Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen
Season 1 – Episode 4
Episode title: The Witness
Original release date: March 26, 2026
Episode plot: When a new chapter in her family history comes to light, Rachel learns that love means sometimes having to say you’re sorry.
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Transcript
Note for Students & Writers: This transcript is archived here for educational purposes, critical analysis, and screenwriting study. All rights belong to the original creators.
[Rachel screaming, muffled]
[thudding]
[attacker grunting in distance]
[thudding in distance]
[footsteps in distance]
[door opening, slamming in distance]
[suspenseful music playing]
[door creaking]
[wind whistling]
[eerie music playing]
[floorboards creaking]
[door creaking]
[Jude gasps, whimpers]
[dramatic music playing]
[door creaking]
[whispering] Daddy.
Dad, wake up. [mumbles] What’s wrong? Go back to bed.
I have to show you something. It’s important.
In the morning. Okay, buddy? Come on.
A man took Rachel.
What?
You said the Sorry Man isn’t real, so I didn’t say anything when I saw him.
Okay. Let me see. But he was there. I swear.
[Jules] Next time, you have to tell me.
I’m sorry I made it seem like you couldn’t tell me, but always tell me if there’s anyone you don’t recognize anywhere around here.
No one should be down there.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Jude] Is that the Sorry Man?
[disturbing music playing]
[static warbling]
[static fizzles]
[woman humming Paul Anka’s “Destiny”]
[static warbles]
[urinating] [humming continues]
[eerie music playing]
[man whistling] Oh my God! Jay!
[Jay laughing]
Jay, stop it. Go away. [chuckling]
[Jay] You told me to document reality. Vulnerable moments.
This is not what I meant.
[Jay] You’re so cute when you’re peeing.
I’m cute when I’m peeing?
[Jay] Mm-hmm.
Am I cute when–
[Jay] Hey!
[Jay] It’s January 13th, 1997.
Out in the boonies in upstate New York, where we’re documenting a historic day as the most beautiful woman in the world…
Don’t zoom too close. …is going to marry… [groans]
…a total jarhead loser.
How’d I get so lucky, you might ask?
Well, dear watcher, that’s where you come in.
That’s right.
I knocked her up.
[laughing]
I’m sorry your dad is a degenerate pervert.
[Jay] Hey, hey, don’t say those things in front of baby Olivia.
It’s not Olivia. It’s Rachel.
Hi, Rachel.
[disturbing music playing]
[pop music playing over radio]
[Jay] Wait, can we flip a coin on that?
Her middle name can be Olivia.
[Jay] No, you got to have a coin here somewhere. [groans]
It’s Rachel. I told you already.
I heard it in a dream.
[Jay] Oh, right.
‘Cause Mommy’s crazy.
[laughing]
Mommy’s gonna be crazy in ten minutes if I don’t eat something.
[Jay] Okay, copy that.
Well, you got any parting words for the unborn?
Sure.
Okay, you only need to know two things in life, sweetheart.
Never trust a man who drives a van.
[Jay] Hey. Hey.
And, um…
And always listen to your mother.
[“Loving You” by Tony Allen & The Wonders playing over radio]
[shouts] [woman laughing]
[Jay] Yeah? Ice cream. Ice cream.
[Jay] Yeah. [laughing] [laughing]
[woman] Oh.
Look at that. That’s fucking weird.
[Jay] What? “But Daddy, I want one.”
[Jay] Ew.
Think they got a onesie?
[laughing]
[window screeches]
[Jay] Oh!
[woman] Oh!
Hello!
What can I get you fine folks?
[ice cream truck music playing]
Um, I think I would like the… I think it was called the… the seven Cs.
You mean the Classic Coldies Coconut Cherry Combo Cup?
[woman] Yes. Great choice. I named it myself.
[woman] Wow. [laughing]
[Jay] Mmm.
Oh, I’m going to have to stop you there. What… what are you filming for?
