The Haunting of Hill House - 01x06 - Two Storms

[bunniefuu]

[SNIFFLES]

[INHALES] In movies they
always say that they, uh,

look like they're sleeping.

She doesn't look like she's
sleeping. She looks dead.

I mean, you, um...

She looks great. You did a
really good job as usual.

- Thanks.
- But she doesn't look like she's sleeping.

[SNIFFS] I don't know
why people say that.

Most of what people say
at a funeral is a wish.

"They're...

in a better place, they're at
peace, they're smiling down."

People just wishing out loud.

How bad was it?

I mean, when she... [INHALES]

got here? How did she look?

Are you really asking?

No.

You're right.

You might want to slow down.

It's going to be a long night.
You've been at that all day.

[SIGHS]

There's a stupid amount of food.
It keeps showing up.

[SHIRLEY] Hope they didn't eat dinner.

- [KEVIN] Can I have one?
- [THEO] Mm-hm.

[SHIRLEY] Should've told them
not to eat dinner first.

There's plenty in the kitchen
if we burn through that.

[SIGHS]

- Thank you.
- Yeah.

Did you connect with a
florist for tomorrow?

Yeah, it's all set.

I promise.

This gonna be a problem for Luke?

If he tries for it, Steve can
take him back to the hotel.

So Luke's fresh off the streets?

Steve says he didn't even
have shoes when he found him.

Great.

We get to watch him come down.

He flies across the country
to puke on his dead sister.

Jesus, Theo.

Might as well hide our purses, though.

What about Dad?

They flew in together, I
know that, so he's here.

Has he been here before?

I was trying to remember that, too.

He hasn't, has he?

- Or if he has, I can't remember it.
- [DOORBELL RINGS]

I got it. You guys relax.

- [KEVIN EXHALES]
- Please, Luke.

Don't f*ck this up.

That's funny, Nellie was
always trying to get

all of us together in one place.

[STEVE] Hey.

- Even Dad tried for years.
- [KEVIN] Can I get your coat?

[STEVE] Yeah, that would be great.

Someone should've told her she
didn't have to try this hard.

- [SHIRLEY] Hi.
- Hey.

[SHIRLEY] It's pretty bad out there.

It's just a little rain.

Hi, Shirl.

Hey.

Still not a hugger?

Flight's good?

It was... It was not too bad.

Long.

[SHIRLEY CLEARS THROAT]

Dad's not with you?

He's still at the hotel.
He told us to go ahead.

He kept changing his clothes.
[INHALES SHARPLY]

He's nervous, I guess.

Luke, can I get you some
water or something to eat?

I've got a mountain of food.
Anything you want.

I'm sorry.

I can't... I can't.

He seems a lot better than I expected.

[SIGHS]

I think he's, like, actually
clean, a little while now.

- So what was with the jailbreak?
- Long story.

Hey, Luke.

- You okay?
- Yeah.

- Yeah?
- Yeah, I...

[BREATHING SHAKILY] I... [SNIFFLES]

I thought... I thought I could do it.

- I know.
- She's right there.

Take your time.

We can wait.

Yeah.

There's no rush.

I...

- [SIGHS]
- It's okay. Come on.

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

So where's Leigh?

What?

Um, she'll be here tomorrow. We're...

We didn't travel together.

Why not?

We're taking a break.

Luke, you sure I can't get
you an ice tea or something?

- That might be good.
- Yeah.

- You want some ice tea?
- Yeah.

That'd be great. Thanks, Kev.

- You're taking a what?
- A break.

- Like a separation?
- Like... [SCOFFS]

If it's all the same to you,

maybe we can save this
conversation for a little later.

I mean, I think we got bigger
things to tackle tonight

than my marital... [INHALES]

If you were married, you'd know that

sometimes people need a little room.

I mean, Theo, I'm not... [STAMMERS]

This is coming out wrong. I...

I just think it's not unusual for people

in a relationship as long as us...

I don't care.

- Getting you a drink.
- [SIGHS]

Thank Christ.

Thank you.

Okay.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

Just rip off the Band-Aid.

Yeah, let's...

- Let's do it.
- Okay.

- [BREATHING SHAKILY]
- I'm with you.

We got this.

It's not as bad as it
is in your head, but

she doesn't look like she's sleeping,

- so forget that.
- Right.

And if you're not ready,
we'll just go back.

- That's all right. Come on.
- Okay.

