Over here!
Where's that first-aid kit?
David?
Coming, Mom.
Hey, Sid!
Welcome back to the real world.
Come on, check this out.
Hey, you know what? Max, look, I gotta be honest with you.
You want to buy this place? I wouldn't even rob this place.
Yeah, but it's going to be all mine.
Ours.
Ours. Ours.
Look, just because you worked the kitchen on the inside,
doesn't mean that's your only option out here, okay?
No, Sidney, Max has a business plan. We've been working on menus.
Well, you know what? I got a business plan.
And it ain't got nothing to do with paper hats and napkins and nametags.
I'm done with all that shit, Sid.
Hey, look. I got this sweet gig in December with this guy named Jones.
We grab this little rich kid, big payday, everybody wins.
Don't listen to him. Okay?
You know what? It's a nice idea.
But think about it, Max. You got no money, no collateral.
No bank's going to touch you.
I'm going to do this, Sid.
Yeah, I'm sure you will.
I'll call you in a couple of weeks, okay? I mean it.
Get out of here.
It says here you've worked food service before.
I short-ordered in Quincy, Waltham, a few places in Newport.
And with a $50,000 loan,
you think you can resurrect the old Hazel Street diner, huh?
It's a corner shop, two busy streets, lots of foot and auto traffic.
Yes, Mr. Truemont, I've reviewed that.
It's not nothing,
but not really something, either.
How'd it go? Did you get it?
You know, Sid called.
I'm going to take that job, Rox. I got no place else to go.
Okay, sweetheart, I have to go set up for your party,
so Chloe will take over from here.
But I like it better when you do it.
Sandborn party?
Shazam!
Wasn't that great, guys?
It's beautiful, isn't it? Yeah.
Hey, don't you guys try this at home with your pets, now. Are you ready?
Let's see if we can make him vanish. One...
Santa!
Santa! Santa!
Whoa! Ho, ho, ho! One for everybody!
Wait! One for everybody!
Okay. Careful. All right. You, over here...
No fighting. Okay... Okay! Okay! Give me that, now.
Abracazam!
What do you want for Christmas, David?
What do you want, Santa?
Okay! Birthday cake time!
Chloe, do you know where David is?
No, I'm not sure.
David!
Oh, God.
I missed you, Sidney. And I don't mind the new haircut.
Still glad you came along?
Yeah. What are you doing here anyway, Yoko Ono?
I'm good with kids, Vince.
I got two. What do you want?
Two.
Hey. What the hell's that?
I must've missed one.
No shit. Don't matter. Here's our boy.
All right.
I hope he took the right one.
Sidney.
Take it easy.
He's stopping.
Is everything okay, guys?
Yeah. Just ran out of gas.
It's okay!
It's okay, we got it covered!
Bobby! Where the hell are you?
I got two flats on 128.
Bobby! For Christ's sake, I'm talking to your lazy ass!
Get over to Highway 1...
What did he see?
Probably nothing.
Not here.
Max, get the van. Let's go.
Why? Come on.
But...
He wouldn't have seen anything.
Take an ax.
You want me to wake up? You'll never wake up!
Ms. Sandborn? I'm Detective Whitley.
Do you think you'll find him?
Ma'am, as I said on the phone, we're pursuing all leads.
But the fact of the matter is, the kidnappers will probably call. They usually do.
Ms. Sandborn? Detective Miles.
Look, I know this is a very difficult time,
but I need a list of all your employees... Miles.
Can I talk to you for a minute? Excuse me.
I got this covered, all right?
So you just watch, take some notes and see how we do things up here, okay, kiddo?
Thought this was a summer camp.
How the hell did you get your hands on this place?
The owner gave me a couple bucks to watch it till March.
Yeah.
Watch it what? Collapse?
We've all had our better days.
Come on, let's get him inside. It's not getting any warmer out here.
It's freaking freezing tonight.
All right.
Just gonna put this on you,
and then we'll get you inside where it's warm, okay, buddy?
All right.
All right. It's nothing. It's just the wind, buddy.
Get out of here!
What? It's just a dog.
God bless the Fifth Amendment.
Nothing to be scared of. You'll be okay, I promise. All right?
I have to go to the bathroom.
Well, you got your very own bathroom just inside.
Inside where? Where am l?
Don't worry about that, David.
