I Know You're in There

What are you doing?

Come on, I'm not even dressed yet.

- I know, that's the best part.

Stop it.

I'm serious.

- Hey, you're the one who bought it for me.

Just trying to put it to good use.

I bought you the camera

so that you could make your film,

not so you could creep on me.

Oh, baby,

but you look so good on camera.

Stop fooling around.

I gotta get ready for work.

What?

I'm not doing anything.

Tom, stop.

Hey, I got an idea.

How 'bout you call in sick today?

Nope.

Why?

Why don't you hop back in bed,

I'll rent us a movie.

We can cuddle, maybe fool around a little bit.

Then I'll take you out to lunch.

What's the name of that place you like with mimosas?

Tom you promised.

- Not for me, I'll drink iced tea.

Just because I'm not drinking doesn't mean you can't right?

One of us needs

to go to work today.

I need to get the phone.

Yeah, she's got a point there.

What'd you say?

- Nothing, just talking to the camera.

Hello?

Sure, may I ask who's calling?

Okay.

It's for you.

Here, let me take this.

Hello.

Yeah this is tom Redding.

Mmm hmm.

What?

Hang on a second.

Okay go ahead.

Mmm hmm.

Okay, I understand.

Yes that's fine, thank you.

What was that about?

My mother killed herself.

- You're a hard person to get in touch with tom.

Oh please have a seat.

I'm Dr. jorgensen.

- Well nice to meet ya, thanks for tracking me down.

How was the drive?

It's fine, thank you.

- I'm sorry about your mother.

This must be hard for you.

Not really.

I don't even remember her.

She left whenever I was little.

But you could have told me that over the phone, is that it?

No.

What are those?

- The keys to your mother's house.

She left it to you.

Just like that huh?

Just like that.

But there is something else.

Okay, what is it?

You have a sister tom.

Her name is Chloe.

She should have been institutionalized years ago

but your mother wouldn't allow it.

So she's crazy?

We don't say crazy.

The technical diagnosis is catatonic schizophrenia.

Chloe doesn't speak, move,

or respond to any external stimuli.

Why?

No one knows for sure.

Mental illness is often hereditary.

It usually manifests itself later in life

after physical or mental trauma.

But Chloe's case is completely unique.

Would you like to see her now?

Hello Chloe, how are you today?

I have a surprise for you.

This is your brother tom.

You can talk to her.

It's okay to feel uncomfortable.

Chloe's used to that, aren't you Chloe?

You can see why I tried to

convince your mother to admit her.

Mmm hmm.

Well...

It's nice to meet you.

What if I wanted to spend some time with her?

- You're more than welcome

to visit whenever you like.

- No, I'm not just talking about a couple of hours here.

I want to get to know her.

This is all there is tom.

- I don't know, I've got a house now right?

Maybe I could take her there for a little while.

You're not qualified.

Qualified?

She doesn't move, how hard can it be?

- I don't think you understand the toll

it could take on you.

To care for someone in Chloe's condition.

Someone that isn't trained for it?

Trying to do it all himself?

Well, it could be maddening.

Your mother tried to do it and--

doc I'm not my mother.

And...

Not to be disrespectful but I don't

think she belongs in a place like this.

Now, my mom did it for years right?

I'm sure I could handle a couple of months.

- I really don't think it's a good idea--

- Dr. jorgensen I'm asking you, please.

She's all the family I got.

On one condition.

Anything, what?

- If there are any issues, if you see any changes,

you've gotta call me right away.

- Doc, I'll probably call you twice a day.

- And you got the sound gear all ready right?

Yeah.

There ya go.

You sure you don't mind me taking your car?

Of course not.

I don't want you breaking down

when you have a crazy in the car.

She's not crazy.

I was just kidding.

I just meant--

yeah.

Are you sure about this?

It's perfect.

It's perfect?

Hey.

How long have I been stuck trying to figure out

an idea for my thesis huh?

Could you possibly think of anything

better than this?

I guess not.

- You'll be up with me in a couple of weeks anyway.

Besides, you'll be glad to have me out

of your hair while you're grading term papers.

- She's a little creepy though right?

Yeah, I guess a little.

Call me when you get up there?

Uh huh.

Okay.

All right, cut it out.

Okay, so this is day one

of my trip with Chloe.

The sister that i never knew I had.

Say hi Chloe.

And day one of this documentary shoot.

It feels weird to be a character in my own film,

but since Chloe doesn't talk,

it seems pretty important that I am.

Excited to get to the house.

I wanna know what happened there.

Why my mother did what she did.

Just can't imagine wanting to kill yourself

in such a beautiful place.

Now if you look ahead,

you can see mount shasta.

Apparently, some local Indians believed

the mount was inhabited by gods and demons.

And when the mountain shadow descends

upon the valley below, the gods sleep

while the demons fasten to this dimension.

From the spiritual to the physical.

And walk freely in the darkness among men.

Woo!

Pretty spooky, what do you think Chloe?

I'll take that as a yes.

I don't know why I'm recording this.

Well, this is the last town on the map

before I get to my mother's house.

Which is another hour over the mountain still.

And population zero.

There's literally no one here, nothing.

Got abandoned railroad cars.

Houses over there that look like they

haven't been lived in for years.

Let's go take a look.

Oh wow.

One, two, and three.

There we go.

Okay.

Guess you and mom liked the quiet.

Oh my god it's perfect!