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People love your book.

And as hard as you're working on

this one, it's gonna be great.

Seriously,

stop doubting yourself.

You think?

Yeah.

Katherine.

Katherine.

Michael?

Can you get that?

Hello.

Hello?

You have any idea

what time it is?

Remember me?

Who is this?

Remember me?

Who is this?

Who was it?

Wrong number.

Remember me?

End of messages.

Any idea who it could be?

No. Same as

the other night,

but it was a woman's voice.

It's weird.

You don't recognize it either?

Nope.

Ah, it's probably just

some kids fooling around.

Well, hopefully

they'll get a life.

I have a hard enough time

sleeping as it is.

I love you.

Hi, Mitch!

I'm one year sober

as of yesterday.

It's one day at a time, man.

Um, alcohol is a disease,

and I tried to convince myself

and everybody else

that, um, I could beat

that disease on my own.

And I could for a little while,

you know,

like a day or two.

But it took someone who loved me

more than I loved the bottle

to shake me out of it,

you know, to show me what it was

that I was throwing away,

and she saved my life,

because she forced me

to come to these meetings,

or she'd leave me.

And this is someone

who stuck by me

after I had a...

debilitating accident

a week after I met her.

I knew that if my disease

was pushing her away,

then I had to do something,

because I could not

afford to lose her.

You don't have to have

someone at home to succeed,

but, um...

it sure as hell helps.

That's all I got.

Was really good

to see you today, Mike.

A year.

Bet it's like a century, huh?

Yeah, it's had its moments.

Just remember, everybody here

has been where you are,

and if you ever need anything,

you know, I'm here for you.

Hey.

You okay?

Everything okay?

I, uh...

I'm having those

hallucinations again, man.

Did you slip?

Of course not.

Of course not.

Man, look, here's the thing.

Uh-huh.

It's the same thing

that used to happen

when I was drinking

after the accident.

Only now, the sh*t's

happening when I'm sober.

Okay.

I'm scared.

Okay, when did

these hallucinations start?

About four days ago.

All right.

Did anything unusual

happen in your life?

Is anything overwhelming?

You know, some stress from out

of nowhere, you know?

Anything like that?

No, man, it's the

same as always.

Katherine wants to have a baby.

I can't finish the novel.

How's the book coming?

It's f***ing brutal.

I keep waiting for inspiration

to come, show me what to do,

and it just won't come.

Well, look.

Just be open to it,

and it will, okay?

It will come.

Jesus, Michael!

Please do something!

Look, you son of a b*tch...

Remember me?

Who is this?

Remember me?

Who is this?

Where are your parents?

Remember me?

Where are your parents?

I'm gonna call the f***...

God damn it!

Don't do that!

Do what?

Don't jump out at me like that!

I'm so sorry!

I heard you yelling...

There was this kid's

voice on the phone!

What?

Look at the fridge!

Look at what?

Nothing.

Are you okay?

No.

No, I'm not.

Um...

who do we know with a daughter?

Who's got kids?

Who's got kids, baby?

Who's got kids?!

I know a lot of people

with kids.

I'm going back to bed.

Somebody's here.

Somebody's in the house.

Shh. Shh.

Stay.

No, I'm coming with you.

Stay close.

I have a weapon!

I'm sorry.

Shh.

Well?

I checked all around your house,

and there's no sign

of a forced entry.

Maybe it was a raccoon

or some other varmint

triggered the alarm.

It's pretty common

in these parts.

Th-That happens?

No. No, we've been here

for three years.

It's never happened.

Maybe someone got drunk

and set off the system

stumbling around in the dark.

Really?

I've been sober for a year,

Sheriff, so...

I've seen people sober 30 years,

then slip right back into old

habits without missing a day.

H-He doesn't drink.

I've been taking care of him.

Well, isn't Mr.

Lane a lucky man to have

you watch his back?

Hey, you know,

while you're here,

we've been getting these

really weird phone calls

at all hours of the night.

Is there anything

you can do about that?

It's probably just kids

making prank calls.

No, it's not.

It's different people.

One of them was a young child.

Yeah, that's the burglary

on Sherwood. False alarm.

Deputy's going for a coffee run.

Did you want...

Why don't you tell the deputy to

stay put till I get back?

Copy that.

So? You gonna

do anything?

About what?

Nobody broke in.

You're getting

prank calls from kids.

Check with your neighbors.

I'm sure they're getting

the same calls.

We have a small department

here, sir.

I like to limit

the unnecessary paperwork.

Now should

an actual person break in,

don't hesitate to call.

Have a good evening.

Yes, sir.

You, too.

Thanks.

A**hole.

Shh.

Whew.

Mitch, right?

I'm Michael, your neighbor.

Hi, Michael, my neighbor.

Good to meet you

after three years.

Yeah, I don't get out much.

I work from home, you know.

It's cool, dude.

What's up?

Um, look, have you, uh...

Have you been getting any calls,

like in the middle of the night?

People keep calling us

and saying, "Remember me,"

and then just hanging up.

Does that sound familiar?

Holy sh*t.

You get those, too?

So what is it,

just someone messing around?

You have any idea who it is?

Yeah, it's usually

one of my three ex-wives

bitching that I'm late

with the alimony.

Real f***ing funny.

Come on.

I'm sorry, man.

Come on. Have a beer.

Come on, alimony!

That's funny!

Come on! Heh!

Hello.

Hey, are you okay?

Hey, baby, yeah.

Everything's great.

How's your day?

You're not drinking, are you?

What?

Why would you even say that?

It's just Mary called me today.

She's friends

with Mitch's girlfriend,

and apparently Mitch thought you

were acting weird.

All I did is go over there

and ask the guy

if he's getting the same phone

calls we are.

That's it.

That's all?

That's all.

You know, he was a bit

of a dick about it,

and now apparently

he's telling the whole town.

Look, it's no big deal.

Remember what the Sheriff said?

Probably a lot of people

are getting the calls.

Yeah, but I'm the only one who's

a drunk for checking in on it.

That's not true!

Michael, a-are you

sure you're...

Know what? I gotta go.

Son of a b*tch.

What shite.

Get out of here.

This isn't you.

You're wasting your time.

Leave me alone.

You have bigger things

ahead of you.

You are a visionary.

I'm hallucinating.

All you need is

a lift of inspiration.

Leave me alone!

You were never like this

before Katherine came along.

I think she's driving you

to the loony bin.

Leave me alone!

Don't worry.

I'll bring you back.

Baby, I'm so sorry.

It's...

Remember me?

Who the hell is this?

Remember me?

If you don't stop calling me...

If you don't stop calling me...

Hey, man, uh,

sorry about

joking around earlier.

It was, like,

so uncool of me. I...

Mitch, I need you

to do two things.

One, never, ever look

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