01x05 - A Midsummer's Daydream

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Mulgarath consumes.

If he gets the Field Guide,

he'll use the information
to k*ll everyone.

We need Thimbletack
to help us stop Mulgarath,

find the pages,
and save everyone.


You can't trust these creatures.

The book can be really awful
when they want.

I think you're pretty great.

-Oh, my God. You okay?

You really care, don't you?

You're doing everything
you can to help.

I just want to make
this town better.

I've done everything right.
I-I have plans.

Your toughest opponent,
Mallory Grace,

will always be Mallory Grace.

Keep her on a string.

Be brutal.

We must be ready
for the coming fight.

I heard you
and Valentina talking

about some plan for me.

Valentina won't let me tell you.

I had to leave everything
I loved. Okay? My friends,

our house, Dad.

I stand up for you

all the time. I tell people

that you're nice and that
you're just misunderstood,

but everybody's right about you,

Jared, okay? You're awful,

- you're cruel, and you're crazy!
- Shut up. Shut up!

Simon, I'm s-- I'm so sorry.

I didn't...

We have a guest.

Simon.

Perfect timing.

I just made dinner.

Meat pies. Mmm.

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-Simon?

Simon!

Mom, Simon's gone.

- What?
- I think he left last night.

My hoodie's gone,
and his phone's still here.

Are you listening to me?

He probably got up early

to go out
and catch frogs in the rain.

We got in a really
awful fight yesterday,

and I...

I punched him.

Jared.

What're we mad
at Jared about now?

Simon ran away,

or he was abducted,

or maybe he caught
that sleeping sickness

like Emiko and the others.

Simon wasn't abducted, okay?

If he did leave,
he would've left a note

because Simon is responsible
and cautious and considerate.

- See?

He probably
just forgot his keys.

- Oh. Good morning.
- Hi.

Come in, please.

So sorry to come over so early,

but, uh,

Calliope is missing.

She left her cell phone at home.

I was just wondering
if there might be a chance

she'd be here with Simon.

No.
We can't find Simon either.

Let me take your coat.
You're sopping wet.

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I don't know
if we should do this.

Okay? Everyone will
be super worried.

You want to see
your dad in New York.

I should've just called him.

He hasn't answered your last
ten million calls or texts.

Yeah, well, he's busy
rehearsing his play.

It was a mistake
to leave our phones.

They'd find us if we had them.

We're gonna be
in so much trouble.

Simon Grace,

have you ever,
in your entire life,

actually been grounded?

I lost my retainer once.

How can you know who you are

if you only ever do
what you're told?

It's always about
what your family wants.

Jared.

When is it your turn?

I need my dad, okay?
'Cause this is the longest

I've ever gone
without seeing him.

He'll know what to do next
'cause, honestly,

at this point, I'm...

I'm lost.

Creatures and-and-and
the Field Guide,

and Lucinda said Mulgarath
was gonna eat everyone.

I don't know who I can trust.

Your brother punched you.

You came to me
because I've been a friend.

You can trust me.

Come on, we have tickets
back to Henson tonight.

It's just one day.

Why do you care so much
about me going to see my dad?

I'm trying to help my friend.

Come on.

Are you coming or not?

Jared, hey.

Okay, I think Simon
was taken by fairies.

You know, it's super messed up

to make fun of me
like this right now.

I saw one of them
from Spiderwick's Field Guide.

Bree talked to it.

I told you not to go
in the attic,

especially when he's in here.

I'm telling you,

Bree and Valentina

know something about this.

I'm trying to help you.

You've never,
in the history of ever,

gave one crap about helping me.

So, Jennifer Miller
with the adult braces

saw Simon and Calliope
get on a bus to New York,

but the bus company can't say

if they're even on
the stupid bus.

Okay, call Dad.

He's not calling me back,
like always.

I can try,

but the storm's doing something
to my phone.

My messages aren't sending.

Dr. Brauer suggested
I deactivate your phone

for hitting Simon, and I agreed.

Temporary punishment.

- Are you serious?
-Yes, I am.

Where is he?

Where's Dr. Brauer?

He thought it would be helpful
to take a look

at the Spiderwick pages
you found,

so I asked Mallory
to go get them.

