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REGINA: Reginald told me your news.

You're having a baby.

OLIVIA: Oh.

Yes.

God has blessed you then.

Suppose so.

He's a good boy.

Going to provide a good home for you and my grandson.

OLIVIA: Well, we don't know if it's a boy just yet.

Well, I have a sense of these things.

When Reginald and I first got married, we had talked about waiting

before having a baby.

At least until he was out of med school

or after I figured out exactly what I wanted to do too.

But now that I'm pregnant, it's like...

-it's like there was never another path. -You should stop there.

Reginald never deceived you.

He's a father, Olivia.

And you're a mother.

This is what you do. You make sacrifices.

Both of you.

(TV talking in the background)

You know, your problem is you're too wild.

You oughta watch that tendency in yourself.

And I say this as someone who actually knew your mother.

You didn't have it easy growing up.

I don't know what kind of mother just ups and runs out on their children.

But you now have the chance to do better.

A child...

(chuckles softly)

a child is an opportunity to think outside yourself.

There is no better, more mysterious love.

And I suggest you humble yourself before that fact.

You know, why don't you run down to the corner store

and grab us a couple of boxes of candy?

-Would you? Hmm? -OLIVIA: Yes, ma'am.

Olivia...

This baby, it might just save your life.

(ominous music playing)

Hold on, Dana. I'm coming. Come on, Bonnie!

(smacks lips)

KEVIN: Fuck. Winnie? Winnie! Fuck!

Winnie! Winnie!

Winnie! Oh, shit!

Master Tom own you now.

You his.

That's a lie.

SARAH: I know it is.

I suppose they got into some sort of argument.

Your Master Kevin came out on the wrong end of it.

What?

What? Where is he?

SARAH: How should I know?

Tom only had me come up here with this here food to break the news to you.

I suggest that you figure out how to take yourself on off

to wherever you took Winnie.

Tonight.

I imagine this been your plan all the time.

And I don't have a problem with it.

(Sarah sighing)

It's gonna be interesting around here with you and Luke gone. Mmm-mmm.

See, this used to be Marse William's room.

(Sarah hums)

And these walls...

they hold some powerful memories from it.

I hope you enjoyed your time here.

You have no idea who you're dealing with.

(fire crackling)

(crickets chirping)

(ominous, tense music playing)

(objects rustling)

KEVIN: Winnie, please.

(heavy breathing)

We can work this out. Whoa!

What you want from me? Huh?

The same as the rest? The same as Tom?

No, no, no, no. I... I don't want anything from you.

Why you follow me then?

I... I just... I just... just wanna make sure you're safe.

That... that... that everyone was safe.

After the way that woman treated me,

I don't need nobody else to worry about my safety but me.

Winnie, you cannot go back to Tom.

Tom? I ain't going back to Tom.

Five days in a hole in the ground made me realize that.

I'm running, and I don't need nobody permission.

I'm running. And if you really cared about my safety, you let me go on my own way.

No, that's fine. That's... that's fine by me.

If that's what you think is best.

Give me your clothes.

KEVIN: What?

They cut my hair off to make me look like a boy.

But I... I left them shirt and pants at the house.

Give me your clothes so I can get out of here.

-Winnie, I... -WINNIE: Now!

(footsteps thudding)

♪ ♪

NIGEL: Dana?

Where you going?

I'm leaving.

I gotta go get Kevin.

Is he not coming back?

I don't think so.

Listen, I think he's in trouble.

Okay, so it's very important I go right now. I gotta go.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

You think my father's with him? He hasn't come home yet.

I don't...

I don't think so.

You should go to bed. Okay?

I... I... I'm sure I'll be home soon.

You're lying to me.

(crickets chirping)

-No. -You are.

You know something. Something's wrong.

He's never not came home before, Dana.

-Never! -(shushes)

I can't wake up Marse Tom. Okay?

You know what? Let's go somewhere else.

Yeah? Let's go somewhere else.

Okay...

ALICE: What happened?

She, uh, stole my clothes.

ALICE: Where is she?

She escaped.

Oh, no.

Could, um...

(door creaks)

Winnie mentioned that there were, uh,

some clothes here, some boy clothes...

when she stole my clothes?

There.

(footsteps)

-Whoa! -What?

Uh, what are we doing?

We're staying like this until Mama Olivia comes home.

Until then, nobody gets in and nobody gets out.

You can sit down.

(tensed music playing)

(birds chirping)

(low music playing)

-Sarah. -SARAH: Olivia?

