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August 4, 2021 25 mins

In the season finale, Ashley and Ernesto set out into the Monongahela to find Jocelyn — but they aren’t the only ones being baited by her abduction. Mrs. Marshall attempts to use Jocelyn to lure Isaiah out from hiding… by any means necessary.

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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.
Some things in our lives are beyond our control, but
still we all make choices. Too many of them turn

(00:23):
into regrets. I guess all we left with is the
hope that we still have time to set it right.
This is yeah, whit job flat, No, no, no, she's gone.

(01:06):
They took my daughter, took her. She said that, but
Dale couldn't get past the defenses. This wasn't the more dioe.
This was the ward. They took her, and now we're
going to get her back. Okay, let me go, Hello Jocelyn,

(01:30):
miss Marshall the librarian. My looking at you makes me
feel like a sack of bones. Y'all grow up so fast?
Has anyone told you you look just like your mother?
Where are we? Who are all of you? Why did
you bring me? Hit? Now? Nice? Slow down, one question

(01:51):
at a time. You're making my old brain, Colonel. Let's
start with the way years ago, before you born, before
even I was born. If you can believe there were
such a time, the people who lived near the Monongahela
whispered about terrible creatures in these wounds. They were thought

(02:11):
to have far reaching powers, powers that presided over life
and death. The more dare so you, Heaven, let them
leave you in the dark, good girl. For a long time,
people lived in fear of the forest, of what may
happen if you found yourself alone wandering through the trees,

(02:34):
somehow lost. When you swore you knew your way home
by then, of course, it was already too late. You
were praying being chased by a predator. Back then, the
townspeople thought if they were to give an offering to
these creatures, they could form some sort of agreement. A

(02:55):
human life given freely in exchange for safe passage wouldn't
be missed, perhaps a haunter that strayed too far from
his land, or maybe an undesirable of their own. So
they came to this clearing here deep in the morn,
and built this stone altar. Over the years, they've added

(03:17):
these statutes away to honor their sacrifices. It worked for
some time, but generation after generation the people grew weary
of living under the shadow of death. That's when we
the ward first came to be. All of you. You

(03:37):
hunt the more del but they don't die how do
you kill something that doesn't die. This war has been
raging for a long time. We engineered our own ways
of fighting back so we can live free from fear
you have else where. I'm here. Someone hasn't been listening.

(03:57):
This is the altar for the offerings, and tonight you
are ours. Restrain her, get her up on the chair.
I got it. You gotta do this. And was that
my grandpa his police officer here? My mom? Are gonna
come for me? Is that so? And my uncle I said,

(04:19):
I won't let you hurt me, He'll come for me. Well,
now with that, I completely agreed, because the ward isn't
here for you. Only what are you doing? No one
told me you were going to hurt the kid. I'm
not a part of this. Just a little slice. No, no, no,

(04:41):
don't come me. Come now, It's just a little blood,
nothing to cry over. Now we wait for your uncle
to save you. I hope he tears you to pieces.
If you think he would spare you from the same fate,
I'm afraid he'll only disappoint you again. Surround the perimeter.

(05:03):
Don't let any of the others through, understood, Mother Marshall. Okay,
fan out everybody, system, morality. Take up your position for
the last time. I'm not a part of this. I'd
like to see what it means when you are a
part of something. I've got this one reading, brother reading.
You don't outrank me out here, Detective here, I thought

(05:30):
we're on the same side. Jesus Michelle, where the fund
have you been around? Looks like I haven't missed the party.
This is your doing. I didn't have a choice. You did,
and you chose to hand over a child to save
your own skin. I thought they'd take Ashley. I never
thought you did what you had to do to survive Cat.
Anyone who doesn't understand that is kidding themselves, or we

(05:52):
don't want to understand because we're both sucking cowards. Here
take this. I saw those old elephant guns before Isaia
at the library. They're modified specifically for the more DAO.
They carry charge bookshot rounds that send an electric pulse.
It paralyzes them, but not for long. It's the best
defense we have. No thanks. You can't be out here defenseless, Cat.

(06:18):
I can't be here at all. I won't and neither
should you. You can't leave. They won't let you, not
until they have, Isaiah, I chose wrong machine. These people
they don't care who lives or dies, even if they
hide behind an oath that says otherwise. And maybe for
the first time in my life, I realize some things
are worth living with, something to consider before you. You

(06:40):
said it yourself. Cat, don't walk away. They will find you.
I will find you. I can take care of myself. Michelle.
See around, M hand me those leaves with you. Isaiah. Oh,

(07:05):
this is only gonna look nastier as it regenerates. Thanks,
you're healing fast. I didn't heal this quickly. Well, practice
makes perfect. How many times have you died? More than
I care to remember? M Who are you? How did
this happen to you? A lot like it happened to you.

