(buzzing)
(foreboding music)
(veIPS)
- [Ahkeeba] Don't panic, they're not behind us.
(ominous music)
Go to the right.
(gurgling)
We did the right thing.
They're savages.
(suspenseful music)
- [Ahkeeba] Is it safe?
Be careful.
- My leg is cramping.
It's cramping!
No, no!
- [Ahkeeba] This is the only way, my friend.
I'm sorry.
(gun fires)
(somber music)
- Easy, Mom.
- Hey, try to get some sleep.
- I wanna make sure you stay awake.
- This is doing the trick.
Or you could talk to me.
I'd like that.
- I don't really have anything.
- Come on, Jess.
This move came on really quickly,
and I guess I didn't give you a chance
to express anything about it.
That's on me.
- Decision has been made.
There's nothing I can really say now.
- The city was really expensive.
And the salary this guy's paying me
is gonna feel like triple in the community we're going to.
- He could be a creep.
- He's not a creep, Jesse.
He's a man with a debilitating disease.
- Still could be a creep.
- Stop that.
These private home nursing jobs are tough to come by.
We're lucky I got it.
And with us living on his property,
I couldn't ask for a better commute.
We'll have meals together, real family time,
instead of me working such crazy hours,
feeling like I haven't seen you and your sister for days.
(rock music)
It's a good thing, even if you can't see that now.
(eerie music)
(thudding)
(ominous music)
- Trying to get shot?
- I've made quite the trip to see you.
- Still haven't learned any manners, I see.
- Since you are up,
let me show you what has brought me all this way.
(foreboding music)
Don't you recognize it?
Only the tribal high priest can open this
during the harvest.
It is said to look inside
is to stare into the dark mirror of your ancient soul.
The Black Egg of Maa Kalaratri.
- I know what it is, I just don't believe it.
- It is my gift for you, for your wife.
- You always thought that they cursed her.
- She was so very kind to me.
And those savages poisoned her.
Because of this!
- It wasn't poison, it was malaria.
- I swore I would avenge her, and I have kept my promise!
- When you seek revenge, you dig two graves,
one for yourself.
- I didn't dig graves.
I left them above the earth for God to see.
- So you've committed murder.
How do you think she would've felt about that?
- My customs are not yours.
A gift of this magnitude requires a trade.
Something of meaning.
A true sacrifice.
- Don't you talk to me about sacrifice.
- She was my family, too.
- Go, leave, now.
Leave.
- I've helped you find many treasures.
None more personal than this.
You shall obey the old ways.
To touch the black egg without an offering is very foolish.
I've made my blood offering.
Where's yours?
- I don't have your faith in folklore.
- Then wisdom is eluding you.
Enjoy your gift.
Idiot.
(melancholy music)
- [Kara] Well, we're here.
- [Cambria] Where's here?
- Door's a little sticky.
Well this is it, our new home sweet home.
- [Cambria] It smells funny in here.
- Once we get it cleaned up and settled in, it'll be great.
(phone rings) Oh.
(eerie music)
- [Jesse] Whoa.
- [Cambria] What are those on the wall?
- [Jesse] I don't know.
Looks like no one's been here for a while.
- [Cambria] This is really dusty.
- [Jesse] I know, right?
These cracks on the ceiling.
- I have to go.
- What?
- Can you guys just start
to bring in whatever you can manage?
- [Jesse] Oh, come on.
- We were supposed to be here hours ago.
I need to check in at the house.
- Do the best you can, babe.
Start with the food and the bedding,
and the rest is just gonna have to wait.
Come on, come on, help me out here.
I've been driving for days.
- I can do it!
- That a girl.
- [Jesse] Unbelievable.
(foreboding music)
(knocking)
- [Walter] Door's open!
- [Kara] Mr. Clark?
- Kara?
- Hi there.
It's Kara.
- Kara!
Oh, come here, let me take a look at you here.
Hi. - Hi.
What is this, a beauty pageant?
- (chuckles) I was up late.
- Just playing catch-up here.
- Okay, well would you hand me that?
I'll show you the lay of the land here.
Okay.
(groans) There was a horse dude that shot me years ago.
- Let's go to the grocery store so we can buy some waffles.
- [Jesse] That's a good idea.
- Do you think ghosts lives here?
- [Jesse] I don't think so.
