[narrating] We're all hiding something, aren't we? From the moment we wake, look in that mirror, all we do is spin our little lies. Suck in that gut, colour that hair, twist off that wedding ring. And why not? What's the penalty? What are the consequences, really? "I'm only human," you say, and all is forgiven. But what if some cruel twist of fate makes you something else, something other? Who forgives you then? Every human spends a night or two on the dark side and regrets it. But what if you only exist on the dark side? We just want the same things that you do: a chance at life, at love. We're not so different in that way. And so we try and sometimes fail. But when you're something other, a monster, the consequences are worse. Much worse. You wake up from your nightmares. We don't.
Characters
JoshSam Huntington · 29 quotes
AidanSam Witwer · 21 quotes
SallyMeaghan Rath · 20 quotes
NoraKristen Hager · 4 quotes
Most scenes together: Josh & Aidan (12), Josh & Sally (10), Aidan & Sally (6)
S1There Goes the Neighborhood: Part 1
Are you back in? Because I don't mind cleaning up your occasional mess. That's what we do. We're family. But if you are back, you and I are gonna have to set a few ground rules. There's an order now. There's Bishop, and then there's me. You will respect that.
Don't worry. I know how many years it took you to get your nose firmly inserted up Bishop's ass.
I used to think this curse was what happened to me once a month. And I realize this - this - this is the curse: every day sitting on a bench watching people walk by, eating sandwiches, making plans, being what I used to be.
S1There Goes the Neighborhood (Part 2)
[narrating] Life is a series of choices. As it turns out, death is the same. Not for the ones who are ready. They embrace their fate, move on. For the rest of us, we linger. After our survivors pray and throw dirt on our coffins, we're still waiting. Because for some of us, there's a bigger question. What am I now? Where do I go from here? We find ourselves in an eternal nowhere, between human and thing. Monsters. Some of these monsters choose to simply accept what they've become. Some don't. Which leaves us with the most important choice. Do you accept what you are or do you refuse? And which is the true curse?
Should've turned her, sweet girl like that. And a nurse, no less. That would've been convenient.
I'm not interested in making things convenient for you.
You and I aren't gonna have a problem, are we, Aiden?
Not by me.
I'm afraid I'm gonna need a little bit more reassurance than that. What's it gonna be? Us... or them?
It was never a question. Not really. Maybe I am sentenced to a life in hell with you. But here and now... I choose them.
[watching Aiden sitting on the front steps] I never really thought about it before... how hard he must work every single second of his life not to be one of them. I guess I just take it for granted he's as good as he is.
Do you think he should have saved her?
I think he did.
S1Some Thing to Watch Over Me
[narrating] Live forever. Travel the world in a million different ways. Know every lover that you could possibly want. Immortality. What's not to love? There's just one thing they leave out of the pitch. Time. That endless, sucking time. No closing bell, no quarter. No measure but memories, those haunting memories. Slice 'em, dice 'em, rue 'em. Do it again. And realize there is only one true thing. It is impossible to live forever perfectly.
You're a ghost?
You're a genius?
When did you die?
'87.
Why are you wearing make-up?
Why aren't you?
You invited the entire neighborhood into our house? Are you insane?
What are we even doing here if we can't say hi to the neighbors?
No one says hi to the neighbors anymore, and you know why? 'Cause we are the neighbors!
S1Wouldn't It Be Nice (If We Were Human)
[narrating] Quick, what's the world's most rapidly evaporating resource? Oil? Fresh air? Not even close. When's the last time you were truly alone? When you didn't think to yourself "somebody's watching me." A Man can wander for eternity these days before he can find a place to be himself, let go, howl at the moon. How'd we let this happen to us? Why do we insist on looking when every impulse tells us to look away? Maybe its because we all have something to hide- that thing we buried down deep, deep back in the darkness with everything we have. We're secretly hoping to see that the monster inside each of us is inside us all. There it is, look hard enough, you'll see. We will be seen.
Just when I start to think that there's hope, like real hope for me to be just like everybody else, I wake up and I'm in hell!
(interrupting) I'm in hell! I died and now I'm actually in Hell!
(to Sally) What happened to you?
Aidan and I were just talking about how I am in hell but, whatever, let's... talk about you.
S1The End of the World As We Knew It
[narrating] Every culture has its own way of saying goodbye. Comforts and the rituals that prepare the living for death. They ease the journey into what comes after... assuming there is an after. In the end, death is a journey you take alone. For some of us that journey takes us on a hidden path, through a darker forest, or, instead of answers, we find a whole new set of questions.
S1It Takes Two to Make a Thing Go Wrong
[narrating] What sets a human apart from a monster, aside from genetics? Aside from the terrible truth? We walk the same streets. We wear the same clothes. You take a breath, and there we are, gulping the same air. We're walking in your footsteps. And even a monster can possess that most dominant of human emotion... fear. We know enough to remember what we once were. We know enough to fear what we can now do. And, like a human, we obsess over love, over life, over every lost cause. We have the same weaknesses as you. But even this doesn't make us normal. But it does make us... unforgettable.
Oh, hello!
Hi!
(introducing them to each other) Nora, Emily... she's my leaving sister.
(noticing Josh deep in thoughts) Are you ok?
Yeah! No, I'm good, I'm... (pauses) Maybe. Do you think if you mention food to someone, and they say they like to eat, technically it's a date?
(resolutely) No.
No?... (pauses) Sh- she- actually what she said was: (hesitating) "I guess I have to eat".
... Who?
Nora. (Aidan looks surprised) Yeah.
She's speaking to you?!?
Yes, and possibly eating with me.
(pondering) "I guess I have to eat"...
No, yeah, it's not- it's not dripping with enthusiasm but it's not... a no?
It's not a no.
Not a no?
(nods) Mh-mh.
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