Please, God, watch over
my babies.
Please, just come help them.
Hey, how's it going?
This way.
Put it down over here.
...it's hard to say it enough.
This could really be a problem with the communities
being cut off.
We're talking about roads that are going to wash out.
The rain is going to last and last
and that's going to be the problem.
Bridges are going to become tan-passable, so the...
Can I help you, Mrs. Parker?
Can I help you?
Are you okay?
It's the dampness, it, uh...
gets in my head.
It's gonna get a lot worse before it gets better.
Snap Pops!
Sorry, buddy.
No Snap Pops.
Snap Pops!
It's the first day with abstinence.
- You know the rules. - Snap Pops!
Milk or tea.
Sorry, honey, it's only until after Sunday.
Why?
Because it's a fast, which means that we can't eat.
No flesh, no fruit, no grain.
Drink your milk.
It'll fill you up.
Now, don't chug it.
It's gonna give you a bellyache.
I don't know what she was thinking
Leaving those clothes out like that.
Her headaches have been getting worse.
I wish Daddy would let her see a doctor.
You know how he feels about that.
...reaching a rainfall rate
of two to three inches per hour and it won't let up
until just before sunrise tomorrow morning.
Stay alert.
Flash flooding is definitely a likelihood
under these conditions
in sections of Greene, Delaware,
and Sullivan counties 'til 4:00 tomorrow morning
at this time.
Rising levels of area reservoirs
and local waterways have residents on river watch.
Extreme flooding is expected in local Hudsel Village
and widespread power outages are likely.
In Orchard and Sullivan County
it already has started.
It is feared that the worse-hit areas...
...make everyone aware
that Delaware County is now under a flood warning
and many surrounding areas under flood watches
and this will continue into the night.
Is this going to be significant flooding?
- It is very likely going... - Mr. Parker?
- ...to make a huge impact - Mr. Parker.
...on our community.
So, Delaware County, please be advised
you are currently under a flood warning.
Stay here.
...we expect those to go up into the thousands.
Dad?!
Daddy?!
- Dad?! - Daddy?!
...you should have your emergency supplies ready
and certainty have a radio with batteries because...
Spit it out.
- Hey, hi, Doc. - Hey, Mike.
I'm so sorry I'm late.
The roads are a mess.
I'm Doc Barrow.
We know.
You delivered our baby brother Rory
up at the house.
Oh, yeah, Rory, little Rory.
How is he?
He's, um, getting big.
Good.
Where's your father?
He couldn't make it.
He's still grieving.
Well, I can understand that, sweetie.
It's tough.
They said that she drowned.
Well, I won't know, hon,
until I do a full examination.
You mean autopsy.
Yes, an autopsy.
It's the law.
You know, I'm so sorry.
It's been a long time and you've grown so much,
I just can't remember your name.
Iris.
Iris, and you?
Rose.
Iris and Rose.
Well...
I only need one of you to make the identification.
I'll do it.
Okay.
This way, sweetie.
Rose, we'll be right back.
Mr. Parker...
Mr. Parker, it's wet out here.
She's in a better place, Mr. Parker.
We say that.
Do we believe it?
Emma Parker.
47 years old.
Liver healthy.
Moderate calcification
In the left ventricular arteries.
Sign of pill-rolling.
Atrophy of the right vastus lateralis,
suggesting early onset of Parkinson's.
What about Lambs Day, Daddy?
We do it the way that we've always done it.
Two days.
We will carry on.
But Mamma's gone.
What?
Mamma's gone--
It's what we do, Rose.
We continue.
Iris is the eldest daughter.
It's her responsibility now.
Okay.
Tree's down.
Creek's washed out.
Fetch some candles, Rose.
I'll let them know what's going on
down at the trailer park.
You're not scared, are you?
Are you scared?
Don't be scared.
Jesus gonna be here
Oh he's gonna be here soon
Jesus gonna be here
He's gonna be here soon
When's Jesus gonna be here?
Soon.
Yeah, he's gonna be here soon.
That's my boy.
Sing it.
Daddy's home.
What is it, boy?
Huh.
Come on, come on.
Mr. and Mrs. Kimble, uh...
In these situations, 99 times out of 100,
the missing person is safe--
just can't get to a working phone.
Your daughter's probably at somebody's house,
a friend's house,
just as worried about you as you are about her.
But she's our only child
and she never hasn't come home before.
I understand that, but I've got--
I've got roads closed, lines down, bridges out.
Let's give it 24 hours.
If she doesn't make contact by then, we'll--
we'll put out an alert, okay?
Emily!
