The Good Neighbor Page #5
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- 2016
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while you were sleeping.
Anything at all?
No, I didn't hear a thing,
so, if you don't mind...
The reason I'm here is because
we got a noise complaint.
About a woman screaming.
Well, I...
In your basement, sir.
In my basement?
Look, we got a call.
Apparently one of your neighbors
was walking his dog...
Said he heard a woman screaming
in your basement.
That's absurd.
Well, then you wouldn't mind if
I come in to take a look, right?
Just to be thorough?
Sure.
Be careful.
Let's see what you got down
there, Grainey.
Moment of truth.
It's just storage down here.
All right. I think
we're good here.
You sure they said
it was a woman?
That's right. Why?
Nah... never mind.
Sorry to disturb you again, sir.
Yeah.
He didn't find anything?
He wasn't looking hard enough.
No, no way!
We're not going in there!
We're not!
Say it again, Sean.
F*** you.
No, come on, say it
to the camera.
Sean, obviously it's
bothering you...
So let's talk about it, okay?
On the record.
You know what I think.
What, you think I'm ruining
my own project?
I'm sorry, our project.
I think you know you're
ruining it...
But it's easier for you
to blame me.
We wait until he leaves, we
knock that goddamn door down...
And we see what's in the
basement.
Documentary over,
it's that simple.
Unless nothing's in there.
There's...
Then documentary ruined...
Burglary charges, and a waste
of all of our time and money.
We have one more weekend, okay?
One more haunt.
We move the furniture around,
just like in poltergeist.
Just like we planned.
No, no, it needs more.
Come on, doesn't a part of you
need to know what's down there?
Sean, let do something
different?
Let's do something dangerous?
Let's do something your daddy's
not gonna approve of?
What?
No, it's just funny that you
should put it that way.
What?
Do you want to get into what
this is really about, Ethan?
What do you mean?
I think you know what I mean.
No, Sean, please, enlighten me.
I know about Grainey...
And your father.
What did you say?
You heard me.
Now do you want to turn
the camera off?
- That was the afternoon of
October 22nd, 2014. -40 pm.
What did the two of you
discuss...
After the camera was turned off?
Should I repeat the question,
Sean?
He told me the story of what
really happened with his father.
A story you never heard before.
Yeah, this all happened before
I moved to the neighborhood.
But Ethan would always tell me
that his father left him.
And what prompted him to finally
tell you the truth?
I found an email open on his
computer from his father.
He always said that he never
talked to him...
So I thought that was strange.
I shouldn't have read it, but...
What did Ethan tell you?
Well, um... his mom and dad
were having problems.
One night, things got physical,
it was pretty bad.
His mom ran out and went
for help.
And who's house did she run to?
Mr. Grainey's.
Harold Grainey interfered
in a domestic dispute...
With Ethan's parents...
Causing an altercation of his
own with Ethan's father.
And when the police arrived,
Mr. Grainey's testimony...
Sent Ethan's father to jail
that night, correct?
That's right.
Well, it doesn't sound like Mr.
Grainey did anything wrong...
In that scenario, does it?
No. It doesn't.
And what ended up happening
with Ethan's father?
Well, um, the way that
Ethan told it...
Grainey had a long talk
with his mom that night.
By the time his dad got out,
she wanted him gone...
And filed for divorce.
And full custody of Ethan.
Yes.
So despite Ethan's father's
obvious responsibility...
In this particular incident, to
a 13-year-old boy reading...
These emails, it would seem
that an old man interfered...
In his life and that
his father was taken away.
It's quite a good reason to hold
a grudge, wouldn't you say?
Objection. Speculation.
Is it not a fact that Mr.
Grainey had a conversation...
With Ethan's mother the night
of the altercation?
And that Ethan never saw his
father again?
Yeah, no, but see...
No one was ever supposed
to get hurt.
So Ethan never implied that the
man he referred to as, quote,
a "miserable, wife-beating,
drunk piece of sh*t"...
Should be punished...
Even to the point where
he might react violently?
No, it was just a prank...
An experiment.
Here's to my mom working nights,
because if she didn't...
We couldn't actively make bad
decisions at my house.
Give it up.
One, two, three!
Hey Carly, how's that
Tequila treating you.
Really good.
Hey, give me the camera.
No, man, why?
Everyone's gonna see this.
Ted Spiegelman, ladies and
gentleman.
Gobble, gobble.
The guy that dressed up
like one creepy cock.
Biggest cock.
That you are.
And you're the only person to
actually dress up...
Well, besides Ashley, who
dressed up like a...
Slutty witch?
Yo, hey, man, I was doing good,
come on, give it back.
Okay, so he disappears for,
like, two minutes.
And then he comes charging out
of the garage...
With this giant f***ing axe.
Shut up.
No, no, seriously.
So wait, wait, wait,
so he takes the axe...
And he walks over to the door,
and then he just destroys it!
Just like whack! Whack! Whack!
Like Shelley Duvall was on
the other side.
Who?
Never mind.
Okay, why don't you put that
thing down now, Ethan?
Uh-huh, you know I'm seriously
considering it.
Just uh, two seconds,
I gotta go find Sean.
Wow, guys. I don't know if
that's more stupid or racist.
What?
Sanjay's from Malaysia. They
don't wear f***ing turbans.
Whatever, man.
A**hole.
Whoa, um, ow, ow, hi, Carly.
Um, are you having fun?
Ethan, I have to apologize.
I gave you sh*t about your
project...
But it actually seems
pretty awesome.
Well, thank you.
It is pretty awesome.
Do you actually think that
he's a murderer?
Well, Carly. You'll just have to
wait and see. Right, Sean?
So, is there a place where Sean
and I can go...
To get away from all
the cameras?
Oh, the cameras are bothering
you?
Okay, um, well, you could
go to my room.
Oh, okay, no, bad idea.
Why don't you go to Sean's room?
You have your own room here?
Well, technically it's
a guest room...
But since Sean practically
lives here...
Sounds great.
Um, well, you guys enjoy
your privacy.
I just get really frustrated...
Having Ethan film everything
that I do.
It's really hard to get you
alone, you know.
It's like you're always
with Ethan.
Yeah, maybe too much, right?
What do you mean?
I just feel like what we're
doing is getting a little...
I don't know... dangerous.
Well...
Can't a little danger
be a good thing?
What is that?
What?
That.
Oh, my god, sh*t, Ethan!
Sh*t.
What the f***, Ethan!
Enjoy your privacy?
Are you kidding me?
Just relax.
Give me that! Turn it off!
Stop! Relax!
Relax?
Relax? This is sick.
Wait, wait, how long
has it been in there?
What, do you... you watch me
sleep now?
Sean, it was just for tonight.
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