know, I just,
I figured I'd do him a favor.
Maybe we missed something.
I know someone that can take me out there.
I'll follow up when I'm back.
[Randal] I can promise you
that we can figure this out.
What do you want?
[Randal] I want you in my life.
No, this is--
[Randal] Whether you like it or not, here I am.
[Beth] Randal, stop.
[Randal] How can I prove that to you?
I'm hanging up.
-[Galen] Sorry, Mom. -[phone beeps]
I, I should have told you that she was here.
It's fine, sweetie.
[Beth breathing heavily]
[shrubs rustle]
[birds chirp]
[puzzling music]
[raven caws]
[puzzling music continues]
[Detective Powell gasps]
[dry leaves rustle]
[puzzling music continues]
[birds chirp]
[puzzling music continues]
Burton, found something.
[puzzling music continues]
[fades into eerie music]
[eerie music continues]
[fades into foreboding music]
[Detective Powell knocks]
[foreboding music continues]
[luggage bags scrape]
[foreboding music continues]
[luggage bag zips]
[pills clatter]
[luggage bag zips]
[traffic whirs]
[foreboding music continues]
Been a few years.
Sure you're glad to see Dad again?
[traffic whirs]
Yeah.
[traffic whirs]
["The Day the Well Went Dry" by Endorphins Lost]
It better not be what I think it is.
["The Day the Well Went Dry" by Endorphins Lost fades]
[Galen] Just trying to keep my mind off of things.
Yeah.
Just keep thinking about how she got there.
Yeah, we may never know.
You don't think the cops are gonna find out?
[Jonah] Maybe.
Maybe not.
Listen.
I've been, uh,
derelict in my duties lately,
okay?
Now, certainly during the time
when we need it the most.
But He has a plan.
Now, that may be hard to, to hear,
but He had good reason to take her.
Whether it was to, uh,
bring us closer together,
or strengthen our resolve, or-
[Galen] Strengthen? That doesn't even make any sense.
He tests us.
There's sin everywhere, Son.
Until we rid the world of it,
innocent people will continue to die
in terrible ways.
That'll never happen.
Not in our lifetime.
That doesn't mean we shouldn't try.
Dad, I wanna find out who killed my sister,
not rid the world of evil.
You're a good boy, Galen.
No matter what happens,
I want you to remember that, okay?
[eerie music]
[Beth cries]
[Beth] Oh God, oh God.
[Beth continues to cry]
Oh God.
[eerie music continues]
[Beth breathing heavily]
[eerie music intensifies]
[echo reverberates]
I'm gonna go check on her.
No, I'll do it.
[truck door clicks]
[hair strands buzz]
[eerie music]
[Jonah knocks]
[Jonah] Beth, you okay?
[eerie music continues]
[rope creaks]
Beth?
[eerie music continues]
[ominous music]
[wind whooshes]
[ominous music continues]
[footsteps clop]
[Beth sighs]
[floorboard creaks]
[Jonah] Is that all right with you?
[William] Yeah, I mean, with her around, see--
[luggage bag zips]
[Jonah] She just, uh, spends a lot of time here
and then, uh--
[clothes rustle]
[Beth sighs]
[William] She's gonna spend between two
to four months, so--
[Jonah] Okay.
[William] Okay.
[Jonah] Well, you look good.
-How, how you feeling? -[William laughs]
[William] Oh, like shit.
[Jonah] Yeah.
But you know, I'm glad to see you guys now.
Cheer me up for a few days.
[unsettling music]
[William] Thought that was you.
[light switch clicks]
You bird-watching? It's 2:30 AM.
I don't know how you always operated on such little sleep.
Randal, that boy could doze through anything,
but you on the other hand, sometimes--
I was going to bed anyway.
[William] Sure you were.
You need a Benzo or something?
I got stuff that can put a 500-pound gorilla on its ass.
Just so you know, Randal was no different.
He just pretended.
When Mom died, I cried myself through the night.
He would fake sleep so that
he didn't have to deal with it.
[William] Haven't seen you in three years, you know?
This is hard for everybody,
but we all need to keep what we have.
[Beth] I don't need a Sermon on the Mount from you too.
I get enough of that from home.
What's the deal with Suzanne? Why is she here?
Everything's fine, just a precaution.
No, it's not, tell me.
It metastasized.
They gave me six months.
So she's hospice then.
Why didn't you say anything?
You're kidding, right?
[Beth] God, no.
Christmas is in a few days.
Your daughter's funeral is tomorrow.
They need you.
If you can't be the mother they deserve,
then pretend you are.
