The Sandman

Please, no! Someone help me!

- Anybody! Please! -

No! Get away from me!

Daddy?

Daddy!

I'm hungry.

I know. Me too.

Don't worry. It's all gonna be over soon.

- -

Hello?

Someone there?

- Daddy? - Oh, jeez! Oh!

Hey, I told you to wait in the car.

It's here, isn't it?

Mm-hmm.

Okay, let's go. Let's go.

- - Watch it.

Okay.

We have to go out the back, okay?

Let's go. We gotta go. Go, go, go.

Go, go, go. Okay, almost there.

Daddy!

Okay, they probably have a key up front.

I'm scared.

All right, remember what Dr. Elliot told you to do

whenever you get scared?

Just close your eyes and count back from five.

Okay?

Okay.

I'll be right back, okay?

Five.

Four.

Three.

Two.

One.

See? Everything's gonna be--

Daddy?

Daddy!

All right, you can lean back a little

and rest your head in your hand.

Wanna bring in the stool?

Sort of drape your leg over.

And lose the bra.

Okay, hold it.

Move those to the selects.

- These two? - Yeah.

All right.

How come you don't pose?

'Cause somebody has to take the pictures.

Yeah, but you're hotter than half the girls in here.

- Only half? - Uh-huh.

And I suppose you'd want me to take my clothes off too, right?

Is that an offer?

There is just one little problem.

What's that?

You'd have to figure out how to take the lens cap off.

- I'd have figured that out. - Oh.

Eventually.

This is Claire.

When was the last time you saw your brother?

It had been awhile.

He moved around a lot.

He ever say why?

When you have a rough childhood,

it's hard to feel comfortable.

Any idea what he was doing upstate?

Is this about my brother's death or my brother?

Answer the question.

No. No idea.

And you had no contact with him?

Every once in a while I would get an email, okay?

That's it.

What is this about? Did he do something wrong?

Parker, Arizona.

Crawford, Colorado.

Farmington, New Mexico.

Each of these were taken when your brother was either living

or staying within five miles of the scene.

Now, I'm gonna ask you again.

Do you have any idea what your brother was doing upstate?

All right.

I think we're done here.

Do me a favor.

Stay available...

just in case we have any more questions.

Wait.

My brother's daughter, Madison.

Where is she?

The child is exhibiting

extreme signs of post-traumatic stress.

It's not surprising, given the circumstances.

The police interviewed her at length,

regarding the death of her father,

but she was uncooperative.

Has she said anything about that night?

Madison thinks someone named "The Sandman"

is responsible for the death of her father.

The Sandman?

Children often make up boogeymen

to deal with their real life fears.

Fear of the dark, fear of the unknown.

I think this Sandman is Madison's way

of dealing with the death of her parents.

Is this for her protection?

Ours.

No! Let go of me!

I don't wanna be here anymore!

- I wanna go home! - Be still!

No! No!

- Be still! - Let go of me!

How about I give you something to calm you down?

No!

Hey!

Madison!

- - Madison!

- Grab her. - Come on!

Take her back to the room!

Like I said.

Uncooperative.

Her eyes are so soulful.

I'm Mrs. Farmer.

Department of Children's Services.

Claire.

My brother told me she was born en-caul.

It's where the amniotic sac is still intact.

Apparently, it's special.

It's supposed to be a sign of luck.

Madison is a lot things.

I wouldn't say lucky's one of them.

Miss Blake, do you have a moment where we could...

go somewhere and chat?

Yeah.

The good news, Miss Blake, is we have a system in place

to help children like your niece receive the care that she needs.

You mean with someone other than with her family.

I assumed, with your background, you wouldn't be seeking custody.

- What does that mean? - Miss Blake--

Don't you think we should be talking about this first?

Do you have any experience raising a child?

No.

- Are you married? - No.

What about your career?

Okay, look.

I understand that I'm not a perfect housewife, okay?

But my brother would have never wanted his daughter

raised by strangers.

Even if those strangers were better equipped

to see that his daughter received a proper upbringing?

Am I gonna need a lawyer?

Can you afford one?

Miss Blake, because you are the girl's only living relative,

no one can prevent you from taking custody temporarily.

Permanent guardianship, however, is another matter.

Daddy?

- -

Help! Somebody!

What's happening? Madison?

- She's having a nightmare! - Madison?

Get away from me!

Four milligrams of ketamine.

Madison, hey, can you hear me?

Can you hear me?

Hey.

There you are. It's all right.

It's just a dream.

Is he gone?

Who?

The Sandman.

Yeah.

He's gone.

You're safe.

Hey, do you know who I am?

Aunt Claire?

You can just call me Claire, okay?

Hopefully you're gonna come live with me really soon.

How does that sound?

Don't make promises.

She's just a little girl. She needs some hope.

She needs to stay here for further examination.

Indefinitely.

He's scary.

He just wants what's best for you.

Can you stay with me till I fall back asleep?

I'll do even better and stay with you while you're asleep.

How's that sound?

Shortly after she arrived,

Madison started exhibiting symptoms of night terrors.