[PANTS, WHIMPERS]

[PANTS]

Yep.

That's... That's her, detective.

Positive.

Positive ID.

[STUTTERING] That's Nellie, all
right, and she's dead. [SIGHS]

Jesus.

Jesus!

sh*t, Shirl.

[PANTS]

[BREATHING SHAKILY] I'm sorry,
I don't know what that was.

I changed every light bulb
in the house this afternoon,

because if one went out
tonight or tomorrow,

I wouldn't have time to change
it with everything going.

It's... It's crazy.

I get it.

- It's... It's crazy.
- [SIGHS]

Right.

We don't have to stay in here.

Let's sit.

- She's okay.
- Yeah.

That'd be good.

Thank you.

I'm drinking every time I
feel like punching something.

It's just not f*cking fair.

- f*ck!
- [EXHALES]

- [SHIRLEY] Okay, Steve?
- Yeah, I'll be right there.

[SIGHS]

Oh, f*ck.

[INHALES SHARPLY] Come
on, get it together.

[BREATHING SHAKILY] Get it together.

[SIGHS]

Oh, okay, okay!

Okay.

You okay?

- Huh?
- Spill it.

- What?
- The details.

Um, I... I don't know
much more than you. I...

She k*lled herself at
that g*dd*mn house.

I don't think it's that simple.

Thanks. That clears it all right up.

Listen, I'm not saying it's
simple, that's all I know.

- No, I mean the su1c1de part.
- [GRUNTS]

[INHALES] Luke, she
went back to the house,

she didn't tell anybody, and she...

- You spoke to the coroner, right?
- Right.

So, you probably know more than I do.

She... she hung herself.
Her neck was broken.

[SIGHS]

Her neck?

Here you go.

I still don't get why she'd
go there in the first place.

- Well... Mom.
- She barely remembered Mom.

- Luke...
- [SIGHS]

how much do you remember Mom?

- Yeah, I don't know.
- She was like six years old.

Well, what then, Dr. Crain?

Punch.

I want to know what
Mrs. Dudley said to him.

- Me too.
- He didn't tell you?

[STEVE] What do you think?

Six hours on a plane?

Didn't come up?

No.

Dad was in coach.

Wait...

you put yourself in first class?

I put him there, too.

And made Dad fly coach?

[CHUCKLES] He insisted.

- That's...
- Look, Shirl, he wanted to...

- That's just...
- ... pay for his own ticket.

- So, yeah, he was in coach.
- Hmm.

It's not like we were really talking

each other's ears off before that.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

[SIGHS] God.

I got it.

[DOOR OPENS]

- [KEVIN] Hey, welcome.
- [HUGH] Hi.

Hey.

Boy, it's... [SNIFFLES]

- It's coming down out there.
- Yeah, yeah.

I know, I know, I know.

How are you, Kevin?

I'm...

so sorry.

Yeah, yeah. Thanks.

Me, too.

Wow.

Sorry, I'm a little late.

[SHIRLEY] That's okay.

How was your flight?

Uh...

Well, it was...

It was...

fine.

- You know.
- Thanks for being here.

[NERVOUS LAUGH]

Hey.

Thank you.

You have a beautiful home.

This is the business side of the...

the residential side is over in the...

Thank you.

[HUGH SIGHS]

God.

Look at you girls.

It's been a minute.

Yeah, it has.

Longer than a minute.

Or a long...

- minute.
- [SLIGHT CHUCKLE]

- I'm not sure... which.
- [CHUCKLES]

Can I get you anything? We got
tons to eat, plenty to drink.

This is Kevin's coping mechanism.
He turns into a waiter.

No, thanks, I'm fine. I...
I don't really know...

what to say...

really.

Other than...

you know, to see all
of you in the same...

room. Well, not all.

I'm just sorry that...

that we have to be here...

under...

Neither can I. Look at them,
they're all grown up.

What?

Hmm?

Under these circumstances,

that we have to be here under
these circumstances...

Wow, well put. You want to
do the eulogy tomorrow?

- 'Cause it's...
- You want to go see her?

- Yes, actually, if you'll excuse me.
- Of course.

That's why we're here.

Oh, Shirley.

Shirley.

You... [INHALES] [STAMMERS] You did a...

She looks beautiful.

Not too much makeup.

Sometimes they put too
much makeup on them,

but she looks...

You did a...

Thank you for...

taking care of her, and if there's a...

Is there?

I could use a bathroom.
Where would be the closest?

