[Wheezing]
[♪♪♪]
[Whimpers & exhales]
[Takes deep breath]
[♪♪♪]
Oh, fuck.
[Sniffles] [Grunts]
[Sighs]
EMMA (ON PHONE): Hello?
Emma?
- EMMA (ON PHONE): Yeah. - Oh, my God, you picked up.
EMMA (ON PHONE): What do you want?
Just surprised I didn't, uh...
EMMA (ON PHONE): Yeah, me too.
Well, uh
just wanted to, uh, talk to you,
you know, and see how you're doing and, uh...
EMMA (ON PHONE): Why?
Well, I just...
Look, I know, uh...
I know I screwed up, honey,
and, uh... I just want to say I'm sorry, okay?
To you and your mom, I am so, so sorry.
Are you fucking serious right now?
What?
The hell is wrong with you?
Nothing's wrong with me.
I'm just... I'm, uh... Just wanted...
What makes you think that I want to hear that?
Why is... Why is now the time for me to hear that?
Come on, honey.
I tried calling plenty of times before,
and you didn't pick up and I...
So it's my fault?
No, it's no one's fault. It's no one's fault.
I just, uh... I'm here.
You're here now?
Are you fucking kidding me?
No, I'm not kidding. Okay?
I am trying to say I'm sorry.
I am trying to apologize.
I'm trying to fix this mistake.
And I think the least you could do is just listen
to what I have to say.
How can I apologize if you will not listen
to what I have to say?
Emma?
Emma please tell me you're still there.
I'm not.
Emma! Don't hang up!
Fuck you.
Please don't.
[♪♪♪]
[Sobs]
I tried.
I did, I tried.
She won't listen to me.
She won't listen to what I have to say.
I tried.
I really tried.
[Sobs]
Stop, please.
Don't...
[Chokes]
Stop.
Oh, no, no, no, no.
Wait, wait... Please!
No! Ah!
[Grunts]
[Chokes]
[♪♪♪]
- Jocelyn. - Pastor Lewis.
Thank you again.
It was a lovely service.
Of course.
If you need anything, please don't hesitate to ask.
Thank you.
[♪♪♪]
MADDIE: Hey, JC.
Hey, guys.
Thanks for coming.
Of course.
If you need anything, let us know.
JOCELYN: Thank you.
Is that her?
- Yeah, it is. - ALEXIS: Huh.
I'm surprised she came.
Yeah, me too.
MOM (ON PHONE): Hey, sweetie.
Hey, Mom.
- How are you? - I'm okay.
Just wanted to let you know that it's done.
The service is over.
Oh, okay.
How was it?
Um... Fine.
I mean... [Scoffs]
Do you really care how nice it was?
I mean, I guess it doesn't really matter.
[Both chuckle]
I just care about how you're doing.
I'm fine. Really.
Yeah?
And how's Maryland?
Well, I leave in two days, so I'm looking forward to that.
Good answer. [Both chuckle]
Will I get to see you?
Uh, no.
I'm headed straight to Dallas for the tour start.
Oh... just going right back to work.
Yeah, it's supposed to be a good gig.
Pays really well.
Okay.
I just want to make sure you're not burning yourself out.
I know.
Have you talked to Jocelyn?
Um, yeah, we talked.
Yeah? How'd that go?
I don't know, it was short.
She wants to see me tomorrow.
Oh. For what?
I don't know. Like... to talk more, I guess?
Well, that might be good.
Well, I don't think I'm gonna go.
Okay.
I mean, if that's what you're comfortable with.
I just don't see the point.
I get that.
Trust me, I do.
But keep in mind, she lost him, too, Em.
It might be good to just hear what she has to say.
At least this one time.
Look, you just do what's best for you, okay?
Uh, yeah.
Call me when your flight lands, okay?
Yeah I will.
All right. Love you, Em.
Love you.
[♪♪♪]
JIMMY: Hey, buddy! What're you doing?