[somber music]
[somber music continues]
[card rustles]
[Detective Powell] Detective Powell.
Hi, it's, uh, Galen Carter.
Sorry for calling late.
[Detective Powell] Galen, hi.
What can I do for you?
I was just wondering if you had any news?
[Detective Powell] Not yet.
We're working on it, though.
Yeah.
[Detective Powell] Have a good night.
The report, um,
said Abby had signs of strangulation
on her neck like a suicide,
but she was buried.
[Detective Powell] Galen, you gotta give us time
to figure that out.
Sorry, I wish I had a better answer for you.
Take care.
-[Group] Prepare a table -[phone receiver clacks]
before making a presence of my enemies,
You anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows.
Goodness and mercy will follow me
all the days of my life.
You prepare a table before
making a presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil,
my cup overflows.
Goodness and mercy will follow me
all the days of my life.
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
[apprehensive music]
[birds chirp]
[distant ravens caw]
[birds chirp]
[phone buzzes]
[distant ravens caw]
[Beth sighs]
[birds chirp]
[distant raven caws]
[Pastor] From James 1:17,
"Every good and perfect gift is from above,
coming down from the Father of Heavenly Lights,
who does not change like shifting shadows.
He chose to give us birth
through the Word of truth
that we might be a kind to first fruits
for all He created."
[Randal knocks]
[door creaks]
[Randal] You didn't get my messages?
Yeah, Randal, I got them.
What the hell are you doing here?
Dad would make a scene if he saw you.
So?
Beth, it's Christmas.
You don't give a shit about Christmas.
Don't use that to pop in whenever you want.
I drove all the way from Colorado to see you.
I'm trying here, okay?
I am-- [sighs]
I am trying to be the person you want me to be.
Uh. [sighs]
What? What do you want me to say, Beth?
I, I want my family back.
I want you in my life.
I-- [sighs]
I don't have anyone else.
You're it.
Come on! We used to do everything together.
Now, you barely look at me, let alone take my calls.
We were kids,
only 10 minutes apart,
yet I always had to be the older one.
I didn't expect you to be at Abby's funeral,
but you could have at least
had the courtesy to stay away.
I have done my time.
How can I prove that to you?
I'm done protecting you.
We've given you too many chances.
I don't wanna see you anymore.
Go home.
[Randal] Come on. Hey, come on.
Hey, Beth, come on.
[Beth whimpers]
Do not let them see you.
[door creaks]
On Christmas morning, I'd come down
and early in the morning, and he would be,
he'd have taken the stocking off the wall
and, and dumped everything in it
out onto the floor, [laughs]
and he'd have it over his head.
And, and I'd come out,
and he'd be like, "Merry Christmas, Grandpa!"
And then he'd open all that, every damn things.
-[laughter] -[Suzanne] Aw.
[faint Christmas music]
[William] Beth!
You doing okay?
[faint Christmas music continues]
Jonah,
I'm sorry, but I'm not gonna go home with you
and Galen tomorrow.
[Jonah] What are you talking about?
You know, I love you, Galen,
but I can't go back.
[Jonah] You're talking to me
right now, not Galen.
So you answer me.
Beth,
you wanna do that?
You wanna play the bereaved mother
who's in too much pain to speak?
Jonah.
[Jonah] I've given you inch after inch,
letting you do what you want, barely coming out of bed,
avoiding the foundation of why
we started this family in the first place,
and what do we get?
What do we get?
Answer me!
I can't go back there.
I'm afraid of what I'll do.
I'm sorry, but I just can't pretend
like everything's okay.
[somber music]
[Jonah] Listen to me, Beth, you're just,
you're just [inhales deeply],
you're just in an emotional state right now.
Please.
Please don't.
Gonna get some rest.
You're gonna wake up in the morning refreshed.
We're gonna go to our home,
and everything's gonna be okay.
[unsettling music]
-I'm not going back! -[plate cracks]
[Beth pants]
[somber music]
[Beth continues to pant]
[somber music continues]
I buried her.
[William] Beth,
let's get you to bed.
She hung herself on Saturday.
I found her and buried her on Tuesday.
I knew exactly where to look.
I didn't want any of you to know.
[foreboding music]
[William] Yup.
[foreboding music continues]
[luggage bags thud]
[truck door thuds]
[truck engine revs]
[foreboding music continues]
[traffic whirs]
[foreboding music continues]
[Group Leader] We sometimes focus on the how or why.
How did this happen?
Why them ?
Why o family?
But those things shouldn't be our focus.