- Just head up that hall.
- Okay.

- To your left at the end.
- Okay.

[SIGHS]

Oh, man.

[SIGHS]

Great.

[OLIVIA] Honey?

There you are. You weren't
in bed. Where'd you go?

- Jesus Christ.
- Yeah.

Oh, that makes sense.

It sounded like a car crash.

I guess, but I don't
know why it would fall.

Where'd you go?

I don't know, I guess I was wandering.

Maybe I was sleepwalking.

I had the strangest dream.

Jesus Christ!

Honey, don't say that.

- You just said it.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]

You're right. I'm sorry. [INHALES]

- You guys hear a scary noise?
- So many scary noises.

Yeah. It's okay, see? It was that.

- Someone broke the Sannadeer!
- "Chandelier." It just fell.

- [THEO] What the hell happened?
- [NELL] Language.

- We don't know.
- So that explains the noise.

I don't like this.

It's just a silly old storm, sweetheart.

Your mother hates storms, too.

- [NELL] You do?
- Uh-huh.

Since I was a little
girl, just like you.

But you know what storms do?

- Do they pass?
- They pass.

[HUGH] Stevie, give me a hand.

What do you need?

Just grab that other side,

I wanna move this out of the way
so no one's tripping on it.

Got it.

Ready?

Yep.

[NELL] How did it fall?

Did it get hit by lightning?

[OLIVIA] No, nothing like that, honey.

Gently, gently.

Okay.

[HAIL POURING RAPIDLY]

[THEO] What's that?

That's hail.

Yep, it is.

It's really loud, huh? [CHUCKLES]

All right, come with me.
Let's go sit down.

[NELL] Hail?

Yeah. Well, sometimes in thunderstorms,

the wind can push the storm up into
the sky really, really high...

and the rain can freeze.

So it's ice?

Exactly.

Explains why my room is freezing.

And the ice balls fall
back down to Earth

and they pick up more water

and they get bigger and bigger.

[GLASS SHATTERING]

[THEO] What was that?

[OLIVIA] Um, sounded like a window.

Which is fine.

- Everything's fine, okay?
- Yeah.

My window just broke.

- Seriously?
- It exploded.

- [OLIVIA] You okay?
- I'm fine.

- Let me go check it out.
- [STEVE] Can I come?

Um, sure.

But the rest of you stay down here
and stay away from the windows.

Watch your step, there's
glass on the floor.

- Like someone threw a rock through it.
- [HUGH] Great.

- Ice.
- The hell happened to the chandelier?

- The wind turned it into ice.
- Hey, Shirl?

Can you do me a favor? Go in the
kitchen and make some cocoa.

Seriously?

You know how to do it and your
brother and sister are scared.

Fine.

- Theo, you can help. Take Luke, too.
- [THEO] Mom.

Thank you. Go ahead.

- Go with your sisters.
- Come on.

[SIGHS]

[SHIRLEY] You wearing
those gloves to bed now?

- Wanna play a game?
- [THEO] Shut up.

So, when there's another
flash of lightning,

let's count how long it takes
until we hear thunder.

That way we can tell how far away it is.

Okay?

So for every five seconds,
that's one whole mile away.

All right, let's wait for the next one.

There.

- Okay, one, two...
- [THUNDERING]

Two miles.

Uh, no, okay, not quite.

So, for every five seconds,
that's only one mile away,

so that one was actually closer.

- [SHIRLEY] Mom! [SCREAMS]
- It's okay.

- It's just the power.
- [THEO] Mommy!

The power went out. I'm
right here, you guys.

- Come here.
- [HUGH] It's all right.

- It's a really old house, all right?
- It's all right.

Flashlights in the kitchen.

[OLIVIA] Okay, you got it?

All right.

[SCREAMS]

Bent-Neck Lady!

- [OLIVIA] It's okay.
- [HUGH] You guys okay?

- We're okay.
- She's there.

- It's all right. Shh.
- With the statue.

It's all right, baby.

She's here again.

Here, listen to me, my love.

[INHALES SHARPLY] Mommy's
seen things, too.

Sometimes Mommy sees people here, too.

But they won't hurt us, okay?
They're not here to hurt us.

What did you see?

- Everybody okay in here?
- We'll talk... Yeah, everybody's fine.

Well, this one's working,
but these need batteries.

Okay, here. Theo's got you.

- Take your sister's hand.
- Mom.

Just for a second.
I'll get a flashlight.

