(RATTLING)
(EERIE SOUND)
(GROANS)
(ELECTRICAL BUZZING)
(WATER RIPPLING)
(EERIE SOUND)
(HAUNTING VOCALIZATION)
(WATER RIPPLING)
(MUFFLED FLICKERING)
(TOY BOAT WHIRRING)
(WHIRRING CONTINUES)
(WHISPERS) Tommy?
Tommy, are you awake?
I saw your missing boat outside.
I'm gonna get it for you.
- (KNOCKING ON DOOR) - NURSE: Mrs. Summers?
Are you sure I should go?
I don't mind staying.
LUCY: No, it's fine. You should go home.
I'll check on the kids later.
NURSE: Okay, Mrs. Summers.
I'll see you tomorrow.
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(WHISPERS) There you are.
(OBJECT CLATTERING)
(EFFORT GRUNTS)
(GRUNTING)
LUCY: Rebecca?
What are you doing?
(GASPING)
Sorry, Mom. (SNIFFS)
I didn't mean...
Mom?
(PANTING AND SHUDDERING)
(GASPS)
(FLOORBOARD CREAKING)
(EERIE VOICES WHISPERING) Temagami. Temagami.
Temagami. Temagami...
(SCREAMING)
(MUFFLED SHOUTING) Mom! Mom! Mom!
(IN NORMAL VOICE) Help!
MAN: (ON RADIO) Brewers played extra innings with the Marlins yesterday.
They fell in 12.
One-one. Foul ball up the first baseline, and it is two strikes.
Brewers are eight and nine in extra-inning games so far this season.
Hoping to keep that streak alive.
Ray, (MUFFLED) they're ready for us.
(HIGH-PITCHED SOUND)
ELLIOT: (DISTORTED) Dad.
You okay?
(IN NORMAL VOICE) Yeah. Yeah, I'm good.
Give me a head start. I'll meet you inside.
This has got every single thing that you asked for.
It has 24-hour emergency call service.
Right? Which is great.
It's got single-level bedrooms.
It's got bath... All the bathrooms have handrails.
And you're just minutes away
from one of the best medical facilities in the Twin Cities.
Yeah.
KAY: It's... I mean, it's really kind of perfect lease
for when you just need a little extra help.
(SOFTLY) Do you not like it?
- Well, it's nice. - KAY: Are you... Are you looking
for a place to throw the ball around?
Is there any chance that you're gonna bring
that Waller swing here once you get better?
(CHUCKLES)
I'm sorry. I Google all my clients,
and it's just not every day that I get a...
A big-league third baseman.
Yeah, no. I, um...
I'm just focused on getting better now
and spending some time at home
- and being with family. - Well, you know what?
You can spend some of that baseball money right here.
You can't put a price on peace of mind.
Yeah. Yeah, well, apparently, here you can.
It's 4,200 bucks. (CHUCKLES)
Oh, just... You know what? In the kitchen. Come here. I want to show you.
There's this accessible design.
And I don't know who did it, but I think I want one myself.
- I'll tell you that much. - RAY: You guys like it or...
- IZZY: Yeah. - KAY: I might be your neighbor.
(CHILDREN CHATTERING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
Wait, wait. Honey, honey.
- Wait, stop, stop. - What?
Honey, stop, stop, stop. Look.
Look. Look.
EVE: Huh.
KAY: I would've shown you this place,
but it didn't really meet your checklist.
- And this is not a rental, right? - I know.
- We were just curious. - Okay.
Right, well, it's only one owner for the last couple decades.
And, uh, you know, it needs just a little work, I think.
But it's not gonna be on the market very long at this price.
Oh, and you're in a great school district with Harold Holt.
That's where I start in the fall.
No, really? Oh, I'm a proud alum myself.
Go, Lake Trout.
And what subject do you teach there?
Oh, no. I'm just in the admin office
while I finish my degree online for special education.
Oh. Good for you. Good for you.
Well, it's never too late to follow your dream.
ELLIOT: (LAUGHS) Too awesome.
KAY: Yeah.
(GASPS) Oh, my gosh. This is amazing.
- What is that? The fruit baskets. - (KIDS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
Where did Ray get off to?
I didn't see him.
EVE: There you are.
RAY: Hey.
There's a pool.
I used to be scared of pools.
My dad pushed me into one of the training tanks
at Fort Benning when I was three.
RAY: Mm-hmm.
EVE: Sink or swim.
I guess I swam.
RAY: I always wanted a pool.
When we were kids, we used to go down the street,
break into the KOA, go swimming.
We used to pretend that we were the rich kids from the suburbs.
ELLIOT: Hey, Mom, can we get lunch?
IZZY: Yeah, I'm ready to go. Can we get some food?
EVE: Come on, old man.
Before we get too nostalgic.
(GRUNTS)
(YELPS)
(GASPS)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
COMMENTATOR: Familiar face makes his way down to the plate.
What a story this has been, folks.
After a year battling illness,
Ray Waller is trying to do the impossible
with a Major League comeback.
Glider inside.
Waller digs for it...
- and connects! - (CROWD CHEERING)
It's a deep ball into far center field,
and it is gone!
(GASPING)
ELLIOT: (YELLS) Dad!
Mom, hurry! Dad fell in!
(GASPS)
Ray, what happened? Are you okay?
- Dad? What happened? - RAY: Yeah.
ELLIOT: Mom, is he okay?
- Just breathe. It's okay. - (BREATHING HEAVILY) I'm fine.
- Mom, his cane. - Yep.
- Izzy, give me... Help me here. - Yep.
- Yeah. - EVE: You got it?
Okay.
- You got it? - RAY: Okay.
- EVE: Yeah? - RAY: Yeah. Okay.
(CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)
(FLASHLIGHT CLICKS)
How long has it been since your last episode?
Well, it wasn't really an episode,
- I don't think. It's like... - (SIGHS)
At spring training about six months ago.
My recommendation is to escalate the diagnosis
to secondary progressive MS.
No, but the doctor said he was stabilizing
and that it's about managing now.
It's better to have a more accurate diagnosis.
- Are you in PT? - No...
Um, well, I mean, I'm throwing the ball around
in the front yard with the kids, and, like, that.
We just got insurance through the school where I'm working.
- RAY: Yeah. - Forget baseball.
For now, we need to find a low-impact activity
that you can do every day.
Walking, yoga.
Most therapists recommend swimming.
Look, I know it feels like your whole world
is turning upside down.
It's going to take sacrifice from you both,
but you can build a good life together.
First, you have to let go of the old one.
Use the wheelchair for the next few days while you regulate,
and I will bring you back in next week.
Honey, if we rent that townhome, it'd be like living in a hospital.
I don't want to be the sick guy anymore.
But you're sick, Ray.
- We need to deal with that head-on. - I know. I just don't want it
to define our whole life now.
What about that other house?
The kids will love it, with all that room.
And with a swimming pool,
we'll have water therapy in our own backyard.
(EVE SIGHS)
You know I want our own place.
I'm tired of the kids changing schools,
making new friends every time you get traded.
I want us to put down roots, you know?
I just need to know that you want that, too.
I do.
Eve.
I want that, too.
I promise.
Also, you know what else I was wondering about?
Do you have that black bikini still?
You know which one I'm talking about?
- With the crisscross straps? - Guy's in a hospital.
This is what he's thinking.
This summer I went swimming
This summer I might have drowned
But I held my breath and I kicked my feet
And I moved my arms around
I moved my arms around...
ELLIOT: Hey, there you are, Cider.
Come here, buddy.
How do you like our new home?
Isn't it awesome? It's so big, right?
Chlorine my eyes, I'm a self-destructive fool...
- EVE: Izzy, I'll see you later. - IZZY: Okay.
- EVE: Good luck. - Thanks.
- EVE: You got it. - Yeah.
- EVE: Oh, wait, wait, wait. - What?
Oh, thanks.
- See you later, dipshit. - ELLIOT: See you, barf bag.
EVE: Think you're gonna go out this year?
Yeah. Dad says I'm about to hit my growth spurt.
EVE: Actually, wait.
Yeah. I think you're hitting it right now.
- ELLIOT: Here. Wait, wait. I got it. - (SCHOOL BELL RINGS)
The old Australian crawl
This summer I went swimming
This summer I might have drowned...
Hey, how tall are you?
Look, um...
Can you just put your arm up real quick?
Like, yeah. Just like that.
Yeah, you have a great wingspan.
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
Thanks.
You should come on Friday.
- Okay. - My name's Ronin.
Hey, you should come on Friday, for real. It's gonna be dope.
Hey-ee!
(SCHOOL BELL RINGS)
(FLIES BUZZING)
ELLIOT: Does it smell weird to you guys?
IZZY: Nah, you're just turning back into a dog.
Have to take you back to the shelter where Mom and Dad found you.
(BLOWS RASPBERRY)
EVE: What is with the PYX 106 playlist?
RAY: I'm bringing back the classics, babe.
- IZZY: I like it, Dad. - RAY: Hey, El, I...
I talked with your coach at orientation.
He thought it might be good if I come and help with practice.
I thought it might be kinda fun, right?
Yeah, Dad. This is my year, right?
Yeah.
It is.
I think I'm going out for the swim team.
- EVE: Ooh! - RAY: Really?
- IZZY: Yeah. - RAY: That's great, Iz.
- Yeah, you're gonna be a natural. - (IZZY CHUCKLES)
That trophy bat, that came alive the day you were born.
EVE: Mm-hmm.
I absolutely launched one into the Bay.
Pop!
Splash.
It was the ninth inning, and I was at the plate,
and I don't know what it was.
Just this sense of strength came over me.
I knew it.
I knew it right then.
- My Izzy is... (YELPS) - (METAL SWISHES)
- IZZY: Dad? - (GROANS)
- Oh, my gosh. - EVE: What happened?
- Ray? - ELLIOT: Are you okay?
- RAY: God, I sliced it pretty good. - What happened?
- Ah... - Oh, that looks...
EVE: Oh, God.
- Oh, my gosh. - ELLIOT: Ew.
- What is that? - RAY: Oh, God.
EVE: Be careful.
Is that supposed to happen?
IZZY: I don't think so.
EVE: Is it safe?
No pool is absolutely safe.
But you see that cap?
That's a wellhead.
I-I've never seen an actual spring-fed pool before in person,
but you're tapped into groundwater.
- I'm talking aquiclude. - (MACHINE WHIRRING)
That's some sublevel aquifer shit.
- EVE: What does that mean? - Yeah, what does that mean?
I'm about to tell you what that means.
That means natural filtration,
geothermal heating, the whole shebang.
Yeah, we'll give it a shock, but these spring pools
are supposed to work miracles on your skin.
This whole area had natural pools all around.
Wellness centers, health spas.
That's great. Lucky us, huh?
MAN: Yeah.
- It's funny, isn't it, though? - Uh-huh.
I mean...
We evolved out of the water
and some part of our reptilian brain knows
we're not supposed to be there anymore, but... (CLICKS TONGUE)
I guess that's why we try to tame it so hard.
It's like trying to conquer death...
- Whoa, whoa. - RAY: Jesus. Be careful.
- EVE: Are you okay? - God, sorry.
Butterfingers.
What an idiot.