I had five pages.

This is only one of them.

I left the rest in the parlor.

You can keep that one.

Fairies are judgey
little narcissists,

but these,
these are very helpful.

Good lad.
I knew I could count on you.

You made Calliope take Simon

so you could worm
your way in here.

I came in through
the front door.

And those two absconded
of their own accord.

I had nothing to do with it.

But you are right
about one thing,

I could not resist
this opportunity to plunder.

You got the pages. Go.

In this weather?
I'd catch my death.

You want something more.

I'm an ogre.
I want everything more.

I've seen you in here
looking for something.

There's another page
in the house,

and you need it
in order to eat everyone.

Yeah, well, I'm not
gonna help you find it.

Who ever said
I wanted your help?

I'm not gonna leave your mother
in this time of crisis.

She needs me.

And, Jared,

I really,

really need her.

What are you?

Wh-When we got on the bus,
I looked at you,

but then I saw the bus driver,
and then you were you again.

Jared told me he saw
the same thing with Lucinda.

So, just what kind
of creature are you?

Please don't make me say.

Why not?

'Cause you won't
like me anymore.

Magical creatures can't lie.

It's stupid annoying,
and I hate it.

I can never do poker.

If you ask me,
I have to tell you the truth.

What are you, Calliope?

A fetch.

A living portent of death.

I sense when people
are gonna die.

So, like, you know
when I'll die?

More like I feel death
when it's near.

Death feeds me.

Sometimes, I can control
my transformations.

Other times, I can't.

He's going to die?

It's a glamour spell.

I can look like a person who is

about to die or is dead.

A warning about
their impending end.

Fairies. Humans.

Everyone is afraid of me.

Everyone except Mulgarath.

I won't be afraid.

My brother is missing,

and, yesterday,
I saw Bree save a fairy,

which I think--
no, you know what, I know--

you know something about.

Bree said that
you wouldn't let her

tell me what the hell
is going on,

so I came to ask you.

- What the hell is going on?
-Come inside.

You need a good steam
or you'll get sick.

Answer the question.

The fairies didn't take Simon.

So, everything Jared and Simon

have been talking about,
that's for real?

I know it's hard.

Learning everything
isn't what you thought.

I'm not scared.

No. You're terrified.

Tell me the truth.

I'll make you a deal.

You score a point on me
in a duel,

and I will reveal everything

you want to know, or...

I can help you forget
what you've already learned.

One breath of this steam,

and you will forget

ever seeing the fairy

and everything
that comes with that.

And for that sacrifice...

...I will make
your every wish come true.

Happily ever after.

What are you?

Make your choice

- and find out.


Thimbletack.

Thimbletack!

I know you're here.
You said you're afraid to leave.

All of Spiderwick is your cage.

If I could ask anyone else
for help I would.

I can't talk to Hatcher
because I'm grounded,

and Emiko has that
sleeping sickness thing,

and Mallory has always hated me,

and Simon is...

gone,

but Mulgarath is in the house.

I think he's gonna
manipulate my mom

to find another page
from the Field Guide.

We can't let him get it.

- Please.
-Hey.

Has anyone seen my keys?

I need to go to the airport,
and the plane's leaving soon,

and I can't find my dumb keys.

Helen, I know this is stressful,
but I'm sure they're fine.

Detroit, Grand Rapids,

and Lansing airports
are all shut down

because of the storm,
but I have a ticket to New York

on standby in South Bend.
That's where I'm going.

I'll check the kitchen.

Sometimes you put
your keys there.

Thank you.

That's a,
that's a five-hour drive

in the wrong direction
for a maybe.

I have to do something.

My son ran away, and
I don't know what's going on.

I-I've just been so distracted

by the divorce and the move
and Lucinda's death.

I just never thought I'd ever
have to worry about him.

I know. I just don't think
you're gonna find the answers

to why Simon ran away
at the Sbarro at terminal six.

Until the storm passes,
you won't get to New York.

Does Simon have a journal?
Maybe that could help.

No, no, he doesn't journal.
I would've seen it.

Well, wouldn't be a secret
if you did.

In my professional experience,

if you want to know why he left,
try to find an answer here.