[Jay] Oh, we’re just making a video…
Yeah. Yeah.
[Jay] …for our baby to see one day.
Aha.
What do you have cooking in there, Mummy?
Let me guess. A little princess.
[Jay] Uh-huh. Um…
[hesitates]
It… it’s a girl. Yeah.
Uh-huh. Girls can be a real handful.
[laughing]
[Jay] Yeah, so do you get a lot of people stopping here for ice cream in the dead of winter?
Well, I wouldn’t know about ice cream because we serve only custard.
It says so right there.
[Jay] Oh. [laughing]
Sorry. My… my mistake, Larry.
It’s a common mistake.
So what would you like?
[Jay] You know, I’ll just have a Classic Coldies Cup.
Coming right up, friends!
Jay, I think we should leave. But we haven’t gotten the ice cream yet.
I think he’s really fucking weird, and I’m scared, okay? We should go.
[Jay] What is he gonna do? Come on, we’re safe in here. It’s fine.
He… he’s gonna poison us.
[chuckling] He’s not going to…
Okay, look, if he’s gonna poison us, I’ll… I’ll eat both of them.
No, no, no, no, no. No. I don’t want to end up a widow. [laughing]
[Jay] What? I don’t wanna raise this baby by myself.
[Jay] Hey, no, come on.
Ali, are you serious?
I’m dead serious.
[Jay] Oh…
Okay. I… Uh… Well, if… if you wanna go, I…
[chuckles]
It’s not… that big of a deal.
[window screeches]
[Ali] Oh my God!
[snow crunching underfoot]
[Jay] Beautiful.
Speaking of beautiful, home sweet home!
[Ali] Wow.
[Jay] For the next two nights.
[Ali] Look at the stained glass. Think they got heaters in there or what?
[Ali exhales] I hope so.
[chuckling]
[Jay] Ah, love is best served cold, right?
That’s what they say. Put it down!
[Jay] That’s what they’ve always said.
Oh, beautiful. Kiss the camera. Do you have the key?
[both kissing]
[Jay chuckling] Oh, wow!
[Ali] Wow, it’s cute.
[Jay] Look at this, kiddo.
[door closes]
There we go.
Hell, yeah. What do we got here? [luggage thudding]
Oh, we got a 19-inch standard RCA.
Is that a built-in VCR? Yes, very good. Nice little collection.
Um, let’s see.
Oh, we got a rocking chair and the pièce de résistance.
King-size bed.
Might as well put a notch in it right now. What do you think?
[exhales]
[eerie music playing]
Hey. What’s wrong?
Oh, hey.
What, is it the baby?
No.
What– No. No.
It’s just I feel like I’ve been here before.
Like you’ve been here before? [chuckling] Yeah. I don’t know.
[Jay] What? What? What? What’s going on?
I’ve had dreams about this place.
[Jay] You’ve…
Like this room, this exact room.
[Jay exhales] Okay.
But in the dreams, Rachel is there, and… and she’s all grown-up, and she’s beautiful. I mean, she’s so… she’s so beautiful, Jay.
And in the dream, there’s this song playing, the… the Paul Anka song.
♪ You are my dest– ♪ My destiny? Yeah.
And it’s… it’s blasting.
And… and in the dream, I can tell that something bad is gonna happen.
And I… I can feel everything she’s feeling.
It’s like we’re still sharing the same body.
[Jay] Okay.
And I need to tell her, and I need to find a way to tell her. But it’s…
[Jay] Yeah.
I can’t talk. It’s like I’m drowning.
And it’s awful.
And then I wake up, and I can’t stop hearing my mom’s voice.
[Jay] Okay, it’s just a dream, okay? Just… just stop.
But what if it’s real? What if it’s true?
[Jay] Okay, but it’s not true, Alexandra.
Your mother was trying to scare you, okay?
You are not going to die because you’re getting married.
That… that’s insane, right?
It’s an insane thing she used to tell you, and I hate her for it.
