1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,162 WWW.MY-SUBS.CO 1 00:00:10,301 --> 00:00:12,595 Who are you? Come here! 2 00:00:12,679 --> 00:00:13,722 - Dean! - Stop! 3 00:00:13,805 --> 00:00:15,473 Wait! He may have a gun! 4 00:00:15,557 --> 00:00:16,683 Who are you? 5 00:00:16,766 --> 00:00:18,184 - Dean, wait! - Come here! 6 00:00:19,477 --> 00:00:20,797 - Oh, my God! - Hey! 7 00:00:21,312 --> 00:00:22,312 Hey! 8 00:00:24,649 --> 00:00:25,649 Hey! 9 00:00:30,739 --> 00:00:31,948 Holy shit! 10 00:00:32,032 --> 00:00:33,241 What the fuck is this? 11 00:00:34,325 --> 00:00:36,453 Hey! Hey! 12 00:00:36,536 --> 00:00:39,164 Come back! Stop! 13 00:00:39,247 --> 00:00:40,248 Where is he? 14 00:00:40,331 --> 00:00:41,332 I can't see him. 15 00:00:41,416 --> 00:00:42,584 Where the fuck is he? 16 00:00:42,667 --> 00:00:44,544 No! 17 00:00:45,545 --> 00:00:47,839 Hey! 18 00:00:52,135 --> 00:00:53,303 They're on to us. 19 00:00:57,682 --> 00:00:59,100 What brings you here today? 20 00:00:59,184 --> 00:01:02,979 - There is a hidden door in our basement. - It leads to these tunnels. 21 00:01:03,063 --> 00:01:04,939 And we found this guy down there. 22 00:01:05,023 --> 00:01:08,151 And so we chased after him, and he just disappeared. 23 00:01:08,234 --> 00:01:10,904 So, based on your recent blowup at the country club, 24 00:01:11,446 --> 00:01:13,573 that means you think it was me in this tunnel, right? 25 00:01:13,656 --> 00:01:16,993 Because you said I was behind all of this, along with Karen. 26 00:01:17,077 --> 00:01:21,372 And you think that we were trying to scare you into selling your house? 27 00:01:21,456 --> 00:01:23,750 What happened to your John Graff theory, Dean? 28 00:01:23,833 --> 00:01:24,876 Oh, I remember! 29 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:28,671 You said I am covering up the John Graff murders. 30 00:01:28,755 --> 00:01:30,590 You said it in front of everybody. 31 00:01:30,673 --> 00:01:32,801 Maybe John Graff and I are in it together. 32 00:01:32,884 --> 00:01:34,010 All we're saying is, 33 00:01:34,677 --> 00:01:38,223 there's been a way into our house this whole time and we looked online. 34 00:01:38,306 --> 00:01:41,684 Bootleggers used to use those tunnels during prohibition, right? 35 00:01:41,768 --> 00:01:43,937 There's a cot down there. There's even food. 36 00:01:44,020 --> 00:01:46,856 Whoever this is, clearly they've been sleeping down there. 37 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:49,442 Or multiple people. Me and John Graff. 38 00:01:49,526 --> 00:01:52,612 It could be any number of people and that's why we're here. 39 00:01:52,695 --> 00:01:56,991 To ask for help from someone you still suspect could be behind all of it. 40 00:01:57,075 --> 00:01:58,159 You know what? 41 00:01:58,243 --> 00:02:01,746 It's still entirely plausible that you and Karen are involved in this. 42 00:02:01,830 --> 00:02:04,749 And you can really step it up by getting a search warrant. 43 00:02:04,833 --> 00:02:07,377 And help yourself a little, at least in our eyes, 44 00:02:07,460 --> 00:02:10,880 so we could take you off our list of prime suspects. 45 00:02:13,174 --> 00:02:18,638 Okay, so to prove my innocence, what exactly would you like me to do? 46 00:02:19,764 --> 00:02:20,598 Okay. 47 00:02:20,682 --> 00:02:25,061 Uh... Okay, well, I've already boarded up the entrance, right? 48 00:02:25,145 --> 00:02:27,105 I still think you should get in there, 49 00:02:27,188 --> 00:02:28,773 into those tunnels, because... 50 00:02:28,857 --> 00:02:31,526 Maybe even a team of guys, see where the tunnels lead? 51 00:02:31,609 --> 00:02:34,445 - 'Cause this place is like a maze. - They're everywhere. 52 00:02:34,529 --> 00:02:36,406 So, I'm talking Mitch and Mo's house, 53 00:02:36,489 --> 00:02:38,741 - definitely the Winslow house... - The Winslows. 54 00:02:38,825 --> 00:02:40,785 I get it. I get what you're saying. 55 00:02:40,869 --> 00:02:43,788 Yeah, so here's what I'm going to do... 56 00:02:46,875 --> 00:02:49,627 Absolutely fucking nothing. 57 00:02:50,336 --> 00:02:51,254 - What? - Excuse me? 58 00:02:51,337 --> 00:02:53,923 You heard me. You think I'll lift a finger for you? 59 00:02:54,007 --> 00:02:55,008 After what you did? 60 00:02:55,091 --> 00:02:57,635 Accosting me and my lady in public... 61 00:02:58,845 --> 00:02:59,971 Accusing me! 62 00:03:00,597 --> 00:03:01,848 The arrogance of you two! 63 00:03:01,931 --> 00:03:02,974 It's unbelievable. 64 00:03:03,057 --> 00:03:05,602 - You have a duty here. - You can't turn a blind eye. 65 00:03:05,685 --> 00:03:06,811 Well, watch me. 66 00:03:06,895 --> 00:03:09,898 I'm gonna fucking ignore the shit out of you two. 67 00:03:09,981 --> 00:03:12,233 - You're on your own. I'm done. - I'll go to the FBI. 68 00:03:12,317 --> 00:03:14,068 What office? Newark? 69 00:03:15,069 --> 00:03:17,030 I'll call ahead. Tell 'em you're coming. 70 00:03:17,113 --> 00:03:18,448 Those guys are my buddies. 71 00:03:18,531 --> 00:03:20,950 I'm going deer hunting with two of them this weekend. 72 00:03:21,534 --> 00:03:24,120 And then I'm coming after you, you piece of shit. 73 00:03:24,204 --> 00:03:28,458 I have a reliable source saying that you wrote at least one of those letters. 74 00:03:28,541 --> 00:03:29,667 No, I didn't! 75 00:03:29,751 --> 00:03:31,085 - That's not true. - What? 76 00:03:31,169 --> 00:03:33,796 - Why would I do that? - It's a lot of house, isn't it? 77 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,716 You're in over your head. You needed out. 78 00:03:36,799 --> 00:03:39,552 You know that filing false police reports is a felony? 79 00:03:39,636 --> 00:03:41,179 A year and a half in prison. 80 00:03:41,262 --> 00:03:43,473 And how many of those have you filed with us? 81 00:03:43,556 --> 00:03:46,267 Half a dozen? You're looking at ten years in prison. 82 00:03:46,351 --> 00:03:48,102 - Hold on. - You know what it's called 83 00:03:48,186 --> 00:03:52,023 when you threaten someone and it causes that person to evacuate a building, 84 00:03:52,106 --> 00:03:53,483 in this case, your family? 85 00:03:53,566 --> 00:03:55,318 It's called a terroristic threat. 86 00:03:55,401 --> 00:03:56,486 This is bullshit. 87 00:03:56,569 --> 00:03:58,321 Finally, we agree on something. 88 00:03:58,404 --> 00:04:01,115 Ever since you dragged your uptight ass in here, 89 00:04:01,199 --> 00:04:04,369 we've been drowning in bullshit, because it's the only thing 90 00:04:04,452 --> 00:04:07,038 that makes its way out of your mouth, Mr. Brannock. 91 00:04:07,121 --> 00:04:11,417 So why don't you and your lovely wife kindly get the fuck out of my office? 92 00:04:18,299 --> 00:04:21,427 I don't know how he found out, but it wasn't me who told him. 93 00:04:25,431 --> 00:04:28,601 I didn't tell Chamberland about Dean writing one of the letters. 94 00:04:28,685 --> 00:04:30,311 That's the God's honest truth. 