www.able.co.nz Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Able 2016 (wind blowing) MAN (voice-over): "Our Father, who art in Heaven, "hallowed by thy name. "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, "on Earth as it is in Heaven. "Give us this day our daily bread "and forgive us our trespasses, "as we forgive those who trespass against us. "Lead us not into temptation, "but deliver us from evil. "For the kingdom, the power "and the glory are yours, now and forever." Amen. (gunshot) (bird calls) (wings fluttering, bird twittering) (thunder booms) WEATHERMAN (over radio): Looking at mostly cloudy skies and with lows in the upper 20s. There will likely be some refreeze on some of the roads, so slick spots are possible tonight -in isolated lo... -(radio shuts off) You know the most important thing your granddad ever taught me? Hmm? Be ready. Hurricane, flood, whatever it ends up being. No more food gets delivered to the grocery store, gas stations dry up. People just turn on each other, and, uh, all of a sudden, all that stands between you and being dead is you. I'm proud of you, son. It was a nice shot. (country music plays over radio) (dog barking) (country music continues) (clears throat) Hey, come on, hon. (girl humming) Oh, w-wait, I forgot something. Hold on a second, Anna. MAN: Ralph, you have the venison? -RALPH: Yep. -WOMAN: I forgot the pie. (humming continues) Are we taking the truck? We're going up the street, you dope. Come on. Hey, wait for your mother, please. Give me a ride. Sure. Oh, you're getting heavy. Um... Danny's dad said he'd sell me their old car. I got half of what I need saved from the summer. -I thought maybe you'd... -Forget it. I can barely get enough carpentry work to keep up with the mortgage. Well, why don't you rent out Grandpa's old apartment house? Like I keep telling your mother, it's an old building and it'll cost a fortune to fix it up. (grunts) (coughing) (doorbell rings repeatedly) -WOMAN: Okay, okay. -MAN: Hey, Anna. They're here! WOMAN: Hello. -Hey. Happy Thanksgiving! -Happy Thanksgiving. MAN: Anna, wait till we're invited. Oh, for God's sake, Keller, get the hell in here. -Aah! -(gasping, laughter) -Happy Thanksgiving. -Hello. Happy, happy Turkey Day. Keller, you've got the deer you shot? This one's Ralph's. Well, you killed it, you take it into the kitchen. -All right. -Thank you. Happy Thanksgiving. You're welcome. Happy Thanksgiving. -There he is. -Thank you. Happy to see you, Grace. -How are you? -All right, Joy. -Good to see you. -Thanks for coming. -Joy, three times, Joy, -get those dolls off the table. -Y'all missing the game. -KELLER: Anna? Anna? -Pick up, pick up your toys. -GIRL: Hi. How are you? -Hey, everything's good. -ANNA: Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi. -Anna, come here. Now, you wait until we're invited. You understand? WOMAN: All right, you're in charge of this. Us veterinarians make lousy butchers. (chuckles) No problem. Can I go outside with Joy? Uh, convince your brother to go with you and you can. All right. And wear a hat, please. You're just getting over a cold. Joy, you wear a hat, too. GIRL (voice-over): Did you feel bad for that deer when you shot it? RALPH: Do you feel bad for cows when you go to McDonald's? That's-that's what my dad says. And the deer, if they have too many babies, then the babies starve anyway. -Hmm. -You got to keep the population down. Right. Your dad say that, too? ANNA: Pull harder. Hey, get away from that thing. Let me see that. Come on, let's go. -No, no, stop. Stop. -I said let's go! -You can't just hit -somebody's stuff like that. -RALPH: Come on. Let's go. -Hey, hey, come on. -No, let's go. -Let me. -Come on. Come on, come on, come on. -Wait, shh. -(music playing softly) -You hear that? Yeah, somebody's in there. All right, I don't feel like getting yelled at. -Let's go. -Let's go. Come on, hold hands with me, okay? (music playing over radio) (indistinct talking) MAN: Now the school board's telling me there's no money for new marching band uniforms. These kids are wearing the same uniforms they had when we went there, and they were old then. (chuckling): I mean, marching right out of 1979. Why isn't he speaking to me? He doesn't speak. Cutie pie. Mm-hmm. -Oh, my gosh! -Whoa. He's fast, too. -(chuckles) -He's so quick. Is that a slide? Thank y'all, thank y'all. Got a surprise. Oh. And I am... taking requests. Yes! -No. -Yeah. (laughter) Okay. You got to listen out for it, 'cause this is not easy. Mom, Mommy, can I take Joy to our house? -Why? -My red whistle. She's gonna help me look for it. Oh, my sweetheart, I think that red whistle is long gone. What whistle? The emergency whistle Daddy gave me. I lost it... ...133 days ago. (mouthing) MAN: Well, if you want to find a whistle, you have to whistle for it. So we'll do "Jingle Bells" to find it. (whistling "Jingle Bells") # Jingle Bells, Batman smells # Robin laid an egg # The Batmobile lost its wheels # And Joker got away, hey! -Okay. -Hey! Okay, bravo! Okay, okay, you can go, all right? Just make sure Eliza and Ralph go with you, please. (chuckling) -No looking in the basement. -I won't, Dad. Y'all's eardrums are just starting to grow. Stay out of the basement. I don't want to damage them yet, but I am taking requests from you, Keller. -From me? -Your day, your request. Oh, uh, the piano? -(laughter) -No. -No, no, no. -So all set? Wait, wait, listen. He used to love Spring... He used to dress like Springsteen. -Yeah? -Really? -I still love Springsteen. -Yeah. GRACE: "The River," "Jersey Girl." Well, I ain't white, and I like him too much, and I'm too drunk to cover the Boss. -Thank you. -Honey? What else? Um, nothing comes to mind, nothing. -GRACE: Oh, oh, I know. -KELLER: What? He actually loves "The Star-Spangled Banner." I know, I know. He sings it in the shower. It's a whole thing. -I do not. -Yes, you do! I got you. (playing off-key) (trumpet continues playing off-key in distance) (trumpet fades) (rumbling) (cartoons playing on TV) Where are your sisters? I can't find them. You, uh... you go to the house with them? No. What are you talking about? Earlier? -No. -What? They were supposed to come down earlier and get you. They didn't come get you? No, we haven't seen them since we ate. It's all right. All right, they're probably at our house. (panting) -(door opens) -KELLER: Anna? Joy? (door closes) Anna? Girls? Girls?! -Who put these dishes in here? -Get out of here. They weren't outside, and it's starting to rain. Did you check over by Maria's swing? Yeah. Well, they're getting whupped when they get here. Sorry, Grace. I whup kids. What, so they weren't there, either? -They must be at home. -KELLER: Are they here? No, they're not here. -They weren't there? -Where were they? -No, they're not at our house. -No, they're not there. Well, I checked the entire house. They're not here. -The-the-the-the-the RV. -What RV? Dad, there was this RV, and they were playing on it. There was... Dad, we thought there was someone inside. Wait, nobody should... Where? Wh-wh-where was it? Show me. You wait here. I'm gonna go to the house again. -Relax, relax. Relax, I got it. -KELLER: Franklin. KELLER: Go that way. I'll meet you on the other side. (thunder booming) Anna! Joy! (thunder continues) Roger, you seen my daughter walk by here? No. Is there a problem? Anna? Here! Dad, it was parked right here. Anna! Anna! -(knocking) -Hello! Hello! -FRANKLIN: Did you see them? -No! Hello? I couldn't find them! -Were you messing around in this house? -No. -I