(07:27):
I'd imagine I was hunting in these woods with my
dad a long time ago. We saw something in the woods.
The rest is history. I guess what's your name? Harlow?
Harlow Paine. M hmm. You said you've done this before.
How many of you are there? How many of you

(07:48):
have cured yourselves? Oh? Cowboy, I didn't say anything about
a cure. I said I could help. How many? Just
me there and others, and there will be more. But
right now I'm what you've got. You cran to me
like you had hope, like there was some real chance

(08:09):
of getting rid of this. You're a liar, hey, fighting
back the more day always isn't like dying. Okay, You
don't get better at it. Your instincts get stronger, your
sense is sharper, the hunger is more and more excruciating,
and those voices, all of their voices, are so damn out.
Your connection to all the rest of them will just

(08:31):
grow deeper. This is a curse. You'll be paying for
what you did for the rest of your life, and
believe me, it's gonna be a long one. That doesn't
mean you don't try to atone for it. You don't
have to give in inevitable, not every more day, oh
can be saved, but you you want to make things right,

(08:54):
and that's what makes you different from the rest of them.
You have a reason to fight it. To you, is
it for something other than death? You mean you're not
how to channel to pous Not really, I survive it,
but you you have a strong will. I've never seen
anyone fight the curse like you have. And if I
can teach you how to control it, to surpass even

(09:15):
my own abilities. You could change not just your fate,
but all of ours. What if I'm just some guy
who killed his brother, that I'm just some girl who
killed her dad? Do you smell that? I know that
scent blood? Not just any blood. I Saiah, you need

(09:37):
to go. They found them, the ward that's sent. It's Justlyn.
You need to go now. I don't understand. Why would
Joscelyn be a part of this because you are now?
Hurry if we can pick up the sin of her blood,
so with others. Yeah, Jocelyn, Jocelynn Hope. Please. She shouldn't

(10:11):
know we're out of here. If she knows, they know,
we need to keep the element of surprise on her side.
We should wait from back up that woman. She can
help us. I'm not waiting, and I'm sure as he'll
not leaving these woods without my daughter. What is that shaped?

(10:31):
Quick down in the water. Find those rocks, Dear God,
it's one of them. Stay quiet? What was she? There's
another one of bass? He should be dead. What do

(10:59):
you mean they should have sensed we were here? They're
hitted somewhere. I know where they're going. Cat What are
you doing here? I heard it Nesta as I was
headed back to the lodge to find you. How do
you know about the lodge? Listen, Ashley. I I made
a mistake. I thought it was the right thing. What
are you talking about? I followed that Nesta to the

(11:21):
lodge from town. I told them you were here. I'm
the reason they took her. Fucking Actually, don't. She's just
a child. That's enough. Actually she's breaking. Let her go.
I'm sorry fucking killed you. Yeah. I came to make

(11:41):
this right. How could you possibly make this rot? They're
using her as bait for Isaiah. They won't hurt her,
at least I don't think so. But if things go wrong,
I don't think they're gonna save her either. They're not
after me. Why would they be after you? It doesn't
make any sense. They take an oath to protect human life.

(12:02):
Putting her in danger goes against everything they believe in.
What they say they believe in. You said you knew
where the mare Dao are going. You can take us
to her. Like I said, I'm here to make this right.
Ship It's coming back, kids, blood fuck Me're we step

(12:26):
the hill out of the water now. Michale, Come on,
ear next to me, lean on me, Come here. We're good. Thanks.

(12:46):
I told you to take a gun. You're all right,
cap I think so? Yeah? I'm fine too, Thanks? What
did you do to it? The shots give out a
pulse to keep it subdued. But we gotta get out here.
It'll wear off, and we need as many rounds as
we can if we're gonna save Jocelyn. We there is
no weed between us. You can't face what's ahead alone.

(13:09):
You're going to cross the war to help save a
little girl that doesn't sound like you, Michelle. I guess
I realized some things aren't worth living with, all right.
For the record, she stole that from me. Look, even
with the four of us, we can't possibly take on
the book Dayo and the Ward. No, but we can
distract one with the other. If you draw the more
DAO out, the Ward will be forced to disperse to

(13:30):
keep them at bay. Then we can make our move.
And how do we draw them out? Blood? Now? Wait
just a minute, my plan, my blood. Now, let's go
get your daughter. Hey, you're wasting your energy, dear, Why

(14:01):
don't target Something's wrong? They're converging too fast. The rest
of you join the perimeter. There's not enough of us
I can handalyze. Theyah myself go, that's an order. You
follow me there too strong, You can't fight them all.
Not to worry pet only a little while longer. I

(14:21):
suspect that they are really worth all this risk. I
know what it seems like right now. You think I'm
the enemy, cruel and heartless, but you don't understand what
they are, what your uncle is. They're monsters, and like
all monsters, they can only ever bring death and pain

(14:43):
and loss, irrevocable loss. They killed someone he loved the
more Deo deserved to be destroyed, and I will make
sure that happens until my dying breath. You think I there,
good to see you, punctual for once. Mr Williams let