I found 'em, found 'em.

You're right.
Storm is only getting worse.

Maybe I should stay here
and look for Simon's journal,

so I really know
what's going on.

What? Mom, Mom, no.

No, no, no, no.
He-He's using you.

He's a monster.

- Please, Jared, not now.
-Here,

look through this.

All right? Come on.
Just-just-just look.

- I... I...
- Ow.

Hey, hey, hey. You okay?

Mom, I'm sorry. I didn't...
It was an accident, all right?

Enough with the monster stuff,
okay, Jared?

Please, stop.

Okay, Helen,
I'm used to this, okay?

No judgment or contradiction, remember?

Now, if it'll make Jared
feel better,

take a look through the stone.

- Okay?
- Okay.

See?

See what?

It's just him.

What're you talking about?

How did you do that?

How did he do what?

Come on, Helen, let's look
for Simon's journal together.

Mom, wait.

Hey, Captain Dumb-Dumb.

Yeah, look,
I don't like you at all.

You're not very bright,

you got a super sad haircut,
and you have the worst,

worst taste in music.

But Lucinda wanted me
to help you,

so fine.

Mulgarath wants
Spiderwick's page on dragons.

It's hidden here in the house.

- Dragons?
- Duh.

He needs it to finish growing
those nasties from their seed.

These dragons,
they release a poison,

and that's why people
are going all beddy-bye.

But if the entire
town's sleeping...

Then Henson becomes prime
for eating.

Okay, we are going to have
so much fun with my dad.

All right,
we could hit up the best

dollar cheese sandwich for lunch

and the second best
dollar cheese sandwich

for second lunch.

You're lactose-intolerant.

I mean, yeah, but it's worth
the cheddar sweats.

- Then he could sneak us

into any show you want.

All right, he knows
every stage manager.

You really love your dad.

Are they... Does it look
all right? Are they straight?

Whatever, derivative.

Hi. Um, sorry to interrupt.

I'm Richard Grace's son.

Do you know if he's
around here somewhere?

Uh, Richard Grace?

He's playing Lysander.

Layne Morgan is Lysander.

Wait, no, I know Richard.

Uh, Zoe Tibou's friend's friend.
He drives that mustard Vespa.

Oh, yeah, Richard Grace.

He was never in this play.

Simon. Simon, wait.

He lied. For months,
he lied to me.

I have the receipts on my phone,

which I know we should've taken

because what the hell
are we gonna do now?

Go to his apartment,
talk to him.

No, he'll just lie again.

I know someone.

An old friend.

He can tell you
why your father lied.

But I-I thought this was
your first time in New York.

There's a lot
you don't know about me.

Magical creatures
are everywhere.

Not just in forests and glades.

We're hiding all around you.

Even here.

Okay, this door

leads to the dragon page.

It's magic.

Except I don't, I don't know
how it works.

A nazar.

Told you! Told you!

Here be dragons. Dragons, Jared.

It's coming back to me now.
We're on the right path.

Keep turning the lock.
Keep... Yes!

- Watch.
-Whoa.

Stop gawking and go.

You got to get to that page
before Mulgarath does.

It should be right on
the other side of that door now.

Now go.

Whoops. My bad.

Mom?

Hi.

Um, I...

I was, uh, looking
for Simon's journal and...

found this present.

My birthday's not for a month.

Simon got it.

Yeah, he, uh,
he always plans ahead.

You know, thoughtful.

I am so sorry

for ever making you feel like
you're not as good as Simon

or that any of this
is your fault.

I was...

emotional.

And I don't think I'm being
a very good adult right now.

Hey.

I don't think I'm being
a very good kid right now.

When I was a kid,

your grandma used to lose it

when I played pretend
with Aunt Lucinda.

She was so worried
that I would turn out

like Lucinda and Arthur.

You know, talking fairy and all.

Back then, I...

I thought she was
just being cruel.

But Lucinda said

it's because

kids and adults just

vibrate on different
wavelengths.

You and I want
to understand each other,

but, sometimes,
it just feels so impossible

because we see each other

through such different eyes.

And I don't have a solution

other than to just keep trying.

- And I will.

Because I love you.

Come here.

No.

No, no, Mom, I...
I-I can explain...

