Widow's Bay

Issue this.

But what about the fireworks?

Do it.

Hey, Ruth. Um…

I'm gonna need you here today.

Absolutely. I just need to leave at 3:00.

Ah, no. That is exactly what I mean. Okay.

This is insane, you can't just lock me in here.

I don't have time to relitigate this.

I'm gonna be gone for 30 minutes. You need a snack, ask Ruth.

I can see you calculating how much you think you can get away with

in 30 minutes. So how about this, I'm gonna call every ten.

What do I do? Do I just, um…

I press a button and then, like…

How… What… How do I… What's the system?

The system is you pick up the goddamn phone.

I didn't know we were swearing now.

Hey, is it true that Reverend Bryce hung himself?

Wasn't he your friend?

We'll talk about it when I get back.

I don't get it. I saw him at The Rye just a few weeks ago.

He was getting a coffee.

I think.

Maybe not. We didn't talk.

I didn't really know him anyway.

Thank you, Paul.

Once again, I'd like to remind everyone that it is not mandatory that you speak.

There's nothing.

Ah, there's always something.

What the hell happened here?

And why would he burn everything?

Just save every scrap you can.

Hmm. All right.

Need to tell people what's going on or they're gonna start getting killed.

- I'm trying to get things under control. - Yep.

Your little curfew isn't gonna do it. You can't even control your own son.

Okay. Okay. Okay.

All right.

What's wrong?

He…

He tried to call me.

And another number.

A lot.

Dial it.

Hello?

Hi. Yes, um…

Who-Who is this?

Who is this?

Uh, sorry. I just, I just…

I found your number in my phone, and I...

Fuck.

You try.

- Yes! - He won't pick up.

The call's coming from the same number.

Hello?

Hi. How are you?

Good.

Reverend Bryce gave me your number.

Would you like an appointment?

- Yes. - Yes I would.

- Give me fifteen minutes. - Oh. Uh… Uh…

That's… Okay. Where are you?

12 Birch Street.

Come in!

Hey.

Thank you.

This feels good.

Okay.

What's it gonna be?

Hmm.

Who we got here?

Hello again.

That is a brutal fucking ride.

Damn, Papa.

Todd O'Connor?

Hey, Patty. How you doin'?

Yeah. Good thanks.

- Oh, my God. You're a drug dealer. - No, no. No, please.

I'm a shaman.

Is that cocaine?

Yes.

Todd and I went to school together. We were like...

What are… What are these?

That, my friend, is the one fucking mushroom I'm not going near.

Dude, that shit is gonna take you where you gotta go,

regardless of if you wanna go there.

Old timers call that thing Truesight.

Only grows here local on the island.

Imagine getting LASIK for your third eye.

Blasts that thing open.

Pow!

I'm sorry, I'm-I'm trying to figure out why Reverend Bryce would take it?

Well, he was looking for answers.

He hung himself.

Shit.

Uh, I guess he didn't like the answers.

Damn.

You know, I-I have a buddy who took it.

You remember Brian Morrison?

"Bri Guy"? Stole his mom's car in eighth grade?

- Mm-hmm. - Flipped it in the woods? Maniac.

Anyway, Brian saw something on his trip that changed him completely.

He encountered something he wouldn't talk about.

But he chilled out majorly afterwards.

Stopped getting into fights, stopped yelling at his girl.

She had to feed him though.

He lost some pretty major motor skills.

Happy guy though.

Just hard for her to get him down at night.

Anyway, he drew the same thing over, and over, and over again.

I think he saw it on his trip. I have one of them, lying around here.

It's kinda ancient…

vaguely religious iconography.

It's the kind of sacred geometry you don't just riff.

Yeah, man.

Yeah, take that in.

- Some doors are meant to stay shut. - Oh, yeah.

Am I right, folks?

How do you take it?

Well, I can make you a tincture for 35 bucks, if that's amenable?

- No, thanks. - You and your companions can hang out

in the Peace Center at no extra cost to you.

Do it.

Okay.

Would you excuse us for a minute?

Yeah, yeah. There's no rush to the augmentation of the soul, folks.

This fungus doesn't hold the secrets of the island.

It's gonna leave you muttering in a corner.

Look, if you don't want to take the scary mushroom,

after bringing all these tourists here to the island,

that's for you to live with.

Wyck will take it.

Very cool.

No. Of course there's not gonna be fireworks.

Which part of "curfew" do they not understand?

Listen, I think you should know that people are angry.

Apparently Kurt is gathering a meeting. Trying to overturn your curfew.

I'll be back in 15 minutes.

Damn it.

- I've gotta get back. - Uh-huh.

I'll stay with him.

- You sure you wanna do this? - The only way out is through.

I-I know, but it's jus… I don't know.

Oh, God. It… it even looks hideous.

But you can't taste it, right?

What?

It… it's in here?

Mm-hmm.

We-We-We s… We said Wyck was-was gonna take it.

Yeah. You're Wyck.

- Oh, my God. Oh-Oh-Oh, my God! - It's okay, it's okay.

- Just-Just sip it slowly. - What? I finished it!

- Ah. - I ca… I can't be on this!

I-I can't be on this!

Not now! Now today!

Make yourself throw up.

- I can't! - Stay calm.

- It's only a 12 hour experience. - Oh, my God!

- Oh, my God! - Tom…

Oh, my God. Oh, my… Oh, my God.

It really is best to purge!

I can't throw up. I've never been able to.

- Here. - Stop, stop!

Oh, come on, Tom. Shush!

Stop, stop, stop, stop!

Oh, my God. Evan.

What am I gonna do about Evan?

Don't worry. I'm on it.

What? What are you gonna do?

Careful here. Okay.

And we're just gonna wind down here in the Peace Center.

That's good.

Let's have a seat. On the mindfulness bed.

Per… yeah. That's it. Yep.

And let's get fully supine. Yep.

And here we go.

Oh. I'm so sorry. I didn't realize she'd gotten out.

Come here, Bridget.

She's turning 50 soon, so she's got wanderlust.

Tom. Tom! Listen to me.

Listen to me. Sit. Sit.

Now, don't squander this.

You find those answers, now.

- What? - Yeah.

Good news. Um…

Evan is fine, and he's gonna stay at Ruth's.

Oh, thank God. Who'd you talk to?

- Evan. - Oh, my God.

- I have to get back. - Tom.

I think we just ride it out here. He seems to know what he's doing.

- Yeah. - Don't you think it's best to stay here?

Absolutely. I do personally have to go.

As my girlfriend's cat has absconded.

But in the meantime you can totally guide him.

- What? - Just stay calm.

And whatever you do, do not look at any mirrors.

You got this, Wyck.

What do I do if you freak-out? What do I do if you freak-out?

Take me back to the office right now.

- Have you seen anything? - Take me back to the office. Now.