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Mordeo is a production of I Heart Radio, Blumhouse Television
and Crypt TV in association with Wolf at the Door.
It's terrifying finding out what you're capable of. What's even
worse is finding out you can live with it. This
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is this is the place, home, sweet home for now.
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Jocolin Jocle, he's safe inside, stay here while Ashley stop right,
God damn it, get me down from here. You really
need to start listening. You got the place booby trapped.
I prefer the term protected, and it said it than
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catching us by surprise. Get me down now, mom, Joplin,
Oh thank god? Are you okay? Did she hurt? You know?
I'm fine? As I said, let me down, not until
you agreed to listen. So you're gonna hear me out?
Are you gonna let all the blood cap want into
your head like that? I swear to Jesus if you
do not get me out of this right now. Just
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listen to her, just trying to help Poppy. Please get
her down, and we talk sold to the ex cop
in the tan coat. Oh now, come on, let's get inside.
We brought enough attention to ourselves as it is. What
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is this place? It's an old hunting lodge, abandoned since
the turn of the century. With century cute. It's pretty
much been wiped off any map. Even the satellites can't
find it. No WiFi or phone lines. Everything's powered by solar.
It's been a haven for me throughout the years. You're
safer here than anywhere else. There are sensors on every
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door and window. She showed me. Hey, Josh, can you
just give us a sec I'd like to speak to
your pappy and we just have a few things to discuss.
Are you serious? I'm not leaving. Maybe she should be
part of this. It's not only gonna traumatize her. I
don't think you can protect her from that anymore. Hello,
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I'm right here. Don't talk about me like I don't
have a say in this. You don't. She already told
me about and the Mordale you told her. I told
her what she needed to know. You all really need
to work on your interpersonal issues. I shouldn't have had
to explain it to her. You're right, you shouldn't have.
You don't call the shots here. I'm her mother, and
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as her mother, you need to start giving her the
information she needs to protect herself. Who the hell are you? Huh?
How are you connected to all this? Anyway? That's not
important right now. What I can say is that I
know a hell of a lot more about all this
than the three of you. Then tell us your us answers.
I don't owe you anything, but this world you've stumbled into,
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it's much bigger than you think. It reaches farther back
than any of us. The more Dao, the ward. These
are long standing forces we're dealing with, and right now
our focus should be on getting Isaiah out before one
or both of them destroy him. Maybe he should be destroyed.
Maybe he deserves everything he has coming to him. Mom,
you don't mean that, you know you don't. You looked
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into his eyes before you shot him, like I told
you too, and when you did, you saw what I saw.
You saw hope. That's why you didn't kill him. You're saying,
there is hopeful and then well, there are steps so
we can take, but it's hard. So Isaiah can be
Isaiaha as long as we keep him from transitioning into
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his final more day and four, how do you know
he has He's still waking up human, which means he
still wants to be human. He's choosing that, whether he
knows it or not, it's a brave choice. Every transition
is extremely painful. After a while, the pain becomes too much.
When he's in his final form, he'll just stay a monster.
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He'll be gone for all intents and purposes. To find
their way back once they've left their human life behind,
it's a dark journey, almost impossible. So if we keep
him around and he does take his final form, it
means he'll never transition back and we'll be defenseless. But
he said, we can't stop it. How we need to
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trust that Isaiah is still in there somewhere in order
to save him, in order to keep one more of
these things out of the world. Old, the first thing
you need to do is be there for him. He
needs to know that he's got something to come home to, Ashley.
He needs to know that he's forgiven. And if I
can't do that, he'll be the monster you've decided he is.
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I want him back, Jocelyn, if I can forgive him, Mom,
so can you? You don't know what he how do
we get him back? Leave that to me. I'm taking
these so you can't go anywhere against your better judgment.
Don't use your phones. Might be better if you destroy them.
Trust no one but the people in this room. You
understand know in this family, that'll be hard enough as
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it is. Stay put, maybe trying to get some rest.
You'll need it. It doesn't make sense, a mom, don't leave.
Why are you helping us? Does it really matter if
you want us to trust you? Says the one. It
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was the life I saved last night. Let's just say
I have a debt to pay, and I have a
lot more lives to say to repay it. The more
DAYO live in these woods, the last place I want
to keep my daughter is out here in the mall.
The biggest threats to your daughter isn't the more Dao.
