No Reception (2024)

[bunniefuu]

(film reel clicks)

(relaxed violin music)

And to my son,

Odhran,

I hope you know

I wish

with all my heart

that you

and I

could have,

that we could have... (pants)

(beast growls)

(dramatic Celtic music)

(sparkling chimes)

[Eryn's Voiceover] Odhran Mullen

was a sweet boy with a peculiar name,

a flugelhorn and unusually sensitive feet.

But he was born into a family

of mean and vindictive quarrelers.

The trouble began long ago

in County Tyrone in Ireland.

There lived Gael Mullen and his son,

whiskey distillers both.

One day, father and son quarreled

and the son left in anger for America.

He carried with him the family motto,

"Cosain onoir tre gach

easonoir a dhiogahil"

which translates, "Defend honor,

by avenging every dishonor."

Over time, the family quarreled and split

and quarreled and split until

Prohibition came to America.

Whiskey was outlawed.

That's when Gael Mullen's great-great

great-great-great grandson

Red Mullen got rich.

He bought himself a whole

mountain far from prying eyes.

Red had three children

with sturdy Irish names,

Charles, Keefe and Maeve.

Charles married Viola.

They had a son named Odhran,

(baby coos)

That smiling boy with the flugelhorn

and oddly sensitive feet.

But when Odhran was two, Viola died.

(tires screech)

(van crashes)

From that day on,

the child was raised by his

father and his Aunt Maeve.

But like the Mullens before

them, the family quarreled.

Charles seized control of the mountain.

The boy Odhran became

a ward of the courts.

Torn from his family and his name,

Odhran Mullen became Cody Mullen

and never saw his father

or his aunt or uncle again.

We're offering access

to the last untapped,

most resource-rich tract in

the entire United States.

18,000 acres veined with

cobalt, nickel and graphite.

[Eryn's Voiceover] This

is Cody, all grown up.

This is Gracie Gray, Cody's

business partner and friend.

A mineral density exceeding that

of the largest mines in

Madagascar and Siberia.

As stipulated in Appendix E,

you will be using

wilderness-sparing mining techniques

to fast-track your permit with the EPA.

(light anxious music)

Sven,

Bambi,

this mountain contains enough raw material

to meet US demand for EV batteries

and solar panels for at least a century.

Our most conservative forecasts

support annual net

revenues of $1.7 billion.

So let's do this deal and

unlock the riches of our land

and do our bit to save the planet.

We note in the disclosures

a residence on the property.

Yeah, the old family cabin.

Do you plan to shutter it,

relocate it to the coast?

I'm going to bulldoze it.

Oh.

Bold choice.

I wouldn't mind driving the dozer myself.

(everyone laughs)

Page 29, Paragraph W

specifies that Cody will

be driving the bulldozer.

(up tempo Irish-style music)

(relaxed music)

(birds chirping)

(bike squeaking)

(bell rings)

(anxious music)

(bike squeaks)

(tires screech)

(air hisses)

(courier screams)

(beast growls)

(deep ominous chants)

(courier screams)

We're making a purple

stew, Scooby-Dooby-Doo

With purple potatoes

and purple tomatoes

[Brenda] All right, girls.

K-S.

- K-S.

- Double A.

- Double A.

[Scouts] Always be

brave, always be kind.

If you need a friend, the

Kids Scouts you'll find.

Excellent, girls.

Let's go.

(relaxed music)

(deep ominous chants)

Scouts, I want you to name

for me some of the creatures

that you anticipate

seeing in the woods today.

- Squirrel.

- Godzilla.

[Scout] Cookie Monster.

(fingernail tapping)

Sorry.

The contract names

Odhran Mullen as lessor?

Odhran, it's my legal name.

Odhran? (Chuckles)

[Sven] Where's that pen?

(papers rustling)

One final detail.

No, no, no, Gracie.

It's all in the paperwork.

What final detail?

You may not have noticed

the contingency on Page 11 of Appendix R.

We can't actually close

until Cody comes in

It's all in the process

of being finalized.

You can't close until when?

Cody hasn't quite come into

possession of the property.

His father is still alive.

Okay, but he's so,

so

Sick

and weak.

When you say it's in the

process of being finalized?

His breathing is like (raspy wheezing).

Like it's a matter of days.

No, no, no, no, no.

We need this deal to

close by EOB tomorrow.

Eating of breakfast?

- End of business.

- Yeah, of course.

We'll have everything settled by then,

even if I have to (crunch) myself.

Otherwise, we're gonna have

to move on to that tract in Uruguay.

Unless he could bring

his father into the deal?

(Cody laughs)

It's Cody's belief

that his father would

never sell the mountain.

He loves that filthy,

godforsaken pile of rocks

more than he ever loved a human soul.

And we're sorry for your imminent loss.

And yet to be frank,

we're even sorrier that

you wasted our time.

