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‫ Okay, folks. We are closed ‫for the night. It's time to get home.

‫-Goodnight. ‫-Thanks, Sara.

‫ Get home safe.

‫-Night. ‫- Goodnight.

‫- Thanks, Sara. ‫-Goodnight.

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‫["We Gotta Get out of This Place" ‫by The Animals playing]

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‫Time to come in, sweetie.

‫ Just five more minutes, please?

‫Meagan, listen to your mom.

‫-Okay, Sheriff. ‫-Let's go.

‫Good girl.

‫- Night. ‫- Night, Sheriff.

‫ Hurry on home.

‫-Checkmate. ‫-Yeah. You got me.

‫You beat me, Dad.

‫You're still the best there is.

‫All right, Mr. Liu. Time to go downstairs ‫to the basement, okay?

‫We… we are playing!

‫- Enough! ‫- Hey. Hey.

‫-It's okay. ‫-Sorry.

‫It's okay. It's okay.

‫Gina's gonna take you ‫down to the basement,

‫and you can come back up in the morning. ‫just like we talked about, remember?

‫You are good girl.

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‫Oh, look. Gina's here. Let's go.

‫- Let's go, Mr. Liu. ‫-Up we go. There we go.

‫Nice and steady, right?

‫-Oh, watch your step. ‫- Careful.

‫Um, you have a really great way with him.

‫-Thank you. ‫-Yeah.

‫Um, you should tell your mom ‫she's more than welcome

‫to spend the night with him if she wants.

‫Ah.

‫She just keeps saying ‫that he'll get better.

‫Denial is a major branch ‫of our family tree.

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‫Uh, I… I guess I'll see you tomorrow.

‫Yeah. I guess ‫I'll see you tomorrow, Deputy.

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‫Get home quick, okay?

‫ Right. Yeah. ‫Yes, ma'am.

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‫-Hey. We all clear? ‫-Looks like.

‫All right.

‫Well, go on home. ‫I'll see you in the morning.

‫Night, Sheriff.

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‫ Frank! Get the fuck up!

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‫ Come on, Frank! Gotta get home!

‫-It's getting dark out. ‫-

‫-Frank! ‫-

‫Oh, fuck it. Lauren's gonna kill you.

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‫-Is Daddy coming home? ‫-Any second now.

‫ He's supposed to be home ‫before it gets dark. He promised.

‫Well, sometimes, your dad, ‫he just gets a little forgetful.

‫That's all. ‫You go start saying your prayers.

‫-I'll be there in a minute. ‫-Okay.

‫God damn it, Frank.

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‫Now, I lay me down to sleep. ‫I pray the Lord my soul to keep.

‫If I die before I wake, ‫I pray the Lord my soul to take.

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‫ Meagan?

‫ It's Grandma. Come to the window.

‫But I'm not supposed to.

‫ It's okay. I won't tell.

‫ It'll be our little secret.

‫-Do you promise? ‫- I promise,

‫ and I would never break a promise.

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‫Oh!

‫I've missed you so much.

‫Meagan, what are you doing?

‫-You don't look like my grandma. ‫-She's not your grandma.

‫I'm so lonely.

‫-Baby, please just-- ‫-Maybe I can come in.

‫-Meagan, no! ‫-

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‫["Whatever Will Be, Will Be ‫(Que Sera, Sera)" playing]

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‫ Norman, you're gonna be okay.

‫The secret fairies are on their way back ‫from the Lake of Tears.

‫They're gonna fix you!

‫No. The monster's claws went too deep.

‫Tell my friends, I'll miss them.

‫Tell my parents I said goodbye.

‫Norman? Norman! Norman! No, please!

‫You're my best friend!

‫Please, please, Norman, no!

‫But the fairies are coming ‫from the Lake of Tears, right?

‫-They're gonna make him better. ‫-Sorry, buddy.

‫Norman's dead, ‫and when you're dead, you're gone.

‫Bring him back!

‫-You have to bring him back! ‫-Yeah. Sometimes, life is hard, kid.

‫Mom, Julie killed Norman!

‫-Julie. ‫-What? I'm telling him a story.

‫Mom, Julie killed Norman!

‫Julie, what are you doing?

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‫Okay.

‫Hey. What happened to Norman?

‫-The monsters killed them. ‫-The monsters killed him?

‫Well, that's good news, then.

‫Why?

‫Because there's no such thing ‫as monsters, honey,

‫and if there's no such thing as monsters,

‫then that means ‫that Norman's still alive, doesn't it?

‫-Really? ‫-Mm-hmm.

‫ Play with Norman.

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‫ Mornin'.

‫What is it this time?

‫Lauren rope you guys ‫into another bake-off, or what?

‫Motherfucker.

‫What'd I tell you, Frank?

‫-It got late, and I didn't-- ‫-

‫You got kids, you nail the windows shut.

‫You nail ‫the motherfucking windows shut, Frank!

‫-No. No. ‫- Right?

‫ No. I can't. Don't.

‫Look. You wanna drink? ‫You wanna drink, huh?

‫No. No! No!

‫-A man protects his family, Frank! ‫-

‫A man protects his family!

‫-I'm sorry. ‫-Look at what you did.

‫No, I'm sorry. No!

‫Stop your crying. ‫Look at what you fucking did, Frank!

‫Open your eyes and look!

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‫Look at what you did! Look at them! ‫Look at them! Look at her!

‫-No! No! ‫- Look at her!

‫No!

‫-No? You can't, huh? ‫-I can't.

‫You can't? You can't? Huh?

‫Fuckin' look at her! Look at her!

‫I… I can't!

‫-Lock him up. You hear me? ‫-

‫Lock him up.

‫ I don't…

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‫-They're all yours, Father. ‫-

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‫You know what ‫I was thinking about this morning?

‫Hm?

‫That first time ‫we drove up to see your folks.

‫As I recall,

‫I was driving my '83 Volvo ‫with metal on metal posing as brakes,