Time for action!
Gangrene, you slime ball
Hands up!
Gangrene, you slime ball
- Hey, Thomas - Hi, Brian
- How was school? - Fine
Time's up, you slime ball! Let's go outside
I'm almost done
Come on, mum, you promised
I know and I am a terrible mother
- You're horrible - Horrible?
- You're dreadful - Dreadful?
Well, I'm going to be horrible
and I'm going to be dreadful if I don't finish this chapter
So, I need at least... five minutes
- Three! - Four
Deal! We're escaping outside
- Hey - Hey
What did they say?
Oh, not interested
Oh! What do they know? They rejected my first novel anyway
It's Tabitha King syndrome Stephen King's wife
She is a good enough writer, but no one knows her
All they know is Stephen King
They'll know you one day
Look at all the help you've given me
That's editing darling it's not the same thing
See, 'not sufficiently mysterious for a mystery,
nor sufficiently thrilling for a thriller'
You know it wouldn't be the worst thing to add a few thrills and resubmit it
What? Throw in some more blood?
Psychopath jumping out of the closet with an axe?
No, it's not the English tradition
Our authors have style wit...
imagination
- Darling, you have wit - Very good
You're the best editor in London Is that so bad?
Max Perkins saved Hemmingway
Yes, well no one remembers Max Perkins
and he's right up there with Tabitha what's her face
Well, I couldn't have done any of this without you
Well, you do realize, darling that...
that I'm supposed to be saying that to you
Hey, when can I read some?
In about three minutes? That's all Thomas has given me
- Okay, - Three minutes it is
Action alert!
Hand's up!
Action alert
Hands up!
- Brian, dinner's ready - Yeah, I'm coming
Thomas?
Thomas!
No! Oh, baby
Brian!
Come on!
Oh, God, come on Breathe!
Brian!
No, no, no, no
I searched every website This is everything you want
It's remote, quiet, no one around for miles
Ingonish Cove
You'll get so much writing done
Look, it's even got the boats we used in Suffolk
Do you know how long you might want it for?
I don't know
Just whatever it takes for me to finish this book
It looks great
Well, Brian hasn't been any help He should have been there for you
Yeah well, he tried
Look, whatever we had we lost a long time ago
Yeah, I know
But are you really going to be okay out there, all by yourself?
- It's only been eight months - Yeah, I'm fine
Would you like to get some tea?
Yep
I'll get you wherever you are!
If you're really going to go, take these with you
You know I was wanting to try it without it for a while, Robert
It's just in case
Rachel?
Shall I call Bartlett?
I'm not up for divorce lawyers right now
Let's just deal with all that when I get back
So how did it go?
You know all this time, she has never talked to me about Thomas
She won't open up to me at all
You have got to remember it's not the same for you
What? Because he is not my son?
Because you weren't the one who left the gate open
- Hello - Rachel, how are you?
You should see where I am right now
You're there already?
It's beautiful and there is not another house around for miles
They said there was a lighthouse there as well?
You've got one in your book, haven't you?
You can do some research
It's perfect It's exactly what I wanted
If I can't write here I can't write anywhere
Huh, at least you're not stuck writing crap
For a crap paper, like I am
- It's not that bad - It keeps the bills at bay
- Almost - Yeah, which is good for you
Which I don't need reminding
Hey, remember...
if you want me to come out there, you just say the word
Thanks... I'm I'm going to be okay
I really, I really think I'm going to be okay
Excuse me... Excuse me
Am I headed the right way into town?
- Sorry? - Am I?
Am I headed the right way into town?
Yeah, just follow up the beach, you can't miss it
Okay, wasn't sure
- Are you traveling through? - Oh, no, no
Actually I've just moved in to Foster Road, number one
Foster Road, Number one? Are you sure?