95 00:04:30,937 --> 00:04:33,523 Maybe it was the handwriting expert who told him. 96 00:04:33,606 --> 00:04:37,402 I told him to keep it to himself, but I didn't know the guy all that well. 97 00:04:37,485 --> 00:04:39,946 But it wasn't me. I don't know how else to say it, 98 00:04:40,029 --> 00:04:42,156 but you're gonna have to trust me on that. 99 00:04:48,246 --> 00:04:51,040 Look, I know you've had your suspicions about me. 100 00:04:51,541 --> 00:04:53,126 You met me through Chamberland, 101 00:04:53,209 --> 00:04:55,378 who is now someone you no longer trust, 102 00:04:56,170 --> 00:04:59,340 but I have no motive to harm you. 103 00:05:01,050 --> 00:05:03,303 And I don't have long left, do you understand? 104 00:05:04,887 --> 00:05:10,560 This case keeps me up at night and I will not rest until it is solved. 105 00:05:10,643 --> 00:05:14,772 I should be spending time with my daughter and my granddaughter, 106 00:05:14,856 --> 00:05:18,776 but I am sitting right here, with you, trying to solve this case. 107 00:05:18,860 --> 00:05:20,361 And I'll tell you right now, 108 00:05:20,987 --> 00:05:23,906 I will solve this case with or without you. 109 00:05:24,657 --> 00:05:27,327 So, Dean, please sit down... 110 00:05:27,410 --> 00:05:29,537 ...so I can tell you both what I have found. 111 00:05:31,956 --> 00:05:34,250 Fine. Okay, go ahead. 112 00:05:34,334 --> 00:05:37,211 Look, I get it. You are both under a lot of pressure. 113 00:05:37,295 --> 00:05:38,463 We've got to solve this 114 00:05:38,546 --> 00:05:41,674 before the Westfield Police Department pins it all on you. 115 00:05:41,758 --> 00:05:43,384 I feel like I'm losing it here. 116 00:05:43,468 --> 00:05:46,554 Every time I go over it in my head, I land on somebody else! 117 00:05:46,637 --> 00:05:50,308 You know, like... like now, I'm pretty positive that it's Karen, right? 118 00:05:50,391 --> 00:05:53,978 Except the police department, they have to be in on it too, right? 119 00:05:54,062 --> 00:05:57,148 Or is it Mitch and Mo with this cult thing? 120 00:05:57,231 --> 00:05:59,150 Maybe Andrew Pierce isn't crazy. 121 00:05:59,233 --> 00:06:00,943 Or is it someone else entirely? 122 00:06:01,527 --> 00:06:02,570 What? 123 00:06:02,653 --> 00:06:06,032 Because I followed your daughter's lead on that Roger Kaplan fellow. 124 00:06:06,115 --> 00:06:08,117 And I like him for this. 125 00:06:08,201 --> 00:06:09,535 - I like him a lot. - Why? 126 00:06:11,204 --> 00:06:12,205 The ex-wife. 127 00:06:12,955 --> 00:06:16,292 In a case like this, if the divorce was messy, then brilliant. 128 00:06:16,376 --> 00:06:18,127 That means she'll sing. 129 00:06:18,211 --> 00:06:21,964 And, oh, has Roger Kaplan's ex-wife got a set of pipes. 130 00:06:22,048 --> 00:06:24,342 - Yes? - Are you Trish Kaplan? 131 00:06:24,425 --> 00:06:26,302 No. I used to be. 132 00:06:26,386 --> 00:06:28,596 She and Roger divorced 25 years ago. 133 00:06:28,679 --> 00:06:30,807 He left her for a former student of his. 134 00:06:30,890 --> 00:06:33,059 Roger and I, you know, were divorced for... 135 00:06:33,142 --> 00:06:35,937 We weren't talking ten minutes before she dropped this. 136 00:06:36,020 --> 00:06:39,399 If someone's writing strange letters about a house 137 00:06:39,482 --> 00:06:43,111 and calling themselves The Watcher... 138 00:06:43,194 --> 00:06:45,029 ...it's definitely Roger. 139 00:06:45,113 --> 00:06:47,448 - Holy shit. - That's exactly what I said. 140 00:06:47,532 --> 00:06:48,574 Holy shit! 141 00:06:48,658 --> 00:06:50,660 She then told me his whole life story. 142 00:06:50,743 --> 00:06:53,454 Roger grew up on the other side of the tracks. 143 00:06:53,538 --> 00:06:56,666 He lived in a tiny apartment with his mother, who was divorced. 144 00:06:56,749 --> 00:07:00,169 Now, back then, in the 1950s, this was a big deal. 145 00:07:00,253 --> 00:07:01,921 It was shameful, 146 00:07:02,672 --> 00:07:06,217 but Roger had friends from the rich side of town. 147 00:07:06,300 --> 00:07:09,470 Wow. Look at those Cedar shakes! 148 00:07:10,138 --> 00:07:12,098 Is that a Widow's walk? 149 00:07:12,181 --> 00:07:14,392 I can't believe you actually live here. 150 00:07:14,934 --> 00:07:16,227 This is unbelievable! 151 00:07:16,310 --> 00:07:18,438 Yours wasn't the only house he was obsessed with. 152 00:07:18,521 --> 00:07:22,316 There was another one, 55 Oak Terrace, where another boy he knew lived. 153 00:07:23,568 --> 00:07:26,904 - Why do you look at our house? - I just like it, that's all. 154 00:07:26,988 --> 00:07:28,948 So are you coming in to play or what? 155 00:07:29,031 --> 00:07:29,866 Yeah! 156 00:07:29,949 --> 00:07:31,242 This is really bizarre. 157 00:07:31,325 --> 00:07:32,660 Is it though? 158 00:07:32,743 --> 00:07:36,122 He was a poor kid from a broken family. 159 00:07:36,205 --> 00:07:40,209 And here he sees his friends, no different from him, 160 00:07:41,210 --> 00:07:43,129 living in these mansions, 161 00:07:43,212 --> 00:07:46,466 that would have seemed like Shangri-la to him. 162 00:07:47,133 --> 00:07:51,053 So he grew up wanting to be an architect, 163 00:07:51,137 --> 00:07:53,431 go to architecture school... But he couldn't afford it. 164 00:07:53,514 --> 00:07:56,309 He was poor. So, instead, he goes to community college. 165 00:07:56,392 --> 00:07:57,727 Does night classes at Rutgers, 166 00:07:57,810 --> 00:08:01,397 and then gets a job teaching English at Westfield High. 167 00:08:01,481 --> 00:08:02,732 Ellie's school. 168 00:08:02,815 --> 00:08:04,817 That same year, he marries Trish. 169 00:08:04,901 --> 00:08:06,402 She said they were very happy. 170 00:08:06,486 --> 00:08:09,197 She couldn't have children, but he didn't seem to mind. 171 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:12,867 It gave them time to go on these driving tours, 172 00:08:12,950 --> 00:08:16,370 up and down the East Coast, looking at houses he loved. 173 00:08:17,914 --> 00:08:19,040 There it is. 174 00:08:19,665 --> 00:08:22,543 Look at that! It's even more beautiful in person. 175 00:08:22,627 --> 00:08:25,671 You think we could live in a house like this someday? 176 00:08:25,755 --> 00:08:26,923 You never know. 177 00:08:27,882 --> 00:08:29,967 But I won't be buying just any old house. 178 00:08:30,051 --> 00:08:32,011 It'd have to be a house I really love. 179 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:34,555 One for my collection. 180 00:08:34,639 --> 00:08:38,684 But then one day, 89 Maple Grove Lane came on the market. 181 00:08:38,768 --> 00:08:40,853 - It's beautiful. - Truly exquisite. 182 00:08:40,937 --> 00:08:42,772 - These archways... - It's great. 183 00:08:42,855 --> 00:08:46,108 See, this is what you don't understand. I have to have this house. 184 00:08:46,192 --> 00:08:47,026 Honey... 185 00:08:47,109 --> 00:08:49,278 Well, Roger, there are three offers already, 186 00:08:49,362 --> 00:08:51,781 and all I can say is that yours is not the highest. 187 00:08:52,782 --> 00:08:56,118 But you know what? There is something you could do. 188 00:08:56,202 --> 00:08:58,704 The agent told him to write a letter to the sellers, 189 00:08:58,788 --> 00:09:00,540 tell them how much he loved the house, 190 00:09:00,623 --> 00:09:03,334 how much it meant to him ever since he was a child, 191 00:09:03,417 --> 00:09:06,087 that he would take better care of it than the other buyers, 192 00:09:06,170 --> 00:09:08,256 even though our offer wasn't as high. 193 00:09:08,339 --> 00:09:11,133 Yeah, a lot of people do that nowadays. 