What you doing out here so early?

It is early. (chuckles) I'm sorry.

Um, I need you to wake up Carrie and have her fetch Dana from the house for me.

I have a message to give to her and it's very important.

There's not much time.

It's from her white man, ain't it?

You know, I never really liked her.

I certainly never liked how much you seem to be out here helping her.

Troublemaker.

In fact, the two of you always struck me as being sort of similar in that way.

Could just as well be kin.

Should have seen that earlier.

What are you talking about?

If you hadn't shown up when you did,

folks around here might actually have had a chance.

Ain't nobody tell you to swoop in here however many years ago

and start saving that redheaded heifer's babies.

You and that Dana of yours.

Sarah, what are you saying?

Stop playing dumb with me.

What you think, Margaret lost all five of them babies

in a row for nothing?

Huh? For no reason?

I was taking care of them long before they could make it out of her.

And if you would've just left well enough alone,

Rufus would've died in that crib.

Why'd you save him, Olivia?

If you would've just let the boy alone, Tom would've gotten rid

of that bitch and this place would be a whole lot different.

But see, that's all sorted now.

'Cause that child gone...

and his damn mother gone,

and Luke gone, and now Dana gone too.

Now finally folks gonna have a chance again.

Gone?

Where did Dana go?

I told her to take herself on off to wherever it is the two of you took Winnie.

-Oh. -SARAH: Oh, yes.

I know you had something to do with that.

Something to do with what?

-Oh. -(chuckles)

Oh, Master Tom.

I'm just telling Miss Olivia here about some idle chatter.

What are you doing here so early?

Oh, I just came through to get a few packets of Sarah's crisps.

(chicken clucking)

Where's Dana?

Last I saw she was in the guest bedroom.

TOM: I just checked the house and she's gone.

Well, perhaps she lurking around Winnie's old cabin, sir.

I noticed she liked to hide out sometimes there when she avoiding chores.

Hmm. Did you tell her?

I did.

And she was awful distraught.

But I told her, just... just give it thought.

-You snake! -Hush.

That Dana on her way to your place by now.

Now that he up, I don't think there's much time.

So if I was you, I'd figure out how to get on home,

grab her, and get outta Maryland.

Don't look at me like that.

You ought to be ashamed.

Shame?

What I'm gonna do with shame when my life is confined

to this cookhouse day in and day out?

You free.

You always been free.

You ain't got no idea what it's like.

You can keep that shame.

You were right, Nigel.

I don't think your father's coming home.

I think he's gone.

Gone where?

I don't know. I wish I did.

Let me go with you and Marse Kevin.

-We can find 'em together. -I can't do that.

Why?

Because Kevin and I are from a place I... I can't bring you.

But... but everyone's gone.

My father, Rufus, and you're leaving, Mr. Franklin.

What am I gonna do with everyone gone?

You're gonna be strong.

Okay?

Because that's what your father would've wanted.

You're gonna learn to write and read.

Okay? That's what you're gonna do.

You already know all the letters and all the sounds that they make.

That's half of it.

But you have to practice. You have to practice every day, okay?

And you have to teach Carrie.

You have to teach Carrie.

'Cause that's what your father would've wanted.

TOM: Hey! Who is in there?

TOM: No one may occupy new quarters on this property

without my permission.

(objects clattering)

TOM: I say, who's in there?

Now get out. It's the last time I'm gonna tell you.

Have it your way...

(tense music playing)

Hmm.

Didn't I tell you I didn't want you reading?

♪ ♪

Yeah. I've treated you good.

And this is how you pay me back, by stealing from me?

Stealing my books?

-Reading? -I can teach you.

I can teach you to read.

What'd you say?

To read. I can teach you to read.

No one has to know.

-(book thuds) -(screaming)

-Come here! (Tom grunts) -(Dana screaming)

-(Dana whimpering) -SARAH: Who is that?

That's Dana, you liar.

No. I didn't know. I didn't know. I swear.

(Dana crying)

DANA: No! Help me! Help!

Please!

(Tom grunts)

Get up!

(Dana crying)

(Dana grunting)

(clothes ripping)

DANA: No! No, no!

I guess I'm gonna have to break you in.

(lash whipping)

(Dana screaming in pain)

(Tom grunting)

(Dana screaming)

(lash whipping)

(Dana crying)

TOM: Yeah. Yeah.

(Tom grunting)

(Dana wailing)

(lash whipping)

(Olivia grunting)

(both struggling)

Are you mad?