I think so, it's the only house on the road
Yeah, that's it I'm Finlay Murray
What passes for a police sergeant round here
- And I'm Mary - Hello Rachel Carlson
- So you here on your own? - Yeah
Well if you hang on I'll give you a lift in It's a wee bit of a hike
Thank you but this is... this is what I'm here for
- Are you sure? - Absolutely
- To the beach? - Yep
All right Thank you
Your son's waiting for you
On the swings He's been waiting for you, he told me!
My son?
Ah, I'm sorry
It must have been some one else's little boy
- Wait Can I talk to you? - I was mistaken, that's all
It's a beautiful day, isn't it?
Mum?
We're escaping outside, come with us!
You promised, but you never came
- It's impressive, don't you think? - Quite
I didn't realize that there was anyone else around
Carry on, lighthouses are a dying breed
I'm Angus McCulloch, the lighthouse keeper
Rachel
Sorry, I just assumed that all lighthouses were automated now
Well most of them are In a few years I will be gone too
So what brings you out here?
I'm researching lighthouses for a book
It's a long way from America just to see a lighthouse
No, No... I live in London actually
I'm just out here doing some writing
Oh, you're in the cottage?
It's about time some one moved in It's been empty for years
Well, you've certainly come to the right place to write a book
Did you meet the horses yet?
That's a story for you
A Spanish galleon shipwrecked, right there, 1754
The entire crew died
But a few horses swam here to safety
And they've been here ever since
And they've never been off the island?
I can think of worse
Yeah
Listen, I'm just putting some dinner on,
you're welcome to stay Have something to eat?
I can tell you everything you need to know about lighthouses
Thanks... I need to get back I'm still unpacking boxes
Look, maybe next week? Same time?
I'll cook some extra and if you don't show I'll eat with the horses
We should be friends
- We're neighbors now - We should
'To my love, in honor of what we decided yesterday
'Forever yours, K'
'Page one forty five, line seven'
Today I begin to understand what love must be...
if it exists
When we are parted...
we each feel the lack of the other half of ourselves
We are incomplete
Like a book in two volumes of which the first has been lost
This is what I imagine love to be
Incompleteness in absence
I'll get you wherever you are!
Thomas?
Thomas
Mama
- It's okay, Mom - Don't go
- Don't, don't go - I won't
Come, be with me
- Hello - You turned up at last
Good timing, I'm just burning the fish
It's good to see you How's your research coming?
Well, it's alright Could be better
That's why I'm here I was hoping I could get a tour
Okay
How about some lunch before the tour?
Is there anything else on the menu?
Why is it that everyone paints their boats the exact same color as their houses?
Well, that's actually a tradition here
The wife needs to be able to look out on the water,
and know her husband okay
That's very romantic
And we also get a tax break on the paint
Which is also very romantic
Very romantic
I'm not going to make it!
Quick
Do you ever get lonely working out here?
You never get lonely sitting at your typewriter?
- Sometimes - I like being alone
Do you really like it?
Or do you think it's just something you have got used to?
Or maybe I like it because I've got used to it
- I love it out here - Who do you talk to?
Who do you talk to?
Isn't that what you love about writing? The solitude?
I write because...
Well, I don't function very well as a human being unless I'm writing
Well, what are you writing now?
I'm not
Don't tell me you paint as well!
Oh, no
Kate, my wife
She...
We... we haven't seen each other for a long time
She loved it out here at first
But in the end the isolation was too much for her
Loneliness can make you a little crazy, I think
Come on
Wow!
Kate could never understand why I wouldn't leave here
But my father lived here
And his father before him
My great grandfather, he built the balcony
from wood that was washed ashore from a shipwreck
This is him
I could never leave here
You'll see why
Come on
Oh, by the way, I've brought you something...
as a... thank you for the tour It's one of my books
- I had it sent - Thanks
'Dreamers Awake', by Rachel Carlson
I'm impressed
Is it a comedy or a tragedy?
Well, it's a mystery
But please be kind, it is the first novel I had published
Well... I'll find out all about you
Maybe
If you need any help, just send out a flare
I'll keep an eye out for you
Thank you... I really enjoyed that today
Aye, me too
So, have you slept with him yet?