I need you to make copies of that photo
and put out an MPR on a Valerie Kimble, all right?
I'm on it.
Thank you.
I'm sorry.
I know it's a bad time for you,
but... I'm finished with this place.
Uh... there's no work.
And now this damn storm washed half the town away.
So... we're gonna head downstate
to my brother's and see if we can start over.
I think that's everything.
Good luck, Mr. Parker.
I'm hungry.
Snap PO95-
It's for you.
I don't under--
It's a token... for last night.
"Kindness shall be met with kindness."
Is that in the Bible?
It's in mine.
Thank you.
Funeral's this afternoon.
- So soon? - It's our way.
I don't like to ask.
I was wondering if you wouldn't mind
watching my boy for a spell?
Too young for these things.
Of course I wouldn't mind.
I'd be happy to, Mr. Parker.
This is Sheriff Meeks.
I'm not here right now.
Please leave a message and I'll get back to you
as soon as possible.
Hey, Bob.
Doc Barrow here.
I found something strange this morning--
my dog actually dug it up.
I'd like to show it to you.
I can stop by your place today if it's okay.
Let me know, please.
Thanks.
Where are you, pumpkin?
You're gonna have to take care of them now.
You ready for that?
I'm the oldest.
That's the way it works.
The way it's always worked.
It just... doesn't seem fair.
None of it.
That's for me to worry about.
Not you.
What if we refused to do it?
We just... we just stopped?
He would make us, wouldn't he?
I just want to get this over with.
And then we have a whole year to figure something out.
I just wish that we were like everyone else.
Well, we're not.
Help!
What are you doing?
You know you ain't allowed down here!
I seen the monster, Daddy.
One day...
I'll teach you how not to be afraid of the dark.
How'd that be?
Good.
Until then... you stay out.
Don't go where you don't belong.
Okay?
Boys need a watchful eye.
I'm sorry, Daddy.
Rose said he was sleeping.
Rose isn't in charge, you are.
All we have is each other.
We need to stick together now.
You understand?
"And the seed shall become the tree
which bears the fruit."
"And feeds the kindred."
- Amen. - Amen.
When the earth has claimed our limbs,
then shall we come home to walk with Him.
To a better place he calls us,
free from want
and hungry desires of this earth.
But should some urgent fate...
untimely lot...
bring you to meet your fate,
nameless elf that haunteth the lone regions
where hath trod no foot of man,
commend thyself to God.
Behold, the lamb of God
who taketh away the sins of the world.
Amen.
He hasn't eaten since Mamma...
Well...
take him home, put him to bed,
let him get some rest.
If he wants something to eat, give him something light.
Like soup or something.
I'll call you tomorrow.
I'm sorry, Iris.
Thank you for coming, Anders.
It was really sweet of you.
No, no, hon, she didn't suffer at all, no.
Okay, thank you.
We're home, Daddy.
She was the first.
Now... it belongs to you.
"December 24, 1781.
"Papa has found our new home.
"It is a peaceful place,
"high on a mountain overlooking the valley below.
"The forest is rich with serenity.
"A land that knows not the industry of men.
"Our harvest dwindles as winter approaches early.
"Mother has forgone her rations so that the children may eat.
"Father and Uncle Burnett left yesterday in search of game.
"We pray for their safe return,
as I fear we have not yet seen the whole of nature's cruelty."
- Hey. - Hey.
I hope I'm not bothering you,
but I wanted to say that when my dad died...
it was really hard on our family.
Especially my mom.
Where have you been?
I haven't seen you all summer.
Academy training, downstate.
Yeah, this is my first...
official week on the job.
They made you cut your hair, huh?
Yeah, academy regulation.
- You wanna come in? - Um...
No, it's, uh...
It's just, do you remember Valerie Kimble?
Yeah, well, have you seen her lately?
Not since school let out.
She's pretty.
Yeah, well-- well, she's gone missing
and, uh, it was just before the storm.
So I thought that maybe,
since she had to come by this way
on her way home every day,
that maybe someone had seen her.
You could check up at the trailer park.
Only the new girl left.
Business has been slow.
Yeah, it's been slow for everybody.
All right, well--
well, I'll go ask her then.
Um...
I hope this doesn't come off the wrong way.
I thought that maybe, um...
maybe after everything calmed down,
we could-- you know, we could go to a movie
or something sometime?
- A movie? - Yeah.
Or a restaurant, we could go eat.
You know, whatever you wanna do.
Ask me again some other time
And we'll see, okay?
Yeah, of course.
All right.
I will-- I will-- I'll see you around, I hope.
Not if I see you first.
