Mountains and Marvels

Kat convinces Isaiah they may need to take a more direct approach to come face-to-face with who – or what – he becomes during his blackouts. Meanwhile, Isaiah’s erratic behavior forces Ashley to reconsider his role in the family.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Mordeo is a production of I Heart Radio, Blumhouse Television
and Crypt TV in association with Wolf at the Door.
I wonder if you forgave me in the end. If

(00:22):
you did, I wish you would come back and teach
me how to forgive myself. This is asked. Have you

(01:03):
even go away? Not now? Are you you? Yeah? Yeah?
I had a night to sharpen this knife, Isaiah, So
I'll ask you again. Are you you? Yeah? Yeah? Thanks
so to have it. Yes, I'm fine physically anyway. I'm

(01:30):
gonna need some electro shock therapy to burn that out
of my brain. What did you see? What? I don't know.
You pushed me out of the room and then I
ran came back when the door stopped pounding. Waited another
hour before getting you out. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. Yeah,
well now we know one thing. What's that? Whatever is

(01:52):
happening to you? It's real? Hey mom, morning bug. I'm
staying home today, so you'll need to take the bus.
What are you doing? Just a little housekeeping, packing up
some stuff for storage? Dad stuff? Yeah, he's dead, isn't me.

(02:21):
I'm here, Josh. I want to be honest with you.
We might never know what happened to Dad? Sometimes we
don't get answers no matter how much we want them.
But I do know one thing for sure. I know
that you and I we're gonna be okay and knowing

(02:42):
or not knowing, because we're gonna look out for each other.
And I think that's pretty special, two girls taking on
the world together. Do you need help? Okay, I'll grab
some of the things from the closet. You want to
get that top drawer. I'n't a junk in here, so

(03:07):
even get me started. Hey, I found a letter of something.
I promised to cook every meal and let you take
care of the spiders. We would never great with gender roles. Mom?
What is this? I promise not to shish you when

(03:30):
you ask questions and movies, and never again correct you
when you sang the wrong lyrics to have songs. These
are our wedding vowels. I promised the adventure, and I
promised surprises. I promised mountains, and next did he give

(03:54):
you all those things you tried? What's the stay here?
Damn it, Isaiah? That you asy scared me? Scared you?
Why are you sneaking around? And where have you been?

(04:16):
I just got off from Mark. We haven't seen or
heard from you in days and all the other hours
of the day, and we're living here and then you're
keeping tives on. It doesn't. But look my vorpal blade
went snicker snacked, Yeah, you kill a careful with that thing, Jocelyn.

(04:36):
Can you give me a sec with your uncle? It's
your line? Next he left it dead and with its
head he went glumphing back right, Jaberlwaukee. I borrow this
null this sort from the prop room, like it the
talent show from my drama class. You remember, right, dude,

(04:59):
you said you go on stage with me. Of course
you remembered. You have to come. I can't do this
dumb Jabberwaukee routine alone. Promise He'll be there, Isaiah. I promise,
of course. See now upstairs, bug shower, you will be there,

(05:20):
won't you sure? I just I really need to go.
You don't live in a vacuum, Isaiah. Joscelyn, she picks
up on everything. She can feel your absence. She might
not want to show it, but this performance is really
important to her, and what's important to her is important
to me. I told you I'll be there. I say,
what's going on with you? I don't think you're fine,

(05:44):
and no one expects you to be, not after what
you went through. But I don't appreciate you taking off
for days at a time, not telling us where you
are or when we'll see you next. We're all dealing
with this in our idea, what I'm dealing with. I'm sorry.

