The Outsider

Claude Bolton, where is he now?

He said he went to go hang with his brother

in Tennessee, a town called Cecil.

This, El Cuco, what does it want?

It wants to survive, at all costs.

We have an APB for John Jack Hoskins.

Suspect is considered armed and dangerous.

How have you been feeling lately?

Like someone's been trying

to get inside your head?

My head...

in the mirror looking right back at me.

This Cuco is turning into Claude as we speak.

So, hopefully, it'll expose itself to the world.

It has my brother!

He's here.

It's here.

You're it!

Hey, John, wait up.

Boys!

John! George!

Boys!

Let's go.

Boys!

Who the hell is that?

Friend of the family.

Look. I'm not saying there's absolutely no resemblance

to our guy, but...

You're saying that he was with you last night?

From four till past midnight.

And why was that?

'Cause he's a witness in a... homicide in Cherokee City.

DA asked me to come down, get a statement,

and Lieutenant Sablo rolled along,

because the staties are working this one as well.

We just wanted to question the man

in a non-threatening environment,

and Mr. Bolton over there on yonder porch

was kind enough to allow us to use his home.

Since we're accounting for his whereabouts, we figured...

I'm only going along with this as a professional courtesy.

Sure.

Hey. One last question.

This individual you're trying to find,

the perp we're looking for

abducted an 11-year-old boy in Cherokee City.

We found him a few hours later, tortured and murdered.

We talking about the Peterson boy?

It's horrible.

O... Of course, we're not... we're not saying that...

that your guy and our guy are the same guy, but...

you know, if we could interview your wits...

you know, that could be great for all of us.

Might-could arrange it. We'll be in touch.

Okay.

- Thank you, fellas. - Thank you. Thank you.

From now on, we have to edit

everything we say in front of Claude,

assume that whatever Claude sees and hears, it sees and hears.

And if it gets wind that we know that it's here, well...

Now this thing's in town trying to fuck my brother up.

You wanna keep him out of the loop?

The less he knows, the safer he is.

The safer we all are.

The world has gone insane.

Yeah, well, except for me and thee,

and I'm not so sure about thee.

That photo, that was... "the thing"?

I believe so.

- You believe so. - Yeah, and look...

My advice to you while you're out here,

you should believe so, too.

Let's say we find this thing, then what?

Does anybody know if it can even be killed?

Well, we... we have to assume it can be.

Why?

It walks, it talks,

it clearly needs food to sustain itself, so...

it can be killed.

I'm with him. We just don't know what it responds to.

No one said anything about killing it.

We just need to contain it.

In what? Butterfly net? Tupperware?

Me, I'd go with a couple of strings of garlic

and a big wooden stake, maybe a big ol' cross.

You people know anything about stopping this thing?

I mean, one thing.

That's what I thought.

Well, what I do know is that we need to take your brother

somewhere else while we can figure this thing out.

Yeah. So you said.

What would be best if one of us could take him somewhere else

while the rest of us make some plans.

Look...

no disrespect, but we need you. So, drop the attitude, okay?

- Hey. - Morning.

Oh, shit.

Here, take mine.

- You sure? - Yeah.

Thank you.

Hey, Claude.

Know what would do everyone in here nicely this afternoon?

A little taste of heaven.

Hi-Way Heaven?

When was the last time you been there?

I can't even remember, man.

It's on their dime, too.

Best fried chicken for 200 miles.

Well then, I'll drive.

It's an hour there, hour back.

That's with no traffic and all.

If I did not love to drive, I would not have purchased

that fine piece of machinery outside, right?

Get you out of the house. Clear your head.

Hey, honey.

Hey.

Hey, what's going on?

Well, you know, we're... we're... we're just...

we're... working on it.

"Working on it"? What exactly is "it"?

Progress. We're making progress on things.

Ralph.

You're talking in riddles. Just tell me what's happening.

It's here.

What is?

Jesus!

Hey!

Watch where you're going, lady!

Hang on.

What are... What are you gonna do?

- Find it. - You said you were just

gonna guard Claude Bolton, nothing else.

That's what I thought, too, but then...

You can't go anywhere near this thing.

You have no idea what you're dealing with.

Jeannie, nobody's doing anything but talking, so...

Come home.

I can't right now.

Jesus!

Do not go after it.

Please.

There are others to do that.

We're just gonna share what we know with them,

then step away.

Love you.

There are no bears.

- There were in the olden days. - How do you know?

'Cause I snuck in there one night to check for them.

You did not.

If you say so.

I wanna go in.

Do you have 25 cents?

'Cause I don't.

Come on. This way.

Dad's gonna kill us.

Not if you don't tell him.

Cut it out.

It's panicked.

Wasn't finished transforming.

It wasn't ready.

So, why did it expose itself?

It's hungry.

And now, a day later, hungrier still.

Starving.

Which means it's gonna take a run at another kid.

Just a matter of when.

You see how he just about knocked that big guy on his ass?

I don't know. I don't eat for a while, I get kinda weak.

Hopefully, the effort cost him.

Hopefully.

There's only one cemetery within ten miles of this place.

The New Olive Baptist.

Cuco likes to hole up near his victims' families.

Look, if the Boltons have people buried there,

we should check it out.

Do you have any family buried at New Olive Baptist?

Do I what?

- Do you have any family buried... - I heard you the first time.

No, we favor the other one. Child of God.

I didn't see any second one.

Well, that's because all the coffins,

they got flooded in the '60s.

All those dead folks, kinda body surfin'

down the hill toward the river.

"Hey, look, there's Grandpap Joe and he's waving at us."

That must have been some sight to see.

Now, cups never figured out

how to wash themselves where I'm from.

He's all I got.

Your brother?

That's right.

I hear you.

Well, I hope you do.

Hey, Ev.

Hey, my boys come through here this mornin'?

Nobody's come through here.

You're the first soul I've seen all day.

Why? Are they lost?

They around here somewhere.

I just don't... I don't know...