Sit down. There you go.
All right. Good. That’s good. Okay. [Ali sighs, sniffles]
And just breathe, okay?
[Jay inhales]
[Jay exhales forcefully]
[Ali exhales]
Look, your mom was messed up, honey.
She was trying to control you.
Look at me. Hey, come on.
Don’t let her control you anymore.
[Jay inhales, exhales]
Because the baby’s going to be okay.
[pensive music playing]
And you’re gonna be okay.
And nothing bad is going to happ–
What lesson we on? Lesson number four?
Right?
Uh, lesson number four, kiddo.
[exhales]
Don’t forget to breathe.
Jay.
[Ali groans] [kissing]
[Jay] ♪ You are my destiny ♪ Hi, baby.
[shower running in distance]
Hi, Rachel.
[Jay] ♪ You share my reverie ♪ [exhales]
[Jay] ♪ You are my happiness ♪
I’m always gonna love you.
[Jay] ♪ That’s what you are ♪
That’s right!
[baby crying]
[Jay] ♪ You are my sweet caress ♪
[sinister music playing]
[Ali breathing heavily]
[Jay] Okay.
[exhales]
That’s good.
All right.
[door creaks, closes]
Oh. [Ali] Jay.
Hello. Hey. Are you the witness?
[static crackling]
[warped] I’m Jay. This is Alexandra.
Um, hey, uh, real quick. Actually, can I get you to man…
[warped] …the camera? Yeah.
I’m gonna run over there. I just wanna make sure I’m in frame.
[witness] Are you sure he’s the one?
[Jay] How’s that?
[eerie music playing]
[“Bridal Chorus” playing on organ]
[static warbles] Marriage is a natural act.
It is also a holy one.
It is an opportunity handed down to mankind from on high to bring two blessed souls closer to our Lord and to all those…
[static warbles] …fortunate to bear witness.
[warped] I promise to love you simply and with great effort.
Through times of overwhelming pain and unrelenting joy.
Through times of overwhelming pain and unrelenting joy.
I promise to love you for all that you were and all that you can be.
I promise to love you for all that you were and all that you can be.
But as our souls become one…
But as our souls become one…
I’ll reflect exactly as you are.
I’ll reflect exactly as–
[static warbling]
[warped] Jay Holman, do you take Alexandra Harkin to be your lawfully wedded wife in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit?
[eerie music playing]
I do.
And do you, Alexandra Harkin, take Jay Holman to be your lawfully wedded husband in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
[music intensifies]
I do.
[screeching]
Why don’t you, uh, set the mood? [Ali] Okay.
I’ll find the perfect song, yeah? [Ali chuckling]
[Ali exhales] [Jay] Let’s see.
[radio tuning]
[Jay] Okay…
[“Lovers” by The Blendtones playing over radio]
[Jay] Love it. Yes.
That’s exactly what I want.
Oh God.
This is good. This is beautiful.
It’s just like I pictured it.
Wow, look at that.
[footsteps approaching]
[Jay] Mmm… There’s the ring. [Ali chuckling]
And here’s the hot couple.
[both chuckling]
[Jay] All right. Put that down. Let’s dance.
[Ali] Okay.
[Jay] First dance, baby. [Ali chuckling]
[Jay] Come on, let’s make it official.
[Ali chuckles]
♪ Get along just fine ♪
♪ Get along just fine ♪
♪ Lovers ♪
♪ Know each other’s minds ♪
♪ Why can’t we be lovers ♪
♪ And never ever… ♪
[Ali gasps] Your nose is bleeding. What?
[Ali] Your nose is bleeding! No, baby. It’s coming from you.
[Ali] Oh. Hey, hey, just here. Hold that.
[Ali] Oh. Are you okay?
[Ali] Yeah. Yeah. I’m fine.
Can I see? Can I see?
[Ali] Oh.
Oh God. It’s… it’s really coming down. Just… here. I’ll get a tissue.