(Olivia grunting)

Dana? Dana? Dana?

KEVIN: Dana? Dana? Dana?

(Tom grunting)

(somber music playing)

DANA: Kevin.

Kevin!

Kevin!

Kevin!

(Dana screaming) Kevin!

(fan whirling)

(phone tone ringing)

KEVIN'S VOICEMAIL: Hey, you've reached Kevin's phone.

Leave me a message and I'll get back to you.

PENNY: Hi. It's me.

I've done exactly what you told me to

and you're not picking up, so now I'm worried.

Call me back, please.

(phone ringing)

-What's going on? -NIECY: She's gone.

-ALAN: What? -NIECY: Dana is gone. I can't explain it.

I feel like I'm losing my mind, Alan.

Shit! Denise, take it easy. It'll be all right.

Where'd she go?

NIECY: She ran off with some guy and...

and I had them cornered in the closet with no windows.

ALAN: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Back up. With who now?

NIECY: I don't know. Some guy.

-A white guy? -NIECY: Sure. What?

ALAN: (chuckles) Okay. I'm done.

DANA: You know him?

ALAN: Denise, I love you,

but you have gotta let Dana be what she is.

26, unemployed, and stupid.

She doesn't want our help.

She just wants an audience for her drama.

Now, I'm not the law anymore,

So if you want someone to chase her down or save her,

you need to call a cop who isn't collecting a pension.

I'm tired of driving around this goddamn city

trying to save Dana's ass from her own damn self.

-(call ended beep) -Hello?

(clock ticking)

DANA: 18:12.

18:13.

18:14.

18:15.

(phone chimes)

(pensive music continues)

(phone vibrating)

VOICEMAIL: The mailbox is full and cannot accept any messages at this time.

(phone dialing out)

Honey, please come to bed. You have to get at least some sleep.

Look, I... I... I can't.

I... I can't, Carlo. It's just...

CARLO: We saw them all leave hours ago.

I thought we agreed to call it a night.

HERMIONE: Yes, but I think they just came back.

-CARLO: What? -Look, you're gonna think

that I'm crazy, but I heard screaming and then...

-And then what? -HERMIONE: I don't know.

I didn't see anything.

-Hermione. -HERMIONE: Carlo.

I'm scared.

I don't like violence.

Hey...

(police siren)

I thought you said you didn't call the cops.

(tense music playing)

OFFICER 1: All right.

(knocking on door)

Miss?

(knocking on door)

-OFFICER 1: Hello? -DANA: Yes.

OFFICER 1: We received some calls from your neighbors.

Would you mind opening up so we could have a word?

No. Thank you. I'm good.

OFFICER 1: You don't have to let us in.

You can just come onto the porch and talk with us.

OFFICER 2: Ma'am, are you alone in there?

If you don't open the door, we're gonna have to come in there.

(knocking on door)

OFFICER 1: Ma'am, please comply and open the door.

(door thuds)

(keyboard clicking)

(door thudding)

DANA: Please stop. I'm coming.

(door clicks)

Hi. Sorry, I was just getting out of the shower.

I didn't have on any clothes.

Uh, is there a problem?

OFFICER 2: Do you mind if we talk inside?

Yeah. Yeah.

(indistinct whispering)

(door slams shut)

(car beeps)

Excuse me. Do you know what's happening here?

Oh, it's... it's just an ongoing situation with a new neighbor.

What... what kind of situation?

Uh, we're not really sure.

Um, we know that one of their associates is very violent

and there may or may not be drugs involved.

I would hang back.

Anything in the house we should know about?

Drugs, weapons?

No, nothing.

You're here. How?

Are you behind this?

B... b... behind what? Where's Dana?

-You don't know? -KEVIN: Know what?

(Tom chuckles softly)

Deceit. Deceit.

Deceit. Deceit.

Where are they? Tell me.

KEVIN: What? Who? I... I don't know what you're talking about.

Dana and Olivia. Where are they?

What is this witchcraft? Tell me how they did it!

Did... did... did what?

TOM: Disappear.

(pensive music playing)

She's gone?

TOM: How did they do it?

How?

♪ ♪

Hi there.

You okay?

Yeah. Hi. I'm... what the fuck?

Here.

Thanks.

(blows nose)

Listen, what's... what's going on in there?

-Is your brother okay? -I don't know.

-I'm sorry. -No, no, no.

It's... it's really... it's... it's okay.

