03x05 - Raiders of the Lost Scar

[bunniefuu]

[Maddie]
Previously on School Spirits...

[Xavier] Maddie, are you okay?

Can I stay
at your place tonight?

I saw the universe, Rhonda.

Whoa, whoa, hey, hey.

I just want to find out
what happened to Tracey

and if she knew
how I felt about her.

I will help you find
your flute player.

[Nicole] Livia's mom,
the superintendent,

doesn't just want to move us
to a different school,

she wants to bulldoze
the old one to the ground.

[screams]

Nine people died in the church

that was on this site,
eight were children.

[Maddie] And now, the memory
of whatever happened...

[Mr. Martin]
is trapped here too.

[tense music plays]

[eerie music plays]

[tense music plays]

[children singing]

[thuds]

[heavy footsteps]

[thuds]

[ominous music plays]

[door creaks, slams]

-[crashes]
-[kids screaming]

[Yuri]
Wait. That's how it happened?

[Quinn]
What was going on upstairs?

[Mr. Martin] What hit the floor?

A body?

I'm so confused.

[Simon] That's everything I saw.

It's what he showed me.

[Wally]
It wasn't a bedtime story, guys.

He grabbed Simon
and he made him... [inhales]

look into his milky white eyes

and then he... transmitted it.
It was like a mind-meld.

Why'd you let Mr. "White Eyes"
get that close to him?

I told you, he pounced on him.

But I thought you said
he was "hell a old."

Yeah, he was hell a old, but he's
also not like Colonel Sanders.

Okay?
He's fast and he's T-Rex tall.

[shudders]

[sighs]

-Are you sure you're okay?
-Yeah.

What? I'm good.

What happened
after the "mind-meld"?

Did he just disappear in a poof?

No. Can we not use that word?

Once he let go of Simon,
we just got

the hell out of there.

But why transmit that story?

Well, we know
that eight children

and one adult perished
in that flood.

[Rhonda] So is "White Eyes"
or whatever we're calling him

the one adult who drowned?

Is he... "Alfred Van Heidt"?

Okay, clearly,
there's more to this story

and we're not gonna know it
unless we go down there.

-Are you volunteering?
-Me? No.

-No, I can wait.
-Oh. Okay.

[eerie whooshing]

[Wally] Simon?

Can you let us deal with this
and not you?

-He didn't hurt me.
-Not yet.

Some animals like to play with
their food before they eat it.

[Yuri]
I think we all need to go.

There's strength in numbers

and if T-Rex
can really thin the veil...

We have to do it.

[Simon] Not me.

I'm gonna sit this one out.

I'm happy to stay up here
and keep Simon company.

-Hmm.
-What? He said he was giant.

Okay? I've had some
not-so-great-experiences

with people over five-foot-ten.

[Yuri] Simon?

-[tense music plays]
-[growls]

["Long Gone"
by Anna Waronker playing]

♪ Don't forget me
when I'm gone ♪

♪ Don't forget me
when I'm long gone ♪

♪ Will you forget me
when I'm gone? ♪

♪ Don't forget me
when I'm gone ♪

♪ Will you forget me
when I'm gone? ♪

♪ Will you forget... ♪

♪ Don't forget me
when I'm gone ♪

[song ends]

-[phone vibrating]
-[indistinct chatter]

Uh, hey. Tracey? Thank you
for getting back to me.

[Tracey] No problem.
Are you calling about lessons?

Lessons in what?

[chuckles softly] Flute.

Who referred you?

Uh, no. No, no, no.

I was just wondering about
an old band mate of yours,

Kyle Jensen, and, uh...

[dramatic music plays]

Tracey? You still there?

I don't want to talk about this.

But you and Kyle,
you guys were...

Sorry, I can't do this now.

I'm starting a rehearsal
at the high school.

Oh. You're performing
at the Harvest Festival?

If you're looking
for free tickets,

call the Historical Society.

[line drops]

What the f*ck?

Who was that? Tracey?

Didn't even say goodbye.

Well, did you lead
with the bus crash?

No, I led with his name.

Didn't help, like, at all.

Well, maybe you need to break
the ice with a good memory.

Something that happened
before the accident.

Right.

-Hey. How's Simon holding up?
-[Maddie] Not well.

Wally said he was grabbed
by a giant creature

down in the church scar.

[Xavier] Wait, wait, wait.
Simon was what?

What time does this thing start?

