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: I'm not afraid of dying, but death something that unprotectable, unfeeling, unstoppable.
Speaker 1: I don't know a worse thing to fear. This is mardo. Yeah, okay, no,
Speaker 1: how did I get back home? Fire? That was burning,
Speaker 1: not blessterings gross as hell, but it's healing at least
Speaker 1: I think I remember that from field training. Okay, you're alive.
Speaker 1: Stop right, there's close enough for now. I thought you
Speaker 1: were dead, says the fried corpse. What the hell happened
Speaker 1: to you? I should be dead unless No, no, that's
Speaker 1: not possible. Whoa hey, where are you going? Hi? Say
Speaker 1: I have to be able to kill it, and you're
Speaker 1: gonna stap it out of you? You're right, maybe, said
Speaker 1: I can't kill it from the outside. Maybe I have
Speaker 1: to kill it from the inside. Have you completely snapped?
Speaker 1: Put the bleach down? Jesus, are you kidding me? I
Speaker 1: have to die. It has to die right, good? Slow
Speaker 1: the boat forward, the rifles live now, which means it's lethal.
Speaker 1: It should be treated as such at all times. Don't
Speaker 1: patronize me, Michelle I'm trying to help you, Ashley. You
Speaker 1: must be loving this. I told you you don't need
Speaker 1: to do this part. I'm fully capable of handling heart
Speaker 1: of the ward, now, aren't I. I got a brand
Speaker 1: that says so anyway, keep your voice down. This is
Speaker 1: my fight even more than it is yours. We're not
Speaker 1: a team, Michelle, We're allies of circumstance at Mrs Mother
Speaker 1: Marshall says, we only have a few seconds to take
Speaker 1: a more dale out as they transition. If that's the
Speaker 1: only window they can be killed, we need to make
Speaker 1: those seconds count. So what's next? You want to stand
Speaker 1: with your feet apart? Good? Now, put the end of
Speaker 1: the stock tight against your shoulder here to absorb the kickback.
Speaker 1: Now hold up, put these on. Now turn the safety off,
Speaker 1: but don't put your hand on the trigger until you're ready. Okay.
Speaker 1: Sometimes it helps to breathe through the shop. Deep breath,
Speaker 1: then lock onto your target. Then room good. Now damn
Speaker 1: I suck loaded again? Gold, damn it, But of sleeping
Speaker 1: pills would have probably hurt less. How long was out?
Speaker 1: A couple of hours? Tops? I can't even die. I'm
Speaker 1: glad you think it's funny because it scares the ship
Speaker 1: out of me. Ms Burns. You did that to yourself,
Speaker 1: didn't You tried to do the right thing? Where were
Speaker 1: you all that time? I looked everywhere? Where were you?
Speaker 1: I took off and spare me. I know I'm not
Speaker 1: going down in any Guinness Book of Best Friends. But
Speaker 1: this is too much for me, Isaiah. It's been too
Speaker 1: much the whole time. But I thought, I don't know,
Speaker 1: maybe I was better than I was braver. And why
Speaker 1: are you here now? I guess I didn't have it
Speaker 1: in me to leave a man behind. You need me.
Speaker 1: You should turn me into the police. Tell them about
Speaker 1: Paul Douglas. I want to criminate you. I'll be locked
Speaker 1: up and you'll be free of all of this. You
Speaker 1: know when you'd have weird experiments done on you once
Speaker 1: they see what you are. No. I watched enough X
Speaker 1: files to know that doesn't end well. Give me that, Mova. Look,
Speaker 1: we need to find some way to contain you when
Speaker 1: you turn like what. I don't know, something strong enough
Speaker 1: to keep everyone you love safe and maybe keep you
Speaker 1: safe from everyone else too. But I have no idea
Speaker 1: what that might be. I think I might here. It
Speaker 1: is the Bennett model. Ninety eight bolt action fifty cow
Speaker 1: k mr riffle. This beast is military grade fifty caliber.
Speaker 1: That's a big bullet. Yes, that's a big gas bullet, ma'am.