Just work with us. Cooperate.
Hell, I don't know. Think of it as a game.
Are you going to hurt me?
No!
Relax, buddy.
I'll get you some ice cream later. Would you like that?
All right.
In you go.
You can take off your blindfold now, David.
Oh, you are a regular den mother.
Vince.
Sidney, if you'd have let me know, I could've brought my things, and then we could've...
You could have more channels than you'd know what to do with.
Can't even use cell phones.
Look, I know I don't have to warn you,
but don't go getting too attached to the kid, okay?
I got this.
I'll put us next to him.
Okay. Thanks.
Ah, oui, oui, poo-poo. What is this foreign shit?
We are near the border, Vince.
The border of what, Africa?
Let me in! Open the door!
Hey! There we go!
Hey, pal!
Man, all we need now is a pizza, we got ourselves one hell of an evening.
Hey! Den mother! You see a phone book?
Put it down.
Sure-fire way to leave a paper trail.
Oh, hi, Mom. Yeah, I'm in camp. I'm going to have a fun few days.
...what I wants, and I wants what I take!
Give me back my stuff!
He's gonna be fine.
I won't let anything happen to him, you know that.
Baby, I wish this was over.
It will be soon.
Bed time.
I found you this. Thought you might get cold.
Why are you wearing that?
Well, it's so you don't see who I am.
Oh.
You try to get some sleep, okay?
Looks uncomfortable. I won't peek if you want to take it off.
Okay, but it has to be our secret.
Okay, I promise.
(SlNGlNG) Midnight at the oasis
Send your camel to bed
Shadows painting our faces
Traces of romance in our head
Heaven's holding a half-moon
Smiling just for us
Let's slip off to a sand dune real soon
And kick up a little dust
You love me, Max?
Maybe.
We'll have the money to remove that if you hate it so much.
I can't remove it.
Cut off a scar, it just grows back bigger.
Baby, do you think we're bad people?
There's no commandment against kidnapping.
It's stealing, though.
It's not stealing.
We're borrowing.
The kid's mother pays Jones, David's back home tomorrow night.
Who is this Jones, anyway?
Doesn't matter. Sid deals with Jones.
We get our cut for snatching the kid and holding him.
They do the exchange and get the pay-off.
Yeah, everybody wins.
Everybody wins.
Kill Max!
Max.
What is it, baby?
Nothing. I'm sorry. I had a bad dream.
It's okay.
I'm hearing voices.
Would you check on David?
Yeah.
Thanks.
I don't like it here.
Holy shit!
Thought you were in bed. I was trying not to scare you.
Why was my window open, Max?
Don't let the others hear you calling me that, you understand me?
Sorry. Sometimes you hear things you don't want to.
Come on. It's all right. Go to bed.
God damn it! Little bastard busted my insulin!
Hey, hey. Calm down.
It was in the trunk with him.
He must've kicked it or something.
Vince, he didn't do it on purpose.
Just relax, man. How long till you need more?
Every morning, man. Right now.
All right, give me the keys. There must be a pharmacy around here somewhere.
There's one down the road,
but they're gonna know you're from away. We can't have that.
Well, I will go to Portsmouth! Give me the keys.
No, no. I'm cutting it too close.
I got to be at Welsham rink by 5:00 to talk to Jones.
I told you the one-car thing was a bad idea!
The only bad idea here was bringing you along.
Oh, come here... Hey!
You take it easy!
Max, take him to Portsmouth.
Got your prescription? Yes.
Everything you need? Yes!
All right, go. Get him the hell out of here.
Oh, hell.
Come here, you little bastard!
Vince, leave him alone!
Knock it off! Leave him alone!
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Oh, man. Sidney, he's seen our faces. What are we gonna do?
Now, let me just think a minute, all right?
Max, did you lock the door after you looked in on him last night?
Wait, what did she just say?
What did you do? What, did you tuck him in or something?
I swear I locked it.
You're better than that.
You know what this means, don't you?
He probably knows our names, too. That freak kid screwed up our gig.
He's seen our faces. I don't know if we can let him go now.
Look, just don't do anything till I get back.
Max! What?
Hello! Diabetic!
Just a little bit more. Right there. Good. Stay right there.
Call right now, they are gorgeous.
They're going fast, people.
