Laura, if we'd met when we were 15, do you think we would've been friends?
I think I would've just copied your homework and corrupted you,
Were you really that bad?
Yes,
I want to know everything about you,
Well, you know how I feel,
And feelings are facts,
Dad?
Get in the car, Laura, Come, Quick,
- What are you doing here? - It's for your own good, Come with us,
- Laura, you need help, - Get off me!
- Alex? - Come on!
- Go! Get in the car, please! - Alex, I don't want to go! Alex!
My dear, I'm sure you've heard, We found her,
Now, how on earth are you holding up?
I just feel like I'm in a,,, a swamp,
Well, you could do worse, Swamps are beautiful ecosystems,
I don't know what to do,
What if this isn't right for her?
In addition to trespassing and attempted kidnapping,
we found cocaine and a stolen passport on her person,
Now, I don't want to have to surrender her to the police,
You deserve to have your little girl back, and we can do that for you,
I could reverse-mortgage the house or,,,
Rent it out, maybe?
You brave, brave woman,
Now, I'll just transfer you over to the accounts department,
where they'll button all this up,
You're gonna regret that,
I can't wait for you to meet the new you,
Once upon a time, a father saw, to his horror,
that an eagle was resting on his sleeping baby,
The father drew his bow and shot an arrow at the eagle,
But the arrow struck the baby instead, killing it instantly,
This is your daily reminder, the sense of ownership
our parents feel over us risks causing us deadly harm,
Enjoy the day!
There you are, Just got my room, How long do we have to talk?
Free time's ten minutes today,
'Kay, ten minutes to plan an entire escape, Cool,
All they have here is Evelyn's book, Breaking the Pattern,
Not a single John Grisham or Joan Didion,
Hello? Dude, I came to bust you out, not join a book club,
'Kay, I wanna get outta here just as bad as you do,
Believe me, But you haven't seen what I've seen,
This isn't a normal school,
There's some weird shit going on here,
We have to be careful,
I don't know, Maybe we just play their game for a while,
If we make it to Break Phase, then we'll get more privileges,
'Kay? We might only get one shot at this, dude,
We have to be smart, like Pierce Brosnan in Thomas Crown Affair,
Okay, Fine,
God, I need a smoke,
Here,
Chew on this,
How you doin'?
I know, I know, You want to get amongst it,
- Yeah, - It's not personal, all right?
It's just protocol,
- No, I know, I know, - You're doing important desk work,
Someone has to help us digitize,
You, my friend, are bringing us into the 21st century,
Brian Wellington,
Booked for stealing his neighbor's compost,
He said it was for his worm farm,
He's an odd fella, You'll meet him,
Can't wait,
- Terry, - Hmm?
Did this building used to be a school or something?
Oh yeah, Way, way back,
- Terry, question for you, - Yeah?
Who should I talk to about, uh, stationery in the office?
Me,
And if anyone says differently, um, they are complicating a system
that I have refined to perfection,
- Mm-hmm, - What's the problem? What do you need?
It's my stapler, I ran out of staples yesterday,
Okay, I'll, um, check the stockroom, and I'll monitor the situation,
Great,
- Hey, Dempsey? - Yeah,
- Thanks for trusting me with this, - Course, Thank you, Terry,
Our shame,,, can be formless,
But if you build it, and if you give your shame a shape,
you can control it,
Is that a penis?
That's disgusting,
Put that away,
Ew!
Hey, Leila, Um, I'm Rory,
How do you know my name?
You're the only person who's ever broken into Tall Pines,
You, like, kidnapped yourself here, You're kinda famous,
Cool, Thanks, Rory,
Hey, celebrity is really a double-edged sword,
My dad's famous, so I get it,
M'kay, I'll bite, Who's your dad?
Oh, well, we're not supposed to talk about our lives outside of Tall Pines,
But you'd know him,
He's a really big musician,
And an award-winning actor, and he's a semi-professional skateboarder,
Sounds like bullshit,
Nah, I think Rory's decent, He did tell me about a kid that escaped,
Really? So it can be done,
'Kay, but he planned for months,
And we're gonna need supplies, or we won't make it far,
- Money, food,,, - Okay, How we gonna get all that?
Oatmeal Beth,
Oatmeal Beth?