194 00:09:11,217 --> 00:09:12,802 Well, they didn't back then. 195 00:09:13,511 --> 00:09:17,181 So, Roger sat down at the typewriter... 196 00:09:17,265 --> 00:09:19,892 Dear owners of 89 Maple Grove Lane. 197 00:09:19,976 --> 00:09:22,687 I have loved your house for over 35 years now. 198 00:09:22,770 --> 00:09:24,272 Ever since I was a little boy, 199 00:09:24,355 --> 00:09:27,942 your home gave me comfort from afar, something I could dream about. 200 00:09:28,025 --> 00:09:31,320 And now it seems that little boy's dream might actually come true. 201 00:09:31,404 --> 00:09:32,780 And guess what happened. 202 00:09:32,863 --> 00:09:36,325 - They went with a higher offer. - Because that's what always happens. 203 00:09:36,409 --> 00:09:39,829 Roger was... devastated. 204 00:09:40,538 --> 00:09:42,665 I'd never seen him cry like that. 205 00:09:42,748 --> 00:09:44,959 Roger wasn't that upset when his mother died. 206 00:09:46,127 --> 00:09:50,131 That's when he got the idea for the lesson. 207 00:09:50,214 --> 00:09:55,136 Started small, just a few kids in a creative writing club. 208 00:09:55,219 --> 00:09:58,306 But then after ten years, it became a sensation. 209 00:09:58,389 --> 00:09:59,557 Ode to a House. 210 00:10:01,475 --> 00:10:02,727 Your next assignment 211 00:10:04,020 --> 00:10:06,188 is to find a house that you love 212 00:10:06,731 --> 00:10:08,566 and to write a love letter to it. 213 00:10:08,649 --> 00:10:11,235 Be descriptive. Be imaginative. 214 00:10:11,319 --> 00:10:14,614 What is it that you admire about this house? 215 00:10:14,697 --> 00:10:17,450 What would it feel like to live in this house? 216 00:10:18,117 --> 00:10:20,411 Now it can be as long or as short as you like. 217 00:10:20,494 --> 00:10:22,330 You'll be graded on sincerity. 218 00:10:22,413 --> 00:10:24,457 One copy comes to me 219 00:10:24,540 --> 00:10:26,917 and the other copy is sent to the house. 220 00:10:27,001 --> 00:10:28,377 And don't sign your name. 221 00:10:29,295 --> 00:10:32,381 You'll write much more freely knowing that it's anonymous. 222 00:10:32,465 --> 00:10:35,593 No one will read these except for the homeowners and me. 223 00:10:35,676 --> 00:10:37,094 Any questions? 224 00:10:37,178 --> 00:10:38,179 Yes, Miko. 225 00:10:38,929 --> 00:10:40,765 Can it be to your own house? 226 00:10:40,848 --> 00:10:43,684 Absolutely not. It has to be someone else's house. 227 00:10:44,602 --> 00:10:45,602 Good question. 228 00:10:46,562 --> 00:10:48,522 All right, have fun. 229 00:10:49,649 --> 00:10:52,026 Dear 901 Folsom Bridge Drive. 230 00:10:52,109 --> 00:10:54,028 I think your house is rad. 231 00:10:54,111 --> 00:10:56,614 I love the way the windows look like the house's eyes, 232 00:10:56,697 --> 00:10:58,824 and the front door like the house's mouth. 233 00:10:59,492 --> 00:11:02,453 I wonder when the house was built. Probably 100 years ago... 234 00:11:02,536 --> 00:11:06,707 If a home is one's castle, then you, 452 Bolingbroke, 235 00:11:06,791 --> 00:11:11,879 are the most dazzling manor in which any king or queen could ever reside, 236 00:11:11,962 --> 00:11:14,507 you are truly a magical abode. 237 00:11:14,590 --> 00:11:16,592 What a joy you must be to your owners. 238 00:11:16,676 --> 00:11:18,094 If I were to move, 239 00:11:18,177 --> 00:11:20,596 it would definitely be you, 84 Oriole Road. 240 00:11:20,680 --> 00:11:23,724 The ivy up your front looks cool, almost like a sweater. 241 00:11:23,808 --> 00:11:26,352 This lesson was, like, a smash hit, 242 00:11:26,435 --> 00:11:28,896 and he did it every year until he retired. 243 00:11:28,979 --> 00:11:30,272 - Thirty years. - Wow. 244 00:11:30,356 --> 00:11:33,651 And this lesson became bigger than him, really. 245 00:11:33,734 --> 00:11:36,153 That's why they had that Facebook group about it. 246 00:11:36,237 --> 00:11:38,531 And his kids just loved it. 247 00:11:38,614 --> 00:11:40,950 And that included Miko, 248 00:11:42,201 --> 00:11:44,495 the one he ended up marrying. 249 00:11:46,747 --> 00:11:48,916 Total bitch, by the way. 250 00:11:48,999 --> 00:11:52,378 But remember the other house Roger loved as a little boy? 251 00:11:52,461 --> 00:11:53,879 55 Oak Terrace. 252 00:11:53,963 --> 00:11:57,091 That house started getting letters. 253 00:12:03,389 --> 00:12:06,767 Roger's friend, the boy who used to live there, had grown and moved away. 254 00:12:06,851 --> 00:12:10,855 His sister now lived there, Carol Flanagan, 255 00:12:10,938 --> 00:12:13,816 and her son had taken Roger's English class. 256 00:12:13,899 --> 00:12:16,318 So when a letter showed up in the mailbox, 257 00:12:16,402 --> 00:12:19,739 she knew what an Ode to a House was. 258 00:12:20,322 --> 00:12:22,366 Dear 55 Oak Terrace. 259 00:12:22,450 --> 00:12:23,743 Hello, old friend. 260 00:12:23,826 --> 00:12:24,994 It's been way too long 261 00:12:25,077 --> 00:12:28,664 and I thought I ought to write. How I admire you, old house. 262 00:12:28,748 --> 00:12:30,291 Your delicious wainscoting. 263 00:12:30,374 --> 00:12:34,545 Those resplendent stained glass panels at the second floor landing. 264 00:12:34,628 --> 00:12:38,966 What a glorious treasure you are, a magnificent jewel box. 265 00:12:39,049 --> 00:12:40,050 Hi, Mom. 266 00:12:40,134 --> 00:12:41,134 Danny! 267 00:12:41,510 --> 00:12:44,847 When you had Mr. Kaplan, did he ever talk about our house? 268 00:12:44,930 --> 00:12:45,930 I don't think so. 269 00:12:47,933 --> 00:12:48,933 Huh. 270 00:12:49,560 --> 00:12:54,940 They got a letter once a year for the next ten years. 271 00:12:55,024 --> 00:12:56,525 Dear 55 Oak Terrace. 272 00:12:56,609 --> 00:12:59,028 I see that old oak out back had to be trimmed... 273 00:12:59,111 --> 00:13:02,490 Why on Earth would someone reshingle that magnificent roof of yours? 274 00:13:02,573 --> 00:13:06,076 You wouldn't dare replace that old furnace in the basement, would you? 275 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:09,121 One year, they get a letter and it's different. 276 00:13:10,748 --> 00:13:12,708 It was dark. 277 00:13:12,792 --> 00:13:16,378 Dear 55 Oak Terrace. Why don't you ever write me back? 278 00:13:16,462 --> 00:13:19,173 I've spent so much of my life loving you, admiring you, 279 00:13:19,256 --> 00:13:21,467 and what do I get in return? Nothing. 280 00:13:21,550 --> 00:13:23,969 I've given you my love, my longing. 281 00:13:24,053 --> 00:13:26,096 What is it that you want then? My anger? 282 00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:29,391 I promise, you don't want that. 283 00:13:29,475 --> 00:13:32,311 You'd be very sorry to know what that looks like. 284 00:13:32,394 --> 00:13:34,480 And then a week later, 285 00:13:34,563 --> 00:13:40,069 she gets another letter from someone calling themselves The Watcher. 