The perfect gift for anybody in your home, wouldn't you say?
Mmm-hmm. Grandparents, in-laws, neighbors...
Everyone will be entranced by these lovely...
All right. You hungry?
We gotta get back.
Man, Sidney will never believe we got to Portsmouth and back that quick. Come on.
Let's kill a few hours around here just to cover ourselves.
All right. All right.
Yes?
Jesus.
You're not helping yourself any here, kid.
Am I in trouble?
I don't know. That all depends on you.
You think you can forget about what we look like? Our faces, voices, names?
Hmm?
Why?
"Why?"
"Why?" How about if I give you a little bedtime story here?
A couple years back, me and my partner do a job on this registry.
Now, everything's going real smooth-like until the teller trips the silent alarm.
Now, we warned her, "Don't touch it. Don't go near it."
But she did anyway.
Now, my partner,
well, he was forced
to blow her brains out.
Put a bullet right through her head.
Bang.
Well, there you have it.
Nobody likes a squealer.
Nice. What is it?
The teller's beaded necklace.
It broke, and the beads spilled all over the floor.
How did you know that?
I know lots of things.
And I know that it wasn't your partner that killed the teller.
That's not what you told the police. You've told this story so many times,
I think you actually believe it.
And I know something else.
What's that? What do you know?
I know that you're about to have a heart attack.
What?
You're trying to scare me?
Too bad the car's not here.
Stop.
That was your plan, right?
One car means fewer complications.
I'm afraid you're going to die here, Sidney.
In this lonely little cabin,
on the shitty brown rug in the living room.
Sidney?
Sidney! Sidney! Okay. Okay.
What's your emergency?
Ma'am? What's your emergency?
I'm sorry, wrong number.
I'm sorry, Sidney.
Max will be here soon.
No, we can't. We can't let them know we're here!
Hang on. Don't worry, Max will be here soon.
It's okay. All right? It'll be fine.
Max? Baby, it's Sidney, his heart, l...
I'm so sorry, Max!
David was keeping me company. I was afraid to be alone, Max.
Sorry about Mr. Braverman. Really, really sorry.
There's a lot of spiders.
I thought they hibernated in the winter. I wonder where the hive is.
Ground's too frozen to bury him in.
We'll leave him here a couple of days, take him with us when we go.
Bigger share now.
He creeps me out, man. I think this kid just brings bad luck.
So what are we gonna do?
We got two choices.
Either we drop the kid by a highway, call it a bust...
What? What? Now all this was for nothing? We go back to being broke?
No goddamn way!
Or,
I go to that rink, try to find Jones, make sure we're still on, we still get paid.
Yes, and it's a bigger share now.
Vince, I swear to God, you were anyone else...
Sidney's share goes to his niece.
All right, whatever. So you go and you speak to Jones.
Wait. I thought we were voting. I vote we let David go.
I've got a bad feeling about this whole thing.
Max?
Hey.
Take this, for protection.
From what? Elves?
Where is Sidney?
He died. He's...
Dead. He had a heart attack.
That's unfortunate. Is the child still alive?
Of course.
I took a picture, in case the mother wants proof.
What the... Well, I'll have to take another one.
Don't bother.
You're prepared to call the mother, right?
Yeah, tonight.
You have what you need?
Yeah.
Untraceable phone, scrambler, expert to hook it all up.
Jerk.
Guy's a pro.
Then be at the Boston Art Museum at noon tomorrow.
You'll get the details for the drop and your money then.
And watch your back.
So are these all the images, Mora?
Uh-huh.
Excuse me.
Oh, Detective, how nice of you to join us. Kid must still be on Mississippi time.
So can we narrow down the car at all, Mora?
Not really. But I'd say we're looking for a big American car.
Mmm-hmm. What about the van?
Wiped it clean before they torched it,
though I can be a bit more thorough when we tow it in.
So we got nothing?
Not necessarily. Look.
At least two distinct sets of prints, including a clean thumb and forefinger.
Chances are somebody's got a record.
Well, that's good. That's real good.
We're gonna take a little ride, okay?
Where are we going?
Just got a few more things to do before we can get you home.
But I'm having fun here. I'm not sure I wanna go home just yet.
What do you mean, buddy? Of course you do.
Come on, let's go.
Maybe we should turn back.
Too late for that.
No way out.