It's that brand on your foot. These traps, they're not
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just for the more Dao. Therefore the ward You've broken
your oath, Ashley, first by taking Isaiah away from them,
then by keeping him alive. War doesn't forget, and they
sure as hell don't forgive. Stay inside, don't go anywhere.
I'll be back as soon as I can. What do
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you want, Michelle cap just looking for a status report?
Anyone come back to Ernesto's place? Did I call you
and say otherwise, no one's come back to Ashley's house
all night either doing the perimeter check. Now, I thought
the point of a steak out was sustaining incognito. You
know this is a nice house. A little quaint maybe,
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but nice. I never realized that before. Dude. It's small
town suburbia. Its entire purpose is to convince you quaint
is nice. This is what it is supposed to make
us happy, A simple life lived in a nice house
like this. But I don't really think it's ever made
anyone happy, do you not? When there could be something more?
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Your family owns almost an entire town single handedly. If
you're not happy, I'm not sure there's much hope for
the rest of us. I'll call if there's any sign
of them. You don't need to check in, It's no problem. No,
please don't check in. Ten four, See you soon, cat Isaiah, Isaiah, Hello, Isaiah,
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can you hear me? I said this, Madam? I think
a h Isaiah. I need you to find my brush,
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start forge God held you everywhere, focus on my I
can't kill us, I think killed Isaiah. Set aside the hunger.
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Your family needs you. My family, they're waiting for you,
like they're waiting outside this place. That can really wat
She's there, She's alive. They're all alive. I can help you,
Isaiah hart Felish order just constantly focus on me and
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that anything else all away. By there? You mean good?
Keep listening to my voice. Hello, Isaiah, you remember your voice,
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and I remember you, just not quite like this. Look down,
cut your hands, h sist. I'm one of them. Give
me out of here, give me. I need you to
stay calm. I can help you, okay, but you need
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to censor yourself. I don't see where I am. You
already know what. You can smell it the blood. Here
you go, follow the sense. I'll be waiting for you. Hey, Josh,
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what did you find there? I don't know. Some book, Joscelyn.
You're upset with me. You left me behind. I know.
Don't ever do that again. Promise me. You won't promise me.
I can't do that. My job is to protect you,
and if that means leaving you behind, that's what I'll you. Well,
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at least he didn't lie this time. Were dead? I mean,
it's god of death. This book is full of Latin roots.
Those monsters that's we found them in the woods. They
killed Dad and then turn Isaiah into whatever he is. Look, bug,
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I know what you heard earlier, but please listen to
me when I say Isaiah is dangerous. She's gonna help.
We all said we would. Isaiah he's dumb things, very
bad things. He can't help what he does when he's
not himself. It's not that simple, Yes it is. Please Mama.
I don't want to lose anyone else this place. Maybe
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for a Knox, but there isn't much in the way
of self defense if they were to get past her
security systems. What's going on in here? I found a
bunch of these books. They're super old, but I figured
I should read something educational since it doesn't look like
I'm going back to school in a time. So, oh God, school,
I have to go back the gym. It's all still
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there is something I definitely can't explain my way out of.
She said, we can't leave. Jocelyn's right, it's too risky.
You don't get it. The broken glass, the busted door
could be a few kids are broken, but the chains,
the gun. Jesus, Ashley, I need to go back. You can.
She took Poppy's keys. Oh I bet you keep your
spare in the glove compartment, just like Gabe did. We
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should wait until whoever she is comes back. We don't
have that kind of time. We're in the middle of nowhere,
you don't know the way, and we barely know anything
about her defenses. We could trip something our backtrack. It
was muddy last night, so we must have left some
sort of a trail. It's a risk I have to take. Mom,
don't go. Please. It's not saying she's right. I can't
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let you go. I don't need your permission. I'll go.
They're looking for you, but no one even suspects I
know anything. I'm much more like to slip under the radar.
You know. It's a better idea. I can get rid
of the evidence at the school, then head to my
place and get some extra protection. Just to the school,
in and out as fast as you can. Please, Poppy,
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don't go. It's all right, Jocelyn. I'll be back before
you know it. I promise. H I'm here to get
rid of me. They're too strong. Push them away like
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you did before. I can see you from where I
am fight them. Did you wake me up? And here
you're always awake? You just don't remember. Stay focused, You'll
get better at every time. Could I forget it? Sitting
everything I've done like this? There are lots of reasons
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that you choose to forget and loneliness, guilt, God say,
I can feel all of your Guilt's what holds you
to them? It's or pain said. You can help me
more than I can teach you, and help yourself. Your
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heart is good, a rare kind of good, and your
will power, your pain tolerance. It's unusually hot. You've been
doing a lot for someone so young. That will help
most more day. Only they can't be saved. Saved you
mean only if I can trust you? Can I trust
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you as anyway? Please? Yes, I'll be waiting here. I
am Isaiah in flesh and blood. Now you're going to
need to fight every instinct you have not to tear
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me apart. Come come, come go, come go. Fucking shit
all they're back. Someone's back. Come on, shell, pick up, pickup,
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pickup cup. You've reached the voice mailbox of Detective Michelle Race.