- This is carbon dated to the time of Cleopatra,
and these ceremonial masks are from all over the world.
Some of them are as old as 500 B.C.
- [Kara] Not big on family photos, huh?
(eerie music)
- You see, most of the human race
is all from the same tribe, if you will.
That's still the history.
- [Jesse] I don't see a microwave,
so you may just have to eat one of these cold.
(cat mews)
- Kitty cat!
- [Jesse] It's a stray.
Get out of here!
- [Cambria] Be nice, Jesse.
- It's probably diseased.
- I hate it when you're mean!
It's just hungry!
- Okay, don't let it back in the house.
- You're so fluffy, I'm gonna call you Mr. Whiskers.
- I like to listen to music, either jazz or classical.
Helps me think.
Too quiet in this house.
Probably won't stay that way with the kids.
(chuckles)
- Oh, that reminds me.
At night, I want this on.
You feel like you're having trouble,
you just call out, okay?
I'll have the other one at my place.
- You're giving me a baby monitor?
- Think of it as an intercom.
(serene music)
Oh, who's this?
- [Walter] Tired, need a nap.
- Okay, you go ahead, I have plenty to do.
(foreboding music)
- If there is a god of this tribe,
I curse it.
(spits)
(grunting)
(banging)
(veIPS)
Help me.
- Let her go!
Kara, move!
Oh no.
- I'll clean this up.
- No, no, don't touch it.
- I'll call the police. - No!
Just give me a minute, I gotta think.
- That guy just broke in.
- Look, there are a lot of things here
that aren't technically legal.
I don't want the police coming in here, making an inventory.
- Who was that guy, huh?
Is he coming back?
- No, he won't be back.
I'm terribly sorry.
You and your children are fine.
It's a personal matter.
It's over.
- I'll get a broom.
- No, no, I'll take care of it.
(suspenseful music)
(groans)
(shouts)
(ominous music)
(melancholy music)
- Do you think Stevie will find us here?
- What?
- You didn't tell him that we were leaving New York.
- He knows.
- Good.
- Don't bring it up to Mom.
- Why not?
- Doesn't like talking about him.
- [Cambria] Why?
- [Jesse] Misses him, I guess.
- Do you miss him?
- Yeah.
(ominous music)
(somber music)
- Hey son!
What are you doing here?
_ 1--
- You're not supposed to be in here.
- Yes, sir.
- [Walter] Well who invited you here?
- Thought my mom might need this.
- She's at the pharmacy, I'll make sure she gets it.
You know, curiosity killed the cat.
Can be deadly to people, too.
Go on, go on.
(door closes)
- [Jane] Well that's work.
- [Pharmacist] True, yeah.
Did you hear about the Kincaids?
- [Janie] I did, I did.
- [Pharmacist] Sign this, Janie.
- Sheriff Dunne, please.
- Sheriff, that's a little formal between us.
I've known you since junior high school.
- At work, gotta stay professional.
- All right, Sheriff, anything you say.
Oh, you want your meds, there you go.
All right, I was gonna keep them.
- I'll see you. - See you.
May I help you?
- I'm here for Walter Clark's scripts.
- [Pharmacist] Walter Clark, huh?
- You know him?
- Yeah, I know him.
(ominous music)
- Here kitty, kitty.
I got some nice-tasting tuna right there for you.
I know you want it.
Here kitty cat!
Kitty?
(whimsical music)
(foreboding music)
(crashing)
(gasp5)
- No, no.
No.
No, no, no.
No.
No, no.
No.
No! (sobs)
No.
No, baby!
(police sirens blare)
(cat mews)
(ominous music)
(rat squeaks)
(cat yowls)
(gasp5)
(scratching)
(screams)
- What is it, what's wrong?
- A spider!
- Just a spider?
- It's big and ugly like one of those tanantulas.
- Tarantulas.
And while they're ugly, I don't think they're poisonous.
- It went behind that box.
- This one? - Mm-hm.
(squeals)
- (laughs) I got him!
(moaning)
What's wrong now?
- I didn't want you to kill him!
Can I sleep in your room tonight?
(melancholy music)
What's that?
- Found it.
- You stole it.
- I did not.
I found it at Walter's.
- So you gonna give it back?
- With all the stuff he has, he's not gonna miss it.
- That's called stealing, it's not nice.