You should've told me!
Max!
Keep him down.
Sorry, sweetie.
It didn't mean... I have to do it!
You can look now, David.
Okay...
All right. Scrambler, right, vocoder...
We're on.
Better not be able to trace this.
Calling your mom, David.
Oh, good.
We're on. Don't pick up till we're wired.
Okay.
Yes?
Mrs. Sandborn?
Speaking.
I have your boy.
I want proof he's alive.
Yeah, all right.
David?
David, is that you?
Come on, buddy. You're almost there.
Get him to say something.
Say something!
Just say hello. Come on, David, don't be scared.
Yes, be scared. You be very scared of what I am going to do to you.
It's okay. You just say hello, honey.
Go ahead.
God damn it, say something.
All right, just... Vince, don't hurt him!
What are you doing? Back off!
Vince, stop it!
David, it's okay. It's okay. Get off him!
She just... She just said my name!
Why don't you stab me? What's happening?
Den mother just told them my name! Oh, what did you do that for?
Hang it up, Max! Hang up the phone!
No! What are you doing?
Okay, let's get everything settled up in here.
Did you get a match? Any signal trace data? Location?
I'm sorry you had to hear that.
Okay, run the numbers. Get back to me. Is David alive?
We didn't get a voice match. Didn't nail a location.
Is he dead? Did they kill him?
Katherine, we don't know. We have no idea.
So what do you guys want to do now?
I could really go for that ice cream.
Right, that's it.
Vince, don't you hurt him.
Get out of my way.
It's okay. It's okay, all right? It's fine.
It's not okay.
What are you doing, Max?
What I should've done a long time ago.
Stop using my damn name. It's a good way for a kid to wind up dead.
Would I be your first?
Max, look out!
What the hell was that? You see that?
Max...
Max?
Can't sleep, huh?
Uh-uh. Nightmares.
You want some company?
No, thanks, Vince. I just wanna be alone.
Please forgive us.
Vince?
Vince, is that you down there?
Your move.
Hey, who let you out?
Nobody.
Where's Max?
He went to go talk with someone called Jones.
I'm glad someone's up on these things.
Where's Roxanne?
Why?
Hey, listen.
After that stunt you pulled last night,
you should be laying down in the cellar next to Sid.
You couldn't kill me.
You don't have it in you.
Wow.
Wanna play?
Morning, honey.
How come she's not your girlfriend?
The way she acts around you, it seems like she likes you.
What the hell would you know?
Last night, I could hear her through the walls. She was praying.
She was asking for God's forgiveness for a secret.
A secret she's been keeping, even from Max.
What secret?
outside the town of Blanchard, Maine.
The body of a 17-year-old girl was found
in an abandoned car near the local rock quarry.
Authorities are holding a young man for questioning.
And taking a look at the forecast...
Oh, my God!
Vince, don't sneak up on me, okay?
Hey, do you hear that?
No.
Oh, it's nothing.
What's the matter, princess?
I'm thinking about Sidney.
I could have saved him.
Wait. That wasn't your fault.
It wasn't your fault, baby.
Thanks, Vince.
Do you ever miss me?
No. Can I go?
'Cause, sometimes, I miss you.
You asshole.
You swore you weren't going to say anything.
No, a deal is a deal, all right?
But you have been keeping secrets.
What secrets?
I know about our baby, and what you did.
How? I never told anybody. I...
Yeah, well, you should've told me.
Vince, it was a mistake.
It's okay. It's okay.
I just want you one more time.
Rox, if Max knew what you did,
you think he would still see you as a fit mother?
She wants him. Max will find out.
Our secret.
Your call was a disaster.
I know. It was a mess.
Damn kid's a handful.
I didn't ask you for a report card.
Yeah.
Obviously, we're not arranging the drop today.
Any reason I had to drive five hours to hear that?
Well, Max, if you were able to provide proof of life,
we wouldn't be having this problem. See what's in front of you?
Hieronymus Bosch. You know what inspired him?
Death.
What's that got to do with it?
It has everything to do with it.
You've only got one choice now.
Kill the kid.
You hired me to grab the kid, not kill him.
We had one bad call, so we'll call again. The mother will pay.
Any parent would pay.
Yeah.
We're not done till we get our money.
You got me?
No, you get me, Max.