Yeah, dude, She's legendary,
She doles out tampons and ChapSticks and stuff, but I think she can get more,
- Next, - Why do they call her Oatmeal Beth?
Look,
Mm-hmm,
She trades for oatmeal packets, but I don't know if we can trust her,
Next,
Oh shit, Yeah, She's totally running an oatmeal racket,
Maybe she could get us some hiking shoes if we get her enough packets,
Next,
Easy, Hey! Give me your oatmeal tomorrow, or else,
Oh, sorry about that, kind sir,
Just ignore her, She's on oatmeal withdrawal,
- You know those junkies, - Next,
- What? - You have to be chill,
You can't trust anyone here, They're all rats,
We have to be,,, Well, we have to be,,,
Pierce Brosnan,
I woke up this morning
With the sundown shining in
I found my mind In a brown paper bag within
I tripped on a cloud And fell-a eight miles high
I tore my mind on a jagged sky
I just dropped in
To see what condition My condition was in
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah
Dwayne, I need to talk to you,
- Yeah, What's up? - I found these,
Okay, Breanna Jacobs, 17,
Goes missing from Tall Pines Academy in 1994,
Still missing,
Um,,,
Tim Gower, 15,
The school tells his parents that he runs away in 1996,
Still missing,
I,,, I found 18 missing kids from this school, Dwayne,
all of whom tried to run away, exactly like Riley,
Alex, sit down,
Okay,
This is my understanding,
Long as I've been here,
kids have been takin' off from that place in the night,
trying to get their next fix
or get back to some girlfriend or boyfriend,
Nine out of ten times,
they wind up comin' back when they realize they're safer in school,
Every once in a while, they just sort of, um,,,
You know, evaporate into the world,
"Evaporate into the world"?
- What does that mean? - All right,
Let's see this, um,,, Okay, yeah,
Aaron Wilds,
I remember this kid,
Aaron was a junkie,
Lasted about six months in Tall Pines, and then he high-tailed it into the woods,
We searched for days,
Feared for the worst,
Then this kid gets spotted in a homeless shelter in Portland,
He turned 18, Not a minor anymore,
Missing? Well, not exactly, He just didn't want to be found,
Eighteen runaways in two decades,
I say it could be worse,
I mean, how many kids went missing in Detroit last year?
Yeah,
- Probably a lot, - Yeah, probably a lot,
- I'm sorry, I'm,,, I'm obviously-- - Hey, Hey, Don't be,
You care, That means you're not dead inside,
Just enjoy the rest while you can 'cause soon you're gonna have a kid,
and you'll be desperate for a moment to do nothin',
I should probably ask you for some parenting advice,
Oh, yeah, Donny, Um,,,
Great kid, No thanks to me,
Come on, Look how happy he looks,
Yeah, we built that cabin together,
- I'll take you there sometime, - Oh, That'd be great, yeah,
Hey!
What the fuck are you doing?
None of your business,
So, what are you tryin' to buy with those?
Don't know what you're talking about,
Whatever, It's your funeral,
You're stupid if you think you can trust Oatmeal Beth,
She turned 18 months ago,
She chooses to stay here,
She's been here so long, her soul is oatmeal,
Nuh-uh, not in there,
They search during Hot Seat, Hide 'em in a common area,
You've barely said two words to me since I got here,
- Why are you suddenly trying to help me? - I'm not,
If they find those, we're both in trouble,
so hide them somewhere they can't trace back to me,
Okay,
Thanks, Ello,
Wait, what's Hot Seat?
Rory, What is this?
Just pray nobody's got any dirt on you,
"We come into this world, blameless as a breeze and sweet as honey,"
"Let us beat away the intervening years with ruthless clarity,"
That's an excerpt from my book,
Who would like to run their anger?
Mm,
Hmm?
Daniel?
Don't hold back, Run your anger,
Marty's been crying in his sleep at night like a little fucking baby,
and it keeps me awake,
Oh yeah, and that's violation of the respectful roommates' agreement,
in my opinion,
Um, thank you for your feedback,
Pass it on, Marty,
Okay,
Well, Daniel, you said I wear diapers,
which I don't, and I haven't for, like, so long,
And that's messed up of you to say,
Asshole,
And Stacey,
you've been smelling really bad,
Um, sorry, but it's like cat pee,
Uh, a violation of the cleanliness agreement, Sorry,
Thank you for your feedback, Marty,
Alexandra!