It's just nice to have someone to talk to
Meaning you haven't slept with him?
You know you're starting to sound like
your conducting a tabloid interview, my friend
You know me, always working Always looking for the angle
And you know I rely on you for my kicks
Is that the sea I can hear?
Yes, it's less than ten feet away
- Can you hear the crashing? - Wow, look at you
Number one best sellers, waves at your feet...
romance on a deserted island Tough life!
Rachel, I'm sorry That came out wrong
Sharon, forget it It's okay
Look, I wouldn't have made it this far without you
I mean it I'll call you tomorrow, okay?
Okay
Okay, don't peek
Quick, quick, quick, quick, quick
- Quick, quick - Ready?
- Smile - Okay
And no faces this time
Right, hurry, hurry Look, look
Wait It's gonna come
Smiling?
- Yes - You promise?
Rachel? Are you okay?
Rachel?
Is something wrong? What's wrong?
I think I need to get back
Why?
I'm sorry
- Afternoon, Rachel - Afternoon
Are we going to see you here on Sunday?
I don't think so Your man and I are not on very good terms
Ah, don't you worry about that All the more reason to come
Your cross is broken
I know It's this weekend's chore
It's the gate, isn't it?
- What? - Why you're so sad
You left the gate open
You haven't been able to go out there since he died, have you?
Alright, ready? Alright, here we go Right
Now face this way Okay Good
Smile
He's beside you, your son
He's dripping wet He follows you everywhere
He's trying to hold your hand
What's she been saying? More of her psychic mumbo jumbo?
Listen, don't worry, she will say anything to get somebody to talk to her
Watch your fingers
Jim, get us that dustpan and brush
Yes, yes I can hear her I'm not answering
Is anybody here?
I should never have gone to see her
I don't want to talk about it anymore
I'm not listening
You can keep talking but I'm not listening
I'm not getting out of this chair for the love of God or money!
I can't save her
I can't save anyone Things are going to get worse
Rachel, come in
Do you think it's possible?
Do you think I could be getting messages from him?
I don't know
Maybe...
Maybe the dead miss us, even more than we miss them
I've replayed it so many times
If I had only gone out to play with him, like I said I would...
this never would have happened
And I keep thinking of him in the water struggling and I wasn't there
I'm the mother
I'm supposed to be there to protect him, and I wasn't
I came here thinking that I could write,
and that everything would be okay
And you know what, it's not okay
It's not okay and I'm not okay
Rachel, ssssh
- What is this? - It's an old Celtic ballad
'Cailleach An Airgid' 'Girl In The Storm'
It's beautiful
I finished your book
Did you learn all about me?
Maybe
Here
I made something for you
To inspire you
I'll leave a key out for you
So you can come up whenever you want to
In case I'm out fishing or something
Look, it's mother of pearl
I love these
Do you know the old Celtic legend about them?
- About those? - Yeah
No
Come on
First, we have to bury it together
- Together - Right
And then if one of us ever returns and digs it up, and then
And then we were meant for each other?
Well, actually I don't know because I just made it up
Very Celtic of you
You know, I was thinking that exact same thing
Do you know Mary, Finlay's wife?
She is having a little birthday thing in the village tomorrow and...
You know, I was thinking that, maybe you would like to go?
I'd love to go
- So like, two o'clock? - Two
Hey, Rachel?
I'll see you tomorrow
Two, right?
'She lay there, in the half light of the cabin unable to sleep
In the morning she told him she had
For there were still some limits to the things she could say to him then
But most of the night she watched his eyelids and his lips and his face
And in the stillness,
she felt peace'
- Hey, Rachel, how you doing? - Hello
- Alright? - I'm alright
Rachel, you made it! Oh, great
- There you go, honey - Thank you, pet
I've got something for you Happy birthday
That's so sweet of you, thanks very much
Would you like a drink?
