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(crows cawing) (shuddering) (shushing) (sobbing) it's okay.mommy's here, okay? i need you to bea big boy, okay? (pounding on door) get under the bed.get under the bed.right now. quick. quick.
please, leave us alone! (screams) (shuddering)where's mom? where's... go, michael, go! (lindsay screams) no! (screaming) (lindsay screaming) (glass shattering)
michael. michael, run! (cabinet door creaking) (crows squawking) (cell phone dialing) you're goingto run down the battery. like you could geta signal around here anyway. luckily, peopleout here remember you can have conversationswithout those things.
it's okay, buddy. be careful not to unbucklehis seatbelt. i'm not. we're here.how about that? (sighing) no going back now. we couldn't afford iteven if we wanted to. i knowit's a bit run-down, but wait till you seethe inside.
hey, buddy. roy: hey, denise,check out the water pump. you want to come seeyour new back yard? hmm? yeah? it's big. (exclaims) still works. yeah, i'm impressed. i know you're worried. but a couple of daysand i'll have everything hererunning like new.
i promise. even that? all right.maybe a week. still thinkwe can do this? climate's right.the soil reports are great. listen, i knowi couldn't make thiswork in the city. but this is somethingi know. (thunder rumbling) (crow squawks)
roy: jess. jess, come helpwith these bags. what do you thinkof the house? neat. help us unload. if we wantanything to sleep on tonight,we got to get moving. okay. (toy playing old macdonald had a farm) (music stops playing)
i think she's goingto be okay. well, at leastshe's talking to us. i guess that's a start. yeah. i love it out here,you know. roy: hey. hey. how's it going? it's so quiet out here.
yeah. it takessome getting used to, huh? you know, bringing youout here wasn'ta punishment, jessica. it's an adjustmentfor everybody. and the only waywe're going to make this work is if we give it a chance. "i'll take thatas a good point, dad. "you're right.you're always right." good night. get some sleep.
(engine sputtering) denise:don't give up, honey! don't worry.i'll get it. denise: come on. come on. come on. that's right.come on. (denise whooping) he did it!high-five. high-five. he did it!
roy solomon? colby price.belton savings. oh, hey.good to meet you. so you said your fathergrew sunflowers, too. yeah, over in turek county. i grew upnot too far from here. right. look, i knowyou're all moved in, but an opportunitycame up at the bank
that i thoughtyou might be interested in. this place satgathering dust for years until you came alongand bought it, and now, as it happens, another party'sexpressed interestin the farm. the good news is,they're willing to paywhat you paid and put another15% on top of that. we just got here. and frankly, uh,
my family's lookingfor a little stabilityright now. well, this willgive you the details. give me a callif you want to discuss it. thanks, i will. hey, benny. i'm coming. you ready? oh, great. (ben laughing)
roy: ben? (ben continues laughing) ben? hey, sport. i thought you were asleep. how'd you getout of bed, sport? i thought you were... come on.let's get you to bed. all right, ben.now you try to getsome sleep now, okay?
lay down. go to sleep.good boy. daddy loves you. (birds chirping) what? what are you doing? going to town. i don't think so, jess. give me the keys. roy: i just had them, like,two seconds ago.
(sighs) thanks, jess.you ready to go? jess? what's up with that? it was me, not her. i thought she wastaking the car. don't beat yourselfup over it. by the way,your son managed to climb outof his crib last night. that's new.
so are the thingsi'm gonna do to you when i come infrom the fields tonight. new things, huh? oh, yeah. i've been readingthe farmer-sutra. (chuckling) see you. ed: there you go.you have a good day now. man: thanks, ed.
well, you're the new folksin town, right? roy: yeah, roy solomon. so what do you plant? sunflowers. all right. let me help youget started. jess: hey, mind if i golook around? hey, don't go too far. (footsteps approaching) (woman screams)
hey, what're youlooking at? huh? you didn't getto finish your cereal. and daddy saidyou got out of the criblast night all by yourself. did you do thatall by yourself? (players chattering) player 1: nice! player 2: pass it up. got it.
