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[Adelaide] Can I get you anything? Water?

Caitlin is gonna hand you a microphone, if you could just...

[Caitlin] Run this under your...

[Adelaide] I know this is hard.

If you could please take a seat,

I promise we'll get you out of here as soon as we can.

[Sue] There's one thing no one understands about what happened here in Chamberlain.

The police don't get it.

The press don't get it.

The scientists don't get it.

And you won't get it either.

I might surprise you, Sue.

Police and press and scientists,

they like to ask you what you think happened

and then tell you why you're wrong.

That's not us.

All I want to do is understand.

So try me.

Please.

What is it, Sue?

What is the one thing no one understands?

Two hundred deaths.

The destruction of the entire town.

It's so easy to forget...

[shudders] we were kids.

We were kids.

We were kids just trying to do our best.

Sue, I would like it very much if you would tell me more about Carrie White.

What do you want to know?

Every single thing.

I understand that there was a active shooter drill

her first day of school.

Is that correct? Do you remember that drill?

Sure, I guess.

I'd like you to tell me about it like you're writing in a journal.

Chris and I drove in like always.

Kind of freaking out because Duke hadn't posted yet.

[gentle music playing]

And we saw this girl at the metal detector.

And this girl...

...looked at me.

And I just...

I felt like I was looking at a child.

Like my little sister.

I saw her again in homeroom.

And she was fucked.

I could tell right away, because...

[stammers]

...because she was kind.

♪ ♪

Not performative kind.

Not...

...bullshit kind.

No agenda to it.

She was just...

...kind.

Why was that so alien?

♪ ♪

What the fuck is wrong with us?

[Adelaide] So you weren't gonna attend prom.

You were at home with your sisters.

Then you saw a car in a post online.

Billy Nolan's car.

- So you ran to school? - [sniffles]

I knew Chris and Billy were doing something.

I didn't know what.

And you arrived at... 9:25.

- I don't know the exact time. - We do.

It was 9:25.

And you saw?

I saw...

...the stuff fall on Carrie.

I'm gonna show you an image.

And this is one of the last images we have before the blackout.

This is a screen grab from a live feed.

Victoria Gibbs was live streaming the coronation.

If it's Vicky's footage, you should talk to Vicky.

Vicky's dead. We found her tangled in the rafters.

I would like to ask you about this woman.

Have you seen her before?

Was she ever at school before the prom?

I...

I don't know... who that is. Sorry.

What did it feel like when you got inside?

- Did you feel any sensations? - Who is that?

Like a-a tingling on your skin, perhaps?

Or... did the hairs on your neck or arms stand up?

Did your ears pop, like on an airplane?

Or were there any strange smells, like ozone, maybe?

Or-or a metallic taste in your tongue?

I'm not sure.

Try.

[cheering and applause]

[cheering and applause]

[crowd exclaims]

Fuck. [laughing]

[crowd murmuring quietly]

What?

[soft giggling]

[crowd chuckling]

[soft chattering]

[chattering grows]

[chattering, laughter]

[laughter grows]

[chatter, laughter stop]

- [electrical popping] - [crowd screaming]

- [high-pitched ringing] - [screaming continues]

[Adelaide] You say your phone exploded?

Yeah.

In my hand.

All cellular activity in the gymnasium stopped at exactly 9:27.

No live streams,

no data, no pings to the cellular tower downtown.

And so did all the wristwatches, according to police reports.

Even the mechanical ones.

Okay.

Did you feel anything else?

A change in pressure or temperature?

Did Carrie White make any particular gesture with her hands?

I just felt my phone explode against my face.

I had glass in my eye.

So I was a little fucking out of it.

What was Carrie doing?

I don't know.

I don't remember.

A lot of it.

My ear was bleeding.

People were s-screaming.

I-I do know the fire happened right after that.

The, uh... catwalk or whatever

came down right after that, and then the fire started.

[muffled clanging]

[fire blazing]

Then I remember it sounded like gunshots.

[muffled popping]

Gunshots?