(06:06):
I really have to go. Isaiah. You live in here.
It's been good for Joscelyn. But you're warm, welcome, cool
as a minute, it's not too I make myself clear,
I understand, I understand more, don't you know? All right,

(06:34):
y'all good, you're ready, Thank you all for coming. My
name is Detective Michelle Reid, and we're here to address
two missing person cases in the area, one of whom
is city councilman and Paul Doudlas. As of a four
last night, we recovered Mr douglass vehicle out of Sherwood

(06:55):
Lake of the tack we received from a local fisherman.
In not of this new evidence, the e f p
D has reason to suspect that Paul Douglas's disappearance may
not be of his own volition. If anyone has any
information regarding Mr Douglas's last known whereabouts. Please call our

(07:16):
crime Stopper's tipline. Even the smallest detail may provide us
with much needed answers. In regards to the connection to
Gave William's recent disappearance, we have no reason to suspect
that two are connected at this time. However, we will
be reinvestigating any leads in this case to make sure

(07:38):
no stone is left unturned. On behalf of the entire
force and the Sheriff's office. We want to ensure the
members of this community that we are doing everything in
our power to keep you safe. Cat let me in.

(08:18):
What took you so long? Actually caught me sneaking out?
Had to side step a little look at this breaking news.
Last night, we recovered Mr Douglas as meta. We did
find it eventually, right but down the road eventually, not
this soon, not before we had any of this figured out.

(08:39):
It's a far cry from finding a body. We're in
the clear for now. You obviously don't know, Michelle really
like I do. We're playing with fire here and I'm
anna ticking time bomb. As it is, it's getting worse.
I don't qualify what happened in the archives as it
getting any better. I used to have more time. The
intervals are growing shorter. We need answers because books are

(09:01):
getting us nowhere. Settings of werewolves and sasquatch. These are
fairy tales. Kind of the problem. When I only leaves
our conspiracy theories and you told me everything about the woods,
you're not holding anything back, Isaiah, Yes, everything. Then I

(09:22):
think we only have one choice. We need to coax
it out of you. We have to see what we're
dealing with and what happens if I do something to
someone else. I have no control. Better the devil we
plan for than the one we don't. No better, no
devil at all. We don't really have that option doing Isaiah.
You brought me here because you trusted me, right, so

(09:42):
trust me. I think I know how we can get
our answers and live to do something about it. Hold on, Ashley,

(10:04):
what are you doing here? Isn't it a school day?
I need your help, Ernesto. Is everything all right with Joscelyn?
It's not Joscelyn, it's Isaiah. Well, you said you wanted
to do better. This is how you can start. Come in.

(10:25):
If I'm being honest, I don't know how I'd be
able to help, you know, better than me. You've been
through this before. I think I think he's dealing again.
What makes you think that he hasn't been coming home.
It started as a few late nights, but now we
don't see him for days at a time. He's a

(10:48):
radic temperamental. I've heard rumors of him coming and going
from Green Pine Montoe. He doesn't have access to anything.
I got rid of all g O prescription pads. It's
not pills this time. Maybe it's something worse. Actually, it
may be best I stay out of it. Me being
there may only make it worse. I think Isaiah could

(11:11):
be in real trouble. Last time I spoke to Michelle Read,
I felt like she was trying to intimidate something out
of me. Are you saying she threatened you? She said,
if she presumed Gabe dead based on the blood sample
from the backpack, it would mean that Gabe's case could
be considered a homicide, and that the primary suspect in

(11:31):
that homicide is Isaiah. No, you mustn't misunderstood. Now. Michelle
can be tough, sure, but she searched as hard for
Isaiah as she has for Gabe. I didn't misunderstand well.
Even so, she doesn't have any evidence and support any arrest.
She'll have evidence if she finds him dealing drugs. I

(11:52):
know she was your partner. I know that means you
put your life in her hands. But we're talking about
Michelle here, and she don't like to look. And if
that means using anything she can find against Isaiah as
an admission of something, she will not hesitate. And what
if he did do something? Do you really believe he
could her? Nast though, I came to you because if

(12:17):
it's between Isaiah and Joscelyn, I will choose my daughter.
And I know that, no matter how far he pushes
you away, you want to be there for your son.
This could be her chance to prove that to him,
Hell to everybody, Isaiah. When the tale gave ya, this

(12:47):
feels wrong. What's wrong is that they let me walk
out of there with half a dozen of these things
pets for it's my ass innocent animals. It's either the
cute little bunnies or a cute neighbor boy, Billy. I
think we can live with a few rabbits. Of course,
I'm not sure, but it's a theory. We think. It