Please leave a message after the town, Michelle, Where the
funk are you? Someone's here. It looks like it's just
a nisto. I don't see anything except his pickup is
really muddy, splashed all the way to his to no cover.
Does that mean something? I feel like that means something. Jesus,
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Where is a detective when you actually need one? You
know what? This was a fucking cop, Dude. I cannot
tell a cop he's gonna see me unless I had
in the back of his pickup truck. Okay, I gotta go. Yeah,
this is the first idea I've ever had. Ship, get
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a car washing nest. Long that's more crimp than I thought. Shit,
can't turn back now. Yep, this was a terrible idea, Isaiah,
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fight your hunger. You are stronger than them. They're desperate.
You have purpose us Jocelyn Ashley, your father. They're counting
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on you. They need you to fight. Please, I say, uh,
they believe in you. I believe in you, child. More fish,
more figuring. I'm sorry, Uh sorry, M? Did you get
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rid of it all? Everything's clear, M and I stopped
for I told you just to the school. We should
be armed. Were you seeing not a soul in sight?
Like I said? If you come back now, not yet,
steel drafting ship, Jesus my back. So this is where
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you've been hitting. You've reached the voice mailbox of Detective
Michelle Rieck message after the town ms Morales. Do you
have what we're looking for? Not exactly, You're almost out
of time. Yeah, you mean that perfectly clear. Listen, I
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may not have Isaiah, but I'm looking at the next
best thing. I'm back. No, no, oh no, why did
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you do that? I should have stayed here and you
knew what I was. Happens every time. Don't beat yourself
up to Jesus Christ. How how are you alive? I
told you to pieces. This is impossible. It is if
you can't die. Mm hmm. You're one of them, one
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of us, technically not for twenty two years. But they
don't have a chip for these sorts of things. Wow,
mm hmm. That's what I'm gonna show you. I'm not
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going to sleep. You know where all then? Pretend for me.
Do you think she's coming back? We'll see you in
the morning. Wan't gon to close the window. I'd love
to listen outside. It makes me feel I don't know
safe for I guess all right, open it is. I
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think she'll sleep. I think she'll try not to. You
shouldn't have stopped by your place. It was risky. Well,
we needed some kind of defense. Carry you doing. I've
loaded these four I got some extra magazines here. How
are you doing? I'm processing that one of my sons
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is dead because of the other, and then you tried
to kill him for it last night. Had he still wishes?
I had the lord stay in here with door lined.
Next job. We need to know what's out there. There's
no way I'm letting you go out there alone. Here,
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take this, stay close, we stick together. Do you see anything?
What the hell happened? Maybe it was an animal or
saying John. In the end, we do what we have
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to do to survive, and that's all that matters, isn't it?
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Next time, on more day home, I'm willing to do
whatever it takes. We we didn't make it any time.
This is a curse. You'll be paying for what you
did for the rest of your life. There's another one
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of the balls. What are you doing? I'm giving you
a little inspiration. H I Heart Radio. Blum House Television
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and Crypt TV in association with Wolfe at the Door
present Mordeo. 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, Produced by Toby Lawless,
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Winnie Kemp, Daniel Parsons, Co producers ben So Tech, Anthony Magnolo,
Associate producer Federico Torrado. Starring j L. Fahons, Nicholson as Isaiah,
Ashley Platts as Ashley, Olivia Lott as Jocelyn Vonnegulo as Michelle,
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with performances by Tacy Adams, Ariella Amar Jamie, Joseph kim Estes,
Patty Wilkins. Sound designed by Dean Hovey. Original score by
Christopher Kimp, Mixing by Mark Scarce, Edited by Fernando Diaz,
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Casting consultant Michelle Leewitt, Production assistants Hailey mckeckney and Sophia
gilbertel studio teacher Pearl Hika, Writing assistant Bill Hanson. This
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