(15:05):
it go now said, get out of here. She wants
to kill you. He knows that by now, Dear, don't
you Izaiah? This whole time you knew You're not very
good at hiding things. Isaiah, you never have been. Like
I said from the start, You're honest, which is maybe
why you've been caught every time. You haven't played by

(15:27):
the rules. You have me. You don't need her any more. Release.
Unfortunately you won't live to see her out of those chains.
She goes. When you've shown me what you are, I can't.
I don't have that kind of control over it. Perhaps
you need a little coaxing. Then what are you doing?
I'm giving you a little inspiration. She's got nothing to

(15:50):
do with this. How cruel of me. Then each of
you has your Yours is an anger or even desperation,
like most of them yours, it's very specific shame. That's
what drives you, Isaiah. And you feel shame. You can't

(16:10):
save them, show you can't stop yourself from hurting them
over and over. Don't talk to shame. That maybe all
you were born to do with bring supper of course,
of course, show me that shame, Isaiah, and I will

(16:32):
free you from it just as it's more, and I'll
send you back at hell where you belong. You've really
stooped to a new level this time. Marjorie Harlow Payne
should have known you bubble up from that swamp you've
been hiding. And this we fight together now, kid to

(16:56):
change our fate. How sind a man and prophetic, Poor Harlow,
still trying to find yourself a little pupil to save you.
When will you ever learn? They'll all fail, just like
you've failed your teacher before you. This battle is bigger

(17:16):
than you or I, Marjorie. It's a shame you won't
live long enough to learn that lesson. You're threatening to
kill me. I thought you didn't take lives anymore. I don't,
but I can't speak for him. You didn't scream. They

(17:38):
always scream when they turn. Now you die knowing he
won't fail me, not this time. Goodbye, Marjorie. Okay, Well,

(18:01):
one step forward, three bloody steps back, I said, Jocelyn, No,
can you hear me in there? Jocelyn, you can hear me?
Can't you? You know who I am? Come back? I said, peace,

(18:27):
come back. I O my gotta please. How I'm getting

(18:58):
Michelle moll bradcasting Now? What got him on the ground? Mom? Mom?
I got your kids? Hit her out of there now,
I'm working on it. What about my mom should be
right behind us, got it, Let's go. But the woman
who helped us herlo she said, under those rocks, I

(19:18):
can only see one of you. Come on, all right,
they're clear. Hit him with everything you got, Michelle, my
fucking pleasure, I'm out actually to run. We have to
leave before wears off. What if I stay, he'll stay?

(19:43):
Go now while he still can. We're not leaving you,
jocolin shot. She won't forgive you for this. Maybe not,
but he'll live long enough to understand why I did it.
I promised to tell her. I love her every day. Ernest,
come on, m if you can hear me in there,

(20:07):
don't let her down. I think, don't you dare Hey,
as you get out of here, I've got I say
it's time he plays with someone his own size? How

(20:38):
good are mine? They're retreating, Sister Williams, thank you, brother
m hm, Mother Marshall. She's dead. We we didn't make

(21:01):
it in time. You this is all your fault. You
don't understand she was dead when we got here. I
swear I just wanted to save my daughter. You have
broken your road, sister. Now you must face the consequences here.

(21:32):
Who Why are we stopped? I think we're in the clear.
At least Joscelyn and the cat got away. I think
they're safe. They should have reached the main road by now.
I shouldn't have shouldn't have left actually behind she made
up her man I should have been the one to
stay behind the Facebook Son. There's no turning back. I'm sorry, Michelle.

(21:56):
You were right about game, and I said, m maybe
not completely. That's not your fault. You were doing what
you thought was right. Today I saw what I've always
seen in you, someone willing to do whatever it takes.

(22:17):
I'm sorry I doted you. I guess I had one
round left. I'm sorry, cap I am, but you said
it yourself. I'm willing to do whatever it takes. Mm hmmm.

(22:44):
Y Our choices to find the past of our lives,
some lead us towards the light, others into darkness, a
darkness we must all now fight. We are at war

(23:07):
in our battles, They've only just begun. H m hm.

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Jack Davis, Kate Krantz, Darren Brenda, Jason Bloom, Chris Dickey,
Not Frederick and Alex Williams. Written by Caitlin Crab, directed

(24:06):
by Alex Kemp. Produced by Toby Lawless, Winnie Kemp, Daniel Parsons,
Co Producers, ben So Tech, Anthony Magnolo associate producer Federico Torrado.
Starring j L. Fons Nicholson as Isaiah, Ashley Platts as Ashley,

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Olivia Lott as Jocelyn, Yvonne Angulo as Michelle, with performances
by Tacy Adams, Ariella amar Jamie, Joseph kim Estes, Patty Wilkins,
James Brewster. Sound designed by Dean Hovey. Original score by

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