Speaker 1: Mordeo is a production of I Heart Radio, Blumhouse Television
Speaker 1: and Crypt TV in association with Wolf at the Door.
Speaker 1: It's terrifying finding out what you're capable of. What's even
Speaker 1: worse is finding out you can live with it. This
Speaker 1: is this is the place, home, sweet home for now.
Speaker 1: Jocolin Jocle, he's safe inside, stay here while Ashley stop right,
Speaker 1: God damn it, get me down from here. You really
Speaker 1: need to start listening. You got the place booby trapped.
Speaker 1: I prefer the term protected, and it said it than
Speaker 1: catching us by surprise. Get me down now, mom, Joplin,
Speaker 1: Oh thank god? Are you okay? Did she hurt? You know?
Speaker 1: I'm fine? As I said, let me down, not until
Speaker 1: you agreed to listen. So you're gonna hear me out?
Speaker 1: Are you gonna let all the blood cap want into
Speaker 1: your head like that? I swear to Jesus if you
Speaker 1: do not get me out of this right now. Just
Speaker 1: listen to her, just trying to help Poppy. Please get
Speaker 1: her down, and we talk sold to the ex cop
Speaker 1: in the tan coat. Oh now, come on, let's get inside.
Speaker 1: We brought enough attention to ourselves as it is. What
Speaker 1: is this place? It's an old hunting lodge, abandoned since
Speaker 1: the turn of the century. With century cute. It's pretty
Speaker 1: much been wiped off any map. Even the satellites can't
Speaker 1: find it. No WiFi or phone lines. Everything's powered by solar.
Speaker 1: It's been a haven for me throughout the years. You're
Speaker 1: safer here than anywhere else. There are sensors on every
Speaker 1: door and window. She showed me. Hey, Josh, can you
Speaker 1: just give us a sec I'd like to speak to
Speaker 1: your pappy and we just have a few things to discuss.
Speaker 1: Are you serious? I'm not leaving. Maybe she should be
Speaker 1: part of this. It's not only gonna traumatize her. I
Speaker 1: don't think you can protect her from that anymore. Hello,
Speaker 1: I'm right here. Don't talk about me like I don't
Speaker 1: have a say in this. You don't. She already told
Speaker 1: me about and the Mordale you told her. I told
Speaker 1: her what she needed to know. You all really need
Speaker 1: to work on your interpersonal issues. I shouldn't have had
Speaker 1: to explain it to her. You're right, you shouldn't have.
Speaker 1: You don't call the shots here. I'm her mother, and
Speaker 1: as her mother, you need to start giving her the
Speaker 1: information she needs to protect herself. Who the hell are you? Huh?
Speaker 1: How are you connected to all this? Anyway? That's not
Speaker 1: important right now. What I can say is that I
Speaker 1: know a hell of a lot more about all this
Speaker 1: than the three of you. Then tell us your us answers.
Speaker 1: I don't owe you anything, but this world you've stumbled into,
Speaker 1: it's much bigger than you think. It reaches farther back
Speaker 1: than any of us. The more Dao, the ward. These
Speaker 1: are long standing forces we're dealing with, and right now
Speaker 1: our focus should be on getting Isaiah out before one
Speaker 1: or both of them destroy him. Maybe he should be destroyed.
Speaker 1: Maybe he deserves everything he has coming to him. Mom,
Speaker 1: you don't mean that, you know you don't. You looked
Speaker 1: into his eyes before you shot him, like I told
Speaker 1: you too, and when you did, you saw what I saw.
Speaker 1: You saw hope. That's why you didn't kill him. You're saying,
Speaker 1: there is hopeful and then well, there are steps so
Speaker 1: we can take, but it's hard. So Isaiah can be
Speaker 1: Isaiaha as long as we keep him from transitioning into
Speaker 1: his final more day and four, how do you know
Speaker 1: he has He's still waking up human, which means he
Speaker 1: still wants to be human. He's choosing that, whether he
Speaker 1: knows it or not, it's a brave choice. Every transition
Speaker 1: is extremely painful. After a while, the pain becomes too much.
Speaker 1: When he's in his final form, he'll just stay a monster.
Speaker 1: He'll be gone for all intents and purposes. To find
Speaker 1: their way back once they've left their human life behind,
Speaker 1: it's a dark journey, almost impossible. So if we keep
Speaker 1: him around and he does take his final form, it
Speaker 1: means he'll never transition back and we'll be defenseless. But
Speaker 1: he said, we can't stop it. How we need to
Speaker 1: trust that Isaiah is still in there somewhere in order
Speaker 1: to save him, in order to keep one more of
Speaker 1: these things out of the world. Old, the first thing
Speaker 1: you need to do is be there for him. He
Speaker 1: needs to know that he's got something to come home to, Ashley.