I'll be right back. [SIGHS]

All right. I got yours, Luke.

- [THEO] Let up on my hand.
- [OLIVIA] Thanks, Steven.

[THEO] It's just a storm.

- A bad storm.
- Yeah, this wasn't forecast.

- This is nuts.
- [OLIVIA SIGHS]

Your stuff's all wet, Shirl.

The hail's blowing right in the window.

- For real?
- [OLIVIA] Very helpful, Steve.

- [HUGH LAUGHS]
- We'll figure it out.

- [HUGH] It's kinda fun, huh?
- There you go.

When I was a kid, we used
to go camping all the time.

I was a Life Scout.

What's a Life Scout?

Well, it's a group of...

Anyway, we used to go camping.

And one time there was a storm,

and it was such a bad storm
that we took our packs,

and we tied him to the trees to
keep them from washing away.

[THUNDERING]

- Whoo!
- [NELL] Stop it!

It's okay, we're totally safe, okay?

- That was a good one, huh?
- [OLIVIA SIGHS]

Are you sure we're safe?

The roof isn't gonna
explode or whatever?

You know what, this house has
been here for a long, long time.

It's seen plenty of storms
and worse than this.

- It's gonna keep us safe.
- Yeah.

- I thought you hated this house.
- [SLIGHT CHUCKLE]

[SIGHS DEEPLY]

- That's something, anyway.
- Uh-huh.

Okay, one...

- Two, three...
- Two, three...

See?

It's moving away.

What'd I tell you, Nellie?
That's what storms do, they...

Where's your sister?

Theo?

She was right there. I was holding
her hand the entire time.

Okay.

- Nellie?
- [THEO] The whole time,

I could feel her hand
until I looked down.

- [OLIVIA] Nellie? Honey?
- [HUGH] Nellie?

- [SHIRLEY] Nellie? Nell.
- [OLIVIA] Sweetheart?

Where could she have gone?
It was only a few seconds.

[THEO] Maybe she went to her room.

Maybe.

- I could feel her hand the entire time...
- I know, it's not your fault.

[SHIRLEY] Nellie!

- [OLIVIA] We're gonna find her.
- What if something gets her?

I know you're scared, pal.
I know you are.

- [STEVE] Nell, come on out.
- Listen, she's just hiding from the storm.

- She's probably in her room under her bed.
- Yeah.

We'll go and find her, we'll
bring her back, okay?

- Maybe we should...
- My sweet boy. Yes.

Ah, Steve, okay, you
keep an eye on everyone.

- We'll be right back.
- Yeah, we'll be back in a bit.

You guys stay here and stay
away from the windows.

Keep hold of your flashlights.

You think she went upstairs?

We would've seen her if
she went for the halls.

- Nell, come on out, it's okay.
- Don't worry, my man.

- She's gonna be okay.
- How do you know?

'Cause, I won't let
anything happen to her.

To any of you guys.

That's my whole job.

First thing they teach us
in Big Brother School.

[SHIRLEY] Nell?

I'm with you.

We got this.

Okay?

Luke. Luke.

[YOUNG STEVE] Luke.

[STEVE] Luke?

Luke.

Do you remember what it
was, that word she made up?

- I'm not sure.
- [SCOFFS]

This made-up word.

Aunt Janet kept correcting her
and she just went on using it.

- What the hell was that word?
- Trying to remember.

[SIGHS]

Doesn't matter. Finally Aunt Janet...
[SNIFFLES]

she gets fed up and tells Nellie to stop

using whatever it was
and speak properly.

"You're ten years old, speak properly."

And Nellie just... looks at her.

like beyond her years,
patient... [INHALES]

and asks what she's doing wrong.

And Aunt Janet says,
"It's a made-up word."

And Nellie looks her right
in the eye and says...

"All words are made-up at
first." [SLIGHT CHUCKLE]

[SIGHS] God, I wish I could
remember what the...

that word.

[THEO] "Puffalope."

[STEVE] That's it. Puffalope.

Padded, puffy envelope.

"Puffalope."

She would say she was running out
of puffalopes for her letters

and she wanted Aunt Janet to
pick up puffalopes at the store.

And that is the third story

you've told about that
one stupid summer.

I didn't live there after that.

That's what I remember most, I guess.

I know those stories 'cause I
was there for those stories.

I just want to hear some new stories.

Serious, Theo. You might
want to slow down.