you're all over him. get up! get up! take it! player 3: come on, bobby.what was that? player 4: come on. little help? thanks. (boys exclaiming) it's all in the wrists.
i'm bobby. jess. welcome to north dakota, jess.you're from chicago, right? yeah. how'd you know that? small town.everybody knows everything. you might wantto remember that. so what do you guys dofor fun out here? you're looking at it. sweet.
half now and half at harvest.that's the best i can do. i appreciate it. and if you're lookingfor labor, it's gotten cheapwith all the unemployment. i can't afford much now, but i'll keep it in mind.thanks, ed. you're kicking my ass. yeah, it's allin the wrists. come on, you playedin chicago, right?
well, i used to.i played in junior high. yeah? what happened? i don't know.i guess i just gotinto other things. well, the girls' team hereis for shit. yeah, boys' is too,if you're on it. nice one, bro. hey, you know, if you ever get boredof doing nothing outat the farm, i could always swing byand pick you up,
and we could go do nothingsomeplace else. yeah, maybe. (horn honking) hey, i got to go. i'll see you around. nice to meet you. hey, who was that kid? just some guy. from around here?
no. he commutesto shoot hoops. you get his number? dad. if you want to go back,if you're too embarrassed, i'll get his numberfor you. you know, i thinkyou and your mom would havea lot to talk aboutif you give it a try. we're allin this together, jess. so i'll go seeif mom needs anything.
okay. sure. denise: how was town? small. hey, jess,i'm really sorryabout earlier. it's okay. need me to help youwith anything? i'd love it if you couldcarry down some of thoseboxes in the hallway. sure. where do youwant them? just put themin the cellar.
oh, god.you got to stop that. sorry if i surprised you. what do you want? i wonderedif you'd had a chance to lookat that purchase offer yet. we're gonnamake a go of it. we're staying. now, if you don't mind,i've got work to do. of course. always lots of work to doaround a farm.
bye now. damn it! get out of here! (groans) shit. (thudding) (crow screeches) (panting) (crow squawking)
oh, my god. (gun firing) man: about the only thingthat keeps them away. they always like that? no. hell, they justwant your seeds. roy solomon. john burwell. good to meet you.lucky you came bywhen you did. you live around here?
no, i was just headinginto town. got to gowhere the work is. what do you do? a little bit of everything.why, you, uh... you need some helparound here? what was that noise?what's going on? everything's all right. this is john burwell,part-time crow exterminator. the crows weregoing nuts out here.
if john hadn't come alongwhen he did, i might have gottenpecked to death. well, it's a good thinghe did then. roy: i could sure use somebodyto help me in the fields, but i really can'tpay you till harvest. we could provide meals and put you upin the workers' quarterstill then. sunflowers, huh? all you can eat.
that sounds good to me. well, i was making some lunch.would you like to join us? sure. sounds good. do you mindkeeping that outside? oh, sorry. got any familyout here, john? no, ma'am. just me. think it's going to bea good harvest? well, it's been a whilesince that land'sbeen planted, so, yeah.
that's what i like to hear. cheers. hey, jess.do you mind helping mewith these? you want this? he won't stop. but it must meanhe likes you. ben, ben, ben, ben. what are you looking for? nothing.
roy? what's wrong? oh, my god! are you okay? what happened? roy: it's no big deal. i cut my handon the tractor. oh, honey,you're gonnaneed stitches. no, i just need a bandage.
no, we got to get youto the hospital. well, i can take him. not with a suspended license,you can't. all right.i'm going to get ben's bag.jess, you get in the car. ben can stay herewith jess. roy, i don't thinkit's a good idea. just grab the keysand let's go.jess and ben will be fine. john's right outsideif they need anything. holy shit.
your dad gonna beall right? yeah. he probablyjust needs some stitches. hey, what you got there?farmer? you gonna be a farmerwhen you grow up,like your daddy, huh? let me knowif you need anything, okay? yeah, thanks. what's up with the crows? all right, ben. tonight we have
filet mignon, veal parmesan, baked alaska,chicken cacciatore, and mac and cheese. (footsteps pattering) stay here, ben, okay? john. is that you? (creaking) hey, who is...