That's the boy from school that you liked, isn't it?
He's okay.
Nice haircut.
I don't know what's keeping you here, Doc.
What you need...
is a good, long vacation, someplace warm.
Shit, if I was you, I'd retire and stay there.
She can stay here.
So what do you think?
There's been flooding up at the cemetery.
Yeah, but, Bob, the cemetery's downstream from me
and you know very well nothing flows upstream.
How sure are you, Doc?
I'm not.
We'd have to send it to Albany.
Have it tested to be positive.
That's not gonna happen, not with the flood.
What are we gonna do?
I got a state of emergency here.
I can't start an investigation based on a piece of bone.
I'm not even sure it's human.
- I'm not asking that, Bob. - I know that.
Come on, Jim.
- You know what this is. - What?
I'm sorry, man.
It's all right, you're probably right.
I'm probably clutching at straws.
Believe me, when Kimmy disappeared...
We did everything we could.
She was just gone.
It happens.
I wish to God it didn't, but it does.
Yeah
"And the monster lived happily ever after."
No, he didn't.
What?
The monsters not happy.
He's crying.
What do you mean?
I heard him in the basement behind the locked door.
He's in there and he's sad.
You hush now and go to sleep, okay?
Goodnight.
"We lost Mrs. Burnett last night.
"Mother is weakening by the hour,
"and I fear that she will not last the winter.
"Father returned to us this morning
"with supplies of fresh meat.
"Uncle Burnett continued further east,
"in hope of reaching the outpost.
"He has not returned,
"and I believe now that he never will.
Father says all is forgiven in the eyes of the Lord."
Daddy...
What if we were different?
If we weren't like we are?
Come here.
What are we like?
It was God chose us to be this way.
If we don't do as He asks,
we get sick, from the poison.
One by one we die.
You can't hide a doubtful mind from Him, honey.
He knows all.
Sees all.
You're stronger than you know, girl.
I know, Daddy.
One more day.
I love you so much.
I love you so much...
I love you, too.
Oh, excuse me.
Hey, Doc.
Mr. Anders.
What kind of bone do you think that is?
Where'd you find this?
It washed down at the creek,
behind my house.
It's definitely not a deer.
My dad would have known, he was real good with bones.
In my humble opinion,
I believe it's human remains.
Well... in that case...
I'll take your word for it.
You're a doctor.
Well, I'm here because I went by to see Meeks.
I told him.
He just thinks I'm some kind of a nutcase.
And he may be right.
But there's been three people missing from this town
in the last 20 years,
one of which was my daughter.
I know.
I remember.
I was on the search party.
I know.
But if you extend the radius,
including the towns within 50 miles,
there are 30 people or more missing,
none of which have been found.
I'm just a deputy.
Well, I know, I'm just trying to help out.
I thought maybe it'd be useful information.
A lot of good folk in this town.
Nice people.
Those girls just put their mother down
who just died recently, down here to help out.
Father's a bit of a wacko if you ask me.
Hey, guys.
On the house.
We got the power back up but one of our fridges won't start,
so we have to eat everything up before it spoils.
Could we have a cup of coffee, sweetie?
Sure.
I'll tell you what, Doc,
how about I come over tomorrow
and you can show me where you found this?
He woke up sick and then got all hot.
Oh, he just has a fever.
Children get fevers.
- Do you have any aspirin? - Yes.
Can you crush one up in a glass of milk, please?
And make sure you crush it really good.
Is he going be okay?
Oh, yeah, he'll be fine.
We just got to get him out of these wet clothes.
Sweetheart, do you have some fresh things for him?
Yeah, I think.
Poor little thing.
So sweet.
I'm hungry.
What's going on?
He's got a fever.
It's a wonder we ain't all sick.
All this damn rain gets in the bones.
You're a good neighbor, Marge.
I'll see you out.
Listen, maybe you ought to take him to see a doctor.
That costs money we ain't got.
We ain't used to sickness in this house.
He'll burn it off, be fine.
- Good day, Marge. - You're bleeding.
Well, look at that.
Must be dried out from the stove in the shed.
It's the Maker...
telling us it's time.
"Mamma has gone to the Lord.
"Now it is just the three of us.
"Father has changed greatly these past few weeks.
"He keeps to himself in a back chamber of the cave,
"quoting scripture and weeping at night.
"I suspect I know the great secret
"Father has kept from us.
"As Father's mind unravels,
"our survival has now become my burden.
"It is with love that I do this.
"God's will be done.
"Alyce Parker.
"Lambs Day.
1782."
We're gonna have to call the Kimbles.