Disease, pain,
suffering, death.
Now, God didn't intend any of these things for us.
It wasn't until man committed sin
that death entered our lives.
Jonah,
thank you for joining us.
Thank you for having me.
[Leader] Jonah isn't a stranger to the church, uh,
but he is new to our group of the bereaved.
Abby, she died 'cause of all of our sins,
and we must purge ourselves
and the rest of the earth of it.
Until that time, all of men's transgressions
will befall the innocent
at the hands of the most evil.
Remember, next week's session won't be at the church.
Please call first if you plan on attending.
Jonah,
I am very sorry to hear what happened.
And you are truly unique here.
It's been a long while
since we've had a tragedy such as yours.
How?
How are you holding up so far?
I don't know, uh,
it's difficult, uh. [exhales heavily]
Gotta focus on Galen, though.
You know, [tongue clicks]
my, my wife isn't living with us at the moment.
Uh, she uh--
-So. -So you're, you're separated?
Yeah.
Uh, well, well, you should bring her here.
I do offer marriage support,
thank you, on Tuesdays.
It's very helpful.
Ah, it's been years since she's taken part in all this.
Um, I've tried to convince her, but uh.
Jonah, as her husband, you should strongly,
thank you, urge her
to reconsider your union,
especially before it's too late.
Your marriage is sacred, eternal.
-Thank you. -Mm-hmm.
Okay, thank you.
-I will try, thank you. -Wait.
[door creaks]
[door lock clicks]
There,
now it's just you and me.
Tell me.
[Jonah sniffs]
Abby, uh--
[Jonah sighs]
She took her own life.
[Jonah breathes heavily]
And it's, uh,
it's possible that Beth is considering the same.
I don't know what to do.
God's temple dwells in us.
And anyone who destroys that temple,
God will punish him.
It's impossible for you to care for someone
such as Galen without caring for yourself.
And as the husband,
you need to show Beth that
and lead her back to the oneness.
You are well respected in this church.
Wouldn't wanna undermine that, would you?
No.
[Leader] The address for the meeting next week.
Okay.
[door lock clicks]
I hope I'll see you there.
[door creaks]
[faint birds chirp]
[Galen] Hey, um, do you ever hear anything strange
about that island out there?
Yeah.
[distant raven caws]
Hummingbirds,
once you start, they depend on it.
The most common that
it's fertile ground for the afterlife.
Some people have claimed to see creatures,
apparitions in the trees.
I don't believe in it.
I never been there personally, but you have.
I'm not going to tell anyone,
but it's not a great idea to go in there either,
considering it's still being investigated.
I don't want to see you in trouble.
Did you see something there?
[Galen] I don't know.
It's not like you'd believe me if I told you, though.
Try me.
[distant raven caws]
[Galen] Abby, before they found her,
once on the shoreline
and then again when I went out there searching.
[Isra] Well, maybe the closer to the island you are,
the more adscititious the visions get.
You're making fun of me, aren't you?
[Isra] No. No, I'm not.
Whatever I think,
I know you two were really close.
To have your support system vanish
so quickly is really difficult.
You did see someone for help
after she died, right?
[Galen] Like a counselor?
The only one my dad would approve of was, uh,
someone from his church.
But I don't want a religious take.
[Isra] How about a psychotherapeutic one?
[Galen] Therapy?
[Isra] Give me one hour next week.
The G-word won't even enter the conversation.
Anything you say between you, me, and Yaz?
[distant raven caws]
Well, I should go inside.
You know where to find me
if you change your mind.
[footsteps rustle]
[distant raven caws]
[footsteps clop]
[distant raven caws]
[keyboard clicks]
[phone rings]
[mouse clicks]
[Officer 1] I'd prefer it to be, right,
it has to be Fergie, right?
You know, doing the course.
This one may be close.
[Officer 2] Darlene, 96!
[Officer 1] We'll fit it out.
So it's like
-another job was really close. -[officer laughs]
And but she was, like, mute quiet,
I'd assume, was she?
[Officer 3] Yeah.
[keyboard clicks]
[Officer 1] Elbow and everything, so--
[foreboding music]
[Detective Powell sighs]
[foreboding music continues]
[notebook rustles]
[items clack]
[boxes rustle]
[notebook rustles]
[drawer clicks]
[items rustle]
[Jonah sighs]
[papers scrunch]
[posters crinkle]
[posters scrunch]
[bottle thuds]
[Galen] Dad, where's all my stuff in my room?
[photo frame clacks]
[Jonah] I've let a few too many things warp our household,
and uh, we need to fix that.