It's fine.

Thank you for the robe.

Mom. Mom.

Hey, show yourself,
you little boggart.

Hey!

- My mom is off-limits.
-No.

You could've hurt her.

She's on team Mulgarath.

She's the enemy,

and enemies get dead.

Seriously?

I mean, why are you
such a homicidal

trash-hole all the time?

Because I've been alone
for 946 trillion minutes

and counting.

And when I heard that
front door open, I thought,

finally,
after all this time, Lucinda

and Arthur were home.

You and Lucinda have
matching friendship bracelets.

Yeah. One day,
we're playing Yahtzee,

and the next...

poof. [sighs] I mean,
even thinking about it now

makes me all...

and ki-yah and...

Why do you think I'm a boggart
instead of a brownie?

You get it, right?
You're the same.

I am nothing like you.

A word of advice, from
this boggart's point of view,

the people you love

will always leave you.

I don't get it. I mean,
I can't score a single point.

I'm not even close.

It took me two years

to figure out
how to beat Valentina.

No matter how fast
I made my lunge

or how strong my stance,

I couldn't win.

And the worst part
wasn't the losing,

it was the feeling
I wasn't good enough.

Two years of self-doubt.

I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

You don't think I can win.

Not in a day.

You know, maybe forgetting

isn't so bad
in comparison to the pain.

What's your deal?

You're mean and then nice.

You lie and then admit you lied.

You seem like
you're trying to help,

but then you shred me.

I'm trying to be your friend.

I don't need a friend.

I need to help Simon
and my family.

Pret, allez. En garde.


I don't understand.

What are we doing in Chinatown?

This is a pit stop.

Wait, do you speak Chinese?

What else don't I know
about you?

Calliope, what are you doing?
Stop.

- Come here.
- Stop, stop, stop. What are you doing?

- I have cash. I'll pay for it.

No, we'll need that, too,
for the offering.

What? What offering?

- Come on. Let's go.
- What? What offering?!

Where's Zao?

Okay, um...

To see my friend,
you need to have The Sight.

- So...
- The Sight?

I have a seeing stone at home.

You should've
mentioned that then.

- Okay.
- Okay,

just put on the glasses,
but don't look at me.

I don't want you to see my face.

Look, I told you
that I'm not afraid.

Simon, promise me.

I promise.

-Whoa...

It's so awesome.

Hey!

Cash. Now.

Oh, yeah.

Um, this is all the money
that we have.

Favors aren't free.

Who is this Zao?

He is a liar, a con artist,

and a kitchen god.

Meaning he's a dope chef?

Meaning he's a kitchen god.

Zao knows all the local
hot goss--

even about your dad.

Most people bribe Zao
to keep his mouth shut,

but if you pay him enough,
you can pry it open.

What is he saying?

Did you ask about my dad?

If he's not gonna help us,
let's just go.

- Come on.
- Kid, she didn't come here

to help you find the truth
about your daddy.

She's using you.

And after she's sucked you dry,
she'll move onto the next mark.

The world would be
a better place

without this corpse sniffer.

I know some Williamsburg foodies

who'd pay top dollar
for roasted fetch

in orange sauce

and Xiao Long Bao
stuffed with sapling boy.

Simon, get out of here!

Now!

I'll cut you up into
little pieces, fetch!

You pushed yourself too hard.
It was reckless and sloppy.

You could be concussed.

Breathe this.

Is it gonna make me forget?

It's medicine.

It'll give you exactly
what you need to heal.

Simon?!

Oh, I think I'm concussed.

No, you...

you can't be concussed
if I'm hallucinating.

We aren't both delusional.

What's my favorite ice cream?

Trick question.
You hate ice cream.

Food shouldn't be cold.

What is going on in there?
Are you seriously in New York?

Yes. I had to see Dad, and now,
a kitchen god is putting me

and Calliope
on a hipster tasting menu.

And I don't know what to do.
And I'm in this bathroom.

I just--
Can you help me, please?

How? I'm in Henson!

Just tell me what to do.

Look, you're
the bravest fighter I know.

I'm not even a little bit.

You won state
when you were down 14 to five.

I know you're a warrior.