(low anxious music)

It was all in the disclosures.

"We're sorry you wasted our time."

You think if I take the

stairs, I could beat

those schmeasles to their

cars and slash their tires?

Cody, that is no way to live.

That is how the Mullen

family has always lived.

(Cody recites family

motto in foreign language)

Defend honor

by avenging every dishonor.

- By avenging every dishonor.

You've mentioned it.

But honestly, can you tell me

what you actually get

when you get revenge?

Do you believe in justice?

Of course I believe in justice.

Okay, that's what revenge

is except it's DIY justice.

So it's better than regular justice

because when you get

it, you're right there.

You get to taste it.

(Gracie scoffs)

(elevator dings)

(light anxious music)

[Courier] Delivery for Cody Mullen!

(mysterious music)

Looks like both you and the package

suffered unusual wear and tear in transit.

Yes, ma'am.

I'm sorry, ma'am. I had

a spill and then I had

to wrestle the parcel back from a, um...

(beast roars)

Um...

Finally, son,

after all these years,

we meet one last time.

Not what I wanted, not how I want it.

You'll find in the package

two last wills and testaments. (Coughs)

Ugh, poor guy.

I think his father must have passed.

The memorial's tomorrow

at the family home.

I'm sorry, ma'am.

The package was torn, I peeked.

This is my dying request.

Come home,

attend my memorial.

Are you two together, ma'am?

- Together?

- Dating, ma'am?

An item, going out, romantically

involved, twitterpated?

Oh, no.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

No.

You received this recording

because

let's not sugarcoat it,

I am,

by now,

dead as a doornail.

Yes!

Yeah! (Cheers)

Yes!

Play that again.

(elevator dings)

Two competing wills, it's diabolical.

If I miss the memorial,

the whole mountain goes to

the KSAA as a nature preserve.

The KSAA?

It's Kid Scout Adventures of America.

But when I do show, his attorney

executes will number two and

the whole caboodle is mine.

I'll drive straight to the

cabin and take possession.

You get those signatures

and meet me there.

(elevator dings)

May I say how uneasy I am with how

ecstatically you're taking

the news of your dad's death?

(elevator dings)

The man was a monster, Gracie.

A degenerate alcoholic who

gave me up to the system

and never even bothered to

send me a letter or a card

and that's not even the worst of it.

What's the worst of it, Cody?

(tense rising tones)

My Aunt Maeve,

(soft Celtic music)

She was like magic.

She tried to protect me

but then he drove her to an early grave.

(flugelhorn blares)

(young Cody screams)

Cody,

that's just so,

so...

Miles to go.

We make a good team, Gracie Gray.

[Eryn's Voiceover] He didn't

tell Gracie he was going

to let Sven and Bambi

bulldoze the whole mountain.

So much for the EPA.

(Gracie taps)

Gracie?

You couldn't make peace

with your father in life.

So make peace with him in death

or else you're gonna regret it.

Sure.

But first, I gotta make him pay.

He's gone, Cody.

You have to let it go.

No.

Somebody needs to pay for all of that.

And that would make you happy?

(Cody recites family

motto in foreign language)

Now go get those signatures,

I'll text you the gate code.

[Eryn's Voiceover] And

that's how it happened

that for the first time

since his seventh birthday,

Cody turned his face towards home.

Gracie alone could see in

Cody what he might become.

Either a lovely man or a lonely monster.

(up tempo drumbeat)

(up tempo ensemble music)

(dramatic chanting)

(birds chirping)

(soft Celtic music)

(panel beeps)

(speaking foreign language)

[Automated Voice] Say

or spell the passcode.

(Cody recites family

motto in foreign language)

[Automated Voice] Oh,

so close, but sorry.

(Cody shouts family motto

in foreign language)

(panel beeps)

- You got it, come on in.

(buzzer blares)

(gate creaks)

The bigger they are,

the harder they fall

They come crashing down from that wall

Don't matter how high

they built that wall

The bigger they are

Thing One, Thing One, Thing Two.

Battle stations, battle stations.

The worms are wriggling on the hook.

That's a good one.

The bigger they are,

the harder they fall

(classic rock music)

(radio warbles)

Ah.

Don't fail me now.

Harder they fall

(radio warbles)

This is why no one lives here.

(radio warbles)

(classic rock music)

(car rattles)

(tires hiss)

No.

Not here.

Not now.

(car beeps)

(vacuum whirs)

(low, anxious music)

Amazing.

This place is literally cursed.

(anxious music)

(birds chirping)

(beast snorts)

(foliage rustling)

(beast roars)

(Cody screams)

(tense rising tones)

(tense music)

(deep ominous chants)

(catapults swooshing)

(feet splash)

No, no.

(beast roars)

(deep ominous chants)

(tense music)

(anxious music)

Ha!

You messed with the wrong

hombre, you big dumb schmeasle!