[objects rattling]
[sinister music playing, overlapping]
[Jay] Hey.
Oh.
Oh my God. Jesus. Damn. Where’s my jacket? Oh God!
[frantic] Um… It’s not working! Okay, I’m… I’m… I’m calling 911. Like…
[Ali panting]
[Jay] Okay.
[Ali groaning]
[Jay panting]
[Ali groaning]
[Jay] Uh… [panting]
[static warbling]
[gasping] Help me.
You have to tell her it’s– [warbling]
[gasping]
[electronic screeching]
[panting] Hey. Hey, stay with me.
[“You Are My Destiny” playing]
Alexandra.
Hey.
Alexandra!
Hey. Hey, stay… stay with me! Stay with me, please!
[blood trickling]
Please, baby!
♪ You are my destiny ♪
[Jay sobbing]
Oh fuck!
[sobbing] I’m sorry! Oh my God!
I’m sorry!
[warped] I’m so sorry!
[Jay sobbing, gagging] [fabric ripping]
No! Oh, please.
[crying]
I’m sorry! [sobbing]
[Jay screaming, groaning]
[sinister music playing]
[electronic screeching]
[crying] Oh, I’m sorry! [squelching]
[baby crying]
[Jay over video] I’m sorry!
[baby crying over video]
[“You Are My Destiny” continues playing]
[Jay over video] I’m sorry! [baby crying over video]
♪ That’s what you are ♪
♪ You’re my destiny ♪
[static buzzing]
Daddy’s got you. No!
Just give me a fucking second, please.
[Jay] Breathe. Breathe with me. Breathe with me.
[Jay inhaling forcefully]
[Rachel] Why would you show me that?
[Jay exhaling forcefully]
[Rachel] Oh my God.
[Jay inhaling forcefully]
No. No. [exhaling forcefully though teeth]
[Rachel] You told me she died in the fucking hospital.
You lied to me about everything! You lied to me about everything!
[Jay exhaling forcefully through teeth]
Come on, with me, with me, with me. [inhaling]
No.
Oh my God, no. I’m not doing that. I’m not doing that.
Oh my God. Stop. You’re a fucking crazy person!
You’re a crazy person! Stop!
Dad, I don’t need that. Stop. Fuck.
[Jay] Listen to me.
She felt like something bad was gonna happen.
Tell me you don’t feel it too.
Tell me you feel hunky-dory.
Tell me you feel like everything’s fucking… peaches and butterflies.
[building creaking]
[Jay] Did you feel it when you got closer to this place?
Just… dread?
Fear? Did you see the way she walked down the aisle?
It was coming for her, and it’s coming for you too.
What are you talking about?
It wasn’t until I got the invitation that I knew it was happening again.
What invitation?
An invitation last week.
An invitation to my wedding?
[Jay] Yes.
[building creaking]
I didn’t fucking invite you.
I got an invitation last week in the mail. I sent it back to you with a warning.
And I got right in my car to come get you out of here.
You are going to die if you marry him.
Dad…
What the fuck are you talking about?
This can’t be happening.
Oh my God, you can’t be doing this to me. You cannot be doing this to me.
I did it, all of it… to protect you.
How was I supposed to let anything happen to you after that?
She was trying to tell me something in the video.
What was she trying to tell me, Dad?
[Rachel gasps]
She was trying to warn me.
I’m trying to warn you.
You need to call off the wedding and get the fuck out of here before history repeats its–
My God. You’re alive.
[Rachel] Jules?
Hey. Hey. Hey! What… what’s going on?
[Jules panting] [Rachel] Jules! Hey!
[tense music playing]
What? Rachel, get away from him.
Away from him. That’s a dangerous man.
[Rachel] Jules, this is my dad.
No, no.
[Rachel] What?
No, no. It’s the Sorry Man. Oh fuck!
[Rachel] It’s not the Sorry Man. This is my dad.
Who is this guy? What are you doing?
Hey. Hey, Jules, look at me.