286 00:13:42,613 --> 00:13:46,909 Dear Mrs. Flanagan, I've devoted so much time to you. 287 00:13:46,992 --> 00:13:49,870 I watch your house and keep you safe. 288 00:13:49,954 --> 00:13:51,872 I've admired your family 289 00:13:51,956 --> 00:13:55,042 and have only ever wanted what's best for it. 290 00:13:55,125 --> 00:13:59,088 I sat and watched you pridefully parade around your good fortune. 291 00:13:59,171 --> 00:14:01,298 You have turned the house against you. 292 00:14:01,382 --> 00:14:07,471 55 Oak Terrace has already rejected you and your insolent preening. 293 00:14:07,555 --> 00:14:11,308 Is your greed the real reason you couldn't keep your family together? 294 00:14:11,851 --> 00:14:15,938 Trish, how do you know all this about Carol Flanagan? 295 00:14:16,021 --> 00:14:18,941 Because she showed up right on my doorstep the next day. 296 00:14:19,024 --> 00:14:19,859 Hello? 297 00:14:19,942 --> 00:14:23,529 She handed me those last two letters, the ones that came a week apart. 298 00:14:23,612 --> 00:14:26,240 Can you please just verify if that's your ex-husband? 299 00:14:26,323 --> 00:14:29,159 Carol, these are definitely from Roger. 300 00:14:29,243 --> 00:14:31,954 What did she do? Why didn't she go to the police? 301 00:14:32,037 --> 00:14:35,124 Oh, she did. Said they were of no help. 302 00:14:35,207 --> 00:14:36,959 - Just weren't that interested. - Hmm. 303 00:14:37,042 --> 00:14:37,918 Sounds familiar. 304 00:14:38,002 --> 00:14:42,756 I say the three of us walk over to 55 Oak Terrace 305 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:44,967 and talk to Carol Flanagan ourselves. 306 00:14:45,968 --> 00:14:47,386 It's a nice old house. 307 00:14:47,469 --> 00:14:49,889 I'm surprised it didn't get more letters over the years. 308 00:14:49,972 --> 00:14:51,015 - Come on in! - Wow! 309 00:14:51,098 --> 00:14:53,517 - My God, this is stunning! - Thank you. 310 00:14:54,351 --> 00:14:55,477 Have a look around. 311 00:14:55,561 --> 00:14:58,355 I inherited it from my parents when they died. 312 00:14:58,439 --> 00:15:01,150 My brother, Dave, who was Roger's childhood friend, 313 00:15:01,233 --> 00:15:02,693 he didn't want it. 314 00:15:02,776 --> 00:15:05,029 Thought it was too much house for one person. 315 00:15:05,112 --> 00:15:06,447 I'm divorced. 316 00:15:06,530 --> 00:15:08,908 My son is in Nashville. My daughter's in grad school. 317 00:15:08,991 --> 00:15:10,743 Rutgers, though, so she's close by. 318 00:15:10,826 --> 00:15:12,161 Come in, please. Sit down. 319 00:15:12,703 --> 00:15:14,705 - Make yourselves comfortable. - Thank you! 320 00:15:14,788 --> 00:15:15,788 Gorgeous! 321 00:15:16,373 --> 00:15:17,708 Just beautiful. 322 00:15:19,168 --> 00:15:21,629 So how did you track me down? 323 00:15:21,712 --> 00:15:23,380 Facebook page? 324 00:15:23,464 --> 00:15:25,591 I posted a few things there over the years. 325 00:15:25,674 --> 00:15:27,259 Those people freaking hate me. 326 00:15:27,343 --> 00:15:30,888 We heard your story from Roger Kaplan's ex-wife, Trish. 327 00:15:31,639 --> 00:15:33,682 Look at the ornamental work on the plaster. 328 00:15:33,766 --> 00:15:34,934 - Amazing. - Gorgeous. 329 00:15:35,017 --> 00:15:36,602 - That's funny. - What? 330 00:15:36,685 --> 00:15:38,854 You sound just like Roger Kaplan. 331 00:15:38,938 --> 00:15:42,483 I mean, he referenced things like that in the letters, details, 332 00:15:42,566 --> 00:15:44,693 things I only would have heard him mention. 333 00:15:44,777 --> 00:15:47,488 Look at these newel posts! They're beautiful! 334 00:15:47,571 --> 00:15:49,448 Do you know the name of the woodworker? 335 00:15:50,574 --> 00:15:54,828 These coffered walls are just delicious! 336 00:15:54,912 --> 00:15:56,956 He was such an odd little kid. 337 00:15:57,039 --> 00:16:00,584 But my children took his class and they just loved him. 338 00:16:00,668 --> 00:16:03,003 The last letter you got, the one from The Watcher... 339 00:16:03,087 --> 00:16:05,547 Did you have that handy? Can we have a look at it? 340 00:16:05,631 --> 00:16:06,631 Yeah. 341 00:16:09,718 --> 00:16:10,718 Here you go. 342 00:16:16,058 --> 00:16:18,435 Just like the letters we've been getting. 343 00:16:18,519 --> 00:16:21,146 I mean, it's the same writing style, same typeface, 344 00:16:21,230 --> 00:16:22,606 even the same paper stock. 345 00:16:22,690 --> 00:16:25,234 Yeah, but are we sure this is Roger Kaplan? 346 00:16:25,317 --> 00:16:29,822 These Ode to a House letters... They definitely sound like him, 347 00:16:29,905 --> 00:16:33,450 but, then, when The Watcher writes, it's different. Don't you think? 348 00:16:34,410 --> 00:16:37,162 Nora's right. Roger writes to the house. 349 00:16:37,246 --> 00:16:41,500 The Watcher... He, she, they, write to the homeowner. 350 00:16:41,583 --> 00:16:42,793 Good point. 351 00:16:42,876 --> 00:16:44,294 That's what the police said. 352 00:16:45,337 --> 00:16:48,340 Said there was no way of knowing if they were the same person. 353 00:16:48,424 --> 00:16:50,134 And you're certain it was? 354 00:16:50,217 --> 00:16:53,804 The letter from The Watcher arrived when it became public knowledge 355 00:16:53,887 --> 00:16:56,890 that my husband had moved out and we were getting a divorce. 356 00:16:56,974 --> 00:17:00,602 Roger wanted to scare me out of this house so he could buy it. 357 00:17:01,145 --> 00:17:02,271 It's as clear as day. 358 00:17:02,354 --> 00:17:03,814 But you were never scared. 359 00:17:03,897 --> 00:17:05,065 What? Of Roger? 360 00:17:05,149 --> 00:17:08,235 The guy who was petrified of the coal furnace downstairs 361 00:17:08,318 --> 00:17:09,318 when he was ten? 362 00:17:09,820 --> 00:17:10,820 No. 363 00:17:12,281 --> 00:17:13,282 There was one time... 364 00:17:15,325 --> 00:17:18,495 after that Watcher letter came and I went to the cops, 365 00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:21,415 and it was clear they were not going to help me. 366 00:17:22,166 --> 00:17:25,002 Well, one night I... I was headed to bed... 367 00:17:28,630 --> 00:17:30,340 Someone was watching me. 368 00:17:33,635 --> 00:17:35,387 Roger Kaplan! 369 00:17:36,055 --> 00:17:38,182 You wimpy motherfucker! 370 00:17:38,807 --> 00:17:42,227 I keep my kitchen knives nice and sharp! 371 00:17:42,311 --> 00:17:45,522 If you ever so much as set foot on this property again, 372 00:17:45,606 --> 00:17:48,358 I will slice your tiny balls! 373 00:17:49,568 --> 00:17:50,568 You get it? 374 00:17:51,528 --> 00:17:52,571 You hear me? 375 00:17:55,157 --> 00:17:56,825 But after that, nothing. 376 00:17:56,909 --> 00:17:58,202 It was 12, 13 years ago. 377 00:17:58,744 --> 00:18:01,371 For whatever reason, Roger Kaplan, 378 00:18:01,455 --> 00:18:04,792 or The Watcher, decided to leave me alone. 379 00:18:08,420 --> 00:18:11,173 - Can I see the letter you got? - Yeah, of course, yeah. 380 00:18:20,057 --> 00:18:22,392 Yeah, this is him. 381 00:18:22,935 --> 00:18:26,313 "Have you found what's in the walls?" Fucking Roger. 382 00:18:26,980 --> 00:18:28,482 Miserable little pussy. 383 00:18:29,650 --> 00:18:32,069 We should go there now. We know where he lives. 384 00:18:32,152 --> 00:18:34,655 - Let's just hold a beat. - What're we waiting for? 385 00:18:34,738 --> 00:18:36,615 - You have to think this through. - Hon! 386 00:18:36,698 --> 00:18:39,118 You can't just go to his house and accuse him. 387 00:18:39,201 --> 00:18:41,286 - He'll slam the door in your face. - Exactly. 