Books of Blood

575 00:37:24,367 --> 00:37:25,452 [knock on door] 576 00:37:25,452 --> 00:37:28,163 ‐ Just open the door and let me help. 577 00:37:28,163 --> 00:37:30,290 This is a critical time for you, Jenna. 578 00:37:30,290 --> 00:37:32,459 You can't trust your senses. 579 00:37:32,459 --> 00:37:36,087 I need you to open this door. 580 00:37:36,087 --> 00:37:37,505 Jenna. 581 00:37:37,505 --> 00:37:42,969 <i>♪ ♪</i> 582 00:37:42,969 --> 00:37:46,973 [door creaks] 583 00:37:46,973 --> 00:37:48,391 [grunts] 584 00:37:48,391 --> 00:37:51,978 <i>♪ ♪</i> 585 00:37:51,978 --> 00:37:54,606 SAM: Ellie? 586 00:37:54,606 --> 00:37:56,107 Ellie‐May? 587 00:37:56,107 --> 00:37:59,360 Ellie! 588 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:00,737 Are you all right? 589 00:38:00,737 --> 00:38:03,740 <i>[suspenseful music building]</i> 590 00:38:03,740 --> 00:38:08,995 <i>♪ ♪</i> 591 00:38:08,995 --> 00:38:13,625 Ellie. 592 00:38:13,625 --> 00:38:14,959 You upstairs? 593 00:38:14,959 --> 00:38:18,046 Come, woman, answer me. 594 00:38:18,046 --> 00:38:19,464 [door opens] 595 00:38:19,464 --> 00:38:26,471 <i>♪ ♪</i> 596 00:38:40,235 --> 00:38:42,612 ‐ [moans] SAM: Oh, Lord, Ellie. 597 00:38:42,612 --> 00:38:44,697 What happened? You're hurt. 598 00:38:44,697 --> 00:38:47,617 ‐ She walloped me. 599 00:38:47,617 --> 00:38:49,244 ‐ [softly] Okay. 600 00:38:54,207 --> 00:38:56,334 <i>[dramatic sting]</i> [screaming] 601 00:38:56,334 --> 00:38:59,671 [hissing and moaning] 602 00:38:59,671 --> 00:39:06,678 <i>♪ ♪</i> 603 00:39:08,721 --> 00:39:11,724 [breathing heavily] 604 00:39:14,602 --> 00:39:15,770 Oh. ‐ Oh. 605 00:39:15,770 --> 00:39:20,567 <i>♪ ♪</i> 606 00:39:20,567 --> 00:39:22,193 ‐ Hey! 607 00:39:22,193 --> 00:39:29,200 <i>♪ ♪</i> 608 00:39:33,204 --> 00:39:35,415 [wheezes] 609 00:39:35,415 --> 00:39:37,625 ‐ There's nothing to be afraid of here. 610 00:39:37,625 --> 00:39:39,836 No torment, no pain, 611 00:39:39,836 --> 00:39:42,297 no fear or anxiety. 612 00:39:42,297 --> 00:39:44,757 That's all over. 613 00:39:44,757 --> 00:39:46,718 Every member of this family, 614 00:39:46,718 --> 00:39:48,928 every single person in this house 615 00:39:48,928 --> 00:39:50,930 is perfectly cared for 616 00:39:50,930 --> 00:39:53,850 by my natural painkillers and nutrients. 617 00:39:53,850 --> 00:39:57,437 [moaning and scrabbling] 618 00:39:57,437 --> 00:39:59,939 Settle now. 619 00:39:59,939 --> 00:40:02,942 ‐ [wheezes] ELLIE: They're so excited to meet you. 620 00:40:02,942 --> 00:40:04,777 ‐ [whimpering] 621 00:40:04,777 --> 00:40:09,365 ‐ I suppose I first heard the calling at the hospital. 622 00:40:09,365 --> 00:40:14,162 All those poor, sick, lonely people. 623 00:40:14,162 --> 00:40:17,624 I did what I could to keep them from pain. 624 00:40:17,624 --> 00:40:18,958 It was all too clear 625 00:40:18,958 --> 00:40:22,253 that their fate was to die a lonely death, 626 00:40:22,253 --> 00:40:23,713 in agony, 627 00:40:23,713 --> 00:40:27,133 surrounded by cold and indifferent machines. 628 00:40:28,927 --> 00:40:32,263 But I could save them from that fate. 629 00:40:32,263 --> 00:40:34,849 <i>[dramatic music]</i> 630 00:40:34,849 --> 00:40:37,894 I think the hospital knew what I was doing. 631 00:40:37,894 --> 00:40:40,897 But they didn't want anyone else to know. 632 00:40:40,897 --> 00:40:45,026 They gave me early retirement. 633 00:40:45,026 --> 00:40:49,113 Then the plant closed, and Sam's work dried up, too. 634 00:40:49,113 --> 00:40:51,366 SAM: And right about that time, 635 00:40:51,366 --> 00:40:53,576 our daughter and her family 636 00:40:53,576 --> 00:40:55,453 threatened to move out of the house. 637 00:40:55,453 --> 00:40:58,623 It was starting to feel like maybe the saddest Thanksgiving 638 00:40:58,623 --> 00:41:00,416 of all time. 639 00:41:00,416 --> 00:41:01,376 Right back. 640 00:41:01,376 --> 00:41:03,127 ‐ That's when it came to me, 641 00:41:03,127 --> 00:41:05,213 just as it did at the hospital. 642 00:41:05,213 --> 00:41:09,425 I knew how I could put together all my love and knowledge, 643 00:41:09,425 --> 00:41:11,260 along with Sam's skills, 644 00:41:11,260 --> 00:41:14,097 and keep our family together... 645 00:41:14,097 --> 00:41:15,598 forever. 646 00:41:15,598 --> 00:41:18,601 <i>♪ ♪</i> 647 00:41:18,601 --> 00:41:19,936 ‐ [wheezing] 648 00:41:19,936 --> 00:41:21,896 <i>ELLIE:</i> <i>Shiloh didn't mind.</i> 649 00:41:21,896 --> 00:41:24,440 I saw the relief in her eyes. 650 00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:28,152 Oh, that husband of hers didn't like it, but‐‐ 651 00:41:28,152 --> 00:41:30,238 ‐ I took care of him okay. 652 00:41:30,238 --> 00:41:32,365 He was the first of Ellie's weeds. 653 00:41:32,365 --> 00:41:34,409 ‐ And the little ones, 654 00:41:34,409 --> 00:41:38,079 I rocked them in my arms till it took hold. 655 00:41:38,079 --> 00:41:39,831 They didn't fuss at all 656 00:41:39,831 --> 00:41:44,210 when we relieved them of their eyes and tongues. 657 00:41:44,210 --> 00:41:48,172 <i>Now we all live</i> <i>under one roof.</i> 65