I include some of your things as well.
[door lock clicks]
-Fucking preacher bullshit. -[door thuds]
[Galen sighs]
Fucking hell.
[drawer clacks]
[painting frame rustles]
[footsteps plod]
[notebook rustles]
[pages flapping]
[Galen sighs]
[enchanting music]
[dry leaf rustles]
[ominous music]
[dry leaves rustle]
[ominous music continues]
-[Jonah] What's that? -[Galen thuds]
Yeah, nothing, nothing, uh.
It's, uh, just for school.
It's just, it's just for school.
-It's just, ah. -[notebook rustles]
[page flicks]
[Jonah] Lie to me again,
I'll leave you with nothing but a bible and bedsheets.
[ominous music]
[door thuds]
[Detective Powell knocks]
[rain patters]
[Detective Powell exhales heavily]
[Detective Powell knocks]
[footsteps clop]
[phone rings]
[Detective Powell] Mr. Carter?
You know what time it is?
[Detective Powell] Sorry, I, but do you have a moment?
No, ma'am, if you need to talk,
you need to do it when it's appropriate.
We have supper at seven,
you can reach me before then.
Okay, I will just have to call you back then.
[rain patters]
[book rustles]
[car lock clicks]
[Detective Powell sighs]
[car door thuds]
[car lock clicks]
[eerie music]
[hand rustles]
[eerie music continues]
[Detective Powell breathes heavily]
[puzzling music]
[foot thumps]
[oars click]
[boat scrapes]
[puzzling music intensifies]
[water sloshes]
[water continues to slosh]
[puzzling music continues]
[footsteps rustle]
[twigs crack]
[faint birds chirp]
[dry leaves rustle]
[distant raven caws]
Abby?
[dry leaves continue to rustle]
[tree bark rasps]
[puzzling music continues]
[tree bark continues to rasp]
[eerie music]
[Abby choking]
[birds chirp]
[eerie music continues]
[flip knife flicks]
[rope creaks]
[Galen pants]
[rope continues to creak]
[twig snaps]
[eerie music intensifies]
[knife sucks]
[footsteps plod]
[Abby choking]
[ominous music]
[ravens caw]
[ominous music continues]
You're a liar!
[boat scrapes]
[water sloshes]
[truck tail gate clangs]
Uh, I'm heading out to Grants Pass next week
for a deck repair, you know?
Probably take the better part of the day or so.
Sure, yeah, whatever works.
[truck door thuds]
Thanks for the lift.
For sure.
[truck doors thud]
[truck engine revs]
[tires rustle]
[puzzling music]
[phone rings]
[Jonah] This is the Carter Residence,
please leave a message, God bless.
[voicemail beeps]
Jonah, hey, it's, uh, Randal.
Um [chuckles], guess what?
I'm in town for a sales conference.
I was hoping to swing by and maybe surprise you,
but hey, maybe I still will.
Uh, see you soon, buddy.
[boat scrapes]
[footsteps clop]
[wooden plank scrapes]
[puzzling music continues]
[Randal] Uh, Santa Fe, Taos.
Uh, then we went out to the Colorado area post.
Whitewater rafting is when it, Galen!
What's up, buddy?
[Jonah] Were you on the lake?
Uncle Randal, what are you doing here?
[Jonah] You wanna answer me?
Yeah, I finished up school a bit early
and wanted to cruise around a bit.
Yeah, an outside sales conference?
I mean, it's closer to city,
but y'all are only, what, an hour or two away?
So I figured, you know, what the hell?
Oh, I'm sorry, language, sorry.
Sorry about the foot, man, I noticed that before.
When?
Uh.
I don't know, not sure.
Maybe it was your, your dad
told me about it or something.
Anyway.
Okay, I've got some errands to run.
Is it okay if I, uh,
stop by later tonight for dinner?
Family's always welcome, you know that.
Right, thanks.
Well, you have definitely grown an inch
or two since last time.
Good to see you, big man.
All right, see you tonight.
[footsteps plod]
Okey dokey. Okey dokey.
What is he doing here?
[Jonah] He's your uncle.
Try to be a little more hospitable.
He's interested in joining the church, all right?
He wants to meet everyone down there.
I think it's a good idea.
He's guilty about not going to Abby's funeral.
If he's family,
why wasn't he there?
It's a long story.
[Galen scoffs]
[William on phone] Hello?
[Jonah] Can I talk to her?
[William] No, it's not the best time.
I thought she would've improved a little by now,
but [coughs] nothing helps.