388 00:18:41,370 --> 00:18:44,331 And we haven't got the support of the police, if you recall. 389 00:18:44,414 --> 00:18:46,166 Then how the hell do we catch him? 390 00:18:47,751 --> 00:18:49,628 I don't know. 391 00:18:50,879 --> 00:18:52,631 But we'll figure it out. Come on. 392 00:19:03,016 --> 00:19:04,810 Hey, I just had a thought. 393 00:19:04,893 --> 00:19:06,520 We know where he lives, right? 394 00:19:06,603 --> 00:19:07,855 But if we scare him, 395 00:19:07,938 --> 00:19:10,607 he can run back inside and never come back out again. 396 00:19:10,691 --> 00:19:11,691 But if we wait for him... 397 00:19:11,733 --> 00:19:15,237 We can catch him in a public place. That's exactly what I was thinking. 398 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:17,739 Really? Ah, you're so fuckin' hot. 399 00:19:18,991 --> 00:19:19,991 Okay, just... 400 00:19:20,742 --> 00:19:21,742 Whoo! 401 00:19:27,791 --> 00:19:28,791 This one here? 402 00:19:29,418 --> 00:19:30,252 Yeah. 403 00:19:30,335 --> 00:19:31,920 That's a nice house. 404 00:19:32,462 --> 00:19:34,506 My God, what's he so pissed off about? 405 00:19:34,590 --> 00:19:35,799 This place is fine. 406 00:19:37,551 --> 00:19:38,551 Wait, look! 407 00:19:39,511 --> 00:19:40,679 Is that them? 408 00:19:40,762 --> 00:19:41,763 I think so. 409 00:19:42,973 --> 00:19:43,974 Oh, shit. 410 00:19:44,057 --> 00:19:46,185 They're getting in their car. Hide. 411 00:19:53,317 --> 00:19:54,317 Okay. 412 00:19:56,904 --> 00:19:57,904 Psst. 413 00:19:59,156 --> 00:20:00,490 Aisle three. 414 00:20:18,383 --> 00:20:19,843 Who's Alison Roman? 415 00:20:19,927 --> 00:20:21,762 YouTuber. She's brilliant. 416 00:20:21,845 --> 00:20:24,139 Amazing cook. I wanna be her. 417 00:20:24,223 --> 00:20:25,641 Harissa paste... 418 00:20:25,724 --> 00:20:28,227 - We need that for the bean stew. - Okay. 419 00:20:28,310 --> 00:20:30,896 Um... What else do we need? We need... 420 00:20:30,979 --> 00:20:35,734 - Bagels. - Bagel and should we get some bread? 421 00:20:36,318 --> 00:20:37,152 Yes! 422 00:20:37,236 --> 00:20:39,363 Yes! Butter? 423 00:20:39,446 --> 00:20:40,822 Go! Follow! 424 00:20:50,958 --> 00:20:52,376 We could get some... 425 00:20:52,459 --> 00:20:55,587 - Maybe we could get toasted... - Oh! 426 00:20:56,088 --> 00:20:58,507 Hi. Are you Roger Kaplan? 427 00:20:59,633 --> 00:21:01,885 Yeah. You are? 428 00:21:01,969 --> 00:21:04,346 I'm Dean Brannock. You probably know that. 429 00:21:04,429 --> 00:21:06,473 Hello, I'm Nora... Brannock. 430 00:21:06,556 --> 00:21:08,642 I'm sorry. Do... Do we know you? 431 00:21:08,725 --> 00:21:11,728 We live at 657 Boulevard. Do you know that house? 432 00:21:11,812 --> 00:21:13,855 Well, as a matter of fact, we do, yes. 433 00:21:13,939 --> 00:21:16,566 We've been getting some strange letters at the house. 434 00:21:17,484 --> 00:21:20,153 Know anything about that? I know you like writing letters. 435 00:21:20,237 --> 00:21:21,863 "Ode to a House" and all that. 436 00:21:21,947 --> 00:21:23,865 Yeah, that's one of my lessons. 437 00:21:23,949 --> 00:21:24,866 Leave us alone. 438 00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:26,243 We'll leave you alone. 439 00:21:26,326 --> 00:21:29,037 As soon as you leave us the fuck alone. How about that? 440 00:21:29,913 --> 00:21:30,913 Um... 441 00:21:31,373 --> 00:21:36,128 All I've ever wanted to do is inspire my students about architecture. 442 00:21:36,211 --> 00:21:39,506 Now, if you got a letter and you didn't like it, 443 00:21:39,589 --> 00:21:40,966 that's really not my fault. 444 00:21:41,049 --> 00:21:43,510 Do you know your husband calls himself The Watcher? 445 00:21:43,593 --> 00:21:47,055 He knows how to get in our house, as he used to play there as a kid. 446 00:21:47,139 --> 00:21:49,099 I have no idea what you're talking about, 447 00:21:49,182 --> 00:21:51,601 and I've never seen either one of you in my life. 448 00:21:51,685 --> 00:21:53,145 You see, now that's bullshit! 449 00:21:53,228 --> 00:21:56,523 Because I saw you in the tunnels under our house two nights ago! 450 00:21:56,606 --> 00:21:59,568 You were at the open house, Mr. Kaplan. I saw you there. 451 00:21:59,651 --> 00:22:01,737 Yes. That's what people do. 452 00:22:01,820 --> 00:22:03,613 They go to an open house. 453 00:22:03,697 --> 00:22:05,657 What about sending threatening letters? 454 00:22:06,158 --> 00:22:07,367 Do people do that too? 455 00:22:07,909 --> 00:22:11,371 Get the new owners to sell at a loss, so you can buy the house? 456 00:22:11,455 --> 00:22:13,665 You think I can afford to buy your house? 457 00:22:13,749 --> 00:22:16,084 I'm a retired public school teacher. 458 00:22:17,294 --> 00:22:19,129 I went to that open house 459 00:22:19,212 --> 00:22:21,757 because it used to belong to my childhood friend. 460 00:22:22,424 --> 00:22:26,887 He died recently and that's why I wanted to see the house. 461 00:22:28,096 --> 00:22:32,100 Now, if you've got a problem with that, why don't you call the fucking cops? 462 00:22:37,564 --> 00:22:38,607 What was that? 463 00:22:38,690 --> 00:22:40,650 No idea. Never seen them in my life. 464 00:22:40,734 --> 00:22:41,818 They're crazy! 465 00:22:57,542 --> 00:22:58,542 Hey, buddy. 466 00:23:00,462 --> 00:23:01,755 No fucking way. 467 00:23:03,215 --> 00:23:04,215 Nora! 468 00:23:05,300 --> 00:23:06,760 Are you fucking kidding? 469 00:23:07,677 --> 00:23:09,638 Oh, God. Stay there! 470 00:23:15,852 --> 00:23:17,229 What the hell are you doing? 471 00:23:17,312 --> 00:23:19,481 You accused me of watching you. 472 00:23:20,315 --> 00:23:23,110 So I'm making sure that your dream comes true. 473 00:23:23,193 --> 00:23:24,545 - Jesus! - Get the fuck outta here. 474 00:23:24,569 --> 00:23:27,823 You have made yourself a very powerful enemy, you know that? 475 00:23:28,615 --> 00:23:29,615 Both of you. 476 00:23:30,575 --> 00:23:34,788 Cornering me like that in public, in front of my wife? 477 00:23:34,871 --> 00:23:37,666 She couldn't even enjoy her glass of wine last night. 478 00:23:37,749 --> 00:23:39,251 Please, Mr. Kaplan, calm down. 479 00:23:39,334 --> 00:23:40,710 Don't tell me to calm down! 480 00:23:40,794 --> 00:23:42,921 I am your worst nightmare come true. 481 00:23:43,004 --> 00:23:46,383 You'll never belong in this town and I'm going to make sure of it, 482 00:23:46,466 --> 00:23:48,093 you rich sacks of shit. 483 00:23:48,677 --> 00:23:52,180 You think living in a house like this means that you can do anything, 484 00:23:52,264 --> 00:23:53,640 say anything that you want? 485 00:23:53,723 --> 00:23:54,599 No, you can't. 486 00:23:54,683 --> 00:23:55,934 Not as long as I'm around 487 00:23:56,017 --> 00:23:59,479 because I'm going to be standing right here all day every day. 488 00:23:59,563 --> 00:24:01,857 And there's nothing you can do about it 489 00:24:01,940 --> 00:24:05,235 because this is public property and it's a free goddamn country! 