All right, well, here's your invoice.
I'll come back tomorrow.
You should be set up by next week.
- Okay. - Great. Thanks.
Hey, Gecko, let's wrap it up.
Come on. Let's boogie, baby.
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)
All right, we're good to go!
EVE: Ready?
Yeah.
One life, I'm gonna live it up...
ELLIOT: Come on, Dad. Throw some more.
Hold on. I just got to finish these exercises.
(MUFFLED) Are you watching this?
(IN NORMAL VOICE) The water takes all the strain off my muscles. It's amazing.
EVE: Give me those muscles.
ELLIOT: They're all down there.
I'll get 'em all in one breath.
IZZY: Yeah, sure. Why not? Go.
IZZY: Are you ready?
RAY: You know, this is, um...
It's gonna sound crazy, but I think that maybe getting sick
happened for a reason, you know?
I don't think I could've walked away healthy.
IZZY: Look, right here.
You'll always be a baseball player.
ELLIOT: I got it fair and square.
But it's not all you are.
It's not why I fell in love with you.
- No? - No.
Don't look back.
Remember?
This is all we need.
- Right? - Yeah.
Yeah.
You know my kiss is magic?
RAY: Oh, really?
Yep. If we kiss, you'll be healed.
Wow.
IZZY: Ew, guys.
You know we're here, right?
Okay.
- ELLIOT: "Oh, I love you so much." - RAY: All right.
- Ruined it. - Done.
- (ELLIOT MAKING KISSING SOUNDS) - You ruined the moment.
Now you're gonna pay.
- IZZY: So cringe. - No, Dad. Don't do it, don't do it.
- Please, no. - IZZY: Could you at least wait
- until we're gone? - ELLIOT: (CHUCKLES) No.
It's comin' now...
Dad?
- Dad, no! Please, no! - (GROWLS)
(BEEPS)
(IZZY GROWLS)
RAY: You can't catch us.
You can't catch us! You can't catch us!
Elliot's mine!
- EVE: Don't let him go. - Come on! You can't catch us!
WOMAN: (ON TV) Teachers need to implement backdoor strategies
because students with ADHD and deeply feeling kids
can be easily overwhelmed by sensory stimulation,
and they may shut down when emotionally dysregulated.
Kids who are struggling with anxiety
- and in-class performance... - (SIGHS)
- ...they're inclined to... - (WATER SPLASHING)
Hey, what's the matter?
Huh?
You don't want to swim? Hmm?
(MEOWS)
Pussy.
(PANTING)
(CHUCKLES) Ray, you scared me.
(DOOR CREAKING)
COMMENTATOR: (ON TV) His 27th home run this season,
and the crowd is fully back in the game.
So many times, we talk about how momentum can change with one swing of the bat.
One pitch, one play...
RAY: You're all wet.
Were you outside a minute ago?
No.
(MUMBLES) I think I just fell asleep.
I think we should put in a pool cover just to be safe.
And we need to check out the lights.
Yeah... Yeah, for sure.
Everything okay?
Yeah. Yeah. Go back to sleep.
(WATER GURGLES)
(TOY BOAT WHIRRING)
(CIDER PURRING)
(GROWLS)
ELLIOT: Mom! Dad!
Come look!
He probably fell in and got scared.
Well, he... He'll come back when he's hungry, huh?
We have to find him.
Yeah, that's... We'll go look for him.
We'll find him.
- EVE: It's okay, Ellie. He'll come back. - (RAY GRUNTS)
EVE: Pshh-pshh-pshh-pshh-pshh-pshh-pshh!
- Cider. - ELLIOT: Come here, Cider.
EVE: Come on, puss.
Cider, where'd you go?
ELLIOT: Cider?
- (RAY GRUNTS) - EVE: Izzy, did you look down there?
IZZY: No, I didn't check there.
EVE: Here, puss.
IZZY: Maybe he's up in this tree?
ELLIOT: Come here, Cider.
Cider.
Cider!
EVE: You guys looked inside the house?
- IZZY: Yeah. - ELLIOT: Come here, buddy!
EVE: Not upstairs, though. Did you look upstairs?
IZZY: Again? I promise you, I already checked upstairs.
EVE: Cider!
ELLIOT: Here, Cider.
Come on, Cider.
Cider!
Cider.
Want some food?
Come on, Cider.
RAY: Come on, put your back into it.
We gotta roll it up, make it tight,
so when we roll it back out, it's all clean and nice.
Keep cranking. One turn at a time.
- ELLIOT: I'm trying. - Come on.
Keep going. You strike out, you keep going.
Isn't that right? Yeah.
- (GRUNTS) - Don't give up. That's the key.
That's the only thing that matters. Let's go, come on.
Good job. Little wins.
Here we go. Come on.
Be nice to your brother right now.
None of this has been easy on him.
RAY: Keep going, keep going. Good job.
There you go. See?
I know it hasn't been easy on you, either.
Oh, no. Baby, I'm fine.
I don't want you worrying about me.
(CREAKING)
(PANTING)
What is that?
(WATER SPLASHING)
(HIGH-PITCHED RINGING)
- (EXHALES) - (MACHINE BEEPING)
- (BEEPING) - (MOTOR WHIRRING)
Um, s... What... What is it?
I've never seen such a dramatic improvement
in such a short time.
We need to do more tests,
but it appears there are no new lesions
and the white tissue is actually improving.
We started the new diet like you said,
and the water therapy and...
Twice a day.
We have a pool.
ELLIOT: Hey, Mom, I finished all my work in study hall.
Can I go swimming?
EVE: Okay, but don't go alone. Ask your dad.
RAY: (ON TV) Here's progress report. I, uh...