(net thuds)

Cody, me again.

I have the signed agreement

from Sven and Bambi.

You just need to add your

signature and send a copy

of the deed over to their

office by EOB Tomorrow.

I am driving up the mountain now.

So please call me and let

me know that you got this

and make your peace.

(anxious drumbeat)

(Cody grunts)

[Prospector] Who sits

there in a tollbooth?

(anxious flute music)

[Cody] What is this, who are you?

- Ruined.

- No

Wrecked, sprung.

The old Sasquatch spooked

and all my traps tripped.

Trespasser.

Okay, easy buddy.

Look, hey, I'm actually the

one who owns this mountain.

- I own this mountain.

- No.

I inherited it when my

dad died, fair and square.

I inherited it when my

dad died, fair and square.

Are you just repeating

everything I'm saying?

Maybe you're just repeating

everything I'm saying.

I don't think I'm doing that.

I don't think I'm doing that.

Okay, you go.

The years I've worked

to vanquish that beast.

But you, you meddling meddler.

You let the wily old beast slip away.

What was that monster?

An unholy,

unwashed

demon.

My tormentor and bane.

15 years back, that

stinker took my best eye.

So sorry.

She has razor sharp claws

to tear out your throat

and antlers to impale an elephant.

Well, in my defense,

I tripped your traps running

for my life from that thing.

California Penal Code 601.

We'll both make our way

to the top of the mountain

and clear up the whole

land ownership thing.

I'm the king of this mountain

and the riches buried beneath our feet.

You know about the cobalt?

Not cobalt, dummy.

Red Mullen's gold.

Millions in buried treasure.

(anxious music)

Get your thieving eyes off my mountain.

I didn't come for your treasure.

I just need to get to

the Charles Mullen house.

- Charles Mullen, you say?

- Yeah.

I just have some business with his estate.

The estate?

He's dead.

- Toe-tagged?

- Freshly so.

Good riddance.

Amen.

So I just need to get to the funeral

to make sure that they bury him deep.

So if you can let me

out, I'll be on my way

and you can get back to

hunting for Sasquatch

and digging for gold.

No.

Me and the beast have a score to settle

and you ruined my best shot at revenge.

I didn't mean to.

You ain't going nowhere

until you help me collect what's owed.

(mysterious music)

(panel beeps)

(speaking foreign language)

[Automated Voice] Say

or spell the passcode.

(phone rings)

Cody, me again.

I'm either here or at Shawshank.

Could you sh**t me a quick

text with the passcode?

Thanks.

(panel beeps)

(speaking foreign language)

[Automated Voice] Say

or spell the passcode.

- Leprechaun.

- Oh, so close but sorry.

(panel beeps)

(speaking foreign language)

Say or spell the passcode.

- St. Patty's Day.

- Oh, so close but sorry.

(panel beeps)

(speaking foreign language)

Say or spell the passcode.

- Potato famine.

- Oh, so close.

August of last year, I

bagged a tasty buck with my bow

but she stole my meal,

gobbled it up herself.

Now meddler, your debt's come due.

(pallet creaks)

Odd nine.

After I spent weeks planting flags,

she plucked and replanted every one.

I've been digging dry holes for months.

Did you make all this stuff?

You know, if I'm gonna

help you bag your beast,

I'm gonna need a weapon.

(Cody grunts)

Now it's all fun games, isn't it?

Until someone loses an eye.

But worst of all, 19 years back,

that beast swallowed my sister whole,

hook, line and stinker

(somber music)

And I did love my sister.

[Eryn's Voiceover]

Hearing the old prospector

recite his record of wrongs irritated Cody

and made him feel foolish

for reasons he couldn't name.

Now that's more like it.

My potato g*n.

Don't touch it.

(potato g*n thwacks)

(potato clattering)

26 years of digging rock and soil,

searching for Red Mullen's buried gold.

All my work gone,

wasted,

ruined!

(prospector grunts)

(fabric tears)

(Cody screams)

(branches cracking)

(Cody pants)

(birds chirping)

(panel beeps)

(speaking foreign language)

[Automated Voice] Say

or spell the passcode.

- Petty grudge.

- Oh, so close but sorry.

(panel beeps)

Say or spell the passcode.

A poor man's life wasted

on senseless revenge.

Oh, so close but sorry.

(Gracie scoffs)

(birds chirping)

(Gracie laughs)

The family motto.

God, what is it, what is it, what is it?

(panel clicks)

(speaking foreign language)

[Automated Voice] Say

or spell the passcode.

(Gracie recites family

motto in foreign language)

- You got it, come on in.

- Yes, ha!

Gracie one, robot zero.

(gate creaks)

(upbeat music)

Ah ha, on your feet, you

treasure-trashing map-ripper.

(Cody groans)

That beast is still out

there and we're going to w*r.

Move.

Ow.

Ow.

