It was this place.
Thats what we say.
But thats a story, too.
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It doesnt change a thing…
Maybe something turned you into a monster.
Or maybe you were one all along.
To you, were strangers, he tells Molly.
But Ive known you all my life.
I need your help to convince Henry to go out there with me.
He hears the sound.
I think its some kind of door from one world to the other.
That leads him to crash his car and pass out for a while.
Molly finds Ruth on the bridge, again poised to jump.
She tries to talk the older woman down, but Ruth just wants to go.
Alans dead, Alans alive.
Ive been here before.
Ill be here again.
You and me on the bridge, Ruth says.
Lets go home, Molly tells her.
You always say that.
Molly decides to tell her what shes learned, about the other Henry, and the other timeline.
You left Matthew, and you went away with Alan.
You already had a bag packed.
This gets Ruths attention.
First time youve said that, she tells Molly.
Warden Porter goes home that night and finds some soap flecks in her house.
The mystery man has paid her a visit and left behind a tiny sculpture of her.
Warden Lacy was right.
Hes the devil, she says, and something in her tone alarms Molly.
Are you all right.
Do you’re gonna wanna come in and sit down?
Molly asks, but the warden walks away.
Hollands Deaver has a flashback of his father in the woods.
I know you dont hear it.
I know why you dont.
I figured out the problem.
Henrys father tells the boy, When shes gone we will live pure in the cathedral of his voice.
Hes going to murder Ruth.
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He thinks the door is open right now, and he doesnt know how long it will stay open.
We need to turn him in, Hollands Deaver says.
Youre not going to help him?
We already know the answer to that.
Willie, the translator who most likely killed Odin, is giving testimony about what happened.
Henry asks Wendell why he returned and is stricken by the answer.
It was a sound, his son says.
Theres a sound out there in the woods, Dad.
Its like a hum.
I couldnt stay on the bus.
I had to get closer.
The racist sheriff then calls Henry in for a word.
She says Willie has told the police Henry had a fight with the victim shortly before his murder.
I dont know how much time we have left, Skarsgard Henry says.
If the sound stops, I think I could be stuck here.
As long as Im here, things will get worse.
So his malevolence is not intentional.
I cant stop it.
Im not supposed to be here.
But we learn he can control it.
They find a mortally wounded Willie.
He warns Holland Henry not to go out, but Skarsgard Henry forces him to leave at gunpoint.
He is only now beginning to discover that he has buried memories of his time in his fathers cage.
Skarsgard Henry tells him more of it will return to him in time.
Then the two men end up fighting, and Holland Henry takes control of the gun.
Here, the show stops the action at the climax and flashes us forward one year.
Everything seems bizarrely … normal.
Henry is practicing law civil suits, not death penalty cases now.
This is an interesting Easter Egg from the Stephen King universe.
The two women brawled to the death, but now … apparently, Wilma is alive and well.
We see Henry go home to find Wendell at the house, visiting from Boston for the Christmas holiday.
Molly is living in Florida, visiting her grandmother, and running her real estate business from the Keys.
Everyone in this town has some sin or regret, some cage of his own making.
A sad one, about how we got this way, Holland Henry tells us in narration.
Then we see him visiting the abandoned Shawshank prison, where he now holds Skarsgard Henry in the cistern.
After a while you forget.
Which side of the bars youre on, Henry tells his prisoner.
Thats what Warden Lacy used to say, the mystery man answers.
The title of her book:Overlooked.
Sounds like a hotel reservation is in her future.
And thats whereCastle Rockleaves us until season 2.
What happened to Ruth?
What happened to the escaped prisoners?
Why did the bed & breakfast innkeepers run amok?
Castle Rock has always kept its secrets.
Looks like it will keep them just a little while longer.