- A lager - It's on the way
Oh, Rachel, your glass is empty
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday, dear Mary Happy Birthday to you
Excuse me, Mary, I'm sorry to interrupt
I'm meeting a friend here Angus McCulloch
I thought you might have seen him?
What are you talking about?
Well, he was supposed to be here an hour ago
- The lighthouse keeper? - Aye, I know who he is
What does he look like? Your Angus?
Dark hair, nice blue eyes
Aye, that sounds like Angus
But I've not seen him these seven years
And neither have you because he is dead
No, there must be some mistake
Oh, he's dead alright, him and the wife
I chose the dress we buried her in
No, you're kidding right?
Reverend, you've been out to lighthouse, haven't you?
No, not for years Nobody goes out there anymore
But, you know Angus McCulloch
I used to aye, but...
He's been dead for six, no, seven years
- Is this a joke? - Rachel, this is not funny
People here don't laugh about this
What is this?
Why are you doing this?
Why, why are you doing this?
Angus?
Loneliness can make you a little crazy, I think
Kate could never understand why I wouldn't leave here
But my father lived here
And his father before him
I could never leave here
Maybe the dead miss us even more than we miss them
Rachel
What are you doing here? You're going to stir up trouble
I came to look for Angus
Angus McCulloch is dead and buried
I saw him jump off that cliff over there
I was with him, right here, last night
You couldn't have been
Seven years ago, I came out to visit Angus
Just as I had done dozens of times before
There was a tape playing
Calleach An Airgid Angus's favorite song
I found Kate inside
Angus came home early from the village
Caught her in bed with a local fisherman
Gordon McLoud
It had been going on for months
Angus was the only one that didn't know anything about it
I caught a glimpse of him, through the window
I followed him up to the balcony, but I was too late
I felt for him We all did
He just worshipped Kate
When he caught her with Gordon,
he must have just snapped
I heard all this from Kate
She lived long enough to tell me that Angus didn't kill her
She came between them in the struggle...
just before she died she...
prayed that Angus would forgive her
We all knew what was going on
Nobody said anything
Those three deaths are as much on our hands as they are on his
ltjust can't be the same man
I, I can prove he was here
If I can just get this film developed
There's a photo of us together
And...
But I... I must have just misplaced the film somewhere
You couldn't have met anyone out there
He also did a carving for me that
- Rachel - was right here
Rachel, nobody goes out there anymore
The lighthouse was automated after the murders so we wouldn't have to
And nobody's lived in this house since then, either
What do you mean, 'this house'?
Well, this was Gordon McLoud's house
He and Kate used to signal each other with lights when Angus was away
This who you mean?
This just doesn't make any sense
I've been with him practically every day this last month
We've eaten together, we've walked on the beach,
we've been with the horses
It's not like I've been out there talking to myself all this time
Well, if you've been flirting with Angus McCulloch,
who's that buried in Ingonish Cemetery?
You didn't believe us, eh?
I don't know what to believe anymore
You still haven't fixed the cross
No No, I haven't
It's this weekend's chore
Excuse me
You have some newspapers missing on the microfilm
It's a miracle we have any there at all
What you looking for?
Anything around February 12 or 13, 1998
The McCulloch murder?
Kids probably pinched them Gory murders Kids love them
What about internet access?
The computer's being fixed Sorry
Look, I just need anything that has a photo of Angus McCulloch
Try Ullapool Public Library
You have reached Ullapool Public Library
We are closed at this time and will reopen on Monday at nine
- He wasn't there? - No
I... I don't understand
His stuff, his boat, something must have been there?
No, no Nothing was there It was like he never existed
There must be some explanation
Yeah, like I'm losing it That's the explanation
Maybe I shouldn't have come here
- Have you spoken to Robert? - No
Maybe he was right, and I shouldn't have gone off the medication
Rachel, just come home
Just get out of there and come back
You know what, maybe I did imagine Angus
He seemed so perfect
And there isn't anything that perfect
- Is there? - Listen, I'm coming to you
I'll get on the next plane and I'll be there in a few hours
You just sit tight You stay there, okay?