The Harvest Festival?
Uh... Noon.

You're not weirded out about
crashing at my place, right?

Because that toothbrush
was brand new, I swear.

No, it was, uh, it was good to
not be home by myself. Thanks.

Did you get any sleep?
Or just toss and turn?

[sighs] Just toss.

Yeah, I figured.

When you came down
to our kitchen this morning,

it looked like you were
just staring into an aquarium.

[sucks teeth]
And we don't have one.

Let's go.
You need to talk to Kyle.

[fast-paced music plays]

[Claire] Why do I have more
clothes than when I came here?

Maybe because that blue top
and denim skirt are mine?

[scoffs]

-Maybe you should just chill.
-I'm doing this for Simon.

It's a bargaining chip.

He's your stepfather.

Why do you need
to bargain with him?

If he thinks I'm coming
back home, he'll talk.

Then we can find the plan,

when exactly
they're tearing down the school.

But he's gonna be
at the festival, so why pack?

There needs to be a bag
in your car

so he knows I'm not bluffing.

You can't fool him.

Is your mom gonna be there too?

[Claire] On a Sunday? Please.

She's probably
getting a vampire facial.

Wow. We really do come

from completely different
planets, don't we?

I really love your hair,
by the way.

Thanks.

It was time for a change.

Are my hands shaking or am I
just blinking really fast?

Claire? Whatever happens today,
I got your back, okay?

Thanks.

But you cannot keep
my red socks,

you klepto b*tch. I love these.

[mysterious music plays]

-What're you looking up?
-[Rhonda] Just trying to learn

a few simple Finnish phrases.

Like, "Please don't touch me,
Creature."

[book page flips]

Hey. We haven't really
spoken about...

you know, that thing
in the hall when I...

Yeah. We don't need to.

Well, I-I know that
trying to kiss you

might've seemed
kind of impulsive...

Look, I get it.
You were high as a kite.

You thought your fingers
were Popsicle sticks.

That was yesterday
and today's today.

Damn. I do not have enough teeth
to speak this language.

So you just keep a thumb drive
of horror movies in your locker?

And you've seen all of these?

A couple of them
are Maddie's picks.

She downloaded them
to t*rture me.

[Charley]
They all look like t*rture.

What're we looking for?

[Simon] One about a psycho
who transfers his evil thoughts

into his shrink's brain.

Can't remember the title.
You know it?

No, no.
I'm not really a horror fan.

Got enough scary stuff
going on up in my head.

Don't need to seek it out
for a rocking good time.

[Mr. Martin] We don't need that.

[Wally] I heard you
the first time.

[Mr. Martin]
If we're gathering information,

you don't want to alienate him.

[Rhonda] Sorry.
What's in the boxes?

Supplies. Rope, flashlight.

A hatchet is not a supply,
Wally. It's a weapon.

-Why do we need a hatchet?
-We gotta stay prepared.

It's not an ideal way
to get answers.

Aggression begets aggression.

Are you seriously waving
the yellow card right now?

You out of all people?
You've been down there.

You were dragged into the water
by the creepy little hands.

He's got a point, Wally.
What's the worst that can happen

-to us if we're already dead?
-We don't know, Yuri!

We don't know! White Eyes could
just be the tip of the iceberg!

There could be 20 more of him!
And bigger!

We have no idea
how that scar works.

Okay? What if we go in the hole
and it closes up

and we're trapped
down there forever?

Wow. If this is your idea
of a pep talk,

you're losing your team, Coach.

We're going into the volcano.
We need to bring our A game.

Why do we need a cheese grater?

We also brought snacks.

All right.
Are we doing this thing or not?

Yuri, flashlight.

Thank you.

[door opens]

[Simon] The Sender. Found it!
The Sender.

[Charley] Oh. Great.

I'll warn you before he chokes

and the rats crawl
out of his mouth.

[chuckles]

Wait. That's a joke, right?

Wanna grab some breakfast?

I know how much
you love hospital food.

Tempting. But I'll pass.

I'll put you down
for one green Jell-O.

[mysterious music plays]

-[woman] Maddie?
-[gasps]

-[sighs in relief]
-How are you?

Dr. Chan.
I did your Psych Evaluation

before you were
released last week.

-Right.
-I was hoping

for a follow-up appointment.

-That why you're here?
-No, no.

I... I'm doing really well.

How are you managing
your stress?

I'm not. I mean, I'm just...

getting back
into my old routine.