- Still on his property.
Oh come on, don't be that way.
(sighs)
(foreboding music)
- [Cambria] Mommy?
- [Kara] Were you sleeping in your brother's room, sweetie?
- The spider came by the window.
Can I sleep with you?
- You're safe, 90 to bed.
- It was big, like the kitty cat.
- You were just having a bad dream.
Here, let me tuck you in.
You let your brother be.
- Will you check under my bed?
- You're fine.
It was just a dream.
Ow!
(scratching)
I love you.
Sweet dreams.
- [Cambria] Goodnight.
(door closes)
(whimsical music)
(hums)
- Gonna go next door.
Gonna be all right on your own?
- Yeah, sure, whatever.
- All right.
If you need anything, just come get me.
- Okay, bye.
- Oh, rebel without a cause.
- [Jesse] Huh?
- Well come in, come in.
Your mother isn't here right now, she went into town.
What do you wanna talk about?
- I'm sorry.
- Oh.
Maybe I should call the sheriff.
Do you even know what you took?
- [Jesse] Yeah.
- What is it?
- It's a cool carving thing.
- (chuckles) It's part of a set of African worshipers.
Take one and the rest are worthless.
And I suppose that, since you brought it back,
I don't have to call the authorities.
- Are you going to fire my mom?
- Is that why you took it?
You want me to fire your mom?
Can't go around taking things that don't belong to you.
- Isn't that what you do?
(chuckles)
I mean, doesn't everything come from somewhere else?
- Well, each situation is how you approach it,
whether you approach it respectfully, honorably.
If not, there can be consequences,
for not just you, but your whole family.
Your whole life sometimes.
Trust me.
- What if I don't get caught?
- Well you will get caught.
You're not good enough.
I suppose you can't respect something
that you don't understand, hm?
I wanna show you something, come on.
Unless you want me to call the sheriff.
Hm?
(ominous music)
- Here you go.
(police siren blares)
(gasp5)
Oh honey, it's only spilled coffee.
- [Jane] You okay?
- Yeah, I'm fine, I just, I lost it for a second.
(serene country music)
I don't mean to be rude,
and I appreciate you coming over here to check on me,
but I was hoping to get a little alone time.
- I'm sorry, I don't mean to barge in on you,
but something you wanna tell me?
- Nope.
Look, am I under arrest or something?
- Only if you order the chicken-fried steak.
The meat is highly suspicious.
(chuckles)
No, no.
I have this thing where,
when something's not right, I feel it.
So help me out, okay?
- I don't know what you want me to say.
It's nothing.
- You know, I've lived in this town my whole life,
and I know how to avoid stepping on toes, trust me.
What's going on?
- It's just stress.
Of a move.
Trying to do what's best for my kids.
(somber music)
I thought coming here would be a good idea.
- [Jane] What's father say?
- We tried to make it work, we really did.
And we thought having Cambria would bring us back together.
It didn't.
- I see.
- Nothing ever really worked out the way I pictured.
- Well I think people would say you're darn lucky
to have those kids.
- Yeah, lucky is my middle name, all right.
- You know, when I hit a rough spot,
and I was hitting up the bar one too many nights a week,
you know what I mean?
Self medicating.
When I finished with all that,
I realized that what I thought were my troubles
were actually my blessings.
I just was too clouded to see it.
- I'm seeing clearly.
- [Jane] Are you?
- Yeah.
- Your eyes are dilated and your hands are shaking.
You're not fooling anyone.
You enjoy your alone time.
I'll see you around.
Hey Joe, how you doing?
Good to hear, you take care.
- [Jesse] Looks like a bunch ofjunk.
- [Walter] Yeah, well one man's trash
is another man's treasure.
It's all how you look at it.
- [Jesse] There's no way we're gonna fix it.
- If you look at it all at once, it might seem that way,
but what you do is, you find one piece
that fits with another, gently put it together,
and then find another, and another, and you go from there.
Now your job is to clean each piece
of any debris or tiny particles.
Can you do that?
(somber music)
- [Jesse] Who's that?
- That's my wife Maggie.
We used to travel the world together,
but we always knew we'd end up back here.
- Did she die?
- Yeah, she died.
- Sorry.
- She used to sit in that chair
that you're sitting in right now,
but she never really liked to sit for very long.