[muffled screaming]

Yeah.

Some kids screamed about gunshots, too, and I thought...

maybe some fucking psycho was shooting up the prom.

[muffled screaming continues]

What else do you remember?

[muffled popping]

- [muffled clanging] - [fire blazing]

It was a fucking nightmare, lady.

That's what I remember.

[crowd screaming]

[creaking]

[crack]

Tommy!

[screaming continues]

[creaking]

[muffled screaming]

[whispers] The stars.

[crowd screaming]

[muffled screaming]

[screaming fades out]

[Emaline] Hey.

Let me help.

Let me take the wheel, okay?

[crowd screaming]

[screaming continues]

[panting]

[whimpering] No.

[screaming continues]

- [Adelaide] Stop here. - [screaming fading]

Look around.

[distorted whooshing]

[muffled screaming]

[Adelaide] You mentioned before...

...here you saw something

behind Carrie.

That's right.

You said something in your deposition

that I'd like you to clarify.

About a shadow.

The shadow.

Yes, the shadow.

What did the shadow do?

The shadow exploded.

[yelling]

[crumbling sounds in distance]

[crowd screaming]

[popping]

[screams]

- [zapping] - [groaning]

[crowd screaming]

Fuck!

[screaming continues]

[electrical popping]

[screaming continues]

[muffled screaming]

They locked us in! We're locked in!

[tense music playing]

[screaming]

- [popping] - They're shooting at us!

[screaming]

[popping]

[shrieks]

[screaming]

- Carrie. Carrie! - [gunshot]

[screaming]

[yelling]

[screaming]

[muffled screaming]

[crowd screaming]

- [screaming stops] - [electrical humming]

[humming stops]

[fire crackling]

[muffled groaning]

[Sue] Everybody asks about Carrie.

But nobody asks about the other people who were there.

The strangers who were there.

The people who I-I'd never seen before in my life.

And as hard as it is to believe

and as hard as it is to understand...

...nobody is asking the right questions.

Because it wasn't just Carrie.

That's the thing.

It wasn't...

just... Carrie.

Are you sure?

Yes.

You're not sure, though,

are you?

I'd say, if you really think about it...

...you're not sure that you saw anyone else there at all.

You're not sure,

are you?

- [siren wailing in distance] - [explosions booming]

- [shuddering] - [dog barking]

- [car alarm blaring in distance] - [booming continues]

[sirens wailing in distance]

- [engine idling] - [quietly] What the fuck?

- What the fuck was that? - Oh, my God.

[shuddering]

Oh, my God.

What the fuck was that, man?!

- [booming] - [shudders]

[panting]

It was her.

Shut the fuck up.

Don't be fucking crazy.

Billy, what did we do?

[exhales]

They fucking deserved it.

[panting]

All of 'em.

[sniffles]

Billy. Billy.

[breathing heavily]

Fucking freak!

- [engine revving] - [tires screeching]

Fucking die.

[engine revving]

You're gonna fucking die.

Wait. Wait!

- [hissing] - [siren wailing in distance]

[booming]

- [horn honking in distance] - [siren continues wailing]

[labored breathing]

- [shuddering] - [labored breathing]

[Emaline] Good.

[breathing heavily]

Fucking karma.

[Billy screams]

[whimpering]

Oh, my...

[wailing]

Jesus, grow up.

[wailing]

[panting]

[labored breathing]

[wheezing softly]

[metal creaking]

I'm sor--

[sirens wailing in distance]

[Carrie gasping]

[shrieking]

Hey. Hey. Hey.

- Look at me. Look at me. - [crying]

You did nothing wrong.

- Okay? Nothing. - [shuddering]

- Listen. Can you hear that? - [whimpering]

- [♪ Haute & Freddy sing "Shy Girl"] - ♪ Shy, shy ♪

♪ shy, shy girl ♪

All you wanted...

...was to exist.

♪ When you gonna run the whole wide world? ♪

Say it. "I exist."

[crying] I exist.