(anxious music)

Cody!

Cody!

Odhran!

(ominous music)

Cody!

(beast growls)

(ominous chants)

Cody?

I have pepper spray and I

am not afraid to use it.

(scouts screaming)

This is that girl, she seems harmless.

Hey.

- Ow, ow, ow.

- Pipe down, you soft baby.

Ow.

So if, ow, if I may, I'll propose, ow,

a small tweak to your battle plan.

Why don't we make our

way, ow, up the mountain?

- Too much talking.

- No, no, no.

Hear me out, hear me out.

I say

we go up to the house, call Fish and Game

and have them relocate

your unwanted wildlife.

More like relocate

me back to a jail cell.

Now shut your trap.

(anxious tones)

What?

- You didn't hear that?

Ow, ow, ow, ow.

(anxious music)

(phone buzzes)

Unusually sensitive feet.

Who are you?

I'm Gracie Gray, who are you?

We're the Kid Scout

Adventurers of America.

What are you girls doing out here?

- We were on an excursion.

- Where's your adult?

(birds chirping)

Let's go girls, keep up the pace.

Look at these trees.

Oh, I think I just saw a squirrel.

Oh, stop.

Looks like there's a little bit

of dookie on the trail here.

You know what?

It might be scat.

Scat is what you call dookie

when it comes from a deer.

Let me research this.

(tepid music)

(birds chirping)

Yes.

Yes.

That is most certainly scat.

All right, ladies, go on ahead.

I'm just gonna give it a wide berth here.

You never know what kind of

luck, don't look, go ahead.

You never know what kind of parasites

or larvae are most

certainly living on this

(trap cracks)

(Brenda yelps)

(tense tones)

Okay, whoopsie-daisy.

Had little tumble, girls.

Scouts?

Girls?

I am in deep, deep dookie here.

And you haven't seen this Brenda?

Sasquatch got her.

Huh.

But Brenda, you haven't seen her since?

Well, did you girls think

to retrace your steps?

Vivian, tell her.

We know it's our responsibility

to look after each

other but then we heard

(beast growls)

What did you hear?

A monster.

Well, what makes you think

it was a monster and not

say a raccoon on a date?

(scouts giggling)

Have you ever heard of a Velociraptor?

Well, not firsthand.

Same exact sound.

But scarier.

Like something that eats Velociraptors.

- Who's Cody?

- Cody?

You were yelling for him.

Oh.

He's my business partner.

Where is he?

Lost.

(anxious ensemble music)

This one of your dig sites?

Never you mind about my business.

Let's just say this is an area

where the mangy beast hunts.

(beast growls)

(prospector grunts)

[Cody] Did we k*ll it?

(ominous chants)

(beast growls)

Watch out boy, she's here.

(animal recordings snarling)

Run for your life.

[Bull] They're called shoes, bro.

Did you learn nothing from "Die Hard?"

(anxious music)

(Cody groans)

Scrooge McDuck, Dewey and Louie here.

We've lost visual on Huey.

(anxious flute music)

- Help me up.

- Sorry there, partner.

But I've been on this

old gal for many a year

and I finally have the

one thing I always lacked.

Live bait.

I just hope she has a taste

for barefooted businessman.

(anxious music)

- What kind of name is Odhran?

- A painful one.

He goes by Cody now.

[Scout] I thought Cody

was your business partner?

- He is.

- And he's your friend?

- Do you like him?

- Is he your boyfriend?

[Gracie] No, he's not my boyfriend.

He's my business partner

and he's my friend.

[Scout] But you want

him to be your boyfriend.

Okay.

(birds chirping)

(Gracie recites family

motto in foreign language)

Help me ladies, okay?

(Gracie and Scouts shout family

motto in foreign language)

Ladies, I just don't

think this is gonna work.

Should we hike back to the scout gate?

(beast growls)

- Quiet, Scouts.

Listen.

(beast growls)

Velociraptor.

The thing that eats Velociraptor.

Miss Brenda's out there.

- For Brenda!

- For Brenda!

Girls, don't, that's not safe.

(Cody grunts)

(anxious music)

(beast growls)

(ominous chants)

(tense music)

(beast snarls)

(prospector shouts)

Now I gotcha, you filthy animal.

(electricity crackles)

(tense music)

(Cody pants)

(beast growls)

(beast roars)

(electricity crackles)

(ominous chants)

(Cody coughs)

(tense rising music)

[Scouts] For Brenda!

- For Brenda.

- Hold on, Brenda.

Ladies,

Scouts,

please come back.

Wait.

(beast recording growls)

(electricity crackles)

He's been here.

(birds chirping)

Look.

Well hello, footprints.

(electricity crackles)

(soft piano music)

(unknown woman hums)

(door rattles)

(door clanks)

- Easy, I'm not resisting.

(ominous chants)

(light whirs)

No, no, no, no.

