Dogged Page #3

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Where are you?

We missed the bloody tides

due to your mother's doodling.

I'll have to wait till

the morning to get back.

Look, I...

I don't wanna worry you, but...

SAM:
I donno where Nana is.

Don't worry. She's fine.

Meredith called earlier

to say she was gonna pick her up

for the feast.

- What?

- She's over there now.

Oh. [CHUCKLES]

Okay. Good.

Are you all right, Sam?

Yeah. [CHUCKLES] Sort of it.

- It's been a wierd day.

- ALAN:
Well, look...

Apologize to Father David

for us, will you?

Explain what happened.

We'll be back early tomorrow,

all right?

- Yes. Fine.

- MAN:
Good.

Now you better get home

to get ready.

Okay. Yeah, I will. Bye.

[BOTH SIGH]

He'll be all right.

I know. I...

He manages to get by University

without you.

[PHONE LINE BEEPS]

Daniel!

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Evening, young man.

What can I get you?

Um, could I just have

an orange juice, please?

There you are, love.

Have a good night.

So he just turned around

and walked away.

[ALL LAUGH]

Um, excuse me, Meredith.

Would you excuse me

for a moment, please ladies.

I was just wondering if...

- Rachel...

- Yeah, she's not.

And you won't be seeing her

again. Do you understand?

[CHUCKLES]

[WHISPERS] I know what you did

to my little girl.

You filthy animal.

[STAMMERS] Is my nan here?

No. She wasn't feeling well.

She's back at her house.

Thank you for looking after her.

FATHER DAVID:
Well, thank you

everybody, for coming out this evening.

I'm sure you'll all agree it's

been a most wonderful celebration.

ALL:
Here, here.

I'm sure you'll all like to join me

in thanking the ladies of the village

for preparing God's bounteous

feast for us.

ALL:
Here, here.

Now let us now our heads

and give thanks to the creator.

Dear Lord, we offer you thanks for this magnificent

feast that you bestow upon us this season.

We thank you for

brightening our world

and we thank you for the life

of young Megan Lancester

and the joy

she brought to us all.

- Amen.

- ALL:
Amen.

And now, go in love

to serve the Lord.

[MAN WHIMPERS]

Do you know what he did?

What they did?

You don't deserve my help.

F***!

[OWL HOOTS]

[BREATHES HEAVILY]

Help! Help!

[SNIFFS]

[SIGHS]

[THUD]

[BREATHES HEAVILY]

[GRUNTS]

Get outta here.

Bad magic.

Run!

[RUSTLING]

MAN:
Go!

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

[MOANS]

Shut the f*** up...

- [MUFFLED] No.

- [GIRL SHUSHES]

Shut the f*** up.

[SEA GULLS CAW]

[ROOSTER CAWS]

Excuse me, but what the f***

is going on?

Who were those people?

Who the f*** are you people?

Your priest, yeah...

He's a murderer.

Father David?

But... But... [STAMMERS]

ALAN:
Wonder what he wants.

- FATHER DAVID:
Good morning.

- You're up early, Father.

Yes, well, I need to

speak with Alan...

...on a serious matter.

You go inside, love.

I'll bring the shopping in.

Do you...

Do you know what your son did

to my daughter?

Yes, Father.

But I'm sure it was consensual.

- Here.

- [SIGHS] Thanks.

[SIGHS]

What's your name?

- Sparrow.

- No. Your real name.

Lucy.

Lucy Omens.

Sam.

I... I don't know [STAMMERS]

- What...

- Jim tried to warn us.

I just thought it was

a madman with a grudge.

- Who?

- Jim.

The woodsman.

It's his real name.

What... He... He tried to

warn you about what?

- Your lot.

- What do you mean my lot?

Villagers.

- Islanders?

- No, we're all islanders.

But your lot, the villagers,

you're weird.

We live in a bunch of

dirty hippies living in...

Hey, remember that time

I saved your life.

You might wanna be grateful

to this dirty hippy.

Jim, the woodsman,

LUCY:
told us about the cult.

But we just thought he was mad.

One of the original dirty hippies who

came here in the 60s was my dad.

Just did one too many

types of acid.

[GRUNTS AND GASPS]

[GRUNTS]

He was one of you.

Yeah. To start off with.

He's gay.

[GRUNTS]

[MAN GROANS]

[MAN GROANS]

My family's been here for generations.

We'd have known about it.

- Your son is impure.

- What about your son?

You know not to speak

of Daniel's impulses.

He's ill.

Sam knew for well what he was doing

when he violated my daughter.

Was it worse

than what Daniel did to Megan?

Rachel and Sam have been

seeing each other for years.

I... I assumed you knew.

That's why I agreed to let him go

to University on the mainland.

You know what

we're going to have to do.

- Don't you, Alan?

- Now, you listen here.

Sam goes back to the mainland

tomorrow after the funeral.

As far as I'm concerned,

that's the end of it.

You hear me?

They killed that girl too,

you know?

Megan?

The girl they dumped

over the cliffs.

What?

She fell from the cliffs.

The doctor told me himself.

He saw the body,

signed the death certificate.

Wake up, Sam.

They killed her and dumped her body off

the cliff to look like an accident.

I've got proof.

It's a cult.

[LUCY SNIFFS]

People have been

going missing for years.

It's nothing we can do.

Police aren't interested in us.

We're just transients.

They tell us that they've probably gone

back to the mainland, got proper jobs.

When I...

When I found that girl

at east point,

I knew there was no use

telling anyone...

...that they'd probably

cover it up.

I was right. They did.

Then Kite found something

and when we went looking...

...he found that.

And then we started

to follow him.

LUCY:
Priest.

FATHER DAVID:

Once the world was pure...

Created as it was,

a simple place.

But humans have perverted it...

...scarred it

with their impurity.

We will keep the island pure.

ALL:
We will keep it pure.

FATHER DAVID:

Nature came before man.

And we will return to nature.

ALL:
Banish the sickness.

But we too are wicked.

Each of us.

We must cleanse ourselves...

...with the blood of the impure.

I alone can cleanse you

of this blood.

Never shall you take blood

without my blessing.

On the appointed day,

we shall take an impure spirit,

and cleanse ourselves

of wickedness.

ALL:
Yeah.

Then we realized...

They're all in on it.

[DOOR OPENS]

And now Kite's gone

missing, too.

We have to go

to the police with this.

I'm going when

the tide drops tonight.

- You need to come, too.

- I... I...

They won't

believe me alone, Sam.

Please.

Thanks.

Can't you control this animal?

It seems we both have a problem

controlling our sons.

But my son didn't rape and kill

an innocent child.

[BOY LAUGHS]

Silence!

[SOBBING]

Get yourself together, man.

We've got work to do.

Get up!

You do realize what needs

to be done. Don't you, Alan?

Sam...

He's with the fragrance

at the farm.

What do you suggest

we do with him?

How much further is it?

[WHISPERS] Try not to broadcast our

location at the top of your voice, maybe.

Sorry.

How much further is it? [GASPS]

Head round the cliffs and make our

way along the rocks to the causeway.

We'll make the tide.

But we need to pick up the pace.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

[CHURCH BELLS RING]

Sh*t.

That can't be good.

Come on.

[CHURCH BELL RINGING CONTINUES]

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