- [Jesse] What do these markings mean?
(ominous music)
- You know what a legend is?
- Yeah, it's a story.
- Stories you tell in a bar,
a legend has a spiritual quality to it.
It's ingrained in a culture by being passed down
from generation to generation.
This particular legend is Maa Kalaratri,
the dark mother.
She's ancient, before time was time,
before humans existed.
She is the spider goddess,
a creator of worlds, a weaver of destiny.
(hums)
She presides over the time
that we humans are given on this earth.
And she lives in the darkness between the stars.
There was a time when the people began
to lose respect for the mother,
and so Maa Kalaratri emerged from a crack in the earth,
and decimated the village, destroyed the crops,
and stole a child from the village's chief.
The people began to offer up blood sacrifices
to appease her.
- Sacrifices?
- I'll spare you the details.
(sobs)
(baby wails)
(suspenseful music)
(baby screams)
But the people believed that if they obeyed the sacrifice,
their crops would flourish, the village would thrive,
and they would be cradled in the arms of the mother.
So out of destruction and death
bubbles forth life.
- Do you believe all that?
- [Walter] Well, I've seen a lot of things in this world
that can't be explained by science.
People need to believe in something,
whether it's to blame or to praise.
(thumping)
You believe in something long enough, and hard enough,
it becomes reality.
- Kitty cat!
- But no, I don't believe Maa Kalaratri exists,
or has ever existed.
- Wow.
Hm.
(gentle music)
Jewels!
(ominous music)
They're all squishy.
Kitty cat?
Are you here?
Hm.
(grunts)
Hello, what's your name?
My name is Mr. Baby Doll.
Hi Mr. Baby Doll, my name is Cambria.
You're covered in this stuff.
- What is this?
I hope he's not bothering you.
- [Walter] No, he's helping me.
- Where's your sister?
- Watching cartoons.
- Well go check on her, please.
Right now.
(foreboding music)
- Cambria?
I'm not playing hide and seek.
Mom!
- That light's bright.
- I know, just stay still, okay?
- My head hurts.
- You bumped your head.
What were you doing?
- I was looking for kitty cat
in the sticky snow with the dolls.
- Mm, well you rest, I'll be close.
I need you to make sure she doesn't fall asleep.
- She's okay?
- Luckily, it looks like only a mild concussion,
but if she starts vomiting, you come get me.
- I will.
- I mean it, stay with her.
Try to be a little more responsible.
- This wasn't my fault.
- You left her alone.
You have one job, look out for your sister.
- That's easy for you to say.
- Excuse me?
- It's easy for you to call it one job,
when I make her breakfast, lunch, and dinner,
dress her, get her to bed,
and make sure she brushes her teeth.
So that one job that you've given me,
it comes with a whole lot of other things
that you should be doing, but don't want to.
- I have done everything I can for you and your sister.
Always have.
We moved here so that you two could have better lives.
So don't you dare question my dedication
to you and your sister.
- We were fine in New York.
We moved here because you got fired!
- Watch your tone.
- [Jesse] Or what, you'll ground me?
Who'll watch Cambria then, not you!
- Enough, not another word.
Just be responsible and watch your sister.
- I know how to be responsible.
I do it every day.
- Please watch your sister.
(somber music)
(foreboding music)
Okay.
I have the epipen, so let me know
if you start to feel any flushing
or irritation, okay? - It's okay, it's fine.
It's fine, just go take care of your kids.
Just check on that little girl of yours.
- [Kara] I just need to organize your bathroom.
- No, no, no, leave that for the morning.
- I'll be out of your way in just a minute.
Looks like you're all set for the morning.
Oh shit.
(ominous music)
- What is that?
- I was bringing these in for you.
- I haven't taken those in a month.
- Well they're for pain, so.
- Your pain or mine?
- What's that supposed to mean?
Come on, it's not what you think.
- See where your kids get it from.
- Don't talk about my kids.
You don't think I know what I'm doing?
I'm a nurse, I administer medicine all day.
- [Walter] Just go.
- [Kara] I drove across country
to come and take care of you, and that's what I'm doing.
- You drove across country running from your problems.
It's your weak thinking.
- You can't judge me, do you know what it's like?
Being stuck with two kids, doing it on your own?
Doing everything you can for them, and it is never enough.
It is all on me.