Whoever, whatever you are

Best not do that.

(Cody yelps)

A Kid Scout knows it's safest

to look before you leap.

Sorry, who are you?

Oh, (chuckles) Brenda.

Central California Region Troop 93 leader

and you're a fellow c*ptive.

Why are you just sitting there?

(electricity crackles)

(Cody yelps)

(Cody gasps)

A wise Kid Scout learns

from the mistakes of others.

It's 50,000 volts.

It's low wattage though.

She's not trying to k*ll us.

(ominous chants)

[Automated Voice]

Bluetooth disconnected.

(soft piano music)

(mysterious music)

(mysterious chants)

(unknown woman hums)

Who are you?

Who am I?

Don't you know me, sweet boy?

(ears ringing)

Ah, my sweet boy. (Laughs)

(birds chirping)

(Cody pants)

(soft piano music)

Aunt Maeve?

How I have missed you, Odhran.

But you're dead.

Dead to your father, more like.

I guess he had to tell you something

after he had me carted away

for trying to save you.

Well, that's just awful.

A Kid Scout never bears false witness.

And that knucklehead who left you

in the hole in the ground,

that's your Uncle Keefe.

Why are you out here?

Why are you living like this?

I love this mountain with all my heart.

I always have.

I want to keep it wild and gorgeous.

Did you dig this hole?

I found it when I was a girl.

Grandpa Red used to hide his hooch here.

So why all the

theatrics?

Your father is trying to

chase me off, and Keefe too.

I found a little fear goes a long way.

You don't have to worry about

my so-called father anymore.

I know.

He croaked.

Hallelujah. (Giggles)

I read both wills.

How's the bike messenger, by the way?

Contused,

but I'd say she's likely to

keep all her teeth at least.

Oh, good dental care

keeps a Scout smiling.

Do you always say things?

Take a load off. (Laughs)

Your feet must be k*lling you.

You always did have

unusually sensitive feet.

(teapot whistles)

(Maeve hums)

(electricity crackles)

Oh Maeve, is it okay

if I hug you?

You know, without riding the lightning?

See that clock there?

Once noon has come and this mountain

has passed into a nature

preserve for all time,

I will flip that switch

and turn you loose.

Until then,

air hug?

(electricity crackles)

Is that my hand vac?

(upbeat music)

(scouts giggling)

You're up.

I'm moving out.

Bull, are you happy in your work?

Challenged, fulfilled?

Playful?

- Shut up, Kelly.

- What?

I'm asking a genuine question.

Okay girls, let's finish

making camp before nightfall.

(animal howls)

There's nothing to be afraid of, girls.

And in the morning, we'll find

Brenda and my friend Cody,

my business partner

and my friend.

Boyfriend, you mean.

(Scouts giggling)

(owl hoots)

(mysterious piano music)

(Maeve sighs)

(electricity crackles)

[Maeve] Ooh. (Chuckles)

Your turn.

On my fifth birthday,

Charles Mullen got drunk

and threw my stuffed

monkey Bobo in the fire.

I can still hear his screams

as he looked at me with his glassy eyes

and his monkey head burst into flames.

(monkey wails)

Your turn.

After he had me thrown in the clink,

your father, my brother,

employed a slippery lawyer

to muscle me and Keefe out

of our stake in the mountain.

Your turn.

The day I was born, he named me Odhran.

A sturdy Irish name.

Not if you're in the third grade

and you get called "Odd Run"

or "Oddbod"

or just plain

"Odd."

(Maeve laughs)

You want to know the

worst of it, Aunt Maeve?

My seventh birthday.

[Eryn's Voiceover] It wasn't

exactly a happy birthday.

- You don't know.

- Please just stop.

- You'll never know.

- Please just stop.

(flugelhorn blares)

- Look what you did.

[Eryn's Voiceover] It

was a permanent tooth.

It's okay.

(young Cody cries)

You're not supposed to surprise people.

[Eryn's Voiceover] And

losing it left Cody with

a wound that never healed.

- This is your fault.

To be fair, Odhran,

that's not how your

seventh birthday unfolded.

He had been drinking.

That's what I'm saying,

he was always drinking.

He always drank on your

birthday because of your mother.

My mother?

You do realize, Odhran,

that your mother died

the day you turned two?

My mother died on my birthday?

Every year on your birthday,

Charles Mullen is also

mourning the anniversary

of his dear Viola's death.

You were blowing the flugelhorn

but your father did not have a sword.

Oh my.

(air whooshes)

Oh.

(Charles and Maeve laughing)

It was a stupid, whiskey-fueled accident.

[Charles] Oh, I'm so sorry.

- Charles, stop it.

- You surprised me.

- Charles, stop it.

- I'm sorry.

That was my fault.

And I took you and left.

Your father had me

arrested for kidnapping.

But I got my revenge.