The service is over, pal.
You can't be here.
Jesus, man.
Get the fuck outta here or we're calling the cops.
Unbelievable.
[♪♪♪]
Seriously? Hey!
What'd I tell you before?
Get the hell out of here!
Paul?
Call the cops on this guy.
Unbelievable.
Couldn't find a better photo of this guy?
[Chuckles]
Paul.
Call the fucking police.
[Phone dial tone] [Jimmy grunts]
[Thuds] [Gasps]
[Spits]
Jimmy, what happened?
OPERA TOR (ON PHONE): 911. What's your emergency?
My friend fell and hit his head.
Is your friend conscious?
No, I don't... I don't even think he's breathing.
Okay, sir, what is your location?
Yeah, it's uh...
Sir?
I need to know your location so I can send an ambulance.
Hey, you fucking drop him!
Is someone there with you?
Yeah.
He's uh...
[Chokes & coughs]
[Spits]
[Chokes]
[♪♪♪]
[Thuds]
OPERA TOR (ON PHONE): Sir? Are you still there?
Is anyone still there?
I need to know your location, sir.
I need to get you assistance.
If you can still hear me, please stay on the line.
[Siren wailing in distance]
[Children laughing and chattering]
- Sorry! - Sorry!
[Indistinct chatter]
[Laughter]
[Indistinct chatter]
[Indistinct lyrics] [♪♪♪]
- Hey. - Hey.
You want anything to drink?
I'm okay for now.
[Clicks tongue]
[Sighs]
Happy you decided to actually come.
And it's nice to finally, officially meet you.
Yeah, that's... That's true.
Where are you staying?
That little motel on Patrick Street.
That's far, isn't it?
It's cheap.
Well, hey. Cheers to that.
Yeah.
No? Bad cheers.
Hair in the sink is going to be a no cheers for me.
Long hair or short hair?
They're pubes.
Yeah. Okay, I take it back. Bad cheers.
EMMA: So I'm crouching down behind him wrapping this cable,
and he's like, sure, I'll pose for a photo.
And then he turns around and drops his pants
all the way to the ground
and just flashes his ass at them.
- What? - Meanwhile, you know
my face is just at dick height.
- Oh, no! - So, just a face full of baloney.
[Laughs] Oh, that is awful.
That is rock stars.
I would give anything to be a roadie.
A back line technician.
And that, too.
[Chuckles]
It has its ups and downs.
You get to travel and see some pretty amazing things.
It gets a little lonely.
[Takes a deep breath]
But it doesn't bother me.
I could never do it.
- No? - JOCELYN: No.
It's not in the cards for someone like me.
What does that mean?
My whole life has been planned out
for a long time.
Graduate college with a major in communications.
Move to Baltimore, work at the marketing firm
that my mom used to work at.
Meet a fine, upstanding man named Dave.
[Chuckles]
- Get married with a prenup. - Sure.
Have more than one kid.
[Chuckles] Become less attractive to Dave.
Financially support all of his mid-life crisis hobbies.
Resent him.
Catch him cheating, spend the next six months
methodically plotting his murder.
Send the kids to college.
[Chuckles]
Like I said, it's all been planned out.
Fucking Dave.
[Exhales]
Fucking Dave.
Well, hey, there was, um
something that I wanted to show you.
[Envelope rustling]
I wasn't sure I, um... I thought you might want it.
Do you remember taking it with him?
- You look so happy... - Where'd you get this?
It was, um...
It was with him that night.
I mean, it must mean something, right?
When was the last time that you talked to him?
Do you remember?
What does it matter?
I'm... I'm sorry if that made things awkward.
What did you expect to happen?
I don't know, I...
I thought that maybe we could talk.
I don't understand why?
Because he was our father...
He was not my father.
What did you think that this was going to make us
friends? Family?
I thought that might be up to us.
Right.
Why did you come?