I'm trying to drink her back to life.
Would you like me to stop?

Yes.

She got that from your mother.

- You know.
- Alcoholism?

No, "puffalope."

She used to...

She used to tell Nell
that her letters...

to Santa would be safe and
warm in the North Pole

if she used a puffalope.

Yeah.

Nellie used to write letters to Santa.

Took it...

very seriously.

Formal letters.

Didn't want to call him...

"Santa," so, she called him Mr. Claus.

She thought "Santa" would be rude.

That's not how you talk to grown-ups.

So...

"Dear Mr. Claus, this is...

Nellie Crain." In whatever...

address we were at.

I told her she didn't need
to include that, but she...

she insisted.

You know, 'cause... [SNIFFLES]

[SOBS]

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

She said, uh, you know...

"Who knows how many Nells
there are in the world?"

And we moved around so much.

Yeah, we moved around so much...

that, you know, he might get confused.

"Dear Mr. Claus, this is
Nellie Crain in Boston.

[INHALES SHARPLY] And...

[SIGHS] my brother, Steve...

he wants a typewriter.

And he's such a good
brother," she would say.

"And my sister Shirley, she
could use a new camera,

'cause she's capturing
our memories, you know,

and they're so very precious."

And the thing is, guys, you know,

she'd never ask for
anything for herself, ever.

Not once.

She'd only ask for presents
for you guys. And God...

damn it, you know, we
had to make sure...

we got you what... what you wanted,

what she... what she
mentioned in those letters.

'Cause we weren't about to
discourage that instinct.

Your mom would say, "Oh
no, we water that seed...

until that's her tree."

Well...

she used to write letters.

And... [SNIFFLES]

always, you know, handwritten.

She wrote me once a month.

Always.

Just telling me...

the amazing things going
on with you guys.

Two of us.

What do you mean?

I mean, two of us.

There were seven of us,
and now there's five,

because two of us...

decided...

to die.

You know some religions won't let
you be buried in their cemeteries

if you k*ll yourself?

It's... It's monstrous.

Like you committed a crime.

When really it was just that
you're in so much pain.

So much pain.

And Nellie knew that.

She knew the price the rest of
us pay when someone does that,

and she did it anyway.

God.

I wish she felt like she
could've talked to me.

I don't know why she didn't
feel like she could talk to me.

There's nothing...

she was going through that
wouldn't have been okay.

Nothing.

You know, uh...

[BREATHING SHAKILY] this one
time, Aunt Janet, she...

[CLICKS TONGUE] She let us camp
out in the backyard, and...

[SNIFFLES]

set up a tent, you know, roasted
marshmallows all night.

- I remember that.
- Yeah, and...

Steve...

- Right, the bear thing.
- Yeah.

- [SNIFFLES]
- Steve...

he was outside pretending to be a bear,

banging on the tent, and...

you know, I'm freaking
out, and Nellie says...

Nellie says, "Don't worry.

We're safe in here. This...

This tent is magic.

It makes us indivisible."

And Steve, Steve stopped
shaking the tent.

He says, hey... still in the
bear voice, "I think you mean...

invisible."

And Nellie shouts at the bear,

"I meant what I said, bear."

[GASPS]

[INHALES SHARPLY] I'd like to
go back to something you said.

What?

[SIGHS] Not you, him.

You said Nellie...

wrote you a letter...

once a month?

Yeah, that's right.

So maybe she mentioned something
in one of her monthly letters that

might have raised the
flag about, I don't know,

her state of mind?

No, she just...

No, she would... You know, she'd...

talk about you guys, and
just like the Santa letter,

- she'd just tell me about you guys.
- You said that, but...

You see, we're all aware of how
you like to hold back information

when a family member offs themselves.

- Steve...
- So I'm just wondering

if there's a little more
you're not telling us.

Do you want to do...

do this now, huh?

Yeah, I do.

We've all got questions,

and I think it'd be
swell if you'd give us

a few answers for a change.

[SIGHS]

All right.

Let's start with that call
you got from Mrs. Dudley

- and what exactly she said about...
- She called me...

immediately after she
called the police. [SNIFFLES]

She said she'd noticed
the car out front.

When she went inside and
she saw your sister...

[SIGHS] hanging next to the
spiral staircase in the library.

Oh, and...

Mrs. Dudley, she also apologized,

because she said she threw
up on the floor, and...

- [SIGHS]
- What's... What's next?