I used my one phone call

to report him to the CPS

and they came and took you

away from that monster forever.

So you were the one that

had them take me away?

I couldn't let him get away with it.

(electricity crackles)

It's a simple accounting problem.

How can you love people who

refuse to pay you what they owe?

(soft piano, guitar music)

Oh, a Kid Scout only

drinks a shot and a half.

It's page 11.

It's more for the leaders than the kids.

(upbeat Irish-style music)

(electricity crackles)

Oh.

Good morning, Mr. Odhran.

You are an excellent sleeper.

Kid Scouts always give their

bodies the rest they need.

Eight hours is good, nine is better.

11 is quite sufficient I'd say.

Aunt Maeve, Maeve?

Maeve, wake up.

What?

We're being attacked, charge the tasers.

No Maeve, we're almost out time.

I need to leave for the memorial.

(Maeve laughs)

That's just what your father wanted.

I'm not going to give him the

satisfaction, even in death.

No Maeve, if I don't leave now

Patience, my boy.

Less than half an hour

and you're a free man.

But that'll be too late.

This is my last chance.

If I don't make him pay, he

gets away with everything.

He wins.

Aunt Maeve, what's wrong with your foot?

Just a touch of diabetes.

I've been battling it awhile.

I always did like my sweets.

If I may, that looks like

quite an advanced case of gangrene.

Gangrene?

Maeve, we have to get you to a hospital.

Not a chance, Odhran.

Yes, look, there's

full color illustrations.

It's most certainly gangrene and really,

you don't want to see what

happens if you let that go.

If we don't get you to a

hospital now, you will die.

Yes, death, right here.

The last time they hauled me away,

I didn't make it back for six years.

Maeve,

if you let me go, I swear to you,

I'll preserve the mountain.

I'm gonna bring a doctor to you.

You never have to leave this place.

You would do that for me, Odhran?

Of course.

You make me want to say yes.

You make me want to believe

(alarm blares)

Oh, motion detectors.

Gracie?

Kid Scouts.

- Gracie!

- Kiva.

[Cody] Gracie, help!

(light anxious music)

What?

Fox, henhouse.

Looks like the chickens

are coming home to roost.

Don't litter, that's nasty.

(Bull sighs)

(light anxious music)

Trust me to do right by you, Aunt Maeve.

Oh, I know exactly

what you're going to do.

You knew the whole time.

You are as conniving and cruel

and devious

as your dead dad.

The KSAA would never countenance that.

That was before I knew it was you.

Now everything's different.

(electricity crackles)

No.

You still want the wrong things.

What about your foot?

Oh, what do you care about my foot?

If you had your way,

that bulldozer would bury me

where I stand. (Fist thuds)

[Eryn's Voiceover] So

Maeve's was the first life

depending on Cody but in his heart,

he still knew someone needed

to pay for all he'd suffered.

(alarm blares)

[Maeve] Those boys are not my boys.

(alarm blares)

Hey Hobbits, cavalry's here.

Hands, show me your hands.

Where'd the woman with the horns go?

The beastie chick, needs

a haircut and shampoo,

which way did she go?

By any chance, do you

gentlemen have badges?

When dealing with law enforcement,

it's generally prudent to ask for ID.

She snuck out the back way.

Her name is Aunt Maeve.

You need to find her and

get her to a hospital.

(electricity crackles)

- You'd best not do that.

Ooh, that's a devious work of ingenuity.

Cleared my sinuses.

Maybe cured my constipation too, goodness.

There's a shut off

switch right over there.

[Kelly] Okay, if you

want to get out so bad.

(chanting in foreign language)

No, not that one.

No, to the right.

(upbeat disco dance music)

No, to the right, to the right.

Uh-huh, that one right there.

Push it, push it.

(electricity whirs)

Ah, see?

(electricity crackles)

(Kelly laughs)

Should have seen your faces.

You guys haven't seen "Jurassic Park?"

Jurassic? Okay.

Young sir, I believe you

have somewhere to be.

Just promise me you'll

get her to a doctor.

Yeah, you're the boss, boss.

[Cody] 2011 Mississippi,

2010 Mississippi,

2009 Mississippi, 2008 Mississippi.

Excuse me madam, you are?

- An innocent bystander.

- Oh.

And am I ever glad to see you.

I've been in a serious pickle.

- Hmm.

Innocent bystander?

- Yes.

- Fly in the ointment?

- Correct.

The unknown unknown.

I don't know what that means

but please let me out of here.

Well, it's best you stay put

until the perps are in the pokey.

No sir, there's a group of

children, I'm their leader.

(electricity crackles)

Well, this is a bummer.

This is one heck of a bummer.

1954 Mississippi, 1953 Mississippi,

1952 Mississippi, 1951

Mississippi, 1950 Mississippi.

(Maeve groans)

(Keefe shouts family

motto in foreign language)

(potato g*n thwacks)

(Maeve wails)

[Kelly] Do you think my

British accent is good?

