Ritual Page #4

- My mother?

...and Wesley and Paul's.

That must have been

very difficult for all of you.

Yeah. My poor mother.

She was Haitian, you know.

She came here

with all the others in 1962.

What others?

Julian, Ramon, Violette.

Mr. Claybourne's little Haitian mafia.

Very clever.

Wait, Alice.

That was the same year

Jamaica got its independence.

All the British landowners freaked out...

...thought there would be riots...

...that the land would be taken over.

So Mr. Claybourne came.

...and bought the estate

for almost nothing.

Thought he could scare the locals.

with voodoo crossed with obeah.

Ramon mess up their bodies,

Julian mess up their souls.

Worked great for him.

- Maybe we should get going.

- Who's this guy?

I thought I knew everybody

who owned a bike.

What's wrong with you, man?

Are you crazy?

Oh! Oh, my...

Come on. Let's run.

Oh, my God.

So about the two killings...

...did they ever find out who did it?

Nobody knows who did it...

...or maybe they do

and they hushed it up.

Rich men can get away with...

Well, you know.

- So, you think Mr. Claybourne?

- Me don't know.

He was a stranger... Alice!

Are you OK?

- Oh, my God!

- What?

Have you checked

on Wesley this morning?

No, not... Not yet. What does that

have to do with anything?

Isn't it customary for a doctor

to check on their patient.

- First ting in the mornin'?

- Customary? No.

No, Wesley likes to sleep late.

He needs his sleep.

Why would I wake him?

If him wake up late,

that mean him go to sleep late.

- Very late.

- Let me go, mon!

- Let me go, mon!

- Look who's here...

with all kinds

of interesting scratches on.

Man, I did nothin'.

That's exactly

what you said two months ago...

when that other young lady

was found dead here.

What other young lady was found dead?

Superintendent.

Those scratches, that's me.

It must have been a very special night.

I can practically hear the moanin'.

What other young lady

was found dead here?

Al...

Please don't leave.

I can explain everything.

Explain? You never tell me

the doctor before me.

...supposedly dies of a heart attack...

...that a woman is found slashed

to ribbons that same night.

You never tell me the police

consider my patient.

...to be a possible homicidal maniac.

You never tell me...

Alice, I apologize, OK?

- My brother is not a killer.

- Really?

You can swear

that he was with you last night?

I can tell you he was not in his room.

- What the hell?

- Oh, you... Wait, wait.

Isn't this nice? You like that?

You like that?

Mr. Claybourne, I am done here.

Find yourself another doctor.

Dr. Dodgson, please.

See, you don't understand.

Wesley and I spent our childhood

in boarding school in New York.

He's the only family I have.

I'm afraid of losing him.

We should never have come back.

This is not a good place.

Like hell, it's not.

This is a beautiful place.

What our father did to it is a tragedy.

Wes, are you OK?

So, you think

that I killed those people?

- Where were you after dinner?

- I don't know.

What do you mean

you don't know?

I have these...

F***, I don't know, blackouts.

It's like a fever. It takes me over.

It's like

I'm some kind of zombie.

When we were kids...

we used to go to these ceremonies

up in the hills. Remember?

It was really exciting.

It was all under control.

A couple of years ago...

...I started to go back.

Well, it wasn't in control anymore.

- Why don't you stop going?

- Because I can't.

Look, doctor, we can replace

anything that you need.

We can have it flown

from Miami within 48 hours.

I can get you 24-hour security

here on the estate.

We can get you anything you need.

Just please don't give up on us.

I'm going to need a sample of his blood.

Thanks.

Alice!

So they talked you into stayin'?

I knew it.

I see the way you look at Wesley

and your pumpum just take over.

Slow down, please.

- The blood samples.

- It's him again.

- Who again?

- The guy on the bike.

The one from this morning.

He could have killed

that real estate woman.

- There's no one there.

- I'm not taking any chances.

Hold on!

Caro. Caro!

Turn around!

Caro! Look out! Caro!

Are you hurt?

That guy...

What guy? There was no guy.

What do you mean there was no guy?

Don't start messing with my mind,

Alice. I know what I saw. Ow.

You're hallucinating.

I'm sorry, but I think that you have...

...the same thing

that Wesley and J.B. Have.

I don't have anything.

I don't have anything!

If I did, I wouldn't want

to know about it.

Wesley sure doesn't care about it,

and if I had it, which I don't...

...it would f***in' ruin my day.

I'll be more than happy to have these

analyzed for you, Dr. Dodgson...

...but the day shift is almost finished.

It will be done during night shift.

I'll have the results tomorrow.

This won't hurt.

Caro has a medical problem.

...and I want to make sure

you didn't contract it.

Almost got it.

OK.

- How are you feeling?

- Like swimmin'.

- We should...

- Come on. Let's get Matthew and Wesley.

- I really think you should...

- Got your swimmin' suit?

- I got one right here.

- Slow down!

You're gonna have to stop being so cool...

...because I'm gonna wind up

wanting to be exactly like you.

God forbid.

One of me is more than enough.

- Matthew!

- We thought we heard voices.

So, where are we all going?

Whoo-hoo!

I just... I just don't get it.

What is making these people sick

and why isn't it more of an epidemic?

Why is it people associated

with the Claybourne estate?

- I... You know, I'm not sure.

- Alice, come on in, girl!

Come on!

For the tenth time, I don't have a suit.

That's no excuse.

There's no one around except Wesley.

He'll see you naked sooner or later...

...and Matthew, who just might pay $100

...just so you take off them clothes.

Absolutely.

It's 200 if you'll take a check.

Make it a certified check.

Alice!

- Good! Come on in!

- Come on!

Come on, girl!

Wesley!

Is he in just such complete denial

about his condition?

It's very serious.

He could be dead in six months.

Oh, I could be dead tomorrow.

You could be dead tonight.

People here don't think

about that kind of thing.

Drink a little root juice,

smoke a little ganja.

Hey, baby.

Here, have some root juice.

Root juice?

They make it locally.

Two glasses of this, you'll be

purring louder than Hercules here.

It's good.

Mmm.

Great.

Mr. Jackson...

...a ladyfriend of yours gave me

a substantial amount of money.

...for me to turn my back

at the right moment.

I believe she has

a car outside waiting for you.

Hit me right here, sir.

No, I just had that fillin'

put in yesterday.

This one.

Come, come. Come on.

I don't think so!

Wow!

I'm not going

to eat you, Caro.

What? What are you looking at?

You want to go for a walk?

Hey, you come to give me a ride?

Mr. Jackson...

...out fi a lickle walk?

This is great.

I can't wait to call home and say...

"Guess what? I just...

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