Speaker 1: I don't suggest this type of machinery for a beginner.
Speaker 1: Something small i'm more manageable, like the Reddington seven might
Speaker 1: be a little more your size. Nope, I'll take this one.
Speaker 1: Five rounds, Just five rounds. Well, that's what it holds, right, Yeah,
Speaker 1: Hell out this paperwork to authorise of background check as
Speaker 1: a forty eight hour hold. Or you can take the
Speaker 1: extra five d from the top of the stack and
Speaker 1: let me leave with this now, courtesy of my late
Speaker 1: husband's insurance policy. He was a real supporter of his
Speaker 1: Second Amendment rights. I'll get you those rounds. He's right,
Speaker 1: that thing can do some damage. You better be careful.
Speaker 1: Thanks for the unsolicited advice. I'll be sure to ask
Speaker 1: for it next time. I know it's none of my business.
Speaker 1: I'm just thinking a gun may not be the best
Speaker 1: solution to your problem. Please don't lecture me. If you'd
Speaker 1: have asked me a few weeks ago, if i'd be here,
Speaker 1: of all places. Let's see somebody scare you or somebody
Speaker 1: hurt you, you don't have to tell me. Sometimes it's
Speaker 1: liberating to unload on a complete stranger, so you scared
Speaker 1: or hurt both. In that case, I suggest looking him
Speaker 1: straight in the eye before you pull the trigger. It'll
Speaker 1: let him know exactly who you are. Five rounds as requested. Thanks?
Speaker 1: Do you know who that was? The other customer that
Speaker 1: just left didn't know. Anyone else came in. I think
Speaker 1: it's time for you to get out of my store, right,
Speaker 1: fair enough? Jesus, this is freaking heavy Last America. Now,
Speaker 1: don't come back. You're here, Jocelyn, Come on, sleepy hand,
Speaker 1: it's fast new Hey, you're up. I found these pictures
Speaker 1: in the closet. It's my dad when he was a kid. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: that's him. What's he doing? He tied that sheet around
Speaker 1: his neck as a cake, you know, like Superman. Do
Speaker 1: you have any more? I'm sure I do. You're not
Speaker 1: gona took photos of everything when those boys were younger?
Speaker 1: Can I see him? Hold that thought? I said, what
Speaker 1: are you doing here? Give your son a second? He
Speaker 1: stood over knocking for like ten minutes. It's been very
Speaker 1: cats in the cradle. You can't be here. I wouldn't
Speaker 1: have come unless I needed to. Believe me, I can't
Speaker 1: for Grandpa's tools, what are you need them for. I'm
Speaker 1: not letting you leave with them until I know how
Speaker 1: father leave here. We need them to build something continent,
Speaker 1: not to build something to reinforce, something to sell At
Speaker 1: the old jail house, I do on rudate. That place
Speaker 1: has been vacant for years. What could you possibly want
Speaker 1: to do all the way out there? Don't look at me.
Speaker 1: I've been sworn to askin in secrecy. You too, learn
Speaker 1: how to weld in the core or something. No, we're
Speaker 1: both combat trained, so you need more than Grandpa's tools.
Speaker 1: You need someone who knows how to use them. You're
Speaker 1: that's someone that knows how to use them might take it.
Speaker 1: My father, Isaiah's grandfather was hard to construct what's now
Speaker 1: the old Town jail back in the sixties. I helped
Speaker 1: him work that summer. So you've literally done it before,
Speaker 1: I guess, but I still don't understand why you need it.
Speaker 1: I say it. Please tell me what's going on. This
Speaker 1: was a mistake. We should go, I say, I forget
Speaker 1: we were here. This is bigger than whatever ship you're
Speaker 1: holding onto. Please, if you want to help me, Pop, fine,
Speaker 1: but I don't owe you any answers. What I tell
Speaker 1: you it's on my terms. Is it illegal. Let's just
Speaker 1: say it's not what you think, not even close. I'll
Speaker 1: do it. I'll help you. I just I can't right now. Surprise, surprise.