Why were you there yesterday?
I mean, how much of him do you even remember?
I remember
waking up to my mom crying at the kitchen table
because the night before he left,
he just packed up and moved out.
- I'm sorry... - And a couple years later
we got word that
he was married again.
And not long after that, he had a beautiful daughter.
I guess Daddy finally got his little girl.
[Grunts]
Fuck. [Sniffles]
You want to know why I was there yesterday?
I have hated this man my entire life.
I hated him for what he did to my mom, for what he did to me.
He was not a father to me. No, he...
He took that, and he gave it to somebody else.
So fuck him. Right?
I am just so sick of feeling this pit of shit inside me.
And I thought
maybe if I come here, I'll finally get something.
And maybe I can just sever this... this hate
and finally just stop hurting.
And I'm
standing there yesterday staring at this casket.
I can't help thinking,
"If I never truly cared for this man, ever"
"then why am I standing here so fucking sad?"
Why do I have to feel the hate and the anger and the grief?
Can I... Can I be spared that?
How is that fucking fair?!
I don't know.
I don't...
Yeah, I don't think I want that.
Okay.
Hey, Frank.
Hey, JC.
Thanks.
I know it's probably a stupid question, but...
How you holding up?
I'm hanging in there.
Pastor Lewis gave a lovely service.
Yeah, I'm sure. The John Wheeler I knew was a good man.
LARRY: John Wheeler?
What a wretched way to go.
Come on, Larry.
How long do you think
until they name it Wheeler Bridge?
Like he was some war hero?
- All right. - I got to go.
I worked with John Wheeler for 15 years at the factory.
Now, I never really knew him, but that man was no hero.
That man had secrets.
- Demons. - Stop.
Makes you wonder if it was even a real suicide.
Jesus Christ, Larry. This is his daughter.
She doesn't need to be hearing that shit right now.
- JC, honey. I'm sorry. - Thanks for the drinks, Frank.
What the fuck is wrong with you?
Oh, Jesus Christ.
[♪♪♪]
[Gasps]
[Siren wailing in distance]
[♪♪♪]
[Doorbell chimes]
AUTOMATED VOICE: Entry door sensor.
Hey, how's it going?
Who's that?
Some asshole in a cheap suit.
I guess he's taking a liking to you.
And, uh, can't say I blame him.
Well, I'm here if you need anything.
[Candies rustling]
Bryce, you're only supposed to take one.
Who cares?
Well, I'm not getting in trouble.
[♪♪♪]
Trick or treat.
BRYCE: That's not real magic.
You hid that up your sleeve.
That was fake.
Bryce. Stop.
You're going to give me some now?
[Candies rustling]
Hey.
[Candies rustling]
Hey!
[Candies rustling]
Stop!
[Candies rustling]
I said stop it!
[Candies rustling]
Gimme those back!
[Screams]
Let me go! Please!
Let me go!
Get off of me! Help me!
Help me!
[♪♪♪]
Let me go!
Get off of me! Help me!
Help me!
[Thuds]
[♪♪♪]
- Trick or treat! - Trick or treat!
You guys look great!
- Thank you Miss Jocelyn. - Thank you Miss Jocelyn.
Happy Halloween, guys.
[Laughs]
[Indistinct chatter on TV]
The ghosts are moving tonight.
Restless. Hungry.
May I introduce myself?
I'm Watson Pritchard.
And in just a minute, I'll show you
the only really haunted house in the world.
Since it was built a century ago,
seven people, including my brother, have been murdered.
I'm Frederick Loren,
and I've rented the house on Haunted Hill tonight
so that my wife can give a party.
A haunted house party.
She's so amusing.
There'll be food and drink and ghosts
and perhaps even a few murders.
You're all invited.
If any of you will spend the next 12 hours in this house,
I'll give you each $10, 000
or your next of kin in case you don't survive.
Ah, but here come our other guests.