Get up.

♪ I do recall...

Say "Fuck you. I exist."

♪ Madness in your eyes ♪

Fuck you!

I exist!

♪ Out tonight ♪

Now dance with me.

♪ Let it come out ♪

♪ tonight ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Well, the way you walk, the way you talk ♪

♪ they never have to understand it ♪

♪ Oh, you change your hair, you change your clothes ♪

♪ and everybody starts to panic ♪

♪ But it's staring you ♪

- ♪ in the eyes every night ♪ - [siren wailing]

- ♪ You wanna kiss it all goodbye ♪ - [dispatch speaking indistinctly on radio]

- ♪ and just live your life ♪ - ♪ Shy ♪

♪ shy ♪

♪ Stop pretending you're a ♪

♪ shy, shy ♪

♪ shy, shy girl ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ When you gonna run the whole wide world? ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ I do recall there was ♪

♪ madness in your eyes ♪

♪ Let it come out ♪

♪ tonight ♪

♪ Let it come out ♪

♪ tonight ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

[distorted whoosh]

[shuddering]

- [muffled sirens wailing] - [fire crackling]

[sirens wailing]

Emaline!

[sirens wailing]

- [alarms ringing] - [siren wailing in distance]

[dog barking]

- [booming] - [engine starts]

Carrie. Carrie.

You got to get out of here. Jesus.

What happened to you?

Hi, Stella.

[pants, stammers] The whole town is under order.

You got to evacuate.

Where's your mom?

You guys are leaving. Right?

Thanks again for the books.

[sirens wailing]

[booming]

[horn honks in distance]

- [sirens wailing in distance] - [explosions booming in distance]

[door shuts]

[alarm beeping in distance]

Momma.

[crying]

[helicopter blades whirring in distance]

- [shushes] - [water sloshing]

[helicopter passing overhead]

[Margaret] ♪ Lavender's green ♪

♪ Dilly, dilly ♪

♪ Lavender's blue ♪

- ♪ If you love me ♪ - [sirens wailing]

♪ Dilly, dilly ♪

♪ I will love you ♪

♪ Let the birds sing ♪

♪ Dilly, dilly ♪

♪ Let the lambs play ♪

♪ We will be safe ♪

♪ Dilly, dilly ♪

♪ Out of harm's way ♪

They're all dead.

Who?

[booming in distance]

All of them,

maybe.

School.

Maybe more people, too.

I don't know.

All right.

I'm sorry.

[shushing]

Just relax.

I used to do this...

...your first night in this world.

I cleaned the blood from your, your brand-new little self.

It's the same kind of sponge, now that I think about it.

It was, uh...

...same kind.

- [boom in distance] - [siren wailing in distance]

Okay.

[rustling]

[helicopter blades whirring in distance]

[siren wailing in distance]

[booming in distance]

We can pray together.

Uh, like we used to when you were little.

I would come down here,

and you would come down on your own.

- I'd turn around and you'd... - [sniffles]

...and you'd just be right next to me,

your hands were folded and your eyes were closed,

and you'd just mimic me, I guess.

I don't remember.

Of course not, you were so little.

Just a little mimic.

My little shadow.

And you were so... pure.

You were...

...so innocent and unspoiled.

Just as God intended you, just...

[sighs] You were bright as new snow.

Can I even be forgiven?

Oh, he forgives. He can forgive.

Even tonight?

Even tonight.

And if he can't, well, I forgive you.

Honey, I forgive you all of it.

Tonight and everything else.

All of it.

Can you... forgive me?

For what?

Anything.

Every... everything. All of it.

Of course, Momma.

Say you forgive me.

- I forgive you. - Say it,

- say it again. - [boom in distance]

I forgive you, Momma.

Let's pray together, sweet girl.

[sniffles]

[Carrie] Heavenly Father, I come to you in prayer

asking forgiveness for my sins.

I confess with my mouth

and believe in my heart

- that Jesus is your Son... - O Lord, please...

...and he died on the Cross at Calvary...