(13:08):
feeds every time it comes out right, So this is
bait one oh one. We lure it out by its
stomach like blood in the water and jaws or a
taco bellm. You're a high school so I'm gonna have
to kill one of these first. As me. You're gonna
have to do more than kill it. They're gonna need
to like kill it. Okay, I kill it. I use

(13:30):
the rest to create a trail of little snaky snacks
as you make your way to the woods. My dad
and I used to use deer bait like this every
hunting season. I'll be a safe distance away, snap some
pictures in maybe we can get a clue as to
what we're dealing with. There's got to be a safe way.
Why not just trap me somewhere like what happened in
the archive. That door barely held you back, and I'd

(13:52):
rather have room to run instead of being cornered somewhere.
This is reckless. You're trying to control something completely out
of our death. We have no idea of this thinct
what I'm capable of. We can't run from this anymore.
We have to confront it head on, no matter how
terrifying it is. Take my gun, you shoot, and you

(14:17):
don't stop. If I come for you, you take me out.
That's in order. I don't need all the marine theatrics,
but thanks now. I feel like there's have a dick
for loading this one this morning. Now here, sit tight
with bugs, bunny. I'll let you know when the beats
say chinnap soldier. I think this will work. That makes

(14:40):
one of us m mhm. We put Isaiah down here
in the basement. I didn't really have a spare bedroom.
I'm hoping there's something we can use proof to approach him.

(15:02):
Barely looks like he's living here. He's been slowly taking
his things, probably so he can stay away longer periods
of time. Those boxes are his. I was surprised with
Gabe agreed to take him in. Where else would you
have gone? He could stay with me? We both know
that wouldn't have happened. I'm not over his dead body.

(15:24):
It was good to you to let him stay where
his family, and also I thought maybe he could because
what it's nothing. There's another box behind you. You know.
If I've learned anything from years or holding things in it,
it's that I wish I hadn't, especially when there's someone

(15:45):
they're willing to listen. Gabe and I we We're in
a weird place. Jocelyn was pulling away from us, started
slipping in school. I felt like I was failing, and
Isaiah coming back sounded like a way to feel like
I could do something right. He was a project test.

(16:09):
If I could get Isaiah and gave back together, maybe
I could keep my family from falling apart. There's no
shame in fighting for your family. Actually, crap, he's home. Quick,
close up the box, h mom, Boppy, what are you

(16:35):
doing down here? Josh? I thought you were staying at
school until the show. I forgot my sword. Are you
guys going through Uncle Isaiah's stuff or something? No, No,
of course not. I just some of my delicates got
mixed up in the wrong laundrobin. Mean your bras? Why

(16:57):
would probably be helping you look for your bras? Oh no,
I wasn't. We were talking. I followed it down here. Okay,
you before terrible liars, But I'm gonna be late. So
let's find your sword and I'll take you over school.

(17:22):
M hey, k, the deed is done. What it's often,
I just sent you the pain start there and if
all goes according to plan, we'll have some very incriminating
photos of you by this time tomorrow. All right, Okay,

(17:42):
I'm sorry. I know how painful the transition is for you.
It's not that I just I want you to know
that I love you. You what not like I love you?
You're my best friend. And if I don't view, I
just drung up that rabbits in the middle of the
fourth ring. If that doesn't say I know you, tune

(18:04):
and I don't know what. Okay, stay safe, all right,
always do fuck you kidding me? I officer. This is

(18:29):
about that tail life. I have an appointment to get
that taken care of later this week. Not why I'm here, Michelle. Hello, Isaiah.
I'd like you to come down to the station. I
have a few questions i'd like to ask. I'm busy, Michelle. Listen.
We can do this the easy way or the long

(18:49):
and painful way, but both end up with you at
the station. So how about you just make things simple
and follow me in. Maybe we should go backstage. I'm

(19:11):
sure miss Cole was lining you up. I'm waiting here, Gosla.
Your mother's right. He'll be here, he promised. Where are
you as are here? You want some water. What am