Does your routine
include intrusive thoughts?

I have a client
who finds it helpful

to keep a rubber band
around her wrist.

When she finds herself
panicking, she snaps it.

It startles her into seeing
what's in front of her,

rather than what's in her head.

Sounds easy enough
if you're dealing

with that kind of thing.

Take care, Maddie.
I'll be in touch

about that follow-up
appointment.

[footsteps receding]

[phone chimes]

Oh sh*t!

[suspenseful music plays]

[Kyle] What do you mean she
didn't want to talk about me?

Was her husband there?

Does she have a husband?

Who is this piece of sh*t?

Whoa! Whoa, whoa, Kyle.
Slow down.

I barely got past "hello."

Tracey heard your name

-and kinda shut me down.
-Great.

So I have no answers
and I never will.

Look, I'm not giving up,

I just, I might need
a better way in.

Maybe something a little more
warm and fuzzy than a bus crash.

Think, dude.

Did you ever cheat
on a test together?

Make her a mix tape?

I asked her to go
to Senior Prom with me.

Right before we got on the bus.

That-that's promising.

She looked kinda stunned.

Less promising.

We'd been friends for so long,

I think might've
changed lanes too fast.

She said she'd let me know
the next day. But...

I didn't have a next day.

Well, you do now.

No guarantee, but let me take
another shot at this.

-Cool?
-Yeah.

If you don't come back,
I think I know the answer.

I'm coming back!

[sniffs]

[exhales]

We need to talk.

-[tense music plays]
-[inhales]

[radio changing channels]

[Simon] That's everything I saw.

-It's what he showed me.
-[radio static]

-You can't save me.
-[Maddie] Stop.

-You can't save me.
-Stop, stop, stop.

-You can't save me.
-Stop, stop, stop.

-Stop, stop!
-You can't save me!

-[shouting] You can't save...
-[grunts]

[exhales]

[panting]

[Maddie yelps]

[menacing music plays]

[panting, whimpers]

[distorted voice]
Maddie? Maddie?

[Xavier] Maddie?

What's going on?

Nothing.

Kyle and I came up with a plan.

Looks like I'm headed back
to the Harvest Festival too.

Your dad stopped me
as I was leaving.

He made me promise
to tell you this.

He's been digging for answers
to help us with Simon and, um...

And what?

Uh, turns out there used
to be a foundry here.

Where we're standing.
A long time ago.

It collapsed.

The place was already
filled with ghosts,

but when the building was gone,

they lost their ability
to "cross over."

They're trapped. Forever.

They call them "the forgotten."

Must be what happens to ghosts

when the place where
they were living goes away.

Look, if you want me to be there
when you share this with Simon...

No. We're not. Not yet.

He's already acting
really strangely.

-But, Maddie...
-I don't wanna dump

any more bad news on him
or anyone else

without giving them
a kernel of hope!

I need to find what pulled him
in there and get him out.

-Okay?
-Okay.

Somebody at this fair better
know more about that church.

[mellow music plays]

[engine revs]

No. Please don't. Just drive.

Black.

Red.

-Zero out of ten.
-[munching]

[woman on film]
You know the odds against that?

About 1,000 to one.

The same as getting
ten out of ten.

People read your mind.
They think your thoughts.

They see your dreams.

They feel your pain.

You may not want to admit it,
but they do.

I'm not trying to hurt you.

Huh? Wait. So she's supposed
to be a therapist?

I mean, they don't get paid
enough to afford that blazer.

-I can't.
-[tape turns off]

-I can't do this.
-I'm sorry, my bad.

I won't talk anymore.

To be fair, you shouldn't have
told me about the rats.

Why would he be holding those
rosary beads in his memory?

Um... Who are we talking about?

White Eyes!

Oh. Uh...
Well, he was in a church.

I mean, you found
a hymnal, right?

There's probably candles
lying around there too.

It's a Lutheran church.

They have no rosary beads!
Those were mine.

They came with me
after I was adopted.

Um, wait. Wha-what?

They belonged
to my birth mother.

She died after I was born.

The hospital kept them,

my parents wanted
me to have them.

-It's not a coincidence.
-Simon...

He has my memories!

Why does he need them?
Why did he suck me in here?

What does he want from me?!

[dramatic music plays]

I gotta clear my head!

[door opens]

Okay.

[Rhonda] Holy sh*t.

Does White Eyes sleep
under those benches?

