Slasher (TV Series)

Digging Your Grave with Your Teeth (2016)

Katie McGrath: Sarah Bennett

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• Chief Iain Vaughn : This could have been a trap. He could have been luring you here to kill you, Mrs. Bennett. Then we'd be carting two bodies out of here.

  Sarah Bennett : I'm sorry.

  Dylan Bennett : Chief, no one is more upset about this than I am, but the killer led Sarah directly to a body. Do we know who it is and-and why now?

• Alison Sutherland : We need to get our hands on that movie.

  Dylan Bennett : Yeah, well, I asked Vaughn for the map to Verna's murder. They're all in evidence.

  Sarah Bennett : Well, I'd ask for them back, but I'm pretty sure he hates my guts.

• Alison Sutherland : Okay, so, Peter McBride joins the circus. He starts screwing with... or, sorry. Acting with your mother.

  Sarah Bennett : No, no, there's no need to sugarcoat it.

  Alison Sutherland : Starts small, part in a film. Before he knows it, Peter McBride is with Rachel and Bryan almost every night. What he wasn't getting at home, he was getting from them. But... this is a small town. Secrets have a way of getting out. And Verna discovers what her husband was actually doing all those nights he said he was working late or cooling. It was too much for her. She snapped.

  Sarah Bennett : It's a pretty interesting theory. Got any proof?

  Alison Sutherland : The McBrides have always been a rather dysfunctional family. Rumor has it Peter married Verna to straighten himself out.

  Dylan Bennett : Yeah, and wind up with a big, fat hole in his head.

• Chief Iain Vaughn : Mrs. Bennett, I don't go to church, so I don't know what any of this means, but I do know this: Verna McBride had a lot of enemies, and one of them wanted her dead. Now, he or she is piggybacking her murder onto what happened to your parents. It's a smokescreen.

  Sarah Bennett : And you don't think it could be something else?

  Chief Iain Vaughn : Like what?

  Sarah Bennett : I don't know. Maybe Verna is the first, and the killer's on a mission.

  Chief Iain Vaughn : A mission?

  Sarah Bennett : Why... why is everyone pretending that everything's okay? You know, you're... you're renting cottages, you're organizing fundraisers, you're... you're going fishing. I mean, what you need to be doing is telling people that they're in danger!

  Chief Iain Vaughn : I'm sorry. What *I* need to do?

  Sarah Bennett : Yeah! What you need to do.

  Chief Iain Vaughn : Mrs. Bennett, life is not a mystery novel. Now, I appreciate your concern, but... I got this under control, all right?

• Sarah Bennett : Robin, can I ask you a nosy question?

  Robin Turner : Shoot.

  Sarah Bennett : How much are you asking for Verna McBride's place?

  Robin Turner : Way too much. Linoleum countertops, potential. Knob and tube wiring, challenging. Leaky basement, throw enough money at it, you can fix it. But a house with a past? No amount of paint or potpourri can mask that a woman was drawn and quartered in the master.

  [holding up a small, framed painting] 

  Robin Turner : I like this! Is it expensive? Sorry. I don't always think before I speak. The market dictates is what I'm trying to say, so that house will...

  Sarah Bennett : Not sell in about a hundred years, yeah.

  Robin Turner : Yeah. My advice? Sit on your place, at least for the time being. Just let all of this blow over.

• Dylan Bennett : You remember my old apartment? That dump? There was three murders within a one-mile radius, all within the space of a year. These things happen.

  Sarah Bennett : Yeah, but I bet they weren't chopped up into little pieces.

  Dylan Bennett : So, are you saying, uh... you want to go back?

  Sarah Bennett : No, I'm saying... yeah, I don't know what I'm saying.

  Dylan Bennett : I worry about you.

  Sarah Bennett : Well, don't. I'm actually tougher than I look.

  Sarah Bennett : Mm-hmm?

  Sarah Bennett : Hmm.

  Dylan Bennett : [they start kissing when the doorbell rings]  Oh... if that's another gift basket, or somebody asking for a cup of sugar, I'm gonna hurt somebody.

• Dylan Bennett : So, Alison wanted me to go down to Collinwood to cover Verna's funeral. So I used the power of delegation and sent one of the junior reporters. Three people showed up. Three. Apparently, Verna McBride was as popular in death as she was in life.

  Sarah Bennett : Dylan!

  Dylan Bennett : Just stating the facts, babe. Half of the town wanted Verna McBride dead. It's a long list of suspects.

• Sarah Bennett : Why would the Executioner send me Verna McBridge's finger?

  Chief Iain Vaughn : Can we quit referring to him as the Executioner, like he's some god damn supervillain?