Did Nellie mention in
one of her puffalopes

that she crashed a book signing
of mine about a month ago?

- No, she did not.
- To scream at me.

- Wait, what?
- Yeah.

- Does that sound like Nell to you?
- No, it doesn't.

She wasn't herself.

She was seeing a new therapist
since Arthur, I know that.

- That's right.
- Anybody know anything about this doctor?

Any psychiatrist worth their sh*t

would've kept her on a
much shorter leash.

- She's a f*cking quack.
- She was clearly off her meds

- when I saw her.
- How did she sound when she called you?

- Wait, she called you?
- Yeah, the day it happened.

- She called Steve, too.
- Did you talk to her?

- No, I didn't get to.
- [SIGHS] Me either.

She wasn't worried about herself,

she was apparently worried about you.

[HUGH] I talked to her.

Yeah.

I talked to her that night.

And she was...

She was worried about a lot
more than, uh, than Luke.

[STEVE] Well... [BREATHING SHAKILY]

Like what?

She said the Bent-Neck Lady was back.

There it is.

Mental illness.

- No, no, Steve...
- Clear as day.

- No, you don't...
- Hereditary.

You let her believe all that bullshit.

- You don't...
- All that bullshit about Hill House

and this is the inevitable conclusion,
which makes you culpable.

- Who is the Bent-Neck Lady?
- Frankly.

So you hear her spout some
of the crazy stuff...

- It's not crazy.
- ... she said when she was six,

and you don't think that maybe
you should get her some help?

I did, I called you immediately.

- Just like Mom, you ignore the signs...
- That's not how it is.

... you hope it'll go away and
then you hold back information!

If I held back anything, it
was to protect you kids.

I don't need... Why do I need
protection from the truth?

She's... No. [STUTTERS] He's entitled...

What... [STUTTERS] What
is that? What's that?

I said you're entitled.

- I'm entitled to the truth?
- You're entitled to your anger.

Remember why we're here.

It's very generous of you to
allow me to feel my anger.

All of you... [STUTTERS]
you're entitled.

What else am I entitled to while
you're being so f*cking generous?

You might want to... check yourself...

before you start talking
about the truth, Steve.

Oh... great, are we breaking this out?

- You're drunk.
- [PANTS]

Theo's drunk, I'm just pissed.

And this is the part
of the show where you

break out my g*dd*mn book?

You want to talk about
propagating delusions?

- Why don't we just...
- There it is.

... paranoid delusions for
entertainment and profit, Steve.

- ... gonna make...
- What about that?

You took all that paranoia and
craziness and you mass-marketed it

- to jump-start your writing career.
- [STEVE] Really?

So don't stand in plain
view of Nellie's casket

- and lecture us about responsibility.
- Are you gonna stop the book fight?

- We're all real tired...
- You were happy enough

to exploit all of us
for some blood money.

That's why none of us ever took
your f*cking money, Steve.

- Cut it out.
- And you're f*cking drunk!

While we're supposed
to be honoring Nellie.

Real class act, Theo.

No, no, no.

No, you don't know. You
don't know what I felt.

And you don't know what I feel.

And I am allowed to process
that any way that I want to.

You don't just stand there

and dictate how we all
grieve our dead si...

- f*ck!
- [KEVIN] f*ck!

- Aw.
- You okay?

I'm fine. God, don't touch me!

Don't f*cking touch.

I have enough of my own grief. I...

I don't need yours, too.

[SHIRLEY] Whatever that means. [SOBS]

You know what?

I took the money, Shirl.

Yeah.

I took his f*cking money.

- [STEVE GRUNTS]
- I got my degree.

I started my career.

'Cause you know what?
It's good f*cking money.

The book was a hit.

The royalties still haven't dried up.

I'm f*cking glad that I took it.

You took his money.

You'd have to be a real
stubborn bitch not to, so...

Congratulations.

Shut up.

You're drunk.

Nope.

Yup... but, I'm right.

So what now? You want to come after me?

So you just thought you'd
live under my roof?

- Shirl...
- No, let me get this right.

Live under my roof, eat my food,

and lie to my face for how many years?

Guess we should've charged
you rent after all.

I offered to pay rent,
you sanctimonious bitch.

I guess you won't have a problem paying

for a place of your own, will you?

You can use all your royalties.

Shirley.

- Are you serious?
- Yes, I am.

- No, she's not.
- We agreed. All of us.

- We weren't going to participate...
- We didn't agree.