[Jules] You have to trust me.
[Rachel] Jules?
[Jay] Get that gun out of my face.
[Rachel] Dad, stop.
Listen to me. This is my dad.
[Jules] It’s the Sorry Man.
Put the gun down. He is not the Sorry Man. This is my dad. Put the gun down.
[Rachel] Jules?
Look at me. It’s… it’s you.
It’s really you.
You’re the baby.
[Rachel] What?
Jules, get back here! Apologize to your brother right now!
[Jules] I ran away from home.
[panting]
[Jules] I found this cabin. I was…
[Rachel] What are you talking about? I was right here.
[Jay in distance] Yeah, but you think she’d be happy for us, right?
Like nothing… [door creaking]
Nothing bad happened. Everything’s fine.
[Ali] Yeah, everything’s fine.
[Jay] Why don’t you, uh, set the mood?
[Ali] Okay.
[Jay] I’ll find the perfect song, yeah?
[Ali chuckling]
[Ali exhales]
[Jay] Let’s see.
[radio tuning]
[“Lovers” by The Blendtones playing over radio]
[Jay] Love it. Yes.
That’s exactly what I want.
Oh God.
This is good. This is beautiful.
Just like I pictured it.
I saw what you did. [panting] I saw her.
[gasping]
[sinister music playing]
[gasping]
[gasping]
Tell her… it’s real.
[gasping]
[gasping] Help me!
[gasping]
Are you sure he’s the one?
She said that?
Yeah. She said that.
[Jay sobbing]
[“You Are My Destiny” playing over radio]
[Jay crying] Oh, it’s gonna be okay.
[Jay groaning]
I’m sorry!
[groaning]
[squelching]
I’m so sorry!
[groaning, crying] I’m sorry!
[squelching]
I’m sorry!
[groaning] [squelching]
[baby crying] [Jay crying]
♪ You’re my destiny ♪
[Jay] I’m sorry! I’m sorry!
So sorry!
[baby crying]
And then he killed her. You killed her.
And I’m not gonna let him kill you too.
I didn’t kill my wife.
I saw you.
And I would never kill my daughter.
I saw you!
You saw wrong! Who the fuck are you?!
I saw you! I saw everything! I saw it! Rachel, get the fuck out of here, Rachel!
Rachel, get in the van!
I fucking saw you. [door opens]
Rachel?
[tense music playing]
[silence]
[neon sign buzzing]
[“You Are My Destiny” playing over speakers in distance]
♪ You are my destiny ♪
Hey! ♪ You share my reverie ♪
♪ You’re more than life to me ♪
♪ That’s who you are ♪
[Rachel] Hey!
You were at my parents’ wedding. Tell me who the fuck you are.
Rachel Harkin. Come on. Have a drink with me.
How do you know my name?
You owe me something. Don’t you?
Have a seat.
Think what you might owe me.
I don’t owe you anything. I don’t know you.
[yelling] Sit down!
[music stops]
[chair scraping]
You owe me an apology.
[Rachel groaning]
But it’s all right now. Now we are even.
[Rachel] Oh my God. Oh my God. Barkeep, get her a bloody.
[panting]
You just… fucking stabbed me. He just fucking stabbed me!
Didn’t you stab him first?
Oh fuck. [inhales through teeth]
I was just like you once. [groaning]
Let me tell you the story of my great-great-great-grandparents.
You gonna use it? Oh my God.
[squelching] [Rachel groaning]
Once upon a time, there was a bride and a groom deeply in love.
But before they could marry, the groom met his tragic end in a hunting mishap.
His bride was devastated.
She called out into the darkness.
She begged Death to bring her soulmate back.
Death was happy to play.
Death loves a bargain.
Death said, “I’ll bring your groom back from the dead but only if you believe he is your true soulmate.”
Of course… no deal with Death is that simple.
Death cursed her children to carry the same burden.
All the children born from this fated union were challenged to find their soulmate in marriage or pay Death what he’s owed.