What makes you think he sleeps?

Was this whole thing underwater?

[Yuri] Maybe.
It looks like it capsized.

[Wally] Let's stick together.

If he grabs one of us,
the rest of us pounce.

Again, we're here for insight,
Wally, not battle.

You say tomato, I say to-mah-to.

[floorboards creaking]

[Rhonda] Is that where
you got pulled underwater?

[Wally] Yeah.
Keep your distance.

Where's that, um, cheese grater?

-Uh...
-Yeah.

[thuds]

[Wally] Sorry.

Just the rope.

[wind whistling eerily]

[growling]

[whirring]

[creaking]

What is that?

Is that a sermon?

[Yuri] I don't think so.

There's lots of numbers on it
but it's pretty faded.

And I'm guessing
this is Finnish.

-[crackles]
-[gasps]

-[organ chord playing loudly]
-What was that?

It was just me.

[sighs]

[creaking]

[Wally] Who do you think
drew those?

The kids that drowned?
Or White Eyes?

What did he draw it with?

Looks like mud.

Or dried blood.

[Yuri] Are they singing
or screaming?

[organ playing discordant music]

-[Quinn grunts]
-[Wally] Quinn, stop!

It's not me!

[water bubbling]

-Guys! Guys!
-[organ playing continues]

-[wind howling]
-[grunts]

Okay, everybody out!
Let's go! Come on!

Okay!

sh*t!

Go!

Mr. Martin, let's go!

Just go ahead! I'm fine!

You can't get out
without your watch!

Just-just, please! Leave me.

[Yuri] Wally! We gotta go!

Stop! Stop! Stop it!

-[grunts]
-[wind whooshing]

[organ playing]

[yelps]

-[hisses]
-[yelps]

[grunts]

Hey! Hey! Come on! Hurry!

Quinn, Quinn!

[wind whistling]

[organ music fades out]

[Dr. Hunter-Price] "Behind every
great town are great leaders

whose sole purpose
is to make life better

for future generations."

"But how do you
make it better, sir?"

"I had a vision, Cindy.

I knew that
if I split the river,

both sides would prosper."

Are we supposed
to be taking notes?

Hey, I'm just here
to delay pain.

Claire, if your stepfather
knows anything more

about the school getting
bulldozed, you need to ask him!

-Now!
-[groans] I'm going, I'm going.

Indeed. Split River's
first great statesman

was Alfred Van Heidt.

-Oh. That's him. Van Heidt.
-His funeral was attended...

That's the guy that died
with the kids.

And today we honor
Alfred Van Heidt

who had the vision to make
our town blossom and thrive.

-[speaks in native language]
-[audience claps]

-[phone vibrates]
-So mighty, Cindy, the towers...

Why is Simon's mom calling me?

[sighs]
They want to speak with him.

That voice mail you left
yesterday wasn't enough.

They wanna FaceTime with him.
Today.

Oh sh*t. What're we gonna do?

[Dr. Hunter-Price] "We're gonna
celebrate this new beginning!"

[audience claps]

[panting]

Okay. [panting]

That was more running
than I've done since I died.

[exhales] Is your head
any clearer? Please say yes.

I still have a lot of questions.

Me too.

[exhales] Maddie said
a lot about you,

but she left out a few things
like how fast you are.

I left out some stuff too.

What do you mean?

I lied to Maddie.

I told her when my sister
found me, I emailed her back.

I didn't. I didn't even respond.

Why not?

Why would I?

Sabrina was about four
when our mother died

and she probably resents me.

My coming into the world
took our mother out.

I mean... [scoffs]
I'd resent me.

Why would she reach out to you
if she resented you?

Simon, that makes no sense.

Look, you know,
I... have a brother.

Had. It's been 30 years
since I've seen him.

I've had more one-sided
conversations than I can count.

But if I had a chance to go back
and reconnect with him?

I wouldn't talk myself
out of it.

I'd do anything
to make that happen.

You need to get back
to your life

so you can call your sister.

Only way I'm getting back
to my life

is finding out why I'm here.

I shouldn't have lied to her.

Uh... Just gimme a minute,
would ya?

Please take your time.
I'll just be here.

Ordering an iron lung
from Amazon.

[sighs deeply]

[Wally] Maybe you guys
will trust me next time

when I say that we need weapons.

[Quinn]
What happened down there?

[Wally sighs] Just be grateful

the little hands
didn't grab you.