It was my wife's idea [Knock on door]
to have our guests come in the funeral cars.
- She's so amusing... - LIAM: JC, it's us.
FREDERICK (ON TV): Her sense of humor is shall we say...
Okay, coming.
I dreamed up the hearse. It's empty now.
But after a night in the house on Haunted Hill, who knows?
It's Lance Schroeder a test pilot.
No doubt a brave man.
Boo!
[Indistinct chatter on TV]
Hey, guys.
You okay?
- Hmm? - ALEXIS: Dude...
Girl, did you get started without us?
- It was a little bit. - I thought I smelled something!
It was just a little.
- Come on. - Okay.
[Giggles]
ALEXIS: Can someone make sure that she didn't smoke everything.
Yo seriously? I gave you this, like, forever ago.
I don't even know if they're still good.
I know. I know.
I was saving them for, um...
A special occasion.
Yeah, I think this counts.
[Thuds]
[Keys rattling]
Nice. You, uh... you pre-game before the festival?
What?
The festival.
The big Halloween blowout they do every year.
- You... You going? - No.
Okay.
It's, uh, $21.99.
You got a rewards number with us...
Nope.
I can save you 10% if you just...
If you don't let me buy this, I'm going to steal it.
[Card whooshes] [Beeps]
LIAM: Everybody's tired.
Everybody's tired.
And we all look over at JC, and we're like,
damn, this girl's like 6 seconds away from passing out.
[Laughter]
We all expect her to go to bed but she's just lying there
with her eyes half open and she says...
I'm going to go take a shower.
I don't like going to bed feeling dirty.
[Laughter]
So we're all down here
and we hear the shower running for like 45 minutes.
Oh, no.
What are you doing in there for 45 minutes?
LIAM: Knock on the door.
We're like, "Yo, JC, you good?"
Nothing.
[Laughter]
We crack open the door,
I go in, like "Hey, I'm coming in!"
And there she is, fully clothed,
lying on the floor of the shower.
I was tired. I was tired.
Like who goes in the shower fully clothed?
And then is just like curls up the floor...
ALEXIS: Only JC. Only JC.
That's something only JC would do.
- Literally. - [Laughter]
[Gulps]
[Car whooshes]
Oh, look, it's the Halloween asshole.
[♪♪♪]
It's very, very cute.
What, you want to compare outfits?
[♪♪♪]
Um, so JC, you going to the festival tonight?
Oh, um...
I don't know, I don't... I don't think so.
It's supposed to have a pretty sweet fucking maze this year.
Only if you're comfortable, Jay.
ALEXIS: You always go to this festival.
It's like your thing.
I mean, like, since your dad took you every year?
Like... you put us on to it!
Yeah, I... I know.
I didn't.
I'm sorry.
It's just he took you all the time.
- I just thought... - No, no, it's fine.
I understand. It's just, um...
I don't know, sometimes I feel like he's still here.
Fuck it.
[♪♪♪]
Maybe he is.
Even though my Nana passed, I feel her, too.
It's a comfort to know she's still here with me.
Yeah, comfort isn't the word that I would use.
Okay, is that it?
We're done.
JOCELYN: I don't know.
Maybe I'm just dreaming.
I never really believed in ghosts.
[Bell dings]
I was in a lock-in once.
What?
I was with this group of friends...
Whoa, you have other friends?
Yeah, It was in this abandoned theater.
Everyone thought it was haunted.
And we spent the whole night chasing around these, like,
weird sounds.
And the lights would just go, like, on and off
and on...
And what?
And nothing.
It was just some homeless guy.
What the fuck was the point of that?
Just that I don't believe in ghosts either.
ALEXIS: And?
And that, you know, people will see
what they want to see,
and, you know, trick themselves into believing it.
Okay, then what do you believe?
Well, I don't believe in ghosts.
You know, like when you die, that's it.
That's the end. There's... nothing.
Oh, shit.