- Oh poor you!
You think people succeed by not being responsible?
- I think that you sit up here, boarded up away from life,
one step away from needing someone to wipe your ass for you.
- Get out!
- Wait. (coughing)
- Get the hell out! - I'm sorry!
- Your kids deserve a better mother.
Kara.
(somber music)
You always saw the best in people, didn't you?
Walls for the wind, roof for the rain.
Drinks beside the fire.
Laughter to cheer you, loved ones to be near you,
and all that your heart may desire.
(ominous music)
(whimpers)
(shouts)
Oh Jesus.
(grunts)
- (gaSPS) Vanilla pancakes?
- [Kara] That's right, your favorite.
- Trying to bribe us?
- It's breakfast, not a scam.
- I want ketchup with my eggs.
- [Kara] Okay, ketchup and eggs coming right up.
- [Jesse] Why aren't you at Walter's?
- Walter and I aren't really meshing,
so I don't think it's gonna work out.
- Doesn't make sense, it's only been a few days.
- Better to cut ties now
than months of trying to get it right.
- I don't believe this.
What did you do?
- What did I do?
- [Jesse] Well you did something,
just like every other time.
- [Kara] You know what, I'm getting really sick
of your mouth.
- Are we going back to New York?
- I think we should see what opportunities
they have in town for a qualified nurse.
- You're not doing this.
I'm not letting this happen again.
- Is Jesse coming with us?
- Yes, of course he is.
- And my misters?
- Yep, all of us.
- I'll be sure to let Stevie know.
(hums)
(foreboding music)
- Walter?
(coughs)
- [Donny] Ma'am?
Ma'am, I know that this is very difficult for you right now,
but I'm gonna need you to come down to the station
and identify the body.
- Are you kidding me?
- Now ma'am, please, please calm yourself.
- What could've done that to a person?
- I don't know, I'm sorry. - Okay, okay.
Let's just take it easy, okay?
Donny, why don't you check upstairs, okay?
- Oh, okay, yeah, I'll go check it out.
- Good idea.
I'm sorry about that.
- What killed him?
My kids need to be safe.
What could've done that to him?
- I honestly don't know, but I'm gonna find out,
and to do that, I need you to start being honest with me.
- There was a break-in.
- What?
- The first day I was here, some guy just,
he snuck in, and he broke something, and just ran out.
- What did he look like?
- He was six-three, dark-skinned,
and he had these scars on his face, like markings.
- Is that all of it?
- Sheriff, this is my fault, because I didn't say anything.
- Well we'll see if that's the case or not, won't we?
We're gonna be here a little longer,
so why don't you go home and be with your kids?
- Let's go inside.
Jesse.
(somber music)
- Have a look around, see if there's any evidence
of a break-in, and let's dust for prints
on all the outside doors and windows.
Oh, hey, hey, you can't be here.
- I know what killed Walter.
- Give me a minute.
Go ahead.
- It was a spider.
- What makes you say that?
- He told me a story about a tribe
that worshiped the spider goddess.
Said they believed it was real.
Helped him put the black egg back together, then he died.
It's an evil spirit, and Walter was the sacrifice.
You don't believe me.
- When you have eliminated the impossible,
whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
You know who said that?
Sherlock Holmes.
He's the reason I became a law officer,
solving crimes, putting away the bad guys.
How you doing?
You know, Holmes had his Dr. Watson,
and I don't have a Dr. Watson,
and I need all the help I can to figure this one out.
- I can do that.
- Great.
So if you have any evidence, any hard evidence,
anything that backs that story up,
you bring it straight to me.
- I will.
- I've got your back.
I'm keeping an eye on you and your sister and your mom.
Okay, I'm gonna find the truth about what happened.
- Thank you.
- It's okay.
It'll be okay.
All right.
(ominous music)
- So I was thinking it might be nice
to hold a little ceremony for Walter this weekend.
- Like a party?
- Sort of.
When people go away, it's custom to hold a celebration
of the time you had with them.
Maybe you wanna wear your pretty white dress?
- And my fairy wings?
- Sure, babe, I think Walter would like that.
And you have that nice shirt we got you.
- Maa Kalaratri killed him.
- [Cambria] Who's Ma Kalaparty?
- Your brother doesn't know what he's talking about.
- [Jesse] Just like the one the tribe believed in.