[Jonah] I need to tell you something.
Randal's in town.
[William] Randal? You talked to him?
He came by. [sniffs]
Said he's in town for some conference.
[William] He's not in town for a conference.
Yeah, yeah, I know.
But I do believe he's trying to turn his life around.
[William] No, he's not.
You have to send him away, please.
He's a manipulator.
I've tried to help that boy again and again but--
[Jonah] I don't think you've tried hard enough then.
You know, sometimes I question your faith, William.
[William] Excuse me?
If you won't fight for your children's salvation, I will.
[Jonah] Have Beth call me first thing Monday morning.
That's not a request.
[phone button beeps]
[unsettling music]
[unsettling music continues]
All right, always so good to see you.
[Jonah] Sydney, you're back.
Didn't see you inside.
Uh, I wasn't,
but it's the only time I get to catch up
with old friends lately.
Ah, well, I'd like, I'd like you
to meet my brother-in-Law, Randal,
and uh, you know, my son, Galen.
Very blessed to meet you.
I assume you'll be joining First Heritage long term.
Uh, yeah, yeah, absolutely.
Y'all are, y'all are really nice people.
Well, I'll see you next week then, I assume?
-Mm-hmm. -Unless you'll
be joining Jonah during our Thursday bereavement group.
Ah, [sighs] gosh, I don't know.
It's, I don't know.
I feel like that's something I really
need to kind of work myself up to, you know?
Anyway, it was nice to meet you.
[truck rattles]
Randal said he wanted to be part of the church?
Why?
Never mind.
[unsettling music]
[truck engine whirs]
[car lock clicks]
You coming in?
[Jonah] I'll be right there.
Need to discuss something with your uncle.
[distant raven caws]
[truck door thuds]
[Jonah's throat clears]
My congregation is important,
and being a part of it is a serious choice.
I need you to be genuine
when you say you wanna join us.
Oh yeah.
I mean, yeah, of course.
I mean, look, I, I wanna be part of this family again.
So, I mean, whatever is important to you,
that, that's important to me as well.
You're not here on business, are you?
No, I'm not, uh.
Lorna kicked me out.
Uh, it, it was a mutual thing.
But that's not even the reason I'm here though.
I mean, I, I miss you all.
Why weren't you at Abby's funeral?
Hey, I'm still sorry about that, I'm...
I'm, I'm not,
I'm not good with death and all that.
Like, when my mom died, I-
You haven't, you haven't even mentioned her name.
Not once.
[unsettling music continues]
[Randal] I'm--
I'm sorry I should have been there.
[Randal sighs]
I, I need you to believe that.
I am truly, truly sorry about that.
[unsettling music continues]
["Healing" by Animals in Cars]
- * Laughter turns into cries -[knife thunks]
* Smile that turns into sigh
[Yaz barks]
Ah, stop it.
-* Knocking at your door -[barking continues]
Yaz, knock it off!
* Healing *
[Yaz barks]
[knife thunks]
[Yaz whimpers]
Yaz?
* Healing
Yaz?
["Healing" by Animals in Cars continues]
[floorboard creaks]
[foreboding music]
Yaz?
[foreboding music continues]
[Yaz barks]
[knife clanking]
Yaz?
-[foreboding music continues] -[Yaz snarling]
* And that anywhere
[Yaz barks]
[Isra] Where's the dog?
[door thuds]
[Yaz continues to bark]
[foreboding music]
[door rattles]
[dog whimpers]
[Isra gasps]
[foreboding music continues]
[footsteps rustle]
[door lock clicks]
* Stronger than I thought
[Galen knocks]
["Healing" by Animals in Cars]
[door clicks]
Can you talk?
["Healing" by Animals in Cars fades]
Is this a bad time?
No, it's, it's fine.
Sorry, go ahead.
[Galen] What-- [sighs]
What if you knew something terrible
about someone in your own family?
Does, does something involve Abby?
[Galen] Probably not what you think.
[Isra] Well, I'd tell someone ,
someone you trust.
[Galen] What if I can't anymore?
My dad, he doesn't,
doesn't care what I want.
Does your father hurt
-you or-- -[Galen] No, he's not the person
that I was talking about.
It's a family member we don't see very often.
Abby is communicating with me.
It only comes in fragments,
but I think she's telling me something.
When I went back to the island--
You went back to the island?
When?
A few days ago.
When I said, "Stay off island,"
[foreboding music]
you are right to try to reconnect.
What do you mean?
You've seen her there, right?
How about our side of the island?
I think she followed you here.