490 00:24:05,318 --> 00:24:07,529 - Let's go. - I won't let him fuck with us. 491 00:24:07,612 --> 00:24:09,990 Yeah, go ahead. I'll keep your house company. 492 00:24:10,073 --> 00:24:10,907 Go ahead! 493 00:24:10,991 --> 00:24:12,351 - What the fuck. - Let's go. 494 00:24:12,409 --> 00:24:15,203 I'm not going anywhere. I'll be right here. That's right. 495 00:24:15,287 --> 00:24:17,664 Your house knows me, your house likes me, 496 00:24:17,747 --> 00:24:20,709 your house wishes that I was living in it instead of you. 497 00:24:20,792 --> 00:24:21,792 That's right. 498 00:24:21,835 --> 00:24:24,296 And I probably will before you know it. 499 00:24:24,379 --> 00:24:25,839 - Go on! - Kids! 500 00:24:26,631 --> 00:24:28,383 Come on! You'll be late for school! 501 00:24:29,009 --> 00:24:30,135 I'm The Watcher. 502 00:24:31,678 --> 00:24:34,556 Mr. Secretary, would you begin by reading aloud 503 00:24:34,639 --> 00:24:38,268 the minutes of the last meeting of the Westfield Preservation Society? 504 00:24:38,852 --> 00:24:44,399 Our efforts to block removal of the Summit Avenue chinquapin limb, 505 00:24:44,483 --> 00:24:50,030 falsely accused of encroaching within four feet of a telephone wire, 506 00:24:50,530 --> 00:24:52,491 have not been in vain. 507 00:24:52,574 --> 00:24:56,536 The city has agreed that the chinquapin won't be touched 508 00:24:57,287 --> 00:24:59,247 for at least 15 years. 509 00:25:00,332 --> 00:25:03,335 Truly a stunning success. 510 00:25:03,418 --> 00:25:06,463 And now our vice president has an update 511 00:25:06,546 --> 00:25:09,508 on the tragedy unfolding at Spruce and Windsor. 512 00:25:09,591 --> 00:25:13,929 By virtue of my discreet methods of movement, 513 00:25:14,012 --> 00:25:17,265 I can confirm, to this body, its worst suspicions 514 00:25:17,349 --> 00:25:19,851 about the renovation at the northwest corner 515 00:25:19,935 --> 00:25:21,394 of Spruce and Windsor. 516 00:25:22,604 --> 00:25:28,401 An out-of-town designer purchased and was preparing to install brand-new, 517 00:25:28,485 --> 00:25:31,780 six-by-six windows, replacing the original double-hung, 518 00:25:31,863 --> 00:25:34,574 and architecturally proper, four-over-fours. 519 00:25:34,658 --> 00:25:37,369 I went over there with a hammer and I smashed them. 520 00:25:37,994 --> 00:25:40,705 I smashed every pane in every window. 521 00:25:40,789 --> 00:25:45,627 Six-by-six windows on a Queen Anne is a travesty! 522 00:25:47,003 --> 00:25:49,005 Windows are the eyes of a home. 523 00:25:49,673 --> 00:25:52,384 How long have I been a member of this group? 524 00:25:53,385 --> 00:25:55,303 Five, six years? 525 00:25:56,179 --> 00:25:57,179 Decade? 526 00:25:58,515 --> 00:25:59,516 Lost count. 527 00:26:01,518 --> 00:26:03,019 When did it start happening? 528 00:26:03,645 --> 00:26:04,854 All the change? 529 00:26:06,064 --> 00:26:11,152 This compulsion to pervert the very things that surround us, 530 00:26:11,945 --> 00:26:13,655 that do not need changing. 531 00:26:15,532 --> 00:26:17,325 Was it the computer? 532 00:26:17,409 --> 00:26:23,748 Was it when we removed the human soul and put a machine in its place? 533 00:26:25,458 --> 00:26:29,170 I don't know. I don't know, but it is maddening. 534 00:26:29,754 --> 00:26:31,006 The banality of it. 535 00:26:31,715 --> 00:26:35,427 To stand there, while 3,000 years of culture 536 00:26:35,510 --> 00:26:39,723 are just flushed down the toilet as if there's nothing to be done about it. 537 00:26:43,101 --> 00:26:44,978 I say there is something to be done. 538 00:26:46,229 --> 00:26:48,440 We must muster up the courage to say, 539 00:26:49,024 --> 00:26:52,736 "No, I do not consent to this." 540 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,283 That's the voice that will echo the loudest. That is the cry... 541 00:26:59,868 --> 00:27:02,245 that will reverberate through generations. 542 00:27:07,042 --> 00:27:08,043 Hide. 543 00:27:13,298 --> 00:27:14,400 - Mr. Brannock! - Hi! 544 00:27:14,424 --> 00:27:15,424 Can I help you? 545 00:27:15,467 --> 00:27:17,010 Yes, actually, you can. 546 00:27:17,093 --> 00:27:19,929 Turns out the police are no longer cooperating with us. 547 00:27:20,013 --> 00:27:21,097 Long story. 548 00:27:21,181 --> 00:27:24,267 But the fact of the matter is that someone's been getting into our house 549 00:27:24,351 --> 00:27:25,602 through these tunnels, 550 00:27:25,685 --> 00:27:27,062 and it's my belief that 551 00:27:27,145 --> 00:27:30,273 the tunnels lead directly to one of these neighboring houses. 552 00:27:30,357 --> 00:27:33,943 I need to get into your house to make sure the tunnel doesn't lead here. 553 00:27:34,027 --> 00:27:36,529 Look in the closets, the basement... Well, the whole house. 554 00:27:36,613 --> 00:27:38,239 Do you have a search warrant? 555 00:27:38,323 --> 00:27:40,367 No, I just said the police aren't helping us. 556 00:27:40,450 --> 00:27:42,619 Then I don't see how I can help you either. 557 00:27:42,702 --> 00:27:45,580 You know, just, legally, my hands are tied. 558 00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:46,790 Oh, come on! 559 00:27:47,374 --> 00:27:51,670 Mr. Brannock, has anyone told you you're not looking well? 560 00:27:51,753 --> 00:27:56,132 Those dark circles under your eyes, that's adrenal stress. 561 00:27:56,216 --> 00:27:59,010 I would offer you some freshly pressed cod liver oil, 562 00:27:59,094 --> 00:28:02,847 but at this point I don't see what good it would do. 563 00:28:02,931 --> 00:28:05,183 Hi, Jasper! Hey, buddy! 564 00:28:05,266 --> 00:28:07,894 Hey, is there tunnel under your house? 565 00:28:07,977 --> 00:28:12,357 Maybe you use it to sneak into our house, play with that dumbwaiter you love? 566 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:17,070 That horrible renovation must have pushed you right over the edge. 567 00:28:17,153 --> 00:28:19,698 - Butcher block countertops? - Yeah. 568 00:28:19,781 --> 00:28:22,325 Are you turning your house into a delicatessen? 569 00:28:22,409 --> 00:28:25,286 I've never seen anyone spend so much money 570 00:28:25,370 --> 00:28:27,997 to make a house look so awful. 571 00:28:28,081 --> 00:28:29,582 You must lie awake at night 572 00:28:29,666 --> 00:28:35,296 regretting the horrors you have visited upon that poor, beautiful home. 573 00:28:38,007 --> 00:28:39,007 Who just sneezed? 574 00:28:39,551 --> 00:28:40,385 Jasper? 575 00:28:40,468 --> 00:28:42,554 I can see Jasper from here, you lying... 576 00:28:42,637 --> 00:28:44,222 Hey! Hey! 577 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:46,640 Hey! 578 00:28:48,268 --> 00:28:49,268 Fuck. 579 00:28:49,978 --> 00:28:53,690 How dare you! 580 00:28:58,778 --> 00:29:02,365 You're terrible neighbors! 581 00:29:47,911 --> 00:29:48,911 Dean! 582 00:29:56,628 --> 00:29:57,545 Nora? 583 00:30:01,841 --> 00:30:04,677 Nora! Where are you? 584 00:30:07,430 --> 00:30:08,430 Nora! 585 00:30:12,602 --> 00:30:13,686 Mr. Brannock. 586 00:30:14,813 --> 00:30:16,356 Daddy, he has a gun. 587 00:30:16,856 --> 00:30:19,567 Do I? Or is it just a finger in my pocket? 588 00:30:19,651 --> 00:30:20,902 - Let him go. - Dean! 589 00:30:20,985 --> 00:30:22,320 - Do what he says! - What? 590 00:30:22,403 --> 00:30:24,656 Your wife and daughter are in the basement. 