- JC, I'm sorry. - Actually, I just...
JC?
I just have to go to the bathroom real quick.
Great story, Liam.
Yeah. Definitely tell it again.
[♪♪♪]
VOICE: Jocelyn...
[Taking deep breaths]
It's not real.
It's not real. It's not real. It's not real.
[Taking deep breaths]
Hey, you good?
Yeah, I, um. I want to go.
- Go where? - To the festival.
I want to go.
Uh, are you sure?
Yeah. I want to go with you guys.
I just don't want to be here anymore.
- Okay. Well... - Fuck yes!
Who's driving?
[♪♪♪]
Back the fuck off!
[Shatters]
[Pants]
Hey, I recognize you.
You were at the cemetery. You were...
You were dancing.
What the fuck do you want?
Oh, fuck you.
What are you going to do?
You gonna cut me with the piece of glass?
Right here in the fucking street?
Okay! Do it then.
Let's go.
[Emma pants]
Don't just fucking stand there.
Do something.
Cut... Cut me open!
Do it!
[Gasps]
[Thuds]
[Whimpers]
[♪♪♪]
[Screams]
[♪♪♪]
[Cheering]
[♪♪♪]
There it is! Up there.
Come on!
[Man screams]
LIAM: Yo, JC! You good?
Yeah.
[♪♪♪]
Check it out.
Who's coming?
If you're not feeling it we don't have to.
I'm good.
Really.
[Fanatic laughter]
[♪♪♪]
Shit.
[♪♪♪]
Maddie!
[♪♪♪]
[Fanatic laughter]
[♪♪♪]
- [Screams] - Hey! Hey! JC.
It's me, JC, JC!
It's me. JC! Stop!
Hey! You okay?
Dammit! JC, we should've known this would be too much for you...
He's gone! Maddie, he's gone, he's really gone!
- And I'm all alone. - Hey, you're not all alone...
First my mom.
I was a kid.
[Sobs]
She did... She did everything for us.
She was my mom.
I know.
And now, I mean... I just...
They were my family... And they're gone.
You know, I thought maybe I'd have a bit of family left.
I don't know what I expected.
Maybe that she wanted to get to know
me a little bit, but I guess not.
Maddie?
Why can't I hold on to my family?
You've still got us, Jay.
You've always got us.
[Sobs]
- [Doorbell chimes] - Sorry. We're closed.
AUTOMATED VOICE: Entry door sensor.
Oh, it's you again.
Look, I...
Oh, come on. Excuse me.
I don't know... I just saw him.
He cut himself, and he was,
he was dead.
What do you want?
I watched him.
Oh, too much Halloween for you.
Let me ask you a question,
you kill that whole bottle by yourself?
[Sobs]
Hello?
Look, I love the look, Carrie, but
if you don't get out of here, I gotta call the cops.
Okay.
[Groans]
[♪♪♪]
[Doorbell chimes]
[Indistinct voices]
COP 1: Do you know if she did?
CLERK: I don't know. I can't be sure.
How we doing tonight, ma'am?
I, uh... I need some help.
COP 2: All right. Said you need help?
Why don't you tell us what's going on?
Um, I saw a man,
he was on the street, and he killed himself in front of me.
COP 1: Okay. Okay.
Are you hurt?
No, He... He... he's...
He stood up.
He killed himself and then he stood up.
So the man that killed himself, he came back to life again.
I know how it sounds.
No, no, it's okay. Um, can you tell us what he looked like?
Did you know him?
He had a mask and a suit and a top hat.
I see.
I think what we have here is maybe a Halloween prank.
No, no.
Ma'am, it was probably just some guy dressed up
as this character to scare you.
No, I know what I saw.
A guy come back to life.
When's the last time you took something?
'Cause we talked to the clerk, and he said you bought a bottle?
Maybe when you went outside, you opened up that bottle,
you take a couple of swigs?
Uh, yeah but...