And eventually, it was passed down to me.
[eerie music playing]
And one day, I met my beloved, sweet Marianne.
The day we were to marry, a mysterious man came to me and said, “You must marry your soulmate by sundown, or you will die.”
You know what I did?
I left her at the altar. I was a coward.
The curse spread to my beloved Marianne.
In time, she found another man.
His name was Thomas Harkin.
Your great-great-greatgreat-great-grandfather.
Marianne and Thomas had children, and they had children, and all down the line, they were all told the same.
You must marry your soulmate by sundown on your wedding day, or you will die.
And now, Rachel Harkin, that’s you.
Death has been following you.
Turn around. He wants to get a closer look.
[music intensifies]
[warped] Not yet!
[warped] She still has two days.
[warped] Come, sit.
[witness] I wish I was back in your position.
When you are immortal like me, you miss the threats of Death.
It makes things interesting.
But it still hurts when you stab me.
No, no. This…
No, this… this… this… this can’t be real. It’s…
[ice cubes rattling] [celery crunching]
You can’t be an immortal man. It’s not–
You see, when I failed to marry sweet Marianne, I was punished for betraying Death’s bargain.
I’m condemned to bear witness to all the weddings in Marianne’s bloodline.
Your wedding is next.
My only job is to witness.
[crunching]
But I do like to throw a little warning in.
Are you sure he’s the one?
[eerie music playing]
Are you sure he’s the one?
You like to throw a little warning in, yeah, once it’s… it’s already too late.
Thank you. It’s not too late for you.
You have 48 hours, give or take.
What if I don’t even believe in soulmates?
Now is a great time to start.
[scoffs]
Wow.
[witness] Oh, I have something for you.
[eerie music continues]
It’s simple.
Get married by sundown on your wedding day.
If he’s your soulmate, you live.
If he’s not, you die.
[crunching]
And if I don’t get married, this… this fucked-up soulmate curse spreads to Nicky and his family?
[crunching]
That’s right.
Meaning, like, everyone in this family has to marry their soulmate or they die.
You got it.
[crunching]
Hmm.
Well, I’m fucked.
Either way.
[inhales]
Either I get married and I die or, uh, I don’t get married and I condemn his bloodline.
Not if you believe he is your true soulmate.
Then you live. It’s your choice.
Jesus Christ.
[scoffs]
This is…
[crunching]
This is a fucking nightmare. No.
It’s much worse.
It’s real.
[door opens] [wind whistling]
[Jay] Rachel!
Dad.
Do you know this man?
Look at him. He was a witness at your wedding.
Do you remember?
Has he aged a day in 30 years?
[pensive music playing]
Okay, come on. We gotta go. Enough of this.
[Rachel] No! What happened to Mom isn’t what you think.
Talk to this guy, get some closure, and go home.
[keys jingle]
[Jay] I can’t just let you go.
Dad, what happened to you was horrible, and I’m sorry that it happened to you.
There were plenty of ways you could’ve dealt with it, and you chose a really, really bad one, so you are not letting me go.
I am not yours. Okay?
I’m already gone, and you can’t fix it.
I’m sorry.
[exhales]
I have to get back to my life.
[footsteps receding]
[ice cubes rattling]
[wind whistling]
[metallic clink]
[intriguing music playing]
[“You Are the Blood” by Castanets playing]
Holy fuck.
Yeah.
[sighs]
That’s fucked-up.
♪ You are the blood ♪
Yeah.
♪ Flowing through my fingers… ♪
I mean, your shit’s fucked-up too.
My shit?
The fact that you were there, that you witnessed that.
I mean, it’s no wonder you turned him into a monster.
So you believe in it, the curse thing?
Hi, Rachel.
I’m always gonna love you.
Yeah.
I do.
♪ You are electricity ♪
♪ And you’re light ♪
♪ You are sound itself ♪
♪ And you are flight ♪
[song ends]