[Yuri] I think this
is some kind of deal.

I mean, I think these words
mean "final offer."

[Wally] Dude, how can you
even read that?

[Yuri] Magnifying glass
would help.

Oh, I know where there's one.

Hey.
Um, I saw somebody down there.

Was he seven feet tall?

No, no. It was a child.

He didn't want me
to say anything, though.

I guess that makes sense.

We already know

eight kids drowned
in that church.

He was probably one of them.

[sighs]

[sighs]

Thank you. For grabbing my hand
and pulling me out of there.

It was just instinct.

So was my wanting to kiss you.

Rhonda, I didn't do that
'cause I was high.

[sighs] I've been wanting
to kiss you for a long time.

[door opens]

[panting]

-[door creaks shut]
-Is Simon in here?

What? No, no.
He's supposed to be with you.

He was. And-and then he ran.

And then he saw Maddie.
And then he ran again.

I tried to follow him. I did.

And within two minutes,
I lost him somehow. I'm sorry.

You are, literally, the worst
babysitter of all time.

Why did he need to see Maddie?

He had to catch her up
on some stuff.

He didn't tell us everything
that happened in the mind-meld.

Wait, what?
What did he leave out?

Yo, I'm sorry, I almost died
again in St. Hellhole,

and you're telling me this guy's
holding information from me?

Where'd you last see him?

At the festival.

Wait! I'll come with.

What about Mr. Martin?

Should one of us go back down?

Yeah, one of us probably
should go back down.

But he insists on figuring
this out himself,

which is insane
but he's not budging, so.

Why don't you stay with Yuri

and decode
whatever else you can?

[door closes]

[tense music playing]

[woman sobs]

My baby.

How could anyone...

How could this happen?

-My poor baby.
-[Mr. Martin] Wait, wait!

Wait! Don't!

Did you do this?

Did you k*ll eight
innocent children?!

-[gasps]
-A toast to the man of the hour.

And all it cost him
was one family heirloom.

Who knows?
There could still be time

to get your precious bribe back.

Better hurry.

Before the dam breaks.
[voice echoes]

[laughs]

-[eerie laughter]
-[thuds]

[menacing music plays]

[music stops]

[indistinct chatter]

Maddie. Mads.

I don't wanna send anything.

[Simon] Hey!

[Livia] Hey, Nicole.

Maddie.

I didn't know you were
gonna be here. Together.

Oh, no, we're not...

I mean, we didn't come together.

Um, we just ran into each other.

At the Sno-Cone tent.

We don't have Sno-Cones
this year.

Really? Bummer.
It's so hot. Ugh!

Is there more than this?
About our town's history?

Oh, sweetheart, Liv,

could you run to my car
and get the table easels?

-[Livia] Mm-hmm.
-Thank you.

Well, nice to see you, Nicole.

Maddie.

[footsteps receding]

[bells playing "Greensleeves"]

[audience clapping]

[playing "Scarborough Fair"]

[exhales deeply]

[people cheering]

Bet you wish
you were a freshman again.

Hmm? Did you ever dream
that your high school

would have a putt-putt course
and a wet sauna?

Actually I'm trying to find out
more about Mr. Van Heidt.

He's not even mentioned in here.

Was he a big man? Or tall?

How would I know?

Well, he was the lead
in your puppet show

so I just thought maybe
there was more on his story.

I'm not a historian, hon.

I'm just the charming narrator.

What will it take to make you
not tear down this school?

Me? The whole community
wants this.

You can't stop progress.

When?
When will they tear it down?

You'll have plenty of time
to clean out your locker.

Besides, I would think you'd be
overjoyed to demolish the place

that points to lingering
questions about your absence.

Well, if you'll excuse me,
I have to greet my public.

-Hi!
-Hi!

[indistinct chatter]

[Nicole] I don't think stepdad
is welcoming her home.

[phone chimes]

[Charley] Oh. There's Maddie.

Yeah, but no Simon.

And no, you can't ask her,
Moose. She can't see you.

Uh, but what if she goes
to the greenhouse?

There's somebody
doing tarot in there.

You sure you want to tell her
you lost Simon?

Holy sh*t. Yo, this new school
has an ice rink.

And a freakin' smoothie bar.
What?

[Nicole]
We'll send another message.

Another message
is a non-starter, Nicole.

-They want to see his face!
-Why are you so edgy?