You all know I was diagnosed with MS not too long ago,
a little while back.
- Dad? - I've been able to work out in rehab
and been getting back at it for the last little while
and I've made a lot of strides that I'm proud of.
I think that I can show you,
demonstrate my ability is still at a level that
I'd be able to make an impact on a team rather quickly.
RAY: Hey, pal.
Can you help me out with something?
Yeah.
Can you throw on a 25?
What are you doing with the camera?
(EXHALES) Helps me with my training.
(GRUNTS)
(STRAINING)
Can you dive for coins with me?
Mom says I can't swim alone.
Yeah, um...
Uh...
Yeah. Hey, hand me one of those coins.
Here.
You gotta promise me
you're gonna stay in the shallow end. Okay?
Okay.
Throw this one in the pool for me.
And I'll come find it. Okay?
All right.
Hey, Dad.
CHILD: Hello?
I got 'em all in one breath.
Izzy? It's not funny.
Izzy?
I know that's you.
I'm keeping the money.
Okay, I'm going under.
(BIRDS CAWING)
(LOUD THUD)
(CHILD HUMMING)
CHILD: Hello?
Can you hear me?
I need help.
I'm looking for my mom.
ELLIOT: Who are you?
My name is Rebecca Summers.
I found your (DISTORTED) toy.
(SCREAMS) Let go of me!
(SHRIEKS)
Help!
(SCREAMING)
Mom.
Is someone out here?
Ellie, are you sure?
Her name is Rebecca.
She said she was looking for her mom.
(WHIRRING)
It was probably just a kid who snuck over the gate. That's all.
Anyway, we have a lock on it now, so...
I didn't see anyone out there.
Maybe he's pretending.
'Cause he doesn't have any real friends yet.
Remember he talked to that pet gecko or lizard, or whatever?
He was five.
Yeah, but he talked to him for months after he died.
He's gonna make friends. He just...
It just takes him time.
Yeah. I'm going to his practice later today.
So, maybe that'll help, like, break the ice with the kids.
Yeah.
You should come, 'cause he always plays better
when you're there. He's more himself.
EVE: Hmm.
Maybe we should have the team over.
- You know, for a cookout or something? - Yes.
That's a great idea.
- Yeah? - Yeah, like a pool party.
That's why I married you, because you're a genius.
Invite your coworkers, friends, whoever.
- Just "Meet the Wallers," right? - Mm-hmm.
- RAY: Sounds great. - IZZY: Can I invite some friends?
RAY: Yes, invite whoever you want. It's a great idea.
We should invite everybody you know.
- We're a welcoming family. - IZZY: Stop.
RAY: How many people you think we can fit in the pool?
IZZY: We're the pool family now.
(DUB-STEP MUSIC PLAYING)
All right. Get in front of it.
Good. Move it around.
There you go, in front of it, in front of it.
It's all right. It's all right.
Get in front of it. In front of it.
Come on, wake up, man.
Let's hustle. Let's hustle, boys.
You know what baseball is, right?
It's a stick and a ball
and a bunch of guys wearing long socks.
It's play.
How come it's so easy for Dad and Izzy?
It's not.
Everyone's scared of something.
Izzy used to hate drop-off in kindergarten.
Every day, I'd wait outside until I saw her
in the classroom window, and she'd give me the signal.
- Show him, Iz. - COACH E: There we go!
Good job, good job.
Green light to swing.
COACH E: Wait for the ball, boys!
Come on, come on!
- Hey, there he is. - RAY: Hey, Coach. Sorry I'm late.
- Hey, guys. - EVE: Hey.
RAY: All right.
You got this.
Hey, boys, this is Elliot's dad.
He's a former Brewers third baseman,
and he's here to turn you into all-star hitters.
You got this. You got this. Nice and easy.
You gotta follow through the ball. Don't just, like, check swing.
- There you go. - Yes! Nice!
All right. Line drive up the middle. There you go.
All right, move it around, move it around.
RAY: You're bent way over at the waist, right?
And you turn out with your body.
Don't hit it with your hands. You turn out with your body.
- All right. Good job. - BOY: There you go!
Way to get on top of it. Good job.
Oh, hey, Ray, that's my son, Ty.
Yeah, keep an eye. He's got good mechanics.
RAY: All right, Ty. Let's see what you got.
- (EFFORT GRUNTS) - There you go.
Yes, Ty! Yes!
- Good swing. Good hit. - TY: Yeah, I got you, Dad.
- Good job. - TY: Thanks, Mr. Waller.
RAY: All right, El, you ready?
Go, Ellie!
- RAY: All right, let's go. - TY: Hey. Good luck out there, man.
You got this.
Way to go. Good job, Ty.
(WHISPERS) Hey, Ellie.
All right, Elliot.
All right, come on. You got this.
TY: You got it, Elliot.
- There you go. Nice! - TY: Nice going.
- (CHEERING) - There you go. All right. Good job.
- Yes, Elliot. - RAY: All right.
That's what stepping into the ball does.
You go after it and you get it.
Good job. Way to go.
Try for the other side of the field. Way to go.
We'll work on it. Don't worry about it.
COACH E: Hey, Ray, you want to take some?
Um...
I mean, if you're up for it.
Um...
- COACH E: Yeah? - RAY: Sure, right?
Take a couple. I'll be fine.
All right. All right, get ready, boys! Get ready!
RAY: All right.
COACH E: Okay, you ready?
You guys ready out there?
Bend your knees. Bend your knees.
RAY: Take it easy on me.
I haven't swung in a while.
All right, hold on. Let me loosen up real quick.
- Okay, okay. Next one. - RAY: Just let me... Yeah.
(GASPS)
- (GROANS) - IZZY: Dad?