Speaker 1: I can't leave Joscelyn. Oh. I didn't know she was here.
Speaker 1: Astley doesn't want to want her to be alone. I know.
Speaker 1: I'm the one who suggested that Cat can stay with me.
Speaker 1: If she stays, I won't be alone. I don't think
Speaker 1: that's a good idea. You're right, it's a terrible idea.
Speaker 1: If I said a trust her, I trust her. Right now,
Speaker 1: I say I need your help. Not gonna happen. I
Speaker 1: hate kids, no offense. This is your plan, Cat, and
Speaker 1: I can't do it without him. Please keep us safe
Speaker 1: for me. One of us is going to regret this.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Come on the wealth and gears and storage.
Speaker 1: Sorry for putting an extra lock on the gate. Miss
Speaker 1: reed falls when kids get the idea to smoke joints
Speaker 1: and tell ghost stories in these maus Liam's that's all right.
Speaker 1: I guess I don't visit as much as I planned to.
Speaker 1: No one ever. Take your time. Hi Graham, I remember
Speaker 1: you like lilies or he hated them. I guess you're
Speaker 1: not gonna nag me either way, you being dead, and
Speaker 1: now I've been thinking about you lately. I guess when
Speaker 1: other people visit family graves, it's to bring them some
Speaker 1: sort of solace, make them feel like it's okay. They've
Speaker 1: moved on, but not me. I'm still here trying to
Speaker 1: prove I'm worth something to a dead woman. You never
Speaker 1: believed in me, and it wasn't tough love, not like that.
Speaker 1: It was like you saw me for what I would
Speaker 1: never be. I wasn't talented enough, wasn't strong or smart enough.
Speaker 1: I wasn't cutthroat enough to survive this world. And no
Speaker 1: matter how many nights I stayed awake trying to convince myself,
Speaker 1: you're just a mean old bitch. I knew you were right.
Speaker 1: I understand that now, but I'm here to tell you
Speaker 1: you are wrong. I know exactly what I have to do.
Speaker 1: And it's just like you said, not even dead can
Speaker 1: stop a true read. It's funny to think of you
Speaker 1: in here now, Even this place, with all it's grandeer,
Speaker 1: it couldn't stop your bones. From turning to the dust.
Speaker 1: M maybe that warmer, cold dead heart, you bitch. I
Speaker 1: should be able to buy these with the reek of bars,
Speaker 1: especially when the cell may have rusted, and they'll be
Speaker 1: strong enough. That's the idea, strong enough to hold something
Speaker 1: that can break through change? What kind of thing can
Speaker 1: break through change? All right, Isaiah, if we worked through
Speaker 1: the night, we should finish in time and time for what? Right?
Speaker 1: No questions, no answers, unlet's keep going, keep you right? Seriously,
Speaker 1: who doesn't have Netflix? People like books or online poker? Well,
Speaker 1: a missile doesn't strike me as the reading type. Probably
Speaker 1: likes crime novels, romance novels when he's lonely. See that
Speaker 1: is why I'm never having children. You always know exactly
Speaker 1: what we wish. You didn't like little covert cocka roaches.
Speaker 1: I take it it means there's no chance you're gonna
Speaker 1: tell me what's going on with Isaiah zero? Like you're marine.
Speaker 1: Like Isaiah. We were stationed in Afghanistan together. We became
Speaker 1: really close over there. Did you like hook up or something? No,
Speaker 1: we didn't like hook up or something. God, aren't you
Speaker 1: like ten twelve? Same thing? Isaiah is basically my brother. Besides,
Speaker 1: women are far more fascinating to me than some Harry
Speaker 1: dood trying to poke me with this. Sorry, it's okay,
Speaker 1: I know what a penis is. Stupid. I'm not sure
Speaker 1: your mom would approve of my influence. Yeah, well, my
Speaker 1: mom's not one a Mother of the Year or anything
Speaker 1: compared to any mom I've had. She seems pretty great.