  Sarah Bennett : Really? That's what you're worried about right now? What I'm calling him?

• Sarah Bennett : You know, you really didn't have to come. I'm fine.

  Brenda Merritt : Are you? Are you really?

• Sgt. Cam Henry : We found ID on the remains.

  Sarah Bennett : It's Peter McBride, isn't it? Verna McBride shot him.

  Chief Iain Vaughn : What exactly does that mean?

  Sarah Bennett : Tom Winston has a theory.

  Chief Iain Vaughn : A theory? Hmm.

  [to Cam] 

  Chief Iain Vaughn : Do you know about this?

  Sgt. Cam Henry : No, sir.

  Sarah Bennett : Tom thinks the Executioner is killing people for their sins. The seven deadly sins. Verna's was anger, and the biblical punishment for anger is being dismembered alive.

  Chief Iain Vaughn : Well, I guess my work here is done, huh? Because Tom Winston has gone and figured it all out for me! This is a murder investigation! Do you understand? And if you think I'm gonna give any credence to the ramblings of the town's resident serial killer, you're out of your god damn mind!

  Sarah Bennett : [Vaughn storms off]  It's a theory, Cam.

  Sgt. Cam Henry : Yeah, one of many. Look, maybe you should put a little more faith in the police than faith in the guy who murdered your parents, huh?

• Dylan Bennett : Hey, Brenda, it's just the one bag?

  Brenda Merritt : Well, I'm not moving in.

  Dylan Bennett : You know what? A hundred bucks says they'd find this freak before the week's out.

  Brenda Merritt : Ah, well, from your lips to God's ears. But still, I wanna stay here with you until they do.

  Sarah Bennett : Of course!

  Dylan Bennett : Of course.

  Sarah Bennett : Yeah, um... I just wish the house wasn't such a mess, and...

  Brenda Merritt : Don't worry about any of that, or me. I've spent half my life here in this... lovely town. I can certainly take care of myself.

• Sarah Bennett : The Executioner also sent me this.

  [showing him the Bible verse] 

  Sarah Bennett : It's a Bible quote.

  Tom Winston : Isaiah 2:16?

  Sarah Bennett : Yeah. But-but the numbers on the bottom, they don't mean anything. There's no Isaiah 81, and Isaiah 45:3 is about hidden treasures, so, uh...

  Tom Winston : Those aren't Bible verses, Sarah. Those are geographic coordinates.

  [she inputs them into Google Maps] 

  Tom Winston : Where is it?

  Sarah Bennett : It's a spot just outside of town.

  Tom Winston : You can't go out there by yourself.

  Sarah Bennett : Excuse me?

  Tom Winston : Sarah, you can't go out there alone!

  Sarah Bennett : No, no, I-I heard what you said, but, you know... you know we're not friends, so... you can't tell me what I can and cannot do.

• Robin Turner : Can I give you a hand?

  Sarah Bennett : Yeah, that would be great. Thanks.

  Robin Turner : No, thank you. I finally have someone to have my lunches with.

  Sarah Bennett : Well, this is hardly a desert island.

  Robin Turner : No, see, I am an island in a sea of weirdos.

  [Trent drives by, giving him an evil-eye look] 

  Robin Turner : Case in point.

  Sarah Bennett : Clearly.

  Robin Turner : That's Joe, the barber across the road, who is obsessed with trains. It's all he can talk about. Carol is three doors down. She runs the Knitting Factory and will only eat white things. I'm serious, like milk, potatoes, cauliflower, rice. It's weird.

  Sarah Bennett : Well, how do you know I'm not some weirdo?

  Robin Turner : 'Cause weird things happen *to* you. Yin and yang.

• Sarah Bennett : You know, Heather Peterson paid me a visit yesterday. She said some pretty awful things about the two of you.

  Justin Faysal : Buy up half the town, you're gonna piss off a lot of people. You're gonna make enemies.

  Sarah Bennett : Like?

  Justin Faysal : I don't know. Mayor Edwards, Trent McBride... honestly, Sarah, we could be here all day. Heather's crazy, but... she's harmless.

  Sarah Bennett : Are you sure about that?

  Justin Faysal : I'm sure.

• Sarah Bennett : Grandma, what are you doing? I... I thought you were staying for a few days. Did Dylan say some... did you guys have another fight?

  Brenda Merritt : No, but you just confirmed one thing. He doesn't want me here.

  Sarah Bennett : Yeah, but I do, okay? So... so calm down and tell me what's going on.

  Brenda Merritt : It's just too damn hard! This town, this house. I can't!