told you not to come here. -We weren't. They were just on the RV, and we got them off of it. Tell me everything you remember about that RV. -Everything. -Uh, a ladder on the back. Okay. Police, police. (thunder booming) Happy Thanksgiving. Yeah, thanks. Hey, you have any of those, um, fortune cookie things? My boss told me cops don't like fortune cookies. Uh, what year were you born? Like, are you a dragon or a snake or a horse or a sheep? I'm a monkey. Oh, you're a monkey. -You're very intelligent. -(waitress chuckles) You have an ability to influence people. Think maybe you could influence your boss to lower the cheque a little bit? (chuckles) No. I cannot. My boss is a rooster. Silly, selfish and eccentric. That's... (phone vibrating) WOMAN (over radio): All units, all units. An RV was reported matching the description. The vehicle is parked at a rest stop off of Route 46, northbound, past exit 17. -(engine starts) -Any available units? MAN: This is 12-12 responding. MAN 2: 10-80, responding. This is 13-40. I'm five minutes out. I'll meet the responding units. -MAN: 12-12, standing by. -MAN 2: 10-80, standing by. 13-40. I am on scene. Be advised we're moving in. (foreboding music) (music intensifies) (engine revving) Whoa! -Hey, don't move! -Hey, hey! Whoa, whoa, watch out! Don't shoot. Don't shoot! Don't shoot! All right, Sloan, take the right. Clear! Clear! All right, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! I got this. Give me that. (panting) Hey. Hey, I see you in there. Show me both your hands right now. Hey! I see you in there. Show me your hands! Both hands right now. Nice and slow. Slow, slow, slow. Slowly. Both hands. Both fucking hands! (man grunting) Walk! Walk! Hey! Hey! Walk! Get up! Get up! (grunting) Get up! Show me those girls! Show me where you put those girls, huh? Where are those girls? Where are those girls?! -Hey, give me a flashlight. -Sir. Show me where those girls-- they in the woods? You put them in the woods? Where'd you put those girls? (thunder rumbling) You hear me?! Fuck is this guy on? No, he's high or something. Get this fucking guy in the car. Get him in the car. Get him in the fucking car! -Walk! -Let's go. Hey, call PSP, tell them to send their scent dogs. And seal off the whole area, yeah? The entrance, all of it. Right. You, come with me. No, they weren't playing on your RV? No. (officer sighs) Okay, take a look at them again. Hmm. Don't recognize these girls? I didn't see them. May I sit down? OFFICER (voice-over): What do you do in your RV? -Answer my questions. -Sleep there. You sleep in there? -You were sleeping out there? -Mm-hmm. In the day? Why was the RV parked outside the house? Mmm... I went for a drive? OFFICER (voice-over): You went for a drive? You weren't driving. I know for a fact those girls were playing outside your RV. You weren't driving. It was parked. Was it a special day? Were you planning on taking two little girls? No. -Have you done that before? -No. OFFICER: Did you ask them to come inside? -No. -You ask them to come inside the RV, and then you take them away? -No. -Did you put those girls somewhere? -May I sit down? -Come on. Did you put those girls somewhere? Please don't touch me. I know you put those girls somewhere. (sighs) -You hide them? -No. How'd you hide them? Did you tie them up? Uh-uh. -Did you tie them up? -Uh-uh. Huh? Hey. Hey. Hey. Look, I know you're a good guy, all right? I know you're a decent guy. I'm not trying to tell you you're doing anything bad. I'm just trying to get the right answers out of you, okay? The real ones. That's all I want. Where do you usually park your RV, Alex? My aunt's house. OFFICER: Your aunt's house? ALEX: She lets me park it in the backyard. The grass don't grow back there anyway. (door creaks) WOMAN: It was my husband's. For sale, if you want it. No, thanks. Well, would you tell me what you're doing on my property, then? I'm just glad to know where he is. He's always home before dark, and... I just don't understand. That boy has never been in trouble, not a day in his life. Uh, in the summertime, he sleeps out in the camper some, but this time of year, he sleeps in here on the sofa bed. That-that's my husband. We had a fight, geez... five years ago. Walked out, didn't come back. Alex loved him like a father. Where are Alex's real parents? My husband's brother and his girlfriend-- they died in a car accident when Alex was about six. Sorry to hear that. (drawer slides open) He doesn't have much. What do you got? Well, this thing's clean. I mean, it's filthy as shit, but we didn't find anything. We didn't find any, uh, wool fibres, anything like that? The girls could be wearing some wool gloves or wool hat. No cotton fibres? Well, if he was just using this thing to transport them, I might buy that. But if there'd been a struggle, I would have found something. -(sighs) -I'd start looking in the woods by the rest stop. Yeah. Half the uniformed cops in the state are doing that right now. Hey, when you're done with this thing, can you send a crew over to the aunt's house? (garbled radio transmissions) (indistinct conversation) Anna?! Anna?! (dramatic music) (birds chirping) (keys jingling) -(door closes) -FRANKLIN: Thanks for coming. I'm Franklin Birch. My wife's in here. Honey? Her name's Nancy. Detective Loki is... Honey? These photos are better than the ones my husband gave you. You can see her eyes more clearly. (water running) (sighs) (knob creaks, water stops) GRACE: So did we pass? I'm sorry, what'd you say? The poly thing-- the lie detector we took this morning. Did we pass? Oh, yeah, yeah. Sorry. Yes. We appreciate your cooperation. It's embarrassing, all the... all this fuss. Everyone's gonna think we're crazy when those two come out of hiding, wherever they are. Do you have some reason to believe they ran away? No. They're happy. They must have run away. I think they must have run away. Right? Um... your police captain told me that you've solved every case that you've ever been assigned; is that right? (sobs) Sorry. (voice breaking): I am so sorry. Do you... do you have children, Detective? (sniffles) I'm going to find your daughter. We believe that they came back here after they left you at the Birches' yesterday. KELLER: They were looking for Anna's red whistle. Right. I read your statement. I'm Detective Loki. I'm heading up the investigation into your daughter's disappearance. Please, sit down. (Keller grunts) Uh... m-my son already told you that the guy was inside the RV just watching them, right? We haven't found any physical evidence inside the RV. Or his aunt's house where he lives. Nothing? Alex Jones, unfortunately, has the IQ of a ten-year-old. There is no way that someone with the IQ of a ten-year-old could abduct two girls in broad daylight and then... somehow make them disappear. Uh, well, how can he drive an RV? I mean, if he can't answer a question... Well, he has a legal Pennsylvania license. And he ran, right? They said he tried to run away. Why, uh... Why... why would he run? I've just spent ten hours questioning this boy. Okay? I hear what you're saying. Wow. Did-did you give him a lie detector? You gave us a lie-- did you give him one? Sir, I understand what you're asking me. Yes, we did. We gave him a lie detector, and there's no way of... (chuckles softly) A lie detector doesn't work if you don't understand the questions. Well, maybe he wasn't on his own. How could he drive an RV if he has an IQ of a ten-year-old? Sir, we're-- hey, we're considering all possibilities. I don't think you are considering all possibilities. No, I-I hear... I hear what you're saying. Sir, sir... No, you listen to me. Just shut the fuck up for a fucking second! (Grace sobbing quietly) This is what I'm gonna need you to do for me. I need you to calm down. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Please listen to me for a second. Mr. Dover, I understand this is an incredibly hard time, but I have every uniformed police officer in this state looking for Anna. I don't understand what any of this means. They said he ran. They said he tried to get away. I don't understand why he would try to run away. We're considering all possibilities, Mr. Dover. I hear what you're saying. I'm not crossing anybody off my list. Just... let me do my job. (phone vibrates) Hey! Detective! (whispers): Oh, shit. Hey. He stays in custody until my daughter's found, right? (panting) Right? We have a 48-hour hold on him that ends tomorrow unless we bring charges. Well, charge him with something. Charge him. Mr. Dover, I understand what you're... Detective, Detective, two little girls have got to be worth whatever little rule you got to break to keep that asshole in custody. Now, I know you can't promise me anything. I understand that. But I'm asking you to be sure, be 100% sure. (panting) Thank you. I appreciate it. MAN (voice-over): So you're positive he's innocent, but you want to keep holding him? Anna Dover's father was a mess this morning. Hey, hey, I-I get it, I understand. But it's not gonna happen. No, I'm just asking for one more day. Fuck you. No, no. Find his daughter, he'll forgive you. You don't, he's gonna hate you anyway. So what's next? I'm knocking on doors all night. Yeah, well, you're coming up on 24 hours missing, and you have exactly shit. No, I've got nine level-three sex offenders living within a ten-mile radius of Fairmont Circle. So if you don't mind, I... -All right, go. -Yeah. Go. (door opens, closes) It's right here. Uh, look, I-I'm staying straight, okay? It's... well, hey, look, look, I know you're... -You like... -Man, I was... You like yourself some German porn, huh? Look, I was... (ominous music) (doorbell ringing) Father! Open up! It's the police! (doorbell ringing) (sighs) (sniffles) (door crashes open) (footsteps approaching) (planes roaring, gunfire over TV) (snoring) Father. Father. (snoring continues) Mind if I take a look around? (TV continues playing quietly) (scoffs softly) (whispers): You fucking drunk. (grunting) (mutters): Fuck... (grunting) (panting) What the fuck? (door creaks) Whoa. (whispers): Fuck. (grunts) Ay, fuck. (panting) (unsettling tone) (sighs) (grunts) (sobbing): Please, God! God! The name of your buddy down there, huh? -What's the name? Huh? -I don't know his name. You don't know his name? I don't know his name. Hey, you know what? I spent six years in Huntington Boys' Home, Father. Yeah, you know the Huntington Boys' Home, right? Huh? Hurting a fuck like you would be a real treat for me. Why don't you tell me his fucking name. He didn't tell me his name. He came to me for confession. He said he'd killed 16 children. He bragged about it. I convinced him to come back here. He said he'd kill more. 16 children, huh? (sobbing) All right, let's go, you fucking chicken hawk. (dramatic music) (dogs barking) (phone ringing) -Hey. -GRACE (over phone): -They're letting him go. -What? -The man. The police said they're letting him go today. O-Okay. I'll take care of it. RALPH: Dad? Keep searching. Where are you going? WOMAN: They want you to write your whole name. That's good. Mm-hmm. Good job. All right, give it to the man. (keys jingling) All right, come on. I-I don't want you minding the people out here. Don't talk to them. You've got nothing to say to them. Just come on. -Hey! -(reporters clamouring) -Alex! Alex! -All right, move it back. Move it back. Let them walk. Let them walk. (tyres screeching) (clamouring continues) Tell me where they are. -Sir... -I just want to talk. He's a free man, I'm a free man! -You tell me where they are. -Hey! Hey! Tell me what you did with them! -Tell me! -They didn't cry until I left them. What did you say? What did you say?! Whoa! -No, no, no! -(clamouring continues) Get off! No, no! He just fucking-- get off-- told me! -God, get up. -Wait, wait! Get him down, get him down, get him down, get him down. Come on. Please, please, just let us go. Thanks for nothing. We're fine. Thank you. (handcuffs clicking) All right. Now, I know your dad was a guard at Graterford. And I've got a daughter of my own, -so we're gonna pretend... -(door opens) ...this never happened. Okay? And as for Alex Jones, he has orders not to leave the commonwealth. What? Sir, I need you to go home. -What... wh-what... -All right? I need you to go home to your family... What about what I just fucking told you? Why aren't you sending someone out to go arrest this guy? Tell Detective Loki what you just told me, and he'll definitely look into it. Go ahead. That asshole you promised me you'd keep in custody, right? And you didn't. And right now, when I grabbed him in the parking lot, he said right to my fucking face, "They didn't cry until I left them." Right to my fucking face. He-he said... he said that to you in the parking lot just now? Right now, yeah. What did I just say? In the parking lot. Before you grabbed me off him. Did anyone else hear it besides you? I don't know. It was quiet. He-he said it to me. He wanted me to know. -Are you sure he said that? -What? Are you sure that's what he said? Jesus Christ, you think I'm making this up? -No. -Why would I make this up? -Whoa, easy... -Hey, hey, hey. No, no, no, think about it. Why would I make this up? I'm not saying that to you. I'm just asking you a couple questions. I will talk to him. Okay? -No, don't talk to him. -Mr. Dover... Arrest him! What'd I fucking tell you? What'd I tell you? One more day. LOKI: You sure you didn't say anything to Mr. Dover in the parking lot today? Anything he could have misinterpreted or... I was right there. They didn't say anything to each other. Man just attacked the boy. Nothing like "get away from me" or "help" or anything like that? No. Can I speak to Alex alone for a minute? It's all right, sweetie. I'll be right in the next room. (groans) You love your aunt, don't you, Alex? Yes. You know if you know something you're not telling us that she could go to jail for a very long time. Do you want that for her? After everything she's done for you? No. (door creaking) (bird screeching) Mr. Dover, this is Detective Loki. -Have you arrested him? -Yeah, look, I just came from Alex Jones, and he said he didn't say anything to you in the parking lot. Now, I pushed him pretty hard, and he didn't budge, so look, we can't waste any more time on this guy, all right? You're gonna have to trust me. I'll let you know if I have anything new, all right, Mr... For the... Fucking A. (bell dinging) (Grace sobbing) The zipper on her coat was broken, and I told her it didn't matter 'cause we were just gonna go -right down the street. -Ralph, Ralph. Why hasn't she come home? It's been three days. Why can't you make her come home? I don't understand. I don't understand. -It's been too long. -(groans) Please make her come home. -Please, honey, please. -How many of these? How many of these? How many do you want? -How many of these? -I don't know! Shh. Okay, I'm sorry. Just take one. Here. (sobbing): No. I just want to sleep. I just want to go to sleep. You... You made me feel so safe. You told us that you