Speaker 1: She abandoned me here with Poppy. I haven't seen her
Speaker 1: in days, Is that true? Yeah? Uh, well, your grandpa
Speaker 1: was a cop. She probably thinks you're pretty safe with him.
Speaker 1: Can you at least tell me it's my uncle? Okay?
Speaker 1: What makes you think he's not everything? He's been different
Speaker 1: ever since he came back from the woods. Yeah, God,
Speaker 1: camping trip turned out to be a raw deal for you,
Speaker 1: didn't it. I know a lot of people don't think
Speaker 1: so all the time, But I say he's a good person.
Speaker 1: He has a good heart, and I think people with
Speaker 1: good hearts and will even if what they do is wrong.
Speaker 1: Sometimes that's a nice sentiment, kid, but life isn't that simple.
Speaker 1: Sometimes good hearts do bad things just like bad hearts
Speaker 1: do good things. It's better to go through life thinking
Speaker 1: everyone's gonna screw you over. Sometime you can't trust the anybody.
Speaker 1: So you're saying I shouldn't trust you. No, you shouldn't.
Speaker 1: Ship that's me. I have to go what you can't
Speaker 1: leave me alone. Now that I know that you're twelve,
Speaker 1: I feel way less guilty about this. I was home
Speaker 1: by myself way before that. But as I said, you
Speaker 1: need to stay here and keep me safe. I really
Speaker 1: don't have a choice. Look, your grandpa will be back soon.
Speaker 1: In the meantime, if you get scared, hide in the closet.
Speaker 1: The way back always worked for me. You'll be fine,
Speaker 1: I promise. Almost there. Ah, there she is? Are you
Speaker 1: holding up down there? Isaiah? How much longer? Just the
Speaker 1: last coper there? As good as this? Your grandfather always
Speaker 1: said I had him back for it. Why didn't you
Speaker 1: keep his business? Well, it was because of that summer
Speaker 1: actually working on this jail house. There was some protests
Speaker 1: a few counties over. I wasn't allowed to go, but
Speaker 1: a bunch of my friends did, got themselves arrested. Some
Speaker 1: of them trickled back the next day or so. Others
Speaker 1: we didn't see for weeks, And when they came back,
Speaker 1: it was like the fight was beating out of them.
Speaker 1: They weren't ever the same. Really, I couldn't get what
Speaker 1: happened to them out of my mind. But I still
Speaker 1: had to come back here, and as we put up
Speaker 1: sell after sell, I decided I wanted to be the
Speaker 1: one on the outside of the bars instead of the
Speaker 1: one behind them. Sure, that's why I was such a disappointment. No, no,
Speaker 1: it's why I envied you. You don't let fair rule.
Speaker 1: You never have. It's what I admired about your mother too.
Speaker 1: I might not always understand you, but I admire you.
Speaker 1: Y Saia Ready, yeah, wait, browt up a minute? What
Speaker 1: is it? Listen? Do you hear that character here? Hard? No?
Speaker 1: Can I? Yeah? Yeah? H it's up? Wrong's hard? I think?
Speaker 1: Can I keep going down? Fresh? No? What are we're doing?
Speaker 1: Get out of there? And it's it? It beat time
Speaker 1: to that finish it dead now Fresh? It's hard, all right, hard,
Speaker 1: sw It's done. I say, are you all right? I'm
Speaker 1: coming into step back? What are you doing here? Get
Speaker 1: away from the law. He looks sick. I think it's
Speaker 1: going to go back to your place. Jocelyn needs you
Speaker 1: that nesto. I got it from here, but I'm not
Speaker 1: going to let you open that cage. Now go Now
Speaker 1: they go to Joshly. I'll be fine. Take care of him.
Speaker 1: You were supposed to leave him, leave a twelve year
Speaker 1: old alone, or let you go your dad. Pretty shitty options, Isaiah.
Speaker 1: Are you turning? No? Not yet? Looks Turnny feels sturdy too.
Speaker 1: You shouldn't stay in case they don't all. I won't
Speaker 1: leave me the flashlight. Then it'll be pitch black out here. Goodbye, Isaiah. Okay, okay, yes,
Speaker 1: Ms Morales, it's done. I did what you asked the ward.