You okay, boss?
Ooh.
Ray? You okay?
RAY: (GROANS) I'm okay.
(COUGHS)
I'm good. Let's keep going.
- Okay. - RAY: I'm good. I'm good.
(SIGHS) Shit.
RAY: Why don't you throw that again?
All right.
(CROWD CHEERING)
- (ALL CHEERING) - TY: Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!
(BOY WHOOPING)
(MAN SPEAKING SPANISH)
See, boys, that's how you hit a ball.
That's how you hit it, man.
EVE: You know the deal. Stay in the house, bed by 10:00.
- We'll be back after dinner. - Mm-hmm.
Don't make me regret not getting a sitter.
- IZZY: Yeah, okay, I know. - Yeah?
EVE: Ray, you ready?
We gotta go.
Hey, someone's coming over in a minute. It's not a big deal.
Okay.
It's for the swim team.
Okay.
(WHISPERS) If you tell Mom,
I'm gonna put a Tide POD in your fish tank.
(WHISPERS) Okay.
RONIN: Marco.
IZZY: Polo.
Marco.
Polo. (SQUEALS)
(LAUGHS)
Marco. Marco.
(SOFTLY) Polo.
You're cheating. You opened your eyes.
- Uh-uh. - Uh-huh.
I mean, you look great with your hair wet.
You're supposed to say "Polo."
- (GROANS) Polo. - (LAUGHING) Stop.
Okay. Marco.
RONIN: (MUFFLED) Polo.
(IN NORMAL VOICE) Fish out of water.
- RONIN: Nope. - (GIGGLES)
They want to see you break...
IZZY:(MUFFLED) Marco.
Come on. You have to say something back.
(VOICE WHISPERS) Polo.
Marco.
They want to see you break...
(MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY)
(VOICE WHISPERS) Polo.
Marco?
Ronin, stop, please. Marco.
(VOICE WHISPERS) Polo.
I hear you.
You're right there.
Marco. Come on.
(SPITS)
Come on.
Got you. No!
(SHUDDERS)
Polo.
Ronin, you're dead.
(MUFFLED SCREAMING)
- RONIN: I got you. - (COUGHING)
Wait, why didn't you call "fish out of water"?
- Izzy? - Oh, my God.
- Hey. - (GASPING)
Izzy?
Izzy, you okay?
Hey, hey, hey. Talk to me.
Something was down there. Something grabbed me.
- Something grabbed you? - Were you not down there?
No. Look, look, it's okay. Look, I'm right here.
I didn't see anything.
You were only down there for a couple seconds.
Maybe your foot got stuck in the pool cleaner.
- Did it? - I... I don't know. Maybe.
It's okay, all right? It's okay.
There's nothing there.
ELLIOT: Izzy!
- Mom and Dad are home! - IZZY: Shit. Oh, shit.
I didn't tell my parents you were coming over.
- Oh, wow. - I'm sorry. You gotta grab your stuff
- and get out the back gate. - All right.
Well, thanks for inviting me over.
All right, great. I'll catch you on Saturday?
Uh, Saturday?
The pool party.
- Oh. Yeah. - All right.
They want to see you break...
RONIN: The gate won't open.
(POPS)
Izzy.
I know something scared you last night.
I saw the way you got out of the water.
IZZY: Go away.
Tell me.
Or I'm gonna tell Mom and Dad your boyfriend was here.
You saw something, didn't you?
No.
My leg just got caught in the pool cleaner.
- You're lying. I can tell. - (SHUSHES)
Stop.
Things have been better since we moved here.
I mean, Dad's healthier.
Mom's happy.
Do you want to freak them out just so we have to move again?
What makes more sense,
that the pool's helping us or that it's haunted?
What if it's both?
(DOOR OPENS)
EVE: Hey, I'm back!
(DOOR CLOSES)
(WHISPERS) Keep your mouth shut.
EVE: Hey. Where are you two?
No one's gonna believe us anyway.
Coming, Mom. I can help.
Everything okay?
Yeah, Mom. Everything's fine.
(DOORBELL RINGS)
EVE: Oh, shit.
Are you ready now
To get on down?
Get on down, baby
Get on down...
It's so nice to meet you guys.
I mean, you really didn't have to bring that.
Are you kidding? You're hosting the entire neighborhood.
- Thank you. - Of course.
Uh, is Mr. Waller here?
Oh, yeah. He's out back.
You-you guys can go say hi.
Hey. Oh, my God, the house looks great.
Oh, wow.
I made my jiggly rum cake.
Wow.
But this is not for the kids. Okay?
There's enough Captain Morgan in here
to get Phil into his famous Bermuda G-string.
Grrr.
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
COACH E: You seem to be doing a lot better, man.
- RAY: Thank you. - I don't think I've ever seen
anybody hit a ball that hard.
RAY: (CHUCKLES) Tell my agent that when you see him.
Yeah, he used to rep Evan Longoria, Mark Teixeira.
- He repped a lot of good people. - No shit.
- Yeah. - You know, I'd love for Ty to meet him.
Yeah, sure. Maybe I can get him
- to come to practice. - MAN: Sun's out, guns out.
You ready? Let's go. Coming in.
Yeah, so he... He came over for a swim last night.
Um, it was cool.
But, uh, he... He kissed me.
Shut up. No, he didn't.
But I... I actually think it's hotter that he's Christian.
- Really? - Really?
Yeah. Yeah, yeah. It's, like, forbidden.
- (BOTH CHUCKLING) - RONIN: Hey, Izzy, I got this for you.
- You all right? - IZZY: Yeah.
- (BOTH LAUGHING) - What?
Nothing. We were just...
- We were saying we should go for a swim. - We're gonna go for a swim.