Hi,
You're in violation of the body temple agreement,
I know you use the sanctioned razors to make those cuts on your wrist,
I saw them,
Punishing yourself won't make you less a slut,
Whatever, bitch,
And what about that thing you're always picking at on your thigh, huh?
She didn't say it, She has to say it,
Thank you for your feedback, Stacey,
Ello, you're quiet today,
Do you have any feedback for your new roommate?
Tall Pines Police Department,
Oh, Officer Andrews?
Uh, no, he's in a meeting, but I can take a message,
Please tell him that Riley Warren's personal belongings are boxed
and ready for pickup,
- Evelyn is expecting him, - Thank you, I'll let him know,
Ello, please help Leila grow,
All right,
Leila, violation of the personal integrity agreement,
It's disgusting how obsessed you and Abbie are with each other,
Just get it over with and finger-bang so we don't have to watch you giggle,
Okay, first of all, screw you,
And second, thank you for your feedback,
Abbie's obsessed with Leila,
She follows her around like a pathetic little dog,
Yeah, you are a little bitch dog,
This is stupid,
Stop!
That's denial of the process, Rory,
Center, please,
Can anyone here,,, help Rory see his pattern?
Abbie's never gonna suck your dick, dude,
Yeah, She thinks you're disgusting, just like everyone,
- What? No, I don't, - I don't even like her like that,
Why'd you try to stop Hot Seat? You wanna hump her bones,
I do not, I'm,,, I'm actually a Buddhist,
- I took a vow of celibacy, - Liar,
- Virgin! - You lie to make people like you,
But it doesn't work,
- People hate you, - I'm not a liar,
What about that time you told me you speak Guatemalan?
I do speak Guatemalan, almost fluently,
They speak Spanish in Guatemala, asshole,
- Oh my God, - Hijoputa,
You don't know where Guatemala is, Say a word in Spanish,
His dad doesn't even love him, His dad has never loved him!
You know what? My dad does love me,
He's just busy,
And I told you guys,
Rory can end this anytime he wants, He knows exactly how,
I don't believe your dad's famous, Rory,
He's probably just a loser who had a loser son!
He hates you!
Your own dad hates you, and he wishes you were dead in the ground!
He wishes you were dead! You hear me?
Prove to Abbie that you're not a fucking bitch, Rory!
Your dad hates you, Rory, You fucking idiot,
You're a fucking freak, He's never loved you,
He hates you!
No one will ever love you, Rory! No one will love you!
You're right!
My dad doesn't love me!
He hates me,
He sent me here because he can't even look at me,
Your father sounds like a broken man,
Your pain is umbilical,
Do you understand yet, Rory?
Thank you for your feedback,
We love you, Rory,
Thank you,
Converge,
I love you, man,
- I love you, Rory, - Thank you, Thank you for your feedback,
- Thank you for your feedback, - We love you,
Okay, students!
Let's shake off this session with some early unstructured leisure,
I'm losin' it, man,
I'm losing it,
It's not a school!
I wrote everything down,
Hi,
- Hi, - Officer Dempsey,
- I'm Rabbit, - Rabbit, nice to meet you, Rabbit?
- Hi, - We were expecting Officer Andrews,
Uh, yeah, He sent me instead,
Uh, or I said I'd,,, I'd come by and pick up--
I bet you're curious to see what goes on here,
Uh, should I be?
I would,
It's your wife's alma mater, I'd want to know everything,
Uh, yeah, Yeah, it is,
I do,
How about I give you a tour?
That'd be great,
- Great, - Great,
I don't want to be in that Hot Seat, dude, I can't,
I need a shower, I'm covered in everyone's snot and shame,
We have to find Oatmeal Beth, now,
Yeah, let,,, let's talk to her, Just,,,
We can't come on too strong, right? We have to be charming,
I'm charming, I'm a fucking prince,
Yeah,
Students wake up at 6:30 and do chores,
and then they eat breakfast and attend class,
Then there's communal work on the grounds or in the kitchen,
followed by therapeutic activities,
And then, an hour before dinner, there's leisure time,
Hi, girls,
Oh, save me a seat, I want to play the next round,
And then, down here, these are the dormitories,
The students keep everything tidy,
Most of these kids come from chaotic households,
Order makes them feel safe,
Yeah, I can relate,
Actually, this room used to be ours,
"Ours"?