Because my dad just told me that
if they tear down the school,

the ghosts who are here
are here forever!

-Forgotten!
-What?

-Does Simon know?
-No! And he can't know.

I don't want to push him
into doing anything reckless!

And it's not just Simon, okay?
It's everyone!

How am I supposed
to tell the people that I love

that they're powerless?

Their only option
is crossing over

and they can't
even control that!

[dramatic music plays]

["Hush" by The Marias plays]

♪ Don't act so special ♪

♪ What I do is not for you ♪

[indistinct chatter]

♪ Forget about it ♪

♪ You made this mess ♪

♪ I'll knock at your door ♪

♪ Don't you ignore
or forget about it ♪

♪ Hush ♪

[song ends]

[Maddie sighs] sh*t.

-[phone buzzes]
-What? Who is it?

-Simon's mom.
-She's relentless.

Here, you gotta answer it.

What am I gonna say?
You answer it.

What am I gonna say?

Hello?

Oh, hi.

-Hey.
-Hey.

Did you find out anything
about the teardown? A timeline?

Nope, we couldn't get past

how much
I've "disappointed" my mother.

[sighs] I packed a suitcase
for nothing.

-Who's she talking to?
-Simon's mom.

Yeah, Sabrina said the service
at the lake house is spotty...

[Nicole]
They wanna FaceTime with him.

-What else did I miss?
-Not much.

I mean, Maddie was low-key
threatened by Livia's mom

while she was signing
autographs.

Why does everyone
love this woman?

Not everyone.

She ditched her puppet show

and called her a paholainen,

whatever that means.

That means "devil" in Finnish.

Okay. Yeah, I'm sure
he'll be home very soon.

Bye-bye.

[sighs deeply] I need a shower.

Yeah, maybe it's time
we get out of here.

Not yet.

[Nicole] Claire!
What are we doing?

[creaking]

Why are you down here?

[Mr. Martin] I'm not sure.

More importantly, why are you?

[wind whistling]

[eerie music playing]

I saw these
when he was grabbing my face.

Whose blood is that?

I don't know. But look at this.

[reading foreign language]

Is that Finnish?
What does it mean?

"Do you know who I am?"

Is that a threat?

These walls
are speaking to us, Simon.

Whatever happened down here,
it's connected to all of us.

Not us. Not me. I'm not dead.

But maybe you've been chosen
for that very reason.

For what reason?!
Please! Where is he?

[door slams]

[Dave] Hey, buddy.
How you doing?

-Still dead.
-Yeah. Me too.

What, uh...
What were you looking at?

People leaving.
Flowers and balloons.

Babies.

I was wondering if you wanted
to join me on a mission.

Uh... I got a game going here.

You've had the same game going
for 20 years.

-Haven't you won yet?
-No.

But I'm thinking
about cheating this time.

Listen. [exhales]

I know the waiting feels
like the worst part

but it's not.

It's the giving up.

You shouldn't.

If someone had told me
two weeks ago

I'd be talking again
with my daughter,

I would've pushed them
out that window.

But I am.

[sighs] You don't know
what's coming tomorrow.

Kinda do.

More of today.

[inhales, exhales]

[sighs]

Don't cheat.

It'll be much more satisfying
when you win.

What's the mission?

[intriguing music plays]

[Yuri] Hey. Hey, I think
we cracked this sucker.

It looks like someone
wanted to buy the land

under this church.

But it's not signed. By anyone.

Maybe they didn't want
to give it up.

What's wrong?

Did you find Simon?

We didn't.

But he may not be the only one

who needs saving.

-When they level this school...
-We get leveled too.

I don't understand.

Our minimum security prison
might become maximum.

And White Eyes
could become our new warden.

What're you saying?
We'd be stuck down there?

Or in our own scars?

[Rhonda] Does it matter?

Mr. Manfredo isn't exactly
Mr. Cuddle Bear.

Jesus.

Whoever thought
I'd miss the sound

of Mr. South's tile buffer?
[chuckles]

How can you joke about this?

You just called your k*ller
"Mr. Cuddle Bear."

Yeah, I was being ironic,
you pinhead!

That's how I deal with being
reminded that I am powerless!

-We're not powerless.
-Oh, really?

Do you have some escape plan
that we haven't tried?

All I mean is that we still have
the power to save Simon.

No matter where we're living,
we're not living.

Simon still is

and we promised Maddie
that we would get him back.

So let's do that first
and then we can figure us out.