- Lord, strength. - ...so that I might be forgiven

and have eternal life.

[distorted whooshing]

[eerie music playing]

[groaning]

[panting]

- [gasps] - [screams]

[groans]

C-Carrie...

[Margaret grunts]

[screams]

[groans]

[tense music playing]

Why?!

- [rumbling] - [objects clattering]

[intense music playing]

♪ ♪

[siren wailing in distance]

[groaning]

[horn honking in distance]

[eerie, atmospheric music playing]

[wood creaking]

[booming in distance]

[booming in distance]

[crickets chirping]

[wood creaking]

Hey. There you are.

- Hey. - [crying]

Let me die.

No. I'm here to help.

- [booming in distance] - [siren wailing in distance]

[crying]

[hopeful music playing]

[Emaline] Told you I was real.

We got to get you out of here.

[Carrie crying]

[Emaline grunts]

I got shot.

[sirens approaching]

What?

How did...?

[fire truck horn blowing]

[Adelaide] Had you ever seen her before that night?

[engine starts]

[Margaret] No.

[Adelaide] This is her? Are you sure?

Yes.

- Who is she? - Don't worry about it.

Does that mean that she's safe?

Carrie? Yes.

Alive, certainly.

I guess that's not the same thing as safe.

Who is she?

It's not important.

Oh. See, I...

I really think that you don't want to say that to me.

I really... I don't.

- I'm sorry, I didn't-- - Do you have children?

- In a way. - So, no?

No, I suppose not.

Well, clearly not.

If you tell a mother that her child isn't safe

and then you refuse to give her the information that you have,

then you clearly are not.

A mother, I mean.

If that...

If that girl is a danger to my daughter,

believe that you are gonna tell me everything that I want to know,

because when I leave here,

I am gonna make that girl my one and only purpose.

Do you understand me?

I do.

And I believe you.

The young woman's name is Emaline West.

She's dangerous?

Yes. She's an A.P.

What's that?

Astral Projector.

You read about them, I believe, before you met that woman in the diner.

- I need to go. - [echoes] Sit back down.

I'd like to ask you about the moment you described,

during the collapse.

Had you ever done anything like that before?

You saw it, coming down, falling on you, and you...

Flexed.

I like that.

"Flexed."

Had you ever done that before?

[young Margaret] Please, Lord, please, Lord, please see me.

[gentle music playing]

[exhales]

Please, Lord, please, Lord,

please see me.

Please, Lord, please, Lord, please see me.

Maybe once. Um...

Please, Lord.

Please.

[gasps]

[Margaret] When I was really, really little.

- He answered, he answered! - Maybe.

I thought it was God.

The TK gene-- that's what we call it-- it's elusive.

It skips generations.

It's primarily dormant and recessive.

And in some people, it is extremely recessive.

You could've gone your whole life without ever having an expression.

But in moments like this--

extreme moments, moments of incredible stress--

sometimes it rattles a little something loose.

Everyone knows the story: the woman, the child, the car.

A mother sees her son trapped underneath a car when the jack gives way,

so she lifts the vehicle off the child while her neighbor runs for help.

Do you know this story?

I do.

Um, I've heard something like that at some point, yes.

What the press didn't understand was that, in that moment,

she discovered something within her that she never knew existed.

Something stronger than muscle and bone.

And once she knew it was there, she could find it again.

Could you find it again, Margaret?

Tell the truth.

It's quite important that you tell the truth.

No.

No, I thought not.

It's fine.

Lot of people have a little bit of shine, they don't even know it.

It's fine, Margaret. It's fine.

[sobs] I just...

...wanted to do what was best for her.

Always, just...

Please let that go.

You could have never, ever given her what she needs.

But you have a good heart.

You have a good, fine heart.

Listen. Can you hear it?

- You can hear it pumping away. - [heart beating]

Thump, thump. Thump, thump. Thump, thump.

Picture your heart, Margaret.

It's easier if you can see it in your mind.