woman: 911. what's your emergency? i think there's somethingin my house! i need you to get everybody out of the house as quickly as possible. (toy playing music) we'll send a car immediately. ma'am, are you alone? no, i'm with...i'm with... ben! (door creaking) (gasps)
ben, what are you... (jess screaming) let me go! help us! take him.take him. what's the matter? what is it? jess.what's the matter? denise: oh, roy,i hope they're okay. everything's all right,ma'am. oh, god.
officer: i alreadychecked all the rooms.there's nobody here. but she describeda lot of damage. as of now,we're going to classify thisas a false alarm, not a deliberate hoax. thank you. what did john say? well, he saidit was easy to understandsomeone getting scared their first night aloneout here. but that he didn't seeanything unusual in the house.
mom, please believe me.i'm not making this up.i'm telling the truth. jess, please. just stop. dad... dad, i'm really scared.can we just go home? jessica, this is home. you need to getused to that. but i thought we agreedthat you were going to try. what happened to that?
hi. shut the door. maybe we shouldn't haveleft ben alone with her. did you see her face?she seemed so scared. i'm really worriedabout her. she's just having a hard timeadjusting, that's all. being out herewill be great for her. i don't know. maybe we're inover our heads here, roy. we'll get through this.
just give her some time.she'll be fine. you saw it too,didn't you? come on.i know you did.you had to have. just tell me. i wishyou could just tell themwhat you saw. come on, ben.when are you goingto start talking? i promisei'll never let anythinghappen to you. (voice whispering) you heard that, too,didn't you?
can you see them? where are they, ben? (floorboards creaking) son of a bitch! hey, you didn't hear that. dad saidyou needed this. why did you tell my parentsyou didn't seeanything last night? well, because i didn't. i mean, look,i know you were scared.
and i know that people,even your parents, sometimes, they don't knowhow to listen. especially my parents. they got pressuresthat you can'teven begin to understand. you sure you sawsomething up there? i saw it. it was real. maybe you've just gota lot on your mind. hey, jess. hey. thanks for coming.
you don't look so good.what's up? did you know the familythat used to live in my house? not really.it was the rollinsthat lived there. what happened to them? they just up and leftabout five, six years ago. there were some bad harvests.lot of people didn't make it. hey, um... did you ever hearof anything about my housebeing, like, haunted? seriously.
just, like, stupid stories.it's been abandonedfor a long time. so... what kind of stories? nothing really. when we were kids,we used to dare each otherto go down into the cellar. why? did you eversee anything? no. not me. i never went down there. (pounding) (roaring)
what's happening to me? i saw something again today. it's a girl.she was in the cellar.something... something happened to her. she was trying to get awayfrom something. get away from what? but she was... she lookedjust scared to death. have you told your folksabout this?
you know my parentsalready think i'm nuts. do you think it's crazy? people's spirits hanging aroundafter they're dead? no. there's somethingabout the land out here. it gets ahold of people. it doesn't wantto let them go. what about you?don't you get lonelyout here?
don't you miss havinga family of your own? nah, you guys keep meplenty busy. thank you. for listening. anytime. almost ready. yes! that's whati'm talking about. i really like being here, roy. you guys make mefeel like family.i'm grateful. lucky to have you, john.
let's see how goodthe harvest is, and maybei can afford to keep you on. don't worry about me.you just take careof your family. woman: (softly) help me. hello? what do you want from me? (rattling) you okay? can you hear me? (siren wailing)
is she okay? the lacerationsare superficial.so she'll be just fine. oh, thank god. is there any reason... has there been any troublein the family recently that would make herwant to hurtor draw attention to herself? um... we just moved herefrom chicago. and back there,
jess got into some trouble. she's kind ofstruggled a bit. we've been dealing witha lot of emotional issues. jessica? your mom's here. dad, we needto leave the house now, before anything else happens. dad, i'm really scared. have you forgottenhow hard it wasthe last couple of years? me out of work,ben's hospital bills.
we went through every dimeyour mother and imanaged to save. twenty years. twenty years of savingsgone in two years. we have everythingriding on this harvest, jess.everything. we're only a coupleof days away. please. mom, these thingsattacked me. enough! god. the doctor saidyour cuts lookself-inflicted.
that's what he said.that you did this! you actually thinkthat i would do thisto myself? why won't you believe me? how can we, jess? tell me! i mean, we thoughtyou put this all behind you. why do you keepblaming everything on me? you never listen to me. and what? we're supposedto pretend like we're somebig happy family again?
i can't do that. jess! let her go. maybe coming herewas a mistake. don't second-guessyourself, roy. why not? everybody elsearound here does. don't attack me over this. i should have sold. damn it.
right after we got here,there was another offeron the place. we would havemade our money back,plus another 15%. and you didn't evenmention this to me? how could i?you would have takenthe offer on the spot. so you make this decisionwithout even telling me? i held this familytogether for two years while you werelooking for a job. and then i comeall the way out here when you decidedthis was the answer.
and now we had another optionand you didn't eventell me about it? you heldthis family together? is that why you and jesscan't even be in the same roomfor more than five minutes? no wonder the girl's a mess. damn, denise.denise, i'm sorry. damn. john: everything okay, roy? roy: no matter what i do,i can't keepthis family together. (car horn honking)
hey. you all right? do you want a ride? so where are we going? feed store. why? bobby, i'm gonnatell you something. and i need you to believe me,because nobody else does. i don't think the rollinsjust up and left. what are youtalking about, jess?
i thinksomething really terriblehappened to them. i think they're dead.i've seen them. you've seen ghosts? have you talkedto your parents? i've tried but they won'tlisten to me. back in chicago,i messed up. like, six months ago,my mom was picking upmy dad from the airport. and his flight was late,so she calledto see if i could pick up my little brotherfrom the babysitter's house.
and i should have told herthat i'd been drinkingwith my friends but... i mean, it wasn't likei was wasted or anything, and i thoughti was okay to drive. but we got in a wreck, and ben had to goto the hospital. and he hasn't talkedsince then. i mean, they justhaven't let it go yet. everybody makesmistakes, jess. your sister's goingto be okay.
right, benny? say, "right, mama." what are youpointing at, ben? what do you see? what does it look like? what the hell? (groaning) okay, honey.lie down for your nap,sweetie. you okay? all right.
the woman in this watch,i remember seeing her here. there! that's her. bobby: what is it? i got to get home. ben, honey.we got to get out of here. honey, come on. denise:mama will be right there.mama will be right there. (crying)
all right. stay right there.all right, okay. mama will be right there.you stay right there. (panting)oh, my god, john. where are you going? where are you going, mary? what is this? are you leaving me? i don't... shut up!
no, don't... i've been working my ass offevery day. it's never good enoughfor you, is it? did you really thinkthat i could everlet you leave me? (ben crying) open this door!open this door, mary! mom? dad? (banging)
go! bobby, wait! my brother. he's not here.let's go. bobby, watch out! open the door! (jess gasps) mom. oh, jess.
i know what you were seeing. i've seen it, too.i'm so sorryi didn't trust you. mom, i've got to finda way out of here. okay? mary. do you thinki would let you walk outon this family? (grunting) john:open the door, lindsay. you're not leaving me. (whispering) be quiet,sweetheart. be quiet.
bobby? bobby! where are they, bobby?where are they? roy: denise? dad! (roy groaning) you've beena bad girl, lindsay. no! leave her alone! come here! why are you alwaystrying to run away from me,lindsay?
what's the matterwith you? don't you like your family? my family is goingto stick together! we're not your family! (all screaming) jess: dad! i got you. roy: hold on! denise:hey, honey, it's me.
it's gonna be all right. mrs. solomon, i havejust a few more questions. you're gonna be okay. man 1: excuse us, please. man 2: let's get him in. jess: maybe nowthey can rest, ben. denise: hey. you thirsty? oh, yeah. thanks.
so, how's it going? getting there. what's up there, dude?what's in the sky? that. birdie. what's that? is that a cloud? crow. that's a crow. (ben chattering) how about that?