  Sarah Bennett : It's gonna be okay.

  Brenda Merritt : No, Sarah. It isn't. That's the point. I want to protect you, but tell me, how do I do that? You're in danger. Oh, please come home with me. Please.

  Sarah Bennett : [fighting Brenda's hug]  No. I can't.

  Brenda Merritt : Why not? What is keeping you here?

  Sarah Bennett : I don't know. I just... I mean, I haven't even unpacked, and there's, like...

  Brenda Merritt : Exactly! The gallery isn't open. Dylan's at work all the time anyway. And if it is this house... Sarah, I should have sold this place years ago.

  Sarah Bennett : It wasn't yours to sell.

  Brenda Merritt : Sweetheart, coming back was a mistake. This psychopath has struck twice... three times now, so let's go home. There's nothing for you here.

• Sarah Bennett : I keep looking for patterns, you know, but there isn't any. Each attack is different. What was Verna's then? Being a bitch? And why did he give me back the tapes that she stole? Or why does he kill some people, but let others go?

  Tom Winston : I didn't kill Alan Henry. I could have, but I only wanted to hurt him.

  Sarah Bennett : Was that what happened to Robin? The... the Executioner is just trying to scare him or punish him?

  Tom Winston : From what you said, it sounds like he was interrupted.

  Sarah Bennett : Or she? Means Robin is still in danger.

• Sarah Bennett : "For sale" sign went up next door.

  Dylan Bennett : Jeez. That was fast.

  Sarah Bennett : I'm gonna ask Robin how much they want for it.

  Dylan Bennett : Why?

  Sarah Bennett : I'm just curious, I guess.

  Dylan Bennett : How about we take it easy today, huh?

  Sarah Bennett : Yeah, I got too much to do and not enough time to do it in.

• Sarah Bennett : Why didn't you tell me about my parents? About their movies?

  Brenda Merritt : Is it... how do you... how... how do you know about that?

  Sarah Bennett : I watched them.

  Brenda Merritt : Oh... Sarah... oh, my god. Your father, he forced your mother to do those awful things.

  Sarah Bennett : No. You know, she looked pretty willing to me.

  Brenda Merritt : How did you find them? Sarah... tell me, how did you find them?

  Sarah Bennett : Tom Winston. Okay? He told me where to look.

• Brenda Merritt : You went to see Tom Winston?

  Sarah Bennett : That's not the point! You lied!

  Brenda Merritt : How could you go and see that animal?

  Sarah Bennett : Because he's the only one that's telling me the truth!

  Brenda Merritt : [with a sobbing laugh]  The truth? Why? Tom Winston sliced open your mother's abdomen. And I don't mean a cesarean; he used a machete to rip her open and tear you out of her while she was still alive. And he plunged the point of it into her neck with so much force that the tip of the blade broke off and stuck in the floor behind her head. And then Tom Winston, that... wise... old man, he left my daughter on the floor, on this floor right here, to bleed out and finally die! And that's the truth, Sarah.

• Sarah Bennett : You know, serial killers all have their own M.O.s, but this killer... dismembers Verna McBride, he beats that kid to a pulp, he slashes Robin to ribbons but leaves him alive, and then his husband snorts poison and dies.

  [seeing Tom smirking] 

  Sarah Bennett : What?

  Tom Winston : He or she is smart. A magician. Had you looking over here while he was killing over there.

  Sarah Bennett : Fine. He's the Houdini of serial killers. But I've done my research, okay? None of the punishments for deadly sins involve poison.

  Tom Winston : Okay. What kind of poison was used?

  Sarah Bennett : The preliminary report says... brodifacoum, bromethalin, and strychnine.

  Tom Winston : The biblical punishment for gluttony is to be force-fed rats, toads, and snakes.

  Sarah Bennett : [getting it]  Rat poison.

  Tom Winston : Indeed.

  Sarah Bennett : Yeah, but... but gluttony, it... it doesn't make sense. Justin could have been on the cover of a Men's Health magazine.

  Tom Winston : Gluttony isn't about food, it's about consumption, hedonism, excess.

  Sarah Bennett : Fine. Justin liked to do drugs. He had a massive house, he probably spent more in a week than I earn in a year. Who cares?

  Tom Winston : You are absolutely right. Who cares? As with Verna McBride, there must be something else, something hidden. You've only just scratched the surface, Sarah. There's so much more to uncover, trust me.

  Sarah Bennett : Trust you?

  Tom Winston : I have never lied to you. Now, people in this town, they lie all the time. Everybody has a secret. Secrets they take to the grave. Secrets they're willing to kill to protect.