could protect us from everything. (whispering): Oh, God. I'm gonna go out and help the police. Just keep an eye on your mother. Your sister needs us to be brave for her. Be brave for her. Be a grown-up for me, okay? Can you do that? Can you do that? I know you're scared. Look at me. Come here. I know you're scared. It's gonna be okay. (sighs) (bell dinging) MAN (over radio): The former is a reason why we should be very patient, the latter why we should be very penitent -when we are afflicted. -(engine starts) He reminds him that trouble and affliction are what we have all reason to expect in this world. Man is brought into trouble, not as man, but as sinful man, who was in transgression, man born in sin and therefore born to trouble. (tyres squealing) (engine stops) (sighs) (sniffs) (bell dinging) (sighs, sniffs) (beep) (house door opens) (panting softly) (leash jingling) (dog yelps) (dog whimpering) Come on. Come on, Tucker. # Jingle bells, Batman smells # Robin laid an egg # The Batmobile lost its wheels # The Joker got away, hey! # Jingle bells # Batman smells # Robin laid an egg (Alex humming) (sighs) # Jingle bells, Batman smells # Robin laid an egg - # The Batmobile... -KELLER: Alex. # Lost its wheel... # That song. Where'd you hear those words? Hmm? (horn honks) (house door closes) Did you bring a change of clothes like I told you? Yeah. You gonna tell me why? It's better if I just show you. Show me what? Didn't you used to live here? Mm-hm. Close the door. Lock it. (door closes, lock clicks) Wow. (sighs) Oh, my God. Wh-what did you do? Keller, what the hell? I heard him singing the same song they were singing on Thanksgiving. Swear to God, Franklin, the same fucking song. And I told you what he said in the parking lot. -Then we take him to the police. -No, no, no. The police won't do shit. He'll just clam up and act crazy like he did last time. Someone has to make him talk. Someone. Shit, man, this-this ain't right. I mean, what-what if you're wrong? -I'm not wrong. -But what if you're wrong? What if you only heard what you wanted to hear? What-what if...? I want my daughter back as much as you do, -but it ain't right. -Franklin. Franklin! Franklin! We hurt him until he talks, or they're gonna die. -This ain't... -No. -(whispering): This ain't... -No. We hurt him until he talks, or they're gonna die. That's the choice. That's the choice you have to make. I've made my choice. I know what I heard. He's not a person anymore. No, he stopped being a person when he took our daughters. I need your help. This is your last chance. I know you're scared, and I know you want to go home. All right, I know, and I don't want to hurt you. I don't. I'm gonna take the tape off, then I want you to tell me where they are. -(tape ripping) -(Alex groans) KELLER: Hey, come on. ALEX: Have you seen my glasses? KELLER: What? ALEX: I can't see. KELLER: If you're not gonna talk, Alex, I'm gonna have to hurt you. (muffled): Tell me where they are. Where are they? (thumping) screams: Tell me where they are! LOKI: Yeah, I'm out here at the house on Fairmont Circle, the house the RV was parked in front of. It's only been on the market a couple months. Gonna track the owners down and see if they know anything. You got any new info on that corpse we found in the priest's basement? CAPTAIN: No DNA, dental or fingerprint matches. LOKI: Nothing? CAPTAIN: Priest is sticking to his story, too. (sighs) All right. (typing) (door closes) (mouse button clicking) (car approaching) WOMAN: Same person who took him took those girls. I'm sure of it. (static crackling) Wearing out the tape, I guess. I watch it every day after breakfast. It's the only video I have of him. (sighs) It was before your time. 26 years ago, August 19. I took a nap in the afternoon, and when I woke up, Barry was gone. No one could ever tell me what happened to him. He was playing in the front yard, just a few feet from where they say that RV was parked. What do you think that means? I'm more interested in what you think that means. I don't think we'll ever know. It's just like Barry. No one took them. Nothing happened. They're just gone. -LOKI: ...say to you. -MAN: Yeah, of course. (whispering) How you doing, Father? I've... been better. So Detective Chemelinski tells me that you have some specifics about the crime you claim that guy committed. The abductor. He was... waging a war against God. (chuckles) Great. That's great. I thought you said he had something specific. I'm... I... Tell him how he took the kids. He said... he took them in daylight. Sometimes... more than one child at a time. He said that? Yes. Did he say he was with anybody? He did it alone? He... He said he had a family. (sighs) That's it? All right. Informative. KELLER: You said they cried when you left them. Look at me. You said they cried when you left them! You said they cried when you left them! Now, tell me! Where is she? Hmm? Hmm? Tell me where they are! (gasps, choking) Just tell me. Just tell me and I'll stop. I'll stop as soon as you tell me. (Keller panting) Just... Just tell me where they are. (panting) Why won't you tell me? Huh? Why won't you just fucking tell us? (Franklin sighs) (Alex whimpering) He knows. He knows. I can see it in his eyes. He fucking knows. (groans) I know you know! Why aren't you fucking telling me? Why?! Fine. Get him up. -Get him up. Get up. -(Alex whimpering) Get up, get up. Get up! You gonna make me use this? You gonna tell us? If you don't, I'm gonna use this. Fine. You're doing this to yourself. Just tell us. Tell me. Tell me! Tell me! Tell me! Tell me! Where's my daughter?! Where's my daughter?! (panting) (solemn music) FEMALE REPORTER: Four days have passed since Anna Dover and Joy Birch were last seen by their families. The two girls, aged 6 and 7, are believed to have been playing on this street when they disappeared without a trace. As you can see, despite the cold, a lot of people have turned out tonight to show their support. Police are asking that anyone with any information on the girls' whereabouts, no matter how minor, to call the 24-hour tip line. Where have you been? I was searching for her in the woods. (crying) (groans) I'm okay. Franklin? Franklin, what is it? I'm okay. I just need a minute. (sighs) (crying) (people chattering quietly) (keys jingling) (door closes) (sniffs) (quiet chattering continues) (sobbing) (people chattering quietly) (footsteps running) (dog barking) (barking continues) (barking continues) (grass rustling) (tense music) Hey! What the fuck?! Hey, get off! Hey! Hey! (panting) Fuck. (panting) MAN (over TV): And this is who police are saying is a person of interest in the investigation of the two missing girls. Now, this unidentified man, who was last seen at last night's candlelight vigil, fled on foot when the investigating detective attempted to question him. Police caution the public not to approach this man, but to call police immediately -if they do see him. -(horn honks outside) WOMAN: Thanks, John, for that update. And now for the weather. We should expect heavy rain... (sighs) Look, Keller, I mean, just think about it. Why would the police be looking for this man if they didn't think that he did it in the first place? They did it together. They know each other. Listen, I fucking told you, all right? Jones looked me in the eye, and he said, "They only cried when I left them." He left them with someone, and he knows where this guy is. Holly Jones' dog got hit on Southward Street. Apparently, Alex Jones took the dog for a walk the night