- Yeah. - We're gonna head out to the water.
Come on. Come on.
I'm good, thanks.
- RONIN: You sure? All right. - Yeah.
In this land of mirrors and weed
Walk the line...
ANGEL: The kids must love the pool.
Do you swim?
Oh, my dad was Navy.
I was doing dive drills before I could walk.
Oh. Well, you should have seen her eyes light up
when she saw this place.
I can tell that you're used to hosting.
Mm-hmm.
Well, we moved so much when Ray was playing.
It's just nice to meet people you might actually know next year.
You're gonna know us.
This is an annual event, like it or not.
(BOY SCREAMS)
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
KAY: And did you bring your suit today?
- ANGEL: I did. I'm wearing it already. - Okay, good.
I haven't had a suit in 25 years.
Throw a little color on it...
- On the canvas, bottoms up - Bottoms up...
Hey, El!
El!
Where are you? Let's get in the pool.
- TY: Mr. Waller? - Hey.
Hey, El!
Will you sign this for me?
It took me like an hour to find it last night.
Yeah, of course.
- TY: Thank you so much. - Yeah.
There you go.
- Now hold on to that. - I will.
It's gonna be worth something someday.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- Hey. - Yeah?
RAY: Steroid Shrek over here thinks he owns the damn pool.
Think we can take him?
Yeah, I got you, man!
- All right, we got this, okay? - Yeah. All right.
- Let's go. Come on. - Okay.
(MAN CLUCKING)
You ready, Big League?
RAY: Nice, buddy.
Get 'em, Mikey!
You know, when we were fixing up the pool,
they said it hadn't been used in probably 15 years.
Maybe longer.
It's weird, right?
No. No, I don't know.
Maybe they weren't pool people.
- Kay? - Hmm?
Okay, you know what?
You know, this is your new home,
and I-I didn't want to say anything that would taint your...
Your feelings about this house.
Come on, we closed months ago. What is it?
- MAN: Get it, buddy. Yeah. - RAY: Ty, use your core.
- MAN: Let's go! - RAY: Use your core, Ty.
There you go. Lean forward a little bit.
- Yeah. That's it. - Lean forward.
- MAN: Use your arms. Your arms. - RAY: Going down, Mikey.
I swear, I had no idea that this was the same house
until my friend told me after you'd already moved in.
And I was gonna tell you, but you seemed so happy here. And I...
I didn't want to put any poo in the pudding. (CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)
Um...
It... It's very possible
that the people that lived here before, that they...
You know, they liked the neighborhood, and they wanted the good school district,
but they didn't feel comfortable using the pool
because of certain alleged events.
Alleged events?
(SIGHS) Yeah, I...
You know, I don't remember much about it.
Just there were these stories about this little girl who...
Uh, from Harold Holt...
and she drowned here.
I know, it's just... Oh, it is a tragedy.
You know, I mean, I don't know why that would make
someone not want to use a perfectly good swimming pool,
but you know what?
People are... They're superstitious.
Aren't they, really?
Was the little girl's name Rebecca?
(GASPS)
Wait. How did you know that?
- (BOTH GRUNTING) - RAY: Okay, keep pushing.
Let's go. Let's take 'em down.
Come on, Ty.
- (MUFFLED) Don't give up. Use your legs. - MAN: Let's go.
- RAY: (IN NORMAL VOICE) Come on, Ty. - MAN: Keep going.
- RAY: Use your legs, Ty. - MAN: You got him. Keep pushing.
(MUFFLED) Let's go now.
- RAY: Don't give up. - MAN: Get him, Mikey.
- (IN NORMAL VOICE) That's it, buddy. - RAY: You're going down!
Let's go! We won!
(TY WHOOPING)
TY: Let's go!
We did it, Mr. Waller! (WHOOPING)
All right, you can let go now.
Mr. Waller. Mr. Waller.
Hey, let go. Hey!
Mr. Waller, please let go.
You've got my legs, Mr. Waller.
(STRAINING) Let go! Let go!
Mr. Waller.
You're grabbing on my legs. Stop.
Let go! Mr. Waller!
(VOICES WHISPERING)
Mr. Waller...
Let go!
(MUFFLED SCREAMING)
ELLIOT: Mom!
Hey, Ty.
Ty.
- Baby, you seen Ty? - ELLIOT: (SCREAMING) Mom! Mom!
Mom. Outside in the pool.
Oh, my God. Ty!
Oh, my...
- Ty? - Out of the way! Out of the way!
ANGEL: Ty! What happened?
COACH E: Help me! Someone help!
- MAN: Give him to me. - ANGEL: Get him out.
Pull him over the edge.
Someone call for help!
- ELLIOT: Mom, look! It's Dad! - COACH E: Move!
- Ty, breathe. Breathe. - ANGEL: It's okay. It's okay.
- I got him. - Come on, breathe, breathe. What happened?
What happened?
What the hell happened?
MAN: Someone call for help.
Call 911!
- Someone call for help. - EVE: (VOICE SHAKING) Ray. Ray.
COACH E: What happened, Ty?
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(GASPING)
- IZZY: Dad? Dad? - (WHEEZING)
- You're okay. - IZZY: Okay.
- Yeah, just hold on to my arm. - It's okay. It's okay.
- Okay. - EVE: Let's get him inside.
- IZZY: Okay, one, two... - It's okay. You're okay.
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
Ty said he wouldn't let go.
No, Coach, you know the disease attacks his nervous system.
I mean... No. He nearly drowned, too.
We're not gonna press charges, Officer.
We're fine.
Hey, Eve, I just...
I don't think Ray should come to practice anymore.
Look, I'm so sorry.
(STERNLY) Do you hear what he's saying?