[Bull] I don't care about

your British accent, Kelly.

[Cody] 10 Mississippi,

14-nine Mississippi,

14-eight Mississippi,

14-seven Mississippi,

14-six Mississippi, 14-five Mississippi,

14-four Mississippi, 14-three Mississippi.

(Maeve pants)

1408 Mississippi, 14-five Mississippi.

Hello, sis.

Eye for an eye, what Hammurabi says.

Time to pay the piper, says me.

Your right eye was a sad accident.

But I'll take your left one on purpose

if you don't clear outta my way.

For all your offenses-

Kelly.

I swear.

(Kelly pants)

[Maeve] Outsiders

intruding on our mountain.

- One more time, Kelly.

- Okay.

Well, it wasn't my fault that we lost him.

It wasn't my fault.

- It wasn't your fault?

[Kelly] It wasn't my fault.

(soft piano music)

Maeve, what's this?

(Maeve winces)

(anxious guitar music)

- 15 Mississippi,

14 Mississippi, 13

Mississippi, 12 Mississippi.

I'm coming!

Don't start without me.

[Eryn's Voiceover] When

Cody reached the family cabin

ready to claim his prize,

he made a series of

surprising discoveries.

First, there was no sign of the memorial.

No hearse, no mourners, no lawyer.

Where is everyone?

[Eryn's Voiceover] Had he

arrived too late? He wondered.

He still had eight Mississippi's.

I still have eight Mississippi's.

(relaxed Irish-style music)

(unknown man grunting)

(ominous tones)

Is that Odhran Mullen all grown up?

There's my son.

You,

you're dead.

You're supposed to be

in a box by EOB today.

I see you found a dentist

who knows his business.

You lying, manipulative, narcissist.

The things a man does

to get his boy to visit.

Where's your phone?

I need to get Aunt Maeve to a doctor.

Keefe and Maeve don't matter anymore.

All their years of

squatting on my mountain,

that's over now thanks to you.

How is that thanks to me?

Well, you led me straight to them.

My security team is hot on their trail

and the sheriff's on his way.

Was your whole fake death

to use me to get rid of Maeve and Keefe?

Played you like an Irish flugelhorn.

You need medicine.

Why haven't you seen a doctor?

I'm not leaving this mountain.

I'm gonna get you outta here.

- Keefe.

- Come on.

(somber violin music)

I am sorry about your eye.

Well,

I've still got the good one anyway.

(somber violin music)

- Freeze.

- Park security.

(electricity whirs)

- Oh my god.

- Kelly, we practiced this.

Get going, now.

[Cody] Stupid, stupid, stupid

for believing a single dying

word from your lying lips.

You're welcome to a pair of my slippers

and a clean bathrobe.

I'm not staying.

Snakeskin boots then?

What size do you where?

10 and a half, you?

They'll crowd my toes.

[Bull] Double Dutch to

Mountain King, how we read, over?

Read you wall-to-wall.

Sitrep, over.

[Kelly] Mountain King,

we have Birdman and Moose Mama in custody.

Sheriff is inbound, ETA TBD.

Secure the squatters,

hold your position and

await further instructions.

Mountain King out.

Oh buck up, boy.

Think aren't as hopeless as all that.

Hobble here and I'll elucidate.

What's this?

Deed to the land and an affidavit

attesting to the facts of your kidnapping,

wrongful imprisonment, as*ault, t*rture,

damage to personal property

and wholly unsuitable attire

at the hands of one Keefe

Mullen and one Maeve Mullen.

Boilerplate language, you

don't need to read it.

I don't get it.

What we got ourselves here,

Odhran, is a quid pro quo.

You want my mountain,

I want your signature on this affidavit.

- So what's the catch?

- No catch.

Though I wouldn't mind a chance

to start fresh with my

boy while there's time.

I'm not a young man, nor

am I without regrets.

So you would sign the

mountain over to me today?

Yeah, you sign, I sign

right now.

A fresh start for both of us.

And don't you think that locking up

Keefe and Maeve would destroy their lives

the same way you destroyed my life

when you ignored me for 20 years?

I'm afraid you've got

your facts backwards.

Prepare yourself emotionally.

(birds chirping)

(soft anxious music)

(Charles chuckles)

[Cody] Impossible.

I haven't been a perfect father.

I drank too much of the family brew.

I was arrogant

and mean

and quarreled with incessance,

gave you a name that caused

your grief and, God help me,

I knocked out your front tooth.

I was too ashamed to reach out to you.

But I'm asking you now, son,

for a fresh start.

Come on, sign the papers

and then we can see

what happens after that.

Forget about that, it's kid stuff.

I want to see what I missed.

(soft anxious music)

Let me know when you're dead for real

and I can celebrate that I

never have to see you again.

Odhran, wait.