Speaker 1: He needs to know that he's forgiven. And if I
Speaker 1: can't do that, he'll be the monster you've decided he is.
Speaker 1: I want him back, Jocelyn, if I can forgive him, Mom,
Speaker 1: so can you? You don't know what he how do
Speaker 1: we get him back? Leave that to me. I'm taking
Speaker 1: these so you can't go anywhere against your better judgment.
Speaker 1: Don't use your phones. Might be better if you destroy them.
Speaker 1: Trust no one but the people in this room. You
Speaker 1: understand know in this family, that'll be hard enough as
Speaker 1: it is. Stay put, maybe trying to get some rest.
Speaker 1: You'll need it. It doesn't make sense, a mom, don't leave.
Speaker 1: Why are you helping us? Does it really matter if
Speaker 1: you want us to trust you? Says the one. It
Speaker 1: was the life I saved last night. Let's just say
Speaker 1: I have a debt to pay, and I have a
Speaker 1: lot more lives to say to repay it. The more
Speaker 1: DAYO live in these woods, the last place I want
Speaker 1: to keep my daughter is out here in the mall.
Speaker 1: The biggest threats to your daughter isn't the more Dao.
Speaker 1: It's that brand on your foot. These traps, they're not
Speaker 1: just for the more Dao. Therefore the ward You've broken
Speaker 1: your oath, Ashley, first by taking Isaiah away from them,
Speaker 1: then by keeping him alive. War doesn't forget, and they
Speaker 1: sure as hell don't forgive. Stay inside, don't go anywhere.
Speaker 1: I'll be back as soon as I can. What do
Speaker 1: you want, Michelle cap just looking for a status report?
Speaker 1: Anyone come back to Ernesto's place? Did I call you
Speaker 1: and say otherwise, no one's come back to Ashley's house
Speaker 1: all night either doing the perimeter check. Now, I thought
Speaker 1: the point of a steak out was sustaining incognito. You
Speaker 1: know this is a nice house. A little quaint maybe,
Speaker 1: but nice. I never realized that before. Dude. It's small
Speaker 1: town suburbia. Its entire purpose is to convince you quaint
Speaker 1: is nice. This is what it is supposed to make
Speaker 1: us happy, A simple life lived in a nice house
Speaker 1: like this. But I don't really think it's ever made
Speaker 1: anyone happy, do you not? When there could be something more?
Speaker 1: Your family owns almost an entire town single handedly. If
Speaker 1: you're not happy, I'm not sure there's much hope for
Speaker 1: the rest of us. I'll call if there's any sign
Speaker 1: of them. You don't need to check in, It's no problem. No,
Speaker 1: please don't check in. Ten four, See you soon, cat Isaiah, Isaiah, Hello, Isaiah,
Speaker 1: can you hear me? I said this, Madam? I think
Speaker 1: a h Isaiah. I need you to find my brush,
Speaker 1: start forge God held you everywhere, focus on my I
Speaker 1: can't kill us, I think killed Isaiah. Set aside the hunger.
Speaker 1: Your family needs you. My family, they're waiting for you,
Speaker 1: like they're waiting outside this place. That can really wat
Speaker 1: She's there, She's alive. They're all alive. I can help you,
Speaker 1: Isaiah hart Felish order just constantly focus on me and
Speaker 1: that anything else all away. By there? You mean good?
Speaker 1: Keep listening to my voice. Hello, Isaiah, you remember your voice,
Speaker 1: and I remember you, just not quite like this. Look down,
Speaker 1: cut your hands, h sist. I'm one of them. Give
Speaker 1: me out of here, give me. I need you to
Speaker 1: stay calm. I can help you, okay, but you need
Speaker 1: to censor yourself. I don't see where I am. You
Speaker 1: already know what. You can smell it the blood. Here
Speaker 1: you go, follow the sense. I'll be waiting for you. Hey, Josh,
Speaker 1: what did you find there? I don't know. Some book, Joscelyn.
Speaker 1: You're upset with me. You left me behind. I know.
Speaker 1: Don't ever do that again. Promise me. You won't promise me.
Speaker 1: I can't do that. My job is to protect you,
Speaker 1: and if that means leaving you behind, that's what I'll you. Well,
Speaker 1: at least he didn't lie this time. Were dead? I mean,
Speaker 1: it's god of death. This book is full of Latin roots.