I was Laura's roommate,
- Oh, you knew Laura? - Mm-hmm,
Mm, were you two close?
It was a long time ago,
Come on, Let's get you to Evelyn,
Little fucker,
Yes?
What do you want?
Well, you just seem really cool, so, um, friendship, I guess,
Next!
No, No, Beth, you can trust us, and I think we can work something out,
I think I'm closed now for today, so come back tomorrow,
Look,
I don't want to waste your time,
We need out,
Okay? So,,,
What do these oatmeals get us?
What do you got back there? You got wire cutters or hiking shoes?
- You're gonna run for it? - Leila, No,
No, She's kidding, She doesn't mean that,
You really lookin' for a way out?
- Yes, - No, Well, maybe,
I've got something that you'll need,
Behind that door, there's a box of old tools,
including some gardening shears,
Heavy-duty ones,
Like the kind that can cut through a chain-link fence,
But no refunds if you get caught,
We won't get caught,
Come on, Let's go,
- Wait! Wait! - Hey!
You idiots! I can't wait to see what Rabbit does to you,
Oh, you freak!
Let us out!
Oh, Alex, What a delicious surprise,
I should've invited you out here sooner,
You've been struggling after Riley's death,
You've got questions,
And I hope coming out here
and taking a peek into what we do has helped,
It's good to, um,,,
Yeah, it's not what I expected, this place,
It's, uh,,, You've built something very special,
- I can see that, - Thank you,
It must cost the parents a fortune,
I don't think you can put a price on a child's happiness,
When we make a commitment to our graduates,
we make a commitment for life,
If the need is there, we place them in homes with families in town,
We offer apprenticeships, support, and that is what the money is for,
I only wish that I could offer every tender young person
such a soft landing into adulthood,
Like Riley?
Actually, I, uh,,,
I was thinking about you,
The weight you carry,
I can see it in your posture, that you had to grow up way too quickly,
No wonder Riley came to you for help,
Evelyn, I understand there's been a high number of runaways
over the years from the academy?
That is right,
Sadly, you're correct,
Eighteen,
to be exact,
And I spend time with them each and every day,
We failed them,
I,,, failed them,
Mm,
Are you ready?
To take a look inside,
Don't stand there, Help me find something, Like a hammer or a crowbar or anything,
What's that?
Okay, Come on,
Leila,
- What is it? - They're right here!
Shit, Shit, Shit,
I told you you could trust me,
Elizabeth, I sincerely hope you weren't wasting my time,
No, they were here,
I saw them, They were here,
They were, They were!
What the,,,?
It's water,
I don't like this, dude,
It smells weird, Like, I don't know, rotten pond smell,
Okay, Well, there's a way out over there,
Take off your shoes,
Take 'em off,
Okay,
Oh,
Dude, it's fine,
It must have flooded down here,
- 'Kay, - It's okay, Come on,
He didn't have much,
Just the clothes he arrived in and a few,,, personal effects,
Maybe somebody had a crush on him,
A mix CD's always a,,, good move,
Alex, I'm so glad you came here today,
This is a necessary step for you to,,, face what you did,
It says he had a handbook,
Mm,
It says he has a handbook, but I didn't see one in here,
Oh, how frustrating,
I was told they had gathered everything,
Mm,
What do they do down here?
I don't know,
Probably something chill like dismember children
to feed them to a clown?
- What?! Are you okay? - Something touched me!
- What? - There's something in the water!
Okay,
Abbie, look,
Abbie, it's just a tadpole, Look,
Abbie!
- What?! What is it? - Oh my God! No!
- What? - We're gonna die in here!
- It's a fingernail! A fucking nail! - No,
It's okay, Breathe, Look at me, Abbie,
It's gonna be okay,
I can't do this, Leila,
Come on, Okay? There's gotta be a way out,
Just come on, okay?
We're survivors,
We're Canadian, remember?
Is this Laura?
Mm, Her wild smile give her away?
I don't think I've seen a picture of her this age before,
She doesn't keep a lot of childhood photos in the house,
She's always moving forward,
Well, I don't blame her,
Yes?
Ah, Okay, I'll be right there,
Well, never a dull moment,
You have everything you need, Alex?