Here, you mean now?
[Isra] I don't know how,
but I think she's joined with you.
I thought you didn't believe in it.
Forget about what I believe.
Forget about what your father believe.
Just bring the truth to light, understand?
And whatever you do,
do not follow in your father's footsteps.
Promise me.
[foreboding music continues]
[distant bird chirps]
[Beth] Every day, I pack my bags
and try to muster the courage
to get on the next bus, but I can't.
I can't come home.
What do you mean you can't?
[Beth] We just need to put an end to this.
What are you saying?
Us, Jonah, put an end to us.
I'll come home long enough to tell Galen. Sorry.
No.
That's not happening.
[phone button beeps]
[switch clicks]
[eerie music]
[eerie music continues]
[Jonah sighs]
[screwdriver scratches]
They will cast out demons in my name,
and they will speak in new language.
They will cast out demons in my name,
and they will speak in new languages!
They will cast out demons in my name,
and they will speak in new languages!
They will cast out demons in my name!
And they will speak in new languages!
[eerie music continues]
[door creaks]
[Jonah speaks in foreign language]
[eerie music continues]
[Jonah continues to speak in foreign language]
[eerie music continues]
[Galen] Dad!
[Jonah pants]
[eerie music continues]
[Jonah] Please forgive me.
[eerie music continues]
You know I love you, Son, don't you?
We're all broken people.
We're wired to sin.
You're not a child anymore.
Your notebook's in a box
in the crawl space if you want them back,
I know it's important to you.
[Jonah breathes heavily]
[door thuds]
[door lock clicks]
[light switch clicks]
[notebook rustles]
[water gushes]
[Beth sighs]
[Deputy Valen knocks]
[Deputy Valen] Beth Carter?
What's going on?
Turn around, ma'am.
[Beth] What are you doing?
It's okay, you're not under arrest,
but we do have to take you for observation for 72 hours.
What are you, why are you handcuffing me?
[Deputy Valen] Ma'am, it's only for our safety.
You're not in trouble.
-Who's doing this? -[car doors thud]
-Tell me! -[Suzanne] Hey, hey, hey!
Where the hell are you taking her?
Maple Grove Psychiatric.
-[door slams] -[car engine rumbles]
[laborious music]
[Officer on radio speaking indistinctly]
[laborious music continues]
[Beth gasps]
[Officer on radio speaking indistinctly]
[Beth breathes heavily]
Hey, you can't lay down back there.
You need to get up.
Hey, did you hear what I just said? Get up!
[laborious music continues]
[Officer] Not responding.
[laborious music continues]
[moves to ominous music]
[ominous music continues]
-[Male Deputy] What the-- -[flesh squelches]
[Deputy screams]
[Deputy Valen pants]
[Deputy Valen] Help me!
[Deputy Valen groans]
[scheming music]
Help me!
[scheming music continues]
[handcuffs clatter]
[phone rings]
[phone beeps]
Carter Residence.
[Detective Powell] It's Detective Powell.
It's almost five o'clock,
I imagine you haven't had supper yet.
We need to speak.
[door thuds]
[footsteps clop]
Hey!
Notice Galen was over at your place recently.
What'd you chat about?
Nothing important, just catching up.
This and that.
Uh, sorry, I have to go back to feed Yaz. Come now.
[Jonah] Talked about us, right?
My religious bullshit, right?
How'd you put it?
"Shouldn't follow in his father's footsteps"?
It's in his notebook.
[foreboding music]
Stay away.
He's got enough garbage rattling around in his brain
thanks to people like you.
[foreboding music continues]
[truck door thuds]
[truck engine revs]
[foreboding music continues]
[Galen breathes heavily]
[boat engine rumbles]
[rain patters]
[footsteps rustle]
[Galen sniffs]
[rain continues to patter]
[torch clicks]
[torch rattles]
[eerie music]
Where are you?
[Galen pants]
I don't know what happened with you,
but, but whatever it is,
whatever it is, okay, Abby,
I will believe you, okay?
I swear. [pants]
[twig snaps]
Why won't you show yourself?
Please!
Please.
[foreboding music]
[Mysterious voice] Galen.
[dry leaves rustle]
Winter Song.
[foreboding music continues]
[rain continues to patter]
[boat engine rattles]
[Powell] We picked him up at a motel in Cedar
for writing bad checks.
He has an arrest warrant, a few actually.
In California, and Florida,
and more recently, in Colorado.
Do you know about his
actual criminal history, Mr. Carter?
[boat engine rattles]
[boat clacks]
[puzzling music]
[Galen pants]
Winter Song.