Okay, um, you have to
take him by surprise.

You make him think that he has
you on the ropes and then...

you smash his stupid face in

as hard as you can and run.

I can't do that.
I'm not like you.

Of course you can.

Simon! Simon!

Bravery is overrated.

Adrenaline sours the meat.

You have to take him by surprise.

Hey, come on.
Let's go, come on!

You were incredible back there.

I thought you said
you can't lie.

I never lied to you.

You said that you wanted
to help me.

- I do.
- No.

You just want to help
yourself more.

It's not a lie
if it's an omission.

Then what else
were you omitting?

What did you want from Zao?

Listen, I just need somebody
to tell me the damn truth.

-You saw me
as someone else.

Who?

You're a portent of death.

So, that means that...?

Calliope, is my brother
going to die?

Yes.

It wasn't Jared.

It was you.

You burnt Spiderwick's page
that day.

No, I don't know...

I trusted you!

I'm trying to help you.

I really am.

You've no clue
what it means to be me.

To be hated by everyone!

You know what?
Add me to the list, okay?

-Hey.

Hey.
I'm-I'm not hungry, thanks.

Look, stop texting Richard
and checking every weather app

and texting Richard.

Self-care is not selfish.

Try your soup.

Mmm. Mmm!

I do know my way around a kitchen.

It's nice to have someone
around who can actually cook.

Mom, I found Simon's journal.

-Oh!
- He put notes in the margin.

You can read it
on your way to the airport.

This is just his book
on insects.

Can I take a look at this?

Oh, yeah. Okay.

I've been thinking
about Lucinda all day,

and I have a vague
memory of Lucinda

opening the front door
and it wasn't the foyer,

but a pantry of ambrosia.

Fairy food.

With all the strange hidden passages

that Spiderwick built,

maybe Simon found it
and his journal is there.

Is that a dragon?

- How interesting...
- Oh, that's weird.

- The key can keep turning.

Right. I remember.

The wings have to move

into three different positions
to open it.

Hey,
she's gonna ruin everything.

I told you I should have
k*lled her.

Mom. Mom!

Don't forget about Simon.

You should go
to New York right now.

I think we should stick
with the plan.

Keep looking
for Simon's real journal.

We're so close.

I can feel it.

It's your father.
Finally.

Excuse me.

Nice try.

That page is going to be mine.

I've been trying you all day.

Where have you been?

What's so important

that you can't
pick up your phone?

It's a secret.

This director, he keeps
calling himself an auteur

and won't let us have
our phones on set.

Not that I could use it anyway

with all these...
prosthetics he's got on me.

Richard,

- Simon is missing.
- Are you sure it's not...

some Jared prank?

I have been dying here,

stuck in Michigan
because of a storm,

and you think this is a joke?

I'm just saying that Simon
is not Jared, you know?

Simon wouldn't order
the kids meal at Sweet Chick

when he was 11 'cause
the menu said ten and under.

He is sweet and kind.

And he's needy and scared.

He wouldn't cross the street
without me sending him

three thumbs-up emojis.

No teenager texts
their father this much.

Because I miss you.

- I thought you missed me, too.
-Simon?

Simon, are you okay?

He's safe. Come here.

What the hell are you wearing?

It's for my job.

Your job that's not
Midsummer Night's Dream

that you were never cast in?

Your job that I found out
about from Cesar?

Your super knows more
about you than I do.

Richard,

you have to tell him the truth.

Wait, you knew about this, Mom?

It wasn't my choice.

Why would you lie about
being cast in a play

instead of this horror movie?

I just got this gig last week.

That wasn't his question,
Richard.

You just want me to be
the bad guy.

This isn't about us!

Shut up, okay?
The both of you!

Why?
Why would you lie to me?

I lied because I needed
an excuse not to go to Michigan.

Okay?

You're very lucky
to have your mother.

Her love and her patience
have no limit.

But parenting is not my...
I'm not, I'm not built for it.

You don't want to be with me?

There's all kinds
of dads, Simon.

My dad was not a good guy.

You know, nowadays
we might call him a*usive.

Maybe I'm the dad that's good
for texting memes.

I'm not needy.

And I'm not scared.

I came all the way
to New York to see you.