before last, they never came home. And his aunt didn't want to tell us about the dog when we called her about it this morning. She said that she thought it would get him into trouble or some shit. I thought you said you would keep him under surveillance. I thought you said the guy was innocent. And I thought the guy from last night you said was our guy. Look, I don't have money in the budget for watching innocent people. You said to me that you'd put him under surveillance. -What do you want me to say? -You gonna keep your word? You could've just given me a call 'cause I would've been there all night; I would've stayed up all night. I would know where he was now. I need to know where everybody is. All right, point made. All right? Point made. If you can be clear with me, then I'll be clear with you. I need to know where everybody is. If you're gonna do something different, please tell me. LOKI (voice-over): Tell me about your RV. (over TV): What do you do in your RV? ALEX: It's where I go... to be alone. (tape winding) What music do you listen to in your RV, when you're alone? Radio, tape... (tape winding) LOKI: The RV was parked over on Fairmont Circle? ALEX: No. Is my aunt coming? I-I... Have you seen these girls? No. Take a look at them. You seen these girls? ALEX: Mmm... No. LOKI: Did you participate in any way in the abduction of those girls? ALEX: No. WOMAN: Loki. You got a call. (sighs) All right. WOMAN (voice-over): I called as soon as I saw the sketch on TV. He comes in here every week almost and buys kids' clothes, but he's always buying stuff in different sizes. Caught him messing around with the mannequins once. What'd he pay with? Cash. All right, you give me a call if you hear anything. Okay. KELLER: It's been five days. Maybe five days since they had a drink of water. This could be the last night that matters. (Franklin panting) Look, I'll call you after Nancy goes to sleep, all right? I promise. (Franklin panting) (panting continues) KELLER: Where's my daughter? (Alex moaning, Keller speaking indistinctly) Where have you been all this time? (panting quietly) (sighs) (knocking) What the hell were you thinking? (Nancy panting) You tell anyone? Did you? (sighs) I want to see him. (door creaks) (Alex moans) (panting quietly) (Alex breathes deeply) Please help me. Can you help me find my little girl? Got her picture. See? This is my baby. You see her? Her name is Joy. And, um... this is a stuffed animal we got her when she was two because she's afraid to sleep by herself. Please tell me where my little girl is. Please tell me where my little girl is. I know you're gonna tell me. I know you're gonna tell me. I know... Tell me. (laboured breathing) Help me. Help me. (screaming) Nancy! Help, help, help! -What the fuck you doing? -(Keller yells) (muffled screaming) (grunting) (screaming) Let it go. Let it go. (glass clatters, Keller grunts) You untied him? Huh? That was close. (clatters) (sighs) (power tool whirring) (clattering) (whirring stops) (microwave whirring quietly) (beeping) (knocking) (gasps) What is it? What happened? Get Franklin; I need to show you something. Did he say anything new? He will soon. You'll see. (sighs) No light gets in. There's barely enough room to sit down inside. Shower still works, but we control it from out here. And I rigged the water heater so it either comes out scalding or freezing. And, uh, you talk to him through this. That's to remind us, in case we start feeling sorry for him. My God. I can't hurt him any more without killing him, so this is the only way. Have you lost your mind, Keller? Do you have a better idea, Franklin? Do you? Go ahead, let him out if you want. I'm not going to stop you. If that's what you really want, you go ahead. You think someone's looking out for our girls the way you're looking out for him? (crying): I hope. It's been five days now, man. We're running out of time. You don't even know it's him. -Yeah, I do. -No, you don't. -I do. -I know you. You don't. Look, I want my baby back... ...as much as you miss Anna, and despite what you think about me, I would die for my daughter. But this ain't right. This has to stop. Well, then, you'd better get to work. You can start with that wall there. (breathing deeply) Franklin. Stop. Franklin, think of Joy. (Franklin sighs) (hammer clatters) (inhales deeply) I need to get out of this place, Ralph. Everything in this house just makes me want to throw up. (sighs) Your dad's building? No, there is no way I'm staying in that crack house. It's disgusting. Yeah, okay, good. (turns engine off) We're not gonna help Keller, but we won't stop him, either. Let him do what he needs to. We don't know about it anymore. (sighs) (stairs creaking) -(door closes) -Eliza? -Eliza? -(footfalls approaching) -Excuse me. -Eliza? Eliza, open the door. Eliza?! Is she in there? Honey? -Eliza. -Get out of the way. Get out of the way. -What...? -Yeah, fuck you both. Next time you plan on leaving me here alone, maybe you could try at least telling me where you're going. (slams door) (panting) (panting quietly) (unlocks door) (stairs creaking) (quiet clattering) (gasps) Ralph? Anna? Anna? (whispering): Anna. Anna? (footsteps) (window opens) Anna? (gasps) Mom? Anna. (wind whistling) -(gasps) -Mom. -What are you doing? -Anna, Anna was here. -Mom, it's freezing in here. -Anna... -No, no. -Mom, hey, Mom, Mom, Mom. -Sit down, stop, calm down, Mom. -No, no, the window. The window... -I got to close the window. GRACE: And she wasn't here. And then I heard a sound from my room, and I... I came in and the window was open, and... and it wasn't open before, and then... and then Ralph-- he... he came in and he looked and, uh... and, um... and then... then I don't know, um... Aren't you gonna write this down? (Grace sighs) The basement-- I didn't check the basement. We need to check the basement. I-I'll show you. I'll show you. The kids know they're not allowed down here. They're not supposed to come down here, but I... I don't know. (sighs) My husband likes to be prepared for emergencies. Where is your husband, Mrs. Dover? Uh, I was going to ask you. He's been out searching with the police for Anna, which you should be doing right now. Does he always stay out this late? Yes, he stays out this late when he's looking for my daughter, since my daughter has been gone, yes. Shit. (breathing heavily) (engine starts) (engine starts) (vehicle approaching) (engine idling) (door opens) (vehicle approaching) (brakes screeching) (horn honking) (horn continues honking) Hey, go arou... Go around. -(horn continues honking) -Fuck. Come on, Mr. Dover. Shit. Why are you following me? Get in the car. (car door opens) Why are you following me? Where you going just now? I parked at a liquor store. I have a bottle of liquor. You're the shit-hot detective. Work it out. I actually meant before that. (Keller exhales) You were, uh, walking in the opposite direction across the parking lot... towards Campello Street. Yeah, well, I haven't had a drink in nine and a half years. I figured, if I walked around the parking lot for a while, by the time they opened, I'd stop wanting it that bad, and then, uh... then I saw you. Sort of helped me make up my mind. There's a bag of lye in your basement that's half empty. Your wife thinks you've been helping us, but, uh... ...but we both know that's not true. I used the lye to bury our dog last year, and helping the cops sounds better than "I've been driving aimlessly in my truck 'cause I don't know what the fuck else to do." Is that what you were doing last Saturday night? Probably. Am I a suspect? No, I'm only asking, I'm only asking 'cause you assaulted a man who's now missing. (thunder rumbling) I heard about that. What happened to him? Thought you had him under surveillance. I'm-I'm-I'm gonna assume you're asking me -'cause you have no idea. -Yeah, well, I didn't think it was something I could get away with. -It's not. -(Keller sighs) Yeah, well, it couldn't be that he skipped town 'cause the asshole is guilty. Oh, couldn't be that, right? 