- You stood up there and dictated...
- You don't get to lie to me,

and live off me at the same
time, and call me a bitch.

- All right.
- That's not gonna fly.

- Slow up, Shirl.
- f*ck you!

f*ck both of you!

Blood money! Blood money!

You're out, Theo.

- Are you gonna stop this?
- What am I... ?

After the funeral, you can
f*ck off back to Cali, Steven.

You can start looking for a new
place to squat, Dr. Crain.

If I were you, I'd get off that
high horse before I fall off.

If you were me, you wouldn't
be such a f*cking assh*le.

You're just embarrassing yourself,
you don't even know it.

She's falling on the g*dd*mn ground
and I'm embarrassing myself?

We took the money, too.

I mean, I took the money, I guess.

We did.

No, you didn't.

I opened an account for it.

The checkbook that you
found the other day...

Shirl, you keep cutting
prices down to cost.

- Right? I mean...
- Don't you dare.

[STAMMERS] The pro bono
funerals, the special cases.

Don't put this on me.

How else was I supposed to
keep the business going?

I mean, look, if you think about it,

we took that money and we changed it

into something that helped people

- on the worst day of their lives.
- Stop.

[SIGHS]

Do you have any idea how
much you've humiliated me?

Look, honey...

Don't. [INHALES DEEPLY]

Both of you.

Just... out. I can't...

Shirley...

I can't look at either
one of you right now.

Get out.

[SNIFFLES] We're just... We're
done here. Everybody out.

- Do I really have to move out?
- [SHIRLEY SNIFFLES]

- Out!
- Just give her her space.

Look, I need...

I need some more vodka.

- I want more vodka.
- There's more downstairs.

- I need another bottle...
- Okay. We gotta go, let's go.

Why don't we...

go back to the hotel and
give your sister some space.

You know, she's wounded,
we're all wounded.

- People lash out. It's perfectly...
- [SHIRLEY] What? [CRYING]

What the hell? [WHIMPERS]

[HUGH] What?

Who did this?

- [LUKE] What?
- [HUGH] What?

[STEVE] Shirl.

- [SHIRLEY SNIFFLES]
- [STEVE] What?

Is this...

What is this? [SNIFFLES]

It's...

You think this is... this is cute?

- [STEVE] I didn't...
- [SHIRLEY] Someone thought, what?

This was... funny? This was...

Who the f*ck did this?

I swear to God, I didn't...

- You were the last one up here.
- No, absolutely...

- You were standing here.
- Why would I do something...

What... the hell?

[STEVE] Did you blow a fuse?

[SHIRLEY] I've got a backup generator.

[STEVE] The storm's not that bad.

God damn tonight.

Just damn it.

[STEVE] Where... Where's
your breaker box?

Can I do anything?

[NELL] Daddy. [SOBS]

[SIGHS]

Oh, Nell.

Nell...

Oh, no.

Nell.

Nell?

She's not in our room.

I don't know why she'd go
anywhere else by herself.

Ah, the roof.

I know.

The hail, they sound like golf balls.

I don't even wanna think about
what it did to this roof.

[HUGH EXHALES]

I'll get Mullen over tomorrow to look.

[GASPS]

I just put batteries in.

Okay, you get fresh ones,
I'll keep looking.

All right.

I'll check the library and
the kitchen just to be sure.

- Be right back.
- Okay.

Nellie?

Oh, sh*t.

Nellie?

You in here?

Come on.

Where did you go?

[WATER DRIPPING]

Really? [SIGHS]

Oh.

Okay.

[PANTS]

[DOORKNOB RATTLING]

[RATTLING CONTINUES]

Nellie?

[SIGHS]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

Liv?

Liv!

You kids okay down there?

[CHILDREN] We're all right.

Liv.

Hey!

Liv.

How the hell did you...

Liv, you better stay
away from these windows.

This storm's getting really...

[GLASSES SHATTERING]

Liv!

Get away from the windo...

Jesus Christ!

[PANTS]

Liv!

Jesus!

Liv.

- What the hell?
- Honey?

Are you okay?

[STUTTERS] I think so.

I looked in the rooms
but she wasn't up here.

- What were you doing?
- [STUTTERS] I looked in the bed...

bedrooms.

Honey.

- I'm having the strangest dream.
- [CHILDREN SCREAMING]

- Are you okay?
- What's wrong?

[SCREAMING CONTINUES]

We're coming!

What happened?

