Channel Zero

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Lacey?

- No--no, please!

Shh.

Why did you do this to yourself?

- I'll just-- I'll just take it right off.

No!

- Everybody, this is Margot performing on the piano.

Thank you, thank you.

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- I'll just talk to the manager. - Go talk to him, yeah.

- Okay, I'll be right back. - Yep.

Hi.

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Hey.

- Tim, he knows. Jason knows.

- Does he know because you told him?

- No. He asked me. - Well, I didn't tell him.

- He asked me if something happened.

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Just 'cause we're crippled

don't mean we have to take the crumbs.

What, you got some secret way

we get back up on the chairs now?

- New phone? - Hey.

- What the heck are you doing here?

- You didn't think I'd let the whole summer go by

without coming home, right? - Um...

I'm, like, your only friend.

Oh, thanks.

This is nice.

- Yeah, we could have been doing it all summer,

but somebody had to go back to school,

take more classes.

You sure you didn't fall in love

with some married professor or something?

- No, I don't catch feelings. Ever.

You could come back with me, you know?

We could get an apartment off campus.

Margot.

Come on, I'm so over my suitemates.

They're really lame.

- Is it sweetmeats or sweetbreads

that's, like, the neck part of the cow?

Probably breads, right? 'Cause it's counterintuitive.

It's like the whole Iceland, Greenland situation.

- All right, so you're just gonna keep

living at home with your mom in the past.

- You really don't have to save me from my life, you know?

But thanks.

- Hey, guess who I'm meeting up with

at Hall Pass later.

- Am I literally supposed to guess?

- JT. You should come.

Ugh.

You know how I feel about activities.

- Hey, Jules. - Oh, hey.

- Where have you been all summer?

Margot's been such a recluse lately.

Mom!

- My flight's at five, so I'm heading out.

Try not to auction yourself off online or anything

while I'm away. - Okay, we'll try.

All right, so you're coming tonight, right?

Mm-hmm.

Come on.

When was the last time you legit had fun?

When was the last time that you were touched

in a non-platonic way?

- I told you, nobody understands me.

- Eh, yeah, you should handle this dry spell.

You want to start a forest fire?

You could set this whole neighborhood on--

I did not deserve that.

- Yeah, you did. You did.

Oh, my God.

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- Someone just sent me this really weird video.

Yeah, me too.

Really?

Yeah.

Should we get in the water?

- Uh, yes. We should get in the water.

Okay.

* I come close

Okay, ready?

- * Let me show you everything I know *

* Mind my simple song

* This ain't gonna work

* Mind my wicked words

* And tipsy-topsy smirk

Hey. What's up?

- Hey. - How are you?

- Hey, what's all that? What is that?

Show me. - A snake.

Okay. All right.

That's my favorite sea creature, definitely.

Good pirate ship, love it.

- Thank you. - Mm-hmm.

Hey, JT, stop trying to be cool.

We knew you as a child.

We saw you go through puberty, you know?

Sorry.

Hey, uh, where's, um, you know?

Oh, he had to bail.

Who did?

Your date.

She told me to bring someone for you.

- Margot. Margot, wait!

Wait, hey!

I didn't want you sitting at home being grim.

- Well, I have a right to be grim.

- Yeah, you do, but-- - Yeah.

I get it, I apologize,

and, you know, he couldn't find anyone anyway, so--

Oh, makes me feel great.

- I'm sorry. - I'm sor--no, I'm sorry.

I just--I'm not feeling it. Can we hang tomorrow?

You leaving already?

What?

- I just-- I saw you walk in here

and take one look at this place and leave,

so I figured you were kind of a misanthrope.

Like me.

Okay.

- So you're-- so you're going?

Uh, yeah.

Yeah, I'm just really tired.

Um...

- Well-- well, nice to meet you.

I hope you get some sleep.

Night.

Ugh.

So, so tired.

- All right, well, you should go.

Have fun. - Thanks.

- At your house. - Okay.

- Jeez. - Dude.

I think a little bit.

He's doing his best.

- So, uh...you seeing anyone at the moment or...

Nope, single as a Pringle.

You know.

- So you're a cat person?

- I like cats. They're smart.

- Yeah, but guys with cats are all like weird loners, you know?

No, sorry.

I mean, if you think about it though,

that's kind of my type, I guess.

- I always have this dream where I get attacked

by a horde of puppies, and they start eating me,

and they're very cute. It's horrible.

- Okay, JT, what are you doing?

Just do it like you're--

you know, like you're moving through water.

Instead of just, you know, poking at the ball and--

No!

JT! What are you doing?

Don't do that.

- Yeah, sorry. You're probably right.

Too weird.

- What? Come on, it's fine.

Why are you back in town anyway?

- You ever heard of the No-End House?

- I have this nightmare where I'd be at my grandma's house,

and I'd be walking down this, like, long hallway,

and then at the end there'd be this standing mirror,

and there would always be someone hiding behind it.

And I'd wake up so scared every time.

- Yo, Margot, show me your phone.

Why?

- Last time it was in the U.S. was six years ago,

somewhere outside Detroit.

Since then it's been in Eastern Europe, South America.

It just shows up.

The only advanced warning is people in the area

start getting these teasers, texts, a post on your Instagram.

Most people have no idea what it is,

But in the past couple of days, it's been happening here.

This is, like, one in a million.

- Yeah, I don't even know where it is.

There's no, like, address on it.

Yeah, the address comes later.

There'll be a commercial or something.

I don't know.

Sounds just like a super-bougie haunted house to me.

It's six rooms,