(19:33):
I doing here, Michelle? In lot of recent advance, I'm
re interviewing witnesses in your brother's case. And as far
as witnesses go, you're pretty much the top of the
list for being a witness. This looks a lot like
an interrogation room. Let's go over your account of what
happened in the minonga Hella. I already told you everything. Now,

(19:54):
you got spooked by an animal, ran got separated, and
that's the last time you saw him. That's right, m
You know Paul Douglas. Yeah, neighbor guy, a little nosy.
But who isn't around there? I've been asking around. It
seems like you may have been the last one to

(20:15):
see him. Klin's hardware. I don't remember. You're not looking
too good, Isaiah. Something the matter a little up. Let
me tell you what's happening here, Isaiah. Three people have
gone missing under my watch. Only one came back, only

(20:35):
you came back, and somehow you've been the last person
to see the other two. Now, call me crazy, but
I'd like to know why that is. So we're going
to start from the beginning, and this time you're not
going to leave anything out. I can't go out there.

(21:00):
I'm gonna look like an idiot acting out the Jabberwaukee
inn No jabberwaoukee, Josh. The point of the poem is
that nobody knows what it means. The jabberwaoukee is whatever
we imagine it is. So go out there and imagine it,
and you'll make the audience imagine it too. Now, Gold

(21:21):
Malcolm to head, h we'st brilliant? Uh? And the slither
tones tis did greet? And where the Jabblwaukee? My son?

(21:50):
The jaws that bite the cloths that catch this show
is fucking stupid. Hmm. Jocelyne, anything now, Isaiah? What's that?

(22:20):
Oh God? This is it? All right? Isaiah? Now and
give Cad a big smile. Taste christ don go please, No,

(22:57):
that's impossible. They are sounds like Joslys finally cocked down?

(23:21):
What you doing? Pack andiza a ship? I thought, which'n
to help him? I made it very clear as long
as it was good for Jocelyn, I'd be on his side.
He promised me he wouldn't hurt her. You're upset with
her for her? I get it, but no, you don't
get it. You don't get it. It was my idea.

(23:46):
Everything was my idea. I say, you're moving here the
fucking camping trip. I told him to go. It was
my fault. It's still muff off. I keep feeling them.
I can't. I can't keep feeling them. What is that?

(24:14):
It's a wedding ring? What would I say? Have wedding ring?
Mountains and marvels. That's the inscription. What does that mean?
It's a promise for this life and the next. I
know because we had it inscribed on both of our rings,

(24:37):
mine and Gabes. All I wanted to say is that
I'm sorry all this time. I thought I was to
blame for you even out that door, for you not

(25:03):
walking back through it. But maybe I'm not the one
to blame, am I maybe I've been wrong about everything
from the start. Next time onward day? Sure? Just what

(25:35):
happened in the woods? Isaiah? Hey? Hey, what do you
have my knife? This is what I am. This is
what I would call? Who is this? I Heart Radio,

(25:59):
Blomhouse to Television and Crypt TV and association with Wolfe
at the Door Present Mordo Executive produced by Jack Davis,
Kate Krantz, Darren Brandel, Jason Blum, Chris Dickey, Matt Frederick,
and Alex Williams. Written by Caitlin Crabb, directed by Alex Kemp,

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Produced by Toby Lawless, Winnie Kemp, Daniel Parsons, Co producers
ben So Tack, Anthony Magnolo, Associate producer Federico Torrado. Starring
j L. Fahns, Nicholson as Isaiah, Ashley Platts as Ashley,

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Olivia Lott as Jocelyn Vane as Michelle, with performances by
Real Michael Scott, Tacy Adams, Ariella, Amar kim Estes, Patty Wilkins,
Tracy Rooney. Sound designed by Dean Hovey. Original score by

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Christopher Kemp, Mixing by Mark Scarce, Edited by Fernando Diaz.
Assistant engineer Noah Sour Recorded at Wolf at the Doors Studio,
House casting consultant Michelle LeWitt, Production assistants Hayley mckegney and

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