Okay
I'll see you soon
Rachel!
What are you doing here? I knew you'd be here
Rachel!
Come down and meet me inside
Sharon? He's here Angus
- What? - He was on the balcony
I saw him, then I saw you, and then he was gone
You didn't see him You didn't see anything
Your mind is playing tricks on you
- No No No - Come on, let's go home
Sharon, he's right there, in the doorway
- There's no one there - Turn around
I am not going to turn around I am not buying into this fantasy
There's nobody there
Listen to me I want you to do something for me
Close your eyes
Do this Close your eyes
And when you open them again, he'll be gone
You have to do this
You make him go away now, and he'll never come back again
Close your eyes
And now he'll be gone
He's coming towards us
He's right behind you
See Nothing
Nothing
Can we go now?
Legs eleven We have legs eleven
Now what about one and six, it's sweet sixteen
We'll not see that again, will we?
And the next number is eighty eight Two fat ladies
Bingo! Bingo!
Where's Finlay?
Is he in here?
- Would you come with me? - What?
I want you to come with me, right now
- What are you talking about? - Please, I need you to come with me
- I can't come with you - Come with me
Rachel, what are you doing?
He stabbed her right here
So there'd be blood everywhere
She was right here
Well, she's not here now
Come on, let's go
She was here
We need to do something Get more police here
I'm not taking anyone else out there
I'm telling you someone must have moved the body
Rachel, Rachel, I want you to listen to me
Angus McCulloch is dead
And I'll bet your friend is at home right now...
reading the newspaper and eating scones
Hi, it's Sharon Leave a message after the beep
She's not there
Yes, but that doesn't mean she came up here
Wherever she is, I'm sure she's absolutely fine
I want you to spend tonight with Mary and me
I don't think you should be alone
What do you think, I'm making this up?
Nobody's out to get you
Listen, if this was one of your books, which would you believe?
That the heroine fell in love with a ghost who then murdered her best friend?
Or...
that she imagined it?
And she needs some help
I'm not crazy
Well the offer's there
I'm at the other end of the phone
Hi, it's Sharon Leave a message after the beep
Hi, it's me I don't know where you are
I don't know if you came out here I don't know what's going on
But if you could call me when you get this, okay?
Doctor Freedman, table for four
This way, sir
- Hello - Robert, it's me
Rachel, listen, I'm just in a restaurant Can I call you back?
No, no, no Listen, I don't know how to explain this,
but I think that Sharon came out here...
and that she may have been hurt
What? What are you talking about?
I just, I need you to do me a favor, okay?
Rachel, slow down What's happening?
I don't know what's happening That's just it
Can you... can you please just go to Sharon's?
She's not answering her phone or her cell
What for?
I just need you to go there, okay? And then... call me, okay?
Well, why wouldn't she be there?
Look... I just need you to go there and then call me
Listen, Rachel, can't this wait? I've got friends here, we're about to
No Please, can you just do this for me? Okay?
Okay I'll go there and I'll call you
- Okay, I'm going to be waiting - Okay
Alright, sorry about that Thanks very much
- I need to talk to you - Come in
The Scots call it da-shealladh Second Sight
It's been my ruin
You think the living are full of regrets?
You ought to hear the dead endlessly lamenting
'Never made up with my children', 'ignored my parents'...
'never told anyone I love them'
This isn't some kind of a game, is it?
I mean you just wouldn't make this up?
My son drowned
I just want to know that you...
that this isn't something you would take lightly
He follows you everywhere
He's trying to warn you
About what?
What? Angus?
What are you saying? Are you saying he's not dead?
Oh, he's dead His ghosts out there wandering the island
Suicides are forever trapped between our world and the next
When I cross, I don't want anything on my conscience
Don't go back to the island
Leave Ingonish Cove tonight, your life's in danger
That's what Thomas has come back to tell you
I have to go back to get Thomas's things
Well, do it quickly
- Would you like some of mine? - Yeah One second
- Hello - Have you gone to Sharon's?