I... I have a sister I haven't heard from in months.

CARLO: And d... d... do you know the girl who lived there?

Um, no, not really.

I met her last night. Kevin brought her to my house.

He... Kevin just met her, I think.

No, we don't know much about her either.

-She just moved in. -Would you... would you like

to come over to our house just for a little bit?

Maybe we could fill you in on some of the things we've been seeing.

I mean, we... we are just... we are just right over there.

Uh, can I get you a cup of coffee?

(chuckles) Yeah.

Actually, that... that would be nice actually.

(mouth moving wordlessly)

Yeah. Thank you.

-Oh, my God. -HERMIONE: Oh, it's been a long night.

(chuckles)

Dana...

(Niecy sighs)

what happened to you?

I was whipped.

But it... it was...

the man who owns the plantation that I keep getting pulled back to.

Tom Weylin.

And his son's name is Rufus.

Do you believe me?

(Niecy sighing)

Well... I don't want to.

But you disappeared from that closet.

And you're here so fast.

-How? -I was sent back.

But that time, I had taken Kevin with me and we... we were gone

for a week, but it felt like it was only a few minutes here

because time moves different, but...

Every time I come back, I get sent back here.

NIECY: What makes you come back?

Something has to happen where I fear for my life...

or I think I'm gonna die.

And I guess that's what happened when I was passed out on the floor.

But I don't even know how long I was out.

(voice breaks) And Kevin is stuck there.

He's stuck there.

And... and I promised him...

that I wouldn't leave him.

I said, "I would not leave you."

And I did.

(sobbing) And I...

I don't know what to do, Denise.

I don't know what to do because I don't know if he's been there a year.

I don't know if he's alive.

I... I don't know. I don't know what do.

(sobbing continues)

I have to get... I have to get back there.

I have to get back, but I don't know how.

I don't know how.

I have to save him because I promised him I'd sa...

if something happens to him, I know it's my fault.

Oh, Dana.

Dana, it's gonna be okay.

No! No, it's not, Niecy.

(Dana sniffles)

It's not...

It's not.

He's the only person who... who believed me.

He's the only person who understood what was happening.

-NIECY: How do you go back? -(Dana sniffles)

I can't control it.

It just happens or not.

Okay.

We're gonna figure this out.

Okay?

We'll get him back.

And then we're gonna figure out how to make it stop.

Okay?

I think...

I think if...

I make sure that Rufus stays alive...

and I...

I make sure our next ancestor is born,

then that'll make it stop.

But I don't even know. I don't even know when that would be.

Well, have you checked the Bible?

What Bible?

The family Bible.

It has the name of every James ancestor going back...

I don't know how far, and their birth years.

What?

Wait, Denise. Where... where is that?

Well, last time I saw it, it was... it was on the mantle back in Brooklyn.

Mama used to bring it out on special occasions.

Grandma's?

(objects shuffling)

NIECY: That's it.

(box shuffling)

(paper rustling)

What are you looking for, Dana?

Carrie. If I'm right, her and Rufus have a child together.

But right before I left they were separated for who knows how long.

-NIECY: Right there. -DANA: Where?

Carrie Ann Blake born 1849. Is that right?

No, that can't be right.

She was born before that.

Alice.

I was wrong. I was wrong.

-Wrong about what? -It wasn't Carrie, it was Alice.

Rufus and Alice have a child together.

That's how it happened.

(pensive music playing)

(birds chirping)

MAN: See anything you fancy, sir?

I do not.

(horse nickers)

Alice, keep up.

We gotta get back before sundown.

DANA: Three hours since I last got here.

NIECY: Okay, wait, what are you doing?

-DANA: I might still have time. -NIECY: Time? Before what?

Before I get sent back.

Well, Dana, there's gotta be something I can do.

No, no, no, don't touch! Don't touch me.

Don't touch me, please. I don't wanna send you back.

Please, please. Just let me focus. Let me focus.

-It's 1880... 1890... I don't know. -When is it gonna happen?

(Dana muttering dates)

Maybe it won't happen.

It will.

Should I get help? I...

Gotta see her. I'll probably be right back.

(phone vibrating)

(Dana muttering dates)

(Niecy sighing)

Alan.

ALAN: Denise, where the hell have you been?

The NYPD, they called the house.

I just got off the phone with them.

They found Olivia.

Olivia?

(phone thuds)

ALAN: Hello?

Denise?

(pensive music playing)

Captioned by LADB.