- Your heart is a big red muscle. - [heart beating faster]

And sometimes it beats fast.

Very fast, when you're afraid, but you have no need to be afraid,

- so now it's going a little slower. - [heart beating slower]

Slower.

A little slower now.

[heart beating slowly]

I'm gonna give you a present, Margaret.

No need to worry. Everyone likes presents.

I have a knack for gifts.

[echoes] Slower.

For giving people what they've always really wanted.

And do you know what you've always really wanted, Margaret?

[heart beating slower]

Darkness.

- And whatever god lives there. - [stifled sob]

[echoes] Slower.

[heart beating slower]

[crying softly]

- [gasps] - [shushes] It's okay.

[breath trembling]

[whispering] Our Father, who art in heaven...

- [echoes] Slower. - [heart beating slower]

...hallowed be thy name.

The blood is rushing back into you now.

Thy kingdom come...

Hands like alabaster. Like marble. White.

...thy will be done...

My will, Margaret.

My will.

- ...on Earth... - [echoes] Slower.

- [crying softly] - [heart beating slower]

- [echoes] Full stop. - [heartbeat stops]

[somber music playing]

Oh, man. You took out her mom?

Did you see anything, Caitlin?

Uh, few flashes.

Car's white.

She didn't see the plates.

Okay. Uh, bring her back to the hotel.

No one's gonna question heart failure, given her injuries.

And put her in bed.

Margaret White died in her sleep.

[♪ Alexandra Savior sings "Goodbye, Old Friend"]

♪ How long must I wait...

[clears throat]

[Emaline] Hey.

Hey, how you feeling?

♪ Recedes ♪

♪ from every passing window? ♪

Where are we?

♪ How long must I wait...

Oh, shit, your fever broke.

That's great. How's, um...

Hey, how's your arm and your shoulder?

I tried to patch them up as best I could, but...

- Did you get shot? - [exhales]

- [grunts softly] - Oh, yeah.

She tried to stab you in the eardrum.

Barely got in, though. You kicked into gear pretty fast.

It's gonna take a while, but you're gonna be okay.

- My mom-- - Tried to stab you in the brain, Carrie.

I've been there, and I get it.

It sucks.

Oh, yeah, you can feel me.

I probably smell like shit, too.

[sniffles]

You're real.

Mm-hmm. I know.

But... but you were just in my head.

Mm, no, not exactly. I'm...

[sighs]

I'm sorry it took me so long to get to you.

It was a long drive.

Who are you?

That is also a long story. [chuckles]

We-we got time, I promise.

Where are we?

Okay, we're starting again?

- Where? - Yeah.

Look, I-- Hmm.

I mean, ideally,

if I don't tell you, it means that you can't think it,

which is good, in case anyone is tracking you.

I asked you two simple questions.

"Who are you?" and "Where are we?" and-and you won't even give me that.

You're just stealing me away and-and keeping me in the dark.

Wh-Why... why does everybody treat me like I can't handle a single thing?!

Oh, no, you can. You can, you can.

And you're not broken.

Okay? Not at all.

You're a god.

You're a fucking hurricane.

And I am not stealing you away or-or keeping you in the dark.

I am escorting you to safety,

from the monsters on our heels, and it is my fucking honor.

Who am I?

I am your friend.

And where are we?

That's the world.

[♪ Ruelle sings "Slow Motion Memory Fade"]

That's what you always wanted, right?

And it belongs to you, Carrie.

♪ Slow motion memory fade...

And I know that you feel guilty, and we're gonna work on that, too,

because you didn't break anything but shackles.

It's my world?

Yeah, it is.

My world.

The whole thing.

It's my world.

Where you want to go?

♪ ♪

♪ Are we asleep? ♪

♪ Are we wide awake? ♪

♪ Is this a dream ♪

♪ or a web we made? ♪

♪ I can't escape it now ♪

♪ I can't escape it now ♪

♪ Slow motion memory fade ♪

♪ Slow motion memory fade ♪

♪ I can't escape it now ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