Don't come near our family again.
(FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
- EVE: Come on, let's go. Let's go. - RAY: Wait. Wait.
- Stop, stop. Stop. - Here, just put the...
- Stop! God, wait. - Get in the car.
Wait. Where are we going?
EVE: I don't know. Just not here.
There's something wrong with that pool.
Eve, there's nothing wrong with the pool.
The pool's fine.
The pool's the greatest thing to ever happen to me.
Look... Listen. I mean, honey, it would be different this time.
It would be so different. We wouldn't have to make the same sacri...
What are you talking about?
You almost drowned today.
That little boy almost drowned.
(ENGINE STARTS)
RAY: All right.
(COUGHS)
- Dad? - (CONTINUES COUGHING)
- Dad, stop. - ELLIOT: Mom, what's going on?
- Stop the car. - (BRAKES SCREECH)
- Mom, do something. - I don't know what to do.
- IZZY: Is he breathing? - (STRAINING)
- What is happening? - ELLIOT: Please! He can't breathe!
- IZZY: Cough it out. - Oh, my God.
- ELLIOT: Dad. - IZZY: Get him out of the car!
EVE: No, no, no, he's stable now, but I...
I've never seen him like this before.
It was like something was attacking him from the inside.
DR. SRIDHAR: (ON PHONE) Look, I know these episodes are frightening.
I can have him come in on Tuesday
for another round of tests, but in the meantime,
- just let him rest and recover. - (WHEEZING)
Eve.
I'm sorry. I don't know what's happening.
- It's okay. - I didn't mean to hurt that boy.
You don't have to talk.
We'll just get you stable and just...
We'll figure out what to do.
It's just one more time. It's just one more.
I just need one more time.
You can carry me into the pool. I just need to get in one more time.
It's so cool in the deep water.
It's so cool in the deep.
I told him he could sleep here tonight.
You know your dad talks about being at bat
and feeling this rush of strength when you were born?
I was 22 in a hospital surrounded by strangers, and...
And I felt totally alone.
And I didn't...
And I didn't think I could keep pushing.
I didn't think I would... I didn't...
I didn't think I would be a good mom.
And I just wanted to give up.
And you must have felt how scared I was.
Because suddenly, there you were.
And I wasn't alone anymore.
We're never alone if we have each other.
I'm not gonna let anything bad happen to us, okay?
Okay.
(TELEPHONE RINGING)
KAY: (ON PHONE) Hi, Eve. I'm sorry your party ended
on a sour note, but you give people time and they're gonna forget all about it.
EVE: Kay, it's not that. It's...
Would you consider yourself an open-minded person?
KAY: Yeah, I like to think so.
Why are you asking?
It wasn't just Rebecca.
If you go back, there's more people
who lived at the house who just went missing.
I need to know what's going on.
KAY: Eve, I swear I told you everything I knew at the house.
I don't know anything about this.
- Just tell me what I can do to help. - Does the Summers family live nearby?
(DOORBELL RINGS)
Hi.
My name is Eve Waller.
I tried to call you yesterday.
I think my family lives in your old house.
With the pool?
Oh. Yes.
Come in.
That's Thomas.
USAID ambassador in Washington.
His work in Sudan saved thousands during the refugee crisis.
Your son?
Yeah. My pride and joy.
He's responsible for this beautiful home.
Though he doesn't visit as much as I'd like.
This is about as far as I can make it, if you don't mind.
Please.
(AIR HISSING)
I know this is strange, but I wanted to ask you about
when you lived at the house.
Oh. (CHUCKLES) What a special place.
Tommy loved that pool.
I could hardly get him out of the water.
Did you have a daughter, too?
No, it's... It's just Thomas and I.
Oh, he writes the most wonderful letters.
He's in Washington,
doing so much good.
Mrs. Summers, I'm not here to upset you.
But I don't know who else to talk to.
My husband was sick,
and we moved into the house,
and he started getting better.
And I think
the pool made him better.
But my kids have seen things.
And so have I.
There's something bad in the water, isn't there?
(COUGHING)
What happened to your daughter?
To Rebecca?
Please. I'm worried that the same thing is going to happen to my husband.
(CONTINUES COUGHING)
Did you ever use a wishing well as a child?
Throw a coin in the water
and pray with all your heart.
Some water is magic.
Before there was a house
or a pool,
there was a spring in the ground.
I don't know what's beneath the surface.
Maybe no one does.
But I know it gives us our deepest desires.
The people then must have worshipped it
when they found out what it could do.
Temagami.
The deep water.
(VOICES CHANTING) Temagami. Temagami.
LUCY: The well has a wish of its own.
Once the water is woken, it will take a life.
Someone has to pay so the water can keep giving.
The way it gave to me.
Tommy was so sick.
And look at him now.
But what happened to your daughter?
It was...
better with Rebecca,
more humane for a child
not to know
what was coming.
REBECCA: (SCREAMING) Mom! Help!
Mom! Mom!
- (SHRIEKS) - (COUGHS)
Mom!
Becky? Becky!
(SCREAMING) Mom! Mom!
- Help! - (COUGHING)
TOMMY: Mom, Becky's outside!
Mom! Mom!
REBECCA: Mom!
TOMMY: Mom, Becky's outside!
LUCY: The water used me as a vessel
to do what must be done.
Don't worry about your husband.
He's the one who gets the wish.
He gets his health.
I got my son back.
It'll be worth it.
You'll see.
Love requires sacrifice.
That's not love.
It's not a sacrifice if you get something back.
Rebecca asked where you were.
She's still looking for you.
You can still help us.
There has to be some way to stop this.
(RETCHING)
It'll be over soon.
The water will sleep again.