- Stop it, Jesse.
- I'm telling you, it was a spider.
- [Cambria] A spider?
- You're scaring your sister, stop this.
- I saw a spider.
- Walter was just telling stories.
He didn't mean that any of it was real.
- He comes and sucks blood.
(screams)
- Enough!
- It feeds on sacrifices, it could get us, it's real.
- Stop it, Jesse.
Cambria!
Why would you do that?
- 'Cause you won't listen to me.
Or does one of us have to die, just like Stevie?
(somber music)
(door slams)
(thunder cracks)
(foreboding music)
Cambria.
(thudding)
- I gotta check on the kids.
Cambria?
Jesse, Cambria?
(gasp5)
(baby cries)
No!
No, baby!
(creaking)
Kids?
(whimpering)
Jesse.
(shushes)
(creaking)
Get behind me.
(scratching)
(veIPS)
(gasp5)
- [Jesse] Mom!
Mom!
(suspenseful music)
- Get out now!
Go!
- Mom! - Mom!
(banging)
- Mom! - Mom!
Mommy!
- [Jesse] Mom!
- [Cambria] Mom, mommy!
Mommy! - Oh no.
- Mom! - Mom!
Mom! Mom, Mom!
- [Cambria] Mom!
- [Jesse] Mom!
I'm really scared.
- Jesse.
Downstairs, phone.
- [Jesse] I'll be right back.
- Oh baby, I'm here, baby.
- I want Mr. Giraffe.
- Call the coroner and get him out here.
- [Donny] Will do.
- And get in touch with the CDC,
they might need to send someone out here.
(phone rings) (radio chatter)
Kara? - Sheriff, come quick,
my mom's turning into spi--
- Jesse?
Jesse!
Get all available units out to the Gillette place.
Send an ambulance out that way!
(suspenseful music)
(thunder cracks)
- Get medical bag.
- Here, take this.
- Don't worry, Mommy, Mr. Giraffe will protect us.
(foreboding music)
(screams)
(9a95)
(coughs)
(grunts)
(somber music)
(moans)
- Bring her to me.
Jesse, Jesse, give me your shirt.
Sweetie, hey, hey, I'm here, okay?
Mommy's here.
I need you to be brave.
Looks like it went clean through.
- [Cambria] It tried to eat me!
- I know.
Mommy's gonna make it go away.
Mommy's gonna make it better.
It's okay.
Mommy's gonna make it better.
(ominous music)
I need you to get your sister out of here.
She needs, you need to do this for her.
I need you to do this for her.
You go with your brother and you do what he says.
It's okay, the doctor's gonna come here, too,
and he's gonna take care of Mommy, all right?
- She'll be fine, we have to go.
- [Cambria] I love you, Mommy.
(ominous music)
(heart beats rapidly)
(suspenseful music)
- It's stuck.
The door's stuck.
- Come on.
(skittering)
Jesse, Jesse!
I think there's something in the chimney.
(screams)
- [Jesse] Stay here.
(ominous music)
(suspenseful music)
- [Kara] No!
(screams)
(police sirens wail)
(somber music)
(banging)
- [Jane] Kara!
Kara!
- Steve.
Stevie?
I'm sorry.
- Kara?
Kara, Kara.
Stay with me, stay with me here, help's on the way.
Hey, they'll be here soon. - Mommy.
- [Jane] That's right, you're safe now.
- [Cambria] Mommy!
- [Jane] All right, Kara.
- It's okay.
- [Jane] You're safe now.
'Cause you're here, 'cause you're with me.
Nice and warm, just breathe.
Just breathe.
It'll be okay.
Just stay with me here.
- [Cambria] Mommy!
- That's it. - Mommy!
- [Jane] Just breathe.
- It's okay. - Just hold on, sweetheart.
Just hold on.
- Please help me up.
(sorrowful music)
(sirens blare)
Jesse.
I love you.
- I love you.
I love you.
(uplifting music)
- [Cambria] Do you think Stevie will know we're leaving?
Because no matter what happens, no matter where we live,
we'll always be a family.
(serene music)
(foreboding music)
(suspenseful music)
(somber music)
(eerie music)
(foreboding music)
(shouts)
- What's up, man?
You okay?
- Yeah.
(laughs)
- Are you afraid of a few little spiders?