And have you had anything else tonight?
- What? - Controlled substances?
Weed, pills?
- No, I'm not high. - Big night for partying.
I said I'm not fucking high!
Okay, okay.
AUTOMATED VOICE: Entry door sensor.
Ma'am, are you sure you're not injured?
Ma'am?
There's blood on you. Are you bleeding?
Hey, ma'am, there's blood on you.
Is it yours?
Then where did it come from?
Him.
[All gasp]
Is this the guy you saw earlier?
Hey, buddy.
You mind if we ask you some questions?
[Whimpers]
Did you see this woman earlier?
All right.
Why don't you cut it with the cute little clown routine
and take off the mask, huh?
[♪♪♪]
[Screams]
Hey, check that.
Nothing.
You want to take off the mask so we can talk?
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. - Hey, hey, hey, hey.
[Sighs]
[♪♪♪]
[Whimpers]
COP 1: All right, buddy.
We said earlier, enough with the clown shit.
Come on.
All right, buddy, outside.
- Come on. Halloween's over. - COP 2: Hey!
What the fuck?
- What the fuck!? - [Screams]
COP 2: Oh, shit!
What the fuck!? What the fuck?!
Get off of me! Get off me!
[Pants]
COP 2: Get off me! Get off me!
CLERK: What the fuck is that!?
[Doorbell chimes]
[Squeak]
[Thuds]
COP 2: Oh, shit.
What the fuck!?
[Cop 1 mumbles]
[♪♪♪]
[Gunshot fires]
[Thuds]
[Gunshot fires]
[♪♪♪]
Oh, my God.
[♪♪♪]
[Pants]
[Train whistles in distance]
[Doorbell chimes]
[♪♪♪]
I'm sorry, miss.
I'm all out.
- Do you have cherry? - VENDOR: Yeah.
- Strawberry? - Come on.
We need to take JC home, Alexis.
- Grape. - Please?
VENDOR: Out.
- Lex, you're not listening. - What's in there?
- Oh, that's blue raspberry. - Alexis, please!
Okay, so can I get some blue raspberry?
We need to take her home now.
We're out of blue raspberry also.
- What!? - I'm really worried, Alexis!
You're out of the only thing you have?
Why does she have to do this right now?
Why don't you just let her get something to eat?
I'm just thinking maybe we should start heading home.
Yeah, maybe we could head out.
ALEXIS: Why in God's green fucking Earth are you still open?
Alexis.
Keep an eye on her.
[♪♪♪]
Hey JC...
[Chokes & coughs]
[♪♪♪]
[Coughs]
[♪♪♪]
Dad?
Yeah, I'm not using it.
[♪♪♪]
Not bad.
Hey, excuse me.
Evil Witch, have you seen my daughter, Jocelyn?
Don't worry, Daddy.
It's me. I'm right here.
Oh, my God.
[♪♪♪]
What?
What the fuck?
My teeth!
My fucking teeth!
There you are.
Where have you been...
- Little lady? - Getting candy.
[♪♪♪]
No!
[Screams]
I wanna know why the lights are still on.
[♪♪♪]
[Screams]
YOUNG JOCELYN: Daddy?
Daddy?!
- No. - Daddy?!
Don't go! Daddy!
Daddy, come back, come back!
[Liam groans]
What the fuck?
JC! JC, what are you doing?
JC, Liam got his fucking eyes taken out.
I don't know what the fuck is happening.
Please, just turn around.
Turn around!
What are you doing?
JC, please.
Please.
His teeth are gone!
What the fuck?
What the fuck!? [Screams]
ALEXIS: Oh, my God!
[Screams]
JC, don't.
JC, run!
Just get out of...
[Shushes]
[Chokes]
[♪♪♪]
Please, let them go.
I'll do anything you want. Please.
Please just let them go.
I'll do whatever you want.
Just let them go.
[Poster flickers]
[Pants & coughs]
[Takes deep breath]
[Phone vibrates]
Mom?