Hold this.
Help me.
- Help me. - I can't do this.
I can't-- I can't do this.
We have no choice now.
You're gonna leave me for that police boy.
Nothing comes between this family, okay?
Nothing.
I need you.
I cannot do this alone.
Please, help me, Rose.
Go, please, help me!
Come on!
I'm sorry, Mrs. Stratton.
I promise you're going to a better place.
Get off me!
Get her off me!
Iris... make it stop.
Make it stop.
Please make it stop, please.
Please, Iris!
Please, please...
Did you kill the monster?
Yeah, yeah, yes, I did, yes.
Tell Daddy suppers ready.
Are you okay?
I didn't know it was gonna be like that.
I won't do that again.
He can't make me.
Nobody can, not even God.
Hi.
I came by to see how the little man is doing.
He's fine.
Better.
I brought you some lasagna.
You'll have to use it before it goes bad, so...
It's vegetarian.
Sweet of you.
I heard somebody down in the shed earlier.
It must have been Daddy.
He's the only one allowed down there, ever.
Well, it sounded like a girl crying.
I don't know what you think you heard,
but you must be mistaken.
Thanks.
Good night.
Thank you...
for the sustenance we receive.
Blessed are the lamb, for they are His offering.
Amen.
It's good.
Your mother would be proud.
Eat your food, Rose.
Yes, Daddy.
It's just hot.
Blow on it.
It takes more than a flood...
to bring this family to its knees.
It looks like pot glow.
And what is pot glow?
Means it's been boiled.
Listen, you find anything else, you give me a call.
I'll be at my office at the morgue.
Fucking pot glow.
- Thanks! - Yeah.
Iris, Iris.
Get up, get up, wake up.
Get up.
You should call a girl when you're gonna make a visit.
Morning, Iris.
What are you doing in my creek, Anders?
Wasting my time, getting my feet wet.
I don't mind so much now that you're around.
I can get you a pair of my Daddy's socks.
You think so?
I know so.
Come on up.
So...
What are you looking for?
I, uh...
I probably shouldn't say.
- It's-- it's nothing. - You can tell me.
Hell.
You were the first boy I ever kissed.
Though you probably don't remember that, do you?
No, no... I remember.
So...
You can tell me, what are you looking for?
Well...
The storm, um, just washed some...
things, uh, way down creek.
Well, what kind of things?
Bones.
Well, we've been finding bones around here
since I was a little girl.
Deer and coons mostly.
No, but Doc Barrow thinks that these are human.
You're just funnin' me.
No, I swear to God, that's what he thinks.
But the sheriff, he's not buying it, so...
So I don't know.
Let me get you those socks.
Hey-- hey, Iris?
Could I get a glass of water?
Iris?
Jesus!
What you doing here, Anders?
Is something wrong?
No.
No, I just got my socks wet.
Iris is getting me a dry pair from upstairs.
What is that?
Oh, looks like some sort of old tooth or something.
I found it out in the creek.
Thanks.
So... how old are you now, Rose?
- 14. - 14?
You're growing up.
It happens.
Yes, it does.
Catch.
Thank you.
What's this?
Some kind of bone, I found it out back.
My daddy would know.
He's good with bones.
So was mine.
You know, there's an old family cemetery
up the creek a bit.
We used to go there when we were little.
Even some stones left.
How-- how far?
Not far, just below the falls.
Maybe I should take a look.
This could be from one of our relatives.
I'll show you where it is.
Okay, I'd appreciate that.
You're growing up really pretty, Rose.
Just like your sister.
I'll see you later.
See you.
I think your sister's worried that I'm gonna
steal you away.
Are you?
Listen.
What?
My daddy called them heat bugs.
They mean summer's coming.
Damn it.
What?
Nothing.
Come on.
Almost there.
Some have signs of scorching
and Y-shaped patterns...
indicating a serrated blade.
T-structured incision,
indicating a flat blade,
for scraping or filleting tissue from bone.
This is all your dad's land, huh?
Don't.
Why?
It's just a flower.
I'm not worth it, Anders.
I'm not what you think I am.
I don't think you're anything but a pretty girl...
who I like a lot.
- I'm not pretty. - Yes, you are.
Not inside.
Maybe I should just take you home.
You filth.
Rory's alone.
I don't know where your sister's made off to.
Get your ass home
and look after your brother.
Now!
Get out of my sight.
Both of you.
Hi, you've reached Deputy Anders.
Sorry I can't-
This is Sheriff Meeks.
I'm not here right now-
We'll take the truck
once he's asleep.
And we'll head to the city and just start all over.