I ran away from home.

Okay? I-I stole sunglasses.
And-and oranges.

I got into a fight
with a god and I won.

All right? You don't know me.
Dad, you've never known me.

I'm-I'm like a picture
hanging on the wall

that you walk by every day
and just because I'm smiling

you think that I'm all right.
Well, I'm not all right!

I have done everything

to make you happy and proud,

and you let him lie to me?

You know what?
I don't need either of you

or this stupid family anymore!


Simon.

Simon?

Richard?

I want to forget.

It's an honorable choice.

But I don't want to forget
what I know about magic.

I don't care

if I can't score a point on you.

I don't even care if you
don't tell me the truth.

This morning,

I wanted to find Simon so badly,
and Jared said...

You've never,
in the history of ever,

gave one crap about helping me.

And I was determined
to prove him wrong.

And then, incredibly...

And I couldn't do
anything for him.

And I pray, I pray
he's okay, but...

But Jared was right.

I haven't been there
for my brothers,

for my family.

And I-I remember

the exact moment it started.

I finally made
state championships.

I was down 14 to five.

It was...

It was humiliating.

And when I looked
into the stands,

my parents were gone.

Jared was having a meltdown,

so they took him outside.

I wanted to make them regret

leaving me when I needed them.

And I did. I won.

And I lost.

And I've been pulling away
from them ever since.

You just can't wait
to get away from us, huh?

And I hate that feeling.

I hate how I feel.

So, can you make me forget
that feeling?

Can you make that hate go away

so that I can help my brothers
and be there for my family?

Can you make me better?

Point Mallory.

I will tell you everything.

Also, you should know,
Simon is safe.

You okay, kid?

Yeah. Yeah, uh...

- Thanks for the phone.
- Yeah.

- Hey, watch out!

You saved my life.

Is Jared going to die?

I think...

I think I just saved
that bus driver's life.

If I can save his,
I can save Jared's.

Calliope, please,

help me save my brother.

I want you to look at me.

To see who I really am.

Then tell me
if you still want my help.

I think you're beautiful.

Liar.

Can I trust you?

No.

But I want you to try.

All right.

You should give a smile.
It's a, it's a happy ending.

- Don't-don't beat yourself
up too much.

No. I have Jared
to do that for me.

Yeah, he is, uh,
he is a handful.

Spiderwick's dragon page.


Even I have to admit

he's formidable.

You say that like he's your enemy.

No, no, uh...

I mean, it is contentious,

but that doesn't mean
I don't respect him.

And that's entirely
because of you.

You are a wonderful parent.

All your kids, really.

Simon's curiosity.

Mallory's courage.

They're all quite special.

You know, I don't think
I've ever heard Richard

- compliment his kids.
- Mm.

You're everything he isn't.

Low bar.

No, I've never met
a therapist like you,

or anyone really.

- You're smart.

Dedicated. Invested.

Mm.

Looking all day around here

for a needle in a stack
of needles.

Well...

believe me, I, uh,

I wanted to find it.

I'm so glad we came here.

And...

I couldn't do this without you.

Thank you.

I'm sorry, Jared.

It's not just this boggart's
point of view.

The people you love will...

will always leave you.

♪ Do you see it too? ♪

♪ I don't know what to do ♪

♪ Call me on the telephone ♪

♪ Because I'm feeling
all alone ♪

♪ So where do you want to go? ♪

♪ We can hit the road ♪

♪ We can
hit the road ♪

♪ We'll find the sun out there ♪

♪ No need to run out there ♪

♪ Another fire, I'm not afraid ♪

♪ To see new worlds
come off the page ♪

♪ I'm not a hero but I can see ♪

♪ There's something special
in you and me ♪

♪ There's something magic
in the sky ♪

♪ And no one gets it
like you do ♪

♪ There's something magic
in your eyes ♪

♪ And no one gets me
like you do ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh ♪

♪ There's something magic
in the sky ♪

♪ There's something magic
in your eyes ♪

♪ There's something magic
in the sky ♪

♪ There's something magic
in the sky ♪

♪ And no one gets it
like you do ♪

♪ There's something magic
in your eyes ♪

♪ And no one gets me
like you do. ♪