591 00:30:24,739 --> 00:30:26,407 I'll show them something later. 592 00:30:26,491 --> 00:30:28,618 - What do you want? - What do I want? 593 00:30:28,701 --> 00:30:30,370 You know. I want your house. 594 00:30:30,453 --> 00:30:32,080 Okay, fine, you can have it. 595 00:30:34,666 --> 00:30:36,960 - Am I losing your attention there? - No. 596 00:30:37,043 --> 00:30:40,380 You thinking about a knife? This is not gonna end well. 597 00:30:40,964 --> 00:30:42,590 - Dad. - No. 598 00:30:42,674 --> 00:30:43,925 Do what he says! 599 00:30:44,008 --> 00:30:45,260 I am! I will! 600 00:30:45,343 --> 00:30:46,928 Okay, okay, okay. 601 00:30:47,428 --> 00:30:49,889 You don't have to do this. You're in control here. 602 00:30:49,973 --> 00:30:51,432 I'll give you whatever you want. 603 00:30:51,516 --> 00:30:53,351 What if I want more than your house? 604 00:30:53,434 --> 00:30:54,769 What are you doing? 605 00:30:54,853 --> 00:30:57,021 - Dad. - Okay, no! 606 00:30:57,105 --> 00:30:59,691 No! 607 00:30:59,774 --> 00:31:01,734 - Dean, what's happening? - No! 608 00:31:01,818 --> 00:31:05,530 - Dean, it's okay. You're okay. - No! 609 00:31:05,613 --> 00:31:06,948 You're okay, honey. 610 00:31:22,881 --> 00:31:24,340 How are you feeling? 611 00:31:24,424 --> 00:31:26,885 Feeling better. This helps. 612 00:31:28,469 --> 00:31:29,804 How was drop-off? 613 00:31:29,888 --> 00:31:31,848 It was fine. 614 00:31:39,731 --> 00:31:40,731 Hon... 615 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:44,319 You need to see someone about this. 616 00:31:44,402 --> 00:31:46,362 Oh, I know. I know. 617 00:31:47,906 --> 00:31:50,325 - You know it was just a bad dream. - Babe... 618 00:31:52,869 --> 00:31:56,372 It's 9:00 a.m. on a Tuesday morning and you're drinking scotch. 619 00:31:57,332 --> 00:31:59,709 We need to get out of here permanently, 620 00:31:59,792 --> 00:32:02,837 for the sake of the kids, the sake of our family. 621 00:32:04,547 --> 00:32:08,051 Okay? We need to sell this house. 622 00:32:10,053 --> 00:32:11,346 I agree. 623 00:32:14,265 --> 00:32:15,265 I agree. 624 00:32:17,185 --> 00:32:18,185 Oh, honey. 625 00:32:45,004 --> 00:32:47,256 That's it. That's how you did it. 626 00:32:56,182 --> 00:32:58,101 You're getting in from her house! 627 00:32:58,184 --> 00:33:00,019 I knew it! It makes perfect sense. 628 00:33:00,103 --> 00:33:03,439 And you... I'll find out where that little door is, or whatever, 629 00:33:03,523 --> 00:33:07,026 and you'll know when I do because I'll start showing up in your living room. 630 00:33:07,110 --> 00:33:08,236 What are you talking about? 631 00:33:08,319 --> 00:33:10,613 Don't act like I'm the crazy one here, okay? 632 00:33:10,697 --> 00:33:13,199 I thought Andrew Pierce sounded crazy, 633 00:33:13,282 --> 00:33:14,993 but I think Andrew Pierce might be 634 00:33:15,076 --> 00:33:17,328 the sanest fucking person that's lived in this town. 635 00:33:17,412 --> 00:33:19,747 I was talking to Mr. Kaplan about my son. 636 00:33:19,831 --> 00:33:21,249 He is his favorite teacher. 637 00:33:21,332 --> 00:33:23,668 I'm sure that's what you were talking about. 638 00:33:23,751 --> 00:33:26,129 And you, sir, I got to say, 639 00:33:26,212 --> 00:33:29,340 I wouldn't have put you for a blood cult, kind of guy. 640 00:33:29,424 --> 00:33:32,051 Okay, here we go with the blood cult again. 641 00:33:32,135 --> 00:33:34,303 Kinky town, Westfield. Who knew? 642 00:33:34,387 --> 00:33:37,015 That's what we were discussing. Ways to what? 643 00:33:37,098 --> 00:33:39,142 - Kidnap children and drink their blood. - What? 644 00:33:39,225 --> 00:33:40,810 Because we're lizard people. 645 00:33:40,893 --> 00:33:43,479 We love blood orgies. That makes a lot of fucking sense. 646 00:33:43,563 --> 00:33:46,816 Know what your problem is with your paranoid suspicions? 647 00:33:46,899 --> 00:33:47,984 The danger to it? 648 00:33:48,609 --> 00:33:52,071 My wife is now talking to me about separation because of you. 649 00:33:52,155 --> 00:33:53,364 Sounds like a smart woman. 650 00:33:53,448 --> 00:33:56,325 No, because of all of this bullshit you've come up with, 651 00:33:56,409 --> 00:33:58,536 she thinks I've got other secrets from her. 652 00:33:58,619 --> 00:34:01,456 So congratulations on ruining my fucking marriage! 653 00:34:02,999 --> 00:34:04,208 You know what, pal? 654 00:34:04,292 --> 00:34:07,295 Congratulations to you, because you win! 655 00:34:07,378 --> 00:34:08,379 We're listing the house. 656 00:34:08,463 --> 00:34:10,256 So either one of you now can buy it 657 00:34:10,339 --> 00:34:11,799 and turn it into a fucking 658 00:34:12,717 --> 00:34:14,677 cult meeting house, or whatever. 659 00:34:15,344 --> 00:34:18,014 Well, hallelujah! You hear that, Roger? 660 00:34:18,097 --> 00:34:20,850 For our blood cult meetings! For our blood cult... 661 00:34:20,933 --> 00:34:23,144 I can't wait to tell the other cult members 662 00:34:23,227 --> 00:34:25,730 and then we'll spread the word on QAnon! 663 00:34:25,813 --> 00:34:27,398 That makes a lot of sense. 664 00:34:27,482 --> 00:34:28,816 You are fucking crazy! 665 00:34:28,900 --> 00:34:30,985 Your wife too! Good riddance! 666 00:34:31,069 --> 00:34:33,863 Don't let the door hit you on the way out, motherfucker! 667 00:34:37,116 --> 00:34:39,452 Little help here! Okay. 668 00:34:39,535 --> 00:34:42,538 Sorry, we kind of overordered. Got a bunch of stuff. 669 00:34:42,622 --> 00:34:44,791 Yeah, right. All right. Thank you. 670 00:34:44,874 --> 00:34:47,043 - Let me get that for you. - Ah... 671 00:34:47,126 --> 00:34:49,087 Thanks. Hey, hey, hey. 672 00:34:49,670 --> 00:34:50,670 - Uh... - Yeah? 673 00:34:51,798 --> 00:34:53,341 Thanks for coming for dinner. 674 00:34:53,925 --> 00:34:55,343 - Thanks for having me. - Okay. 675 00:34:57,178 --> 00:35:01,599 Look, you and I, we got off on the wrong foot, didn't we? 676 00:35:01,682 --> 00:35:02,934 That's my fault. 677 00:35:04,185 --> 00:35:06,437 So, sorry about that. 678 00:35:07,605 --> 00:35:08,605 It's just... 679 00:35:09,232 --> 00:35:11,067 You know, having a daughter, it's... 680 00:35:12,735 --> 00:35:14,153 it's hard, you know? 681 00:35:14,237 --> 00:35:15,237 I'm sorry. 682 00:35:16,030 --> 00:35:17,782 Okay. Let's go have some wine. 683 00:35:22,620 --> 00:35:24,080 Dean, easy! 684 00:35:24,163 --> 00:35:26,999 What do you mean? He's 19 years old. Haven't you been to France? 685 00:35:27,083 --> 00:35:29,585 People start drinking when they're, like, children. 686 00:35:29,669 --> 00:35:30,711 Yeah. 687 00:35:30,795 --> 00:35:32,630 You're good. Make sure you smell it. 688 00:35:32,713 --> 00:35:34,715 - Smell it? - Mm-hmm. That's the bouquet. 689 00:35:34,799 --> 00:35:36,300 Yeah, good, now drink it! 690 00:35:37,677 --> 00:35:38,677 Huh? 691 00:35:39,303 --> 00:35:40,972 - It's very good. - Good stuff, isn't it? 692 00:35:42,014 --> 00:35:44,142 - Wow. - What's wrong with you? 693 00:35:44,892 --> 00:35:46,144 Me? What do you mean? 694 00:35:46,227 --> 00:35:48,146 You're, like, acting nice again. 