Great. I love scheduling
my depression.

Where's Mr. Martin's watch?

Uh... Did he come up here
and grab it?

No. We haven't seen him.

What about Simon?

Did he take the watch so he
could go back to White Eyes?

[sighs] Will we have to go
through all of our scars

to get down there?

No. We can do a shortcut.

Mine's right next
to Mr. Martin's.

All right.
That's a great idea. Let's go!

Yur... Yuri, you didn't have
to offer that.

-Charley...
-It's my fault.

I had the easiest job
of anyone and...

Charley, I can deal with people
seeing my worst sh*t.

You did the best you could
with Simon.

The dude's a loose cannon.

I mean, anyone who'd wanna ditch
you isn't thinking clearly.

[Charley chuckles]

Go back to the festival.

Okay? Check every tent.

[playing "Scarborough Fair"]

-[song ends]
-[audience clapping]

[playing "Tubular Bells
[Theme from The Exorcist]"]

[door opens, creaking]

["Tubular Bells" continues]

[raspy hissing]

[growling]

["Tubular Bells" fades]

I only do one reading at a time.

Would two of you like
to wait outside?

No. We come together.

Like a unit.

Well, only one of your unit
can touch the cards.

We're not here for a reading.

Why did you call her a "devil"?

The woman narrating
the puppet show?

I never said that.

[Claire] You called her
a paholainen.

[speaking Finnish]

[in English] Tell me why
you called her a devil.

I wasn't referring to her.

Then who?

Pick a card.

[tense music plays]

-Did you find anything?
-Just this.

-Where was this?
-Down there.

On a collection plate.

[Mr. Martin] Maybe this is what
he was talking about.

This may have been the bribe.

[thuds]

[door unlocks]

[ominous music plays]

[doors slamming]

The wand is associated
with fire, energy.

It can signify new beginnings.

-What about terrible endings?
-What?

Look, if my grandma was alive,
I'd ask her. But I can't.

Can you please tell us anything
about Alfred Van Heidt?

We know there was
a Finnish church here.

I'm not a history teacher.
Pick another card.

My history teacher says
if we don't study the past,

we're destined to repeat it.

[speaking Finnish]

Because there's no reason
to honor this man!

There was nothing "great"
about him!

He thought of us as vermin.

Expendable. Less-than-human!

Eight children died
in that church

because of Alfred Van Heidt!

He k*lled them!

Didn't he die
in that church too?

[card reader] Yes.

I can't say why he was there,

but sometimes you have
to believe in divine justice.

Alfred Van Heidt was
a twisted, empty, greedy man

who only cared
about money and power.

We were a small community,

but he wanted
what little we had.

Our land, our homes, our church.

He knew that choir was
in the basement that day.

He thought if our children died,

so would our spirit
and we'd leave.

But we didn't.

Whoa.

He deserved to drown.

He deserved worse.

[Charley] Oh my God.

Simon might be in that scar

right now with Van Heidt.

What?! Go!

On! Tell us more.

There's not much more to tell.

This is our history
in this town.

They'd like to erase it,
but a few of us won't let them.

[somber music plays]

If you brought me here,
I want to know why.

-[growling]
-[ominous music plays]

I need to go into the school.
I need to see Simon.

You gonna tell him
what your Dad said?

Yeah, he needs to know
who he's dealing with.

[Xavier] Hey.

I don't think this Tracey thing
is happening today.

Are you guys
all good to leave now?

-So good.
-Wait.

-Where's my backpack?
-What?

Didn't you have it
when we went in...

No, no. I must've
taken it off somewhere.

We have to find it.
Simon's iPad is in there.

Okay. We'll check
the town history booth.

I'll check the Lost and Found.

I'll head to the puppet tent
before I go inside.

Meet me out front.

Claire.

Are you okay?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.

I mean, I'm not shocked this
whole town is built on lies.

[Claire sniffles] Come on.

If you threw him
in front of that bus,

you threw Wally
into the library,

you could throw me back
into my life.

-Simon, careful.
-Lift the f*cking veil

and let me out of here!

-[roars]
-[eerie whooshing]

[slamming]

[panting]

[eerie voice] You can't save me.

[eerie music playing]

-You can't save me.
-[gasps]

[discordant music plays]

-Hey! Get your hands off him!
-Wally, stop!

You have a story to tell,
you can tell one of us!

Guys, get away from him!
That is Van Heidt!