- Uh, well, I'm just missing the handbook, - Yeah,
- We'll find it, I promise, - Yeah,
- You'll see yourself out? I'm needed, - Yeah, Of course,
Whoa, check this out,
They watch us from down here,
Wait, I know that guy,
Yeah, I met him when I arrived in town, He's a cop,
Maybe he can help us,
What? Cops just swing their dicks around, dude,
I don't think he has a dick,
I don't have a better plan, do you?
Come on,
Shit, we missed him,
You two okay?
- Please! Help us! Get us out of here, - Please,
- Whoa, Okay, Slow down, I know you, - I'm not supposed to be here,
- Neither of us are, - We're not bad,
I swear we're not bad, We just,,, We just need help,
- There they are! Hey! - Shit,
Um,,, okay, Hit me,
- Hit me in the face, Make a commotion, - What?
Make a big scene, Now, Now,
- Whoa! - Hey! Code neutral! Code neutral!
- She attacked me, - Get off me!
Against the wall! Now, go!
Here, take this,
10:30 tonight, Call me, I'll be waiting,
Enough!
Get up, Get up,
- Leila, Abbie, - Stand up,
- We were very worried, - This girl attacked me,
Are you hurt?
No, I'm fine, But,,, you got your hands full here,
Well, this is the other side of Tall Pines, Officer Dempsey,
Thank you for your assistance, We have it from here,
Are you sure?
Yes, 100%,
- Okay, - Don't forget your box,
Abbie, you are dismissed, You may return to your dorm,
- What's gonna happen to Leila? - Duck, escort Abbie back to her dorm,
Yes, ma'am, Come on,
Hey,
Hey, you're back,
Yeah,
Long day,
Hey, Oh shit, I didn't look at the nursery,
Don't look at the nursery,
It's,,, it's a mess, I couldn't do it, I,,,
My thoughts are just,,,
All I can hear is these fucking toads, Can you hear them?
Yeah, Hey, come here, What's going on?
The baby kicked the other day,
Are you serious?
Oh my God,
That's amazing,
How come you didn't tell me?
I don't know,
Moms love that moment,
That's, like, a really big moment,
And it scared me,
You have a human being growing inside you,
It's, like, objectively insane,
You're not alone, I'm,,, I'm here, The baby's here,
I feel alone,
I feel like,,,
something's missing,
Okay, You're gonna go to the farmers market tomorrow, right?
And do your stall? And start practicing again?
You're gonna get some clients and really get out there,
You're gonna feel much better,
You're gonna feel, like, rooted in your power or whatever,
Did you just roll your eyes at my power?
No, I would never roll my eyes at your power,
- I'm obsessed with your power, - Really?
I'm scared of it,
I love you,
I love you too,
I'm so excited for you to be a dad,
I think when I see that, I'm gonna,,, feel whatever it is I'm supposed to feel,
'Kay,
Like, even if I get a dad bod?
I hope you get a dad bod,
Really?
I'm sorry, How was your day?
Fine, My day was good,
You'll be spending the night in this room,
We call it the Mirror Room,
It's a soothing space of self-reflection,
You know, sometimes parents send their babies
to Tall Pines because the babies can't cope,
But sometimes a parent sends a baby because the parent cannot cope,
But it isn't her fault
because she was born just as tarnished by her parents as they were by theirs,
and so on, forever and ever,
I can understand that you wanted to escape your reality,
but the only way out of here is through that door,
You will be healthy, happy, and free,
Alex, I don't want to go with them!
You're lying on your back, crying out for your mother,
She is standing, facing the wall,
She has her back to you,
A bell rings,
Your mother turns to face you,
She is silent, but her mouth is open wide,
In her mouth is a door,
You're lying on your back, crying out for your mother,
She is standing, facing the wall,
She has her back to you,
- A bell rings, - Hello?
Your mother turns to face you,
She is silent, but her mouth is open wide,
In her mouth is a door,
- Are you there? - Yeah, Abbie, I'm here,
Tell me everything,
John Cage had come to feel
Art in our time was
Much less important than
Our daily life
To which so many'd become
More or less inclined
The purpose of it is not unique
Not to build masterpieces
For a delectative elite
But simply to wake to your life
Simply to wake to your life
Simply to wake to your
Life