Speaker 1: Those monsters that's we found them in the woods. They
Speaker 1: killed Dad and then turn Isaiah into whatever he is. Look, bug,
Speaker 1: I know what you heard earlier, but please listen to
Speaker 1: me when I say Isaiah is dangerous. She's gonna help.
Speaker 1: We all said we would. Isaiah he's dumb things, very
Speaker 1: bad things. He can't help what he does when he's
Speaker 1: not himself. It's not that simple, Yes it is. Please Mama.
Speaker 1: I don't want to lose anyone else this place. Maybe
Speaker 1: for a Knox, but there isn't much in the way
Speaker 1: of self defense if they were to get past her
Speaker 1: security systems. What's going on in here? I found a
Speaker 1: bunch of these books. They're super old, but I figured
Speaker 1: I should read something educational since it doesn't look like
Speaker 1: I'm going back to school in a time. So, oh God, school,
Speaker 1: I have to go back the gym. It's all still
Speaker 1: there is something I definitely can't explain my way out of.
Speaker 1: She said, we can't leave. Jocelyn's right, it's too risky.
Speaker 1: You don't get it. The broken glass, the busted door
Speaker 1: could be a few kids are broken, but the chains,
Speaker 1: the gun. Jesus, Ashley, I need to go back. You can.
Speaker 1: She took Poppy's keys. Oh I bet you keep your
Speaker 1: spare in the glove compartment, just like Gabe did. We
Speaker 1: should wait until whoever she is comes back. We don't
Speaker 1: have that kind of time. We're in the middle of nowhere,
Speaker 1: you don't know the way, and we barely know anything
Speaker 1: about her defenses. We could trip something our backtrack. It
Speaker 1: was muddy last night, so we must have left some
Speaker 1: sort of a trail. It's a risk I have to take. Mom,
Speaker 1: don't go. Please. It's not saying she's right. I can't
Speaker 1: let you go. I don't need your permission. I'll go.
Speaker 1: They're looking for you, but no one even suspects I
Speaker 1: know anything. I'm much more like to slip under the radar.
Speaker 1: You know. It's a better idea. I can get rid
Speaker 1: of the evidence at the school, then head to my
Speaker 1: place and get some extra protection. Just to the school,
Speaker 1: in and out as fast as you can. Please, Poppy,
Speaker 1: don't go. It's all right, Jocelyn. I'll be back before
Speaker 1: you know it. I promise. H I'm here to get
Speaker 1: rid of me. They're too strong. Push them away like
Speaker 1: you did before. I can see you from where I
Speaker 1: am fight them. Did you wake me up? And here
Speaker 1: you're always awake? You just don't remember. Stay focused, You'll
Speaker 1: get better at every time. Could I forget it? Sitting
Speaker 1: everything I've done like this? There are lots of reasons
Speaker 1: that you choose to forget and loneliness, guilt, God say,
Speaker 1: I can feel all of your Guilt's what holds you
Speaker 1: to them? It's or pain said. You can help me
Speaker 1: more than I can teach you, and help yourself. Your
Speaker 1: heart is good, a rare kind of good, and your
Speaker 1: will power, your pain tolerance. It's unusually hot. You've been
Speaker 1: doing a lot for someone so young. That will help
Speaker 1: most more day. Only they can't be saved. Saved you
Speaker 1: mean only if I can trust you? Can I trust
Speaker 1: you as anyway? Please? Yes, I'll be waiting here. I
Speaker 1: am Isaiah in flesh and blood. Now you're going to
Speaker 1: need to fight every instinct you have not to tear
Speaker 1: me apart. Come come, come go, come go. Fucking shit
Speaker 1: all they're back. Someone's back. Come on, shell, pick up, pickup,
Speaker 1: pickup cup. You've reached the voice mailbox of Detective Michelle Race.
Speaker 1: Please leave a message after the town, Michelle, Where the
Speaker 1: funk are you? Someone's here. It looks like it's just
Speaker 1: a nisto. I don't see anything except his pickup is
Speaker 1: really muddy, splashed all the way to his to no cover.
Speaker 1: Does that mean something? I feel like that means something. Jesus,
Speaker 1: Where is a detective when you actually need one? You
Speaker 1: know what? This was a fucking cop, Dude. I cannot
Speaker 1: tell a cop he's gonna see me unless I had
Speaker 1: in the back of his pickup truck. Okay, I gotta go. Yeah,
Speaker 1: this is the first idea I've ever had. Ship, get
Speaker 1: a car washing nest. Long that's more crimp than I thought. Shit,
Speaker 1: can't turn back now. Yep, this was a terrible idea, Isaiah,
Speaker 1: fight your hunger. You are stronger than them. They're desperate.