[Galen pants]
[puzzling music continues]
[notebooks thud]
Winter Song.
[page flicks]
[letter rustles]
[puzzling music continues]
"Galen, by the time you read this,
I'll be on the island.
I'm not,
I'm not coming back this time."
[moves to tense music]
[letter rustles]
[moves to puzzling music]
[Powell] He has had several accusations,
most of which were dismissed on technicalities
or by statute of limitations.
But he has a two-decade long span
of allegedly molesting 10 to 15-year-old children.
I'm sorry to tell you like this.
[phone rings]
Sorry.
[phone receiver clicks]
Detective Powell.
Uh, it's your son.
And what can I do for you? Jonah!
Galen, what are you doing?
No, we'll discuss it when I get home. Stay put.
[Powell] If he, he wants to talk to me,
-you need to let him. -[Jonah] How long is he
being held?
Well, uh--
How long?
We need to begin an extradition process,
which can take up to 30 days.
And he goes to jail until then?
[Powell] Yeah, he'll meet with a judge,
who will set bond until the authorities in Colorado
-can take him back. -Oh, I'll pay the bond.
[Powell] Well, it, it could take up until morning.
That's fine. Just give me a call when he sees the judge.
[unsettling music]
[truck engine whirs]
[unsettling music continues]
[Detective Powell] Hello?
Hi, uh, Detective Powell?
Um, I had tried calling earlier.
Uh, I need to talk to you before my dad gets home, okay?
-I just need-- -Yeah, of course,
-what's wrong? -[phone button beeps]
What are you doing, boy?
Randal did something to Abby.
She didn't tell anyone,
but Mom had suspected something
to bury her out on the island.
[phone rings]
[phone button beeps]
Tell her everything's fine.
-[Powell] Galen? -Tell her.
[Detective Powell] Galen, you there?
Hi, um, Detective Powell?
[Detective Powell] Hey, are you okay?
-Yeah, everything-- -[Powell] Are you sure?
Everything's okay, yep.
-Yep. -[phone button beeps]
Why are you protecting him?
Abby spent months secluding herself.
Sometimes she'd go days without leaving her room.
Maybe she couldn't confide in me,
but at least I tried, okay?
You don't think I tried?
[Galen] What, with the fucking church programs
and religious counseling?
Are you kidding me?
You know I'm right.
The island showed me, okay?
-The island-- -[Jonah] The island.
She wrote it in my notebook, okay?
[Jonah] Don't do that. Don't do that!
You don't believe me?
Call Mom, ask her.
Ask her, just ask.
I know that she knows something, okay?
Just call her, please!
Please, Dad, please!
I can't!
Because you won't admit that you're wrong.
No, because your mother
is incapacitated, Galen.
She's in the hospital, a psychiatric hospital.
For her own good!
[foreboding music]
What the hell did you do to Mom?
What did you do to Mom, huh? Huh?
What the hell did you do to Mom, huh?
What the hell did you do to Mom?
What did you do?
-What the-- -[Galen thuds]
[foreboding music continues]
[Jonah] Galen, get back here!
Damn it!
[Operator] Lake Phillips 911.
I, I need an officer here right now.
[Operator] Can you tell me what's going on there?
[Isra] I need an officer, please!
Hang up the phone, Isra.
-[Operator] Ma'am? -I need an officer right now.
Give me the phone, Isra.
[Isra] Stay away from me.
[Jonah] Isra!
[Isra] Ah!
[Isra thuds]
[Jonah breathes heavily]
[unsettling music]
[unsettling music continues]
[door thuds]
[Galen pants]
[Jonah] Galen, open the door! Galen!
Galen!
-Galen! Open the door! -[door rattles]
Galen, let me in!
-Galen! -Stop!
[unsettling music fades]
[ominous music]
[ominous music continues]
[Galen pants]
[ominous music continues]
[door lock clicks]
[ominous music intensifies]
[ominous music continues]
[door clicks]
[door thuds]
[footsteps rustle]
[ominous music continues]
[footsteps clop]
[ominous music continues]
[door lock clicks]
[tape rips]
[machine buzzes]
[eerie music]
[machine continues to buzz]
[eerie music continues]
[curtain rail crinkles]
[eerie music intensifies]
[footsteps clop]
[eerie music continues]
[machine continues to buzz]
[Galen sobs]
[depressing music]
God,
please,
please help me.