695 00:35:48,229 --> 00:35:50,857 Oh, come on. I've always been nice. 696 00:35:50,940 --> 00:35:53,109 No, you haven't always been nice. This is... 697 00:35:53,693 --> 00:35:55,862 I'm not stupid. I know something's going on. 698 00:35:58,990 --> 00:36:01,284 You wanna tell them? 699 00:36:01,367 --> 00:36:02,785 Tell us what? 700 00:36:04,453 --> 00:36:06,914 We are going to officially sell the house. 701 00:36:06,998 --> 00:36:08,499 - What? - Wait, really? 702 00:36:09,167 --> 00:36:10,668 - Yeah. - Why didn't you ask us first? 703 00:36:10,751 --> 00:36:11,919 But I like it here! 704 00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:13,796 - You don't! - I do! 705 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:15,798 - You didn't at first! - What? 706 00:36:18,759 --> 00:36:21,220 3.5 million in cash? 707 00:36:21,304 --> 00:36:22,805 - Ten-day escrow. - Wow! 708 00:36:22,889 --> 00:36:26,309 We got the call yesterday from our new real estate agent, Bruce. 709 00:36:26,392 --> 00:36:29,270 And yeah, we accepted the offer last night. 710 00:36:29,353 --> 00:36:32,273 Yeah. That's 300 over asking, which is more than we even hoped. 711 00:36:32,356 --> 00:36:37,612 Plus that covers the renovations and even the tiniest bit of profit! 712 00:36:37,695 --> 00:36:40,698 So this story has a happy ending after all. 713 00:36:44,035 --> 00:36:45,703 Oh, God, I'm sorry. 714 00:36:45,786 --> 00:36:47,330 That just sounded so vulgar, 715 00:36:47,413 --> 00:36:53,002 talking about what we made on a house versus what's going on in real life. 716 00:36:53,085 --> 00:36:54,795 Actual important things. 717 00:36:54,879 --> 00:36:56,214 Like cancer? 718 00:36:56,297 --> 00:36:57,423 Yes. 719 00:36:57,506 --> 00:37:02,011 You just look so healthy and I sometimes forget. 720 00:37:05,598 --> 00:37:06,766 How are you? 721 00:37:12,855 --> 00:37:15,274 I have been accepted into a trial 722 00:37:15,358 --> 00:37:18,653 for an experimental cancer treatment up at Lenox Hill. 723 00:37:18,736 --> 00:37:20,613 That's wonderful! 724 00:37:20,696 --> 00:37:23,991 Hey, Theodora, that's... Wow, that's great. 725 00:37:24,075 --> 00:37:25,117 That's great. 726 00:37:27,620 --> 00:37:31,290 I'm sorry. Can we just look at the suspect board? Just one last time? 727 00:37:31,374 --> 00:37:32,625 - Dean! - No, please. 728 00:37:32,708 --> 00:37:34,585 One more time, then I'll put the board away. 729 00:37:34,669 --> 00:37:36,921 Once again, here are the prime suspects. 730 00:37:37,004 --> 00:37:37,880 Yes. 731 00:37:37,964 --> 00:37:39,882 Now, there's the weirdo, Roger Kaplan. 732 00:37:40,466 --> 00:37:43,427 I still like good old Roger for this. 733 00:37:43,511 --> 00:37:46,389 But then, there are the Winslows. 734 00:37:46,472 --> 00:37:49,892 And what about these batshit lunatics? 735 00:37:50,476 --> 00:37:53,104 All right, Andrew Pierce said that 736 00:37:53,187 --> 00:37:56,691 they were some kind of satanic vampires or something, right? 737 00:37:57,733 --> 00:38:02,822 I just don't see what their motivation is to terrorize you like that. 738 00:38:02,905 --> 00:38:04,156 Well, that leaves... 739 00:38:05,491 --> 00:38:06,951 our good friend John Graff. 740 00:38:07,034 --> 00:38:09,578 Which neither one of you have ever been serious 741 00:38:09,662 --> 00:38:11,247 about entertaining him as a suspect. 742 00:38:11,330 --> 00:38:15,209 Because, Dean, why would you commit the perfect crime, 743 00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:17,586 disappear for two decades, 744 00:38:17,670 --> 00:38:21,841 then come back into town just to torment you? 745 00:38:21,924 --> 00:38:23,509 But that's what he did, right? 746 00:38:23,592 --> 00:38:25,720 I go downstairs, there he is in the kitchen 747 00:38:25,803 --> 00:38:28,014 and, next thing, I'm in a conversation with the guy 748 00:38:28,097 --> 00:38:31,183 in which he practically admits to murdering his daughter here! 749 00:38:31,267 --> 00:38:33,269 No, you had a conversation with someone 750 00:38:33,352 --> 00:38:37,064 who probably wanted you to think he was John Graff. And it worked. 751 00:38:37,648 --> 00:38:40,484 See, for us, John Graff is just a name. 752 00:38:40,568 --> 00:38:44,530 You have a face in your head and you're obsessing on it, day after day. 753 00:38:44,613 --> 00:38:46,574 Maybe it was motive for somebody else. 754 00:38:46,657 --> 00:38:50,745 I can't! Please, God, please, make it stop! 755 00:38:50,828 --> 00:38:53,456 I mean, come on, we sold the house! 756 00:38:53,539 --> 00:38:54,915 You're absolutely right. 757 00:38:54,999 --> 00:38:56,834 I'm not looking at that board again. 758 00:38:58,044 --> 00:38:58,878 It's Bruce. 759 00:39:00,129 --> 00:39:01,964 Hey, Bruce. Yeah. 760 00:39:03,841 --> 00:39:04,675 What? 761 00:39:04,759 --> 00:39:06,510 - What? - They can't do that! 762 00:39:09,305 --> 00:39:10,305 Okay. 763 00:39:10,931 --> 00:39:12,266 What is it? What happened? 764 00:39:13,893 --> 00:39:15,019 They pulled the offer. 765 00:39:15,644 --> 00:39:16,645 What? Why? 766 00:39:16,729 --> 00:39:19,398 "House from Hell." That's fantastic. 767 00:39:19,482 --> 00:39:21,817 "A New Jersey family is desperate to flee 768 00:39:21,901 --> 00:39:23,569 what they thought was their dream home, 769 00:39:23,652 --> 00:39:26,614 in upscale Westfield, after receiving anonymous letters, 770 00:39:26,697 --> 00:39:29,367 that hint at satanic rituals and mass murders, 771 00:39:29,450 --> 00:39:31,952 as part of the home's secret past." 772 00:39:32,036 --> 00:39:34,246 "The owners maintain that a satanic cabal 773 00:39:34,330 --> 00:39:37,083 uses the 100-year-old home as a meeting place 774 00:39:37,166 --> 00:39:42,254 and can enter the home at will via a series of secret passageways." 775 00:39:42,338 --> 00:39:43,338 Fuck! 776 00:39:45,466 --> 00:39:48,594 You did this. This is you, right? 777 00:39:48,677 --> 00:39:51,389 Oh, wow, what an astonishing feat of deduction, 778 00:39:51,472 --> 00:39:53,808 seeing as how I told you I was gonna do it! 779 00:39:53,891 --> 00:39:55,976 Why? I thought we were friends. 780 00:39:56,060 --> 00:39:57,728 I thought we were friends too, cunt! 781 00:39:57,812 --> 00:39:59,730 Until you made all those accusations, 782 00:39:59,814 --> 00:40:02,983 storming into the country club, in front of everybody, 783 00:40:03,067 --> 00:40:07,154 and saying that I broke into your house and that I killed your son's muskrat. 784 00:40:07,238 --> 00:40:10,533 The club has now suspended my membership, pending review. 785 00:40:10,616 --> 00:40:13,285 We are selling this house, okay? 786 00:40:13,369 --> 00:40:15,079 So why do you have to screw it up 787 00:40:15,162 --> 00:40:17,456 when we're actually trying to leave? 788 00:40:17,540 --> 00:40:19,667 Because you don't deserve to make a profit. 789 00:40:19,750 --> 00:40:21,001 You don't deserve it! 790 00:40:21,085 --> 00:40:23,003 You deserve to lose your shirts! 791 00:40:23,671 --> 00:40:25,005 Fuck you, Karen. 792 00:40:27,675 --> 00:40:28,801 No, fuck you. 793 00:40:28,884 --> 00:40:30,511 Fuck you! Because guess what? 794 00:40:31,053 --> 00:40:33,097 Payback's a bitch!