You're gonna do what I tell you. Be prepared to dispose of the body.
You must have been aware that was always a possibility.
I'm not killing anyone, sure as hell not an eight-year-old.
If only you knew who you were dealing with.
Listen, Jones, I don't give a damn who you are.
I ain't doing it.
Might as well ask me to lop off an ear and send it to his mom.
Less effective than one might think. Return the phone.
We meet tomorrow morning for the last time. Your restaurant.
Easy. Easy, boy. Down.
Hey!
What's the deal, Jones?
What? Jones? I'm not Jones.
I don't know what you're talking about. I swear!
What the hell is this, huh?
I'm not Jones, man. Okay? I don't know any Jones.
Then who the hell called me, huh?
Somebody said they'd pay me, okay?
To leave the phone there, and pick it up when it was put back.
The guy that paid you, what did he look like?
What did you do?
As good as you remember?
Wait, give it.
Abracazam.
That's very cute. Give it here.
I'll give it to Max when I tell him.
Tell him what?
About you and Roxanne.
Oh, and check.
Hey, you like games, huh?
I know a game.
Come on. Down there.
Come on. Come on.
David?
So where are we going?
Playing my game, okay?
I want to show you something. All right.
Come on. Stop right there.
Okay, see that? Through the trees?
Just keep looking.
I don't like this game.
Are you going to cry?
Huh?
Oh. I thought you might need that.
No.
Got something more to say? Huh?
Please, don't kill me.
You don't have it in you. What are you doing? Don't kill me.
You're choking me. Don't.
I told you! You just don't have it in you!
David?
David!
David?
Hey!
Your move, Vince.
Very clever.
All right.
I'm just going to be right here.
But, you see, the longer you make me wait...
Are you done running?
Good.
Very good. 'Cause I am gonna break your legs.
David?
You want to yell out for Max? Maybe he could help you.
But who's gonna help you?
Are you threatening me?
Jesus.
No, not Jesus.
Checkmate.
David?
He fell! David!
I got you.
Yeah? It's Mora.
FDA licensing database got a hit on a Vincent Delayo.
Looks like he filled an insulin order two days ago.
I thought that just might work. Where?
Reggie's Pharmacy. 227 Main Street, Welsham, Maine.
I'll call Whitley now.
Don't. I'll tell him for you.
See you soon, kiddo.
Your eyelids look heavy.
Dreams. Bad dreams, David.
No more Vince, though.
That was the most horrible thing.
Did it make you just a little bit happy?
Happy?
You think what happened to Vince made me happy?
I can see it in your eyes.
I heard that the eyes are the windows to the soul.
David!
Could you leave us a few minutes?
No problem, Max.
I'm sorry I was away.
Then don't go see Jones tomorrow.
I have to get our money.
No.
Baby, every time you leave, something awful happens.
Look, let's let David go tonight.
Can we please? Rox, we need the money!
Max, what happened to "everybody wins"?
Your friends are dead! I have no idea what we grabbed here,
and, baby, these things I hear in the middle of the night!
I wake up and I feel like somebody's putting ideas in my head!
Hey, easy!
Easy. Look at me.
We're almost there.
Almost there.
Where's your ring?
I'm cleaning it.
There's something wrong with this place.
We'll leave tomorrow, I promise.
Over here.
Oh, my God. Where is it?
Why was your ring in Vince's bed, Rox?
No, no, Max, you don't understand. I can explain.
He made me...
Made you what?
Max, you were away for three years, and I had no one.
And I made a mistake, and Vince was going to tell you, and I had...
Max?
Can I come, Max?
Max, please let me explain!
Where are you going, babe?
To the meet.
At this time of night? I'll be early.
You can't leave me alone!
Max.
Damn.
Stay right there, ma'am.
How many of you?
I asked you a question.
I'm alone.
Easy, now.
You found me, Mr. Policeman. For a time, I didn't think that you would.
Everything's going to be all right, David.
Our lives are like stories, you know.
They have a beginning, a middle,
and an end.
Max's story.
Your story's on here, too, Mr. Policeman.
Would you like to know how it ends?
Why haven't you told him about the phone in the basement?
Don't make things up. There's nothing down there.
Believe who you will.
Not another step, lady!
Hey! Hey!
You're going away for a long time!
Better do something, Roxanne. Can't have babies in prison.