Speaker 1: You have purpose us Jocelyn Ashley, your father. They're counting
Speaker 1: on you. They need you to fight. Please, I say, uh,
Speaker 1: they believe in you. I believe in you, child. More fish,
Speaker 1: more figuring. I'm sorry, Uh sorry, M? Did you get
Speaker 1: rid of it all? Everything's clear, M and I stopped
Speaker 1: for I told you just to the school. We should
Speaker 1: be armed. Were you seeing not a soul in sight?
Speaker 1: Like I said? If you come back now, not yet,
Speaker 1: steel drafting ship, Jesus my back. So this is where
Speaker 1: you've been hitting. You've reached the voice mailbox of Detective
Speaker 1: Michelle Rieck message after the town ms Morales. Do you
Speaker 1: have what we're looking for? Not exactly, You're almost out
Speaker 1: of time. Yeah, you mean that perfectly clear. Listen, I
Speaker 1: may not have Isaiah, but I'm looking at the next
Speaker 1: best thing. I'm back. No, no, oh no, why did
Speaker 1: you do that? I should have stayed here and you
Speaker 1: knew what I was. Happens every time. Don't beat yourself
Speaker 1: up to Jesus Christ. How how are you alive? I
Speaker 1: told you to pieces. This is impossible. It is if
Speaker 1: you can't die. Mm hmm. You're one of them, one
Speaker 1: of us, technically not for twenty two years. But they
Speaker 1: don't have a chip for these sorts of things. Wow,
Speaker 1: mm hmm. That's what I'm gonna show you. I'm not
Speaker 1: going to sleep. You know where all then? Pretend for me.
Speaker 1: Do you think she's coming back? We'll see you in
Speaker 1: the morning. Wan't gon to close the window. I'd love
Speaker 1: to listen outside. It makes me feel I don't know
Speaker 1: safe for I guess all right, open it is. I
Speaker 1: think she'll sleep. I think she'll try not to. You
Speaker 1: shouldn't have stopped by your place. It was risky. Well,
Speaker 1: we needed some kind of defense. Carry you doing. I've
Speaker 1: loaded these four I got some extra magazines here. How
Speaker 1: are you doing? I'm processing that one of my sons
Speaker 1: is dead because of the other, and then you tried
Speaker 1: to kill him for it last night. Had he still wishes?
Speaker 1: I had the lord stay in here with door lined.
Speaker 1: Next job. We need to know what's out there. There's
Speaker 1: no way I'm letting you go out there alone. Here,
Speaker 1: take this, stay close, we stick together. Do you see anything?
Speaker 1: What the hell happened? Maybe it was an animal or
Speaker 1: saying John. In the end, we do what we have
Speaker 1: to do to survive, and that's all that matters, isn't it?
Speaker 1: Next time, on more day home, I'm willing to do
Speaker 1: whatever it takes. We we didn't make it any time.
Speaker 1: This is a curse. You'll be paying for what you
Speaker 1: did for the rest of your life. There's another one
Speaker 1: of the balls. What are you doing? I'm giving you
Speaker 1: a little inspiration. H I Heart Radio. Blum House Television
Speaker 1: and Crypt TV in association with Wolfe at the Door
Speaker 1: present Mordeo. Executive produced by Jack Davis, Kate Krantz, Darren Brandel,
Speaker 1: Jason Blum Chris Dickey, Matt Frederick, and Alex Williams. Written
Speaker 1: by Caitlin Crabb, directed by Alex Kemp, Produced by Toby Lawless,
Speaker 1: Winnie Kemp, Daniel Parsons, Co producers ben So Tech, Anthony Magnolo,
Speaker 1: Associate producer Federico Torrado. Starring j L. Fahons, Nicholson as Isaiah,
Speaker 1: Ashley Platts as Ashley, Olivia Lott as Jocelyn Vonnegulo as Michelle,
Speaker 1: with performances by Tacy Adams, Ariella Amar Jamie, Joseph kim Estes,
Speaker 1: Patty Wilkins. Sound designed by Dean Hovey. Original score by
Speaker 1: Christopher Kimp, Mixing by Mark Scarce, Edited by Fernando Diaz,
Speaker 1: Assistant engineer Noah Sour. Recorded at Wolf at the Door Studios.
Speaker 1: Casting consultant Michelle Leewitt, Production assistants Hailey mckeckney and Sophia
Speaker 1: gilbertel studio teacher Pearl Hika, Writing assistant Bill Hanson. This
Speaker 1: podcast was recorded under a SAG after collective bargaining agreement.
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