[Galen sniffs]
[mirror squeaks]
[foreboding music]
[mirror continues to squeak]
[foreboding music continues]
[footsteps plod]
[note rustles]
[footsteps plod]
[door thud]
[footsteps clop]
[foreboding music intensifies]
[thunder rumbles]
[Sidney chants in foreign language]
Jonah.
Uh. [sniffs]
Jonah. [breathes heavily]
What the fuck is going on, man?
[slap cracks]
[Sidney] Hold your tongue!
We are here to help the man hiding inside.
[Randal] No, brother, wh-wh-what's happening?
[Sidney] Let no one deceive you with empty words.
Wrath comes to those who are disobedient.
I'm truly sorry about this, Randal,
but you brought it on yourself.
Mm, Satan brought this on.
Randal may have allowed it in,
but he's not being punished.
He is being set free.
[thunder rumbles]
[rain patters]
[ominous music]
[water drips]
[Randal] I, I, um,
I don't know what we're doing here,
or what you think I did,
or what you're planning on doing,
but let's just, uh, untie me,
and we can just sit down
-and talk of what you're-- -Quiet!
The power of Satan
is broken by the blood of the lamb.
In Jesus's name,
say it!
[ominous music continues]
In Jesus's name, say it!
-Say it! -Whatever in Jesus's name.
[Sidney] Louder! In Jesus's name.
[Randal] Uh, I just s-said it!
[slap cracks]
[sliding door clicks]
[Randal] Jonah, please, tell her--
[Sidney] In Jesus's name.
-Say it, in Jesus's name. -[sliding door rustles]
-Say it -[Randal] Uh, in Jesus's name.
[Sidney] Say it, in Jesus's name
that you have been saved.
[phone beeps]
If you can't say his name,
then you must still have Satan
coursing through your veins.
[Operator] 911, what's your emergency?
[Sindey] It moves your tongue.
It moves your hands.
The same hands that touched that innocent girl.
You tell me which hand was it?
Jonah, what's happening?
[ominous music continues]
Okay, in Jesus's name.
In Jesus's name.
Jonah, uh, in Jesus's name, in His name.
[Sidney] Well, you know, He's brokenhearted,
and He finds that wound.
[Randal] Jonah! No, don't, don't do this.
Don't do this, don't do this!
Please don't do this, please.
Please.
Jonah, please don't.
In Jesus's name, in Jesus's name,
in Jesus's name, Jonah.
-In Jesus's name! [wails] -[flesh squelches]
[tense music]
[Galen] No!
What is he doing here?
No!
Galen, Galen, look at me.
Look at me, Son.
He took Abby from us!
[Galen] No!
[Jonah] You were right about him.
Your mother and I have seen his way.
[Galen] Why did you do this to him?
No one else can heal right now.
If police incarcerate him,
prison would only strengthen the evil inside.
[ominous music]
[knife clinks]
We need to leave.
Leave Randal, leave everything.
Jonah, we need to leave now!
-[flesh squelches] -[Sidney groans]
[eerie music]
[eerie music continues]
Beth.
Leave.
[siren blares]
[rain patters]
[car engines whir]
[knife clanks]
[siren continues to blare]
[foot thumps]
[Beth kisses]
What the hell, Mom?
[siren continues to blare]
[depressing music]
[car doors thud]
Sir, stop. Don't take another step.
[Male Officer] Drop what's in your hand!
[depressing music continues]
Hands behind your back.
[handcuffs click]
[Jonah breathes heavily]
He tests us.
[depressing music continues]
[rain patters]
[eerie music]
[eerie music continues]
Help.
Hi.
[Randal sniffs]
Beth.
[flesh squelches]
[Randal coughs]
[eerie music continues]
[floorboard creaks]
[footsteps clop]
[door creaks]
[door thuds]
[door rattles]
[gloves rustle]
He sure loved you.
Talked about you all the time. [chuckles]
And said you were gonna graduate this summer.
Yeah, well,
this is your home.
He made sure of that.
All right, will you take care, okay?
[footsteps clop]
[water sloshes]
[birds chirp]
[distant dog barks]
[dry leaves rustle]
[water continues to slosh]
["Forevertime Journeys" by Naran Ratan]
[birds chirp]
["Forevertime Journeys" by Naran Ratan continues]
[birds chirp]
[goats bleat]
[birds chirp]
[goats bleat]
[birds chirp]
["Forevertime Journeys" by Naran Ratan continues]
[goats bleat]
[birds chirp]
[goats bleat]
["Forevertime Journeys" by Naran Ratan continues]
[birds chirp]
[goats bleat]
[birds chirp]
[fades to ominous music]
[ominous music fades]