Stop, okay?
It's going to be okay.
You're so beautiful.
Okay?
You're gonna be fine.
We're gonna be fine.
It's okay.
Daddy's mad.
The Lord is my shepherd.
I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His namesake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil, for He is with me.
His rod and His staff, they comfort me.
Surely goodness and...
- Hi, Emily. - Hey, Doc.
Is Anders in?
Nope, just me.
Been trying to call him all afternoon.
There's a new storm coming-bad reception.
He might be over at the fireworks.
Is Meeks in?
He's out on call.
Accident on 28.
Listen, hon, would you mind watching my dog for a bit?
Oh, my goodness, he's so cute!
I left something in Meeks' office, can I get it?
Oh, yeah, door's unlocked, help yourself.
- Thanks. - Hello!
Can you sit down?
You're such a good dog!
Are you thirsty?
Oh, my goodness.
Okay.
Let's give you some water.
Here you go.
Yeah, I want a puppy just like you.
Lay down.
Can you lay down?
You're a good puppy!
Hey, thanks.
- You be a good dog, Zip. - Did you get what you needed?
- Yes, I did, thank you so much. - Oh, good.
Yes, you shake.
That's a good boy.
Have you seen Deputy Anders?
No, not today.
You haven't seen Deputy Anders, have you?
I've seen the sign.
We're coming home to you now.
Coming home to you now.
Coming home to you now, sweetie.
Is Meeks around?
I haven't seen Meeks.
Father...
we have kept our tradition...
in its purity.
And seek our reward in the hereafter.
Oh, come on, Kidd.
Come on, buddy, let's go.
Come on, let's go.
Good boy.
Pretty, isn't it?
Honey, listen to me.
You're gonna have to be a brave boy, okay?
You're going to have to listen to me.
To what I say, when I say it.
Can you do that?
All right, that's a good little man.
Get ready for supper.
Good boy, Kidd.
Iris.
Father...
lift us from this world of goatishness...
together, as one
and raise us to righteousness and heavenly laity.
We have kept our tradition...
in its purity,
and seek our reward in the hereafter.
- Amen. - Amen.
We were lost, like the lambs...
but have found the light that will lead us home.
Let us eat.
Iris...
Iris.
- Yes. - Get the door.
I need to see your father.
Come in.
Dr. Barrow.
Mr. Parker.
You hungry, Doc?
We have plenty.
No, thank you.
What's on your mind?
Well...
It's rather delicate.
Leave me and the doctor to have some privacy.
Let there be light.
Mind if I smoke, Doc?
How long have you had that hand tremor, Mr. Parker?
You didn't come here to discuss my health,
did you, Doc?
No, I didn't.
What then?
You seen Anders?
Who?
The deputy... Anders.
Yeah... him.
Was he here?
This morning.
But he left.
Is there anything else?
Yes, as a matter of fact.
Your wife suffered...
from a rare disorder of prion disease.
It's usually found in
the native tribes of New Guinea.
And it comes from eating human flesh.
No, no...
Did you kill my daughter?
What?
Your daughter's wearing a hair clasp.
It was a gift to my girl when she turned 16.
Did you... eat my daughter?
I've been meaning to ask you.
Are you a religious man, Doc?
Tell me about my daughter.
It's not too popular these days, is it?
Tell me about my daughter.
Tell me about my daughter!
Daddy, no!
Son of a bitch.
Okay, my sweetie.
You're gonna be okay, don't you move.
You're gonna be all right.
Don't you go anywhere.
I'm sorry, honey.
I love you.
I'm gonna go get your...
your brother and your sister.
Come on, go, go!
Oh my God, okay...
Get out!
Marge, Marge!
Marge!
Marge, please open up!
Open up!
Marge, please!
Please.
Marge... Marge!
What the fuck is happening?
Get out, get out!
No, no!
No!
Rory...
Come here.
It's all right, it's okay.
It's all right.
Rory.
Please come here.
You don't have to be afraid of the dark.
I'll teach you.
Rose.
- No! - It's okay.
- No! - Come home now.
No!
- Come home now. - No, no.
Daddy loves you.
- No. - Iris needs you.
Iris needs you.
Iris?
Iris needs you.
Yeah
She's safe.
Come on.
Come home, okay?
Come on, yeah.
That a girl, it's okay.
It's okay, I'll take care of you.
I'm gonna take care of you.
It's okay, it's okay.
I got ya, I got ya.
I got ya.
All is forgiven...
in the eyes of the Lord.
You look just like your mother.
No reason to cry.
- I love you, Daddy. - I love you, too.