And...
someone else will find the house.
Someone else who needs its help.
(ENGINE ACCELERATING)
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(RETCHING)
IZZY: Thanks, Ronin. See you tomorrow.
(DOOR OPENS)
ELLIOT: Hey, Mom, Dad, we're home.
- Mom? - (DIAL TONE)
Dad, we're home.
(FAUCET RUNNING)
She's not answering.
Think Dad might be with her.
I'm gonna go check the garage.
(CAT MEOWS)
(BELL TINKLING)
Cider?
Come here, Cider.
(CLICKS TONGUE)
Come here, Cider.
What?
(MEOWING AND BELL TINKLING)
(PURRING)
Cider?
- (PURRING, MEOWING) - It's okay, buddy.
I'm right here.
(CREAKING)
(ELLIOT STRAINING)
Cider?
- (GROWLS) - (SCREAMING)
Elliot!
Elliot! Elliot!
(STRAINING)
(WHIMPERING)
Mom.
- Come on. Okay, okay. - Izzy, help me. Come on.
(BOTH STRAINING)
I don't know what happened. I don't know... Elliot's down there.
- All I know is that he... - Go in the house.
- Call for help. Go! - Okay. Okay, I'm going.
Dad!
(GASPS)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(BREATHING UNSTEADILY)
Dad?
- (DOOR CLOSES) - (GASPS)
- Dad! - There you are.
I've been looking for you, Iz.
- What's the matter? - (WHIMPERING)
(FLOORBOARD CREAKING)
Okay, I'm... I'm calling for help.
- (GROWLS) Don't do that! - (SCREAMS)
- (IZZY SHRIEKING) - I know you want me to get better.
You understand, don't you?
We have to get help.
Baby, we already got help.
Life is too hard for Elliot.
It's better this way.
(FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING)
(SCREAMING)
IZZY: No! No! (SCREAMS)
(WHIMPERING)
Help! Help! Help!
Marco.
(VIBRATO INTENSIFYING)
(GROWLS)
(SCREAMS) Help!
Please! Help!
(KNOCKING) Is anyone out there? Call for help!
RAY: Marco.
(SCREAMS)
Take me out to the ball game
Take me out with the crowd
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack
(DISTORTED) I don't care...
- You're supposed to say "Polo." - (SCREAMING)
(VIBRATO INTENSIFYING)
(GASPING)
Why don't you stay here, and it'll all be over soon?
- (DOOR SLAMS) - (LOCK CLICKS)
Ellie.
(PANTING) Oh, God. Come on.
Come on, Ellie. Come on.
One, two, three, four, five.
Come on. Come on.
(CRYING)
It's too late.
Love requires sacrifice.
Ray.
Oh, Ray, please.
Please, we need to get him to a hospital, Ray.
He needs your help. Look at him.
- (GRUNTS) - (CHOKING)
The water chose him.
He loves the pool.
Elliot will always be here.
He'll always be here.
- (EFFORT GRUNTS) - (SCREAMING)
(COUGHS)
(RETCHES)
(GROANS)
ELLIOT: Dad.
Something has you.
You have to fight it.
(GROANING)
EVE: It's going to take sacrifice, but you can have a good life together.
I just need to know that you want that, too.
IZZY: Please come back.
RAY: I want that, too.
EVE: Elliot needs you.
(CHOKING)
Ray?
Come back.
Come back. Come back.
(GASPING)
RAY: Izzy, no. Izzy...
Yeah, it's me.
I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
ELLIOT: Mom. (COUGHING)
- EVE: Ellie! - Is he okay?
EVE: He's breathing. We gotta get him out of here.
(BAT CLATTERS)
- EVE: Come on. Come on, baby. - (GROANS IN PAIN)
IZZY: Dad, come on. Let's go.
(VOICES CHANTING) Temagami.
- (ELLIOT GROANING) - IZZY: Dad?
- (GROANING) - Oh, my God. Mom?
(RETCHING)
EVE: Baby, what's wrong?
- RAY: Elliot. - Mom, it's the water.
It's not gonna let him leave.
EVE: Ray, it's... It's getting worse.
(ELLIOT CONTINUES COUGHING)
Get him up, Izzy. Help me.
Someone has to pay.
(DISTORTED)
- (WATER SPLASHING) - (ELLIOT RETCHING)
IZZY: Dad?
Dad, where are you going?
Don't look back.
EVE: Ray?
Dad!
(CONTINUES RETCHING)
EVE: Ellie!
Are you okay?
- Are you okay? - I'm okay.
I'm good.
I'm okay.
Where's Dad?
EVE: I got you.
Okay.
(SIGH) Okay.
Hey, Eve, kids.
Um...
I don't know what's gonna come of all this,
but I just feel like I still got something to prove.
You know, and...
I want to make you proud.
Baseball's always just come easy to me.
And... the other stuff, not so much.
So...
I guess I just...
wish I knew a better way
to let you know how much you mean to me.
Love you.
EVE: This yours?
You know, we could still sell the house.
I mean, we could go anywhere.
But then it's going to happen to someone else, isn't it?
Dad wouldn't want that.
(MUSIC PLAYING)
Can you speak, can you call my name?
Take my hand
Maybe we could be together somehow
Jumping in, but I'm so afraid
I feel the rush, but I'm rising to the surface now
But you say go deeper
Go deeper
Take me deeper into your love
You say go deeper
Go deeper
Fall deeper into me
Take me deeper
Drag me down to the other side
Pull me under
Fill my lungs with your memories
How is it real?
I can hear your heart through the screams
And it's calling me
(SCREAMING)
Take me deeper
Drag me down to the other side
How is it real?
I can hear your heart through the screams
And it's calling me deep
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)