Monsterland

Next.

Next!

Sorry. Um, picking up for Gayle Smith.

Smith. All right. Let's see.

This is for Atavax, 30-day supply. Is that correct?

- Yeah. - All right, just a moment.

Please remove your food from the counter.

Sir. For hygiene purposes,

can you remove your food from the counter?

Freaking weirdo.

Poof!

Okay. That comes out to $248.61.

What, dollars?

Yes, sir. $248.61.

No, no, that's... We have,

we have insurance.

Mom still on Oregon Community Health Plan?

Yeah.

Looks like they stopped covering Atavax

as of three weeks ago.

- How can they do that? - It happens all the time, unfortunately.

You should've received a notice in the mail.

- We didn't. - Well, you should have. We sent two.

We can start her on the generic, if you want.

- No, we tried that and she threw up. - Well,

I'm sorry. This is what the brand name costs out of pocket.

$248.61.

Is there someone else to help sort this out?

- Dad, maybe? - No!

Sorry.

I have

$38.

What can I get for that?

- The fuck? - Whoa!

- Fuck, man! - Fuck you! Fucking Unabomber!

Hey, Ma?

It's me. You okay?

I'm gonna make dinner. 10 minutes, okay?

Fuck!

Hit or stay?

Stay.

18.

And the crowds go crazy!

- No! - Ha ha!

How's school?

It's good. Pretty much living the dream.

Got a B+ on my math test.

Hit or stay?

Stay, Mr. B+.

What's this card?

Six.

And this one?

Rhymes with... heaven.

Seven...

Boom! Mic drop!

Yeah, and then after school,

um, I hung out with,

Aaron and Jordan.

And we had this, like, fencing match with these bats we found.

It was crazy. You should've seen me. I was like...

Killed them both.

Have them over!

I wanna meet your friends!

Yeah, totally.

I mean, I don't really have time, like,

right now with, like, work and everything, but...

Ma...

Don't worry, okay?

I like being busy.

Trust me. One day, I'll have, like, a huge party with everyone.

It'll be so big, you'll be like,

"Damn, Nick! Save some friends for the rest of us!"

You know?

Don't forget. If you need anything,

just give me a jingle.

I love my bells.

Of course you do. They're genius.

- What can I say? - Mr. B+.

That's me. Night, Mom.

Good night, Nick.

Damn, Nick. You mad, bro?

He's always mad.

Shut up and play the game before I end you.

Yeah, dick, play the game. You're the fucking dick, little whiny-ass bitch.

Who you calling a bitch, bitch?

You're both bitches. Watch and learn, motherfuckers!

Man, I hate playing you. Fucking death wish.

Wanna go again?

Nah, not me. Gotta go fuck the old ball-and-chain before she dries up.

You mean fuck your fist, dick?

Fuck you! Later, Nick.

- Stay mad, bro. - What the fuck. I'll play.

Just gotta piss real quick.

Same.

All right. Operation Death Wish, let's go!

No, no, no!

- Fuck me, man! - No thanks.

- Wanna go again? - Nah, bro.

Going to sleep. Gotta be up at 6:00 on a fucking forklift.

- Sucks to suck. - Psychopath.

Shit.

What are you?

Hey, I asked you a question.

I'm Nick.

I live here.

I'm a duck!

Quack quack!

Shit. You're a fucking duck, too.

Nick! Nick!

- Nick! - Ma, I'm here! I'm here! I'm here!

- What's wrong? What's wrong? - W-w-w-w-w-why did you leave me?

- What do you mean? - W-w-were...

- Gone, you left. - No way, Mom!

I'm right here, okay?

I-I...

D-dreamed... you would leave,

and you never came back...

No, Ma. I'm right here, Ma, okay? You just had a bad dream.

Okay? That's all, it's over. Look.

I'm real, okay? See?

Nicky.

So handsome.

Just like your father.

Gotta go back to sleep, okay? You're all safe now.

No! No! Please!

Ma, we both really gotta get to bed, okay?

Lay here with me, Nicky.

Shadow Watch?

What we're seeing now is a rapid expansion

far worse than we predicted.

We've got 12 confirmed sitings in the southeast,

- nine across the Midwest... - 10.

My cousin caught one in his garage.

- Milwaukee. - What do you mean caught?

- He trapped it? - I wish.

If he had, I'd be there tomorrow, give the fucker the full Guantanamo.

Yeah, you're a real Rumsfeld in your stupid fucking button-up.

- Fuck you. - Hey!

Ooh, careful, Dad's gonna take his belt off.

Let's review the facts, if you two don't mind.

We know they prey on the vulnerable.

We know they work invisibly, for years sometimes,

before they show themselves.

Things have been rough for your cousin for a while now.

About a year. Fucking wasteland since the plant closed.

Figures. And of course, the garage siting tracks.

We know they hate light.

Excuse me.

Well, hi there! What's your name?

Nick.

Are you guys talking about... shadows?

"Know your enemy, and you shall win

100 battles without loss."

Sun Tzu, Art of War.

War?

Against

shadows?

- Why? - Why?

Because it's the only language those shitfucks understand.

Dagr.

How's your life, Nick?

I don't know.

Sucks.

You ever feel like it sucks so much,

it can't just be a coincidence?

Like there's gotta be someone

or something pulling the strings?

'Cause that's what the shadows do, Nick.

They sow darkness.

They trade in violence,

chaos, fear.

They ruin lives.

Shatter families.

They killed my parents.

First time I saw one, I thought it was nothing.

So, I ignored it.

Even after my dad got laid off,

started drinking, bought a gun.

I didn't realize till their funerals...

Shadow was there, too,

on the church wall, watching.

- My dad, he would've never... - No.

Of course not. The Shadow made him do it,

planned the whole thing.

- I'm sorry. - Thanks.

Shut the fuck up! Go shoot your blanks.

Nick.

The Shadow Watch is a group of concerned citizens

who are committed to ending the Shadows' reign of terror

once and for all. They want a world of darkness,

but we are the light.

And we will win this war.

How'd you find us?

- What do you mean? - I mean what the fuck are you doing here?

Showing up out of the blue, you don't know shit about shit.

- What, you get lost looking for porn? - Dagr!

- Come on, that's enough! - No, you come on!

What, we got an open door policy now?

Bro's never seen a Shadow in his fucking life.

You're wrong.