[SHIRLEY] There's something
in the house and

my flashlight stopped working

and I heard it breathing and I...
I don't know what it was,

- but it was so close to us.
- Okay.

Slow down, slow down.

Even I saw it. I think it was a big dog.

It ran right there here
toward the kitchen.

It was like this thing wolf and
had red these glowing eyes.

I didn't see any glowing
eyes, but it was in here.

- It was definitely something.
- Okay.

[HUGH] Where did it go?

[OLIVIA] It's okay.

[GRUNTS]

Again?

[NELLIE COUGHS]

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

Where'd you go?

No.

I just... nowhere.

Oh, you're just wandering
around in the dark?

Well, aren't we all?

Steve and Shirl are still trying
to get the lights back on.

Something tells me they won't.

Yeah.

Something tells me the same.

Who do you think did this?

Well, if I'm honest...

none of us.

But...

you...

probably know that already, don't you?

So...

The Bent-Neck Lady, you think she was...

I mean, this whole time was...

Yeah.

She didn't do this to herself.

No.

Neither did Mom, did she?

That's a...

That's a complicated question.

Doesn't make any sense.

We have a backup genny in the
basement for the refrigeration.

This is... It's not even a storm.

The rest of the block's fine.
It's just us.

- For real?
- Yeah.

- Why is it complicated?
- It's been a long night.

- Why don't we... head back.
- [STEVE] All right.

I'd really like to know, Dad.

[HUGH] Know what?

Nellie didn't k*ll herself.

[STEVE] Oh, Luke.

- Let's not do this again.
- She didn't.

- And Dad knows it, too.
- [STEVE] Oh, does he?

I don't think Mom did
either. Dad said that...

"Dad said."

- Luke, Dad propped up Nell's crazy ideas.
- No...

- This is how that ended up.
- It's not crazy, Steve.

As soon as we leave the room,
you start working on him, too?

- No, Steve.
- No, let's hear it.

No, I don't want to upset anyone
any more than we're already upset.

- No, just get it all out.
- It's not...

No, he's not gonna want
to hear that from me..

You see what I'm talking about?

I don't understand why this
family has such a hard time

acknowledging mental illness.

Mom, Nell, Dad's talking
to himself all night.

It's not like that.

Then explain yourself, finally, please.

Okay.

Nell didn't k*ll herself, the house did.

You don't understand Hill
House, Steve, you never did.

And Nell and Luke,

they could see its face
clearer than you kids...

- Jesus, Dad.
- ... and your mother saw it, too.

And anything I did, I did
it for a very good reason.

- ... all this bullshit about...
- You want to hear this or not?

- ... a haunted house and you don't get it.
- I don't get it?

You don't get it. You're
the ghost. You are, Dad.

- You're the spectral presence...
- Come on, Steve.

- I can see right through you.
- Yeah?

And the only difference between you and

the stuff of campfire stories

is that you keep getting older.

I just tried to keep your
kids safe and to protect

what memories you kids still
have of your poor mother.

- This is what got into her head!
- You've never understood.

- This is what made her sick.
- Your problem...

- It's always been your problem.
- My problem?

You think you know what
happened that night?

- You don't know...
- My problem is that the wrong parent d*ed!

[HUGH] Let's...

- One, two...
- Let's go.

Three.

[SOBS] Okay, down.

Set it down.

[HUGH SIGHS]

I...

I have to fix her makeup.

I'll get my kit.

It's all right, boys.

Wait.

[KEVIN] Shirley.

Shirley, wait.

Nellie...

There you are. We were worried sick.

Where did you go?

I was... here.

I was right here.

Oh, honey, you're freezing.

I was right here and I was
screaming and shouting

and none of you could see me.

Why couldn't you see me?

- [OLIVIA] It's okay, baby.
- I waved and jumped and screamed,

and you didn't even look.

- [YOUNG NELL] None of you even looked.
- [OLIVIA] So sorry.

We're so sorry.

[SIGHS] Come on, we'll see her tomorrow.

Come on.

[YOUNG LUKE] Don't do that ever again.

Don't do that ever again.

Ever.

I thought the house things had
got you. I thought they took you.

- I'm so glad you're okay.
- [SOBBING]

Come on.

[YOUNG LUKE] I'll never let
you go again. Never again.

I promise.

[YOUNG NELL] I was right here.

I didn't go anywhere.

I was right here.

I was right here...

the whole time.

None of you could see me.

Nobody could see me.