MOM (ON PHONE): Hi, sweetie. Are you okay?
No.
MOM (ON PHONE): Oh. What's wrong?
[Pants]
Wait. Why are you calling?
MOM (ON PHONE): Oh, sweetie,
you know Mommy's always here for you.
Is my little girl afraid of the Jester?
What?
He's really not so bad.
He just wants to show you the truth.
How do you know?
You know, you wouldn't be in this situation
if you weren't so difficult all the time.
Mom, what are you talking about?
Oh, Emma.
Don't pretend like you don't know.
It's hard for people to get along with you.
I mean, can you blame them?
You're not a very likable person.
What?
[Gasps]
It's like I always say:
"A little more smiling goes a long, long way."
[Whimpers]
But no matter how many times I say it,
I just can't seem to get through that
thick skull of yours.
But I suppose you got that from your father.
What the fuck do you want with me?
Now, that's no way to talk to your mother.
Fuck you.
Excuse you, Miss Potty Mouth!
I'll bet you Jocelyn never speaks to her mother like that.
Well, that's if she could still speak to her.
[Mom laughing]
Poor little Jocelyn.
She did try to connect with you, you know.
She made an effort.
Such a shame.
Where did you get that?
She was such a good girl.
What do you mean "was"?
What did you do to her?
Now, why would you care about a thing like that?
About Daddy's little girl?
No, that's not like you, Emma.
Where is she?
You never cared about her.
Why start now?
Just tell me what you did to her.
Emma, you can always make the same choice he did.
Just leave.
You're free to go.
Jocelyn is a member of a family you never knew.
Soon to be forgotten. Leave now, sweetie.
And over time, the events of tonight will feel like a dream
half remembered.
Or
We can keep playing.
[Groans]
I'm not leaving without her.
You know,
I always thought you could learn a thing or two from Jocelyn.
At least Daddy got one thing right, didn't he?
[Mom laughing fanatically]
[♪♪♪]
John...
No. No, John, please!
John, please, please.
- Talk to me, please. - I tried talking.
[Pants] I know.
I called you that night, and I wanted to talk then,
but you pushed me away, rejected me, left me alone.
I know you know what you did.
You abandoned a broken man.
I reached out to you for a connection, a lifeline,
to mend something broken.
[Sobs]
Dad.
I know you know what you did.
And I know that you're now using that anger
that you feel towards me to cover up for something
deeper, deep inside your gut.
It is festering, feeding, gnawing at you.
I know you can feel it.
You try to bury it, but that rot is spreading.
A decaying hole, swallowing your heart.
No.
Oh, no, no, no.
Please.
[Sobs]
You know you're the reason I'm dead.
[Chokes]
[♪♪♪]
[Exhales]
[Grunts]
JC?
Are you lost, too?
I... I don't know.
Who are you?
Jocelyn.
Have you seen my dad?
He's gone. And he left me here.
You're...
You're not real.
He left me here all alone.
All by myself.
You're not real.
I am real.
I'm the real daughter.
You're not.
You're make believe.
You're not real.
YOUNG JOCELYN: Daddy says you were never real.
He said you were a mistake.
And that I was what you can never be.
That's why you have to help me find him.
- Otherwise... - Fuck off!
[♪♪♪]
JOHN: Yes...
Good job, honey, good job.
Oh, I know.
It's gross.
We're supposed to put a candle in there.
Got to light the candle...
I suppose this is something you never wanted to see.
An intimate glimpse at a life you never had yourself.
There's something you have to understand, Emma.
I didn't hate you.
I didn't. I just didn't want you.
And I tried.
I really did.
But I was too young.
And I made a mistake.
One you never forgave me for.
What, was I supposed to pay for that mistake
for the rest of my life?
You know, you hated me for leaving,
when, in fact, my one true mistake
was ever having you in the first place.
Stop.