'Cause that would mean it'd be your fault, right? Mr. Dover. -Mr. Dover. -What? You need to take care of yourself and your wife. -Don't you talk... -That's the best thing you can do right now. That little girl is gonna need you when she comes home. Kids gone for more than a week have half as good a chance of being found, and after a month, almost none are-- not alive. All right? So forgive me for doing everything I can to find... You know what? It hasn't been a fucking week. -You're right, it's day fucking six! -It hasn't been a week! -Ah... -Day six! (voice breaking): And every day, she's wondering why I'm not there to fucking rescue her! -All right. -Do you understand that?! -All right. -Me, not you! -Not you but me! -All right. Every day! -All right. -So forgive me for not going home to have a good night's rest! Now, why don't you look for my fucking daughter -rather than fucking...?! -Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, -hey, hey, hey, hey... -Don't follow me. Mr. Dover, Mr. Dover. Now, you don't think I'm gonna let you get behind the wheel after you've been drinking, do you? -I'm gonna walk. You look for my daughter. (sighs) (sighs) (thunder cracks) ANNA (whispering): Daddy. Daddy. Look, Daddy, we found it. Where was it? (panting) (Anna screams) (thunder cracks, Keller gasps) (panting) (phones ringing, men speaking indistinctly) (clicking mouse) (clicking mouse) (door closes) (sighs) (footfalls crunching) (water running) (Alex screaming) (screaming) (Alex crying) (whispering): I'm not Alex. I'm not Alex. I'm not Alex. (whimpers) What-what are you saying? What? What? I'm... I'm not Alex. What, you're not Alex? What? I'm not Alex. I don't understand. Just... I don't understand. Just talk. Just talk to me. I waited, and he never came. Come on, man, no more riddles. Just fucking tell me. He never came. I just... I'll let you go home to your aunt if you tell me where they are. (panting) I just wanted to play. Don't make me do this again. I waited, and he never came. Don't make me do it. He never came. -I just wanted to... -Why are you making me do this? (exhales) (panting quietly) (inhales) Oh, my God. (exhales) Relying on your almighty power, your infinite mercies and promises... I hope to obtain pardon for my sins. (sighs) (bell dinging) (car door closes) Fuck me. No, n-no noise. You shut up. You make any noise, I'm gonna turn on that tap. (wood creaking) (panting quietly) (window sliding open) (loud thud) (light footfalls) Hey, rise and shine. (Keller groans) LOKI: I'm not gonna find two girls here, am I? Fuck you. What about Alex Jones? What about him? I came here to drink. I-I don't want to drink in front of my wife. Look, my father left me this building, all right? You mind giving me a tour? Why didn't you tell me about this place? I didn't think it mattered. Everything matters. It's all pretty much like this. I'm gonna... gonna renovate soon. Yeah. Not as organized as your basement, huh? What's up with all the survivor gear in there? Pray for the best, prepare for the worst. Guess we agree there, yeah. Come on, hurry up. (Keller sighs) LOKI: All right. (tense music) (phone ringing) Ah, shit. Hello. The guy that you were looking for was just here. He saw me watching him and ran. You get a plate? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Go home, Mr. Dover. (running) (keys jangling) (knocking) Hi. Morning. Why'd you run away from me the other night, man? I've never seen you before. You sure you have the right house? You doing some shopping at the Value Mall lately? Yeah. (clears throat) Why? Is it a crime to shop there? I can't afford to buy suits from Brooks Brothers. (both chuckling) (laughing): Ah, yeah, I know. Yeah, man, you bought children's clothes. Did I? Must've been in a hurry. Mm-hm. Do you... do you have children? No. I don't have... have any... (groaning) (whimpering) Give me your fucking hand. Hey. If you move, I'll put a bullet through your fucking head. (groaning, whimpering) (flies buzzing) This is 13-40. I need additional unit for search. 437 Carrol Street. Possible kidnapping victims on the premises. (flies continue buzzing) (flies buzzing loudly) (door creaking) (grunts) Anna? Fucking... Anna? Joy? Fuck. (metal clanging) Fuck. (crowbar clangs on floor) (hissing) (panting) (padlock tumbles on floor) (hissing) Ah, fuck. (hissing) (snake hissing) Ah, fuck. -(box rattling) -(groans) (siren approaching) 'I don't wanna throw the sea away. 'I mean, you've gotta keep it; it's of some use.' 1 THINKS: 'I blame the ocean. That's what divides us as people. 'I mean, if we drained all the sea from the planet, then we'd be connected. RADIO PLAYS IN CAR 'I have two PhDs. Should I go for a third? 'I don't wanna throw the sea away. 'I mean, you've gotta keep it; it's of some use.' CAR HONKS 'Maybe up in space, in a bowl. 'Of course, we'd have to house all the animals. 'Meanwhile, down on Earth, all those shipwrecks could become playgrounds for kids; kids of all nations!' TYRES SCREECH, CRASH! RADIO CONTINUES PLAYING BREATHES LOUDLY LOKI (in other room): We've taken photographs of some of the clothing that we found at the suspect's house. (quiet, indistinct chatter) (sighs) (Nancy crying) (sobbing) LOKI: Mr. Dover. Mr. Dover, is your wife here? She's not coming. Okay, well, if you can't make a positive I.D. on any of these photographs, I'm going to need her to come in and take a look at them. Have a seat. (clears throat) So he confessed? He said he killed them? We were hoping he was lying, but... We haven't even found any bodies, Mr. Dover, but... ...the Birches positively identified two pieces of clothing. So I'm going to need you... I need you to tell me if you recognize anything. (Keller sighs) No. Uh... I'm not sure. I don't know. Okay. No. (muffled exhale) That... that's her. That's her sock. You... (stifled sobbing) You wasted time. You wasted time following me. (exhales) You let this happen. (clock ticking) (footsteps approaching) (vehicle approaching) Don't talk to them. Eliza told me they're dead. Is it true? No. No, she said they found their bloody clothes. Don't you tell your mother that. Don't you dare tell your mother that. You understand me? Now, I need you to listen to me. I need you to stay around the house for a couple of days, and you make sure she does not watch the news, and when the paper comes, you just throw it the fuck away. Listen to me! We do not give up on your sister. We do not! I'm going to find her. I'm going to bring her home. We do not give up. You're going to bring her home? She's dead. You can't do anything. You've been leaving me and Mom here while you-you've been going out and getting fucking drunk! You think I can't smell it on you?! Shut up! (panting) How long has this Bob Taylor been working on this map? Three and a half hours. And you think this is going to lead you to the bodies? 