This is your last chance! Open this door! Last chance!
Get away. I killed that man.
Roxanne, you had no choice.
I didn't want him to die.
Well, of course you didn't.
Ow!
It's gone.
My whole life I've had that.
What are you, David?
I'm an angel.
The voices in your dreams, what did they tell you?
They said to kill Max, but I would never...
His soul, Roxanne.
He's going to Hell.
No, baby, Hell's not real. It's something parents frighten their children with.
There's no such place.
Are you certain?
I've seen it, Roxanne.
The wicked in eternal damnation.
God will punish Max for his wickedness.
Max isn't wicked.
Not yet. But he means to kill me. The murder of an angel.
No, he would never.
Eternal damnation, Roxanne.
Please, David, I'll do anything.
Would you kill for him?
To save his soul?
Would you kill him
for him?
Take care of him. You need to save his soul.
While you decide, could you help me with the fire?
I'm too young to be playing with matches.
Sam, you get away from there.
Our business is nearly concluded.
I know you're watching me.
I'm not playing this game anymore.
Game?
This is a business deal.
And you will hold up your end with a bullet in the back of his head.
That's not the deal I made.
How dare you hang up on me?
You have a bad four days with David, Max?
Try eight years.
You're Jones?
There's enough here for more than just a down payment, don't you think?
I am not going to murder a little boy.
That is the last thing it is!
Do you really think he's human?
We have something in common, you and l.
We both let a wolf into our home and locked the door behind it.
When I adopted him, I got the life I always wanted.
But you have no idea what he is capable of,
or all the ways that he can get to you.
I'd give up all I have to be rid of him.
He just gets inside your head and he whispers all these horrible thoughts
and paints these visions you can't escape.
He is getting stronger, Max,
and I have no idea what he could be capable of in a year, or a week, or even now,
and he is not going to stop until all of us are dead.
Who's watching over him right now?
He killed his own father. He killed his last nanny.
Do you not think he's going to kill her?
Listen to me. I'm begging you.
Please!
Kill him.
You hired the wrong guy.
No. Please...
I'm sorry.
We're sorry, you have reached a number...
Shh!
Do you hear it, Roxanne?
Hear what, baby?
Bad man coming.
Rox?
Rox!
What are you going to do to David?
Nothing.
Max, say you forgive me.
Of course I forgive you.
Hide, David!
Why?
Get the gun, Max. Take the cop's gun.
Run!
She's lost her mind.
Shoot her, Max!
Shoot her, Max! Shoot her!
Kill him! He's a murderer! He wants to hurt me.
Don't trust him.
Put the gun down, Rox.
We can get out of here, leave all this behind us!
No, Max! Don't let Roxanne. I'm scared.
He wants to hurt me.
Help me, Roxanne! Save me!
Max! Don't let her...
You!
David! No!
It's for your soul, Max!
David, come to me!
Get out of here, Rox!
Come and get me.
Hey, Max.
Behind you. Look right.
Shoot her! Don't miss! Don't miss!
Max!
Nice shot, Max.
Oh, my...
Oh, God! Rox!
Rox.
Rox, no.
You can't leave me.
Don't listen...
Rox, I'm sorry.
Rox.
Rox!
Oh, no.
Rox!
No, no, no.
I'm just getting started here.
Poor Roxanne. She thought I was an angel.
You can't kill an angel.
A demon, maybe.
Ah! What's a demon but an angel who fell?
Like you're gonna fall, Max.
Don't look so sad, killer. You're on the winning team now.
No commandments. No guilt.
I was sent for those that are desperate.
You want me to wake up? You'll never wake up!
Piece of...
I come to them when they are weak.
When their lives are hopeless.
When those they love reject them.
I come to them,
whisper into their ear,
and I can be very convincing.
Max?
Why, David?
Why all this?
Casting for souls, Max.
It's what I do.
And me? What do I do?
You're as weak as the rest of them.
So, be a good boy, and put the gun to your head.
Do it.
Or hear my voice every moment of your life.
It was a good game, Max.
Good game, Max, but it's not over.
Yeah, David, it is.
Rox?
You can't kill an angel, Max.
They'll always be with you, Max.
Always.
No!
Come on! Move!
Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas!
Ho, ho... Oh, bless you. Merry Christmas.
Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas!