Wander Darkly

Jj

Hey. Shh.

Hey.

You're all better now.

You're safe.

Jj

What do you think? The black one?

Where in the fu...

Heck is your daddy? Should we go find him?

Daddy? Where are you?

Now? Hello?

- You chose now to do this? - Oh, hey.

Gordita. Come to papa.

Even though you shouldn't be here.

It's too dusty for you.

Daddy's the only one who gets to hide away in this man cave of his.

I know.

You going somewhere?

No, we are going somewhere.

Yeah, no. I'm ready.

You know what? I'm sorry, okay?

I'm sorry I forgot our date night.

Forget it.

Could you please just not sigh?

Really? Okay.

You don't honestly expect me to believe that you forgot your own argument

about how date night was cheaper than therapy, do you?

Right, like you forgot we agreed your mom wasn't allowed in our house anymore.

We're broke. I don't see you finding a free babysitter.

I would have. What?

Don't start this right now, please.

Can we just try to have fun?

We're out, okay? Let's just try.

It's kind of cool to be out after dark, you know?

Childless people do this all the time. Gets dark and they go out.

All the neon lights. It's like a fucking video game.

It's like... like tron.

Hey. We're so glad you could make it.

Thanks for having us.

- Wow. - This place is beautiful.

Matteo and Adrienne just bought the house down the street.

- But they... - Thank you. Yeah.

But they can't move in until, what, next October?

Yeah, there's this co-op living community renting it.

- It's, like, eight kids in their 20s. - It's, like, ten kids, actually.

Mm. I'm sure someone's sleeping in the laundry room.

- Ew! - It's kind of fun. Come on.

Shared space, you know. Cooking, cleaning.

- Life on the porch with a ukulele. - Excuse me.

We showed up for inspection with our baby.

She was, what? Like, seven days old.

- Yeah. So little... - We scared them shitless.

Married people with babies. Run!

We're not married. No.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to assume.

No, we just... we've got the house and the baby, and so...

Also, like, I mean, marriage, whatever, it's like...

Totally. We wouldn't have done it, honestly,

except my family would've killed me.

No, you mean me. They would've cut my dick off with a machete.

Oh. Ow!

And I thought Adrienne's mom hated me.

I mean, she does,

but more in a "I'm praying to god to curse your eternal soul" kind of way.

When she comes to the house, we play this game

where we pretend we can't see or hear each other.

Very pleasant.

Okay, excuse me.

- Liam? Hey! - Hey!

- How are you? - I'm good. How are you?

I'm good. I haven't seen you here in so long.

I guess now I know why you wanted to come so badly.

I had no idea that he was going to be there, okay?

And god forbid I have friends. You certainly have friends, right?

You know, we both deserve to be happy.

Liam makes you happy?

I didn't say that. Are you happy?

Yeah. Yeah, sure.

Oh, that's convincing.

We agreed not to do anything crazy in the first year.

We just have to get through the first year.

I don't want to just get through it. I want to enjoy it.

- You want to control it. - What choice do I have?

I'm dragging you through the motions of our life.

Your life. You wanted to have a baby, we had a baby.

You wanted a house, we bought the house. What now?

How about the truth?

- Don't. - You can't do it.

No, you want me to make up some pretend confession

to justify your paranoia, and I won't do that.

Yeah, right.

You're not gonna be happy till you're miserable.

You know, I just... I actually... honestly, I do not know what the point is.

Of life?

Of us. Why are we even together anymore?

We...

We have a newborn baby. We just closed escrow. What?

Now what? You want to split up?

I want to...

All these neon lights...

It's like a video game.

Can you hear me? Can you hear me?

You know, we both deserve to be happy.

Are you happy?

Time of death: 12:34 A.M.

Jj

Chica! Please don't!

Chical

- We'll give you a minute. - No!

Wait.

Jj

Is there something beyond all this? Is there an afterlife?

Today on our show, we'll seek answers to those questions.

Our first guest was rushed to the hospital...

Ellie.

Ellie.

Look at mommy, baby.

Ellie. Ellie.

Ellie, look at mama.

I remember one minute being in this world

and the next minute being, like, I died.

Jj

- I miss her so much. - Maggie?

- I can't believe she's gone. - I know.

- That's in my face. - Sorry. I'm quitting.

I just can't lose you.

Come here.

Thank you all for being here.

Okay.

"To everything there is a season...

And a time to every purpose under the heavens...

A time to be born...

And a time to die."

I'm sorry.

This feels so unreal.

Like a mistake, you know?

Like I could reach into the hourglass and stir the sands and just change it all.

No, I'm sorry. I...

I can't do this. Sorry.

Sorry.

Poor thing. I'm gonna go check on him.

"Love is patient, love is kind."

Shea!

- "It does not envy, it does not boast." - Shea!

Let's let the body cool off first, okay?

It's better this way.

My sweet girl. See”? All the toys.

Yeah! So many pretty toys.

See, this is Ellie's room now, and we're gonna do just great. Mm.

Aw.

Ellie bellie, you're gonna live with grandma and grandpa now.

Look at you.

- Grandma? - Hmm?

Do you really think she loved my dad?

Are those my journals? Oh, god, no. Fuck. Don't... please don't look at those.

I think your dad was hard to love.

Stop now.

It's not your fault your father left.

Tears won't solve anything. They won't bring him back.

Bring him back from where?

Where is your dad? Where the shit is your dad?

Matteo?

Jj

Hey! Adrienne!

Come down. What are you doing?

You can see me.

What?

I died.

- I died, Matteo. - Okay.

It's so wrong that that was it. It was just headlights and a half gasp...

Stop. Stop.

You're confused. We had an accident.

Oh, my god, you're dead too.

What? No!

No, I'm not.

And you're not.

How do you know?

Because I know.

Well, because we're here.

I mean, spending eternity on the 10 freeway...

What did we do to deserve that?

You weren't there with Ellie.

Where do you go?

What happens to you? You just get scared and then, what, you just... you disappear?

You concussed. That's it.

No. I'm dead.

I could step into traffic now. It wouldn't matter.

Hey!

Hey.

It's okay.

What is this, like, purgatory? What's happening to me?

Just hold on to me. Hmm?

We just want what's best for Ellie.

We can't leave her here, Steve.

If she had just left instructions

for what she would've wanted in a situation like this...

She would want us to take care of Ellie.

What about Matteo?

God forgive me, but this is all his fault.

He couldn't take care of her. He wouldn't marry her.