Let's talk about this.

- No, all you do is lie.

Everything you have ever

said or done is a lie.

I just want to go find Maeve.

I've lied, yes, I have

and it's time I paid for my lies.

I saved your old flugelhorn.

What's this for?

(Charles recites family

motto in foreign language)

Settle the account

so we can make our

peace as father and son.

Do it, boy.

Tooth for tooth.

Someone has to pay.

(tense chanting)

(Cody screams)

The tooth isn't what I want.

Not even close.

Then take two.

Make me pay.

No, Dad.

I'll pay.

You'll pay?

Where's the honor in that?

I've paid

every single day of my life

and nothing you ever do

could ever make up for that

and I choose not to make you pay.

That's the weakest

thing I've ever heard.

Yeah, I know.

What's weird is this is the

strongest I've ever felt.

What are you doing here?

I came here looking for

you and Brenda Squashblossom.

I'm sorry, Squashbottom?

Is that a name or a condition?

She's a Scout Leader,

I have her troop outside.

(radio crackles)

[Bull] Just talked to the sheriff.

SWAT's about 15 miles out, over.

You've got a choice to make.

Me, your inheritance or the squatters.

[Eryn's Voiceover] And in

that instant, Cody realized.

I wanted the wrong thing.

[Eryn's Voiceover] He

wanted the mountain's treasure

but that wasn't the cobalt

or Red's buried gold

or only the wild beauty of the place.

You choose.

Make peace with Keefe and

Maeve, call off the sheriff.

Don't be a fool.

It's a whole mountain.

It's your revenge.

(radio crackles)

Okay then.

This Squashbottom woman,

she's about so tall?

Squashblossom.

- Hmm?

- Blossom, it's Blossom.

You said "Bottom."

It's a small point, let's not quarrel.

Okay, she's uniformed, she's

generous with folksy wisdom?

- Sounds right.

- I know where she is.

(radio chatters)

So the last time I saw Squashbottom,

she was in Maeve's bunker.

There's a hatch in the ground.

You were all there.

- Wait, we were all there?

Yeah, walking in circles.

I saw you on the security cameras.

[Bull] Double Dutch, securing

subjects for transport.

The sheriff's five miles out.

- We gotta move faster.

- Okay.

Walking in circles.

Girls, that's back where

the tracks disappeared.

Can you get us back there, Savannah?

- Yes, ma'am.

- Let's go.

Where are you going?

Just have to make a

quick stop at a tree house.

(dramatic music)

(Cody screams)

(scouts screaming)

(distant sirens blaring)

Let my aunt and uncle go.

Get out of the way, Mr. Mullen.

I'm not gonna let you

turn them in to the sheriff.

You and what army, dude?

(scouts screaming)

(beast sound effect roars)

Out, get out.

(dramatic music)

Whoa, whoa, hey.

[Sheriff] Hello security,

we're here with the cavalry, over.

- No, I'll let you ride.

- Can you get this?

[Sheriff] Calling security,

say the front gate password.

Say again, security.

- Speak the word.

(everyone shouting)

Velociraptor!

Cut the engine and give me the keys.

No, no, you'll gas yourself

to Kingdom come, come on.

Please.

- Get out, now.

(can hisses)

(everyone screams)

(scouts shouting)

- Copy that.

We remain in position at the gate.

- Are you okay?

- Standing by.

Breathe, Maeve.

(distant sirens blaring)

- Come on, Maeve.

- It's okay, deep breaths.

Are you okay?

We'll get you to a hospital.

You gonna be okay?

- Okay, everybody here?

Enough.

Back off, boys.

(distant sirens blaring)

That's enough.

[Sheriff] Sheriff's

department, open the gate.

Sheriff, Charles Mullen here.

Tell your men to stand down.

[Sheriff] Breaching team, stand down.

I'm afraid we've had a false alarm.

Our suspected trespassers

turned out to be my sister

and my brother.

We don't need SWAT but we

sure could use an ambulance.

[Sheriff] Copy that,

requesting medical transport.

(Gracie coughs)

(relaxed violin music)

So this is the Squashbottom?

[Scouts] Squashblossom.

(Brenda yells triumphantly)

[Brenda] Bring it in,

Scouts, bring it in.

(relaxed Irish-style ensemble music)

(Gracie laughs)

[Eryn's Voiceover] Then came years

of peace for the Mullen clan

and a loving marriage

and a beautiful child

and the Kid Scouts have

the run of the mountain

and Maeve let Sven and

Bambi open a tiny mine

and they complain she's

tougher than the EPA

and though the Mullens

quarreled from time to time,

they all kept their remaining

teeth and eyes and no one

was called "Odd Run" or

"Squashbottom" ever again, the end.

[Gracie] Okay Eryn, you can

knock off the phony accent.

[Eryn] Okay.

[Cody] I like the accent.

(relaxed violin music)

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