You see, I became the father I was meant to be.
Just not with you.
And you couldn't let that go.
JC...
I had everything I could want.
A loving wife. A perfect daughter. Real family.
One that I felt I could never fully give myself to
because I had you hanging over my head.
You were always out there, somewhere,
preventing me from being happy.
Somehow you managed to rob me of the privilege of fatherhood.
It was too much.
The weight of it.
[♪♪♪]
[Sobs]
[Shushes]
Why are you crying?
Didn't my death give you the closure
you so desperately needed, huh?
Or is it the fact that you're the one
responsible for it?
You feel it now, too, don't you?
The weight.
[Sobs]
JC, please.
Aw, what's the matter?
Are Daddy's words too much for you?
This is exactly the reason why I reached out to you.
I pitied you.
I did it more for me than anyone else.
And then seeing you at the funeral?
Jesus, you looked so pathetic standing there all alone.
I have to admit, part of me felt good
seeing that you were so low.
So what now, sis?
You lost your opportunity to mend your relationship
with him.
And now you will never get that chance again.
Is this what you have to look forward to?
Forever?
You have nothing.
You form no meaningful connection
with anyone and to everyone in your life you are a burden.
Don't allow yourself to burden me the same way
that you burdened him.
If you have one act of kindness left in you,
please end the suffering.
For everyone.
[Whimpers]
[♪♪♪]
Wake up.
Emma, wake up.
[Takes a deep breath]
You're not real.
[Groans]
Oh God! JC!
Oh God! [Sobs]
JC, JC! Can you hear me?
[Groans]
Please, oh, God!
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
[Groans]
I knew...
I knew you were asleep.
[Groans]
Hey, keep talking.
Keep talking, JC. Please, please, please.
No, no, no, no.
Don't leave me!
It's all my fault, I'm so sorry...
[Sobs]
[Screams and grunts]
Stay! Away! From her!
[Sobs]
I don't know where you came from,
and I don't care.
I know exactly what you are.
[Pants]
You're a sickness.
Do what you want to me.
I'm not running anymore.
But you stay the fuck away from her.
Hey, I'm not going anywhere, okay?
I'm so sorry, you didn't deserve any of this.
It's gonna be okay.
I'm not going anywhere, okay? I'm here.
JC?
Help! Somebody help us!
Help us! Somebody help!
Help!
MOM (ON PHONE): The show's in Baltimore?
Yep.
MOM (ON PHONE): That's a bit of a drive, isn't it?
It's not that bad.
Plus, I wanted to see JC.
Yeah, I know. So...
Got your eye on the next gig after this one?
Uh, no, not really.
Nothing?
Actually, I was planning on coming to see you.
Oh! I suppose that'll be fine.
[Laughs]
You know I'd like that very much, Emmy.
Yeah, me too.
Okay.
Give JC my love, will you?
I will.
I love you, Mom.
- Love you. - Bye.
There's some things I need to say to you.
Some things maybe I should have said.
I should have talked to you that night.
I should have talked to you.
But, what happened.
It's not my fault.
And I... I can't keep putting that on myself.
You made your own choices, John.
I think deep down, I... I...
I always knew there was this door.
And I think I had this dream that
that one day we might actually have a relationship.
That's all it ever was.
It was a dream.
And it just really, really hurt
that you closed that door forever.
Regardless of how I feel about it, I, uh...
I'm your blood.
And the sickness that was in you
it's in me.
Some days are worse than others.
But I always feel it.
Every day.
It's here.
EMMA (VO): But I'm not going to make your mistakes.
I can't.
I'm still here.
You made your own choices, and I'm going to make mine.
You did right by her, though.
There'd be no her without you.
And, she has so much good in her.
She's stronger than I ever gave her credit for.
And I have a lot to learn from her.
And if she got any of that from you,
and you left her with me,
then I guess you gave us everything we needed.
Goodbye, John.
[♪♪♪]