He's the one who drowned
all the kids intentionally!

[discordant music plays]

[eerie whooshing]

[Quinn] Let him go!

No! Don't!

[Quinn grunts]

[eerie music plays]

[music intensifies]

-[music stops abruptly]
-Maddie?

-[indistinct chatter]
-You okay?

Can I get you
some water or something?

No. I'm fine.

-You found it.
-Oh yeah. Yeah.

Somebody must've picked it up
and left it in the petting zoo.

Not gonna lie. It smells
a little like wet sheep.

Can we sit for a second?

I really gotta get
inside the school.

I know. Nicole told me.

But you can't get
to where Simon is, Maddie.

Look, I know a lot's gone down
in the last couple of weeks,

but there was a time
when you could trust me.

I trust you.

No. No, I f*cked up big time
and I lost that.

But I kinda thought we were
getting back to solid ground.

Xavier, this isn't about you.

I don't know how to tell people
who need me

that I can't help them.

That they might be trapped
in some version of hell

for eternity and I'm supposed
to, what, live my life?

Pretend I don't know that?

I just, I keep seeing things
that terrify me

and I can't run away from them.

Look, I know
this isn't the same, but I...

I mean, we all have
weird, messed-up fears.

Before I was a patient,

even driving by the hospital
made my skin crawl.

I mean, the place terrified me.

But then you were there

and I realized
maybe I could help you.

Maybe I could help the people
that are stuck in there.

Now I'm working there.

Bottom line, I never know
what's gonna be there

when I turn a corner:

bags of blood,
dead people in morgues,

dead people playing checkers.

But I surprise myself every day
because I go back there.

I guess what I'm saying is...

this place that scared me

is also a place
that heals people.

Maybe your brain's making you
see this scary sh*t

because, ultimately,
it wants to help you.

I hate that you know me so well.

[chuckles]

You know, sometimes, uh...

Sometimes I wonder what
it would've been like

if we could've been
who we are now

back when we were together.

I have to go inside.

[melancholy music plays]

[sighs]

[door opens]

Hey. Where's Simon?

Is he still down there?

Um... No. He, uh...

[Maddie] He what?

What? Is he okay? Is he hurt?

-I, uh...
-Quinn, what happened?

-Where's Simon?
-[Rhonda] In the library.

He's a little bruised,
but he's gonna be fine.

Wally's watching over him
like Mother Goose.

Uh, Rhonda?

There's a lot
I have to tell you.

-My dad...
-Yeah, we heard.

I'm not going to let
that happen.

We know that, Maddie. We know.

Just one thing at a time, okay?

Go see Simon.

[sighs]

[door closes]

[sighs]

[Quinn] I can't believe
this is all because of me.

All she asked us to do was
to keep Simon safe

and I broke him.

You didn't break him.

You were trying
to keep him safe.

I think what you did was brave.

If I was brave, I woulda smashed
the right person.

I was... [chuckles]
talking about the kiss.

I know I, um, talk a big game

but the truth is...

I haven't kissed anyone
in 62 years.

After what happened
to me in this school...

I haven't let anyone
get that close to me

and I wasn't sure
I ever could again.

That's okay.

I can wait.

Another 62 years?

Oh, hell no.

["Ana" by Suzanna Son playing]

[song fades out]

Hold up, guys. That's Tracey.
Just give me a second.

Hey, Tracey.

Xavier. We spoke earlier.

You're the one
who doesn't want lessons.

Right. But I might. Who knows.

What is it you want
to ask me about Kyle?

So, uh, weirdly enough,
I am the captain

of the Senior Prom Committee

and we wanted to honor
the students who didn't...

What, have a good time?

That would be me.

Oh. So you went
with somebody else?

No, I went with Kyle
and it was horrible.

Made me sorry I said "yes."

-[chuckles]
-[tense music plays]

Are we talking about
the same Kyle Jensen?

He wasn't the same.

Not after the bus accident.

He turned into
some swaggering as*h*le

who made me pay for parking.

It's hard for me
to even go there

'cause he was once so sweet,
kind, funny.

Now I cross the street
if I see him coming my way.

Are you telling me that Kyle
survived the bus crash?

Yes.

Do me a favor?

Lose our prom picture.

I did.

Does this mean Kyle
is still alive?

Not the Kyle in the hospital.

Then who's in Kyle's body?

[music intensifies and stops]

["Long Gone"
by Anna Waronker playing]