Speaker 1: Thanks you for your service, he said, this was the
Speaker 1: only way. Yes, it is, I must admit. And all
Speaker 1: the time we've been watching you, I never suspected you'd
Speaker 1: be of use to us, not willingly anyway. Fuck you, lady.
Speaker 1: I'm doing this for Isaiah. He doesn't want to live
Speaker 1: like this. He did himself if he could. I wonder
Speaker 1: would he have tried to take his own life if
Speaker 1: he didn't know somewhere deep inside he would survive. I
Speaker 1: suppose we won't ever really know. Now, you said, when
Speaker 1: this is over, I'll be washed clean of everything. I
Speaker 1: can go back to my life and leave all this behind.
Speaker 1: We keep our promises. As long as you keep yours,
Speaker 1: will it hurt when you kill him? When he suffer,
Speaker 1: He's already suffering, and he'll only cause others to suffer
Speaker 1: with him. You've done the right thing and it'll all
Speaker 1: be over soon enough. And when it is, we'll set
Speaker 1: you both free. You understand what I mean. We'll be
Speaker 1: in touch. M hmm happy. The Closet cast said that
Speaker 1: in the Closet Past, remember me from the Green Pimo
Speaker 1: tell you were looking for your uncle when we agreed
Speaker 1: to be strangers. Look, I'm sure I'm scaring the but
Speaker 1: Jesus out of you, but your family is in grave danger,
Speaker 1: and I think you know that. Your grandpa, your uncle,
Speaker 1: your mother, they're in trouble. But we can help. I
Speaker 1: just need you to trust me. Can you do that?
Speaker 1: Will you come out here and trust me? What kind
Speaker 1: of danger? Hello? Who's there? Ashley? Hello? Isaiah? No, no,
Speaker 1: don't don't, don't unlock it. I've been looking for you.
Speaker 1: How did you find me? Your cell phone? Family plan? Remember,
Speaker 1: don't call to me closer. I'm sorry as I am,
Speaker 1: but I can't let them kill you, not yet. Mm
Speaker 1: hmmm hm ah. Dying is easy, but facing death facing
Speaker 1: a lifetime of while you fell to atone for that's
Speaker 1: the cross we all must bear in the end. Next
Speaker 1: time on More Day Home, where are you? I can't
Speaker 1: tell you, God damn it, are like that useless shit.
Speaker 1: You're one of them. Let's go. I can't hold now.
Speaker 1: I Heart Radio. Blom House Television and Crypt TV in
Speaker 1: association with Wolf at the Door Present Mordo. Executive produced
Speaker 1: by Jack Davis, Kate Krantz, Darren Brandle, Jason Blom, Chris Dickey,
Speaker 1: Matt Frederick and Alex Williams. Written by Caitlin Crab, directed
Speaker 1: by Alex Kemp, Produced by Toby Lawless, Winnie Kemp, Daniel
Speaker 1: Pearson's co producers ben So Tack, Anthony Magnolo, Associate producer
Speaker 1: Fererico Torrado. Starring j L Faons, Nicholson as Isaiah, Ashley
Speaker 1: Platts as Ashley, Olivia Lott as Jocelyn, Yvonne Al as Michelle,
Speaker 1: with performances by Tacy Adams, Ariella amar Jamie, Joseph kim Estes,
Speaker 1: Patty Wilkins, Butch Klein. Sound designed by Dean Hovey. Original
Speaker 1: score by Christopher Kemp, Mixing by Mark Scarce, edited by
Speaker 1: Fernando Diaz, assist and engineer Noah's Sour, Recorded at Wolf
Speaker 1: at the Door Studios. Casting consultant Michelle LeWitt, Production assistants
Speaker 1: Hayley mckeckney and Sophia Guilberto, studio teacher Pearl Hika, Writing
Speaker 1: assistant Bill Hanson. This podcast was recorded under a SAG
Speaker 1: after collective bargaining agreement. Mordeo is a production of I
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