I called her, she's not answering
What's this all about?
- Would you excuse me a second? - Yeah, sure
Are you awake?
Robert What a surprise
I'm sorry to call you so late, do you have a second?
Yes I'm just doing a little late night editing
What's going on?
Something strange is going on with Rachel
She's called me twice
She's going on about Sharon being hurt somehow...
She's not making sense
I knew she shouldn't have gone out there by herself
You don't think she's going to do anything stupid, do you?
The way she sounded, nothing would surprise me
Christ! I was worried about this
Well, listen, I'm going to call her now
I think you should And get Sharon to, also
Yes, of course... of course
Well, thanks for calling
Okay, tell me how it goes I hope everything is okay
Yes, I will
Back from the dead?
You look good for a corpse
Where's the rest of it?
- You get it when we get it - Well, my price just doubled
Four million, slightly more than you told me
Do you know what the funny thing about you and Brian is?
You always talk about him
All the ways the two of you are going to enjoy the money
But Brian, he never talks about the money, and he never talks about you
He always talks about her
Her books, her success, her imagination
It's envy of her, isn't it?
That brought you two together
You both just want to be her
The ghost has a heart, huh?
Is that why you were on the balcony?
You were meant to be downstairs
Tonight? I wasn't on the balcony
I was downstairs the whole time
And besides, you're the ones who have been improvising
What's with all the messages from her dead kid?
We never did that Good idea, though But we never did it
How do you get your hands on the money?
I thought you were the guy who never asked?
'I do the job They pay me I go home'
You did the job, so go home
You didn't fall for her, did you, Patrick?
While you were pretending to fall for her?
Your whole life may have just collapsed
Do you remember what I was doing when we first met?
Yeah
I thought you might
I want the rest of the money
I won't tell you again
Sharon?
It was a pleasure killing you
All aboard!
Sir!
All aboard!
I love these
Do you know the old Celtic legend about them?
First we have to bury it together
Together
And then if one of us ever returns and digs it up, then...
Then we were meant for each other?
Well, actually I don't know because I just made it up
Rachel?
So there was nothing at all out there on the island?
No, poor girl must be crazy
She's got guests in the attic
Hey, I love this bit It's great
This is where Hugo the dummy comes alive
It's nearly midnight
- Finlay, I need your help out on the Island - For God's sake
Rachel's in danger it might be too late already
It's very late tonight You come back in the morning
Finlay please I need your help
- Please - Finlay...
The last time she tried to warn us about something we all ignored her
And we'd three funerals the next Sunday
- Brian, wait - Look, relax
Everything's gone perfectly
Everyone thinks she's crazy
The whole village... even her own shrink
She's in love with a ghost She sees murders that don't happen
No one, no one is going to blink an eye when she kills herself
Then her grieving husband inherits four million pounds
And you thought I had no imagination
Just in case she loses courage
Just in case she wants to save herself at the last moment
She throws the key out of reach
- Throws the anchor overboard - Wait!
What?
There's someone out there
- Did you see Patrick get on the train? - No
It's got to be him
- What's he doing? - I don't know
We've gone too far to stop now
Brian, she's awake
Don't look
It's over We've got to see about Patrick
Don't forget, look behind you
He's not here
This place gives me the creeps
What if Patrick was telling the truth?
What if he wasn't on the balcony?
Remember all those sailors who said they saw Angus's ghost on the Island?
Yeah Drunk Scots sailors Very reliable
He's not here Let's go
Start tying yourself up!
This isn't one of your stories, Rachel
There's not going to be a happy ending
Patrick?
No, not Patrick
No!
It's better this way, you know
Thank you
We'll keep people off the Island
Maybe then Angus can rest in peace
You ready?
Do you know what Thomas would've wanted?
Let go of his death
Remember his life