'Cause I sure as shit don't. No, do me a favour, Captain-- go fuck yourself. We weren't getting anywhere questioning him. That looks more like a maze than a map. He's got a thing for mazes. I'm going home. Call me if something happens. (door opens) -(sighs) -(door closes) (humming) (crying) (sniffles) (humming) (shuddering breaths) (humming) (humming continues) Give me that card, John. The key card. Okay. (beep, buzzing, door opens) All right, it's done now. Tell me what you're drawing. You said you were drawing a map. That looks like a fucking puzzle. You tell me what you're drawing. (humming) Tell me what you're drawing. -I can't! -Yes, you can. -(crying): I can't. -Yes, you can. Yes, you can. Shit. Yes, you can! Yes, you can! -Take him! -Yes, you can! -I fucking can't! -Yes, you can! (grunting) Oh, shit! Gun! Gun! Gun! Bob, don't! Put the gun down! Don't. Bob. Bob. Put the gun down! Bob! Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, no! No, no, no! No, no, no! Fuck. Go call fucking R.A. KELLER (voice-over): "Our Father who art in Heaven, "hallowed by thy name. "Thy kingdom come, "thy will be done, "on Earth as it is in Heaven. "Give us this day our daily bread, "and forgive us our trespasses... "...as we f... ...as we for..." (indistinct radio transmission) He explain this before he ate the bullet? I'm sorry. Fuck your sorry. Save it for the girls' parents. KELLER: I don't know what to do, Alex. I don't know what to do anymore. And what's completely fucked-up about all this is I know you know where they are. I think we're done. (sighs) ALEX (quietly): They're in the maze. That's where you'll find them. What? What did you say? In the maze. What-what-what... what maze? Where is... where is the maze? Wh-Where do I find it? Alex? Alex, Alex, listen to me. I'm going to get you out of here, okay? Just tell me where the maze is. I said just tell me, man. Where is the maze? Come on, tell me. Just tell me where the maze is, okay? Come on, don't fuck with me. Don't fuck with me now. -(banging) -Tell me, goddamn it. Tell me where they are! Tell me! Tell me! Tell me! (panting) Something's going to get to you, man. -Something's going to get to you! -(banging) Something's going to get to you! (birds chirping) HOLLY: Just a minute. -Can I help you? -Good morning, ma'am. Uh, I'm Keller Dover. Uh, my little girl was... abducted with a friend. What do you want? (sighs) Uh... I-I guess I haven't thought this through too good. Um, I... I've been thinking a lot about what happened to your nephew. And I know I scared him the other day at the police station, and-and... Wh-What I'm trying to say is I kind of feel responsible for him running away. You want to come on in? Yeah. My husband and I were... very devout at one time. Spent our summers driving around in that camper with our son, handing out pamphlets, spreading the good word. After our son died of cancer, we started seeing things differently. Adopting Alex helped, though we never got over it. I'm sorry. You look very tired. Um, yeah, I don't sleep much. I, uh... I keep dreaming about being lost in a maze. (chuckling): I'm sorry. Alex never talks very much, so when people come over here, I hardly know what to say. -He doesn't talk much? -Well, he talks, you know-- "good morning," "good night," that sort of thing-- but hard to get too much more than that out of him. He had an accident when he was little. After that, he started choosing his words a little too carefully. What, uh... what kind of accident did he...? Oh. My husband kept snakes. Well, it wasn't that bad what happened, but Alex had a fear of them, and... That's not my favourite memory. I'm sorry. It's none of... none of my business. Oh, it was... Can I get you a cup of tea, Mr. Dover? Oh... oh, I'm so sorry. I-I thought you would have known about that already. I say it's better this way. You know, that awful man, he would have spent years on death row just watching TV and getting fat. Well, at least I don't have to worry about losing you to PSP. When forensics is finished with the guy's place, we're going to deploy the cadaver dogs. Look, kid, we can't always save the day. All right? We're just cops, janitors. So you lost this one, all right? Look, you want fulfilment, you need to find a girl. You know, start a family, have some kids. (voice-over): Just let it go. (loud crashing) (pieces rattling) (distant phone ringing) (indistinct chatter in distance) (toy rattles on floor) (distant, indistinct conversations) (rummaging) (cell phone ringing) All right. Yeah? (over phone): Hey, it's Rich. We found something. Guys, let us have a look. Two kid-sized department store mannequins, with their heads caved in. I just talked to our lab guys, and they told me that all the blood that we sampled from the plastic containers-- pigs' blood. All right, you guys, let's get this covered up. It's supposed to snow soon. Hurry up, okay? It's like he's playacting. I mean, case in point-- except for the few items I.D.'d by the Dovers and the Birches, all the kids' clothes that we found still had the tags on them. And that maze book that we found, he made it. Photocopies, pictures from this book that we found in the attic. Ex-FBI agent wrote that. LOKI: Finding the Invisible Man. RICH: Yeah, it's about a theoretical suspect that he believed was responsible for a bunch of child abductions. It's totally discredited, I guess, but some... I read some of it. It's kind of interesting. Taylor... Taylor was abducted when he was a kid. He ran away after three weeks, and the captor drugged him on some sort of LSD/ketamine cocktail, and he never remembered, and they never caught the guy. Okay, so... he read the book and decided he was taken by the Invisible Man. Now he's doing his best imitation, right? Yeah, he was doing his best imitation. He killed himself last night. Well, I mean, how did he do that? I thought he was in custody. Hey. Taylor drew this. It's a map to the bodies. It's a map to the bodies. And we found the same design on a pendant that we pulled off that corpse the other day. -Yeah. -There's a connection. Okay? The connection is it's the last maze in the book. -I did it. It's unsolvable. -No. (sighs) There's no way out. Your corpse is... he's another wannabe who read the book. What are you saying to me, Rich? What are you saying to me? What are you saying, that-that this guy's a fake? You're saying that the girls... the girls are still out there somewhere? How did Bob Taylor get those clothes? How did... how did... how did the parents positively I.D. those clothes? That I can't reconcile. You can't reconcile that? Just keep knocking on doors, looking in windows. Hey, why is that there? Bag that. MAN: Yes, sir. Right away. (door opens and closes) (ominous music) (fence rattles) (music intensifies) (phone ringing) (phone continues ringing) Yes? Um, yeah, this is she. What? Oh, my God. Uh, wait. Is she...? Uh... Ralph! Keller! (engine stops) (birds squawking) (door closes) Keller, we need to go to the hospital. -What? -They found Joy but not Anna. They didn't find Anna. Maybe she'll know where Anna is. Please, we have to go. Keller! Eliza's not picking up. -You should text her. -Yeah. Oh, nobody gets beyond this point. -Oh... -Don't touch me. Miss, wait a minute! It's okay. -Nancy. -Grace. They'll find Anna. I know they will. I know they will. GRACE: I know. How is she? KELLER: Is she awake? Joy, were you far from our street? How far from the street were you, Joy? -Joy? -You can't be doing this now. How long did it take you to get there? -Just let me ask a question, please. -She's been drugged. -Keller. -The detective will be back in just a minute. You need to wait. She's been drugged. GRACE: Joy... sweetheart... just let us know she's alive, okay? Can you just nod your head, baby? Just nod your head. Baby? Can you give us a nod? Can you nod your head for us, please? Joy? KELLER: Joy. (ominous music) (door creaking shut) (horn honks) You were there. What? I was... I was where? It put tape on our mouths. FRANKLIN: Shh. It's okay. It's okay, baby. It's okay. It's okay. Mommy and Daddy are here now, okay? You're all right. -GRACE: Excuse me. -You're all right now. Hey, I said nobody's allowed in that room but her family. Hey. Where you going? -Keller? -Hey. Where's he going? -GRACE: I don't know. -LOKI: Hey. Call downstairs. Don't let him go. -Hey! Hey! -Lock down the exit. Hey! Stop the car! Hey! Stop! Stop it! Hey! Hey! (horn honks) (tyres squeal) I got you, you fucker. I know where you're going. I know where you're going. (tyres squeal) (bell dinging from inside car) (door shuts, dinging stops) (clattering from inside building) (muffled screaming) (clattering) (loud scream) (clattering) (Alex screaming) (screaming, banging) (Alex wailing) (knocking) Hello again. Hey. I was hoping you'd, uh... you'd let me do some penance. For what? For scaring you the other day at the, uh... the police station. -You already apologized for that. -I know. I was... you know, I thought maybe you, uh... you could use some, uh, help around the... You know, I noticed your door here needs fixing, so I brought my tools -and, uh... -Oh. I see. I burned myself. Feel a little icky today. But I'm glad you want to talk some more. No need to make excuses. You come on in and make me a cup of tea. Come on in. (long sigh) I don't want to have to hurt you. I know they were here. Put your hands on your head and turn around. Do it. I'm just going to go. Don't touch that bag. Put your hands on your head. Come over here to this counter. Come on. Top drawer. Open it. HOLLY: Mm-hmm. Put them on. You don't know me, Mr. Dover. But believe me when I tell you, I won't let you go. You don't have to drink all of it. About a third should do for a man your size. Something to make you more manageable. Forget it. Drink it, Mr. Dover, or I'll kill you right here in my kitchen and bring your daughter in here -and have her scrub your brains off the floor. -Where is she? (heavy panting) Drink it. Just let me see her. -You want to see her? -Yes. That's your ticket to your daughter right there. (unscrewing cap) Little more, Mr. Dover. Little more. Good, isn't it? That's my darling husband's recipe. Now, go on out back. Let me see her. (cell phone ringing) Take it out of your pocket. Put it in the sink. Put it in the disposal. (stops ringing) Put your car keys on the table. (gagging) Put your car keys on the table. That's right. Over to the Trans Am over there. The car over there. Come on, move it. Get over there. The look on your face. My husband used to have the very same look till we took Alex. He was the first kid we ever took. His name was Jimmy. Or... Barry. Can't remember. Doubt he can, either. So many names. Forgot all about Bobby Taylor till I read about him in the paper. Get in the driver's seat. Open the door and get in the car. (door creaks) Making children disappear is the war we wage with God. Makes people lose their faith. Turns them into demons like you. Had to slow down since my husband disappeared. But I do what I can. Start the car. Start the car. (keys jangling) (engine cranking) Keep trying. (engine sputters, starts) Back up-- slowly. Come on. Back up. Come on. Stop. Turn it off. Turn it off! (engine stops) Get out. Think you should know-- Alex never laid a hand on those girls. Just wanted to take them for a ride in the camper. I was the one who decided they should stay. Take a look. Maybe your daughter's under there. You never know. (panting) Anna? Anna? Anna. Anna? Anna! Anna! I had the girls down there when the police came poking around. Should've left them down there. I'm so lonely without Alex. Now, get in there. Wait. Get in. (panting) You want me to get in there, you're going to have to shoot me. I'm not going to get in there just 'cause you asked. (groaning) Go on. Get in there. (pained grunting) That's right. (yelling in pain) (pained grunting) (groaning) Make yourself a tourniquet. Just might last 24 hours. I'd love for you to still be alive when I dump your daughter's body down there. (lid dragging) Wait! No, wait, wait, wait! Wait! No. (pants) No. (car engine starts, revs) (truck engine starts) (quiet, indistinct chatter) Hey. I need you to go over to Holly Jones's. She needs to be notified. No, I need to find Dover. Come on. You're done with Dover, okay? -Please. -You want me to go to Holly Jones's? I want you to go to Holly Jones's and notify her, please. (scoffs) (groaning, panting) (pained gasping) (grunts) (groaning) (pants) Oh, God. (sighing) (solemn music) (groans) Almighty God, protect my girl. (car approaching) (car engine rumbling in distance) (engine stops) (bell dinging) (dog barking in distance) (floor creaking) (creaking) (door creaking faintly) Mrs. Jones? Mrs. Jones? (floor creaks) (footsteps approaching) (objects clattering in distance) (ominous music) (music intensifies) Show me your hands right now. Don't move and show me your fucking hands right now. Stop right now! Show me your fucking hands. Do not move and show me your hands. HOLLY: Make sure they cremate me. I sure as hell don't want to be buried in some box. Both hands right now! Right now! (gunshots) Fuck! (panting) (groans) Anna? Oh, my God. No. No. (panting) (engine roaring) (groaning) Anna? -(tyres squealing) -(horn honks) (tyres squealing) Oh, shit. (horn honking) (tyres squealing) (tyres squealing) (horn honking) Come on, come on, Anna. Anna, come on. (tyres squealing) Stay with me, Anna. Anna, stay with me. Stay with me, Anna. (tyres squealing) Stay with me, Anna! It's all right. It's all right. Come on. Move, move, move, move. (tyres squealing) Don't die. Don't die. (sighing) (tyres squealing, horn honking) It's okay. It's okay. (grunts) Hey, it's okay. Hey, hey. Hey! Help! Help! Help. Help! Help! (wheelchair approaching) Um, Detective Loki? I hope we're not intruding. No. She's doing real good. She's gonna be up and around in a few days, aren't you, buddy? She just wanted to come and say thank you and hi to her hero. (chuckles) Hello. Uh, would you mind giving me a minute? -Yeah. -Thank you. -Say good-bye, Joy. -Bye. -Be out in a minute, all right? -Say good-bye, Anna. (indistinct announcement over P.A.) She found her whistle, then? Uh, no. She keeps insisting that Joy helped her find it on Thanksgiving before they were taken, but, uh, I think she's just confused. I got her a new one. (sighs) He hasn't contacted me. I know you don't... I know you probably don't believe that, but he hasn't. I-I believe you. Do you think you're gonna find him? Yeah. And he'll go to jail. Probably. Anyway, thank you for everything. Oh, God. (crying) I miss him. He... He did what he had to do to find Anna, and I thank God for that. He's a good man. Bye. (generator humming) MAN: That's it. Let's pack it up. You all done for the night? Yeah, the ground's frozen solid. It's gonna take weeks to excavate the entire property. Just found some dead snakes and shit. Pray for the best, prepare for the worst, yeah? Night. Night. (indistinct talking) (talking continues) (generator stops) (wind whistling quietly) (sighs) (distant whistling) (scoffs) (whistling) (sighs) (whistling continues) (whistling continues) www.able.co.nz Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Able 2016